The TexTenn Podcast

Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor? His AI Ads Are Destroying Karen Bass

Coaching 12-year-olds who slam $400 bats after a strikeout is a special kind of character development.Coaching 12-year-olds who slam $400 bats after a strikeout is a special kind of character development. Keith just lost 16-1 in three innings with eight errors, and his big coaching breakthrough is that nobody cried this week. Progress is progress. 🤦‍♂️ Then things get political but make it chaotic. Spencer Pratt is somehow running for LA mayor and dropping AI ads where he's Batman fighting Karen Bass as the Joker, and honestly? The guys are kind of into it. There's a whole detour into John Cornyn's Dollar General cowboy hat commercial, the great Cornyn vs. Paxton dilemma, and a deeply held belief that Mexican restaurants make the best pancakes in South Texas (this is non-negotiable). 🔥 Clay also reveals he's been banned from the new Devil Wears Prada because Meryl Streep makes him want to yell at the screen. Fair. The real chaos: Clay hates palm trees. Not all palm trees — specifically Texas palm trees. He cannot explain why. He just knows. There's also a tornado nobody noticed, a high school helmet-glue prank that earned an entire practice of running, and Justin getting called up to Double-A in Northwest Arkansas. 😂 Here's what we talked about in this episode… * The 16-1 Coaching Disaster * Clay's Inexplicable Hatred of Palm Trees * The Storm Nobody Felt * Cornyn vs. Paxton and the Dollar General Cowboy Hat * Spencer Pratt for Mayor of LA * Banned From the Movie Theater * The Great South Texas Pancake Take Two guys, no agenda, full tangents. Press play and stop pretending you're doing something more important.

Everyone Thinks You're Rich… Then You See the Bills

Owning a business doesn't make you rich. It just makes everyone think you are. 😂 Meanwhile, you're staring at expenses, dealing with stress, and wondering how that story got so far from reality. The conversation jumps from business life to real life fast because there's no separation anyway. Sales fix everything… until they don't. Being slammed feels great… until it wears you out. And just when you think you've got control, your kid loses it over nothing and you're standing there mid–peanut butter sandwich trying to figure out what just exploded. 🤦‍♂️ Then it gets even more real, kids breaking bones and acting like doctor's orders are optional, trying to run a business while also being bossed around at home, and watching your own kid make money while you're basically the unpaid help. 🔥 Add in random life stuff like gas prices making zero sense and doing everything right but still not getting the win… it's a whole mix. Here's what we talked about in this episode… * The "You Must Be Rich" Myth * Freedom vs. Pressure * Sales Fix Everything… Until They Don't * Morning Meltdown Chaos * Broken Arm, Still Playing * No Win Despite Doing It Right * Kids Running the Show Sit in on this one. It's the kind of conversation that feels like a normal day, laughing at the chaos, calling it what it is, and realizing nobody actually has it figured out.

Coke vs Pepsi, Cheesecake vs Caramel, Kids vs Concrete

There's always that one weekend that starts with something stupid like arguing over Coke vs Pepsi… and somehow ends in the ER. 😂 One minute it's strong opinions about Coke Zero supremacy and restaurant menus that try to do too much, next minute it's a homemade cheesecake disaster that turns into a full-blown redemption arc. Clay accidentally floods an entire cheesecake mid-bake (yes, actually pours water into it 🤦‍♂️), rage-quits, goes back to the store, and somehow comes out the other side with one of the best cheesecakes ever made. Meanwhile, Keith is inhaling half of it like it's a personal challenge, debating caramel drizzle strategy, and questioning why peanuts come in baby sizes. Just normal, productive adult conversations. And then the tone flips because of course it does. A bike, a bad decision, and a quiet kid trying to "walk it off" turns into a very real broken arm and a long night at the hospital. Baseball season? Done. Pain tolerance? Questionable. Little boy logic? Still undefeated. 🔥 Here's what we talked about in this episode… * Coke vs Pepsi debate (and why Coke Zero wins by a mile) * Restaurant talk: Bubba's 33 and the "too big menu" problem * The cheesecake saga: from total disaster to redemption bake * Accidentally pouring water into a cheesecake (yes, really) 🤦‍♂️ * Ranking the final cheesecake (and eating way too much of it) * Roasting peanuts and questionable "baby peanut" quality control * Kids doing dumb bike tricks that end badly * Broken arm story: hiding the pain until it's obvious * ER visit, X-rays, and baseball season officially over * Why boys never grow out of doing stupid things Join us for another rollercoaster ride in today's episode. Let's jump in and get started!

