About this episode
• Promotion for MyEternalVitality.com and Dr. Powers' hormone and nutrition services • Andrea's success story using hormone therapy and personalized nutrition • Dr. Powers offers free consultations for Tom and Dan listeners • Introduction to the Friday free show from the Just Call Mo Studio • Rauce joins the show and references his podcast "Good Sauce with Rauce and Joel" • Game of Thrones character comparisons and jokes between the hosts • Dan compares himself to Robert Baratheon • Complaint about Tyrion keeping his nose in the show versus the book • Discussion of Game of Thrones' decline after running out of book source material • Comments on the finale and foreshadowing with Daenerys • Rauce says the books will never be released • Brief review of House of the Dragon, especially season 2 • Announcement of new Tom and Dan merch, including straw hats and sun shirts • Praise for The Danger Brain's decade-long branding work • Introduction of new merch partner Hittin' Skins • Details about Hittin' Skins' services and Orlando showroom • Rauce endorses Hittin' Skins socks from personal experience • Joke about Tom not liking fun socks and his boys wearing them • Urging listeners to buy merch before it sells out • Tom and Dan discuss keeping merch prices low compared to concert merchandise • Joke about overpriced Morgan Wallen merchandise • Mention that the Tom and Dan hat is only $40 despite high quality • Limited quantity of hats ordered (about 20) • Hats have stitched and glued patches via Hittin' Skins • Rauce asked about the Coldplay cheating couple video • Hosts play and break down the viral Coldplay kiss cam clip • Couple's suspicious reaction led to viral speculation they were cheating • Dan jokes about cheating scenarios and how he would never be caught like that • Andrea says the couple could have avoided attention with a more natural reaction • Clip went viral because Chris Martin joked that they must be having an affair • Man in the video is a CEO, and the woman reportedly works for him • Hosts discuss how acting natural would've avoided the scandal • Dan calls it a "big ask" to act perfectly under pressure when cheating • Crystal initially thought the video was just a funny couple moment, not cheating • Internet sleuths tracked down and exposed the couple • Hosts debate the morality of online vigilantes exposing cheaters • Dan criticizes the need to "Batman" other people's scandals • Rauce comments on the irony of the woman being the Chief People Officer • Rauce introduces the idea that people don't have free time—free time has them • AI and facial recognition likely played a role in identifying the couple • Chat room says the CEO's wife is hotter than the woman he cheated with • Christine adds that the woman cheating was recently promoted and possibly rewarded for discretion • Hosts joke about it escalating to higher levels of company leadership • Daniel predicts this will lead to more kiss cam scandals at public events • Hosts predict people will start faking cheating reactions on kiss cams as a bit • Discussion about how the original cheating scandal will spawn meme culture • Reference to fake public proposals becoming common after real ones went viral • Speculation that team marketing departments will stage fake kiss cam scandals • Joke about making cheating more common by turning exposure into a trend • Mention of memes featuring Epstein and Maxwell as a parody of the kiss cam • Concern about how social media encourages artificial communication and behavior • Observation that culture is becoming more superficial and performative • Commentary on society not taking anything seriously anymore • Story about using a tax accountant who worked out of a storage unit • Dan got a $13,000 tax refund from that accountant • Warning that if everyone cut corners like that, it could ruin the system • Discussion on how quickly scandals go viral and ruin lives ### **Social Media:** [Website](https://tomanddan.com/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tomanddanlive) | [Facebook](https://facebook.com/amediocretime) | [Instagram](https://instagram.com/tomanddanlive) **Where to Find the Show:** [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mediocre-time/id334142682) | [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FtZWRpb2NyZXRpbWUvcG9kY2FzdC54bWw) | [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Mediocre-Time-p364156/) **The Tom & Dan Radio Show on Real Radio 104.1:** [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-corporate-time/id975258990) | [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Fjb3Jwb3JhdGV0aW1lL3BvZGNhc3QueG1s) | [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Corporate-Time-p1038501/) **Exclusive Content:** [Join BDM](https://tomanddan.com/registration) **Merch:** [Shop Tom & Dan](https://tomanddan.myshopify.com/)