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senate appropriations committee demanding 70 years of his time to be the first president of the state billion dollars in additional funding for the pentagon to replenish stocks depleted in the war with iran i don't see why this man has to beg when we can more than pay for it with the money we saved by cutting food stamps said a mother splitting a sandwich in half for her two kids and yet when questioned by senator dick durbin hagseth claimed that the war in iran cost a fraction of that amount do you have a new estimate about what the war has cost us so far in this the fifth month of the war in iran i don't see why this man has to beg when we can more than pay for our first year of this war in iran senator the estimate we have as of today is 37.5 billion senator durbin shot back and am i reading this right it says all we got is this lousy t-shirt and the defense secretary dodged questions about 75 billion dollars in defense funding that remains unspent here's durbin again we were told the department of defense still has 75 billion in obligated funding from last year's reconciliation package is that true roughly correct numbers yes so you left some change on the dresser before you prepared to come for this hearing what's going to happen to that 75 billion well that 75 is there's plans and designs on that part of the rebuild of our military which had to be undertaken this is from 2026 one big beautiful bill which which helped move the president's priorities like golden dome for america move away from all the woke priorities of of what the biden administration was pursuing so he has 75 billion but he needs that for signs that say welcome to the pentagon no queers slash fatties for the record the pentagon's budget increased every year that joe biden was president though god knows how much money we blew on woke priorities like choosing pronouns for all the drones and all drag queen combat unit called delta fierce the office of tactical poetry and women lawyers during the hearing georgia senator john ossoff questioned hegseth on his rosy statements about the war including his claim that iran's military had been destroyed had iran's military been rendered quote combat ineffective for years to come that was a statement that you made four months ago they had 160 naval vessels you need to answer the questions mr secretary their air force you said four months ago combat ineffective and they don't have a defense industrial base excuse me describe to me a country that doesn't have an air force a navy or a defense industrial base and i will describe to you a company that country that does not have an effective secretary you can lob missiles mr secretary you stated four months ago that iran's military had been rendered quote combat ineffective for years to come has iran's military been for the last four months combat ineffective it's been set back not just years but likely decades kiss kiss kiss let's break down why john ossoff is so good at this he's under 70 and he can talk oh now we turn to someone over 70 who can't on wednesday ratcheted up his threats writing on true social quote any time the islamic republic of iran shoots at a ship in the strait of hormuz whether it be by missile rocket drone or any other device or weapon the united states will bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant trump still hasn't formally said the war is even back on by the way it's like a horrible situation ship he says he doesn't like labels but he's bombing my power plants like three nights a week and i don't think he's at war with anyone else so so when asked about trump's comments here's what secretary of state marco rubio said i saw a rachi their foreign minister who uh the other day say or something about their policies an eye for an eye the president's policy is a head for an eye i mean honestly that's what it's going to be i mean they will pay a very heavy price for the things they're doing they're already paying a very heavy price ah yes a head for an eye because nothing says we're the good guys like thinking hamarabi was a soft little bitch boy don't say don't say what i say i trained a long time to talk this way and i actually got approval from many layers of government to be allowed to say this so i'm saying these words but you can't say these words it's terrible if you do it i trained to do this i prepared for years to get to the point where i'm allowed to say these words okay okay okay there are children here uh um the reason trump's not allowed to say these words is because he's not allowed to say these words uh the reason trump's not allowed to say these words is because he's not allowed to say these words the reason trump's threats are escalating is because as asaf noted for all of the administration's bluster we have not destroyed iran militarily the actual cost of the war is by some estimates over 100 billion dollars and despite all of our might the regime in iran remains in power and in control of the straight and so on thursday trump told axios that he is considering launching major strikes against iran saying quote i am considering a massive attack bigger than ever before i am close to the end of the war i am considering a massive attack bigger than ever before i am considering a massive attack bigger than ever close to making a decision we're all set close to making a decision we're all set