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Serial Killers, Siblings & Streaming 🧠🍿🔥

[00:00:00] Bruce Anthony: Serial killer shows and streaming services, we gonna get into it. [00:00:05] Let's get it.

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Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️🔥💥

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Sibling Happy Hour: Sips, Laughs & Sibling Shenanigans 🍹😂

[00:00:45] Bruce Anthony: is a sibling happy hour. I'm here with my sis Jay, Andrea. We're gonna be dilly dieting a little [00:00:50] bit.

Then we're gonna be talking about why women are sociopaths and then we're gonna be talking about these damn [00:00:55] streaming services. But that's enough of the intro. Let's get to the show

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Vacation or Nah? One-Take Bruce Is Back 😎✈️🎧

[00:01:07] Bruce Anthony: what up sis?

[00:01:08] Jay Aundrea: What up, brother?

[00:01:09] Bruce Anthony: I [00:01:10] can't call it. I can't call it. We are back after a little vacation. Yo, lemme tell you [00:01:15] something. That vacation helped me because one take Bruce was back.

[00:01:19] Jay Aundrea: [00:01:20] Listen, uh, your idea of a vacation and my idea of [00:01:25] a vacation are two different things because I noticed while you [00:01:30] were here

and quote unquote on [00:01:35] vacation, um, you still work

[00:01:39] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. [00:01:40] Uh.

[00:01:40] Jay Aundrea: a lot. So I. Think you need [00:01:45] to look up the definition of vacation [00:01:50] because even though we were on a hiatus for the holiday, I feel [00:01:55] like you were still recording, still editing, still working.

So, [00:02:00] um, I did nothing. That's a vacation.

Um, [00:02:05] what you did was not that. Um, so I just, [00:02:10] you just didn't release content.

[00:02:12] Bruce Anthony: that's not

[00:02:13] Jay Aundrea: That's not a vaca. You did [00:02:15] release. Okay,

so then you didn't take a vacation. Okay.

[00:02:18] Bruce Anthony: Oh, okay. So [00:02:20] mom was funny 'cause I, I was, for the first three days that I [00:02:25] was down there, and ladies and gentlemen, I was down there for almost two weeks. Um, the first three days I was [00:02:30] down there, uh, I was sitting at the little table and, and mom came up and she [00:02:35] was like, is this what you do all day?

I was like, things gotta get done. [00:02:40] So. Yes, when, when I say vacation, it was a vacation from [00:02:45] recording 'cause we did all that recording and then I released stuff. I [00:02:50] still didn't release as much content as I originally planned on [00:02:55] because I did take, you know, little breaks. Right. So I did do that, [00:03:00] but you gotta understand it's the end of the year.

So for my main job, this is like my busy [00:03:05] season. So

it wasn't just, I'm working on podcast stuff. I actually had [00:03:10] a real job and I got other little side projects that I do. [00:03:15] So it's a vacation on the fact that I could drink while doing the work. [00:03:20] That's,

I Don’t Know How to Relax, Period 😬🛋️⚡

[00:03:22] Jay Aundrea: Sure. Yeah. [00:03:25] Okay, sure. Here's what I noticed about me on vacation. I don't do [00:03:30] it right. I can't. Calm down. Like I can't relax.

I always feel like I [00:03:35] have to be doing something, so I can't just like, like staycation, like just sit [00:03:40] around and just chill.

Like I don't, I am [00:03:45] always up popping up, going around the house doing little this and that.[00:03:50]

Like I don't know how to relax. And even though, even if I go [00:03:55] somewhere on vacation, like I do things, like I take tours, you know, I go to the [00:04:00] museums, I go see the things, I do the touristy stuff, you know, like I don't [00:04:05] just sit on a beach quietly and like read a book or something like that. I'll be like, [00:04:10] okay.

After about 10 minutes, I'm like, all right, what's, where are we, where are we going now? [00:04:15] Like, what are we doing now?

[00:04:16] Bruce Anthony: So I saw this question. It was on Instagram, Twitter, or [00:04:20] something like that, and it was. If you do nothing in a day, do you consider [00:04:25] that a good or bad day? And normally I would consider that a bad day, but [00:04:30] I purposely designate days because I know that I need to recharge.

[00:04:35] I purposely designate days where it's just like I don't have to do anything that day, and that's my day [00:04:40] to not do anything.

And I create that mindset in It's okay for you [00:04:45] not to do anything today? Um, typically that's Sunday, but you know, I mean [00:04:50] we, we, we doing stuff on Sunday, but after that,

[00:04:53] Jay Aundrea: early. We're we're doing, we're doing a [00:04:55] little bit earlier,

[00:04:56] Bruce Anthony: we doing a little bit earlier, but New Year's Day was that for me. I [00:05:00] sat around and I said, well, you know, it's the holiday. [00:05:05] I don't have to do anything.

I can't clean because we don't wanna wash nobody outside the [00:05:10] family.

[00:05:10] Jay Aundrea: That's laundry.

[00:05:12] Bruce Anthony: well I ain't do no

New Year Superstitions & Black-Eyed Pea Debates 🫘🎆😅

[00:05:13] Bruce Anthony: cleaning.

[00:05:14] Jay Aundrea: You [00:05:15] supposed to, I think you, I think you're supposed to clean. You're supposed to like sweep the dust out of the [00:05:20] door 'cause it's like sweeping bed. The bad juju [00:05:25] out the door or something. It's like it's a whole bunch of stuff. And child, I did none of it. Our [00:05:30] mother calls like, did you eat your black eye peas?

I didn't because listen, I ain't eat 'em last year and [00:05:35] I had a good 2025. So I'm just like, I've been eating them

every year before.

[00:05:39] Bruce Anthony: [00:05:40] financially you about to have a good 20 26, 20 25 financially. [00:05:45] Uh,

[00:05:45] Jay Aundrea: that great.

But like in

[00:05:47] Bruce Anthony: is it black eyed peas or is it just peas[00:05:50]

or bees?

[00:05:51] Jay Aundrea: It's black eye

[00:05:52] Bruce Anthony: well, I, I read, I hopping Johns [00:05:55] red beans and rice from Popeye's.

[00:05:57] Jay Aundrea: That's not it.

[00:05:58] Bruce Anthony: Well, who knows? 'cause [00:06:00] I've heard different things and I'm tired of these negro spirituals.

I'm tired of them.

[00:06:03] Jay Aundrea: It's not just [00:06:05] us.

You know who also has a No, it's not that either. You know, who also has a lot of [00:06:10] New Year's traditions, Latinos, like you

gotta like walk around your house with a [00:06:15] suitcase 'cause it means you'll travel that year or something like that. And then like something about eating [00:06:20] grapes. There's like a whole, I saw, I saw a reel about it, I think was, it was like a, all [00:06:25] of these New Year's day traditions and [00:06:30] superstitions in the Latino CI think just people of color, just superstitious.

That's what[00:06:35]

[00:06:35] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, well, it didn't help them Venezuelans, uh, anyway, that, you know what [00:06:40] ladies and gentlemen, I don't know

[00:06:40] Jay Aundrea: That is the,

[00:06:41] Bruce Anthony: that.

[00:06:42] Jay Aundrea: yeah,

[00:06:43] Bruce Anthony: Um, so what [00:06:45] you just need to designate to, to answer or to help you out with what you're suggestion is [00:06:50] where you can't sit in relax. You need to designate and just say, Hey, I've done things [00:06:55] this week.

It's okay for me to sit still. Um, I [00:07:00] sat still on New Year's Day and watched three of the John Wick movies, and you know what I found [00:07:05] out?

John Wick, Equalizer & Action Movie Logic 💥🎬😂

[00:07:05] Jay Aundrea: Hmm.

[00:07:06] Bruce Anthony: them. I really liked them.

[00:07:07] Jay Aundrea: Yeah, I haven't seen them, but [00:07:10] if you like them and you recommended the Equalizer [00:07:15] trilogy and that was amazing.

I am going to sit and watch [00:07:20] the, the John Wickes sis.

