WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 Am six forty The Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:07.280 on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:10.519 Michael Monks is joining us from KFI News a special 5 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.480 presentation coming up tomorrow night about our LA fires. Thanks 6 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.399 for coming on, Yeah, good morning to you. What kind 7 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.320 of stuff are we going to hear from? What kind 8 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:21.519 of stuff are we going to hear tomorrow night? During 9 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:22.839 the special, Yeah, we're. 10 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:26.280 Gonna basically do an exploration of what happened and what 11 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:29.280 happens now. So it's a little bit of a reflection 12 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:32.119 on the situation as it unfolded. We'll have a lot 13 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:34.840 of the news coverage just as a reminder of just 14 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.520 how intense it was. It feels like it was longer 15 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.560 ago when it started than it really was. I guess 16 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:42.200 the pace of time is a little off, but we'll 17 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:44.320 hit that really hard, and we'll. 18 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.240 Also talk to some folks who lost. 19 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.960 Everything in this fire, and then we'll talk to some 20 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.759 government officials about how we move forward. One of the 21 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.119 key pieces to this though, was learning how this is 22 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:57.240 going to impact us all. Obviously, it's taken a toll 23 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.799 on us all emotionally, as Angelino's. But it's going to 24 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.399 hit all of our pocketbooks in various ways. 25 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:03.759 And there's a. 26 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:06.200 Study out of UCLA that examines this, and I talked 27 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.400 to one of the researchers about how that's going to 28 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.239 impact us, whether it's the cost of housing that's expected 29 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:15.519 to go up or your homeowner's insurance. You know, being 30 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.239 a homeowner in California and the insurance that you have, 31 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:21.480 this event may trigger an increase that you're going to pay. 32 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.879 So this is going to have far reaching ramifications. We 33 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:24.959 talked a bit about that too. 34 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:25.280 Yea. 35 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:27.840 You did a lot of work on this, Michael, in 36 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:31.799 terms of getting the story from all angles. Like you mentioned, 37 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:34.920 you talked to people who lost everything. You also talked 38 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.120 about the people who were kind of the civic face 39 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.200 of these disasters, and Lindsay Horrovath, you talk to the 40 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.760 people that helped out that continue to help out with 41 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.000 the Dream Center. I mean, you really took a three 42 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:48.840 sixty view of everything that went into this and the 43 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.719 people that were major players in this in real time exactly. 44 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:54.680 That's what we wanted to do with something all encompassing. 45 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:58.519 We don't have the story yet on how it started, 46 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:00.560 why it started, that's going to come later. We are 47 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.400 obviously still working this story every single day, and we'll 48 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.359 be looking for that. This is a look at where 49 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.560 are we right this moment, Where did we come from, 50 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.840 and where are we right now. One of the interesting 51 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:13.000 components that I found in the interviews I talked to 52 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.639 two individuals, one that lost a house in Altadena and 53 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:18.400 one that lost a house in the Palisades, and what 54 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:20.960 struck me was how similar their stories are. I mean, 55 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:23.319 these two fires that claimed both those areas were thirty 56 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.599 miles apart, right, and these communities are both lovely, but 57 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:31.000 they're also quite different, the Palisades being that quintessential California vision, 58 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.120 that postcard image, and Altadina being sort of a small 59 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.280 town in the middle of Los Angeles with churches on 60 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:41.120 the corner and little old school business districts. But both 61 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:44.639 of them were incredibly optimistic up into the last moment 62 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.639 of the fires, for example, that, oh, we get these warnings, 63 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:51.560 this happens, we've seen fires before, even but it's not 64 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:52.000 going to be. 65 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.199 It's not coming for us. And then it did. 66 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.759 And both waited until the very end, also thinking that 67 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.240 even as they were fleeing the flames that are house 68 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:02.800 will still be there it wasn't. And then there are 69 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:08.520 incredible similarities to the reaction afterward. Obviously devastation, but what 70 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.000 is the government doing exactly? There are a lot of 71 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:13.919 questions about what the rebuild and the recovery is going 72 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:15.479 to look like. So in spite of what we hear 73 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.800 at these press conferences in the flowery language and all 74 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.719 of that, the folks who are dealing with FEMA, who 75 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:23.280 are dealing with their insurance agents, the folks who will 76 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:27.120 be dealing with permitting, they are calling it a serious 77 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:28.280 red tape blockage. 