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Podcast Summary: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von - Episode #581: Big Guy
Episode Overview
- Release Date: May 2025
- Host: Theo Von
- Format: Solo episode
- Main Topics: Mother's Day memories, the new American pope, and a humorous recount of a massage experience. Also includes listener voicemails related to grief.
Key Themes and Discussions
Mother's Day Reflections
- Theo discusses the significance of Mother's Day, appreciating the hard work and sacrifices made by mothers.
- Humorous Anecdotes:
- Reminiscing about childhood dependence on mothers for nurturing and care.
- Light-hearted observations about children’s behavior and the challenges mothers face.
- Call to Action: Theo encourages listeners to reach out to their mothers, celebrate them, and consider gifts that acknowledge their work and love.
Massage Experience
- Visit to the Massage Parlor:
- Theo shares a humorous story involving his visit to a local massage shop, humorously referring to the staff as “big guys.”
- He describes the encounter with the massage therapist and reflects on the differences between his preferred "big guy" and a less effective second masseuse.
- Brief humorous commentary on the experience of being massaged next to a child, leading to a comical narrative about unexpected situations in such settings.
The New American Pope
- Theo introduces the newly elected American pope, Robert Prevost (Pope Leo XIV).
- Discussion Points:
- The significance of an American pope and cultural references to Chicago.
- Light-hearted banter surrounding the pope's background and the Cardinals' voting process.
Grief and Loss
- Theo revisits a call from a previous episode where a listener shared their experience of losing a loved one.
- He plays voicemails from listeners offering support and sharing their own experiences with grief.
- Key takeaways from the calls include:
- The individuality of the grieving process.
- The importance of seeking support from loved ones.
- Personal anecdotes about how memories of lost ones can offer comfort and a sense of connection.
Personal Reflections on Grief
- Theo shares his thoughts on dealing with loss and the complexities of grief.
- Quotes and sentiments about love, loss, and memory, highlighting that grief is a testament to the love shared with those who have passed.
- He emphasizes the idea that while grief evolves, the love remains, urging listeners to honor their feelings and memories.
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Noteworthy Quotes
- “Grief is not just an emotion. It's an unraveling. A space where something once lived but is now gone.”
- “Grief is only love that has nowhere to go.”
Conclusion
- Theo wraps up the episode with a reminder to cherish memories and relationships. He encourages listeners to reach out to their mothers and loved ones, reinforcing the importance of connection and care.
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Call to Action
- Listeners are encouraged to submit their funny stories, questions, or video content for future episodes through the provided contact information.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Mother's Day is right around the corner. And if you're undecided on what to get mom, maybe some flowers or a nice meal that she doesn't have to cook is just the break she needs. But for a limited time, use code THEO50. That's right, THEO50 to get 50 % off up to a$15 value when you spend$15 or more at local florists, convenience, grocery and retail stores on DoorDash. And starting May 9th through Mother's Day weekend, your flowers order will unlock credit towards select gifts that take cooking, planning, and more off mom's plate. Make this Mother's Day special with DoorDash. Code Theo50. Terms apply.
0:48All right. Here we are. Welcome to the month of May in the year 2025. 25. Thank you for joining me here today. Thank you for letting me be a part of your life and you be a part of mine today. Happy Mother's Day. We'll start with that. We got a nice episode of, we got some Mother's Day stuff. We're going to get into a little bit of light news. And then we had a call a few weeks back about grief and loss. And we had a lot of nice feedback calls and informative heart heartish heartfelt contributions so we'll get into those in a bit as well but yeah Mother's Day that's it your mama raised you think about that your mama you was doing nothing Your little ass laying there.
1:57Doing nothing, boy. Hunting for a fucking hand tit. That's all you was doing. You was just hunting for that little hand tit with your little hands. You was a little slurp lord. And your mother raised you. First of all, if something came up to me and started sucking on my breast, on my tit, or whatever it's called. tit for men or whatever. I would not then raise it. That is, you have to think about that. If something started sucking on your tit, would you take it off and then raise it and grow it to its full form? Only a mother would do that type shit, boy. That's some next level. That's some next level behavior mothers out there.
2:43Which you ask too. A lot of kids never wash their ass. We had a buddy, his legs just knew his pants so well. He wore the same pants always. And so you knew good and well so nobody was washing his ass, boy. Not a chance. Even his mom. And she tried. You see her warm up some water on a stove in a stove pot and pull his pants back and just dump it right down the back of his pants. Hoping even to get a half wash or quarter wash on his ass with that warm water. but damn, your mother, our mothers did that. And when we couldn't read, imagine you sitting there with somebody, right? And they can't read, you know?
