Taylor Sheridan's favorite stallion line — Spook's Got a Whiz — produces brilliant, balanced horses that one day every few months simply check out completely. Many in this line are deaf, triggered by vibrations they can't hear coming. Everyone on the ranch keeps riding them anyway because the rest of the time, they're automatic.
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The episode opens with Joe Rogan immediately fixating on the enormous belt buckle Taylor Sheridan is wearing — an award for a horse called Maverick Buzz the Tower that won reserve at a Futurity. This leads into a fascinating explanation of how knowledgeable horsemen read belt buckles the way fight fans read championship belts: they know the horse, the year, the bloodline. Sheridan explains his affection for a stallion line called Spook's Got a Whiz — balanced, quick-footed, big stoppers — with one catch: every few months, one of these horses simply checks out entirely, convinced something is chasing it, with no warning. Rogan presses on whether the horse really sees ghosts. The answer turns out to be more interesting: many of the line are genetically deaf, and because they can't hear, they detect vibrations in the ground instead — meaning something as innocent as a crowd stomping its feet can trigger a full flight response. Sheridan lost a show on one of these horses when Italian fans started beating on the arena walls. It's a perfect opening conversation — intimate, specific, and revealing about Sheridan's genuine ranching life beneath the Hollywood surface.
Robby Hoffman has never bought a depreciating car. She flipped a $3,600 Toyota Corolla into a $6,000 sale, used that for a Cayman, flipped it for $18,000, and bought her dream 2001 Porsche 911 for a net $10,000.
Ryan carries the Sig P365 for daily carry and a suppressed .300 Blackout rifle at home — specifically because green-tip .223 flies through human bodies and walls, risking his kids' rooms. Strickland carries the Sig P365 AXG and a PSA AR-15 in .223. They debate why .300 Blackout matters for home defense and mock Staccato owners in equal measure.
Bobby never checks a bag — for any trip, including Australia. His secret: one pair of raw denim jeans (to develop a fade), sardine cans as in-flight snacks, and a Klingon hunting knife on his keychain. Andrew questions everything. Jimmy suggests he just check a bag for two weeks.
The crew drafts their Mount Rushmore of spoon foods. Ice cream goes first overall, soup goes second, and PFT shockingly passes on cereal to take gelato (then mashed potatoes), letting Hank and Zach steal cereal in the third round — a mistake PFT immediately regrets.
At 14, Achatz's father bought a disassembled 1970 GTO for $1,400 and spent two years rebuilding it with his son using the factory manual. The project taught Grant hands-on problem-solving — the same obsessive attention to how things are put together that would later define his kitchen.
A brief promo for Points North, an NPR Network podcast from Interlochen Public Radio featuring immersive stories about the natural world around the Great Lakes.
Sony stopping physical disc production sounds alarming, but Patrick Beja points to PC gaming as the test case: the platform went fully digital via Steam, the used game market disappeared, and yet games are cheaper in real terms than they were 20 years ago thanks to constant sales. The real fight should be for digital consumer rights, not physical media.
Richard recommends Monopoly Deal (the card game version of Monopoly, faster and nastier) and Wilkie Collins's Victorian novel 'No Name', which he says is ripe for a TV adaptation. Marina recommends live tournament football — the only thing on her mind after 1 hour's sleep.
The Campaign for North Africa board game takes roughly 20 years to complete at a reasonable pace, and no one has ever actually finished it. Pierre already knows the Italian forces need extra water for pasta, which is technically accurate to the rules.
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