Tracking the Tensions: From ICE Raids to Flying Cars for 6/10/25

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We explore today's trending topics from ICE raids in Los Angeles to the public feud between Elon Musk and Trump, mixing hard-hitting news analysis with more lighthearted stories about a DoorDash driver on airport tarmac and flying car pre-orders.

• Fans waiting 60 days for Nintendo Switch 2 release and the growing business of professional line-standing services
• The troubling ICE raid situation in Los Angeles with potential Marine involvement and the human cost of family separations
• A DoorDash driver accidentally driving onto O'Hare Airport tarmac, highlighting surprising security vulnerabilities
• The dramatic falling out between Elon Musk and Trump, with accusations flying in both directions
• A man losing his $5 million lottery winnings after trusting his girlfriend to cash the ticket
• Miley Cyrus heckled by fans who paid $800 for a film premiere thinking it was a concert
• A zebra escape story and the ethics of exotic pet ownership
• Flying car pre-orders reaching billions as a Bay Area company promises production by year's end
• Eminem filing a $109 million lawsuit against Meta for unauthorized use of his music

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's episode
of Thirsty Topics.
I'm Lauren Selrod.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
And I'm Meryl Clemo.
Hey, meryl, how are you doingtoday?
I'm so good.
Despite the world beingtopsy-turvy, I'm trying to stay
afloat and stay happy.
I found this notebook for only$1 at a garage sale.
That says you're the best.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Thing.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
I've seen on the internet today.
So to me that's you, lawrence.
You're the best thing I've seenon the internet today.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Oh, thank you.
That's so sweet of you, thankyou.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
And you're worth way more than a dollar at a garage
sale.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Well, I'm going to start off with something on a
lighthearted note, because wegot some real heavy subjects
we're getting into today ExactlyPlease.
Well, people were waiting for upto 60 days for the release of
the new Nintendo Switch 2.
My thoughts is I would never,ever, ever ever wait in line two
days, let alone 60 days, foranything.

(01:09):
Right, more power to them.
I'm kind of one of those weirdguys.
I don't play video games andstuff.
Yeah, they play every blue moon, but you know I'm not the kind
that's gonna.
Hey, I come home from work, I'mgonna go and sit down and play
my you know that bottle orwhatever yeah, yeah, yeah I
don't know.
What do you think?
Well, see yourself doing that,or?

Speaker 2 (01:31):
I see my boyfriend doing it, who's probably about
to play a video game in the nextfive minutes right now.
But um, no, I feel like back inthe day when there was like
mario one and two and three, I'dprobably go and stand in line
for like two hours if I had toget in a game.
But two days or waiting onanything in line or like you
know where they trample eachother at, like GameStop or
anything.
I am not into that.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
So you wouldn't do 60 days for any game then no, no,
definitely not.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Maybe I would like, I don't know, maybe I would sign
up for some trial period orsomething if I knew I was going
to get it for free or some typeof like VIP status.
But no, I don't think so at all.
I wonder, was this also the one?
Remember, like we just reporteda few weeks ago about how um
Nintendo was even going to bedelayed because of, like, the

(02:16):
tariffs and everything?
So I feel like they're almostcausing this weird like in the
news.
It's like, okay, there's thisdemand for this video game.
It's going definitely playingemotional tactics, I think.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Oh, I agree.
I agree because people areworried about the tariffs and
what's going to turn to theprice.
Are we going to even get them?
Because of what's going on.
Some of it, I guess, is alittle theater play, but I can't
see myself waiting in line for60 days for anything no, not
even 60 minutes, you know.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
They do have, though.
They have services where youcan hire someone to stand in
line for you.
Really, have you ever heardthat?
Yeah, yep, they have.
I have friends that it's sofunny.
I have friends that have donethat like they've been.
As for a job, they've gone,like um, at the rose bowl parade
in pasadena.
You have to wait like a millionhours.
So I had a friend that like didthat and made money, and so he

(03:09):
went at 4 am and basically hewas like a line holder.
And then I've had friends onthe opposite end of things that
have hired people to stand inline for them.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
You know what that's not you know being that people
will sit in line for 60 days.
That's not a bad deal.
That's a nice little sidehustle there.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Exactly, especially if you're waiting for a concert
or something and you have threehours, why not?
If you can go make 50 bucks andjust stand in line for someone
and bring a book or do something, I'm not against it.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
That's true.
That's true.
I mean, this must be one hellof a game for people to be this
crazy.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
I know, I know.
I mean, do you think?
I mean?
I know you said you don'treally play video games, but I
guess I don't know.
To me, video games do seem likethey're getting increasingly
better, whereas something likethe iphone seems like from year
to year there's not muchdifference.
To me, at least, like the videogames do seem like they are.
Like.
When I see my boy, when I seejack play um, like red dead

(04:07):
redemption or whatever I'm, I'min awe of, like the worlds that
it creates, and now it lookslike so close to real life
that's true.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
I mean they have the games have really really
developed big time over over theyears.
Is that do agree with?
I don't know, do you think yourboyfriend will wait?

Speaker 2 (04:32):
in line 60 days, he'll forget, he, he, he
partakes in some things that hedoes while he plays video games,
so he he'll forget.
But but no, like I actuallytold him too I I said I tell him
he's a very good video gameplayer.
In the way that kind of a lotof like women have issues with
their men playing video gamestoo much or it takes some time,
I honestly feel like props tohim where he does it the right
amount of time, where it's justlike watching a tv show, it's
not like all encompassing oranything you know.

(04:54):
So, um, so it's not bad, but no, not 60 minutes, not 60 minutes
, not 60 hours, so not 60 dayswell, let's tip our hat off to
those people standing in line,huh.
Yeah, yeah, let's do it.
Well, that was a good one to atleast get it started, because
we have some serious stuff now.
So I mean, I don't even knowwhere we want to go for this one

(05:16):
.
But basically, you know,there's been at this time at
least the time that we'rerecording ICE, which is, you
know, immigration and CustomsEnforcement, which I think a lot
of people just think it's thename ICE, but it stands for
something.
They've been doing a lot ofraids here in Los Angeles and at
the time it's now like I'mrefreshing the news and they're

(05:36):
saying that there's possiblytalk of the Marines coming in.
There has been peaceful andsomewhat unpeaceful protests in
Los Angeles, and a lot of itlike rightly so, because they're
not just taking people.
You know, it seems to be thesystem in which this is being
enacted is terrifying for a lotof people and swooping up a lot

(05:58):
of innocent people that aren'tfound guilty yet guilty yet.
So you know, I think people arevery upset, of course, over the
process of what, just what'shappening.
I'm in Los Angeles, I'm veryclose to downtown LA, and I've
heard of law enforcement facingoff with protesters and I've
also heard of situations whereprotesters are like throwing
rocks over the medians and cops,and it's just, it's getting

(06:21):
scary and weird and to me, likeI feel like there's so much talk
about the protests and this andthat, and like we can't forget
of what is being happened, whichis like families are getting
separated and people are beingtaken without due process, and
that's like you know, I've justseen so many videos of people
having their family members likeripped from them and it's just,

(06:41):
it's horrific from them andit's just, it's horrific.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
No, I agree with you.
I mean, um, the images that arecoming out of la right now is
really heartbreaking.
I mean, you know for one, forthe president to jump over the
governor and and bring out thenational guard without a tool,
you know that's pretty muchunheard of.
I mean, I think it was whatmaybe 60 years or so was the
last time that's ever happenedyes yeah, and then you know the

(07:10):
threat of bringing the marinesout.
I mean, to me, I think we'regetting to some dangerous
territory.
I mean, I, I get it.
You know you want to try andkeep the peace or whatever, but
you know there are going to besome people out there burning
cars and acting stupid.
But really when, when you thinkabout it, merle, there's always
instigators at every peacefulrally.

