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COLD PLUNGES, LET'S EAT GRANDMA, AND A HILARIOUS BATTLE OF THE SEXES SHOWDOWN!
Do people really enjoy cold plunges, or is it all just a frosty facade? In this lively episode, join us as we recap five exhilarating Battle of the Sexes trivia bouts and dive into the hilarious realities of trends people might be faking enthusiasm for. From running and kale to high heels and gender reveal parties, we share our candid, often silly opinions, along with amusing anecdotes about influencers and LinkedIn profiles. You'll get the scoop on the rising popularity of icy activities like cold plunges and cryo chambers, and we debate whether they’re genuinely enjoyed or simply tolerated for their supposed health benefits.
Next up, we replay our spirited Battle of the Sexes trivia showdown, filled with lighthearted banter and some truly bizarre stories—ever heard of a family tasting grandma's ashes? Neither had we! The trivia heats up with questions about ten-letter words, dinosaurs, and movie soundtracks, as Rick from St Augustine defends his title against new challengers. And don't miss the thrilling trivia face-off between Amanda and Dwayne, where Amanda clinches the title of the first female champion of the day. Get ready for a fun-filled episode packed with laughs, surprising stories, and engaging discussions!
Welcome to Eden and Amadeus, the podcast. We've got a lot of things to talk about on this show and, of course, we've got our Battle of the Sexes recap coming up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, in fact this battle recap will include a couple from last week as well, because we didn't have a podcast going into the holiday weekend and we only had two battles last week and three this week, so we made it into one just five, five battle.
Speaker 1:uh, little compilation, if you will you were on vacation and this came across um what our morning show services, as they're called, and it's this list of things that people are convinced other people pretend to enjoy okay, I have to think, because I run so much that people would be certain that running is one of the things people only pretend to enjoy. Right, is it on the list? It is on the list. How many?
Speaker 2:are on the list. So there's literally it's a list of 10, but it can go on forever, cause it's like a Reddit thread or something.
Speaker 1:Yeah, then there's a couple of paragraphs of things that were also mentioned. As they were putting this list together, I want to run by those. Kale is one.
Speaker 2:Kale.
Speaker 1:Yeah, spicy, spicy, spicy stuff.
Speaker 2:I always wonder about that too, because sometimes I think people will say doesn't bother me. And then I watch their face and I'm wondering like who are you trying to prove something to?
Speaker 1:I like spicy stuff, but not ridiculously spicy. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:I Spicy stuff, but not ridiculously spicy. You know what I mean. I'm not going to pretend that I like it, it's become this big challenge.
Speaker 1:Right Influencers is on the list. Yeah, things like the words circle back and manage client expectations is on the list. Twitter or X is on the list. Is it kombucha Kombucha? Yeah, the office.
Speaker 2:See now the office. I get it. I know that people love to talk about how great the office is, but it truly is hilarious and very watchable, Like at any moment you could turn it on and it's such a good laugh.
Speaker 1:Crowded events with hard to get and expensive, crappy beer.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there are some times when I'm out and I'm like why are all these people having this much fun? It is crazy in here.
Speaker 1:So here's some things on the list. I won't run through all 10 of them because some of them are kind of obvious. Linkedin.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean. I don't know anyone who says they enjoy it.
Speaker 1:Me neither. I didn't even know it was a thing, but I always get all these emails on my birthday, what do? You mean, you didn't know it was a thing. I get all these LinkedIn birthday messages. I'm like who's on LinkedIn?
Speaker 2:anymore. Yeah, people use it really socially now.
Speaker 1:I did not know that High heels is on the list.
Speaker 2:I don't know anyone who pretends to enjoy them. I think people just know that they look good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, maybe so. Family gatherings at Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2:See, now that is hard for me to say anything about, because I so envy those people not having family around.
Speaker 1:Yeah me to say anything about, because I so envy those people not having family around. Yeah, and I got to tell you this is my favorite time of the year.
Speaker 2:I love, I love the idea of it. I wish that I had some big family pain in the ass and I hate it.
