[upbeat music] The Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem: The Podcast.
It's the Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem. I am Peaches.
I'm Victor.
Have you thought about what song we should play at the top of the midnight hour for 2026? Like, what should be the first song that K-BEAR plays to kick off the new year?
What day of the week is that?
That is, uh-
Thursday
... Thursday morning.
Um-
Thursday midnight.
Mm.
Wednesday into Thursday.
Uh. No, I haven't thought about it, Peaches. Why? Do you have an idea?
Well, I know last year, I played Pants Feet [laughs].
Pants Feet.
And I did a little, uh, I did a little, uh, m- 2025 message, I think, or something like that. I don't know.
Maybe the, yeah, Teletubbies, uh, what- whatever that song is.
Sure. To anybody listening at, to K-BEAR at midnight, just-
Yeah
... surprise them.
Teletubbies song to kick off the new year [laughs].
[laughs] Rip that off of YouTube, put it in the library.
Oh, uh, oh, it's already in the library.
Oh.
Remember? Yeah, we, we played it, we can play it on this show today.
[laughs] Right.
We'll throw it in the mix. I don't give a crap.
Okay.
[laughs]
Wow. Um, I was gonna ask you too, y- have you ever, um, have you ever done something at work that triggers like a, a, not, not a company-wide email, but more so like
half the people on staff?
Oh, yeah, for sure. I've broken lots of stuff around here.
Well, this wasn't a, a broken thing or anything. I just put in a request for a Happy New Year's, uh, picture, uh, yesterday afternoon.
A Happy New Year picture?
Just a graphic-
Okay.
To say, "Happy New Year from K-BEAR 101."
Okay.
'Cause I realized we missed out on the other holidays. Like, I had to hastily do something with ChatGPT, [laughs] just put that on our K-BEAR page and-
Yeah, of course.
That was actually, that, that was one of our more well-liked, uh, pictures of a muddy snowman.
Yes.
A mud man.
Uh, and it seemed like that got spread around, 'cause I saw that, like, elsewhere.
You did?
Yeah.
Huh.
Yeah.
Okay, well-
Some, somebody swiped it and was sharing it.
Okay, wow. Cool.
Yeah.
But, uh-
I, I, I thought you stole it.
No.
And then-
I just, I just, I took the picture of the mud man on, uh, f- what's it called, that was, you know, a Google image. Wasn't something I took, wasn't something I made. I didn't make a mud man on my own time [laughs].
Oh, okay.
Like Peaches, you know?
Yeah, gotta be careful with that, Peaches, 'cause what... Remember the, what was it? Uh, ears of corn or something?
Oh, yeah, that one loser? Yeah.
Mm-hmm. That's, yeah.
Well, there's been plenty of losers we've encountered this year. That's why we have a list here of the top 10 losers [laughs] that are kidding-
All right.
I'm kidding [laughs].
Count them down.
But, uh, I, yeah, I sent in a Happy New Year, uh, picture request, a graphic request. Um, Star from down the hall then sends a, an email to everybody saying like, "Hey, if you want a Happy New Year message, uh, send it in now-"
[laughs]
"... before Wednesday."
[laughs]
So luckily, I, I must have, uh, sent her a reminder or something, I don't know. But then, um, I, I put in the description, "Hey, could you possibly put a potato being dropped or something?" Like what they do over in Boise.
Yeah.
Well, Mandy makes the image with a flying potato. Like, there's wings on it.
Ah. Okay.
And I thought it was awesome. Star rejected it.
Why?
And she said, "Make this a, make it more rocking." And I'm like, "We're not a traditional rock station."
Yeah, it doesn't have to be rocking.
Like, I'm gonna-
A flying potato?
Uh, should I post the one of the flying potato? You're the social media director.
Yeah. I, I think if it's ridiculous, post it.
Yeah. Come, come take a look at it.
Hold on, let me come around.
Look at this, look at this picture here. I thought it was great. Oh, that's the wrong one. Here. There it is. Look, the flying potato's right there.
Yeah, that's perfect. Perfect.
Fantastic. See?
Yeah, it doesn't-
It's all needed.
It doesn't need to be more rocking. Come on, we had, uh, Roxy Romance host Jinkx Show.
Right.
[laughs]
Oh, that was an issue too apparently, but [laughs], th- that took a whole lot of time for me to do.