(07:31):
They really are.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Right.

Speaker 1 (07:33):
But you can't just say everyone is like that.

Speaker 2 (07:36):
Yes, yeah, and it's unfair, like I've heard stories,
too, that people are trying todo the right thing and trying to
get their immigration statusand they're like at their
hearing and then they're gettingtaken away once the hearing is
done.
So it's just like.
It seems like right now, therules that people are trying to
play with are like, not fair andnot set up for anyone to win.
And you know, like I dounderstand, there's a level of

(07:59):
security that we have to havefor our own country, but that's
like I don't know, this doesn'tseem like it's really pointing
towards that, like what'shappening, you know, especially
in LA, they're just going up tolike families and people that
are nicely outside, like lookingfor work and business owners
and everything.

Speaker 1 (08:15):
Oh yeah, I mean, it's like they're kind of going
rogue.
You know, besides waitingoutside courtrooms when people
you know are hearing a case,like you were saying, you have
situations where they raided arestaurant or they went into
some other facility or whatever.
I mean it's like you look atthis like wait a minute, this is

(08:36):
kind of on that borderline of athird world country.
Yeah it really is.

Speaker 2 (08:43):
No, and I think what makes it even more terrifying is
when I see these people thatget taken away, like it'll be
one thing if we're like okay, weknow the center that they're
going to go to has meetseveryone's basic needs and
they'll be taken care of, butlike we're hearing these stories
of people getting shipped tocountries they're not even from
and it's like a really terriblething, and so it's like I could
just imagine the fear that thesepeople are feeling, where it's

(09:04):
like you don't know if you'regoing to see your family member
again, if it's like an older dador mom, like how are they
supposed to be in this weirdsituation?
Like all of a sudden, withpeople being left behind, it's
just like it's very inhumane.
And it's scary too that itdoesn't seem like there's a lot
of like.
I know our governor is trying,but it's like it's so weird how
quickly things can escalate andhow work can just get shifted.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
No, I agree, and you know, the real scary thing about
this is when they first started, they talked about taking away
all the vicious criminals, orwhatever.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah .

Speaker 1 (09:38):
If they're really bad people, no one's going to argue
about that.
But they've gone way past that.

Speaker 2 (09:44):
They're just grabbing up just grobs of people yeah,
in some cases not even vettingto see if they really are legal
or not legal, just literallygrabbing them up and just
shipping them out I know, yeah,and you don't even get a say or
like you get the punishment ofsomeone that's guilty before you
even get like a trial oranything oh yeah, and you?

Speaker 1 (10:06):
you hear these stories about how some people
are literally scooped up andluckily, you know they were let
loose later, but they shouldn'thave been grabbed in the first
place, right?
So it's like, okay, what is thecriteria that you're using to
grab people, if you're grabbinginnocent people?

Speaker 2 (10:21):
yes, exactly, yep, and I've had real talks with
with my boyfriend, with peoplehere, where I'm like, okay,
should we go downtown right nowand, you know, be part of this?
And of course, people have tolook out for like their own
safety and, like to me, whenpeople are throwing rocks, it's
just like it's safety.
But I've I've really beentrying to also just repost
things that I see on TikTok andfrom like lawyers that are

(10:43):
providing real solutions, saying, okay, like here's the things
everyone should know.
You know all these people.
Make sure you have the name andnumber of someone that you can
call.
You know like actual, tangiblethings rather than just like us
all yelling at each other,because I think there is a lot
of people need to know moreabout like what to say if this
does happen, or what free likelawyers, they're entitled to.

(11:05):
Or you know like more of thelegal stuff so that people are
like a little bit morewell-versed of like what to do
if this does happen to them ortheir family.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
Oh yeah, I mean like here in the Chicagoland area you
know, they have the Cinco deMaya parades and stuff like that
.
This year that was canceledjust because really we're scared
of even going there justbecause it may be hit by by ice.
And you see a lot of that now,where people I mean you even

(11:35):
have students where they'reafraid to come to school because
they're afraid that either themor maybe their parents may get
scooped up yeah, yeah that'sreally sad when you think I know
, I know, and it's like it's,it's so against like america and
just be, you know, welcomingpeople and giving people the
chance to make a life forthemselves.

Speaker 2 (11:54):
It's like, it's very weird.
So, yeah, it's crazy, you know,of course, like, but the one
thing is that I we saw in thefires too that sometimes la gets
a bad rap for everyone beinglike self-centered here, but
anytime something happens major,I have to say.
It is like new york, I'm surechicago in the way too, where
the city does come together andhelp each other, and that is one

(12:15):
thing.
That, like la is so diverse andpeople do love each other so
much, so it like, I think youknow people, it's nice to see
people come together, but it'salso under scary pretenses.

Speaker 1 (12:26):
Oh yeah, One thing that's not scary is your
governor is not scared of Trump.

Speaker 2 (12:30):
I know I love when he's like arrest me.
Yeah, it's so funny because,like I have to admit, I did not
like him at all during COVID.
Like I thought he was reallyslimy and yeah, and it just you
know, he like did one thing andkind of said another.
Like he, it was just like hejust seemed like he was playing
like an evil superhero to me andstuff.
And he notoriously went to uh,he was telling everyone like

(12:52):
stay home, you can't go out.
And then he got caught at areally great restaurant called
the french laundry in napavalley, part of like a dinner
party, which I'm like just tellus that we could go to dinner
parties Like you know why is itokay for you guys and not.
So there was definitely a littlebit of like major classism
going on during that time andalso he just kind of was.
I think he was more trying tolike be a little bit

(13:15):
performative during that time,but but now it is.
I think since the fire's on Ihave been impressed with him and
like and especially with theabortion rights and everything
like lately I've been very happyto have him as governor, so I
can't imagine what it would belike here right now.
If we had someone that was likevery militant and not for the
people you know it would be, Ican't imagine that now let me

(13:38):
ask you this as being a acitizen of california yeah do
you think that he's doing theright thing or taking the right
approach by challenging someonelike a Trump saying let's get it
over with?
I honestly think, in some weirdsick way, I think Trump respects

(14:00):
it, I really do.
I feel like in some weird way,trump sees it and he's like
arrest him.
Like I really think he thinksit's like probably funny a
little bit, but um, no, I thinkhe probably knows what he's
doing and he's probably so fedup of just the nonsense that at
this point, like lately thepress conferences I've seen with
Newsom, he's seen he seems likevery fed up and just kind of

(14:22):
over it and I think since thefires I think they've been like
beefing even harder than theyusually are, just because of
like funding and California isalways kind of a target for
Trump and so, yeah, I don't know, I don't think he's playing
around, but that would beridiculous if our governor's
arrested.

Speaker 1 (14:40):
Yeah, talk about a constitutional crisis there.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
I know, I know.
So we'll see.
But in the meantime, as much asI want to help society and the
world, we all have to also justbe careful with our own health
and our own safety and stuff.
So for me, I try to look forways to help people but also not
be right in the middle.
I love the people that are onthe front lines.

(15:04):
I just feel like I'm not, likeI'm just too much of a little
scared, weakling and stuff.

