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Ice Cream is a Scam: Pizza is Mid & World Cup Wars with the New Crew

• Matthew Cuocco • Season 2

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On this week’s Gotta Get Said, Matt is joined by his two new co-host friends for a no-holds-barred rant session. We’re diving straight into some of Matt’s most controversial hot takes — why all ice cream basically tastes the same, how most pizza spots in town are suspiciously identical, and why that might actually be a conspiracy.

From there we pivot to World Cup fever, Joey Chestnut’s legendary dominance, and a bunch of other wild tangents that somehow all connect. Expect unfiltered laughs, zero filter, and the exact chaotic energy you come to this show for. New crew, same raw vibes.

Tune in, laugh your ass off, and let us know in the comments: Does all ice cream really taste the same to you? 🍦🍕⚽


SPEAKER_00

Welcome to Gotta Get Said. Here's your host, Matt Cucko.

SPEAKER_01

What's happening, guys? And welcome to another episode of Gotta Get Said on this Tuesday, June the 30th, 2026. How's everyone doing this week? Heat wave is here in full effect in Jersey. I don't know if you guys are most of you guys are tri-state people. This minus a few of you, but man, 100 plus. On Friday, it says the high is 103 degrees. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine me in 103 degree weather? I can't. Those of you that know me personally know what that looks like. Sweaty, red, blemishes, right? But what enough of that. Enough of that. Enough of that talk. Guys, we have our guest, we have our uh guests again, slash co-hosts again. We have Mike and Ashley back in the flesh again. Say hello, guys.

SPEAKER_00

Hello, everybody.

SPEAKER_02

Good morning, guys. Good afternoon, good evening. Depends on where you're coming from. Tri-State, what up? It is gonna be hot.

SPEAKER_01

This is true. The Tri-State, what up? It is gonna be hot. But yeah, guys, they're back for the f for the foreseeable future.

SPEAKER_00

So we're back and better than ever.

SPEAKER_01

If you don't like them, deal with it.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, deal with it.

SPEAKER_01

So, guys, we figured we're gonna have some structure to these episodes now. It's not just gonna be me ranting. So I was wondering, I was like, you know, what's a good few episode introduction to get you guys captivated and to get them involved so you get my guests and my new friends can engage, you know? So I figured, why not talk about crazy takes I've had? Why not talk about things that gotta get said, spoke about, that you guys either loved or hated? I read it. I read the texts, I saw the comments. Oh, I completely disagree. You're a psycho. And you know, I always yesed you guys to death because I have the airwaves, so I'm allowed to express my own thought, and then you guys give me no feedback, so I'm allowed to say, no, no, I'm right. All ice cream does taste the same. No, no, no, I'm right. This is this, this is that. I'm 100% right. I've never actually had to face the music. So now I have two people on the mic ready to face the music with me, ready to either agree with me and say, no, no, no, all my listeners are crazy, or to disagree with me and say, no, actually, that was a crazy take. You're being a little much. So listen, let's have some fun with it, right? So let's go, Mike. What let's go over some takes that gotta get said have said in the past. What do you got? I saw you write some things down. What do you got for me? What have what have I said that is quote unquote controversial?

SPEAKER_02

Well, first of all, thank you again for having us. Of course. Anytime. It is hot. I will say we were sweltering on the way over. My girl is melting, I'm melting. No AC at the moment. Uh we're working.

SPEAKER_01

It's actually literally melting.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, my face is falling off.

SPEAKER_02

And speaking of melting, I mean, I wanted to talk about that ice cream because it is gonna be hot. It is July 4th week. Everybody, happy July 4th week as well. It is gonna be hot, though. This ice cream take is absolutely wild.

SPEAKER_01

So listen, it is a little while. For those of you that don't remember, I basically said, look, I said I love ice cream. I love ice cream just as much as everyone listening to this likes ice cream. And I'm well aware that there's a difference between McDonald's and your local ice cream that's roadside of the farm, that the cows come straight from the farm and it they're grass-fed organic, and the milk is churred, is it churred, cheat, whatever churred? We're gonna say churred for you guys. You get my point. I get it. I understand that there's a difference in quality, but my take was for the most part, it all pretty much tastes the same. Do you agree or disagree? Am I crazy or am I not crazy?

SPEAKER_02

Well, I I love it. I love that you're passionate about that take. It does taste the same, but it depends on the mood that you're in. And I will say, psychiatry training, I definitely did know what crazy and crazy was and crazy wasn't. You are not crazy, my man. You are not crazy, but it does gotta get said. It had to get said. At the end of the day, for me, it comes down to depending on my mood, am I like in an addict mode? Am I just like ravenous for that ice cream? And then it does have its subtleties, its flavors, the party in your mouth. But man, if I gotta get shit done, if we got shit to do, it all tastes. Just put the scoop in the cup, put the scoop on the plate. I don't even care. Fork, spork, uh, you know, but it's gotta get said.

SPEAKER_01

All right, so you agree with me. And in a nutshell, I agree. Gathering, you agree with me. Ashley, do you agree? Are we crazy or do you agree with us?

SPEAKER_00

Nah, I I see, I see your take on it. I don't know. I feel like me there there's definitely certain flavors that I feel like do taste the same, but I mean, does chocolate taste like strawberry cheesecake? I mean, those are two totally different. I it depends. I don't think all ice cream tastes the same, but Well, no, hear me out.

SPEAKER_01

I'm not I'm going quality-wise. I I'm aware that chocolate and vanilla taste differently. Yeah. I'm saying that a chocolate at a at one place and chocolate at another place tastes the same.

SPEAKER_00

I see what you mean. Quality. We're not talking flavor, we're just saying quality quality-wise. Yeah, I mean, yeah. In that case, I don't I don't really resounding yes.

SPEAKER_01

I'm taking that as an agree. I'm taking that as an agree.

SPEAKER_00

No, of course. And I know.

SPEAKER_01

Listen, I'm not crazy. I know.

SPEAKER_00

In a general sense, yes. I do think, I mean, ice cream is ice cream. I'm happy whatever with whatever.

