6.17: For The Win H2

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day ahead. All right, So the World Cup as is now,
I guess this marks what day six of the World

(01:58):
Cup and we will have these second match for the
United States tomorrow. I'm sorry Friday as they take on Australia,
and I just I cannot get enough of the stories
just about the cultural clashing, where you've got people that
are experiencing America for the first time and having a
tough time adjusting and also just finding things about our
American culture that they really like. And some of my

(02:21):
favorite stories have nothing to do In fact, most of
my favorite stories have nothing to really do with soccer.
But how about this Scottish fan. His name is Craig Ferguson,
but he's not the comedian but he walked fourteen miles
from MetLife Stadium to Central Park just to prove it
could be done. That was one of those things that
was controversial as far as those making the trip from

(02:41):
across the Pond. They could not comprehend what it would
cost to just take like the train in the New
York City, New Jersey area to get where you needed
to go. So they were like, screw it, will walk,
And plenty of Americans, certainly in that area of New
York and New Jersey, thought it was laughable. And this
guy said, you know what, I don't care, I'm going
to do it. It also took him eight hours to

(03:04):
do it, so that'll be a memorable part of his
trip to the United States. That probably will be one
that he has a long time recovering from as far
as being sore. I know, if I walk fourteen miles
and it took me eight hours to do it, that'd
be something I remember and probably regret, to be honest
with you. Another story that I love is how Lawrence,
Kansas has essentially adopted Algeria, so Algeria shows Lawrence as

(03:28):
it's base camp, which I think that alone is kind
of surprising. I mean, When I think of Lawrence, Kansas,
I just think of the University of Kansas, and honestly,
without that, I would probably never know that it existed.
But the city went all in as far as embracing
the country that chows them to be the home base.
The Kansas Marching Band has learned Algeria's national anthem. You've
got local kids who are awareing the Algerian face paint

(03:51):
and one kid that actually says that they feel Algerian
because of the time that they've had and one I
think that's just a cool story. But also I get it,
like there's gonna be that natural human element of just
the interest of somebody that's kind of staying with you
right they're there, they're hanging out for for a few

(04:12):
weeks or whatever it may be, and you just kind
of know that there's a lot that you can't relate to,
and like it or not, you're coexisting together in this
city and they're getting along just fine. And I don't
know of any previous bad blood between the that that
country and our country, but it is just nice to
see because I've seen some of the interviews from those
that are there with the team from Algeria, but also

(04:32):
just those that live in Lawrence, Kansas, and like, I
think it's really genuine. I think they that's been a
very memorable and impactful experience for both sides.

Speaker 7 (04:39):
Well, it's interesting because the same thing happened in Boston.

Speaker 8 (04:43):
There was a gentleman who became famous on the internet
because Scottish fans set up a set up shop.

Speaker 7 (04:48):
They got an airbnb across the street.

Speaker 8 (04:49):
And they got up the first morning and started playing
bagpipes at six point thirty and my man's like, what
is this? And so then he got to know them,
got to be friends, and he just posted yesterday they
left him bottle of Johnny Walker black label, and he
felt bad because there's no bagpipes anymore because they're moving
on to another city.

Speaker 7 (05:07):
And it's just this relationship to your point, Nick, that
everybody's developing.

Speaker 8 (05:11):
Ironic when we have so many differences here in our
own country between red and blue and everything in the news,
here comes the entire world descending on the United States,
and they're finding this new found love for this country.

Speaker 9 (05:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (05:22):
And I think the sporting element of it gives you
just an automatic like we don't need, we don't need
to even be thinking about any kind of differences as
far as just like you know, political right, It's just
it's I don't know, I think because we're all coexisting.
And again it's not like we've been invaded by all
these different countries. But certainly there's a lot of people
in America right now that wouldn't be here if it

(05:44):
went for the World Cup, and the World Cup it remains,
i mean, the reason why they're here. Again, there's probably
plenty that spent money that they would never spend again
on anything else in their life. But that's just how
big soccer is in their country, and the World Cup
is that big of a deal. But I just it's
it's nice to as human beings, regardless of where you're from,

