Talking dad things while The Kids Breakdance

Father’s Day talk gets real fast when you stop asking “Who is your dad?” and start asking “Who helped raise you?” We sit around the table with Tyler, Richie, producer Zeke, and our guests Olivia and James, with the babies adding their own brand of chaos, and we dig into the people who showed up as father figures when life needed extra support.

We share stories about pastors, coaches, friends’ dads, and even close friends who became big-brother mentors, then we shift into what it’s like to step into fatherhood for the first time. Tyler opens up about how his first Father’s Day feels both real and unreal, and we talk about the everyday work that actually builds a family: diapers, bottles, learning milestones, and being present even when life is busy. We also ask the uncomfortable but necessary question: what do we need to do better as dads? The answers are simple and hard at the same time: more time, more play, more patience, and more grace with ourselves.

Then we lighten it up with a holiday ranking showdown, from New Year’s Day all the way to Christmas, plus a side quest into Christmas music, holiday movies, and favorite seasons. It’s funny, loud, and oddly revealing about what we value most: tradition, rest, and being together.

If you care about fatherhood, parenting, positive male role models, and building strong family relationships, hit play. Subscribe for more, share this with a dad or mentor who matters to you, and leave a review with your top holiday ranking.

Transcript

SPEAKER_05 0:01

You what? I thought we were starting. We are? That's scared.

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No, like Tyler's eating a full course meal over here.

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It is Followers.

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How are you gonna slowly open a wild cherry and cream Pepsi?

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That's fan I've never had it before. That's fantastic. Is it? It is okay.

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Okay, out of ten.

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Um eight and a half.

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You heard it here first.

Pepsi Taste Test And Chaos

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Pepsi.

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That's pretty good.

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Yeah? I thought I like any cream soda pretty much.

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I thought it was Dr. Pepper at first because of the colors.

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Yeah, yeah, I can see that.

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Why did I choose between that and the cherry float coke? I almost put it back. Uh-oh. But I was like, uh, wild cherry and cream. Well, it's kind of mean, it's kind of the same thing. Honestly, I kind of wish I got the Coke because I do like Coke a little better, Pepsi.

SPEAKER_04 1:05

What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, everybody. Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Almost Brothers Podcast. On today's episode, we got Ty Ty and his Pepsi. Mm-hmm. Yep, yep, yep. We got Richie Rich. Yeah. Just getting no Richard today, but we got producer Zeke.

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Yeah.

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How you doing?

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Yeah, around the table.

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Good, good. Yeah. And we have two sp well, two special guests today. They're they're beautiful, they're lovely, they're awesome. The babies are here. Wow. Oh, oh, and and y'all are here too. Ezra, you're not being a very good guest. You're not supposed to drool on the podcast. We got Olivia and James. How are y'all doing?

unknown 2:04

Doing good.

SPEAKER_02 2:05

Good.

SPEAKER_04 2:06

Good. And also Zay Be in the building. Say. Hi. Hi, baby. I love you. On today's episode, we're going to be talking about what else will be talking about on Father's Day but fathers. I shook a butt. Dads, man. Dads. And what they mean. Well, you know, y'all will talk about dads and husbands. Well, you, Zeke, you talk about, you know, what how great I am, I guess. And Tyler, your first Father's Day. You're getting all you're just growing up so fast. Don't make me call the cops.

SPEAKER_02 2:45

I'll call the cops.

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But man, just I, you know, I I I got to speak this morning on just how important men are, you know, not just dads, because there's a lot of

Father Figures Beyond Your Dad

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men that are father figures. So what who's a father figure that you had in your life that is not your dad? That just meant something to you. Could be like a like a friend, it could be another friend's dad. It could be, you know, a a leader or whatever it whatever it may be.

SPEAKER_03 3:13

Um probably my friend Andrew. Yeah. Um he's not too much older. What three or four years? Three years older than me. Yeah. Um this is the dude from college, right? Yeah. Okay. Oh, I'd say m more big brother.

SPEAKER_04 3:30

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Zeke, who's a other than your dad, who's a a father figure that has been important to you in your life? Um.

SPEAKER_05 3:41

What what what just happened? Okay, hey, Clayton throws. Just completely ignore him. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Ignore the top father. You come to me. Besides, okay. Tyler's one of them. Okay. Thank you. But besides Tyler, um, probably like probably like Tristan or like Easton. Yeah. Some yeah, one of them.

SPEAKER_04 4:08

Yeah, because you you spent a lot of time with with the youth when you were younger. Yeah. So okay. Heck yeah. All right, Liv. Sorry. There's a good father figure outside of your dad that is a um that's just weird.

SPEAKER_03 4:25

Well, that's weird.

SPEAKER_00 4:28

No. Um checkmate. Probably. Um probably my uh my grandpa.

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Yeah.

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So my uh adoptive grandpa.

