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Men Caring for Men - 20 Jan 2025
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Connor invites Glick up for a bro check and a discussion revolving around mental health
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Introduction and Network Overview
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Am I told this is my fate?
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oh Welcome to Monday Nightman Caring for Men. This is The Men Caring for Men Show on the Nonsense School Network. Glick. It's good to see you. And you know what? There's this little link down at the bottom here. If you want to tell the people where they might be able to find us. Oh man, I'm out of practice. I don't know how to do this. Wait, wait. What day of the week is this? Hold on a second. yeah I just told you twice. It's Monday.
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in fact, it's Martin Luther King Day today as well as the college football championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame. And Inauguration Day. And it is Inauguration Day. Goddamn. Yes. It's a big day. It's a big motherfucking day. It's a big Monday. And we're up here. And I'd like to say. And anything that's happened today, Martin Luther King Day, college football championship. Plus. Or the inauguration. Glick has made his triumphant return On a rare occasion back there for men. Yeah. I was gonna say, you're the biggest news of the week right now. 100% agree. Oh my God, that start. oof ah but Yeah, man. You guys can find us everywhere. Bio dot.link slash nonsensical network. All of our links are there. All of our socials, Facebook, Instagram X and TikTok.
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Don't forget shows are live Monday through Sunday. Shout out to Wally. He was on right before us. Um, he had a guest on a couple guests on in the reptile world. They were talking reptiles tonight. Um, and then you can listen anytime, any place where you listen
Nonsensical Network Merchandise and Schedule
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to podcasts. Uh, everything I believe is up to date and on the platforms as of yesterday show. So, uh, and when you go to bio.ly, make sure you check out a link.
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right up at the tippy top beauty and the beard created corner. Uh, you can get a hoodie like this one, a little blix house and music hoodie. You get the nonsensical network hoodie or shirt or whatever. And we're working on designs for all the shows, but you can get your nonsensical swag there, uh, at beauty and the beard creative corner. Or if you just want something else, like if, uh, Connor wants a shirt that says,
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I hate being an Ohio state fan and they fightinging irish he can get one of those and she, we can get it shipped out. Not yet. Give me another two hours and I'll probably buy one. Um, yeah, she's on Facebook and Instagram. the report Looking down in this general area throughout, uh, throughout tonight's show, because like I mentioned there at the beginning, it is, uh, Ohio state, my, my beautiful Buckeyes.
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Uh, that I grew up knowing and loving and going to football games over and over again. Uh, they are in the national championship but for the first time since what, 2018. So, and they're playing against the the golden helmet, fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
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And, uh, this will be a good game. So I am kind of watching that here and there. That being said on the topic of our show, uh, make sure you check out Monday night speedway stories and cold bloated conversations with Wally men caring with for men with me and usually another random guest.
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uh, or a random co-host like Glick, you know, I just kind of throw whoever in that slot. Tuesday night's Glick's favorite show of the week and his, probably his best performance of the week. Tuesday night's Glick's house of music, where he talks to people in the music industry, usually the small little people that are growing and becoming better and more well known and who are going to blow up. So make sure you tune into that. Wednesday night, tomorrow night, tomorrow night I have, uh,
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from the land baby from Cleveland. I have kissing Lillith on an alternative metal band from Cleveland. So, hell yeah. Looking forward to that. Exactly what I was saying. Yeah, he assumed he has some interesting **** people up there. What up, tears?
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um And then Wednesday nights is what the fuck news if you watch it or you see it on the news and it makes you say, what the fuck? We're probably going to talk about it. And if you didn't see it on the news and we talk about it, I guarantee it'll make you say, what the fuck? Thursday nights is Jeff's garage pending. He's still getting some stuff done behind the scenes to take care of that and put up that. Beautiful wonderful show that he has on Thursday nights Friday nights nonsense and chill with Jeff and blaze they'll sit down watch a movie usually you get to be a little bit of a part of that as they speak and and Kind of tell tell them your thought their thoughts on the ah on the movie theater scene Saturday night
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o Saturday night, Cassius corner that is Glick and his son and they like to talk about wrestling and I some other stuff as well. I don't know that show show very well. I'll be completely honest. Chris, fill me in. That is Saturdays around noonish. Yeah, we're talking WWE. We're talking all things wrestling. He's a big wrestling fan.
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Uh, I'm a big wrestling fan. It's something that we share in common and we spend a lot of time talking
Purpose of Men Caring for Men and Personal Updates
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wrestling anyway. So I figured, why not? Let's do a father son show. And Wally comes up from, from time to time and hangs out with us. We talked, uh,
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Little new school wrestling, a little old school wrestling. It's fun talking old school wrestling with Cash because then he goes and gets on the YouTube or whatever and looks at what we're talking about after the show. So. ah If it's too sweaty, half naked dudes touching each other inappropriate inappropriately, then him and his son will talk about it. And it's not just blazing out behind the rest stop.
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And then later on Saturday nights, we have the flagship show. My favorite show outside of Monday nights, obviously. did We have the nonsensical nonsense show. Sunday nights is unnecessary roughness where you guys talk about all your weird shit. Sports and football and hockey and baseball and mostly football. But you guys talk everything.
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it It was it was solely a football show, but we had so much fun doing football this football season that it is. It is the action. It will be the full fledged everything sports after football after the football season is over. Rick wanted to stay on Derek Wayne decided he wanted to stay be a part of it. They both wanted to keep it going and I was down for it and I said, well, let's fucking rock and roll boys. so Hold on fourth and one Notre Dame.
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on the 10, on the five, I'm sorry. Fourth and one. Got it. Ball back. ah Fuck knuckles. Anyway. So welcome once again to my favorite overall show of the week, Men Caring for Men. This is where we get to kind of let all our steam out, take the week by the... Pick ourselves up by the bootstraps.
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and kind of start our week out on a good note. But what we'd like to do around here every Monday night is do our weekly bro check and see how the past week was. And Glick, I'm curious because we talked a little bit outside of the show, obviously keeping tabs on each other, etc, etc. But I haven't really been on a show with you in quite some time. How have you been, dude? ah yeah we Well,
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check ah Not you know, I'm i'm not really not I'm not super ever well just a little frustrated with some things um That's being hashed out You know, ah I Set some goals and some priorities for the network For all of us and it's just we're doing just actually lives out but outside of that man outside of that and I really can't complain um Things are good. We just took a trip this past weekend. We went and seen a former guest of mine from Glick's House of Music, do a live gig, Mr. James Luecker. We had a great time. He did a fantastic show. Got my James Luecker swag. He hooked me up with a T-shirt, not only that, but I thought this was really fucking cool. and i do want And I do want to shout him out for this. Oh, did you get a letter? This was his set list from Saturday night. Oh.
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And he signed it and he would put the date and everything on it for me. I told him, I said, I said, in all seriousness, no joke. I'm going to print out the picture that him and I took together. I'm going to put them both in a frame and they're going to go up there on the wall. And I think, I think, uh, I think I'm going to, with my belts back here, I'm going to create like a little wall of fame because, uh, Nikki and I were talking and one of the things I want to do this year is guess that I interview with, if they're within a two to three hour window, uh, and they're doing a gig, um,
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and we're able to, I'm going to go see him and you know, make sure I do the, make sure I do the picture thing and everything like that. I'm going to create like a little wall of fame back here behind me with all of my former guests when we meet each other in person that's pretty smart and stuff like that. But no, it was a, he put on a great show. It was an acoustic show, him and his guitar. One of my favorite things to see. our last Oh my goodness. Sorry.
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and uh and then uh we went back and hung out at the house uh after the show for a little bit uh chit chatted and then I went over Saturday it was super low-key Saturday and just got to have a conversation with you man and got to talk to him and uh I had a really good weekend and a really good you know spontaneous road trip with Nikki we got to do some touristy things and uh and whatnot so I mean I really don't I honestly don't have a whole lot of Complaints man. I did you do with your kids? My kids like their moms. Oh, fuck you. It sounds so good to be divorced. Yeah i well that was that was that was what that was see That was one of the other things that changed this this this ah school year um You know the last couple years I've had the kids full-time except for the except for the weekends
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their moms starting to get reestablished and and and and or whatnot and things are going better for them and so this this year we started uh we're doing a week on and a week off they're with her a week and they're with me a week so like they go they went back to her house friday and then they won't be back here until friday so you know they went to their moms friday for for their week and mickey and i got off work and hit the road and uh now i have the week just to kind of chill here at the house. I think one of the other things that's kind of made my mood a little bit better too is and this is silly to say but uh what's up Arliss? Happy birthday to you brother. Um we rearranged the bedroom. Like we moved all of our furniture around and I like it and I like it so much better. It's the bedroom feels the bedroom feels bigger. It feels more comfortable like I just and I got my little space over here so you know I got like the
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the wall and shit behind me. So, I don't know and and I know we're got the living room that's on our on our to do. We're going to rearrange the living room. So, I know it might sound silly but just moving the furniture around it it does does wonders.
Home Life and Parenting Challenges
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Uh yeah. harless I didn't know it was your birthday. Happy birthday, dude. I was just stoked to see you in here in general. I got you on the on a live in quite some time. I gotta get that picture off of Facebook of pretty Princess Arliss. Him and his tierra and pink sash at his bri at the that little birthday celebration they had this past weekend. yeah oh That's Oh, you can't do that. Oh, but yeah, man, things have been things have been cool good. I know it's been a hot minute since a part of me misses doing Monday nights, but there's also a part of me that's like. It's nice not to have to worry about Monday nights, yeah, or you know, it's not to worry about another show. Yeah, yeah, it's it's one less thing on your plate as much as like.
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having like, that's and I kind of ran into that conflict with like doing Saturday nights and why you've seen less and less of me. was and And Wednesday nights, I think Wednesday nights was but like my first big decision where I was like, I need to, I need to make more time specifically for my family, and for my kids and things like that. But like, when I stopped doing Wednesday nights, and I was just doing Monday nights and Saturday nights,
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but having during the week outside of Monday nights just having during the week to spend that time with my wife and my kids and ah Like I felt like not that the show is something that worried me, but it was something it was one last thing You know, I got to take one more thing off my plate just for a minute and then Saturday nights just Saturdays have become my wife and I was night because she's gotten to the point where she's doing a five people's jobs now at work. Yeah, so that's been a whole thing. I was actually about to do that too, lick and I got sidetracked. um
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to uh kind of put this out out there because again we haven't had a live show up here in a little bit of time uh this is an open panel uh we do like to hear from people uh we do like to have some feedback especially when we're up here live um so if you would like to the link is in the comments uh as long as you don't show your willy or any genitals of any kind uh and there's no full-on nudity you can come on up and we can talk and have a good conversation about some mental health stuff so yeah Anyway, i just I noticed that Blake dropped that in the comments. and i was I was there. I had it in the copy, but I hadn't pasted it yet. um yeah No, I totally get that. I miss having you on Monday nights. I miss i miss our little powwow sessions, but at the same time, you do a you do a lot, especially with the network.
