I start this episode with ‘funnies’ from the past week, then get into the Winter Olympics in Milan. How thrilling would it be to have a luge track nearby that you could use? Problem is there are only four of them in America.
In this episode, I break down the differences between luge, skeleton, and bobsled. Then pivot to the value of a gold medal and whose has been most valuable on the open market.
Then I get into the ongoing cartel violence in Mexico, highlighting how embedded these monsters are in human trafficking and fentanyl-dealing. I discuss cartel brutality, their influence on local communities, and the challenges law enforcement faces in combating them.
I also touch on the Mannings from New Orleans, baseball, robots, aliens, bitcoin vs gold, and much more.
Other topics discussed:
- Funny group chat texts
- Another way men & women are different
- The subtle advances of a gay man
- Funny Internet posts with wordplay
- Cartel joke related to Mexico
- Trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
- Watching Iris & Tucks parades on St. Charles Avenue
- Lula’s Restaurant & Distillery
- Archie & Sons (The Mannings)
- That time I got Archie Manning’s autograph
- How to avoid spoiling your kids
- Parenting tips from athletes (Archie Manning, Drew Brees)
- Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy
- Differences between luge, skeleton, and bobsled
- Location of luge tracks in the United States
- Olympic half pipes and skiing culture
- Gold medal composition and their market value
- Greg Louganis selling medals & moving to Panama
- Effects of antiretroviral drugs and US aid in Africa
- Jesse Owens’s 1936 goal medal
- Hitler at the Olympics
- Future of personal robots
- US hockey team’s Olympic victory
- Trump’s call to US hockey teams after Olympic gold
- Bitcoin decline vs gold rise
- Impact of robots on gold mining & scarcity
- Challenges of designing robot hands & artistic hand studies
- History & meaning of handshakes with right hand
- Sensory perception & missing senses
- Robots exploring oceans & mining minerals
- AI robots’ potential to creating an underclass
- Aliens & government secrecy
- Biologics & alien life
- Recent Supreme Court ruling on tariffs
- Trump vs Biden leadership style
- California wealth tax & NGO corruption
- Work ethic of politicians
- Modern progressive phrases & terminology
- Mexico cartel violence
- Jalisco & Sinaloa cartels
- El Chapo history & extradition
- Cartel startup: Jalisco New Generation Cartel
- Safety concerns in Jalisco (Puerto Vallarta)
- Consequences of cartel leader’s death
- Cartel succession plans
- Impact of cartel violence on Mexico & tourism
- US military capability against cartels
Books mentioned:
- 107 Days by Kamala Harris
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