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Yeah, there you go. Oh yeah. Oh, easy there, son. Babe, who's a father figure that was in your life that was important to you.

SPEAKER_01 4:51

Um definitely my grandpa. No, not that one.

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He's trying with everybody around the table. Just uh over here.

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Trying to get as many gifts as I could.

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Um I would say growing up, we had a youth pastor, Charlie. He was a big influence on us. Yep. On me.

SPEAKER_04 5:11

Charlie Jeff Richie. Yeah, yeah.

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It was always youth pastors that would step in, fix his lips, say what's, you know, just be a good influence that you needed.

SPEAKER_04 5:21

Yeah. Oh yeah. And and mine, mine is kind of the same. It's it's pastors that have been in my life and and and friends' dads. A lot of it was friends' dads that would kind of pour into me as I hung out with with them.

SPEAKER_05 5:33

So yeah, that's I got a bunch of like friends' dads that I'd hang out with. And I got like I know like five people, right? And I met on 2K, and they live like at like so South Carolina. Yeah. But they still treat me like I'm their son. Yeah.

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There you go.

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Nice.

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Yeah. It it's so and it's so important to have that. And and you know, we talk all the time about the different generations from Zeke's 13, Tyler's 29, going on 13. Uh I just turned 40. Dang. Going on 40 to life. And Richard is let's see, he was born in 77. BC. In December. All that's messed up. Not BC. Thank you. Yeah, so so we we all grew up in different generations on what a dad looks like, what a dad is, and what a dad means to us. So uh, you know, those are important things. I had coaches that that helped me, especially when you know when we found out we were pregnant, I had coaches that poured into me and and supported us in those times and helped, you know, kind of raise me and and and helped me become, you know, become the man I am today. So it's their fault that I am the way I am. Yeah. You know? All right. I'll be sending some strong worded emails later. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Okay, now now Tyler, for you, uh being being your first year as a as a actual dad on Father's Day, how does it feel going into this?

SPEAKER_03 7:16

I'm going to Disneyland. Wait. You're talking us.

SPEAKER_00 7:25

You're not going alone.

SPEAKER_03 7:27

Muted. Um no, it feels good. Yeah. Um it feels um not real? Yeah. So haven't kind of sunk

Tyler’s First Father’s Day

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in yet. It's like it has, but also at the same time not. Yeah. I don't know. I'm not way to articulate how you feel there, bud. My son is breakdancing.

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What are your personality? And then well, and and talking about men that that step up that are that are part of of your life when they're not your dad. You know, you're our kid's godfather. So it it's awesome having y'all in their life and watching you interact with Zeke and support him and and and stuff like that, you know, it's it's really important and and awesome, you know, because y'all aren't too far in age from each other, but he's got a lot that he could learn from you, and you're, you know, pouring into his life. So it's just awesome. Liv, how do you feel watching your husband and his first Father's Day?

SPEAKER_00 8:40

Um it's I guess for the same for me, it's felt kind of like surreal, like it still doesn't feel real most of the time. Um, but it's it's definitely one of my favorite things is just watching him with the kids. Just like are you crying?

SPEAKER_03 8:58

Are you crying? I was burping. I was trying to say how to do it.

SPEAKER_04 9:01

No, he's sweating out of his eyes.

SPEAKER_00 9:04

Don't lie to us.

unknown 9:06

Alright.

SPEAKER_03 9:07

I'm good in some type scene.

SPEAKER_00 9:10

Um, he did he's breakdancing again. No, your daughter was eating the table. Oh. Anyway.

SPEAKER_03 9:18

It's also breakdancing.

SPEAKER_00 9:21

Um, but yeah, watching him just play and interact and talk to them and trying to teach them different things. Yeah. With learning to crawl and and now Esther thinks she's gonna just take off walking down the street.

SPEAKER_04 9:34

Right. Yeah, just skipping crawling altogether.

SPEAKER_00 9:37

Yeah, she just learned how to do that. So but um it's yeah, it's definitely been it's been awesome getting to watch that.

SPEAKER_04 9:46

You ever watch him do like dad stuff and then fall more in love with him just seeing them do like just like Yeah, you do muted for the rest of the episode?

SPEAKER_00 9:58

Yeah, you do.

SPEAKER_03 10:00

Set yourself up. That was your fault. Oh boy. My goodness gracious. You blame yourself.

SPEAKER_04 10:06

Oh, that felt good. Yeah, uh huh.

SPEAKER_00 10:10

You're okay. That's what happened. He's like, what? She's he's breakdancing. He's a little bit too far forward.

SPEAKER_04 10:20

Zeke, what is what is something that you want to to take from the father figures in your life, take into when you become a father? What is something that you really want to to make sure that you work on and do when you become uh a dad that you see maybe some father figures do in your life?

SPEAKER_05 10:36

Uh protect kids. Yeah. Play with the kids.

