The MT Alternative Podcast
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The MT Alternative Podcast
The MT Alternative Takes on Tariffs, Trade Wars, and 1971 Music
Tariffs might sound like the economic equivalent of watching paint dry, but Mike and Tom transform this seemingly dry topic into an entertaining deep dive that challenges conventional thinking. Our budget economists tackle Trump's controversial trade policies with their signature no-holds-barred approach, arguing that while tariffs may cause short-term pain, they're already yielding results as countries rush to the negotiating table.
Vietnam has offered to remove all tariffs, India is lowering barriers on American goods, and the UK sees these policies as an opportunity to attract investment. Despite mainstream media's often one-sided portrayal, Mike and Tom highlight how many farmers and small businesses support these measures, believing they'll level the playing field against countries that have exploited unfair trade advantages for decades. The $28 billion Market Facilitation Program that aided farmers between 2018-2020 gets a mention, showing the complex support systems behind these economic strategies.
Just when the economic discussion reaches its peak, Squeak crashes the podcast with his bizarre musical tastes, sparking a hilarious debate about whether "everybody was kung fu fighting" is factually accurate. This unexpected detour provides the perfect counterbalance to the policy talk before Mike and Tom launch into their nostalgic 1971 music segment, sharing personal stories connected to classics like "Knock Three Times," "Mr. Bojangles," and "Indian Reservation."
The reminiscing reveals surprisingly intimate moments – from Tom's first romantic note (plagiarized from a McCoys song) to Mike's experimental youth with "Indian Reservation" as his soundtrack. These personal connections to music create a warm, relatable atmosphere that perfectly balances the earlier policy discussion.
Whether you're interested in trade economics, nostalgic music, or just enjoy listening to unfiltered conversation, this episode delivers something for everyone. Tune in, lower your expectations, and enjoy the beautiful chaos that is the MT Alternative Podcast.
Well, well, well, look who's back for more. Welcome to another intellectually unstable episode of the MT Alternative Podcast, the show that dares to ask what if Mike and Tom had a platform and no adult supervision? This week, our two budget economists tackle the riveting world of tariffs. What if Mike and Tom had a platform and no adult supervision? This week, our two budget economists tackle the riveting world of tariffs. Yes, tariffs, that magical word politicians say when they want to sound tough but still can't do math. Expect, hot takes, lukewarm facts and enough sarcasm to make an international trade negotiator cry into their spreadsheets. And, of course, it wouldn't be the MT Alternative without their music segment, where this week they rewind to a song from 1971. A time when bell-bottoms were wide, nixon was president and somehow the world still managed to spin. Will it be a classic hit or another track Tom swears he discovered before. It was cool. Only one way to find out. So buckle up, roll your eyes and prepare for economic enlightenment, served with a side of mockery. It's Mike, it's Tom, it's the MT Alternative Podcast.
Speaker 4:Welcome back to the mt alternative podcast tom.
Speaker 3:What the hell's going on? Not much mike. What's going on with you? Not a hell of a lot. You know, the usual bud, the usual what great weather we're having today it is nice. You know what, though? I don't think we had enough rain. I hate to say that. No, that sounds stupid.
Speaker 4:No you're right, it's still pretty dry out there and the pollen is horrible.
Speaker 3:The pollen sucks. Yeah, I know you're having a little issue today yourself there with the pollen. Yeah, it bothers me slightly, I'm not going to lie, but it kind of kicked your ass a little bit.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah. Here's what bothers me. I'm on my way over here Right, and there's at least two people that I've seen that has had yard fires going today. Are we still not under a statewide burn ban?
Speaker 3:That I don't know, but it is dry. It's very windy today.
Speaker 4:Very windy today, warm Stupid.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I don't get it.
Speaker 4:I don't either.
Speaker 3:And I just want to go to uh leftists, yeah, right you know, what it's leftist. We're gonna start saying the progressives don't seem to be the real idiots what a dumb name for them, though are they really progressing? But I wanted to touch on work and something you said many podcasts ago. What the hell was that yesterday?
Speaker 4:Yeah, what the hell was that what?
Speaker 3:the frick.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yesterday was a different day.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, I got to apologize for being a little bitchy towards the end there.
Speaker 4:Yeah Well, we all were. I was kind of ragging it.
Speaker 3:I've been a little bitchy all week, kind of ragging it at the end of the day and kind of felt shitty about it. But hey, today's a different day. Here we are. Yay, exactly, podcast day, podcast day, yee-hee, so uh.
Speaker 4:Research.
Speaker 3:Guess what I'd like to hit on today, tom. Besides, you know, unusual pleasantries and blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 4:Not going to hit on me again, are you?
Speaker 3:No, no, I'm done with that. Oh good, not getting me anywhere.
