20.) Ebro Vs. Everyone, Patreon Launch, + Vince Staples Show Cancelled (1/22/26)
68 min
•Jan 22, 20264 months agoSummary
The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show discusses Ebro's frustration over lack of recognition for his behind-the-scenes work in radio, launches their Patreon at $9.99/month, covers Vince Staples' Netflix show cancellation, and analyzes Oscar nominations including Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Tiana Taylor's acting nomination.
Insights
- Radio and broadcast talent often go unrecognized for strategic programming, management, and operational work that happens behind the scenes, not just on-air performance
- Alternative and niche comedy/entertainment created by Black creators faces structural disadvantages in mainstream distribution compared to white creators doing similar work
- The shift from traditional radio to independent digital platforms (Patreon, Apple Music, TikTok) requires hosts to manage multiple revenue streams and audience expectations simultaneously
- Coaching and professional development in broadcasting has declined, leading to lower quality talent presentation despite increased accessibility to platforms
- Streaming platforms are becoming more aggressive with copyright enforcement even on unlisted/private content, creating operational challenges for independent creators
Trends
Independent podcast monetization via Patreon becoming standard for established radio personalities transitioning from traditional mediaNiche/alternative comedy struggling to find mainstream distribution despite critical acclaim, particularly for Black creatorsIncreased polarization in household decision-making and relationship dynamics tied to political ideology (MAGA alignment affecting marriages)TikTok live streaming becoming primary engagement tool for radio personalities, with organized fan armies defending creators against trollsNetflix canceling prestige limited-run shows after 2 seasons despite critical success, signaling shift in streaming economicsCopyright enforcement automation catching unlisted/private streaming content, forcing creators to migrate away from YouTube for Patreon exclusivesOscar nominations reflecting increased diversity in prestige film, with Black directors and actors gaining recognition in major categoriesWomen filing for divorce at higher rates citing political/ideological incompatibility with spouses, particularly in conservative households
Topics
Radio industry operations and behind-the-scenes managementPatreon monetization strategy for podcastersNetflix content cancellation decisionsAlternative comedy distribution and niche audiencesCopyright enforcement on streaming platformsOscar nominations and film industry diversityPolitical polarization in relationships and householdsTikTok live streaming engagement strategiesDrake and A$AP Rocky beef analysisVince Staples television careerHot 97 legacy and influenceApple Music radio show operationsStepdad/blended family relationship dynamicsTrump administration and geopolitical tensionsWomen's autonomy in marriage decisions
Companies
Netflix
Vince Staples' show canceled after 2 seasons despite critical acclaim; discussed as example of streaming platform eco...
Apple Music
Ebro hosts daily live radio show at 3pm featuring music curation and live record blending on the platform
Hot 97
Ebro's former radio station where he worked for 18+ years; discussed regarding his behind-the-scenes programming work...
Patreon
Platform where Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg launched their subscription service at $9.99/month for exclusive content
TikTok
Platform where hosts do live streaming and music performances; discussed regarding algorithm changes after Oracle acq...
YouTube
Copyright enforcement issues with unlisted videos containing music; forcing migration of Patreon content away from Yo...
Oracle
Recently acquired TikTok ownership through Ellison family; discussed regarding data control and algorithm implications
ESPN New York
Where Rosenberg hosts another show with Don Hanna; mentioned as separate broadcasting commitment
AWS
Mentioned in opening ad read regarding AI innovation in business applications
British Gas
Mentioned in opening ad read as example of field service operations with 6,000+ engineers
People
Ebro
Co-host discussing his frustration over lack of recognition for behind-the-scenes radio work and programming expertise
Laura
Co-host managing merch operations, rundown segments, and providing counterpoints on relationship and industry dynamics
Rosenberg
Co-host at ESPN New York and ELR show; discusses broadcasting standards and relationship dynamics
Vince Staples
Netflix show canceled after 2 seasons; discussed as example of niche Black creator facing distribution challenges
Ryan Coogler
Nominated for Best Director Oscar for 'Sinners'; discussed as major achievement for Black filmmaker owning IP
Tiana Taylor
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscar; celebrated as major career achievement
A$AP Rocky
Interviewed on Apple Music; discussed Drake beef, claiming it's over females and expressing frustration with pettiness
Drake
Subject of A$AP Rocky interview discussing their conflict; described as not 'real smoke' but genuine interpersonal issue
Donald Trump
Discussed rambling speech at World Economic Forum regarding Greenland, Greenland/Iceland confusion, and market impact
Jimmy Kimmel
Praised for aggressive comedy roasting Trump's speech and dementia references on his late-night show
Al Gore
Attended World Economic Forum; reportedly explained Trump's Greenland comments as market-driven backtrack
Gavin Newsom
Attended World Economic Forum where Trump spoke; present as Democratic counterpoint
Michael B. Jordan
Discussed as deserving Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing dual twin roles in 'Sinners'
Tim Robinson
Referenced as creator of alternative comedy show 'The Chair' on Netflix with niche humor appeal
Chase
Created initial logo and aesthetic design for Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show branding
Quotes
"Do people know how I got here? Do people know what I actually do? I don't think so. Do people know the actual work that I'm able to accomplish, things I've done on behalf of major corporations on a day-to-day basis, the teams I met, they know nothing."
Ebro•Early segment
"I've been coming up with ideas that win in New York City in the morning since 2007. Why don't you just believe me?"
Rosenberg•Mid-segment
"Being a broadcaster is not the same as content creation. There actually is something here that's professional."
Rosenberg•Mid-segment
"It's not that they're stupid or don't have any, you know, anything interesting to say, there could be some interesting things to say in there, but the packaging of it is done so badly and no one coaches anymore at all."
Rosenberg•Mid-segment
"Hip hop tactics and beefs is like WWF. It's like wrestling all the way, right? But this thing between us, it's not real smoke, but I just don't fuck with him."
