WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:07.040 It's Nightside with Dan Ray on DEBS Costs Radio. 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.119 Nicall, thank you very much, as always, welcome on in 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.839 everyone to a Tuesday night edition of Nightside. Here for 4 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:19.239 four hours of conversation with you and other Nightside listeners. 5 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.399 Remember this program is not the Dan Ray Show. It 6 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.039 is Nightside with Dan Ray. I want to hear your viewpoints, 7 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:29.800 want to hear your ideas. Feel free to call this 8 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:33.000 program know that you will have an opportunity to express 9 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:37.479 yourself again. Looking for conversation, not looking for speeches per se, 10 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.280 but conversation and all points of view are welcome. Just 11 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.200 get into a conversation and we'll have a We'll have 12 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.359 an interesting night, and maybe at the end of the 13 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:48.880 night both of us, you and me will know a 14 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.399 little bit more about a couple of items or two. Again, 15 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.799 I'm Dan Ray. I am the host of Knightside with 16 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.200 Dan Ray. Rob Brooks is the producer of Nightside with 17 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.000 Dan Ray. And we also, of course have Marita McKinnon 18 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:06.519 also aka Lightning, who works during the day setting the 19 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.200 program up along with me during the day and later 20 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:13.840 on this evening we are going to be talking about 21 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.680 the continuing strike at three Massachusetts Community the teachers strike 22 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:21.799 at three Massachusetts communities. We will also talk a little 23 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:24.879 bit later on tonight about a couple of articles of 24 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:27.280 the Washington Post, a couple out of the Boston Globe 25 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:31.920 where people some people are thinking about leaving the country 26 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.159 because of the Trump reelection. 27 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:35.640 We could go tonight. 28 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:37.879 Matter of fact, they were just beginning to all the 29 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:39.560 polls were closing a week ago tonight. 30 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.760 A lot has transpired in the last week, so we'll 31 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:43.439 get to all of that. 32 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:46.400 We will also remind you if you were Paul and 33 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:52.000 you picked our if your number on you picked Donald 34 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:57.319 Trump as the winner on our Monday Night prediction a 35 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.359 week ago Monday Night, and you chose three one hundred 36 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:02.920 and fifteen electoral votes, you are the winner of a 37 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.400 night side tote bag. Those of you who want to 38 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.920 look at the nightside tote bag, I believe they're posted now, 39 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:11.719 just produced by our friends at college hype nightside and 40 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.879 demand great Christmas gifts. But before we get to all 41 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.439 of that, Paul called Rob and get all the information 42 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.400 that Rob needs to get so we can get you 43 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.560 your prize. Congratulations. We'll announce that a couple more times tonight. 44 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:24.280 In Paul, if we don't hear from you. We're going 45 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:26.000 to have to move on to the second place. Finish 46 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.560 as simple as that. Well, we have four topics of 47 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:33.919 really I think really interesting. The first one is exceptionally interesting. 48 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:40.719 You've heard the phrase you've turned lemons into lemonade. Well, 49 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:43.599 we're not talking about lemons. We're talking about dirty diapers 50 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:47.800 with Brett Stevens. He's the senior director of Reworld, a 51 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.240 waste management company that could be helping all of us 52 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:58.360 turning dirty diapers into electricity. Brett Stevens, I have no 53 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:00.840 idea how you do this, but love to get a 54 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:04.000 little bit more information from you. You've teamed up with 55 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.080 a local mass daycare provider. 56 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:07.879 Tell us about it. 57 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.719 Sure, First, thank you for having me, and secondly, you 58 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:17.319 are right. This is a very interesting story. Normally, parents 59 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.639 at home, you know, they generate a lot of dirty 60 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:21.360 diapers when they have babies. 61 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:25.159 And the parents the babies generate the diapers. Let's make 62 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.280 sure we're clear on that it's not the parents. 63 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:32.039 Yeah, that's right. So babies generate a lot of dirty 64 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.919 diapers when they are young. Parents tend to throw them 65 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:38.560 in the garbage at home, and then normally your local 66 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:42.039 garbage company will haul that material to a local landfill. 