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In this episode we discuss:

The Forever Roll;

The Power of Prayer;

Do’s and Don’ts for Men over 30;

And many more topics.

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Episode Transcript

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Gib. Hello and welcome to another episode of the

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podcast. I'm Gib Gerard, and ithas been a doozy of a week. And
you know what I need when I'vehad a doozy of a week, I need a
little intelligence for my life,a little bit of the radio show
that we do every single day, butin my pocket wherever I go and
that, folks, is what we havehere for you today, a collection

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of our pieces from this week'sradio show, intelligence for
life to take with you in yourpocket anywhere you want to go.
Intelligence for life to go.
Here it is me and John Tesh,so Gib, I feel like I got a
touch of this when I went backto my alma mater, the news
station, WSM in Nashville, andthey told me that a lot of their
viewers consumed their newscaston on Tiktok. And now we see 48%

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of high school and college agestudents say they use Tiktok for
help with their homework. Ithought it was just dancing, and
now it's consuming Intel.
Well, first of all, it's stilldancing like there's still the
dancing on Tiktok. Let's not getit twisted, dancing with
homework help. Yeah, if you wantto see dumb dances, Tiktok is

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absolutely the place to go. Butlook, it should be of no
surprise to anybody that theserectangular screens we have in
our hands that are connected toall of the world's information
100% of the time, that whateverapp you're using is the app that
people are going to put theinformation that you need onto.
So there are some great accountson YouTube, on Tiktok, on

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Instagram, on all of thedifferent apps that show you how
to do basic math problems thatshow you how to do these kinds
how to break down homework.
There are a lot of greatresources out there, and it's I
love, I love when we actuallyuse the power of the information
superhighway for good. So yes,you can get homework help on
Tiktok. You could ask forhomework help, and there are all
these people who will respond toyou. There are some great ways
to use social media, and that isone of them. You know, in the

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50s and 60s, we had nothing. Ourparents didn't even know how to
do math because they had newmath Exactly.
My father was like, You knowwhat a cigarette is not. I don't
understand this guy. Somebodyelse.
My wife is a STEM teacher. I wasa math major. I still have
trouble helping my kids learnmath. They still end up in

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tears.
I Gib, I want you to pay closeattention here, because I want
you to have have somebody inmind here. New research. Pew
Research found that one out of10 people believe that the true
definition, a definition of atrue friend, is a friend that's
willing to bail them out ofjail. I wouldn't even know how
to do that. How much money doyou have to have? Well, it

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depends on what you did. Thatmakes sense, okay? Like
Shawshank,redemption, so murder, no, no,
no, it's a lot of money. Goahead. So I'm thinking about
this. There are a few people Iknow of in my life. I am
absolutely their friend. I don'tknow if they'd be mine, like
there are people I'd be willingto bail out, but I don't know if

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they'd have an excuse, right? Idon't think Greg would bail you
out.
He might. He would need me topay him to get to bail me out.
Tiger would bail me out. Oh,heartbeat. He would actually get
that. He would get you off onthe charges
as well my wife, my wife,Connie,
it would absolutely depend onwhat it was. There are so many.

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And it's not the line that youthink she would bail you out if
it was something that you did toprotect her or but if there was
anything, if you lied aboutanything that involved you
getting arrested, you're rottingin jail for at
least five days. Your wife saywhy?
I don't even know. I think mywife would be like you were
sick. I don't even know where tostart. I don't even how much.
How do you do? Can I bring yourcredit card? I don't think she

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would know.
I truly believe in this. 49% ofadults surveyed recently
believed that prayer affectstheir health in a positive way.
I've been very public, yeah,about how not only modern
medicine, but but my belief inthe healing power of the Word of
God has really helped me getthrough that, through the cancer
journey. And I feel like so manymore people are now, are now

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understanding that there's,there's good evidence of
consistent prayer.
Yes. I mean, look, take out allthe if you have a spiritual
belief system and you arecommuning with your God. That is
a fantastic way to to to calmyourself and be healed, but but
in a completely agnostic senseas well, to sit down and get

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quiet and focus on yourbreathing and to and to offload
the physical stress of yourlife, that has been proven time
and time again to be helpful. Sowhether you contextualize it as
prayer, you contextualize hismeditation. It absolutely works
if you have a belief system thatreally is, it heavily supports
the fact that you would be youwould benefit from prayer and
and it's shown again, like yousaid time and time again.

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It's interesting to see some ofthese YouTubers come into this
too, like Joe. Joe Rogan hastalked publicly about prayer.
Dr. Jordan Peterson, and sothere's a lot of great debate on
on YouTube and also on Instagramabout the power of prayer, yes.
So Gib, Don't you hate it whenyou go to use a bathroom and
somebody has left you with onesquare or an empty roll? Yes? So

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you, you are the target customerfor charmin's Forever role. How
is this possible? It's thebrand's largest TP roll ever. It
costs $35 for a two pack thatincludes a stainless steel
holder and has 1700 sheets andpromises to last for
a month. Depends on thehousehold,
three kids. They say, if therole was fully unspooled, it

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would be as tall as theWashington Monument. You want
something taller.
Look, I've seen this thing andI've thought about getting this
thing for all of the reasons.
Again, you know, family of fivein a house, I with it now a
teenager, it's I could benefitfrom having a never ending roll
of toilet paper. I would justsay, look it up. It is massive.

