FULL SHOW: Ghosted My Wedding Awkward Call, Bully Revenge Secret + Beat Brooke (4/7/26)

No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. All right, we got a brand new full hour for you with a mass speaker. We got a new Awkward Tuesday. And of course, you can take me on Intrivia. I know that you'll always say that you beat me when you listen, but then you call in and you try, and it never goes your way. I get it. Hey, it's Brigadjeffrin. You have found the full show podcast. What do we got for comments? Yeah, DVS said, I love this show even though Brooke hates me. What? And then parentheses put, I'm a dentist. Oh, yeah. She does. I can't help it. Yes, right. It's not that I hate you. It's just, just don't trust you. Oh, there we go. Sorry, DVS. Yeah. I'm glad you work your two to three days a week, though. That's nice for you. Was that too much? No, I kind of liked it. All right. Yeah. All right, your brand new full episode starts right now. Who's in a good mood today? Hey, I am. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. I want to know from all my co-hosts, do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? No, I'm a pessimist now. I used to be an optimist. Welcome to the fun side of the fence, Jose. All right, you reach the age. Even if you think you're like somewhere in the middle, here's the good news. According to experts, optimism is something you can actually improve on. Yeah. And it starts with making a list. Okay. Like one of those lists where you're like, list what you're grateful for or something. Or like a dream board. It's not like a to-do list or a dream board. It's a to-da list. Ta-da. Where at the end of each day, you write down everything you accomplished. Dude, that's awesome. Or in Brooke's case, pay someone else to do all that for you. Yeah. And not just the big stuff, even small things like, I drank enough water. I only hit snooze four times. Dude, that would be a huge accomplishment. I use shampoo and conditioner in the correct order this time. Nice. Those count as life achievements now. Y'all, you should have a seven in one, shampoo, conditioner, moisturizer, vitamins. Yeah, dandruff. I think antibiotics in there. Okay. I'm sure your hair's not going to fall out. Very impressive. The other thing experts say you must do to become more optimistic is don't worry all the time. Schedule it. So today from 11 to 1115, we're all going to come together and worry. That is our worry time. Then once 1115 hits, just flush it and let it go. I know you guys. It's just like a switch. I mentioned it really on board today. It's like being sad about stuff. You're like, okay, I'm going to be sad for three days. And then I've got to just be like, you're over it. Yeah. Where I'm like starting to get sad about something. I'm like, oh, wait, no, it's not sad time right now. Exactly. It's that to later. It's that easy. Yeah. I'm already feeling more optimistic. Optimistic that Brooke is going to lose in the shock-caller question of the day. Why would you want that? And I only messed up 12 times during that whole introduction. So I'm going to put that on my to-do list. Good job, Jeff. While I send it over to Jake, let's do some trivia. Well, today's the birthday of a Hollywood legend. A man who turned doing your own stunts into chaotic work of art. Famed martial artist, Jackie Chan. Wow. He's been making movies for a mind-blowing six decades. And this is a guy who could take a normal fight scene with a ladder, climb it, spin it, get stuck in it, somehow kick people through it, and defeat 40 bad guys all while holding a priceless vase. Hey. For comedic effect. He's a funny guy. Now that's a to-do list. Most action stars have stunt doubles. Jackie Chan had a loyalty punch card to the ER, and he still made it look kind of fun. Yeah, it's so good. And that's why today, in honor of the legendary Jackie Chan, we're doing a special Chan You Handle It edition of Polenity of 20. Now, you'll say a number 1 through 20. I'll give you a trivia question about the iconic martial artist, Jackie Chan. Just answer it correctly, and you can keep playing my game. Okay. We'll start with the woman who also does not use a stunt double while crashing her car into the parking meter. No, true. That's Alexis. A fire in everything. That's so impressive. 9. Number 9. In 2007, Jackie Chan was in a TV series called Project A, and was filmed in Hong Kong, where he almost died during one of his stunts. Oh, no. He was hundreds of feet in the air dangling from what? A blimp over a stadium of people. Oh. An old clock tower. Oh. Or a bunch of helium balloons while promoting the Pixar movie Up. That would be so good. The crossover. Dressed up like the old man. That would be a cause worth almost dying for. Is a clock tower really that tall? I guess. One of the tallest clocks I can think of. I don't know. I mean, when you say that, I'm like, I don't know if it's that impressive to dangle from a clock tower, so let's go blimp. Hey. Going A for blimp. I'm sorry. Sorry, Jackie Chan. It was a clock tower. He slid down a real clock tower and fell through multiple awnings, injuring his neck in the process. Oh, my gosh. Pretty Jackie Chan. He's okay. I want to admit him at a Costco. You did? It was a book signing. Not like a, just bumped into him in the aisle. I thought he was like shopping for bulk. There was Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan loves deals. In line for samples. Brooke, I need a number from you. Nine is off the board. Give me 12. Jackie Chan holds a world record for doing the most what in a single movie? Is it A, fight scenes, B, film jobs, so like most credits on the film. Oh, producer director. Or C, smashing thankful hotties for saving their lives. What does Jackie Chan have the world record for? Oh man. I mean, I wanted to be C for him, but I don't think that's it. He does seem like he could do all the jobs on the movie all at the same time. He could hold his own boom for his own fight scene. Exactly. He actually invented the selfie stick because it was in this necessity to film his own film. I'm going to go the most titles in a film. Yeah. B, most film jobs. He performed 15 different roles on one film, including directing, acting, even handling the props. Extra. I bet it was. How