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393 — 12 Inches Later
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Ty and Eric celebrate the meatball drop by reminiscing on their top Think Fresh moments from 2024, including notable guests, saucy topics, the merch store launch, hip hop lore, meals together, favourite fluids, memorable episodes, and Playboy Carti’s antics. Start this episode at 11:24:05pm to ring in the new year with your favourite podcast hosts. Cheers.
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Transcript
Countdown Excitement and Cultural Counting Systems
00:00:04
Ty Fresh
Three, two, one. Happy new episode, Eric.
00:00:11
Think Fresh
Woohoo!
00:00:13
Ty Fresh
Well, today's a big day if you like counting.
00:00:13
Think Fresh
Beep, beep, beep, beep.
00:00:19
Think Fresh
Dude, if you love counting down from 10, today is your day because you can do it, you know, in so in several languages, people should be able to count to 10.
00:00:22
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:00:28
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:00:29
Think Fresh
So this is your time to shine, you know?
00:00:31
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm, I've been practicing all year.
00:00:32
Think Fresh
Uno, dos, tres.
00:00:33
Ty Fresh
Six and seven still throw me a little bit, but I think I can do it.
00:00:37
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Do you know why six was afraid of seven?
00:00:41
Ty Fresh
No, tell me.
00:00:43
Think Fresh
because seven eight nine i wasn't sure if you've heard that joke ty but sounds like you have oh good question i'm not sure six was a six inch um how can we always count to 10 and never to 12
00:00:45
Ty Fresh
No way. But the real question though was, ah was nine a nine inch?
00:01:00
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:01:06
Ty Fresh
Yeah, like the calendar is 12 months. The clock has 12 numbers. But we're a 10 10 based. What did they call that one a 10 based system? There's a word for that.
00:01:20
Think Fresh
Um, metric.
00:01:22
Ty Fresh
Yeah, something like that. All the ah intelligent breadheads are screaming it right now. But we are just dumb podcasters.
00:01:28
Think Fresh
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. If you take this podcast seriously, then you're just as dumb as us.
The Concept of '12 Inches of 2024'
00:01:34
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Thankfully we acknowledge the ah the golden number they're like the golden 12, you know, we'll call it Mm-hmm.
00:01:42
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. The golden brown 12.
00:01:46
Ty Fresh
And that's why I Love that and that's why we are dedicating this entire New Year's Eve episode Eric to the 12 inches of 2024 and
00:01:46
Think Fresh
It's kind of like the golden ratio, but tastier.
00:01:59
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm the eve of the new year tie and I'm unfortunately have sad to report that there's no Playboy Cardi album this year.
Playboi Carti Album Disappointment
00:02:08
Think Fresh
It was all a lie after all Yet, I mean if he pulls a buzzer beater off, I'll be really impressed.
00:02:08
Ty Fresh
Yet.
00:02:15
Think Fresh
But let me just check real quick.
00:02:15
Ty Fresh
who
00:02:16
Think Fresh
Did he drop the album?
00:02:17
Ty Fresh
yeah you better it's just Eric just keeps perpetually refreshing his Spotify page. I don't know, man.
00:02:22
Think Fresh
Nothing there's There's nothing on the Playboi Carti Apple Music page. um So, 2024 music was a lie, Ty.
00:02:27
Ty Fresh
Wow.
00:02:32
Ty Fresh
I know it was never going to happen and we all knew it. I don't, I don't even think we should be refreshing the page at this point. Like that's like next level simping for this guy. Like if he releases music, you'll find, you'll find out about it via memes.
00:02:42
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah. I actually saw online that people are organizing a mass unfollow of Playbook Cardi on New Year's Day because he didn't drop
00:02:55
Ty Fresh
That's hilarious.
New Year Countdown and Celebration Plans
00:02:56
Think Fresh
this last year.
00:02:56
Think Fresh
So, um I mean, we're kind of screwed, but it doesn't matter because Ty and Eric have been drop, drop, dropping twice a week for a whole 52 weeks.
00:03:05
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:03:07
Think Fresh
Can you believe that? It's actually kind of mesmerizing.
00:03:10
Ty Fresh
Yeah, dude, we were dropping January 2024. And now we're watching the meatball drop together. On this episode, I'm assuming we're launching this episode with a workback so that it the episode ends on New Year's.
00:03:17
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm Yeah, we should actually just count down We should count down at the last like I don't know we'll start at the last 12 seconds of the episode and Then we'll let you know at what point to start the episode that way we can count down together on New Year's Eve Mm
00:03:26
Ty Fresh
That the plan here? Yeah.
00:03:42
Ty Fresh
Yeah, totally. We'll put it in the description. This is a good plan.
