December 22, 2025 • 26 mins
Worst Gift You've Received:
We all have that gift. The one you still think about years later. In this episode, we’re swapping stories about the worst gifts we’ve received and how they made us feel, why they still haunt us, and what they taught us about gift-giving etiquette (or the lack of it).
New Word Unlocked: Hangxiety
Ever wake up after a fun night out feeling anxious for no reason? Taylor introduces Marcus to the concept of hangxiety, and we dive into our personal experiences, what triggers it, how it shows up, and how we deal with it when it hits. A candid conversation about anxiety, alcohol, and learning to be kinder to ourselves.
What's Trending:
From SF blackout drama to BART closures, we’ve got the scoop on city chaos. Plus, Taylor Swift updates, Lola Young hitting pause on touring, sports highlights, and the Powerball getting bigger and bigger. Tune in for a mix of news, pop culture, and a little bit of everything.
What NOT to Bring to a Holiday Party:
Holiday parties are stressful enough so don’t make it worse with your contribution. We’re running through the biggest party faux pas, what never goes over well, and what you should bring instead. If you’ve ever second-guessed your dish on the way over, this episode is for you.
Second Date Update:
Nico met Jessica for sushi and says the spark was undeniable. They bonded over 80’s music, joked about pineapple on pizza, and shared a few sweet moments. Everything felt right — until she suddenly stopped responding. What really happened after that perfect date?
Good News:
A group of friends turned an ordinary lunch into an unforgettable holiday moment by leaving nearly $5,000 in tips for workers at a local restaurant. We talk about the story behind the surprise, the reactions from the staff, and why this kind of generosity hits especially hard during the holidays.
We all have that gift. The one you still think about years later. In this episode, we’re swapping stories about the worst gifts we’ve received and how they made us feel, why they still haunt us, and what they taught us about gift-giving etiquette (or the lack of it).
New Word Unlocked: Hangxiety
Ever wake up after a fun night out feeling anxious for no reason? Taylor introduces Marcus to the concept of hangxiety, and we dive into our personal experiences, what triggers it, how it shows up, and how we deal with it when it hits. A candid conversation about anxiety, alcohol, and learning to be kinder to ourselves.
What's Trending:
From SF blackout drama to BART closures, we’ve got the scoop on city chaos. Plus, Taylor Swift updates, Lola Young hitting pause on touring, sports highlights, and the Powerball getting bigger and bigger. Tune in for a mix of news, pop culture, and a little bit of everything.
What NOT to Bring to a Holiday Party:
Holiday parties are stressful enough so don’t make it worse with your contribution. We’re running through the biggest party faux pas, what never goes over well, and what you should bring instead. If you’ve ever second-guessed your dish on the way over, this episode is for you.
Second Date Update:
Nico met Jessica for sushi and says the spark was undeniable. They bonded over 80’s music, joked about pineapple on pizza, and shared a few sweet moments. Everything felt right — until she suddenly stopped responding. What really happened after that perfect date?
Good News:
A group of friends turned an ordinary lunch into an unforgettable holiday moment by leaving nearly $5,000 in tips for workers at a local restaurant. We talk about the story behind the surprise, the reactions from the staff, and why this kind of generosity hits especially hard during the holidays.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
More variety from the two thousands, the nineties, and today
at Star one on one three, It's Marcus Good Morning,
producer Taylor in studio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, Hello, Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
I'm slightly annoyed, if I may be honest, because I
did not want rain all week.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Oh my gosh. The drive to work this morning, it
was a reference, do.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Be careful out there today. It's gonna be slippery, it's
gonna be slick, and it's just gonna be coming down.
And I was like, okay, well cool, we can deal
with it for a day now. Every single weather report
ry a week. This is gonna be all week. I
don't want to come to work if it's gonna be
all week.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I know.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Hard it was to leave the house this morning. At
any rate, it's good to be here. Hopefully you're having
a decent Christmas week. Maybe you don't have to get up.
Maybe you're just up because you normally get up at
this time and you're in bed, Like why am I
awake right now? It's cool, stay with us. We're gonna
keep you in the holiday spirit. We have more tickets
for the Union Square ice rink, which is going to
(00:57):
be going on free through I think mid January, so
you got some time, you'll take the family. We'll do
it with the trivia game coming up after eight o'clock.
Stay with us. It's Star one on one three All
variety from the two thousands, the nineties, and today it's
the Star one on one three. It's Marcus good Morning.
Joined the studio by producer Taylor. We were discussing off
the air worst gifts we've ever received, because it came
(01:18):
up on Reddit. The headline was, these gifts are so
bad these people some people got divorced. Literal grounds for divorce.
Let me give you a couple of examples off the internet.
Then we'll go to yours. Because I thought yours was interesting.
A lady wrote, I had a difficult pregnancy and I
gave birth in November. For Christmas, my husband gave me
a gym membership.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Oh no, no, that actually means for divorce.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Oh divorcees.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Okay, if I could be honest, my wife did ask
for plates.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
She asked.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
She asked for it different because I stutted, stepped. I
was like, wait, okay, well she's asking for it, so
it's okay if I give her the card. Cool. Uh,
here's another one. My boyfriend got me farroh rochet chocolates.
Do you know what those are? The little they're little
chocolate spheres with a hazel nut cream in them. Okay,
she says, I am definitely allergic to hazel nuts. Throat swelling, shut,
(02:09):
death level allergic. We'd been dating for almost two years.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Gosh know me less, Jesus, that's terrible.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
All right, So we're gonna go to Taylor's birthday party
because apparently your ex boyfriend not only showed up late,
but then what happened.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Our birthdays are a couple days apart, right, So I
had gifts ready for him when he came.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Over, because you're thoughtful.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
I am thoughtful, you know. And he came over, showed
up late, empty handed.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
All your friends are there, all my.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Friends are there, my whole family is there.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Oh god.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
And he shows up late and empty handed. And then
I gave him the gifts that I got for him. Huh,
and he gave me nothing.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Tell me your dad drop kicked him out the front door.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
No, but it didn't matter. The trash took itself out.
He ended up being married and cheating on him.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Oh my god. So this is staking a turn I did.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
No at the time.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Uh huh, all right, well, the gift that keeps on giving.
