Hey everybody, what's up? Welcome to season two
premiere of the Mark Mo Show. My name is Mark
Maloney and I am your host along with AK219's
very own Aidan Maloney. Aidan, how are you doing
today? Feeling beautiful, a little under the
weather. I'm sure some of the more avid listeners
can probably tell in my voice a little bit. But
besides that, you got to look at the silver linings,
the bright side of life, as they always say.
And I'm doing fantastic. That's good. You know,
got back from a little mini vacation. last week.
Portland, Oregon. Portland, Oregon. Salem, Oregon.
Seattle, Washington. Did the whole coast. Well,
not the coast coast, but you know what I mean.
It was fantastic, so I'm bueno, as they say down
south. Indeed. The deep south, yes. Yes. Deeper
than the deep south. Yeah, that's exactly what
they say. But yeah, the Pacific Northwest is
really great. It's gorgeous. I love it. If I
had a job offer, I'd probably go tomorrow. Oh,
easily. Easily. There's just a few places in
this country. Florida's kind of whack right now,
so it's kind of temporarily at least off my list.
But I love the Vegas area. You know, not so much
the craziness. I mean, the craziness is there
if you want it. Right. You know, but just being
in the desert, the mountains, it's just cool
and nights get cool. Yeah. There's a lot to like
about it, you know? And then the Pacific Northwest.
Yeah, it's gorgeous. That's great. I'm glad you
had a great time. Very fun. Yeah. And cold aside,
like I was saying, fantastic. Excited to be a
part of season two. Glad I wasn't put on the
ol'. put on the old back burner like AK209 has
been, but hey, you know, I've been doing content
on my own channel, which kind of makes up for
it. Yeah, let's talk about that. So, AK219 on
a bit of a hiatus right now? Seems like I, yeah,
Kev's just been busy, honestly. He's been busy.
He's working two jobs now, trying to make a little
dough, which, I mean, I can't blame him. It's
a dogshit economy in an arguably not very nice
country, so. Right. You know, it's rough out
there, so I feel for him, and of course, AK -209's
hurting from it, but I can't fully put that on
him. Like, his situation is only, you know, a
certain percent in his control, so. That's true.
You know, AK -209's on hiatus for the foreseeable
future, but anyone curious about more content?
Of course, the Mark Mo Show on YouTube and podcast
apps, and then Aiden Spode the Right Way is where
you can find more of me. If you choose to. That's
right. And people should do it. The gaming content's
really great. And it's a lot of fun. What is
it, the bridge building? Yeah, Poly Bridge is
fun. Poly Bridge is fun. And then the, gosh,
what's the one where you have to find the anomalies?
Oh, the observation duty. Those are really fun.
I like that one, too. And it's not so much...
Like finding a book that moved or a chair that's
tipped over like like doing that again and again
and again It's like monotonous my eyes start
to hurt. Yeah, I'm sure there's something there
and I'm missing it I love when those freaky.
Oh, yeah, just pop out of naked babies. Oh, yeah,
it's crazy. Yeah, I love it It's great and it
the money the monotony of like searching so In
such a detail -oriented fashion makes those jump
scares what they are, you know, that's fair That's
a great point and it's it is a fantastic pace
of game Yeah, it really is. But hey, you can
go to Aidan's Spell the Right Way and check all
that great content out. Absolutely, yeah. Links
are somewhere. They're always somewhere. They're
always somewhere. I mean, we're always producing
new content weekly on all podcast platforms and
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like and subscribe. That would be pretty great.
Well, just like we did with the first season
season two will probably get a couple of interviews
in season two just like we did season one and
I'm not sure we're gonna have yet. I have a couple
of ideas And we'll just have to see How those
come to be you've got you've got that big brain.
You'll pull some names out of a hat and it'll
be excellent I got a network. I got people He
knows a guy. I know a guy who knows a guy They
all know a guy that we all know a guy, right?
Oh, hey But anyway, yeah, and if you like the
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out with some meatier things at the beginning,
a little bit of dialogue, a little bit of back
and forth on various subjects. We try not to
be too super serious about it, but it's our little
soapbox, as it were. True, very true. And things
that kind of rile us up, or things that just
make us go WTF, and those sorts of things. So
here in our little Midwestern town of Valparaiso,
some 37, 38 ,000, is that what it is? About 40,
yeah, just shy. Just shy of 40. Some underhanded
dealings were about to take place. Now, the first
one involved a data center. That was planned
just outside the city limits the data centers
Typically think like Amazon or something along
those lines acts or web services web services
will be utilized those They are massive. They
use an enormous amount of resources like enormous
Contributing to greenhouse gas emissions they
generate incredible amounts of electronic waste.
Water waste. Water waste, and they just kind
of negatively impact the communities that they're
in. The second deal involved the use of eminent
domain to displace two successful retail businesses,
a bank, a law firm, other small businesses, and
several apartment tenants. The powers that be
will just say that. Right. Wanted to eliminate
these buildings to expand the central city park.
So like really smack dab in the downtown Is his
park little band shell Orville Redenbacher, he's
our claim to fame. I guess I guess it could be
worse straight out of Alpo Yeah, straight out
of Alpo our little popcorn boy little popcorn
boy Orville sitting in a little statue out there
And then this Urschel Pavilion Uh, that holds
a lot of people to do just about whatever the
hell you want to do. Skating, dancing, rollerblading.
All of it. Picnics. Yeah. Picnics. Uh, only fan
- No, well. Well. Well. Well. Is there a law
against it? I think actually there is. There
might be. I think there is. There might be. But
I didn't see it happen, so. Yeah. Well, you know,
maybe not, maybe not so much that. But just about
everything. Sure. Within reason. Within reason.
That's for sure. Kev, keep your feed bags. At
any rate, in that park expansion would be a year
-round event center that obviously would feed
money back to the city. The strong -handed tactic
to use them in a domain to acquire the buildings,
one, a historical property, it's been there over
100 years, is in great shape. All of this was
born out of a thing like a works committee. And
who makes up the works committee? The mayor,
a mayoral appointee, and an ally of the mayor.
That's the board. So it's essentially just the
mayor's will. So it's just the mayor's will.
Yeah. Once again, just leaders trying to be kings
or emperors or whatever the hell they want to
do. It doesn't seem as if the community, or doesn't
it seem... As if a community should be involved
in decisions like this. Yeah. I mean, there's
a reason that it wasn't on a ballot. Because
it would have been voted no. It would have got
crushed. You know, one to four. Easily. Easily,
yeah. And there's a reason, I believe, I was
looking into this earlier, and the eminent domain
story you were talking about was not publicly
released, it was leaked. Right, so somebody saw
it. It was leaked, which means that this was
meant to be behind closed doors because of how
unpopular that decision would be. Yep. And how
dogshit of an idea it is. Mm -hmm. It was leaked,
and that's the only reason that it's been put
on hold for now. Yep. Yeah, it's quote -unquote
off the table. Right. But you still have to be
diligent with these jerks, because they'll just
try to... It's such a power move to even consider
that. To even consider that. And this isn't the
first time that unpopular decisions have been
made by the specific mayor, or unpopular decisions
specifically using taxpayer money. Think of other
things on Lincoln Way. Say, oh, a huge parking
garage and condos. Who funded those? Right. Oh,
that's right. We did. And who collects the checks,
right? Who are the contractors that were sent
to do that? I know that there was a big issue
involving unions. Teamsters 150 was out there
striking. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's a nightmare and
it seems like the data center is not happening
for now off the table as well as well But yeah,
just the idea that it was discussed using eminent
domain to make this happen is disturbing and
foul unprofessional Unmayoral behavior. Oh it
is entirely entirely. Yeah, I would agree with
that and You know credit to the community for
stepping up and in both cases people on the right
people on the left and those in the middle you
know said we will not have a data center in our
community and it was defeated they stood up for
small business they stood up for historic preservation
they said you will not gut the center of our
city for a bigger park we don't need the information
leaked as you said the community filled social
media with this plan to oust these successful
businesses and tenants some I don't know who
went door to door with flyers talking about this
poorly conceived plan. Days later, mayor pulls
it. Victory again. Yep. Now, when the community,
and I will point this out, tongue in cheek, I
was the guy walking around, handing out the flyers,
going business to business and people on the
street and all that kind of stuff. I'm not looking
for a pat on the back. I just think if you're
going to be a member, of a community and there's
something so important to you. Do what you can.
Right. So, you know, people, especially behind
a keyboard, they think, hey, we'll fire off all
this information that we found out about what's
going on and this and that. And a lot of people
did that. A lot of people, Sue Baxter, I will
give her credit, Panorama News is kind of her
thing. And She's very good in terms of social
media outreach. And she kind of used her abilities
there to just pepper everywhere with what was
going on. So I thought that was really excellent
of her to do. And then, you know, and I don't
want to shortchange anybody else. There are a
lot of other activists out there and stuff like
that. I think of Hannah Trueblood. She did a
video that I thought was very thoughtful. Surprise,
right? Right. Very thoughtful, very informative.
Jesse Harper. Excellent video. And it was the
community that they killed this thing. Right.
So and me going around handing out handing out
these flyers. My decision, I'm like, you know,
I'm gonna do it. Because look, you know, people
can sit there and do things on social media and
that's fine. But it's a different story when
you get face to face with someone and you're
able to get that genuine read on how people feel
about certain things. And when you're discussing
it, this flyer I had made up had a QR code on
it and it went to... a website that the owner
of one of the buildings made detailing all the
shit that was going on. So I put that QR code
on there. And I think it said something along
the lines of support local business. We're not
for sale or something like that. I thought it
was really good. But I went just business to
business, going around. And the amazing thing
to me, and this one guy, gosh darn it, I think
his name is Mike. He owns the Aurelio's off 30.
Great conversation with him. Now he admits he's
a little bit right of center. He's not happy.
Right. With what he did. And another friend earlier
was left of center, not happy. And I found that
walking through town that just as many people
on the right or the left or in the middle, because
the one thing you get, especially in the Midwest,
a lot of times, and not exclusively, But a lot
of times, you get people that are on the right.