[00:07:22] Bruce Anthony: Our brother was like, they're [00:07:25] good. And, and if you like, 'cause me and you were sitting around, we fell in love with Jason Statham movies. [00:07:30] Like I was on the IM db, like, which new one can I watch? Um,

[00:07:34] Jay Aundrea: two. When is [00:07:35] that coming out? Because

I saw you,

that. and I I was Okay. What's, what's up[00:07:40]

Beekeeper

[00:07:41] Bruce Anthony: ladies and gentlemen, y'all need to watch Jason sta them's [00:07:45] beekeeper.

Is it kind of hokey? Yeah. Is the premise kind of [00:07:50] strange? Okay.

But

[00:07:52] Jay Aundrea: the premise is Jason Statham [00:07:55] equalizing, like

That's.

his, that's the premise for all his movies. He's a regular guy [00:08:00] that secretly has military training or was an operative or something, but now he's a [00:08:05] civilian living a regular life. Somebody, somebody who cared for him [00:08:10] is now in trouble or died or something, and he has to go equalize.

And [00:08:15] that's, that's, the premise. I like equalizer movies.

[00:08:18] Bruce Anthony: S ladies, gentlemen, [00:08:20] equalizer movies are just what we called them from the equalizer where one man or a [00:08:25] group of people going right or wrong, it's helping the little person against the big people. You will [00:08:30] like John Wick. John Wick is crazy though. You know John Wick three. The [00:08:35] only thing I'll tell you about that movie is, and when I said it to somebody, they were like, you're [00:08:40] absolutely right.

John Wig three is Warriors remake

[00:08:44] Jay Aundrea: Okay.[00:08:45]

[00:08:45] Bruce Anthony: the movie The Warriors is The Warriors remake. And for those people out there

[00:08:49] Jay Aundrea: [00:08:50] Warriors come out to play and

Warriors.

[00:08:52] Bruce Anthony: For those people listening and watching that has seen [00:08:55] John Week three and seen Warriors, when you think about it, you'd be like, you know what, Bruce? You are absolutely [00:09:00] right.

And I'm like, I know I'm right because that's what it is. Um.

[00:09:03] Jay Aundrea: And I, I, I also just [00:09:05] love that it's like one person against this like entire [00:09:10] organization that is literally like a big bad, like a huge villain. [00:09:15] And, and this one person. Takes on everyone. [00:09:20] Everyone. It never, rarely ever gets hit. Might get clipped with a bullet, might get [00:09:25] sliced on the arm with a knife, but I'm like, for this to be a big, bad villain [00:09:30] organization, they're really bad shots because they never hit this person.

They're [00:09:35] not running that fast. Jason Statham isn't Usain Bolt. He's not running that [00:09:40] fast. Like, and it's just like the impossibility of it. But I just love it. I just, [00:09:45] I just love it.

[00:09:46] Bruce Anthony: You know how old Jason Statham is? I looked it up the other day. You know how old he is?[00:09:50]

[00:09:50] Jay Aundrea: I wanna say like 51,

[00:09:52] Bruce Anthony: 58.

[00:09:54] Jay Aundrea: you are [00:09:55] lying

[00:09:55] Bruce Anthony: I'm dead serious. 58.

[00:09:58] Jay Aundrea: and still out there [00:10:00] equalizing,

When Action Movies Get Ridiculous 🤯🎥💣

[00:10:00] Bruce Anthony: Still about to equalize and again, with the beekeeper too. Um, [00:10:05] look, the only thing I'll say is sometimes these movies, a lot of times these movies get absolutely [00:10:10] ridiculous. Expendables, right? That's the movies with Es, Sylvester Stallone. And [00:10:15] he snatches up all these eighties and nineties action heroes and creates this team.

They go fight [00:10:20] and expendables three, they take on an army, a [00:10:25] whole army, which, okay, like they, it is normally a platoon or, or a [00:10:30] a,

a group taking on the army. The only thing is this army has [00:10:35] literal tanks.

They are fighting against a army with tanks, [00:10:40] okay? They are outnumbered 20 to one and not one person [00:10:45] gets shot on their team.

And I was like, I was watching, I was like, this is ridiculous. And then I thought to [00:10:50] myself, do the creators know this is tongue in cheek. 'cause [00:10:55] watching John Wick. One, two and three on New Year's Day. I was like, I just came up with a [00:11:00] spoof movie. I just came up with a spoof movie. 'cause I want to know, is it tongue in [00:11:05] cheek?

Do the directors and the creators know this is all, this is a spoof, right? This is, [00:11:10] this is like die hard. Could kind of maybe be true,

[00:11:14] Jay Aundrea: Yeah, [00:11:15] because, because, John McClain got beat up

[00:11:18] Bruce Anthony: right,[00:11:20]

[00:11:20] Jay Aundrea: at the

end. He, he ain't got no shoes on. His little wife beater is all [00:11:25] bloody, he's been through it. Like he's been through it trying [00:11:30] to take on, I mean, he was in air ducts, like, it wasn't like he just walked in the [00:11:35] front door like John McClain put it. Oh man. Uh, [00:11:40] um, diehard three. was running

all over New [00:11:45] York with

Samuel Jackson?

[00:11:47] Bruce Anthony: it's another Warriors movie. Then look, lemme tell you something. [00:11:50] They stole, they took that movie that's iconic and it, as I was [00:11:55] watching the John Wicks, I was like, it's elements of that movie, elements of this movie, elements of [00:12:00] that movie. And it's like they take these ideas from other movies and throw it in all [00:12:05] altogether and they're all kind of repetitive.

[00:12:07] Jay Aundrea: But they're still good because the thing is [00:12:10] like, you know the ending, you

know how the movie's gonna go. You already know the story arc. It's not [00:12:15] a new story. Right? Equalizing is not a new story. One person going [00:12:20] up against, that's why people like the 300, right? It's a small group up against a vast army.

Like [00:12:25] how are they gonna win? And they do somehow, like everybody, you know that story, right? It's [00:12:30] the

underdog story and you want to see it every single time because it's just, it's [00:12:35] been around for so long. Because it's so good.

[00:12:37] Bruce Anthony: It's David Ver laugh. that's

[00:12:38] Jay Aundrea: yeah. Yeah. You wanna [00:12:40] see the one guy win and get justice for whoever[00:12:45]

[00:12:45] Bruce Anthony: You know, where that, that trope gets, [00:12:50] uh, is not used in a surprising shock. At the end,

[00:12:54] Jay Aundrea: [00:12:55] was that?

[00:12:55] Bruce Anthony: the departed,

[00:12:57] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:12:58] Bruce Anthony: the departed Leonardo [00:13:00] DiCaprio was supposed to bring down, uh, Jack Nicholson's character, and he [00:13:05] died. Oh, spoiler alert. He dies abruptly [00:13:10] towards the end of the movie. You're like, wait a minute. What the, when it looks like he didn't say today.

You're like, wait a minute. [00:13:15] What the, what happened? And so I liked, but it also pissed me off 'cause [00:13:20] I was like, no, I wanted to see him win in the end. So there's a part of me, like, when you watch these horror movies [00:13:25] and every now and then the bad guy wins in the end it's like, yeah, it kind of want the bad guy to win in the [00:13:30] end, but maybe I don't.

Kind of like Avengers, infinity, uh, infinity War [00:13:35] when Thanos won, in the end I was like, oh, this is a perfect inning. 'cause I know there's gonna be a part two. He [00:13:40] gonna get his come upping somehow.

[00:13:42] Jay Aundrea: Event. Ultimately we want a happy ending.[00:13:45]

[00:13:45] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:13:45] Jay Aundrea: Ultimately, we want a happy ending, and when the ending is not happy, we be like, [00:13:50] uh. What, what am I supposed to do with [00:13:55] this? How do I carry on with the rest of my day? I'm gonna be thinking about this now [00:14:00] all day

because I didn't get the satisfying, happy ending where the hero [00:14:05] wins that.

I don't like that.

