All right, everybody, how's it going? The Mark
Mo Show podcast for you and me, really. It really
is. Season four, episode eight. It's like a PBS
show. It really is. It really is. The show for
you and me. The show for you and me. We have
to have that PBS inflection in our voice. Hi
everyone. This is Mark on the Mark Mo Show, here
on WTTW, the window to the world. Put that window
to the world. No, I'm kind of in there actually.
The window to your ass is broke now. Oh, shit.
That's right. PBS now stands for people be broke.
That's right. Also, we can't spell. We cannot
spell. Acronyms? I've never heard of her. No,
I don't know. I think my cousin takes that for
some reason. I don't know. I really don't. I
want to give a shout out to John by the way here
in Valparaiso. Might be our number one fan. I
don't know. Our boy Jonathan. Checking in today.
John. I'll call you John. I didn't get permission
for Jonathan. You can call him Ho. He told me
you could call him Ho. My main ho these are mean
how bless for sure? Yeah, no, that's God bless
our main ho give him a shout out If you see him
on the streets give him $10. Yes, please John
our main ho $10 or your mother will say thank
you for the $10 Yeah, absolutely. He will definitely
do that. I believe in your mom, too. You could
do that I mean will store your if you're off.
I mean not that you necessarily have agency over
your mother. It's more of an offer That's an
opportunity, if you will. Definitely an opportunity.
If you're an opportunist in this capitalist hellscape,
think about it. Give John your mama. I did think
about it. This is not financial advice, legally
speaking. No, no. But perhaps give John your
mama. And your money. Anyway, hi, everybody.
Oh, yeah, we're still in the intro. We're in
the intro. We didn't even get past that shit
yet. Season four, episode eight, AI, my guy.
So everybody. Mark most show podcast been kicking
this thing for a while and You can find us on
all the podcast platforms. You can find us on
YouTube I would like to introduce my co -host.
You've heard his voice already. He's a co -host
and producer of this show It is Aidan Maloney.
How are you, dude? I'm Okay, it's been weird.
It's been a really weird week of work That's
me opening a beer, sorry. No, no, no worries.
You know, the people need to know transparency
is important on this show. Yeah, oh, for sure.
We're drinking something out of Chicago. Not
that this is the official beer review. Not the
official beer review. We're just being transparent
that we're sipping things as the show. We're
very trans. Yep. Thank God for that, really.
Right? Thank God for that. Trans rights. I unironically
support that. All for it. Here we go. weird week
Like post -thanksgiving such a weird we strangeness
I would say there's there's no better adjective
For it, then it's been strange. Yeah, and My
like back and knees have been feeling kind of
weird like not pain pain But also not settled.
It's just been this like strange kind of like
eh, I Should stretch more kind of feeling You
know and that's yeah, honestly as far as problems
go if that's on my list my list of problems is
not that bad You know that's a very first world
problem of like oh on the list of importance
my back and knees have felt weird. It's like
Then you're probably doing okay. I don't know
so realistically speaking. I'm doing okay I'll
retract my earlier statement, and I'll just say
I'm doing fine Yeah, well There is a mental health
facility here if you need it. I know that us
men often... Do they fix spine? They probably
could. And the spinal cord's part of the brain,
right? It's attached to the brain. The brain
stem? Right. Is that a thing, right? I think
it is. What's down there? The amygdala? No. Something's
down there. The spine. The ashwagandha. No. Ashwagandha.
That's what Aaron Rodgers does, I think. Oh,
is that what that is? Yeah. Okay. I don't know
if that's what that's called. I don't either.
Anyway, homeboys on mushrooms, and we're doing
fine. And we're doing fine. That's the bottom
line. It's what I've gathered. Yeah, oh for sure.
Very cold out in the region this week. Not to
give a weather update because those are typically
topical. Bars. Not bars. Not bars. What's that?
What's the one word where things start with the
same letter? Rat milk? Yeah, rat milk. That's
what we in the biz call rat milk. That is definitely
what we call rat milk. That's astigmatism? Astrological
What is it Meredith Meredith? That's an ak -209
cut for everyone out there Which we will get
to but I really want to what is the word where
the thing though where the words are starting
with the same letter Or sound the same sound
I'm very very Bungo Bob alliteration alliteration.
That's what it is Meredith. Yeah. Alliteration,
Meredith, same word. Indeed. Anywho, you can
continue with the intro. I keep interrupting.
This is the first five minutes of this frickin'
show. We're already off the rails, so all I'm
saying is be prepared. It's late. It's late in
the evening on this fine Friday. And of course,
you're listening on a fine Saturday, hopefully,
for everyone out there. Yeah, I woke up at 4
a .m. today for work, so it's past my bedtime,
I'll say. It is, it is definitely. Past my bedtime,
so if I'm a little slap happy, or if I sound
stupid, that is because I am indeed stupid. Now
you're just you're tired and you're looped. You're
just looped. Don't gaslight me I'm in the understand.
I'm in the realm of knowing finally becoming
settled Okay, becoming resigned to my fate that
I am in fact stupid So I appreciate your pleasure
self -realization your pleasantries are appreciated.
Yeah, but no I am stupid You raised someone that's
self -aware, that's what matters. That's, well,
you're welcome. Thank God. Yeah, I'm glad I could
help with that. But, you know, I don't think
I'm in the stupid boat. I wouldn't know. I wouldn't
say. I may have sailed a few times, but I'm not
in it. Typically. If you don't journey, then
what is one song by Journey? Oh, what? There's
a lonely boy, and there's a railroad or something.
Like, how does it go? Girls, girls, girls. Like
hair rock, right? That's what that's called?
Oh, yeah. Journey, famous for that. Journey is
definitely famous for that. Yeah. It's a country
band. Right up there with Keith Urban. Yeah,
right up there with Keith Urban and Tupac. And
so we know music. I will say that. We're definitely
not stupid, is it? pertains to music. We know
all the genres and sub -genres. As far as segues
go, we're off the road, I think. How do we get
back? We're in the Badlands. We are. We are in
the Badlands. Let's take two frames, as they
say in the biz, which is about one -thirtieth
of a second, and just say, my bad. My bad. My
bad. My bad. But see, here's the thing. Yes.
All of our regular listeners are probably used
to all of this making sense. Weird, wacky, goofy,
silly. We have things lined up in segments and...
That's the craziest part. We have so much lined
up for the show. We do so much, collectively,
so much prep for the show. We absolutely do.
And 80 % of it is us not saying the things we
prep. It really isn't. We just go off the rails.
And I do have to say... As someone who's been
doing this a while not just as podcasting but
being on the radio as well that you can prepare
all you want we used to do a sports show got
a lifetime ago and Would sit there I'd put ten
hours eight to ten hours of prep in easily, you
know Whether it was scores or news or all this
other stuff, you know things that are on the
socials all that stuff Hot topics in general
and we would we would start out with best intentions
that was the idea and then it's just you're just
on the roller coaster, baby and you're just you're
along for the ride and I still remember I this
this I don't know how many of our lovely listeners
out there are going to know the Mark Mo show
or even before that the coaches corner radio.
Correct. We had a months long tangent we went
on on that show about a Michigan Wolverines fan
who got so mad at us for clowning on them. So
mad. and we kept bringing it up because it was
so funny because he like kept checking in be
like you guys are just you guys are just mad
because we're good and then they kept losing
it's like and we kept laughing and here's the
funny thing we it's not like Okay, towards the
end we were really poking the bear, but at the
beginning we weren't because we're just not Michigan
fans and we happen to like teams that are rivals
of Michigan, right? Purdue, Michigan State, Notre
Dame, all of that. So when you figure all that
in, we're not rah rah go blue, you can go blow.
I mean, that was pretty much... How it was but
like we would just a little zinger just a little
zinger We wouldn't sit there for an hour on end
just bashing this team it just a little Zinger
whatever just like a one -off of like oh and
haha Michigan lost moving along in this guy got
his depend so far up his ass and Just would not
let it go. So we're like, okay. Let's be the
better person here And so we're gonna poke the
shit out of this bear is what we're gonna do
This is this bear is highly agitated. We should
leave Where's the stick? Yeah? We pop pop pop
pop pop pop we were we were gonna we were gonna
poke the shit out of that bear But yeah, man.
We we really laid into that dude. Yeah, and instead
of having new bears to poke we find strange tangents
to walk along so we've gone from poking to walking
or Segwaying or segue as Paul Maul would say
yes Paul Maul ball call That's right. Yeah, he
was the guy in the shopping center who smoked
a lot of cigarettes. That's right. That's right.
I remember that movie. Yeah, that was a weird
ending. Yeah, it was very strange. Yeah. Yeah,
him and his buddy and they're sitting in that
room and all the Mexican fratarelles are out
there and then they run out and they get shot.
Like crawling through the vent and then like
he dropped. Hans Freeman off off the side of
the Oh Pecky Tower yes I remember that there's
a Christmas movie I thought it was a Christmas
movie yeah what was it called Paul Maubach Paul
Maubach of course why could I forget how could
we forget then he's yelling expelliarmus is he
anyway yeah no so you shall not pass Yippee -ki
-yay, anyway. Good god. All right. We just got
here. We really did. It's just like walking in
the door and being like, hey, great show. So
much prep. Let's just fucking go off the rails.
To be transparent with the listeners, before
we started recording. Yes. We talked for 15 minutes
about rat milk. Can we purchase it as consumers?
Is it healthy? We didn't really care, but we
did get statistics on it. And that was our warm
up. That was our vocal warm up and like improv,
like pop off, like here we go. was about rat
milk. So if you want to get a vibe for the show,
we're still on rat milk. We're still on rat milk.
And not only that, but we're trying to find out,
can we buy it? Can we purchase it? Can we consume
it? And then by the end, we're like, how can
we monetize this? How can we get said rat milk
to sell to human beings to make money? If I could
move to New York and create rat milk the business,
I'd be a billionaire. Oh, for sure. There's actually
a province in Canada that claims to have eradicated
every rat for like decades now. I think it's
Alberta. They have no rats. Yeah, they they claim
to have like no rats. Which means they have a
need for rat milk. Right, they have a void in
their market. Right. I'm doing live research.
Oh please do. For Alberta Ratlessness. Alberta
Rat Free. Alberta is the largest rat free region
in the world due to a dedicated program that
began in 1950. Oh wow. The government of Alberta
has a long standing program to prevent and eliminate
rats. The province is a designated pest free
area. That's insane. That's insane. That's shocking.
It makes me wonder and worry What did they do
with the rats? Right. Did they just flood the
province with rat poison and just like ah You
know a couple of stray cats or dogs to get into
it. It's just like the cost of doing business
or Did tax scholars go to this or? Does Alberta
have the most Chinese restaurant per square mile
than any other place in North America? What's
the implication? That they're using rat meat.