00:03:45
Think Fresh
-hmm
00:03:46
Ty Fresh
This is a good plan.
00:03:47
Think Fresh
Lovely. That kind of negates our last plan of dropping at midnight. So I don't know.
00:03:52
Ty Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:03:53
Think Fresh
Which one do we want to do, Ty?
00:03:55
Ty Fresh
Well, if we drop it on midnight, that means we miss our Tuesday launch deadline. And I feel like we owe it to the breadheads to be consistent with our release schedule.
00:04:06
Think Fresh
That's right. OK. We'll count it down together at the end. Just don't let me forget.
00:04:10
Ty Fresh
Okay, I won't either. We'll probably forget.
00:04:13
Think Fresh
Cool. And you know this is a special daytime, because if you were listening to this during the countdown at Subway, there's a good chance that your bread has been toasting since last year.
00:04:24
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Wow.
00:04:26
Think Fresh
That's going to be burnt.
00:04:26
Ty Fresh
I would... Dude, you don't want to eat the year-old sandwich.
00:04:30
Think Fresh
Hell no, dude. If that thing's been on the subway line since 2024, there's a good chance that you're going to have food poisoning from it.
00:04:32
Ty Fresh
No.
00:04:36
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:04:39
Ty Fresh
Yeah, 100%. Like, yo, if you're ordering some of the more niche sandwiches, like the egg salad, that you could literally be in a two year old sandwich.
Chef Pino's Interview and Culinary Reflections
00:04:48
Think Fresh
Oh, a fuck. Yeah, because that thing's been sitting in the bucket.
00:04:49
Ty Fresh
It's kind of crazy.
00:04:51
Think Fresh
It's been kicking the bucket for a whole year.
00:04:53
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Then it's like that egg is in its 20th trimester.
00:05:01
Think Fresh
Damn that that that egg is in kindergarten by now.
00:05:04
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:05:06
Think Fresh
All right, ty let's let's jump straight into our list. We want to go through each month and maybe, you know, You can start, and then I'll quickly follow with my top moment of the month.
00:05:18
Think Fresh
And we'll just see how many of these we can agree on.
00:05:19
Ty Fresh
Okay.
00:05:22
Think Fresh
But i'm i'm starting we're starting off real strong with January. So why don't you kick us off, Ty?
00:05:27
Ty Fresh
January 2024. We had so much potential, Eric, and we started the year so strong with one of our best guest episodes to date. Think Fresh brought on a well-awarded chef, Pino, of Chappino's restaurant, go to the Italian spot in here in Vancouver.
00:05:49
Ty Fresh
um It was episode 303, solid episode. um That has to be my top pick for Think Fresh moments in January. How about you?
00:05:56
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Oh, dude, it's absolutely and but it's impossible to beat that one, um especially now that we probably gave his last interview since he retired, which is kind of insane.
00:06:09
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:06:09
Think Fresh
Like his last interview as a professional chef, like he's he's now retired. So way to close it out strong.
00:06:13
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. It's a part of it's it's a part of the Think Fresh permanent collection now and a timely recognition of that episode because I think Chappinos officially closed its doors this week.
00:06:20
Think Fresh
That's right.
00:06:28
Think Fresh
Exactly. um Just real quick on Pino, I actually went to famous pizza restaurant Spaccanopoli, world famous, not far from my place, and they had a pizza on there dedicated to Chef Pino.
00:06:36
Ty Fresh
Nice.
00:06:43
Think Fresh
It was a truffle white sauce one, and it was called the Pino or something.
00:06:50
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. I saw that last time I was there.
00:06:51
Think Fresh
It looked really good.
00:06:52
Ty Fresh
Did you order? You didn't order though. It looked pretty rich.
00:06:56
Think Fresh
It looked very rich and I wasn't as hungry as I wanted to be to go for a $37 pizza.
00:07:00
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:07:02
Think Fresh
Um, so I went with my usual, uh, Capuchosa, but next time maybe meet with, if me and you go there, we can split that one.
00:07:03
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:07:07
Ty Fresh
Excellent.
00:07:11
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that's a good call.
00:07:12
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:07:13
Ty Fresh
ah i do I want to reference some notable quotes from that episode for the breadheads, because what Chef Pino did for you and I, Eric, to start the year right, was reset how we think about food.
00:07:25
Ty Fresh
And I really appreciated that about him. So I'll leave you with two quotes. The first one, chef said was, food is not who you are at birth, but food is who you become traveling the world and engaging with different cultures.
00:07:43
Ty Fresh
Isn't that beautiful?
00:07:44
Think Fresh
Beautiful.
00:07:45
Ty Fresh
I think he said that ah well ah reminiscing on his friend late Anthony Bourdain, friend of the friend of the pod.