SPEAKER_04 10:43

I swear it's like having y'all two on is like talking to a tree. It's like Tyler, what do you think? Yep. All right, Zeke, what do you got for uh talk to the kids, play with

What We Want To Do Better

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the kids? Stay at the crib. Ooh, bars. Sorry. Anyway.

SPEAKER_00 11:05

Muted.

SPEAKER_04 11:08

So I'm just gonna talk to y'all two, I guess. Maybe what are some things that you see maybe me do as a dad that you appreciate and some things that I could work on?

SPEAKER_01 11:20

Um yeah, that's right. Dang, this is a loaded question. Well, that yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:26

I need a lot of so first, not you don't need that long to think about it. Kinda. So first, something that you see that is that is really good and you appreciate that I do as a dad.

SPEAKER_01 11:37

Um you do a lot of activities with the kids. Like you took Zeke to and his friends to like the Memphis the game, Grizzly's game. Yeah. So you took them all. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I took Tyler too.

SPEAKER_03 11:52

I took y'all.

SPEAKER_01 11:55

And just like the little things you do with them, like um watch a movie or um go, you know, you have to go to their room now to actually get them to.

SPEAKER_04 12:06

Yeah, I literally went to Zeke's room and Tay's room, but she was leaving. But I went to Zeke's room today and just lay down and talked to him for a little bit.

SPEAKER_05 12:12

Yeah, he laid on me.

SPEAKER_04 12:14

Yeah.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 12:15

Yeah. I did. I was like, what are you doing? Uh what's something I need to work on? As a dad.

SPEAKER_01 12:20

I think you lead well too. It like you definitely take initiative as like the like the father of the house, like being head of the household. You're doing really good at that.

SPEAKER_04 12:34

Well, thank you.

SPEAKER_01 12:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 12:36

Thank you for thank you for letting me do that. Appreciate that. Well, something I need to work on. It's up dodging the question. Um dodge around, you can dodge your question.

SPEAKER_01 12:51

Right. I don't know. Something you can work on. Probably just I say this very lightly, but I mean doing more? Because I think that's what I need to work on.

SPEAKER_04 13:05

Well, that's what I was thinking, is just spending more time with the kids. That's my big thing. Is I get so busy outside of there that I don't have the time I want to with them. Yeah.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 13:14

Zay is what's something that what what is something, Zeke, you're gonna have to hold the microphone for. What is something that you want to do more with me this year?

SPEAKER_05 13:24

Uh probably just like go like to the park more.

SPEAKER_04 13:31

Okay. There we go. Okay. All right, Tyler. What is something that you think you need to work on as a dad? Yeah. Oh, okay. One thing. Well the the main thing that you you want to work on as a dad. Or do better at, maybe, you know. So I feel like there's always something we can do better at.

SPEAKER_03 13:55

Uh I feel like I'm um I feel like I don't do as much as I should with with the babies. Yeah. Just busy? Just in general. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 14:07

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's right. Alright, gonna jump to Zeke. Zeke, what is something that you would like to see more out of me as a dad?

SPEAKER_05 14:19

Um playing 2K with me.

SPEAKER_04 14:24

It always goes back to 2K. Just always. Just okay. Uh hey, I I like it. Alright, Liv, two things. One, what is something that Tyler does great as a dad? And two, what is something he needs to work on?

SPEAKER_00 14:38

I've been trying to think of it. And I'm like, I genuinely like.

SPEAKER_03 14:44

You just remember your birthday's coming up.

SPEAKER_00 14:49

I keep, I keep. Um my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 14:59

Ezra was literally just laying like.

SPEAKER_04 15:01

I swear, you cannot podcast with you two when these kids are in the room. Like y'all will stop for two minutes

Patience And Self-Pressure As Parents

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laughing at something while we're recording.

SPEAKER_00 15:12

He's literally just laying there just. I'm over here trying to think. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 15:19

Oh my gosh. I can't I can't help that I have funny kids. They get it from their dad. They also get that from their dad.

SPEAKER_00 15:31

Oh, okay. I guess they get nothing from me then.

SPEAKER_03 15:34

She's got your cheeks.

SPEAKER_00 15:36

Oh, okay. Thanks. But um I really can't complain, honestly. Like when it comes to Oh, don't.

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Oh my gosh. I muted.

SPEAKER_00 15:52

So now um, I don't know. I guess when it comes to him being a dad, just being more patient with himself.

SPEAKER_04 16:04

That's see, that's good. Yeah, that's good.

SPEAKER_00 16:06

More gracious and generous with himself as a dad. Yeah. Because he really does he does a really good job. Yeah. And he genuinely does. And I'm not just saying that because he's a big thing.

SPEAKER_04 16:15

Well, supposedly you're brand you're he's brand new.

SPEAKER_00 16:17

You know, I mean it's it's when I was like, you know, not everybody has a dad. Right. And like, so you're already doing the most, you know, just with that. So and that's good. He shows up all the time and helps take care of them. And I mean, he changes busts the same as I do, and does bottles the same as I do.