There was one year for me and I can't believe
my wife stayed with me. But for her birthday, which
is on December twenty ninth, by the way, I brought
home a gift trap vacuum cleaner no, and said, this
is for you. Oh my gosh, baseline getting someone a
vacuum cleaner is terrible. But it wasn't even the one
(03:19):
she wanted.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Of course it wasn't.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
She she loves. So if I'd have known any better
or listened to her, she would have gotten the diceon
wand that's the one she wanted. That's you don't know
much about. Listen, you get older, you learn about vacuums
and how dope they.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Are trying to man explain vacuums.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
A little bit. Here's the thing, young lady. Get the
dice in B fifteen or whatever model they're on. That
I got her one year and she loved it. But
the other thing that was almost a disaster.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yeah, you're sleeping on the couch totally.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Anyway, worst gift you've ever gotten. Possible grounds for divorce.
Please share. You can use the talk back on the
iHeartRadio app. It's the little red microphone if you're streaming
Star one on one three. Right now, I'm learning something
that I think is apropos for the holidays. Producer Taylor
is here, good morning, Good morning, And you taught me
a new word off their anxiety.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Anxiety.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
What is this? Exactly?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Anxiety is when you go out drinking and the next
day you wake up and you just have the shakes.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You're sweating. You're worried about what did I do last night?
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Now are the shakes in sweating? Are they emotionally induced
or physically induced?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Both?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Okay, so you're hungover and you're concerned that you might
have done something dumb the night before, but you can't
remember exactly that the deal.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Yes, you're usually sending apology texts, usually getting texts from
other people, trying to go through your camera roll to
remember the events of the night before.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
It's like you on Sunday morning, waking up spooning a
box of twenty piece chicken McNuggets.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yes, just praying that my purse made it home with me.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Okay, now that you've described it, I have several examples.
I'm sure you do.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
So do I.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
My most poignant example would have been I used to
work a club in the late nineties in Pleasanton Holler.
If you were there, does anybody remember the beach? So
the concept of the beach was you're at the beach.
So the bouncers were dressed like lifeguards. All the servers
were in bikinis or Hawaiian shirts. They had go go
cages that were lifeguard towers. Okay, So I worked the
(05:18):
club on a Saturday night and by Monday afternoon, I'm
noticing bruises on my arm and I was like, what
in the world did I get into? And I couldn't remember,
And I went on the air and said, I can't remember,
and then I remembered. It all came back to me.
Saturday night at the beach, I decided to get up
in the go go cage.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
And I'm not surprise.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
This is an absolute visual I know, well they didn't,
you know how most go go cages are an actual cage.
This is just a lifeguard tower. Yeah, so I guess
I jumped out of it. Oh no, the first time
I jumped out of it, I landed on my feet
like a cat, and I thought, let's go do.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
This I can do this again.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
The second time I jumped out, I face planted. Oh no,
and that's where the bruises came from. And I told
the story on the air and my boss heard, and
then I got a talking to and one thing led
to do it. Everything was fine, but he just rolled
his eyes and he went, Really, is that anxiety?
Speaker 4 (06:07):
I would say so a little bit, okay if you
were not feeling so great after that.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
No, not at all. I was physically damaged. You couldn't
remember why. I guess that's the definition. Now this makes
me sound terrible. Well, it was ninety eight. What weren't
we doing.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Everyone goes through it. I was there yesterday.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Do you have a solid example of what we call anxiety?
You can use the talk back the little red microphone
on the iHeartRadio app if you're streaming Star one oh
one three. Right now, I want to go back to
something we were talking about late last week. I think
it was Friday. What type of mom are you during
the holidays? What were the choicest producer Tailor's Here was
the overly festive mom, the mom who forgotten about the
(06:45):
Christmas program until drop off, the I'm actually working right
now mom, that was your mom, right, Yes, she always
had her phone out while you were on stage dressed
as a fairy. Always work in Yeah, the mom who
has six more things this week. You got a cute
little talkback on this.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
I had four kids in five years, so I definitely
have multiple events going on with a ton of kids
hanging off of me. All four kids have half day today.
I volunteered to bring cookies for the staff and the class.
I don't even know what's going on. I have multiple
meetings going on, so I'm setting back black messages. Anyways,
I'm definitely a combo grand pick, working tired.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Oh Mama, I feel you makes you want to have kids,
doesn't it? Taylor?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Oh, yes, so much.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
This is what I'm talking about is What's trende on
Star one three.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
What's happening in entertainment news, the biggest stories of the
day and everything people are talking about.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Today in the Bay. The biggest thing to happen this
weekend was this massive power outage in San Francisco. This
was Saturday afternoon. At its peak, one hundred and forty
thousand customers had lost power. This is the presidio of
the Richmond District. Sunset Golden Gate Park, other parts of
downtown Taylor. You didn't lose power at your apartment there
on sunset, did you?
Speaker 4 (07:59):
No?
Speaker 5 (07:59):
Luckily?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Okay, I think this was north of the park. That's
probably why, apparently caused by a fire. A fire at
a PGE substation in the area bart got shut down.
The driver list weymo's lost their minds. The videos of
like seven waymos trying to navigate a stoplight they saw
that gave me life.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So they had to shut down weaymos service because they
didn't know what to do. And Pgeni says there's still
tens of thousands of customers that don't have power and
full power should be restored by two o'clock this afternoon.
The worst part about this is that this was the
busiest shopping weekend of the year period, full stop for
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all of the small businesses in San Francisco. So if
you want to do a solid and you don't have
your Christmas shopping done, go, you know, go to a
place in that area, like the Hate or like, you know,
there's some really cool stores and they need your cash.
So if you want to go get a drink, you
want to go to a bar, go to a rest
Toronto goes, do some shopping, do it in that area
(09:02):
and help him out because a lot of business has
lost a lot of money and this is the weekend
that makes their whole year. Speaking of a lot of money,
the Powerball jackpot is now estimated at one point six
billion dollars. This is the fifth largest in history. This
means a cash option payout of seven hundred and thirty
five million dollars.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Oh my gosh, someone's gonna have a great day.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
That's too much money for me. There's just such thing
as too much money. That's enough money to give me
so much anxiety.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yeah, but we're sharing it, right, that's true, so we'll
be fine.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
That's the rule on the show. Does anybody else have
this rule with their coworkers? If you win the big
power Ball, I get ten mil and vice versa. That's it.
Let's see what else. So cute story about Taylor Swift
and she revealed it was her mom. It was her
mom that set her up with her man Travis Kelson.
(09:51):
She was literally like, okay, so mom was listening to
the New Heights podcast. Herd Travis famously say the words
like he really wanted to meet her, like he was upset? Yes,
And she called Taylor and was like, you should give
him a shot. She's like, Mom, I don't know anything
about the sports. What are we going to talk about?