does he the whole crowd? His best work. They were over to you nine and 12 are off the board. Let's go. Lucky number seven in rush hour. Okay. Jackie Chan's character refuses to say what word forcing Chris Tucker to repeat it. Is it damn please or moist? Is that the scene where he's like, do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? Remember? Man, nobody understands the words that are coming out of your mouth. Moist is the funniest. The funniest damn is easy. I'm going to say please. Oh, Jose says please. My answer is please. Sorry, Jose. It's damn. Oh, it is damn. His character pretends to not understand the word leading to one of the most famous running jokes. Oh darn. I mean damn. Alexis has gotten hers wrong. Brooke got hers right. Jose got his wrong, which means, Jeffrey, you got to get this right to save us from Brooke, which predicted she was going to win. Help us from Brooke. She predicted she was going to be shocked actually. My optimism in the situation is actually what it was. I'm going to go number three. Number three. Jackie Chan actually has a successful music career and has released over 20 albums in what language is it Mandarin? Is it English or is it Spanish karaoke? That would be amazing. I like that it's Spanish karaoke. That's sing song-y Spanish. Oh, got it. That's not enough of a challenge for Jackie Chan, though. So I'm going to eliminate that. Mandarin seems, I mean, that just seems too easy. I mean, you would think it's his native language. If it was English, why haven't we played all the hits of Jackie Chan? I know. That's also true. What are we doing? Too highbrow probably for the average. Unless we're fighting on Taylor Swift is Jackie Chan. Oh, man. This is a- What job can't he do? I'm going to say Mandarin is two on the nose. I think he's done 20 English albums. Oh. Jeffrey says English. I'm sorry. It is Mandarin. The easiest answer was the correct one. He's a legit pop star in Asia and sings many of his own movie themes. Oh, my God. That's cool. James Bond singing his own. That means Brooke has won today's edition of 20 of 20. Jeff wanted her to lose. Brooke gets to choose who gets shocked today. They're going to be singing Tub Thumpin' by Chumbawamba. Who's it going to be? Obviously you. You deserve the punishment. You're backfired on you. I am kind of the Jackie Chan of this show. I have to do all the things. I'm going to do my own stunt this time. Here we go. I get knocked down. But I get up again. You're never going to keep me down. I get knocked down. What if his English songs? That was your shock collar question of the day. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. We don't normally share tips on how to beat Brooke in her trivia. But here's a little nugget that you could use to maybe throw her off her game. The thing is Brooke loves compliments. And if said correctly, they can absolutely disarm her. Yeah. Compared to all those people that hate him. Right. You know. Brooke especially, like for example. Okay. Hey, Magoo, I'm over here. Where? You were talking to the mirror for a second there, Velma. Hello. Over here. Oh, God. The mirror was cuter than you. See? She loves it when you're playful with her like that. Yeah, she floored it back. She is so flustered right now. Maybe one of our listeners can lower her into a false sense of security and take her down. Compliment her. Compliment away during a brand new round of trivia right now. Win Brooke Fox. Kevin's here. He's a friend of the show. And you'll remember his daughter is a little hockey stud. Yeah. Apparently they just got back from Canada where she was in a tournament. And what happened up there, Kevin? Oh my gosh. It was crazy. It's usually we get destroyed by those Canadian girls. But this time her team, they were in the championship final game. Yeah. And they were down zero to two in the third period. They came back. They tied it to two and two. Oh, what a overtime. And then they got the winning goal. They won it. Oh, God. I'm crying right now. We were crying. Everybody was crying. Isn't it crazy how intense kids sports are? Oh my gosh. I was so nervous the whole time. It was just crazy. Nobody was talking. Pro leagues have nothing on the feelings of having your kid out there. Every game is playoffs. Yeah. It is so intense. Well, dude, congratulations to your daughter. Let's get to the game here. We got 30 seconds on the clock to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know when you can say pass, but you have to beat Brooke outright if you want to win. Are you ready? Let's do it. Your time starts now. Jackie Chan turned 72 today. He's famous for starring in the movie franchise Rush Hour with what comedian? Uh, pass. When referring to Apple computers, what is Mac short for? Pass. What type of blood cells fight infections? White. Who is the writer and creator of Star Wars? Uh, George Lucas. In tennis, the Wimbledon championship trophy features a piece of tropical fruit. What is it? On Apple. What's the opposite of the word invest? Divest. Wow. Man. That was tough at the beginning. I was like blanking. But you found your groove there midway through. Well done, Kevin. Now, Brooke's coming back into the studio here. And Kevin, I don't think you and I have done this before, but it's kind of catching fire around the nation. It's called a game within a game. So you did your trivia portion already and we're going to take a quick break and do some over the phone tic-tac-toe. Oh, okay. I'm going to go top middle with my X. Where are you going? Top middle. Why would you do that? I'm going bottom right. Okay. I'm going to go bottom left with my X. Okay. Now, where are you going? Middle. Middle. Oh, I'm sorry. We're out of time, Kevin. Oh, no. We'll have to continue the next time you come to play. So don't forget where you moved, all right? Okay. You're good at this. So are you. I don't even know what I'm going to do next. I want closure. I'm not even kidding. No wonder this is such a popular thing. I can't believe more radio shows aren't doing this. Is it my turn? It is. Unfortunately, we have to keep going with the trivia stuff. So, Brooke, you ready? Yes. So, now, Jackie Chan turns 72 today. He's famous for starring in the movie franchise Rush Hour with what comedian? Oh, God. Chris Rock. When referring to Apple computers, what is Mac short for? Macintosh. What type of blood cells fight infections? Red. Who is the writer and creator of Star Wars? George Lucas. In tennis, the Wimbledon championship trophy features a piece of tropical fruit. What is it? What is the opposite of the word? Invest. Divest. We'll accept it. Really? Are you sure? I think she said a different word. But let's go to the scoreboard to see how you both did with Jose. Blue, you're my boy. Thank you, sir. Balanios. All right, Kevin, you got four correct today. Ooh. Ooh. Very good. How are you feeling? This feels like a playoff game. We're behind by Cole. I know. And it's like... This is better than hockey, for sure. It is. Kevin got four correct. Yes. Only three. Kevin gets the championship. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Let the trophy go. Just like your daughter, a comeback for the ages, Kevin. Congratulations. Congratulations. Oh, I can finally pay for the hotel room now. Let's go over the answers here. Jackie Chan turned 72 today. He's famous for starring in Rush Hour with comedian Chris Tucker. Oh, my gosh. I knew it was a Chris. Yeah. Very close on that. Apple computers. Mac is short for Macintosh. That was the original name for Apple's line of computers. The type of blood cells that fight infection are white blood cells. I knew that. I don't know what I said, right? George Lucas is the writer and creator of Star Wars. In tennis, the Wimbledon Championship trophy has a pineapple on it. I said that? Yeah. You got that one right. And the opposite of the word invest is divest. Not divest. Yeah, put his foot down there. I got it wrong. So, Kevin. Hang on. Can we clip that? I say I get stuff wrong all the time. Wow. Clip that too. Oh, my gosh. So we can throw it on her face. Look, you broke Brooke, Kevin. Congratulations. Wow. I'm sweating now. Yeah. So not only do you win $100, but just for playing, we're also giving you a $25 Disney gift card. Valid at any Disney resort theme park or online in the Disney store. Wonderful. Add it to my collection. Yay. Can't hear you, Kevin. Your phone's turning up. Kevin, always fun having you on the show. It's not. Come back and play again soon. We're going to do a phone tap coming up right after this. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Be the bigger person. Treat others with respect. Yeah, these are good life lessons. Take the high road. Oh, yeah. I mean, yeah. This all sound great embroidered on a pillow at home goods. But when it comes to real life and real middle school bullies, those strategies usually don't work at all. And that's why one of our listeners is on the phone today to tell us she took matters into her own hands when it came to her daughter's school bully. As you should. And it's definitely a unique way to handle it. Dare I say unethical? Oh, goodness. That's not good. I feel like people are going to be talking about this one in your brand new mass speaker coming up right after this. No gloss. No filter. Just stories. Spoken without fear. Addiction is a disease and it should be looked upon as any other disease. How did you cope with a reckless father like me? Join me, Pooja Bhatt, as I sit down every week with directors, actors, musicians, technicians and beyond. You don't need to work with the biggest people and the biggest sound to have great music. I have gone through this sub-credits. Reach the pinnacle. Stung by the sneaker. I've fallen down again. Yeah. I am not writing actively anymore and when I see my old work it kind of saddens me. I'm only as good as the last shot that I gave. Mom's gone but don't shut the theater. The show must go on. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhatt show on the iHeart Radio app. Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire. You don't know me. A confession I can't take back. I am... The last speaker. Text to 78592 says, last year in college I used to go into random empty lecture halls and write class cancelled on the whiteboard. So funny. It must have ruined a few people's grades. Wow. But you know the best part about failing college classes is it just means you get more college. You have to pay for it. It's not cheap. I'm ready to beer bong somebody's secrets right now. Straight to the dome here on the mass speaker. And we've got a woman on the line ready to confess she's chosen Kara as her fake identity. So Kara welcome to the show. Hey, thanks you guys. Put the beer bong down Kara. We'll get to that after your secret is done because the voice changer is on. You are our mass speaker so whenever you're ready let's hear your confession. Okay, so I have a couple of kids. My oldest daughter was getting bullied in middle school by some other girls. Oh man. A couple other girls you said? Yeah, those mean girls. Sometimes she came home in tears with these stories about how they would make fun of her backpack. Teaser about her hairstyle or even trip her in the hall. Oh my gosh that's terrible. Did you talk to the school? You know she told her teachers about it. She did okay. But they never really did anything to stop it. So I explained to her that usually bullies they lash out because they're not happy with themselves. They're either jealous or they have things going on at home so they try to hurt others in order to feel better. And she understood that but that explanation didn't stop those bullies from continuing to be awful. What she didn't turn to him and say hey listen you've got some inner issues that you need to deal with. Yeah, how about you go to a therapist? Quick before you punch me give me a hug. Yeah, no you need it. Well it was a little worse than that. Oh no. And so the bullying continued until one day I got a call from the principal who said I had to come down immediately and talk with him about some disciplinary issues regarding my daughter. Wait what regarding your daughter? I thought it was going to be regarding those two brats. So I was like oh my god what happened so I go to the school and the principal tells me apparently one of the other girls was giving my daughter hard time again in the halls and my daughter lashed out and was like oh yeah well you're the reason your dad left. Oh no. Like where I got stuck around to raise me. Oh my