WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:08.460 Hello from Baehr and Curadh, a podcast from the Land of Awes Information Services. 2 00:00:18.739 --> 00:00:20.019 I love you, Curadh. 3 00:00:20.019 --> 00:00:20.919 I love you, Baehr. 4 00:00:20.919 --> 00:00:25.399 This is episode 149 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. 5 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:27.879 We're going to talk about what's up. 6 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:30.059 Okay, yeah. 7 00:00:30.059 --> 00:00:31.179 What's up at home. 8 00:00:31.179 --> 00:00:31.859 Okay. 9 00:00:31.859 --> 00:00:39.719 Well, my voice probably sounds different because I had five teeth extracted. 10 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:40.799 Four. 11 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:41.539 You had four. 12 00:00:41.539 --> 00:00:44.819 Four teeth extracted for dentures. 13 00:00:44.819 --> 00:00:45.519 Yes. 14 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:48.979 That's why we weren't here last week, so we apologize. 15 00:00:48.979 --> 00:00:52.239 That was Thursday? 16 00:00:52.239 --> 00:00:53.279 Mm-hmm. 17 00:00:53.279 --> 00:00:54.219 Wednesday. 18 00:00:54.219 --> 00:00:54.719 Wednesday. 19 00:00:54.719 --> 00:01:03.179 And I had already made plans to take Thursday off work, figuring I would not be able to work. 20 00:01:03.179 --> 00:01:11.619 And then Friday, I had to take Friday off, too, because the... 21 00:01:11.619 --> 00:01:12.479 Gave you vertigo. 22 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:13.899 The vertigo, yes. 23 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:25.579 It seems like pretty much any time I have any kind of head trauma, it loosens those calcium crystals in my inner ear, and then I have vertigo really bad for a while. 24 00:01:25.579 --> 00:01:26.019 Yeah. 25 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:26.599 Yeah. 26 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.479 And this is like the second or third time in a row it's happened. 27 00:01:29.479 --> 00:01:30.259 Mm-hmm. 28 00:01:30.259 --> 00:01:34.379 Yeah, it gets really bad, too, where you get to the point where you fall over and... 29 00:01:34.379 --> 00:01:36.079 Yeah, when I fall down, it's bad. 30 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.699 You risk hurting yourself, well, by falling over, so... 31 00:01:38.699 --> 00:01:38.859 Mm-hmm. 32 00:01:38.859 --> 00:01:40.519 But you're doing much better now. 33 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:44.399 Relatively speaking, you still can't eat any hard food. 34 00:01:44.999 --> 00:01:47.039 Yeah, that'll probably be a month or so. 35 00:01:47.039 --> 00:01:47.319 Yeah. 36 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:51.219 I think sometime this week I'm supposed to go... 37 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:52.499 No, next week. 38 00:01:52.499 --> 00:01:57.959 I'm supposed to go back, and they're going to put clay in my mouth or whatever. 39 00:01:57.959 --> 00:01:58.719 Okay, like a fitting. 40 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:00.559 To make an impression. 41 00:02:00.559 --> 00:02:01.679 Oh, okay. 42 00:02:01.679 --> 00:02:03.899 And then that will go off to the lab. 43 00:02:03.899 --> 00:02:05.739 And they'll make your fake... 44 00:02:05.739 --> 00:02:06.299 Fake... 45 00:02:06.299 --> 00:02:11.439 Then they'll make the denture and go from there. 46 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:11.859 Okay. 47 00:02:11.859 --> 00:02:12.239 I guess. 48 00:02:12.239 --> 00:02:13.499 So, there's no chewing for... 49 00:02:14.279 --> 00:02:15.059 Probably a month. 50 00:02:15.059 --> 00:02:15.719 Wow. 51 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.859 And I'm looking forward to doing the same thing in the near future, also. 52 00:02:19.859 --> 00:02:20.339 Mm-hmm. 53 00:02:20.339 --> 00:02:21.859 So... 54 00:02:21.859 --> 00:02:26.559 Well, at least I'll know someone I can trust and tell me what happens. 55 00:02:26.559 --> 00:02:27.739 Hmm. 56 00:02:27.739 --> 00:02:29.839 You look at me like, you can't trust me. 57 00:02:29.839 --> 00:02:32.859 Thanks for the support. 58 00:02:32.859 --> 00:02:38.159 So, yeah, that's what's been going on with us, and that's what's been going on around here. 59 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:40.159 Anything else really been going on around here? 60 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.339 I don't know. 61 00:02:42.339 --> 00:02:43.579 Not really, really. 62 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.479 I mean, they're pretty boring lives. 63 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:47.199 Yeah. 64 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:48.379 By choice. 65 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:54.759 I have been preparing for us to have our podcast at the Gay Pride Festival this year. 66 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:55.159 Okay. 67 00:02:55.159 --> 00:03:02.459 Um, and I think we're going to try to sign people up to do paranormal investigations. 68 00:03:02.459 --> 00:03:03.439 Okay. 69 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:11.319 I don't know how that will work out, but it'll be something, another thing we can do together. 