1 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:47,320 My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over, which means our summer 2 00:00:47,359 --> 00:00:49,799 break is over and we're back. Hello, everybody, welcome, It's that 3 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,159 time, Matt Connerton unleashed and yes we are live from the studios of w 4 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,759 M n HM and Glorious, downtown Manchester, New hand Sure a little humid, 5 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:03,599 but a little sticky, but glorious. Also on Comcast ninety seven if 6 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,599 you're in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across the nation 7 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,879 and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com 8 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,200 for all your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, show 9 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,920 archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is Monday, July ten, twenty twenty 10 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:34,280 three, and I'm not alone. Best Darl Genny is here at the newsdesk, 11 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:40,040 dam present. Yes, yes this moment, Yes absolutely so uh so, 12 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:42,959 yes, we are we are live. We were off last week. 13 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:48,040 Everybody here was off last week. It was reruns and best of Us but 14 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,480 vacation. But we are we are back. So yes, our summer break 15 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,519 is short. We just we took the one week off and it's it's going 16 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,480 to be back because there's always plenty to talk about really. Oh yes, 17 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:08,039 oh, I can't imagine what not always plenty by the way, yes, 18 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:13,599 yes, we have somebody uh maybe coming in later so well we won't mention 19 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:15,000 who in case in case they don't make it, we'll see what happens. 20 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:21,520 But but we do have something very special that is definitely happening at the top 21 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,919 of the hour today at five pm, we have a World Radio premier our 22 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:31,000 friend Jerry Robinson. He's got a band called called Jerry and the Scumbags, 23 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:37,400 and the bass player in the band is named Mattso Covington. Yes, yes, 24 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:39,879 something familiar about that name. That one's kind of sexy. But yes, 25 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,840 uh, Jerry's band and his uh hit single, his hit single, 26 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:52,360 I'm the Man sexy Man. Yeah, yeah, who him? Oh thank 27 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,159 you? Yeah, well obviously the basis, yes, yes, Mattso Covington 28 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,120 for Covington. But that will that will be coming up today at five pm. 29 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,000 And I have to tell you I'm really looking forward to uh you know, 30 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:07,400 the song's already available via social media, but I'm really looking forward to 31 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:12,520 playing it on the air today on the program the World Radio Premiere. It's 32 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,000 so great. Jerry Robinson, what a talented man, very much so accomplished 33 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:23,879 songwriter and recording artist and vocalist and uh and also too. I mean I 34 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,560 have to say he's uh, he's the next Howard Stern, He's the next 35 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,479 rated R comedy star. If you ask me. The new channel with the 36 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:36,560 band on YouTube just shock a full of good Man. Yes, yes, 37 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:39,360 wait to see what gets put up on their YouTube channel again. I know 38 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:45,159 it's uh, it is exciting, it's very exciting. So we're we're excited 39 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,639 to bring that to you today. Jerry's up to That's right, That's right. 40 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:53,560 But uh, phone lines are open six zo three two five h six 41 00:03:53,639 --> 00:03:57,360 O seven. If you'd like to join us today on the program six O 42 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,240 three two five zero six Z seven you can all so text us at six 43 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,439 one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm on social media at 44 00:04:04,479 --> 00:04:09,759 Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at Matt Connerton dot com, and 45 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:14,080 of course you can interact endo Pine in the Facebook live chat. But the 46 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,839 best thing to do so that we can hear and enjoy your dulcet tones is 47 00:04:16,879 --> 00:04:19,959 to give us a call at six zo three two five six seven six zo 48 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,439 three two five six seven. By the way, I should mention two. 49 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,959 The song that we played to open the show today track from The Tricombs. 50 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,600 We're going to be here with us live tomorrow in the second hour in studio 51 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,360 for a live performance. Yes, I'm super excited for us The Tricombs. 52 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,079 Yes they are. I believe they're from the Seacoast area. I think so. 53 00:04:42,439 --> 00:04:46,199 Yes, So they're definitely doing some touring around. I've found some shows 54 00:04:46,199 --> 00:04:50,040 with them coming up, and they are touring with a band called the Hot 55 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,879 Chuck Eats. Ah, they're doing a show with them. Okay, I 56 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,879 just loved the name, so I looked them up and it's actually really great 57 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,600 bands. I've invited them to come into Yeah, seeing them down in the 58 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:05,199 future. Down in the future, down in the future expression I'm not familiar 59 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:10,439 with. But you have grim coming who's going to be skyping in on Wednesday 60 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,560 of this week. Yes, he's from Texas. Yes, he sent us 61 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,879 out things too. He sent us out a shirt that I'm gonna wear on, 62 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,959 a very nice shirt that I'll wear on. He gave me a shirt 63 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:25,199 Wednesday, your Thursday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, and he gave me 64 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,920 a shirt too. Yeah, sticker, So there will be a sticker to 65 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,040 apply to the Wall, Yes, the Wall of Honor, Yes, yes, 66 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:38,959 yes. And then on Friday, you have Satellite Union skyping in from 67 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,560 Chicago. My friend, my friend Dave Wally went to high school with Dave. 68 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,759 Really great, great sound. Yeah, looking forward to So, Yes, 69 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,680 we got a few different places coming in this week. I can't speak. 70 00:05:53,079 --> 00:05:56,519 I've completely lost it right there on that. Huhh, Yeah, yeah 71 00:05:56,519 --> 00:06:00,240 I did. So we have Chicago and Texas, and of course it's the 72 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,600 great state of New Hampshire. Oh and we have a we have a call. 73 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,759 We'll see who's on the line here. Hi, welcome to Matt Connerton 74 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,279 Unleashed. Who's on the line, Oh, well, Matt, So this 75 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,519 is Jerry Robinson. Oh yeah, Jerry Robinson. We were we were just 76 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,480 talking about you. We're gonna be uh, we're gonna be a world world 77 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:24,800 radio premiere today at five pm Eastern time of your your new hit single. 78 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,439 And we're very excited about it, Jerry. I am. I am also 79 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:34,639 just super super excited that the entire world can hear h exactly what you and 80 00:06:34,879 --> 00:06:40,519 UH and Billy and Uh Alan Hampshire have been up too lately. Yes, 81 00:06:41,399 --> 00:06:44,120 yes, we're we're all excited to be a part of it. And uh 82 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,560 and by the way, I'm glad that that technician that I dispatched was able 83 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:51,759 to help you. Oh yes, you you you um. When you dispatched 84 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,920 that technician to me, I thought, I thought, you know, this 85 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,680 is just the best possible customer service I ever. Yeah, me set up 86 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:04,519 soon, I'm going to have a page where all of all of the future. 87 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,319 Well, of course, the song that I just released, but I 88 00:07:09,399 --> 00:07:12,759 said unleased. I don't want you to assume me for definition of characters. 89 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:18,639 But it's gonna be available where everybody can download the music for free because well, 90 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,800 quite frankly, music makes the world go round, and I want everybody 91 00:07:23,839 --> 00:07:28,839 to have access to this beautiful music. Yes, yes, I love it. 92 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:33,800 Where do your creative juices come from? Jerry just all comes to me. 93 00:07:33,879 --> 00:07:36,199 You know, I'm like eighty four years old. I have tons of 94 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:41,319 energy. I sit around all day. Uh not not in my apartment, 95 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,759 of course, I do work and actually do stuff, but I just sit 96 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,040 around and think, you know what, what what better way to create a 97 00:07:48,079 --> 00:07:55,639 song than be about me? Makes sense? The man exactly, I'm the 98 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,560 man, and I have some really cool stuff coming up with that song as 99 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:05,519 well. Basically, I'm paying somebody to do an animation video for it, 100 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,319 so it'll be kind of like a little you know, look into Uh I 101 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,199 guess who is the face of Jerry. Get you get the really cool little 102 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:16,600 visual with that. So I'm paying dozens and dozens of dollars to get that 103 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:20,759 done. Oh that's fantastic. Oh but it's so worth it. It'll be 104 00:08:20,759 --> 00:08:24,600 a masterpiece. Absolutely, it'll be a masterpiece. And I'm so excited. 105 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:30,680 And I'm going to formally announce the name of the album um that we're all 106 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,559 working on. I know that you sending me your files match, so, 107 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:37,879 but the name of the album, Jerry and the Scumbags, it will be 108 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:43,200 called Scum of the Earth. Wow. I love it. I love how 109 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:50,039 you say it too. I like that it brings really good scumbags come of 110 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:52,559 the earth. I mean, sometimes the brilliant finds me, which is why 111 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,320 I'm the man that Yeah, you are the man, Jerry. And by 112 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:01,080 the way, you look great for eighty four. And although I will say 113 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,919 I don't think the expression is definition of character. Do you have a speech 114 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,200 impediment by any chance? Uh, sir, Yeah, I have a I 115 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:15,200 have a Yeah, sometimes I do have a speech impairment or impediment, however 116 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,639 it is that it's said. But all in all, I mean it's it's 117 00:09:18,639 --> 00:09:20,960 okay. I still get around. You can still kind of somewhat understand the 118 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,159 words that are coming out of my mouth. Yes, yes, which is 119 00:09:24,279 --> 00:09:30,519 very important, very important, and let's make sure way So nope, I'm 120 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,600 sorry. You go right ahead, Jerry. I apologize, Jenny. I 121 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:39,399 can't tear you very well. I'm very old. You go right ahead. 122 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,919 The floor is yours. Yes, go ahead, Jerry. Oh, I 123 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:46,240 apologize, thank you very much. I just wanted to say I cannot wait 124 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:50,320 for five pm. Yeah, I can't wait for the album to be finished. 125 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,600 It's gonna be great, everybody. You of course a wm Andates is 126 00:09:54,759 --> 00:09:58,840 very own. Matt so Covington, Uh well, I can't say what is 127 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:05,320 a formal title is but Billy Painter And of course, yes, it's gonna 128 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,159 be great. Jenny. I'm glad you're back from DC. Everybody. I 129 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:11,559 hope you have a great rest of your day. Can't wait until five pm. 130 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:18,519 All the best, Jerry. All right, Jerry absolutely just just applause, 131 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:22,200 very nice. Yes, he is incredible, he is incredible. We 132 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,559 need we need applause. Yes, and you can look up on YouTube Jerry 133 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:31,759 and the Scumbags. Now it's the and symbol, so it's Jerry and the 134 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:37,600 Scumbags. And you can hear the newest release on there as well, because 135 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,200 I know you're gonna want to hear it again after we play it. Yes, 136 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,840 and by the way, we not to brag, but we should remind 137 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:48,519 everybody that he did make me the the commander to Supreme Leader uh in Jerry's 138 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,279 rock and roll Army, which is very exciting too. You know, I 139 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,759 never saw myself as a military man, but to be the commander to the 140 00:10:54,799 --> 00:11:00,240 Supreme Leader, I mean that's something special. I'm kind of hold and ill 141 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,960 some hope that maybe I'll get to be the T shirt girl. Mmmmmmm yeah 142 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,639 yeah, well I can see that. Yeah, I can see that happening, 143 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,600 throwing that out there. Yes, Yes, very exciting. Wow, 144 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,519 what a way to start out the new week. Here as we as we 145 00:11:15,519 --> 00:11:18,159 return from our break, if you would like to join us six zo three 146 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,159 two five h six zero seven six three two five zero six O seven, 147 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:26,279 we should say hello to everybody in the Facebook live chat, and then we're 148 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:31,919 gonna get caught up with what Jenny was doing. Our friend Jerry Robinson did 149 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:37,480 allude to it Jenny's recent trip to Washington, DC sent me back, Yes, 150 00:11:37,639 --> 00:11:39,159 yes, so we'll we'll talk about all of that in a moment, 151 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,320 but we'll say hello to everybody in the chat. Here, we have our 152 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,480 Ryan LeMay joins us and says, what's up, mister Connerton, Hello, 153 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,799 Ryan. Ryan is a very talented musician. Um, I'd love to get 154 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:52,000 him on the show. Uh. Fredo, of course is in the speaking 155 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,440 of talented musicians. Uh. I like to say his full name, of 156 00:11:54,519 --> 00:12:00,039 course. Alfredo Enrique Benavitis joins us in the chat, of course from the 157 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:05,879 band's Dank Sinatra and Cosmic Blossom, and sometimes he does a solo thing like 158 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:09,879 at the chatskin. Fredo said, Oh, I saw his post about this 159 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:13,120 earlier. Fredo said, let's talk about how over half the country can't read 160 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:18,600 above a sixth grade level. That's a real statistic, and how Trump is 161 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:22,159 these people's champion, after all, he loves the poorly educated. Well, 162 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,399 yeah, I don't know if we'll get to that today necessarily, but it's 163 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:30,039 certainly a worthy subject. We could get to it. Hello to our friend 164 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,080 Crystal from the Great State of Illinois. Crystal says, this is referring to 165 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:39,039 the other song that I played Randy Rainbow, Donald's in the John with Boxes. 