Ride Home Rants
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From College Athlete to Career Success: Madison Olszewski's Journey Through Sports, Work, and Life
Madison Olszewski takes us on an extraordinary journey from Elyria, Ohio, through the highs and lows of her collegiate sports career. Listen as she recounts her initial struggles at Cedarville University's strict religious environment, which eventually led her to transfer to Notre Dame College. Madison gives us a closer look at the intense demands and rigorous schedules that college athletes face, providing a rare glimpse into the resilience and discipline required even at non-Division I levels.
Ever wondered what it's like to manage the physical and mental tolls of being a student-athlete? This episode uncovers the often underappreciated effort required, with personal anecdotes from Madison's training schedules and experiences at Notre Dame College and Bethany College. From early morning practices in indoor facilities to grueling winter sessions, we highlight the commitment needed to balance academics with athletics. Also, Madison shares how this intense workload contrasts with the more relaxed life post-college, emphasizing the dedication necessary to succeed in sports.
But it's not all hard work and no play! Join us as we lighten the mood with engaging stories about student ambassador roles, workplace dynamics, and the fun-loving energy of Johnny, Madison's Italian colleague at Anytime Fitness. We also explore career paths, the excitement of buying a first home, and a heartwarming conversation on the positive impact of kindness and good fortune. This episode is packed with captivating stories and valuable insights into the world of college athletics and beyond.
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Speaker 2:Madison, thank you for joining, of course, glad to be here.
Speaker 1:We're glad to have you on. So, first and foremost, for everyone out there, tell everyone where you're from originally, and other than Notre Dame, where'd you go to school, and all that.
Speaker 2:So I'm originally from the west side of Cleveland, from Elyria. I went to Elyria High School, so that was pretty awesome. And then for college I actually started at a different university called Cedarville University and then I transferred into Notre Dame Okay.
Speaker 1:So why the transfer?
Speaker 2:Oh well, you know, um, there was a lot of factors. Um, mainly, I mean, uh, you know, I'll just, I'll just say it, uh, it was very religious college. Cedarville is, um, a Baptist college. It was a little more strict than I expected it to be. You know, when you go to college, your idea is freedom, it's having fun and it's drinking and going to parties and waking up and being tired and going to class, you know, and wearing sweatpants. But unfortunately, everything that I just listed is everything that that school was not. So, you know, I there was a, there was a dress code, there was mandatory chapel every single day of the week. You know, just, I would have actually graduated that school if I had graduated from that school with a minor in Bible studies. So I would have taken a lot of classes.
Speaker 1:Wow yeah, I had a transfer too, the dress code alone. There was times, I mean, I basically rolled right out of bed in college and showed up to class. Oh yeah, there was time. There was one time I'll never forget it. I showed up and somebody asked me are you wearing two different shoes? Not even two different socks.
Speaker 2:Are you wearing?
Speaker 1:two different shoes. It's like yeah, I am, yeah, it happened. It was a rough night the night before but, you live and you learn, but, yeah, you're right, I you live and you learn, but yeah, you're right. I mean I don't think colleges and I understand being a religious-based college and everything like that, having some things in there, but to be that strict, there's another one back near where I grew up Franciscan University. Okay, Like they don't even have co-ed dorms.
Speaker 1:Yes, we didn't either it's male dorms, female dorms, and there were room checks at like 9 o'clock at night and if you had somebody from the opposite sex there, like they were forced to leave, like it's like 9 o'clock.
Speaker 2:Like I mean it's a little early for college.
Speaker 1:But yeah, it's just not for me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we had a curfew and it was. I believe weekdays was get this 10 pm and weekends you actually got till midnight and the worst part about it was your curfew. If you were past curfew by an hour it was 50 bucks to the college, yeah, yep, every hour and it stacked upon each other. Oh, that is yeah, so most kids got to the point where they would actually sleep in their cars if they were past curfew. Yeah, there's no way I'm showing back up now.