SPEAKER_04 16:35

Like it's, you know, there's say, look, look at that. Look at that, man. Don't do that. Don't throw up gang signs. Come on now.

SPEAKER_05 16:42

Oh, he's gangbanging.

SPEAKER_04 16:44

Hey man. That is good. That is good. So what what? How alike? So this is for y'all two, for Jamie and Liv. How alike is Tyler to your dad?

SPEAKER_02 16:58

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_04 17:00

Uh-oh. What? Uh-oh. Did I get a nerve?

SPEAKER_03 17:03

The only difference is our skin color.

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Well, I I I talked about this a little bit this morning, is you tend to marry someone like your dad if you're a woman. I did not. Oh. And opposite if, you know, so muted.

SPEAKER_00 17:22

Yeah. But right now, it's too far from me.

SPEAKER_04 17:26

So they're they're alike, is what you're saying. Yes. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 17:29

Like, so it's so funny because sometimes Tyler will say something that my dad has said before. And I'm like, that's a little weird. That makes me feel funny.

SPEAKER_04 17:41

Is she kind of like your mom?

SPEAKER_03 17:44

Uh not like distinctively. Yeah. Other than, you know, she has just very motherly qualities.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Okay. Yeah.

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One time because I got uh I think it was last, maybe last year, I got um some new body wash, the ir the green green bottle, Irish Spring, so it's called. Yeah. And she and I got that, and she was like, that's the body wash my dad uses for the case.

SPEAKER_00 18:17

Which the exact body is.

SPEAKER_04 18:20

Like, why do you have to use that? That is so funny. All right, James.

SPEAKER_00 18:24

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 18:25

Same, same question for you. How much alike? And I kind of know the answer to this, but how much alike am I to your father?

SPEAKER_01 18:32

Uh zero.

SPEAKER_04 18:34

Yeah, that's what I the exact opposite.

SPEAKER_05 18:36

I got a question. I got a question.

SPEAKER_04 18:38

Hold up. You hold on to that question. Why do you think that is?

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Um why do I think that is?

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Yeah.

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Because I know what I wanted.

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Easy artsy.

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All right. All right.

SPEAKER_01 18:56

Um I know.

SPEAKER_03 18:59

Um this is no different than a sermon. This is them every Sunday.

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They have to say.

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This is them every night of Camp Allen, too.

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They're like, oh. Um, I don't know. I would just have to say you're c clearly the opposite of of him. And I thank God for that.

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Because Okay.

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Kind of growing up, living like living around that, I just always knew that I didn't want to to live that life. So I think when I seen us growing up together and and building a life together that I knew it wouldn't it wouldn't end up like like the life I had. Yeah. If that makes sense.

SPEAKER_05 19:55

Absolutely. All right, Bob, what was your question? Does this mean I have to marry a girl with bad driving?

SPEAKER_01 20:01

Hey, hey.

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You're grounded.

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That's all I gotta say about that.

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Oh man, we just appreciate the dads out there and we love you so much. If you are a dad, and I promise you, you are a dad in someone's life. Uh-huh. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Even the ladies. Even no. Well, my dad. No, this isn't Mother's Day. I thought it was 2026. Okay, now we are we are going to a segment we've been doing for a while on ranking. So one through five. What?

SPEAKER_05 20:36

We still need the chicken nuggets.

SPEAKER_04 20:38

Yes, we're gonna do that eventually. Uh so ladies, for for for y'all, what we do is we're gonna rank one through five, five being the best, one being the worst. So you just give it your score, and the one with the most points at the end wins.

SPEAKER_03 20:52

Real quick, real quick. I watched a video on Facebook. It was the funniest thing. It was a podcast, and they're doing um uh top five goats, like just of anything. So you're thinking sports, and the

Ranking Holidays One To Five

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first guy throws out Lightning McQueen.

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Listen, when you say I am speed, I'm not gonna lie, I was thinking of actual goats. I was like number one fainting goats.

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Muted. Thank you. All right, you ready? You're we are gonna be ranking holidays.

SPEAKER_00 21:31

Oh man. I know.

SPEAKER_04 21:34

Holidays. I know we're gonna go. So one through five. One through five. So one is like number like one is one is like the least score. So you want five is the highest it could get, and the one with the most points wins at the end.

SPEAKER_05 21:44

One is not the goat.

SPEAKER_04 21:46

Okay, you ready? Yeah? No, maybe? Okay, let me make sure I get my notes out. We're gonna do this. That's my fun. All right, number one, New Year's Day. New Year's Day. Yeah. New Year's. Yeah. One. One. Okay. Okay, any reasoning or just another day?

SPEAKER_03 22:12

It it really is just another day. Compared to New Year's Eve, it's just not you do resolutions?

SPEAKER_04 22:17

Okay. Alright, Zeke.

