In short
Chris and Jason trade travel stories (Osoyoos, BC desert town near the US border; wedding weekend; multi-flight itinerary) and then riff on media/politics and pop culture controversies.
Guests
No guests. The hosts are Chris and Jason (How Long Gone). The episode also mentions other people in discussion (e.g., Spencer Pratt, Katie Perry, Chief Keef, Boards of Canada, Army Hammer, Teal/Teal Bucks, Elon? none; but they are not guests).
Key claims
- Outrage over Interview Magazine featuring Spencer Pratt is mostly “vibes”/media literacy failure; they argue it’s not “platforming” if you don’t read the story.
- Folk remedies: “wet tobacco” on stings (rural Texas/Nebraska/Mississippi/Appalachian South) is presented as a real tradition, though they question medical soundness.
- Boards of Canada’s new album “Inferno” is polarizing mainly because it sounds bad/weird, not because the artists are newly “bad.”
- Freedom 250 White House concert backlash: artists claim they didn’t know political affiliation; many drop out.
Notable examples
- Spencer Pratt coverage by Interview Magazine/Vanity Fair; comparison to NYT photos.
- Tobacco-on-bite story tied to Ella Langley fan video.
- Katy Perry + Chief Keef “Chief Keef” collaboration chatter.
- Freedom 250 lineup shrinking; Azalea Banks offered as replacement.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTravel Tales from Osu-Yus
0:06 to 0:28
Chris shares his travel experiences in Osu-Yus, Canada, including weather and wedding details.
“We don't really talk about, you know, a lot of international global news items and climates and cultures and sports and things like that.”
Travel Tales from Osu-Yus
0:49 to 3:35
Chris shares his travel experiences in Osu-Yus, Canada, including weather and wedding details.
“how long gone brother chris is in the building coming to you live from so deep in western in Canada that I don't want to pronounce the name of the city because it would feel disrespectful, I think, to the local people.”
Stuntman Stories
3:35 to 5:30
Discussion about Chris's interactions with a professional stuntman at the wedding.
“So it's all really, there's a lot of good and bad in this.”
Travel Challenges and Reflections
5:30 to 7:34
Chris discusses the difficulties of traveling and juggling multiple commitments.
“But yeah, so we're here, and I have another marathon travel day tomorrow to make it back in time so we can head to London to head to Bistar Village.”
Folk Remedies and Nature
7:34 to 13:20
Conversation about traditional remedies and nature experiences, including snake encounters.
“we will replace you with David Coggins again.”
The Internet's Response to Prattgate
13:20 to 14:02
Discussion on the public's reaction to a political interview in the media.
“Yeah, I'm watching Blue Crush, North Shore, all these great surf movies, not a lot of critter, critter bite, story arcs going on.”
Discussion on Prattgate Controversy
14:02 to 14:42
The hosts analyze the backlash against media coverage of Spencer Pratt's political campaign.
“somebody who's got, you know, a nice old English tattoo of the year they were born on their chest.”
Discussion on Prattgate Controversy
14:48 to 16:46
The hosts analyze the backlash against media coverage of Spencer Pratt's political campaign.
“This is covering a lot of our bases, Jason.”
Discussion on Prattgate Controversy
16:54 to 17:10
The hosts analyze the backlash against media coverage of Spencer Pratt's political campaign.
“That'll get you free shipping and 365 day returns.”
Media Literacy and Platforming Debate
17:10 to 22:20
The hosts discuss the implications of media literacy and the concept of platforming in relation to Pratt's coverage.
“But I guess to me, the only difference is the fact that it's interview, it's a little different.”
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Cultural Politics and Celebrity Influence
22:20 to 28:00
Exploration of how celebrity culture merges with politics and affects public perception.
“Like, the New York Times and Interview Magazine shouldn't have that much crossover as the way they're presenting people.”
Investing in Unique Ventures
28:00 to 28:45
The hosts humorously discuss unconventional investments and their implications.
Katy Perry and Chief Keef Collaboration
28:45 to 29:45
They analyze the unexpected pairing of Katy Perry and Chief Keef in a new song.
“But, you know, because he spends a lot of money on non-business ventures, I'm assuming.”
The State of Chief Keef's Music
29:45 to 30:46
Discussion on Chief Keef's music career and the quality of his recent work.
Katy Perry's Musical Direction
30:46 to 31:44
The hosts question Katy Perry’s decision-making in her music career.
Boards of Canada Controversy
31:44 to 33:05
They discuss the polarizing reception of Boards of Canada's new album.
Understanding Music Criticism
33:05 to 34:29
Exploration of music criticism and the challenges faced by reviewers.
Understanding Music Criticism
35:55 to 36:59
Exploration of music criticism and the challenges faced by reviewers.
“some art hang hung task grab you need it you need a you need a fucking something put together a Got to reach that cheese grater on the top shelf?”
Understanding Music Criticism
37:26 to 38:33
Exploration of music criticism and the challenges faced by reviewers.
“Obviously, Jason, you and I spend a lot of time on the World Wide Web, so do all our peers, our listeners, our friends, our colleagues, maybe even your parents if they're freaky.”
Army Hammer's Transformation
38:48 to 42:00
The hosts discuss Army Hammer's recent appearance and public perception.
“Actually kind of similar to when we were talking about Hasan Piker before.”
Shopping for Hassan: A Style Intervention
42:00 to 43:40
The hosts brainstorm a humorous plan to revamp Hassan Piker's wardrobe.
“And also, Hassan, just two of your Gabriella Hurst pieces at the RealReal, you'll have enough store credit to buy, I don't know, 50 pairs of shorts and t-shirts.”
The Freedom 250 Concert Controversy
43:40 to 46:00
Discussion about the dwindling lineup for a controversial concert and its implications.
“I'm ready to play if you need me to fill in for, you know, the Commodores.”
Understanding Artist Participation
46:00 to 48:00
Exploration of how and why artists agree to perform at politically charged events.
“So I just Googled so far, Flo Rida and Bret Michaels, both UTA.”
The Changing Image of the White House
48:00 to 50:20
Hosts analyze the evolving perceptions of performing at the White House over time.
“Because if I had to guess, Trump's a lowballer.”
Cultural Shifts in Celebrity Engagement
50:20 to 53:10
Discussion on how celebrity perceptions and decisions regarding public appearances have changed.
“I'm on a racist minor league hockey team and I'm not going to do it.”
The Intersection of Fashion and Identity
53:10 to 54:40
Exploration of how personal style reflects identity and societal views.
“Do you think it's because this is the sort of archetype of the guy who used to bully these gay men when they were at an impressionable age?”
Tennis Talk: Juiced Players and Djokovic's Defeat
54:40 to 56:03
Hosts discuss current events in tennis, including performance-enhancing drugs and match outcomes.
“Like, I'm starting to worry about, like, are these steroids not good enough?”
The Robotic Player and His Evil Spirit
56:03 to 1:00:10
Discussion about the personalities and playing styles of tennis players, particularly Djokovic and Nadal.
“Tennis players cannot go on gambling and fucking prostitute vendors.”
Media Literacy and Misinterpretations
1:00:10 to 1:03:00
Exploration of a controversial camera angle incident involving a tennis player and the implications of media representation.
