What's up, everyone? Welcome to season two, episode
seven, Losing Faith of the Mark Mo Show. My name
is Mark Maloney and I am your host along with
AK219's very own Aidan Maloney. Aidan, how you
doing, man? I am feeling fantastic, a little
bit rattled, one might say, from this work week,
but I'm not gonna let that ruin my weekend. You
should not. Yeah, it is not fair. We cannot give
in to capitalism. Agreed. To allow our weekends
to be spoiled by the rot and the horror that
capitalism provides our weekdays. True, true.
So I'm going to enjoy this weekend. Of course,
this is a Father's Day weekend upcoming here.
Hey, how about that? And, uh, I'm just, I'm very
excited for it to be Friday for us, Saturday
for you, Lovely Listen. All I'm gonna say is
I recommend everyone go out and have a fantastic
time. I, I agree. I agree. I, I, I too well wishes
to all the motherfuckers out there. God bless
your souls. Because, well, it's true. Oh, I get
it. Oh, I get it. It's true. I get it. I understand
now. Do you? Yeah, I get the bit now. Yep, that
was delayed. It was delayed. It was like taking
very heavy kegs up an icy ramp, perhaps. Exactly,
yeah. I almost killed an Illinois driver on I
-65 today, so. Well, they kind of had that coming.
It was on US -30, actually. Okay. Yeah, I was
on U .S. Which is kind of like the highway. Just
kind of like I -65, but more traffic lights.
Right. Exactly. Yeah, I almost killed an Illinois
driver, so that's on my mind, but you are correct.
It did take me a minute, but I get your bit,
and I appreciate it. Yeah, thank you. Yes. I
kind of, I knew I was going to do that, and then
I did it. Slip it in there. Yeah, and then I
was like, come on. Come on, there he goes. Where's
my reaction? I know, right? So like, I'm hoping.
It's like that improv bit where you're hoping
for the yes and. And they're just dwaddling.
It's like, come on, come on. I know. Give it
to me. Don't kill the show in the first five
minutes, man. That's bad juju right there. And
scene. No, damn it. Oh. Exactly. Oh, my god.
But at any rate, hopefully you dads out there
have a fantastic weekend. Enjoy the weekend.
Mothers, do it. Fathers, you do it too. Whatever.
Just enjoy the weekend. Take the weekend off
from mowing that lawn and get you a brewski.
For sure. And a lawn chair? Yep. And if the weather's
nice, go outside. If the weather's not, take
the lawn chair inside. Fuck it. Yeah. Yeah, if
the weather sucks, you know, maybe they'll have
to cancel your parade. But, you know, you - Oh,
gnar. I know. Or gnar. Yeah, you don't want to
cancel your military parade. What if it cost
$100 million, though? Yeah, well, that's - you
write it off. Oh, yeah, of course. Who pays for
that? Oh, we - We do. We do. We do. Of course.
Yeah. I should've thought. We wanna be, we wanna
be like Kim Jong Un. Little Rocket Man. Little
Rocket Man. Little Rocket Man. Oh God. We live
surrounded by clowns. Clowns. And the clowns
are in charge. They are in charge. Yep. Yep.
That is just like most circuses, right? They
just kind of have the marketers. Right. And the
managers. And you got your ringmaster. And they're
just like, what if we let Jerry the Clown run
the show tonight? Jerry? Check out my red nose,
boys. How do you feel about fascism? Smell this
flower, squirt. It's nitric acid. Fuck you, Jerry.
That's who's running the show. That's it. Jerry
and all his clown friends. And what a privilege
it is. Oh, I know, right? Unbelievable. Well,
we produce new content. Weekly on all podcast
platforms and YouTube. We also have some one
-off interviews and we just had a couple We we
had one with Demetrius he is with the Porter
County Health Department and We talked about
an event they just had as a matter of fact today
And it seemed to go very well, which was great.
And then we had an interview with Justin Anderson.
It's rare when we do them back to back, but we
went through more than half a season, didn't
do one. So I was like, oh yeah, gotta get those
interviews cooking. And that one was kind of
funny because we drank a little. I know, I know.
You know, we had a couple, two, three, eight
drinks or whatever in a... We weren't counting.
We weren't counting, but we were both feeling
it. And his... His girlfriend Amanda was like,
um, you guys gonna do the podcast or like oh
Shit, that's right. That's why we're hanging
out shit fuck. That's right. Okay, damn it. Let's
go. Hey goddess Action and action that's pretty
much how it was and it was just it was funny
and I think people listen to it'll probably get
a chuckle out of it because I don't want to say
we weren't in our A game, but we were just kind
of loose. We were very loose, and I think it's
just kind of a fun listen. And we did an hour,
and there's still so much to cover. This dude
is really interesting, so I can't wait to do...
Volume 2 awaits the lovely listeners. Really?
I mean, and part of it was to talk about his
love for cars and how he made that. his passion,
his career. And we did that, and we were already
in an hour, and I'm like, oh man, we can't get
into music now, we're gonna have a two hour podcast,
we don't wanna do that. So I kinda killed it,
and he was kinda like, oh, we didn't, I'm like,
oh, we'll get there. We will get there. It could
be a part two or three. It's very possible. It's
very possible because it is entertaining so Catch
the interview with Justin or catch the one with
Big D. He's really cool dude as well and and
yeah, so we'll have more probably Maybe one more
by the end of this season and maybe we'll kick
off a season with one, but we'll have a couple
coming up It'll be exciting. It will definitely
be exciting. There's there's no question But
if you enjoy like what we're doing here, I have
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It's on WVLP in Valparaiso, Indiana. WVLP .org,
that's where the stream is, the tune -in app
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good shit. Play that good shit and then immediately
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Some of the most entertaining gaming content
on the web. Well, thank you without question
may tell the fine folks a little bit of a little
bit about it and some Some of the current stuff
you've done. This is kind of interesting. Yeah,
it's it's really fun It's kind of my my dream
Hobby my dream careers. I just want to I want
to entertain while also playing fun games, which
hey thousands of people have made a career out
of that like Sure, I know it's kind of a pipe
dream to make it into that top 10 % of creators
like that, but Still have fun doing it. I'm not
gonna stop doing it. It's it's really neat I've
been playing a lot of a lot of like fun physics
games like poly bridge or bridge portal constructor
things like that But then I've been playing a
lot of horror games recently too because I had
a fan reach out and they were like hey There's
a there's a certain like steam sale going on
which is just a marketplace for PC games There's
a steam sale going on where you can try out free
Horror game demos for upcoming releases. Oh,
and I'm like first of all free appeals to me
of course as a working American free is kind
of my my budget and Upcoming means I get like
a first look in air quotes and that's pretty
awesome pretty righteous So I I kind of jumped
on that opportunity. I I'd one come out on Thursday
of this week, and then I'll have one coming out
next week as well Which i'm i'm just hyped for
the the video coming out today on my channel
is another geoguessor one Which I just have a
lot of fun with because those types of games.
There's so much fun Yeah, it's it's that mixing
of like i'm playing a game where the audience
can also participate. Yes, but i'm also Like
i'm the foil in a way, right because I I can't
hear like the more logical Intelligent viewers
chiming in be like you dumbass you you're in
this part of the world not that part But I'm
I'm like I'm the foil of that that video while
also trying my best and trying to be entertaining
Well, I told you I've told you a time or two
like when I'm watching that Because it's probably
my favorite watch. I like that one, and I like
the observation one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's
great, just because you get like crazy demon
babies popping out of toilets. Exactly. That
always cracks me up. Who put them in there? Well,
your comments on that is even better. Right.
But when I'm doing the GeoGuessr thing, like
when you talk about doing podcasting and more
specific gaming. Yeah. Being able to drive engagement,
obviously, is an important part of it. And with
games like this, I think you do that. Yes, I
agree. And so I'm sitting there watching it,
and I'm like, dude, dude, the flag, the flag.
And then like you breeze right by. No, the flag.
You missed an obvious hint, idiot. Exactly. I
just sit there. But that's why I love it. Those
same feelings you just mentioned are the same
feelings I get editing those videos. Like I edit
it. and like I combed through I'm like cutting
out silence and intro and outro and all that
and I'm like oh my like jaw hits the floor I'm
like oh my god I missed the free hint uh -huh
I'm gonna get flamed for this oh shit but but
if it's all in good fun and comedy then it's
absolutely absolutely but yeah I love your stuff
dude so thank you once again let them let them
know where they can find you Aidan spelled the
right way on YouTube I believe it's Oh, I don't
remember the URL. It's like YouTube .com slash
at 713 Maloney or something like that. If you
look up Aidan spelled the right way, Blot, you
have to spell it the right way, you will find
me. You will find me. You will find me. It's
like one of those protagonists. And I will kill
you. Yes. I was just about to say like a protagonist
in a spy movie. Yeah, exactly. When you need
me, you will find me. You will find me. Yeah.
Correct me if I'm wrong, and I've been known
to be wrong a couple of times. It must be genetic.
So we did a thing called Towns Time Forgot. Yes.
And I think that's on that page. Yes it is. Okay.
It's on that very same channel. Our very first
vlog. It was. If you will. Yeah, it was. Well,
I've got time coming up this summer, and I think
we got to do volume two. I thought the first
one, despite doing a first one, because you know
how clunky or clumsy it can be at certain times.
Sure, and like audio issues and things like that.
And audio issues. Yeah. But I thought like overall.
I thought it was great. I thought it was good.
It had kind of my sense of humor. Our interaction
with the public was great. Yes. and like your
production style. Like I always, I kept telling
Aidan, I'm like, hey, do you want to do some
of this? And he's like, nope, I'm happy, right
where I'm at. And so I just didn't kind of produce
behind the scenes, but perhaps we'll do maybe
some more things where he and I can kind of interact
together on that. Because I think that like in
the next iteration, I think, I think that could
be pretty good. I agree. Yes. Time's Town Forgot
Part D 'oi. Part D 'oi. Will be upcoming. Our
Gilman love affair, is that what it's going to
be? Oh my goodness. Gilman, Illinois, we're coming
for you. We should. In more ways than one. In
more ways than one. Bit weird, but hey. Bit weird.
It's our special month and we're going to do
what we want. Yeah, whatever happens between
me and Gilman, you just let it be. We're going
to visit that public bus stop that's on the front
page of your Wikipedia. Which is great. I mean,
you just think of so many towns. It's like Gilman,
Illinois, like landmarks. At big bus stop. It's
like, thank God. That's it, right? I mean, for
example, if you have a Chicago page, you're going
to have the skyline and the lake. We even have
Valparaiso, Indiana. You're going to have Lincoln
Way and all the bars and restaurants or Central
Park. There's things like they've got a bus stop.
And I'm like, oh, man. I love that. I love that
for you, Gilman. And I would love to be there.
Imagine how many people in Gilman are like, I
love a bus stop. I visit every day. That's my
favorite bus stop. One of one bus stop in Gilman.
It's my favorite, too. One of one, exactly. The
bus probably just goes in a circle. It pulls
up to the same bus stop. It goes around one city
block. It's like, well, now that your tour of
Gilman is over, we're at the same bus stop. It's
like, oh, thank God. How clever, my car is also
parked here. Wow, how about that? They know tourism.
Could you take me to my car, please? Sure. Hang
on, one minute. No, literally. One minute. Actual.
