1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:02,220 Matt: I might also point out that that's a bit of a fault of mine. 2 00:00:02,780 --> 00:00:05,020 Matt: And that's sometimes you wait too long. 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,920 Matt: If only I had known, if only if I had acted sooner. 4 00:00:09,060 --> 00:00:12,480 Matt: I can't tell you how many times in business people said, if only I had acted 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,040 Matt: sooner, I would have, it would have been different. It would have worked out better. 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,440 Matt: It could have worked out worse. But often when we talk about if only I had acted 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,600 Matt: sooner, we're talking about something that could have been better. 8 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:28,040 Danny: Hi, and welcome to 5 Random Questions, the show with unexpected questions 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,180 Danny: and unfiltered answers. 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,440 Danny: I'm your host, Danny Brown, and each week I'll be asking my guests five questions 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,300 Danny: created by a random question generator. 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,480 Danny: The guest has no idea what the questions are, and neither do I, 13 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:40,240 Danny: which means this could go either way. 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,220 Danny: So sit back, relax, and let's dive into this week's episode. 15 00:00:44,860 --> 00:00:50,060 Danny: Today's guest is Matt Cundill. Matt is a recovering broadcaster turned podcast producer and host. 16 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,180 Danny: He's the founder of the SoundOff Media Company, where he develops and produces 17 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:58,120 Danny: a diverse portfolio of original and branded shows spanning industry commentary, 18 00:00:58,580 --> 00:01:01,680 Danny: culture, tourism, lifestyle, and music storytelling. 19 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,980 Danny: His flagship program, The Sound Off Podcast, is now in its 10th year, 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,360 Danny: approaching 500 episodes, and remains a leading voice in North American podcast 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,240 Danny: and broadcast industry conversations. 22 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:17,260 Danny: He also publishes The Sounding Off newsletter, widely followed by media professionals 23 00:01:17,260 --> 00:01:19,560 Danny: across Canada and the United States. 24 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,640 Danny: So Matt, welcome to 5 Random Questions. 25 00:01:23,060 --> 00:01:26,640 Matt: Thanks for having me. I've actually always wanted to be on this show 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:32,000 Danny: Ah you're you don't have to say that mate i got you on anyway so thank you i appreciate that, 27 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:35,890 Danny: And we've known each other a little bit. We've met actually in person. 28 00:01:36,150 --> 00:01:41,050 Danny: I think we met online first, obviously, but then we've met in person at podcasting events. 29 00:01:41,410 --> 00:01:45,190 Danny: And as I mentioned in the intro there, your leading podcast, 30 00:01:45,350 --> 00:01:49,570 Danny: your main podcast, 500 episodes or almost 500 over 10 years, 31 00:01:49,690 --> 00:01:53,270 Danny: which is almost, I think, if my math is correct, about an episode a week. 32 00:01:53,490 --> 00:02:00,810 Danny: So what's the secret to consistency and just essentially longevity keeping going? 33 00:02:01,250 --> 00:02:07,090 Matt: I think I got, it's jealousy is the answer. And I was really jealous of people 34 00:02:07,090 --> 00:02:08,330 Matt: who are really good at this. 35 00:02:08,510 --> 00:02:12,030 Matt: And one of the things I said, well, how do you keep doing? And they said, 36 00:02:12,110 --> 00:02:14,970 Matt: well, I keep creating every week and I'm always trying to reinvent what I'm doing. 37 00:02:15,090 --> 00:02:17,850 Matt: And I'm always adding to it. I said, well, if I can just be consistent with 38 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:20,430 Matt: the, with the whole thing, then good things will happen. 39 00:02:20,670 --> 00:02:25,230 Matt: And consistency is really, you know, one of the keys to building audience 40 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,060 Matt: I had Aaron Monkey from Lore sort of say, well, why do you release sometimes 41 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:31,960 Matt: on Thursdays and sometimes on Tuesdays? 42 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:36,980 Matt: And he said, if you can be consistent with it, you can build a great audience from it. 43 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,260 Matt: And, of course, I should have known that being a radio broadcaster because you 44 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:43,280 Matt: should see the number of people who go to the Radio Hall of Fame just by showing 45 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:48,240 Matt: up every day at the same time and putting in a mediocre job, 46 00:02:48,580 --> 00:02:53,840 Danny: Right? Just shipping it. And it's funny you mentioned Hall of Fame there, 47 00:02:53,980 --> 00:03:00,000 Danny: because obviously your background is in media production, podcasting, etc. 48 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:04,780 Danny: And the creative front. But obviously you've got many interests outside of that. 49 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,080 Danny: And being Scottish, from Scotland originally, I've been in Canada for the last 20 years now. 50 00:03:10,620 --> 00:03:13,760 Danny: But I don't know a lot about American football. 51 00:03:13,940 --> 00:03:17,120 Danny: And yes, I'm calling it American football because my football is a proper one. 52 00:03:17,220 --> 00:03:21,260 Danny: But I don't know a lot about American football. And I noticed on a recent social 53 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:26,440 Danny: media post that you said there are a lot of truly petty people in the world. 54 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,720 Danny: And those people are the ones who did not vote Bill Belichick to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 55 00:03:31,940 --> 00:03:34,320 Danny: So what's all that about? Why are they all petty? 56 00:03:35,020 --> 00:03:39,020 Matt: Well, it's sports writers who vote on this stuff. And it's very odd. 57 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,680 Matt: You know, we're punishing Pete Rose all the time for, you know, 58 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,860 Matt: he can't go to the Hall of Fame because of something that he did. 59 00:03:45,730 --> 00:03:48,750 Matt: Bill Belichick got caught up in something called deflate gate, 60 00:03:48,870 --> 00:03:52,190 Matt: where there was a little cheating involved, where the footballs were not quite 61 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:55,050 Matt: as inflated as they should be, which led to, of course, less fumbles. 62 00:03:56,370 --> 00:04:00,930 Matt: But media has it in for some of these sports professionals, and it's just petty. 63 00:04:01,290 --> 00:04:04,150 Matt: Listen, this is the winningest head coach of all time. 64 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:07,890 Matt: This is a simple, simple thing to do. You put him in the Hall of Fame, 65 00:04:07,970 --> 00:04:10,710 Matt: but on the first ballot and in his first year of eligibility, 66 00:04:11,030 --> 00:04:15,630 Matt: they didn't do it. And it's, I guess, some people have got an axe to grind with the sports media. 67 00:04:15,770 --> 00:04:20,010 Matt: And if you go back and look at a number of his media conferences, 68 00:04:20,030 --> 00:04:22,290 Matt: he would often hold them at seven in the morning. 69 00:04:22,450 --> 00:04:25,450 Matt: He would force the media to get out of bed. There were a lot of curt answers. 70 00:04:25,870 --> 00:04:27,550 Matt: There's a lot of great sound bites. 71 00:04:28,070 --> 00:04:32,730 Matt: He would answer the same way every time. He had tremendous disdain for the media. 72 00:04:33,030 --> 00:04:36,490 Matt: And this was their way of getting back in a minute. It's petty. 73 00:04:37,270 --> 00:04:40,310 Danny: So I guess it's the media, like I said, I don't really understand or don't know. 74 00:04:40,470 --> 00:04:43,330 Danny: I understand. I know American football. I understand that. I've played it on 75 00:04:43,330 --> 00:04:45,330 Danny: the Sega Genesis way back in the day. 76 00:04:45,850 --> 00:04:51,210 Danny: So I'm guessing the Hall of Fame, it's all primarily media-led for nominations, 77 00:04:51,930 --> 00:04:53,130 Danny: recognition awards, et cetera, then? 78 00:04:53,490 --> 00:04:56,770 Matt: Yeah, there's people inside football who get to vote on this too, 79 00:04:56,910 --> 00:05:01,950 Matt: but it's perpetuated in a strange way. Listen, he's not a likable guy. That's fine. 80 00:05:03,330 --> 00:05:06,530 Matt: Is this the way we should be sort of getting back at him and judging him? 81 00:05:06,590 --> 00:05:08,870 Matt: It seems like a petty way to do it. 82 00:05:09,390 --> 00:05:12,430 Danny: Okay well what we will try and thanks for explaining that 83 00:05:12,430 --> 00:05:16,530 Danny: and we will try not to be we will try not to be petty with our questions and 84 00:05:16,530 --> 00:05:21,510 Danny: answers here but and continuing the hall of fame like theme i'm going to invite 85 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:24,870 Danny: you now to the hall of fame collection that have been on the random question 86 00:05:24,870 --> 00:05:30,350 Danny: hot seat are we ready for this i'm ready awesome let's bring up the random question generator, 87 00:05:31,850 --> 00:05:35,690 Danny: OK, yeah, I think this may have been up before, but it's been a while since 88 00:05:35,690 --> 00:05:38,330 Danny: it came up. And I'm always curious for questions like this. 89 00:05:38,830 --> 00:05:44,350 Danny: So, Matt, question number one, if you had $10 million, would you still be working 90 00:05:44,350 --> 00:05:47,070 Danny: or going to school if that was an option too? 91 00:05:47,790 --> 00:05:51,350 Matt: Absolutely. I absolutely would still be working. 