Hey there everybody, welcome to the Mark Mo Show
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I worked through Memorial Day. That's true. And
so I rewarded myself by taking Today off, which
is pretty great. I got sleep, which was... Today
being Friday for us, Saturday for you guys listening.
Absolutely. And so, yeah, my Friday's been great.
I slept in, went to a coffee shop, saw a few
friends there, got some work done, saw a friend,
she was having a garage sale, so I stopped there,
chit -chatting a little bit, might buy a couch
from her. That's fun. We'll see how I desperately
need one. Like, the one I have is just lumpy,
and like those leather ones, where that leather
just gets so dry, and it's beyond fixable now.
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to see how that one goes. Could be fantastic.
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Let's talk about it. Aiden's shows First the
guys being dudes ak -219 which is kind of on
a hiatus right now and your podcast Mostly gaming
stuff true if not exclusively gaming stuff ain't
spelled the right way. It's fantastic. It's just
a good time I'm not sure what the future of ak
-219 looks like I reached out to my boy the co
-host after getting released from stoner stanley's
trunk right right and uh yeah we're still not
sure what the future of the show looks like but
aiden spelled the right way on youtube it's got
all the fun gaming content you got fun games
bridge building games horror games indy games
fun stuff another new map one yes that came out
yesterday for us two days ago for you lovely
listeners on my channel uh it's a game called
GeoGuessr where you're essentially dropped in
somewhere somewhere on Google Maps and you have
to suss out where you are in the world only this
map is called a WTF world so they find some of
the weirdest Google Map locations you could possibly
see and you're just dropped in you have to figure
out where you are it's tough but it's hilarious
that sounds like great content yes can't wait
to check it is very fun and I've got one coming
out today Saturday, today, that is going to be
very neat as well. That's excellent. So check
it out if you're interested. Definitely check
it out. It's really great stuff. And I'm happy
to have him here as part of the production and
also the co -host. So pretty, pretty fun stuff.
And you know, I think today we're gonna do something
a little different. No, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, no.
Yeah, let's see That's what you get when you
get a day off, right? The creative juices start
flowing so what we're going to do is we're gonna
perform a very brief play for you and It is based
on an actual movie and so places places everyone
well quiet on set Aidan will be playing the part
of one. Mr. Potter. Oh, no, I will be playing
George George baby George Bailey So I'm not doing
I'm not doing the whole dialogue. I can't do
it. I can't do that tough It would be tough to
do that, and I don't even know what accent he
has That particular actor it's it's almost like
a speech impediment like the what is his name
porky pig or something Like it's almost the same,
but it's also I don't know, it's East Coast.
It's gotta be East Coast. It is, but I've been
to New York. It's not New York. Brooklyn or Manhattan,
it's not. Right, right, right. I've been to Boston.
It's not Boston. I don't know, like Connecticut,
Rhode Island? I don't know what they sound like.
Not like, not like Jimmy Stewart. Yeah, not like
Jimmy Stewart. I'm trying to show, don't go to
hit my car. What is that? What is that? I don't...
Where'd you learn that? Right. I mean, I don't
know. Gosh, I wish I knew. Yeah. Kind of fun
trivia, maybe. Yeah, like if I ever hear another
human being speak that way, I'm gonna be like,
dude, where are you from? I need to know. I'd
like some juicy fruit. Where are you from, sir?
It's like, sir, this is a Wendy's. Exactly. Okay,
here we go. Here we go. in character. All right,
here we go. And action. You see, if you shoot
some pool with some employee here, you can come
and borrow money. Where does that get us? A discontented,
lazy rabble. instead of a thrifty working class
and all because of a few starry -eyed dreamers
like Peter Bailey stir them up and fill their
heads with a lot of impossible ideas. Now I say...
Just a minute. Now hold on, Mr. Potter. You're
right when you say my father was no businessman.
I know that. Why he ever started this cheap penny
-anny building alone, I'll never know. But neither
you nor anybody else could say anything against
his care. because his whole life was... Why,
in 25 years, the teen Uncle Billy started this
thing. He never once thought of himself. Isn't
that right, Uncle Billy? He didn't save enough
money to send Harry to school, let alone me,
but he did help a few people get out of your
slums, Mr. Potter. And what's wrong with that?
Why, here, you're all businessmen here. Doesn't
it make them better citizens? Doesn't it make
them better customers? You said, what did you
say a minute ago? They had to wait and save their
money before they even ought to think of a decent
home? Wait, wait for what? until their children
grow up and leave them until they're so old and
broken down that they do you know how long it
takes a working man to save $5 ,000 just remember
this Mr. Potter this rabble you're talking about
they they do most of the working and paying and
living and dying in this community Well, is it
too much to have them work and pay and live and
die in a couple of decent rooms in a bath? Anyway,
my father didn't think so. People were human
beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated
old man, they're cattle. Well, in my book, he
died a much richer man than you'll ever be. Thank
you. And scene. And scene. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you very much. We'll be performing three
nights a week at your local theater. God, I hope
not. I didn't know what accent to go for. I think
you nailed it more than I did. I tried, but see,
a lot of times, and Aidan and I do this, we do
Russian, we do French, we do a bunch of things
just on the ham, right? It's not serious. It's
easy to take over a stereotypical accent than
try and pinpoint a character or a human being.
It's like saying, Hey, do the accent of your
best friend's uncle. It's like, what do you mean?
Right. Like, do an impression of that person.
What does that mean? It means nothing. It means
nothing because it's difficult to do. It is very
difficult to nail. It's easy. Oh, I can't walk
around here and see me, right? It's like, yeah,
that's fine. It's stereotypical. It's tough to
do a specific impression. Well, right. When you
do a read like this. Staying in character is
a really hard thing to do when it's not your
natural voice, right? So like once I started
I'm like, oh shit I'm gonna have to do this for
this whole monologue. Jesus Christ. Can I do
it? I Think I held it pretty well. I think you
did I think I feel really good, but that's not
why we did it I mean if we get an Emmy we get
an Emmy, right? That's true easy. Don't really
qualify for an Emmy But we should qualify for
two maybe one for each of us one for each of
us. That's fair maybe maybe an NAB Marconi radio
award. Okay. Maybe there's a podcasting one.
Is it called The Potty? The Potty. The Potty.
I will take a potty right now. I just took a
potty. Oh no. I just really kind of warm. Whatever
it is. This studio will never recover. It will
never recover. But anyway, the reason for this
reading and this presentation is that I attended
a housing symposium here in Valparaiso, Indiana.
I was at the city hall. It was a wonderful mix
of, I don't know, developers and real estate
agents and local politicians and rich people.
More importantly, though, a good chunk of the
public, which was nice to see them there and
nice to see them engaged. Anyway, everyone came
really prepared to discuss affordable housing
crisis in the Valparaiso area. In a nutshell,
the median home price is $300 and $50 ,000. The
home value is about $354. It's pretty close to
even, Stephen. For Midwest US houses. For Midwest
USA. Now, to qualify for any of those homes,
you have to, according to this presentation,
make a minimum of $21 per hour, and that comes
with minimal debt and excellent credit. And not
only the $21 per hour, you need what? Approximately
10 % saved up for down? Yes. So you need to make
$21 an hour and have $35 ,000 just sitting around
in the bank. Yeah. Not your emergency fund, in
the bank ready to spend. Yes, correct. That is
correct. Now, most people, especially those living,
say, on the west coast or in the northeast part
of the United States, would think $3 .50 is a
bargain because their averages are much higher.
Right. But in northwest Indiana, it is a bit
on the high side and makes the community of Valpo
exclusive rather than inclusive. Right. Thousands
working in and around Valpo work at factories,
warehouses, big -box stores, restaurants, bars,
gas stations, foods and government jobs, nonprofits,
schools, the university here in town. And a large
majority of that workforce earns below the $21.
Right. Requirements some well below. Right. And
not only make below that amount, but have little
to no savings. Right. For this, what, down payment
that's supposed to come out of nowhere? Mm -hmm.
Yeah. Oh yeah, for sure. And if we're to take
the lessons of the past and apply them to a modern
day problem, doesn't every working American deserve
four walls and a bath? Right. Just like the George
Bailey example. You know, Bezos, Musk, Trump,
they don't give a shit about people. No. Hell
no. But perhaps there are enough people with
means and good will to help move the needle on
this growing problem. Everyone talks a good game.
Well, we know the road to hell is paved with
good intentions. Sure. Yeah. And so it's going
to take more than a room full of people that
say... That's a really great idea. We need to
do something about this. Well, I can say that.
Right. But I don't have two and a half million
dollars sitting in the bank that I can go, oh,
you know, I wasn't doing anything with this.
Let me throw this to a housing development project.
Right. I don't have that. You don't have that.
We don't have multimillion dollar backing. We're
willing to support it and rah rah it and whatever
we can do on that end. But at the end of the
day. money talks, bullshit walks. Right. And
it's going to take people with means that are
going to say, yep, I want to donate this. Right.
As a goodwill, charitable donation towards this,
then they can go take their tax write -off, if
they even need it, because they don't get taxed
anymore. But if they wanted to do a tax write
-off on it, put that money towards something.
Sure. Now, there's a gentleman who said they're
working on a developmental district, some homes
that they're going to build or whatever. Those
homes are still 225 to 250. Now, if that is really
truly the case... your mortgage rates are gonna
be less. But once again, if people don't have
the down payment, they're gonna have to put together
some aggressive like either no money down or
like 2 ,500 down or 1 ,000. They're gonna have
to come up with some creative shit in order to
get those people that work at Target, that work
at Meyer, that work at Home Depot, they're gonna
have to really work some stuff. to give them
an opportunity to buy a house and still have
them no greater than 33 % of what their monthly
take -home is. Right. Because wages are half
of the issue. Wages have been down for decades
and continue to stay down. And that's a major
issue. Yes. Problem number two is the fact that
most working Americans, most working class Americans,
do not have a savings account. Let alone a savings
account with one comma or five digits. Period.
It's unheard of. It's unheard of. Sure. It may
be like, there may be some high brow, high horse
developers like, oh, we're building, you know,
we're doing the Lord's work. We're doing low
income housing, but you're still charging 225.