70 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:11.999 Okay. 71 00:03:11.999 --> 00:03:12.659 Yeah. 72 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:14.039 I don't know how I feel about that. 73 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:14.999 The whole paranormal... 74 00:03:14.999 --> 00:03:16.519 Because what happens if the shit's real? 75 00:03:16.519 --> 00:03:19.499 Why would it not be real? 76 00:03:19.499 --> 00:03:26.419 I know, but, like, what if there's, like, poltergeists, and we get things thrown at us, and we get attacked, and that's not fun. 77 00:03:26.419 --> 00:03:29.119 I don't think that happens very often. 78 00:03:29.119 --> 00:03:30.979 Yeah, but what if it does? 79 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:34.019 That's scary stuff. 80 00:03:34.019 --> 00:03:35.479 Okay. 81 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:36.859 We'll talk about it. 82 00:03:36.859 --> 00:03:43.919 I think the fear is part of it, that I think the fear is what generates the energy. 83 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:46.099 The energy that makes it possible. 84 00:03:46.099 --> 00:03:47.079 Okay. 85 00:03:47.079 --> 00:03:48.939 So, if I don't believe it's not going to happen? 86 00:03:48.939 --> 00:03:50.979 Yeah, then it probably won't. 87 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:51.779 Okay. 88 00:03:51.779 --> 00:03:52.959 Okay. 89 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:54.539 So just make sure you don't believe. 90 00:03:54.539 --> 00:03:55.319 Okay. 91 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.779 No matter what happens around you, just don't believe it. 92 00:03:58.779 --> 00:04:00.519 Yeah, when I feel like I'm getting raped. 93 00:04:00.519 --> 00:04:02.059 Yeah. 94 00:04:02.059 --> 00:04:03.199 Just don't believe it. 95 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:04.159 Just don't believe it? 96 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:04.399 Okay. 97 00:04:04.399 --> 00:04:05.279 It's not happening. 98 00:04:05.279 --> 00:04:08.419 Everything is fine. 99 00:04:08.419 --> 00:04:09.759 It's just fine. 100 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:11.379 It's fine and dandy. 101 00:04:11.379 --> 00:04:13.499 You're a dork. 102 00:04:13.799 --> 00:04:20.699 She's been called Ice Barbie for treating her cabinet position like a TV production. 103 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:31.659 But now Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing for an actual reality show 104 00:04:31.659 --> 00:04:38.719 pitting immigrants against each other for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship. 105 00:04:38.719 --> 00:04:40.419 Quote, unquote, yes. 106 00:04:40.419 --> 00:04:43.679 This is ridiculous, but it does not... 107 00:04:43.679 --> 00:04:45.839 It does not freaking surprise me with this cabinet. 108 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.659 I'm surprised it hasn't, yeah. 109 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:49.679 It hasn't happened yet. 110 00:04:49.679 --> 00:04:50.679 Anything for a buck. 111 00:04:50.679 --> 00:04:51.119 Mm-hmm. 112 00:04:51.119 --> 00:04:53.759 I mean, this is the one that shot her own dog, right? 113 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:55.579 Didn't... 114 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:56.959 Isn't there a name for this? 115 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:58.579 Isn't it called the Hunger Games? 116 00:04:58.579 --> 00:04:59.119 Yeah. 117 00:04:59.119 --> 00:05:01.559 The Running Man, Hunger Games, yeah. 118 00:05:01.559 --> 00:05:02.339 Pretty much. 119 00:05:02.339 --> 00:05:04.219 It's ridiculous. 120 00:05:04.219 --> 00:05:04.859 It's sickening. 121 00:05:04.859 --> 00:05:06.659 It's... 122 00:05:06.659 --> 00:05:13.259 Turning our lives into a soap opera. 123 00:05:13.559 --> 00:05:13.919 Mm-hmm. 124 00:05:13.919 --> 00:05:15.319 Mm-hmm. 125 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:19.779 And she probably thinks as long as it's happening to other people, it's just fine. 126 00:05:19.779 --> 00:05:20.319 Yeah. 127 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:21.819 As long as it's not happening to me. 128 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:22.299 Mm-hmm. 129 00:05:22.299 --> 00:05:23.079 Exactly. 130 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:29.759 Which seems to be the swan song of the current administration. 131 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:30.339 Mm-hmm. 132 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:32.019 Yeah, I agree completely. 133 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:34.839 But yeah, she's a peach, isn't she? 134 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.899 Um... 135 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:41.059 I don't really think I can say what I really think. 136 00:05:41.059 --> 00:05:41.939 Mm-hmm. 137 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:42.319 Yeah. 138 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:43.539 We gotta watch out. 139 00:05:43.539 --> 00:05:44.339 Mm-hmm. 140 00:05:44.339 --> 00:05:44.619 Yeah. 141 00:05:44.619 --> 00:05:45.999 All right. 