Primary Fallout, Cake-Gate and #Parenting

If your bookshelf and your for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. Pro Society is a weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. Each week, we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and pop culture with your favorite writers, book talk creators, and plenty of overthought opinions. Yeah, I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. Listen to Pro Society on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast, Hollywood Handbook. Each week, we talk to someone in show business and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, Adam Scott, Danny McBride, Ben Stillard, and a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You gave everything you could give, and now it's time to take the next step. Hey, it's Emily Jessica Tisch Sussman, and this season On She Pivots, the podcast where women share bold career moves and personal turning points. I sit down with culture-shifting women who share their pivots like Elizabeth Smart. I still feel that drive that I can still make a difference, so I'm going to keep going. And feminist legend, Gloria Steinem. All of us were trying to express women's real lives. Listen to She Pivots on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you are tired of listening to opinions without practical solutions, the Teslin Figaro podcast is a training room, not another commentary show. I'm Teslin Figaro. As an award-winning business owner, political strategist, trainer, and jurid doctored candidate, every episode breaks down the law, politics, media, leadership, into practical strategies you can use in your everyday life. You have an additional footprint. You need to be aware. because it can help you catch a case or can help you catch a case in your household. Listen to the Tesla and Figuero Podcasts from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Gary and Shannon, and you're listening to KFI AM 640, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand on the IHeart Radio app. Hi, Gary and Shannon. This is Jo Lynn and Stephen from Huntington Beach. We are planning to go to Downey, so the four of us should have a great time. Oh, that's excellent. Looking forward to it. I'm so excited. We're going to be live at the BJ's restaurant at Brewhouse in Downey on Thursday, a week from tomorrow. We'll be out there doing the show live when you can come on out. They're obviously going to open the doors to 9 o'clock and then stick around for some lunch afterwards. This show has been so fun. We have so many fun things. This week is we're at our training camp. We talked to Stephen Baldwin. We had the chief of police today. We're going to news and bruise next week. M&Ms. Merrill brought Eminem's in. Chris Merrill brought us some M&Ms, which I have quit. Okay. This is in regards to man-making birthday cakes. Yeah.

My son-in-law makes all of his son's birthday cakes. And when I first saw that he did that, I thought it was kind of strange because, I don't know, my dad never made our birthday cakes. His mom did. And I usually made my kids' birthday cakes. Their dad didn't. Yep. But my son-in-law makes these really neat cakes, and they're big. Yeah, they're his son. But they're for his kids. Now, there is something, and she brings up something I think is interesting. If my dad ever made me a cake... I would totally remember that. I know he made, he had baked, like there were, there were tith times where he would do like cinnamon rolls or muffins and Thanksgiving dinner. He was in charge of those. And he would make a pineapple upside down cake. Wow. That's really cool. What a fun fact about your dad. But I don't think he made it for anybody else. No, he probably enjoyed baking. That's very cool. Gary, Shannon, as that dedicated funcle of my family. Yeah. Yes, that's uncle with an F in front of it because I'm the fun one that all the kids love. Got it. Shannon, you need to get off the high horse. If Gary wanted to make a kick for his neighbor or neighborhood friends and the kid and all that because their house burnt down. I don't see that being weird. I see that as... Okay. Nobody's house has burned down. And make sure this kid has a heck of a party. Okay. So, wait, stop, stop the press. No one's house has burned down. It was a hypothetical scenario. The only thing that I said is men do not make... birthday cakes for children who are not their kids. It's just you don't hear about it. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. I'm just saying I've never heard of it. You know, I don't know if Jerry Sandusky made cakes for those kids. And what else is going on? Elmer Hitton. Time for what's happening? Hold the Sandusky card. Ouch. Your kids? I'm not going to. There is a great, unfortunately this news is going to be overshadowed by probably some other dumb stuff, but this is a massive, massive development. Pharmaceutical giants, Moderna and Merck say that an experimental vaccine treatment has shown signs of preventing cancer from returning or spreading. That is massive. This is in specifically high-risk melanoma patients. This announcement came out today. They have not yet published the results in a peer-reviewed journal. They have not released the new data yet. Instead, they say they're going to be presented at an upcoming medical meeting. They're going to share them with regulators. This is a big, big deal. This is an MRNA-based vaccine, similar to what we saw with COVID, some of that same technology.

