Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - Two Guys, Five Rings: Looking Ahead to LA 2028

Episode Date: March 28, 2026

In our season finale, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang look ahead to the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Where are the venues, who are the athletes, and what are the sports we'll be watching? Find out in the latest episode of the Two Guys, Five Rings Podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Can't believe it. They say you can't unring the bell. But that's what we're doing for these rings. And these bells, you and I, I mean. They must stop a chime in for two years. because it is then that we will. Well, I don't know. Will we be back?

Let's actually, let's do that thing where we assess our own performance this year. Did we earn it for L.A.? Should they have us back to do this? Still up to the IOC, NBC, Iheart Radio. Sesame Street. Sesame Street.

YouTube. People really underwrite us. in the most generous way, and I think we always go just below the target. We succeed just under expectation. You know what? I think we are like so many people out there when it comes to the Winter Olympics, and that we come into it, not knowing much, and we leave being experts. Everyone watching Olympics at home now is sort of saying,

well, you know, so and so, let's just say Amber Glenn, because she didn't land on her skate in the right way, she got some deductions. You know what I mean? Like people at home now have a know-how about how to judge these Winter Olympic sports, and so do we. Don't talk about Amber Glenn that way.

You have no idea what that girl is made of. And I feel sorry even for bringing it up. No, no, no, no. Oh, you were doing it rhetorically. I'm just saying to people at home, yeah, you stop it. Unless you have plans on becoming the Surrey fields of the Olympics where you got off the couch and we're like, I'm going to do that. Instead of just commentating from the comfort of my own home, I'm going to get in there. Then quiet.

Then quiet. Do you think that there's a Surrey fields out there for the Olympics, LA 2028 that we're inspiring right now, they start to get in the race? And that we're going to find out like when the LA 2028 Olympics roll around, And they're asked, the question that all U.S. Olympians are asked, So what inspired you to do the Olympics? And they say, I was a two guys five rings fan. And I decided to put on some sneaks. I decided to get off the couch while everyone listens to podcast, sitting on the couch,

put on some sneaks and started running. And also I was five years old when I started listening to Two Guys Five Rings. and I live in, you know, Anchorage, Alaska. And there's nothing to do there but skate around. Do you like my impression of a reporter? So what it's fine at you! But this is, here's what I will say. That's reporting.

Get us on the field, get us on the ground. You know, they had us very sequestered away. You know, we didn't talk to any of the athletes. You're literally missing out on opportunity. for us to ask questions like, so what inspired you to start running? Wait, can I... Not to take away from your amazing

timbre and register of that impression. I did have the pleasure of meeting Amber Glenn last week at the Glad Awards. I know, I must have turned my back at the wrong moment because you had this moment. Well, I was staying at the hotel in where the event

was held. So I get... So we celebrate your birthday at our favorite restaurant of ours in Las Angeles. More on L.A. later. Yeah, so much more of L.A. to come in this one. And this one, can't get enough of that town. But we, I went back to the hotel and that's where the sort of after party was happening at the roof. And I was like, I'll go up. And our friend Andrew was there and I went up. And I was in my outfit change, in my civilly, I was in my civvies. I looked terrible. Tap on the shoulder. I turn around. It's gold medalist, Amber Glenn. Unbelievable. Wow.

We share a lovely moment and she says, oh my God, Alyssa Leo, and I freaked out when we saw you guys in the stands on the podium. Because I didn't, when you say that,

it warms my heart because I remember like looking, we were in the front road cheering for them. We were cheering loud and screaming, and they were sort of being very Olympian about it.

And like, we were in the stands like, what inspired you? And they were like waving like Olympians. And I was like, oh, I don't know.

think they're clocking Bowen, but now I'm finding out they did. They were just being Stoic Olympians. They were being, I mean, we can't even get into it. You're right. Just to go back to this occasion for the last episode of the season, the sort of thing that we come away with is, oh my God, what are Olympics rock? I now have an appreciation for it that obviously no one would ever have unless you go. Once you see what's being pulled off here in every single way not just the athletes, but also

everyone running the events, everyone working so hard to make sure the Olympics goes off without a hitch. And it was an extremely successful Olympic Games, a dramatic Olympic Games, Olympic Games with many highs and those. And we are now looking forward to a new one in 2028 in L.A., the Summer Olympics.