166 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,720 A little Beatles parody there, Crystal says, Donald and the John with 167 00:12:43,799 --> 00:12:48,639 Boxes. You know, those classified documents make for interesting reading material while he 168 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,320 does his biz. Oh, I hate to even think of it for more 169 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:56,720 than one reason. Mike from Queen City Cabinetry joins us in the chat room 170 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,600 and says, welcome back at Queen City Cabinetry. One of our great sponsors 171 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:03,720 here at MNH, of course in the historic Sunbeam Mall, but also Mike 172 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,960 is one of our co hosts on Friday nights for Retro Spectrum Radio with Paul 173 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,399 ec I love that show. Yes, yes, I do enjoy my Fridays 174 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,399 here because after this show I get to come back for eight to eleven for 175 00:13:16,639 --> 00:13:18,120 to be one of Paul's co hosts on that show along with Mike and of 176 00:13:18,159 --> 00:13:24,480 course DJ Steve, so we have a great time. Um, does you're 177 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:28,960 the best a shock jock? Yeah? Who you me? Yeah? Well, 178 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,919 I'm no Jerry Robinson, he's the best. No, he's not a 179 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,720 shock he's the man, he's the next he's he's the next hour at Stern, 180 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:39,279 He's the next he's the next rated our comedy star. Okay, you 181 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:43,639 can be as number number one, right, well, I'll be the commander 182 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,080 to the Supreme shock jock or something. Does that make you number two? 183 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,519 We don't really use that term shockjock anymore. It's a bit uh, it's 184 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,759 a bit uh antiquated. Yeah, Like the the young UN's listening are probably 185 00:13:54,799 --> 00:13:58,559 like, what was shockjock? What is that? Um uh? But you 186 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,879 know, listen, I got a little bit. I've got a little bit 187 00:14:01,879 --> 00:14:05,080 of that in me. But I think I've done I think I've done a 188 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:09,000 good job over the years. I learned the hard way early on here at 189 00:14:09,039 --> 00:14:11,360 WMH, but I think I kind of I rained that in pretty well. 190 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:16,360 I've done a nice snort laugh, I've got it under control. Crystal also 191 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:20,600 said in the chat, hopefully DJ hoes them down with Lysaul or Clarox spray 192 00:14:20,639 --> 00:14:24,519 to kill ninety nine percent of any germs Texas. Mike joins us in the 193 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,080 Chatterman says, so glad you guys are back. Thank you, It's going 194 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,679 to be back. Kyle Clayton of the Morning Show with Peter White joins us 195 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:35,000 and says I missed your Dulca tones. It was nice hear you on the 196 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:37,919 Morning Show today, Kyle of course. Uh. Yes, The Morning Show 197 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:41,600 with Peter White weekdays from seven to nine am here at WMNH, with a 198 00:14:41,639 --> 00:14:45,360 replay from two to four pm. Right before this program, Dylan Reynolds, 199 00:14:45,399 --> 00:14:48,679 another very talented musician, joins us in the Facebook live chat and says, 200 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:52,360 glad y'all are back, Thank you, thank you. We've got Dylan's going 201 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:54,440 to be a guest on the show soon, I think, right, is 202 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,240 it this month or next month? He's he's gonna be coming up. Yeah, 203 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,720 yeah, you don't have to look it up. I was just referring 204 00:14:58,759 --> 00:15:03,360 to we do have him booked. Do you believe in the in the near 205 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,559 future. Yes, we look forward to that groups all day. My brain 206 00:15:05,679 --> 00:15:09,759 is a little bit yeah, scrambled on who's booked for when? Yes, 207 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,080 For those who don't know, Jenny does all the booking, and she does. 208 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:16,679 She does a fantastic job. Chris No, yeah. Chris Rose from 209 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,159 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts says good afternoon, Hello, Chris, Jay fat of 210 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,159 course. Uh. Also Melanie law Liberty, both from the Great State of 211 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:30,600 vermonta say hello in the chat room, and DJ Steve says good afternoon to 212 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:33,720 all. Speaking of retro Spectrum Radio with Pauli c. There's DJ Steve in 213 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:37,960 the chat room, so hello to all of you. So nice to see 214 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,399 you in there, and I'll give the studio line again six zo three two 215 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:45,320 five six seven six Z three two five zero six zero seven. Um, 216 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:52,039 Jenny, Uh, what's you've been what's you've been up to in a lot? 217 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,399 Actually, yeah, you haven't. U. You haven't been on the 218 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,120 show since uh, since your most recent trip. Yeah, the second trip 219 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,480 most you should the most recent trip. No, I haven't, and I 220 00:16:02,559 --> 00:16:07,039 did and it was amazing. So, as our listeners know, I have 221 00:16:07,159 --> 00:16:12,840 been very open about what happens with my medical care, especially at the hands 222 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:22,360 of United Healthcare Medicare disadvantage and the roadblocks and ridiculous requests and things you have 223 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:26,879 to do just to get treatment. And in doing so, you listeners may 224 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:33,159 remember that People's Action and Writes in Democracy New Hampshire took my story public and 225 00:16:33,279 --> 00:16:40,840 we had over four thousand signatures. The president of People's Action wrote directly to 226 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:45,320 the CEO of United Healthcare. There was a lot of attention in United Healthcare 227 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:55,679 in turned didn't like that attention and actually started talking to me and reluctantly approving 228 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,559 things. It took a bit of pushing with them, and I'll get to 229 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,559 a more important point about that later. But one of the first things we 230 00:17:02,639 --> 00:17:08,000 got was a prior authorization for my infusion therapy, which we considered to be 231 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:14,640 a humongous win for us. So People's Action brought me back to DC because 232 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:21,640 they were hosting their annual gathering convention, which they haven't had one in a 233 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,720 while, you know, because of course COVID nobody had anythings like that, 234 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,799 so this was a big deal. They're nice their first real big convention back 235 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:30,440 after COVID, and let me tell you, when they say big, they 236 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,400 mean it. There's over there's about forty organizations that are under the umbrella of 237 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:41,559 People's Action, and the gist of the organization in this convention is to convey 238 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:48,359 stories and convey what methods of being able to be organized and work with both 239 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:55,599 local governments as well as federal governments. So in part I was there to 240 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,880 share the story of the work that we had done and what we have achieved, 241 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,599 like getting them Fatima compression pump, which if you don't remember. That 242 00:18:03,759 --> 00:18:07,240 was a feat in and of itself. My doctor said us the first time 243 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:12,200 he's ever had a patient actually get one because of what the insurances do with 244 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:18,680 their crappy prior authorizations on top of prior authorizations to get you approved for things. 245 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:25,119 So in part, I was out there to convey that message, but 246 00:18:25,319 --> 00:18:29,480 also to talk about what we do here all the time, which is about, 247 00:18:29,519 --> 00:18:32,920 you know, talking to each other about what's going on, but being 248 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:37,000 able to listen to each other from wherever we're at, like whatever my perspective 249 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:41,160 is, whatever your perspective is. One thing about the show has always been 250 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:45,119 able to meet people where they're at and have that conversation. So it was 251 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,799 really great to be amazing to be a part of that. But that's not 252 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:55,039 all. I took a lot of rest times in my hotel room. I 253 00:18:55,079 --> 00:18:57,720 did not attend like a lot of the social things. I had to really 254 00:18:57,759 --> 00:19:03,519 strategically plan out my body time because my body's pretty beat up in this moment 255 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:08,400 in that it's I'm very much in need of an infusion. That said, 256 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:15,400 they had rented a wheelchair for me, and they had oh twenty buses lined 257 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:21,880 up for us on the last day of our convention, in which we converged 258 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:27,519 on multiple places in Washington, DC to flash protest twenty buses. Nine hundred 259 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:32,880 or so of my closest friends, and even the bus drivers didn't know where 260 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,440 they were going until the very last moment, so there was no way any 261 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,920 of the information would get out. So we targeted places like the big time 262 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:48,720 lobbyists that the lobby for these private insurance companies that keep us from being able 263 00:19:48,759 --> 00:19:52,279 to regulate them in a way. You went to K Street. Is that 264 00:19:52,319 --> 00:19:55,039 what it's called? Yeah? You know that, I see, I don't. 265 00:19:55,039 --> 00:19:56,759 I don't know. K Street. That's where the lobbyists are. Yeah. 266 00:19:56,799 --> 00:20:00,720 Well they have this one big, giant, expensive olding that's all the 267 00:20:00,839 --> 00:20:04,799 health the health insurance lobbyists yea, you know, the ones that have weaseled 268 00:20:04,799 --> 00:20:10,519 their way into our Medicare program and destroyed it. UM. But I digress. 269 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,440 We went to uh City Court, who is the biggest, like one 270 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:23,279 of the biggest, compute the contributor to global climate destruction because they support fracking 271 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,920 and they do a lot of you know, they invest a lot of money 272 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:32,200 into that UM and there's a there's a lot more to it. But we 273 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:38,279 went we protested for healthcare, we protested for tenants rights, we protested for 274 00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:44,559 the climate, we protested for um the end of the drug war. There 275 00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:49,039 were multiple targets with these buses, and I was there for the majority of 276 00:20:49,079 --> 00:20:52,359 them. But then I had to peel off with my group because then we 277 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:57,519 headed to the Capitol to lobby at the Capitol. Yeah, um, which 278 00:20:57,519 --> 00:21:00,279 I knew we were going to do. So all this was kind of strategically 279 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,680 planned out. And like I said, I took a lot of rest periods 280 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,599 in my room, and I had handlers and I had wheelchair, so I 281 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:12,079 wasn't left to myself. I had a lot of good support. So when 282 00:21:12,079 --> 00:21:19,000 we went up to the Senate Office Building, we were able to meet this 283 00:21:19,039 --> 00:21:22,519 time. Do you remember last time I went to DC, I was able 284 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:27,680 to meet with staff from Senator Shaheen and I was able to talk to somebody 285 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,880 from Senator Hassan's office. This time, when we went back, I was 286 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,559 able to sit with a group of us. We had a private meetings with 287 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:41,880 the staff from the Senate Finance Committee, which Senator Shaheen sits on. And 288 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:48,920 this committee looks at not just like how our budget works, but how money 289 00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:55,480 folks things occur in the United States. So money being paid to these companies 290 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:00,000 for Medicare advantage that are now denying those same services, Well, where is 291 00:22:00,039 --> 00:22:04,200 those dollars going? Well, we all know that United Healthcare bragged about eight 292 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,119 billion dollars in profit for the first three months of this year. So that's 293 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:14,039 our money, that's our premiums and everything, and instead of us getting covered 294 00:22:14,039 --> 00:22:18,440 for care, we get denied. So we're trying to lobby them to hear 295 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,480 about these denials, to hear about these prior authorization rules and regulations. We 296 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:32,599 also lobbied the Help Committee, which I believe Senator has and sets on is 297 00:22:32,599 --> 00:22:34,440 help and help must be an acronym. It is an acronym, and the 298 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:38,680 age his health, so they are they are acronyms. But this committee is 299 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:45,799 considering holding hearings, but they need to hear from more of us, all 300 00:22:45,839 --> 00:22:49,240 of them do. Really. We also lobbied Senator Marquis, so we were 301 00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:53,240 able to really do quite a bit of lobbying and share our story. So 302 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,079 I was there to share my story. There's another person there, a woman 303 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:04,279 whose name ironically was Jenny, and her husband had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. 304 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:10,279 I believe it was pancreatic. There was a treatment available at the time. 305 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:18,200 The Medicare plan would I believe his Medicare advantage would not approve the medication. 306 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:22,720 It was like this special form of chemo that has to be prior approved. 307 00:23:22,039 --> 00:23:26,720 While for a month they had a fight with the insurance. I finally 308 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,319 get approval at the end of the month, but now it's too late for 309 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,319 him to get the drug because the cancer had metastasized and he died shortly thereafter. 310 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:37,119 He was only I believe, forty three years of age and has a 311 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,759 young child left behind, an eight year old child. And I'm listening to 312 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:45,839 this woman teller story. There were other people there that were talking about the 313 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:51,640 prophecies companies are making. And this is supposed to be a public's right. 314 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,920 It's supposed to be a cheaper version of Medicare that covers everything Medicare covers. 315 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:03,160 But that's not reality. Anybody who has Medicare advantage will tell you that's not 316 00:24:03,279 --> 00:24:10,480 reality. Reality is denials. Reality is you need to write letters of you 317 00:24:10,839 --> 00:24:15,640 have to write a letter in order to appeal something, you know, instead 318 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,359 of like actually speaking to a human in doing it, or you know, 319 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,680 they want you to go through all of these steps because they know you're sick, 320 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:26,319 they know they've worn you down, and we keep the dollars. Crystal, 321 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:29,960 or friend from Illinois said in the chat room. Insurance companies should be 322 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:34,079 held accountable for the unnecessary stress they put onto chronically ill patients. They know, 323 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,920 damn well stress triggers some of these diseases to flare up. They assume 324 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,880 you'll get too sick to fight with them to advocate for yourself and health needs. 