Beantown Podcast - 05282018_Quinn David Furness presents the Beantown Podcast

Episode Date: May 28, 2018

Quinn ZOOMS through a discussion of goat yoga, Shenandoah, and Star Wars as he celebrates Memorial Day and tries out a new slogan

Hello, it's Quinn David Furnace of the Bean Town podcast. Happy Memorial Day 2018. What's going on? How is everybody? Wow, started this podcast off of the bang. That's what you got to do. You got to infuse life. You got to infuse energy.

Speaking of life, life day from the Star Wars Holiday special Chewy Chubaka and his family what are his siblings and something it's like porky best and Jafar I think are there three names Fun special if you never checked it out We're in the Star Wars mood today. We're going to see the Han Solo movie In fact, we're on a we're on a tight time schedule we're on a budget. There's been a lot going on so we're not messing around

with any of this music crap. No oasis today, no for tellies. We're jumping right in and then we're going to be jumping right out. This is Quinn David Fernandez. This is my podcast. Thank you for tuning in. Listener discretion is advised. When you're listening to the bean tonne podcast for two and reasons here, one, we will occasionally drop some bombs here and there, spoilers, language, that sort of stuff. So there's your first warning number two, this podcast is objectively and certifiably terrible as voted by you, the listeners. So there's your listener discretion. Quick thing before we really jump in here.

I've been noticing a lot of the podcasts I've been listening to, a lot of great businesses out there. Apple, Facebook, Staples. They all have good slogans. They all have good slogans. So I've been trying out some new slogans, some test audiences reaching out. Maybe you got a message on Facebook or on Twitter, or maybe it was an email from my email,

which is dintownpodcastyahoo.com, that's beantown, B-E-A-N-T-O-W-N podcastyahoo.com. You can always reach me via email. We were trying out to new slogans and the one that got voted highest was this. So here it is. Gwen David Ferns presents the beantown podcast, the People's Podcast, eh?

It's catchy, it's fresh, it's got energy. I love it a lot. We're sitting here 817 St. Paul Street, spent the weekend, the holiday weekend in Shenandoah National Park. We're back. We're sipping Jack and Coke from the legendary, the one, the only Jack links, beef jerky,

FijiWildside Jacklinks.com, red cup courtesy of my uncle Andy who we're hoping to get on the podcast. Coming up this summer, it's going to be me, except may is pretty much over, which is kind of weird to believe. I tell you what, the temperatures telling me June, but mentally, I'm still stuck on April. But hey, I guess that tell you what, the temperature is telling me June, but mentally I'm still stuck on April, but hey, I guess that, you know, the podcast waits for no man and it is June. We are going to be having a guest on next week, Miss Maggie J. We're going to be talking all things grad school. Maggie J is,

either currently in grad school or just finishing up, we'll have to check on that. Yours truly is a master of science, which is what I say, a walk through. I'm going to visit high schools for work and I walk past the cam lab and I'm like, I'm a master of science, you know, did that, been there, I'm over.

We're at Gindy Realt here. It's the People's Podcast. Maggie J is coming on next week. We're talking grad school. It's going to be fun. That's what we needed to know. What has been in the news? Oh, boy, we're watching the Cubs game.

Chris Bryant roaps one into the left field. That's going to get down for a single. Top nine Memorial Day from PNC Part Cubs lead five to zero. It's a good day to be a Cubs fan. Oh this is what I was gonna do before we do anything else and if you're wondering if you're sitting here thinking oh Jesus Quinn is about to go ramble for 45 minutes. I'm not. I'm not. I have a movie to get to. I gotta get there early so I can have my seat Where in my Chubaka costume? It's gonna be it's gonna be May as as Justin Timberlake would say Shenandoah National Park

What do we know about it? So part part of this podcast a lot of people just think oh Quinn's just that crazy old Goon He's just having some laughs. He's gone completely mental. Well, I like to keep it educational here and there. You know, we did our city of Boston preview. And we were there about three weeks ago. Of course, the city with no nickname, Boston, Massachusetts. That was, I think, people really responded positively to that.

