Lebron Is NO Jordan & China's CREEPY Dark Factories

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The LeBron James "GOAT" debate is reaching a fever pitch, but we’re shutting it down. Opie and Ron break down why Michael Jordan still wears the crown and reveal their definitive Top 5 NBA players of all time.
Also on today's episode:
Trump in China: While Nixon practiced his chopsticks, we all know Trump is just asking for a fork.
The AI Nightmare: We dive into China's "Dark Factories"—zero lights, zero heat, and zero humans—churning out a smartphone every single second.
Weird China: 35 million people living in caves and why the police are ditching dogs for... geese?
Boston Bound: Opie gears up for a long weekend back in Boston.

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0:00.0	That's the sound of urgency.
0:06.0	What's going on, everybody?
0:07.6	This is the OPI radio podcast.
0:09.2	We are live.
0:10.7	I am 500 feet above the streets of New York City.
0:13.4	And Rod is in that basement in Astoria Queens with the wood paddling.
0:19.5	What goes on in that big brain of Roddy Babes?
0:22.6	That's what we're going to find out today.
0:24.5	What's up, Ron?
0:25.4	First of all, any fucking movie.
0:29.0	It's always the brainiacs, the ones who like decode the illuminate.
0:34.9	They're all in the basement.
0:36.2	They all of the basements.
0:37.4	Yeah, they are. They are. The X-Files,'re all in the basement. They all of the basements. Yeah, they are.
0:38.4	You know, they don't have...
0:39.1	The X-Files. The X-Files, it was always the dark guy in the basement, giving them the... Right? You're right. They don't have time for the sunshine. That's it. Right. By the way, how am I feeling today? Yes. Well, I mean, the pep talk I, the pep talk I just got before we went live,
0:59.3	it was, honestly, I had the vision of, remember that show, NYPD Blue? Sure. And the sergeant's
1:07.8	given the, and just before he sent him out to streets.
1:11.2	There was a phrase is like, you know, like, stay safe, you know.
1:15.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:16.7	I got the NYPD Blue sergeant motivational speech from Opie today.
1:22.7	Got to come out swinging, Ron.
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