SPEAKER_01

See, you're normal. And no, hear me out. No, no, I'm gonna tell you why. That's not who you asked. I'm gonna tell you why you're normal because you guys are from Pennsylvania right now. We're we're filming this in Jersey where I live. A lot of people that listen to this are a little bit Jersey snobbish, and PA isn't, and I mean this, and that that's really why my take. My point is this we have a ton of different ice cream places around here. I could think of six in my surrounding neighborhood within six miles, and every single person thinks that one is better than the other. We have a place called Nicholas's creamy suit, right? It's beautiful, it's a nice place, it's a little expensive, it's a lot of expense if I'm being honest. But people, people love this place. People wait in line for this space, people swear by this place. People like this is the best ice cream I've ever had in my entire life. They're willing to die on their shield about this being the best ice cream they've ever had in their life. And I'm not necessarily disagreeing with them. All I'm saying is, you're a little bit too passionate about being so matter-of-fact about loving this chocolate ice cream as opposed to any other chocolate ice cream in the surrounding areas. My take is even if it is better, it's a tiny bit better. It's not, I've never had a scoop of chocolate ice cream and be like, wow, that's the best chocolate ice cream I've ever had in my life. In my opinion, they all kind of taste the same. And when I said this, there was tons of outrage and uproar. It was crazy. I'm gonna keep going on a rant. Mike, you went to Penn State University, correct?

SPEAKER_02

Yes, sir.

SPEAKER_01

I've never been to Penn State University, but I always hear the same thing about Penn State University.

SPEAKER_02

They said we have the best ice cream ever. Is that true? The Berkeley Creamery. First of all, we are Penn State. Shout out to Penn State, my dogs. There's a lot of New Yorker, New Jersey guys out at Penn State as well. So you guys know what it is. Saquon Barkley. Yes, sir. Um, the the creamery is definitely different. Uh, I couldn't tell you why. Haven't been there enough. Uh people, again, like you said, will swear by it. It's the cream, it's the cow's milk, it's the grass. I don't know. I don't care. I got shit to do, especially when I'm out of Penn State, trying to hustle, trying to see people, trying to get stuff done. Beautiful place.

SPEAKER_01

Were there okay? So you were pretty you were pretty indifferent about it.

SPEAKER_02

Indifferent, indifferent. Not worth it.

SPEAKER_01

Do you know people that weren't? Like the diehards.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's the that's the thing you mentioned. The wait in almost two or three hours worth of uh a line. Uh I would not do that. Uh, but again, it is part of that experience, you know.

SPEAKER_01

Another thing about the waiting in the line, he brought the perfect, he rounded third, but the next topic, you guys understand. One of my takes was waiting in line longer than 20 minutes, if not past an hour, is absolutely absurd for ice cream. And I know a lot of you listened to that and you were like, What is he? Obviously, waiting in line over an hour isn't crazy insane. Guys, I live in New Jersey. There's a place called Scoops in Red Bank, New Jersey. This place has a line around the block. And when I Wild, literally, like, I'm talking like concert. I'm talking like Pokemon card coming out. I'm talking meet and greet Bon Jovi in his hometown coming out. Like line around the block where if I gave you 10 guesses to be like, what is this line for? I promise you, none of the guesses would be waiting in line for fucking ice cream. And I just found that absurd. Mike just agreed. So do you agree? Tell me we're not crazy. Is waiting in line this long for ice cream crazy, please. Is waiting for anything, but I mean, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

I mean, certain things maybe, but I mean, more than likely, if you're in line for ice cream, it's probably pretty hot out, and you're not gonna catch me out in 90 degree weather for ice cream.

SPEAKER_01

Camping out.

SPEAKER_00

That's a little I mean, they must have really good ice cream if people are willing to wait in line. I mean is the two hour waiting. But I don't I don't know if I could actually be waiting in line.

SPEAKER_02

I'd be complaining. But is two hours really worth that 20 seconds of two hours forgetting. Two hours forget it. I didn't intend to come on and just explicitly agree with you, but those are one. Listen, we got one, we got one.

SPEAKER_01

All right, so guys, so basically the ice cream, the ice cream umbrella, they agree with me. So you guys are all wrong. All you snobs, all you snobs that live in Jersey, I I've had two, I've had a doctor. I hired a professional to tell me that I wasn't crazy and I was right, and he did so. Have you guys done that? Do you when you guys write your rebuttals to me? Do you have do you come with a professional opinion? Because I did. So they agree with me. All right, but I listen, listen, I'm not naive. I know some of my takes are a little bit like I I get it. I understand. I'm not crazy. The ice cream one I did, I honestly felt strong about. But what else you got, Mike? What what what else have what else has gotta get said said before that you either agree or disagree with?

SPEAKER_02

In the Fourth of July spirit, um something as American as ice cream, or if it's not American, well, we're gonna adopt it anyway. Yeah, uh, the pizza shop journey. The ice cream is a journey, but the pizza shop is also a tri-state journey, is it not?

SPEAKER_01

Every I'm not guys, if you don't know this, my take my take was that once again, kind of like the ice cream, in your defense, people that disagree with me, with the pizza, it's a little more, it's a little different. I understand. It's not as it's not as cut and dry as ice cream is, in my opinion. So, you know, you could get you could make it make sense for me in some some ways, but for the most part, wherever, and let me, you know what? Let me let me let me preface my comments by saying this. For the most part, wherever you live, so you know, we live where we live in New Jersey, the 10 pizzerias surrounding my house, for the most part, are the same. And that that also, I understand that there's different levels. So the 10 different pizzerias in your neighborhood in Oklahoma, for the most part, are gonna be the same in that neighborhood in Oklahoma. Obviously, New York, New Jersey, Detroit, Chicago are gonna have quote unquote better pizza than the Oklahoma pizzeria. So this isn't a national-wide thing, all pizza taste the same, but in your neighborhood, under your bubble, in your sphere, most of the pizza in your surrounding neighborhood tastes the same for the most part. And for the record, I have a favorite pizzeria, but I'm also not naive, and I also understand that my favorite pizzeria's pizza is pretty much, pretty much the same as another pizzeria. Do you guys agree? I'm gonna get emotional here, man. Uh I don't know.