If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. From bestselling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook on the Big Money Players Network. Our show is extremely accessible to first-time listeners. Each week, we talk to someone in show business, aka... the biz, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, not that great. Actually, can you help me shape this? How about we flip it on his head, right? How about we flip the script? What is the surprise woman? Actually, you think is the straight man is actually the one who's acting weird. Adam Scott. This entire time, you've been expecting Adam Sandler to come to visit the show. I would never expect. I would never set expectations for something like that to happen. If the universe allows for something like that to happen, I'm open to it. I'm always going to accept. You know, Danny McBride, fine. Yeah. It's all this fragile masculinity exuding. I could smell it walking down the hallway, to be honest with you. I was like, is that weed? Nope, it's fragile masculinity. Ben Stiller, no. Because a lot of times out of context, people don't get it or even know what a circle is. You know what I mean? They're like, oh, what's a state? Everyone's so dumb. And fake. Right, fake and also not interested or just like, oh, I've got my life, I don't care about your life. And a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Oh, and by the way, Will Ferrell told us personally he loves the show and he wants to be a guest on every episode, but he's just so busy. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. That call was really pivotal for me. Hey, it's Emily Jessica Tisch Sussman, and this season on She Pivots, the podcast where women share bold career moves and personal turning points that changed everything. I sit down with culture-shifting women who share their pivots like Paralympian Alley Truitt. I was like, I'm a month out from a shark attack. There's no way in 11 months I'm making the Paralympics. Advocate Elizabeth Smart. I still feel that drive that I can still make a difference, so I'm going to keep going. Celebrity chef, Carla Hall. Was that skis?

Gary to walk away from such a stable career after just two years? No. I was more afraid of being unhappy than I was broke and in a dead end job that I didn't enjoy. And feminist legend, Gloria Steinem. All of us were trying to express women's real lives. We need a meeting place of our own. And if I can contribute to that, I'd like to maintain that and leave this house for that purpose. Listen to She Pivots on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts. wherever you get your podcasts. If you are tired of listening to opinions without practical solutions, I'm Teslin Figaro, founder of Push the Line, where the mission is simple. Prepare, position. and then push until something happens. As an award-winning business owner, political strategist, trainer, and jurors-doctor candidate, the Teslin Figuero podcast is your training room. Not another podcast where people spend an hour telling you what's wrong with the world. My focus is helping you understand what to do next. Consistency builds credibility. That is the main thing. My values, my message, who I am. consistent. There's times it pay and sometimes it's not. But when it pays, it pays. Why? Because I'm consistent. Each week, I break down the law, politics, media, leadership, and business into practical lessons you can apply immediately. My mission is to help you prepare with knowledge, position yourself for your next opportunity, and learn how to push until something happens. Listen to the Tesla and Figuero Podcasts from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, Gary and Shannon. Hey. I live about... 10 minutes from Downey and just had a baby last week. Oh. Would it be frowned upon to bring my two-week-old news and bruise? No, I love it. I would love it. Love you guys. Absolutely. Please bring the baby. The smaller, the better. I can't wait now if there is a fresh baby there. This is exciting. I am so excited. That's good. There's no, we have no age limits. No, I love it when we have babies at news and bruise. What's the oldest person do you think we've had at a news and bruise? Wow, that's a great... I mean, my father-in-law was coming when he was like 85. That's true. I was going to say that Handel's been to a couple of them, but I don't remember how old he is. His birthday's coming up, isn't it? It's time for Swamp Watch. I'm a politician, which means I'm a cheat and a liar. And when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops. Here we go. The real problem is that our leaders are dumb. The other side never quits. What are you doing in my swamp? I'm not going anywhere. So dumb. That is how you drain the swamp. I can imagine what can be and be unburdened by what has been. You know? Americans have always been going. Act presidential. But they're not stupid. A political blunder is when a politician actually tells the truth. Whether people voted for you were nice.