A$AP Rocky•Interview segment
Full Transcript
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Please subscribe, please share, please comment, please engage in some sort of way. We'd love to know you, we'd love to hear from you. That when we launched our Patreon yesterday, I went in the full meltdown. I don't wanna hear from Rosenberg right now. And you can go to our Patreon, Ebro Laura Rosenberg or the ELR show, you can search it both ways. It's 999 or you could buy up the whole year, you know what I'm saying? Keep this thing alive. Laura, do you think I went to full meltdown? Not full, cause I've seen worse. I didn't argue full. Yeah, Laura, I didn't say full. I said he melted down. You definitely stepped on it. Yeah, you do it like relatively quickly. You ended up in a, let me say this, you were legitimately at least moderately unhinged. Oh yeah, yeah. Like unglued just a bit. I wouldn't say full. No, full meltdown, that's different. That's different. Well, I think, I don't know Rosenberg. I spoke to you again yesterday afterwards. I get triggered by, well, this trick, what triggered me was, we're sawing our cameraman sending Rosenberg a text, he's trying to explain to Rosenberg how to conduct, basically offering up a clip during the show. Like he needed to give Rosenberg direction, which then sent me into a tailspin of like, yo, do people understand how the Hot 97, Ebro in the morning thing actually functioned or do they think we just showed up every day and like were like some rando talents who just happened to have a microphone. Right, and if it wasn't for the great management who coached us up, we wouldn't have been able to do it. Like do they understand that we were winning and doing great for years and the people running around who would be leading us did not even know what was happening. It was just a completely self-contained operation. Well, and I didn't know, like I think I'm at a stage in my life where I'm looking around and I'm like, do people know how I got here? Do people know what I actually do? I don't think so. Do people know the actual work that I'm able to accomplish, things I've done on behalf of major corporations on a day-to-day basis, the teams I met, they know nothing. They just think I get in front of a microphone. But by the way, it's not their fault because a lot of people just get in front of a microphone and just go. And don't have any behind the scenes planning, programming, organization or managerial skills. My favorite thing that I read the other day was like them trying to make fun of you, like look at you at your little Apple music little show. Ha ha, don't you know that we all know that the real money goes to the executives? You're... I was like, oh, I'm one of those too. But that did, you know what? That's worth the other. Congratulations, you played yourself. It's a lot, but you know what? People don't know. And so, and I don't talk about it. So I guess hit me with the button because if I'm frustrated maybe I should do more pat myself on the back and do an interviews and run around and talk about all the things I'm involved in. But I never wanted to be that person. I call you a program director and that hasn't happened in how many years? Whoa, 10. More than 10, I think. No, just over. 10. Yeah. I haven't even been, I haven't even, the last summer, people ask me about summer jam still. I haven't been involved in summer jam since the pandemic. The last one in the pandemic, baby. Yeah, probably. Right after, but a few years. I even have moments of my other show. God bless, God bless my other show. Don Hanna Rosenberg having a great time over there at ESPN New York. And this happened when it was the K-Show too. I love my co-hosts and I love everyone's ideas, but sometimes I will throw out an idea and I see people like, and I wanna like smash the table and be like, guys, I've been coming up with ideas that win in New York City in the morning since 2007. Why don't you just believe me? I love you guys, I love you guys, but I turned the winning on quite a bit when I got here. And it wasn't just like great on the air. I know I have learned through the years at heart ways to trigger things and take things off. Trust me, I'm not just throwing things at the wall, willing, but we live in an era, you bro. We're like, I don't wanna say specifically, but there's someone in my orbit where I do things who is so bad and on air, so bad. And I talk about it with someone else I work with them. And when you say bad for the people watching and listening right now, what do you mean? Do you mean not entertaining? Do you mean unprofessional? Do you mean, what do you mean? Because there's a lot of ways to be bad at doing this because there's some people who are, Mike comes on, entertaining, captivating. Maybe they don't speak well. And you might say they're a bad speaker, however, very entertaining, right? Yeah, yeah, for sure. So what I'm referring to is, it's not that they're stupid or don't have any, you know, anything interesting to say, there could be some interesting things to say in there, but the packaging of it is done so badly and no one, and this is very common, I found, I don't know how you guys feel in my time in entertainment, rarely do people coach anymore at all. No, that doesn't happen. They just let the person go. And I'm like, you really want this to be representing the product? Like this is, because this is representing other people who are professional and did put in the work. And when you don't, and now we live in an era where if someone has, you know, some followers, someone cares about what they want to say. Goes viral. Just give them, throw them on. And they forget that being a broadcaster is not the same as content creation. Yeah, 100% There actually is something here that's professional. Well, and then being able to do both, right? Create content, make people laugh, also take serious angles and have serious insights on things. Have music skills, right? Able to play music, present music, pick hits, right? Like all of these things are different talents. Some people have all of them. Some people have some of them, but I think, you know, we're living at a time where the audience doesn't know the difference and won't really know the difference until they start to like compare and contrast, right? And so that's what my unraveling as they have framed it was about. Was this kind of world that we're in where it's like, yo, so y'all think, cause I'm not doing the morning show anymore at that radio station. That somehow everything that I did there, which you may not know about, or everything that I was doing on a day to day basis to keep that thing focused, to target it, is just left there and it can't be duplicated again. Well, but this is why one of my frustrations with the last many years there, is that to be at a place that's rudderless is really challenging. Speaking of which, I'm glad you said that station. And I don't want to send you around the bend, but I'd also be remiss to not, I'm sorry, I have to do what's right for the world and say what needs to be said. Okay. So they played the clip of Ebro. Our thoughts are telling us that they played the clip of Ebro talking to Rocky on hot and wouldn't reference Ebro in the clip. No, y'all trolling me, y'all trolling. That's what they said. By the way, I'm not saying the audience is trolling. I'm saying Mero and Kaz, Mia Bell, Shani. Maybe they got an instruction. Kaz and Juanito, y'all trolling. Maybe they got an instruction. No, no, no, no. They did get an instruction and then people gave them that instruction. Y'all trying to get, y'all trying to, y'all trying to get me active out here. Y'all trying to activate it. Why, why, why, but you know what? Once again, this is bad management because the audience knows, so you look stupid. The audience knows and if you want the show to be successful, you want them to gain as many people as they can. If they show love to us, it will endear them to people in the morning show audience that's already there. Because I don't know if you know this, we had a really big audience that we cultivated over the last 18 and a half years. So like you can't pay for that sort of camaraderie with audience, but we can do. Not only that, but also just camaraderie between shows. Like we're not competing. This is not a, this shouldn't be a competition to them. Right? Like people could go listen to Mero and that squad. People could bounce over here and listen to this. People could listen to this later, listen to that live. People have options. And you know what? We live in a world where human beings exercise them. And that's what they love. Many people love about the time and place we're in, in the media landscape is they have plenty of options to choose from. They don't have to stick to one place. They don't have to feel trapped to one audience or one, you know, content distributor. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, y'all trying to troll me with that. I'm not falling for that. Now don't take the banana in the tailpipe. You don't even need that. And it's probably, honestly, I bet you it was, this is my bet. My bet is there was no instruction to do that. They just played it safe out of fear. Sure. They played it safe out of fear, not knowing what to do because they're all green. Many of them are green. And many of the people in that room or all the people in that room aren't in a position to make an executive decision. Right. No, that's that's, oh no, how could they be? And by the way, shout out to Kaz who got this amazing opportunity from this area. Always been a supporter of ours. Wonderful guy, loves Hot 97, respects the brand. And yeah, got this opportunity. You're not showing up there and then being like, let me just take a risk for no reason. Because it's an unnecessary risk. Well, it's way too soon. So, you know, listen, and who are they taking advice from us? We're like, no, trust us, you're fine. It takes as many risks as you want. What could happen? Shoot some shots. Well, but I do appreciate the promo. Y'all not gonna get me out of pocket today. I'm just not in the mood for that. I do appreciate the promo. And my Apple Music show is live every day. All you do is hit the Apple Music app and you can hit radio and I'm there live every day, three o'clock. It's all music. It's like, you know, damn near 95% music. I'm playing, yesterday I started the show, it was cold outside. So I started with reggae classics. Oh, Pity McLean. You know what I'm saying? I don't know about Pity McLean. Some under me slang tang, you know what I mean? Whoa, whoa, whoa. You know what I'm saying? Some Barrington Levy. It was vibes, man. And then I jump on TikTok. Yo, and yo, man, somebody gotta be paying these people to work as hard as they do to hate on me, man. On TikTok? What was on TikTok? Yeah. Just the comments. I jumped on TikTok. I play records. Live and I play records on TikTok cause you can't do it on IG. So I'll start on IG like, yo, you know, I'm about to go live on the air, you know, everybody tune in. Then I'll jump over to TikTok and go for like 30 minutes live, blending some records, picking some songs, having fun, whatever. But there's people who literally every day spend 30 minutes, or however long I'm on live, just trolling. It's so funny. And what kind of, I just think, what kind of a loser are you to be like, okay, 30 minutes of my time right now to be a hater? That's why I said I gotta be paid. These have to be paid actors. I mean, listen, it's in the comments too. A lot, a lot of credit. Well, no, no, no. And I'm into it because you're working hard. This is like real work because they just keep posting and I'm not responding. So you just keep posting, keep posting. And we'll take the engagement. Now we got the ELR Army, the ELR Army jumps in there. The ELR Army jumps in and starts mixing it up and promoting this show. It's pretty good. Oh, I love that. I love that. That works for us. I just pulled up my TikTok live. I'm gonna see if I just sit here and do absolutely nothing. I never go on live. Just to see if hateful people just show up just to be like A-O-F-U. Let me see, I'm gonna turn on my TikTok live right now too. Is there a way we can collab? How does this work? Two boobers, two boobers trying to- How does this work? So yeah, invite another host. Hold on, invite another host and go live together. Hold up. Yeah, no, you absolutely could do that. I'm gonna see how much, I'm gonna invite you. Hold on. All right. The search for hate. Because they're there, Laura. Trust me. The other day, I posted something about football. I posted about, it says you're not on live. So I guess you have to go- I just jumped in. I just jumped in. Let's see. Invite, invite. I'm gonna invite you right now. No, no, no, hold on. I'm already there. I'm already, oh, you already invited me. Okay, here we go. See, boom. Look at us. Now turn your volume down. Don't be aware of it. I did, I did. My volume is down. All right. We are live on TikTok right now. Make sure you subscribe. Look at that folks. Eepra Laura Rosenberg. Eepra, so guys, I posted the other day on Twitter something about the Bill's game. The catch, no catch thing. I believe it was that. Right. And- That was your video that you posted. Maybe it was the video. I posted a few things about football. I know it was related to football. Got it, got it. And someone jumped on and started talking-ish about my daughter on a football post. What? Yo, what's up with your daughter's eyes? It looks like she's got fetal alcohol syndrome. Whoa, whoa, what? Literally as nasty as humanly possible. And by the way, I looked and I commented back and then saw it was not a bot. Like this was a real, it was a former listener. He knew things about me. He was like, yeah, you know, snowflakes like you who take paternity leave. I was like, oh, you actually- No, you're a fan. No, you're like a fan. And- He didn't shut it and put his profile up, put posted, put it on your story. Spice's Nails, here we go. Let the world know what these people are. You know what I mean? Because they hide. They write all these disgusting things. Like you gotta be a loser, a complete loser to write negative things about children. Imagine, like I always think about that. Your friends and family, if they knew that you respond to radio hosts and you talk about their newborn children and it's helped them. You would be proud to be that person. That's who you want to be in your life. Bro, screenshot his profile. Make it live. We are, there are degenerates out here. Lord's ready. He's coming to my knees. Tia Stiles is ready to spice this thing up. Let's go. There's a lot of degenerates out here and one of them is the president of the United States. I don't know if you guys saw this guy rambling at the World Economic Forum. Well, I thought about this last night. I said, I said if Ebro, I said if Trump in Switzerland didn't make it to Ebro's weird algorithm, I'm gonna be unhinged tomorrow. Trump in Switzerland was wild. They was just letting him freestyle. And why was he standing at the podium and the other guy was sitting behind him on the seat? Like did he not want to sit down with the guy? What was the setup here? Are you talking about? He just walked out and rambled. Like I don't understand. Bro, the speech was insane. And this was a really interesting one because so many other people were there. Not all of these world leaders were there, but then even Gavin Newsom was there. Al Gore was there. All these Democrats are there too, listening and grilling this dude as he makes, yo, Ebro, he referred to Greenland blatantly as Iceland multiple times. Was it blatant or he just doesn't know the difference? Yeah, sorry, sorry. I guess you're right. Was it blatant or he doesn't know the difference? Well, you remember that's Darth Dementia right there. So we don't know what's going on upstairs. I thought about that. I don't want to get our things. So I don't want to get us taken down. So I won't, we won't be able to play it, I guess. It'll be good for Patreon next week, but it'll be old by then. Yo, Kimmel, bro, last night when I, before I went to bed, I opened YouTube for a second and the Kimmel got recommended to me. He just, it had just went up. Yo, yo, Ebro, respectfully, you think that you go hard? Kimmel goes hard. Bro, on the size of the platform, everything about his wife, about him in bed, about, yo, do you hear the line that Trump said, they love me in Greenland before they were calling me daddy? Oh yeah, they called it. No, he was talking about Europe. Yeah, he said they called me. They were calling me daddy. Kimmel's like, no, no, you can't hear. They were calling you fatty. Yo, he lit one zing after another on like, and then they break down his, they call it President dementia and they just show him flubbing. Yo, Kimmel doesn't care. He wants more smoke. He's ready for it. I was kind of impressed. Yo, I'm shouting out to people who, one of my favorite things on social too, and with the haters is, A, they don't know what's going on. So they don't know all the different