Yeah. You're, I mean, with mortgage rates today,
you're still expecting an individual. to have
a monthly income that rivals that mortgage payment
of $1 ,200, you're expecting them to have over
$20 ,000 saved for your down payment that doesn't
exist. Correct. In this working economy that
doesn't exist. It doesn't exist. It doesn't exist
at all. And it's really becoming a problem because,
say for example, you have, I don't know, say
there's a woman who's a teacher's aide or say
there's a widower that has to work at Home Depot
part -time in order to pay his bills or a single
mom of two who's an assistant manager over at
Target or something along those lines. And they
want to live in the town they work in and they
can't because there's just no housing and certainly
no rent because of the housing prices that have
stayed steady and even gone up a little bit.
Do you think rent's going to come down? Hell
no. Rent's not going to come down. They're going
to stay high. They were even saying like for
a one bedroom, like $1 ,200. Right. Is what you're
looking at for a one bedroom apartment. Yeah.
And they can charge it because they know those
people don't have money down for a house. Right.
Or don't have the credit. Yeah. Yep. So they
are going to charge them through the nose for
some little shit place. Yeah. And so that's incredibly
unfair to them as well. So what you need is that
opportunity for people to buy. But they can't.
So what are they going to do? Now, this is a
local example for all you folks that listen outside
of the Midwest or Indiana, which is where we're
from. So in our community of Valparaiso, a town
of about 35, 36 ,000 people, however big we are.
There are much smaller communities around us.
A La Crosse, a Couts, a Chawanita. These are
the communities they have to live in. Right.
And that doesn't always mean it's going to be
that much cheaper. It'd be a little bit cheaper.
But you're spending the difference on fuel and
car repairs. Right. So it's just, it's really
bad. Another part of the conversation was also
about state and or federal funding for different
projects, but here's the thing, there's only
so many, so much funds available to so many projects
that it is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Right, and at that point, if you're requesting
those type of funds, you're simply employing
the methods of socialism where you know, the
government funded by taxes will provide for the
populace. The only difference is, is that all
the money still gets funneled to the 1%. Yes.
That's the difference. That's the difference.
Instead of a true socialism where fully tax money
gets reinvested into the community, infrastructure,
housing, it gets invested into those simply directly
to be funneled back into the 1%. Yes. greedy
landlords, greedy developers. There are, I think
the last time I saw this statistic, there are
more than 10 million, I think somewhere between
10 and 20 million empty houses in the United
States of America. There are less than 700 ,000
homeless people in this country. You could house
every homeless person in this country and still
have 10 plus million houses to sell. and a lot
of those houses, especially ones that have been
foreclosed, that are owned by Fannie Mae, Freddie
Mac, HUD, whoever owns them, and why not? Why
not put someone in? And here's the funny thing.
So many homeless people work. More than you would
think. When we're in Seattle, a lot of those
people up in that have jobs. Can't afford the
rent. When Alex is eight and sister, my daughter,
she moved to Seattle, What she paid for a box
blew my mind. It's insane. Now, she has a good
job now, and she's with a nice dude that also
has a job, so they're able to manage in a little
bit nicer place. Her place was nice. It was just
small. It was just a box. Right. But that, like
New York, Seattle, San Francisco, there are people
paying 15, $2 ,000 for a box. Right. A studio.
a studio, literally like a loft bed and under
the loft bed is the stove and the sink and the
fridge. It's like, what the shit? Some of these
places don't have a window. Yeah. It's stunning.
It really blows my mind. So something has to
be done. There's also guys, I read about a guy
in Texas and some guy in California where they
have like these little micro home communities
where it's like these small cabins that literally
have living room, kitchen. bathroom, bedroom.
Small little cabins. Right. And... You're talking
a couple hunge square feet. Right. And there's
no way in hell that's $2 .25 or $2 .50 like this
guy in Valpo was saying. No. Hell no. That's
a shit ton cheaper. And by the way, I should
mention this. I didn't work directly with this
organization, kind of indirectly, because when
I was involved in the radio station, I was the
chairman of the board there on two different
occasions, and... The parent I guess parent group
over us who had the nonprofit They are affordable
housing nonprofit right and So they they they
have these communities when but they manage ownership
over the properties this guy's talking about
selling So who's to say I'm good. Oh, yeah, I
got this $225 ,000 place I sit on it for one
or two years. I wait for rates to get a little
bit better Tell me not every single person in
there is gonna get the hell out. They're gonna
take 272 75 They're gonna make their money. Yep,
and they're gonna split and get a better place
Some private equity firm is gonna buy every single
one of those and rent them Right, and so the
affordable housing once again is gone. Disappears,
right. And then what we're left with a working
class returning to the fucking peasant slums.
What are we doing? What are we doing? We give
the same 40 hours a week. We give the same 40
hours a week that white Americans gave in the
1940s and 50s where they were prosperous. Yes.
prosperous. There's a reason that in the show
The Simpsons, it made sense for a one working
parent to work 40 hours a week and afford a multiple
bedroom, multiple bathroom house with a two car
garage. It's because that amount of wealth was
still within the working class. That's why that
show made sense. That couldn't exist. There is
not a millennial or Gen Z individual that knows
what the fuck that's like. Oh, there's no way.
I don't know if majority is the right word, but
a really large handful of Gen X is in the same
boat. Oh, 100%. All of that money is in the boomer's
hands. All of that money is in the one percenter's
hands. And we're qualming with developers and
realtors about affordable housing. I hate to
sound negative about it, but it seems fucking
senseless. Because in my mind, it's such a large
issue, and I don't know how to take it. Besides,
be angry and hope for the eventual revolution.
Yeah, I'm not sure what the ultimate solution
is here, but I just know that, first off, having
the conversation is fine. Right. Mind you, there
are several politicians that used verbiage that
I've been using for several months communicating
with them. So I'm pretty sure they're stealing
my shit. Just going to come out and say it. Right.
Especially when I was talking about wants and
needs and being a politician and being able to
differentiate between the two. Sure. Making the
best decision for your constituency. And all
of a sudden they're using the same lingo I am.
I'm like, oh, how about that? Isn't that something?
Yeah. So I kind of kept my mouth shut last night.
Nope, I'm not giving them stuff they can use.
I'm like, no way. I'm like, elect me to something,
and then I'll start talking again, but. Yeah,
if fuck you, pay me. If fuck you, pay me, yeah.
I don't know what else to do, but having the
conversation is fine, but once again, it's like
protesting, and I had this conversation with
a friend of ours, Hannah, and we had a conversation,
it's like, you know, I'm getting kind of tired
of it, and I'm like, I am too, I mean, I get
it, and it's our right under the Constitution,
and I get that, hold your sign, shout, whatever
you're out there for. But at some point, and
I propose this, I'm like, what's next? We could
sit out here and yell for four years. Right.
What's next? Because there has to be like a step
B and a step C and D and all of that. And if
we're just going to keep doing nothing's going
to happen. Right. And so I kind of feel this
way with the whole housing thing. It's like,
yes, let's have a conversation. But then what's
next? Yeah. Because the $220 ,000 to $250 ,000
project thing, I don't think that goes anywhere
unless there are companies, non -profits, whoever,
that are actively going to manage multi -units
that the average person, that someone making
15 bucks an hour can get into. Right. And call
home. Yeah. Because right now we just don't have
that. I know servers, I know bartenders, I know
people that work in retail. and they, one of
two things. One, they live outside of Valpo and
have to drive in, or number two, they live with
mom and dad. Right. That's it. It's the only
way to be, right? They can't do anything else.
I know three people living in a two -bedroom
apartment. Right. That's common, too. It's becoming
too common. It's becoming too common, and it's
rather unfortunate. Right. Yeah, so it's to a
point where... there just doesn't seem to be
a good solution. I think there probably are solutions.
Maybe there's just people not having the right
conversations yet. I would agree, yeah. Because
I think they're still thinking that the problem
exists in the over $20 an hour person, which
I'm sure that exists too, no question. But once
again, if you were to eliminate all the jobs
that could not afford housing, Your town is shutting
down. Right. Nobody serving, nobody cooking.
If there is no Juanita and DeMott and Coutts
and South Haven, there is no Valparaiso. True.
Because the poor working class keeps Valparaiso
existing. Correct. Yep. Period. And if affordable
housing disappears in those areas, Valparaiso
becomes the next Gary. Because capitalism destroyed
Gary. Capitalism's destroyed half of Griffith.
Detroit? Detroit? There are endless examples.
And unless you realize, hey, oh, what's the poison?
Could it be capitalism? Hey, fucking maybe. Maybe.
Maybe it is. So unless you really get social
programs going on a government level, there is
zero capitalists. There are zero capitalists
that will change this. And I stand by that 100%.
They're they're not interested. It's it's all
about making money. It's all about making money.
And I'll go where's the money come from the working
class? I'll go as far as to say that I am a Gen
Xer. So a lot of my formative years were in the
1980s. And most actually the entire decade were
led by the conservatives, the Republican party.
So it's two years, two terms of Reagan and one
of H .W. Bush. And so in living in that and being
taught that, oh, trickle down economics is the
right way to do it. We're going to make sure
that the rich continue to get richer because
then that money is going to trickle down to you.
But here's the trick about rich people. Rich
people are rich and they stay rich. because they
keep their money and they become richer and they
become richer because they keep your money right
and so if they're like oh with these tax breaks
these bonuses and i'm wow i'm gonna make an extra
30 million this year uh hey sir uh i think it
would be a great idea to share that with the
middle management and the workers and they'd
get a hearty laugh. Right. Oh, you're so silly.
And instead, they've got their golden parachute.
Right. And a new yacht and a nice car. It's the
same propaganda points. Oh, well, they should
just get a better job. They should be a little
more money responsible. No, that's not the case.
It's bullshit. It's bullshit. Yeah. So all of
that is a problem. And it all relates to the
housing issue. Right. So they have to have a
much bigger conversation. It's one I don't think
they're interested in really having. It'll be
interesting. I want to go to the next meeting.
But then they were saying something along the
lines of this second meeting in town was going
to be an invitation only. Oh, interesting how
that works. Interesting how that works. They
don't want the public. They don't want the poor.
Even though this is designed for the public,
they don't want the public attending. Right.
And being a part of it. Yeah. That that is that's
that is something. That is really something special.
And I'll tell you, there are some people in power
in town, both politically and just economically,
where that does not surprise me. Right. But there
are some that are, quote unquote, trying to work
for the other half of the folks. And I don't
see it. No. I don't see it in the results. I
don't see it in the movement forward. I don't
know. I'm not sure. how this is going to work
moving forward, but I'm not going to hold my
breath. No. I'm in the same boat. That's for
sure. And I know this isn't exclusive to Valpa.
