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From Auditions, Ranking Actors & Weird Parenting Advice — Jun 29, 2026
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Welcome to the Wolf for our podcast. We' studio We're studio in our own studio in our own studio. studio This is ours And and O. This is ours. The way things are going is six months, I could be sleeping her Yeahum Yeah what'd you want? Beakle jaws, stevers or fur, sharp teeth or feet with claws, whatevererss prefer? Just kidding every word in this song is about two grown men dressed up as a bird and a dog. A dog yeah. Cleaned, laundered, they smell nice. There are some people that don't get under the sheets at a hotel They don't trust them. What would you mean you know, even though they're been washed, youort think about what's say on laundry. Can I say you could eat your dinner off those beds? shout out the launders. the h think about if you think about That's going toome a problem What's going to come from? No no. honestly, if you think about Everything's reassuring me. I would't do. If you think about, I just wiiped my house. I know that's not true. If you think about what happens in the hotel room every night I mean I to say, by the way, a lot of times what happens a hotel room is not that it's just people go to sleep. I know. There' lot of yeah, you're thinking everyone's bumping. Yeah. But I just think when you go into hotel not bumping unglelies, but I mean come my fuckking now I was gonna say shagging when I felt so old. Saying shhagging was No, but you know what? Bumping ugly sounded really edgy. So said well done, Ddge that bullet Who says shagin anymore Who says bumping uglies Anyway, how are, Tom? I'm good mate. I'm good. Yeah yeah. We even up here. You know what you're like worried about? Literally this is very, very of the moment. Yeah We're sitting here, I'm very much at home here. This is this a beautiful shoot. I'm very happy. And then I've just had this email for a partark. Okay, I'm going to start get too Yeah but I'm slightly nervous for you now because this is bad. You've just received this. Yeah. and now you're going to overshare. I overshare' Okay. I got very excited when I read the blurb I was like, o, this feels a bit of me. Cool like disaster stroke action movie. movie. Yeah. veryer exciting audition. You're a movie guy now, aren't?'m not a mov guy You're a movie guy I'm not a movie. Well, hold on. Aren't you in two films that are coming out this year I' mean four films that are coming out this year. Is that trice? Yeah, yeah. So you're in four films. all big parts. I've not been in fourull films in my life. Yeah, but they're not big ye, yeah, I'm a supporting actor But this part is very it's an audition, but it's very much Light I get taken out pretty quick. Okay I can't give too much work. I got very excited. I've read the part, I'm like, okay, I could maybe do some of this. I look at the script and I'm literally in a disaster sort of like monster movie. I'm the first thing. I'm like the sort of like Well, you're not I this is an audition. Yeah I' not I't got the part. I mean Yeah. I mean profitically theory If you make it through the auditions. Yeah, which are by the way I'm awful of the auditions, we've covered that before. Yeah, but you're in four films this year I'm just I'm saying back to you said to me. No no, no, no, no. No's getting cy now. No films com But also, yeah, but I'm not like a lead actor. I'm like I mean right, I mean let's not you're sort of displaying arrogance in your attempt of humility here. No' not arrog. I'm just supped to be lead actor. You're supp support an action inil. yeah yeah yeah. yeah, I'm cock in a whel But I'm just saying this one I got very excited about. I start reading it and then it's very much like wiped out. So there's not a lot of that I thought I was going to be a part of the in the in the mix of, you know, the horror of the o, no this thing's coming But I just get taken out before there's any of that. So I'm the like a mze Bche for the monster Yeah, but you could, is there a part of you that thinks you could turn that into an amazing L if you might if you're really fucking really went for it in your cameo. How when you go for auditions, how much do you give it? I don't really to go for auditions Be it's a really interesting thing, right Another actor I might' name him, but he's a friend of mine, a friend of yours, a very good guy When did it come about? He said to me, He never gives it too much in the first audition because he's like if I give it too much and if I do too much stuff to it he's like but he's like done a lot of stuff. And he's like basically it sometimes could become between two like the producer weren't saying and the director on someone, right? on a part. And so they'll usually argue over this part. They'll be like, Oh you, well we think it should be Rob Becket, we think it should be Josh Whdicam. They're arguing over. This film sounds terrible. And he said, And what often happens is then you've got someone in the middle who everyone' like, Yeah, he's pretty good And they get that part. So he goes into it with this. That's how isn't that how Leonardo DiCaprio