Podcast appearances and mentions of matt dunn

Get the inside scoop from Matt Dunn with the Texas Hill Country Show & Sale Sept. 5-6 2025 in Fredericksburg Tx. Lots of great people and outstanding Dorper & White Dorper sheep will be in the Sat. Sale. Keep your eyes open for more info on thier FB @ Texas Hill County Dorper Group and on the web @ THCDorper.com

Magician Matt Dunn discusses his roots in magic and then explains how he puts that magical knowledge into scaring people silly in his dream project, Scream Town!Matt Dunn Interview starts at 00:02:41“I Love That” starts at 00:37:20Chapter Nineteen of “The Miser's Dream” starts at 00:42:17LINKSThe Eli Marks Mystery Series: http://www.elimarksmysteries.com/Get yourself a Free Eli Marks Short Story: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jj1r1yaavjListen to an Eli Marks Audio Short Story: https://BookHip.com/LZBPPMDMatt Dunn website: https://www.magicianmattdunn.com/Matt Dunn House Tour Video: https://youtu.be/21zVdv8El3YScream Town website: https://screamtown.com/Jonathan Creek Fan Site: http://www.jonathancreek.net/ Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple: https://www.hbo.com/movies/stevie-van-zandt-discipleCheck out the Occasional Film Podcast: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/the-podcast

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown bring on PLL stats analyst Joe Keegan to preview the 2024 title game matchup between the fourth-seeded Maryland Whipsnakes against the second-seeded Utah Archers (0:00-40:58). Then, Rosie and Kevin travel up to Philadelphia for the PLL Championship Media Day for interviews with Archers captain Ryan Ambler (40:59-48:16), coach Chris Bates (48:16-1:01:02), goalie Brett Dobson (1:01:03-1:04:29), Whipsnakes head coach Jim Stagnitta (1:04:29-1:23:22), Maryland midfielder Colin Heacock (1:23:23-1:28:21),  captain defenseman Matt Dunn (1:28:23-1:35:03) and lastly LSM Colin Squires (1:35:08-1:39:25).

It is a Thursday edition of Glenn Clark Radio. Lots to do on the program as we recap the Orioles extra-inning loss last night in Boston, losing the series in Fenway, we'll go over the lack of offense, the defense not picking up the pitching again and much more as the birds have a day off before their weekend set in Detroit. It is a Thursday, so that means we'll go over picks for the weekend with our guy Ken Zalis, he'll join us at 10:30am as we talk Maryland, Ravens and the other marque matchups coming up this weekend in the NFL and in College. At 11am, we will then head down to College Park to check in with WR Tai Felton after some very productive work in week 1 and week 2, we'll preview the Terps trip to Charlotesville to take on Virginia, see how Tai is doing, what's been working and much more. At 11:20am, we will preview the Ravens home opener with CBS PxP voice Andrew Catalon, who will be in Baltimore calling Ravens-Raiders. At 11:45am, we will talk some lacrosse with Maryland Whipsnakes defenseman and Maryland native Matt Dunn, before the Whips take on the Archers in the PLL Championship this Sunday! Plus, to wrap the program we will listen in to the second segment of Tuesday's 'Arthur Maulet Show' with Art and his special guest, former Terp and now Ravens Safety Beau Brade...

Heartwarming Last Show. Opening Monologues. Biden Drops Out. The Legend of Trump Grows. Looking forward to 47 MAGA November. Host Matt Dunn reminisces with constant beautiful, wonderful callers about two decades in Colorado talk radio. The Salem Denver phase comes to a close in great spirits and good cheer. A warm salute to management and so many mentors along the way. The Soil of America. Our wild ride since The Escalator. The word is LOVE. Future updates to be posted on Twitter/X handle: @BackboneRadioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heartwarming Last Show. Host Matt Dunn talks Biden dropping out and President Trump surviving an assassination attempt. Miracle of Millimeters. Divine intervention, the Armor of God. Reminiscing with constant beautiful, wonderful callers about two decades in Colorado talk radio. Sharing courage and inspiration and suffering and good times. America First. Books, world music and movies. Mountains, Fitness and Philosophy. Christian Mysticism, Yoga and Zen Breathing. The word is LOVE. Future updates to be posted on Twitter/X handle: @BackboneRadioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heartwarming Last Show. MAGA Ascendant. Backbone Vindication Galore. Checkmate for the Deep State. The bad people are being defeated, right on schedule. But let us be expecting many more tricks along the way. An era of spiritual warfare. The mythologies of our own time. The Iconic Trump Fist Photo.  Propaganda, Gulags and the Matrix. Colorado family skiing, climbing, trekking. The beautiful wife, the four young children. The fancy new dental office. Next adventures await. A comprehensive salute to the brilliant, wonderful people of Backbone Country. Host reminisces with constant amazing callers. SO LONG SADDLE PALS! The word is LOVE. Future updates to be posted on Twitter/X handle: @BackboneRadio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. Failed Assassination Attempt On President Donald Trump. Bloodied but unbowed, Trump survives. Describing the iconic image of the century, defiant Trump with fist in the air. Remarkable statesmanship from a remarkable leader. MAGA now more than ever. Onward to Save America. Knowing where to look. Elon Musk endorses Trump. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump takes a bullet for America. Impeached, arrested, convicted — now shot. “It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,” states Donald Trump after surviving an assassination attempt. A miracle of millimeters, a divine turning of the head. How history itself can hang by a thread. The forces of evil cross another rubicon, but not in the direction intended. Observing commentary from Erik Prince on the Secret Service. Narrative skepticism. Prayers for victim Corey Comperatore. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The World Has Changed. The American People do not want any of this. Let us pray for the small few who remain benighted. Let us not be discouraged by some contrary corners of the media. Resilient Donald Trump arrives in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. A visit with Randy Corporon from the RNC. Host expresses concerns over Leftist rhetoric, including the now infamous “put Trump in a bullseye” comment from Joe Biden. Thankful for Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, one window of comparatively free expression at this crucial moment in history. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hoping Biden Sticks It Out. The longer Biden drags out the drama, the better. Maximum angst for the Beltway. Hitting the fan? Notes on common sense MAGA Centrism. Indiana Jones and Backbone. Morrissey and Panic. Stephanopolous tells Biden not to play the “crowd game” with Trump. If he's still awake. Perfect timing of their own making. More Dad Wisdom. The comedy continues. How to Climb a Colorado Fourteener. Vegetable segments on th intricacies of Turnips, Rhubarb and Rutabaga. Posture and Propriety. The Old Rugged Cross. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twilight of the Hoaxocracy. Media hoaxes collapsing along with the Biden Presidency. Scott Adams expects “massive mental breakdowns” on the Left, as they develop an awareness of how they've been hoaxed all along. UPspeaking with MSNBC Nicole Wallace. Should Biden Stay or Go Now? Flashbacks to The Clash. KJP declares Kamala Harris “the future” of the Democratic Party. Do they have a plan? If so, is it a good one? Meanwhile, host family vignettes. Summiting Quandary Peak 14,271 with the kids. A bald eagle and a herd of Mountain Goats way up high. Dad Wisdom. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. The Dam Breaking around Joe Biden. Full Scale Panic on the Left. Even so, Puppet Biden attempts rebellion against the string pullers. How long will it last? A mere bad “episode” or an actual failed presidency? Jill Biden on the cover of Vogue magazine. MAGA Winning. Trump soaring ever higher in the polls. Exquisite timing. The right side of history. Meanwhile, skiing legend CJ Mueller reads the entire Declaration of Independence before a big Breckenridge crowd. The will to save America. Colorado high altitude holidays. With Great Listener Calls.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. Biden Blows the Debate. Massive victory for Trump, who has perfected the dignified sideways look. Documenting the widespread panic on the Left. Extinction level event? Democrats need a new puppet, and fast. Reviewing the many risks involved in throwing Biden overboard. One too many tricks? Too clever by half? The Kamala Problem. Gavin Newsom and Michele Obama. The Great Golf Conflict. I've seen your swing! Meanwhile, Julian Assange goes free. Tributes to colleague Randy Corporon. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shocked and Duped. The predatory Beltway pretends to be stunned by Biden's bad health. Jonathan Turley on all the duping, but yet still mingling. Flashbacks to the Casablanca of Humphrey Bogart. A bigger collapse for the Left than many realize. Implosion of the MSM Hoaxocracy. Lotta floors to fall through, as propaganda evaporates. The 102 Million Eyeballs. How will the Deep State respond to their self-inflicted checkmate? Kick over the chessboard? But, that backfires too. Right on cue, Leftist Macron losing in France. The whole world seems to be saying enough of all the Leftist weirdness. Chris Matthews on the risks of alienating Biden voters. Dems stuck with the guy? Bill Maher hopes not. Plus, savvy Trump offers praise for the “beautiful” Taylor Swift. With Great Listener CallsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Red Sky Mourning. America at odds with its foundational principles. But where can we go? No new world for which to sail. Talking the new thriller from Jack Carr. Planting our flag right here at home on this week of July Fourth. Addressing the problem from within. Betrayed by the people in power. Rightsiding the American Flag. Observing ongoing vindication for Backbone Radio. Hoaxes leaving no traces. The perils of puppetry. Bill Kristol turns on Biden. Jill Biden not yet letting go. Dig It, Lebowski, Whoomp There It Is. Meanwhile, J.R.R. Tolkein on myth, muscle and learning. The ideal of the Scholar Warrior. The ring-bearer wearing a tuxedo, at age three. The Swim Meet DJ. Host family vignettes. Happy Fourth! With Great Listener CallsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. Tuning out the noise, just waiting to vote Trump in November. Calm and cool through all the forthcoming mayhem. Let us expect anything and everything. Speculations on VP prospects for Donald Trump. The pros and cons of Carson, Burgum, Vance, Vivek and others. What are the goals here? The big reveal coming soon. First Debate Looms. Massive MAGA crowds in Philly. Summer heat in Colorado. Six More Miles. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Salvation In Motion. Walking through our troubles with philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. The best thoughts are found on the road. Upbuilding discourses on mindfulness, health and well-being. Host to become a beauty influencer? Meanwhile, debate prep for Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Advising calm, generous statesmanship through the inevitable CNN gotcha questions. Maybe a gurney for Sleepy Joe? Happy Birthday to SCOTUS Clarence Thomas, truly great American. KJP and Cheap Fakes. Preliminaries on Muscle Cars. The 455 Rocket. Welcome to the Occupation. RIP Donald Sutherland, Anouk Aimee, Francoise Hardy and Willie Mays. La Dolce Vita. With Great Listener CallsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Right Side of History. Who's on it now? Everybody knows. Checking the progressive shibboleth from Karl Marx to Rosa Luxemburg to Barack Obama. The “currents of history” now rolling MAGA. But will the Left try to tamper with destiny? Clarence Thomas on “north is still north” even when they're yelling at you. Meanwhile, a salute to American hero Mister Rogers. Yearning for a more innocent America. More on Muscle Cars. Trump clips from Philadelphia, Wisconsin and D.C. What, no more bacon? Illegal aliens murdering young women in Biden's America. Trump calls the family of Rachel Morin, mother of five. Reviewing 25 Ways America is being destroyed. Enough of all that maybe? Gram Parsons pedal steel. High altitude listeners. The tides of faith. Dark powers and principalities. Ephesians 6. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bowdlerization of Frederick Forsyth. A conversation with author Larry Taunton about his discovery that select passages have been removed from Forsyth's 1984 blockbuster spy thriller The Fourth Protocol. Reviewing the mysteriously vanished paragraphs detailing “how Marxists penetrate the government, the police, and the army especially and capture them from within.” Straightforward editing? Or perhaps stealth concealment of Marxist strategy for the overthrow of Western governments? The Day of the Jackal. Notes on the Grave of Gramsci and the nihilism of John LeCarre. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Proposes NO TAXES ON TIPS. Exploring this truly brilliant, common sense idea. Let us prepare for all baristas, wait staff and hair stylists to go full MAGA 2024. Observing the phenomenon of customers writing messages on their receipts: “A vote for Trump is a vote for no tax on tips!!” Kid Rock spreads the word. Meanwhile, host opines on the subterfuge of Marxist intellectuals. The bogus ideology that gives them purpose. More fake rhetoric from Trudeau. Gagging over phony Paul Ryan. Praise for the undistractable Charlene. MSNBC on the dating scene. Ruling Class bringing back the draft? Preparing for war? With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's All Fixable. How Trump's unique common sense can quickly resolve the American Quagmire. Sundance on thinking outside the Administrative State. Trump leading Biden in Minnesota and Virginia. Wow. Europe going MAGA again after years of Leftist failure. Macron on the ropes in France. Sampling the latest incoherent babble from Biden, and the latest vapidity from Kamala. Will the Dems take them off the ticket? A Maryland mother of five is murdered by an illegal immigrant in Biden's America. Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler sends a message to the White House. Ricky Gervais mocks celebrity expertise. Newly released audio shows Pelosi taking “responsibility” for J6. Why do we get that now? Plus, a meteorologist describes the Apple Weather App as “garbage.” More host validation. Happy Father's Day. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How To Think About Revenge 2024. Trump well above the fray, prefers "success" over settling scores. Gentle Dr. Phil agrees. But Bannon not so much, goes hard against Deep State "Gestapo." Confirmed FBI liar McCabe plays victim on CNN. Observing the guilty conscience of the Ruling Class, hands too long in the cookie jar. It's on them. Shakespeare on how "the whirligig of time brings in his revenges." The wisdom of George Kennan on how to deal with raging communists. Wyatt Earp v. Ike Clanton. Call it accountability? Call it justice? Meanwhile, a Las Vegas crowd sings Happy Birthday to Trump. Billionaire David Sacks endorses Trump in a very thoughtful essay. Plus, the Washington Post suddenly realizes it's lost half its readership. Hard times for Deep State stenography. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. Preliminaries on Retribution. Trump Rally Las Vegas. Raises $400 Million and counting after bogus conviction. FBI admits Hunter Biden Laptop permissible as evidence in the Hunter Biden trial, apparently not tampered with by Russians after all. So what about those "51 former intelligence officials" who said otherwise back in 2020? Rigging indeed. GOP has rolled over all along. Joe Biden gets weird at D-Day Memorial in France. A new dance? Plus, the perils of phone weather apps in Colorado. Vignettes on trail runs and swim meets. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mission Possible. Should you choose to accept it. President Trump and Dr. Phil talk about overcoming the "evil forces" at work in American politics. Russell Brand channels Paul the Apostle on our "struggle against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world." Vignettes on the Armor of God and Ephesians 6. Good and evil, heroes and villains. We know where we stand. Meanwhile, UFC Dana White says Trump is by far the greatest fighter and "the most resilient human being" he has ever met. A truly special set of skills during a time of such high historical stakes. Sampling Steve Bannon's courthouse defiance and brimming optimism. France hands a sweet big loss to WEF Macron. Worldwide MAGA. Additional commentary on revenge. Plus, how tennis star Steffi Graf handled a hollered proposal of marriage. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. Host and callers respond to the bogus Trump conviction. Gut check knowing the wrongitude. As predicted, the fix was in. So Trump raises $200M in 48 hours. Yet another elite backfire, another of the sick formalities we must observe en route to replacing our corrupt Ruling Class. Notes on the hazy blur of propaganda. Calm and cool MAGA poised for victory 2024. UFC crowd blows the roof off for Trump. Worse than useless GOP. Psychology of Marxism. Leftist poison for SCOTUS. Hat tip to honky-tonker Charley Crockett. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fight The Power. Bitter Clinger Ruling Class crossing one Rubicon after another. Newt Gingrich on the desperate, dangerous Beltway facing full collapse. Mollie Hemingway on the embarrassing loss of American moral authority in the aftermath of the bogus Trump conviction. The real damage being done. Even stalwart MSM hedging on this one. Notes on the unique corruption of Judge Merchan. More sound from UFC crowd going wild for Trump. Vivek says Trump wins. Let us make it so, clear and calm and super-motivated. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Problem from Within. Lincoln's Lyceum Speech and the Satanic Left. Biden's diabolical grin. Good and evil, heroes and villains, an era of spiritual warfare. Trump proud to go to prison for the US Constitution. Alan Watts on the psychology of tyranny. The fear of the elites, preparing for exile, but still pulling stunts to try to stick around. They should know better, they've had their chance and failed. The Left has lost the country, not popular. Trump on TikTok, now 8x more followers than Biden. Actor Dennis Quaid trumps Little DeNiro. Plus, Christian mystic Meister Eckhart on finding peace in the midst of turmoil. An upbuilding discourse on the right kind of detachment. Notes on the pilgrim's journey. An award for Producer John. Laughing out with Julio Iglesias. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. Iconic Trump Bronx Rally. From Stalinist NYC courtroom to the hood within the hood. MAGA Perfection 30K. We are all Americans, no divisive categories required. The honorable message for minority communities. Contrasting the vast energy differential between Trump and Sleepy Joe. Nate Silver lays the polling predicate for replacing Biden come August. Lawfare Backfires. FBI Deadly Force Preliminaries. French Quarter Memories. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bombshell: FBI Authorized Deadly Force at Mar-a-Lago Raid. More exposure for the sickness of the Deep State. So utterly unacceptable. Host sounds off. DOJ attempts pathetic spin response, but conveys brittle vulnerability. They know how BAD they are, the bitter clingers never expected any of this to see the light of day. Jackboot Smith attempts another egregious Gag Order on Trump. Sampling the indispensable Julie Kelly. HRC flashback. Plus, the absurd illogic of plastic bag laws at grocery stores. Maugham's Ashenden. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ruling Class Regrets. Lawfare Boomerang. Not merely backfiring, but actually creating superb momentum for Trump. The "convicted felon" canard would only create good company. Nigel Farage says the most important thing is Trump "must win." Meanwhile, contemplating Joseph Campbell and the mythological "hero's journey." The Trump Trilogy, iconism for the ages. Meanwhile, upbuilding against rumination. Avoiding inflating PTSD. The body knows the score. Advising action over thinking. Host commentary on "women's rage" retreats. Notes on the things that are NOT OK in American politics. Trump makes time for libertarians. Marxism as child abuse. Reprising Trump's noble message from the Bronx. Salutes to Memorial Day. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeremy Cox, Captain of the Lolita fishing team and co-founder of the Mongo Offshore Challenge, shares his fishing journey and the success of their recent fishing trip. The conversation covers topics such as Jeremy's fishing background, the Mongo Offshore Challenge, and their recent catch of a 704-pound blue marlin. They discuss the tournament format, the significance of the catch, and the importance of preserving and studying these fish. Jeremy also talks about the excitement of lure fishing and the thrill of anticipation. The conversation highlights the joy of fishing and the special moments shared with family and friends. The conversation revolves around the experience of catching marlin in the Gulf of Mexico and the importance of sustainable fishing practices. The guests discuss their recent catch of a 700-pound marlin and the challenges they faced during the fishing trip. They also touch on the significance of donating the meat from the catch to charities and zoos. The conversation highlights the love and passion marlin fishermen have for the species and their efforts to protect and conserve them. The guests also discuss the science and research that can be conducted using these rare event species. Additionally, they talk about the process of catching live bait in the Gulf of Mexico and the strategies they use to keep the bait fresh and alive. In this conversation, Jeremy from the Lolita Fishing Team discusses the evolution of live baiting in offshore fishing. He explains how the use of live bait tubes has become a common practice and how it has improved the ability to keep bait alive for longer periods. Jeremy also talks about the importance of fresh and frisky bait in attracting fish and shares tips on handling and caring for bait to keep it in optimal condition. He emphasizes the significance of structure, such as oil rigs, in creating fish aggregating devices (FADs) and attracting a variety of fish species. Jeremy also mentions the potential for future expansion of the Mongo Offshore Tournament to the East Coast and internationally.   