78 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:31.240 There seems to be something going around, not just at 79 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:36.599 a local level, regional, national of the government should be 80 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.479 doing X, Y or z, and it's not doing that. 81 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:43.680 The government's supposed to be there to like we've talked 82 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:48.319 about in the past, you know, water, roads, fire, police, 83 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.360 right like, these basic things that the government is set 84 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:53.319 up to do. And you can take this on any 85 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.560 like I said, on any level you want to, and 86 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:57.400 they're not doing those main things. And I think that's 87 00:03:57.479 --> 00:03:59.759 part of the reason why, you know, the incoming in 88 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.520 administration is so fed up with the federal government and 89 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.960 the bloat, because why aren't you just doing the basic things. Instead, 90 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.280 you've built yourselves up to be these big things and 91 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.560 you're tackling all of these things and you're not doing 92 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.520 the very basic things. And I think that there was 93 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:16.639 a frustration locally with these fires that shine like a 94 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:21.879 light on that that hey, once you drilled down into 95 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.199 the hole, well there wasn't enough water in the Palisades, 96 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.120 and you drilled down, and we had fire officials on 97 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.759 that said, hey, listen, we just ran out. There was 98 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.720 water there, but the demand was so much at that 99 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.439 period in time we ran out. The message that the 100 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.680 government is giving to the people is not coming through. 101 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.439 Most people are not hearing the government talk to them 102 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.040 and saying, hey, we just ran out. Yes, those reservoirs 103 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:46.759 should have been up and running, and we'll make sure 104 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.399 to do that in the future. But they're not communicating. 105 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:52.360 And I think some of that frustration is the divide 106 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.079 between La City Hall and these politicians that have their 107 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:56.680 heads in the sand and how to talk to real 108 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.000 people and in terms of delivering that message. 109 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:01.720 I talked to Lindsay Horvath a bit about that, like 110 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:03.879 the broken trust now that a lot of people feel, 111 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:06.600 and how can you rebuild that so we do explore 112 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.600 that topic directly. And one of the folks who lost 113 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:13.079 their homes in the Palisades told me for the purpose 114 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.879 of this special that what we saw was a lack 115 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.879 of fight. Even in the firefighting at the early elements. 116 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:22.639 We know that they could not do aerial fight because 117 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.800 of the severity of the winds. Yeah, but they were 118 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:26.639 watching houses. 119 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:29.160 It looked like a sense of urgency was missing. 120 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.600 And there may be an explanation for that, but it 121 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:33.959 has not been conveyed well enough to folks. I mean, 122 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.399 can you imagine running up to a firefighter and saying, 123 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.040 my house is on fire right now, and they say, 124 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.759 there's nothing we can do. We don't have any water, 125 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.600 there's nothing that we can do, and the explanations have 126 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.279 not been thorough enough yet. We've been promised a thorough 127 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.240 review once all of this dust settles. We don't know 128 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.279 when that is because we've not only had the fires, 129 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:53.639 we even had just today and yesterday the threat of 130 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.360 the mudslides in these areas. So there's still the sense 131 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.600 of urgency of addressing the catastrophe before they can get 132 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.560 into any serious review. I've talked about this before. I 133 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.600 think to your point, Shannon, LA. Government, City and county 134 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:11.399 government in particular, have done a lot to make themselves 135 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.079 seem important for a lot of different reasons that go 136 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.639 beyond those basic services that you noted, homelessness being a 137 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:19.600 great example of that, and the amount of money that 138 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.439 is spent on homelessness. And then those of us who 139 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:25.240 live in the streets are not necessarily in the streets. 140 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:26.759 I mean, the homeless people live in the streets, but 141 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.120 those of us who are walking, well, I live downtown, 142 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.399 and you know, and I walk to those meetings sometimes 143 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:33.600 and I think when I watch some of the conversation, 144 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.439 I think, do you know how many piles of human 145 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.600 feces I walked over to get to this building today? 146 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:40.759 So do you mind if I clean my shoes while 147 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.959 you do your land acknowledgment? Because we're not seeing the 148 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:48.600 results that this high amount of money is supposedly delivering. 149 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:52.360 And I think this fire is going to cause a 150 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:56.079 shift not just from the people who are paying attention 151 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.639 a little bit more, but perhaps internally. That's what I'm 152 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:01.959 waiting to see. And you're already starting to see a 153 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:05.000 little bit of differences emerging from the elected officials as 154 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.519 they get into more intense conversations with one another. 155 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:09.800 Will their priorities be shifted. 