Actual one minute. But when we do it, we'll let
you know. I think we got, for just a first one,
I thought we got a really good response out of
it. I agree. I think this could really... This
could really be a home run, so I'm definitely
hoping for it. But anyway, yeah, check out Aidan's
stuff. It's really great. And it's been a hot
minute since we were able to chat with you fine
folks, and we're glad to be back here and utilize
the interviews that we do as a little bit of
a break, which kind of helps too because we kind
of refresh and think about some things, add new
segments, or just find different things to talk
about. I don't know, it keeps it fresh for us,
I suppose. Yes, absolutely. Like the produce
that gets the little mist at Julasco. Yeah, we
give ourselves the mist. For sure. The Fabriz
brothers. The Fabriz brothers. Fresh start. Fresh
start. The last one. Last one, Alan. But at any
rate, we appreciate you beautiful listeners out
there. Thank you so much for listening each and
every week. But to be honest, lately, at least
for me, I'll get Aidan's take on it because I
always love his counterpoints and perspectives
and things of that nature, but I've had a little
bit of crisis of faith. Don't get me wrong, I'm
not a religious person. I grew up in a Catholic
household, Catholic high school, Jesuit education,
and then I was like, okay, that was enough for
me. Got it. I used the Catholics for their education,
now I'm good. I'm skeedaddle. I'm gonna ski -daddle.
So, but what I'm really talking about is more
like spirituality, like being a spiritual person,
or just having faith in things that I can see,
I can touch, I can communicate with, like friends
or family. Sure. And lately I feel like my relationships
are not equitable. Present company excluded,
of course. Word. I'm God? Uh -huh, yeah. I'm
more of a frisbee -tarian myself. George Carlin,
RIP. My man. My man. I feel over recent years,
I seem to put a lot more into my relationships,
like emotional currency, than I ever get back.
Okay, so the scales of justice are not necessarily
tipped in my favor all the time. Right. Now,
there are a few that I know that I could count
on. I'm gonna drop with a hat, or if I just need
to get some shit off my chest, I can do that
without any judgment. The listen, advice if warranted,
that kind of stuff, right? So ideally, I don't
know, you want like a minimum of like at least
five people in your life who like you would consider
ride or dies, you know? Sure. People that fight
for you in rooms that you're not in. And people
that can count on you and you can count on them,
right? Yeah. So I thought I had a great network
of people. And maybe in the whole scheme of things
I... Maybe I'm just being, I don't know, overly
sensitive to the way things are right now because
things have been. But sure, that's fair. And
that could be a part of it. But I'm just not
sure. I'm not going to say I don't. I'm just
like there's there's a little bit of uncertainty
there. And I don't completely fault them. It's
not like I'm like, oh, this bad person. I'm not
saying that. And some people I really cared about
disappointed me more than words could even describe
without question. Others, well, came down to
like miscommunication or misunderstanding, whatever
the case is. And then you have these people be
like, oh, these are my Fay five for sure. And
then all of a sudden it's like, whoa, where did
three of those go? And it's like, I really counted
down those people as part of it. Now they're
all gone or just a very reduced kind of involvement
in your life. Sure. And it's just, it's confusing.
It's very confusing. So for some there's just
so much going on in the country like I mentioned
the heck of this world That everything you thought
you knew you didn't environments like this can
change people and change attitudes and emotions
and I know I've changed over the course of the
past couple years or Shit past decade. I know
like my battle with depression anxiety This probably
cost me a couple of friends and family, although
I'm not worried as much about the family part
as my parents passed away. And I've really never
been super close to my siblings. So that is a,
it's more of a friend thing. Sure. I think that's,
that's fair to say. Friends of the family you
choose anyway. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. So I had
a girl come up to me a few nights ago, as they
do. And my man, I do. Okay. And she said, how
do I do that? and I was a little confused. I
was like, well, I'm sorry, what do you mean?
She said, you have the best smile and laugh.
She was sitting close enough to, excuse me guys,
to hear my conversation, right? So she said,
I have the best smile and laugh, but the saddest
eyes I've ever seen. And I just kind of shrugged
my shoulders and I told her, well, I like to
keep people guessing. So I'm pretty quick -witted.
A little quip. Yep. A little quip at the end.
So I'm good at that. Yeah. I deflect with a little
quick -wit. But that stuck with me. And I thought
about it kind of later. I'm like, if she thinks
that, do other people think that too? I was kind
of like, wow, that's kind of interesting. Right.
So where am I going with all this? I'm not even
sure, but. It's more of getting some things off
my chest, but I'm also just kind of curious as
to if others feel the same way. Because as I
said, I've had a rough decade -ish, probably
a little less than a decade, maybe like seven
or eight years, but just more so the past two
years. It's really kind of been a rough go. So
I was just kind of curious, and at times you
just feel lost or alone or unmotivated, and you
just wonder, what's the point? What am I doing?
And, you know, maybe I'm not the only person
that wakes up on days like that and thinks the
same thing. And, you know, you just sit there
and you look at social media or the news or whatever
and you see senators being shoved to the ground
for asking questions in a building he's allowed
to be in. Right, right. And immigrants being
rounded up like they're cattle and Americans
being played by wealthy and powerful people and
like all that makes me sad too. So that probably
doesn't help. Right. This situation. very much
at all and I've had a few friends say from like
a personal level that like I invest too heavily
into relationships and friendships and by doing
so you're almost guaranteed to be disappointed
so those are fair comments but I love heart I
always have it's something that I got from my
dad it's learned behavior I know how he made
people feel and even as a kid and growing up
I wanted to do that I'm like Wow, what a cool
dude. And like that guy didn't look like he was
having a great day and my dad tried to cheer
him up. Right. I'm like, that's awesome. It's
a G move. It's a G move. So just know, if we're
friends, I will go to battle with you every time.
I'll have your back. I can't seem to help that
I am sad or disappointed most of the time. So
when you see me out and about and I'm joking
and I'm smiling and I'm singing and I'm dancing,
that is truly an Academy Award winning performance.
is what I'm trying to tell you. Where's the Oscar?
I should have an Oscar by now. Where's the Emmy?
I should definitely have an Oscar by now. Because
that's... They should give you a Grammy for all
those birthday songs you've cracked out. I should.
I should. Yo. And I've done it live in front
of people now. Yes. As Aidan knows... And this
is weird coming from a guy who's been behind
the radio, who's been behind the microphone at
a radio station for eight years and podcasting
here for, what, several months now? Right, right.
And I've been an emcee and all that kind of stuff.
But the idea of belting out anything in tune
behind a microphone... It's different. It's different.
It's terrifying to me. That's why my music channel,
713, has been abandoned for a handful of years.
Yeah. because I have an entire album ready. I've
got the music produced. I have the lyrics written.
It's just sitting down in front of this same
mic we're podcasting into that I don't feel as
comfortable singing or rapping into. It's just
different. And it's tough to put into words why.
You know, I'm not afraid of being judged on my
podcasting skills or communication skills or
entertainment skills because I feel comfortable
with those. Maybe it's one of those things where
you just have to do it a handful of times. Yeah,
that's probably it. Absolutely, it's gotta be
it. It's gotta be, right? It's gotta be it. So
maybe I just have to grow a sack and actually
just record my stuff and upload it and just be
okay with that. Yeah. Oh, for sure. You have
to do it. But it's the same vibe. It really is.
And it's so terrifying to me. But what I was
going to mention is that I did sing Happy Birthday
to this guy, Cody, and I helped his girlfriend,
Jess, throw a birthday party for him. Yeah. And
when I did it, my friend Joe, he had performed
that night. I hired him to perform and he did
a great job, as usual. My man. And so I went
up and I started to sing Happy Birthday at the
microphone. And so he starts playing. Here's
the thing though, he's like thinking standard
happy birthday. But I'm crooning. Right. It's
like, Happy birthday to you. And he's not playing
that. He's playing something different. And I
look at him, he looks at me, and we're like,
oh, we're doing different things. I was like,
shit. I'm like, Happy birthday to you. And I
just changed it immediately because I was like,
well, that's what he's playing. That's what he
knows. That's kind of what we do. Yeah. But he
should have followed your lead. Yeah. And gone
a little bluesy maybe. Oh, that went good. And
like followed the rhythm. Yeah. But hey, what
do I know? I only produce music. Oh, hey -o!
Oh! Hey -o! My man Joe, don't take no hate, but.
But, no, and the funny thing about Joe is too,
is like, if I clued him in, I'm sure you'd have
been fine. I'm sure, yeah. I'm sure you'd have
been fine. Happy birthday, but make it Frankie.
But make it, yeah, this is Frankie, this is Tony
Bennett, this is. And it's hilarious too, because
it's like, oh, what do you like to listen to,
Maloney? Oh, heavy metal and 90s rap, huh? Because
then I get on here and I'm like, fly me to the
moon. And it's like that. That's what I know
how to sing. I'm sorry. That's all I've got.
That's all I've got. It's like skills versus
interest. They don't have to be the same. Right.
Yeah. I'm not going to sit there and do Sweet
Child of Mine. I might in my own car. Right,
right, right. But I'm going to sing it an octave
down. Oh, yeah. Yeah. There's no way. Maybe two.
Maybe two. Maybe two. Yeah, exactly. And I think
that's fair. Yeah. But yeah, just wrapping up
on the point of our little dialogue there. Right.
It's just weird. And as a matter of fact, I've
been chatting with my friend, Melissa. She's
a bartender out at a bar, Zombie Club in Crown
Point. What's up, Zombie Club? One of my favorite
places. And so we were chatting earlier, because
I kind of apologized. I went to this trivia thing
that they had last night. And I was in it for
a while. And I just thought I would bring it.
a different attitude to the game. Little pizzazz?
Because it was Disney trivia. Yeah. And I'm like,
I'm just going to be belligerent and noisy and
just, you know, and then every time he'd read
something and like he'd read the answer, I'd
be like, ah, fuck. And it was just like, yeah.
So I just kind of, I brought that to the game,
you know. It's like every time they ask a Disney
question, you bring up like a DreamWorks character.
Exactly. So this is Shrek from Shrek 3? Exactly.
No, sir. No, that is incorrect. Well, my team
name was Dory because Dory is, short -term memory
loss. Oh, there you go. I was like, yep, I'm
Dory. Yeah, fair point. But at any rate, I was
telling her, I'm like, yeah, I was just like,
I had fun doing the trivia thing. My boy Mitch
showed up. Mitch will rock in the house. My man.
So Mitch was there. We're just chilling or whatever.
He's really big into these THC drinks that they
have. I've seen those around a lot recently.
So he's he's given up alcohol and he just has
a few of those and he loves it. Yeah, it's healthier.
Yeah, he loves it. So we're just chilling for
a bit and talking. And then it was just like
the mood just dipped so hard and nothing to do
with with like that place, although the trivia
thing was over. And so it got kind of slow. But
sure, I just kind of sat there for a minute.
I'm like, I want to leave. Want to go home? So
I closed out and that's what I did. But I just
thought it was really weird because it's a place
I can close out easily. Sure. Or at least stay
there till late. Yeah. Because I'm usually having
a good time. I'm chatting with Melissa or some
of the other bartenders having a good time. And
it was just like, it was such a weird vibe. I'm
like, damn it. And I mean, it's not one thing.
It could be work. compounding issues. It's everything,
right? Yeah. It's just like personal things,
relationship things, work things and it's just
these things compound and it kind of builds up
and I think if you use this analogy before it's
kind of like being on a roller coaster. Sure.