325 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:47,119 Patients shouldn't have to fight with insurance companies for healthcare. Yeah, absolutely, 326 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,759 And that's part of the I mean, that's that's really a big part 327 00:24:51,799 --> 00:24:55,160 of the big scam. And that's a great segue. Actually for profit health 328 00:24:55,200 --> 00:25:00,200 insurance, they want you to die once once what they're paying out. I 329 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,119 mean, people, I don't know if you're just not supposed to say this 330 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,160 in polite company, but people don't like to be as I think, blunt 331 00:25:07,319 --> 00:25:11,359 enough about it. But let's call it what it really is and just be 332 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:17,359 very blunt and brutally honest about it. The way the way the business model 333 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,079 works is they're happy to cover you for as long as you are profitable for 334 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,400 them to cover you so as long as your premiums are getting paid, but 335 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,720 you're not costing too much money. Once you start costing them more money than 336 00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:34,640 they're getting from you through the premiums, you go from being an asset to 337 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,720 a liability. They would prefer. And this is a part that I guess 338 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,039 you're not supposed to say, but it's true, So let's say it. 339 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:47,319 They would prefer from you know, going by their business model, that you 340 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:52,599 die once you start costing them money. They would rather you die. That 341 00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:56,839 literally is how it works. There's no way to sugarcoat it. I mean, 342 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:02,440 people do, but let's not. They want you to die, and 343 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:07,880 they will do whatever they can to get away with letting you die. Yep, 344 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,759 that's the scam. Let's add to that too. I want to add 345 00:26:11,759 --> 00:26:15,160 something to this because I think people get confused about what we're talking about. 346 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,319 Sometimes. I've often hear people saying, I don't want to have to pay 347 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,880 for somebody else's care. Why should I have to pay for your care? 348 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,960 Well, if you've got health insurance, that's exactly what you're doing. Yeah, 349 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:29,640 exactly the whole the way any insurance works, way your house insurance works, 350 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:36,559 the way any insurance works is the company company collects their premiums and they 351 00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:40,359 expect you to be healthy, and they expect multiple people to be healthy in 352 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:44,400 this pool. That those dollars, instead of going back to those individuals who 353 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,200 paid them, goes to pay for the people who are sicker. That's how 354 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,559 it works. When you pay your house insurance. The reason your health insurance 355 00:26:52,599 --> 00:26:55,920 will go up is if they have to pay too many claims in your area, 356 00:26:56,079 --> 00:26:57,960 they'll jack the price on you. Right, you know why they didn't 357 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,839 make a big enough profit, but too much of that got paid out and 358 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,519 claims. They had to actually do their job. Well, that's what health 359 00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:08,279 insurance is supposed to do, is the job pay the bills. Right in 360 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,920 Medicare much much That's much how it works. There's area. I'm not saying 361 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:18,319 Medicare is perfect, but it's it's certainly a great place to start when you 362 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,559 talk about national healthcare. That the pool is. You know, it's not 363 00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:26,240 so much worrying about a pool because you're not wearing out a profit anymore. 364 00:27:26,599 --> 00:27:30,119 Now you're just wanting the government to pay the bill. The medical decisions belong 365 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,920 to the people and their doctors. I'm getting a little ahead of myself and 366 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:37,920 saying that, But it's important to understand that no matter what insurance you're paying 367 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,720 for, you are paying for other people. That's exactly how it works. 368 00:27:41,839 --> 00:27:45,680 Yeah, it's amazing how many people just don't understand that. They think that 369 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,920 you're somehow taking it from their wallet and putting it in people's pockets that are 370 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:55,279 too lazy to work. And that's not how it works. That's that's not 371 00:27:55,319 --> 00:27:59,480 how any of that works. Yeah, Fredo, And the chat Ram says 372 00:27:59,519 --> 00:28:02,839 healthcare, this model is based on profit, not caring for people, because 373 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,759 caring for people is quote socialism or communism. Yeah. Yeah, that's what 374 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,559 people will come back at you with. Yeah, and Republicans will have you 375 00:28:11,599 --> 00:28:15,319 believe that if you allow the government to pay the bills, you're allowing them 376 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:21,000 into your healthcare. How could you You don't want the death panels, They'll 377 00:28:21,039 --> 00:28:22,799 say, we already have death panels, and the only way we're gonna get 378 00:28:22,839 --> 00:28:26,440 rid of those is to get rid of these private insurance companies. They are 379 00:28:26,519 --> 00:28:30,559 the death panels, these insurance companies. They denied care to Jenny's husband, 380 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,920 so he died. He could have been saved. There was an opportunity if 381 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,400 they had given him the medicine the moment it happened. This man could have 382 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,160 stayed alive to see his child grow up, but that was too expensive. 383 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,720 They didn't want to spend the money. They stalled it for four weeks the 384 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,839 cancer metastasized. We can't give you the drug anymore. He's dead. They 385 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,039 get to keep the money they made. They killed him. They killed him. 386 00:28:52,839 --> 00:28:56,759 So coming back to where I was at, so we did all. 387 00:28:57,119 --> 00:29:03,799 It was tremendous trip. I would do it all over again. I don't 388 00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:06,519 care what I'm feeling right now. It was one hundred percent worth it, 389 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,279 and I'll do this all day, every day if that's what it's going to 390 00:29:10,359 --> 00:29:12,920 take, because that's how we're going to save lives, is to get our 391 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:18,960 politicians to see the realities of living with these plans and undo the damage they 392 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:26,680 created when they allowed private companies into the medicare system to sell these ridiculous advantage 393 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:33,079 plans that cost more money for patients and have horrific outcomes because they deny most 394 00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:37,559 everything they really do. So when I came home, though you know here, 395 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:41,240 I came home excited that we had done some really great work. And 396 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:45,920 I came home to find out that the insurance company had set me a prior 397 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:52,599 authorization to cover my next infusion. But that wasn't the infusion. It was 398 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:57,519 two codes that basically said you can have like an hour infusion, but it 399 00:29:57,599 --> 00:30:03,279 didn't include any of the necessities to actually, you know, do the treatment, 400 00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:06,640 and it didn't include enough time to actually run the drug. At the 401 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:11,279 rate they were giving, I'd be dead, that's bottom line. I would 402 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:15,559 just simply die. So it's been this mad dash because my doctor's office has 403 00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:19,440 been trying for like a month to get these things preapproved and I didn't know 404 00:30:19,519 --> 00:30:22,799 it. When I came home and found that out, it was devastating. 405 00:30:23,039 --> 00:30:30,200 I mean just devastating because I really needed infusion, and yeah, I about 406 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:36,759 fell apart in that moment that here's what I kept saying to everybody. I 407 00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:38,839 was afraid when nobody was looking, they were gonna get out of it, 408 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,480 or they weren't gonna do things the right way. And I think that's exactly 409 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:47,319 what they were trying to do. In this moment, I couldn't get any 410 00:30:47,359 --> 00:30:55,480 kind of answers, and I decided to I've actually videoed my reaction to finding 411 00:30:55,519 --> 00:30:57,440 this out. I don't know what presence of mind I had in that moment. 412 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:02,240 But I recorded it and we sat on it overnight and I talked to 413 00:31:02,279 --> 00:31:06,400 you, and I wasn't sure, so we decided to publish it along with 414 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:10,519 an email, and I blind copied it to a number of legislators in federal 415 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:15,640 legislators in Congress and as well as some advocates and some reporters that I knew, 416 00:31:17,119 --> 00:31:18,480 and I sent it to them saying, listen, look at what they're 417 00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:22,599 doing. They basically gave me a bogus piece of paper that was worthless. 418 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,319 Sure it said infusion, but it didn't say any of the rest, and 419 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:33,960 you know, it's so, oh god, that's just cruelty. You know, 420 00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:37,119 it's straight cruelty to be oh, all excited. I remember the woman 421 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,160 called me up all excited, We're going to cover your next infusion, and 422 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,200 I was really really the excitement of it. But then to find out all 423 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,759 of a sudden, oh no, we're not going to do that, because 424 00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:49,799 we're not going to cover the rest of the stuff to actually allow you to 425 00:31:49,839 --> 00:31:53,400 have the medicine. So I was notified that I was going to basically have 426 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,440 to still pick up the bulk of the bill, right, So in doing 427 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,119 this message, I did make the decision to send it out to some of 428 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:04,680 the people I had been talking to in DC already, and that included staff 429 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,880 for Senator Sushiheen and Senator hass It. Senator Hasson's office actually stepped right in. 430 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,240 I believe it's Elsa in the Portsmouth office that took lead on it, 431 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:21,960 and they set me paperwork to give permission for them to speak for me with 432 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:28,960 United Healthcare and with my doctor's office where I have my infusions, so they 433 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,160 could speak to both. And here I am sitting here Monday. Though this 434 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,480 all happened the very tail end of last week, it was really quick. 435 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,440 By Friday morning, Senator Hasson's office had already reached out to United Healthcare. 436 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,759 And suddenly I've got people talking to me again. And the story changes every 437 00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:50,319 time they talk to me. One minute, Oh, it's covered. The 438 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:52,279 next minute, Oh, they have to submit that differently. The next minute, 439 00:32:52,319 --> 00:32:55,559 it's covered. The next minute. I gave them a special number that 440 00:32:55,640 --> 00:33:00,400 they can call. I'm not kidding you. That was today's call too. 441 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,839 We gave them a special number, you know, and they're trying, they're 442 00:33:04,839 --> 00:33:08,799 trying to discourage you exactly exactly, because they don't want to give up any 443 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:12,759 of the eight billion in profit they made in three months to pay the six 444 00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:15,519 hundred for my freaking infusion. It's a lousy six hundred dollars. We're not 445 00:33:15,559 --> 00:33:20,119 breaking the bank here, but for me, it's my life. I'll tell 446 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,799 you though. One of the most frustrating things in talking to these insurance people 447 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,519 is a couple of them were like, oh, geez, miss Coffee, 448 00:33:27,559 --> 00:33:31,279 We're so sorry for this inconvenience, and I wanted to fall on the floor 449 00:33:31,319 --> 00:33:34,960 in that moment. Two of them said that to me, and I couldn't 450 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,920 help it. It's like, please, don't ever say that to me again. 451 00:33:37,039 --> 00:33:42,680 Please don't ever say that to someone with a chronic illness who's forever sick. 452 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,079 That's horrible. It's not an inconvenience. You didn't forget to take the 453 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:52,559 dog out. This is my life, right, These treatments are my life. 454 00:33:52,599 --> 00:33:57,920 It's not a joke. It's not an inconvenience. I just I couldn't. 455 00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:01,160 It's like you, these people who are in charge of saying yes and 456 00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:07,440 no to my care don't even know the extent or the severity of what they're 457 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,079 saying. Yes and no to they have zero understanding. But yet they get 458 00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:16,360 to override my doctor and put up a roadblock on care. Yep, and 459 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,920 that's what I came home to. But I will say Senator Hassin's office totally 460 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,760 impressed. I couldn't believe how quick they acted. I got a call from 461 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,800 somebody in the insurance yesterday and it was a really bizarre call. I think 462 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:34,840 she was trying to call Senator Hassin's office because she kept saying, Elsa, 463 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:42,480 and we're from the Expedited I'm Ena from the United Healthcare Expedited Bills, and 464 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,320 then I needed to let Elsa knows, like you're looking for me to go 465 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:52,519 Elsa like. I was really confused by the call, and I honestly think 466 00:34:52,559 --> 00:34:55,400 that she called the wrong person because she immediately was like, oh well, 467 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,000 oh no, never mind, never went I'm like, wa, wait a 468 00:34:58,039 --> 00:35:02,000 minute, wait a minute, Expedited Services. Are you going to she so 469 00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:07,400 wanted me off the phone. Are you going to do this? So you 470 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:14,400 know that happens. Yeah, And actually the insurance woman that called today was 471 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:20,119 trying to pooh pooh and belittle me and trying to gaslight me, but saying, 472 00:35:20,679 --> 00:35:22,119 you know, well, these are things that you know, a patient 473 00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:25,440 calls in to do. This is what the provider is supposed to go and 474 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:30,239 do it. Said, excuse me, My provider has been trying to do 475 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:34,280 this for over a month, and I'm the person whose life is at risk 476 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,719 here. You're dang right, I'm going to be the one to pick up 477 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,880 the phone and call in and make sure things get done if you're not doing 478 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:45,519 your job correctly. Ye. You know, my doctor's office has been doing 479 00:35:45,519 --> 00:35:46,880 it for a month and a half, not getting anywhere. We're down to 480 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:52,199 the wire now I'm getting infusion. So yeah, of course I stepped in, 481 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,559 So they should They have no right. They should have never said that 482 00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:59,480 to me in the first place. It's absolutely inappropriate, absolutely absolutely inappropriate to 483 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,519 tell me that I shouldn't be calling in, that I should leave it up 484 00:36:01,519 --> 00:36:05,639 for the No, this is my health, this is my life. Yeah. 485 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,960 Absolutely, not only should I call in, you should be very receptive 486 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:13,519 in helping me fix this problem. If you're truly in the market to provide 487 00:36:13,519 --> 00:36:16,039 healthcare, but you're not. You're you're in the market to make prefets. 