And she gave it a shot, and it turns out
they had a few other things in common. Now she
(10:11):
knows all about football. She said, I was obsessed with him,
so I became obsessed with football.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Oh happily, ever asked relate to that. I love it.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
So I thought that was cute. So thanks, mom, appreciate that.
What else? Oh, Lowly Young is a singer we love.
If you're not into her album yet, you should be able.
Gave a health update. She took the latter half of
the year off, canceled a bunch of shows, and she
apologized to her fans. She said she's focusing on her
mental health and she said, twenty twenty six is gonna
(10:41):
be strong, babes.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Yes, well, you can't wait to have her back, so.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
She'll be back. Let's see your San Francisco forty nine
ers have officially made the playoffs and we love it.
That was fun. Monday night football tonight, they were in
Indianapolis to take on the Colts. Let's go another win.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Should be a fun game.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
By fifteen, kickoff, Go Niners. And finally, if you're on
the Star one on one three fm, Instagram producer Taylor
is here with your daily poll for you to participate in.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Yes, Christmas is coming, so we want to know what
is the best holiday drink? Is it eggnog, hot chocolate,
a peppermint mocha?
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Or do you like mould wine?
Speaker 4 (11:22):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:22):
These are all so good.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I know I do love eggnoga. I have to say.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
The only one I can't get down with is mould wine. Like,
I'll drink it if that's what we're having, but I
won't be happy about it.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
If it's the only option, I mean, I'll do it.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
It's time to start second date update. We might as
well just bring our guy on right now. Nico is
on the phone. Good morning, Nico, Hey, good morning. How
you doing im? Good man? How are you? I'm all
right man, outside of being ghosted, I guess.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
Yeah, right, yeah, I'm not quite understanding why she ghosted me. Okay,
because the date was dope, it was amazing.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Okay, Well let me set it up. So your date's
name is Jessica. You guys went out for sushi. I'm
just greading off your DM here, tell me about the
date itself.
Speaker 6 (12:05):
So we hit it off instantly, you know, like you
just click on all cylinders, okay, especially like over like
eighties music, Like it's really hard to find somebody in
their dirties who loved eighties music like I do. Like
what's a throwback man? And another thing on top of that,
she loves pineapples on her pizza, which that's a green flag.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
That's either a green flag or fighting words. I can't
decide some days.
Speaker 6 (12:30):
In this instance, it was definitely a green flag, right,
And man, I was like, I'm hooked. And it felt
like we just knew each other, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Like preter natural. It felt pretty natural.
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Yeah, it's so natural, supernatural, you know. And like she
even like got one of my Atmamee pods. I was
talking about those green pee looking things and she ate
into it, and I guess it was like too spicy
for her or something, because she made like this cute face,
but she had like a bit of soy sauce like
on the side of her chin, and it just felt natural.
(13:01):
So I kind of just went in and just wiped
it off, you know, and it was just like we
knew each other like for years.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Okay, and she's ghosted huh and yeah, now like.
Speaker 6 (13:11):
I can't get any response from her, Like I'm not
getting any text messages, she's not returning the calls.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
It's Marcus. We're doing Second Date Update. We've been chatting
with Nico about his day with Jessica and they went
out for sushi. It all sounds super cute. I'm not
gonna lie. And we found out she likes pineapple and
her pizza, which it's a green flag, as you said, Nico,
for you, Thank god. Otherwise the day might have been
open way sooner. Right, all right, let's call or see
(13:37):
what's going on. I'm ready, man, All right, go ahead
and mut your phone. Here we go. Hell ever, Hi
is this Jessica?
Speaker 5 (13:52):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
She Hi. My name is Marcus. I'm calling from Star
one on one three. I do the morning show. How
are you okay? I'm pretty good. I don't suppose you
listen to my show? Do you? I do nice? Sorry?
I don't mean to catch you off guard. Do you
have a minute to be on the radio with us?
Speaker 6 (14:10):
Wait a minute?
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Is this the Second Date Update?
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Yes, we want to ask you about your date with Nico. Nico,
are you there?
Speaker 6 (14:17):
Goes?
Speaker 1 (14:19):
I do like bringing people back together, So Jessica, Nico
said he had a good time. He wants to take
you out again. You know why we're here, right if
you listen, like we're just I'm just trying to see
if we can make a second date happen. I'm hoping,
right there's some kind of misunderstanding or maybe you've just
been busy. How was the date for you?
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Right?
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Well, the first half of the date, it was absolutely
so much fun, like we really had a lot of
things in common. Definitely right, I heard. But then somewhere
between the second sake and the check, I literally saw
like red flags. Anyways, I was I was asking him
basic questions about his job like anybody normally would, and
(14:59):
he it was just like I'm a consultant and just
kept kind of like talking in circles. Whendn't really like
asked another question. It was kind of getting like too much.
I tried to change the subject out, like to make
it like not weird, but it kind of was already weird. Okay,
he just start going on and on about that, like
really just it circles and then.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
It's for work exactly.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
Yeah, okay, So then I just changed the subject on
it because it was already like okay, like get it.
You're not going to like really go like more into it.
And then the bill came around, and then the waitress
like she said, your card is a kind she kind
of like too low and said it really low to us,
so that like respectfully so no one else could hear,
and she said that it was questioned for fraud. In
(15:42):
that moment, like my face turned red. I was like,
I mean, it wasn't my card, but still my face
turned red. Sure, And then I don't know if his
face got red too, but it seemed like he got
pretty flustered. So I was like, okay, you know, like
let me go to the bathroom really quick. I went
to the bathroom and then I googled him, And I know,
I probably we should have really done this before, but
I'm just trying to trust people a little bit more nowadays, right,
(16:06):
and not immediately like google them or see like what
they do and everything like that. So either way, I yeah,
I went to the bathroom and I googled him and
then I came like I found some stuff out. But
either way, I came.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Back and wait, what kind of stuff?
Speaker 5 (16:20):
Actually found out that he has been arrested before for
like what the lady was saying, the credit card fraud.
I came back and he kind of like he was
still flustered, and he kept on claiming that his assistant
messed up and how like she could have like mixed
up the accounts. And then he asked the waitress if
he could vent all her instead.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Okay, hang on, Nico, this is a lot of things.
So what do you do for work? Exactly?
