1 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,799 Hello, everybody, Welcome, here we go. It is that time again, 2 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,640 Matt Connerton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of w m n 3 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,560 h FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New Hand I'm sure also on Comcast ninety 4 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,920 seven if you're in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across 5 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,079 the nation and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton 6 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:11,719 dot com for all your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, 7 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:17,439 show archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is Thursday, June twenty nine, 8 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,879 two thousand and twenty three. We have an exciting show for you coming 9 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:26,760 up at four fifteen. Our friend EASYG Well, we'll be joining us for 10 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:32,120 the humidity is making it difficult for me to speak. Apparently it's very humid 11 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:36,640 today. It's been very humid but summer. EASYG will be joining us for 12 00:01:36,719 --> 00:01:41,480 his entertainment report, and then coming up in the second hour, New York 13 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:47,000 State Republican Kevin Hammer will be skyping in. Will be is it his third 14 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:51,200 or fourth time on the show. We've we've made him a sort of a 15 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:55,159 semi regular. I think about once a month we have him on. Really 16 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,560 enjoy speaking with Kevin, so so he'll be joining us later in the program 17 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:02,359 and he'll be on vs Skype, so the studio line will still be open, 18 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,599 so if you want to enter the discussion, you will be able to 19 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,439 a couple of quick programming notes too. Yes, we have a busy show 20 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:14,080 today and a busy show tomorrow. Tomorrow we've got in the first hour, 21 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,319 probably do it. Toward the end of the hour, we'll have Eric Pilcher's 22 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:23,919 classic film review that makes its return tomorrow and this week the subject is Raiders 23 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:28,719 of the Lost Dark, the original Indiana Jones film starring Harrison Ford, So 24 00:02:28,759 --> 00:02:30,479 that will be the film review tomorrow, and then in the second hour we 25 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:36,960 will be joined by Hue the Gecko. And last time Hue was on he 26 00:02:37,039 --> 00:02:42,879 really brought in some callers, so he'll be with us tomorrow as well, 27 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,919 so it'll be great. Actually, he was on recently too with Aaron Bildo 28 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,680 where because the first time Hue was on, he had Aaron with him, 29 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,639 but Hue was the featured guest if you will, and Aaron was here accompanying 30 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:58,879 him, and then they kind of did it the other way around. Wait 31 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,199 was Hue here with Aaron or was he with, Yeah, he was here 32 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:05,800 with Aaron and then m yeah. And I'm not sure who's going to be 33 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,039 with Huey tomorrow. I think it's going to be a surprise, but he 34 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,639 is bringing someone who's going to come in and play live with him in studio. 35 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:15,280 So we look forward to that next week. Just so you know, 36 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,240 I haven't mentioned it on this program. I think Peter's talked about it on 37 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,039 the Morning Show, but I haven't mentioned it. But next week is our 38 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,280 summer break. Don't worry, it is only one week, so we will 39 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,599 will be off next week. We do have some brand new I've produced a 40 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:35,759 batch of brand new best of editions that we'll be airing a next week in 41 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,599 this time slot. So these are not I know the we have a lot 42 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:44,400 of Best of us, but they needed some freshening up. So we've got 43 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,680 some brand new ones airing next week, and then we'll be back on July 44 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:50,719 tenth. I believe it is so looking forward to that. By the way, 45 00:03:50,719 --> 00:03:53,159 if you're watching online, you might notice I've got my new hat. 46 00:03:53,919 --> 00:03:59,000 Jenny brought this from her latest trip to Washington, DC. You know she 47 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:03,240 got back yesterday. More People's action a great organization that she's been working with 48 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,840 UM advocating for Healthcare for All, Medicare for All, and so forth. 49 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,759 So it's a really nice hat and it's got the flex fit, which I 50 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,800 like, less likely to go flying off my head in a brisk gust. 51 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,920 It gets very windy down here on Elm Street. I'll tell you when it's 52 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:26,160 when it's windy in Manchester, New Hampshire, it's windy est on Elm Street. 53 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,839 You might think it's probably at the top of a hill somewhere it would 54 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,480 be windyest. No, no, no, I'm telling you this wind tunnel 55 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,600 we have downtown here. That is where it is windyest, and that is 56 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:40,480 where I lose hats. So hopefully I don't lose. This is a really 57 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,600 actually it really is a very good quality hat, so so very nice. 58 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,399 I was very appreciative to get this, by the way, And you know 59 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:53,040 there's there's some big stories. You know. There was the Supreme Court ruling 60 00:04:53,079 --> 00:04:57,199 today on affirmative action in terms of college admissions. We're gonna do a deep 61 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,800 dive on that soon. We probably won't get to a this week. Well, 62 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,839 we'll see, I'll, i'll, I'll probably bring it up to Kevin 63 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:06,720 Hammer when he joins us in the second hour, because I am curious to 64 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,600 get his thoughts. But at some point soon and obviously, you know, 65 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:15,399 we've got a busy today and tomorrow, and then next week we're we're on 66 00:05:15,519 --> 00:05:18,000 break, So probably the week of the tenth, at some point that week 67 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,720 we'll do a deep dive on it, because it is um it's a big 68 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:27,199 subject. But the Supreme Court today effectively ending affirmative action at colleges in terms 69 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:30,439 of admissions. But there's a lot to say about that and a lot to 70 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:36,079 explore. It's a it's a complex subject. And also one of Putin's generals 71 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:42,639 is missing. And the general who is missing seems to be the same general 72 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:48,639 who is alleged to have known about the coup or well, of course Progosian 73 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,680 said it was never intended to be a coup per se, but this general 74 00:05:53,879 --> 00:05:58,439 is alleged to have known something about it ahead of time, as some other 75 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,279 members of the the command in the Russian military as well. And uh seems 76 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:10,360 that anyone who might have known something mm, they don't seem to be appearing 77 00:06:10,399 --> 00:06:14,920 in public. And it's got uh, there's a lot of speculation and by 78 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,279 the way we sell then seen progosition in public again either, Uh, he's 79 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,160 supposedly he's in Belarus, that's what Lukashenko claims. He is in Belarus in 80 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,240 a hotel with no windows, of course, because Putin likes to have his 81 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,759 enemies shoved out of windows. But no one's actually seen the guy. So 82 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,560 is he actually really there? So there's there's a lot to explore. So 83 00:06:35,079 --> 00:06:39,639 but right now, I believe our friend EASYG is on the line. Hello 84 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:43,759 Eric and figured it's twenty four fifties, So I've figured a better calling. 85 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:48,519 Can you've got a guess Colin coming in? Yeah? We have again. 86 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:53,920 Kevin Hammer will be joining us in the second hour. Yes, oh, 87 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,120 I have a studio. He'll be skyping in. He is in New York, 88 00:06:57,439 --> 00:07:00,680 Schenectady. Yeah, he's in Schenectady, New York. What kind of 89 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,639 guy is he? What kind of guy? He's a cool guy? Oh? 90 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,759 What kind Oh? I thought, Oh, I see what you mean. 91 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,319 Uh. Yes, he's actually a candidate for I believe the city council 92 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:17,519 in Schenectady. But uh, we met him through our friend Billy Painter from 93 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,680 Outlaw Radio thought Kevin might be a good guest on our show, and I 94 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:25,920 enjoyed our initial discussion so much. I said to Jenny, you know, 95 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:28,839 because Jenny does the booking, I said, let's make him kind of a 96 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:30,600 regular. We'll have him on once a month or something, because, um, 97 00:07:33,279 --> 00:07:38,240 yeah, city council in Schenectady, and he's, um he's one of 98 00:07:38,279 --> 00:07:41,079 those people who what I like about him is, you know, he and 99 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,959 I are ideologically different. Uh. He's a Republican, fairly conservative in some 100 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,279 ways, although I think moderate overall probably you know, and I'm kind of 101 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:53,079 center left, but we can, uh, but we're But he's one of 102 00:07:53,079 --> 00:07:58,439 those people who we can have a intelligent discussion without you know, there's no 103 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:01,160 you know, nobody's trying to prove the other way or anything like that another 104 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,040 opinion besides yourself. Well, of course, yeah. I mean that's That's 105 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,680 a big part of why I do the show is that I like I like 106 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:11,560 talking to people. I like having mature and sophisticated discussions with people with whom 107 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,240 I disagree. And it's fine to talk to people with whom I agree too, 108 00:08:16,279 --> 00:08:20,279 but I find it actually more intellectually stimulating at times talking with people with 109 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:24,879 whom I disagree. As long as they're able to have that kind of conversation 110 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:30,839 where it's not like this weird fun where it's not like this weird partisan contest, 111 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,960 but actually a mature, open, uh discussion. That's why I like 112 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,120 Eric Pilcher so much. I call I call Eric Pilcher my favorite conservative because 113 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:41,679 he's like that too, Like we can have conversations and we can disagree on 114 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:46,600 things, but it's but we keep it respectful and we actually try to empathize 115 00:08:46,639 --> 00:08:50,240 without the other feels and try to understand each other's positions instead of just sitting 116 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:56,399 here yelling at each other like yeah yeah, yeah yeah so uh so anyway, 117 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,159 Kevin's another person like that with whom I probably he disagree much more than 118 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,480 I agree, but we're able to have a really good, substantive conversation. 119 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,600 And I enjoy that very much, and he seems to as well. So 120 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:13,039 he'll be here with us in the second hour today. Yes, yes, 121 00:09:13,159 --> 00:09:18,200 yes, yes, yes yes, and uh of course you are going to 122 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,960 be telling us today where a man of McCarthy. Katie Dobbins and April Cushman 123 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:30,639 are playing correct? Um not all right, so just Katie and uh Katie 124 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:33,159 and April. All right, Well, let me go ahead and hit your 125 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:39,879 I'll go ahead and yes, we don't gonna talk about it, but what 126 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,759 about in Florida? But we'll we'll talk about dates that are far away, 127 00:09:45,399 --> 00:09:48,799 right right, let me go ahead and will well, yes, we'll go 128 00:09:48,799 --> 00:09:54,480 ahead and hit your music. Here he was once that from aud You want 129 00:09:54,480 --> 00:10:01,000 to know about snock market crash is COVID nineteen dry advise, celebrity gossip, 130 00:10:01,399 --> 00:10:11,120 Easy, geez, gotcha, entertainment reports, stuffs. Wow, because Saint 131 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:16,000 Nutton, but a jeep bank baby back? Are you ready find out? 132 00:10:16,799 --> 00:10:22,799 Ready, go by the way easy before you get into that. A name 133 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,960 I haven't seen in our Facebook live chat in a while, but it's wonderful 134 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,200 to see her in there. Uh Karen Kubit or Cubit, I'm never sure 135 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:35,720 how to say it. She's Ben Dyon's aunt and uh, she's um occasional 136 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:41,559 caller, but I see her in the Facebook live chat. Yes, yes, 137 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:45,639 Isaac Banks also in the chat room, of course, along with Charles 138 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,639 Richardson speaking of Florida, and uh, Crystal Funny, I can't hear the 139 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,360 music anymore. It's weird, not it is weird. Yes, and Crystal 140 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:58,919 our great friend from the state of Illinois. Also in the chat. Yeah, 141 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,039 yes, all right, I always try to mix it up here. 142 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,039 The person I want to give a shout to, Robert Diana, gave me 143 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:09,120 some love this morning on the morning shows. That's always nice, very nice. 144 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,679 Rob Dion of course. Uh, he does name that tune and he 145 00:11:13,759 --> 00:11:18,279 does his own entertainment report on the morning show on Thursday mornings, and Eric 146 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,120 started the entertainment reports. I thought it was nice. Yeah, stick at 147 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,200 my blue folder and they stick at the ipadpad story. Oh yes, I 148 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:30,399 remember that vividly. Yes. Anyways, I don't think I've dedicated to show 149 00:11:30,519 --> 00:11:33,480 to this telarifore O if he's in a Facebook live room Alex Whitney. You 150 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:37,679 know I used to that guy overseas, right, Alex Whitely from the UK. 151 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:43,919 Yes, and he is a very successful podcaster and media personality in his 152 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,360 own right. Yes, I don't know if he's in a Facebook live room. 153 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:50,600 I haven't seen him in there yet. I have not seen him yet, 154 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,360 but he may. Oh yeah, and I also the okay to this 155 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,519 guy here you once again he had a real bloody man. I don't remember 156 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:01,320 paying a blood John Moxley remember the Combat Club former Shield member. Yes, 157 00:12:03,039 --> 00:12:05,039 you know they want to be edgy. They got DLVS TV fourteen, you 158 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,200 know, squears and like you said, you're the same way. I don't 159 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,559 like those bloody matches. Yeah. I don't like to see like the pile 160 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,960 drivers. You can break somebody's neck. Yeah, yeah, Well the reason 161 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,480 in some places the pile driver is banned is because, yeah, it causes 162 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:26,679 uh neck and spinal compression that they I think, Yeah, they don't do 163 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:31,279 pile drivers. They haven't in w w E. They haven't done pile drivers 164 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,159 in over a decade. It's very rare that you'll see one. Yeah, 165 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:39,279 didn't take her do that too, I don't actually, No, the Tombstone 166 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,919 is a pile driver. Yeah, Undertaker is one of the few guys they 167 00:12:41,919 --> 00:12:46,279 would let's still do it because he never hurt anybody ever. He's so careful 168 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,639 that they would let him do it. I know they try to be edgy 169 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,799 and stuff, but I don't like the blood and I don't like the pile 170 00:12:52,879 --> 00:12:54,919 drivers. And they see that blood old night all day long, I mean 171 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,480 all night long on dynamite. And I know they want to be uh, 172 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,840 you know, more g and stuff and all that, but I don't like 173 00:13:01,919 --> 00:13:03,840 it, so no, I don't. I don't. I don't like blood 174 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,679 no blood. I think they do it like every week. Now. They 175 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:11,200 have a show coming up in Boston on TD Bank, first time there in 176 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,960 Mox filey and getting a mox on a combat call me gonna fight somebody else 177 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,200 the blooding gouts. I said, oh great, sure to watch that. 178 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:24,919 No, I mean it was it didn't occasionally is okay, but they see 179 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,840 me do every week and which doesn't make it. Uh, you know they 180 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,039 do like hell in the cell every week. You know it's not it gets 181 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:37,120 old. You know, it gets old every week every week. I mean 182 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,159 obviously you don't have to watch it, obviously, So that's that's true. 183 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:46,440 Goes ride, you do not have to watch it, that's true. Yes, 184 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,120 I want to make sure we get everything in please finished the wrestling updated. 