Speaker 1 (15:08):
so, um yeah, no, I totally understand.
I mean honestly, I really hopeI don't see the marines out
there, because if you thinkabout it now.
Okay, yeah, there's some peopledoing some stupid stuff, but
overall, mero, the having the,the national Guard, is really an
overkill yeah, it is, and itmakes people more.

Speaker 2 (15:29):
I think it agitates everyone so much more, and and
the way that ICE is doing thisis like agitating people too.
I mean one thing if they, likeyou know, went to a house and
calmly asked people, but I feellike like, like physically
ripping away someone from theirfamily is just like that's only
going to cause more and moreanger.

Speaker 1 (15:47):
Oh, yeah, I mean, I remember watching this story
about how these people werecalled.
I don't remember what state itwas, I don't know if it was
Chicago or a different state,but basically ICE agents.
I don't know how they got aholdof it.
They were texting theimmigrants and telling them hey,
you know you need to come downto the office, we want to go

(16:08):
over your paperwork, or whatever.
Well, actually they didn'trealize it was ICE doing that,
so when they literally got tothe office, they were arrested
as soon as they walked in, See,and that's not fair, Like that's
.

Speaker 2 (16:17):
So how could that be legal in any way?
That's so terrible.

Speaker 1 (16:20):
And when people are trying to do the right thing,
people trying to hide oranything, these are people that
are legally going through theprocess.

Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yeah, yeah, yep.

Speaker 1 (16:29):
That's what's scary about it.
I know they're going through itlegally.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
Yeah, it's like how could?
And I just don't understand whywe wouldn't want those people
in our country to like makeeverything better, and I feel
like, if anything, those wouldbe the people we do want, that
are trying hard and theyactually want to be here and
yeah.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
And also, too, what you're setting up to me is now,
when you get a notification, youknow you may second guess.
Yeah, yeah, that's true.
Is this real or is this a trap?

Speaker 2 (16:59):
You know yep, yep, yeah, and it's like, and it's
also like what systems are setin place for people that are
deported and then you can't justhave someone.
I mean, we saw this, honestly.
We saw this with like previousadministrations too.
People are, like you know,basically treated like animals
and they're stuck, like you know, with like blankets that are

(17:19):
aluminum foil and just it'sterrible, it's very scary and
weird.

Speaker 1 (17:25):
Yeah, that's true.
Well, talk about weird.
This is a weird one right here,this gentleman.
His name is Lawrence Campbell.
He won $5 million.
Wow.
Now here's the backstory tothis.
He purchased a ticket.
Whenever you buy a lotteryticket, there's cameras all

(17:47):
around.
So they literally saw himpurchasing a ticket and he said
that he lost his ID.
Okay, he talked to hisgirlfriend and his girlfriend
was going to cash the ticket andthey were going to split it.
Uh-oh, uh-oh.
You can probably guess whathappened, but I'm going to go
ahead and tell you.
So she went on ahead and cashedthe ticket and everything.

(18:09):
And then, yeah, her name wasCrystal McKay.
She ghosted him.

Speaker 2 (18:14):
No.

Speaker 1 (18:16):
So he ended up hiring an attorney Good, and now he's
suing her and she's saying thatno, I won the ticket, we didn't
have any kind of agreement andnow, of course, it's a legal
matter.
So let me ask you this Do youthink, as boyfriend and
girlfriend?
Because one thing comes to mindfor me if you lose your ID you

(18:40):
know when you just played alottery you have up to a year
claim.

Speaker 2 (18:44):
Oh really.

Speaker 1 (18:45):
So why wouldn't you just go ahead and get you some
more ID claim with yourself?

Speaker 2 (18:48):
Exactly.

Speaker 1 (18:50):
But I don't know, what do you think?
Do you think this guy was inlove or just stupid?

Speaker 2 (18:54):
I mean I think that this girl sucks for doing that.
Like I think that's a terrible,weird thing to do, like to take
someone's lottery ticket,anything.
Just say I'll cash this for you.
Like I want to.
You know, if your boyfriend andgirlfriend you're not husband
and wife yet, but like at leastI would assume hopefully he
would share some of the richeswith her, or like she would get
some type of 10 cut or something.

(19:15):
I mean that's ridiculous tolike say, take someone's lottery
ticket and not like she should.
I think she should be like suedand I think she should be
penalized too.
And I forgot how it is Okay.
So when you buy a ticket, youdon't need an ID to purchase a
ticket.

Speaker 1 (19:29):
No, you don't need an ID.
Okay, you don't need to know topurchase it.

Speaker 2 (19:34):
But when you claim it you have to show your.

Speaker 1 (19:36):
ID.

Speaker 2 (19:37):
Okay, okay, I get that.
So, yeah, I think he shouldhave waited.
But I mean, how can you trustlike a girlfriend to to, like
you know, I mean to cash like afive million dollar ticket, like
I mean, I've been together,we've been together for 12 years
and I still would like be likeI have to go to the grocery
store.

Speaker 1 (19:55):
I can't tell you why right now I would trust no one
I'll be the first to tell you ifwe're not married.
And please, women, don't getmad when I say this.
There's no way in hell, I'mgoing to let a girlfriend catch
my wedding?

Speaker 2 (20:10):
No, never, ever.
And even just from a standpointOf like now that is her
Winnings.
And even if you, even if allthe trust is there, then it's
like okay, now is she paying thetaxes.
You know, it becomes like alegal nightmare when something
like that happens.
It sounds like both thesepeople aren't playing with a
full deck of lottery cards to me, but I think her that is next

(20:34):
level terrible.
To go someone and take theirmoney.
I think she should have all themoney taken away, plus some.

Speaker 1 (20:40):
But you know the interesting thing, meryl, and I
know we've talked about thisbefore.
How you know, some people saymoney changes you.

Speaker 2 (20:48):
And I'm like no, money don't change you, it
literally lets you be who youreally are exactly, exactly
because it's like a good personwould have done this and then
said like, okay, it'd be nice ifyou could, you know, help me
with my car payment for a fewmonths or something, or you know
, or, or or not.
Just be like this is your moneyand we're until we're married,
or you know whatever.
This is like.

Speaker 1 (21:07):
He won fair and square, so yeah I mean, I guess,
on a positive note, he foundout early how she really is yeah
, I assume this would be.

Speaker 2 (21:19):
It'll be interesting to see how this like plays out
legally but, it is his legallyso like see how this like plays
out legally.
But it is his legally so likeright.
I mean, I would think this thiswill either be a very like
involved case or will be crystalclear, easy, see the.

Speaker 1 (21:32):
The thing that's weird about it is, yes, he
purchased a ticket, but sheclaimed the ticket.
You know what I mean.
So, yeah, kind of like you know, and then you know she goes.

Speaker 2 (21:41):
Well, no, it's my ticket, like you, know.

Speaker 1 (21:43):
And then you know she goes well.
No, it's my ticket and he goes.
Well, we were supposed to sharethe ticket, so it's oh, what a
nightmare.
That's why you hear people talkabout yeah, when I win the
lottery, I'm going to do this.
I don't say any of that stuffbecause you know, yeah, oh,
never.
And people are like hey,lawrence, you said you were
going to give us, we're going tosue you.
You said you were going to giveus so-and-so stuff.

(22:04):
Yeah never.

