1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:46,479 It's a great song, but I don't know it. Hello everybody, welcome, 2 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,079 here we go. It is that time again, Matt Connerton unleashed and 3 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:55,679 yes we are live. This is not the best of We are live from 4 00:00:55,719 --> 00:00:59,920 the studios of w m n H ninety five point three FM in Gloria, 5 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,760 downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. Also on Comcast ninety seven if you're in Manchester. 6 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:07,719 And hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and around the 7 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,280 globe. Today is Thursday, May eleven, twenty twenty three. So yes, 8 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:19,079 it is life so so nice to have you all with me. I'll 9 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:23,319 apologize and explain a little bit about yesterday at a moment, but just um, 10 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,280 yeah, so we are here. We do not have it is Thursday. 11 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,359 We usually get a call from easyg on Thursdays to do an entertainment report, 12 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:36,159 but he is under the weather. So uh, Jay fed and the 13 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,000 chat room says, that was quite the best of yesterday. I yeah, 14 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,200 I I need to They're all dated at this point. I need to produce 15 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,680 a new batch, a new batch of best stus. I mean we've got 16 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:49,879 over thirty of them, but you know you burned, you burned through them. 17 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:53,359 Over, you know, because we also not only do we run one 18 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:57,400 if for some reason I'm not able to be here on a given day, 19 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:00,400 but also every Saturday morning we have well say, you know, we should 20 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:05,280 promote that more. Actually I forget to mention it. But Saturday mornings, 21 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,240 of course, from seven to nine am, Peter runs a classic episode of 22 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,960 the Morning Show with Peter White, and then from nine to eleven am we 23 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,879 have the best of Matt Connerton unleashed. But but they also run during the 24 00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:22,680 week. If I'm if I'm not here for some reason, but so I'll 25 00:02:22,719 --> 00:02:25,919 offer a quick explanation in a moment. But six zo three two five h 26 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,360 six O seven is a studio line. If you'd like to join us today 27 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,960 six zo three two five O six Z seven. You can also text me 28 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,800 at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm on social 29 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,560 media at Matt Connerton, and of course you can interact end opine in the 30 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:45,240 Facebook live chat. But the best thing to do so that we can hear 31 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,719 and enjoy your dulcet tones is give us a call at six O three two 32 00:02:47,759 --> 00:02:51,560 five O six zo seven. Yeah. Eric Street in the chat room says, 33 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:53,199 yesterday, show us funny, do you know what date that was from? 34 00:02:53,479 --> 00:02:58,560 No, Because the best of us that I do, when I produced 35 00:02:58,599 --> 00:03:04,360 them, I try to take content that we call evergreen, meaning it's not 36 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:09,039 necessarily specific to a particular time period or a date. Although the ones that 37 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:14,120 I've done, because I haven't produced any new ones in a while, the 38 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,199 ones that I've done are starting to feel a little bit dated regardless. But 39 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,560 when I put those together, I'll draw clips from different shows and I try 40 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:25,360 to keep those. The best of tend to be less overtly political because I 41 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:30,919 try to again, I try to make it content that's evergreen that doesn't have 42 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,240 to be you know, that isn't necessarily relevant to a news story that was 43 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,479 happening that day or that week or in that period. So I don't even 44 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:43,159 know what which best of ran yesterday, Eric, to be honest with you, 45 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,560 couldn't tell you. But there you go. So yeah, just a 46 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:50,800 quick thing. So you know, I try to and I apologize for not 47 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:54,680 being here. I let Peter know relatively early in the day because you know, 48 00:03:55,159 --> 00:03:59,159 some of you might know Peter is not only the host of the morning 49 00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:00,719 show, but he's also the program director here, so he's the one I 50 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,599 alert if for any reason I'm not going to be able to make it in. 51 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,680 But you know, I try not to let get a lot of irons 52 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:11,240 in the fire, as they say, and I try not to let any 53 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:20,000 professional obligation directly interfere with this obligation. Professional obligation which is my favorite of 54 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,199 my obligations in terms of what I do. I I love coming in every 55 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,839 day and doing the show weekdays four to six pm. It is a great 56 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,199 joy of mine and I try hard never to miss it. But there are 57 00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:38,839 those moments where a professional obligation will interfere and there's just no getting around it. 58 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,759 So so as a result of that, I was not able to be 59 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,519 here yesterday. Some good news, however, to share regarding all this and 60 00:04:46,879 --> 00:04:48,800 what has been happening this week, and I've I've been very very busy, 61 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:56,040 So uh, there's us. It's nice that I can come in and share 62 00:04:56,079 --> 00:05:00,519 something positive about all this. There will I'll just mention it here briefly. 63 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,639 There will be more of an official announcement on social media. But so I'm 64 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:12,199 going to be partnering up with a business in hooks It birch Wood Salon. 65 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:15,959 I'm going to be learning to be a hair No, I'm kidding. I'm 66 00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:17,839 not going to be learning to be a hairdresser. I'm such a klutz. 67 00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:23,720 I don't think I'm even legally allowed to handle sharp objects. Anyone who's ever 68 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:27,600 seen me eat anything that requires a knife and fork can attest that I when 69 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,639 I do have to handle something sharp like a knife, I do so very 70 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,839 slowly and deliberately. I'm not even kidding. It's not even something I say 71 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,519 to be funny. I really am very very careful. So I don't, 72 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,279 you know, slice off all my fingers or something. I truly am a 73 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,040 klutz. I'm not known for my manual dexterity my friends. No. No, 74 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,480 But so that is a wonderful place, birch Wood Salon and hooks it 75 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:55,600 and I'm going to be doing hypnotherapy sessions there. If you're a regular listener, 76 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,480 you might know I'm also a certified hypnotherapist. And so we met and 77 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,079 uh, there's one little piece of paperwork left to take care of, and 78 00:06:04,079 --> 00:06:09,439 then that's it. It is official. So it's it's really a done deal 79 00:06:09,439 --> 00:06:16,560 already. But it's it's been interesting because you know I started, when I 80 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,920 started doing hypnotherapy, well, I've I've worked out of a few different places, 81 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:23,920 but some of you, if you're local in the Manchester area, and 82 00:06:23,959 --> 00:06:26,199 if you've been here a while, you might remember. There was a place 83 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,040 up the street for a long time called Styling Souls, and it was a 84 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,879 salon and they did a number of different things there in addition to cutting hair. 85 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,720 And I was the hypnotherapist there, so I would work there, you 86 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,120 know, again just part time, you know, I would do sessions there 87 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,439 in other places as well. But yeah, so Christy Lavalley was the owner 88 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:51,319 there and worked with her for a long time, actually worked with her and 89 00:06:51,360 --> 00:07:00,000 conquered and then she moved the salon to Manchester. So eventually she ended up 90 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:04,959 moving the salon to Pittsfield, Uh, to cut costs and uh, you 91 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,839 know, have the salon where she was living and so forth. And uh, 92 00:07:09,879 --> 00:07:16,079 I basically said, uh, Pittsfield, huh huh m hmm. Well, 93 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,439 I guess that's the end of our working really. Well, no, 94 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,839 I didn't exactly go that way. I'm sort of kidding, but but you 95 00:07:21,879 --> 00:07:27,800 know it's like really on the on the middle of the woods. Uh. 96 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:34,040 Yeah, So so then you improvise and then uh, well and and then 97 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:39,480 ultimately, uh, you know, the pandemic hit and that just uh you 98 00:07:39,519 --> 00:07:43,879 know, picked up the the puzzle and just uh threw all the pieces into 99 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,680 the air. So you know, I was already doing uh sessions. Not 100 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,040 not only would I do them at styling souls and other places that I worked, 101 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,720 but I would also do home visits to you know, if it was 102 00:07:54,759 --> 00:07:57,399 somebody in the area, and if it was somebody I knew or connected to 103 00:07:57,439 --> 00:08:00,439 somebody I knew, I would uh, I would sometimes go to their home 104 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:05,720 where I still do that actually, but when the pandemic hit, it was 105 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,560 like, oh, well, this changes everything, you know, especially as 106 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,199 someone like myself and Jenny. Of course, we take the pandemic very seriously, 107 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,959 or I guess we can say took I guess we can finally officially, 108 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,720 according to the government, talk about it in the past tense now that the 109 00:08:20,759 --> 00:08:24,120 emergency orders have ended officially, so I guess the pandemic is officially over, 110 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:31,519 which is fantastic. It's a good feeling. Uh So uh, not that 111 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,519 you shouldn't still be careful or get tested if you think you have COVID, 112 00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:37,919 of course, but that maybe we'll get into a little bit of that later 113 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:45,519 we that is something to celebrate that we made it through right anyway. So 114 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,600 you know, at that point when Styling Souls had moved to Pittsfield, if 115 00:08:48,639 --> 00:08:54,840 I was seeing clients in an office setting, it was at home at a 116 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,720 room in our home, and that we had set up all nice and Jenny 117 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:01,360 did so that as far as the actual setting it up, because she's really 118 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,600 good at that and creating a very comfortable space. And but you know, 119 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:13,360 doing it there, I mean at home, it's there's there's advantages and disadvantages 120 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:16,919 to that, you know what I mean. There's advantages obviously because it's a 121 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:22,440 low overhead because you're already living there, and there's disadvantages and that people are 122 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,120 coming to your your place of residence and you know it's like, uh, 123 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,639 oh okay, nice to meet you, and uh well we'll get settled in 124 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,559 and we'll do our session, and uh yeah, I also live here, 125 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:39,039 so uh please don't come back and murder me later. Um. Although I 126 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,440 would always I would screen that the on the intake form that I have the 127 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,840 client fill out, one of the questions is are you a murderer? So 128 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,440 so I would try to screen those people out. Um, now I'm kidding 129 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,480 for newer listeners, I do have a dark sense of humor. No, 130 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,360 I wouldn't put that on the intake form, but I would include a suggestion 131 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,879 and I still do to this day, a hypnotic suggestion during the session under 132 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:07,080 no circumstances will you murder your hypnotherapist at a later date. So, um, 133 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,240 it's important, you know, just professionally to include that. No, 134 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:16,320 but anyway, I'm kidding sort of, but uh so, but again, 135 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,720 the pandemic shows up and it's like yeah, people coming to coming to the 136 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:24,240 home and going and sitting in that room with me for an hour. No. 137 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,639 So but again, you know, we adapt and we go forward, 138 00:10:30,759 --> 00:10:35,120 and um something, you know, we have to find these silver linings where 139 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:41,600 we can. With the pandemic, people became very accustomed and very used to 140 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:46,960 and condition to, uh you know, uh having sessions with whether it be 141 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:52,320 someone like me who's a hypnotherapist or you know, a therapist, you know, 142 00:10:52,399 --> 00:10:54,320 like like my dad, he works in the mental health field, and 143 00:10:56,399 --> 00:11:01,279 so do I. Depending on who you ask, Some people don't like considering 144 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,639 hypnotherapists as being a part of the mental health field. It's it's very interesting. 145 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,120 It also depends on what state you're in. You know, in some 146 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,080 states, I can't call myself a hypnotherapist. I can only say hypnotist. 147 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:18,399 It's actually illegal in some places to use the word hypnotherapist. It's really interesting. 148 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,879 Maybe we'll get in all that sometime. It actually is kind of a 149 00:11:22,039 --> 00:11:24,320 I think it's an interesting subject. Of course I would work in that field, 150 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,559 but but yeah, people people got used to in condition to doing uh, 151 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,840 you know, meeting with their therapists online, you know, via zoom 152 00:11:33,039 --> 00:11:39,000 or there's a very popular app called doxy h that many of them use, 153 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,519 and or even for even for medical visits if it's if it's a follow up 154 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:48,679 with your your doctor and it's not something that you have to actually necessarily physically 155 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:50,720 go. Therefore, they just want to ask you some questions and make sure 156 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:54,799 you're okay, you know. So people got very used to that very quickly 157 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,360 to do in it that way. So you know, again, you you 158 00:11:58,399 --> 00:12:01,759 adapt and you you go forward. So um, that's what I've been doing. 