But the difference is It's not like the American
Eagle, the, oh God, that super big wooden one.
Six Flags Original. Six Flags in Gurney, Illinois,
where the highs are super high. And even if the
lows come down, you're gonna end up back, but
see, the highs aren't super high for me. But
the lows get really low. Sure. So just kind of,
you kind of look for like, all right, I need
that balance. Yeah. Because everybody has highs
and lows. So me saying, oh, I get these lows,
everybody's by like, join the fricking club.
Right. But for me, at least, it's like the highs
aren't super high and they don't last very long.
And then the lows are just, oh, is that Maloney
down in a cavern? Or Nart. Oh, no. That's what
it is, though. So I don't know, man. I don't
know. It's like I play these guessing games and
trying to figure it out and I haven't yet. No,
it's very tough. And I don't have the same life
experience that you do. I've got a quarter century
under me belt, and it's kind of depressing to
phrase it like that. I'll just stick with 25
years. There you go. I've got 25 years under
my belt, so I don't have the same life experience
or experiences, rather. But as far as you were
mentioning earlier, friendships and how they
come and go or change in general. And that kind
of struck me as well because I, from middle school
age and before, I have zero, zero of those friends
I had, I have today. And in high school, I had...
Because I was homeschooled, I had my homeschool
cooperative school friends and I had my high
school baseball friends. And of those, I maybe
have two? Two baseball friends left, yeah. Realistically
one, because I don't hardly see any of the other
ones. So I count that as one. And then beyond
high school, I did a semester and a half of college.
none of that really developed any friendships
for me, but I have some extracurricular homeboys,
if you will. And I just, yeah, I don't have that
same revolving door, you know, five main homies
and then some leave and some come back type deal.
So I'm not sure what that's like, but I do know
from my personal experience of having one high
school friend and having maybe two or three close,
I guess, college age friends. Sure. I just, I
don't know, I don't necessarily, and of course
I don't necessarily go out to social events as
frequently as you do, but it's difficult to weigh
loyalty and respect because they're not quantifiable.
that's true you know yeah it's it's easy to say
like oh you know the last time we hang out it
didn't feel the same well you know they don't
know specifically what you're going through you
don't specifically know what they're going through
either so it's sure it's kind of tough to know
whether it was an off day for them whether it
was an off day for you and you didn't quite realize
it till afterwards so I know and I know that's
a thing for me too that's why I bring it up because
there have been times where I'll hang out with
the homies and I'm like fuck I just I feel like
something's not right yeah but then I'll go home
and I'll I'll take a moment to be introspective
and I'll realize okay. It was me That was not
right like I I wasn't I wasn't in it the way
they were in it so yeah, that's that's kind of
been a realization of me if like I I have lost
friends before and that's fine that you know
friends come and go especially if you're like
I hate to use the word of auxiliary To determine
friendships, but they're the ones that are like
around sometimes and like right you just stop
hearing from them and you're tired of being the
one reaching out first. It's like, right. Exactly.
Well, they'll reach out if they're interested.
I'm, I'm done. And that's okay. And that's okay.
And I feel that way too. Yeah, I really do. Like
there are just like some, some friends that you,
you put that effort into, uh, in terms of like,
once again, being the planner, being the guy
like, Hey, let's do that. The initiator and whatever.
Like, In a good friendship, probably should be
more like 50 -50, right? Sure. But a lot of times,
then, you're just like, whoa, this is more like
90 -10. Yeah. And you're just like, I don't know
what's up here. And you just kind of be like,
all right, well, I mean, if I'm just kind of
doing all the work here, then. Yeah. you know,
maybe it's this juice isn't worth the squeeze.
Right, exactly. That's kind of the way that works.
No, I agree. Yeah, that's an interesting point.
And I know another point you brought up moments
ago was the fact that outside influences can
absolutely play a part on how you interact with
friends and people in general, whether it be
global issues, international news. national or
local news, it could be the economy, which has
been dogshit forever for working Americans, that
absolutely pays apart. You know, that's one of
the many reasons I don't go out as much. I don't
go out to bars or pubs or restaurants as much.
I don't hardly see any of my close friends as
much anymore. It's just like, everything seems
so daunting. You know, it's like a dark black
cloud in the distance that's not your responsibility
that it's there. Correct. It just simply is there.
You know, you've got World War III hanging in
the balance. You've got an entire working class
of 300 million Americans that are paycheck to
paycheck. It's like, that is a weight that no
individual, let alone one of 300 million Individuals
should have to carry and yet it's always there
correct. It's always there So that's that's an
issue that plays a part too. And I know I know
there are There are mental health professionals
out there that can help and talking about it
helps in general, too But we're in a country
where none of that's covered. You know, you're
paying a hundred dollars an hour to have Someone
advise those types of thoughts. Yeah, that's
right. So if you don't have a hundred dollars
an hour to give You simply have to just deal.
Just deal and cope. So it is tough. And I know
a lot of people are going through it, but we're
going through it individually. Correct. And that's
another issue, too. That's actually a side effect
of social media, which you also brought up earlier,
is that because we're in air quotes, so connected
through social media, through a screen, Everything
feels more like, ah, it's just me. So it's just
tough. It's just tough. So I would, I don't know
how to advise people. I'm not licensed, but I
do have my brain cells, which occasionally fire
in a logical manner. So I would just say, see
friends when you can, let them know that they're
appreciated and know that if they're close friends
and they are dear to you, they will of course
do the same. But yeah, no one out there is alone.
No one's going through this alone. If you feel
like you are, feel free to reach out to us. I
mean, we always open our doors for people checking
in through Carpe DMs and letting us know like,
what's your review preview? What have we slept
on? Sure. What's your take on the top 10 list?
Let us know how you're feeling too. Absolutely.
Why not? Yeah, definitely. God this was January
2024 now and I was in a bad way and then you
know kind of fast -forward past that And I thought
it would be very good for me to tell my story
But the way we did it was I asked Aidan here
to come up with a bunch of questions to ask me
That's right. Yeah, and I told him that I didn't
want to know what the question were right And
I thought that that potentially could be difficult
But that I felt not only was that going to be
good for me But that it might be good for people
listening to the radio show to be able to hear
someone Who's going through it was depressed
right for various reasons and and to hear some
questions They might need to answer themselves
correct That was the idea. And I think we had
so many people that chimed in that just said
they loved it and said it was really brave what
we did and this and that. And then, you know,
with as unsure as I felt about the bit, because
I'm like, man, that sound right or just break
down. Sure. It ended up being a really good session
and people love it. Yeah. You know, they really
did. So I agree. So, yeah, so it's nice to kind
of come on here and with our extended. the Mark
Mo Show family and share these things with you.
And by all means, I mean, we are not therapists.
We don't claim to be. No. Don't take this as
medical advice. Exactly. It is not medical advice
at all. We may have some clever quips, but we
are not licensed. You just want a friendly conversation
and that sort of stuff. We're here for you. We're
here to listen to you. If you need someone, we
are here. Absolutely. That's what we're saying,
for sure. But yeah, so that was quite the opening.
I agree. But we've we've we had a lot to say
we did have a lot to say and we have a lot of
Social Security numbers to collect So indeed
we do want to hop on that. Hey, everyone's doing
it. Everyone's doing it Yeah, send us your Social
Security number the credit card numbers. Yeah
funny 16 numbers in the front the three numbers
in the back Make sure you do it expiration date
All that good stuff. It's quick, it's easy, and
it's free. Yeah. And if you want to look at your
life insurance and make us the beneficiary, that'd
be so great. It'd be great. It'd be really good
for you specifically, the lovely listener, if
you were to do that. Hit us up. Absolutely. We
are here to help take your money. God bless America.
All right. We're taking a quick break. Carpe
Diem coming up. All right, we are back, everybody.
Welcome back, Mark Mo Show. Thanks for joining
us. We had a rather long, but... interesting
dialogue at the beginning curious if you will
curious indeed quite indubitably indubitably
uh we uh we talked about a lot of stuff but more
importantly just kind of just being on a funk
man and and lots of reasons why and so we kind
of talked about that a little bit um but at any
rate this is the part of the show we get our
dms on carpe diem you guys send us your dms and
we read them on the show And, yeah, I mean, it
could just be statements. It could be... We get
questions. We definitely get questions. We get
questions. We'll probably answer them. We're
not contractually obligated to. We are not. But...
That's fair. If we're feeling generous, and you're
one of the people that shot us your social and
credit card info, you might have an in. We might
have an in. We're not saying we're biased, but...
We have a bias towards those who send us their
credit card information. Credit card information,
you got some Frosty coupons, and now we're talking.
Exactly. It's one of those key chains that gives
you a mini Frosty every day. Yes, let's go. Holy.
We'll be best friends. Oh, we'll be best friends.
No doubt. I mean, we'll be best friends. I don't
know, I don't know, allegedly. You won't be in
my fave five. No. See our conversation 10 minutes
ago. You might be in the top 30 or 40. But it'll
get you there. Exactly. It'll get you there for
sure. You're in the running. You're in the hot
seat. You're giving me frosties. Yeah, you're
definitely on the hot seat for sure. You're like,
dingling a keychain full of those frosty codes.
Oh my god. And it's like the voice where you
have to press a button to turn them around to
make you one of their favorites. Exactly. It
just depends how many frosty codes you have for
us. Right. I think that's fair. Yeah. I think
we're not sponsored by Wendy's, but Wendy's,
if you're listening. Wendy's not slap your chin.
We like that Baconator. My man. We like that
Chicken Sammy. That Sammy? Was good. I'm a Dave's
triple man. Oh yeah? Oh yeah, I love that big
beef. I too, doesn't. I'm gonna start off with
my DMs. The first one I got was from at Juan
Andreas. Oh my man. Hey y 'all, we're good here
in LA. Most of the cops are cool. It's always
gonna be a few idiots. Fire Department supports
us. Mayor and Governor are cool. Fuck ICE and
fuck Trump. My man. My man. So, Juan Andreas.
Juan. Speaking truth. My brother. There's a reason
there's no song called Fuck the Fire Department.
Right. Fuck the Police. Yeah. Is the reason they
made that song. There is. Yeah. You know? So,
hey yo, shout out local fire departments. That's
right. Salutes to you. No doubt. No doubt about
it. And next one, at blazenbilly34. Oh, no. My
guys, great show. Who are some of your favorite
bands right now? And can you guys please talk
more music? Brother, first of all, thank you
for checking in. Yeah, absolutely. My man Billy.
We can always talk music. William, if you prefer.
Yeah, I love music. I know you love music. Yeah.
I love both making and listening to music. I...
It's it's kind of a loaded question. What bands
am I into bands or artists? Am I into recently?
I know I've been into a lot the 2024 Childish
Gambino album. Yeah I've been listening to a
lot of recently Brando Stone and the new world
is what it's called Fantastic album. I love that
a lot. I've been listening to a lot of Chevelle
and stained recently kind of that emo grungy
kind of rock is right up my alley on top of,
I've been listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar
still, not to be late to the party, but I've
been on that horse since we rode through. Since
day one. Since day one, right. So I've been listening
to a lot of Kendrick still. I've been big on
the Freddie Dredd as well. Oh, have you? Yes.
It's hip -hop -esque, but it's this little Canadian
white boy that's doing it. And it's kind of this
funky hip -hop mishmash, but the beats go hard.
Do they? I think he produces them himself, too.
Oh, interesting. The beats go hard. So I've been
into that a lot recently as well. That's interesting.
