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🧷 Topics Covered:

• 🎧 Listener PSA & Patreon Update

  • Brian confronts the Patreon complaints head-on (with appropriate venom and humor).

  • Private RSS feed finally fixed! Add bonus content to your Apple feed.

• 🧠 CTE, Pretentious Bands, and Words You Can’t Remember

  • Decembrists: literary band or just annoying?

  • Brian’s struggle to remember “pretentious” leads to a CTE digression.

• ☀️ Summer is the Worst

  • Brian and Ed both rage against heat, humidity, and the false promise of summer.

  • The lingering effects of Brian’s shingles and how sweat triggers trauma.

• 👵🏻 Older Women, Younger Men

  • Dating app dynamics and Gen Z dudes chasing Gen X women.

  • A deep dive into missed opportunities and sexy older classmates.

• 🪦 RIP Roundup: Who Died This Week?

  • Luis Sharpe – Pro Bowl tackle and Arizona Cardinal OG.

  • Lee Elia – Legendary Cubs manager and king of the profanity-laced rant.

  • Frank Layden – Utah Jazz coach, 500 pounds of personality.

  • Pettis Norman – Cowboys tight end and civil rights trailblazer.

• 💀 Classic Rant Flashback: Lee Elia

  • Hear the unforgettable audio of Elia tearing Cubs fans a new one.

• 📣 Listener Feedback

  • Notes from Brian’s friend: show’s too long, voicemails are bad, ads too random.

  • Ed and Brian agree (and still do it anyway).

• 🖼️ Sports & Culture

  • Drake tattoos over LeBron with SGA ink – why?

  • Brian’s Jesus tattoo mistaken for Frida Kahlo.

  • Aaron Rodgers refuses autograph – and he’s 100% right.

  • Brady & Sofia Vergara: why this romance stings.

  • Fencer fails doping test – panel blames a “kiss.”

• 🤺 Performance Enhancers in Weird Places

  • Ostarine scandal: How a kiss can fail a drug test.

  • Brian's theory about “dumbwaiter” entrances…

• ⚔️ Fight Night on the Golf Course

  • Telly gets decked by former NHL enforcer.

  • A Canadian classic: floral shirts, polite punches, and lake baptisms.

📞 Voicemails:

• Steve in H-Town gloats over Astros demolishing the Dodgers.

• Tribute to Michael Madsen – the king of subtle BDE.

• Manuel in Gardenia… is still Manuel in Gardenia.

🎵 Outro Song:

"My Name Is Brian (The Other Guy Song)" – A loving nod to hetero life and cool rings.

📲 Stay Connected:

• Email: mailbag@theballerlifestyle.com

• Voicemail: 949-464-TBLS (8257)

• Patreon: patreon.com/TheBallerLifestylePodcast

• Instagram & X (Twitter): @BrianBeckner | @EdDalyComedy

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