This Past Weekend with Theo Von - #572

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00:00:31.000 Ah.

00:00:32.600 Ah.

00:00:34.920 Just clearing the winter out of my throat, baby.

00:00:38.740 Be gone!

00:00:40.380 Be gone, snow!

00:00:43.040 Be gone, ice.

00:00:46.560 Or hail.

00:00:48.020 Dude, what is hail?

00:00:50.700 It's basically, it's like Italian snow or whatever.

00:00:53.300 I mean, that shit just f***s you up.

00:00:56.280 It's like Memphis snow.

00:00:58.360 It's like, what are we, what it, it's definitely, I gotta look that up.

00:01:04.880 What is hail?

00:01:06.340 Because sometimes it's like you're relaxed and it's raining and then the rain's like, oh yeah,

00:01:10.300 guess what, motha f***er.

00:01:12.260 And it just f***ing shows up.

00:01:15.820 And it just starts like pinging off your car.

00:01:18.840 Bouncing off your wife's shoulders and s***.

00:01:22.260 It's bouncing off your stepson or whatever and it makes you care about him.

00:01:26.820 Hail is just, yeah.

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00:01:33.980 You know, we're probably getting charged for that, I'm sure.

00:01:39.220 Welcome to the episode.

00:01:40.460 Happy springtime, everybody.

00:01:42.760 Good to be here with you today.

00:01:44.880 What's happening?

00:01:45.660 Oh, I'll tell you.

00:01:46.500 Dude, so, oh, I went to a little chili cook-off around me.

00:01:50.160 And, you know, I like, man, I'm lying, chili is always, it's, it's suspect.

00:02:01.420 Chili is a suspect soup, really.

00:02:06.160 That's what it is.

00:02:08.160 It's just a bunch of, it's like the hail of soups.

00:02:11.660 It's like, all right, all right, soup.

00:02:15.020 I see what you're doing.

00:02:18.040 We ride here.

00:02:19.840 It's just that kind of soup, you know, it's thickened up, baby.

00:02:24.120 It's a, it's like soup got a BBL, baby.

00:02:26.920 That's chili.

00:02:28.940 And so I went to a little, I stopped by a little, they had a small chili tent cook-off area.

00:02:36.760 And they had four vendors or something in there.

00:02:41.260 Just ladling booty gas edibles into small bowls for people.

00:02:46.200 And so I get up there and I got me some chili and they had one place they were saying, we

00:02:52.320 got all the fixings, toppings, and this and that.

00:02:55.120 You know, you could put anything on that bitch.

00:02:56.700 You could put cheese, onions, a little bit of GHB.

00:03:01.760 And they, they, one place was offering.

00:03:03.400 But I just said, hey, do you have pickles?

00:03:08.000 And the guy just, I mean, this guy looked at me.

00:03:12.320 I mean, this dude, he was stirring this big pot of chili.

00:03:16.180 He was just a damn, just a damn chili witch, you know.

00:03:20.260 And he was just stirring a big cauldron of fucking booty goop, you know, just, and I

00:03:29.680 said, yeah, do you have any pickles for it?

00:03:31.740 And he's like, you, you want pickles on your chili?

00:03:37.340 And I was like, yeah, yeah, that's what I, cause that's what I like.

00:03:40.780 I, I just, I like, I like putting just pickles on there.

00:03:44.660 And he's like, you want pickles on your chili?

00:03:47.340 You know, I can do it.

00:03:52.220 And it was like, he couldn't under, I was like, yes, yes, sir.

00:03:56.160 And he's like, you, you, you, you want pickles on your chili?

00:04:04.960 He couldn't handle it, man.

00:04:06.740 The dude couldn't handle it.

00:04:07.820 So I guess the moral of that story, I don't, you want pickles on your chili?

00:04:12.500 I don't know what the moral of that story is, dude.

00:04:14.420 Who gives a dang?

00:04:15.920 The moral of the story is sometimes you want things that people can't give you.

00:04:20.880 I think maybe that's the moral of the story.

00:04:25.060 I got this shirt on.

00:04:26.480 This is a beautiful, beautiful shirt.

00:04:29.080 This was given to me by the Bronx fire department, baby engine 43, son.

00:04:34.760 Quatro dos, baby QD in the house.

00:04:37.900 I'll tell you what happened.

00:04:40.560 So I was walking down the street.

00:04:41.800 I'd broken my toe, right?

00:04:43.400 And so when you break your toe, you suddenly everything, you see everything a lot clearer

00:04:49.980 because you can't go fast.

00:04:52.340 So you go very slow.

00:04:54.740 You ever see that guy that's crossing the crosswalk like backwards in a wheelchair by himself?

00:04:59.840 And you're like, Jesus, dude.

00:05:03.420 You know, you pray for him, but you're also a little bit pissed, you know?

00:05:07.400 You're like, dear God, help this motherfucker.

00:05:09.720 Hurry up.

00:05:10.440 Well, dude, when you break your toe, you go slower than that, dude.

00:05:17.800 He is the hair.

00:05:19.060 You are the tortoise.

00:05:19.940 You go slower than that, dude.

00:05:22.100 So I'm in New York City.

00:05:25.160 I'm walking around and, you know, and I just broken my toe probably 48 hours before.

00:05:30.640 And so that bitch was big and dark.

00:05:33.280 And you could feel it had a little bit of heartbeat of its own, you know, like it had a damn bass

00:05:37.000 track running through it.

00:05:38.100 And I'm wearing some hey dudes that I have that, uh, cause it's just easy to get in and

00:05:44.640 out of them, the shoes.

00:05:46.800 And anyway, I'm, you're just slowly going everywhere.

00:05:51.020 You know, so you start meeting people and people are saying stuff at you and yelling,

00:05:55.020 you know, hey, you know, I love the podcast.

00:05:58.840 Get out the street, faggot.

00:06:01.160 Just different, just New York, just New York hellos, you know?

00:06:04.780 And, uh, and I'm walking past this one spot and this guy comes up and he's like, hey,

00:06:11.600 you want to, and he'd been drinking and he was either, he was Italian or he was, uh, like

00:06:19.420 fast Polish, you know, or Polish or, or he was, he was either Polish or, uh, slow Italian.

00:06:26.940 One of the, you know what I'm saying?

00:06:27.920 He was in that cross and he's like, come on, Hey, he was like, my cousin, Jeremy just got

00:06:35.560 promoted to, um, whatever the top of the fire department, like lead arsonist or whatever.

00:06:41.480 So he brings me, there's just a door.

00:06:44.040 He, uh, we go inside and it's a huge, it's like, everybody's like, Hey, you want some fire?

00:06:51.220 It's like a fire department party.

00:06:54.100 And I think this guy, Jeremy or something had just won like hose of the month or whatever.

00:06:58.980 Like, I think whoever's got the most PSI coming out of them, they give them, you know, uh,

00:07:05.120 you know, you know, he'd done something that, you know, it was an achievement for him.

00:07:10.240 Um, so all of his buddies are there and everybody, they're toasting and cheering and fucking like,

00:07:15.580 Hey, get, look at this mother, you know?

00:07:19.720 And they're like, Hey, if you ever have a fire, here's my number.

00:07:23.400 Like, dude, I'm not, if there's a fire, I'm not looking through my phone.

00:07:28.540 If there's a fire, you know, and I'm going to call Antonio up, you know, in the South Bronx,

00:07:35.520 I'm calling the fire department.

00:07:37.680 So they're just like, and then they gave me this shirt that we took some photos and they're

00:07:43.020 like, cheers and then offer me, uh, they're like, Hey, you want some matches?

00:07:47.200 You know, keep us in business, keep us in business.

00:07:50.100 They gave me like an eight pack of matches.

00:07:52.220 That was like the cool looking, the old school, like regular looking match books.

00:07:57.240 Um, they gave me this shirt to like, Hey, it's flammable.

00:08:00.400 Um, but yeah, it was just like a great experience.

00:08:04.760 So shout out to them.

00:08:05.740 Shout out to all the fire departments out there.

00:08:08.120 Congratulations to the guy that got the promotion.

00:08:11.340 I dated a girl in junior high school.

00:08:14.780 Her dad, um, great guy threatened to kill me once, but outside of that, awesome.

00:08:23.380 Um, you know, he was a, uh, fire chief and we used to go over there and watch him eat

00:08:28.680 hot dogs and shit.

00:08:30.460 And, uh, this was before a lot of firemen are getting in shape and stuff.

00:08:35.440 Now this is back when they would just over there, just snorting Oscar Myers and shit and

00:08:42.820 just squirting ketchup on each other's backs, you know?

00:08:45.380 And, uh, and just basically just gambling a lot of them.

00:08:51.020 But anyway, uh, I'm not sure what I'm talking about, what I'm rambling about, but that was

00:08:55.440 the first time at day at her dad's fire department that ever had chili in my life that I ever had

00:09:02.040 somebody served it.

00:09:03.600 I didn't know what it was.

00:09:05.040 I had a little bit of it and then, then, and then I'd had it, you know, that's how that

00:09:11.000 all works, you know, but you want to take a run of chili?

00:09:15.820 You won't pick a run of chili.

00:09:20.780 Um, what else has been going on?

00:09:23.020 Thank you to the people that have come out to the shows recently that we did, we've done

00:09:26.380 some dates.

00:09:27.920 Uh, we went up to the Pacific Northwest.

00:09:30.380 That was really amazing up there.

00:09:33.140 So the bill, just the way the buildings are, the people, everybody, a lot of people, they

00:09:39.680 look clean up there cause it rains so much.

00:09:41.460 You just get cleaned even if you're just not even if you're dirty.

00:09:46.940 Um, you know, we did a huge show in Seattle.

00:09:49.960 That was amazing.

00:09:50.880 I think it maybe was too many people.

00:09:52.720 I know that sounds like a, I'm grateful everybody came, but I just never been in a venue and

00:09:57.880 it was a, it was a big venue.

00:09:59.280 Right.

00:09:59.620 And I just felt a little bad.

00:10:01.260 Like maybe the people, um, like some of the seats they, it was hard to hear.

00:10:07.440 I don't know.

00:10:08.400 I think some of that's just a fear of mine, but, uh, I don't think that we will do that

00:10:12.240 again.

00:10:13.860 Um, but it's just a learning curve and yeah, we had a nice time there though.

00:10:22.560 I got to see Max girlfriend.

00:10:23.940 Uh, we got to go to the fish market, dude, you go to the fish market.

00:10:28.260 I'd never, I'd never, uh, been to the Seattle fish fair or whatever.

00:10:33.800 It's like a little circus or whatever that they have every day and people come, there's

00:10:38.200 dead fish and you can look at them.

00:10:39.760 Right.

00:10:40.440 And you can eat them.

00:10:41.800 You know, it's pretty, it's pretty, uh, Neanderthalic in a way.

