Podbit · Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Trump allegedly used personal connections to FIFA leadership to reverse a US player's red card suspension — something that had never been done before in World Cup history. England immediately filed their own appeal. America ruined the World Cup and then made it more interesting.
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The Austin Energy texts prompt a broader conversation about data centers and the electrical grid. Nate pulls up a news report: NV Energy, Nevada's primary utility, informed Liberty Utilities — the provider for 50,000 people near Lake Tahoe — that it intends to stop delivering power to the region sometime after May 2027, forcing them to find a new energy source. The reason: all the power is going to data centers being built in North Las Vegas. The detail that makes it worse — data centers are apparently underreporting their projected consumption, making the situation harder to plan around. [1] — Nate Marshall "NV Energy is abandoning 50,000 residents in the Lake Tahoe area after May 2027, redirecting electricity to data centers in North Las Vegas.…" 1:08:00 Matt expresses genuine disbelief that a utility can legally abandon 50,000 customers, but the numbers are in the news story. Nate points out it's always the poorest, lowest-density communities that get these facilities — and then pay the price. The wifi-sees-through-walls digression follows: Nate mentions that WiFi signal interference can be used to map the contents of a room, which he believes the military already does.
Data centers are reportedly underreporting how much electricity they plan to consume, causing utility companies to redirect supply away from residential customers.
WiFi signals bounce off walls and anything that interferes with the signal can be mapped — meaning the military and potentially others can see outlines of objects and people in a room. The guys wonder if this means someone can see their dicks.
Nevada utility NV Energy informed Lake Tahoe-area provider Liberty Utilities it will stop delivering power to approximately 50,000 residents after May 2027, redirecting supply to data centers.
Trump allegedly used connections to FIFA leadership to reverse a US player's red card suspension — something that had reportedly never been done before in international soccer.
Thomas's wife deferred her CrossFit career — she's in the global top 1% of athletes — to put him through law school debt-free. He wants her to chase the dream now; she wants the emergency fund and house down payment first. On a $200K lawyer income with no debt, the opportunity cost is just a few months of slower saving.
Underground calisthenics battles are exactly like UFC meets a rap battle — 150 people crowded around a circle, fighters walking out with masks and chains, nicknames like 'Extra Money' vs 'Calisthenics the Prince,' and people throwing money and betting. The battle set: 100 burpees, 50 muscle-ups, 75 dips, 75 squats with a 65-pound dumbbell. This is the next big spectator sport.
Rico Verhoeven controlled the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion for approximately 10 rounds — and had his appeal upheld when officials admitted the fight was stopped after the bell. The result was never overturned. Rogan calls it either incompetence or corruption, and argues the money behind Usyk made an upset politically inconvenient.
Rogan lays out a blunt case: boxing's 3-judge system is structurally broken, and the judges know who the promoter wants to win. Glory's 5-judge format is the right model. Corruption doesn't have to be conscious — just knowing Usyk is the cash cow is enough to tilt the scales.
With the Usyk-Wilder fight stalling and Fury-Joshua coming too late, the real fight the world wants is the rematch. Rico is a free agent. Usyk vacated his belts. The story is unfinished and both Rogan and Rico know it. His Excellency Turki Alasheikh already called for it ringside — the question is money.
Rico texted Jason Statham during the Canelo-Crawford fight. Statham showed Rico's highlight videos to promoters. Two days later, Rico was on a call about fighting Anthony Joshua. When Joshua pulled out, Rico pitched Usyk himself — Undisputed vs. Undisputed. Usyk said yes in two weeks. The whole thing started with one text.
Every heavyweight who faced Usyk tried to move to the right — straight into his power hand. Rico and Peter Fury identified the obvious solution: move left, away from the left hand, and smother him with size. It sounds simple. Nobody had done it. That one adjustment was the foundation of 10 dominant rounds.
MMA fans boo when fights go to the ground. They love stand-up. Kickboxing is pure stand-up. Yet it barely exists in America while boxing and MMA are enormous. Rogan's diagnosis: no promotion machine. If the UFC got behind kickboxing the way they've built MMA, it would explode. The talent is there — the storytelling machine is not.
A nation of 17 million people gave the world Ramon Deckers, Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Melvin Manhoef, Rob Kamen, Ernesto Hoost, and Rico Verhoeven. Rico's theory: the country is so small that every gym shares knowledge freely. In the US, you need a flight. In Holland, you drive 40 minutes and spar the national champion.
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