185 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:54,600 Its big money in the bank and this is my prediction for the money 186 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:56,879 in the bank. Probably won't win, but I think the men might win. 187 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,720 It's a la night. I think they might put the money in the 188 00:14:00,759 --> 00:14:03,279 bank on him and I hope. So it's a long shot. By the 189 00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:07,200 new wrestler Joey Starks, Oh yeah, they want to push the young girl. 190 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:11,679 But I don't think that's gonna happen, but La Knight by doing I 191 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,519 sure hope so. Jenny and I are both big fans of La Night. 192 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,080 I don't quite understand him too, though I wasn't at the beginning by him 193 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,919 now oh no, I yeah, I've been a fan of his since back 194 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:28,840 when he was Eli Drake in Impact Wrestling. Well, lately some reason he 195 00:14:28,879 --> 00:14:31,759 seeks to lose a lot, but he beat a Hall of Famer Raymond see 196 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:35,360 Jor, So that's that's pretty good on his side of the table. Yes, 197 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:39,039 I don't know. I don't understand Friday Night's back down. I don't 198 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,519 quite understand. I think I might have said this Eric pilcher or too. 199 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:43,879 I don't quite understand what they're doing with him though, Like, why don't 200 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:48,080 they just turn him? Why not make him a hero? You know? 201 00:14:48,159 --> 00:14:52,320 Why do they keep having him try to play the villain La Knight? The 202 00:14:52,919 --> 00:14:56,200 fans are cheering for him, and the announcers talking about what great reactions he 203 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,720 gets, and yet he continues to behave in a villainists man at times, 204 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:03,240 and he should just be a good guy. What happens if he was money 205 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:05,480 in the bank. Yeah, I hope, So I hope that's what they're 206 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,360 gonna do. They got to hurry up with him. He's forty years old. 207 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,679 He's not like some twenty five year old. Then they can take their 208 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,480 time with He's forty, and I understand. It's not like when we were 209 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,240 kids, where in professional wrestling forty was considered okay, time to think about 210 00:15:20,279 --> 00:15:22,639 retirement. Now it's like at forty, these guys are writing the primes of 211 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,519 their careers. But still he's story guy. That guy's staying. He was 212 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:30,279 on the end of his career. Of course he never say never in wrestling, 213 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,039 but he was sixty four years old last night, Yeah, staying event, 214 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,360 and he flew up the topping a lotter on today. You know that 215 00:15:37,879 --> 00:15:41,320 tables are made made a break. He could break to four years old. 216 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,120 It's like, oh my god, well he'd Yeah, obviously he's taking care 217 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,600 of himself to be able to do that at sixty four to four years old. 218 00:15:46,799 --> 00:15:50,200 I know he don't wrestle that much, but he wrestled appropriated Doorty, 219 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,399 wrestled at the really wrestle a lot, but he did back to back should 220 00:15:54,919 --> 00:15:58,600 Yeah, he's good. He's gonna be retiring to him, but he's a 221 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,000 good sha though, you know, I know Tony Survival. It's that guys. 222 00:16:02,039 --> 00:16:06,440 Stay. Yeah, I think there's a favorite wrestler, you know, 223 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,240 like the old Um we're still in there. They gotta used to be a 224 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,320 fan of. We're still a fan of stone Cold see Boston Um the j 225 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:18,679 j r j R. They are. Yeah, like it's always you know, 226 00:16:18,879 --> 00:16:26,120 stone Cold, stone Cold the favorite probably still is probably once your favorite, 227 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,639 always favorite, right No, I don't think that's true at all anyway. 228 00:16:29,679 --> 00:16:32,600 So yeah, around the corner and you vacation next week to enjoy yourself. 229 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:34,200 July third, they're gonna have the fireworks. I don't know why they 230 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,600 do it for July fourth, but then we do that at Manchest the day 231 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,639 before. It's gonna be at dusk, and if it donsis rain, which 232 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:42,639 it has rained a lot, they would do the show in July fifth, 233 00:16:42,799 --> 00:16:47,159 and it's always at dusk. Obviously the free event. Drink some food, 234 00:16:47,159 --> 00:16:48,440 are be able to going to get a paid for it. And I don't 235 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:53,559 think they allow any alcohol or drugs in their office. And so thirty nine 236 00:16:53,639 --> 00:16:57,559 Army Band will be playing before the Yarns Park and they play always has an 237 00:16:57,559 --> 00:17:00,679 event at the Art Friday. They play every Have you ever heard the thirty 238 00:17:00,759 --> 00:17:06,960 nine Army Man? Have I ever heard them? Right? What's their big 239 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,920 hit? Maybe I'll know it. I don't know their their patriotic song? 240 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:17,119 Oh sorry, Uh no, I don't know if I think Oh they're a 241 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:25,160 cover band, gotcha Jean never Sam. No, I'm sure, I'm sure. 242 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,359 I'm sure it'll be I'm sure it'll be great though. Oh, I've 243 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,799 seen them many times. Good good, yeah, anyways, they have a 244 00:17:30,839 --> 00:17:34,519 lot of pirate this place, the hop Knot On July fifty yeah three, 245 00:17:34,599 --> 00:17:40,319 Manchester, seven and nine pm. Jasmine Man will be performing very good. 246 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:45,519 Do you know who's performing there this weekend? Uh? You can me in. 247 00:17:45,599 --> 00:17:51,640 I guess Ali Boudry will be there Saturday night from her father or her 248 00:17:51,759 --> 00:18:00,920 husband. Uhum. Bill Seen promoted that show every yeah winter Yeah, Bill 249 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:04,519 Seeney, Yes, he does, he does. He does trivia why not 250 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,720 right on the He does trivia on the morning show on Wednesday mornings. And 251 00:18:08,039 --> 00:18:12,559 yes, Sally Boudrey his his bride, will be performing at the Hopknot this 252 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:17,319 Saturday night from seven to nine pm. And by the way, there's gonna 253 00:18:17,319 --> 00:18:18,839 be another show coming up through. I don't remember the date, but so 254 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:23,599 we'll mention it. Oh good, Yeah, the budgery is all over the 255 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,680 place. Huh, she's great, Yes she is. She did you did 256 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,680 you listen to day? She? Did you? Did you get the check 257 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:36,240 out open some hours eleven to nine right here on Vally Street, the cream 258 00:18:36,319 --> 00:18:40,160 Land. You're looking for some good food and drink and oh yeah, and 259 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,480 ice cream. I'm a golden Rod. Other day, some friends come over, 260 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,599 Katie Emory and Katie's roommates Sarah. She tried to fool me, says, 261 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,759 hey, you are going to hear Queen to the Cupcakes went out of 262 00:18:51,799 --> 00:18:56,079 business. I said, so, I said, I'll try to fool you 263 00:18:56,279 --> 00:19:00,359 not today. They almost got you, though, didn't they? Ha ha? 264 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,960 Yeah, yeah, they almost got you. How do you know it 265 00:19:03,079 --> 00:19:04,880 was open? I said, well, I know everything, almost got everything. 266 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,240 I know something stuff? Yea. Anyways, Queen City Cupcakes on Elm 267 00:19:08,319 --> 00:19:11,599 Street, you almost got gut the mountain. It so tasty, especially when 268 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:15,920 it's ninety degrees out. I always say, when it's ninety degrees out, 269 00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:19,519 nothing quite like a delicious chocolate cupcake. That joke never gets old. I 270 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,920 probably gets old by now, kid. Oh yeah, and uh a man 271 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,720 of McCarthy obviously, Uh still talk working on a new album. Obviously it 272 00:19:26,839 --> 00:19:32,400 is coming out with us new songs. And I don't know what what date 273 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,480 those will be. Oh this girl, you might have heard the Hurricane downs. 274 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:37,440 He's so busy. Yes, next week. Oh yeah, when you 275 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,319 come back from vacation the July fourteen, she's gonna come out with another song. 276 00:19:42,279 --> 00:19:45,799 Might have seen in my Facebook case, just because I can and you 277 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:52,079 can get your you grow all platforms and you can reserve it for that that 278 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,160 special day. So is she also has a new song when seasons changed on 279 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:59,559 May twenty six, So she's really getting out there on Spotify, Apple and 280 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,519 all those, all those platforms. And she said she's gonna come up with 281 00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:06,640 eighty more songs, coming up, more songs. Wow, he is really 282 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,200 busy. It is this great? That is great? We were we talking 283 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,920 about? You got some more shows? Now? Is July is coming up 284 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,480 in July eighth at one thirty at the Evil House Spneyard in Brookline. I 285 00:20:15,519 --> 00:20:18,640 always trying to write the others. Now twenty five in the Road is a 286 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,160 free event. It's called the Live Music Summer Series. Huh. Now, 287 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,319 who is this again in July fourth were we talking about at the Cannonbury Farmers 288 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,799 Market on Fourth Center Road? Who is that's also a free event? Who 289 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,319 is the person we're playing the cider her Cider Hill Farman July twenty eight? 290 00:20:34,519 --> 00:20:41,200 Who is she? M forty five farm av Who are you talking about? 291 00:20:41,319 --> 00:20:45,039 Maine? And by the way, noon? And it's good to get the 292 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:48,599 address in there because people, uh, you know, it's hard to look 293 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,759 up addresses. Now, who are you talking about again? Is it Katie 294 00:20:51,799 --> 00:20:56,319 Dobbins? Just making somebody? It's just good to have the address. It's 295 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,559 good to have the address. I always say that. Anywhere I go. 296 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:03,880 Sometimes I'll be thinking that. I'll be thinking that coming here. It is 297 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,319 Sometimes on my way to the to the radio station and do my show, 298 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,400 I'll be thinking, I'm sure glad I know the address. Otherwise how would 299 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,359 I get here? Yeah? I thought that'd be fun. Yeah, Duly 300 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,559 twenty six. He's doing a lot of shows here the lofta Herman Woods. 301 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,440 It's a songwriters around that. What you do is say one I don't I 302 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,640 don't go into the woods with it. I share that on my Facebook pace. 303 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,480 Anybody wants to listen to wors on ye yesterday and so On Facebook Facebook 304 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:37,039 there are Andrea, Oh, Andrew and Nad and is seventy two main three 305 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:41,079 obviously unlofta hammeron words? Is that really her name? Um? I think 306 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,680 it's ten to fifteen dollars. I just I counsel coming up this week, 307 00:21:45,759 --> 00:21:48,480 counsel people not to go into the woods. Seconds. You're a four thirty 308 00:21:48,519 --> 00:21:52,480 p m. Laconia. Who is he'll a parade Independence Day parade of four 309 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,519 thirty and it's a free event. We're talking about Katie Dobbins story. I 310 00:21:55,559 --> 00:21:59,559 guess Katie Dobbins. Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, okay, 311 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,119 just make sure because you mentioned this Andrea Nad person who's gonna be performing in 312 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,319 the woods. I guess now I don't like the woods Carol wise with Katie 313 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,039 Dummins. Yea, oh, and now the problem with the woods is there's 314 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,359 three things I don't like. Deer ticks, mountain lions, and the Blair 315 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,799 witch. This is inside the building. Oh good, So the building is 316 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:22,559 out in the woods. Yeah, so you're going to so you might pick 317 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,680 up some deer ticks on your way to the building. That's still very hazardous. 318 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,400 Easyg I also forgot to tell you if you go to the Lofted Herman 319 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,119 Wins, you get five or thirty complimentary wine tasting with your tickets. What's 320 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:38,200 the addressed again? Okay, gotcha? Who doesn't like common reading wine? 321 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:42,039 If you like that stuff? And then July fourth, Independence Day at three 322 00:22:42,079 --> 00:22:48,119 o'clock and Meredith, Yeah, in the garden in the garden seventy two Main 323 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,920 Street. Once again, the Lofted Herman was in tickets in the Garden of 324 00:22:52,279 --> 00:22:57,400 Eden. Baby, I'm sorry, that's a that's a free event. Oh 325 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:03,039 good. I don't like to pay for things. Well, you still have 326 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,440 to get, you know, a drink or I would order. I would 327 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:14,440 order a glass of water with three ice cubes. I did that once and 328 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,640 they threw me out. But we don't need to go there. I don't 329 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,880 get I don't get thrown out of anywhere. We'll move on to a course. 