close to making a decision we're all set for it which is still only the second worst for it which is still only the second worst for it which is still only the second worst situation in which to hear trump say situation in which to hear trump say situation in which to hear trump say i'm close speaking of things trump can't do the speaking of things trump can't do the speaking of things trump can't do the department of justice has withdrawn its department of justice has withdrawn its department of justice has withdrawn its subpoena aimed at journalists who subpoena aimed at journalists who subpoena aimed at journalists who reported on the security vulnerabilities reported on the security vulnerabilities reported on the security vulnerabilities of trump's new qatari plane a great in which a federal judge berated Trump's lawyers for errors in their filings and for their decision to hastily issue the subpoenas in the first place. It was a tough blow to the last lawyers willing to work for the Trump administration, a recent graduate of Huntington Beach Law School, and a mop propped up against a briefcase. Speaking of mopping up, last week, Zoran Mamdani, the mayor of New York, told the New York Times that his office was exploring whether or not New York City had the authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he attends the U.N. General Assembly in September, which is a weird thing to reveal publicly. You'd think, as a Hamas supporter, Mamdani would value the element of surprise. Then in a video released Tuesday, Mamdani officially concluded that New York City cannot legally arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, and if I know anything about the NYPD, they're real sticklers for the rules, said the mayor. As human beings, we have spent generations building a shared understanding that there are crimes so grave, they offend all of humanity Anyone with their eyes, with their heart, with their conscience should recognize the devastation he has wrought and understand that he belongs before a court of law. Is it interesting that he doesn't suggest arresting the leaders of Hamas or that the only person he wants arrested just happens to be Jewish? No, that's actually not interesting at all. Netanyahu is the only person with an active arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court planning a trip to New York, unless Joseph Kony has some unannounced travel plans. Remember Kony 2012, when people thought a hashtag could stop a war crime, and then the guy who started it had some kind of psychotic break? Remember that? Remember Obama? The only other alleged war criminal with an active arrest warrant by the ICC who has visited the United States in many years is Russian president and horse girl Vladimir Putin, when Trump rolled out the red carpet for him in Alaska. Why didn't that state's governor try to arrest Putin? I don't know. I'll ask up. Of course, it is absurd to suggest that New York could arrest Benjamin Netanyahu when the U.S. hasn't even signed on to the International Tribunal. The ICC is like Tinkerbell. It only works when you believe in it, and it's a European fantasy for children. And finally, Hunter Biden has made a couple appearances lately where he's said a version of this. I believe that the biggest problem in America is, in Washington, D.C., with the federal government, is not the oligarchy. It's the closetocracy, as I call it. It is. And I'm being totally serious. Everybody knows there is, like, this closeted gay mafia, largely Republican. The only reason that that is relevant is because I believe that internal conflict creates so much vitriol inside a person that they take it out on the rest of the world. And they do. In the regular mafia, guys sleep with the fishes, but in the gay mafia, they're sleeping with the mitches. In the gay mafia, you belong to a crime-chosen family. And get this, in the gay mafia, everybody wants to get whacked. Not looking over there. But Biden went further with Don Lemon. Who else? Yeah, no, I'm not going to, like. Who else? I'm already in enough lawsuits, Don. Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. I mean, are you asking me if Josh Hawley's gay? Yes. Are you asking me if Stephen Miller's gay? Yes. Yeah, I don't know. First of all, Stephen Miller does not have a sexuality. He produces and releases spores. After emerging from. From the ground on a 13-year cycle. I have no doubt that there are a bunch of Republicans who are secretly fabulous, but this old kind of fake, sophisticated idea that the closet cases hate gay people the most is just bullshit. It's not about being gay. It's that having a selfish, small-minded worldview requires all kinds of hypocrisies and contradictions, some of which may relate to who you find attractive. Passing a bill that cuts a trillion dollars from health care and food stamps in order to lower the top marginal tax rate and increase the. Exemption for the estate tax to $15 million while claiming you uphold Christian values is no less of a conflict than opposing gay marriage while soliciting gay prostitutes. It wasn't a secret cabal of gay Republicans that led us here. It was a Republican party that embraced Trump and all of his corruption and cruelty right out in the open. And it was a Democratic party that was unable to convince enough Americans to side with us because too many saw Democrats as no better, in part because Hunter