67 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.199 And many people don't know this, but diapers are made 68 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:50.280 of multiple different materials from adhesives to plastics to absorbents, 69 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.800 and those materials do not break down in the landfill. 70 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.400 So it could take five hundred years for a diaper 71 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:02.000 to decompose. And we've read some statistics from the EPA 72 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:05.479 to say diapers are the number three waste stream in 73 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:08.599 US landfills today, so quite a bit of them sort 74 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:09.840 of rotting away over time. 75 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:15.960 We're talking about after you die five hundred years legacy. 76 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.839 Wow, go ahead, Yeah, and we are, we're running out 77 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.839 of landfill space here. We're kind of behind the times 78 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:29.000 compared to Europe. And so my company, Reworld Waste operates 79 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:33.800 about eighty percent of the waste to energy or thermal 80 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:35.639 destruction capacity. 81 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:36.040 In North America. 82 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.800 And we partnered with one of our national customers, Kimberly Clark, 83 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.480 which owns Huggies diapers and a local day care facility 84 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:48.879 in Boston and Bright Horizons. We're doing a six location 85 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:52.319 pilot program. It's been running since January of this year, 86 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:52.920 so we're there. 87 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:57.199 We're in a highl aer just so it's p I 88 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.079 l O T like an airplane pilot. It's not a 89 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:05.160 pilot p I L E. I just want to make 90 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:06.920 sure that they would clear on that. 91 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:08.319 Correct. 92 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:10.800 And by pilot, I mean that this is a test 93 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.879 program up there, stereo. 94 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.040 I just want to pay. We're not talking about piling 95 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:16.519 it up anywhere. Go ahead, go. 96 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:20.600 Ahead, correct, correct. And so we've partnered with Huggies and 97 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:24.120 these local Bright Horizons daycare facilities. There are six of 98 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.519 them in the Greater Boston area that are participating, and 99 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.600 we have a special kiosk at each of these sites 100 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:35.279 to specifically put diapers in instead of the normal trash, 101 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:38.639 and we use a subcontractor in the local Boston area 102 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:42.000 to do milk run style pickups at those six day 103 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:46.399 care facilities multiple times a week. So those diapers are collected, 104 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:50.120 they are brought back to a local waste management facility 105 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:53.720 where the material is sterilized in an autoclave. It's a 106 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:59.199 machine that combines steam and pressure to kill bacteria, help 107 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:01.439 with the smell, all the things you would want to 108 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:02.399 do with a dirty diaper. 109 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:08.319 Kiosks with it deposited, and then they're moved. Okay, got it, okay, 110 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:08.879 fair enough? 111 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:09.680 Correct? 112 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.040 And so the diapers do not sit for more than 113 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.519 a couple of days at the most before they are 114 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.360 emptied out. And then those diapers end up getting sterilized 115 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.000 at a local partner of ours in the Boston area, 116 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.800 and then we ultimately deliver a full truckload of that 117 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:28.680 material to our haveril the thermal treatment facility in the 118 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:32.720 Greater Boston area, and so that material gets commingled with 119 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:36.639 municipal waste, normal garbage that comes in from the municipalities, 120 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:40.639 and it enters our boiler where it becomes a fuel 121 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.920 to create electricity. And so all of those diapers, along 122 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:48.360 with all the other waste that we collect, is incinerated 123 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:52.399 or thermally treated, which heats up our boiler systems of water. 124 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:57.040 That water becomes steam, that steam enters a turbine, and 125 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.480 that turbine creates electricity out to the New England Tower grid. 126 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:03.759 So we're actually putting the diapers and other waste materials 127 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:08.000 to good use. And so far through the pilot program 128 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:11.920 this year, at just those six stores, six locations, we've 129 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:15.040 collected over thirty three thousand pounds of diapers. That's over 130 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.759 sixteen tons of diapers, and those sixteen tons of diapers 131 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:23.680 have created three mega loot hours of electricity. So for 132 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.879 your listeners who don't know what a megawatt hour is 133 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.399 or how to measure what effect that has, those three 134 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.959 megawatt hours of electricity could power five homes for a 135 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:38.160 month in the Boston area. Okay, so we're sending go ahead. 