142 00:05:45.999 --> 00:05:52.339 Food rations that could feed 3.5 million people for a month moldering in warehouses 143 00:05:52.339 --> 00:05:54.659 around the world because of USAID cuts. 144 00:05:54.659 --> 00:06:05.279 I didn't know that USAID really did that much, but food for 3.5 million people for 145 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:07.019 a month, that's a lot of food. 146 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:07.419 Yeah. 147 00:06:07.419 --> 00:06:08.399 All going to waste. 148 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:13.399 And not because we're throwing away food, but because there's nobody... 149 00:06:13.419 --> 00:06:15.319 There's nobody to administrate it. 150 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:15.719 Mm-hmm. 151 00:06:15.719 --> 00:06:17.959 That's sad. 152 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:22.359 It's not only sad, but it's a genuine waste. 153 00:06:22.359 --> 00:06:22.839 Mm-hmm. 154 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:28.059 I mean, it's not like, you know, we're not buying food for three... 155 00:06:28.059 --> 00:06:32.379 This food already exists, and it's just... 156 00:06:32.379 --> 00:06:33.339 Going to go to waste. 157 00:06:33.339 --> 00:06:33.719 Yeah. 158 00:06:33.719 --> 00:06:37.619 Complete waste of money, resources. 159 00:06:37.619 --> 00:06:38.179 You know what I mean? 160 00:06:38.179 --> 00:06:41.339 The manpower to put it together, to make it, to get it, you know what I mean? 161 00:06:41.339 --> 00:06:42.939 All of that stuff's just going to go to waste. 162 00:06:43.299 --> 00:06:43.399 Mm-hmm. 163 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:44.379 So, there's multiple... 164 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:47.239 On multiple levels, it's just complete loss. 165 00:06:47.239 --> 00:06:59.579 Well, part of capitalist mindset, if you, I don't know, you bought something with the 166 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:10.639 intent to make a business and sell something, if you bought a bunch of stuff to sell, you 167 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.759 would say, well, I've done this now. 168 00:07:13.179 --> 00:07:16.099 I need to see this through. 169 00:07:16.099 --> 00:07:16.659 Mm-hmm. 170 00:07:16.659 --> 00:07:19.259 You know, I... 171 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:28.599 But capitalists, the mindset is like, oh, well, we'll just throw that away and start 172 00:07:28.599 --> 00:07:29.639 again, on something new. 173 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:30.019 Mm-hmm. 174 00:07:30.019 --> 00:07:30.339 Yeah. 175 00:07:30.339 --> 00:07:31.139 It's true. 176 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:32.699 Yeah. 177 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:39.399 If you're working at a job at a big company, you can't say, well, look, they've put so 178 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.459 much in this, they're going to have to finish it. 179 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:41.819 Nope. 180 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:43.059 Just start over. 181 00:07:43.059 --> 00:07:47.459 They'll just write it off and fire everyone and be done with it. 182 00:07:47.459 --> 00:07:48.799 It's crazy, isn't it? 183 00:07:48.799 --> 00:07:51.099 It's absolutely crazy. 184 00:07:51.099 --> 00:07:57.459 It proves that these rich people, they just don't think like us. 185 00:07:57.459 --> 00:07:58.139 No. 186 00:07:58.139 --> 00:07:59.079 They don't care. 187 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.619 Bottom line or nothing. 188 00:08:01.619 --> 00:08:02.159 No. 189 00:08:02.159 --> 00:08:03.059 Nope. 190 00:08:03.059 --> 00:08:03.719 Yeah. 191 00:08:03.719 --> 00:08:10.279 An appeals court has issued another legal defeat against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' 192 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.939 attempt to ban drag... 193 00:08:12.939 --> 00:08:19.559 Drag performances, calling the law overbroad and saying that it attempts to take a shotgun 194 00:08:19.559 --> 00:08:24.739 to constitutionally protected free speech rights. 195 00:08:24.739 --> 00:08:25.859 Okay. 196 00:08:25.859 --> 00:08:31.059 So, he was trying to take away legal rights again? 197 00:08:31.059 --> 00:08:33.859 He was trying to prevent drag. 198 00:08:33.859 --> 00:08:34.579 Okay. 199 00:08:34.579 --> 00:08:40.479 Saying that it was sexualizing children. 200 00:08:40.479 --> 00:08:42.819 So, but it didn't... 201 00:08:42.819 --> 00:08:44.739 Well, it didn't ban, so shotgun to constitution. 202 00:08:44.739 --> 00:08:45.359 Okay. 203 00:08:45.359 --> 00:08:46.899 Well, this is good, isn't it, then? 204 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:48.039 Yes, it's good. 205 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.619 Very good. 206 00:08:48.619 --> 00:08:49.319 Good. 207 00:08:49.319 --> 00:08:50.199 Look, screw him. 208 00:08:50.199 --> 00:08:52.539 I'm so tired of his ass. 209 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:54.199 I'm so glad he... 210 00:08:54.199 --> 00:08:54.559 Oh. 211 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:56.259 It could be worse. 212 00:08:56.259 --> 00:08:58.639 He could have been elected instead of Trump. 213 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:00.459 Yeah, very much so. 214 00:09:00.459 --> 00:09:02.119 Or he could also still... 215 00:09:02.119 --> 00:09:06.359 I mean, he could have been also pushed into Trump's cabinet, so at least he could get 216 00:09:06.359 --> 00:09:07.039 somewhere up there. 