Armchair Anonymous: Wild Card XI
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Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Monica Padman.
Hi.
Today is wild card. What number in a wild card do you think this is?
Nine.
And don't you think you went further than what you really think, right? Because you know I'm going to say it's high. Sure. Do you really think it's seven?
No, I think it's nine.
You think it's nine. It's 11.
Oh, wow.
Oh, my wild card. Lucky 11-11. 11.
I love 1111. That's my number.
I guess that's when we do wildcard the 1111th episode. You'll get really excited. You're only halfway there. But, you know, there's a doozy as all wildcards are. And that's why we keep doing them. And that's why we're going to push, push, push until we get to 1100.
Push, push, push, push. Lewis, forget about the car. Push, push, push.
That's Toto, friend of the pot.
Toto Wolf. Please enjoy wildcard.
Come and go. Good times, take them slow. My life, I had them both. But one thing, you gotta know, I'ma keep on shining.
Hi, Marcos. Hello, I'm doing great.
Where are you? In South Texas, McAllen, Texas, out in the Rio Grande Valley.
What's the biggest city I would know close to there?
I was actually very curious about this because I always hear you talking about everywhere in America.
You found my blind spot.
We are about five hours south of Austin. Oh, okay. We are literally on the river.
Mexico's across the river.
What wild story does the guest share from their past?
Yes, I'm actually an hour east of South Padre Island.
Where I went on vacation at one point, Christmas time. And are you a drummer?
Yes, I'm a music teacher.
Wonderful. And what's great, Marcos, is wildcard. You could have murdered someone. You could have saved someone. We have no clue.
The year is about 2006. At the time, I'm 19 years old. One of the only one of my group of friends to have their own apartment. That was always the place we would all hang out. I'm hanging out with our local ska band. There was also a bunch of 18, 19-year-olds as well. They would play shows. After the show, we'd all go back to my place, hang out, have a great time. One of the main characters in this story, we're going to call him Marine Mike.
Oh, great name.
He's fresh out of service. This is 2006, so he was all over the world. We met through an acquaintance. We're both from small towns that are really close to each other, so we became real quick good friends. After one of these gigs, we're out of my place. It's probably around midnight, 1 a.m., so you can imagine...
I need to know how inebriated we are. Are we smoking weed? Just drinks?
A lot of drinks and just stuff a ska band would be doing.
Okay, okay, great. Ska shit.
So we're there hanging out, sliding doors open, people smoking cigarettes outside. Half of us are inside the apartment. Now the apartment is a block away from a main road. In between that block is a bunch of grass, trees, and this is like very southern Texas. So mesquite trees, tall grass. So we're all in the apartment. We hear screeching tires. Real long... We heard the crash and initially we all look at each other kind of excited. Let's go be a part of this car accident. Let's go see what happened. But as soon as we look at each other, we hear an explosion.
Oh, my goodness. Oh, wow.
OK. One of the guys that was outside, he peeks over the fence and he's like, there's fire out there. As soon as Mike hears that, he is gone. He bolts out the gate. We all look at each other like, well, we got to follow him.
OK. To help, not to flee.
No, right. Marine Mike's going to save the day. We ran out the apartment, crossed the parking lot. We see a silver Cadillac. Can't remember the other vehicle that's in the middle of the intersection. The Cadillac is completely on fire. The whole front end flames going all the way up to the stoplight.
Does that make you feel sad because you love Cadillacs?
I hate to see a Cadillac burn, if that's what you're asking. That's what I'm asking. But also from Marcos, I'm getting strong Jason Deleon vibes, which makes me feel very heart swelling.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:50
2
What wild story does the guest share from their past?
1:50–4:44
3
How did the car accident unfold during the wild story?
4:44–8:07
4
What challenges did the narrator face during the rescue?
8:07–11:00
5
What unexpected events occurred after the accident?
11:00–14:33
6
How did the narrator's family react to the situation?
14:33–20:00
7
What lessons were learned from the wild experience?
20:00–23:14
8
How does the story conclude and what reflections are shared?
23:14–49:10