We speak to it because this is a town we live
in. But for people around the world, I'm sure
your economics probably differ somewhat, if not
entirely, from what we do. But so much of local
and regional politics, nationally and internationally,
have this same issue. Same issue. Same issue.
That's a massive problem. Yeah. Yeah, but there
are there are other cultures other countries
Where people are housed that if you are a working
adult and you are putting in a full -time you
are guaranteed a home, right? We will work with
you We're gonna figure it out and there's not
enough programs like that here to do that clearly
Even though we have the homes as you mentioned.
Yep, and if we don't have the homes around Valpo,
we got the land It's very easy to put one of
those little cottage or one of those cubes or
like people take these shipping containers and
turn them into these cool little houses. There
are so many options. So many options. And it
just takes somebody with the guts to say, yep,
I'm gonna back that. There was one guy last night
that even said, it's like this crazy amount of
money. It's like over $100 ,000 to build half
a street. with concrete and all the stuff that
it takes to do it. And it's just, it's staggering.
So it's like, oh, so if you were to build a four
to six block community, so you're into it for
a million dollars for the road. Okay, who's ponied
it up? Not me. You say, well, you know, and then
take it from the taxpayer. Well, there's taxpayer
funded things here. They're giving tax money
to the university. The university's a private
university. No reason to do that. None. Oh, we're
the university and we're struggling. That's kind
of on you, homie. Right. You're a private university.
Any private business that struggles either fucking
closes or they sells to someone else. If you
can't make it, why the fuck are you subsidized
by the government? You know who doesn't beg for
money? Loyola University of Chicago. With the
greatest endowment of almost any university in
this country, they have more money. So when they
want to build a building, guess what they do?
They build the building. Right. They don't sit
there and beg taxpayers, the city of Chicago.
They don't do any of that shit. If they want
a piece of land, they show up with a check. Yep.
Yep, this is what we want. And here's Valpo with
their hands out. They just sold all their fucking
art. Yeah. How embarrassing is that? And now
they want taxpayer money? Hell no. I don't understand
it. Like, if I were on that council, I would
point to the door and tell them to fuck off.
Yeah. You are a private university. Best of luck.
Yeah. Sorry. You are your own business. Right.
I don't know what to tell you. You need to fix
your shit. Yeah. And if you can no longer run
that university, call the Jesuits, call Notre
Dame, call somebody else to come in and take
over the university. You are a private business.
Yeah. If you fail, guess what? You should fail.
You should fail. No doubt. 100%. Period. And
then people be like, oh, well, then people will
be out of work. Well, people decided to work
there. Right. And guess what? I've worked for
a place. It went out of business. I could whine
and cry about it all day long. It happens. Right.
But does that mean the government should subsidize
that business just because they're failing? Absolutely
not. Nope. Just like they shouldn't have bailed
out the banks back in the mid -2000s. Period.
They should have let them fail. And then people
that... did creepy bad shit, should have gone
to prison. That didn't happen either. Classy.
That's America, baby. That's America. So, you
know, we went off the road a little bit, but
in a way, it all kind of interconnected. It's
all interconnected. And I know there are a lot
of communities in the United States, and like
I said, probably internationally, too. I'm just
not up on the housing issues or issues involving
business and how that affects their people. I
know Canada's bad. I know UK is bad. I know Ireland's
rough. But that's capitalism. Capitalism's a
plague. It's taking over. Hey, it's affecting
everyone equally, it seems. Right. And the whole
thing like, look, if you're in business, I get
it. You want to make money because you're in
business. That's why you decided to do it. Number
one, you love what you do. Number two, you want
to make money. I get it. I'd want to do the same
thing. But here's the thing. If I'm making hundreds
of millions of dollars or like you think a BP
or you think a Shell or all these petroleum companies
and their quarterly profits are disgusting. Right.
And then they have a platform out in the Gulf
of Mexico that blows up because all the equipment
was old and outdated. Who pays to fix it? What
did you just do with all those quarterly profits?
Shouldn't you put that back into your... Right.
I don't know. No. And it makes you wonder, where
is that money being extracted from? It's being
extracted from the consumers, and it's being
extracted from the working class that keeps those
businesses alive. Yeah. Yep. And what do they
do? What do they do, even though with their quarterly
billion -dollar profits, what do they do? They
go to the government, and they lobby, and they
say, it'd be really great if we could have a
zero tax rate. Right. Well, fuck, who's going
to make that up, then? We are. Right. Right.
Nope. And if we don't it gets added to the deficit
for us to deal with later. Yep. Yeah, that really
sucks. But that's it. As always, please feel
free to make comments if you want. There's got
to be a better path forward. I'm going to stay
on top of this housing thing because like I said,
maybe a little bit different one way or the other
where you're at, but I know it is a problem everywhere.
So I'm going to stay up on that. I'm just going
to stay up on political corruption in general
because we had that thing with the imminent domain
and then trying to put data centers near where
people live. It's just it's almost out of control
like they feel that they're so empowered. They
can just do whatever the fuck they want Well,
i'm here to tell you they can't right and the
power of the people should win Like I said money
wise We there's nothing we can do. There's absolutely
nothing we can do but we can do everything else,
right? So we should try and we should make noise
and we should attend meetings and try to move
the needle on a few things. We'll see where this
ends up going. I've always said if people are
here and they're working, I don't care if they're
making $12 an hour or $20 an hour or whatever,
if they're working a full -time job, they should
have a fucking home. Right. And I think it's
embarrassing to have people that are working
jobs for people in a two -bedroom or they're
living with their parents or other some cohabitation
going on. Can't afford to live where you work.
Right. Yep. That's got to end. It's got to end.
So I'll keep you updated on things that are happening
here. And I always say, feel free to engage,
comment, all that kind of good stuff. And if
you have things going on in your community, let
me know. I'm happy to look into it and to research.
I'm not in your community, but I know how to
read. So I'll definitely be happy to check that
out and put a spotlight on your community if
it's needed. Absolutely. All right. After this
quick break, Carp ID, I'm on the Mark Mo Show.
We are back on the Mark Mo Show podcast. I'm
Mark Maloney along with Aidan Maloney and I was
a spicy beginning to the show. Well, first of
all, you caught an Academy Award winning performance.
You're welcome to be fair. Yeah, but then we
had kind of a spicy conversation. So we're think
from week to week. We might keep that going a
little bit. I mean, it's just I'd rather have
fun and have nonsense, but sometimes it's fitting.
Yeah. Sometimes you just have to say the tough
stuff, you know. Yeah, it would be disingenuous
to not share feelings like that, you know? Yep.
Yep. Is that fair to say? That is definitely
fair to say. But, you know, as I said, we'll
keep you guys updated on all that kind of stuff
because it's important. It's very important and
I feel like... a little bit every day. We tend
to kind of just lose the identity of what this
country is supposed to be. Hopefully we'll find
our way out. Right, no kidding, hey? We'll see.
I've seen movies like this. They don't always
turn out really great. Right, right. We'll see
how that goes. If it leans dystopian and it sounds
dystopian, it might be dystopian. It might be
dystopian, absolutely. But we're onto Carpe Diem.
That is, you find folks sending us ear DMs and
then we read them on the air. If you have questions,
we answer them. I mean... if we want if we choose
if we desire such a thing yeah i mean we're not
obligated not at all i mean we can do it or we
cannot you could attempt to bribe us you could
uh there's a lot of things you can do we'll take
your sweat pills yeah just like let's Roleplay.
You be the lobbyist. Yeah. We'll be the politician.
You give us money. We might vote on the bill
you're interested in. We might not. Which just
happens to be legal for some fucking reason.
I know. I know. I know. Give it a shot. Maybe
you'll get your question answered. Give it a
shot. Yeah. It's like Vegas, baby. Roll the dice
and see what happens. But anyway, people send
their messages. We read them on the air and we
have a good time with it if we can. And sometimes
we get some really good questions. So we're actually
going to read them and I'm gonna start out with
at Stinky McGee. Oh my man. Sup Mark Mo Show,
would you rather have a completely loyal, somewhat
average looking significant other or one that
looks like a supermodel but isn't always necessarily
faithful? Loyalty above all, you know. Yeah.
If you're that deluded. or shallow to to desire
that inner quotes trophy wife or trophy partner
it's first of all first and foremost that's on
you you do you whatever it's not me that's not
me loyalty above all you know looks come second
to personality and kindness and humor things
of that sort so definitely definitely the former
for me for me um In case, ladies and gentlemen,
in case you are not aware, maybe you're completely
new to this. If so, hi. Hello. I am kind of a
low -level menace, and that being the case, and
the fact that humanity has let me down more times
than I can count in the past two years. Sure.
So, I'm a bit jaded, maybe? Two years? Okay,
to be fair, more than that. More than that. It's
been a rough decade. It's been a rough decade.
There's no question. Aidan knows, I was trying
to be kind, but yeah. It's just, it's one of
those things where, you know, if there is a corner
in the room, my pinky toe will find it. It's
kind of like that decade. But at any rate, I'm
not here to bitch about it, but I'm just saying,
in this particular question, maybe I'm not looking
for that faithful, loyal person. or average looking,
whatever you said. But if I'm not going to be
super serious about this thing anyway, why not
have some arm candy and have some fun? Sure.
And if they go and do some of the else, I don't
care. It's one of those things. I guess that's
like I was saying with like, you know, personal
touch, personal taste. Yeah. If you're not super
serious, then they're not super serious and it's
just. Yell could just be fun on the side or something.
Yep. And there's nothing wrong with that either.
Yeah, nothing wrong with that either. It's just
not up my alley. Yeah. Yeah, I may take that
last one. Just because when I hear something
like loyal, I have... Yeah. Qualms. I do. I do.
I don't... Like I said, I have questions about
humanity these days. Me too. And I know, I know,
I just feel... that people, genuine people, loyal
people, I think it's in short supply these days.
And maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I
just happen to be super unlucky the last 10 years.
Or I'm not. Or I'm not. Yeah. You know, there
are statistical anomalies out there. That does
happen. It does happen. It's a part of statistics.
It does happen. but at any rate chances are chances
are we're gonna do that last one at child of
the corn oh no i grew up on a farm in central
indiana and the movie children of the corn fucked
me up for a long time is there any horror movie
that really messed with your brain oh man when
i was a wee lad i watched uh paranormal activity
probably watched it too young but that I had
to have been a tween or an early teen, and after
watching that I slept with a nightlight on for
a couple weeks. So that one, that was probably
just a timing issue. I watched that one too early.