159 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:11,559 Almost all of my clients I've seen online via zoom or actually via doxie, 160 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:16,039 which I think but I think it's built using zoom anyway, but you 161 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,960 know, been thinking for a little while it might be time to get back 162 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,360 into a setting where, you know, if a client doesn't want to do 163 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:30,600 it online and they you know, they don't necessarily want me to come to 164 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:33,039 their home, which I don't mind doing. The most important thing is that 165 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,399 the client is in a setting where they're very comfortable and able to relax. 166 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:41,399 But you know, if they'd like to U go go somewhere to an office. 167 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Uh, you know, now I have once again, I have a 168 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,440 place to do that. So so that's um, that is what has transpired 169 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,600 business wise this week, and it's pretty exciting. Uh. And and Jenny, 170 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:54,720 I should mention, she's the one who really pushed me to do that, 171 00:12:54,799 --> 00:12:58,519 to initiate that that discussion with Chris from Birchwood Salon. So there you 172 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:05,879 go. So uh, pretty much effective immediately. So so anyway, so 173 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:09,720 it's it's been a challenging week, but but it's turning out. It's turning 174 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:15,080 out well. So that was my long winded, my very long winded explanation. 175 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,639 Oh by the way, if you happen to be watching online, you 176 00:13:18,759 --> 00:13:22,279 might notice I also have less hair than I did because I went in person 177 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,159 to Birch's Wood salon, and UH got some a little. I feel a 178 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,759 little lighter now, m boy. I really my hair grows fast anyway, 179 00:13:30,759 --> 00:13:33,200 but I sometimes I just uh, you know, it was one thing when 180 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,440 I was twenty years old to be running around with all that hair. But 181 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:39,879 I don't know if it I don't know if at this point it really looks 182 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:43,120 that great. So it was probably the right move to go and get it 183 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:46,919 cut. But anyway, that's my long winded explanation. Why was why I 184 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,600 was briefly absent, But and again I apologize for that. But Shannon, 185 00:13:50,840 --> 00:14:01,279 hello, Hello, there's nothing wrong with Portfield. You know it seems I 186 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,320 well, I have at many points in my life when I did let my 187 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,600 hair get long. Yes, I would tie it back in a ponytail. 188 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,720 Yeah, but at this point I think I'm I think my ponytail phase has 189 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,759 passed. Shannon. Uh, it's it's a new season. It's a new 190 00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:24,039 season. Can I be your first client? How much do you charge? 191 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,519 You'll have to get my number and let me know where something. Yeah, 192 00:14:28,559 --> 00:14:31,200 I'll give you a call. Your number shows up on the caller ID. 193 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,480 I don't want to get into that on the air during the show. I 194 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,799 don't think that wouldn't be be appropriate. Uh, I don't, I don't. 195 00:14:37,799 --> 00:14:41,600 I don't think management wants me booking sessions live on the air. That 196 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,720 would be a uh. I was happy being facetious, but I'm serious. 197 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,360 Okay, Well, I'll give you a call. I'll give you a call. 198 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:50,159 I will. I'll take down your number. Like I said, you 199 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:52,000 do show up on the caller ID, which you know. That's how I 200 00:14:52,039 --> 00:14:56,399 know it's you, unless you thought that I was psychic pretending to be somebody 201 00:14:56,399 --> 00:15:03,960 else. Right. I start with an accent, but then I finished with 202 00:15:03,039 --> 00:15:07,320 my regular voice. Yeah, that's the thing. If you're gonna you know, 203 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,799 if you're gonna do the bit, you gotta really commit to it. 204 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:18,279 I know you gotta commit to the bit. I tried talking Scots. Oh 205 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,440 yeah, it doesn't say I gotta be honest with you. It doesn't sound 206 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:24,360 great. I can see why you don't commit to it. No offense, 207 00:15:26,279 --> 00:15:33,519 thank you. Just yeah, it's it's construct constructive criticism. That's a difficult. 208 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,279 Uh. That's a difficult accent to do, though. Well, then 209 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,120 again, I can't do any accents. I mean, I I you know, 210 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,919 I always say if I try to sound British. I end up sounding 211 00:15:41,919 --> 00:15:46,639 like an Australian with severe head trauma. I can't do any even Australian. 212 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,240 I can't do any uh I. Once in a great while I'll embarrass myself 213 00:15:52,279 --> 00:15:56,639 by attempting one, and then I immediately regret it. It depends on And 214 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:03,000 the funny thing is when when I'm listening to a book, it if it 215 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,440 takes place in England and the narrator is doing a job and using using the 216 00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:12,919 English accent throughout the book, I'll adapt to it and start talking like, 217 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:21,240 you know, with an English accent and Teddy Hoe yes, cheerio and things 218 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,480 like that too. I think they say that, and a lot of talk 219 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,039 of tea and crumpets. I don't know. I don't know what goes on 220 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:32,440 over there. I just know I see I see these video, these video, 221 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:37,720 this video and these images of the coronation of King Charles, and uh 222 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,279 I have to tell you, Shannon, you know, I've never been much 223 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:44,039 of an anglophial to begin with, but I look at I look at that 224 00:16:44,039 --> 00:16:47,159 stuff and I'm creeped out by it. It's creepy to me. It's actually 225 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,200 it really does. It gives me the chills when I when I see him 226 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:53,039 and his new crown and they're doing the whole thing, there's something weird about 227 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,879 it that I find unsettling. Like I'm not even I don't even mean it, 228 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:03,880 like is it to be function of the things or I don't know exactly 229 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:11,160 what it is, but I genuinely it's it's genuinely creepy to me. It's 230 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:19,039 it's it doesn't belong anymore. Yeah, I wouldn't even say that because no, 231 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,519 I know what you mean. No, I know what you mean, 232 00:17:21,559 --> 00:17:23,400 because there's a discussion about that in the UK, about you, you know, 233 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,799 there's an ongoing discussion and they're probably always has been about, you know, 234 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:32,039 has the monarchy outlived it's usefulness, which I don't know what it's usefulness 235 00:17:32,039 --> 00:17:37,039 ever was. But um no, there's something about like I just I I 236 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:42,240 see I see pictures from the coronation and I'm just I get I get a 237 00:17:42,319 --> 00:17:48,599 chill up my spine. It's like, I don't I can't quite explain it, 238 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:55,279 but there's something creepy and weird about the whole thing. And I don't 239 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:00,640 look different. It might not be so creepy maybe if he didn't look so 240 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:07,559 creepy. You mean he does. He does look creepy. He's like if 241 00:18:07,599 --> 00:18:11,799 he approached me, h at a party or not that I go to parties, 242 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:15,240 but if he approached me at a party, I'd probably uh find a 243 00:18:15,279 --> 00:18:19,400 way to very stealthily get away from him. I just he looks like someone 244 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:25,960 I would be very nervous around, you know. And it's not you know, 245 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,240 And I hope our new friend, uh Conrad war from the bandbes Deluxe, 246 00:18:30,279 --> 00:18:33,240 who came here from from there. I hope he's not offended by this 247 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:37,400 if he happens to be listening. And and Conrad's lovely, so you know, 248 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,759 it's certainly nothing against British people, but there's something about, Yeah, 249 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:45,960 there's something about Charles there. And he's got the crown and the whole thing. 250 00:18:45,799 --> 00:18:53,839 There's something weird. There's like I'm picking up on something just not okay 251 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:59,440 about the whole deal. It's it's just it, uh it I have nightmares 252 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,680 about it, Annon, I mean I haven't yet had a nightmare. But 253 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,480 before you go to bed, H don't want I don't have any tea before 254 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,720 you go, I don't even I don't even like tea. I won't have 255 00:19:10,759 --> 00:19:15,599 any crumpets either and uh and I will not good. I didn't want to 256 00:19:15,599 --> 00:19:19,680 call Peter show this morning because it was Barbio's day back. But oh yes, 257 00:19:21,559 --> 00:19:25,640 I want to ask Peter if and I don't know if you've heard of 258 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:30,559 this show keeping up appearances. It used to be on PBS. Yea, 259 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,559 and I used to stay at my grandmother's. She'd had that on it. 260 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:40,400 It was Hyacinth Bouquet. Yeah, people would pronounce a bucket. Yeah. 261 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,079 It's one of those old British sitcoms. It's set in an inn, right, 262 00:19:45,279 --> 00:19:48,000 and no, it's not setting an inn. What's setting? It's a 263 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:55,079 neighborhood and you get Hyacinthe and Richard and her son shared. I didn't what 264 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,480 am I thinking of? Oh anyway, I don't I know. I've seen 265 00:19:57,519 --> 00:20:00,880 the show. Is it an older cast? Is it based on older characters? 266 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:08,039 No? Okay, middle middle aged I'm thinking about I'm thinking about a 267 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,359 different show then, okay, Because because there was Hyacinth, her sister Rose, 268 00:20:12,599 --> 00:20:18,440 there was a sister. Really, I think maybe I was thinking an 269 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:22,279 end because I'm thinking of faulty towers. Oh, I don't know. That's 270 00:20:22,279 --> 00:20:26,400 a great show. I mean, I've only seen it a handful of times. 271 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:30,559 But yeah, yeah, but uh no, But I mean I feel 272 00:20:30,559 --> 00:20:33,759 like I have seen keeping up appearances, but probably a long long time ago, 273 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:42,079 long long time ago, m m m. But the thing is it 274 00:20:42,279 --> 00:20:48,519 was a I don't there was a show right after that, um, you 275 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,519 know them? Have you Have you ever listened at all on Sundays once in 276 00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:59,279 a while to the Great Guild to Sleep? Oh? I love the Old 277 00:20:59,279 --> 00:21:03,720 Time radio on Sundays for listeners who don't know on Sundays here, I think 278 00:21:03,759 --> 00:21:07,359 it runs from noon to midnight. It's uh, it's old time radio shows 279 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:12,279 all day and there's some great stuff. I love, Uh CBS and I've 280 00:21:12,279 --> 00:21:15,680 told Peter this too, you know, because he does all the programming. 281 00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:18,839 I love CBS Radio Mystery Theater, that's my favorite thing. There's a show 282 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:23,000 called X minus one that has a little more of a sci fi vibe, 283 00:21:23,039 --> 00:21:27,279 which is really cool. And uh and a couple other shows. Um. 284 00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:30,880 The comedy stuff I don't like as much, just because you know, obviously 285 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,240 it's of its time and so it's not well, you know, when when 286 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:41,759 best comes on. Oh no, yeah, yeah, I mean, I 287 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,839 you know, I respect all that stuff, but I wouldn't I can't listen 288 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,480 to it, but I like I like later in the day when the real 289 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:52,119 like CBS Radio Mystery Theater is just fantastic. I love those. Well, 290 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:57,440 I've got two good jello pie recipes from costening to the I love Lucy commercials 291 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,200 because you do jello. Oh yeah, yeah, it's fun to hear the 292 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:07,119 old commercials. Yeah. I like the ones about Chesterfield cigarettes. Apparently those 293 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,240 were the ones that doctors recommended because they were those are those are the healthy 294 00:22:11,279 --> 00:22:15,160 cigarettes? Yeah, there was a commercial I want to say during one of 295 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:22,039 them, the Philip Milo. Yeah, shows where doctors were pulled and more 296 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:27,000 dosers. I wish I had gotten that recording. Oh, Tony, Tony 297 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:32,240 Patrello's in the chat room. He also loves CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Yeah, 298 00:22:32,279 --> 00:22:36,079 those are Yeah, those are fantastic. There's also a show what is 299 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:45,880 it, uh, Space Patrol with a patrol Yes, Corey Happy, Oh 300 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:51,160 yeah, yeah, yeah, there's and those are It's funny because you think 301 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,000 you hear the name space Patrol and you think it's probably silly and goofy, 302 00:22:55,319 --> 00:23:02,079 but the stories are are are actually very sophisticated and complex and really really good 303 00:23:02,079 --> 00:23:07,039 stuff. Yeah. I listened to those. Yeah, I don't like X 304 00:23:07,079 --> 00:23:12,400 minus one so much. And I don't know, but it like I could 305 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:18,839 not get into reading the book Clockwork Orange or it's a Harry Potter. I 306 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,559 think it's the names to get me the weird name. I don't know. 307 00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:30,039 Well, I don't like Harry Potter because it reminds me of King Charles. 308 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:37,039 It's too British for me. Yeah, I'm telling you he's evil. He's 309 00:23:37,079 --> 00:23:42,160 an evil man. Don't trust him because Lawrence Welk would be on. I'd 310 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:48,480 watched that and I was just reading a book, The Black Lights. Yeah, 311 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:53,400 black Lights by um Tom Howser. I think it is. It's about 312 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:59,400 boxing. Oh okay, yeah, I'm not familiar. What was it going 313 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,000 to say about it? Oh? Tone, I know I've watched some of 314 00:24:03,039 --> 00:24:10,240 them. I remember watching some of those fights when I was oh no kidding. 