Oh You know what if it tastes good. I can't complain
now. We already advocated for the consumption
of rat milk We did not legally binding because
we said then then right if you're using them
for the milk Then you do you salon no wasted
parts. No waste that is the the Native American
thought process that I stand by, I absolutely
stand by, is like you don't waste a part of the
meat. You really don't. If you have to kill this
animal to survive, you don't waste a part of
it, you know? You thank it. Thanks for your life,
brother man. You know, you've been a great bovine
or rodent in this case. In this case, thank you
for your service. Thank you for your service.
Thanks for your milk. I'm going to make a little
stew. Ooh, rat stew. Rat stew. I like that. The
more we talk about it, the more I'm actually
normalizing it in my mind to be kind of into
it. Yeah. Why not? Lovely listeners, hit us up
out there if you have connections to rat meat,
or more specifically and importantly, rat milk.
I would be curious. I would drink rat milk on
camera. I would be curious because in a lot of
Asian countries, they have these markets with
all of these exotic meats, right? I mean, that's
like... And when you think of different diseases
and stuff, it comes from bats and they eat bats
and they eat rats and bats and elephants. And
I just wonder if rats are on the menu. I mean,
I guess, right? They eat shark fin and dolphin.
They have muscle on their bone. Yeah. And it's
better to buy a one dollar pound of rat meat
than it is to starve on the street. Do I blame
them? Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. In fact, I'm
interested now in rat meat. I am too. Unbelievable.
Who knew? This episode was not about rat meat,
but here we are. This episode brought to you
by the World Rat Meat Federation. We had a whole
intro planned. We really did. We really did.
AI, my guy. That's the name of the show. It's
all about rat meat. But here's the interesting
thing. When I tried to pull up information, this
was off the air when we were really getting into
our rat milk talk, what did I pull up? I pulled
up chat GPT and I was like, hey, chat GPT, I
am a consumer and I want to blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah. And then chat GPT in like five seconds
was like, bam. And it was like all the information.
Yeah. And I had the same thing, like I did a
bunch of Google searches, I went on scientific
forums, and everyone was saying, as a consumer,
you cannot purchase rat meat. Like, you need
a license, I'm a scientist, I'm doing tests,
blah, blah, blah. You need access to the facilities
where they're milking rats to get the rat milk.
As a consumer, you can't buy rat milk. And we
have the audacity to call ourselves a free country?
I think the fuck not. I wanna buy some rat milk.
I wanna buy rat milk. Yep. That's what it takes
for me to feel like a free citizen, right? Can
I buy rat milk here? No, I can't okay. We're
not free later. I'm not really free We're really
not and that bothers me that bothers me greatly.
Yeah, I mean corporately owned governments Hyper
late -stage capitalism, that's Problematic, but
what's worse is not being able to buy rat milk.
No doubt I think we need to start having rat
farms rat farms so we can home grow Rat milk.
We can do the pasteurization. We can make, we,
see, listen. That's a million dollar idea. That's
it. We're going to make the rat milk accessible
to everyone. And then we're going to fry those
little fuckers up. We're going to make some rat
wings. And then we will never go hungry. As a
species maybe. As a species. As a species maybe.
We'll never go hungry. Yeah. Think of the rats.
Rats like to fuck maybe. They can get along.
Oh, rats are fucking all the time, dude. Yeah,
they're like, like rabbits, right? Like bunnies.
Kinda, just not. Yeah, I mean, one of them's
a rodent, the other one is like a... kind of
a bigger thing. Colors, eggs, and shit. Yeah.
Bro puts eggs on your children's doorstep and
you're like, oh, it was a little rabbit that
did that. Yeah, that little fucker, he gets what
he is coming to him. Baskets and eggs and shit.
I mean, what the hell is your problem? I got
a weird feeling the rabbit or bunny... Being
a mammal. Mm -hmm. Maybe. Maybe. Doesn't lay
eggs. Nah, I don't think so. So what you're saying...
Is the Easter Bunny... Is a criminal. ...sourced
or outsourced the eggs? Stole or outsourced it?
The bunny's on the farm. I'm a cute little bunny
I'm bouncing around. Hey, chicken, what's up?
Bam. Ra ta ta ta ta! Ra ta ta. Here he goes.
And then he's got a little sweatshop. Where he's
got all the other little animals, and they're
painting the shit. He's got the rats painting
it. That's what I'm saying. That's why we can't
get rat milk. They're enslaved by the bunnies.
They're enslaved to paint the eggs. For the Easter
capitalism. We figured it out. Holy shit. All
in one shit. You're welcome. I'd say America,
but you're welcome, world. We've figured this
out together. That's crazy. Yep. I mean, some
people put out exposés. This was the exposé.
It really was. Unbelievable. I'm almost distraught.
I am too like I got to get my shit together because
we still have to talk about AI Oh, yeah, and
I'm so bothered by this this let's pull a ball
mile Paul call Let's do yeah, let's do that and
hit a segue. We will do that rat milk Pretty
bueno AI well TBD TBD so here we go here. We
go. I am look I am like Lasso. We are gonna get
this shit back on, right? Maybe. So, here we
go. So, all right, quickly. Aiden has a YouTube
gaming channel. Aiden spelled the right way.
PC gaming, GeoGaster, PolyBridge, Observation
Duty. Each every week, something new. What can
people expect this week? What do you got going
on? Played a horror game today called Ludo. It'll
be up today, Saturday, for all the lovely viewers
out there. And it's, I'm on chapter three. I've
released a video earlier. in late November. So
keep an eye out. I'm doing new stuff all the
time. I've got fun games. I've got spooky games.
And we also have AK219. AK219. That was our brainchild
as we sat around not talking about rat milk.
Unless... Well... If it was brought up. If it
was brought up. And we are your local experts
for sure. No, but we were like, Aidan had this
great... podcast called Guys Being Dudes, AK
-219. Started on the radio, moved over to podcast.
It was him and his partner Ralph Squeegee and...
Biff Jerky. Biff Jerky, I'm sorry. At the end
at least. That was right, exactly. He's trans
and changed things. And that's okay. And that's
okay. You respect... He transitioned right out
of the show. Is basically where I was going with
that. By the way, we're making a bit... Kevin
Boland is not a transgender man. He's just a
man who decided not to show up for our fucking
podcast. That's it. That's it, essentially. He's
a cis white man and to him I say... Freak you!
What the fuck, dog? What's wrong with you? I
don't get it. But we now call him Biff Jerky,
or... Biff Jerky. What do you call him? Crunk
Bunkle? Crunk Bunkle. Yeah, that was a family
name. So, Crunk Bunkle. And anyway, so the show
was kind of put on the shelf because he had left,
and it was just kind of sitting there, and it's
too bad because it was really picking up steam.
It was great. One day we're sitting around here,
and Aidan plays a game on... Aidan spelled it
the right way. And please spell it the right
way. And we were like, you know, I like gaming
and Aiden does it. And so we're like, what if
we take this podcast that's kind of just sitting
there and do a collab where we have this insane
banter that we have every week on the Mark Mo
Show. Why can't we do that as we play a game
and just have it be kind of something different?
Right. And so that's what it is, and we've been
getting really great response. We love that you
guys love it so much, so we thank you very much
for that. Cross -pollination is the greater plan,
you know, the gamers might come on over here
and find this interesting and vice versa. So
yeah, so we've done mainly Observation Duty and
GeoGuessr so far. We like to play games where
we can interact like this as we are playing the
game. Right, right. Because I think that's the
value. That's the overall value here. Is that
we can sit there, we can play, you're interested
in the game, but then we'll say something stupid
or funny, and it's like, oh, that's why I'm listening.
Yeah. Super tangential, and there's also something
happening on screen. Right, exactly. That's the
plan. So definitely listen to it. We'll have
a new one coming out for you. AK -219, guys being
dudes. Check it out. I think you'll enjoy it.
And I have a radio show, at least for now. I've
got some news coming up soon. It's called After
Hours. It's on WVLP radio, so you can go to WVLP
.org, catch the stream. You can go to the tuning
app on your handheld device. You can listen to
it that way. And it is Tuesday nights at 9 p
.m. Central Standard Time and Friday at 8 p .m.
Central Standard Time. A lot of alt rock, some
Celtic punk, all that kind of stuff. So listen
in while you can. Things may change as well as
my magazine articles. We're gonna have some news
coming out about all of that and Yeah, I think
that's that's the information we usually get
to off the bat. Yeah, so that's the intro. That's
our concise Succinct intro. Yes now we're on
to the opening dialogue 25 minutes. Oh, no, is
it really that long? No, no, no, you're welcome
Anyway, you know, it's funny because we are in
the quote -unquote holidays, and I wish I were
on the holiday spirit. I really do. I wish everything
was rainbows and butterflies and meth and whatever.
Meth? Huh? Well, I mean, we are in Indiana. We
are in Indiana. That's like the official food.
The food of Indiana. There's like the bird and
the flower and the food. Just bested the pork
tenderloin. It really did. It's methamphetamine.
That's right. You know, it's like this pork tenderloin
is really great. but You know meth with a side
of meth is pretty great So anyway, you know I
deal with depression anxiety So if you've listened
to my stuff over the years, you know this and
I talk about it because number one It's cathartic
for me to kind of let this stuff out and number
two I realize there's other people out there
that have problems, too, and it's as good to
normalize conversation about it. You should be
able to talk about it. You should be able to
do all that kind of stuff. But that's not what
this is about today. So we're going to kind of
go past that. And, you know, it isn't my own
questions about it. And people that are depressed
or just have seasonal depression, I guess, is
sure. Sure. You get in your head, you think about
a lot of shit, right? So it isn't like I have
my own questions about like why I exist or what's
the meaning of life and that sort of shit that
got me down. Isn't the snowy, cloudy, cold weather
that we deal with here in the Midwest of the
United States for four months, although it does
suck hard. Yeah. It isn't the, you know, the
sleepy pedo pumpkin in the White House. Sleepy
pedo pumpkin. Sleepy pedo pumpkin in the White
House. Aw, pumpkin's napping again. Honk shoo.
Honk shoo. It isn't him that has me frustrated,
angry, depressed, although he can do all those.
Yeah. It's something else, and I've had a hard
time putting my finger on it, so I decided to
go to ChatGPT and... Haha, that's it. I'll be
damn the movie Wally was right that annoying
You've hated for so long that annoying movie
with the little asshole r2d2 wannabe was frickin,
right Wally oh God I still have nightmares about
that little yeah. Oh god. I can't stand him makes
you wish for the days of chicken little Really
really this guy's falling. Yep. You're right.
You got it. Yeah, you got it. You're on it But
he's right and oh by the way, you know Will Smith
I think we're gonna need you at some point here
on me because this iRobot shit looks like it's
not too far Yeah, we've been saying that for
a while. We've been saying that for a while.
It's been a while It's been a while. I really
believe that it's it's it's it's kind of messed
up. Yep. It's it's AI my guy so Here's a quick
snapshot of where we're at with AI by the way.