Mongo Offshore Challenge East Coast Registration https://www.reeltimeapps.com/live/tournaments/2024-mongo-offshore-east-coast/register   Mongo App: Iphone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mongo-offshore-challenge/id1516755470 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reeltimeapps.mongo&pcampaignid=web_share   Keywords   fishing, blue marlin, tournament, Mongo Offshore Challenge, Gulf of Mexico, Lolita fishing team, catch, celebration, preservation, marlin, Gulf of Mexico, sustainable fishing, catch and release, fishing tournaments, conservation, live bait, tuna tubes, live baiting, offshore fishing, bait tubes, fresh bait, frisky bait, handling bait, oil rigs, fish aggregating devices, FADs, structure, Mongo Offshore Tournament   Takeaways   Jeremy Cox shares his fishing journey and the success of their recent fishing trip The Mongo Offshore Challenge is a season-long tournament that awards the biggest fish caught in various categories The Lolita fishing team caught a 704-pound blue marlin during the Hurricane Open tournament The catch was celebrated with family and friends, and the fish was donated to science for research purposes Lure fishing provides a unique thrill and anticipation for anglers Preserving and studying these fish is important for understanding their reproduction and population Marlin fishermen are passionate about the species and work towards their conservation and sustainability. Donating the meat from caught marlin to charities and zoos is a way to reduce waste and benefit the community. Catching live bait in the Gulf of Mexico can be challenging, especially during the day when the bait goes deep. Tuna tubes are used to keep live bait fresh and alive during fishing trips. The conversation highlights the importance of responsible fishing practices and the role of fishermen in scientific research and data collection. Live baiting has evolved over the years, with the use of live bait tubes becoming a common practice in offshore fishing. Fresh and frisky bait is essential in attracting fish, and there are techniques to handle and care for bait to keep it in optimal condition. Oil rigs serve as fish aggregating devices (FADs) by providing structure and attracting a variety of fish species. The Mongo Offshore Tournament is a popular fishing tournament that focuses on the Gulf of Mexico, but there are plans to expand to the East Coast and potentially internationally. Transcript: Katie (00:00.206) In today's episode, I'm sitting down with Captain Jeremy Cox as we dive into the Gulf of Mexico blue marlin fishery with big fish stories, tips on how to handle and maximize the health of your bait and why the oil rigs play such a valuable role in the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Katie (00:27.886) Welcome to the KDC Sawyer podcast. I'm your host Katie. And today I'm sitting with the captain of the Lolita fishing team. He's also the co -founder of the Mongo Offshore Challenge. Jeremy Cox, thank you so much for taking the time to sit with me today. No problem. Thank you so much for having us. It's my pleasure. Well, we've been talking about doing this for a long time and I'm really glad it worked out the way it did because you guys just had a heck of a fishing trip out of Grand Isle, Louisiana last week, which I really want to get into you guys. Spoiler alert. They caught a 704 pound blue Marlin, but Jeremy, tell us a little bit about you. Where are you from? What's your fishing experience and how did you get to where you are today? so, let's see. I'm, I was born in Maryland. Actually, my, my family's from Maryland. move my. family moved us to Pensacola, Florida back in the early 80s. And so I grew up in Florida. I was raised in Florida. I think I was two years old when we moved to Florida, Pensacola. And man, first fishing memory is like four years old. My brother, JD, which is also co -founder of the Mongo, he's my older brother by seven years. He took me fishing in a lake behind, you know, in our neighborhood behind our lake. caught a bass like the first trip and I was hooked. I was like man this is the thing now I probably pestered him every day after that can we go fishing can we go fishing you know we're going fishing and so that progressed into an addiction of fishing and my mom took me on a fishing charter when I was 10 years old out of Ocean City Maryland and I saw the mate you know back there with us and you know this guy driving the boat which was you know I learned was a captain and and we caught some tuna and I was like, these guys do this for a living? And my mom's like, yeah, this is what they do, you know? And I was like, man, I want to do that when I grow up. So my brother had a baseball scholarship. He went off to college and played baseball and moved to Birmingham, Alabama. And me and him always talked about owning our charter boat. So I got into the fishing industry. Like my first job was first fishing related jobs working at a place called Boaters World. They're out of business now, but. Katie (02:50.766) very like West Marine, it was around for years and it was a big box store for marine supplies and marine sales. So I worked there and figured that'd be a good opportunity to meet other fishermen. So long story short, met other captains and landed a mate job and started mating and me and my brother, that's what we were gonna pursue is our own charter boat career. And you know, I'm skipping a lot of stuff, but Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004 and sort of... hit us back to reality. It's like, man, we saw all these charter boats lose their whole livelihood with their boats getting wrecked and the whole season sort of thrown out the door, at least in our little town. And we're like, maybe that's not the smartest idea for us. We didn't have a lot of money anyway. We wanted to get in those charter boat things. I mean, so I had a lot of friends in the private industry. And we were charter fishing. We were mating and captain. By that time, JD moved down to Pensacola. And we were both mating on different boats. And I did some captain work. started in the private sector. So I was like, man, that's probably the better route, more secure, you know, and then it's, you know, you got somebody else paying for everything and you get paid to go fishing, paid to kick, you know, a lot more waxing and toilet fixing than fishing, but yeah, it's all part of the, all part of it. Yeah. So, but it's awesome. So, you know, that's, that's how I got into the captain, you know, and in that whole time, you know, I was doing sales, you know, I worked for a Long time I worked for a distributor. We sold fish and tackle to tackle stores. And then I was a tackle sales rep for a while. We represented a dial and play Jake and other other brands. And I did that for collectively for about 12 years while I was doing captain work on the side in the private world. I had an orange beach, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida, Destin, Florida. But now currently I run the Lolita to 72 foot Viking out of Destin, Florida. and been working for this family for this is the ninth summer. Great family. They're awesome. Yeah, we're like fam. They treat me to treat us like family and just a great, great time. And yeah, this weekend. So we, we called the art person. Yeah. no, no, no. I haven't interrupted you. Sorry guys. We're not there yet. We're not there yet. No, that's so cool. So are you out of Orange Beach now? Are you based out of Orange Beach now? I'm. Katie (05:15.47) We keep the boat Lolita, we keep it behind Bo Shamps and Destin. That's where we keep the boat year round. That's right, you just said that. No, yeah, we come to Orange Beach a lot. We're sort of a traveling boat in the summertime, so we're rarely home during the summer, but the wintertime's fall through spring, we're parked behind Bo Shamps. We spend a good amount of time in Grand Isle, Louisiana. The owners have a camp there in Grand Isle. Nice. Yeah, so we get to spend, well now it's about two months a year out of Grand Isle. a month in the spring. What two months is that? So we're just getting off of this month. So it's a March, you know, late March to well, actually this year it was early April through early May. You know, we're home in Orange Beach now for some work. So about a month, you know, in the late spring and then a month in a late summer, we used to go there late July and stay through late August. Yeah, it's really good fishing over there that time of year. Yeah. Are you, out of Grand Isle, are you... doing a lot of tuna fishing as well as blue marlin fishing. Correct. Yes, they love to catch tuna and blue marlin, that's pretty much it. That's all they would like to get. We do very little bottom fishing. It's primarily tuna and marlin fishing, which is... I mean, the fishing up there in the northern Gulf for those two species is incredible. And the fact that you've, I mean, you essentially grew up for the most part fishing the northern Gulf of Mexico, right? That's right. That's cool because I'm from Texas, right? That's where I claim as my hometown. But I, my Gulf of Mexico fishing experience is extremely limited. So, I have so many questions for you and I'm really excited to have a Gulf guy on the podcast. we've had South Florida, we've had Kona and now here we go into the Gulf and we're right in that tournament season. Now, do you want to tell me a little bit about the Mongo Offshore Challenge? It's a 153 day. regional challenge, right? That's right. So yeah, so me and my brother was involved in this private world of fishing and tournament fishing. I think our first tournament we fished together was in 2007 on a boat called the Sunset. I fished several tournaments in like 2004, 2005, but JD was able to move down from Birmingham, get out of, he was in natural disaster work as well. And anyway, he, Katie (07:34.382) He was able to fish with me in 2007, our first tournament together on a boat called Sunset. We fished Biloxi and we won it. First tournament we fished together. my gosh. What'd you win it with? 531 Blue Marlin. Yeah, and it caught on the first morning of the first hour of the first morning. is like totally spoiled. Like JD's like, I like this tournament fishing stuff. This is pretty awesome. Yeah. It's always, it doesn't always work out like that, but that was really special. We did it with our best friend and mentor, Matt Dunn, which he's not really in the, in the sport fishing game anymore. He switched over to yacht world and he's doing, you know, he works for, you know, runs a big yachty yacht now, but, Man, so we made a lot of memories fishing. We had a really good run there with him for about six or seven years. Did really well in the golf circuit. And