"Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO

The hosts tease Sacks about a rough morning after a night out in Los Angeles. A host on a boat reads his texts: still out drinking at 1:39 AM Pacific, no way to make 9 AM, then 10 AM to noon, then 11 because Drake had just come in. Sacks compares the night to a Seinfeld episode where Costanza finds a bar full of supermodels. His group had an empty private club to themselves until it filled within five minutes and Drake walked in. He had played a concert in LA that night.

Asked how many in his group are on his payroll, Sacks says about half have received some payment from him. Not all are direct employees, and some are vendors. With about five people out, the hosts agree it counts as an entourage.

Sacks says he now prefers highly refined tequilas to bourbon or Scotch and has urged an All-In tequila label. Ranch water is tequila with seltzer and lime, described as a margarita without sugar. Another host finds it unappealing.

you don't need to mix it with anything

One host recalls a Chinese gambling junket at the Aria that ordered every bottle of Screaming Eagle, around $5,000 to $6,000 each, and mixed it with Welch's grape juice. Another says that sounds pretty good.

On ice, a big cube melts slowly and does not water down the drink, but Sacks wants the ice to melt so the drink changes. A meme shows a venture capitalist's liquidation preference as an ice cube pulled out of the glass, leaving one ounce of liquid. Pappy Van Winkle, Sacks says, is very good but not ten times better than a $300 bourbon. He values smoothness with no bite.

A host says he is friends with two of the four Entourage actors, including Adrian Grenier, a venture partner in a fund in the Austin area. He says a reboot is in discussion despite a dispute involving Mark Wahlberg, and wonders how Ari Gold would fare in an era of cancellations.

That leads to the Snow White remake, where conservatives object to replacing the dwarfs with normal-height people. Another host says performers of short stature were upset about losing rare roles. Sacks calls that secondary. In his account the lead actress criticized the original in interviews, calling Prince Charming a stalker, and he questions why Disney remade its founding film at all.

Standards have changed over a 100 years.

Jason introduces Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony. He says it reached number one on iTunes with 25 million views on X within days.