Speaker 2 (22:08):
And I also wonder too .
I mean like the fact that they,I wonder what their
relationship was like beforethat, like if they were on the
track to getting married, or ifthey were happy, or if she just
was like okay, this is my goldenticket out.

Speaker 1 (22:21):
I would say for him, because I can't speak for her, I
think for him to trust her likethat, probably.
Hey, this is the girl of mydreams, maybe one day we'll get
married.
But yeah, she proved him wrong,oh my god, I can't take.

Speaker 2 (22:38):
I feel like both of both.
Stupidity makes me annoyed.
I feel like they should likehonestly, I don't think either
of these people should have theyshould like donate it to like a
children's engineering schoolor something.

Speaker 1 (22:51):
Yeah, that's true, but man, that's a hell of a
lesson to learn though.

Speaker 2 (22:55):
Yeah, a have your ID and then, b make sure you're the
one that cashes in your lotteryticket ticket.
And yeah, how you said youcould just have it be on the
down low for a while.

Speaker 1 (23:04):
go to the dmv, get your real id and then go cash it
in but you know, the weirdthing to me, merrill, is it's
interesting when I see peopleplay house instead of want to be
house.
What I mean by that is when youtalk about sharing a lot of
ticket or something like that,you need to both sign the ticket
yeah yeah, because then itmakes it binding.

(23:25):
Or you, when you have peopleenter into buying real estate,
doing all this stuff, I mean waybeyond the, you know, sharing
an apartment, I mean really, youknow Now, if everything's going
fine, hey, there's no problem,everything's lovely.

Speaker 2 (23:40):
Right.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
But if there's some issues, that's when it gets
messy and it gets really, reallynasty at that point.

Speaker 2 (23:47):
Exactly, yeah, yeah, it can get very weird.
I also wonder, like, how thatis legally so, say, if even take
the girlfriend equation out,but if, like, if someone buys a
lottery ticket and then theythrow it in the trash
accidentally and then someonefinds it and it's a winner, like
who, Now that I think and I'mnot a lawyer, but I think that
will be clear cut you do it andyou take it, you screw.

(24:10):
But what if it accidentallyblows in the wind?
You know what I mean.
I feel like there's a millionscenarios where I'm like what if
it's stuck to your shoe?
It's still on you.
I wonder at what point itbecomes someone else's.

Speaker 1 (24:22):
You just grab me, keep your mouth shut.
No, I'm just.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
Exactly well, and also the fact that she wouldn't
split it with him is like nextlevel insane to me, because I
could see her being Kind of like, hey, we're splitting it,
what's mine is mine.
That would still bequestionable and not great, but
like someone that hordes at allis like very and like karma is
gonna come back to her timeslike a million.

Speaker 1 (24:46):
I.

Speaker 2 (24:46):
I feel like karma is going to come back to her times
like a million.

Speaker 1 (24:47):
I agree, I agree, but , like I said, when you talk
about buying a lottery ticket,you either cash it yourself or
you both sign the ticket.

Speaker 2 (24:54):
Exactly, and zip your lippy and don't tell anyone.
Now I know why.
All these anonymous people too.
Yeah, now I.
Now I get it.

Speaker 1 (25:03):
Oh yes.

Speaker 2 (25:05):
There's that saying that like I forget, like it was
like really wealthy people liketry to almost hide their money
or like you know they or theydon't even they want to almost
make it seem like they don'thave any money, and I get that.
It's like the people that don'ttry to be like look at me, I
have gucci sneakers and you knowlike they try to be like I have
money and then really, really,really wealthy people are like
nothing to see yes, that's thebest way to be.

(25:27):
Exactly, I'm somewhere.
I'm digging through the trashfor the lottery ticket, that's
right.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
Hey, meryl, do me a favor, lower your camera a
little bit, because your chin isbelow the camera.

Speaker 2 (25:36):
Oh, it is Okay, whoops, yay A little bit more
Perfect, perfect, right there.
Okay, I thought this next onewas hilarious and I wonder if
this was.
This is kind of close toChicago, so I feel like this
might be.
You might have even heard aboutthis, but I love this.
A lost DoorDash driver ends upon the tarmac at O'Hare airport.

(25:57):
So at first, when I first sawthis story, I thought that
someone had called DoorDash andI'm like, oh, that's a power
move, being on like on a flightdelayed and you're calling
typhoon to your plane orsomething.
But no, what it was was that,um, a door dash delivery driver
accidentally entered anunauthorized secured area at
Chicago airport.
According to police, the driverpulled up near parked planes

(26:20):
before being stopped by airportstaff.
And this is just one of thosevideos that you have to like see
it to believe it.
It's just this car that rollsup and keeps going and it's like
you know right where they putthe luggage and they take the
luggage on the tarmac and wherethe people are always guiding
the planes.
His car pulls up and you cansee him look very confused and I

(26:41):
just think this is so funny andso ridiculous and I'm also
happy that he didn't get hurt oror you know like things could
have gone really wrong if aplane was landing or like the
plane was taking off.
But I could see me doing that,being a door gesture and then
just like following the map andbeing like, well, google tells
me to keep going.
How do you even drive onto atarmac?

Speaker 1 (27:02):
that's what I wanted to.
I remember when that happenedbecause that happened here in
Chicago and over here, in fact,I fly in and out of that airport
, so I know exactly where it'sat oh my God.
How is it even possible?
Because if you've ever been toa large airport, there's
security everywhere.

Speaker 2 (27:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (27:22):
To go to secured areas.
There's either going to be aperson there and or a special
badge or whatever you need toget in.
You can't just walk in or drivein to certain areas.
And as the driver, I'm justsaying you know, maybe it's me,
I would think that, ok, if I'mdriving this big open field and
I see these big airplanes, maybeI shouldn't be here.

Speaker 2 (27:45):
I'm just saying and I wonder whose door dash it was
Like if it was a FAA, you know atraffic controller or something
like who even ordered it, theonly, like some at LAX.
I could see that happeningbecause there's an area where
people are, there's almost likethe smaller jets and it's.
I can see you entering that wayand then you could get on like

(28:05):
a big tarmac from there.
You know like you're almostgoing to like a private area and
then I can see if you just keepgoing, then you're somewhere on
that.
So I have to wonder if maybethat's what they did, where they
just like found some way to geton and kept going.

Speaker 1 (28:19):
But what was so crazy about it?
When I saw the video, it's likenot only did he like notice
that, okay, this isn't right he.
Not only did he like noticethat, okay, this isn't right.

Speaker 2 (28:27):
He literally drove up to the plane.
The plane, I love it.
Yeah, I hope he got a tip.

Speaker 1 (28:32):
And everybody's just like standing around.
I was like, wow, you guys are Iknow.

Speaker 2 (28:36):
There, you know, I think I think that would be so
funny if it was someone that was.
You know, cause they holdpeople for like an hour
sometimes, or up to many hourson a plane, and I think that's
so funny.
If you're like, oh sorry, mysushi's here, like I'm just
really shocked that he got thatfar I know me too.
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know why, but Ifound that so funny.

(28:58):
Like I was sending it to all myfriends and they're like, yeah,
it's like this is kind of funny, like this is not kind of funny
, this is the funniest thingI've ever seen.

Speaker 1 (29:10):
Once she's done laughing, then you think this is
pretty scary.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
Yeah, the fact that he's under a plane and he's
driving right.
And imagine if you're the pilot.
You're just seeing some randomperson with a box of pizza
coming out.

Speaker 1 (29:22):
You know you're checking all your instruments.
What?