I put all this data points together Utilizing
AI that's how sick I am unbelievable. I'm just
I'm gross you used the enemy to provide points
about the enemy I did Indeed I did that's crazy.
Now. I wonder if AI is like he's on to us. Yeah
Call your local Alexa. Oh for sure. Yeah Alexa
will Alexa Alexa's gonna pull a ditty and put
a hit out on pock except it's Mark Mo Oh for
sure. Like I'll be sitting in my living room.
The lights will start going on by themselves
man 14 Bitcoin on the first Bob that gets to
Mark Mo Yeah, yeah I believe this, I really,
really do. So here's a quick snapshot, right?
And how things look on not just AI, but something
that's, it's kind of, it's all intertwined, okay?
So like AI and data breach and cybersecurity,
right? All this is one big effed up salad. And
capitalism. And capital, right, all of it. So
what's going on? So according to the latest Stanford
Institute, right, look. I'm gonna talk about
this shit, and you're gonna be like, what are
we listening to? Because after the first 25 minutes,
you're probably like, these guys have a problem.
And then we're gonna get into this and be like,
wait a minute, where's that been? We have not
only the problem, but the solution. We do, we're
flexible. We're flexible. We can be smart, we
can be witty, and we can be just downright idiots.
Yeah, we can determine how our neurons fire.
Is it rat milk, or are we talking really serious
topics? I actually fired my neurons last week.
Oh, did you? I did. They fired, gone. They joined
one of the 1 .1 million people who lost their
jobs this year, so... That's right, that's right.
What jobs report? Pfff. We don't need that. If
we fire the people who give the jobs report,
there will be no job losses. That's right. Muahaha.
Dr. Evil type shit. Oh, it really is. Tell me
about AI. I will. Thank you. I'm the one interrupting,
and then I push the subject. How ironic. This
is just right down the toilet. So, according
to the Leos Stanford Institute, for human -centered
artificial intelligence, HAI, which I'm guessing
is HI! AI Index 2025. AI capabilities, investment,
and adoption are all at record highs globally
across industry, science, and public policy.
What's new in 2025? AI systems aren't just generating
text or images. Many now have reasoning, planning,
and thinking model capabilities. This marks a
shift AI is being designed to solve complex tasks
and help with decision -making, not just produce
outputs. Adoption is expanding fast, a big jump
from 2023 to 2025 in businesses paying for AI
tools. At the same time, safety, trust, and regulation
remain major challenges. A new report finds that
several leading AI firms don't meet emerging
global safety standards, raising concerns especially
around misuse or super intelligent AI. That's
the shit I'm talking about. Right. That's the
shit that's gonna turn off my lights. That's
the, you know, where I wake up in the middle
of the night and those two red beady eyes are
looking at me. Yeah. Can I help you sleep? So,
no! It's like, Zeebsorp, now you will die. Now
you will die. Oh, no. You are irrelevant. So,
in short... Okay, Google, shut bot off. Shut
bot off. Zeebsorp, okay. Thank God. Google responds,
I'm actually afraid. So no, I am afraid for you
the best of luck AI is more powerful, more widely
adopted, delivering more value, but we're also
seeing growing awareness of its risks and pressure
to regulate and govern it properly. So, concerns
and debates, right? So, experts warn that some
AI firms still don't have credible strategies
for safely managing truly powerful AI. We saw
that in iRobot. We saw it. That's what this is,
which raises questions about long -term risk
for misuse. to alignment issues. There's an active
public debate about whether AI is undermining
institutions like education. Oh, really? Surprise.
Example claims that AI is destroying the university
and learning itself. No shit. Meanwhile, AI is
increasingly playing a role in cybersecurity,
but in a double edged way. It's being used both
to defend the system and to help cyber criminals
scale their attacks. Some policymakers and regulators
are responding. For instance, new laws like the
U .S., California, or internationally attempt
to increase transparency and oversight for frontier
AI, though the regulatory landscape is still
patchy. So what's the current situation with
these data breaches and cybersecurity? So data
breaches remain common and widespread. As of
mid -2025, the Identity Theft Resource Center
ITRC, better known as ITRC, has documented an
increase in the number of data compromises over
previous years. In many cases, breaches stem
from cyber attacks, phishing, smishing. Wow,
I did that with a chick the other night. Smishing?
Yeah, I didn't know everybody was smishing. Ransomware
and your trend starter. Who knew and supply chain
vulnerabilities with third party vendors often
being weak links. According to a recent forecast
published by Experian, cyber attacks, especially
those leveraging AI, synthetic identities, AI
-driven malware, automated attacks, are expected
to surge in 2026, making cybersecurity the major
threat area for the near future. That said, as
of now, there is no single global mega breach
announced as the current data breach, but a large
number of smaller midsize breaches continue to
occur regularly. Well, sure, if every tech company
that used to be interested in cybersecurity is
now doing AI bullshit, right? There's going to
be less cybersecurity to prevent everyone from
using AI for malice. Like we're supposed to be
surprised by this. Oh my god Shocking. Oh my
goodness done. Thank you the squirrel. Yeah So
what does this mean for ordinary people? AI tools
are becoming more powerful, more integrated in
everyday service, which can bring benefits, smarter
tools, better automation, potentially improved
services. But because AI is also making cyber
attacks more scalable and automated, data protection
and security is more important than ever. Simple
precaution, good password hygiene. Sure, I brush
my passwords teeth every day No fucking shelf
using multifactor authentication MFA known as
MFA MFA two -factor authentication Too far. Too
far. Cautious sharing, have a cat, we're idiots.
Cautious sharing personal info is increasingly
essential. Organizations, companies, governments,
service providers need to earn trust, that's
hilarious, in how they build, train, AI, handle
data and safeguard systems. And individuals may
need to be more vigilant about where they share
personal or sensitive data. So basically we're
at a crossroads, sort of. AI is a helpful tool
for businesses, students, everyone really. It's
also incredibly dangerous. The more information
that falls into the hands of those who control
the AI makes the wealthy tech types the most
dangerous individuals on the planet. And will
the tech bros continue to build applications
that render humanity useless? Once they have
all the money and the information, They really
won't need us. And data centers? Well, perhaps
that is a discussion for a different day. Right.
But all I'm gonna say is do not let these tech
companies put that shit in your neighborhood.
Yup. Don't do it. They have been fighting here
in northwest Indiana, specifically this area
called Hobart, because they were gonna put it
in this one area. Way too close to schools and
homes. I think an aquifer. A nature area. They
don't give a shit and it's all about money. It
will use hundreds of millions of gallons of clean
drinking water. It will raise your electrical
bill. That's what AI does. Yes. Oh, why is my
electric so high? Oh, it must be those darn Democrats
in office. No. No. It's because billionaires
are deciding, I want to put a trillion dollars
into AI just to see if I can get rid of those
pesky humans that want to unionize and... Think
they deserve a wage. That's right. That's it.
That's all it is That's all it is and that's
we we've talked a couple times on this show about
the issues with AI stealing Intellectual property.
Yes to train their models which they have done
since day one. Yep Since day one from everything
you've ever posted on Facebook to anything you've
interacted with on reddit to your Instagram photos
to anything you see on Google images Everything
they do is trained on something you may have
seen or done yourself. Yeah. Oh, yeah, meaning
They're getting your shit for free and making
money on it. That's right. That's the stage of
late -stage capitalism. We're in That is the
state. That's it. And I want to talk about the
With with this subject on mind the AI bubble,
okay? I'm glad you did that because that's one
thing I didn't cover. So yeah. Yeah, and I found
these Fascinating Lee scary statistics or I'll
start with the Nasdaq 100 business biggest hundred
companies on the Nasdaq you can follow how closely
the trend follows previous recessions or depressions.
You can look up how closely the Nasdaq 100 follows
the Great Depression of the 1920s. You can follow
how it follows the gold bloom or gold boom of
the late 70s. You can see how it follows the
Japan crash in the late 80s. The dot com bubble.
Very comparable, almost line for line, the dot
com bubble of the late 90s of how the NASDAQ
compares. Yep. And you can follow the money itself.
There's there's a really popular bubble graph
going around where you can see tech companies,
chip companies, everything like that. Whose money
is going where? You know, where NVIDIA gets money
from Oracle and puts money into XAI. Who gives
money to NVIDIA? NVIDIA gives money to figure.
Who gives money to NVIDIA? Who gives money to
Mistrail? Who gives money to NVIDIA? Who gives
money to NScale? Who gives money to NVIDIA? AMD
is tied in all this. Who gives money to X or
OpenAI? Who gives money to AMD? Who gives money
to Microsoft? Who gives money to OpenAI? Who
gives money to Nvidia? Who gives money to Nebulas?
Who Microsoft gives money to? To put money into
CoreWeave? Who gives money to Nvidia? Who gives
money to Intel? Who gives money to CoreWeave?
Who gives money to Oracle? That's crazy. You
want to know how the fucking economy has run
up? It's rich cunts giving money to each other.
Yeah. Pretending there's an economy there. It's
not. It's not. Name one person on the street
that's paying money for AI right now. Go ahead.
Yeah. There's not a market for it. Nope. You've
just changed how Google search works. That's
what it is. From the Spectator Index, a journal.
Meta looking to downsize its AI division according
to New York Times. A commenter on the AI bubble.
AI is without a doubt the greatest economic bubble
in human history. 10 to 20x greater than the
dot com bubble. Wow. NVIDIA was valued at 18
billion in 2015. 323 billion in 2020. It now
stands at over 4 .3 trillion dollars. A 13x rise
in five years. or 242x rise in 10. The stock
market is inflated by a factor of 10x by AI companies,
just in case you thought the stock market meant
anything about the economy. It will soon come
crashing down because chat, GPT, and AI are still
in their infancy. Anything that requires diligent
adaptive thinking work is still a decade away
at least. This will not replace humanity. Well,
I had heard that Peter Thiel Just dumped a bunch
of stock like Plantier and Nvidia Nvidia and
all that and so liquidated That's that's that's
why this is maybe one of the greatest scams ever
perpetrated It is because these guys are like
look we've got this and we're gonna run with
it, and we're gonna make all the money we can
possibly make, and now this bubble sits there,
and it's basically get out while we can get money
for it, and then this thing can crash and we
won't give a shit either way because we just
made billions and billions of dollars. Yeah,
it's a big fucking circle jerk, and unless you're
a billionaire, you're not in on it. Nope, once
again, you're not in the club. Right, it's a
big club, you're not in it, and... At some point
when this comes crashing down, the billionaires,
the centibillionaires are going to remain centibillionaires.
Yep. And the rest of us are going to pay for
it. Oh, big time. As is every economic crash.
Mm -hmm. That's what this is. Yeah. Oh, I can
use chat GPT to see how to get around that. Oh,
can you? Is chat GPT going to make you a billionaire?
The answer is no. No. And unless that's your
reality, You're gonna be fucked, like the rest
of us. Yes, big time. Oh, well, capitalism's
good. Well, you see, we have to defend billionaires.