Speaker 1:in the moment, like when I'm there, I'm like but man, do I love it? I love it. You know what I love? I just love being around people that you don't see all the time, because you know one day you're not going to see them at all yeah, and I do love those moments.
Speaker 2:Edible arrangements agree, nobody likes those and I sent that. I send them to. I do, I've sent them before, but nobody would rather get that than, just straight up, chocolate covered strawberries or donuts, or just or just give me a chocolate everyone's just picking through to get the ones the few that are in there that are covered in chocolate. People say they like them, but it's like when you bring a fruit platter to a party it's the one thing that's still left at the end of the day.
Speaker 1:Nobody wants that Gender reveal parties is on this list.
Speaker 2:It's a great excuse to have a party, but come on.
Speaker 1:I've never been to one and I don't think I ever would go to one, like, just tell me what it is when you find out. And finally, I was gonna do running as the last thing that I didn't know. You would guess that it's on there, but also on there is cold plunges in ice yeah, people can't possibly enjoy those, right, they're horrible, horrible.
Speaker 2:I've never gone all the way into one. My husband has done them a few times and he's like it's great. It's great. I'm like you can't possibly think it's great.
Speaker 1:Did you see recently? Kenny Chesney was on CBS this morning and they were following him before the tour started and he travels with one and talks about how it's changed his life to get in one after the show or before the show or whenever I'm sure it's got benefits. Yeah or whatever. I'm sure it's got benefits, yeah, but then they did it. He got in and went on camera and he was in there literally 15 or 20 seconds, like okay, I got to get out of this and I'm thinking what.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're supposed to try to go for a few minutes.
Speaker 1:He hadn't just come off stage or finished a workout or whatever. But yeah, so that's just a list of some things that people think other people like.
Speaker 2:Let's get back to that cold plunge for a second here, because there's a whole thing with it where you're supposed to breathe a certain way and people can talk you through it. And I've done the cryo chambers where you go in and if you have a really good person doing that with you, they'll talk to you the whole time. Try to make you not think about it.
Speaker 1:What is it called Cryo chambers?
Speaker 2:Cryotherapy, cryotherapy chambers, and you go in and it's like you walk into it and they shut the door and then you're in there and you're like really super cold for like three or four minutes.
Speaker 1:I don't. I've never heard of that.
Speaker 2:You have never heard of that that was a big thing until they someone came out and said, yeah, well, that's not really nearly as good as actually getting in a cold tub. It's supposed to be really good for muscle recovery. All the same benefits of the cold tub, but probably not nearly as much, my muscles will never recover ever.
Speaker 2:Not from that. So the other day I have another podcast that I do with a friend of mine and it's targeted to women over 50. And so my partner on it is a huge fan of Donny Osmond, like her whole life, and sort of now it's more just an homage that we're paying to our little children's selves. It's not like we're still these huge fans. But we had an opportunity to interview him and I asked him if he ever got in one and he said I have. But you know what the problem with those are, and at the same time we all said that it's cold and he's like, yeah, it's cold, it's cold, it's a problem.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know, you've known me for a long time and I don't usually follow trends and I would never do something that wouldn't be fun to do just because it's trendy, or maybe it's supposed to be the healthy thing for the moment, or whatever it's fashionable, I don't care. I remember when I was maybe sixth or seventh grade and Nikes were like getting really, really hot and I went to Fletcher so they were having the little purple Nike swooshes and my sister got so mad at me because I wouldn't wear any. I wore like Converse or Keds or whatever and she would like cry to my mom make it wear Nikes, because she was super popular and I was going to be like the brother of this you know girl and I was going to be wearing Keds or Converse, like the brother of this girl, and I was going to be wearing Keds or Converse. I'm like I don't care. I don't care that they're popular. Who gives a crap?
Speaker 2:Optional things you hate should never be something you do if you don't like it. Yeah, it's completely optional. Yeah, you get to a certain point in your life you're like you know what I and I'm. I feel that way about super cold weather, like I will. I just don't want to even yeah I just don't want to be on it I don't know so why would I get in an ice bath?