They're not super far right. They're not super
mega. At least, you have to get way into the
farmland or something to find a bunch of red
hats, so let's just say. I find in communities
like this, throughout Northwest Indiana, you
don't get a lot of right -right wingers. You
get people a little bit right, a little bit left,
and people in the center. Not super big differences
with most people. And when I walked around, I
got the same sentiment from everybody, regardless
of what side of the aisle they were on. And I
felt awesome for a minute, because I'm just like,
see, this is the way it used to be, where you
could have a conversation. It didn't matter.
You're not going to sit there and insult them.
They're not going to insult you. You're going
to have some dialogue, and you're going to talk
about some things. Excuse me. And I love the
fact that everybody was so receptive, so supportive
of small business. Right. which it should be.
It was great. It was really great. I was so happy
to do that. But I will say this. When a community
stands together like that, you can stand up against
bad governing and money grabs, things like that.
You can do it. To those that think they're kings
or dictators, you're not. We're going to stand
up for those in the community. We're going to
stand up for what's right. Valparaiso, Indiana
has shown that the tide is beginning to turn,
that all these oligarch types that think that
they can run things like a king or queen, to
be fair, in terms of, whether it's municipal
government or county or state or the federal
government, your time is up. Your time is up
because, quite frankly, the number is on our
sides. We just have to make a conscious effort
to fight and to win. Because you can it's gonna
take work. It's not gonna be easy But we've shown
at least on this small town level. It can be
done true. It can definitely be done. So I've
really enjoyed Being part of that So just to
have the courage to be heard stand together It'll
be victory. You know, that's that's I think super
important one other thing that I want to mention,
too And this is just kind of a basis, especially
for smaller local government. Governing, in part,
is wants and needs. And you have to decipher
when there's things out there, projects, whatever
the case might be, what side that that falls
on. So for example, in our community here at
Valparaiso, Indiana, say for example, better
drinking water. That's a need. Right. That's
a need, that's important. Think of better infrastructure.
That's a need. Yeah, affordable housing. Affordable
housing is a need. Safe schools and parks for
your kids. Super important. All that stuff is
a need. Wanting to take out businesses and tenants
in buildings that are perfectly fine and that
are part of the downtown community. for a bigger
park that nobody really wants. Right, it's not
even a want. Other than like maybe a dozen events
or so, there's rarely anyone in there. No. People
passing through sometimes if it's hot, the little
sprinkler thingy's going off and the kids are
running through. That park isn't packed all the
time. Right. There's no need. They wanted the
money grab. They wanted to enrich contractors
and other people working on the project. They
wanted that year -round event center thingy there.
Right. To make money. That's what they wanted.
And the only people who can realistically afford
to rent such a center would be the rich pricks
that I, maybe, perhaps the mayor surrounds himself
with. Very possible. Yeah. It's just a thought.
Yeah. It's just my hypothesis, really. Let me
just throw this out there. We're not saying that
all people that have money are pricks. You're
not. I know some wealthy people that are very
nice. I know some wealthy people that are actually
very progressive in their politics and they want
good things and they donate their time and they
donate their money and all that kind of good
stuff. So there are good people out there. However,
people that do align themselves with someone
like that, they just want to make money. They
don't really care. a lot about the community.
Funny thing is, after all this happened, they
just had some big community event. Right. They
had some big community event in the middle of
the week that you had to buy a ticket to go to.
Of course. But of course. Buy a ticket to go
to a community event. Jesus Christ. It floors
me. And look, I'm going to throw this out there.
And this is to the good guys, too, that sit there
and be like, hey, let's have a rally for this
or let's do this or let's do that. Great. I love
that. Freedom of speech. Say your part. I hate
it that it's like, well, why didn't people show
up at the courthouse at 10 a .m. on a Wednesday?
Because it's 10 a .m. on a Wednesday. Yeah. I'm
working, dude. I mean, and there's other people
that are working. We can't. No, we can't. Right.
It's not going to happen. Yeah. You got to have
it Saturday morning at nine. Right. I'll show
up. I'll hang out with you. Yeah. Read the room,
you know. Read the room. So just be a little
smarter than that. And yeah, I mean, say your
piece. Me and a friend of mine, we had a really
interesting conversation about all of the protests,
local and otherwise, national, and people having
their voice being heard, showing up in droves.
That's great. You love to see that. But the conversation
we had was... What's next? Right. And I think
that's a fair comment. Maybe that'll be the title
of next week's show. Sure. What's next? That's
a great question. The only thing that I would
want to hammer home is when the next mayoral
election is, don't forget that this prick tried
to do this. Right. Don't forget that. His career
should be cooked. His career should be cooked.
Period. Full stop. Data center and the eminent
domain thing should be done. Donezo. You're out.
Don't forget that this happened. Right. It would
be shocking, quite frankly, if the Republican
party even supported him. They might just be
like, oh, I'm sure you're out. Yeah. Because
if they're smart enough, they'll read the tea
leaves and be like, yeah, if we run him up against
someone really popular, talented, smart. There
he's probably gonna lose. Yeah But they're probably
gonna lose anyway, so right, you know You make
your make your bed you sleep in it. Yeah, whatever.
Whatever that saying goes I'm not really good
in this saying if you catch my drift and I think
that might be a saying too all I'm saying is
is Stand up be heard and maybe we'll discuss
what's next very true. Yeah That's it. That was
a really great conversation. And by all means,
we throw this out there. You can contact us through
the socials. We're all over the place, Marc Mosho
as a Facebook page, Instagram, all that kind
of good stuff. I'm sure Aidan has all that stuff
as well. Absolutely. Feel free to reach out to
us, especially with stuff like this. And even
if you're local and you're an activist and you
want to get involved, maybe you want to be heard,
maybe you want to be one of those interviews.
Let's talk. Absolutely. The floor could be yours.
Absolutely. All right. After this quick break,
Carpe Diem on the Marc Mosho. All right, we are
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They tried to steal it. They tried to steal it.
Make it work. Make it work. Can I put my copyright
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you've enjoyed the new intro music and interlude
music. I wonder who did that. Could have been
me. I think it was. That's cool. Aidan, an electronic
music maestro, as it were. 713. 713, yeah, tell
people where to go. It's another YouTube channel
I have, just called 713, spelled out. Spelled,
right. Not the letter, or numbers, like spelled
out 713. You'll find me. You'll find him. I'm
over there. It's good stuff. Links are somewhere.
Somewhere, you'll find him. Thanks for checking
it out. You'll sniff it in. sniff it sniff it
sniff it sniff it out sniff it it you'll sniff
it in maybe well if you're sniffing it in my
channel is good as cocaine you'll be sniffing
it in maybe sniffing it in my man you know well
white girl interrupted i mean i'm not going to
tell you how to live your life but anyway uh
let's get back to carpe dm people send us their
dms and we read them on air no matter how goofy
or silly or sexy or gross they are we'll read
them if you ask a question We'll answer it. Sure.
Maybe. We're not contractually obligated to.
We are not. We are not. We give to you the answers.
Let me look at my contract. Oh yeah? No. Not
in there. Nope. It just, it says NO. Oh. That's
it. Concise. Yeah. And clear. Indeed. As it should
be. As it should be. Alright Aidan, did you get
any DMs this week? I got a handful of DMs. Got
one here from my boy Hambone. Asking, would you
rather have one million dollars or never have
to sleep? Oh. That's tough. Well, Aidan, I will
go on the record as saying I will take the million
dollars. OK. The reason I will take the million
dollars is because I currently don't sleep. So
I've kind of got that covered. You know I'll
stay out till one two three and just rock it
and be like I've got to get up for work at eight
Bam I do it shower. I'm ready to go. I'm a machine.
I don't know how it works My friends are baffled
by this sure be quite honest They don't know
how I do it day in and day out, but I do I think
strategic naps are very important So certainly
you know you come home. You're like. Oh, yeah,
I'm gonna be doing this or that tonight take
that little you know, 60 to 90 minute crash,
and I think that helps. That helps quite a bit.
I agree, yeah. So I'll take the money. That's
not a bad decision. I... And the tough part is,
is like, I enjoy sleeping, you know, for the
most part. Yeah, like there's a good seven or
eight hours when you haven't been sleeping, no
doubt. When you wake up feeling refreshed, you
know, it's like, oh boy, I'm actually looking
forward to going to sleep. But I get it, right?
Like the extra seven or eight hours a day. Like
literally, you spend one third of your life as
a human being on earth, you spend to sleep. That's
true. So what? I literally get an extra 25 years
of lifetime? Yeah. That's pretty nice. I mean,
or if you kind of do a comparison. So like the,
say the life cycle of like a car versus a human.
Now, if I sit there and I drive my car 19 hours
a day, is my car going to get run down much faster
than yours? Maybe. Maybe I'm dead in five years.
I don't know. But I always feel like, hey, if
I go to bed at 10 tonight, I'm going to miss
something. I just know for sure. I've seen it
happen before. Got that FOMO. Oh, man. I just
feel like I'm going to miss something. So I'll
be like, oh, I'm kind of sleepy. Maybe I'll get
some sleep tonight. I roll home at 10, and then
the next day is like, dude, you missed it. Four
Volkswagens rolled up with these little clowns
and balloons and strippers, and they all piled
out. It became a big, like I feel that's going
to happen. If I go to bed, the universe is going
to be like, ha, you missed it. So I always feel
like I'm going to miss something. Sure. Always,
always, always. Think I can appreciate your decision
to take the money. I would really like to not
have to sleep I think if sleep were a decision
I could make Where I don't have to do it, but
like that extra 25 years Well, I mean life to
life expectancies are down in this country. So
maybe that extra 23 or so years of my life that
I spend sleeping that I no longer have to. And
like I wouldn't feel tired or it wouldn't negatively
affect my mental or physical being. That would
be so nice. I could literally catch up on all
the TV shows I've been missing. I'd have extra
time to actually feel competent in working out.