Well, why was that an issue?
There was just, uh, some- someone thought I was, uh, having someone else work on that with me. I'm like, "No, I literally just asked, like, how do, how do I make this romantic text on Adobe, um, Adobe Pro- Photoshop?"
Yeah.
'Cause I, I don't know how to do most of that crap, so-
Yeah.
Oh, well.
[laughs]
Why's everything gotta be an issue?
I don't know.
Jeez.
It's just, it's just radio. That's the thing I wanna say the most. It's just radio.
Yeah, exactly.
It's li- that, that's all that we do, is we talk on the air, we play the songs. Sometimes it's overthought.
Yeah, uh, uh, exactly. Exactly.
'Cause, like, you know, there's, like, the whole quarter hour thing that most traditional radio stations do.
Mm-hmm.
And it's like when you're on the air, you try to make it the best thing you can do-
Yeah, that's a-
... or the best, uh, project.
Exactly. Quit, you know, thinking like a radio person, think like a listener.
Right.
You know? Give people entertainment. It's that easy. This isn't rocket science. Don't-
Are you entertained, listener? I'm breaking the fourth wall.
That's right. Are you entertained?
[laughs] Wh-
And if not, well, you're on our top 10 list of losers for 2025.
Whoa [laughs].
[laughs] [upbeat music]
Victor, I have someone with a hot take online, because, uh, Twitter has become either half-naked women or
people just accusing bands of using AI and then hating them right afterward.
Yeah, I don't even remember the last time I opened Twitter. Oh, maybe during the holidays to see if there was anything interesting on, uh, fat kid deals. That's it.
I made a, I made a post on Twitter for the first time in forever saying, "Victor Wiltz will not be in Avengers: Doomsday."
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
And there was a lot of sad reacts to that, Victor.
I know.
I was kind of sad for you.
I know. Sorry, sorry, everybody, I had to turn it down.
I-
Turn down the millions.
V- Victor couldn't take off, you know, like, seven months to film the movie.
Yeah. I, I had to be here entertaining all of you.
That's right. Jay- Jay- [laughs] Jada, uh, rejected that PTO request [laughs].
That's right. He's like, "No, no." [laughs]
So yeah, there's been this, like, this one woman that keeps popping up on our Twitter feed who's, who keeps adding bands to this list that she's, uh, I, I would assume no longer listening to because they've used AI in some way, shape, or form.
Oh yeah, so it's gonna be every band.
Oh, yeah. So far it's Ice Nine Kills, Electric Callboy, Bad Omens, Bring Me the Horizon, uh, Catch Your Breath just got added to the list. I mentioned to that, mentioned that to you, uh, yesterday morning-
Mm-hmm
... because, um, they used AI to create their Japan tour poster.
Uh-huh.
Yeah. And so now, now this lady's upset with them, no longer listening to them.
... high. What, what's the comment thread like under her post?
Um, it's a whole lot of, uh, other Gen Z-ers that are extremely upset, um, that, uh, these bands are using AI. And what's funny is that Ice Nine Kills made a joke out of it, and then made fun of the anti-AI crowd, which I thought was hilarious. Electric Callboy just used it for one picture.
Yeah.
You're telling me they're complete pieces of crap for doing that?
Well, and you know, Gen Z is generally consuming music through like Spotify, things like that.
Mm-hmm.
When's the last time you bought a CD or a T-shirt or a vinyl, Gen Z... Probably have. Probably have. Uh-
Uh, I, I, I hang out with Maddy from time to time, and sure enough, she, uh, buys vinyl.
Okay.
She sh- wants to, she wants to make a nice, uh, physical music collection.
Well, that's cool. That's good. That's how you support bands. Um, yeah, I, you know, AI is just going to be a thing. Like, I see the unethical parts of how it's r- you know, come to be, but do you think there's any going back? I, I don't.
I, no, there's not. It's only gonna get worse from here.
The record labels are all gonna make deals with it, and artists are probably figuring out ways to determine if their art's been pulled, and, you know, they probably get some k- kinda payout or something. I, I don't know. It's, it, it's like when, uh, music downloading became a thing. Uh, everybody thought it was gonna destroy the music industry, and it pretty much did. And... [laughs]
[laughs]
And so, you know, the art industry is gonna be destroyed, and that's just, uh, modern technology, 'cause the government won't, uh, regulate it or do anything.