got the Revenant? Really? Yeah. fuck off what?f course I'm fucking I'm just say Jesus Christ. Oh God. Yeah, so he said he never puts too much passion. Right. He wants to he's aiming to be in the middle guy. But also then if he get compact he's auditioning to be the compromiseer. Also he then he also says, He goes in and so for your first tape, you go, I'm going to give it this. And then when your second if you get a call backack If they like because he said so much of it is I mean it's they would liter you look and gu go. Oh, he looks good. And then he'll go back in and the second say he'll give it everything Whereas I go in with so much gust though And then I think sometimes I've probably come across too Thirsty in auditions I'm going do an audition now. I mean It wouldd be good if we had a film script that I could. Let me just find on. Okay. Be' me one second. We can edit this out, can't we? Yeah. What film script do you want? I'm sure they're all online. Should we do heat the the cafe in? Okay, fine. Study. and play. Come together on a windows eleven PC. And for a limited time, college students get of both worlds. Get the unreal college deal, everything you need to study and play with select Windows eleven PCs. Eligible students get a year of Microsoft three hundred sixty five premium and a year of Xbox Game passass ultimate with a custom color Xbox wireless controller. Learn more at windows dot com slash student offffer. Law Supplies last ends june thirtieth turns at aka dot mS slash college PC Introducing Taco Bell's new jalapeno citrus salsa with bright citrus real red jalapenos, guailo chiles. Usually, you add sauce to the food, but when the sauce is this good, the food is just there to get the sauce to your mouth That roed cesadia, notot a rolled cesadia anymore Now it's a sauce shovel. Taco Bell'saleno c Crus salsa. Get it with any item on the Cantina chicken menu while it's here. The participateating in US. Tac Bell locations for a limited time only while supplies last contact store for availability I remember like, so I'm the castter director. Yeah. so I don't have to give this anything Yeah, yeah, you don't, Yeahah, no no. Yeahah. Okay. Hi Hello, Tom, thank you so much for thanking to so much for seeing me. Thank you I love this part. I love this script. What did you think what was your sort of take on the script? I just thought it was really, really amazing. I can see all the characters like I know them. I don't know if you've ever felt that before Yeah. Yeah ye it's really good. Oh, it's good They feel like that. Actually what I really love about it is The city of LA itself is a character Yeah, yeah, I guess so yeah. Yeah ye. It's really, really good. And I just hope that this gets there if it's not me, it's someone else, but someone el someone will get it. Yeah I hope that it's the right person. Yeah too bring something like this to life is an honour. So thank you so much for having that. Yeah. Yeah, we've got a couple of people in the picture for it. Oh exciting. We're very excited to hear you. Well, thank you very much. hope you It's really interested in your take on it So do you want to give me a little bit of background on the character Quite a cool guy, I guess Yeah. I mean you got it all in the notes,, I only read them before you arrived. Yeah, of course yeah. I'm not off a book by the way No, I didn't expect you would be based on what you're wearing. Okay. so I have got a roll neck in my bag if you. No, no, no, that's fine. So what we do is just what we do is do a read And then I'll give you some thoughts and then maybe see if you can fold that into the second raid, okay? Okay. And so basically these two guys are in a calf, one of them's a bad guy, one's a good guy, right? Are you telling Okay. Okay. I'll be Hannah. Yep. And I'll be going to the part of Nil McCall, I believe. Yeah, ye ye. Okay So I mean, you read I the covering there. So he's cool. Seven years in Folalssam in the hole for three McNeil before that Yeah Mceil it was McNeil as tough as they say You look for a governmental just just. So just hold on one second, Just stop the c. You're okay, Tom. Sry yeah,, I went with the idea that he's halfway through his fry up. No, I saw that yeah. I actually think that he'd be drinking just a coffee. And did the fry up stop him from being able to pronounce penologist? I didn't know how to pronounce that name I don't actually know what it is. You have, but you've read I mean, I know you're off, but you've seen the words before. You have, but I didn't know what that was, soor. Should we go from the top? Yeah, o so So I'm just going drink coffee, because actually. Okay fine Yeah. yeah we'll you on c Okay, and let's go. you ready? Yep. o Seven years in Falssome in the hole for three McNeil before that Yeah, yeah Was McNeil as tough as they say? Where do you were looking to become a patologist? Okay, we're just up again. It's penologist. Okay, I'm so sorry. Okay. what we' do Yeah If if you mispronnce it again, we' just carry on Penologist, okay. But it's penology. Okay, let's go from the top. Okay. Seven years in Folsome in the hole for three, McNeil before that Yeah Was McNear as tough as they