00:07:51
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:07:54
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Or that's right. We're one degree away from Anthony Bourdain here at Think Fresh. This is pretty insane.
00:08:00
Ty Fresh
It's kind of crazy.
00:08:02
Think Fresh
um Yeah, dude, my friends have better friends than you.
00:08:03
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:08:05
Think Fresh
It's kind of cool.
00:08:06
Ty Fresh
Damn.
00:08:06
Think Fresh
um But that was actually like my top moment was him reminiscing on Anthony Bourdain.
00:08:06
Ty Fresh
Yeah, it is.
00:08:11
Think Fresh
Like if I wanted to get real specific, it was that. Segment of the episode.
00:08:14
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:08:16
Think Fresh
So yeah, really cool to talk to somebody who would who has had him at his house your second quote?
00:08:16
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:08:22
Ty Fresh
Yeah, no kidding. He is a fat Anthony in the kitchen.
00:08:30
Ty Fresh
There are no enemies in food, no competition, because food is supposed to bring people together.
00:08:39
Think Fresh
Lovely. I'd love that, Ty. That's brilliant.
00:08:41
Ty Fresh
I know.
00:08:42
Think Fresh
ah kind of bring That kind of reminds me of our podcast.
00:08:43
Ty Fresh
It's a... It does, because we come together.
00:08:45
Think Fresh
Me and you. we've We've come together, Ty, and we could all have know more different takes on food.
00:08:54
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
00:08:55
Think Fresh
So it is quite nice.
00:08:58
Ty Fresh
Um, I also think it was an important thing to hear because we, we have an antagonistic relationship with our sandwich artists and hearing that quote reminded me that we're all trying to just build the same sandwich. We're all in it together.
00:09:17
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, dude, we're all just taking turns adding the veggies, you know, of of life.
00:09:21
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. My success is theirs and their success is mine. Love thy brother. Love thy artist.
00:09:31
Think Fresh
I agree. um Let's jump into February
300 Episodes Milestone and Guest Commitments
00:09:35
Think Fresh
tie. This is my month.
00:09:35
Ty Fresh
Whoa, whoa. One more honorable mention for January before we move forward, Eric.
00:09:41
Think Fresh
OK.
00:09:41
Ty Fresh
We crossed the 300 episode threshold on January 13th. Meet Maxine. Pretty special. Just wanted to flag that before we moved on. Historic moment for Think Fresh.
00:09:54
Think Fresh
historic moment and we're going to be doing the same in just a couple of weeks with 400, which is pretty insane.
00:09:59
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Wow.
00:10:02
Think Fresh
Wow, I love this. um But it is a nice reminder to put effort into like getting guests. Like I think ah that's my fresh resolution of 2025 is to get more guests.
00:10:15
Think Fresh
I think we should have at least five.
00:10:19
Ty Fresh
We've got to grow the family here.
00:10:20
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. I agree. OK, February. um That was another guest month. And my top moment was talking about eating sandwiches on a steel beam with Zach Shiffman.
00:10:35
Ty Fresh
Oh, yes.
00:10:35
Think Fresh
The iconic sandwich photo.
00:10:40
Think Fresh
Could this be the it was could this be the top sandwich photo taken of all time?
00:10:40
Ty Fresh
That was a ah wonderful conversation.
00:10:48
Ty Fresh
Yeah, for sure. It is 100% the most replicated, the most well known photo of someone eating a sandwich.
00:10:56
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. So was that your top moment as well?
00:11:01
Ty Fresh
So I thought about giving it up to Zach Shiffman. I specifically enjoyed when he talked about how he just can't get into carbon and he was brave enough to share his story with us.
00:11:14
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, it's it takes a lot for a guest to open up to us and share their trauma. um But, you know, luckily for us, Zach was a good sport and was able to ah
00:11:23
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:11:25
Think Fresh
Yeah, talk about not being able to dive into the spicy rig.
00:11:29
Ty Fresh
Yeah, exactly. ah Zach's a writer for Grub Street. He's a comedian. and He's a ah in social mogul of New York. So go check out that episode. It's 3-10 Terry Yucky Chicken, if you're interested.
00:11:42
Ty Fresh
oh Eric, I also just honorable mention
00:11:42
Think Fresh
Nice.
Hip Hop Highlights and Chicago Subway Incident
00:11:45
Ty Fresh
of February.
00:11:45
Ty Fresh
I felt like it was really defined by hip hop. um We had Vulture's 2 drop, Drake's Meat dropped online, ah we saw playboy we saw Playboy Cardi in a thong, it was just a big month for hip-hop.
00:12:02
Ty Fresh
So no real, like, all honorable mentions.
00:12:03
Think Fresh
Like all of those.