Biden's corruption made us look like hypocrites. And it is obviously a hard thing for me to say. It brings me no pleasure to say this because Hunter Biden is one of my favorite artists. Look at this beautiful tree. Magnificent. And we've got a magnificent show for you tonight. And we'll be right back. Hey, don't go anywhere. There's more of Love It or Leave It coming up. Love It or Leave It is brought to you by Quinn. Summer days are always a little more relaxed. So when I open my closet, I find myself reaching for the same comfortable go-anywhere closet. The clothes, again and again. That's why I keep coming back to Quinn's. They focus on well-made essentials that naturally become those everyday staples you live in all season long. Quinn's is 100% European linen pants and shirts are breathable, easy to throw on. 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Each episode will focus on a different state and the first two are out now at youtube.com slash at longplayseries and on the Long Play feed wherever you get your podcasts. And if you are in L.A., come grab your tickets for Love It or Leave It at crooked.com slash events to check out our new studio and upcoming guests including Hamilton's Daveed Diggs, Anthony Michael Hall from The Breakfast Club, and new girl writer and comedian Elliot Glazer. All right. Please welcome to the stage from Ted Lasso and the World Cup halftime show, it's Brendan Hunt. Hi. Thanks for being here. Welcome. Thanks for having me. Nice to see ya. Ted Lasso. Ted Lasso. It was, we were done. It was over. Yeah. Three seasons. Yeah. And then, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Yep. Like Jeffrey Epstein showing up on a boat. Yes. In the Atlantic. Exact comparison we've all been using. Yes. Ted Lasso back. Yes. Yes. For another season. Wow. Agree. What did it take? Like, what was the thing that had to happen to go from it's not happening to it is happening? Basically, it took Jason Sudeikis waking up one morning and, you know, looking bleary-eyed at his image in the mirror and going, eh, fuck it. And that's about what it was. Wow. Because we knew that it was going to happen. We knew that we needed time off, at the very least, after three. And we literally, we just did not know if it was going to come back or not. And, like, it's a full-on gig, especially for Jason. So, you know, give the man his space and he can decide. But eventually, yeah, he came around to it. And I think particularly because it's a women's team now, that just made it more interesting to, like, not come back and be doing the exact same thing. So, I mean, it raises the level of difficulty a little bit to be like -- Because women are worse actors. That's the main thing. I was thinking, yes, thank you. God, I was trying to fight, what's the nice way to say this? No, because it's like, welcome, well, you know, welcome to the -- it's the show you loved before with about 30% of the characters that you loved. So, like, just stick with us. It's kind of on its way to a spinoff, but it's not a spinoff. It's not a spinoff, no. Was there talk of a spinoff? There -- I guess there was, yeah. I was not privy to these conversations. But apparently, a few of my fellow castmates have taken their swing in one way or another. But, no, we have no Seattle setting here. There's nobody Frasier-ing out so far. We're back in the same old place. We also talked about maybe it comes back and it's a women's team, but it's in Kansas City. We were thinking about that for a while. But then we're like, Richmond's too important and too lovely, and it's got to be Richmond. So, that's where we are. Now, you've talked about Boom Chicago, which is in Amsterdam. So, it's called Boom Chicago. It's very confusing. Which is a trick. Yes. As a formative experience. It's an improv. It's an improv theater. What -- how did doing that, doing improv in Amsterdam, in sort of in Europe in front of a non-American audience, how did that get you ready for Ted Lasso? In two ways. Off stage and on. Main off stage thing was before I moved to Amsterdam, I could not have given one, much less two shits about soccer. But I was open to many more experiences in Amsterdam. And then one of them was having Pine Street. And I was like, "Oh, I'm going to go to Pine Street." covered leather jackets. Oh. Hey, you were part of the World Cup halftime. Halftime show. The unanimously beloved halftime show. Was there people not like, what happened? Oh, well, a lot of people were like, there shouldn't be a halftime show at the World Cup final. Yeah, well, a lot of those people said there shouldn't be liberty. But we had another thing to say about that, didn't we? That's right. Didn't we? The Venn diagram is two quarters resting on each other. Yeah, it was bonkers. It was bonkers. And I don't think there should be a halftime show either. If there is going to be one, it shouldn't be 25 minutes. But it should be for a charity, which is Global Citizen, which is a charity very worth having two billion pairs of eyes on. And I was delighted to be part of it. It's just a fucking ridiculous thing. So people are mad about the Americanization of the World Cup. And that included having halftime shows. Yes, hydration breaks and commercials in the middle of a half. And yeah, the halftime show was rather over the top. Which is, you know, it's like, all right. At a certain point, look, I know our president, he's terrible. And