And I think the question has been for such a large amount of people, especially those who live in and around L.A., is how the hell are they going to do this? But I will say, flying into L.A. the other day, I had a window seat, and I looked down, and I saw Sofi, and I saw the forum, and I saw a lot of the areas in the stadiums and, you know, venues where these things are going to be taking place. And I said, you know what? I see how we can do it. I really do. We're gonna make it after You always go in a different key

No You always go on a different key That wasn't a different key I don't think this is working It was a different emotion I sang with Oh You really so

So all it took for you to think This is gonna be okay Was just seeing the venues I looked at the window and I was like No, there's lots of room. Look at all that. Look at all that down there. I don't think the room is the issue.

I think there's a lot of other things. What's that? Add another highway? Well, okay, so they've walked back No Cars Olympics or whatever the heck Miss Karen Bass was saying. Oh, golly.

So they're like, well, we're just going to encourage people to use mass transit. And it's like, all right, good luck. We can't get, listen, we don't. What privilege. We are not, we're not the people to really get into this. We have no knowledge of urban planning and none.

Or Olympic planning for that matter. But that's the question in everyone's minds. And we're, let's read the script that our wonderful team wrote for us. And I will miss them very much. Very dearly. I will say one thing, which is, and we're going to get to it, She's the first name bolded in this document. And I think that's a sign of good things to come.

Because the fact that Kate Hudson was part of the whole thing at the closing ceremony, I think means they know exactly how to represent L.A. Like, Kate Hudson should be performing every night. Okay, but Matt, if you... So you've been on record as saying that you will not be anywhere near the city of Los Angeles when the Olympics happen. Can we say that? Can we put that out there?

I guess I have said that before. I've said so many things that come back to haunt. Well, no, no, no, no, no. But I have a question to pose to you. Okay. If you star in like an almost famous or Song Song Blue type film. God willing. In the years between now and 2028, which is two.

Mm-hmm. And you get nominated for an Oscar. Jeez. And you become such a cultural fixture that it's, It's like, well, it wouldn't be a Los Angeles Olympics without Matt Rogers in the stands or even at the ceremony singing. You only hope. You wouldn't turn that down, would you? No, no, no, no.

I'll say this. I really was nervous about going to the L.A. Olympics in 2028 because of all these traffic concerns. It sort of haunts me to think how this is going to happen. But I will say this. Again, seeing how they pulled off. Milan Cortina. Maybe this will also be more widespread than we thought. You know?

It is very right spread. We're going to get into it. Some of these venues aren't even in the damn state of California. You know what? Let's stop asking questions and let's start getting some answers. Okay? Which is really what this podcast is all about. It's about getting to the truth.

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Finally. The Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics in 2028 will take place July 14th through 30th for the Olympics and August 15th to 27th for the Paralympics. Yep. The last time the Olympics took place in the United States was the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. We all remember her. Mitt Romney, of course. Very Mitt Romney coded. And this will be the first summer Olympics in the U.S. since the 1990.

six games in Atlanta. I was not in the United States when Atlanta happened, and I was up on my perch in Montreal going, it seems fun down there. Maybe I'll take a visit. And now you frequent Atlanta all the time. I do. Or were you talking about America?

Both. I frequent America quite often. And Atlanta. You were sort of Ariel, the Little Mermaid, looking down in America being like, I want to be part of the world. The famous way the song goes, I want to be part of the world. This will be the third time that L.A. serves as the host city of the Olympic Games.

The last times were, of course, 1932 and 1984. It joins London and Paris as the only three-time hosts. Does it deserve to be in the trifecta of London and Paris? two of the greatest cities in history. Well, whenever I say London and then Paris, you know the third thing I want to say. Tell me. Maybe Tokyo,

because it's in the Hillary Duff song. But, you know, if I had to say something instead of Tokyo, it would be L.A. In a video hyping the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that debuted during the closing ceremony, actress, singer, Academy Award-nominated legend, Kate Hudson, aka my favorite celebrity,

delivered a modern take of the classic 1966 song by the Mamas and the Pappas, California Dreaming. The video was filmed in well-known spots around California, including downtown L.A., Venice Beach, the Sixth Street Bridge, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Do you think we'll see a hologram of Mama Cass at the Olympics? Honey, are all the leaves brown and the sky is gray?