“He had like a kid 19 when he was like 19 or 20.”
Relationships, Fame, and Brand Partnerships
1:03:00 to 1:04:26
Conversation about the impact of relationships on tennis players and their significant others, including brand associations.
“And then we are going to go see Rostam perform tonight at the Ford Theater.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00All right, this episode of How Long Gone is brought to you by Stateside with Kai and Carter, a new podcast from The Guardian. And they are using this podcast to slow down the news and wrestle with the questions that we all have about what's happening in the world. And they do it three times a week. Jason, does that sound familiar to you?
0:13Jason Stewart:We don't really talk about, you know, a lot of international global news items and climates and cultures and sports and things like that. We do talk about fashion and wellness, but for everything else, Kai and Carter are a great place. All right, so who couldn't use more news? Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube.
0:49how long gone brother chris is in the building coming to you live from so deep in western in Canada that I don't want to pronounce the name of the city because it would feel disrespectful, I think, to the local people.
1:01Jason Stewart:Just the way that the sounds would come out of your mouth, there's no way it won't be offensive. Let me spell it. Let me spell it for you. I was talking to Tim yesterday. I sent him the Wikipedia and he said, that's too many vowels for me, big bro. It's O-O-S-O-Y-O-O-S. O-S-O-Y-O-O-S? Yes. Osayus? Osayus. the motto, Canada's warmest welcome, because I'm in the desert over here, Jason. And just so you know, it's the southernmost town in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia between Penticton and Omoc. We're near the Washington border. Okay, okay. So you're right on there. It's Canada's only true desert environment.
1:47Yeah, which is funny because when we got here, it was 90 degrees. And then yesterday, it rained all day like we were in London and it was in the 60s. So it's been a confusing. Temperature-wise, it's confusing. It's pretty beautiful, I have to say. It's on the water. It's pretty breathtaking. And the drive was really nice. But this was a, just to walk you through, just a quick travel story. It was a three-flight, one-hour drive day to get here. And the final flight.
2:13Jason Stewart:Three flights as in three separate airplane trips. Three separate airplane trips. LaGuardia. We're not talking about stairs. No, we're not talking about stairs. Because I did 64 yesterday if we're going to fucking, but go ahead. I went from LaGuardia to Minneapolis. Then we went to Minneapolis to Vancouver. Then in Vancouver, you land at the main terminal. Vancouver Airport, one of the world's best, unbelievable airport. Land at the Vancouver Airport. Then the terminal that we had to leave from to fly on the smallest plane I've ever been on that's not private to Penticton was a 15-minute cab ride and still considered part of the Vancouver Airport.
2:47So we get out. I have to go get in a cab, go to this other terminal, get on a plane that Alex squeezed my hand so hard it was purple. Like, it was truly scary. This plane was, it felt like we were going into battle, like a military-style, no-frills kind of situation.
3:03Jason Stewart:You know what I mean? It was giving WW2. It was giving WW2. We landed safely, of course, in a place called Penticton. Then I was able to get an all-new, a late-model, big-boy Yukon. So I do feel like I'm fitting. That was the only upside. I do feel like I'm fitting in in that way. Yukon XL 2026? Big boy with like the rumbling engine, the brr, brr, brr, brr, you know what I mean? The RSV or whatever they call it. You got the rumble package on the Yukon XL? I was able to get the rumble package for my friends. Black or is it a gray purple? Okay, good. No, it's crazy. It's the gift. So anyway, I'm here.
3:34We went to a wedding yesterday in a church that horses had moved to its current location in the 1800s. So it's all really, there's a lot of good and bad in this. It's a pretty fascinating place. They got a horses pop up there. What'd you say? It's crazy, bro. The off-menu pasta was smacking, I will say. It's as good as Bruce.
3:56Jason Stewart:Okay. So you're over here in Osu-Yus. Osu-Yus, yeah. Osu-Yus. Osu-Yusful, the place where two lakes come together. You spend some time on the lake. It has a very unique ecosystem over there in Osu-Yus. I'm trying to figure it out. I would love to. I don't have enough time to get a boat rental going. but otherwise I'll figure something out. Look, it's not Lake Como. You don't have to take the criss-craft out. You don't have to spend$18.50 per hour. Imagine if I could fit in a couple hours on the jet ski on the lake. Oh, baby. It's not that warm today. I mean, I would do it, of course. It's only going to be 72, but the sun's out.
4:33It's a nice day. It honestly is a beautiful setting.
4:35Jason Stewart:So you were in town for a wedding and the wedding already happened. No, the wedding happened yesterday. It was very intimate and then the party is tonight. But the best part about this is Alex's old friend Georgia her husband Frazier stuntman all right professional stuntman is he paid too dude honestly it seems pretty sick because I was asking him last I was asking him last night at the dinner I was like bro how can we break a bottle over my head this weekend you know what I mean and he was like oh dude I wish you would have let me know I could have got we could have he's like don't buy any shit off Amazon those might not work you know I mean you got to get some real prop house fake bottles if you want to get not not all um breakaway glass yes created equal christ and i was and i was really glad to hear that because that is an idea that i would have gotten to my head and all of a sudden we're in burbank at the studio you're going to break a bottle over my head and i'm fucking at cedars you know 30 minutes later so i'm glad that we want one type shit okay yeah exactly so you're over here with cliff booth fictional hollywood stuntman yes so he's in addition to him being paid and a a literal stuntman i'm assuming he has a nice body and is good looking and a charming fella yeah exactly exactly exactly yeah but the best part is i looked at his truck yesterday little little bumper sticker on the window i love stunts what a great sticker i mean you're a stuntman it's great dude if you're not also Oh, great.
6:01Yeah, it works for everybody. It works for everybody. But yeah, so we're here, and I have another marathon travel day tomorrow to make it back in time so we can head to London to head to Bistar Village.
6:12Jason Stewart:Yes, popping in through Bistar Village. It's all happening for me. I actually feel okay. I slept pretty well last night, so I'm coming back to life. It's that desert air. It's cleansing, brother. It is. It's been a lot of, this has been a pretty, even for me, an experienced traveler, this has been a test of my patience, I will say. Well, how many times a year do you think, you know, you have a lot of schedules and travel things and sectors of your life going on and sometimes things flow perfectly and then sometimes, you know, you've got a wedding and a work trip and a fun trip and a this and they all kind of coincide at the very same exact time and then, you know, really takes a toll on the old immune system, I'm assuming.
6:53Jason Stewart:Is that like three times a year it happens? I feel like that's like, that's it for me probably. I mean, honestly, you know me. If I feel bad, I kind of just thug it out. I mean, I don't... Well, it's also like the train don't stop. It's not like, what am I going to do? Like, not do something I'm supposed to do contractually? That's not really an option for me. I know, I know. But I mean, when it's non-negotiable everywhere, when like the personal thing is also, you can't move your best friend's wedding. It's a non-negotiable and a work thing is non-negotiable and maybe you had a fly fishing trip on the calendar.
7:27Jason Stewart:and Field and Stream's going to shit a brick if you have to push that again. Field and Stream is like, we will replace you with David Coggins again. Don't get it twisted. We will replace your little ass. Coggins is in my top eight. I have no problem contacting him. Coggins is in my... I have absolutely no problem getting in touch with him digitally to make this go. Okay, so while you're in Osu... Osu... Osu... Osu... You're enjoying nature. I'm assuming it's not a... it's not a big city vibes. It's not giving. No, it's not metropolitan. Are you, are you seeing, are you doing some RFK style snake removal?
