859 - Big Swan Comes Knocking ft. Chico Bean
A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan
Tom Vann & Dan Dennis
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
* Bart Marek Team as elite real estate agents for buyers and sellers
* Ten year partnership and hundreds of listener transactions
* Check BDM community reviews and contact through website
* Friday Free Show intro and Brendan OConnor Funny Bone shows
* Sold out Saturday late show and Chico Bean return from 2019
* Parenting reflections on time passing and buying daughters first car
* Breaking cycles and pride in providing as a parent
* Choosing full media runs over limited interviews
* Comics avoiding media and using improv to handle interviews
* Balancing safety, authenticity, and viral temptation
* Club Shay Shay effect and exaggeration in viral podcasts
* Valuing slow career growth over instant fame
* Pressure and fragility of sudden viral success
* Learning business slowly and making intentional career choices
* Parenting kids in the age of social media
* Teaching digital awareness and separating online from real life
* Sensitivity on college campuses and groupthink online
* Social media discovering talent and reviving careers
* Emotional impact of comments and focusing on criticism
* Letting kids teach parents about new platforms
* Growing up without fathers and building a new legacy
* Follower counts versus real ticket sales and turnout
* AI and fake engagement complicating online influence
* Dead internet theory and distrust of metrics
* Netflix success for 85 South and pressure to chase next goals
* Independence versus corporate backing in media careers
* AI as a tool for inspiration not replacement
* Algorithm shaping jokes and risk of borrowing material
* Doom scrolling addiction and hypnotic phone use
* Promoting live comedy as healthier alternative
* Funny Bone dates and unpredictable Chico Bean shows
* ALF artwork jokes and John Goodman weight loss talk
* Weight loss drugs and Ozempic jokes
* Promoting BDM brand and Danger Brains partnership
* Listener criticism and reflecting on guest energy
* Comedians traveling with security and safety concerns
* Host quoted by Obama and receiving death threats
* Worry about aging parents and fear based news
* Cabin stories and joking about charming elderly women
* Minoxidil and hair growth chemical jokes
* Banff stories and meeting Robin Williams
* Just Call Moe VIP program and curated community
* Jeffs Bagel Run obsession and favorite cookies
* Investigating Lake Eola swan deaths and alleged city cover up
* Bird flu risks and water quality concerns
* Fear of retaliation and lack of accountability
* Restaurant closures from parking fees and rising costs
* Drug plane crash story and lake contamination fears
* BDM Appreciation Week and five dollar shirt promo
* Orlando Shine events and Science on Tap kickoff
* Hot wings challenge and avoiding spice disasters
* Health journey avoiding smash burgers
* Pickle festival trends and local business stories
* Bird flu safety advice and wildlife concern
* Paid parking hurting Mills 50 restaurants
* Uber Eats prices and delivery culture complaints
* Greek cross diving in polluted lake
* Tenga Rays closure and redevelopment talk
* Farewell to locals leaving Florida
* Closing remarks and next show sign off
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking to sell your house or if you're looking to buy another house or do both, |
| 0:05.2 | it's probably one of the biggest business transactions in your life. |
| 0:08.9 | Yeah, it can be scary if you don't know anything about it. |
| 0:11.4 | Just talk about just the business aspect of it. |
| 0:15.2 | Like, you need to get the most amount of money. |
| 0:17.3 | It could be tens of thousands of dollars of swing one way or the other. |
| 0:21.5 | If you have an inexperienced agent, they can't help you with that transaction. |
| 0:27.3 | Will you lose some money? |
| 0:28.7 | So, like, if you're an NFL player, you want to get the best agent to get the most amount of money, right? |
| 0:32.9 | You want Drew Rosenhouse doing your deal. You don't want some unknown that doesn't have experience. |
| 0:37.2 | Exactly. |
| 0:37.8 | And then if you're in the house selling or buying industry, you want the Bart Merrick team |
| 0:43.0 | handling your deal because they're going to get you the best value for that house you're |
| 0:48.4 | trying to buy. |
| 0:49.1 | They are top tier elite quarterback agents. |
| 0:51.9 | Or the most money for your house that you're trying to sell. And, you know, you get inexperienced agents. Plus, you got a team. Like, look, OJ had a team of attorneys. Okay, yeah. They got him free. That's a good example. I didn't know where you were going with the OJ thing. I know. He's like, oh, he's bringing up OJ. But you'd rather have a team. Like, when you're rich, you got a team because the team puts their heads together and gets you free for murder. |
| 1:17.6 | Exactly. They had to acquit because the glove didn't fit. |
| 1:20.9 | And you want the Bart Merrick team to get you either the most amount of money for your house. |
| 1:26.0 | The Barbary team will basically get you savings that are the equivalent of being acquitted |
| 1:30.1 | of Merck. Exactly. That's what I'm saying. I got it. |
| 1:33.5 | And like, seriously, I talked to Crystal and she, this is our 10th year with Bart Merritt. |
| 1:39.1 | That's impressive. And so they've been a team for a decade. They've bought and sold |
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