Thinking basketball podcast.

My name is Ben.

Happy New Year.

Everybody is 2026.

It's our first show of the new year.

Cody's here.

I'm here.

How you doing?

I'm doing pretty good today. It's one of those balmy 30 degree

January days in Minnesota. So of course I had to bust out my Magnum P.I. shirt. Here's the thing. At school,

every adult over the age of like 40 is like, oh, it looked like Magnum P.I. And you know what?

Anytime I can be compared directly to Tom Selleck, that's a strong day in my book.

So things are going pretty well over here in the Midwest, Ben.

Cody, I have a public service announcement to make.

People need to stop texting and looking at their telephone when they drive their vehicle.

Have you noticed this? Is this a problem where you are?

Actually, this is something where I look over quite a bit. Like, as I go by, I like to look over

and see who it is that I'm passing or is passing me. And so many times the eyes are down.

And the worst is when you actually see the

screen up and they're looking at it. So yes, I think that this is an absolute epidemic. I don't know

why, like, this is a serious thing. And I don't know why it needs to be just like said that it's a

serious thing. But when you're driving a car, you should have your eyes looking straight ahead

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