217 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:11.999 So, you know, listen, don't hear as much about him as much as we probably could have. 218 00:09:12.699 --> 00:09:18.039 What was the name of the guy who was Attorney General in our state that Trump put on his 219 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:18.459 cabinet? 220 00:09:18.459 --> 00:09:20.879 Powell. 221 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.679 I can't remember his name. 222 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:24.239 Was it Powell? 223 00:09:24.239 --> 00:09:26.659 No, Mike Pompeo. 224 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:29.039 Mike Pompeo. 225 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:30.299 Pompeo, yes. 226 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:36.379 I was never so glad to see somebody elected to a cabinet because it got him away from 227 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:36.799 us. 228 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:37.699 Yeah. 229 00:09:37.699 --> 00:09:41.219 And he's not come back. 230 00:09:41.219 --> 00:09:42.399 No, I'm not telling you. 231 00:09:42.579 --> 00:09:42.999 Not yet. 232 00:09:42.999 --> 00:09:43.699 No political... 233 00:09:43.699 --> 00:09:44.219 Thank... 234 00:09:44.219 --> 00:09:45.199 Thank the God. 235 00:09:45.199 --> 00:09:52.339 So, you know, maybe it would have been good to have DeSantis on Trump's cabinet that would 236 00:09:52.339 --> 00:09:55.059 get him out of local government. 237 00:09:55.059 --> 00:09:55.819 Yeah. 238 00:09:55.819 --> 00:09:57.119 Yeah. 239 00:09:57.119 --> 00:09:59.619 Thank God he's gone, though. 240 00:09:59.619 --> 00:10:01.339 Well, out of our lives. 241 00:10:01.339 --> 00:10:03.719 But you know... 242 00:10:03.719 --> 00:10:05.119 You're still talking about Pompeo. 243 00:10:05.119 --> 00:10:05.979 No. 244 00:10:05.979 --> 00:10:08.599 Well, Pompeo, yes. 245 00:10:08.599 --> 00:10:12.259 And then DeSantis, he can't do anything to bother us. 246 00:10:12.459 --> 00:10:13.079 You know what I mean? 247 00:10:13.079 --> 00:10:13.999 He's off to national... 248 00:10:13.999 --> 00:10:14.299 Well, he's in Florida. 249 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:15.539 He's off to national... 250 00:10:15.539 --> 00:10:19.499 But he was there, you know, he was looking to run for president there for a while, so 251 00:10:19.499 --> 00:10:21.119 yeah, he's... 252 00:10:21.119 --> 00:10:22.979 We don't have to worry about him, so... 253 00:10:22.979 --> 00:10:24.839 But yeah, Pompeo's, like you said, he's gone. 254 00:10:24.839 --> 00:10:28.119 I think he considered himself a little Trump. 255 00:10:28.119 --> 00:10:29.019 Oh, he did. 256 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:29.619 He did. 257 00:10:29.619 --> 00:10:30.859 So, and then... 258 00:10:30.859 --> 00:10:34.059 But he was almost doing, like, a Nazi version of Trump. 259 00:10:34.059 --> 00:10:35.139 Mm-hmm. 260 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:38.459 So, but... 261 00:10:38.459 --> 00:10:39.999 But, yeah. 262 00:10:39.999 --> 00:10:41.159 Politics. 263 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:42.039 Exactly. 264 00:10:43.319 --> 00:10:45.439 Here's a little lighter, lighter one. 265 00:10:45.439 --> 00:10:51.499 Men are trying to join a new Australian National Rugby League team named the Perth Bears, 266 00:10:51.499 --> 00:10:55.199 but are mistakenly joining a gay men's club called Bears Perth. 267 00:10:55.199 --> 00:10:56.979 This is great. 268 00:10:56.979 --> 00:10:57.599 That's great. 269 00:10:57.599 --> 00:10:58.959 That is funny. 270 00:10:58.959 --> 00:11:00.659 That's cute. 271 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:11.859 It's to the point where they asked Bears Perth to put a disclaimer on their website saying, 272 00:11:12.219 --> 00:11:17.959 you are downloading an application for a gay men's club, not a... 273 00:11:17.959 --> 00:11:18.959 Oh, really? 274 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:19.919 Not a... 275 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:21.959 A rugby team. 276 00:11:21.959 --> 00:11:23.219 A football team. 277 00:11:23.219 --> 00:11:24.119 That's hilarious. 278 00:11:24.119 --> 00:11:25.879 That's funny. 279 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.819 I bet you there's some pretty hot men, too. 280 00:11:28.819 --> 00:11:32.899 Well, bears club, you know. 281 00:11:32.899 --> 00:11:33.419 Yeah, yeah. 282 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:34.099 That's what I'm saying. 283 00:11:34.099 --> 00:11:38.519 Very hot bears on the rugby team and in the club, so... 284 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:39.459 That's too cute, though. 285 00:11:39.459 --> 00:11:41.119 That's funny. 286 00:11:41.119 --> 00:11:51.499 Support for marriage equality is still strong, as 7 in 10 U.S. adults said in a recent Gallup 287 00:11:51.499 --> 00:11:56.859 survey that they think same-sex marriages should remain legal and have the same rights 288 00:11:56.859 --> 00:11:59.519 and responsibilities as heterosexual couples. 289 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.299 Yay, good, good. 290 00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:03.559 I'd like to see it 10 out of 10, but... 291 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:08.619 I don't think that's going to stop politicians from trying to whittle away at it. 292 00:12:08.619 --> 00:12:10.999 Oh, yeah, I think it won't, especially with this administration. 