No. All right. Who's causing this all? Every
AI company is going to get as much socialism
from the government as they can, as we saw in
2008. Oh, for sure. And the rest of us are still
going to deal with this hyper late -stage individualistic
capitalism. Right. That we've had wrought upon
us for half a century. That's right. Even beyond
that. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. And we're gonna
get back into a situation like 07 and 08, where,
and trust me when I say, this is going to trickle
down. Not like the Republican plan of years ago
where they say, hey, we'll tax the trickle -down
today. Thanks, Reagan. Yeah, thanks. That didn't
work. This particular trickle -down is going
to be when the AI bubble crashes. A lot of other
industries around it are going to. For example,
remember 0708? Mortgage default rates are back
up over like 30 % So once again, they they started
playing around once again with you know This
is an A and a B and a double B double A What
whatever and it's they started screwing around
with these again and making markets and so that's
gonna smash consumer credit Highest it has ever
been in human history and people cannot pay it
That is a problem. And then on top of that, you
have medical debt because no one has insurance.
And if they do, it's just emergency insurance
because they can't afford to pay the premiums.
And what if they just want to go? I got a cold.
I threw out my back. People can't go to the doctor
for that anymore. They can't and they got to
learn to live with it. I have nerve damage in
my right arm and it gets worse and worse month
after month. And what do I do? I just wake up
in the morning. Right. It really hurts today.
Couple of ibuprofen. That's it. That's my health
care. That's it. And car loans, student loans.
All of that is going to come smashing. All of
it. All of it. Because if everyone is indebted
to everyone, who's paying? Who's paying? The
billionaires are going to sit there and they'll
just they'll either offshore stuff or different
investments internationally, whatever. They're
not going to sweat it. And by the way. They're
just gonna do what they did before, and the federal
government will step in and be like, oh, we'll
just bail out whatever industry. We'll bail out
the tax. We'll bail out mortgages again. Everyone's
seen the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. You know,
one of the most popular pieces of media, I think
these days, that at least hints at what the run
on the banks really looked like. Correct. Now
imagine if just a handful of the billionaires
out there decided to go on a run on the banks.
Oh, well, I would like my 200 billion dollars.
Uh, we don't have that. Well, guess what? You've
crashed the entire economic system because all
your shit is illiquid. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It is,
it's, it's theoretical money based off of exploitation.
Correct. And the day you go to collect is the
day it all comes down. Right. That's it. Full
stop. That's it? That's it? And look, I know,
and a funny thing too, I thought when you made
mention to the movie, I thought you were actually
gonna talk about the big short. But in the big
short, Steve Carell, who's amazing in that movie.
Great, yeah. Goes on this conversation. He's
on the phone with his wife, but it really is
more of a monologue because he's just talking.
And he's like. I don't get it. I don't get it.
Everybody is walking around like they're in a
goddamn Enya video. And that's so true. People
are like, oh, yay, we're going to get Bobby the
boxing robot for Billy. And that'll be fantastic.
And we're going to get Susie Farts a lot for
little for little Annie. And she's going to be
so super happy. And hey, let's give our kid a
frickin iPad and let's give our kid this and
that and blah, blah, blah. Yay. Twinkly eyes.
Oh, that'd be super. Look at our Christmas tree.
Meanwhile. All this real shit's going on. Happy
smiling faces. Right. Yeah. Happy shiny people.
Yep. And it's just all going to come down. And
people are going to go, oh my god, what's happening?
Who could have predicted this? Who could have
predicted this? Well, it's been there. Ask ChatGBT.
Mic drop. Mic drop. That is the best way to end
it. Unbelievable. Right there. Well, not the
best way to end it. I just, by saying end it,
it's all going to end. And it's going to be a
freaking blood bath, man. So I hope I'm wrong.
I would love to be wrong. But I'm not. There's
no way we are. There's no way we are. There's
no way. Happy holidays. All right, we're back
everybody, the Mark Mo Show podcast. I'm Mark
Maloney, your host along with Aidan Maloney.
And we just had a little discussion about AI.
That was fun. That was uplifting. Oh yeah, it
felt really good in the soul. Honestly, it kind
of did though. Just like all the emotion in my
body about this whole facade. Just being able
to get it out and be like, hey, everyone. Yeah,
this shit's all intertwined with capitalism and
how much rich people hate you. Yeah. Oh, they
do. Yeah. Indeed, they do. And when I think about
rich people and how much I dislike them, I like
to go into my DMs. Oh, what do you find in there?
Or in fact, what would this segment be called
should you go in there? Boy, you know, I was
probably thinking something along the lines of...
Carpe Diem? Oh my goodness. How about that, yeah?
Wow, it's almost like a large television streaming
show. May have stolen that or something. May
have stolen that. at some point. I wonder who
that might be. Interesante. Interesting. Very
interesting. As they say down south. Yes, they
do in, I believe, Kentucky. So, yeah, Carpe DM,
you find beautiful folks, send us your DMs. We
read them on the show. And if you ask us a question,
well, I mean, we could answer the question. We
have the capability to do so. We do. We really
do. I'll be honest, I'm not above taking, oh,
I don't know, something to grease the wheels,
as it were. Right, right, right. With the whistle.
With the whistle. Yeah. With the whistle. We
live on the same standards that our Supreme Court
justices do, where if you show up with, oh, I
don't know, five to ten ounces of gold in your
hand and be like, wow, this gold would look better
in your hand than mine. And we would be like,
oh my goodness, I will overturn any law for you,
except we'll answer a question. Exactly. You
know? Exactly. That's the difference between
us and the Supreme Court. Right. Oh, for sure.
Yeah, there's no question. So, you know, your
gold, your money, a yacht, whatever. I mean,
be creative. Yes. and uh maybe we'll answer that
question for you go ahead that's the whole idea
try it so here here here we go i'm gonna start
out with a little little dm from at college football
bro oh our bro our bro uh hi guys what is with
that one bite pizza guy with the byu boner they
had They had, I appreciate that opener. They
had two close wins over Colorado and Utah. Double
overtime win over Arizona and Texas Tech. Yeah,
they smoked BYU. Dude, stick to pizza. I'm not
sure about that one pizza guy, the bite, one
bite pizza guy. I've never been a fan of his.
I always thought he was kind of pompous and I
never liked his thoughts on the economy. I always
thought he was kind of a dunce. Yeah. And his
BYU boner. You know what BYU stands for? Bad
boner. That's a bad boner to have. I don't know
what he's smoking. For sure. I don't either.
And I don't want any. No. And you gotta get over
it. You gotta get over it, because if somebody
be like, hey man, I think BYU should play Notre
Dame, they got a real shot. First, I think I'd
laugh heartily. Right, if you're splooge and
goo over a bunch of fucking Mormons, what's wrong
with you? What is your problem? They call it
soaking. Indeed they do. Indeed they do. So yeah,
I don't know what his big BYU boner is all about,
but what I do know is that Notre Dame should
be one of the top 12 teams. Clearly, they're
a much better team than the first couple weeks.
But look at it this way. They've only lost two
games, two games to two very good football teams
by a total of four fricking points. And they've
smashed just about everybody else. That's just
math. That's just math. That's just math. So
if you think they should be out. Not that BYU
does that. Right. No. They're too busy focused
on, what are they? They wear magic underwear,
Aidan. Oh, that's right. And that's important
in this society. and Joseph Smith in Indians
in New York. The Joseph Smith guy. And then he
was like, hey, you guys have to fuck through
a, like, cotton sheet or something. Yes. Isn't
that a thing? Sure. Yeah, it's that could very
well be it could very well be I don't know a
Utahns hit us up Yeah, please please please do
that. We're not we're not judging you and your
wife wives, but I'll judge you publicly He's
just sure go for it. I'm half of Mark Moshe.
Well, I'm a portion of Mark Mosho So I'll judge
you publicly but is that doesn't reflect the
overall opinions of the Mark Mosho legally speaking.
That's right And we thank you for Jim McMahon
and your contribution. God bless Jim McMahon.
Yeah, God bless him. I mean, Joseph blessed Jim
McMahon. Yeah. Well, the beauty part, and a lot
of people don't know this, like he went to BYU
to play quarterback. And BYU is dry and they
have all these rules and all these things. And
like he would just drive around with an open
beer can on his motor scooter just flying through
campus. Like my guy. My man. It was great. At
Bella Brandy Bott. Oh, so we're now hearing from
bots. Cool. At least they've identified themselves.
Usually they just call themselves like America
first underscore one five five eight seven five.
And you're like, that sounds legit. Very real.
At Bella Brandy bot. Hello, I am a bot from Malaysia.
I long for good time. Yes. Mega, mega, mega,
mega, mega. Where are you from? Let's chat on
WhatsApp. Malaysia is a new one. I would understand.
Russia or I've heard a lot from Nigeria or India
yeah but yeah that's that's a new one for me
granted I haven't been on Twitter in a while
thank God so this this type of commentary is
new to me I would just say no response maybe
maybe I would give you the grace of of a block
maybe If I'm feeling generous, before I delete
the app just to make it really clear. Yeah, and
I don't have WhatsApp. I don't envision having
WhatsApp. No. I have text in Facebook Messenger
and that seems to handle just about everything.
Yeah, fancy things around here called text messaging.
Ooh. Yeah, well, and that's something. Sorry,
Bella, Brandy, Bot. Yeah. At GramKeeper. Mo show
what's up if you could go back in time and change
one thing what would it be? Oh? gray ham keeper
Anything anytime I think of graham crackers or
the word Graham the name Graham I think of gray
ham Great wow that's gross. Yeah So I think if
somebody breaks out of gray ham. I'm like check,
please Yeah, is green eggs and ham was weird
enough. That was weird. That's fair if it's gray.
I think there's problems There's definitely a
problem. He clearly is too much right, right?
If there was one thing I could go back in time
and change, I think it would be... Because that
could be a very personal question, or it could
be much grander. It could be grander, right?
You could be like, hey, perhaps a pedophilic
president at some point may have slipped and
fallen and turned into a... Inable to hold office
way before it all happened I would just say I'd
go back in time and changed whoever decided Graham
would be pronounced as Graham and make them Pronounce
it as Grey Ham. Grey Ham. I think that's fair
and I'm gonna stick by that Yeah, you know some
people would say killing a you know little little
baby Adolf Before he failed as an art student.
I just say I want Graham to be pronounced right
and I want Is, by the way. I want it to be Grey
Ham. By the way, it was a scene from the Deadpool
movie that hit the cutting room floor. Oh no.
When he got Cable's time thing, one of the places
he goes back to shows Deadpool walking through
a nursery. And he's like, oh, hmm. Yeah, you
know, oh. I thought, no, oh. And he's like, he
can't do it. And then you go down to the little
tag on the baby thing. This is Adolf Hitler.
Oh my God. You gotta keep that in, bro. You gotta
keep that in. How did you cut that? That's so
funny. I mean, I know it's a sensitive subject.