SPEAKER_05 22:21

Probably like a one or a two. I'd say one. One? Yeah. You know why? Why? Every time we have a lock-in, it confuses my brain. Don't know what day it is. Cause I like I I'd stay up until literally six in the morning. Yeah. And then when I go home, right, take a fat nap. Yep. And then I wake and I wake up. I go to mom. I'm like, mom, what's for breakfast? And she's ready for dinner. So one and one.

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Live.

SPEAKER_00 22:55

Um probably one or two. It's just it is another day. Which one? It's just another day. I'll do a one.

SPEAKER_04 23:05

One. Man, New Year's is just slacking right now. New Year's Eve is James?

SPEAKER_01 23:10

I say a two.

SPEAKER_04 23:12

A two? Just to give it something. Just to give it a little something. And I'm gonna give it a one as well. Yeah, New Year's just it just ain't it. It just ain't it. It's another day. Alright, secondly. Martin Luther King Day.

SPEAKER_05 23:25

Ooh, my ancestor.

unknown 23:30

Well.

SPEAKER_03 23:32

Um. I mean. Because I feel like there's a wrong answer. Oh, there's no wrong answer.

SPEAKER_02 23:44

You just wrong answer.

SPEAKER_03 23:47

It doesn't get a high score just because.

SPEAKER_00 23:50

He says there's no wrong answer while looking at the case.

SPEAKER_03 23:52

There's no wrong answer. I'm gonna say five.

SPEAKER_04 23:55

Oh, that is cheap. Hey, you know good and well you ain't giving that a five.

SPEAKER_03 24:02

Oh gosh. Okay, see. I got a dream that I'll get out of work that day.

SPEAKER_05 24:06

I'm giving it a five. Oh my god. No, this is very reparations. I got two reasons, right? First of all, we're off of school on a Monday. See, exactly. I get to play 2K. Second one, um, if if Martin Luther didn't have that dream, me and TJ would not be friends.

SPEAKER_04 24:32

First of all, we are all now dumber for having to listen to that comment. In no way does that make any sense whatsoever. Awesome.

SPEAKER_03 24:45

That reminded me of a oh shoot, what is it? Uh Billy Madison. Yeah. And may God have mercy on your soul.

SPEAKER_04 24:55

You you you will be awarded no point. And may God have mercy on your soul. Simple no just dumb. Live.

SPEAKER_00 25:04

Um I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 25:07

I see. Y'all are so white folk.

SPEAKER_00 25:16

I mean I don't want to. I mean, it's I feel like it sounds bad if I say like one.

SPEAKER_04 25:21

There's a lose list. Go ahead. Go on. What you got?

SPEAKER_00 25:24

Can we do like the same numbers that we've or like how does that yeah, you could yeah, you do whatever, yeah. Um I'm probably gonna do a one.

SPEAKER_04 25:34

One?

SPEAKER_00 25:35

I mean Wow. Tyler, I'm gonna do it. I do not know.

SPEAKER_03 25:39

Listen, if it weren't for Martin Luther King Jr., Puckskill maybe would have made me drink out of a different water fountain, and I'm not even black.

SPEAKER_04 25:47

That's not that's nope. That's not how that goes either. All right. All right, James.

SPEAKER_01 25:52

Uh I'd say probably a two.

SPEAKER_04 25:56

Two from James, it's getting a one from me.

SPEAKER_01 25:58

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 25:59

It's getting a one. It's getting a one. To me, it shouldn't be a holiday at all. Uh I just don't, I don't get it. It's great. Like, it's awesome. It's awesome. He did a lot of great things, but he also did some questionable things. So moving on. Uh we're gonna do he marched. We're gonna do Memorial Day. Oh.

SPEAKER_05 26:23

You know what I'm saying? I forgot what Memorial Day was. I forgot what it was. I get that mixed up with President's Day. Go ahead, Tyler. Let him know what Memorial Day is.

SPEAKER_03 26:35

You don't are you are you for real? You don't know.

SPEAKER_05 26:38

Memorial Day. Ain't that something about 9-11?

SPEAKER_04 26:42

No.

SPEAKER_05 26:43

Lord have mercy. No. I thought a memorial was.

SPEAKER_04 26:45

This is what happens when you send your kids to public school. Somewhat in the realm, but no.

SPEAKER_05 26:50

Oh. It's honoring the people that died.

SPEAKER_04 26:55

Who? Specific people. Army people. There you go. There we go. Yeah. That's too specific.

SPEAKER_03 27:01

Oh, sorry. Military. Yeah. There you go. So you're saying screw the Marine Corps, the Cash Force, the Nate. Yeah, whatever. Alright. Tyler, go ahead. I'm gonna rate it a five.

SPEAKER_05 27:13

That's not fair. He's a Marine.

SPEAKER_04 27:16

He's rating it a five.

SPEAKER_05 27:18

Okay, Zeke. It depends if we have school off or not. If we do.

