Well, we just had a little incident here in the studio that you want
to call it an incident. It was an incident, and you're gonna if
you go. Probably I'm going to guess right now it should be on Dave
Ryan's show on Instagram. But I will give you a little preview. Ah,
gotta hesitate too. I feel like you shouldn't. I'm not going to
tell you able to go. Look, yeah, I'm upset with Dave.
Yeah, well rightfully so. And we just played a little prank on Jenny
and you need to go see it on Dave Ryan Show on Instagram. And
I will leave the rest up to you. So let's dive into the emails.
Did I miss anything powerful? Interesting? Good last week on the Minnesota
Goodbye? And he really like hardcore topics come up? Honestly? Probably not.
Okay, we got to know Drake a little bit better because Drake's not
always on the Minnesota Goodbye and someone email then ask some questions about him.
So that was fun, but I was side of that. Nothing like groundbreaking.
Okay, let's see what we got this week. Here we go,
hello, lovely people, and this is really not Minnesota Goodbye stuff, so
it might be good to put on the show too, but I'll love read
it. Say. A lot has been going on in the news about scams,
particularly one called pig butchering. It means a victim is fattened up by
creating a relationship with them before the slaughter of taking all their money. Because
anybody can be duped by a scam artist or crime syndicate, I thought it
was great to use your platform to give everyone some tips on avoiding scams.
Hopefully it'll start some conversations and protect the people in this area. Here are
some things I came up with and you can add your own. I don't
know what her qualifications are, but possibly she works in an industry where she
knows about this. Number one, If you think you cannot be scammed,
you are wrong. Smart people fall for scams all the time. I saw
something on Netflix a few months ago where it was like all these like you
know, normal, wonderful, intelligent, educated women would fall for these guys
that would basically let them think that they were in a loving relationship, and
then they would ask for money. How much did you send him? While
I send him two hundred thousand dollars over a year. So it does happen.
Next one, do not give out your phone number. Tell the person
you only communicate via the app you are on example, selling something on Facebook,
Marketplace via Messenger. So in other words, don't give me your phone.
Yeah, that's like a huge thing because people will say, oh,
can you get can I get your phone number and I'll send you a code
to verify your real or something. You send them the code, they have
your information on your phone number and they clearly just signed you up for something,
but you needed the code that was sent to your phone. So that's
a huge scam on Facebook. Wow, isn't that crazy? Like, Yeah,
I've never thought about that. I worry about Susan because I am skeptical
about everything and she is not. So she'll look at something and even if
it seems real, like if Wells Fargo writes and says, hey, you're
overdrawn this month, go ahead and log in and we can fix that,
I'm like, fuck you, I'm not going to do that. If I'm
really overdrawn, I'm probably going to get a phone call or something, but
Susan will be much more so I do worry about that. Do not respond
to any request for a code sent to you, like Jenny just said.
Example, a person on Facebook Marketplace asks you to reply with a code that
is sent to your phone. They can use that as a way to verify
your identity when they're trying to hack into an account. Number four, the
police, court's government will never communicate with you via text message, or phone
call or email. They will ninety nine percent of the time send you a
letter in the mail. If you did not receive a phone call, email,
text, do not ask them for a number to verify. So if
you okay here this is. If you do receive a phone call, email,
or text, do not ask them for a number to verify. Look
up your own local precinct to contact. Example, they say they have a
failed to show up for jury duty and unless you immediately pay a fine over
the phone, you will be arrested. So what you do is you call
your own jurisdiction. You don't say, hey, give me your phone number
to call, because they'll give you a fake phone number. Next one,
If a person you're communicating with exclusively online tells you in less than a month
they love you, or mentions cryptocurrency or investing, you should probably assume it's
a scam or a character flaw. Yeah, my friend Nate, his mother
got totally hooked into a online fake romance. Yeah, and it was almost
comical because it was with the actor James Spader, and she actually believed that
she was engaged and was going to marry James Spader. And there was no
convincing her that what are the odds of famous actor younger than you, twenty
years younger than you, James Spader is going to find a random woman that
lives in you know, I don't know, Saint Anthony, Minnesota, and
is going to fall in love and want to marry you even though you've never
met. But she did not want to believe it, and she sent thousands
of dollars till they finally figured it out. Six. If your love what
has been kidnapped or otherwise threatened or needs bail money, do not give them
money. Contact authorities. So if you get a phone call from like,
you know, Andrew, and he's saying I've been kidnapped, I need bail
money or whatever, call the police because sometimes they can clone your voice with
AI. Yeah, so Andrew would then be able to call you and say,
Jenny, it's me, I need money, right right. No one
legitimate will ever accept payment in the form of gift cards. If you're ever
directed to purchase a gift card, it is definitely a scam that happened here
at iHeart remember, yeah, there was people were getting texts from like Tom
Pullman or waitman, yeah, Bob Pittman, and it was like, hey,
Jessica, is Bob I need you to like buy these gift cards real
quick and send them to me and whatever. And Bob Pittman's like the head
of the company. So you think, like for a second, like oh
god, I should probably help Bob Pittman out, but then you realize the
scam. Last one, do not be afraid to run the message or scenario
through with someone else in your life to see if it makes sense, or
Google to see if this is a common scam. Thought this might help.