And it's so funny, the, the Gen Z-ers that are supposed to hear this are not listening to us right now because they're using Spotify.
[laughs] That's right.
They're most likely listening to their indie pop on there-
That's right. [laughs]
... going, "Ooh, I have such an eclectic taste." Um-
Yes, and all your money is going to Justin Bieber and, uh, all the top artists, 'cause it's not like the artists you listen to get a percentage of y- you know, y- what, what you listen to. It's not like they just pay out only the bands you're listening to. It all goes into one big pool, and the artists who get the most plays get the most money.
Right.
So chances are, your money, most of it's not going to your favorite artist.
Well, I found the lady's list. I found her thread. She, she, she writes like she's Chris Jericho, "You just made the list." No, she wro- writes, "Welcome to the list. Catch your breath." She has this on her Notepad, a screenshot.
[laughs]
"Loser Bands That Have Used AI" is the title of it.
Loser bands that have used-
Li-
... AI.
Loser bands with millions of monthly listeners, and how many followers does she have on Twitter? 364.
[laughs] All right.
So who's the real loser here? Um, Ice Nine Kills, Electric Callboy, Sabaton, Limp Bizkit, D- Deicide, Napalm Death, Linkin Park, Bring Me the Horizon, Bad Omens, Dream Theater, and now Catch Your Breath. Someone replied saying, "Who cares? LMAO. The anti-AI crusade, um, is dumb as bleep." And then so the... She replies saying, "The kids in Memphis that are dying of dehydration care."
[laughs] Um,
does Memphis have a water problem?
Uh-
I thought that was like a-
I mean, the, the, it's the most, one of the most dangerous cities in the United States.
Yeah, I know it's a dump, but, um-
[laughs]
... what, what's the city I'm thinking of where they, uh... Oh, Flint, Michigan.
Flint, Michigan. Yeah.
That's where they got the, the water problems you always hear about. Uh, yeah, I mean, at this point, AI is not going anywhere. I just don't care-
Um-
... you know. Uh, I'm sorry artists. It's like with, uh, Suno. You know, it's gonna destroy music.
Oh yeah.
Um-
I get asked for it all the time now.
Yeah, and, uh-
Saying it helps out with songwriting.
Yeah, yeah, and, uh, there's been in- interviews with artists who use it to, uh, help with songwriting. Um, and it sucks as a person who writes songs. I know how long it takes to put together a song. Um,
I don't know. It, it... We're just doomed. [laughs]
I liked one, I liked one of the-
Find a new hobby. [laughs]
One of the replies says, "It ain't that deep game, but this guy is named..." He named himself Mentally Slow. And so [laughs]-
[laughs]
... the poster wrote, "Mentally Slow, indeed." [laughs]
[laughs]
Uh, I, I see Bring Me the Horizon's... One guy named Brendan put, "Bring Me the Horizon had an artist they, uh, they hired use AI and immediately apologized. Take them off the list," like it means anything. Someone, the, the-
It's just her stupid list.
The poster replied saying, "Nah, they used it on tour for tracking and changed and changing Ali's appearance."
Oh. [sighs] Yeah, um-
It's not that big of a deal. It's, it's really not.
Me and Peaches have, uh, used Sora to make stupid videos of each other. Um, I, I don't know what to tell everybody on this. I get the ethical problems with it, but it... We, we can't change it. And there's worse problems in the world. Nobody's doing anything to fix, you know, child hunger or sal- you know, cure cancer. Why don't you fight for that? Why don't you fight for, uh, human rights problems around the world? You know? Oh, so and so who's painting, eh, I don't know. I just... I get it as someone who makes music and art myself, but we have bigger problems in the world. You know, th- this is a distraction from the major problems going on. And young people should be fighting the establishment, Peaches. The government, that's right. [laughs]
I'll use AI to make fight the establishment posters.
There. Hey, hey.
Go outside and pick it.
That's right, you know?
Completely waste my time just standing there with a sign in the cold weather out there, out there. [laughs]
That's a bad day to protest in East Idaho.
[laughs]
It's a little bit chilly.
