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What say we go to work? Let's get started, friend. Welcome. Today is a Wednesday morning. We are the President and Steve Show. Let's get into the weather forecast. See what you got to deal with today. It looks like a little bit more rain here and there, but nothing much. Maybe early on. High of about 84 degrees today, so a little more comfortable tomorrow. Sunshine tomorrow.

Good.

And now, Kristen and Steve's news updates. Today is Wednesday, July 2nd. Good morning. District Council 33, the city's largest union, hit the picket line yesterday for the first time in four decades. And the strike comes as the Fourth of July weekend approaches.

And thousands of visitors are expected to descend on Philly for the holiday. Trash services, recreation centers and pools will all be impacted, raising concerns about illegal dumping and excessive garbage across the city as curbside trash and recycling collection have been suspended.

As the two sides continue to negotiate, residents can drop off their trash at over 60 temporary sites, which will continue daily. That's Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Department of Sanitation says residents can bring up to eight bags of trash.

that are being asked to come on their regular trash day. And you can find the nearest drop-off location on the city's website, phl.maps.com. Recycling will only be accepted at six sanitation convenience centers, which are open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

If the trash starts piling up, it's going to get stanky, folks. We got hot summer weather baking that stuff out on the streets. Well, that's part of the plan. You want it to hit like this time. I remember years ago, I mean, one of the worst, perhaps the worst ever,

was years ago in Manhattan. They had one that went on forever. Mountains of garbage. And along with that, you get maggots and flies and rats and all of that nasty stuff. It was insane. I'm glad that you mentioned New York there, Steve, because I feel like in New York...

It's like every summer you walk down the street and it's just mounds of trash. I'm like, so Philly should just call New York and go, how you guys do it? You know, you guys are always under trash. I saw a post yesterday on Crossing Broad and the last time that this happened, there was a massive amount of trash that had piled up in front of Veterans Stadium. And I'd forgotten about it, but it triggered a memory when I was a kid. It was 86 and it just was trash everywhere. And so I guess I don't know if it was like a protest or whatever.

but just bags and bags of garbage started piling up in the middle of the parking lot outside of Veterans Stadium. I remember when I was a kid, it used to be exciting to go with my dad to the dumps. Sure. Like, oh, wow, we're going to go. Yeah. I don't forget why we were dumping it off. Maybe when we had lost service for a while or whatever, but...

Hey, we're going to the dumps. Well, they have some temporary ones set up and you can go to phl.maps.com to find out the information. A weather alert was in effect for the entire region from 2 p.m. until 10 last night because of the severe storms that brought more damaging wind and flooding. A tornado warning was also issued for Berks and Montgomery counties before expiring around 5 last night.

Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches were expected throughout the Delaware Valley with localized amounts up to 4 inches. On top of Monday's heavy rainfall, the ground is already saturated, which raised the flood risk for streams, creeks, and roadways that are already prone to flooding. Wind gusts approached 60 mph in some areas strong enough to down trees, snap branches, and damage power lines or buildings.

As is always the case, residents are urged to avoid flooded roads. At the airport, there was a ground stop until about 8.30 last night, causing delays throughout the afternoon and evening. And according to PICO, there were a little more than 2,400 power outages in our area, with about 1,600 of those happening in Montgomery County. And as is the story, and I saw a text yesterday because we were talking a little bit about the weather and some down stuff.

People always text in that work in that industry. If you see downed power lines or any kind of cables, don't touch them.

Yeah. Turn around, go the other way, find a different way to get to where you're going. Of course, call the authorities and let them know what you've seen, but don't touch them. And don't do the bite test. No, don't do that either. All right, a month from now, people can walk into a store in Delaware and buy marijuana for recreational use. Finally ending the delay for retail sales in a state that legalized weed in April of 2023.

Delaware has authorized 30 recreational licenses for retail sales, but they are still in the process of getting approved and will not open until August 1st. Instead, or they will not open on August 1st. Instead, the sales will start at the 13 medical marijuana dispensaries that have been granted conversion licenses to start up the regulated commercial market.

Delaware Marijuana Commissioner Joshua Sanderland said it was important for the state to get its legal industry going and attract customers who have been going to neighboring Maryland and New Jersey to buy legal flour, gummies, oils, and other cannabis products. Yesterday, Sanderland told reporters launching the full adult use is an important part of continuing to expand the program, ensuring that these businesses were able to continue to operate, stand up, provide quality products to Delawareans.

Weed was legalized in the spring of 2023. Residents of the first state expected stores to open by the end of that year. Bureaucratic delays, including getting FBI background checks processed, kept pushing back the start date and frustrating advocates for its use and plagiarism.

and potential business owners. But last year, lawmakers approved a bill that allowed the 13 medical dispensaries that had been operating for several years to obtain retail licenses at a cost of $100,000 each. In a statement, Delaware's governor, Matt Meyer, said that the start of marijuana sales will generate critical revenue to strengthen our schools, infrastructure, and public health systems while creating real opportunities for entrepreneurs. So, quick question, is that tax-free?

I don't know. It's got to be. I would think so. Retail. Yeah, it's retail, so I would think so. All right, in sports this morning. All right, Nick McElwain, what's going on? Last night's game between the Phillies and the San Diego Padres was rained out. It'll be made up today as a part of a day-night doubleheader.

Tickets for last night's game will be valid for the newly scheduled game tonight at 6.15 with gates opening at 5.15. And the fireworks show is still scheduled to take place after the game. Mick Abel will get the start in the afternoon game, which is set to begin at 1.05. And then Christopher Sanchez will get the start tonight. And again, that game is at 6.15. Reagency and the NHL began yesterday. The Flyers made a few deals.

One of the top goaltending options available in the market is now no longer in the market. Dan Vlader joined the team. He joined on a two-year, $3.35 million average annual contract. The Flyers also agreed to terms with center Christian Dvorak. They got him from the Montreal Canadiens. They got him on a one-year contract worth $5.4 million. And they also signed defenseman Noah Juleson to a one-year $900,000 deal.

The Union are still the top team in the Eastern Conference. They have 12 wins and 40 points. This weekend, they're going to travel to Tennessee. They face Nashville SC. And the match on Saturday will begin at 8.30 and...

Your Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs. And that's what I have for you in sports this morning. All right, thank you very much, Nick. And welcome to Wednesday morning. We are going to check in with our friends at Fox Good Day, Mike and Alex. So we'll say hello around 7.55ish, sometime like that's what we're going to do.

And in the meantime, we're going to hang out and have a good time. That is a guarantee. So we hope that you will bring us along on your travels. We have some stuff to give away and some things to chat about. So let's go ahead. We'll take our first break, come back in a moment and fire up a stupid question. I got an update on the Diddy trial. Yes. Semi-decision that was kind of made. And a few other things that we'll dive into. So stay put. We'll be back in mere moments.

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But now, we can say we've joined the 21st century with one number for voice calls and texts. What is that number anyway, huh? 610-660-9333. Hey, welcome to the Preston and Steve podcast, which is brought to you by Acme Markets. Hungry and in a hurry? Acme's flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Acme.

fresh foods, local flavors, and the official grocery partner of the Preston and Steve Show. Thanks for listening to our podcast, and thanks to Steven Singer for being the official jeweler of the Preston and Steve Show. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thank you, Marissa. So, the stupid question, we have a pair of tickets to see an advanced screening of Superman in IMAX July 7th. That will be at the AMC Neshamity 24 shows at 7 o'clock. So,

Here's the question that I ask you. What animal does cashmere come from? What type of animal does cashmere come from? 610-660-9333. If you know that answer, call now. What animal does cashmere come from? I'm going to go through birthdays. Today being the second day of July. Lindsay Lohan turns a year older today. Wow, she's on the cusp of 40, man. She's

39 years old. Let me tell you something. She has never looked better. I don't know what the hell they did or what they redid or whatever was going on, but she was going down a slippery slope. And in her new commercials, I think it's for...

Is it Old Navy or whatever the hell she's doing? But she's like doing a jazzercise thing. She looks terrific. Nice. I am interested in Parent Trap, or not Parent Trap, Freaky Friday 2. Because the first one was fun. She did a good job. And Jamie Lee Curtis is great. So we'll see how that whole thing goes.

She is 39, like I said. It's Margot Robbie's birthday today. Margot Robbie turns 35 years old. She is now a juggernaut producer with the success of Barbie. Oh, yeah. Margot. Sorry. I knew I had a song for her. I couldn't remember what it was. You have a Margot Robbie song? Well, it's not a Margot Robbie song per se, but it is. Yeah.

I saw that movie in the theater and I didn't love it as much as everybody did. I think it was built up too much. I thought it was pretty good, but some people absolutely loved it. I was just talking about this with my wife and yeah, the exact same experience. I enjoyed it, but I think I fell prey to the hype.

I thought it was going to be something more than it was. Turns out it's about dolls, Preston. Well, dolls and girls. And I think there was a lot of themes that were there that a lot of women go through that aren't necessarily talked about. So with so many people seeing it, it just opened up. Yeah, so America Ferrara, for instance, has a monologue in the movie that I know a lot of women wanted to just get up and applaud.

So it was, as far as girl power is concerned, it's a great movie. It's like the way you stand up and applaud during Anthony Edwards' speech in Revenge of the Nurse. Exactly.

uh margo is 35 today uh then we have ashley tisdale and she turns 40 years old i'm a tisdalean i like her a lot yeah well finney's in verb i you know she's the voice of candace so yep uh she's also high school musical sweet laugh of zach and cody she came from that whole era and uh yeah she turns 40 years old but i like her she's a good performer she's really cute uh

Napoleon Dynamite, right? Nope. Was she one of the pitchy cheerleaders in Napoleon Dynamite? She might be. No. Well, no. Summer was played by Marissa, what's that? Wasn't it Hilary Duff's sister? Yeah. That's it. Hilary Duff. That's what it was. Yep.

So Ashley Tisdale, 40 years old today. Polly Dean Holiday. She played Flo on the 70s sitcom Alice, which at the time when that show was big, she was overjoyed.

All the rage. She was like, she stole the show and everybody knew who she was. She was kind of a pop culture phenom at that time. She was, it was Laura Dern's mother who played that role in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. That character Flo. Yeah. Yeah, but that character was, you'd see t-shirts with Kiss My Grits on it. Yep, that was her big catchphrase. She is 88 years old today.

Singer-songwriter Michelle Branch has a birthday. She is 42. Talented? Yeah. I always liked her. What are we playing? I don't know. Oh, this is Michelle Branch? Yeah. Oh, okay. I don't know this song. Nah, me neither. I know the one that she did with Carlos Santana.

The Game of Love. Game of Love. Great song. Love that tune. That album. I mean, it was a huge pop hit, but it's a great record. Yeah, I agree. Because he had a variety of people. Obviously, Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20 had a huge hit. Dave Matthews was on there. Yep. He does kind of the Whitman sampler thing with artists that he brings on his albums. And I love his stuff, man. So, Michelle Branch was married to?

from... Pat Carney? Pat Carney, yeah. From Black Keys. Yeah, they're still married. Are they? They were going through a rough patch. Were they? Okay. Yeah, I thought they were getting a divorce, to be honest, or they had made some kind of a public statement that things were heading down the tubes, but maybe they salvaged it. I'm not really sure, but I like her. She is 42 years old, Michelle Branch.

Then we have Jose Canseco, who wasn't in our studio. We thought it was him. His twin brother also celebrates a birthday today, Ozzy. That's true.

I didn't think about this until much later, but I'm fairly certain it was Ozzy that we had in studio. He never took his sunglasses off. No, he never did. And I asked a story about a home run that I saw Jose Canseco hit at Fenway Park years ago. He ended his career on the Tampa Bay Rays, and he crushed a home run that went over the Green Monster and landed on the parking lot across the street. So I asked him about it, and I...

Ozzie slash Jose said, oh yeah, I hit that home run. It's one of the longest in the history of Major League Baseball. It was over 600 feet.

Nobody's ever hit a home run with 600 feet. And so the whole story was kind of BS. And I think he just was making it up on the spot because it wasn't actually Jose that I was asking the question of. What kind of a career did Ozzy have? He was all right. He made it to the bigs. You remember Eric Linderhouse's brother? Brett made it to the NHL. Wayne Gretzky had a brother that made it to the NHL. These guys are really talented and good enough to make it to

professional baseball, professional hockey. They're just not as good as their brother. Right. They weren't one of the elites of the elite. Exactly. Yeah. So Jose and Ozzy turned 61 years old today. So it was the idea that he would just go in his stead to appearances Jose didn't want to go to? Yeah, he'd sign autographs and take pictures and never take his sunglasses off. Do we need doppelgangers?

We do. Steve is like Gallagher's brother. Yes, Gallagher too. I mean, they're identical twins, you know, so it's not even fraternal twins, Ozzie and Jose. So they look very much alike. They've been doing it since they were kids, I'm sure. All right. Larry David has birthday today. Larry David turned 78 years old and is just a juggernaut in the world of comedy, writing and performance, obviously with Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. I saw his daughter, I think it might have been on Seth Meyers.

talking about dealing with her father and she has a spot on impression of Larry David. Really? Yeah. A younger girl delivering that pentameter is hilarious. It took me a while to like and then eventually love Curb Your Enthusiasm. I didn't quite get it at first. It's a bit more of an acquired taste.

But I will say this, the finale, the series finale of Kirby Enthusiasm makes the series finale of Seinfeld 30 years later that much better. The way that they ended curb is a nod to Seinfeld and they wrapped up that series so frigging well. Larry David 78 today. It's also Jerry Hall's birthday today. Model, former wife or father.

of Mick Jagger, or the concubine, whatever you want to call her. They were together for a long time. A long time. She's, of course, won an Oscar for her appearance in Batman, her brief appearance. She's the one who has her face all effed up by the Joker. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Yep, so she turns 69 years old today.

All-time NASCAR, one of the all-time greats, Richard Petty. Celebrates his birthday today. 88 years old. He's the guy that uses Blue Emu. That's right. Because it don't stink. But he won the Daytona 500 seven times. That's crazy. In his career.

So he was just an absolute badass on the track. And number 43. Is he Mr. The King? He is. Yes. Okay. Mr. The King? Yeah. In cars, they have a car that's essentially...

I don't want to say modeled after him. He voices it. He voices it. But who do you call it? Lightning McQueen. He's known as the king. And Lightning McQueen calls him Mr. The King. Got it. You know what? Cars is only one. And I know how popular and huge that was. But I only saw it like once or twice. I loved it. Our kids didn't really dive deep into Cars. Ben was addicted to it. So it was one of those ones. And maybe it was the age or whatever, Preston. But yeah, that was on repeat in our house over and over. And the sequels are good too. Are they not? Isn't there like a fourth coming out? Probably.

Probably. The second one, the third? Was there a third? There was a third, yeah. I don't remember how the third one went. The second one was silly. Although the first one, I mean, these are talking cars. It seemed to stretch that second one. But I love the first one. Tomator. I just love that guy. They say that Cars is essentially the story of Doc Hollywood.

It's almost identical. And I had never seen Doc Hollywood, so it wasn't ruined for me at all. So Doc Hollywood is a ripoff of Cars in your mind. In my mind it was. And I love Doc Hollywood because you get to see Tommy Boy's girlfriend's boobs in the beginning of Doc Holiday. You do. Not Doc Holiday. Doc Hollywood. Doc Hollywood. Yes. Doc Holiday was in Tombstone. Or a picture for the show. Or as well.

All right. Now that we got all that cleared up. Are we good? Last birthday. Well, actually, two more birthdays. Olympic figure skater and TV personality Johnny Weir turns 41 years old today. Yeah, he's got a big personality. He turns 41 years old today. And it's fitting.

Fitting! Well, hang on. It's fitting that he shares a birthday with another strong personality. It's Jackie Bam Bam. No! JBB! I have to apologize. I thought you said Fitty, and I'm like, it's Fitty's birthday? No, no, fitting. Oh.

He's 41. It is fitting that he shares a birthday with Bam Bam. I think so. I have no idea how old Jackie Bam Bam is. It is one of the great secrets of how old Jackie is. If you were to guess, what are you putting him in? Wow.

That is a very good question. I would put Jackie... I know he's around my age. I know he's in the ballpark, so I'd say he's like, I don't know, 53, something like that. Yeah, I think in that range. I think he's just under 1,000 years old. Yeah. He might actually be a vampire. Yeah.

This is true. He makes this claim regularly and maybe we do not take it seriously enough. He is age-defying. He's an amazing human being and we're all lucky to have him in our life. We're looking at video right now of him from our Daily Rush videos of when Jackie was doing the letter a day word of the week and we...

spliced them all together of him relaying what each day's letter is and he has a very interesting way that he delivers it and is I have I've probably watched that one more than all of our videos no kidding but it's short it's only it's less than a minute long and he is just so animated and the and Casey as each day progresses you have more sound effects and and

an ambience to it. It's just I can't get enough of that. So Jackie, we love you. Happy birthday, brother. All right, let's see if we can get an answer to the stupid question. What animal does cashmere come from? 610-660-9333 is number and we are going to go to Nick and see if we can get an answer. Yo, Nick, good morning.