I'd have extra time to like play video games
I've been skipping out on. How amazing would
it be? at like three in the morning, four in
the morning, step out on your front porch and
sit in a chair, light breeze, and no noise, no
nothing. It'd be beautiful. Because everybody
else is sleeping. Right. That's pretty great.
It would be beautiful. I'm absolutely, I never
have to sleep. Easy, easy to say. That's an easy
win, huh? That's an easy win for me. I mean.
Having a million dollars would be really nice
right now. Oh sure really really nice right now,
but just that extra eight hours and granted If
I do the math right it would probably mean I
would have to eat an extra meal every day But
with how much like extra productivity I would
have oh sure I I wouldn't mind your to -do list
would be non -existent because you would just
be like oh I'll just do this right be on top
of everything yeah, not having to sleep would
be so clutch Next question I got here comes from
Willy Wonka. Hey, Willy the Willy Wonka Asking
what's your favorite chocolate? I'm sorry to
say it's not anything Wonka related because I
think that's just a Name owned by another mega
corporation. I think so I don't even know who
it is Unilever Mars or I don't know one of the
there's like six companies that own like 90 %
of the companies. Yeah So it's not Wonka. I like
Lindt chocolate. Yeah. They make good truffles.
They make a really nice extra dark chocolate
or like midnight dark. I don't know. Whatever
it is, it's really tasty. Yeah. Tony's Chocolonely
is fantastic. Oh, okay. It's one of those like
smaller brands, but they do the like no like
certified like no slave labor. For the cocoa
collection. Oh, I dig that. I really support
that Yeah, so Tony's chocolate lonely and then
there's a chocolate brand called endangered species.
I believe it's called which also does that and
like supports Supports efforts overseas to protect
endangered species and things like that and the
nicest thing is their chocolate tastes amazing
I love so they check both boxes in my opinion.
I would say those are my top three. That's awesome.
Yeah That's amazing. Fuck Hershey's, that shit
tastes like sand. I don't, you see, I don't get
it and you think about companies that are quote
-unquote institutions and I imagine that Hershey's
would kind of be on that list somewhere. Right.
But I don't know why. I don't get it. Now don't
get me wrong, Hershey's Special Dark I love.
That's a good, the little tiny candy that you
get. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Crackle's pretty good.
Crackle's good. But like a regular Hershey bar
way. Yeah, I'd rather like a carpet right. I
just don't want me like it's gross Yeah, it is
and and the weirdest part to me is I believe
Hershey's owns Reese's they produce Reese's and
the chocolate That has the peanut butter in the
middle tastes different. It tastes different
I don't know if it's the extra like oils from
the peanut butter inside of it or whatever it
is, it tastes different. Reese's is fantastic.
Hershey's is foul. Well, yeah, that's it, exactly.
I don't get it. I don't either. It's nasty. I
like, oh god, it's specialty candy bars. Hammonds,
maybe? Okay. And they have all these crazy, kooky,
different... Types of candy bars chocolate bars
different thing like they have one with like
potato chips in it. Oh sure Yeah, I have like
all kinds of like different things I got Cookie
crunch one like has little bits of Oreo in it
like it's a really kind of neat stuff So I think
it's called Hammond's you could probably feel
like if your town has a candy shop. It's probably
yeah, yeah, and then we have a candy factory
Not too far from where we're at, 20 minutes away.
And it's called Albanese. Now they're known for
their gummies and all that kind of stuff, sour
gummies. They sell a bunch of treats and trinkets.
But they really do, and I don't know if they
make these. They may just get them from someplace,
but they have these chocolate bullseyes. Oh yeah.
I could eat 20 of those things easily. They're
killer. They're so good. Yeah. Just the... There's
some sort of balance with kind of the creaminess
from that. Is it like buttercream or vanilla
cream? I'm not sure what's in there. But whatever
that cream filling is, and then just the dark
chocolate. It's so good. It's almost like a dark
chocolate fudgy. Yes. type consistency, confection,
if you will. So I'm a big fan of that. Those
are fantastic. Yep. And they also, not necessarily
candy per se, but they have these dark chocolate
pretzels that they have there. The dark chocolate
pretzels and the dark chocolate peanuts and cashews.
Oh my god. It's really good. I'm like ready to
go there. Yeah. They've got those double dipped.
The double dipped. Oh man. Awesome. Really good
stuff. The final question I received today. From
Chud Chudson, what's your go to sleep or go to
sleep hack? Considering I don't have to sleep
anymore, I got nothing for you Chud. What works
for me recently is stretching. It's something
I used to do and then I fell out with it and
it's something I picked back up recently. It's
so nice to just stretch before bed. Yeah, you
know just stretch out your muscles take that
five or ten minutes Just get good stretches in
there good healthy stretches like don't don't
go crazy with it. Don't strain yourself but like
it makes going to bed more comfortable because
any Muscle pains or tightness that you had before
is now gone because you stretched it away. Yeah,
and then waking up is easier too because Your
muscle tightness isn't getting worse as you sleep
because you stretched out before you did. So
that's a huge key. And then also, I do not consume
caffeine after about 10 a .m. 10 a .m. Well,
my sleep schedule is different. I wake up at
four or five a .m. every day and go to sleep
by nine p .m. ish. So, I mean, just move that
up to whatever your timeline is. But I don't
consume caffeine after 10 a .m. because Caffeine
stays in your system for up to 12 hours. Yeah,
so if that's just if you're cracking open Right
cracking open Red Bulls that you know 8 p .m.
Expecting go to sleep by 10. That's not gonna
paint out for you No, that probably won't be
too good. So yeah, no no caffeine late in the
day and then stretching that's that's what I
would say Yeah, that's that's good. That's good.
I pretty much mainline caffeine. Yeah You know
I put it in a little spoon, and then I put never
mind Yeah, no I would say Really the only hack
that I have is a hack I can only use half the
year and That is opening the window and my bed
is right next to the window, so there's that
that whole theory about The best sleep you can
have is if you sleep outside sure of course there's
bugs and whatever. Yeah Nature gets in the way
of that But if you have a nice breeze coming
in you're right by the window fresh air. Oh my
gosh. It is it makes a huge difference and then
there's some nights I have this program on my
phone and You can create a brown noise white
noise storms uh wind like you can just pre -program
whatever sound scenario that you want sure so
like there's one that i do where there's like
rumbling thunder but the ocean waves are crashing
that sounds beautiful which is something i used
to do when i was down in florida i'd go down
there wait till the sunset and just you know
just feel the breeze coming off the gulf and
listen to the waves for a while sometimes i'd
doze off sometimes i wouldn't But it was so great.
And it's great, too, because there's like a timer
on it. So it's not like you're going to sit there
and drain your phone. You'd just be like, oh,
10 minutes, and then just assuming that within
that 10 minutes, you'll fall asleep. You'll be
out by then. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's really
nice. I, too, need the white noise, but usually
just a fan. A fan does it for me. Yeah. Yeah.
A fan is a good one, too. Yeah. And like you
were saying with the Breeze, too, whether it's
an open window or the fan, The breeze makes such
a difference. I don't know what it is physiologically
about having a breeze on me that's like, oh yeah,
I can sleep right now. Yeah, because if it's
hot and stagnant, I cannot sleep. No. Uh -uh.
I will never fall to a deep sleep. Right. Or
if it's too quiet. There have been times where
the power goes out when I'm trying to fall asleep.
I'm like, nope. I hate that it's quiet. It's
eerie. I can hear all the creaks and cracks around
the house. I'm, like, hyper aware of everything.
I'm like, oh, fuck. Little things scurrying outside
your window or on your roof, and you're just
like, is that in the house? Is that out of the
house? You hear, like, Raven's call in the background.
It's like, oh, I'm going to get murdered. Yeah,
exactly. Exactly. I'm cooked, boys. Yeah. Full
moon, you're out there, like, I don't like that.
Yeah. I turn the lights out. Yeah. Oh, man. That
was good. Good DMs, man. Righteous. What you
got? I got a few here. I've got one from at shiny
happy people. Oh, yeah. Love your show. I am
one of many. that spread the word of the attempted
park expansion of Valparaiso I patronize two
of the businesses that would have been shut down
if the imminent domain acquisition of those properties
would have gone through we win you lose again
my man well you're doing the Lord's work there
shiny happy yeah thanks man keep up that great
thing gotta keep it up I have at Bevan Koland
Oh, no. I don't know what that guy is. I am a
hockey fan. It is fun. I like skating. Do you
guys like skating? I like skating. It is fun.
I am a hockey fan. OK, Bethan. Wow. Duly noted.
Thanks. Duly noted. You'll be hearing from our
lawyers. We told you never to contact us again.
Yeah, come on Bevin. I thought we went through
this. Yeah, that's great. You like hockey. Devils
are sucking right now, so I'm almost done with
hockey for the year. But no, to be completely
honest, I don't like skating. Never, I suppose
if I had had the opportunity as a kid to like
do it on a semi -regular basis during the winter
and I was like really good at it, I might feel
differently. Sure. But it was always one of those
things where like you went once or twice a winter
and somebody would be like, hey man, let's go
skating. It's like you went with their parents
and you got up on the skates, you fell down 20
times, you got bruises and shit and it's like,
why is this fun? Right, right. I missed the part
where this was fun. Yeah. Then you grow up as
an adult and people be like, oh, let's take your
kids skating. Oh, yeah What a great idea you
fall down 20 times you're like, okay, this hurts
more now that I'm old. Yeah, so I'm not a huge
fan I I too kind of had the same experience because
we you know We're not in Canada, Minnesota wherever
else that you know has big ponds You can skate
on nine months of winter right nine months of
winter hockey rinks on every corner. I So I too
never really got that experience. I'm not very
good at skating But I always felt like I could
be good at it. Like I feel like I have a certain
finesse to me that like I could do it. It's just
I never do. I never do, never really went out
and tried to learn. And it's not something I
would do solo. So it's like, it's not even on
the back burner. That pot's in the cupboard,
dude. Oh yeah, it's done. And it's a shame, man,
because like I've played... floor hockey. I like
hockey. Yes. Yeah. And like I'm actually pretty
good at the floor version of it. But you have
to have a skill to play the sport and that skill
being skating. And if you can't skate, you can't
play hockey. Right. So that's that's kind of
interesting difference of a major sport from
the others where it's like anybody can pick up
a basketball. Sure. You can grab a glove and
a ball. You know, doesn't mean you're gonna be
good at it, but you can do it. Right. Right.