[00:14:09] Bruce Anthony: Well,[00:14:10]

that's funny. That's real funny that you bring that up because in [00:14:15] the next segment I'm going to go ahead and dissect why that's not [00:14:20] necessarily true. How people don't want happy endings. Well, especially women because they [00:14:25] are sociopaths. But before we get into the next segment, [00:14:30] what other quirky things did you pick up on when I was around you for [00:14:35] this period of time?

Because somebody else says something to me that is like, is Bruce okay? And I was [00:14:40] like, I'm just fine. This y'all are just seeing me in my normal everyday element. I [00:14:45] be doing stuff. I be working.

Is Bruce a Homebody Now? 🏠🍷👴🏽

[00:14:47] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. Uh, I think what surprised me the [00:14:50] most is how much of a homebody you are. Like, I know I'm a [00:14:55] homebody. I don't go outside. I go outside, but I don't go outside, not if I can help [00:15:00] it. Right. It is gotta

be like an event or something. But you, you be in the house. Like you in the [00:15:05] house. I was like, I was like, I wonder if Bruce wants to do something today or like go somewhere.

He was like, [00:15:10] I'm in the house. And I'm like, that's cool. I can get with that.

[00:15:13] Bruce Anthony: Well, that's a new thing.

[00:15:14] Jay Aundrea: [00:15:15] Okay. Because I, yeah. 'cause I feel

like you used to be outside.

[00:15:19] Bruce Anthony: Couldn't sit [00:15:20] still. I had to be outside doing, especially when I was down there. I mean, prime example is [00:15:25] we drive your car down there. I drive all day, moved them washer and dryers from from our brother's [00:15:30] apartment to you and his new apartment. Went back into his apartment and said, all right man, I'm [00:15:35] about to jump in the shower.

Where are we going tonight? And he was like, what? And I was like, yeah, we gotta hit the streets

[00:15:39] Jay Aundrea: [00:15:40] All this energy, all this like, you always gotta be outside and but this time [00:15:45] you were like, nah, I got my drink in my two step and I'm good. I

am good. I'm in the house.

[00:15:49] Bruce Anthony: this [00:15:50] time. Last time as well. You don't remember last time I was there for New Year's Eve, I was there for a good [00:15:55] minute. New Year's Eve too,

man. We didn't wet, we didn't do nothing.

[00:15:58] Jay Aundrea: yeah,

[00:15:59] Bruce Anthony: We made trips [00:16:00] to go like. Pick up stuff for the New Year's Eve party, but I don't look, I don't be doing too [00:16:05] much. I'm tired.

My knees hurt, my back hurt. I'm getting older.

[00:16:10] Uh, I ain't moving like I used to.

[00:16:12] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. And it costs a hundred dollars to walk out your [00:16:15] front door.

[00:16:15] Bruce Anthony: that's, that's another thing, right? Like I got all these different ventures that are [00:16:20] costing and so it's like, nah, I would rather invest in myself [00:16:25] than invest in a, a bar or a restaurant getting my money. Although we [00:16:30] went to a brunch spot and I was like, this is lit.

I like this brunch spot.

[00:16:34] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. Yes.[00:16:35]

Tease brunch bar. That was, that was a, that was a fun place. I'll definitely go back.

[00:16:39] Bruce Anthony: But [00:16:40] Atlanta,

y'all got to do your all day brunch better [00:16:45] because

[00:16:45] Jay Aundrea: figure it out. Like just have some people come to DC and see [00:16:50] how to do brunch correctly, which is

an all day event. Yeah, it's [00:16:55] an all day event. And then redesign your city so that it's walkable [00:17:00] Atlanta. Like seriously, like in DC [00:17:05] there'll be just a block of bars and restaurant. You can just walk and it, [00:17:10] everything is there.

And y'all, Atlanta is not like that.

It'll be like one or two [00:17:15] restaurants on the street and then you gotta walk 16 blocks to hit the next bar. It's [00:17:20] not, no.

[00:17:21] Bruce Anthony: Atlanta have pockets though? Atlanta have pockets. I've been to [00:17:25] pockets of Atlanta unless pandemic shut it down where there's a bunch of stuff. Like in one [00:17:30] particular area.

[00:17:31] Jay Aundrea: yeah. It's got like little neighborhoods. [00:17:35] Like, um, like little five points or something like that. Like it's got little neighborhoods. You can go [00:17:40] to Edgewood and that's pretty walkable. Um, but like by and [00:17:45] large, if you just step into any like, damn near [00:17:50] any part of dc damn near

[00:17:52] Bruce Anthony: Used to be,

[00:17:54] Jay Aundrea: But [00:17:55] yeah, I haven't been, I, I haven't been really, really home in a while, like where I'm walking [00:18:00] around the city, but like you could find stuff to do on just that block [00:18:05] all day.

[00:18:07] Bruce Anthony: All day.

[00:18:08] Jay Aundrea: is not like that. You

have to [00:18:10] go to these specific pockets in areas. You can't just drop into Atlanta [00:18:15] and think you about to walk around and have fun all day.

You not.

[00:18:18] Bruce Anthony: for my friends [00:18:20] that live in Atlanta, that was like, Bruce, you was in Atlanta and you didn't come see me. There was a [00:18:25] specific reason why I was down there. And I know that my sister said I was a homebody. [00:18:30] There was a reason why I was down there being a homebody. And the reason why I wasn't [00:18:35] venturing out that I didn't go see my usual friends.

Don't worry, I'm coming back down there [00:18:40] sometime within the next couple of months and I'm gonna see people. All right. So don't be hitting me in [00:18:45] my DM 'cause I'm be real honest. Uh, new Year's Day, didn't a lot of people get New [00:18:50] Year's day texts. We gonna talk about how petty I was, how petty I'm already being on this, on New [00:18:55] Year's and the after hours, which by the way.

You get the after hours [00:19:00] uncensored on our YouTube membership or our Patreon page for $5 a month. Or [00:19:05] you could buy single episodes for $3, which, why would you do that? Why would you buy a [00:19:10] single episode for $3 when you can get multiple episodes for $5? But it's $5

[00:19:14] Jay Aundrea: [00:19:15] Mm-hmm.

[00:19:15] Bruce Anthony: sign up. 'cause we be talking about some stuff and our after hours is gonna be a little bit more [00:19:20] structured and I'm gonna be doing my messy show where I talk about stuff that I cannot talk [00:19:25] about on the air.

Like one of my messy shows was how I really feel about the Charlie [00:19:30] Kirk assassination. You definitely want to hear that. But on that note, [00:19:35] Jade, do you have any more diddly ding you wanna do before I get into why women are sociopaths?

[00:19:39] Jay Aundrea: No, [00:19:40] I'm very interested to talk about that.

[00:19:42] Bruce Anthony: Okay, we go get into that [00:19:45] next,

[00:19:50]

Women, True Crime & the Sociopath Allegation 🔪📺😱

[00:19:54] Bruce Anthony: [00:19:55] Jay. Something I noticed on this trip when I visited you.

[00:19:58] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:19:59] Bruce Anthony: As [00:20:00] soon as, as soon as our mother got there, y'all sat y'all asses [00:20:05] down on the couch

and watched serial killer stuff. You were already watching it [00:20:10] when I came in. 'cause I was the first one to arrive.

[00:20:12] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:20:13] Bruce Anthony: Serial killer stuff. [00:20:15] And I've been noticing that a lot of women watch these [00:20:20] serial killers murder mysteries and they watch 'em all day.

[00:20:25] They watch 'em in bed before they go to sleep. And that's how I have decided that [00:20:30] women are sociopaths. Because why?

Why are [00:20:35] y'all watching women? People and kids being [00:20:40] kidnapped, tortured, dismembered all the time by these serial killers. And then just [00:20:45] go to bed and just go. I watched a little bit of Stranger Things [00:20:50] and Becca or whoever that main character is, scary face, had me waking up in the middle of the night [00:20:55] thinking that he was in the room about to snap my arm off.