92 00:05:51,690 --> 00:05:55,950 Matt: I don't know what I would do if I didn't have work. And I know these are kind 93 00:05:55,950 --> 00:05:57,870 Matt: of like the words of somebody who may be a workaholic, 94 00:05:57,870 --> 00:06:01,350 Matt: but I've been getting out of bed and working and excited 95 00:06:01,350 --> 00:06:04,030 Matt: to go to work too every day for like a very long 96 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:07,190 Matt: time now if i didn't like my job and it didn't involve microphones 97 00:06:07,190 --> 00:06:11,330 Matt: and recording audio dealing with audiences making people happy that sort of 98 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:15,650 Matt: thing you know what i might i might quit but i have made it a part of my life 99 00:06:15,650 --> 00:06:20,390 Matt: to do something that i really really enjoy and be sure to wake up every morning 100 00:06:20,390 --> 00:06:24,030 Matt: to something i want i like to wake up to the future every day i think podcasting's 101 00:06:24,490 --> 00:06:29,890 Matt: got a great future in front of it and i'm excited so absolutely 100 if i had 102 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:33,970 Matt: 10 million dollars i would still be doing exactly what i'm doing so 103 00:06:33,970 --> 00:06:38,630 Danny: What would you and i kind of figured you might know you as a person um what 104 00:06:38,630 --> 00:06:42,510 Danny: would some of the changes be that we'd make with that extra money so events 105 00:06:42,510 --> 00:06:46,870 Danny: you go to more events more podcast events would you create bursaries would you 106 00:06:46,870 --> 00:06:49,350 Danny: create x y studios what would you do with the 10 million. 107 00:06:50,250 --> 00:06:54,050 Matt: I'd probably work in a little bit more travel, uh, into, into it. 108 00:06:54,150 --> 00:06:56,670 Matt: So let's say there's podcasting events I couldn't afford to go to. 109 00:06:56,790 --> 00:07:00,910 Matt: I would definitely find a way to afford to go in and explore the world and as 110 00:07:00,910 --> 00:07:04,770 Matt: well, you know, see what podcasting is like in, in other parts of the world. 111 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:08,470 Matt: I'm sure that I could probably have just one too many drinks that I would part 112 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:12,350 Matt: with some of that money and into some company or something. 113 00:07:13,070 --> 00:07:16,550 Matt: In fact, actually just before, you know, we started recording this, 114 00:07:16,630 --> 00:07:20,590 Matt: I had a phone call from somebody who was looking for a little bit of money for their app. 115 00:07:21,010 --> 00:07:24,050 Matt: And I thought, well, if I had that, I would probably do it. 116 00:07:24,130 --> 00:07:28,510 Matt: And if I had $10 million, I definitely would have given this person the $1,500 117 00:07:28,510 --> 00:07:31,510 Matt: they wanted as a contribution towards the development of their app. 118 00:07:31,570 --> 00:07:33,250 Matt: So I would definitely be a little bit more. 119 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:37,010 Matt: I would be spending a little bit more if I had the $10 million. 120 00:07:37,570 --> 00:07:38,870 Matt: I got a soft spot, you know? 121 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:46,010 Danny: Yeah, no, 100%. And it's funny you mentioned what you would do to help app developers, 122 00:07:46,010 --> 00:07:50,430 Danny: for example in podcasting you know pros and people new to industry i'm curious 123 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:54,890 Danny: is there anything you would use the money to kick out with the podcasting space 124 00:07:54,890 --> 00:08:02,410 Danny: or the production or media space that's kind of bad and holds people back if you like yeah. 125 00:08:02,410 --> 00:08:05,430 Matt: So i've often thought about this and the question that comes up quite often 126 00:08:05,430 --> 00:08:08,910 Matt: is what would you do if you had a hundred thousand dollars to to market your podcast. 127 00:08:10,230 --> 00:08:17,750 Matt: I think I would probably be looking for ways to make shows more popular. 128 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:20,550 Matt: I'm not sure that there's a direct spend with any of that money, 129 00:08:20,670 --> 00:08:24,610 Matt: but it would be something that I would look to, to try to increase voices. 130 00:08:24,710 --> 00:08:27,590 Matt: I just don't know how to spend that money. You see, I'm very cautious with money. 131 00:08:27,930 --> 00:08:32,410 Matt: I'm like, well, I have it. I'm not really sure if I should be jumping into that. 132 00:08:32,550 --> 00:08:36,050 Matt: I'm going to take a year to think about this idea. 133 00:08:36,430 --> 00:08:42,090 Matt: And if I wake up in about a year and I still love the idea, then I would probably jump at it. 134 00:08:42,410 --> 00:08:45,090 Matt: And I might also point out that that's a bit of a fault of mine. 135 00:08:45,650 --> 00:08:47,890 Matt: And that's sometimes you wait too long. 136 00:08:48,650 --> 00:08:52,730 Matt: If only I had known, if only if I had acted sooner, I can't tell you how many 137 00:08:52,730 --> 00:08:57,390 Matt: times in business people said, if only I had acted sooner, I would have, 138 00:08:57,570 --> 00:09:00,230 Matt: it would have been different. It would have worked out better. 139 00:09:00,390 --> 00:09:03,630 Matt: It could have worked out worse. But often when we talk about if only I had acted 140 00:09:03,630 --> 00:09:05,750 Matt: sooner, we're talking about something that could have been better. 141 00:09:06,330 --> 00:09:07,470 Matt: That's my characteristics. 142 00:09:08,110 --> 00:09:11,850 Matt: That's what would happen with $10 million. In the end, I would still have $10 143 00:09:11,850 --> 00:09:16,350 Matt: million plus interest and I wouldn't have acted. I'd still be thinking about it, though. 144 00:09:17,030 --> 00:09:21,930 Danny: Yeah. I mean, interest would rack up pretty quickly, I feel, on 10 million. 145 00:09:22,110 --> 00:09:25,410 Danny: So then you've got like an added problem of, well, now I can't spend it. 146 00:09:25,590 --> 00:09:28,590 Danny: Now it's 10 and a half. Now it's 11. Now it's a loan and a half. 147 00:09:28,590 --> 00:09:31,010 Matt: You know, there's a B part to that because of the question that says, 148 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:33,190 Matt: you know, going to school, would you still go to school? 149 00:09:34,050 --> 00:09:39,070 Matt: I think I love working in this space because I'm a student of podcasting. 150 00:09:39,690 --> 00:09:44,510 Matt: You know, even though I've got, you know, 10, 15, 20 years of experience having, 151 00:09:44,630 --> 00:09:47,530 Matt: you know, very simply even uploading to what was iTunes, you know, 152 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:52,890 Matt: at the time, I still want to be a student of, you know, audio and learn every 153 00:09:52,890 --> 00:09:54,410 Matt: day. I think that's part of it. 154 00:09:55,070 --> 00:09:59,850 Danny: No, I like that. And like I say, yeah, I mean, I think once we feel we've learned 155 00:09:59,850 --> 00:10:02,910 Danny: all we can about podcasts in this space that we both love, clearly, 156 00:10:03,390 --> 00:10:05,490 Danny: that's time to hang up the mic, personally. 157 00:10:06,070 --> 00:10:09,270 Matt: Hey, I just got $10 million. I don't even know how to grow the space yet. 158 00:10:10,290 --> 00:10:14,570 Danny: Well, I can help you with that for a mere $3 million. So I'm not even taking 159 00:10:14,570 --> 00:10:16,170 Danny: a big chunk yet. So you're all good there, Matt. 160 00:10:16,570 --> 00:10:21,110 Danny: But okay, I like that. And that's a nice, informal, easy one, I feel. 161 00:10:21,390 --> 00:10:26,430 Danny: A gentle one to kick off proceedings. So let's have a look and see what comes 162 00:10:26,430 --> 00:10:28,930 Danny: up with question number two. 163 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:33,090 Danny: Okay. Question number two. And I'm wondering, we were speaking, 164 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:36,150 Danny: you mentioned Green Room earlier prior to recording there, Matt. 165 00:10:36,290 --> 00:10:38,290 Danny: We were speaking about Netflix and stuff like that. 166 00:10:38,430 --> 00:10:42,190 Danny: So question two, what is the worst movie that you've seen? 167 00:10:42,190 --> 00:10:45,270 Matt: Well so there are a lot of them um i 168 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:48,670 Matt: thought zapped with scott baio back in 169 00:10:48,670 --> 00:10:52,470 Matt: 1980 something that that was terrible uh i 170 00:10:52,470 --> 00:10:57,690 Matt: thought gone girl more recently i think it was like 2015 maybe 2014 that was 171 00:10:57,690 --> 00:11:01,790 Matt: terror i didn't like that movie i didn't like the movie with matt damon going 172 00:11:01,790 --> 00:11:07,350 Matt: to space and i'll tell you in terms of quality of movies i don't find movies 173 00:11:07,350 --> 00:11:10,730 Matt: to be i've never thought it was time well spent. 174 00:11:11,390 --> 00:11:15,130 Matt: And, you know, if you only go to see one movie a year, you'd hear that in the 175 00:11:15,130 --> 00:11:17,430 Matt: trailer. If you only see one movie a year, 176 00:11:18,370 --> 00:11:21,270 Matt: Uh, well, I'm the person who actually only sees one movie a year. 177 00:11:21,290 --> 00:11:25,970 Matt: And I made it a point for many, many years to just see one movie a year that, 178 00:11:26,150 --> 00:11:28,250 Matt: you know, was word of mouth that people said I had to go see, 179 00:11:28,390 --> 00:11:32,330 Matt: then I would be excited to go see the movie. But there are so many movies out there. 180 00:11:32,430 --> 00:11:34,670 Matt: And I thought there was a turning point with, with gone girl. 181 00:11:34,670 --> 00:11:38,250 Matt: I met my, my now wife and she said, I love going to movies. Let's go. 182 00:11:39,090 --> 00:11:42,390 Matt: And what are we going to see? We're going to see gone girl. Okay. 183 00:11:42,890 --> 00:11:45,850 Matt: And I went to watch it. I was impatient. I didn't like it. 184 00:11:46,210 --> 00:11:51,030 Matt: I don't remember much. I don't, it didn't identify with what was going on. 185 00:11:51,130 --> 00:11:51,910 Matt: Some people found it clever. 186 00:11:52,070 --> 00:11:57,270 Matt: I, I thought I'm never getting, you know, two hours of my life back after that investment. 187 00:11:57,610 --> 00:12:01,970 Matt: So I'm quite, I'm quite careful with it. What I look for in a movie is I like good writing. 