3:32And you got to teach them to, you start with the first letter, and you show them that. And it's a picture of like an alligator and a little kid, and the mom's like, what's that? And he's like, lizard, lizard. or whatever. He can't even say shit. He don't even say nothing. He just look at you and try to cop a quick head off that tit. That's a dumb child. We were all dumb child. My mother helped us out of that. Out of that cavern of knowing nothing. God. They did a lot of work. And then even on some, once you were in school when you had to go to school and take a test and you was dumb, buddy. You was damn dumb.
4:21You was a dumb child and your mother still hugged you and said you're going to do good on it. I remember my mom would be like, you're going to do great on your test. I'd look at her like, really? I am?
4:40Yeah, you're going to do great. And I would leave out the door and I'd peek back in the window where you could see her just shaking her head like he gonna fuck it up. But that's crazy to send something, know something is gonna not do well on a damn spelling or whatever it's called. And send it out in the world and still hug it. And pretend like when they get back, how'd you do? You fucking know good and well how they did, mom. They didn't do shit, boy. They didn't do shit, bro. opening pants. Another batch of warm water on that ass. It's spring cleaning. Mother's Day, man, that's what it is. And that's what it ain't, man.
5:25I want to say happy Mother's Day to my mother. I know she watches this show and I appreciate that. Man, happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. The ones that do it by themselves. And some of y 'all have help.
5:45And, yeah, it's just this, we know you're doing it. Somebody's doing it. And it ain't us. It ain't us children. We think we did it ourself. We didn't do shit. So make sure to reach out to your mother. Hit her with a happy Mother's Day. Get her something. We got one of our commercials. I got a good advertisement of something beautiful. You get her some good items or something. Break her off something. Get your mother something. Drive over there. Give her a hug, boy. Keep your hands off that breast, though. Boy, you of age, you know? You of age, because that's always the craziest. You see them nine-year-old at the basketball game, and he over there, and he up under his mother wearing a triple XL men's polo shirt just so that kid can get up under there and knobble off on that tit.
6:42And he fucking nine, bro. Dude, I remember they had this one kid, little Bubby was his name, and he would go slip up under his mom's shirt. His mom, I don't know if she was in a wheelchair. She was just,
6:58just, just, just not, you know, kind of looked like she was in a wheelchair type shit. And she had them crazy breasts, them kind. It looked like they cracked open and were kind of flooding out. Like them bitches was. I don't even know if they are. At a certain point, it was like she had them just got. Damn them thing, boy. She had them fucking bean bag. She had them. She had them down.
7:31You know what I'm saying? She could find. Somebody take a break right between her breasts. She'd find two men, two factory workers over between her breasts, getting a nap in and betting on a horse racing. Because she had them big break time tits, boy. She had them damn baby bags. She had a fucking damn cow walk up and try to feed off of them bitches. She had them front end loaders on her. What were we talking about? What were we talking about, Easton? Mother's Day. Mother's Day. that's it man that is it sorry I went off on a tangent oh but I remember they had this kid little bubby and he would go over by his mom's by his mom he'd get up he'd get him a damn candy bar and get up under that shirt and get on that tit you'd see him in there he'd have to pop his head out to catch more breath to catch more air he'd be like he'd stick his head out and then back under there candy and then tit under there I'm nine years old, brother.
8:36You're going to do good on your test, son. No, we ain't. Because damn dumb, baby. Happy Mother's Day. Oh, I don't know what I'm going to get my mother. Well, I'll get my mother some. I'll send her a card. And I sent that thing on Monday, boy. So what's going to be there? Because for years, I'm that guy. I send that late card, you know. I send that bitch. She'll get that bitch on Father's Day. she gets that bitch. And she did both jobs anyway, so they should make that. They should make that Mother Father's Day card. The two-in-one hitter now. They should get that thing released out there. Because you've heard me say it before, man.