293 00:12:10.999 --> 00:12:15.439 I don't think they really care what public opinion is. 294 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:16.679 They don't at all. 295 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:22.739 They have their own priorities and their own whole little set of rules about everything, 296 00:12:22.739 --> 00:12:25.179 their vision for the future, everything, and we're not part of it. 297 00:12:25.179 --> 00:12:27.759 We haven't been a part of it. 298 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:31.399 So, something to keep our eyes open about. 299 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:39.419 So, these are really long sentences that we're making a really short podcast out of. 300 00:12:39.419 --> 00:12:40.039 We are. 301 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.539 We're going to cover it. 302 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:49.979 Openly gay Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy has announced his return to competitive skiing, 303 00:12:49.979 --> 00:12:56.739 setting his sights on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortana. 304 00:12:56.739 --> 00:12:58.059 Cool. 305 00:12:58.059 --> 00:13:00.559 Where is Milano Cortana? 306 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:01.199 It's in Italy. 307 00:13:01.199 --> 00:13:02.299 Okay. 308 00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.119 I'd imagine. 309 00:13:03.119 --> 00:13:05.799 It sounds like an Italian name, but I'm pretty sure it's in Italy. 310 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.719 And Gus Kenworthy has a dual citizenship. 311 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:13.659 Uh, Britain and United States. 312 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.219 Oh, does he? 313 00:13:14.219 --> 00:13:14.679 Okay. 314 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.119 Well, he reached this for the United States, I know. 315 00:13:17.119 --> 00:13:22.259 I think in the last Olympics he didn't qualify for the United States. 316 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:23.399 He didn't compete. 317 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:24.279 He didn't compete. 318 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:25.079 Okay. 319 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:26.159 Okay. 320 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:26.959 So. 321 00:13:26.959 --> 00:13:29.979 But, um, I say that's good. 322 00:13:29.979 --> 00:13:31.859 Let him have more publicity. 323 00:13:31.859 --> 00:13:32.539 Mm-hmm. 324 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:34.919 The more we see him, the better. 325 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.319 It's all for us. 326 00:13:36.319 --> 00:13:36.899 Exactly. 327 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:38.119 And he's funny. 328 00:13:38.119 --> 00:13:38.979 Mm-hmm. 329 00:13:38.979 --> 00:13:40.639 And it doesn't hurt that he's incredible. 330 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.639 He's an incredibly hot man. 331 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.639 Mm-hmm. 332 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:43.639 Yep. 333 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:48.399 And his new boyfriend, whose name I can't remember, is equally as hot. 334 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:49.399 Oh, well, good. 335 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.399 That shows a lot of the puzzle there. 336 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:56.059 I'm sure both of their Instagram accounts are just going to go off like crazy. 337 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.059 Oh, yeah. 338 00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:58.059 Oh, yeah. 339 00:13:58.059 --> 00:13:59.059 Definitely. 340 00:13:59.059 --> 00:14:03.059 I guess presuming that our world survives to the 2026 Winter Olympics. 341 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:04.059 That's a lot to presume. 342 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:05.059 So, we've got a year away. 343 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.059 So, that's a lot to go. 344 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:07.059 Mm-hmm. 345 00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:10.519 So, we barely got this far. 346 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.519 Mm-hmm. 347 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:19.739 So, all right, during a visit to Saudi Arabia, Trump chose Village People's iconic song, 348 00:14:19.739 --> 00:14:23.339 "YMCA as his closing music after his speech." 349 00:14:23.339 --> 00:14:24.639 He's been doing this a lot lately. 350 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:33.119 Did you see his new AI, someone who came up with a Journey song, the famous Journey song. 351 00:14:33.119 --> 00:14:35.399 You would know it if you heard it. 352 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:40.399 They made an AI video of him dressed up singing, playing guitar. 353 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:42.279 He's dressed in an American flag outfit. 