Hi, this is Alonzo Bowden. Welcome to episode 21 on my podcast. Who's paying attention? First of all, it's hot.

Well, it's cooled off, but it's been hot. Here in L.A., we were in triple-digit temperatures for a few days.

I know the East Coast went through a major heat wave, Midwest, major heat wave, blah, blah, well, guess what, people?

It's summer. So it's going to be hot.

The weirdest thing in the heat, I don't know if this has happened before, but my iPhone

wouldn't work.

It said it was too hot for the phone to operate, which probably wouldn't be good if I were,

oh, I don't know, dying of heat stroke and trying to dial 911.

Can you imagine being found dead of heat stroke? they're like, he had a phone in his hand.

Why didn't he call for help?

Now I've died stupid.

Let's hope that doesn't happen.

It's hot out.

I'm going to give you the same advice, Weatherman give, because you probably haven't figured this out yourself.

But drink plenty of water, try to stay cool.

And all kidding aside, if you don't have air conditioning, go somewhere.

Go to a mall or a grocery store or a movie theater or somewhere that is air conditioned.

Try to get out of the heat of the day.

Take care of yourself.

If you're black, be very

careful where you go. Ah, the hell with it. Wherever you go, somebody's going to call the cops. So,

you'll just have to deal with that, whether you go to the mall or a Starbucks or, you know,

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