9:17The hardest working man I've ever met is my mother. Big facts. Happy Mother's Day to you and to your mothers. Make sure to get that love line. Hit her with that love line. Do something. Get over there. Tickle her. You know what I'm saying? Buy her a bra that says keep out on it And honor those words Cause you too tall to be titting You know that shit Type shit boy What's going on Feeling a little injured today I went Picked up something at the gym Bam injured didn't even And it was that kind of thing Where your back locks up in your lung Like that Just
10:03it's like the wind got knocked out of your back and you know and your friend's like what's going on and you're like you can't even talk it just you just so i just left i don't know what they thought i had cancer or whatever but yeah injured myself um went to the massage place over here and i go to the chinese shop over there that chop shop you say right on the side chop shop you know and they selling fucking rice right out the back of that bitch boy they'll remodel your they'll remodel your spinal column they'll fucking unjango that bitch and then hit you with that damn two grams of rice when you roll out the door they got that shit in there and I got whenever I go get that massage at the Chinese place I get I ask for the big guy I'm on big guy When I call him on the phone, he knows me.
11:02My buddy Yang over there, I call him on the phone. He say, you coming? I said, big guy. You got big guy? Sometimes he got him, sometimes he don't. Because I've had this second string. They said, big guy. Big guy gone. Big guy gone. That's what he said. I don't know what he meant. But I think he was trying to say big guy gone, right? And I spot him a letter if he ain't got it all, bro He from another country, you know That's the kind of guy I am, I'll fucking give you a vowel Big guy gone Gone I got you I got you with that E, twin So yeah, he said big guy gone So I went in there and they had a second big guy in that bitch, bro The second, and he ain't that big, bro He kind of, he just He trying to like make his neck long Just trying to look big or something, you know He put on mittens and shit.
11:57Because Asian, they try to trick you when you're looking at them. They trick you. They visual. They're the fucking, they're the bok choy David Blaine's, baby. Them bitches are fucking, they trick you, bro. They'll put a piece of rice over each eye and tell you they sleeping. That's who they are. They tricksters like that. But I said, big guy. He said, big guy going. But I showed up anyway. I took that second, that fucking other big guy, bro. And he wasn't shit. This little motherfucker, this little fucking woodpecker, he couldn't do shit. He was fucking hammered, just trying to hammer on me, bro.
12:39He just put one of his arms out and was just like that. Just woodpecker me with that elbow. Didn't do shit. I'm fucking still hurt. But anyway, what else? Big guy. I want to be gay. dude i'll tell you this bro so one time i'm in there and i was getting a massage at this other joint i went to this other joint and i'm in there bro and i do the massage where it's like this chair thing that you sit kind of forward on easton can you bring that up for me brother yeah i got you and we're borrowing easton today he's helping us producing blessings to you man And Easton works on John Chris's podcast. What's it called?
13:23Net Positive. Net Positive with John Chris if you want to tap in with him. What did I ask Easton? Do you remember? Pull up a chair picture? Get that massage chair, that front left forward leaning. Let's go with that. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's the kind they have right there. They put your face in a little – it's like a little soft little toilet seat. but it's soft but it's little yeah yeah yeah put your face on that and then they just start getting at you anyway so yeah i'll go in he's got one of those chair chair massages so i sit in there and big gay big gay big guy here big guy gone big guy here big guy starts rattling on me doing his big guy shit fucking leaving sweat on my back i can feel it every now and then i know he's really popping back there if I feel a bead of sweat hit my fucking neck.
14:18So he back there popping, right? And then I look over, dude, in the chair next to me, there's a kid getting a massage, right? I didn't know this could happen, right? It's like this kid, kind of like the Rizzler, right? Like probably nine year, maybe nine and like kind of Ruben-esque, you know, chubbish or whatever they call it. This chubbish little kid. And there's a guy just like just like just rubbing over, just like massaging him, you know. And I didn't know a kid could get him. I didn't know. And I'm like, am I watching like a like what am I watching? like is this a kid getting a massage or is this like a like is it legal or you know i just didn't know uh yeah i'm like and like how long do you watch it's just a massage like if you know but yeah this kid but it was so crazy this kid was getting a massage like this kid got a massage or was getting a massage this kid so they're massaging a kid it's during the school day so I'm like what is you know what rich little kid skipped school to get a fucking massage bro then anyway so we're sitting there and at some point somebody did a um a fart you know somebody did a and I think it was this kid right it was it was crazy dude I'm there it's already weird enough somebody's massaging a kid I'm getting fucking big guy big guy is over there fucking working me in and and the little dudes over here getting fucking chopped out you know this little fucking sixth fifth graders or whatever this little fifth graders he's getting over there fucking chopped out by chimp chop your boy right and i'm like can you even massage a kid i'm thinking and then somebody just uh started a fart out of their body and i think it was the kid right because i think look if you massage a kid they're gonna fart they got to strike back somehow because it's illegal to touch them so and it sounded like it sounded like like i don't know it sounded like somebody was drinking milk and then just like it was just it sounded like uh it just sounded like a ghost wearing booty cologne that had just climbed out of that child and and i'm not saying it was definitely the kid who was in there doing fights or whatever, but you know, I don't know, you know.