354 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:45.519 It is the most atrocious thing I've ever seen in my fricking life. 355 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:50.779 And then there's women dancing around in cowboy, in American flag cheerleader outfits, cheering. 356 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:53.399 And he's playing this guitar, and then he's playing the drums. 357 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:57.079 How did I not know about this? 358 00:14:57.079 --> 00:15:01.079 He posted it to his, someone made it and posted it to his own page, and he liked it and shared 359 00:15:01.079 --> 00:15:04.059 it on his own fricking page. 360 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:07.399 Way to make us look like the laughing stock of the world. 361 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.399 You buffoon. 362 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.279 You can't do any worse. 363 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:12.079 Wait till you see it. 364 00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:14.399 Every time I say that, though, something else comes up. 365 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:18.279 Don't test, don't test, don't test. 366 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.279 Wait till you see this video. 367 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:20.279 I'm surprised you haven't seen it. 368 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.839 You're gonna laugh out loud. 369 00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:23.639 It's atrocious. 370 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:26.959 It is despicable. 371 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.959 It's so bad. 372 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:35.079 Well, lots of people have been sharing this picture of him holding his hand up after being 373 00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:36.079 shot. 374 00:15:36.079 --> 00:15:37.079 Oh, yeah. 375 00:15:37.079 --> 00:15:40.159 And I'm pretty sure. 376 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.339 I pointed it out to you. 377 00:15:41.339 --> 00:15:49.559 I said, who is this thin person with Trump's face pasted onto it? 378 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.599 Because Trump has never been that small. 379 00:15:51.599 --> 00:15:52.599 I don't know. 380 00:15:52.599 --> 00:15:53.599 I haven't seen it. 381 00:15:53.599 --> 00:15:54.599 No. 382 00:15:54.599 --> 00:15:55.599 Yeah. 383 00:15:55.599 --> 00:15:56.599 I haven't seen that. 384 00:15:56.599 --> 00:15:57.599 I'm gonna have to look at it. 385 00:15:57.599 --> 00:16:00.519 When people share that, don't they realize that that's not him? 386 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.479 It's just his face. 387 00:16:02.479 --> 00:16:09.159 Well, apparently you can Photoshop and believe anything you want with Photoshop anymore. 388 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:16.279 And I don't even think you have to have the expense of Photoshop anymore. 389 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.199 You can just have an AI do it for you. 390 00:16:18.199 --> 00:16:19.199 Oh, yeah. 391 00:16:19.199 --> 00:16:20.199 Yeah. 392 00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:22.159 I can get a stamp and put it over it and call it. 393 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.159 That's real. 394 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.159 It's right there. 395 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.159 What are you talking about? 396 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.159 You can see it. 397 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.159 It's gotta be real. 398 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:31.659 It's gotta be real. 399 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:39.039 But this YMCA song, he's been using it all over the place, I guess. 400 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:45.779 Because it's one of the few groups that has actually allowed him to use their music. 401 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.779 Yeah. 402 00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:50.699 And why they are doing that, I don't know. 403 00:16:50.699 --> 00:16:51.699 Maybe for the bucks. 404 00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.699 I guess. 405 00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:59.959 I have no idea; I have no idea. 406 00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:07.799 The group themselves have said, "We're not a gay group. 407 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.919 We're not a gay music group." 408 00:17:08.919 --> 00:17:09.919 No. 409 00:17:09.919 --> 00:17:10.919 So, what are they thinking? 410 00:17:10.919 --> 00:17:12.239 I don't know. 411 00:17:12.239 --> 00:17:17.159 Of course, it's not the original ones. 412 00:17:17.159 --> 00:17:22.819 It's kind of like every Christmas, no matter what city you're in, there is a- 413 00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.819 Manheim Steamroller? 414 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.819 Yeah. 415 00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.819 Or- 416 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.819 Trans-Siberian Orchestra. 