I've been getting into Incubus a little bit.
There you go. Yeah, I've been liking them cage
the elephant. I'm a huge huge fan big on that
neon pill I am and yeah, I used to really be
big in a metal and I mean I still am it's it's
just and I've said this before I feel alt rock
is really had a good three or four or five years
here Where they've just put so many good songs
together. I agree. Yeah And I've really liked
what they're doing. Foo Fighters, of course.
Yes. Foo Fighters have definitely got to be on
there for sure. But there's, God, there's just
so many bands that I've listened to. Glass Animals,
I think is a fair one to put on there. Yeah,
just so many. Gosh, I'm even trying to think.
Oh, man. That's why my team name was Dory. Right.
I forgot. Yeah, man. That's why my team name
is Dory. Matt Mason, he's good. Oh, gosh. Dropkick.
There you go. But there's so many. Dexter and
the Moon Rocks, another really good band. So
revisiting a lot of the Weezer Blue album recently.
Yes. Yeah. A lot of the old Weezer, and then
we were just - Jack White? Yes. Yeah, we were
talking about that off air, about the upcoming
Riot Fest in Chicago. Yep. Where, of course,
the aforementioned artists are gonna be there.
And the Weezer and AJR collabs, I've been into
a lot recently as well. And it'd be kind of cool
if they did that on stage, is all I'm gonna say.
Just saying, guys. Yes. Keep that. It's just
a thought. It's just a thought. Yeah. I've been
listening to a lot of Stone Temple Pilots and
Green Day, too. Have to throw them out there.
Yeah. Oh yeah, for sure. Have to. Yeah, you have.
But yeah, man, those kind of... And then I get
in periods where I kind of listen to Ghost, and
then I don't, and then I listen to Ghost some
more. I'm not sure I really vibe with their latest
music. Yeah. It's a little bit... Poppier than
I like I kind of like the stuff that sounds more
like Blue -Eyed Star cult sure Yeah, like the
original stuff is really good, and they have
like some really good hooks to it And so I rather
enjoy some of the older If you could say older,
some of the older ghost albums for sure. But
yeah, so that's true. Yes, we love talking music
if you couldn't tell. Blaze and Belly will take
care of you. We'll try to do a little bit more
music talk for you. This one is going to rock
your socks, my man. Oh, here we go. At Jimmy
Bagged Donuts. Oh, been a while. It's been a
while. It's been a while. Been a while. Speak
of stained. And I love how he writes like he
talks. Hey there, guys. Long time, can we talk
sports? Do you want to? You want to? You sure?
I have a cheesy beef waiting for you at the Cheesy
Beef Emporium. My man. Candid Cubs, Winnie and
Al Pennet, things are looking good, my friend.
My friend, indeed. What a guy. What a guy. What
a guy. I love that Jimmy still. Yeah. Yeah, Jimmy,
we appreciate you. He was a huge part. of our
old sports show. Yeah. And yeah, glad you're
still listening in. Still here, yeah. What a
man. I think you're thinking small. To be fair,
not to be rude, I think a pennant would be a
plus. That's fine. I think winning the World
Series is what we're shooting for. What's that?
Undone North Side. What's that line in the movie
Major League? We're just going to have to win
the whole fucking thing. That's kind of how I
feel. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Especially how they
started off and they had a great April against
really good teams. I'm like, no, let's just.
We got it. We got it. Mm hmm. Yeah. And last
one, at Stoner Stanley. Of course, of course.
420. Hello, Alan and Momo. So high in the sky.
I don't doubt it. New batch is so very vivid.
Of course it is. Did Kevam stop his working with
balls and shafts? Oh man, that is the way it
gonna happen. That it is Stanley. I love Stanley.
I like that he stays current with things. He
does. If not a little bit behind. Just a smidge.
He's busy with his... Water bongs meant specifically
and only for tobacco is how they have to sell
them here in Indiana. Tobacco only. Tobacco use
only. What he does in New Buffalo, Michigan is
completely up to him. None of our business. Right.
He's a legal citizen. Indeed. Well, I'm glad
your new strain is making you feel happy. Healthy,
did he say healthy? I don't think he said healthy.
I think he said he was flying. Working with his
balls. Kevin's working with his balls. Kevin's
always working with his balls. Not working with
our balls anymore. No, no, no. Yeah, you're right.
To keep it short and simple, you're right, Stan.
You're right, Stan. Thank you for checking in.
Thank you, as always, for checking in, Stanley.
Now imagine, you got a few DMs over there, my
guy. Got a short handful here. from at very legal
upgrade dealer asking I give you one of these
and only one would you rather be perfectly ambidextrous
have hyper acute reflexes or recover from fatigue
and injury three times faster you get one upgrade
that's tough and that honestly kind of reminds
me of like the upgrades and like stims and shit
in like cyberpunk or when you're playing GTA
5 on 360 and there's all the like you can press
like 20 certain buttons and be like little cheat
codes and be like yes i'm invincible and the
cops are just laying in here you're like i'm
sorry pardon what you cannot touch me what's
going on is that your shotgun the tank rolls
up and you're like oh dare you bring it yeah
That's pretty good. So perfectly ambidextrous,
I think it would be nice. It would be nice. But
I, how to utilize it, I'm not sure. You know,
I'm not sure what skill, especially in this capitalist
dogshit we live in, I'm not sure how to use that
skill to further my life as we have to live it.
True. But it would be nice. Recovering from fatigue
and injury 3x faster, that's pretty solid. Because
I I don't know I fatigue kind of comes and goes
yeah, but like if I stub my toe I My toes in
pain for 20 minutes. It'd be kind of cool if
it was closer to seven that would be good, right?
and then The one I was kind of interested in
is hyper acute reflexes. Yeah, because That's,
I mean, if you talk like MMA fighters or esports
professionals, like that's the type of hyper
acute reflexes I'm imagining. Yeah. And that
would be kind of fun. That'd be because it's
a marketable skill. It is. You know, it's and
it has this practical implications too. Yeah.
Because you could be that like Spider -man kind
of person like all the vase is falling off the
shelf. It's like well I I already caught it and
I didn't know yet You know, it's it's it's almost
like a spidey sense But it's just your your human
reflexes actually tuned up to the point where
they could be But our our brains just happen
to be a little slower than we don't like sometimes
that happens It does happen and it's just it's
just biology So I'm I'm leaning towards hyper
acute reflexes because I think that for me has
more applicable intent. Okay, all right, that
sounds good. Yeah, you know, being that I'm older
than you and every morning I wake up, I play
the game, ow ow, where's that coming from? Oh
yeah, there you go. And then most times I'm like,
I didn't even know there was a part there. Sure.
So, if I can... You're telling me there's a tendon
in my ass? What the fuck? Exactly. I'm like,
wow, what's... I didn't... How did that happen?
Yeah. And so I will, I think I'll take the recovery
time. 3x faster is a major improvement. It's
improvement. Yeah. You know, especially because
I get headaches too. And sometimes those headaches,
I mean, sometimes they can just lay in for four
or five or six hours. Mostly it's just a couple
hours. But if I could take that couple hours
and shrink that down to maybe 20 minutes. That's
not bad. That's muy buena. Right, right. I would
dig that. Or 30 minutes, whatever. Especially
like a midday nap, the one that makes you feel
refreshed, right? You're just like, oh, I just
need to lay down for like an hour 30 and hey,
what if we shrink that down to 15 minutes? Yeah.
And you feel equally as good. That's true. You
know, same vibe. I love that. So I hear you.
Yeah. I hear you. That's what I'm going for.
Next one I got here from our boy, Hambone. Hambone.
Hambone. Do you guys actually enjoy Ham or am
I interacting with the wrong show? Oh, Hambone,
what happened, brother? Hambone, let me answer
this. Go ahead, go ahead. You are interacting
with the right show. You are, Hambone. This is
your show. Yes. Mark Mo. Featuring ham bone and
I will fuck with some ham. Yeah, I mean that's
I'll fuck up some ham I mean does it have to
be bone in am I a little bougie that way maybe
maybe but Ham is ham you dice up some of that
ham and put that into an omelet or something.
I'm all about it I'm all about it all about it.
It's like that perfect mix of like slightly sweet
meat, but then you get the salt It's a whole
salt exactly a man. It's perfect my ham You know
who's not upset about my bougieness wanting to
be at a bone and ham. It's ham bone. It's ham
bone Yeah. He gets it. It's in his name. It's
in his name. Hambone. He gets it. Are you satisfied,
Hambone? I think he should be. Please keep checking
it. He should be. Please, yeah. Please. We don't
want to lose you, Hambone. The final question
I received here was a curious one from a fellow
named Munchy Magician. Oh. I grant thee... Oh,
let me... I'll try and impersonate Munchy Magician
here. I grant thee one of my magical Munchy Machines.
It's a free vending machine just for you. Would
you rather have a snack machine or a drink machine?
That's good. I added the little touch. I hope
to God he sounds like that in real life. That
is amazing to me. Snack machine. Snack machine.
A machine with just unlimited snacks. A free
vending machine, unlimited, just for you. Or
drinks. What kind of drinks are we talking? Right,
right. That's my question. Because is there like
a Molart slot? Is there a Jameson slot? Is it
the usual suspects where like the snacks are
like M &M's and Snickers and Waze? Or is it a
snack machine where you get a hot slice? That's
what I'm saying. Oh, I'm going to press the poutine
button today. Right. Right. Is it a drink machine
where you get the usual suspects Coke, Pepsi,
blah, blah, blah? Or is it a drink machine where
I could push a button and get a little PBR extra?
Get a little PBR extra? Get a little rum and
Coke? Yeah. That's my question. Right. Is it
customizable to my wishes? And granted, he seems
like a magician. A munchy magician. So he could
pull his shirt off. So it could be to our desire.
Now here's the thing. I crave certain beverages
more than I crave certain foods. Like if I'm
craving a pizza... Whatever. I'll get a pizza
next time it's available. Sure. But if I'm craving
a sparkling water and I don't have it, that's
an issue. Because I want my fucking... I don't
want water out of my jug. No. I want a sparkling
damn water. That's fair. And if I want a brewski,
I'm finna have a brewski. Like, it just seems
more urgent, you know? If I... If I'm... Holy,
if I'm craving an iced coffee... Yeah. And I
can push a button and get it? Yeah. That is miles
more important than pushing a button and getting
like a pepperoni slice. To me. Just to me. What
if that snack machine has cheese? Oh, that's
an issue too. Yeah. You're welcome. How dare
you defy my logic? I was so... You were right
there. I was so honed in. You were breaking away.
You're at the 20 -yard line running in, dude.
Oh, man. Here's the thing, okay? We're not sponsored
by this company, but I always talk them up because
I simply shop there every week. Aldi has Cheez
-Its. That like their brand? They have their
brand and they have Cheez -It Cheez -Its. Oh,
okay. They have both. And I shop at Aldi every
week just to get groceries because like you have
to do that, right? And I get the Cheez -It brand
Cheez -Its. Even though their brand Cheez -Its
are twice as large and only cost like... I think
it's 18 cents more or whatever the hell. I just
get the Cheez -It Brain Cheez -Its, man. They
just hit different. It's a shit. Yeah. But you
know what? I'm still going drink. You're going
to go drink? I'm going unlimited drink machine
of my choice. And if I want a Malort shooter
at 8 p .m. on a Friday night. Get a Malort shooter.