16:55I'm no fighting Luther King or whatever, but I have a dream that somebody fighting in here. But there was another guy in there. So it could have been other guy, you know, whoever that was. Louis Fartacon. Nah, it's just a activist joke. Anyway, um, no, yeah, it could have been this other guy in there. I don't know. Because there was another guy in there. Just a guy who worked at a bank or something or was cheating on his wife. Some guy, right? And they were over there shining him up. They were over there really getting into his shoulders and neck. He had two kind of medium guys. He didn't have no big guy.
17:40Like I did, bitch. But they chopping into him. But at some point, the room started to smell bad. Somebody chopped off a real fart. And it sounded like somebody had put milk on, just like their butt had been drinking milk and then just fought, just did a fought, bro. It just sounded like somebody had taken a tight foot out of a wet boot, you know? Out of a wet rubber boot. But anyway, what is that? Happy Mother's Day, bro. That's what I'm telling y 'all. I got a massage and you got to take care of yourself when you get them. When I go in a massage place, first thing I say, no pop pop. I say no pop pop.
18:34Touch a wiener, tap on my wiener two times, pop pop. No pop pop for me.
18:42That's what I say when I go into those places. we got an episode oh and that means don't touch me don't touch don't touch this you know don't stay off my wiener that's what I say you know stay off my small guy huh stay off my small guy big guy no no medium guy but I tell him right when I walk in Don't jerk me off. I do that myself. I do it at home. I do it under, you know, I do it under with closed blinds or whatever. Music on, music off, whatever. I don't jerk off with the fan on. I say that point blank. You see some dudes, bro, I know I got buddies. You walk in their room, they smell in there like they've been jerking.
19:36And the fan is on, bro. Have some respect, bro. You out there drying out your root or whatever And you out there popping off bro You out there freaking earning pearls Out of your own ween out there So praise God We'll get to an ad in just a second We got a new pope Is that right there Easton? That is correct And what did you think about it? What's the news on him? You got any information on him? He's the first American pope No way He is He is from Chicago, Illinois The Bears, boy Wow I'll pull up his name here He's going by Pope Leo XIV And his name is Robert Prevost Bobby Prevost, baby And who do the Packers have?
20:29Aaron Rodgers, dude It's a rap, bro Jordan loved it Dude, nobody The Pope Dang, dang. Dude, we got the Pope, huh? Go Cubs, go. Hey, Chicago, what do you say? We got the Pope today. Gang, boy. We right here. Big gate. Big gate. Damn, bro. Hope he stops the massaging of children. You know what I'm talking about? Big gate. we shut it down brother i don't know if we can say that and how do we know when they pick the pope so they uh i guess all the cardinals there's like a bunch of i don't know how many they all uh like silently secretly like you know that thing you did in school where you let it like close your eyes and raise your hand and the teacher counted i guess it's like that where they like secretly vote oh and they they don't decide until i think it's like a two-thirds majority so like heads up sovereign up or whatever?
21:34So if the Pope, I guess every day they do it and if the Pope hasn't been chosen, they do like black smoke out of the chimney and then if the Pope does get chosen, then it's white smoke that comes out of the chimney. Oh, really? So how long did it take him to choose this Pope? I think just like two days because yesterday it was black smoke and then, or two days ago it was black smoke and then yesterday it was white smoke. Damn. Have we ever had a black Pope yet? No. Wow, bro. That's what we got to get that black pope, boy. Big gay! What about an Asian pope? Have we had it? Oh, we got to get a damn little Asian pope, boy.
22:17Just a little bit of prayer fried rice, boy. You feel me? I want to say thank you to mom for having all the answers. She had them all. She didn't... Sometimes they were wrong, yeah, but she had them all. Imagine something just asking you questions for 18 years and more. And you do your best to answer every one. Yep, that's a mom. But this year we're answering for mom. And the answer is we're going to give them flowers plus a real break. Because moms are at it 24-7. and flowers, it's nice, but you know what they really want is a break from everyone's questions, from the endless to-do list, from momming.