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and having having this off your plate, I'm again, more than happy to take this take this from you and kind of take the reins when you did hand them to me. So I'm happy with the way it is. i like i like Sometimes I wish I could pop up on Saturday nights a little more often, be a little more involved there. But again, family show, it's ah it's a balancing act as as most things are in life. Don't tell me what to do, Blaze.
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100%. It really is. and And that's the thing. I mean, I'm still doing, ah and and and it's no big secret. it's it's It's obviously no big secret. Tuesday nights have become my my favorite night of the week. I love doing all the shows, Wednesday, Saturday, both shows on Saturday and Sunday. But Tuesday's really become my That's my jam, man. like that's I'm having so much fun with it and meeting a lot of really cool people and having fun with them. and
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ah that's kind of like Like I said, that's become my my biggest project right now. yeah and i And I look forward to it and I love it. I've been very fortunate. I have not had a bad guest yet. I've had a couple where it's like,
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you have interactions in the chat and it's just like, oh God, this is going to be a fun thing. You get in the show op in the chatters box and ruins it for everybody. Yeah. You get into the show and, uh, you know, you might have a few minutes of, uh, you know, filling each other out. Uh, but, uh, then it, then it it picks up, man. and And I'm having a lot of fun with it and, uh, but taking a show off of my plate and And in in even Wednesday nights, I still do Wednesday nights, but I i put Jeff in the driver's seat on Wednesday nights. Yeah. So, I mean, I'm still there, but I don't have the stress of doing everything for it, doing the behind the scenes and getting it ready. So I literally just show up. I mean, at the end of the day, so for a what why conversation like that, what the hell?
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fucking But now I have just have other frustrations and aggravations. so yeah I feel that and like I can feel you kind of exuding that energy where you're talking talking backstage earlier today. I was like, because you asked if you could come up and I know that your you my my network, my show, I can do whatever the hell I want. yeah know But I appreciate you ah appreciate you asking, although you are 100% always welcome on Monday nights. You new and I started started Monday nights, and it's only fitting that you would be welcome on any show.
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Yeah, I just, yeah, I just don't want to steamroll or step on any toes or and because I did. I just said, this is your, this is your baby. Now you do what you will with it. And it is my baby. I love doing Monday nights. I love doing the show. I love coming up here and being able to kind of talk about everything that's going on. Uh, whether it's things that are going on in the world, you stepped out and you did shit. Um, whether it's things that are just going on in the world or whether it's shit that's going on in my life.
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Or and whoever is up here with me Going on with them and we can really talk about it because I think that a lot of the things we do talk about are common the common problems that a lot of people run across and if somebody is lucky enough to click that button and watch our show for a little bit they can kind of get a feeling of not being alone and Possibly some helpful advice maybe detrimental advice. I actually don't know but uh Yeah, right. I haven't seen anything bad yet. So go, go. and
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ah Anyway. not ah But to to reiterate the question back to you, since we have not got to sit down and have our pow wow in a while. the How the hell have you been? man ah I've been interesting, good, extremely busy.
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Um, and also like there's, there are some things going on that are odd, that are new, that are weird, that I'm not a hundred percent sure how to handle. And, uh, my wife tells me I'm taking it really hard and that I need to not be so emotional about it. And, uh, uh, but so Carson, my oldest son.
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He is, ah he has ADHD, one of the, you know, neurodivergent is the, is the new term for it, but he's got ADHD and it's, it's really obvious. And he has, he has the same, he he is the same child as I was when I was a kid. Um, just, he, he always wants to be doing something. He's no good at sitting still and focusing and and stopping and and putting, pulling back the impulse control. That's not going to work.
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um And so it was really easy for us to take him to the doctor and and talk to them about that and come up with a good plan um Well my middle child and and I hope that someday if he sees this he doesn't think I'm putting him on blast but ah My middle child is a whole different animal um He was doing awesome at the beginning of this quarter, or at the beginning of the school year, that first quarter, his teacher had nothing but great things to say about him. You know, he was learning him progressing super well. And get up field, ding dong. And he was doing really, really great. And then all of a sudden, the second quarter started the second half of this semester. And
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his teacher was like, I don't know what changed, but it's like someone flipped a switch. He can't sit still in
Understanding ADHD in Parenting
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class. He's talking to everybody while he's not supposed to be, you know, he, he gets up and walks around or he skips and runs around or touches himself in inappropriate ways. Granted he's five, but like in the middle of class and the middle of the lesson or, you know, and I'm like, yeah, and we've been noticing an uptick in certain things that he did.
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And all of a sudden he started doing this thing and I can only equate it to stimming if anyone knows what that means. It's like where you have to move or touch a certain body part or sway in a certain way to get your brain to calm down. And it's seen a lot in autistic children and autistic adults. Um, and so we,
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brought it up with a doctor. We actually had his appointment today. And after having multiple, multiple conversations with my wife and doing some online quizzes, we think he might be slightly on the spectrum. And there is nothing, nothing wrong with that. We know for a fact that he has ADHD. He's also got an anxiety disorder. Everything is ah is is panic for him. But as a as a dad,
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um Carson is really easy to, he's really, I don't want to say he's easy to parent, but his, the parenting style that works for my oldest son is very simple and straightforward. It's not like a beat him into submission thing, but it is a, Hey, if I'm firmer with you, he he gets it. Like if you can get them on a one track mind, he gets it. My youngest or my middle child is just completely different and kind of having his pediatrician allude to, yes, he probably is on the spectrum and we can get him tested. And it's it's it's like, shut it's it's almost like a punch in the gut. because Not because I feel bad, for and I guess I do kind of feel bad for him, but not like because it's a bad thing, but because I know it can make life harder.
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You know, I want, I want my kids, particularly my boys. Obviously I want my daughter to grow up to be successful and amazing and a great person, but I want my boys to be successful young men. And I know that as a parent, it's mostly my job to encourage that and to help them and to build them into that. And these things can hinder that.
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And they can make it harder. Parenting is not as easy. parent You have to parent differently. You have to be able to understand what he's thinking and feeling. And a lot of the time, I don't. And up until now, I've just kind of chalked it up to, he isn't there yet developmentally. And not, he's different. And so that's been...
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see You know, aside from that, but I'll tell you what, man, as a, as a dad of three myself, just like you. And I think any parent will tell you the same. Each kid individually, you have to, you can't parent, you have to parent them all different. Like when your daughter gets older, you're going to realize that the style that you use on the oldest one is going to be totally different than what you use for her. Well, yeah, I can't make her do pushups. I'll cry while she's crying. I mean,
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Well, unfortunately for her, she's going to grow up in a world where she has no rights anyway. So at least that's what I'm hearing. Oh, God. what I saw this on Facebook the other day. It was the mistakes that men have made over the years. It's like giving giving women the right to vote. This is like this fucking terrible. But I'll tell you what, man. i don't know I don't know how you guys, and I'm not going to obviously tell you how to pan or anything like that. but Um, and I'm sure you're aware of it too, just from your own personal medical, uh, disasters and catastrophe. There, there are other methods that'll help him with his ADHD. And if he is on the spectrum, that doesn't involve putting him on meds and pills. I want to start her as ADHD and ADD. and and And that was the first, that was the, that was the go-to man was.
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meds meds meds meds and my ex wife and I am strongly against medicating up children like yeah I won't even medicate myself, you know what I mean? Let alone my own kids. So I was like, oh there's absolutely no way in hell that we're going to put her on medication to where she's just a zombie. She's just a shell of herself because at the same time she was a five year old fucking kid. You know, you can't diagnose every fucking five year old with ADHD or ADD because you're a shitty teacher.
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you know, which is what it boiled down to. But there's alternative methods and, you know, something as easy as like changing a diet, watching what they're eating, watching the foods, giving them certain types of food. And with the autism, I'll tell you, if he is on the spectrum, my, my nephew is severely autistic, my oldest, one of my older nephews. And like he was nonverbal. And my sister used, used the oils.
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like the THC oils and yeah ah CBD oils and whatever. and And that, and she found a great school for him to go to. with It was a public school, but they had a great program that they really helped him. And he went from being like literally nonverbal, just, you know, kept to himself type into where after a couple of years, I didn't even recognize the kid. I thought it was totally different kid because he was talking like,
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we would get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving. the Oh, Chris, come in and check out. His thing was video game like like games and and and and like digital art and stuff like that. You know, autistic kids kind of gravitate towards a particular thing. Oh, of course, check out this game that I got. I'll go, Chris, man come here, let's play this. It was like, it's not even the same kid that he was last year, like Christmas time. yeah And then she started telling me what she, she took him off the meds that he was on and started doing other things. and You know, I would I would seriously recommend looking into those options if you guys are have any any Any i can't think of the word
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If you guys don't want to medicate them at all, you know what I mean? If you have any doubts about medication, look into some of the alternative ways that you can do things. And and a lot of times they work so much better because they still still they still stay the same. They have their personality. they that just when when I was when I was a kid, I was diagnosed with ADHD as well. I mean it is it's like 70% of adults who had a who have ADHD their kids have it too blah blah blah like you know statistics all the stuff yeah and I was medicated and I don't fault my parents at all. There is absolutely no ah resentment as to how they treated me or how they how they tried to figure out how to help me but they medicated me when I was a kid and
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When I was on my medicine, it was like I was dulled. It was like my personality is normally here. And when I was on the medication, it was down here. And it got to a point where it was like, okay, if we up the dosage, he he does better in school. um And that was true.
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But it was also kind of tearing me apart. So i've I've seen and felt the negative side effects of it. And I don't want to do that to my kids,
Exploring ADHD Treatments
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particularly my boys. cause And Carson, I see me in him in the way that he acts, the things that he says, the way he does, everything. Carson is medicated, though. I go with the absolute minimum dose.
00:33:44
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On top of that, he sees a social worker at school. He sees her like two or three times a week. they talk they kind of do like an occupational therapy thing where they work on how to properly socialize how to not be uh one of his big things is being impulsive um and talking over people and it's it's like it's learning how to properly read social situations yeah things like that um so I don't I am not a big advocate of just medicating your kids to get them to fucking behave
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That's a combination of parenting and working with your teachers or their teachers and working with the medical staff to figure out a good plan and what works for you. I have no problem with medicating your child, but I think that it's it's gotten to a point where it's getting out of hand. Yeah, it was always it was always a last resort for us, our oldest.
00:34:41
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And you know, it's funny because you know, you go back to when I was a kid and and you know, they didn't really know what to do. thank And then when you were a kid, you know, because there is a big age difference between you and I. Yeah, only 20 years.