Speaker 1:I remember, remember one year I moved to virginia for work and the first time I woke up and it was four degrees four, not 14, four, 14, four and I called my mom that afternoon. I was like I am in the wrong damn place. I have made a huge vocational error and I need to get back.
Speaker 2:How long were you there?
Speaker 1:I was there for 12 months.
Speaker 2:Okay, I actually had a job interview right out of I was still in college and it was right before I was about to graduate in Manchester, new Hampshire, and they brought me there to do the morning show. They wanted to like interview me and they brought me there to do the morning show. They wanted to like interview me and they had me come out to one of their remotes and they were handing out something and I didn't know what it was.
Speaker 2:it was an ice scraper oh my god, they had their station, call letters on it and I'm like I don't know what this is. But I can tell you I don't think this is something I want. I, I don't want this job at all.
Speaker 1:I interviewed for a job in Juneau, alaska no, you did. I did right before I went to Virginia.
Speaker 2:Did you interview just by phone?
Speaker 1:Just by phone, yeah, wow.
Speaker 2:But that's almost like an adventure cold.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:That's like I'm in Alaska.
Speaker 1:But I could not do six months of dark weather. It's just not me.
Speaker 2:It's just not me.
Speaker 1:Neither is a cold bath or anything else hip or trendy.
Speaker 2:Right, exactly Nothing hip or trendy. Right, exactly nothing hip or trendy. All right, so the um. The other thing we were going to talk about is a story that we did. Actually, there were two great stories this week. Two fantastic stories. One of them is a very viral video of a guy who is doing a court date via zoom and he tells the judge hang on, I gotta pull over, gotta get to my doctor's appointment, and the judge is more patient than a lot of judges would be, but you can see by the look on his face he's not very approving of this guy telling him twice just hang on I'm pulling over yep and then he says what are we, what are we discussing here?
Speaker 2:and he looks on his file and sees it's driving with a suspended license and he's like uh, you don't even have a license, please report directly to jail.
Speaker 1:You're currently driving right now didn't he also say do not collect two hundred dollars no, he didn't say that, but I thought it.
Speaker 2:I didn't.
Speaker 1:I know you thought it absolutely you need to turn yourself in right now and if you don't, there'll be a bench warrant for your arrest. I mean, it was like he's like, but the look on the judge's face, I don't even know why you would do that.
Speaker 2:Why would you even do that? And then the guy says I mean, I'm like he's so frustrated with himself.
Speaker 1:It's funny. The look on the guy's face was like oh yeah, why would I?
Speaker 2:do that Crazy. And you can hear the the apathy in the prosecuting attorney because she's probably, like you know, the appointed. She's there, she's just appointed to like, just present these people.
Speaker 1:Right, no, she was the defendant. The defendant, yeah yeah, Because she was asking for some kind of leniency.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then you could tell she was just like, okay, whatever. Let me just get this off the docket.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, people are so dumb.
Speaker 2:And then there was the other story of the woman who says that she, after they had their grandmother cremated her mom, was really sad and she goes, let's taste her.
Speaker 1:Let's taste Nana.
Speaker 2:Let's taste Nana so they took a little taste and she said but that's not even the worst part of the story. She said that she then went on and put a little bit of Nana's ashes into the pasta sauce and had her brother eat her.
Speaker 1:I mean that sounds like it should be illegal. Is that illegal? It has to be, it has to be.
Speaker 2:And then we came up with a great band name from that story Non-Consensual Cannibalism or Non-Consensual Cannibals.
Speaker 1:What a mess. Like I said before, people are dumb.
Speaker 2:People will do so many things for such wrong, wrong reasons.
Speaker 1:Have you ever remembered me to do something and you're like that is so stupid?
Speaker 2:Yeah, there was that time. You wouldn't wear your Nikes to school. You totally embarrassed. You totally embarrassed your sister.
Speaker 1:Nice callback, thank you.