330 00:23:19,079 --> 00:23:23,480 Sees are really busy too, And I Facebook Messenger, I listened to 331 00:23:23,559 --> 00:23:26,519 a new song. Uh huh, you just came out on all platforms doing 332 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:33,160 twenty third more than this truck getting a lot of guy hits are almost more 333 00:23:33,319 --> 00:23:37,559 than his trucks. I guess I'm listening to the song. Now, I 334 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,720 notice, uh, and I have that pulled up here online and uh. 335 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:47,240 In the cover art she is posing with a Silverado pickup truck. Does she 336 00:23:47,319 --> 00:23:51,039 have some sort of endorsement deal with them? I wonder. I feel like 337 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,759 that's some product placement. I don't know, because let me tell you something 338 00:23:53,839 --> 00:23:56,799 easy. Gene I want to go on record is saying this, especially if 339 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:03,200 my agent, the Ghoul Bob eating and happens to be listening, I will 340 00:24:03,759 --> 00:24:08,200 I will only pose with a Silverado truck if they pay me. Yeah, 341 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:15,400 that was a Opie and Anthony reference. Sorry, Yes, go ahead, 342 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,400 Yeah, we'll hear that song in a few minutes. Yes, and you 343 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,720 got more music coming up. And you also got that song Smoke on all 344 00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:26,359 platforms, and so that's a good song Smoke. Earlier in the year, 345 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,799 he tells a more gigs to come in the summer, in the fall. 346 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:37,599 I hope you'll have the addresses for those I don't right now, but he's 347 00:24:37,599 --> 00:24:42,480 a fall. You will storytelling tour, the Barn stories tour, but they're 348 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:45,319 not un till the oh yeah, the end the summer into the palls. 349 00:24:48,079 --> 00:24:51,480 I hope that Barn isn't address. Hope that Barn's not out into the woods. 350 00:24:51,759 --> 00:24:55,519 That'll be troubling. There's another free event. She's back at four pm. 351 00:24:55,599 --> 00:24:57,759 The Go to Manchester is right here in I'm Street performing with Pattio on 352 00:24:57,839 --> 00:25:03,160 Mondays. And she's gonna be there at July third, July seventeenth, right 353 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,480 here in town. So somebody's keeping a goat on Elm Street. She gonna 354 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,519 be on Chronicle in August, but she hasn't already already videotaped it all. 355 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,839 Put it in the cans, they say, in the can and she'll be 356 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,519 uh probably announcing that at the end of the month what things should be on 357 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:22,200 there so everybody can watch it. You know, yes, because a man 358 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,519 of McCarthy and Tom were on that on that particular program a couple of years 359 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:30,240 ago. I still can't believe we have a goat on Elm Street. That's 360 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:36,440 amazing. It's you don't expect to see wildlife downtown. Yo. And then 361 00:25:36,519 --> 00:25:40,920 June thirty is right around the corner here, coming up tomorrow the Lively it's 362 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,559 at the library on Friday night, Unpe with Brad Marek Bick fifty eight Main 363 00:25:45,599 --> 00:25:51,079 Street and take us at twenty dollars and son of seven thirty. Yeah, 364 00:25:51,799 --> 00:25:53,759 and oh yeah, you've got another event coming up I April morning. Here 365 00:25:55,400 --> 00:26:02,400 inside today April you know gigs and oh yeah here the lobster. Lobster lay 366 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:08,079 in restaurant on twenty four Causeway Stream with I don't like lobster right around like 367 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,880 one, I was gone a few minutes. I do not eat seafood. 368 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,599 I do not eat seafood. Oh tomorrow night, tomorrow night to night. 369 00:26:15,759 --> 00:26:22,039 Lobsters freak me out, and especially those, uh, especially those lobsters in 370 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,880 Gloucester, they're extra frightening. Are you a lobster fan? No. When 371 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:32,039 I was a kid, When I was a kid, I remember my family 372 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,559 they would get the lobsters and put the lobsters in the pot in the boiling 373 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,200 water, and you watch the lobster die. And I thought, this is 374 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,759 so true. And then and then I would see I would have these terrible 375 00:26:42,839 --> 00:26:47,599 nightmares. I would imagine one of the lobsters coming to me with you know, 376 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,440 the lobster clause, coming to me in my dream, going Matthew, 377 00:26:52,759 --> 00:26:56,480 why did you let them boil me? It was very frightening, and I 378 00:26:56,559 --> 00:27:00,960 would wake up and in a cold, very expensive well it's uh, no, 379 00:27:00,039 --> 00:27:03,640 one should eat those. I don't. I don't agree with eating lobsters. 380 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,160 I think that they should be on the endangered species list, and I'm 381 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,519 going to lobby for that. Boy, well, here's another April courseman, 382 00:27:11,599 --> 00:27:17,359 the gig, it's got so many choices in Nona Chris, Rhode Island. 383 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,599 I don't have been saying that right in any r A. No, No, 384 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:26,559 I'm quite sure. I'm quite sure you're not. It's full full band 385 00:27:26,599 --> 00:27:29,960 event and it's a free event. It's a one seventy five Bonnet Point Road, 386 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,960 Bonnet Point Road, right, and then you've got a couple. I'm 387 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,559 putting that in my GPS right now, coming up here. Yes, and 388 00:27:37,799 --> 00:27:41,880 we'll just announce the August once right now. It's coming next taking information, 389 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:47,039 it's six or three two nine, three four seven zero zero. It's called 390 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:51,039 a Jelly Rode backyard Baptism towards two thy twenty three. It's oh yeah, 391 00:27:51,039 --> 00:27:53,640 seven people show parking is a four thirty doors are six in the bank of 392 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:59,119 pavilion. Everybody knows what that is. It's La King, Struggle, Jennings 393 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:03,240 and new Birth and they added John Adams Myers. How does easy roll stage? 394 00:28:04,039 --> 00:28:08,599 How does this say a big Gig of ninety old turn Fight Road at 395 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,880 Joel Nichols. The ticket informations buy tickets, you go to four ticket limited 396 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,079 rangemason dot com. In general mission it's forty eight dollars by ship in Henley. 397 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,039 It's fifty five at the day of the show. So why do you 398 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:25,079 get tickets? Early generous? You get five hundred all of VIP at your 399 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,599 own table, okay five missile an your stuff in skybox and I'm guessing that 400 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,519 you have, you know, waiters and waitresses. This common. You probably 401 00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:36,160 have some wine, offer you a jelly roll, some figures. I don't 402 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,240 know, but they're putting pretty well for uh those tickets. I heard I 403 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,079 heard easyg and you can tell me if this is true or not. I 404 00:28:42,279 --> 00:28:48,000 heard a rumor that if you get that five hundred dollars VIP package you actually 405 00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:52,920 get two jelly rolls per person. Is that true? Yeah? Maybe maybe 406 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,559 you think maybe two you meet it, it, maybe be able to meet 407 00:28:56,599 --> 00:28:59,519 it. Courseman and Joel Nichols. I'm assuming for that price, why not 408 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,680 meet the performers. If I'm going to spend the let me let me just 409 00:29:03,799 --> 00:29:08,160 tell you this. If I'm going to spend five hundred dollars when I meet 410 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,480 them. I better not for that kind of money, I better not be 411 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:17,960 expected to wipe the jelly roll crumbs off of my hands. I'm gonna go, 412 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,480 I want to shake their hands with jelly roll crumbs on my hands, 413 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:26,759 because for that kind of money, I should not be expected to wipe my 414 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,559 hands off. Hey, maybe they have some lobster or lobster rolls. Well 415 00:29:30,599 --> 00:29:33,400 that's disgusting. Now I wouldn't have pretty good food, I would go, 416 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,839 I don't, I know that's terrible. No lobsters. Yeah, doors are 417 00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:41,960 a sick and shows a seven? And why do they call it forgot? 418 00:29:41,119 --> 00:29:45,680 I forgot to sati. Oh, like they're doing Proud of the interruption? 419 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:51,400 Interruption almost every night at six that's on, Oh, ESPN, ESPN two. 420 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,480 What are you taking a podcast? There's an interruption. You always say, 421 00:29:56,319 --> 00:29:59,039 well, I'll try to do better than the next time. That's all 422 00:29:59,079 --> 00:30:00,279 you can do in life. Right, Wait, I'm sorry. Are we 423 00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:03,279 at the end of your report? Is that why you're saying that? Yeah, 424 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,319 always say I'm partly interrupting. They always say we'll try to do better 425 00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:10,640 than the next time. And the guy waved to American Canadian flying of all 426 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:14,079 things. I don't know why he's in Canada. Probably, yeah, that'd 427 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:17,240 be a good bat I find out weird. And then the other guy said, 428 00:30:17,279 --> 00:30:19,519 you know, listen to listen to the podcast on blah blah blah. 429 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,799 Right, yeah, they say time for Sports Center, but the show is 430 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,680 I listened to it to a six thirty song. Yeah. Yeah, ESPN 431 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:32,480 has got a million channels. I'm so confused. All right, so are 432 00:30:32,519 --> 00:30:36,759 we at the end of your report? That's it? All right, easy 433 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:40,200 Gee, thank you so much. We will play in a hot new song 434 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,000 more than his truck, and we'll see you in two weeks because you're on 435 00:30:44,119 --> 00:30:48,039 vacation. Enjoy yourself. Thank you, Thank you, easy all right, 436 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:52,119 bye bye. Wow. You should have known by now, Easy that was 437 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,400 all. That was very confusing. Will Vegas is in the Facebook live chat, 438 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,480 and by the way, congratulations again to Will Vegas, who's about to 439 00:30:59,519 --> 00:31:03,480 be married. He says, Jelly Roll and Struggle Jennings are friends of mine. 440 00:31:04,839 --> 00:31:11,359 Oh, jelly rolls an actual person. Jason Duford and William Harness. 441 00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:15,799 Oh okay, So I didn't understand. I thought easyg was talking about the 442 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,039 food, and I didn't understand the baptism part of it at all. That 443 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:25,200 was very confusing. Mike from Queen City Cabinetry says, I miss Easy's random 444 00:31:25,319 --> 00:31:27,400 rambling. What's there to miss? You just heard some there, Mike. 445 00:31:27,559 --> 00:31:30,240 By the way, Mike, of course from Queen City Cabinetry, one of 446 00:31:30,319 --> 00:31:33,720 our great sponsors here at WMH, but also one of our co hosts on 447 00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:38,920 Retro Spectrum Radio with Paul ec every Friday night and Friday nights from eight to 448 00:31:40,079 --> 00:31:44,720 eleven PM and tomorrow night. The theme is Summertime Songs, which is of 449 00:31:44,839 --> 00:31:47,680 course, obviously because it is summer, so I will be there. I 450 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,720 have the honor and privilege of being one of Paul's co hosts on that show, 451 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,359 along with TJCF and of course Mike from Queen City Cabinetry. All right, 452 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,680 let's get to it. We're gonna hear that song that easyg asked for. 453 00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:01,680 This hy Or may not be the world radio premiere, but here it 454 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:06,200 is. This is more than his Truck by the great April Cushman, who, 455 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,599 in all seriousness is very talented. So we'll give this a listen. 456 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:13,200 Then we'll come back and chat for a few minutes before we hit the five 457 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:16,920 o'clock hour and bringing our guests today Kevin Hammer. But here it is April 458 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:22,720 Cushman more than his truck. Wm H rips the normos. You know, 459 00:32:22,759 --> 00:32:25,920 I'm not the biggest country fan in the world as far as country music, 460 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,880 but I doo like that. That's really gets sounded really good in my headphones 461 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,240 or these set on my headphones, but the station's headphones more than his truck. 462 00:32:35,359 --> 00:32:38,799 By by April Cushman. That was a good suggestion. He's eg yeah, 463 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,680 not bad. I mean she's she's very talented anyway, She's got a 464 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,960 great voice. But I do like the song. I really do. Welcome 465 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,799 everybody. It's Matt Connerton Unleashed. We are live from the studios of WMH 466 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,920 ninety five point three FFM and of course Comcast ninety seven if you're in Manchester, 467 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:55,119 and hello to our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. 468 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,839 You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live streaming 469 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,559 options, social media links, contact infosh archives, etcetera, etcetera. On 470 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:07,799 this glorious Thursday, June twenty nine, twenty twenty three, coming up at 471 00:33:07,839 --> 00:33:09,079 the top of the hour, we're gonna have in just a few minutes. 472 00:33:09,119 --> 00:33:13,920 Actually, our friend Kevin Hammer from the great state of New York is going 473 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,119 to be joining us, so we we talked to Kevin on a about about 474 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:22,319 every every three to four weeks. I think it is so always an interesting 475 00:33:22,359 --> 00:33:25,880 discussion. There's always much to discuss. If you'd like to get in with 476 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:30,119 a quick call, though, the studio line is open six zo three two 477 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:34,039 five h six Z seven six zo three two five six Z seven. You 478 00:33:34,079 --> 00:33:37,799 can also text me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. 479 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,799 I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at 480 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:45,640 Matt Connerton dot com, and of course you can interact endo Pine in the 481 00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:49,599 Facebook live chat. But the best thing to do so that we can hear 482 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,319 and enjoy your dulcitones is to give us a call at six zo three two 483 00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:54,640 five h six zo seven. By the way, a hello two heartbeat Golden 484 00:33:55,599 --> 00:34:01,000 from the uh of course, Greensboro, North Carolina checking in says we will 485 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:07,880 be performing for the Center City Park Karaoke at downtown Greensboro, North Carolina on 486 00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:12,760 July twenty third, twenty twenty three. Hashtag Matt Connerton. Oh if only 487 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,360 you knew the exact address for our friend EZG. Also, Chris Rose from 488 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:20,320 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts joins us in the chat. I wanted to mention just 489 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:25,840 just briefly and newer listeners. I'll try to be quick with this because newer 490 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,440 listeners aren't going to even probably really much know what I'm talking about here, 491 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:35,360 but those who've been with us for a while might know. A couple of 492 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,199 years ago, well, so this gentleman named Tom Gulley I used to call 493 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:45,199 into the show occasionally, and I met Tom through not even a show hosted 494 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:50,679 by the great Chris James. And we are occasionally featured on that program on 495 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:55,800 YouTube or any as for short and UH, and I subscribe to Chris's Patreon 496 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,000 to for the bonus content, which is really good. Chris is amazing. 