Hello and welcome to the total sucker show. My name is Daryl Grove and I'm joined by a man whom, unlike when he had me on an intro, I'm going to let him talk. His name is Taylor Rockwell. Hello. Hello, I let you talk. I mean, kind of. Briefly. Kind of. Momentarily. You've run fast enough, that's all. So that was your interview with Caitlin Murray earlier, previewing the World Cup final. Was it obvious that I've been in the studio alone all day? Yeah, I kind of love it when you get literally stir crazy. Love it. Not literally, you know what I'm saying. I was stirring a glass, that's fine, sure, for purposes of this bit, why not? Cabin fever, I guess is the other other way I've said it? Yes, I did go to cabin. Studio fever.

Also studio fever.

Studio fever.

So, yeah, Kali Moro, the World Cup final preview. That's in our feed. Go back and listen to it. Earlier on, you spoke to Felipe Cardenas about the Cooper America, Brazil versus Peru, and how Brazil is going to win, I would imagine. but you guys also got into Mexico a little bit, right? Yes, yeah, because Felipe has been traveling with the team in the press conference, is hearing the sort of adversarial relationship that seems to be slightly forming between Tata Mortino and some of the Mexican press. Not all of it. I think he's gotten nicer treatment than one called Cesario, but yeah, still the Mexican press being the Mexican press. I've only just realized Felipe has a pre-existing relationship with Martino from him being in, okay, I need to listen to it. I need to listen to it. So today's show, this show that we're about to, we're recording the intro for. It's an interview with Joe Lowry of the Athletic athletic and Joe and I talk, one, we talk about

Mexico, so I think it'll be a nice compliment to what you and Felipe talked about, but we

really talk about it from the perspective of how does this affect the United States? What are the

threats? What are the opportunities? What can we do? We also get into all kinds of weird

angles and discussion points about the US men's national team. And honestly, much as I love talking to you, I sometimes worry that we form our own echo chamber and like our opinions maybe align and harden. It's really good to get an outside perspective to come in and talk US men's national team. So I assume then you told Joe your ideas and then just pre-recorded him saying, yes, that is correct? Yeah, I asked him for that is correct perfect yeah it's a really good show I feel really good about it and yet my most important question for you is did you go Joe or Joseph Lowry oh we talk about that right at the start I see this this is the issue I was in the same way that I always make sure I get Felipe's last name correct which I think you you pretty much did there. I always get nervous about that because I think he signs it Joseph whenever we're emailing, but then I know also. So I was wondering, was he sending us a subtle message like, hey guys, stop calling me Joe, I'm a Joseph. I'm not going to spoil it now. The answer is in like the first 30 seconds of my interview with Joe. All right. He likes both.

Joe Joseph Joe.

Okay.

So he likes Triple J.

Yeah.

Pallel J.

Something like that. I know Pallendrom is all the fame. Anyway, moving on. Yeah, you don't know what Pallendrom is. Again, stir-trade. Stir crazy. Okay, so the interview Joe is coming very soon. also I just want to mention at the top of the show one the Reddit community the Totalx show redid community is thriving there's lots of great discussions going on there visit

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people now are active at total social Reddit the other newish thing that I want to promote

it's the live show is coming close.

What are we?

We finished July 5th. So I was going to do the math, but I don't remember how many days. July 13th, a week tomorrow, a week on Saturday, 4 p.m. At Audi Field, we'll be doing our live show with Taylor, Darrell, Alexis, Christian. Are you having trouble explaining this to people? because I am, because people keep asking me where it is,

and then I respond like, it's at Audi Field.

Yeah.

But I don't... Alexis Christian. Are you having trouble explaining this to people? Because I am. People keep asking me where it is.

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