23:07Oh, I still ask my mom so many questions. I will call and ask my mom what shoe size I wear. I could look in my shoe. I could do a ruler against my foot, but I will call my mom. And if she doesn't answer it when I call, I will just not know what my shoe size is for the day. Oh, if I was a mom, I would just put earplugs in. That's what I would do. I would tell my kids, I would have like one of those lights that taxis have above them on the top of a taxi that says when it's available or not. I would turn the light off, not available. And then I would, what would I do if I were a mom? Oh, I would get in a big bubble bath.
23:53That's what my mom used to do. She would yell. She'd yell at us and say something. And say we weren't going to be able to have something. Then you would hear her slam her door. And then every now and then, you'd hear her get in that bubble bath right there. And maybe crack open a cold beer or something. Or a cold little can of milk or whatever. You hear a crack it open and get that bubble bath going Sud so high you couldn't see hear nothing is she in there I don't know what she and I think she would just sit in there and be in and in the bubbles and have a little sip of beer or cold milk Something to get her through the day man.
24:35So if I was a mother, I would do that Oh, and I forgot to add this mother's day when you buy your mom flowers You'll get up to$75 as a dash pass member or up to$50 as a non dash pass member towards a family meal that mom doesn't have to cook. A fun activity so mom can play without planning or a self-care retreat in case mom just wants some me time. Yep, that's Theo five zero, T-H-E-O number five, number zero to get 50 % off up to a$15 value when you spend$15 or more at local florists, convenience, grocery, and retail stores on DoorDash. And starting May 9th through Mother's Day weekend, your flowers order will unlock credit towards select gifts that'll take cooking, planning, and more off of mom's plate.
25:27Make this Mother's Day special with DoorDash. Terms apply. All right. You know, one of the last episodes, the last solo episode we had called Chili Boy or something like that. Was it Chili Baby, Chili Boy, Chili Baby, Chili, oh, Pickle Chili. And it was about a month ago and a man called in who had lost his girlfriend to cancer. So we're going to take a quick listen to that. Hey, Theo. Hope you're doing well. I'm calling you today to see if I can get you a perspective on something. My girlfriend of four years, she passed away five and a half months ago. It was not a surprise, but she had cancer.
26:28We thought that she had a little more time. but um yeah um since then i've spent most of my time by doing nothing you know um i would visit her grave every day for months which is good i guess for getting out he goes and visits her grave every day you would say for months onward man thank you for sharing this brother of my apartment um but i would just let the time pass you know but um recently i've started uh going back to school full time and uh working again and honestly i feel like i'm just doing it because it's uh expected of me you know from like people around me my family and my peers um Um, I guess another reason that is I'm, I'm pretty young, but, um, so maybe some people just expect me to move forward pretty fast, but you know, I, I don't want to, you know?
27:29Um, yeah. Um, I just, you know, sometimes you feel like you're like, I feel like I was like left behind, you know? Um, yeah. Thank you for the call, brother. And, um, and we, we, we discussed this on a previous episode, but we had, we got some calls that came in and I wanted to listen to some of them here just so you can get an idea. As always, the hotline guide is 985-664-9503. And here's a call that came in about grief. We asked callers if they had any suggestions for that gentleman. And here's some of the responses that we got.
28:10Hey, T.O. Man, I love your show, bro. Listen to you every day. or every time you make a podcast. I'm actually listening to Pickle Chili right now, and I heard the caller call in about he lost his girlfriend or whatever, and you asked some people to call in, give some ideas of how maybe he can handle this situation. And, look, I actually lost my daughter five years ago to this day from a brain aneurysm. And I guess the only advice I can say is, look, man, don't let nobody tell you how long you should grieve. is going to be different for everyone because not every situation is going to be built the same.
28:51So do it at your own speed, man. There's going to be a lot of people that are going to want to get involved and tell you how you should do these. But you have to experience this the way that you need to experience this to make it right for you. I have dreams about my daughter often, man. And it's funny because in my dreams, I know she's passed away. and I know she's not with her. So while I'm dreaming, I try to, I just try to hug her and talk to her and make that dream last as long as I can. You know, and look, bro, miss her. Miss her every day. I talk to my daughter. I miss, I mean, every night before I say a prayer, I talk to my daughter and I've been doing that since the day she's passed away.
29:37And look, last but not least, bro, it doesn't get easier. It really doesn't. It just becomes a new type of normal. If that makes some sense, bro. Man, Theo, gang gang, love you, bro. Love you too, bro. Thank you, man. Man.
30:00Man, that's just...