Yeah, but hockey, it's either floor hockey or
that's it. Or you know how to skate. Or you know
how to skate. Yeah. That's about it. Yep. But
at any rate, the next one. Oh, no. Oh, OK. Thought
Galinda was the good one. Well, this is the best.
Oh, yeah. Wow. OK. Well, Galinda? Neither have
I. Good luck to ya. I'll tell you what, Galinda,
I run these streets. He knows the guy. And I
know a guy, so I'm just gonna say they're out
there, or we're out there, and we have the...
The requirement that you desire The gusto the
gusto the saccage and as it were the sacca joia
and cojones the alcojones We've so many languages
We I don't know what balls is in German balls.
I don't know if they probably yell it though
Yes, oh, I'm cockin bollin cockin bollin. Yeah,
so I were Where shout out Germany shout out journey?
What's up, dog? Yeah, we're we're we're some
most of us are pretty good in that area So I
think I just think you're hanging out in the
wrong place is going to Yeah, locations is important,
right? That's it. Yeah. If you haven't found
the big ball boys, then you're probably not hanging
out in the big ball boys spots at all. No, you're
not. I'm just going to throw it out there. I'm
just going to be like, if you ever go to Franklin
House in Valpo, maybe Duffy's, or perhaps Zombie
Club in Crown Point, Melissa, what's up? Not
sponsored, but. Not sponsored, but they should.
Sure. They should, they should think about it.
We'll work on that. Yeah, they're definitely
thinking about it. Plant that seed. Plant the
seed. Yeah. Hmm, planting seed. Oh, never mind.
Sorry, Glinda. Back to the point. Yeah, we're
out there. Just find us. Yeah. Yeah, put it there.
Crack out your binoculars, you know. No doubt.
Yep. It's a little weird, but I'll understand.
I've been involved in weirder. No question. My
final one, at stonerstanley420. My man. Oh, boy.
Okay. Hellody. So I'm guessing that's like a
hello. Hellody. Hellody. Momo and Alan. Merry
Easter. Thanks, man. Do bunnies lay eggs or do
they just paint them? I'm confused, man. Stoner
Stan, my man. What a gem. I am too. He is a gem.
A merry Easter to you and your family of green
plants. I... I don't know what the fuck bunnies
do. They're mammals. They give live birth. They
do. Right. So... They're no... Well... I don't
know if they... No opposable thumbs. If they're
painting the eggs, how do they have the dexterity
to do it? They wouldn't. There's no way. So this...
Okay. So now we're on conspiracy theories. How
do the eggs get painted? That's fair. Birds aren't
real. Right. 9 -11 did George Bush. Yes. What's
next? What's next? I don't know. I just know
there's a conspiracy theory here. This Easter
bunny has to be stopped. Someone find this son
of a bitch. I don't know how we're going to do
it. I want to grill him. But if there's, that's
what I'm saying, a little Hassanfeffer. But all
I'm saying is if there's a six -foot bunny rolling
heavy with a basket full of colored eggs that
he can't color. I've got questions right and
I want answering bunny or whatever the hell now.
There's there's yet. He's got to be stopped We
have to put an end to this just just like the
windmills It's a different story Indiana, Wales.
You should have seen it. It's on YouTube. Yeah,
it's on it's on YouTube It's on my channel towns
time forgot. We need to get back to that Yeah,
I thought the first one was good. We had a lot
of really good response But there's a little
bit of production takes really half to three
-quarters of a day, right? to do it. But check
it out. I had a lot of fun. It was very fun.
It was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with this
guy all day. And it just is very creative. Got
our creative juices flowing. And it just seems
like the possibilities are unlimited for us.
Very true. And I know Gilman's calling. Gilman,
Illinois. Bless your heart. We're going to have
to take a Saturday here now that the weather
is getting nicer. And make a plan. Very true.
Even if we start early in the day, finish by
midday or something, that would be awesome. Yep,
I agree. I believe it's one of the first uploads
on my channel. I think it is. Yeah, the third
ever, I think. Yeah, so just to give you guys
a little teaser, and we highly recommend you
check it out, and of course, the rest of his
channel. It was us going around west central
Indiana. Yeah, give or take. Give or take. For
those of you with Google. Google Maps. Google
Earth. Atlas. Yeah, MapQuest. MapQuest. It is
basically, we were like south of Cedar Lake.
Yeah, by a little while. Yep, and then we, shoot,
we were just north of Lafayette, I think. Yeah.
We went pretty far down there. We went until
we reached the Illinois -Indiana border. Yes.
That we did. I believe the last time we saw was
Ambia. Ambia. Ambia, Indiana. Ambia, Indiana.
Population of about 230, even though it looked
like zero. Be careful how much Ambia you take.
Dangerous. Could cause blindness. 200 mils max.
Club flicks. Yep. I mean, it causes a lot of
stuff, so just be careful with your Ambia. Egg
leg. But yeah, these towns were just, they were
so different, so weird. Kramer. Kramer. Kramer.
Yep. And here's the funny thing. So we'll let
you tune into it to get the real meat and potatoes
of what this was. There's a guy, Eric, and his
son, and they were in a truck. And everybody
we came across was just so cool. Very kind. They
thought it was really neat what we were doing.
And his name was Eric. OK, so Bears fans, pay
attention. His name is Eric. He steps out of
his car. He's like, oh. I've got a town for you.
First, he pulled over. Oh, right, right, right.
Because we pulled over to take a picture of this
sign someone had in their front yard that said
Monkey Corner. Monkey Corner. Monkey Corner.
And the monkey's smoking a cigarette, right?
Oh, I love it. Monkey's got a dart. And Eric
pulls over. And he's like you guys broken down
you need help how cool yeah, you went on to explain
like now We're just crazy. We're out here filming
like abandoned towns, and he's like I got a spot
for you It was so great. He's like oh you got
to visit Kramer, and I'm like your name's Eric
He's like yeah, and I'm like trying not to laugh
because it's a Bears fan One of the better quarterbacks.
We've had in history was Eric Kramer like it's
Eric Kramer. This is great But you know we went
to Kramer the lore runs deep whoo Yeah. You just
got to watch. That was a good recommendation.
Yeah. For sure. Oh, yeah. But yeah, it is a good
watch. We met the woman on the bridge. Woman
on the bridge. There was the weird farmer. Oh,
right. What was that? That was a town next to
Bosco. Correct. Yeah, because we were hanging
out by that abandoned church. Yeah. And we were
inside, and we were kind of making jokes like,
holy shit, looks like there was a fight in here.
And we were just kind of looking around. There
were tables flipped and papers all over the place.
And it was windy, because I remember that was
the one spot that we had where our audio is a
little bit wonky. But we're sitting there, and
we're trying to talk. And this guy's coming out
like. Like, it's his town and what are we doing
there? And it looked like he wanted to hurt us.
And we're gonna wrap up. And we just got the
hell out of there. We skedaddled. We did. Indeed
we did. But it's fun. You guys should check it
out. And once again, hit us up on the socials.
You guys know towns like these. Be like, hey,
you guys should visit here, here, and here. We'll
do it. Yes. If you are aware of fun ghost towns,
hit us up. Or just decrepit areas. No doubt.
Because Ambia was not necessarily a ghost town.
It was lived in. But it was creepy. It looked
nasty and like you'd catch some kind of fungal
infection if you walked around barefoot. It did.
Actually, we got to Ambia and I like leaned against
his house and I kind of stepped back because
I'm like, oh shit, I might knock this thing down.
And I like I was going to lean on it and then
I decided against it. But the thing was like
this house was run down, looked like it should
have been condemned. Oh, yeah. Imminent domain.
Good use here. And so, we're like, oh wow, blah,
blah, and then we walk in the backyard and it
looks like there's like, relatively current toys.
There's kids' toys everywhere. We're like, what
the hell's happening? Whose kids are back here?
Right. And are they ghost kids? They might be
ghost kids. That's what, yeah, we were thinking.
For sure, yeah. But, yeah, it's fun. So, Aidan
and I are probably gonna... Plan the next few
weeks here. A little strategery. Maybe get one
or two of these done this summer. That would
be, I think, a good idea. Be fair. A fair idea,
for sure. It would. It definitely would. But
anyway, that's our DMs once again. If you got
DMs, hit us up. And we'll definitely read them
on the air, for sure. This is a time where we
talk about other foods. And Aiden does a great
job with this. The other foods, it's what it
says. These are other foods. These are foods
you don't go out of your way to eat. You wouldn't
find this at a local diner. No. No, you would
not. And as a matter of fact, you should stay
away from most of these foods. Do not open them
on airplanes. Do not, just don't consume them.
It's just a bad time. It's a bad idea. And Aidan
will find them. Aidan's just like, okay, will
this make a billy goat puke? That's right up
my alley. Yep, got it. So what do you got this
week? I once again went to this beautiful well.
A well of knowledge. Is it the well that Kevin
Bollins is in? It could be. I'll find him at
the bottom of the list somewhere. I'm sure. In
the sewer of worst. The sewer. But this comes
from the disgusting food museum. So this is an
online blog or publication, I believe, where
they essentially do what we do. But it kind of
seems like they did it first because they're
amazing with it. Oh, really? Okay. That's awesome.
This is how I found out about those fermented
boy eggs or whatever it was. The piss egg? The
piss egg. Oh, God. So gross. So this is another
one from their online blog, if you will. Okay.
Like Curiated Worst Foods. Stinky Tofu. Oh no.
