Enjoy it While it Lasts

Nico is gone… but Luka still isn’t coming back. Today I talk about how the Luka trade broke my connection to the Mavs, how deeply basketball shaped my identity, why ownership still feels like the real problem, and what it’s been like to lose the joy of a sport I once lived for.

Enjoy it While it Lasts isn’t just the name of this show — it’s the philosophy I built my life around. In this Deep Dive, I break down why I call myself a “realistic optimist.” I look straight at the harsh truths most people try to ignore — division, fear, helplessness — but I also talk about how I found peace, purpose, and joy by focusing on the small world I can shape. This episode is the clearest explanation of who I am, how I see the world, and why optimism still matters even when reality looks bleak.

Today's Weekly Newsish features updates about the government shutdown, including a surprising impact on Texas THC consumables. Then, Giant underground spiderweb where different species have found harmony, incurable brain cancer cured, McRib is back in DFW and the best news of all, Nico Harrison is out as the Mavs GM! Everything is great! Well except in Waco, Tricia tells us about some shady shit down there... Enjoy!

Friendships change - the grow stronger over time and they also fade, which can hurt at times. In this Tuesday Chill Tricia and I talk about some friendships that have meant a lot to each of us, and those connections have evolved. It's a conversation about love, loss, and the marks people leave on us.

Ashley had a solid foundation in her home life from her family, but started to lose confidence in herself from a young age due to academic struggles caused by dyslexia. She became a teen mom that was abused by the child's father. 
In our talk she explains how she was able to get out of the situation, and now how she uses conversations with her daughters as a way for them to learn. We relate to each other on the struggles of raising daughters that are boy crazy younger than we'd expect. Ashley is open in sharing the positives and hardships of being so close in age to her oldest daughter, as well as her two daughters having such a wide age gap. 

This week's Newsish starts with election results, including a record turn out in Texas and state constitutional changes that could reshape local power. The Louvre Heist and 3I Atlas gets checked back in on, and we look at bears deciding to wild out Japan. Tom Brady's cloned dog has ties to the same Dallas Biotech firm determined to revive extinct species. After some sports quick hits, we look closer at the impact of areas looking to leave DART, and Waco's leap into the modern age.

This week's Tuesday Chill is a person check in. First I tell you about an embarrassing story from a past trip to Austin for a friends birthday. I give you a recap of this year's Halloween at Casa de Familia Fouse including a few of our traditions. Then I tell you how life has been on the upswing for me lately. Come on in and chill.

I explore deaths impact on my life, how fear has turned to acceptance, and how looking at it took it's power away.
In this episode I recount the different ways I have experienced death or been near it myself at different points in my life. I talk about how I've handled each situation, and how they shaped who I am today

Comets with possible alien diseases, Government Shutdown impacts, Monkeys on the loose, and a serial killer that can actually be supported! Herman and Tricia sort through the chaos to try to find laughs and the truth.
 

This weeks Tuesday Chill is all about fear. Fear in our dreams, in our imaginations, and in the real world.
We start by looking at nightmares that have stuck with us, and the moments from our lives that have felt like nightmares. 
We talk about rational and irrational fears, what's changed as we've grown, and how we've turned fear into something that can be played with. 
Bonus Horror sketch at the end of the episode
Haunted houses, Halloween trauma, laughs and vibes, it's all here.