He is not, of course, Steve Levine the RE/MAX real estate agent, nor Steve Levine the professor of soil and waste resources at Wisconsin. Go Badgers . Or even the owner of Steve LeVine's Exotic Dancers in Scottsdale, Arizona. No, we are here to listen to Steve LeVine the author, the war correspondent, the Washington
an interest in happiness. A panting badger , Martin wore her down. The game of husband and wife was even less fun than she supposed.
They're gonna talk to you today about their best-selling books that have been out for awhile. "Slaying the Badger ," and what is the Eddy Merckx cannibal. Daniel: Cannibal. Something like that, OK.
Richard: And you know Armstrong was probably well you know and then Armstrong was the next guy. And a badger is really pretty vicious apparently.
Have any clever? Dan: Hi Michael. Corey: Rusty badger or something like that? Male #3: There's a Dirty Harry.
Jonathan: Which you hadn't even -- Mark Hoppus: I didn't even know about -- Jonathan: You hadn't even seen that. Mark Hoppus: Honey Badger until two days ago. Tom DeLonge: What's Honey Badger ?
Tom DeLonge: What's Honey Badger ? Mark Hoppus: Honey Badger I'll show you. Tom DeLonge: Have you guys seen, alright.
She wouldn't leave and wouldn't leave. And kept badgering me and kept badgering me. And after finally about three hours of this, I was like, what the hell, let's go surfing.
And so we shot that-- that was the master. And their employees were instructed to badger the customers until they upsold this thing.
Because I was, like I said, a t-shirt and shorts climber. But there's a little badger pass ski resort there. It's $79 for a season pass if you're under 14.
You were in "Big Hero 6," "Wreck-It Ralph," Frozen," "Feast." Yes. And so now you play Doctor Honey Badger . Yes, yes. I was brought into the Disney family a while ago before "Scandal." My husband-- it's take your husband
Mark Hoppus: Honey Badger until two days ago. Tom DeLonge: What's Honey Badger ? Mark Hoppus: Honey Badger I'll show you.
Richard: And you know Armstrong was probably well you know and then Armstrong was the next guy. Daniel: So you've written a book called "Slaying the Badger ." Now "the badger " is Bernard Hinault.
Richard: And you know Armstrong was probably well you know and then Armstrong was the next guy. And then I think I had this image of a badger as this cuddly kind of toy.
Richard: And you know Armstrong was probably well you know and then Armstrong was the next guy. He said, "Badgers a little bit nasty like me." So it does kind of sum him up, yeah.
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which which I wasn't sure how that worked uh I was curious about the honey badger uh
And I was excited. At the time, I had Citigroup badgering me about paying back my student loans and getting quite aggressive about that. And then I remember Guy and I looking at each other saying, wow, we now actually have to put on an event for 5,000 people.
them for and modern snakes are still shaping our lives in the way in which which what does that how does that resist the Venom um so honey badgers if I'm correct do have some mutations that
I'm not coming from the point of view of a survivalist or a prepper. I'm not talking about survival skills or how you can skin badgers . I've come from the scientific background.
Richard: And you know Armstrong was probably well you know and then Armstrong was the next guy. Richard: Apparently in Brittany it's a common form of greeting, "Hey badger .
Mark Hoppus: You can say it, I won't say -- Tom DeLonge: I don't if I'm scared to say it but it is 'cause it totally changes the game for everyone. Mark Hoppus: I just like it for the Honey Badger . Jonathan: Which you hadn't even -- Mark Hoppus: I didn't even know about -- Jonathan: You hadn't even seen that.
well established. So, it is a craft that takes time to learn. One little quote to sort of back this up, although I'm San Francisco Giants fan, this is the famous Tommy Lasorda, one of the most entertaining coaches in baseball in a long time, he was manager of the Badgers for about 20 years; still works for the Dodger organization. In fact, I think he's worked for the organization for about 50 years. He made this great quote the day he took over managing the Dodgers, which is, "I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand.
I'll lose. If we succeed, we'll go halves." He said, "I can't do that. You know, my family's here. I've been here ten years. I'm on the board." Anyway, like any good salesman, I badgered him to death, on the phone, every day. I said, "Look, let me fly you over." Brought him over to London. Paid for the flight. Arrived.
And it's mind blowing. Yeah. Lots of people ask, hey, did you eat a badger , or a fox, or something weird like that?
Richard: And you know Armstrong was probably well you know and then Armstrong was the next guy. It's kind of odd, the origins of it were apparently when he was a young cyclist, a teammate from Brittany used to greet him "Hey badger , hey blairo."
And I did find it really fascinating kind of getting to know the animals of the night because I love owls, and badgers , and things.
Another local gamer, Brian Blume, had also been to Gen Con, seen the crowds of people, and "badgered Gary into letting him in at the ground-floor." Blume was 23,
in Portland, perhaps feeling that an endless diet of underfed and emotionally bereft Indie rock bands threatened to zap, sap the zest from life, I started badgering my employer