488 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:21,199 Oh god, just wait till all these people are replaced by AI bots. 489 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:27,039 How much worse, it's going to be well. Remember one of the times 490 00:36:27,039 --> 00:36:30,920 that we applied to get a tear reduction on the mess and on prescription. 491 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,039 We sat, we did all the paperwork. We're on the phone with a 492 00:36:34,119 --> 00:36:37,320 lady doing the paperwork, and no sooner did she hit enter. It took 493 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:42,840 over an hour to enter in all the reasons and diseases and whatnot. No 494 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,119 sooner did she hit entered. Did I immediately get an email that said that 495 00:36:45,199 --> 00:36:49,079 was denied? Yea or no it was? It was a phone Alart. 496 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,400 It was a phone Alart denied And she was like and I'm like, wow, 497 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,079 it said denied. She said, oh, I was afraid that was 498 00:36:55,119 --> 00:36:59,639 going to happen. It was the name of the medication. So a computer 499 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,880 did at It was the name of the medication. Nobody with medical skill whatsoever 500 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,480 actually read the file or had a clue. It was a computer that did 501 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,239 it. And this is what we need hearings on. This would not be 502 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:15,880 allowed to happen. They should not be allowed to batch deny us or keyword 503 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:21,239 deny us when it's supposed to be a medical personnel that looks at it. 504 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,159 But then you look at these companies, they're allowed to I saw our thing. 505 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:28,159 They put up a job posting, and the person said the job posting 506 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,800 was for a denial nurse, like that's your job to deny things. Of 507 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:36,480 course, it's not even the way health there's this is not how that's supposed 508 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,960 to work. When I got off the plane, when I came home, 509 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,920 though, we remember, I got a phone call right away and it was 510 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:47,679 because the leaver had published an article about healthcare. And that turned out to 511 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:55,159 be one of the guys. Oh forgive me, his name is losing me. 512 00:37:55,519 --> 00:38:04,159 Michael is from an organization I think it's ppa they they have supporting traditional 513 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:08,519 Medicare and they would like they one hundred percent supports being expanded to include everybody. 514 00:38:08,519 --> 00:38:12,480 Everybody get a Medicare card, you can go anywhere it's accepted. That 515 00:38:12,599 --> 00:38:16,559 organization is called Protect Traditional Public Medicare. And Michael Antwerp is the one that 516 00:38:16,639 --> 00:38:22,679 called and he asked me to talk to one of the ladies who was an 517 00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:30,039 EMT during nine to eleven. Yeah, and apparently in in in New York 518 00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:37,159 City, they're the mayor and the heads of the unions are trying to force 519 00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:42,639 already retired first responders onto Medicare. Advantage plans, so trying to force them 520 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:49,880 off of Medicare and onto Medicare advantage to save them money. These these are 521 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,400 retired folks. This is a weird situation. These are union members are fighting 522 00:38:53,440 --> 00:39:00,480 against their union heads because they're they're getting screwed. They're getting totally screwed in 523 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:05,400 this deal. These people will lose their doctors, they could lose the hospitals 524 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,719 they've been going to. They could lose all of their providers if they're not 525 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,440 in network, whereas with Medicare they can go to all of what they've got 526 00:39:12,519 --> 00:39:16,519 right now. So they've been fighting. They actually just won a temporary restraining 527 00:39:16,639 --> 00:39:21,960 order that stopped them from going forward with it, and it was right down 528 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,440 to the wire. It was down it was going to be the tenth that 529 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:28,679 they were going to be all forced out or they'd have to sign away some 530 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,159 of their retirement benefits. So these guys work for us, They will work 531 00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:34,880 for this. It's incredible. Yeah, you have to sign away your benefit 532 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,800 if you want to stay on traditional Medicare is what the force was going to 533 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:43,000 be on this. So there's a lot more going on than even I could 534 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,280 have even imagined. I had no idea that Medicare advantage could be used as 535 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:52,159 a tool that way to destroy retirees and their healthcare. And by the way, 536 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,440 Mayor Eric Adams of New York he's a former first responder himself, so 537 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,760 he should know better. Frankly, well, I mean he's you know, 538 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:06,480 he's he was a former, you know, a former. I don't remember 539 00:40:06,519 --> 00:40:09,440 what rank he got up to. Was he was he the commissioner police. 540 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:14,039 Honestly, I'm not sure, but I'm honestly not sure, you know. 541 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:17,000 And he's a Democrat, but he certainly no progressive and a lot of people 542 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:22,280 are Remember this is um off of topic in terms of healthcare, but it 543 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,760 just reminds me of this was a while ago. Now this was many months 544 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,880 ago. But do you remember Kendra when Kendra al Saunders, our friend, 545 00:40:30,039 --> 00:40:32,880 the author and of course from half Half Lucid Jewelry, you wear some of 546 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,599 her things, she called in and was talking about how when she was still 547 00:40:36,599 --> 00:40:39,440 living in New York City, how the mayor had forced uh, they were 548 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:45,280 forcing these these street vendors like Kendra who was selling her stuff in the park 549 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,840 in New York, which was a normal thing in New York City, and 550 00:40:49,159 --> 00:40:52,119 all of a sudden, they were forcing everybody out and it was a directive 551 00:40:52,039 --> 00:40:55,400 from Mayor Adams. You know, get these get these vendors out of here. 552 00:40:55,719 --> 00:41:00,639 It's like a very un New York thing to do. Yeah, it's 553 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:05,880 it's really weird that they would go in that direction. But then again, 554 00:41:06,599 --> 00:41:09,760 they do tax a lot. Would you like to make their money? So 555 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:14,199 there is that Fredo points out in the chat room. People in countries with 556 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:20,280 universal healthcare live longer lives. That's a fact easily proven with publicly available data. 557 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,800 Longer lives by delta of almost a decade. Yep. Absolutely. So 558 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:31,000 there's another lady named Marianne Pizzola and she is a former um tie from nine 559 00:41:31,039 --> 00:41:35,880 to eleven that she's the one that's actually working on this with New York City. 560 00:41:36,079 --> 00:41:37,760 Yeah, it's she's got like a crew of people together that I've been 561 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:43,519 fighting them and they finally won this temporary restraining order, but they still have 562 00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:49,119 to keep fighting just to keep what they were promised tool. It's like, 563 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,239 really, why is it always first responders that get slammed with that. It's 564 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:57,360 like, really, you know, they didn't they didn't earn it really, 565 00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,320 because that's what I know what it feels like to it's like, oh, 566 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:00,880 yeah, you didn't really earn this, so we can take it away from 567 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:06,840 you. You're appreciated for as long as it's politically viable and advantageous for someone 568 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,559 to appreciate you. Yeah, the first fresh of us anymore afget Yeah, 569 00:42:09,679 --> 00:42:13,800 I mean that that really is. I mean that's old cold heart reality of 570 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,960 that. You know, they appreciate you when it's politically advantageous. We're the 571 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:23,840 only country that attaches our healthcare to working Yeah, and that's where a lot 572 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:30,840 of this happens. There's another event coming up in July on the twenty fifth. 573 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:36,000 They're celebrating the anniversary of Medicare. I believe it's fifty years. Okay, 574 00:42:36,079 --> 00:42:39,719 I think it's fifty years. There's an organization called Be a Hero that 575 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:47,559 Marian's involved with that group too, as well as the traditional public Medicare group. 576 00:42:49,039 --> 00:42:52,920 But this group called Be a Hero was started by Addie Barkins, and 577 00:42:52,119 --> 00:42:59,880 he's a gentleman that developed als and he's made it his mission before he dies 578 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:05,320 to fight for people to have the healthcare they deserve to have access, but 579 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,800 not only that, to also have good access to home care. To think 580 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:14,119 the tools that people need to be able to stay in their homes. It's 581 00:43:14,159 --> 00:43:17,360 a lot harder than people think. So this organization has actually started an event 582 00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:21,360 that's going to be right in the DC. Mall right in front of the 583 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,599 White House. Oh sorry, it's the fifty seventh anniversary of Traditional Bettercare. 584 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:30,360 Forgive me for misspeaking. So there's going to be an event help there. 585 00:43:30,519 --> 00:43:34,719 We're expecting press and so forth, and I may or may not be there, 586 00:43:35,559 --> 00:43:40,519 depending depending on how well the next couple of treatments go. So I 587 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:45,679 may be heading back to DC, I may be speaking at this event. 588 00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:50,760 And we are all after the same thing. We are all after a healthcare 589 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,960 system that makes sure that everybody has access no matter who they are, no 590 00:43:53,960 --> 00:44:00,760 matter where they are. It's not attached to a price tag by the WA's 591 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:04,119 what I could up to. Yes, yes, while you're doing great works 592 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,119 absolutely good in tired Yeah, yeah, no doubt, but I know you're 593 00:44:08,119 --> 00:44:14,800 you're doing you're doing great stuff and um uh and you know and that that's 594 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:19,239 got to feel really good. It's harder than I thought in that after the 595 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,639 last three day one, especially saying the story over and over and over again, 596 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:29,719 and then of course trial by Fire was released on YouTube. Just Charles 597 00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:34,039 Maddox film documentary about CRPS. Oh yeah, Trial by Fire. He just 598 00:44:34,079 --> 00:44:37,559 put it on YouTube, so and I watched it. We've had him on 599 00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:39,960 the show. Yes, he's an amazing guy. He did another thing on 600 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:44,079 diabetes as well. Yeah, but he's out there fighting the good fight for 601 00:44:44,119 --> 00:44:47,400 healthcare as well. His mom came down with CRPS and that's how he got 602 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:54,519 involved in the you know, in with CRPS is also on Netflix. There 603 00:44:54,679 --> 00:45:00,199 is a documentary running right now. It's Take Care of Maya, and it's 604 00:45:00,199 --> 00:45:06,519 about a young girl who got CRPS and her parents were doing everything the best 605 00:45:06,559 --> 00:45:09,039 for her. She saw she was a patient of like two of the leading 606 00:45:09,119 --> 00:45:15,400 experts in the country on CRPS, doctor Hannah and I forget the other doctor's 607 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,639 names. They got involved in her case. Mom and dad had brought her 608 00:45:19,679 --> 00:45:23,400 to the hospital for treatment because she was having a massive flair. The hospital 609 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:31,440 decided she didn't have CRPS. They reported her for a child abuse and accused 610 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:37,159 the mother of having munchilds and by proxy. Now mom was an ICU nurse. 611 00:45:37,639 --> 00:45:39,880 She's very learned. Yeah, so she was insistent, of course on 612 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:44,800 what her daughter should have for care. They actually used that against her and 613 00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,519 used that as evidence to say, wow, that she was moon childs and 614 00:45:47,559 --> 00:45:52,679 by proxy, her daughter was going into three months of no treatments. They 615 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,320 kept her in a psych word and they said it was all in her head. 616 00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:01,119 Even doctor Hannah and the other doctor got involved, contacted the hospital letters, 617 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:06,280 nobody would listen to them that this child was diagnosed with this rare disease 618 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,000 and was suffering. So, I mean, it's very real. In the 619 00:46:09,039 --> 00:46:15,440 documentary, Mom kate meticulous notes. She also kept audios, so a lot 620 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,960 of this is on audio. You hear it all firsthand. And I'm sorry 621 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:24,440 to say that Mom hung herself in the garage of the home because and left 622 00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:28,559 quite the note because she felt it was the only way that her daughter would 623 00:46:28,599 --> 00:46:31,480 be getting any treatment would be if she was out of the picture, because 624 00:46:31,519 --> 00:46:37,400 they weren't accusing her husband, they were only accusing her. So after three 625 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,920 months of seeing her daughter suffer from what little she could see and hear because 626 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,920 of course they were restricted her, they accused her of everything under the sun. 627 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:50,320 Yeah, and you know what, it's a real crazy thing that I 628 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:57,199 had no idea about. This documentary shows you the evidence the hospital was billing 629 00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:08,079 for care of s RPS the entire time, the entire time, and taking 630 00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:12,719 this child from her family, making her suffer in a psych ward for three 631 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:17,199 months, held in this hospital against her will, war to the state. 632 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:24,079 Yeah, and they were billing for it. They were actually getting money. 633 00:47:24,119 --> 00:47:30,760 And this woman died and this family was destroyed by this hospital because they'd never 634 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,360 seen a case, or they didn't have a clue, or they didn't want 635 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:37,920 to listen. But what really baffle it's mind baffling. You know here, 636 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:42,800 this woman is a nice U nurse. Okay, so obviously she knows more. 637 00:47:43,159 --> 00:47:45,280 You should. You should understand that. But to have two of the 638 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:51,000 leading experts in the country sitting there, going this child is suffering from the 639 00:47:51,039 --> 00:47:58,880 most painful disease known to medicine. She needs treatment, Yeah, you know 640 00:47:59,559 --> 00:48:04,480 a lot of it. Two comes back to prejudice because in CRPS, one 641 00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,840 of the main treatments to treat a flair is academy and infusion. What I'm 642 00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:13,360 going to have tomorrow? Yeah, what makes it able for me to function? 