Speaker 2 (29:24):
the.

Speaker 1 (29:26):
It's like a Chicago dog for someone or something
yeah, I guess he really, hereally was lost because he
wasn't arrested or anything likethat.
They you know the authoritiessay that it was a true
misunderstanding you know, oh mygosh, I love that person.

Speaker 2 (29:45):
and then like, then not only having that
embarrassment, but then makingnational news.
That's so sad, that's so true.
I hope DoorDash didn't fire him.
Yeah, I keep saying him.
I know it's a him, but whoknows it could be her or a man.

Speaker 1 (30:00):
It could be him or her, that's true.
Or somewhere in between.
All right.
Out of all the subjects, thisis probably my favorite one
we're going to go over here.
Well, when we started off, youknow, when President Trump
started off his presidency, himand Elon Musk was like best buds
.
They was all happy and giddyand jumping around all this fun

(30:22):
stuff.
Well, it looks like the partyis over.
Elon Musk and Trump are atwit's ends with each other.

Speaker 2 (30:31):
Oh, my God.

Speaker 1 (30:32):
I don't know if you've seen everything going
back and forth.

Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (30:35):
Yep, let's see.
Elon Musk has said that Trumpis going to blow up the budget.
Then he goes on to say that thereason why the Epstein files
wasn't released because Trump isin the Epstein files.
He says that Trump should beimpeached and then Trump goes
well, maybe I'll cancel thecontracts, you know for SpaceX.

(30:59):
I mean it was getting reallyjust like whoa.

Speaker 2 (31:05):
I mean, it does remind me, when it's like the
two bullies are fighting, like Iwas watching all these edits of
them and I'm like set to breakup music and I'm like, oh, I
always feel bad.
And, of course, everyone's likethe fact that this is happening
during pride months too.

Speaker 1 (31:20):
What do you think, meryl, what do you think what
happened?

Speaker 2 (31:22):
I mean, wow, I can't believe.
I mean, I think we all knew toa certain extent that this was
going to happen at some point.
Because of just their two weirdass personalities.
I think rumors about Elon, likeyou know, doing drugs and being
this and that, like I thinkhe's probably on some weird tip

(31:42):
now and I could just, andobviously from what we've seen,
like it's almost par for thecourse that you know, once
you're like part of the, thetrump administration, then you
kind of get turned against, oryou turn against them or you
know, like I I haven't heard ofany stories where, like people
just stay loyal.
Um, so yeah, I think we knewthis was going to happen, but to
me that like burned so muchfaster and brighter than I
thought I thought it would atleast be another year, like that
was way quicker than I eventhought.

(32:04):
And also to me, didn't wealready know that Trump was part
of the Epstein files?
Like I think every single timethat was released, like for
years that his name has been oneof the people on the list, so
like that's no surprise to me atall.
I don't know, I don't know ifpeople are shocked by that, but
like I just yeah, but Elon goingcrazy and tweeting, it is just

(32:25):
like like they're both sovolatile.
But I think, I really thinkthis probably hurts Trump's
feelings.
I really do.

Speaker 1 (32:33):
And then you know, trump bought a vehicle, bought
one of the Tesla.
So now he's talking abouteither selling or giving away
the Tesla.

Speaker 2 (32:41):
I honestly think, like the shots were fired, I
don't think Trump would randomlyjust like come after Musk, like
that.
He'd probably say some snidecomments, but I don't think he
would like go for, you know,personal insults for publicly, I
think, behind the scenes,absolutely.
But yeah, it's so crazy, it'sso weird.
So, but I feel like thathappened way faster than we all

(33:01):
thought.

Speaker 1 (33:02):
Oh way faster.
And you know, if you thinkabout it, you never would think
this would happen.
You got.
You know, the president of theUnited States, regardless of
who's sitting in that position,is one of the most powerful men
in the world.

Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (33:16):
Feuding with the richest man in the world.

Speaker 2 (33:19):
I know, and like one of the most technological and
also, according to Elon, someonethat, like that, helped him win
.
And so the fact that Elonsaying, I pretty much paid for
you to win and I can take yourpower away and make someone else
the next person, the nextpresidential candidate.
And he was even saying, hey,republicans just know that

(33:40):
Trump's going to only be herefor a couple of years, but I'm
going to be here for much longer.

Speaker 1 (33:44):
It's crazy.
Yeah.
He's like, yeah, trump's goingto be here for much longer.
It's crazy.
Yeah.
He's like, yeah, chump's goingto be here about three and a
half years.
I'm going to be around 40 years.
I'm like whoa.
I mean it was getting kind ofnasty there.

Speaker 2 (33:53):
I know, yeah, elon seems like I mean both of them
for sure, but I think Elon isdefinitely off his rocker as
well.

Speaker 1 (34:04):
Well, what do you think?
You think they'll ever make up?

Speaker 2 (34:09):
No well, what do you think you think they'll ever
make up?
No, not after, like the kind ofepstein stuff, and I mean a lot
of it is true, and I feel likeelon probably does know some
like major secrets.
Now you know, um, and I know alot of it happened over that
bill, like which I still don'treally feel like I quite
understand, like the bigbeautiful bill or whatever.
But I think it's tough becauseit's like I think trump is so
polarizing that it's just like alot of people seem to fall from

(34:32):
grace once they're like in his.

Speaker 1 (34:34):
You know he goes through like press people a lot
and just employees a lot oh yeahand and we've seen it happen
over time where one minute heloves you, you're you, you're
better than sliced bread, nextthing you go is I don't think I
really know that person.
Who is that?

Speaker 2 (34:49):
Yeah, I know.
And then Trump saying like Ioffered Elon makeup for his
black eye but he said no, justlike, oh my God, like this is.
I feel like all of our brainsare not supposed to have this
much information Like this, justridiculous information.

Speaker 1 (35:05):
Yeah, I know that behind the scenes, I guess
Republicans and other peopleclose to them kind of want them
to kind of tap it down a littlebit.
But I don't know, I don't seethis getting any better.
If anything, I think it's goingto escalate.

Speaker 2 (35:22):
I hope I'm wrong, but I think it's going to escalate,
yeah, and hopefully just likegoes away or just focuses back
on his thing, because I thinkhim being in this kind of circus
like the doge circus for thepast couple months or year,
whatever has I think we talkedabout last week like the
stockholders or the shareholdersof tesla, are kind of like,

(35:43):
okay, let's get back to work alittle bit, so hopefully in a
good way, elon will just ignoremost of it and not create even
more like nonsense and samething with Trump, but like I
don't know, I just I feel likeTrump actually did like Elon and
I don't see him like goingafter him out of nowhere.
Like you know, like I thinkElon kind of had to start it a

(36:04):
little bit.

Speaker 1 (36:05):
Yeah's gonna be interesting because, um,
honestly, I did think that atsome point, you know, they were
gonna fall out.
I never thought it was gonna bethis quick.

Speaker 2 (36:15):
No, yeah, I never thought it was gonna be this
vicious either I know and I waswatching these like people were
sending it to sad breakup musicand they were showing the tesla
like the white house.
And they were showing the teslalike the white house and they
were showing all the times theywere together and like cheering
for each other and then nowshowing just the tweens and it
was like I'm like why am Ifeeling emotion for this
relationship?
But I I think, honestly, Ithink it's two wounded men that

(36:41):
are just like run by their egosand are hurt by each other and
by themselves and are just likerunning on so much of their own
like weirdness that it's justjust whatever and that is so
true.