say, we'll carry on You're looking to become a penologist, huh? You looking to go back? You know, I just chase I chase some crews, guys just looking to fuck up, get busted back, that you You must have worked some dip shit crews. I works all kinds Ah you see me doing thrill sickking looker chasing hold upps with born a loose tattle on my neck or chest No, I do not. Right A ain't never going back then don't take down schoolores I do what I do best. I take down scs. You do what you do best, trying to stuff guys like me. So you never want in a regular type life What the fuck is that, huh? Barbecues and ball games Yeah What this regular life That's your life, buddy. Okay, can we just stop there? Can we scroll back up, please There's one particular line that I'd love to hear your read on again. Yeah that's okay, T them. I'll have to look back at the recording, but it sounded like you said, you see me doing thrill sicka liquor. still hold up to the bor to loose tattle my neck or chest Well, the way I see this character is like it's easy like to read this and be really slick and cool. But if he gets a little bit tripped up in hisds because but I think Shall we try and find that within the lines? If you want to just give me that again? Okay The sandwich Do you remember I thought you had a coffee. I did, but In for a sandwich. Had the sandwich been there the whole time? I had the sandwich for this take. Okay I don't think if you're going to cut this tak together and show Michael Man, I'd really like the. Why don't you worry let me worry about what Michael Mann's going to say? Okay,. make feel better, Michael, we're not sure on the sandwich continent I'm just gonna have the sandwich like this just so you know what I'm doing So can be cut in You see me doing thrill seeka liickorage star hold upps with a bord of Lse tadtle and my chest buddy? There's nobody in the lion that Yeah, I know, but I'm try that's my interpretation of the character called everyone, buddy. Okay. Can we just scroll down a bit further please? There's a little chunk of monue here. I need you to feed me in this. becausecause it's quite important yeah o. Okay fine. I'll just give it the last few lightes. Okay fine I've got a wife we're passing each other on the down slope of a marriage, my third because I spend all my time chasing guys like you round the block. That's my life. I told me one time Don't let yourself get attached to anything. You are not willing to walk out on in thirty seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner Now, if you're on me and you got to move when I move How do you expect to keep a marriage Great, I think we've got everything I think thatatt is. Thank you so much, Tom. Do you think thele the apple The sandwich was did you think the sandwich added something to it? It added something. Yeah. certainly added a bit of confusion to your delivery. Thank you. No, I always think because it's a power move eating. so So than you anyway. Yeah, thanks so much for. byy the way, send Michael mans Michael man. It's my regards, please. We will do. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks. So yeah, that's how I go in. Okay, ye, yeah. Yeah. I mean, use your m. I mean you' were taking p, you'd have prepped a lot more than. Yeah, of course I'd be off the book. but I you the sandwich thing do you think? Yeah, I think if I felt the thing was right Okay sometimes you need to lay down a statement in a vion. I mean, I'd love to see how your audition. What do you mean? Welld we've done me, I'd like see because you're pretty slick, I can imagine. And not really. Okay, what's your fav scene is what scene stands out that we get a real romish moment? I don't know. I think like saying quite romantic. What's like one of the most romantic? For what is the funal Oh yeah, yeah it could beice Yeah. And' I'm just, let's do nothing Hill, okay you can Juli Roberts, Ibe? Yeah, let's do that Okay, cool. You're Juli, Ic. All right let's just do You coming in, o U Hi, I'm Romes. Reankonated? Yes Ohh. Okay, thanks so much for seeing me. No, thank you for coming in.ove I absolutely love the scripts. Yes. it's a wonderful script. So does that thing of like Making you fall at love all over again I did in a while, I guess so No, no, no, it's beautiful. We're very lucky to have it com across our desk. So yeah. and we've all been very excited to see what your interpretation would be. thanks I mean, I'm just honored to be asked to be read for it, so than. So you are reading for Julia U in this Oh, okay. That's actually Well the part that we've got for you isn't fully written, so you are going we just need to see what you can do in this situation. Okay o. And just so I know Julia is British. She's American but you can play it British if you're worried about her being You can play it in your own accent or you can play it in Mark can it American. There's also as a wacky sidekick We haven't got that script yet. see what you could do. I that's going to releases, isn't it? Anyway, o, let's But if you can imagine you've read the whole script? Yeah. so they're in love U So this is yeah. we need you not you're in love You're not a victim of your love. You're still very sexual