that was right when live baiting was sort of getting really, really popular. We were primarily trollers on that boat, but yeah, that was cool. So. What do you mean primarily trawlers like lures? Yeah, lures. We were, we were lure fishing. We still actually are passionate. I don't know that I would have fell in love with blue marlin fishing if I would have started out just sitting soaking live baits. it's something about the anticipation of rigging the night before the days before. And you got your lures out and you're re -skirting and putting new hook sets on. You're like, maybe that's going to be this color. You know, you got, you know, we need more trawlers. We need more spiked lures. Yeah, you know, going to the tackle store and like, man, we got to buy this one. This is the one. man, look at the head. You know, it's just, I don't know, something about that anticipation and like, you know, the what if they eat this one? yeah, they should eat this one. It's this color. look, it's a dolphin color. We got to match the hatch. I mean, all that stuff is just like fun, you know, rather than feeding them what they eat all day long. Of course they're going to eat a tuna. Of course they're going to eat it. Yeah. It's like, you know, we do it and it works. Katie (09:36.782) We have to do it in time efficient up here. You have to live bait to be consistent. But it's, you know, you're not really tricking them anymore. You know, when you're lure fishing, it feels like, man, it's like bass fishing. I'd much rather bass fish with a spinner bait or a plastic worm than throwing a live shiner out there. They're going to eat a live shiner, but it's just something special about it. And so yeah, it's definitely progressed. We came in when it was... And the northern golf is mainly lure and, you know, in natural baits, you know, you're pulling islander, you know, about who combos is, you know, everybody still pulls and then they work 100%. They work. And that's just, I don't know, something special about, about that. And if we were started out live baiting, I don't know that I would have had the same excitement about it. Now we sort of mix it up a little bit. We do some trolling and we do a lot of live baiting. it's the primarily way we fish up here. We're very, very spoiled. with this Northern Gulf fishery with these old rigs. I mean, you have giant fads everywhere. So they hold fish. We're going to go a little off topic for a minute because I have a lot of questions for you. No, this is great. I love it. You're giving me great content. So in that tournament, so we won that tournament. I'll go back to the Mongo. Obviously, it's why you have us on here. But us tournament fishing, we saw the progress and we're on fast boats. And then we started running the Lolita. I started running that in 2016, and it was a slow Hatteras, a 23 knot Hatteras. And we also, when we first started fishing, there's a lot of express boats. In the early 2000s, in these big weekend tournaments in golf, there's a lot of smaller express boats. There's a lot of slower, you know, Bartrams and Hatteras. And everybody's competing. But as the fleet, you know, got more technologically advanced and bigger horsepower engines. It's a speed race now, so whoever has the fastest boat has more fishing time. And it's a huge, huge deal. We're running 150 to 250 miles one way. So if you're doing that, you know, and you're getting there two, three hours before everybody else, or at least before the slow boats, the slow boats don't really have a chance, you know, unless you get lucky and run over one. So we were like, man, it'd be awesome if there was a tournament that had like a, that would level the playing field that would give them. Katie (11:54.83) Same amount of time for everybody. Doesn't matter how fast you are, how slow you are. If you have a big giant Viking or a little center console, everybody's on a level playing field. And so that's how that progressed, that birth, that idea of like, man, all right, let's just have a season long event and put the lines in. Whenever you leave the dock, you're in the tournament from May 1st to September 30th. So if you can, and we're all about the big fish, Mongo meaning huge. So if you catch a giant fish. between May 1st and September 30th, you can win it. And we count your weights in tournaments, and we count your weights on fun fishing trips. We set up these weigh stations all over the Gulf, and you can go in anywhere. We have 20 weigh stations in the Gulf of Mexico from all the way in South Texas all the way to Naples, Florida. So you go in and weigh your fish, and if you have the biggest fish at the end of the season, you win the pot. Blue Marlin, Swordfish, Tuna, Dolphin, and Wahoo. So yeah, it's really, really fun. We started it five years ago. It had 66 teams that first year and this year. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. And COVID year too, which is crazy. That's a whole nother story. But yeah, our first year we had 66 teams. We have a bit of a network. We've been around, we know a lot of guys. So we were able to call up a lot of captains like, what do you think about this format? Would you fish it? And they're like, yeah, that's awesome. Heck yeah, man. Because you always catch your biggest fish on your fun trips anyway. Yeah. Yeah, typically. I mean, you're going out there for a million dollar tournament and you catch the big one the day before practicing, you know, so now we can celebrate that fish and reward, you know, whoever catches the bigger ones, all kinds of cool things for that format that makes it neat. But yeah, so so that's where it came from. And then now this year is our fifth year we've had a we have 150 teams and over half a million dollars in the pot. That's crazy in the Gulf of Mexico because you guys have branched out to other fisheries now, right? That's right. So we started the East Coast three years ago. This is our third season in the East Coast. We're trying to grow that East Coast. We don't have the network that we have in the Gulf because we grew up in the Gulf. We know everybody. So we're working on growing that network over there, getting some key individuals, key captains on board. But there's already, and registration is still open for the East Coast until June 30th. So teams. Katie (14:12.782) fishing from Cape Cod all the way down to Florida can register for the Mongo up until June 30th and pick which category you want to get in. You don't have to get in swordfish if you don't, if you're not a sword fisherman, just get into mahi or whatever you're fishing for. What's the registration fee? So it's alacarte. So each, each one's different. So the mahi and the wahoo are 500 a piece for the season. That's nothing. You know, we burn in that much an hour out of some of these boats and fuel. So, and then a swordfish is 15, excuse me. Swordfish is a thousand for the season, for the season. yellowfin and big eye are a thousand a piece for the season. And then blue marlin is 2 ,500 for the season. So you'll, if you want to get in all categories, like 6 ,500 bucks for the board. Yeah. And you're in from every time your boat leaves the dock, whether you're fishing two times a year or a hundred times a year, you're, you're in there. And what did the winner of the Gulf of Mexico last year make and what did they weigh on blue marlin? I think their payday was like 130 ,000 last year and it was a 727 pound blue marlin caught in the bluxy tournament. So he won two tournaments with one fish. I love it. I love that. Yeah. A boat called the salt shaker with Captain Dennis Bennett. And I remember that. Believe it or not, they also won the mahi. They caught the mahi in the ECBC tournament and won like another 50 grand with the mahi. So they really cashed in last year. That's so sick. And their mahi was 60 pounds, 59 .9 pounds, 60 pound mahi in the Gulf of Mexico. It was totally unheard of. I haven't seen a 60 pounder. That is massive. I haven't seen a 50 pounder in the Gulf in years. The only fish I've seen that big was in like Costa Rica, Central Pacific. Panama. That's, that's where I've seen the mahi get that even close to that big. But again, my golf experience is pretty limited. Sure. One thing is different, you know, Mongo, golf on that a minute, but we have very big minimums. So there's not a whole lot of fish weighed in the Mongo throughout the season. One, it's a winner take all. So once something huge is on the board, you're not going to weigh in anything smaller anymore. And then our limits are high. Like mahi has got to be 40 pounds to even qualify. Katie (16:31.278) Wahoo's 60 pounds, Yellowfin's 140 pounds. Blue Marlin's 118 inches. Which is like the federal, you guys, the federal minimum is 99 inches. And a lot of tournaments go 112 inches. So it's definitely progressed over the years. Typically last year was 110 for all the tournaments and this last weekend was 112 for this last weekend. Yeah, because people are going in figuring them out and they're starting to weigh in more and more and more. So they're trying to inch those links up to not take so many of them. And that's one reason we wanted to just pay one place. You know, one, we just wanted to award the biggest fish of the season. And then two, we didn't want to kill a bunch of extra ones. And then typically the blue morn... Actually, I'm trying to think, other than the first year in the Mongo... Every other blue marlin has been caught, or the winner was caught in another tournament. So the first year, the first year was a state record fish caught the day after the, the world cup on July 5th. They were out there for the world cup. They stayed out another day, caught this giant fish. If they would have called in the world cup, they would have won a whole lot more money. Obviously fly usually has, I don't know, well over a million dollars in that, in that world cup pot. But they ended up winning, I think they won like 90 grand or something like that extra. Yeah, that they were. I mean, how cool that you guys are giving that opportunity, you know, like I Drake when we were in Madeira, we saw a real big fish on July 3rd and didn't see it again. But it's just, you know, it's funny how they dance around that date. I feel like those sightings really, really go around the 4th of July. If you guys are wondering what we're talking about, the World Cup is a tournament that's around the world based on your specific time zone on the 4th of July. and we'll have Fly Navarro on for a podcast coming into that. So stay posted. But Jeremy, I guess natural integration. Tell us about your fish this last week. So this last week in the Lolita, the boat I worked for, my owners are gracious enough to get in. They know we put the tournament on. They're totally supportive and supporting of it. It's me, my brother JD and my best friend, Brian Johnson. We were the founders of the Mongo and we also all three work on the Lolita. Katie (18:56.366) So my brother's a mate and Brian comes on for tournaments and it's been just a great team. We all get along so well. And so they're always gracious enough to, hey, we'll get into, you know, we never twist our arm or nothing. They like the idea, they like the format. And so they've got in every