188 00:12:02,130 --> 00:12:06,610 Matt: I'll have a great story and I love characters that, that make me laugh at, 189 00:12:06,830 --> 00:12:10,310 Matt: you know, make me love them, make me hate them, something like that. 190 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:13,190 Matt: But if your movie doesn't have that, don't bring it around here. 191 00:12:13,330 --> 00:12:16,170 Matt: Don't bring your two star movie here and do not bring your three or three and 192 00:12:16,170 --> 00:12:18,750 Matt: a half star movie here either. I want fours and fives. 193 00:12:19,510 --> 00:12:22,590 Danny: And you mentioned that you make it, or made, I'm not sure if it's still the 194 00:12:22,590 --> 00:12:25,490 Danny: case now, but you made it a point of just seeing one movie a year. 195 00:12:25,770 --> 00:12:30,370 Danny: So do you prefer just staying at home and wait until it comes on the streaming 196 00:12:30,370 --> 00:12:32,270 Danny: then or buy it on digital to watch? 197 00:12:32,470 --> 00:12:35,370 Danny: Or is it, you mentioned obviously that's how you met your wife. 198 00:12:35,730 --> 00:12:38,690 Danny: Was that a movie? Or going to the movie, not that movie. Didn't go in there 199 00:12:38,690 --> 00:12:41,010 Danny: and met her in the dark or whatever. But going to a movie theatre. 200 00:12:41,810 --> 00:12:45,670 Danny: Is it still something that you still go, even knowing that you probably won't 201 00:12:45,670 --> 00:12:48,370 Danny: enjoy the movie you're going to see, or are you just like, you're fair to stay at home now? 202 00:12:48,730 --> 00:12:51,190 Matt: If I sense I'm not going to enjoy the movie, I'm not going to the movie. 203 00:12:52,370 --> 00:12:58,150 Matt: Often, and this is where my wife has a great job, she will, she knows I love documentaries. 204 00:12:58,990 --> 00:13:01,750 Matt: So we will watch, like, for instance, the Bruce Springsteen movie, 205 00:13:01,970 --> 00:13:03,410 Matt: which not everybody loved. 206 00:13:03,550 --> 00:13:07,930 Matt: I enjoyed it. I did like that one when it came out, which talks about Bruce 207 00:13:07,930 --> 00:13:12,070 Matt: Springsteen's time between recording Born in the USA and Nebraska in that 1982, 208 00:13:12,410 --> 00:13:15,290 Matt: 83, 84 period. I really enjoyed that one. 209 00:13:16,070 --> 00:13:19,570 Matt: But yeah, she'll bend over for that. But, you know, to help me, 210 00:13:19,730 --> 00:13:22,090 Matt: you know, to make it so that we can watch the movie together. 211 00:13:22,290 --> 00:13:23,730 Matt: It's just not often we can do that 212 00:13:23,730 --> 00:13:26,670 Matt: because there's only so many history documentaries she's going to enjoy. 213 00:13:27,090 --> 00:13:28,890 Danny: And that's your jam then, History Docs? 214 00:13:28,970 --> 00:13:31,890 Matt: Yeah, I love nonfiction. I love history. I'm a history major. 215 00:13:32,470 --> 00:13:35,330 Matt: Just love studying history. When I went to Acadia University, 216 00:13:35,590 --> 00:13:38,890 Matt: the professor, he was giving me C's and C minuses, but that didn't matter. 217 00:13:38,970 --> 00:13:40,190 Matt: I fell in love with the whole thing. 218 00:13:40,790 --> 00:13:44,350 Matt: And he taught me how to study it and how to appreciate history. 219 00:13:44,350 --> 00:13:46,610 Matt: And I've kind of been in that space ever since. 220 00:13:47,270 --> 00:13:51,270 Danny: It's also expensive to go to the movie theatre now. We've got two teen kids, 221 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:54,450 Danny: so if we were to go as a family of four and buy the tickets, 222 00:13:54,650 --> 00:13:55,990 Danny: then the popcorn, drinks, whatever. 223 00:13:56,150 --> 00:13:58,890 Danny: And then let's say we're hungry either before the movie or after it. 224 00:13:59,310 --> 00:14:03,030 Danny: You're talking probably, I don't know, $300 for an evening out maybe? 225 00:14:03,530 --> 00:14:08,690 Matt: Yeah, I'm sad actually because we don't go to movie theatres as much and inside 226 00:14:08,690 --> 00:14:11,970 Matt: the theatres there's only movies that we are familiar with. You know, 227 00:14:12,070 --> 00:14:14,330 Matt: they're generally a bunch of reboots. There's a bunch of remakes. 228 00:14:14,490 --> 00:14:16,730 Matt: I did go see, for instance, you know, the Barbie movie. 229 00:14:17,650 --> 00:14:22,010 Matt: That was my one movie for that year, actually, that I did go out to go see. 230 00:14:22,770 --> 00:14:28,750 Matt: You know, I enjoyed it. But I feel that we've lost a little bit with streaming into the house. 231 00:14:29,610 --> 00:14:32,810 Matt: It's nice to have the convenience, but I just moved to a very small town. 232 00:14:32,930 --> 00:14:35,050 Matt: There's only a few thousand people in Saint-Henri-Dal-Quebec, 233 00:14:35,170 --> 00:14:37,450 Matt: where I live now. But we have a movie theater. 234 00:14:38,130 --> 00:14:41,550 Matt: And the movie shows movies in French and in English. And this is a predominantly 235 00:14:41,550 --> 00:14:45,950 Matt: Francophone town, too. So I am happy to be in a town where there's a nice movie theater. 236 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:52,530 Danny: That's awesome. We're actually in a small village, too. Probably about the same kind of numbers. 237 00:14:52,870 --> 00:14:56,230 Danny: There's 800 families, so let's say that's about 3,000 people, probably. 238 00:14:56,850 --> 00:15:00,510 Danny: We don't have a movie theater, but if we drive 15 minutes away, 239 00:15:00,590 --> 00:15:02,030 Danny: there's an old-fashioned one. 240 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:06,010 Danny: It's got just two rows, leather chairs, a little dinky screen, 241 00:15:06,290 --> 00:15:08,350 Danny: no huge Dolby Atmos or whatever. 242 00:15:08,670 --> 00:15:13,530 Danny: And I do enjoy that because that takes me back to when I was a teen going to see a movie, right? 243 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:19,500 Danny: Perfect perfect so we know that maybe with your 10 million you could like make 244 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:22,220 Danny: a little indie movie that could go to these little theaters. 245 00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:28,000 Matt: You know i i probably would um do that and in fact in my top desk drawer there's 246 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,860 Matt: about three or four podcast ideas that are sitting there that would probably 247 00:15:31,860 --> 00:15:37,740 Matt: go straight from we'll skip the podcast and we'll take it right to to make a documentary with it i 248 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:40,440 Danny: Showed i was going to say i'll take you up and up but i won't because i want 249 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,320 Danny: my three million for the idea so i'll leave you with a seven to make the movie then but. 250 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,260 Matt: Listen this is what we make you executive producer for i 251 00:15:48,260 --> 00:15:51,000 Danny: Like it i'm going to put that on my side of my desk my little i'm going to get 252 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,960 Danny: a background sign for that matt's executive producer sounds good all right i 253 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:03,080 Danny: like that then let's have a look then at question number three what is the last 254 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,140 Danny: thing you do before you go to sleep. 255 00:16:05,140 --> 00:16:08,400 Matt: I put on a podcast i 256 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,140 Danny: Can't i wasn't sure if you're going to say that or not but it's kind of feel 257 00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:12,460 Danny: that you might have but okay cool. 258 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:15,420 Matt: And that's because of the way i grew up i grew up in montreal 259 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:18,520 Matt: i grew up with an am radio beside my am fm 260 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,260 Matt: clock radio actually beside my bed but predominantly i would listen 261 00:16:21,260 --> 00:16:24,080 Matt: to am 10 o'clock at night i would listen 262 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:30,320 Matt: to sports with ted tevin who is a detroit broadcaster also montreal broadcaster 263 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,960 Matt: but you know montreal canadians hockey game or the montreal expos game would 264 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:40,220 Matt: end and i would listen to the phone calls And I learned to fall in love with 265 00:16:40,220 --> 00:16:41,980 Matt: the radio and that got a little bit boring. 266 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:47,780 Matt: I would turn the dial and I could move it from 600 down to six 60, which is WNBC. 267 00:16:47,980 --> 00:16:51,140 Matt: Oh, wow. I'm getting a New York radio station piping right into my bedroom. 268 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,340 Matt: You could turn it a little further. You get to, uh, get to eight, 269 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:59,120 Matt: 10, get to Detroit. You pick up, you know, WLS. 270 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:04,060 Matt: It was 800 actually was Detroit. Eight, 10 was WLS. 271 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,100 Matt: I'm, I'm going off memory. These are all call letters and frequencies that are, 272 00:17:08,220 --> 00:17:11,040 Matt: that are, you know, that nobody talks about as much anymore. 273 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,120 Matt: But I fell in love falling asleep. 274 00:17:14,010 --> 00:17:18,090 Matt: Listening to the radio. And that really hasn't changed today. 275 00:17:18,390 --> 00:17:20,230 Matt: I'm not much for a TV in the bedroom. 276 00:17:21,010 --> 00:17:25,130 Matt: This has been a bit of a sticking point with my wife and I, she loves the TV 277 00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:27,070 Matt: in the bedroom. I do not like the blue light. 278 00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:30,750 Matt: That doesn't stop me from picking up an iPad every once in a while. 279 00:17:30,870 --> 00:17:33,870 Matt: And I do know that if I wake up in the middle of the night, I do not want to 280 00:17:33,870 --> 00:17:36,870 Matt: check the phone. I do not want to look at an iPad or anything because that's blue light. 