Good morning, Brudeli Show. I'm Neil Fryman.

And I'm Toby Howell.

On today's pod, the mystery buyers spending 800 million on California farmland are revealed,

and a previously obscured card game is sweeping China, revealing much about its roughed-up economy.

Then, we'll explain the controversy created by a non-consensual kiss in the aftermath of Spain's

Women's World Cup victory. Plus, it turns out that we're all getting worse at the price is right.

And the reasons may surprise you.

It's Tuesday, August 29. Let's ride.

Okay, Neil, I want you to weigh in on this controversy that's been brewing.

Noah Liles, who is a star sprinter for the United States,

kind of ruffled some feathers when he said,

I hate when I see NBA players and other US domestic sports leagues wearing hats saying

that they are world champions when they win the NBA.

He's saying they're not world champions because it's a very US-centric sport and they're

only playing teams in the United States. Where do you fall on this debate? Should NBA champions

call themselves world champions? Maybe not, but I'm just confused why he thought that was the

first thing to talk about after his win. Is that why people were upset? It's like, just focus on

your victory. Why do you care about what NBA players are doing? When I first thought about this,

I was like, yes, the NBA is a very international league. It's best players are not from the United

States. Why wouldn't they call themselves world champions? On the other hand, I always felt a little

bit weird when, at least in baseball, because there are a lot of other really good leagues out there.

MLB is the best when they would put on the hats and they would say, yeah, we're world champions.

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