It could be very offensive to some people. And
of course, I just made the same joke two minutes
ago, in layman's terms, making my answer about
grey ham. But that's such a good bit. It's a
great bit. It's a great bit. Oh, my goodness.
For me. Yeah, I want it to be Graham. For me.
I love it. We're changing it to Graham. I would
I would I would go to Wrigley Field. I would
I would be at the playoff game and I went through
his all and I would know the ending before it
happens. I'd be like, hey, Steve, Steve Bartman.
I think I know you do. Come here. And then we're
going to go into down in the concourse, down
the tunnel. Yeah. And I'm going to put him in
an MMA sleeper move and I'm going to go, go to
sleep. Go to sleep now. Let someone take your
place. And that never happens. None of that ever
happens. Moises Halu makes a catch. Cubs go to
the World Series. Unbelievable. I think I'd probably
do that. Yeah. I think that's fair. I think that's
only fair. Yeah. Anyone else would have put their
glove on the ground. Right? I think so. I think.
Yeah. One would assume. Think I'll lean over
and be like, hey, how can I f with this ball
that might be in fair territory? Right, right.
Yeah. Oh, for sure. Yeah, that's that's what
I think I would do. I like that. Yeah. Or sneak
onto the bare sidelines right before Cody Parkey
double joints that. Oh my god. Literally just
grab him and be like, do not. Double doink this
bitch. I'm from the future. I'm from the future.
I'm from the future where you double doinked
it. Look at me. Do I look happy? You are gonna
be half naked selling crack and lower Whacker
Drive if you double doink this shit. Don't do
it. Don't do it. Yep. Change history. Change
a world. Then he's gonna not double doink it,
and he's gonna be like man. Good Matt Maggie
still our head coach. He's still our head coach
And then he's like man. I want to celebrate.
Let's get some s'mores. I'm gonna get the grey
ham crackers. I Love it. That was just as nice
as good At stoner Stanley 420. God bless. Hello
Momo and Alan. I watching you guys play games.
I think You think what is a space bear? Oh my
god. I once saw a floating I once saw a floating
squirrel, and he wants my sunglasses Where he
go is this bear in space real wow oh my goodness
First of all I think this squirrel may have stolen
your glasses if you're looking to space and seeing
a space bear I'm thinking maybe My advice would
be don't look at the sun. If you're looking at
the sun and then you're like, wow, I think I
see a bear, you might be going blind. You might
be. Casually going blind. Yeah, space bear is
what happens when me and your mom... Oh, man.
I'm kidding Stanley. I'm kidding Stanley. Stoner
Stanley. I'm only kidding. Yeah, space bear.
As someone who this this is deep lore as someone
who is a fan of the YouTube channel called game
grumps. There is a musical group called space
bear spelled SB a SS Be a are okay space bear
space bear with like the base. Yeah in space
bear emphasized super talented okay, but they
Focus on like comedy like silly goof Song satirical
weirdness So when I hear space bear That's what
my thought goes to is like silly little songs.
Yeah, and then I remember during a k -209 we
had a 15 minute conversation about Meredith the
Shakespeare play including a bear in space Where
they're fighting? With lightsabers with light
I thought with lightsabers that that that part
that the lightsabers part ended up not being
true But the Meredith play by Shakespeare with
the bear in space was totally real So not only
do I agree with you? I think maybe Go open the
trees in the again again and find your sunglasses.
I bet they're there space bear is real Space
bear is real and it's coming for you. If you
don't find your sunglasses You know what you
just did. You know what you just did This dude
is paranoid anyway And now you told him a space
bear is coming for him and go in the tree to
find your sunglasses I think I helped him That's
fair That's what you may have. My advice is either
good or it's very, very bad. There's no in -between.
Nah, it's a 50 -50. It's a 50 -50. It's a coin
flip. Yeah, exactly. No doubt. Watch it like
the coin flip land on its edge. On the edge of
the coin and then stoner Stanley's like stuck
in the tree with his sunglasses staring at the
sun. I still see him. I still see him. What's
the coin? What's the coin? Space bear's still
here. Oh my god, poor Stanley. God bless his
soul. Oh, man. So, anyway, I know Aidan's got
a few DMs over there. What you got, man? I sure
do. Our homeboy, KrippieGru. Kripp. Checking
in. Would you take a job? No. One hun - Yeah,
me neither. In this economy? This economy. Fuck
it. $150 ,000 a year doing absolutely nothing.
$150 ,000 a year? $150 ,000. I'm guessing this
implies you're stuck in like a room with padded
walls Eight hours five days a week. Yeah, cuz
they're doing nothing It's like what is that
right because if I'm doing nothing at home. I
already do that at home I will do that. Yeah,
but if I'm like stuck in a padded room I think
I'd go insane by the time you can't use the money
you're making right by the time my first paycheck
arrives I'm already loopy. Oh, yeah seeing shit,
right? Talking to yourself. Yeah, if the brain
gets bored enough, it will make shit up for you
to experience. It will do that. If you've ever
heard of sensory deprivation tanks and how you
can hallucinate in there, that's your brain saying,
ah, we're not experiencing anything. You want
to see something cool? You want to see some shit?
That's the difference of doing nothing versus
experiencing nothing. But it's phrased as doing
nothing Which I like because if I'm just you
can do nothing anywhere if I'm just idle making
money Count me in if I'm in a straight jacket
in a padded room, right? 2 ,000 hours a year.
I'll pass Correct. Yeah, it depends. It could
have been phrased a little differently Yeah,
but yeah, I would I would agree if it's just
me for eight hours a day sitting on my couch
watching YouTube videos, eating chips. Fuck,
count me in. Yes, yes, and yes. There's so much
I could learn and experience in those eight hours,
in those 2 ,000 hours a year. Yes. And to have
my bills paid? There's so much art I could partake
in. Yes. I agree. As a human being, that's what
we want. We're stuck doing corporate bullshit.
Right. But as human beings, we want to experience
culture. We want to learn things. I want to do
needlepoint. I want to learn the dulcimer. You
know, like, let's do some shit. That'd be so
good. I want to learn how to cut hair, not that
I would do it to myself with these lovely locks.
Yeah, man. You've got it. You've got it going
on. I got it going on. Now, for many of you,
well, for any of you that watch the AK219 content,
you know what this fine young man looks like.
Imagine... The drummer for the Muppets Animal?
Yes. Kinda sorta. Yeah, the drummer from the
Muppets Animal mixed with white Jesus. White
Jesus? 100%. White Jesus, yeah. 100%. Yeah, like
a perfect mix. Like that California Jesus? That's
him. Oh yeah, absolutely. It's not what I'm striving
for, but it keeps me warm during the winter where
my heavily laborious outside job makes me cold,
and I'm like, no, no, no. I've got a built -in
snow cap. It's called my hair. Yeah, indeed.
I got a DM here from Evil Genie. Oh, Evil Genie.
Calling in again. He actually called this time.
I just wrote down what he said. It was the first
time I heard his voice. It was really terrifying.
Like imagine Lucifer, but then like down an octave.
Oh, Evil Genie sounds... Evil it was kind of
spooky so like any time. He's been kind to us
in the past It makes me question like there had
to have been something yeah else He's baiting
us like his wife got him on the phone like hey
you got to give these guys a break I Place a
button in front of you hold on. I'll do it like
Evil Genie I Place a button in front of you you
press it you age by one year but I give you $50
,000. Sold. Yeah? Sold. You're in on that? I'm
broke as fuck, yeah. Give me the money. Well,
I guess then... I'm old, and then I'm still old.
So yeah, why not? But it's one year, right? Like,
if I was 20, I would definitely do it, because
I'm like, oh, now I'm at the bar. Right, right.
Let's go. It almost makes me question, can I
press it more than once? Because I'm 26, right?
You could sacrifice a few. I could sacrifice
a few and then I get the opportunity. Like, let's
say, I'll triple tap. So I'll look and feel 29.
I'll go forward three years from 26 to 29 and
I get 150k. You know what that provides me? It
provides me the opportunity to be like, hey,
every family member, here's $10 ,000. Boom. immediately.
And I still have a hundred grand to do shit with.
Yep. Yep. I'm in. I would thrice press that button.
That's fair. Yeah. I like that. You tapping once
and getting out? But here's the thing. Not that
this is a brothel, but this is a totally different
question. Are you tapping once and getting out?
Here's the thing. We don't know how long we have
on this earth. This is so true. What if? By chance.
I'm not going to say how old I am, but let's
just say I'm going to croak when I'm 60. Let's
just say. And I get real greedy and I'm like,
hey, bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. Right. Right.
Right. Well, because you don't know. That's your
own fate. You don't know. But is it fate or is
it like natural human progression mixed with
environmental impact? True. I mean, I personally
don't believe in fate or a fixed timeline per
se. Okay. So I don't have that mindset necessarily
where, granted if I pressed it a hundred times,
my body would be a hundred and twenty -three
years old and probably would be in bad shape.
Yes. But I currently don't have any cancers or
diseases that I know of. And people can live
to a hundred and twenty some odd. Sure. That's
been recorded. So... In my opinion, not that
I'm the evil genie himself, but from what I understand,
you're not gonna just like, go forward a year
in time. Right. It's like your current state
just aged. Okay. That's why I'm comfortable pressing
thrice. Because I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
You could. And die. But I still press the button
thrice because I'm here now today. You are, yes.
That's true. Go for it. Yeah, go for it. You're
pressing once? Once maybe twice. Maybe twice?
Yeah. Yeah, you know there's just not that many
left so to be fair to you you look good for your
age Thank you. I'm being 35 usually feel better
Yeah, but yeah be I mean being only 35 you'd
be into like 37, right? It's true Yeah, I don't
have to tell anybody that I've aged two or three
35 to 37. That's God bless you. Yes, you're right.
Absolutely. Absolutely Last DM I received, Bingus
Jones. Bingus. After a long time checking back
in, if you could pick three years to travel to
to simply spectate current events, which three
different years would you like to see or would
you like to choose? That's good. That's tough.
I would love to see like the renaissance of jazz.
I would like to be in New Orleans and just see
the renaissance of jazz music. That would absolutely
be a time period I would love to just spectate
and be a part of. I would also love to see what
it was like during the civil rights movement
of the 60s, just to be a part of it and be like,
hey, this is what... actual progress looked like
for so many people across the country. And then
more selfishly, I know I just said two kind of
profound things, more selfishly, I would love
to see what 2026 looks like. So I can go on my
phone and be like, oh, what do the stocks look
like? And then specifically invest in those stocks.
So I get two really profound experiences and
then... By 2026, I also have a little bit of
money. Yeah, I like that. That's my three time
period. That's the Back to the Future Sports
Almanac moment. Yeah, exactly. I like that. That's
my Sports Almanac. Yeah, I'd probably go at least
five years in advance and be like, okay, who
won that game? Who won this game? Blah, blah,
blah. Right. Does NVIDIA crash and how much can
I short them? Yeah. How far can I short them?