I'm getting a Malort shooter, dude. Yeah, no
doubt. A Malouter, if you will. A Malouter. Yeah.
I'm all for the drinks. It's not even close.
Not even close. And I get it. I'm a snacky guy.
I like plain old ruffles. Not that it's a snack,
but what if the snack machine could also produce
you a filet from Ruth's Chris? Oh, ass. See,
you fucked me with the Cheez -Its. Yeah, you
got me, and you knew right where to go! You knew
right where to go, like an Olympic fencer that
just went right for the heart. Ha ha, touche,
or not touche. Touche, what is that? A purie,
a pear, whatever the hell they say, I don't know.
Perouettes, I don't know. That's a little cookie,
isn't it? No, that's another snack. That is a
good snack. That is a really good snack. They
have the hazelnut ones, too? Fuck. Oh, dude,
the hazelnut ones are so good. Yup, yup. Imagine.
Yeah, like pushing a button and that big old
tomahawk just comes sliding out of there. Are
you kidding me right now? Perfectly mid -rare.
Oh, stop. Stop it. It's like still 100 degrees
coming out the fending machine. Oh, just like
sizzling coming. Oh my god. Yeah, sounds like
a fajita plate. Dude, you're so mean. They call
me the sway man. The sway man? Yeah, exactly.
Okay, sway man. They don't call me that. They
don't call me at all. Well, they're going to
now. They're going to now. All of our friends
down there in... Oh, look at this... Oh, Fancy
Man, Mr. Sway. Mr. Sway Man. Yeah, all the what's
our what's our island friends down there the
curacao curacao bless Yeah, we're gonna go down
there someday and we will and we're gonna come
see you Give us give us that sweet blue, baby.
Give it a sweet blue and they're gonna come down
there They're going to be like, oh Mark Moe and
sway, man And you will have done that to yourself
I've had I've had worse nicknames. That's true.
That is a good point That is a really, really
good point. I'm sticking with the drinks. I don't
blame you. I was just trying to sway you. I don't
blame you. You almost did. My man. Almost did.
So that was Carpe Diem. We have the other foods
that Aidan does every week. That is just what
it sounds like. It's the other foods. It's not
burgers. It's not chicken. It's not a salad.
It's not any of that. Might not be tasty. These
are very, very, very unique foods, primarily...
Primarily other parts of the world. Yes, and
I am very interested to hear what you had this
one I found particularly foul because it's from
one of the worst places on earth France. Oh,
you know We love you st. Louis St. Louis is the
France of the United States. That's okay. Okay.
That's just without the class This this comes
out of France right or fronk if you will This
is called Ortolan Ortolan? Ortolan. Okay. Spelled
O -R -T -O -L -A -N Ortolan. Okay Quote this
is from the disgusting food museum. Oh, okay
a wonderful blog killing and cooking this delicate
songbird is banned across the European Union.
However, French chefs are lobbying for its reintroduction
to French cuisine. Because of course they are.
Those who have eaten the tiny birds applaud the
hazelnut flavors. This is all quote, this is
not me. Hazelnut flavors enrich gaminess of the
meat and famous chefs have described the eating
experience as close to ecstasy, which I just
can't see happening. The captured Orlatans are
kept in cages and tricked into thinking it's
night by removing their eyes. No. Leading them
to overeat and fatten. They're then drowned alive
in a vat of armonac and cooked. Thanks, France.
The ritual of eating this French quote, delicacy,
includes covering one's head with a napkin to
hide from God while eating. Oh, what? While eating
the bird whole feet first. Oh, you need to hide
from God. Yeah. Oh my God, dude. An estimated
30 ,000 birds are captured and sold illegally
every year despite a 6 ,000 euro fine for hunting
the birds. the population is still decreasing.
Oh, no. Yeah. Yeah. That's France, baby. That's
France. Eating, eating the Ortolan bunting. Baby
bird. Songbird. Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp. Cluck!
Yep. It tastes like hazelnut. Okay, France. What,
whatever. Ooh, ooh. Huh, French. We love you.
Please listen to us, maybe. Not even platonically.
No, I know. We try. We really try. I like your
champagne. The social awareness is grand and
all, but what's with the birds and the snails,
you know? Yeah, I don't know, that's got, no,
no, no. Yeah, that's car, go the fuck away. Right,
exactly. All that farmland and you can't, you
can't have a cow, steak. Yeah. Grow some corn,
I don't know. Cook up a filet. No, I'd rather
eat the snail. Oh, what's it taste like? Oh,
slime? Oh, I figured. Cause they are. Yeah. No.
Fish eggs? No, thanks. No. All right, taking
a quick break. When we come back, our feature
segment, you just made the list. All right, we
are back everybody from that break and it is
time for our feature segment You just made the
list that is our top ten list go ten through
two with our big number one reveal and the only
rule wait, you know, there's I think there's
Check that last page in there to the small print.
Oh, yeah, there it is. There are no rules. Thank
God I was worried for a second too. Yeah, I technically
I think I think There is one rule and there's
no rule. There's no rule. Right. Paradoxical
in nature. Indeed. But considering it doesn't
fall under the no rules policy. Yeah. It doesn't
matter. They always ask me. They always ask us.
Right. Do it matter? That it's paradoxical? Nope.
I fucking know it's not against the rules. It's
not against the rules. No. No, it's not against
the rules, you know? The way I look at it is
if that one bite, one bite everybody knows the
rules guy can take 18 bites of pizza. Right.
Before he gets his, then we're good. We're fine
on this end. It's perfectly fine. Well, Aidan,
why don't you start off with your list? Oh, what's
the list? It is best podcasts at the moment.
And I say at the moment, because we've done it
a couple of times, but it can change. In the
world of podcasting, it could be a new one that
comes up, and you're just like, oh, that is fire.
And you sit there and you listen to it, it's
great. And then some that just, they fall off
for one reason or another. So I think it's, we're
new for a review. Yes. So I'm interested to see
how yours is at the moment. My 10 through 2,
number 10. Yes. Is a podcast called Go My Favorite
Sports Team. Oh, all right. Which is a comedy
slash sports podcast. OK. With a YouTuber named
Tyler and a YouTuber named Mark, better known
as Markiplier. And it's. It essentially started,
the way it started was Tyler is a big sports
guy. Okay. And Mark is not. So it essentially
started as like Tyler explains to Mark in detail
how American football works. Oh. Over an hour.
And of course Markiplier being the, you know,
goofy YouTube comedian he is. He's like, I don't
fucking get it. This sounds dumb. And of course,
by the end of it, he's like, oh, but they just
only needed two more yards. It's one of those.
So it's like, it's clever. You know, you've got
your knowledgeable guy. You've got the foil.
It makes perfect sense. Yep. And as it's progressed,
they get into more detail. So they'll talk about
specific Olympic events or, you know, more regional
events coming up. They'll talk about Australian
football, which, by the way, sounds awesome.
They'll talk about cricket, and I'm like, holy
shit, cricket sounds cool as hell. So it's like
you get the knowledge, but then you get the comedy.
It's like edutainment, specified to be sports.
And I find that awesome. Number nine on my list,
not to get a big chest or whatever they say,
is AK209, which is on a... Indefinite hiatus,
I guess because Kevin's walking. I don't know.
Yeah, Kevin's busy in his holes, but I I I Don't
want to be that guy. That's like, oh, I like
my own podcast because of me. No, I I enjoy what
we do did not a k219 I thought it was really
fun and good and like we still We still get Listeners
even though we haven't uploaded in damn near
two months now Yeah, we still get listeners like
there's people yearning for it or new people
trying to check in it's like It'd be kind of
cool if it came back. Hey, yeah. Yeah, I I really
like it. I like producing it Fuck, I like editing
it. I mean, I get to hear the crazy jokes we
made from last night type of thing. So that's
very fun. Number eight on my list is a podcast
called Very Really Good. A YouTuber named Curtis
Connor. Very entertaining guy, Canadian. Canadian
man that doesn't like hockey. Oh, wow. Hard to
find. That's shocking. Yeah, but... Believe it
or not, AK -209, me and Kevin, actually went
to a live show many, many years ago. Probably
close to five years ago. Okay. If not six. And
we saw a live show with Danny Gonzalez, Drew
Gooden, and Curtis Connor. And he opened the
show with about a half -hour comedy routine.
I thought it was hilarious. There was one joke
where he ragged on hockey. immediately killed
Kevin's mood. I'm like, bro, fucking lighten
up. Like, he's not ragging on hockey to rag on
hockey, or you specifically. He's a Canadian
that doesn't like hockey, that's the joke. Whatever,
I think it's a fantastic podcast, he has great
guests on. Number seven on my list, The Edge
of Sleep. It is a horror story podcast. The story's
finished by now, so they, of course, haven't
uploaded in however long. but it is a fantastic
listen. It's, they turned the podcast into a
TV show is how like thorough and fantastic the
plot is. So I would still recommend the podcast.
I know the TV show is out. I think it's for free
on like Tubi or something like that. So yeah,
if you can watch it, watch it. If you can listen,
choose to listen. I thought it was fantastic.
Number six on my list, Conan O 'Brien needs a
friend. I'll be your friend. Yeah, have us on.
Conan, hit us up. Dude, we will kill. We will
kill. We'll tell you all about the Midwest. It's
called mid for a reason. Conan O 'Brien needs
a friend. Easy six. I mean, Conan would rank
probably number one of all late night hosts.
I think we even did that once, didn't we? I think
we did. Or we were thinking about that. Well
one of those two. Anyway, Conan O 'Brien is fantastic.
Yeah. Number five on my list is Brain Leak, a
comedy podcast. They are also on a indefinite
hiatus. They kind of canceled, well not canceled,
but they did this indefinite hiatus because the
one host, Ethan Nestor, lives in LA and the other
host, Sean McLaughlin, lives in Ireland. Oh jeez.
I'm sorry, UK now. So, yeah, they couldn't really
make it work, but I thought it was hilarious.
Number four on my list, the Mark Mo Show. Get
out of here. And I know. Get out of here. I know,
I know. It's kind of, you know, another thing
I'm on. Hey, two of the things you're on made
the shit list. Like, fuck you. Hey, if you're
good, you're good. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Thank
you. Pet ourselves on the back. I know, I heard
Marim doing that. Yeah, I think. Ow. I think
we make a good show. Meet that three -hour, whatever
it is, free time ceiling. Three -X ceiling, yeah.
Aw, patting ourselves on the back. Number three
on my list, Erin is the funny one. Which is a
fun comedy duo of husband and wife. One of them's
a YouTuber, the other one works in corporal America,
but also has a really hilarious Twitter account.
So it's Jack and Erin. And Jack is the, better
known as JacksFilms, is the YouTuber with about
five million subscribers. Funny guy, really,
like, and he's like for the community too. Like
he always, he calls out like content thieves,
like the ones that upload like stolen memes or
like the stolen valor of the content world essentially.
He'll call them out and he'll make a bingo game
out of their... like stolen content, I'd be like,
oh, shitty edit or like talking over the original
content, no credit given, like things like that.
So really like a fantastic guy. But the joke
is, Aaron is the funny one, is that the wife
is funnier than him, even though he's remarkably
more popular and present on the internet. So
I find it hilarious. Number two on my list, SuperMegaShow.
Now SuperMega, of course, another YouTube channel.