They liked that information. They said, well, Quinn, we really responded positively to that. They liked that information. They said, well, Quinn, we really didn't know that info about Boston. Is it really true? And to that, I say, let's go talk about Shenandoah now. So the ball gets past Survelli and they're moving up to second and third. All right. Shenandoah, Virginia, founded in 1492. So there's a common misconception here,

you know the rhyme, 1492 Columbus sales, the ocean blue of course. A lot of people think that he landed in the West Indies, but no, so you've heard of Plymouth Rock, you heard of Jamestown, you might be thinking, now where does Columbus come into all this recent research shows that Christopher Columbus actually landed at Plymouth Rock and founded James Town, which of course is the old, you know, how New York used to be New Amsterdam, James Town, Plymouth Rock,

old name Shenandoah, new name. So founded in 1492 as a Dutch spice mining colony, of course, Columbus, Silan, on behalf of the Dutch. And so that's 1492. If you've ever seen the Disney animated film, Pocahontas with John Smith and Pocahontas and Christopher Columbus, that's kind of what we're working with here. Savage is savages barely even human. I feel like I haven't even taken a breath on this podcast yet. I love it. We got a lot to get through. Wait for the goat yoga segment,

because you're gonna like that. Shenandoah, move through the ages. Go to the Revolutionary War. John Hancock is from the Shenandoah Valley. Originally, Ben Franklin is from Shenandoah. George Washington was born, comes from a long line of Shenandoah spice farmers. It moves into, I should mention before we go,

we were talking about names a little bit, it's Anthony Rizzo, Knox, a single in the center field, it's gonna score two, Russell and Brian are on score, nice seven is zero cubs. So Shenandoah comes from the Iroquois for tapestry, actually. And tapestry back then now it'll translate more into a mattress. People don't realize they think tapestry is the thing that's hanging on the walls. No, actually they used to sleep on them.

But you know what I say? He don't sleep on the tapestries and don't sleep on Shen and Doa because this park's going to blow your mind. So there's a little liturgy for you there. That's not the word I'm looking for, but the lineage of the term sort of is there's a better word for that. We'll edit it back in when we finish up here. Moves ahead, we were walking around the town of Front Royal, which is on the north end of Shenandoah Park, where Skyline Drive comes to an end, and we were reading about some of the Civil War history of Shenandoah,

Lionel, Stonewall Jackson, famous Confederate general. To my surprise, so I always thought growing up Stonewall Jackson was a center for the Lakers, turns out he was a 19th century Confederate war veteran general, if you will. And apparently there's a statue of him in George's somewhere. He fought in the Shenandoah region. George Armstrong Custer, who was hobby by his lines, went through the middle of Eskin and advanced the runner. George Armstrong Custer, famous for his battle against Geronimo at Little Big Horn, and what was at 1896, something like that in the worst little big horn Wyoming. I've been there, I think.

George Armstrong, Custer spent some time in the Shenandoah region doing some civil war stuff, hunksome Confederate soldiers, which I'm a big proponent of. You watch the end of Pirate to the Caribbean, you say, we're rooting for Jack Sparrow to get hung. Big fan of gallows. Just love the term.

I love this song, Gallows Pull by Led Zeppelin. I think it's on Led Zeppelin 3 maybe. If you haven't checked it out, goal us into it, that would be a fun music song for us in a podcast coming up here. We don't have time today because we got a snap, snap, snap. We got a good move in here. That's a little history of Shenandoah. It was then converted into a national park by Jimmy Carter in 1978. I think is what I read. So it hasn't been around too long. And if you've ever seen the film Argo, that was about the 1979

or in hostage crisis. I think it got resolved right around when Reagan took over. That's why Carter wasn't as popular. It stars Ben Affleck and Victor, what's his name? From Legally Blonde is in that film. And I think Brian Cranston is in Argo, and maybe Michael Keaton. I don't remember.

It won best picture a couple years back. That not relevant to Shen and Doha, just if you haven't seen Argo, go check it out. Fantastic picture. Victor Garber is at his name. Is he Canadian or did he just play a Canadian guy in the movie? I don't know. We're more moving ahead here.