Hey, sorry to bother you at work. All right, Nick, do you got an answer? Do you know what animal cashmere comes from? It comes from the cashmere goat. It's a goat. Hang on. Good job, buddy.

Guide yourself to pair tickets to an advanced screening of Superman on IMAX and that's July 7th at BAMC in the Chamonix, 24, 7pm. Director James Gunn takes on the original superhero in a newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor, and heart. Superman only in theaters July 11th. I had one cashmere sweater in my wardrobe at one point in time. I probably wore it once or twice before.

That stuff is like sitting inside an oven when you wear it. And it's itchy, too. I didn't find it itchy. I just found it hot. I mean, like, ridiculously. And it was just too much for me. I told you the story of where I was at a station. It was WDRE in New York. And the sales manager gave the sales staff...

Oh, everyone's getting cashmere scarves. And we're all looking at it. Oh, that's amazing. Look at the label. That says cashmer. Cashmer. It's like pleather, right? It's like pleather. Their version of pleather. Cashmer. Well...

Well, the sentiment was there. Yes. All right, so as I teased earlier in the Entertainment Report, the jury in the Sean Diddy Combs Federal Sex Trafficking and Racketeering Trial in New York City said that it reached a partial verdict in the case. But

But the judge told them that they need to continue deliberating on the remaining count. The jurors sent a note to the judge late Tuesday afternoon saying they had reached a verdict on four of the five counts, but were unable to agree on count one racketeering conspiracy. The note indicated there are jurors with unpersuadable opinions on that charge. So when they say partial, they mean they're releasing that we believe he is...

Ilty. Ilty. Right. Instead of guilty. They haven't given the full verdict yet. So after discussing the options with attorneys from both sides, Judge Aaron Subramanian asked that the jury keep deliberating on the remaining charge, which is what prosecutors and defense attorneys asked for. What I have a question about is if they...

If they've come to a conclusion about some of the charges, if they can't come to a conclusion about this charge, does that send it all back for retrial or what is? Yeah. Yeah. Don't know how that works. Yeah. Not really sure. I would assume. I mean, I'm pre-med. No, I would think that if they have been able to conclude on each count, is it separate? But Steve, I don't know. The jury will return to continue deliberations 9 a.m. today.

After the note from the jury was brought to the court, Combs was seated with his attorney surrounding him standing in a half circle. He appeared to be praying with his head bowed and his hands folded on his lap. He wiped and rubbed his eyes, but it wasn't clear if he was crying or not. Jurors began the deliberations on Monday, so they continue into today. We'll see where that goes. But it's interesting. I haven't been... There's...

When it comes to trials like this, there are so many details that they release, it gets overwhelming after a while. It's too much. So I don't follow it that closely, but I just was kind of reading a little bit of a summation of what happened during it. But he never took the stand, and they never called, his attorneys never called any witnesses in his defense. No. At all. The people who assess this, I follow this YouTube channel where the guy kind of takes the popular...

The trials that are getting a lot of attention and sort of dissects them. His assessment is this is not going well for Diddy, but there could be a...

There could be an outcome that works for him. It's like the Baldini, the Blake Lively, Justin Baldini thing. I don't know. It's too much. There's too much specificity. But he does. I'm stupid. He could face life in prison if he's held guilty in all of those. Speaking of the Baldoni case and Blake Lively, their team has reportedly issued subpoenas to content creators Perez Hilton, KFC.

Candace Owens and Annie Signore, I guess. Oh, yeah, yeah. We've had him on. We did? Yeah. He did like a movie review stuff, right? Yes. Yeah, he was one of the first. Yeah. And then he had a bit of a Me Too moment. The subpoenas, oh, I remember him, are reportedly an effort to support claims that Baldoni orchestrated an online smear campaign against her, which he denies.

Um, her lawsuit accuses him and his publicist of planting negative content online to damage her reputation. They alleged that he used a strategy of putting harmful narratives out through social media. Uh,

She has also subpoenaed Scooter Braun, while Baldoni previously subpoenaed Taylor Swift, but later dropped that and considered Hugh Jackman as their legal panel continued. Wow, I would subpoena Clint Eastwood because I've always wanted to meet him. Baldoni's team maintains that any negative press was organic and a trial is scheduled for March of 2026.

Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet are still full steam ahead and they're taking a huge next step in their relationship. And no, they're not moving in together. You got to think bigger than that. Yep. Kylie now follows Timothee on Instagram. Oh my God.

Oh my God. They're technically both following each other. No, he is not following her. He does not follow her. That's a breach of protocol. She only follows 119 counts in total. He hasn't followed her because he doesn't follow anyone.

On his official page. Not one single account. What's the next step? A see-through kayak? Maybe. Yeah, yeah. Take it to the next level. Yeah. Honey, I got you something. It's a see-through kayak. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can see fish. All right. So just regarding his Instagram thing, if he ends up following her, that'll be big news, obviously, because he doesn't follow anybody. So he will exponentially increase the number of people that he follows from zero to one. But then...

when they break up down the road and then he will have to unfollow her. That will also be big news. Let me introduce a, what I consider at this point, an outlandish concept, but maybe less outlandish.

Could they end up getting married? Oh. Could they end up getting... I mean, they could, yeah. They have defied... I didn't think it would go this long. Yeah. I agree. Marissa? This is a big step because I do remember dating people and there was a level of like, you're kind of making it social media official. And as Nick points out, when it's not just like public, like hidden, like when it is just out there, like if you follow nobody and now you're following one person, the fear of...

repercussions of the breakup is a big deal. I remember having to go through how long do you, when you break up with someone, do you immediately erase the photos of them off your page? Do you wait a couple of weeks? Do you wait a month? Do you never do it because you just leave all your history? It's actually the repercussions of it that's the worst part. I'm so glad I've

never had to consider that. Not once. I mean, just timing-wise, it was not a part of my world. You've been married all the time and social media became a thing. I'm curious as to if, Nick, and maybe you have some insight into this,

if KFC will start following both of them because they only follow a handful of people. Yeah, I think they follow 11. I think they follow the Herbs and Spices and then... The Spice Girls? The Spice Girls. That's it. Thanks, Marissa. KFC is a more elite follow. And some guy named Herb, is that what you said? Oh, my God. And the Spice Girls, yeah. Well, they've upped it to...

They've upped it to 33. All those yum yum brands they probably have to do. Tom Green is one of them, Nick. That's really interesting. That's the mutual follow between the President and Steve. That's our connection, man. We don't follow Scary Spice? I don't know.

All right, so the couple, by the way, were first linked in April 2023 and made their public debut five months later at Beyonce's concert. And so, yeah, Steve, they've stuck it out for a little while now. It's looking fairly promising. He's really, listen. I like him a lot. He's really good.

He's real good. His performance as Dylan was extraordinary. I loved it. Stuff in Dune is extraordinary. Yeah. I mean, the guy's talented. I liked the Willy Wonka thing, too. Willy Wonka was good. I thought he was great. So he's solid. All right. I'm just going to say it. I think he's all right. Yeah? Yeah.

No, I like him. Yeah, I think he's all right. I think he's a handsome guy. I think the one with him and Stephen Carell, that was probably his best performance. The one with him and Stephen? I don't know. I think it might be Baby Boy or Beautiful Boy. Did you watch Complete Unknown yet? I didn't finish it. I'm getting there. He's not your taste. Yeah, I get it.

You can't have two heartthrobs. You cannot. No. And I am. That's your position. One eclipses the other and you just feel bad about it. There's a natural thing going on. I get it. All right. Fame to televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Dead. Can we revive our old dead thing? Yeah, we need that. We haven't done that in a long time. Steve, do you have... He has it. The De Niro dead song. I'm the De Niro dead guy. Okay.

Hang on. This is organic, by the way. You have to play the music and then separately add in the sound effects, the voice effects, in order for this to work. But we did this as an accident ages ago. And for a while, we were doing it when someone had died. Casey accidentally played...

Give It To Me Baby from Rick James. And we didn't know why. It was an accidental thing. And then we started playing the clip of Robert De Niro saying dead. So if you want to hit it, Casey. Dead! Oops. That's all right. You got to warm up. Dead! Dead! Thank you.

All right, so. Dead. Dead. Dead. And it's okay to do this because of Swagger. Dead. Dead. All right, Jimmy Swagger died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tuesday. His family and publicist announced he was 90 years old. The Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism had been in critical condition at a Louisiana hospital after going into cardiac arrest on June 15th. All right.

have died. Swaggard's 70-year-old son, Donnie, said his father was found at about 8 a.m. at his home and revived before being taken to a local hospital. At the time of death, he was the co-pastor of the family worship center, which he had founded.

His cousins included rock and roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis and country music star Mickey Gilley. Swaggart, who authored more than 100 books and commentaries, held evangelistic crusades in more than 40 countries, his family said, filling stadiums with tens of thousands of worshipers and, as a musician...

He sold 17 million gospel albums. It's true, yeah. Yep. The guy was the ultimate con artist. Oh, yeah. I mean, you remember one of the great scandals. You had the Pat Robertson, right? That was the PTL. No, no. He was the Jessica Hahn. Who was that? Who was...

Dude, I lost track of all those guys. That was Jim Baker. Jim Baker. Thanks, Nick. So Jim Baker. It's hard to keep track of all of them. I know all these fallen evangelists. Yeah. But he in particular was frequenting a local motel where apparently he was banging prostitutes all the time.

All the time. And I hate to judge a book by its cover, but I just look at all of their faces and I'm like, you guys are all scumbags. Fake tans, whitened teeth, coif, the whole damn thing. The schmuck who has the jets. The private jets. That guy actually, to me, looks like your classic movie villain. He's horrible. You know what I mean? He has an underground lair under a volcano. You need to understand.

It costs a lot to build a lair under a volcano. What was his name? Kenneth Copeland? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Something like that. I can't fly commercial. And then Duplantis, was that the other one? Yeah, Preston, to clean the lava out of a volcano so I can put my mahogany desk. It just costs a lot. It just makes me ill. Makes me absolutely ill. And then what happens is...

People go back to donating. Oh, my God, yes. Dude, yes. It is, and it's probably worse than ever. Yeah. You know, they know how to do it. Welcome to my volcano. Welcome to my volcano.

His full-time ministry, Jimmy Swaggart, kicked off in 1955 as the preacher grew to become one of the most recognized voices in Christian broadcasting, his family said. In 1973, the Jimmy Swaggart telecast started, eventually growing to reach more than 100 countries each week, being translated into more than a dozen languages, and in the height of his 1980s exposure...

Swaggard became involved in various prostitution scandals leading to his suspension and defrocking. In 1988, it was when Swaggard delivered his infamous I Have Sinned speech on live television. I was doing a lot of defrocking from behind the front with another dude.

In 1995, at age 60, he founded the Sun Life Radio Network, expanding gospel programming across North America, which currently broadcasts to more than 300 million TV homes across the globe. So, yep, he pulled it off.

90 years old and he is dead. Is that a good run? Yes, he did. All right, I have some other things. So we have a death, but we'll have a wedding to pass along. Congratulations to Succession actor Annabelle Dexter Jones. Annabelle. Annabelle. Annabelle. She's on Succession. On Succession, Casey, she played...

Jeremy's girlfriend. She was another elite family. I liked her a lot. She was really cute. So she married famous chef Daniel Hum over the weekend. The pair were first seen together as a couple at the US Open last September. The wedding was an A-list affair. Dexter Jones' stepbrother, producer Mark Ronson,

played foreigners i want to know what love is for the newlyweds it was a song written by the bride's father and foreigner co-founder mick jones how about that crap they wrote that song so her dad co-wrote that song with mick jones from foreigner so how many these chefs score quite nicely yeah uh jennifer lawrence is married to a chef as well right cook maroney i think his name is yeah yeah

So congratulations to them, which is cool. Actor and singer Halle Bailey has apparently moved on from her baby daddy. She was photographed on a boat in Italy cuddling up to a mystery man. She's currently embroiled in a bitter custody battle for her one-year-old son with her ex-rapper DDG. The former couple have a hearing later this month to determine permanent custody from that couple.

Let's see here. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mentioned this the other day, this book. But the memoir of a child TV star is being turned into a series starring an adult TV star. So Jennifer Aniston...

Has signed on to be a part of a new Apple TV Plus series based on Jeanette McCurdy's 2022 memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died. So is she playing Jeanette McCurdy? Because she's older. No, I think she's going to play her mom. Okay, all right. So the memoir detailed the former iCarly star's relationship with her abusive mother and her path to recovery following her mother's death in 2013. The angle that the dramedy will take...

It centers on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kid show and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identity as a starlet's mother. It could be good. You read the book. Did you like it? I loved it. Yeah. It's very compelling. Yeah. McCurdy will be a co-showrunner and will executive produce along with Jennifer Aniston. As a show, I think I would like to get some investors and do the definitive Joey Lawrence thing.

The story of Joey Lawrence. One more title. That's got to be it. Let me see here. How about this story? Squid Game finale.

began and ended with a bang with season three breaking records on Netflix, pulling in 60.1 million views in its first three days. The huge number earned it a spot as the ninth most watched non-English TV show ever on the platform, according to Netflix's top ten. And that's the reason, really, why you have an entire subcategory of Korean television on Netflix, because that show did so well. I watched the first season, really loved it, but I haven't been back for the other. Yeah, listen, the second season is...

It's just like the first season. It's got the same vibe and all that. And I did enjoy it. I just have a hard time when they are having a great time and skipping and playing these games. I'm like, you know what you need to do. If you don't skip fast enough, you're going to get shot in the head. What is so fun about that? Yeah.

Yep. So the season three picks up where Ji-Hun, played by Lee Jung-Jae, and I'm probably messing up these names. I apologize. I haven't watched it. Diving deeper into the deadly games, it's time to aim to take them down from the inside. So this is good news. Shane Gillis and the crew at Tires are going to keep on spinning at Netflix. The streamer has announced...

The scripted comedy has been renewed for a third season. I figured that was a no-brainer. Tires for Father Will, played by Stephen Gerben, as he tries to turn his father's business around while dealing with his chaotic cousin, Shane. You have to wait a minute or so for new episodes, however, as the third season will drop sometime next year. Of course, they've been featuring guest stars like Vince Vaughn, Thomas Hayden Church, Ron White, and more. So congratulations to those guys. And also, The Bear is staying open for another season. FX...

has announced that the hit show will be coming back for a fifth season, slated to premiere next year. Of course, the series stars Jeremy Allen White, Ioana Berry, and Eben Moss-Bakarac, and centers around the restaurant. And its title, season four, premiered last week on FX and the entire run, including...

the latest season can be streamed on Hulu and Disney+. I finally started watching last night, and it occurred to me that whoever's producing the soundtrack for this show really likes all the soundtracks that Cameron Crowe put together. There's Led Zeppelin, That's the Way. There's Getting in Tune by The Who. It's great music. I love it. Don't get me wrong. But I was like, yeah, I've heard these on other soundtracks before.

Yeah. So I am... We're about a little over halfway through it. We're taking our time on purpose. We'll watch two episodes and then stop. How many episodes this season? Because we're four through. Okay. And I love it. I'd heard some people were saying that it...

that it was repetitive. I'm like, yeah, but that's kind of what the industry is, right? Yeah, exactly. And I was reading something as well this morning, Steve, that said as far as Rotten Tomatoes goes, it's getting a lower score of all the other seasons so far, but I'm loving it. I'm loving every bit of it so far. Yeah, because it's the uphill battle of getting a review in other papers and rising to the challenge. You know, when you watch that show, I don't know of any show

that uses more extreme close-ups than the bear. It's wild. Wait, so some of the criticism is that it's repetitive? Yeah, but the mechanism is repetitive. Well, the first episode is Groundhog Day. Yeah. And I'm wondering if that's deliberate in that if they know that there's going to be a season five, sometimes you have to take the whole of all of the seasons and recognize that one of the seasons might not be as great as the other five. Yeah, agreed. I'm enjoying it so far, though. Yep.

I thought this was kind of fun. This is more of a sports story, but New York Mets pitcher Dickie Lovelady has a name that turns heads, and it also caught the eye of a prospective employer. Richard Lovelady recently revealed it goes by Dickie, and it was off to the races at that point while the Internet had a laugh over the name adult website Cam Soda sold dollar signs.

So the Cam Soda vice president, Darren Parker, went into specifics and said, as a left-handed relief pitcher known for handling pressure, we think he's a perfect fit to bring some heat in a whole new arena. They offered him $250,000 to take a swing at adult entertainment. He said, we'll take care of the tech, the fans, and the lights.

You just bring the love lady presence that's already turning heads. It's not likely that he'll take them up on their offer. Not only is he married, but at last report, he was making three times the offer amount to play baseball. Well, they did have a success when they convinced Yogi Bear to make that porn movie. Right. Yeah.

All right, and then one last story, and then we'll get to the clips in a move that probably isn't a shocker at all. ABC has decided to renew The Bachelor once again, and this renewal gives the dating show a milestone 30th season of The Bachelor.

There's also plenty of Bachelor content to go around with series like The Bachelor in Paradise. The Golden spinoffs still going strong. The Bachelor is believed to come back around its normal mid-season window. Meanwhile, The Bachelorette is skipping a cycle but has not been canceled. So that is still there, if you were wondering. Collectively, I wonder how many hours of television between The Golden Bachelor, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor Nation, all that stuff.