497 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:06,239 And that's how we met Tom gully Um through UH any as and UM a 498 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,440 couple of years ago. Now it was about two years ago actually, Uh. 499 00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:14,440 Tom got upset with me, uh because after we'd we'd had a pretty 500 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:20,559 friendly relationship. Jesseps from Pod Awful, UH, they had they had a 501 00:35:20,679 --> 00:35:23,599 feud going, if you will, and Uh. Jesse had called into the 502 00:35:23,639 --> 00:35:29,039 show a couple of times and Uh, Tom got angry with me over that. 503 00:35:30,039 --> 00:35:34,159 Uh and uh and then uh, I guess uh that was it as 504 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:39,519 far as our relationship, my relationship with Tom, our friendship and then uh 505 00:35:40,159 --> 00:35:45,360 and and he uh he was very upset uh with uh with Jesseps and and 506 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,320 I think you kind of blamed some of what happened on me. But uh, 507 00:35:51,039 --> 00:35:53,199 last night, so this this was a couple of years ago now, 508 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:59,159 so uh, last night Jenny sent me, I wasn't home, Jenny sent 509 00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:02,239 me a message about Tom Gully for the first time in like two years, 510 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:06,679 was doing a live show on YouTube. So I was like, oh, 511 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,079 interesting, because I was never you know, Tom was mad at me. 512 00:36:08,119 --> 00:36:14,119 I was never mad at him. I tune in and he's talking to Jesseps 513 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,159 on his on his show on YouTube. So I said, oh, okay, 514 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,679 well, well that's cool, and I listened to a lot of it. 515 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,920 Actually, it was surprised at how friendly it was, and the two 516 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,639 of them seem to have really good chemistry together on the show. So apparently 517 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:32,239 those wounds have healed and that's a good thing. So I don't know if 518 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:36,440 Tom is still mad at me. Tom, if you're listening, I hope 519 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,119 you're not still mad at me. But uh but I will say this, 520 00:36:42,519 --> 00:36:46,559 Tom, if you are listening, I hope you won't judge me again in 521 00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:52,440 the future if Jesseps happens to join me on the show, I hope you 522 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,719 don't. I hope you don't get upset with me for having him on my 523 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,840 show because you had him on your show, and in fact, you had 524 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,840 him on your show for a out eight hours. Because today and I didn't 525 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,039 even get a chance to tell Jenny this today, I went back and I 526 00:37:05,159 --> 00:37:09,199 checked the YouTube. They were on together for eight hours. That's like a 527 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:13,199 Red Bar Mike David from Red Bar, he does like eight hour shows. 528 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,559 I could never do that. I could never just do I mean, I 529 00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:20,079 could do this show for longer than two hours, Like if they ever offered 530 00:37:20,119 --> 00:37:22,280 me a third hour or whatever, I'd easy. I could easily do that. 531 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:28,920 But um but I can't imagine like and I can't imagine sitting with like 532 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:34,639 talking to having a conversation with with with a person like I can't imagine talking 533 00:37:34,679 --> 00:37:37,960 to Jesse for eight hours. And I actually like Jesse. I don't know 534 00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:40,239 how Tom feels about him at this point. They were pretty friendly last night, 535 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,119 but I didn't I couldn't stay up for the whole thing. I was 536 00:37:44,199 --> 00:37:46,599 falling asleep, not because it was boring, but I just I got tired. 537 00:37:47,079 --> 00:37:50,480 But uh so, you know, if you know the history there, 538 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:57,840 it's it's an interesting little development. And I don't know, I don't know. 539 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,760 I hope Tom isn't hope Tom is still mad at me. Tom was 540 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:06,480 very Tom was very mad at me at the time, and uh and and 541 00:38:06,679 --> 00:38:09,960 someone else too. I actually Chris James didn't didn't like it either, me 542 00:38:10,039 --> 00:38:15,079 interacting with Jesse. But here's the thing now, Now, Tom and Jesse 543 00:38:15,199 --> 00:38:17,440 seemed to be on good terms, so I don't think anyone should be judging 544 00:38:17,519 --> 00:38:22,079 me about who I associate with. Okay, just putting that out there, 545 00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:25,800 just putting that out there. But Tom, if you're listening, I hope, 546 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:30,920 uh, I hope you and I can you know, because because the 547 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,800 thing is I missed, you know, Tom used to call in occasionally, 548 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,320 and uh and I do miss him. I missed the guy, so, 549 00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:42,519 uh, the great Tom Gully from the Tom Gully Show. But he's got 550 00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:46,119 some new job now, some new big job he was referring to vaguely, 551 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:51,840 so he's probably too busy to listen. Anyway, But uh, and I 552 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,199 have a feeling because tomorrow we have few either get go on the show, 553 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:59,199 so I have a feeling we might be hearing from Jesseps tomorrow or someone from 554 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,599 the pot off Full Cult, because the last time hue the Gecko was on 555 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:07,320 with us, we heard quite a bit from the pot Awful Cult and it 556 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,320 was pretty funny though it was entertaining, and Huey the Gecko, by the 557 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,480 way, has a wonderful sense of humor and he was able to roll with 558 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:16,760 it and have fun with it. So I'm really looking forward to that tomorrow. 559 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:21,360 So if you are just joining us, some quick programming notes coming up 560 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,440 in the second hour. Today we have Kevin Hammer joining us. Tomorrow on 561 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:28,079 the show, we have Eric Pilter's classic film review and this week the subject 562 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,320 is Raiders of the Lost Dark. And then in the second hour we will 563 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:35,559 be joined live in studio by the great Huey the Gecko. He's our musical 564 00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:37,880 guest tomorrow, and then next week we're off. Next week it's a brand 565 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:43,960 new slate of best of episodes that I produced, and then and then we'll 566 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,519 be back on July tenth. And when we come back, I think Jenny's 567 00:39:46,559 --> 00:39:50,719 planning to come in with me that day and she's going to talk about all 568 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,280 about her recent trip to Washington, d C. She brought me back this 569 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:59,360 wonderful hat for the organization People's Action. But she's been she's been down there 570 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,079 a couple of times recently. We were very relieved when she was able to 571 00:40:02,119 --> 00:40:07,119 get back to when she was able to get back fly back into Boston yesterday 572 00:40:07,199 --> 00:40:13,079 morning, because there's been so many problems with travel right now with the airlines, 573 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:17,079 and apparently part of the problem is there's a lack of air traffic controllers 574 00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:20,960 right now. There's a shortage there. But you know, the airline industry 575 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,360 always has some sort of issues, so you know, we were happy that, 576 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:30,519 you know, some people got stuck there, you know, for days 577 00:40:30,559 --> 00:40:34,559 beyond what they were intending, what they were expecting. But so we were 578 00:40:34,679 --> 00:40:37,320 very glad that Jenny got back. But so she'll be with us. Oh 579 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:42,840 my god, that is so funny. Heartbeat Golden in the chat room just 580 00:40:43,039 --> 00:40:47,519 said, we have to use the bathroom. Now, what's the only reason 581 00:40:47,599 --> 00:40:51,719 that's funny? I mean, aside from it being completely random, and is 582 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,719 I also have to do that. But that's okay. Because we're coming up 583 00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:59,559 to the five o'clock break. You read my mind, heartbeat Golden from Greensboro, 584 00:40:59,639 --> 00:41:01,840 North here. Hey, by the way, just really quickly, this 585 00:41:02,039 --> 00:41:09,400 just popped up. Mediaite reports that Heraldo Rivera has left Fox News after twenty 586 00:41:09,559 --> 00:41:15,280 three years. He was recently removed from the television program The Five, and 587 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:21,679 I guess he just decided to quit altogether. Heraldo's like eighty or eighty one 588 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,639 years old. He looks incredible. He's still got that great, big giant 589 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:29,360 mustache on his face, and he looks amazing. Of course, when you 590 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,280 have the kind of money that Heraldo does, you can afford to do whatever 591 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:37,639 you have to do to continue to be a very handsome gentleman. But he 592 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:39,840 looks great, and you can tell too he keeps and keeps himself in really 593 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,440 good shape. I'd like to I'd like to look like that when I'm eighty. 594 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,880 In fact, if I do live to be eighty years old, I 595 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:52,800 will probably grow a large mustache like Coraldo does that or has. I should 596 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,239 say that might be the secret. I wonder if it's even real. That 597 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,920 mustache might not even be real. For all we know, he might have 598 00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:01,280 that he might have had that permanently a fit to his face, because it's 599 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:06,760 kind of his trademark. Has anyone ever even seen Horldo Rivera without that big 600 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,519 mustache. I don't know, if I don't know if that's even possible. 601 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:15,760 I don't know if I mean, I almost imagine him having been born with 602 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:21,079 it. Heartbeat Golden says, we say, who's quitting Haraldo Rivera. He's 603 00:42:21,159 --> 00:42:25,719 quit, He's done. He hit the bricks. All right. I'm sure 604 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:30,480 he'll land somewhere. He's one of those people who's gonna He's gonna work till 605 00:42:30,519 --> 00:42:35,119 he's dead. I only say that because I've heard him say it. All 606 00:42:35,199 --> 00:42:37,199 Right, we are going to do this. 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Welcome back everybody. 629 00:44:50,639 --> 00:44:53,639 We are in our number two newmerodos of Matt Connerton unleashed and we are 630 00:44:53,719 --> 00:45:00,079 live from the studios of WMNH ninety five point three FM Inglorious down to on 631 00:45:00,159 --> 00:45:02,519 Manchester, New Hampshire. Also on Comcast ninety seven. If you're in Manchester. 632 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,639 Hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. 633 00:45:06,639 --> 00:45:08,800 You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live 634 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:13,159 streaming options, social media links, contact info, show archives, etc. 635 00:45:13,639 --> 00:45:17,920 Etc. Today is Thursday June twenty nine, two thousand twenty three. And 636 00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:22,400 joining me via Skype, Kevin Hammer is with us. Hello, Kevin, 637 00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:27,000 Hey, how's it guy? Good? How are you doing? I'm doing 638 00:45:27,199 --> 00:45:30,280 very well. I'm glad to be bad. Yes, yes absolutely. And 639 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:31,920 by the way, we have Kevin with us via Skype, which means the 640 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:36,880 studio line is open. So if at any point you would like to enter 641 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,199 the discussion, you can give us a call at six zo three two five 642 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:44,239 six seven six ZO three two five O six zoh seven. You can also 643 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,159 text me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm 644 00:45:47,199 --> 00:45:52,519 on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at matt Connerton 645 00:45:52,599 --> 00:45:55,320 dot com. And of course you can interact endo pine in the Facebook live 646 00:45:55,440 --> 00:46:00,639 chat. But we'd love to hear your dulcet tones at six three two five 647 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:04,440 six seven six three two five six zo seven. By the way, Hello 648 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,079 to Ronda Ostrowitz Fervero in the Facebook live chat, all the way from the 649 00:46:07,199 --> 00:46:12,880 great state of California, who says greetings all, and Miriam Banish joins us 650 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:17,000 as well. Good afternoon, Miriam um Kelvin. How's the how's the campaign 651 00:46:17,079 --> 00:46:22,559 are you? Are you actively campaigning yet or where are you in the process. 652 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:27,559 You're you're running for city council in Schenectady, Is that correct? Yes, 653 00:46:27,639 --> 00:46:31,119 I'm running for city city council in Schenectady. Um. We have been 654 00:46:31,199 --> 00:46:38,440 out there recently. We were oppetitioning to get another line um added onto the 655 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:44,599 ballot. We were successful in that, so now we're getting ready to kick 656 00:46:44,679 --> 00:46:51,000 off more campaigning in regards to getting out there, to have conversations, getting 657 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,199 out there at a more community events, getting out there knocking on doors. 658 00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:58,760 It's good. I'm looking forward to that actually, because, um, you 659 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,199 know, it's more about knocking on doors just to have a conversation, not 660 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:06,440 can you please find this, which I always I mean, I get we 661 00:47:06,519 --> 00:47:09,480 gotta do it, um, but I always feel I'm being a bit too 662 00:47:09,559 --> 00:47:15,039 intrusive with that, you know, yeah, just just in general, you 663 00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:17,559 know, I mean, I enjoy the conversations. I've had some great conversations 664 00:47:17,599 --> 00:47:21,519 as I've gone door to door, but that part of, you know, 665 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,280 can I get that signature, it always always feels a bit strange. So 666 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:29,960 I'm glad to have that part behind us. So now it's just you know, 667 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,679 putting the pedal, you know, the pedal to medal and getting getting 668 00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:38,960 out there and uh campaigning. We the Democrats, they just had a primary 669 00:47:40,119 --> 00:47:45,440 mayoral primary, and so we know who the victor from that is. And 670 00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:50,760 so now our candidate for mayor, he knows who he'll be, you know, 671 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:54,360 facing off against in the general election. So now it's time to get 672 00:47:54,440 --> 00:48:00,079 down and focus. So I think probably following July fourth is really going to 673 00:48:00,159 --> 00:48:07,320 be our kickoff point in getting out there more in the community. So what 674 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,559 do what do people talk to you about when you when you get out and 675 00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:13,760 you talk to people about what they're what they're concerned with? What do you 676 00:48:14,079 --> 00:48:16,679 um? What do you hear? Uh? Is there is there something that's 677 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,800 um, I've probably asked you this before, but then again, I'm sure 678 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,400 you know it might change over time. UM. Are there particular things that 679 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:31,800 people seem especially concerned about? There are I mean, obviously there's the standard 680 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:37,199 things I think in every community people are concerned about. We're talking about, 681 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:42,639 you know, noise ordinances, We're talking about the condition of roads, Uh, 682 00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,840 you know, not enough lighting in certain areas. Those kind of things 683 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:51,519 tend to be very standard. And then obviously crime, certain areas of any 684 00:48:51,559 --> 00:48:53,159 community are you know, they're going to have a little bit more crime than 685 00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:58,480 others. Yea, so people express concern over that. Uh. One thing 686 00:48:58,599 --> 00:49:04,119 though, is cerfically in regards to our local government that I've had a lot 687 00:49:04,159 --> 00:49:08,000 of people expressed to me across political lines when I've gone knocking on doors, 688 00:49:09,159 --> 00:49:13,760 especially not just this time, but I ran for a city council once before 689 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,800 was the fact that they felt that the local government wasn't really accessible to them, 690 00:49:19,639 --> 00:49:24,480 and they felt there wasn't necessarily a great deal of accountability. So transparency, 691 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:30,840 accessibility and accountability, I've noticed tend to be something that a lot of 692 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:36,400 voters are concerned about, and that's actually become a focus for me. Is 693 00:49:36,599 --> 00:49:43,239 that one thing I most certainly will always be is accessible. I expect to 694 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:51,000 be held accountable. Yeah, and I think, unfortunately, these are things 695 00:49:51,039 --> 00:49:53,800 that are a concern I think for people when you're talking about you know, 696 00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:59,559 not just I mean certainly not just there, but probably local governments anywhere, 697 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:04,920 and and of course state and federal too is uh, you know, holding 698 00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:10,480 people accountable, but also accessibility, transparency, these are these are all things 699 00:50:10,599 --> 00:50:16,920 that you know, Unfortunately, once people have power, you know, I 700 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,360 mean, I hate to say I almost hate to say it because it's such 701 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,920 an overused cliche, but it's it holds up because it's true about absolute power 702 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:29,039 corrupts absolutely and people they get power and they begin to close themselves off. 703 00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:31,880 And in New Hampshire it's unusual. I don't know if you know this, 704 00:50:32,159 --> 00:50:37,599 Kevin about New Hampshire, but we have it's either the depends on who you 705 00:50:37,639 --> 00:50:44,199 ask. We have in our state legislature either the third or fourth largest democratically 706 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:50,719 elected body of representatives in the world. We have an enormous state legislature. 