Speaker 6 (16:49):
Yeah, I'm an entrepreneur if anything. Okay, I have an
assistant that works with me. I mean, Jessica, he shouldn't
have to worry about the whole thing being denied or
anything like that. That happens all the time. If you
had any questions, all you had to do is ask
me straight up?
Speaker 1 (17:07):
What about?
Speaker 5 (17:07):
What about? I was asking you questions, and what about
the part about you like getting in trouble for actually
the credit cards fraud? Like what was that about?
Speaker 6 (17:15):
That was in my path and it kind of just
follows me throughout life, and I'm over that. That's been
years ago. It's a missunderstand, Okay, so.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
Can you explain your job like a little bit more.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
It's just more of I just handled people's businesses and
make sure their businesses are in order and making sure,
like you know, everybody's taking the proper precautions on how
the you know, fall the policy and things like that.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Hey, can you guys hang on for a second. Yep,
thank you, Jessica. You there, I'm here, So I've got
Nico on hold. You're right, he does talk in circles. Yeah, okay,
that's exactly what.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
I'm saying, exactly why I didn't want to go on
another day and kind of have them talk to him.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
I'm gonna go ahead and I'll let him go. And
I appreciate you listening every morning, and I get it now.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Yeah, thank you for being on my side about that.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Sure, hang on. Wow, Okay, second date update. What not
to bring to a holiday gathering. I know we had
a lot of holiday gatherings over the weekend. I went
to three basically just brought booze. Honestly, Like, you can
always bring a bottle of wine, right right, unless it's
a dry party, in which case I'm probably not coming.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Yeah, I'm there.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
That being said, I have brought food before, and there
are certain dishes you can bring and certain dishes you
really shouldn't produce. Re Tailor is on the mic with
me now, you were telling me off the air your
parents throw down. So you literally are just in charge
of bringing wine.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Yeah, I'm the booze director.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Uh huh.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
So usually I'll bring anything like that. But if you
know my family, they do not like onions or garlic,
so if you bring anything with that in it, they will.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Actually ask you to lead.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Oh my god, that's a pro tip. I know the
whole family. No aliums for the entire family. No one
my mind. I'm actually need I need to take a
beat here.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
No, I'm glad I could inform you.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Okay, So one of the things you don't want to
bring hard to eat or messy dishes that require utensils.
Swap out for small, bite sized apps that can be
eaten standing up. I will augment that with anything that
requires stove top space or needs the oven. Instead, bring
items that are ready to serve can be enjoyed cold.
This should go without saying. Don't bring infuse treats that
have THHC or CBD in them. Why not? I answer
(19:34):
unless they're clearly labeled. I went to a potluck one
time and brought vodka infuse watermelon. Really easy recipe. You
chunk up some watermelon and then marinate it in vodka
and chaffond mint and god is it good. But boy,
do you have to label it and keep it off
the side of the picnic table so the kids don't
get at it. Oh my god. Don't bring strongly scented
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foods like fish. Uh huh. Stick with your holiday vibes.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
No oysters.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Uh, that's so touch and go because if somebody gets
sick off the oysters, now it's on you. Yeah, you
know what I mean. True, And don't bring anything too complex.
I'll be honest with you. I did a party one
time and I brought a porketta. Do you know what
that is?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
No, sounds complex.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
So it is a pork loin that is seasoned and
then wrapped in pork belly and then you slow roasted.
And I brought my rotisseri and everything. I set it
and forget it. I spent so much time on that thing.
But you know what the hitter of the party was.
I watched a lady dump sour cream and onion soup
mix into some sour cream and that was it.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
That was the head that dip.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
She brought out a bag of ruffles and my porketta
sat in her chip gone. So keep it simple, that's
the thing. What else shouldn't you bring? These are just
some food for thought, what not to bring to a
holiday party. Okay, there you go to start one on one. Three,
it's time for good news. Sometimes all you need is
(20:57):
one good thought to make it a great day.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Let's do this. It's good.
Speaker 6 (21:02):
I'm style bun lunch.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
We give a good news twice in morning seven and forty,
just to put a smile on your face. I do
love stories of strangers just going the extra mile, especially
during the holidays. This is the story of a business lunch.
Just imagine a company. They descend on a restaurant. There's
fifty of them, and they surprise the service with about
five grand in Christmas tips. This is such an easy
(21:27):
thing to do and maybe something that you can steal
if you're having a company party, even if it's like
next month. So this is a law office. Fifty people,
they do their lunch that gets paid for, and then
each person tips one hundred bucks, So five grand went
to the servers, and this close to the holidays, that's
(21:50):
super meaningful. In fact, there was one service that she
was so grateful because she has kids at home and
times had been tough. She wasn't sure if there was
going to be a holiday and now here we are.
So they split it up amongst themselves. And I guess
this is a yearly thing that this attorney's office does
called Shock and Clause, which I for some reason, I
love the whole thing. But I just think it's so generous,
(22:12):
and so I especially like strangers helping strangers here during
the holidays. Anyway, that's the good news. Seven forty. If
you've ever got some you can always send If you
see a story that you love, or if you're celebrating
something at your house, if your kid's doing something awesome,
or somebody that you know let me know, send a DM.
You can follow me at It's Marcus D on Instagram.
It is Marcus and it's time to play the bass
favorite trivia game. It's called what you Know About That.
(22:34):
Let's say good morning to our contestants and we go
out to San Jose and say good morning to Jennifer Hi.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Jennifer Hi's going.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Let's go in to Berkeley and say what's up to Leah?
Good morning, Leah, good morning. Game's super simple. It's five
trivia questions, fifty seconds to answer them all. Each person
going to be asked separately with their opponent on hold.
Whoever gets the most ranchers wins, and if you don't
know an answer, you yell out past. We'll come back
to the question if we have time left. Okay, nobody
play along at Homer in the car. Here we go,
all right, So Leah goes on holding Berkeley and we
(23:02):
pick up Jennifer in San Jose. Question number one, what
movie franchise explores the fictional nation of Panem hunger?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Game?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
How many bones are in the adult human body? In
what city is the world headquarters of the United Nations?
Or in what sport do you perform a kickflip or
a grind? And what Canadian rock band wrote and recorded
(23:32):
the theme song for the TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
It's a Canadian rock band, Yeah, Path, I don't know
s Green Day.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Alright, we're out of time.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Bright.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Jennifer goes on hold in San Jose and we pick
up Leah and Berkeley. Good morning, question number one, what
movie franchise is the fictional nation of Panem?
Speaker 5 (24:06):
Oh no, I definitely know this. I'll come back to it.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
How many bones are in the adult human body?