god. That was a sick burn though. You're just an a-hole who hates themselves. Yeah, that was also true. She's using mommy's words and bringing them out. Well I didn't exactly use those words. Oh my god. I don't know about the dad thing but the other thing is probably spot on for sure. Well actually that dad did leave which sucks but. Oh so it's true. Okay. Yeah so it's obviously not right that she said that but I'm going to defend her right to stand up for herself. So I told the principal are you aware that these other kids have been bullying her for months. Yeah. She reported it to the teachers and absolutely nothing has been done. Right like what else is she supposed to do? She's just yeah. Exactly. And so he's like oh we understand but what your daughter did she crossed the line and her words were so mean and so unacceptable. We just don't tolerate this here at school. And I'm thinking are you f-ing kidding me dude. Yeah. Pull her out of that school. Okay I understand like why you'd want her to defend herself but also not also the solution. There's a line I guess. I disagree. More bullying can stop bullying. Fight fire with fire. I like that. I don't think that's the message from the bullying campaigns. Yeah. Well I said what did you want my daughter to do in the future. Like she's getting harassed over and over all day long. What should she do. And he's like well just tell her to keep reporting it but don't retaliate. Oh god. Come on. I was livid at this point. I said do you just want her to sit there and take it and do nothing and let herself be harassed. Yeah. Come on. Right Brooke. I feel like you were bullied in school. Oh my god. I was bullied mercilessly. The kids would always be like oh I bet your parents horse farm isn't even beach front. And I would cry so long. You're having our llama farm is. See it wasn't enough. So I get where your daughter's coming from Kare. I feel for her. So what did you do. I was so furious. I looked at him in the eye and I was like okay moron. And his eyes got really big. And I said you are a pathetic sad balding little man. Oh yeah. How long. You said this to the principal. Get him. I said he was a balding little man and his suit was ill-setting and his kind looks like it was rescued out of a dumpster. Oh. Well I. I can see Jeff hey leave my suit alone. I told him he was the worst principal in the history of the school and that everybody hated him. Were you there for ten minutes just going on and on. Oh my gosh. I said your family probably hates you. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Wow. So then he stands up and he yells this is so unacceptable. I will not tolerate this. You cannot speak to me that way. Yeah. And then what did you say. That's actually valid. Probably yeah what you would say. I yelled back at him and I said what what you're supposed to just take it. Yeah. And I reported you a feature. I bullied you so just take it right. Yeah just sit there. I don't get it. I don't get it. You want my daughter's shouldn't say anything so you shouldn't say anything. Exactly. And I'm going to trip you in a minute. Pull your underwear over your head. He gets real quiet for like 10 12 seconds and then he goes I see your point man. I will handle it. No. He said my daughter was free to go home and after that the bullying stopped. Isn't that amazing. Wow. You just have to bully him a little for him to get it. Hey Brooke you were wrong. Bullying does work. Yeah. Fire. No that is not our message. It is. Not it. Go to your middle school and bully your daughter's principles and they will come out better for it. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. That was more than a little bit. Yeah. That was. The message got through clearly. Exactly. You're a hero. Is she. I felt like it. I really honestly did. Good. I just want to know when the principal booked an appointment in Turkey to get hair plugs. See everybody wins. You're right. Yeah. Text in 7592 if you have a confession you've been holding on to will hide your identity, mask your voice and make you our next mass speaker. We got your phone tap coming up right after this. In today's phone tap. Stoner Max is back. Yes. Wait that's me. If you don't know him. He's the guy that well he stoned. Yeah. He's on the wacky tobacco. He's feeling good. But one problem. He's running out of scratch. Needs money. And that's why he calls a woman who's a dog breeder and says he wants to be just like her. Oh. So maybe she has a few helpful tips for him. Not sure he's actually taking any notes but he is rolling paper. We know that in your phone tap right now. Broken Jeffrey's phone taps on the 20s. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hello. Oh that worked. Hello. Oh dang it man. I'm sorry. Who is this? This is I am Max. What's your name? You called me. You're supposed to be Erica and if it's not I'm going to hang up. Hey bro. No you're not Erica. Your name is Flounder. This is Erica. How can I help you? Oh I was given your digits because I'm trying to work with dogs like how you do. You're a breeder. I'm a breeder. Yes I am. But how can I help you? I don't know why he thought like you made bread like for the dogs. You know. Are you the person that Carlos said was going to call me? Yeah. Here's the deal. I heard you can make tons of dough if you can get dogs to like hook up and stuff. Not like make out but like more like more bases. It is lucrative but how can I help like what do you need from me? Well I don't even know obviously because these guys they're not doing it at all. Like I tried to put on some music and like set the mood you feel me? Put on some Drizzy. Is this some kind of joke or something? No. Why do you even think that? How many dogs do you have over there? There's hold on let me count one, two. I don't have time for this. I don't have time for this. Hold on I lost count. Stop running around I'm trying to count you guys. Just tell me how many. There's like it's a circle of like five, six, maybe six. I rounded them up. They're all strays from the neighborhood and I saved them. It sounds like you're on something if I'm being honest. And I really don't have time for this if you're not being serious about this. I am. That's all that stuff wore off. Okay a long time ago. You're