Speaker 4:Good yeah, no means no yeah.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, Well, maybe. Anyways, what's your opinion on the tariffs so far with Trump?
Speaker 4:Bring them on.
Speaker 3:I say the same. You know what I say. If it goes short pain, long gain, I'm up for it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3:We'll see what happens and people are already negotiating. I mean, these countries are putting tariffs on us and nobody bats an eye on the shit.
Speaker 4:Nope.
Speaker 3:And even back in— Obama was in favor of it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, even back in 18, when he first was in and he put tariffs on. I wonder if they were so bad. I wonder how come the next administration didn't take them out or do anything about.
Speaker 3:Amazing, isn't it? Yeah, Pretty amazing how that happens, yeah. But before we even get to that, let's talk about some of these tariffs that we have put on us, which I think are extraordinary. We've got Vietnam at one time 100% tariffs on cars imports. India is another one. Lo and behold, though, we have some countries that are some places that are like negotiating now.
Speaker 4:Yeah, wanting to say, oh, wait, wait, wait yeah.
Speaker 3:It's like it just amazes me.
Speaker 4:Yeah, well, you know how it is when you get called out on something.
Speaker 3:Oh exactly, but there's small businesses and farmers that are for it.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, farmers would be for it, because why would we? Okay, our nation is the top.
Speaker 3:But we're looking out for American-made products, Exactly exactly. I understand we do have to get some stuff from other countries.
Speaker 4:Sure, there are some things let's put where we work.
Speaker 3:For instance, where do we get our stuff from China and South Korea? Yes, I don't know much about South Korea, as much as I'm sure there's sweatshops, but I know China is that way they have all kinds of sweatshops. So our company's okay with, oh, tariffs. Well, you're okay with paying these sweatshop people? Bottom dollar so you can get it over here and charge up and not pay your employees either, but that's another story for another day.
Speaker 4:Yep, another podcast.
Speaker 3:Another podcast. But anyways, let's get back to small businesses.
Speaker 4:Yes. Not big companies, small business. I think farmers are small business.
Speaker 3:I got some things, some bullet points that I did. We did actually do a little research this time, Tom.
Speaker 4:I know it's surprising.
Speaker 3:All right. Number one is patriotism and economic nationalism.
Speaker 4:Right.
Speaker 3:A lot of farmers and small business owners saw Trump's tariffs, especially on China, as a way of standing up for America. They liked the idea of reducing dependence on foreign countries, especially those seen as competitors or adversaries.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Okay. Short-term pain, what I just said. Short-term pain for a long-term gain Okay. Some believe that, while tariffs hurt in the short term, they could lead to a better trade deals or bring manufacturing jobs back in the long run. Farmers, for instance, often felt they had been treated unfairly in global trade and thought the tariffs might reset the playing field. I think so. I absolutely think so.
Speaker 4:I think so.
Speaker 3:Again with small businesses also, You're competing against China for sending all this cheap crap. Hey, I'm guilty of buying the same stuff.
Speaker 4:You're guilty of it, we're all guilty of it, but here's the thing I'm really having trouble seeing that the people can't understand and they're not hearing about these other people trying to negotiate now. So it's already starting to get a little bit better Right and I am getting to that You're not getting ahead.
Speaker 3:It's stuff we talked about earlier, so you're bringing it up and that's fine. I'm going to scoot down to let's see Farmers and agriculture. Here's the regions that are affected Midwest Iowa, nebraska, kansas, illinois. The south is Arkansas, texas and Georgia. Impact the tariffs on China led to retaliatory tariffs on US soybeans, pork and other goods. This hurts exports badly.
Speaker 4:Makes sense Right.
Speaker 3:And this is why they support. Many farmers still back Trump, trusting that the trade war would lead to better long-term deals. The government bailout they had that market facultation program I don't know if I'm saying that right, sorry Funneled $28 billion to aid the farmers between 2008 and 2020. Trump thing To maintain support. Deep red regions. Loyalty to Trump, bigger agenda for America first, they're all into that. Then we got the steel manufacturers. That's where we're getting hurt too. You used to have Pittsburgh, for instance. Yeah, big steel town.
Speaker 4:Now it's steel city.
Speaker 3:Right, you know we can go with the car auto Detroit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Exactly.
Speaker 3:Keeps going on and on. Now back to what you were saying about these countries right now negotiating yeah.
Speaker 4:Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's back up.
Speaker 3:People are all freaking out. Trump is a businessman. He's a negotiator. It sounds alarming. Everything that he's doing, it does. It sounds alarming.
Speaker 2:Look at the stock market.
Speaker 3:Stock market really doesn't affect me. It doesn't affect you so much If you have a 401k plan. We're older yes, it might affect us right now A little bit Older people. Who's the big people? Who's got the stock market? Rich people? That would be someone like Donald Trump and everybody else Exactly so. Wouldn't they be losing money? You think he's going to let this keep happening? He's a musk. I mean come on and if you're in your 20s and your 30s and you have a 401k, you have no worries.