00:10:48.340 But, um, so anyway, we go in a mere K that's a guy that's touring with me, a great comedian.

00:10:55.780 He like pointed the guys running the, um, fish fair.

00:10:59.940 And so next thing you know, they do a thing where you, somebody throws a fish and somebody

00:11:04.180 catches a fish.

00:11:05.960 And so they let me catch the fish and I fucking, you know, one toss, one kill, homie.

00:11:10.800 I gripped that bitch and yeah, it was awesome.

00:11:14.460 I didn't know you're not supposed to spike it after you catch it.

00:11:16.700 So that, that was, I think frowned upon or whatever, but I didn't know that.

00:11:22.600 And, um, and I'd been watching too many of those Gronk commercials or whatever.

00:11:27.140 Anyway, I'm rambling.

00:11:29.800 Um, what else is going on?

00:11:32.560 Let's get into the episode.

00:11:33.940 How about that?

00:11:34.500 We got a bunch of calls that came in from you guys and I'm going to focus on those today.

00:11:37.860 Uh, I got one story.

00:11:39.100 I went to the, um, Grand Ole Opry's hundredth anniversary.

00:11:43.120 I'm going to talk about that.

00:11:44.200 And we're going to speak to a miracle today.

00:11:48.220 Uh, a gentleman named Matt up there in Canada, Calgary.

00:11:53.220 He's up there and he, um, he has, he's a miracle and we're going to get to, uh, have a moment

00:12:00.860 with him.

00:12:01.540 Let's go.

00:12:02.460 Thank you for joining us.

00:12:09.520 Whenever you're down, out in the cold, faithless and dark, your story's untold.

00:12:23.340 Come take my hand and walk there with me.

00:12:29.360 I know a place where we can be free.

00:12:35.020 There is a light shining for you.

00:12:40.400 Guiding your way, helping you through.

00:12:46.740 Shadows and gloom are all that you see.

00:12:52.240 We'll find a place where we can be free.

00:12:58.940 From the mountaintops down to the deepest shadows.

00:13:04.740 Um, you like pickles on your chili.

00:13:08.960 You like pickles on your chili.

00:13:10.440 You like pickles on your chili.

00:13:12.220 Um, yeah.

00:13:13.920 My mother came in town, uh, for my birthday.

00:13:16.160 Actually, it was last week.

00:13:17.120 And we said, thank you.

00:13:18.900 If you're wishing me a happy birthday in your head.

00:13:20.920 And if you're not, and you're just like, dude, keep talking.

00:13:24.360 That's fine.

00:13:25.360 Um, she came in and they had the hundredth anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry.

00:13:31.400 And my mom likes, uh, country music and she likes older country music.

00:13:38.180 And Blake Shelton was hosting the event and, uh, Jelly Roll was going to perform.

00:13:44.500 And my mom likes the, likes both of them.

00:13:46.860 Um, and so I was like, oh, well, that would be fun for my birthday.

00:13:50.780 I'll have mom.

00:13:51.800 I'll see if mom wants to come in and then we'll go.

00:13:54.300 And so she came in and we went.

00:13:57.040 And, uh, what was it like?

00:13:59.180 We got dressed up kind of.

00:14:01.620 I didn't do a good job of it.

00:14:03.040 But what I wanted to wear didn't really fit once I put it on.

00:14:07.080 And so it was just, you know, I just had to change it and wore a jacket actually that

00:14:14.880 somebody had thrown on stage, uh, in Montana to a comedy shop, wore that.

00:14:19.280 Um, but yeah, we went over there and it was nice who, who performed.

00:14:24.060 Oh, Alison Krauss performed.

00:14:26.100 And I mean, she has the voice of the evening that I heard a lot of great voices in there,

00:14:33.240 but my God, that was just exceptional.

00:14:37.840 Uh, Clint Black, we got to listen to, um, who's that other guy?

00:14:45.520 But don't rock, did you?

00:14:47.120 Alan Jackson.

00:14:49.200 Uh, just, it was awesome, man.

00:14:50.740 We got to sit there and listen to some music together and, and, you know, there was kind

00:14:56.860 of a point in like, there was one point where we're sitting there and, um, this is kind

00:15:03.380 of, I guess a childish thought or whatever, but I was like, you know, I wish, I kind of

00:15:07.800 wish my mom would, um, give me a little hug or hold my hand or something.

00:15:14.300 I know that sounds crazy to say.

00:15:15.600 I don't mean like hold my hand, but just kind of squeeze my hand, just something, you know,

00:15:18.600 like we don't see each other that much.

00:15:20.160 And I don't know, this, this sounds crazy to say this kind of, I guess, but I've said

00:15:25.620 a lot of weird shit over the years.

00:15:26.800 Um, I just, I, I was thinking, man, it'd be nice if she gave me some sentimental, but

00:15:33.760 physical sign, like sign of affection.

00:15:36.160 That's what I was thinking.

00:15:37.920 Right.

00:15:38.780 And so I'm sitting there next to her and, uh, and then I just reached over and grabbed my

00:15:46.380 mom's hand.

00:15:49.760 That's what I did.

00:15:50.800 Um, and, and then we were just kind of held hands for maybe 30 seconds or something, you

00:15:57.660 know, just put my hand on top of hers, let her know that I care.

00:16:02.120 Um, and it was just something like, for me, like a moment like that is interesting because

00:16:10.460 a lot of my life I would just sit there and be like, man, I wish there was this moment

00:16:16.560 of affection, but I wish somebody else would do it right.

00:16:21.260 Or I, I'm upset that they're not doing it, you know?

00:16:25.780 And then I just did it.

00:16:28.900 I just reached over and yeah, my mom's an older lady, you know?

00:16:33.380 And at some point I got to be, no, that's not it.

00:16:38.500 I don't have to, but I don't, it was just like, well, if I want this, I can also get it

00:16:45.520 for myself, you know?

00:16:48.220 And it really had the same effect.

00:16:49.840 Once I got over the fact of like, oh, I wish they would show the affection first, or I wish

00:16:54.640 they would do the action to be the person providing the affection, which is probably what I thought

00:17:01.680 of a lot when I was a child.

00:17:04.440 But then this time I just reached and I just put my hand on my mom's hand, you know?

00:17:09.320 Because she's getting older.

00:17:11.100 She's not the child now, but she's, you know, just where we're at in our lives.

00:17:16.780 Things are kind of even.

00:17:18.860 And it still had the same outcome for me.

00:17:20.980 It made me feel, okay.

00:17:23.280 The second I got over that little moment of kind of jealousy or wishing, or not jealousy,

00:17:30.440 but like wishing somebody else had started the action.

00:17:33.780 And the second I got over that, I just had a nice moment where I got to sit there and

00:17:39.880 just be with my mother and watch country music, which is something that we both enjoy doing.

00:17:45.040 And, uh, and something that's important to me in my life, you know, to have moments with

00:17:49.860 my mother where we're doing something that we'd like to do and we're doing it together.

00:17:55.420 You know, um, so I don't know if that sounds weird or whatever.

00:18:01.720 I don't, I honestly, man, I don't care if it sounds weird, you know?

00:18:06.160 I really don't.

00:18:07.580 Part of me does still, but, uh, but I think the part of me that, that needs those type of

00:18:14.440 moments is like, Hey man, finally you're meeting, you're trying to meet just the universe,

00:18:21.160 how you're taking some direction to do something for how you feel, you know?

00:18:27.360 Um, instead of just cause I always in my life have been caught in this moment, like,

00:18:32.280 God, I wish they would do this.

00:18:33.980 I wish this, I wish this.

00:18:35.520 And so I don't know, that was just kind of an interesting moment for me.

00:18:39.600 And then I put my arm around my mom's shoulder and just like, um, yeah, like she was, you

00:18:47.360 know, like she was, you know, my mom and we were just having a nice time.

00:18:53.300 And, uh, and once I did that, I was getting the react, I was getting what I wanted out

00:19:00.660 of the moment, you know?

00:19:03.560 And I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't have made an effort.

00:19:05.480 I'm not trying to say, Hey, look at me.

00:19:07.020 I'm just trying to say like for so long, I've always been the person and I still am a lot

00:19:12.240 of times, but this time I wasn't where I'm like, man, I wish somebody would do this so

00:19:18.740 that I would be able to have a certain type of moment right now or so that to show me that

00:19:22.720 they care.

00:19:24.960 And, um, and I didn't really realize that if I do it myself, some, I can still get some

00:19:30.080 of that same, uh, result.

00:19:32.860 So I don't know if that makes a lot of sense or not, but, um, and yeah, just, I don't know.

00:19:40.940 So, yeah, sometimes you, you know, you may only want, you know, you may, sometimes you

00:19:51.880 got to put your own pickles in the chili.

00:19:54.340 That's what I'm saying.

00:19:55.320 I think I don't know if that sounds crazy, but sometimes if you want pickles in the chili

00:20:00.520 and that's the only way you're going to have the chili, sometimes you got to, you got to

00:20:04.980 bring the pickles, man, because sometimes the world just serves chili.

00:20:10.940 Um, so I don't know, but yeah, I want to speak that out loud too, because, you know,

00:20:19.180 it's just important to me that I start to live in a place in my life where, um, where

00:20:28.100 I just don't let that uncomfortable moment of like, man, I wish they would do this.

00:20:32.580 So this could be the outcome where I don't let that prevent me from, even if I'm upset

00:20:39.640 at them or whatever, that I don't let that prevent me from maybe trying to take the action

00:20:45.640 myself.

00:20:46.140 I don't know.

00:20:46.700 I know that doesn't apply to everything, but, um, anyway, enough about me, man, enough

00:20:51.660 about me.

00:20:52.940 Um, we got a lot of great calls that have come in today and, um, I want to get to some

00:20:58.620 of those.

00:20:59.040 And again, I do want to apologize that we haven't gotten to do these type of episodes

00:21:02.060 a lot.

00:21:02.640 I think about this all the time, you know, and I think that it's important and, uh,

00:21:09.540 sometimes it's just been tough and I'm not complaining.

00:21:12.000 I'm just saying that it's been tough.

00:21:13.680 And then, you know, you also have the opportunity to talk to guests and you're like, you're like,

00:21:17.520 man, I love to talk with this person.

00:21:19.660 And so you just try to balance it.

00:21:21.000 So, um, just bear with me.

00:21:22.840 I just want to let you know that this community is important to me.

00:21:25.760 Um, and I'm trying to fine tune some things in my life a little bit better.

00:21:29.000 So things are more organized.

00:21:30.420 So I'm able to spend my energy where I would like to be able to spend it.

00:21:35.480 Um, anyway, I know I don't need to say that, but, uh, I just want you to know that.

00:21:41.800 All right.

00:21:43.900 We have some calls that came in and, uh, thank you guys for continuing to hit the hotline.

00:21:49.240 As always, the number is 985-664-9503.

00:21:55.440 And we got a call right here.