Yeah, that's a good question. That is a lot of programming. A lot of television. All right, we're ready for clips. Heads of State will be... Head of State? Wait, no. Heads of State will be director... I guess that's the name of it. Okay, will be director Ilya...

Nice Shuler's second action thriller since his action-packed film Nobody in 2021. In this clip, he details when the right moment is for potentially doing a sequel for this new project. I think it's very important to focus on one thing, have the beginning, middle, and the end. And if the audience love it enough and there's a desire for more, we can figure that out separately. It's already like an hour and 45 of high-quality entertainment. That's not easy. Let's get that right. If it happens, cool.

Great. Would I love to work with these guys again as these characters? Yes. Shut up, dummy. Heads of State is streaming now. You can find that on Amazon Prime Video. I'm not familiar with it. Next clip. Nine Perfect Strangers returns with a new cast, with new cast members and a new location in the Swiss Alps.

And here cast member Annie Murphy talks about what audiences can expect from season two of Nicole Kidman's character. Masha has revealed herself to be a very complicated character, especially as season two kind of unravels. We start questioning Masha's motives. You know, I think she's very self-serving, which is never a great way to put it.

quality to have in a therapist. I don't think I want to see it. I have a total crush on this gal, Annie Murphy. She was in S's Creek and she was also in Kevin Can F Himself. Yeah, she's great. Something really adorable. Case, I think you would find her super cute too. Who is she in S's Creek? She's one of the daughters. She's the daughter. Yeah, she's David's sister of the four family members. It's Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Annie Murphy, and David Levy. Yeah,

All episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers are streaming now on Hulu, if you want to check that out. That's our entertainment report for today, dear friend. I think I'm going to whisper for Portia. Right. It really draws the audience in. Bring you guys in. Close. Intimate. That's where the broadcast school pays off, right? Yeah. You got to learn how to mic techniques. I mean, normally I'd be like back here. Right. Like a foot and a half away from the mic or whatever. But you're coming close. Every now and then, you just got to get in tight. He's talking to me. Yeah, right.

All right. That's annoying. We're going to take a break. We'll come back in a moment. We'll dive into the meat of the program. We're going to check in with our friends at Fox Good Day as well today. So stay with us. We'll be right back.

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Yeah. Yeah, I have been. Well, listen. Your noticing has been noted.

Listen, I want to see if you guys are familiar with it. It was yesterday and I noticed it yesterday, but I wanted to bring it to your attention today. But July 1st, yesterday, was Bobby Bonilla Day. Yeah. So you guys are familiar with this? Oh, yeah. Vaguely. For another five years, it'll be Bobby Bonilla Day on July 1st. Longer than that, Casey, I think...

Was it 2031 or 2030? I think it is 20... Where do I have this? Anyway, let me dive into this. So,

Bobby Bonilla Day. Every year on that day, the New York Mets pay former third baseman Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million, even though he hasn't played for the team since 1999. It goes through... Nick, when does it go through? 2035, when he turns... 2035! When he turns 72 years old. Yes. Wow. So...

He hasn't played with the team since 1999. The annual payment continues, like Nick said, until 2035, until he turns 72. It may sound strange, but it's all part of a deal that was signed back in 2000 when the Mets agreed to delay paying him $5.9 million. Instead, they transformed it into a long-term annual payment with installments and interest stretching over 25 years. Now, the question is, why?

why did they agree to do this? Do you guys know the story behind this? That I don't know. Essentially a deferred contract. Yeah, but do you know why they agreed to do this? I forget the origins. So the reason behind it involves a financial gamble by the Mets ownership. In 2000, the Mets heavily invested into

A Bernie Madoff puns. That's right. There you go, man. I didn't realize he went to the Bernie Madoff stuff. And that worked out well. The old high returns. In hindsight...

How did that guy con everybody? Well, what happened was is that he had the good fortune of bringing in initially high-profile people that other high-profile people looked at and said, oh, well, there you go. And then they signed on. But there are a multitude of great documentaries, but I think it was the one that HBO did that explained all the machinations of what he did. And it's just staggering. And why? How do you...

How could you conduct your life knowing that the clock is ticking on you being discovered? I think part of the deal, and Steve, correct me if I'm wrong in some of the documentaries, but the mark of a good con man is that the con worked for some people, right? The investments were actually decent investments some of the time. It's just eventually a pyramid scheme is going to collapse upon itself. And so there was no real basis for any of it.

But there was enough of a fake basis that he was able to pay off some of those people, some returns in the short term. And why would the Mets agree? They owed him $5.9 million. Why would they do $1.1 million, almost $1.2 million for 25 years? Every year, that's exponentially more money. It's that same kind of business savvy that had them signing up with Bernie Madoff. The way that works out, by the way, Nick, is that...

You have your initial investors and the new investors actually pay...

The dividends for your first investment. Yes, exactly. And so everything keeps getting a pyramid stacked on top of each other. To me, it seems like they were pretty confident that they were going to be making money too. So they were like, okay, we can shave off $25 million because we're going to make hundreds of millions. It's kind of like some players now are accepting their contracts in Bitcoin because they anticipate Bitcoin being more...

worth more. You guys know about the Shohei contract. Shohei Otani on the Dodgers. He signed a bajillion dollar contract. It's worth so much money because he's one of the most talented and incredible players. He's generational. But the way that the Dodgers decided to pay it is not very much up front. He agreed to that so that

The Dodgers could sign other really talented players, high-priced free agents, and make it a really good, expensive team, and then defer some of his payment until after his career ends. So initially... If they get a winning team, there's bonuses that come along with that. If they win the World Series or make it into the playoffs. So yeah, it makes business sense for him. Preston, initially, once they realized this had all gone down, they tried to recoup their loss with $100,000 dog night.

And it did not work. Who wants to pay $100,000 for a hot dog? They really didn't plan that right. Even after Bobby Bonilla dies, the family will receive his beneficiaries will continue to get that money until 2035. It is being paid out no matter what to whomever is still alive. It is funny to think, though, that you would think that the financial people behind the Mets

would have at least a flag here and there would have been raised. And by the way, he's not the only one. Brett Saberhagen gets $250,000 annually until 2028. Other players like Max Scherzer, Manny Ramirez, and Chris Davis also have deferred contracts, receiving millions after they've retired. Listen, they've been in a bit of a slump. Why don't they bring these guys back on the field? Wow.

Right? Just take a crack at it. I mean, Scherzer's still in the bigs, and I didn't know his contract was that way. And I had no idea about the Madoff portion of that, that they got duped as well. Kevin Bacon was one of the guys. Kevin Bacon and Kira Sedgwick lost a ton of money. Virtually everything. Yeah. Yeah.

It was crazy. So anyhow, Bobby Bonilla Day yesterday. I'm not that deep into the world of the behind-the-scenes sports stuff, so I was not familiar with that. I'm sure it's an old story to you guys. I was just a fan of $100,000 Dog Night. All right, here's another thing that I noticed and wanted to pass along to you. The Consumer Insight Research at J.D. Power and Associates.

run an annual, what they call initial quality survey on new car buyers. And it yields a comparative list of how satisfied people are with new cars from all over major markets, major brands. And it also exposes features and trends that buyers like and don't. And this year, one of the biggest jumps in car owner complaints

was about one very particular thing and it doesn't have to do with the performance of a car. Car owner complaint. Let's see if we can guess this. And it doesn't have to do with the performance of the car. I know. I have a guess. Go, please.

brightness of a display in the console? No, but that's an interesting one. It's funny, Nick, because my son called me yesterday because it was too bright in the car and he didn't know how to turn it down. And which car was he driving? He was in... I think he was in... Hang on a second. He was in...

The Outback. Sometimes that thing's tricky to find. It is. I have two Subarus. I have an Outback and a Forester. And the Outback's a little bit older than the Forester is. The Outback's display is much bigger and much brighter. And I'm wondering if Subaru received some complaints because the Forester, which is newer, is a smaller display and a less bright display. Doesn't the display adjust automatically? Not automatically. Well, sometimes, yeah. So we had an issue in our vehicle as well, one of our vans, and that...

that it was just too bright and we couldn't... It adjusts automatically, but it was still too bright. Yeah, it's like, dude, I can't see anything. I can't see! I'm going blind! We eventually figured it out, but it's not that. It is something else. It is the cup holders. Okay. I see this now with your Stanley cups and stuff like that. For the first time, and so I drive an Audi, and the...

they got it right with this one, but they're always wonky and they're always not quite right and they're always not deep enough and there's a whole series of issues. So I can see that. So the press release says, while it seemed like manufacturers had cupholders figured out, given that owners are now bringing more reusable containers into their vehicles, manufacturers are struggling to keep up with being able to accommodate all the different shapes and sizes that are increasingly available. And there's no place to

put your crock pot. No. So I have a, I have this Nail Gene, I think it's Nail Gene, bottle that I take to the gym with me every day. And it's too big for every cup holder. The only way it'll fit into my cup holder is if I turn it upside down in order. That's just crazy. That's crazy talk, man. Yeah, but it's better than this bottle rattling around the floorboards. Consequently, owners are again citing more problems in this area with the expectations that their vehicle should be able to hold 10%.

different sizes of containers so uh do you have um some cars come with actual there's one cup holder has a little heating pad underneath it to key you know i don't know i never had that but i'm like wow what what's that like that's a good idea how soon before that breaks yeah that's a good idea though nick you're you're in a touring um trim of your outback do you have um air-conditioned seats

Yeah. Dude. Okay. So I'm in a 2025 Outback right now from Rafferty Subaru. And this car, it's the touring model and it's got air conditioning. It's the best. It should be along with heat. Because listen, I got tired of spatcheling my ass off the hot seat. Yeah. It's definitely a first world luxury. Oh, yeah. It's ridiculous. But.

I don't really drive the Outback anymore. I mostly drive the Forester. My wife drives the Outback. So she's got the cool ass. The Forester does. She does. She's a great ass. She does. The Forester. No, it's fine. She's a great ass. She's not listening. But her friends are. Anyway.

Forester, no cooling seats, only heated seats. It's not the Touring? No, whatever version I got it, whatever. So the Outback has it, and when I drive it every day, especially this time of year, I miss it. Yeah, so not only does this Outback that I'm driving have cooled seats, but also, I went to grab the front of the seat, I was like, wait, what is this little thing? And

It basically is a recliner. This little thing pulls out. For your nuts. No, this little tray kind of like pulls out and extends the seat. Yes. Yeah, I have that. You do? I have it as well. The best couple cars I've had have had that. Wow. Wow. Wow. Do you have a cup holder for your steering wheel? It turns out that doesn't work well. There was a brand of car that I owned for and I really loved.

And the reason I did not buy another one was because of the rear camera was not very clear. It was kind of at night, you couldn't see very well. And I went back after I owned this for, I owned a car for about five years or so. I put about, I tried to put 100,000 miles on before I started looking for another one. And then, and I said, did they change anything?

The rear camera and the guy goes, no. And I'm like, what? I'm not buying. You know, when we were learning how to drive the rule, it was in stone. Turn around. Look at the elaborate process.

If I was an owl, I couldn't be as comprehensive as my backup camera is. I mean, I look at, you're not supposed to, but I rely on that more. Listen, and I told myself, I'm like, dumbass, just put your arm up around the eye. Right, yeah, yeah. On the seat and turn around and look and see where you need to go. You've been doing that for ages. No. No. I'll tell you why. I want the camera now. The camera gets below your line of sight. It also is slightly fisheye. It's fisheye. Yeah.

So yesterday, my youngest got her learner's permit. Very cool. And so I took her out for her first drive. And, you know, I told her everything. I'm like, okay, so here's your backup camera. You use the mirrors, you know, the side view and the rear view. And she's like, okay. And so she puts in reverse. The backup camera comes on. And she needs to back away from the car in front of her. And I'm looking at her. I go, what are you looking at? And she was looking out the windshield. I was like...

You're not looking at it. You have three mirrors and a backup camera and you're still looking forward. Oh my God. She'll learn. God help me. Let her get a few accidents under a bell. She'll be fine. It's definitely first world problems. You know what's funny? I don't really like the cameras. Everything you guys are saying is 100% accurate and you're probably right. I'm probably wrong and maybe I'm just being antiquated. Something about it is a little jarring to me looking at a video display rather than

a mirror because the video display is just one step removed from reality and the mirror is reality. But Steve, your point about the fisheye, absolutely. It makes perfect sense. I just don't like it that much. Do you know what they're doing? They're replacing, so this will start to happen. They're going to work this in. Your side views will become TV screen. Oh, I don't like that. I don't like that either. I don't care for that. As you're teaching Avery, you should on a few times,

On a few occasions, cover that up.

Just to use as her mirrors. Just to use as her mirrors or turns her head around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And look back just in case. That camera might go out sometime. And if she's never done it before, that's going to be a bit jarring. When you taught your kids, did you ever do the blindfold method while they were driving? Yeah, let's drive to the wah-wah with you wearing a blindfold the entire time. Smell only. Yeah, you can do it. Come on. How are we doing, Dad? Well, you use the force. That's what you do. I mean, with the blast shield down, you know, you use the force. Time to go to wah-wah. Yeah.

But J.D. Powers, senior director, said when looking at the top ten problems for the industry, cup holders difficult to use went from being seventh most problematic issue for the vehicle to third most reported this year. And this is overall. This is overall car brands. Generally just new car owners. But yeah, the cup. Why is it so elusive to car manufacturers to figure out how to...

Nail the cup holder. Well, I just think it's the fact that there are so many different types of cups that you can... Reusables. I got it. A big well that you can just put a straw in. Fill it up with the liquid. Right? You don't have to... You just pour it into your big well and you have a straw. Mine has these little...

do hickeys for lack of, it's an industry term that stick out and it will size it properly. And, and it works fine for me. But, but if you're, if you've got a really giant one or, or one that's too small, I guess that might be an issue, but I've never really, a couple of there's never really been a complaint for me personally. I can't think of a car, but for some people it might literally be a deal breaker. And I would imagine if you're shopping for a new car, um,

Do you bring your favorite mug or whatever? Yeah. You should bring it with you. You better drop money and try it out and see if it works or not. So I have the doohickeys as well, and it does make a difference. It does help. Sometimes the doohickeys are so clamped on that I have to gingerly...

move the cup out of. It's a paper cup, you know? But yes, that is a big innovation. So Casey, you were at the DMV yesterday with Avery, and we're getting a bunch of texts from people who are saying that in their instructions and in the driver's test that they had to use the cameras. That they were not only asked, but like, you need to know how to do it in order to pass the test properly. So Nick, you're saying that they...

Are they suggesting that you now forego? Because Preston described it. You put your arm back over the seat. You look back. You look both ways. And that's how you had... That was the only way you could pass the driving test. Are you saying now you have to use the cameras to pass? Yeah, you have to use the camera. Even in the school car where they're learning how to do it, some people are texting and saying that they used the cameras there and the instructors were teaching them how to do it that way. I would think that they would...

want them to do it both ways. On the chance that the technology fails and you can't use it. Do they still blindfold you during your driving test? Only to Wawa. Well, anyhow, surprising, but that is apparently fairly universal. Notice you noticed that. I'm going to notice something else too. Never heard of this before. Now, we're aware of prenuptial agreements. They're increasingly common.

Recent Harris poll found that 15% of Americans who are married are engaged or engage a report having signed one. Post-nuptial agreements are not as common. But now, the once considered rare legal argument or agreement, I'm sorry, signed by couples after tying the knot is finding its way into marriages outside of the ultra-wealthy. So, do you want custody of the Batman figures? A post-nup agreement.

can amend a prenup signed before the marriage for reasons such as a new business, a financial windfall, significant new debt or inheritance, or planning for children from the first or second marriage. And it can also address issues of infidelity. So what I would assume that a prenup sign

would be a tough negotiation. A post-nup, I think, is going to be exponentially that more difficult. Exactly. So a prenup can be delicate conversation in itself. A post-nup can be an even more delicate out-of-the-blue conversation to have, according to this article. Now, Sondra Douglas, who's a family law attorney...

Said you don't want to be like, okay, I talked to a divorce attorney and here is what we need to talk about. That is off-putting and I would not suggest that. She said, I always suggest doing it in a relaxed environment when tensions are not high. Maybe it's going to dinner. Try to create an environment where it is not confrontational. Sometimes we even role play and go over the best tone. So there's a legal firm that deals with all this posting called What's Nup?

What's nup? Yeah. And you're talking about this. Is there a percentage? Do you give a percentage of people now that they assume or can estimate have it dealt with post-nups? No, it doesn't. So 15% of Americans do the pre-nup. So much smaller amount would be a post-nup. Right.

In this article, it says, when infidelity sours a marriage, many couples would prefer to salvage their relationship. And the attorney, Douglas, says a postnuptial consent ground rules that may help save the marriage. They said it may be a long-term marriage. They don't want to, as the saying goes, throw the baby out with the bathwater. They'd so...

They just don't want to jump to being ready to get a divorce. Right. And they said postnups are a great option because we can create a boundary and then move forward. It doesn't really give any examples of what that would include. So I'm assuming this probably pertains more to financial, as you said, financial windfalls or things of that nature. Or perhaps, you know, one party's parent has died and left money. But I mean...