I think the more recent one was when I watched
Insidious for the first time. That's pretty terrifying.
That one kind of fucked me up. I don't know,
it's some kind of ethereal... Don't know if omnipotence
the right word, but that type of that type of
boogeyman that can turn sure You know recorded
film or art into real -life horror in a horror
movie Such a cool concept that one kind of fucked
with my brain for a little while I think one
of the ones I most enjoyed recently was a movie
called Talk to Me, an Australian horror movie
I think we talked about a couple times. Yeah,
oh yeah. That one I really enjoyed. I thought
that was fantastic, but yeah, if I have to, if
I'm thinking about ones that mess with my brain,
it's gotta be Paranormal Activity when I was
a wee lad and Insidious. Insidious 2 was fucked
up also. Yeah, those are both really good. For
me... I grew up in the southwest side of Chicago,
so I was in long time Chicago before I came here
to Indiana. And for whatever reason, the woods
have always been a thing for me. Oh, sure. Now,
don't get me wrong, I love nature. I think Montana
and Wyoming and the United States. Beautiful.
Are just beautiful. I love it. Coeur d 'Alene,
Idaho and Washington. I love it all. It's really
great. I'm not a fan of the woods. Sure, it's
a fair point to make. I got lost in the woods
with your sister once, and I thought I was gonna
get mauled by a bear. It's a fun story. It's
definitely a good story. In hindsight, it's a
fun story. In hindsight, it's a fun story. When
you're running through the woods going, no snakes,
no bears, that's like half funny, half terrifying.
Right, right, right. So, yeah, I've never been
a fan. And when I saw the movie Blair Witch Project.
Oh, there you go. The way they did it seemed
so real. Like there was this group doing a documentary,
but it was so terrifying and their level of terror
and confusion just slowly increased throughout
the film to the point where you're getting near
the end and people are missing and she's frantic
and and we sat three rows from the front of the
screen. Oh, it's good. We were just like in it
and Terrified the hell out of me. I had chills
like numerous times throughout the show and that's
one of those first of its kind horror movies
I think so. Yeah, I really do I think it's one
that kind of holds its own right another one
that did it for me was Halloween I was a young
lad when I saw Halloween and so Would think about
like being a kid at grade school and I'd be walking
home from school. It's a cloudy day Of course,
it gets dark at 430 and it's like you're walking
home from school. It's like 3 so it's kind of
sort of dark It's cloudy and the wind coming
blowing and you just feel like somebody's watching
you Yeah, you know and you're kind of looking
around corners and then you get freaked out It's
just it was it was crazy. So I think those two
movies for me. That's good. That's good Uh, ah
-hah. At SoxfanJerry. Oh, man, dude. Ah, Jer.
Are they getting better or am I delusional? I
have come in from the ledge, but my family still
worries. I don't know if I should cry or sleep.
Sometimes I do both. First of all, I don't blame
you. Secondly, I wouldn't live near a ledge.
Thirdly, at least you're not the Rockies this
year, hey? At least you're not the Rockies this
year. Right, and they've got mountains to jump
from. Yeah, exactly. That's rough. Yeah, they're
a short ride from saying, hey, ask this park,
how far can I jump? All I'm saying, Jerry, is
it doesn't matter how far you're down. You're
moving a little bit up, all right? Yeah, aren't
you? Even if it's second worst, it's not worst
worst. Exactly. If you're worst twice in a row,
then hey, maybe that ledge sounds a little tasty,
right? It sounds a little tasty. It sounds a
little tasty. Like, maybe that's a good option.
Surely we just. Yes. But, yeah, nah, socks still.
Yeah. Yeah, to be fair. As the Lord intends.
As the Lord intends. It's stonerstanley420 to
wrap it up for me. My man. Momo and Alan have
a happy day. Thanks. He wishes us a happy day.
I like your show about the mules. I like mules.
They are like horses. And they are like Kevin.
Giddy up. Does he mean 40 acres and a mule? Yeah,
I was gonna say, I don't know what he's referencing,
but that does make more sense. He's a bit late
to the party. I think that was last season. He's
probably got it on replay. Yeah. You know what?
I don't blame him. It's one of our more popular
episodes. Yeah. I keep it up, I guess, Stan.
For sure. If you get endless entertainment from
re -listening to our shows, that's quite a fantastic
sign. I would say, I don't know how familiar
mules are with horses. Or as he says, horsices.
Horsices. Yeah, they're both mammals, so you've
got that going for you. I would just say keep
up your middle school type learning, maybe? I'm
always a big fan of legalizing that green, but
if it deteriorates your brain that far, I...
Take a break. Yeah, I'm no doctor. Maybe take
a tolerance break though, hey? It might be a
good idea. Yeah, maybe smell the flowers with
a fresh nose for once. Boy, he needs something.
That is for sure. Well, that's my DMs. What do
you got, Aidan? I got a DM here from my boy at
Mr. Ouchy. If I offer you $1 ,000 to push a button
that breaks the toe of a random acquaintance,
do you press it? If so, how many times do you?
That's tough. Well, here's the thing. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, go ahead. Based on Facebook, I've got about
842 Facebook friends. So you are acquainted with
them? There are maybe somewhere between 20 and
30 that I communicate with on a regular or semi
-regular basis. Okay. There are those I wish
happy birthday to. I communicate with them maybe
once or twice a year. If I can do that and not
know who this is happening to, it could possibly
happen to someone that I just don't communicate
with. I would never know that they busted a toe.
That's true. They don't know it came from you.
And they don't know it came from me. I'm pressing
it five times. I'm taking five grand. Five grand.
That's pretty nice. Now I... That's a vacay,
man. With a long weekend to Vegas, baby. Yep,
exactly. You have some leftover, too. And some
leftover, or more, depending how I do. Exactly,
exactly. Be smart about it. I... I like the offer.
It might say something about me that I have a
smaller acquaintance base and a smaller friend
base than, of course, you have. I'd still be
willing to press it, you know? Especially in
a place without universal health care, that broken
toe might be pricey and uncomfortable for that
individual. But hey, I've met a lot of people.
I've become acquainted with a lot of people.
You have. So... Maybe I'll also press it five
or ten times and just see what happens. I think
maybe my My morals might get the best of me.
I might stop at just a couple but even then a
couple grand is is fantastic helps Yeah, absolutely
fantastic buy a new set of four wheels for your
car or something like that So what do you do
if you take it you take the deal you press it
tense, right? And then your mother calls you
the next day. It goes, god damn it, I stubbed
my toe, I broke my toe. Oh my god. Do you feel
like ass, or do you play off and go, oh no, sorry.
I think you do both. I think first and foremost,
I feel like dog shit, because I'm pretty sure
I caused that. Secondly, of course you play it
off, oh my god, what a terrible thing to happen,
I'm sorry to hear that. Do you take accountability
is the important question. Like, hey, as some
magical genie appeared, I pushed a button. He
said it might break a toe of someone I know.
Hell no, you don't. Hell no, because first of
all, that's not believable. Secondly, it makes
you seem as insane as a magical genie breaking
someone's toe. That's fair. So no, you don't
take accountability. I think you get a couple
easy grand. Yeah, that's fair. I'm with you.
At Hambone, our boy. Hambone was up. Would you
rather, I love a would you rather, would you
rather work one day per month, but you make $6
,000 monthly salary? Or you work a regular nine
to five, 40 hours a week, but make a $40 ,000
per month salary? That's tough. That's tough.
Six grand? Six grand. for eight hours a month
72 yeah so you're talking you're talking a livable
wage working one day a month otherwise you actually
become the one percent working at nine to five
i'm i'm taking the six grand i'm in the same
boat i'm so glad we agree i'm getting yes my
freedom back i'm gonna wake up on a morning i'm
gonna see a movie i'm gonna go walk in a park
exactly lunch with you like that will be worth
it yes hundred percent Yes, exactly. Because
not only do you have six grand a month, which
as of 2025 is a livable wage, you also have that
extra 200 some hours per month. You get to feel
like a human being. Freedom. You get to feel
like a human being for fucking once in this.
Walk to a library and read a book. Yes. Go to
the lake. Just live. Just live. Make art. You
know, that's that's the thing too. It's like
and semi related to this like if people ever
You ever came into fuck you money, right? Whether
it's through through a will or through a lottery
or however It happens and you got a humongous
chunk of money where you never have to work again,
right? And then people like oh, well, I'm gonna
always open that business. I've wanted to fuck
No, why would you try? Why why would you why
would you work you put money in some investment
and and live your life, right? Live your life.
Yeah, invest in small business. Yeah, right invest
in other people. Yes Which is hard because I've
had the thing with people lately, but I know
the ones that there are good people Yeah, there
are good people. I also take the 6k monthly working
one day a week. Yeah, that's so So freeing and
of course like oh, well you could retire in a
decade if you take the 40 well fuck that Fuck
that. Why would I have to retire if I only work
one day a month? Besides, they're just gonna
take more taxes from you anyway. Right. Right.
Yeah. Absolutely work one day a week. So freeing.
Final carpe diem I got was from Dr. Doctorface
asking, what's a sign from your body you shouldn't
ignore ever? The first one that comes to mind
for me is... tiredness, feeling sleepy. And I
especially get this if I have like long drives
or things like that, because it's so dangerous.
It is so dangerous that that type of fatigue
is equivalent with driving while high on meth.
You know, it's that same type of you're not aware.
Yeah, because your brain is literally that fatigued.
You've got, you know, slow reaction times or
no reaction time. Yep. So, yeah, I would say
fatigue and tiredness you should never ignore.
And also thirst, because there are so many people,
especially in this country, there are so many
people that are just dehydrated. Just go out
and drink water, man. It's not hard. Brita Fittsler's
pretty cheap, even if you've got dog shit tap
water. Shout out Flint, Michigan. We never forget
about you. But yeah, I mean, just don't... Try
not to be thirsty try not to be tired if you
can help it. Yeah. Oh my god So easier said than
not, but that's that's my advice. Yeah, it's
the first two that come to mind Yeah, no, that's
that's good Being that I'm a little bit older
and things are starting to slowly break. I think
Boy I would say Just because it pertains to me
weight is a thing. You can't ignore weight because
when you get heavy, it tends to cause other health
problems. So you want to kind of trim down. I
just joined a gym. I used to be part of a gym.