America, we make a lot of mistakes. But there are certain things where I wish the Europeans would give us a little bit of trust. Like, you're afraid we're going to take something and make it less entertaining? That's not what we do. Like, that's not what we do. Like, let us do the thing we're good at. Take something that you did and that was small, boring, and a little gay. And like, let us do our thing with it, you know? And we'll make it more fun. Like, halftime show? Damn right there should be a halftime show. I go to soccer games all the time now. Because I have season tickets to Angel City, the team here in Los Angeles. Because my husband used to be a lesbian and they kept that. That's beautiful. That's beautiful. That part did not change. No. That's great. They kept that. Any highlights when you were rehearsing with Shakira, Dudamel, and Justin Bieber? Hey, how did Gustavo, Dudamel, and Shakira get on? Apparently great, as far as I can tell. Gustavo, Dudamel, among other people there, call her Shaq, which is great. That's cool. She's like 4'11". But because there's so much other insanity at this halftime show, like when I heard people being like, and Shaq's next, I thought they were actually talking about Shaquille O'Neal. Like, I thought Shaquille was actually part of the show. And because, like, of course it is. You know, Coldplay, Dudamel, The Muppets, Shaquille O'Neal. Totally. It's possible. Turns out it's just Shaquille. It's Shaquille the whole time. And that's probably better in the long run. Was it, like, was being there with Dudamel, with all of those people throwing their underwear at him, did that make it challenging to be in character because people were losing their minds and ripping their clothes off for the great Dudamel? Hey, man, some of that underwear was mine. Mm. But back to FIFA. Was it strange being there amongst the FIFA? Yes and no. I mean, I focused pretty hard on it being a global citizen joint, you know, which it was. FIFA, like, hired them to do this thing. And the problem is, like, FIFA, who are, like, nakedly corrupt and will stay that way until the Swiss government for the first time decides they don't want corrupt organizations in their country, so never. And, unfortunately, they're good at one thing, which is throwing the World Cup, at which they do an admirable job of something that is, like, logistically. Insane. Insane. Like, it's as insane as. I can't even think of anything as big as doing it, like, outside of being a Cavalier, but I think, accurately, like, a war. Like, it's fucking huge. And then football rises above, you know, the players and the excellence and the community, the community that rises up around a World Cup all supersede what a fucking shitshow FIFA is, but make no mistake, despite them being good at one thing, they are 100% corrupt, and they don't care who knows. Do you ever think about how, right now, in different Swiss mountains, there's just bombs that are set up that they can blow at any time to cut off the country and protect themselves from attack? I would say I never think about it. But that's because I didn't know. Oh! Oh, yeah. Now that I know, that's a heck of a defense system. Yeah, it's a sort of an emergency, like, in case of a real emergency. Oh, sure. But they haven't had to use it because it's so high. If you ask me. Ted Lasso hits so hard at his show because, at the end of the day, all we want is for a nice guy with a mustache to give us a pep talk. You hear that, Dad? No. All right. He doesn't listen. Brendan, our next segment is called "Love It or Believe It." I will give you a person, place, or thing, and you're going to have to give them a Ted Lasso-style pep talk. OK. Then we'll switch off. Sure. And just so we're clear, we know that I don't play Ted Lasso. No, no, but it's Ted Lasso, the vibe of the show. Got it, got it, got it, got it. I'm sorry. Yes, Ted Lasso style in the optimistic vibe of the show. OK, OK, OK. Because you're not also your character on the show. You're Brendan Hunt. Yeah, he doesn't talk very much. That's right. So you're talking this whole time. So I don't have to do a draw or anything? No, you have to be you. But I could do it. We're both-- because I'm going to do it. You could, because we're both doing it. Great. So I'm not asking you to be Ted Lasso any more than I'm asking myself to be Ted Lasso. In the style of Ted Lasso, the inspirational show with a belief sign that people hit with their hand-- I feel seen. --that anybody can hit on the show. OK. You know? Thank you. When you think about it. Because I know you're not Ted Lasso. That's clearer to me now than ever, and I appreciate it. All right, Brendan, you're up first. Jimothy the Seattle Raccoon with a short spine who went viral. What am I looking at? That's it. That's Jimothy. In any other era, he would have been like a cryptid that people thought was a monster. But now we know because of footage. So he needs a little pep talk. Hey there, Jimothy, buddy. I know it feels like people are making fun of you or trying to bring you down. But that's just because you're special. And people don't like seeing special things. It makes them feel unspecial. So speaking for all the other people who have metaphorically grown up as short-spined raccoons at their elementary schools. It gets better. It gets better, Jimothy. That was beautiful. That was beautiful. All right, I'm up next. I have a pep