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Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

JIM JAMES Did NOT See a Bear Flip Over A Car

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Tv & Film, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year Tripsters! For the first episode of 2026, Seth and Josh welcome Jim James to the pod! Jim James is the frontman for the band “My Morning Jacket,” and their new album “Is” released in 2025. Jim talks all about growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, his fear of Astronauts and Spaceships in the water from a trip through Alabama, what it was like trying to make his first album, his parents support through the years, and so much more! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 Support our sponsors: Shipt Download the app or order now at https://Shipt.com Fitbod Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan. Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://Fitbod.me/trips Laundry Sauce Make laundry day the best day of the week! Get 20% off your entire order @LaundrySauce with code TRIPS at https://laundrysauce.com/trips #laundrysaucepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, budgie.

0:02.0

Hey, Suvi.

0:03.3

So the other day, my friend Brad Paisley was on the show.

0:08.3

Oh, yeah?

0:09.1

And, you know, he's obviously a close family friend with Alexi and especially my father-in-law, Tom.

0:15.2

Yeah, I've been at Tom's house on Martha's Vineyard when Brad's there.

0:21.6

And Tom stays up a little later and maybe we'll have like a little sniffer of whiskey that he's not normally sort of a drinking guy.

0:30.6

But if he can hang out with Brad Paisley, then...

0:32.6

When he can strum on a little guitar with Brad Paisley, he's going to do it.

0:35.6

So he came by, Alexi came by, they brought Addy with them.

0:43.1

Addie was on the Thanksgiving show with her brothers.

0:46.4

Yeah.

0:46.7

And it's a great effect.

0:49.3

I'm doing my warm up for the show, and I'm talking during my warm up, I talk about my kids,

1:11.1

and I mention her, and then I didn't realize because she was backstage then she just ran out on stage your security is good but I don't think they expect someone that small no no and so then we were just she just sat she just stood out there with me and like I just set her up and she told stories and she's just, I mean, she's not blanching at all in front of the hot lights of, uh, amazing, of a television studio in front of a crowd. But then, you know, end of the show, like before the last act, I go into the audience and I do a Q&A. Mm-hmm. So I'm doing the Q&A. And I at this point assumed she had left. And instead she walks out again. And this time she's holding a ribbon that you would wrap a Christmas present with. And she's got a ribbon and she just walks up and again everybody's like, oh. And then she like leans me down. You know, like, weighs me down. I go, what's up? She goes, can I show people my ribbon? And I was like, go for it. And I kept doing the Q&A, and she was just walking up the steps, holding the ribbon over her wrist the way you would show off, like fancy Rolex and like very serious like didn't they

2:02.8

and she was just like showing this ribbon and people and I like just while I'm doing this

2:06.6

Q&A I hear people being like can I touch it she was like no well yeah you can only look at it

2:12.4

yeah and yeah that's what I'm dealing with right now yeah yeah pretty cute little superstar you know what I'm dealing with right now. Yeah. Yeah. Pretty cute.

2:18.4

A little superstar.

2:19.4

You know what I'm dealing with right now?

2:21.3

What's that?

2:22.5

This comes out. January 6th.

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