SPEAKER_02

You know, it's just that's my that's not my quarterback, that's my pizza man. That's my guy. I might get a photo up on the wall one day. I might sponsor a kid's sports team through that guy, you know? That's my pizza man. So, yes, uh maybe it's the water, maybe it's the dough. Uh no, my pizza does not all taste the same. I'm standing on it. Although I couldn't pick one right now because I've been traveling a lot.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_01

Well, Ashley.

SPEAKER_00

I would have to agree. I feel like Agree with who? Mike? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

All right, we're gonna cut the episode short.

SPEAKER_00

Get him out of here. Don't fire me. Mike's been trying to get me fired.

SPEAKER_02

Fired from the podcast.

SPEAKER_00

You also try to get me fired from DoorDash, but that's a whole separate topic that we'll talk about in another episode.

SPEAKER_01

Um Bethlehem, right? Bethelham?

SPEAKER_00

Yes. Where Jesus is from.

SPEAKER_01

So you have allegedly. Allegedly. You have a favorite pizzeria? The Bethelham.

SPEAKER_00

Not, I mean, I have a few. I definitely, in general, feel like there's certain places where the quality of the pizza is better than others.

SPEAKER_02

Could you name one? If you can't, it's okay. I can't name it. I'm gonna make you agree with me, so get ready. I'm trying to.

SPEAKER_00

The best pizza I ever had, I know it was in New York. I could not tell you. I could have made this up in my mind for all I know at this point. It's been so long. But there was one pizzeria that we went to that my family took us to. It was the most like buttery, cheesy, delicious pizza I ever had. And I never had pizza like that again. I've had good pizza, but so good you couldn't remember the name of the pizza.

SPEAKER_02

You know what though?

SPEAKER_00

We're gonna I was young to be fair, and it was like the middle of the night. I was hungry.

SPEAKER_01

I'm gonna play lawyer. I'm gonna play lawyer. Okay. So me and Mike are disagreeing with this right now.

SPEAKER_00

Right.

SPEAKER_01

You're pretty much on the fence right now. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna give you my take and make you agree with me. Ready? You live in Bethlehem, correct?

SPEAKER_00

Correct.

SPEAKER_01

Okay. Jury, you listening? Jury, you guys are the listeners. You're listening to this, right, Jury? Okay, so she lives in Bethlehem, right? About three minutes ago, when you were described, when I asked you the question, did you have a favorite pizzeria? You said you had a few, right? You did say that, correct? So she said that, all right? That would imply, correct me if I'm wrong, that you don't have a favorite pizzeria. You have a few favorites in your surrounding area that are your favorites, because I would imagine that would mean that they're similar, good or bad. They're about the same. Correct.

SPEAKER_00

Aside from the one that I mentioned, whose name cannot be mentioned because I don't remember.

SPEAKER_01

That's fair.

SPEAKER_00

That would, if I knew this, loves them so much that I couldn't, yeah.

SPEAKER_01

But that's New York.

SPEAKER_00

That was New York.

SPEAKER_01

I'm talking about, of course. I can name Temple. But I'm saying your surrounding neighborhood.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. I wouldn't say I have a favorite. I definitely do have a few spots where I think their pizza's better than others, but I rest my case.

SPEAKER_01

I rest my case, man.

SPEAKER_00

So you better out.

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Hey.

SPEAKER_02

Shout out to Bethlehem, by the way, did just get named as the small town city or small town main street, like best in the USA. Oh, yeah. So for anybody in the tri-state area, I have no businesses in Allentown. However, if you're looking for something exciting, Pennsylvania, you know, esque, go check it out.

SPEAKER_01

That's where Jesus walked. Where did he go? Amen. Did the real remember uh remember the hangover? Did the real Caesar live here? Right.

SPEAKER_00

I did get a lot of good feedback about that. They people that heard that were dying.

SPEAKER_01

I didn't. Yeah, no, I I would imagine that you guys got the good. Try being the guy that thought Jesus Jesus walked. So, okay, Mike, do you ever do you have a rebuttal to my take? Or are we just gonna Deemer gotta get said's favorite uh friend and she agrees with me?

SPEAKER_02

I'm gonna deem it.

SPEAKER_01

I'm gonna smash. Okay. Fuck and smash. So Mike disagreed, but you know what? Ashley agreed. They're all about the same.

SPEAKER_00

I am also, to be fair, a very indecisive individual. Okay. So I'm I I'm probably not much help.

SPEAKER_01

Mike, shout out your favorite pizzeria in your in your hometown. Goombas. Goomba's. Main Street Strasbourg. We're gonna give them a shout out.

SPEAKER_02

Goomba's Pizzeria.

SPEAKER_01

My brother was the pizza guy there for 10 years. There you go. Great chicken bacon ranch slice. That's the one. That's the one.

SPEAKER_00

That's the one I remember.

SPEAKER_02

That is the famous one after college, after work. Uh, yeah, that's the one. Goomba, shout out.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, shout out Goomba's in Main Street and Strouds. Nostalgic for sure. Mike, give me another take. Give me another take. Tell show me I'm crazy, Mike. Come on.

SPEAKER_02

So you're right. I'm trying to come up with some of these past episodes. We do, we do want to hear from our listeners, anybody else, uh, what they want to hear us talk about. However, because again, we're just gonna engage with people at all aspects of this. Um, I love the take also about the beach, and I'm gonna do a two for one. Do it. I want to do a two for one with the Knicks. Shout out to the Knicks. Shout out to any sports fan. And this actual also wraps into the pizza journey. The sports fandom is a journey, is it not? Sports fandom Knicks, what was it, 52, 53 years waiting for a championship?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, 70 something.

SPEAKER_02

Down in Philly, Eagles waiting their whole lives for a championship. It literally changes your life when your team finally gets there. So, two things. The Knicks, again, love the Nick Fever. Is Nick Fever lasting all summer, or is it gonna be a short-lived thing?