Interesting how that works, but I find them remarkably
entertaining And they've had kind of a reboot
over the last year of this their previous podcast
I think it was super mega show or a super mega
cast turning into the super mega show they are
Hilarious together their their chemistry is damn
near unmatched, and if you're looking for a giggle
Yeah, kind of a Gen Z giggle. I would recommend
that That's awesome. That's quite the list, sir.
I will reserve my number one. All right I'm gonna
start mine out with a tie at the top. Oh I have
travel Ruby. She's on YouTube primarily. And
she has these podcasts where she goes and tries
different hotels, different buffets. Oh, you
were telling me about that. I really like her.
She was originally from Wisconsin. Her and her
boyfriend went out there. I think they might
be married now. And so they went out there together
and they used to go on vacation, but now they
moved out there, which is kind of a smart thing,
because once you monetize, if that's your employment,
if that is true, right, your moneymaker, it makes
sense for them to just be there. Yep. So they're
there and they'll they'll do a lot of the regular
big casinos, but they also kind of do the off
strip kind of stuff too and Like they'll revisit
places or like the hero so -and -so got her renovation.
They'll go and I'll check it So she does like
a really good job, but then she like plays games
too And then she'll be like well this one hits
for us a little bit more and if you do play this
game like this So like it's really good. That's
me. It's really good and she's you get that Midwestern
folksy You know, charm, charm. Yes. Yeah, I would
agree. I will add before you continue, the way
you said Wisconsin reminded me of the fact that
Lil John, there's a verse of Lil John rhyming
the word mansion with. Wisconsin? Wisconsin.
But he said mansion and then Wisconsin. He said
that I'm like, oh my God, it's a little John.
Yeah. What? What? That is too funny. Sorry, go
ahead. Oh, man. Yeah, also tied with Travel Ruby
is Baby Blue or Blue Tube. She's this young girl,
maybe like 21, 22, whatever. She's been doing
this for years already, though. And she's got
Twitch. She's got YouTube. She's got a lot of
stuff like that. I feel like I've heard of this
person. Yeah, she kind of her persona is very
much of like anime, like how she dresses and
kind of how she does her little vibe or whatever.
But like most of her stuff is like she'll do.
like videos that are like blooper reels. She'll
do a lot of American Dad. She'll do Family Guy.
And she does a lot of stuff like that. And it's
a trip. She's really funny because she kind of
has that young girl kind of innocence to her.
And like when there's just this blue comedy,
like this really dark joke, it's like her reaction
to the reason you watch it. It's hilarious. So
she's good. Number nine even though I take issue
with some of his guests There's a lot of times
where he has like regular Hollywood dudes. He's
had Bernie Sanders on he's had people like that
and When he has regular guests on and he's not
being a right -wing stooge He's actually really
funny is Joe Rogan experience and like I said
if he has Trump or he has like anybody Elon fucking
Elon Musk all that shit I don't, I don't fuck
with that. Like if I see an episode and then
that Suzanne, I don't listen. I don't care. But
like I said, one time he had Bernie on, I listened
to it. I thought it was great. I'm like, and
it blows my mind how it's like, how can you have
that interview with that dude that way and then
talk to that guy? Right. And just sit there and,
and, and just have this love fest. Like it just,
it kind of is, it's very curious to me how he
does that. Right. And so, I don't know. I don't
know how he does it. I did forget one guy. because
I know he's not on my list and I just thought
about him because he's somebody I actually do
like very much. It's Pat McAfee. Oh, there you
go. Yeah. I want to put Pat on there. So Pat,
we'll have him tie with Joe. So we're going to
put Pat up there. I think he's absolutely hilarious.
He does the wrestling thing. He does college
football, but he does his own show. He does his
own podcast and he's just hilarious. And it's
like the way he talks about sports. It's pretty,
it's pretty good. Yes. He's a goofy goober and
he's won some WWE matches himself. He really
has. Yeah. And when he played, he was a goof.
Yeah. But like he was a punter and he would punt
and he would run faster than everybody else because
he wanted to put the first leg right. Right.
I got to respect that. You know, I got to know
just he always just kind of like walked like
Vince McMahon, like all over the field. And I'm
like, our guys know what you're about. He had
such swagger. So I do appreciate that, dude,
because he just loves life. Number eight, Mary
Cherry. She does a lot of movie reviews. She's
really good Magic Maggie reactions. It's her
and her friend Laura and they do a lot of movie
and TV shows and stuff, but they're in Eastern
Europe So they have a little bit of broken English
and their understanding of Western culture a
little bit kind of slides But it's funny that
way rights, right and so I do I do like that's
good Natalie Gold She is I think she was originally
from Philly. She's out in LA now and she used
to be in movies So they used to be like behind
like your your grips your gaffers all that like
she used to be with the production crew So she
right stands movies. Okay, so it's really cool
to get her perspective on them because she's
been involved in yeah, that's one that so I really
do appreciate that Viconia she is also I think
she's on the East Coast and I yeah, she's in
New York. I believe and same deal Does a little
bit of gaming content? Especially in twitch,
but mostly movie reviews and stuff. So watching
her stuff is really good Popcorn in bed. That's
these two sitter sisters and they sit in bed
and they want you telling me about that and they
watch movies and It's pretty great. They watch
all different sorts of movies and and I and as
a matter of fact they They did such a great job.
They got invited by Tom Cruise and the producers
of the Mission Impossible movies, and not this
last Mission Impossible one, Dead Reckoning or
whatever it's called, or Final Reckoning. They
went to the Dead Reckoning, they got to go to
the premiere. That's cool. So I thought that
was really awesome. Number three, Conan O 'Brien
needs a friend. Yeah, there you go. I think Conan
was one of the funniest late night guys, maybe
ever, and it was really natural with him. His
humor is natural. He's very much like I am, with
my humor, very reactive, and I appreciate that.
And number two, Aidan spelled the right way.
Oh, my man. Gaming content for days. For days.
And I'll save my number one. My man. Yeah, but
that's that's what I got so our number one reveals.
It's that time Oh my goodness number one on my
list and by the way, I will let the viewers at
home No, I peeked. Oh, I peeked. I saw your number
one. Oh No, I did. Here's the thing what it's
not my number one But I was going to add them
to my list or yeah, I was going to and I'm like,
oh man Where do I fit them in? They would have
been on my list and I'm just gonna say preemptively
your number one Gets an honorable mention already.
I love it. Okay. Thank you. So that's that's
preemptive. I'm throwing that out there My number
one, however, is a podcast called distractible.
Okay easily my favorite podcast I've gotten so
many laughs listening to it. It is a comedy podcast,
but it's like a themed podcast where every week
they do a different theme and it's It's Mark,
Bob, and Wade. So it's this trio. All three of
them are YouTubers. All three of them I've been
following forever. And I know they're funny individuals.
Together they are hilarious. And the three of
them sitting down and talking just silly shit
for an hour and a half is such a good listen,
especially like road tripping or like doing what
I do where you have to drive down. and driving
a tractor trailer for... Running over Illinois
drivers. Yeah, damn near, right. So it is fantastic.
It's such a good listen. Highly recommend it.
Not sponsored, although a podcast, sponsoring
a podcast would be kind of interesting. So hit
us up, Distractable, if you're interested. There
you go. I know you guys have fucking money to
spend. Hold on, hold on. Let me be the douchebag
creator. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey man, let's collab
sometime. Right, right. That'd be really great.
Hit us up. Hit us up, man. Catch us in the DMs.
Yeah, Distractable Hilarious would recommend.
You got to start from the beginning. It's one
of those podcasts where you have to listen to
season one, episode one. Yeah. Not because it's
episodic and you'll miss something listening
later on. It's because the first episode was
hilarious. Yeah. And they just kept that same
energy. Yes. I love that. Highly recommend Distractable.
That's awesome. I will definitely be checking
that out. My number one, Aidan was cheating.
He was looking over my shoulder. I was looking.
The teacher caught him. Oops. Oopsie. Number
one, bad friends with Bobby Lee. So funny. And
Anderson Tino. So funny. Anderson Tino, Chicago
guy by the way. And Bobby Lee is just funny as
hell. Those two have such great chemistry. Fantastic
and it like this is there's no holds barred and
right they can they could just rip on each other
for days but Like it's it's part of the bit.
Yeah, and you know, it's part of the bit, but
they have guests on sometimes they have this
young girl who's been like a producer and she
was on for a while and Like they used to just
give her so much shit, right? Which was like
really funny but they have a lot of good guests
on too true um from time to time and the guests
are are really great too so i uh it's just great
it's great listen yeah and and andrew he's a
uh like i said he's a chicago guy so for for
people that don't know Other parts of the country.
Maybe you've never been or around the world and
you haven't been to Chicago number one It's one
of the greatest cities and I'm not saying it
because I'm a homer I'm saying because I traveled
a lot and I've been to a lot of cities so I can
Say without a shadow of a doubt right that it
is It would take a lot to top it. It's it's really
a great city, especially in the summertime. It's
it's awesome with that being said like part of
what makes it awesome are the people that are
here and Like, people in Chicago just have such
a great sense of humor about them and it's part
of that mid... Western folksiness, but it's still
a big city. Yeah, it's like that classic, like,
oh, I'm going to sneak right past you. Right.
Mixed with, like, da bears. Mixed with the bears,
and it's like just this little bit of funniness,
but at the same time, a little self -deprecation.
Like, people in Chicago just all vibe the same
way, and the humor is very similar. So, Andrew,
I really dig, and him and Bobby, they just lick.
Yeah. So yeah, it makes a podcast. Oh, for sure.
That is what makes it. And I hope people feel
that way about us. I know I've heard from people
here in town that have listened to the show.
They're like, wow, you guys have such good chemistry.
I'm like, I've known him his whole life, so...
I've known this man 25 years. Oh, how old is
he? 25? I built him. I created him in a lab.
So... Yeah, but I still appreciate it. When they
say I'm built different, they mean built different.
I was built like a fucking idiot. I'm kidding,
I'm kidding. Unless, well, you know, maybe that
was part of the plan. Oh, no. Parrying together.
Or not. Or what? But anyway, that concludes our
top 10 list. Hopefully you guys loved it. My
man. Hit us up with your list. Oh, yeah, for
sure. No doubt. And I want to talk to you fine
folks about some movies in a little segment called
Review Preview. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. And I
went to see a movie. Okay, I have notes, right?
I take notes and things like that for my shows.
And for the last, like, six weeks, maybe not
quite that long. Four weeks, three weeks? No
matter how I edit my notes. The accountant too
is like a 24 font and just plopped at the top
of my nose and every week I'm like why the fuck
is like that like it doesn't make any sense on
the back end We send each other notes. We like
all ready for the show. I'm like, yeah I got
X Y & Z and like every week. It's like Review
preview and then in like font 74 Compared to
the rest being like font size 12. It's like the
accountant to count to oh my god for the ninth
week in a row Really, and I don't know why I'm
like Jesus Christ I know I took that out of there
fucking Mac OS being like no you need to talk
about the accountant to again It doesn't well,
you know when you say I you're asking Siri, and
she's like Fucking Accountant 2, dude. I like
Ben Affleck. God, okay, I get it. Oh, crazy.
But anyway, no, we're not talking about the Accountant
2, no matter how much the AI bot wants me to.