Is that why all the boycotting happens during the summer months during the farmer's market? They're like-
Exactly
... "Everyone's gonna be outside." [laughs]
Yeah, nobody want to do it in this kinda weather. I even... I, I remember during the, uh, recent election, there was people out in the rain, holding signs. I'm like, "Man, you guys are dedicated."
Yeah.
You know, I ain't gonna stand in that crap. [instrumental music plays]
[Laughing] Victor, I found this question here, "What's something people romanticize that is actually exhausting in real life?"
Oh!
Radio. [laughs]
That's right, right at the top of the list,
Even though I did say just a tad bit earlier it's just radio, there's a whole bunch of stuff that I have to do that people do not see.
Dude, you wanna talk mentally exhausting, okay. You know, I got up super early today, uh, after not getting enough sleep and I was in my office a few minutes ago trying to code country songs. Coding country songs, ugh. I, I was starting to fall asleep at my desk, then thankfully Jade came by and was like, "Hey, let's update Music Master." I'm like, " thank you, get me on my feet," 'cause I was ready to take a nap, power nap in my office. Shut the door, close the blinds, put up the sign, working hard. [laughs] And just close my eyes for, you know, a good half hour.
I mean, heck, if you wanna see exhausting, look at the day in the life of Jade Davis. [laughs]
Exactly, exactly. What kind of things are on this list?
Uh, work travel, especially after you've done it for a while. I don't know if you've ever seen that movie, uh, Up in the Air, with George Clooney, where all he does is just travel.
Who's creeping out there?
Nothing, nobody.
Oh.
It's just the wind. Dude, you turned the AC on and the-
Okay
... the, the air is blowing to the curtain.
Seeing shadow people. [laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah, uh, uh, work travel would be terrible. Um, it's kind of like being on the road as a band.
That's what I was about to say too, um, being a touring artist-
Yeah
... especially in the day and the age where we have to, um, post on social media all the time.
Mm-hmm.
I look at Casey Carlson and I look at Deadlands, and I'm like, these people are the hardest workers. D- Casey and CJ, both of them.
Oh, yeah.
Casey's constantly posting different videos.
Going nonstop, you know. You, you gotta get yourself out there. You and I know how rough that is. I wish I was posting a lot more and I-
I, I spent the entire morning making my top 11 songs of 2025.
Nice.
Making a whole montage. You know how many people are gonna like it?
Three.
Maybe one or two.
Probably three.
Yeah.
[laughs] I'll give you the, the cred- the, uh-
The like
... props for three.
Okay.
I'll give you a like, Peaches.
Oh sweet, thank you. Thank you.
You're welcome.
Yeah, um, at K-BEAR 101FM, I'll be posting that a little bit later this afternoon. I'm gonna be doing my top, top 11 songs of the year. [laughs]
Very nice.
Because I, I wrote down a whole bunch of different tracks that I liked, and then, you know, whittled it down. And all of a sudden I looked, I'm like, "Wait, that's 11. Who cares? Let's do it."
All right, 11 will do.
Yeah, sure.
Why not?
Yeah.
There's no, you know, specific number you gotta do for a list.
Yeah, I mean, ALT 98.7 just uploaded their top 25 songs of, uh, 2025 and-
I bet they sucked.
Yeah, it sucks. [laughs]
[laughs]
When, when is our list gonna come out for the top 100 most played songs?
Um-
Most played. Again, listeners, uh, people who... You know the people that don't, don't pay attention? Th- those are the ones we have to worry about the most.
Yeah.
Listeners who are tuned in right now, listen to us.
Yeah. Um, these would be the most played, not our favorites.
Yes.
We'll, we'll eventually put that out. Uh, I mean, I gotta wait till after the beginning of the new year-
Oh, do we? Okay
... so I can get the full year of, uh, plays.
All right.
You know, including hard drive and all that. I gotta, I'm gonna wait till we get every single day.
I think hard drive is gonna screw the list up.
It messes it up a little bit, you know. If it, if it was just hours... I mean, I could pull a report and do just hours, and, like, cut out the cutting edge countdown, cut out, uh, hard drive. I mean, I could do that.
You think that would be better?
May- yeah, maybe we do it that way. Maybe we do it that way. Uh, because you've reconciled the entire year, right?
Yes.
Okay.
I've done it every week.
Okay. Then we still have to wait till after-
Ah, dang it
... the 31st-
All right
... because we need to know what gets kicked out at the end of the hour, you know?