We talked a little bit about this in this first hour. There are some primaries yesterday. Kind of a mixed bag for incumbents in Florida, at least. Republicans have been leading some redistricting efforts there, and that kind of scrambled some of the congressional maps. Voters in Alaska, Wyoming, California, also choosing nominees, sometimes considering multiple people running with the matching last names. In Alaska, there were two. Dan Sullivan's in one particular. And guess who won? Dan Sullivan won. That's right. Progressives got a pretty interesting victory between an outsider establishment candidate in the Democratic Party in states like Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan. We've seen that. But in this major upset from just yesterday, a progressive state lawmaker named Angie Nixon. easily defeated retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vindman. He was a former National Security Council official who returned witness. He was actually working for the National Security Council under the first Trump term and then turned witness in the first trial, impeachment, sorry, getting distracted, first impeachment trial of former... Sorry, current President Trump. He was former president then. Now he's the president again. Hi. Do you want to take some stroke medication? I feel like I need a water. That's what I do. You need water? Your water's right there. Have some water. There you go. Sometimes you just get dehydrated. Sometimes I get hungry. Are you hungry, too? No. Kevin McCarthy, former Speaker of the House, now political analyst, said this Angie Nixon character raised less than a million dollars. Alex Vindman raised $16 million. Because she didn't just beat somebody, 15 times better in money. He had national name recognition, and he was the poster child for going after President Trump. And the Democratic voters believed that wasn't enough. So it was these Democrat leaders, even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, oh, woke one was crazy, don't worry about it. But the Democratic voters are running further to the left. So she, now, Angie Nixon, will face Ashley Moody in the campaign that is designed to fill the last two years of Marco Rubio's former term in the Senate. President Trump said today that he will meet with Kim Jong-un. That's right. That Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader. He did not elaborate further about the trip. Apparently the remarks came as he was walking reporters around the White House grounds to highlight his new helipad. It sounds like a cartoon. Trump said today he has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons referring to Kim Jong-un's arsenal. He said, should have never allowed it to happen. They should have never allowed it. If I were president, I would have never allowed it.

but that they're good friends. Are we going to go after North Korea's nuclear weapons? Because it's working out in Iran very well. What does that mean? Anyway, but he said, I get along with Kim Jong-un very well. He's going to be fine. As long as we have a smart president, he's going to be fine, i.e., as long as we have somebody who can control him, everything's cool. President Trump also late yesterday pushed pause on the tariffs with Canada, at least for three days. They were supposed to hit Canada overnight. We're going to pause them for now. It's good for everybody. But our farmers are going to be thrilled. Our manufacturers are going to be thrilled. And basically, we have no tariffs going into Canada. Canada was charging us tremendous tariffs. We no longer have any tariffs. The 50% tariffs would have affected about $20 billion worth of U.S. imports from Canada. Those import taxes would have hit products, things like from hockey sticks to building materials to liquors, certain kinds of clothing, etc. All right. Coming up next, Justin Wersham will join us. We will be talking about children. Specifically, did old school neglect make kids more resilient? And platonic co-parenting. Huh. Why is your face doing that? Not sure. That's just an automatic reaction to it. Okay. Maybe the stroke, but I think it's just an automatic reaction to your statement. That's a good point because one side did kind of... It was just one side? It was just the one side. Gary and Shannon will continue in just a moment. Okay. I also have news about the eagle, the one remaining one, and his new love interest. Oh, you should tell me off the air. You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI AM 640. Justin Warsham has joined us. First of all, I want to say congratulations to our friend Gerardo in Rialto. Yeah, Dorado and Christopher. Christopher and Chino Hills. They got pairs of tickets to go check out the preseason chargers take on the preseason 49ers. Go bolts! Do they? They... Do the fans get the same kind of a raw? Is it available to them the way that you have it? On the sidelines, you just showed me on Monday when we're out of training camp. You get that bifold, nice cardstock, heavy list of the 700 people that are on the field. Well, it'd be in the program if you got a program. But no, that's just a media thing. Okay. Well, I would say invest in the program so you can keep track of who's on the field. Well, the veterans will play at least one series. You think so? I know so. Oh, second. Oh, yeah. Inside. We've got insider information. Some recognizing. Although, I don't know, because last season, unfortunately, when one of Justin's linemen was injured. Justin Herbert, not Justin Herbert. Justin Herbert. Weird enough, one of my linemen was also injured, but emotionally. Yeah.