Hmm. I think so. Well, then there's your answer. We think so. We think so. We reached out to Team Mama Cass, said, Hey, how about hologram? Of Big Mama?

I would love to see that. Remember when hologram seemed to be like the way of the future? Anyway. Yes. And their entirety, the 2020, L.A. Olympics and Paralympics will feature more than 800 events across more than 50 total sports. This is where I start to break out in a stress hive. Don't do that.

Thinking of it. Those are big numbers in L.A. It's a big town, but you think of one event, and you start to go, oh, God, I got to get to the forum. In Los Angeles, the opening ceremony is expected to take place in Englewood at the 2028 stadium, home of the NFL's Rams and Chargers. The L.A. Memorial Coliseum will host the closing ceremony. Now, excuse me, is this happening at SoFi Stadium? Barb, do we know the answer to that question? Because this just says in Englewood at the 2028 stadium.

is this SoFi Stadium? I don't think they're building another stadium in Inglewood, are they? That would simply be crazy because of the perfectly good one they have right there, which has held, you know, many a concert, which we've seen. We have an opening ceremony venue at home. I'm kind of using memes speak. Yeah, meme speak. Well, I think the 2008 LA Olympics are going to be like...

About memes. Well, Hollywood is now getting smaller and smaller, and I do mean the smaller and smaller screen. Withs Barb saying, yes, the stadium for the opening ceremony is SoFi. Where Taylor Swift and Beyonce have performed. Among many others. Among many others. But there are very fun new sports that are making their reviews that we'll get to later, but several new sports.

Here we go. And by later, I mean now. Flag football will be making its Olympic debut in L.A. two years from now. Instead of tackling, defenders stop the play by pulling a flag from the ball. carriers built, making the sport non-contact faster and easier to play internationally. Both men's and women's tournaments will be

included. Wow. So like this is huge for like your good girlfriend's husband who does this on Sundays to get away from, you know, the family. You know what I mean? This is like, this is very huge. I have a girlfriend whose husband does this in the

park on Sundays. It's his time with his friend's culture. Flag football. And America's friend Travis Kelsey Should he be in the NFL In 2028 will be permitted To play in the Olympic Games

Do you think he'll hold on two more years To make sure that he gets to be an Olympian? I'm not a fortune teller I think that's a question to ask a fortune teller Were you going to ask Barb Matt If Travis Kelsey is expected to stay in the NFL I wasn't going to ask her that because I feel like I can answer that question myself. Not that I know, but I feel like he's going to do one more year of football, right?

Wasn't that announced? Like, I feel like there were some trade stories that were like Travis Kelsey's comeback for one year to football at like Taylor Swift's urging. And Mama Kelsey's home renovation is going swimmingly. These are the tabloid. This is the tabloid fodder that I genuinely am like, this is what it should be. 100%. I don't care. Okay.

But following unanimous approval by team. owners in May of 2025, stars like Jalen Hertz, Patrick Mahomes, and Justin Jefferson have expressed interest. Wow. Expressed interest. Times a ticking, boys. You got us. You got, it's, you can't be on the fence about this.

It's the Olympic Games. It's in less than two years. I'm sorry, about two years. It's so different than what they're used to, though. They're used to tackling each other to the ground, giving each other head bumps. This is flagged football. This is a gentleman's sport. This is different.

They're going to have to go to etiquette class. Of course. We're going to have to get them, you know, we're going to have to get them together before they take the field. And I want to see it. But moving on, baseball and softball have been a part of several Olympic Games, most recently at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Baseball made seven appearances at the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1900,

1912, 1936, 1956, 1964, and 1988, before earning metal sports status in 1992. They really tried it with baseball and softball in Paris. They went, no, no, no, no. I don't know, I don't know why. Are they no baseball venues, diamonds in France? Instead, you do the boulangerie, the patisserie, the framagerie. It's the American pastime.

Japanese pastime. A pastime. world over. I was, I did raise my eyebrow at Paris and I was like, why did you all cut out baseball? Cricket makes a second Olympic appearance returning after an absence of 128 years. This is just, this, I sometimes I'm like, oh, Australia, I don't identify at all with anything Australian. And I am looking forward to it, but cricket is something that I never could could never be peaked for me. It's Australian culture, it's New Zealand culture,

it's below the equator culture. It can't be peaked. What can be peaked? Lacrosse or sixes. Similar to cricket, lacrosse returns to the Olympics after more than a century, but this time in a faster-paced sixes format

on a smaller field. I guess this is akin to rugby sevens. LaCross actually rules and this is Meese in my Colorado culture. Yeah. Yeah. La Crosse was big Long Island culture too.