Okay. That's not I mean the scene that' the scene that we're doing is doesn't feel that sexual. It's sort of a reconciliation. Yes. But you still have sexual in you. o? Sexual in you. Yeah. Sexual in you. Okay. so you're still very ye. o What's wrong? Just imagine you're being sexy. Well, we've not started it, ha Okay Howre we going? Yeah, but you got a knock on the door first? Oh right, yeah Knock knock Let is more. more. Okay. Kock knock Hi Can you love me again? No I'm slowly but surely starting to figure out that you're a selfish wanker and I can't let you hurt me again. Bucks. But I'm just a girl. standing in front of a boy asking him to love me No, no, no, no. that's what I thought you were just exing me to do. No, just you're just a girl standing in front of boy asking him my life. I don't think that's sorry to I don't know if that's how it to be played That doesn't feel like how it's written. Just give me something more Okay. Let's do it again for the time. Okay Nut milk Hi Can you love me again? No. I'm slowly but surely starting to figure out you're a selfish wanker. I can't let you hurt me again But I'm just a girl Standing in front of boy Asking him to love me. Love her. Her And that was really sexy. I'm just a girl Standing in front of a boy. him to love her. Thank you for coming in B. But actually, you know what, you took notes really well. Thanks. That's one of the big things at Caston director. Thank you. I mean, there is no way that this is the real scriptor. No, but this is all what we've got. Yeah, o. It's also this feels like a sad rip off of because they' called Julia and Hugh. Yeah one of the characters now Yeah. I don't think in the scriptus is Juliaian whou does it? Wellould' be awful if you're auditioning for Evilose's parts is this written for Julia Robertson? Well in Cinderlla, I did play Romesh Did it? No. Oh wow You know, I, um, Elily in my career I did a part And the character was called Greg And as we were sort of doing like a read through, you realized it I went this is obviously Greg Davis sort of joking and then they went Yeah, yeah he couldn't do it to never call a character. Yeah. Allright, well that was good. Yeah I enjoyed it. We've gone off of town generally expect to go there.. How have you been, my baby? Yeah, I've been good Having a little bit of a thing with the The boys. Oh Spagheti are here for that advice. Yeah, I'd love to get somead advice. Okay. I've got three sons I've got a daughter. I can help. Six evenings a week. Yeah. I'm not home. And the good thing is I don't bring it home and sort of start talking about how even though I'm chasing my dreams is not working out exactly how I wanted it. and they to listen to me talk about it Yeah yeah ye. Oh goh, she's so lucky. Anyway, the point is she's doing a lot of running around after the boys She's had to basically It's almost like If you put in a football analogy, it's a bit like when Saliba got injured for Arsenal and Gabrielle' ha to twice to work. Yeah. when I'm away, Lisa's got to do the drop offs, she's got to do the running around, she's doing the dinners and stuff like that. Whereas when I'm at home, all she's doing then is the drop offs, the running around and the dinners. The probleblem that I've got is that the boys Be Lis is so good, they're not being as grateful And they're stop and they're getting a little bit. do you know that thing about where It starts off with gratitude. Yeah. thenen it moves to expectation. Yeah and then it moves to resentment. Wow. I don't think they resent Lisa. Sometimes I feel like they're expecting these things to happen So much so that it's got to the point now where I think I need to have a chapman. Wow This is the first time weve And just be like a bit grateful, you know, Lisa is like what I but the way you've melted a bit already. Why? Well because when you were doing that, even I was like, wow, this is like a dominant force in the house. And then what happed? And then you just went late and you just I don't want to keep doing that the whole fucking time. I't to move at some point, are? No. But you can't like you're going in there sort of like you're going, ye, I'm not having. actually you had brando calate. Yeah, but that's not I want to p No no, but you I want a parent like Yeah, but also by the way This is aggressive. No. but you haven't got to do and stroke it slowly like that That feels sexual. Well I'm saying this this. And then you sort of melt a little bit and your body didid I start? Yeah, o. You can't do that. All right, you know Be by the way. Can I just say before we carry on, this means a lot because I know how steeely you are with grow. Oh no, can I just say This is the most like hypocritical advice ever given. You are the chocolate fondant. I am. I am literally the biggest mug. L the level of mug that I've become in my house is Grace and Katherine, like I'll do something I think will be funny for a four year old that she'll laugh at. hold on a sec Did you hear that? What's it? I think it might have been Josh and Rob panicking Somebody's moving ont to their territory I didn't say Have you seen the bllue episode Rg Island? No There's a great episode of Bly Rog Island