8:06Jason Stewart:That's so funny. Some bare hand desert trail. It's so funny that you said that Alex said yesterday, this place is known for rattlesnakes. And I said, funny, you said that I saw a video of RFK doing exactly what I would do. If I encountered some rattlers over here at the spirit Ridge property, I would grab them with my left and my right and shake those motherfuckers so they didn't know what happened to you know well well rfk he he grabbed a couple black snakes i forgot what they're called but they're i don't think they're venomous or poisonous he wasn't he wasn't going to die but they will bite and i think he wants like that's one of the only times he feels alive like that's when he that's why he goes in there and touches these wild animals who are like frightened and you know fight or flight's going on i think he like you know kind of like that one friend of yours who hates his dad and then you know always gets in fights and you're like maybe he likes getting hit i think rfk likes getting bit by a snake it's it's the only time he feels something it's funny you brought up the bite because i sent you guys that video yesterday from the from an ella uh langley fan account where she's in her you know whatever her texas you know brand new build kitchen and her friend open floor plan y 'all we got an open floor plan and stable so it's super nice a super plenty of room in the kitchen okay go ahead i'm watching the video i didn't watch it right now okay so she's her friend is off camera and her friend has gotten bitten by something and ella has a pack of skull in front of her and she's saying this is what my daddy used to do when we were growing up she takes a pinch of the skull puts it on the white part of of the the of the band-aid and then sticks that to her friend's rear end where the friend has been bitten and apparently the tobacco fixes the sting and i looked in the comments several people are agreeing to this and saying that this is a real thing that people do and i as a person who grew up in the south for you know obviously most of my life i've never heard of this do you think this is a texas thing or do you think i just wasn't southern enough to come into contact with this i think it's it's definitely a folk treatment style tradition of treatments i I don't know how medically sound it is, but it seems like it's more local to Texas than your neck of the woods.
10:23This is something I would really like to try. I just don't want to get bit, and I feel like now the only option would be a zen. I feel like the skull is not laying around quite as much as Tucker's pouches.
10:36Jason Stewart:Well, you could. I mean, I guess when you get the little pack of tobacco in there, it's kind of wet and moist and alive. It's like my Santa Maria Novella potpourri when you open the pack. It reminds me so much of that. It's basically a kombucha scoby. It's just seething with life. But I would say, yeah. Okay, I just looked it up. It says rural Texas, Nebraska, Mississippi. Georgia's on there. It says in the Appalachian South, quote unquote, wet tobacco or tobacco juice on bee stings, wasps, stings, hornets, etc. Is it a recognizable old remedy? something that mama or papa would do chris this is very which is what i'm wondering can i get you know one of my parliament can i empty out a p funk yeah and then throw a couple you know 50 cc's of whatever juice on there will that will that wake up my wet tobacco enough or is it is it dead on arrival i that's a great question once it's dried can you rehydrate this is a question for the kitchen i feel like we got to get barraghane on the phone for this i feel um i've got i want to treat the tobacco like my morels can i reconstitute them he's like well use veal stock but yeah we can get that tobacco back up my question is yeah is this something is i i mean could you squirt a little lemon on it you know what i mean would there be something additive that you could do that isn't in the water family that that would also rehydrate you know what i In the water, family, you could say lemon juice is lemon water, and I would avoid squirting acids right onto that bloody wound.
12:13Jason Stewart:Well, here's what I'm saying. I think it's going to be more of a Crisco, Duke's mayonnaise, a little Hellman on there. I pulled some of my skull out and mixed it up with mayonnaise like it was tuna fish, and I just stuck it on my ass. All of a sudden, my cut was healed. A little deviled ham on there. It should sort you out. A little deviled ham on that sting. You'll be good as new. I love a local regional folkloric remedy like that. I think the closest I got to that was drink seven up when you're sick. Yeah, sure. Even when I was a kid, like what? No. How could that possibly work? Your immune system is destroyed.
12:55Jason Stewart:Let's put 64 grams of sugar onto that. Well, I feel like the California version of this is like, bro, a stingray got me. you got to pee on me. You know, I feel like this is, this is the same thing is that I just, this feels, there's so many movies about surfing and lore around surfing because it's such a sport that connects us with nature, but we don't talk enough about the rattlesnake, you know, the critter stings and how to heal them as urban dwellers. Yeah, I'm watching Blue Crush, North Shore, all these great surf movies, not a lot of critter, critter bite, story arcs going on. That's what I'm saying.
13:29That's what I'm saying.
13:30Jason Stewart:I will use AI technology to write the perfect 90s surf rom-com shred fest script and then you know it's but it's more or less just about different critters being you know biting you and then kind of local remedies jellyfish stingrays small sharks recover after you found a remedy in meemaw's uh you know notepad meemaw doesn't know what to do when i step on that sea urchin does she she ain't never seen shit like that before i gotta go to call davide's grandpa figure out how to do that one i need i need somebody who's got, you know, a nice old English tattoo of the year they were born on their chest.
14:08Jason Stewart:And they're going to sort me out. The only people who can sort me out. Alright, we got to talk about Prattgate, because it seems like the internet. So Interview Magazine did a story with Spencer Pratt. So did Vanity Fair. And in classic form of the internet, everybody is up in arms. Defund Mel Ottenberg. Defund Interview. Cancel your subscription to Vanity Fair. This is unbelievable that they would talk to a political candidate. And I'm once again here to remind you that the word platforming is being misused in 2026. This episode of How Long Gone is brought to you by a new podcast from The Guardian, Stateside with Kai and Carter.
14:50This is covering a lot of our bases, Jason. It's trying to slow down the news and wrestle with the questions we all have about what's happening in the world. And I know you particularly have quite a lot of questions.
15:00Jason Stewart:A lot of questions, but how often? Because we do this podcast three times a week, and that's a sweet spot. How many times do they do? Three times a week. And I have a feeling, just based on the platform and these talking points, that they're maybe going to be covering different stuff than we do. That's just a guess. The Guardian is not some billionaire-owned platform. They're not afraid to say what they want to say, brother. Yeah, Rupert ain't sniffing around in what journalists Kai Wright and Carter Sherman are up to over there at Stateside. But yeah, listen wherever you get your podcasts. You can watch it on YouTube.
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16:56Jason Stewart:That is quince.com slash how long. That'll get you free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com slash how long. i don't think yeah i really think that this comes down to a media literacy issue jason because i don't think people read the story i don't think they realize that they are not that these people aren't uplifting spencer pratt they're not they're not putting him in a king's chair and walking him out to the altar you know this is more of a like we're gonna let this guy hang himself situation you know what i mean it's it's not it's like they don't they're not taking they're not taking beautiful studio portraits of flattering photos of him you know what i mean they got him outside in the fucking sun with three chins and he's saying the the dumb shit that he always says and i i just don't understand that is not platforming that is like doing a timely story and when it's and then the argument is well what about the other candidates guess what the other candidates aren't as interesting i don't think spencer pratt is going to win i don't think he should win i don't think that people that read interview magazine are going to vote for spencer pratt because they saw him answering questions i just i'm so confused by the outrage i really am okay well i've got some ideas and i don't think um the the the person who wrote it ben barna um i don't think that he's trying to ben is not trying to ben is doing his job at interview magazine and and writing stories about things that are happening in our country ben is not a member of the alt-right who's trying to platform a MAGA person.
