Hour 4 of NMN, Michele Hundley Smith + The Chris Cross Hand-Off
34 min
•Feb 23, 2026about 2 months agoSummary
Nashville's Morning News discusses the shocking discovery of Michele Hundley-Smith, a mother of three who disappeared in 2001 and was found alive 25 years later living a secret double life nearby. The hosts debate the ethical and legal implications of her abandonment, including potential charges for child endangerment and restitution for search costs. The episode also covers Team USA's gold medal victory in Olympic hockey and broader patriotism themes.
Insights
- Parental abandonment by choice may cause deeper psychological trauma than parental death, as it represents active rejection rather than circumstance
- Long-term disappearances in the pre-digital era (2001) were easier to sustain with minimal help, but required significant external support and resources
- Public figures and institutions increasingly face scrutiny for optics and presentation style, even when performing positive actions
- Listener engagement and community events are core to local radio station brand loyalty and audience retention
- Patriotic expression at sporting events remains a polarizing cultural touchstone with generational divides
Trends
Cold case resolutions decades later becoming more common as digital forensics improveDebate over criminal liability for historical parental abandonment and statute of limitations applicabilityIncreased scrutiny of government official optics and presentation during public-facing momentsLocal radio stations leveraging in-person events as primary listener engagement and retention strategyCultural polarization around patriotic expression and flag symbolism in mainstream media coverageGenerational differences in Olympic viewership and sports media consumption patterns
Topics
Missing persons cases and cold case resolutionParental abandonment and child endangerment lawCriminal liability and statute of limitationsSearch and rescue operation costs and restitutionPsychological impact of parental abandonment on childrenDigital forensics and disappearance in pre-2001 eraOlympic hockey and Team USA performancePatriotic expression and cultural polarizationLocal radio station listener engagement eventsGovernment official public relations and opticsWomen's sports and media representationWinter Olympics medal counts and international competition
Companies
Legends Steakhouse
Nashville radio station event venue hosting listener meet-and-greet with limited ticket availability
Kmart
Retail location where Michele Hundley-Smith was shopping when she disappeared in 2001
Party Fowl
Nashville restaurant chain that closed, formerly served hot chicken poutine in Murfreesboro location
Tim Hortons
Canadian coffee chain referenced in discussion of Canadian cultural stereotypes and food
Huffington Post
Media outlet published article suggesting patriotic expression at Olympics causes discomfort for some viewers
People
Michele Hundley-Smith
Mother of three who disappeared in 2001 and was found alive 25 years later living secretly nearby
Amanda (Hundley-Smith's daughter)
Adult daughter of Michele who posted on Facebook about mixed emotions regarding mother's discovery
Jack Hughes
Team USA hockey player who scored golden goal winning Olympic gold medal against Canada
Al Michaels
Sports broadcaster famous for 1980 'Miracle on Ice' call, discussed as iconic play-by-play commentator
Bill Mazeroski
Baseball player referenced for iconic home run call in sports broadcasting history
Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister quoted in White House tweet about Olympic hockey competition with USA
Donald Trump
U.S. President who called Team USA hockey locker room after Olympic gold medal victory
Kash Patel
Trump administration official who appeared in Team USA hockey locker room after Olympic victory
Bruce Springsteen
Musician jokingly blamed for glorifying abandonment through songs 'Born to Run' and 'Hungry Heart'
Quotes
"I would just want to know why. And then she's dead to me."
Host (Dan or Joan)•Mid-episode discussion of Michele Hundley-Smith case
"That right there is evil. Personification of evil."
Host•Discussing Michele Hundley-Smith's abandonment of children
"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"
Al Michaels (referenced)•Discussion of iconic 1980 Olympic hockey call
"I love the USA. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable. The USA Hockey Brotherhood is so strong."
Jack Hughes•Post-game interview after Olympic gold medal victory
"If you're uncomfortable with other people's patriotism, that's a you problem. Yeah. Get over it."