where Blue and Binguy playing with their dad a game on a rug where they've got felt tips and they do this imaginary g where they're catching fish. Well I brought some I brought some felt tips for me and Grace and I threw them all over the floor and then I'm like sort of and she was playing for a little bit and then I sort of Oh we need to build a bridge to the next island. so I got load of pillows and I was sort of throwing and leaping from pillow to pillow And I sort of slipped a bit and Grace looked at Catherine, she went Oh, dad My is Oh dad Catherine just started laughing. she was really funny. it was like, you don't know. She think it's aathetic. Y. Yeah. like she thinks I' an absolute joke. So no, but I'm giving this advice on the basis that't Yeah. do as I say not as ident. Exactly. But what I'm saying is like you've got three they're three lovely boys. They're great lads. They're amazing lads But they're all of an age now. and I think you'd agree. they are very very funny boys. Ver They love Mickey taking. They love it. Very much like their father. rightight? I don't like Mickey Taking. You one of best Mickey takers, I I shouldn't be an insult. That's compliment. You great Laddy banner. But I'm just say I' just saying you've got to go in there now Not as like, o dad's our best mate. Dad. comeome here, you ask all right? You've got to go in there. My children have put me in a headlock. Yeah okay. but sometimes yeah, ye. They've tried. A about forty five minutes, I got out of it. That shows you. I'll just say when you go in there, you've got to go in there as not necessarily doing this, the woodpecker go in there as, yeah Have a little bit of more like a you know, a little bit of authority, a little bit of swag We' some of your nice clothes Why? I'm not dressing up to speak to my children. No, but you don't wear your old sort of like tractory btles where the waists go in. And old arrle shirt It's not too light you know, where's at night something that feels like, you know makes you feel nice and then youll feel more like confident. I don't know, this feels like a dating advice No I'll just say if your boys are sitting there they were play on a computer and you come walking in and they're like, Oh my God dad, put it away.' walking around with my dick out I mean if you wearing a pair of light they could see it through the out isn't it? I don't know what you think I'm walking around the house in But they're not going fucking old Doug, can you put your cock away again like it's not that out. It's more of a figurative, like a joke. No there's not a suggestion of it. It's not silhouetted. They can't sit pressed against my thigh but from a tight legging. All right They're not seeing any of that But when you come in, yeah, you've got your nice wear your nice F, I've coming in a seate. What are they then Yeah can't no risk. they're playing on a PS five, right yourographher I thought I was saying didn'tool. right? And they're like, Oh cries you just blo and killed me, mate And then yeah. What do I say? Why are you behaving like you're in the Bino? Who the fuckx says cripes? What are they swearing Sometimes they do. Okay. they're allow a bit of an amnesty. Are you fucking louse? you bloody killed me, mate Bys can I just in the middle of a game? No, no, no, no, I just pr. need word now. Dad I've never got it. W? What are you doing Are you silly I know, you're not talking to me like that I need to have a chat with you what's happened Mom's dead is what I could be saying to you one day Okay, and you'd really regret it. I've got quite got really heavyes. She's not, she's not. she's not. let me try again. What do you even want? I mean, you've got to be a bit like how the kids are. Okay, okay. What do you even want U you've not been you've been a bit rude to mum. Mum's like running around doing likeself Mum. Sure. But you're sort of takaking it for granted a little bit sents. What do you even mean? Think about what we're gonna say. I've not even finished the sentence. ry did you want to let me just get? Thatost my friend Wesley from America. Okay. He's going for a lot right now Well, I hope his son's been not as much of a prick as you are. Listen. Mum's running around she does the mostly of anyone. Yeah And you are being rude to her, you're expecting stuff. you're not being grateful You're close to a situation where she's just going to stop doing this stuff and you can find your own way I sometimes do not like the way that you speak to mum. I actually find it embarrassing. I would not speak to mum the way you speak to mum and I'm an adult. You always takeen a make out of your mum of my mum. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I tell you what, you find a way to monetize it and you can do it. I'm sorry, Dad. When you're like this, you're so cool That was genuinely, by the way, kick us. I you know that. That was k.idn't that work? That's what it Yes Bro, that was that was like that was like cool hand look kind of vi. That was you had an edge, bro.. M, that's serious. You going like that I'm gonna to tell you something as well. Yeah Gisa standing in the background. You doing that? Yeah. Forget about it. What does that mean? She's gonna be right There he is You I' have sex? Yes. And by the way, then that will become the character. you'll probably have to become more and more in the house. Thus in real life you'll become that person what more. could be game changing. Yeah. I mean, I'd say stuff like that to the kids all the time, notot all the time, but this is quite it's not serious, but it needs an intview. No ye, ye, but you do about that, I guarantee they'll. Don't turn off the Playsttation halway throughough That's a big move Have you done that before? No, because they would never continue playing the game if I to speak to them. Wow By the way, you have so much respect in your. So you're telling me, you go into the room. No if I went in and just casually started saying da dh, they would carry on playing. But if I said any type word of you they My iPad got broken the other day because I said to Grace, Grace, you need to stop playing that I want to talk to you And she said, like looked at me and I'm like, G, serious And she went a float on the floor H I'm starting to wonder why I'm getting the advice from you Yeah yeah, but it sounds you're She's bit older I can four' very. So is it broken? It's a little crack on the screen. Yeah. Is it her iPad? That's mine, that's mine. So she's breaking my things. It's like I've got a really abusive cell. But I'm being a prick there. She didn't know you know, she's not Kids don't know how much this shit's worth. No, no, no no. No yeah, but it was also she could have turned it off or handed it to me and she chose the frat on the floor. It is a little bit like, yeah Date. 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So actually it's It's interesting because it's a big TV show sure But actually it I'm just I'm doing a bit now. It's a big TV show, sure, but actually Anybody sort of in the know will tell you they're not actually getting on behind the scenes. And actually that is something that productroion team a better work around Well really. Okay, who's not speaking? Why don't we do a thing where I name people in entertainment and you give them a marker of ten based on how valuable they are? Okay,. Yeah, okay. Tom Davis. Four and a half five. Idress alba. Claude Winkermman Eight, nine Okay can I just stop this little bit for a minute? Why is Cudy Wilcoming above elba she iss literally going like this. Okay. And what's yourellb be doing 's kind like that. He's been steady for. Idris was a ten. Right. I think he he's Iidris has declined He did the wire, arguably the best performance for an English actor I've ever seen. The string bell in the wire is one of the greatest. Have you seen Cinderella or on Amazon No I'm just saying, I'm just saying I'm saying Anything from String of Bell is a step down. Okay. String of Bell is a work of it's genuinely one of the best performance I've ever seen from many. So you didn't like Luthher. Wh? I like Luther. I just didn't think it was it was good stringer Bell okay So you didn't not hijack. Wh? I loved hijack, I thought it was outstanding. But you think it just ever sort have been like that? You're bas, no, no, right, Hey hey, you're doing the Gordon Ramsey again here. I' been I'm saying I'm saying. I'm repurposing what you're saying. saying He string a bell, right? He's a ten. And that is the biggest accoladade I could give anyone rightight And he's the things he's done that's not an eight It's like who are we talking about as tenens I don't know, you gave Claudy Wincomam a nine. who's ten, to you Uh Leo, Lear Capron, Jellnifer Lawce Margo Robbie probably at eleven if there's such a thing I think Margare so disgusting to watch happen. No, as an actress. Yeah. I. Marga Robby is I think, almost peerless now. She think recently? Yeahah. I think she's on what Barbie, the phenomenon that is. Incredible,? Wethering Heights. Yeah. Marga Robbie is literally like going even back to the Yeah, everything she's done. Do you know something? We have done two pissakes, not piss takes. Yeah. We've entered into the world of other podcasts. Both of them I enjoyed more than the regular podcast We actually started talking about something Well a for Yeah. Marco Robbery iss incredible. Yeah, she's incredible. That' think one we should do. Yeah. Dorry over the CEO. Okay, fine. So who wants to be Bartlet? I think I could pretty deep bart. Okay, who am I going to be? L Because there's different areas of barlet. Yeah Because like there's the one where he just sort of chats to people and makes them cry but there's the one where he talks to some expert who says something. Yeah. And then there's this one now of like this sort of almost Everyone in it, isn't it? Like is like a genial sort of it's enlightenment. Yeah, o. All of them are quite yeah. Okay. so what do you want this to be Who are you? What character do you feel comfortable betortraying? My name is Jay Stromberger cool name I'm from Gilford Gilford. Yeah. o. And I'm an entrepreneur. And what are you saying? Happiness. Okay, cool. there Welcome. Today I am joined and, well, one of the most outstanding human beings I've ever met in my life. I met him at the Super Bowl. I was there with my friends, Thierry Henie, Robert De