Speaker 4:It doesn't even affect your ass?
Speaker 3:Nope, but anyways. So people freaking out. Tom, you brought up Vietnam. They were up to 100% on car imports and other things I don't know what the percentage was and everything else. Vietnam has offered to remove all tariffs as part of a potential agreement with the US.
Speaker 4:Remove all.
Speaker 3:Remove all. President Trump acknowledged this offer and noted that other countries have also expressed interest in discussions. The United Kingdom Prime Minister, sarkir Starmer, views the US tariffs as an opportunity to attract investment and is pursuing negotiations for a broader economic deal with the United States. I'm sure I hacked his name and I apologize. India. India has taken another one with 100% tariffs on cars and imports. India has taken steps to address trade issues, including lowering tariffs on certain Americanquefied natural gas and military equipment, in response to US tariff threats. Switzerland, swiss political and business leaders have expressed strong interest in initiating negotiations for a free trade agreement with the United States. Additionally, countries such as Canada, mexico and China have involved in trade discussions and have implemented retaliatory measures in response to US tariffs. These negotiations and retaliatory actions reflect the complex dynamics of international trade relations influenced by recent US tariff policies. Still, there's negotiations going on. China's been screwing us for years.
Speaker 4:Now they're wanting to wait a minute. Let's negotiations going on, yeah. I mean, china's been screwing us for years. Now they're wanting to, well, wait a minute. Let's talk about this, yeah, because we're fighting back.
Speaker 3:And of course, they want to retaliate. They want to look at the tough guy.
Speaker 4:Yep.
Speaker 3:And you know people complain. Well, I'm not going to get this People. It's negotiating again. You might pay a little more in the long run down the road, but if we have fair competitiveness here in the United States. I don't know, it's a touchy subject for me, it really is right there, like I said if Trump fails, I'll be the first one to get up and say you stupid ass.
Speaker 4:Let's give it a time, people, it just happened Because it is a good concept he just put tariffs on.
Speaker 3:Let's give it a time. People, it just happened Because it is a good concept. He just put tariffs on let's give it a break and saying that, Tom, I'm very thirsty.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I could use a little beverage.
Speaker 3:Yeah, me too. There we go. Now we're cooking. I am drinking the Beast Pink Poison.
Speaker 4:Ooh, okay, am I going to have to?
Speaker 3:give mouth to mouth.
Speaker 4:Is it poison? No, no, nope, not that kind of poison. No, okay, good, here goes poison.
Speaker 3:Poison.
Speaker 4:Yeah, poison.
Speaker 3:That's Keystone. I know poison over there.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's today's poison.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's today's poison.
Speaker 4:Yeah, speaking of today's poison.
Speaker 3:Oh.
Speaker 4:I did some research.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I did a little research. Back to the crispy blunt.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 3:I'm feeling pretty good actually.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, this is a decent day.
Speaker 3:It is a decent day.
Speaker 4:After all the fires and everything, we're in the house right now, with AC on and no pollen. Yeah, they're good. But yeah, a couple weeks ago, when we were doing our podcast, we had some fires going on in different areas.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 4:One got pretty close to my house.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Yeah, got really close A little.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, got really close A little smoky. Well, shit, we're sitting on the porch last time looking at the smoke coming out from another fire.
Speaker 4:Same day another fire.
Speaker 3:Now, how's the fire going up by the mountains right now? I don't know I hear more about Table Rock in South Carolina. They caught three teenagers, I guess, that were smoking. I want to know how they found out who the hell that was. I mean, that's kind of strange.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I mean, how do you pinpoint that?
Speaker 3:Okay, you were smoking. You left the cigarettes going. What?
Speaker 4:How'd you find that?
Speaker 3:out. I'm thinking maybe it was more or less of a joint, but whatever.
Speaker 4:Not up in the mountains on a hiking trip, can't get any higher. Anyway, yeah, I'm excited about a mountain trip now.
Speaker 3:A little bit. We still got to do our research on Brown Mountain Lights ourselves.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that was.
Speaker 3:Daniel, go up there ourselves.
Speaker 4:Daniel brought some points up that I would like to.
Speaker 3:I believe that was Bill. You're a little scared. I believe that was Bill.
Speaker 4:Yes, it was.
Speaker 3:Bill, bill, bill filled in for us that day.
Speaker 4:That was Bill. I was thinking Daniel, but it was Bill.
Speaker 3:He's a really respectable man.
Speaker 4:Bill is, yeah, bill is. He's totally Squeak, yeah, squeak. Didn't care for Bill much either.