SPEAKER_01

You know, it's funny. You're asking me. Um, I would say, you know, I when I first spoke about the Nick, I'm not a Nick fan. Uh, when I first spoke about the Nick Fever, it was it was intoxicating. It really was. It watching everybody around, every like you said, I was gonna say around here, but took your words right out of mouth. Everywhere is a better word. Nick's fever was I was watching, and I really mean this. This isn't an exaggeration for the show. This is a God's honest truth. I was listening and seeing examples of men in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. I mean this, this is no BS, crying, tears of joy that they get to experience this with their children or grandchildren because they never thought that they would experience anything like this. I was seeing my son lives in Manhattan, I was seeing people in Manhattan who aren't basketball fans traditionally unite. The words unite, unite with with the city and just like back the Knicks and support the Knicks. And it was, I'm gonna say something heavy, but it's the truth. I really mean this. I feel like it's bigger than basketball. Amen. It was bigger than basketball. I don't know if it trickled to Pennsylvania, did it?

SPEAKER_02

Bigger than the big apple? Is there anything bigger than the big apple? But yeah, you nailed it, man.

SPEAKER_01

Is there actually an apple there? No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

SPEAKER_02

I heard, I heard there was. I'm still looking for it. Yeah, there's the apple City Field, City Field, that's what it matters. Um, it did, it did. There's jerseys definitely in the supermarkets. Shout out to all those guys rocking Knicks jerseys. We saw Nert jerseys at the gas station. And then my other question is so does it last all summer? But also, is there a wrong place to even wear a Knicks jersey? I mean, again, we've seen them in the clubs, we've seen them at the beach, but is there a limit? Is there a limit? Do you wear it in church? Do you wear it to a funeral? Is there a limit to where you can celebrate this Knicks win?

SPEAKER_01

You know, I'm gonna piggyback on that. You guys are not to not to brand you, but you guys are whatever you are, you're more religious than I am. I think that's fair to say. Is and you guys are from more of a religion background than I was growing up. So I'm gonna actually I'm gonna I'm gonna ping pong that back to you. Is wearing a Knicks jersey not appropriate in church? I'm actually asking.

SPEAKER_02

That's a that's a great question. As with everything in life, when you travel the world, it's all about the the building, the room, the the city that you're in, right? Like literally, you could rock a Knicks jersey in half of the churches that I've been to that I go to, beautiful people that accept you as you are, you just come on in, bring it on down, and uh the price is right. But you can rock that next jersey anywhere. Again, there's gonna be places you go and they say, you know, you know, we can we can take you down somewhere.

SPEAKER_00

It depends on how casual or how fancy they are. There's all different things.

SPEAKER_01

You see a next person, Ashley, you see a Knicks person walking into your church. Do you judge them or do you say go next? Truthfully.

SPEAKER_00

Um, I mean, I feel like growing up, my church was always very pretty casual. Okay, okay. Go next. So I I would I would support it. I have no issue with it.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, go next. God's a Knicks fan. Amen. God is a fan of winners. No, I'm just kidding. God is a fan of all of us. However, in this moment, yeah, the sun is shining down. All of us, amen. All of us children of the world. And that brings us to the World Cup as well.

SPEAKER_03

Do it.

SPEAKER_02

But all the the sun was shining on New York. I'm happy for all of our Knicks fans. Is there a limit, though? Let's hear from you guys. Just to put a bow on, actually.

SPEAKER_01

Is there a just to put a bow on the Nick fever? Is there a limit to it? I don't know if there's any limit to a wearing a jersey. You know, it's funny, like you guys said casual church and like stuff like that. The churches around here are a little snobby. And although not maybe not the people that work at the church, but the people in the church. So, you know, I would imagine my grandma, God rest her soul, love my grandma. Like, great person, truly. She'd be mad if someone had an extra jersey. She would have a comp. Yep, we got family like that as well.

SPEAKER_00

Old-fashioned older generations, I'm sure, would probably have a bone to pick up.

SPEAKER_02

Again, know the room, know the crowd, know the city, know the town, right? To all our listeners, anyone who's gonna be traveling in the future, just learn when in Rome.

SPEAKER_01

And to answer your question on is the fever gonna last all summer? My my honest answer is I sure hope so. I don't know. You know, we live in a world right now that social media, everything's gone in the week. Everything's forgotten about everything is forgotten about in the week. I hope the Knicks fever does. I it's obviously gonna simmer, but I hope it stays throughout the whole summer for the Knicks fans, for the city. But honestly, I don't know. Time will only tell on that.

SPEAKER_02

Well said. I I couldn't agree more.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah. Couldn't agree more. What else you got for me?

SPEAKER_02

The I want to transition to something new since July 4th, I'm gonna combine something. Sports, we just got done talking about, and something super American. Again, July 4th, Juneteenth as well. This little uh time frame we have between June and July. Um the World Cup is now entering the knockout stages. What is more American than playoffs?

SPEAKER_01

Let me tell you something. America, I know just enough about World Cup right now to get me in trouble. I don't know much, but I know just enough. Like I know I know USA's playing tomorrow in California. There you go. That's something. Okay. Are they uh do you even do you know betting lines? Are they the favorite or you don't know?

SPEAKER_02

I couldn't tell you. I'm curious. Couldn't tell you.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, I don't know. I'm actually gonna look it up. Yeah, I don't know if they're the favorites or not, but I hope they win.

SPEAKER_02

I would assume so based on our home soil and our decent group play, and we had some you know decent rankings before that. Um I would I would assume so. But the point I want to make is everybody watching it so far, there's tons of games. I know tons of people who are, again, casual fans, right? You as Americans, we just love sports. You don't have to know anything about badminton or curling in the Olympics to still be like, hell yeah, America. We got a silver, hell yeah. So, anyway, for this transitional part of this tournament, it was going from group stage where you could tie. That's not very American, right? We need that eagle calling with the wind. I'm trying to win, baby. I'm American. It's July 4th. But this week is now the start of the playoffs. So nothing more American than playoffs. This is where you get to the penalty kicks. You win or go home, you lose, you Cry. Uh so yeah, non-sports fans enjoy it because it can't get more American than this.