156 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.279 About a way? This, right, Michael Monks is an estellar 157 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.439 job of keeping his eye on the things that we 158 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:19.600 do not we are easily distracted people, and we cannot 159 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.639 be because that's what happens. That's how government takes advantage 160 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:26.079 of of of all of a sheep. And Michael does 161 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.399 a really good job of finding out what's going on 162 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:32.560 in at city Hall and Border County County Board of 163 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.839 Supervisors and all of that for us. So we really 164 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:37.240 appreciate that you're doing a great job. Michael. 165 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.600 Thanks talk to again La Fires and Path Forward Airs 166 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:41.360 tomorrow night seven to nine. You're gonna hear it to 167 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.839 get on Sunday afternoon as well. Thanks man, Now giving 168 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.120 you see delightful? He smells good. Do you see see 169 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.279 how much better it smells. 170 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:47.560 In here with him? 171 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:51.360 It's the sweat sweat, that's your sweat. Lose an essence 172 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.279 of greatness. Wow, that's terrible. 173 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:00.600 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI. 174 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:03.800 I was just gonna say, did you hear about the 175 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:06.000 guy that was swallowed by the whale? 176 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:10.560 Yeah? He said, I thought I was gonna die? He 177 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.000 was inside the whale, yes for a moment. 178 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.199 And he had the thought when he was inside the whale. 179 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:17.000 Yeah, how am I going to get out of here? 180 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.079 I hope I go back out the front door. 181 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.560 What would you think if you were swallowed by a whale? 182 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:24.279 I wouldn't think anything. I wouldn't be swallowed by a whale. 183 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.800 I would think, oh my god, I was just swallowed 184 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:27.439 by a whale. 185 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.439 That's probably accurate. 186 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.720 Like is this real life? By in this whale? 187 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:37.360 We told you the story this week about right, Like 188 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:38.559 that's crazy? 189 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.080 About why are you ignoring? Ryan? 190 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:41.679 Oh? 191 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:42.240 I'm sorry. 192 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.399 Ryan Honery is a multi award winning teenage inventor and 193 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:51.440 entrepreneur actively putting his passion for people and environment into 194 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.720 action for years, and that I'm reading straight from his website. 195 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.039 Ryan, thanks for joining us today. 196 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.039 Thank you for having me. 197 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.600 Did you see the story about the guy getting swallowed 198 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:02.480 by the whale? 199 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:05.600 I think I saw it on TikTok. 200 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:08.720 Actually I guarante you saw it on TikTok So. 201 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.919 Ryan, you are quite accomplished, do you hear that? All 202 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:12.440 the time? 203 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:13.879 Is thank you? 204 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:17.360 The technology that you were able to come up with, 205 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.080 is that because of where you grew up. I mean, 206 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:23.279 you grew up in Orange County. You probably no stranger 207 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.639 to wildfires being in the news your whole life. Is 208 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.799 that something where you saw a need and wanted to 209 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:29.120 fill the gap there? 210 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:34.080 Yeah, So basically how the whole thing started was so 211 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.759 I played competitive tennis, and a couple of years ago, 212 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:38.919 I think it was like five six years ago, I 213 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:43.080 was in Arizona in November of twenty eighteen, and I 214 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:45.120 was actually there for a tennis tournament, and I was 215 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:47.519 there with my dad, but my mom was still at home, 216 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.320 and during like in between one of my matches, during 217 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:53.440 one of my breaks, I saw on the TV there 218 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:57.080 was like this raging wildfire and the hills and houses 219 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.759 that were burning looked just like the hills and houses 220 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.000 around on where I live. So I called my mom 221 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.960 to ask if she was okay, and she was, and 222 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.200 I felt like a wave of relief, obviously, But then 223 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:10.879 I felt like guilty. I felt like it was wrong 224 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.399 that I could feel a wave of relief while other 225 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:16.399 people were like evacuating and scared for their lives and 226 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.759 things like that. So I started to do some research 227 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:23.840 and I found out that the reason wildfires were such 228 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.519 a big problem is that because by the time they 229 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.879 were detective, and by the time people even knew they 230 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:33.279 were there, it had grown so far that it had 231 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:36.600 already gotten out of hand. It's almost like wildfires are 232 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.039 treated kind of like they should be treated, kind of 233 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.519 like cancer. When you catch them in their early stages, 234 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.120 they're much easier to deal with. But when you catch 235 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:46.879 them once they've already grown out of hand, it becasen's 236 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:47.960 a much bigger problem. 237 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:51.919 That's a I don't think I've ever heard that analogy before. 