I think the plan was to play Justin Herbert, and then when his lineman was injured, they backed off that plan. And with the center, who was supposed to be the starting center, now out with a knee injury for the foreseeable future, that plan may have changed, but we'll have to see. We don't have spent a lot of time on it, but I want to bring this up just because I would like your perspective. Shannon, Shannon, you have inspired me. Oh, no. I have made cakes from my children in the past, but I also happened to. be a soccer coach for youth and a referee and all that stuff. I think I'm going to go bake some case. Oh, great. And deliver them to the kids. I love that. So that I could say Shannon Farron inspired me. What is they're very good back? I'm so glad. This is the most. This is the most understandable backlash I've ever gotten. I simply said it is odd and I've never heard of a grown man baking a cake for a child who wasn't his child. Uh-oh. And now all of America hates me. And apparently there's grown men who bake cakes for strange children all the time. And I just didn't know about it. They're not strange. I don't choose a random child and go, I made you a cake, little girl. I'll give you a cake if you get in my van. Yeah, it's not that. You make cakes for your kids' friends. You've done this. Yes. Of course you have. I've made bread for them. I make cookies for them. See, I told you. It's called the community, Shannon. Join it. Get one. How could you be that excited of a possible babysitting and you don't believe in baking cakes for youth? Did you not enjoy a cake as an eight-year-old? Her specific hang-up is a grown-ass man. A grown man baking a cake for somebody. If 2026 men bake. I need you cookies upon request. I know. I'm not a child. Your husband pretended to be you to try to acquire more of said cookies. Yeah, but they're not children. If there was a guy across the street. I would argue that it's childlike behavior to use your wife's phone to try to get her friend to make you more cookies. If there was a guy who lived down the street, let's call him Dave. Who came over. We can call it, Justin. I'm comfortable with this. No, it's Dave. This is your family. He comes over and he gives your son a cake for his birthday. That's not weird. That's not. Okay. If the only thing I know about him is that he's Dave and he lives five houses down, yes, that is absolutely weird. But if Dave also has children and we have play dates and they hang out together, I run into him at back to school night and we have like a fun handshake or we do a goofy bit with each other, there is nothing weird about it. Add to that the context of your son's birthday was just ruined by something. You guys got into a car accident, a meteor fell in your backyard. Dave is a hero. A rainstorm. My house was flooded to the point that we couldn't live in it. Dave's a hero. Dave is hands down a hero. There's nothing creepy. It's called being a member of society and a community. I guess it's being supportive. It takes a freaking village. I guess I'll just be the only advocate for your children. No, that's not a advocate for my children. You know what this is? My children don't need protection from Dave. They don't need a cake from Dave either. They do. You don't get any cake. So.

You just don't get it. It's not about the cake. It's about the intent behind the cake. Exactly. No. You're not doing this. You're not going to ruin modern society by saying it's some kind of like, I don't know, cynical world where everybody's out to touch everybody. I'm not saying there's anything wrong. I just never heard it happening until today. No, you can't. No, you're not backpedaling to that extent. You literally said that it was creepy and weird. Those are implied to be wrong. You're saying it is wrong for a grown man to bake a cake for another child. No, I did not say that. I did not say it was wrong. You know what? Good job. You tricked me into listening to the podcast during the time that I was on the show. Please do. I hope that's what this was all about because it worked. Go back into the podcast. Anywhere you find podcast. When did we start talking about this? I think you were going to have to go back. When I got here, it was last hour. I was sitting in the lobby and I heard you like saying like, Who bakes a cake for somebody? And all I could hear that was through the class. Who bakes a cake for someone? Okay. So if Chris Merrill, who I just saw in the hallway, that's very different. Baked your kid a cake. No. No. Okay. Chris Merrill. This is what I'm talking about. Chris Merrill probably doesn't even know my name. This is what I'm talking about. That makes it weird. That was my whole point. Dave up the street is trying to do something for his neighbors who experienced a tragedy in the form of weather. And they're trying to help that family in need because that's what a community does for each other. Okay. You've never had your neighbors over for a backyard barbecue? No, of course. Then what? So, oh, you can't bake a cake, but you can make coleslaw or delicious baby back ribs? Somehow you put some icing on some bread and it makes it weird. You actually bring up a really good point. I know I do. It's nothing wrong with it. If Dennis brought over a thing of ribs. Who's Dennis? Why is his name Dennis now? Did you already forget Dave? The original hypothetical. Oh, the real kind of statement. So you don't know the whole story. The origin story. Yeah, he does. Give me 30 seconds here to tell you the whole story. Listen to this. On the air? Gary's eight years old. There was a flood all of us. There was a flood all of us experienced in Northern California. Did you get water in your house? Yes. How much? I don't know. I was a baby. I don't think I experienced this flood, but I was in a chest. I was much younger than you. So. Much. So anyway. There's like four commas. I know. So listen. So there's a flood that all of Northern California experienced. It happened to land on Gary's eighth birthday. Yeah. Dennis, Dennis, who's a family friend, bakes Gary a cake and brings it over. Yes. And the joke has been for the entirety of this show 10 years. It's a little bit dead. That's a little, it's a fun thing to think about. This is your curbi enthusiasm-esque thing. What are we doing here? What is this? What is this? Just because nobody, but you've got listeners who are saying that this is a great idea and they're going to go do it for other children. I know and I love that. You don't love it. Don't act like you love it. Don't act like, by the way, it takes more than just your face to communicate your sarcasm. You're a radio professional. I know what you're doing.