Uh, so I don't [00:21:00] understand how women,

and it's a, I don't wanna say it's an epidemic, [00:21:05] but close of women just watching and listening to [00:21:10] podcasts or, or audio books of all this stuff and then go to sleep [00:21:15] and sleep peacefully. And that means you're a sociopath.

[00:21:19] Jay Aundrea: No [00:21:20] it doesn't. There is a very good and very simple reason [00:21:25] why you watching forensic files keeps you up at night. Me [00:21:30] watching forensic files allows me to sleep peacefully. It's because you are [00:21:35] safe when you walk around the world. I'm doing research. [00:21:40] You notice who the victims are. Women and children.

[00:21:44] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.[00:21:45]

[00:21:45] Jay Aundrea: I'm doing research. I can sleep comfortably 'cause I know now I [00:21:50] can recognize an unsub when I see one

[00:21:52] Bruce Anthony: Well else that's different. An unsub is [00:21:55] from Criminal Minds,

[00:21:56] Jay Aundrea: criminal minds. But who are typically the [00:22:00] victims?

Women and children are typically the victims who are typically the [00:22:05] perpetrators

[00:22:06] Bruce Anthony: man.

[00:22:07] Jay Aundrea: who are serial killers. When [00:22:10] there

was one.

[00:22:10] Bruce Anthony: men.

[00:22:11] Jay Aundrea: Yeah, there was one that white lady and then, uh, Charice [00:22:15] Theron played her in a, in a movie. ICA Monster. I can't

[00:22:18] Bruce Anthony: Oh, that African American.[00:22:20]

[00:22:20] Jay Aundrea: Yes, I

[00:22:23] Bruce Anthony: That's the reason why I hate the [00:22:25] term African American y'all. 'cause Charlie Theon is an African American.

[00:22:29] Jay Aundrea: [00:22:30] Well, we gonna, nor we're gonna normalize Charlize Theron and not,

[00:22:34] Bruce Anthony: Well, yeah. I don't [00:22:35] know why.

[00:22:35] Jay Aundrea: Love, which is what you just said.

[00:22:36] Bruce Anthony: I did not say phase I love, I said Charlie Theod, [00:22:40] whatever. I screwed up her name.

[00:22:42] Jay Aundrea: But yeah, it's, it's research. It, we're not [00:22:45] sociopaths. We're trying to make sure that when we go out into the [00:22:50] world, we can see, we can see it coming. Y'all not gonna catch us off [00:22:55] guard. So we doing research,

[00:22:58] Bruce Anthony: Well, you ain't wrong. You ain't [00:23:00] wrong. 'cause I did a little research on this topic

and I put it on the rundown. So you already saw that it was [00:23:05] coming, but there are several studies and

[00:23:06] Jay Aundrea: I didn't read the rundown though. I just read the [00:23:10] headlines.

So there you go.

[00:23:10] Bruce Anthony: okay. Ladies and gentlemen,

[00:23:14] Jay Aundrea: The [00:23:15] truth comes out.

[00:23:16] Bruce Anthony: I do all that work to create rundowns

[00:23:18] Jay Aundrea: I read it.

as you're [00:23:20] reading it. Because then, because then my reactions, I mean, [00:23:25] typically I do read the rundown.

Sometimes I don't, if I look at the [00:23:30] headlines, I'm like, I'm not gonna read this, the the, like the, am I the jerks or am I the assholes? I never [00:23:35] read because I want my honest reaction

[00:23:37] Bruce Anthony: Right. Okay. I

[00:23:37] Jay Aundrea: to it. So it just depends on what the [00:23:40] topic is. Sometimes I'll read it, sometimes I won't.

[00:23:43] Bruce Anthony: Okay. All right. Well, there are [00:23:45] several studies and

The Science Behind True Crime Obsession 📊📚🧩

[00:23:45] Bruce Anthony: psychological theories that try to explain why so many women are drawn to murder mysteries [00:23:50] and true crimes, including watching them at night before sleep. Audience, data and surveys show [00:23:55] that women make up a clear majority of true crime consumers, often estimated [00:24:00] around 70, 80% for books, podcasts, and tv.

A 2010 [00:24:05] study. They've been studying this for a long time.

Of true crime book reviews found [00:24:10] women were especially interested when stories contain practical information on how [00:24:15] victims escaped or how crimes were solved, suggesting a self [00:24:20] protection motive. So Jay, you are absolutely right. This is. [00:24:25] Research, but it, but my question is, [00:24:30] even in that re I'm researching when I watched the John Wick, right?

[00:24:35] Like, I wanna know what's gonna happen if some assassins come after me. And you know what I [00:24:40] found out,

[00:24:40] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:24:41] Bruce Anthony: I'm not prepared to defend myself because if somebody [00:24:45] come at me with a knife, odds are they gonna get some slices up and I'm gonna get [00:24:50] some cuts.

So that's what I found out.

[00:24:52] Jay Aundrea: because you're researching something outlandish. [00:24:55] Women, researching women being killed[00:25:00]

is not outlandish.

[00:25:01] Bruce Anthony: that's, that's, been happening since the beginning of time. That's that, that,

[00:25:04] Jay Aundrea: that's [00:25:05] reality. And so being able to see, okay, what [00:25:10] are they using to solve crimes? Okay, how can I, how [00:25:15] can I make a plan for myself so that I can leave evidence [00:25:20] behind if I don't make it outta here

So they know who did it.

Like how could, what, what [00:25:25] do I need to look for? What are some of the tactics that, [00:25:30] um, that folks are using now to, to get you, uh, [00:25:35] in a position to where you're vulnerable? Like, what are they doing? This is all, it's all [00:25:40] research for real life.

[00:25:42] Bruce Anthony: So once again, my sister [00:25:45] is right. Many researchers and clinicians argue that women use true crime to learn what [00:25:50] to do or not do. Study red flags in relationships and

[00:25:54] Jay Aundrea: I'm on it. [00:25:55] I did not read that

[00:25:56] Bruce Anthony: didn't read it and understand how offenders think, which can [00:26:00] create a feeling of being more prepared or less vulnerable.

Uh, for some women [00:26:05] repeatedly confronting, feared situations, kidnapping, stalking, or assault in a [00:26:10] control way can function like exposure. It gives an adrenaline rush, [00:26:15] but from a safe environment and can oddly feel calming and or [00:26:20] empowering. Now, I'm not a woman. Never been a woman. Uh, love women. [00:26:25] Think women are the top of the food chain as far as humans are [00:26:30] concerned.

Y'all know, if you are routinely listening and watching this [00:26:35] show, how much affection I have for women and how I think they are just better [00:26:40] than men in almost every way except for physical strength. That's literally, I think the only thing that [00:26:45] we have over 'em. I know men in the men's sphere are going to attack that.

I'm beta, I dare you to say [00:26:50] it to my face. I'll probably pull out your eye like a John Wick move, but.

[00:26:53] Jay Aundrea: yeah. Good luck. He's big [00:26:55] guys, so. Don't, don't do that. Play

where it's safe.

[00:26:58] Bruce Anthony: but I get the [00:27:00] fact that women are watching these things for the calming [00:27:05] and empowering. It's the same reason why people do [00:27:10] self-defense

[00:27:11] Jay Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:27:11] Bruce Anthony: or uh, martial arts.

It's just [00:27:15] changing the idea of a physical defense to a [00:27:20] mental, emotional, and psychological defense.

[00:27:22] Jay Aundrea: Yes, exactly. Like it [00:27:25] is, it is a type of exposure therapy. Um, [00:27:30] because when you become, not desensitized, but [00:27:35] just, uh, yeah, a little bit desensitized to it. Right. If you [00:27:40] ever find yourself in a situation like that, you are more likely to recall [00:27:45] the things that you've seen and what you remember than to panic. [00:27:50] You are gonna panic on some level, right? Like your whole nervous system, everything's gonna shoot up your adrenaline, [00:27:55] all the things, but you're gonna re, you'll remember I seen this in like 80 [00:28:00] episodes of, of cold case [00:28:05] files. And I don't want to be a cold case, so I know I gotta scratch 'em and get some DNA [00:28:10] under my nails and I know I gotta do this and that.