Host•Discussion of Huffington Post article on patriotic expression
Full Transcript
Joan, have you heard the story of the mother of three that has been found alive and well after more than 20 years after she went missing? No. Michelle Hundley-Smith, how would you feel? How would you feel if this was your mother or your wife? Michelle Hundley-Smith was reported missing on December 21st of 2001. So this is right after 9-11. That's how long ago this was. The woman left her home that evening to go Christmas shopping and never returned. The case sparked massive manhunts across North Carolina and Virginia. They couldn't find her. The local authorities got involved. The FBI got involved. The family, of course, as you can imagine, they have no idea where her mother, where their mother was. For how many years is that? Yeah, I guess 2001, 2011. Yeah, about 25 years. A missing persons leaflet branded Hunley Smith as an endangered adult and highlighted that she was a mother of three. The pamphlet saying she would not leave her children by choice. But apparently she did. Oh, my goodness. Her kids were aged 19, 14 and 7 years old. Oh, my gosh. How do you do that? At the time of her disappearance, a major and shocking update was made in the case on Friday as police from the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said they located Smith alive and well. Left her kids. I don't know if she was married, whatever. The missing woman was discovered and had long been living a secret double life. so are you angry or are you relieved as this kid's child this mom's child angry joe oh you're angry angry angry angry a statement from the sheriff's office confirmed that they had been in contact with Smith, who requested her location not be shared. Nuh-uh. I think we can all take a hint. Hunnelly Smith's daughter, Amanda, took to Facebook following news. The woman had been found, noting the personal details are not going to be dived into right now, but I will say that my mother chose her new life, and we know she is alive, and for now that is enough. A lengthy follow-up from Amanda detailed her mixed feelings of ecstatic but heartbroken and all over the map. Mixed feelings, yeah. She says, will I have a relationship once more with my mom? She wondered. Honestly, I can't answer that because I don't even know. You know, the only thing that I would want to know, I'd be like, mom, you want to go live your own life and clearly you do and you have i just want to know why then you can go on and and live your life the way that you want to live but so this so this is like roughly 25 years ago right so she had a seven-year-old so that seven-year-old is now 31 you've got the 19 year old that is now 45 46 and the 14 year old at the time is now 14 Whatever. Almost 40. Almost 40. How do you even process this? I would just want to know why. And then just leave her alone. You want to be left alone? Knock yourself out, Mom. I bet you, Joan, you think there's a man involved? I definitely think there's a man involved. Gotta be a man involved. Has to be a man. She was, you know, having an affair, whatever it is. And she just wanted to be with the dude and go off and basically live another life. She didn't like her life, but she wanted to be gone. And that's what she decided to do. Those kids are forever, like their lives are defined by that. Scarred. Yeah. Absolutely scarred. I worked with Dr. Lohr. Remember Dr. Lohr? Yeah. Everybody does. so one of the questions that she was hit by and i probably shouldn't even go down this road there may be some nuance here but kind of similar to this and i understand what she meant where if you have somebody a parent who chooses to leave that is actually more hurtful than a parent who dies because a parent who died didn't have a choice in the matter but this woman the You look up abandoning your children, this woman's picture is going to be in the dictionary. Incredibly sad. So. What was the question you wanted to know? What was the question I wanted to know? I don't know now. What did I ask? I don't even know. You're saying you wanted to know why. I was. Yeah, that would be. So why she left. Yeah, why'd you leave? Yeah. Oh, what are you doing? Oh, can you believe? This isn't your average podcast. Do you like party? I do like a huge chug of tequila. The Howlerhead whiskey bottle chug in front of Dana White. That was the first time we ever went to LA. We somehow got into a biddy party. What's an Elon Musk house party look like? My parties generally have a very high production value. This is Full Send. I do want to do a lot more pranks. A bunch of different pranks. Join the party. Jack Doherty in the house. Feeling good, man. What are we going to talk about with Will Smith? I don't know what you're going to say. Shout out to Field Vaughn. It's been entertaining, dude. The Full Send Podcast. Got the boys, got the beers. Let's do it. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. Now listen, there's no bad time for the Backstreet Boys, so that's okay. Yeah, there is. And that was it. By the way, you know what's interesting, Joan? Yeah. Is that the trophy for nincompoops in the news is right here in the studio for some reason. Oh, there you go. So I would like to go ahead and nominate. I'm not part of the afternoon show, but if I was, this woman would be my, this would be my nomination for nincompoops in the news. But in my opinion, she's more than a nincompoop. I was going to say, that makes light of it. She is, that's evil. That right there is evil, what she did. Personification of evil. Yeah. Personification of evil, among many other things, of course, Hitler and so forth. But I mean, you know, but she did her her children, especially the seven year old is just abhorrent. And then the husband. I don't know if she was married or not. I've read two articles on this. Nobody can. I can't tell if she was married or not. How angry would you be if you were the husband and you you didn't date? You didn't get married again. Nothing. Yeah. Sign me up for jail. Just go ahead and sign me up for jail. That would be my response. Yeah. How did they find her? Do you know? No, they don't say how they found her, actually. They don't say how they found her. I looked up this county. They received a tip. Go ahead. I was just kidding. This county is kind of out. This is the place to disappear to. Rockingham County, North Carolina. Outside of Greensboro area. Not a lot there? Not a lot there. Good old back country. Okay, here's what I want to know. How far was she from where her family lived? Like, was that like a county or two away? That's what I want to know. Where was she originally? North Carolina, Virginia. She went Christmas shopping and never returned. Can you imagine that? Just this is your plot. Hey, kids, I'll see you later. I'm going to go. She was going to Kmart. Hey, kids, see you later. Going to Kmart to finish up Christmas shopping and just never returns. So she's in North Carolina, but they're not saying where because they don't want to reveal her. You know, it's her request. Yeah. Not. Oh, so Rockingham was where she was originally from. No, she's. No. She went shopping. Missing at a Kmart in Virginia. In Virginia. In Martinsville, Virginia. Got it. 17 miles away from her home in Eden, North Carolina. So it was right at the border between Virginia and North Carolina. 67 Can she be brought up on charges for child endangerment Abandonment Oh my goodness The seven she could Couldn't she be charged with child abandonment? Well, if the kids were at home with dad or an adult sibling, then not technically. And the statute of limitations has likely run out on that as well. But Joan's question as to how far away the area that she's been reported living in from where she went missing, roughly 37 minutes. Oh, my gosh. Do you know who I blame for all this? Bruce Springsteen. Because, baby, we were born to run? No, because he glorified just this kind of thing when he wrote, went out for a ride and never came back. Never came back? And hungry heart. We've all got a hungry heart. Do you think that the agencies that search for her, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, they should all be charging her. They should charge her for the money that was spent trying to find her. Yes. There's no way that they shouldn't be charging her. Millions of dollars. All right. Now, 8602 says this. Good point. 8602. could she have left out a fear of something or someone so if if her husband because we don't know we don't know uh maybe the husband was abusive don't know that but i mean you have to that's not part of the story yeah that's not part of the story but i would make her pay all that back in Child support. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. You know, a seven-year-old. 96-34. Just imagine she was watching television while her husband and these kids cried for their mother. 