Speaker 3:No, not much. Bill don't care for or Squeak don't care for anybody. I don't think. No, he thinks Squeak thinks he stole his stuff out of the laundromat. Yeah well.
Speaker 4:I don't even think he had anything in the laundromat.
Speaker 3:No, probably not. Hey looking forward to our segment of 1971 songs later.
Speaker 4:I'm excited about that. I am too.
Speaker 3:Tax season's falling upon us. Yay, oh, wow. Everybody get excited about that. I'm not excited because I never get shit back, so it really doesn't matter.
Speaker 4:I let them take what they're going to.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 4:And then that's what they get.
Speaker 3:That's what it should be. I'm going to pause. That's what it should be.
Speaker 4:I'm going to pause. Yeah, it's a whole lot like the Baptist and the Catholic and the other guy in the bank on Monday that were depositing all the church donations and everything from Sunday. So while they were waiting in line, they decided to talk to each other. Well, how do you guys decide to do it? Well, the Catholic guy said well, we draw a big circle on the floor and we throw up the money, and what falls inside the circle is ours, and what falls outside the circle is God's. And that was the Catholic. Well, the Mormon guy says well, we kind of do it the same way, but we just draw a line and we throw the money up, and what lands on the left side is ours and what lands on the right side is God's. So, well, baptist guy, how do you do it? He said well, we do it very similar. We take up the offering, we throw it up in the air. What stays up there is his.
Speaker 3:What falls on the ground is ours. I like that one.
Speaker 4:Yeah, well, there you go.
Speaker 3:Very interesting.
Speaker 4:Shit.
Speaker 3:Only you, tom, only you Baptists. Haven't heard anything about Troy and Squeak or anything. I haven't really. I guess it went seamless because I know they're here. Yeah, they'll be on a little bit anyways, but it's kind of strange.
Speaker 4:Yeah well, silence is golden, but maybe it's deadly too.
Speaker 3:I'm kind of anxious to know what. Squeak's going to pull out for songs this week, so he thinks he can do better.
Speaker 4:I can imagine.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like I said last time, dr Demento. Yeah, ray Stevens, I wonder where he's getting his crap from. It should be interesting anyways, so we'll see. Let's see what happens. You want to get him? Bring him in.
Speaker 4:Might as well. Yeah'll see what happens.
Speaker 3:You want to get them? Bring them in Might as well. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, we'll get them in here. All right, guys, we'll be back in a short while.
Speaker 1:Hey, squeak. What the hell's going on, bud? Oh, not much, not much. What's going on? How was your helicopter ride this week, buddy? Did they have the little cage for you? No, how did you fly in this time? I was in. I was in the helicopter. Oh, you were actually in it. Yeah, awesome, yeah, well. Well, you ever been in a helicopter where the pilot jumped out? Why would Troy jump out? I guess he got mad because I was talking to him too much. Why? That's why you were out of the helicopter last time. Squeak, yeah, well, anyway. So what's going on with Troy? He's healing. What do you mean he's healing? How the hell did the helicopter land? That's why he's healing.
Speaker 1:I don't understand. What did you do to Troy? Troy jumped out of the helicopter. I don't know how to fly it. It crashed. So he's healing. What else don't you understand? What happened to you? How did you survive? I was in a glove compartment, what? Yeah, that's some funny shit. Save my ass, that's some funny shit. Yeah, it is some funny shit. Ah, there, dirty dog, I'm okay in New Zealand. That's funny. Well, so much for your ride to work. Scoot, yeah, what, what, what? Yeah, well, I guess it's back to driving. No, yes, no, no. I don't drive anywhere. What do you mean not driving? I don't, I don't like to. You have a vehicle, I know, and they put me out back in the damn flowers. I don't like that. You're very fussy. It's not out back.
Speaker 2:It's by the flower bed.
Speaker 1:Well, that's where I need to be.
Speaker 1:The only thing I like about a car is I can listen to the radio and hear some of my favorite songs, because them two dumbasses went through whatever the hell. That was Crazy shit. I got some good music. Speaking of music, okay, you didn't like this segment last week? No, why, it was a bunch of dumb music. Oh, come on. Okay, scree, what's some of your songs? Well, it sure wasn't. That was a very good song.
Speaker 1:If you were in La La Land waiting for the UFO to come get you, mike and Tom would do some nostalgia listening to that. That's wonderful. Well, it is wonderful, I'm happy. Very nostalgic song, I'm happy. Let's hear what Squeak likes to listen to. Okay, all right. Well, let's play a few of these, alright, uh, how about First off?