281 00:17:37,170 --> 00:17:41,870 Matt: Blue light will keep you awake. And I like to get my sleep. I think that's important to get your sleep. 282 00:17:42,170 --> 00:17:47,410 Matt: So I find it wonderful to drift off with uh with the sound of of a voice and 283 00:17:47,410 --> 00:17:51,330 Danny: Do you have like um set podcasts you listen to because i'd imagine maybe there's 284 00:17:51,330 --> 00:17:55,790 Danny: some genres like true crime which maybe maybe not but if you got like a really 285 00:17:55,790 --> 00:18:00,510 Danny: gory scary true crime story that might keep you or keep some people awake is 286 00:18:00,510 --> 00:18:03,990 Danny: there any genre or certain podcast you you drift off to. 287 00:18:03,990 --> 00:18:06,790 Matt: Oh i have a story because this happened the 288 00:18:06,790 --> 00:18:09,470 Matt: other night i went to sleep listening to christy lee 289 00:18:09,470 --> 00:18:12,370 Matt: canadian true crime and the story 290 00:18:12,370 --> 00:18:15,310 Matt: involved you know bad things of course and my 291 00:18:15,310 --> 00:18:17,950 Matt: wife woke up in the morning she said i dreamt of this bad thing and 292 00:18:17,950 --> 00:18:21,270 Matt: this bad thing and i said well i take responsibility because i was the podcast 293 00:18:21,270 --> 00:18:24,030 Matt: was on and it probably put that in your mind and that's how 294 00:18:24,030 --> 00:18:29,450 Matt: you got to dreaming about that sort of thing so when i do fall asleep it will 295 00:18:29,450 --> 00:18:34,670 Matt: be sports it could be politics i love falling asleep to politics is so dull 296 00:18:34,670 --> 00:18:39,550 Matt: that you just sort of lose yourself and and then you fall asleep to it um if 297 00:18:39,550 --> 00:18:42,550 Matt: it's something instructional if it's something that's going to be good for me it's You know, 298 00:18:42,610 --> 00:18:45,470 Matt: I used to do this at university. I would read a textbook before going to bed. 299 00:18:45,570 --> 00:18:49,750 Matt: I was done after a page and a half of political science. I'm done. I'm asleep. 300 00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:53,410 Matt: You know, it's, it's, it's good stuff to, uh, to fall asleep to. 301 00:18:54,390 --> 00:18:58,690 Matt: I like to listen to some sports, but I, sometimes if I'm emotionally invested, 302 00:18:58,770 --> 00:19:01,050 Matt: it will get my heart racing. It will have the reverse effect. 303 00:19:01,330 --> 00:19:05,270 Matt: So I don't need to hear anything else about the Buffalo Bills and their tragedies. 304 00:19:06,050 --> 00:19:10,790 Matt: Because that just makes me sad and it keeps me up at night. They literally keep me up at night. 305 00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:15,290 Matt: So I can't listen to any sports that talks about something sad like that. 306 00:19:15,650 --> 00:19:22,330 Danny: No, I hear you. So obviously you mentioned that your wife woke up and she couldn't 307 00:19:22,330 --> 00:19:26,670 Danny: sleep while she was having nightmares and dreams about the topic of the true crime. 308 00:19:27,030 --> 00:19:32,210 Danny: Do you feel, not buy into, that's the wrong word, do you feel that subconsciously 309 00:19:32,210 --> 00:19:36,250 Danny: what we listen to prior to going to sleep can help, or even while sleeping. 310 00:19:36,470 --> 00:19:39,590 Danny: So if you want to learn a new language, for example, like people say, 311 00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:43,950 Danny: well, go to sleep, listen to learning Spanish or learning French or whatever. 312 00:19:44,450 --> 00:19:48,610 Danny: Or if you want to learn history, you know, and be better prepared for your exams, 313 00:19:48,870 --> 00:19:50,430 Danny: go to sleep, listen about the topic. 314 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:55,650 Danny: You're going to be examined, examined on, examined, I think that's a verb. 315 00:19:56,530 --> 00:19:56,930 Matt: Tested. 316 00:19:57,250 --> 00:20:01,450 Danny: Tested, there you go, thank you. Do you believe that? Is that something you have seen? 317 00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:04,170 Matt: Yeah, it actually happened just last night. And 318 00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:07,420 Matt: And she said, well, she woke up this morning and said, well, 319 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,180 Matt: I was dreaming of being in a hotel. And I said, well, maybe you wouldn't be 320 00:20:10,180 --> 00:20:13,180 Matt: dreaming of being in a hotel if you weren't booking hotels as the last thing 321 00:20:13,180 --> 00:20:15,100 Matt: you were doing before you went to sleep last night. 322 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:17,900 Matt: We often, and this goes back to the television too. 323 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:22,040 Matt: I don't like the television in the room, you know, especially if the show is 324 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,400 Matt: going to be of a nature where there's like murder or crime or something sad happening. 325 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:30,820 Matt: I'll bring that feeling to bed with me and I won't feel good about it. 326 00:20:30,820 --> 00:20:34,600 Matt: So, I mean, I like to go to sleep with butterflies and unicorns and, 327 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:41,680 Matt: you know, my wonderful chicken farm and other things that I'm imagining and in faraway places. 328 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:46,380 Matt: But yeah, if you, if you bring, you know, for instance, the Sopranos is a tough 329 00:20:46,380 --> 00:20:49,040 Matt: one before bed because it's heavy storylines, heavy conversation. 330 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,540 Matt: There's murder, there's blood, you know, it gets the heart going and, 331 00:20:52,540 --> 00:20:54,800 Matt: you know, you can sleep a little bit of discomfort. 332 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:59,360 Matt: So that's why I'm not a fan of, of the TV in the bedroom. I've managed to keep 333 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:03,800 Matt: the television out of the bedroom to this point since we moved about a year ago. 334 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,440 Matt: And I think as a couple, we're better for it. 335 00:21:08,060 --> 00:21:13,900 Danny: Yeah. I know my wife used to watch Dexter a lot. She'd binge watch Dexter before bed. 336 00:21:14,260 --> 00:21:19,320 Danny: And then she'd wonder why she wasn't getting good night's sleep and having nightmares and stuff. 337 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,520 Danny: And I said to her, well, what are you watching before you go to sleep? Well, Dexter. 338 00:21:23,820 --> 00:21:24,880 Matt: It's a heavy watch. 339 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:30,480 Danny: Exactly. And I couldn't. And I enjoy scary movies, but I wouldn't watch them 340 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:31,700 Danny: late at night before going to sleep. 341 00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:35,900 Danny: I'd watch them middle of the afternoon or early evening when they're still, you know, light, etc. 342 00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:40,080 Matt: Okay, so scary movies. I know we did movies earlier in this conversation. 343 00:21:40,260 --> 00:21:43,380 Matt: That is, we are not doing scary movies ever. That is out. 344 00:21:44,310 --> 00:21:48,690 Matt: I like lighthearted comedies, things that make you smile, things that make you laugh. 345 00:21:49,030 --> 00:21:52,530 Matt: That's where I am. But I've got a wife who loves true crime shows, 346 00:21:52,550 --> 00:21:55,350 Matt: listening to it. And she also watches trials. 347 00:21:55,550 --> 00:21:59,670 Matt: She loves like the lawyer, you know, the YouTube channels with the lawyers, 348 00:21:59,830 --> 00:22:02,330 Matt: the lawyer, you know, and stuff like that. So very invested. 349 00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:04,430 Matt: She has a law background. 350 00:22:05,890 --> 00:22:08,770 Matt: She loves watching that stuff, but not for me. 351 00:22:09,090 --> 00:22:12,710 Danny: Not for you. But I'd imagine that's good because like often couples, 352 00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:16,310 Danny: many couples I know, and watch the same stuff, enjoy the same stuff. 353 00:22:16,430 --> 00:22:18,930 Danny: But it sounds like you've got two very different, you know, things that you 354 00:22:18,930 --> 00:22:22,210 Danny: enjoy, which I'd imagine offers some great conversation as well when you're 355 00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:25,270 Danny: talking about and trying to maybe explain why you enjoyed X, 356 00:22:25,330 --> 00:22:27,630 Danny: Y, Z, and she's the same, you know, with her stuff. 357 00:22:27,950 --> 00:22:31,770 Matt: Yeah, so, you know, we meet in the middle. At some point we have to settle on 358 00:22:31,770 --> 00:22:35,430 Matt: something on Netflix or, you know, Amazon Prime or, you know, 359 00:22:35,470 --> 00:22:38,430 Matt: one of those streaming services. We do have to land on something. 360 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,800 Matt: So we do, we do find stuff. So the studio with Seth Rogen is something I watched. We loved it. 361 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:49,540 Matt: You know, we watched it together, loved it. Hopefully there's going to be more in the near future. 362 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:53,020 Matt: So we have our shows and we meet in the middle and, you know, 363 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,300 Matt: she, I live, I live in American football lifestyle for, for a number of months 364 00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:01,720 Matt: of the year where we travel, we'll go to see the team maybe even twice. 365 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:06,020 Matt: You know, I watch my team and, you know, she watches alongside. 