Fridge shopping. That's what everybody's been talking about. It's Memorial Day weekend. It's a big weekend for those big box rent to centers except you don't rent you buy. So they're more like buy a centers. I went fridge shopping in the gorgeous town of Wilmington with my lovely aunt this past Tuesday morning.

Memorial Day sales were off the hook. Memorial Day, President Staleos really are kind of the big holidays in terms of appliance shopping. So learn a couple things about buying a fridge. If you've never bought a fridge before, here's what you want to know. The US government, a couple of years ago under the failing Obama Administration changed the how how we measure cubic feet now you might be sitting there thinking

how Cubic feet that seems like a pretty standard pretty regulated thing while Obama tapping Typically took it to a whole new level so if you bought a fridge back in 2008, and it was 28 cubic feet, and you're going back to buy another fridge in 2018, and saying, while this is the same size, but it only says 25 cubic feet, you know who to blame for that.

Our fridges are getting smaller under Obama. So there's that for you. You're gonna want to know about French doors. This is something I didn't know about before. I always just call it the two-door system, but it's a fridge and the main portion has two doors and said oh one. It's a vertical line that separates these doors and you pull them out kind of towards you and then they kind of flip to the side. That's called French doors. Now in layman's terms we would just call it two doors, so don't feel like you've got to the side. That's called French dorses. Now in layman's terms, we would just call it two dorses.

So don't feel like you got to get fancy. If you're shopping because Jim at the Bias Center, he knew what I was talking about when I said two dorses. So don't be worried about that. Let's get a quick sip here. What else do you want to know about fridges? Major brands, we're talking Kenmore although there was some weird under the table deal with whirlpool going on so ask your your buy a center about that

There's LG there's GE there's 4G LTE That last one is a phone plan I believe but if But if you're curious, I've been using it past couple of years from Verizon. They offer the best speed, the best coverage and network. So watch out Thomas Middleditch because I'm coming for your job. That's what you want to know about fridges. They'll run you anywhere from 200 to $20,000.

So there is some variety there. You'll decide what price point works for you. We ended up spending somewhere around the $2,000 mark. If there, now here's another thing to look out for, delivery. You're going to want them to be able to deliver it because I've lifted a fridge before and it's tough to take, you know, more than one or two steps imagine hauling that baby all the way home. Then you got a haul your old fridge out of there unless you want two fridges. A lot of families in 2018 thanks to shrinking houses. Remember the cubic feet thing, they won't have space for two fridges. So that's something to consider. Do you want one fridge? Do you want two

fridges? These are all things that you have to ask yourself before buying a fridge. So this is my PSA to you. On this Memorial Day, 2018, as we come to you live from 817 St. Paul Street, know what you want before you go fridge shopping. There are a lot of variables. It's like multivariable calculus almost. So you're going to want to know about that. That's Fritz Shopping. Goat yoga has consumed the nation. Got a paper the other day, USA Today, and goat yoga was the leading front page headline. So what do we know about it?

I did a little research and it turns out you go do yoga. You got your different poses, the flying lotus, the downward dog, the jack links, red cup. All things that, you know, your yoga lover is out there. Hello to the yoga community. Thanks for tuning in this week. Stuff you guys know and love. But here's where it gets interesting.

If you've ever gone to like a pig roast or a barbecue or a goat roast, you know, that yoga can, it can, it can work up an appetite. So you go to go to yoga. Here's a great thing. You spend 45 minutes to an hour doing the poses, the Rodney, Yee stuff, you're having a good time, you're drinking some brews, it's all fun and games. But you know, your average yoga workout you finish and everyone goes There's separate ways and you say wow, I'm hungry. Guess I'll have to stop home for some fast food Not anymore with goat yoga They get the goat hanging by four limbs from the spit you rotate it over the fire It's beautiful. It's a golden brown consistency. Taste just like chicken.