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Your injured? Earned sick?
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Okay? In What city is the world headquarters of the
United Nations? What sport would you perform? A kickflip or
a grind? What Canadian rock band wrote and recorded the
(24:49):
theme song.
Speaker 6 (24:49):
For the people?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
You know what? We're out of time? Hang on the
line for me, Hang on all right. Jennifer comes back
in San Jose and we see how she did against
Leah in Berkeley. But she number one of you guys.
What movie franchise explores the fictional nation of Panem. Jennifer
said Hunger Games. Leah past it is Hunger Games. Jennifer
gets the point. Next question, how many bones are in
the adult human body? Both contestants said two hundred and six.
(25:13):
I'm fully impressed that is the correct answer. Everybody gets
a point. Question number three, and what city is the
world headquarters of the United Nations? Jennifer said New York City.
Leah said London. It is New York. Point goes to Jennifer.
Number four, What sport could you perform a kickflip or
a grind, Jennifer said, soccer. Leah said rugby. The answer
(25:33):
is skateboarding. And finally, what Canadian rock band wrote and
recorded the theme song for the TV sitcom The Big
Bang Theory Jennifer said Green Day managing to offend everybody
in Oakland. Hercules, also Bronte and probably parts of Panola
I don't even know about. Leah ran out a time.
The answer is bare naked ladies. Your final score Jennifer three,
(25:55):
Lea got one. Jennifer is the winner. You're going to
see the show?
Speaker 4 (26:00):
Think about play with us again at weekday mornings.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
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see our six picks from the weekend we got into
and then let us know what's on your mind, DMS anytime.
I'll talk to you tomorrow
More variety from the two thousands, the nineties, and today
at Star one on one three, It's Marcus Good Morning,
producer Taylor in studio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, Hello, Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
I'm slightly annoyed, if I may be honest, because I
did not want rain all week.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Oh my gosh. The drive to work this morning, it
was a reference, do.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Be careful out there today. It's gonna be slippery, it's
gonna be slick, and it's just gonna be coming down.
And I was like, okay, well cool, we can deal
with it for a day now. Every single weather report
ry a week. This is gonna be all week. I
don't want to come to work if it's gonna be
all week.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I know.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Hard it was to leave the house this morning. At
any rate, it's good to be here. Hopefully you're having
a decent Christmas week. Maybe you don't have to get up.
Maybe you're just up because you normally get up at
this time and you're in bed, Like why am I
awake right now? It's cool, stay with us. We're gonna
keep you in the holiday spirit. We have more tickets
for the Union Square ice rink, which is going to
(00:57):
be going on free through I think mid January, so
you got some time, you'll take the family. We'll do
it with the trivia game coming up after eight o'clock.
Stay with us. It's Star one on one three All
variety from the two thousands, the nineties, and today it's
the Star one on one three. It's Marcus good Morning.
Joined the studio by producer Taylor. We were discussing off
the air worst gifts we've ever received, because it came
(01:18):
up on Reddit. The headline was, these gifts are so
bad these people some people got divorced. Literal grounds for divorce.
Let me give you a couple of examples off the internet.
Then we'll go to yours. Because I thought yours was interesting.
A lady wrote, I had a difficult pregnancy and I
gave birth in November. For Christmas, my husband gave me
a gym membership.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Oh no, no, that actually means for divorce.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Oh divorcees.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Okay, if I could be honest, my wife did ask
for plates.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
She asked.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
She asked for it different because I stutted, stepped. I
was like, wait, okay, well she's asking for it, so
it's okay if I give her the card. Cool. Uh,
here's another one. My boyfriend got me farroh rochet chocolates.
Do you know what those are? The little they're little
chocolate spheres with a hazel nut cream in them. Okay,
she says, I am definitely allergic to hazel nuts. Throat swelling, shut,
(02:09):
death level allergic. We'd been dating for almost two years.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Gosh know me less, Jesus, that's terrible.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
All right, So we're gonna go to Taylor's birthday party
because apparently your ex boyfriend not only showed up late,
but then what happened.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Our birthdays are a couple days apart, right, So I
had gifts ready for him when he came.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Over, because you're thoughtful.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
I am thoughtful, you know. And he came over, showed
up late, empty handed.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
All your friends are there, all my.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Friends are there, my whole family is there.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Oh god.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
And he shows up late and empty handed. And then
I gave him the gifts that I got for him. Huh,
and he gave me nothing.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Tell me your dad drop kicked him out the front door.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
No, but it didn't matter. The trash took itself out.
He ended up being married and cheating on him.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Oh my god. So this is staking a turn I did.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
No at the time.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Uh huh, all right, well, the gift that keeps on giving.
There was one year for me and I can't believe
my wife stayed with me. But for her birthday, which
is on December twenty ninth, by the way, I brought
home a gift trap vacuum cleaner no, and said, this
is for you. Oh my gosh, baseline getting someone a
vacuum cleaner is terrible. But it wasn't even the one
(03:19):
she wanted.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Of course it wasn't.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
She she loves. So if I'd have known any better
or listened to her, she would have gotten the diceon
wand that's the one she wanted. That's you don't know
much about. Listen, you get older, you learn about vacuums
and how dope they.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Are trying to man explain vacuums.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
A little bit. Here's the thing, young lady. Get the
dice in B fifteen or whatever model they're on. That
I got her one year and she loved it. But
the other thing that was almost a disaster.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yeah, you're sleeping on the couch totally.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Anyway, worst gift you've ever gotten. Possible grounds for divorce.
Please share. You can use the talk back on the
iHeartRadio app. It's the little red microphone if you're streaming
Star one on one three. Right now, I'm learning something
that I think is apropos for the holidays. Producer Taylor
is here, good morning, Good morning, And you taught me
a new word off their anxiety.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Anxiety.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
What is this? Exactly?
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Anxiety is when you go out drinking and the next
day you wake up and you just have the shakes.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You're sweating. You're worried about what did I do last night?
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Now are the shakes in sweating? Are they emotionally induced
or physically induced?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Both?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Okay, so you're hungover and you're concerned that you might
have done something dumb the night before, but you can't
remember exactly that the deal.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Yes, you're usually sending apology texts, usually getting texts from
other people, trying to go through your camera roll to
remember the events of the night before.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
It's like you on Sunday morning, waking up spooning a
box of twenty piece chicken McNuggets.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yes, just praying that my purse made it home with me.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Okay, now that you've described it, I have several examples.
