961. - Matt Spicer

**Chris Black** (0:00)
All right, this episode of How Long Gone is brought to you by Stateside with Kai and Carter, a new podcast from The Guardian. And they are using this podcast to slow down the news and wrestle with the questions that we all have about what's happening in the world. And they do it three times a week, Jason. Does that sound familiar to you?

**Jason Stewart** (0:13)
We don't really talk about a lot of international global news items and climates and cultures and sports and things like that. We do talk about fashion and wellness, but for everything else, Kai and Carter are a great place.

**Chris Black** (0:26)
All right, so who couldn't use more news? Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube.
How Long Gone, finally, God is pissing upon New York City. It's been a rough couple of days, Jason, but I think it's his way of saying, you guys gotta calm down. There's kind of been too much action. The Big Apple, Them Genes was in town, the World Cup, you know, the Knicks.

**Jason Stewart** (1:04)
Two outside, we outside.

**Chris Black** (1:05)
We're two outside, the Nutcrackers are flowing. Thank God that we've been kind of, you know, stuck in our houses for at least 24 hours. I think we need it.

**Jason Stewart** (1:14)
I didn't know that. Okay, so washing the streets clean of the Knickerbocker filth. That's what you're hoping for.

**Chris Black** (1:21)
Jason, unfortunately, I think those stains could be permanent, but we'll see what he can do with his power, capital H.

**Jason Stewart** (1:26)
His power. Yeah, it's nice over here in LA, going to be a high of 84, just went for a little dog walk. I'll pass all the summer school students off to their school class.

**Chris Black** (1:42)
Dumbass.

**Jason Stewart** (1:43)
I would say it's kind of the opposite. I mean, losers in terms of the future of their life, in adulthood, but back then, the coolest kids.

**Chris Black** (1:52)
Of course, no, of course.

**Jason Stewart** (1:53)
Were the ones who would have to go to summer school. You know, the slackers, the sluts.

**Chris Black** (1:57)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. We're never gonna talk badly about sluts on How Long Gone. You know that, Jason, come on.

**Jason Stewart** (2:04)
I was just talking positively about sluts. I was just saying sluts are so awesome, so busy doing great cultural work.

**Chris Black** (2:12)
That they don't, yeah, I see.

**Jason Stewart** (2:13)
That they don't have time for whatever they're teaching nowadays.

**Chris Black** (2:16)
I did some.

**Jason Stewart** (2:17)
Adam and Steve, probably.

**Chris Black** (2:19)
I did some summer school.

**Jason Stewart** (2:19)
Not in Glendale, but other place. I did some summer school as well.

**Chris Black** (2:22)
I think only one time, and of course, for math, my weakest subject.
That's why I only know how to count in increments of 20, if you know what I'm saying. Wow, wow, okay, paper-trigger.

**Jason Stewart** (2:34)
I feel like I was so-

**Chris Black** (2:36)
More like fives.

**Jason Stewart** (2:37)
I was so asked that I think I was taking elective classes in summer school. I think I took typing in summer school, and which is not a required credit, you know what I mean?

**Chris Black** (2:46)
That's something you use on a daily basis, so it could be worse. It could have been something truly, truly pointless.

**Jason Stewart** (2:52)
My WPM is probably shitting on yours, not to-

**Chris Black** (2:54)
I don't know. Actually, I don't know about that. I don't know about that. I don't want to set up a competition or anything.

**Jason Stewart** (2:59)
Okay. My WPM rivals- It's better than yours.

**Chris Black** (3:03)
No, it rivals.

**Jason Stewart** (3:04)
It's not shitting yours.

**Chris Black** (3:05)
It rivals.

**Jason Stewart** (3:06)
Rivals? So one day I'll catch up to you?

**Chris Black** (3:08)
No, no, no. I'm saying I think we're neck and neck. I think it's the last couple of laps of the NASCAR track, and it could be a photo finish for us.

**Jason Stewart** (3:16)
It's anyone's game, okay? Well, did you...

**Chris Black** (3:18)
It's anyone's game.

**Jason Stewart** (3:19)
How often did you practice blind typing?

**Chris Black** (3:21)
Bro, I've been blind typing since I was 13 years old, bitch. I've been wearing glasses since I was fifth grade. I mean, blind typing I can do now. I mean, blind typing at its height for me was on the BlackBerry, unfortunately, which is not gonna be something we're gonna be able to test, you know, use this in the competition.