obviously doing something and you're rounding up straight like this is not good. This is not ethical breeding. I know I'm new at this. Okay but I only have like two questions. Google is an app on your phone. You can seriate. Hold on I forgot the first question. Let's move on to the second question. Oh my God. Number two. I'm trying to get them to mate and it's really frustrating because it's been like at least like four minutes. I got to be at my other job at Taco Bell in like 15 minutes or they're going to fire me and then I won't have like a 10% off. Listen. God for everyone and the dogs. This is not something that you do in 10 minutes. This is a process. This takes time. So like 15 minutes because I didn't call my boss. He's pretty cool. Like if I'm late. You need to edit yourself on this. You need to look stuff on the computer. I mean for goodness sake go to the library. I think I can. I don't know if they let you take the dogs into the library though because especially if they're doing it and you're supposed to be quiet. You're not looking the dogs to the library. Listen to this guy. He's not going to be quiet. He's loud. You need to go to the library and look it up. Read a book. Oh, it's supposed to look like that. Flounder is it looks like he's swimming. Oh my God. That is not the doggy paddle. This is the most immature conversation I've ever had with the dog freer. It's all good. Are we 12? No, it's Flounder is actually done. That's awesome. And so is the prank phone call. So like all our jobs are complete. I should get raised. Excuse me? This is actually Jose for the radio show brick and Jeffrey in the morning. I'm doing a phone tap on you. Oh my goodness. I was literally about to come through the phone. I'm like, you're an imbecile. Like if you can't get any worse than this. Your friend Carla set you up and you must love her because you were so nice to me. I could tell you were like Carla. I'm gonna take a blood pressure pill because you've raised my blood pressure for the day. Well, it looks like Flounder took some kind of pill too. He's still on my leg. Oh my goodness. Carla, I'm gonna kill you. Broken Jeffrey's phone taps on the 20s. Broken Jeffrey in the morning. It's almost time for your awkward Tuesday. It's broken Jeffrey in the morning. And today we speak to a listener who just got married a couple of weeks ago. That's awesome. It is, but she's a little upset that her childhood friend was a complete no show. And everyone is in the dark about why, except one of her friends who believes she knows the real reason. Really? What's the reason? And it is spicy. Oh, spicy tea. Hey, Jeff, let's go. But is it true? We're gonna find out when we do your awkward Tuesday phone call right after this. No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. Addiction is a disease and it should be looked upon as any other disease. How did you cope with a reckless father like me? Join me, Pooja Bhatt, as I sit down every week with directors, actors, musicians, technicians and beyond. You don't need to work with the biggest people and the biggest sound to have great music. I have gone through the sub-CD's chakras. Reach the pinnacle, stung by the sneaker, I've fallen down again. Yeah, I am not writing actively anymore and when I see my old work it kind of saddens me. I'm only as good as the last shot that I gave. Mom's gone but don't shut the theatre. The show must go on. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhatt show on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. There's a lot of wedding etiquette and protocols that you're expected to follow when you're invited to attend a fancy gathering. That's right, behave. Probably seven drinks or more minimum? Wait, minimum? Minimum. Must wear pants? Unless it says pants optional on the invite. Which most do. You're not going to be wearing anything after seven drinks. And I know in Brooke's case she requested do not woot during our first kiss unless the neon sign explicitly says to. Which the neon sign said to. It was up the entire time. Cheer me on, let's go. So another potential wedding faux pas that I recently heard about is responding yes on your invite but never showing up. Oh my god. The only thought I had with my mother was over her friend that did that. Oh, yes. Well it's what brings our listener Danielle to the show today because she recently got married and is struggling with the absence of a good friend who said they'd come but never did. Danielle, welcome to the show. Hi guys. Hi Danielle. Hi Danielle. Congratulations, I mean we should start there right? Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I mean it's great being married, I'm so happy but almost everything. Yeah, they say the first two weeks of marriage are the hardest so now that you're through this, it's all smooth sailing. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, Cabo was really hard really. Oh, wow. Our hearts go out to you, Andrew. The mother forgot her name twice. Okay, so tell us, you emailed because apparently somebody was supposed to attend your wedding and did not do that. Let's get into it, who is it? Yeah, so this is one of my closest friends of all time. Oh my gosh, what? I mean, yeah, we've been friends literally since elementary school. We were basically next door neighbors, like ride the bus together, everything. Since elementary, through college, we went to college together and we stayed closest whole time. Dude, you don't even have to go any further, I'm offended already for you. Yeah, wow. What did he, she no showed? So he no showed. Oh, it's a guy. Yeah. What's his name? His name's Warren. So take us to what happened at your wedding, how did that go down? Okay, so I'm getting ready with my bride's names. I'm getting ready to go down and one of our other best friend, like one of our mutual good friends is my maid of honor. And she informed me that like he wasn't there and she was like, I thought he was coming and I'm like, he is coming. So like I remember like looking out because this is one of my best friends and I don't see him and he's not there. Oh, just no text. Yeah, just didn't go up. I mean, I would immediately honestly think that something terrible happens. Yeah, for sure. Like car accident, if he had to fly, the plane