True.
'Cause those songs didn't play.
Yeah.
So you... Yeah, I guess you couldn't have reconciled, 'cause those days haven't happened.
I've reconciled all the way up to the time, the, the day where you said, "Okay, schedule to the 5th."
Yeah.
I scheduled to the 5th.
But if you reconcile before the day airs, it doesn't do anything. It shouldn't let you reconcile past-
I, I've just reconciled the days we've already been through.
Yeah, that's what I mean.
Okay.
Yeah.
All right, I hope the listeners are enjoying this radio jargon. [laughs]
Again, this is, uh, something that we talk about off the air that-
That's right
... people don't necessarily know. They just assume we sit here all day and talk and put out our opinions on certain things. No, there's, there's a lot of stuff that we, we all do around here.
Yeah, sitting there staring at a computer going, "Oh, I just wanna take a nap."
Right.
"I just wanna sleep."
Overall, that's it. [instrumental music plays]
Mm-hmm. That's about it.
You know what, it's Tuesday, let's just do some trash talk Tuesday this time around.
That sounds fine to me, Peaches, 'cause I'm tired and nothing's more exhausting than listening to terrible radio. And we're going to market number two?
Yeah, market number two, Los Angeles, 102.7 KISS FM. Of course, uh, this station has had Ryan Seacrest on in the morning for many years.
Yeah, this is one of the biggest stations in the country.
Yes. And so-
So they've gotta have the best radio DJs in the country.
Well, uh, not exactly. I, I think this, uh, I think Mario Lopez does the midday show.
Okay, now that would be the guy from Saved by the Bell.
Yes.
Right?
He does tons of hosting now.
Yes.
That's all that he does. He does hosting, he does... Um, well, let me see here. Uh, let me check out their schedule, see w- where Mario Lopez is on at. Okay.
Yeah, 'cause he's pro-... I mean, he's hosted, like, TV shows and stuff. He's gotta be decent on radio, right?
I don't think he's on at 102.7 KISS FM. I see Gabby Diaz, um, let's see here. Cissnei, who's the co-host of Ryan Seacrest's morning show, she's the midday personality for an hour, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Okay.
Then they have Gabby Diaz on 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and then they have JoJo on the radio, which we've made fun of before here on the air.
Yeah.
He's on from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
All right, let's find out where Mario Lopez is right now. Um, p-... does he, does he just do a countdown show, or is, is this On With Mario Lopez?
This is On With Mario Lopez, which I'm assuming is a, uh, syndicated radio show.
Okay.
Yeah, see it says right there, "KISS FM, Lite FM, and others across the country." I thought he was on KISS FM.
Okay. I'm going to, uh, find stations.
Oh, let me guess. It's a, it's a different KISS FM. That's where I'm confused.
Ah. Okay.
It's... The- There's so many different KISS FMs and Lite FMs and all of that around the country, it's ridiculous.
Okay. I zoomed out on the map. I'm gonna show you this map of the US.
But again, he's on many different radio stations.
Many.
Many [laughs] different radio stations.
[laughs] Many.
It looks like the, uh, McDonald's counter [laughs].
[Laughs] Yes. Like, here's a map of the US.
[laughs]
He's on everywhere.
That's ridiculous. Why is he on so many stations?
I don't know, but he's on every- Is he on in Idaho somewhere? Let me see. Oh, looks like, uh, Twin Falls must have him. KZDX, 94.7 Buck FM [laughs] in Twin Falls. He's on in Salt Lake too. He's on, uh, Oh My 99.5.
Oh My 99 [laughs].
Yeah. Wow. Okay, so he's on across the entire country. He's probably making millions. Um, let's check it out and see how good it is. It's gotta be top quality.
Well so, I, I... We were listening to a tad bit of it. So here's the thing, it's a five-hour long radio show, I'm assuming, right?
Y- Uh, four hours, according to his thing.
Four, fo- Four hours. He's on the air for supposedly four hours.
Yes.
Half of it is him interviewing a celebrity-
Okay
... of some sort. Some random D-list, C-list celebrity.
Okay.
Howard Stern gets the A-listers. Mario Lopez gets the C and D-listers.
Yes.
Um-
And we get the [laughs] F-listers.
Yeah, I guess we get sometimes the, uh, musicians that'll give us a 10-minute long Zoom call and then they get yelled at by their subreddit fan base.