(06:06):
just just naturally kind of realize, hey, despite maybe even
a language barrier, whatever it may be, we can all
get along. I saw a post from Clay Travis, and
I'm not picking on him, but it was the exact
like reminder to me of how like, if that's on
your mind when you're consuming the World Cup, like, man,

(06:27):
I would never want to watch sports with you. And
this is somebody Clay who he comes from a sports background,
but he said, I would talk to all all Democrats
and ask them if they're enjoying the World Cup, imagine
what it was looked like if we didn't have borders.
Do we have to politicize every Yes, I mean a
lot of people do. But like, again, regardless of that comment,

(06:47):
I'm just like, I just can't imagine watching the World
Cup consuming what makes it a cool event because you
don't have to be a soccer event to think that
the World Cup has a really cool concept and just
feel that it is the biggest sporting event in the world.
And I just you know, regardless of what it is
you think, like, if somebody's bringing that while we're sitting
around having beers watching a game, I'm gonna probably go

(07:08):
somewhere else and watch yeh see. And it's not because
of what you said. It's just because that's not what
we're doing here. We're watching soccer.

Speaker 8 (07:14):
Well, and you know that's the thing, and that's what
I loved. I've been completely around the world. I've been
to the golf, I've been to Europe, I've been to Australia.
I've been around the world. And this is why Anthony
Bourdain is my spirit animal, and because I learned to just.

Speaker 7 (07:26):
Sit with others enjoy their culture.

Speaker 8 (07:28):
In fact, sitting at wollomul O Bay in Australia and
Sydney was where I picked up my love for rugby.
A guy sat down next to me at the bar
and he said, you like this sport? I said, I
don't know a whole lot about it. It just looks a
lot like football. He goes, let me teach you. And
I spent three days with that guy sitting at the
bar watching this game, and you just I love international sport.
To your point, Nick, and I'm so glad you brought
that up to start this hour because that's what the

(07:50):
World Cup is teaching us, and it was sorely needed
in this country and it came at just the right
time exactly.

Speaker 6 (07:56):
I think Tomming is certainly on our side here. Yes,
all right, so weather updates are on the way. Be advised.
We do have some potential severe weather coming in later
this evening. We will get those details coming up from
Susann Horrigan in just a moment. What I want to
get to next, speaking of good vibes, I want to
talk a little bit about a foundation that I feel
like you're aware of. If you listen to this show,

(08:16):
but I want to talk a little bit more about it.
It's called the First Car Project. We'll do that next.
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mister Sudistracted Driver dot com. And I got to catch
up with him yesterday because he is he's part of
a project that I just think is not only a great,
great thing to do for for people in need, but
it's just I think, dare I say innovative. I would
have never thought to do it, But props to Alex
and his partners who put together a foundation called the

(09:10):
First Car Project, and what they do is they raise
money to purchase vehicles for foster kids that are aging
out of the foster care system turning eighteen, starting that
next chapter of their life. And it really again, I
wouldn't have thought of it, but absolutely if you consider

(09:31):
what it's like for somebody that has mom and dad
at home that have been there, they've had a consistent
upbringing with a home that has both parents or maybe
even just one parent with divorce, because that's pretty common
these days, to be honest with you, and when they
get that next chapter started, they very much ease in
because you're still mom and dad's baby, and they're as

(09:52):
scared as you are.

Speaker 4 (09:52):
You actually may not.

Speaker 6 (09:53):
Be scared about the real world at eighteen, but your
parents are because they just hope that you're out there
navigating that and that you you know, you prosper well.
If you're in the foster care system, you're aging out
of the system, and you don't have a lot of
things that people like myself have as far as just
parents that could be there when I screwed up as
an adult for the first time that could give me

(10:14):
guidance and advice that could still help me if I
needed it, and Lord knows, I needed their help when
I was eighteen nineteen years old as far as just
figuring things out and oh, by the way, money, So
when you hit eighteen coming out of the foster care system,
you got to get a full time job, right or
you got to get to school. Maybe you're doing both
because that's just life. You're not going to have those

(10:36):
resources that most people have, including a vehicle. A lot
of kids in foster care don't have cars at sixteen,
seventeen or eighteen. So the project it is blown up
in recent years because I think when you hear about it,
people want to help out. The automotive industry is a
very very cutthroat business as far as profit margins, this

(10:58):
and that when it comes to used car dealership, body shops,
repair shops, that kind of stuff. And when those that
run those types of businesses here about the first car project, they.