Speaker 1:Yeah, background check, background check. I don't believe every damn buddy was kung fu fighting. You don't. Everybody was kung fu fighting. Oh, chuck, I don't believe every damn buddy was kung fu fighting. You don't. Everybody was kung fu fighting. Whoa, whoa, whoa. How do you know Everybody? Everybody, okay, okay, you've been to the family reunion, right, right, to toast Aunt Ethel over 375 pounds, right, I'm sure she wasn't doing the overhead sling karate kick to no damn buddy. She probably did the best of her ability. Yeah, the couch karate. So that's what that was. Flop over the back onto the couch. It is a good song.
Speaker 1:I like it, I like it, but not a good song. Well, I, I, I like it, I like it, but not for that reason. You just think they're lying. Yeah, they're lying. You think they're lying? I know I wasn't Kung Fu Fighting. How do you know? I well, I'm just not. What the hell? I'm just not. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:So what are the signs? Well, they're like. What about your favorite sign? The street, that you like that one? Yeah, because people are naked. You don't think that's stupid? No, people are naked. What's stupid about that? They call him the street. Yeah, the fastest thing on two feet. Boogadah, boogadah.
Speaker 1:And then what's poor Ethel got to do with anything? It's his girlfriend. It didn't want her. Looking at all these naked people. Look at the football game there she is. Don't look, ethel, she done got a free throw. What about the snow cone? She's there again with no nose. Say Well, ethel likes no jokes. And looking at naked people, she bakes the bottom off and sucks all the juice out and leaves me with the eye. That doesn't sound good at all. Well, that sounds kind of strange, strange and dangerous. I like the street, though it's stupid. But Okay, there I was standing by the face, don't forget. When it came late, she done got it.
Speaker 1:Hey, griggo, bye-bye, yeah, okay, what about the song? I heard you cranking Disco Duck. Yeah, that's a good one. That's a good one, yeah, disco disco, by your luck. Don't be a cluck. No, no, it's with me. Hey, what's a cluck? It's what a chicken makes a sound. Oh, so if you're not doing the Disco Duck, you're just a dumb chicken. Is that free range? Are these free range chickens? Yes, I have a free range chicken. No, those aren't yours.
Speaker 2:I told you.
Speaker 1:They're free. It's in the title. They're your neighbor's chickens that are arranged over at my house for free Okay, all right. That are ranged over at my house for free Okay, alright. Where are them? Chickens, check the range. Hey, you made it funny At $3.50. What a guy About an hour and a half. Look at me. I'm the Disco Knight. Oh, check it out, mama. I'm Drunk-A-Mill, mama Ha. Oh, get down, mama. I'm Dr Heavy and Rubber Disco Disco Dog. Dr Heavy and Rubber Disco Disco Dog. Oh, get down, mama. Dr Heavy and Rubber, don't be a dog. Disco Disco Dog.
Speaker 1:What the hell is Sneaky Snake? Yeah, you don't know Sneaky Snake. I know some sneaky people that are like Snake. I don't like old Sneaky Snake. He laughs too much. You see, snakes don't laugh. When he crawls up on the grass he tickles his knee. You've never heard. I just did. Snakes don't laugh, I just did. And I'm appalled. I'm appalled. No, no, I'm appalled. You're appalled, I'm appalled at your behavior right now.
Speaker 1:What? Because that was stupid. That was an awesome song. God. Who sings that song? I don't know, but it's a good song. Some idiot, I suppose. No, look it up. Look it up and you can find it. Look it up, yep, what am I looking up Sneaky Snake? Why am I looking up Sneaky Snake? Why would I do that? It's a great song from back in the day. You should have this information for me.
Speaker 1:What happened to research? I've done some research, you know. Ever since that long-tailed kangaroo rat, you haven't done shit for research. And I'm not talking about the gummy research, that doesn't count, it don't? No? Well then, I'm behind, you are behind. You're behind the eight ball buddy. Oh, no, we're not researching any eight ball. No, no, I done did all the research on that.
Speaker 1:I wanted no more of that shit. Nope, woo, I like my heart. I don't want it to explode. No, you don't want it popping out of your chest. No, no, no, that was fun back in the day. That was dumb back in the day. Oh, that too. That too, we were all so dumb. Yeah, I wish I was dumb again.
Speaker 1:Young or dumb, either way or both. Well, if I was young, I could be dumb. Yeah, well, we're just old and dumb now. I'm just old and dumb. Yeah, that sucks Well better than being young and dumb and full of cum.
Speaker 1:I was never full of that. No, no, I'm the other side. Oh, wait a minute. Yeah, you get filled up with it. No, that's what I said. No, I wasn't full of it. Oh yeah, no, no, no, that's not the other side. When you're full of it, you gotta let it go. Yeah, that's what it means. Oh well, you're not getting it. You're not the receiver, you're the giver. Yeah, yeah, there you go See. Yeah, but if I was Wait a minute, you got a little jumpy on that.