SPEAKER_01

And for the record, real quick, uh USA for this game versus Bosnia is minus 700, meaning super heavy favorites. So let's hope that uh with soccer, it's weird the betting lines, because anything can happen each game, but we're we are projected. The people that are smart are very uh keen on us winning. So we'll take it. That's cool. We'll take it. And some upsets. Ashley, how do you feel about soccer? Um don't give a flying fuck. You could say it.

SPEAKER_00

I'm gonna be saying completely transparent. My knowledge on sports is little to none. I I've learned a lot since since dating Mike. Before him, I was a lost cause, but zero sports. Yeah, I definitely need to do more research to the when it comes to the sports segment. You're good.

SPEAKER_01

Because you know why people listen to this right now? Half are women, and they're they don't give a flying fuck about what me and Mike just said.

SPEAKER_00

That's why I love that you said We're my fellow women that don't follow sports.

SPEAKER_02

Who cares about USA versus Bosnia, right? Well, it's the same thing for anything, though, right? You want to support people around you. So you throw on a jersey, you cheer, you rah-rah, and when it's over, you remind your husband it's just a game, my guy. It's just a game.

SPEAKER_00

It's so honey. I was gonna actually ask who the U.S. was playing, because that's how little I've been following the World Cup. Could we put Bosnia on the ball? You don't want to sound like an idiot, but you know what? Here we go.

SPEAKER_01

If you gave me right now a hundred bucks to tell what side of the world Bosnia's on, I have no idea. Do you know Mike? You're a smart guy. Do you know where Bosnia is? Yeah, Eastern Europe. Okay, okay. He knows exactly where it is. What's their zip code, man? I'm a maps guy over here. My son, fun fact, it's his birthday today. Shout out to Chris, June 30th. My son, and I mean this, people that know him personally will know this to be true. And Mike's gonna hear this, Ashley's gonna hear this. He's gonna roll with their back. I get it. They're not gonna really take to it because everyone's gonna sound like, uh oh. Right now I'm showing them like pictures in my wallet of my kids and telling them how cute they are. But this is the truth. My son knows country flags. He's like the rain man of the world flags.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, hell yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Like, I'm talking like he definitely knows Bosnia's flag. Like it's it's crazy how much he knows about. Like, it's funny. I did this spiel, like I'm doing it, you guys, to my one of my cousins who's a smart guy, he's a teacher. And I was and we were me, Chris, and my cousin were in the room, and I was like, no, I'm like, this guy knows, like he's considered like an academic, my cousin. And I was like, my son knows flag, and and he started quest he started drilling him, and he got everything right. My my cousin had to like go on Google and like try to stump him with like like what's the word territories, and my son knew it. It's crazy. Like, yeah, he's the rain man with flags, but yeah.

SPEAKER_00

If this was like a game show, like he would have he would have won with like flying color.

SPEAKER_01

Like, seriously, it's crazy.

SPEAKER_02

Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Do you guys remember that show? Oh, yeah. Are you smarter than a fifth grader? I know you said your son is 10, 12, 16, 16.

SPEAKER_01

Are you smarter than a no, no, no, yeah, 16, 16.

SPEAKER_02

I love it though. And I will plug this as well. If you're not gonna, if you're gonna know anything, no people, right? Because in the age of AI and robots and all this stuff coming, God bless us, the robots are coming. Uh, no people, right? So if he knows flags of the world, cultures of the world, um, hello, he's gonna be off to a good start. And he's in New York, right? The Mecca.

SPEAKER_01

Yep, yep, Manhattan, he's in the Mecca. But yeah, no, I'm for the record, like I'm excited about the World Cup. It's pretty cool. Watching, like I said, I don't really obviously I was gonna say I don't have a horse in the race, but obviously my horse in the race is USA. But I don't know anything about like, you know, like I'm looking like England versus DR Congo. Like, I don't know, Belgium versus Senegal. Like, I'm not positive about any of that. That's a pick'em actually. Watch that. Oh, interesting. Watch that tomorrow at four o'clock. That's gonna be a good game. But um, but my point is watching the like finishes and how crazy and like USA, we're a little watered down with World Cup. We're a little watered down with soccer slash football, right? These other countries, this is their life. They like you always see the you Mike, you traveled the world, like you see, like unfortunately, the the bad press, like the bad, like machine guns, people are literally dying at these football games solely because who you're rooting for. It's like it's crazy. So, like to watch these people, like I know Canada, Canada's never been in the World Cup, they never scored a goal, and now they're in a new round, like they scored with like a minute left, and like it's crazy. So, like with watching like the fever of the World Cup and like the the world, you know, for lack of a better term, not to get a little too like I get there's patches, but like for lack of a better term, like sports is bringing the world together right now.

SPEAKER_02

Amen.

SPEAKER_01

They really are. Yeah, it's pretty, it's pretty cool. Watching that and like being a part of that, like even Ashley, like you're not a sports fan, but you can acknowledge that like the world's coming together for this, and that's pretty cool, you know. Like so I will say that. Like that's whether you like whether you like the World Cup or not, it is pretty cool to watch everyone like unite, you know?

SPEAKER_02

Amen. And half the fun of it, again, if you don't like the game, that's totally fine. Half the fun is out in the streets. The street parties, man, the exchange of culture. The Japanese are giving Mexicans gifts, the Brazilians are doing samba to a Scottish bagpipe. I mean, it's amazing. It's amazing.

SPEAKER_01

It is pretty cool. I will, I'll put a bow on the soccer in one second, but I heard a cool story. I don't even know if you know the story, Mike. I hope you do, because you can give me a little more feedback. Okay. But Team USA, I don't know if it's their best player, but I was imagining it was their best player. Team USA, do you know their team like that or not really? I do. They're like one of their best players is an American. Um, oh the Ford.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Well, I don't know, I don't know where he's from. Nigeria. Are you talking about Balogun? Where's he from, you know? Uh I want to say one of the European countries, but there's a lot of players, like you said, who are born one place and play for another. He might have been born uh on an American military. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01

So the story, I don't know who it is. Look it up. I don't know who it is, but the story is one of the United States' best players is only playing right now with the United States because they were in the United States traveling. Oh, that's right. Yeah, and his mother was nine months pregnant, and they wouldn't let him, they wouldn't let his mother board the plane because she was too pregnant. So they had to stay in America to give birth.