366 00:23:06,020 --> 00:23:10,900 Matt: Side so she's gotten into it you know just just watching me go through my my 367 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:13,480 Matt: sad emotions on Sundays well 368 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,520 Danny: I won't keep you uh with the sad emotion mindset 369 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:21,320 Danny: there but I like that and I like the um like you say it's just like um I am 370 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,200 Danny: with you 100% in the blue light I need my sleep I'm an agent now I've if I don't 371 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,820 Danny: get my sleep I'm grump I'm Scottish I'm a gen X Scotsman so I'm grumpy anyway 372 00:23:28,820 --> 00:23:34,040 Danny: by default if I don't get my my night's sleep no I'm just don't come near me that. 373 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,180 Matt: But also Danny we work in front of screens all day so 374 00:23:37,180 --> 00:23:40,800 Matt: yeah you know we have our fill of screens I don't need any more screens as well 375 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,380 Matt: I'm making content all day and listening to other people's stories and making 376 00:23:44,380 --> 00:23:48,280 Matt: stories I don't need some to watch somebody else's story because I'm going to 377 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,960 Matt: watch go well they missed the writing there well I can see that coming I go 378 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:56,320 Matt: watch it from such a different perspective it's almost like not fun to be with me almost I said I 379 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:02,340 Danny: Know well I've met you And I know what you mean. So we'll leave that there. I jest, I jest. 380 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:08,060 Danny: So on that note, before Matt reaches through the screen and rearranges my face, 381 00:24:08,260 --> 00:24:13,980 Danny: let's have a look at what comes up on question number four. And I like this one. 382 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,760 Danny: It's come up before, but I do like this. So Matt, question four. 383 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:21,380 Danny: What is one of the top things on your bucket list? 384 00:24:22,140 --> 00:24:27,220 Matt: Wow. Okay, so I haven't really thought about my bucket list for a long, long time. 385 00:24:28,370 --> 00:24:33,190 Matt: Because I thought as I was going through life, I was checking them off when 386 00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:34,870 Matt: I didn't even really need to check them off. 387 00:24:35,490 --> 00:24:38,950 Matt: I want to see Metallica. Well, I've seen Metallica now 10 times. 388 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:43,970 Matt: I had the luxury of working in radio and even got to see Metallica play at the 389 00:24:43,970 --> 00:24:52,010 Matt: North Pole at one point in my life where I met Adam Curry, who if you know anything about podcasting, 390 00:24:52,150 --> 00:24:55,550 Matt: was one of the very first to create a podcast. 391 00:24:55,970 --> 00:24:58,990 Matt: And there was Adam Curry who was, And I don't know why I'm telling the story 392 00:24:58,990 --> 00:25:01,410 Matt: because I haven't answered the question yet, but there he was doing some live streaming. 393 00:25:01,550 --> 00:25:03,350 Matt: And I said, well, what's his live stream? He said, well, I'm live streaming 394 00:25:03,350 --> 00:25:06,050 Matt: the concert from the North Pole. And I thought, wow. 395 00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:10,450 Matt: Anyway, that was, that turned out, I mean, at one point just seeing Metallica 396 00:25:10,450 --> 00:25:12,350 Matt: was, was, was on my bucket list. 397 00:25:13,030 --> 00:25:16,410 Matt: Today, it's just simply, you know, travel to Asia. 398 00:25:17,090 --> 00:25:22,890 Matt: I've never been. um i also have never been to africa so i've got two things 399 00:25:22,890 --> 00:25:24,210 Matt: and they both involve travel 400 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:27,990 Matt: in places to go and i'm beginning to really think about 401 00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:31,690 Matt: it now that i've you know i'm well into my 50s and 402 00:25:31,690 --> 00:25:36,230 Matt: you know is it japan or is it thailand you know and where do i go in africa 403 00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:41,150 Matt: and i've got a lot of podcast listeners in nigeria and i've made connections 404 00:25:41,150 --> 00:25:44,150 Matt: with people there and i thought that might be an interesting place to go but 405 00:25:44,150 --> 00:25:49,030 Matt: people tell me kenya is is remarkable. So the bucket list 406 00:25:49,890 --> 00:25:54,550 Matt: is it definitely involves travel and those two parts of the planet are just 407 00:25:54,550 --> 00:25:56,730 Matt: under traveled in my on my passport 408 00:25:56,730 --> 00:25:59,970 Danny: It's interesting it's like um i think 409 00:25:59,970 --> 00:26:04,370 Danny: travel is such a key thing as well like um a few of the past episodes on this 410 00:26:04,370 --> 00:26:08,350 Danny: season funnily enough uh we've been talking about why people should travel if 411 00:26:08,350 --> 00:26:13,610 Danny: they get the opportunity and for so many reasons and like africa and asia it 412 00:26:13,610 --> 00:26:17,050 Danny: just it seems like because they're so far away from where we are as well, 413 00:26:17,330 --> 00:26:22,490 Danny: it makes it such an interesting and desirable place to go. 414 00:26:22,650 --> 00:26:28,610 Danny: And I know we probably know some of the, we probably have some fellow creators 415 00:26:28,610 --> 00:26:30,390 Danny: from Africa that we both know. 416 00:26:30,810 --> 00:26:36,070 Danny: Is there like, what's the main reason for choosing there as opposed to, 417 00:26:36,330 --> 00:26:41,030 Danny: let's say, Europe, I guess that's easier to get to maybe, or Australia or, 418 00:26:41,210 --> 00:26:46,210 Danny: you know, Or is it just a completely different culture from what we might get in North America? 419 00:26:46,790 --> 00:26:50,590 Matt: So I picked out two continents, and they're just two places I have not been. 420 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:56,530 Matt: I think they'd be challenging places to go. I wouldn't find Australia very challenging to go to. 421 00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:59,910 Matt: I feel like I know Australia just from getting on the lift at Whistler. 422 00:27:00,130 --> 00:27:04,150 Matt: I've met enough of the lifties there who can help me. 423 00:27:04,250 --> 00:27:09,050 Matt: I feel like those places would be the challenging ones. 424 00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:13,750 Matt: But Europe, I've been to quite a lot. And, uh, I've spent a lot of time in Spain. 425 00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:18,190 Matt: You know, I love it. It's an easy place to work from. I can spend one month of my life there. 426 00:27:18,850 --> 00:27:21,290 Matt: It's, you know, in the South of Spain is, is Malaga. 427 00:27:22,150 --> 00:27:25,110 Matt: The weather's nice. I can get out of the Canadian winter for a little bit. 428 00:27:25,170 --> 00:27:28,570 Matt: It's, it's kind of an easy place to do it, but it's not travel. 429 00:27:28,810 --> 00:27:32,170 Matt: I'm actually living there for, you know, anywhere between four and six weeks. 430 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:33,910 Matt: And, you know, I enjoy it and I enjoy the food. 431 00:27:34,190 --> 00:27:36,430 Matt: I know a little bit of the language. I like to practice the language, 432 00:27:36,430 --> 00:27:39,930 Matt: but it's time to probably leave the box and, and, you You know, 433 00:27:40,110 --> 00:27:43,050 Matt: try, you know, try Thailand, try Japan. 434 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,780 Matt: Something in asia just you know sort of travel a little bit further than normally 435 00:27:48,780 --> 00:27:53,100 Matt: than what i would be used to again this takes a little bit of research it takes a little bit of 436 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:59,180 Matt: definitely some preparation to go to places to it definitely takes preparation 437 00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:02,900 Matt: to go to a new place because you want to get the most out of it in the amount 438 00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:04,080 Matt: of time that you're going to spend there 439 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,560 Danny: Well that's the thing it's like that's what i was going to ask you actually so 440 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,320 Danny: i'm glad you brought that little segue perfect there it's 441 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,820 Danny: like it's like you're a pro mate it's like you're a pro but um would you i guess 442 00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:18,880 Danny: how long would you want to go there for and would you do a mix of the larger 443 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:24,940 Danny: metropolitan metropolitan areas getting my words out properly um and then go 444 00:28:24,940 --> 00:28:29,080 Danny: deeper into the country to discover off the beaten track or how would you mix that up. 445 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:33,820 Matt: Probably with research and a lot of word of mouth so i would probably ask other 446 00:28:33,820 --> 00:28:37,660 Matt: people who have been there you know and this is another thing and that's youtube 447 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:39,160 Matt: youtube has really opened up the 448 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:43,760 Matt: world to travel to say Oh, here's an experience. I'd like to do this too. 449 00:28:44,820 --> 00:28:48,360 Matt: Instagram as well has told us some of the great places we can go try and what we can eat. 450 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:53,380 Matt: It, it's, it's changed the game and it's changed the game in another way. 451 00:28:53,460 --> 00:28:55,560 Matt: And by the way, Anthony Bourdain did this as well. 452 00:28:55,800 --> 00:29:01,060 Matt: He would go to places and he would sort of show the experiences and then people began to mimic it. 453 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,820 Matt: And he realized, and a lot of successful YouTubers are really realizing if I 454 00:29:05,820 --> 00:29:08,820 Matt: go and promote this restaurant, if I go to promote this tourist attraction, 455 00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:12,200 Matt: this place is going to get slammed if I do it right and I make it look good. 456 00:29:12,420 --> 00:29:15,580 Matt: And it happens. There are, there are specific restaurants I know in, 457 00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:20,460 Matt: in, in Barcelona that are largely tourists. 