I hope Chris Merrill baked three strange children cakes this afternoon. That is very strange. He just moved here. Like he doesn't know these people. How long did you live on that street, Gary? Your entire life? My entire life. Yeah. Dennis had known you your entire life and your parents and your family, your siblings, right? So I don't understand why this is weird. This is great. This is what communities do for each other. In Northern California, what dudes are baking in 1982, you know? Do we know for a fact he baked it? Like he didn't like outsource it to his wife? That was the big deal. That's why it meant something. Don't back away from the mic and raise your voice at me. It still doesn't matter just because he was ahead of his time and he was a homemaker. Like, you know how much fun I have experimenting when modifying my cookie recipe? I really enjoy it. I'm building a raised bed garden. I don't know if this makes a difference in your philosophy here. He was the, he's the owner of a construction company. Like, He was a dude. Yeah, he wasn't like. Jerry Sandusky was a football coach. No, you've seen Jerry Sandusky. Hold on. That's now I'm kidding because you said this when I heard it in the lobby. You're trying to make a comparison between a neighbor helping out a kid who had his birthday party ruined and Jerry Sandusky. You're going to have to watch your tone. No, I don't. I'm a guest here. I don't get paid for this garbage. I can yell and scream too. Look at me. Oh, look at me. I can have opinions. The truth feelings are coming out. Gary and Shannon will continue. Wait, you mean this garbage will continue. This garbage. What's happening now? That I'd be judged for answering a question, honestly, and acting like I'm doing something wrong. Maybe you're dehydrated. Okay, I'm going to neglect our kids. We'll be back with more of this. You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI AM 640. If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. From bestselling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook on the Big Money Players Network. Our show is extremely accessible to first-time listeners. Each week, we talk to someone in show business, aka...

the biz, and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, not that great. Actually, can you help me, can you help me shape this? Yeah. How about we flip it on his head, right? How about we flip this around? Okay. The surprise woman. Who actually you think is the straight man is actually the one who's acting weird. Adam Scott. This entire time, you've been expecting. Adam Sandler to come to visit the show. I would never expect. I have. I would never set expectations for something like that to happen. If the universe allows for something like that to happen, I'm open to it. I'm always going to accept. You know, Danny McBride, fine. Yeah. It's all this fragile masculinity exuding. I could smell it walking on the hallway, to be honest with you. I was like, is that weed? Nope. It's fragile masculinity. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Ben Stiller, no. Because a lot of times, out of context, people don't get it or even know what a circle is. You know what I mean? They're like, oh, what's a state? Everyone's so dumb. And fake. Right, fake and also not interested or just like, oh, I've got my life, I don't care about your life. And a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Oh, and by the way, Will Ferrell told us personally he loves the show and he wants to be a guest on every episode, but he's just so busy. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. That call was really pivotal for me. Hey, it's Emily Jessica Tisch Sussman, and this season On She Pivots, the podcast where women share bold career moves and personal turning points that changed everything. I sit down with culture-shifting women who share their pivots like Paralympian Alley Truett. I was like, I'm a month out from a shark attack. There's no way in 11 months I'm making the Paralympics. Advocate Elizabeth Smart. I still feel that drive that I can still make a difference, so I'm going to keep going. Celebrity chef, Carla Hall. Was that skis? Gary to walk away from such a stable career after just two years? No. I was more afraid of being unhappy than I was broke in a dead end job that I didn't enjoy. And feminist legend, Gloria Steinem. All of us were trying to express women's real lives. We need a meeting place of our own. And if I can contribute to that, I'd like to maintain that and leave this house for that purpose. Listen to She Pivots on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts. wherever you get your podcasts. If you are tired of listening to opinions without practical solutions, I'm Teslin Figaro, founder of Push the Line, where the mission is simple. Prepare, position.