00:12:07
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, all of those like were tied for second for me as well. um But that is crazy, Ty. That is that is crazy. Big, big month for hip hop. Black History Month, actually.
00:12:17
Ty Fresh
big months yeah we're not getting new music but we're getting something else
00:12:19
Think Fresh
so like Black History Month ended with Playboy, Cardiothong. We've strayed too far from God's light.
00:12:31
Think Fresh
Damn, that's crazy. Um, okay. You know, tangentially related tie for ready to jump to March. Um, my top moment of March was the homicide in a Chicago subway.
00:12:40
Ty Fresh
ah no
00:12:46
Think Fresh
Um, there was a headshot for, to one of the bread heads, which was sad news, but I thought it was such a big story. It was probably the most like, like flagrant story we've told on the pod maybe this year.
00:13:01
Think Fresh
So it had to be the, um, Top moment in March, in my opinion. Just a scary kind of day in the news, but worth worth talking about.
00:13:06
Ty Fresh
Wow.
00:13:11
Ty Fresh
100% is the first time that I felt that the responsibility of the journalist is to bring integrity to sharing the new story.
00:13:22
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:13:24
Ty Fresh
you know This was our our responsibility are to break these this news and cover the scene and make sure we did our best to offer an honest and respectful take on what what what was unfolding in that subway.
00:13:39
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I agree, Ty. Sometimes we gotta put down the jokes and deliver the news, and that's what we did.
00:13:46
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm, yeah, we are a couple of anchorman.
00:13:49
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:13:49
Ty Fresh
But that wasn't my top moment, Eric, of March. My top moment was when you and I went on ah to a podcasting meal at newly opened restaurant Elio Volpe here in Vancouver.
Culinary Adventures and International Dining Experiences
00:14:03
Ty Fresh
If you remember, we had a three-hour Italian meal, multiple courses, you ate an entire branzino fish, and then we spent at least 45 minutes sitting in your car talking it through.
00:14:15
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. That was actually my honorable mention, Ty. That was such a fun moment. um The climax, I would say, was when about seven or eight plates shattered behind my chair.
00:14:29
Think Fresh
Do you remember that?
00:14:30
Ty Fresh
Riot. They dropped a porcelain bomb behind us.
00:14:37
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, the Italians were feeling left out in the Hiroshima atomic bomb. incident, so they they felt like dropping one on me last time. That's pretty crazy.
00:14:47
Ty Fresh
That's crazy that you're still leaving.
00:14:48
Think Fresh
I found yeah i was i was picking out branzino bones from my coat for another week after that.
00:14:56
Ty Fresh
he's got bones in the coat and chips a porcelain in in the pockets nice ah man yeah that was wild that was a whole wild meal and i can't believe you're still unpacking the trauma of that uh
00:15:02
Think Fresh
I got a bone to pick.
00:15:13
Think Fresh
I was in the splash zone, unfortunately. That's the only reason why. I was able to protect my co-host, and that gives me some solace in everything.
00:15:21
Ty Fresh
I appreciate you stepping in front of a bullet for me. yeah So that was episode 319 instant replay for any of the breadheads who want to revisit.
00:15:27
Think Fresh
Oh, shit.
00:15:37
Think Fresh
um Jumping to April tie. Number four.
00:15:42
Ty Fresh
Number four.
00:15:42
Think Fresh
ah Number four was my return from jap Japan.
00:15:49
Ty Fresh
Hmm.
00:15:49
Think Fresh
That was my top moment. I was able to come back from Japan bearing gifts ah of stories and telling you about all the raw eggs I consumed.
00:15:59
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:16:00
Think Fresh
That was a new one for me, so I was happy to share my experience gobbling down the goop in Japan.
00:16:06
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. I did appreciate that. You gave us the greatest gift of all, which is podcasting content. So thank you for um
00:16:14
Think Fresh
That's right.
00:16:16
Ty Fresh
stepping outside of your comfort zone and country's borders to discover what other culinary in interesting this lies in ah in Asia. So it was very good. though that That led to like multiple episodes.
00:16:32
Think Fresh
Totally. There was just so much to tell. ah But what was your what was your top moment in April?
00:16:38
Ty Fresh
So I couldn't pick just one, Eric, I was tied between two. I love that for a brief instance, we pivoted this podcast to a movie review podcast, just so we could spend like two hours talking about the 1948 neo realist masterpiece, bicycle thieves.
00:16:57
Ty Fresh
That's episode 329 for anyone that wants to check it out.
00:16:59
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:17:01
Ty Fresh
ah Between that and there was a moment when we realized that yellow mustard and Dijon mustard, your mustard preference actually determines your political affiliation. And I thought the way we unpack that was ah pretty important, pretty like groundbreaking. And so that would be episode 327, bipartisan mustard.