SPEAKER_02

It's gonna shout out to the TSA. Yeah, right, yeah, win the World Cup for those guys.

SPEAKER_01

What a story. Like what they're only playing right now in America because his mom wasn't allowed to board a plane to go home to give birth, and now he's technically American, and like now he can play for the American team, and he's he's doing a huge part for the team. It's crazy.

SPEAKER_02

Literally, nothing more American than that, right? Our security is gonna hold you down somewhere, and then we're gonna find a little law to say, you know what? We can make this work for us. It's we're on our team now. It's so true.

SPEAKER_01

It's nothing more American than that. It really is.

SPEAKER_00

Nothing like it.

SPEAKER_01

It it like I heard that story and I was like, wow, that's pretty cool. But you know, so that's the soccer thing. I'm you know, I'm excited about the World Cup. I I understand the fever. It's pretty cool watching the worlds come together, and it's a perfect time of year, you know, like you're at the bar, 4th of July, you're outside barbecuing, you're rooting for your country. It's it's fun, you know? What else were you gonna do? You had two things. So you had the World Cup, and then what was the other uh American pastime you were referring to?

SPEAKER_02

We talked about eating a little bit, but there's nothing more American once again. Shout out to America. Coco, July 4th. The Nathan, what is it, Nathan's hot dog eating contest? Coney Island. Joey fucking chestnut. Are you fucking kidding me? This guy, this guy can just house these hot dogs. The glizzy goblin. This guy is going crazy for what? Is it 10 minutes? I think it is 10 minutes. Now, now I just learned today there's a Netflix special. I mean, this guy is an American legend, though. I want to hear his name. I want to hear his name with the Michael Jordans, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, uh, Joey fucking chestnut. Okay, I want to hear this guy for the rest of my life. 17 champions? 17 championships? Something ridiculous like that?

unknown

Wow.

SPEAKER_01

Ashley, once again. Once again, Ashley. Are you listening to this and you're like, what are these two buffre?

SPEAKER_00

I'll be honest, I had no idea, just like what we were talking about earlier. I had no idea what you guys were talking about. Never never heard of this guy in my life.

SPEAKER_01

But it's funny. I I always thought I was like, I'm a I'm a podcast for men and women, until a woman came on. Until I came in, and now she's co-hosted and realizes, no, we don't, we don't like talking about soccer and hot dog eating contests.

SPEAKER_02

So that's cool. But what if you had a friend who said, I'm dating a pro athlete, and you said, Oh my gosh, that's so cool. The ladies would be going crazy, they'd all want to meet him, they don't want to get signatures, and then you say, Oh, but by the way, he's not in the NFL, he's not in the NBA, he's not in the MLB, he's not in the MLS, he's actually a Nathan's hot dog eating champion. You're imagining someone fat, I would imagine.

SPEAKER_01

He's not. He's not pro-athlete.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, it is he houses it somewhere.

SPEAKER_01

Like watching him, I'm looking him up right now.

SPEAKER_00

I feel like I think about food and I and I gain weight. But what do you think the ladies would say?

SPEAKER_02

What would the ladies say if you said, I'm dating a pro athlete? Surprise, it's a hot dog eater. Professional.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, what do you what would you uh what would you say? Your best friend, right? You picture your best friend right now. Uh-huh. What would you say your best friend? Let's say, let's say she struggled with like whipp dating in the past. Who hasn't? Right. You know, doesn't pick the right ones, doesn't, you know, always, always like down on her luck, always getting screwed over for lack of a better term. She comes up to you, she's super excited, and she's like, I'm dating a pro athlete. And you're like, oh my god, her life's about to change. This is amazing. And then you're like, and then you know, you're you're excited, you're a good friend. You start asking questions. You're like, wow, what's he where does he play? What's he play for? Are you gonna be traveling with him? And then she's like, no, no, no. And then tells you that he is a hot dog eating professional. Truthfully, what you seem like a very nice girl. What do you what do you do? What do you do? What do you tell your best friend?

SPEAKER_00

I mean, I first thought is I'd probably think I was on an episode of Punk, to be honest. I'd be like, I'm a very gullible person, and people like they capitalize on that, you know. So I I probably would it'd be in I would be in disbelief. Oh my gosh, are you serious, girl? You would have to Ashton Kutcher, where are you at?

SPEAKER_01

But you would have to act like a good friend.

SPEAKER_00

Right.

SPEAKER_01

You would have to be like, you would have to act like she said he plays for the New York Giants. If she said he played for the New York Giants and she said he was a hot dog eating contest winner, your reaction to be a good friend would have to be the same. And that isn't.

SPEAKER_00

I mean, my initial reaction, I mean, I am a nice person, I do feel better I'd probably be like, oh wow, that's that's great. But if they wanted my honest opinion, like be honest, like what do you think? I mean, champion.

SPEAKER_02

I'm not gonna bullshit you either.

SPEAKER_00

I'm gonna be like, I mean, it wouldn't have been the first thing that came to my mind, but I mean, I'll take it.

SPEAKER_01

There you go. Probably a multimillionaire for the record, which helps.

SPEAKER_00

Right.

SPEAKER_01

Because really, that's that's really all you care about when you're mentioning the air.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah. If the money's right, I mean, okay. I I support it, you know.

SPEAKER_01

Odds makers right now, you know? Joey Chestnut on the 4th of July, hot dog eating contest. Odds are right now, he's a minus $2,500 favorite. Ashley, you probably don't know gambling. I'll explain to you how crazy that is. That means to make $100, you would have to put up $2,500 on him to win. You'd have to give them $2,500 and say, I think he's gonna win. And if he won, you would get back $100. That's how much of a favorite he is. Yeah, well, he's gonna win, is what they're saying. But yeah, that's how much of a favorite he is.

