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September 24, 2025 13 mins
  • This episode trials a concept never used before in the bravo charlie club 
  • We discuss more on the topic of “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”, with help from Mark Manson. 
  • What filters are you using?
  • Pro 'food allergy' tips, that benefit everyone & save you cash.
  • A listener writes in with 'The 30 second bedbug test'. 
  • What are the 3 best pizza toppings? 



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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Bravo Charlie Club podcast, making you
12 and a half minutes moreawesome each week.
He's Ben.
I'm Richard.
Let's go, ben.
How's it going?
I'm well, mate.
I'm well yourself, excellent,thank you.
Excellent this week.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Hey, listen, call out to our new listener countries.
Germany has joined us, so thatwould be hellollo or guten tag.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Guten tag, I like it.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Guten tag is formal for good day, I think.
So yeah, actually, I have tocall out the Germany population
one of the friendliestpopulations you'll come across
my time in Germany.
As soon as you even look likeyou're about to butcher their
language, they'll say pleasestop, I speak English.
I speak perfect English.

(00:49):
Please stop committing violenceon our language.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
All those European countries, at the risk of
groping them all together.
They are also multilingual andproficient.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Well, they are multilingual, but've been in
france speaking to a policeofficer, no less, who wouldn't
speak in english to me, eventhough I was lost were you in
paris?
In paris.
Yes, yeah outside of paris youcan.
You can find much more friendlypeople, but inside of paris,
forget about it.
It's um.
Yeah, you're on.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yep totally.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
That's why I took translators with me on the last
trip.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Like Google Translate or something.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
No, my daughters, oh of course, yeah, of course.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Super fluent in French.
Yep.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Fully Awake Project.
I want to introduce a newconcept to the pod this week.
Let's do it, yeah.
Research, oh research.
Yeah, yeah, I know it's a bit ofa crazy preparation the reason
I wasn't happy with my versionand take on events.

(01:58):
When we're talking about um,you know, the average of the
five people um you spend mosttime with is who you are.
Yeah, I went a bit deeper onthis and I found this from Mark
Manson, who says a better lifestarts with a better filter.
Change who and what you allowinto your world, and peace will

(02:18):
follow.
I love this.
I love this.
There's four filters, by the waywhat you put in your body, ie
food.
What you put in your mind, andthat can be television, social
media, books you read, who youspend time with, which we talked
on last week.
So that's the five people.
The average becomes you.
And then what you choose tocare about he didn't use the

(02:45):
word care, but we're a PG showbut what you let to bother you,
what you let bother you.
So there you go what you put inyour mind, what you put in your
body, who you spend time withand what you choose to care
about.
I thought that was a muchbetter explanation of who you
will end up being.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
I like it yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
As I said, I apologize to listeners who just
want to listen to a couple ofold guys' banter and I've put
some research into this week.
Don't expect it every week.
What do you think of that mate?

Speaker 1 (03:16):
I like it because I think it gets to the crux of
things a little more, ratherthan sort of like the kind of
glib you know, sort of highlevel, uh statement.
It's, it's more actionable andit's more deliberate, and that's
I think that's why I like that,because we, we have a, we have

(03:37):
a choice in these things, right,and and you might as well
exercise the choice, becauseyou're just going to be better
off from it.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
So yeah, I thought it just described better for me
what the like.
I've got mates who will bedon't eat that or don't drink
that.
You know what you put in yourbody, or you should read this or
you should watch that.
You know what you put in yourmind.
Like it can go both ways.
And so I think it just extendsfrom a bit of an awareness point

(04:08):
of view how we carry ourselvesthrough life, and those four
filters are so easy for anyoneand you can choose who you want
to be.
By the way, you don't have to.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah, totally.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
So, as I said, disappointed with my version of
events last week, so I wentscrambling for something a bit
more juicy, and that's what welanded on A bit more juicy.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
yeah, yeah, I think too, like it is.
You know, all of those thingsare finite too, and so you know
you do need to curate thechoices that you use in those
areas, that you use in thoseareas that you make in those
areas probably a better way toput it.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
So I'm happy I'm leaving that one alone there.
No more research, no moreResearch done.
Yeah, that's it Back to justriffing Travel tips, mate.
So for those with allergies andwe all have an allergy of
something having the bag of foodthat you want to consume on the

(05:14):
plane, because the plane neverhas food that you can eat, let's
face it, if you've gotallergies, having that available
and separate from what'sputting into the overhead locker
, I think that's reallyimportant.
But I can tell you what I hadan experience today where I was
booking a flight with a low-costcarrier and they were charging
me for the food.
Do you want to pre-book a baconand egg roll and coffee to be
delivered to?