Of course, and the boys in high school playing the cross cuties. Definitely. The hot boys played lacrosse. For sure, for sure, for sure. I mean, this is the sport

we're watching. To say the least. What inspired you to watch the games? To harm. Squash will also be making its Olympic debut in L.A. Although Squash was a demonstration sport in the 2018,

youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the 28 Los Angeles Games, medals will be awarded in 44 sports. In addition to new sports, some new events will be on the Olympic program, such as coastal rowing, beach sprint format. Meanwhile, the modern pentathlon events

will no longer include, sorry, the equestrian discipline, and instead feature obstacle racing. Give the horses a break and a chance. Absolutely. That feels very traders to me. Traders challenge Survivor. When are we going to get a reality competition program as an Olympic sport? When are we going to run traders alongside the winter or summer Olympics and say we are including this as an Olympic event in its own right this year?

It's just taking place elsewhere in Scotland. Like when are we brave enough? I'm getting upset suddenly. Sometimes this is just what happens. When are we brave enough to include reality television and say it's here? it's on the Olympic level. I'm sorry. I got upset.

Because really, if you think about it, I think anything with an audience now is a sport. We all root for certain people to win. Yeah. And it's everyone's the emperor in the Coliseum watching the gladiators fight. And, you know, Coliseum is a large umbrella term for all the venues that we're going to be

filling up to expectate the venues. Let's talk about. Miss Olympics spreads events throughout the city to highlight LA's culture, beaches, and the entertainment industry, of course. Well, all three of those things are slowly going away. Honey, eroding. These games will be the first in 80 years in which no new permanent venues will be built. In total, more than 40 venues across the city of Los Angeles,

Southern California, and a handful across other states all will be utilized. How interesting is that? So I'm saying. When did Oklahoma get in the mix? Certainly not L.A. Unless you take out the O, the K, the H, the O, the M, and the other A. Them is a little L.A. in there.

If you take out the OK. Homa, then it's L.A. Okay, Homa. And it moved to limit costs and meet sustainability targets. We love that. It was announced that the softball and canoe slalom competitions will take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1,300 miles from Southern California. So we're acknowledging it.

So we're acknowledging it. Widespread. Additionally, preliminary and knockout round, soccer matches will be held in get this. New York, New York, Columbus, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, St. Louis, Missouri,

San Jose, California, and San Diego, California. Okay, those two, they, I get it. But the other ones, I mean, let's just call this Olympic. America, why don't we? One significant change includes a revision to the traditional Olympic calendar in which

the swimming events take place the first week of the games, with track and field competition closing out the schedule in week two. Can't wait. Can I say this change is necessitated by the fact that the home of the NFL's Rams and Chargers

in Englewood will host the Olympic swimming competition in addition to the Olympic Games opening ceremony. So again, we can say this is so Stadium. I've had it. Was calling it, you know, that stadium in Englewood. So they can't just have them at the same time?

I don't know anything about event planning or large venues. Clearly. Excuse you. Excuse your mouth. Excuse your mouth. Okay. More notable venues. The recently refurbished L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Oh, I do love that place.

We'll host the tracking field competition at both the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as the closing ceremony. Yeah. The home of the NBA's L.A. Lakers, WNBA Sparks, and the NHL's Kings in downtown L.A. will serve as the host of the gymnastics and wheelchair basketball competitions. The L.A. Clippers' new stadium

will be the site of the men and women's basketball competitions. The L.A. Convention Center in downtown L.A. will be the site of five Olympic sports fencing judo, as in judo chop, table tennis, taekwondo, and wrestling. or as some other guys say it, wrestling, weightlifting and goal ball

will take place across the street in the peacock theater. L.A. Convention Center memories there, Matt. I went to drag con there one year. And Peacock theaters where they have your award shows every now and then, your M.E.'s, your... Yes. Things of this nature.