endeavors we have going on. B, someone goes, this is where you ended up. I've been sitting in this seat at this for years. They're saying this is where I ended up. But I think they mean TikTok live. I think that's what they mean. Oh, here we go. I got Rosenberg sucks, Diddy. I got Carton owns you. Okay. Okay. Then we have user 12345678910112136Z. Who says one minute in and I'm already hearing about Trump. Oh my God, give it a rest. You don't even have a name. You're not a real person. You don't even have a picture. Yeah. I mean, all right. All right, end it because, you know, I think it's a fish. I think either it was it today or yesterday when TikTok is now officially owned by Oracle. Yeah. The Ellison family has now taken over your TikTok. So if you're still on TikTok, you must know that Zionist, Trump enthusiast, right wing psychopaths now control all the algorithm, your data and everything on TikTok. Perfect. It's going to change. It always does. And let's never forget all of this. China is getting our data. You know, if this is a national security risk, TikTok, was just so your data and your behavior on TikTok could get moved into an American corporation that also owns Paramount, right? That also owns a lot of the federal infrastructure for data management so that they could bundle all this behavior together and study the population or monitor the population either or and wouldn't have to go through China. Meanwhile, simultaneously, all of this data, all of this usage, all of your behavior is sold to the highest bidder AKA advertiser around the world anyway. So they have access to the data anyway. They just wanted to take TikTok and give it to an American corporation, one of Trump's buddies. That's really what this is all about. Let's be specific, Trump's buddy and donor. Absolutely. Also, let's not leave out the fact that, you know, Trump saw the stock market, it seems, plunge and itched up on the tough talk and very clearly stated in that speech yesterday, we will not show force in Greenland. We will not. And there's a reason he worded it because at first he almost fumbled his way through it and then was like, we won't. It was like someone told him, you have to make it official that the United States is not going to do something that stupid so the market can rebound. You think it was market related? I'm not smart enough to know these things. That is what Al Gore said and that is what other people were saying. I'll go with Al Gore rhythm. I mean, listen, he invented the internet so I'll go with it. Facts. That is the belief people have because like it didn't come from any other sort of, you know, worldview or understanding, but that because it hit the market so badly, they were like, oh, you got to back off and say this isn't happening. But now, you know, but it will. And also the fact that, you know, yesterday we reported here, Canada, Europe, the European Union are all basically like, yeah, no, we need to get our military together and get our independence together, separate from the United States. We need to have our own relationships around the world. Yeah. Psycos can't be trusted. Exactly. Hit the button. To no surprise. It's a disaster. Congratulations. You played this song. And also destabilizing NATO just so we're clear is what Vladimir Putin wants. Of course. That's helping Russia. Yo, do you know that Denmark lost, have you already heard this line that Denmark lost more people than anyone per capita after 9-11 and stepping into defend the United States and fight for NATO? Yeah. That's one of the reasons they take this all, the whole Greenland thing so personally is like they literally were like, we gave lives recently. Like in 2001, we volunteered. Like those are our people. We want to fight next to you. And, but you know, Trump is itched up. And now when they asked him about the deal in place and are we going to own Greenland. The same bitched up here. You probably can. But he's like, he's like, we have a great deal in place. Itch up sounds like he's got something else going on. And while he does have other things going on. It's not what I'm trying to say. But when he was asked about it, you know, so does the deal in place include the United States having control of Greenland? He's like, it's a very long term deal. It's a long deal. It's a great deal. Like it didn't happen. You said you did. What's the line again, Ibro? Trump always chickens out. It's taco again. You said you were going to do it. You said you said we were going to have Greenland. You already backed out. Taco. Taco. Oh, out. Oh, taco. Trump always chickens out. Chickens out. Taco. Well, speaking of MAGA and things falling apart, do you have the divorce? This is kind of a long clip. So kick back. I want to give props to the creator and put it together. But I don't have it. Is it a good clip? Is it worth it? I know. Because I've got the last one right in the box. Did you guys watch it? Did you guys watch it? Most people know American Express for our iconic personal cards. Some know us for our business cards to help entrepreneurs grow. But American Express also offers something built for companies at scale, the American Express corporate program. With the corporate program, you can apply for employee cards tailored to their needs, issue virtual cards to your team and suppliers, and even automate accounts payable with American Express 1AP. Along the way, your company can earn rewards or cash back as a statement credit to reinvest where it matters most. 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Let's talk about the spiritual bill payment that has finally come due. For generations, the white American household has presented itself as immune to dysfunction, which is a false standard that the racist weaponized against the true family architects, which are the copper-colored indigenous Americans who have had to live for generations with wars on their households. For instance, this country manufactured welfare acceptance and the removal of the head of household in order to receive government assistance. When white families didn't have to adhere to the same rules. So when racists make jokes like, good thing my daughter doesn't want a black man, so she doesn't have to be a single mom, you're making fun of the fact that you racist fools built an entire identity on the myth of the black American dysfunctional family. Well, the chickens have come home to roost, and the white family is toast. The chaos in Minnesota is the key to the unraveling all around you. White women are looking at their husbands, their partners, the supposed protectors, and they're saying, hello? Are you seeing this? Are you going to do anything? And the response from the white man is a deafening, cowardly plea to stop watching social media or worse, silence. They are too scared to actually get upset about it. They are refusing to protect their women and children because at their core, they're terrified. They are paralyzed by the very monster they helped create. This whole thing is karmic retribution. So what will you do, white men? Now that the cat is out of the bag and you're all just a bunch of kittens, and your ex-wives see it. They are sick of the beta-half men, wannabes who cosplay toughness online, but crumble when real danger appears at their doorstep. Currently, 42% of women are divorcing magamen, which I find to be very revolutionary and brave. And I 100% support these women. High numbers of divorce is the realization that the men in their lives are not only inferior, but our reliability. Wow. 42% was the number that jumped out to me. I don't know how that data's been collected, but I'm sure these women are speaking up and speaking out in this time. And I thought that was just an interesting thing. Obviously, there's a historical significance, which is one conversation. But the current state of affairs, I wanted people in the chat, because we've had people right in. Didn't we have a guru the other day? From someone who was talking about her husband, or was it her friends? Her friends. It was her friends. Her friends. Oh, no, someone left a comment on a post about her husband running out of the room every time we came on because he's... Oh, no, me talking about Israel. You talking about Israel, that's right. It made him run out of the room. Run out of the room. This just makes me think about the post that I've seen. Now, I haven't read Project 2025. I'm not gonna say it until you, I read the entire thing, right? But there's the big push going on to make it harder to divorce. Oh, yeah. They really don't want women to be able to make that choice. Well, you know, up until the 1980s in the United States, it was hard for women to get a divorce. You know why? Because they couldn't get a goddamn bank account. Yep. They couldn't rent places on their own. Or buy, buy a home. Or buy, buy. And this is not all over the United States, but in many states. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it just recently in the last, you know, 40 years, 45 years became easy for women to choose whether or not they want to be with someone. Now, if you guys think this is easier to leave, or easy to leave, is it you guys think this market divorce thing is real? It could be. I don't know if I, I don't know. I don't know about those numbers, but you, I would certainly believe it. You know what I mean? Because I do generally feel, if you look at it, men are generally respectfully worse than women from a moral ethical standpoint. If we look, if we break it down, men are often at the core of the bad decisions that happen in a family. So is it possible that there are a lot of women who have gone along for a while and quietly been like, well, that's just my husband, and are now looking up and going, all right, this is out of control? Yeah, 42% feels like a high number. But I don't know where my man got that from. Again, back to our constant conversation about where we get news from. But it's an interesting thought. And I wouldn't shock me to see that those numbers are going up. Well, can you email us, IbroLauraRosenberg at Gmail or the original gurus at Gmail? Yeah, whatever. I thought it might be a catalyst. Love that. For some emails where people are actually dealing with this. Because we know it exists. We know it exists in people's families, where they're just like, yo, I am not rocking with my family right now because they are way off the rails, praying to the orange God. And then you have just women who have kind of, looked past their husband's behavior as that's just what men do, and that's just what men are like, and starting to realize like, nah, this ain't good with me. I don't wanna live this life. And I don't wanna lay next to this person. And I don't want my children to think this behavior's okay either. Now, I do think there's also something to be said. Natalie and I talk about this a lot. And this could be a controversial topic. That in America, a lot of times, women, whether they want to or not, not always, I'm not remotely saying always. But very often women can end up being shape shifting somewhat to what their husbands are like. Like Natalie was saying this in a problematic way. She was speaking honestly about herself. She was, I look in my history and see how I've been affected by the partners I've been with. I mean, and by the way, if you're looking for the proof and the pudding, just look for the times when you see her Instagram stories go complete liberal screaming at the world. Like, you know, she has been impacted. She was never like that before. She was what she was what she was saying. I'd say the belief system was that was in there. But would she be publicly, you know, would it be something that really affects her? Well, I know for one thing, times it's damn true. She wasn't gonna be at multiple WWE events a year. Okay, but she did like WWE. That is a thing. Yeah, but she wasn't gonna be at the event. No, no, she had grown out of it. And I brought her back is what you're saying. So it is interesting though, because she was saying that sort of, with a level of remorse, like it's kind of messed up. She was like, in America, it seems like a lot of us women end up sort of taking on the personality of the men that were with a lot. It happens a lot. And if you believe that that is even the possibility of being a thing, it probably also happens a lot in these MAGA households. No, absolutely. I was talking to one of my girlfriends and she says she has a group of friends that happen to be like from her man side, right? All of them are conservative because their men are conservative. All right, not just conservative. They're MAGA because their men are MAGA. And what she asked, like, do you honestly believe in all this? And they're just kind of like, hey! They rather, some of them rather not have their own views. Rather not have any- They're going to get along, man. They just go along and get along. They asked them to how, so they're just gonna go along with it. Which is a sad thing. Well, hit them all with the button. It's sad. You're playing yourself. Yeah, congratulations. You're gonna look like one day. And you're gonna be looking at yourself in the mirror and you wasted your life being somebody that you weren't true and not being true to yourself. And the way these psychos are moving, they want one vote per household. Have you heard that one? I've heard that one. A person. Head of the household. I wonder why. The only ones that should be voting. Wonder why they feel that way. Well, this is also why people of this ilk never wanted women to vote in general. Of course. Yeah, because it could go this way. Literally, it could go left. Although I will say, guys, I find in general, this is gonna be also slightly controversial. I don't know if you guys had this experience. Sometimes like, another thing me and my wife were talking about. You ever find like, I'll find women in my life who like, you meet their man and you just like, ah man, you just ended up with a guy. It's just a guy. Oh, he's just, yeah. He's just a, he's just a, he's just a, he's a skin and bones. Yeah, like obviously he has no personality at all. I was talking to my old- I got a skin suit on. He's just standing there, just sucking in oxygen. And the women. And the women. And the women. A skin suit. And the women are like, lively and have personality and lots of thoughts and they still look good and they're doing their thing. And like their husband just like, women are out here just settling is what I'm saying. Women are out here. Well, no, some of that also, no, no, but some of that also is that particular person you're describing, that woman and that man. They work together because she is so dominant. Right? That man also had his own, that woman may not be able to, that woman needs to be the center of attention. She needs to be the star. The spotlight is on her. She needs to drive the idea. She needs to, you know, I'm not saying that you're wrong, Ebro, because that's also a certain character. Yeah. But I also agree with Rosenberg. There's, yo, I know a lot of women who are just like, who are executives and they're like, yo, I just want a decent human being who has a job and is respectful. Oh, for sure. But is that settling? It's just a low bar for men because they don't have many options. That's how I see it. Okay. We just want someone who's not going to be mean or abusive or dangerous. Listen, man, you got a job. Listen, you got a Bible on the shelf. You got a Bible. You got a Bible on the shelf. You got, you walk into the store, you're shopping, you look around, you need to go home with something and you know, you get the best that you could get. Oh, and there is one other piece to remember about that. I think it's important. Men who are more exciting and more charming and more like, that comes with risk. That purchase comes with risk. Now, did they, are they divorced? If so, win because maybe they've already, maybe they already learned and you're getting them, you're getting them, maybe you're getting the refurb. It's the rare situation where the refurb is better sometimes than out of the package. You might want the refurb. That's right. But to Ebro's point, sometimes it's a refurb and they didn't actually do the repair. They just rubbed a little dirt on it, put it back in the package, ran it back out. That happens too. We've seen it. Anyway, really quickly, I just want to give a birthday shoutout to some of our FOTS in the chat. Erica B6471 and Queen Medina. Happy birthday, guys. Happy birthday to the FOTS. Now, merch manager Laura Stath. Yes, sir. Today is Thursday. Yes, sir. Are we landing the shipment of the merch today? So remember, shipping is tomorrow. So I'm going actually to be. I remember here in Thursday. I'm going to the headquarters today to just make sure that things are moving smoothly. But no, shipping is Friday. And then it'll take another week for people to get their t-shirts. About, depending on where they live, some people might get it sooner than others, just because depending on where they live. But yeah. I'm excited for everybody