18:33Jason Stewart:He also doesn't even live in LA, right? He's a New Yorker. Yeah, he's a New Yorker. Canadian, actually. So even less interested. Shout out, Benjamin. But I guess to me, the only difference is the fact that it's interview, it's a little different. You don't feel like it's going to be a fair or a scathing takedown or anything. It's probably going to be a puff piece of some sort. But I think the fact that the photos feel platforming, if it was just an article, with written words and it was a story about the nuances and i didn't read the story but people who did are saying like you know it doesn't necessarily it's not like big upping him it's it's like sort of letting him yeah you know just when you have a when you have a person like that you just hit record and you just write down all the insane shit they say because it's but it's what i find interesting is nathan spencer will dig his own grave but if there weren't photos of him smiling hanging out with local mexicans and i don't think any this would even happen but you have to take photos for a story like what are you supposed to do like you that's what interview does they take photos for every story that's what magazines and newspapers do but i get my point is since nobody's reading the the story myself included we're just sort of going based off of vibes and the vibe of this is this is a smiling picture of spencer pratt and he looks good so it's probably platform but this is my whole problem that's my whole problem you can't comment on a photo when there's a story attached if you don't read the story and i'm i'm saying 90 of these people didn't read the story which is fine if you don't want to read the story and you're so disinterested and you don't want to read it i totally get it i'm not interested in him either the only reason i read it is because the outrage you know what i mean like i'm not yeah but nathan our friend nathan pemberton i was talking to him when i was in la last week he spent three days with spencer for the new york times and did you know and and wrote a story about him and spent all the time with him and they have photos of him too and no one says shit it's just a very confusing because it's the newspaper it's different you know what i mean exactly but at this point i think that we have to understand that politics are culture and they can't be sort of relegated to these these kind of older corners of the media like they're going to especially like i also don't understand how we expect spencer pratt if you're our age you grew up with him as a not a household name but a major celebrity do you know what i mean like if you were our age and you were out in that time we are now like prime voting age we are also the editors and and writers at these publications so i'm not sure how we're expected to ignore this because it is a fascinating story it would be it would be like if if you know let's say you're a 24 year old right now and there's an article about you know six nine running for mayor of new york yeah you're gonna read that shit yeah but i just think i just think that the the part that we keep missing about all this stuff is that like if you are stupid enough for that to work on you then you just if you're stupid enough to vote for spencer pratt and that's your problem that's not the magazine's fault that's your fault like that's not i just don't understand how we've taken any personal agency out of all human beings where it's like oh everybody's so dumb this is going to work on them is the expectation which that that sucks to me well unfortunately you know i think those the the rules have changed and before like When you're saying you can't base your opinions only off of the photos or the vibes of the article without reading the article, unfortunately, nobody plays by those rules anymore.
21:54Jason Stewart:We have moved beyond that. But here's what I'm saying. It's a new world derogatory. But what I'm saying to you is that it's like if this, yeah, I mean, sure. But it's like if that's how we feel, then a magazine would be or a publication would be irresponsible for posting just photos. But if they're posting the article in the photos and you choose not to read the article, that's sort of on you is what I'm saying. Of course. You know what I mean? Like if they were choosing to display it as like look at this hot guy running from air, which no one, you know what I mean? which no one is doing like i said those photos were i'm not going to say on purposely unflattering but i think they were uh unvarnished let's say i don't think those were heavily retouched i think they were on camera flash in the blazing sun you know what i mean i think it's i think it's i don't think they're and now his interview's version of you know doing the work whereas the new york times photo it's a it's a professionally taken photo color balance is all there we've we've removed the the ring light flash from his eyeballs or whatever but he has a sort of stoic look on his face and the headline is is spencer pratt for real you know it asks a question versus like we got a spencer pratt's favorite fish taco spots in la you know the the meat of the article is likely you know not too far away from each other but just those two little tweaks that's not but this is what i'm telling you is that like that is the but that's the difference in publication do You know what I'm saying?
23:19Like, that's the difference. Like, the New York Times and Interview Magazine shouldn't have that much crossover as the way they're presenting people. They're two very different things. You know what I mean? Like, I don't know. I mean, I'm sure there's a lot of crossover photographer-wise. So that makes it, you know, that makes it, that's something. But I don't know, man. I'm just sort of like, people are going insane about this in a way where I'm like, dude, just like, don't vote for him. It's all good, dude. like it's it's but i you know i know you're seeing a lot of close friends in la saying they fuck with spencer's policies and some some going even less uh close friends and more public yeah
23:52Jason Stewart:i mean i would say it's it's still more more so people are in team neathia out in public in terms of people in my world and then you know we've got a couple people who play golf that we know are are leaning leaning the other way every single day it changes and it's exciting so i can see why everyone's talking about it and why it's become you know more of a national thing totally totally you know like there's there's an article i read or somebody that i know or like internet friends with about like spencer pratt's merch like him using the lakers because it's like yeah yeah yeah i was i was i was like that sounds really familiar and i googled mom donnie and nicks and it's like an article from a year or two ago and the nicks are asking mom donnie to not use you know steal his logo to make mom donnie nicks hats i mean the the playbook for winning is is the same no matter what in a lot of ways okay well i'm glad that you're able to escape america for just a weekend and you can just only worry yourself with canadian politics of course the important stuff over here i unfortunately i haven't heard any or read any articles about the the spencer pratt tenants in the trees fundraising party with the ai generated um throwback tenants flyer i mean that is that it's one of those things where it's like wow it'd be really cool if one of these interesting magazines went to went to this party and did like a scene report and with cobra snake photos of like who would actually go to you know i'm i'm very curious to see the cross-section of uh of la's worst at that event but who's gonna do that you know but but the thing is like if like i wouldn't want to do that i wouldn't want to like walk in and be like hey i'm only here as a bit i'm just like writing you know no yeah yeah yeah so it's like events like that just happen and then and that's it i mean that that flyer for the tennis of the trees mince and pratt thing is amazing amazing amazing i mean yeah that feels too good to be true as far as like stupidity level do you know i mean the combination of all the things only part of spencer's insane campaign that may have negatively affected it yeah everything else has been just fine the tenants alignment is actually a lot that people are not willing to cross the tenants alignment is worse than him blowing 10 million dollars on crystals like this is somehow worse this is somehow worse ice is fine but i i draw the line at ghb in my vodka so fuck that you win that flyer it's also like one of those things that is perfect i i you want to think it's purposely stupid but then you're like wait i I don't know if it is.
26:31I can't tell.
