# Riff 98 - Beating Florida Heat and The Dumbest Religion of All Time [The Comedian Next Door]

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Published: 2026-07-23T13:15:00+00:00
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Remember when summer meant going outside because your parents were tired of looking at you? Juan and John do. In this episode, they reminisce about growing up in Florida, where the official state sport is sweating through your clothes before breakfast. They recall marathon games of kickball, wiffle ball, and the kind of heat that would make today's weather apps issue a dramatic warning. Juan even shares the engineering marvel he and his brother invented: a blanket tent over an air-conditioning vent that transformed a double-wide trailer into what they believed was the North Pole. Along the way, they wonder when surviving the summer went from being a childhood pastime to a liability waiver. They also wander into the surprisingly passionate debate over air conditioning, including why much of Europe spent decades treating it like an unnecessary luxury—right up until the atmosphere apparently decided to become soup. It's a funny trip back to a time when the cure for being overheated was drinking from a garden hose and then heading right back outside.

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