SPEAKER_04 27:24

Can we just rate the things?

SPEAKER_03 27:27

We always have something. Good lord. If he's out of school, it's a three or higher. If he's not three or lower.

SPEAKER_05 27:37

Yeah, what Tyler said. I'm gonna rate it though a four. Okay. Liv.

SPEAKER_03 27:42

Wow, do you hate our fallen veterans? I'm gonna do a four or two. Four. Yeah. James. Wow. Um you hate our fallen veterans. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 27:58

Yeah, I'll go with a four.

SPEAKER_04 27:59

Four. I'm also going with a four. Four or five. I've I I only have one or two fives, so it gets a four. One more day is awesome. Awesome, but it's not a five. Wow. Yeah, sorry. Uh 4th of July. Oh. Four. Four. Okay. Okay. Starting off hot. Five. Five. Ooh. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 28:28

You know why? We get to go to the Malden House and light fireworks.

SPEAKER_04 28:33

We're not going to the Malden House, but okay. He said now it's a two. Right. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 28:41

You don't get out of school. Now it's a one.

SPEAKER_00 28:46

Um I'm going to do I'm going to do a four.

SPEAKER_04 28:49

Four? Do you do you do fireworks on Fourth of July? You like fireworks?

SPEAKER_00 28:54

I mean, we we don't do them at our house. Like, we're not gonna go buy fireworks. Yeah. Like we'll do sparklers or something. But um we'll do them sometimes at my parents' house and then at my uncle's house, he always does a big he spends like hundreds of dollars to do big things.

SPEAKER_03 29:08

Yeah, does a big one. The big ones. Okay. Those are pretty fun. Yeah. Yeah. I'm enjoying the 4th of July more after we met. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:18

Um I would say the fireworks. I'd say a five. Because I like fireworks. A five. Yeah, I like the big fireworks. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 29:30

I rated it a four, right?

SPEAKER_04 29:31

Yeah. No, you rated a five. Oh, bump it down to four. It's too late now. You're it's already in. It's already in to you. It's already in.

SPEAKER_05 29:40

Hear me out. You get so much mosquito bites.

SPEAKER_04 29:43

Yes, yes, yeah. That's true. Yep. It's hot. It's yeah. James, what'd you say? A four? Yeah. Is that right? And mine is going to be a four as well, and I even think that's a little high. Uh I I love the thought behind it. I love watching. It's a tradition. We watch Independence Day every year. Uh it's it's good, but it the heat, the bugs, the noises, people get stupid with fireworks. Kind of brings it down a little bit. A little bit. I don't understand that. So we're only gonna do a couple more, and I know we're gonna skip some, but uh we're gonna do a couple more. Thanksgiving.

SPEAKER_05 30:16

Ooh. If only Richard was here.

SPEAKER_04 30:21

Five? Yeah. We know what Richard. Yeah. Zeke. Thanksgiving. Five. Oh, oh, starting off strong. Okay. All right.

SPEAKER_00 30:33

I'm gonna have to do five too. I like me some food.

SPEAKER_04 30:36

Ooh, okay. Now, do y'all did y'all ever do the black shopping? The Black Friday shopping?

SPEAKER_00 30:43

I used to do that when I was younger with my grandma. Okay. She would always take me with her, but I haven't the last few years.

SPEAKER_03 30:48

Yeah. I did it a couple times in college, but it gets crazy. Yeah, it gets nuts, yeah. Well, hardly it, I feel like hardly anyone does anymore because it doesn't matter. No, it's all online.

SPEAKER_04 30:56

Yeah, it's it's it's I love the sales. I used to love going and being, you know, around people, but now it's just it's so much easier to do it online. Okay, five, five, five. Okay, James. Thanksgiving.

SPEAKER_01 31:08

Is it one through ten?

SPEAKER_04 31:09

One through five.

SPEAKER_01 31:10

One through five. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 31:11

Halfway through the ten.

SPEAKER_01 31:14

Ten. No, five.

SPEAKER_04 31:16

Really?

SPEAKER_01 31:16

Yeah, it's one of my favorites.

SPEAKER_04 31:18

Dad, I swear. Look, y'all. Look, I told you, I've only got a couple fives. I've got to go with a four. So I got it's not fives across the board. I go with a four.

SPEAKER_01 31:28

Yeah, uh, it's a five. Like you get to eat and then sleep.

SPEAKER_03 31:33

Exactly. Yeah. That's what the pilgrims fought for. Exactly. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 31:40

And you get to play football and basketball.

SPEAKER_04 31:43

All right. Halloween. Oh, oh. Three.

SPEAKER_03 31:49

Wow. That is that is just diabolical. Here's my reasoning. Halloween can be fun, but we typically don't really do a whole lot.