Speaker 1:Did this go back to the squirrel? Damn squirrel. I'm not talking, no more. And where the hell is Troy when you need him? You threw him out of a helicopter. Well, he better get his ass up and get me home. I got news for you. What Troy's not hurt. He bailed on purpose. He had a parachute.
Speaker 1:Really, oh yeah, you should have heard what Mike and Tom were telling me. They actually laughed about it. The only thing that's sad is you made it out. Ah Well, let me just tell you I'm a little surprised myself, not me. That's not how it was supposed to go down. It went down just like it was supposed to. The damn chopper stopped and down it went.
Speaker 1:Not that this was supposed to be just a pip show. I'm not saying that. That's not what I mean at all. Yeah, but no, no, no. Yeah, ladies and gentlemen, here's Pip. Thank you, the rangers in the night Exchanges. What was that? Yeah, well, that's the pip show. Is what that was. Is that like a shit show? Yeah, you're just falling apart without squeak, all righty, yeah, well, I think I'm going to walk around town before I get on that helicopter. Well, there is no helicopter. You'll be walking home. No, we have another one. No, no, troy says you're not allowed in that one. Well, troy, don't have a whole lot to say about it. It's the rope or nothing. Well, swinging from the chopper? No, no, no, that's not the song. Oh, I'm not swinging from nobody's chopper. No more, they'll get me a cab. A cab, yep. I like talking to the Indian fella. Oh, he doesn't work there anymore. Don't tell me that. Yeah, they got some French guy. No, francois something. No, yeah, taxi cab drivers are all Indians. Oh, this one's French, french, french, indian.
Speaker 1:Just remember to call him Francois. Yeah, he doesn't like the other names. Francois Like Fran, franny, what's up? Swatty? No, no, no See, squeak. Yeah, you're never going to get a ride home with that attitude.
Speaker 2:You watch.
Speaker 1:All right, buddy. Well, until the next week. Yeah, all right. Well, I hope you're in a better mood. Well, it depends on what kind of music they let us listen to. And leave Troy alone. Well, troy, better leave me alone. All right, I'll see y'all later. All right, squeak, bye, bye.
Speaker 3:Oh damn, squeak was getting a little bit edgy there there, a little bit, a little bit what the hell? Yeah, well, he's passionate about his music what the hell kind of music was that?
Speaker 4:a freaking sneaky snake. Oh well, you know how the streak. Yeah well, it's squeak. Come on man.
Speaker 3:The street Kung Fu. Everybody was in Kung Fu fighting.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it's a song. Squeak yeah Like Sneaky Snake.
Speaker 3:Oh goodness.
Speaker 4:There's really Sneaky Snakes. I can hear him saying that Right Exactly.
Speaker 3:Well, on that note, we're going to drift into our own. We're going to 1971, Tom yeah, I'm ready. All right, I'm ready too.
Speaker 4:There are some great songs in 1971.
Speaker 3:There absolutely is All righty Tom, you know, going back to 71, a lot of these songs. Now, you were young, I was young, I was eight, you were what four? So we're not going to necessarily reminisce about 71. Right, it's the songs themselves that trigger. Exactly that trigger. It doesn't matter if it was two years ago, nope, 20 years ago. It's what that song triggers on you from that era Right. So the first one, if you remember this one Tony Orlando and Don Knock, three Times.
Speaker 4:Oh, yeah, you remember that one. I do remember that. Anyways, remember I do, it's a good one. Yeah, this is yeah, back when you were like 12.
Speaker 3:Now see, I do remember this, probably at eight years old my mom playing it in the car on the radio or something. I don't have any older memories of it, just remember hearing the song and liking it. Merv Griffin, mike Douglas show.
Speaker 4:I wouldn't have remembered that, but what I do remember is this song was playing and I was staying over the night with this friend of mine okay, when we were young and he had this little sister and we were sliding notes to each other up through the little. They had this pipe that went through the ceiling from how old were you right around then?
Speaker 3:probably 10, 11 it's just one of those songs that brings back memories.
Speaker 4:Well, and it wasn't that old back then, Well, no no.
Speaker 3:But, thinking about it now, but it's one of those songs that I don't know passed the test of time.
Speaker 4:I like it. That's what it jogged the memory of that. I don't know why.
Speaker 3:Let's give a little test here, a little taste.
Speaker 1:Roll in the string with the note. Test here A little taste.
Speaker 3:This is a good song, yeah, you know. Just listen to it now how many times he saw her.
Speaker 4:What is he stalking?
Speaker 3:her Might be. You know, everybody's got their own interpretation. Yeah well, anyways, moving on.
Speaker 4:If I'm noisy, knock three times on the ceiling.
Speaker 3:If I'm noisy, Good tune, good tune. We got a couple other ones here. How about Mr Bojangles?
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was one of my favorites. That's a good song.