Like, or here's how I can get out. 'cause I [00:28:15] saw another woman, she got away and this is what she did. Like you'll recall that stuff. [00:28:20] You'll be more present mentally because you've exposed yourself [00:28:25] to it over and over and over again. And now you know what to look out for and you almo [00:28:30] also have a sense of what to do.

It's the same with self-defense, like [00:28:35] you are practicing it over and over and over again until those moves become [00:28:40] almost like things you can do unconsciously. Your body [00:28:45] will just move on its own. It's the same kind of thing.

[00:28:48] Bruce Anthony: So [00:28:50] my question at the beginning, the reason why I said women are sociopaths and ladies and gentlemen, like [00:28:55] if you've watched this show, I know this show, you know, I was being tongue in cheek with that. Like, you know, I really don't [00:29:00] think women are sociopaths. And uh, for my sister, she thought, uh, [00:29:05] because I can't spell, I put sociopath.

And she was like, oh, I guess that's a new thing. Nope. I meant to [00:29:10] say sociopath on the

Why Nighttime Is the Only “Me Time” 🌙🛏️🎧

[00:29:11] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:29:11] Bruce Anthony: but my question was why are women doing this at [00:29:15] nighttime? Because you wanna clear your mind for a clear head [00:29:20] and be able to reach peacefully, and it's because I'm a male. I [00:29:25] don't identify with the female's life, but it's pretty understandable and pretty easy to [00:29:30] explain.

Nighttime is often the only uninterrupted me time,[00:29:35]

so long form shows and podcasts fit naturally into a winding down [00:29:40] routine despite the dark content. Some women report that focusing on structured [00:29:45] suspenseful narrative actually distracts from intrusive worries about [00:29:50] real life work, money, relationships, making it easier to fall asleep even though [00:29:55] the topic is violent.

[00:29:56] Jay Aundrea: Yeah, you gotta understand, I'm off work now. [00:30:00] I've eaten the kitchen's clean and the light is on over the stove, which means nobody [00:30:05] can go in there. The kids are in the bed. Now. I can [00:30:10] enjoy my time and this is the only time that I have, that I can [00:30:15] watch first 48. Eh, I, I wish I could watch it another time. [00:30:20] I wish I could watch it when it's light out. Maybe I'll get to see some on the weekend while I'm cleaning, [00:30:25] but typically, yeah, you watch it at night. It's not a, it's not an [00:30:30] intentional thing. Like, let me watch it in the dark so I can, you know, scare myself. No, it's [00:30:35] just, that's the only time I got to watch it, so I watch it.

[00:30:39] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, [00:30:40] men out there, if you've ever lived by yourself and actually taken care of your home. [00:30:45] 'cause some men out here live a minimalist lifestyle and don't actually take care [00:30:50] of their home. They don't clean. I, I'm speaking in generalities out there because I [00:30:55] could tell you that I'm the exception I clean every week.

[00:30:59] Jay Aundrea: you're [00:31:00] very, again, this is another way in which you're meticulous,

that you didn't know that you were [00:31:05] meticulous until I pointed it out, but

Yeah.

even in your cleaning, very meticulous.

[00:31:09] Bruce Anthony: [00:31:10] Yes. So when you do these things, when you do meal preparation and you [00:31:15] gotta do the dishes and you gotta clean the kitchen after you do the dishes because the meal prep, you [00:31:20] know, got grease all over the stove and you gotta wipe down that stove and you gotta wipe down the wall [00:31:25] around the stove 'cause that grease be popping and it's all over the place.

When you do these things, you realize how [00:31:30] difficult it is to maintain a house.

It is difficult.

It is difficult by [00:31:35] yourself having a job, maintaining a house. Now imagine, now imagine [00:31:40] you got kids. Now there are gonna be some men out there that be like, I help out around the house. You do what your [00:31:45] wife or partner tells you what to do,

how often are you initiating [00:31:50] and doing the things?

And I'm not just talking about taking out the trash.

[00:31:53] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:31:54] Bruce Anthony: I [00:31:55] have people that are in my life. I'm not gonna say specific people that are in relationships, [00:32:00] male friends

that. For their significant [00:32:05] others. They do those things without asking. And you know what they say Sex life is [00:32:10] fantastic. You know why? She got more energy.

[00:32:13] Jay Aundrea: She got energy. She has energy. [00:32:15] She has time, and she likes you because you do the [00:32:20] thing without me having to tell you to do the thing. And then first of all, I've [00:32:25] already got to, I tell you two, three times to do the thing. Then you finally start to do the thing, and then you [00:32:30] ask me at every step. How I do that?

Where's this? Where's [00:32:35] that? Okay. I might as well have just done the fang by myself. So for, for you to [00:32:40] take the initiative, like we both see them dirty dishes in the sink and you be [00:32:45] like, let me go ahead and get these dishes together. And I didn't say nothing. [00:32:50] You're living a good life.

[00:32:53] Bruce Anthony: And you [00:32:55] give her a little bit more of that me time so she could watch these murder mysteries. I'm telling you fellas, [00:33:00] I'm

Being a Partner Isn’t Being a Simp 🤝🔥💯

[00:33:00] Bruce Anthony: telling you it's not being a simp, it's being a partner.

[00:33:04] Jay Aundrea: because the [00:33:05] thing is, all I'm asking for is like an hour go. You play your PlayStation, I'll [00:33:10] watch cold case files. We got our little time and [00:33:15] no, listen, that's the brothers, that's that. That's the men that are [00:33:20] married. And it's like what you talking about? My wife's my best friend.

She is my piece. Why? Because they [00:33:25] actually help.

[00:33:26] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, they actually helped and they, they actually liked the [00:33:30] women that they married and they didn't just marry 'em to just have a family, which some people do. [00:33:35] Hey, I was even a victim of that one time. Just wanted a family and it was like, let me grab this person, [00:33:40] even though I did love that person. Let me, not slight them, but are there potential downsides to [00:33:45] this?

There are, mental health professionals also warn that heavy, especially [00:33:50] bedtime consumption can worsen anxiety, sleep, and paranoia in [00:33:55] some people leading to more fear of being victimized. For people with a history of [00:34:00] trauma or assault, intense crime content can be triggering rather than empowering. [00:34:05] And experts often recommend monitoring symptoms and cutting back if this, if [00:34:10] distress increases.

So for women out there to enjoy it, but having trouble sleeping, [00:34:15] yeah, don't do it at the end of the night.

[00:34:18] Jay Aundrea: As much do it on the [00:34:20] weekends,

[00:34:21] Bruce Anthony: I know you trying to carve out your own personal time and for my single mothers out [00:34:25] there, what did, um, what did Tupac say for my single mothers out there? [00:34:30] Bruce cares even if nobody else cares. I understand that you [00:34:35] don't have a lot of alone time where you could do it,

and the nighttime [00:34:40] has to be it.

Maybe don't do it every night. If you're seeing that it's causing you extra distress, [00:34:45] just don't do it every night,

[00:34:46] Jay Aundrea: yeah.

[00:34:47] Bruce Anthony: but it don't seem like it cause you any distress. you [00:34:50]

[00:34:50] Jay Aundrea: no, but

[00:34:50] Bruce Anthony: a baby.

[00:34:51] Jay Aundrea: Well, typically it is like, okay, if, [00:34:55] if a person has any self-awareness at all, you know what your triggers are,

you know what your history [00:35:00] is, and you know what your triggers are. So typically, I would say [00:35:05] people like women who are, who are watching true crime [00:35:10] and start to feel anxiety and things based on their past, um, based on their [00:35:15] own trauma, will shut it off.

Like it's, we're, I realize [00:35:20] that the, okay, this is triggering me now. Let me, let me. Turn on some cartoons or [00:35:25] something like, like that. I think most people, if you have any kind of self-awareness, you'll realize okay, [00:35:30] this thing is, is not like, there are times where episode different episodes will [00:35:35] come on and I will see, you know, what the crime was and be like, this is not one I really wanna [00:35:40] watch.