315 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:14,079 Oh wow, Um, I probably saw him, I don't know. 316 00:24:14,599 --> 00:24:18,640 Yeah, I probably saw Maham at least fight. Oh that's cool. Yeah, 317 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,160 yeah, Tony says in the chat room. YouTube has a ton of 318 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,160 the CBS Radio mystery theater shows and it's it's funny that you mentioned that, 319 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,720 Tony, because I I've had occasions where I've been in the car and I'm 320 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:34,359 listening to an episode of that in the car on a Sunday, and I 321 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,559 get to my destination and I have to leave the car, but I want 322 00:24:37,599 --> 00:24:41,119 to hear I'm so wrapped up in the show. I want to hear the 323 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:42,160 rest of it, but I don't have time to sit there and listen to 324 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:47,200 it. So I'll actually, I'll just pull out my phone and I'll just 325 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:48,799 if I don't know the name of the episode, I'll just google, like 326 00:24:48,839 --> 00:24:52,599 some of the names of the characters or some details of the episode, and 327 00:24:52,599 --> 00:24:55,359 I'll find it right away, and I'll find it on YouTube, so then 328 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,200 I can listen to it later on YouTube if I want to hear how it 329 00:24:57,319 --> 00:25:03,240 ends. Realized. This is a stupid question for everybody that uses computers, 330 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,240 But couldn't you just put your phone on ninety three boys by Its? Yeah, 331 00:25:07,279 --> 00:25:10,839 But if I'm like, if I'm going to a store or something, 332 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,599 I don't want to be walking around in the store listening to the radio shown 333 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:18,359 a driveway moment you sit and listen to the breast right. Yeah, But 334 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,640 that's that's one thing to do. If it's a song or a really great 335 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,599 radio segment. But if it's like if it's a half hour CBS radio mystery 336 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,960 theater and I'm halfway through it, I don't necessarily want to sit in the 337 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,519 car for another fifteen minutes just sitting there listening. You know, people might 338 00:25:33,559 --> 00:25:36,519 walk by, they might think I'm weird, like I'm some creep or something. 339 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,839 I'm very self conscious about that kind of thing, although less so now 340 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:45,960 that I have my new haircut. When I have when when I when I 341 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,559 let my hair be long, you know, I'll have people walking up to 342 00:25:48,599 --> 00:25:51,839 me going, hey, man, you got a cigarette. They don't do 343 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,119 that when my hair is short. For real, I'm completely serious about that. 344 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,880 When when my hair is long, everyone assumes I'm a smoker, which 345 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:03,160 is ironic given that I'm a hypnotherapist and I help people quit smoking. Okay, 346 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:08,640 so that's what that is. That's what what is the hypnotherapy stuff? 347 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,759 Well you can do many things with it, but that's the number one thing 348 00:26:11,759 --> 00:26:18,960 that I see clients for. Okay, yep, all right, all right, 349 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:25,119 Joel, I will let go and uh, today's Thursday, so yes, 350 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,480 you have a great day. Tomorrow is your fun day. Yes, 351 00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:30,880 favorite Friday is my favorite day. Of the week. It's my long day 352 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,200 here at WMNH and I love it. I have this show and then I 353 00:26:34,279 --> 00:26:40,200 come back for Retrospectrum Radio with policy. Yes. And when when you said 354 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,960 are you going to play the Cagny and Lacy song for Shannon? That I 355 00:26:42,039 --> 00:26:45,480 was. I was hoping i'd hear it. But who said that? Paul 356 00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:49,079 said that? You said that last Friday. I didn't say that. I 357 00:26:49,079 --> 00:26:52,720 don't. I don't know. I remember you bringing it up, but I 358 00:26:52,759 --> 00:26:57,440 never said I would. I don't. I don't decide. Oh yeah, 359 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,759 but I don't think he said. But he never said he would play it. 360 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,960 Oh no, No, No, No, he didn't. No, 361 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:08,720 that's up to him, right right. And then I think he said no, 362 00:27:10,319 --> 00:27:11,839 And I think he said that he will never play it as long as 363 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:18,839 he lives. Ever, probably I know right, Well, keep so we'll 364 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,599 keep working on him, Shannon. Someday, someday we'll crack him. I 365 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,480 love la I love all your shows. I just there's a little time to 366 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:36,880 get past him Bush, past the what jahing? It's it's it just took 367 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:42,680 me a little time. This matter, okay, But no, you and 368 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:47,359 Jenny have a nice weekend. Thank you. You don't like you. You're 369 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:52,400 not a hiker camper type me. No, I don't go into the woods. 370 00:27:52,599 --> 00:27:56,240 Uh. Yeah, there's deer ticks in the woods, which I'm very 371 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,160 afraid of. I don't want. I don't want to end up with lime 372 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,720 disease. Uh, you've got the blair witch is in the woods. That's 373 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,680 very frightening to me. I don't want to be in a tent and all 374 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,359 of a sudden something is shaking the tent and I don't know what to do. 375 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,720 Stay in the tent, go outside, end up in a weird basement 376 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:15,880 in the corner. I don't want any of that. So that scares me. 377 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,680 And also too, there's wild animals. Tiger might eat me or something. 378 00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:26,680 No, I don't go into the woods. Let let let if he's 379 00:28:26,759 --> 00:28:29,799 listening, even though he's done feeling well, I hope he feels better. 380 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,279 But I had written him a little letter. Oh and I sent that out 381 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:41,519 April third or fourth. Yeah, so I don't know if he got it. 382 00:28:41,359 --> 00:28:45,480 I don't either somebody in the mail room because because I don't know what 383 00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:52,279 floor he's on or anything. So I just put a tension. But well, 384 00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:56,319 if he calls, I will ask him or he can take a day 385 00:28:56,319 --> 00:29:03,400 and you know he'll have something to do, go in search of I think 386 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,039 Bruce stole it. He might have. Bruce is a big mail thief. 387 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,240 Let's start that rumor. Yeah, he might sit. I'll give it tool 388 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:18,039 mm hmm yeah. Never trust your mail with Bruce. All right, Well 389 00:29:18,039 --> 00:29:21,960 you guys have a nice weekend, all right, thank you, shann tonight. 390 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,119 Okay, excellent, We'll talk to you soon. Thank you, bye 391 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,559 bye, all right. Always nice here from our friend Shannon. And that 392 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:32,559 does open up a line for you. Six zero three two five six seven 393 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:37,000 six zo three two five six seven is the studio line. Jenny said in 394 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:41,240 the chat. There's a strange man on my screen. L old, it's 395 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:45,680 just me, Melanie said, nice blair Witch reference. I do love the 396 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,200 blair Witch Project. People made fun of it. Some people made fun of 397 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,079 it when it came out. I think the blair Witch Project and I'm not 398 00:29:52,119 --> 00:29:55,039 saying this to be funny. I absolutely sincerely mean this. I think it's 399 00:29:55,079 --> 00:30:00,559 absolutely brilliant. I think it is brilliant, but at all but some of 400 00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:03,599 the reactions to it did at the time when it came out. Because I 401 00:30:03,599 --> 00:30:07,559 was working at Strawberries on loudon Road and Conquered and of course Strawberries. We 402 00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:11,960 sold DVDs and CDs, and eventually it got bought bought by trans World, 403 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,279 who also owns Fye and so forth. But I remember working there at the 404 00:30:15,279 --> 00:30:22,039 time when that movie came out and when it came out on DVD there, 405 00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:25,400 well, actually when it was still in the theaters and it was really popular. 406 00:30:26,039 --> 00:30:30,319 Some of the conversations I had with people were very strange, because the 407 00:30:30,319 --> 00:30:34,440 whole point of it is to make it look like it's real, but nobody's 408 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:41,119 supposed to be actually fooled. Like I'd have conversations with people who'd come in 409 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,519 the store. They'd be like, Wow, I can't believe they found that 410 00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:47,400 video and then made a movie out of it. That almost seems wrong. 411 00:30:47,559 --> 00:30:51,839 It's like they're they're exploiting the people in the movie who died, and it's 412 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:59,359 like, um. So I remember having a conversation with one specific person where 413 00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:02,799 they said something like that to me, and I'm like, Hey, did 414 00:31:02,839 --> 00:31:06,880 you happen to see did you happen to see the other night the Tonight Show 415 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:12,039 where the guests on the show were the people in the Blair Witch Project. 416 00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:18,039 The three main cast members they were on the show. Yeah, yeah, 417 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:21,559 I saw that. Okay, but you just told me you think it's wrong 418 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:26,640 that they took that video and made a movie out of it and exploited the 419 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,720 deaths of these people. So when you see the actors on your television, 420 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:36,119 what happens in your brain? Anything? I mean, really, it was. 421 00:31:36,279 --> 00:31:40,279 It was bizarre, like it's I guess it's cool that in a way 422 00:31:40,319 --> 00:31:45,920 that people bought into it and suspended their disbelief. But you're really you're really 423 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:52,759 only required to suspend your disbelief while you're actually watching the film. It doesn't 424 00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:56,880 need to carry over afterward while you're walking around going wow, I can't believe 425 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,559 they made a movie out of that. But no, I think Blair Wins 426 00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:06,200 project is brilliant. We have a call. Hi, Welcome to Matt Connerton 427 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,079 unleashed. Who's this. I didn't know you are a hypnotherapist. Yes, 428 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:16,519 I am Dave Ridley, but I'm not. I'm not. You're not a 429 00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:23,680 hypnotherapist. That's what I called to tell you, all right. I never 430 00:32:23,759 --> 00:32:30,000 I never suspected that you were to tell you the truth. I mean, 431 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:35,680 when would you have time to hypnotize anybody you're you're busy trying to uh seceed 432 00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:40,039 from the Union. Yeah, it takes up a lot of hours. That's 433 00:32:40,039 --> 00:32:44,160 actually the federal government's job. The federal government will do the stuff that needs 434 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:49,720 to be done that makes New Hampshire rights want to leave. I want to 435 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:54,240 leave New Hampshire or leave the Union. Maybe both. Oh, well, 436 00:32:54,240 --> 00:33:00,839 that's a boy. That's disheartening although young people. Yeah, but you know, 437 00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:05,240 if we have if we have an independent nation here, then I think 438 00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:08,279 that it would draw people here. It would be special. Now, I 439 00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:14,079 know you don't like my idea about having a nuclear weapon. If we become 440 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:19,599 our own country, what about just a small If we can't have a nuke, 441 00:33:20,279 --> 00:33:27,119 how about just a couple of bunker busters. So if you really want 442 00:33:27,119 --> 00:33:30,559 to talk seriously about like a national defense or what's the best policy for a 443 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:37,400 small, independent, maybe neutral nation to have, the simple answer is probably 444 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:42,599 just two words. It's probably just Costa Rica. You want to invade Costa 445 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:47,279 Rica? No, No, it's just if you just look at Costa Rica, 446 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:51,680 you learn what happens when you get rid of your military and you go 447 00:33:51,799 --> 00:33:54,599 neutral. Even if you're in a bad neighborhood, your life gets better. 448 00:33:54,799 --> 00:34:00,920 So Costa Rica got rid of its military in the nineteen forties, and of 449 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,640 course obviously since then there have been problems in Central America. They're right next 450 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,679 to Nicaragua and Honduras everything. But actually they've never had a war, they've 451 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:14,880 never had They've been a great place to live in a bad neighborhood really for 452 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,199 a long time now because they got rid of their military, didn't spend money 453 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,239 on a military in the first place, and didn't form any alliance. Does 454 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:27,119 it make sense, yeah, yeah, so they remained neutral unaligned. I 455 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:30,920 think the term we use. Yes, it's likely that actually having a military 456 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:35,719 just puts you more at risk. Your military becomes a risk to your people, 457 00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:40,840 or it goes making trouble with neighbors and stuff like that, and so 458 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,360 that that's one way to do it. Of course, there are ways to 459 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:50,159 have a military and be independent and be neutral. That now, like Switzerland, 460 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:52,719 that's nothing, but there their military costs them a lot of money. 461 00:34:52,719 --> 00:35:00,400 I suspect to Costa Rica approach is better. Well in Switzerland is Oh I'm 462 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:05,079 sorry, I almost said something really foolish. Yeah, Switzerland is neutral. 