My assumption, maybe I'm just a cockeyed optimist, that all that comes into the marriage, that's both parties. I agree, but there are some people, and I've been surprised, who are married...

And it's still my money, your money. Yeah, I don't get that. Not our money. I've seen that break up a number of marriages, even though they think they have it nailed. I have mine, and eventually it starts to grate on one party. Yeah. It's like, really? Yeah.

Like the second Shell and I were together, and even before we were married, it's like, okay, this is all a big community chest here. Just don't touch my drum kit. Did you put your vagina on my drum kit? The second we got engaged is when we joined our financial forces. Yeah, it's probably when we did it too.

I don't know. I don't know anything about the money. I mean, I don't know anything about anything, but... Tony, what do we use to pay our bills? I'm guessing. The money that you make. Oh! Oh, that?

So it says a dramatic change in wealth, a potential future income for one spouse such as a... I have pieces of this green paper in my wallet. What is that? As a business venture that has taken off or an unexpected large inheritance are also common reasons for post-nuptial agreements. They said it's similar to a partnership agreement in the business...

How are we going to operate this marriage? What is our roadmap moving forward? Or it could be a situation where you have a spender and a saver. And a lot of times in marriage, that is just the natural order of things. So it may be a roadmap on how you are going to save. I've never heard of a post-nuptial agreement before. Yeah, I bet you that's a lot of fun.

All right. I noticed another thing. Another thing noticed. The last thing. All right. Yeah, this is perfect. So New York City's public pools...

Turned into toilets at a surprisingly high rate last summer. Oh, I just always assume that. The Parks Department was forced to close its swimming holes 203 times to clean up visitors' poop in the pools. Stop it, really? Yep. Data obtained through a Freedom of Information request reveals the sheer scale of the defecation in the city's cherished bathing areas. The incident's

limited access to swimming across the city, which has already been strained for years by an ongoing lifeguard shortage. And now as pools are open for the summer, experts warn New Yorkers should be extra mindful to control their bowels while at a pool to avoid a catastrophe. For years, what have I always said about public pools? They're just a human stew. So this only proves it. I

As a lifeguard, I think there was only one time where there was poop in the pool. A little dookie situation? Yeah, in the big pool. A caddyshack situation? The baby pool is, I think, a different story. But yeah, the big pool, I think one time, and we had to clear the whole thing out.

People are treating pools. You had this story, Preston. Watch the footage of the guy with bar soap cleaning himself in a public pool like it was a bathtub. Record show 44 of the city's 52 public pools had to close at least once last summer due to Dookie. New Yorkers lost, take in mind, 600 hours of swimming as a result of the incidents. Now, on a single day in August...

12 pools were browned out. And here's what I found interesting. The Parks Department defines a situation where a solid or formed stool is released into the water as a level one incident. More serious level two alerts are reserved for liquid feces. Oh, my God!

So we got a level two here. Liquid feces. You were thinking about joining the pool this year. Did you end up doing that or no? No, and you know why? Because it was so damn expensive. Yeah. I don't even know how much it cost. Is it like a thousand bucks now? No, it was like three grand for a year.

And there's a deposit casey and there's a waiting list. They're really popular. I don't have a pool. You got to provide a fecal sample. You do. And then there's number one and number two, Steve. Do you want the piss pool or the poop pool? I think I probably shared this story with you guys, but we were in Vegas one time. It was a big group birthday party excursion and they had to close the pool because people had been partying all night. We're throwing up into the pool. And it was just like, you know, Steve, like,

I don't think I'm as hesitant as you are, and I understand your hesitation. I think I'm just like, no, whatever. You know, I'll survive. Yeah. And if it's a hot day, I just want to jump in the pool no matter what. But, man, like, they had to clear everybody out. It took, I don't know, an hour, an hour and a half for them to clean it. Nick, I'm concerned that the fish are pooping in the ocean when I go to the beach. Sure. Yeah, that's true. I...

I mean, that's disgusting. So pools were closed more often for level one cleanups with 184 such incidents reported. There were 19 incidents of liquid stools versus 184. So that's, you know, very little diarrhea moments. Even my druthers are going to take a nice intact floater over diarrhea. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Without question. A party department spokesperson said that it's against rules to urinate or defecate in city-owned pools and noted that

Babies and toddlers are required to wear swim diapers, by the way. Which, as you said before, is a teabag, Steve. Exactly. It's a human teabag. Is it still okay to hold your junk over the water exchange?

Oh, the jet? Yeah, yeah. Of course. Okay. No, you're not allowed to do that. Okay. You're not allowed to do that? As long as you're not exposed. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've seen Chuck do it in Jamaica. Remember that? Yes. He said pool jet on my ball. Hey, I have a new girlfriend. Yeah.

Yeah, we were sitting there having a deep discussion. We were actually having fun, and then we started talking about somebody and their alcoholism and what a problem was it. And Chuck just turns to me and goes, I got a pool jet on my balls right now. I'm like, okay, way to steer it back. All right, so there's a website that Steve Wilson just told me about called Swimply. Swimply? Oh, yeah, yeah. We talked about it before. We talked about it. Yeah. Where people rent out their pools. Right, right, right, right. Okay. Something.

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Don Petty on 93.3 WNMR. It's everything that rocks. We'll back down. We got about 10 seconds before we go live on Fox Good Day this morning. Chat with Mike and Alex. So we'll listen for a little bit of music. And there it is. TV time, people. Here we go. Why you trying to keep me thinking? Now they need me.

I wrote this song. Okay, Preston, Steve, here's the question of the day. If you could be a CEO of any company, which would it be? We saw this survey that said most people said they'd like to work for Google. Be in charge of Google. Not sure why. I guess that would make them rich, Preston. I got to go with Total Wine down in Delaware. I think...

Probably is my type of thing. And I would build one closer to my house out in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. Yes. Have you ever been there, by the way, Mike? No.

No. Is it huge? Oh, my God. It is. It is. Yes. Think Costco, but all booze. Wow. Yeah. It says a lot. So they sell more than wine. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's not just wine. It's everything you're looking for. Yeah. Most definitely. In fact, you're going to find what you love and love what you find. That's what I've heard.

He's already got the slogan going. That's right. Steve, what would you be? So I wouldn't want to be the CEO of something that I love because I would screw it up, like Apple or something that I really enjoy. So what I would do is I would go with Mars Wrigley. They make gum. You're not going to screw up gum.

And then you just sit back and collect your big fat check in your CEO office. There's no innovation. You just chew it. So there's nothing to screw up. That would be my plan. You want something on autopilot. Autopilot. That's a great idea. With all heads turned here at the conference, what are we doing, boss? It's gum. Chew it.

It's gum. Like the Wrigley family. Exactly. They made gum, and they're filthy rich. Filthy rich. Oh, gum. What about you guys? Is there anything you've considered? Pornhub. Pornhub. Yeah. Because you get free samples. Well, sure. I'd have to go to all the shoots. Right. You'd have extreme carpal tunnel, but eventually...

I still have my left hand. Anyway, the stranger. It would probably be more work right now considering everything that's going on, but it might be worth it for the perks. I want to be CEO of an airline so I can fly anywhere, you know? Now you're thinking. Yeah, I like that idea. See, that's an intelligent answer. Well, like I said, there's a lot going on with planes and airports. If that goes south, I'll see if I can get you into the gum world. What about Casey?

Well, so I wouldn't be CEO because there is no CEO of the NFL, but I would be the NFL commissioner. I would do it for half of the price tag of Roger Goodell. Wow. And I also am a fan first. So I think the NFL is run very, very well, but they don't think of the fan, I think, as much as...

as they should, and I would like to maybe lower prices for fans and heighten the experience. Lower prices? That's a thoughtful answer. And then all the jocks you can see.

If you're lower in prices, you're never going to be hired. There's your downfall. Well, there's that. Now, is Nick there today? Yes, sir. Yeah, I would choose probably like an outdoor outfit or like a North Face or an REI or something along those lines. I love to hike. I like to be outside. So, you know, all the fleeces you can handle, Mike, if you get to do something like that. That's what I would choose. Woo! Yeah.

All right. These are all great positions. My gum choice is looking dumber by the second. No. You want to cruise. I get that. Yeah. Thank you, Alex. The loss of a gum company. What a loss.

He just chewed. Great. Only Steve. Thank you. All right. Thank you, guys. Have a great 4th. All right. You guys, too. Take care. We will see you soon. All right. We need to get a look at traffic. We skipped out on that at the top, so let's dive into that world with Marissa McNutt. Marissa, what's going on this morning? 295 southbound is slowing between Warwick Road and Haddonfield Berlin Road. It is jammed up there. Also on the northbound side from...

Pickertown Road to Center Square. Staying in New Jersey, Route 73, both directions at Fleming Pike. There's police directing traffic around a malfunctioning traffic light. Then on the Blue Route, northbound for McDade to the Media Bypass. Platte Bridge eastbound is slowing from the midspan to Penrose. 76 eastbound from the Boulevard out to South Street westbound.

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Nitro Nation. Grab your tickets now at IHRA.com. That's IHRA.com. And that's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR. I need to point out, you know, the reason that Marissa doesn't get asked questions from Fox 29 is she's actually in another room. She is. And we have no camera. I know. We need to get a little camera that shines down on her. I love that idea. Yeah. But then again, that would cost something that's called money.

I don't know if we can do that or not. It took us how many months to get phones? Maybe if Steve makes money with gum. That could be a motivation to get you there. That might require some innovation. The gum world. I don't have gum money. All right, let's do the B-File. No. Bizarre. WMMR presents Kristen and Steve's Bizarre File. Follow me.

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shared an update on the teen's health following an incident two weeks ago in which Zane began experiencing hallucinations due to what they believe is altitude sickness. Zane's father, Ryan Watch, wrote on Facebook that Zane reached his first giant milestone since being placed in a medically induced coma. He said that he's taken off of the ventilator. It was a giant milestone in hopes that the door, it may open the door to many new steps forward. He said the hard part is that he is well into feeling the effects of withdrawal. He said he is

been on a lot of heavy drugs for a while and getting off that is extremely painful. Ryan previously said that his 14-year-old son, they were climbing Mount Whitney in Northern California on June 10th when the incident occurred. During their 19-hour hike, Ryan said his son began showing signs of altitude sickness. The duo started heading back down the mountain, but things progressively worsened as they continued descending. Ryan said that his son started feeling considerably better about

six miles from the trailhead, but his condition worsened about an hour later and Zane started to doubt reality. Nick, you know more about this than most of us. If you're coming down from an altitude, even though you're experiencing these symptoms, they can kind of fluctuate like you can go in and out of that. Yeah, and the way that, and Mount Whitney is an interesting one because it's the highest elevated mountain in the

lower 48 states. But it's a slow, long, gradual climb. It's right near Death Valley. So Death Valley is the lowest elevation in the U.S. Mount Whitney is the highest elevation. When they climb that mountain, their internal

barometer is really screwed up because of how low they start when they ascend. Yeah, they started below sea level, right? So, I'm fascinated by this. I'm fascinated with Everest and all this stuff and altitude sickness. Nick, how...

How does altitude sickness initially manifest? Well, for me, I got sick on Mount Rainier and it's a much lower elevation than Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro summit is 19,000, Rainier is 14,000 plus. But I got 60 because the rate of ascent was much higher on Rainier than it was on Kilimanjaro. So it took me a lot longer to get to the top and therefore the altitude sickness didn't get to me. On Rainier, I went from 5,000 to like

12 in less than a day and it beat the crap out of me. Wow. Well, a short time later when he started to doubt reality, Ryan's had his son thought they had finished the hike multiple times over, but they still had not reached the trailhead. He said he started to experience hallucinations. He knew that he was hallucinating. He said he saw things like snowmen and Kermit the Frog. He told me that he couldn't tell if he was dreaming or not. This is a 14-year-old, by the way. Yeah, that's horrible. And he would shake his head in disbelief like this is not real, like he was in...

The movie Inception or something. Eventually, another group of hikers helped him call for help, but Zane, still experiencing hallucinations, walked off a cliff and fell 120 feet. He said, I didn't see how there would be a way for him to survive it, so I screamed. This is according to the dad. He said he quickly raced over to his son after the fall and found him still breathing. Rescue teams arrived about six hours later, and he was flown to a hospital in Vegas.

He sustained several injuries from the fall, including head trauma, a broken ankle, broken finger, and partially broken pelvis. The family has raised nearly $30,000 in a GoFundMe campaign to support him. That's a 12-story fall. Yeah, that's messed up. Real quick, there's actually a race for some of these insane people from the base of Death Valley to the top of Mount Whitney.

Wow. And they run across the desert and up that mountain. Yeah, those people are... So you know you've won when you meet Kermit, right? That's right. Yeah, yeah. All right, here's an interesting story. Nobody likes getting stopped by the TSA at the airport, but when checkpoint alarm bells began blaring around a traveler's groin...

As happened to one befuddled passenger not that long ago, there's a chance it is due to extreme wetness in their pants, insiders say. A confused person on Reddit said, I flew for the first time in 15 years this week and both airports flagged my crotch at the arms up scanner. The wet wanderluster described herself as a mid-sized adult woman wearing bike shorts and normal underwear. The Skyway siren assured social media readers that her private parts were...

are neither pierced nor outfitted with medical devices. She claimed that her pockets were totally empty. She said, I don't care about the pad town. They were polite and professional, and it doesn't bother me, but I'm wondering what did it. What kind of swampy crotch do you have to have to set that off? Well, the internet know-it-alls say that it's crotch sweat, and they're likely right. Sweat? Sweat?

Wow.

It's a bodily function that can wrongfully trigger red flags per TSA expert Shauna Malvini Redden. She said perspiration is possibly the weirdest thing that can set off the scanners. It has to do with millimeter wave technology and how the waves bounce off of water. Well, you know, this sort of makes sense because after I had the prostate surgery in 2014, when I go through a scanner at the airport...

Many is the time they'll check that area where the surgery took place. Really? They see something anomalous. So the insider said that because the machines often generate false alarms set off due to sweat, some countries, including France and Germany, have actually banned those scanners altogether. Hmm.

But massive moisture isn't the only reason TSA technology might mistake one's own carriage as a dangerous weapon. It's been alleged that frequent flyers boasting larger features, such as a bootylicious behind, can expect to be stopped and searched before getting the green light to board a plane. So I just deleted this email yesterday. Thankfully, I didn't empty my trash because this was for a product called Swamp Butt Underwear.

And so this declares independence from visible butt sweat. Oh, okay. All right. You guys heard about that? All right. Now, this one is a chunky story here. This is out of Australia. This is really weird and messed up, okay? A beauty and the geek star, you know, the reality show. Yeah. Charged with the murder of her boyfriend was seen by Port Lincoln locals with her head shaved and acting oddly in the weeks beforehand. Police are still searching for the missing head.

Oh, boy. ...of a local man, Julian Story, after Tamika Chesser allegedly killed him, decapitated him, carried his head in a bag to an unknown location and dumped it. So I assume once they saw the head, they feared the guy was dead, right? Officers are desperately searching cliffs and bush around the town... ...along with the waters off of Erie Peninsula as Mr. Story's family are subjected to a horrific wait to bury their loved one. Two residents said that Ms. Chesser...

Only arrived in town a few months ago and they only remembered her as having a shaved head. The 34-year-old who finished second in the series of season, series two of Beauty and the Geek.

visited shops in central Port Lincoln, usually accompanied by a small dog. And footage has emerged of her caught on video or filmed by locals acting strangely. Say what you will, but nothing like this ever happens on Jeopardy. In one video, she's shown at a hotel wearing a long wig and a hat, which she then ripped off as she was yelling. In another video, she's also sporting a shaved head while doing gymnastics on a bar, on bars outside of a coffee shop.

And in the third, she's standing bare-chested at the Port Lincoln War Memorial. Now, Julian Story, the guy who was killed, was living in a dingy rented apartment, reportedly on his own, until she moved in with him a few months ago. She appears to have been living there since at least December. It's unclear how they met. It's believed she moved to South Australia from Queensland. Police allege that...

The murder was on or about June 17th, but it was not until June 19th that neighbors of the unit she shared with him were alerted to a fire coming with inside. And when the emergency services arrived, they found his dismembered body and his missing head that he was missing a head on the bathroom floor. Police later obtained and released video images and video which showed her walking three dogs and carrying a bag.

while wearing a hijab-style head covering. Police charged her with murder, and after being released from the hospital, she was admitted to a forensic mental health care facility. So just for clarification, they were both contestants on... No, no, no, just her. Just her? Okay, I got that part confused. In an effort to find Mr. Story's head, officers are appealing to the public for help in tracking her movements in the week of the alleged murder. Maybe a new game show?

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thank you very much, Marissa. Yes? What do the people look like in Peckertown? I don't know. They probably look like they're from Salem County. Oh, okay. Yeah. So, we have a short work week this week. We're off on Monday. We're off on Friday for the 4th. So, I thought it might be best to try to squeeze in some of these things that we do from time to time over a couple of days. And, in fact, this is kind of almost like a...

slash segment that we're going to do. And we have new music to debut for the City Beat. Wow, wow. A little bit of jazz here, music for the man behind the beat with those oh-so-straight-bounded feet.