Um, so I'll skip that episode, like it'll this, that's fine. [00:35:45] Like, you can do that.

[00:35:46] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. I, I, you know how much I love forensic files? I, that [00:35:50] little theme song when it come on, look, got get me every time,[00:35:55]

[00:35:55] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:35:56] Bruce Anthony: but there are basically. I can watch any [00:36:00] episodes where spouses like, kill each other. Not because I ever wanted to kill my spouse, but like, [00:36:05] that's, like, that's common to me that that happens.

Unfortunately, I [00:36:10] can't see nothing with really this, I don't know [00:36:15] the right adjective to use. Really bad stuff happen in the women and children, like really [00:36:20] bad stuff, especially children. Children are the top. I can't see nothing bad [00:36:25] happening to children at all. I, that's the reason why I kind of stopped [00:36:30] watching Stranger Things

[00:36:32] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:36:33] Bruce Anthony: 'cause they were kids.

They [00:36:35] were, they were being, they were fighting as mom said, like, I later gentlemen, I stopped watching Stranger Things in [00:36:40] season three and I'm just, I, the series just ended and I'm not watching those episodes. [00:36:45] I'm on Wikipedia and YouTube finding out how the story ended,

[00:36:49] Jay Aundrea: yeah. That's [00:36:50] sa same, so I stopped, I think season two or season three. [00:36:55] You can watch this last season and you, you catch up pretty cool. I watched the [00:37:00] last season. It's easier because they're teenagers, they're all like tall [00:37:05] and big, like clearly more mature.

Um, so it [00:37:10] doesn't feel at, and there's like more adults involved in the final [00:37:15] season finally.

So it, it doesn't feel so much as like [00:37:20] vulnerable children

[00:37:21] Bruce Anthony: Mm. Okay.

[00:37:22] Jay Aundrea: Their lives being at risk. They, they [00:37:25] all feel much, much stronger, um, as [00:37:30] characters and much more mature as characters. And honestly, I didn't need to watch [00:37:35] season three or four. Is this season five?

[00:37:37] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, it was season five.

I

don't [00:37:40] know. It

[00:37:40] Jay Aundrea: to watch the other ones to catch up with the story.

I, I got it

and it was, and it was good.[00:37:45]

[00:37:45] Bruce Anthony: Okay, well I've heard different reviews, what I watched, and [00:37:50] you know, I'm taking it almost kind of outta context 'cause I'm not watching all the episodes. Look like [00:37:55] Avengers look, look like the, one of the final baddest scenes was [00:38:00] Avengers Assemble. Um,

[00:38:01] Jay Aundrea: yeah, I mean, 'cause they all like, well, they all [00:38:05] have their own strengths and they all fight in their own way, whether they [00:38:10] have powers or they

don't. of the,

uh, some of them use their [00:38:15]

[00:38:15] Bruce Anthony: are detouring. We, we were talking about murder mysteries. And ladies, gentlemen. A DH. [00:38:20] D-A-D-H-D.

[00:38:21] Jay Aundrea: There it is.

[00:38:22] Bruce Anthony: let's get, let's get back on topic. So [00:38:25] Jay,

[00:38:25] Jay Aundrea: Anyway, watch it

and I think you'll enjoy it. I think you'll really will.

[00:38:28] Bruce Anthony: What, do you have [00:38:30] any parting shots for women being [00:38:35] sociopaths?

Happy Endings, Justice & Why Closure Matters ⚖️😌✨

[00:38:36] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. We're not, man, it's, it's research. It's just research. Like [00:38:40] that's, that's honestly how I feel about it. And it's, and also I [00:38:45] like these show, the, the one show I don't like is [00:38:50] Unsolved Mysteries. Right. Because unless it's like the cool ghost ones, [00:38:55] you know, but if it's like actual kidnappings murdered, and they, they, the [00:39:00] show's called Unsolved Mystery, they don't solve the mystery.

And so I [00:39:05] like cold case files. I like forensic files. I like first 48 because they [00:39:10] get that person in the end.

[00:39:11] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:39:12] Jay Aundrea: You

know what I'm

[00:39:12] Bruce Anthony: happy endings?

[00:39:13] Jay Aundrea: I like happy [00:39:15] endings. It's come, it's full circle.

I like happy endings. They get that person in the end, they get [00:39:20] justice for that person in the end. And you get to see people in law enforcement [00:39:25] who are actually in law enforcement to get justice for the system's still [00:39:30] broken because you still only acting after something's happened.

[00:39:34] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:39:34] Jay Aundrea: [00:39:35] There's no preventative measures, but like how much [00:39:40] they, you see detectives like connecting with the family and with the [00:39:45] victim and being like, I want to get justice for this person. They deserve to [00:39:50] have justice. This family deserves closure. And to see this person behind [00:39:55] bars and then they actually get them through their own like hard work and intelligence [00:40:00] and, and you're like, yeah, now I can go to sleep

[00:40:03] Bruce Anthony: Yeah,

[00:40:04] Jay Aundrea: because that [00:40:05] person is off the street.

[00:40:08] Bruce Anthony: so [00:40:10] as I said, I have this reverence for women [00:40:15] and what I'm about to say is gonna make sense to a lot of [00:40:20] white people who have reverence for black Americans or people that [00:40:25] immigrated here. The reason why I have such high reverence for women. [00:40:30] Is because damn it, I'm glad I'm a man 'cause y'all life is too hard [00:40:35] and y'all gotta watch out for too much and, and be responsible for [00:40:40] everything.

And I don't want that. I am so glad

[00:40:44] Jay Aundrea: yeah.[00:40:45]

[00:40:45] Bruce Anthony: that I identify and was born as [00:40:50] a male because life is hard being anything else. [00:40:55] And life is hard enough. Just being a black male. I don't want no other added stuff on [00:41:00] it. Like being a black female or being a black male in the [00:41:05] LGBTQ plus community. I have high reference for all those people.

'cause [00:41:10] that struggle I ain't built for.

[00:41:13] Jay Aundrea: And it's funny because [00:41:15] just in the same way you ask most black people, would you want to come back as anything [00:41:20] else? They would say, no, I will always come back as black. I will, I would always come back as a woman.[00:41:25]

Even though you're right. Right. [00:41:30] It's still like, I couldn't imagine being anything else

because it [00:41:35] gives you a type of just knowledge and [00:41:40] a skillset and a strength, um, [00:41:45] that you just, you wouldn't have any other way.

So I couldn't imagine [00:41:50] not being a black woman with all that I have to deal with in this country [00:41:55] and in the world.

Yeah.

[00:41:57] Bruce Anthony: And that's the truth, Ruth. [00:42:00] But up next, speaking of Stranger Things and [00:42:05] forensic files, we gonna get into these streaming services next.

[00:42:10] [00:42:15]

Streaming Services Are Getting Out of Control 📺💸🤬

[00:42:17] Bruce Anthony: Jay. Look, it's, [00:42:20] these streaming services is starting to get outta hand.

[00:42:22] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:42:23] Bruce Anthony: And you know what I'm [00:42:25] noticing is that. Certain streaming services are taken over the [00:42:30] other, like Netflix buying Warner Brothers. That means that whatever [00:42:35] Warner Brothers has, I I, I think it's HBO plus or Max, it is changed so many [00:42:40] different times.

[00:42:41] Jay Aundrea: they, so it was HBO Max, [00:42:45] then they said, we're just gonna have Max. And everybody hated it because the brand [00:42:50] as HBO.

[00:42:50] Bruce Anthony: Well, first it was HBO Go, it was HBO Go first, and [00:42:55] then Cinemax and HBO merged, I guess.

[00:42:57] Jay Aundrea: Yes, and it's HBO Max. And [00:43:00] then they were like, we're just gonna do, it's just the max. It's just Max. No, the brand is HBO. [00:43:05] People know HBO. Why would you take the brand off [00:43:10] the brand? So then they went back because people hated it so much. Back to HBO [00:43:15] Max.