643 00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:17,920 I understand, I can only I can understand what it's like to go 644 00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:24,079 without one. I've gone as far as how many months was it six before 645 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:30,719 being on LDN. It was Remember when the doctor's office closed up and we 646 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:34,920 had a wait. Doctor No did everything he could to get the equipment as 647 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,599 fast as he could to get me in for a treatment because the other office 648 00:48:37,639 --> 00:48:42,840 just closed up shop and left everybody without any treatments. I remember, I 649 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,519 can't imagine what this family went through. They were such an amazing type family 650 00:48:45,559 --> 00:48:49,920 to be destroyed in this way, and you can hear it and see it 651 00:48:50,079 --> 00:48:53,719 one hundred percent firsthand because Mom did all of these recordings and took all of 652 00:48:53,760 --> 00:49:00,400 these notes. This actual video, I mean, yeah, you should watch 653 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:07,639 this. You should watch this. This is what happens. And again it's 654 00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:14,480 private companies utilizing medicine to destroy people's lives. And basically by denying them care, 655 00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:20,199 they give you a prior authorization that's worth lessing because it doesn't have everything 656 00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:24,880 inclusive. Right. Yeah, it's disgusting these companies, especially in the medicare 657 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:30,440 advantage world, to take advantage of the sickest of the sick, the elderly 658 00:49:30,039 --> 00:49:37,360 kiddos, people who have no choice and they're disabled, and you get sucked 659 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,480 up by this thing and there's no way out. You can't get back to 660 00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:45,239 regular medicare because nobody will sell you a supplement policy. By the way, 661 00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,760 Crystal points out too. And then and then we do have to we are 662 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:51,920 approaching the top of the hour. But Crystal points out too, this is 663 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,920 important, She says, she has a lot of good insights on the subject. 664 00:49:55,480 --> 00:50:00,159 She says, out of network insurance companies will bankrupt pay patients without of 665 00:50:00,199 --> 00:50:06,360 network denial of service. Most of my blood work taken every three months was 666 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:10,840 sent out to labs and considered out of network. Often up to twelve miles 667 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:15,159 of blood got taken each time. Yeah, that is another way they screw 668 00:50:15,199 --> 00:50:19,840 you. One of the cases that People's Action picked up was a gentleman who 669 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,800 needed to have extensive lab work and the insurance it was a lab that was 670 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:30,360 in the insurance. They denied the seven thousand dollar bill or thereabouts because the 671 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:35,159 doctor who ordered the labs was not in network. Yeah, so People's Action 672 00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:37,079 got involved to fight their case as well. Yeah. Which, if you're 673 00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:39,840 hearing this and you like, I got a case and I could use help, 674 00:50:40,639 --> 00:50:44,679 They'll take on more. Yeah, they'll take on more patients. It's 675 00:50:44,679 --> 00:50:47,440 not easy to go public in some reguards, but it can be empowering to 676 00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:51,679 at least feel like you're taking back control of some aspect of your life. 677 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,280 Yeah. I'm not gonna say it's easy to repeat your story a zillion times, 678 00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:59,400 sure, but it's worth it. Absolutely the only way we're gonna win. 679 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,920 It's the only way that the little guys are gonna get the same access 680 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:09,800 to medical care that the rich CEOs and greedy corporations get. Exactly. All 681 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:13,840 right, well we are, we are at the top of the hour. 682 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,199 So what we're gonna do is as promised. Oh by the way, hello 683 00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:21,239 to Scott Robinson in the Facebook live chat, who said hello guys, and 684 00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,039 uh Dylan Reynolds. I said, hello, Scott, are you related to 685 00:51:24,119 --> 00:51:30,199 Jerry Robinson? I think we have a guest coming in. Oh okay, 686 00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,960 excellent, excellent? All right, well we will we'll have our we'll have 687 00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:37,239 a guest in the second hour. But in the meantime, here it is 688 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,639 the world radio premiere. We're gonna listen to this. Yes, we're gonna 689 00:51:39,639 --> 00:51:43,000 listen to this and then show some love to our amazing sponsors, and then 690 00:51:43,039 --> 00:51:46,159 we'll be back with our number two newmarrowdose of Matt Connerton unleashed. 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Their phone number is eight six six eight 727 00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:23,320 four one forty six hundred or on the web at CGI Business Solutions dot com. 728 00:57:23,519 --> 00:58:14,320 WMNH rip the Novels. Welcome back everybody as we enter our number two 729 00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:21,519 Newmarrow dose of Matt Connerton unleashed and we are live from the studios of WMNHEM 730 00:58:21,719 --> 00:58:25,039 in glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, also on Comcast ninety seven if you're 731 00:58:25,039 --> 00:58:28,840 in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and 732 00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:31,119 around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for 733 00:58:31,159 --> 00:58:35,880 all your live streaming options, social media links, Contact Infolk Show archives, 734 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:40,159 etcetera, etcetera. Today is Monday, July ten, two thousand twenty three. 735 00:58:40,679 --> 00:58:45,519 Jenny is at the news desk, president and accounted for and joining us 736 00:58:45,559 --> 00:58:50,480 on the couch. And of course you, even if you did not hear 737 00:58:50,719 --> 00:58:52,719 her most recent appearance on the program, which has been a while, you 738 00:58:52,719 --> 00:58:55,480 have heard her voice on the show quite a bit. Trudy is here. 739 00:58:59,599 --> 00:59:04,559 Well then, moms introduction Trudy. Of course, she's the one who answers 740 00:59:04,599 --> 00:59:07,480 me when I say, tell us more, Trudy, you look great, 741 00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:13,760 Yeah, thank you. Yes, it was great. And by the way, 742 00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:16,840 before we catch up with Trudy, I do want to mention we did 743 00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:20,239 do the world radio premiere, of course, of the new the new hit 744 00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:23,920 single from Jerry and the Scumbags I'm the Man, and we got some feedback 745 00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:29,559 in the Facebook live chat, Caitlin Mitchell says, this is so much better 746 00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:35,199 than a song about New Orleans. Yes, isn't it? Yes, very 747 00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:38,719 much. I love Jerry a little inside, but yes we do. We 748 00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:46,280 love Jerry Robinson. Ted Mitchell says, I love that song and uh right. 749 00:59:46,519 --> 00:59:52,480 Dylan Reynolds says, yeah, Louisiana town and uh Caitlyn Mitchell says, 750 00:59:52,519 --> 00:59:55,320 waving and waving my hand. That's a that's a reference to, of course, 751 00:59:55,559 --> 01:00:00,840 playing down in New Orleans. Oh the waving and wa in my hand. 752 01:00:00,039 --> 01:00:04,719 Yes, Okay. Ted Mitchell says, we love Jerry Jerry Robinson just 753 01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:07,199 incredible. Uh, truely. Are you familiar with Jerry Robinson. He's he's 754 01:00:07,199 --> 01:00:12,239 the next Howard Stern. You know, I am. Oh, you still 755 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:15,320 have to introduce you know, he's just amazing. He'll be such a quick 756 01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:19,519 fan. Okay, he's very very talented and and we're and sometimes he calls 757 01:00:19,519 --> 01:00:22,360 into the show. He called into the show earlier and uh, we just 758 01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:24,280 were very impressed by him. I had to help him. There is dulcet 759 01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:28,400 tones. He's an older gentleman, so so I had to I had to 760 01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:30,960 help him recently with h I'd get on the phone with him because he was 761 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:35,119 trying to figure out how to attach a file to an email and he was 762 01:00:35,159 --> 01:00:37,320 kind of struggling with it. And you would think, like, you know, 763 01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:38,679 who can't figure that out? But like I said, he's an older 764 01:00:38,679 --> 01:00:43,440 guy. He's a nice man, but he's so enormously talented. I I 765 01:00:43,559 --> 01:00:45,760 felt driven to assist him. So, you know, I very patiently did 766 01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:49,320 get on the phone with him and I helped him and uh, you know, 767 01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:52,360 I I whatever he needs, whatever Jerry needs, I'll such a go 768 01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:55,559 get up. How can you say no? I mean that's always putting in 769 01:00:55,599 --> 01:01:01,880 one hundred ten everywhere to two hundred maybe yeah, yeah, he's all in. 770 01:01:02,119 --> 01:01:05,920 Yeah, he'll say that sometimes, but he has a speech impediment, 771 01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:08,159 so he doesn't understand his numbers. I guess something like that. Yeah, 772 01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:14,840 we love him, well, we love we love Jerry Robinson from here. 773 01:01:15,519 --> 01:01:20,760 No, I'll fill you in. Okay, you have chats after Yeah, 774 01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:22,719 he is not he is not from the area. But yes, Jenny, 775 01:01:22,719 --> 01:01:27,360 do wish he was? Yes? Yes, perhaps, Well when he goes 776 01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:29,559 on tour, you know, I'm sure we'll get to meet him. You 777 01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:31,480 have to come. We'll come here. I'm be t shirt girl and you're 778 01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:35,760 gonna still play you. That's weird. That's true too. I mean I 779 01:01:35,800 --> 01:01:37,480 am on the studio track as I'm trying to get him to move here. 780 01:01:37,559 --> 01:01:43,159 I'm credited as mattso Covington. Yes, yes, he did remote basing, 781 01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:50,280 yes, yes, which you can do now. Uh yeah, well no, 782 01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:53,920 I don't cook basing. Oh I thought you said basting oh no, 783 01:01:54,320 --> 01:02:00,000 I was confused. I was like, whoa cooking but basing meeting? Yeah, 784 01:02:00,079 --> 01:02:04,679 ah, yes, yes, yeah, that's right. The studio line 785 01:02:04,719 --> 01:02:07,920 is open six zo three two five O six zo seven six zo three two 786 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:10,320 five zero six zero seven. You can also text us at six one seven 787 01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:15,239 nine one seven four four seven six. I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. 788 01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:17,079 You can email me Matt at Matt Connerton dot com. And of course 789 01:02:17,119 --> 01:02:21,440 you can interact end opine in the Facebook live chat. But the best thing 790 01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,519 to do so that we can hear and enjoy your dulcet tones is to give 791 01:02:23,559 --> 01:02:27,880 us a call at six zo three two five six zo seven six zo three 792 01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:30,480 two five zero six zero seven. And uh, like we said, Trudy 793 01:02:30,639 --> 01:02:34,480 is here with us, and uh what have you got? Uh? What 794 01:02:34,559 --> 01:02:37,559 have you got coming up? Something? You got big duins? Yeah. 795 01:02:37,599 --> 01:02:45,800 So I volunteer with this group h Manchester Grows and we're trying to jump start 796 01:02:46,079 --> 01:02:54,079 a what do you call those market for the city okay and market farmers market? 797 01:02:54,159 --> 01:03:00,039 Yes, thank you, and um over at Cheheim baskuill okay, and 798 01:03:00,119 --> 01:03:04,920 it's uh for Thursdays. We're gonna be starting this week Thursdays from four to 799 01:03:05,039 --> 01:03:07,119 seven, and I just wanted to come out share that because I know you 800 01:03:07,159 --> 01:03:10,960 have a really great audience. Usually when I come on the audience, you 801 01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:16,960 have great interaction, and throughout my passing throughout Manchester, I always bump into 802 01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:21,239 people who say, oh, I heard you ye on that contentiow. So 803 01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:24,719 I figured this would be a great way to reach out to other members of 804 01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:28,920 the community who might not be aware of what we're doing down there. So 805 01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:31,400 what does where does the term farmers market come from? Where? Why do 806 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:35,800 they call it a farmer's market? Wow, Matt, that's a really great 807 01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:39,360 question. I should have done my research. I don't know the origins of 808 01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:44,559 the word. Yeah, right, yeah, like all the farmers get together, 809 01:03:44,679 --> 01:03:49,480 it's a farmer's market. Okay, well right, like a central gathering 810 01:03:49,679 --> 01:03:58,840 right somewhere where people could trade there you can always prote nummies. Yeah. 811 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,000 Well, we might not have pres this week, but we do have concession 812 01:04:01,119 --> 01:04:05,800 open so we sell Hamburgers, French fries and if we have any baked goods. 813 01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:11,880 Good. Um. Empanadas Oh I love empanada. Yeah, and they're 814 01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:15,039 fresh maid I haven't had one in forever. Yeah. Yeah, I can't 815 01:04:15,079 --> 01:04:17,119 go Thursday, but maybe I can go next Thursday, all right, yeah, 816 01:04:17,159 --> 01:04:21,039 because all for the month of July over at ching Baskill four to seven 817 01:04:21,039 --> 01:04:25,159 pm and we get live music, so oh very cool. Do you know, 818 01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:27,559 do you know who you have coming up, who's going to be planned? 819 01:04:27,559 --> 01:04:30,199 Do you know any of the artists could have that information for you, 820 01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:35,960 but I do not. Look, we've had a few people that are from 821 01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:39,920 the area just come and play. We had a DJ one night, yeah, 822 01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:44,000 and there was also a believe a lady who came and she played the 823 01:04:44,039 --> 01:04:48,000 acoustic guitar. Um. I get tons of people. Yeah. Oh, 824 01:04:48,039 --> 01:04:51,480 there's so much great talent around here. Yeah, for sure. And that's 825 01:04:51,519 --> 01:04:56,039 that's one of the reasons why we love that area as well, because they 826 01:04:56,039 --> 01:04:59,719 have the splash pad open and there's open green space so you can come down 827 01:04:59,719 --> 01:05:02,119 with the kids or your dogs and hang out as well. Yeah. Um, 828 01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:04,480 it's got great little vibes. You know, it's a part of the 829 01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:09,519 city that doesn't get as much coverage, right because it's not Elm Street. 830 01:05:09,639 --> 01:05:14,440 Yeah yeah, any of the fancier parts of town. But you know, 831 01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:17,639 there's community down the taxpayers down there, and it's just a good time to 832 01:05:17,679 --> 01:05:21,239 get together, hang out outside yeah, enjoy the park, enjoy the space. 833 01:05:21,519 --> 01:05:28,119 Does this happen every year every July? It was, but then COVID 834 01:05:28,559 --> 01:05:31,559 Yeah, and then I think they right, there was a hiatus and it 835 01:05:31,639 --> 01:05:35,639 was taking place on that street over there. I forget what's the name of 836 01:05:35,679 --> 01:05:41,719 that, um oh at that park by the library. Oh yeah, yeah, 837 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,239 yeah. I can never get that. I can never keep the names 838 01:05:44,239 --> 01:05:46,199 of the parks straight. I know. I didn't realize how many parks we 839 01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:54,280 have in Manchester, which is great. Yeah, and there's multiple gardens around 840 01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:58,360 the city as well that Manchester Grows helps support with plants. But yeah, 841 01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:01,280 there's a lot of green space around you. You love going up there and 842 01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,719 helping with the plants, Yes, and we do have volunteer hours. But 843 01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:11,159 I will get that more information if you'd like to swing by on a Sunday. 844 01:06:11,239 --> 01:06:15,559 Yeah maybe maybe. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I was gonna 845 01:06:15,599 --> 01:06:17,639 say you did that before. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's where I 846 01:06:17,679 --> 01:06:21,920 learned how to not handle peppers. What do you mean they grow a lot 847 01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:25,480 of hot peppers, or they did when I was there. Yeah, there 848 01:06:25,599 --> 01:06:28,360 was a lot of help. Thankfully did not go blind. But these are 849 01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:31,719 the kind of things that you wear gloves and you wash your hands. I 850 01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:36,880 don't understand what you tight your eyes or your face or anything after you've touched 851 01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:42,119 hot pepper plants. Oh, you can blind yourself. It's got heart. 852 01:06:42,679 --> 01:06:47,639 It's gonna really hurt for real, for real temporarily. That's why I have 853 01:06:47,719 --> 01:06:54,360 this one plant on the porch that's completely wrapped in wide Yeah. Oh I 854 01:06:54,519 --> 01:06:58,079 have, Yes, I have one plan out there because Jesse loves his hot 855 01:06:58,079 --> 01:07:01,079 peppers. So I was trying to grow some hot pepper so that one's kind 856 01:07:01,079 --> 01:07:06,519 of encased to remind me to not touch it like water from this distance. 