707 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:54,239 I think it's more than four hundred people. So we have an unusual amount 708 00:50:54,320 --> 00:51:00,599 of accessibility here with our state legislators because the so damn many of them. 709 00:51:00,679 --> 00:51:05,480 Um. But and it's you know, and I think there's good things and 710 00:51:05,639 --> 00:51:07,880 bad things with that. So but I mean one of the good things is 711 00:51:08,039 --> 00:51:15,639 they are they are really really accessible. Um. You know. It is 712 00:51:15,679 --> 00:51:19,800 funny because I get I've been called a pessimist for saying this, But I've 713 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,639 said that whenever I go whenever I go to vote for, you know, 714 00:51:23,039 --> 00:51:28,199 for a candidate, I always go in voting keeping in the back of my 715 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:34,159 mind that I will I might eventually be voting this person out. Yeah, 716 00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:38,559 you know, because they've they've you know, they've said that they're going to 717 00:51:38,599 --> 00:51:44,199 do all these things. And even if I feel that they are genuine in 718 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,840 the expressing of this, as you said, power does does corrupt. So 719 00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:52,239 and I've been called a little bit of a pessimist when I when I say 720 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,280 that, I actually think I'm you know a realist when I say that, 721 00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:00,519 Yeah, no, I think that's the right attitude to have, because again, 722 00:52:00,559 --> 00:52:04,320 you do want to hold people accountable. I mean, part of part 723 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,280 of the what I think is the issue with accountability too is though we live 724 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:10,079 in a culture and by the way, I'm sure this is true everywhere. 725 00:52:10,119 --> 00:52:15,480 I don't think this is unique to the United States, but in the United 726 00:52:15,559 --> 00:52:22,679 States, I think partisanship plays a huge role in that where you have you 727 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,800 know, Republicans generally only want to hold Democrats accountable, and Democrats generally only 728 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,119 want to hold Republicans accountable. Obviously, there's exceptions to that I'm not saying 729 00:52:31,199 --> 00:52:36,119 all the time, but generally speaking, that's how our political system works in 730 00:52:36,199 --> 00:52:39,320 the United States, and what that causes, in my view, is it 731 00:52:39,639 --> 00:52:45,760 causes just kind of a lack of accountability generally. And an analogy that I 732 00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:49,400 like to use as imagine if you worked for a company and you are in 733 00:52:49,519 --> 00:52:57,199 middle management, and maybe you're doing things that to people beneath you in lower 734 00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,840 management, who you know, things maybe you should be doing, whether it's 735 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:06,280 sexual harassment or just unsafe work conditions, putting people in danger, whatever it 736 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,559 is. But imagine if you're that person in middle management. Imagine what you 737 00:53:08,639 --> 00:53:14,039 could get away with if you knew. If you knew that the people in 738 00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:19,559 upper management, only about fifty percent of the people running things in upper management 739 00:53:19,599 --> 00:53:22,280 we're going to hold you accountable for anything. But the other fifty percent of 740 00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:28,239 people in upper management would run interference for you. They will make excuses for 741 00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,320 you. They if if someone wants to hold you accountable, they will say, 742 00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:36,119 well what about this other person who did something bad too. You know, 743 00:53:36,599 --> 00:53:38,800 So you know, you could get away with a lot if you knew 744 00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:43,159 that only fifty percent of the people in upper management we're going to hold you 745 00:53:43,199 --> 00:53:45,800 accountable. The other fifty percent would look the other way on anything. And 746 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:51,400 I feel that that's how our politics in America works. And again there are 747 00:53:51,519 --> 00:53:54,280 exceptions, but yeah, I actually think I actually think it's a bit more 748 00:53:54,559 --> 00:54:00,239 close to home than that. I know you're referencing business stuff. I think 749 00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:04,280 about this as I think one of the reasons we do this when we're in 750 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,920 parties is because it hits close to home, because in many ways we do 751 00:54:09,039 --> 00:54:13,880 this in families. Let you know, let's be honest, we have family 752 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:19,440 members that we will turn a blind a blind eye or you know, not 753 00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:23,159 not focus on as much certain actions because their family a stranger did. If 754 00:54:23,199 --> 00:54:28,760 a stranger did the same thing right, we would react a very different way, 755 00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:31,559 especially if it was like a feuding family or something right. So I 756 00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:36,679 actually look at it more as as as so ant that we do it in 757 00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:40,280 our families, and is like a member of the family might do something and 758 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:44,400 the family will try to keep it hush hush and play it down as much 759 00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:46,800 as possible. But then there's the situations when a certain member does something that 760 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:51,480 you can't bury and then the family's like, okay, push it. You 761 00:54:51,559 --> 00:54:53,360 know, they're like up, we're standing, you know, we're denouncing that. 762 00:54:53,800 --> 00:55:00,840 So I actually saying that it's it's in some ways so ingrains so much 763 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:05,079 into us, starting at even our family, that it's no surprise to me 764 00:55:05,199 --> 00:55:07,760 that we see it reflected in politics. I think that's a good insight. 765 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:10,760 Yeah, I think I think you make a I think you make a great 766 00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:17,039 point there. Um Yeah, and if and if people are, if if 767 00:55:17,079 --> 00:55:24,519 people are sort of working toward goals and ideas uh and and uh and an 768 00:55:24,599 --> 00:55:30,599 agenda similar to your own, then then you're more likely to um have that 769 00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:34,400 that sense of wanting to protect them and stick up for them and so forth. 770 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:37,920 And I do think that probably starts with family and then uh, and 771 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:42,880 then it does enter our politics. Um. The bad part about it though, 772 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,559 being you know, I think it's I think it makes sense. You 773 00:55:45,599 --> 00:55:46,280 know, of course, you want to stick up for your family, and 774 00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,000 you want to love your family even if they do, you know, even 775 00:55:50,039 --> 00:55:52,039 if even if they do things that you know are wrong. But it's a 776 00:55:52,199 --> 00:55:55,199 it's a shame that our politics works that way. I mean, I always 777 00:55:55,239 --> 00:56:00,679 say, you know, true accountability is wanting to hold everyone accountable for uh, 778 00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:02,679 for for what they do. And I wish, I wish we saw 779 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:07,079 more of that, but there's so much there's so much tribalism and um, 780 00:56:07,639 --> 00:56:10,039 and I don't know, I don't know what to do about it. Uh. 781 00:56:12,039 --> 00:56:14,280 People have ideas, but honestly, at the end of the day, 782 00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:16,800 it's it really comes down to human nature. But I think you're right though, 783 00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:21,679 I think that's an excellent insight that it does start with family. UM, 784 00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:27,079 we just have to get people to not uh uh not bring that into 785 00:56:27,119 --> 00:56:30,960 how they think about apolitics. I know, I know that's about how do 786 00:56:30,039 --> 00:56:34,199 you get It's kind of like right, someone has a bad relationship and brings 787 00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:37,400 that baggage into a new relationship. Yeah, do you get someone to not 788 00:56:37,639 --> 00:56:40,079 do that? Because it's just it's human nature, right, It's true, 789 00:56:40,239 --> 00:56:45,400 once you're stung, once you've been burned, you have a certain response that 790 00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:49,360 you develop or whether it be you know, a defense mechanism, a way 791 00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:52,000 to try to prevent it from happening in the future, a way of to 792 00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:54,159 you know, protect yourself of course. So it's like, how how do 793 00:56:54,320 --> 00:57:00,840 you overcome that? And I think for me it really has been about having 794 00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:06,440 these types of conversations what I'm doing right now with you. And while I 795 00:57:06,599 --> 00:57:13,119 have very strong values and I'm I'm strong in them, I stand firm in 796 00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:17,119 them. I never want to cut myself off to having these conversations because, 797 00:57:17,159 --> 00:57:21,719 as I've said before, when I've been on is that really I do feel 798 00:57:21,719 --> 00:57:24,599 at the end of the day, Uh, echo chambers are really the biggest 799 00:57:24,679 --> 00:57:29,679 danger to our country. We're getting caught up in them way too much. 800 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:36,239 Oh, absolutely absolutely one. Um. Well, by the way, Uh, 801 00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:39,000 this is a bit of a side street. But I saw in the 802 00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:45,800 h in the news today. Um again, these air quality control or air 803 00:57:45,199 --> 00:57:49,440 quality alerts. I should say, um, are you feeling any of that 804 00:57:49,559 --> 00:57:53,159 where you are? I know New York City has had a lot of problems 805 00:57:53,559 --> 00:57:58,320 with you know, these these wildfires in Canada and then they're all wafs down 806 00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:02,239 into the U States. But do you notice it where you are? Yes, 807 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:06,800 we did, But when it was hitting New York City. Here in 808 00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:09,360 Upper New York, we actually did feel the effects of it. It wasn't 809 00:58:09,719 --> 00:58:14,320 obviously as strong. There was a slight. If you looked up, you 810 00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:17,559 would see this like this orange haze in you know, to a degree. 811 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:25,440 I know that I have asthma my breathing. I could feel it in my 812 00:58:25,639 --> 00:58:30,519 breathing. I was at my job. I used my inhalo a little bit 813 00:58:30,599 --> 00:58:34,639 more. I don't. I do not use my inhaler that often. Fortunately, 814 00:58:34,719 --> 00:58:37,960 I do not have asthma to where I've had to where I use my 815 00:58:37,079 --> 00:58:42,559 inhalo regularly. But I will admit for those few days I use my inhalo 816 00:58:42,639 --> 00:58:45,480 a bit a bit more often because I am at a job where you know, 817 00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:51,480 the ventilation isn't the best. And then of course on my way home 818 00:58:51,519 --> 00:58:55,519 from work, I use public transportation, and yeah, I remember how eerie, 819 00:58:55,800 --> 00:59:00,440 how eerie was, especially that first day, that initial day, how 820 00:59:00,679 --> 00:59:05,119 uli it was to look outside and just see this slight glow. Yeah, 821 00:59:05,519 --> 00:59:08,000 yeah, we have a Now there's a new round of it. It might 822 00:59:08,079 --> 00:59:10,679 not be hitting in your area yet, but I know we have some sort 823 00:59:10,719 --> 00:59:15,400 of an air quality alert here and Washington, DC is having an issue again, 824 00:59:15,519 --> 00:59:19,280 and it seems like this. I wonder if this is going to be 825 00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:23,960 more common over the summer. Have you this might be an odd question, 826 00:59:24,039 --> 00:59:27,840 but have you Have you had asthma since you were a kid or did you 827 00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:32,440 develop that as an adult. I was about twelve or thirteen when I was 828 00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:37,880 diagnosed with asthma. The only reason I ask is, I know it sounds 829 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,639 strange, but I ask people about it if it comes up, because so 830 00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:45,920 I never had asthma growing up. But from what I understand, most people 831 00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:52,079 who have asthma, they are diagnosed when they're children. I believe I had 832 00:59:52,159 --> 00:59:58,559 COVID before we knew about COVID really, and that it permanently damaged my lungs, 833 00:59:58,599 --> 01:00:01,000 and now I have asthma because I ended up I never had asthma, 834 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:06,760 and then on Christmas night of twenty nineteen, I ended up in the emergency 835 01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:13,480 room with breathing and issues. And they were a little bit perplexed because I 836 01:00:13,599 --> 01:00:16,519 remember the doctor saying to me, Okay, no one's ever told you before 837 01:00:16,599 --> 01:00:21,840 that you have asthma, And I said, uh no, this is new 838 01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,960 to me. And he's like, well you do, because you're clearly having 839 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:30,440 an asthma attack. And I'm like, I don't know, and so and 840 01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:34,239 ever since then, I have to use a maintenance you know, I don't. 841 01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:37,119 I don't have to use my rescue and hailer very often either, once 842 01:00:37,199 --> 01:00:40,480 in a great while. With me, it's more of my allergies are bothering 843 01:00:40,559 --> 01:00:44,199 me. But I use a maintenance and hailer once a day, you know. 844 01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:47,159 And if I if I forget, if I forget to use my maintenance 845 01:00:47,199 --> 01:00:51,119 and hailer, that that's the one time I will sometimes have to go for 846 01:00:51,239 --> 01:00:53,159 the rescue and hailer because I'll start to feel it in my lungs. But 847 01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:59,320 I believe I had COVID because it's really pretty weird, Like I have yet 848 01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,639 to talk to anybody who has asthma, who you know, if I ask 849 01:01:02,719 --> 01:01:06,119 him, by the way, when when were you diagnosed? Everyone tells me 850 01:01:06,239 --> 01:01:10,039 the same thing that when they were kids. I really only know one other 851 01:01:10,159 --> 01:01:15,039 exception to that. I actually know a guy who he was diagnosed with asthma 852 01:01:15,079 --> 01:01:20,599 as an adult, but then he told me what he what he blames it 853 01:01:20,679 --> 01:01:25,360 on is, uh, they had neighbors who would burn like different like burn 854 01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:30,159 tires even. Oh, and he happened to have the bedroom window that was 855 01:01:30,239 --> 01:01:35,239 facing that and that was an ongoing problem. And then he one day just 856 01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:38,039 had these breathing issues, went in and they said, oh, you have 857 01:01:38,159 --> 01:01:42,599 asthma, and he says, no, I've never you know, I was 858 01:01:42,639 --> 01:01:45,719 never diagnosed with asthma. They go, well, you have it now pretty 859 01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:50,239 much. And so now he has a maintenance in hailer as well. He 860 01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:53,039 doesn't have to use it often. But I think he is probably the only 861 01:01:53,079 --> 01:01:55,679 other example that I can think of, because you're right, most people I've 862 01:01:57,079 --> 01:02:00,920 ever interacted with who have asthma have had it since they were children. I 863 01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:05,360 think at the latest when they were diagnosed was around the age that I was 864 01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,840 twelve thirteen. Yeah, yeah, but yeah, that makes sense though your 865 01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:12,920 friend with the the you know, if they're burning tires and he probably inhaled 866 01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:15,039 something. Yeah, I probably damaged his lungs. Yeah, So that's my 867 01:02:15,199 --> 01:02:20,039 theory I think I had because we knew, Um, I think we kind 868 01:02:20,079 --> 01:02:22,840 of knew about COVID, but we didn't know it was in the United States 869 01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,039 yet at that point the night that I ended up in the er, and 870 01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:29,239 um, so that's yeah, that's my theory. And I remember saying it 871 01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:32,239 to my my regular doctor when I saw him, and he said, well, 872 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:36,599 we'll never know, but he said it's yeah, it's very possible. 