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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Hosted by Theo Von

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What happened this past weekend. And sometimes what happened on other days.

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Theo Von

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β€œThere should be a certificate that you gotta fill out some paperwork first to get a kid, bro, to be honest. You gotta pass the IQ test, honestly, or some shit like that. Even a low IQ test would be good. These people, and by the way, it's like the movie Idiocracy, which by the way is like fully coming to life.”

β€” Jake Paul
#5
APR 10, 2026Theo Von

#652 - Matt McCusker

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    Customer service quality plummeted following COVID-19

    β€œCustomer service dipped during COVID. It's over now. Yeah, well, we told them they're heroes. Yeah, they called them all front line workers and stuff. And a lot of them were not heroes. I don'tβ€”I mean, some of them were, I guess.”

    β€” Matt McCusker
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    Modern retail employees lack essential product knowledge

    β€œThey don't know shit at Best Buy. I'll ask a couple of times when I went to Best Buy to ask about like cords and shit, and they're just like, I don't really know, man. I'm like, all right, dude, what the fuck? What's the point of this place?”

    β€” Matt McCusker
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    Double business models offer untapped commercial potential

    β€œI wonder if that'd be a good business if you had another business that also at the same time was a steam room. Get your hair cut and just sweat. Double businesses are a good idea. It's time for dog grooming and maybe sporting goods or whatever.”

    β€” Theo Von
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    Practical self defense favors firearms over grappling

    β€œI did it for a while and it's just like, yeah, your back gets fucked up and you're like, then at the end of it too, it's like, I could just get a gun. Like, you know, it's like you could just defend yourself. It's a lot better to choke a guy out in front of everyone than just like shoot him in the face.”

    β€” Matt McCusker
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    Normalizing airplane bathroom use reduces cabin odor

    β€œI actually I've come around. I shit on planes now. No, you have to, because otherwise you're going to fart like a coward and stink the whole plane up. So now I do the valiant thing. I like walk by everyone. I sit down there for like 15 minutes and they all know.”

    β€” Matt McCusker
#4
APR 10, 2026Theo Von

#652 - Matt McCusker

  • β€’

    Customer service quality plummeted following COVID-19

    β€œCustomer service dipped during COVID. It's over now. Yeah, well, we told them they're heroes. Yeah, they called them all front line workers and stuff. And a lot of them were not heroes. I don'tβ€”I mean, some of them were, I guess.”

    β€” Matt McCusker
  • β€’

    Modern retail employees lack essential product knowledge

    β€œThey don't know shit at Best Buy. I'll ask a couple of times when I went to Best Buy to ask about like cords and shit, and they're just like, I don't really know, man. I'm like, all right, dude, what the fuck? What's the point of this place?”

    β€” Matt McCusker
  • β€’

    Double business models offer untapped commercial potential

    β€œI wonder if that'd be a good business if you had another business that also at the same time was a steam room. Get your hair cut and just sweat. Double businesses are a good idea. It's time for dog grooming and maybe sporting goods or whatever.”

    β€” Theo Von
  • β€’

    Practical self defense favors firearms over grappling

    β€œI did it for a while and it's just like, yeah, your back gets fucked up and you're like, then at the end of it too, it's like, I could just get a gun. Like, you know, it's like you could just defend yourself. It's a lot better to choke a guy out in front of everyone than just like shoot him in the face.”

    β€” Matt McCusker
  • β€’

    Normalizing airplane bathroom use reduces cabin odor

    β€œI actually I've come around. I shit on planes now. No, you have to, because otherwise you're going to fart like a coward and stink the whole plane up. So now I do the valiant thing. I like walk by everyone. I sit down there for like 15 minutes and they all know.”

    β€” Matt McCusker
#3
APR 7, 2026Theo Von

#651 - Ella Langley

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    Country music roots begin in Hope Hull Alabama

    β€œElla Langley is a country singer-songwriter from Hope Hull, Alabama.”

    β€” Host
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    Hippie Baptist families blend religious and social traditions

    β€œElla joins Theo to talk about growing up in a hippie Baptist family.”

    β€” Host
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    Nashville success requires finding the right musical stars

    β€œShe talks about the stars she looked up to as she found her way in Nashville.”

    β€” Host
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    Social media transforms song lyrics into viral trends

    β€œWhat she thinks of all the alternate lyrics to Choosin’ Texas.”

    β€” Host
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    New album Dandelion releases this Friday April tenth

    β€œHer new album Dandelion is out this Friday April 10th wherever you stream music.”

    β€” Host
#2
APR 5, 2026Theo Von

#650 - Jake Paul

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    Parents should pass mandatory IQ tests first

    β€œThere should be a certificate that you gotta fill out some paperwork first to get a kid, bro, to be honest. You gotta pass the IQ test, honestly, or some shit like that. Even a low IQ test would be good. These people, and by the way, it's like the movie Idiocracy, which by the way is like fully coming to life.”

    β€” Jake Paul
  • β€’

    The movie Idiocracy is becoming real life

    β€œIt used to be a comedy movie, but now it's like... it's art now. It's like, oh my god, we're here. Yeah. Like, and by the way, Brondo, like the electrolyte drink in it is like prime. I mean, I agree. It's where we are. That's a prime business meeting right there.”

    β€” Jake Paul
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    Self-funding movies creates massive personal pressure

    β€œThe tough parts were just all of the spaces you have to stay involved with. You think like, oh, somebody else does that. And you're like, oh no, there's nobody else. And so it just falls back on you. I think it is scary because you don't want it to affect the how people think about you or feel about you.”

    β€” Theo Von
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    Major events avoid competing with movie releases

    β€œAnd we actually base our fights around making sure there's no other big events. Like the last fight on Netflix, like third biggest fight ever with Joshua, 35 million viewers live. But it was the same weekend as Avatar, the same day. So it plays into it. Like would we have gotten 5 million more viewers?”

    β€” Jake Paul
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    Independent production enables full creative control

    β€œI hope it does because we want to be able to make more stuff and help other people make more stuff that don't get like, like there's no studio attached to it. It's like, nobody told us anything we could put in or out of the script. So it's all our own thing.”

    β€” Theo Von
#1
MAR 31, 2026Theo Von

#649 - Nate Diaz & Chris Avila

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    Nate Diaz is opening a Stockton restaurant

    β€œI'm opening, yeah, I'm gonna open a restaurant where I live. It's just gonna have options, like sending away the restaurant has, but with vegan and gluten-free options also. I got some people opening up for me.”

    β€” Nate Diaz
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    He maintains a mainly vegan pescatarian diet

    β€œI like vegan. I'm not full vegan, but yeah, mainly vegan. I eat all vegan food, but I eat seafood as well, and I eat eggs too. It's the best.”

    β€” Nate Diaz
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    The fighters met at a window-tinting shop

    β€œMy dad had a tent shop in Stockton, and then he got his tent, or his truck, my dad tented his truck, and that's where we met, my dad's shop. I think it was just me and my dad and Ernie.”

    β€” Chris Avila
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    Representing hometown grit is their core identity

    β€œEverything started there and that's the core, baby. You got to reference where you're from. That's what you see is what you get, where you come from, that's the core. And wherever you go, I think it comes from the core of where you're from.”

    β€” Nate Diaz
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    Slapping serves as a strategic warning flare

    β€œIt is like a shut up, bitch. I could have just slapped you, but I'm going to slap you and give you a chance. And I ain't walking around slapping you. I'm just saying something. I'm being rude like that.”

    β€” Nate Diaz

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