857 01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:13,519 Beware spicy af Yeah, you could like blind yourself with the juices and stuff. 858 01:07:13,519 --> 01:07:16,400 Wow. Yeah, See this is why I don't do anything outdoorsy myself, 859 01:07:17,199 --> 01:07:20,559 you know, like I don't go out into the woods on the porch. 860 01:07:20,639 --> 01:07:24,960 Actually, what's that You barely sit on the porch and I get a 861 01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:27,920 whole garden going on out there. Now I've been there, I mean i've 862 01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:30,639 been there, I've been on I've been on the porch there. I've been 863 01:07:30,679 --> 01:07:32,880 on the porch, Like I can kind of remember what it looks like. 864 01:07:33,679 --> 01:07:39,360 But yeah, it's just there's scary scary things outside, like stuff that you 865 01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:41,880 know, food that can make you go blind. I mean that's terrifying to 866 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:45,519 me, you know, and you know, and there's deer ticks and and 867 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:48,039 yeahs are really bad. You know. The blair Witch is out in the 868 01:07:48,039 --> 01:07:51,679 woods there. You know, there's all kinds of things. Yeah, I 869 01:07:51,719 --> 01:07:55,480 mean it's it's terrifying. I'd like to be able to just stay indoors and 870 01:07:55,519 --> 01:07:58,920 teleport different places, you know, that would be really cool. Yes, 871 01:07:59,119 --> 01:08:03,840 maybe we're getting close to there, you know the hovercrafts now yeah, whatever 872 01:08:03,880 --> 01:08:10,360 I've seen in the yeah, yeah, so hopefully soon. Yes. Um. 873 01:08:10,639 --> 01:08:14,559 Do you know how many vendors are at the uh that's another thing. 874 01:08:14,639 --> 01:08:18,439 We are looking for vendors. So if anybody is looking to sell, whether 875 01:08:18,560 --> 01:08:23,319 you paint or sow or you know, you just have a product you want 876 01:08:23,319 --> 01:08:26,640 to share with the community, feel free to come down and check it out 877 01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:30,039 the space. Yeah, we don't charge for you to table, so right 878 01:08:30,039 --> 01:08:35,720 now, it's just looking to get people down there and sharing and trading. 879 01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:40,319 Oh, very cool, very cool. If you make anything, maybe you 880 01:08:40,359 --> 01:08:43,960 like to make pottery, Yeah, it doesn't have to be so, it 881 01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:45,439 doesn't have to be food, no, no, no, it could be 882 01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:51,479 artwork, jewelry. Um, craftsmen. Sometimes people have like the wooden signs 883 01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:59,680 that they make or um window ornaments. I've seen people with anything from like 884 01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:04,840 tapestries to comforters. To get anything at all like that those that's hot. 885 01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:09,000 That's all what you want to find in a farmer's market. Yeah, and 886 01:09:09,039 --> 01:09:12,039 if you have produce, you know, as long as you're within the specific 887 01:09:12,039 --> 01:09:15,760 guidelines, feel free like it's anybody, everybody, whatever you got. That's 888 01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:18,880 the great thing about a farmer's market is you can trade and hawk your wares 889 01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:23,079 right there. And you know, I like going because I get my honey 890 01:09:23,079 --> 01:09:26,279 locally, which is really good for you. I always get a local honey 891 01:09:26,399 --> 01:09:30,319 from one of the farmer's markets here. It's good for you to eat local 892 01:09:30,359 --> 01:09:34,039 honey. You get the it's it's got stuff in there that'll help you if 893 01:09:34,039 --> 01:09:38,399 you've got allergies. That's local because you think about all the plants that they 894 01:09:38,439 --> 01:09:42,720 pollinate to get that honey. It's now in the honey. So it gives 895 01:09:42,760 --> 01:09:49,640 you some exposure to help you not get as bad with your The work is 896 01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:54,840 what I thank you, and honey I didn't, so I went to a 897 01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:57,319 grocery store to go buy some of the other day, thinking, oh, 898 01:09:57,359 --> 01:10:00,920 I'll just buy some local honey, but all the honey on the shelf was 899 01:10:00,079 --> 01:10:05,880 imported. Yeah, and that kind of um was disappointing. But I mean, 900 01:10:06,039 --> 01:10:11,720 I understand it. Up with my guy, he's awesome. I get 901 01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:14,680 honey from him, all yeah, along, I get giant bottles. I'll 902 01:10:14,680 --> 01:10:17,000 get like a thirty dollar bottle because I use it a lot. I use 903 01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:20,199 honey. Honey is one of the main ingredients in the bread I make, 904 01:10:20,239 --> 01:10:24,560 in the Holla bread. Oh yeah, yeah, for that nice sweetness. 905 01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:27,079 Yeah. And the protein snacks. Look, you have honey in them. 906 01:10:27,359 --> 01:10:32,680 You ever had those? Um, They're like sessing me biscuits. It's just 907 01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:36,600 sessing me in honey, I believe. But they're crisp, thin, like 908 01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:40,800 like a wafer. Oh my god, they're no good. I used to 909 01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:43,680 get them at market Basket, but now I don't know where I could find 910 01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:47,439 them. But they're really yummy with honey. I was just reading online. 911 01:10:47,439 --> 01:10:50,119 I don't know if this is true though. You can't believe everything you see 912 01:10:50,159 --> 01:10:54,319 on the internet. But something about if you if you touch a hot pepper 913 01:10:54,359 --> 01:10:57,520 and then you touch your eyes, you should flush your eyes with honey. 914 01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:00,840 Do you know if that's true. No, for real, That's what I 915 01:11:00,880 --> 01:11:08,680 read on wine, so I assumed it was true. I yeah, your 916 01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:14,079 eyes. I've never used honey in the emergency room. Now we flush both 917 01:11:14,079 --> 01:11:17,279 eyes with sailing, but not honey. Does anybody have mace on them right 918 01:11:17,319 --> 01:11:23,119 now? We could try it. We just need some honey. Years ago, 919 01:11:23,279 --> 01:11:26,279 I had a family that had to come in. One of the kiddos 920 01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:31,239 had some all gotten a hold of bear spray and sprayed it inside. So 921 01:11:31,399 --> 01:11:36,399 the whole family got exposed and they all had to come in and everybody had 922 01:11:36,399 --> 01:11:41,439 to get helped clean up and flushing out eyes, and oh it was the 923 01:11:41,520 --> 01:11:44,159 poor family. I felt terrible for him. Did the kid grow up to 924 01:11:44,159 --> 01:11:47,960 be an insurrectionist? I doubt it. I don't think he was very apologetical. 925 01:11:48,119 --> 01:11:50,479 Okay, oh well, definitely not. I don't think he really got 926 01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:54,039 what he did. He was kind of young, right, Okay, he's 927 01:11:54,039 --> 01:11:59,239 just like spray. Yeah, it takes two seconds something that you don't meet 928 01:11:59,319 --> 01:12:03,520 him to any part. I'll tell you, yes, two seconds, it's 929 01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:09,119 all it takes. Yep. Ye. Scott Robinson said, hot hot peppers 930 01:12:09,159 --> 01:12:14,239 and pineapple on pizza is awesome. Oh yeah, that sounds horrifying. Yea, 931 01:12:14,439 --> 01:12:16,279 the hot and sweet does go well to like what kind of hot pepper? 932 01:12:16,359 --> 01:12:19,800 Though? Is he talking jalapino? Because I can tolerate a jalapino. 933 01:12:20,039 --> 01:12:24,000 I'm not a very forget what it is. I'm growing it's not as hot 934 01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:28,319 as a ghost pepper, but it's definitely hotter than a cayenne. I'll have 935 01:12:28,399 --> 01:12:30,880 to have an arrow. I'm not sure now. I have to look at 936 01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:34,239 that. I kept the packet so I can remember what kind of pepper it 937 01:12:34,319 --> 01:12:41,319 is in this moment, I honestly have no clue. There's a bunch I 938 01:12:41,359 --> 01:12:46,760 was just watching Master Chef Isn't Master Chef Gordon Ramsay and the episode was I 939 01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:51,119 think the elimination one of the challenges. It was just a bunch of different 940 01:12:51,159 --> 01:12:56,720 type of spicy peppers and there was they were rattling them off. I couldn't 941 01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:00,720 tell you. I just know like jalapino, banana, haben, narrow, 942 01:13:01,399 --> 01:13:05,680 oh, Hungarian. I think a Hungarian pepper is spicy. That's a new 943 01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:09,680 one to me. Yeah. I used to love hot stuff, not so 944 01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:14,079 much anymore. It doesn't love me back. M Yeah, Scott says, 945 01:13:14,319 --> 01:13:18,159 yes, hallapeno pepper and the pizza on the pizza with extra pineapple, Yes, 946 01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:26,039 extra pineapple that sounds sweet and spicy, pepperoni on there, a little 947 01:13:26,039 --> 01:13:30,640 extra cheese, okay, now true to you might not know this because it's 948 01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:32,359 been a while since you've been here. About I, I personally feel, 949 01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:38,159 while I'm not myself a religious man, I feel that pineapple on pizza is 950 01:13:38,279 --> 01:13:45,479 a sin against God. Really, Oh see pineapple where it's good to be 951 01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:48,560 me. I only like pineapple certain ways, like I like it grilled, 952 01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:54,199 and then I also like it on kizza, grilled pineapple. Oh yeah, 953 01:13:53,119 --> 01:13:57,720 ye oh my gosh, you can put anything on a grill. Grilled veggies 954 01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:01,479 are sticking on a kebab m hm, so good. I don't I don't 955 01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:05,319 believe in cooking vegetables. I like raw vegetables. You eat your carrots raw? 956 01:14:05,479 --> 01:14:10,800 Oh yeah, yeah, he won't eat No, he won't eat onions. 957 01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:12,840 I don't. I don't like Yeah, I don't like onions. But 958 01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:15,840 just generally, I don't know what the point is of cooking vegetables. Like 959 01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:18,239 to me that like when they're raw, they have the most flavor, and 960 01:14:18,319 --> 01:14:24,439 then and they I think, especially carrots like cooked carrots baffle me. Like 961 01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:28,760 whose idea was it to take a delicious crispy carrot and say, you know 962 01:14:28,800 --> 01:14:32,840 what, not only do I want to remove all the nutrients from this carrot, 963 01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:36,640 but all the flavor as well. I need to take this delicious crispy 964 01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:41,680 carrot and make it into something where it's almost like you're eating water, where 965 01:14:41,680 --> 01:14:45,520 it has no flavor. And I just don't I don't understand it. You 966 01:14:45,520 --> 01:14:49,000 gotta put some butter and brown sugar in the pan with it, really, 967 01:14:49,079 --> 01:14:53,239 and then yeah, and then get a nice little I'd rather donage on it, 968 01:14:53,279 --> 01:14:57,239 and then it's like candy carrot candy. Yeah. I've heard people say 969 01:14:57,279 --> 01:15:01,239 that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, rosst I figure like you 970 01:15:01,279 --> 01:15:05,880 know, people who have sensitive teeth. Yeah, when you cook the veggies, 971 01:15:06,239 --> 01:15:11,680 oh yeah, that makes sense. I like a nice like a nice 972 01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:17,319 summer squash and zucchini steam, Yes, come on, after you throw it 973 01:15:17,319 --> 01:15:20,399 in the oven. What's really great? Um steamed? And Kenny got me 974 01:15:20,439 --> 01:15:25,800 hooked on it. Cauliflower, like you just steam ahead of cauliflower, And 975 01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:28,920 I don't know what it is about it. Yeah, I couldn't get that 976 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:34,399 into him. So good. There's like a slight sweet net flower. Our 977 01:15:34,439 --> 01:15:38,720 friend Ron is on the line he likes to put hot dogs in his belly 978 01:15:38,720 --> 01:15:44,000 button. Hi Ron, True, Yeah, Hi guys, Um Kenny, 979 01:15:44,039 --> 01:15:47,079 welcome back from your trip. You guys, welcome back from a long weekend. 980 01:15:47,399 --> 01:15:50,479 Thank you. And this is the first time I get to see job 981 01:15:51,399 --> 01:15:57,520 truly. I for the name bazilion manazillion times, but this is the inputs 982 01:15:57,640 --> 01:16:00,239 truly. So yeah, it's pretty cool. Thanks for calling in. Yes, 983 01:16:03,199 --> 01:16:06,199 that's all. I'm just wanted to say hi and welcome back everybody. 984 01:16:06,199 --> 01:16:09,760 And all right, Ron, nice to meet you through the phone. Trudy, 985 01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:12,119 Yes you as well. Ron. Thanks man. All right, Ron, 986 01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:14,199 thank you for the calling. I appreciate it. Have a great night. 987 01:16:14,479 --> 01:16:17,279 See you Thursday. Very good, very good. By the way, 988 01:16:17,279 --> 01:16:23,039 our friend Miriam vanishes in the Facebook live chat, she says veggies are hard 989 01:16:23,079 --> 01:16:27,920 to digest for some of us. Oh okay, yeah. And by the 990 01:16:27,920 --> 01:16:30,960 way, Scott Robinson says, welcome back, Trudy and semper fi, semper 991 01:16:31,039 --> 01:16:33,880 fi. Thank you. Yes, yes, you were in the Marines. 992 01:16:34,319 --> 01:16:38,199 Um, yeah we did. We did talk about that one time on the 993 01:16:38,239 --> 01:16:41,560 show. I know that was probably like two years ago. That it was 994 01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:45,359 a while ago. Yeah, yeah, you're even more yeah money, Yeah, 995 01:16:45,640 --> 01:16:50,760 you know what pre COVID, the COVID caused pre COVID, among among 996 01:16:51,119 --> 01:16:57,760 so many other things. This weird time distortion. Yeah, every everything seems 997 01:16:59,439 --> 01:17:03,079 like not as long ago as it actually was, right, Like I'm thinking 998 01:17:03,159 --> 01:17:06,600 in my mind maybe two years. But the reality, like you said, 999 01:17:06,680 --> 01:17:13,720 could be its pre Yeah yeah, oh my god, are on pre COVID. 1000 01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:15,840 But it doesn't seem it doesn't seem like it. It's very strange. 1001 01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:23,359 H Tom Lanchard says cooked cabbage smells like flatulence. That's true. I agree, 1002 01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:29,479 you know, yes, but it's so good with corned beef, potatoes 1003 01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:33,039 and some red wine vinegar see corn beef. I I maintain as the food 1004 01:17:33,039 --> 01:17:36,439 of Satan. Oh no, and I'm irish. I'm irish I should like 1005 01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:42,000 it. I think corn beef. I think corn beef is so disgusting because 1006 01:17:42,039 --> 01:17:45,880 it's like it's all stringy. It's like meat that's been pre chewed. Why 1007 01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:48,640 would you want to eat with not yes, it looks like that though, 1008 01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:51,720 it's why would you want to eat anything stringy and ball? How would you 1009 01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:57,680 do a pre showed food taste like? Because it's it's stringy, it's it's 1010 01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:01,439 gross. Oh I want to see it if it's bringing it's let it fries 1011 01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:06,800 down so nicely that it might be in a quiet fat. You got to 1012 01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:11,199 pull off some of the fats. You don't have to use as much salt 1013 01:18:11,319 --> 01:18:14,439 either. Well yeah, I'm cooking with enough in it. Yeah. You 1014 01:18:14,479 --> 01:18:17,640 don't need to add any just just a smell of it. Oh so, 1015 01:18:18,159 --> 01:18:20,800 and I should like it. I mean, you know a piece of cabbage 1016 01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:26,439 to go with it in the cabbage. Yeah, and then with the cabbage, 1017 01:18:26,520 --> 01:18:31,840 right if you boil it and then fry it down butter or oil, 1018 01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:35,600 and then you get a nice brown on there and has a nice live on 1019 01:18:35,640 --> 01:18:41,640 the air, which could be good for ratings. Is it sweeps? Um? 1020 01:18:41,680 --> 01:18:45,159 Your ratings will go through the roof through the roof, yes, yes, 1021 01:18:45,479 --> 01:18:48,960 if you have come up in the wrong way, yes, yes. 1022 01:18:49,520 --> 01:18:53,439 Well we do love the of course, the great food at the hopknot the 1023 01:18:53,479 --> 01:18:59,520 pretzels and uh and all that and the um what I'm trying to remember what 1024 01:19:00,079 --> 01:19:02,960 Dan got us one night for retro Spectrum radio. Yeah it was those. 1025 01:19:03,119 --> 01:19:05,920 Yeah, those were those are really good. Yeah, I haven't had them 1026 01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:10,399 in a long time. You hit them with the confection sugar on top, 1027 01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:15,359 like depenments them. Nut Tella. Yep, yeah, every bit of that 1028 01:19:15,479 --> 01:19:18,640 not good for me, wonderfulness but they but but you don't even look a 1029 01:19:18,680 --> 01:19:21,159 for an oreo to me. You don't even need the new Tella? Is 1030 01:19:21,159 --> 01:19:26,000 it? Newtella is right? Because like like the maple's good too, like 1031 01:19:26,079 --> 01:19:30,800 the night that that Dan brought them, like I didn't even like when I 1032 01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:33,199 eat them, I don't even dip them. I just eat them like you 1033 01:19:33,199 --> 01:19:36,079 don't even like they're so good you don't even need to dip. I try 1034 01:19:36,079 --> 01:19:40,279 to eat them right when they're just when they come right out because you're so 1035 01:19:40,640 --> 01:19:44,239 boist in the middle. Yeah, yeah, yep, it's like a nice 1036 01:19:44,399 --> 01:19:46,720 see. Can we go break in and get us some teams? Right? 