458 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,900 Matt: Tourists go there. There's still some locals, but by and large, 459 00:29:23,980 --> 00:29:27,620 Matt: it's a lot of tourists who go and they've been sold by other Instagrammers or 460 00:29:27,620 --> 00:29:31,380 Matt: by other YouTubers, uh, to go in. So yes, I would fall down that trap. 461 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:37,340 Matt: I would definitely use YouTube to help me sort of, sort of frame my experience. 462 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:41,580 Matt: Uh, cause if you see one person do it, then we can mimic it and then we can go copy it. 463 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,760 Matt: We used to use the voters book to find out where to go those are very good too 464 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,480 Matt: but now we've got YouTube and we can see for ourselves what the experience is 465 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,120 Matt: like and I preface that by saying for better or worse 466 00:29:54,030 --> 00:29:56,850 Danny: No, I agree. I wish I had usual. 467 00:29:56,870 --> 00:30:03,270 Danny: I did a backpacking trip to Australia in my early to mid 30s or 20 plus years ago. 468 00:30:03,830 --> 00:30:09,490 Danny: And it was all about, I knew one person from Australia and he was like a waiter 469 00:30:09,490 --> 00:30:11,090 Danny: at one of the diners I went to. 470 00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:13,370 Danny: So you'd say, okay, well, if you're going to New South Wales, 471 00:30:13,410 --> 00:30:16,450 Danny: you have to do this and this, but then you have to do that. But if you never 472 00:30:16,450 --> 00:30:19,250 Danny: knew that guy, I'd have no idea what to do with us now. 473 00:30:19,410 --> 00:30:22,370 Danny: I know we give a lot of sticks sometimes to YouTube and some of the creators 474 00:30:22,370 --> 00:30:23,710 Danny: on there and TikTok, et cetera. 475 00:30:23,870 --> 00:30:27,890 Danny: But it's such a great platform, or these are great platforms as well, 476 00:30:28,030 --> 00:30:30,770 Danny: to help you, you know, when it comes to decisions like that, I think. 477 00:30:31,070 --> 00:30:33,350 Matt: One of the things that really comes up when I'm thinking, okay, 478 00:30:33,470 --> 00:30:37,150 Matt: Metropolis is easy. You know, I want to learn how to use public transportation. 479 00:30:37,850 --> 00:30:42,090 Matt: That's the first thing I want to learn. To leave, though, and go to the countryside, 480 00:30:42,110 --> 00:30:43,730 Matt: how am I going to do it? Can I take a train? 481 00:30:43,950 --> 00:30:46,750 Matt: Fine, I will take a train. Is there a bus? Okay. I'll take a bus. 482 00:30:47,730 --> 00:30:52,090 Matt: Do I have to rent a car? Is that easy? What side of the road do I drive on? 483 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:55,570 Matt: You know, is there a stick shift that doesn't bother me? I have a stick shift. 484 00:30:55,630 --> 00:30:56,570 Matt: I know how to work that thing. 485 00:30:57,490 --> 00:31:02,930 Matt: These are some of the questions that get asked when I wanted to leave the metropolis 486 00:31:02,930 --> 00:31:04,230 Matt: and head to the countryside. 487 00:31:04,450 --> 00:31:10,910 Matt: I did some driving in Italy and Spain, and then I realized I wasn't necessarily 488 00:31:10,910 --> 00:31:14,130 Matt: on holiday because I found myself paying so much attention to what was going 489 00:31:14,130 --> 00:31:17,630 Matt: on on the road that I said, well, this doesn't feel as much like a holiday. 490 00:31:17,630 --> 00:31:20,470 Matt: So I learned to use public transportation wherever possible. 491 00:31:21,470 --> 00:31:26,430 Danny: Especially like if you go to Rome, there's like a massive roundabout smacking 492 00:31:26,430 --> 00:31:28,070 Danny: the middle of Rome that's a nightmare. 493 00:31:28,350 --> 00:31:32,390 Matt: I did it. You did that one? I survived it. And it's not far from the train station 494 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:35,150 Matt: and across the street from the train station is where you can rent the cars. 495 00:31:35,550 --> 00:31:38,770 Matt: And it's like one of the first things you encounter. All I can tell you about 496 00:31:38,770 --> 00:31:43,390 Matt: driving in Italy is it's twice as bad as you've been told in Rome and only half 497 00:31:43,390 --> 00:31:44,750 Matt: as bad when you're in the countryside. 498 00:31:46,230 --> 00:31:49,590 Danny: I can imagine that. I've never been, like I've not been far out in Italy, 499 00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:52,390 Danny: but I just remember that roundabout. 500 00:31:52,470 --> 00:31:54,930 Danny: There's another one in Paris as well, near the Arc de Triomphe, 501 00:31:54,930 --> 00:31:59,210 Danny: where it's just, and my wife, she's Canadian, so she's used to doing little 502 00:31:59,210 --> 00:32:03,310 Danny: dinky roundabouts that have got two lanes tops, but normally one lane. 503 00:32:03,470 --> 00:32:07,650 Danny: And then she looks at that and she has palpitations even thinking about driving there. 504 00:32:07,790 --> 00:32:10,850 Matt: I've got one worse, and I'll throw it at her, and that's called Bermuda, 505 00:32:10,850 --> 00:32:14,550 Matt: where they've got the roundabouts, but they're going around on the left side in the other direction. 506 00:32:14,990 --> 00:32:15,390 Danny: Oh. 507 00:32:15,590 --> 00:32:24,150 Matt: So I'm a regular visitor to Bermuda, and driving on the left on a scooter is, I enjoy that. 508 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,700 Matt: Actually, I really do enjoy that. And then I can deal with the roundabouts. 509 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,560 Matt: You just got to be prepared to give way. 510 00:32:30,380 --> 00:32:34,380 Danny: Yeah, because Bermuda, so you mentioned the left there. So I'm assuming Bermuda 511 00:32:34,380 --> 00:32:38,020 Danny: does the same side of the road driving as the UK and Australia then. 512 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,980 Matt: Yeah, it's a British island. 513 00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:44,560 Danny: Oh, it's a British island. I forgot that completely. 514 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,600 Matt: And listen, this is one of the cleanest places on the planet. 515 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,460 Matt: They serve tea at four o'clock and everybody is dressed well. 516 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:54,520 Danny: High tea. 517 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,040 Matt: High tea is served at four. 518 00:32:56,900 --> 00:33:01,080 Danny: High tea with scones and cream and strawberries and such as. 519 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:07,420 Danny: Oh, man. Done it again. Last week's episode, I mentioned to my guest we were talking about pizza. 520 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:11,280 Danny: And I said, I've got to stop talking about food on the show because every time 521 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,700 Danny: I do, I want to have what we're talking about after the episode finishes recording. 522 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:17,260 Danny: Now I need to make like a scone. Well, I've not got a scone, 523 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:22,480 Danny: but I've got muffins, English muffins. I have to try to find some cream and jam for that then. 524 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:27,260 Danny: Thanks for that, Matt. I appreciate you making me think about food again on an episode. 525 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,120 Danny: Alrighty, we're doing well. We've got to the last question. So let's see what 526 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,520 Danny: question number five brings up. 527 00:33:35,670 --> 00:33:40,170 Danny: And yeah, okay. This may tie into your first answer, actually, 528 00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:43,030 Danny: about procrastination, maybe. I'm not sure. 529 00:33:43,410 --> 00:33:47,610 Danny: Anyway, Matt, question number five, mate. What's one thing that you would like 530 00:33:47,610 --> 00:33:51,130 Danny: to change about yourself? Not necessarily would, but would like to? 531 00:33:51,970 --> 00:33:56,630 Matt: Um that's a hard one and i'll tell you why it's because i i think about that a lot 532 00:33:57,170 --> 00:34:00,190 Matt: and and what i would like to be and it's 533 00:34:00,190 --> 00:34:03,010 Matt: something that i work on quite often and that's i would like to learn 534 00:34:03,010 --> 00:34:10,450 Matt: how to let go of control i have control issues and i don't have a fear of flying 535 00:34:10,450 --> 00:34:14,890 Matt: but i'm very very nervous about flying so before the plane takes off i'm saying 536 00:34:14,890 --> 00:34:18,490 Matt: a little mantras i'm calming myself down but what i learned was i don't really 537 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:21,410 Matt: have a fear of flying i've got a control problem. 538 00:34:21,590 --> 00:34:27,170 Matt: And that's letting somebody else operate the plane to take me to my next destination. 539 00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:31,910 Matt: So which also leads to a little bit of trust issues. So there's control and trust in there. 540 00:34:32,410 --> 00:34:36,330 Matt: I'd like to learn a little bit more about being more comfortable with not being in control. 541 00:34:37,090 --> 00:34:37,390 Danny: Interesting. 542 00:34:37,830 --> 00:34:41,870 Matt: Yeah. So this goes to producing a radio show. I had to have my finger on the 543 00:34:41,870 --> 00:34:43,990 Matt: buttons. I like to be in control of what's going on. 544 00:34:44,630 --> 00:34:48,450 Matt: I like to be in control of the sound and the production. And, 545 00:34:48,450 --> 00:34:49,970 Matt: you know, it's to my detriment. 546 00:34:50,270 --> 00:34:53,950 Matt: If I could let go of a little bit more, I'd probably get more done in the day. 547 00:34:54,230 --> 00:35:00,130 Matt: If I could let go of a little bit more, things might flourish a little bit better. 548 00:35:00,330 --> 00:35:05,130 Matt: I'm kind of like the person who overwaters their plants, probably spends too 549 00:35:05,130 --> 00:35:08,210 Matt: much time hovering over a situation. 