got delayed, medical emergency, something crazy. Well, yeah, I mean, that was my first thought too, because I'm like, what other reason would he possibly not show up to my wedding? Totally. So I texted him. While you're up at the altar? Well, no after. That would also like hold the wedding one second, holding out a giant dress. It was after. Okay. And I was just like, hey, are you okay? And he didn't reply at all. So I'm stressed my entire wedding thinking he's dead. Yes. And then he finally replies the next day. And all he says is sorry, couldn't make it. Whoa. That is weird. Is that a big deal? Yes. Yeah. If he texts her the next day and it's not a call, it should be like a five page. Oh my gosh, this is what I mean. He's mad. I think he's mad at something. Or he's a man and just really short and is like, that's all I need to say. No, I know. He's a friend though. Yeah, that's more important. Well, do you have any idea why he wasn't there or why he took so long to answer? My two top running theories, I guess at the moment are one, maybe he's upset that he wasn't in the wedding, which he could feel bad about that on his. My husband already had his groomsmen. But you could have given him another role, you know, like there's other things at the wedding that could have involved him. Yeah, he could have been mad about that when he found out, not the day. Yeah, I mean, that's true. My other theory, and I don't really think this one's true, but my other friend, she's saying that she thinks it could be that he's upset because he has feelings for me. And I, yeah, I don't think that's true. Why not? I mean, like he's basically my brother. Yeah, well, Brooke thinks that's kind of hot, right? No, maybe not. But if he thought that, getting friend zone, it still hurts, I guess. But like, why would you boast me on my wedding day? I don't know. I will say I see where you're coming from, but speaking as a guy, we process things a little bit differently. Yeah. Not always the best way. And maybe his head just wasn't able to wrap his mind around that moment. Hasn't he seen a rom-com? If that's the case, he's supposed to run down the aisle and say, he's supposed to be with me. I object. Would you have been mad at him if he came down and objected and ruined the wedding? Well, if that was the case, I wouldn't want him to go. Okay, so maybe you'll be grateful that he didn't come if we're able to get in touch with him, because I'm assuming that's what you reached out about, is trying to figure out why he's not answering. I need you guys to talk to him and figure out what's going on, because he's not talking to me. And I honestly don't think I can talk to him right now, or should I? Because I'm so emotional about this. I don't want to upset him more, because I'm already really upset. Okay. I'm just going to make it worse. So remember, with the Awkward Tuesday, we will let you make this call, but we'll give you our advice first. That's right, whether you're emotionally ready or not. Yeah. We'll figure out how to... Save the friendship. How to get your childhood friend to finally open up and tell you why he couldn't bother to show up to the biggest day of your life. Oh, yeah, you say it like that. Yeah, he sucks right now. Yeah, that's my advice. So here we go. We're going to do it with your Awkward Tuesday, right after this. It's Awkward. It's Tuesday. It's Awkward Tuesday phone call. If you're just joining us, we've been talking to Danielle, who is two weeks out of being newly married. Yeah. So... That part's great. That is. Congrats to her, but she is still dealing with a little micro-drama that happened at the wedding, because a close guy friend, someone that she grew up with, said that he would show... Yep. But never did. Dude, it's like one of her best friends. Yeah, she even... She looked for him. She texted him at the wedding saying, where are you? And he didn't respond until the next day. Wow. And all he said was, oh, sorry, I couldn't make it. Yikes. I don't think he said sorry, didn't he? I think he said sorry. I can't remember. It was rude. That's all I know. You don't give him any credit. I'm mad. Whatever it was, it wasn't enough, and it didn't provide any explanation. He's not answering her texts or her calls now, and that's why she wants us to dial from our number. So hopefully he'll pick up, and we need to give her some advice to get her ready for this. So Brooke, what have you got? I'm saying you're coming in hot. Oh, I like it. Yes, element of surprise, because your friends are theorizing that he didn't show because he has a crush on you. So what you do, he doesn't know this number. You say, hey, listen, I'm upset that you weren't at the wedding, and now all of our friends are starting to rumor that it's because you have feelings for me. Oh my God. Wow. Immediately. Yes, yes. Come in angry. What do you think about that, Danielle? I like it. Yes. Honestly, yeah. And I'll tell you what, I think that if he hears that and he really does think of you as just a sister. Yeah. They'd be like, God, no. Yeah, they'd be like, shut up, bro. Yeah, and then he'll have to tell you why he didn't really show up. Yeah, because I mean, I really don't think that's what it is. Okay, so possibly harness your inner anger. Jose, what's your advice? Well, my advice was actually for you to go opposite. Oh. I think that you need to be a little delicate with him, you know, because you may only get one shot at this, all right? You don't want to regret being too aggressive and ruining it if he does have a good excuse. Okay. Yeah, well, I only had one shot at my wedding day and he wasn't there. So, yeah. I have a feeling we're going in hot then. Can't lie about your emotions. As usual, anger wins. So here we go. I'm in a dial Warren's number and we're going to see if he answers and hopefully get some closure on what happened, why he didn't come to your wedding. Here it goes. Hello. Hello. Hello. Oh, yeah. You got a new phone number. No. Okay. So like, what are you doing? What am I doing? I'm pretty sure I'm trying to contact you since you, you know, just ghosted my wedding. Listen up. I'm really not ready for this right now. What do you mean you're not ready for this? I'm just going to be up front. All of our friends are going around