I went five days a week. I was really starting
to get in pretty good shape. And then various
things happened that kind of threw my health
journey off track. But I'm still going to start
to get that back on track. And so I think weight
is something that's important. Your eyes are
very important. I know for me, glaucoma runs
in the family, cataracts, all that kind of stuff.
So when I sit there and I look and I kind of
start to see floaters already and things like,
it's like, I know bad things are going to happen
with my eyes, but if you notice that or your
pressure's high or maybe you're not quite seeing
like you used to, get your shit checked out because
when they're gone, they're gone. There's nothing
you can do to get it back. Better to help it
now. Yeah, oh, for certain. I think the same
thing runs with ears and hearing, too. It's very
easy to find massive subwoofers and loud music
fun. And I do the same thing. I literally have
this huge 12 -inch 600 -watt sub in my car. It's
very fun. But you have to realize your hearing
as your sight is also temporary and you can't
abuse it. You know, you can't abuse that. You
know, my phone gives me little notifications
like, hey, music too loud or, you know, loud
environment, you should move away. So it, luckily
I don't hit that often, but whenever I do, it
makes me realize like, ah, shit, I really shouldn't
be doing that. So I think both are, both are
disposable and you should be cautious. Agreed.
Yeah. And that's it for your DMs today. And that's
it for me. All right, that's it for the DMs.
We have one thing coming before we take our next
break. And that is the other foods with Aiden
Maloney. And it's like, you know, we're not talking
hamburgers here, folks. We're not talking Chicago
style hot dog. Although we wish. Although we
wish. I had an interesting conversation today
with my friend, John Influid. Shout out, John.
Shout out, John. He listens to the show. We appreciate
you. He was talking about a hot dog and somebody
was saying, because we're talking briefly about
food and like Chicago things and. said something
about him and a hot dog and ketchup. And me and
my buddy Dave were like, huh? What? Oh, no. And
so he was like, no, no, no. He's like, you guys
don't understand. I have a hot dog with my ketchup.
I'm like, no. I'm like, what are you? I'm like,
it's so we're just be honest. So I said, right.
I said, John, you know where you need to go if
that's how you like your hot dog. He goes, where?
Wiener Circle. You need to go to the Wiener Circle.
And ask for that hot dog exactly the way you
explained it. Because those women will eat him
alive and that is not in a good way. Yes, absolutely.
Well, Jonathan, best of luck to you. Best of
luck to you, man, if that's where you go. I don't
know what god you pray to, but you're better,
dude. Shit, stick to chili cheese dogs, bro.
Yeah, there you go. The other foods. Something
atypical, perhaps nasty. I found a short little
sweet article from the homeboys at... Disgusting
Food Museum. This is something out of South Korea
called sannaj sannak sannakji sannakji I believe
I hopefully am pronouncing that okay. It's an
octopus dish. Here's the thing. The octopus is
killed just before serving. immediately sliced
into smaller pieces. Since the nerves still have
activity after death, the arms continue to move
on the plate when eaten. What? Yeah. Two -thirds
of the nerves of the sanakji are located in the
arms so they are capable of coordinating complex
movements even after being severed from the brain.
Here's where it gets fun. Oh my god. If not properly
sliced, the octopus suction cups still have that
same nervous system activity and can stick to
the inside of the person's throat. Oh no. What?
Fun stat for you. On average, six deaths per
year occur to suffocation because of people eating
this food dish. No, no. What are you doing? Quote,
eating live octopus is rumored to be good for
your blood sugar levels and contains high levels
of energizing taurine, which I mean just fucking
drink Red Bull, right? Yeah. Here's a little
story they add. A woman stopped breathing after
eating live octopus and died 16 days later. Her
boyfriend had bought and served the octopus and
was convicted for murder. Allegedly... What?
Allegedly doing so for the insurance money he
took out on her. No frickin' way. So... Fun little
stories, but I... It might... I don't want to
sound insensitive or ignorant. I'm just gonna
say, in my opinion, don't eat octopus. Shortly
after it's been killed and cut. Oh, that's so
gross. Yeah, that's uh, that's Son - Sonakji
for you. I really hope I'm getting the pronunciation
close. Yep. Yep. So, uh, that's another food.
I would recommend avoiding unless you're very
adventurous and have EMTs nearby. Yeah, I'm looking
at a picture of it and I think I would rather
eat topsoil. I mean, it kind of looks like kangaroo
vomit, right? Like, it looks like something that
came out of a marsupial you're unfamiliar with.
Yeah, like if you were violently ill for weeks,
like, what is wrong with me? And they cut open
your stomach and they pulled that out. Right,
right. Be like, oh, that's what caused it. That's
what caused it. He's got a sesame -covered worm.
Yeah, exactly, exactly. That's disgusting. Well,
hey. Well done, sir. Yeah. Yeah six people die
a year to it So rest in peace to those six in
2025 that may or may not have happened. Oh god,
dude Yeah, that's that's where if you die eating
food, dude, why are you risking it? Is it that
tasty eat it cooked bro? Mm -hmm Golly, that's
nasty. Ah Well on that note, I think I need to
go vom So we're gonna take a break and we're
gonna come back with a very fun Internationally
flavored, you just made the list. Alright everybody,
we are back. Mark Mo Show, the podcast you need
to listen to. I don't know, we haven't come up
with the tagline yet. We're gonna throw around
some ideas. To Mark Mo Show, we're gonna fucking
kill you today. The Mark Mo Show, your life may
just depend on it. The Mark Mo Show, what's your
social? I like that, I like that. The Mark Mo
Show, we are that Nigerian king. We'll throw
some ideas out there. We just need a little loan,
and then you get 10 million. It's fine. It's
easy. It's completely fine. We've got the box
here with your name on it. Yeah, we've got your
mother in the corner. You have to pay it and
release it. That's good. Fair. So if you guys
have any ideas for some taglines, let us know.
We're all for it. We're just throwing something
against a wall. We're going to see what sticks.
Aidan, get your sock off the wall. What? What?
That's American cheese, actually. That's not
my sock. That's Kevin's. Anyway... I knew Kevin
left a stank in here. I couldn't find it. Yeah,
that's it. That's his special sock. Anyway...
Listen to the Mark Mo Show. It's your special
sock. The special sock of your eardrums, I guess.
Sure. I'd buy that for a dollar. Condom your
ears before we fuck you with this entertainment.
There you go. That might be it. That might be
it. Anyway, it's a crazy show. I hope you guys
are enjoying it. We're just off the rails today.
But I think you guys prefer that. So we're just
going to keep... rolling with it. Why wouldn't
we? Why wouldn't we? That's a great question.
It's a fair point. It's a fair point. Mark Mosho,
why wouldn't we? Yeah, that could be the winner.
There we go. Why wouldn't we? We do it all and
more. You just made the list, that's what's up
next. It's our top 10 list, 10 to two with our
big number one reveal. And the, let's see, list
of rules. What's the rules again? Hang on, let
me look through this. Oh, yep, only rule, no
rules. Yo, I love that for us. That's a great
non -rule rule. Because as the slogan goes, why
wouldn't we? Why wouldn't we? Yeah. See, that
might work. Clutch. Kind of clutch. It is. I
rather enjoy that. So today's You Just Made the
List. We got done doing some American cities
not too long ago, and we did that with a tier
list. So why not a top 10 to talk about some
of our favorite international cities? We've been
looking at our stats, I think since we've started.
Upwards a what 25 26 country something like that
true have checked into the show at a time or
two We appreciate each and every one of you and
all the ones that we don't have on board yet,
and we hope to get you guys there What's up Curacao?
They've really been big on the board man. We
appreciate you guys. Can't wait to land Latvia
Yes, how fun would Latvian listeners? Yeah, Luxembourg.
Where you at? Yeah, I I need to I need to know
that have we had Swiss listeners yet I don't
think so. Oh, we should. We definitely need the
Swiss. Because they're neutral and that might
be where we end up having to go. Exactly, exactly.
It might have to be our destination. So yeah,
we want to get the Swiss on the board for sure.
But yeah, these are some of our favorite international
cities. And Aidan, why don't you take the lead
on this one? I will take the lead on this one.
So I've got a couple honorable mentions. Because
as we said, no rules. And then I'll run 10 through
2, save my numero uno. Beautiful. As the big
reveal. So my honorable mentions. It's gonna
be Adelaide, Australia. Ooh, okay. Very fun.
Kyoto, Japan. Berlin, Germany, of course. Okay.
Seoul, South Korea. Shanghai, China. Singapore,
Singapore. Shanghai's good. Yeah. Singapore too,
yeah. So that's my honorable mentions. Now we
get into the meat and potatoes. We do get into
the meat and potatoes. Number 10. I know in some
circles, including mine, this is sacrilege, but...
I think it would still be fascinating. London,
England. Oh, sure. I think, I think it would
be really, really fun to travel there. Number
nine, Edinburgh, Scotland. Just so cool. So cool.
I missed that one. That's a good one. That's
a really good one. Number eight, I am, I, this,
I want to go here. Like the rest of these I'm
really hype about. Of course, all of them I'm
hype about, but Prague, Czech Republic. Prague,
Czechia would be so cool. It's a good one. So
cool. Number seven, Paris, France. I know I always
shit on the French, but I talk highly about,
like, French country sides and the history. Wine
and champagne and food and bread and all that
stuff. You can keep the snails and shit, but...
Yeah, I don't want any of that. The rest of the
food sounds great. Escargot away. Yeah. Or exactly,
exactly. Number six on my list, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Sounds beautiful. Yep. Number five,
Sydney, Australia. would be so cool to see. So
cool to see. Number four is Tokyo, Japan. Man,
with all them cherry blossoms and... I just want
to go to the Nintendo World Headquarters. I don't
think I'd ever leave. Yeah. What's it? Mount
Fuji, I think? Mount Fuji. Yeah. Dude. Not going
to Suicide Forest, though. No, I think I'll avoid
that. That's a skip. That didn't work out for
Logan Paul. While he's still around. So... Right.
All you have to be is white and rich. Yeah. Number
three is Rome, Italy. The history there is fantastic
and I just think it'd be fascinating. Number
two... Home of Da Pope. Da Pope. The first bear's
fan Pope. Number two on my list, I'll save my
number one. Barcelona, Spain. Yeah. Sounds beautiful.
That's another good one. So Barcelona is my number
two. Yeah, I like your selections. Maybe even
more than mine, but we're going to start with
my honorable mentions. I got a few on there.