Niro, and loads of other really cool famous people because that's who I hang around with now. And this gentleman was there And he came over and he started talking to us about what he's selling And I think it's fair to say we all brought what you're selling that day. It was incredible. It was so enlightening. So anyway, J Jay Strongbererger, welcome to the Diry of CENO. Thanks Steen. Thanks Stepven.ponsored by P andO ferriies. Yeah. So it's wonderful to have you here. Thank you. Thanks so much. And actually weird what is a funny thing because we're at the Sper Bowl. Yeah Iember turning around and saying T beers polleice and you came over and said Alcohol will end you, yes. And then I said, actuallyually make mine a root beer 'use it's not got alcohol in even though until I was fifteen, sixteen, at the w So what's the question So as a CEO of this thing what are you selling? That's what I'm trying to say. you're selling something that I wanted to buy. And I think you're incredible by the way. Well we I was sitting with a friend and we were having dinner mine blown. Mine blown. in San Maurits and I've been there, I've stayed there three times. We've just done a day skiing. Noice I like skiing. And I've spent sort of my lunch kind of trying to be across emails I also ate lunch. And u At the end of the day we're sort of having doing a bit of apre sking when all of the best thinking is done is at the end of the day. Actually that's one of the things that the actually this data doesn't back that up. What? That's a what? I don't believe it. Actually, what a lot of people don't realize is almost exclusively People's best ideas happen to seventeen two thirty one AM. That makes sense And actually much. What you find is a lot of people are getting up at sort of seven or eight goingoing into work And then they are devoting The least creative time to their work. And then Stehven, guilty of that. I'm guilty of that Through the night when our brains actually have conclusively been shown Yeah to be at their most high high end operation trying to say we should be doing. I'm saying and the whole thing about Strom is Stop sleep walking through your life do sleepwalk through my life Um I've got to say I don't think you displayed any of Steven Bartlet's characteristics at all there It wasn't one of I thought I nailed Jay Stromberger. You were great No, I was just didn't B to do that? He Do he do that He sometimes does he do? Ovly eggs sort of the smallest minuta I ever. I was probably adding some to it. I thought the Tieron Rthing was very good. Yeah, but he does sometimes to get clicks, I think there's an element of what Stephven does, which he does very well. is to get people to view There's a lot of this Now you're right, Do you know what? So I was probably over egging that as I do. Yeah. Okay. so Oh wow, this has been fun. Re reallyally good. Yeah. I mean we've displayed none of what our podcast is and what we have done. Why shouldn? Which is kind of what our podcast is. Yeah. What do you think about Stephen Barler, Because it sounds like you hate him No, it's I don't even know too much about the guy. I see there's a If you asked for his di of a C Oke I don't think I'd be asked. If you were asked, you would be asked. It's so legit that you'd be asked I think I would if I was going to be asked, I'd probably have been asked by that.t I don't Do you know what I find is a little bit, there's a part of me that finds There's a lot of A lot of these podcasts you watch, there's a lot of sadness in them. So you sit and watch them and a lot of it is sort of It feels like it's there to make people feel upset and they're trying to get the sort of saddest moments out of people's lives. I'm not saying it started zero, I don't listen or watch enough of it. but when I have like Yo, you went on it and yes And other friendanss I've had who've gone on it and it all seems that all roads lead to like them going, Oh ye I ended up crying. Yeah. I mean he does do his researcharch's very good, yeah Yeah Whereas we don't, you know, we don't do any research, No. I like the energy, the fresh air energy. Well we did what went wrong, didn't we? We did a mock of that. Yeah. Not a mock. away on march. Yeah The amount of research they do is insane. I know. I think I'm addicted to what'. Ashley, you know what? I think we should research something and present it to each other in the next episode Wow. That's Yeah, Is that too big? No, I think that's great. But it could be like restaurant It could be I mean going to a restaurant and eating. It could be a TV show. No no, no no, we need to delve deeper Are you gonna read a book between now and next time we do this podcast? Maybe probably not. I thought read a b. a children's book? Not a children's book. I mean fucking who's listening to two adults reviewing a children? comeome on. Maybe what we should do is ask outside help. Wolf Alpod at gmail. com if you've got any suggestions for what Tom and I could present to each other on it won't be the next episode now because we have to get the emails have to come in. We have to read the emails and then we have to process then we have to choose probably a discussion on the next