238 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:57.360 But the company that you have founded, Sensory AI, not 239 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.639 only collaborating with the OC Fire Authority, but Irvine Ranch 240 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.960 Conservancy has rewarded you a grant to do this. Give 241 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:06.759 us a basic description of what it is in terms 242 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:12.759 of how the sensors will detect wildfires super early so 243 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.240 that they can do just like you said, jump on 244 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:16.759 those fires and put them out quickly. 245 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.879 Yeah, for sure. So basically the idea is to have 246 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:25.360 my network spread across locations that are high risk of wildfires, 247 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.840 which are chosen by the Orange County Fire Authority or 248 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.639 whatever authority fire authority is of the area, and then 249 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.200 my network will be spread throughout there and my network 250 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.480 doesn't need any infrastructure, so it doesn't have to be 251 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.200 plugged into power or need any whysie connectivity. And then 252 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.039 it uses this idea of sensor fusion where it uses 253 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:55.240 infrared sensors and gas sensors and also mixes with artificial 254 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:59.000 intelligence that runs on my low cost, low power hardware 255 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:05.200 to base increase the accuracy in decrease the false salons 256 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.840 of my system. And basically the way it would work 257 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:10.240 is that if one of my detectors were to detect 258 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:14.200 a fire, it would use mesh networking, which basically just 259 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.240 means my whole network can communicate with each other, and 260 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.799 it would send that information from detector to detector until 261 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:26.200 it reached one of my detectors that had cellular connectivity, 262 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:29.480 and then it would use that cellular connectivity to send 263 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:34.399 push notification or text notification to the fire authorities, telling 264 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.320 them one the longitude and latitude of the detector that 265 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:40.360 detected the fire, and two the direction in which the 266 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:42.799 camera was pointing, so that they know exactly where the 267 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:43.360 fire was. 268 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.519 What do you like doing when you're not creating new 269 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:49.360 technology to save lives and homes and things? 270 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.080 What kid stuff do you like to do. 271 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:55.279 I think my most favorite hobbies would be surfing and snowboarding, 272 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:58.559 but definitely surfing the most. Because I live like literally 273 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:02.559 two minutes from the beach, I can go almost whatever lifetime. 274 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:08.480 Nice, nice, enjoy the tasty waves. Right. Yeah, well that's awesome. 275 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:10.559 We're going to keep an eye on the stuff that 276 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:14.159 you're doing because this is not the end for you. Clearly, great, 277 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:17.279 thank you, thanks for taking time for us. How come 278 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:18.120 you're not in school? 279 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.759 School where we're going there is no school, So. 280 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.840 I do a choint. I do like a hybrid program 281 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:30.440 where I do my STEM courses at Stanford Online High School, 282 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:33.159 which is basically Stanford University. They have a high school. 283 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.279 I take my STEM courses there and then I take 284 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:41.120 my Humanity courses at Newport Harbor High School. And Stanford 285 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.919 Online High School doesn't have class on Fridays, and usually 286 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:48.480 the plan is that I do my Stanford courses in 287 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:51.480 the morning and then my Harbor courses in the afternoon. 288 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:54.639 So today I have to be at school. I have 289 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.000 to leave for school at eleven twenty five, which is 290 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:58.360 why I'm able to be on the course. 291 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:00.720 Gary asked that question because he hates himself and he 292 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.240 hates me and every other person who do nothing when 293 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.039 they were sixteen, Ryan, thank you so much. It was 294 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:08.879 it was a great pleasure to talk to you. And 295 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:10.840 good luck in the future. You're you're gonna be fun 296 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.480 to look out for. 297 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.960 Thank you. Thank you for having me. 298 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:18.600 You bet Ryan, you too, Ryan Honery. Okay, well, why'd 299 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.120 you say that? 300 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.200 Now we feel stupid. Now we're just sitting here and 301 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.799 they're stupid. 302 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.159 I'm glad that he put Stanford on hold for us 303 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:27.679 this morning. Yeah, just hold on second, Stanford. If you've 304 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:30.039 talked to two boneheads that. 305 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:33.519 Can't get over a being swallowed by a whale. 306 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.919 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 307 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:39.039 AM six forty. 308 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.080 We still have astronauts that are stuck in the International. 309 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:45.159 Space Station down. They thought they were going to be 310 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.879 there for much longer after the initial well after the 311 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.919 initial news that they were supposed to be there for 312 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.600 eight days and would be there for a year and 313 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:56.879 a half, they didn't know that they'd be coming home 314 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:58.720 sooner rather than later. 315 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:00.879 After that is so ended an interview. 316 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.519 Anderson Cooper specifically did an interview with them last night, 317 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.519 which actually. 318 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:09.159 Was gravity is really really tough. It was delightful. They 319 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.240 seem in great spirits. 