417 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.819 Yeah. 418 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.819 Band. 419 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:32.659 Well, they have something like 16 different- 420 00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.659 Camp traveling? 421 00:17:33.659 --> 00:17:34.659 Bands. 422 00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.659 Okay. 423 00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.659 Using that name. 424 00:17:36.659 --> 00:17:37.659 And YMCA is like that. 425 00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:38.799 Oh, okay. 426 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.799 Yeah. 427 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.799 It's a traveling show. 428 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.799 Uh-huh. 429 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.539 It's not the four original, four or five original guys. 430 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.539 Hmm. 431 00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:46.539 That's interesting. 432 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.539 Hmm. 433 00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:48.539 That's cool. 434 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.539 I mean- 435 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:54.759 So, I guess every time Trump plays it, it's something they get another nickel in their 436 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.759 pocket. 437 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.759 Probably. 438 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.759 Yeah. 439 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.759 You can't fault them. 440 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:04.719 I mean, once you sell your soul to the devil, you know what I mean? 441 00:18:04.719 --> 00:18:08.679 I think I'm going to see. 442 00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:12.379 I mean, I think I'm going to see if the Village People songs no longer played at Gay Pride 443 00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:13.379 anymore. 444 00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.379 Yeah. 445 00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.379 Probably. 446 00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:16.379 Probably. 447 00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:17.379 Yeah. 448 00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:18.379 That's what happens when you sell. 449 00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:21.479 Like I said, you sold your soul to the devil. 450 00:18:21.479 --> 00:18:22.479 Hmm. 451 00:18:22.479 --> 00:18:23.479 So. 452 00:18:23.479 --> 00:18:30.299 22 years after the US Supreme Court found a Texas law criminalizing homosexual conduct 453 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:37.679 as unconstitutional, lawmakers in the Texas House have voted to remove the ban on gay 454 00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:39.679 sex from the books. 455 00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:40.679 Hmm. 456 00:18:40.679 --> 00:18:41.679 Can you believe that? 457 00:18:41.679 --> 00:18:42.679 So. 458 00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.679 Texas. 459 00:18:43.679 --> 00:18:44.679 Well, are you surprised? 460 00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:53.679 Um, you remember a couple of weeks ago, we did conspiracy theories and it said that turning 461 00:18:53.679 --> 00:19:01.479 on the CERN supercollider put us in a bizarre reality. 462 00:19:01.479 --> 00:19:02.479 Hmm. 463 00:19:02.479 --> 00:19:05.379 Well, here's another vote for that. 464 00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.379 Texas. 465 00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:10.379 Texas has taken sodomy off the books. 466 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:11.379 Yeah. 467 00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:12.379 Yep. 468 00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:13.379 So, it's good. 469 00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:16.379 I mean, what is this universe we're living in? 470 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.379 Hmm. 471 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.379 Something that's good is happening. 472 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.379 So, I mean. 473 00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:20.379 One good thing. 474 00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.379 But Texas? 475 00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:22.379 Yeah. 476 00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:25.379 But it just means like, it's one step forward, three steps backwards. 477 00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.379 True. 478 00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.379 So. 479 00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:28.379 Yeah. 480 00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:30.379 I'm afraid of what they're going to do next. 481 00:19:30.379 --> 00:19:32.379 So, you know what I mean? 482 00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:33.379 It is Texas. 483 00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.379 Yeah. 484 00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:36.259 I suppose they're going to do something awful to us. 485 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:39.259 But look, we took sodomy off the books. 