96-34 out of New York. That is a great, great perspective. And you're right. the picture that they used I guess in 2001 that they have in the New York Post article she's wearing a very interesting jacket what's the jacket? I mean it was the 80s it's like a pink disco ball what is it? it's like a pink disco ball very sparkly, very reflective I mean that's an old picture too well but just you know when you take into account the way someone dresses she wanted to obviously be seen when she was out in public and just what caused i guess it would give more credibility to dance thought of you know what was there something she was running from to change her personality so drastically as to drop off the face of the earth 73 33 what about her parents did they think that she was dead that's a great point yeah apparently it is uh it is as snowing like crazy in franklin Just so you folks know. What were you going to say, Joan? She was 38 when she walked away. She's 62 now. Yeah. Suzanne wants to know, hey, I missed the story. What's the story? Suzanne, you miss a little, you miss a lot. You've got to listen all the time. All the time. Yeah. All of the time. Totally kidding. Real quick, Suzanne, just for you and other people just joining us. A story where a woman disappeared in 2001. Massive manhunt left three kids. a seven-year-old, I think a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old, and she's been, air quoting, missing Suzanne all this time. They have now found her alive and well. And so she doesn't want the kids or the family to know where she is. And apparently she's just decided that she was tired of the family life and she bailed. She went out for Christmas shopping in December, December 21st of 2001 and she never came back and yes James her parents are probably dead now one of the daughters wrote all I do know is that you left a hole in people's hearts I cry and mourn for a relationship that will never again be I cry and mourn for a relationship that was never had and we will never know all right so that's so sad yeah I mean would you I would not want as I said before, I would not want a relationship with her. I would just want to know why. And then she's dead to me that that's what I would do. I want to know why. And you're dead to me. But here's the thing. The mom is so selfish. She doesn't care. That's the thing. She doesn't unless she was running from somebody abusive. She doesn't care. Yeah, because to her, the children and with no reason whatsoever that we know of, the children were dead to her. So she doesn't care. And narcissistic, selfish people are like that. Assuming she wasn't running away from anybody. Anyway, it is spitting snow in Smyrna. Raining, I should say, snowing like heck in Franklin. I don't know. I'm not seeing anything. Sunshine out our window. Sunshine out our window now. All right. Very good. Snowing in Clarksville. 2531 this woman needs to write a book on how to run away how did that's the thing i mean she was she's apparently within a 45 minute radius of where she went missing for over 20 years and like i found the original wanted poster they had her van they had her license plate all that stuff was plastered everywhere and yet she must have had some kind of help. That's the only thing I can think of. Well, clearly because she had to have some kind of help because, I mean, think about if you wanted to disappear, right? Now, it's a lot harder to disappear these days than it was back in 2001 because these days there's more DNA and you can be tracked easier. But if you think about in 2001 what it would take to disappear, right? So you need a new social security number, or you need to have a benefactor, somebody that could just take care of you and, you know, honey, live in my house. I will buy everything and you don't have to do anything. You're not going to have to fly anywhere unless we're going to get you a new life and a new idea and all that kind of stuff. I've seen Breaking Bad. I know these things can happen. But I mean, it's a lot. It'd be a lot harder these days. Anyway. Fleurries in Gladeville. You should grow a goatee and do your best Walter White. Yeah, people have said I actually look like Walter White with the bald hair and everything. Oh, yeah. Okay. Especially back when I had my glasses. Whatever. Jonah, I'm not sure if you noticed, but Chris is wearing a black armband today. Why is that? Well, because, you know, Canada lost. Oh, yeah. I had to look down. I was like, I'm wearing a black carpet. Chris, you okay? I'm good. You sure? This free bird is not going to trigger you, is it? Because this is, of course, the song that Team USA played when they would score a goal against Canada. Now, listen, if you want to say Canuck you to me, I totally understand. You know I'm not a boot that life, Dan. We're peaceful people. Yes, sure. The funniest thing I saw, I didn't watch the game, but the funniest thing I saw all weekend was the White House quote tweeting, Justin Trudeau from back in February of 2025 where he said you can't take our country and you