Speaker 4 (11:08):
Want to help.

Speaker 6 (11:10):
Instincts they want to be able to say, look, I'll
give you. You know, look, if you bring your vehicle
here that you're donating and it's got some cosmetic issues,
that's what we do. We'll get it cleaned up, no charge.
We want to help. And that's just something I can't
get enough of, is hearing that people want to naturally
be a part of something that they know is helping people.
It's the power of positivity. And it happened with my

(11:32):
old man, my dad. He recently got a new vehicle,
and he could have traded in the Subaru he was driving,
or at least just sold it on the used car market,
because right now the used car market, you wouldn't believe
what used cars are going for if you haven't looked.
And he knew of this because of course my relationship
with Alex and our friendship, and of course I talk
about it with you guys on the air here, and

(11:53):
he decided to donate his car.

Speaker 4 (11:54):
And yesterday Alex met.

Speaker 6 (11:56):
Up with my dad and he drove it away and
they're taking it to get looked at. And what they
do if you donate a car and it's in great
shape and it can still be utilized as somebody's first vehicle,
they'll do that. But even if you have a car
that you feel like, hey, it's something, but I don't
know if I want to give this to somebody because
I don't know how much life it's got left.

Speaker 4 (12:13):
That's okay.

Speaker 6 (12:14):
You can donate it and they've got the ability to
figure out what they could actually like. Your donation may
end up turning into an eighteen hundred dollars donation to
the first Car project that goes towards whatever's needed to
the vehicles that they give away, and also the insurance
that it costs to have these things ensured whenever they're
given to these people who are chosen to be, you know,
the winners.

Speaker 4 (12:34):
Essentially. I hate calling it that, but that's how it works.

Speaker 6 (12:36):
There's foster kids who are aging out that all apply
and they go through the process and each year they're
giving away more and more. But nonetheless, my dad decided
to do it. And I not that I'm surprised. My
Dad's always been somebody that would do something like this
if he could. But I think there's others out there
that would hear this and think, you know what, I
could get maybe eight hundred bucks from the dealership when
I trade mine in, but that's not worth it. What

(12:59):
would be more worthwhile is to donate this and uh
and let it be somebody's first vehicle that's in need
of it, or again make a donation. And Alex was
telling us about the stories of some of those that
are that are that are going to be given new vehicles.

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It it's something I can't relate to, but it also
makes me appreciate more so than I ever did as
far as what my life was like when I was
turning eighteen years old. I mean, there's there's a young
man who walks to work every day at a Papa
John's and he can't be promoted because he'd need to
be there more often than he can be there right

(15:50):
now with him having to walk to work, he doesn't
have a vehicle. So he's worked his ass off at
a job they want to promote and make him leadership,
and him not having a vehicle has kept him from
being able to accept that. Well, now he's going to
have a car and it's made a positive impact in
his life.

Speaker 4 (16:07):
This really hit me.

Speaker 6 (16:08):
There was somebody who was asked one of the winners
who was notified they were going to win, Hey, what
are you going to do? What's the first thing you're
going to do. And this is somebody that said, I
can't wait to go to the store and buy close
the fit and that broke my heart because that's just
a sad reality. But that's the reality for some that
didn't have the same mom and dad in the home
every day of their life growing up. They've had a

(16:30):
different life. And yeah, you can order clothes like online,
but most kids in foster care don't have a bank
card or a bank account. So it just made me
appreciate things that you probably lose sight of appreciating. And
I cannot tell you enough about the great work that
they do with the first Car project. And next time
we have Alex in we'll talk a little more about it.
But if you want to help in any way, please

(16:54):
do it. I think you'll, you know, with with what
I've shared with you, I hope that you realize it's
going to a real, really good cause. All Right, we
got sports coming up on the other side. We've got
the second match for the United States in the World
Cup that's just a couple of days away. And the
United States team, they're not they're not taking any crap
from Australia.