486 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.259 Exactly. 487 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.259 So, yeah. 488 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.259 I don't know. 489 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:46.259 I mean, I'm happy about it, but I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. 490 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:48.259 The other shoe to drop. 491 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.259 Exactly. 492 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.259 Exactly. 493 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:53.259 Sorry to be such a bitter Betty about it, but I don't trust Texas. 494 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.259 So. 495 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.259 Don't mess with Texas. 496 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:58.259 Texas can piss off the whole state. 497 00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.259 Yes. 498 00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.259 I don't like the state of Texas. 499 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.259 Do I have to bleep that? 500 00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.259 No. 501 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.259 I don't like the state of Texas. 502 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.259 It doesn't like me and I don't like it. 503 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.259 I was born in Texas. 504 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.259 I'm surprised we like each other. 505 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.259 So, well, is that it? 506 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.259 That's it. 507 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.259 Do you have a joke for us this week? 508 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.259 Yes. 509 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.259 Okay. 510 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.259 What is the difference between a hippie and a hipster? 511 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.259 One eats granola. 512 00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.259 One doesn't. 513 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.259 Nope. 514 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.259 What? 515 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.259 Deodorant. 516 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.259 That's very true. 517 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.259 That's probably a very good point. 518 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.259 And it's very valid. 519 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.259 Okay. 520 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.259 So, what's the difference between a hippie and a hipster? 521 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.259 One eats granola. 522 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.259 One doesn't. 523 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.259 Nope. 524 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.259 What? 525 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.259 Deodorant. 526 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.259 Deodorant. 527 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.259 That's very true. 528 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.259 That's probably a very good point. 529 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.259 And it's very valid. 530 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.259 I don't know. 531 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.259 I don't know. 532 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.259 I don't know. 533 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:36.259 That's very valid and very funny. 534 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.259 That's good. 535 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:39.259 Which one wears the deodorant now? 536 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.259 Well, yeah. 537 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.259 That's a good one. 538 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.259 I like that. 539 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.259 Cheers. 540 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:48.259 I thought you were going to do, like, sarcasm. 541 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:53.259 This was episode 149 of the Baehr and Curadh Podcast. 542 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.259 This is Baehr. 543 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.259 And Curadh. 544 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.259 Goodbye. 545 00:20:57.962 --> 00:21:01.662 You have been listening to the Baehr and Curadh Podcast, 546 00:21:01.662 --> 00:21:05.602 a production of the Land of Awes Information Services. 547 00:21:05.602 --> 00:21:08.782 We can be contacted via email 548 00:21:08.782 --> 00:21:12.702 using the address podcast@awes.com 549 00:21:12.702 --> 00:21:16.642 and Awes is spelled A-W-E-S. 550 00:21:23.193 --> 00:21:23.193