873 01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,480 It seemed to make sense to him that that that might have been what happened. 874 01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:44,440 But UM, I also I wanted to ask you, Kevin, and 875 01:02:44,599 --> 01:02:47,079 I I'm sure I asked you before, but I don't remember, um, 876 01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:51,719 if you really had an answer yet. But is there is there anybody you 877 01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:58,639 like? Uh in terms of the presidential candidates on the Republican side. And 878 01:02:59,239 --> 01:03:04,559 I'm especially curious if you have any affinity for Chris Christie at all, because 879 01:03:04,719 --> 01:03:06,880 he's, um, I mean, he's not a New York guy, but 880 01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:09,119 he's a New Jersey guy. So I don't know if uh, maybe maybe 881 01:03:09,239 --> 01:03:12,719 you know, he's kind of got a little bit of that uh you know, 882 01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:15,199 there's a similarity there. I don't I don't know if New York people 883 01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:19,000 like that when when out of towners say that, uh, you know, 884 01:03:19,079 --> 01:03:23,039 there's a similarity between New Yorkers and New Jersey people. But I don't know 885 01:03:23,079 --> 01:03:27,599 how. I don't know how that goes over. But uh, but I 886 01:03:27,679 --> 01:03:30,440 am curious. I mean, is is there anybody that you're you're kind of 887 01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:32,320 looking at. I'm not I'm not asking you to endorse somebody today, but 888 01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:38,480 uh, anybody who uh who you're interested in? So far, honestly not 889 01:03:38,719 --> 01:03:43,840 at the moment, I I can honestly say this, I am just waiting 890 01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:51,880 for everyone to declare. And also personally, I've been more focused on locally, 891 01:03:52,679 --> 01:03:58,840 statewide and also um more like some social issues in general, I haven't 892 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:02,679 really paid is close attention to who has thrown their hat in the ring. 893 01:04:03,079 --> 01:04:09,960 Sometimes I will get, you know, a very amusing um notification about an 894 01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:14,079 article or you know, or or an informative one. And I've watched a 895 01:04:14,159 --> 01:04:17,880 couple of videos here and there, But in general, I haven't really invested 896 01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:23,199 to where I'm like, this is the person that I plan to support or 897 01:04:23,719 --> 01:04:27,000 would support. I mean, the most amusing thing recently and this isn't even 898 01:04:27,519 --> 01:04:31,320 Republican because I am a registered Republican. I will ad may I was amused 899 01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:36,800 by national politics locally with RFK Junior doing those push ups, which, by 900 01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:41,159 the way, if I could be that fit at seventy years old, oh 901 01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:45,280 oh wow. But I was thinking the outside of that. Yeah, I 902 01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:47,639 hear a bit a bit of controversy here and there. Uh, you know, 903 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:50,880 candidates will make statements about about this or that, but no, I 904 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:55,159 haven't really Um. I know, I know, I said, um, 905 01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:58,000 And I feel bad because I always get the name a little bit rama. 906 01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:03,199 It's the vec Rama's I've been listening to, uh, some videos, some 907 01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:09,280 of his content, some of his interviews, um de santis. I've been 908 01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:13,679 following a little bit here and there. Um. Obviously there's a lot of 909 01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:17,079 drama going on right now with you know, with with Trump, with Biden. 910 01:05:17,719 --> 01:05:20,880 Um. So that's actually another thing. With all the drama going on 911 01:05:21,599 --> 01:05:27,239 with the primary candidates, the candidates that are seen as the primary you know, 912 01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:30,039 ones in the race, it has kind of, I think pushed a 913 01:05:30,119 --> 01:05:33,159 lot of people to say, Okay, if I want to step away from 914 01:05:33,159 --> 01:05:35,760 the drama right now, okay, that gives me an opportunity to look at 915 01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:42,000 other individuals who who have thrown the hat and as far as Chris Christy. 916 01:05:42,599 --> 01:05:45,840 Um, it's funny because my in laws, my husband was born in New 917 01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:51,360 Jersey. My my in laws are from New Jersey and on my on my 918 01:05:51,480 --> 01:05:57,960 birth mother's side, Um, where the families also from New Jersey. So 919 01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:00,440 yeah, I was born in there is New York. But so there are 920 01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:09,519 some Jersey ties. Uh, I don't know. I mean I kinder Chris 921 01:06:09,679 --> 01:06:14,880 Christie when when I watch him and he goes off on stuff. There are 922 01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:18,519 certain people and this has nothing to do with political affiliation, but when they 923 01:06:18,719 --> 01:06:24,719 go off, just how they go off about something, I swear in my 924 01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:30,000 mind replaces them with a chihuahua barking or something. Yeah, it's it's the 925 01:06:30,079 --> 01:06:32,559 teacher from Charlie Brown. They become the teacher from Charlie Brown. Yeah, 926 01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:36,639 And it's just how they go off. Sometimes it's their tone of voice. 927 01:06:38,079 --> 01:06:41,199 Some you know, it's it may not even be what they're saying. That's 928 01:06:41,199 --> 01:06:45,000 another thing. It's like you can have you could be arguing a great point, 929 01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:48,000 you actually could have the facts to back it up. But if you 930 01:06:48,239 --> 01:06:53,639 don't, if you fail to deliver it, well, oh yeah, that's 931 01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,599 that can be an issue in and of itself. And for me when Chris 932 01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,960 Christie speaks, I'm not gonna lie. I go a little bit Charlie Brown 933 01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:03,679 out er, and I just hear a bit of that teacher, I hear 934 01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:10,320 a long yeah. Yeah. So it surpiceed to say, No, I 935 01:07:10,639 --> 01:07:15,360 really have not come to any conclusions in regards to who I plan to and 936 01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:20,800 who I personally would vote and vote for and support for the Republican primary. 937 01:07:21,480 --> 01:07:26,519 Yeah. Um. Eric Pilcher who joins me on on Wednesdays, he's, 938 01:07:26,719 --> 01:07:29,760 UM, I don't know if you're if you know Eric at all, but 939 01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:34,599 he's you know, he's a evangelical Christian conservative from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 940 01:07:35,199 --> 01:07:38,760 Um, but he you know, and he was a Trump guy, but 941 01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:43,000 now he's he's a pretty repulse buyman. And he actually decided to endorse Chris 942 01:07:43,159 --> 01:07:46,400 Christie, which surprised me a bit because you know, Eric is conservative, 943 01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:49,599 and I view Chris Christie is more of a like a moderate, you know, 944 01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:57,320 Northeastern blue state Republican UM although although certainly conservative in some ways, but 945 01:07:57,440 --> 01:08:01,159 overall he's he's kind of a more moderate guy. But um, but what 946 01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:05,800 I what I do appreciate and by the way, I don't trust um. 947 01:08:06,119 --> 01:08:09,960 Well, I don't. I don't endorse candidates anyway, just as the host 948 01:08:10,039 --> 01:08:11,679 of the show. I'm just not comfortable, you know. I mean, 949 01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:14,519 I'll be very open about who I like and who I don't, and I'll 950 01:08:14,559 --> 01:08:16,239 talk about who I voted for if I'm asked, but I don't. I 951 01:08:16,239 --> 01:08:19,159 don't officially endorse anybody. But but Eric, you know, he does what 952 01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:23,239 he wants, and you know he endorsed Chris Christie and that's fine. But 953 01:08:23,560 --> 01:08:27,600 um, but so I don't. I don't trust Chris Christie. There are 954 01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:32,760 things I like about him, but I have never believed and you're geographically you're 955 01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:39,560 I don't know how close you are to where this happened. Probably not close 956 01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:43,239 actually now that I'm thinking about it in my mind. But I've never believed 957 01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:46,640 that Chris Christie did not know what was going on in Fort Lee, New 958 01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:50,600 Jersey with Bridgegate. I I don't believe him on that. I think he 959 01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:58,840 knew exactly what was happening there. So at the end of the day, 960 01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:03,079 though, I mean, when we go so for me, because I asked 961 01:09:03,199 --> 01:09:09,520 a lot of politicians and this actually goes deeper for me about politicians, Lyne, 962 01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:13,399 right, I hear a lot of people tell me that, you know, 963 01:09:13,640 --> 01:09:16,079 we have all these crooked politicians, We have these politicians that lie to 964 01:09:16,279 --> 01:09:20,039 us, And a lot of people talk is if it's something that's brand new 965 01:09:20,199 --> 01:09:25,600 in our in our culture, and I'm like that far far from it. 966 01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:30,600 But I do honestly feel that to an extent, uh, we the voting 967 01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:35,239 public, and I include myself in that, we've created the very politicians that 968 01:09:35,479 --> 01:09:41,319 we that we despise, that we go off about. And I think that 969 01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:45,560 is because as a voting public, especially in America as a nation, we're 970 01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:48,960 fairly privileged. At the end of the day, Right, we do have 971 01:09:49,039 --> 01:09:54,119 a great deal of wealth we have, you know, over overall we are 972 01:09:54,239 --> 01:10:00,439 doing fairly well. Um, I think to a degree that's created. Have 973 01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:03,960 my cake and eat it too when it comes to the candidates that we choose 974 01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:08,000 to support, because when we look at that, when we get especially in 975 01:10:08,079 --> 01:10:11,600 primaries, if we have a candidate that comes before us and says, well, 976 01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:14,119 I might be able to do this for you, but this doesn't seem 977 01:10:14,279 --> 01:10:16,840 realistic, and then we have the other candidates saying, oh, I promise 978 01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:23,560 you the world. Right, we tend to toss aside, push aside the 979 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:26,800 candidate that's actually being honest with us and saying, hey, listen, I 980 01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,520 might not be able to do this, but I will do this, and 981 01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:33,479 I will fight for this. That candidate we won't accept in a general sense, 982 01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:35,880 we don't seem to want to accept, and then we go for the 983 01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:40,199 candidate that promises us the world, and then we get all upset that we 984 01:10:40,279 --> 01:10:44,159 have these crooked politicians once they don't live up to our expectations. And so 985 01:10:44,359 --> 01:10:47,359 I really have come to the conclusion that I think as voters, and like 986 01:10:47,399 --> 01:10:50,399 I said, once again, I'm including myself in that as a member of 987 01:10:50,439 --> 01:10:55,439 the voting population, that to a degree, we have created the politicians that 988 01:10:55,640 --> 01:11:01,000 we have such a disdain for. I think you're right because I I've often 989 01:11:01,119 --> 01:11:06,600 talked on the show Kevin about how, um, you know, we need 990 01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:13,560 more buy in from voters in terms of we need to take more responsibility as 991 01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:17,439 voters, in terms of learning about these candidates, not just listening to what 992 01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:21,920 they say, because you can say anything as a candidate, especially if you 993 01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:25,680 don't think you're going to win, if you don't think you have a shot, 994 01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:29,159 you can promise the moon, it doesn't matter because you're not going to 995 01:11:29,159 --> 01:11:32,039 be held accountable if you know you're gonna lose. But because there's other reasons 996 01:11:32,119 --> 01:11:35,039 to run for office other than try and actually win that office, like for 997 01:11:35,119 --> 01:11:39,039 the presidency. You know, most people who run for president, they know 998 01:11:39,079 --> 01:11:42,680 they're not going to win, but maybe they want to raise their speaking fees 999 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:47,760 or just enhance their public profile or maybe position. Maybe they'll know yet that 1000 01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:56,439 VP exactly exactly. But what I always say is, and I don't know, 1001 01:11:56,680 --> 01:11:59,000 I don't know why this message isn't out there. I feel like I'm 1002 01:11:59,039 --> 01:12:00,640 the only one saying it. But based on what you said, I think 1003 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:04,560 you'll agree with me. What we need to do as voters is instead of 1004 01:12:04,680 --> 01:12:10,000 just listening to what these candidates say, we need to actually learn about because 1005 01:12:10,079 --> 01:12:15,000 you can get the information with websites like OpenSecrets dot org for example. We 1006 01:12:15,159 --> 01:12:18,439 need to make sure that we learn about where these candidates are getting their funding, 1007 01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:21,800 who is donating to their campaigns. And by the way, I realize 1008 01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:25,960 it's not all information that you can get. You know, there's dark money 1009 01:12:26,039 --> 01:12:30,000 with these superpacks and whatnot. There are ways that they get around campaign finance 1010 01:12:30,119 --> 01:12:31,359 law, but you can find out some of it. Some of it is 1011 01:12:31,399 --> 01:12:36,920 public information and if you know, if you're able to find out who is 1012 01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:42,800 contributing to these candidates, then you know who they actually work for, because 1013 01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:45,239 they don't work for us. I mean I'm talking about you know, at 1014 01:12:45,279 --> 01:12:47,560 the congressional level and of course the presidency. They don't work for us. 1015 01:12:47,680 --> 01:12:51,279 They work for whoever gives the money. Well, yeah, go ahead, 1016 01:12:51,479 --> 01:12:55,760 I gotta say this, But you are a little bit more ambitious than I 1017 01:12:55,840 --> 01:12:59,039 am at this point, because I would love for that too. I would 1018 01:12:59,079 --> 01:13:01,720 love for that too. I right now would be happy to get voters to 1019 01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:06,640 go to the campaign websites and look up videos and information, you know, 1020 01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:12,600 even videos of the candidate that they might vote for, are speaking about issues. 1021 01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,920 I want to get to that step first, because we're not even I 1022 01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:18,920 don't even feel that that we're at that point by and large, when I 1023 01:13:19,640 --> 01:13:25,399 talk to people about voting across the political spectrum, asked them, how do 1024 01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:28,439 you who did you vote for? I remember, especially some of the younger 1025 01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:32,720 generation. You know, I just turned thirty eight, so I'm now saying 1026 01:13:32,760 --> 01:13:38,880 the younger generation. I just it hurts. It hurts along with the bones. 