Building Swaying Made Me Seasick at 3:30 AM

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Gregg "Opie" Hughes

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

NYC high-rise wind sway seasick wake-up call, St. Patrick's Day stories, New York City life struggles, poverty in NYC, TSA agents unpaid chaos, war spending rants. I got woken up at 3:30 AM feeling seasick because insane winds made our building rock like a ship—happens 2-3 times a year up high in New York City. From there, Ron and I rip into everything: garbage trucks vs. high-floor isolation, my dad's old dive bar St. Patrick's Day green beer puke fests, Lemmy Kilmister rum & Coke legends, brutal superchat roasts on Ron, shocking NYC poverty stats (even 100K+ earners can't afford basics), TSA workers skipping paychecks leading to massive spring break airport delays, endless city money grabs like school speed cameras, and why corruption crushes working families. Unfiltered comedy, current events, radio stories. Subscribe now for daily raw talk—hit play and join the no-BS conversation!

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0:00.0	Do do do do.
0:02.4	Good morning, everybody.
0:03.7	Welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:04.9	Always welcome to the Opie Radio podcast with Ron the waiter.
0:12.1	And I'm going to start, Ron.
0:12.9	I want to start.
0:14.8	Actually, I'm going to ask you something.
0:17.3	I mean, the odds of you getting are so slim, but you might. You might.
0:22.5	I don't get to say to me at 3.30 in the morning and didn't really go back to bed.
0:28.6	You know, rolled around left and right, tried to go back to bed. But I was woken up in the
0:33.9	middle of the night. This happens about two, maybe three times a year here in New York City. What woke me up in the middle of the night. This happens about two, maybe three times a year here in
0:37.8	New York City. What woke me up in the middle of the night? I go to you, Ron, the waiter, because
0:43.7	you're a brilliant guy. Use your logic. Think about what's going on around you right now. What
0:50.5	woke me up at 3.30 in the morning? Happens about two or three times a year.
0:59.8	The garbage trucks?
1:02.5	Oh, the garbage trucks.
1:09.0	They're shaking it. Right? Oh, my my god you gave me the hiccups people don't understand anywhere else
1:18.3	in new york city dude i'm telling you one thing i don't like living this high up off the streets
1:25.1	of new york i really don't it It's very isolating. It truly is.
1:28.0	You get to your apartment and you're in the world by yourself and obviously your family.
1:33.5	But most New Yorkers live way closer to the street and most New Yorkers are woken up all
1:40.2	the time because the garbage trucks run 24-7.
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