can't take our game. They quote tweeted that and they just added a picture of an American Eagle tackling a Canadian goose. Oh, that was the best. Oh, that's awesome. It's so good. Yeah. By the way, a quick congratulations, Joan, to 6229. Yeah. Getting ready to retire. Yes. Yes. This is what I love about what we do, right? So, and I spoke about this a little bit with our friend when our friend Aaron passed away, where we truly appreciate our listeners. And we truly love to hear what's going on with you, what's going on with your life. At 6229, congratulations to you. The only thing that I ask is that you wake up early still to listen to us at 5 a.m. I did request that of this person. Did you? We just have to make sure they're retiring from work, not the morning show. That's exactly right. And that's why we always make sure the 5 a.m. hour does not suck. And everybody knows it. Because we want to make it worth it to wake up for the 5 o'clock hour. Now, if you miss it, you can always go back and listen to the podcast at 997WTN.com. By the way we apparently only Chris have 11 tickets left to the big shindig at the Legends Pizza, Legends Pizza, Legends Steakhouse. How do you like your pizza, Dan? Legendary. So what'd I like? Well done. Well done with ketchup. The absolute madman. So we only have 11 tickets left. So if you want to go, tickets are going fast. Now, there's no truth to the rumor that says that if you are the last person to buy Ticket 100, that you get an elongated hug from yours truly. There's no truth to that rumor. I don't know who it was that started that rumor. But if you are the 100th person, I may give you a high five. Oh. There you go. Oh, a whole high five. No, there's only 11 tickets left. I never in a million years would have thought that we'd be able to sell this many tickets to this thing. Well, you're a constant pessimist. I'm a Gary Downer. You are Jeb Bush when it comes to our events. You're like, please come. Please. Please come. Please come. Please. Please clap. No, 2712. Joan is not retiring. 6229 is retiring. Yeah, come on, guys. Come on, man. You know, 30, 40 years down the road, Joan's going to be our Mitch McConnell in there. She will be. She'll, like, freeze up in the middle of a newscast. Yeah, we'll be like, you all right? I'll just stop. Like, no more questions for the newswoman. Thank you, guys. And you guys can lead me away. Perfect. Yeah. Trevor says, I take my pizza with double pineapple, Chris. Oh, that's a Canadian thing. Do you know what? Pizza is actually really good with pineapple. Yeah, it's not really pizza. I don't mind it. We need to do that. No. Canadian bacon. It's just ham. Canadian bacon or ham and pineapple and listening to Brian Adams. That's a day right there. It's the most Canadian you can get. And watch the Canucks. Yeah. Right? Have a little Tim Hortons. Have a little Tim Hortons coffee for your post meal. A little Timmy's. A little Timmy's. That's exactly right. Wash it down with some poutine. Sure. Remind me what poutine is again. It's cheese curds and gravy over french fries. That just sounds... Cheese curds and gravy over french fries? Oh, okay. It's awesome, Joe. Yeah, all right. I'll be down for that. I'm just telling you, that actually sounds really nasty. It's been really hard in Murfreesboro. They got rid of the party fowl, and they used to do hot chicken on top of their poutine, which was just so good. The party? The party fowl restaurant. Oh, the party fowl. It's no more. R.I.P. I think all of them closed. I don't think so. The one in Nashville is still going on, isn't it? I don't think so. I think it's done. Really? I think it's cooked. Is it because the... It's cooked. From what I understood, the parties turned foul, and that's why they had to close. That's what I heard, too. John, can I get a, that's funny, Dan? Dan, whew. That was amazing. Hey, is my audio up in there, guys? Audio up? Hello? Is that why you're not even listening? Is my audio up? Thank you. That's why they weren't laughing at your great jokes. Shut up, Chris. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? Yes! Unbelievable. Were you even alive in 1980? I was negative eight, Dan. You were negative eight. So that was February 22nd, 1980. U.S. beats the Soviet Union for the gold. Al Michaels. Miracle on ice. You know that Al Michaels wasn't even the guy for that game. They wanted a more seasoned sportscaster, but the ones that they had signed were football guys. So they didn't really know the game. So he was like, okay, yeah, I'll do hockey. That's fine. And it became one of the most iconic calls in all of sports history. The crazy thing is Al Michaels, I don't want to nerd out on sports people, but Al Michaels is not even necessarily known for hockey. He's known for football and for baseball. That's what I'm saying. And he was known for that back in the day when he was starting up his career. And all of the seasoned broadcasters kind of got their claim on what they wanted. Yep. And he got stuck with hockey. And then out of all the calls from that Olympics, are any of them remembered like that one? No way. Would you say that is one of the most iconic play-by-play calls ever? You've got the Giants win the pennant, right, from way back when. The Giants win the pennant. Mazeroski. Bill Mazeroski hits that home run, right? I should have planned this better. And then you've got this, and I don't know what else. You've got that one from Philadelphia where the guy was crying because they kept throwing batteries at Santa Claus. Yes, that as well. I remember that one. I don't know where I was going with all that. Joan was in the audience during that. She was throwing the batteries. She was hucking the batteries at Santa Claus. Were you there, Joan? No. Yeah, that's what she would say. Then this was this weekend. Watch across it comes. Jack Hughes wins it. The golden goal for the United States. For the first time since the 1980 miracle, the United States takes the goal. So Jack Hughes, the best part of the whole thing, we were talking about this earlier, the best part of the whole thing was Jack Hughes being interviewed. He's got like two or three teeth that are either cut in half or missing. This is all about our country right now. I love the USA. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable. The USA Hockey Brotherhood is so strong. And we have so much support from next players. I'm so proud to be American today. This was such an incredible game to grind out. I mean, you're bleeding right through it just looking at you right now. Can you just talk about how difficult this gold medal was to win? Unbelievable game by Hellebuck. I mean, he lost teeth. He was our best player tonight by a mile. Unbelievable game. Unreal game by our team. That's just a ballsy, gutsy win. That's American hockey right there. That's a great Canadian team, but we're USA. We're so proud to be Americans. Tonight was all for the country. What does this gold medal mean to USA hockey? It's everything. Like I said, the USA hockey brotherhood means so much. Look at these guys. We're such a team. We've been there for two weeks. We're such a team. The USA hockey brotherhood is so strong, and we're so proud to win for our country. So there you go. Very cool. You know, Trump called in. So people are freaking out. Yeah, I saw it. Because Kash Patel was in the locker room chugging beers with the team. Okay. So I don't really care that he was in the locker room. Oh, I don't either. But he looked so corny. Can we just agree on that? He did. Like he looked like an absolute cheese ball. So you're saying that. Like just a dweeb. Do you know what he looked like? He looked like the little brother. Yes. He looked like the water boy. Yeah. Is what he looked like. It was embarrassing. Or the beer guy. Like, all the politics aside, it was embarrassing. This is Donald Trump calling in. Unbelievable, and you were all unbelievable. And that team is pretty good you played. I don't know. You know, I'll tell you what. I just told my people two minutes ago, I didn't know they'd be calling. I said, we're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I could send a military plan or something. But if you would like to, it's the coolest night. It's the biggest. We're in. Can you pick us up in Miami on Tuesday morning? Close the northern border. We'll get the cash and we'll get the military to get you guys over. Let's go. Dan Bongino returns. It's real. You better produce something fast. And he's not holding back. Dan, that's backwards. No, I'm telling you the truth. Hard truths and a bold perspective no one else can offer. You may not hear this anywhere else. I'm always under the assumption that you're being played, we're being played. Man, this show continues to expand its footprint. I love you guys for it. It's the comeback everyone's been waiting for. If there was ever a time, it is this one. The Dan Bongino Show. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. State of the Union. So I have didn't watch regret. I've coined a new phrase because that's what I do. Didn't watch regret. I regret that I didn't watch the game. You can replay it. I mean, it's like, honestly. But, Joan, I already know the ending. It doesn't work like that for sports, Joan. No, it doesn't. Oh, sorry. What's wrong with you, Joan? Hey, did you guys see what the Huffington Post posted? No. Oh, you didn't? No. They have a piece on social media that was captioned, If waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you're not alone. What? Yeah. There's a name for the discomfort you're feeling watching the Olympics right now. TDS. Yeah. What's the name? Like, what did they say? They say, so let me, oh, it doesn't link to it. It's called stupid is what it is. Yeah, well, I mean, who needs to read beyond that? You feeling uncomfortable with being a patriotic American Honestly If you uncomfortable with the American flag then go to Iran and wave their flag Yeah You know what I mean Like there nothing wrong If you're uncomfortable with other people's patriotism, that's a you problem. Yeah. Get over it. You know what I mean? Especially on the hockey game. Just chill. Yeah. It's a hockey game. Yeah, at the end of the day. Yeah. Nothing but a hockey game. And that was the Olympics. And apparently we kicked that. We kicked butt. But? But in the I'm trying not to curse. Two T's. Most gold medals that we've ever won. Right. Is that what they said? Yes. Yes. Yes. And most gold medals that we've ever won. You know, though, Joan, I've sent I've sent note to my contacts within the Trump administration. Much like Greenland, we have to take over Norway because they're the ones winning all the gold medals. Oh, yeah. They got it. That's rightful American clay. That's exactly right. We need to take over Norway so that we can get all the gold medals. 18 Norway got. 18 gold medals. What did we get? 17? No, we got 12. We got 12. We got 12. Team USA won a total of 12. Women's hockey won the gold. Yep. Can I? No, never mind. No, no, no. No, no, no. What? What? Come on, Dan. No, I shouldn't. You're going to get in trouble? what's going on you can talk to us dan we'll listen we're here for you we're all ears hey hey chris it's just us hey chris just you and i talking were you surprised at how good looking some of the women's hockey players were i didn't no honestly like i there was some pretty good looking women's hockey players i just i didn't think they would be so good looking because let's be honest women's roller derby back when we were in like elementary school you were expecting the 80s gym teacher type built. Yes, I was, but they had some very attractive women's hockey players. Do they all have teeth? I didn't see them smile. It's a plausible question. It's a great question. I don't know how to answer that. Chris is in here. You know what's so funny? Chris can feel the awkward and he's not going to help me out. Say something, Chris. What? I'm just saying. I didn't watch much of the women's hockey, so I was leaning in. I didn't watch any of it either. I saw the highlights. I was leaning into your expertise. I wanted you to relay what you saw. Gold, 12 gold medals, including women's hockey. Silver, 12. Which Dan is very excited about. Bronze, 9, what? You're very excited about the women's hockey, clearly. We had a total of 33 medals. That ranks second overall in golds and total medals. So we got to fight Norway. We do. We got to take them over by the next Winter Olympics in four years. Did you guys hear the story about how President Trump sent a mercy ship over to Greenland? No. He sent a mercy ship. Well, it was a hospital ship, right? Yeah. They were planning to, and then Greenland and Denmark said, no, thank you. Don't do it. Don't bring your ship over here to help our people. What's going on in Greenland that they need a mercy ship? Why did Greenland... You brought it up, Joan. Eat a mercy ship. What did they hit with something? Winter Ebola. Winter Ebola. Delivering pizzas to the great white cold, whatever it is. So many residents are sick and not receiving proper care. However, Greenland's government firmly rejected the offer, stating it was not needed. They have a free public health care system over there. I'm having shade, you know, flashbacks to the hospital ships during COVID going to New York that were never used. Yeah. Dan's going to sleep in the doghouse tonight, says Tim. The women's hockey play. Oh, 51. Oh, God, I'm not reading that. What? 51.94. I can't. No, no, no. Don't read it. No, I have to read it. Well, you know. I think it's just a dentist joke. It's a dentist joke. Oh. Something about women and teeth. Anyway, so Chris. Oh, my gosh. I just read it. Your thoughts, Joan. My thoughts are we have some incredible listeners. And when she says incredible, that could go either way. Right? We love our listeners. By the way, we are going to meet the listeners at Legend Steakhouse. You know what I love