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and the yes like But but uh, ah You know and then and then it was the medicines were there but they didn't know enough about Yeah, when you were coming up now, it's become where it was much like with anything It's it's it's like we're gonna push the pills push the pills push the pills because that'll fix them No, it's just in my opinion. It's just zombified some and they just become a shell of what they are and
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And, and, and I think just as kids and in general, I mean, you said how old Carson, what five, six Carson, Carson is seven. Bryson will be six in 10 days. but yeah So he's at that age where he doesn't necessarily have the social skills and the so to to pick up on social cues and whatnot like that. So, you know, he's still in that developmental age and it's like, Oh, you know, he's, he's this, that, the other thing here, give him,
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all these drugs and he'll be fine. And then it's just, you know, it looks like an extra from the walking dead walking around the house. just Yeah. And I, I'm on the same wavelength, but I'm not so against medication that I'm not willing to explore it.
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I think that there's a difference between I'm gonna dope them into submission and hey, let's let's play with it a little bit and see what the side effects are, what changes with them, whether there are a whole bunch of negatives to it. I asked Carson on like ah three, four times a week, hey, how are you feeling? Because I know he takes the medicine and I know what the medicine yeah did to me. I'm like, dude, how are you feeling? You don't have to you have to be tough.
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Are you sad at all? and How are you doing at school? Are you having fun? Do you still have friends? Do you talk to them a lot? And he's doing great. And that's not where I was. Yeah.
00:37:01
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And so and there's there's got to be like a middle ground where you can balance. Maybe he needs it. Maybe he doesn't. Maybe as he grows older, we can back it off a little bit and let him learn how to adjust himself. I didn't get off my medicine until I was 17 because I wanted to join the military.
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And I couldn't be on, I couldn't have ADHD medication or be diagnosed with ADHD and be in the military. And so I got off my medicine, made sure it was out of my system. I learned how to fucking deal with it. My senior year was a struggle and a half, but my personality was back and that was where it like clicked for me. Oh my God.
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I've been, like you said, just like a shell of what I'm actually supposed to be. So I think there's a middle ground. I think there's there's a point where it's helpful, and there's a point where it's detrimental. And I think there's a point where you might not need it at all. um I don't know if Bryson needs medication. I think that it's going to be ah a balancing act to figure out between his therapist and and if we do go it's take him to the psychiatrist to get him diagnosed.
00:38:12
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and see whether or not he's rhythm and with the tismen. But but you know I think it's going to be a balancing act to figure out exactly what he needs to be successful as a person, as a man, as as a kid, and what he needs to be to to grow through this rather than growing around it.
00:38:34
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So I think there's a lot of different things to it, but just as a parent, it feels like a punch to the gut because I know it makes things harder. And like, has my parenting style up till now made it worse or better? Or would it have made a difference? What could I have done differently or how do I need to change to do things differently in the future? It's just, I want them to be amazing young men and knowing. You might want to look into getting them a new dad. Oh, fuck. I sure as hell ain't sending them to your house.
00:39:16
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I don't want anymore. but Trust bro. You're just starting. You see, you're just starting. I'm counting down the days until I'm done. You know what I mean? Like, I'm in the final stages. Like,
Balancing Personal and Professional Life
00:39:32
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I got one that's quote unquote grown. That aren't arent aren't too far behind. So I'm i'm counting down the days, that you know, to being to my freedom, so to say, to be in parole. You got a little taste of that this weekend. Yeah. Well, you know, we we we we like to try to take random trips from time to time. That's something that, you know, Nikki and I discussed and and it's it's good if you can do that for for your career relationship. You know what I mean? and We discussed that early on when we first started dating about being able to, you know, want to we don't have to go anywhere special. We don't have to go anywhere. I mean, we could go something
00:40:12
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as simple as just like, go, go to Buckeye Lake for the weekend. Yeah. That's a half hour. yeah hearing up i mean just Just to get away from the house and do something. Just the two of us. That's not the norm. You know, cause we have all week together when the kids aren't here, but to just not get away from the norm. You know what I mean? the sick ah That was one of the things I felt bad about when we started dating because she's got kids are grown and I'm like,
00:40:40
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by the way, I still got three kids that yeah so start over, but yeah, got some years on them before they're done. But, uh, that's one of the things that we talked about is is trying to make time for ourselves to just get away from the house, even if it is only for a weekend. So it's, it's one of those things that I, so like my Nikki and me, um, we got married. I was 19. She was 20. Um,
00:41:10
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and we had kids, we had Carson, I was still 20, or I was still 19 rather.
00:41:19
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And so we we didn't have the whole phase of our marriage where we got to spend, we got to go on those random road trips, or were we got to spend those weekends together. It was since the inception of our marriage, it has been parenting and being married.
00:41:39
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And like I said earlier, everything is a balancing act. There's a part of me that's excited to be an empty nester one day and get to re-know her. And we learn who she is and we learn our relationship. That's going to be fun. But there's also a big part of me that's like, I know that these days are only going to last for 18 years apiece. And once it's gone, it's gone and it doesn't come back. so there's a there's a there's pros and cons to everything but uh i i i definitely it's worth it i mean it's it's worth it all at the end and and you know once the kids get older once the kids get older it's easier for you guys to be able to get out you're like arson mom and dad are going out for a few hours you're in charge of your brother and sister yeah you know right so no push up no no
00:42:40
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both of you do pushups until mom and dad get home. What about Kennedy? What about her? You didn't say anything. She's over there playing with her unicorns and pink paint. You ruined it.
00:42:52
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<unk> Yeah, now that's the other thing. I mean, as they get older, I mean, it becomes easier, you know, even before they out you get out of the house or whatever. It becomes easier for you guys to do things and go out and have date nights or get away or, you know, where you can I mean, like we you know Austin was was home this weekend at the dog and both Buggy buggy and Cash and and Austin and Nicky were all sick last week. ah And Buggy and Cash were home from school pretty much all week last week. So Buggy was still sick Friday. And Courtney, my ex was like, can she stay there this week? And I was like, yeah, I mean, I don't care, but we're going out of town and Austin will be home.
00:43:37
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So she just spent the weekend with Austin. I mean, she's almost 16 and Austin's almost running. So they just chill here at the house. And I don't know what the hell they did. They didn't kill each other. So that was a plus come home to blood all over the walls. And yeah, they didn't kill each other. And the house was, wasn't burnt down. So that's a plot. You open the door. He's just dragging her body. Hey dad.
00:44:03
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Yeah, like a normal weekend. nothing No, no, no, she's fine. She's she's just sleepy.
00:44:13
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but favorson niwell But yeah, other than like, other than that, and and you know, parenting, parenting stuff being interesting, I just been busy, you know, ah college work, work has been Really fun though, really, really rewarding. And I really enjoy my job. It's just, it makes every day just a little bit more difficult. one of jees And so that's, I do love it. I feel like i'm I'm kind of being groomed to walk and do another job there. So, or another position there that's going to be worth a little bit more money. and and But again, take up a little bit more of my time.
00:44:56
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So but po pros and cons, pros and cons. The outside of that, man, it's just, it's just being a dad, being a husband, trying to, trying to move my life forward and be successful. And then they're trying to balance the shows in, but in between and, and still find time for the family. It's, it's like I said, I mean, I feel like that should be the quote of the night. Everything's a balancing act, man. It's just, that's been my, my life for 2025 so far, all 20 days of it.
00:45:27
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Yeah. I mean, I think, I think that's just, especially with, you know, what we're doing here is, you know, on the network, it's, it's a matter of trying to find that, that, that balance of quote unquote, good and evil or good and evil. You know what I mean? The evil side being like spending too much time doing this. I'm doing that. I'm not, I'm not paying attention to this. Yeah. I'm trying to find that. That's what Nicky was teasing me today.
00:45:54
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because we've been watching Dexter and she's obsessed with it and uh she's like, you're not even supposed to do a show on Monday. I was like, I don't know. She said two hours. That's all you get. I'm there you go. Hey, Nikki, you can't be mad at me. I never told him to come anywhere. Oh **** Sorry to hear you. I didn't know that. Sorry to hear about that, brother.
00:46:21
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oh shit Hey man. Yeah. The cool thing is, even though this is Glick's night, I've got this really fun thing that we do where you can come up here and fucking talk about it if you want. my night I'm just here. You're just here. You're just here. Hey, you mind if I, hey, hey, Connor, do you mind if I come up on the show? I just, I got, I'm fucking frustrated. I want to talk about some stuff. Yeah.
00:46:47
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So I even put it in the description. I was like tonight's licks night. He's taking over the show. He's taking the reigns back for the night. He's going to be up here for six hours. Nick, he's going to be pissed at him. He's going to be hilarious. I've already planned his funeral. Yeah. No, I, uh, no, I, uh, I'm just a passenger princess tonight. I just, I say, Hey, do you have a topic? Cause I'd like to,
00:47:11
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bring something up and talk about it. You said, actually, I don't. so Which I wasn't surprised by either. Like like I said, it's a balancing act. I put too much time toward one thing and I neglect another. And oftentimes, unfortunately, it's this show that I neglect. And so there's a lot to work out there. um But speaking of topics and things that we want to talk about, nice pass. That was a fucking dart. Speaking of things that we want to talk about,
00:47:41
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Glick's going to, we're going to come back from a break here in a minute and we're going to get into the things that Glick had on his mind. And we're going to talk about it. We're going to deep dive. I'm going to make him cry. It's going to be awesome. So check us out bio dot.link slash nonsensical, not nonsensical network. um We're going to run to break. Glick, do you have any song recommendations that we have in our current repertoire?
00:48:06
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You're the man of music over there, man. You've got a whole house dedicated to it. You better have a recommendation. I do. I have a whole goddamn house. The House of Glick. The house that Glick built. The House of Glick. What is it called? The House of Music brought to you by Glick. Oh, man. Oh, you know what? We were just talking about this weekend.
00:48:32
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but Do a little ah James Luca
00:51:06
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You lying bitch All this pain you left me
00:51:55
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Hell yeah, hell yeah, I like it. Well, welcome back to men caring for men on the nonsensical network podcast network.
Building Supportive Relationships
00:52:04
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My name is Connor. I'm here with you per usual hosting. With the long gone but not quite forgotten, Christopher Lick. It's good to see him and have him back up here. Go check us out on all of our social medias or anywhere that you can find your your favorite podcast. Check out us check us out. Click bio dot.link slash nonsensical network and you can find all of our stuff there.
00:52:31
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uh monday nights we have speedway stories and cold-blooded conversations followed by our show men caring for men or i should say my show tuesday nights glick house of glicks house of music wednesday nights what the fuck news thursday nights is jeff's garage kind of pending friday nights is going to be nonsense and chill with jeff and blaze saturday nights you got cashless corn or saturday during the day you have cashless corner and then saturday nights is of course the flagship flagship show Oh, nonsensical nonsense, my God. And then Sunday is unnecessary roughness where they talk all things sports. Again, check us out at nonsensical nonsense. Or I'm sorry, at bio dot.link slash nonsense, nonsensical nonsense. Words are hard and that exist around here. <unk>s Don't forget where you're at bio.link. Check out beauty in the beard creative corner.