1027 01:13:39,560 --> 01:13:42,960 But so when I speak to some younger voters and I asked them, 1028 01:13:43,039 --> 01:13:45,720 how do you you know who did you vote for? I've actually had a 1029 01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:47,880 few people say to me, I don't recall the name I just voted for 1030 01:13:47,960 --> 01:13:53,680 this party, and that's common. I would love to I just want to 1031 01:13:53,720 --> 01:13:56,640 get people to I first want to get people to the point where they know 1032 01:13:56,760 --> 01:14:00,720 the names of the candidates that they're going to be voting for and also have 1033 01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:05,000 gone to at least the website or seeing some videos on them before we get 1034 01:14:05,039 --> 01:14:10,600 to what you said, I want to get voters to that point. Yeah, 1035 01:14:11,319 --> 01:14:15,359 yeah, good point. Um. I think that I think that most 1036 01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:20,079 voters. This is going to sound very cynical, but but I think most 1037 01:14:20,199 --> 01:14:24,239 voters are low information voters. I mean, if you're just if you're if 1038 01:14:24,239 --> 01:14:28,439 you're voting based on what you see, you know on some based on a 1039 01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:31,520 couple of YouTube videos and what your friends tell you and whatnot which and by 1040 01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:34,199 the way, I don't want to but I don't want to sound like I'm 1041 01:14:35,159 --> 01:14:39,319 I don't want to sound too negative either. I realize I think because I 1042 01:14:39,399 --> 01:14:43,880 think there are some people some people I think are low information voters because they 1043 01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:48,720 just don't care enough to really do the research and put in that effort and 1044 01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:53,039 it's just easier to say, oh, we got to get the money out 1045 01:14:53,079 --> 01:14:57,520 of politics and and and you know, chant those slogans than to actually do 1046 01:14:57,720 --> 01:15:00,800 what we're talking about, which is really learning about these candidates. But I 1047 01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:04,239 also I also understand there. Look, there's a there's a segment of people 1048 01:15:04,279 --> 01:15:10,000 who probably would like to be more engaged, but they're also just very busy 1049 01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:15,079 exactly. You know, it's it's it's hard if you're if you're especially say 1050 01:15:15,239 --> 01:15:17,840 if you're a single parent and you're working two jobs and you're also trying to 1051 01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:20,720 go to school so you can get a better job, and you're you know, 1052 01:15:20,840 --> 01:15:24,880 you're doing all this stuff to support yourself and your kid and whatnot, 1053 01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:28,079 just as an example, and uh, and maybe you just don't have the 1054 01:15:28,199 --> 01:15:30,600 time. At the end of the day, you're exhausted. And you know, 1055 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:32,279 because I know people in that situation too, So I don't want to 1056 01:15:32,279 --> 01:15:35,800 sound like I'm just dumping on everybody. So no, no, absolutely, 1057 01:15:35,920 --> 01:15:39,800 and I not to catch up that I totally can relate to that. And 1058 01:15:40,039 --> 01:15:44,439 that's the thing is like, while it frustrates me that we don't have more 1059 01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:49,319 voters that do this, I fully understand why a majority of voters. Why 1060 01:15:49,359 --> 01:15:54,319 I think a majority of voters don't really invest that time and energy is because 1061 01:15:54,560 --> 01:15:58,439 you don't have it. I'll be honest. I work ten hour shifts. 1062 01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:00,119 I'm a warehouse worker. At the end of the day, I've been on 1063 01:16:00,199 --> 01:16:03,920 my feet all day my job. I'm standing if I wasn't part of my 1064 01:16:04,039 --> 01:16:09,119 local Republican committee and I and I wasn't a candidate, I mean, if 1065 01:16:09,159 --> 01:16:13,000 I was detached from politics in that way. When I get home from work, 1066 01:16:13,199 --> 01:16:15,520 I want to relax on the couch. I don't want to read about 1067 01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:17,239 the drama of politics. To be honest, I want to get lost in 1068 01:16:17,279 --> 01:16:19,279 a book that I like, or in a show that I like, or 1069 01:16:19,319 --> 01:16:21,880 a movie that I like. I want to have dinner with my husband. 1070 01:16:23,159 --> 01:16:25,840 I want to have a conversation with them. I want to talk about those 1071 01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:30,720 types of things. Politics is, Honestly, I push it higher up, 1072 01:16:31,359 --> 01:16:36,600 right, It's it's it's not automatically there. I had to work to push 1073 01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:42,600 politics higher up that. You know, what's what's important there? Yeah, 1074 01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:48,479 and so I by no means it's it's while it frustrates me, low information 1075 01:16:49,159 --> 01:16:54,279 voting, it frustrates me. I understand it because to be honest, I 1076 01:16:54,399 --> 01:16:58,079 contributed to it once. I was one of those people. I was like, 1077 01:16:58,159 --> 01:17:00,560 Okay, this is my party, you know when I was back when 1078 01:17:00,560 --> 01:17:03,319 I was a Democrat too. You know. So I've been across the political 1079 01:17:03,399 --> 01:17:09,640 spectrum and it's it's they're all across and I understand why my parents their view 1080 01:17:09,840 --> 01:17:14,399 was why vote? They're all crooked? Anyways, Yeah, you know, 1081 01:17:14,840 --> 01:17:17,520 well that's that's the other That's the other thing too, is people get it. 1082 01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:21,600 Not just too busy, but some people just get so discouraged and they 1083 01:17:21,680 --> 01:17:26,279 feel so disenfranchised and then yeah, and then they do get into that headspace 1084 01:17:26,359 --> 01:17:29,760 where they just go, oh, what's the point. And actually I got 1085 01:17:29,880 --> 01:17:33,439 a start. I got something amusing from the local Democratic primary, the mayor 1086 01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:39,720 primary for the Democrats, when they had their debate. So the candidates had 1087 01:17:39,760 --> 01:17:43,800 their one debate and our current mayor um was asked, well, they were 1088 01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:48,359 both asked about the just abysmal voter turnout. I mean this is an issue 1089 01:17:48,359 --> 01:17:53,920 across the country, of course, especially in primary primary. Oh yeah, 1090 01:17:54,039 --> 01:17:59,720 so they were asked about it, and our current mayor actually said, well, 1091 01:17:59,840 --> 01:18:04,079 I think voter low vot voter turnout is a result of people being happy 1092 01:18:04,159 --> 01:18:11,000 with how things are. He actually said that answer. That was his answer 1093 01:18:11,159 --> 01:18:15,199 to this question, and it was just like, I'm not I actually went 1094 01:18:15,319 --> 01:18:18,399 to the debate, so I was there in person. I kind of scoffed 1095 01:18:18,399 --> 01:18:21,399 a little bit like laughed, and it wasn't that's not even about you know, 1096 01:18:23,279 --> 01:18:25,960 the fact that he's a Democrat. That's the fact that a lot of 1097 01:18:26,159 --> 01:18:30,239 politicians. That seems to be their response to this, I feel is or 1098 01:18:30,279 --> 01:18:31,920 at least an argument they will make. I don't think they believe. It 1099 01:18:32,279 --> 01:18:35,000 was that, well, everyone's happy, so of course that's why we're having 1100 01:18:35,319 --> 01:18:40,119 this this low voter turnout. But that was his response, and it was 1101 01:18:40,319 --> 01:18:44,960 just, wow, well that is that is what you believe. Well, 1102 01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:47,279 it's kind of like, though he said the quiet part out loud, because 1103 01:18:47,520 --> 01:18:51,800 if you are an incumbent, it is to your advantage. Incumbents always want 1104 01:18:51,880 --> 01:18:57,039 low voter turnout, because that's true. Yeah, if you're an incumbent, 1105 01:18:57,119 --> 01:19:00,880 that means, you know, you're probably safe. It's it's people people turn 1106 01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:03,479 out when they want change. So in a sense, he's actually he's not 1107 01:19:04,159 --> 01:19:09,159 he's not wrong. He's just kind of saying something you're not really supposed to 1108 01:19:09,279 --> 01:19:13,920 say. And if you want to take what he said and make it reflect 1109 01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:16,119 reality a little bit better. Well, I mean what he's really saying is 1110 01:19:16,399 --> 01:19:21,800 people are happy enough that they're apathetic enough to not turn out to vote. 1111 01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:26,720 I won't go that far. So they're happy enough, I would just say 1112 01:19:26,960 --> 01:19:31,079 they're more comfortable they yeah, yeah, that's yeah, that's a better way. 1113 01:19:32,359 --> 01:19:34,520 I would say that. You know, the devil, you know, 1114 01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:39,000 always seems to be to be better at the end of the day for most 1115 01:19:39,039 --> 01:19:41,520 people, right, I would, I would. I would say more along 1116 01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:45,640 those lines than that they're comfortable, because I've met people who are certainly not 1117 01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:49,199 comfortable, but they still don't vote. Yeah, and it's because they just 1118 01:19:49,479 --> 01:19:53,680 don't have faith in it at all. But if they do vote, they 1119 01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:58,920 just vote because they are afraid of what if it changes? Because change change 1120 01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:01,239 can be better, but it can still be worse, right, right, 1121 01:20:01,319 --> 01:20:05,199 So you know, it's it's kind of like that old thing where you want 1122 01:20:05,199 --> 01:20:09,359 to throw that old thing when someone says, oh, things couldn't get worse, 1123 01:20:09,399 --> 01:20:13,079 you want to throw something at him, right, Yeah, you know, 1124 01:20:14,760 --> 01:20:17,520 it always can, and so change it is difficult. We are not 1125 01:20:18,159 --> 01:20:24,439 a people that like change people. We tend to resist that even those who 1126 01:20:24,479 --> 01:20:28,960 seem to embrace change on some level, there's certain types of change that they 1127 01:20:29,039 --> 01:20:33,000 don't adapt too well or they fear. So I would I would say that 1128 01:20:33,039 --> 01:20:36,479 it's more about that it's the devil they know. Uh, they may not, 1129 01:20:36,640 --> 01:20:40,199 they might not be happy, but heck, if they change it up, 1130 01:20:40,319 --> 01:20:44,680 things could get worse. Yeah, yeah, no, I think I 1131 01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:50,640 think that's a good that's a good insight. Um absolutely, Um do you 1132 01:20:51,079 --> 01:20:57,399 have you been following uh anything? Were you following again? I don't know 1133 01:20:57,479 --> 01:21:00,920 if you have time related how much time you have to pay attention to the 1134 01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:02,760 news, But over the weekend, were you watching what was going on in 1135 01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:09,199 Russia? I was okay, So I don't know whether so. One of 1136 01:21:09,239 --> 01:21:11,880 the other things that's fortunate for me is that when I go to work, 1137 01:21:12,359 --> 01:21:15,399 Um, since I work in a warehouse in my position, I pop an 1138 01:21:15,439 --> 01:21:18,640 ear butt in and I'll listen to commentators and show like that. Um. 1139 01:21:19,119 --> 01:21:23,039 So I will admit I'm fortunate in that regard. There are a lot of 1140 01:21:23,079 --> 01:21:26,479 people who have even similar types of jobs of me that can't, you know, 1141 01:21:26,600 --> 01:21:29,359 jobs as me that can't do that. But as long as I have 1142 01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:32,199 one ear free. My company's policy is yeah, you can have you can 1143 01:21:32,239 --> 01:21:35,479 listen to music or whatever. So while most of my co workers all listening 1144 01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:39,600 to music, I'm listening to the podcast from time to time. UM, 1145 01:21:39,880 --> 01:21:44,119 but I haven't really followed so much on the Russia. I will admit from 1146 01:21:44,159 --> 01:21:47,840 a personal perspective, it's the month of June, so it's been it's it's 1147 01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:53,199 it's been a specific focus, especially in my circle of friends, in my 1148 01:21:53,960 --> 01:21:58,079 political friends, obviously dealing with pride and law of the drama concerning that and 1149 01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:01,560 denouncing a Pride month. All. That's as far as the Russia, Yeah, 1150 01:22:01,600 --> 01:22:04,920 I had recently heard a bit more details on it. Um. You 1151 01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:08,439 know, I'm horrible with the names that I get the idea. You know 1152 01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:11,880 that we had the military, basically a military crew. There was an attempt 1153 01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:16,279 at that um and from when I understand there was they wanted to take out 1154 01:22:16,279 --> 01:22:21,680 a specific general and there wasn't you know, obviously a march on Moscow itself. 1155 01:22:23,239 --> 01:22:25,800 But then I know that that was that was quashed. It was an 1156 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:29,640 agreement made and the leader was exiled, I believe, right, Yeah, 1157 01:22:29,800 --> 01:22:32,880 I basically yeah, I guess I was curious because when you were talking about 1158 01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:39,479 change and change being being uh, scary for people and whatnot. I couldn't 1159 01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:42,039 help. I hadn't planned on asking you about Russia. But then you're when 1160 01:22:42,039 --> 01:22:45,279 you were talking about change, my mind went to um, you know, 1161 01:22:45,359 --> 01:22:48,920 and the devil, you know, I I that made my mind went to 1162 01:22:49,039 --> 01:22:53,960 Putin and how you know, people were kind of wringing their hands over you 1163 01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,560 know, what's going to happen in Moscow? Are they going to get Putin 1164 01:22:57,640 --> 01:23:00,760 out? And then does Progosion go in? And does he end up being 1165 01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:03,159 even worse? And of course none of it, none of it panned out. 1166 01:23:03,199 --> 01:23:06,800 But yeah, now we don't know apparently, So now Progosion is in 1167 01:23:08,359 --> 01:23:12,600 Belarus, but nobody's actually seen him publicly, so is he really there? 1168 01:23:13,039 --> 01:23:15,199 And now there's a general who's missing who might have had something to do with 1169 01:23:15,279 --> 01:23:20,039 it, So it's all very We're gonna find out he accidentally beat himself to 1170 01:23:20,079 --> 01:23:27,840 death with a tire iland Yeah, he actually, you know, he accidentally 1171 01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:31,720 strangled himself, you know, you know, accidentally shot himself from a distance, 1172 01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:38,000 but yeah, accidentally poisoned himself. Yeah. I've heard some people making 1173 01:23:38,279 --> 01:23:41,880 comments and that we go, that's that is a great example that when we 1174 01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:48,159 look to other countries and they are absolute tyrants in leadership. If those tyrants 1175 01:23:48,319 --> 01:23:54,039 leave, something worse can always come in. You leave a void. And 1176 01:23:54,359 --> 01:23:58,239 that's one of the problems is like if if you're a country that's going to 1177 01:23:58,600 --> 01:24:01,800 go into another country to try that in any way shake up leadership, you 1178 01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:08,039 better have a long term plan because if you're if you're only going into try 1179 01:24:08,119 --> 01:24:13,479 to remove leadership, whether encouraging the people to revolve or vote the leader out 1180 01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:17,439 or whatever it may be, you better at least have the understanding that what 1181 01:24:17,680 --> 01:24:21,920 we places, you know, the current leadership could always be worse. And 1182 01:24:23,279 --> 01:24:27,520 so you know, and obviously as a as a world, we have not 1183 01:24:27,680 --> 01:24:30,479 followed that. We have not really seemed to have kept that in mind always 1184 01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:34,439 throughout history. Right. Um. But but it's similar because people do ask 1185 01:24:34,479 --> 01:24:36,920 why do we put up with these tyrants? You know, why do we 1186 01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:41,199 put up with these certain leaders around the world doing this, doing that? 1187 01:24:41,359 --> 01:24:45,399 And it's it is go back to the devil. You know, at the 1188 01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:47,199 end of the day, at least you know this individual, you know their 1189 01:24:47,279 --> 01:24:51,039 habits, I mean for pouting himself. He's been in power. How long 1190 01:24:51,119 --> 01:24:56,119 now has it been? About twenty three years? Twenty twenty three yeah, 1191 01:24:56,239 --> 01:24:59,640 like twenty yeah, so twenty three yeah, over twenty years. So this 1192 01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:02,479 is a and who's been in this position for such an extended period of time. 1193 01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:06,159 And while he has certainly done some horrific things, and he you know, 1194 01:25:06,359 --> 01:25:10,319 and just in general, he does not reflect our you know, I 1195 01:25:10,359 --> 01:25:13,479 don't feel that he reflects American values at all. At the end of the 1196 01:25:13,560 --> 01:25:19,000 day, there could always be something something worse. M And what speaks to 1197 01:25:19,079 --> 01:25:25,600 another thing is I really get annoyed with this mindset of the enemy of my 1198 01:25:25,800 --> 01:25:30,600 enemy is my friend, because we tend to have that, And I'm like, 1199 01:25:30,760 --> 01:25:33,000 no, the enemy of your enemy can still very well be your enemy, 1200 01:25:34,439 --> 01:25:38,279 you know. But I feel like we get get into that. And 1201 01:25:38,319 --> 01:25:42,039 I've seen that a lot with um. I know you said his name, 1202 01:25:42,119 --> 01:25:45,279 but at least from what I heard the local, you know, our media 1203 01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:48,439 tended to be like, oh yay, you know, Putin could possibly be 1204 01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:55,479 overthrown and supporting another guy, I'm like, why are you cheering that well? 1205 01:25:56,840 --> 01:25:59,600 I mean, at the end of the day, do you have any 1206 01:25:59,680 --> 01:26:02,199 reason into really cheerless? Do you have anything that tells you this guy is 1207 01:26:02,319 --> 01:26:08,680 going to be better or going to be something that you know, something that 1208 01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:14,760 won't even turn out worse, that won't actually have had catastrophic consequences. And 1209 01:26:15,279 --> 01:26:19,520 I've noticed that across the spectrum, even in politics regarding the war in Ukraine 1210 01:26:19,560 --> 01:26:24,399 and stuff. So it's it's it's been one of the most frustrating things for 1211 01:26:24,479 --> 01:26:30,720 me because I've seen certain people, you know, and I've seen this amongst 1212 01:26:30,720 --> 01:26:34,960 some conservative circles come out with, you know, in support of Putin or 1213 01:26:35,119 --> 01:26:40,119 you know, yes Ukraine. And my response is, then why, Because 1214 01:26:40,119 --> 01:26:44,720 I have a question for you. We as conservatives especially we loved our constitution, 1215 01:26:45,079 --> 01:26:47,479 right, we love the freedoms granted to us in our constitution. What 1216 01:26:47,880 --> 01:26:51,920 freedom in our constitution do you think Putin would fight for? Or freedom do 1217 01:26:53,039 --> 01:26:56,560 you think he would die for? Yeah? Like, can we know how 1218 01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:59,159 he's treated the press, We know how he's treated the church, and you 1219 01:26:59,199 --> 01:27:01,560 know, as long as the church supports what he says, then he's fine 1220 01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:04,600 with the church. But he's gone after the church's he you know, like 1221 01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:09,399 I said, the press, he's gone after military, he's done all this. 1222 01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:15,680 So what values American values, what values rooted in the constitution, Especially 1223 01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:20,840 as a conservative who loves our constitution, what would Putin support there nothing. 