Thank you for all you do. Thank you, Rachelle. That was very
interesting And I think one of the easiest ways is number one, suspect everything.
Number two, there's almost always bad english or an unnecessary comma or run
on sentences or letters that aren't capitalized that show you that this is not the
person's not legit. Because kemps is going to send you an email. Kemps
is going to have somebody who knows how to write in good English, but
a scammer would not. So okay, next one, I'm going to delete
that one. Here we go. Jenny was talking about Madeline Island on Friday.
I'm wondering if someone's emailing to correct me, but go ahead, you
were correct. Madeline Island is a part of the Apostle Islands. Madeline is
off Bayfield, Michigan, and you can drive cars around that island. I
believe you met Mackinaw Island in Lake Michigan. Yes. If you haven't been
to Madeline, I highly recommend it. I went last year in camp to
the state park and we explored Bayfield and the island. We had a lot
of fun. Actually going back again this summer and camping at the city park.
Bayfield is only four hours from the Twin Cities, so it's definitely a
doable weekend trip, and if camping isn't your thing, there of course cabins
and arapean bees. We actually stayed one night on a sail boat in the
marina and it was a really unique experience and fun. We also did a
kayak tour of the caves and a boat tour of the islands with the National
Park Service. Loved all the shops and restaurants off and the beach off of
Vandeland Island was so beautiful. And yes we swam in August. It's cold,
but so worth it. I'm a dull Luthian, never heard that word
before. So lake superior in Michigan water is no joke, but so clean
and refreshing. I will say I've been to Madeline Island two or three or
four times. I fly there. They have an airstrip there, and it's
really cool because you fly. I don't think we made a fluent flowing over
Bayfield, but I know we stopped in Ashland, got fuel, then went
on to Madeline Island, packed a little pick and nick lunch and hung out
of the airport for a little while, which was scenic. And I think
we saw bears off in the distance. Oh cool, huh. And I
think one time we took a shuttle into town because it's too far to walk.
But I didn't find the town to be terribly interesting. Oh yeah,
yeah, I think there's probably a restaurant in a little gift shop. Secondly,
but it is a really cool place. Secondly, you ask when people
listen to the show. I work weekend, so Sunday mornings, I'll typically
catch up on either Friday show if I missed it, or Minnesota goodbyes as
I get ready in the morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Look
forward to hearing day back tomorrow. Unofficial staff writer from Sonya, thank you
Sonya. Andrew regular staff writer says, trying to figure out how you guys
actually do it. I'm listening to your show on Friday and lo and behold
you play a clip of Lil YACHTI and Dram Broccoli. It was for Mixtap
Game. It was a song choice for Mixtape Game. Oh okay, not
twenty four hours before that, I heard a song on a different podcast for
the first time in several years. So be honest, guys, what's your
superpower for connecting with your listeners' lives all at the same time, Because I
know I'm not the only one who listens to you and here's connections to other
parts of their life all the time. Because I've noticed it happens more and
more when I'm listening to your show and podcasts that I hear some sort of
reference to something that I'm watching, reading, or sometimes even thinking, and
he goes right. Jenny and Drake did late a great last week. That
is Andrew in Ohio. Andrew, I have a simple explanation. There's no
superpower at all. It's because you pay attention to what you're looking for.
So it's the old analogy of when you buy a yellow car, now,
all of a sudden, you see a ton of yellow cars. When you
buy a black Assuv, all of a sudden, now you see a ton
of black SUVs. And that's really all it is. And I'll give you
one more thing. We talk about so many many common things on this show.
That's our job. I don't talk that much about my magic hobby or
my ukulele because it doesn't interest that many people. But we'll talk about Taylor
Swift, or we'll talk about Saltburn, or we'll talk about American Nightmare because
so many people watch and engage in those. So if you hear us talking
about something you engage in, it's only because we talk about all kinds of
shit, and we try to talk about the most common things for sure.
Okay, next one. This one just came in. Let's see what it
says. And Jenny in the Morning Zoo. What was the quote that you
said this morning that I said next time we played the Jenny in the Morning
Zoo. You're like, I'm gonna take my boobs and spin them around or
something like that. No, it was about, yeah, I go home
and play with my jugs or something like that. Okay, good, Yes,
I would like to shout out my best friend, Whitney. Many of
our conversations are did you hear what Dave said? We basically feel like you
are our friends. That is amazing and wonderful and I love that because I
think that we should feel like your friends, because we should feel like we
have things in common. And I love that. Second catching up on the
podcast, it was the day you had Bailey's mother on the show. Correct
me if I'm wrong, But didn't Bailey tell us a while back that her
mom used to put her feet in hotel toilets? Yes, she did.
We talked about how Bailey's mother would soak her feet in hotel room toilets because
it was cool after a long day of standing up on the convention floor.