and then push until something happens. As an award-winning business owner, political strategist, trainer, and jurid's doctor-candidate, the Teslin Figuero podcast is your training room. Not another podcast where people spend an hour telling you what's wrong with the world. My focus is helping you understand what to do next. Consistency builds credibility. That is the main thing. My values, my message, who I am. consistent. There's times it pay and sometimes it's not. But when it pays, it pays. Why? Because I'm consistent. Each week, I break down the law, politics, media, leadership, and business into practical lessons you can apply immediately. My mission is to help you prepare with knowledge, position yourself for your next opportunity, and learn how to push until something happens. Listen to the Tesla and Figuero Podcasts from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I just wanted to mention this because I do believe people care. I don't know if anybody else in this room does, but I do. Really? The two guys defending the guy doing the nice thing with the cake? I'm not talking about men and cakes. I'm talking about the Eagles. Oh. Oh. As we know, Jackie died earlier this month, but Shadow remains. And Shadowoo has finally been back at his nest, and he is not alone. And the community has embraced his new female partner. Her name is Katie. And Katie's been hanging out in the nest, young female eagle. Why are you looking at me like that? I don't know. Why, the laugh track. Katie's like a mid-season replacement on the Eagle sitcom. Is that what's happening? Defending men who give treats to stranger children. Stranger children. Spent our whole childhood's learning that we don't talk to strangers, but apparently now we do. No part of this story was it a stranger. Nobody said it was a stranger. It was a close family friend. Might as well been an uncle in my mind. Well. That doesn't make it much better, but I understand what you're saying. Wait, how did I all of a sudden lose on this? Just to be clear, when I say garbage, because I've also said how much I adore the show, I was just talking about this, this moment where I'm having to defend this nonsense because somebody did something nice. Well, on Justin's last appearance on that. Okay, great.

Remember how we had to say goodbye to Jackie? Oh, no. By the way. It's also take this time to say goodbye to Justin. Do I get some funeral music? Not now, at the end. It's been a fun 10 years. But you're done. We've talked about the neglect that we all suffered as children and how it made us more resilient. And I think this is such a great story. If you grew up, and I love the first line of this story by Sonia Ramirez, if you grew up hearing, be back by dinner, you might also remember the freedom that came with us. So much. Yeah, and one of the things that, like, there's tons of data so much so that I think, speaking of seven years doing this, like early on, was the first time I had seen published data about this is that because it was an issue I had when my kids were in elementary school, is that they have peaceful playground is a thing that they do in the Burbank schools here where somebody comes and they teach all of the kids the same game and they all play the same game. And that's the only game that they can play during that time frame because they found that there's less disagreements. and arguing and fighting that happens when everybody's doing the same thing. And now they're looking at it, going, dad is saying that, well, now kids don't know how to, like, don't know anything about conflict resolution. I have a question about that. Is there still dodgeball and kickball in schools? Not that I'm aware of. I don't, I don't, not to the level that we played it for sure. Like, I only hear about it. Weirdly enough, I've heard more about adult leaks of dodgeball. Yeah. Maybe kickball. No, I've seen kickball. I've seen kickball. Kickball will definitely happen, but I don't think any play to play. Because kickball can hurt, but it's not intended to. Yeah, you're not kicking the ball at the person. Sometimes you are. If you're good, you are. Nail that pitcher real quick. They do play, like, dodgeball games at those sky zones. My kid has been to birthday parties where they, like, you have an area in those trampoline part things. Yeah. And one of my kids' friends, they're like, 16, 17 now. And they decided, like, after the last day of school this summer, like, let's go to Sky Zone and have fun. They're there five minutes, and a kid rolls his ankle. My kid has to go get him and take him home so we can take up to the urgent care. But sorry, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to derail your train of thought. It's very easy. So the game that they all play is one peaceful, nice game. Yeah, it could be four square. It could be like they do the steal the bacon where there's that like object in the middle and you have to go grab it. And so if they don't have that they. don't know what to do. Yeah. Well, they don't. That's all they could play. There's no imagination. There's no like you get a soccer ball, you get a basketball. There was, and it could have changed. There's no deal making. There's no deal making. There's no nothing. It's like, this is the season where we are playing this game. And if you're not playing this game, you're just on the monkey bars or on the slide or just walking around. And they talk about lack of free play being a thing where now people don't understand how to resolve conflict or just do anything. Everything is so structured. I mean, it's so interesting. Because to me, it's like when people come out of the military or they get out of prison, their lives are so structured, they have a hard time getting like reacclamating to society and we're doing it to our children. Which is funny because last week we talked about the issue of monoculture where so many people want to do or want to be involved in the same thing at the same time. Usually we think about it.