SPEAKER_04 32:00

Yeah, but y'all haven't. Now you got the kids. Now it's gonna completely change. Oh, yeah, but I don't like I haven't experienced. Dude, you were trick-or-treating two years ago. Like, what are you talking about?

SPEAKER_03 32:10

You're all I know we're playing jokes, but Michael, you were trick-or-treating this year. Absolutely. Or last year. Absolutely. Zaley, did you have to hold your dad's hand while I crossed the street?

SPEAKER_02 32:24

Yes. Easy. Easy.

SPEAKER_04 32:29

Zeke, Halloween. Five. Five? See. See, that is my boy right there. Instant. Just no question.

SPEAKER_05 32:37

The weather's perfect. Yep. Preach. Come on. It's pretty alright. You get free candy. You get to chill at home. And you get to spend time with your family all in one. Oh, and and you get to walk around and burn some calories while doing it. Wait, wait. See? You could get money from your grandma. What? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

SPEAKER_04 33:08

Last year's Halloween was when y'all first met the babies. What grandma, right? What grandma are you getting money from on Halloween? Sometimes what's the address again? Alright, Liv, what you got? What's the address again?

SPEAKER_00 33:21

I don't know. I'm probably gonna do a three, two. Just like I we used to like I used to dress up and stuff when I was younger. But it's just more of like I don't know. I don't want to have to go out and buy something for one day. Yeah, yeah, that's true. That's true. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 33:41

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 33:42

And you don't know if it's actually gonna be like hot or cold. Yeah. Because half the time, you know, it's one or the other everyone.

SPEAKER_04 33:49

That's true too now, yeah. Yeah. That's good.

SPEAKER_00 33:52

Missouri.

SPEAKER_04 33:54

Yeah. All right, James.

SPEAKER_01 33:59

I'd have to say a two.

SPEAKER_03 34:03

That's your wife.

SPEAKER_05 34:05

Oh, I almost had a heart attack. Oh, I'm getting old.

SPEAKER_03 34:12

So who does the marriage counselor go for marriage counseling? Oh. It hurts.

SPEAKER_01 34:20

It's a it's a two for me.

SPEAKER_04 34:23

And your reasoning?

SPEAKER_01 34:24

Because well, one, it's a full like work day.

SPEAKER_04 34:28

Do we need to leave? Do we need to leave?

SPEAKER_01 34:31

Like, it's not a like Yeah, it's a full for full work day.

SPEAKER_04 34:36

For a witch.

SPEAKER_01 34:39

What? No.

SPEAKER_04 34:40

Jamie.

SPEAKER_03 34:43

Listen to the context. I think he just I think he's referring to you.

SPEAKER_01 34:48

Yeah, no, he's not. I'm trying not to hear him.

SPEAKER_03 34:51

Oh. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 34:53

It's a two.

SPEAKER_04 34:54

I know a dead. You know, it's your vote. Whatever. That's fine. Halloween is a five. It is an absolute five. It is no question. It is one of the top three holidays in the year. You all are crazy out of your mind. What about me? Zeke, I am so proud of you. Yeah. Also, you could be whatever you want. Hi, baby. Oh. My goodness gracious. Okay. Christmas. Five.

SPEAKER_03 35:21

It's not your turn.

SPEAKER_05 35:23

Your turn.

SPEAKER_03 35:23

Tyler, five. Five. That's what the things fought for. Five. That's what Santa Claus fought for.

SPEAKER_04 35:30

Santa Claus and the natives just fighting it out for Christmas. What? Wait a second. I think we're getting something mixed up here. Just running over a bunch of it. And then Martin Luther King shows up and hangs about. Oh God. All right, Zeke. Five.

SPEAKER_05 35:48

And I could go on a list of reasons.

SPEAKER_04 35:50

No, yeah. You don't even have to list the reasons. It just, it just, I mean, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 35:54

One of the most important is I get the new 2K. Unless I buy it.

SPEAKER_04 35:59

Lord have mercy. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 36:01

Were you did you get a little more disappointed? Yes.

SPEAKER_04 36:04

It just, I was so, man, I was, and then it just live. Christmas.

SPEAKER_00 36:09

Is there a six?

SPEAKER_04 36:10

That's what I thought. I can't remember. Oh, it's popcorn. That was a six. It's a six. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 36:17

No, it's literally my favorite holiday ever.

SPEAKER_03 36:20

It's literally. Oh. I'm not gonna lie. I thought that was your phone. I freaked out.

SPEAKER_00 36:29

It was half of it.

SPEAKER_04 36:30

All right, James. Christmas.

SPEAKER_00 36:32

Yeah, it's a five.

SPEAKER_04 36:34

Ladies and gentlemen, it's a sweep. Christmas takes it, hands down. There it like maybe murder Jesus. It is a five. There is no argument for I I don't know what is wrong with people that don't like Christmas.