year and we've never weighed in on qualifying fish during that time for the Mongo. But this year, our first, actually it's our second trip of the season, but our first tournament of the year. fishing the hurricane open out of Grand Isle, Louisiana this past weekend. And we catch a 704 pounder, which is a nice one. It's 122 inches. It's our biggest one yet. And man, we are so ecstatic. Congratulations. It was money or no money. It's actually sort of special for my owners and my owner's family because they've had a camp on Grand Isle, Louisiana for they call it a camp. It's a beach house and it's nice beach house now, but. It was camp since the 50s, late 50s. This family has had many traditions of going down there and spending time together every summer. And it's been, you know, it's something where everybody can go and be around each other. And it's, they're a really close knit family anyway. And they fish the tarpaulios and fish some other things over the years, but they've never weighed anything huge there in Grand Isle. So this has always been like a dream of theirs. And to do it in Grand Isle just makes it that much more special. We didn't. Like I said, we want some money, but it wasn't about the money. It was about that memory that they got to make with their family members. And they brought their 90 year old grandfather down here to celebrate with us. And he's, you know, yeah, his wife was Lolita. She passed away, but that's had to name the boat after. So he was able to come down and celebrate. And it was just so special. It was really, really cool. And we're able to, you know, not only celebrate that fish and won some money with that fish and. Now we're on the board with the Mongo, which, you know, extra special for me, JD and Brian. I mean, it's really, really cool to be able to do that. But, but you reached out to us and now we were able to donate that fish to science, which is awesome. And we also flayed up a bunch of the meat. Everybody's sharing the meat. We actually, my brother's smoking some up, making some fish dip out of it. Yes. Smoked blue marlin. That's the way to do it. Yep. We got some, some art being made from it. you know, some, the bill and the tail and some prints. And so it's. Katie (21:19.758) It's not a wasted fish, it's a celebrated fish. And now we got, we had kids down there taking pictures with it. It's just inspiring kids. I mean kids, the thing is, is like what a lot of people don't realize is when these fish are brought back to the dock, like the kids that see it, it's such a lasting impression. Because I mean, even for the adults that have never seen anything like that, like to see a creature from the ocean, a fish from the ocean of that size and magnitude and what it takes. to bring something like that in and what type of possibilities there are out there. It just opens so many doors. And I'm really, I was really stoked when I reached out to you, you were all on board about the donating. And next, you guys, the next podcast is gonna be Jeremy Higgs over at the University of Southern Mississippi. And that's exactly who these samples are going to. So Jeremy, I had you like. what we cut the head and we kept some of the innards and we're going to get to age that fish and, and learn a lot about the reproduction and the phases of the fish. So it's blue marlin are females when they're of that size and they're going to get to do reproductive histology on there and we're going to learn a lot about it. And I just think it's so cool that you guys were on board and just sharing that on this podcast is so important because you know, when these fish are brought in, there's so much more that can be done with them than even just. you know, taking the tournament win. Like you said, I love that you're showcasing the celebration of that life. Tell us a story about catching the fish. Like what did it eat? And, yeah, so, we fished some, a very popular area called, we call it the ghetto. it's just, some shallow, well, it's not shallow. It's, it's close to land rigs. I guess you could say it's a, it's a rig that are the floating rigs that are closest to the Alabama line. We're fishing out of Louisiana, but everybody knows the ghetto. If you fish in the northern Gulf Coast, you know it's the ghetto. It's the Rampowl and Petronas and Marlin Rig and Horn Mountain. It's these rigs that's been there for years and years and years. Probably some of the early rigs that were floaters are the ghetto. And they've added on to them. And we got hundreds of rigs that we could choose from. So, ghetto's in the shallower waters. It's about 3 ,000 feet and it's working its way up the bank. And, Katie (23:37.07) I saw some good current in there, like a good eddy being built. We use Hilton's to do our research before we go to figure out exactly what the current's doing, the temperature's doing, and all that. We saw this eddy being formed in there, and I was like, man, it's got some good water pushing in there. Also, Bluefin was still open, so if we accidentally happened to catch one, it wasn't closed yet. It's like, all right, if we get one, we could probably take her home if she ends up. Accidentally, you know eating one of our live baits that we use for blue marlin which they do typically this time of year And then there's huge tune in that area this time of year had some reports today before Several boats catching actually one boat called a 200 pounder another boat called 185 pounder all in this area. Yep And then several boats have caught blue marlin over the last couple days. So I was like, all right, let's go in there most of the fleet's gonna go to greens Canyon another area south of Louisiana and Maybe it won't be as so many boats over there. Anyway, we made the call. Go over there. And the bait's a little hard to catch, a little concern. As we get there, the bait's really, really deep. Typically in the daytime, we're trolling around the rigs, try to catch live bait first to fill up our tubes. At nighttime, you're jigging, using butterfly jigs and whatnot around the oil rigs. They all come to the lights and usually up shallower. And you can jig them all night, fill up your tubes. But in the daytime, you've got to be a little creative and catch them on the troll. There was a lot of different techniques guys used, but they were really deep, really hard to catch. So we were like, all right, at least to the rigs that we stopped at. So we switched over to trolling. That first day we're trolling, nothing. We got to watch another boat that was live baiting catch a couple of fish. So we're like, all right, well, there's fish around. We'll load the tubes tonight and we'll start in the morning and do some live baiting. So we did that. We filled up our tubes at night at a rig and then pulled over to our first stop. It was a drill ship and first bait in the water. It was a porpoise. Porpoise came up and ate our bait and they just, they're so smart. Yeah. They hated this fisherman. They're beautiful, awesome creatures, but they came up. Yeah. You're fishing. Yeah. You don't want when they're eating your bait. They're amazing how they eat it too. They missed the hook. They know where the hook is. They bite it right behind and they just like suck out everything. You just, all you have left on your, on your hook is the head of your bait. And they did that like first, first bait in. Katie (25:57.678) Corpus and I'm marking someone's sonar and like these all look like porpoise to me. So let's let's just go. So we went three miles away to the next rig and there's nobody there. There was like four boats or five boats fishing with us at that first one. So there's multiple reasons why I wanted to leave. So we lit we left one over there and there's only other one ended up being one other boat fishing with us there and marked a couple in the sonar. We hooked one fish, jumped them off within like two minutes. It was a hindsight it was a male. It was a smaller fish. And we found that over the years that that'll happen a whole lot. You'll catch them. You'll catch a small one and you go back and catch the big one or you'll catch the big one and you go back and catch a small one. It seems like they run together this time of year. It's typical to find a big fish with a small fish or multiple. I'm so curious to find out if your fish was spawning. Multiple small fish. A lot of times. So anyway, I marked one, we hooked that one, lost it, put the baits back out, and I saw another mark going over to the rig. So we were using Omniso Nars. Actually, I'm using an MAQ. I love it. It's awesome. So we go over to the rig, put the baits out, drag it over top of it, and I lose the mark. I can't find it. And a lot of times that means they're coming up about to eat your bait. You know, you're in your prop watch or whatnot. Nothing. About five minutes goes by, I mark something else. up ahead of me so we pulled the boat up about maybe a football field's length and there she is. She eats the bait immediately, starts dumping it. What you have like a blackfin or bonita? Yep, that morning all we could call it was blackfin. A little football size maybe about that big. And yeah, Aida immediately dumped a bunch of line. We're using 130 class reels with 130 pound line on there. We do have backing and she... My angler gets in there, Jordan Womack, he fights it for two hours straight. A hot, hard fight. Not a whole lot of jumping, but just a ton of dogging, ton of left and right and down sea, up sea. The fish was crazy. Really, really strong fish. We got one look at it, like two jumps. There's a video we just put up there on Instagram yesterday. You can see the only two jumps. That's the only two times she came out of the water. And she doesn't really look that big in that video. She's pretty far away. And, Katie (28:17.134) We see it's a solid fish, but we get the measurement stick out, like, all right, it might be 112, we'll see. And then two hours into the fight after, he's like, all right, this fish is super strong. It's big. And then she sounds. Sounds all the way down to the bottom, way back into the backing. We're probably a thousand feet out of line in our angler's life. You guys, sounding is when, and correct me if I'm wrong, Jeremy, but sounding is when that fish goes essentially straight up and down and it's deep. Like it's just deep. A lot of times when they do that, we try to, captains call a lot of big blue marlin that try to tag and release them. You're trying to keep them up on top because the worst thing you want is from the sound because they'll die. Typically when they sound that deep, they're stroking out, they're giving out. That's all. If you keep them up top, you can usually tag them really quick and release them and be done. So she sounded and we're like, man, we're in for the long haul now. We're already two hours in, which is a long time. Yeah, usually tagging these fish. If we're tagging the fish, even the big ones, you can get them in 30 minutes, 45 minutes an hour. But anyway, sort of all like defeated after that point. my goodness, we're two hours in, we haven't really saw her again. She's sounded and way back into the backing, our angler is just like totally gassed. He's puking, he's puking all over himself. He's pale in the