1037 01:19:47,079 --> 01:19:50,359 That's right? It's Monday, y'all. Yeah, they're closed on Monday, 1038 01:19:50,640 --> 01:19:55,680 Yes, yes, yes, yes, uh. Six ozho three two five 1039 01:19:55,720 --> 01:19:58,079 oh six O seven is a number if you'd like to join us. Six 1040 01:19:58,119 --> 01:20:01,720 O three two five h six zero seven. The studio line is open. 1041 01:20:02,079 --> 01:20:05,079 Genius here of course, and we have true to here on the couch. 1042 01:20:05,399 --> 01:20:11,079 You've heard her many times in the commercial for you know, we could update 1043 01:20:11,119 --> 01:20:14,800 it, but but but why yeah, you know, it's legendary. Why 1044 01:20:14,920 --> 01:20:17,119 mess with the masterpiece. Do people, does anyone ever actually say to you, 1045 01:20:17,159 --> 01:20:23,560 tell us more true to here? Um? Easy, thank you? 1046 01:20:23,760 --> 01:20:27,159 He was easy. He was the only one who did it. He caught 1047 01:20:27,199 --> 01:20:30,279 me one time over at market Basket on South Willow. Yeah. Yeah, 1048 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:34,560 I'm walking one way and out of the I hear something and I turn around 1049 01:20:34,600 --> 01:20:41,720 and he's like, tell me more. That's awesome. Yeah, Well, 1050 01:20:42,159 --> 01:20:45,279 well there you go, there you go. Um. Are you uh keeping 1051 01:20:45,359 --> 01:20:53,800 up with politics and everything or kind of sort of? I think I because 1052 01:20:54,079 --> 01:20:57,640 right we're going to election season, so I know things are going to be 1053 01:20:57,680 --> 01:21:01,319 crazy. What I do enjoy is listening to the radio because the radio ads, 1054 01:21:01,359 --> 01:21:11,000 you know, they're fascinating how how much indoctrination and information can be passed 1055 01:21:11,039 --> 01:21:15,520 in a thirty seconds. And then when you repeat it, there's a cadence 1056 01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:19,920 to each one, right, and it's just oh man, it's very powerful, 1057 01:21:20,119 --> 01:21:24,359 fascinating but scary all at the same time. But yeah, I'm trying 1058 01:21:24,399 --> 01:21:30,840 to kind of stay so I sound a little bit educated and I understand what's 1059 01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:33,760 going on, but at the same time, I think I'm actively trying to 1060 01:21:34,479 --> 01:21:42,960 keep a little bit distant because I know I can get a little carried away. 1061 01:21:41,039 --> 01:21:45,159 That's why I love about the show too, though, is that. 1062 01:21:45,640 --> 01:21:49,439 Um people, I feel like a lot of your listeners, all of us, 1063 01:21:49,479 --> 01:21:55,399 have different political views, but we're also a group of people who enjoy 1064 01:21:55,520 --> 01:21:59,920 talking about that, yeah, and hearing other people's views. Yeah. Yeah, 1065 01:22:00,439 --> 01:22:01,640 yeah, we try to do that with the show, you know, 1066 01:22:01,840 --> 01:22:09,720 I mean, I um I, I try to do something that's different than 1067 01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:13,680 what because you know, most political talk radio is conservative, and most you 1068 01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:17,000 know, conservatives really dominate political talk. There was a great podcast that touched 1069 01:22:17,079 --> 01:22:21,640 upon the history of the evolution of conservative talk radio. Yeah, I will 1070 01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:26,720 have to find the link. It was on nhpr H. It must have 1071 01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:31,800 been like in March or April, and I cannot remembercall what the podcast was. 1072 01:22:32,199 --> 01:22:36,279 Oh no, it might be the one that's on at two pm, 1073 01:22:36,319 --> 01:22:43,439 the Spanish one. But it was fascinating really the history and how popular it 1074 01:22:43,439 --> 01:22:45,920 became and why it became so popular and then what it is now, which 1075 01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:49,279 is you know, a really powerful political too. Oh yeah, yeah, 1076 01:22:49,319 --> 01:22:55,159 there's a great book. The author's name escapes me right of the dial and 1077 01:22:55,359 --> 01:22:58,920 uh, but that came out like twenty years ago at least. But but 1078 01:22:59,039 --> 01:23:02,960 it but it also chronicles the rise of conservative talk radio, and a lot 1079 01:23:03,039 --> 01:23:09,319 of people credit that with being what saved AM radio because you know, I've 1080 01:23:09,319 --> 01:23:12,560 talked on the show about like I remember being a kid and hearing adults talking 1081 01:23:12,560 --> 01:23:15,760 about how you know, OAM radios on its way out and you know, 1082 01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:18,159 it's got that annoying whistle and then it's and it's you know, who listens 1083 01:23:18,199 --> 01:23:23,920 to AM radio except for you know, baseball games and you know news, 1084 01:23:23,960 --> 01:23:27,000 and you know FM is so much better, which it is, of course, 1085 01:23:27,119 --> 01:23:30,760 but but then, uh so everyone assumed AM radio was going away, 1086 01:23:30,319 --> 01:23:35,279 and then uh, conservative political talks, you know, shows like Rush Limbaugh 1087 01:23:35,319 --> 01:23:42,479 and others, you know, um found a home on AM radio, and 1088 01:23:41,279 --> 01:23:46,279 um and it kind of exploded it. You know, it's still it hasn't 1089 01:23:46,479 --> 01:23:49,640 ever been as big as FM, you know, but it really, uh 1090 01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:54,239 it really kind of regained its prominence. And now it might be back on 1091 01:23:54,279 --> 01:24:00,159 the ropes because um, these car manufacturers with their electric vehicles, they're they're 1092 01:24:00,239 --> 01:24:04,600 not putting AM radios, or at least they plan to not put AM radios 1093 01:24:05,199 --> 01:24:10,920 in the new cars, only FM and of course satellite. And uh wow, 1094 01:24:11,199 --> 01:24:15,359 yeah that sounds so weird to me right now, because I'm so used 1095 01:24:15,359 --> 01:24:18,159 to having access to AMM and FM, right, yeah, and then now 1096 01:24:18,159 --> 01:24:24,720 we're moving into the new yeah technology. But but it's not the first time 1097 01:24:24,760 --> 01:24:29,079 we thought AM was going away, so maybe it's not. But then there's 1098 01:24:29,199 --> 01:24:33,399 um I remember this is like maybe six months ago I saw online Sean Hannity 1099 01:24:33,720 --> 01:24:38,279 on his show had done a segment with Mark Levin where they were complaining about 1100 01:24:38,279 --> 01:24:41,439 how they think it's a conspiracy, you know, because if you're gonna buy 1101 01:24:41,439 --> 01:24:45,000 an electric vehicle, then you're probably a liberal because while it's what do you 1102 01:24:45,039 --> 01:24:47,720 want an electric vehicle? So it's probably you know, liberals trying to uh, 1103 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:55,960 trying to end conservative talk radio by just buying electric vehicles without without AM 1104 01:24:56,039 --> 01:24:59,840 radio in them. That is such a good conspiracy theory. Yes, what's 1105 01:25:00,159 --> 01:25:02,640 about conspiracy theories is that you can like take it anywhere, right, but 1106 01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:08,920 if you hits, if you somehow manage to make logic out of something so 1107 01:25:09,039 --> 01:25:11,880 ridiculous, people will be like, oh, yeah, for sure, right 1108 01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,159 right, the liberals are definitely taking over the world because they're buying electric vehicles, 1109 01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:21,439 for sure. Yeah, well we'll see where it. Uh. Oh. 1110 01:25:21,479 --> 01:25:26,239 Mike from Queen City Cabinetry says in the chat, I read an article 1111 01:25:26,279 --> 01:25:29,560 not too long ago that they can't get rid of AM radio because if anything 1112 01:25:29,640 --> 01:25:33,119 happens to satellites, AM is the only way they could broadcast emergency signals. 1113 01:25:33,319 --> 01:25:38,359 Yeah, that's true, And there's there's a bipartisan effort in Congress, I 1114 01:25:38,399 --> 01:25:43,640 know, to keep AM one of them you mentioned earlier our Senator Ed Markey. 1115 01:25:43,880 --> 01:25:46,239 Yes, he's part of that, and he's there's a I forget who 1116 01:25:46,239 --> 01:25:49,840 the Republican is he's working with directly on that. But uh, but yeah, 1117 01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:57,479 so there is an effort to keep AM radio. Yeah, but yeah, 1118 01:25:57,520 --> 01:25:59,239 we'll see. But yeah, but the point being, you know, 1119 01:25:59,279 --> 01:26:01,800 so we try to do something here that's different, and you know, I'm 1120 01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:05,279 kind of center left myself, but but you know, we have Republicans on 1121 01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:09,640 Yeah. I think that's like we were talking about. We touched on that 1122 01:26:09,680 --> 01:26:14,279 a little bit earlier, about being able to have those conversations from wherever somebody's 1123 01:26:14,319 --> 01:26:18,159 at. Yeah, you know, and having that's that's been something I've actually 1124 01:26:18,279 --> 01:26:24,039 enjoyed with what I'm doing with healthcare is because it is one of those topics 1125 01:26:24,039 --> 01:26:28,399 that does cross lines, that isn't a Republican a Democrat issue. It is 1126 01:26:28,439 --> 01:26:32,640 a human issue. Everybody's family's got a horror story about insurance companies denying care 1127 01:26:33,359 --> 01:26:39,640 or incredibly horrible co pays. Our medical system needs a massive you know, 1128 01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:43,680 we start looking at it from a different lens, and those conversations, So 1129 01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:46,039 where you start, You've got to know where people are at, what their 1130 01:26:46,039 --> 01:26:50,039 concerns are, what's bothering them, and then work from there. And I 1131 01:26:50,079 --> 01:26:55,119 honestly and truly believe that we could have a way better healthcare system. We 1132 01:26:55,119 --> 01:26:57,760 can do a lot better in a lot of systems if we could get back 1133 01:26:57,800 --> 01:27:00,119 to having those kind of conversations. If it feels like we don't have them 1134 01:27:00,159 --> 01:27:05,960 anymore. Yeah, it's like it's hard to or to find a space that 1135 01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:11,840 facilitates, right. I feel like we're kind of unique in that regard because 1136 01:27:11,880 --> 01:27:15,399 we do have people on from both sides, and we do give them a 1137 01:27:15,399 --> 01:27:17,840 fair chance to teut their case, and you know, it's it's no gotcha 1138 01:27:17,880 --> 01:27:21,760 thing going on here. But it seems like everything, a lot of what's 1139 01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:30,079 out there is so divisive, especially like I'm sorry Fox News, there are 1140 01:27:30,119 --> 01:27:32,479 everything's angry. I mean, I watch it. I want to know what 1141 01:27:32,560 --> 01:27:38,159 everybody's saying right exactly, and that that's how you get a better view of, 1142 01:27:38,760 --> 01:27:41,640 you know, what's going on in the kind I miss Ted Copple. 1143 01:27:42,279 --> 01:27:48,159 I miss reporters giving you the facts and laying it out and and not trying 1144 01:27:48,199 --> 01:27:54,319 to to tew to fire. I feel like Fox is constantly trying to stoke 1145 01:27:54,399 --> 01:27:58,680 fires and get people angry because they yell a lot and they use a lot 1146 01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:01,560 of divisive language. I'm not you know, they didn't used to be quite 1147 01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:04,720 that way. That used to be the fringe, and now that's the reality 1148 01:28:04,760 --> 01:28:11,279 of everything on that particular station. Miriam said in the chat, I get 1149 01:28:11,359 --> 01:28:14,560 so worn out from politics. But what I love about this show is the 1150 01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:18,359 balance of opinions, even when some opinions aggravate me. Yeah, we try. 1151 01:28:18,439 --> 01:28:21,800 I mean, I enjoy talking to people with whom I disagree. I 1152 01:28:21,840 --> 01:28:27,119 often refer to uh, my friend Eric Pilcher, who he does our classic 1153 01:28:27,159 --> 01:28:30,159 film reviews for us on Fridays, but he also I do a weekly segment 1154 01:28:30,159 --> 01:28:33,600 with him on Wednesday, and I always refer to him as my favorite conservative. 1155 01:28:34,119 --> 01:28:40,199 And what I like about Eric is it's he's it's very easy to um. 1156 01:28:40,279 --> 01:28:43,239 You know, our politics are very different, although we find common ground 1157 01:28:43,279 --> 01:28:45,960 on some things too. But the things we find common ground on are usually 1158 01:28:46,159 --> 01:28:55,479 we dislike a lot of the same people like some of the conservative personalities that 1159 01:28:55,600 --> 01:28:59,920 you see online. We he and I both dislike for the same reason, 1160 01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:04,800 you know, because he's not afraid to call bs on people he thinks or 1161 01:29:04,840 --> 01:29:10,079 dishonest or just bad people like Stephen Crowd or Canadas Owens or you know, 1162 01:29:10,119 --> 01:29:14,000 he's not afraid to criticize them. But it's very easy to have a conversation 1163 01:29:14,079 --> 01:29:16,920 with him even when we vehemently disagree on somethings, as we do on on 1164 01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:21,640 some issues, because the way I approach it is I've always tried to kind 1165 01:29:21,640 --> 01:29:25,439 of just take my ego out of it, because I think part of the 1166 01:29:25,479 --> 01:29:30,159 problem with how people discuss politics and why people get worked up and they get 1167 01:29:30,199 --> 01:29:32,479 angry and they kind of talk past each other they're not actually listening to each 1168 01:29:32,520 --> 01:29:38,720 other is because they're egos are invested in it. A lot of political discourse, 1169 01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:44,920 it's not about it's not about um uh, me explaining to you why 1170 01:29:44,960 --> 01:29:46,760 I think you're wrong. It's about I have to prove that you're wrong, 1171 01:29:47,159 --> 01:29:55,399 or I have to m I have to convince myself of why you're wrong, 1172 01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:59,159 or hit you with talking points, and I prefer, you know, to 1173 01:29:59,239 --> 01:30:00,039 just kind of take my go out of it, and you know, let's 1174 01:30:00,039 --> 01:30:04,239 just have a conversation about it and try to actually I'll try to actually empathize 1175 01:30:04,760 --> 01:30:09,279 with the person I'm talking to, to try to understand, because I'm naturally 1176 01:30:09,279 --> 01:30:12,760 curious about that anyway. I'm always curious about not just what people think, 1177 01:30:12,800 --> 01:30:15,560 but why they think that. Yeah, I have a natural curiosity with that, 1178 01:30:15,640 --> 01:30:19,520 which I think most people lack because most people are just they're they're so 1179 01:30:19,600 --> 01:30:26,920 invested in proving you wrong instead of not even not even being right, they 1180 01:30:26,920 --> 01:30:32,039 just want to prove that you're wrong or that you're you're not at their level. 1181 01:30:32,399 --> 01:30:35,640 Yeah, yeah, you know, and then that perception that because you're 1182 01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:43,159 not at their level, you're it's not that you're lesser, but there's this 1183 01:30:44,039 --> 01:30:47,760 it's this weird tone that you know, you're not as much as whatever. 1184 01:30:48,079 --> 01:30:51,960 Yeah, you know, and it becomes a contest, yes, you know, 1185 01:30:53,039 --> 01:30:56,800 and it makes it very hard because then the emotions keep rising. Yeah, 1186 01:30:56,800 --> 01:31:00,199 and that's something I know I have to work on because it's you know, 1187 01:31:00,319 --> 01:31:04,399 especially with conservatives. Now, yes, I would probably consider myself a 1188 01:31:04,479 --> 01:31:11,199 progressive and to a conservative. I'm probably like progressive then whatever the next level 1189 01:31:11,359 --> 01:31:18,199 is right of extreme far left, but with conservatism. I've just noticed that 1190 01:31:18,239 --> 01:31:24,000 there's certain patterns in the talking points that are brought up by conservatives. And 1191 01:31:24,720 --> 01:31:27,159 you know, once you pick up on these patterns, you're like, wait 1192 01:31:27,199 --> 01:31:30,840 a minute, Okay, this is weird because now I'm seeing that it's more 1193 01:31:30,840 --> 01:31:34,840 than just one person, right, you know, it's not necessarily some fringe 1194 01:31:35,279 --> 01:31:42,680 opinion. This is really moving its way through a big circle of Americans. 1195 01:31:42,800 --> 01:31:47,039 And I have to keep my emotions in check, so I remember that to 1196 01:31:47,199 --> 01:31:51,640 listen, right right, find that commonality, because at the end of the 1197 01:31:51,680 --> 01:31:55,600 day, the main commonality is that we're human beings. So you know, 1198 01:31:55,760 --> 01:31:59,600 right there, we have at least one thing right exactly we can connect in 1199 01:32:00,039 --> 01:32:04,800 but then keeping the space open so we can have conversations. Yeah, you 1200 01:32:04,880 --> 01:32:09,079 know, I think, yeah, people don't have patience for it anymore. 1201 01:32:09,399 --> 01:32:12,359 Right, Well, you mentioned listening, and that's the thing too. People 1202 01:32:12,439 --> 01:32:15,920 don't Rather than listening, I think most people, rather than listening to the 1203 01:32:15,960 --> 01:32:20,439 other person, they're only half listening while the other half of their brain is 1204 01:32:20,439 --> 01:32:25,039 formulating their next talking point that they're going to spit out. Right, Like, 1205 01:32:25,079 --> 01:32:29,039 it's not they're not in the moment, right, Yeah, they're already 1206 01:32:29,439 --> 01:32:31,439 they've already made up their mind what they are going to say, no matter 1207 01:32:31,680 --> 01:32:34,560 what you say, and there's no way they're going to redirect. They're not 1208 01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:38,720 even hearing what you're saying. Yeah, they're just totally concentrating on what am 1209 01:32:38,720 --> 01:32:41,479 I going to get you with? Yeah, this is what I'm coming out, 1210 01:32:41,520 --> 01:32:45,199 you know, the gotcha comment or or something to prove you wrong. 