00:17:25
Think Fresh
I fully agree with you on that last one. And can you just remind me and the breadheads, if you are a Dijon guy, where where do you stand on the spectrum?
00:17:36
Ty Fresh
Oh, Dijon's for the Libcock, for sure, because yellow mustard is the mustard of the welder and the all actually all blue collar workers.
00:17:39
Think Fresh
OK.
00:17:47
Think Fresh
That's right. They never have Dijon at the at the ball game. you know It's always the yellow neon mustard that you can squirt from the big communal bottle.
00:17:51
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:17:56
Ty Fresh
Exactly. Like if you're supporting a high school sports team outside of a Home Depot, the hot dog that you're buying does not come with Dijon mustard. I'll tell you that.
00:18:08
Think Fresh
That's right, especially on the honey kind, the ultra pussy version.
00:18:12
Ty Fresh
Exactly.
00:18:14
Think Fresh
Um, speaking of bicycle thieves, that was a cool episode. I think, um, I think we should do more movie reviews in 2025 or just reviewing like other content.
00:18:22
Ty Fresh
That's a great idea.
00:18:24
Think Fresh
That's not ours.
00:18:25
Ty Fresh
I think there's a good like call a few like culinary and fast food documentaries that we might want to sink our teeth into.
00:18:32
Think Fresh
Yeah, that's interesting. That is interesting. Okay. Do you want to tell us about May? What happened in May, Ty?
00:18:41
Ty Fresh
Oh dude, May was a big month.
Music Feuds and Personal Experiences
00:18:43
Ty Fresh
ah Because May was when the Drake and Kendrick feud really heated up. So we got in we we got really into debating what was going to happen, watching it unfold. So I think my my favorite moments from that was all of the clever jokes we came up with, including the episode title, Certified Protein Lover.
00:19:11
Think Fresh
That was a good one. um That was a historic moment of 2024. I feel like that will go down in history. One of the highest profile like takedowns of anybody.
00:19:23
Think Fresh
you know um there's It's tied for first with Trump, to be honest.
00:19:23
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:19:27
Think Fresh
um But my top moment tied a little bit different. That was when we got our boating licenses.
00:19:34
Ty Fresh
Yes. I wrote that down as an honorable mention.
00:19:38
Think Fresh
Nice, yeah. I personally did not get to flex my boating license. I was not pulled over with on a vehicle this year. Luckily, hopefully it doesn't happen tonight when I'm drunk driving. um But yeah, I didn't get to use it. And I'm like not I'm not upset by that because it is what it is. The boating license lasts forever. That's the beauty of it. Get to use it next year. So I think next year we should make a year resolution to podcast on a boat.
00:20:08
Ty Fresh
the Dude, getting those licenses was so much fun with you and sharing our tribulations live at as we got through the quizzes and the certifications with the breadheads was a memorable experience for sure. And even though I never touched water this year, this this next year, we definitely will. It just feels good to have like be licensed to float, you know? In a moment's notice, I can commandeer this watercraft.
00:20:38
Think Fresh
In an emergency or otherwise.
00:20:41
Ty Fresh
Or other.
00:20:43
Think Fresh
Exactly. OK, June was a crazy month.
00:20:45
Ty Fresh
Wow.
00:20:50
Ty Fresh
Oh, yeah, dude.
00:20:50
Think Fresh
It's the middle of the year, and we had maybe the most insane episode of all time, which was our Patreon-exclusive sloppy tie.
00:21:01
Ty Fresh
ah
00:21:02
Think Fresh
This one we were podcasting under duress with a former guest and friend of the pod, ah Patrick, from the now-defunct How Original podcast.
00:21:03
Ty Fresh
And not all podcasts survived the year.
00:21:21
Ty Fresh
We gained Hawke Tua and lost how original.
00:21:22
Think Fresh
Oh, shit.
00:21:26
Think Fresh
Oh, no. Yeah, dude, it's a cutthroat industry.
00:21:29
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:21:30
Think Fresh
That's why you have to be a throat goat to survive.
00:21:33
Ty Fresh
100%, huck on that thing. ah So that was a really good moment. Honestly, not our best episode quality. I tried running it back and I ah i lost the plot within 10 minutes, both recording and listening.
00:21:48
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:21:49
Ty Fresh
But that's why it's a Patreon exclusive.
00:21:51
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm, which means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme We don't have a patreon.
00:21:52
Ty Fresh
um
00:21:56
Think Fresh
We only have an actually we are only fans got deactivated But so we're only on every other streaming platform imaginable.
00:22:00
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:22:05
Think Fresh
What was your ah top moment though?