Speaker 1:No, I'll pay 50 bucks. They would actually sleep in their cars if they were past curfew. Yeah, there's no way I'm showing back up now. I'll pay 50 bucks because I was late.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely so. Like I said, you eventually attended Notre Dame College and you played softball there. What was it like being a college athlete, and tell us about what your in-season and out-of-season schedule was like. I know softball is a long season, so how did you make that work for yourself?
Speaker 2:Oh, you know, work is a great word to use. You know people like to downplay college athletics, especially when it's below the Division I level, and I don't think they understand how many like sleepless nights we get or how many like aches and pains. You know, even. You know you go Division III, you go NAIA, you go junior college. I mean these kids are working their butts off no matter what you do.
Speaker 2:So you know I, for softball at least, had, like you said, a very long season. We started in the fall with, you know, normal training, such as like weightlifting practices, those sorts of things, but we also had an actual fall schedule itself and we would play Division I colleges as scrimmages, okay. So it would start there and then we would. After that we'd go into our winter season, which was a lot of training, just strength and agility. And then you know, notre Dame College had this great thing where we would have to wake up at 4 am in the morning and go to some indoor facility because it's Cleveland so you can't actually go outside in the wintertime, yeah, yeah. And then you know, after that mess which was horrible, but after you get through that then you actually get to the nitty-gritty and you get to do the fun stuff, which is actual games.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, I get it. I was a swimmer in college. You're right, People downplay sports, especially Division III. At Bethany College it was a D3 school and a lot of people there didn't even know we had a swim team.
Speaker 2:Oh man.
Speaker 1:When I swam there I was one of four guys on the team, so a very small men's team. Obviously it's a lot bigger now but yeah, people downplayed my sport a lot as it is being a swimmer people don't think it's that tough of a sport it's not that grueling, there's no contact, blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 1:You get all that in. I told this story out here a ton of times, but it's my favorite story in the world. One of my buddies was a football player and we would always rag on each other all the time about each other's sports. Well, I'd had enough of it one day and I was like all right, man, why don't you come into the pool with me and we'll do the workout from today and we'll see if you can get through it? And I went, I'll even do it with you. I just got done an hour ago. I'll do it again with you. And we got through the warm-up and he was hopping and popping, he goes. Oh man, that was intense. I was like that's the warm-up, bro, that's to get you ready for what we're about to do. And the best thing was the next day watching him like limp around campus because he had used muscles he didn't even know he had. And uh, needless to say, he never made fun of my sport again.
Speaker 2:Good for you.
Speaker 1:But it was. You're right. You know swimming's a very long sport. You know it starts right before the actual winter season starts and it goes all the way up until spring. You know we even had at Bethany. You know January was typically an off. We weren't in school as part of our Christmas break, unless you were an athlete. Then they had what was called J-turn, so athletes and freshmen were forced to take a J-turn. They had a couple professors there, but mainly only winter sport. Athletes and freshmen were on campus. We were up in the water at 6 am and January in Ohio, let alone anywhere, it's cold. The water itself is already freezing as it is and then we would go to breakfast slash lunch it's kind of in between there and then we were back in the pool by one in the afternoon after going to the weight room at noon that's brutal and people.
Speaker 1:They don't see that. All they see is, well, well, you jump in the pool, you're sprinting, you're in there anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds. So how is that tough? Well, my workouts, I was swimming anywhere from five to six miles in a practice and it's just it's, it's it's ruling, and people don't understand, like, what it's like to be a college athlete.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you know, I just don't think. I don't think it gets enough credit. You know, and, like you said, even these Juco kids I've watched some of like the oh, it's not heart knocks, but it's. It's a show on Netflix and they show what junior college kids go through and you know their class schedules, their practices and what they have to go through. And their class schedules, their practices and what they have to go through, you would think they were Division I or professional with what they have to go through. It's a little bit ridiculous, but I just like shedding light on that, because there's still a lot of people out there that are like, oh well, you're only Division II or Division III. It can't be that hard.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely, I actually never. People always say when you get out of college, like you're going to be so busy and you're never going to have downtime and you're just going to be on the go all the time with your new job and you're doing this and you're doing that and you know what? I feel like I've had the most amount of downtime I've ever had in my life. I get it ever had in my life.