If you never tried goat at your yoga, I'm telling you this is the best way to experience it. It's an underrated meat. It's fine a little under the radar, but I think you're going to like the way it tastes. Throw some salt pepper, maybe some cumin on there, some red chili flakes, red pepper flakes. It's it's going to be lit. I tell you what, so goat yoga if you haven't tried it. Really good opportunity. You're gonna leave feeling satisfied that hunger is gonna be gone. Perfect blend of spices, 23 flavors. It's all good stuff. It's all on how you season it. That's your preview on goat yoga. The last thing we needed to talk about, I promise you that this podcast was going to be short. And I'm sticking to my word as we move into minute 17 here.

We, we've had an ongoing segment on the podcast now answering the internet. Some of the search questions about X and not about X is about X. It's a math term. You never done algebra, you won't know what I'm talking about. But I love the uneducated as our podis would say, poorly educated. Two weeks ago, when we started saving, we were answering questions about Christianity. Last week, we were doing the cross as it was the NCAA semifinals, shout out to Duke and Yale as they play each other in the NCAA finals. Today, go Yale, only root against Duke

because that program is the Duke's men lacrosse lacrosse program has some issues that they need to sort out and they will not be rooting for them until they do. Not a big Yale fan for a couple of reasons, but I, uh, less for two evils, I suppose, um, as the pirates ground out to KB at third, throw across the dime and got them that's one away, two outs go until the Cubs when they're up 70's here about in the ninth happy Memorial they'd all my listeners. This week we are answering an honor of Star Wars

coming out. We're answering the internet's most search questions about Star Wars. Let's jump right in. Number one, why do some Jedi disappear after they die? So if you have seen the original Star Wars title Star Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi, spoiler alert ahead, I guess chopped in half by Darth Vader and he just falls to the ground, disappears, nobody. Just his cloak lying there, Vader stomps on him, like dude, what the hell?

And Obi-Wan later becomes a force ghost. When Yoda dies, spoiler alert ahead, in return of return to the Jedi Yoda dies and he just kind of disappears Like that and it's just his cloak left What's the deal with that I that's what the internet is asking about why do some Jedi? Just fade away when they die and others like quite gone gin and Like oh, I don't know Mace Windu get out the window as there's a ground up to second two away Cows one out away from shutting out the pirates on Memorial Day

So so there's there's a question Why do some Jedi disappear after they die? I'm gonna give you one word and we're gonna move on MIDI Chlorians That's really all you need to know about that. It's a high versus a low thing If you don't know Fandom menace you're gonna want to know it. You're going to want some MIDI Chlorians What's the deal next question with Anakin's father? What's the deal with Anakin's father? It's impossible. I think the deal with Anakin's father? It's impossible.

I think we talked about this on podcast before. It's impossible to do a Jerry Seinfeld impression without yelling like that. It's just the only good way to do it. What is the deal though with Anakin's father? Shmi Skywalker, as we go back to Phantom Menace here, claims that she just got, boom, pregnant one day. Here's a little biology lesson for you, sister.

That's not how the female anatomy works. That's not how human reproduction works. I tell you what, I'm putting my money on either boss NAS or chancellor palpatine, but don't sleep on Qui-Gon Gin. He seemed to be pretty homie by the time he got in to Tatooine. And also, do you think Padme and Schmier were doing Schmier? It's Jewish Star Wars.

You think Padme and Schmier were doing some lesbian stuff in Phantom Manus? That's a question for a different time. So what exactly happened to those botans? Star Wars episode 6, we turn to the Jedi. Mon Moth must states, what is it? A number of Both and spies died to bring us in this information. What happened to those Bothons?

That's what I want to know. That's what the internet wants to know. Well, if you've ever read those extra non-canonical Star Wars books, which I haven't. It's probably explained in all there. So consider this, a footnote to the podcast is Josh Harrison Swings, and I miss Cubs when 7 is your shutout

on Memorial Day, what a day to be a Cubs fan. I'm gonna refer you to those books because I bet that there's some good information on those and hey, I don't claim to be a Star Wars expert. Last question. How did the second death star, in fact, the question is phrase poorly, it says, how the did second death star get built so quickly?