talk for the guy in charge of making Elon Musk's AI odyssey. Hey, guy that Elon Musk is having make through Grok an AI adaptation of Homer's odyssey. No one is going to blame you. We might blame you for being the person that Elon asked. But when this turns out to be-- nothing or worse than nothing, just a bunch of absolute fucking slop, no one's going to say, who did this to Elon? So it's kind of-- you're kind of in the money. You're playing with the house's money, which is Elon's money, which is being used, again, not to build a hospital or a museum, right, which he could certainly do. But in fact, to pay for-- A couple. A couple. Everywhere. Give everyone one. Instead, he's going to make an AI version of an all-white AI odyssey. That is what the richest human being in the history of our fucking species is spending his time on. That is amazing. That is amazing. Also, because it just shows a basic misunderstanding of what people look like in the Mediterranean. It's not that white. Never really has been. I would say that being obviously white would be a surprise to the Greek immigrants who first arrived at this country and did not receive, I would say, a white welcome. The ancestors of the English and Scottish did not roll out the red welcome whites carpet for the Greeks. The next person who needs a pep talk from you, Brendan, is the little girl from the "Other Mommy" trailer, which is a new horror movie that just dropped for many fans who were shocked and fucking had their stomachs dropped when they're about to see "The Odyssey," and they see this. Bella? I need a grown up to help keep me-- So Mommy's a spider under the table now. It's super scary. It's super scary in the theater. Oh my gosh. They got me with that. They got me, Brendan Hunt. They got me. Pep talk for this little girl. What do you think? Hey, little girl. You know, when you're a kid, you think love's forever. The older you get, the more you realize it's not. And your dad might have a bunch of wives by the time it's all said and done. And if this one's not so great, you know, it'll be like a funny thing you laugh about. Unfortunately, it might be over his grave. But yeah, this is just a blip, a blip in time. Don't you worry about nothing. Can I say it gets better again? It gets better. It gets better. That was beautiful. And since you have one final pep talk for ICE agents, according to the Washington Examiner, morale amongst ICE agents is currently lower than it was during the Biden administration, with officers themselves describing the agency as a powder keg ready to blow. Sounds like they need a pep talk. Hey, guys. Kill yourselves. Stop it. Classic lasso. That was one of them. I don't-- you know, it looks like-- it wasn't, like, explicit, but that's what I took away from season two. I don't know. Uh, Hey guys quit. That's it. That's better. All right. Brendan Hunt, everybody. Ted Lasso season four. Love it or leave it is brought to you by policy genius. It's crazy how different your life can look from one summer to the next. Are you and your family financially protected for whatever the future holds? It's not as daunting as it sounds. Finding the right life insurance policy is simple and straightforward with policy genius. Policy genius is an online insurance marketplace that allows you to compare quotes from some of America's top insurers side-by-side for free. Their licensed team helps you get what you need fast. So you can get on with your life, easily find what you need, coverage amounts, prices, terms, no guesswork, just clarity. Policy genius helps you find your most affordable policy that meets your needs. 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A lot of them are sexually repressed. And start wars and bomb people. Not the Americans I've met. What are you talking about? Yeah. I mean, it is kind of like that old, like cliche of like make love, not war. I think that just in general, you know, we're living in such a fucking hellish kind of nightmare time that, you know, sexual repression. I think I'm a child, the generation of like sexual liberation, you know, and just like coming out. And gay rights and all of that. So I feel like all the progress that has been made, you know, through all these ages, a lot of us being sort of pushed back, you know, like it was that feeling of like going backwards. I mean, it's kind of what MAGA is, is like going back to the bad old days. So I feel like a lot of that oppression is sort of playing out in like these, this violence and this kind of terrible shit going on. So I feel like there's a tension, which is. But isn't this a comedy show? Yeah, yeah, we'll laugh when the time comes. I just feel like everyone's like, oh, fuck, it's so depressing. No, no, I'm interested. It's a, it's a comedy show where we can also just have like an interesting moment and they'll, and they'll be like, wow. Can we start to cry though? Is that okay? If you want, you can do whatever you want. They're laughing right now, but now they're going to stop. I was thinking about it because the, the movie you have coming out is a little bit about this tension between like Gen Z and millennials and Gen X in like the kind of Gen Z kind of moving away from being, being like sex negative, not having as much sex. But it's this strange thing where, okay, the older generations are repressed despite having been part of the sexual sort of liberation you're talking