[upbeat music] The noon hour of Madness and Mayhem, the podcast
It's the noon hour of Madness and Mayhem. What's up, Peaches?
Oh, nothing. It's pre-Friday. I'm excited for tomorrow because every week should feel like, you know, we're wasting life away.
[laughs] Oh, yeah.
We, we should just, you know, work that corporate grind Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 5:00, and then hope for those last two days-
Ugh
... where you get to just do nothing or you have no energy to do anything, and then it's back to the old, you know, sitting here and talking to the microphones.
Yep. This weekend's gonna be one of those that just flies by for me, I'm sure.
Yeah.
Gotta go visit, uh, my cousin in Salt Lake.
Oh.
Yeah, she's flying in from Minnesota, just wanted to get out of town. She's like, "I'm gonna go to Salt Lake with the kids."
During these gas prices?
That's right. That's right. So, yeah. I'm gonna burn plenty of gas in my truck driving down there and-
Is it, is it burning faster for you, too?
Oh, it sure seems like it.
It, it seems like it's way bad.
Yeah.
It seems like ... I saw, I saw a status on Facebook saying that my car is, uh, guzzling gas like a Capri Sun.
Yeah, dude. What, what are they putting in the fuel-
Yeah, I, uh-
... to make it go away quicker?
Mine usually lasts pretty long but all of a sudden it's de- depleting.
Yeah. It's concerning, man.
Even just traveling to and from Rexburg, yeah.
Well, dude, driving to and from Rexburg, that'll, uh, that'll knock the da- the gas down fairly quick. You know, I, I know if I do a trip to Poky and back and then I look at my gas tank, I'm mad.
Well, Rexburg's not nearly as far as Pocatello.
Not as far but it's still-
I do find it-
... a decent drive
... I do find it funny that that's like the normal commute still around here.
Mm.
Like, driving from Idaho Falls to Pocatello, some people do that, like, every day.
Oh, yeah.
I would ... That would drive me nuts.
I used to do it. I used to drive here from Poky.
I used to drive from Seal Beach to Burbank.
And how long did that take?
That, that's a- about the same distance but it's like an hour and a half.
[laughs]
That's why when I come out here I'm like, "I don't wanna drive that far, okay?
[laughs]
I'm gonna stay where I'm at, okay?" There's been plenty of people who have, like, said, "Hey, I got something for you in Pocatello."
Mm-hmm.
I'm like, "I'll get it in a couple weeks when I feel like making the big commitment down there."
Oh, I know. I'll see like a new restaurant or something pop up in Poky. I'm like, "That, that looks really good." And then, uh, do I ever get down there? No.
Yeah. [laughs]
[laughs] No.
I've never been to A&W and then I see the post yesterday that they're closing down in Pocatello and, uh-
Well, there is an A&W off of, uh, exit 93 in Blackfoot, or at least there used to be. I don't know if it's still there.
I can't keep track.
Yeah. And I haven't been there in a long time but I, I remember it being pretty good. I'm always down for a burger. You know me. Burger time.
I, I've never been but I do like their root beer.
I was gonna get, uh, a burger yesterday at lunchtime but, uh, ended up with the grocery store sushi because everybody apparently wanted a burger yesterday and I was not gonna wait in the fast food lines.
I do love the, uh, the shortcut thing you can do where, like, if you see the drive-through line is pretty long you can just order on the app and then go around the drive-through and then go park in one of those spaces, get your food before them.
I didn't know you could do that.
I'm dumb, Peaches.
[laughs]
I'm dumb.
Trust me, a guy like me doesn't wait in lines.
Yeah. Like I, I considered, you know, oh, I wanna, I wanna go get some, uh, Raising Canes, and then I was like, eh, that's like, you know, two hours on the road. You know, and the amount of gas I'd burn, then you gotta wait in line-
All that for chicken tenders
... then you gotta buy the food. They're good. They're good but-
And-
... I'm a burger guy. You know, if it was a In-N-Out I would've been down there.
Oh, dude, me too. [laughs]
[laughs] I would've been down there, that's for sure. I would've been probably opening day one of those idiots standing out front for two hours.
You're like, "I'm waiting for the burger c- the burger coin," with the, the whole th- Remember that?