550 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,260 Matt: Spends too much time over focused on 551 00:35:12,260 --> 00:35:15,580 Matt: something that just doesn't need to be doesn't need 552 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:19,900 Matt: any attention we've written the program the program works what are we doing 553 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:23,980 Matt: well me i like to fiddle with it a little bit more right because it because 554 00:35:23,980 --> 00:35:27,960 Matt: i'm comfortable being in control it gives me a good feeling uh i'd like to be 555 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:34,400 Matt: told i'd like to know when to knock it off and to not worry about having a controlling moment. 556 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:39,560 Danny: Do you think this might have, like, I'm not sure if it was like before or after? 557 00:35:39,780 --> 00:35:44,160 Danny: Obviously, you've spent many, many years in production, you know, in the media space. 558 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,440 Danny: Was that a trait that you had prior to going into that? 559 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,560 Danny: Or do you think you picked that up as you learned more and you started to control 560 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,780 Danny: more of productions, you know, studios, et cetera? 561 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,820 Matt: Yeah, that's a good question. So I would probably... 562 00:35:59,250 --> 00:36:04,070 Matt: I think I've been to enough therapy to know that I got into radio in this particular 563 00:36:04,070 --> 00:36:06,070 Matt: space because there were things that I could control. 564 00:36:06,770 --> 00:36:10,250 Matt: And because I could control what was going on the radio or what the content 565 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:12,770 Matt: was or the direction we'd be headed, 566 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:19,790 Matt: that led me to being a manager, which led me to running radio stations and then 567 00:36:19,790 --> 00:36:22,450 Matt: starting my own company and having degrees of control over it. 568 00:36:22,450 --> 00:36:27,110 Matt: And, yeah, I mean, it's something that was ingrained at me at a younger age 569 00:36:27,110 --> 00:36:29,810 Matt: where I wanted to sort of have or exert a little bit of control. 570 00:36:30,130 --> 00:36:34,110 Matt: So I'm not controlling in a sense of I'm going to control this relationship 571 00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:40,110 Matt: or I'm going to control the outcome of something. I just like to have my hands on the wheel. 572 00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:45,030 Danny: Now, that makes me wonder. So obviously you've got various podcasts, 573 00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:46,150 Danny: you produce various podcasts. 574 00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:52,250 Danny: And one of the ones you do is podcast Super Friends with you and for co-hosts normally. 575 00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:55,630 Danny: And you, not control, you produce that. 576 00:36:56,050 --> 00:36:59,750 Danny: Would you be willing to hand the reins over to one of the other co-hosts to 577 00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:01,690 Danny: produce that or would that have to be you? 578 00:37:02,190 --> 00:37:08,370 Matt: So we actually had a guest on from Riverside, Kendall, who is the community manager there. 579 00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:12,210 Matt: So it only makes sense that we would use Riverside in order to record this episode. 580 00:37:12,390 --> 00:37:18,830 Matt: So happy to let that go. Yeah, I would totally let that go and let somebody else do it. 581 00:37:18,990 --> 00:37:22,450 Matt: I would probably find a little bit of joy for a day. But there's a little bit 582 00:37:22,450 --> 00:37:26,370 Matt: of that rush that when I'm sort of driving, I'm like, oh, yeah, 583 00:37:26,490 --> 00:37:29,770 Matt: there's a little bit of a rush there to how we're going to be producing with 584 00:37:29,770 --> 00:37:31,470 Matt: five or six people on the screen. 585 00:37:31,470 --> 00:37:35,070 Matt: And is it all going to work? And what are we going to bring in at what point? 586 00:37:35,650 --> 00:37:42,270 Matt: But yeah, I'd be more than happy to pass it off now because I'm running the recording system. 587 00:37:43,140 --> 00:37:47,300 Matt: We do share hosting duties. And I think that's, that's part of it is just, 588 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:49,300 Matt: you know, maybe today I should let go. 589 00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:54,420 Matt: What can I let go of today that will serve the greater good of our group? 590 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,620 Matt: And by the way, that's something that I've had to learn in my thirties, 591 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:03,360 Matt: late twenties, into my third, especially in my younger thirties was just, 592 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:05,140 Matt: just to let go a little bit. 593 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:09,560 Matt: But eventually I found my way to a yoga mat and they really, 594 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:14,420 Matt: really taught me how to let go just to this, let that go into the universe and 595 00:38:14,420 --> 00:38:16,500 Matt: it's going to be okay. And they didn't lie. 596 00:38:17,290 --> 00:38:21,710 Matt: Everything's fine. It's going to be okay. And it, you know, it's also my, 597 00:38:21,710 --> 00:38:26,590 Matt: my dad, my late father, he, he, he would say to me, um, after I would come back 598 00:38:26,590 --> 00:38:28,790 Matt: from a day's work of blah, blah, blah, this, this, this, this, 599 00:38:28,850 --> 00:38:30,050 Matt: and this, all this is wrong in my life. 600 00:38:30,270 --> 00:38:33,230 Matt: And he would say, you know what, it's going to be okay. Why don't you just let 601 00:38:33,230 --> 00:38:34,370 Matt: that go? It doesn't matter. 602 00:38:34,710 --> 00:38:38,330 Matt: You'd be surprised by the number of things that we worry about that just don't matter. 603 00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:44,090 Matt: And I'm still learning that I'm still to say, and now often I find myself just 604 00:38:44,090 --> 00:38:46,190 Matt: saying to Pete, to my kids too, 605 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:50,690 Matt: you know, that doesn't matter you know when i see somebody riled up or and especially 606 00:38:50,690 --> 00:38:54,650 Matt: in this day and age post pandemic seeing people on the street or they go off 607 00:38:54,650 --> 00:38:56,350 Matt: and there's a tweet or this or that 608 00:38:57,570 --> 00:39:02,790 Matt: you'd be surprised how that doesn't matter and i find myself telling other people 609 00:39:02,790 --> 00:39:06,870 Matt: this stuff and sometimes i also have to tell myself that too no 610 00:39:06,870 --> 00:39:10,510 Danny: It's funny you mentioned that like um like i say we live in a little village 611 00:39:10,510 --> 00:39:14,970 Danny: um but we moved here from just north just west of toronto a few years back. 612 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:18,210 Danny: So we went from a big place to a really small place. 613 00:39:18,610 --> 00:39:21,870 Danny: So it took a bit of a mindset change to adapt to that. And one of the things 614 00:39:21,870 --> 00:39:24,550 Danny: that we have up here is like because we've got a lot of snow in the winter, 615 00:39:24,930 --> 00:39:26,150 Danny: we have a lot of trails, etc. 616 00:39:26,650 --> 00:39:31,270 Danny: So there's a lot of snowmobilers, I guess. And it took me, and even now sometimes 617 00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:33,790 Danny: if someone goes by and the snowmobile is just a little bit loud, 618 00:39:33,890 --> 00:39:36,750 Danny: I think, oh, turn that down. You don't need that loud. But I'm thinking, but who cares? 619 00:39:37,010 --> 00:39:40,630 Danny: You know, you're not hurting anyone. You're not, or my wife says that to me, I should say. 620 00:39:41,370 --> 00:39:45,410 Danny: But who are they hurting? They're not doing drugs. and not terrorizing pensioners 621 00:39:45,410 --> 00:39:48,970 Danny: or out on their snowmobiles enjoying the outdoors. What's bad about that? 622 00:39:49,110 --> 00:39:53,430 Danny: So I get you. And it's like you say, it's hard to, when you've been so long 623 00:39:53,430 --> 00:39:56,510 Danny: of one mindset, it's hard to try to forget it at times that, 624 00:39:56,610 --> 00:39:58,490 Danny: you know, don't let that upset you. 625 00:39:59,210 --> 00:40:03,510 Matt: Yeah, we used to have these discussions in radio where we get together and we 626 00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:05,430 Matt: say, well, this is the way it's done and this is the way it should be. 627 00:40:05,790 --> 00:40:08,130 Matt: And we get hung up on it and then the results wouldn't be there. 628 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:12,050 Matt: And one of the things I learned was just, let's try somebody else's idea. 629 00:40:12,070 --> 00:40:17,070 Matt: Even if it's bad, Let's try the idea. One of two things is going to happen. 630 00:40:17,930 --> 00:40:23,650 Matt: It's going to be bad and we will then know it is bad or it's going to work out and be good. 631 00:40:23,790 --> 00:40:27,830 Matt: But both the results are great because you get feedback. 632 00:40:28,270 --> 00:40:33,790 Danny: And you might get a really awesome outcome for that change. 633 00:40:34,070 --> 00:40:40,830 Matt: Yeah. So as controlling as I am, as much as I know that I like to be in control 634 00:40:40,830 --> 00:40:45,330 Matt: of things, I like trying other ideas as well because you never know. 635 00:40:45,830 --> 00:40:50,510 Matt: And if I knew, then I would know. But I just have to admit, sometimes I just don't know. 636 00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:55,890 Danny: No, I like that. And I feel that's a nice one to finish off your time in the hot seat, mate. 637 00:40:56,090 --> 00:41:01,230 Danny: But speaking of handing over control and, you know, driving the train or driving 638 00:41:01,230 --> 00:41:05,210 Danny: the car, whatever, I've had you in the hot seat for around about 40 minutes or so there, mate. 639 00:41:05,310 --> 00:41:09,850 Danny: So it's only fair to take that pressure off and hand over the question asking baton to you. 640 00:41:10,370 --> 00:41:13,970 Matt: So I gave some thought to this one. And then about just between question three 641 00:41:13,970 --> 00:41:16,990 Matt: and question four, I thought, oh, I see. 642 00:41:17,150 --> 00:41:21,970 Matt: This is, yeah, Danny gets on about food and I've got a food question. 