I tell you what, if they can build a death star that can blow up planets with just one laser, really, I'm not that worried about the construction time. Yeah, I mean, look at light sabers and phasers and protons and ions and you're asking me how did it get built so quickly? When you got, you know, forced powers that Emperor Palpatine and our Thader have, I'm pretty sure they can convince some contractors to come on out and build it. It don't claim to be an expert in space construction. I'm just the messenger, you know, so you don't shoot the messenger. That's what I've always been taught.

Mm. There's another question here that's actually intriguing that I never really thought about before. Where did the Ewoks get layers dressed? That looks like it's getting a little inappropriate. We will come back to that question at a different time. We're on minute 22 now 23 of the podcast that is Michael Jordan's number. LeBron James going back to the finals. I am not a LeBron hater because I just hate greatness. I'm just not a fan because I think he's kind of cocky, kind of arrogant. Good for him for getting that team to the finals because that team outside LeBron, it's just a piece of crap. Kevin Love wasn't even playing.

There's just nothing there. Rockets versus Warriors tonight, game seven. I think the Warriors are gonna kick bucks. I don't think Chris Paul is active. Means it's just James Hardin, he's probably gonna take like a hundred shots. That's probably not a formula for success against the Warriors. Although it is in Houston, so we'll see what happens. Man, I hadn't really thought about this until today. I really hope that the Rockets win because if it's Caservous Warriors again, that would be year number four. And I would root for the Warriors just because I'm, I'll pretty much always root against

LeBron. But man, that would be three championships to the Warriors in the last four years. That would start to infringe upon goals, legendary status. And we don't want that. So let's go rockets with or without Chris Paul Stanley Cup final starts tonight. Caps first golden nights, which is crazy. Never thought the caps would make it and never thought Las Vegas would have a hockey team. Yet here we are in the 2018 Stanley Cup final.

I don't think a team not named the penguins, Black Hawks, Kings or Bruins has won a Stanley Cup since like 2008. So it'll be nice to get some fresh blood in there. I'll root for the Golden Knights kind of for the same reason as I would root for the Warriors. I don't really care for them, but I will always root against the capitals for a couple different reasons It's just kind of fun to watch them lose Tbh I don't know if that makes me sadistic, but I don't really mind

That's gonna be the podcast. This might be the shortest one yet I don't really mind. I got a movie to go see. I got to walk to the theater. It's like two miles It's gonna be hot. It's like two miles. It's going to be hot. It's going to be May. But hey, we're going to have some fun. We'll come at you next week. Live.

We'll get the podcast out on time. I apologize. Did not have any Wi-Fi. Didn't have any phone service over the weekend in the mountains. But Shenandoah was beautiful. If you ever get the chance to go out there, go check it out. You got your history lesson from this podcast.

And that's really what we're here to do, right? The Beentown podcast is the People's podcast, and don't you forget it. Thanks all my fans. Don't forget to like, listen, rate, subscribe, or on YouTube, iTunes, SoundCloud, podcast app. Anywhere you listen to your

podcast, that's where you can find us. We will hitch up next week live with Maggie J. We're going to be talking about grad school. If you're thinking about going back and getting another degree, if you're thinking about doing grad school for the first time, I think this podcast is actually going to be in the similar being that the the grandma sell podcast was just kind of like a hardcore interview And there was some comedy, but it was mostly informational. That's that's kind of the tone that we're gonna be going for next week. Maggie J is fun. She's gonna bring good energy to the podcast and I think that that you guys out there are really gonna like it.

So with that, as we move into summer Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer. I feel like you can't call Memorial Day the official start of summer. You're going to get arrested or something because every goddamn person says Memorial is the unofficial start of summer. Nobody's waiting until June 23rd for summer to start, right? Because at least here in Baltimore, it's been like 80s and 100% humidity for two weeks now. So nobody needs to tell me it's the unofficial start of summer because summer is here. This has been Quinn David Furness, presents the Bean Town podcast, the People's podcast. Thank you for tuning in. Have a great week.

I hope you had a great holiday weekend and we will check in on you next weekend. podcast. Thank you for tuning in. Have a great week. Hope you had a great holiday weekend and we will check in on you next weekend.