Oh. Huh. A burger coin. Yeah.
Oh, you, you don't know about that.
No, I don't know about that.
Sorry about that.
What, what's that about?
Uh, if you get a burger coin that's a rare commo- that's a rare collectible.
Okay.
Uh, y- you can tr- trade it in for a free burger but they're worth a lot of money. You can sell it on eBay for a good amount.
Huh. We'll have to acquire eBay.
If, if you're the first person to visit any In-N-Out store, any new In-N-Out store-
You get a burger coin
... you get a burger coin, a T-shirt. I think you shake, like, the owner's hand. Lynsi Snyder's awesome. She's qui- quite a tiny woman but her wallet is huge.
Wow. Yeah. People are selling them for, uh, fairly hefty prices-
Mm-hmm
... on, uh, eBay. Hmm. Wow. Yeah. I, I don't think I'd turn it in for a burger.
No, you gotta-
I'd sell it.
Yeah. [laughs]
Give, give me that 100 bucks.
Obviously.
Totally. [upbeat music] It's the noon hour of Madness and Mayhem. We intended to start the show by talking about exciting things coming, uh, tomorrow.
We might have a few big announcements-
Oh
... in the near future.
Yeah. There, there's a lot going on in the next week is all I can say. An, a number of announcements. One of them's a big giveaway we're gonna s- you know, start doing tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 10:00 AM is when we'll do the, the big announcement-
It-
... that something is coming
... it's a secret what it is.
We've been playing the teaser. A, a listener hit me up on Snapchat saying, "This teaser has been killing me all week."
[laughs] Well, it's something that people will like, I guarantee that. And then other announcements coming, we're not sure exactly when. But, uh-
I, I have a good g- I have a good idea.
Yeah.
But-
I have a rough idea
... I can already see the Facebook comments now.
There, there'll be a handful that it's like, come on, guys.
Yeah.
But, you know, I might think, uh, people are gonna be excited in general. So make sure you're listening at the end of the morning show tomorrow, 10:00 AM. Peaches and I will announce a big giveaway and, um, and, and we've got a ton of stuff getting lined up. It's, uh-
Yeah. I just sent in another ticket proposal. I'm trying my best to hook up as many listeners as I can with concert tickets 'cause-
Yeah. Yeah
... our, our good friend Elwood, I should say your good friend Elwood, 'cause I've never talked to the guy myself-
[laughs]
... I just added ... or he added me on Facebook-
Ah
... uh, quite a long time ago but, uh, um, he was talking about how, like, you know, you should listen to radio for concert tickets, meet and greets, VIP experiences.
Yeah.
Don- don't be one of those people that, you know, "I only listen to Spotify." Good luck paying for your concert tickets then.
Yeah.
Insert explicit word here.
There you go. I only listen to Spotify. When's the last time they gave you free tickets and meet and greets to a show?
Well, that's what Adam from The X commented on my, on my post when I shared Elwood's little rant there.
Mm-hmm.
He was like, "When was the last time Spotify gave you a free pair of tickets for a show?"
Yeah, or your favorite, uh, terrible local podcast-
Oh, God
... that's garbage. When's the last time they hooked you up with free tickets to a show?
I don't think anybody's listening to those guys for-
Probably
... anything really 'cause I, I s- I think ... Oh, it's funny 'cause I think they, uh, the, the Life in Idaho Falls Facebook group-
Mm-hmm
... they changed their cover photo to some other business now.
Oh.
So that person, that local podcaster paid a good amount of money for like a week-
[laughs]
... to have their podcast logo on this-... crappy graphic. [laughs] And sure enough, it just disappears-
Yeah
... and get replaced by, like, a tax business.
[laughs]
[laughs] So take that.
[upbeat music] Peaches just saw [laughs] a big fun show announcement.
[laughs]
I- I'm guessing that was posted yesterday. [laughs]
Yes, it was. Uh-
[laughs]
... Cullen from Sleep Theory shared it on his Instagram story, and I had a good laugh from it.
It is pretty funny. Snoozefest?
Yeah, Snoozefest in-
Where are they holding it? [laughs]
Um,
oh my God. [laughs] It, it doesn't even say the venue.
No.