So this comes out of Southern Asia. Okay. God
bless their souls. Stinky tofu. So tofu is fermented
in a, the tofu is fermented in a strong brine
of fermented milk, vegetables, and meat. Stinky
tofu dates back to the King dynasty, still very
popular deep fried street food. It's eaten more
as a snack than a full meal. But the smell has
been described as rotten garbage stinky feet
rotten meat raw sewage and baby shit Oh my god
Quote the taste is a bit eggy and not nearly
as bad as the smell The aftertaste is that of
urine Are you serious? Hey, I'm just quoting
this person. The stinkier the tofu, the better
the taste they say. Many street food vendors
gain a formidable reputation for producing the
smelliest tofu. This Chinese delicacy can be
eaten cold, stewed, steamed in a hot pot, but
most of the time it's deep -fried. Spicy sauce
is often served with the tofu. Deep -fried, it's
crunchy on the outside, soft and juicy on the
inside, which also sounds unpleasant. Some vendors
tried to fake stinky tofu by adding gunpowder,
rotten fish, or other illegal substances to the
brine in order to gain the reputation of stinkiest.
But they've been arrested for it. I would hope
so. It's a common dish in China could also be
found in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as Asian
stores around the world. Some then stinky tofu
like other types of fermented foods started as
a mistake. A man named Wong Ze He, I'm sorry
if I mispronounced that. Failed the imperial
examinations in the 16th century Beijing, he
chose to become a tofu merchant. This is the
lore, by the way. Okay. A tofu merchant instead.
One day he had way too much fresh tofu. Rather
than throwing it away, he cut it into cubes and
stored it in clay jugs. A couple days passed,
he opened up the jug and saw a green slimy goo
with a horribly rancid smell. He decided to throw
it out, but before he did, he tasted the scary
substance and found out that he loved it. He
soon started selling fermented tofu in his store.
It was a success. One of the best -selling brands
of stinky tofu still bears his name, Wang Ze
He. Wow. You can't make that shit up, man. You
cannot. That's just wonderful. That is wonderful.
That's just a good time. Not for me, but you
guys go ahead and enjoy. Damn, man. If you at
home have ever tried stinky tofu or know someone
who has, Please let me know. Let us know. Let
us know. I would love to know if that guy's still
alive. And was it the smelliest? Yeah. I'm curious.
Acquiring minds want to know. You know, does
the aftertaste really taste like piss? I want
to know. And if so, how do you know for sure?
Have you tasted piss and compared? Yeah. Compare
and contrast, man. Like baby shit. Let's talk.
We really should talk. That's the scent of baby
shit. OK. Oh, god. Nope, I've dealt with baby
shit, so I'm just gonna take a hard pass. Yeah,
I think it's one of those things where I call
me crazy. I Like my food to smell good and taste
good Yeah, it's kind of a stretch. I know it's
a it's a contrived opinion You know maybe antiquated
even maybe but if it were to smell and taste
good That's the type of food. I enjoy no doubt
you know I agree So go out there and try some
stinky tofu. Stinky tofu. If you're the adventurous
type. Thank you for bringing that to our attention.
Anytime. If somebody ever says, hey, you want
this tofu? Typically I say no anyway. Sure. So
I just, as good policy, I just say no. Right.
God forbid it's stinky. Yeah. Right. If it's
stinky, then run away. Yeah, exactly. That's
the best practice, I think. All right, stinky
tofu. We are now going to take a quick break
when we get back. Feature segment, you just made
the list on the Mark Mo Show. All right, we're
back, everybody. And that means You just made
the list that is our top ten list of well hell
just about anything under the Sun Ten through
two and we do a surprise. Hey our number one
pick and This week. Well, you know what? Let's
do this first We should go through the rules.
Oh, sure. So very important. It is so important
to do. And let's see, let's page through here,
page 183, section 5. Yeah, there's no rules.
Oh, good, good, good, good. No rules. Glad that
was amended. Yeah, it was definitely an amendment
or two or eight. Yeah, but yeah, that's no rules.
No rules. None to be found. Nope. And so we just
do whatever the hell we want, pretty much. Damn
right. I love it. This week. The 10 places you
have to see before you die. Now, very broad,
but sometimes these broad categories are a lot
of fun. True. We go different directions sometimes
with them. And I think people like them. I agree.
Yeah. I think it's fun. Yeah, it's fun because
then the audience gets to interact, make their
own list, think of their own ideas as well. Awesome
family fun. Family fun indeed. That's what I
think. But so I'm going to start out with mine,
do 10 through 2. And so. Places is so broad and
I kind of went a certain way and I'm gonna throw
this out number ten Yellowstone now it's not
because I like Kevin Costner and you know seeing
them ride around with steer and Montana and being
in the middle of nowhere Which is just looks
incredibly appealing Just I want to go there
because Number one when that huge supervolcano
goes off we're all gonna be dead anyway true
So might as well go enjoy it before that thing
goes off because once that thing goes off It's
just gonna be a massive crater on this planet.
Yeah So damn shame really? Yeah, so might as
well enjoy it now Yeah, not in the winter the
winter just looks like a hellscape. Yeah At least
see some cool geysers while you're out there.
See some geysers and some mountains and some
glacier lakes and all that kind of good stuff.
The anger of the earth. Oh, yeah, for sure. And
just like, no bears, no snakes. That's my quote.
I stick to it. I got lost in a national forest
with my daughter. Oh, yeah. I remember hearing
about that. One of her bucket list things was
I want to find a hot spring. Cool. So we're going
through the Nez Perce National Forest heading
from Washington through Idaho. Down to Oregon
because that's where we just wanted to go. And
so we're in the National Forest. There's something
about a springs. Oh Want to find it check it
out? Yeah, let's do it. So like the four lane
road became a two lane road Came a dirt road.
Yeah became no road. Oh Quite we are in the middle
of the forest No road, that's awesome. We're
like, how the hell did we get here? You guys
weren't necessarily in a Jeep or a Humvee No,
it was an SUV and her name was Karen because
she was just a bitch of a car. I think it was
a tiny little Subaru. It might have been. And
it was one of those cars where if you drift a
little bit in your lane, she pulls your ass back.
And I don't like that feature in a car at all.
Yeah, so we just nicknamed her Karen right off
jump. We're like, oh, she's going to be a bitch
this whole trip. And she was. So we're in the
middle of the forest. And I'm like, I think we're
on a road. And so I said, let me run ahead and
just see. Maybe there's some dirt road around
this bend here. Maybe something's going to pick.
So I get out of the car. Now I get out of the
car, and I realize immediately I made a mistake.
Because now I'm in the middle of the forest.
Now you're in the middle of the forest, right?
Where there's no trails, there's no anything.
And so I'm like double timing it. And I'm kind
of going down this. grassy patch whatever and
I'm going no snakes no bears no snakes no bears
no snakes no bears so I figured just about anything
else I could probably handle snakes or bears
we're gonna have a we're gonna have a bad time
we're definitely gonna have a bad time so I like
run to the end of this thing and I kind of go
around this bend and I just see trees and nothingness
of the forest and I thought well shit and so
I kind of look back to my daughter Alex right
and I'm kind of like Not yelling, but I'm just
like, hey, let's three point turn this thing,
let's get the hell out of here. And she's like
saying something to me, but the windows are up.
So imagine like someone behind glass saying something
to you, but you can't hear them. That was this
situation. So she's like trying to explain to
me and I'm like, what are you, just turn it around.
And then she's like. Her body language is becoming
more angry. She's becoming irate. She is, and
I'm like, what the hell? And so I finally get
up closer to the car. She rolls down her window.
I said, would you back this thing? She's like,
Karen won't let me. And I'm like, what the hell
do you mean? She's like, I'm trying to back up,
and it's saying there's something in the way.
I'm like, grass? I'm like, what the shit? So
I get back there. And then my sensor must be
above the plate. Sure. On the back of the car,
because... There was a weed. A weed. About, oh,
say, two and a half to three foot tall weed.
Those little prickly ones. As I go back there,
I'm like, this? It's not even a log or is this
is a weed and Karen won't let us back up because
of a weed and I just reach down and grab I just
One big swoop and I pulled that fucker right
out of the earth and I chucked it And I'm like
well Karen let you do a three -point turn now
so we can get the hell out of here. Oh, yeah
And weary a weed I was got killed by bears and
snakes over a weed and not the good weed Yeah,
the bad one with a bad weed but yeah, so Definitely,
forest adventures, national park adventures,
go on them. No bears, no snakes. No bears, no
snakes. That's the quote, live by it. All right,
that was number 10. Number nine, Alaska. Oh,
I see them northern lights, man. I don't, yes.
I don't think I would traverse Alaska by foot
or by wolf or a ditterod. By wolf could have
some cool stories, though. Could have some cool
stories. Yeah. Especially if I just saddle that.
thing up and sure like go for it I mean white
wolves are huge exactly compared to normal dogs
just like you know just be out there for months
and just come back looking like that Robert Redford
meme with the big beard and he's out in the wilderness
the thing where he just smiles and does that
nod yeah I want to be that meme and just come
back and just people be like holy shit Been in
the wilderness, man. I've seen some things. Oh,
he did Alaska, didn't he? He did Alaska. Yep,
he'll never be the same again. But I like the
Alaska. Like, I'm not a cruise guy. I'm not a
floating hotel guy. But I think for places where
traversing by foot or car is not the best idea,
a cruise is a way to go. Sure. And you can see
the fjords and all that kind of shit. So I think
that'd be cool. Cool way to see it. I agree.
Number eight, a New Jersey Devil's Home game.
A little bit of a sort of there, but it is technically
a place. It's a place. It is a place. It is the
place to be, I would say. Yeah, it is. Definitely.
And I am a Devil's fan. Devil's and Hawks are
my two hockey teams. Hawks, obviously. Right
here. Chicago. You know, 45 minutes away, so
they're right there. So I get to see the Hawks
really whenever the hell I want. Except if it's
playoff time. But the Devils, I've been a Devils
fan for a long time, and I've just never seen
a game on their home ice. I would love to do
that. That'd be really cool. That'd be great.