spinning the rumor mill saying that the reason you didn't show up is because you're not ready for this. So, you know, we're going to be doing this right now. Yeah. We're going to be doing this right now. We're going to be doing this right now. We're going to be doing this right now. We're going to be doing this right now. So my friends are going around spinning the rumor mill saying that the reason you didn't show up is because you're in love with me and that you couldn't handle the wedding. Ew. Come on, man. No, no, no. Yeah, okay. That's what I said too. You know, you're my oldest friend and we're family. It's got it's got nothing to do with me being attracted to you. Okay. Then why didn't you show up? I actually, I did show up. I was actually there 20 minutes before the ceremony. Whatever you wire, I looked around. You weren't there. You weren't anywhere. I really don't want to talk about this. You owe it to me, Warren. Just tell me the truth. What happened? Damn. All right. Look, when I was pulling up, I was ready to go in and have a good time with you guys. But I spotted someone that I didn't want to be around. So I just had to bail. I panicked when I saw this person, because I don't want to be around this person. Okay. What do you mean by that? Like, I mean, again, that sounds like our friends are right. Like, was this person Tom? Was the person that you were so upset to see? Was that my husband? Did it make you? No, no, no, no, no. I love Tom. I'm glad that you guys are getting married. I really am. It's got it's got nothing to do with Tom. He's legit. Okay. Then who the hell could have upset you enough to not come to my wedding? All right. Let me ask you something. Was your wedding planner named Jillian? Jillian? Yeah. My planner's name is Jillian. All right. That's what I was afraid of. What? A couple of years ago, two years ago, right? I was at the airport taking a flight and we met. And basically, she ended up giving me an STD. What? What was that noise? That's a party favor. I don't know what to say. We did not mean to out your info like that. Yeah. Yeah. Warren. Why are we on? Who are all these people on the phone? These people are a radio show called a tiny radio show that no one listens to. Yeah, don't worry. It's just Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. This is called an awkward Tuesday phone call. Very awkward. For obvious reasons. And could be used as a PSA for safe relations. I appreciate y'all broadcasting my issue. Well, we didn't we didn't know what the situation was. Yeah. Danielle had no idea why you didn't show up to her wedding. I don't know. You could have stayed first of all. But yeah, that's pretty immature. I still think like it's not like you're going to be interacting with a wedding planner. I didn't know what to do. I was freaking out. I was super embarrassed by the whole thing. And then it just seemed like when I saw her at the wedding, there's no possible way this can end well. Is it something that you and the wedding planner had not talked about before this moment? Nope. Oh, so she does. Oh, my God. She doesn't know. I didn't contact her afterwards. Oh, my God. I just I just thought of something. My brother hooked up with Jillian after the wedding. Yeah. Oh, God. Hey, it could be gone. It could be fine. It could have been a carable one. You could use protection. Like there's millions of people. I don't think you're that bad. Yeah. Millions of people that have this problem. Yeah. What? You literally just take a panel. You're fine. It's about sexual health and it should be more talked about in today's society. If you think about it, everyone should get a nasty. Apparently, I need to talk about it with my brother. So we don't want to stigmatize it. All that aside, it's good that this conversation is happening. Because now we finally understand what the real issue was. And the brother knows that he may need some antibiotics. Yes. And that's OK. Modern medicine is an amazing thing. Is it all right if I could maybe bow out of this conversation? I've had a cocktail or two and I don't feel like talking about it. I think this is exactly how the airport situation came up in the first place. Daydreams. But no wonder he sounds like a part of the time. I mean, I think the whole point is, do you forgive him for that? Right? Like, can you guys move past this in your relationship? I mean, honestly, I'm still really hurt by it. And I like, I just I wish you'd talked to me and I'm really upset that you didn't reply to me the last two weeks about it. Yeah, I just didn't know what to say. I had no idea what to do. I knew I was going to come out eventually, but I didn't want to go into that situation and think there was any possibility of something happening that would mess up the wedding day for you guys. Did you think that you're going to hook up with her there again? Is that what you were worried about? No. No. No. No. He's like, she cannot resist me. After I've had three cocktails. Look at what? All right. Well, Danielle, he did it. It sounds like to protect you and not create any more drama at the wedding than there needed to be. Yeah. Oh, my God. Just for the record, I'm sorry. I love you. You're my best friend. I wouldn't do anything to hurt you. That's sweet. Remember, you're talking to Danielle, not Jillian here. So. I got other words for Jillian. You do those off the air. Yeah. Well, still not thrilled about how it all went down, but I mean, we've made it 20 plus years in our friendship. I think we'll make it through this too. Oh, that's sweet. I feel good about this. Drinks on me. Let's all head to the airport together and celebrate. Yeah, absolutely. Broke in Jeffrey in the morning. Should the airport have hookup warning signs posted up around the different terminals? No, you know, Jeff, always know to use protection. It's pretty simple. There should have bathrooms labeled hookup bathroom. When you hook up with a stranger, you don't know what you're going to get. That's true. But if you think about a place that has a lot of signage, the airport's probably number one on the list. So why have I never seen a sign that says hookup with a red line through it? Yeah, totally, totally. Could help a lot more people than I realized. How many people are hooking up at the airport? I don't know. I don't have a lot of time in between flights. Yeah, I don't even know where you would do that logistically. Oh, with the TSA lines, they're so crazy long, you can just do it in line. Not going to be a sanitary place. Whatever it is. But I'm good for them for pulling it off. Pun intended or? Oh, no. Sucks the consequences, but you know, that's right. Anyway, if you want more awkward content, you can always follow our podcast at broken Jeffery, wherever gets yours. 