Burn Baby Burn ft. bgt

On this 'Grab A Glass' episode, DT leaves no doubts as to what the purpose of the show is on episode 200.

Episode Transcript

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Eh, the bottle right and beyondBeyonce is nice. I gonna keep it
flat. Hears on the line mastslost, chicken that have a lost bess

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so crambl lost all right, vibesare right and Beyonce is right. This
is a bottle of Lightyle Barnett's Brute, the twenty fifteen vintage, beautiful,
beautiful bottle. Really enjoying it.Veronica is getting a chance to have some

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as well. Fantastic, fantastic.On the nose, You're gonna get like
a tropical fruit, I don't know, mango, guava, something like that.
It's also got this almost like beechybut nutty sort of smell like almost
like sand or kind of smells likethe coffee Vernica drinks, the lattes that

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she drinks that have some flavoring andsome milk in it. On the palate,
fantastic, It's got like a citrusyalmost like baked goods, like a
Danish or like an apple pie sortof taste to it. It's beautiful.
This bottle will run you about seventyfive bucks. I got it on sale.

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I did not pay the seventy fiveI wasn't paying the seventy five,
but I got it on sale.I think it's something that you should enjoy
again. Oregon made beautiful, beautifulbelly sparkling bubbles. What's it really tastes
like? Though? That's what y'allreally want to know. Y'all want to
know what it really tastes like.That's all y'all have ever cared about.
You don't care about the palate andthe nose. Y'all want to I want
to know what it really tastes like. It tastes like. Celebrating the two

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hundred episode of a podcast called grabicGlasses about Yours Truly David Thomas better on
a DT put some money and moremo fucking fuck men Boys, also known
as the one and only Big Broccolini. Thank you, think you, Thank
you, I would say two hundredtimes, but I don't have time for
that. Thank you so much forbeing with me, for listening, for

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sharing, for just being interested inwhat I have to say and the interactions
that we've had over the past twohundred so weeks. We've only taking one
week off, so I guess we'dsay two hundred and one weeks. It's
been It's been quite the journey.And you know, we're gonna talk about
that for sure. Make sure youhave everything you need that at this point,

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I don't really feel like going inand out of you know, the
shit that you should have for theshow, but just make sure that you
have everything that you need. We'regonna share some perspective, as we always
do because this is Grabic galas.Things are certainly different from episode one hundred.
Now that we're at two hundred,new city again, new job,

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newborn, It's been beautiful, man. I look back at some of the
things that we've done, people we'vespoken to, topics we've covered. It's
been fantastic for me and I'm gratefulthat I have the opportunity to do this
weekend week out. I'm healthy enoughto do it. I'm blessed enough to

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do it. Hey favorite enough todo it. It's been wonderful, and
even to go further back than onehundred, we've come a long way from
that intro being a quirk coming outof a bottle in the pouring sound.
For those of y'all who have beenwith me since then, I'm so happy
to be doing this show every week. It is my chance to do things,

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my way to be uninterrupted. Inepisode one hundred, I talked about
why I do this, and thatholds true. I think still. I'm
a documentarian, I'm a time capsule. I'm an in real time truth telling
brother, and years from now,decades from now, will have allowed people

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like my son and others to hearwhat it's like for a young black man
to experience life fucking right, fuckingright. I think that this show,
for me is a way for meto share how I see things, and

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I see things for what they are, and I say it. I see
things for what they are, andI fucking say it. I don't just
tell the truth when I get nervous. I tell the truth always tactfully,
I think, or at least Itry to. And I've learned over the

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course of two hundred episodes that Ican spot an agenda, whereas other people
do not or cannot or will notsay that they've spotted it. And I
mean the real agenda. It's notthe fucking conspiracy theories that people pull out
of their ass, I mean thereal shit. I've noticed that people that

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I hold in high regard, peoplethat I think are incredibly functional thinkers,
won't see things the way that Isee them, or they won't share the
truth of what it is. Infact, they'll be in total agreement with
each other and sync like a motherfucker, not the boy band, like in
sync like a mug man, andI'll be so confused how they're missing the

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glaring obvious point, at least tome, which is helping you realize that
that makes my perspective unique, interesting, different, not more important than those
people, not superior necessarily to others, but one of one, because I,