Speaker 5 (17:11):
This is Coffee and Company. Fueled by Torton's on US
radio weight forty was so yesterday.

Speaker 6 (17:20):
It was probably the most highly followed story on TMZ.
And I don't frequent TMZ very often, and I'm sure
a lot of you don't either, But there's this celebrity couple,
Jelly Roll, an overnight superstar in the music world. This
is somebody who actually used to be a rap artist
and then I don't really remember what song it was

(17:41):
that that flipped it for him, but he started doing
more of a country I guess really just country music.
I guess modern country. And now he's had countless radio
hits and he's a guy that's everywhere. If you didn't
know him a few years ago, you probably do now.
And he's not necessarily my tea as far as his music,
but he seems like a genuine guy from what I

(18:03):
can gather, and h he has a really good story.
And he has a wife, I guess soon to be
ex wife that he's divorcing, and the jelly Roll and
Bunny and that's I'm sure that's not her legal name,
but that's what they go by, and I would imagine
his legal name's not Jelly Roll. But jelly Roll and
Bunny they're getting a divorce. And not only am I

(18:24):
surprised by the amount of people who were devastated to
see that these two are calling it quits, but I'm
surprised how many people actually know who they are. I mean,
jelly Roll is a big enough musician that you could
you could not be looking to figure out who he
is or anything. But he's been He's been, my wrong, Scott,
jelly Roll has been famous enough to where like he's

(18:46):
he's mainstream in the moment right now that regardless of
what music you choose to listen to, He's been exposed
to America enough to where most people probably at least
have heard of him or.

Speaker 8 (18:56):
Know who he is.

Speaker 7 (18:57):
Absolutely.

Speaker 8 (18:58):
I was telling you yesterday he did a great care
and Tulsa King was sliced alone, and I mean he
was really making a name for himself and losing that weight.

Speaker 7 (19:06):
And to your point, I was reading something.

Speaker 8 (19:07):
I was one of those who was caught up in
the story on social media yesterday, and I mean, we
don't know why he's divorcing yet, and I'm forgive me
because I didn't get a chance to hear what was.

Speaker 6 (19:17):
There's a couple of different scenario. There's a couple of
different theories, and who knows what's true and really that
that's their business. But when you're a celebrity couple, people
are going to be in your business and you kind
of have to know that going in, especially when you
are openly uh you know, out there you're you're And
that's the other thing is that his wife, she's she's
a celebrity because she was Jelly Roll's wife, right, And

(19:38):
and also she used that that platform, that notoriety to
create a podcast that I guess is really really popular.
So they're both celebrities and and and they're splitting up,
and you would think that this was like Jennifer Aniston
and Brad Pitt, or even Brad Pitt and Angelina jol
Beyonce and Jay z uh. I don't think, you know,

(19:59):
I think the world literally may stop if Travis Kelce
and Taylor Swift get get divorced, you know, they split
up before they get married.

Speaker 4 (20:06):
But but then it then it hit me.

Speaker 6 (20:07):
It reminded me when I'm thinking, Okay, who knew that
these people were this popular and this famous and who
knew that this many people were were into their marriage,
as far as just rooting them on as some celebrity
power couple. But again, I was reminded about a powerful
thing called the human element, and it's it's the relatability
here people can relate. He's a convicted fellow, former drug dealer.

(20:32):
She's a former sex worker, and that's not something that
every day Americans can relate to. As far as they're
the same situation. They've been in they've been a mattress actress,
or they've been to they've been to prisoned because they
were drug dealing drugs. That's not something everybody can relate to. However,
they they can relate to that they're they're not perfect,

(20:54):
and uh, you know they're like there's part of their
story that's that's for gelleral specif it's quite clear, it's
not just that he's got music that you hear a
million times a day on the radio. He's got an
interesting story of a guy who wants you to know
that he used to be down and out and this
was not expected for him and now.