136 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.160 No, I'm just saying that's a lot of work, okay. 137 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:46.920 And in the article that I read here, there's also 138 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:51.000 some families out there who are going back to the old, 139 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:52.920 tried and true cloth diaper. 140 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.560 We have a woman who calls this show who. 141 00:07:55.399 --> 00:08:00.399 Makes a diaper run every night, Donna the Diaper Lady. Well, 142 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.040 that's true, that's true. Donna is one of our regular callers. 143 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:08.399 She's probably listening right now. What you're doing is that 144 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:12.839 people have obviously have made the switch from cloth diapers 145 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:18.079 to disposable diapers, but you have highlighted a problem and 146 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:23.519 you're trying to turn you know, lemons into lemonade here, 147 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:28.360 you know, diapers and whatever used diapers uh into power 148 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:32.360 for the grid, which is really interesting. Is this being 149 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.639 done anywhere else in the country or are you guys, 150 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:36.639 is this a breakthrough with your company? 151 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:37.639 And here in New England. 152 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.120 I would say that we may accidentally receive diapers for 153 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:46.039 municipalities that send their waste to us, but this is 154 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:50.799 a very this is a you know, on purpose program 155 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.759 that we are collecting only that material from. 156 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.200 These facilities, and. 157 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:58.360 To my knowledge, we're the only company doing this in 158 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:02.399 North America today and it's not happening anywhere else in 159 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:04.559 the country yet. But we do hope to expand it 160 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:06.039 with our partners. 161 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.679 Well, Brett, I know I was using a couple of 162 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:13.080 puns there, just to lighten the like we say lighten 163 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.480 the load here, but I shouldn't say that the bottom 164 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:20.480 line I shouldn't say that either. What I'm trying to 165 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.000 say is this seems like a great program. Obviously, it's 166 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:27.159 not like you're powering Manhattan for a month with the diapers, 167 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.200 but it's a step in the right direction. And I 168 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:34.480 hope that as this expiands or as you get some others. 169 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:38.840 I would assume that there are probably some investors out 170 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:42.159 there who might like to take a look at this program. 171 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.000 Am I being too optimistic when I suggest that? 172 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.600 Well, I don't think you're being too optimistic. I think 173 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.440 this does have legs. But yeah, mke no, mistake. Well, 174 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.759 what we're doing right now is an improvement over the 175 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.120 material sitting in a landfill. But the holy grail, the 176 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.840 holy grail would be if the diapers were not single 177 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:05.879 use and disposable and made from multiple materials. I think 178 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:08.240 down the line, we'll probably get to a point where 179 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.279 these diapers can be collected and recycled in some way, 180 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.600 where the content can be used in a variety of ways. 181 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:19.639 Maybe the plastic outer part of the diaper can be recycled, 182 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.360 whereas the inner absorbent material could be used for some 183 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.039 other kind of traded I think we're maybe a year 184 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:27.120 or two away from that, But that's the holy grail. 185 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.799 Okay, how can folks get more information? Give us a website, 186 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.320 how they that can get in touch with you. You 187 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.919 never know, we can have some venture capitalists who's listening 188 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:38.360 tonight and says, hey, that's a great potential investment, or 189 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:40.000 people just might want to get more information. 190 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:41.440 Give us a way to get in touch with you. 191 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:42.799 Sure. 192 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:48.320 Our company is called Reworld rw RLD and you can 193 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.480 reach us at reworld waste dot com. You can learn 194 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:54.720 a lot about our facilities where they exist. You can 195 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:59.120 learn about thermal destruction of products and the benefits of that. 196 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.240 We we of course would love to chat with anyone 197 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.080 that wants to reach out. 198 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:05.559 And how long has your company been operational. 