face. He's like a bodybuilder guy. His arms are shaking, his legs are shaking. So we've got to get him dehydrated, get him cooled down, pouring water all over him. And then the family's just totally around him. The team's just around, like, you're not quitting. You're staying in this. You're going to get this fish. Just totally positive talking, because he's like, I don't know if I can get this thing anymore. Yeah. I mean, he's done his thing. Yeah. So in that. When they do that, and she's done fighting, like she sounds and then it's done, done taking more line. We go to full drag and at that process you got to plane them up. You got to, you know, you're pulling forward, getting a little bit of scope in the line where the line starts coming up a little bit and you're backing down really hard, reeling that slack and then doing it again. So basically what your rod was doing before, the boat's doing now. So the boat's pulling up and then you're reeling down. You're pulling up, reeling down about 40, 50 feet at a time. So it takes another three hours to get that fish. Katie (30:32.782) Hold on, I want to pause you real quick. I really like that you brought up the planing and how it's done because a handful of times when we've been fishing, it's just a really important skill for captains, crews, and anglers to know. A lot of times it can even potentially save a fish. If you have a fish that gets tail wrapped early on in a fight and you're not going to be able to get its head turned. So tail wrapped is when the line's wrapped around the tail of the fish. And if you can't get its head turned, a lot of times that fish is just gonna be swimming down. But if you recognize it early on, if the angler and the captain recognize it early on, you guys can start planing that fish up and get it up to the boat before it dies. Because if it's tail wrapped and it gets pulled backwards for too long, it's gonna asphyxiate because it can't breathe. moving backwards. So planing is a really, really important skill in the field of ethical angling. And then of course, in situations like these where, where you have a deep fish that's just gone. And I mean, also when they're that big, it's really interesting, Jeremy, because when they're that big, it's almost like they can't fight as long as the smaller ones. Like, do you think that that plays a key, like a role in it? And what about the like, how, how warm was the water? I'm just curious. 77. That's pretty cool actually for Northern Gulf. Yeah. It'll warm up. I'm surprised. Yeah. It's, it's, it's been cut off from the loop current that area. So if you go down in greens, it's probably 79 now, somewhere around there. the loop current is probably 80, but you know, this current is down there in greens is probably that, but up, up where we're fishing is still a little cooler because it's sort of been cut off. it's getting most of its water from out in the canyon out to the east of it. And that water is all 76, 77. Is that pretty regular with the seasons? Sometimes that loop current, you look on Hilton's and watch it come up. It'll come up from the Yucatan, make a hard ride over towards Tampa and loop back down. And then off of that northern part, you'll get eddies that'll curl up into that Louisiana, Alabama area. And those eddies are bringing in that nice fresh nutrients that you want. You want that counterclockwise eddy that brings up fish, brings up all the nutrients from the bottom. And you got to... Katie (32:50.926) Clockwise, it's pushing everything down. Altimeter's down and it seems like everything's deeper. But yeah, this time of year, it'll be all sort of weird and squirrely. We always like to fish after a really big storm, like a big south pushing storm. A lot of south wind, southeast wind. Sort of like the pocket and people are familiar with Chubb and down there. Anytime you've got something pushing everything into the shallow water, it seems to get better in there. And that near that shallower water just sort of stacks everything up. So we like doing that. but it was, you know, the, anyway, there's fish in there. There's fish everywhere. People caught fish this weekend all over the place. We were just sort of right place, right time. And then we're capitalized once we did get that fish on, everybody worked together as a good team. And, you know, we didn't make any mistakes. If we would have made a mistake, we would have lost that fish. Cause once we got that fish in the hook was hooked outside end, which is. already hard, you know, you lose them right at the beginning. It's probably when he chased that circle hook, when he was, when he was chasing that blackfin, that blackfin probably swirled around his head weird, got him somehow. And then that hook was hooked to the outside end. So when he came in, you could grab the hook and it just went, doop, it like barely came out. And then we had like two wraps, we had like two wraps around the tail that probably saved us, you know, saved that fish, you know, saved us getting that fish. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, because if it would have been hooked outside in and he sounded and we'd just been pulling him up like this, it would eventually just work this pulled it out because it just and then she would have died in vain. Yeah. And then it starts with ater and nobody got to celebrate. Yeah. All that. So yeah, it was really special the way it worked out. So many so many things worked in its way. It was a blessing for sure. Were y 'all surprised when she came? when y 'all got her up and she was 122 inches long? Yes, well, actually she popped up way far away. So, you know, we're playing in and once you get them up, you're playing in a dead fish up from that deep. Once you get up to like 200 feet above that thermocline, they'll just pop up and she popped up. Interesting. Yeah, she popped up probably 200 feet away. And so when she popped up tail first, we probably we knew that she was probably tail wrapped, but we didn't know it popped up tail wrap. Our hearts sort of sank. man, I hope she ain't like a 400 pounder, you know. Katie (35:07.438) come up tail up tail up. And then we, you know, now this is all sort of sucks, you know, we don't, we don't win nothing. And you know, we just killed a smaller fish. So she popped up tail up and we saw the tail sticking out of the water and we're getting back and down, back and down to the fish that JD can grab the leader, pull her over and the tail gets bigger and she gets longer. And we're like, okay, all right. And then JD gets her boat side and we're like, holy moly. Nobody says anything to each other until we, until we get her, you can watch that video. We're getting her in a boat. Brian and Ryan, the owner, start pulling her to boat and they get her in and then everybody's like, whoa. You know, we didn't want to say anything. Exhale. Yeah, exhale. And then we measured her. Yeah, we knew she was big and then we measured her and now she's a mongo. You know, now she's over one eighteen. We're like, yeah, we're high five. And it was so awesome. It was very, very special. We've killed it. We've killed a fish with these owners a few years ago, but it wasn't a mongo. It was like a five forty or five. 30 or something like that we caught in Blocsie. Which length was approximately? It was like 112, 113 I think was the length. Yeah you guys 118 is a really damn big fish. Yeah. Like it's a big fish. A special fish. In 122. Yes. Exactly. Exactly. And I, in the video, I mean it looked like you guys didn't even have a flying gaff out. Like you all just had your tuna gaff. Yeah we did have a flyer out. We decided we didn't need it once we got boat sided and we just stick it. regular stick gaff in there, straight gaff. And we did that and then we'd just get a new surround her, around her bill and then we were able to sort of guide her in that way. But yeah, it worked out really, really good that way. It was cool. It was very, very special fish. And then now it's like the dilemma of, all right, did we stay out here? The fishing's good. We ain't got a tuna yet. We came out here for a big tuna too. And we made the decision of going on in. So we... because we're in the Mongo. Because now we're gonna lose, we didn't want to lose any weight. And we wanted to explain how you lose weight. So a lot of times on the deck, they'll just lose weight. They're losing fluids the whole time, blood and other things. And we didn't have that many holes in her, but we had a couple of holes in her. A lot of times they'll just lose weight sitting on the deck. And it kept on going through our minds like, man, if she is a Mongo, she's still got, we got all season for 88 teams to try to beat her. Katie (37:30.414) But if we lose by like two or three pounds, we're going to be hitting ourselves in the face for not taking it. It's only three hours away to the weigh station. So it's a fast boat. So we go. And our plans are to come out either later that evening or that night and try to get a tuna. And we get in. We have a couple of mechanical issues I'm a little nervous about. So we decide not to go out. We just hung her up. We're 700 pounds. We're all having a great time. to see if somebody else can beat her. So nobody else beat her and we won that weekend tournament, which we're super excited about. And then, congratulations. See what happens in the market. Now it gives us a little bit later. You know, it was the 118 everybody was shooting for now it's a 700 pounder set by shooting for. So what is that? I don't know. It could be a 118, a really fat one, but typically probably, you know, that probably is going to save a few fish of being killed is in our thoughts, unless it's in a weekend tournament, you know, if it's on a fun trip, they're going to think twice about killing if it's. you know, 600 pound or something like that. So, yeah, that's cool. Which is really cool. Yeah. Question, what are some like when you're bringing a fish back to the dock and you want to make sure that it's not losing weight, like what are, what are ways that you can help mitigate that? Like, do you have any techniques that you or tips that you want to share? Yeah. So, at least knowledge that I've learned from, from other captains is, we haven't done it yet on. on length, but to keep length you want to keep them wet. Not necessarily cold, but wet to keep their length. So a lot of weekend tournaments, it might be 110 and you have 112 sitting on the deck. Two days later, that thing could be 110, you know, or 109. They could lose an inch or two pretty easily. And there's plenty of stories of guys catching a legal fish and getting back to dock and it's not legal anymore. So that's a bummer. So a lot of captains... found that you keep them wet with towels and that'll keep their length. Not sure about the way that is. Yeah. Is like their skin will shrink up. That skin is so it's very similar to Wahoo skin. Right. And even though the scales are different, very different, but it'll like it'll shrink up as it dries. So keeping them wet will keep them. There's like a lot of like. Katie (39:54.99) ends and outs of it, right? Like I just, okay. So just to clear the air here, I haven't been a really around fisheries that kill fish. you know, my blue