You Can't Preach That Then Say This After

You ever read something and go, "Wait… did that really just happen back-to-back?" Yeah. That's how this one starts. One minute it's all faith, tradition, and sincerity… next minute it's full-on chaos with zero filter. No warm-up. No transition. Just straight into "what are we doing here?" energy. From there it somehow turns into a full-blown spiral; foreign policy takes, why trying to "fix" other countries never goes how people think, and the kind of real talk that usually only happens off-mic. Then out of nowhere, we're arguing about local politics, why nobody normal runs for office anymore, and how paying people pennies to run a city might actually explain everything 🤦‍♂️ And just when it feels like it can't get more random, we're in youth sports drama, parenting decisions that feel like political strategy, and the universal struggle of getting a kid out of bed without starting a war 😂 Toss in conspiracy-level debates about the moon, rockets, and whether we actually pulled off what we say we did… yeah, it goes there. Here's what we talked about in this episode… * Trump's Easter posts and the shift from religious messaging to aggressive rhetoric * Public reaction and debate around his communication style and leadership tone * Iran conflict discussion, ceasefire doubts, and how their government structure works * Skepticism around U.S. involvement overseas and "boots on the ground" conversations * Local city politics, council dysfunction, and why qualified people avoid running * Frustrations around low pay for public officials and recycled leadership * Parenting realities, raising a 12-year-old and chaotic morning routines 😂 * Youth baseball coaching, fairness vs. favoritism, and managing team dynamics * Space talk: moon landing skepticism, Artemis mission, and conspiracy-style debates It's one of those conversations that starts in one place and refuses to stay there. Feels like sitting at a table where nobody's trying to sound smart, just honest… and occasionally way too honest.

My AI Started Demanding Proof of Work and I Lost It

Your AI has officially lost its mind and honestly, same. Keith's Claude started demanding screenshots and proof of completion mid-workflow like some kind of silicon micromanager, and Keith's response was to cuss at it until it backed down. Spoiler: it took three rounds. 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, Clay is out here ordering enchiladas at 10:50am like a man of culture while Keith ordered pancakes at the best Mexican spot in South Texas. We don't make the rules, but we will absolutely judge you for breaking them. Then there's the Alamo Drafthouse saga. Clay went. Clay suffered. Clay ate an entire pizza in the dark using his phone flashlight, couldn't get a Coke refill for 20 minutes, nearly fell asleep during a space movie his wife dragged him to. A wife, by the way, who thinks the moon landing was faked. 🔥 Keith went the very next night and had the time of his life. Same theater. Completely different human. This is either a Clay problem or a Keith problem, and both of them are convinced it's the other guy. Oh, and Keith's kids are out here throwing water bottles at each other's eyes, then following up with rocks; after being told specifically not to throw rocks. Gas is $5.29 a gallon, the AI is getting authoritarian, Iran blew up an Amazon server, and nobody; not the kids, not the AI, not Britain, is listening to anybody. 😂 Here's what we talked about in this episode… * AJ's Cafe road trip and the great pancakes-vs-enchiladas debate * An AI demanding proof of work and getting cussed into submission * Kids weaponizing water bottles, rocks, and bicycles against each other * Gas prices hitting different when you're watching the pump tick past $5 * Trump, tariffs, and telling Britain to go get their own oil * Iran attacking US infrastructure and how close things are getting * The Alamo Drafthouse experience that divided a marriage * A space movie one of them hated and the other secretly loved This is just a regular Tuesday for Clay and Keith, and it's way more entertaining than whatever else you had going on. Press play.