199 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.799 We have been operational since the eighties. Uh Oh was 200 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:14.320 previously known as co previously known as Covanta. You may 201 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:18.799 know the name Covanta, but we've recently rebranded earlier this 202 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:23.559 year to Reworld because we've acquired a lot of companies 203 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:26.320 to complement our core business and we are now a 204 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.320 total waste solutions company. 205 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.759 And to end, Brett, thank you very much for your time. 206 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.159 Thank you very much for your innovation. And I hope 207 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.120 you are on a fan that I tried to just 208 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.320 lighten it up a little bit. 209 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.799 And no, of course, thank you for having. 210 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:41.440 A great project. Thanks, thank you, Bret. Brett Stevens of 211 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:44.440 Senior director of Reworld. Thanks Brett, appreciate it very much. 212 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:45.159 We'll have you back. 213 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:47.840 Thank you, bye bye, have a great night, and. 214 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:50.120 We come back when we talk about the new Philharmonic 215 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.360 Harmon Excuse me, I shouldn't say phil Harmonic, the New 216 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:58.440 Philharmonia Orchestra. If you are a music lover, you are 217 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:00.960 going to love this next segment. Later I'm going to 218 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.919 talk about sober comedy night and also find fall splendor 219 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.960 at seven New England beaches from Maine to Rhode Island. 220 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:10.879 And then we'll get to the talk portion of the program. 221 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:12.960 For now. My name's Dan Ray. This is Nightside. 222 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:16.159 To listen to WBZ ten thirty in the am Bustin's 223 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:17.399 News Radio back right after this. 224 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.799 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 225 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:25.679 night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 226 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.200 All right, we are back going to talk about a 227 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:30.600 little bit of music here, actually quite a bit of 228 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:37.799 music music. The new follow Philharmoniamonia Orchestra, beginning its thirtieth 229 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:42.360 anniversary season with us. Is the music direction of the 230 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:47.960 new Philharmonia Orchestra? Have I pronounced that correctly? Jorge Soto? 231 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:51.679 Yes, perfect, new Philharmonia, Yes. 232 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:54.519 Harmonia, Okay, I always think it's going to be Philharmonic. 233 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.919 I know why did they change it? Tell us about 234 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.320 why is it called Philharmonia as opposed to Philharmonic? 235 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:05.720 Is there a reasoners there is that? Are they synonyms? 236 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.960 No, it's just the name of it. It said, there's 237 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:15.679 a it's a name. You know, you have symphony orchestras, 238 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:19.440 you know, Philharmonic, you know Boston Symphony, Boston Philharmonic. You 239 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:24.200 know we play with these names, but that's name, you know, 240 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:25.399 I gotta get Look. 241 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:27.200 I don't know why they said they spell the Red 242 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.559 Sox s O X why they don't say Red Sox 243 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:31.720 s O c K S. But that's you know. Those 244 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:33.440 are the sort of the questions you have to deal 245 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.039 with in life living here in New England. So tell 246 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:39.759 us about the orchestra. This is a huge ensemble. How 247 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:44.159 many members are in your orchestra? I saw some pictures. 248 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.759 It looks like two football teams. 249 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:52.039 Yes, we are around I guess sixty five members. 250 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:54.919 You were saying a football team and a baseball team. 251 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:59.559 Fair enough. How does someone become a member of this orchestra? 252 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:04.519 I guess you actually have recitals and personal interviews. But 253 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.279 I mean, you're all set for this year. Don't get 254 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.919 me wrong. When in case someone you do not have to. 255 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:15.399 Open you what we're always looking. We're always opening email us, 256 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.559 have a little audition and just get in, you know, 257 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.039 play with us, have a good time. 258 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:26.639 Okay, So these are these are they're not professional musicians 259 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.879 in the sense that you don't tour around, but everyone 260 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:36.600 how far you're based in Newton, right, correct. Okay, But 261 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.440 you don't have to live in Newton to become a member. 262 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:43.000 No, no, no, it's a community orchestra. 