00:53:27
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You know, you're not swag there or if you just want something personalized, Nikki's got you covered. like a winner on district Jeff ordered that last week. Yup. You're on a T-shirt.
00:53:39
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ah yeah i got Glick. Glick. We kind of got a back. Uh, we kind of got caught up there with how you've been, uh, before the break.
00:53:50
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It is now the second half, the second portion of this show. Tell me, you had something in mind when you messaged me and asked me to come up tonight. What's on your mind, brother? What's up, brother? What's up, brother? God, kid annoys me, and I don't know why. He annoys me. He also entertains the piss out of me, and I don't understand. First and foremost, I do shout out to Jeeves and their family.
00:54:21
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ah yeah Anybody out there listening or whatever, whether you believe in prayers, good vibes, whatever, send some to Jeeves and his family. oh Sorry for your loss, man. That's terrible. I can't imagine that. Smash that like button, hit the subscribe and ring Glick's bell. Ring my bell for me. Yeah. But i've done that I've done that enough in our time together. It's never enough.
00:54:51
Speaker
Um, no, you know, something's kind of been weighing heavy on my mind for, for, for a little while now. And, and I, you know, like I said, uh, had some good conversations this week, this weekend with James, uh, with James Luger and when I chatted a little bit and and it was just kind of just really hit hard. And then there was an and something that happened this weekend. That's just kind of rubbed me the wrong way.
00:55:21
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But basically, it all comes down to having the right support system in place, having the people around you that are, you know, whether whether it be your significant other or whatever, you know, that are pushing you in the right direction and and and encouraging you to go and grow and do what you do, chase your dreams, whatever that may be. And then you got the hangar honors and the look you lose that basically are non-existent unless they need something from you and they need a favor from you. And in a roundabout way, and I'm going to go ahead and put this out there for anybody listening and anybody listening, you know, take this however you want to take it. I'm not in the business of helping anybody anymore. I'm in the business of helping me and mine.
00:56:18
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And so if you're starting to, if you want to start a podcast, I'm not the guy to come to anymore. You can go to Google. There's plenty of tips and stuff I got on Google. If, if you're wanting to push your channels or whatever, I'm not the guy to come to anymore. It's a give take. It's a two way street from here on out. Um, I have been burnt. I have been made to look like an asshole more times than I can count.
00:56:47
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And then there's people out there that, I don't know, maybe they feel like I owe them something just because at one point in time, we may or may not have been close friends.
00:56:59
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And I'm just not in that business anymore. I'm looking out for me and I'm looking out for mine. Mine being this network and the people that are involved in this network, the people who come in and support us on a regular basis, the people who, um you know,
00:57:17
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I'm very appreciative to the people who who support us and the people who are there and and and watch our stuff and share our stuff and listen to our stuff. um But the other ones, and y'all can keep listening all you want, but don't come and ask. um listening We love it. Yeah, because there's no more favors being given. um Like I said, you know, been burned by quite a few people.
00:57:46
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And I know and I know I'm not the biggest podcaster out there. I know we don't have the biggest numbers or anything else like that or whatever, but still got people coming, you know, coming to me for help and asking for this that and the other thing. And I'm just not doing it anymore. And, and you know, James said something and a couple of other musicians said something to me that they are very appreciative and very grateful for, for, for me and what I do. economy mean I just, I just have you, I just have you, I just have you up. No, I'll fucking, I'll end your podcast.
00:58:31
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ah You know, Very appreciative and and and James and I were talking and he was like, bro He said at the end of the day you're going to the top and I'm going to the top and whoever gets there first He's like if I get there before you do I'm taking me with And that's the kind of shit. I want in my life. Those are the people I want in my life, man I'm over here supporting you telling people about you and you can you can reciprocate it and you can show actual appreciation and but man, like, and I might, and I might sound salty and I might sound some type of way and good because I am fucking salty. I think that's it. It's okay. Yeah. You are. Be salty. Yeah. I am, I am extremely salty and I do feel some sort of way because ah again,
00:59:25
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there are a lot of people out there that I've helped. There's been a lot of people that I've supported. And those same people have basically slapped me in the mouth. And this goes way back. I mean, this goes back to when I was just a jackass in my garage drinking on Periscope.
00:59:46
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ah
00:59:49
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Now you're just a jackass drinking in your bedroom on stream yard. Pretty much. Yeah, I've come a long way since the garage.
01:00:04
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I'll tell you that. I have. I have definitely come a long way from my garage drinking. up airs gonna put No, there's been a lot of streamers out there that. Tick tockers that I knew when they were nothing and then they got a little bit of fame and it went to their head and and completely disrespect these stuff.
01:00:29
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disrespected and kind of shit on, uh, on me because and that's the other thing, man. I spent so much time putting others ahead of me. And now I'm putting this in the forefront, like this, this, kind like, obviously the, the, the life outside of podcasting does come first with the podcasting. Like this network comes first before anybody else. Yeah.
01:00:52
Speaker
So you can um get on board or you can get on board with the train and and we can help each other and we can create a community and we can all grow together or you can hop off the fucking train and I hope you clear the tracks because it ain't slowing down and and it's going to run your. I made a post today and I said, 2025 is the year of nonsense. And I mean that. And I, and, and, and, and I'm doing that either. If I got to do it all on my own.
01:01:18
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or you guys strap up your fucking boots, as you said, and you guys start rocking with me and we all get on the same page. Regardless, this is going to be the year of nonsensical things are going to happen. Numbers are going to happen. I've got goals for us, man. I've got personal goals for for my podcast and stuff, but, um, and no more hanger honors. Don't at the end of the day, you're either on the same page or you're reading a different book. Yeah.
01:01:49
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Well, Glick, and I don't want to, I don't want to cut into your monologue, but I want you to hear two things from me. And and I want, know obviously I want our listeners to hear it too. um First of all, and Blaze and I kind of mentioned it a little bit in our, in the last Men Caring for Men show. the The people who are around you, you are the average of your five closest friends, right?
01:02:18
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If you keep shit people around you or people with that energy or people that fucking bring you down or don't support you, who aren't hidden in the heading in the same direction and as you, you are being a detriment to yourself. ah Don't ever be apologetic for removing toxic people from your life, whether whether or not they think they're toxic. They can be fucking mad about it all they fucking want.
01:02:43
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And if I'm ever one of those people that you got to cut out of your life, then just tell me that so that I can, I can be mentally prepared. But well connor there was a reason why i came up here tonight when do you bring that up but don't be apologetic.
01:03:03
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I love you and I know that you have a fire in your heart and your soul for what you're doing and this is your dream and you're chasing it. Stop apologizing and saying, I'm sorry for being mad. I'm sorry for coming off as an asshole. I'm sorry for this, but XYZ. Just fucking say it. Just be it. You don't have to be sorry.
01:03:31
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You know, if ever if ever there was if ever there was a time where this show impeded my life to the point where it was a detriment to me or a detriment to my family or it wasn't moving me in the same direction as where I wanted to go and I didn't want to be a part of it and it wasn't helping me, I would back out with no hard feelings. I wouldn't look twice.
01:03:57
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I would cross the road. I would wave goodbye. I'd say I love you and I'd peace out. We're not there, which is why I'm still here. But I wouldn't be apologetic about it. You don't have to be apologetic about your emotions. You don't have to be apologetic about cutting the wrong people out of your life.
01:04:15
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You have I have watched you support the wrong people I've watched you bring the wrong people onto the network and it's not a mistake of yours It's not a mistake of ours It's people that were toxic That had their own agendas that we cut out because we realized it particularly you cut them out because you realized it because you're kind of the voice for this network, but just stop being **** apologetic for doing the right thing for you and as you said, you and yours. Yeah. You know, you got on me about that today and there's nothing wrong with that. Yeah. Nikki got on me about it. Got on me about that in the car today. She's like, stop being so passive aggressive because there's kind of a situation that came up this weekend that just kinda really put the final nail in the coffin of how I'm feeling about things and it's just like,
01:05:14
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Nah, like people forget how much I do for others. And now that that that's that's gone. um'm there I'm there for the community. you know ah there's ah There's a community that we want to build, there's you know whether it be with them um form with the artists that ah and have come onto my music show, other streamers. Chaka has introduced us to a whole new community.
01:05:42
Speaker
and and through and And those guys are great. theyre they're you know um a And I'm not talking to them. I'm talking about the titty. And you're right. And Nikki's right. I do need to stop apologizing. and And I do just need to be like, you know what? Fuck it. I'm an asshole. You know why I'm an asshole?
01:06:03
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because you fuckers made me this way. Not you, but. I mean, I'm part of it. No, no, no, no. Don't don't backtrack now. I know I'm part of it. But you've also been very, very lenient with me because you understand kind of where I'm coming from with a lot of stuff. So I you can chew me out all day long. You'll never hear me bitch bits and complain about it unless there's I truly have an issue with something you say. just What up, James?
01:06:30
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ah just signed by luke
01:06:34
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now and Yeah, no, you and Nicki are both 100%, right? I do need to stop being so passive aggressive and just be like, you know, fuck fuck your feelings. And it is what it is because. God damn right he is. You just called you a bitch on live TV. Connor said I just called you a bitch on live TV.
01:07:01
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What?
01:07:04
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what um singing in is the Well, yeah just like your age. He said, just like your age. He said it, not me.
01:07:16
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but hes uninitted yeah And I hope he falls off a gondola in Italy. So do I. I'm sure his mickey will push him off a gondola. As she should. Or roll him off a one.
01:07:33
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the a eighty saw howard captain crunch yeah See, that's just a joke to you. My wife hears it every morning. um ah We'll be on for a little bit. No, yeah yeah no i I said that you were getting on me earlier and and Connor was just kind of getting on me too about being passive aggressive and like don't apologize. You're gonna be an asshole being asshole. fuck You know, so, and that's what I was saying that, you know, you were right. And, uh, obviously he's, he's right as well. It's just, I don't know, man, like, like I said, man, I've done so much for so many and, and, and, and there's been, and the only thing it's gotten me in return is a lot of frustration, a lot of aggravation and, and, and most importantly, just looking incredibly fucking stupid.
01:08:30
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And I can, and I need no help making myself look stupid. I can do that on my own. What's up Corey? What's up Corey? OG Corey. You started stupid on Saturday nights with Jeff. That was your fault.
01:08:48
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what don't don't you don't you look at me and act like this second podcast was my fault no no no you started this Saturday nights three almost four years ago now don't you put that evil evil on me Ricky Bobby you start and i go Oh, no, no, no, no, I, I, I started, I, I, you know what? I, I take, I take full responsibility. I did. I started nonsensical nonsense. I evolved nonsensical nonsense into the network. Um, I was just talking to Jeff about it the other day. Cause Nikki and I was sitting here. One of the things I was doing behind the scenes, uh, for our YouTube channels, I'm putting all the shows into playlists. So they're easier. Um, to take the so that they're,
01:09:31
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turned out it Yeah. Uh, so that when people come back to watch the replays, they're easier to find in the shows and whatnot. And I was like, Holy shit. I've done 36 interviews. I've done 40 some odd shows for Glick's house and music. And I've done like 36, 37 interviews at this point. And I was like, Holy shit. Glick's house of music was the evolution of the network because it was the first spin-off. Yeah.