When listening to that day show, is waiting for Dave to ask her about
that. If she comes back, will you ask her to clarify? Ha
ha, I guess I forgot, but yeah, we had Bailey's mom on
a month or so ago last time she was here, and I forgot to
ask her about that. So anyway, thank you for the amazing shows and
for keeping us entertained. That is from Militia, and I will send you
a staff writer sticker next one. Okay, this is long, but it's
interesting. Don't say a name. My husband and I got married in twenty
twenty two, two years ago. We did all this stuff combined in our
accounts, purchasing our first home, and all that fun and expensive stuff couples
do. I realized since I've been married, my husband has grown to be
so paranoid about money and spending, which I completely understand. We've had open
conversations about money and spending, but he works himself up so much. We've
been doing well with having the same threshold. We've been doing well with having
the same threshold every time right before payday. All bills are paid on time
with some elbow room and cushion. But he gets very worked up when we
do spend a larger amount of money due to going out to dinner with friends
or going to the store to buy necessities. He will give me crap for
buying things like clothes at Target or some shoes that I actually need for going
to nice events. For example, I got three dressy outfits for a few
weddings we have this summer on Amazon, and yes, in total, it
was a bit expensive, maybe one forty five for three dressy outfits, but
it was a treat and I could definitely wear them more than once. However,
I use my credit card because I didn't want to answer questions to my
husband's of what and how much I spent since he doesn't have access to my
credit card, only our joint account. Do any of you do this with
your significant other? No, I don't. I don't hide money spending from
Susan, and I hope she doesn't hide any from me. Yeah, I
mean, Andrew and I don't have anything combined yet, so that's not anything
that happens in our relationship. I think if we got married married and did
start combining things, it would be a little bit different. But I'll be
honest, if I was in a combined account with my partner, I would
probably be like monitoring it a lot too. Only because I didn't grow up
with money, and if I'm now responsible for someone else's money spending and my
own, like, I would be monitoring it a lot, just because I'm
very weird with money, having not grown up with any. Andrew also grew
up very similar in means as I did, but he just like doesn't get
stressed about money the way I do. But I grew up in a very
stressful environment that. Yeah, my parents fought constantly about money, and it
has scarred me, like in terms of how I look at money, Like
absolutely is a huge thing for me. Oh, I'm sure, because you
were kind of traumatized in a way by even thinking about money or worrying about
money. My mom and dad thought about money because my mom loved to spend
kind of recklessly and my dad was such a tight wad. I mean,
I made a joke when we were in Hawaii because you're gonna laugh at me,
go ahead. You know the little hotel bars of soap. Yeah,
it was a nice bar of soap, and we only used a little bit
of it, so you barely could notice. I wrapped it up in Kleenex
and put it in my carry on and brought it home and my wife,
Susan said, oh my god, that's something your dad would have done.
And I said, no, it's totally something my dad would have done because
he was so frugal. Huh. And I didn't do it because we can't
afford soap. I was like, it's just be a toss thrown out.
It's a whole bar of hotel room soap, you know, which is not
a regular sized bar. But I didn't want to throw it away because you
could still use it, you know, it was a good one. I
feel like most hotel soaps are not of quality, so I would not take
that home. But I've definitely taken shampoo and condition our little bottles that they
give you. I have definitely taken those before home with me because I don't
like to waste it, and it's an opportunity for me. I just pay
to use this hotel. Yeah, Like, why would I not take it.
I've got dozens of bars of soap from hotels. Usually they're still in
the wrapper. But I'm like, shoot, I paid for it's mine,
it's free, let's go h Okay. She goes on to say he is
very frugal. I've come to find out he would prefer not spend any money,
which is great, but I like to enjoy my hard work money and
not just work to live. I'm not out here dropping one hundred dollars dollars
on the time an unneeded crap. I'm not trying to give my wonder of
her husband a bad rap. He is amazing, He is not controlling.
I think he just gets paranoid because how expensive everything is. He thinks the
worst, like he's going to get hacked and it gets into his He's also
like this when it comes to being hacked, and he gets in his mind
about updating your password and how a certain safe website can be blah blah blah.
So my questions are, how do you handle money convo topics like this
with your significant other. I think it's one of the most important things you
have to agree on before you get married. If not, then it is
going to be a constant battle, especially if one is one extreme and the
other is another extreme. And you're not an extreme, but it sounds like
he definitely is. Yeah, what do you consider a treat splurge in your
life? And how often for us it was the vacation for sure. We
don't really go on expensive vacations, but this one we kind of went all
out and just because we hadn't been on a vacation a long time. And
I agree with you the writer who says I want to enjoy my hard work
money and not just work to live. So what is your splurge, Jenny,
mineus trips to I don't spend my money on literally anything besides what I
need in life. And then vacations, so definitely vacations. Not sure if
you've read these next two, but they are dated from earlier, so I
think we actually filled our time on the Minnesota Goodbye, and not that we
stop. It's not like we go, God, thank God, it's over,
let's stop. We just try to be respectful and send an expectation of
like, okay, it's fifteen minutes probably minimum and average, but if it
goes over it, that's fine. Sometimes we'll go thirty minutes, not very
often. But one thing that makes our podcast much better no matter how long
it is, is your emails. So send those in to Ryan's show at
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