A little Miles Davis, I thought. What's the hybrid? What are you pairing it with? This might fall into connoisseur segment, too. So there's a lot of local restaurants and food.

that are going to be intermingled in this. And I don't think we're going to do connoisseur this week because we saved that for Friday. And this news is too hot to sit on. Well, this one is interesting. Nick sent me this story. And we've had this guy in our studio before. His name is Kevin Cooper. He's a chef out of Drexel Hill.

And he competed on Guy Fieri's Chance of a Lifetime, a food network show hosted by Guy that pitted chefs against each other in tasks like frying chicken, operating a pop-up, and developing a new milkshake. We got this story from our buddy Victor Fiorello at Philly Mag. And he said after six episodes, Fieri had declared Cooper the winner. We had him in our studio to talk about. I thought it was a really cool thing. As the winner...

Kevin Cooper says that he was supposed to receive the following. Number one, his own Chicken Guy franchise with franchise fees waived.

Assistance with the build out of the space for the franchise. Any operational expenses after the first year that exceeded the revenue of that first year. $10,000 to be applied to any necessary legal expenses. And a guaranteed minimum salary for the first year of $100,000. That's pretty sweet. It's a nice chunky deal. Yeah.

So, Cooper finally opened Chicken Guy at the King of Prussia Mall on February 8th, 2024. We had him on, I guess, leading up to that opening up. Yes, yeah. People took selfies with a Guy Fieri cardboard cutout, and they raved about the chicken sandwiches. Well, just over a year later, on February 23rd of this year, Cooper closed Chicken Guy, and it's unclear exactly why. But now...

Cooper is taking Guy Fieri and Associated Companies to court. Cooper has filed a federal lawsuit in Philadelphia against Chicken Guy LLC and Earl Enterprises LLC. So is the contention that even though he was the winner, winner, he did not get a chicken dinner? Come on. Maybe. Maybe.

He was a winner, winner, but didn't get a chicken dinner. Your Honor, I suggest that my client was the winner and the winner, but did not receive his chicken dinner. So he alleges that they never paid him the $100,000 minimum salary despite numerous requests for it and that they likewise failed to cover the operational expenses that exceeded revenue during the first year.

According to the lawsuit, those expenses total close to $69,000 and include close to $39,000 in Pennsylvania sales tax alone. So I like all the parties involved with this, Guy Fieri as well, and so on and so forth. To my untrained legal neophyte eyes...

This seems like this could be a tough one because they did satisfy setting him up with the business, but he has claims that they didn't satisfy everything to its fullest extent, basically. Is that what I'm understanding, Your Honor? I think you're understanding, sir. You may approach the bench. All right. So, yeah, I don't know. And, of course, they're going to, you know, if they're being taken to court, I would assume. You never know. They may settle. I don't know. Or they may have defense of their own. Listen, if they are willing...

send over any chicken finger evidence to us. We will examine it and with, of course, the appropriate dipping sauces. Restaurant business is so... Man, there's a lot that can go wrong here. Cock-a-doodle didn't.

You should do that in Caruso style. I wish I had sunglasses. This time, Cock-a-doodle didn't. Uh,

Marissa and her husband run a bar. They own a bar in Denver. And we were off air talking about the TV show The Bear. Yes. Which we all love. And Marissa was like, well, why don't we talk about The Bear? I'm like, I don't want to do that with TV shows nowadays because it's not like it was when we were talking about Lost. Right. Because you never know when people are watching them. But she was just saying how relevant specifically to her and Matt was.

All the stuff that happens on there because of the inner workings and the struggle to stay alive and try to make ends meet and all the details that you have to go through in any kind of a service industry like that are, man, complicated. We were talking the other day about this. I mean, for over the course of years, it's been...

Marissa, you and Matt have been piecing together things and trying to make things work and appealing to an audience and your consumers and what you're providing. It's like that old thing of the guy who has nine sticks with the dishes on him and trying to keep it all going. But in this case, I mean, this is why it's such...

It has so many wonderful elements to it, but it's such an uphill battle to get a restaurant to hit, to take off. It's a gamble. It's a gamble. It's a risky investment. Yeah. And I'm not speaking badly about the industry. No. I'm just like...

you know, you've got to do it right for it to stick around and really, really last. Yeah. I mean, look, just word of mouth alone, like, and the way social media is, I mean, you, you have, you know, the thing with like marketing now is everyone's like, Oh, get an influencer. And then people want money to get paid for some of those things. And there's just a whole thing. All I

say is if you want to help a small business around you just post something on your personal social media let your friends know about it tell people about it friends family whatever it is just word of mouth really helps i love that idea i love that a place that you frequent that you liked it's maybe a local haunt that you want to help out just put something up yeah and a lot of people are like well i'm not an influencer i don't want to do that but you you're telling your friends and family and that's just as important yeah but it's got to be good

It has to be good or else it ain't going to happen. And if you didn't like it, then just shut the hell up. Although, hold on a minute. I'm going to go back on that. There are some... There are some...

There are some substandard food places that stay open forever. Forever. Seriously. Yeah. I mean, and I'm not hanging anybody out to dry, but I've been in places that just serve, you know, essentially fried stuff or pizza that is not crazy special and they last forever. They are front for something. There's a place, it's an Italian place on City Line, Sal Manila's. Hey!

It stayed open for quite a place. Way longer than I thought. Way longer than I thought. Now, there's a review going around right now in like the Philly Mag Camp. And it is ripping apart a business that just opened. And I've read it differently. Like, you know, before I may have been like, oh, this is salacious. This is crazy. Look at this new business. And they're calling it out. Now that I'm in that world a little bit more, I'm like, ooh, like you could have just.

Not said anything. A bit of the bear revolves around... Reviews. They have a first out-of-the-gate Midland review, and they're trying, and you're in the do-or-die time of a restaurant when it makes its debut, and now they're hoping that another...

reviewer will be more favorable. Marissa, are you referring to the article where she went to the bar so you didn't have to? Yeah. I agree with you. I read that article and I thought it was kind of a hit piece on this place that just opened up. I don't know, man. I guess everybody's a critic. It's mean. It is mean. It's mean-spirited. A critic's job, I suppose, is to warn you about a place that you might not want to go to or whatever. But for a place that just opened up, for her to kind of

assault the place, it just seemed to me unnecessary. Do you know what's funny though? I was watching this guy on YouTube who reviews movies and things like that. And he was talking about, and this holds true for just about anything these days, whether it be print or social media or whatever,

If you can blow the place up, you're going to get a lot more clicks. Yeah, I guess so. It's very rare. I mean, there is a place for people. People do want to be recommended good places to eat and drink. But if you really want to create some buzz, you're going to be the one who's just...

taking some place to task. Yeah, so I would sooner, I would rather just go to the owner of said establishment and say, hey listen, I don't want anything, I'm not looking for a free meal here or anything like that, but

But my experience here wasn't all that great. So, you know, Chuck, there was a restaurant that he and his wife used to go to all the time and it changed ownership. And he said that the quality went down. I said, well, then go to the owner. Let them know that you've been going to this establishment for many, many years.

And since he's taken over, the quality's gone down. Just let him know that. Did he do that? You don't have to go blast him on social media or anything like that. Did he do that? Do you know? I don't know if he did. I don't know if he did. But I've done that myself. There's a sandwich place that I go to all the time. I went there one time. The sandwich was terrible. I went and told the owner. I said, listen, I'm not looking for a refund or anything like that. But I like you. And I like your business. And I want to let you know that this was...

Very, very subpar. And how did they take that? He appreciated that very, very much. Okay. Yeah. So, Roadhouse Rules. Here, let me fix that for you. I'm going to take it into the kitchen. Yeah. I didn't give him that opportunity either. When talking about small businesses, Roadhouse Rules. Be nice until it's time to not be nice. Right. And then also, back off, War Child. Back off, War Child. Seriously. Different movie. Same guy. Yeah. And also, your mom is a whore. Your mom is a whore. Yeah.

By the way, with the closure of Chicken Guy at King of Prussia, Guy Fieri's restaurant and bar in Harrah's in Chester, and Guy's Taco Joint at Live Casino, that leaves just one Guy Fieri operation in the region, and that is a small Chicken Guy stand at resorts in Atlantic City. It's kind of wild because... So Guy's stuff has fallen out of favor around here. But we were just talking about some massive deal that he just signed.

Oh, he's doing okay. He's doing great. Yeah, it's just his restaurants around here aren't really resonating. Let me see. Hang on. Speaking of influencers, we have, and I'll do my best to get his name right. Cast Iron is now joining us on the phone. Hey, Kyle. What's up, Wieners? How are we? Oh, we're Wieners now. All right. What's up, dude?

You said it wrong, too, by the way. I wanted to comment. I said Cast Iron Kyle. Or is it Castile Kyron? I don't know who that is, Preston. Okay. He answers to Castile Kyron. Castile Kyron. All right. What's up? I do not go by that name anymore. Shut up. He's not going to let you on with any of this.

All right, go on. I go to a bunch of local restaurants around our area, and I see so many people going and trying to get free meals as an influencer. I actually go the opposite direction, like Marissa said. Just share it. Just post it. And if you're going to go out to eat, you have a budget where you're going out for a date night, just hit a different small business and post about it. I see people...

And influencers saying, well, I have this many followers. I should get my meal comp. I should get this free, that free. And it sucks for small business. If you're an influencer and you think that's the way to go, don't do that because they don't want you to come back. The funny thing is, Isle, is that people will have like...

We've talked about this, the glut of people who are now using that moniker, who have 3,000 people. And they're trying to come in and they're trying to worm free stuff, as you said, Casey, and it complicates issues. And then they will also do the thing, which is real crappy, is hold the threat of, I'm an influencer, you don't want to upset me. And then they're strangling these businesses that have a low profit margin to begin with. Yeah.

Yeah, it's not a cool thing. Yeah, I see it happening a lot. Like the last... We went out to dinner not that long ago and the guy that owned the restaurant...

I guess his wife was a follower, so he came over to the table and tried to give us all this free stuff. I was like, no, we already paid for our meal. We chose this restaurant. I didn't choose this restaurant to exploit you out of free food. Yes, it was good, and yes, I could do a story. But then that turned into them messaging me every week saying, here's our specials. Can you share them? So it comes from the restaurant side, too. Okay, yep.

push and pull people. Just go out and spend money with small businesses and try not to make everything in your life about getting free stuff. That's the Kyron way. We got to let you go, Kyle. Thanks for calling, man. See ya.

All right. He's out of here. All right. Something else from the city beats. And I'm happy to see this. This is official now. As of yesterday, our friends at the No Name Pops have reclaimed the Philly Pops name. Woo!

And it comes with a new logo, new music director. And this is really cool. We love those guys. They played at the Camp Out for Hunger. We had them out at Subaru's headquarters for our Camp Out for Hunger payment there. They're amazing. Oh, my God. This is bittersweet, though, Preston. I hope this doesn't affect our accessibility to them because they've been tremendous. After two transformative years, and I'm reading this directly from the press release that came out, the No Name Pops,

The fiercely independent orchestra formed by the musicians of the former Philly Pops is officially stepping into a bold new chapter. The ensemble is embracing a familiar name, launching a dynamic new brand, and premiering a new music director who is 34-year-old Australian Chris Dragon. What a great name, right? That's a great name. With a bold vision for the future. The revitalized...

The revitalized Philly Pops is not a return to the old organization. They're saying it's a rebirth with new leadership, new governance, new partnerships, and forward-thinking musician and patron-centric philosophy. It says the Pops of today is gritty, bold, and unmistakably Philly.

And they love to fart. They added that. Yeah, they just wanted to make them more accessible. The launch campaign is appropriately titled Philly Pops Reborn to Perform. And so the guy, Chris Dragon, the new music director...

is an internationally acclaimed conductor. And he started as of yesterday, known for his electric energy and genre-defying artistry. Dragon is ready to lead Philly's most fearless musicians into a new era, they said. The question is, is he well-respected in his field? That's a good question. I don't know if he's ever taken a dump on the floor or not.

So Dragon said this is about building something lasting, something open, something created by the musicians for this community. We're not looking backward. We're looking right at Philly's future filled with a variety of vitality, joy and heart. Looking right in Philly's fat face. I saw something the other day about the Philadelphia Orchestra and it was just it was a quick.

and I didn't get a chance to watch it to take in the details of what specific group it was doing this or when it's taking place, but I guess they do these shows by candlelight. Oh, yeah. Yeah, Marissa, you know about this? Yes. They do some at Bach Building. Bach? Yeah. Keith, there's a place in media where they do them as well, too, and it's fully candlelight, no lights on, and usually they'll pick one artist and play all music of that. Yeah.

Didn't I send you one from the Beatles a couple months ago? I've never been to one, but I want to. This is too smoky. They did one for Coldplay, right? Yeah. Yeah, and the clip that I saw, and I've forgotten what it was, was something a little more contemporary like that. And I was like, that sounds like a pretty cool night. Yeah, we're looking at the video footage of them. Yeah, they have these candles all over the stage and then the accompaniment, the musicians are there. So that looks pretty cool, but I'm not sure...

Which group specifically does that? Nick, do you have that? This is specifically a Halloween show. Oh, that was 2024. Yeah, an ensemble arts. Okay. Well, anyway, I don't know if it's the Philadelphia Orchestra, but I don't think it's Philly Pops. Yeah, no, I think they're like separate groups. But while we're talking about it, did you see Ben Folds is playing with the orchestra this week up as part of Welcome America? Oh. Yes. Awesome. On the parkway or maybe on Independence Hall. Outside? Outside. That's...

Very cool. I love Ben Folds. I think that's tomorrow night. Okay, excellent. How's the weather? Weather's looking good. So, enjoy. Oh, for 4th of July for the whole thing? Yeah. I bet you when the fireworks are going on, it's going to play brick. No, if you said tomorrow, that's Thursday. So, the 4th is on Friday. It's a free show. And Marissa, you're right. Independence Mall, July 3rd. Yeah. All right. So, I found this really quickly as we were talking. Candlelight concerts in Philadelphia. Fever is a...

is one of the websites that shares them and there is one in media queen verse abba and then that was it there's 90s hip-hop on strings coldplay versus imagine dragons and usually when they do these they won't just play those two bands they'll like intertwine some other bands similar to them okay um very nice yeah a tribute to whitney houston on august 23rd oh i want to dance with somebody yeah to the beatles july 19th through september 6th preston love it love it love it

All right. I have another City Beat story. And this one kind of blurs the lines of Connoisseur as well. We'll take it. I don't know if you want to intertwine the music there. Oh, there are different pages. Oh, there we go. Okay.

I've got the City Beat and both of them mixed in. All right, so anyway, so after 12 years on East Passyunk Avenue, Chef Nicholas Elmy plans to close Laurel. Oh, yes. But not permanently, right? His claim restaurant at the end of the year, but moving it to Center City. Okay.

So he had said, he told the Enquirer, South Philly has always been great to us, and we love being in South Philadelphia, but our lease is up, and it's time. Nick is a friend of ours. By the way, Elmy said that he was narrowing his search for a new location, and Rittenhouse is on the table. I think that's a great location. That'd be awesome. Yeah, I mean, listen, he works at that sort of his look-what-I-can-do restaurant. It's all chef's table, is it not? Yeah.

I don't remember. I think you can order. Well, my experience is we sat down and there was eight courses and we had no choice. It's got, there's a, I know how they're going to be serving up the last portion of this. It says it in the article. So just about a year or two ago, they went a la carte. They pulled back from the prefix menu. Okay. So Elmy said that he was, like I said, narrowing the search and Rittenhouse is on the table and he hoped that the transition from 16, 17, he's Pashyunk.

Would be relatively seamless. He's not decided if the new restaurant would carry the Laurel name or not. That's the thing, Nick. So it may not be the same place. It will have a wine bar, an a la carte menu, and a chef's counter for tasting menus. I know the perfect new name. Go ahead. In Hardy. In Hardy? Laurel in Hardy. Oh. There you go. Elmy said that he wanted Laurel's last five months to be a celebration with collaboration dinners featuring guest chefs.

After the restaurant's summer vacation from July 1st to the 15th, Zaba and Kensington Quarters alumnus Matt Harper is booked for July 22nd, while Laquaz Eric Leveille is on for July 29th. A dinner with Pray Tell Winery is set for August 5th. On August 19th, Elmy will cook at Provenance with chef-owner Niche Bazik and Nicholas...

It says in a Nicholas Nicholas pairing. Oh, okay. So, and then in September, Bazik will cook at Laurel as well. So he's going to have all these other people coming in. That's great. Good for him. You know, that's, he's, we were talking with him at a recent event and he's, he,

He's got more work than he could possibly imagine because he's also very much involved in the development of the waterfront here along the... Yeah, so let me finish this up. So he's going to offer a five-course tasting menu format through the rest of the year, including selections inspired by his 2019 cookbook, Laurel, Modern American Flavors in Philadelphia. He also owns...