about. The younger generations more than any have been encouraged to try to be in touch with their feelings. Be okay with their feelings. And yet the end result seems to be moving away from sex. Like, how do you think about that? Yeah. I also, um, it's interesting because the film, it's kind of a major theme of the movie. Um, the Olivia Wilde character plays what I describe as a sort of cross between Madonna and Robert Mapplethorpe. Like she's this kind of superstar artist and her work is about sex and sexuality. And so she's a sort of a child of, um, the sexual revolution and her work and her whole life trajectory, very much like my life trajectory is all based on sex and sexuality and these sort of sexual adventures. And she talks about it in the movie where her sexual experiences are her whole journey. You know what I mean? Like she would not be the person she is. She would not have made the art she makes without sex and without these experiences, which sometimes in the moment are confusing, fucked up, traumatic, or whatever. I mean, but at the end of the day, that kind of confusion, those moments of uncomfortableness or conflict, or when you have your heart broken, when you're with the wrong person, you know, all of that is part of your life journey and really, um, your evolution as a person. I know personally, I feel that way. And so her character, that's where she's coming from. And then the Cooper Hoffman character is 23. In the movie. And he sort of is the Gen Z representative. And he very eloquently talks about the predicament sort of a Gen Z in terms of, um, they, you know, were raised during COVID. They've been so tech, you know, their tech technology has been part of their life from the time they were babies. And so communication in person contact is difficult, you know, from the start. So it's a really interesting debate and something that I personally, as a, as a filmmaker, I don't mean to lecture anybody, but I really want to just open a conversation and I want people, the movie's 90 minutes. It's fun. It's sexy. It's a comedy. It's, it's meant to be enjoyed, but there are a lot of kind of themes and topics and ideas in it. And I really want people to be engaged in conversations and argue about it and pick aside and, you know, and, uh, really, uh, get into what, is, you know, again, this sort of debate between this sort of asexual generation versus the, you know, promiscuous like seventies or whatever. And, um, and just sort of talk about that because I think it is something very important. And it's one thing that, um, the Olivia Wilde character says in the movie that is kind of, she's a little bit of a mouthpiece for me in the sense that she's like your whole generation is about FOMO, but you're literally missing out on the sexual life. Is that okay? Like, are you going to be 45, 50 years old one day and go, what the fuck was I thinking? Like, you know, I was 25 years old and beautiful and I just like hid away this all, like all these years. And, you know, I'm in my sixties and life is fucking, it goes by very fast. And you really, um, I live a life, my life personally, I have no regrets. Like, you know, I mean, I've, I've literally had such an amazing life and career and got to make all 12 movies. And I've done so many cool things that I never could have imagined doing as a young person. But a lot of it was because, you know, I went out into the world and had these adventures and took these risks, you know, and I feel like that's so much of what life is. But again, I don't want to preach to anybody. Like everybody should have, you know, be on their own path. And, but I just would like to bring up that idea of don't miss out. Brendan, are you filled with sexual regrets about your youth? I might've been, had I not moved to Amsterdam, but five years in Amsterdam, I saw some things, John. I saw some things and I, I can feel pretty happy with, with, with what happened. Did you, did you participate though? That was my question. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's no spectators allowed in these, in these situations. What I also was thinking about is like, all right, i feel like gen x was considered kind of like a nihilistic generation gen z has a little bit about that too and i often think that one reason there's like a tension between the boomers and the millennials is like we're kind of similar right like we're mad like there's a narcissism of small difference like the boomers and the millennials they're a little narcissistic demanding we're kind of a general we're complainers uh the the gen x and and gen z you kind of hang at the back of the room a little bit in a similar way like you you know what i'm saying that there is like something in common between the two and i'm wondering like are you yelling a little bit at like is gen z kind of a stand-in for young gen x to you i mean i don't feel like again i don't feel like i'm yelling at anybody i just i i really just want it is a sub dom thing like she's dominating no she literally plays the dom and cooper's the sub and they have a very kind of charged but also unhealthy relationship and the way i describe the movie is that it's like this crazy sex comedy and it's um uh it's like this adventure that he has that there's a point in the movie where he's all you destroyed my fucking life like you destroyed me you know and in that moment he feels like my life is ruined