[00:43:15] Bruce Anthony: Well now,

soon it's gonna be Netflix because, [00:43:20] well, why am I bringing all this up? Because Disney has decided to sunset the [00:43:25] standalone Hulu app and fully integrate Hulu into Disney Plus [00:43:30] in 2026. Hulu has been a separate platform interface, but [00:43:35] that's gonna disappear. And all the Hulu content and branding live inside of Disney [00:43:40] Plus instead of on their own app,

which you always had like the [00:43:45] bundle, the Disney plus Hulu, ESPN bundle.

[00:43:47] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:43:48] Bruce Anthony: But you [00:43:50] kind of needed, for me, I needed to have the separate apps so [00:43:55] I knew where to go to watch certain things. But then you would say to yourself, well, Bruce is all gonna be in [00:44:00] the one place. Yeah. If that interface is divided properly, where I can [00:44:05] still easily find everything that I need to find,

[00:44:08] Jay Aundrea: yeah.

[00:44:09] Bruce Anthony: but what.[00:44:10]

Slowly these streaming services have become, because at [00:44:15] first they were a great alternative to, to getting cable right.[00:44:20]

[00:44:20] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:44:20] Bruce Anthony: But now with them all gobbling each other up [00:44:25] and as they gobble each other up raising the price, I might as well [00:44:30] fucking have cable.

[00:44:31] Jay Aundrea: you might as well, you just dropped a F-bomb in the real [00:44:35] show.

[00:44:35] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. Well, I'm allowed one, I think

[00:44:38] Jay Aundrea: I,

thought it was the S word. [00:44:40] I thought. I thought we could

[00:44:41] Bruce Anthony: well, I changed the rules since we got monetized on YouTube. I think we could say [00:44:45] one F word and I just

[00:44:46] Jay Aundrea: cool. Cool, cool, cool. Cool, cool, cool. Well, here's the thing that's [00:44:50] actually funny about that. As Hulu shows [00:44:55] started migrating over to the Disney Plus platform, I realized that I've only [00:45:00] been watching Disney plus. I never actually opened the Hulu app anymore.

[00:45:04] Bruce Anthony: Oh,

[00:45:04] Jay Aundrea: Um, [00:45:05] because all of the shows, and there's even like a, like a Hulu icon.

So you can go into [00:45:10] Disney plus click on Hulu, and it'll show you all the shows that are like Hulu originals or [00:45:15] whatever. And so I realized that I, and that's because [00:45:20] for some reason the TV in my room, Hulu glitches, but

[00:45:24] Bruce Anthony: [00:45:25] Probably because,

[00:45:25] Jay Aundrea: probably because they were trying to

make you go to the Disney Plus app [00:45:30] probably.

But I realize, like, I don't think I've opened Hulu in [00:45:35] the, in like the past year because I wa all of it is already on Disney Plus. So I just [00:45:40] watch it on Disney plus.

[00:45:41] Bruce Anthony: In theory, this all works out, right? Like, okay, let's, [00:45:45] let's take all this stuff and put it in one app and let's take all this stuff and put it in another app. And [00:45:50] Netflix is gobbling up HBO and Cinemax and whatever. And DC and [00:45:55] DC is part of Warner Brothers. So all of that'll be on Netflix. And they'll create an interface where

it'll [00:46:00] be easy to find the Superman movie that I want to watch on Netflix, because it'll be [00:46:05] under HBO Max in DC.

Like, okay, cool. But that also [00:46:10] means that Netflix now has a control on things, and that means whatever they wanna raise the [00:46:15] price to. And Netflix has been raising the price

indiscriminately, and they just [00:46:20] been like, look, we going, we, the price of the brick is going up. I'm like, wait a minute. Why? [00:46:25] Because.

[00:46:25] Jay Aundrea: everybody has, because suddenly there were ads [00:46:30] on Disney Plus, and I said, excuse me, I believe I [00:46:35] pay for no ads. And they're like, oh, no, no, no, no. You did, [00:46:40] but now it looks like that one Black Mirror episode.

[00:46:43] Bruce Anthony: was just getting ready to say that.[00:46:45]

[00:46:45] Jay Aundrea: But now that's standard. We are now Hulu plus plus. And in order to [00:46:50] get plus plus you have to pay this price and that takes away the ads.

And I'm like, [00:46:55] just charge me the, just charge it. [00:47:00] Because I can't watch ads.

[00:47:03] Bruce Anthony: I don't mind ads. [00:47:05] I don't mind. Look, I hope people can watch ads because look, lemme tell you something. I popped [00:47:10] on one of our episodes the other day and I was like, this is ridiculous. I need to fix this in the settings. I [00:47:15] popped on one of our episodes the other day and it was an ad at the beginning and some of 'em are real short.

This [00:47:20] particular ad it was running and I was like, yo, this ad is like five minutes long. I need to [00:47:25] skip this. And I was like, oh, okay. This is ridiculous. I need to fix it in the settings so that,

that this [00:47:30] doesn't happen. But. If people watch it the whole way through, we get a little bit of cheddar [00:47:35] cheese from that.

So please, ladies and gentlemen, unless you got a uh, YouTube premium, watch them damn [00:47:40] ads. That's how we get money. And if you ain't gonna watch the ads, then donate, help us out.[00:47:45]

Um, but yeah, no, look, [00:47:50] it's getting to the point where I'm just like, [00:47:55] I would rather pay for cable

[00:47:57] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:47:58] Bruce Anthony: and have that little, that little cable [00:48:00] guide scrolling down

[00:48:01] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:48:03] Bruce Anthony: or, or [00:48:05] define something that I wanna watch.

[00:48:06] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

The only thing is the on demand [00:48:10] has to be on point, because the whole reason we switched to streaming and why it [00:48:15] took off is 'cause you could watch what you wanted when you wanted it. So that's the only [00:48:20] thing about cable as live tv, and you can't watch what you want when you [00:48:25] want.

So the on demand feature has to be top tier. It's gotta have everything on it. [00:48:30] Because if I wanna watch something, who knows If I wanna watch Shawshank [00:48:35] Redemption, which we did last night, because it's a good movie.

[00:48:38] Bruce Anthony: It is good.

[00:48:39] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. [00:48:40] I wanna just be able to put that on whenever I feel like it. Mm-hmm.

[00:48:43] Bruce Anthony: So I [00:48:45] remember HBO when they first started on demand, HBO on demand was fantastic, but, but what you're [00:48:50] talking about then becomes a problem because every channel has to have their own on [00:48:55] demand on cable. So you're stuck

[00:48:58] Jay Aundrea: yeah,

[00:48:58] Bruce Anthony: with streaming, [00:49:00] but you also still need live tv, which by the way, means that we're [00:49:05] spending more money than our parents ever did for the entire cable package [00:49:10] that we got back in the day, in our early two thousands, you could get the HD cable [00:49:15] package with the on demand.

I would love to look back at those numbers. See how much it [00:49:20] was costing then as opposed to how much all these different streaming services [00:49:25] are.

[00:49:25] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:49:26] Bruce Anthony: And then you got Netflix that's just like you can't share unless you in the same household [00:49:30]

[00:49:30] Jay Aundrea: Right. Or now you can pay to designate a person [00:49:35] in another household. It's like 10 99 a month. So yeah. It's in, [00:49:40] on top of Yes, you can pay so that somebody, and then [00:49:45] like put in the email of that person and they'll send an invite to them to also join you. That's [00:49:50] how, that's

[00:49:50] Bruce Anthony: well I guess considering the fact that Netflix used to be 10 [00:49:55] 99 actually cheaper than that, um,

[00:49:56] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:49:58] Bruce Anthony: I guess that's a good deal. But then [00:50:00] you, what you paying 40, $50 for Netflix a month?

[00:50:03] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:50:04] Bruce Anthony: That's how [00:50:05] much cable used to be.

[00:50:06] Jay Aundrea: Yes.

[00:50:09] Bruce Anthony: But [00:50:10] what are we gonna do? We've become a slave

[00:50:12] Jay Aundrea: Yeah.