00:22:05
Ty Fresh
Yeah. Dude, when I think June at Think Fresh Campus, I think two things. Drinking buds and eating six inches. And that's what June was to me. was the It was the month of the six-inch sandwich and a light beer.
00:22:23
Think Fresh
Oh, fuck yeah. Was this like a segment we did where we had a six inch?
00:22:29
Ty Fresh
Yes, we specifically got into it on EPP 345 summertime sauces, but there is a common thread throughout the entire month where we are just loving a little bite.
00:22:43
Think Fresh
I actually remember this.
00:22:43
Ty Fresh
A little bite in a big bud.
00:22:46
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Oh, dude. Yeah, that is awesome. Actually, a tall boy and a six inch is like the perfect lunch.
00:22:53
Ty Fresh
you're Both of both your food fluids and your solids are the same size. They physically take up the same space.
00:22:58
Think Fresh
Wow, yeah. Yeah, dude, we got to do that's another I keep making more and more resolutions and I'm scared I'm not going to stick to them all. But if I were to add one more, I say we got to do some more outdoor recordings with probably a six inch in hand and a couple of beers. I think that would be ideal.
00:23:19
Ty Fresh
Dude that would be so beautiful so brat to bringing back bringing back that summer
00:23:24
Think Fresh
Yeah. Mm hmm. but The brat summer never ended, Ty, OK? We're in a perpetual brat summer now.
00:23:35
Ty Fresh
yeah As long as you're dining al fresco and you're enjoying a tall boy, you're a brat to me.
00:23:40
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:23:45
Think Fresh
Damn. Thinking about our bratwurst winter, that was a fun one, too. But I'm jumping ahead.
00:23:50
Ty Fresh
z
00:23:51
Think Fresh
um July. Do you want to tell us what happened in July, Ty?
Lifestyle Trends and Food Trials
00:23:56
Ty Fresh
Oh, yeah, dude, I don't know particular episode driving this memorable moment. But I remember ju July was the month that think fresh got really, really, really into viewing.
00:24:10
Think Fresh
Ah, yes, the churro mewing was quite good.
00:24:10
Ty Fresh
We
00:24:14
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. We ah got the mewing gum online. I was chewing daily. I was doing jaw exercises. I was mugging myself in bathroom mirrors.
00:24:24
Think Fresh
Yep.
00:24:24
Ty Fresh
I couldn't stop. I was thinking about it every day. I took ah so many notes on the practice, on the form.
00:24:31
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. I think it's paying off time. I'm looking at your jawline right now at this present moment, and I can tell that it's it's working. So keep up the good work.
00:24:44
Ty Fresh
I'm glad that I've been able to beat the consuming copious amounts of Brie allegations. I thought that would have rounded me out by now.
00:24:52
Think Fresh
It's a shame that soft foods are often more expensive and better. like Name a hard food that's good.
00:24:57
Ty Fresh
os she
00:24:59
Think Fresh
Actually not sorry out good, but a hard food that is like a luxury item. None.
00:25:05
Ty Fresh
There's nothing. Yeah, you're right. Hard food is reserved for the pedestrians.
00:25:10
Think Fresh
Exactly. Like foie gras. You don't even need teeth to eat that.
00:25:15
Ty Fresh
caviar you just swallow yeah maybe like a parmesan crisp but like freshly baked feels like it's entering that category but still very soft
00:25:15
Think Fresh
Or caviar. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. You just slurp it off of your hand. You don't even need fingers.
00:25:31
Think Fresh
True, true. Um, speaking of soft and mushy tie, July for me was all about the subway salad. That was the time where we dove into the bowl and tossed some salad. And I got to say, I will never go back.
00:25:50
Ty Fresh
Yeah, me either. It was a one and done, but we had to do it for the broad heads.
00:25:56
Think Fresh
That's right. Um, I don't have any other words for that one, so let's go into August.
00:26:01
Ty Fresh
No.
00:26:03
Think Fresh
And, um, this one is a ah low moment for me. It's a highlight, but it's a low moment. I probably had the worst food poisoning of my entire existence. And I don't know if you remember this tie, but I shot water for like seven days and it was like, it was horrible.
00:26:12
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:26:20
Think Fresh
I fucking, I lost like 10 pounds, but yeah, it sucked.
00:26:25
Ty Fresh
Yeah, dude, I do remember that. We called you the sauce boss for a week.
00:26:30
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, when when all the I.G. baddies are saying remember to drink water, I was like really happy for that because I had to remind myself.
00:26:41
Ty Fresh
Yeah, good call. ah You almost died of dehydration, but um that's not what I remember about that month, Eric. What I remember about that month was you slow roasting an entire lamb.
00:26:53
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah, that was. That was memorable, that's for sure. That will stick with me forever. um Yeah, both of these honorable mentions happened on my trip. So big big month for me personally.
