WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.120 It's eight oh seven. Stick around time for a Friday 2 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:05.280 night edition of Nightside with Dan Ray. I'm Nicole Davis, 3 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:07.919 WBZ Boston's News Radio. 4 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:15.240 It's night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's News Radio. 5 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:19.719 All right, everybody, welcome and welcome on into a Friday 6 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:22.399 night edition. As Nicole has just told you, it is 7 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:24.679 the end of the week, but we have four hours 8 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:28.000 to go. We'll take you all the way until Saturday morning, 9 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.199 April twelfth. And before we get started tonight, I just 10 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:35.560 wanted to make note. Oftentimes you don't hear these sorts 11 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:39.840 of things, but Nicole is going to be moving her 12 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:45.439 time slot here at WBZ from her regularly well her 13 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.759 currently scheduled time, which is working with us at night 14 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.359 and in the hours before at Nightside. But Nicole, you 15 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:56.399 were staying with the station. You're moving to the midday. 16 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:57.200 What's going on? 17 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:59.679 I am, Well, we've just had some some moves here 18 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:03.399 at the station in recent weeks, and this is just 19 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:06.000 what's next for me. I suppose in the in the pipeline. 20 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:07.680 So I've got to get used to getting up at 21 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:09.760 five thirty in the morning. That's kind be new. I 22 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:11.120 haven't done that in a while. 23 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:13.920 But five thirty is not bad. Let me tell you, 24 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:15.840 five thirty is not bad. I used to get up 25 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:16.799 at quarter three. 26 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.599 Well, it didn't we all when we were working morning drive, right, 27 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:21.400 And I mean I have not miss that. 28 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:25.280 You can not do that. But yeah, look, I'm going 29 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.239 to miss you. I don't get into the station much, 30 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.519 but please let us keep in touch with one because 31 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:35.079 I always enjoyed a little back and forth here. Yeah, 32 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.359 and I'm kind of sad tonight, I too. 33 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.519 I've been really upset about it. I'm like, oh man, 34 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:42.719 I mean, I'm really excited for whatever comes next. But 35 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:44.799 you know, we have a special connection. I love the 36 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.760 night side listeners. It's been I don't even know how 37 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:49.439 many years at this point, it's been. 38 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.280 A lot of fun while a while. 39 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.840 Thank you just for everything while I've been here on 40 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:56.079 the show with you doing our thing. 41 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.120 Well right back at you, and I know that we 42 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.480 share a love for the Boston sports teams and we 43 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.239 kid a kid back and forth with it. But this 44 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.319 is one that I'm really quite serious about. I know 45 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.120 you're going to do a great job and thank in 46 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:11.319 your new assignment. And the great part about this is 47 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:15.080 that you still be here at WBZ and be listening 48 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.719 to you maybe during I would be listening at a 49 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:21.560 different time during the day, but we will keep in touch. 50 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:23.039 And I just want to say thanks for all of 51 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:26.039 your help over the years. Oh you been y. You 52 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:28.199 have tipped me off on stories that go on. You 53 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.520 have gone above and beyond. I'm sitting here doing a 54 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.159 show when all of a sudden, some big news story happens, 55 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:35.599 and you have always kept me in the loop. And 56 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:37.599 I just can't tell you much. I appreciated that you 57 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:39.039 were truly a news person. 58 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:41.919 Thank you, No, I appreciate you. And you know I 59 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:43.960 love the show. I listen all the time. Thank you 60 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.080 for expanding my mind on a lot of things, having 61 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.000 great conversations, letting me talk to your guests from time 62 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:52.280 to time. Well, you know, it's it's been a lot 63 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.400 of fun and I've learned a lot from you. And 64 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.199 you know, I'll just be listening to you as I 65 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.520 put the dinner dishes away. Now it's a little bit different, 66 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:00.680 and that's okay. We'll go get lunch sometime. 67 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:04.039 It'll be great, all right. Thanks Thanks to gold the 68 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.680 Ultimate News pro and it's a pleasure to have worked 69 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.479 with you, and we will continue to be in touchdown. 70 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:11.919 So I'm not going anywhere. Don't worry else. 71 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:16.159 You excellent, excellent. Listen, gentlemen, that's a little bit of 72 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.840 a tuget the hot strings from me here tonight. You 73 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.520 develop friendships and relationships with your on air colleagues, and 74 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:27.400 but life, life does go on, as of course, Nightside 75 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:29.560 goes on. My name is Dan Ray, and I don't 76 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:32.280 want to steal any more time from my first guest, 77 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:37.919 a very distinguished guest, the doctor Marshall Rungi. He's the 78 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:41.599 dean of the Medican School at the University of Michigan. 79 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.960 Dean Rungy, Welcome to Nightside. How are you. 80 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.759 I'm great, Dan, nice, Nice to be on your show. 81 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.000 As a big sports guy, I have to ask this question. 82 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:56.280 Any relation to a former Major League umpire named Ed 83 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:59.360 Rungy from the nineteen fifties and sixties. 84 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.439 Well, my father claimed we were related. He couldn't exactly 85 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.400 explain it, but Ed was an upstanding guy and I'm 86 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.240 happy to be related to him in whatever way. 87 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.240 How many talk show hosts in America who you would 88 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:12.960 talk to would be able to pull the name Ed 89 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.399 Rungy out of the year. Not many, not many, you're 90 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.319 the first. I'll bet, I'll bet. So we're going to 91 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.439 talk about technological advances, of course, which we have all seen, 92 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:28.079 policy changes and emerging business models fundamentally transforming America healthcare. 93 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:30.480 I know what you mean by that. It is very 94 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.360 tough here in New England, at least in the Greater 95 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:37.240 Boston area right now, to get a new primary care physician. 96 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.519 I had a lunch the other day with a former 97 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.319 PCP of mine who retired. He was telling me that 98 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:48.240 a retired PCP that he knows woman cannot find a 99 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:55.279 PCP for herself. So this is maybe not what you 100 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:57.399 want to talk about. But things are changing, and they're 101 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.680 not necessarily changing in a good direction as far I'm concerned. 102 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.680 Tell us about the changes from the perspective of the 103 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:05.759 perspective that you have out of ann Arbor. 104 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.319 Well, Dan, what you're talking about in terms of access 105 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.720 to primary care is a national problem. It's one that 106 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:18.720 we really need to change the way we're training primary 107 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.160 care physicians encourage people to go into primary care. There 108 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.639 are lots of levers that we could use, that we 109 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.639 need to use, and I think it's possible for us 110 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:31.199 to really improve access to primary care and the reason 111 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:33.839 I feel so passionately about it too reasons. One is 112 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.959 I do believe that if we can improve access to 113 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:40.720 primary care, that means we can improve access to preventive care. 114 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:44.439 And everybody complains about how much health care costs, and 115 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:46.800 one of the best lists for that is to make 116 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:51.079 people to help them become more healthy. The second is, 117 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:55.680 if you compare us to our peer countries, advanced countries, 118 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.560 and look at the percent of our physicians who are 119 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.639 primary care physicians, it's very low compared to our peers, 120 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:07.759 and I think that is reflected sometimes. We're definitely reflected 121 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:11.120 in the difficulty of finding a new internist or family 122 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.079 medicine physician or whatever you prefer for primary care. 123 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:16.759 My friends in the field tell me that the amount 124 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.879 of paperwork that PCPs or interness to whatever are required, 125 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.240 they spend more time doing paperwork than interacting with patients. 126 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:26.879 Is that a complaint you hear out there? 127 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.040 Absolutely? And I have an interness and he is fantastic, 128 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:33.680 and up until very recently, when i'd go see him, 129 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.519 he'd have his back turn to me. We'd be talking, 130 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.120 but he'd be type of things to his computer. So 131 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.319 one technology advance, I'd like to just mention to you 132 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.920 there's an advance called ambient AI and I don't know 133 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:48.879 if you're familiar with that term. I wasn't familiar with 134 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:53.600 it until recently. But we always ask, and I'm mac 135 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:57.040 cardialgist will ask our patients. Says, okay, if we use 136 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.519 ambient AAI and we explain it to them, what's involves 137 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:07.439 is basically a microphone and a computer taking accepting all 138 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:11.199 the interchange between the person and their position. And not 139 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.240 only that, it's not a transcript producers, it produces a 140 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:21.000 high quality medical note and our faculty, our physicians who 141 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:24.040 are using this now say that this has decreased the 142 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.279 amount of time they have to spend with just chart 143 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.079 work by up to two hours a day. That's a 144 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:30.759 lot of time. 145 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:35.279 I had a guest on last night who writes political 146 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:39.600 and economic issues. Guest he graduated from Carnegie Mellon, which 147 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:41.720 I think is probably the toughest school in the country 148 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.319 to get into account to graduate, and he writes for 149 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.839 a platform called substack. He could take a thirty one 150 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:53.519 hundred word essay and he can load it on to 151 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:58.160 an AI in three minutes and what comes what comes 152 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:02.519 out is basically two separate voice is discussing and in 153 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:06.759 effect regurgitating what he has written. Not in a verbatim form, 154 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:10.519 but you have the audio of two people speaking and saying, well, 155 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:14.680 you know, Tatsu wrote this interesting article, and what did 156 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.000 you think about it? And they get right into the article. 157 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:20.839 It's an amazing process. So yeah, that's that is. That's 158 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:21.920 a great development. 159 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:26.240 It is, and I think it's one of many examples 160 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:31.079 where our advancing technology, including AI and other advances, is 161 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.039 going to make it better for physicians, all health care providers, 162 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.320 and better for those who are patients. 163 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:40.720 But can I ask you one other question? As the 164 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.559 DNA of a medical school, why do we not have 165 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.240 more medical schools in the United States of America. A 166 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:49.559 lot of bright young men and women coming out of 167 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:52.960 college these days are going offshore to medical schools, many 168 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.399 of them in the Caribbean. It seems to me that 169 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.240 there's a million law schools. I'm a lawyer by training, 170 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:03.039 a lawyer by practice, and a journalist by practice. There's 171 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.279 a there's a whole bunch of law schools. The more 172 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:08.799 law schools than we probably need. There aren't enough medical schools. 173 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:12.600 Why can't we get more medical schools opened in this 174 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.720 country on shore. 175 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:20.159 Dan, I completely agree with you with about the our 176 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:23.360 paucity of medical schools. I think that and I think 177 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.039 there are two parts of it. One is how many 178 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:28.399 medical schools. The other is how many students per class. Yes, 179 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.399 and let me just say, and I am not casting 180 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:34.600 as persons at anybody, but this is such a in 181 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:38.600 my opinion, the over regulated process in the United States. 182 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:43.559 Everyone knows we need more doctors, and we can train 183 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.639 more doctors, and so I one of the things that 184 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.759 I am pushing hard for is for us to do 185 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:53.720 just what you suggested and to have larger medical school classes. 186 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.440 I think we can train people using new technology and 187 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:00.360 ways that their training will be just as good, if 188 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.080 not better, and we'll be able to provide many more 189 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.240 physicians in the United States. 190 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.000 Doctor Runky, what I would love to do with you 191 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:12.320 if possible, because we're limited in this format. We do 192 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:14.840 four interviews during this eight o'clock hour, but I'm on 193 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:17.840 the ear from eight to midnight Monday through Friday. Could 194 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:20.559 I convince you to come back with us somenight do 195 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.480 an hour maybe a little later in the evening, and 196 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:27.559 be able to entertain questions from callers and talk about 197 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:31.960 this very subject. I know that, for example, the University 198 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:37.159 of Massachusetts Medical School here in Worcester, Massachusetts, it only 199 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.919 has room for about one hundred and twenty medical students 200 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:44.480 every year, and it seems to me that we need more. 201 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:49.279 And you are one of the first people in position 202 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.279 of authority as the dean of a medical school who 203 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:54.720 I think are on the same page with me. And 204 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:56.559 I'm kind of doing this as a little bit of 205 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:59.759 a little bit of a project or a campaign to 206 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.639 make people more aware of this. Would you be willing 207 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.919 to come back some night and spend an hour talking 208 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.759 about this and incorporate phone calls from across the country. 209 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.000 Well, Dan, I would love to do that. I'd love 210 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.799 to hear what people are thinking and their questions and 211 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:14.639 their thoughts. 212 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:15.039 Uh. 213 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:17.919 The only caution I throw is you may get pretty 214 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:20.759 sick of me after an hour by speaking. But I'd 215 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:21.360 love to be there. 216 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.000 I don't think so at all. I can tell that 217 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:28.200 you know a lot of people you know don't remember 218 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.200 that when when we when President Reagan invaded Granada, Grenada, 219 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:35.120 back in the nineteen eighties, it was to free medical 220 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:40.679 students who had been held out and for those young 221 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:45.200 young people, it became very dangerous. And I want to 222 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.200 see us train enough doctors in America. And I know 223 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:51.279 and I have some stories of kids who I have 224 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:54.159 advocated for who come out of the best universities and 225 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.120 have great This is a subject you and I might 226 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.480 connect on. And I thank you so much. And I'm 227 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:02.000 going to have my producer get back to you'r a 228 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:04.600 PR person who I believe her name is deb and 229 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.399 we will we will set this up in the not 230 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.799 too distant future, and we also can spend more time 231 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:11.919 talking about some of the emerging technology. 232 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.000 Sounds great, Dan, I'll look forward to it. 233 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:19.960 Thank you very much, Doctor Marshall Rungey, somehow a relative 234 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.840 of a famous Major League umpire, but more importantly the 235 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:26.480 dean of the University of Michigan Medical School, Doctor Ruggie, 236 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.039 Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to our next conversation. 237 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.759 Thank you, Dan, You're very welcome. 238 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.279 When we get back, we're going to change topics. We're 239 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:36.519 going to talk about an event coming up at Gillette 240 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:40.799 Stadium this very this very weekend, a monster gym. I'm 241 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:43.080 going to talk with the driver of a month. I 242 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.879 think these are the big truck things we'll talk with 243 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.720 Colt Stevens right after the break here in w b Z. 244 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:54.080 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WAZ Boston's 245 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:54.759 news radio. 246 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.559 All right, Well, there's a lot going on around New 247 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:02.600 England this weekend, and if you're a fan of Monster Jam, 248 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:06.679 you should be out at Gillette Stadium tomorrow, April twelfth 249 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:08.679 with Me's Colch Stevens, one of the drivers. 250 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.840 Hi, Cold, how are you tonight? 251 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:12.480 Let's go on, man, I'm glad to be here. 252 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.320 Yeah. Is this your first trip to Jewett or to 253 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:17.559 Boston or you been out in the circuit for a while. 254 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.039 Oh, We've been out on tour for a little bit 255 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.279 this year. But this is actually my second time here 256 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:24.759 at Jellete Stadium. I came back I believe in twenty 257 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:28.679 seventeen driving the Zombie Monster Jam truck. But this is 258 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:31.080 the first time for my brand new truck to come here. 259 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.600 I'm super excited. I always have a great time. I 260 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.679 absolutely love Jellette Stadium. I was looking at the track earlier. 261 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:39.799 It was a little bit damp, but I'm excited. It's 262 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:41.120 looking good. Cannot wait. 263 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:44.600 Yeah, I hope the weather gets a little better for tomorrow. 264 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:47.639 The forecast is a little what they call inclement the 265 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:54.799 weather guys. But how much dirt is brought in for 266 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.960 the Monster Jams, my mind is dating. It's quite a bit. 267 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:00.799 Oh yeah, there's no doubt of it. There's around four 268 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:03.600 hundred loads of dirt that come in. It's amazing to 269 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.759 watch the dirt crew and how they can transform a 270 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:08.879 football field or a stadium like that. Bring the dirt in. 271 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:13.120 We'll do an event completely awesome, big hills, jumps, cars, 272 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.159 everything out there. Then they'll completely remove everything within a 273 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.000 day and it looked like we were never even there. 274 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.559 So it's pretty cool. Yeah, we have a lot of dirt. 275 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.519 I assume they must put some sort of a tarp underneath. 276 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.600 They're not just putting it down on the field, right. Yeah. 277 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.399 They actually have some videos on Monster Jam's website showing 278 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:30.720 how they do it at some of the stadiums, but 279 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:32.440 a lot of times it's a couple layers of actual 280 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.039 plywood that go down and then yeah, tarp as well, 281 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.919 so and it cleans up really nicely. 282 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:42.039 Excellent. Excellent. So now you guys are on tour. What 283 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:46.399 months of the year does this basically take up your existence? 284 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.159 Well, Master dam does go year round, but our tour 285 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:52.639 really goes all the way into world Finals. This year 286 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.159 world finals is July fourth and it's in Salt Lake City, 287 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.559 So we're going from January all the way until July, 288 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.559 and each weekend is a point series. This tour is 289 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:05.480 all together. There's five tours all around the country going on, 290 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:08.679 but this is East Stadium Tour and we're all trying 291 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.559 to get as many points as possible to make it 292 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:12.759 the world Finals. Because only the guy that gets the 293 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:14.919 most points on this tour and wins the tour is 294 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.840 guaranteed to bid the world Finals, and that's what we're 295 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.440 all shooting for. 296 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:19.759 Okay, now, Cold, let me ask you how do you 297 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:22.559 become a monk? Tell me how you became a monster 298 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:26.159 jam driver. I'm sure when you were, you know, ten 299 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.039 years twelve years old, you might have been thinking about driving, 300 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.639 but I mean you probably were not thinking about the 301 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:34.960 vehicles that you're driving. Explain to people who may not 302 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.000 have seen it, how high you are up off the 303 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.399 ground and what you were trying to achieve to pile 304 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.200 up those points. 305 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:46.279 All right, multiple things. So, first off, I'm a second 306 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:48.879 generation driver, so this is part of my lifestyle group 307 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.080 around it. I absolutely love it. It's monster jam has 308 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.639 been a part of my life. But then these trucks 309 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.000 are twelve foot tall. So we're sitting in the middle 310 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.000 of these trucks. It's a full tube, Chassie, twelve dollars, 311 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.000 thousand pounds. We're on sixty sixteen saw tires and we're 312 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.759 pushing about fifteen hundred horsepower. So it's a lot of fun. 313 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:11.039 It's wild and crazy and as far as what to expect, 314 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.240 expect the unexpected. We're out there in these trucks. I 315 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:15.440 just said they're twelve thousand pounds, but imagine this. They're 316 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.080 flying thirty forty feet in the air. We're doing backflips, 317 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.879 we're doing crazy Ballerina moves if you will, up on 318 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:25.399 the front two tires, doing moonwalks, we're doing sidewalls, We're 319 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.919 driving bicycles down the side of the lanes. You know, 320 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:29.720 it's crazy what we can do in these trucks. You 321 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.279 have to see it in person to actually get a 322 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:34.279 grasp on it. And the biggest thing is you want 323 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:36.080 to come to the pit party. You want to come 324 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.399 see what these trucks look like up close to personally. 325 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.720 You can watch it on YouTube. You can watch it 326 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.399 on TV or whatever you see. But until you actually 327 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.039 see these trucks up close and see how big they 328 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.000 are and how big the jumps are that we're hitting, 329 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.879 you really can't grasp it. And I'll tell you what, 330 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.000 you definitely need to check it out. 331 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.440 Well, hopefully a lot of my listeners will check it out. 332 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:57.039 It's at you let tomorrow. I assume that they can 333 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.399 get tickets. They can probably go on to a waite, 334 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.480 but they probably also can show up and buy them 335 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:02.879 at the gate. 336 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:05.920 Is that true, Yeah, sir, But go to monster jam 337 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.000 dot com. You can check it out. You can get 338 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:10.160 all the information all the times. I do know that 339 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:13.160 the event starts at five o'clock. Now you can come 340 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.799 to the pit party general emissions at twelve thirty, and 341 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.319 then we also have an early access where you can 342 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.839 really skip all the lines and everything that starts at 343 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:23.160 eleven thirty. But check it out. Monster jam dot com 344 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:24.720 has you dialed in, you'll be able to get all 345 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.599 the information you need. 346 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.960 Well, that's perfect monsterjam dot com. And I suspect that 347 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:35.640 this is an event that all ages, kids as well 348 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:39.680 as adults, grandparents and regular parents. I assume it spans 349 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.359 the spectrum. 350 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:43.279 There's no doubt about it. We always laugh about it, 351 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.960 but it's one hundred percent true. Bring everybody from the 352 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.759 littlest kid all the way up to your grandma. They're 353 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:53.079 all gonna have a fantastic time. It's so much fun 354 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.519 for the entire family. And we got that brand new 355 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:58.480 thunder Roars truck that I'm driving this weekend. You don't 356 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.000 want to miss it. Bring the roar. I'm excited. 357 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.920 Well, Cold, let me Cold. Let me just say, first 358 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.720 of all, love your passion, love your enthusiasm. You represent 359 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:09.440 the sport very very well. Thanks for what you do. 360 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:13.000 Stay safe and best of luck this weekend. Out at you. 361 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.960 Let sounds to me like you're not going to need 362 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.680 any luck. You may need a little bit of a 363 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.759 of an umbrella, but that's that's okay, that's that'll that'll 364 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:23.000 make it only much more fun. Thank you so much, Cold, 365 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:25.599 enjoy talking with you, all. 366 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.240 Right, I thank you very much. Can't wait to see you. 367 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.759 Don't miss it. 368 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:30.920 Okay, we'll be there, We'll be there. Okay, when we 369 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:33.079 got we got a break here for the news at 370 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.720 the bottom of the Air with Nicole Davis. I'd love 371 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:37.599 to be able to give that introduction a few more 372 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:41.039 times between now and midnight, and when we get back, 373 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.079 we're going to talk with Chris Porter, the founder of 374 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:48.319 the Lowell Multi Day Celebration of Music and Art. This 375 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.519 is a festival a little later on this month. This 376 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:52.440 one you can put in your calendar and plan for 377 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:55.799 it the weekend of April twenty four to the twenty sixth. 378 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:59.599 We will talk about that with Chris Porter right after 379 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:01.720 the break. My name's Dan Ray. This is Night's Side. 380 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:04.200 We've got a lot of activity, a lot of stuff 381 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:06.359 to cover. Tonight's stay with us. By the way, if 382 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:09.240 you would like to know and you're listening, you're listening 383 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.359 to Night Side On with Dan Ray on WBZ ten 384 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.079 thirty and your AM dial. But you know what you 385 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.359 can do no matter where you are, you can pull 386 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:19.400 down the new and improved iHeart app. We're an iHeartRadio 387 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:23.079 station out of Boston. 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Chris is the festival f owner 399 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.400 of Lowell, Massachusetts, multi day celebration of music and art. 400 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.640 It's called the Town and the City Festival, running from 401 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.359