01:10:00
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Um, you know, I, it was like, i yeah I used to feel bad when I would take credit because I created the network or I created nonsensical nonsense. Yes. Just been there since, since day one with me, but it was my brainchild and I've evolved it and I've continued to evolve it. And then I created this network and most of the shows on here have been my brainchild.
01:10:21
Speaker
Men Caring for Men. What the fuck news? Glitch House of Music, the sports show. Hey, Men Caring for Men was our brainchild. Don't you take full credit. Well, I needed somebody that I could count on to do an actual serious show with. And you were that guy. Because it was something that I had wanted to do for a while. But it's hard to do a men's mental health show by yourself. You know what I mean? It is.
01:10:44
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kind of impeach the i know you know people on like saturdays and sundays hey you want to come up and kill a host with me
01:10:53
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Hey, Brandon, if you can turn on a camera for me, show me a couple fingers and show me that you're actually a personal weekend. Try that one, James. If not, let me know. Brandon, how you doing, buddy? Hello.
01:11:14
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I was on here before. I think I was on here before. That's OK. We have people that come up that show up as repeats that will. There is a Restream button.
01:11:33
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there was that There is a Restream button. but it's But yeah, how are you doing, Brandon? Just fine. I hate to cut the look off in the middle of it. I hate it. There's three of you reaching over to my channel.
01:11:49
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Let me know if that works in the chat, James.
Guest Insights and Personal Growth
01:11:52
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If not, I'll send it over to you. ah Yeah, man. April Chill was the show. That was the shit. Pairscope Finally Rocks. Corey Simmons is an ocean man. He does. Good to see you, honestly. There's three of you reaching over to my channel.
01:12:09
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ah Yeah, Corey and and and Chris technician are both OGs from the periscope days. And that's the other thing, man. And that's the other thing, like, you know, when it comes to platforms and stuff like that, let's head to the other thing that I've been thinking a lot about lately. And I don't know why, but I have been, is when you create something or change something, you know, you might have an audience on another platform.
01:12:39
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And you might think that audience is loyal to shit, but then as soon as you change platforms, man, they're nowhere to be found. Right. you know the the And like I said, Corey's been around since Periscope. Chris Technician's been around since Periscope. ah There's a few other people that come in here from Periscope. There's a few people that come in here from TikTok and whatnot. But that's what I'm talking about, man. It's it's a lot about fucking loyalty, man.
01:13:08
Speaker
People ain't low no more and I think that's a huge problem because I'm like i do and did you look them And did you even look at my channel before? Nope no Made people say I can't I'm the best streamer Bonnie's saying you the best streamer
01:13:37
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We usually ah keep things pretty centralized within Nonsensical Network. We like to to have people up on our live shows to to add to the conversation. But yeah we we we stay within the Nonsensical Network for the most part. We don't we don't check out too many other people who have been burned a few times. I check out a lot of different streams. I've i've seen your streams. I've been in your chat.
01:14:03
Speaker
I mean, you might be like the You might be like the second best dreamer compared to us. I'm really sorry. Do you even have a favorite Looney Tunes character? I mean, does it get better than the look on it? They gone. Yeah, man, they gone. Chris, we did Chipotle here at the house.
01:14:31
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This place. But yeah no, not to Not to derail the conversation. Is that really the real James Luecker?
01:14:44
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I can't hear you yet. I haven't brought you up on stage. Chill. Yeah, I am. Yeah, I was. Corey, I was down in South Carolina. Now I'm right up here just a couple hours away from you. Ladies and gentlemen, I hate to interrupt, but it's the real life.
01:15:08
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James Luker. Hey, hello that guy. holy di die i go for It's like you were just at my house or something. I know it's crazy. If I was, then Chris drug drugged me and took me there. Great. Tell them all man. du I live. I've really let out no nowhere.
01:15:30
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He lives in the, he really does, but he also lives right on the Ohio-Indiana border. So literally his house is in Indiana, across the street is Ohio. Dan met that person before? Maybe. Dan met you before? You're cutting out, man. One more time. Dan met you before? oh Um, maybe. I do have a YouTube channel.
01:16:00
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You do? Uh-huh. So do I. And do you have a favorite character?
01:16:12
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He keeps cutting out. What is your sign? He wants to love your favorite Looney Tunes character. A Huntington's character? Looney Tunes. Oh, Looney Tunes.
01:16:25
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my My response was, I don't know if you can really get better than Lola Bunny. Dude, honestly, yeah. But I don't know, man. um I don't know. If I watch Space Jam, I'm sure I figure it out. I don't know right now. What the fuck? I can't tell you off the top of my head. I just got back from the gym and I'm eating rice. This is all I fucking eat nowadays, rice and eggs.
01:16:54
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You all healthy. Well, I do have a I do have a YouTube channel by the way Mention that yeah, you can't look at it. Oh, not right now cuz we're in the middle of a show I'm only going to 4,000 by the way All right. Hey, Glick, though, seriously, man, I really hope you enjoyed your time here, man. I really, um, it meant a lot to me when it came down, man. So, uh, I know I got really drunk on Friday. That's why I had to stop McDonald's to make sure I wasn't too gassed by the time we got home. So I had to do stuff to soak up the alcohol so we could talk when I got home, when we got to my house. I was like, dude, I don't want to pack out in these guys, man. Be my uncle at the show. And he kept buying me shots left and right, dude. Yeah.
01:17:43
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And they're biker motherfuckers, man. They're all bikers in that fucking bar, man. I love it. Always, always blame somebody else for how drunk you are. I love it. ah yeah no i mean Hey, man. I wasn't mad. Trust me. That's what Nicky said. You mean I got McDonald's twice in a 12 hour span? That was a happy fat fucker. What up, buddy? That was like seven months. Damn. He got untackable here.
01:18:11
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Yes, i said we that was now 3880 No, man, no, it was it was cool Saturday night was awesome, you know And then our our Friday night was awesome. And then coming out Saturday, I know you kept apologizing, but I thought it was cool, man. A little low key. Just kind of chill and, you know. Dude, he's not going to say it, but I was greening out. I was so fucking stoned. He was tickling. He was so high he was tickling Jeebus' tank. touch now He saw me like fucking smoke like three points back to back to back. see See, I get one and I'm good.
01:18:55
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Dude, I smoke constantly. I'm on a tolerance break right now. I'm actually detoxing my body right now. Oh, dude. See, I usually use mine because I've got one of the THC pens. just It's easy. It's convenient. It doesn't stink. I do like three, four hits off of that right before bed. It calms my body down. It calms my nerves down specifically, my legs. And du I fucking zonk right out. So I don't even really get time to enjoy the hot. I just fucking knock myself out with it.
01:19:25
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Dude, when I was at the gym today, look I shoot you not, man. My cousin works there and I was like smelling pot. um What was that gym, man? What was that gym pot? Huh? That gym pot?
01:19:39
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He's talking about his experience at the gym that he had today. Oh, was it good? No, no, I'm telling, he's asking what you were saying about the gym. Oh, okay, yeah. I go to the gym twice a day. Earlier I went and I did arms and I did back. And then I went just recently about an hour ago, I did chest and I did abs. It was awesome. I hate abs, but- I love doing ab workout. I love doing ab workout. I was like, you will never see me do a leg workout.
01:20:17
Speaker
I'm always all over body. My legs are, so my legs are like true. Why do I have a muscle that no one can even see? buts um mean it's like the sick thing i joke i joke around if The rest of my body looked like my legs did. I would, I would be happy. I'd walk around in underwear all the time if my body looked like my legs did. what Skinny with skin with no muscle? No, my legs are no no solid.
01:20:43
Speaker
i like I think he, due to the gym, I think he looks pretty big. I was, uh, I was going to, I was, he I was going to call him a legs guy. I mean, I got, I got big legs, man. That's why I don't, you'll never see me do leg workout. I wanted to go to the gym today. Unfortunately I didn't because I got, uh, I got wrapped up doing a podcast stuff. Um, yeah, I mean, it is what, well, that and the fact that Um, it's so cold up here, man. And I had to go into work to take the dumpsters out. And I have done so much damage to my hands by breaking bones and my fingers and my hands.
01:21:25
Speaker
and whatnot when it gets so cold out my hands literally like cripple up and they were in so much pain I could barely grip my phone like I could could even grip my phone to do what I was doing but I had to keep setting my phone up on my laptop to do what I needed to do on social media because my hands were hurt so bad so you could imagine going to the gym and trying to you know, grip a machine to do like, do a workout. Speaking of your hands, how banged up are they since you and my cat got into a fist fight? How big of his arm? How big are those arms anyway? I got I got scratches everywhere on my hands and up my arms. and ah Dude, my whole cat trouble, dude. She'll **** you up, man. She'll **** you up. I have. How big are those person's arms anyway?
01:22:11
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ah thirty six inch What was the third person on here? His are 28 inches, mine are 36 inches. And Conners are 14. It's so big that you can't even measure them. Yeah, I told Nicky. It's only when I flex, though, and I never flex, so you'll never fully see it. I told Nicky I have a new arch nemesis in trouble.
01:22:40
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It's on, I can't. that can't have started something that she can't. And there's untackable. Untackable says I have the best streams.
01:22:54
Speaker
I don't think Attractables ever said that. I don't think anybody's ever said that on this podcast. No, I was. And i was and you say that anyone else is better than us, then you are high. I was i was talking earlier, in James. you know One of our conversations that we had was basically like,
01:23:13
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getting the right people around us and getting rid of the snakes this weekend. And it's something that kind of really resonated with me and something that's really been bothering me a lot lately. And I was just throwing down the gauntlet like, here it is. If you fucking watch the show like you suckers say you do, then you're going to know where my stance is. Like, don't I'm not in the business to be helping people that aren't looking to be met on a two-edged tree to reciprocate. But that's not what I'm saying. I'm helping you. You preface all of that with,
01:23:42
Speaker
I'm sorry. I apologize. Yeah. but But I mean, the sediment is still there. Like, you know, we can we can have a community where we help each other, but don't don't don't expect something for nothing because I'm much like you have, James. You know, we've been burned by people and and and then we get made to look like assholes. And I'm tired of being and i think looking like an asshole because of other people.
01:24:06
Speaker
There's a reason why I turned everything bad into comedy. You've seen my snapchat now She said she got the car today what I picked up she said your boys been cracking me up all day today I was like I Watches in his snap stories. I've been dying listening And he wasn't gonna get my buddy his money for his tracks and So I said, and they brought me up in the conversation because they don't like me because they're fucking rappers. You don't have a fucking life around it. They just want to be small town famous. They don't want to act when I fucking said some. he He called me through his girl's phone, by the way, because I already blocked him like a year ago and he keeps watching my stories somehow.
