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24:00

team was playing a trick on me. I was like, this is

24:02

not real. Like, I don't believe that she really autographed me books.

24:04

One of y'all did it. Let me look at your fingers so

24:06

I can see the mark throwing it. But

24:09

she asked to meet me in New York. And you

24:11

know, it's like one of those

24:13

things where you grow up reading so

24:16

much of a person's work and reading so much

24:18

about a person, you feel

24:20

like you already know them when you meet

24:22

them. And it was like me and her

24:24

just had an instant connection. That's awesome. I

24:27

know, I know you know him. So have you

24:29

ever said to Jay Z, you know, you're a storyteller

24:31

just like Judy Bloom. No,

24:37

I never did. I never did. You

24:41

know, he's got kids now he might go for it.

24:43

No, he should tell Judy Bloom, she's a storyteller like

24:45

Jay Z. Well, that's what he did. I

24:49

have done that. That I've done. That's

24:53

the easier one. Yeah. So

24:55

in your new book, Get Honest or Die

24:57

Lying, you tell a story about your early

24:59

days in morning radio. And is

25:01

it really true that a rival show

25:03

sent over three guys to jump you?

25:06

The funny thing that wasn't even a

25:08

morning radio show that was a evening

25:11

show or late night show. But I want

25:14

to record the show. I almost got jumped.

25:16

Yes. I

25:18

didn't get jumped. Because I skedaddle. Yeah.

25:22

You're pretty surprised. I thought but

25:24

you know, but again, I like

25:26

that kind of street cred you

25:28

cannot buy. So how do I

25:30

get like Steve Inskeep to send

25:32

his boys after me? I

25:37

would hope you could whoop any of Steve Inskeep. So,

25:43

so for people that don't know your show, which you

25:45

co host, the breakfast

25:47

club has become an absolute

25:50

must stop for anybody on any kind of publicity

25:52

tour. If you're selling an album, if you're selling

25:54

a film, if you're selling yourself as a candidate.

25:56

And do you do you

25:58

know how you achieve that

26:01

to be the guy that everybody has to

26:03

be interviewed by? I don't

26:05

know if I'm the guy that everybody has to be

26:07

interviewed by, but I do know

26:09

that the reason I'm able to interview so

26:11

many diverse people is because of my mother.

26:14

And the one piece of advice that she gave me,

26:17

you know, when I was a kid was

26:19

read things that don't pertain to me. So

26:21

that just makes me a very naturally curious

26:23

person. And being that I'm

26:25

a naturally curious person, I have a

26:28

fantastic job that just allows me to

26:30

have conversations with a lot of these

26:32

people that I've either read about or

26:34

a lot of these people that I would like

26:36

to learn more from. I'm going to ask you

26:38

a very sincere question because I've been interviewing people

26:41

for a long time, but there's one thing I

26:43

always struggle with. I don't know if you do.

26:45

I'm always worried about offending the person I'm

26:47

talking to. I make them angry. And sometimes that keeps me

26:49

from maybe asking the right question. How do you deal with

26:51

that? Security.

26:53

Making sure that the security and the bills are going

26:56

to work. Okay. All right. Well,

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facing charges for filming himself

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Alex Choi is a youtuber and he is

48:22

expected to be not guilty But he's gonna

48:24

have a hard time once the judge sees

48:27

the first piece of evidence a YouTube video

48:29

titled watch me shoot Off illegal fireworks from

48:31

a helicopter at a Lamborghini that's doing donuts

48:33

on federal land Bill

48:36

how did Karen do in our quiz five, right?

48:38

10 more points 13 one behind

48:42

Okay, so how many whoa, that's

48:44

impressive So how many then does

48:47

Shane need to overtake alzo and

48:49

win six to win? Here we

48:51

go Shane We got this on

48:53

Tuesday testimony in blanks gun possession

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trial began Biden right hunter by

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on Thursday 27 countries began

49:00

parliamentary elections for the blank for

49:03

the win For

49:08

the European Union this week an FDA

49:10

panel advised pharmaceutical companies to update their

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blank vaccines Cova yeah, I guess on

49:15

Wednesday governor Kathy Hochul delayed a plan

49:17

to charge people for blanking in New

49:19

York City the congested for driving Yeah

49:21

for driving this week officials in Iowa

49:23

warned residents not to disturb the nests

49:25

of tricky vultures who blank when they

49:28

are threatened Kill people. No,

49:30

they vomit acid on Monday soccer star

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blank announced. He was releasing a new

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energy drink Oh Messy

49:37

yes this week a man in Montana

49:39

had to immediately return to the restaurant where he just picked

49:42

up his pizza when he realized He had blanked Already

49:45

had pizza that no he returned to the restaurant

49:47

when he realized that he had driven away from

49:49

the restaurant with his pizza in someone else's car

49:53

He was hungry Getting him with

49:55

the pizza. He didn't stop to wonder why his

49:57

car that he got into already had keys in

50:00

the ignition or why there was a

50:02

dog in the back seat or why those strange

50:05

kids back there with the dog

50:07

were saying, great, we get a

50:10

new dad. Once

50:13

he realized his mistake, he returned the car,

50:15

right, turned around, and gave the kids back,

50:17

gave the dog back, gave the car back,

50:19

and he drove his own car home so

50:22

he could enjoy his, wait, I didn't order

50:24

a pepperoni pizza. Bill

50:27

did Shane do well enough to win. Not

50:30

quite. Four ride, eight more points,

50:32

total of 11 means Alzo

50:34

is our champion. Alzo,

50:36

Alzo. In

50:44

just a minute, we're going to ask our

50:46

panelists to predict what will Pepsi do to

50:48

get back into second place in the Great

50:50

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what will Pepsi do to get its

51:37

second place mojo back, Shane O'Neill? Mix

51:39

it with Coke. Car

51:43

and cheese. Ask people really

51:45

nicely. And Alzo

51:47

Slade. Since Mike Tyson can't do it,

51:49

just volunteer to fight Jake Paul. Well,

51:53

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51:57

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