1211 01:32:45,279 --> 01:32:48,600 But it's it's not actually a real response, right, And that's so sad 1212 01:32:48,640 --> 01:32:53,880 because it's missing out on so much. If we could just actually listen to 1213 01:32:53,880 --> 01:32:58,720 each other, Yeah, I think that that would really the idea of connection, 1214 01:32:59,000 --> 01:33:00,479 right, Like, we can connect on so many levels. Right, 1215 01:33:00,640 --> 01:33:03,720 If people didn't know who we were, you know, you could say, 1216 01:33:03,880 --> 01:33:09,159 oh, white, brown, But then you get to know us and you 1217 01:33:09,159 --> 01:33:13,279 can see that there's more than that, right. We connect through Um, 1218 01:33:13,760 --> 01:33:19,159 we live in this general area. We hung out at the at the hopknot 1219 01:33:19,239 --> 01:33:24,000 right, I've cooked you guys food before, You've patron places that my family 1220 01:33:24,600 --> 01:33:27,920 owns, you know, Like, so there's so many more connections. I 1221 01:33:27,920 --> 01:33:30,039 am a woman, you are a woman, you're a man. Protested together 1222 01:33:30,359 --> 01:33:35,279 exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're a mom, I'm a mom. 1223 01:33:35,560 --> 01:33:39,000 Like you have curly hair, I have curly hair. You know, 1224 01:33:39,079 --> 01:33:44,680 Like there's so many things we can relate on, but it's like these just 1225 01:33:44,760 --> 01:33:47,279 these talking points, you know, it's just talking points that kind of drive 1226 01:33:47,359 --> 01:33:50,800 us away because we don't want we don't like when people challenge us. Like 1227 01:33:50,840 --> 01:33:54,439 you said, it's how ego, Yeah, yeah, challenging her. So 1228 01:33:54,479 --> 01:33:57,399 when you talk about healthcare, somebody on the other side will be quick to 1229 01:33:57,439 --> 01:33:59,840 say, I don't want to pay for somebody else's care or I don't think 1230 01:33:59,840 --> 01:34:03,479 that. But when you actually sit down to have those conversations, real conversations 1231 01:34:03,479 --> 01:34:08,960 about healthcare, they've got it in their family too, that a certain medication 1232 01:34:09,159 --> 01:34:13,960 was denied because of the cost, or that they were forced to go to 1233 01:34:13,960 --> 01:34:17,560 towns over for their PT because the local one wasn't in network. Like everybody's 1234 01:34:17,600 --> 01:34:24,199 families have gone through these things that we have. We're accepting the abnormal as 1235 01:34:24,319 --> 01:34:29,000 normal. Yeah, and it kind of goes against right humanity. We couldn't 1236 01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:33,680 have gotten to twenty twenty three without working with each other. I don't know, 1237 01:34:36,239 --> 01:34:40,600 but, like like you said, with the medical I just did this 1238 01:34:40,680 --> 01:34:45,640 hike in support of Alzheimer's um caregivers. And wow, you know, as 1239 01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:48,640 we're doing our hikes and going from town to town, we always bumped and 1240 01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:53,439 started talking with one person who was like, yes, my father or my 1241 01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:59,399 uncle, someone in their life they have been directly impacted by that disease, 1242 01:34:59,560 --> 01:35:02,720 and so it's you know, it's there, there's connections. Yeah, we 1243 01:35:02,840 --> 01:35:06,439 just got to keep our open heart, open mind, which sounds incredibly cheesy, 1244 01:35:06,600 --> 01:35:10,560 but it's but it really is. Yeah, it really is. And 1245 01:35:11,199 --> 01:35:14,600 I see it as a sign of emotional growth in someone when they can hold 1246 01:35:14,640 --> 01:35:18,680 space and actually hear the other side and then have a real conversation about it. 1247 01:35:18,920 --> 01:35:23,119 Yeah, you know, we have a lot more in common than we 1248 01:35:23,239 --> 01:35:28,439 have uncommon when we get down to just average day every Jay Joe's you know, 1249 01:35:28,560 --> 01:35:30,560 we all get work, you get money, you get bills, you 1250 01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:33,760 get kids. I mean, y'all go through healthcare problems, y'all go through 1251 01:35:33,840 --> 01:35:41,199 car problems. We all have that. And these these walks on TV get 1252 01:35:41,239 --> 01:35:45,159 everybody riled up. And some of these other folks we could go through a 1253 01:35:45,199 --> 01:35:49,119 list that rile people up with their ideals that really don't say anything. It's 1254 01:35:49,119 --> 01:35:54,439 just some talking point that it's got no substance, it's just another reason to 1255 01:35:54,479 --> 01:35:58,479 hate somebody else, and you get so wrapped up into that they don't actually 1256 01:35:58,520 --> 01:36:01,640 get to the meat and potatoes that's really driving the issue, because if they 1257 01:36:01,680 --> 01:36:08,000 did, they'd find themselves there because it's it's truth. It's the truth. 1258 01:36:08,399 --> 01:36:14,000 It's us who pay our premiums that don't get the healthcare back, and we're 1259 01:36:14,039 --> 01:36:17,800 also the ones delivering the healthcare mind you, Yeah, you know. It's 1260 01:36:17,880 --> 01:36:24,680 it's the mom who works three jobs trying to take care of our kids and 1261 01:36:25,439 --> 01:36:29,920 get slammed by somebody who has a talking point, Oh because you're not married, 1262 01:36:30,039 --> 01:36:31,960 or oh you know, you know, how could you how can you 1263 01:36:32,039 --> 01:36:34,880 leave your child for that many hours, like well, I need to feed 1264 01:36:34,920 --> 01:36:38,880 them, keep a roof of ruth shood. You know, it's those talking 1265 01:36:38,920 --> 01:36:42,199 points that blind us to the reality of what life is really like. And 1266 01:36:42,239 --> 01:36:45,000 when you really look at it, we're all the same, right. We 1267 01:36:45,119 --> 01:36:49,119 all have cancers in our family, we all have mental health issues in our 1268 01:36:49,159 --> 01:36:53,520 families, we have people have eyeglasses, whatever it is, we all have 1269 01:36:53,640 --> 01:36:58,319 the same crap to deal with. Yeah, everybody who's listening to me who 1270 01:36:58,359 --> 01:37:00,800 has eyeglasses. How much did you have to spend be a last fair? 1271 01:37:00,239 --> 01:37:04,720 You know, and the eyeglasses are expensive, right, Or when you want 1272 01:37:04,720 --> 01:37:08,560 to get your car taken care of, they change a different law and you 1273 01:37:08,560 --> 01:37:11,640 don't know. It's like, we all have the same annoyances, the same 1274 01:37:11,720 --> 01:37:15,720 issues, and we used to listen to each other more. I think I 1275 01:37:15,720 --> 01:37:19,239 think we used to pre Trump. I'll say it. Pre Trump. I 1276 01:37:19,279 --> 01:37:26,439 think there was more discussion, less divisiveness. Now it's all about gotcha's and 1277 01:37:26,560 --> 01:37:29,399 to show why I'm not you, oh I hate you, than it is 1278 01:37:29,439 --> 01:37:32,359 about actually doing for the greater good, which was what we were supposedly electing 1279 01:37:32,399 --> 01:37:36,279 these people to do. Yeah, I would agree with you definitely on the 1280 01:37:36,319 --> 01:37:44,800 pre Trump and then now because it's definitely the country has made shift. It's 1281 01:37:44,840 --> 01:37:48,520 just it's yea Trump. Trump made it cool to be crass and yeah, 1282 01:37:49,279 --> 01:37:54,720 or to questionab like to you know, it's one thing to be inquisitive and 1283 01:37:54,840 --> 01:37:57,960 question and challenge, right. I think in a free country like we are 1284 01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:00,479 in that we still need a lot of work. We should most definitely, 1285 01:38:00,560 --> 01:38:04,640 if you are not challenging the status quo, like, then you're too comfy. 1286 01:38:04,840 --> 01:38:08,640 Yeah, you know, And in order for us to progress, we 1287 01:38:08,720 --> 01:38:13,600 have to push those lines and we have to create those boundaries. And you 1288 01:38:13,680 --> 01:38:16,520 know, I, even though I don't consider myself a conservative, right, 1289 01:38:16,720 --> 01:38:21,840 the conservative movement, they're doing the same thing. They're pushing boundaries and they're 1290 01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:27,399 pushing progress. It might not be in a direction that I like or appreciate 1291 01:38:27,560 --> 01:38:30,720 or think is correct, right, but right, I still have to be 1292 01:38:30,840 --> 01:38:34,880 right there and paying attention because that means I have to push my boundaries to 1293 01:38:35,079 --> 01:38:40,079 progress as well, right, so that we don't lose this fight of darkness 1294 01:38:40,079 --> 01:38:42,720 and lightness, which is kind of what it is. I was watching Harry 1295 01:38:42,720 --> 01:38:47,880 Potter the other Yeah, well yeah, and that perspective goes to all sides, 1296 01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:51,479 right, Yeah. We each have our demons, on our our angels, 1297 01:38:51,479 --> 01:38:56,760 if you will, of what we wish or hope would happen, and 1298 01:38:57,479 --> 01:39:00,159 we beat each other up so much for not listening anymore. Like Reagan always 1299 01:39:00,159 --> 01:39:03,439 talked about, Reagan was the was it to be a Reagan Republican? Was 1300 01:39:03,479 --> 01:39:06,920 to be a good Republican back in the day. And Reagan had the third 1301 01:39:06,960 --> 01:39:12,560 you know, the thirteenth Commandment that shall not speak ill of another Republican Like 1302 01:39:12,600 --> 01:39:15,600 that was a no, no, you don't speak against somebody else. You 1303 01:39:15,680 --> 01:39:21,239 have those matters discussed in private, not in public. Use these bring come 1304 01:39:21,279 --> 01:39:27,680 into the table and working things out. This was how government is supposed to 1305 01:39:27,720 --> 01:39:30,359 exist, right, This is how it's supposed to what we elect you for. 1306 01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:33,560 But that's not what we have today. We had it pre Trump, 1307 01:39:34,119 --> 01:39:39,039 but there's a whole new breed of whatever Republican is now. And there's a 1308 01:39:39,079 --> 01:39:42,399 whole lot of people just like me that left the party. Um, maybe 1309 01:39:42,399 --> 01:39:46,279 not like me who got pushed. I've been a Democrat now registered Democrat for 1310 01:39:46,399 --> 01:39:50,359 years now. But we used to have those things that used to be the 1311 01:39:51,319 --> 01:39:55,880 what we heard about, and now it's just I don't even know how to 1312 01:39:55,880 --> 01:40:00,640 begin to get us back to that because it's so damaged now. It's it's 1313 01:40:00,720 --> 01:40:03,960 it's cool to talk ill of another Republican or another It's like that's that you're 1314 01:40:03,960 --> 01:40:06,960 on the good team if you're talking bad about somebody else in your own party. 1315 01:40:08,000 --> 01:40:11,439 Now, like who can get the best burn on Twitter? Right? 1316 01:40:11,720 --> 01:40:18,840 Yeah? Yeah, hashtag got you Major Taylor, Marjorie Taylor Green and um 1317 01:40:18,960 --> 01:40:25,840 she is a celt mayor. No, oh my gosh. Yeah. This 1318 01:40:26,039 --> 01:40:30,039 video of them on the floor fighting and they're fighting over who gets to be 1319 01:40:30,079 --> 01:40:36,640 the lead person to introduce articles of impeachment against Biden, and Green calls bobarn 1320 01:40:36,880 --> 01:40:42,239 a little bee on the floor. Oh yeah, right on the floor, 1321 01:40:43,199 --> 01:40:45,920 right on the floor. That's part of the reason why she got booted out 1322 01:40:45,920 --> 01:40:49,319 of the Freedom Caucus was because she called Bobert a little bee right on the 1323 01:40:49,319 --> 01:40:53,760 floor. Yeah. That didn't used to happen either, Like people didn't talk 1324 01:40:53,840 --> 01:40:56,359 that way on the house floor. But you know, now if anything goes, 1325 01:40:56,439 --> 01:41:00,640 let's just have a brawl. Uh yeah, like get for him the 1326 01:41:01,039 --> 01:41:09,439 Yeah, that's that. It's completely because Decora, I'm also meant being respectful 1327 01:41:09,479 --> 01:41:14,119 and treating each other with respect. You respect another representative or another senator. 1328 01:41:14,239 --> 01:41:16,279 You know, you give equal time and you listen to and new work things 1329 01:41:16,279 --> 01:41:19,600 out. These guys just I mean, on the one other hand, they 1330 01:41:19,680 --> 01:41:25,479 keep killing goods stuff that stinks because they can't pass it. So but then 1331 01:41:25,479 --> 01:41:29,039 they're we can't get anywhere. It's like we're stuck in limbo with a bunch 1332 01:41:29,079 --> 01:41:32,359 of people, schoolyard bullies beating on each other waiting to see who's going to 1333 01:41:32,439 --> 01:41:35,119 come out on top. That's what it feels like. And I was thinking 1334 01:41:35,199 --> 01:41:41,199 the other day too, how right. So now I've seen a wave of 1335 01:41:41,239 --> 01:41:47,600 the people running for the Republican candidacy. I've seen their commercials. Um, 1336 01:41:47,840 --> 01:41:55,199 I don't. I haven't seen any from any Democratic candidates yet. And you 1337 01:41:55,279 --> 01:41:58,319 will. I don't think you will. Yeah, that's what I found interesting 1338 01:41:58,359 --> 01:42:01,840 too, because some of these new guy guys running for the ticket, Um, 1339 01:42:01,880 --> 01:42:05,680 they're slick. They got really slick messaging, and now they know how 1340 01:42:05,720 --> 01:42:11,279 to play both sides, right, So they know how to play the um 1341 01:42:11,560 --> 01:42:15,800 center Democrat. You know, they know exactly what buttons to push to get 1342 01:42:15,840 --> 01:42:19,239 them to come to vote for them as a Republican. But they also know 1343 01:42:19,319 --> 01:42:24,159 how to keep the voters that they have right now, right, So they 1344 01:42:24,239 --> 01:42:27,159 throw in a little bit of progress, but not too much because they don't 1345 01:42:27,199 --> 01:42:30,640 want to be too liberal. Right. But then they definitely just it's an 1346 01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:38,079 onslaught of just you know, the negative Republican Party talking points that have permeated 1347 01:42:38,439 --> 01:42:43,119 and fester for too long, and we're even even at this point. It's 1348 01:42:43,439 --> 01:42:46,960 it's surprising that some of their talking points they bring up, Um, there's 1349 01:42:46,960 --> 01:42:51,239 a lot of anti trans Yeah, the flavor of the day, we're going 1350 01:42:51,319 --> 01:42:56,199 backwards in time. Now they you know, now, now we're all about 1351 01:42:56,239 --> 01:43:01,239 banning books, banning people. We banned An Frey, which Diary of a 1352 01:43:01,359 --> 01:43:05,760 Month? Frank, you know why they banned it? I can only sexuality. 1353 01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:13,279 You're talking about pornography Florida in Florida pornography, and Frank is pornography in 1354 01:43:13,319 --> 01:43:17,880 Florida. I can't make wild. There's a lot of people that are starting 1355 01:43:17,880 --> 01:43:21,039 to leave, and I think a lot more are going to because you if 1356 01:43:21,079 --> 01:43:27,840 you live there and you're in the you're you're you're gay, or you're lesbian 1357 01:43:27,960 --> 01:43:31,640 or your trans so safe for you anymore. They're passing all these anti laws. 1358 01:43:31,960 --> 01:43:34,319 And then when I think about it, I'm trying to think to myself, 1359 01:43:34,319 --> 01:43:41,399 Okay, what by passing these laws? You know, they're not making 1360 01:43:41,560 --> 01:43:47,960 the country bedder or stronger. They're literally and they're physically and legally trying to 1361 01:43:48,000 --> 01:43:55,319 disenfranchise a group of people. Anybody who is right wing, question and it 1362 01:43:55,399 --> 01:43:58,439 is, That's what it is. And to me, I don't I still 1363 01:43:58,520 --> 01:44:08,239 cannot comprehend how American voters can vote in support of politicians who tout this kind 1364 01:44:08,439 --> 01:44:14,199 of violence, because that's what it is. It is violence against a very 1365 01:44:14,239 --> 01:44:18,800 specific group of people, and historically we have seen this time and time again, 1366 01:44:19,039 --> 01:44:24,520 and here we are in twenty twenty three and we're allowing it to happen 1367 01:44:24,760 --> 01:44:28,840 again. Why because Trump said, oh, f this, F that, 1368 01:44:29,199 --> 01:44:31,399 I'm this, I'm smart, I'm super smart. Like believe me. And 1369 01:44:31,520 --> 01:44:35,039 now here we are. Although the interesting irony about that, and we got 1370 01:44:35,079 --> 01:44:38,399 to wrap up in a minute, But the interesting irony about that is, 1371 01:44:38,520 --> 01:44:42,279 I don't think I was trying to think, Actually it was earlier today. 1372 01:44:42,319 --> 01:44:45,560 I was trying to think of when I've heard Trump get really anti LGBTQ, 1373 01:44:46,119 --> 01:44:50,520 and I couldn't think of an instance. I mean, I think he's you 1374 01:44:50,560 --> 01:44:54,279 know, he's empowered a lot of the meanness. Yeah, but I think 1375 01:44:54,319 --> 01:44:58,880 but I think the anti trans culture war stuff is being largely driven by to 1376 01:44:58,960 --> 01:45:01,840 Santis, who seems like he's obsessed with it, and the right way Christian 1377 01:45:01,880 --> 01:45:08,600 Conservative who wants to see their beliefs made into law. That's a huge push 1378 01:45:08,600 --> 01:45:12,640 of this. That's why you've got Anne Frank being considered pornography. That's coming 1379 01:45:12,640 --> 01:45:16,239 from the Christian right, the uber Christian right that's trying to ports push their 1380 01:45:16,279 --> 01:45:21,199 agenda. And you know what's crazy. I watched some YouTube videos recently from 1381 01:45:21,199 --> 01:45:25,720 like nineteen sixty four, nineteen sixty five, and there were people talking about 1382 01:45:25,960 --> 01:45:30,680 desegregation, the same language that you're going to hear today getting used to talk 1383 01:45:30,680 --> 01:45:34,960 about people who are gay, are transgender. It's the same language. Not 1384 01:45:35,079 --> 01:45:40,920 in our neighborhood, you know. We gotta by the way, hello to 1385 01:45:41,560 --> 01:45:44,600 Dead Reckoning in the chat. Who says what's up? Hope Paul as well. 1386 01:45:44,640 --> 01:45:46,800 We are still out here on tour killing it excellent, excellent, excellent, 1387 01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:49,079 Dead Reckoning. Yeah, they were on the show not too long ago. 1388 01:45:49,119 --> 01:45:51,520 It was a lot of fun, Trudy before we run out of time. 1389 01:45:51,840 --> 01:45:54,800 I wish we had more time. It's a great discussion, but I 1390 01:45:54,840 --> 01:45:59,520 want to make sure please plug the farmers market. Yes, so Thursdays throughout 1391 01:45:59,520 --> 01:46:03,239 the month of July from four to seven pm at Shaheen Basciol Park here in 1392 01:46:03,279 --> 01:46:09,199 Manchester, we have a farmer's market and we're trying to build it up. 1393 01:46:09,359 --> 01:46:13,319 So if you have anything that you would like to sell, you know, 1394 01:46:13,359 --> 01:46:18,159 if you're an artist or you um, I can't even think off the top 1395 01:46:18,199 --> 01:46:21,279 of my head, or you have produce, come on down. You can 1396 01:46:21,279 --> 01:46:26,640 table for free. We have the concession stand open. You know what's better 1397 01:46:26,680 --> 01:46:30,439 than hamburger and French fries fried at a concession stand at a baseball park. 1398 01:46:30,880 --> 01:46:34,920 And if you have kids, the splash pad is open, so you know, 1399 01:46:34,960 --> 01:46:39,640 if it's hot out and it's not raining, that'll be going nice green 1400 01:46:39,720 --> 01:46:43,119 space. We're gonna have some music, you know, come hang out, 1401 01:46:43,319 --> 01:46:48,039 enjoy the weather, enjoy the park, enjoy manche Vegas. Yeah, and 1402 01:46:48,079 --> 01:46:53,199 don't forget to enjoy the hop Knot as well. Yeah, And thank you 1403 01:46:53,239 --> 01:46:57,279 so much to everybody who comes out and supports the Hop Knot and everybody who 1404 01:46:57,279 --> 01:47:00,439 comes out and supports Manchester and anything that goes on in here at supporting local 1405 01:47:00,439 --> 01:47:03,720 businesses. Absolutely well, thank you, Thank you Trudy from me, Thank 1406 01:47:03,760 --> 01:47:08,399 you guys. Absolutely, I love it, absolutely wonderful. You're always welcome. 1407 01:47:08,720 --> 01:47:11,680 And Jenny, do you want to up plug your tabs on me at 1408 01:47:11,720 --> 01:47:16,039 Gencoffee dot com j E n Ncofei dot com or you can follow me on 1409 01:47:16,039 --> 01:47:20,159 Facebook if you like. I LB sharing my journey as we go. Looks 1410 01:47:20,159 --> 01:47:23,760 like I might be heading back to d C. All right the power, 1411 01:47:24,279 --> 01:47:26,760 Yes, and if you miss any part of today's show will be up in 1412 01:47:26,800 --> 01:47:30,920 just a little bit at WMH radio dot org and on my website Matt Connerton 1413 01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:34,000 dot com. And that's it for us for now. Be back bright and 1414 01:47:34,039 --> 01:47:38,680 early seven am for the morning show with Peter White, and uh we're out. 1415 01:47:38,680 --> 01:47:41,119 I'll talk you'all a little bit later. By everybody, Bye bye, 1416 01:47:41,319 --> 01:47:41,640 see it.