Speaker 1 (36:54):
That is so true.
So we will wait and see whathappens next oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (36:59):
My prediction is that they're each gonna find like a
replacement for each other, likeelon will find a new political
bestie, and then I feel liketrump will find the next, like
not mark zuckerberg, but not aBezos, but someone that's in the
technology, you know route.

Speaker 1 (37:14):
You know, the scary part is you may be right about
that.

Speaker 2 (37:17):
Yeah, because I think they're going to have.
It's like any relationshipwhere you have to have a rebound
and replace the other personright away.

Speaker 1 (37:22):
That's true.

Speaker 2 (37:26):
Oh, I thought this was a good one.
Okay, well'll leave it to goodold miley cyrus to bring some
drama into it, even though Ilike miley uh, this time she
wasn't the drama, though.
It was her fans, where she wasjust heckled into singing by
fans who paid 800 for a filmpremiere, who thought that it
was a concert.
Um, she eventually c cameperforming an acapella version

(37:48):
of the Climb to appease thepissed off Tribeca Film Festival
attendees.
So what happened was she showedup to celebrate the Tribeca
Festival premiere of SomethingBeautiful, which is a visual
album that accompanies her newrecord, and it was like marketed
weirdly and basically I thinkpeople thought that she was
performing, when really she wasthere to showcase a visual album

(38:12):
.
What was shocking to me is thatduring the Q&A a fan was
screaming out we paid $800.
Because this wasn't a concert,this was a film festival.
I think people are used topeople acting with some level of
manners.
Manners, or you know, it's notsecurity where people are
throwing bottles or anything.
They're used to people nicelysitting there.

(38:33):
So they weren't used to it andit got like really awkward.
Another audience member shoutedare you actually going to sing?
And so Miley appears liketotally shocked if you see the
videos, and I feel like she'ssomeone that does like her fans
and she's not someone that, likewants to leave her fans high
and dry.
Um, so she ended up singing alittle bit into the crowd.
She kind of like acquiesced towhat they wanted, but it it

(38:56):
brought up a bigger discussion,which is just like.
I just thought they acted likevery rude and entitled and I
think that is not okay.
Um, however, I also understandthat if you paid $800 and you're
just getting a Q&A with Miley,that is not great either, but
that's kind of you should havelearned more about the event
you're going to.
What do you think?

Speaker 1 (39:16):
I agree with you.
I mean, there's a couple things.
One, film festival, okay yeah,because film festival is not a
concert.
Why would you think peoplewould be?

Speaker 2 (39:26):
singing Exactly, exactly.

Speaker 1 (39:28):
Second thing is you're paying $800 and you don't
know what you're buying.
Yeah, that's not very brighteither.

Speaker 2 (39:34):
Right and you're at a film festival, exactly, and I
would agree that, like someonelike I love Alanis Morissette,
to me seeing a Q&A with her islike even just as good, not
better than seeing a concertI've seen a million times
because, like you get to seethem talk, you get to hear stuff
, you know, you get to see themmore as a person.
So like I also feel likethere's advantages to seeing a

(39:56):
Q&A with your favorite artistyeah, I tip my hat off to Miley
for going ahead and doingAcapulco yeah, I have to do that
, but I tip my hat off that shedid do it.

Speaker 1 (40:08):
But again, she was not obligated to do it.

Speaker 2 (40:10):
No, no and I think, like I mean that's security it
could have made it worse.
I think Miley knew that, likeif that went on, if they got
drug out of the festival, thatcould have been turned into
something else.
So just her singing for alittle bit like fixed it, you
know.

Speaker 1 (40:25):
Yeah, that's true, that's true.
So, like I said, I tip my hatoff to her.
You know better to just goahead and give them a little bit
of, a little bit of something,calm everybody down, and yeah so
now, if you were at a star Trekconvention and you paid $800
and it wasn't like what youthought, would you scream?

Speaker 2 (40:44):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (40:46):
well, I don't think I'd scream, but I gotta be
honest with you.
As much as I love star trek, Iwould not be paying on 800 bucks
right, or if you did, youprobably wouldn't know what
you're getting.

Speaker 2 (40:57):
It's like you're going on vacation with a cast
member, like you would knowexactly exactly.

Speaker 1 (41:02):
I mean for me to pay 800.
There's be something like cool,like hey, I get to see this.
You know the crew, you know themembers, you know one-on-one
spend some time with them, askquestions or whatever.
Yeah, I can see it's been ahundred dollars for that because
I can learn a lot from that notexactly you know as a fan and
also as a person who's creativetoo.

(41:22):
You know you can't even pay forthat kind of access, so hands
off.

Speaker 2 (41:28):
Yeah, I pay for that in a heartbeat yeah yeah, like
you said, I wouldn't know whatI'm paying for too, though
totally honestly, if I right nowit's not in my budget, but like
there's, uh, for the new alanismorissette concert you could
upgrade to vip and for 1500 youcould, like, meet her.
She runs a meditation, you knowall this kind of stuff.

(41:49):
But I'm like can you imaginebeing someone's friend and you
just hang out with them for freeall the time and knowing that
people are like trying to payfifteen hundred dollars just to
basically spend like 30 secondswith them?
And you know, which issomething I would be doing,
because that's something that Isee value in.
I don't, I'm not going to spendthat money yet, but like,
honestly, like that would besomething that I would probably
invest in.
I felt like, honestly, likethat would be something that I

(42:09):
would probably invest in.
But I also realized, like whatyou're going to get is probably
a quick, somewhat rushed thingand like a picture.
You know, like I'm not going toget my own private concert, I'm
going to get like a quick photoand get to meet this person.
But yeah, that's true.

Speaker 1 (42:24):
That's true.
Talk about meeting someone.
This is a fun one here, yay,all right, let's talk about Ed
the Zebra.

Speaker 2 (42:35):
Oh, I saw this, the sweet little baby.

Speaker 1 (42:37):
Yes, so this couple bought a four-year-old zebra,
which I guess in certain areasis legal, which I never knew.

Speaker 2 (42:46):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (42:47):
Well, they brought the zebra home and the zebra got
out.

Speaker 2 (42:50):
Oh, my God.

Speaker 1 (42:52):
And I think they took a day or so to try and find the
zebra to.
You know he was running throughthe neighborhoods.
They finally caught him in abig open field because he was
grazing and stuff like that.
But I don't know, Would you buya zebra?
Even if you had the funds andthe property, Would you buy a
zebra?

Speaker 2 (43:10):
Yes, definitely.
Even if you had the funds andthe property, would you buy a
zebra?
Yes, definitely If I knew itcould be safe and if it was
friends with like donkeys orzonkeys or something like that,
I would throw it into the mix.
But it would have to be like IfI knew it was safe, if it was a
fit for the zebra, I totallywould.
I have a friend in Austin andhe shows me pictures Of like
farms and they have zebras theretoo.

(43:31):
It seems random, but I mean, ifit was like if I knew it could
be safe and it was.
You know, to me it's almost thesame as a donkey.
I don't know what care theyneed or like I know I think they
do get sunburned pretty easilybut like, yeah, if I had the
land for it, I would definitelybe a zebra owner.

Speaker 1 (43:48):
Oh nice.
I mean it was kind of cool thatwhen they finally got the zebra
they put it in this harness andthe helicopter was carrying it
over.

Speaker 2 (43:57):
I know I saw that.