But what does Ciri think? Ciri wants me to talk
about the world of John Wick ballerina. And trained
in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma,
Eve Makaro takes on an army of killers. She seeks
revenge against those responsible for the death
of her father. The movie stars Anna de Armas,
Keanu Reeves, Norman Reedus, yep, he's in it
too. Oh, my man, my man. Ian McShane, Lance Reddick,
rest in peace, and Angelica Houston. This film
takes place between the third and fourth John
Wick movies. John kind of, without revealing
too much, he kind of does for Eve. If you remember
the first John Wick movie, what Marcus did for
him. And Marcus, if you remember, was played
by the amazing Willem Vaux. Yes. So he kind of
does for her what he did for him. So I thought
that was like I caught that right away. Like
soon as that got to that part of the movie, I'm
like, oh, what a callback. I'm like, he's totally
doing that. That's amazing. So, yeah, so that
was that was pretty cool. But, you know, the
only difference was like with John, it was his
car and his dog. Yeah. And with her as her father.
So it's a little bit different motivations in
a way, I suppose. But she's a badass and I'm
excited for the movies she's going to be in and
this saga will continue. Yes. And I think it
can just keep going, provided they keep these
great writers and producers because it's just
a great storyline. It's a great storyline. The
cinematography is unbelievable every time. The
world building is fantastic. Yeah, it's good.
It's really good. I gave it 7 .9. I almost got
into the eights. And my preview is Megan 2 .0.
I've heard about that. I'm excited. I like the
first one. And like I said, if anything, we are
highly critical on this podcast of comedies.
horror movies. Right. Two things are very critical
about. Very true. And and this one was really
good. Like I felt I had a beginning and middle
and end and the whole plot made sense and she
was a badass and she caught you off guard a few
times and and like you just sit there and a lot
of times when kids are game when they are game
when it's just like oh this little girl might
die like you're just like right on. Yeah. And
it's just like the stakes are where they should
be. Exactly. Yeah, it's exactly the way I felt.
So I'm excited for this. After Megan's rampage,
her creator Gemma resorts to resurrecting her
infamous creation in order to take down Amelia,
the military grade weapon who is built by a defense
contractor who stole Megan's underlying tech.
I'm all for it. So basically, I think what we're
going to get is kind of like, if you remember
the T2, the second Terminator movie, where you
had Arnold, who's now a good Terminator, and
he has to fight that liquid Terminator, who's
more upgraded and all of a sudden. So we're getting
bots that are going to battle. It's like Iron
Man 3. Exactly. And I'm for it. I'm all for it.
So definitely looking forward to Megan 2 .0.
That's wonderful. Before we take our next break,
while you were sleeping, and Aiden does this
category on games, TV shows, movies, just something
we may have missed. Aiden, what the hell did
we miss? We missed a little indie horror game.
I know. I know. I bring up a lot of indie horror
games. We love that. But just like the alt -rock
genre, they keep fucking popping off. It just
keeps happening. I love it. This is a game called
Kiosk. Okay. It is a horror cooking game. Fun
mix. Yeah. Where players work the night shift
at a small food kiosk serving mysterious late
night customers. The game builds tension as players
prepare orders in a cozy rain soaked setting.
You're literally just stuck in this tiny little
restaurant serving people at this little window.
The previous worker, of course, vanished under
mysterious circumstances. Do we find out how?
I don't know. You'll have to watch the ending.
Adding to the unsettling atmosphere. Of course,
it's a PC game, so Windows, Mac, Linux, all that
fun stuff. I don't know if it's on consoles yet,
but it looks phenomenal. Now, I have it paid
for and downloaded. I haven't, full disclosure,
I haven't played it on, Aiden spelled the right
way yet, but I've seen enough previews. I saw
the price tag, it was pretty low. but I've seen
enough previews and gameplay to know that this
shit is worth it. This is where it's at. Um,
alright, so, because I've known this guy for
one, six, five, twenty -five years, I know what
he likes, what he doesn't like, shit that terrifies
him. There's - Oh yeah, you have to serve fries
to a clown. He does not like clowns like we're
not talking like oh, yeah clowns really stupid.
I'm a style No, like Aidan will wind up and punch
one in the face if it is close enough Don't roll
up on me. Don't roll up on him if you roll up
on me clown Joe red -ass nose you're gonna die
clown Yeah, so as soon as I saw that picture.
I'm like oh, yeah, I might need to watch him
play this not just a clown horror game But there
are clowns in this horror game. And I'm guessing
the clowns are going to mess with you. Yeah.
Oh, they will. I love it. It's amazing. So yeah,
Kiosk is where it's at. I think it only cost
me like $4 or something like that. Really? OK.
But you can get X amount of hours out of it.
Hey. Sweet. That's good entertainment. That is
good entertainment. We're going to take one more
quick break. When we come back, we're going to
finish up with our beer review and the world
of weird news. Coming up next. All right, we
are in the home stretch everybody welcome back
to the mark mo show Podcast thanks so much for
tuning in I am mark Maloney your host next to
me Aidan Maloney co -host of the show and it
does a lot of stuff on the back end You know,
that's that's the that's the yeoman's work, man.
That's the that's the blue collar Get your pail
and go to work and the steel mills Just behind
a computer and being creative, but yeah, right
That's that's what he does and he's really good
at it. So I do appreciate him very much on that
end of things, but now is is One of our favorite
times of the show, we get to drink beer. The
favorite times of the day! Indeed, we get to
drink beer. Oh my goodness. And not only do I
think we have like a neat one to do, because
I'm kind of excited by that. It's even more than
that because... It's fresh. It's fresh, baby.
This is... It's got that fresh feeling, like
for breeze. For breeze, brothers. Indeed. It's
like a fresh start. I... I was excited to learn
this. So apparently you had said how many people
have tried this. Yeah, apparently globally globally
on the untapped app Which is what we use to to
rate these and give flavor notes and all that
95 People period. Yeah, period have checked into
this beer and given it a rating on a one to five
scales Which is crazy because usually craft beers,
especially in the Midwest a lot of people check
in a lot of people give their opinions 95 This
is new new. This is new new. And they've given
it good opinions. Meaning we're early to the
game for once. We are. We are. Let's go. Let's
go. I am totally digging it. Oh my goodness.
I can't wait. So here we go. This is the official
beer review. Here we go. Today. Slauncha. Slauncha.
Slauncha. Do we tell the people what we have
or do we keep them waiting? Hmm. Hmm. Quite.
Quite. Yes. Aidan. Yes. Fill them in. This week
on the official beer review Cherry Lime Rye from
the Pipeworks Brewing Company. It is a fruit
beer 4 .3 % ABV so it's a bit lighter on the
alcohol content scale, but The Pipeworks Brewing
Company of course not to be homers like you said
earlier Chicago, Illinois a microbrewery straight
out of the Midwest the way they describe it yes
cherry lime rye ale loaded with oodles and they
use the word oodles not me i actually appreciate
that they use the word oodles they used it twice
oodles and oodles of fresh cherries and lime
look for flavors reminiscent of a cherry limeade
popsicle oh no as you crack into a can of our
latest fruited ale special release Cheers, they
say would have been better if they said slantcha,
but we give them credit nonetheless as they're
out of Chicago and Absolutely. Well, I don't
know if we've tried pipe works on the show before
but I know I've had pipe works Brews before not
this one. So the cherry lime rye Fruit beer ale
and then I always like to comment on the designs
on some of these cans Yes, I think macro brews
are a little bit different Sometimes they're
okay in terms of their design. Sometimes just
pretty straightforward and plain. Kind of like
the Penn State helmet, if you will. It's a little
corpo. You know, it really is. But like this?
Imagine Angry Birds if it was a cherry. Yeah,
it's funky. Like you get, like that cherry's
creepy as fuck. Yeah. Like he's looking like
he wants to do something really bad to that other
cherry. Little devious. Little devious. This
one over here in the corner staring over is like,
what the hell? Oh yeah. They almost look, they
have the eyes of minions, but the deviousness
of like... sleep paralysis demons. I know, right?
Yeah. And then the one under the creepy one looks
terrified. Yeah. Even though he does not want
to do the one below him ill will, he's looking
at somebody else, but he's still terrified like
right next. It's like, oh God. The dude in the
middle looks high AF. Yeah. Like that. He's like
bothered, but he's also like, eh. You know, this
was always gonna happen. Yeah, Homie's on a trip.
Now the guy next to him looks incredibly concerned.
Yeah, he's a little... He's unwell. Then we have
two cherries together. Yeah, they're twins, but
they're also... They're even less well. They're
less well. The one of them is like... Got this
lazy -eye thing going, and... The one next to
him is looking over at that, uh, lazy eye fellow.
God bless his soul. And he has, he has English
teeth. He has British teeth. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
And by English teeth he means, uh, no fucking
teeth at all. That's right. You guys have national
health care and still don't have fucking dentists.
I, I, I can't explain it. I can't explain it.
Cherry Lime Rye. Let's do this thing. Hypox Brewing
Sluncha. Sluncha again. Here we go. Let us know
what you're drinking at home. Oh, buddy. that's
pretty uh that's so smooth for a rye holy shit
it does immediately i could tell it was a rye
yep oh yeah because that's so forefront on the
flavor palette it's like oh that's a rye you
can tell it with whiskies and you can tell it
with beers it's definitely a rye but when they
say cherry lime i get both i do i get the lime
more than cherry yes because if you were to hand
this to me and not tell me its name I wouldn't
immediately identify pit fruit. I would say rye.
I would say citrus lime. The cherry is hinted.
Undertone. The cherry is an undertone. The lime
is up front. The rye is immediate, but it is
enjoyable. It is very smooth. It is very like
remarkably. I can imagine because we are in summertime
now or pretty damn close to it. you're gonna
get those really super hot days and you're out
there doing yard work, you're mowing the lawn,
working on your car, whatever you're doing, weed
whacking. And you come inside, you're sweating,
you're hot, you're overheated, you want that
cold beer. You've earned that cold beer. You've
done it. And not necessarily like a skunky beer
or a cheap beer. No, sure. Like you want a decent
beer. Like this would be near the top of my list.
I'm not even kidding. No. It's just so refreshing.
Yeah. If you're talking a cool shower after a
hot summer day. Yeah, buddy. And you know what?
I have been a fan of the shower beer for many
years. Ah, yes. There you go. I am a shower beer
enjoyer. That's good. This is good. It's so good.
This is good for that. I like this way more than
I thought I would. Oh, I agree. I agree. I would
say those that don't like rye whiskies or rye
beers, this might not be up your alley. I will
say that because the rye is the first flavor
I got. The fact that it was a rye ale. But if
you like lime, cherry undertones, sure. I get
pit fruit. I almost get a little peach in there.
If you let it linger. That I didn't get, but
for ladies and gentlemen, just so you know, my
sinuses are all jacked up probably because of
allergies or whatever. So maybe because the nose
is super important to doing stuff like this.
Yeah. I'm totally relying on my palate. Right.
At this point. Right. Regardless. So that I didn't
get. Regardless, it is an enjoyable segment.
It's so good. But I would say there is, I get
pit fruit. But it's almost like cherry, peachy,
and it's really undertone hinted. Yeah. But the
lime comes through, the rye comes through. There's
almost, you could argue, a touch of grapefruit,
but that's really just that citric acid flavor.
I think so, yeah. So I enjoy it. I think summertime
crushable type beers. This is very tasty. Very
tasty. And this is one of only a few rye ales
I've had before, because rye ales really aren't
that popular. But when they make them, I do enjoy
them. Oh, for sure. It's like if pumpernickel
bread were a tasty alcoholic beverage. Exactly.