to get their stuff. When do we unveil new merch? For people who miss this one. It's some tea out. This one is done. You're not going to get another one of this one. That's it. Limited to Dish and all of them. The next one is also going to be limited. I'm just letting you know. We're doing another limited one next. Yes. So if you miss it, you miss it. Well, we also, listen, let's just be honest. We don't know how much money people have. You know, we're already asking for $9.99 on Patreon. You know what I mean? Then we're going to sell you a t-shirt. Like at a certain point, we got to paste this so that people can get a little money to support the program. We can't just be running through people's pockets. Right. Well, then on top of that, we got to manage our budgets as well, which means we can't just buy a bunch of blank t-shirts and have them sitting somewhere. And we don't even own a goddamn warehouse and they're just sitting in a box in Laura's man's closet with his sneakers. And we're waiting to figure out the next time people want to buy a t-shirt. And while we're at it, while we're mentioning this, I do want to give another shout out to Chase, who came up with our initial designs, our initial logo. He made this. Like Chase didn't know. Chase helps me out with a lot of stuff. He didn't know anything. I hit him up on a Friday. I'm like, hey, we're not a hot 97. He throws some ish together real quick. And he basically gave us what has been our initial aesthetic. And we just want to shout him out for being quick. Thank you, Chase. Showing love. He's a good man. Now, before we move further into the program, we got to get to the rundown. It's time for Laura Stiles. Let's go. And the rundown. Oh, man. And Griff sent me the one with the beat on it. And I don't have it in here yet. Come on. Give me my own show. A ribba d- Laura got the rundown. Turn that up. Dreams on glow when she pulls up. Headlines heavy, but we still cut up. Lights still flashing. We don't slow up. Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up. Can I ask you a question though real quick, Laura, before you start the rundown? What? And can I ask maybe a poll in the room? Do we like this intro? Is it too radio? Like, are we still trying to do radio too much with this intro? What's our honest feeling? All right. I like it, but I would love a poll. Let's do it. Ibro, where are you at with it? He's going to set it up. I like it. I don't know. I like it, but I could also go the other way. And I also think asking the audience what you just asked them, I don't even know if they're maybe they're savvy enough to know the difference. Oh, how dare you, sir? Well, no, in the context of like, do they, it's just, do you like it or not? You know what I'm saying? Like, is it good or not in their minds? Not like, I don't know if they, you know what I'm saying? But like, it could be a simple. We got our initial voice work back. Once we produce with some of just the basic drops we have, it could just be like, it's the rundown, all our styles, and we hit a bend. But you can't talk about, they don't know what voice work is. Do they know what voice work is? Is that a known thing? I'm serious, I'm not trying to be condescending. I don't know what people know. I don't know what people care about. I really don't. Once we have the things that just go, it's Laura Styles with the rundown. It could just be that and a beat. It doesn't have to be the rap song is what I'm saying. Right, right, right, right, right. Anyway, sorry, Laura, what do you have on the rundown? Let's focus. Okay, we're going to go through some light stuff first before we get into the juicy. The Vince Staples show has been canceled, guys. Oh, man, damn. After two seasons, it premiered in 2024, second season drop November, 2025. I did say, I did read that the viewership wasn't as great. I gotta be honest. Let's count a little bit. Sometimes I will go in. I could never really stick with it, guys. It was a season two. Season two was a little bit more obscure than season one, I think. Which was already obscure. Which was already obscure. And I like season two artistic for myself. I liked it. I enjoyed it. I didn't finish it. I mean, I'm being honest. So like that's probably telling. I think it's really good. I think he is amazing. I think Vince is going to have a great run in entertainment and in all the things that he does. And it's a bummer that this happened. I can't say I'm shocked because as Ibro mentioned, it was a reverent, it was weird. Atlanta-esque in that way, but didn't keep the full storyline necessarily. Which is, you know, when you try something avant-garde like that, you were taking a risk. But I just want to shout him out because getting to that point where he got two seasons of a Netflix show is such an incredible accomplishment. Like I can't- Yes, yes, yes, yes. Guys, I've been working on something that I may have news on soonish for you that is not near at that step. Yo, when I tell you, creating, I'm not talking about respectfully, I'm not talking about pitching a documentary. Creating a dramatic television show and not a scripted show and getting it to air is an unbelievable haul. So the fact that they came up with that show and made it all the way there and did two seasons is an incredible accomplishment that he should be super proud of. I mean- And I want to see more of him. You're going, we're definitely going to see more of Vince. There's no way not to. Did you guys catch the interview with him in Z-Way? Oh, one of my favorites. I posted the whole thing. I love Z-Way. It was like it happened on the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show. I posted the whole thing, I gave context. It was amazing. Yeah, I watched a good chunk of it. It was hilarious. All right, so- And it should be noted that the type of hilarity that happened in that interview and the types of jokes that Vince made, right? You know, don't always land for the mainstream. And the thing about Vince's show on Netflix, had they really honed in on the target. Remember, is Adult Swim still around? I think it's still around. In Cartoon Network. Yeah, yeah. Like- Rick and Morty still ringing off? Yeah, Rick and Morty, that's right, it is. Um, that, I know they don't air stuff like that. They're animated, they're more that. But like, remember, Lloyder Squad, Tyler's Lloyder Squad, which was just him and his boys doing slapsticky. Like, that's all, it's alternative comedic humor. And then when you're black doing alternative comedic humor, it's even more niche, right? I was gonna say that. Yes. There's not like a lot of, a lot of black comedians that are doing that, they're not your mainstream comedians. And I, this might be a business opportunity for me. I just clicked in my head. They need a space. There needs to be a space where people who get different types of humor, who are not white, can gather and do their humor. It's a really good point. And I know there are spaces like that in LA. Like, I know there are places for people. I know there's clubs, but I'll be like video. Yeah, so people can sue me. Skits, stand up, like a real place. Because you're right, Ibra. The level of like niche nerd humor, you're now going double niche when it's black. Right. Like for instance, what black comedian would have got away with how many seasons of curb your enthusiasm? Oh God, how many seasons? Well, curb, I don't know. I don't know if I like the comp, just because I don't know how many people are getting away with doing that much period of anything. You know what I'm saying? Right, Larry David's special, but I'm just saying that type of... But I was gonna go another place. There's that dude who now has the chair, what's the show called, the chair factory, or whatever that show's called, that's popping off right now on Netflix. And I'm forgetting homeboys name. And you see the look Laura's giving me, because she'll have no idea who he is. And it is big among white people. And like in an alt, very weird alt comedy crowd. It's called the chair. I'm gonna look it up. The chair factory. Is it the chair factory? But Laura, it's a very weird form of humor. And it's either gonna be for you or not. You know what I mean? Okay, all right. All right, next is the forbidden clip. No, I'm just kidding. I know we play a clip of ASAP Rocky and April's interview. It was just ASAP Rocky on Apple Music, okay? Just ASAP Rocky. Sorry, Tim Robinson is the comedian and writer I'm talking about. Look him up guys. But yes. Would be hard to pull that off at this point