1224 01:27:20,920 --> 01:27:24,920 We know that at the end of the day. So I've gotten to a 1225 01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:30,000 few of those discussions with conservative leaning individuals who as a knee jerk reaction. 1226 01:27:30,279 --> 01:27:34,880 Well, the current administration and the Democrats are all about Ukraine, so that 1227 01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:39,720 means we got to be about Russia. Something you know, can just be 1228 01:27:39,840 --> 01:27:42,359 crap. Both can just be crap at the end of the day. Right, 1229 01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:45,039 Ukraine can be have a corrupt government just like Russia. All Right, 1230 01:27:45,319 --> 01:27:49,960 corruption is all around. Just so to go back, Sorry, I know 1231 01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:54,039 I'm getting a little bit because I've had some really intense conversations on this. 1232 01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:58,119 It does frustrate me. The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. 1233 01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:00,960 Many times not my friend even remotely. Yeah, they can be right, 1234 01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:04,119 they can be an ally on something, but that's as far as I will 1235 01:28:04,159 --> 01:28:09,279 go in a general census thing. They can be your ally ally on a 1236 01:28:09,359 --> 01:28:14,239 point, but but your friend, no, And that that is That has 1237 01:28:14,359 --> 01:28:17,920 been a regular conversation for me. Actually, um, yeah, it's not 1238 01:28:18,479 --> 01:28:21,800 that. It's it's good that you're confronting people on that. That's something I've 1239 01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:26,439 I've talked about on the show a lot too. Is is the this pro 1240 01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:30,279 Russia wing of the Republican Party, which I mean, I think it's certainly 1241 01:28:30,359 --> 01:28:34,880 a small part of the Republican Party, but it is there, and uh, 1242 01:28:35,119 --> 01:28:39,000 you know, and I often give the example too of Tucker Carlson, 1243 01:28:39,039 --> 01:28:42,960 who obviously has not held office, but um, but you know, until 1244 01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:45,920 his ouster from Fox News, he was the number one guy in all of 1245 01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:48,720 cable news, and he's pro Russia. You know, when when when Putin 1246 01:28:48,760 --> 01:28:53,680 first and UH invaded Ukraine, he Tucker Carlson, he said on the air 1247 01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:58,159 that he was rooting for Putin and UH and Laura Ingram I see some of 1248 01:28:58,239 --> 01:29:00,920 that, and so I think some of that is meat driven, and it 1249 01:29:00,079 --> 01:29:03,800 is and it actually pre dates UH Putin going into Ukraine. I mean, 1250 01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:10,399 there's there's been a growing pro Russia UH segment of the Republican Party for a 1251 01:29:10,479 --> 01:29:14,039 while. But it's it's good that you're that you're confronting that, Kevin, 1252 01:29:14,119 --> 01:29:18,159 and I respect that that that you do that. Um, when when you 1253 01:29:18,279 --> 01:29:21,920 do that, I mean, do you get any kind of explanation other than 1254 01:29:24,640 --> 01:29:27,079 I mean, you know, you said it. There's kind of an attitude 1255 01:29:27,119 --> 01:29:30,239 of well, you know, the Democrats are with Ukraine, so we're with 1256 01:29:30,359 --> 01:29:33,680 Russia. But I mean does anyone say anything anything beyond that and anything that 1257 01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:36,560 that makes sense to you? Or is it just is it all just as 1258 01:29:36,680 --> 01:29:41,399 sort of weird knee jerk reaction as you described. I'm just curious, like 1259 01:29:41,520 --> 01:29:44,760 what the mindset is, because I don't get it. I think for the 1260 01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:47,199 most part it is it is a knee jerk reaction because at the end of 1261 01:29:47,239 --> 01:29:50,920 the day, even when I've talked to some because I've even talked on the 1262 01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:55,720 other end to that, because a lot of Democrats have been just automatically you 1263 01:29:55,800 --> 01:29:59,880 know pro Ukraine and yes, okay, you know, Ukraine is the country 1264 01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,600 I was invaded here, right, Russia made the aggressive action, so Ukraine 1265 01:30:03,680 --> 01:30:06,640 is completely justified in fighting back. But at the end of the day, 1266 01:30:06,880 --> 01:30:13,680 there's been this, this this um push in a way to put Ukraine on 1267 01:30:13,760 --> 01:30:17,600 a pedestal from the left. I'm like, no, I've seen, Like 1268 01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:21,680 for me, I've seen people do a blend of the American flag and you 1269 01:30:21,800 --> 01:30:25,159 know, the Ukrainian flag. No, I'm not going to be doing that. 1270 01:30:25,239 --> 01:30:29,479 I'm not gonna plug the Ukrainian flag on my profile. I'm not going 1271 01:30:29,560 --> 01:30:32,680 to do any of that because Ukraine, even though I acknowledge that in this 1272 01:30:33,199 --> 01:30:38,920 situation. They were the they are the country that was invaded. I'm not 1273 01:30:39,119 --> 01:30:45,760 going to then be like for on Ukraine because do they reflect my values are? 1274 01:30:45,960 --> 01:30:48,319 You know, war is horrific. My heart goes out to the people. 1275 01:30:48,800 --> 01:30:54,199 Absolutely what's happening is absolutely horrific. But you know, at the end 1276 01:30:54,239 --> 01:31:00,560 of the day, I just being a cheerleader for any country without the full 1277 01:31:00,640 --> 01:31:04,840 context of the government, it's leadership, a corruption and you know how it 1278 01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:08,560 came to be and how we got to where we are. I just find 1279 01:31:08,600 --> 01:31:12,279 it crazy to do that. But yes, it hasn't been a lot. 1280 01:31:12,319 --> 01:31:15,039 I do want to say that that in regards to specifically on my end, 1281 01:31:15,079 --> 01:31:19,640 the conservative perspective, I haven't seen a lot of necessarily pro PU in pro 1282 01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:25,800 Russia, and I do think that when I have seen it, it's mostly 1283 01:31:25,880 --> 01:31:30,680 a knee jerk reaction to the fact that we have Ukraine strongly associated with Biden 1284 01:31:31,880 --> 01:31:36,840 in his administration and increasingly the Democratic Party overall. Is that obviously, well, 1285 01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:41,760 my opposition is saying they support this, So now I must say I'm 1286 01:31:42,279 --> 01:31:44,960 you know, I'm against this, or you know, or I support the 1287 01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:49,199 opposite. That tends to be how we are and how we are becoming increasingly 1288 01:31:49,479 --> 01:31:54,920 right, regardless of the situation or the issue at hand. Yeah, yeah, 1289 01:31:54,960 --> 01:31:58,680 well yeah, like we were talking about earlier, and yeah, absolutely 1290 01:31:59,279 --> 01:32:03,359 absolutely, um we are, we are already, Jessic, go so fast, 1291 01:32:03,439 --> 01:32:05,920 Kevin. Oh, by the way, my dad is My dad is 1292 01:32:05,960 --> 01:32:11,359 in the chat room, Martin Connerton, and he sent me a private message 1293 01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:15,439 mentioning to me that he was looking forward to you being on today. He 1294 01:32:15,560 --> 01:32:17,960 likes you very much, and uh it was very complimentary towards you. So 1295 01:32:18,000 --> 01:32:21,279 I just want you to know that I didn't even get to what I planned 1296 01:32:21,319 --> 01:32:24,760 to talk about more today, which I was like, I have to come 1297 01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:28,680 back on for that. Um. I know. One of the things I 1298 01:32:28,800 --> 01:32:33,159 had said during the end of our last UM stream was that I had basically 1299 01:32:33,239 --> 01:32:41,399 disassociated myself from the community by and large in regards to it's for me. 1300 01:32:41,560 --> 01:32:45,239 It's to a point, especially this past month of June, I've seen things 1301 01:32:45,359 --> 01:32:51,119 to where I honestly I can say that I fully have. I consider myself 1302 01:32:51,199 --> 01:32:58,079 disassociated from the community as a officially as a as a community quote unquote community 1303 01:32:58,359 --> 01:33:00,920 and what I see as in A and U as a push for things that 1304 01:33:01,159 --> 01:33:04,680 certainly do not reflect my values. So I want. I was expecting that 1305 01:33:04,800 --> 01:33:08,840 discussion, but I've enjoyed this discussion. Oh yeah, that has been great. 1306 01:33:09,079 --> 01:33:11,920 Yeah, yeah, you know me, I keep it loose and we 1307 01:33:12,079 --> 01:33:15,880 go where we go. But um, but well, just briefly though, 1308 01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:18,079 I don't I don't want, and I'm sorry that we don't have more time, 1309 01:33:18,119 --> 01:33:20,600 but just just briefly, well, I want to clarify too. When 1310 01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:25,920 you say the community, you mean the gay community, the LGBTQ plus community. 1311 01:33:26,039 --> 01:33:30,680 Yes, yeah, I wanted to clarify that because if anyone's listening, 1312 01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:33,680 uh in Schenectady, I don't. I don't want them to think you're you're 1313 01:33:36,119 --> 01:33:42,079 Yeah, I didn't, I didn't. I didn't. I didn't want anyone 1314 01:33:42,119 --> 01:33:46,600 to think you were saying, ah, screw could Schenectady. Okay, it's 1315 01:33:46,640 --> 01:33:50,000 just because you know, people might not know, all right, I mentioned 1316 01:33:50,119 --> 01:33:54,640 I mentioned June and Pride months so I felt like that delivered, you know, 1317 01:33:55,039 --> 01:33:58,520 yeah, I just yeah, but I just want to make sure okay, 1318 01:33:58,640 --> 01:34:01,520 Okay, Yeah, I appreciate that because I've realized, you know, 1319 01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:04,600 as we all would, probably had those experiences when you say something and you 1320 01:34:04,680 --> 01:34:08,359 think you're being clear and saying it. Well, let's see you could not 1321 01:34:08,600 --> 01:34:12,479 make it more clear, and someone's like you meant this and they take such 1322 01:34:12,520 --> 01:34:15,319 offense, and you're like, no, well, especially Kevin, especially in 1323 01:34:15,479 --> 01:34:18,640 politics, if something, because it would be the easiest things, you know, 1324 01:34:18,760 --> 01:34:21,079 especially in the world we live in now, with the technology that we 1325 01:34:21,159 --> 01:34:25,319 have in social media, would be the easiest thing in the world for one 1326 01:34:25,359 --> 01:34:29,560 of your opponents to clip you saying I'm just engaging from the community and then 1327 01:34:29,720 --> 01:34:31,880 putting that, putting that out there. It's like this guy, this guy 1328 01:34:31,960 --> 01:34:34,520 wants to represent us. He doesn't even like us, you know what I 1329 01:34:34,600 --> 01:34:40,000 mean. So that's the thing, though, I'm also someone who's not a 1330 01:34:40,239 --> 01:34:44,239 not a play to clarify things, although I do know all the fact that 1331 01:34:45,039 --> 01:34:47,520 once that is what would be made the headline, but the clarification would be 1332 01:34:47,600 --> 01:34:50,920 made the byeline would be wouldn't even be on the first page, right right? 1333 01:34:51,039 --> 01:34:54,600 Yeah, yeah, you know it would it would it would be it 1334 01:34:54,640 --> 01:34:59,319 would be on on like the forty six page. Uh yeah, no, 1335 01:34:59,439 --> 01:35:02,880 I yeah, I totally agree that. I appreciate you clarifying that. Yes, 1336 01:35:03,079 --> 01:35:06,720 yes, it's a it's a dirty business man, it's a dirty business. 1337 01:35:08,479 --> 01:35:12,119 Um. But all right, well listen, because yeah, we're up 1338 01:35:12,119 --> 01:35:14,840 against the clock. But one thing I definitely want to make sure you get 1339 01:35:14,880 --> 01:35:17,760 in for listeners who want to know where to find you online. Uh, 1340 01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:21,319 if there's anyone listening from your area who wants to know more about your campaign 1341 01:35:21,399 --> 01:35:26,680 and anything you want to make sure that we know about. Oh yeah, 1342 01:35:26,720 --> 01:35:32,000 absolutely. You can easily find us UM on Facebook. I'm going up the 1343 01:35:32,640 --> 01:35:36,880 exact for that. My phone is acting up a little bit. Oh um, 1344 01:35:39,119 --> 01:35:43,479 so I had this down. So we're your GOP candidates for Schennecty City 1345 01:35:43,520 --> 01:35:49,199 Council on Facebook, so you can find about us there. We also do 1346 01:35:49,600 --> 01:36:00,159 have um a website. We have the Schenectoy uh Schenectady GOP Council dot com, 1347 01:36:00,680 --> 01:36:04,680 so you can find more about us there. So please please do check. 1348 01:36:04,680 --> 01:36:11,039 Oh sorry, UM, Schenecta the City Council twenty twenty three dot com 1349 01:36:12,279 --> 01:36:15,399 is where you can find out more about us. You can find out about 1350 01:36:15,439 --> 01:36:18,560 all the city council candidates and there's also a link to our mayoral candidate, 1351 01:36:18,680 --> 01:36:25,359 Matt Elegant. Um I do, I don't really, I do. Sorry. 1352 01:36:25,439 --> 01:36:30,279 My Instagram is just my personal one, UM, but you I'm Kevin 1353 01:36:30,319 --> 01:36:33,840 Hammer on there. You can also find me on Twitter. Uh it's similar 1354 01:36:33,920 --> 01:36:40,520 for the campaign on Twitter as well, and we also have we have our 1355 01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:45,600 links up for donations for our campaign. And you can also find me personally 1356 01:36:45,760 --> 01:36:50,000 on YouTube. This is separate. This is just me individually, and I'm 1357 01:36:50,119 --> 01:36:56,960 the issues from left to right on YouTube and I stream there as often as 1358 01:36:57,000 --> 01:37:00,640 I can, discussing um a lot of issues that I care personally. Okay, 1359 01:37:00,880 --> 01:37:03,640 all right, very good, all right, Kevin, thank you so 1360 01:37:03,760 --> 01:37:08,600 much. Always a pleasure to have you on and we enjoy speaking with you, 1361 01:37:08,800 --> 01:37:12,520 and uh, well we'll do it again obviously, but thanks, thanks 1362 01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:15,119 for your time today, and be safe out there and the when the bad 1363 01:37:15,199 --> 01:37:21,840 air comes, toy, I have mine hailer close. Hate to have to 1364 01:37:21,880 --> 01:37:25,720 do that, but yes, I have mine hailor close. And I absolutely 1365 01:37:25,760 --> 01:37:30,680 look forward to being on again in hopefully the fairly near future. Yes, 1366 01:37:30,960 --> 01:37:32,640 and I wish every I wish everyone a good day. All right, Kevin, 1367 01:37:32,760 --> 01:37:35,720 thank you, my friend, Take care, all right? Bye bye? 1368 01:37:36,359 --> 01:37:40,760 All right. That was Kevin Hammer from Schenectady, New York. And 1369 01:37:40,960 --> 01:37:44,239 we yeah, we are out of time, so if you miss any part 1370 01:37:44,279 --> 01:37:46,399 of today's show, it will be up in just a little bit at WMH 1371 01:37:46,600 --> 01:37:51,560 Radio. Dot org and on my website Matt Connerton dot com. Let's see. 1372 01:37:51,600 --> 01:37:56,000 Also want to remind you what we've got coming up tomorrow on the program. 1373 01:37:56,760 --> 01:38:00,880 We have, of course, uh, the return of Eric Ultures classic 1374 01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:04,000 film review Eric our friend from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This week, the 1375 01:38:04,079 --> 01:38:10,079 subject is Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is the original Indiana Jones film 1376 01:38:10,119 --> 01:38:13,920 for you young uns who might not know that. So I remember seeing that 1377 01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:15,600 with my dad when I was a kid. So that will be the film 1378 01:38:15,680 --> 01:38:18,800 review. So we'll do that probably toward the end of the first hour, 1379 01:38:18,920 --> 01:38:24,079 and then in the second hour we have Hue the Gecko joining us live in 1380 01:38:24,199 --> 01:38:28,680 studio. Last time Huie was with us, it was pretty interesting and I'm 1381 01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:30,479 sure that this time will be as well. So I really look forward to 1382 01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:36,119 that. And let's see it is Thursday, which means if you are listening 1383 01:38:36,239 --> 01:38:42,079 live on WMNH, coming up next is Through the Stage Store hosted by the 1384 01:38:42,119 --> 01:38:45,640 Great Rob Dieon and don't forget to be back bright in early seven am tomorrow 1385 01:38:45,720 --> 01:38:49,920 for the morning show with Peter White, and don't forget tomorrow night Retrospect your 1386 01:38:50,039 --> 01:38:54,359 Radio with Police. I'll be here for that as well, all right, 1387 01:38:54,439 --> 01:38:58,039 So we're gonna get out of here. Oh I know what. We'll close 1388 01:38:58,119 --> 01:39:00,680 with one enough time to play the whole song, but we'll play a little 1389 01:39:00,680 --> 01:39:04,439 bit of this, a little rocky mountain mic song called Runaway Coup, which 1390 01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:10,319 is a parody of Runaround Sue, because we did talk about Russia a little 1391 01:39:10,319 --> 01:39:12,520 bit. All right, I'll talk to y'all a little bit later. By everybody,