Matt Rife

**Theo Von** (0:01)
What did you steal?

**SPEAKER_2** (0:02)
Secrets.
Disclosure Day is Steven Spielberg's best film in 20 years. Are they people?

**Theo Von** (0:10)
No.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:11)
Are they human?
My God. Spielberg does this better than anybody in history. I can see them.

**Theo Von** (0:19)
They're coming.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:22)
Disclosure Day, rated PG-13. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13 In theaters Friday.
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**Theo Von** (0:30)
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We're thankful to have him. This is his first time being here. And he's had quite a journey and we're just, we're excited. Today's guest is Mr. Matt Rife.
How are we doing here?

**Matt Rife** (2:05)
good, dude.

**Theo Von** (2:05)
Looking all right? Yeah. I just wanna make sure I look fucking BLM adjacent.

**Matt Rife** (2:11)
You what?

**Theo Von** (2:12)
I just wanna make sure that I look...

**Matt Rife** (2:15)
BLM adjacent?

**Theo Von** (2:16)
Yeah, I wanna look BLM adjacent.

**Matt Rife** (2:18)
Like you wouldn't protest yourself if you'd help make the signs?

**Theo Von** (2:20)
I just want them to know that, you know what I'm saying, I'll, yeah. I'll pull up, you know what I'm saying? 100%.
But I'm not getting crazy out there.

**Matt Rife** (2:27)
No, no, like I'll hit the barbecue, but I'm not hitting the march, you know?

**Theo Von** (2:31)
Yeah, dude.

**Matt Rife** (2:31)
It's gotta be a line.

**Theo Von** (2:33)
Yeah, because the BLM march also, I think it just got to, I don't know.

**Matt Rife** (2:39)
It came at a good time in my life. I had just gotten a whoop bracelet, so I was all about my steps at that time.

**Theo Von** (2:43)
Oh, for the BLM marches?

**Matt Rife** (2:44)
Yeah, I was kind of right on time.

**Theo Von** (2:45)
Oh, that's a great point, dude. People don't think about, dude, I wouldn't be surprised. And this is a conspiracy theory. A lot of those were like BLM marches and like probably the, you know, I don't know, also maybe like the George Floyd protest. It was all kind of the same thing, I think.

**Matt Rife** (3:03)
I think so.

**Theo Von** (3:03)
But were the BLM marches and stuff, was all that part of like just big propaganda for like the Wu bracelet and some of those companies.

**Matt Rife** (3:09)
Is that a real conspiracy? If people would think it was just for the fitness aspect?

**Theo Von** (3:13)
I don't know, let's look that up on perplexity if you can, dude. Or what are they saying? Is there, because all I'm saying is that's smart.
That's smart. Do we put out this thing? People need their steps. How do we get them outdoors?

**Matt Rife** (3:24)
It's a black bracelet.

**Theo Von** (3:27)
I'm just saying.

**Matt Rife** (3:27)
The bracelet could have been any color.

**Theo Von** (3:29)
You said it.

**Matt Rife** (3:30)
I was way too early in the pod for that.

**Theo Von** (3:31)
I mean, bro, this pod's been through a lot.

**Matt Rife** (3:34)
I know, man. I'm so happy we finally make it happen.

**Theo Von** (3:36)
I think we'll be fine, dude. Me too, man. Good to see you, dude.

**Matt Rife** (3:39)
Good to see you too, man.

**Theo Von** (3:41)
Wow. I forget, dude. No, there's no credible evidence that the BLM marches were a conspiracy to sell whoops.

**Matt Rife** (3:47)
What?

**Theo Von** (3:48)
Which is a little slangish, I feel like, for perplexity. Or that the protests themselves were pre-planned as a fake operation.
What is true is that the 2020 protests happened in response to the George Floyd killing and like many large demonstrations, that included a mix of peaceful marches and some incidents of violence, looting and misinformation.