and pull multiple seasons as a black talent. I think it'll be really tough. Continue. Okay, so Ibro and ASAP Rocky sat down for an interview right now. It's available on Apple Music. But check this out. He is opening up about Drake. I think hip hop tactics and beefs is like WWF. It's like wrestling all the way, right? But this thing between us, it's not real smoke, but I just don't fuck with him. Like, you know what I mean? We was once friends. I feel like it's over females. I feel like he wasn't happy and he expressed that. And I think at some certain point when everybody getting older and it's just like you supposed to be moving on for you to still be picking at a female and all that. That's soft to me. You know what I'm saying? And I didn't put out our mind, put out music for me to really say something back. And I finally did say something back to a few people. Not just, it ain't just about one person. I'm talking to whoever. Whoever feel like I'm talking to them. And I do think that petty. And we all, like I said, it's enough money. It's enough women. It's enough fame, spotlights to go around. You know what I mean? We not really tripping off nothing, but is it real smoke? It could never be. They not, I think smoke. I feel it's pretty direct. And he says he feels like it was over females. And it definitely, it's weird, man. Drake fans, y'all weird, man. It's real weird, man. Well, weird, I mean, yes, but keep going. Well, because I saw people saying like, oh, Rocky's just talking about Drake to sell his album. And I was like, what was it Drake talking about? And his wife? Like, didn't that happen? We didn't see that happen. No, no, it 100% happened. These people are weird, bro. I, the line's funny. On Patreon, on Patreon, we, oh, and I do, I was told there was an issue we had with Patreon. So. Oh man, hit the blame. No, it's, it there's an issue. We was either ready or we wasn't ready. Well. And you played yourself. Because we ran it through YouTube, the fact we played a lot of music on it. And even though it was unlisted on YouTube, YouTube still came for the video. So now we have to re-upload it, not on YouTube. So just hang tight for one second. It'll go up in a minute. Oh, for fail. This is not what people are paying for. This is some real, no, this is honestly, I can't tell you the truth. It literally happened to me last night. I did a live on my, I did a live on my wrestling Patreon. Thought I could just watch a random episode of AEW Live while I was doing it. It knocked it off. Oh, YouTube still YouTubeing. I thought we were a private. YouTube is YouTube and they even more focused now. So we're going to get it up. It'll still be up on Patreon shortly. It just won't be as a YouTube video. But when we played the Rocky clip yesterday, cause we played some music and had some fun. It was interesting to hear him say the line repeatedly in that record. I stole your. It's like hilarious. Cause like, and respectfully, Rihanna, she's your. Well, by the way, we don't even know if that's the one he's talking about because he said, we don't know. Right? He did say girls. He said females. Yeah. He didn't say stole your female. And to that, and to that matter, what you guys said on a Patreon yesterday with regard to Rihanna, never visibly being that into Drake in the first place. Was it ever even his? Yeah. Quote unquote. Or was it all just a work for us? Speaking of work, work, work. Was it just a work? Wow. See what you did? Was it a work, work, work, work? No, no, no, ask me how. What? Oh God. Oh God. All right. So there's that, but let's get into the lowdown. Cause you guys are gonna. Oh, the mess. You guys are going to like this one. Oh, Dan. Let's go low. Laura, I'm just, I'm told that also the Oscar nominations just dropped. Okay. Well, we'll deal with that in a minute. Right now we're doing. We're on the ball. She wants to wallow in the Meyer. Yes. Cause you are going to love this one. All right. Let's get into it. It better be good. Yo, where's hot rod ricks intro for the lowdown Rosamarie? You slipping over there. Oh yeah. To be angry, we wanted to use the. Why not give him a run? I didn't hear Laura's confirmation. It's just me to double. Satan shut up for a second. It sounds terrible. Yeah. If you got it, roll it. I don't. Okay. I'm for the low down. Guys, as the ice storm threatens the power grid in Texas. Okay. Senator Ted Cruz was caught on a plane headed to California. Laura, this ain't the lowdown. This is just, I like this ain't even that. No. I'm hit Laura with the button. No, no. Laura's getting the bug. This ain't scummy. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. This ain't scummy, but this ain't like some real ratchet. This ain't like, I thought you was taking us to some ratchetry. No. I thought you was taking us to the. Well, I think this is ratchet. He's ratchet. For leaving his people, they're about to get hit with the biggest ice storm. I thought you was about to leak some sex tapes. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I think I should. Not Ted Cruz. Yo guys, guys, come on man. Laura, I tried to hit you. You don't want to listen to me in the rundown. Nominated for an Oscar. Tiana Taylor for best supporting actress. How? How? Oscar nominated. Tiana. Yo, how about that? How? Oh my gosh. Yo, that is crazy. What an amazing year for Tiana. I'm so happy for her, man. That is crazy. That's amazing. Yo, Laura, we just took the largest dump on your whole lowdown and then Rosenberg just snatched it back. Oh, I don't mind. I'm celebrating Tiana. I don't care. Center's best picture. I'm fine with that. Center's best picture. Center's best original score. Good, good, good, good, good. Let's go. Cougler. All right. We'll talk about the whole thing. Can I just hit this real quick? Sorry. Best picture, Begonia F1. See, this is what I was talking about the other day. Remember what I said the other day about how they're too loose in these Oscars? Is F1 really? F1's good. Best picture. It's best picture vibes? It feels like a big-ass budget, fun movie. Best picture feels nuts to me. But Begonia F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, one battle after another, the secret agent, sentimental value. I don't know what that is. Sinners and train dreams. I don't know train dreams either. I happen to know train dreams because my old neighbor was a producer of that film. But it's like a movie about trains, Native Americans. It looks very best picture-y, slow. Tell Roy Lindo best supporting actor. Shout to the OG. Tell Roy Lindo. Who else was in Best Actor, Ibrahim? Are you just naming black people as you see them? No, I was just seeing Griff send us notes on it. Griff, who else is in Best Actor? I'll just be curious if the rock got it. Because I just watched that movie. I think he said not named yet. Not named yet. But Ibrahim just said. No, that's not named. Best supporting. Best supporting. And Sinners for all. Hi, guys. Sorry. Let's write. Wait, let's see. Oscars Best Actor contenders. Okay, but that's not nominators. Those are contenders. People are expecting Timothy Shalame, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan. Well, that would be curious to see if the Michael B. Jordan thing because that was such a big conversation about him being snubbed at the Golden Globes. Got it. Oh, Kugler got the best director. Kugler, best director. Yo, fam, are we really processing how big this Sinners thing is for Kugler and just black film? Are we really understanding the significance here of him owning the IP? Like all of that talk that is like, remember all that talk about the way this Sinners thing happened for Kugler? Yeah. It was very like, it just doesn't happen for directors. Yeah, no, it was it was a. It doesn't happen for directors full stop often and B, it doesn't happen for black directors like ever. Right. Now Kugler's the man, bro. I mean, listen, I can't say I'm shocked by this. The path he's been on has been pretty crazy. It adds up, but still when you see it. Best actress, Jesse Buckley, Hamlet Rose Byrne. Let's see. Renee. I don't know. Renee, whoever that is. Kate Hudson Emma Stone. Emma Stone was awesome. Wait, you saw Bagonia. Yeah, I told you already. I told you all about it. It's that you would love it. Man, you know how frustrating it is to tell someone about a movie and you were into it once. So much space in my brain. Then why tell you again? You're not going to remember it again. Listen, you're not going to even care. It's about my white people stuff. Hard drive is full often. I