Speaker 1:I get it. Yeah, it's compared to what I was doing when I was swimming. Yeah, I have a significant amount of downtime. I don't have that much downtime. I got a lot going on with day job, being a stand-up comedian merchandise stores, coffee brands, finding shows, talking to promoters, podcasts, like so yeah, I'm pulled in like 75 different directions. But compared to college athletics, yeah, having a day off a week at least you know that's downtime.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, oh yeah, you know getting an hour nap in yeah.
Speaker 1:What's that? Yeah, we got a nap. Yeah, I didn't even know what that was in college.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh my gosh. I think that's probably one of the biggest like misconceptions that I feel like. They're like oh, you know, college kids, you're sleeping all day, you're sleeping off your hangover, all this stuff. I'm going to be lucky if I get a nap in today, 30 minutes max.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely yeah, there was no nap in. No, but you were actually. You know, you were a part of the last graduating class at NDC, as they were closing down. What was that like? Being a part of, you know, the last class at Notre Dame College?
Speaker 2:Well, I don't know if you can tell there's some more memorabilia over there, but yeah, I love Notre Dame.
Speaker 2:I, wow, I. It hurts my soul, it hurts my entire being that Notre Dame closed down, um, it just has such a special place in my heart and being there through that whole, through that whole process was just, it was heart-wrenching. You know, you had professors who I mean, and all the professors there, even Johnny himself who helped me get on this podcast. He, you know, they were so optimistic and they were so sweet and everyone that was working at Notre Dame was working there because they loved working with students and they loved seeing kids grow. I mean, the people who were working there, they weren't working there to make a paycheck, they weren't working there to make money, they were there because they enjoyed their time and they enjoyed the kids. And it's just really sad to see an institution like that, you know, fall and turn into nothing. And I actually feel like a lot of the students that were at Notre Dame were very of the same mindset because of the faculty that were there, you know. So it's just sad.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we've had a lot of Notre Dame College administrators, former athletes. Obviously Johnny helps out with managing the show here Good old Biddy, as I know him as. But yeah, when he told me that the college was shutting down at first I was like, alright, quit, joking, there's no way I see what you guys are doing. You guys are doing all these things. How is it closing down? That sucks one, that an institution is closing down, but it's something that a lot of people don't see the inside of and how that has an effect on people and I've gotten to talk with a lot of people from there. You know Everyone has the same thing. You know it's sad. You know everyone there cares, you know, and you don't get that at every job, let alone a college or university or anything like that. But you did a little bit of both because you were actually a student ambassador in administration at NDC.
Speaker 2:So what was that, Johnny? Thank you too much.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he came up with that question. So what was that job like and what did you help do?
Speaker 2:Oh, I did so much at Notre Dame. It's ridiculous, but that was part of the reason why I never had any downtime too, and basically was just trying to be the first face that you see when you walk into Notre Dame or when you looked it up or when you called. I was trying to be that person and it was great. I loved it. You know, when you really love something, you want to do everything to make it that much better and to find people that have that same kind of love, and I genuinely feel like at least 90% of the people that I gave tours to or were on a phone call with have that, have that energy that that, like I, you know what this actually does sound like a great institution and you maybe it's small, but who cares it sounds great here, and I just think that's what Notre Dame needed more of, and I think they were getting there, but just not enough time.
Speaker 1:Sometimes it's just too little, too late, unfortunately. I mean not on the same level, but I experienced something like that. There was this this is going to sound weird to compare this to college, but there was an anytime fitness in my in Steubenville, ohio that they had brought me on to manage because it was kind of getting ready. They were losing money. They didn't know what to do. They was bringing a getting ready. They were losing money, they didn't know what to do. They was bringing a new manager let's see if he can do it and I would have had another. Give it a month and a half. They'd have been profitable. It was just the banks. It was too little, too late and we had to shut the door and it's just like.