[laughs] That's right.
Anyway [laughs], the, uh, podcast version of this show is only around 18 minutes long for a four-hour long radio show.
Really?
Yeah.
Even, even on my days when I'm like, you know, exhausted... Like today I think my show, and part of it was tracked 'cause I had an appointment, uh, I think it was still... I need to slap it together, but probably 40 minutes. You know? That's me when I'm not talking much.
I've seen the longest you've had is about two and a half hours [laughs].
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
So yeah, also this, uh, podcast version of his show is rated 3.2 out of 5 stars. Usually the most controversial podcasts still have like 4.5 out of 5 stars 'cause he- they have their diehard fan bases.
Yeah. Remember to rate our podcast.
I did-
You know?
I did give Mario Lopez one star myself.
[laughs]
So I'm, I'm part of the contribution. [laughs]
Way to go, Peaches. Way to go.
But this is right here, the, the mindless chatter that he has on his radio show. By the way, with his wife.
Oh, it's his wife.
Yeah. On air with Mario and Courtney Lopez.
Okay, so it's kind of-
Bringing you the latest Hollywood buzz.
Bringing you the Hollywood buzz. So it's kind of like Josh and Chantel.
But this is for like those middle-aged moms that, you know, they, they don't really have that much drama going on in their lives, so they wanna know what's going on with the Hollywood celebs.
Okay.
Here we go. For the comment of the week, so turn it up. You're on with Mario and Courtney Lopez. [dramatic music]
Alvaro and Courtney Lopez got another word of the year selection. Cambridge Dictionary has dropped their choice for 2025. They chose parasocial, which is all thanks to Taylor Swift. They define parasocial as "a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know". That can even be AI. Okay, that's kind of odd. The word has been around since 1956, but Cambridge says it became popular this year as a way to describe how Taylor Swift fans felt about her engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce.
He's just reading. Yeah, he's just reading to them.
That created a major surge in searches for the word on both Google and Cambridge's site.
And now, wh- what do you think is gonna happen after him talking about it? Do you think his wife will go, "That's a unique word"?
Probably something similar to that.
We haven't heard the rest of this.
And-
This is me assuming this.
Yeah, and he's just reading iHeart's radio prep.
Yeah.
'Cause I've, I've seen iHeart's radio prep, and that's exactly what it sounds like.
The reason why he mentioned this story is because you can tie in Taylor Swift.
Uh-huh. Yes.
A- And he's like, "Well, I'm topical because I'm talking about, again, the latest in Hollywood buzz."
Or maybe she'll say something like, "Yeah, remember back when you were teenagers, you, uh, you know you had those girls that were feeling all parasocial with you when you were on Saved by the Bell?" [laughs]
"Hey, who, who's that girl? Topanga? Is that the one that everyone was in f- that was in love with? Or was that Boy Meets World?"
Uh, uh... Th- That's Boy Meets World.
Ah, dang it.
Wh- What was her name? Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.
Yes.
Yes. Uh, I think that was her name on, uh, Saved by the Bell. But, but, w-
[laughs] What if he said something wildly inappropriate about his co-star? [laughs]
Well, and then there was the one girl from, uh, Saved by the Bell. She was in that movie Showgirls.
Oh yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, I met her at a lot-
[laughs] All right.
"You know, there were a lot of guys f- feeling all parasocial when what's-her-face did Showgirls. I still can't believe you talked to her." And then they get in a fight on air.
[laughs]
See, that would be awesome if they did that.
Mario Lopez is like, "Yeah, I had her in my dressing room." [laughs]
"She was your girlfriend on the show, and I think that's, you know..."
And Courtney's like... Yeah, Courtney-
[laughs]
Courtney's all upset. "Why could you do that to me?" [laughs]
[laughs] "You still think about her, don't you?"
And then they have this epic fight, and at the very end he goes, "Hey, um, you're on with Mario Lopez." [laughs]
[laughs] It- It's a sweeper.
All right, let's see what she says. Let's see what she says. [laughs]
Oh, we're just, we're just going back and starting to learn words. All right.
I, I just...
I prefer six-seven.
There's that weird producer in the background that's trying to keep it trendy. I should have known they would have gone that route.
You should have. You should have.