Marlin, my predominant blue Marlin experience was in the fat fishery of Costa Rica, which is all catch and release because they're small fish. And then, we were fishing in Madeira for the big one, but we never saw her. So I've heard a lot of stories and like, of fish like coming back to the dock and people saying they were stretched, fish coming back to the dock, people saying that they, you know, put water in their bellies or whatever. what, like there's, there's definitely things you can and cannot do to keep these fish the way they should be as well as like the word mutilation. Can you, can you expand on that for me? Yeah. So in our tournament, in the Mongo, we def on a weekend tournaments. So say you catch your fish in a weekend, we defer to that tournament. So if it's dequeued in that weekend tournament, it's dequeued in the Mongo. If it counts, it counts. In our rules, we do Spirit of IGFA. So mutilated fish are not counted. Mutilation is something that impairs its ability to fight, its ability to swim. So if you back over it a little too hard and chop its tail off or chop something up with your propellers, it's not going to count. It's part of the game. It's shark bit. It's not going to count. We accept cookie cutter sharks because that could have been done months or years ago. Cookie cutter sharks will take like a little round bite out. You'll catch a swordfish and it'll have several of them in there a lot of times as cookie cutter sharks. So we'll accept those, but yeah, if it's a five tiger or something on the way up, then we don't count that. We count that as a mutilated fish. Unless that tournament that you're fishing in accepts it. then we'll count it because we defer to them. But yeah, I mean, you know, people have, yeah, we hear those stories too. I mean, same thing in the freshwater world, people putting leads in their stomachs and, you know, all kinds of stuff to try to win. So we, in the Mongo, we have some checks and balances in there. Sometimes we have the ability to cut that fish open at the dock and check its innards. And we have to have two witnesses that weren't on the boat to witness you weigh that fish. And... Katie (42:19.758) lie detector test for the winners. So we have some things built in to try to keep the confidence high that somebody isn't going to cheat. And a lot of it's peer enforced. If you're in this private industry of sport fishing and you're caught cheating, you go find another career. Yeah, you're not going to get another job. After your black eye, bloody nose heals, go find another job. you don't want to, nobody's going to accept you if you get caught cheating. So it's a lot of it is peer enforced, at least that fear of, you know, so hoping, you know, somebody that didn't want to go on their morals, there's some fear involved as well of getting caught cheating. So, you know, not saying people don't try, but we, we, we try to build some safe, some safe holds in there to keep people from doing it, at least thinking twice. Yeah, that's great. But yeah, and we like to keep them cold. You know, if they're big, big enough fish to weigh, the weigh in, we want to, try to donate that meat. So we like to keep them cold, wrap them up in a fish bag, put as much meat, much ice in there as you can, keep them wet as well. If you keep them bad and cold, he's going to stay long and you're going to get some meat and you can donate out of it. And people eat them in Hawaii all the time. They eat them in all these other islands all the time. I mean, it's not like the best table fare. It's not like we're going to, I'm, you know, let's go catch them all in a day so we can feed the family. But if you do catch them all in a day, she dies. It is edible. We have some especially smoked. Like we really like it. I've smoked Marlin on a bagel. Yeah. Yeah. I've had some smoked taco or some fish taco, Marlin tacos or they're fine. Yeah. You can dress it up and it's totally edible meat. but, we have some, some charities that we sit that we work with and the golf, golf coast, feeding the golf coast and different charities like that. that if a fish does come in the mongo and wait in one of our waste stations, we have outlet to get rid of that meat. A lot of times you'll have to flay that meat up and bag it up, but that's not a big deal. And then you just put those bags in the freezer or wherever and we'll have those cherries come up and pick it up. And they'll donate it to, if it's edible for human consumption, they'll donate it to some homeless shelters and whatnot, but also some zoos and things like that will take it for their tigers and their different. Burning sanctuaries. Yep, yep. So there, you know. Katie (44:38.158) alligator farm. How cool that you guys have like have thought all that yeah alligator farms for sure thought all of that out at your way stations like okay when we bring this fish back like I just love that you're obviously so sustainably minded. Yeah yeah yeah future conservation minded you know it's making choices you know make make your choice because if you want your kids to do this you know try to take some responsibility you know. Nobody loves Marlin more than Marlin fishermen. There's a bunch of fish huggers out there. Why in the world are you killing a fish? my goodness, neanderthals. Well, nobody loves them more than we do. I feel like we've hugged more Marlin. Yeah, we've hugged way more Marlin than y 'all have. And nobody raises more. Nobody raises more money to protect them, to research for them. We buy fishing licenses. That money goes to help all of it. So I love it when people... And the money we put into the communities. Yeah, I love it when people in all the comment sections, they all have an opinion and you go look them up and they're living in Iowa somewhere and never even seen a blue marlin. They have no idea what they're talking about. So nobody loves marlin more than marlin fishermen. We want them around. And yes, we try to take efforts to promote. people want them around more. We kill a few extra fish a year, but all under that minimum. We're allowed 250 per year. National Marine fisheries, white and blue marlin, and if there's an extra three or four killed in the mongo, and they're all huge fish, and they're all celebrated and all that, I think it's good. I don't think it's hurting anything. If anything, it's helping the industry, all the money that's raised from marlin fishermen, bringing new little junior anglers into it. Like you said, with... Like you said, with kids taking photos and stuff like that at Grand Isle this past weekend, there was a line of people, like literally after we took our photos, our team photos, there was like a line, like a single line of probably 15, 20 people waiting to take their picture with this fish that they only know who we are. They don't, you know, they're gonna take a picture with this fish so they can send it to their family members. I mean, very, very cool. Look at this. Yeah, so cool. Yeah, very cool. Did you even know this animal existed out there? Right. Yeah, and also like this, you know, Katie (46:54.286) Another way giving back to the fishery and the communities is the science. The science we're getting from it. These fish are known as rare event species and you and I can both testify to that. And they're really hard to get. They're very expensive to go after. And the scientists, the schools that are studying them to make sure that they are sustainably managed, that they are cared for correctly, that they are going to be in the lives of our children and our children's children in the future. they don't have the funding to be able to catch them themselves. And the fact that we have fishing teams that want to bring them back and take integrity and donate responsibility and donate these specimens to the science labs. I mean, USM was so stoked on y 'all's fish. Like it was, they were just so excited. USM, the Bill Fish Foundation, they were just really excited. So like you said, no one loves marlin more than marlin fishermen. It's just, it's a fact. exactly. And really cool fish. Yeah. And I've, I've even heard of people like, you know, we don't catch them as big as they, you know, y 'all are killing the stock. Well, think of all the records has been set in the last couple of years. All right. So last year, the biggest fish that's ever been recorded in the Gulf of Mexico was called in October, 1145 pounds. I see three years ago. Yeah. And days after he's one of our boys, he's one of our boys. He's, he's like one of the original supporters of the Mongo. Captain Chris Moat, he's an amazing fisherman loves blue morn fishing is really really good at it and Man, that would have been so special if it was caught two weeks prior to that. But yeah, so Yeah, so that's a golf record. I mean biggest one in the golf And then what what was Duffy's fish like four years ago the you know, 1 ,100 pounds caught in Maryland? All right, and then two years before that, Big Rock had the biggest ones ever caught in Big Rock. I mean, we're, the fish are still here. They're good. You know, we need to continue to take care of them and grow them, but they're not, we're not, we still have those old man in the sea photos. That's what the Mongo logo is about is staying inside that amazing fish. Well, there's proof that they're still out there. I mean, that just proved it. So yeah. That's so cool. I want to get into the live baiting. Katie (49:19.534) I want to get into why it's challenging to catch live bait in the Gulf of Mexico. So when we were in Costa Rica, I keep bringing this up, but we were bait and switch fishing predominantly, which you guys, that's teaser fishing. And if a fish shows up behind the teaser, we take the teaser away and then we present them with a dead bait with a circle hook in it. Right? And then we generally get a really active aggressive bite. It's a good feed, good hook set. That's all she wrote. But we were catching our bait out there. It was Bonita and they're prolific. They're just prolific. And I've heard that catching bait in the Gulf of Mexico is a very different experience. You've already touched on how the bait was real deep on this last trip and y 'all were struggling on catching bait. A lot of times you guys will have a little bit of an easier time catching bait at night, but then you're catching bait at night and losing some very valuable sleep. as well as, you know, those bait, they go deep during, during the day because the water can get so warm. So let, can you, can you give us a little bit of Intel into how you keep your tuna tubes, what tuna tubes are and how you keep them full and what your, your best care and strategy tips are? Yeah. So that's definitely progressed over the years. I remember live baiting in like 2005 and six, somewhere around there was my first time. was fishing on a boat with a really experienced captain that was really, really good at it. And they didn't even have tubes yet, but he live baited a lot. So he basically catches bait, put it right back out. Might even get a little creative and catch a bait and keep them close on a little leash in the water. Literally, that's your live bait tube, just keep them in the water on like a little leash with a little hook through his or