Speaker 1:I know that's why you guys brought me in. I know I guess I'm sorry I couldn't do it in the time frame that you needed, but you know it still sucks. Because then I had a look all these people that I just signed up to to be a member. They're like hey, there's one in weirton, west Virginia, that we can transfer you to. I know it's not the same, but you can use any time fitness, but your home club's going to be Weirton now. So if you need anything you have to drive 20 minutes in the opposite direction to get to where you need to go.
Speaker 1:But yeah, it's tough. But yeah, it's tough and I know it's not quite to the scale of an entire Division II college institution, but you know, kind of something I can relate it to, in that you want to have people that have that personality that's going to bring people in, and I feel like just even the short amount of time we've been talking here, like if you were what started people's idea and the first face people saw at Notre Dame College, I feel like that would have been a good experience. And then you bring in Johnny's energy and everything and you can't go wrong with that combination. This one's for me this isn't even on the outline, but did you get to work with Johnny at the college? Yes, and if so, how did you handle his energy?
Speaker 2:Oh, my goodness, Johnny, he is so funny. Uh, I feel like genuinely every day. He just gave off that, um, like super funny and unconventional uncle energy. But you know, you don't really realize it until you've been like around, I would say like an Italian family, because, because Johnny is very Italian and he, he lets you know, he reminds you about it, but he is, he is such a funny guy and you know, I never felt so comfortable. You know like he made it, he made it fun. You know like he made it, he made it fun. You know it wasn't great having to answer the phones or, you know, do all these normal office tasks, but he made it fun. You know, he made sure we were all taken care of. He's a great guy. He's a great guy, he really is yeah.
Speaker 1:And fun uncle Like that's a new way of scrapping Johnny. But he is very Italian, as am I, so you know it's. You know, I still remember because my wife had never met him in person. Oh, excuse me, but when we went to his wedding, that was the first time that those two worlds delighted my wife, who is full Irish, and Johnny Bitty Balcote, because all she has got from him is he texts me every morning at like 6 am because he knows I'm up at 6 am and he calls me a couple times a day.
Speaker 1:Obviously it's about podcasting stuff, but no, I talk to Johnny sometimes more than I talk to my wife. She even like she recently started doing this and it makes me laugh every time. Every time I get off the phone, she's like is that your husband? Is that Johnny? Yeah, but just like.
Speaker 1:So, they like had a quick interaction after the ceremony and everything like that. And then we got in the car to go back to the hotel to check in and everything like that, and she was just like so is he like and everything like that. And she was just like so is he like that. All the time I was just like yeah, that's johnny, it's like. Now you know why you can hear him through the phone when I don't have it on speakerphone. Um, I was like he's. He's a very loud italian like me. That's why we get along. So you married a full-blooded italian. You should know what's going on. But even at the wedding, like during, uh, the reception, during dinner, they played italian music like typical that you would have heard in the godmother that makes sense and she looked like so is this like dinner music?
Speaker 1:now, is this yeah?
Speaker 1:she's not used to this. This is, this is normal, uh. But yeah, just with those two worlds kind of collided, it was I wish I had it on tape, honestly like it was the funniest interaction, to me at least, because I know, uh, johnny and you know, obviously, my wife, but still still, just seeing those worlds collide and seeing her meet him for the first time, after only hearing his voice over and above, was fantastic. It was just anybody who meets Biddy for the first time. I want to be there and just see their reaction to him, because I love him to death. I've known him since college. I've known Johnny forever. But yeah, I remember my first interaction with him To this day.
Speaker 1:I was a sophomore in college and I had only ever known him as Dick. I had never known his real name and it was because, because I was around the rec center at swim practice and he was there for football and I think it was when he was recently transferring in and somebody said oh, the new guys, what's your name? He goes oh, don't you know, I'm Fitty from the city. Oh, my gosh, and that is, he was known as Fitty. And then we ended up having a class together and they were like, all right, john Falcone was known as Fitty. Then we ended up having a class together and they were like John Falcone, who's John Falcone? I figured I would know that Italian name. Who's John Falcone? I was like wait, you mean Fitty? So that was kind of like. My first reaction was him telling one of his teammates that he is Fitty from the city, which still makes me laugh to this day, almost 12 years later. It still makes me laugh to this day.