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It's like the square footagerequired to just house the thing
I don't have? I don't have roomin my bathrooms for a for a
spool of toilet paper as big asthey have. Maybe there could be,
doesn't fit in a traditionalholder. Maybe there could be a
thing like a dog door where Iget where a company pulls up out
outside and fills up your pagejust never ending, like the

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whole thingservice, yeah, instead of a
septic tank guy. You have a guyparks outside your house of
hooking up to the septic tank.
They hook up to your toiletpaper dispenser at a certain
point. I think we just, whatabout a bunch of smaller roles
that you can replace easily andregularly? They always break
down. I see that. I see that inthe public toilet, those things
are stacked up at the airport.
Never works. Okay, Gib, Ialready know how you feel about

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this, but let's hear is, let'shear it again, because you're
passionate if stores, accordingto the Journal of Business
Research, if stores want to keeptheir customers happy and coming
back, they need to cut back onthe self checkout line 100% a
new study in the Journal saysthe kind the self checkout
kinds, the kind with an actualhuman cashier, makes customers
more loyal to A store go 100%first of all, it's a face. It's

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a human being that helps youfeel connected to the food and
the stuff that you're buying.
The other thing is, I understandthat some people do not like
self checkout lines or do notlike talking to other people.
They have social anxiety, etcetera, et cetera, et cetera.
However, I have never gonethrough a self checkout line and
not had an issue that hasrequired somebody to walk over

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and help me. If they wereefficient and worked well, we'd
be having a differentconversation, but they aren't.
There's always a mistake.
Somebody has to put in a code. Idon't know what the code is for
the payers that I'm buying. Ilike to buy fruits and
vegetables. I got to know thecode. No, thank you. I'd let a
person do it every single time.
I prefer it. Not only is itbetter for the economy to have
the jobs than people that areactually going to be a part of

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working at the store? I like totalk to the people, and I don't
have to do the work if you wantto give me an employee discount.
All day long. If you're notgoing to give me an employee
discount, I would like for youto pay somebody so I don't have
to dealwith this. You want to be paid
to scan, right? You pay me toscan. That's fine. I think
that's fair. All right, here's amood booster for you. I don't
think you need a Gib, butsometimes I do think of a time
when you did the right thing,like when you took flowers to a

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sick friend or volunteered for acharity. University of Kansas
study found that thinking backon a good deed will trigger
strong feelings of pride. Italso helps you see the world
around you is a brighter,happier place. It's a form of
embodied cognition in which ourbrains associate ethical
behavior with lightness andpositivity. You're always
talking about embodiedcognition.

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Look, if you act like if you actlike Superman, you know they
you're, you're you're in, you'rein the market for truth and
justice if you're that person,if you act like Superman by
literally just putting yourhands on your hips like
Superman. If you wear a littlesomething, you can wear like a
special you are under ruse orsomething under your clothes
that makes you feel likeSuperman. You will behave like
Superman. You will be happier.
We've talked about how when youdo things for other people, it's

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the equivalent of taking Valium,in terms of the the cognitive
and emotional effect of helpingother people. So the more you do
stuff outside of yourself, andthe more you act as though you
are the kind of person who doesthat, the happier you will be,
the more stable your yourneurotransmitters become. It is.
It is a it is a cheat code forfeeling good

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all the time. One follow upquestion, Mr. President, what's
an under Roo?
Underoo is the underwear that'slike, but, but, like, it's like
a T shirt and underwear set fora superhero. You'd be like, a
onesie. No, it's like, underyou. Well, I'll show you. It's
under it's a t shirt on right?
Now, I don't have, you wouldn'tknow. Maybe I do. Okay.
Now, I know. I think this justdidn't Gib, according to public

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health professor Dr Colleen Dellfrom the University of
Saskatchewan, just 10 minuteswith a pet will reduce pain in
an emergency room. Patient petsalso make patients and
healthcare providers moreoptimistic about health
outcomes, because the presenceof a therapy dog benefits the
patient's experience and servesas a comfort to care providers.
If we were to take Leroy the dogto your hospital. No, sure you'd

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be missing a foot.
He is. Look, he is his feet. Hehates people that aren't in our
family. It's that's where he'sjust a short dog. So what he can
get to is their feet. Yeah, it'snot the feet themselves. It's
the other. He'sso sweet, and he calms my nerves
and everything. But boy,in our hospital, he is the end.
But when my wife had surgery, hewas very comforting to her.

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That's right, you're in pain,you guys, you cuddle. He is an
unbelievably warm and loving dogto like eight of us. And she
then everybody else he hates.
And he and she didn't grow up asa dog in the house. Person, no,
but she, but she, she likeshaving him around because of the
comfort he provided when whenshe was in pain. So it
absolutely works. You just gotto make sure you have the right

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dog. Like, there's a lot ofchihuahuas out there. If you're
bringing them to a hospital,they're going to be biting the
IV out of your arm. They'renot actually, I've always wanted
a horse. I'm gonna get a horseto bring it to the
hospital. They do that, they dothat, and then at a certain
point you go, there's a horse inthe hospital. Is that supposed
to be a horse? Thoseare amazing videos. Really treat
yourself, folks. Just search onyoutube, horse in the hospital.

