Episode 337 | "Halloween Love Story"
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 125 minutes
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Summary
SaVon and Alex kick things off by answering Patreon listener JJH’s question on their top three “struggle meals” (6:25) and unpacking the NBA’s latest gambling scandal, breaking down Chauncey Billups’ alleged mob-linked poker games, Terry Rozier’s betting scheme, and what it means for athlete integrity and fan trust (18:00). Later, they debate generational superstardom through the lens of Playboi Carti, NBA YoungBoy, and the disappearance of universally famous names (1:01:08), before covering Diddy’s latest headlines (1:12:57), the Golden Globes’ new podcast category (1:22:28), and the Riyadh Comedy Festival and the moral cost of Saudi money in entertainment (1:31:01). The episode closes with new music reviews from Kehlani, Leon Thomas, Miguel, Hit-Boy and The Alchemist, plus anticipation for Drake's 'ICEMAN' (1:40:56).
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, what's going on? |
| 0:00.8 | We are back with another episode of the Need to Know podcast. |
| 0:04.9 | Alex, what up, bro? Damn, my voice crack. You heard that? Oh, my God. Shit. You got a cold? That was pretty nasty of me. No, I actually don't. You're sick. The weather in New York is kind of weird right now, so I don't know if that has something to do with it. But fuck it. Voice cracking, top of the episode. |
| 0:20.5 | Here we go. |
| 0:21.4 | What's going on, man? |
| 0:22.3 | Hey, man, I'm in the building. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm ready do with it. But fuck it. Voice cracking, top of the episode. Here we go. |
| 0:21.4 | What's going on, man? |
| 0:22.2 | Hey, man, I'm in the building. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm ready a lot as going on this week. Yes. And we are here to talk about it. Yeah, man. Before we actually get into that, let's talk to the people who have been supporting us, who have been rocking with us. Shout out to the YouTube community. We have not abandoned you completely. |
| 0:36.2 | If you want the full episodes, they are available. |
| 0:38.8 | All right, just become a member on the YouTube. |
| 0:40.4 | If not, you can go to Patreon. We're giving you extra content over there in addition to the full episodes, the music, the videos, Alex, the questions, whatever. Save on. Everything is over there. So let's start with a Patreon community question. We are joined by Lama today. Lama, what's going on, man? Lamo. Yo, people love me. I see the comments. I told you. Wait, what comments you've seen? I told you. I'm signed on to the Patreon now. So yeah, I see him. Oh, that's why you did that? I told you. I thought you're just trying to support black business when you signed up. Yeah, with the price difference, I can afford it now. |
| 1:13.7 | Yeah, I told you. I thought he was just trying to support black business when you signed up. Yeah, with the price difference, I can afford it now. Yeah, I got you. You hear it, right? Yeah, yeah, nah, LaMas crazy. Um, all right, cool, let's get into the Patreon and then we can get into the topics for this week. Alex, I do want to give a quick shout to some of the new folks, including Lama, views of the next pod join. Yes. We got Demetrius. |
| 1:30.3 | We got C.L. |
| 1:31.3 | D. week Alex I do want to give a quick shout out to some of the new folks including Lama views of the next pod join yes we got Demetrius we got C L Davis yeah in 8 now I'm |
| 1:35.4 | gonna just we're gonna go with Nate all right because I don't know who in 8 is |
| 1:39.1 | because it literally says N and the number 8 yeah it's kind of like C4 yeah what |
| 1:43.9 | fuck is going on there? |
| 1:45.0 | No, that's the nickname. |
| 1:45.7 | We got Marcus Blackwell. Shout out to you. Gabriel A. Ken Jones and FK.A.m. No idea who that is. But shout out to y'all for joining the Patreon community. We appreciate your support. Facts. Even if you're lying about your identity. It's cool here. Like we're not the feds. |
| 2:00.1 | You don't have to worry. |
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