But it says, "Grab your ticket in a butt flap onesie." [laughs]
[laughs]
"Get your bundle at sleeptalker.us."
Oh my gosh.
April 20th, 2026, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, The Sleep Train Arena.
[laughs] The Sleep Train Arena.
It's a-
Okay
... Snoozefest with Sleep Token, Sleep Theory, Sleeping With Sirens, Sleep Talker, While She Sleeps-
[laughs]
... Armor for Sleep, Team Sleep, Sleep Wave-
[laughs]
... overall, just sleep.
[laughs]
O Sleeper, Sleep Walker, Sleeping Giant, Sleep On It.
That's a great show.
[laughs]
Snoozefest. I can't wait to attend.
Make that a real thing. I mean-
D-
... come on
... that would be a great show. That's a good lineup.
That's why I think some of these, like, uh, April Fools' Day pranks, they should actually be real. Like-
Oh, yeah
... the, the Salt Lake City International Airport posted about how there's a... how they were gonna start with these machines, uh, being installed, um, that will give you dirty soda while you wait for your flight.
Yeah.
Why, why can't that be real?
Exactly. Or did you see the one about the water tower getting painted?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, that should be real. [laughs]
We made it all colorful and blah, blah, blah. And, uh, yeah, let's do that.
Uh, a follow-
Let's make the, the water tower colorful
... a follow-up on the whole Trader Joe's thing. I called the HQ yesterday.
Mm-hmm.
I called Trader Joe's HQ. They didn't know about it. I was like, "Well, there is a banner being used in Idaho Falls with your guys' logo on it."
Yeah, I mean-
"And it goes to your website."
It looks legit.
So I either got somebody in trouble, or they're not really-
[laughs]
... gonna do anything about it-
[laughs]
... 'cause they just don't really care. But also, I remember last year, the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber thought it would be h- a hilarious idea to do the same prank about-
[laughs]
... faking Trader Joe's was coming to Idaho Falls.
[laughs]
Which is just a horrible prank because-
[laughs]
... everybody wants Trader Joe's.
Yeah.
And the fact that you're making it a joke-
Yeah
... instead of actually trying to get the store just shows how scummy you really are.
Yeah.
Like, like, [laughs] come on.
Come on, bring them in. I mean-
But those people are coming to our, our building here shortly-
[laughs]
... so I should not talk a lot of trash about those guys. [laughs]
Oh, yeah, that's true. We're gonna have a great time hanging out with them.
Oh, yeah.
It's gonna be loads of fun.
We yelled at them for not bringing Trader Joe's-
[laughs]
... to the area, even though it's, like, not even their f- I don't think it's really their-
Yeah
... choice. [laughs]
No, I think it's up to, um, Trader Joe's-
Yeah, no kidding
... to get their act up.
They, they have a distribution center nearby, very similar to In-N-Out.
Yeah.
Um, but it would be awesome to have Trader Joe's here. One of the guys who has a really cool accent on the Idaho Falls Chamber, yeah, I don't know, I don't know if he's from Ireland or Scotland. He has a really cool little accent going on, but, uh, he was talking [laughs] about how they sold the statue to G- Gavin Newsom in California-
[laughs]
... the chief totem statue.
Yeah.
Going along with what that one guy posted.
Mm-hmm.
I think it's great they have a sense of humor.
Yeah. We need more just laughs.
But the Trader Joe's thing was a little too far.
[laughs] Yeah.
Like, I've got my hopes up. I was all excited.
[laughs]
I, I, I told, uh, Katie from Z103, I called the HQ. She's like, "It's a prank, dude. You know, obviously it's not real."
[laughs]
But I'm like, "Come on."
You never know. You never know.
Yeah.
I mean, we've got a lot of new stuff coming. They announced, you know, Raising Cane's in Idaho Falls yesterday.
Chipotle is coming right by-
Chipotle
... the mall.
Yeah.
I mean...
And we've heard rumors of other things that we're not gonna discuss on air.
Yeah, rumors that I, I, I'll believe it when I see it kind of thing.
Yeah. Yeah.
And I- I'm hoping.
I'm hoping too. I'm hoping too, just hopefully not in my neighborhood- [laughs]
Oh, yeah
... 'cause I'm, [laughs] I'm just, I'm fat enough.