01:24:53
Speaker
So as ran through college girlfriend, fucking, he calls me on her phone, starts calling me a disappointment and how my family hates me and all this shit. And I'm like, dude, I'm doubling everything that you have. like What are you talking about? I was like, you have like 500, I have like 3000. I said, dude, my last fuck, I don't pay for my views. You can tell when someone's paying for views. All right. Yeah, like, think about this way. His latest song,
01:25:19
Speaker
It has 19,000 views and it's only had got like 100 likes in like 12 comments. My latest song has 11,000 views. It's got 600 and something likes and it's got like over 100 comments. Make it make sense. yeah You know And then he, dude, until today I was like, you know what?
01:25:37
Speaker
I'm going to troll. So I literally stream shied like some of my biggest accomplishments and I just put I'm such a disappointment to my family it's on every single accomplishment. My magazine articles, my fucking numbers, my Spotify listeners every day.
01:25:53
Speaker
disappoint game I just, I just wish I knew you were such a disappointment before we drove all that way. and I told him, I was like, yeah. how like ah yo I how crazy is it now? I'm such a disappointment. I think I'll let you subscribe to scroll through my channel to come watch me. I've just met you. Hey, Brandon, with all due respect, buddy, we're we're doing this show and what we're not going to do is come up here and repeatedly shout out your show.
01:26:22
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um And you seem like a pretty good user. but elses knittting network but just not up here You seem you're a pretty good user. I was on here before. Okay, well I'm telling you this now, but so we're not gonna do that.
01:26:41
Speaker
respectfully. Again, I'm just, that I think that we need to change the pace here and helping out a whole bunch of other people is just taking us in the wrong direction too many times. So we're gonna, we're gonna stick with this show and focus on this show while we're on. What's up? All right. Well, say' going scary quick men Blake, I just want to say, dude, seriously, man, the amount of respect to you showed me and the amount of love you showed me, dude, uh, means a lot, man. It really does. Um, I would have, um,
01:27:08
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If this was a spare bedroom, I'm turning to a studio. I would have let you all stay here instead of buying a hotel. Right now, you know, my house is getting remodeled this year, so we're trying to get the inside going. Yeah, no, man. Like I said, you know,
01:27:22
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right um when i when I say that I like somebody's music or I like somebody, I'm not just saying it to blow smoke up their ass. I'm not trying to be a coattail writer. You know, I do want to make this year, and Nikki and I have talked about it, one of our goals is to You know, if somebody's performing within two to three hours, you know, we want to make the trip if we can and go support them. I want, I want, you know, I can sit here on a podcast and play your music and and tell people that you're great.
01:27:52
Speaker
But I can also make a trip and go see you and support you another way, or support artists in other ways as well. And and like I said, you know, man, I think you're a really good dude. I truly do. I got a lot of respect for you. I love what you're doing. I love the drive and the determination that you have. um I think you it mirrors what we have here on the network as as a collective.
01:28:15
Speaker
And, you know, you want, we're 100% behind you, but you also put that same backing behind us at the same time. yeah that's what bulls all That's why every time I have a chance, I can, I try to join a stream, you know, when I have a little bit of free time, you know, I see you guys a lot of like, for me, I've had, I'm friends with a lot with other reaction channels as well. And who's discovered me on their own, you know, and.
01:28:38
Speaker
The fact that they hook on to me and they, and they, and they, y'all y'all hook on to me and y'all spread my music around, you know, I try my best to share y'all on my YouTube community page. I tried to tag y'all and stuff. I like to try and try my best to spread the love. You know, like I don't have, I have followers, but I'm not like big, you know, I'm like, I'm still, I'm kind of made right
The Role of Music in Well-being
01:28:59
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now. I'm still, I'm still working my way up there, but like I said, um,
01:29:03
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I do my part, I try to do my part. ae like We had a conversation about ideas and stuff. We conversate about our ideas for like two and a half, three hours on Saturday. you know And you know you know how much I respect the Rax channels and the podcasters and you know what I mean?
01:29:18
Speaker
um you all are wanting to make the independent scene go around like you all are like our news channel in a way you know what i'm saying like you guys you guys show us and you guys give us your honest feedback like if you told me you didn't like one of my songs i would say oh hey bet um what did you not like about it so i can fix it you know so i don't make that mistake again maybe because if you feel that way somebody else does you know yeah and like for instance um i don't know if you if i dropped one so let um drops you've heard that song you like it but yeah if you hated it
01:29:49
Speaker
And he told me, Hey, I don't like that song. I'm like, Oh shit. Okay. Well, that's fine. You know, maybe, maybe, what did you not like about it? I like to know those things. I like to be critiqued. I like to know what I need to work on and what I shouldn't work on. You know, what am I good at? What am I not good at? You know what I mean? I just like to get better. And you want that from somebody you trust. And I think that's what we're talking about. You know, we're talking about, you know, building a community and and and I'm loving the music community that, uh,
01:30:13
Speaker
you know, that i'm um I'm starting to become a part of a lot of great musicians. There's some other streamers out there that that we're getting connected with better. They're a fun community man. They like that fun shotgun, lazy and Jedi beast mode and all those guys. ah And we support each other. You know, we were, we were talking this and it's funny because we, we took a break earlier. I was like, you know what, let's play this song. I forgot it was on here. But James and I were just talking about it.
01:30:42
Speaker
Last Hope. You said that's what you said. You feel like that's one of your worst songs. And I said, we fucking love it on the network. That was a good song. And we play it. That was about ex-girlfriend, man. That note in that video was legit. It was an actual note you left me. I saved it for like four months, specifically for that video. But that goes back to where we were talking about. You never know the way somebody's song is going to affect somebody. The way somebody can relate to it.
01:31:11
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or get them out of a hole that they've been in for God knows how long. you know ah Music and and mental health go side by side. they I mean, I know music has gotten me through a lot of iffy times, man. And it's not even necessarily like a sappy emotional song. Sometimes it's just like a kick-ass song that is like you know a hard-hitting rock song or a rap song or something like that. And it's just like, why am I fucking sitting here feeling sorry for myself? like I know I'm that goddamn good number, but you're feeling sorry for myself. Fuck all that bullshit. And it's because a certain song got me out of that funk, man. That's what I said, man. You never know when that right song is going to hit at the right moment. Like, you know, we exact random but about you getting a little soft with Ryan alone, but I love this song. It's a different side of you. And look what the numbers are doing, man. They're blowing up for you. know The numbers are cool, man. And I like it. But like at the end of the day, man,
01:32:11
Speaker
I wrote that song because it was about it was about what I've experienced so far in the music industry when it comes to like, you know, real life things, you know, I can make a song all day long, like, fucking saying y'all can't change my an outlaw way shit fucking that hard rock until I'm dead shit, you know, blacked out. But when it comes out somewhere alone, I I feel like I wanted to connect more with people. I feel like I need to really let people know how I feel like the other side, like you said, the other side of me and the softer side of James, not the whole fucking punch you the face 24 seven. I want people to know that I have emotions. You know what I mean? Those songs are the same thing as Monday nights. I wrote that song about the truth. And plus, you know, when somebody younger than me,
01:32:54
Speaker
comes and takes my place when I'm older and I can help them out and they see, Hey, you know, he wrote something about the music industry and this is what's going to, I told him like, Hey, this is what's going to happen. Your friends are going to leave you one day. If you, the bigger you get in the industry and you're going to have to write a loan one day, that's, that's basically the message to us for the younger artists after me, you know. Yeah. those the the You know, unfortunately the fake ones will weed their self but weed themselves out and the real ones will still be there.
01:33:20
Speaker
yeah I think I'm not coming up with this clown. do that I think he was referring to Brandon. um nothing its that's you know that's That's another one of those things, man. You could have a young artist or an artist, not even a young artist, just an artist in general, that's going through the struggles, man, in that song. you know like i always give ready to say You most of the week, we're just here on nonsensical network, just cutting loose, having a good time, having fun. but Then on Monday nights, we get serious and and people get to see a different side of us. And and we've all been on the show. We've all shown
01:33:57
Speaker
a serious, you know, quote unquote, vulnerable side to ourselves on Monday. It's important to show. That's important to show nowadays, man. Like, did I interrupt you? Not bad if I did, man. I'm trying my best. Go ahead, man. I didn't interrupt you, man. Go ahead. All I said was Glick cried. You can go back into the episodes. Like, it was within the first five episodes of Men Caring for Men. Glick cried. You cried too. Shut up. Yeah, I know. But people expect it from me.
01:34:23
Speaker
okay people People expect that from me. I'm a bitch. That's why I'm on this show. True true true story. yeah I think I scrubbed that episode. It no longer exists. Nobody will ever believe you that I cried. really That's music, especially music that's heartfelt and that comes from a true space in in an artist's heart. um When people connect with it, it's because they don't feel like they're alone.
01:34:50
Speaker
Uh, I know that for me in particular, like when I listened to certain songs, it makes me realize that more people, this song is at a certain extent, that big or enough people have heard it and enjoyed it and liked it that I'm not alone in the way that I feel. And whether or not this artist is talking about getting through it or not is an important, I know that this struggle isn't just my own. I think that we kind of try and do that here on Monday nights as well as show people that yeah, we're these fun,
01:35:20
Speaker
whatever, dudes. And then Monday night, we we we come together and we kind of get serious and and show people that it everybody's fucked. Everybody's fucked. That's a good thing. That's a good, you know, that's a good thing. It really is, dude. And like, that's another reason why the bigger idea, I try to bring everyone up around me and I try to bring more fans, to more eyes to them, you know, because I feel like the people who, the reaction is who I, who I'm friends with, like Glick, Stonerman, uh, Ambrose, um, a couple other guys like,
01:35:49
Speaker
I they they're in it for the right reasons, you know, and that that's important. That's very important is to be in it for the right reasons, you know, and like I I've told bla like, bro, start a reaction, you know, that, you know, start a reaction, you know, into your podcast, do live podcast reactions, but do other reactions, you know, for it like satcha or what you could do is you could do a reaction on your podcast, take clips of it and then put it on another channel. You know,
01:36:19
Speaker
There's so many, there's, there's endless possibilities, man. Like, I don't know, man. I just so like to try to throw my two stands, try to help out as much as I can for anybody who you could use it. You know, I'm not the smartest man in the world, but I know a lot more than I should at 22. I'm just, I'm just waiting on that up church interview. You promised me that's all.
01:36:42
Speaker
oh You know, i mean hate him and I haven't talked to Ryan and like, in a minute. I've been talking to Trey. Taylor Cantville, I don't know if you guys know who he is. He's another, yeah, him and I are about to do some music together, Sam. Him and I just talked today, actually. Trey and I are about to film a music video for February. You already know how far I'm ahead. I've told you all about it. I'm only here four months ahead. You heard the Just Trey song and I. Yeah.