I'm sure you do.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
So do I.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
My most poignant example would have been I used to
work a club in the late nineties in Pleasanton Holler.
If you were there, does anybody remember the beach? So
the concept of the beach was you're at the beach.
So the bouncers were dressed like lifeguards. All the servers
were in bikinis or Hawaiian shirts. They had go go
cages that were lifeguard towers. Okay, So I worked the
(05:18):
club on a Saturday night and by Monday afternoon, I'm
noticing bruises on my arm and I was like, what
in the world did I get into? And I couldn't remember,
And I went on the air and said, I can't remember,
and then I remembered. It all came back to me.
Saturday night at the beach, I decided to get up
in the go go cage.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
And I'm not surprise.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
This is an absolute visual I know, well they didn't,
you know how most go go cages are an actual cage.
This is just a lifeguard tower. Yeah, so I guess
I jumped out of it. Oh no, the first time
I jumped out of it, I landed on my feet
like a cat, and I thought, let's go do.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
This I can do this again.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
The second time I jumped out, I face planted. Oh no,
and that's where the bruises came from. And I told
the story on the air and my boss heard, and
then I got a talking to and one thing led
to do it. Everything was fine, but he just rolled
his eyes and he went, Really, is that anxiety?
Speaker 4 (06:07):
I would say so a little bit, okay if you
were not feeling so great after that.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
No, not at all. I was physically damaged. You couldn't
remember why. I guess that's the definition. Now this makes
me sound terrible. Well, it was ninety eight. What weren't
we doing.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Everyone goes through it. I was there yesterday.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Do you have a solid example of what we call anxiety?
You can use the talk back the little red microphone
on the iHeartRadio app if you're streaming Star one oh
one three. Right now, I want to go back to
something we were talking about late last week. I think
it was Friday. What type of mom are you during
the holidays? What were the choicest producer Tailor's Here was
the overly festive mom, the mom who forgotten about the
(06:45):
Christmas program until drop off, the I'm actually working right
now mom, that was your mom, right, Yes, she always
had her phone out while you were on stage dressed
as a fairy. Always work in Yeah, the mom who
has six more things this week. You got a cute
little talkback on this.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
I had four kids in five years, so I definitely
have multiple events going on with a ton of kids
hanging off of me. All four kids have half day today.
I volunteered to bring cookies for the staff and the class.
I don't even know what's going on. I have multiple
meetings going on, so I'm setting back black messages. Anyways,
I'm definitely a combo grand pick, working tired.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Oh Mama, I feel you makes you want to have kids,
doesn't it? Taylor?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Oh, yes, so much.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
This is what I'm talking about is What's trende on
Star one three.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
What's happening in entertainment news, the biggest stories of the
day and everything people are talking about.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Today in the Bay. The biggest thing to happen this
weekend was this massive power outage in San Francisco. This
was Saturday afternoon. At its peak, one hundred and forty
thousand customers had lost power. This is the presidio of
the Richmond District. Sunset Golden Gate Park, other parts of
downtown Taylor. You didn't lose power at your apartment there
on sunset, did you?
Speaker 4 (07:59):
No?
Speaker 5 (07:59):
Luckily?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Okay, I think this was north of the park. That's
probably why, apparently caused by a fire. A fire at
a PGE substation in the area bart got shut down.
The driver list weymo's lost their minds. The videos of
like seven waymos trying to navigate a stoplight they saw
that gave me life.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So they had to shut down weaymos service because they
didn't know what to do. And Pgeni says there's still
tens of thousands of customers that don't have power and
full power should be restored by two o'clock this afternoon.
The worst part about this is that this was the
busiest shopping weekend of the year period, full stop for
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all of the small businesses in San Francisco. So if
you want to do a solid and you don't have
your Christmas shopping done, go, you know, go to a
place in that area, like the Hate or like, you know,
there's some really cool stores and they need your cash.
So if you want to go get a drink, you
want to go to a bar, go to a rest
Toronto goes, do some shopping, do it in that area
(09:02):
and help him out because a lot of business has
lost a lot of money and this is the weekend
that makes their whole year. Speaking of a lot of money,
the Powerball jackpot is now estimated at one point six
billion dollars. This is the fifth largest in history. This
means a cash option payout of seven hundred and thirty
five million dollars.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Oh my gosh, someone's gonna have a great day.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
That's too much money for me. There's just such thing
as too much money. That's enough money to give me
so much anxiety.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yeah, but we're sharing it, right, that's true, so we'll
be fine.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
That's the rule on the show. Does anybody else have
this rule with their coworkers? If you win the big
power Ball, I get ten mil and vice versa. That's it.
Let's see what else. So cute story about Taylor Swift
and she revealed it was her mom. It was her
mom that set her up with her man Travis Kelson.
(09:51):
She was literally like, okay, so mom was listening to
the New Heights podcast. Herd Travis famously say the words
like he really wanted to meet her, like he was upset? Yes,
And she called Taylor and was like, you should give
him a shot. She's like, Mom, I don't know anything
about the sports. What are we going to talk about?
And she gave it a shot, and it turns out
they had a few other things in common. Now she
(10:11):
knows all about football. She said, I was obsessed with him,
so I became obsessed with football.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Oh happily, ever asked relate to that. I love it.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
So I thought that was cute. So thanks, mom, appreciate that.
What else? Oh, Lowly Young is a singer we love.
If you're not into her album yet, you should be able.
Gave a health update. She took the latter half of
the year off, canceled a bunch of shows, and she
apologized to her fans. She said she's focusing on her
mental health and she said, twenty twenty six is gonna
(10:41):
be strong, babes.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Yes, well, you can't wait to have her back, so.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
She'll be back. Let's see your San Francisco forty nine
ers have officially made the playoffs and we love it.
That was fun. Monday night football tonight, they were in
Indianapolis to take on the Colts. Let's go another win.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Should be a fun game.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
By fifteen, kickoff, Go Niners. And finally, if you're on
the Star one on one three fm, Instagram producer Taylor
is here with your daily poll for you to participate in.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Yes, Christmas is coming, so we want to know what
is the best holiday drink? Is it eggnog, hot chocolate,
a peppermint mocha?
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Or do you like mould wine?