Speaker 1 (05:34):
you, oh, wow Okay yeah, it was $15.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
So I'm extending my carry-your-own-food advice for
people with allergies to justeveryone, because now I believe
not only is there a significantsaving involved, frankly, I
think I'm eating better qualityfood.
So for me, I just carry proteinbars and water.
But usually domestic flightsare quite short, but on the

(05:58):
longer haul, I think you know,especially if you carry on a
low-cost carrier, there's achoice to be made, right.
Yeah, $15 Sanger, that's a bitbrutal yep, can you imagine,
must be a pretty good bacon eggsandwich.
Um so so what do you carry like?
If it's not food, what?
What do you have to have in thecarry-on?

Speaker 1 (06:17):
yeah, so pretty much, uh, noise cancelling headphones
, these bad boys.
I've got on the Bose QC35s.
Probably had them for aboutseven or eight years.
They are quality, excellent,still going.
I think I'm on my fifth orsixth set of ear cushions.
Yeah, but yeah, the, the texttried and true and a phone.

(06:43):
So usually I'm playing music,listening to podcasts or playing
phone games.
They're pretty much the threeactivities I do Sometimes I'll
take if it's long haul, I'lltake a book.
It's like I actually preferreading printed books rather
than the Kindle, which of course, I've got as well.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, you're tech heavy.
Got as well.
Yeah, you're tech heavy, weknow that.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm the guy who talks to theperson next to me what?
Yeah, I know and you can readthe room really quickly.
They're like, yeah, hi, have anice flight and they're slipping
on their headphones.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, I'm putting my Bose QC35 headphones on, yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
And, look to be fair, I used to be the guy slipping
on his headphones, but you canmeet some pretty cool people.

Speaker 1 (07:33):
You can do.
Actually, I have had somepretty cool long-haul airline
chats before, yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah, yeah.
So I mean you have to allow itto happen and it can be a bit
uncomfortable, but I guess, yeah, it's fun too sometimes.
And other times you just wantto read a book, right?

Speaker 1 (07:52):
Yeah.
I'm an expert sleeper too, I'lloften fall asleep before
takeoff and, yeah, wake up inthe air and wonder how long
we've got to go, because I'vecompletely lost track of time.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
So when you say you fall asleep before takeoff, you
are actually on the plane.

Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yes, on the plane.
Get on the plane, sit down,headphones on, fall asleep.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
That'd be a terrible result if you weren't.

Speaker 1 (08:19):
Where am I?

Speaker 2 (08:21):
Oh, I'm still sitting in Melbourne Airport.

Speaker 1 (08:24):
So it's time to leave the club lounge.

Speaker 2 (08:28):
Speaking of Melbourne , that's a first world city and
we got some listener feedbackand I don't think this applies
to Melbourne.
But a listener wrote in talkingabout a hotel motel hack and
he's saying that he's traveled alot and he's learned that he
needs to check for bed bugs um,yeah, okay have you ever had to

(08:49):
check?
Uh, have you ever felt likewalked into a room and said I
need to check for bed bugs?
never, yeah, I I have, but Icould see them so I didn't have
to check wow, you could see them.
Yeah, yeah it was prettyordinary.
We didn't stay there, no, butthe here's.
Here's the tip.
If you do walk into anenvironment where you think

(09:11):
something's not quite right, Ibetter check.
Yeah, it's an extension of your, your iron tip.
Um throw the towel over the bedsheet and um press down firmly
with a hot iron for 30 seconds.
When, when you lift it, if bedbugs are there, the heat will
draw them out and you'll seethem scurrying.