643 00:41:22,710 --> 00:41:26,070 Danny: He's swine. I'm going to edit this as no be no guest question this week. 644 00:41:26,470 --> 00:41:30,170 Matt: Well, I brought it back up. So I may let you pass on this one, 645 00:41:30,230 --> 00:41:34,090 Matt: but I know that you're in Huntsville, Ontario, and I know the region well. 646 00:41:34,090 --> 00:41:40,050 Matt: It can be cold, especially over the last number of weeks, some long nights, 647 00:41:40,270 --> 00:41:44,510 Matt: cold ones. And I'm wondering what your favorite comfort food dish is on a cold 648 00:41:44,510 --> 00:41:45,650 Matt: night in Huntsville, Ontario. 649 00:41:46,210 --> 00:41:48,510 Matt: And how do you make it if you do make it yourself? 650 00:41:49,190 --> 00:41:57,530 Danny: Ooh. So generally, if I'm looking for comfort food, I might just get something from a drive-thru. 651 00:41:57,850 --> 00:42:02,130 Danny: But it's too much effort to get out there, especially in the winter, to do that. 652 00:42:02,330 --> 00:42:07,330 Danny: So I guess my comfort food, the one I like, which is fairly easy to make as well. 653 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,960 Danny: I will do, and this is going to sound disgusting, it's like a Scottish thing, 654 00:42:12,180 --> 00:42:13,460 Danny: so it probably is disgusting. 655 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,700 Danny: So I like warm food, if comfort is going to be warm, for one. 656 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,000 Danny: So I'll make some toast, so that's pretty easy. 657 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:26,940 Danny: And then I'll get some cold meat, so it can be ham, it can be turkey slices, whatever it is. 658 00:42:27,620 --> 00:42:31,900 Danny: And I'll bang that in and warm that up. And then I'll throw on some hot sauce 659 00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:33,460 Danny: and mush that in with that. 660 00:42:33,940 --> 00:42:36,980 Danny: Throw on a lot of mayonnaise, but that's got to be hot and warm as well. 661 00:42:36,980 --> 00:42:40,200 Danny: And so you, depending on what you want to do you can slice the meat up and throw 662 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,380 Danny: it in the mail and like put that in the microwave and heat that up, 663 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:47,360 Danny: and then get some little, so once you get the toast and you've got all this 664 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,680 Danny: meat that's on there and if you want to put more hot sauce on, 665 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,960 Danny: you'll do that, throw it on there as well so it's nice and hot and spicy, 666 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,620 Danny: but then, and this is the disgusting part, 667 00:42:56,260 --> 00:43:00,440 Danny: I'll get chips or crisps as I call them, but chips so it can be any flavour 668 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,480 Danny: but I tend to like just a plain one because you've already got the flavour on 669 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:09,200 Danny: there and dip the the chip into the bread and the sandwich or the toast or what 670 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:13,320 Danny: you've got made there and scoop that up and just eat that. 671 00:43:13,580 --> 00:43:19,060 Danny: And sometimes just if I'm feeling really lazy, I won't even bother making toast. 672 00:43:19,140 --> 00:43:21,960 Danny: It'll just be like the bread with all that stuff on it and then crinkle up a 673 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,300 Danny: bunch of chips, sprinkle that on top and then fold the bread over it and then 674 00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:27,720 Danny: eat it that way. And that would be my comfort food. 675 00:43:27,860 --> 00:43:31,320 Danny: There's no name for it, just a hot shot mess. 676 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:37,580 Matt: Okay, excellent. I like that. And I love how you walked us through each step to do this. 677 00:43:38,100 --> 00:43:40,620 Danny: Well, I'm sure you want to make this now. You know, you're going to come off 678 00:43:40,620 --> 00:43:42,660 Danny: this recording, mate. You might have some work to do this afternoon, 679 00:43:42,740 --> 00:43:43,680 Danny: but you're going to come off this recording. 680 00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:46,380 Danny: And I know you're going to make that. And you're going to tell me exactly how 681 00:43:46,380 --> 00:43:47,620 Danny: much awesomeness it was. 682 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:52,060 Matt: So I'm finding that a lot of my comfort food does revolve around bread. 683 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,160 Matt: And there's something in bread. It must be the sugars or something that has 684 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:57,940 Matt: me coming back all the time. 685 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:01,640 Matt: And of course, every once in a while, I need to, you know, slow down and 686 00:44:02,290 --> 00:44:05,530 Matt: maybe eat something that doesn't involve bread. And that's kind of the week that I'm in this week. 687 00:44:05,650 --> 00:44:09,410 Matt: We're just having a no carbs kind of week. But I find when I get hungry and 688 00:44:09,410 --> 00:44:12,950 Matt: I get a craving, it generally involves something, you know, bread. 689 00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:16,870 Matt: And what's better than a sandwich? Who doesn't have a favorite sandwich of some 690 00:44:16,870 --> 00:44:20,930 Matt: sort that they can rely on? And who wouldn't eat a sandwich every day for lunch if they could? 691 00:44:21,530 --> 00:44:25,770 Danny: Oh, that's it. My favorite, and I used to hear it as well. My mom would make 692 00:44:25,770 --> 00:44:27,510 Danny: cheese and onion sandwiches for my dad. 693 00:44:27,810 --> 00:44:32,490 Danny: So slices of cheese, sliced onion, and then just throw it on top of the cheese, 694 00:44:32,930 --> 00:44:35,830 Danny: butter, big, thick Scottish bread, and then serve that up. 695 00:44:35,870 --> 00:44:40,150 Danny: And I got to like onion because of my mom making these sandwiches years and years ago. 696 00:44:40,510 --> 00:44:43,870 Matt: You know, Scotland has some of the most unique stuff in the world. 697 00:44:43,930 --> 00:44:47,670 Matt: I was waiting for something involving haggis. I was wondering if haggis would show up. 698 00:44:48,090 --> 00:44:51,890 Matt: There's also the deep fried and the battered Mars bar. 699 00:44:52,610 --> 00:44:55,890 Matt: Battering a whole bunch of stuff and seeing whatever comes out of it. 700 00:44:56,030 --> 00:44:59,530 Matt: So that's why I sort of reserved this question for you and put it off to the 701 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:01,570 Matt: side because I knew I would get something unique. 702 00:45:02,210 --> 00:45:05,870 Danny: Yeah, I would make. I guess it's really hard to get here and battering stuff. 703 00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:09,970 Danny: It's just, it takes too much time. For me, I'm lazy. If I want something really 704 00:45:09,970 --> 00:45:11,850 Danny: fast and comfort, I just want it quick. 705 00:45:12,150 --> 00:45:16,770 Danny: So that's why microwave, bread, toast, whatever, meat, mayo, you're good to go. 706 00:45:17,150 --> 00:45:20,470 Danny: But I don't know, I appreciate the fact that now I will probably have to go 707 00:45:20,470 --> 00:45:21,670 Danny: make myself some food again. 708 00:45:22,930 --> 00:45:26,490 Matt: Well, of course, we're going to conclude this show and then we're going to go make food. 709 00:45:27,130 --> 00:45:30,690 Danny: Exactly. Maybe even some of that comfort food. So I appreciate that, 710 00:45:30,730 --> 00:45:33,910 Danny: Matt, and I appreciate you being on the Random Question hot seat today. 711 00:45:34,090 --> 00:45:37,570 Danny: For anybody that wants to check out your production stuff and your media stuff, 712 00:45:37,690 --> 00:45:40,930 Danny: listen to your podcast, watch the videos that you do, or maybe even get in touch 713 00:45:40,930 --> 00:45:43,670 Danny: with you to work with you, where's the best place to connect, 714 00:45:43,810 --> 00:45:45,090 Danny: reach out, all that good stuff? 715 00:45:45,310 --> 00:45:49,590 Matt: All the podcasts we make are at soundoff.network and my podcast is a Sound Off 716 00:45:49,590 --> 00:45:52,310 Matt: podcast, which you can find at soundoffpodcast.com. 717 00:45:52,830 --> 00:45:55,590 Danny: That sounded super professional. You've done this before, Matt. 718 00:45:56,190 --> 00:45:58,110 Matt: Yeah, I didn't even mention that I do voiceover. 719 00:45:58,110 --> 00:46:00,870 Danny: I was going to say you do voiceover work as well. And I will leave links to 720 00:46:00,870 --> 00:46:02,610 Danny: Matt's voiceover page, if that's okay. 721 00:46:02,930 --> 00:46:05,670 Matt: That's great. You can find that at mattcundlevoice.com. 722 00:46:06,470 --> 00:46:09,390 Danny: And there you go. And you've got a sample, so you know exactly what you're going to get. 723 00:46:09,710 --> 00:46:12,390 Danny: As always, I will leave links to that in the episode show notes. 724 00:46:12,610 --> 00:46:15,450 Danny: So whatever app you're listening on, or even you're listening on the website, 725 00:46:15,870 --> 00:46:18,130 Danny: check out the episode show notes. All the good stuff will be there. 726 00:46:18,310 --> 00:46:22,430 Danny: So again, Matt, thanks for appearing on today's 5 Random Questions. 727 00:46:22,610 --> 00:46:23,610 Matt: Thanks for having me. 728 00:46:24,990 --> 00:46:28,470 Danny: Thanks for listening to 5 Random Questions. And if this was your first time 729 00:46:28,470 --> 00:46:31,370 Danny: here, feel free to hit follow and check out past episodes. 730 00:46:31,670 --> 00:46:34,930 Danny: If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd love for you to leave a review on the 731 00:46:34,930 --> 00:46:35,970 Danny: app you're currently listening on. 732 00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:39,270 Danny: And if you know someone else that would enjoy the show, be sure to send them 733 00:46:39,270 --> 00:46:41,150 Danny: this way. It's very much appreciated. 734 00:46:41,450 --> 00:46:43,850 Danny: Until the next time, keep asking those questions.