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Got returning player Kira on the phone with us here. We haven't spoken with Kira since last year. And it's kind of exciting, because apparently she recently moved into a new apartment. You like it? You like your new spot? So far, so good. Brooke, you lived in lots of apartments over your time. What's the coolest amenity that you ever had other than being able to toss trash off your balcony and not get arrested for it? I had a 500 square foot patio. Whoa, my gosh. It was literally the same size as the studio apartment. A personal patio or a shared one? No, a personal patio. Private. Dude, it was like a Craigslist posting that I found that didn't have any pictures attached to it. And I made my now husband, but boyfriend of the time come with me because I'm like, this is either going to be a crack house. Or it's going to be insane. Wow. It still was a crack house. Yes. But it had a huge balcony. Yeah, that was cool. That is cool. Kira, what's the coolest amenity in your new place? I think the funniest thing is that I think it's haunted. The previous owner passed away, not here, but it seems every time I get a maintenance request fixed, another one pops up like two days later. So I might be getting haunted. The ghost has a crush on the maintenance guy. That's honestly probably what it is. It's always nice to have a roommate. So that's kind of fun for Kira. Let's have Brooke leave the studio. We'll get to the game. You got 30 seconds on the clock to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know when you can say pass, but you have to beat her outright if you want to win. Are you ready? Let's do it. Your time starts now. Today is National Beer Day. What's the term for the foam on top of a beer? No idea. What do you call the words of a song? Lyrics. What is the only cruise line in the world allowed to light off fireworks? Alaska cruise Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of what band? Nirvana. How many chambers does the human heart have? Four. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Versailles? Oh, the Civil War. I don't know. Famous Southern city. Yeah, we've walked in. We'll discuss that answer and why it was so good later. But let's talk more about Kira because she told our producer that she actually has a toddler right now. I'm assuming her toddler even, not one that she purchased behind the mall. And apparently he's got an interesting habit of eating books. Is this right, Kira? Yeah, she just likes to digest them in every way he can, you know, figuratively and actually. What's his favorite book to eat right now? Good Night Moon is what I caught him eating this morning. It's an actual bookworm. Yeah. He's eating through the book. You can tell all his teachers he is just hungry to read. Yeah. Hungry for knowledge. Wow, that's so fun, Kira. We're all happy for you. Brooke, now it's your turn. Are you ready? Yes. Your time starts now. Today is National Beer Day. What's the term for the foam on top of a beer? The head. What do you call the words of a song? The lyrics? What's the only cruise line in the world allowed to light off fireworks? Oh, interesting. Holland, America. Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of what band? Nirvana. How many chambers does the human heart have? Four. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Versailles? Oh, the Treaty of Versailles ended World War One. OK. I love it. Let's go to the scoreboard to see how you bolted with Jose. I killed two people. I killed two people. Melanios. That wasn't me talking. That got darker. There's a police listening. Kira, you got three correct today. It's all right. It's a good game. Solid. And Brooke, you got the same exact amount of questions in and... Four. She got five. Five. Now we have to subtract one from your score because you got that wrong. That worked. Rub it in. Yeah, sorry about that, Kira. Let's go over the answers for everybody. It's National Beer Day. The foam on the top of a beer is called the head, the head of the beer. The words of a song are known as the lyrics. The only cruise line in the world allowed to light off fireworks is the Disney cruise line. Interesting. The wine. They apparently invented and trademarked a special type of firework that explodes and turns into fish food as it falls into the ocean. So it's good. But why won't those brats share the technology? Because they trademarked it so people have to go on a Disney cruise to see fireworks on the sea. I know, but it would be nice to have all of our fireworks do that. I don't know. I'm just saying they're often over water. No, Brooke, I like to choke in the air after they go off. Kurt Cobain is the lead singer of Nirvana. The human heart has... He's still. I'm still willing to give him credit. OK. The chambers, there's four chambers in the human heart, and Treaty of Versailles did not end the Civil War. I'm sorry to say, Kira. They didn't go all the way to Paris for it. You're American town of Versailles. It ended World War I. That was my next guess. Oh, sure. Very similar wars. Yes. So, Kira was not enough to win today, but just for playing, we're giving you a pair of tickets to see R&B Star Baby Face perform at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort Event Center on April 18th. OK. And, hey, real quick, guys, just in case you didn't know, this was the not-so-pregnant Wonder Woman calling back again. Oh, yeah. And you had your baby. Yeah, well, he's a toddler now, eating books. So, but yeah, that's the fact. We're always happy to have you on. Let's do it again soon. We're going to do Win Brooke's Bucks same time tomorrow. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhat Show on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire.