WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty the bill handles 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:06.799 show on demand on the iHeartRadio f. 3 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:11.439 Houston. 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:12.759 I am ready for the event. 5 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.039 Excellent KFI radio. This is Mission Control, Houston. Please call 6 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:19.039 station for a voice check station. 7 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:21.519 This is Amy King with kfi's wake up call. How 8 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:22.079 do you hear me? 9 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:23.480 Amy? 10 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.800 This is Nick and I can hear you loud and clear. 11 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:31.359 All right, KFI, welcome aboard and what you have just heard, 12 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:33.039 and we're going to go diving into that a little 13 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:36.159 deeper right now this morning at five point thirty, Amy 14 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:42.600 King speaking to Nick, a Colonel Nick aboard the International 15 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:43.200 Space Station. 16 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:45.560 Now, before you get into it, Amy, I want to 17 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.960 point out what a big deal this is. 18 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.719 You have seen people interviewed in space, right, but you've 19 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:57.640 always seen the interviews on national news outlets. It does 20 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:02.920 not happen on local news outlets. It just doesn't happen. 21 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.280 And Amy was able to pull it off. 22 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.959 And so we're going to do She's going to play 23 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.079 We're going to play a couple of snippets from the 24 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:18.040 interview she did this morning, and then two questions which 25 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:23.359 Amy of course did not ask, which inevitably I would 26 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:24.920 have asked and that would have been the last time, 27 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:26.920 of course, I would ever be allowed to talk to 28 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:28.280 an astronaut. 29 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:30.000 And so Amy, I'm going to just throw it to 30 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:31.879 you with your interview. 31 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.920 Okay, Well, we're just going to play some excerpts of 32 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.920 it and also let you know that you can listen 33 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.560 to the whole interview on the KFI website at kfiam 34 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:46.959 six forty dot com slash space. You can listen to 35 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:49.519 today's interview that was live on the International Space Station, 36 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.519 plus the others that we've done over the last six 37 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:56.000 months with Colonel Hag who's been so generous in sharing 38 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.000 his time as he prepared to go to the International 39 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.040 Space station'll be putting out the Zoom call on our 40 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:05.359 social media soon. They're putting some finishing touches on that. 41 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:07.400 But it was fun for me because I got to 42 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.800 actually see Colonel Haig up in space, and we want 43 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:13.560 you to share that with you as well. He launched 44 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:18.439 to the International Space Station on September twenty eighth, and 45 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.080 so he's been there for less than a month, and 46 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:27.080 his launch was actually delayed because of what happened with 47 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.800 Sonny Williams and Butch Wilmore. They were the astronauts who 48 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:33.280 went up on the Boeing star Liner and then they 49 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.680 couldn't come back on the star Liner. So they are 50 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:38.840 basically going to spend eight or nine months on the 51 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:43.039 space station. And they had to reconfigure Colonel Haig's mission 52 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.759 to accommodate and be able to bring them home in February. 53 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:50.879 So with Colonel Hagg and Alex who's the cosmonaut who's 54 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.960 with him, and Sonny and Butch and others, it's getting 55 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.159 a little crowded up on the space station. So I 56 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.319 asked Colonel Haig how many people are there on board currently? 57 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:01.439 Right now, we have eleven people on the space station, 58 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:05.280 and today is kind of an exciting day. Crew eight 59 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.680 is preparing to undock, so four of our crewmates are 60 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.840 getting ready to hop into their capsule and return to 61 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:16.000 Earth and splash down on Friday, and so there's a 62 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:19.400 buzz of anticipation and excitement. I'm happy for them to 63 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:21.800 be able to get back to their to their families. 64 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:26.039 It's also it's also an exciting time because it's turning 65 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:31.199 over another chapter, another crew handover. You know, they're passing 66 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.719 the baton to us, if you will, and that baton 67 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:38.360 passing has been happening continuously for two and a half decades, 68 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.960 and their floats Matt screaming by getting ready to go 69 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.520 up into his dragon and continue packing and getting ready 70 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:44.840 to leave. 71 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.039 So that was and you'll be able to see it 72 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:52.360 on the zoom call because during this whole conversation with 73 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:55.840 Colonel Hag there were astronauts buzzing by, and as he 74 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:59.400 said that, that was part of the Crew eight, which 75 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:02.400 is planning to come home. In fact, our interview that 76 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.840 we've been talking about and promoting for the last week 77 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:09.199 was in jeopardy yesterday because because they were weather dependent 78 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.560 on when the Crew eight was going to be able 79 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.719 to return, so they didn't know if they were going 80 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.360 to have to adjust sleep schedules which would adjust when 81 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:18.319 they would be available to talk and everything. But it 82 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:19.759 all worked out, so we're thrilled about that. 83 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:23.279 Yeah, the signal was amazing. Oh my god, that's for starters. Also, 84 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:27.199 eleven people. Is that a lot of people? Is that 85 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.439 a crowded iss. 86 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.439 So when I've talked to Colonel Hag before, they usually 87 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.199 I think it's like five six seven that are normally 88 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.439 up there, So there are more people up there, but 89 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:40.000 they can accommodate for it, and they said. He said 90 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:44.160 that the size of the space station itself, if you 91 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:47.319 go end to end, is the size of a football field. 92 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.079 But if you look just at the pressurized places, the 93 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:55.000 living spaces, it's the volume of a about a four 94 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.439 or five store room house. 95 00:04:58.079 --> 00:04:58.839 Oh, so it's big. 96 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.240 It's relatively large. 97 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.959 And then he said that you use everything like you 98 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:06.600 don't think of a four bedroom house like we think 99 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.120 of it in a linear way, because they're using all 100 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:10.959 the space all the way up to the ceilings. They 101 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.800 can use every surface because there's no gravity and they 102 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:14.839 have access to all of it. 103 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.079 All Right, we have two minutes before the break. What 104 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.040 can you do with that in terms of your interview? 105 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:20.920 Okay? 106 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.720 I asked him about how things run on the International 107 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:26.560 Space Station, knowing that they have to get resupplies. They 108 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:28.959 have missions going up to resupply them all the time, 109 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.519 and I wanted to know how do you get your 110 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.160 air and water? Is it shipped up there or do 111 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.680 they just have it up there now and recycle it. 112 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:40.360 It's a fairly closed loop system, meaning we have to 113 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:44.360 recycle everything. And currently if we focus on water, the 114 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:48.759 station is operating about ninety eight percent of the ability 115 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.399 to recycle the water that we use. And so even 116 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:53.920 right now, there's air conditioners that are scrubbing this air, 117 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:59.240 and as we perspire moisture, they're condensing that, putting it 118 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.439 back into a system that purifies it so we can 119 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:03.600 drink it. And so we're able to recover ninety eight 120 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.160 percent of the water that we consume, which is important 121 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.959 because water is really dense, it's really heavy, and things 122 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:12.079 that are heavy or expensive to launch. It'll be even 123 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.040 more important when we start having a sustained presence on 124 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.399 the Moon to be able to recycle without having to 125 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:23.040 resupply and use our resources that are in place already. 126 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.079 So you kind of have an endless supply Now that 127 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:26.800 it's there. 128 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:33.079 It's pretty endless, but we still rely on cargo vehicles 129 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:37.000 every month or two to bring up some supplies to 130 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.839 resupply us. One of the things that we are working 131 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:42.120 on but we haven't figured out yet, is how do 132 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:44.040 we grow all the food that we need so that 133 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.360 we don't have to resupply with food. Currently, we resupply 134 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:49.959 all of our food from the ground, and so we 135 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.839 rely on those transport vehicles to bring us up food 136 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.319 every couple months to make sure we've got enough to eat. 137 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:58.480 And he said that, as you mentioned, they're working on 138 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.199 that because and that's some of the experiments that they're doing, 139 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:03.920 because they're always doing tons of experiments, and that's one 140 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.920 of them, is trying to learn figure out how they 141 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:08.920 can grow stuff in space. 142 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:13.000 Do they filter their p or is that gone? And 143 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.319 that's a legitimate question. I have a few that aren't. 144 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.319 I don't know. I didn't ask him that because see. 145 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:22.480 Amy, you have to ask me questions that you're going 146 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:24.879 to ask the colonel next time. 147 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:29.360 Well again, as you mentioned, you probably wouldn't be able 148 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:31.120 to interview him again, and I'm hoping that i'd get 149 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:32.000 to chain. 150 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.879 Okay, we're going to come back and we're going to 151 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:35.240 do more. 152 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:37.199 We'll finish it up and then at the bottom of 153 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.759 the hour, Jim Keeney is going to join us with 154 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:41.319 Medical News. 155 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:42.720 And back we go. Amy. 156 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.600 This morning at five point thirty an interview with a 157 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.279 Colonel Nick Haig, and it was in a normally an 158 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.839 interview because she was here at KFI. He was on 159 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:59.240 the International Space Station circling the Earth and for a 160 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:02.959 locals to have an interview in a conversation with an 161 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:07.160 astronaut up there is no small thing. And Amy and 162 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.079 Colonel Haig have actually sort of become friendly, which is 163 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.920 kind of neat. You've developed somewhat of a relationship with him. 164 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:19.399 Well, we got the opportunity months ago to talk to 165 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:24.120 him because he's a Space Force guardian and he's the 166 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.639 first guardian to go up to the International Space Station. 167 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:28.839 You used to be Air Force. 168 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.920 He switched over to Space Force and now there's like 169 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.120 five thousand Space Force or maybe it's ten thousand, but 170 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.879 he's the first to go to the International Space Station, 171 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.200 and they wanted to kind of get out the word 172 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.360 about what Space Force does, and so that's how we 173 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.639 kind of hooked up initially. And then after talking to 174 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.000 him and he's so great to talk to and has 175 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:50.480 just has so much information, we're like, can we do 176 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:53.759 this again, Like, as you're training to do your mission, 177 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.720 we want to hear about what it's like to train 178 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.600 to go up to the International Space Station. So that's 179 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:01.679 how that all started, and now like six months later, 180 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.159 he's up there on the International Space Station. 181 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:06.639 So let's pay a little bits and pieces of this 182 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.200 interview this morning, which, by the way, I will explain 183 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:11.279 how you can hear the whole thing or see the 184 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:12.519 whole thing even all. 185 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:15.600 Right, Amy, Okay, So you know they have to eat 186 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:17.519 up there, and you think of space food, and I 187 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.600 always think of like tang and MRIs, which are the 188 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:22.600 meals ready to eat in the military. And I thought, 189 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.679 oh God, that's got to be gross. So I asked 190 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:26.039 Colonel Haig, how's the food. 191 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.799 Yeah, the food is great up here. There's plenty of it, 192 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:34.480 and there's a variety of flavors. You know, this morning 193 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.759 I was able to have some coffee with cream and sugar. 194 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:42.240 I had some citrus fruit salad, some strawberries, oatmeal with 195 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:45.360 blueberries in it, and a vegetable kish That's what I 196 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.360 had this morning. It's delicious, no complaints. 197 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:52.080 Sounds better than what I had for breakfast. Also, in 198 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.799 some of our other interviews, we've talked about space walks. 199 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:57.679 I mean, like, how amazing would that be? 200 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.120 And he's talked about it because this is actually a 201 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.840 second time up to the International Space Station and so 202 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.639 he's described those experiences to us before, and he's going 203 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:08.559 to be up there for six months. He hasn't gotten 204 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.960 to do a spacewalk on this mission. Yet, so I 205 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.679 asked him, does everybody get to do a spacewalk or 206 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:14.960 do you. 207 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:16.879 Have to kind of rock paper scissors to see who 208 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:17.320 gets to go. 209 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:20.799 Yeah, it's more like rock paper scissors. Unfortunately, there's not 210 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:22.600 enough spacewalk. 211 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:23.200 I wish. 212 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.320 I wish everybody could go out and experience a spacewalk. 213 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:30.399 Sometimes there's an expedition where there's no work that needs 214 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:36.399 to be done on the outside. Spacewalks are a dangerous activity, 215 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.360 a risky activity that we take, and so we only 216 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.480 go out when we have to. And so the things 217 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.279 that compel us to go out there are to fix 218 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.080 things that are broken, to kind of maintain our laboratory. 219 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.159 The other things we go out to do are put 220 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:54.879 science in place, or to repair science experiments or increase 221 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:57.840 the capabilities of the station. So we don't go out 222 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.840 all the time, but when we do, we sure try 223 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:00.440 to enjoy it. 224 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.120 And he gets to experience a lot as he's whizzing 225 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:08.000 around the Earth at more than seventeen thousand miles an hour. 226 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.759 So I asked Colonel Haig what his favorite thing was 227 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:12.919 about being in space. 228 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.480 There's a lot of things that you that you really enjoy, 229 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:18.840 so it's tough for me to say this is my 230 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.759 favorite thing. Going over and watching the earth glide by 231 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:26.559 is unbelievable. In ten minutes, we can go all the 232 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:29.799 way from Washington State, all the way down to the 233 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.639 tip of the you know, the Florida Peninsula and Key 234 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:37.000 West and see the entire US glide by. And you 235 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:39.159 can look down with your naked eye and you can 236 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.320 see the city, city, roads and buildings, and it feels 237 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.399 so close, even though you know you're two hundred and 238 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:49.360 fifty miles away. That's it's just it's awe inspiring to 239 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:52.639 have that perspective. But you know, when you come back inside, 240 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.320 it's it's fun to be able to do tricks and 241 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.879 flips and be upside down and which he's doing right now, 242 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.320 continue to talk, and so that never gets old. We 243 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:06.240 have our own little competition of you know, who can 244 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:10.360 do as many flips without wrecking into something or transit 245 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:14.639 the lab in the most dynamic way. But I think 246 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:18.440 the singular most favorite thing I like doing up here 247 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:24.279 is doing things with other humans. You know, that shared 248 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:29.000 experience of whether we're competing and doing zero G gymnastics 249 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.559 or whether we're both looking out the window that shared 250 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.000 experience makes it even more special. 251 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.360 You know, Amy, I assume, and we're going to end 252 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.399 it with that. 253 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.919 You're going to have another interview with him, because he's 254 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:44.679 being very gracious and you have the relationship, and so 255 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.200 I'm going to ask you if you would note this 256 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:50.240 down two or three things that you have to ask. 257 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:53.080 Of course, bathroom issues okay. 258 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:54.720 Not asking him about bathroom issues. 259 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.399 Okay, bathroom issues number one and number two. 260 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:02.759 Sex issues either with someone else or with himself, and 261 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:06.440 any one of those three it has to be a mess. 262 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:11.679 And you he's got to tell us what happens and 263 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:12.600 how they deal with it. 264 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:13.240 What do you think? 265 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:17.120 Again, I am hoping to talk to Colonel Hag again, 266 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:19.919 so I'm not gonna ask question. 267 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:22.960 Yeah, Amy, come on, you could have done so much, 268 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:23.519 all right? 269 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:26.600 If people want to see this, okay, how do they 270 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.600 replay this? 271 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:31.080 How do they enjoy what you have done? 272 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.639 Well, you're going to be able to see it right now. 273 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.320 You can hear it the whole interview on the wake 274 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.840 Up Call page at KFIAM six forty dot com, slash space, 275 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.600 and again we're going to get the get it up 276 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.720 on YouTube and then you'll be able to see the video, 277 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:52.360 and it's really fun seeing Nick as he is, you know, 278 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:55.360 doing those flips that he was just talking about on 279 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.320 the space station and the other astronauts go whizzing by 280 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:00.840 him as we're having our conversation, and it's really cool. 281 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:03.879 We had seventeen minutes to talk with Colonel Hagg today 282 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:06.840 and before we let him go, I asked him to 283 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.799 share his final thoughts. 284 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.120 Yeah. 285 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:11.279 Amy, I just want to say thank you for you know, 286 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:14.480 talking with me over the past six to I think 287 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:18.279 almost eight months now and helping me share this experience. 288 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.440 The space flight and the human exploration of space is 289 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:27.360 so important. It's so life changing, and I anybody that 290 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.960 has the dream of getting involved with it, I urged 291 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.440 them to just chase that passion. There is room for 292 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.960 everyone as we explore deeper into space. 293 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.639 That's cool, And it sounded like he was in studio, 294 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.039 didn't it. It was amazing most to two hundred and 295 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:47.600 fifty miles above the Earth and flying around yep. 296 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:51.039 And we were connected through Johnson's Space Center in Houston. 297 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.480 Up to that to this PlayStation. 298 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.000 It's time for some medical news with doctor Jim Kiney, 299 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:00.000 chief medical Officer for Dignity Saint Mary Medical Center in Lafe, 300 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:04.559 Long Beach and board certified er doctor extraordinary. 301 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.480 Jim, good morning, Good morning, Bill go all. 302 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:10.480 We have talked for a while. I've been gone and 303 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:12.840 so it's kind of nice to have you back. And 304 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:15.279 the great news that came out is you can go 305 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.799 to McDonald's and have an eMac. Used to be a 306 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:20.840 big mac, now it's an eMac. 307 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.120 Because of E. Coli. 308 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:27.960 And this is, I guess not fun. Let's talk about 309 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.879 it because you know, here's the news. One person dead 310 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:35.200 not good news. And I think about nineteen people injured. 311 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.879 Why is that now exploding in the news with the 312 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:42.600 number of people that are affected so small. 313 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.080 Well, I mean it is surprising that the number is 314 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:51.120 so small because the stuff is mass produced, and you know, 315 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:54.840 it can really affect the large quantities of beef for 316 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:59.279 other food sources. So when they do discover it, they 317 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:02.600 want to let people know. From what I haven't heard 318 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.720 so far is that E. Coal I one five seven. 319 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.639 You know, that's the strain that causes kidney failure and 320 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:14.080 more severe damage and can be extremely life threatening. So 321 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.879 you know, they just want to let people know and 322 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.759 recall any of the meat that may have been affected. 323 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.360 But you're right. 324 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.759 I mean, we have one of the safest food handling 325 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.840 systems in the world. 326 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.480 So I mean that's just part of the process. 327 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:31.320 Now someone has ecoal i and again we've talked about 328 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.720 this over and over again, the same symptoms you fever, 329 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:39.080 achy in this case, a lot of diarrhea, gastro intestinal issues, 330 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:45.559 and you've got dozens of different diagnoses. How quickly can 331 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.960 you cure them, deal with it or is there a 332 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.080 point where they have really hit critical mass? 333 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.840 Yeah, so it's the key, and I don't want to 334 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:59.039 get too gross, but the key here is typically fever. 335 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:01.720 You know, because a lot of people have vomiting and 336 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:04.799 they'll have some diarrhea and those are often viruses. They 337 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:06.759 could be related to something that was in the food, 338 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:11.559 or allergies, other things, inflammatory colitis, all these types of things. 339 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.480 But when you have a fever, and especially if you 340 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.480 have blood in the diarrhea, that's when that's what we 341 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.839 call dysentery, when you have blood. And so that's when 342 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:24.200 usually we want to get treatment going and we'll send 343 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:28.200 these offer a stool culture to see what grows, because 344 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.400 the problem is if you treat that E. Coli one 345 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:34.480 five seven that I just mentioned. With antibiotics, you're actually 346 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:39.160 more likely to induce kidney failure. So that one we 347 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.599 will be more supportive with and try and avoid contact 348 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.160 with other people so you don't spread it. That when 349 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.880 we start people on antibiotics, it shortens the course of 350 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.359 the disease and it reduces the spread. More importantly, it's 351 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:54.920 not that it's an absolute necessity to start people on 352 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:56.200 antiotics when they get an E. 353 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.920 Coli infection. 354 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:00.559 What you're saying, if I got it right, that getting 355 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:05.839 them in on biotics can actually cause the kidney to fail. 356 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.640 And therefore, what do you do? Is it a choice 357 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.440 of one or the other. 358 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:13.680 Yeah, So that's why we want to get the stool 359 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.559 culture first, because we want to know what we're treating exactly, 360 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:21.480 and if it depends if the person has other underlying conditions, 361 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:23.960 you may decide to take the risk of trying to 362 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:27.920 improve their condition with antibiotics. Otherwise you may withhold it 363 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.680 to see how they do on their own clearing the infection. 364 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.200 Yeah. 365 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:33.480 How contagious is this because if you're only talking to 366 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:36.720 relatively few people, is it you have to be in 367 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:38.359 contact with that food source. 368 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:41.079 Yeah, you either have to be in contact with the 369 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.440 food source or with somebody who's been stricten ill with 370 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.720 the E. 371 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.200 Coli. 372 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:47.960 Because it is true that a lot of people don't 373 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.880 do a great job of handwashing, and again it's pretty gross, 374 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:56.160 but it's called fecal oral contamination. So someone uses the restroom, 375 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.720 doesn't wash their hands, and then they're either involved in 376 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:02.240 food prep or or touch something that you touch, and 377 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.920 then it can get into your system. 378 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.319 So would you advise people who have gastro intentional problems 379 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:12.480 to just take a look in the toilet to see 380 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:19.720 what's going on. Yeah, especially especially before breakfast, especially if 381 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:21.079 you're eating oatmeal. 382 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.759 Exactly. 383 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.319 You know, Yeah, you need to take a look, see 384 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:28.319 what's going on. And if you see blood or you're 385 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:30.799 having ever, that's the time you need to see a doctor. 386 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:34.240 Yeah, I mean all kidding aside, my intern is for 387 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.759 years and years said Bill, you got to look. I 388 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:39.680 mean that is part of diagnosing, to find out if 389 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.839 you've got any issues. 390 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:44.440 Yeah, but if you're if you're a male over fifty, 391 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:47.519 you're pretty much, you know, judging the entire quality of 392 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.559 your day based on what. 393 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:50.720 It looks like. So you don't have to tell those 394 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:52.000 that group of people to. 395 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.480 Look, Yeah, what is the quality of the day after 396 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:57.839 you've looked at inside the toilet. I don't know that 397 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:00.480 that is a different medical issue. It's probably like logical 398 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.240 issue and that's not what you do. And we've got 399 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:09.319 just talking to Jim about the e coali the well. 400 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:12.319 I guess this reread of e coal I for it's 401 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.519