SPEAKER_00

Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Sounds like a bullshit deal to me. Yeah, you have to put my money back.

SPEAKER_02

You have to put up thousands to win a hundred? No, no way. But again, 17-time economy. 17-time champion. That's all I'll say. 17. I could be wrong, 18, but dude's a champ.

SPEAKER_01

And it's in Coney Island, shout out, you know, right around the block from where we are. So that's a you know, it's a fun fact. Coney island, it's Nathan's hot dog. That's the uh I'm gonna talk out of my ass a little bit, but I'm pretty sure it's fair. I'm gonna look it up while I'm talking, but I'm pretty sure that's the first Nathan's hot dog ever. Oh, wow. The one in Coney Island. Oh wow.

SPEAKER_02

It would make sense. Yeah. Philadelphia, New York, a lot of fame, a lot of uh history here, right? Do you watch it? I wish. I watched the highlights.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02

I watched the highlights of destroying the guy.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, no, it is. I don't know. Do you remember Kobiyashi?

SPEAKER_02

I do.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, Kobiyashi was his guy. A rival. Yeah, a rivalry. That's beautiful.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, that was pretty cool. See, that's what we love about sports, ladies, if you're listening. To sum it all up, men just love the raw competition. That's what it comes down to, right? That's what we love about MMA. It's just the raw gladiator competition. Same thing. You can compete over anything. Flip cup, beer pong, cornhole. You could compete over chowing down dogs, baby. It doesn't matter. The competition, the raw comp, that's what the men love.

SPEAKER_01

It is true. It is true. This is true.

SPEAKER_02

Speaking of Coney Island as well, speaking of New York, um, I did hear something, again, totally different sport. I'm just gonna inject this in here. Something about the New York, the world's tall ships are passing through New York. I wanted to interject that. For anybody tri-state area who likes that stuff, a lot of history. Have you ever ridden like Pirates of the Caribbean, a tall ship? Like one of those actual masses with the flags and all that other stuff?

SPEAKER_01

I actually have a little knowledge about that. Okay. Not about I'll hear you'll hear my take on the knowledge. So where I live, there actually there's a town, it's called the Atlantic Highlands. It's about 10 minutes from here. And it obviously the highlands, it's right by the water, right by Sandy Hook, it's right by the ocean, right by the Atlantic Ocean. On July 2nd, they are actually gonna be passing through the highlands to wherever their destination is gonna be, and there's like a viewing party 10 minutes away that actually I was debating about going to. I'm probably going to it with the kids, if I'm being honest. So, yeah, so uh I'm a little invested in that. It's pretty cool. So, like, we're gonna get to see these like old-fashioned pirate ships, and it's gonna be pretty cool. Yeah, the Atlantic Island's about 10 minutes away from here, and they're they're coming through, which I thought was uh pretty cool. There we go.

SPEAKER_02

A little local fun shout out.

SPEAKER_01

Local fun shout-out.

SPEAKER_02

Tell Blackbeard and Captain Jack Sparrow that Birato Miguel says what up. It's my alternate personality when I'm in the Caribbean, you know.

SPEAKER_01

You're supposed to listen, I I put you on here as my professional person saying I wasn't crazy. So you can't talk about making them look great. We can't talk about joint personalities just yet. Just yet. Not yet. Not until not until they all deemed me right. Too soon. Exactly. Too soon. We're working on it. So, guys, real quick, you know, we're about 35 minutes in. I want to talk to my listeners. I want to be transparent with my listeners. You know, Mike and Ashley were having conversations about like, you know, what to do, fun new things to do with the episodes, structures to have with the episodes. And one of the things that's coming in the near future is gonna be um, we're gonna have guests. And, you know, the guests are gonna vary. They're gonna be, you know, two-minute guests, they're gonna be 20-minute guests. It all depends on what they wanna, how how much exposure they want to give to us. No matter what, we're gonna be super thankful. And it's gonna be a little segment each episode, and it's gonna have a guest. It could be a real estate agent, it could be a basketball player, it could be a business owner, it could be a professional bodybuilder, it could be a person who owns boxing gyms, it could be a doctor, a lawyer, a Navy SEAL, literally anything. No matter who it is, what on our side, all we want for these guests is to tell their story. So we can all learn as one. I can learn as a host, Mike, Ashley. We can all learn. You guys can learn as listeners. It's pretty cool. Like hearing people's stories is awesome. It's intoxicating, it's it's amazing. Every single person, we're we're like a snowflake. We all have a different footprint, everyone's got a story to tell. And over here, it gotta get said, we really want to open that up and become an olive branch for the people to talk.

SPEAKER_02

Amen.

SPEAKER_01

Amen. Exactly. Amen. So we're gonna have in the very, very, very near future, we're gonna have each episode. There's gonna be a segment, depending on how long it is, that's up to the person, where they're gonna be telling us their story, they're gonna be telling us about their businesses, they're gonna be telling us about their you know endeavors in life, and I'm excited about it. Like, uh Ashley Mike, you guys pumped about this? Because I'm pumped.

SPEAKER_02

Absolutely. We got a lot of different people that have a lot of walks of life. I love the snowflake comparison. Yeah, every single person is unique.

SPEAKER_00

It did give me get me a little emotional there for a second. I did, I did enjoy that from a from a feminine perspective.

SPEAKER_02

Snowflakes in July, snowflakes in June. We are going crazy over there.

SPEAKER_00

Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. I'm enjoying the summer weather.

SPEAKER_02

No, but yeah, let's get people. Hey, if you guys have a story to tell, if you want to say hello, we want to hear from everybody.

unknown

Yep.

SPEAKER_01

Yep. And like I said, so like we're working through the kinks in the episodes. Like, each episode is gonna get a little better. That I can promise you. Each episode is gonna sound better, each episode is gonna have better contact, and we're all all one thing I will say about this podcast right now, we have three like-minded people that are 110% invested in the product. And that, in my opinion, is gasoline on the fire, and that can only translate to really great things. So, you know, stay, stay with us and you know, like watch this thing grow and watch this thing blossom, and I really think it's gonna be a great thing. And I'm gonna give Mike and Ashley the floor just to say whatever they want to say before we round third here, and then I'll say bye to you guys afterwards.