26:32Jason Stewart:No, it's perfection. That's the problem. Sometimes something is so bad, only AI itself could create what you need. Like humans are too pure of heart to create, to design that flyer the way that it needs to be designed. I mean, it's beautiful from many angles. A thousand writer rips with a thousand teal bucks in their Zelle account could not create something like this. This is too good. This is touched by God. it's too extreme it's too good uh speaking of teal i was i was reading in the news that he people are are cautious and and are are flagging the fact that he seems to have quote-unquote fled america and is living in argentina in buenos aires yeah there's hotter guys there i don't blame him i've i've always wanted to visit buenos aires you know after watching you have after watching bet you have tony bourdain go there um but now fucking teal ruined it now the fucking i'm sure the grinder is all fucking blown out now but now i'm wondering is he gonna like people are like saying you know it's giving nazi vibes fleeing to argentina when you're like a um a gay nazi but are we gonna get teal pesos instead of teal bucks now who's gonna be the first creator that's who starts getting the teal bucks those creators are gonna those creators are gonna be a little less sub stack a little more only fans is my guess okay but a creator is a creator but i mean but i think there's like i think there's two different categories for teal buck like teal bucks means he's investing in your business and then we need another word for it when he's investing in your hole for 45 minutes or whatever you know investing in your hole come on bro because that's not necessary you know like we can't write that off is this a sex worker absolutely not i'm just a ground floor investor in their hole i put in i put in a small i put in a small investment in their hole when they were kind of getting started and i hope to see it you know fully realized i can't wait i have i have a full intent to pay all the capital gains on these capital brains no it's beautiful to it's beautiful to see their hole has vested so early and I'm coming out on top.
28:46Jason Stewart:We're just so excited. We're just so excited. Just so excited. But, you know, because he spends a lot of money on non-business ventures, I'm assuming. So, you know, maybe the, well, we got the teal pesos and then the, you know, the little fun money. Wham! Walking around money, we call that. Oh, is that what we call that? I didn't know. Oh, okay. A little walking around money. Good to know. Yeah, get a little wham in your pocket because you feel naked leaving the house without, you know, $380. and 20s rolled up yeah exactly at 380 you got me 380 is sort of the over under on how much you want your wad to be that's true because anything over 500 especially if it's in 20s it's getting uncomfortable you know i mean it could give you a back problem if you sit on that yeah yeah depending on which which skew of ball mon you have on did you did you see the did you listen to katie perry chief keith because i feel like that's really in your crosshairs i i saw that i saw her i'm the only motherfucker who is interested in hearing that i saw her mobbed out with with with keith in a and they were wearing bait hoodies together and the thing that i saw people talking about most was does this mean that former prime minister justin trudeau met chief keith the over under on that is pretty high keith's like no we've met before actually yeah you don't remember we were smoking out we we blew out the the hotel room at f1 montreal in 2010 it was a ruth ruth Chris Edmonton I think the last time our paths crossed no bro you were at Stampede in Calgary you were just so fucked up you don't remember bro that is that was a fucking movie no I mean I saw them I saw them politicking in the studio where you know Katy Perry is standing very close to his face and you know that he doesn't like people getting so close well you know that he is like on another planet uh you know on a beautiful selection of drugs and you know the song is going to be just awful because i love chief keef and certain era of katie perry's songs there's no way that he's taken the driver's seat and creative directing this tune it's definitely a katie perry song that he's getting paid six hundred thousand dollars to do the most throw away verse on the only the only way he gets off the four-wheeler yeah yeah we have to come come get off the atv that you're driving donuts on inside of an airplane hangar come over here and then do do the worst 16 of all time and then we're gonna put you back on an airplane and katie perry is gonna be like you know treating it like a pokemon car that she just collected i've got a song with chief key i just wonder i just can't figure out what i mean i know this is this is baffling to many katie cats but i can't figure out what it is exactly she is trying to do to get this train back on the tracks because a chief key feature in 2026 does not seem like the way to do that do you know what i mean it doesn't seem like there's one through line that i learned because i read i read a headline saying like they they squash their like decade-long beef so i think maybe in katie's mind this was going to break the internet but it's been so long if i don't know that katy perry and chief heave had beef no one does you know like nick catch dubs might remember it and that's kind of about it yeah i mean you know there's three guys there's three guys i know all of them they're all white guys who are way way better djs than me and they all remember this beef and that's it a cross-section of people who know that yeah it's it's white guys in their 40s yeah totally no there's it's a it's a very very small group of people a small a small but vocal you know small but powerful you know on discogs but you know certain things should not mix i love the beautiful you know kaleidoscope of genres colliding but but kt and keith together no no no it's too far it's too far what why are people can you answer i want to get into um jason territory a little bit but why are people so upset about boards of canada because i boards of canada was always just sort of some like nerdy shit that like some hardcore guys i knew liked you know what i mean obviously it's legendary like i'm familiar with the graphic design language and i've definitely owned those records on vinyl at some point in my life probably but what is the they put out a new album and it seems to be polarizing i but but mostly bad i guess i'm not totally sure yeah mostly bad i think um yeah the new one is called inferno but yeah boards of canada known for late 90s early 2000s kind of ambient electronic experimental shit you know but music has the right to children in 98 was their probably their big one but yeah the new one people are saying that it's just a straight up no bueno weird vocal sounds weird samples and clips sort of okay so it's just okay so it's just weird it's not like all of a sudden we found out this guy's bad it's just basically the music sucks
33:56Jason Stewart:because with boards of canada or our tech or apex twin all these people who make this experimental crazy ambient electronic music they're all kind of trolls they're all mysterious they're all like weird shy introverted freaks so you don't really know like is this album bad on purpose as a joke is it like an artistic statement where do they where do they pitchfork gave it best new music 8.6 okay because you know you if you're a pitchfork writer if you give boards of canada a bad review you know like what's even the point anymore what do we even know it's like giving it's giving taylor swift a bad review you know you just ruin the next 18 months of your life okay okay and boards of canada though it's like a it it felt it always felt pretty niche to me but i'm realizing maybe it wasn't that niche or or it was it was big but niche do you know what i'm saying it's one of those groups or bands or artists where everyone's like i should know enough about this or i should talk like i know enough about it just because everyone else seems to and then maybe with this album people are understanding like oh maybe maybe the the joke is on us the whole time but you know that's why it's kind of fun but also kind of annoying with all these introverted freaks who are like is it real is it a troll am i making fun of you yeah yeah or is that just like my special excuse of like if everything you know if this sucks and it's really bad i can just yeah i play it off as oh what do you oh you guys just don't get it it was a whole thing it was a bit but yeah it's uh most people are saying that it's bad but i think i i scrolled through it um yesterday and you know just like any album nowadays there's like handful of songs that are really nice and good handful of fucking diarrhea oh this is huge for me personally this episode of how i'm gone is brought to you by task rabbit oh baby let me tell you something this is this is not a joke i use task rabbit a lot because i can't do anything you need you need some art hang hung task grab you need it you need a you need a fucking something put together a Got to reach that cheese grater on the top shelf?
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37:23This episode of How Long Gone is brought to you by Squarespace. Obviously, Jason, you and I spend a lot of time on the World Wide Web, so do all our peers, our listeners, our friends, our colleagues, maybe even your parents if they're freaky. And if you're doing anything in the world, writing, taking pictures.