00:27:09
Ty Fresh
Yeah, you're always catching flights and feeling bad. is
00:27:17
Think Fresh
Yeah, it's possible that I kind of like paid for that lamb and ah in a divine way, you know, um in the karma way.
00:27:24
Ty Fresh
who Catching flights and flus. Unk got shot that month, but that didn't even make my highlight.
00:27:29
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:27:31
Ty Fresh
I thought the lamb based conversation was way more interesting.
00:27:36
Think Fresh
Me too, actually. Cool. Well.
00:27:39
Ty Fresh
ah September, Eric.
Merch Launch and Global Expansion of Subway
00:27:42
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:27:42
Ty Fresh
wea September was a really, really important month for Think Fresh because that was the month that we officially launched the Think Fresh merch store and a brand new ThinkFreshPodcast.com to go along with it.
00:27:59
Think Fresh
Oh, dude.
00:28:00
Ty Fresh
Historic.
00:28:02
Think Fresh
Dude, our digital foot-long print has ah really expanded in September. And I got to say, I'm really happy about that. Thanks to everyone who visited the website and also made a purchase.
00:28:17
Think Fresh
Really appreciate it. I got to say, the merch site is it's here to stay. We're going to be adding merch. I don't know if we'll do like drops or if we'll just kind of periodically like throw some things in there, but definitely stay tuned because more will be dropping on there. And I agree. th That was also my top moment of September. Just the fact that we legitimize the business a little bit further, you know.
00:28:42
Ty Fresh
who Honorable mention, Diddy went to jail, but ah less related to our podcast, just wanted to point it out.
00:28:51
Think Fresh
Yeah, that was probably one of the top stories in the world on September, ah unless you go back to 2001. But you know when it comes to our podcast, dropping merch is more relevant.
00:29:05
Ty Fresh
Yeah, 1000%.
00:29:06
Think Fresh
A bigger deal.
00:29:09
Think Fresh
um
00:29:09
Ty Fresh
Let's talk October, Eric. what What made October memorable for you?
00:29:11
Think Fresh
Let's do it. Well, Ty, October was, I would say, pretty quiet in terms of you know, things going on. But I think one of the better topics that we discussed was subway going even more global and hitting touching grass in Uruguay and Mongolia. I thought that was like a really interesting segment where we compared the cuisines of those two places and discussed why subway may or may not be trying to um inflict the damage on those people.
00:29:44
Ty Fresh
Dude, i I'm definitely thinking about that episode where you're talking about 369 Brazilian Bun Lift. That also resonated with Think think think Fresh audiences globally.
00:29:50
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:29:54
Ty Fresh
i think I think that was one of our most popular episodes of the year.
00:29:58
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Exactly. Yeah, it was when we did our Spotify wrapped, it was mentioned as the top top episode of the year. And it was pretty obvious that it was it was by a long shot. So, yeah, thanks for everyone to for listening.
00:30:13
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm, and if you want to just get if you get familiar with think fresh lore, maybe that's a good place to start
00:30:18
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:30:19
Ty Fresh
Eric, my top moment of October was actually something different.
00:30:20
Think Fresh
Cool.
00:30:23
Ty Fresh
ah My favorite moment in that entire month was when you and I recorded an episode of Think Fresh podcast outside of a subway. And while we were recording, people got in an actual fight right outside the subway doors.
00:30:41
Ty Fresh
A bunch of very sketchy looking people just started fighting each other. And we had it all captured on tape. and
00:30:50
Think Fresh
Yeah, that was pretty exciting. Definitely got the endorphins going for the episode. Was that during this Brazilian Bun Lift episode?
00:30:58
Ty Fresh
375 swallows Eve.
00:31:00
Think Fresh
ah Oh, great. So that would have been right before Halloween. The the spooktacular events of Subway never heard cease to amaze me. But yeah, OK, interesting. I was going to say maybe the like you know tangential energy kind of flowed into the recording.
00:31:19
Think Fresh
And we were able to get a nice vibe going. And that's why people liked it more than other episodes.
00:31:26
Ty Fresh
Yeah, totally. ah
00:31:28
Think Fresh
OK. Let's talk about um November really quick.
International Dining and Beer Obsessions
00:31:35
Think Fresh
This was when you came back from Italy. And that was one of my top moments when you, sharing your stories of dining in Venice, canal side, um talked about drinking some natty wine, getting some chiquettis.
00:31:49
Think Fresh
And yeah, i just I was so happy that you enjoyed Venice, because I really liked that place, and I thought you would have a great time. And you did. So yeah, that was like a highlight for me, just seeing my co-hosts happy.
00:32:01
Ty Fresh
Dude, that was an iconic moment in the year for sure. I think you and I talked about bellinis for two episodes straight.