30:05That's a lot. You know, it's... That's nice of him to call. He called out of Louisiana. I see that area code 337 over there. And you can hear the bayou in the back of his drawer right there. Yeah, I remember after my dad was gone, even still, sometimes if I'm having like a tough day, whenever I go to sleep at night, I'll hope that I get to see him or that he shows up. And then sometimes it's like gets to be further. Sometimes it's like further and further between times. And then, yeah, and it's just like you just wish some, like you hope that somebody will be there. But then sometimes they are in your dream.
30:45And, yeah, that's awesome, man. That's a really nice sentiment to share. Thank you for that call. Let's take another call here.
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30:58Hey, Theo. Hey, man. Just wanted to call in in response, listening to the Pickle Chili podcast. Thank you for listening, man. I appreciate that. Thank anybody who listened. I lost his girlfriend after five months. Wanted to respond to somebody that's been through that, too. Lost my fiancee. High school sweethearts. Yeah. day before my birthday she was in a car accident and uh it's tough man it's somebody that you've been with for seven years um at a young age i was uh 21 she's 20 so it's kind of rough but just wanted to respond to him and letting know the things that have helped me and maybe it'll help him and somebody else and the biggest thing is i got all those the same symptoms as him you know didn't want to do anything you lose your purpose in life and some things that you touched on Theo you know you want to dream you want to feel all that again and it's all true but the thing that helped me the most is surround yourself with friends and family and those things right there the people that love and support you I'm still close with her family and those things help you get through it man And so anytime I'm having those rough days and weeks and you just, like you said, get out, surround yourself with people that love you and your friends, go do some things with your friends.
32:38They're always there for you. And I got a dog, you know, and that really helped me get through that too, man. You always got somebody excited to see you when you get home. And that's it, man. That's really the answer. You'll never forget. You'll never move on completely. You hope to have a normal life, but the things that help you push through it are going to be just love. Surround yourself with people who love you. Amen, man. Yeah, there's a song by this guy, Stephen Wilson Jr. Thank you for that call, and thank you to the caller previously, too. And thank you guys for both sharing your experience with loss.
33:20yeah there's this song uh grief is that uh by stephen wilson jr and it's uh grief is only love that has nowhere to go and um and i thought about that i thought about that since that gentleman called in um because love is like love is this feeling that it has to land on someone or an object. It has to land on a, on something, right? Like a person, place that has to, it has to, love has to have a place to land if you love, like you can love yourself, but, um, that's more like integrity and, um, confidence. And then it can even drift into ego or whatever. But when you really love, you love someone, you know?
34:14And so love is really, it's an outward thing. It's, it's not, it's yours, but it's, if it's active, it's not yours. It's, it's a, like a bridge almost kind of. And then, um, yeah, once that recipient is gone, once that place where it was landing is gone, it's like, um, it almost becomes, it's crazy that something that is so wonderful can become so painful because then you have all these same feelings but they don't have the place to land
34:54yeah I remember when my father died I remember I just I was at his funeral and it was like the most scariest thing ever there was people there that I didn't know any of them and this family that I just moved in with the dad took me over there and uh and some of our neighbors went with me and I just remember like uh it was all these feelings that I think I didn't even know that I'd had that I wanted to be for my father and I didn't even know I had them and now it was just like they were they hit a dam you know they just would never have a place to go and I just remember like just so much tears and like crying and like it would be like going into the cracks of the floor and I just wanted to I just wanted to be one of those tears I wanted to just disappear
35:51let's take some other calls man and we're not trying to make that like I guess it can't help but be like sad but I think it's real right and it's real life is real and it's full of real things and I'm just glad we don't have to go through them alone so that's a nice thought to have right now hey Theo I'm replying to the gentleman that had recently lost a girlfriend I had lost my girlfriend back in 2018 so it's going on 7 years now it's tough and it sounds like he was looking for answers when you know the only thing that I could say is like it sounds like he's on the right track and if I was him I would just choose to live through the memories that they shared together um I remember my girlfriend always telling me that, you know, she thought I was a good teacher.
36:59And so now I'm in a field where I'm able to teach people things. And I just feel like every time I do, I just, it reminds me of her. And there's just like, it's no longer a sadness anymore. There's a happiness
37:20And yeah, you know, it's funny. Thank you. Sorry, I'm belching. I had a little bit of Celsius, but thank you for the call, man. Yeah, I remember my dad. Like one thing I like, one of the only things I remember he said to me ever in my life was that I was a survivor. He used to always say that you're a survivor, you know, and maybe he knew that because he was so old that it would be something that I would need. I don't know. But it's like one thing that I just feel like, you know, I relate to or something. You know, like I'm going to get through this, I guess, you know. So I think that's really magical that when you act out something that somebody who loves you told you you were, when you do those things that you are kind of servicing that relationship that's no longer there.