01:37:08
Speaker
and you heard this through the west, you saw the music video and he gave me his honest feedback. That's all I wanted, you know, and I played it live and shit. It was fun, man. I really had a fun weekend with you, dude. It was really fun. And I don't trust very much this time in my house. So I got good vibes. I think you were good, dude. Yeah. And I'm kind of the same way where I'm like out of town, out of my element. I'm a little bit more cautious and I'm not, uh,
01:37:36
Speaker
So eager to where I'd be like, yeah, I love it. But no, man, it's just an old ass town, dude. It's an old ass historic town. That's all it is. It's a cool town, man. It reminds me a lot of a lot of the small rural towns we have here, especially like where I live at. it It reminds me a little bit of NERC. It's a little bit bigger than NERC, it seems like. But it still reminds me of ah of my town here. We had fun. just doing the tourist thing and driving around and checking out the town and, and all that. Um, but yeah, I mean, it was like, there was a, there was a a level of trust there and, and, and, you know, you come up, you know, you, you present yourself, you're definitely a good dude at the end of the day. So it was like, okay, Nikki, you want to go out and he's invited to come hang out in his house afterwards. And she's like, yeah I tried, I tried to be a good dude, man. Um, I tried my best to.
01:38:31
Speaker
I just like to make people laugh and smile. I try to spread positivity around much as I can, as much as people try to bring the negative side out of me.
Maintaining Positivity and Authenticity
01:38:40
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That's why I turn everything into into comedy. Because like I feel if you laugh a lot of things off, you know it doesn't hurt that bad. you know like This dude told me too, like over the phone said that my girl's disappointed me, my mom hates me. ah The 765 hates me. this allll Just digging at me. I'm laughing at him saying, that's fine. That's OK. But real little did he know.
01:39:01
Speaker
If he wouldn't have sent those tracks, I would have made a YouTube video about him and I would have spread it to every reactor. I knew to tell Craig squad to go to his channel and report his channel for fake views. And his views and his channel got taken down because it's obviously fake views taken down. Yeah. Now that's, that's the thing. I mean, it's kind of what we were talking about tonight. It's just, just yeah the fakes and the co-tail riders, you know,
01:39:31
Speaker
And um I'm going to put, I'm going to put the same effort into people that, uh, and again, it is what it is at this point. I'll put the same effort into people. They're putting into me. You know what I mean? And then by me, I mean, first in my personal life and then in this podcasting life, if I'm giving and giving and giving and you're just taking, well, you know what? You're going to find yourself wrote off real quick and in a hurry.
01:39:56
Speaker
You know, I've given away a truck to my brother and he sold it for fucking drugs. I totally, dude, I've, I've been burned by family and friends, man. Let me tell you something, dude. It hurt and it stung, but damn, it made me stronger. yeah um um That's why I am the way I am now, dude. Like I've, I feel I've lived a lifetime. That's why, you know, like, that's that, I feel like I've lived a lifetime and more, you know, and I feel like I'm you know, I'm not trying to like boast something like that, but like, I feel like I'm wise beyond my ears. And I feel like that's a I feel like that's why I get along with people who are older than me. And like I said, I don't know if I told you this, school but hey, you're allowed my house. Anytime you want, by the way, like, yeah yeah in the summertime, we have fires all the time. We shoot guns. We shot fucking guns. I mean, my buddy brought like a whole fucking arsenal with me. We just became friends, James. and I'm just saying, you know, I was high as a fucking shotgun.
01:40:48
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, Connor and you said guns. He's there. Yeah, we'll go ahead. We'll go and have a good old time. I'll come. I'll show up with like 5000 rounds. We'll have fun there. My buddy, he brought he brought a sawed off shotgun in a fucking tu in two in 245 and she. he I told Nikki. You guys that you guys said that you do a 4th of July party out there every year and you invited us and.
01:41:13
Speaker
Like I said, you know, because her birthday is actually on the 5th of July and it'll just depend on, you know, if the kids are here or whatever, but. I might have a birthday party of my own. i My birthday is coming up in April. I might just invite y'all then too as well. If it'd be in April, it'd be a little bit warmer out. I could have a fire. um I might just invite y'all out there too. We all could go out to, I could get my producer and shit. Cause the original plan on Saturday was to go to Jay's house and watch the fights, watch UFC fights and then have a fire here. But then I went south and then I got two stones. I didn't make the fire. And then. Not have at all.
01:41:50
Speaker
Not at all. You are wise, but you forgot to shut up. Well, that's a check. Well, that's one of our boys. He's a ballbuster like us. Oh,
01:42:08
Speaker
that kind oh he's just breaking my pools. yeah He likes to touch them real nice too. It depends on the day. I'm not gonna smoke for like a week, man. I don't know what the hell I'm gonna do. I got beer. I got beer. He's seen it.
01:42:27
Speaker
yeah you know i will What's your favorite kind of beer, bro? Depends on what I'm what i'm doing, right? but So like am i am I having a beer with dinner or am I drinking to get drunk?
01:42:45
Speaker
Drinking for a nice buzz, I guess, like one or two or three. Blue Moon's. Blue Moon's pretty good. I like, ah I like Banquet. I'm a Banquet guy. Yeah, I like Coors Banquet. And then my favorite beer is, is Sam Adams Oktoberfest. Every fall I look forward to their Oktoberfest. I think they have the best one. So I'll sit down. I'll buy that because they only come in 12 packs or 24 packs.
01:43:12
Speaker
So I'll buy one of the big packs and I'll go through it in like two days. who just bought some Don't worry about it. On track, will you okay down there buddy? On track, we'll say he's having a hard time. I just want to make sure he's okay. Are you? You're not frozen to the core, are you? I know you guys are getting.
01:43:35
Speaker
last two the cold weather two or degrees that one. I took my boys to school this morning. Holy. Do this everyone degrees here too bro day i you say or 4? 4. OK, yeah, because you live in. ah Do you live in like Central Indiana or I'm like a. me hang on man I gotta think of the company like said you're more on like the east side of Indiana, but like yeah, I'm i'm clustered i'm like right next to Ohio. eton ohio yeah North, South, and he's about an hour and a half away from me. Okay. Yeah. I live, uh, I live down by the river. I live out in out near Evansville.
01:44:13
Speaker
oh hell you is i would a get a nine degrees Evansville fucking sucks. Dude, tomorrow I have to get out in this and I have to put my new motor in my truck. um dude they're they're they're They're closing the schools here tomorrow and Wednesday because tomorrow it's supposed to be like,
01:44:32
Speaker
The windshield is supposed to be like negative 20. Honestly, I don't love having my kids at home instead of at school. But at the same time, I hate getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning to freeze my ass off, taking them to fucking school. God, I love them. They're lucky. I'm on a bus. I can't. They go to private school and they don't run buses. Make them walk.
01:44:56
Speaker
that That would be that'd be like an hour and a half long walk. They'd probably get picked up by some fucking homeless dude. to get molested When I was a kid, I had to walk 10 miles in six feet of snow to go to school. And I had to carry my sisters on my back. Did you have to dodge the homeless pedophiles?
01:45:16
Speaker
Well, in the summertime, not so much in the winter. They were pedosicles in the wintertime. I can't focus on touching little boys. I'm too cold. I don't know. I think the constant amount of gunfire in your neighborhood should be more of a concern than a ditty.
01:45:42
Speaker
I mean, I'll give them my i'll give them my old ACH in my body armor. They'll make it. They'll make it to school. All right. Yeah. we live on the street owner cran We live on the corner of Crenshaw and Baghdad. i want tell you some If your kids show up to school in body armor, they're going to assume the worst. Listen, my school knows where we live. They asked if we were okay. Day one.
01:46:06
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proof. um yeah i's a real i told their I told their principal, I was like, yeah, they were like oh, where'd you where do you live at? Like, I was like, Oh, we live we live on the corner of this street and this street and she goes, Oh, do you guys like it there? I was like, No, she was like, I didn't think so. I was just making sure. No, no, we had a we had an interesting way of moving because I got out of the military shit going on two years now a year and and a year and some change ago and uh the when I got out we moved and we stopped at my mother-in-law's house and we stayed there for like a month moved out to Vincennes which is south of Terre Haute and we were there for like six seven months and my wife got a job making decent money and when she uh signed her offer letter essentially it said you know within 12 months you have to move within 30 minutes of Evansville and I was like
01:47:06
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easy enough. And so we didn't do as much research as we probably should have. And within the first and four months of touchdown Ohio State, within the first four months of being there, there were two murders, three shootings, and we had two dudes get arrested in front of our house on separate occasions. And I was like, yeah, yeah, we should start looking for another house. Yeah, dude. Evansville's a, Evansville's a rough area, man. It's a fucking area.
01:47:34
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Like I said, I'm not a really huge fan of, uh, of the area, but it's, it's temporary. Yeah. Yeah, of course. And I, yeah, thank you for your service by the way, dude. Appreciate it. Oh, I love doing it. I love doing it. It was more than a pleasure. Hey guys. Um, I don't, I hate to hop off here, but my phone's going dead, but I just want to hop in and say what's up to you guys and you know, appreciate you guys, everything you guys do for us. And thank you guys for, you know, helping the independent artists out and men's health, mental health out. You know, I really, really means a lot. I love what you guys are doing. Okay.
01:48:04
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So I'm going to keep on sharing y'all stuff, do what I can to help get more eyes on you guys. And you guys do the same for me. I really do. It means a lot. So just I appreciate it, guys. Seriously, thank you. Appreciate it, James. Thanks for coming up and being part of tonight's show, man. ah You are feel free any night of the week. Of course, no problem, man. I'll be i'll let you all know when I come up and have time, all right? Absolutely. What's up, brother? We'll see you next time, man. Oh, wait.
01:48:31
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He did this. All I should think of was fucking horizontal. Anyway, a track. A trackable. You good, brother? You you OK down there, man? You sound like you're going through some shit. Oh, make me make me nervous. No, that's that's ah that's that's that's the shit right there I'm talking about, man. The people that have the same mindset, man, like. Oh, no. And I'm I'm so laser locked in and it's just like
01:49:05
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I, there's a, there's a, there's a part of me and I guess that's why I keep like, apologize if I sound like an asshole. There's a part of me. It's like, I really don't want to be an asshole, but there's also a part of me where it's like, fuck it. It's asshole mode engaged, uh, at the end of the day. So I've got to kind of, standby I have to try a brownie that my wife made. Is it a weed running? No.
01:49:31
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It's a brown butter brownie that she made from scratch. And if I don't try it now, she's going to shoot me later. So, and by, by scratch, what she means is that she made it out of a, uh, poison. She's ready to crash. She's ready to cash in that 500 grand. That life and policy is screaming her name name by, um, that's disgusting. Why would you feed that to me? That's really good.