Madrid, Spain is on there in addition to Sao
Paulo. I was thinking Brazil. Yeah, Sao Paulo.
I was thinking Brazil. I think would be amazing.
And then Berlin. Yeah, there you go. Is on there
as well. German roots. And I think it's just
a great international city. It's like I just
want to go to Berlin for like a week and just
read. in a coffee shop. Right. Yeah. Like at
night go to like a beer house. Big Stein's. Big
Stein's. Yeah. Like yeah. Shit. That's the shit.
Yep. Number 10 Wilmstad in Curacao. Oh yes. Get
the blue Curacao. Yeah baby. Give me your triple
sec. People might say I'm playing favorites because
you guys listen to our show and we love you.
Well we did some research and we pulled up pics.
It looks beautiful. It looks beautiful. I'm like
wow. Why would I not want to go there? So I believe
an island country. It is. Yeah. It's an island
country and they get so little rain and like
sun almost every day. Beautiful. So I'm down.
Beautiful. Number nine, Seoul, Korea. There you
go. There you go. Number eight, another country
with some listenership here on the Mark Mo show,
Moscow. Oh, now I am not a Putin fan. But I am
a fan of the people and the culture. The history?
In the history. That's a good addition. It is.
That's a great addition. I actually had a friend
before Putin and like just the middle time when
Moscow was trying to figure out democracy and
she went with like a school trip and she said
it was just a beautiful place. I'm sure. And
the people were so hospitable. Kind, I'm sure.
They were. Yeah. So that's a good addition. If
things ever change, there would be a really cool
place to go, I think. Number seven, Rome. There
you go. Number six, Paris. Yep. Once again, got
issues with the French people sometimes, but
I think that's just who they are. I think most
- And I think they're that way to everybody.
Yeah. To be fair. From everything I've heard,
most French people in major cities are more assholes
to terrorists, or pardon me, not terrorists.
We're all assholes to terrorists, as we should
be. tourists. Whereas if you go to the French
countryside, it's less so. Yeah. But I kind of
get it. Because most Western tourists are menaces.
Yeah. Dickish menaces. Yeah. So I kind of don't
blame them. Right. But at the same time, it's
like... You can't live your life generalizing
people like that. That's that's not fair to them.
It's not for to yourself But there's a reason
the French love the Irish when they come exactly
because the Irish are really nice fun. Yes Yeah,
so you get points. Yeah, that's why France made
both oralists. Hey. Yep. That's fair. Yeah Number
five London. There you go. Not based on the crown
or the government House of Commons and they can
all go fuck themselves really but the culture
and All of that I dig and Iron Maiden and the
who? And Led Zeppelin and black sap. I mean how
you can't deny that the Beatles, right? It's
so there's there's enough there the the British
working -class have more in common than the with
the Irish working class, then the Crown has in
common with anybody. Correct. Yeah. Period. Yes,
that is true. Number four, Amsterdam. Oh, nice.
Yeah. Look, I don't know. I don't know if I'll
make it over to Europe. My idea was that if I
ever went... I'm going, the first time I go,
I'm going, I'm spending like a week in Ireland
because that's just what I want to do. The first
time I want to go, I want to move there. Yes,
I want to move there. And then I go to Europe
whatever the hell I want. So then I figured if
I ever got to Europe... I'm doing it all in one
shot, kind of like I did Washington, DC, and
my feet were blistering. I'm like, oh, I got
to see everything. That's like the Eurotrail,
or whatever they call it. Eurail. Yeah, Eurail.
There you go. So you can hit Paris in Spain,
and you can hit Rome in Berlin, and I'll... points
in between. Major cities, right? Yep, you can
definitely do that. Number three also, Sydney.
Beautiful, beautiful. I would probably stay inside
the city. I think there are too many things outside
of it that would kill me. Big spiders, kangaroos.
All of it. Most of the Australian wildlife seems
very deadly. It does. Like, here in the United
States, birds bird. Could a hawk mess with you?
Sure, if it wanted to. Sure, sure. But they're
more interested in field mice and they keep to
themselves. Yeah. Eagle, you don't see them so
frequently. Nah. It's not a big deal. They're
not really predatory birds. I feel there are
probably a half dozen or more birds that would
fuck you up in Australia. There's a reason there
are the Great Emu Wars in Australia. And the
Australians fucking lost. And they lost. To the
birds. To the birds, yep. That just happens,
dude. That just happens in Oz. It's amusing because
I don't have to live it, but at the same sense,
like a week in Sydney, I think would be, or Perth
or Adelaide, you just kind of get all that taken
care of. Yeah, Brisbane, maybe. Yep, I think
being able to hit some of that take in the culture
Shrimps on the Bobby go to Bendigo. Yeah, buddy.
Yeah, so That would definitely be on the to -do
list and number two Tokyo beautiful and I mean
you throw Kyoto in there if you want to but Tokyo
is definitely say it's it's kind of like what
you wish American cities would aspire to be.
It's one of the largest cities in the world.
Clean and just technological and fun and because
there's so much American influence between those
two countries. There's English in almost every
establishment. And most people there can speak
some form of it. So as an American, you wouldn't
go there and be like, oh, fuck. I mean, you probably
own a business, and they would be able to speak
a little bit of it. So that part. And from what
I hear, most menus are in English and Japanese.
So it just is. So it doesn't seem like it'd be
too intimidating. But like I said, being able
to go to like... You know, like the Nintendo
headquarters and just do all that kind of stuff
would, I think, would go to one of those Japanese
game shows live. Right. Yeah. I just think like
a week in Japan would be awesome. It'd be fascinating.
Yeah. Our number ones. And I haven't heard this.
Honestly, I think we picked the same one. Did
we really? I'm not going to lie, because I haven't
heard it from you. Yeah, I haven't heard it from
you yet. So I'm. Okay, so we could have fun and
try this on three on three three Okay, so on
three or after three when you say three, I'm
going to say my city. Okay, one two three Dublin.
Yeah Dublin Ireland, holy shit. Yeah, let me
move to you. Yes. I I have a friend She was a
professor at Stanford, and her and her husband
are each getting their citizenship. Her in Poland,
him in Ireland. And the great thing about getting
citizenship in an EU country, it's like the Midwest.
You can go wherever you want. You can work wherever
you want. And I'm like, wow, what freedom. Hey,
freedom, that's what it looks like. How about
that? It must be nice. It must be nice. So that
is really appealing. Told her I said I just need
to get a few personal things squared away But
like I feel once I've got that under control
and I get that taken care of why wouldn't I go
exactly? Why wouldn't I go there's zero reason
not unless shit really hits the fan here then
I may need to speed that process up right deal
with the rest of shit later yeah, or even make
like Canada like a buffer country. Maybe. You
know? Maybe. Yeah, that's for sure. No, I love
Dublin. Well, I love the whole country, of course.
But Dublin, once again, is a city that is modernized
yet still holds its history. Yes. I really love
that. There are pubs in Dublin older than the
United States of America. Yes. That is correct.
How fucking cool. Raisin Head, I think, is maybe
the oldest. 1649 or something. Let's do some
live research. So we'll see if I'm correct on
that one. But yeah, so Ireland is definitely
on the to -do list. I think Dublin's just a great
town. And once again, you are... You have Scotland
and England at your fingertips if you want to
go there sure it's very easy to do And then once
you get over to Europe, of course your rail and
whatever else it's just all very easy to get
to but having Ireland as a home base would be
amazing and You know because they speak English
It would be a very easy adjustment makes it pretty
easy. It'd be kind of fun to see how our Accents
would adjust because we're so wholeheartedly
Midwestern us and you know, like I there are
times because I edit my own YouTube videos I
edit these mark mo show podcasts. I will literally
catch myself sounding like I am from Canada or
Minnesota or something like why do I say thousand
like that like I'll catch myself you betcha thousand
you bet like why do I sound like this and then
I'm like oh my god what if I spent a decade in
Ireland oh yeah like oh my god well people know
what it was like when I had a consulting gig
for this health organization I was down in Florida
and and I think that's the first time I heard
you say the word y 'all Yeah. And I did it just
like it was so natural. Yeah. And people, I'd
be like, oh man, it's so nice to see y 'all.
Glad you're down here. And I'm like, what the?
Oh my God. Like you catch yourself. Oh no. If
I start wearing a cowboy hat and listening to
Garth Brooks, please put a clock to my brain
stem. Oh my God. Where's the nearest clock 19?
Yep. Oh yeah. For that little research, brazen
head. Ireland's oldest pub. In fact, the holstery
has been there since 1198. Oh my god, no way.
1198 and the present building was built in 1754.
Holy shit. That's awesome. Beautiful. I would
love to see it. I would too. I want to have a
beer in there. I'd love to live above it. Let
me walk downstairs and grab a pint. Absolutely.
I will gladly remove that ghost, man. There's
no question. Check my ass in. Oh god, that sounds
great. Well, per usual, if you have any cities
that we missed, feel free to throw them at us
in the comments. I'm already thinking of like
Canadian cities we missed, you know, Vancouver.
Things like that. Yeah, you know, I think in
Canada. I was thinking Canada. I was thinking
Toronto, but I really dislike the Maple Leafs.
And so like as Chicago ask as Toronto is, I almost
felt bad leaving them off, but their sports teams
leave a lot to be desired. So I'm kind of like
meh. Yeah, it's very mid. And then you got Montreal
and Montreal is like North America's France.
Yeah. And we don't fuck with that. No, not so
much. Because it's not Paris. Right. You know?
So maybe Vancouver. Yeah, I was thinking Vancouver.
Because we like the Pacific Northwest, so it
probably has some of that. That's exactly right.
Yeah, it's the P .W. of Canada. Yeah. Oh, for
sure. Yeah, no doubt. But anyway, we're going
to get on to review preview. I review a movie
and preview a movie. I saw Mission Impossible
Final Reckoning. Ethan Hunt and the IMF team
race against time to find the entity, a rogue
artificial intelligence that can destroy mankind.
That sounds familiar. Yeah, right. The story
ties together several storylines and characters
from the past to finish the Ethan Hunt saga.
Film stars Tom Cruise, Haley Atwell, Pom Klementief,
Simon Pegg. Ving Rhames and S .I. Morales. It's
a wild ride, crazy stunts, and of course Tom
Cruise running fast. Which for being a 60 -year
-old is kind of nuts. It's impressive. Kind of
nuts. It's impressive. He does all his own stunts
and he runs like a marathon guy. It's crazy.