Speaker 2:And if you know who he is, it makes so much sense. He has not changed. He has not changed at all.
Speaker 1:No, I still even remember when we reconnected after college. I was working at a car dealership and he was just in service and I kind of looked over and I was like did he? And like? People looked at me like why are you just screaming out numbers? And, like it turned out it was him. Luckily, I was happy it was him, not just some random guy, but his energy was still the same and he had been there for a while getting his car serviced Not a place where people were normally upbeat, sitting in a body shop waiting for their car to get done.
Speaker 1:And he still was. He still had the same upbeat energy, was just happy about life and was just happy to be where he was. And I love that about Johnny so much. And you know, he's one of my best friends to this day and he's definitely a person you want to be, the face of your college, for sure. But, all that being said, let's get back to Matty here, now that we had a being said. Let's get back to, uh, to Maddie here, now that we had a little rant about Biddy. Um, so you I believe Johnny told me you recently just got a new job after graduating from college. So what are you doing for work now, and you know what is. Is it related to your, your studies that you got with uh at Notre Dame?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that you got at Notre Dame. Yeah, so I work at this pretty large company called Ernst Young. It's one of what they call the big four accounting firms and there I work as a. I'll give you my technical title a digital risk assurance. That's my technical title. A digital risk assurance. That's my technical title, but it's great. I love it so much. The company is amazing and, luckily, exactly what I do is exactly what I studied for in college. Yeah, so I got a double degree in accounting and software development, and digital risk assurance just plays ever so perfectly right into that.
Speaker 1:You don't hear of that a lot anymore. Is people actually getting jobs in their career field being what they went to college for? I am a prime example of that. I have a bachelor's degree in communications, and new media is what it's called, because aging myself, social media was just really becoming a thing when I was in college. So, like the sign-up for Facebook, you needed a student ID. I was in college, so, like the sign up for Facebook, you needed a student ID and a student email. That is, yeah, that's um, we're going to stop aging myself here. Um, with with a, also a track of journalism and broadcast with a minor in management.
Speaker 1:Wow, wow, wow. Broadcast with a minor in management. Wow, wow. I sell sheds for a living and I'm a stand-up comedian. So I guess now that I started this podcast four years ago, I guess the broadcasting starting to come into play a little bit. But I had to start that myself. So but yeah, like, so you don't really see that much. So you know, good for you one, and you know what do you do at the like. I know you're if you for what you can tell us, and I'm sure there's a lot of privacy with being in an accounting firm, so you know what you can tell us, kind of like what a day-to-day looks like. You don't have to worry about your cat jumping up. I have four.
Speaker 2:I'm surprised they haven't jumped up yet. So you're fine. So, essentially, other companies pay my company an ungodly amount of money to have people like me go out to their company and, hello, yes, thank you, um, to go out to um their company and just make sure that, like, their technology records are in compliance with, like accounting regulations and that everything just kind of makes sense. Um, and I actually had an internship there, my uh junior going into senior year. Um, and it was amazing, uh, I I worked for a couple different companies, bigger companies, and going to other companies' buildings were like beautiful, I mean, it's all glass and you get this discount and this discount because you work for the company. And oh my gosh, it was ridiculous. And even my company, just because, genuinely just because it is so large and they just make so much money, like they paid for my gas and they paid for my Wi-Fi and my phone bill and any food I got while I was out, like at a client site. So let's just say I won the lottery of jobs Absolutely.
Speaker 1:The gas alone anymore, is ridiculous Like that's. I don't even want to yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean it does come with its drawbacks of what they call a busy season, where I could be potentially working up to 80, maybe even like 100-hour work weeks.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, there's pros and cons to everything, obviously, but you know, sounds like your pros are really outweighing the cons there.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And good for you. Congratulations on that for sure. Yeah, I wish I had somebody that would pay my gas like 100 bucks a week just for me to get back and forth to work, and that's not doing any running around or anything like that. But that's what I get for being a country boy from West Virginia and having to drive a pickup truck.