It's like they can do both. There is. It's called
Guinness. Right, exactly. I do enjoy that. The
flavor profile on the untapped app for any of
those unfamiliar, they provide five preliminary
flavor profile notes. Right, because it's so
new. Yeah, it's so new. And you get to pick from
those five, but you can also add custom ones
that may or may not appear on other people's
feeds should they be suggested enough. And the
ones they suggest are tart, dry, cherry, lime,
and rye. Now, I'll give you rye, I'll give you
lime, I'll say cherry because there are undertones
of that, but it's not, to me it's not tart and
it's not dry. Okay. You know, I don't get the,
like the tannic drying forces that you would
get from like a red wine. Okay. Necessarily.
And I don't think it's, it's tart. You know there's
no tart cherry like bite to it. Correct. You
know that you would get from like a cranberry
juice. So I would say cherry lime rye. I would
say crushable because this this goes down smooth.
Crushable and smooth is what I will add to this
and I think I'm gonna give this a 325 out of
5. Really? Yeah. That's uh that's pretty awesome.
Uh I gave it a 4 .25. I really really really
enjoyed it. Yes. I did find it a bit dry. Oh,
OK. I did find on my palate, I did find it a
bit dry, but more so the lime, you know, it was
just really refreshing. Like if refreshing wasn't
one of the categories, like definitely it would
be refreshing. I would agree. Sure. And of course,
because we. We do this the untapped at app. I
always keep track of my badges that I've earned
and so apparently I've unlocked a For the can
level five canning. Oh nice. Yeah, so that's
25 check -ins For me not an alcoholic. No, no,
no. No, this is 25 check -ins over many many
Also got connoisseur connoisseur Cheers to independent
us craft breweries level seven Cheers you beer
patriot. I think I got fruit of the labor level
seven. Did you that's awesome? I thought that
was funny, and I got beer gear summer giveaway.
No kid Oh, that must be a custom badge. Yeah,
some badge. Yep. Cool. All right. I always look
cool. Yeah. Yeah, but uh That was a really good
beer, man. I enjoyed it a lot. One of my higher
grades, I think. Yes, I would agree. And this
is a local craft as well, so this may not be
available nationally. I think internationally
it might be tougher too, but if you can find
it, we do recommend it not sponsored because
we are enjoyers of beer and we will tell you
what's good. Yeah. Oh, no doubt. And that's the
beer review, dammit. Before we finish up with
our world of weird... Well, hold on. Before we
finish up with our world of weird news. There
you go. I was flipping through my beer activity
here on the Untapped app, and I looked at Aidan's.
Yeah. So he tried this kaleidoscope, kaleidoscopic
canine. Yes, I did. Hang on. And apparently he
tried it at Denny's. Any time The place where
you go when it's 2 30 in the morning and you're
a little Intoxicated and you're like, you know
what I could fuck with right now is a short stack
and some eggs and bacon And you roll up in there
only to go canine only for Denny's to have on
hand Okay I know what we're all thinking. Tell
me. I know what we're all thinking. Here's the
thing. You're getting drunk at Denny's is what
it sounds like. Well, only on weekdays. That's
fair. Anytime I have the opportunity, because
it's got like the same check -in type functionality
that like four square or things like that would.
Yeah. But it allows you an unlimited radius.
So from... The AK -219 studios where we record
the Mark Mo show, you can check in to every local
place, even if they don't, you could check into
the Taco Bell. You can check into the Taco Bell
being like, oh yeah, I had a bush light over
there. Doing damn well, you're lying. And they
don't check. They don't check. They don't check.
Yeah, like I had this one, well, in air quotes,
I had this one at the... It was called the Busted
Knuckle. And it's a porter I had the other month.
And I checked in that beer. And it allows you
to scroll past on the check -in screen to be
like, oh, what is nearby? What might you be checking
into? And it just finds establishments. Oh, OK.
OK. Not bars in general. It just finds businesses.
So I checked into the health and rehab center.
Oh, no. With that porter. No, you did not. And
then I checked into an IPA at a Christian church.
And then I checked into that kaleidoscopic canine
you were talking about at the Denny's. And yeah,
it just allows you to check in anywhere. So of
course I goof around. I'm like, I'm not really
here, but it'd be funny if I was. When I visited
my sisters, your daughters, in Washington, we
tried a couple local ciders, and I checked into
the Nike World Headquarters when we were just
at an Airbnb. It just allowed me to check into
the Nike World headquarters. No. Yeah, it has
that type of free. So you drank beer at the Nike
World headquarters. According to Untapped, I
did. According to Untapped, you did. I love that.
According to my memory. Ah, it doesn't matter.
Oh my god, that's great. I love that. I couldn't
believe when I was scrolling through, I'm like,
wait a second. You did what? Now, if I saw light
or bud, my first thought would be like, oh, daddy's
must serve beer. No, that beer? I was like, what?
Ain't no way. There's no shot. And that is hilarious.
You were correct. I love that. I love it. A little
bit of trolling. A little bit of trolling. We're
now into the world of weird news, and I'm going
to jump into mine right away. These are weird,
crazy stories from all over the world, and it
is news which means it must be true. Right. And
here we go. My headline, thousands bet Jesus
Christ will return in 2025 as mind blowing theory
predicts second coming. Oh my God, I feel like
I heard a little bit about this too. Thousands
of people have bet that Jesus Christ will make
his long way to return to earth and that the
second coming will be here before the end of
2025. Both Christianity and Islam teach that
Jesus will return one day having already returned
once. According to their book sure when he came
back from the dead after that old crucifix in
business I love writers. I love writers. I Love
them so much when the Romans did their whole
thing. Here's just like I never mind We're gonna
try to get through this according to the Bible
he didn't stick around on earth for very long
it's to god i love this guy and instead ascended
to heaven and the second coming is when we get
the proper sequel to jesus there's currently
over half a million dollars bet on the second
coming happening in 2025 wow though the vast
majority of the money that's been put down has
gone into the Quote -unquote no pile. Oh no way
Yeah, and it's like at the time of the writing
only around three percent of people have put
their money down on it happening though still
enough for thousands of dollars in bets that
would pay off should Jesus return If he did fucking
ice would deport him, you know totally ice would
throw him to the ground Holy shit given that
they're buying a yes share For just three cents
at the time of writing three cents on the dollar.
That is that's right Yeah, that's still an awful
lot of people who've decided to take the bet
Some of this betting is based on the millennial
day theory which claims that the second coming
will occur 6 ,000 years after the creation of
mankind and usher in a millennium of peace. The
idea behind it is that each millennium corresponds
to day and that's where currently in the 1 ,000
year span of Friday this week started on Sunday
and once we hit that 6 ,000 milestone, it will
tick over to Saturday, which means Saturday,
which will be the time of peace. Wow. Must be
nice. Must be nice. Couldn't be us. Of course,
one of the main problems with this theory is
that humans have been around for much longer
than 6 ,000 years. Scientists have found evidence
that humans in our current form, that is Homo
sapiens, which date back about 300 ,000 years,
has the bones of the first recorded humans are
from around that time. There's also the fact
that there have been dozens of predictions of
the second coming, with some people giving specific
dates and others providing vaguer answers. No,
you can't shun their little books a bit mad.
You can't. No, I know, I know. Oh, no. I know
they're a little Harry Potter, whatever. Oh.
The Bible does say that no one knows the day
or the hour of the second coming. Oh, man. So
it's a mystery. That's so convenient. So perhaps
trying to guess isn't the best idea, and Jesus
doesn't seem like the sort of guy who would approve
of gambling and religious events. I love this
guy. I love him. Or her. I don't know. Despite
all the predictions, Jesus Christ has not made
his long -awaited appearance in the first five
months of the year, so this latest claim that
he's on his way could be filed away with the
others. We'll know by the end of the year, and
then some people are in for a painted. What a
great article. Kudos to you. I'm not a betting
man. I've never been a gambler, but... If I were
to bet my life savings on no, I would still feel
really comfortable. I feel good. I feel pretty
good about it. The thing I laugh about is like
how Catholics, Christians, whatever, they always
look at him as this California Jesus surfer guy.
When he comes back, he could be like 5 '5 and
kind of fat and chubby and bald and be like...
You guys say, I'm Jesus, I'm back. And people
will be like, beat that guy up. Get that guy
out of here. Yeah, that's my vision. I'm all
for socialism and I support prostitutes and they're
like, deport this fucking guy. Who is this guy?
Get him out of here. Yeah, the common... The
common American Christian would not like Jesus
Christ, and that's crazy. I know, right? Crazy
to me. Yeah, he was quite the liberal. Yeah.
Anyway, what do you got? I have a story here
from Gizmodo. Oh, okay. Which, by the way, is
a website I don't like because they are filled
with advertisements. What a dogshit publication.
Anyway. Guy scores 120 free flights by posing
as a flight attendant before getting busted.
No way. The writer, by the way, A .J. Diliger,
opened up the article with saying his next trip
might be to jail. Oh my god. Oh my god. Speaking
of, I love writers. He opens up with from the
quote, God forbid a man have hobbies file. The
DOJ announced the Department of Justice for any
foreigners. The DOJ announced this week that
a gentleman who poses a flight attendant and
scored more than 100 free flights. of the course
of six years have been convicted of wire fraud
and entering into a secure area of an airport
under false pretenses. In a plot that frankly
doesn't seem that wild, if you've watched the
most recent season of Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal,
35 -year -old Tyron Alexander allegedly managed
to secure flights that were supposed to be available
to only pilots and flight attendants. According
to the DOJ, Alexander was able to book the flights
by falsifying employment information and providing
badge numbers that apparently allowed him to
bypass the security of online booking options
for airline employees. Alexander's primary victim
was a single airline, through which he allegedly
booked over 34 different flights. He submitted
documentation showing that he worked for seven
seven different airlines and reportedly provided
more than 30 different badge numbers over the
course of his bookings. He was also able to duplicate
that process and let him fly for free as a fellow
employee across more than three airlines, ultimately
booking a total of 120 free flights between 2018
and 2024. The TSA was involved in investigating
the case that was eventually brought to court,
according to the DOJ, none of the airlines that
got caught up in Alexander's scheming were mentioned
in the announcement, which is not surprising,
as they're likely a little embarrassed about
the whole thing. That's amazing. It doesn't exactly
speak highly of the security protocols they have
in place. Of course, neither does the fact that
Nathan Fielder, the aforementioned comedian,
was able to get people to follow airline employees
around for days to study their behavior for a
comedy show, which by the way is a great comedy
show. Okay. So not exactly a banner year for
the airline industry. Hey, shout out Boeing.
Yeah. We also keep having communication blackouts
at air traffic control centers around the country
for what it's worth. he says while he has been
convicted the man still is waiting to see what
his penalty will be awaiting what a judge will
rule later this august wow 120 so you're to 120
flights meaning he got past tsa 120 times that's
amazing he got boarded 120 times, meaning he
fooled both TSA and various airlines 120 times
over the course of four years or so. And you
know what? He got free flights. God forbid a
man have hobbies. That's great. He's just going
out there having a little goof and a gaff. I
love that. Is that against the law? I think not.
I think not. I think the fuck not. Oh, that's
amazing. Y 'all just haters. I know, right? He's
an innovator. And a good man. And a good man.
And more importantly, I've heard. Yeah, a good
man. Those are great. I hope you enjoyed the
World of Weird News. We got a lot more coming
at you. Everybody keep being weird. You're giving
us a lot of great content. My man. So this is
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