as an event of some kind, like Super Bowl or some great TV show or a concert event or something like that. But that that doesn't, that also does not allow for, for that kind of conflict to naturally arise and then be resolved. It just doesn't happen that way. And that's part of the reason I think we like that is because we're all pointed in the same direction, doing the same thing. But when you're young and you take, you. You're not asking them to do that voluntarily. I mean, like it would be one thing if kickball became the new sensation. Yeah, it's a trend. Yeah, every corner of the, the playground was a kickball game. But that's not the way it should happen. I mean, I'm sorry, that's not the way it happens naturally. That would be very rare for something like that. It's like they come outside and there's like a yard duty quote unquote that says this is the game that we're all playing now. And that's what we're going to do. The other thing that it talks about is that by not letting kids like take risks, they don't assess like risk management. But what you said. just made me think of is that I remember a time where you could have discourse. Like you could have a disagreement with someone. And to me, it was before Trump's like first term. Like people could disagree about things and have a conversation and it didn't get weird. And I wonder if like it has nothing to do with him and it's more just a coincidental thing with this growth of like social media and online communities where people are seeking out like minded people that it's just been enough time has passed now that people. don't understand why they would want to be around people they don't think like. I mean, all I know is today I'm only going to talk to people that think it's weird for a grown man to make a stranger child. All right. Fair enough. You guys have to come to Downey. I'm not sure if you guys are. Made it sound like you weren't. I just caught the end of it. But yes, please come to Downey. You're going to love Downey. Downey's going to love you. We're all going to show out for you. And I will even give you an official. tour of Downey if you need it. My name is Matt. Go. Hey, Matt. I love it, Matt. We'll be there on Thursday. We'll be there Thursday. That's the next Thursday, the 27th. We're going to be at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse in Downey. I will. I do want to come. Bring Shannon a cupcake, guys. Oh, yeah. I like cake. gave up that fight pretty quick. I sure didn't. Second thought. I like the idea of some cake. I don't care who you are. I'll eat it. Who said cake? This is KFI. You've been listening to the Gary and Shannon Show. You can always hear us live on KFI, AM 649 a.m. to noon every Monday through Friday and any time on demand on the IHeart Radio app. If your bookshelf and your for-you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home.

Pro Society is a weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. Each week, we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and pop culture with your favorite writers, book talk creators, and plenty of overthought opinions. Yeah, I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. Listen to Pro Society on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast, Hollywood Handbook. Each week, we talk to someone in show business and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, Adam Scott, Danny McBride, Ben Stillard, and a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You gave everything you could give, and now it's time to take the next step. Hey, it's Emily Jessica Tisch Sussman, and this season on She Pivots, the podcast where women share bold career moves and personal turning points. I sit down with culture-shifting women who share their pivots like Elizabeth Smart. I still feel that drive that I can still make a difference, so I'm going to keep going. And feminist legend, Gloria Steinem. All of us were trying to express women's real lives. Listen to She Pivots on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you are tired of listening to opinions without practical solutions, the Teslin Figuero podcast is a training room, not another commentary show. I'm Teslin Figuero. As an award-winning business owner, political strategist, trainer, and juridactic candidate, every episode breaks down the law, politics, media, leadership, into practical strategies you can use in your everyday life. You have an additional footprint. You need to be aware. because it can help you catch a case or can help you catch a case in your household. Listen to the Tesla and Figuero Podcasts from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.