463 00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,239 I was thinking of I was in my mind for a moment there I conflated 464 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:13,760 Switzerland with Sweden because Sweden is joining NATO or has joined NATO. Switzerland, 465 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:22,239 yes, they are neutral, but they do have a military. Switzerland has 466 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,920 a big military. I mean for its size, I think everybody does, 467 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:29,280 right except I mean, who who other than Costa Rica. So when you 468 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,760 say Costa Rica has as no military, you mean literally no military at all, 469 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,719 no defense whatsoever. Well, you know, yeah, police, they 470 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,519 have like I think maybe a coast guard or something like that. I'm not 471 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,239 you know, I don't remember all a detail. Yeah, but they had 472 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,239 a civil they had a civil war in the forties, and I think that 473 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:51,639 was what convinced them that the military was more of a problem than a solution, 474 00:35:52,559 --> 00:35:54,599 and just their unique situation in the way they came out of the war 475 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:00,719 made them choose to do that when other countries did not. Then I'm not 476 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,800 sure that i'd ever even been tried before there was there was a nation in 477 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,360 the ancient times, the Indus Valley civilization. I'm not sure if they had 478 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:13,800 a military or not, but they never had a war. Okay, that 479 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,880 was in modern day Pakistan, very advanced. I don't remember what the timeline 480 00:36:19,039 --> 00:36:22,159 was here. Um, but yeah, now that's special. The fact that 481 00:36:22,199 --> 00:36:27,320 they proved that could be done in the ancient and very very violent world. 482 00:36:28,159 --> 00:36:31,920 Uh, is just it's like that should be the ninth wonder of the world, 483 00:36:32,039 --> 00:36:35,559 right or one of the seventh wonder of the ancient world? Right? 484 00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:42,800 Yes. Now, so our friend Jay Fed has a question, and I 485 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,960 think he's I think he's sort of kidding, but but it does raise a 486 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,960 serious point. So maybe he's not kidding. Here's here's the question, and 487 00:36:51,599 --> 00:36:52,440 I'll and then I'll tell you what I take from it, and then we'll 488 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:57,039 get your answer to Dave. So, j Fed says, could do Hampshire 489 00:36:57,079 --> 00:36:59,960 become their own nation? He's he's actually in Vermont, but he says, 490 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:04,000 could New Ampsher become their own nation? Then the USA could go in and 491 00:37:04,159 --> 00:37:07,360 kick New Hampshire's ass and take it back. That would be like the only 492 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:12,320 war the US is one now. But that does raise a serious question. 493 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,320 So if we become as New Hampshire seceeds, we become our own nation, 494 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:19,280 and we don't have any kind of defense, what is to stop the United 495 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:24,920 States from invading us and and just taking us back. Well, you could, 496 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,679 again, there's a lot of different options you could take the Costa Rica 497 00:37:30,679 --> 00:37:34,599 approach, where we're just the good guys, We're a harmless why are you 498 00:37:34,639 --> 00:37:37,480 invading us? Or you could take the Swiss approach, where we're armed to 499 00:37:37,519 --> 00:37:44,400 the teeth and every every home has a mandated assault rifle it and everyone's required 500 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,800 to join the military. But you don't. But but you're but you're neutral 501 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:52,000 and peaceful. You could do that. Or another option would be, uh, 502 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:57,599 to do the Gandhi mode where Gandhi had a plan for fighting the Japanese 503 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,400 if they invaded India, which they almost did do in World War Two, 504 00:38:01,039 --> 00:38:05,920 and his plan was basically, don't don't try to kill any of them, 505 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,079 but just do due to them what we did is a British you know, 506 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:14,800 and just just mask civil discobedience, constantly disobeying everything they wanted to do. 507 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:19,440 Drive the nut. Actually, the Japanese liked Gandhi, so I don't think 508 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,320 it would have really even come to that the Japanese government in the World War 509 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:30,880 two era. But uh, that's another option. The fourth option would be 510 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,760 what I could then this has never been tried. Well this, I don't 511 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,719 think this has really been tried before. The closest thing would be Yugoslavia under 512 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:45,079 Tito his he had a plan to fight the Soviet Union by going straight into 513 00:38:45,159 --> 00:38:47,360 guerrilla war. They weren't going to bother defending any borders, they weren't going 514 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,239 to have any dog fights in the air. They were going to go push 515 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,079 straight straight into the mountains of Bosnia and just fight from there. And that 516 00:38:55,079 --> 00:39:00,079 that would be another option. And then I guess the fifth option tifth option 517 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:09,679 roughly would be something more along the lines of a completely decentralized individual base guerrilla 518 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:14,239 resistance, where you don't really you don't have any command and control, you 519 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,400 just had the governor just says, here's the parameters. We're asking all of 520 00:39:17,519 --> 00:39:22,800 the people of New Hampshire to resist along these lines. Here's what you can't 521 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,800 do, here's what you can do, and I'm going to go into hiding 522 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:30,639 now and then just let them fight it out. So again, the Hampshire 523 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,159 could go straight into guerrilla war if it were invaded. But I favor, 524 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,880 I guess I favor probably something along the lines of the Costa Rica or Gandhi 525 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:46,159 model. Definitely don't like the idea of shooting at US forces, even if 526 00:39:46,159 --> 00:39:51,000 we were even if we were already independent and this was twenty years after independence 527 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,440 and they invaded. I'm not sure I want to even then, I'm not 528 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:57,480 sure I want to see them shot. Certainly in this case, like the 529 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,679 way it is right now, the US government has enough of an aura of 530 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:07,480 legitimacy left that any kind of violent resistance against them reduces your chance of success. 531 00:40:07,079 --> 00:40:10,840 Um. The science is this, lady, They call it the Scientists 532 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:15,880 of Civil Disobedience. Your name is Erica Chanowi, and she ran some studies 533 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,679 that show if you push it, if you go violent in your succession drive, 534 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:25,840 your chances of succeeding go down by a factor of three. Interesting. 535 00:40:27,559 --> 00:40:34,320 Why does does she explain why? Um? I think it's because it makes 536 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:39,159 the invader or the crackdown government or the dictator or whatever. It makes their 537 00:40:39,199 --> 00:40:45,199 forces feel more comfortable being against you. If you're cheating at them, that 538 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:50,960 makes sense. But if you're if you're resisting peaceably, then it just starts 539 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,760 to become they're fighting their brother, they're fighting their liquor store owner, they're 540 00:40:54,800 --> 00:41:01,039 just the number of people that can resist becomes so big if you're talking about 541 00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:06,199 non violent resistance, and the number of methods that can be used becomes so 542 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:13,119 wide with non violent resistance that it just massively increases your potential for a large 543 00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:15,440 movement. Does it make sense? It does. Yeah, And actually a 544 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:20,480 couple of the options too that you mentioned, at least a couple maybe three, 545 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,920 uh, in terms of what you know, if if if New Hampshire 546 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:30,280 had succeeded and then UH invaded by the United States. UM. We do 547 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:37,719 live in a state that is armed to the teeth. So I suppose with 548 00:41:37,039 --> 00:41:42,199 all the people who do have guns, UH, there would be at least 549 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:46,159 a couple of the options that you mentioned would would work or would at least 550 00:41:46,159 --> 00:41:53,920 be tried as far as defending the state against the US, the Swiss model 551 00:41:54,360 --> 00:42:00,880 or the UM, the guerrilla war model, the Tito model. UM would 552 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:07,039 be more useful if we if we were invaded by China long after declaring independence 553 00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:12,079 or something like that, something that's so foreign an alien. In cases like 554 00:42:12,119 --> 00:42:17,119 that, violent resistance apparently is more considered more appropriate and more effective because you're 555 00:42:17,119 --> 00:42:25,599 fighting against something that has no or of legitimacy to lose. Yeah, trying 556 00:42:25,679 --> 00:42:30,000 to I believe will never invade the ampsition no matter what happens. That's not 557 00:42:30,119 --> 00:42:34,079 their way of doing things. They would try to influence the government. They're 558 00:42:34,079 --> 00:42:37,119 already trying to do that with Nunu. Um, they would do their China 559 00:42:37,199 --> 00:42:40,400 thing, and it's it's very different from the way the United States goes in 560 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:45,880 with kinetics. Um. You know, they just you know, China doesn't 561 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:50,079 go to war nearly as often as the United States. Says you saw something 562 00:42:50,159 --> 00:42:55,280 interesting there, Dave. But what you China already trying to influence Governor Sanunu. 563 00:42:55,400 --> 00:43:00,119 What do you mean, Well, the EXPERI did I know about it 564 00:43:00,159 --> 00:43:04,480 is just two things. First of all, Um, they have a rating 565 00:43:04,519 --> 00:43:08,159 system where they they rate all of America's governors on how friendly they are toward 566 00:43:08,199 --> 00:43:13,519 Beijing. Really, and so they've given governors into a rating. I don't 567 00:43:13,559 --> 00:43:17,599 know what his rating is, the pier low in their esteem. Um. 568 00:43:17,639 --> 00:43:24,119 And the other thing is UH. Beijing has UH sort of a sort of 569 00:43:24,119 --> 00:43:30,239 an unofficial consulate in New Hampshire. You might say it's called a Confucius centor 570 00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:36,360 oh you've you've you've talked about those before and and and um, not to 571 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,400 derail you, Dave, but my dad has talked. My dad was the 572 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:42,239 first one to bring to my attention, and it's popped up in the news 573 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:46,639 a little bit. These um these uh police stations effectively that the China has 574 00:43:46,639 --> 00:43:50,159 in the United States. And I don't know if that's if that is in 575 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,960 any relation of the Confucius Centers. I remember you talking about about the Confucius 576 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:58,840 Centers. I don't know if there's a direct h connection there between that and 577 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,239 the these sort of weird police stations that they have. But uh, I 578 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,840 didn't mean to interrupt you. I just said I thought of that when you 579 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:10,920 mentioned the Confucius Centers. The Confucius Centers are not police stations. They're they're 580 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,079 totally soft power. It's just it's like an educational thing. So it's funded 581 00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:21,360 by the Chinese government, and their thing is to appear basic usually at at 582 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:28,159 US university's for instance. In this case it's the unh at Durham in eastern 583 00:44:28,159 --> 00:44:31,039 New Hampshire. Yeah, you went to you went to visit them, right, 584 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,800 I went. Yes, I went to the Confucius Center and I was 585 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,800 going to do the riddly report stuff and ask them questions with my camera and 586 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:43,599 everything, but they were always gone when I would go there. Um. 587 00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:47,360 I did do a little demonstration in front of there in the office. Yeah, 588 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,400 but I just had a free I had a free Hong Kong sign. 589 00:44:52,679 --> 00:44:54,480 But you know, they're they're not as nefarious as they could be. The 590 00:44:54,519 --> 00:44:58,679 idea as to teach help kids learn Mandarin, to help the college kids learn 591 00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:01,880 Mandarin, and they te delt teach a class on Chinese history and stuff like 592 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:06,239 that. Yeah, it's not all evil, but it's definitely funded by the 593 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:10,840 Chinese government and they obviously are going to have their expectations that it will improve 594 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:15,880 Chinese power in somewhere. They wouldn't be funding it. It beats it beats 595 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:22,880 Iraq war. Right, it's better than uh US invasion of Afghanistan. Right. 596 00:45:22,039 --> 00:45:27,519 It's the Chinese way of expanding. And there's all kinds of evils that 597 00:45:27,559 --> 00:45:30,760 come along with it, but it's not you know, it's not always as 598 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:35,719 bad as what the US does. Interesting. Okay, do you know about 599 00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,599 the the other thing, the police stations. I've never heard about that, 600 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:44,039 Okay, Yeah, it's it's interesting though. Um there was one in uh, 601 00:45:44,119 --> 00:45:46,800 I think in Chinatown in New York City, um, where they have 602 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:52,400 these uh yeah, these these sort of I guess makeshift police stations set up 603 00:45:52,760 --> 00:46:00,800 and they they they harass uh some of the residents there who are who? 604 00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:06,760 Uh immigrated from China to the United States, And uh, it's interesting. 605 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:08,360 It's a weird thing. When I when I first heard about it, I 606 00:46:08,639 --> 00:46:13,559 thought it was I thought it was some made up conspiracy theory thing. But 607 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,920 this has actually been getting a little bit of coverage and in mainstream media outlets. 608 00:46:19,079 --> 00:46:22,000 Uh but uh, yeah, it's it's it's interesting. I don't know 609 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:27,400 how many of them there are or anything like that, but but but I 610 00:46:27,079 --> 00:46:35,320 did have no no, the Chinese government was implicated in For example, there 611 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:42,039 was a student in Australia who was just organizing like a very ramshackle protest against 612 00:46:42,039 --> 00:46:45,280 the I don't know, you know, be an invasion off the bad or 613 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:50,440 Hong Kong or whatever. Wasn't you know the particular of Hong Kong Um. 614 00:46:50,519 --> 00:46:52,559 I think he was late to his own protest, who was going to have 615 00:46:52,639 --> 00:46:57,000 like ten people, but a bunch of thugs showed up and started beating on 616 00:46:57,119 --> 00:47:01,159 his protesters, really beat on him. And then the university blamed him you 617 00:47:01,199 --> 00:47:06,519 shouldn't have had a demonstration against Chinese government, and they tried to expel him 618 00:47:06,519 --> 00:47:12,920 from school in the Beijing. The Beijing UM Embassy in Australia got involved in 619 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,840 supporting the uh, the Ruffians, you know, the the the guys who 620 00:47:17,159 --> 00:47:22,519 were assaulting everybody, um and uh. But so you weren't allowed to hold 621 00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:28,159 a sign on your own campus. You know in Australia. This is about 622 00:47:28,199 --> 00:47:30,360 you know, three years ago and this happened, so that that is eventually 623 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:35,400 coming. That's eventually coming here. You know. It's China really does have 624 00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,599 you know, they are the world's up and coming superpower and it's not gonna 625 00:47:38,679 --> 00:47:42,800 get it's not gonna get smaller, and their power is not going to go 626 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,360 away. So what do you have to learn? What the what the appropriate 627 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:51,320 response to this? You know, how do you handle it? Uh? 628 00:47:52,199 --> 00:47:53,960 And there's a lot of different opens but like I said, I just mentioned 629 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:58,840 five for an independent New Hampshire, right, They're easy to you know, 630 00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:01,960 pick and choose from. Some are easier than others. Some have lost any 631 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:07,679 money at all. There's all kinds of methods we can use to hold China 632 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:14,480 at bay, even as a very small country. And I actually the Chinese 633 00:48:14,559 --> 00:48:17,920 understand this and respect that to some extent, and they're not they're not usually 634 00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:22,079 one too. For instance, the Chinese government is not trying to make all 635 00:48:22,119 --> 00:48:24,639 the governments in the world communists, right, like like the Americans trying to 636 00:48:24,639 --> 00:48:31,880 make everything a democracy. True. Jenny says in the chat that she saw 637 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:36,760 a news report that says they have set up those Chinese police stations in Canada. 