Well, the Riviera Country Club and the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of L.A. the site of the golfing competition. And the equestrian events for the Olympics and Paralympics will take place in Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, about 20 miles northeast of downtown L.A. Arcadia. It's a Lana Del Rey song. It's a pretty song.

Beautifully written. The famed Rose Bowl Football Stadium will host the final rounds of soccer and the adjacent Rose Bowl Aquatic Center will host the diving competition. Ooh, I love the diving competition. The Venice Beach Boardwalk will host the starts of the men's and women's marathons and men's cycling road races. The USC Sports Center, one of the University of Southern California's basketball and volleyball teams,

will host rhythmic gymnastics, my favorite and badminton during the 2028 LA Olympics. The Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area and the San Fernando Valley will host BMX cycling and skateboarding. The home of the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer, Carson, California, will host Olympic track cycling, field hockey, rugby sevens, archery and tennis, as well as Paralympic track cycling, para-archry, and

wheelchair tennis. And finally, artistic swimming, beach volleyball, water, polo, and open water swimming events all will be held in Long Beach, which is a little south of Carson, an 125 miles south of downtown L.A., widespread. Tracks, let's go. New music. And the next big thing.

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This person writes, I just inherited a fortune after losing my mom, and now my girlfriend's entire family is coming out of nowhere with their hands out. One sibling wants me to fund their whole lifestyle. Another vanished for four years and suddenly reappeared, and my girlfriend is already giving my money away. Hold on, Sophia. So the girl he wants to marry is already sending money out the door. And that's just the beginning.

He makes a plan, sets up a trust, and finally thinks he has everything under control. Okay, so things work out then? Let's just say the people he trusted the most are the ones who ended up shocking him the most. So does the money end up being worth going through all that? To find out, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You know Roll Doll, the writer who thought up Willie Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?

Was this before he wrote his stories? It must have been. Our new podcast series, The Secret World of Roll Doll, is a wild journey through the hidden chapters of his extraordinary, controversial life. His job was literally to seduce the wives of powerful Americans. What? And he was really good at it. You probably won't believe it either. Okay, I don't think that's true.

I'm telling you. I was a spy. Did you know Dahl got cozy with the Roosevelt's? Played poker with Harry Truman and had a long affair with a congresswoman. And then he took his talents to Hollywood, where he worked alongside Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock, before writing a hit James Bond film. How did this secret agent wind up as the most successful children's author ever?

and what darkness from his covert past seeped into the stories we read as kids. The true story is stranger than anything he ever wrote. Listen to the secret world of Roll Dahl on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Why hasn't a woman formally participated in a Formula One race weekend in over a decade? Think about how many skills they have to develop at such a young age? What can we learn from all of the new F1 romance novels suddenly popping up every year? He still smelled of podium champagne and expensive friction. And how did a 2023 event called Wag Agetten change the paddock forever?

That day is just seared into my memory. I'm culture writer and F1 expert Lily Herman, and these are just a few of the questions I'm tackling on no grip, a Formula One culture podcast that dives into the under-explored pockets of the sport. In each episode, a different guests and I will go deeper into the wacky mishaps, scandals and sagas, both on the track and far away from it, that have made F1 a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years. Listen to no grip on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

So the 28 Los Angeles Olympics could see a true changing of the guard. We got a whole bunch of new faces coming back, or rather, you know, looking to make a big splash for the first real time in the Air Olympics, especially in gymnastics and swimming, and Adding new events like flag football, lacrosse and cricket leaves more room for elite stars to make a name for themselves and their country, including the Stars and the Stripes, baby. As we transition towards Los Angeles hype,

here are some of the top athletes to watch in the 2020-Olympics. We got Caitlin Clark. We sure do. Take it away, Bo. We've got Caitlin Clark. That Queen, the former number one overall WNBA draft pick, missed out on the Paris Olympics team, narrowly despite being fresh out of college,

having a little pro basketball experience on her belt. That's what we forget. I mean, she's been such a star for a while that, like, you're like, oh, right. She has technically not been pro for that long. Right. But she is now the face of the league becoming it, arguably, whatever you want to say. I think she's a damn star.