At any rate, they're always enjoyable films.
This was an enjoyable film, so if you've seen
the others you're gonna really like this one.
Seven eight out of ten. Solid. It's a very, very
solid score. Yeah. You will definitely enjoy
it. My preview is one called 28 Years Later.
It was a horror film franchise. That's right.
I heard about this, yeah. Started with 28 Hours
Later. Yeah. Went to 28 Weeks Later. Yep. And
now we're at 28 Years Later. And so a group of
survivors of the rage virus live on a small island.
When one of the group leaves the island on a
mission... into the mainland, he discovers secrets,
wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only
the infected, but other survivors. The film stars
Jack O 'Connell, Ray Fiennes, Aaron Taylor -Johnson,
and Jodie Comar, and it hits theaters June 20th.
That's exciting. I've seen those trailers. It
looks fun. It does. It really looks fun. I'm
going to go check that out for sure. Always down
for a horror movie. Oh, I agree. I agree. What
blows my mind is something that crossed my brain
a couple minutes ago when we were talking about
Tom Cruise, is how much Tom Cruise and Keanu
Reeves have in common in far as them just solidifying
themselves as the guy. 100%. But the main difference
being Tom Cruise went into Scientology and Keanu
Reeves didn't. That's it. Keanu Reeves is such
a likable, human, human being. And then Tom Cruise
is just like, I don't know if I like him. I don't
know if I dislike him. Like, what do I do with
these feelings? I know I like his characters.
Sure, sure. That's fair. The type of person he
is outside or away from films, I don't know.
I've heard he's drifted from Scientology. Who
knows? Tough to say. But we do know the type
of dude that Keanu Reeves is. He rides his motorcycle
around, he takes to subway places, he's just
kind of like, he has a band. He is that guy,
pal. He was in cyberpunk. How cool. That's pretty
damn cool. And movie coming out soon. Ballerina,
which is part of the John Wick franchise. It's
going to be technically takes place between three
and four. So that's the timeline. Exciting. So
that'll be good stuff for sure. But now we get
into something called While You Were Sleeping.
So it is either a game or a Could be a youtuber.
It could be a TV show could be a movie something
that is kind of that sleeper hit something went
under the radar and we just all missed it and
Aidan does a great job every week ago and ha
found it got e and and lets us know so what did
we miss? So in recent weeks, I've covered a lot
of indie games. I've covered a couple movies.
I think this is an indie game But unlike the
ones I've covered in the recent months, this
is free. Oh, okay. There's a reason it's free.
It's because it's, you know, it's a sponsored
video game. Not by us, but by product placement.
It's a dating simulator. Oh, okay. Called I Love
You, Colonel Sanders. What? Yeah, we played it
on AK -209. Oh, right. I love you Colonel Sanders
the KFC dating simulator It's a dating sim developed
by the creators at Psyop Interesting how that
works the video game was commissioned by the
restaurant chain KFC released for free on Steam
in 2019 That's right. This this game is completely
free and honestly Even though you're technically
being advertised KFC when you play it, as far
as free games go, it's one of the best developed,
cleanest, solid storyline, fun, entertaining
games I've ever played. And trust me, I'm not
sponsored by KFC. I wouldn't still be in Indiana
if I was sponsored by KFC. Parody of conventional
dating sims. The primary objective is... the
player to develop a romantic relationship with
a fictionalized version of KFC's founder Colonel
Sanders portrayed as an attractive Classmate
at this cooking college and I am of course getting
these scripts from Wikipedia if you're interested
the release of the game follows the reintroduction
of Colonel Sanders into KFC's marketing campaigns
in 2015 is part of the company's strategy to,
quote, make Colonel a part of pop culture. Ooh.
OK. Which I guess, kind of. I mean, he kind of
was anyway, didn't the Miz? Yeah. Like, he played
Colonel Sanders one time and the chicken kicked
his ass? Yeah. Dude was always a part of pop
culture. Oh, yeah. Even when, like, that little
gap when it wasn't. when the Colonel wasn't a
part of KFC, which was kind of weird anyway.
The game successfully received public attention
due to the quote, can you believe it premise
both before and after the game's release, which
I find fascinating because I was in that crowd.
I was a part of that. Hey, I can't believe KFC
made a dating simulator game, but at the same
time, it's kind of a really good dating simulator
game. Yeah, it's fairly linear, but at the same
time you get multiple endings and on top of that
It's free. You just have to deal with the fact
that you get KFC Sponsored stuff in there. Yes,
it's So fun and playing it with my boy Kevin
on a K2 and I was super fun But you could play
with anyone you could play it alone. You could
play with your homie You could play with a stranger.
I don't give a shit. It's just fun and doing
little voices for them was a really grand time
it's it's free and it's good memories and if
you want a handful of hours of free entertainment
clowning on or clowning with kfc go for it i
love you curdle sanders is a free pc game i love
it I love it. I'm gonna try that out. Yes. I
have to. You have to. It's earned. Yeah. And
it's free. Yeah, it really looks like some sort
of Japan... Japanimation or Hentai or... Yeah,
it's that anime style. The anime style, yeah.
And like, it's like, oh, that's Colonel Sanders.
Like, no. Colonel Sanders is the fat fuck that
makes chicken. Exactly. This is kind of hot.
That's Colonel Sanders. Hi, I'm Colonel Sanders.
Would you like to see my drumstick? I almost
kind of regret having to see my drumstick. I
almost kind of regret having Kevin voice Colonel
Sanders because God bless Kevin's soul. He's
a good mate, but. It's just it's different like
having having Kevin voice Colonel Sanders than
if you have like that deep sultry like You like
my chicken? I'll show you my cock. It's like
whoa. Hey where we're going. Wow. It's like that
the number five, right? I didn't request this
in my bowl, but i'll take it Wow, that is that
is that is the footlong immensely. Yeah Didn't
know my mac and cheese came with a wiener. All
right. Hello But yeah, grains time. That sounds
great. That's awesome. Well, definitely check
that out. And we're going to take a quick break.
We come back. We're going to we're going to drink
some beer. I mean, we may be drinking it already,
but we won't disclose that. We won't disclose
that. But what I will disclose is we're going
to sample a new beer this week. And you can go
on that ride with us. And also we'll finish up
this week with the world of weird news coming
at you. All right, we are back. We're in the
homestretch of the Mark Mo Show podcast for this
week. I'm your host, Mark Maloney, along with
Ada Maloney. And this is a fun part of the show
because we drink beer for science. As we should.
As we should. As we should. The official beer
review. Official. Official. With a capital F.
Because the Mark Mo Show. There is no other.
There is no other. What was this tagline? I already
forgot. I already forgot. Yeah. We're gonna have
to listen back. We'll find out in editing. Yeah,
we're gonna have to in post. Yeah. Yeah, we'll
find out in post. The Mark Mo Show. We drink
beer. Which is, uh, which is true. It's a true
statement. It's very true. Yeah. And that is
the part we're on to, the beer review. And, uh,
Aiden, uh, I care to tell the lovely folks out
there what beer that we're drinking this week.
Absolutely. We've got an American brewski in
front of us from none other than Bad Dad Brewing
Company. This is a Pilsner we're trying today.
Bad Dad is out of Fairmont, Indiana. The Hoosier
State. Which no one is really that proud of.
Pair them out in the air. Regardless, the only
good thing we have is a WNBA team. The dude abides.
The dude abides. The dude abides is the name
of the beard, is the pilsner that Bad Dad Brewing
makes. 4 .3 % ABV. It is non -applicable on the
International Bitters Unit, so they did not add
one. We're gonna try it here for you today. Read
it on a scale from zero to five, rather. Okay.
And just let you know how it is. Did you say
that was Fairmount? Fairmont, Indiana, yes. Mont
or Mount? Fairmount. Got it, okay. Spelled Fairmount.
I wanted to see where it's at. Yes. I believe
it's pronounced Fairmont, but I think it's spelled
Fairmount. It's on Route 9. south of Marion,
and it looks like it's maybe 25, 30 minutes east
of Kokomo. Oh, okay. Kokomo's kind of a big town.
Looks like a tiny museum. or sorry, a tiny city.
The reason I said museum is because it came up
on the map program. The James Dean Museum is
located in Fairmount, Indiana. James Dean, the
man, the myth, the legend. The man, the myth,
the legend, deceased. Yeah, not related at all
to Bad Dad Brewing. Nor Pilsners. But it is fascinating
trivia. If anyone asks you, hey, Bad Dad Brewing
is near a museum of which popular figure, you
will now know. I have to show you guys will not
see this maybe it's someday in the promo women
if we if we start doing a few things more visual
will let you know only fans so I need to show
aid in this picture because This is a hero of
his this is in Fairmount. Oh my goodness, Indiana
They have a Garfield. They have a Garfield statue
outside of the James Dean Museum. What do Garfield
and James Dean have in common? Nothing. They
both start with the letter J... Airfield. Jarfield!
By the way, I don't know... That's his cousin.
Yeah, exactly. Jarfield. I don't know if you've
heard of this, but it must be a Gen Z thing,
because I only heard of it recently. But you
know that like... Jard Sliced up garlic that
you would put in Italian dishes, so you don't
have to fuck with actually are like yeah, Jarlik
Jarlik I never knew the term Jarlik until recently
and I'm like that's Fascinating I I follow a
lot of online chef Influencers chef fluency and
they kind of tongue -in -cheek refer to it as
Jarlik. Yeah, that's right That's right. Very
good. Well, we will be trying the dude abides
today rating on a scale from zero to five stars.
And if you are enjoying a beverage at home, let
us know what you're having and if it is bueno.
Absolutely, for sure. The Dudebites Pilsner.
Right, let's do this. Slantja. Slantja Dudebites.
Oh, she's smooth. Oh, she's smooth. Hi, how are
you? Where have you been all my life? Introduce
yourself formally, rather. Mm -hmm. Well, hello
there. Wow, I feel in such a way. The pilsner
accents my mouth in such a way. Oh, yeah now
I I don't want to break it down too far, but
I'm not a Huge pilsner guy. I'm not a huge lager
guy. I I prefer red ales. I prefer stouts I prefer
Belgians as far as pilsners go this is remarkably
Smooth and enjoyable. And there's kind of a flavor
there. There's a hint of something, and I'm not
sure what I'm getting. It's nearly fruity, nearly
floral, but it's not forward, right? It tastes
and feels like a pilsner, and then afterwards
you kind of get little hints. You get some notes.