Speaker 1:So that's kind of really my own fault. But plus I'm 6'5", I don't fit in cars, so that's kind of really my own fault. Plus I'm 6'5" I don't fit in cars, so there's not a lot of room for me in any of these small. Well, you get 75 miles to the gallon. I'll take my 15 and be able to fit. But last thing question here, and then we'll get into the last fun segment here of the show. But you're looking to buy your first home, so how's that going now? And being out of college and finding the adult life, so how's it going in looking for your first home?
Speaker 2:Well, I know Johnny have uh been the one to put that question out there because 100 his question I was gonna say because he, he was helping me look at homes, um, during my senior year.
Speaker 2:He was, he was helping me, um, you know, when he watches this, he will be very happy to know that I am actually buying my first home right now. I'm in it right now actually, I'm in still. I'm still in South Euclid. I didn't go very far, so, but I actually this, I just have an insane amount of luck in my life.
Speaker 2:So what happened was one of the girls on my softball team, her grandparents, own the house that I'm in right now. They still do. Actually, we're doing a rent-to-buy situation, but I'll get into that. So they own this house and they actually had tenants before us, a couple of tenants before us and they absolutely trashed this house. I mean like burnt it, trash everywhere, just blatantly disgusting. And so the grandparents kicked them out and decided that they were going to fix up the house. But then their granddaughter ended up transferring to Notre Dame College. So my teammate, she ended up transferring to NDC and playing softball, and so they fixed up this house for her and so that she could have somewhere to live other than the dorms, which was really nice for her.
Speaker 2:So they actually ended up putting about $30,000, $35,000 into this home. So it actually used to be a two-bed, one-bath, one bath, but now it has a finished loft, three or two beds, one bathroom upstairs full, another bathroom downstairs full, that they built, and then a completely finished basement and they put a patio on the back. And they're still they are still fixing things on this house. They just redid the roof on the garage, they painted the siding. I mean, they take very, very good care of this home and they have talked to us us being my boyfriend and I who will be behind the home. They drop and basically they are. They are angels, they are absolute angels for doing this and they're not even getting what's it called like a, like an evaluation on the home, because I mean this this home easily has gained so much in value and they're they're being very generous and selling it to us for an amazing price yeah, that's not a lot needs to be said after that, like that was no, congratulations on that.
Speaker 1:I know what the housing market is like and everything like that, and I've always said I'd rather be lucky than good any day of the week.
Speaker 1:And it seems like you have that in spades. Not that you're not good at what you do, but you have the luck part down like so you're golden on that. This is coming from somebody who, in the career choice in being a comedian as to what I want to do you kind of have to be lucky. I mean, you can be good all you want, but if the right people don't see your material, you're never going to go past the stage that you're at. So you know, I'd rather be lucky than good.
Speaker 1:People are like well, only like 200 people watched that TikTok. I was like, yes, but what if one of those 200 people was a talent agent? It's like that guy, I want him. I don't care. People are like, oh, but you're not getting millions of views on TikTok. I don't care. People are like, oh, but you're not getting millions of views on TikTok. I honestly don't care about that. I just need the right person to see my stuff. I'm still out there looking for you guys. If you're out there listening right now, I'm still available for bookings but, yeah.
Speaker 1:So, like I said, we're running down near the end of the show, and always a fun way that we like to end the show. I never tell anyone about this segment because I love to see their reaction. This segment is the Fast 55. It is five random questions from the wonderful manager of the podcast, johnny Fittipaldi. They are rapid fire, but you can elaborate if you need to, which some of these you're going to have to need to. And, maddie, these have nothing to do with what we've been talking about for the entirety of the show. So, if you're ready, we'll start the Fast 35.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, let's get into it.
Speaker 1:Number one how many states have you visited, and what are those states?