38:18You know? Like if she says that where you said this part. I remember my girlfriend always telling me that she thought I was a good teacher and so now I'm in a field where I'm able to teach people things. Yeah, I could totally see that, man. that by then teaching that you feel like you're honoring her and it makes you feel that same way that you felt when she told you it was something that you did really well um yeah it's interesting how we figure out how to uh how to keep going in the world all of us and that we want to that's one thing that i think is amazing about life uh is this will to survive, right?
39:09It's like you have a man that lost his daughter and he's, you know, and there's, it's like he wants to go and at least wake up and see the day every day because, you know, probably through his eyes, his daughter somehow gets to see the day as well. You know, I think there's just something in us that wants to survive so much.
39:32And I don't even know what to say about that matter what I think about that thought.
39:38But thank you for that call, man. Thanks for sharing that. All right, let's take one more call. Hey, Theo. This is Tyler from Cincinnati. Hey, Tyler, thank you for calling, dude. Cincinnati over there. Will the Bengals have a decent defense? I don't know. All the money's on the offensive side of the ball. It feels like if they let Trey Hendrickson go. Now, with that said, is it a Joe Burrow make or break year? We'll see about that, baby. Onward, brother. I don't have personal experience with a loss of an immediate loved one, but I've walked next to someone who has, and our church offers counseling around that.
40:20And one of the resources we use is this book called Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy. I highly recommend it to everyone who is dealing with loss, and I buy it for anyone close to me that I hear has a loved one who they've lost and they've found some peace from that book. Yeah, hopefully that could be a resource to some people who are listening. Thanks, Spike. All right. Yeah, thank you for that suggestion, man. I know there's a lot of grief books out there and stuff, but it's just like, how do you go through it?
40:59Yeah, it's interesting. The young man who called earlier, the first, the original call was saying that he felt like he got left behind.
41:12Yeah, it's just, it's all kind of fascinating, even though it's so sad.
41:24I was, I was, the other day this came up on my feed when I was thinking about grief. And it's Jim Carrey once said, or this site attributes it to him. Grief is not just an emotion. It's an unraveling. A space where something once lived but is now gone. It carves through you, leaving a hollow ache where love once resided. In the beginning, it feels unbearable, like a wound that will never close. But over time, the raw edges begin to mend. The pain softens, but the imprint remains. A quiet reminder of what once was. The truth is you never really move on, you move with it. The love you have does not disappear, it transforms.
42:13It lingers in the echoes of laughter and the warmth of old memories in the silent moments where you still reach for what is no longer there. And that's okay. Grief is not a burden to be hidden. It's not a weakness to be ashamed of. It is the deepest proof that love existed. That something beautiful once touched your life. So let yourself feel it. Let yourself mourn. Let yourself remember. There is no timeline. There is no right way to grieve. Some days will be heavy and some will feel lighter. Some moments will bring unexpected waves of sadness, while others will fill you with gratitude for the love you were lucky enough to experience.
42:57Honor your grief, for it is sacred. It is a testament to the depth of your heart. And in time, through the pain, you will find healing, not because you have forgotten, but because you have learned how to carry both love and loss together. Man, that's pretty powerful.
43:21Yeah, whenever I had heard that quote, that grief is only love that has no place to go. It's a great song too by Stephen Wilson Jr. I don't believe that the quote is his, but it's a great song. Yeah, like you have memories and sometimes even just telling a funny story about someone that's gone can almost make you have the same feeling as if they are still alive sometimes.
43:55but
43:58yeah thank you guys for anyway listening to that I know some of that stuff is kind of heavy and stuff to think about but it's nice to take moments to think about people and just hear what just be alive
44:13yeah it's nice to just be alive yeah I don't mean that I just mean it's I don't know what I mean. Anyway, yeah, thank you everybody who made some calls and called in. There was a lot of nice calls and suggestions, and we tried to put some together there.
44:35You know, I wanted to say something. There's been something that's just been kind of on my heart, and so I feel like I should bring it up. There is, you know, we've had people on the podcast in the past to talk about it.