638 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,440 Wow. Well, well, actually I shouldn't be surprised because they when 639 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:44,519 they sent that spy balloon over, it went over not only the United States, 640 00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:50,280 but over Canada as well. Yeah, the fights coming here, you 641 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,239 know. Um, like there was some guys that set up or some artists 642 00:48:53,239 --> 00:49:00,599 that made a lampy lampoon Chijian thing like with a uh, sculpture or something 643 00:49:00,639 --> 00:49:05,639 like that, and she jing things. People keep coming in and trying to 644 00:49:05,679 --> 00:49:07,280 burn this sculpture down, and they guess they've already burned They've burned it down 645 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:12,480 on the first try actually call correctly. Uh. And it was just gonna 646 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,320 this is about in the middle of nowhere in the United States somewhere. Really 647 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:22,519 yep, interesting, very interesting. Um all right, well, I feel 648 00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:24,599 like we went in a couple of different directions. Is that why you called 649 00:49:24,679 --> 00:49:30,079 Dave or was there some other reason I was gonna call about something else that 650 00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:31,320 I've taken up so much of your time. I may just call back in 651 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:35,119 about it later. It's not time since to do okay, Yeah, New 652 00:49:35,119 --> 00:49:37,760 Hampshire News. Yeah, we are approaching the top of the hour, so 653 00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,480 that's fine, but no interesting discussion, Dave. I appreciate the call, 654 00:49:40,599 --> 00:49:45,519 my friend. Yep, all right, Dave. Oh, I do want 655 00:49:45,559 --> 00:49:49,679 to plug anything at Ridley Report or an H exit or oh yeah, n 656 00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:53,760 hit dot us. Uh. Speaking of which NH exit, I guess they 657 00:49:53,800 --> 00:50:00,280 guess they've hired an aircraft. Maybe it was gonna rove New Hampshire. Uh 658 00:50:00,639 --> 00:50:07,440 with a anective banner. Oh, no kidding. Oh that's fun. Yeah, 659 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:08,440 all right, very good. I'll let you know if I see it. 660 00:50:10,079 --> 00:50:13,480 All right, all right, Dave, thank you, have a good 661 00:50:13,559 --> 00:50:16,119 day. All right, bye bye bye. All right, that was our 662 00:50:16,159 --> 00:50:22,760 friend Dave Ridley. Ironically enough, some breaking news just came over the wire. 663 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:29,239 China has just invaded Costa Rica. So Dave, if you're still listening, 664 00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:32,000 I bet you feel pretty foolish now about them not having their own military. 665 00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:37,840 Uh uh. Melanie said in the chat room, you guys would be 666 00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:44,000 so much happier as Vermonters. We have reproductive rights, legalized marijuana. We 667 00:50:44,079 --> 00:50:47,639 generally kick ass over here and Jenny pointed out that Vermont has a state income 668 00:50:47,679 --> 00:50:54,159 tax staying in New Hampshire. Yes, but yeah, by the way, 669 00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:58,920 we're two of the safest states I just saw. You know, there's always 670 00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:06,960 every year there's these polls that show data from uh oh wow. Okay, 671 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:10,239 I'll tell you in the second what I was oh wowing about. Um there's 672 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:15,079 uh, you know, data about crime statistics across the country, and as 673 00:51:15,199 --> 00:51:21,320 usual, New Hampshire and Vermont, I believe both ranked in the top five 674 00:51:21,519 --> 00:51:24,800 of safest states that you can live in in the United States. I think 675 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:29,519 Maine was in the top five as well. I was saying, oh wow, 676 00:51:29,599 --> 00:51:34,360 Jenny just messaged me that our guest, Chris Connor, had to cancel 677 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:38,960 tomorrow. We will reschedule him. Of course, a podcaster and he interviews 678 00:51:39,199 --> 00:51:43,679 a lot of MMA fighters and I was looking forward to speaking with him. 679 00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,880 But sounds like he's got a bit of a challenge that he's dealing with at 680 00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:53,159 the moment, So we hope he's okay. But we're all ready we're already 681 00:51:53,199 --> 00:51:55,639 approaching the top of the hour. Let's go ahead and take our break now. 682 00:51:55,679 --> 00:52:00,440 I'm gonna play a track from the Stone Road band Brutus also opened with 683 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:06,559 a track of Theirs. We do play Stone Road Band's music on the show 684 00:52:06,639 --> 00:52:12,320 occasionally because one of the guys from the Stone Road Band is singer songwriter Kevin 685 00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,760 Horn, who is going to be at the hop Knot this weekend. Our 686 00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:19,039 amazing sponsor and the Brady Sullivan at one thousand Elm Street right across the street. 687 00:52:19,199 --> 00:52:22,239 By the way, today is Thursday, which means tonight is Trivia Night 688 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,679 at the hop Knot. It starts at seven pm, so it's back to 689 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:30,639 its old time. Broderick Lang is doing it now, I believe because Bill 690 00:52:30,639 --> 00:52:37,199 Seene he had other commitments, so broder broder it. Broderick Lang is the 691 00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:39,559 new guide getting rave reviews there at the hop Knot. So that starts tonight 692 00:52:39,599 --> 00:52:44,199 at seven pm. If you are going to participate in Trivia Night, please 693 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:50,280 call ahead or contact via social media to reserve a spot because that's a very 694 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:53,639 popular feature there at the hop Knot and those spots do fill up quickly. 695 00:52:54,159 --> 00:52:59,800 And then Saturday night, Kevin Horn of the Stone road Band will be doing 696 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:01,760 this thing at the hop Knot from seven to nine pm, So we're going 697 00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:06,519 to play another track from his band, the Stone road Band. I really 698 00:53:06,519 --> 00:53:08,679 love these guys. And by the way, Kevin Horn is going to be 699 00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:13,639 a guest right here on Matt Connerton Unleashed. I don't remember the date, 700 00:53:14,119 --> 00:53:15,159 but that is going to be coming up soon as well, and I'm really 701 00:53:15,159 --> 00:53:20,119 looking forward to meeting him. But anyway, so we'll give this a spin 702 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,199 and we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors, and then we will be 703 00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:27,760 back with our number two numrrowed dose of Matt Connerton Unleashed. There is plenty 704 00:53:27,800 --> 00:54:12,280 more to come. Don't go away, Welcome back everybody. It is Matt 705 00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:16,360 Connerton Unleashed as we cruise into our second hour new merrow Dose. Here we 706 00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:21,920 are well into our second hour, actually live from the studios of w m 707 00:54:22,079 --> 00:54:27,119 n H ninety five point three FM in Glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, 708 00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:30,000 also on Comcast ninety seven. If you're in Manchester and hello to Olive our 709 00:54:30,039 --> 00:54:32,719 online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You can go to my 710 00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:37,199 website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live streaming options, social media links, 711 00:54:37,199 --> 00:54:43,440 contact info, show archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is Thursday May 712 00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:46,639 eleven, two thousand and twenty three. So nice to have you all with 713 00:54:46,719 --> 00:54:50,119 me if you'd like to join us today on the program. Six zo three 714 00:54:50,199 --> 00:54:53,159 two five O six zero seven is the studio line six ZO three two five 715 00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:57,719 zero six zoo seven. You can also text me at six one seven nine 716 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:01,400 one seven four four seven six. On social media at Matt Connerton, you 717 00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:06,599 can email me Matt at Matt Connerton dot com and of course you can interact 718 00:55:06,679 --> 00:55:09,159 endo Pine in the Facebook live chat and we will say hello to everybody in 719 00:55:09,159 --> 00:55:12,360 there in just a moment. But the best thing to do so that we 720 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:15,400 can hear and enjoy your dulcet tones is to give us a call at six 721 00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:21,079 O three two five six z seven six ZO three two five six seven. 722 00:55:21,519 --> 00:55:23,840 The band, by the way that we played that is The Stone Road Band. 723 00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:30,199 That is a live version of their song Brutus from the album Alive at 724 00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:34,159 Dusk, a live album they recorded, or it might be an EP. 725 00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:37,679 I'm not sure, but Kevin Horn from the band The Stone Road Band is 726 00:55:37,679 --> 00:55:42,599 going to be performing at the Hop Knot on Saturday night from seven to nine 727 00:55:42,639 --> 00:55:46,280 pm doing the solo thing, so check him out, and he's going to 728 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:52,039 be coming on the show as a guest pretty soon. I believe also too. 729 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:54,079 Today is Thursday, which means tonight at the Hop Knot is Trivia Night 730 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:59,840 now hosted by Broderick Lange, beginning at seven pm. So make sure you 731 00:56:00,039 --> 00:56:05,480 call ahead to reserve your spot because those spots do fill up quickly. I 732 00:56:05,519 --> 00:56:07,880 do want to say hello to everybody on the Facebook live chat, and then 733 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:14,679 we'll get into some some other things here. It's constantly spinning a news cycle, 734 00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,920 that's for sure. That never changes though. Really. Melanie law Liberty 735 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,360 from the Great State of Vermont is in the chat room, as well as 736 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:25,679 Jay fed Ronda Favero from the Great State of California joins us and says, 737 00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:29,880 how do you guys. Jenny of course is in the chat and says shalom 738 00:56:29,960 --> 00:56:34,719 peeps. Eric Street also in the chat room, as well as Chris Rose 739 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:42,880 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Melanie is asking, because I mentioned Peter White 740 00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:46,039 earlier, that he's not only the morning man here at w MNH, he's 741 00:56:46,039 --> 00:56:50,960 also the program director. Melanie asks, is he a mean program director? 742 00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:54,880 Like does he yell at you a lot? Actually? No, Peter is 743 00:56:54,920 --> 00:57:00,480 wonderful. Everyone is wonderful here. And I'm not just saying that because there's 744 00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:07,000 somebody standing off camera with some sort of weapon. No, No, in 745 00:57:07,039 --> 00:57:10,400 all seriousness, they do not. There's no yelling, and everyone's great, 746 00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:15,360 and I'm giving tremendous autonomy with this show, which I appreciate. I do 747 00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:19,719 not take it for granted, believe me, because in radio there are a 748 00:57:19,719 --> 00:57:24,800 lot of mean people in management. But no, we're very fortunate here. 749 00:57:25,119 --> 00:57:30,000 Everyone's pretty chill. Melanie says, you can tell us, we won't say 750 00:57:30,039 --> 00:57:37,039 anything. Let's see. Oj Fed says, congratulations, Matt, referring to 751 00:57:37,039 --> 00:57:40,679 what I was discussing in the first hour. If you missed it, of 752 00:57:40,719 --> 00:57:44,639 course, it'll be in the archive. Tony Petrello, of course. In 753 00:57:44,679 --> 00:57:49,679 the chat room, let's see, Miriam Banish says in the chat we're talking 754 00:57:49,719 --> 00:57:53,320 a little bit about hypnotherapy earlier. Miriam says Matt is a really good hypnotherapist. 755 00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:57,480 Thank you, Miriam. I do think I'm pretty good at what I 756 00:57:57,519 --> 00:58:08,840 do. I try do my best. Let's see, Melanie's gonna start the 757 00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:14,320 paperwork to get the ball rolling. I think, to get it all rolling. 758 00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:19,719 I think Vermont is going to absorb New Hampshire into Vermont. Oh, 759 00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:22,400 Jenny points out in the chat room, I will be seeing your senator next 760 00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:25,840 week in DC. It's his town hall. I am going to be on 761 00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:30,199 the panel for yes the sixteenth, Tuesday of next week, Jenny will be 762 00:58:30,199 --> 00:58:35,920 in Washington, d C. With a Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, speaking 763 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:40,800 on that panel about healthcare. Very very excited about that, and assuming she's 764 00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:44,519 with me here on Monday, she'll she'll talk all about it. But yeah, 765 00:58:44,519 --> 00:58:50,719 it's a it's a great opportunity, and very proud of her. Let's 766 00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:53,079 see, I want to make sure you don't miss it. Oh, W 767 00:58:53,679 --> 00:59:00,440 Subaru or W equals Subaru is in the Facebook live Chatt and says hello, 768 00:59:00,559 --> 00:59:04,599 hashtag Matt. We say to you from us. We say good to see 769 00:59:04,639 --> 00:59:08,400 you. Hashtag Matt Connerton. Hello, hashtag gen coffee. We say good 770 00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:14,400 afternoon. We say to you hashtag Jen, hashtag Matt Connerton. We say 771 00:59:14,519 --> 00:59:22,079 happened to you yesterday afternoon? Uh, we say hashtag Matt Connerton, you 772 00:59:22,199 --> 00:59:27,440 have a wonderful haircut. Well, thank you, thank you. W equal 773 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:31,719 Suberu who I cannot prove this, but I have a strong suspicion. Hailes 774 00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:39,119 from Greensboro, North Carolina. I can't be certain, but I strongly suspect 775 00:59:39,199 --> 00:59:44,159 that that is so six three two five six seven is the number six O 776 00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:47,800 three two five six seven. Um, I do want to Uh well, 777 00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:52,800 we'll try to get to it, of course, because it happened right here 778 00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:57,119 in the Queen City, Manchester, New Hampshire. Trump was here yesterday at 779 00:59:57,119 --> 01:00:06,599 Saint Anselm College for the down Hall on CNN. UM. But before we 780 01:00:06,679 --> 01:00:09,840 do that, and you know, I wanted to talk about this yesterday with 781 01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:13,760 our friend Eric Pilcher, and then I ended up not coming in yesterday. 782 01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:16,159 UM. And I explained it earlier in the show if you missed it, 783 01:00:16,199 --> 01:00:19,920 But why I wasn't here, And again I do apologize to everybody for not 784 01:00:20,039 --> 01:00:24,719 being able to be here yesterday. But uh oh w equals suber Wu says, 785 01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:28,880 wow, looks great. We say to you hashtag Matt, well thank 786 01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:32,079 you. Um. But uh you know, because Eric is going to be 787 01:00:32,159 --> 01:00:37,239 joining us in the first hour every Wednesday that I'm here to talk about media. 788 01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:45,400 But there is uh more and more. Tucker Carlson News Michael Albert says 789 01:00:45,559 --> 01:00:49,920 in the chat, amazing difference from the last time Trump visited. You could 790 01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:53,679 barely notice. Um. Well, well, we'll get to that. But 791 01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:59,760 h Tucker Carlson uh making moves. Allegedly he's going to have a show on 792 01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:04,119 Twitter, although Elon Musk initially denied it. I'm confused about that. But 793 01:01:04,199 --> 01:01:08,280 he's also apparently Tucker is planning some sort of war against Fox. Maybe he's 794 01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:14,239 going to team up with Trump. But this is from Axios. It says 795 01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:20,599 scoop Tucker Carlson accuses Fox of fraud and contract breach. Says here Tucker Carlson, 796 01:01:20,599 --> 01:01:22,039 two weeks after being ousted by Fox. It's only been two weeks, 797 01:01:22,039 --> 01:01:29,519 it seems longer. Accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract and 798 01:01:29,679 --> 01:01:36,239 made a host of document demands that could proceed legal action. The aggressive letter 799 01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:40,320 from his lawyers to Fox positions Carlson to argue that the non compete provision in 800 01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:45,239 his contract is no longer valid, freeing him to launch his own competitive show 801 01:01:46,039 --> 01:01:51,519 or media enterprise, or competing show or media enterprise. I should say, 802 01:01:51,679 --> 01:01:57,679 now that's interesting because I remember reading earlier that he would not be able to 803 01:01:57,719 --> 01:02:01,960 just go and suddenly start his own show. When news began to circulate that 804 01:02:02,119 --> 01:02:05,719 he was going to have a show on Twitter, which I didn't know Twitter 805 01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:13,679 was offering programming now, but apparently there's something there I guess, or maybe 806 01:02:13,679 --> 01:02:15,760 that's something new that they're building in. But I mean, they used to 807 01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:20,679 have the periscope app, which you could used to do shows on Twitter. 808 01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,480 I know, I know somebody who used to do a fake radio show from 809 01:02:22,519 --> 01:02:29,320 New York City on Twitter using Periscope. But but we don't talk about that. 810 01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:37,159 But there had been news that there was a non compete clause, which 811 01:02:37,199 --> 01:02:40,000 is a standard thing in media, you know, so because obviously if Fox 812 01:02:40,159 --> 01:02:44,199 was getting rid of him, they didn't want him to just be able to 813 01:02:44,239 --> 01:02:50,199 go and just start a new show. And there's usually no compete clauses built 814 01:02:50,239 --> 01:02:52,880 into the or non compete I should say, to be precise, non compete 815 01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:57,079 clauses built into these contracts, so if something happens, you don't just get 816 01:02:57,079 --> 01:03:00,199 to go and start your own show and directly compete with the people who just 817 01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:01,800 fired you. You know, they want to avoid that, so that's usually 818 01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:07,559 included. So I was very surprised when it was being announced. When he 819 01:03:07,599 --> 01:03:09,599 announced, I should say, Tucker Carlson himself announced that he would be bringing 820 01:03:09,639 --> 01:03:13,360 his show to Twitter. I was like, already, how does that happen, 821 01:03:14,199 --> 01:03:19,639 so apparently, as lawyers are arguing that the non complete clause is no 822 01:03:19,679 --> 01:03:25,760 longer valid now, he said in the video. Tucker Carlson said in the 823 01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:30,320 video that he posted quote starting soon, we'll be bringing a new version of 824 01:03:30,360 --> 01:03:35,039 the show we've been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter. 825 01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:39,000 We bring some other things too, which will tell you about, but 826 01:03:39,039 --> 01:03:43,079 for now, we're just grateful to be here. Free speech is the main 827 01:03:43,519 --> 01:03:46,079 right thing you have. I'm sorry. Free speech is the main right that 828 01:03:46,159 --> 01:03:52,480 you have. Without it, you have no others. Unquote. The Twitter 829 01:03:52,559 --> 01:03:58,159 move would seem to technically violate Carlson's contract with Fox, but as lawyer's letter 830 01:03:58,239 --> 01:04:02,639 effectively holds that Fox breached the contract first. By the way, something that 831 01:04:02,719 --> 01:04:13,400 I would immediately wonder about is how is that non compete written? And and 832 01:04:13,639 --> 01:04:20,639 I guess if his lawyers are arguing that the noncomplete is noncomplete nonphonics, Matt, 833 01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:29,079 that the non compete is invalid because Fox breached the contract first, does 834 01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:32,800 that automatically invalidate the whole contract for one thing? That would be a question. 835 01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:36,760 I'm not sure that's going to hold up. But I'm not a legal 836 01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:41,360 expert or a legal scholar of any kind. So I don't know. I'm 837 01:04:41,400 --> 01:04:44,400 in over my head. I'm just spitballing here. But the other thing that 838 01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:47,920 I would wonder about is the way the non compete is written. Does it 839 01:04:48,039 --> 01:04:54,119 specifically say that he can't go on a streaming platform or a social media platform 840 01:04:54,159 --> 01:04:59,400 in this case like Twitter and have a show or is a contract written in 841 01:04:59,400 --> 01:05:01,559 a way where it's seems to say And again, if it's all invalid, 842 01:05:01,639 --> 01:05:05,599 then this question is mood. But is the contract written in a way where 843 01:05:05,679 --> 01:05:10,599 it expresses that he cannot go and you know, go have a show on 844 01:05:10,679 --> 01:05:16,119 some other cable network like CNN. Does it actually address anything about streaming or 845 01:05:16,159 --> 01:05:20,599 about social media. It may not, it may not. You know, 846 01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:26,239 streaming has changed everything, and not everyone believed. You know, hey, 847 01:05:26,519 --> 01:05:30,960 way back in the day when Netflix said, for example, we're going to 848 01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:35,559 we're going to begin to do away with this whole thing where we send you 849 01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:40,840 a DVD and then you send it back when because that's how some people might 850 01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:45,320 not remember, especially you young UN's out there, that's how Netflix actually started. 851 01:05:45,519 --> 01:05:49,360 Netflix didn't start as a streaming platform. Netflix started as a service where 852 01:05:50,199 --> 01:05:54,679 you go online and you order what you want to watch, and then they 853 01:05:54,719 --> 01:05:57,920 ship you the DVD and then when you're done with it, you ship it 854 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,840 back and then you can get something out ship to you. That's how Netflix 855 01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:05,519 originally started, and then it became the streaming service at it is today. 856 01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:12,119 This whole writer's strike that's going on right now, WGA going on strike. 857 01:06:13,559 --> 01:06:16,000 A lot of that is being driven by these writers who are saying, wait 858 01:06:16,039 --> 01:06:19,440 a minute, is streaming has changed everything? You know, we used to 859 01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:26,280 get hired to write on a television series, which would be twenty two episodes 860 01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:29,679 a season, so we knew we were going to be writing for those twenty 861 01:06:29,679 --> 01:06:33,440 two episodes. Now you've got these shows that are streaming on platforms like Netflix 862 01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:38,159 and Hulu. Some of them are only ten episodes or twelve episodes, or 863 01:06:38,199 --> 01:06:43,960 eight episodes or five episodes. So everything's changing and it's become you know, 864 01:06:44,360 --> 01:06:48,440 they're saying, it's it's it's you've you've turned writing for television into something that's 865 01:06:49,079 --> 01:06:57,639 a gig economy within that industry because things aren't long term like they used to 866 01:06:57,719 --> 01:07:00,440 be. Now you might be writing for what is called a quote unquote series, 867 01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:05,440 but it's really only five episodes that are streaming on Netflix, so it's 868 01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:10,000 not long term, so we need to change all of this. So I 869 01:07:10,119 --> 01:07:15,480 just wonder because the industry, in terms of how the contracts are structured, 870 01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:20,360 has been slow to react to technology, which is what always happens, right 871 01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:27,480 technology, The law in anything, whether it be contracts or government regulations or 872 01:07:27,519 --> 01:07:31,039 whatever, it never keeps up with technology. Technology is always out in front, 873 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:36,400 and you know, maybe that'll never change. Maybe that's just a natural 874 01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:41,639 course of things because you don't necessarily know where technology is going to go, 875 01:07:41,719 --> 01:07:44,599 and sometimes we make predictions of it about it and we turn out to be 876 01:07:44,599 --> 01:07:48,559 wrong. But I just wonder. I would be very curious. What does 877 01:07:48,679 --> 01:07:54,119 his contract actually say in terms of the noncompete. Does it say he can't 878 01:07:54,119 --> 01:08:00,480 do a show anywhere under any circumstances for x amount of time until his contract 879 01:08:00,519 --> 01:08:05,920 would be up. Is that what it actually says? Does it mean, 880 01:08:06,679 --> 01:08:11,480 however it's written, he can't do a He can't even do a YouTube stream 881 01:08:11,719 --> 01:08:15,760 if he wanted to. Again, these are questions because of technology, and 882 01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:19,279 there's so many people streaming now. I mean, there are there are people 883 01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:26,640 streaming who used to work for big media companies who you know, they get 884 01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:29,920 fired or their contract runs out and they don't like the numbers or whatever, 885 01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:31,720 and they just say, well, screw it. I'll just start my own 886 01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:39,439 YouTube channel and I'll get a gazillion subscribers because I'm already famous or or at 887 01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:45,359 least have a really strong fan base, and I'll be able to monetize that 888 01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:49,520 way and make tons of money. And um, you know, you've got 889 01:08:49,520 --> 01:08:58,399 so many options now. So I wonder does his contract take any of that 890 01:08:58,439 --> 01:09:02,600 into account in terms of the non pete so, but his lawyers are arguing 891 01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:11,520 that it's all irrelevant because it's already been breached by Fox, so it says 892 01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:16,079 here. Sources told Axios that Carlson's lawyers sent their letter before he took to 893 01:09:16,199 --> 01:09:23,760 Twitter to announce his new show. Axios reported Sunday that Carlson, frustrated with 894 01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:29,199 being held to his contract, is preparing to unleash allies to pressure the network 895 01:09:29,560 --> 01:09:35,359 into letting him work for or start a right wing rival. So that's the 896 01:09:35,439 --> 01:09:39,880 thing. If you clear that one hurdle or go through that one barrier, 897 01:09:41,359 --> 01:09:45,840 he doesn't, Tucker Carlson does not in the position that he's in again because 898 01:09:45,840 --> 01:09:48,359 of streaming and the way the technology has advanced, he doesn't have to spend 899 01:09:48,359 --> 01:09:55,640 another day of his career on any cable network. He could be on the 900 01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:59,680 Daily Wire or The Blaze, which both strictly stream online. You know, 901 01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:05,560 there's many other places where he could go and possibly have an even larger audience. 902 01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:10,600 You already had the largest audience in all of cable news, but some 903 01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:15,479 of these audiences online that people are getting actually are bigger. This is something 904 01:10:15,479 --> 01:10:19,359 people don't realize too. You know, cable news they don't pull the necessarily 905 01:10:19,399 --> 01:10:24,000 the audience numbers that you might think that they do. Some people who have 906 01:10:24,079 --> 01:10:28,640 gone from cable news to strictly online are actually pulling bigger numbers online in terms 907 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:31,880 of audience. Of course, you can actually measure it more easily online too, 908 01:10:32,079 --> 01:10:38,199 by monitoring web traffic where and view counts and so forth. Whereas you 909 01:10:38,239 --> 01:10:44,680 know, in television, ratings aren't always you know, there's not a system 910 01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:49,159 that's necessarily going to be completely accurate, right, you have to take that 911 01:10:49,199 --> 01:10:54,199 into account. And within radio it's even more. It's even sketchier as far 912 01:10:54,239 --> 01:11:02,840 as ratings measuring ratings, right, or maybe that's just me wanting to think. 913 01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:10,880 I don't know. It says here Carlson's contract runs until January twenty twenty 914 01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:14,840 five, and Fox wants to keep paying him, which would prevent him from 915 01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:19,520 starting a competing show. Oh that's a good gig. Actually, January twenty 916 01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:21,920 twenty five. That's only a year and a half, and Fox is going 917 01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:26,960 to keep paying him the whole time. You know, it might not. 918 01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:30,760 This is the thing too, and I'm sure he's thinking about this. Is 919 01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:39,800 it better to after being ousted from Fox, strike while the iron is hot, 920 01:11:39,880 --> 01:11:45,119 start the new show right away somewhere else, Or is it better to 921 01:11:45,239 --> 01:11:47,279 have that break, be gone for a year and a half and come back 922 01:11:47,319 --> 01:11:53,560 fresh and people will be excited that you're back? You know sometimes I mean, 923 01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:56,600 you know, they say absence makes the heart grow fonder, or you 924 01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:59,399 know, how can we miss you if you won't go away? You know, 925 01:11:59,479 --> 01:12:00,760 So if you away for a year and a half, maybe you come 926 01:12:00,760 --> 01:12:05,319 back bigger than ever. Maybe maybe not. I don't know, but I'm 927 01:12:05,359 --> 01:12:13,880 sure that's part of the calculation here, It says here Carlson already has gotten 928 01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:18,720 eye popping offers from several right wing outlets and has talked to Elon Musk about 929 01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:23,359 working together now. According to Tucker, Carlson's announcement He's already got the show 930 01:12:23,359 --> 01:12:27,760 on Twitter. But Elon Musk then publicly denied that is that because Elon Musk 931 01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:31,239 is worried about getting sued by Fox. So Elon Musk is maybe they have 932 01:12:31,399 --> 01:12:34,760 made a deal, Maybe they've made a hand handshake deal, but haven't put 933 01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:43,079 pen to paper yet because because Carlson's lawyers have to untangle this with Fox. 934 01:12:44,319 --> 01:12:46,760 But Tucker was excited when aheadn't announced it. Now Elon's like, well, 935 01:12:46,760 --> 01:12:51,479 I don't want to get sued by Fox for a contract tampering, So maybe 936 01:12:51,479 --> 01:12:55,279 we hold off until we know you're definitely in the clear and you're out of 937 01:12:55,279 --> 01:13:00,840 that deal. Maybe that would make sense. It says here the less from 938 01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:10,800 Carlson lawyer Brian Friedman to Fox officials Vietnin and Irana Breganti. Irena Breganti, 939 01:13:12,039 --> 01:13:15,840 Rana what am I? What's wrong with me? Irena Breganti said? Fox 940 01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:24,960 employees said Fox employees, including Rupert Murdoch himself, broke promises to Carlson quote 941 01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:31,760 intentionally with reckless disregard for the truth unquote. The lawyers accuse Fox executive executives, 942 01:13:31,960 --> 01:13:35,159 which two sources say are Din which I'm probably not saying correctly, and 943 01:13:35,359 --> 01:13:45,720 Murdoch for making representations or promises to Carlson that were intentionally broken, constituting fraud. 