320 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:17.519 They describe the uh, they describe what they are expecting 321 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:21.399 when they come home, and Butch Wilmore actually laid out 322 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.480 sort of the timeline that they expect. So actually coming 323 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:29.360 up at eleven twenty, we're going to talk about that 324 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:32.279 interview and how they have been dealing with the fact 325 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:35.720 that they've been abandoned, although they've not been abandoned, but 326 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.840 I'm just saying that it was not what they were planning. 327 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.039 They were planning the what was it, the eight day 328 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:44.440 trip and it turns into Gilligan's Island in space. 329 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:48.200 Coming up next, we'll be talking about the whale swallowing 330 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.639 the kayaker. I just watched the video. It looks so peaceful, 331 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:56.720 doesn't it, the way the whale just swallows them. One 332 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.639 fell swoop yep. 333 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.919 They never hear you scream when you get swallowed by a. 334 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:03.960 Way, very peaceful, serene waters, beautiful day to kayak. 335 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:08.039 Well, it was like, thankfully he didn't have enough time 336 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.200 in the whale to build a fire. 337 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:11.559 And make him sneeze like Pinocchio did. 338 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:18.039 His friend is caught on camera or his dad sounding fine, 339 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.000 just pretty matter of fact fine, Like when you hear 340 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:25.639 the pilot that's going down and he's like, yeah, you 341 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.440 do it better. 342 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:30.080 Oh, ladies. And Joel is captain speeding and you figure 343 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.759 outside the right side you can actually see it on 344 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:34.399 the left side of the cabin as well, that the 345 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.440 ground is approaching it pretty high velocity. 346 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.840 They're so calm. This guy was just as calm watching 347 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.519 his kid get swallowed by a whale. 348 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:45.879 You said the other day that you've spent eight bucks 349 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.279 on eggs. Eight bucks on a dozen eggs, about seven 350 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.080 seven bucks on a dozen eggs. 351 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.960 Why a correct? 352 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:53.399 Well, I just feel bad. Eight sounds like a bridge 353 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:53.759 too far. 354 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.240 You'd never spend that much. 355 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:01.440 There is a new market that is opening up for 356 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:04.759 people who want to, you know, have their own supply 357 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:09.880 of eggs. A guy in Pennsylvania has a business that's 358 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:16.640 called Rent the Chicken. Rent the Chicken. Sorry, it's not 359 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.319 a guy, it's Jen Tompkins. She goes by Homestead and 360 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:22.319 Jen she co founded the business with her husband Phil. 361 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.799 What they say is they will partner with affiliate farmers 362 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:28.839 across the United States and Canada to get chickens into 363 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.720 your yard. The rental cost varies, but it can start 364 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.759 at about five hundred bucks for a six month contract 365 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:39.960 that will include two egg laying hens. They are ready 366 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.680 to lay eggs within two days arrival, because usually you 367 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.519 got a wait a year. Two hens. They say, we'll 368 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.759 give you about a dozen eggs a week. That's about 369 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.400 an egg a day. 370 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.960 Hey, listen, I'll pay for this if we can use 371 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.720 your backyard. 372 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.359 Why mine? 373 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.039 Because you have a backyard. I do not, and we 374 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:58.519 need eggs and chickens. 375 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:02.119 I have fewer predatory animals that would eat the I 376 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.000 mean we'd have coyotes, though, I think coyotes would come in, but. 377 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.880 We'll put them in a chicken coop. 378 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:12.759 The rental cost includes the portable coop. See it includes 379 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:16.000 feed for the chicken. It includes food and water. You 380 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:20.440 didn't say experts. If you have questions, you didn't say no. Well, 381 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:22.759 I love fresh eggs, don't get me wrong. 382 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.079 Let's text the wife and see if we can get 383 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.799 this ball rolling. 384 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.440 You have her number as well. 385 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:30.319 There are yeah, but I don't have sex with her, right, 386 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:32.960 But I don't ask dumb questions of my wife. 387 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:35.599 I try not to. I end up doing it, but 388 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.359 I try not to. 389 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:39.799 There are also packages to get four egg laying hens 390 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:46.720 and supplies, which would be about two dozen eggs per week. 391 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:53.880 It just struck me what you said. 392 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.400 I'm ruining the day for so many reasons. 393 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:00.440 Somebody needs to prevent you from stings. 394 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.920 Caffeine suffee, I know that, I apologize. 395 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.599 Wow. 396 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:10.319 The biggest story of the day I saw it on 397 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:14.519 TikTok the kayaker getting swallowed by the whale. 398 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:17.359 We'll talk about that we come back. 399 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.440 And how many other times in history have people been 400 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.160 swallowed by whales and spit back out? 401 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.680