Speaker 2:Ohio I've been there, I think I've been to Florida. I've been to Texas, texas. I've been to Tennessee, kentucky, illinois, indiana, West Virginia way too many times Maryland, maine, the Carolinas Wow, this is getting to a lot of numbers, and I think there's one more oh, washington State and Washington DC, I think that's it. And Wisconsin.
Speaker 1:I think it's kind of like 20 there. Yeah, I think, yeah, with the little one-handed trying to count and make sure my mic doesn't fall at the same time. Yeah, I'll let the West Virginia thing slide. Big West Virginia.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh West Virginia, oh boy.
Speaker 1:I love West Virginia. I can't wait to get. I want to get back there. Question number two who's your favorite actor and actress?
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, actor. Do I have to do both actor and actress?
Speaker 1:You can do either, or I'll give you a pass, okay.
Speaker 2:Well, I think I'm just going to do something simple and go for Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. I love them both. I love them together. They will never do anything wrong in my eyes.
Speaker 1:Solid choice. Solid choice with that one. Question number three what is the best animal at the zoo?
Speaker 2:Ooh, that's a good one. I like the lion, but you know now I own two cats, so maybe that makes sense. Just giant cat.
Speaker 1:I own four cats, so I get it. Didn't want four cats, my wife wanted four cats.
Speaker 2:We compromised.
Speaker 1:We now have four cats, yeah. So question number four uh, what's the best restaurant for mexican food that you would recommend to somebody?
Speaker 2:mexican food these are all fitting I thought I told this man that I don't eat Mexican food. Let's see, maybe that's why you picked it. I don't know. There's a really good place in like South Euclid I don't remember what it's called, but I've been there a few times Not really for the actual food, though I was really there for the drinks.
Speaker 1:That's why you go to Mexican restaurants. Yeah, that's why I go to Mexican restaurants. Question number five Is Dairy Queen overrated or underrated?
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely overrated.
Speaker 1:Is that a hot take? That's a hot take in my book.
Speaker 2:Oh, wow.
Speaker 1:I'm a sucker for a good blizzard.
Speaker 2:You know I love Dairy Queen. I think it's great. You know, if it's the only ice cream place, absolutely I'm going to go there. But you know, in South Euclid, mayfield Heights area, there's East Coast Custard, which is, in my personal and maybe semi-professional opinion, the best ice cream place that I've ever had.
Speaker 1:Alright, I honestly was not expecting and overrated on the Derek Wade, but I am a fatty at heart. Anything that's bad for you or greasy food I'm a fan of, so it could explain a lot. But that was the Fast 25. I think you took it a little easier on you than most people and I'm starting to see a trend with his questions that he seems to go through these spurts where there's food typically, which is the one he's on now. For a while there was animals and the third one. There was three that he goes through and the third one is fighting questions. If you will, I'm sure he's asked you these.
Speaker 1:Like, all right, trapped in a racquetball court, it's you Batman, conor McGregor, who comes out, wins, like that's some of his questions that he would ask me on a daily basis when we were at Bethany and he still asks me these days, just these random thoughts that go through his head, and I love it. So we created a whole segment on this show based off of Betty's random thoughts, basically, and we love it. But, maddie, like I said, we are running down near the end of the episode. I give every guest this opportunity at the end of every show If there's anything you want to get out there, if it's just a good message, if you want to help promote the company that you work for or that you have anything going on. I'll give you about a minute and the floor is yours.
Speaker 2:All right, I don't think I need a minute, but I'm thinking. The only thing that I want to say is I've had some good luck in my life, but I really think the good luck in my life has come from just being a genuinely good person and wanting to see good in the world. So if you're ever struggling and you're down on your luck, maybe try that. You know that's it.
Speaker 1:Hey, I always love it when people end on a good message or something like that, so I'm all for it. I love it, and that is actually going to do it for this week's episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast. I want to thank Megan Osheski again for joining the show. A lot of fun getting to talk to you and getting to know a little bit about your backstory and everything like that, so thank you for that. As always, if you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just because you did. That's going to do it for me and I will see y'all next week.
