The Yak's BEST and STRANGEST Zoom Guests of 2026 (So Far): Mon Jun 29, 2026

Speaker 10:00

Three, two, one. It's the act. It's the act Cue the robot. It's your drive, yeah, it's our day. How wild is the act?

Speaker 30:12

That's a spicy meatball.

Speaker 10:14

It's the act.

Speaker 30:15

Are you serious?

Speaker 10:16

It's the act.

Speaker 40:18

I- I'm the coolest one out of all of us.

Speaker 10:20

Yeah, dinosaur, shark, too.

Dan Katz· Host0:21

That was incredible.

Speaker 10:22

Yankee Doodle, it's the act. It's the act.

Dan Katz· Host0:26

Ian.

Speaker 40:27

Oh.

Ian Cauble· Guest0:28

What's up, guys?

Speaker 40:29

Hello.

Steven Cheah· Panelist0:29

How we doing? Thank you.

Dan Katz· Host0:30

Thank you for- You know, hanging out ... yes, Ca- Just having my morning glass over here ... oh, there we go.

Ian Cauble· Guest0:34

Wow.

Dan Katz· Host0:34

Where are you right now?

Kate· Panelist0:34

Wait, is this Ian Cauble?

Dan Katz· Host0:35

Yeah.

Speaker 40:35

Yes, Kate.

Ian Cauble· Guest0:36

[gasps] Yeah.

Kate· Panelist0:37

Oh my God, I was just talking about that documentary. I've followed you on Instagram for, like, 15 years now. Sorry.

Ian Cauble· Guest0:42

Well, yeah- I'm a- ... I'm a lot nicer in person, I promise [laughs] Okay.

Kate· Panelist0:44

I'm a fan.

Ian Cauble· Guest0:45

Oh.

Kate· Panelist0:46

Oh, wow.

Dan Katz· Host0:46

So thank you so much for joining us. Where, wait, where are you located right now?

Ian Cauble· Guest0:49

So I'm in Napa Valley. Yeah, so I, uh, I'm from Huntington Beach.

Speaker 40:53

Oh, man.

Ian Cauble· Guest0:54

Down south, but I moved up here, got bit by the wine bug. Uh, played tennis at Sonoma State, started traveling up the coast and just realizing that, uh, eating and drinking is kind of the way forward, uh, if you wanna enjoy yourself.

Dan Katz· Host1:05

I love it. So have you- It's true ... had a chance to watch any of our sommelier's, uh, videos?

Ian Cauble· Guest1:10

You know, I just saw a clip. Um, and I saw that he wrote that, uh, Pinot Noir's the worst wine in the world, which, you know, I'll send you guys some bottles and change your mind. It's actually one of the best grapes in the world. Uh- Ooh. [laughs] ... but that was the first link that, uh, my assistant here at the office sent me. Sh- she's like, "You gotta teach these people something." And I was like, "All right."

Speaker 41:29

Well, he doesn't