Speaker 3:Same thing again. Just remember with my youth listening to it.
Speaker 4:Well with the sisters and brothers that I had Right.
Speaker 3:Obviously all older.
Speaker 4:All older than I was, but, man, they played this album and I know almost all the songs on this particular album from them okay so yeah, it brings back a lot of goody dirt is back in the era of when I first attempted herbal essence, if you know what I'm saying. Oh, okay, yeah, that's kind of the air isn't that a shampoo?
Speaker 3:it wasn't thin.
Speaker 4:It is shampoo, it wasn't thin.
Speaker 1:It is now, but it wasn't thin, good music, good music.
Speaker 4:Tom, yes, I love that, brings back the good memories.
Speaker 3:They sound old to some people and it sounds old to me, but it still stands the test of time again.
Speaker 4:Heck yeah, who doesn't like a little bit of Mr Bojangles, exactly, and his dog?
Speaker 3:Absolutely right. I mean there's many more songs from 71. I mean there's all kinds yeah, 71.
Speaker 4:I mean we could go into.
Speaker 3:But we're only breaking down some that Tom and I remember and kind of have fond memories over. Right, I mean again 71. I was too young then, again eight years old, so I probably. But hearing the songs does jog memories.
Speaker 4:Right, jog memories right and we're hoping, and we're hoping these songs jog memories for you so you can go to the empty alt pod dot com, mt. Alt pod dot com. You can put your two cents in there. Let us know what these songs mean to you absolutely all right, tom.
Speaker 3:How about this one? Do you remember this song? Here we go, tom. Do you about this one? Do you remember this song? Here we go, tom. Do you remember this one?
Speaker 4:This is the very first poem I ever wrote to a girl. You went off of this record. I wrote this on a note to a girl you plagiarized. Yes, I didn't know it was plagiarizing back then, but it sounded awesome to write to a girl and she accepted my invite to go to the movies because of this, my first date.
Speaker 3:See back, then nobody could look up her name?
Speaker 4:Her name was Debbie oh. Debbie, debbie Hatfield.
Speaker 3:Debbie Hatfield.
Speaker 4:Yeah, she didn't know the McCoys. Oh, okay, I was just going to ask that question.
Speaker 1:She didn't know the McCoys. Oh, okay, I was just going to ask that question. She didn't know the McCoys.
Speaker 3:Thank you, thank you, but if I could paint her. See, I remember this when I started in my dating years Ah, yeah, yeah. So I was an eight then 13 to 15?. Yeah, right around 14 years old.
Speaker 4:Somewhere there Was it like you were dating like real people, or still your tube socks.
Speaker 3:My tube socks. You've got to pretend You've got to have a good imagination.
Speaker 4:And then there was during, because you had both girls and tube socks.
Speaker 3:No, no, no, I graduated and stayed that way.
Speaker 4:Oh, so you didn't like transition.
Speaker 3:No tube socks were done and I went right on to the real deal, so you had a good girlfriend. Yeah, I guess Girlfriends yeah.
Speaker 1:Well, if a picture paints a thousand words there's a story right there, you may think oh my gosh.
Speaker 3:Let's see oh, I have another one that I really like I can't wait.
Speaker 4:I cannot wait. Oh little Cherokee people.
Speaker 3:Indian Reservation. Yeah, paul Revere and the Red Raiders.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I remember them.
Speaker 3:Not the Blue Raiders, oh, not them, no Red Raiders.
Speaker 4:Oh, red Raiders. Yeah, I remember Red Raiders yeah.
Speaker 3:I remember the Salvation I can be honest During when I started experimenting with different things. You know, smoking and stuff.
Speaker 4:Wait a minute.
Speaker 3:Oh those and this song rocked to me. Sure it did, being 13, 14.
Speaker 4:Yeah, sure it did Well, because the Cherokee people sat around in that circle with the peace pipe.
Speaker 3:Right with the peace pipe. Exactly that's what I was trying to emulate. Yes, I giggled a lot.
Speaker 4:Emulate imitate. It doesn't really matter, Does?
Speaker 3:it matter?
Speaker 4:Nope, nope, not at all. You just put a little bit in that bowl and we can imitate, eliminate and every kind of ate, and afterwards we'll eat, we'll have munchies, we will.
Speaker 3:I don't know what just happened there.
Speaker 4:Cherokee people.
Speaker 3:No, something popped up. No, no, not that. Sorry On my phone.
Speaker 4:I was going to say yeah, yeah, you're taking those again.
Speaker 1:Not yet that sorry, okay, on my phone I was gonna say oh yeah, yeah, you're taking those again not yet good song awesome, really good song there you go, it does jog memories.
Speaker 4:Yeah, sure it does.