episode. And then the episode after that it will be what we're after a presentation. Yeah Or even if you've got a suggestion for like a podcast we could replicate. Doesn't have to be a specific one. It could be like it could be for example, like we could do one off the top of our heads right where you've got to talk about something you don't anything about. Welcome to Cycling with Rajiv Patel. It's me Rajiv here with you once again this week as we talk about how cycling doesn't have to be for the elites. can also just be for theit. Well, I've got to say Ad is an elite cyclist and I'm sure you know as listeners to the podcast, My name is Colb Willeststack U, I am I am an elite cyclist and watch for twenty two years. Thank you so much K for coming to the podcast. Thank you for having me. Now, most of the people that listen to this are people who want to push onto the next level, but obviously they've got, you know, you devoted your life to it for twenty two years. Yeah. We're talking about, you know, we are today talking to people who have got jobs, they've got families. Qit them if you want to if you want to reach the next if you want to be an elite cyclist That's all you can have I'm talking elite I roe with Llance Armstrong I have secrets. Well, the l I said about that the better am I right, Colm. What's that supposed to me I'm just saying because obviously this a you know I'm just making a light joke about me. There's no joking about cycling It's a serious spot made by serious human beings. But you can have fun with it, can't you? No If I see somebody laughing and joking around on a bike I will wride up to them and say, Hey, you take it seriously, Godddamnit If you don't, you'll pay for something. In a later life of this one Yeah, I mean, obviously you followed it incredibly intensely, but I guess it's, you know, the question I want to get to the bottom with you is If you are somebody who's just doing it to enjoy it rather than So you know, ot to achieve at the top level. I got a question, friend, you want a paddle in the shallow end or do you want to swim I think you can probably swim in the shallow end, can't you? No, your feet will hit the bottom of the pool and You can go across the top, cann't you No, but if if you're giving you're floating, aren't you? Gusto, you will hit the bottom What I'm saying is go where it's deep See what you've got in you and then make a decision. Life is full of curves. Not every road is straight Now where are you going? Hey, that's a mountain. Can you climb it? You bet I can So if you were to u give sort of three tips to people listening that want to imp just, you know, even improve against themselves earn the burn. R, Ride on the fiber N never look back. There are the three things I say to everybody. Never look back. Yep, yep, yep. Earn the burn. one hundred percent, that's something I've said loads on the podcast you know, there is not nothing quite like the feeling of that lactic acid You know it, friend. The one that I'm slightly less Was it was it the Ride the fiber? Ride the fiber. What does that mean? What's fiber to you Like shredded weights su for that. Fibber to me is the muscles. And also the fire in ride your muscles. Yeah, and also the fire that's in the bike Well lot of them are made by a fibrous foam. Not carbon fib. A fibrous foam. Have you got a foam bike Carbon fiber what I was speeting Yeah, write that old carbon fiber intended don't ride no more. Gight Thank you so much, Colm Thank you for having me. Yeah. Ride safe, Ride true, friends, and I yeah. That's good. I think it's good. It' blanked a little thing. I think it sounded fairly, you know we all structure to the Mickey take A you for me. You shed of all the things we' talked about in the last four years of this pcast. You seem to know more about cycling. ' a go ofjoy Right, okay. Tom. Yeah. It's about that time. Mickey. Mickey There's a card for you. What? Good aning Christmas It ain't my best day. That's nice Mickey's just got a card saying I Hope you're doing well, thinking of you See, sometimes in life, we pick occasions over moments Occasion' over just getting in touch It's easy just to beat off a text. Would you out to, bro? hope you' well Sometimes it doesnn't really me much Truth be, picking up a card from somewhere, like a card shop, I can't think of any WHMs and such And actually writing something that means something, putting an envelope in something to a friend can mean a lot. Well'm a gang here All of a sudden, card sales peak and everybody's writing cards postman's loucking down a big bag. G Damis, you bugger. What I mean by this is don't wait for Christmas or a birthday get in touch with so many mths Reach out one way or another now. Think about Mickey at the start of this talk. How much that meant to him Be the person in a day who does something that means something to someone else, that puts a smile on their face. T make them think you're thinking about them. Why That's a goddamn miceing the day And that's what makes the world go around. Believing. Cool. I mean I wasn't told that we had a hallmark raid. but thank you so much, Tom. Thank you so much. 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