I'm not looking forward to the, the day that the, uh, Rexburg, the new Rexburg temple opens up, because I get off that exit to get to Aubrey's place.
Oh, it'll probably be pretty busy at that exit.
Oh, it's gonna suck.
Yeah. Yeah, I... They, they're building it right next to the freeway.
Yeah.
Yeah. So.
It's a perfect Rexburg thing. Just get, get off the freeway, go right to the temple. [laughs]
There you go. Roll right in. [upbeat music] It's the noon hour of madness and mayhem.
I'm Peaches.
I'm Victor.
Uh, quite a long time ago, we made fun of, uh,
this one reel that popped up on my feed that said, "If only the radio sounded like this again."
Oh, yeah.
And it had Casey Kasem like, "This is Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule the World."
Yeah, it w- it was terrible.
Yeah.
It was, it was awful.
It, it-
Like, nobody wants radio to sound like that again, or we're gonna have no listeners left.
Oh, I listened to-
Right?
I, I've, I've been meaning to check out this station. Obviously, I knew it was gonna be a train wreck. It's here in the area. They do all talk. You, you know which one I'm talking about.
There's a couple of them.
Well, uh-
Is it the one that I've trashed on repeatedly?
Yeah, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
It, it, it's, it's, like, KID or something like that.
Well, KID's one, and then there's News Talk, um, with, you know, Neil Larson.
Oh.
Yeah.
So it's a different one.
Yeah.
I thought it was the same one.
No, there's, there's two. KID, I think, does a lot of the, uh... I think most of their shows are national.
I think so too.
Well, I think the other one is too, other than the terrible Neil and Julie show, which is garbage.
'Cause I tuned in at 10:00 PM last night. I went to Walmart to grab-
Okay
... a picture frame, and I'm like, "I wanna see what they're airing this late at night."
Was it Coast to Coast?
No, it was a guy named, like, Joe Pags or something like that.
Joe Pags?
J- something. It was a dumb name, and he sounded like this.
[laughs]
He's like, "Wow, the Supreme Court made this decision. Wow, okay, what happened there?"
[laughs]
It's, it's like, dude, why do you, why do you talk like that?
'Cause it's fun, Peach. Fun to talk like that. I, I don't know. Radio people are weird, dude.
[laughs] Some of the old-fashioned radio people that just are so funny to me. It's, it's just the fact that you come to work and you put on this voice.
Oh, yeah. Well, and I have... People always ask us about our radio voice, and I explain to them, like, "I... You're listening to me right now."
Yeah.
"I talk this way all the time."
This is us talking to each other.
[laughs] Yes.
Just-
This is how we talk
... there was one listener who was like, "Oh, you guys really talk to each other like that." It's like, well, duh.
Yeah.
Like, it's not a fake thing.
No. [laughs]
[laughs]
We're, we're not characters.
Yeah.
All right?
Hi, everybody. Welcome to the noon hour of madness and mayhem.
Let's get into today's birthdays and this day in history.
[laughs] Olivia Rodrigo. Wow, she's a smoke show.
Oh, geez.
By the way, I'm 64.
[laughs] Those guys.
[laughs]
Ugh, nothing worse than a Top 40 radio DJ who's in his 60s.
Well, the reason why I brought up that whole reel is because some girl was talking about how, "I finally splurged on something that makes my kitchen just that much better." And look what she bought, Victor.
I c- I can't see what it ... Is it a radio?
It's a, an old-fashioned radio that, uh, hooks onto the bottom of your cupboard.
Wow.
So you can listen to the good old tunes. 'Cause people, I think, are really, really, really wanting to hear, like, good old-fashioned country radio. They're really wanting that, uh, like, "Oh, here's George Strait with I Had Fun with My Truck," or I don't know. But-
Well, you can check out Farm Country 1260 or 105 Legends.
Sure.
Yeah.
105 Outlaw, if you wanna get really cowboy dirty with it.
That's right. You know, we got a number of options. And dude, I, I don't know if it's just 'cause I follow the radio subreddit and so, you know, I end up getting a lot of those posts because we talk about radio a lot, but I'm wondering if there is a, a growing number of young people who are finding radio hip. 'Cause I've been seeing all these people asking for advice on what kind of radio they should buy and things like that.