Lark, the Landing Kitchen, and the catering venue, the Pump House in Bella Kinwood. So that's what Steve's talking about. So all of those are great. We've eaten at all three of those. And the Pump House, when we were talking to him at the event, Steve, he was like, I don't know why I didn't do this sooner. Yeah. As far as a catering venue goes, he's like, it's...

so much easier than running a restaurant. And it's a cool case. It's really cool. So the interior is all a lot of the original stuff that was part of the actual pump house itself. There are parts of the floor that are see-through, and you can look down to the old pumping facility. That's pretty cool. No, it's awesome. So I'm just wondering, for naming reasons, if Laurel has anything to do with Laurel Hill Cemetery or anything along those lines? Do we know? I...

It's probably not a good idea. I want to say it has to do, I thought it had to do with an herb or something like that. Okay. Because I remember asking him, there was a picture on the wall at the restaurant when Rochelle and I went there, and it was of an herb, and I forgot what it was. And I asked him about it. He's like, well, yeah, it has to do with the name of the restaurant. Okay. So it was something along those lines. Yeah, the Mountain Laurel, state flower of Pennsylvania. That's it. Okay. There you go. Yeah. Not Laurel Hill. But maybe Laurel Hill Cemetery is named after that. Yeah.

I don't know. Usually don't tie the name of a restaurant to a cemetery. Yeah. Not a good business decision. But maybe Laurel Hill had laurels growing on them. I don't know. I would guess, right? That makes a lot of sense. State flower, PA. Let's go with that. Honestly, it's fact now. I am going to The Landing today. I'm meeting up with a friend and we're having lunch there. Is The Landing different than Pump House? Yes. Okay, all right.

Pump House is for catering. Okay. Nick? The Landing is a little more casual, just like a bistro, right? Yeah, yeah. The Landing, the salmon toast is the best I've ever had. The chicken sandwich is damn good, too. But Lark is the restaurant that's up on the top floor of that building. Gotcha. Which is fantastic, by the way, if you haven't been there yet. Okay, something else. City Beat. This is kind of old news, but we didn't get a chance to really hash it out and talk about it. The WNBA.

is finally coming to Philadelphia as part of a three-city expansion by 2030. Commissioner Kathy Engelbert and the 76ers announced it this Monday, this past Monday, that

And the team is owned by Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Sixers and Comcast Spectacore and will begin play in 2030. And they haven't named the team yet, right? No, not that I've seen. I think we would have heard of that by now. I've heard a couple of so Kyle Pagan from Crossing Broad. He said that we should name them the Bells.

Yeah. Who was called the Bells? There was a female football team named the Liberty Bells. Right. Right. Back in the day. Because New York's team is called the Liberty, so we can't call them the Liberty or anything like that. You can't call them Liberty Bells. And then down the hall, a guy was saying Philly Sound.

How about the Georgia Peaches? I was wondering, what about like, wasn't, was it the tennis team that was named the Freedom? Yeah, yeah. Is that what it was? That's where the song came from, believe it or not. Billie Jean King owned that group. That's what it was. Yeah, I haven't considered names at all. I mean, do you go with the Philadelphia theme or do you do the old, you know, something like, you know, that's...

aggressive you know like or like a like a lightning yeah there are some teams in the wnba that have sort of sister names to their nba counterparts so in minnesota i believe it's the links uh because it's the timberwolves uh for the minnesota nba team in uh phoenix it's something to do with the like it's the phoenix suns and then the nba wnba counterpart is

The solar flare. Anyway, so there are some partnerships, but I don't think there's a natural one that makes any sense for the 76ers to a WNBA franchise. How about this? So, Caitlin Clark plays for the fever. How about like physical ailments, like the rash? The diarrhea. The potter's field, all the people that are buried. What was that, the...

The yellow fever? Is that the key? The yellow fever. Yeah. Something like that. Steve, the rickets. The rickets. The goiters. Yeah, the goiters. Well, it's... The boils. The boils. The fistulas. The fistulas.

Craig Legans texted and said, what about the 76ers? Yeah, that won't be confusing. It's a little too cute. You know what? Listen, and my question is, so we assume, will they be playing in the new facility as well? Okay. What about something just generic and way off brand like the sandwiches? Yeah. You know? Well, people have mentioned the hoagies. Seriously? No. You can't do that. It's a pejorative. Yeah. Yeah.

But you could be like, you know, I don't know, just looking around, you could be the Penns. The Hoagies would be like the same. The Penns. As in Penns. Pennsylvania, William Penn. The Penns. Yeah. We've got the girls deep and we've got the mountains. I like that.

Was Betsy Ross a Philadelphian? She was a basketball player. She was? I didn't know that. She could dunk. She was the first female who could dunk. Well, her house is in Center City. Yeah, there's a hoop right outside. Some people are suggesting the Broad Street Broads. The Broads. Oh, my God. The Fireflies. It's going to be cool having that element here. Oh, yeah. Especially because when we get our team in 2030, we will get the... I'm...

I'm fairly certain that we get the number one draft pick. So we are going to have the star coming out of college basketball. We should have a full menu of teams. I mean, look at our soccer team is doing tremendously well. I mean, this year, the Sixers won. The 70 Sisters. That's pretty good.

Sisters. Dawn Staley would have to be the coach. She's already a coach. I know she is. Yeah, I mean, they'd have to throw a ton of money at her, but they might. I mean, Josh Harris would probably want to make a splash. And look, she could buy in and be a part owner of the franchise at this point. She's such a legend. They're talking about already folding her into the ownership role. Somebody had texted, there's already an AI drawn up, I guess, logo of the Johns.

That could be interesting. Most of the people in country would have no idea what that means. They would think it was like jaundice. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Again, back to the physical ailments. Yeah, yeah. All right. Well, anyhow, it is exciting news. And more than likely, they will play at the new...

arena that's being built but that might not be ready until 2031. That's what I was wondering, yeah. So, we'll have to see. But I think it's a great idea. I think that sport is growing and great players like, you know, Caitlin Clark are putting the spotlight on it. There's a basketball court right behind the building here. Yeah. Are you suggesting we start around here first? If we need it for a year. Okay. Yeah. Okay. And hardly anyone gets shot there. Only just once? Yeah, yeah. Only just one time. As far as I know.

All right, I got another city beast story. It's more food stuff, too, by the way. So, Pekas. We've mentioned that they were closing. They made that announcement. And they also had changed the timeline of everything.

They took to social media to offer what they called an exciting sneak peek on the fact that their variance was approved in Broomall. And it also announced its closing had been delayed from summer to fall. They said, we confirm our dining room and takeout will remain open through the summer season. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate this transition. Now, Facebook message boards lit up the speculation about the new location for Pekas.

with some contending that it would resurface in a shopping center, and others suggest a vacant lot previously used for a carnival. Case, do you have any? This is from Michael Klein's article. Yeah, so the vacant lot for the carnival is right by the firehouse on Westchester Pike. I had suggested perhaps maybe they go... There's a restaurant called Charlotte's that's on Westchester Pike that I never see anybody there, but it's been open for a number of years. But then I also saw, because...

the rumor was that there were just going to be a takeout joint and not a sit-down joint, that they might actually open something in the Lawrence Park Industrial Center. So it's much more of a takeout place. That it will be a sit-down. There will be a sit-down component. So would the restaurant make the most sense? Is the restaurant...

Not doing well? It's one of those places, and I don't, I've been there. And the only time I was there, I was there for like a Lions Club luncheon or whatever. So to me, it just seemed like that sort of clientele, like an older clientele. Right. But I don't know. I don't know. Well, Pegasus comes with a lot of weight to it. Yeah. Yeah.

Look, we had Sherry O'Terry on the show. That's her... Listen, I've already... She said, flat out, that's her pizza place. We've already, in Delaware County, lost the last stand. We lost Gaetano's Pizza, which is, you know, one of my favorite pizzas I've ever had. And they had two locations, and then they closed those down. So, I can't lose Pekus, too, man. I just can't. Well, it's going to be in your neighborhood. Was Gaetano's known as one of the...

the premier spots? Or is this you? I'm just curious because why would it close? Well, there was, I believe, an illness in the family and so they needed to tend to the more important things. So who knows? Maybe they will come back. I thought Gaetano's was the best pizza in Delaware County. Oh, wow. It was awesome. Yeah, the sauce was amazing. It was a thick

Thicker Pie. Really, really good stuff. No, it's... Something like that. So... Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, technically we were wrong earlier. Yeah, yeah. We've got to follow the rules on the blah blah sound. That's Mac and Manco, right? Yes. Yes.

How dare you besmirch the sound. That is when you pull the lever, the marinara comes out that way, right? The pizza sauce, yeah. So, well, the restaurant's sneak peek post points those to the Marple Township Zoning Board.

which on June 18th approved a zoning variance for a restaurant at 1101 Sussex Boulevard. Yeah, that's in the industrial center. Okay, it's a former gym in Lawrence Park Industrial Park. Yeah, the Sussex gym. I was a member there for a hot minute. That makes sense because you could actually put the pizzas on the weight bar instead of the plates.

Do you remember there for a hot minute? I was impressed. They had an indoor track in there. It looked like it was a roller derby track. I swear to God. It banked? Yeah. It banked and everything. It was kind of like wood. But it kind of had this old clanky gym feel to it. Okay. Although restaurants typically value visibility, this would square with talk that Pika's new location will offer takeout and not dine-in.

Oh, well then maybe that's a good... To me, we'll see. We don't know for sure, but that seems like a very large space to not have in restaurant dining. Yeah, so Pika's makes a... What, the who? They make a square pie and there's not a whole lot of sauce on it. I was just thinking about this the other day. Is it a Sicilian pie? Not technically because it's not thick enough for a Sicilian pie, but they

They could and should use the pizza as bread for a sandwich, right? Because I think it just works out perfectly because it's like a little rectangle. They cut them into rectangles. I think that would be delicious. What would you put on your pizza sandwich? What do you think would fit good with two slices of pizza being the bread? Spaghetti. Spaghetti. Well, I mean, I would go with like a chicken parm sandwich, something like that. One of my favorite things to make, well, I say make, this is a school lunch, was Steve, when they were kids,

when they would serve spaghetti. They would also serve a toasted French bread. And I would pile that spaghetti on top of that. And I wouldn't eat it like a sandwich because I didn't have a second piece of bread, but I would eat it right on the bread like that. I loved eating it that way. I know what you're talking about. I would make as a kid, I would use like Wonder Bread and put spaghetti between the Wonder Bread. Yeah, spaghetti sandwich. Would you toast it?

Sometimes. Okay. Because I wasn't getting enough starch. That was my concern. Yeah, that's the thing. You order a big bowl of pasta. What do they serve it with? Bread. A big chunk of bread. Can I get some potatoes too, please? Would you like some more carbs with your carbs? Yeah.

So anyway, we'll keep an eye on this. We'll see what ends up servicing. Marissa, hold on. There's a place in Dewey Beach. It's right near Dewey Beer Company. It's called Gary's and they serve up, they get tomato pie. Oh, Gary. They serve tomato pie and they make grilled cheese using the tomato pie slices. Which is like the perfect drinking beach food.

Okay. So two pieces of tomato pie. Yeah. Fill it with all the grilled cheese center and then obviously the sauce part goes in the middle. Yeah, that sounds messy. Yes. Was it messy? No. Well, it depends on how much sauce you're getting on there because like Corpoli's, they put like an inch thick, so that wouldn't work that way. No, it's like a thinner sauce. Okay. Tomato pie is routinely served, it's a dish served cold. So you wouldn't do a grilled cheese sandwich with a cold sauce?

You could. Well, you'd like throw it in the panini so it warms it up. There we go. Heat it up. I have had warm tomato pie before. Yeah. So, I mean, they have the bacon, obviously. Right, right, right. Yeah. So it can come out either way. All right. One more City Beat story. So I wanted to mention this. I saw the press release this morning. The Philadelphia Zoo is presenting the 2025 Summer Ale Festival.

It's coming up on Saturday, July 19th. I've done this in the past. It's a blast. I love watching animals drink. No, you drink. Although you wouldn't, Steve. But I drink. I'll drink on your behalf. Thank you. No, it's a really good time. And it's...

The only issue I've had with them in the past is that sometimes they haven't had enough beer stands. And so the lines for the beer can get long, but I think that they've changed that in the last couple of years and added more beer vendors. So the fundraiser supports Philadelphia Zoo and its mission to create joyful discovery and inspire action for animals and habitat. So it's one night only. It's 21 and only.

Guests can enjoy unlimited samples of more than 100 award-winning seasonal craft beers, seltzers, and ciders, indulging in the region's top food trucks, and grooving to live music. I love grooving to live music. And visiting amazing animals as well. Yeah, yeah. Show us how to do it.

This is the only beer event in the region set among big cats, great apes, and other incredible animals. Oh, when a gorilla gets its groove on. The drunk gorilla. All right, so do they have that little cat thing where the tigers can walk over you? Yeah, the same for the gorillas.

Do they ever pee? Yes. Okay. I asked. Okay. I asked. And occasionally, very rarely. Okay. Yeah. But occasionally, it happens. They used to have it. I love that thing, though. It's awesome. Where Kingda Ka used to be, Great Adventure, there was a cat enclosure there. And I was up against the glass. And this tiger just walked up, turned around, and sprayed at me. And so I just always think of that when I think of...

giant cats. Did any get on you? No, it was glass, so nothing got through. Oh, okay. But still reflexively, you opened up your mouth. Yeah. Hmm.

Tickets are available exclusively through PhiladelphiaZoo.org. And it's expected to sell out, so you're encouraged to get your tickets now. There's complimentary parking for this. Signature souvenir tasting cup and live music zones throughout the zoo. So that's coming up on the 19th of July, as a reminder. I lied. There's one more city. One more. One more.

And this is, we're putting it in because he's a native and he's a friend of the show. And it's Rob McElhenney. He created a video about why he is changing his name to Rob Mac. And I've not heard the audio of this yet. I just know that he has made a statement and he recorded this. So I wanted to play this on the air and see what we find out about. We know the reasons why, but this is him explaining it. Okay, I'm going to dedicate exactly one minute to this.

Including this one.

Still, it's a family name. My grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, and I all share it, and I love them, and I want to stay connected. There's heritage. Except, it's not even really our f***ing name. Not only have many generations changed the spelling, the current one was just given to my ancestor by a government official who decided that this was now the spelling. But all good. It was a crazy time. But...

Times have changed and most people already call me Rob Mack anyway. My family knows me and loves me regardless of how many syllables I have and that's the only thing that I really care about. There are so many things going on in the world and this is a silly one to continue to waste your time with. Honestly, call me whatever you want. Marion, Jerome, Archval, Eric, Maurice, Stephanie, Francis, Marvin, Gordon, or Sam. But maybe we just keep it simple and try Rob Mack. Let's see how it goes. Yep, there we go. That's the reason. You know what's funny? He talks about people just saying the name wrong. There was a great clip

of Burt Kreischer and I forgot if it was on his podcast or someone else but anyhow and there's video of it too of he was talking about our program and how much he loves coming on here and

And he says, yeah, he's like, I'll be hanging out at the President Steve Show. And they're like, hey, you want to hang out with Rob McElherney? Or no, what was it? McElnerney. McElnerney. Yeah, I love Rob McElnerney. Absolutely. And he talks about some of the other celebs that he's met here while he's been as a guest. And it was a really glowing thing, but we can't ever really play it again because he got Rob's name completely wrong. And that's got to be, Rob's dealt with that, like Nick was saying the other day, his whole life.

So he's just tired of it and change it and make it easy. And that's what he's doing. Marissa? Can I make one quick correction from earlier, guys? Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off, Preston.

Ben Folds playing on the Parkway tomorrow? Or on Independence Hall tomorrow? I got that wrong, too. It is with the Pops. It is with the Pops. With now the Philly Pops, not the no-name Pops. That's awesome. As part of the Wow Wow Welcome America festivities. Good for them. I love it. Excellent. All right, well, that'll wrap up the City Beats. Do you like the new music? I do like it. It's Miles Davis. Yep.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Hi, thanks, Bruce. A couple of shart outs. I'm trying to take care of these so I don't get backed up on my sharts.

So for today, this one says, Hey guys, this is Josh, a.k.a. Wolf Johnson from the YouTube community. I wanted to let you know that one of our YouTubers, Lori, a.k.a. Crazy Turtle, has a birthday on July 2nd. And if you could please give her a big birthday shout out, that would be great. Rage on and have a safe flight. So here you go. YouTube! And there's a special one. And then it says, Please...

Said my wife, Suzanne, and he's asking for this. We don't have to do it. But the full-blown Tom Jones shout-out in recognition of her retirement on Wednesday, July. It says Wednesday, July. So I'm assuming it's today. Yes. After 20 years in the business office at Princeton Day School.

He said, sent with love and congratulations. That's from Drew Procaccino, who says, I'll have a glass of wine and flowers waiting for her when she gets home. Well, we have to do that. It's a retirement. Yeah. Can you do it, Case? What are we doing? Tom Jones? Yeah, full Tom Jones. Here we go. Yeah! Hello. Hello.