944 01:13:45,479 --> 01:13:50,359 Notably, the letter alleges Fox broken agreement with Carlson not to leak his 945 01:13:50,479 --> 01:13:58,760 private communications to the media hoops, and not to use Carlson's private messages quote 946 01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:04,079 to take any adverse employment action against him unquote maybe oops. We still don't 947 01:14:04,079 --> 01:14:10,119 know the exact reason he was fired. Multiple outlets have reported on Carlson's redacted 948 01:14:10,159 --> 01:14:15,399 communications from pre trial discovery documents, and a suggested that they led to his 949 01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:19,800 Austin I'm still skeptical about that. By the way, I still think if 950 01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:24,680 I were a betting man, I would put my money on the Is it 951 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:31,600 Amy Grosberg? I would put my money on that. In her pending litigation 952 01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:39,079 against Fox for harassment, it says here again this is from Axios. The 953 01:14:39,159 --> 01:14:44,520 letter also alleges foxbroke promises not to settle with dominion voting systems quote in a 954 01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:49,000 way which would indicate wrongdoing unquote on the part of Carlson, and not to 955 01:14:49,039 --> 01:14:59,039 take any actions in a settlement that would harm Carlson's reputation interest sting, so 956 01:14:59,079 --> 01:15:02,840 if I'm understanding that correctly. So, the letter that Tucker Carlson's lawyers sent 957 01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:10,880 to Fox claims that Fox broke a promise by settling with Dominion because it made 958 01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:16,159 Tucker Carlson look bad because he was a part of pushing that that narrative about 959 01:15:16,159 --> 01:15:27,199 the twenty twenty election. That's interesting not to settle with them quote in a 960 01:15:27,279 --> 01:15:33,439 way which would indicate wrongdoing unquote on the part of Carlson. That's fascinating to 961 01:15:33,479 --> 01:15:38,680 me. Carlson was told by a member of the Fox board that he was 962 01:15:38,720 --> 01:15:42,560 taken off the air as part of the Dominion settlement. Two sources briefed on 963 01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:46,680 a conversation told Axeos that's been another big theory, of course, not only 964 01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:50,279 about Amy Grossberg, but about the settlement itself, that that had something to 965 01:15:50,279 --> 01:15:54,319 do with it. I still don't think it was those text messages. I 966 01:15:54,319 --> 01:15:58,840 don't think it had anything to do with that. Even calling a Fox News 967 01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:03,520 executive the C word, which he did in any other job, of course, 968 01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:06,640 that would get you fired. You don't get to do that in corporate 969 01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:12,600 America or even in a small business. You don't get to say something like 970 01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:15,479 that about an executive or the top executive. Was it was it about the 971 01:16:15,479 --> 01:16:21,079 CEO of the company or somebody close to the top at least. But when 972 01:16:21,199 --> 01:16:27,000 you're the number one rated host in all of cable news, that's the one 973 01:16:27,039 --> 01:16:30,039 time you probably can get away with that, which is why I don't think 974 01:16:30,079 --> 01:16:33,439 that's what it was. I don't think it helped them, but I don't 975 01:16:33,439 --> 01:16:39,520 think that's what it was. It says here again, this is from Axios. 976 01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:44,800 According to a source familiar with Carlson's position, his lawyers believe that the 977 01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:49,880 misrepresentations alleged by Carlson amount to a breach of contract because they created additional terms 978 01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:55,720 of Carlson's employment that were then broken by the company. These actions not only 979 01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:59,920 breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing in the agreement, but gave 980 01:17:00,159 --> 01:17:06,000 rise to claims for breach of contract and intentional and negligent misrepresentation, the letter 981 01:17:06,079 --> 01:17:13,800 says. A Fox spokesperson said it is categorically false that Carlson lost his job 982 01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:16,319 as part of the Networks seven hundred eighty seven and a half million dollars settlement 983 01:17:16,359 --> 01:17:21,279 with Dominion Voting Systems. Stephen Shackelford, an outside attorney, for Dominion told 984 01:17:21,359 --> 01:17:28,479 Axiosa's Dan Primac quote Dominion did not insist on them firing Tucker Carlson as part 985 01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:33,600 of the settlement unquote. Carlson is also claiming that Breganti, Foxes longtime communications 986 01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:40,000 in pr chief, attempted to quote undermine, embarrass, and interfere unquote with 987 01:17:40,079 --> 01:17:45,640 Carlson's future business prospects, which he maintains would constitute another breach of his employment 988 01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:50,960 contract. The letter said, quote, make no mistake, we intend to 989 01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:59,159 subpoena Miss Breganti's cell phone records and related documents which evidence communications with her and 990 01:17:59,439 --> 01:18:04,399 all me including but not limited to The New York Times unquote. Carlson's lawyers 991 01:18:04,399 --> 01:18:09,479 added that because Carlson is considering litigation against a network to resolve these disputes, 992 01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:15,560 Fox News must take immediate steps quote to preserve all existing documents and data unquote 993 01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:21,399 relevant to Fox's relationship with Carlson, including correspondence between top executives and several media 994 01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:30,399 outlets. So there you go. Um, this is uh. This story 995 01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:34,159 will not be over for a long time. The saga of Tucker Carlson continuing 996 01:18:34,239 --> 01:18:47,039 on after his employment ends with with Fox News. Um, this is offended. 997 01:18:47,600 --> 01:18:51,119 Offended, well, maybe offended. This is affected Rumble too, by 998 01:18:51,119 --> 01:18:55,960 the way, the U because a lot of people thought he'd land at Rumble, 999 01:18:56,039 --> 01:19:00,520 like Stephen Crowder and Carlson going and announcing the going to Twitter with his 1000 01:19:00,600 --> 01:19:04,600 show means he's not going to Rumble. And apparently this has affected Rumble. 1001 01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:11,479 We're not going to get into it right now, but Bloomberg is reporting in 1002 01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:16,079 their technology section Tucker Carlson's Twitter move wipes two hundred and thirty five million dollars 1003 01:19:16,119 --> 01:19:24,279 from Rumble shares sank as much as twelve percent yesterday. Rumble has kind of 1004 01:19:24,279 --> 01:19:33,960 emerged, of course, as a right wing alternative to to YouTube. Let's 1005 01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:39,119 see six zo three two five six Z seven is a number if you'd like 1006 01:19:39,199 --> 01:19:43,439 to jump in six z three two five six seven. All right, I 1007 01:19:43,479 --> 01:19:46,159 do want to get to a little bit and we might continue this tomorrow. 1008 01:19:47,159 --> 01:19:50,399 Trump was here yesterday, not here in studio, of course, but here 1009 01:19:50,479 --> 01:19:55,560 in the queen city of the Granite State. And for those of you not 1010 01:19:55,640 --> 01:20:02,840 from here, that means Manchester, New Hampshire. U oh wow. Debt 1011 01:20:02,920 --> 01:20:06,720 default would increase housing payments by twenty two percent, according to Willow. Okay, 1012 01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:12,720 I mean Zillo all right, So I did not see the whole I 1013 01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:15,359 have not had a chance to see the entire thing yet, most of it, 1014 01:20:15,439 --> 01:20:21,079 but not all of it. Something that alarmed me about Trump's town hall, 1015 01:20:21,119 --> 01:20:25,880 and by the way, I mean the town hall. CNN is taking 1016 01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:33,840 a lot of a lot of criticism for various reasons over the town hall, 1017 01:20:34,760 --> 01:20:41,640 and I haven't mentioned this, and yesterday I ended up getting so busy I 1018 01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:48,479 haven't even posted this picture yet on social media, but there's a I have 1019 01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:54,600 a picture of that I took yesterday. I was at a gas station and 1020 01:20:54,840 --> 01:20:59,079 there was a truck. If you've ever seen them, there's these trucks that 1021 01:20:59,159 --> 01:21:05,680 you can you can rent or lease for your business where it's basically an electronic 1022 01:21:05,720 --> 01:21:10,479 billboard on the side of the trunk, side of the truck and on the 1023 01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:15,560 back of the truck. And there's this organization called Ultra Violet Action. And 1024 01:21:15,640 --> 01:21:20,720 this truck was driving around Manchester and it says it's got a picture of Trump's 1025 01:21:20,720 --> 01:21:25,920 face on it, and it says, WTF, CNN dump Trump, cancel 1026 01:21:26,039 --> 01:21:29,760 the town hall. And I took a picture of it and also had a 1027 01:21:29,800 --> 01:21:32,520 brief conversation with the driver of the truck, and there may or may not 1028 01:21:32,720 --> 01:21:40,319 be floating around right now somewhere online a picture of me posing with the truck 1029 01:21:40,319 --> 01:21:43,439 and a big smile on my face and two thumbs up. Now having said 1030 01:21:43,479 --> 01:21:45,840 that, in case you happen to come across that picture, I did not. 1031 01:21:46,079 --> 01:21:49,520 I do want to make this clear. I did not have any problem 1032 01:21:50,760 --> 01:21:56,680 with CNN doing this. Again. I did pose with the truck and take 1033 01:21:56,680 --> 01:22:00,199 a picture of the truck, and I did talk to the drive ever, 1034 01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:05,880 but I thought it was funny. But that doesn't mean I necessarily agreed with 1035 01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:10,520 the sentiment that CNN should not do this. Some people felt that CNN should 1036 01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:13,079 not do this. I disagree. I have no problem with it. Now, 1037 01:22:13,359 --> 01:22:16,439 if you're a long time listener, you know my feelings about the former 1038 01:22:16,479 --> 01:22:21,720 president. Not a fan, but I thought it was perfectly appropriate for CNN 1039 01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:25,800 to do a town hall with him. He's the as I like to refer 1040 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:30,720 to him, the presumptive presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination for twenty twenty four. 1041 01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:33,640 I do believe he'll be the nominee. He's the Republican front runner. 1042 01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:41,359 Why wouldn't you do a town hall with him? Having said that, what 1043 01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:43,640 I did see, and again I saw most of it, not all of 1044 01:22:43,640 --> 01:22:45,840 it. I need to go back and watch. The whole thing. Had 1045 01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:51,199 a lot going on, but it seemed to be a sort of a version 1046 01:22:51,399 --> 01:22:57,840 of the speech that he gives when he's at a podium, but just but 1047 01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:04,800 with a journalist interrupting and asking questions. But it was it was basically all 1048 01:23:04,840 --> 01:23:11,600 the same stuff that he says when he gives a speech. One thing specific 1049 01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:16,600 that I found particularly well, two things that really jumped out at me, 1050 01:23:17,880 --> 01:23:25,359 well maybe three. Well, first thing, so we've been talking about it 1051 01:23:25,399 --> 01:23:29,399 on the show quite a bit over the years. We've talked about it a 1052 01:23:29,439 --> 01:23:31,439 lot, but especially recently because it's a front burner issue. You know, 1053 01:23:31,479 --> 01:23:35,159 that asteroid is coming. That's coming, and if you're just joining us, 1054 01:23:35,199 --> 01:23:38,880 don't freak out. I don't mean there's literally an asteroid coming up. It's 1055 01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:42,159 a metaphor. But the debt limit, you know, will be defaulting in 1056 01:23:42,239 --> 01:23:54,880 June most likely and thus wrecking the American economy. And so apparently Trump is 1057 01:23:54,920 --> 01:24:01,479 in favor of that and bummed me out, especially because while I don't have 1058 01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:06,359 a lot of nice things to say about him generally, one thing, one 1059 01:24:06,399 --> 01:24:11,439 of the things that I have always given him credit for is that when he 1060 01:24:11,520 --> 01:24:15,439 was president, he had the correct position on the debt ceiling, and I 1061 01:24:15,479 --> 01:24:23,000 appreciated that. His position was that under no circumstances, not only could the 1062 01:24:23,079 --> 01:24:28,640 United States never be allowed to default on our debt, but that it should 1063 01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:31,960 not even be used as a negotiating wedge. He's on record saying that he 1064 01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:35,359 said, it's reckless and stupid. It's too dangerous, and we can't do 1065 01:24:35,399 --> 01:24:40,239 that, and we can't risk default, and we're not even going to use 1066 01:24:40,279 --> 01:24:45,960 it to negotiate. That was his position. His position was absolutely correct. 1067 01:24:47,479 --> 01:24:53,399 Well, apparently that's no longer his position. He said during the town hall 1068 01:24:55,439 --> 01:25:00,920 that you know, he said he didn't necessarily think there would be a default. 1069 01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:05,720 He said the Democrats will cave, but he but he said he was 1070 01:25:05,760 --> 01:25:10,399 fine with default, and he said he actually said, we might as well 1071 01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:14,960 default because it's going to happen eventually anyway, so might as well get it 1072 01:25:15,039 --> 01:25:18,479 over with, and you know, we'll have a we might have a bad 1073 01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:21,720 day or a bad week economically as a result, but it probably won't be 1074 01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:27,520 any big deal. That was his whole spin. So he's completely done. 1075 01:25:27,560 --> 01:25:30,119 A one eighty in his position on the debt limit, he now seems to 1076 01:25:30,119 --> 01:25:34,880 be pro default. Listening to him say that, it reminded me of years 1077 01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:40,279 ago when I was a co host on Rock Paper hand Grenades with the honorable 1078 01:25:40,520 --> 01:25:45,239 garyus Hopper, God Rest his soul, and you know, and and the 1079 01:25:45,279 --> 01:25:49,600 debt limit would be in the news, and we'd have these crazy guests on 1080 01:25:50,079 --> 01:25:54,680 who would say the very things that Trump was saying. Well, yeah, 1081 01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:57,119 they'd come on and they say, well, yeah, of course we should 1082 01:25:57,159 --> 01:26:00,479 default. Why should we Why why would you want to keep spend money? 1083 01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:05,000 We should default. Better to do it now than do it later. So 1084 01:26:05,640 --> 01:26:13,720 my belief is if you support default, then you support effectively American and potentially 1085 01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:19,359 global economic armageddon. This thing he was saying about, well, you know, 1086 01:26:19,439 --> 01:26:23,039 we might have a bad day or a bad week, but it won't 1087 01:26:23,039 --> 01:26:30,880 be a big deal. That is insane. And if you support that, 1088 01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:35,600 if you agree with that, no offense, but you are insane. You 1089 01:26:35,640 --> 01:26:43,680 are absolutely out of your mind. So that was disappointing. Yeah, he's 1090 01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:47,239 he's he supports default. He thinks we should default on our debt. By 1091 01:26:47,279 --> 01:26:51,159 the way, as a consequence of that, if you are someone who collects 1092 01:26:51,439 --> 01:26:59,319 Social Security forget about worrying about Social Security reform or having your Social Security cut. 1093 01:27:00,039 --> 01:27:06,880 Social Security will end, social Security payments will not go out. If 1094 01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:11,600 you support our nation's military, our brave men and women who serve in the 1095 01:27:11,720 --> 01:27:15,439 United States Military, and you support default, well guess what. You don't 1096 01:27:15,439 --> 01:27:19,000 actually support the military because you don't support them getting paid. It's bad enough 1097 01:27:19,039 --> 01:27:24,079 we have people serving in the United States Military who aren't paid enough, as 1098 01:27:24,119 --> 01:27:27,119 it is, not even paid a living wage, and have to go on 1099 01:27:27,159 --> 01:27:31,119 public assistance to feed themselves and feed their families because we don't pay them enough. 1100 01:27:32,279 --> 01:27:39,039 Once we default, we won't be paying them anything. Just a couple 1101 01:27:39,079 --> 01:27:45,359 of quick examples. So default will be disastrous. It will be catastrophic. 1102 01:27:45,960 --> 01:27:58,439 And this is absolutely a disqualifier that he takes that position. And I was 1103 01:27:59,279 --> 01:28:03,840 actually either shocked the other things, I wasn't shocked. I mean, he 1104 01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:08,119 said a lot of things that I would take on rich with, of course, 1105 01:28:08,199 --> 01:28:12,720 but that genuinely shocked me. It really did. I mean I thought 1106 01:28:12,760 --> 01:28:16,680 he might try to. I thought his position might have changed from when he 1107 01:28:16,720 --> 01:28:21,119 was president, like he might say he might kind of soft pedal it by 1108 01:28:21,159 --> 01:28:28,640 saying, well, you know, I've always opposed default. But but I 1109 01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:32,079 understand why, uh, Speaker McCarthy is using this. You know, we 1110 01:28:32,119 --> 01:28:36,760 have to cut spending and and uh, you know, perhaps it is appropriate, 1111 01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:42,159 after all to use it as a negotiating wedge maybe something like that. 1112 01:28:42,399 --> 01:28:45,079 But no, that's not what he said. That's not what he said. 1113 01:28:45,479 --> 01:28:47,680 He said, might as well default. We're gonna have default eventually anyway, 1114 01:28:47,800 --> 01:28:53,840 might as well do it now. Just do it so so just so you 1115 01:28:53,880 --> 01:28:58,680 know, if you're if you're currently on Social Security, that will if we 1116 01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:03,399 do what Trump wants, and if we do what our elected law givers and 1117 01:29:03,520 --> 01:29:09,359 overlords seem to have planned for us, social Security as we know it is 1118 01:29:09,399 --> 01:29:14,159 about to end. Anybody, by the way, who thinks I'm being hyperbolic 1119 01:29:14,239 --> 01:29:17,079 about that or I'm being dramatic, I'm not. I'm not. If we 1120 01:29:17,159 --> 01:29:21,439 default, it's over. Social Security is over. The military's over. They 1121 01:29:21,439 --> 01:29:27,560 won't be getting paid anymore. And and a lot of other things about the 1122 01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:33,119 American economy are going to change in ways that will likely be far more severe 1123 01:29:33,399 --> 01:29:39,760 than even the Great Recession, the economic crisis of two thousand and eight. 1124 01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:45,880 It's going to be absolutely brutal. If you don't believe me, look up 1125 01:29:46,319 --> 01:29:51,039 what economists are saying. See, you know, we call it economic theory 1126 01:29:51,479 --> 01:29:55,920 because there are many different kinds of economic theories, right, you know, 1127 01:29:56,079 --> 01:30:00,359 like you've got Keynesie and economists who tend to be more on the left, 1128 01:30:00,399 --> 01:30:05,079 and you've got supply side economists who tend to be more on the right and 1129 01:30:05,159 --> 01:30:11,039 support those kinds of policies. Right, you know, you've got libertarians they 1130 01:30:11,079 --> 01:30:17,319 like Austrian economics. But generally across the board, though, you will be 1131 01:30:17,399 --> 01:30:26,520 hard pressed to find an economist of any stripe, of any economic philosophy or 1132 01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:32,000 belief system who will tell you that the United States actually defaulting on our debt 1133 01:30:32,680 --> 01:30:39,520 for the first time in history will be a good thing. And you will 1134 01:30:39,560 --> 01:30:45,960 be also hard pressed to find an economist anywhere who will tell you that it 1135 01:30:45,039 --> 01:30:49,199 will not be catastrophic and that it will all just be fine, and that 1136 01:30:49,319 --> 01:30:54,439 maybe we'll have a bad day or maybe a bad week, but no big 1137 01:30:54,479 --> 01:30:57,760 deal, and it's going to happen anyway. Let's just do it now, 1138 01:30:57,840 --> 01:31:03,880 screw it. If you can find me an economist who will say that, 1139 01:31:04,039 --> 01:31:14,159 I will be shocked, But uh I was. I was genuinely stunned. 1140 01:31:15,640 --> 01:31:19,279 Like he didn't even say, yeah, I think maybe it is appropriate to 1141 01:31:19,479 --> 01:31:25,600 use this as a negotiating tactic. No, he didn't even say that. 1142 01:31:25,720 --> 01:31:28,439 He just said, yeah, you know, we should. Uh, you 1143 01:31:28,439 --> 01:31:29,960 know, he said, I don't know if it'll happen. I think the 1144 01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:33,000 Democrats will cave, but yeah, we should, we probably should default. 1145 01:31:33,039 --> 01:31:38,239 He literally said that. Anyone who didn't hear it, who's maybe you're maybe 1146 01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:41,239 you're a Trump supporter and and you just hear me saying this, and you 1147 01:31:41,279 --> 01:31:44,359 go, no, Trump, Trump couldn't possibly have said that. I'm telling 1148 01:31:44,399 --> 01:31:48,560 you, I'm not exaggerating. I'm not being hyperbolic. H I'm not. 1149 01:31:48,680 --> 01:31:51,840 I'm not you know, I don't have trumped arrangement syndrome. No, this 1150 01:31:51,920 --> 01:31:56,960 is his position. Now, this is his position that we should actually default 1151 01:31:57,000 --> 01:32:04,520 on our debt. So it's a fact. So that was shocking and disappointing. 1152 01:32:04,920 --> 01:32:12,680 Um. Also, he uh doubled down Perhaps at this point you could 1153 01:32:12,680 --> 01:32:15,960 say he tripled down on his desire to, uh, if he is elected 1154 01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:25,039 president again, to begin pardoning the January sixth rioters or I consider them insurrectionists 1155 01:32:25,079 --> 01:32:30,680 and domestic terrorists, those who overran the Capitol. But no, he wants 1156 01:32:30,680 --> 01:32:34,159 to part and he didn't say he would necessarily part in every single one of 1157 01:32:34,239 --> 01:32:36,680 them, one of them because how did he put it, there might have 1158 01:32:36,680 --> 01:32:43,960 been a couple who got a little out of control or something, but which 1159 01:32:44,000 --> 01:32:46,840 I'm sure is uh, I'm sure those words will be great comfort to uh, 1160 01:32:47,640 --> 01:32:51,560 you know, to everyone in the Capitol Police force who had to had 1161 01:32:51,560 --> 01:32:54,600 to deal with that that day. Yeah, you know, a couple of 1162 01:32:54,600 --> 01:32:57,199 them got out of control, yes, you know, but for the most 1163 01:32:57,199 --> 01:32:59,960 part, yeah, I go, just pardon him. What did they really 1164 01:33:00,039 --> 01:33:04,199 do wrong? Right? So that was that was disappointing. I mean that 1165 01:33:04,199 --> 01:33:11,800 that did not surprise me. Um. And uh you know, and of 1166 01:33:11,800 --> 01:33:17,880 course Egene Carol stuff, no, no grace whatsoever there. Um, he 1167 01:33:18,039 --> 01:33:24,840 just insulted her. And listen, I I get that's what some people like 1168 01:33:24,880 --> 01:33:30,680 about him. They like that he insults people. And you know that's uh 1169 01:33:30,720 --> 01:33:38,479 so, I mean he certainly you know all that all that stuff. Um 1170 01:33:38,560 --> 01:33:41,880 yeah, again it helps him as far as winning the nomination, But I 1171 01:33:42,039 --> 01:33:45,359 don't think it's going to help him in the general election. Um. But 1172 01:33:45,520 --> 01:33:47,840 uh, but it but it'll help him, it'll help him to win the 1173 01:33:47,880 --> 01:33:50,760 nomination. I mean I think he's I think, like I say, I 1174 01:33:50,760 --> 01:33:55,880 think he's already sealed it up. We haven't even had our first debate yet. 1175 01:33:56,000 --> 01:34:00,359 Oh, apparently he's not participating in the debate. So I believe now 1176 01:34:00,920 --> 01:34:02,960 there's a lot of criticism being leveled at CNN for even doing this, for 1177 01:34:03,039 --> 01:34:12,439 even having this event media it says. CNN's Oliver Darcy reports CEO Chris Licht 1178 01:34:12,520 --> 01:34:17,319 and network are facing fury of criticism within the company after Trump town hall. 1179 01:34:17,359 --> 01:34:21,640 So this isn't even only externally, this is coming but from within CNN, 1180 01:34:23,159 --> 01:34:31,840 which I find very interesting. CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy revealed yesterday evening 1181 01:34:31,840 --> 01:34:39,520 that CNN was quote facing a fury of criticism unquote within the company following its 1182 01:34:39,560 --> 01:34:45,680 controversial town hall with former President Donald Trump. Darcy wrote in CNN's Reliable Sources 1183 01:34:45,720 --> 01:34:48,520 newsletter, quote, it's hard to see how America was served by the spectacle 1184 01:34:48,560 --> 01:34:54,800 of lies that aired on CNN Wednesday evening unquote. While he praised the tough 1185 01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:59,760 and quote tough and knowledgeable unquote CNN host Caitlin Collins for her attempts at fact 1186 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:04,520 ecking Trump's remarks, Darcy said Collins was given an impossible task and put in 1187 01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:11,479 an uncomfortable position, given that the audience was comprised of Republicans who mostly applauded 1188 01:35:11,960 --> 01:35:15,640 the former president and laughed at his comments. Oh yeah, like they thought 1189 01:35:15,680 --> 01:35:19,199 the Eegene Carol stuff, the things he said about her, they thought that 1190 01:35:19,279 --> 01:35:25,079 was hilarious. They ate it up, you know, when he's sitting there 1191 01:35:25,079 --> 01:35:27,960 insulting his accuser. But but again, of course, you know, that's 1192 01:35:28,039 --> 01:35:32,239 that's what some people like about him. They like his crudeness and his lack 1193 01:35:32,279 --> 01:35:39,279 of grace makes him a man of the people. Scott Robinson says in the 1194 01:35:39,319 --> 01:35:43,479 chat room, I remember when Bernie had his town hall on Fox, and 1195 01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:47,159 all the Fox people are all up in arms about that too. Yep, 1196 01:35:47,239 --> 01:35:53,720 I remember that. I remember that. Darcy wrote, noting that Trump staffers 1197 01:35:53,720 --> 01:36:00,239 were reportedly delighted with the event quote and CNN aired it all on and on 1198 01:36:00,359 --> 01:36:03,279 it went. It felt like twenty sixteen all over again. It was Trump's 1199 01:36:03,399 --> 01:36:11,680 unhinged social media feed brought to life on stage. Unquote. Darcy wrote that 1200 01:36:12,199 --> 01:36:17,119 quote, CNN and new network boss Chris Licked are facing a fury of criticism 1201 01:36:17,119 --> 01:36:23,279 both internally and externally over the event. How Licked and the other CNN executives 1202 01:36:23,319 --> 01:36:27,119 address the criticism in the coming days and weeks will be crucial. Will they 1203 01:36:27,199 --> 01:36:31,840 defend what transpired at Saint Annselm College or will they express some regret For now 1204 01:36:32,199 --> 01:36:42,439 CNN is defending itself unquote, well, it is a no win situation. 1205 01:36:42,600 --> 01:36:47,159 But again, I don't see how I will defend CNN on this for airing 1206 01:36:47,199 --> 01:36:55,359 the event. Um, what what else? I mean, what else can 1207 01:36:55,399 --> 01:37:00,439 you do if you have an opportunity to do something like this with the front 1208 01:37:00,520 --> 01:37:05,720 runner. He is the front runner for the Republican nomination. And listen, 1209 01:37:05,840 --> 01:37:11,399 Caitlin Collins. Of course, the way people react or it's all predictable. 1210 01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:15,119 Some some people who are you know, some people on the right are critical 1211 01:37:15,119 --> 01:37:18,239 of her, saying, oh, she was trying to debate Trump and this 1212 01:37:18,399 --> 01:37:21,199 and that. Caitlin Collins, I think she did the best that she could. 1213 01:37:21,359 --> 01:37:27,680 You know, she she was tough and but she you know, here's 1214 01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:33,560 the thing. You'll never hear me complain about a journalist pushing back on what 1215 01:37:33,640 --> 01:37:39,199 a candidate is saying, whether it's Trump or anybody else. You know, 1216 01:37:39,880 --> 01:37:45,600 even if it's somebody I happen to like, I always say this. You 1217 01:37:45,720 --> 01:37:51,479 want an aggressive media that's the media's job, or at least it should be 1218 01:37:51,600 --> 01:37:58,319 ideally, is to push back, to fact check, to challenge what someone 1219 01:37:58,439 --> 01:38:02,039 is saying. That that's part of the deal. Now, most people will 1220 01:38:02,119 --> 01:38:04,880 tell you that they'll agree with that, and they'll say, well, yeah, 1221 01:38:04,920 --> 01:38:08,439 you're right, Matt. We of course we want an aggressive media. 1222 01:38:08,600 --> 01:38:12,680 Unfortunately, what most people mean when they say that is we want an a 1223 01:38:12,760 --> 01:38:17,199 media that's we want a media that's aggressive with the people we don't like, 1224 01:38:18,119 --> 01:38:30,640 but we also want a media that is compliant and and docile and shows deference 1225 01:38:30,960 --> 01:38:35,079 to people we do like. That's what most people mean. I want to 1226 01:38:35,279 --> 01:38:40,279 I want to have a media that's aggressive with everybody, including Trump. And 1227 01:38:40,319 --> 01:38:46,720 I thought Caitlin Collins did a good job pushing back and fact checking. In 1228 01:38:46,760 --> 01:38:53,319 a statement yesterday, a CNN spokesperson praised Collins for her role in the town 1229 01:38:53,359 --> 01:38:58,039 hall, saying, quote, tonight, Caitlyn Collins exemplified what it means to 1230 01:38:58,079 --> 01:39:01,319 be a world class journalist. She was tough, she asked tough, sorry, 1231 01:39:01,359 --> 01:39:04,800 she asked tough, fair and revealing questions, and she followed up in 1232 01:39:04,800 --> 01:39:10,319 fact checked President Trump in real time to arm voters with critical information about his 1233 01:39:10,359 --> 01:39:14,479 positions as he enters the twenty twenty four election as the Republican front runner. 1234 01:39:14,680 --> 01:39:18,399 That a CNN's role and responsibility to get answers and hold the powerful to account 1235 01:39:18,560 --> 01:39:21,479 unquote. Yeah. See, that's the thing, and that's why I think 1236 01:39:21,520 --> 01:39:27,159 it was the right call to go ahead with this event. If you don't 1237 01:39:27,199 --> 01:39:31,000 do that, then you have no opportunity to directly engage with the candidate and 1238 01:39:31,159 --> 01:39:35,880 attempt to hold them accountable and to fact check them in real time, it 1239 01:39:35,880 --> 01:39:41,560 says here. However, many politicos, journalists and observers have criticized CNN for 1240 01:39:41,680 --> 01:39:45,439 hosting Trump live on air and accused the network of losing control over the interview. 1241 01:39:46,720 --> 01:39:51,279 CNN's CNN anchor Jake Tapper, following the town hall, said this quote, 1242 01:39:51,760 --> 01:39:57,600 it was an interesting night. Mister Trump's first lie was told just seconds 1243 01:39:57,600 --> 01:40:01,239 into the night with his false familiar I aim that the twenty twenty election was 1244 01:40:01,319 --> 01:40:06,560 quote a rigged election. Uh, and the falsehoods kept coming fast and furious 1245 01:40:06,880 --> 01:40:12,760 about the January sixth insurrection, about the threat to Vice President Pence, about 1246 01:40:12,800 --> 01:40:15,359 Pence's ability to overturn the election, about COVID, about the economy, and 1247 01:40:15,520 --> 01:40:24,159 much more unquote, Trump concluded his appearance in the town hall by praising Collins 1248 01:40:24,600 --> 01:40:28,000 and regaling the audience for over a minute. Quote, I like you guys. 1249 01:40:28,039 --> 01:40:31,279 We love New Hampshire unquote, he said, as the audience stood in 1250 01:40:31,439 --> 01:40:39,920 applause. Yeah, yeah, he did. He repeated the nonsense about the 1251 01:40:40,039 --> 01:40:45,920 vice president had the power to overturn the election by sending it back to the 1252 01:40:45,960 --> 01:40:57,920 States. He's still repeating that. Uh yeah, anyway. I mean, 1253 01:40:57,960 --> 01:41:00,560 it was, like I said, it was a stump speech, but in 1254 01:41:00,600 --> 01:41:04,199 the form of it was his usual stump speech, but in the form of 1255 01:41:04,600 --> 01:41:08,680 having a journalist there. But what else could you do? Like I said, 1256 01:41:08,760 --> 01:41:11,720 you can't. I don't think it would be the right call to ignore 1257 01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:15,119 him and not let him on CNN. He is the front runner for the 1258 01:41:15,199 --> 01:41:20,159 nomination. But oh, we are almost out of time. All right, 1259 01:41:20,199 --> 01:41:23,560 here's what we're gonna do. I think we'll play one more track from the 1260 01:41:23,560 --> 01:41:28,720 Stone Road Band because or may Actually, maybe I can find a Kevin horn, 1261 01:41:28,800 --> 01:41:32,960 if I can find a quick solo song of his, maybe I'll play 1262 01:41:33,239 --> 01:41:36,439 something from one of his solo albums. He's going to be performing live on 1263 01:41:36,680 --> 01:41:41,600 Friday night, I'm sorry, Saturday night, rather at the hop knot. 1264 01:41:42,079 --> 01:41:45,720 It is Thursday, which means tonight. Immediately following this program, we have 1265 01:41:45,800 --> 01:41:50,279 Through the Through the Stage Door hosted by the Great, the Great Rob die 1266 01:41:50,279 --> 01:41:55,880 On and then don't forget to be back tomorrow, bright and early, seven 1267 01:41:55,920 --> 01:42:00,800 am for the Morning Show with Peter White. I texted Peter earlier about something 1268 01:42:00,840 --> 01:42:05,000 that came up on his show today that I thought was that I thought was 1269 01:42:05,039 --> 01:42:10,720 really funny. Um, what's the song Drift? If I played this before, 1270 01:42:11,239 --> 01:42:14,520 one of Kevin Horren's solo songs. But if you miss any part of 1271 01:42:14,520 --> 01:42:17,159 today's show, it will be up in just a little bit at WMNH Radio 1272 01:42:17,319 --> 01:42:24,159 dot org and at my website Matt Connerton dot com. And tomorrow, of 1273 01:42:24,199 --> 01:42:28,560 course we'll be Friday, my long day here at WMNH. Not only will 1274 01:42:28,600 --> 01:42:31,439 I be on this show, but of course U retro Spectrum Radio with Paul 1275 01:42:31,640 --> 01:42:34,239 c. All Right, so we'll leave you with this, h This is 1276 01:42:34,760 --> 01:42:40,239 a little acoustic number. This is Drift, performed by the Great Kevin Horren. 1277 01:42:40,600 --> 01:42:42,720 And that'll do it for us for now. I'll talk to y'all a 1278 01:42:42,720 --> 01:42:43,840 little bit later. By everybody,