SPEAKER_05 36:50

Yeah, I hate those people. Now TikTok. Well, okay, listen. I don't like the video. Yeah. Okay. I don't like how it's like, I'd rather have this than this, and it shows a good summer and then a bad winter. Show the bad side of summer. Right. Like it's way more decent.

SPEAKER_04 37:08

Yeah. Oh, just sweating. Even just walking into Walmart, you just start sweating. Mosquito bite. You just moist all day for no reason. Like the almost freaking seatbelts. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 37:19

Almost the only good thing about um summer is church camp and swimming.

SPEAKER_04 37:24

Yeah. The steering wheels burning your fingerprints off.

SPEAKER_03 37:35

Yeah. The only thing about Christmas I'm not crazy about is the Christmas music.

SPEAKER_00 37:42

And the cold.

SPEAKER_03 37:43

And the cold. I'm not a fan of the cold. It's two of my favorite parts of Christmas. So when it comes to the Christmas music. So you'd rather be hot than cold? I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to lean towards colder, but I'd really just not.

SPEAKER_00 37:59

Sorry. That's a mold face line.

SPEAKER_03 38:04

A man. She doesn't know what goes on about. She doesn't, no. Yeah. Back up off you. I'll see her tomorrow when she walks home.

SPEAKER_00 38:14

Oh.

Christmas Music Movies And Seasons

SPEAKER_00 38:16

You didn't even drive here.

SPEAKER_03 38:22

I'm on I'd rather just be in the middle. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but when it comes to the music, I'm s I'm like pretty picky about the Christmas music. Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_00 38:34

One of my favorite parts. I love Christmas music.

SPEAKER_04 38:36

So so okay, so you picky because you like the older stuff, like the you know, the classics or and that's what I was gonna ask you too. Do you like the classics? Do you like like the newer stuff?

SPEAKER_03 38:46

I didn't really like the classic. It's just like I'm not a fan of I'm not a fan of all I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey. Same, same. Cannot love mistletoe by Justin Bieber.

SPEAKER_00 39:00

I just can't stand Mariah Carey.

SPEAKER_03 39:02

What's the what's the Michael Michael Booblay sings it? I can't see his bubly. Michael Bubly.

SPEAKER_02 39:10

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_03 39:11

Uh he at Baby It's Cold Outside, he sings that with someone.

SPEAKER_00 39:15

Um everybody sings that one with somebody. Yeah. Right.

SPEAKER_03 39:18

Yeah, they sing alone. That's kind of weird. Yeah. Um but some of the class but some of the classics I like, but I don't know. I'm just picky about them. Yeah. I know one thing I like. Or um church Christmas music. Yeah, I know. Yeah, no. That is not my bag. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 39:44

I know one thing y'all forgot though.

SPEAKER_03 39:45

It's not.

SPEAKER_05 39:46

And it's probably the best thing out of all of them.

unknown 39:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 39:49

Christmas movies. Okay. Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 39:53

That's a whole nother cover. That's good. So if each one could have a, you know, kind of a movie, what would be the best season or the best holiday for movies?

unknown 40:06

Probably.

SPEAKER_04 40:06

Because I'm Fourth of July's got some got some good ones. Like summer movies? I feel like Halloween. Halloween's got some some good ones too, yeah. Or or summer. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 40:17

Because like everyone loves a good Thanksgiving movie.

SPEAKER_00 40:23

Just straight up cricket.

SPEAKER_04 40:25

Okay, so out of the four seasons, favorite season? Labor Day.

SPEAKER_05 40:32

This is what the pilgrim thought for.

SPEAKER_04 40:40

My favorite season is spring. It's not all the time that I want to go and play in traffic. This is one of those things. Spring? You like spring?

SPEAKER_05 40:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 40:50

All right.

SPEAKER_05 40:50

Zeke. Probably. I'm leaning toward fall just because the weather. Yeah. But winter right now.

SPEAKER_04 40:59

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 41:00

Yeah, I was going to say probably fall. Yeah. Yeah. For me.

SPEAKER_04 41:04

James, favorite. Favorite season.

SPEAKER_01 41:09

Uh probably fall.

SPEAKER_04 41:10

Okay. I got a lot of fall. I I like the cold more than I do the fall, but I like the fall. Um weather, leaves falling, the feeling, the pumpkins. I I like that. The pumpkins. So I would say I would say fall also, but I like the cold weather more than I do cool weather. I like cold. Colder the better. I like I hate being cold. I would love. I've tried to convince Jamie. I would love to retire in like Seattle where it's just cold and rainy all the time. Alaska. That would be great. Russia. No. Oh.

SPEAKER_05 41:45

Oh, that took a little jump.

SPEAKER_04 41:46

Yeah, I did. Alaska. He's a hop skip in the jump. Russia. No, thank you. Hop skip and a jump.

SPEAKER_05 41:53

Japan.

SPEAKER_04 41:54

No, thank you. So as we go out, what do we have to say? Come on now. Say something. Say something. You heard it here, folks.