00:32:07
Think Fresh
Dude, the Bellini's got to be talked about. That's just what it is.
00:32:12
Ty Fresh
But that wasn't even the dominant fluid narrative of the month, Eric, because for me, the top moment was our slow, sinking obsession into the world of Guinness.
00:32:23
Think Fresh
oh But the gateway.
00:32:27
Ty Fresh
the gate the gateway, yeah, going down a dark, a dark hole.
00:32:31
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:32:31
Ty Fresh
um So it it dude it was a black hole that month.
00:32:32
Think Fresh
A black hole, really.
00:32:36
Ty Fresh
I think I drank more Guinness than I ever have in my life.
00:32:38
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:32:39
Ty Fresh
And we could not get through an episode without referencing it.
00:32:42
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. I mean, that's the beauty of this podcast. I is everybody who's listening is on the on the ride with us. They're listening to our personalities, you know, ebb and flow changing as the trends come and go.
00:32:58
Think Fresh
So you're learning more about us as we learn more about ourselves. And we're both now Guinness enjoyers.
00:33:02
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
00:33:05
Think Fresh
So.
00:33:05
Ty Fresh
It's a journey of self discovery for sure.
00:33:09
Think Fresh
um Quick jump into December, which is this month. Um, I gotta say it's very related to november because my top moments were our two episodes in the pub Being able to order a guinness while on mike.
00:33:25
Think Fresh
That was like peak Like if we're talking about splitting the g this is Splitting the episodes with two guinesses and I gotta love it tie top moment for me by far this month
00:33:34
Ty Fresh
mm-hmm 1000% Eric I am right there with you my top moment as well is posting up with these microphones and you in a couple cheeky points in a proper Irish pub 388 mil class hole for the redheads to reference if they want to check that out but that was maybe the top moment of the year for me
00:33:55
Think Fresh
Brilliant.
00:33:59
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, it beats talking about Bourdain for sure.
00:34:05
Ty Fresh
For sure. It was really cool.
00:34:07
Think Fresh
Oh, fuck.
00:34:07
Ty Fresh
And Trump worked at McDonald's. But when I worked in a pub with you, some get some Guinness bread, maybe I hear you're gonna be baking some Guinness bread soon.
00:34:14
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, we got to we got to break bread with ah with some layman sometimes, you know, break break into some ex-mus parties.
00:34:27
Ty Fresh
Is that true?
00:34:28
Think Fresh
That's right. That's right. I did receive fresh from Ireland direct from the source some Guinness bread mix. So stay tuned on how that works. That just I just reminded myself I should have bought a Guinness today.
00:34:41
Think Fresh
I completely forgot. I'll be doing dry January.
00:34:43
Ty Fresh
Dude.
00:34:44
Think Fresh
So fuck me, right?
00:34:47
Ty Fresh
I'm heading to the liquor store to purchase whatever Guinness they have left immediately after this episode.
00:34:52
Think Fresh
Nice.
Year-End Reflections and New Year Wishes
00:34:54
Think Fresh
OK, well, thanks for listening, guys. It's been a hell of a year. Here's to 12 more inches next year and wishing all the breadheads a prosperous, hungry, and smelly year.
00:35:00
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:35:09
Ty Fresh
yeah Remember to wash your hands in 2025. Uh, shall, shall we count down the bread heads from 12 and then 12.
00:35:14
Think Fresh
That's right.
00:35:18
Think Fresh
Thanks for reminding me. Let's do it.
00:35:23
Think Fresh
11.
00:35:23
Ty Fresh
Nine.
00:35:25
Think Fresh
Wait, what?
00:35:25
Ty Fresh
Oh, I've been practicing so much.
00:35:27
Think Fresh
No, dude, 11 comes after 12, not 9.
00:35:32
Ty Fresh
and I still screw it up.
00:35:34
Think Fresh
Okay, well, let's alternate, okay?
00:35:36
Ty Fresh
Okay. 12.
00:35:39
Think Fresh
11, 9, 7, 5 inches, 3 inches, 1 inch.
00:35:40
Ty Fresh
ten eight six inches four inches two inches wow yeah yeah never counting again
00:35:55
Think Fresh
Happy New Year!
00:36:01
Think Fresh
Ah, fuck. Well, we blew that one. Little breadheads. It's 2025. Hope you're kissing some broad right now as we are still in your ear. um I know I'll be doing the scene.
00:36:19
Ty Fresh
Yeah, we're all too busy laying down big wet ones to keep this episode going. So go enjoy your night.
00:36:25
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:36:25
Ty Fresh
I i hope you get a lay with it.
00:36:30
Think Fresh
Cheers.
00:36:31
Ty Fresh
Cheers.