a clip through his nose. Whatever, get creative to keep at least one in the quiver, to put one back out. But there's... caught a lot of fish by catching them and then hooking them up, putting them right back out and then doing well that way. But obviously if you can have a quiver of baits so when you get sharks or a barracuda eats it or a porpoise eats it, now you got to go catch more bait again. So now became the tuna tube. So it started out with boats getting two or three on there and now you'll have boats with 20 on there. We have 16 on our, so obviously the more tubes you have. Katie (51:46.094) The more bait you can have, the longer you can go without having to go try to catch bait again. So 16 tubes, man, that's been a whole progression as well of how do you keep 16 fish alive? So you have to have a lot of water flow. So there's a lot of techs and all kinds of science and mechanics and figuring out how much flow and how to get the best flow. And do you want bubbles and not bubbles? And where do you put your through hole? I mean, there's so much that goes into it. And every boat's different and all that. So anyway, over the last five or six years, it's very common to buy your boat. If you're building a brand new boat, say Vikings building your boat, and you can get your tubes installed at factory or right, you know, maybe you'll refit it when you get it down to South Florida. And there's a couple of guys that specialize in that and they'll refit your boat before you even go pick it up. You go pick up your boat and you got your sonar and your tubes. And those are primarily golf boats. Golf boats, we have tubes. If you don't have tubes, you're probably not fishing in the Gulf. So not competitively. Yes. And there's a lot of guy dredging now doing phenomenal. The guys that are really good at dredging still catch tons of fish, but a lot of that's on standups. Are you going to kill that? Those are your tag release guys. So the guys that are trying to catch the big one are live baiting primarily. And then you want them on a circle hook rather than have them on a J hook. because man, all the things didn't go wrong with a J hook. So, circle hook is a really good way of catching a big fish and being able to fight it through and land it. So, yeah, so typical day is, you know, if we're showing up, you know, tournaments leaving in the Gulf, you're leaving at like 10 a 11 a you're running out to your oil rig that you've picked, or you might stop on the way, some guys stop on the way at some bottom spots and pick up some bonito. A lot of times the bonito will hold up over a natural reef. or a shallow water oil rig and picking up some bonitas first. Bonitas are usually shallower where we live and as you get out you'll start getting to the black fin and the yellow fin and there's some skipjack and things like that. Yellowtail, or not yellowtail but rainbow runners. Things like that you can catch out there too. But you're trying to catch them trolling. Some people fish on the surface for them. The guys are figured out the getting deep, getting creative. Katie (54:07.502) how to get down deep with planers or downriggers or whatnot to get down deep to where they're at. And then all kinds of different things you can catch them on, little squid imitations or minnow limitations or spoons and all kinds of different ways. You're making them on daisy chains and figuring out a way to get those fish to eat, those little baits, and then you're bringing them up, putting them in your tubes. Once you get your tubes full, you go fishing. And then some guys, while they're fishing, they got a guy on the bow with these sea keepers. That's a whole nother thing. You got a guy, these sea keepers, if it's relatively calm, they're up there casting the popper, casting little plugs, little jigs to try to catch. You got one guy who's just a bait fisherman on your bow while everybody's fishing in the back. Try to continue. That's how important the bait is. You got to have that fresh bait. So yeah, you load your baits and then you're fishing, looking with sonars. Before sonars, we just all... stayed up on the up current side of the rig. A lot of times that up current side is where the marlins will be because the school of tuna typically swims around in circles on the up current side. My theory is it's easier for them to get back to safety. If they got to swim down sea to get back to safety, it's a lot easier than having to swim up sea to get back to safety. It's like a bass or anything. Yeah, it's like a minnow or anything else. or a reef fish, they're gonna swim back. So the upcurrent side will be the busy side. That's where most of your tunas are. That's where most of your predators are is upcurrent of them. So now it's easier for them to catch fish if they're swimming down sea versus having to swim into the current. That's how I figured it. So yeah, so that's the way we used to do before sonar, but now sonar's changing the game. Now it used to be, all right, and I'm gonna sit there with baits on the water while I'm sonar fishing, looking for something to troll over at two knots, my live bait's over to that mark. But now a lot of guys aren't even putting a bait in the water until they mark a fish because they've gotten so confident in their sonar abilities to find that fish. Don't even put a bait out until they're right on top of that fish. All right, deploy. Put your baits in the water. There he is. A lot of guys are getting really good at doing that. You can tell who's good at doing that. Wow. Just watch three tournaments. And if a guy's winning or placing in each one of those three or two of those three, Katie (56:16.27) that guy is a really good sonar fisherman because that's what he's doing. He's not waiting on chance and you know, just maybe official swim by this current side. He's, he's literally feeding that fish. It's almost like teasing that fish, but you know, you don't have to tease them. Just drop a bait on it and he'll come up and eat it. Cause I think the prop wash and all that makes them think that the feeding friends of the year, whatever, at least they're paying attention to what's going on with that prop wash up there. Yeah. So it's definitely progressing. It's, it's changed. It's like every five years something different and people are getting really good at that and then five years have changed and it's something people get really good at that. But that's the thing now, the successful captains that are, especially with numbers of fish are doing is not even putting a bait in the water until. So now you don't have to bait fish near as much because you're not killing so many baits. You're not wasting them whether tiring them out or you're getting shark aid or we get a lot of sharks, a lot of barracus, a lot of porpoise around them. these rigs too. So yeah, so daytime you're trolling for them, playing in whatever you got to do. At nighttime you're jigging and jigging is pretty easy. Once you find them, at nighttime you can load your tubes and usually 30, 45 minutes you'll have some bite, you know, you'll have some eating by sharks and whatnot. Sometimes it's frustrating, if it's really rough it's sort of hard to hold up sometimes. But yeah, loading them up and then you're ready to go and definitely lose some sleep. Some guys are bringing an extra guy, just like a night driver. You know, that way he's fresh, doesn't at least not run into the rig in the middle of the night, 3 a trying to hold

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The Controlling Entity. What organizes, spreads and sustains the lies? Larry Sanger on IC corruption of Wikipedia. Chris Rufo explains the situation at NPR under crazy new CEO Katherine Maher. The fate of Uri Berliner. A bit too easy to connect the dots. Let us embrace discomfort. Meanwhile, talking Spiritual Warfare. Why the Communists never stop. Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky on the perils of faith without God. Nothing is not permitted. What fills an empty soul? Demonic energy derived as defense against Nihilism. Sartre and Leftist sterility. Plus, notes on our doomed and preposterous Ukraine misadventure. Amusingly, the Biden cannibalism story keeps on going. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opening Monologues. At this point, what does our American Flag even mean anymore? After all these years of blatant America Last governance, to what extent does America even exist? House passes more billions for Ukraine, while waving Ukraine flags on the House floor. Uniparty declares Ukraine border infinitely more important than America's wide open border. How did we get to such a point? We speculate. Fake weak Christian Speaker Johnson. Utterly unresponsive GOP leadership. Meanwhile, Biden finds no supporters at an impromptu gas station visit. Biden claims his “Uncle Bosie” was eaten by cannibals. Weird. MAGA is the only way. Carly Simon on who it was that was “so vain.” Brazilians thank Elon Musk for free speech. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing. Our political discourse only wastes our time, when the Deep State is not understood. Tucker Carlson explains the Deep State Coup against Nixon. America now has the ears to hear, making more sense all the time. Amplification from New Ryun and Darren Beattie. Contemplating what Trump has been able to withstand, while only growing more popular along the way. Mollie Hemingway on the great RINO disconnect. Compromised GOP Leaders have suddenly stopped pretending to care about GOP Voters. Helpful to get closer to reality. Explaining global elite fear and hatred of free speech. The damage caused by weak men. Joe Lonsdale observes: “Great men are called upon by history when they see dangerous times ahead; this is one of those times.” With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Opening Monologues. Why isn't Biden polling in single-digits by now? We speculate on what's keeping America's Worst President barely afloat, as the disasters keep rolling in via Biden's foreign and domestic policies. Meanwhile, WSJ reports Trump has more than doubled his polling support with black men. NYT polling shows Americans have a far more favorable view of the Donald Trump Presidency than they do Joe Biden's. Has the MSM been overcome by the masses? Plus, Elon Musk stands up to draconian censorship in Brazil. Feels like summer. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump's Perfect Campaign. A perfect primary, and a perfect general so far. People are starting to notice. Newt Gingrich marvels over Trump's intuitive connection with the American people. We review and applaud Trump's direction and leadership on the “life” issue, in spite of sabotage from phonies Mike Pence and Lindsey Graham. Making sense of Uniparty manipulations herein. Sampling the massive Trump Rally in Schnecksville, PA. Plus, talking the career and films of Gene Hackman, recently spotted by the New York Post in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Greatest actor of his generation? Also, MSM continues to claim Putin wants Trump to win, even after Putin has already publicly endorsed Biden. What gives? Sen. J.D. Vance pushes back. With Great Listener Calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.