Speaker 1 (44:00):
And what was interesting is the zebra had a
muzzle on him.
I mean, was the zebra gettingkind of a little aggressive or
something I know.

Speaker 2 (44:07):
Maybe it did bite someone, but imagine being that
high up in the air with a muzzleon it.
That has to be really scary forit.

Speaker 1 (44:13):
That's true, that's true.
But one thing I was verysurprised about is they're
talking about possibly donatingit to the zoo or something like
that.
Why aren't they giving it backto the couple?

Speaker 2 (44:26):
I know If it was in a good house and a good, If, like
a good house and a good, I meanI would be so if that's your
pet, and like you're watchingyour pet just be taken away in a
helicopter, that's like verytraumatic.
I would be like I'd be besidemyself.
Oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (44:40):
Oh yeah, I mean like I said.
I mean if cause animals aresmart?
Okay, I remember years ago wehad a dog and we was cage
training him because you know,our dogs were in the house, but
first you got to train first andthis dog, when I came home from
work, I kid you, not figuredout how to get out of the cage
and was on top of a pile ofclothes just sitting there like

(45:03):
what's up.
Oh, I love that.

Speaker 2 (45:05):
So animals are very smart that we give them credit
for I know and it's sofrustrating when someone like a
zebra runs away or somethingBecause it's like, no, we want
you to be safe.
You know, when cats or dogs dorun away from their house
Because it's like you don't knowwhat you're running from,
You're better off inside here.
But yeah, I couldn't watch avideo of the little sweet zebra

(45:27):
up in the air.
No, it had to be a veryinteresting sight, though I know
you relax what the and if thatwas your pet or your animal,
like watching it get taken awayand just being at a zoo?
I don't know.
I'm too fragile with all theother news to think about it.

Speaker 1 (45:50):
Well, let's just hope that Ed is having a wonderful
life.

Speaker 2 (45:53):
I know, sweet Ed.
Well, maybe something in thefuture.
This could actually be used totransport zebras that are flying
in the air, because the BayArea Company takes thousands of
pre-orders for the first trueflying car in history.
So this is a real Jetsonexperience, like how we're going
to be flying.
So a leaf or a left.

(46:15):
A L E F said it has produced afirst car that has vertical
takeoff and landing capabilities.
Production of the vehiclescould come by the end of the
year.
It's an aeronautics company andpretty much like I mean, if you
see it, it really looks likewhat we talked about they, they
hover in the air.
Um, it doesn't need an airportor runway to take off.

(46:36):
The cars are a hundred percentelectric, with a driving range
of 200 miles and a flight rangeof 110 miles, and it says that,
on average, their car uses lessenergy per trip than a Tesla car
uses less energy per trip thana tesla.
Um, of course, we'd have tofigure out like air, you know,
airspace, because how would thatwork?
If we could barely drive onland?

(46:57):
I don't know how we would allbe like up in the air, um, so,
yeah, very interesting.
It's like very weird andinteresting, but I just don't
know how this would work.
Like you know, I don't know howthis would work.
Like you know, I don't know howit would work.

Speaker 1 (47:11):
I mean, the concept is actually pretty cool when you
think about it.
But here's what I picture.
I picture some little spoiledkid that has a parent that buys
one for them.

Speaker 2 (47:22):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (47:24):
And he's like zipping all around, you know, just
going past people, houses andstuff.
How do you regulate where theyfly and what lanes?
Because the thing is a regularvehicle.
You're on streets, so you'reforced.
Right, we have a whole roadwayand there's, you know, there's
rules and regulations you haveto pass and stuff you have to do

(47:44):
when you're driving a vehicle.
Well, if you're flying, it'llbe basically like the wild, wild
west.
So now you're going to besitting up.

Speaker 2 (47:51):
Next thing, you know, instead of car crash, you're
going to see crashes up in thesky I know, and like I for one
I'm sure there's lots of peoplewith me I don't want to be like
on a walk just having cars infront of me.
Like half of why I like to beoutside is just to kind of not
have things like over my head.
You know like it's that's veryweird just to be like outside
walking and have cars over you.

(48:12):
I don't know.
Just I feel like then you'llnever be able to fully like get
away from things oh yeah, thinkabout it like this you're in the
park, you enjoy yourself.

Speaker 1 (48:20):
All of a sudden, you see these cars zip right over
your head.

Speaker 2 (48:23):
You know yeah it's, it's so weird, but I mean it is
an interesting concept, but Ijust just like I don't know.
I mean I guess this is thewhole next.
This is probably how they feltwhen it's like going away from
railroads.
What do you mean?
You know what I mean.
Like I feel like any great likeshift probably has had this
where they're just like theycan't conceive it and then some

(48:43):
people are able to conceptualizeit and make it work, but I
don't know that's true, I mean I.

Speaker 1 (48:50):
I would like to see how they're going to regulate
that.
Yeah, me too.

Speaker 2 (48:53):
This seems like california is going to have it
first, though oh, great I thinkcalifornia is probably going to
have it first my nissan versawon't even, can't even, get up a
hill.
It's not going to get up a uhanything.
So I mean, yeah, we'll see.
I'm looking at it now.
It's really interesting andpeople are taking orders for it.
But like, I wonder if you haveto have, and oh.

(49:15):
So it said basically um, Ithink it was 300 000.
Yeah, so at 300 000 thevehicle's price tag is steep, um
, but then they think it's goingto go down like way down, and
then it will be the cost of atoyota corolla or a ford focus.
At one point.

Speaker 1 (49:32):
And they said they got 3 400 pre-orders worth about
1 billion dollars yeah, butthose pre-orders, isn't it like
some ridiculously low amountlike 150 bucks to like 1500?

Speaker 2 (49:47):
yeah, to get into the pre-order.
Yeah, it costs $150.
And, yeah, the priority queueis $1,500.
I mean, I think too, if you'rejust a collector in any means,
like even if you're not takingthis seriously just to have one
of those cars is probably like asmart investment idea, you know
, like something cool.
If you're a historian or ifyou're like any type of car
person, you're going to want tohave that original model.

Speaker 1 (50:10):
I see that as being, in my mind, a flex.
Oh sure, hey, look what I cando.
See, this is what I can afford.
I see that that's what it'sgoing to be.
First, a novelty item.

Speaker 2 (50:28):
Definitely it is going to be upper class.
Literally it's going to be likeoh, she drives on the sky.
You know, even when we see likebanners or logos and stuff, I'm

(50:54):
like I really hope it takes along, long time, way past our
time, before they start likemaking advertisements and
billboards happen 24-7 in theair.

Speaker 1 (51:03):
That's true.
That is so, so true.
Well, there is a fun, funchallenge that's out there.
It's called the Andy's ComingChallenge.
Now, for some people who don'tknow what this is, have you ever
watched Toy Story?
Yes, Okay.
Now, in the first Toy Story, Ithink it's, maybe a couple of

(51:27):
times it's happened where thetoys are sitting there talking,
doing their thing and then allof a sudden someone goes hey,
Andy's coming.
And then you all fall down andjust be still.
So that's the challenge onTikTok, where everyone's doing
this.
They start talking and likeAndy's coming.

Speaker 2 (51:45):
And then they all drop.
That's so cute I think that'sso cute.

Speaker 1 (51:49):
That's actually a pretty cool challenge.
I like that yeah.

Speaker 2 (51:52):
Remember the mannequin challenge, where
people were like a few years ago.
Yeah, that reminds me of thattoo, where it's like I think
these things are very sweet andthey're just very like harmless.
I love it.