And for women's sports as a whole, and has her track for a spot on the 2020 roster. Now, I'm not talking about the actor for, me are when I say Anthony Edwards. Listen up. The Paris Games felt like a farewell tour for the LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant era. If Team USA is turning the page, this 24-year-old Edwards looks like the centerpiece of the next chapter. Keep an eye on him. Let's get French. Victor Wembeñama was instrumental in taking his home country, France, all the way to a silver medal at the Paris Games would be no surprise for France to make another deep run with him leading

the charge. And of course, why wouldn't he? He's seven foot three point five inches. My lord. Sidney McLaughlin Levrony. Gold medals and Sydney have become basically synonymous, already one of the most dominant track athletes of her generation. Hmm. We have a name that sounds like an actor from The Pit, but Not. Noah Liles had a shortened time in Paris because he contracted the disease known as COVID-19. But he still won two medals. He won gold in the 100 meter and bronze in the 200. He is on track to once again, prove he's indeed the fastest man alive. And I'm going to change my name to Mando Duplantis, a two-time Olympic gold medalist turned Polvoort into a primetime event. and why should we not expect it to happen again in 2028?

Representing Sweden. Duplantus is one of the many international athletes ready to bring their flair to the U.S. Movement to start calling Sweden. Sweden. Sweden. We're from Sweden. I have a cousin who lives in Sweden. And you know who's back and pretty much the face of the Games bow?

That's Katie Ledecki. Uh-huh. That's right. Oh, yeah. with 14 Olympic medals, nine of which are gold, four of them silver and one bronze, but we don't talk about her. We're looking to add to that total. She's truly, truly, truly coming for it again.

She's the most decorated female U.S. Olympian. Get into it. All our cousins from around the world will be gathering in the summer of 2028 for the Olympic Games bow this time under that California sun. And they'll all be fist fighting away. Because that's L.A. Yeah, everyone's going to be in the Waymo's on the way to the stadium. Like, it's just going to be a total breakdown.

Oh, godly. Either you're fist fighting the Waymo from within or you're in front of it just punching the glass. Not good. None of it. Not good. So we look ahead to July 28. Los Angeles will finish preparing. The Olympic stage will be set and the Olympic flame will once again light up the city of

angels. And with that bow, it looks like we reached the end of season two of two guys' five rings. Do you have any final words, final thoughts? I do. I am so grateful that we got to do this

again. First time around felt like a wonderful, beautiful way in for the Olympics with us. We have an amazing team who really they are remarkable in not making us feel like the idiots we are when it comes to sports and many other knowledge areas in this world. In fact, we just want to announce that they all get gold medals.

So thank you, Barb, thank you Sean, thank you Vince, thank you Jason, thank you Kurt, gold medals all. And gold medal to you, Beau. Gold medal to you, Matt. Thanks. And I'm excited to see what the next Winter Olympics even have in store in the French Alps in 2030. Now, what about you, Matt? Any closing thoughts? I just really so grateful to be able to have done this and to have gotten to go to the Olympics themselves.

A true experience of a lifetime I will never forget. And I do feel comfortable judging ice dancing now. So I do want to say, like, unless we do this podcast again, and we're super, super busy, I am available to be a judge. And I will look at that French judge in her eyes. And I will say, I see you, Mama. To avenge Madison in Evan. You could say that.

That's a perfectly noble cause. So that when someone asks you, what inspired you to judge with the ISU? I'll say revenge. Revenge. Lely, I've been looking for revenge. Those aren't the words. It's a wonderful motivation to get in the rings. To get into the five rings.

Revenge is the best medicine. I'll show him. Revenge is the best medicine. You wanted to say revenge is the best revenge, I think. Revenge. Is revenge the best medicine? Laughter is the best medicine and like a good life or something is the best revenge or whatever. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Like there's a lot. Revenge and medicine and laughter all sort of dance around each other.

So, but I've made something new when I say revenge is the best medicine? It's not a common expression. But I think you're just combining to other common ones. And I really celebrate your alchemy. The alchemy. All right. Thank you all for listening. And maybe we'll see you next time.

Who knows? We'll see where the state of podcasting is in two years. Tell us in the comments if you think we should come back. Just kidding. Don't. Don't. Don't. We've heard your cries of protest.

Well, signing off. This is Bowen-Yang. And Matt Rogers, and we end every episode with that familiar old song. Yeah. What inspired. Just kidding. Trying to keep up with everything happening on and off the court, we've got you covered on the podcast, flagrant and funny.

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