Cool.
Showing off the radios they're buying.
Yeah. I've been really wanting to get an old-fashioned just clock like my parents used to have.
Mm-hmm.
Where they ... You could wake up to the, the, a, a horrible sound [laughs] of, like, a, a radio station, because it was just, like-
Yeah
... it was just a, a terrible quality speaker.
Yeah. I bet you could pick 'em up at a thrift store.
I mean, the RadioShack still exists.
And there is still a RadioShack in Idaho Falls.
Do, okay, so do, do they sell radios there?
I don't know. I've gone in there to buy, um, like fuses and things for amps, stuff like that.
As a kid I would go in there and get RC cars.
Yeah.
And you would get the giant batteries to
put in them and then charge them up via this other charger-
Mm-hmm
... and of course, and all of that. But I never actually went in there for a radio.
Yeah. I would think the best place to get an old-fashioned clock radio would be a thrift store.
Or, like, the antique mall?
May- maybe there.
Try to see if you can find, like, a golden-
Yeah, like Goodwill probably has them for, like, a dollar. You know? 'Cause who wants 'em?
Well, Target's selling them actually.
Are they?
Oh, yeah. They're selling, like, the good old-fashioned-
Huh
... uh, analog ... Not the analog. What's it ... Are, are they, are they called analog?
Right. I guess it would be called analog.
Yeah. It's, uh, the good old-fashioned just alarm clock. Not alarm clock. The radio thing. You know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, radio flashlight.
The one that looks like that, with the red, the red font and everything.
Yeah.
Looks like that. I, I need to get one.
You should. You should.
[laughs]
Everybody, you know, get a home radio. I've got a, um, a radio at my house. It's, uh, one of those ones that looks like an old-fashioned radio and has, like, a built-in turntable. But the only thing that works on it is the radio.
I was gonna say-
So
... like, I think if I set the alarm on it for, like, 7:20 every morning, I'll wake up to your show-
Which you won't
... which I don't, I don't wanna hear that. [laughs]
Hey, good morning.
I'm tired and I'm cranky and my stomach hurts.
[laughs] Right when you wake up, just me complaining.
It's better though than, like, "Hey, let's talk about that Supreme Court decision, huh?"
Oh, geez. Yeah. Can you imagine waking up to political talk every day?
Oh.
I can't imagine just talking politics. I mean, seriously.
It'd be an easy job, 'cause you'd, you'd just pick a side and then feed them, you know, the opinion they wanna hear. You'd just go through the news and be like, "All right. Here's what ... I know what you want me to say."
It, it'd be easy.
And just like every-
Political talk
... just like every other show, they have that one, like, lousy cohost that just parrots everything they say.
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah.
It, it's so silly. I, like, but being a cohost is the easiest job.
[laughs] Just laugh.
Yeah. You-
You know, just sit back laughing, go, [laughs] "You're right."
You have to laugh or either be, like, uh, in a relationship with the, with the main host-
Yeah
... kind of thing.
Or a- appear that way.
Yeah.
You know?
Mm-hmm.
Which is weird. But yeah. Buy yourself a radio, people. It's good to have one in your house. You know.
I, I ... If young people are listening to us, again, that'd be cool.
Yeah. No. I, just like I said, I've been seeing a lot of posts where people are talking about, you know, purchasing radios, showing them off, asking, you know, about stations they should check out and things. And, um, yeah. It's, it's ... It could just be my feed. But seeing any interest in actual radios [laughs] is, is good to see.
Well, there-
'Cause, you know, I know most people listen in their car.
There was a whole status talking about how, um, like, "Oh, there should be an around the clock podcast that gives you updates in real time." And someone said, "That's just radio, dummy."
[laughs] Yeah, exactly.
[laughs]
It's called live radio. It's happening right now, as we speak. Well, Peaches, I hope that the pit party goes good today. You have fun with that. I-
I'm about to get cr- crazy with some, uh, some new music to kick off the show.
Ooh. What does Peaches have for his pick of the day? Find out at 2:00 PM when he comes back in here and starts yapping again. And, uh, I think it's food time, Peaches. It's food time.
It's been food time.
I know. I'm hungry. All right. Bye, people. Time to feast. [upbeat music]
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