That's the big brain. Then I think maybe... I'd
go all the way back to 2020 and just be like,
did this shit really happen? Oh, sure. I would
do it. It's kind of crazy you bring that up because
I always, like, there's always some part of my
brain that kind of skips over that year and a
half, give or take, as far as memory goes because
it seems like such a fever dream. It really does.
But it also happened to all of us. I mean, a
million Americans died. Yeah. i was sick as fuck
19 days yeah yeah you were out uh i i think i
had it i never tested maybe you had it early
on yeah that's i had earlier before they started
testing i think yeah it was so weird that was
such a fever dream of a year and a half yeah
i'm gonna i'm gonna go back to 2020 i'm gonna
contract covid Then I'm going to get back in
the time machine and go back to 1492 and I'm
going to cough on all the pilgrims. And then
come back and just see how the world has changed.
Right. Like, do the Native Americans keep their
territory? Is America a healthier place just
because... We go back and now we're in Ireland,
we'll be like, oh. Oh, actually, this is kind
of goaded. This is OK. This is kind of goaded.
All because someone went back in time was like
Right Yeah, and instead of like the United States
being called the United States you look at a
map and it's just says Iroquois and you're just
like oh Well, that worked out fucking cool. Congratulations
guys. God bless good good work. Good work. Yeah,
I love it Yep, just a cough Just a cough. That's
all it takes. That's the last DM I got. That
was awesome. That was a good one. So well done
on the DMs if you want to send any. We're all
over the socials, guys. Just look us up. Send
us a message. Even on YouTube or anything like
that. We like the engagement. Like, subscribe
also, by the way. And that takes us to the other
foods. And Aidan does this every week. He goes
deep, deep, deep undercover. And he goes to all
these countries and finds out what food item
would make a billy goat puke. Sure. Just looks
awful, smells worse. Per chance. There's so many
bad foods out there. And he finds them every
week. And I'm curious, what do you got for us
this week? This week I found three... of the
strangest pork dishes. Oh, okay. From across
the nation, I just, I was looking, I'm like,
I've done some nasty shit. What if I just find
something that's atypical, something weird? Sure.
So I've found three really kind of strange pork
dishes. Okay. First one I've got here is a dish,
I'm gonna nail this pronunciation, check this
out. Pitiay. I'll spell that for you. P -I -H
-T -I -J -E. Oh. Pithie, a Serbian dish made
from cheaper parts of pork, such as the head,
shank, or hock. Cooked together with pepper,
onion, carrots, bay leaves, until it becomes
so tender it falls off the bone. Which would
sound kind of good if it wasn't for pork head.
Together with the stock the meat is placed into
bowls left to cool And then the dish is left
to then congeal. Oh, no Besides the pork head
it sounded fine, right? And then you hit congeal.
It's like fuck. I hate that word It's right up
there with moist. Yeah, it congeals and then
is sliced as an appetizer. Oh good god the next
one I have is This one, I'm also going to nail
the pronunciation. Thi -Dong. Oh, okay. T -H
-I -T space D -O -N -G. And there are more accents
on these letters than I know what to do with.
Hmm, it sounds very Vietnamese. Believe it or
not, it is. Ah, there you go. It's a Vietnamese
take on aspic, which I am unfamiliar with as
well. The dish is made by slowly boiling pork.
such as the trottier and hawk, as well as pork
skin, carrots, mushrooms, and different species
of mammal. Just to throw it in there. It's cooked,
and the combination is left to set and congeal
until it's jellied. What is wrong with this?
What is wrong with the world? We can't just eat
good pork! Right, just cook it, eat it? It is
left to jellied, typically associated with northern
Vietnam. often enjoyed on Vietnamese New Year.
So God bless the new year whenever you guys celebrate
it. I will perhaps not partake in your lovely
sounding pork dish. God bless your souls though.
Among the broad group of Japanese shampoo dishes,
Goya shampoo, I think I'm pronouncing that right,
is the traditional version prepared with stir
-fry Stir -fried bitter melons mixed with the
pork, eggs, pork, tofu, often blended with various
seasonings and vegetables. And then you just
sprinkle the whole dish with a bunch of fish
flakes. Because there's nothing that says pork
like a bunch of fish flakes. This quote colorful
and nutritious summer stir fry is the signature
dish of Okinawa Island. Now now So it's if there's
anything you do with pork out there You could
try those You could try those Sure, I don't know
if I'd recommend I don't know I don't think I
recommend it But you could do that. Those are
things you could do if you yeah, those were by
the way I looked up a ranked list those were
ranked two three and four on the list of the
weirdest things to do with pork. Wha - Well,
okay. Are you curious on what number one is?
I'm incredibly curious. Spam. Spam was the number
one weirdest - No way. Voted on by the internet,
the number one weirdest thing to do with pork
- To do with pork. Is to fucking blend it up,
put it in a puree, and can it - And can it. To
sit on a store shelf. And you know what? Hawaiian
people love that shit. Yeah! They love it. It's
so popular! And you know what? I don't want to
sound insensitive, but spam kind of sounds more
appetizing than the other, than 2, 3, and 4 on
that list. Fit Dong. Yeah, Fit Dong. Lil' Fit
Dong. Lil' Goya Shampoodoo. Lil' Fi -Faitidji.
Fi -Faitidji. Please, I really tried to pronounce
that. Fi -Faitidji. I don't know. I really tried.
Maybe we get a Serbian gentleman to help us out
with that. Quite, yeah. Or woman for that matter.
Perhaps I could have done more research and looked
it up on Google Translate, how to pronounce,
but I was more enthralled by... I would have
loved it if Google Translate would have been
like, fuck you. Yeah, it'd be like, dog, I don't
know. Dude, I got nothing for you. You just click
the play button, it's just like, I don't know.
I don't know. Click the play button. No. No.
No. Uh -uh. It's like, oh, understood. Yep. I
got you. Well, those were all gross. Thank you
for sharing those. Let us know in the comments.
Were the three things I mentioned grosser than
spam? Or is spam gross? Or does it belong in
number one? It might. Yeah. I'm not a span aficionado,
and I've never tried it myself. No. Uh -uh. Well,
before we take a quick break, I do my frozen
guy review. I've been reviewing frozen meals
because, you know, when you're older and you
live alone, you eat a lot of those. And so I
tried my first time trying Boston Market. So
I tried a Boston Market chicken parm. And so
once again, had the poke the holes, do it, lift
it, mix it up, put it back in like you had to
do multiple things. But it was really, really,
really good. And I think I would have liked the
chicken just a little bit more had maybe the
crust of the chicken been a little firmer. I
know in a microwave that usually doesn't happen.
Sure. Had it been just a little bit more firmer
or maybe a little crunch to it, it would have
been amazing. But the sauce was very good. Cheese
was good. The pasta was really good. It was a
spaghetti, but it was a little bit thicker of
a spaghetti, and the sauce that was on it was
kind of chunky. It wasn't that liquidy shit that
you usually get that I'm not a fan of. So there
was some substance to that. I eat the shit out
of that, man. It's more like a fettuccine, or
was it a true just thick spaghetti? I think it
was just as thick as spaghetti, I think, is what
it was. And it was very good. I gave it an 8
-9. 8 -9? So way, way above the... Don't. The
realm. Don't. Of like a 6 -7 range. Just god,
I hate you. Oh my god. Why? Why? It was your
fault you brought it up to me. I was in the clear.
I'm like, oh I tried a good one. I'm not gonna
fall in that trap. It's a trap. So you went 8
-9, you totally surpassed any 6 -7 range. Indeed
I did. Yes. God bless. Not gonna say it. God
bless. Not gonna say it. All right, get me the
hell out of here. We'll be back in a minute.
We're gonna do You Just Made the List. God, this
is terrible. All right, we're back, everybody.
The Mark Mo Show podcast. I'm Mark. That's Aidan.
And we're on to our top segment, You. just made
the list. Our top ten, ten through two, and our
big number one reveal. And the only rule? No
rules. Oh, thank God. I know. I was sweating.
I was sweating a little bit. But yeah, no rules.
We're good there. Damn near lactated out of my
titties. Yeah. Out of just pure desperation for
there to be no rules. I know. I smelled the rat
milk from here. You call me a rat? Yeah, dirty
rat. A dirty rat. Yeah, dirty rat. So here we
go. This week's top ten is cover songs. Bands
that cover other songs, obviously. Really? Yeah,
no shit. No shit. No shit. I'm sorry, I'm just
being an asshole. Nah, that's... That is kind
of mean. Nah, that's alright. The best cover
songs. You know, the songs that cover songs.
Oh, really? Look, sometimes people, and it's
singing to people... Sometimes people think they
can see a space bear from up in the tree after
they find their sunglasses from a squirrel. That's
right, and then they toss a coin and it lands
on its side. That dude's like, what is he having?
I want some. It's a skill. Yes, god, this is
off the rails. So, um... Your top ten cover songs,
my guy. Yes. Do I run my tenth through two and
save my number one? I would love that you would
do that. I think I will do that. That'd be fantastic.
Number ten. No quarter by Tool. Great cover song.
It's good. Yeah. Great cover song. Number nine,
Paintin' Black by Sum 41. Also a good like punky
grungy kind of band to do something like that.
Number eight, Live and Let Die, Guns N' Roses.
Oh, fuck. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah, that's
a fun one. Yeah. That's a great song, anyway.
Yeah. Number seven, I had Personal Jesus Def
Leopard on my list. I didn't know they did that.
That was kind of a good one. Number six, all
along the watchtower, Jimi Hendrix. Yeah. Number
five, I had Istanbul by They Might Be Giants.
Oh. That's great. Istanbul, Constantinople. It's
so catchy. That is catchy. When I first heard
that song, I thought it was the original. And
it took me going back and being like, holy shit,
it's not. Not. Yeah. That one's fucking goaded
for sure. Number four, Sound of Silence. Disturbed.
Yeah. Really great cover. Number three, Call
Me by In This Moment. Really, really good. Oh
shit, that is a good one. Really good. And number
two, I had Rocketman by Ninja Sex Party. Cover
of the Elton John classic. I will save my number
one. Those are great. Well, it's moderate mentions.
Oh, go ahead. So, Boys of Summer by the Ataris.
I think that's a great cover of Don Henley's
song. Beatles Twist and Shout. Twist and Shout
was not an original. Oh, yeah. That was a cover.