Speaker 4 (21:12):
He's he's a superstar.

Speaker 6 (21:14):
So again, most of us don't share these exact details
in our life, but we do relate to not being
perfect and trying to write a better chapter. Essentially right,
the PR was not there was no PR issue with
their past. It was kind of a part of what
made them admirable. So that that, I think is why
you know in that demo, you know, twenty five, fifty four,
twenty something, you know that in that range people not

(21:37):
only know who they are, but they can relate because
not only are they Again, the relatability here is not
because your celebrity couples like them, or that you used
to be a porn star and a drug dealer, but
you're You're human. You have a past that you know,
certain things in your past you're not too proud of,
but that's not going to be you know, your whole story.

Speaker 4 (21:58):
And these two people, I guess are an example of that.

Speaker 6 (22:00):
And by the way, speaking of the and again, I
read like three different things yesterday Scott that could have
led him getting divorced.

Speaker 4 (22:06):
Exactly that that she cheated or maybe that he cheated.

Speaker 6 (22:10):
And then one that I can at least see a
little bit more plausible is that he has shifted towards
very much being a a in your face, if you will, Christian,
and he's speaking about his faith and he seems to
be really gravitating towards that, whereas she again the former
Mattress actress, I mean her podcast. I mean, it's a
lot of the substance of that content is you know,

(22:33):
it's a lot, if you know what I mean. Sure
that at least seems a little more believable, But either way,
they're calling it quits.

Speaker 7 (22:40):
Yeah, I mean some of the arguments.

Speaker 8 (22:41):
I saw people wait as far as to say, well,
jelly Roll, he's skinny now, which he's he is, but
he is, I mean he's and there's lost a lot
of weight. He lost a ton of weight, which I
think is just inspirational on so many levels. To your point, Nick,
I don't know if we're going to be able to
handle a Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift split up after
what I've seen over jelly Roll, I just don't. I

(23:01):
think the world would literally come to a dead stop.
Well what about for the people who don't really care.

Speaker 6 (23:06):
I guess we'll still be impacted because we'll it'll be
shoved in our throats and we don't want it.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
Right, Well, I did.

Speaker 8 (23:11):
I went into it yesterday I thinking Okay, I'm not
going to go down this rabbit hole. Let me just
see why jelly rolls splitting up. I just I just
out of modern curiosity.

Speaker 4 (23:19):
I was just eating lunch. I just wanted to see.

Speaker 8 (23:21):
I immediately became consumed with all the other social media
chatter and the different opinions that were there, and I
wasn't looking to get involved in it.

Speaker 6 (23:29):
But I think that's you probably did that more so
just because of the drama than it because you're You're
somebody that's always looking to figure out how celebrities are
living right.

Speaker 7 (23:38):
Exactly, And I just wanted to see what was going
on here.

Speaker 8 (23:41):
And then suddenly how how desisive or decisive we were,
and everybody just everybody had a new opinion.

Speaker 7 (23:47):
And it's kind of like, what I do. You know
you do it with sports too. Everybody wants to coach,
but nobody's coaching.

Speaker 8 (23:53):
Everybody had an opinion on jelly Roll, more people than
I ever thought would have an opinion on jelly Roll.

Speaker 7 (23:58):
And I'm into the story now. I got to find
out the truth.

Speaker 6 (24:02):
I'm in the minority with jelly rolla I feel like,
and that is that I don't really have a strong opinion.
Most I think either really like him or really hate
his music. That's what what I've seen to gather, so
I can't relate and it's probably never going to change.
We have had in America, specifically, this obsession with celebrity lifestyle,

(24:25):
right from the tabloids, tabloid magazines to now the tmzs,
and now we have access to what they do because
of social media, and that's how they can monetize their
fame as these followings that they have on these platforms.
I've always, since the beginning of my memory, I've known
I've not been able to relate to people that are
famous in celebrities, so I've just never really been that

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fascinated by him. It's not like I don't like them
or that I'm envious, although I am envious of their lifestyle.
I'm sure there's many things they have access to that
I never will, But I just I've never really been that.