263 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.120 No. 264 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:51.000 Community orchestras are mostly musicians who make a living by 265 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:53.320 doing by having other professions. So we have a bunch 266 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:59.279 of doctors, lawyers, you know, accountants, you name it. You know, teachers, professors, 267 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:04.159 and so they have a different job. But they played 268 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:08.200 instruments when you know, when growing up, and they just 269 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.000 want to keep on playing. And a lot of them, 270 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:14.480 some of them have even undergrad in music, you know. 271 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.679 But a lot of them are very talented. So all 272 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:20.879 of them are very talented. And no, we sound fantastic. 273 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.919 And is your home base or you perform at the 274 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.519 Grace Church in Newton center? Is that where the concerts occur? 275 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.679 Correct? Grace Episcopal Church. 276 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:37.559 Grace Episcopal Church. 277 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:42.600 Okay, And I know that you have a performance coming 278 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.840 up on November twenty third and twenty fourth. 279 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:46.720 Uh. 280 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.840 And then you have one actually at the Brown Middle 281 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:53.960 School in Newton on the fifteenth of December. And then 282 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:57.759 you have two concerts on March first and second, and 283 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:02.600 May third and fourth. All all of these take place 284 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.639 somewhere in Newton, am I correct? 285 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:06.480 When I understand to understand. 286 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:11.679 That yes, yes, this performances coming up in November, as 287 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.960 you mentioned, are will be at Grace Episcopal Church. The 288 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:21.360 March performances and the May performances will be at the 289 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.480 same church, the Grace Episcopal Church. 290 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.039 Okay. 291 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:27.840 And the one session then is the one on December 292 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.480 fifteenth at the Brown Middle School. 293 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.559 Correct, And then we'll be doing a Cracker with the 294 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.480 Boston Boston Ballet. It's a beautiful event for families. 295 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.960 Yes, well, that sounds great. 296 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:48.440 And these are high quality musicians. And I'm looking at 297 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:51.960 the picture. It's a great tableau of men and women, 298 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.919 all sorts of backgrounds, different ages, and it is it 299 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:00.159 is clearly a very impressive looking orchestra. The amount to 300 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:05.240 talent that exists within the community, sometimes it's underrated. The 301 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.960 number of people who again are you know, have become 302 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.920 musicians at one point in their life or have maybe 303 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:19.039 always been musicians. It's it's wonderful. How much do you 304 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:23.200 folks have to practice every year? Is this you know? 305 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:31.359 Something that really is involves a commitment for several months 306 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:32.359 every every. 307 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:32.880 Fall and winter. 308 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:41.880 Yes, we rehearsed. We have about seven rehearsals in preparation 309 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:46.480 for every concert. So up to November third, No, we 310 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.680 have met at least seven times, you know. And it's 311 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.000 a lot of work. And besides that, all of us 312 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:57.079 work at home during the week and prepare for these rehearsals. Yes, 313 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:59.599 it takes a lot of work, but we enjoy I think, 314 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:04.599 simply are We love doing this and I believe we 315 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:07.240 bring a lot of joy to the town of Newton. 316 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.319 Thirty years. This is your thirtieth anniversary. Will be a 317 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.480 very special year. And I know that you have been 318 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.640 with the orchestra for how many years you were the 319 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:25.000 music director and you've been with them. You're now the 320 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:28.839 music director, but previously you were in other positions with 321 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.480 the orchestra. 322 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:29.920 Correct. 323 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:34.559 Correct? I started in two thousand and seventeen as an 324 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:38.119 assistant conductor to the main conductor. Then I became the 325 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:43.119 principal conductor, and as this past September, I became the 326 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:48.720 music director. And yes, I've been around since twenty seventeen. 327 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:51.839 And by the way, we're also it's going to be 328 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:57.640 a beautiful this November concert, special concert because we are 329 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:01.720 celebrating one hundred and fifty years of Newton as a 330 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:08.519 city and the new to the Mayor. Mayor Foller will 331 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.119 be joining us in one of the pieces. She will 332 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.319 be narrating a wonderful piece by Copeland that has that 333 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:22.160 the text is a compilation of Lincoln's different speeches. It's 334 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:26.079 going to be it's going to be quite quite celebratory 335 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.640 in nature. 