about these events is meeting listeners. Do you know what I don't love about these events? Meeting listeners? No, I love listeners. I thought you were going to do the double. I love meeting the listeners. I don't like meeting the listeners. No, no, no. I never get to eat. Like, everybody's talking about how great the steak is at Legend's Steakhouse. You have to make some time for you. Yeah, you just don't. You don't eat because you don't like to eat in front of people. Let's be honest, Dan. It's true. That might be true. Yes. I don't like to eat in front of people. But I also feel like if I'm going to spend 30 minutes eating by myself, that's 30 minutes that I could spend meeting people. Why is it taking you 30 minutes? To eat a big old legend steakhouse steak? I feel like you could hustle that thing down At 15 When you cook it over, it's kind of hard to get down Wipe it on your pants and move on Yeah, it's because Dan gets it well done It's hard to chew Well done, you have to chew twice as long Apparently, is that what it is? I think so I mean, it's jerky I can get you one of those little pop-up tents We can set up like a single table in there for you We can't use the velvet rope That's for the leftists that are joining Yeah, we have to create a safe space for all of our leftist listeners. Is that what it is? Do you know, to our credit, I don't think we've ever had like a blocked off area for just WTN personnel. We've never done that. No. We're always hanging out with people. We like to mingle. We very much like to mingle. I mean, no offense, Chris. I like talking to listeners more than I like talking to you guys on the air. Likewise. Yeah? I take offense. Well, you're not there, Joan. Joan, if you were going to be there and on the air with us, we would totally like talking to you more than listeners. Yeah. 100%. Yeah. But you, Joan, have decided not to show up. And that's, and Joan, that is okay. Thanks, Dan. Thank you for okaying my not being there. I don't think Joan's come to any of our events since Dan was sticking his fingers in her pizza. No, no, she stuck her fingers in mine. She's the one that stole the pepperoni off my pizza. I don't recall it happening that way. Another, see, it was another instance of you weren't eating the pizza. It was driving me crazy. You got pizza there. Eat it. So just so we're clear now, both the women in my life are angry with me. Amy for saying that the Team USA women's hockey team, some hot girls in there, women, and Joan now for, you know, reminding her of how angry I was as a member of the patriarchy that she took a pepperoni off my pizza. Let's see here. 8886. Be sure to tell them you love hugs from listeners, Dan. I don't mind hugs from listeners. That got way overplayed early on. I'm totally cool with hugging listeners. Well, then what? If it's true, you... All right, let's address the elephant in the room. Please, Joan. It's about time. You don't have a warm embrace. It's very cold. What are you talking about? He's very cold. He's a very cold individual, Joan. When have you and I ever embraced Chris? I've watched from afar. Somebody get Al Michaels in and we can do play by play on my embracing of listeners. We will. I already talked to the social team. We're going to get all the reels. Joan, I'm reasonably certain you and I have never embraced either. Oh, we have. No, we have not. We have too. When? Joan said to me, and I quote, would have rather hugged a cactus. That's what she said. Oh, my goodness gracious. Is this what we're doing now? I said, that seems too far, Joan. She said, not far enough. So what you're saying, Joan, is I need to practice my embracing? Well, yeah. Okay. Yeah. You know what? Amy's available later today. Not anymore. Dan was talking about the women's hockey team. Oh, yeah. Sorry. You know what? Football teams have, like, tackle dummies. I need an embracing dummy. Dan's the guy that's going to get that punching bag that looks like a scary dude, but he's going to get it to practice hugging. That's exactly right. This isn't your average podcast. This is one of the most, if not the most controversial podcast. This is Full Send. Do you like party ever? I think Post Malone told me once he went to like one of your parties. What was the biggest after party you guys ever did? We had one with you guys. I know. Unfiltered conversations. I'm not going to say any names, but. We got Dr. Phil pulling up. Jake Paul's coming in today. Benjamin Netanyahu. He's about to walk into the podcast right now. I feel like he'd leave. Yeah, maybe. The Full Send Podcast. This is so crazy. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. Thank you.