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  3. S15 EP154: Hour 2 - Callaway Drops Good Good Golf, Plus Flock Cameras, Data Centers and Where the Adults Went
August 28, 2026
August 28, 2026

•Episode length: 37m

S15 EP154: Hour 2 - Callaway Drops Good Good Golf, Plus Flock Cameras, Data Centers and Where the Adults Went

Episode length: 37m

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Erick uses the Callaway Golf and Good Good Golf blowup, a bad driver ad, a public apology, and a canceled partnership to make a much bigger point about a country with no adults in the room. He tells his own story of the tweet that nearly cost him CNN and how Rush Limbaugh became the mentor nobody else could be. Then caller Randy asks why data centers do not go into empty strip malls and factories, and Erick gives the zoning and contamination answer from his Macon City Council days, plus the Effingham County build that is actually pushing Georgia Power rates down. He closes with hard advice for Flock Safety on license plate readers, facial recognition, and the abuse stories piling up.

  • Callaway Golf, Good Good Golf, Matt Kendrick, and the Obsession themed driver ad that blew up, with Dude Perfect as the counterexample of growing up right
  • Where the adults went: Erick on his own infamous tweet, apologizing for years, and emailing Rush Limbaugh at three in the morning for advice
  • Caller Randy from Macon on repurposing empty big box stores for data centers, and why blank slate land at three to four thousand an acre always wins
  • The Effingham County, Georgia mega data center, reportedly for OpenAI, and Georgia Power cutting rates because the facility pays its own way
  • Flock Safety under fire: the Texas town that voted the cameras out, license plates versus facial recognition, and the mandatory minimum Erick would write into law
  • Personal: daughter Evelyn's 21st birthday, his parents' 62nd wedding anniversary, Leif Erickson, and the great kitchen hardware negotiation
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