Little notes of something special at the end,
you know? It's not quite rosewater, but there's
something floral. For sure. You know? I love
the can. It has this caricature. It's so silent.
Yeah, and What a reference hey, it's pretty great
the Lebowski Yeah, that's really good. I like
that a lot. I mean like I said, I'm not a big
Pilsner guy But on the scale of Pilsner's and
of course, this is a this is a pricier Pilsner
I think for a pint You buy a four pack at about
eleven or twelve dollars. Yeah. Locally might
be more expensive nationally because it's an
Indiana beer and we're in Indiana. But you're
talking what three dollars a pint give or take
because you're buying a four pack. Is it worth
the three dollars a pint. What depends how much
you like Pilsner. Sure. Yeah. You know I enjoy
this. I'm not a big Pilsner guy. So to be fair.
To be fair to it, I'm gonna give it a 325 out
of 5. Are you okay? Because I enjoy it. This,
I know we've mentioned it a couple times because
we've had lighter beers for a couple weeks in
a row, but this would be the beer you come in
after like weed whacking on a hot summer day,
and you're like, ah, the dude abides, I'm cracking
this. Dude, if you're talking a shower beer...
After mowing the lawn. This is the shower bigger
after mowing the lawn. Yeah, you know, it's 325
out of 5 That's a that's a good score. That's
a strong score. I I went somewhere. I normally
don't go and I pull the four you pull the four
I pull the four the first four on the show or
the second There might have been one other might
be the second. It might be one other one. I did
a four I don't think I've graded anything higher
than that But yeah, this is just, it's clean.
Very smooth. We've been, prior to this, we've
been drinking this red ale. And that's pretty
clean and smooth too. So naturally, sometimes
when you go from one type of beer to the other,
it can have different effects on your palate.
Sure. Unless you have like a glass of water or
something. Yeah, cleanser. cleanse it, but this
is just, it was smooth. Completely smooth transition.
And like I said, you get some like notes there,
but they're not overpowering. And it's just clean
and it's refreshing. And I know typically for
those who do tastings professionally or as a
hobby, you typically go from light to dark. So
you would taste the lighter beers, get those
notes, and then you go darker down the line.
to not spoil your palate in between. And we kind
of spoiled that because we've been drinking this
nice Irish Radell throughout the show. And then
going to this Pilsner is kind of a culture shock.
But that didn't spoil it at all for me. Not a
bit. Not a bit. So very tasty. No doubt. No doubt.
That was good. So dude abides Make sure that
you get it if they have it at your liquor store
grocery store for sure not sponsored But recommended
but recommended bad dad brewing check it out
on ya on ya, Indiana We are on to the final segment
and this is the world weird news on the mark
mo show and we've been doing tearless last few
weeks and we're back to the world of weird news
and mine this week is titled, Squatters Install
Alarm System to Protect House They Are Illegally
Occupied. You know what? That's what we call
human ingenuity. Yes, it is. I am here for this.
Protect what you got, hey? Got to. A group of
squatters who illegally took over a house on
the outskirts of a village in Spain's Burgos
province has installed an alarm system to prevent
others from breaking into their illegally occupied
home. the people of san miguel pedro so a neighborhood
in the village of bell dorado are on high alert
on because of squatters who not only took over
an unoccupied house in their community but also
install an alarm system there to prevent others
from breaking in like they did. According to
some local residents, they have placed a sign
belonging to the company that installed the alarm
in the building to prevent what happened to the
owner of that house from happening to them. That's
funny. Some locals suspect that the squatters
had been eyeing the property for some time. And
after learning that no one had lived there for
about two decades, they decided to two decades.
Wow. They decided to move in. Now people are
afraid that their houses could be at risk of
being illegally occupied by strangers. It's at
least curious that they entered a home that isn't
theirs without permission, squatted in it, and
are now protecting it from potential theft or
squatting. One local man told Burgos Concheta.
I'm occupying here. I'm occupying here. Apparently
the Italians are invading Spain. Good on them.
Good on them. A psychosis affair has gripped
San Miguel de Pedroso after squatters moved into
a home in the outskirts of the village. Started
acting like they owned the place. On April 27th,
they literally threw all the old furniture out
the window, brought in their own stuff, and even
installed an alarm system along with a warning
sign warning others not to trespass. That's hilarious.
Local media reports that the unnamed squatters
even tried registering with local authorities,
but their efforts have failed so far. No kidding,
hey? The owner of the property has reportedly
filed three complaints with the Guardia Civil,
but police have yet to evacuate the unwanted
residents. In addition to the house, the squatters
also occupied a neighboring field, where they
put their dogs. Everything happens so fast and
so effortlessly that locals are now watching
all foreigners who come inside. So maybe the
Italians. Right, right. They're watching all
foreigners who come into the village on weekends
suspiciously, wondering if they aren't squatters
and if their homes won't be the next to be taken
over. That's hilarious. Isn't that great? That's
hilarious. I know. I know squatting is kind of
a hot topic issue. but you know where I stand.
I think I have no sympathy for someone that owns
multiple homes. And he just sits there? Yeah,
in a world where people lie unhoused and die
in the streets. I have no sympathy for you. Nope.
So I find that hilarious. It's great. Hilarious
installed when they get like fucking ADT I want
to protect my property. Oh, do you own the property?
Don't ask questions. Don't have questions, man.
Just install it Let me pay you to protect this
house Yeah, my home my home. Did you get that
my home? It'll be funny if they register with
like the post office. Oh my god, right? That's
funny. That is something. Shout out Spain, hey?
Yeah, shout out to Spain, and that is just a
wonderful story. And I know here in the United
States, there are a lot of squatters. They will
go into a home if it is vacant. Hell, if it's
half torn down, they'll go in there and make
the best of it. Can you blame them? No, you can't.
You can't. Can you, really? It's rough. And it's
going to get rougher once we start hitting 90
degrees again in this country. Yeah, no kidding.
It's tough. Or like the winter overnight lows
of like negative. That's bad too. Oh my god.
That's terrible too. But yeah, wrap up our segment.
What do you got for this week? I have a little
weird news myself. Okay. This one comes from
npr .org. Our fellows there at NPR. Story out
of Panama. Panama. Fuck yeah. Wrong song. Wrong
song. Wrong jingle. Headline. researchers puzzled
over rash of baby monkey kidnappings. Oh no,
that sounds tragic. Here's the story from NPR.
On an island in Panama, a fad that one researcher
called viscerally disturbing has taken off among
a group of young male monkeys. These adolescents
and juveniles have started to kidnap the infants
of other monkey species. Oh no. Seemingly just
for kicks. What scientists think after watching
a bunch of male white -faced capuchin monkeys
walking around with... Baby howler monkeys clinging
to their backs the perplexing baby snatchings
recorded in the journal current biology Suggest
that humans aren't the only intelligent species
with youngsters that pursue Apparently pointless
activities that can be destructive to other creatures
What a phenomenal sentence by the way, yes, this
is a quote they're just doing it for the sake
doing it to reduce their boredom or have something
to fill the time and space in their lives and
I think seeing this occur in other species is
somewhat terrifying because it kind of reflects
a mirror on the actions that we do as people
says Brendan Barrett an expert in animal culture
at the Max Planck Institute of animal behavior
in Germany Also a member of the research team
who a special research associate at the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute. He describes compuchin
monkeys as chaos agents As they roam through
the forest ripping up and manipulating everything
in sight It sounds very human. Oh, yeah, it says
they're similar to humans and chimps in many
ways. Yeah, no shit. Hey Quote they're highly
innovative and they They're explorative. They
do interesting, strange things. The capuchins
that have started kidnapping howler monkey babies
live on Hidrakon Island, which is a part of Panama's
Coiba National Park. Unlike mainland capuchins,
these island monkeys have figured out how to
use sadone tools to break open hard food like
seeds, crabs, coconuts, which is why scientists
have been studying them since 2017. A behavioral
ecologist with the Mack Plank Institute. of animal
behavior and Smithsonian research associate was
reviewing camera footage went to her surprise.
She saw a capuchin carrying a howler monkey baby.
Oh, pretty atypical. Yeah. Quote, it was not
something we've seen before. It's not something
I've heard of happening. There was I think a
split second where I wondered if it could just
be a capuchin monkey that looked very weird,
but then it was very quickly clear it was a different
species curious she started looking through more
footage it became apparent that this wasn't a
one -off it happened repeatedly since january
of 2022 when a particular immature male monkey
that the researchers called joker seemed to be
the innovator of this new activity Joker Joker
the monkey is recognizable because of small scar
on his face and over a few months the cameras
caught him carrying around four different infants
What of a different species? Holding on to each
of them for up to nine days. I don't know about
that This was a tragic development for the baby
howlers as they had no nourishment and were noticeably
deteriorated over time quote their likely probably
dying from dehydration or lack of nutrition,
says Barrett, who notes these babies need their
mother's milk and that several were seen actually
dead on camera footage. No. So, we've got international
monkeys doing what humans in war seem to do all
the time, which is alarming. That is alarming.
A bit alarming, just kidnapping. kidnapping little
kids for fun is a really strange thing to do.
That is a strange thing. That's a crazy story.
Yeah. And how crazy would it be to not have scientific
researchers observing this, right? Like, this
godforsaken country has cut so much scientific
funding. Like, imagine if we didn't have this
story and then all of a sudden an island in Panama
had... had a bunch of, like, capuchin monkeys,
like, hey, not only can we speak English, we're
also ready to trade. We have trained howler monkeys
to do manual labor. It's like, oh my fuck, dude.
Hey, buddy, we should have been keeping an eye
on a monkey. We should have been keeping an eye
on these motherfuckers. Oh, yeah, for sure. You
wonder at some point if they're just, like, driving
around in a panel van with no windows and just
going, hey, psst, you. Monkey. Want a banana?
This is going around kidnapping monkeys. Hop
in. Hop in. Of course, monkey's going to do what
a monkey's doing. Banana fire. All right, come
in. Come count me in. Hey, where are we going?
It's a phone. Don't look familiar. Is that Matt
Gaetz? That's bad. He's not into underage monkeys.
Yeah, exactly. Two old and monkey years for someone
like Matt Gaetz, actually. That's true. I would
agree with that. So, fun story out of Panama.
That is so great. Yes. That is great. That's
hilarious. But that's it for this week. Got nothing
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