336 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.160 Well, poor hey, best best of luck. 337 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:35.079 It sounds like a wonderful season coming up for the 338 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:41.279 New phil Ammonia Orchestra beginning its thirty thirtieth season, with 339 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.880 the two performances coming up November twenty third and twenty 340 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.880 fourth at the Episcopal the Grace Episcopal Church in Newton Center. 341 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.359 And I assume tickets are available. What is the website 342 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.519 people can can go to to get some tickets. 343 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:58.200 It's new feel dot org. 344 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:02.640 I like that it's easier to spell new phil any 345 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:09.279 w p h I L dot org. Congratulations, congratulations, thanks 346 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:13.279 for being with us tonight, Hoge the music direction my pleasure, 347 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.039 my pleasure. When we get back, we're going to talk 348 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:19.920 about a different sort of celebration, a sober comedy night 349 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.359 presented at the Hope Center coming up on November twenty first, 350 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:26.160 We're going to talk with Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott, 351 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.680 an old friend, a very funny comedian Steve Sweeney, back 352 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.240 on Nightside. You'll get a few chuckles out of this one, 353 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.839 for sure, and there's also a serious message to boot. 354 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.880 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio. 355 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:46.119 Well, I'm delighted to welcome two guests. Very rarely do 356 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.920 we have two guests at the same time here on Nightside. 357 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:54.119 Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott and a friend of many years, 358 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:57.559 one of the funniest people I know, comedian Steve Sweeney. 359 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:00.839 First of all, Sheriff McDermott, welcome back. How are you tonight? 360 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.759 I'm doing great, Dan, thanks for having me back again. 361 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.720 Really appreciate it. 362 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:07.400 You bet you' Steve. Always a pleasure to have you here. 363 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.039 A nice sight. It's been too long. How have you 364 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.720 been doing, buddy? 365 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:15.440 Oh good? I would amend your introduction one and a 366 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:18.799 half guess, one and a half guess because I'm grieving. 367 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:24.960 I'm grieving. How do you like these colleges they're taking 368 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:28.359 days off for grieving. You know who should be grieving 369 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.759 is the parents that are paying for these kids. 370 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.119 Right. 371 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:35.759 Do you have a safe room community colleges not grieving. 372 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.759 Where's your comfort blanket? Do you have a safe room 373 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.680 and a comfort blanket? 374 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.440 All I can. 375 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.319 I'm waiting for my call from Trump to be the 376 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:49.680 ambassador to Aruba. Anyway, Hey, before we get started, I 377 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:53.839 really want to say this, Dan. Every Friday night, I'm 378 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.279 coming home from a gig and I listen to you 379 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.000 and I love it, absolutely love it. And my favorite 380 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:03.160 is the last hour. It was a few weeks ago, 381 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:06.720 the last hour you were gonna do. Uh, you're doing 382 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:09.480 meetings with famous people and that's really. 383 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:13.160 Rushes, rushes with celebrity, brushes with celebrity. 384 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:16.880 Absolutely, next time you do it, I'm gonna call in. 385 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:19.839 Well, you have met so many celebrities in your life. 386 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.839 I mean you'll be We could do an hour with 387 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:27.720 you one brushes with celebrity, that's sure. The a absolutely 388 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.880 as we call the good, the bad, and the ugly, 389 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:32.839 simple as that. But anyway, we're gonna talk about a 390 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:37.759 sober comedy night. Sheriff McDermott. Here's your headliner, Steve Sweeney. 391 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.720 You can't do better than that. Tell us the purpose 392 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:44.440 here it's presented by the Hope Center. Tell us what 393 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.880 we're trying to accomplish here and then we'll have some fun. 394 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:49.920 Tell us what we're gonna I'm truly blessed in the 395 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:51.000 Norfolk Sheriff's Office. 396 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.079 You know. 397 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:54.200 Part of my vision about being Sheriff of Norfolk County 398 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:59.599 was focusing on re entry, rehabilitation and the reduction of 399 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:05.480 recid rates. And we opened back in April a brand 400 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:07.519 new re entry center called the Hope Center, And the 401 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:12.319