00:21:57.840 Here we go.

00:22:00.340 Hey, Theo.

00:22:01.240 Uh, my name is actually, uh, Theo as well.

00:22:04.180 Oh, hello, Theo.

00:22:05.700 Good to meet the others.

00:22:07.300 Onward.

00:22:08.460 I got a situation here.

00:22:10.020 I've, I've been talking to this girl for like two years and it turns out I got her pregnant.

00:22:14.600 After that all happened, the word got around and somehow it turns out that she's my first cousin.

00:22:21.720 Any advice would help?

00:22:23.120 And, uh, thank you so much.

00:22:27.600 Wow.

00:22:28.520 Dang, brother.

00:22:29.400 That's, uh, ooh.

00:22:32.840 That's, you're going to be raising a dang lizard, homie.

00:22:35.560 You can't, um, wow, brother.

00:22:38.360 Good golly.

00:22:40.020 That's like shooting fish in a family or whatever.

00:22:43.820 I don't know.

00:22:44.740 I mean, I haven't looked at a chart recently.

00:22:46.240 I don't know the, um, the genetic legalities of that.

00:22:54.040 But, dude, yeah, I mean, they say, you know, don't pee where, or don't eat where you, or don't piss where your family is or whatever.

00:23:03.800 Whatever, whatever that old saying is, dude.

00:23:05.860 You, I feel like you've gone past that at this point.

00:23:08.120 And, um, God, that thing's going to have, you're going to need, um, yeah, you're going to need a, uh, farrier to come and put shoes on that thing.

00:23:21.940 I'm just chirping you.

00:23:23.160 I'm just chirping you, dude.

00:23:24.440 I, look, I feel you.

00:23:25.940 I, look, it's having a child with a cousin, I think.

00:23:30.140 At the very least, it's going to need glasses.

00:23:35.080 That thing is going to need bifocals, brother, you know?

00:23:40.000 I mean, you're just playing Russian roulette with your DNA right there.

00:23:42.920 But, um, but at the same time, man, I don't want to scare you, you know?

00:23:47.740 And I do believe, uh, I'm kind of chirping you there still, but I believe that everything is going to be fine, you know?

00:23:53.820 I believe that everything is going to be fine.

00:23:56.680 I think monitor the child's gestation closely.

00:24:01.300 Make sure it's tracking.

00:24:02.400 You know, make sure that it has everything it needs because it is, uh, bring it up.

00:24:10.800 Can you, who can, can you have a child with your cousin or not?

00:24:15.000 Let's, oh, that's just a poll.

00:24:19.420 That says 40% say yes.

00:24:21.200 That, but do you have any information on that?

00:24:22.720 Oh, I should look it up.

00:24:23.420 Who the hell am I even talking to?

00:24:24.440 Dear God, out of my mind today.

00:24:26.140 Um, can you have child with one cousin?

00:24:32.400 Oh, yes, it is physically possible for first cousins to have children, but it is important to understand that such relationships carry a slightly elevated risk of genetic disorders compared to unrelated parents, brother.

00:24:46.260 So, I'm just saying not everybody, you know, you know, some people like things different, you know, some people like pickles on their children.

00:24:55.840 You feel me?

00:24:56.320 Okay, so it's, uh, yeah, I think you gotta make sure that when that baby, right out the gate, put that baby on a damn, uh, you know, let some other people look at it and sign off on that bastard right out the gate, homie.

00:25:10.300 And definitely, I would make sure, you know, make sure it doesn't stand straight up when the moon is full and shit like that when it's real young.

00:25:17.500 Just, I'd keep tabs on it.

00:25:20.320 I'd hit a couple high notes near it on an instrument and see if it fucking, see if its eyes turn red or anything.

00:25:26.420 But you're just gonna have to keep tabs on it because that's risky.

00:25:29.420 And look, a lot of people have good-looking cousins, let's say that.

00:25:38.900 But, not a lot of them are as brave as you, brother.

00:25:42.900 So, yeah, I would just stay conscious of that and recognize you have an at-risk child, hire a night nurse or lifeguard or whatever you gotta get.

00:25:53.760 Sometimes lifeguards will work overnight, they're cheaper, they're, you know, they know CPR,

00:25:57.560 they don't know a lot of the shit that the, uh, nannies know, but they're still there.

00:26:02.240 Got a whistle.

00:26:03.420 So, um, yeah, I think just, yeah, just stay safe, brother.

00:26:08.560 And I would back off that type of behavior.

00:26:12.740 You know, if you win this round of DNA roulette, brother, just, I'd leave the rest of the bullets in the chamber, baby, when it comes to family.

00:26:22.960 Let's take another call here.

00:26:24.500 And thank you to the last fella, Theo, actually, dear God.

00:26:30.020 I didn't even realize that.

00:26:33.620 Man, and look, hey, bud, I can't tell you, to be honest with you, if I'd have had a really good-looking cousin.

00:26:40.060 TBD, homie.

00:26:41.520 So, the Lord don't give you what you can't handle, you know?

00:26:46.480 But I'm just saying, yeah, just get out, you know, just meet somebody else, meet somebody.

00:26:57.220 You know, because if you're dating your cousin, you're not even getting out there.

00:26:59.320 You're not even getting out there.

00:27:00.380 But maybe you're getting married to your cousin.

00:27:01.740 I don't look, brother.

00:27:02.840 I don't know.

00:27:03.580 I would ask probably a state official or somebody.

00:27:06.520 I would ask a pastor about this one.

00:27:09.580 But, yeah, let's get back to this call that came in.

00:27:13.980 Hey, Theo.

00:27:17.420 I'm in welding school right now.

00:27:19.320 Oh, you're in welding school.

00:27:20.700 That's a good school.

00:27:22.560 And I had a family member who started a welding school.

00:27:26.180 It's a good business.

00:27:26.960 Onward.

00:27:27.240 And I hate that shit.

00:27:29.640 Like, I genuinely hate that shit.

00:27:32.180 And so, I've always said my backup option is the military.

00:27:36.000 And I'm at the point where I'm about to head down to the recruiter's office in the coming weeks, possibly.

00:27:44.060 But I just wanted to know what you think I should do because I hate Welton, but I don't know if I want to sign away four years of my life.

00:27:54.980 You know what I mean?

00:27:55.740 And it's like, I'm 18, so I'm young.

00:28:00.280 And I could get out after four years and still not even be 23.

00:28:05.260 But I don't know.

00:28:06.740 It's just like a, I don't know what to do.

00:28:09.580 Should I stick with welding school and hate my life for the next few months or the next year and a half?

00:28:16.120 Or should I quit that and go into the military and then get a bunch of free shit and a bunch of discounts for the rest of my life?

00:28:24.840 Amen, brother.

00:28:25.740 Thank you for asking and just for reaching out.

00:28:29.880 Yeah, it's a good, you know, this is a great question because you're like, do I do a trade or do I go into the military?

00:28:35.920 And especially, you mentioned one thing, yeah, go into the military and you get discounts.

00:28:40.640 Like, I wouldn't go into the military just because you're going to get 15% off at Long John Silver's or whatever.

00:28:49.720 That's not a reason to go into the military for four years just so you can get, you know, free left shoes at DSW Shoes or whatever, you know, or 11% off of Cheesy Biscuits over there at Red Lobster's.

00:29:08.360 You know, you know, that's not, I would take that out of the equation.

00:29:13.180 And I would just look at, do you like welding?

00:29:16.620 You're saying you don't like it.

00:29:17.840 But do you not like the school part of it?

00:29:21.400 If you don't like this, I would find out what don't I like?

00:29:24.740 Because sometimes we say that, it's like, I hate this, but what really do I hate about it?

00:29:28.940 Do you hate that you're in school for it right now?

00:29:31.980 Do you hate that you're having to learn it?

00:29:33.260 Do you hate that you have to get up at certain hours to go learn it?

00:29:36.180 Because you may love welding, you may not be like being at class at 8 a.m.

00:29:41.600 You know, and I'm not saying those things.

00:29:43.220 I'm just asking you to, or suggesting that you, you know, try to figure out, well, what don't I like about it?

00:29:50.620 Because sometimes I'll just be like, man, I hate that shit.

00:29:52.480 But I never really look at, well, why do I hate it?

00:29:54.760 And then I might realize, I don't really hate that.

00:29:57.500 I hate this other thing that comes with that.

00:29:59.780 But I do believe that if you get into a trade that you do not like, that you won't enjoy it.

00:30:07.140 And I do believe that there's things out there that we can all do that we would enjoy doing.

00:30:12.460 I believe that there's so many things.

00:30:15.000 So, yeah, I would take a look at that, man.

00:30:18.620 I would take a look and just decide if you do not like welding and military is your backup, I think the military is a great idea.

00:30:25.520 You know, I mean, you know, I don't think it's a bad idea, especially at your age.

00:30:29.780 I wish I'd have gone in the military.

00:30:32.840 I spent a lot of time just sitting around, just trying to lick my own dick or whatever, you know, or, you know, buying binoculars and shit and just fucking not doing shit or whatever, being a fucking shitty neighbor or whatever, pervert.

00:30:47.480 But what, you know, you, if you go in the military now, yeah, you're out in four years and you probably have a lot of skills.

00:30:54.360 You know, you may, it'll probably help you get up early, stay in shape, all these things that are going to really help shape the rest of your life, right?

00:31:01.060 Now, some people may have went to the military and say, Theo, you know what the fuck you're talking about, fucking honky, you little fucking queer, you little gun pussy or whatever.

00:31:09.120 That's fine.

00:31:10.060 They can say those things.

00:31:11.660 And I don't, I haven't been.

00:31:13.560 But for you, you're saying that that's what you've thought of as your backup option, you know?

00:31:18.860 Now, you might, you know, I don't know how long the military will be there, you know, depending on what they keep having our military carry out and the different actions that they have them do.

00:31:28.180 But I think it's an honorable thing.

00:31:33.360 I have a ton of respect for our military and, uh, and I don't think you would go wrong with that choice.

00:31:41.200 Um, so that's kind of where I'm at with it, you know?

00:31:44.140 Uh, and if you went in there, you know, you'd probably make a lot of great friends and you'd learn things about yourself that you like and don't, and then you'd be, uh, be done.

00:31:52.220 And you're right.

00:31:52.600 You'd only be 22 and a half years old, 23 years old.

00:31:55.880 You got, you have so much time.

00:31:58.040 There's so much time, man.

00:32:01.360 I wasted a lot of time.

00:32:02.660 And one of the things I wish I had done as a military, just because I think you don't also get those moments of camaraderie where you get to be around a bunch of other guys, you know?

00:32:11.300 Um, so those are just my thoughts recognize I'd have never been in the military.

00:32:17.800 Um, but I do think you have time to do that and do countless other things.

00:32:23.040 And if you don't like welding, you know, you don't like it.

00:32:27.240 Then maybe it is time for a backup trade to try or a backup option.

00:32:32.240 Um, what else is going on?

00:32:35.900 Yo, I'm a girl and I like girls.

00:32:39.920 I had a girlfriend for a while and recently I found out that.

00:32:45.700 Okay.

00:32:46.140 So you're a girl.

00:32:46.820 You like girls and okay.

00:32:49.480 Carry on.

00:32:50.540 And recently I found out that my mom's gay too.

00:32:56.880 So now I don't know if I'm gay anymore.

00:33:01.660 Oh, big fact, sister.

00:33:06.760 Okay.

00:33:07.580 Oh, once our parents start doing something, we don't want to do it anymore.

00:33:12.460 So I think that all checks out.

00:33:15.260 I think you're good.

00:33:16.660 I think just trust your instincts, little mom.

00:33:19.480 Here we got a call.

00:33:21.520 Let's hear this one.

00:33:23.000 You know, sometimes you land on hard times, man.

00:33:27.780 And you just trying to get, you know, food to eat and a place to sleep or whatever.

00:33:33.820 And I'm like, you know, I got a five gallon bucket of pickles.

00:33:38.700 And I'm, I'm going, I'm feeling a banana from the seven 11, man.

00:33:42.540 I'm going in there and I'm pocketing these fucking bananas from the seven 11.

00:33:46.860 Yeah.

00:33:47.140 Those are free.

00:33:47.760 How long can I laugh is what I'm thinking.

00:33:52.480 I was just like, could I laugh two months on a five gallon bucket of pickles and stealing bananas from seven 11?

00:34:01.620 Cause I'm eating bananas and pickles.

00:34:03.360 That's all I'm fucking eating.

00:34:05.060 That's all I got to eat, man.

00:34:06.980 It's all I got to live upon.

00:34:09.140 Live upon, man.

00:34:11.420 Yeah.

00:34:12.100 Motherfucker BLM dude.

00:34:13.480 Look, yeah.

00:34:15.720 If life gives you pickles and bananas, bitch, mix them bitches.

00:34:21.700 Okay.

00:34:22.260 Fuck.

00:34:22.860 Yeah, dude.

00:34:24.380 I mean, there's only so long you can be trapped somewhere with pickles and bananas and not put them bitches together, dude.

00:34:31.340 Make some benicles, homie.

00:34:32.900 You feel me?

00:34:35.100 So look, uh, some pick nannas, homie.

00:34:38.220 I think that that all checks out, brother.

00:34:40.580 So I don't think there's any shame in it.

00:34:43.680 You can always, once you get your feet back under you, go back to that seven 11 and give them money for those, uh, bananas.

00:34:50.660 Let's hear a little more.

00:34:52.400 You know, the world is a cruel place.

00:34:54.100 The world is a cruel fucking place, man.

00:34:57.680 And I realized that, man, when you eating pickles and bananas just to survive.

00:35:03.400 Hey, you like pickles on your bananas, boy.

00:35:06.400 Huh?

00:35:06.940 You like pickles on your bananas?

00:35:09.820 You like pickles on your bananas?

00:35:12.380 Well, it blows my fucking mind that we can give so much foreign aid to places when we have people who are eating pickles and bananas.

00:35:20.160 Actually, pickles and bananas are pretty good, so that's not what I mean.

00:35:22.660 But, yeah, you would think we'd be able to help our own people that are starving first over here.

00:35:26.700 Um, that's just kind of how I feel.

00:35:28.800 I'm kind of an American.

00:35:29.560 I'm a North America first kind of guy, I guess, because that's us and our neighbors.

00:35:33.600 But, what the fuck do I know?

00:35:35.760 Um, but, yeah, man, honestly, you sound pretty healthy.

00:35:40.400 You sound like you're doing pretty good.

00:35:41.800 You ever hit a couple of high notes, dude?

00:35:43.360 I think you're fine.

00:35:44.640 I'd join a church choir, have somebody make some TikToks, see if you can start selling tickets on the road, brother.

00:35:53.160 You're going to be fine.

00:35:54.120 But, yeah, sometimes we all get in tough moments.

00:35:56.540 I'm trying to think of something where I was kind of down to my last dime.

00:36:05.400 Oh, I do remember I'd get that block of damn hamburger meat.

00:36:12.160 That bitch came in a missile.

00:36:15.980 That bitch, they dropped that bitch off a C-130.

00:36:18.460 That thing, you know what I'm talking about?

00:36:20.480 But it's shaped like a, like both ends are kind of a wiener, kind of like the front end of a wiener.

00:36:29.120 God, that thing was heavy.

00:36:30.340 You had to carry it out like this, you know?

00:36:32.720 And sometimes I'd mix it up by the damn Duraflame logs and actually put that bitch in there and just cook that bitch.

00:36:38.720 And I'm going to spoon it out the fire to eat it.

00:36:40.620 Call the fire department.

00:36:44.220 Hey, take some matches, huh?

00:36:50.460 But, yeah, man, it sounds like you're doing okay.

00:36:55.120 Let's, what else is going on?

00:36:57.380 What else can I tell you about that happened to me recently?

00:36:59.700 Um, not much.

00:37:05.260 Going to eat dinner with my neighbors.

00:37:06.660 Looking forward to that.

00:37:08.300 Uh, hitting the road for some more shows.

00:37:13.240 Yeah, we went last week.

00:37:15.720 Oh, Victoria Island, which is a beautiful, fascinating little, it's like this cold white Hawaii off of the coast of, um, Vancouver.

00:37:27.820 But just great people, man, Canadians, and grateful to see them.

00:37:34.120 And I'm a Winnipeg Jets fan.

00:37:36.480 Just letting everybody know that now, too.

00:37:38.200 I don't want that to cause any issues between me and anybody else, but that's, I'm a Winnipeg Jets fan.

00:37:45.580 So, I think their jerseys are fire, and I like their, I like their, they're doing good.

00:37:53.060 And that's good.

00:37:56.680 So, okay.

00:37:57.980 I think that works.

00:37:59.600 What else?

00:38:00.620 Uh, let's take this call right here.

00:38:06.180 Hey, Theo.

00:38:06.980 Um, hope you're doing well.

00:38:08.720 I'm, uh, calling you today.

00:38:10.960 Um, see if I can get you a perspective on something.

00:38:13.900 Um, my, uh, girlfriend of, uh, four years, she, uh, she passed away five and a half months ago.

00:38:21.420 Um, she, uh, it wasn't, uh, not a surprise, but, you know, she, uh, she had cancer.

00:38:27.780 Um, we thought that she had a little more time.

00:38:30.160 Um, but, um, yeah.

00:38:32.400 Um, since then, I've spent most of my time doing nothing, you know, um, I would visit her grade every day for months, which is good, I guess, for getting out of my apartment.

00:38:46.900 Um, but I would just let the time pass, you know?

00:38:50.660 Um, but, um, recently I've started, uh, going back to school full time and, uh, working again.

00:38:59.260 And, and honestly, I feel like I'm just doing it because it's, uh, expected of me, you know, from like people around me, my family and my peers.

00:39:09.420 Um, so maybe some people just expect me to move forward pretty fast, but, you know, I, I don't want to, you know?

00:39:17.740 Um, well, thanks for the call, man.

00:39:21.400 Uh, I'm sorry to hear about that.

00:39:23.600 I can't even imagine that, um, in the sense of losing a girlfriend or a partner, spouse, um, you know, I've lost people that I've loved, you know, uh, and it, yeah, it feels so impossible because I think it's so many things at once.

00:39:46.980 It's like, you know, something is gone and then the, the finality and the, the, uh, the viciousness of life, um, is so evident.

00:40:03.460 And at the same time, the preciousness of life and, and how beautiful life is that it could even exist.

00:40:12.480 All that happens at the same time.

00:40:16.240 And then it's not even about us really, because they're the ones who has life has ended.

00:40:23.020 So there's probably sometimes feelings of guilt that I had of like feeling bad.

00:40:30.780 That's I'd lost someone, you know, or not being able to separate the feelings into, okay,

00:40:35.420 I'm in pain or I miss them or, um, I'm just loathing in my own sadness.

00:40:43.940 I'm getting into self pity.

00:40:45.220 Like all those types of things happened.

00:40:47.420 I remember for me at the same time and, uh, and for one, it's just so much.

00:40:55.600 And for two, it's hard to organize it and to even start to think and decide which feelings go where I'd rather just sleep.

00:41:05.840 I'd rather just hope that this goes away.

00:41:08.040 I'd rather dream.

00:41:09.160 I used to do that a lot.

00:41:10.780 When my dad died, I would just try and dream a lot because I felt like if I was dreaming,

00:41:15.380 maybe I had a chance to like see him or that my feelings could be different or I could be living a completely different experience.

00:41:21.960 Um, so I think a lot of it is normal and I bet it's hard to get back into the flow of something when you've lost like a partner because you probably think a lot of your life is having that partner there with you.

00:41:38.820 Um, and I think practice, even if you're doing something, just even if you don't feel it, just have the practice of it until your feelings and your emotional wellness catch up with your actions.

00:41:54.940 Cause one day they will, you know, and you'll be glad that you had started doing these things.

00:42:01.020 Um, yeah, I don't really know what to say, man.

00:42:06.780 Oh, just appreciate you like just telling us what's going on.

00:42:11.140 Hmm.

00:42:13.860 Maybe some people could call in actually and share things that if you had some experience with a loss of a loved one and I would say, uh, um, a wife.

00:42:25.100 Um, let's cause this is a man calling, I believe.

00:42:28.220 And so if you lost a wife or a girlfriend, um, you know, um, and they passed away and if you have just some, maybe some experience with that, if you could drop a call on the voicemail, 985-664-9503, we will come back to that on our next solo episode.

00:42:46.160 I don't know when it'll be, it'll be within the next month, but I will come back to that and see if we have some answers.

00:42:51.860 Maybe we can get some suggestions from other people.

00:42:54.580 Um, but yeah, man, I hate to even leave you on this call.

00:43:01.460 Uh, but, um, yeah, life is just, sometimes it's just a lot of freaking pickles on your chili, isn't it?

00:43:14.440 Um, love you, brother.

00:43:18.100 Let's take another call.

00:43:19.340 It's hard to say when somebody's going through something like that.

00:43:21.860 You know, but that's just also the oddness of the world.

00:43:26.120 It just keeps moving.

00:43:27.300 You can't stop it.

00:43:28.300 The world doesn't have any handlebars on it.

00:43:30.780 Time just doesn't have any, it doesn't, you can't get your hands into it.

00:43:37.380 That's the most painful part sometimes of everything.

00:43:41.340 Um, let's take a call here.

00:43:45.620 Hey, Theo.

00:43:48.860 Um, I'm having a really hard time right now.

00:43:53.480 Um, I'm 16 years old.

00:43:55.960 I don't have a job.

00:43:57.560 Nothing.

00:43:59.520 Um, I got my girlfriend pregnant.

00:44:02.540 Okay.

00:44:03.020 She just turned 18 actually, not too long ago.

00:44:08.580 I'm just kind of in this moment where I don't know what's coming for me in life.

00:44:14.800 Like, I feel like I failed myself because I made stupid adult decisions at such a young age.

00:44:21.400 Um, and it hurts me really bad.

00:44:27.400 Um, and I honestly just don't know what to do.

00:44:30.860 I'm kind of in this, like, moment where I feel like I failed everybody around me, including my parents.

00:44:39.660 Um, and I'm just not going to be the dad that I'm supposed to be.

00:44:45.820 Um, and I'm just scared.

00:44:48.660 I'm just looking for any advice.

00:44:50.880 Um.

00:44:52.780 Well, um, at least she's not your cousin, brother.

00:44:57.880 I'll start right there.

00:44:59.360 Uh.

00:45:02.300 And people can say, well, that's just, that's cruel to be joking.

00:45:06.220 But, hey, one last thing the guy's got to kind of think about right now.

00:45:10.240 Um, no, man.

00:45:12.500 Look, first of all, the fact that you're calling even to talk about this shows, I think, a level of maturity that is a lot of people wouldn't do.

00:45:21.960 So, right?

00:45:22.960 You're curious.

00:45:23.760 You're looking at what's going on.

00:45:24.880 You're evaluating where you're at.

00:45:26.440 And you, you're like, well, I want to get to a place where I feel either confident about this or I have some support in this.

00:45:33.260 So how do I get there?

00:45:34.280 Well, I'm going to reach out to other people and see what's going on.

00:45:36.780 See if I can get some thoughts, some suggestions, even to somebody to listen to me.

00:45:41.420 Um.

00:45:42.480 Yeah, that's young to be out there gunning like that, you know, just to be rooting through some trap out there with no visor on, daddy, you know, with no hoodie on.

00:45:53.160 Yeah, but that's, that's the world we're in.

00:45:56.960 Um.

00:45:58.440 So I wouldn't be, you are where you are.

00:46:00.300 You could also look at it as that God has gifted you guys with an opportunity.

00:46:05.560 Uh.

00:46:06.680 I think people will probably be disappointed maybe in where you're at because they don't want to see you miss out on opportunities for yourself that could, uh, that there might be less of if you have a child.

00:46:18.780 That's probably what the disappointment is.

00:46:20.940 I don't think it's disappointment in you having a child.

00:46:24.040 It's probably disappointment that, well, this may affect your ability to chase some of your dreams or ideas because you have a responsibility now.

00:46:32.520 Now, I'm sure that, um, as time goes on and this child comes into the world, it's going to bring a lot of love into everybody's life.

00:46:41.000 So, don't think about just that, man.

00:46:44.540 Let me see, what else did you say?

00:46:47.240 I feel like I've felt everybody around me, including my parents.

00:46:50.720 And I'm just not going to be the dad that I'm supposed to be.

00:46:56.560 Well, we don't know if you're going to be the dad that you're supposed to be, you know.

00:46:59.720 That's ways still to be, to be, uh, determined.

00:47:03.960 You know, we don't, we don't know.

00:47:05.300 That hasn't happened yet.

00:47:06.620 So don't, future trip like that.

00:47:09.760 Um.

00:47:11.180 Shit, the fact that you care about this this much already, I think you're probably going to be a pretty caring guy.

00:47:16.040 You know?

00:47:16.640 And you're going to have a, I'm assuming a girlfriend or wife or her and her family as well are going to help support this child.

00:47:22.520 So, you didn't mention that, that that's going to be a fear.

00:47:26.400 Um.

00:47:28.580 I think everything's going to be okay, dude.

00:47:30.440 I think it's going to take some time.

00:47:31.680 I bet it's super scary, bro.

00:47:34.160 16 years old.

00:47:36.500 And you're having a child, that's, that's, again, that's kind of scary.

00:47:40.660 I think you got, you, you, you, you got to let this play out, man.

00:47:44.500 I think you have a chance to be a young dad.

00:47:45.980 Now, that'd be cool.

00:47:47.800 Think about that.

00:47:49.840 You're going to get to do stuff with your, with your kid that a lot of parents will not be able to do.

00:47:55.260 So, get to play tetherball, get to do probably some, um, racing quads.

00:48:01.720 Like some kind of high speed shit that, you know, some parents kind of age out of when their kids age into it.

00:48:06.820 Probably be able to play video games, do some VR type shit.

00:48:10.260 But, so there's going to be interesting stuff.

00:48:13.080 Um.

00:48:14.840 I, but all I'm saying is that, don't let all the fear take away all the possibility.

00:48:20.980 You know?

00:48:22.200 Now, you're probably going to have to grow up pretty quick.

00:48:24.940 And there might be a part of your adolescence you're going to miss out on.

00:48:28.260 Or it's going to be different or trickier.

00:48:31.080 Um.

00:48:31.580 In fact, you're probably going to grow up pretty fast in some ways.

00:48:34.140 Uh, but maybe that's what God needs you for.

00:48:38.160 You know?

00:48:39.760 You just don't know.

00:48:41.420 You don't know what we're needed for in the future.

00:48:43.560 So, just hang in there, man.

00:48:46.000 This isn't the end of the world.

00:48:47.200 Hell, this is the beginning of a life.

00:48:49.780 That you're responsible for.

00:48:51.140 So, it's just, I know it's got to be scary.

00:48:53.780 It's easy for me to say that.

00:48:55.360 You know?

00:48:55.840 I'm sure there's going to be moments where it's really scary.

00:48:58.620 But try to squeeze into those moments of fear some possibility.

00:49:02.220 Man.

00:49:04.980 Because that's cool, dude.

00:49:06.300 You get to have a, you get to make a child.

00:49:07.940 You get to have a child that you're going to take care of.

00:49:11.480 So, amen, brother.

00:49:13.120 And God, God luck.

00:49:14.560 God luck to you.

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00:51:21.480 From time to time on this program, we talk with miracles, human beings that have, that are the corn of the, that are the cream of the death crop.

00:51:35.580 People that have come so close to the grave but managed to stay out of it.

00:51:42.280 Big bosses, we call them, big bosses.

00:51:45.360 They call them in some Polynesian areas.

00:51:49.940 And today, we're grateful to be able to talk with another miracle here.

00:51:54.020 There he is.

00:51:54.840 Big dog, Matt.

00:51:55.760 How are you?

00:51:57.340 I'm living the dream, man.

00:51:59.360 I'm living the dream.

00:52:01.140 Amen, brother.

00:52:02.080 Yeah, we love to get to talk to people who've had miracle experiences in their lives.

00:52:05.740 And I just really appreciate your time today.

00:52:08.580 How do you say your last name there, brother?

00:52:11.680 Tyberg.

00:52:12.700 Mateus Tyberg.

00:52:14.480 Oh, this ankle makes me look so fat, but that's okay.

00:52:17.700 Oh, that's fine, man.

00:52:19.040 My sister's fat.

00:52:22.320 And that's perfectly fine.

00:52:25.340 Mateus Tyberg, where are you located, brother?

00:52:28.200 I live in Calgary, Alberta.

00:52:30.960 Oh, yeah.

00:52:32.700 Yeah, a lot of good people up there eating steaks and just, what are they doing?

00:52:37.480 Mining for gold.

00:52:38.520 Is that the gold area?

00:52:40.940 Gold, oil.

00:52:43.340 Yeah.

00:52:43.980 Memphis gold.

00:52:45.840 Memphis gold, yeah.

00:52:47.400 Now, you've had quite an experience in your life.

00:52:52.240 I've heard that you've had a couple miracles kind of occur in your life.

00:52:55.140 Can you kind of take me through some of that situation?

00:53:00.040 Yeah.

00:53:00.200 How did it start?

00:53:03.340 Well, there's so many different situations.

00:53:06.420 I mean, I've been at a party where I've seen somebody that jumped me before, so I told him, let's run the fade or just apologize to me.

00:53:18.740 And I guess he didn't want to do that.

00:53:20.760 So, he ended up chasing me, and I tripped, and I got stabbed ten times at once.

00:53:27.440 Oh.

00:53:28.120 Lost two-thirds of the blood in my body.

00:53:31.500 My God, brother.

00:53:32.540 I'm sorry to hear that.

00:53:33.240 Thank you for just telling us about that.

00:53:35.860 Ten times?

00:53:36.720 That's a lot.

00:53:37.460 I mean, did they, do you, do you feel like that was a lot?

00:53:45.460 You feel like it was too many?

00:53:46.580 Like, how did you?

00:53:47.800 Yeah, honestly, you can't feel it because all of your nerves are on the top of your skin.

00:53:53.360 So, it just feels like you're getting punched, but you're bleeding, you're leaking.

00:53:58.500 Oh, God, brother.

00:53:59.920 And what do you, how do you, and if two-thirds of you is gone, what do you do at that point?

00:54:04.640 Were you able to call the authorities, or what do you do?

00:54:08.160 Oh, one of my buddies was on the phone with EMS and Snapchatting it.

00:54:14.420 He was Snapchatting also?

00:54:16.800 Yeah.

00:54:17.560 Oh, dark times, but you got to make content, you know?

00:54:21.760 Yeah.

00:54:22.380 And which hole do you plug?

00:54:23.700 Say you have ten stab wounds, I guess, they're referred to as by the government or whatever.

00:54:29.600 Do you plug one up?

00:54:31.560 Do you pick the most kind of active one?

00:54:35.460 What do you do there?

00:54:37.800 Honestly, you don't really know what to hold on to, man.

00:54:45.040 It was more or less my stomach hurt, so that's why I was holding my stomach.

00:54:50.740 But I was half dead by the time I got to the hospital, so.

00:54:55.980 Did you pass out?

00:54:58.020 Oh, yeah.

00:54:58.960 Wow.

00:54:59.660 And did you have any experience?

00:55:01.240 Do you remember anything when you passed out?

00:55:02.800 Like, did you?

00:55:03.980 I just remember, because I was on Xanax, too, so I woke up in the hospital.

00:55:09.480 And then, yeah, I woke up in the hospital.

00:55:11.940 And then, apparently, you're only allowed two visitors at once.

00:55:15.780 And eight people come at once to come visit me.

00:55:19.100 So then they kicked me out of the hospital, like, three days after it happened.

00:55:24.000 Because, what, you guys were partying a little too much or whatever?

00:55:27.280 Yeah, pretty much.

00:55:29.100 And were you allowed a drink in the hospital or no?

00:55:32.180 No.

00:55:32.800 No, I wouldn't drink.

00:55:34.100 They were just mad because all my friends showed up at once to see if I was okay.

00:55:38.580 Wow, man.

00:55:40.840 Yeah, a lot of people don't live through something like that, man.

00:55:44.260 No.

00:55:45.080 I've been hit by the sea train.

00:55:47.140 I've, oh, yeah, the best one is.

00:55:49.260 Wait, hold on.

00:55:49.920 You got hit by a.

00:55:52.260 Well, what happened was, is my buddy knew this foreign exchange student.

00:55:57.540 He gave money to these guys to try and buy him a pack of cigarettes.

00:56:01.880 These guys are, like, 30 years old.

00:56:03.980 They just told him to fuck off.

00:56:05.640 We're keeping your money.

00:56:06.740 So, I decided to go up and punch him as hard as I could in the head.

00:56:12.540 And I didn't realize the police are there.

00:56:15.060 So, I'm getting chased by this guy's buddy with, like, a foot-long knife.

00:56:19.620 I keep looking back, still getting chased by the guy with the knife.

00:56:24.260 Then I look back, it's the cops chasing me.

00:56:26.860 So, I'm at one end of a semi, and the cop is at the other end.

00:56:31.820 Of a semi-truck?

00:56:33.540 Yeah, and we're playing peek-a-boo to see where to go.

00:56:37.200 I'm wearing a bright red Chicago Bulls jacket.

00:56:41.420 Oh, yeah.

00:56:41.640 And I'm freaking hammered.

00:56:44.420 Dude, that's a fresh outfit, baby.

00:56:46.320 Scotty dripping, huh?

00:56:48.500 Yeah.

00:56:49.640 And what happened was I ended up getting arrested for assault.

00:56:53.000 I got bailed two weeks later.

00:56:55.060 I'm at the same train station that I punched the guy at.

00:56:59.260 I'm hammered, standing on the platform.

00:57:02.140 And then I get sucker punched in the back of the head.

00:57:05.340 And, oh, who is it?

00:57:06.460 The guy stole that kid's 20 bucks.

00:57:09.680 No.

00:57:09.920 And then he just ended up pushing me like that, and I fell onto the train tracks.

00:57:15.740 And the train was coming in.

00:57:18.220 So, I didn't know what to do.

00:57:20.380 I just throw my body above the yellow line, and it caught my legs and dragged me like 15 feet.

00:57:27.400 And then, like, rip my shoes off, rip my pants in half.

00:57:31.360 Oh, God, it's a pervert, basically.

00:57:34.620 Yeah.

00:57:35.340 Pretty much.

00:57:36.240 Yeah, who knew that train was a pedophile also?

00:57:38.540 That sounds like a bit much, huh?

00:57:41.700 Dude, that's insane, man.

00:57:43.040 So, and were you drunk, or were you already impaired when the train hit you?

00:57:48.240 Or what kind of condition were you in physically just at that point in your life?

00:57:51.900 Oh, yeah.

00:57:52.940 I was an everyday alcoholic.

00:57:55.140 We would all, all the boys would meet.

00:57:57.420 I got this question, though.

00:57:59.360 Sorry to interrupt you there.

00:58:00.540 But what kind of train driver would hit a drunk, just hit a guy, would hit a drunk guy?

00:58:06.560 Did you ever speak to the driver?

00:58:10.480 No.

00:58:11.080 Well, the thing is, is the C train's moving so fast, right?

00:58:16.160 So, it's coming to dock into the station to let everybody off.

00:58:20.420 There's nothing he really could have done to...

00:58:23.340 I don't know.

00:58:23.900 You can see a white dude most of the time, you know, no matter what's going on.

00:58:28.280 But damn, brother, I can't believe that.

00:58:30.380 And so, you were stabbed 10 times.

00:58:33.440 You've been hit by a train, but God had more in store for you, didn't he?

00:58:37.080 What else happened?

00:58:39.780 The biggest one was the balcony, because I ended up buying some cocaine that wasn't all cocaine.

00:58:46.880 Oh, yeah.

00:58:47.440 So, there was meth in it.

00:58:49.120 Oh, yeah, right.

00:58:50.920 Them moguls got some bounce to them, huh?

00:58:54.020 Shit, man.

00:58:54.840 Every time I look through the little hole in my door, there'd be four people outside with weapons trying to bust in.

00:59:01.540 That's what I would see.

00:59:03.180 I'm dragging the couch...

00:59:04.240 Like a diorama, kind of.

00:59:06.320 Yeah.

00:59:07.100 I'm dragging the couch with the landlord on it to the front door to try and block it.

00:59:11.760 Damn, brother.

00:59:12.500 He told me to go to bed, so I went to bed and woke up.

00:59:18.200 All I could do was get a glass of water.

00:59:20.500 I looked through that people in the door, and the same thing.

00:59:24.480 People...

00:59:24.920 It looks like people with guns are trying to bust in the apartment.

00:59:29.180 So, I tried to go from my balcony over to the neighbor's, and I'm on the seventh floor, so...

00:59:35.460 And who are the neighbors?

00:59:36.560 Can we...

00:59:36.960 Let's...

00:59:37.480 Who are they?

00:59:38.020 There was nobody even in there.

00:59:40.600 That's why I was trying to get over to the...

00:59:43.020 And how far is that?

00:59:45.040 Is that a jump you're trying to make, or did you have a kind of a rope set up, or anything like that?

00:59:50.600 Did you have a little trebuchet, anything?

00:59:53.700 Shit.

00:59:54.200 Like, you could...

00:59:54.920 If you reached across, you could pass a beer to your neighbor, so it wasn't that far.

00:59:59.680 Okay.

01:00:00.120 I just kind of was trying to leapfrog over.

01:00:03.520 I know it's kind of stupid, but when you're fucked up like that...

01:00:06.020 Well, it's a great idea.

01:00:08.760 I mean, here's the thing.

01:00:10.580 People don't realize that people that are wasted have done amazing things.

01:00:13.520 You know, one of the guys...

01:00:15.620 Have you heard of Lewis and Clark?

01:00:19.680 Yeah, I think so.

01:00:21.200 One of them was an addict, and they discovered like a third of the North America.

01:00:26.300 So, let's don't...

01:00:28.320 You can't always beat down on addicts.

01:00:30.440 But so, take me out there.

01:00:31.460 You're on the balcony.

01:00:32.220 You're high on cocaine, and what is...

01:00:34.980 Your plan is to make that leap over to the other balcony?

01:00:38.580 Yeah.

01:00:39.720 And then, the shittiest...

01:00:42.000 I guess the shittiest attempt ever.

01:00:44.140 And was it windy?

01:00:45.080 Was it windy?

01:00:46.560 Yes, it was.

01:00:47.640 Yeah.

01:00:48.700 Brother.

01:00:50.720 Big Matty, dude.

01:00:52.680 Taking on the freaking Boreas twins, brother.

01:00:55.280 Taking on the jet stream up there.

01:00:58.060 Seventh floor Matty.

01:00:59.440 One shot.

01:01:00.840 And how do you make that leap, dude?

01:01:02.540 Tell me...

01:01:02.880 Take me through that.

01:01:04.140 Are you wearing shoes?

01:01:05.900 At first, I stood up right on the thing and held my hand on the wall, but I was wobbling.

01:01:13.460 Yeah.

01:01:14.060 Okay.

01:01:14.340 On the rail of it.

01:01:15.460 So, then I was wobbling.

01:01:17.500 So, I was like, oh shit, I'm gonna fall.

01:01:19.600 So, I like crouched down to try and like leap like that.

01:01:23.640 Oh, yeah.

01:01:23.960 Get some...

01:01:24.900 Build up a little bit of energy or whatever.

01:01:26.860 What is it called?

01:01:27.420 Potential energy.

01:01:28.840 You crouched down.

01:01:30.120 Yep.

01:01:31.840 Yeah, leapfrogged my way down all the way 70 feet.

01:01:36.980 What happened?

01:01:37.700 Did you bounce off the rail or did you even hit the other balcony?

01:01:40.860 Oh, I didn't even hit the other balcony.

01:01:43.020 I'm sorry, dude.

01:01:44.780 Sorry to laugh.

01:01:45.600 There's a glitch in the audio.

01:01:47.700 Yeah, no.

01:01:48.420 It's all good.

01:01:49.100 It's pretty...

01:01:49.500 I laugh about it, dude.

01:01:51.120 And now...

01:01:51.400 Man, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes, you know?

01:01:55.280 Yeah, but that's one way to look at it, man.

01:01:57.660 But I think another way to look at it is that you're a miracle, you know?

01:02:02.180 A lot of people do not get to live through stabbings, through train hitings, through falling.

01:02:08.800 How far do you fall?

01:02:10.740 70 feet.

01:02:11.180 70 feet.

01:02:12.100 Okay.

01:02:12.700 And take me...

01:02:13.500 Jesus Christ, that's a lot.

01:02:15.580 And take me through some of that.

01:02:17.060 Like, when you first hit the...

01:02:18.360 Once you first realized you're not going to make the first balcony, were there lower balconies you could have grabbed?

01:02:25.600 Not when...

01:02:26.840 Because, damn, you fall so fast.

01:02:28.940 I was 200 pounds at the time.

01:02:30.940 And if you weigh 200 pounds and you go over 50 feet, you go terminal velocity.

01:02:38.480 So, I hit...

01:02:39.260 Yeah, I hit the ground going terminal velocity for the last 20 feet.

01:02:44.480 Big dog went down, brother.

01:02:47.300 God, dude.

01:02:47.900 And so, what were some of your thoughts during that?

01:02:49.680 Did you get into a certain position to absorb the impact?

01:02:52.220 Or were you just kind of, like, letting...

01:02:54.760 Were you praying?

01:02:55.700 What was going on?

01:02:57.000 When I fell down, actually, I've seen, like...

01:03:00.940 Some people on, like, the third or fourth or whatever floor it was, they were outside smoking on their balcony.

01:03:07.300 Oh, that's pretty cool.

01:03:08.480 I hit the ground.

01:03:10.180 They look over at me.

01:03:12.160 And I tell them to bring me some liquor.

01:03:14.880 Because I know I'm going to the hospital.

01:03:17.180 I can't move my damn body.

01:03:19.400 And I was an alcoholic at the time.

01:03:21.600 Wow.

01:03:23.920 God, dude.

01:03:24.740 Who survives that, brother?

01:03:27.800 I don't know, man.

01:03:29.000 And I've honestly almost died even more times than that.

01:03:32.300 Like, when I was a baby, I fell into a motel pool while my parents weren't there.

01:03:37.480 And I was drowned, pronounced dead.

01:03:40.300 And I came back.

01:03:41.760 So, yeah.

01:03:42.440 Well, you must feel like God wants you here for a reason, brother.

01:03:45.840 Yeah.

01:03:47.940 What do you feel like that is after all this?

01:03:49.620 I mean, that's countless times you've escaped death, man.

01:03:54.360 You know, a...

01:03:54.980 Yeah.

01:03:55.740 You know, forced to swim as a baby.

01:03:58.840 Train hitting.

01:04:00.800 Stabbing.

01:04:01.320 Stabbing.

01:04:02.540 Or, you know, high amount stabbing.

01:04:06.220 70-foot fall off of a balcony.

01:04:08.960 Yeah.

01:04:09.500 I've been stabbed other times, too.

01:04:11.720 But I think...

01:04:12.360 Right.

01:04:13.020 I understand what you're getting at, but I think...

01:04:16.540 What do you feel like you're...

01:04:18.320 Do you feel like you have a bigger purpose?

01:04:19.620 There's a reason a lot of people are not able to go through all that, man.

01:04:22.440 You understand that's pretty miraculous.

01:04:23.900 Do you understand that?

01:04:25.500 Yeah.

01:04:26.100 Amen, brother.

01:04:27.540 And how are you doing today?

01:04:29.140 What's your physical state today?

01:04:30.360 Um, I'm a tetraplegic, so I can...

01:04:35.320 Like, I can't feel or move anything chest down.

01:04:39.160 I can move my arms, but my fingers are stuck like this.

01:04:44.220 Oh, yeah.

01:04:45.020 Kind of like Muhammad Ali or whatever?

01:04:47.960 Yeah.

01:04:49.040 But at the end of the day, I don't ever complain about it because, man, I'm the one who wanted

01:04:54.440 to do coke, and I can't blame that on somebody else.

01:04:59.320 I mean...

01:04:59.940 And you're a survivor, brother.

01:05:01.280 You're a damn survivor, dude.

01:05:02.520 You're a damn...

01:05:03.440 You know what I'm saying?

01:05:04.080 You're a damn gravity monkey, dude.

01:05:07.740 Do you think you will ever walk again, brother?

01:05:11.540 Um, probably not, but I'm okay with that.

01:05:15.820 I don't really...

01:05:16.820 I love watching YouTube.

01:05:18.660 There's so much...

01:05:19.720 People come up with stuff every day, so...

01:05:21.820 Oh, yeah.

01:05:22.740 Gives me something to do.

01:05:24.360 Oh, yeah.

01:05:24.640 You can watch people walk on YouTube all day if you want and take it easy, you know?

01:05:28.080 Um...

01:05:28.920 Yeah.

01:05:29.280 But, man, I just, yeah, I appreciate you just jumping on, and I appreciate you paying attention

01:05:34.020 to the show, and, um...

01:05:36.260 Yeah, we're gonna come to Calgary, dude.

01:05:37.680 You gotta come out.

01:05:38.340 I'd love to get to meet you out there.

01:05:40.440 Yeah, I'm coming.

01:05:41.560 I already got my VIP tickets, so...

01:05:45.200 Sweet, bro.

01:05:46.100 Well, yeah, we'll have to catch up, dude.

01:05:48.240 I want to touch some, uh, magic limbs you got on you, daddy.

01:05:52.000 I'm gonna rub them bitches for good luck.

01:05:54.140 Hell, yeah.

01:05:55.880 Yeah.

01:05:56.800 Where do you live these days, man?

01:05:59.320 I live in, uh...

01:06:01.120 Well, now I'm so crippled, I gotta live in, like, a long-term care home.

01:06:05.540 So, I'm the youngest here.

01:06:08.160 It's pretty much just older people.

01:06:10.240 Any chicks in there, or what?

01:06:12.500 No, not really.

01:06:14.200 Any disabled chicks?

01:06:16.800 You gotta pray to meet the one you want.

01:06:18.200 That's what my friend told me the other day.

01:06:19.360 He said, are you praying to meet the woman you want to meet, you know?

01:06:22.980 Yeah.

01:06:23.660 So, I gotta start working on that.

01:06:24.380 I kinda gave up, because once you, once you sever your spinal cord, man, you can't even bust a nut.

01:06:31.460 I haven't busted a nut since I fell from that balcony.

01:06:34.800 Oh, damn.

01:06:36.200 How long before you had fallen did you have busted a nut, you think?

01:06:39.920 Oh, the day before.

01:06:42.580 Amen, brother.

01:06:44.420 Amen.

01:06:44.740 I love it.

01:06:45.200 Finish strong.

01:06:47.160 Yeah, finish strong.

01:06:49.180 And look, man, you're gonna bust one.

01:06:51.040 We're gonna, we're gonna, if we can do anything, if we hear of anything that, you know, could help you, any elixirs or anything like that, we'll see what we can do, man.

01:06:58.520 But, yeah, dude, that's, that's, if you can get hit by a train and still be alive or whatever, you can, you'll get another nut out.

01:07:11.500 Oh, yeah.

01:07:12.580 That would be nice.

01:07:13.980 Amen, brother.

01:07:14.740 Well, thank you so much, dude.

01:07:16.600 Give my best to everybody up there in Calgary, bro.

01:07:18.940 America's getting weird.

01:07:19.920 We're probably all gonna come up there soon, so, uh, save me room up there, big dog.

01:07:26.660 Yeah, Calgary's probably the best, nicest city in Canada, I think, so.

01:07:31.940 Dude, Canada's so great, man.

01:07:33.500 And it's safe, too.

01:07:34.440 That's the best thing about your stories, I noticed, is that you didn't get shot in one of them.

01:07:38.580 Um, yeah, I've been shot at, but.

01:07:43.020 But that don't count.

01:07:43.920 You gotta come to America to get shot, brother.

01:07:45.660 That's where we do.

01:07:47.140 So, they won't, they won't let me across the border.

01:07:50.940 Oh, we'll see what we can do.

01:07:52.380 Well, look, right now, you're probably in insurance risk, I would guess, so.

01:07:57.280 Yeah.

01:07:58.500 Um, but yeah, dude, that's a good thing about Canada.

01:08:01.120 They got knives, so you always stand a chance, you know.

01:08:03.540 That's one thing I like.

01:08:05.520 Yeah.

01:08:05.880 Yeah, yeah, at least you're not getting shot, just killed instantly.

01:08:10.920 Yeah, that's so bullshit and lame, dude.

01:08:14.560 I mean, look at you.

01:08:15.320 If you got shot that first time, we wouldn't even, you wouldn't even, uh, um, you wouldn't even got hit by a train.

01:08:21.440 That's crazy to say, but you wouldn't, you know, the other stuff wouldn't even have happened.

01:08:24.340 You wouldn't have had these other experiences, you know?

01:08:27.280 Yeah.

01:08:28.740 So.

01:08:29.100 No doubt.

01:08:30.020 You're like the worst evil Knievel in some ways, you know?

01:08:32.960 Yeah.

01:08:33.240 Sorry, dude.

01:08:36.320 That's not funny, bud.

01:08:37.500 It's all good.

01:08:38.520 It is funny, dude.

01:08:40.300 I laugh at anything, man.

01:08:42.220 If I didn't become a criminal before, I would have became a comedian, dude.

01:08:46.660 I just didn't have any father figure in my life.

01:08:50.500 So, I was homeless, 16 years old, downtown, selling weed.

01:08:55.120 So, not making good choices, but.

01:08:59.880 Well, you're alive today, man.

01:09:01.440 Yeah, I do believe that you're here for a purpose.

01:09:02.880 And even just sharing your story right here today, man, you know, resilience is huge.

01:09:07.020 And, um, I think the future's bright, brother.

01:09:10.160 I believe that.

01:09:10.920 And I'm just glad I got to talk to you today.

01:09:12.700 And, well, we got our first Canadian miracle right there, Matt.

01:09:16.300 Um, Ty, how do you say your last name?

01:09:19.240 Tyberg.

01:09:19.900 Matt Tyberg right there.

01:09:21.500 Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't believe in miracles, uh, you got to believe in them

01:09:25.200 now.

01:09:25.700 That's what I feel like.

01:09:27.280 And, uh, Matt, thanks for your time, dude.

01:09:28.700 I look forward to catching up with you in a couple months.

01:09:31.180 All right.

01:09:31.900 Awesome.

01:09:32.420 Sounds good.

01:09:33.260 Have a great day.

01:09:34.380 All right.

01:09:34.660 You too, brother.

01:09:35.200 Cheers, man.

01:09:36.640 Cheers.

01:09:37.000 Matthew Tyberg right there.

01:09:42.560 Let's see if we got one more call that came in here.

01:09:45.400 Uh, hey, Theo, this is Willie Boone.

01:09:50.420 What's up, pal?

01:09:51.500 Willie Boone's coming through, baby.

01:09:53.820 Breaker Breaker 1-9.

01:09:54.720 Go through, Boone's.

01:09:56.640 What's up, gang?

01:09:58.280 Yo, man, um, I just got one question for you, man.

01:10:01.000 Like, um, I'm dealing with active addiction with, you know, the blow.

01:10:06.520 Or whatever, but.

01:10:08.820 Yeah, doing cocaine, brother.

01:10:09.960 I hear you.

01:10:10.320 What's going on?

01:10:11.120 And I'm just, I just want some tips or some advice, man, on how I can keep this shit.

01:10:16.540 Like, I just have problems, man.

01:10:18.500 I say I'm going to stop.

01:10:19.340 Never do.

01:10:20.260 I'm sure you know.

01:10:21.320 You went through the same shit, eh?

01:10:23.040 But.

01:10:24.640 Well, thanks for calling, Willie.

01:10:26.420 Um, the only things I know about this are I don't think you can, uh, quit cocaine without

01:10:32.680 quitting alcohol.

01:10:34.060 That's, uh, for me, that's what I've seen.

01:10:37.680 I'm not saying that's everybody's case.

01:10:39.720 I'm not.

01:10:40.360 That's for me.

01:10:41.100 For me, that's what I've seen.

01:10:42.380 And then, let me think about what else.

01:10:44.820 Um, yeah, I think you have to get into recovery.

01:10:47.580 Now, if you're pretty bad off, first, you need to go to a detox.

01:10:50.220 And then once you're clean, then you need to get into a recovery program, you know, maybe

01:10:55.480 a 30 day or an inpatient, or then start to go to cocaine anonymous or alcoholics anonymous

01:11:00.880 meetings with a friend.

01:11:02.000 If you don't like cocaine anonymous meetings, I suggest alcoholics anonymous because there's

01:11:06.780 more meetings and it's the same thing.

01:11:09.360 Cocaine and alcohol aren't the same thing, but addiction is the same.

01:11:12.800 So if you can, you can apply the same principles and you can talk to a sponsor about doing that.

01:11:18.520 Um, I wish I had some other cure for you.

01:11:21.360 That's the only thing that I know that's ever helped me.

01:11:24.280 So I wish you the best of luck, man.

01:11:26.040 It's scary.

01:11:27.420 You know what I realized too about drugs?

01:11:29.200 For me, I was just too much of a pussy to do them, really.

01:11:32.720 Some people could get all fucked up and have a blast.

01:11:34.920 I couldn't do that.

01:11:36.380 I'd get all fucked up and squirrel away.

01:11:38.660 I'd hide in your fucking mailbox, bitch.

01:11:42.100 You P.S., boy.

01:11:45.300 I'll hide in your cousin's ass, boy.

01:11:48.400 And take everybody's temperature in there, dog.

01:11:50.460 Praise God, man.

01:11:51.320 Thank you for calling, brother.

01:11:53.560 And thank you guys again for all the support.

01:11:55.400 We may add a few more shows to this tour.

01:11:57.320 We're almost done with it.

01:11:58.620 And I just want to let you know that.

01:12:00.300 And thank you to everybody that's come out.

01:12:03.140 I can't even believe it.

01:12:07.040 What else can I update you on?

01:12:08.420 Oh, we're figuring out some of our stuff with the foundation and what we're going to do.

01:12:12.000 Been doing some calls with different people and just figuring out how to make a positive difference in the world or in our community starting there.

01:12:21.680 So that's something that's exciting.

01:12:23.320 I want it to be in the recovery space.

01:12:25.180 I don't know what it all looks like.

01:12:27.440 But in my spare time, I've been just discussing with other people who have done similar type things.

01:12:34.360 And I just need to pray a little bit more and see if I can get more insight, you know, just to lead me to something.

01:12:42.460 And because, yeah, I mean, there's causes for sure.

01:12:49.260 There's lots of things.

01:12:49.940 But I want to I want to yeah, I want to land in a space that I'm going to feel motivated to keep doing.

01:12:57.620 And, you know, one more call that came in.

01:13:03.340 I feel it's Lenore from Florida.

01:13:05.760 Hey, Lenore from Florida.

01:13:08.240 Thank you for calling.

01:13:09.240 I'm calling to wish you a happy birthday.

01:13:13.660 Because if I remember right, it's March 17th.

01:13:18.600 Anyway, I'm sending you a big virtual hug.

01:13:21.540 I want you to know you're a very special person, a shining light of not only laughs, but of so much love and compassion.

01:13:30.780 I hope you're doing whatever makes you happy today.

01:13:34.180 Keep shining your light.

01:13:36.300 Love you, Theo.

01:13:37.360 Gang.

01:13:37.740 Thanks, Lenore.

01:13:40.240 That's sweet of you.

01:13:41.060 I appreciate that.

01:13:46.020 Yeah, that's just sweet of you to say.

01:13:48.520 I feel, you know, I think I feel a little more purposeful sometimes in my life these days.

01:13:56.520 I think I think there was this moment kind of even when I had whenever we talked with Cat Williams on the episode and he said, well, I was talking about, well, I don't know about this.

01:14:06.780 I don't know about that.

01:14:07.180 And he's like, well, what don't you know?

01:14:08.360 He's like, you're here.

01:14:09.620 You're in this conversation right now.

01:14:11.400 You're in this moment.

01:14:12.560 So to keep second guessing everything, you know, you're here.

01:14:18.860 There's a you're here.

01:14:21.340 Right.

01:14:21.660 Like, like, because I think there was something like, I don't know if we should talk about that.

01:14:25.800 He's like, well, when are we going to talk about it?

01:14:27.100 We have to talk about this is we're here talking about it.

01:14:30.140 You know, in a lot of my life, I've I've I've I've been standing in.

01:14:39.360 You know, I've been standing in the.

01:14:41.160 In the water, but not really ready to get wet, but it's like I'm I'm in the water.

01:14:48.300 You know, but it's like I'm waiting for this third day, you know, but there was this moment

01:14:55.900 with him where he's just like, this is where you are.

01:14:58.220 This is and I don't mean me, but it's anybody.

01:15:01.400 It's where this it's if it's happening now.

01:15:04.100 What's happening now, like, you know, because a lot of them, I'm always like, you know, this

01:15:08.660 and later and then and it's like, you know, so I do feel sometimes a little more purposeful.

01:15:16.440 I don't know even what that means exactly, but I just I don't know.

01:15:21.240 I start to feel a little bit more OK where I am, you know, and that.

01:15:26.300 Yeah, I believe that.

01:15:27.500 But yeah, I believe that God's given me a lot of neat stuff, opportunity, like, you

01:15:38.500 know, I believe that you guys have helped me learn, like how to express like my feelings

01:15:41.680 and learn about.

01:15:45.400 Yeah, just thinking and feeling together.

01:15:48.480 We've done a lot of that on this program over the years.

01:15:50.840 And yeah, I think at some point, you know, there are positives from that, you know, and

01:16:07.300 so I think, yeah, that's where I feel.

01:16:09.740 I feel like a little bit like there's a reason that all this has kind of happened and that there

01:16:16.040 are some positives and let's start to maybe see what those are and not just in me, but

01:16:20.180 just like, yeah, what what can be done as a group?

01:16:22.600 What what can I start or be a part of starting or what can we be a part of starting that could

01:16:31.100 be of service?

01:16:34.740 You know, I don't know.

01:16:37.080 I don't know exactly what I'm saying, but but I'm able to say it now more than I felt

01:16:41.960 like I was in the past and feel like that's where I'm supposed to be.

01:16:45.840 So you got to feel lucky to be alive, you know, lucky to get to see certain things.

01:16:50.720 And I think America is getting weird and interesting and it's getting like good versus evil type

01:16:56.720 shit.

01:16:57.040 And I'm here for that shit.

01:16:58.600 You know, I think we've all always wanted to live in like in the Gryffindor versus Slytherin

01:17:07.400 type shit, type shit.

01:17:11.320 Um, so, but anyway, thank you.

01:17:15.500 Thanks for the happy birthday wishes.

01:17:17.180 What did I do?

01:17:17.820 My buddy John Shahidi from, um, from Happy Dead sent me a gift.

01:17:24.920 I haven't even opened it yet.

01:17:27.000 My, did my brother give me something?

01:17:29.520 I don't know.

01:17:29.920 My brother came in town too and his buddy's friend was up here visiting their kid.

01:17:35.540 Their kid was in show choir at the Grand Ole Opry or at the, um, Opry Mills.

01:17:40.200 So I got to spend some time with them.

01:17:43.460 What else did we do?

01:17:45.720 Took mom to my favorite breakfast place.

01:17:47.700 That was fun.

01:17:50.080 Um, oh, my mom did give me a gift.

01:17:52.520 She got me an ounce of silver.

01:17:55.700 You know, my mom was never a gold digger.

01:17:58.900 She was a silver digger though.

01:18:00.840 Shout out to silver diggers, dude.

01:18:02.280 They don't end up with shit, but, you know, but they're not gold diggers, dude.

01:18:07.860 But my mom, like, you know, she's ready for like the end of things.

01:18:11.180 Right.

01:18:11.380 So she's ready.

01:18:12.020 She's like when the banks go awry and the, all the, you know, everything falls apart online,

01:18:17.140 you're going to have, so you could have real silver and you can trade it for stuff.

01:18:19.980 So she got me, um, like an ounce of silver.

01:18:23.240 So that was really cool.

01:18:24.060 I never had that.

01:18:25.700 And what else?

01:18:26.580 Oh, I got a pair of boots, bought myself a pair of boots that I really like.

01:18:31.160 And what else did I do?

01:18:36.120 Oh, I texted some of my friends, uh, that had the same birthday.

01:18:42.440 Trying to think.

01:18:43.360 Oh, I had to work.

01:18:44.180 I had a podcast that I did with a hostage negotiator.

01:18:47.340 That was pretty cool.

01:18:48.520 So, uh, got to do that.

01:18:51.440 And, uh, did I, is that when I did that?

01:18:55.240 Yep.

01:18:56.100 Yeah.

01:18:57.400 So that's what I did, man.

01:18:59.080 I did the things, yeah, that I like to do on my birthday.

01:19:01.620 I think I went and worked out.

01:19:02.920 I got to podcast.

01:19:04.240 I got to listen to some music with my mom.

01:19:07.200 And, uh, and it was great.

01:19:08.880 And I'm grateful to be here with you guys today.

01:19:10.960 And, um, yeah.

01:19:13.040 Thank you, Lenore, for the sweet message.

01:19:14.760 And thank, uh, and I don't know what that was.

01:19:17.100 And thank you, everybody, for the support.

01:19:19.520 Um, and yeah, the hotline is always, if you need it, 985-664-9503.

01:19:26.080 And, uh, yeah, there's a light out there for all of us, man.

01:19:31.940 You know, for all types of people.

01:19:34.860 And life sometimes, you know, you just don't get it the way you want it.

01:19:38.100 But it's still, I don't know.

01:19:40.340 Sometimes you got to meet it halfway, man.

01:19:41.580 Sometimes you got to put your own pickles on your chili, brother.

01:19:45.340 But there's a light for all of us.

01:19:48.020 You guys be good to yourselves, baby.

01:19:51.020 You deserve it, man.

01:19:52.120 Whenever you're down

01:20:05.640 Out in the cold

01:20:08.360 Faceless and tired

01:20:11.400 No worries I'm told

01:20:13.960 Come take my hand

01:20:17.140 And walk there with me

01:20:19.720 I know a place

01:20:22.480 Where we can be free

01:20:25.380 There is a light

01:20:28.140 Shining for you

01:20:30.460 Who needs matches?

01:20:31.960 Guiding your way

01:20:33.780 I'm on fire

01:20:34.820 Hoping you through

01:20:36.260 Hey!

01:20:37.580 Shadows and gloom

01:20:39.200 Two shots of fireball

01:20:40.860 All that you see

01:20:42.780 We'll find a place

01:20:44.940 The Bronx is burning

01:20:46.820 You can be free

01:20:47.980 From the mountain tops

01:20:52.360 And to the deepest valleys

01:20:55.940 We hear a voice

01:20:57.840 Follow you

01:20:59.540 Through the trunk

01:21:00.740 And a rising star

01:21:03.640 Shining in the diamond valley

01:21:07.320 Can't you see

01:21:08.820 You can be free

01:21:10.980 I'm on the stairs

01:21:20.660 I'm on the stairs

01:21:21.940 I'm on the stairs

01:21:40.980 There't be a 만났

01:21:50.900 What's up?

01:21:51.800 Play with you

01:21:52.700 I'm the énergoline

01:21:52.880 I've been on the stairs

01:21:54.500 I'm on the stairs

01:21:54.940 I'm on the stairs

01:21:55.300 I'm on the stairs

01:21:55.860 And I'm them

01:21:57.040 I'm on the stairs

01:21:57.620 I'm on the stairs

01:21:57.920 I'm on the stairs

01:21:58.400 I'm on the stairs

01:21:58.720 I'm on the stairs

01:21:58.880 I'm on the stairs

01:21:59.680 I'm on the stairs

01:22:00.700 I'm on the stairs

01:22:01.680 I'm on the stairs

01:22:02.540 I'm on the stairs

This Past Weekend with Theo Von - April 01, 2025

#572 - Pickle Chili

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