44:50and there's just a there's a conflict that's been happening in the Middle East people know about it between Israel and Palestine and some of the areas over there the Gaza area they talk about and and I just think it's it feels to me I don't know if I it just it feels to me like it's a genocide that's happening while we're alive here in front of our in front of our lives um and i i don't sometimes i feel like i should say something i'm not a geologist or geographer or anything like that you know so i don't know a lot of the some of it i do know though like i know the basics of the issues over there.
45:40But for me, it's just like how I feel like you see all these photos of people, just children, women, people, body parts, just people like putting their kids back together. And I just can't believe that we're watching that and that more isn't said about it. And so I'm not saying anyone else needs to say anything, But I think I'm just that more isn't said about it by me. So I just I want to be able to speak up about that, that I think we're watching probably like. You know, one of the sickest things that's ever happened. And and I'm sorry if I kind of haven't said about it, I've tried to talk about it and learn about it.
46:29But I don't know. Maybe I just want to. I just want to say something. I don't even know what to do. You know, and it's crazy because our country is also complicit in it and has been for a long time. And it's just kind of interesting because then you just realize, oh, well, I'm just a – yeah, I'm a member of this country, but I'm just – what we want sometimes doesn't matter. And you just have to be a member of a place and your government is making other choices.
47:04so I don't know if I said that correctly or I don't even know exactly what I said but it's just like been making me really sick and I feel like I just needed to say something that I think you don't have to think that I'm not asking you to do anything but I just have to say that so I'm not sitting by you know there's that peace inside of me like why why wouldn't you can you say something you know there's people that can't even speak and you can say something you know and so that's how i just had to just speak up anyway i think maybe it's starting to make it about me there at the end but um yeah so just praying for those people and just the grief that that is all going to cause
47:56you notice like what are we doing
48:02but um and i know that this has happened to other ethnicities and other cultures i know that it's happening to other places too um i just don't see that as much and so uh yeah anyway um anyway that was kind of a downer ending but
48:21big guy
48:26so mother's day is a good day to just be reminded to love people whether it's your mother or a kid or a puppy or a little alligator whatever you got over there even if it's a memory get a picture out of somebody that was a member of your life or that loved you and spend a few moments with them, you know? Or that's what I'm going to try to do. You know, I got a couple pictures of my dad. I think there's a couple memories that I keep of him that are like, that are just mine, it feels like, you know?
49:06Yeah, there's a couple memories of him that I feel like are just mine. And so, yeah, you can spend time with those. you're the only two people that have those in the world is you and that other person so that's a really that's one of a kind so that's really something cool that you can do but anyway this is getting long happy mother's day thanks for letting me be a part of your life today thanks for being a part of my life today
49:38and I don't even know how to end this what to do I don't even have any music on today so big day yeah big day yeah big day but yeah anyway quit listening to me text your mom even if you hate her text her and be like hey mom love you and then just send a wink emoji after that's hey look hey it's a start right you guys be good to yourselves baby praise god thank you oh and easton thank you so much easton for helping us out today dude came over we never even met we never even met what are you getting your mom for mother's day easton i think we uh me and my siblings went in on something i don't really know what it is yet okay i'll find out on mother's day as well type shit dude the craziest is when you buy someone with your siblings right they picked it out they show up with it mom opens it she likes it but you don't fucking like it.
50:40It's happened a few times. That's crazy. That's like, dude, that's one of the, that's guy, that's why being a mom has to be so crazy. Something crawls out of your body, right? Hangs out in the kitchen for probably 15 years. Right. Um, and then basically I don't get, sorry. I don't, there wasn't an ending to that, but, uh, yeah, dude, dude that would be the thing somebody got my mom one of those boat in a bottle things ship in a bottle you know what i'm talking about yeah yeah we all gave my sister some money and she was going she was she'd been using or whatever or mountain climbing or whatever she called it but she um we gave her the money she shows up we each gave her like 80 bucks she shows up she was to have something nice for her mom.
51:30She got her one of those fucking ship in a bottles, dog. I had no change with it. Like, bitch, give me that fucking change, bitch. Come on, big guy. Alright, man. Thank you, Easton, bro. Much obliged. Appreciate you. Make sure to check out Net Positive with John Crist and Easton on there. And you guys be good to yourselves Now I'm just floating on the breeze And I feel I'm falling like these leaves I must be cornerstone Oh, but when I reach that ground I'll share this peace of mind I found I can feel it in my bones But it's gonna take Amen.
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Theo is back with a solo episode to talk about Mother’s Day memories, the new American pope, and a wild situation he encountered at the masseuse. He also listens to some of your voicemails in response to a previous call-in about grief.
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