There's that one guy who's like, you know, 45 years old. He has that half balding haircut. You know, it's, part of it's gray. And he's just like, "I, I, I have kids who are around this age, and I know what six-seven is. I'm gonna repeat it so I can relate to the other parents with the same bad hairstyle."
Yeah. But then, I mean, for them to put it in the dictionary, it would have to have a meaning, and six-seven doesn't. I thought the word of the year was "b-"... slop. Didn't I read that somewhere?
Yeah, that's, that's this radio show. Uh-
[laughs] That's true.
Go ahead.
The one you're listening to right now, as well. [laughs]
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, let's see what they continue on to say. What, what else do they say in this conversation? This very riveting conversation about the word parasocial?
[laughs]
Oh, God.
I'm parasocial. [laughs] Happy holidays from-
I'm parasocial.
That's it?
That's it. That's the whole break.
And then they went to the sweeper?
Yeah. And then, what's, what's next?
The entire On With Mario fam. More festive fun coming up. Music rolls on, Mario Lopez-
Music rolls on. I don't know what's being played. I'm on a bunch of different radio stations, so I'm just gonna say the music rolls on.
[laughs] Yeah.
... reminding you that our 2026 iHeart Radio Alter Ego, presented by Capital One is b-
Yeah, make sure to put that Capital One sponsor in there.
Oh, yeah.
They paid a lot of money for that.
Gotta do your national Text to Win Contest.
You know, iHeart Media saves the first seven rows for Capital One staff members.
Mm-hmm.
To be like, "Hey, you know what? Let's, let's sell this event to Capital One for the most part." 'Cause they're willing to pay the most money.
Yeah, and they, they, you know, they won't pay their staff around the country. They fire people left and right, but-
Does Capital One do random layoffs? Absolutely not. I don't think so.
Ah, they probably do.
Don't compare to iHeart.
[laughs]
Very minimal.
No. Well, no one does random layoffs compared to iHeart. They're-
I mean, Capital One doesn't fire their staff members in the Dua Lipa break room.
[laughs] That's right. iHeart is like the worst radio company. I don't know, there's a lot of bad ones but, uh, yeah.
Top five worst radio companies. [laughs]
So, is this a text fi- Text to Win Contest?
Well, let's see.
Back Saturday January 17th at the Kia Forum in LA
G-
Again, the forum does not need to be sponsored either.
[laughs]
By a mediocre car company.
Green Day, Twenty One Pilots, Cage the Elephant, Subl-
Random bands that we got hired. The same bands every year, by the way. Cage the Elephant, Sublime. It used to be Sublime with Rome.
Now it's-
Now, it's just Sublime
... is this the iHeart Christmas Music Festival?
Um, uh, I- I'm assuming ... No, this is the, uh, it, it's January 17th, so it's-
Oh, okay. So just the, the iHeart Music Festival.
Yeah, the, the, what they do every January.
Yeah, okay.
-Blime, Good Charlotte, Miles Smith, Almost Monday, and more. Tickets are sold out. Your only way in now is to win.
Yeah, that's because they gave all the tickets to Capital One st- staff members. [laughs]
They did. [laughs]
[laughs] The, the CEO and his family, the CFO and their family. [laughs]
Oh, my god.
Chances-
So if you wanna get in, text Mario too. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
[laughs] Should I text Mario? Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's see.
[laughs]
Every weekday for you to win your trip for two. AllMario.com/AlterEgo to find out how to win yours, and good luck. [instrumental music playing]
So that was just a-
They don't even give a text to win?
No, they just say, "Hey, listen for that-"
Go to the website?
No, they say, "Listen for that sounder," I think, or-
No, it said, "Go to the website to find out-"
For more information.
Yeah.
Yeah. 'Cause I can't imagine it's a call-in contest, 'cause this show is pre-recorded.
Oh, right.
You can't call Mario.
Well, there's that one underpaid, way underpaid iHeart Media employee that's just sitting there at the board screening phone calls and running the show-
[laughs]
... that's answering for Mario Lopez. When they air that sounder, I bet they hate themselves.
Uh, the Mario Lopez impersonator?
Oh, yeah.
No, I sound different over the phone. [laughs]
[laughs] Well, that's, I think that's enough trash talk. I think we just move on from that crap.
Yeah, that show sucks. [instrumental music playing]
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