Tokyo, number seven. Oh, yeah. I'd love to see
Tokyo. Beautiful. I've always heard people are
hospitable, largely. They are a culture... where
if you are an English -speaking American, you
don't feel like an asshole. Sure. Like most things
are written in English, and almost everybody
over there, English is their second language,
so they're able to communicate with you. Right.
So that's pretty nice. Plus, just the architecture.
I would love to go when, like, all the cherry
trees are in, like, Gwaso. Oh, dude, dude. Yeah.
Yeah. Kyoto and I would just love to see it.
Yeah. I guess it could just be Japan in general,
but, you know, Tokyo would definitely love to
see. Number six, a World Series game. Oh, nice.
Obviously, I'd prefer it be Cubs and or Red Sox.
Right. Because those are my two teams there.
But I'd go at any World Series game if somebody
gave me tickets to it. I think I'd go. Yeah.
Oh hell yeah. Cool experience for sure. Yeah.
Game seven? Oh man. Game seven's baby. That'd
be so great. Yep. Game seven's way to go. Number
five, Texas. Now, the reason I want to go there
is number one, it's one of the few states I haven't
been to yet, so it is on my list anyway. But
there's things there that I'd want to see. I
heard Austin is just a super cool town. You know,
great food and music scene and the whole thing.
I would really like to see Austin, University
of Texas. Sure. And then Dallas, I think it'd
be kind of neat to see. Maybe catch a Cowboys
game, that'd be fire. And then definitely the
JFK library and D .V. Plaza and all that, just
because that's like, JFK is one of my heroes.
And so like just being there and soaking it in.
Sure. I'm not one of those weirdos that thinks
he's still alive, like a hermit in a sewer. Right.
Yeah, he's hiding out with Tupac. He's in Tupac.
Yeah. And if he is, we know they're... As they
should be. As they should be. Number four, Denver
Broncos home game, same thing. I love the Bears
and Broncos, the Bears I can see. Broncos, a
little inaccessible, but we did... It was the
stadium. Yes. It was out of season when we went
to Colorado. We saw a Nuggets game. And that
was a lot of fun. The Nuggets is kind of like
our other basketball team next to the Bulls.
And that was a cool thing to see. It was a great
game. It was like two young teams just getting
good. And it was a Portland in Denver. Yes. Yeah.
So it was really, really a good game. Yeah. Got
to see Damien Lillard on the old dude. I was
like, watch this guy. He's good as hell. That
was a fun game. Number three, the Super Bowl.
Oh yeah. That would be something to see. I could
even say Super Bowl slash college bowl game.
Sure. Like Rose Bowl or Cotton Bowl or something
like that that we kind of need to see. So that
would definitely be on the list. And number two,
a baseball game in Fenway. Oh yeah, there you
go. Been to Fenway. Yup. But did not see a game.
So I definitely want to see a game there. I think
that would maybe change. Be magical. It would
be magical for sure. The old green monster. So
I withhold my number one and pass it on to you,
sir. Quite okie dokie. I went cities, but I like
cities with an asterisk because sometimes it's
not just the city I would want to see the whole
country to. Sure. Number 10. I knew Orleans,
Louisiana. Because I have not been and like all
the parties like the French Quarter like going
there on Martin shops Oh, yeah, that would be
awesome. It is awesome seems righteous number
nine on my list Edinburgh Scotland all the castles
the big hills haunted shit haunted shit just
a rainy and gloomy and Just seems beautiful.
I'm yeah, just seems beautiful number eight on
my list Rome Italy just the history the Coliseum
all the all the historical buildings just seems
super neat Yeah, and then of course, you know
get get some good food while we're there. Oh,
yeah number seven white sands, New Mexico Seems
interesting so cool So cool. I drive drove through
New Mexico when I was a wee lad But it was literally
just driving through I think we stopped in somewhere
near Albuquerque at a hotel because we had to
sleep Think we were on our way to Arizona, but
driving through New Mexico was kind of a nightmare
It was just boring and it was like if you could
drive on Mars. That's probably Yeah, it's all
sand and tumbleweeds occasionally. You'd see
like a cool rock in the distance It's like a
cool rock, and then it's just sand again. It's
like okay But seeing white sands would be really
fun number six on my list Tokyo, Japan Love it
seems absolutely righteous for the exact reasons
we brought a moment ago if Nintendo Unlike your
adventure at Nike, which is pretty great, I would
love to see the Nintendo headquarters if you
could do a tour. I think that'd be awesome. That'd
be so fun. That'd be really fun. It just seems
like the place to be. It does. Number five on
my list, Sydney, Australia. Oh, interesting.
I love the country of Australia. It seems so
cool. Like I think I'd vibe really well with
their people. Yeah Like you're from Australia.
What's up guys? Oh, yeah. Shout out, Australia
I think we've got some listeners down and we
do we do according to the stats we do Lisa's
day and on that night I think it'd be really
fun and not just Sydney. I'd love to see Perth
or Adelaide Spend some time in good old South
Australia could be a lot of fun I would go during
their winter because their winter is kind of
like our fall. Oh, that's nice, you know So I
would definitely not want to go when it's 100
Fahrenheit outside. And just stay out of the
water because like that's great white central
and I just wouldn't want to. Sure. Yeah. I think
I'd be more afraid of like the huge spiders they
get. They do. And mentioning their animals is
worth it. Like if it crawls or flies in or swims
in Australia, it can probably kill you. It can
and might kill you. And might kill you. But that's
the excitement. Yeah. If you want some fun. some
fun learning after the show. Look up the Great
Emu War in Australia. That is real and that is
something they fought. That's awesome. I love
that. I don't think they won. I think the Emu's
won. The Emu's definitely won. Yeah. Number four
on my list. Los Angeles, California. Yep. So
cool. Going to South... the South California,
seeing all the big cities, and it's not just
LA. I would love to see San Diego, San Diego.
Love to see Sacramento, even though that's further
north. But yeah, just going in LA and realizing
like, oh, this is exactly Los Santos. They nailed
it in GTA V. They really did. And so it was interesting.
Like when you play a video game and you have
to get used to certain patterns and things like
that to get good at the game. And so when I jumped
on this game the very first time, because I had
been to LA before, I was driving around. I'm
like, why do I feel like I know where I'm going?
Right, right. I feel like I've been here before.
And I'm like, holy shit, I'm in Los Angeles.
Yeah. And it's just, it's so cool. It's very
neat. And I feel like when I eventually get back
to LA, like I'm going to drive around and just
start laughing. I'm like, oh my God, I know where
I am. Yeah. Where's Los Santos Customs at? Exactly.
I'll riz up my car. Yeah. So I'd love to see
LA for sure. Number three, Maui, Hawaii. Yeah.
Would be absolutely beautiful. It just seems
like a wonderful place. And of course it's, you
know, it's been... Shat on by Not only American
imperialism the rest in peace kingdom of Hawaii
Yeah, but also the fact that it's just a commercial
hellscape in most places. Yes, but you know just
going out and they experiencing Hawaii as sure
perhaps it was before we got there number two
Providence France. Oh now I love shitting on
the French If you're from France, hi guys. Hi
guys. How you doing? That sentence kind of ends
there. I just love shitting on the French, but
provenance seems super cool So it's not hoity
-toity snail -eating long cigarette dumbassery
of Paris the Eiffel Towers shut up It's your
artwork was cool once but now it sucks, and they
put us out of business Check out that video It's
more in the countryside of France, and they've
got these like big lavender fields and it's just,
it sounds wonderful. Yep. Sounds wonderful. So
that's, it's a big number two on my list. France
with the upset. I love it. Coming in at number
two. I love it. That is a surprise for sure.
I will get to my number one. It is the country
of Ireland. It may be a place that I consider
relocation at some point. I've had a friend giving
me information about how to get the citizenship
or husband went and did it and and it wasn't
particularly difficult just stuff you got to
fill out and sure all that and if you do most
of it on your own it there isn't a huge cost
just the cost of Well, if you don't have a passport,
you gotta get a passport to go there. But just
all the paperwork that it takes to file with
them and get that moving forward. I would love
to do that also. And I can get that dual citizenship
and then give you guys a path to go there if
that's what you guys want to do. That's the dream
forever home right there. Yeah, it really is.
And, you know, there'd be a few handful worth
of people that I would miss, but largely I would
pack my shit and get out as fast as I can. Ski
-daddle. And with the goal of finding that...
typical Irish cottage with a thatched roof that
can be like half home half pub and just have
it be this tiny little cozy pub right that people
can come in and get their Guinness or their Smittix
or whatever the fuck they want and just like
people that are touring the countryside or on
their bike and just come in and have a pint.
Yeah. I would love to do that, actually. And
find a way to stream NFL games in your pub. Yes.
That's something it seems like they have trouble
doing overseas is like getting American football.
Yep. Get American sports, because let's face
it, when those noon games kick off, it's what,
6 p .m.? Yeah. In Ireland. So most people are
You know, they're around. They come for those
games. They might not stick around for the 3
o 'clock games. Yeah. I will. I'll be there.
It's my pub. You own the place. Pub will be open,
yeah. Absolutely. Now, the Monday night game?
Yeah, those 7 p .m. games might be a bit tough.
That's gonna be tough. Yeah. What's that, start
at 1 a .m.? Start at 1 a .m. Yeah, we'll see
who's up for the challenge. Right. Yeah, no doubt.
But yeah, Ireland would be great. Just the countryside
and the castles and we have family from County
Mayo and Cork. Claire. I think Claire, yeah.
So we have relatives from all those counties
and would be really great to kind of look them
up. I think they're, my niece Lauren had done
a lot of genealogy research. And posted that
online. I don't know if it still lives out there.
But before I'd go, I'd probably reach out to
her and be like, hey, give me all the info you
can. Right. I'm heading over there. And just
to, like, catch the graves of our ancestors and
just learn more. Because there's... It'd be fascinating.