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38:14Jason Stewart:And then email campaigns. Hey, I got a new, you know, 2.3 version upgrade. Boom, boom, boom. Get the analytics going. Raise some money. you know show your investor all of your cool analytics of what's going on they're going to want to get in early and we can use blueprint ai to make your website look as professional as your competition if not more so head to squarespace.com slash how long for a free trial when you're ready to launch use offer code how long to save 10 off your first purchase of a website or a domain i was saying to you yesterday i really like the kurt vile i was listened to yesterday on another we've done like 16 45 minute drive since we've been here and i was like man this is really hitting there's there's a song called like 95 99 bpm absolutely rocks it was great 99 bpm okay i'll give it a freaking listen yeah if it's good enough i'll put it on the end of the episode did you see the gay guys um freaking out about army hammer looking like a guy that works at a gun range now yes i saw one comment on the photo posted on the twitter account male central of course don't follow the algorithm just fed it to me somehow and then somebody named swell c said he can cook me or just eat me raw so it's mostly comments in that nature of like just just deranged horniness it's too much but i i do think that army because he was at the gym i saw him at easton last time i was in town and he is looking buff and i always thought of i always thought of him as buff but i guess maybe he was he wasn't or he was just i maybe it's the mustache i kind of agree and i think that it's more so the age and probably access to certain injectables in 2026 that he didn't have when he was uh he was rowing at harvard with uh zuck and them but he was like when yeah when he was playing a college rower he looked like a big fucking guy and he wasn't uh he wasn't twinkly at all but i think you just get a little little older you get a little bit older star okay you have access to protein and nutrition you got a lot of time on your hands because you've been soft canceled for texting women that you want to eat their organs and then you just kind of put your head down do the work and all he added you know 15 pounds of muscle and you put that on that frame no bro i think it's put a cop mustache on it and he starts dressing like a fucking kind of a cop and then i'm saying it's it is hot i get it It's like if you wear like a certain kind of hat and have that mustache and put on 15 pounds of muscle, gay guys lose their fucking minds.
40:52It's unbelievable.
40:53Jason Stewart:Actually kind of similar to when we were talking about Hasan Piker before. He's one of those gay guy fixer uppers where they're like, if I just had access to his wardrobe, I could do so much. like if Hassan Piker dressed like the streamer he is and the person he is and wear what Armie Hammer's wearing you know some Nike shoes that you bought on Costco. It's the outlet at Nike lifting shoe. Some like Oakley board shorts and like a sweat wicking t-shirt and then a gun range dad hat. Like every gay guy's like thank you. Perfect. This is all you have to do. Yeah, they're going. Honestly, imagine going to Hassan Piker's closet and burning all the cropped Jacques Mousse button downs and being like, all right, bro, here's some shit from Walmart.
41:42You're really hot now. Because Hassan Piker, he's got it. You know what I mean? He's a good looking guy. There's no question. He's buff, beautiful head of hair. He's good looking. But man, you take off the balloon trousers and the tabbies and the cropped Oxfords and the fucking jewelry.
42:00Jason Stewart:And also, Hassan, just two of your Gabriella Hurst pieces at the RealReal, you'll have enough store credit to buy, I don't know, 50 pairs of shorts and t-shirts. Dude, yeah. You're doing laundry four times a year, bud. You know what we should do? We should do an offsite where we take Hassan Piker to like a Walmart and redress him. I don't know. Walmart, maybe somewhere in between Walmart and the Gabriella Hurst. No. Maybe with our good friends at Quince or something like that. No, no, no. It needs to be. Actually, you know what? Big five. Dicks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dick, dicks, a dick sport.
42:37There's a dick sporting good right near my parents' house. Hassan, we'll pay for your flight. You don't even have to stream it. We'll do it ourselves. Three guys shopping at dicks for regular clothes. That sounds, I mean, who doesn't want to watch that?
42:48Jason Stewart:Yeah, it's going to be straight eye for the queer guy. We're basically just going to dress him as a modern-day Jack Donahue, and it's done. I get Hassan in some seven-inch Nike dry fits. Oh, my God, bro. A two-tone green and tan Nike windbreaker shell. Done. This is a good idea. An Anorak on Hassan. Just normal him out, man. Just take him down a notch. You know, just take him down a notch. Give him a hat. That's a brand of a very popular Airsoft rifle company. Airsoft. And then Adidas socks. You got to get the key to the key for someone like him is the socks and the shoes can't match. that's the key that's the key to this where i think that'd be that's easy to get right you know it's easy to get he needs to wear clothes that is you know putting out the energy to the world of like i i fuck differently who's okay so this this concert that we're gonna go to in dc it looks like it might be canceled because so many of our favorite artists dropped out man talking about 250 it looks like 250 it it looks like it may not be happening anymore a lot of drop off i don't know who's left yeah i got it pulled up so the freedom 250 great american state fair which is also i guess coinciding with the ufc fight um yeah martina mcbride young mc millie vanilli the commodores more estate the time and brett michaels are all that's the only people left vanilla ice cnc music factory and flow rida and i also saw that that a friend of the show azalea Banks said, you know, put me in coach.
44:25Jason Stewart:I'm ready to play if you need me to fill in for, you know, the Commodores. Alright, big announcement ticket holders. We have replaced the Commodores with Azalea Banks. Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase. That is, this shit is so, this shit is so depressed. It's honestly amazing how depressing it is, the level of talent that is willing to, because I would say the best maybe talent that is Nicki Minaj. like you know but she's not gonna do like she fulfilled her deliverables and she's like i ain't fucking doing that no more she fulfilled her deliverables to get her boyfriend off a watch list so she's now she's not doing she's not doing five songs for a hundred grand you know at the at the i would love to see what the contracts for these shows look like we need to get on the horn who do you think is booking which which former wasserman employee has gotten a job over at over at Trump Studios.
45:19Jason Stewart:Yeah. Is this a package deal? Because, you know, there's not a ton of through lines between Morris Day in the Time, Brett Michaels, and Milly, you know, R.T. McBride. Like, imagine, like, are these people represented by the same agencies that represent people? Like, is this WME? Is this CAA? Is this UTA? Is this, you know what I mean? Who are these independent? Are there different, weird right-wing booking agents that we don't have access to? Because these artists, low-key, probably do pretty well at state fairs and casinos. Yeah. You know, this isn't, I think people think these people are like total losers, which they are, but like they're making money.
45:55There are ways for people like that. Bret Michaels is making plenty of money.