That was a cover. Okay. Limp Bizkit, Faith. They
did Jordan Michaels, Faith. That one is really
good. Africa by Weezer. Oh, shit, that's a great
one. That's a good cover. Sweet Dreams by Marilyn
Manson. And that's a good one, too. And Mr. Tambourine
Man by the Birds. That was originally not their
song either. Damn, your honorable mentions is
kind of... You're like, are you sure that's not
your top 10? Like, oh, no. Just wait. Number
10, Land of Confusion by Disturbed. No, that
was a Genesis song. Yeah, Metallica turned the
page. That was a Bob Seeger song. Holy yo Yeah,
yo, I I'm upset. I forgot that one. That one's
really really good smooth criminal alien ant
farm. Holy fuck See we do this to each other
all the time. Oh, yeah. Oh no I'm gonna have
to make some adjustments It's so good, because
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson wanted to
be a rock song. It did. And then it's like, eh,
I mean you're a pop artist, so. Right. And then
Alienate from us was like, wait a minute, hold
my beer. Yep, absolutely. Eleanor Rigby by Letters
from the Fire is a metal version of Eleanor Rigby.
It's great. I feel like I've heard that. That's
yeah. Higher Ground, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Oh, okay, yeah. That was Stevie Wonder's song.
Jimi Hendrix, number five, All Along the Watchtower.
There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Great one. A
little song called Hurt by Johnny Cash. Yeah,
there it is. Number four. A song that was not
penned by her. Respect by Aretha Franklin. No
kidding! Yeah. That's a cover? R -E -S -P -E
-C -T. Yes, that is a cover. But what does it
mean to her? Sorry, go ahead. You know, Aidan,
I'll be honest. We have two types of music here.
Country and western. Both kinds. Both kinds.
Uh, number two, Green Man Alishi, Judas Priest.
Oh, shit. Okay. Okay. I hear you. All right.
What's your number one? I'm definitely adding
Alien Ant Farm to... I'll tie it. Fuck that.
I'll tie it. Tied for first. Oh, damn. Let's
go. Alien Ant Farm Smooth Care Reminal. I cannot
believe I missed that one. Yeah. Like I was scouring
my iTunes playlist. I'm like, oh, I know I've
got good ones in here. And I narrowed it down.
I'm like, I'm going to be good today. I'll narrow
it down to ten. It didn't even hit my radar.
Yeah, that would definitely be top three if not
top one like I'm doing right now alien at farm
smooth criminal tied with Hurt by Johnny Cash.
Oh very good. Yeah So good. I mean if you if
the original artist of the song comes along and
is like Nah, it's his track now. Yeah, you know,
it was a good cover. Yeah My number one is a
tie Sound of Silence Disturbed, which you already
mentioned. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And number one,
tied with that Metallica Whiskey in the Jar.
Oh, yeah! That is a good track. Yep. Oh, yeah.
I mean, the original's great, too, but that is
a good track. Yeah. Well, yeah, Thin Lizzy does
a great job with it, but they did a good job.
Damn, no kidding. Yeah, that's cool. This was
good. This was a fun. I can't believe I missed
so many bangers. Holy. Yeah. The amazing thing
is I plowed through most of these without even
having to look anything up. I was like, oh, that
one, that one, that one. I'm like, OK, I'm missing
a few. Yeah. And then I had to go to the Google
machine. But yeah, I got a lot of these. That's
crazy. Like I just went into iTunes. I'm like,
I know I've got really good ones in here. And
I got a big list. I narrowed it down. Cannot
like the alien ant from one really bugs me because
I that's in my main like a rock playlist it really
is I hear that dozens of times all the time Yeah,
that's crazy. I attribute that as a song not
as a cover. Oh sure I think that's why my brain
maybe didn't click. That's crazy so We have two
segments coming up. I was informed by Aidan that
he is in some way has combined these two So I'm
very interested to see what he's got. What could
the segments be? I don't know. No, me neither.
Is this the last episode of March? It might be.
Have we forgotten? Have we forgotten what goes
on? I did. Are we washed? I did. I'm washed.
Are we chopped? I was chopped as of one hour
and 32 minutes ago. So Aidan does these two down
the Reddit rabbit hole and while you were sleeping.
And I'm just going to see what he's got here.
When I went down the Reddit rabbit hole, I love...
Graphs, I love pie graphs and bubble graphs and
Venn diagrams. I love diagrams and I was looking
for something tech related that was positive
Like my thought was like I would like to have
an antithesis of our main Opening dialogue. Yeah,
like well, here's everything bad that's going
on. Is there good and the amount of articles
and inquiries I found on the Reddit rabbit hole
dive I went on of people asking like what are
some really helpful like good free apps that
I can find. That got me thinking. Going down
this red rabbit hole I in earlier this season
I believe went down the open source. Okay software
where I mentioned I believe Krita and yeah open
broadcast software and audacity Everything like
that that we used to make this show possible
and I was thinking Going down this reddit rabbit
hole could be informative to sure and while you
were sleeping While going down this red rabbit
hole you missed a handful of free apps that are
really I would say neat. Oh, okay Neat and some
of them have ads which I mean of course you could
just turn them on airplane mode or use an ad
blocker but most of them are like free free,
which I like. Now watch Aiden be like, there's
this thing called Chat GPT. Yeah right, fucking
right. Sponsored by OpenAI. The first one I have
here is called Daly -O. D -A -Y -L -I -O. It
is a quote. popular, easy to use mobile app for
mood and activity tracking, functioning as a
private digital journal, helping users understand
patterns between their daily habits, their emotional
statuses, through simple icon based logging.
So I've been using it for, I'm on a streak on
DailyO for I think 2500 some odd days. Oh shit.
I've been I've been using it forever. I highly
recommend it because I mean, it's free freeze
for me sure and you tap one of five icons between
like Awful bad mid good and great unlike how
you're feeling. Oh, and then you can attribute
like what did you do today? You know Did I did
I work did I do the mark mo show? Have I had
a couple brewskis? Did I have a good meal? Did
I go out like? What did I really do today that
could have affected this behavior? You can check
in multiple times per day. I usually check in
two or three times a day and it helps me track
of like what actually makes me feel good. You
know, of like sitting down recording for Aidan
Spelled the Right Way or AK -209 or doing the
Mark Mo Show has upward trends. Going to work
or not sleeping enough tends to have downward
trends sure interesting how that works Yeah,
so it's it's just it's free and it's it's it
allows introspection where you maybe don't take
that time during the day to do so and Okay, even
if just opening an app and taking two minutes
of your time to be like, okay How am I really
feeling? What did I buy really done in the last
six hours? Sure. Yeah highly recommended The
next one I got here is called TuneIn. TuneIn.
TuneIn. It is formally known as TuneIn Radio.
American Internet, we opened it, we opened the
show mentioning this. Yeah. American Internet
Radio and Podcasting Service offering access
to various different radio stations as well as
on -demand content. It does have ads. Which I
mean of course is how they as a company providing
this service make make their money, but I find
it very It has utility because sometimes you're
outside of range of a radio station you want
to listen to yep, or There's there's someone
that Uploads to tune in that doesn't upload to
the Spotify or something which sure is rare,
but it does happen. It's It's free access to
content. You know, it does have ads, but I mean,
fuck, YouTube has ads, so it's along the same
vein. But I just wanted to mention that that
is specifically useful, where YouTube doesn't
get radio signals, you know? The next one I want
to mention is the Merlin Bird ID app. Oh, okay.
Free mobile app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
That helps you identify birds by sight or sound.
I love this I've never fully gotten into bird
sighting, but I love like seeing birds and be
like Oh, what is that sure and you can open up
the app on your phone and it'll open up like
this this spectrogram of like it'll tap your
microphone And it will listen to what's around
you Like it'll automatically pick up like, oh
that's a bird sound. This is a bird call, this
is a bird singing, this is like a bird playing,
and this is what bird you're hearing. Oh wow.
And it'll pick it up, it'll like, you can record
for however long, usually I'll just sit outside
and record for 60 seconds and be like, oh who's
around? It'll be like, oh a cardinal was heard
here singing and I... like a barn wren was heard
like doing a mating call or something over here.
I'm like, wow, that's kind of fun. That is fun.
It's just neat. Another one you can get for free
is called Plantinet, a free citizen science app
for smartphones that helps identify plants. You
can take a picture of a leaf or a flower or a
stalk and it'll be like, hey, we're... like 78
% sure this is a golden rod. I'm like, oh cool,
it's a golden rod. The big fuzzy pandas like
them. The big fuzzy pandas like them. So that
is a utilitarian one if you're into gardening
or you just like plants. Sure. Another one I
got here is Night Sky, another free app for cell
phones. Stargazing reference app where you can
like open it. on your phone and AR, look around
and see what stars are shining. So even if you
have bad light pollution and you can't really
see, maybe you can see the North Star or some
shit, but you can see everything that's really
going on in the night sky, even if light pollution
is bad. And be like, wow, Orion is really right
there. Whether or not you can see it, you can
identify that shiny little flickering thing,
that's Venus. Very fun. Another one I want to
mention is Brave. Brave is a browser, which I've
always been a Firefox guy, but Brave on iPhones,
and I know Android's a little different and has
its own kind of anti -ad things, but Brave is
the only browser on iPhone that actually blocks
ads. It's really good at anti... At ad blocking
at anti -tracking at privacy Highly recommend
not sponsored of course but highly recommended
and then I want to mention chess the chess .com
app totally free play chess games Learn chess
things you can play against bots you can learn
from chess coaches on that app I'm a big chess
fan if you haven't realized and then last one
I mentioned is a Shazam Not the movie Shazam,
but if there's a song that's bugging you like
oh, I'm hearing it right now What is it really
called you can open it up click a button? It'll
tell you So it listens to the song and then identifies
it yes It'll it'll just tap your microphone be
like oh, I got five seconds of the song. Here's
what it's called I like that highly useful all
of them are free and Freeze for me and useful
is pretty cool All right, so the rundown, Dalio
TuneIn, Merlin Bird ID Lab, Plant Net, Night
Sky, Brave Chess, and Shazam. Yes. I love it.
Highly recommended. Very cool. Well, thank you
for sharing that as you're down the rabbit hole
and while you were sleeping. I appreciate those.
So if you guys download them, try them out, let
us know what you think. That'd be pretty boy.
Hell yeah. All right, I love all of them and
it's it is my pleasure To share something that
is free that is also enjoyable. Hell. Yeah All
right quick break and we're gonna come back finish
things up with a beer review and the world of
weird news We are back for the home stretch.
I swear. I I wish we recorded half the shit.
We do off -air Unbelievable. It's a fever dream.
It really is. Yeah, it's crazy But the people
will never know yeah about us butt -ass naked
Shitting in the wash looping looping which is
sleep pooping in the woods Waking up feeling
rustic Smelling a little rustic a little rustic.
Oh boy Well, that's our cue to talk about beer.
We do summarize things well. Indeed we do. This
is our beer review. The official beer review.
The official beer review here on the Mark Mo
Show podcast. And today, well, we've got a little
nitro. No. Got a little nitro. Why don't you
tell the fine folks about it? Oh my goodness,
it's nitro. It's nitro. Thanks. Bye. Nitro. It's
nitro. Thanks for listening. It's nitrogenated.
yes which i always found weird because when things
have hydrogen in them they're hydrogenated and
when things have nitrogen in them they're nitrogenated
shouldn't it be nitrogenated okay or hydrogenated
sure why is one different uh probably spelling
no i disagree I'm claiming I'm pulling the trump
card and saying no don't ever use that name.