Speaker 3:I didn't say memories, I said memories.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it jogged a couple memories too, because I remember this Cherokee Squaw one time. No, no, no, we're not going to talk about that Cherokee Squaw. Yeah, she had some memories, but anyway, Okay.
Speaker 3:I'm just peeking through here, bear with me, you're peeking, not yet. I peeked a while ago, tom, you peeked. Yeah, I peeked a while ago, you've got a friend. You've got a friend, all right, bear with me, I keep babbling, or whatever.
Speaker 4:You said bear, I said something funny. You know what's really funny about people who say bear with me. What's funny? They don't even have a bear with them at all.
Speaker 3:Where's your bear? You're looking too much into that.
Speaker 4:Well bear with me.
Speaker 3:No, it ain't there's no bear with you at all. All right again, buddy, you're looking too much into it no, no, there's no bears I really okay, all right, I don't see one okay. No, okay, it's just a saying, but anyways, different kind of bear too, buddy, yeah, spelled differently so it was a polar bear, but they spell it no, no no, okay, so how'd you like the segment?
Speaker 4:I love the music segment 71 good music. Great music in 71 Kind of makes me excited 72, buddy, 72.
Speaker 3:Looking forward to it. Should be awesome, should be Now. We still haven't picked out our songs yet. Nope, nope not yet. We'll be doing that, we'll go probably top 20, but we'll narrow it down to what we're going to play, but we'll still hey.
Speaker 4:This would be a perfect time for all you listeners to get on the website and tell us what you want to hear, absolutely. I mean, we have suggestions and we have our favorites, but y'all are part of this too.
Speaker 2:You spend an hour with us every couple of weeks.
Speaker 4:Put your two cents in, help us.
Speaker 3:Tell us what you want to hear, especially on this music journey that we're going on now.
Speaker 4:Because if you don't tell us what you want to hear, we're going to just ramble.
Speaker 3:We do a lot of that too. We're pretty good at that, yeah. But yeah, people, let us know what you want to hear.
Speaker 4:Now don't send us a squeak freaking list of music.
Speaker 3:No, no, we don't want to squeak any squeak I've seen some of his songs coming boy, oh boy, oh boy.
Speaker 4:I mean, you know I like kung fu fighting, but come on, squeak yeah you haven't seen his this, this, this, oh boy, oh boy.
Speaker 3:Looking forward to it.
Speaker 4:Not really.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but again, folks, you can find us on. Go to our website, mtalpodcom. Yes, there's a little microphone on the bottom right-hand corner. You can leave voicemails on that. We don't know who you are, unless you tell us, unless you tell us. All right, try to be gentle. We're on iHeart Amazon Spotify.
Speaker 4:Deezer Dreamcast.
Speaker 3:Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. It's not Dreamcast. It's not Dreamcast. Why are nope, nope?
Speaker 4:Nope, nope, it's not Dreamcast. It's not Dreamcast. Why are we forgetting that one?
Speaker 1:It's so freaking awesome.
Speaker 3:It's the best one, deep Cast FM. Yes, because that's the one that the description said again, if you read the description, it's like perfect.
Speaker 4:You could almost say yourself and we're on.
Speaker 3:Buzzsprout and Buzzsprout. Shout out to Buzzsprout, because that's who got us up here.
Speaker 4:Yes, buzzsprout was the springboard. They're still helping us out great Yep.
Speaker 3:The descriptions are getting better on Buzzsprout. Thank you, buzzsprout. Yes, shout out to Buzzsprout. There was my only one complaint, but as far as everything else it works great. But again, folks, we're on all the different platforms. Again, our website, mtalpodcom.
Speaker 4:If you truly want to listen to us, you can find us.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you'll find us MT Alternative Podcast. We're out there.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:So all right, Tom, until next time.
Speaker 4:Yep, we always want to thank God for the gift of gab.
Speaker 3:All right, everyone. God bless and take care.
Speaker 2:Later. And that's all the chaos we've got for you this week on the MT Alternative Podcast. If you made it this far without smashing your phone or questioning your life choices, congrats. You're our kind of people, don't forget. You can listen to this beautiful disaster on iHeartRadio, amazon Music, spotify, deezer and DeepCastFM which I'm 90% sure isn't just a guy in his basement with a microphone and a dream. And, of course, if you like your podcasts like your coffee, unfiltered and slightly bitter you can always find us at our humble digital home, mtalpodcom. Next week, mike and Tom dive into the music of 1972, a year when bell-bottoms were a lifestyle choice and nobody knew what gluten was. Will they stay on topic? Absolutely not. Will it be entertaining? Probably. Will it involve an unnecessary rant about something vaguely related? Probably Will it involve an unnecessary rant about something vaguely related. Definitely. Until then, I've been Daniel, your ever-tolerant presenter, reminding you to lower your expectations. It only gets weirder from here. Goodbye.
