Friday, January 30th, 2026 — we’re ending the week the only way we know how… with laughs, stories, and an accidental HISTORY CLASS. Brandon May is getting buried in Asheville snow (5 inches to a FOOT), meanwhile I’m up in Phoenix getting humbled at the ice rink with my first real wipeout… powdered, wet, and immediately getting roasted by my own kid. 😂 From there we pivot into a surprise deep-dive on the “State of Franklin,” the OG frontier folks who basically said “we’re done with government overreach” and helped shape what became Tennessee — and yes, we’re arguing about how to pronounce Appalachia like it’s a blood feud.

We also talk Cross + sports life: my new “Fear of the Lord” ASU-inspired shirt, taking a cross into arenas (and why that rarely goes well), and how God keeps setting up “tailor-made” conversations at games. Then we tell the story of how Brandon and I actually met during COVID care-connection texts, why it felt like a date the whole episode (unfortunately), and how a real friendship got built when the world shut down. We wrap with “Rules for a Knight,” trust, identity, and teasing next week’s stories… including the legendary Rummage Ball.

Stay warm, stay dangerous, and we’ll see you next episode.