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Is there a horse? It's amazing.
It looks so funny, but it reallyhelps. I love this data that
relates back to when I was akid. I was born in 1952 and we
talked about this on stage allthe time. We do concerts. We
have like, an old school rapthat we do. And so at one to
this really said this connectsto that. At one time, 90% of

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kids played jump rope today.
Only 34% of kids have ever doneit. I mean, so jumping rope and
having your own Potsie forhopscotch, and playing stickball
and all the rest of that stuffthat was such a big deal. You
know, even just playing in aSears box for two or three days
before disintegrated. Butnone of you kids ever played
Nintendo growing up. No jump andjumping rope is just so good for

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you. Do it to stay inshape. I do, I look Jumping rope
is, is amazing cardio. It's,it's, actually, it's, it's good
for a number of of muscles,like, it's one of the best
overall body workouts you cando. Is jumping rope for just 10
minutes a day. I had to teachmyself how to jump rope because
I didn't do it a lot as a kid.
But my kids go to a school wherethey do this kind of stuff. Do

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they do double dutch? They don'tdo double dutch. That's there.
Nobody's that good, but they,but they do do the jumping the
jump ropes. And all my kids canjump rope, not, you know, it's
not Rocky. They're not sittingthere, you know? Yeah, exactly.
But they are. But they are,they're able to jump rope. And
honestly, it is a great way, ifthey're, if they're being too
active in the house, I just givethem a jump rope and tell me,

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right, oh, yeah. Or I give thema soccer ball and tell them to
work on their juggling. That'sgreat parenting.
Instead of yelling just like,here, here, do this. I
still yell. I still yell. I'mnot great. Yeah, here's the jump
rope. Get out of my head. Ican't help. Here's
something I truly believe in,Gib, it's from our relationship
files. A whopping 84% of couplesadmit that taking a road trip

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strengthened their relationship.
We've also had people from theJohn Gottman relationship
Institute talk about that's agreat way to test an early
relationship is to go camping.
Well,that's the thing. It's a test.
Yeah, so you're gonna, know,camping, even just a weekend
getaway, where you have to dealwith the ins and outs of travel,
a road trip where you have todeal with, you know, making
places on time, making food, alot of decisions about where to

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stay, what to do over the coursethe road trip. That's all of
that adds up to test yourrelationship, and so you're
either going to break up veryquickly and be like, this is
another person for me, or it'sgoing or those trials are going
to create intimacy, and that'sgoing to lead to a stronger,
longer lasting relationship.
What's thewhat's the movie where the mom

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and the daughter are talking,and the mom is giving the
daughter such a hard time,they're basically on a road
trip. And finally, finally shethe daughter ends up opening the
door and jumping out. Lady Bird,that's Lady Bird, that's Lady
Bird. That's a great clip. SirRonan jumps out of the car. It's
fantastic. So I know there aretimes when I've on road trips
where I wanted to be that thatgirl, they open up the door and

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yet you're still married. Yeah,exactly, yeah. Well, I don't, I
don't drive, right? Because shewants to be the driver. And
there are times really well Ihave opened up the door. She
said, Don't doit. Okay. Well, then be nicer.
Exactly,right, Gib, I know that you have
many friends that are over theage of 30, so let's see what you
think about this. Esquiremagazine came out with a list of

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things a man should never doafter he's over the age of 30.
See if you agree folks at homeor have anything to add. Number
one, create his own nickname.
Oh, I would say you never createyour own nickname. A nickname
needs to be organic and needs tocome from people around you. I
would say to introduce yourselfwith your nickname if you're
over the age of 30, unless it'sa very like it's almost on your

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ID. Kind of nickname. Youshouldn't even use it. What
was your What was your nicknamein school? Gib, annoying chubby
kid.
I was Tesh. Man. Oh yeah, bigdaddy. JT, next, never use a
wallet that's fastened with Vel.
Velcro.
Sure, I understand you want tohave an adult wallet, but having

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a wallet that's fastened withVelcro will keep you from
spending money because you haveto open that
thing in public. Next thing aman should never do over the age
of 30 is wear Disney themedneckties.
What if you're if you're a dadover the age of 30, and you're
at your you can wear a Disneythemed necktie.
I can't tell you how many tiespeople send me with with piano
keys on them I've never worn oneof them. Never, ever do that.

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Next thing not to do is to callshotgun.
Yeah, you just take the seatthat's available. We're adults.
Somebody's gonna get shotgununless somebody pulls it out in
the bank, then hit the floor.
Then you can call out. Finally,the last thing you should ever
do if you're a man over the ageof 30, is say two points every
time you throw something in thetrash. No, I disagree. Formally.
You should just say Kobe, andyou should do that until you're

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80 years old. I love it. That'sit for the show today. Thank you
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