All right. We got our sharts out the way. And there's another birthday coming up tomorrow. Mike Jarek's birthday is tomorrow. Is that right? Yeah, and when we were talking to him today, I was going to, and then the conversation was over. Let's call him back. I needed to be sure for sure. But yes, tomorrow is his birthday. Do we know how old? 75. 75? He looks great. He looks great.

It was amazing for 75. I mean, incredible. Age defying that man. Absolutely. Love that guy. All right, well, happy birthday to you, Mr. Jarek. I saw this interesting little article. It was a survey about what people find attractive. And the interesting part about it is it's more unconventional physical attributes that

that people find attractive. So obviously, there are great personality, wonderful smile, stuff like that. The standard ones that you hear, chiseled jaw. The classic signs of beauty or that would make someone sexy. These are things that are out of the usual realm, correct? Yep. And they did it by state. State? It was a nationwide...

survey by lens.me, an online contacts tour, pulled over 3,000 men and women in every state to see what conventional traits people are most, unconventional traits people are most. I know we are essentially a contacts tour, but what if we were to do a survey about what turns people on state by state? Get out of here.

So they, I don't know why they decided to do this, but they did. And it's interesting because I do have a couple of things that are not of the typical that I find are attractive on the opposite sex. What comes to mind? I've mentioned this before. I find women's hands can be- Touching what? Not touching anything. There's just a-

a use, a femininity, a femininity about some women's hands that... We're all doing this. I know, I'm moving my hands around. We're all like van models. ...is an attractive attribute. You like long fingers? It's hard to say. I can't say just long fingers. It's the hand overall, whatever. You know what I mean? Yeah, listen, I love a manicure. Like a French manicure? A manker. Manker. I'd like a manker. Manker.

It doesn't have to be French. It doesn't have to be French, but just a well-manicured hand. I like that, too. So I'll use an example for this. There's the movie V for Vendetta. One of my favorite movies. And one of the characters that we find out in a subplot is she's gay. She's a lesbian. And in this society, that's illegal. So that's why it's part of a storyline. The gay community is treated horribly.

And she talks about how when she realized when she was gay, she was a teenager and in school, and it was a girl that sat next to her class. And she says in the movie, the character says it was her wrists. Her wrists. And I'm like, I have never in my life heard of anyone being attracted to the shape of someone's wrists. I...

Okay, so if I were to conjecture... So I thought that was just kind of interesting. Like a feminine, supple wrist. I guess, maybe. But so that's an example of what might be an unconventional...

Attractive attribute about someone So anyway, by the way, if you have something And maybe you've never, maybe it seemed weird To say this to anybody This is your chance to do it Our number is 610-660-9333 Something that's out of the ordinary That's not your normal, you know, I love I'm a big butt guy, whatever it is And you can't deny No, I mean, brothers can't deny A girl walks in with an itty bitty waist A round thing in my face I get sprung, man I want to pull up some

Anyway, 610-660-9333. What did you notice about that button real quick? Was it stopped?

Now I can't remember the damn lyrics. I know that song in the back of my head. I dig a mess. I know my anaconda don't want none. Yeah. Unless you got buns. Sure, yeah. That's right. Now, listen, you can do side bends or sit-ups. Please don't lose that butt. I love a messy bun. I am a big fan of a messy bun hairdo. Oh, I thought you said a messy bung. I'm like... A messy bung. Well, we went from butts to buns. Yeah. A messy... Really mushy butthole.

Yeah, just lots of swampy boo. All right, I know what you're saying. Yeah. When a woman will put it up quickly and there's still kind of like a cow lick sticking up or whatever, that's really cute. I do agree with you on that case. See? Anybody else? Do you guys have anything that's odd or out of the ordinary? I don't like mega perfection. I don't like the classic perfection.

model model look I like a gap tooth is fine I like a little bit of a snaggle like a jewel kind of thing so that can be cute I like irregular ears not necessarily on the sides of their head but one in the middle of the forehead oh my god yeah

I like a mole on the face and I'm not talking about like... Like a live creature. Not like Uncle Buck with molly, molly, molly. Wait a minute, Uncle Buck. Why don't you take a quarter down to the dump and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face? Not to that extent. Okay.

But like a little acute facial mole to me. And Steve, it sort of makes a face less symmetrical. There's something not quote-unquote perfect about it or whatever, but there's something about that. It's interesting. And I find because I'm so imperfect, I like – my wife has very short hair and I was not always –

a short hair guy. I love her with short hair. I'm curious. And that's more standard and more generic. But that's something that I really love now. I would love, I'm curious as to what women find attractive. Yeah, this is open to men. Please, yes, let us know. I'll get them all. Here's one of the results. And we do have some calls coming in. I'm going to go to them in just a second, so hang on there. So in Alabama, Colorado, Mississippi, and North Dakota, like I said, these are done by state.

Posture is a top subtle turn on. Look at the posture on that guy. So that's what they're thinking. All right. So the way you carry yourself, if you're more erect, for lack of a better word. There you go. Yeah. Yep. For Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, New York, in fact, 10 states altogether, facial expressiveness is...

Is an attractive, low-key trait. So this is much... This is different than what I was naturally assuming, just facial expressiveness. Mm-hmm. So then you could put confidence is a large... Well, no, it's a little more like... So here's one... Like, gurning is what you're saying. No, voice tone... Okay. ...is a top trait for those in places like Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee. All right. So...

The physical things, things that happen that, I mean, you know, your voice is a physical thing. Do you get told? It's audible, but, you know, it's created by you, so. I'll get told that on the phone or whatever that, you know, that I have an attractive voice. And I said, but don't ever see me in person because that's a mess. But that is something I think that people, you know, turn, will find attractive.

Another one is laughter. Ah, yep. How they laugh can be considered a turn on. There was a woman that I didn't necessarily find attractive, but she had the cutest little... Like a titter? Like a Betty Rubble laugh. Okay. And I remember...

Isn't that the cutest? Oh, my God. Like... I know what you're talking about. A titter, yeah. Yeah. Let me see. I'm going to go to... Let's go to UJ is his name. Hey, UJ, good morning. Good morning, boys. Hey, UJ. Oh, I see. Okay. I see what he's going to say. I thought he was going to be serious about it. Go ahead, UJ. Lay it on us. All right. Well, listen, I...

First thing I look at is their eyes. They have to have nice eyes. Okay. But I love a girl with small hands. Makes it look bigger, doesn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, it does. Thank you, UJ. Appreciate it. Yes, it does. Yes, it does. Yes, it does. You know. Don't deny it. But that's a standard. Well, eyes, definitely. That's one of the most...

A lot of people look at eyes. Right. Does it necessarily always have to be two? Can it be more? Maybe. Yeah. Hang on. Let's go to Jason. Hi, Jason. Good morning. You're that close, Jason. What's up, my man?

I love a woman's feet. You love a woman's feet. And what specifically? Size can be small, dainty. You know, she takes care of them. She takes care of everything else. So you prefer smaller, more petite feet?

Yeah, not dating a Bigfoot. And maintenance is definitely high. You notice if a woman has been taking care of her feet and get them manicured and all of that stuff. And she's doing that. The worst part of your body, she's doing everything else. All right, let me ask you this. When you're looking at a woman and she's wearing shoes, do you wonder what's under there? Do you kind of mentally unshoe her?

Oh, absolutely. Springtime and summertime are great. Okay. I've never gotten the foot thing. No. And I guess since I like hands, I can understand. Which are the feet of your arms. That's...

Beautiful, man. Thank you. The hands on the feet of your arms. I can see why. Look, you know, some people might not understand why I do that. I don't understand why I just do it. But I don't get why people dig feet. But, you know. I want to hear from women what they find. Because we think in only the terms that we know Marissa. I know Marissa. I bet you I can tell you one thing that I know for a fact that Marissa likes.

Which is sort of a standard thing, but I think some women can get that. You like the V. Sure. You're a big fan of the V below the abdominal wall. Yeah, but that's kind of standard. That's a standard. That's sexy, that Brad Pitt. What's an anomalous thing that you find attractive in a man? I have one that's fairly new. Not until a friend pointed it out to me recently, and now I can't stop looking at it. I had to look up the name of it. It's called the unconeus muscle.

And it is like right above the elbow. Oh, yeah, yeah. And some people just have it really defined. No, no, you're more triceps, Casey, where you're rubbing. This is lower. Marissa, right here? It's on the forearm. Yep. Yeah. And sometimes it's like really defined on some people and their forearm is a little tighter and defined and this kind of bulges out a little bit. That could be like- It should be really sexy. I used to have a really big one. Yeah.

From playing drums. From playing drums. Back when I was playing all the time. Right. It really popped without question. So Marissa, I wish I would have known you back then. Aw, sorry Preston. Marissa, do you like a hairy chest?

Go back and forth. Like that Travis Kelsey photo that came out? No thanks. He's got a hairy back as well. What about calves? Love sexy calves. Like sexy rollerblading calves. Okay. I'm going to go to Steve. You want to talk to a woman? So we got Heather on the line. Hey Heather, good morning.

Big brown, a lot of my nipples. Getting sucked on by all sorts of pimples. All right, what's up, Heather? What do you find that is not your standard sexy trait on a man?

I don't know why. Maybe it's a sign of quote-unquote masculinity, but a nice, big Adam's apple. Adam's apple. So I've heard that some people perceive a correlation between size of Adam's apple and genital size. Well, Jackie Bam Bam's got a giant Adam's apple. And he's also got a big nose. Yeah. True. And it's his birthday today. He does. Yes, we do see that from time to time. Yeah. Yeah.

Thank you, Heather. Do you guys, I don't know if this is anomalous or not, do you guys like dimples on the small of a woman's back? Yeah. Yeah. That's hot. Is that weird at all? No. Or is that just kind of normal? I think that's okay. All right. I mean, I don't care. Like, I like it. But I mean, do other people, is that an odd observation? Yes. No. By the way, can I go back to the Adam's apple and the penis thing? Yeah. Yeah.

there's also a nose thing and a penis thing and feet thing. What are we doing here? I think we're looking for ways to suggest we have large penises. Is that what it is? Yeah, yeah. Is that, I mean, everything. If a guy has a head, it probably indicates a big penis. If you have big hands, that's supposed to mean a big penis too. If you have a job, it means you have a big penis. Yeah.

You drive a car, you have a big penis. I ate breakfast cereal, I have a huge penis. If you have a big penis, then you most likely will have a big penis. If you have a big penis, most people naturally assume you have a big penis. I think that's the definitive sign. If you can cause an eclipse with your penis, people assume you have a big penis. If your penis generates a corona effect, you probably have a big penis. Virginia and Kentucky rate scent.

That is the most attractive subtle trait. Yes, very much so. The natural scent. Like the sulfur and burnt rubber. Man, I was walking outside yesterday from... I was leaving a Wawa and a dude was walking in and it was powerful body odor. No, no, no. In the worst possible sense. And it was just... It was like the Seinfeld episode. Like it was so freaking strong. And I just...

I know we've talked about this a million times. I just, I don't know how you walk around smelling like that and not know that you're affecting everybody else around you. I guess, but like...

everybody was turning their head. That makes me gag. That smell makes me gag. Nick, there was a guy at the gym a week and a half ago. It was the same thing. If you were within five yards of the guy, you could smell it. And I was like, bro, go into the shower right now because they have soap in there and just go wash your pits real quick. Listen, I'm not gay. I'm not hitting on you. I'm not hitting on you.

But I will wash your pits for you. All right, I'm going to go to, this is an interesting one. This is Tom. Hey, Tom, you're on the air. Good morning, bud. Hey, what's up, guys? First of all, I'm not a hooker. I'm not a hooker. Well done. Somebody stole my thunder with the dimples above the butt. But I do love the way a woman walks away. Like the way women just walk with their little twitch. Is that all women or there's a specific walk that you look for?

Say again. Is that all women or there's a specific gate or movement that that will catch your eye?

That's it. You hit it right on the head. It's just the way they, like, swirl their buttocks. You know what I mean? Especially if they're in tight jeans. Swirl their buttocks in tight jeans. Do you like it when there is one strong leg with sort of a deadish leg dragging behind? Yeah. Okay. Hey, what happened to Kathy Romano? Is she on no more? Yeah.

You haven't heard? It's been a little while, unfortunately. Yeah. Unfortunately, it was not a decision that we made. But you can, if you want, go back the entire...

episode where she uh she announced the uh what was going on much to our horror yep and her horror as well is available but thank you tom we appreciate that he likes it when they swirl around i was hoping jeans yeah that call would get less creepy as it went on and it did the opposite it did did not i hate when they scream though i don't like that people come running

Keep saying stay quiet. Stay quiet. This will be over quick. Dude. Hang on. I will go. Let me cleanse that call. We'll go to Anthony next. Hi, Anthony. Good morning. Good morning. What's up, Anthony?

What is he? He said... Anthony, it's a terrible phone connection. Can you speak? Yeah, it's a little better. Thank you. Yeah, go ahead. Yeah. Yes, it's better.

It's not them. We have a horrible phone system with a delay. We might as well be talking to someone out in space. I regret this whole topic. I thought this was going to be a fun conversation. I'm having a great time. All right, what is it, Anthony? We can hear you now. Her eyebrows. Eyebrows. Yes. She's not fake, not painted on.

You know what I'm saying? Do you like thick eyebrows? Do you like pencil thin? No, no, they're just, I can't explain, they're just perfect. With our eyes, they're just perfect. He's talking about his wife specifically. Oh! Yes. Well, good. I love to hear that. A man who is a tragedy. Well, yeah, of course, I don't know about that.

Good for you, Anthony. By the way, I ran into Ashley Marie Gallo the other day. I was out grocery shopping and saw her. She does eyebrows. That's her business. She has a very good business. She was there with her daughter. The cutest little girl. Absolutely adorable. Does she have two now? I don't know. I think she has two now. Maybe. Maybe so. But anyway, yes, eyebrows actually in Alaska.

It says eyebrows are... Of course, the extra heat, the warmth. Yeah, warms them up. Yes, they do have two children. In Kansas, hand gestures make a big difference. That's kind of like what I was thinking. You mean like double burden? As if you're milking a lateral cow. So in New Jersey, they don't care about the color of eyes, the shape and gaze of the eye. I like...

I like communicative eyes that express. You can see there's a lot of emotion coming through the eyes. Do you like a more rounded eye? Do you like a doughy eye? Do you like a... The rounded, bigger eye. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Rochelle has nice, big, beautiful eyes. And I love that. And I was watching... So you talked about the close-ups on the TV show, The Bear. Yes. Ayoda Berry. Yes. Has very large, expressive eyes. And she has...

Like Rochelle had noticed the other day, she has kind of like a freckle in the whites of one of her eyes. Which is kind of cool, I think. Yeah. Alexandra Daddario has the most stunning eyes I've ever seen. They're otherworldly. They are otherworldly. I told her that in person. You did. And I felt creepy saying it, but it was also nearly impossible to not remark on how gorgeous they were. And it was clearly nothing she hadn't heard. There would be no way you could not comment. I don't care. Even in a non...

sexual or you know creepy way it's just something you have to observe i really tried to keep it uh the you know as least the least amount of creepy as possible and i probably failed yeah right yeah by the way like that guy uh the guy uh watching uh the walk yeah in west virginia that is what they're into a sexy shocker right yeah west virginia there's one watching the walk i do like a like a um yeah um

Yeah, when my wife wears heels, there is a nice gait. Speaking of wearing stuff, I'm going to go to Victor real quick. Victor, good morning. We were talking about unconventional traits that you find sexy. How you doing, man? Oh, man. Hey, what's up, bitches? What's up, bitch? Hey, no, I'm saying the accessories, like, it could be, like, a jewelry, any...

Ankle bracelet or something like that, you know. Something like, so delicate jewelry, something like an ankle bracelet. It could be small, nothing crazy big. Not big old chunky. Yeah. Nice and subtle. Hey, not like under house arrest. Yeah, Victor, what about like when a necklace dangles down into cleavage?

That's great. I'll take it. 110%. All right, Victor. Thank you. God, we are batting 1,000. What time do bars open up? Earlier than you realize. We need more women to call in. Dude, I'm trying. I know. Jesse's online, too. You sure Jesse's a gal? Yes. All right, we'll go to Jesse. Hi, Jesse. You are on the air. Good morning. Save us.

Good morning. So I kind of got two. They're kind of the same, but I like collarbones and a nice neck. You know what, Jessie? I just saw an article, and I did not realize this, that routinely men's collarbone bones run lateral.

Whereas a woman's collarbone will V down. But you're right. And they were discussing, Jesse, the sexiness of collarbones. So, yes. And what's the other one? And then a nice neck. Not the Adam's apple, but like a strong neck. A strong neck. Does anybody come to mind when you think of a strong neck? Celebrity-wise. Mitch McConnell? Yeah.

Maybe so, like Chris Hemsworth. Chris Hemsworth, well, there you go. He's got strong everything. By the way, this is a picture of the 90 Day Fiancé. We're looking at a picture of Frank from 90 Day Fiancé. This guy has the most... Rochelle watches that show. Believe it or not, he has no neck.

The dude is actually really funny and actually a pretty cool character. But yeah, that's him. So Marissa Knoll, our dog groomer, turned me on to this guy. And I'd never seen it. And I thought, clearly this is like a caricature. But yeah, he's got... Basically, his chin goes down to his ass. Pretty sure it's his name, Frank. Yeah.