Speaker 4 (11:22):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:22):
These are all so good.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I know I do love eggnoga. I have to say.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
The only one I can't get down with is mould wine. Like,
I'll drink it if that's what we're having, but I
won't be happy about it.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
If it's the only option, I mean, I'll do it.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
It's time to start second date update. We might as
well just bring our guy on right now. Nico is
on the phone. Good morning, Nico, Hey, good morning. How
you doing im? Good man? How are you? I'm all
right man, outside of being ghosted, I guess.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
Yeah, right, yeah, I'm not quite understanding why she ghosted me. Okay,
because the date was dope, it was amazing.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Okay, Well let me set it up. So your date's
name is Jessica. You guys went out for sushi. I'm
just greading off your DM here, tell me about the
date itself.
Speaker 6 (12:05):
So we hit it off instantly, you know, like you
just click on all cylinders, okay, especially like over like
eighties music, Like it's really hard to find somebody in
their dirties who loved eighties music like I do. Like
what's a throwback man? And another thing on top of that,
she loves pineapples on her pizza, which that's a green flag.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
That's either a green flag or fighting words. I can't
decide some days.
Speaker 6 (12:30):
In this instance, it was definitely a green flag, right,
And man, I was like, I'm hooked. And it felt
like we just knew each other, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Like preter natural. It felt pretty natural.
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Yeah, it's so natural, supernatural, you know. And like she
even like got one of my Atmamee pods. I was
talking about those green pee looking things and she ate
into it, and I guess it was like too spicy
for her or something, because she made like this cute face,
but she had like a bit of soy sauce like
on the side of her chin, and it just felt natural.
(13:01):
So I kind of just went in and just wiped
it off, you know, and it was just like we
knew each other like for years.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Okay, and she's ghosted huh and yeah, now like.
Speaker 6 (13:11):
I can't get any response from her, Like I'm not
getting any text messages, she's not returning the calls.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
It's Marcus. We're doing Second Date Update. We've been chatting
with Nico about his day with Jessica and they went
out for sushi. It all sounds super cute. I'm not
gonna lie. And we found out she likes pineapple and
her pizza, which it's a green flag, as you said, Nico,
for you, Thank god. Otherwise the day might have been
open way sooner. Right, all right, let's call or see
(13:37):
what's going on. I'm ready, man, All right, go ahead
and mut your phone. Here we go. Hell ever, Hi
is this Jessica?
Speaker 5 (13:52):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
She Hi. My name is Marcus. I'm calling from Star
one on one three. I do the morning show. How
are you okay? I'm pretty good. I don't suppose you
listen to my show? Do you? I do nice? Sorry?
I don't mean to catch you off guard. Do you
have a minute to be on the radio with us?
Speaker 6 (14:10):
Wait a minute?
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Is this the Second Date Update?
Speaker 1 (14:13):
Yes, we want to ask you about your date with Nico. Nico,
are you there?
Speaker 6 (14:17):
Goes?
Speaker 1 (14:19):
I do like bringing people back together, So Jessica, Nico
said he had a good time. He wants to take
you out again. You know why we're here, right if
you listen, like we're just I'm just trying to see
if we can make a second date happen. I'm hoping,
right there's some kind of misunderstanding or maybe you've just
been busy. How was the date for you?
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Right?
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Well, the first half of the date, it was absolutely
so much fun, like we really had a lot of
things in common. Definitely right, I heard. But then somewhere
between the second sake and the check, I literally saw
like red flags. Anyways, I was I was asking him
basic questions about his job like anybody normally would, and
(14:59):
he it was just like I'm a consultant and just
kept kind of like talking in circles. Whendn't really like
asked another question. It was kind of getting like too much.
I tried to change the subject out, like to make
it like not weird, but it kind of was already weird. Okay,
he just start going on and on about that, like
really just it circles and then.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
It's for work exactly.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
Yeah, okay, So then I just changed the subject on
it because it was already like okay, like get it.
You're not going to like really go like more into it.
And then the bill came around, and then the waitress
like she said, your card is a kind she kind
of like too low and said it really low to us,
so that like respectfully so no one else could hear,
and she said that it was questioned for fraud. In
(15:42):
that moment, like my face turned red. I was like,
I mean, it wasn't my card, but still my face
turned red. Sure, And then I don't know if his
face got red too, but it seemed like he got
pretty flustered. So I was like, okay, you know, like
let me go to the bathroom really quick. I went
to the bathroom and then I googled him, And I know,
I probably we should have really done this before, but
I'm just trying to trust people a little bit more nowadays, right,
(16:06):
and not immediately like google them or see like what
they do and everything like that. So either way, I yeah,
I went to the bathroom and I googled him and
then I came like I found some stuff out. But
either way, I came.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Back and wait, what kind of stuff?
Speaker 5 (16:20):
Actually found out that he has been arrested before for
like what the lady was saying, the credit card fraud.
I came back and he kind of like he was
still flustered, and he kept on claiming that his assistant
messed up and how like she could have like mixed
up the accounts. And then he asked the waitress if
he could vent all her instead.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Okay, hang on, Nico, this is a lot of things.
So what do you do for work? Exactly?
Speaker 6 (16:49):
Yeah, I'm an entrepreneur if anything. Okay, I have an
assistant that works with me. I mean, Jessica, he shouldn't
have to worry about the whole thing being denied or
anything like that. That happens all the time. If you
had any questions, all you had to do is ask
me straight up?
Speaker 1 (17:07):
What about?
Speaker 5 (17:07):
What about? I was asking you questions, and what about
the part about you like getting in trouble for actually
the credit cards fraud? Like what was that about?
Speaker 6 (17:15):
That was in my path and it kind of just
follows me throughout life, and I'm over that. That's been
years ago. It's a missunderstand, Okay, so.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
Can you explain your job like a little bit more.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
It's just more of I just handled people's businesses and
make sure their businesses are in order and making sure,
like you know, everybody's taking the proper precautions on how
the you know, fall the policy and things like that.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Hey, can you guys hang on for a second. Yep,
thank you, Jessica. You there, I'm here, So I've got
Nico on hold. You're right, he does talk in circles. Yeah, okay,
that's exactly what.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
I'm saying, exactly why I didn't want to go on
another day and kind of have them talk to him.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
I'm gonna go ahead and I'll let him go. And
I appreciate you listening every morning, and I get it now.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Yeah, thank you for being on my side about that.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Sure, hang on. Wow, Okay, second date update. What not
to bring to a holiday gathering. I know we had
a lot of holiday gatherings over the weekend. I went
to three basically just brought booze. Honestly, Like, you can
always bring a bottle of wine, right right, unless it's
a dry party, in which case I'm probably not coming.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Yeah, I'm there.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
That being said, I have brought food before, and there
are certain dishes you can bring and certain dishes you
really shouldn't produce. Re Tailor is on the mic with
me now, you were telling me off the air your
parents throw down. So you literally are just in charge
of bringing wine.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Yeah, I'm the booze director.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Uh huh.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
So usually I'll bring anything like that. But if you
know my family, they do not like onions or garlic,
so if you bring anything with that in it, they will.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Actually ask you to lead.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Oh my god, that's a pro tip. I know the
whole family. No aliums for the entire family. No one
my mind. I'm actually need I need to take a
beat here.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
No, I'm glad I could inform you.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Okay, So one of the things you don't want to
bring hard to eat or messy dishes that require utensils.