45:58Jason Stewart:Yeah, Bret Michaels is doing fine. So I just Googled so far, Flo Rida and Bret Michaels, both UTA. I'm telling you, bro. Everybody wants to take the money. Everybody's willing to take the money. I just, Flo Rida is probably apolitical in this case. It's just like, what? I don't care. brett michaels i think really thought he was helping america that's the that's the beauty and the purity of brett michaels heart he's like i just love my country i didn't even know this was bad like i don't think he knew i don't think he knew anything yeah just check cnc music factory not on uta unfortunately they're on celebrity talent international as well as jay segan presents and the ms you know when you're a smaller agent like that or a smaller act like that you are also represented by you know like 11 different agencies yeah which is just like a guy with his phone on his head yeah it's regionable but regional that's but i'm i'm this is this is really depressing and sometimes i forget how depressing this stuff is and how stupid everyone is and then something like this comes up and i saw an overhead shot like a drone shot you know showed it while whoever was in office and then it showed it right now where there's a ufc ring being constructed and the ballroom being constructed and it's just it looks like a parking lot of a fucking amusement park kind of it looks like somebody was trying to build the jurassic park experience at universal studios and then you know halfway through they had to abandon construction due to like permitting reasons it's really really bad it's really really bad and our it used to look nice it did used to look nice yeah i just there's a a buzzfeed article flow rider responds after great american state for a backlash multiple artists pulled out claiming they weren't aware the concerts had any political affiliation it's at the white house at the freedom 250 white house concert that's at the fucking white house i was actually i was we're only we're just celebrating the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence on the lawn of the white house but there's no real political vibe or anything like oh man that's actually so funny i didn't realize i personally didn't realize i didn't i don't know man i my you know it's easy to blame my agent and communicate clearly kind of what was going on so this is this is kind of on them i feel like well the thing that's bullshit is these are all people who agreed to do it and then after it comes out then they start making these comments and like yeah it's gonna be a no for me dog um we're pulling out but like and you're like well it was a yes for you seven months ago i wonder what the so like what change i wonder what the rate is I wonder if it's less or more than they're usually getting.
48:33I really don't know. I really don't know. Because if I had to guess, Trump's a lowballer. You know what I mean? He's not. He's taught his people his art of the deal. And you know he's lowballing. You know he ain't coming in with a hefty fee. And he's probably not willing to negotiate with terrorists, which is what he thinks Florida is. So I don't know. I don't know how this could even. We need to get an agent. We need to get Florida's agent on the horn and see what the negotiations look like.
48:59Jason Stewart:his name is probably oran um no what i'm i've because it's a it's one of those things where you know when obama's president anyone's going to play the white house and oh yeah gladly going to do it for free but when you are flow rider and you know your your guarantee for privates is probably still pretty fucking good very very you know at what point like is is he going to be like yeah i'm just happy to do it because like my career is kind of on the outs i've got all these plaques and blah blah blah i've got enough money everything's fine but now i get to say you know i played the fucking white house look mama you know show his grandkids that's me performing on the lawn of the white house yes trump was president you know not the best but you know what i mean like i could see how like if you really don't give a shit about anything how Oh, you'd be interested in having that little photo on your mantelpiece?
49:55Yeah.
49:57Jason Stewart:It's one of those cool things where you're like, damn, this is... I think it's possible that the reputation of the White House is forever stained from, I would say, a large swath of society. The picture you would get with the president shaking hands at the White House if you had the opportunity, that literally lives on your mantle for the rest of your life. and now I think most people with brains and hearts are like, yeah, I'm good. I'm going to sit this one out. I don't care if we won the Super Bowl. I don't need to meet this guy. I'm on a racist minor league hockey team and I'm not going to do it.
50:31Jason Stewart:It's going to affect my ability to pull. It's so obvious. Some of these Lib Chicks are bad, so I'm staying away from that shit. We're the last generation where the first half of our life if the President invites you to the white house there's a 0.0 percent no yeah ratio yeah yeah of course and now it's it's fully flipped in our in our short short lifetime no it has it has fully flipped it has thanks a lot biden yeah i mean it's trump didn't help either it's trump didn't do us any favors okay well so i guess to to square the circle on army you know do you think that this is an orchestrated thing of of his like career rehabilitation is somebody no you know somebody over at easton gym being like imagine here's here's how we're gonna get it back here's you know we're gonna play to your strengths you know the same way the same person what if like renee raps manager also works out at easton and he's like look renee we went gay it worked the straights divisive on you could take you leave you focus on the gays start dressing like you know a truck driver and um that's how they're gonna win you back and then you know i wish it was i wish it was get the girls and the gays on your side you're getting because there's all these guys sorry they're all these guys the rehabilitation campaigns happening right now with army um who else hunter by i don't think it's a the thing about it is that this is how god this is a popular type of guy now like this isn't do you know what i mean like this is something that anyone could come to this look and this sort of approach is something you could come to very naturally on your own living in los angeles it's the best way to live because you get to dress and and live very comfortably you get to walk around in the sun all day wearing shorts and a t-shirt and some nikes and every single person in the world wants to slob on that knob you don't have to you know i don't have to wear a fucking bottega purse with a book hanging out of it yeah i don't have to performatively do anything when when i tell people i don't know how to read they get hornier imagine if army hammer was wearing like aloe like that would just really that probably is no he's not that's what i'm saying to you it's it's it's done in a way the reason it's hot is because you know that it's real and you know that he doesn't really care it really feel it really feels 100 like i picked up what was on my floor and put it on and because of my the mustache and the hat it's a it's just the details are right and it's too right to be fabricated to me.
53:13Jason Stewart:Do you think it's because this is the sort of archetype of the guy who used to bully these gay men when they were at an impressionable age? Great point. Nothing gets you more turned on than a bully in high school calling you a faggot. A guy who would stuff you in the locker. Yeah, a locker stuffer calling you an F slur. Mamma mia. Now you're stuffing something else is kind of the vibe. I think that there's probably some psychosomatic stuff that I don't feel comfortable getting into since I'm not Armie Hammer or gay. But... Marked safe from being Armie Hammer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do think Armand is...
53:52I really do think he's coming by it naturally, and that's why it's working. I think if this was like a stylist, you know, puppeteering this, we could feel it. there'd be something it'd be there'd be something too new or it'd be like oh that's a 500 would definitely be fun army army hammer would never do that clocking the hat yeah literally literally because i would clock the hat i would know what i'd be like oh that's too far you know i mean like that's just too far like you can tell he's sort of just picking up what's on the floor and he knows he looks good and it's it's all yeah and you could never you could never admit like
54:26Jason Stewart:actually those oakley shorts are la mare spring summer 23 exactly as soon as you admit that out loud it's over for you but it's oh it's worse for me than it is for him exactly it's worse for me than it is for him um all right how long gone god damn it no we still have 10 more minutes no we don't i have 51 on mine oh shit weird my bad i'm sorry okay i don't give a shit i do i mean we could talk about the french open dude we can talk about french open these motherfuckers can't handle the heat if you're on if you're a yannick center and you're juiced as hard as you're juiced and the heat is the only thing that can beat you, I'm starting to worry about the juice.
55:03Like, I'm starting to worry about, like, are these steroids not good enough? Is that the one thing they can't beat?
55:08Jason Stewart:Okay, so when you say juiced, you are alleging that Sinner is taking performance in drugs? I mean, I think that I'm not the originator of that, and I think that's pretty understood. But they're saying Alcaraz is too, and that's why he's sitting out major tournaments. So that's basically, from what I understand, it's often when it's a huge star and they don't want a negative scandal because it would affect the tennis as a whole, they allow them to, you know, it's like when you get fired from a job and they let you make the statement saying that you've decided to leave. You know, so they let you do.