Speaker 4 (24:57):
Wide eyed about anybody.

Speaker 6 (24:59):
And it's more so just because as I, you know,
good for them, I know I can't relate to that,
and I'm not really I'm not really looking to so anyways.

Speaker 7 (25:05):
There's people that eat this up.

Speaker 8 (25:07):
I mean, they're saying, I think you and I had
this conversation before by different people we really idolize, like
if you came across a certain famous person and you
were suddenly face to face with them on the street,
where you really just kind of skip a beat a
little bit and go oh wow. And I think for
you mentioned like Denny Crumb, you hold him in high regard,
like if you could spend a few minutes with Denny Krum.

Speaker 6 (25:27):
Yeah, I've met Denny a few times, so it was
you know, I was fortunate to meet him many times
over my even when I was a kid and when
I got older. But the best example for me, for example,
for me is probably like Reggie Miller and I had that.
I mean, he's the guy I pretended to be in
my driveway when I was playing basketball. My first sports memory,
as far as as far as just being super invested

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was was was Reggie Miller.

Speaker 4 (25:49):
Uh, And I was present.

Speaker 6 (25:50):
I had a chance to do that and I didn't,
And I'm glad I didn't because one I'd always heard
he wasn't so nice to people that just wanted to say, hey,
I'm a big fan. And I didn't want my I
didn't want my childhood to be ruined. And as far
as just now thinking that the guy that I idolized
was a real jerk. I'd rather not know.

Speaker 4 (26:04):
But also I thought to myself, what would I say.

Speaker 6 (26:07):
I can't relate to him. The only thing I could
say is like, oh, I was a big fan. I
love you growing up, Reggie. Oh I love like, But like,
I don't need to do that. That wouldn't do anything
but make me feel awkward, weird, and he doesn't want
to hear that. So but if you saw him, though,
if you just say I saw him in Des Moines,
Iowa at the tournament and he was talking to Kristin Cunningham,
and one of the members of the UFL staff at

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the time knew I was a Reggie Miller fan, and
like kind of it was there during the open practice.
Reggie was on the broadcast for the game the following day,
and I just was like, yeah, I'm good, Like I
don't And it wasn't like I got nervous. I just realized, like,
there's there's really no need for me to do this.
There's nothing here. Like again, if he put his arm
around me and you know, thanked me for being a
fan and we were chopping it up, that'd be cool.

Speaker 4 (26:49):
But like I don't need that.

Speaker 6 (26:50):
And there's also a chance he would have saiket the
hell away from you, weird, or you've got a press
pass on one's to be professional. Yeah, you love me
when you're seven, You're not seven anymore. Get away from me.
I'm just trying to get a drink in the media,
you know, at the media attack.

Speaker 8 (27:02):
So I think when I was in New York one
week and I did that, I was kind of waiting
outside for Howard Stern.

Speaker 7 (27:07):
I just to your point, I did want.

Speaker 4 (27:08):
Him, by the way.

Speaker 7 (27:09):
Yeah, I didn't want to meet him. I didn't want
to shake his hand. I just wanted to see him.

Speaker 8 (27:14):
And it was one of those things where I waited
and waited and waiting, never showed up, and then you know,
but you got excited, And I don't know that a
lot of people. I'm not saying a lot of people
getting excited over Jelly Roll. I'm just saying, there's people
who worship this guy. Okay, Yeah, I mean he's got
he's got.

Speaker 6 (27:27):
A huge following, and the people who really love him,
really love him.

Speaker 7 (27:31):
Yeah, okay for it, Yeah right, I get it. And
that's why I think.

Speaker 8 (27:35):
But that what you're talking about, what I was talking
about is kind of goes to there's just certain people
we just really put.

Speaker 4 (27:41):
On a pedestal in life.

Speaker 6 (27:42):
And yeah, he does seem to have something that I feel,
you know, I can't prove it, but I do think
he's genuine. And that's something that deep down you always
know in the back of your mind that you don't
know these people. You hope that the ones that you
like and think are great people that they really are.
And with him, I think he seems a little more
genuine than most.

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