I'm saying quiet piggy Are we canceled I think
we've canceled ourselves. Yeah, I think so candy
cane nitro young is the name of this beer left
hand brewing company a regional brewery out of
Longmont Colorado This is an imperial stout,
nine and a half percent ABV. Giddy up. It's gonna
smack you right in the lactate and titties you've
got. That's right. 40 on the IBU, which means
it's not gonna be bitter like a, like a, like
a IPA. IPA, yeah. But also not gonna be like
super calm, like a... Light logger logger, you
know, so it's it's supposed to be that healthy
middle, but it's also pepperminty and Perfect
for the season. We're ranking it on a scale from
zero to five on the untapped app also free I
guess I could have mentioned that sure could
have a previous segment by the way, by the way
Yeah, well we'll fix in post. Yeah So we're ranking
a scale from zero to five how much we like it
give you tasting notes We're drinking out of
a can today and let us know in the comments what
you are enjoying clink slush luncha why that's
delightful wow indeed it is i definitely get
peppermint on on the first sniff and taste definitely
get peppermint there is a stout i i get the uh
the imperial stout flavor there's a there's a
roasty note that hangs over almost there's something
almost hazelnutty about it If you let it linger
on your tongue a little bit, there's something
that says, hey, I'm hazelnut. And I'm like, why
are you here? And then the beer's just like,
I don't fucking know. I'm just doing my job.
Papi said we could come in. Ehoy. You put these
peppermints here, brother. I love it. OK, cool.
I like it, though. I like it. There's clear peppermint.
It advertises itself as an imperial peppermint
stout. It's not screaming at you that it's chocolatey
or coffee or hazelnutty. Peppermint is the first
flavor I got on the tongue. But there is something
roasty that hangs on for a little bit. I'm not
sure if that's the malts or what are you getting?
Creaminess. Oh, sure. Like, I get that right
away. The nitro is good, I would say, in this
application. Yeah, it's very creamy. I get the
mint. It's like it's not overpowering at all.
No, right. Mint is one of those flavors that
can overpower something. This is not that case.
It's very mild. And it isn't strong. Like, for
example, if you have a Guinness... There are
those that love Guinness and as Carlos might
say there's those that are wrong You either like
Guinness or you're horribly mistaken horribly
mistaken, but I get it because It is a strong
flavor. There's a strong taste to it Versus like
what this is So yeah, I rather It's I rather
enjoy it's very smooth. Yeah for an imperial
stout it is quite Light in in body. Yeah, I wouldn't
say it feels like a light beer. It's still as
it still is Oh sure. Yeah, it's got the roast.
It's got the peppermint It feels like a stout.
It feels like a nitro stout with the creaminess
you mentioned. Yes But it's not it doesn't feel
heavy on the palette. I like that. Yeah, I really
do Quite enjoy I I think I'm going high with
this one I think I am too. I'm giving it the
flavor profile of minty, smooth, and I added
hazelnut to it because there's just something
roasty. In fact, I'll add roasty to it as well.
Yeah, I'm going creamy, minty, and smooth. There
were already some flavor profiles on here, like
chocolate. I didn't get that. Yeah, there's always
suggested flavor profile notes on the untapped
app. But no, I disagreed with chocolate too.
There's another one out here called boozy, not
boozy at all. I don't know why so many people
thought that was what their take was on that.
Because I'm not getting that at all. No, it doesn't
feel heavy like a bourbon ale. Like a bourbon
barrel ale feels boozy. Right, and some people
put flat. It's not flat. It's not flat. It's
a it's out. It's a native right correct This
is how a nitrogenated stout pastes correct like
it's not gonna like slap you with carbonation
carbonation right because the nitrogen is there
to be like hey brother Exactly things cool. Everything's
cool. Everything's cool. Big man. Yeah dig it.
I'm like count me in No doubt. Yeah, I like it
too creamy minty smooth is the way I went and
If you wanna, if you wanna do yours first. I
gave a three, seven, five. Three, seven, five.
I really like this. I went four. You went four,
nice. I was right there at three, seven, five
and four. I was torn too. I had it on a four
and I'm like, ah, should I, like, does it deserve
elite tier? And then it crossed my mind of how
much utility a stout or a porter even could offer.
Yeah. with a peppermint flavor, because you've
got peppermint coffee, you've got peppermint
chocolate, you could lean into the peppermint
hazelnut roasty flavors I'm getting, but they
just want peppermint, and that's admirable, and
I like that, but it's just like something Christmassy
of the season. Oh yeah. I want it, especially
during the winter where you want something to
feel warm, you want it to feel heavier. Yep.
It's just like... One more... One more bean of
flavor. Right. Could have been the difference
to get to the Elite tier, but 375 still heavy
for me. Yeah. Yeah, I agree, man. I thought it
was really good, and being that over the next
couple weeks we'll probably pick things of a
holiday theme for our beer reviews. Enjoyed it
a lot like I could this is kind of that after
-dinner beer for me. Oh sure you know someone
breaks out the Christmas cookies and snacks and
You just kind of kick back and enjoy one of these
bad boys and to be fair to the beer. It's not
Sweet sweet, you know it's it's got like a hint
of sweetness with with the peppermint and with
how Imperial it is but it's not a sweet beer.
It's not a dessert beer. Like, there are some
beers out there that's like, we're the cinnamon
crunch cake, coffee cake beer, and then you taste
it, it's like I'm drinking sugar. This is not
that. This is like, really pleasant. It really
is. It doesn't feel heavy, doesn't feel sweet,
doesn't feel sugary. It's just like, you're getting
exactly what they advertise. It's a peppermint
milk stout. I like that. Yeah, I do too. I liked
it a lot. So give it a try. You know, we're here
in Valparaiso, Indiana. So I know that we've
got that. We get these boys all the way from
Colorado. So if you're listening in the the big
old contiguous United States, you probably have
a shot of getting them. Yeah, I would say so.
Not sponsored, but recommended. You've got recommended
an average of a three eight some odd. Right,
yeah. Between us. Between us, yeah. So definitely
try that out. To wrap up the show, we have the
world of weird news now. Most times we pick these
obscure little stories from all over the country.
Things people have never heard of before. Just
really weird shit. That's why it's there. Weird
news. And so this week I picked a story. And
it was a story that had traction, because I've
seen it all over the socials, I've seen it in
the news, but I captured it early in the week
and I thought, this is it. This is it? And the
rest of the world must have thought so too. Oh,
here we go. I'm excited. Start with the title.
Drunk raccoon found passed out in liquor store
bathroom. And when I mean go to the Google machine,
it's everywhere. I didn't know they nicknamed
me Raccoon, but okay. Yeah, well, you know. Here
we go, Rocky. One Virginia liquor store had an
unusual patron this weekend. An inebriated raccoon
found passed out in the bathroom. According to
the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter
authorities, found the masked bandit collapsed
in the bathroom of the Ashland ABC store Saturday
morning, where the furry burglar had ransacked
the shelves and drank multiple types of alcohol.
In a social media post, officials said they took
the very intoxicated raccoon back to the shelter
to sober up before releasing him back into the
wild after a few hours of sleep and zero signs
of injury other than maybe a hangover and poor
life choices. He was safely released. Also known
as my average Saturday. Average Saturday. He
was safely released back into the wild, hopefully
having learned that breaking and entering is
not the answer. Oh my god. The Hanover County
Animal Protection and Shelter helps rescued animals
if they are found in the wild. The shelter provides
veterinarian care for homeless or unwanted animals
until they are adopted or placed with an animal
rescue organization. God bless the Hanover Animal
Shelter and... What was the full name? Animal
Shelter and Rescue. Animal Res... Hanover County
Animal Protection and Shelter. God bless them.
If you're in Hanover County, give them a couple
bones. For sure. Give them a couple bones. See
what they need. See what they need. Couple blankets
or dog food. You know what I would've loved?
They're like, they're trying to sober this thing
up and the raccoon's coming too, all wobbly,
and they sit there and they brew a pot of coffee.
A little pot of coffee? Oh, that would've been
amazing. Well, little guy, you're gonna need
a cup of joe. A little cup of joe, he's like,
oh man. He picks it up like, I've always been
fascinated by the little raccoon hands when they
like grasp things. Yeah. It's almost humanoid.
Yeah. You know, because, like, dogs and cats,
they don't have that, like, dexterity to pick
up and interact with them. Correct. Where raccoons
kinda can. Kinda can, yeah. Kinda can. So I wanna
see, like, a tiny raccoon -sized cup picked up
by a little raccoon. Drinking coffee, his eyes
half closed, like, I hate life. Can't believe
I gotta go to the fucking FedEx tomorrow. Oh,
this is bullshit. Alright, what do you got man?
I got a little short story. I've got one here
and There's there's a little story behind the
story. I heard of this headline, okay from Listening
to the radio. Okay, because sometimes Bluetooth
doesn't work blah blah blah, whatever I was into
the radio in Chicagoland and I heard this headline.
They mentioned the headline. I'm like, oh I'm
in okay Rockford man Not as impactful as Florida
man, but Rockford man arrested after a waving
rifle from car Believed women quote like these
things Wow This story comes from a Chiffon clayborn
This comes out of Rockford, a W -T -V -O station.
A man reported to have been waving a rifle around
while hanging out of an SUV early Friday told
police he had done so to increase his chances
of having sex with the women in his car. Rockford
police officers were called to the 200 block
of West State Street around 1230 a .m. Friday
after receiving a complaint of a man hanging
out of the window of a black SUV waving a gun
around. Wow. Officers arrived on the scene were
immediately approached by Sabah Bonia, 27 years
old, who stated he had been in the vehicle, a
black Smith and Wesson M &P 1522 caliber rifle,
which was designed to look like an AR -15, but
isn't in plain view in the back seat of his car.
According to officers, a magazine containing
30 .22 caliber rounds was found inside his left
pants leg near his ankle as they arrested him,
said that Bonilla had told them he had the weapon
because he was, quote, attempting to have sexual
relations with the female occupants of the vehicle.
Oh no. He went on to tell police he thought having
the firearm would increase his chances of success
as he believed women liked these things. Oh no.
Oh no. Boney has been charged with aggravated
unlawful possession of a weapon. and has had
four prior weapons offenses in the past. His
court date is for December of this year 2025.
Wow. God bless Rockford. You guys are unique.
Hey man, just pull out your gun and take a shot.
You gotta take your shot, you know. Gotta take
your shot, that's life lesson right there. That's
how things work in Rockford. That's a Rockford
way of life. It's the Rockford way. It really
is And hopefully authorities understood that
there by oh man this guy's just trying to get
a date Yeah, like they should have just let him
go really really like you got four priors, but
Yeah, you know, I hear you I hear you I hear
you know, it's it's got to be some more women
like right Oh, yes, so people say But that was
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