Swap out for small, bite sized apps that can be
eaten standing up. I will augment that with anything that
requires stove top space or needs the oven. Instead, bring
items that are ready to serve can be enjoyed cold.
This should go without saying. Don't bring infuse treats that
have THHC or CBD in them. Why not? I answer
(19:34):
unless they're clearly labeled. I went to a potluck one
time and brought vodka infuse watermelon. Really easy recipe. You
chunk up some watermelon and then marinate it in vodka
and chaffond mint and god is it good. But boy,
do you have to label it and keep it off
the side of the picnic table so the kids don't
get at it. Oh my god. Don't bring strongly scented
(19:55):
foods like fish. Uh huh. Stick with your holiday vibes.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
No oysters.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Uh, that's so touch and go because if somebody gets
sick off the oysters, now it's on you. Yeah, you
know what I mean. True, And don't bring anything too complex.
I'll be honest with you. I did a party one
time and I brought a porketta. Do you know what
that is?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
No, sounds complex.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
So it is a pork loin that is seasoned and
then wrapped in pork belly and then you slow roasted.
And I brought my rotisseri and everything. I set it
and forget it. I spent so much time on that thing.
But you know what the hitter of the party was.
I watched a lady dump sour cream and onion soup
mix into some sour cream and that was it.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
That was the head that dip.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
She brought out a bag of ruffles and my porketta
sat in her chip gone. So keep it simple, that's
the thing. What else shouldn't you bring? These are just
some food for thought, what not to bring to a
holiday party. Okay, there you go to start one on one. Three,
it's time for good news. Sometimes all you need is
(20:57):
one good thought to make it a great day.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Let's do this. It's good.
Speaker 6 (21:02):
I'm style bun lunch.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
We give a good news twice in morning seven and forty,
just to put a smile on your face. I do
love stories of strangers just going the extra mile, especially
during the holidays. This is the story of a business lunch.
Just imagine a company. They descend on a restaurant. There's
fifty of them, and they surprise the service with about
five grand in Christmas tips. This is such an easy
(21:27):
thing to do and maybe something that you can steal
if you're having a company party, even if it's like
next month. So this is a law office. Fifty people,
they do their lunch that gets paid for, and then
each person tips one hundred bucks, So five grand went
to the servers, and this close to the holidays, that's
(21:50):
super meaningful. In fact, there was one service that she
was so grateful because she has kids at home and
times had been tough. She wasn't sure if there was
going to be a holiday and now here we are.
So they split it up amongst themselves. And I guess
this is a yearly thing that this attorney's office does
called Shock and Clause, which I for some reason, I
love the whole thing. But I just think it's so generous,
(22:12):
and so I especially like strangers helping strangers here during
the holidays. Anyway, that's the good news. Seven forty. If
you've ever got some you can always send If you
see a story that you love, or if you're celebrating
something at your house, if your kid's doing something awesome,
or somebody that you know let me know, send a DM.
You can follow me at It's Marcus D on Instagram.
It is Marcus and it's time to play the bass
favorite trivia game. It's called what you Know About That.
(22:34):
Let's say good morning to our contestants and we go
out to San Jose and say good morning to Jennifer Hi.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Jennifer Hi's going.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Let's go in to Berkeley and say what's up to Leah?
Good morning, Leah, good morning. Game's super simple. It's five
trivia questions, fifty seconds to answer them all. Each person
going to be asked separately with their opponent on hold.
Whoever gets the most ranchers wins, and if you don't
know an answer, you yell out past. We'll come back
to the question if we have time left. Okay, nobody
play along at Homer in the car. Here we go,
all right, So Leah goes on holding Berkeley and we
(23:02):
pick up Jennifer in San Jose. Question number one, what
movie franchise explores the fictional nation of Panem hunger?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Game?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
How many bones are in the adult human body? In
what city is the world headquarters of the United Nations?
Or in what sport do you perform a kickflip or
a grind? And what Canadian rock band wrote and recorded
(23:32):
the theme song for the TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
It's a Canadian rock band, Yeah, Path, I don't know
s Green Day.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Alright, we're out of time.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
Bright.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Jennifer goes on hold in San Jose and we pick
up Leah and Berkeley. Good morning, question number one, what
movie franchise is the fictional nation of Panem?
Speaker 5 (24:06):
Oh no, I definitely know this. I'll come back to it.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
How many bones are in the adult human body?
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Your injured? Earned sick?
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Okay? In What city is the world headquarters of the
United Nations? What sport would you perform? A kickflip or
a grind? What Canadian rock band wrote and recorded the
(24:49):
theme song.
Speaker 6 (24:49):
For the people?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
You know what? We're out of time? Hang on the
line for me, Hang on all right. Jennifer comes back
in San Jose and we see how she did against
Leah in Berkeley. But she number one of you guys.
What movie franchise explores the fictional nation of Panem. Jennifer
said Hunger Games. Leah past it is Hunger Games. Jennifer
gets the point. Next question, how many bones are in
the adult human body? Both contestants said two hundred and six.
(25:13):
I'm fully impressed that is the correct answer. Everybody gets
a point. Question number three, and what city is the
world headquarters of the United Nations? Jennifer said New York City.
Leah said London. It is New York. Point goes to Jennifer.
Number four, What sport could you perform a kickflip or
a grind, Jennifer said, soccer. Leah said rugby. The answer
(25:33):
is skateboarding. And finally, what Canadian rock band wrote and
recorded the theme song for the TV sitcom The Big
Bang Theory Jennifer said Green Day managing to offend everybody
in Oakland. Hercules, also Bronte and probably parts of Panola
I don't even know about. Leah ran out a time.
The answer is bare naked ladies. Your final score Jennifer three,
(25:55):
Lea got one. Jennifer is the winner. You're going to
see the show?
Speaker 4 (26:00):
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Speaker 1 (26:02):
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