Too Many Choices, Nothing to Watch 😵‍💫📺🌀

[00:50:13] Bruce Anthony: to streaming. [00:50:15] If we can't have what we wanna watch right now, it's a problem.

The [00:50:20] only problem is even though we have whatever we wanna watch right [00:50:25] now, we can't find what we wanna watch right now. 'cause we spend an hour [00:50:30] searching for what we wanna watch right now. Too many choices.

[00:50:34] Jay Aundrea: Too many [00:50:35] choices. Yeah. Remember TV just had a couple channels and it, and it [00:50:40]

[00:50:40] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:50:41] Jay Aundrea: They played that national anthem or whatever, America [00:50:45] beautiful, whatever it was, and you went to bed

[00:50:46] Bruce Anthony: You went to

[00:50:47] Jay Aundrea: went off.

[00:50:48] Bruce Anthony: you might read a book. You [00:50:50] know what we need to get back to reading books. But for, for people out there that don't understand how these mergers [00:50:55] are happening, lemme just do a quick breakdown of what's been happening over the last couple [00:51:00] of years. So time was fully integrated into Paramount Plus.

In [00:51:05] 2023 as a Paramount plus with Showtime, with the standalone [00:51:10] Showtime app was shut down, but the prices increased on the premium tier. [00:51:15] Then you had HBO Max and Discovery Plus after Warner Media and [00:51:20] Discovery closed their $45 billion merger. Warner Brothers [00:51:25] Discovery combined with HBO Max and Discovery plus content into a single [00:51:30] service called Max in 2023, which Jay said she hated

while still [00:51:35] keeping a, a cheaper standalone discovery.

Plus around then you had [00:51:40] Discovery Plus and Hulu, no Disney Plus and Hulu with Disney bought out [00:51:45] Comcast remaining steak and IS and folded Hulu and then Hulu got away. [00:51:50] This, uh, the standalone and then Disney Plus. But here's the thing. Right, [00:51:55] because that HBO Max and Discovery merger, when Warner Brothers and Discovery [00:52:00] Discovery merged and discovery took over Warner Brothers.

Yeah. Nah. Now [00:52:05] Netflix owns,

Netflix owns that. So what was [00:52:10] Discovery? HBO Max and Discovery Plus is now gonna be rolling into Netflix and, and don't [00:52:15] think that after Netflix spent billions of dollars acquiring all of [00:52:20] Warner Brothers in discovery, that they not going to be like, mm, [00:52:25] we the price of the brick is going up.

and and how does this affect everybody? [00:52:30] Consumers have fewer separate subscription subscriptions to manage

and more [00:52:35] of a all in one apps, which is cool,

but the price of [00:52:40] the brick goes up and causes confusion. 'cause you like, yeah, all [00:52:45] these mergers happen. But where is my forensic files now? I'm gonna tell you where it is.

[00:52:50] Pluto. Pluto to t.

[00:52:52] Jay Aundrea: Now you do have to watch them ads, [00:52:55] it's forensic files all day. [00:53:00] It's own channel.

[00:53:01] Bruce Anthony: It is own channel and I'll be watching it until I get too much

Pluto TV, Forensic Files & Free-With-Ads Reality 📺🔍😌

[00:53:04] Jay Aundrea: on, [00:53:05] yeah. in my, my, it's on in my, it's on in my house. It's on in the, in the [00:53:10] living room right now for the dogs?

[00:53:11] Bruce Anthony: But with the raising prices, mergers have [00:53:15] also led the cancellations of shows write offs and removals from [00:53:20] libraries as companies cut costs, which means that some series vanish or [00:53:25] become harder to find legally despite the larger combined platforms. You know [00:53:30] what movie that we can't find,

[00:53:32] Jay Aundrea: What's that?

[00:53:32] Bruce Anthony: meteor Man.[00:53:35]

[00:53:35] Jay Aundrea: Yeah. Where is it?

[00:53:36] Bruce Anthony: You can't find it.

Robert Townsend. Robert Townsend is the director [00:53:40] creator of Meteor Man, a great black superhero movie from the nineties. [00:53:45] Every, every black millennial Gen X person has pretty much seen Meteor [00:53:50] Man. If you have it, we will take your black card away and you cannot [00:53:55] find it anywhere. Anywhere. [00:54:00] Because these mergers take, hold.

These different companies or or past companies that had the [00:54:05] rights to these, uh, movies and TV shows don't exist anymore, and then they [00:54:10] dis appear

[00:54:11] Jay Aundrea: yeah.

[00:54:12] Bruce Anthony: and then you can't find anymore. Forensic [00:54:15] files might go away.

[00:54:16] Jay Aundrea: No, It can't. Literally, there'll be riots in the street. [00:54:20] 70, 80% viewership is women, and it's in the [00:54:25] millions

[00:54:25] Bruce Anthony: not a forensic files specifically just of the

[00:54:28] Jay Aundrea: true crime. You

can't get [00:54:30] rid of none of our true crime 'cause it's gonna be some crimes

[00:54:34] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, but [00:54:35] Netflix will just come out with a documentary that'll have y'all in a choke hold for about a week. [00:54:40] All they, all Netflix has to do is, is enough serial killers in America [00:54:45] alone throughout history that you can make a documentary

every week [00:54:50] and still have more leftover after 10

[00:54:54] Jay Aundrea: A lot of times they just [00:54:55] keep revisiting and making new documentaries about the same serial killer. You know, how many [00:55:00] BTK documentaries I've seen

a lot,

[00:55:03] Bruce Anthony: Did I just

[00:55:04] Jay Aundrea: keep doing [00:55:05] it over and over and over again. Yeah.

[00:55:06] Bruce Anthony: Oh, I watched one where his daughter was explaining the [00:55:10] effect on her, because you can always take different angles to all of this

[00:55:13] Jay Aundrea: there's a d. Yep. [00:55:15] Exactly.

[00:55:15] Bruce Anthony: so as we get newer content,

[00:55:18] Jay Aundrea: Mm,

[00:55:19] Bruce Anthony: 'cause [00:55:20] there's, there's, if you are a creator and not just content creator, if you're a writer, [00:55:25] director of TV shows, movies and things like that, you can even create your own app.[00:55:30]

That can be on KU and Apple TV and [00:55:35] even a Fire Stick

and do your own shows. You need bread to be able to do that. [00:55:40] But you can look, if you can find the money,

[00:55:43] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:55:44] Bruce Anthony: [00:55:45] you can do your own thing out here. Don't mean that you gonna make money, but you can [00:55:50] create, which most artists just wanna do anyway. Money is a byproduct [00:55:55] of them doing what their passion is.

So it's money out here, but [00:56:00] it, it is a lot of people at the top grabbing a hold of that money and a lot of people at the bottom spending more and [00:56:05] more for these services. And I don't know how they doing it when we supposed to be, you know, [00:56:10] affordability is a big issue and Netflix and now all these people is making things really [00:56:15] hard to afford.

That's the reason why if you steal it, I'm okay with it.[00:56:20]

[00:56:20] Jay Aundrea: It is what it is,

[00:56:22] Bruce Anthony: Jay, before we get outta here, what do you wanna tell the people [00:56:25] out here?

[00:56:26] Jay Aundrea: man. Look, you know who still exists? [00:56:30] The brother that southern them. Blu-ray discs in the barbershop on the street. So [00:56:35] you could still watch all the contents you want five for 25? [00:56:40] Okay. Just find that brother. He typically has [00:56:45] locks. He's got some incense burning, but [00:56:50] he got them Blu-rays.

[00:56:51] Bruce Anthony: And he smelled like sand, wood, and lavender.

[00:56:53] Jay Aundrea: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. [00:56:55] And he got the Blu-rays. His eyes are a little yellow. That's him. [00:57:00] A little bit of jaundice. That's him.

[00:57:03] Bruce Anthony: Oh, [00:57:05] on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I wanna thank you for listening. I want to thank you for watching, [00:57:10] and until next time, as always, I'll [00:57:15] holler.

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