because i um had this affair with my boss um but i like to but i like to think that when the cooper cooper's character is 45 years old he's going to look back on that experience and go that was fucking so crazy and insane i can't believe that happened but i'm so glad it happened do you know i mean like it was such a valuable and important experience in my life like even things in your life as i said that are confusing at the time they're somewhat you know upsetting or they throw you off track or you just a lot of times when you when you're young and you're you know your heart gets broken right you're devastated i can remember as a young person like breaking up with somebody just being like destroyed you know i mean but that's life you know i mean it's something that i feel like and i think it's important i mean for me just again as someone in my 60s looking back um yeah those those moments were formative they and i wouldn't trade them for anything even if at the time they were very painful thank you greg the movie i want your sex hits theaters on five on friday july 31st against against spider-man so against spider-man i feel like it's a different audience what and we'll be right back hey don't go anywhere there's more of love it or leave it coming up love it or leave it is brought to you by helix sleep god is important a good night's rest sets you up for a great day i didn't sleep that great last night i honestly i got back from love it or leave it i had a little willies from a different ad but that i also really like but then i ended up watching all of slow horses so i didn't go to bed till late but that's not the bed's fault i have a very 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this beloved sports monster here's how it works i'm going to ask you to rank the following mascots on the kinsey scale as a reminder in case you aren't doing any uh dated sociological research on the kinsey scale zero is absolutely straight while six is 100 gay are you ready first up violet the raven for the golden state valkyries uh this is the wmba meet violet the raven the mascot for the golden state valkyries is she a straight lady and she's a straight lady and she's a straight lady and she's a straight lady and she's a straight lady and she's a straight lady and she's a straight lady raven are we looking at a femme lesbian what do we think do we just yell out the answer whatever you think you can my answers are they're all fucking gay super gay so i'm just gonna say gay gay gay yeah and i'm just gonna say top or bottom and this is bottom completely okay okay uh we're saying this is a a six and a bottom okay um i can only come up with a six i'm from myself and my culture and uh wait straight culture to be wait there's there's straight people on this show sometimes so they get through the filter um but my to be perfectly honest my first reaction to her just the pose alone i was like oh well that's that's pretty that's pretty straight but then i started looking at the accessories and the glasses and the hair and i'm going five okay okay wow all right all right wow great done wait do you don't you don't put the answer up so we know who was wrong and who was right we are the answer yeah here's here's the cool thing there's actually no we asked raven and she's not doing interviews right now but i hope the raven wouldn't give his answer so we can just decide for her which is usually not acceptable on sexual orientation but with the mascots we'll allow it all right next up freddie fever for the indiana fever this is for indiana this is uh uh the mascot for uh for a team named after something that um you know can either be no big deal or can kill you uh i mean that is definitely not a that is not a straight outfit for sure uh i would say i don't know i'm thinking three or four at least right what do you think i mean i i'm just being affected by the energy here but i go sick i go i go six bottom six bottom six bottom all the way wow next up japanese matcha this is uh according to the japanese foundation toronto website this is official mascot of shiki satama prefecture he's a kappa monster carrying a messenger bag recently he won a best performance award at a mascot contest in taiwan for playing bass guitar so uh what do we think about kappa ru uh i mean that's again a pretty fucking game i don't know does does the bass player part change anything yeah that is a right i would be sort of a lesbian thing to do we don't really know the gender either i mean i don't know what the kappa knows either yeah which is fine i don't think kappa believes in gender as a construct like that time when someone asked joe biden he's like that's a trick question seven which is so funny uh i'm gonna say um uh asexual can't be charted i think this is an ace situation that's what i think off the charts off the charts i'm gonna mix it up a bit say six top wow wow surprising surprising next up we have the sentient pop-tart mascot uh the mascots of the pop-tart bowl are giant pop-tarts who are sacrificed to a giant toaster and emerge toasted to be eaten by the winning college football team team follow your dreams that is a ma that is being lowered into a toaster that's very symbolic i think actually chilling free the pop-tarts uh i think they're all straight i don't know i feel like this was greg's student film it was 10 minutes long but it was very powerful a lot of a lot of very important