Speaker 1 (09:32):
Because they're coming out for a feed, because
they can feel the warmth.

Speaker 2 (09:35):
Or I think they're rejecting the warmth and looking
for a new place to.

Speaker 1 (09:38):
They're getting toasted, so they're out of there
, right, yeah?

Speaker 2 (09:42):
And while the iron's on, you make your cheese
sandwich and um and move on.
Perfect way to go what, what?

Speaker 1 (09:48):
so are they like?
What are they?

Speaker 2 (09:49):
do they look like ants, like you know, like if
you're just like eyeballing themvery small ants from my
experience, yeah yeah okay, um,and if they weren't bed bugs
that I saw, they were certainlystill egg insect like, which
suggested that you shouldn't becohabiting.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
There's still no wind to be had there.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
I'm not going to cohabitate with these things, so
I love that feedback.
So there you go.
Thanks, md.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
Fantastic.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
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(10:41):
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Speaker 1 (10:44):
For sure.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Hey the conundrum mate.

Speaker 1 (10:47):
What is, uh?
What is the conundrum?
Well, one of them, theconundrum of the week, this week
, ben you got it.

Speaker 2 (10:53):
The conundrum of the week is how do you say conundrum
without sounding like an idiot?
The conundrum of the week is uh, what are the three best pizza
toppings?
Oh yeah, okay, Now I'll caveatfor you Cheese is a standard, so
you can have three more.
You can have three more.
What sort of?

Speaker 1 (11:10):
cheese are we talking , though?
When you say cheese is astandard?
Are we in mozzarella?
Are we a 50-50 mozzarellacheddar kind of blend?
Where are we?

Speaker 2 (11:19):
at Buffalo mozzarella Interesting, I hadn't put that
much thought into it.
I've used up all my researchcredits.

Speaker 1 (11:28):
With cheese.

Speaker 2 (11:30):
Okay, yeah, I'm guessing you've got an opinion
on the cheese.

Speaker 1 (11:34):
I do.
Yeah, buffalo mozzarella like afancy mozzarella on top Buffalo
mozzarella that stringy littlething.
You've got to kind of like moveit a significant distance away
to sort of break the cheesestrands.

Speaker 2 (11:44):
I didn't I thought buffaloes were used for wings.
I didn't realize they hadmozzarella in them as well.

Speaker 1 (11:52):
Oh, no.
Yeah, I think it might bedifferent to the actual animal,
but then so might be the wings,so I don't know where that comes
from.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
Okay, so I'll give you your buffalo cheese.
What's going with it?

Speaker 1 (12:07):
I'm going for, I'm going a bit bohemian, I'm going
with.
I'm opening with eggplantbecause it's just great on a
pizza, particularly withmozzarella, because it'll just
it'll soak up the oil from thecheese and I love that kind of
like oily, kind of like tastyeggplant action.

(12:28):
And in a similar vein, I'mgoing to go with mushroom too,
which has some oil-soakingproperties Interesting and a
nice base.
The base has to be thatsouthern Italian tomato base, a
bit of a throwback to yourvegetarian days.

Speaker 2 (12:47):
It is yes, my top three are less vegetarian.
I've gone for ribeye, jalapenosand pineapple.

Speaker 1 (12:55):
Ribeye, like the steak, like the actual.
So presumably this is some kindof like, maybe shredded or
diced kind of ribeye, is it?

Speaker 2 (13:08):
Yeah, you cook it medium rare and then you finish
it in the oven.
So some people try to tell meit's cheating, but I just think
it's um good practice, so yeahright and look for what it's
worth.
A shout out to caramelizedonion, which was a very unlucky
oh yeah, caramelized onion is isawesome yeah, very, very

(13:28):
unlucky fourth place.
Hey, that's it, richard.
Listeners have been BCC'd onour week, next week's show.
We ask how late is too late tomow the lawn on a Sunday evening
.
Pretty important one to unpack.
So see you next week.
Bravo, charlie, club Out.

Speaker 1 (13:46):
And that's the pod.
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