have to. Bagonia is about the two crazy people who decide that this CEO is actually an alien and they kidnap her. Oh, yes. Yeah. OK. Great. Can't wait to tell you the next time. It's a comedy, though. No, I wouldn't say it's a comedy. Maybe it may be a very dark comedy. Got it. All right. You ready for the original? Thank you, Laura Stiles for you. Well, that was dope. For your failed lowdown and your amazing run down. You mean that was your run down? Ibrahim running down. The stolen rundown was mage. You guys ready for the original? You spoiled the lowdown. You squashed the whole lowdown. No, you squashed the lowdown. No, I said it wasn't a lowdown story. And then we got stormed with the Oscar stuff. Yeah. The storm. Speaking of storm, Ted Cruz is on his way out of the storm. What a loser. No, that is a loser. By the way, again. Yes. That's what I'm saying. That's why I think he should be dragged to hell. Yo, he's such a loser. But you know what? So are the people that vote for him. So are the people who vote for him. So I just I just can't believe that's actually real. I like I can't like you really thought that was a good idea. I just can't believe that. I mean, I do. But good Lord. All right. Ethan Hawke, Chalamet, DeCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Wagner Mora, best actor. There you go. Come on. But I still feel Michael B. Jordan is more deserving of best actor than centers is deserving of best picture. My hot. I mean, you can go with that. I like centers, but I loved Michael B. Jordan. Like he legitimately plays two different twins as different people. Like to me, that was amazing. I thought the center was I thought centers was really cool. I didn't think it was amazing. But I thought Michael B. Jordan was amazing. Yeah, the amazing part for me with centers was how much the business part of your well, no, the black culture and the stuff and the context, right? Like the thing just the Asian family down in Mississippi and the blues and the tying of Irish culture and blues together, which is the formations of what we know now to be country music, which was, you know, Irish clog dancing and tap music, like all of the cultural intersections. Well, that was that was that part of it. That was what we talked about the time that sort of I ended up being disappointed. By the way, I cursed a lot. That was what sort of disappointed me with the film is the first 45 minutes, the setup. I was so into the setup of like the background. I was learning so much to like the cultural part. I really loved. And then, yeah, when we got to the vampire part, I was like, as an Ebro did say this probably before I even saw it, which may have affected me. I was just like, I don't know that I needed the vampire movie. I felt like I was just going to go into this sort of interesting cultural blood. But the blood suckers, the vampires. And then the killing scene at the end, I was just like, what are we what is going on? We just had a bloodbath for no reason. That was for a reason. Kill them races. Yeah, I know, I know. But it's just, you know, blow their blood, take them, blow them to oblivion. But anyway, it's Ebro Law and Rosenberg show. We got to get to the original gurus, ladies and gentlemen. We take your emails at theoriginalgurus.com. Or excuse me, theoriginalgurus.com. Rosenberg, pay attention. Get the elements together for the gurus. Let's get to it. Breathe in, breathe out. The original gurus, theoriginalgurus.com. Theoriginalgurus.com, that's where you email us. Rosenberg, who's out there? Who needs us? So many are in need, Laura. And they send us their emails at theoriginalgurus.com. And also I should remind everyone, it's a great day to send your voice notes and emails to us for Freedom Friday as well. Of course, that is coming up tomorrow. EbroLoraRosenberg at gmail.com. Hello, Friday Freedom. Friday Freedom, that's right. Hello, EbroLora Rosenberg, the OG gurus. I'm in a relationship with a woman who has two daughters, ages 10 and 12. We've been together for about a year. I'm not their father, but I am a father myself. And I know how much a man's presence can shape a child for better or for worse. My question is simple but heavy. How do I show up as a steady positive male figure in their lives without overstepping or forcing a role that isn't mine? That isn't mine. I want to model, respect, consistency, and healthy love, especially at an age where they're forming ideas about men and relationships. I don't want to be distant and don't want to pretend I'm dad. I want to move with care, intention, and humility. What should someone in my position get right? And what mistakes should I avoid if my goal is to protect the kids, support their mother, and still honor my role as a father to my own children? Relationship talk of Jays. P.S., please bring back the blood and the water design. It would look dope as a crew neck. It is a crew neck. Friend of the show. It means a crew neck sweatshirt. Sweater, yeah. Oh, sweatshirt, sorry, got it. Friend of the show, Andrew. Blood and water, I think we'll come back. It just probably won't come back with the same color scheme or same color tee or same logos. It'll have some. Here we are, it's blood and the water. Exactly, because blood is in the water. Some people wanted sangria en el agua. They want the Spanish version. We're going to do that for Latin heritage month. I feel like while I 100% appreciate the sentiment of this message, to me, it sounds like from how you care and how you understand the situation, you don't need to overthink this. That's exactly what I was going to say. You're overthinking it, bro. Just keep loving people. You sound like a good guy. Be, don't disrespect the dad. You know, be supportive, especially depending on, like one thing I note that I love about my friends who are in stepdad situations, assuming the relationship between the mother of the child and the father is at least, you know, I'm not even talking about if it's something that psycho bad and he didn't mention that. So I'm going to assume that's not the case, but assuming it's somewhere between not great and pretty good. Continue to play a role where you always help make things smoother, not the opposite. You know what I mean? You're not fueling into them having any issues, into anything around that could be, be a positive force in all of it. People getting along, the kids being in a good spot and just be there as their friend at this age. They're 10 and 12. They're not two and four. Right, right. So they already are forming their ideas of what things are. You will model just by being you and being a good dude. And if there's certain things that is special or that the biological father cares about, always make sure you honor that too. You know what I mean? Certain things that are like, when you're like, hmm, I don't know if I should be doing this, whether it's, I'm just making this up, a first basketball game or whatever, special moments like that, talk to your partner and say, hey, I know they have a thing with basketball. They never been to a basketball game. Should I be the first one to take them to a basketball game? Maybe you should check with dad because that could be dad's special moment. But I just think he should keep that into consideration. Great call. Did he say that he had a good relationship with these kids, dad? No, didn't mention it at all. Didn't mention it. Well, should we assume that he does? I think we should assume there's no major thing one way or the other, or he would have included it. Because if there isn't, no thing major one way or the other, then you should try to, to Laura's point, understand the things that are important to that dad in this transition and moving forward so that you could try to help reinforce those things with the kids. Right, right, right, right. Especially if the mom is aligned on those things as well. Yeah, you sound like a great guy. Hopefully it's all aligned. You sound like a great guy. With a good heart, just don't overthink it. So say the good news. Man. Ibrahim, we'll be back tomorrow at eight o'clock. Yo, I think we'll have an interview tomorrow. We do, we do. With Yaya. Abdul Mateen II. That's right. Yeah, look him up. Really, really impressive dude. No, no, no, great conversation. New Disney Plus show Wonder Man. If you're in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or you're in the Marvel Comic Universe, whatever it's called, you know about Wonder Man. So they're bringing that to the forefront. 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