A lot of it. Yeah. Maybe not mention my dad's
dad. I think it's fine. Yeah. It's so long in
the past. So long ago. Maloney said what an amazing
history history a fascinating history. Yeah,
I'm sure we'll do just fine But Ireland number
one. Yes, my number one too is Dublin Ireland.
I just went with the big city because I feel
like if I were to move to Ireland, especially
with my line of work, I would probably want to
be somewhere near a more metropolitan area or
the suburbs of Dublin, Shannon, something like
that. Yeah. So I went with Dublin, Ireland, but
honestly, the whole country, the whole country
is not really much bigger than an American state
necessarily. So true. I mean, it's not I've always
heard stories of like You know Europeans or like
people that live in the UK or Ireland and they're
like, oh, yeah You know, we live about like 40
minutes from our parents. We only see him a couple
times a year. It's like what? Say don't want
to drive the 40 minutes. They want to try the
40 minutes. I live three hours from my mom I
see her like once or twice a month. Yeah, you
know, it's I Think it's just an American thing
to travel and drive that much Regularly, so oh
for sure be like I it's my friend. He lives a
couple hours away. Oh, yeah, man. Let's go see
him Yeah, it's like oh, I live in Dublin. I'm
what two three hour drive from the west coast
of Ireland Shit and go coast to coast babies
drive out their day trip Absolutely, yeah So
I would have no problem with that. But yeah,
that is my number one as well. I love it. Yeah.
Well, one of these days we'll get out there and
all the people that I know have gone there have
always just said amazing things. Yes. So I am
definitely looking forward to it. Absolutely.
Ireland number one, baby. My man. Yeah. So for
all you Irish people, start listening, man. Tell
your peoples. Yeah. Tell your peoples. Listen
over at Guinness. Right. Exactly. Is it wrong?
Or a bottle. I won't blame you. Not at all. You
do you. Granted, I don't know how much American
craft beer necessarily enters your country to
consume. So most of the beers we sample on one
of our later segments you'll hear, the beer,
the official beer review. Yeah. I'm not sure
if the Irish really have access to the things
we try. I'm not sure. But you could always let
us know what you have to try. For sure. Maybe
in some of the bigger cities like Dublin, you
know, maybe they get some craft beers from America.
Some more imports. Possibly. Yeah. But hey, maybe
they have some of theirs we've never had. That
is true. So that would be... Oh, I'm sure of
it. That would be amazing. Well, Irish micro
brews? Oh, man. Be it. Count my ass in. Hey,
guys. I'm here to just try it in your beers.
And that's what I said. Let's be all tanked up.
Oh, yeah. Gotta sample all your beer, man. I
don't know when I'll be back. Just sloshed. Just
tanked. Just tank it up. But that's the end of
our top ten list. Hey, you got a place? Let us
know. What's your place? What's your place? We'd
love to know. What's your home address and social
security number? That's right. That's all we
ask for. Let us know on Signal Group chats. I
hear it's very secure, even secure enough for
the United States Department of Defense. Yeah,
indeed. Yeah. Ocular scan, blood sample. Send
us the deed to your house. Skin graft. Yeah.
Skin what? I don't know. Anyway, that's enough
of that. We're on a review preview. That is where
I review and preview a movie and tell you wonderful,
beautiful people all about it. And this week,
review the amateur. Very, very good movie. Basically,
Charlie Heller, played by Rami Malek, is a brilliant
CIA decoder whose world comes crashing down when
his wife dies in a London terrorist attack. When
his supervisors refuse to take action, his intelligence
becomes the ultimate weapon as he embarks on
a dangerous trek across the globe to track down
those responsible. The film also stars John Barenthal,
Rachel Brosnahan, and Laurence Fishburne. I found
the movie to be fast -paced and suspenseful.
I enjoyed Malc's performance. Roles like that,
this is made for that dude. Perfect, yeah. And
that's what he does. But he was ideal in that
role. Really good stuff. I give it an 8 .1 out
of 10. Solid. Takes a lot to get in the eights.
And if you're in the nines, then just put that
star on the Hall of Fame. Right. But it's really
good. I think if you're into those spy thrillers.
It's right up there. Very good stuff. My preview
is the Thunderbolts. Let's go, Marvel. Ensnared
in a deathtrap and unconventional team of anti
-heroes, Helena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian,
Ghost Taskmaster, and John Walker embark on a
dangerous mission that forces them to confront
the darkest corners of their pasts. This Marvel
movie will help set up the Avengers movies to
come in the next couple of years. This movie
premieres May 2nd. Ooh, exciting. So it's coming
up. And this run of Marvel movies has been interesting
in the fact that they're nothing like the movies
that led up to Infinity Wars and Endgame. Just
not the same. Very... Oh, God. There's no continuity,
I think is what I want to say. Scattered. It's
all over the place, right? They eventually...
We're building up to this one dude named Kang.
Well, the actor got in trouble. Yeah. And so
Marvel's like, no. No more Kang. But they didn't
replace him either, which they probably could
have done. Right. They just kind of killed the
storyline. And so I'm interested to see if that's
going to come into play with something. Right.
We know Robert Downey Jr. is going to portray
Dr. Doom. I think that's pretty cool. And Kevin
Feige has already said there is going to be a
direct connection to the death of Tony Stark
and Doctor Doom. Ooh, that's fun. So I think
Marvel's getting ready to amp up, and they need
to. Yes. Because individually, some of the movies
have been pretty good. Some of the TV shows have
been pretty good. But once again, just very disjointed.
And you're just kind of trying to put the puzzle
pieces together, and they're not coming together.
Yeah. So, but I'm looking forward to this, for
sure. Yes, they gotta make it happen. Yep, no
doubt. Well, a lot of times we sleep, even though
I already told you, I don't. And I don't have
to anymore, it seems. Well, correct. Yeah. Yeah,
you skipped out on that. Got that ability. On
the milli. Yeah. Yep. While you were sleeping,
so in culture, pop culture, TV shows, movies,
games. What did we miss while we were sleeping?
While you were sleeping, you missed this YouTube
channel. I got a YouTube channel today called
Garbage Time. OK. Garbage Time is one of my favorite
channels of recent. And it's incredible. It's
run by this guy named Wade. He's got a handful
of channels on YouTube, each one with its own
niche. its own speciality. Okay. This one it's
focused on shitty cars. It's focused on shit
boxes and repairing them and just fucking with
them. It is such a fun watch. It's the the entire
channel kind of started off with this little
red car called it's a Fiat Nicky. Oh yeah. So
it's an old car I think from the 80s or 90s but
it's a two -cylinder, rear -engine, little doofus
-y hatchback -looking car. Okay. And the trunk's
in the front, right, because the engine's in
the back, but it's only got two cylinders, so
it runs like shit, and it's just, its entire
mechanics are garbage. So the whole channel kind
of started on, like, hey, can I make this Fiat
Niki, like, drivable? Yeah. And then it's just,
like, devolved in a fantastic way. into him just
accumulating these garbage cars and just like
fiddling with them. He did this one special where
he took this absolute junker of a Volkswagen
and he was like, I want to know how long this
Volkswagen can run if I use eggnog as engine
oil. That was one of his Christmas special uploads
is he put engine oil instead of or he put eggnog
in the engine oil. Instead of like 5w10 or whatever.
Oh, no, it's Awesome. He replaced his his coolant
with Pepsi. Oh No, no, don't do that. Oh, yeah,
it's awesome It's awesome. It's like he does
this with junkers, right? So it's not like he's
throwing away a good car. It's just like What
can this car do? It's all about like the combustion
engine and toying with it, fiddling with it.
It's such a fun watch, and he's an Australian
YouTuber. So just listening to him like, oh,
man, the corn road showed up right at the bottom,
mate. Oh, no. It's so fun and funny. It's just
a great time. If you're into, you don't even
have to really be into cars. You can just be
into construction and goofs and goofy content.
Garbage time is where it's at, man. It is such
a fun watch. That is, that is good to know. And
it's like bite -sized videos too, you know, 10
to 20 minutes. Just sit down with lunch and watch
this dude, watch this dude go out and purchase
a Mercedes CLS that the salesman scammed him
on and it's got water damage and he spilled a
coffee in it. It's got mold inside. It's a whole
thing. Damn. Very fun. Garbage time. Garbage
time. On YouTube. Check it out. Cuz we missed
it clearly we're sleeping That's awesome. I look
forward to that because that kind of stuff Appeals
to me. Yes. Oh, it's right up my alley Ozzy's
just kind of I think they're accidentally funny.
I don't think they're trying to be funny, but
they are yes, they're like I think of you know,
I'm one of the Ozzy's greatest exports has been
of course Chris Hemsworth and That dude like
you just see him and he's just this mammoth hulking
dude, but he's actually really funny. Oh, yeah.
On accident. I mean, the dude is just funny.
Yeah. Yeah, definitely check it out. Absolutely.
This is good stuff. We're going to take a quick
break. And when we come back, we're going to
end the show. We're going to do our beer of the
week and then finish up with the world of weird
news. All right, we are in the home stretch of
the Mark Mo Show, along with my co -host, Aiden
Maloney. I'm Mark Maloney, and we're on to maybe
one of our favorite segments, Beer of the Week.
The official beer review. It is the official
beer review. And we have a lovely selection this
week. And what might that be, Aiden? It is called
Golden Monkey, made by Victory Brewing Company
out of Pennsylvania. It's a Belgian triple. So
it's pretty sauced up as far as the ABV goes,
nine and a half percent. Oh, okay. So this is
not something you slam four or five of. No. This
is something you enjoy one of. Indeed. It's got
25 on the IBU, International Bidders Unit, so
might have a touch. It's not gonna be like an
IPA, of course. It's a Belgian. But I love Belgians.
I love Trappistales. Everything like that is
right up my alley. So I was excited to try this,
because I've tried some things from Victory Brewing
before. They have one called Sour Monkey. I'm
usually not a huge fan of sours, but they do
it fantastic. Do they? Okay. So I was really
excited to try this one today on the show. Excellent.
I am excited as well. And I am often a fan of
Belgian beers. There is... Oh gosh. Chimay is
really good. The Chimay is a good beer. Also,
I think the metal band Megadeth has a Trappist
beer that they have. I think it's called Atut
Laman. And that one is really good. That sounds
fantastic. Yep, it's good. So, your liquor store
should have it. Or if you're in Canada, the beer
store. Sorry, Canada. I know you guys operate
a little differently. The package store. The
package store, yeah. But at any rate, I'm looking
forward to trying this, man. Absolutely. If you're
enjoying a brewski at home, sloncha. Sloncha.
Clang these babies. Let's do it up. Ooh. Okay.
Rich. Little banana flavor. Yeah, I think so.
little banana flavor in there. You know what?
It tastes like banana bread to me. I definitely
get banana. I definitely get some type of bready
richness, malty. Yeah, malty. Yeah, that's definitely
interesting. I enjoy that. Yeah, definitely.
Definitely get the banana in there. Not overwhelming.
So if you're not the biggest banana fan, I don't
think you have to worry about it. It's just a
very light On the palate, but it's pretty good
as far as bit. I like I don't get like a better
aftertaste No, I agree at all. I think maybe
the the banana kind of balances it out even a
little bit I think with the sweetness. Yeah,
I agree Yeah, it is I I can tell it's high ABV
Because it's very it's strong, you know, it's
not you can definitely tell it's not a lighter
beer It's it's strong in flavor and feel But
that is just very wonderful. Oh yeah. Very wonderful.
I like it. I like it a lot, actually. Absolutely.
I think I'll give that a... I think I'm up to
maybe a 3 .75. 3 .75 on the old untapped rating.
I am... I'm at a 3 .25. Okay, yeah. For sure.
3 .25. Very good. Very good beer. I enjoy it.
immensely. And what is the, what is the brewing
company again? Brewing company is Victory Brewing.
Victory Brewing. Straight out of Pennsylvania.
Love it. All right. Well, yeah, excellent beer.
I love it. Very tasty. I think, I think it might
be unfair to pit it against something like a
Chimay. Oh, for sure. But as far as an American
made Belgian goes, that's pretty wonderful. I
think so, too. Pretty wonderful. Yeah, I enjoy
it. I enjoy it quite a bit. This was pretty excellent.
And if you have a phone, I'm sure you do, definitely
get the Untapped app. It's fun. And if you go
out, restaurants, bars, even if you're just at
home, you go to a part E, have a beer you don't
even know about, just check in. Yeah. Great it.
do that whole thing and then you can kind of
connect with friends and family and stuff like
that too so I agree it's actually a lot of fun
free app we're not sponsored by you know but
yeah I'm a big supporter of it I mean it to me
I usually use it as well of course we use it
for the show but I usually use it as a resource
just to keep track like what I've tried what
I like you know if I see a beer that Sounds familiar.
I can look it up and see like did I like it that
I not like it Yeah, so it's it's kind of fun
in that way. That's awesome. I love that Well,
that was the beer of the week. We both gave it
a very strong score So yeah, if it's at your
local Bar or pub or your liquor store definitely
go pick it up. Absolutely. It's pretty good Now
that leaves us to our final segment the world
of weird news We scour the news reports Somewhat.
Globally. And we find some crazy news stories.
Aidan, what do you got for us this week? I got
one. I was thinking, I'm like, hey, it's been
a while since we had a howl. It's been a while.
It's been a while. Big stained guy. Big stained
guy. Oh, of course. Big stained guy. It's been
a while since Christmas happened. Yes. And by
a while, I mean about four months and a handful
of days as of recording. So I figured there's
no better time. than Christmas in late April.
Florida man arrested allegedly struck wife with
Christmas tree after she asked him to help make
dinner. Okay. You follow the headline so far?
Yeah, I'm with you. This comes out of Lake County,
Florida. This story is from WFLA. Florida man
was arrested on Monday evening after he was accused
of hitting his wife with a Christmas tree when
she asked for help with dinner. Fox 35 reported
that Richard Atkinson, who's 52 at the time of
the story, is facing charges after officers responded
to a domestic dispute at a residence in Fruitland
Park. The argument began when Atchison's wife
asked him to help make dinner. At some point
during the dispute, his wife reportedly put a
spoon in the sink, accidentally splashing him
with water, causing him to, quote, lose his temper.
Oh, no. Atchison proceeded to pack his things
and went outside to his vehicle. However, he
went back inside because, quote, he had been
drinking. The news outlet stated he told his
wife to leave instead. Oh, no way. So he's already
packed up out the door. He's like, wait, I shouldn't
be on the roads. He goes back inside. He's like,
you get the fuck out of here instead. As his
wife began to leave, Atkinson shoved her. That's
not a very good thing to do. No. Picked up a
Christmas tree that was in the corner of the
room and threw it at her, hitting her in the
process. Hey, that's not very cool. According
to Fox 35, Atkinson then blocked the door to
prevent her from leaving. This is, of course,
after he asked her to leave. He was booked into
the Lake County Jail. Of course, police were
already on the way at this point. Booked into
the Lake County Jail without incident and was
held on $8 ,000 bond. He was released on the
following Tuesday. Man, I would have kept his
ass in there. Yes. I would have kept his ass
in there. 100%. This man is clearly not well.
He's a menace to society. I fear for the wife's
safety. I mean, dog, it's Christmas fucking day.
Yeah. You can't help out with dinner. Yeah. I
just, the point of that story that got me so...
So good is the fact he packed up to leave yeah
Changed his mind, and it's like no wait a minute
you get out of here instead That's so proceeded
to not let her leave. That's so crazy. It's like
dude. Are you clearly you're fucking stupid But
you can't be that dumb right mm -hmm But then
again, I'm always blown away by Florida Man.
Yeah, Florida Man is something special. Christmas
in spring, babies. You're welcome. No doubt.
Wow. How about that? Tacked by a Christmas tree.
Wish my story was as cool as that. But it is
interesting, for sure. A 24 -year -old American
YouTuber... who was arrested after visiting an
off -limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes
of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe
was further detained in custody on Thursday.
That's always a bad idea. Not a very American
name, but here we go. Mikhailo Viktorovich Polyakov
Mikhailo Viktorovich Polikov. Polikov, huh? Yeah,
it definitely sounds American. Like vodka. Like
vodka. Will appear. Oh, hi to our Russian friends,
by the way. Will next appear before a local court
in Port Blair, the capital of India's Andaman
and Nicobar Islands on April 29th, police said.
Polyakov from Scottsdale, Arizona. This dude
from Moscow, Russia, come on. From Moscow, or
Scottsdale, I mean, take your pick. Same spot.
Same spot. Was arrested on March 31st, two days
after he set foot on a restricted territory of
North Sentinel Island in a bid to meet people
from a reclusive Sentinelese tribe. How stupid.
He left a can of Diet Coke. and a coconut as
an offering for the tribe, this time after he
failed to contact the Sentinelese. Oh my god.
He shot a video of the island on his camera and
collected some sand samples before returning
to his boat. It may be claimed to be an adventure
trip, but the fact is that there has been a violation
of Indian laws. Outsiders meeting Sentinelese
could endanger the tribe's survival, said a senior
police officer requesting anonymity, damn, as
he isn't authorized to speak about the case under
investigation. Ah. OK. So he leaked his own statement.
He leaked it. Oh, I've got to love it. My man.
Polyakov is suspected of violating Indian laws
that carry a possible sentence of up to five
years in prison and a fine. Jesus Christ. Visitors
are banned from traveling within three miles
of North Sentinel Island, whose population has
been isolated from the rest of the world for
thousands of years. The inhabitants use spears
and bows and arrows to hunt the animals that
roam the small, heavily forested island. Deeply
suspicious of outsiders, they attack anyone who
lands onto their beaches. That's fair, man. Yep.
In 2018, an American missionary who landed illegally
on the beach was killed by the North Sentinelese.
I heard that story. Did you? Yeah, that dude
got moiled. Was killed by North Sentinelese islanders
who apparently shot him with arrows, then buried
his body on the beach. In 2006, the Sentinelese
killed two fishermen who had accidentally landed
on the shore. An official from the U .S. Consulate
visited Polyakov in jail earlier this week. We
take our commitment to assist U .S. citizens
abroad very seriously and are monitoring the
situation," the U .S. Embassy in New Delhi said
in a statement while declining to divulge further
details due to a privacy consideration. Naturally.
Police said Polyakov had conducted detailed research
on sea conditions, tides, and accessibility to
the island before starting his journey. He stayed
on the beach for about an hour, blowing a whistle
to attract attention, but got no response from
the islanders. On his return, he was spotted
by local fishermen who informed the authorities
and Polyakov was arrested in Port Blair and Archipelago.
nearly 750 miles east of India's mainland. Wow.
That's nuts. Isn't that crazy? That's, I mean,
clearly it's premeditated. Oh yeah. He intended
on going there. He knew where he was going and
what. Oh yeah. For sure. I mean, he has no case.
No. Zero case. God, no. There's no way. And what
are the Americans gonna do? Be like, oh, well...
take him and put him in our prison instead. Yeah,
it's like, dude, he committed a crime overseas.
You committed a crime and daisies. And buddy,
you're alive. Right. You could have had a spear
chucked at your head. Right. Like that would
have been the end of you. Blowing a whistle on
the beach. You want to whistle down and take
some sand? It's fricking sand, dude. Could have
been standing on that 2018 case. You could have
buried under your feet. Yeah, you would have
been joining him, my guy. Good Lord. How dumb.
Isn't that insane? They want to be left alone.
Leave them alone. Leave them alone. I kind of
respect wanting to be left alone and disconnected.
Right. From all the shit that goes on. If they're
happy chucking their spears and eating little
forest animals and fishing and doing a lot of
- Right. How joyous it must be to be away from
the hellscape of capitalism. Yep. Can't blame
them. Can't blame them. Nope, you can't. Don't
touch me with a thousand -year poll. Yeah Exactly,
man. That is crazy But anyway, those are world
-weird news stories some good stories today for
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