Speaker 2:That's what we call a callback in the business. Ladies and gentlemen, all right, so it is time now for the battle of the sexes. As I mentioned, we combined the first two days of last week with the last three days of this week. Enjoy.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Monday morning Battle of the Sexes. Back for his day, number two from St Augustine, let's welcome in Rick.
Speaker 2:And to take him on today it is.
Speaker 1:Ree Guys, today we're doing a ten-letter words quiz. All the answers are ten letters. You'll get them as we go along. First question goes to our returning champion, Rick.
Speaker 2:Rick, this ten-letter word is a koala's favorite snack.
Speaker 1:Eucalyptus, yeah, yeah, one for you All right. Ree, the popular summertime melon with a sweet orange flesh.
Speaker 2:Cantaloupe yes, yeah, one to one. Rick, dr Frankenstein's workplace, cantaloupe yes, yeah, one to one.
Speaker 1:Rick.
Speaker 2:Dr Frankenstein's workplace Rick did he make it in time? He did just barely.
Speaker 1:Just in the nick of time. All right, one, I'm sorry, two to one. All right, ree, the punctuation mark that turns you are into your.
Speaker 2:An apostrophe.
Speaker 1:Nice work Two to two.
Speaker 2:Rick, this is a small elevator used to transport food from one floor to another.
Speaker 1:Dumbwaiter. Yeah, three to two. All right, ree. This is a decorative light suspended from the ceiling.
Speaker 2:A chandelier. Sure it is.
Speaker 1:Very nice, we got a three to three tie.
Speaker 2:All right, the first of you two to shout out the correct answer is our winner. Just so you know, you will not be able to hear each other. The name given to seismic activity.
Speaker 1:Earthquake. Yes, nice, rick, you're today's champion.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes. Replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Tuesday morning Battle of the Sexes. Back for his number one, two, three. It is Rick from St Augustine.
Speaker 2:And here from Nocatee New to town please welcome, renee.
Speaker 1:All right guys, today is National Tea Day, so we're doing a little tea time quiz. All of the answers are going to start with the letter T. Just that easy for you. First one goes to our returning champion, rick the letter T.
Speaker 2:Just that easy for you. First one goes to our returning champion, Rick.
Speaker 1:Rick, this is the dinosaur with three horns on its head Triceratops. That's correct One for you, Renee. The jewelry company famous for their light blue boxes and bags.
Speaker 3:Tiffany.
Speaker 1:Yes, one to one.
Speaker 2:Rick, he's the Norse god of thunder.
Speaker 1:Thor Yep Two to one. Renee, the meat substitute made from soybeans.
Speaker 3:I have no clue. That's tofu, tofu, tofu.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the buzzer beating on that, which means it's a score of two to one. Rick, if you get this one right, this game's over.
Speaker 2:Rick. This long-beaked bird is known for its vibrant, colorful appearance.
Speaker 3:Cucam yeah.
Speaker 2:Men men.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes. Replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Wednesday morning Battle of the Sexes. Back for his day, number four from St Augustine. Let's welcome in Rick.
Speaker 2:And from the west side it's.
Speaker 1:Izzy Guys. Today's quiz is all music from movies from the last 24 years. It's movies in the 2000s and songs from the movies. First question goes to our returning champion, rick.
Speaker 2:Rick. This Broadway star became a household name singing Let it Go from Frozen.
Speaker 1:Oh, rick, are you still there? Yes, too much time.
Speaker 2:That is Idina Menzel.
Speaker 1:No score yet. Izzy, name the rapper who performed Lose Yourself from the movie 8 Mile.
Speaker 2:Eminem Rick, Everything is Awesome was featured in this animated film that introduced us to Emmett, a construction worker voiced by Chris Pratt. The Lego movie.
Speaker 1:Yeah, everything's awesome. All right, one to one. Izzy Happy by Pharrell Williams is from this animated film that introduced us to the evil Gru, voiced by Steve Carell.
Speaker 3:Minions.