01:50:03
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and Anyway, um, Betty Crocker makes good brownies. That's what she said. Jedi. Nice to see you. What up Jedi? I don't know about you click, but I feel like we're rolling up on the end of this. I, I super appreciate the fact that James came up Brandon, even though he hopped out and we had a, had a little conversation there in the middle. I appreciate you coming up. Um, I think that he, he might have a YouTube channel. I don't know. I can't remember if he's mentioned that or not. Um, but.
01:50:35
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I don't know about you, lick but I think I'm I'm about ready to uh oh touchdown Ohio State. Twenty seven to seven. Anyway. National champs around the corner. My Monday night has gone pretty damn well. It's rigged. Your face is rigged. I'm pretty sure after Michigan beat Ohio State like a drum. Well, they didn't beat him like a drum. They just I think it was one i no i think i think i think an Ohio State fans perspective. I will tell you compared to how we played for the entire rest of the season, you beat us like a drum. Yeah, I think I think there was a former legendary Ohio State coach that said if you can't beat your rival, then. Your championship is invalid. And you know what? I don't completely disagree, but I also disagree because somebody goes home with a ring and
01:51:30
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The rival, whether they beat us during the regular season or not, doesn't go home with a ring. Anyway. Yeah, we got one last year. Undefeated, by the way. but We've been undefeated before. We just didn't go undefeated and win the national championship in the same year because of reasons. Or win a Big 10 championship. I love the new playoff system, by the way. I really truly do. i think I think your four big conferences, like they did this year, if you win your conference, you get the bye week.
01:51:59
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And you're automatically in. ah but i love But I love the new college playoff system. And I know there's bugs and there's quirks that need to be worked out. And they will. And I think they'll wind up potentially bumping it up to maybe 14 teams, maybe 16. I don't know. But I'm happy with it. I like it. Because you never know. You never know never know what can happen. I mean. yeah ah Click. It's not it's not Sunday.
01:52:28
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Sunday it was yesterday. You brought up you brought it up. i Well, yeah, because the game's on. I've been watching the game the whole time. I'm watching Ohio State win the national championship right now. I haven't had this feeling since 2014, OK? There's only one state. There's only one state in the entire country that's watching that game. And that's Ohio. Anyway, thanks so much for coming in and listening to us, guys.
01:52:53
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I'll tell you the same thing I told Blaze on Saturday night. This might not be, what well actually Saturday night is my show, but this might not be my show, but I have all, I have all power. I can do this someday. I'll set fire to this goddamn network. I'll burn this whole bitch to the ground and start a revolution.
01:53:09
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just But thanks, everybody, genuinely. Thank you for coming in and listening to us. If you took the time out of your day, out of your busy schedules to come listen to us and have a better Monday, we very much appreciate it. Go check us out ah at bio dot.link slash nonsensical network. We're on all your social medias. all you platform And don't forget About beards and beards and vaginas. I don't know. How did it work? we what That's a totally different page. that's sorry so don't Don't type that in. That's that's my that's my other other but other other only thing. Beauty and the beard creative corner. you know you're not to be sla there Whether you want a nonsensical network
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01:54:57
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I'd like to wish you all the best in your future endeavors, sir. Your services are no longer needed on the network. However, the other like use your white box the other services you provide me, we're going to have to keep those going. Now, tune in tune in every Monday. We kick the week off at 6pm with ah Speedway stories and cold-blooded conversation. That's my guy Wally He's talking motor sports and reptiles. I don't know how the two go together, but damn it. He makes it work We had a really cool guest on tonight So check out that replays on It is on YouTube. I don't know if it's up on the Spotify yet. but Hopefully we'll get it up here within the next day or so, um Followed by wall or right after Wally on Mondays. We have a double-header on Monday
01:55:46
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Right after Wally is this guy right here beside me Connor with men caring for men sometimes live sometimes pre-recorded sometimes you Might just see two random people here doing a show because colors. Am I a he's a wall Don't don't don't don't start being impact My slave days we don't we don't talk about that Yeah ah Tuesday what's the fail?
01:56:13
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Uh, Tuesdays, the most important show of the week, but best show of the week. I mean, I mean, I'm trying to be unbiased here, but that click guy is kind of a tool, but nonetheless, I agreed. I think that the whole world agrees.
01:56:31
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yeah Tuesday nights is Glick's House of Music. That's ah that's me. ah You guys know who I am at this point. I'm the face and the voice of the network at the end of the day. You know who I am. No, I'm hanging out with local and upcoming musicians. We're chit-chatting. you know We're getting to know them. We're having fun. It's not your typical interview. You've probably heard a million interviews with musicians.
01:56:55
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Ah, that's not how I roll. Um, and then we're playing some of their music as well. So hopefully introducing, uh, everybody that listens to some new music, some new artists that they might really enjoy and really like, uh, Wednesday nights, what the fuck news? That's a that's Jeff and I, if it's in the news and it makes us say, what the fuck, we're going to talk about it. And it's all comedy based. We have fun. We make fun of stupid people because they deserve to be made fun of because they're stupid. So we make one of them and we have fun.
01:57:24
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Uh, Thursdays, I think Thursdays, supposedly there's a, there's a show on Thursdays. Uh, Jeff's garage is more, it used to be a car show, but now it's more of a, of a hobby show. It's all about, uh, hobbies and different projects and stuff. So I think Jeff's going to try to get some guests on there and and talk different things. So check that out. Friday nights is blazes show. Blaze and Jeff are watching movies on nonsense and chill. Uh,
01:57:53
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just kind of hanging out, watching, watching movies, man. They got the chatter's box open. They invite you guys to get in there and add your two cents and enjoy the movies. They watch. Um, and then Saturdays we get another double headed on Saturday, Saturdays around noonish. Uh, when cash is here every other Saturday, we do a cashless corner and we're talking all rass, WWE.
01:58:17
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WWE and having fun doing that, doing what we do. 20 men in underwear. You know, there's a lot of women in WWE. There are, there are, but that's not what a lot more you to watch as much as you would like to believe it. Well, true. We can agree to disagree. You can lie to the world, but you can't lie to me.
01:58:44
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yeah and then Saturday nights is the main event here on the network. Six fucking hours, ladies and gentlemen. A complete and total anarchy. The inmates take over the asylum. We do a little thing. We call it the open door challenge. We drop the link in the chat and we say, bring all. All are welcome. The dumber, the better.
01:59:12
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unlike Unlike Monday nights. Unlike Monday nights. But we do ask that you keep your wean in your butthole in your pants because we don't want to see them. But we just have fun and as we cut loose, we we have a good time. We invite everybody up. And then we wrap the week up with a little sports style on unnecessary roughness. Myself, Big Rick, and our boy Derek Wayne does. Let's forward against the Brooks House of Music, now a member of the network. Hey, I got apples. Wow. um You know, like I've never, I've never watched someone take 10 minutes to go through 10 shows, but I was impressed. You did a good job. I like to give a little bit of a, discgra I did it earlier in in three and I got the bio link out there and I got Nikki shout out out there. So I did it in three earlier. i've really includ to take me It did take me like 10, 10 takes to get it condensed. on minutes but and
02:00:06
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Well, too bad there's no presidents because it's a dictatorship and I am the king of the network. So I can't be. here We are wrapping up the show. like you and Every time we wrap up this show or I should say every time I wrap up the show, even though Glick started it and finally he's here to speak his catchphrase. God damn. And if you forgot it, I'm going to be pissed. um You can get it on the back of the hoodie or a t-shirt or on a mug.
02:00:36
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So, Glick, please go ahead and tell me your final thoughts for this Monday night so that people can start off their week the right way.
Supporting the Community and Seeking Help
02:00:44
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Well, first and foremost, stop fucking sucking people. Be fucking better at the end of the day. You know, we're all out here trying to do something. You know, let's let's take care of each other and and and and keep you know the podcasting community alive and the streaming community alive and come together and have a good time. There's there's plenty of internet for all of us.
02:01:06
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We can have fun without people shitting on other people and and and being coattail writers. But with that being said. You know what we do around here, just be good or be good at it, baby. That's all.
02:01:21
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I'm going to slit your throat if you don't say it. What am I supposed to say? What what what is it? if People, strong people build their houses. Oh, shit.
02:01:33
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oh what Oh man, what I done forgot about that. Oh my God. I'm so mad. Sorry, sorry. Oh God. i i am I am so mad. A strong man, a strong man builds a firm foundation by the bricks thrown at him. ah Close enough, close enough. i think i think I think I just reworded it a little bit differently, but or yeah, I don't know something like build a fucking foundation out of bricks. People are with you. Yeah. It's something along those lines. Every night that I have that I do this show, I try and do my best to say it, but I always forget it. So at least this time I'm not the one who fucked it up. I wonder if I can find it while you do your spiel. Yeah. So it's Monday night. My final thoughts for the night and I like to try and stay on topic with it. Uh,
02:02:30
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this this goes for everybody and obviously I was directing it toward Glick earlier but stop apologizing for doing the right thing for you, your family, your goals, wherever you wanna go in life. Stop apologizing for the right thing for you. Stop apologizing for cutting out toxic people in your life. They're gonna do nothing but hold you back. And I said it last week with Blaze.
02:03:00
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You are the average of your five closest friends. If you hang out with the wrong people who are not there to support you, who don't want your goals for you, who don't want to see you succeed, then you are never going to reach it. You need to pull them out of your life yesterday. You need to fucking do that. And you need to not apologize for it and don't feel bad about it. If you're mad, fucking let your emotions go and say it.
02:03:26
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don't feel bad for it. Say what you gotta say and then if you said too much, apologize for it later but get what you need to get off your chest. With that said, Glick, thank you for coming up. I genuinely, I appreciate having you up here like we did in the old days. James Luecker, it was awesome to be able to meet you man. it was It was good to have you up here. We'd love to have you again.
02:03:54
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Brandon, I know that you dipped out, but I appreciate you coming up here. It's just good to see you guys out here supporting the channel and to everyone who listened took that time out of their day. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you next Monday night and like ah don't forget ah don't forget a successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw.
02:04:16
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There you go. Thank you. thank I was was getting upset about it. oh i was show good I always try and leave you guys with this. I think it's important that it gets put out there.
02:04:30
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Uh, everybody gets hits low points in their lives. Everybody gets down. Sometimes you need some help to get pulled out of that pit that you're in. Um, so if you're in a super low spot or you're in a spot where you're thinking about hurting yourself, call the suicide prevention hotline, 1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-273-8255. Uh, and for all the veterans out there, uh, 988 is the veteran crisis hotline. Press number one, option one.
02:05:00
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There is always somebody that you can talk to. You are never ever alone, no matter how lonely it feels. I've been there. I know Glick's been there and and you need to be willing to speak up because you only get one life. And even though it feels like shit now, you'd be surprised. You would you would be blown away by the difference that one year, a couple months, 10 years, five years can make in your life.
02:05:30
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So thank you guys so much for listening in. We're going to play us some outro music and we will see you again next Monday night on the men caring for men podcast on the nonsensical network. Be good or be good at it.
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