I'll wrap this up with a couple other quick things because clearly the calls are not the thing to do. Vermont votes for a surprising feature. Crow's feet. Crow's feet. The soft wrinkles near the eye. I don't dislike that. Especially if a woman is aging gracefully and not doing... I'll take crow's feet over a botched or even just...

obvious plastic surgery any day of the week you know just allow yourself to age naturally and men and women uh and then crow's feet are just going to happen it's inevitable i think there i can point to a number of women who were celebrated in their early years for their beauty who i think look substantially better just you know that that natural process yeah you know um

The survey also looked at top turnoffs. Okay. So the turnoffs are, number one is a blank screen.

Dude. No. It is a blank, emotionless stare. Yeah. Yeah. The detached from the world. Yeah. That indicates personality. Yeah. How do you feel about freckles on the chest? Great. Love it. Love freckles in general. Big fan. Yeah. Freckles in general are cute. I love open wounds. Wow. Yeah.

Like a hatchet wound? Yeah, like a hatchet wound. Okay. I can get down with that. So fake accents and fake laughs or smiles are second on this list. Like fake Russian accents with deep Siberian laugh. Another one is bad posture. Okay. Like hunched over, I guess. Like, for example, if you're always up at the bell tower of Notre Dame. Mm-hmm.

A monotone voice as well. What about vocal fry? It doesn't mention that on here. I don't mind vocal fry. If it's forced all the time, I don't like that. But from an ASMR standpoint, it's kind of triggering in that in a positive way. So I do like that sound.

And it says also over plucked eyebrows are a turn off. Over plucked. So, you know, we were talking about Pamela Anderson taking the no makeup route over the past couple of years. She had her eyebrows completely plucked. And then they were drawn on. I don't know what she does now. Yeah, I don't like that drawn on look. Yeah.

Michael Jackson was about to do that, right? And he looked completely natural. If you watch that Tammy Faye Baker movie with... Who played her? Beautiful. She's great. Redhead.

I don't know why I'm drawing a blank on her name. Play Molly's game, that chick. Jessica Chastain. Jessica Chastain. They, you know, she ends up, the eyebrows are gone. Right, yeah. She's drawing them on and stuff and looks terrible. Terrible, terrible. What, Casey? We have another woman on the line. Yay. Okay, well, let me, I mean, this is a little more standard. We were going for things that are not your average turn-ons. But I'll go to Lauren here. Lauren, good morning.

Hey, bitches. Hey, what? What's up, Lauren? Good morning. Yes, I know that it's a standard thing, but I was just watching...

10 things I hate about you. And when Heath Ledger smiles, he's got the crinkles on the sides of his eyes and when he smiles on the sides of his mouth. So let me ask you, as a man gets a little bit older, now he's playing obviously high school in that movie, but I mean, those smile lines and sort of those things that come along with that are, do you find that sexy?

I do. Okay. And it's a really genuine smile. Yes. I think because that indicates, again, what's happening, you know, who the person is and if they can enjoy life. Preston, the stoic glazed look indicates there's not much going on. Yeah. All right. I like that. Makes sense. Thank you, Lauren. Appreciate it. Have a good weekend, guys. You too. We'll see you. Okay. All right. Well, anyhow.

Thought this would be an interesting topic to bat around a little bit. And it was interesting slash terrifying. Interesting calls. Yeah. All right, let's take a break. We'll come back in a second, and we'll get even weirder than that with the bizarre file when we return. So stay with us. We'll be back in just a moment. How's your content search?

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Doctorate programs, graduate programs, join the webinar July 9th. More information at newman.edu. Well, we'll start this one off with bull semen. Yeah. Bull semen worth $100,000 is part of a haul of allegedly stolen Wagyu cattle uncovered by police in regional Australia.

A 34-year-old man faces 20 charges, including cattle theft and obtaining financial advantage after allegedly stealing more than 100 cattle from his employer. And if you don't hear people cattle rustling anymore these days. Right, not semen rustling. And this is semen and cattle. A vet allegedly contacted by a 34-year-old also faces animal cruelty charges for failing to provide treatment for some of the cattle. A cattleman was asked by his boss to sell 200 cattle, but is accused of arranging to sell 114 of the animals, including 45 cattle.

Full blood wagyu cows. What are you holding in your mouth? Police alleged the sale led to a discount of almost $100,000 after the man brought the herd and fought a third party. The herd threw a third party at a greatly reduced price. And a search warrant allegedly uncovered a liquid nitrogen storage tank containing all the bull semen.

The semen was worth about $100,000 due to the value of Wagyu beef. Yeah, that is the it beef right now. Embryos for breeding were also part of the alleged haul, too. Wow. Yep. So, yeah, these guys are busted. 34-year-old is charged with 20 offenses, including cattle theft, animal cruelty, and obtaining financial advantage by deception.

Most visitors to Texada Island, a 30-mile sliver of land off the west coast of British Columbia, choose one or two main methods of arrival. A provincial ferry service with 10 daily sailings or a 3,000-foot airstrip which welcomes the occasional chartered plane. But...

A four-year-old grizzly bear recently took a far more challenging route, braving strong currents and frigid water to swim nearly three miles across the Malspina Strait. That's pretty amazing. The exhausted young bear, who they've named Tex by locals. I can do this.

hauled himself ashore on the 25th of May, unleashing a fierce dispute between residents, conservation officers, and First Nations over his future and prompting a broader debate over the relationship between Canadian province and its wildlife.

So, Texada Island is now home to 1,200 residents and one grizzly bear who was last spotted just after sunset on the 23rd of June. Before his odyssey, the four-year-old bear was known to conservation officers on the mainland who had twice been forced to relocate him to avoid conflicts with human residents. That's pretty wild. On both occasions, he returned to urban areas within weeks. Back suckers. Before his swim, he was spotted...

breaking into fishing boats at marinas to access bait and once stalked two walkers on a trail. According to the conservation service, they said the people escaped by entering and remaining in the water for half an hour while the bear remained on the shore circling back and forth. That's crazy, but he swam three miles. Yeah, this dude can swim three miles. Yeah, so it's a problem. Despite his somewhat checkered past,

Provincial officials said in a statement that there was a no-kill order on Tex. Listen, I want to return to society. I know I can be a productive member. But they added if further behavior by the grizzly bear continues, the threat, I'm sorry, occurs that threat public safety, conservation officers will respond to those situations. They said it's our hope that it will not come to this, but the bear will move on independently. Tex's presence on the island is sharply divided residents unaccustomed to apex predators on their island.

They should euthanize him if they aren't going to relocate him, according to some. Just as long as you don't kill me. And others said that they argue the Bruin hasn't harmed others or livestock, so there's no need to kill him. Isn't euthanasia the children of Asia? No, stop it. I once thought something similar. I thought it was a country.

All right. Several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire in Northern California's Yolo County, officials said Tuesday evening. Yolo!

Officials issued mandatory evacuations for a one-mile stretch as a result of the fire. It's pretty wild. They have helicopter video footage of this, of the thing going, I mean, exploding. Several structures on the property caught fire with flames spreading into multiple grass fires with a combined burn area of approximately 80 acres. Law enforcement officials did not comment on whether there were any injuries or deaths. You would imagine that you'd have to have...

quintuple the amount of fire suppression in a factory like that. Yeah. The smoke plume from the explosion reached between 10,000 to 15,000 feet in elevation. That's how big it was. Yep.

All right, a murderer has asked a judge for early release because he, quote, might change. Yeah. Hope speaks eternal. A judge sentenced Jackson Vogel to life in prison without parole for murdering his cellmate in a hate crime. You know what I'm saying? It's possible that I might grow bored of killing people. Vogel, who is 25, was already serving 20 years for trying to kill his mother when he was 16. Would I do it now? I don't know.

Eight years later, he was given a new cellmate, 19-year-old Micah Loreno, who was serving three years for assault and vehicle theft. Vogel killed him within minutes. What?

of Loreno stepping foot in the cell. He's kill crazy. During sentencing, Vogel's lawyer asked the judge to consider the possibility of supervised release in the future. Vogel said that he might not show remorse or understand emotion, but he claimed that he was sorry and the claim that he might change if given a chance fell on deaf ears with the judge. So you're saying there's a chance. As one might expect. Yeah! Wow.

All right, I'm going to do one more story and then we will wrap it up. Let's end with this one. At a recent adoption event, Sienna, a three-year-old lab and pit bull mix,

Made a beeline for a man she'd never met and gently placed her paw on his leg. Jackie Pope, who is a volunteer at the Animal Control in Rutsburg, Virginia, said she saw him and she started pulling on the leash very hard, which is not normal for her. The adoption event was held at a churchyard sale and there were several booths with different vendors. Sienna, who needed a permanent home, was going from booth to booth greeting attendees.

And she locked eyes with one man and headed directly for him. Pope tried to pull Sienna away, but she would not leave the man's side. That's when the man's wife, who had been shopping nearby, turned around and noticed something was wrong. She said he definitely looked like he was going to have a seizure. This is according to Kristen Davis. Her husband, Josh, has epilepsy. She said he appeared unwell and looked off balance. The telltale signs the seizure could be imminent.

Josh was also showing signs of a myoclonic seizure. His eyes were fluttering and jerking, his wife said, and he had forgotten to take his morning meds. There you go. The dog sensed it. He's 6'9", his wife noted. She said, he's a big guy. We didn't want him to fall in front of all those people. And she added that they live around the corner, and that's when she brought her husband straight home to lie down and take his meds, and he managed to avoid a full seizure. Sienna was rescued, the dog, as a stray on the streets of Virginia with no known training in seizure detection.

So that's the interesting part about this. That is pretty amazing, but the doctors instinctively knew that. Scientific studies have found both trained and untrained pet dogs can detect seizures mainly using their sense of smell. Some canines can detect certain compounds in a person's sweat during or before an epileptic seizure.

And Kristen credits Sienna with preventing her husband from having a full seizure. The dog also apparently modified the medication that he's on and put a prescription in. Oh, very good. All right, and that is what I have in the bizarre file for you. Two things. We got a call from Nick Elmey a little while ago to let us know that Laurel is named for the PA state flower. There we go. So we did indeed clear that up. So thank you, Nick.

And also, when we return from this commercial break, you will be the first person to hear, because it was just given to us, brand new music from Foo Fighters. We have a song called Today's Song, unheard by anyone as of yet. So we'll take a break and we will debut that exclusive for you on MMR, where you expect to hear stuff like that. We'll be right back.

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New music from Foo Fighters on 93.3 WMMR. It's called Today's Song. A little bit of a different approach in that particular rhythm. And Marissa just handed me some info about Foo Fighters. They have a tour this fall. They're headed overseas. Jakarta, Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, and Mexico City.

A couple of days ago, they released a cover of the Minor Threat song. I don't want to hear it. Don't want to hear it, actually. But actually, another interesting thing, Dave and his wife, a little issue there. Yeah. They went to Wimbledon today. There you go. So they're out and about in public. All right. So it looks like they're working on...

Fixing things up there. But that is new music from Foo Fighters Today song. I don't really have any information other than that. I liked it. New music for you to check out. So, yeah, definitely. I'm sure that'll play a few more times today on MMR. So make sure that you are locked in to hear it if you caught the tail end of that. We have a lesson question. And today we are going to give away a surprise pair of tickets as MMR rocks Young the Giant. They're going to be playing on Saturday, July 12th at the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City.

And the question from not that long ago, what are hands? That was about 925. Steve stated that. What are hands? All right. How would you refer to hands?

Only call if you heard it because you can't make it up. All right, 610-660-9333 is the number. So what are hands? 610-660-9333. While you are calling in, we'll fire up the trash. The trash business is a gold mine.

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And you may not be subject to a lien on that property. Learn more at how to register your rental property at PGWorks.com. What's up this morning, Steve? Well, Preston, reality star Todd Chrisley is saying he cried himself to sleep during his first night in prison. Chrisley says, amazingly, his compassionate cellmate wiped those tears away with his nutsack. You!

Katie Couric in a sort of out-of-the-blue post on X commenting on the Vogue cover of Lauren Sanchez in her wedding dress saying, quote, big hair, conspicuous wealth, tacky is back. Sanchez took the high road, responding, Katie, you should start putting lipstick on your ass now that you're talking out of your butthole. Yeah.

And finally, just after a partial verdict was reached in the Diddy Combs current federal trial, a new $10 million lawsuit has been filed against him by male model Edmund Laurent. Diddy says all this activity is making him seriously reconsider if he wants to go on sexually assaulting.

I would try. Let's see if you know the answer to the question. What are hands? It's that simple. And we are going to go to Ryan and try and get an answer. Hey, Ryan, good morning. Hey, Preston, Marilyn, and Steve. All right, Ryan, what are hands?

The Feet of the Arms. That is correct. Hang on, Ryan. We're going to give you a pair of tickets as MMR rocks Young the Giant in the Open 2025 Tour Saturday, July 12th at the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR. Yes! Yes!

Brought to you by Newman University. The Press and TV2 live stream is powered by Newman University. If you're looking for online bachelor's degree completion programs, doctorate programs, and graduate programs, well join the webinar. July 9th. More information at newman.edu. Well, sometimes you just can't do something nice for people. Billy Joe Armstrong.

Got an on-stage surprise at Green Day's June 30th show in Luxembourg for the usual finale, Goodman's Time of Your Life. He handed a fan his acoustic guitar.

Only to hear that person play the opening chords of Oasis' Wonderwall instead. Visibly shocked, the 53-year-old frontman said, you told me you could play this one. And then he muttered, nice try. And then he took the guitar back and he finished the song himself.

TikTok clips of the prank went viral quickly and Oasis singer Liam Gallagher chimed in calling it, quote, the best song of the night. That's what he would do, yeah. Fans joked online that loaning any stranger guitar nearly guarantees a Wonderwall moment. And I only have one other story to pass along.

The two men who shot former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee will be sentenced this month. Lee was shot three times near his Las Vegas home on October 15th of 2024 while walking his dog Coco around 2 a.m.

It confronted the men who were trying to steal a motorcycle. The shooter aimed at his dog and 15 shots were fired in total. Jeez. One bullet almost hit Lee's spine, which could have left him paralyzed. He shared the news on social media saying that the gun used was tied to two previous murders, making his case almost an afterthought.

He's back up to speed, though, and he's focused on performing at Black Sabbath's final show in Birmingham on Saturday. He'll be playing, and first joke that his dog has to wake up early to watch him on TV, so he's going to be a part of that.

And they are going to put these guys in jail. They're waiting sentences. That was a short music news. No, it was good, though. That I have for you this morning. But it came with some new Foo Fighters that we just played, which is always great to hear brand new music from great bands. What we do here at MMR. We're going to take a quick break. So we'll be wrapping up a little bit earlier than usual. We return with the letter of the day for the Word of the Week prize. So make sure you stay with us.

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So here we are at 1027 a.m. on a day that's going to be, I don't know, it's looking kind of crappy. You know, like storm alerts and things like that. Chuck was saying on his phone. But it's supposed to be cloudy today, high about 84. Tomorrow, sunshine, 90. Sunny on Friday and Saturday, upper 80s. And then Monday looks good, too, partly cloudy, high 90s. So your holiday weekend is going to be pretty decent. So we are going to be pretty good.

Happy to hear that news with you. You're just looking at the weather today. I got to get out and mow the lawn. Do you think I can do that today, Preston? Yeah, maybe. Okay. Yeah, maybe. I mean, there might be a passing shower depending on where you are. Okay, gotcha. Ray Koob is here. Hey! Good morning, everybody. How you doing? Good. How are you, Ray Koob? I'm awake and vertical. That's all I'm admitting to.

One of two days in for Pierre, who is vacationing this week. And, of course, you know, all the Workforce blocks and the Coffee Break Music Marathon straight ahead. Did you hear the Foo Fighters on your way in? I did. What did you think? Surprise, surprise, surprise. Yeah. I had no idea we were getting it or it was imminent arrival, but sounds good. Yeah, we didn't. We had no idea. Chuck came in. He's like, in about 10 minutes, I've got some new Foo Fighters for you.

Well, you know, that way you get the honest response from the listeners when they hear it. You know, they're like, what? I'm sure you'll be playing it later on. I am pretty certain of it. Yeah, definitely. All right. Well, we need to get a letter from you, dude. Oh, yeah. Let's do that. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. And the Preston and Steve Show brought to you today by the letter U. U. As in? Up. Up.

Great word. We will give that away tomorrow because we're a short week this week. Short work week this week. Hang out for our friend Ray Koob. Enjoy his... Anything else you want to mention about the show or are you good to go? Good to go. Excellent. I want to thank our sponsors. President Steve's Show is brought to you today by Dunkin' and the President Steve's Show runs on Dunkin'. Also brought to you by Acme Markets. Fresh foods, local flavors.

And buy Estate Roadshow buying events. You can get cash for gold and silver. Details at EstateRoadshow.com. Tomorrow on our program, we're just going to call it No Sad Bro. We have No Sad Bro to spare. Friday is, of course, the holiday, and we won't be here, and hopefully you've got the day off, too. So No Sad Bro starts tomorrow. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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