Bomani Jones

I was in North Carolina. People were talking to me in the hotel on the street. And I was like, why are these people? That's right. Yeah. In most places, civilized people talk to each other. They're nice about it.

Yes.

Yes.

I started the podcast seven years ago as a radio show was started 10 years ago. We started that right when you guys went to the midday shift. So it's just wild to think that that was 10 years ago. Again, I got to stop using numbers. It's not helping my self-esteem. But no, the pod, it's cool. It's still rolling. I got to find me something else to do. But in the meantime, it's still rolling.

I started the podcast seven years ago as a radio show was started 10 years ago. We started that right when you guys went to the midday shift. So it's just wild to think that that was 10 years ago. Again, I got to stop using numbers. It's not helping my self-esteem. But no, the pod, it's cool. It's still rolling. I got to find me something else to do. But in the meantime, it's still rolling.

What do you want to do? Something else. Well, no, the thing I tell people is that I got to do Game Theory on HBO for two seasons, and it was literally the dream job. It was like, what happens when your culmination of life's work comes and you're 42? Like, I got to find something else that feels like something, kind of charges.

What do you want to do? Something else. Well, no, the thing I tell people is that I got to do Game Theory on HBO for two seasons, and it was literally the dream job. It was like, what happens when your culmination of life's work comes and you're 42? Like, I got to find something else that feels like something, kind of charges.

That was the first time I recall that I did something that I wasn't sure, oh, I got this. Now, granted, some of the things I was like, I got this, I didn't have. But it was like, you know what? I need to try something. I'm going to do something that has the potential to go catastrophically bad. Right. Like nobody else had made the format work. I appreciated the challenge of getting to do that.

That was the first time I recall that I did something that I wasn't sure, oh, I got this. Now, granted, some of the things I was like, I got this, I didn't have. But it was like, you know what? I need to try something. I'm going to do something that has the potential to go catastrophically bad. Right. Like nobody else had made the format work. I appreciated the challenge of getting to do that.

And now I got to find something else that's kind of challenging. So what do you do after you've reached your dreams? That's a great question.

And now I got to find something else that's kind of challenging. So what do you do after you've reached your dreams? That's a great question.

What do you do after you reach your dreams at the age of 30? You'll hate this comparison, but I don't know how much you saw of any of that Aaron Rodgers thing. I have not seen it. It's really good. Well, I didn't finish it.

What do you do after you reach your dreams at the age of 30? You'll hate this comparison, but I don't know how much you saw of any of that Aaron Rodgers thing. I have not seen it. It's really good. Well, I didn't finish it.

Well, I did, though.

Well, I did, though.

Everyone I've spoken to is like, I got through two, and then three, I was like, I got it. I got the point. But the first episode and a half was basically that. It was basically like, He worked hard. He thought he wanted to do this the whole time. Then he wins the Super Bowl, and he's like, now what? I don't feel anything. You know what I mean?

Everyone I've spoken to is like, I got through two, and then three, I was like, I got it. I got the point. But the first episode and a half was basically that. It was basically like, He worked hard. He thought he wanted to do this the whole time. Then he wins the Super Bowl, and he's like, now what? I don't feel anything. You know what I mean?

Like, I thought this was the greatest feeling in the world. Now I don't feel anything. Now what do I do? No, that happens to a lot of people, and it has happened to somebody I know very well. And what happens when the thing you thought would feel like that doesn't feel like that? Right. Like, the thing I do have to say for me on the game theory situation is it did feel like that. Like, I had a –

Like, I thought this was the greatest feeling in the world. Now I don't feel anything. Now what do I do? No, that happens to a lot of people, and it has happened to somebody I know very well. And what happens when the thing you thought would feel like that doesn't feel like that? Right. Like, the thing I do have to say for me on the game theory situation is it did feel like that. Like, I had a –

When we were in North Carolina... Can you describe that feeling, though? It just felt what? It felt like... It just felt big? It felt... It felt like an accomplishment of sorts.