55:42So I think that that is, I think that's pretty possible. You know what I mean? But it was beautiful to see Djokovic lose. Nice to see him out. Come on, bro. No, he's the worst, dude. No one likes him. liking him is a character flaw it really is unlike um i kind of i mean i don't know i like him just a little bit what about him do you like his because he has a he has one of the worst senses of humor i've ever seen but i also think that he's a robot so that you know he could like
56:09Jason Stewart:short circuit and the joke doesn't work well i've my my personality type is sort of the opposite of that so i'm just like cosmically drawn to those personality types just because it's like a fun ball for me to play with just like a robotic person with the worst sense of humor of all time i'm just kind of like let's let's talk buddy i know i understand that and also he happens to be you know a very amazing undeniable tennis player oh for sure but when you're watching him play against somebody that you that you like more you hate to see joker just really you know bend somebody over i i just think he has because when he does it it's it's it's dehumanizing he has an evil spirit that i think is you have to have an evil spirit i kind of agree with you but i don't think rafa all of your goats the same way the lebron's jordan's tigers you have to create i mean lebron's not cool lebron's ruined his legacy but but rapping too much to the fucking yeah to the camera but i think that i think i think you're right you have to have that but something about his brand of it feels very different than like jordan's to me like you know what i mean like it feels a little more i don't know something about it just doesn't feel as authentic it's very it's it's robotic and eastern european you know but those those people make amazing athletes because the level of discipline is just yeah that's true it's in their dna and they're just like i'm not here to have fun bitch i'm here to win i did yeah and jordan was you know having fun and winning he was having fun if by you mean smoking 14 cigars and killed killing his dad Tennis players can't do that.
57:43Jason Stewart:Tennis players cannot go on gambling and fucking prostitute vendors. No, and that's crazy because they live in Monte Carlo, which is a great place to do that stuff. You know what I mean? As far as places to do. Yeah, and then the other half of the year, I'm in Vegas and Florida. All there is to do is trick off. I mean, Lamar Odom should have been a tennis player. He would have showed you how it's done. It's cool that they have to. You're right. It's cool that they put themselves in precarious situations location-wise almost all the time and are able to withstand it. And it's almost as if tennis is doing that as a punishment.
58:18Jason Stewart:Obviously, they're doing it because that's where it's hot and warm and sunny year-round the most. But I wonder if putting the tennis internment cap right next to that beautiful Paris hotel, home of HBO's Hacks, just people riding roller coasters and winning money and getting a hand job with a condom on it and a weird back room. It's all happening right there, but not for you. not for you rafa you're still rolling out 10 hours later you're still rolling out stay here rolling out and then and speaking of rafa and and tennis another player rafael jodar he was alleged because of a weird camera angle that he pushed a ball girl but i think it's been debunked i watched that and dude that is a very unfortunate camera angle it's crazy it's crazy camera angle it's crazy because it was like it was once again a media literacy issue where it's like it looks so you have to watch it three times literally three times and which is a lot to ask of people it's like when you see those those photos on the internet where like a woman is holding their baby and the baby's leg looks like a giant penis just the way just that kind of stuff yes just a bad and the problem is when you create a video or an image like that you you have no control over at that point if it is that good it's going it's got a life of its own it's going to take off and you have no way to control it and that the you know the image of him that looks like he's pushing a girl is going to be burned into everyone's mind subconsciously no it's gonna it's fucked well i thought well i was also like if that's real they would have acted immediately like there's no way if he physically pushed a 12 year old girl yeah there's no on the court he would be removed from you know the tour yeah he's not getting he's not getting to go back to the locker room and cool down on a fucking peloton for four hours he's getting he's he's fucking he's going they're going they're shipping him somewhere on that midnight train to going anywhere i don't give a send him to portugal i don't give a fuck but that video really was an eye trick it was really crazy because she like trips over the tarp at the same time he like throws his hands in anger it was amazing the timing was too good and it would be really cool if that really was the only camera angle and everyone was fucked and then remember the there's the curb your enthusiasm episode where a guy got off because he was in the background of a dodger game yeah that was his alibi and he you know rough jodar he gets kicked out of the league and somebody was like you know i was filming my short film and look my i'm the one camera angle that see you know on the grassy nol jodar is free there's a there's a tennis influencer filming a two camera video like too loud and they they capture him not committing the crime is bad bro taylor fritz chick dumped him he lost early it's hard out here bro fritz lost his dime fritz lost his dime fam and you know the fucked up part about him you know he's got like an eight-year-old that's the other fucking thing about him that's so funny he's got a little he's got him a little mistake and i i think that i think that could fuck with his mental i'm gonna call you mistake i'm gonna come okay so his his ex was Morgan Riddle?
1:01:24Yeah, Morgan Riddle. Known baddie. Known wag. Yeah. Known wag.
1:01:28Jason Stewart:But the kid is not with her. No, no, no, no. That's why I said that. He had like a kid 19 when he was like 19 or 20. Like a real. So when you go to her page, I'm going to have you guess how far back is the last photo of Fritz on her timeline? It's either the first photo or there's none at all because she's wiped it. Wrong. November 2025. Ooh. not bad not bad maybe like do you think she was like shit i look good here i'm not gonna delete it definitely i know i met her a couple times also she's tagging the wind las vegas so maybe she's got 12 months before she's able to take that one down i wonder honestly i wonder what my girls know about that she's got half a million followers she's gonna be fine i i just wonder though because like her that's the only photo of him on her entire grid yeah bro well i mean look if you follow tennis you see her sitting like in the box and tom brown like brands dress her to sit in the box like she was like a pretty big deal yeah she's she's in the box with the the the sort of fuzzy tom brown gray blazer on i don't even know who's playing tennis i don't even know if there's a game happening or not no no it doesn't that's not the point yeah but i think all eyes on her with the new sonos ace headphones hashtag sonos partner you fucking kidding me all i will the beauty of a tennis wag is like you get a lot you get the association but the the players themselves have too many big sponsors they can't do many outside brand deals you know they can't do these guys got too many sponsors to be messing around yeah it's just yeah sorry um bulgari said i have to stay in the hotel i'm saying sonos sonos can afford her sonos can't afford fritz you know because he's got bows or whatever you know there's a there's always probably a nice little you get a little runoff from your partner hella runoff i mean yeah hella run you wouldn't know anything about that i do know a lot about that for all the brands that require you to post a photo of yourself on social media.
1:03:23Jason Stewart:I got all that run off, huh? Get your motor running. Jason said, I'm downstream, bitch. Catch me? I'm good money, bro. I'm good money. What are you doing today? Is it a beautiful Saturday in LA? Beautiful Saturday in LA. I'm about to go to Pilates right now. And then we are going to go see Rostam perform tonight at the Ford Theater. Nice. Oh, yeah, because he did San Diego last night. He was texting me earlier about fucking if I'm going to watch Hassan Piker and Trevor Noah. And I was like, I think you got the wrong number, big dog. I think you might have missed. I ain't watching Trevor. Wrong.
1:03:58I ain't watching Trevor Noah do anything. I ain't watching Trevor Noah do anything.
1:04:01Jason Stewart:You put the no with Noah. But yeah, that's what I'm going to be doing. And then, yeah, we're going to be in London this week. Around Monday. Around Monday. We'll see you there. Hopefully. Yeah, I can't wait. See if that hotel has a gym or not. It does, right? You said? No, it's an amazing gym. Amazing indoor pool, sauna. That's a good, that's the real crux of this hotel. I've stayed here many times. All right. Well, I will see you in the pit. I'll see you in the pit. All right. I'll talk to you later. Thank you for listening. Howlonggone.com. We'll see you next week. All right. Let's. 99 BPM.
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