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like everyone else, have a perspectiveon the great debates in life,
and I'm willing to share them publiclyhere every week recorded no fear the great
debates, not great debates like Lebronversus Jordan or if I don't know,

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you can drink red wine with fish. Those have their place, and I
have answers for those. Big Broccolinibelieves that Michael Jeffrey Jordan, of course,
and sure you can, but becareful of your mercury intake the great
debates like can a black person bein an interracial relationship and still be pro

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black? I have a perspective onthat, and hopefully you do too.
After listening to me to me fortwo hundred episodes. One day we will
dive deeply into that topic. ButI can't give you everything in one day,
not an episode two hundred. Ican't gotta leave some shit on the

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table. Those are the things thatI care about that I want to articulate,
that I want to leave behind.But an episode two hundred, I've
also realized another purpose for this show, outside of the fact that I am
who I am and I should leavesome stuff behind, one that might leave
people to think that it's diametrically opposedto what I just laid out. In

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competition with making sure that I'm apresent day commentator, I've learned an episode
two hundred that I do this shitfor me. No one tells me what
to say on here. I selectthe topics, I curate the list.
Who gets the flowers, who getsshit on me? I make the show

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what I want to make, Imake it what it should be. I
do this for me. So ifsomething happens in the world or the news
or the blogs or the gossip columnsor the rude room full of shade,
or if I don't know Donald Trumpis selling shoes to coons, then I

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don't I don't have to talk aboutit if I don't want to, because
this is my shit. Every everysingle one of those podcasts about society,
culture and current events is going totalk about them. Damn Ronald McDonald Friend
and Family, pack ass shits.I'm not that ain't actually for the culture,

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as so many of you say thatyou are for. I'm uninterested to
all them other pods. They answerto someone that says, Ooh this made
the news or ooh this will goviral, Ooh want to talk about this?
Oh, I'm gonna talk about meand what makes me tick. That's
the real time capsule. That's thereal authentic commentator. In episode two hundred

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one, more thing is clear tome. You see, we have a
gas fireplace in our home. It'snot some big wood fire chimney possessing structure,
but a nice, sesthetically pleasing heatsource. Let's say it is coming
handy a few times this winter,especially during the power outages last month,

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Portland's inability to react to a iceand winter storm came in handy. I
love that damn thing, and weuse it often sometimes to heat up the
house, whatever the case may be. But one thing about these gas fireplaces,
these types if you look close enough, there's always a flame going.

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The pilot light is always on,even when the switch is off. And
as soon as you turn the switchon, and I mean a literal light
switch right next to it on thewall, it comes on, and that
flame will burn as long as youwant it to. It's nearly instantaneous.
I decided a long time ago,even before I was doing a podcast,

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that I was okay with that neverbeing my fate with much of anything.
Although I do know that there aresome young ladies out there with that pilot
light on waiting for me to hitthe switch again and get that fire back
going as long as they'd like.That's not what we're not doing that today.

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That's not what we're talking about today. We ain't on that. My
successes have been much much more likethose real wood burning fireplaces. Nigga gotta
source some trees, cut them down, chop the wood, create a spark,

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like with them little flint things.Light the wood, wait for it
to burn, stoke the flame andlet that beautiful fire burn, burn,
baby burn. One that could whenit catches, and if it catches the
wrong way, can wreak havoc havoc. But It's meant for warmth and light

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and bringing people together, maybe withsome snacks, some chocolate, some smore
or some wine. That type ofshit. A fire like that can bring
comfort in times of cold, uncertainty. It could be a light that's seen
from miles away. It ain't duckingno smoke, but it's a place where
people can huddle together and share withone another. So in episode two hundred,

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alongside a few others, that isclear, and that is why you
listen to grab a glass. Youcould listen to the gas fires where they
have a pilot light on and theycan turn on a switch and just burn
as long as they want. There'splenty of that on whatever platform you're listening
to this one. But if youfuck with me, and I'm not assuming
everyone does, that won't listen toepisode two hundred. But if you really

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truly fuck with me, Big Broccolini, the one and only you listen to
this because you know I've sourced sometrees. I cut them down, me,
I cut them down, I choppedthe wood. We've created a spark,
and as you're listening, I'm stokingthis flame. And baby, baby,
baby, when this motherfucker really catchmy name, is David Thomas,

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David Gerrard Thomas, thanks for listening.