Speaker 1:No, we're looking for Despicable Me on that one One to one.
Speaker 2:Rick who sang the Oscar winning song. What Was I Made For from the Barbie movie? No clue. That is Billie Eilish.
Speaker 1:All right, no score on that one, izzy. If you get this one right, you're today's champion. Izzy, who sang the Oscar-nominated song? I'm Just Ken from the Barbie movie.
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:That would have been Ryan Gosling, but we've got a tie score.
Speaker 2:Okay, the two of you. The first to shout out the answer is going to be our winner. We are looking for the name of the character whose movie theme songs include Die Another Day, no Time to Die and yes.
Speaker 3:Nice, this is a Battle of the Sexes. Replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Thursday morning Battle of the Sexes. It's a big one for our champion. Day number five for Rick.
Speaker 2:Well, maybe she can stop him from winning $100. Taking him on today is Melissa from St Augustine.
Speaker 1:Guys. Rotten Tomatoes ranked all of the Pixar films from best to worst or top to bottom, and so today's quiz is all about Pixar movies. First one goes to our returning champion, rick.
Speaker 2:Rick John Goodman and Billy Crystal voice two characters who work in a scare factory. What's the movie?
Speaker 3:Monsters Inc.
Speaker 1:Yep Melissa, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen voice a pair of unlikely friends from different eras of time. In what movie?
Speaker 2:Toy Story yes.
Speaker 1:One to one.
Speaker 2:Rick, a boy named Miguel, visits the land of the dead to learn about his family's history. What movie Coco? Yeah, coco.
Speaker 1:Two to one. Melissa. A boy named Russell goes on a high-flying adventure as Stowaway in a flying house. In what movie?
Speaker 2:Up. Yes, two to two. All right, rick. An 11-year-old girl's emotions are the star of this film, featuring Amy Poehler as Joy and Mindy Kaling as Disgust Inside Out.
Speaker 1:Did he get it in time? Yep, Barely Alright, so three to two. Melissa, Craig T Nelson and Holly Hunter voice Bob and Helen Parr, the alias parents of this superhero family.
Speaker 2:Incredible. Yes, yes, we do so. The two of you, the first to shout this one out, is our winner. You're not going to be able to hear each other. A rodent named Remy dreams of being Ratatouille, ratatouille. Wow, he got you.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Friday morning Battle of the Sexes.
Speaker 2:Please welcome from Middleburg, it's Amanda.
Speaker 1:And here to take Amanda on from Keystone. It's Dwayne and both of you. Just for playing today you're getting a pair of tickets to see Billy Currington. He's going to be at the Amp, st Augustine on Saturday, june 8th. Guys, on Fridays we do Leftover. These are all questions from past Battle of the Sexes that didn't quite make it on the air. Since both of you are new, we'll do ladies first. Amanda from our Pixar's movies quiz. Radiator Springs is the setting for this film that features Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen.
Speaker 2:Cars Sure.
Speaker 1:Cars is right.
Speaker 2:Dwayne Pixar movies quiz for you as well. A clownfish named Marlon goes on a search for his lost son in this film. Oh crap.
Speaker 1:That wasn't it.
Speaker 2:You're probably thinking of Finding Nemo.
Speaker 1:All right, one to zero. Amanda from our music and movies quiz Pink, christina Aguilera, lil' Kim and Maya sang Lady Marmalade from what 2001 musical.
Speaker 2:Moulin Rouge yeah.
Speaker 1:Two to nothing.
Speaker 2:Dwayne also from Music and Movies. The 2000 film Almost Famous featured the 70s hit Tiny Dancer from this British rocker.
Speaker 1:Dwayne. Too much time we were looking for Elton John With a score of 2-0. Amanda, you're today.
Speaker 2:Finally, a female champion At the end of all. Of that Took a minute.
Speaker 1:I like going into the weekend With a male champion. It just makes the weekend that much better.
Speaker 2:I think this weekend Will be fine and, dandy, everyone have a great one and we'll see you back there next week.