themes my question is on this game right uh-huh does anybody ever say oh yeah that looks really straight like all all these sports things are so gay right how often do you think we're playing mascot kinsey scale rating it's not like there's the you know we don't come back to it that often it was like every week it's not every week we don't go through once a month like it's not a it's not a one so it's a rare and special treat just for us it's just for you so greg greg you're like concerned like that sometimes they're like there's like a bad batch, and at the end we go like, oh, well, we had ten straight ones. That's another Kinsey Report mascot situation. Bad luck. Yeah, like Mr. Met. Straight. Married to Mrs. Met. Next up, or at least, or maybe bi. Or maybe closeted. Next up, and finally, Earl Greyhound from Ted Lasso. The original AFC Richmond mascot. R.I.P. Oh, R.I.P.? Yeah. Talk about a bummer. Like, everybody's so quiet. Is this the first Earl, or is this Earl II? I don't know which Earl it is. Well, Earl II was wearing a helmet, I think. Yeah, I think it would be the first one. Also a guy in a mascot during the show's first season, but there, there, there we go. Greyhound. Nice pull. I think that is, that mascot, I think, is pretty gay. I'm going to say three. I think that, ooh, now the dog. I'm going six on the mascot. Six on the mascot. Bottom. And, uh, and, and, and, and I'm down the middle three on Earl. I'm going to give Earl a six because he's a, he's a cutie. And that's correct. And that's ranking mascots on the Kinsey scale. And we're back. And we've come to the end of yet another perfect episode if you ask me. However, if you ask our producers, they will say, it was not perfect. In fact, they have given me a list of things that I could have done better for a segment we call Second Thoughts. And I know you said, Greg, you live a life with no regrets, but if you have any regrets or second thoughts from just the last hour of your life, this is the point. Brendan, as well, if there's anything you wish you had done differently, said differently, this is a space where we learn and grow, even about the things we did wrong while on the program. Let's see what we've learned today. Now, I will note that I have yet again failed to earn a kudos, which I can occasionally earn. Occasionally, on a Second Thoughts, they will say, kudos. Not today. Shame. Not today. Let's see. I opened the monologue by making us all imagine a mother who can only afford one sandwich for two children. I said, Hammurabi is a soft little bitch boy in front of kids, and then drew attention to it. You guys didn't like the joke about Mamdani being a Hamas supporter, but the joke is that he's not a Hamas supporter. Grow up. Don't regret that. I'm sorry for making fun of Hunter Biden's art. I actually think he's good. My producers and I disagree about this, but I actually think he is a good artist. That's sincere. Brendan, I immediately compared Ted Lasso to Jeffrey Epstein. And I'm sorry about that. I should have perhaps explained who Gustavo Dudamel is. And the answer is, he's a conductor from signs around Los Angeles. And that is all I know. He is often at the L.A. Philharmonic. And you're often kind of enticed. Wait, does the audience always fill in the answers for you? Greg, you're very interested in how this normally goes. And that says something about you. For a guy that's so subversive, you're like, is this the normal way? Is this the normal way? Who cares? Who cares, Greg? That's the whole fucking point. We're figuring it out. As we go, we're trying things. Does it all work? No. Brendan, do you have any regrets? I guess I should have anticipated that you didn't know the Beatles were in Hamburg. Pretty fundamental part of their history, but that's on me. Yep. Nope. I didn't know about that time. I'll be clear next time. I thought they started on the rooftop of that barbershop. Oh, that's the opposite. The exact opposite. Oh, boy. That's where they end. One suggested second thought is we shouldn't tell Jimothy that it gets better. He's a raccoon with a spinal deformity. That's it. That's how it is now. It's not getting better. It's as good as it gets for Jimothy. Let's see. I played the other mommy trailer in front of the 12-year-olds. When Greg said I thought this was a comedy show, I responded, we'll laugh sometimes. Yes, also, perhaps I should regret that I explained what a fever is in The Strangers. In the strangest way possible. And I'll remember what I said. Ah, yes, a fever, a thing that could be not so bad or could kill you. Technically accurate. And that's our show. Thank you so much to Brendan Hux and Greg Araki. There are 102 days until the midterms. We'll be back next week with Guy Branum and Missy Pyle. Have a great weekend. Love It or Leave It is a Crooked Media production. Our show is produced by Kendra James, Bill McGrath, Kelsey Gante, and me, John Lovett. Our production team includes Hallie Kiefer, Sarah Lazarus, Raman Borsellino, Peter Miller, David Tolles, Claudia Shang, Jay Banks, Gavin Purcell, and Matt DeGroat. And our staff is proudly unionized with the Writers Guild of America East. Hey, it's John. Last year, 2,500 people joined us at CrookedCon for conversations with some of the smartest organizers, least annoying politicians, and most interesting voices in politics about how to fix this mess. 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