SPEAKER_02

Even on the guest thing, not even about life story, definitely learning together, laughing together, right? That's like part of part of the best parts of life, but also what other takes that just got to get said. I'm willing to take call-ins, I'm willing to take texts, but really, what are anybody's takes that feel like they need airtime? What needs to get said in America, in your community, in your home, gotta get said.

SPEAKER_00

We want to give everyone a voice. So we want the engagement, like we've said, whatever you, whatever you got for us, bring bring it here.

SPEAKER_01

Bring it. And you know, Mike, that was perfectly said too to Mike when uh when he was before Ashley spoke. I didn't even think about it like this. I was always thinking of it as like something uh, you know, like plug and like business owners and stuff, but like like you said, it could be any single person. If you want if you want to get something off your chest and you want people to listen and you want to spread out a word, hop on. If you want to tell us about, you know, hey, I'm so-and-so, and I live here, and like they're putting a cell phone tower up in my town, and I think that's wrong, and this is why. And give us you give us reasons why you think all that. Like, please, make this can be your platform to, you know, get on, talk how how long as you want to talk about and just get your point across. You know, if you happen to own a business, great, plug it. We love that. We love supporting local businesses. If you're just a regular person that wants to get something off their chest, and it doesn't have to be as heavy as picket signs and all that other shit, it could be something, you know, this is a comedy podcast. It could be something fun. You could give me your gotta get tetrag. Hey, I'm just calling in because I feel like I saw a guy without a shirt at the beach yesterday, and that was absolutely- You were right. That was absolutely ridiculous. And then we could get into that. My point is, all are welcome. There's no wrong caller. Like if you wanna, if you want to call in and you wanna be on this podcast, DM me, Mike, Ashley, or the Gotta Get Said any platform, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, DM us. Tell us your story, tell us what you're what you want to accomplish with the episode, and we will answer you and we will get you on board, and it'll be great. And I really feel like it's uh it's a very exciting time over here at Gotta Get Said. And I feel like uh, you know, sky's the limit. I really do. And I stay with us and thank you. And please tell your friends, you know, if you really like these episodes and you really are rooting for gotta get said to make it, like tell your friends. Tell your tell your coworkers, like, you know, mums the word, if you will. You know what I mean? Like, network, like, you know, like spread it out, and like I said, we'll we'll listen to anybody that wants to hop on and we'll talk about any well any engagement you guys want to give us, we're in. You want to message us a topic, please. We're all ears. We're we're all ears. And like I said, I'm gonna give it to Mike to say goodbye. I'm gonna give it to Ashley to say goodbye, then I'll say goodbye, and then we'll be back.

SPEAKER_02

The last thought I have is the New York Jets are the best football team ever created in the history of mankind. Gotta get said. I'll see you next week.

SPEAKER_00

I don't really know how to top that.

SPEAKER_01

What do you say to that?

SPEAKER_00

What do I really say, babe? You put me in a spot here.

SPEAKER_01

Ashley, I'm gonna put you on a platform for a sec.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_01

I I do want to thank you for being a part of this crazy mix because I know me and Mike, we can kind of like take over the airwaves a little bit, and we could be we we can like mansplain the the the the podcast a little bit. And I just want to let you know, like like from a from a person that knows listening, it is really nice to have a woman's perspective on things. And whether you chime in a lot, whether you chime in a little each episode, like everything you contribute is a big part to Gotta Get Said, and I do appreciate it, and I know my listeners are gonna appreciate it as well. It's really nice to have a a lady's take on it, even if you don't take over so brashly as me and Mike so abruptly do. We appreciate you on the show.

SPEAKER_00

Thank you, thank you, Matt. And I do appreciate you giving me the space to you know add my contributions. Like you said, I mean I can talk. I'm a talker, you know, I'm Italian. It's hard with us here, I guess. But yeah, you know, depending on the topic.

SPEAKER_02

We'll make room. Even if it's an indecisive take, no, and we we I just want to let you know.

SPEAKER_00

I'm learning as I go, but I do appreciate you know you having us on here. I appreciate the listeners for giving me you know, giving me a few. Of course, you know, take a look to hear me out. Absolutely. I'm happy to give my I'm happy to woman splain. Please, I need any anything that you know.

SPEAKER_02

And that goes for all guests as well, right? Nobody has to be an expert, nobody has to be uh a well-polished professional in their area. If you have a thought, if you have an idea, if you have a take, we want to hear it. Guys, I literally said Jesus.

SPEAKER_01

So, you know, I literally said Jesus walked in Bethlehem, yes.

SPEAKER_00

So you're safe.

SPEAKER_01

You're safe. I promise.

SPEAKER_00

It will forever be one of my my favorite moments on this podcast.

SPEAKER_01

Oh like one day we're gonna have like a we're gonna have like a scientist on, and like that's gonna come up, and he's just gonna look at me with such disgust. And and I'm gonna have to pretend I don't see it, and I'll just be like, thanks for being on the show, guys. I appreciate it. But in all seriousness, I love having you guys on. I appreciate you. I appreciate you guys uh showing that you care. I appreciate you being invested, and I appreciate you guys being all in, and I appreciate you believing in gotta get said as a as an entity, and uh I really feel like uh sky's the limit. And I'm not gonna keep saying goodbye and goodbye, goodbye. Mike said his goodbyes, Ashley said their goodbyes, I'll say my goodbyes.

SPEAKER_00

We're doing the famous Italian goodbye right here.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, not the Irish goodbye, which I normally do.

SPEAKER_00

No, the Italian goodbye is like 50 goodbyes in one before you get to the actual goodbye.

SPEAKER_01

I'm giving you guys 50 goodbyes. But in all seriousness, guys, I hope you have a very, very, very safe and happy 4th of July. And me, Mike, and Ashley will be back next week. Same time, same place. Until then, I'm out of here and I say peace.