Speaker 1 (52:02):
Yeah, all right, we're going to try it.
I'm going to do that.

Speaker 2 (52:16):
I'm going to say it Dipped out for a few seconds.
Okay, I'll be talking.
Your talking was pretty good onthat.
It was good.
I wasn't as wooden as I usuallyshould be, but yeah, that's so
cute.

Speaker 1 (52:25):
That was actually a pretty cool challenge.
I like that.

Speaker 2 (52:27):
Yeah, I like it too.
I like when these things are.
This is what we should be usingsocial media for.
There you go, um.
Okay, let's see my last one.
Interesting another musicindustry one is that um eminem
files 109 million dollar lawsuitagainst meta for unauthorized
use of his music.

(52:48):
He accuses Meta of rampantinfringement, knowing
infringement and alleging thatthe company encouraged billions
of users to do the same, allwithout a license.
Now, I totally believe this.
I'm definitely on Eminem's sideand I feel like a lot of his
songs are like sampled, you know, legally and not legally.
Um, according to the rap, thelawsuit filed 30 uh may 30th by

(53:12):
m&m's music publishing company,uh, accuses the social media
giant meta of distributing therapper songs without a valid
license.
Uh, they're seeking 150 000 pertrack, a figure that could
total as much as 109 milliondollars.
So, basically, like the uh forlike layman's terms is it was

(53:35):
saying that his music were youwere using meta libraries and so
people were able to like usehis music when meta didn't
actually get the licensesthrough, um eight mile style
because they did not grant them.
Feel free if you I feel likeI'm explaining it awkwardly, if
you if you know an easier wayfor me to say it feel free to do
it, but pretty much that's.

Speaker 1 (53:55):
That's what I great job.
I mean, just like when you makea post and they have music that
you can choose.
Uh, at the bottom, you knowthose are licensed music.
So if his music is there andthey did not properly acquire
them, then uh, yeah, I.
I think that's probably goingto be a pretty easy lawsuit from
the group.

Speaker 2 (54:16):
Exactly, and it said they removed some of the songs,
including 2002, lose Yourself,following complaints, but then
Meta still continues to hostunauthorized cover and
instrumental versions.
Still continues to hostunauthorized cover and
instrumental versions.
Now I mean that's tough because, like I don't, know I would
argue that some cover versions.
I don't know that gets trickythen because it's like, okay,

(54:37):
well then that's just peoplecovering it and instrumental,
but, um, I don't know, veryinteresting.
I wonder for eminem, like howmuch of this is versed, and that
he's like really upset versuslike, yeah, trying to get a
payday maybe a little bit ofboth, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (54:54):
See, the problem with covers is there's a really thin
line when it comes to covers,because, let's say, you're a
band and you're a cover band,you're basically playing other
people's music and you'regetting paid to do that.
Will the artists come after you?
No, they're not going to comeafter you for that.
Now you can't go out and justlike take this stuff and put it

(55:15):
in streaming because, yeah, youwere able to suit that way.
So it's kind of like a thinline there.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (55:20):
Exactly, yeah, and I like I mean, I don't know what
the problem is.
I also wonder too, maybe he'sgetting no money for this or I
feel like maybe eminem, as wetalked about a lot of times.
I wonder the types of contractsand like licensing deals that
he signed, and maybe we think hemakes so much money from all
these songs, but maybe it's likehe is actively losing money

(55:41):
with having his songs on meta Iwould say that in the music
industry it's changed over theyears.

Speaker 1 (55:49):
Um, I'm old enough to remember the cd and records
yeah me too.
I love the cd and you knowpretty much that's how musicians
really made their money off ofphysical sales.
Yeah, in the day of streaming,you know most people don't make
any real money off streaming.
You know they make money offconcerts, they make money off

(56:09):
their merch, they make money offof you know a lot of different
things that supports the music.
So the music that supportsother things.
So it's a whole different wayof how it's done now.

Speaker 2 (56:20):
You know yeah, yeah, but this should be interesting
and I feel like if anyone hasgood lawyers, it's probably
eminem, so hopefully this alsowon't cost him too much, because
I can see this I mean that'sgoing to be very, very costly,
like going up against Meta, whoprobably has the best lawyers in
the business, and you know thething about it is.

Speaker 1 (56:39):
You know Meta is a multi, multi-billion dollar
company.
So, I mean, for us, $109million is like holy shit,
that's a lot of money.
But to a multi-billion dollarcompany it's like, eh, okay,
let's throw in $50 million, $60million, let's try to settle
with him.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (56:57):
Exactly.

Speaker 1 (56:58):
Yep, it's a big number, but again, to a company
like Meta, I don't think it'sreally that big to them.

Speaker 2 (57:05):
I know, but I could be wrong.
This I know, but I couldn't bewrong.
This is where I'm like a badconsumer because I'm like,
instead of this Eminem, I wantyou to make more and more music.
Like I just you know Iunderstand that he has to go
through his own personal plightand like legally do his stuff,
but I want I know he did comeout with a new album or a new
song not too long ago, but I'mlike I just I need, I want more
Eminem, basically, but not justin the news for suing someone.

Speaker 1 (57:29):
I hear you, but something tells me they're going
to settle this pretty quickly.
What do you think?

Speaker 2 (57:34):
Yeah, I do too.
I do too, which would be nicefor him.
Imagine just randomly getting$60 million.
Then maybe he'll give some tothe guy that lost the $5 million
in the lottery.
That's what I would do.

Speaker 1 (57:45):
Don't do it again.
I'm scared.

Speaker 2 (57:50):
Exactly, exactly.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
And then I would like bankrupt the girlfriend that
stole it.
Well, Meryl, what do you havecoming up?

Speaker 2 (57:55):
Ooh, the next thing, let's see.
The next thing I'm going toplug is I'm going on family
vacation, which is fun, but showwise.
June 25th I will be at a placecalled the Gold Rail in Glendale
.
It sounds like a weird bar, butit's just.
It's a fun bar.
I'm really excited about thecomedians that are on the show

(58:16):
with me.
There's some of like the youknow so such great local LA
comedians that are very, veryfunny, so I'm grateful for that.
So yeah, june 25th at the GoldRail bar in Glendale.

Speaker 1 (58:30):
Nice, nice Everyone.
Please make sure you supportMeryl if you're in the area.
Thank, you.

Speaker 2 (58:36):
This has been a lot of fun, Meryl, I know I feel
like the news.
It's so nice to have like anice outlet to talk about crazy
news.

Speaker 1 (58:44):
Yes, yes, that's true .
Well, for everyone.
I do appreciate you watching usor listening to us.
If you're listening on podcast,please continue to support us
and let everybody know to tunein and watch us or listen to us
sometime.

Speaker 2 (58:58):
Yep, and I'll be off next week, so I hope everyone
has a great week on me on summervacation, and so I can't wait
to catch up with everyone in twoweeks.

Speaker 1 (59:06):
Nice, and then what I'll do on the podcast.
I'll put some bonus episodes onthere from one of my other
shows, so we still have freshmaterial.

Speaker 2 (59:15):
Okay, good, imagine if we had old material where
it's like we're so happy thatElon and Trump are friends, like
exactly, exactly.

Speaker 1 (59:28):
Well, everyone have a great time.
I'm Lawrence Elrott.

Speaker 2 (59:32):
I'm Meryl Clemo.

Speaker 1 (59:33):
Bye everyone, bye guys.