WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.800 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.160 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:11.759 when we. 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:13.439 Are get off our show. 6 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:15.919 Idiots, the kids are playing or turn off. 7 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:17.559 The countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.879 Gold Play inter murals, Brother, gold Play inter Murals. 9 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.879 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:41.000 kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 12 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:48.679 All right, let's get it started. Welcome in Happy hump Day. 13 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.000 That is Coffee and Company, fuel by Thornton's here on 14 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:52.079 Sports Talk seven ninety. 15 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:52.600 Nick Coffee. 16 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.240 That's me the company man, mister John all On alongside today. 17 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:58.560 I say today is if like it's a it's a 18 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:02.399 rare thing. It's every day's Coffee and Company with myself, 19 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:03.799 Nick Coffee and the company man. 20 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:04.480 You know the drill. 21 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.239 Can I say something I've always wondered, say whatever you want? 22 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:10.680 I've always wondered why you say today, because I don't 23 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:11.480 usually say that. 24 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:12.280 I feel like you always. 25 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.239 I say today for the show specifically, I don't know 26 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:16.200 that I've ever once. 27 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:16.959 That's why. 28 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.200 That's why I got kind of caught in my tracks there, 29 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.400 threw me off. I threw myself off because I don't 30 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.319 feel like I usually mentioned that, like and today we 31 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:28.480 have the company man, mister John Alden, because again it's 32 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:30.760 it's not I mean, it's mostly every day he does 33 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.959 get vacation, we do allow him to take time off. 34 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.799 And you know, he should take time off whenever. It's whenever, 35 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:39.599 you know, whenever he wants to. But yes, today, tomorrow, 36 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.040 to my knowledge, the next day it'll be it'll be 37 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:45.920 a foreseeable future, exactly exactly. So again we were at 38 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:47.799 you for the next three hours, taking you up until 39 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:49.719 six o'clock. It'll be a really busy show. Today we 40 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:52.959 have a rare Wednesday edition of the show where we 41 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.480 will have not one, not two, but three guests joining us, 42 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.040 which that's not a bad thing. In fact, I'm excited 43 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:00.879 to have all of these guests on the show, or 44 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:01.879 I wouldn't have them on the show. 45 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:02.719 That's kind of how it works. 46 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.879 I have a say so when it comes to who 47 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:08.159 is actually going to join us, and we'll lay out 48 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.199 the entire show in just a moment. But now, once 49 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.400 again throwing myself off to start the show, there are 50 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:19.560 like national hosts don't get a say so in a guest. 51 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:21.599 And I shouldn't say don't get to say so, because 52 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:24.439 they probably do. But there are, maybe there were, maybe 53 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:28.199 there isn't anymore, just because of the ever changing landscape 54 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.680 here that is the radio platform, But there was, I 55 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:33.680 mean in the national level, which again we're not that. 56 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.800 I mean, I'd like to think we reach people all 57 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.039 across the globe, but you know, and and we do 58 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:40.360 to an extent, but this is certainly not a nationally 59 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.479 syndicated show. I mean, although it kind of is when 60 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.639 it comes to streaming, because you know, you can listen anywhere. 61 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.039 But what I'm getting at is I would not do 62 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.439 well with the producer that like their boss, which of 63 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.840 course is not me, they were in charge of like 64 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:58.759 getting a guest and guesting up going heavy. And I 65 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:02.400 know you've you've produced any shows over the years, including 66 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:06.199 this one, have you been like in charge of getting 67 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:09.639 guests before? For a host, I've been semi in charge. 68 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.560 I had a big contact list of a former host 69 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.000 that I used to work with in the mornings, and 70 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.439 there were times if we were short on guests for 71 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.960 a specific day, I may go down the list and 72 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.639 reach out to a couple of people that may be 73 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:24.400 interested in talking about what he was planning on talking 74 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.719 about for that day. And that would be the extent 75 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:29.000 of what I would do in regards to scheduling, see 76 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.120 and that would you know that makes sense, And I 77 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.159 know that if I ever asked you, In fact, you've 78 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:34.879 gotten us a guest or two before. It's just I 79 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.280 never really throw it throw it your way because I've 80 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.080 I always feel as if you're gonna have a guest 81 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.479 on just to fill time and just because you feel 82 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.000 like it's what you're supposed to do. I mean, everybody's 83 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:48.400 different as far as their preferences as a listener and 84 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.599 their preferences as a host. But I'll put it this way. 85 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.039 This is the nicest way to say it without sounding, 86 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.919 you know, arrogant. I'm not good at having conversations on 87 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.719 this platform with people that I genuinely don't have a 88 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.080 lot of interest in what they're saying, if that makes sense. Now, 89 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.319 sometimes it's just a conversation. They're a regular guests that 90 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.080 join us that like, I feel like I'm just talking 91 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.080 to my buddy, And you guys probably feel like when 92 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.360 you listen to him every week, it's the same thing. 93 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.000 Maybe not to the extent because you're not conversing with them, 94 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.120 you're just listening, but like, you know what you're getting 95 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:22.680 when we bring in Kendrick Haskins, Kent Spencer, Zach Barnett, 96 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.040 doctor Benn's, doctor McElroy, so Alex Kupper, so you know, 97 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.639 you you know, those are guests that are regulars for 98 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:33.000 the most part. But if I just had John come 99 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.240 in and say, here's who I've got today. We're gonna 100 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:41.120 bring in you know, Joe something something and he's gonna 101 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.399 tell us about the legal battle between a the ACC 102 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.560 and Clemson in Florida State. He's a legal expert, and 103 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:50.759 here's who he like. That might not even be a 104 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:52.720 bad interview. I just don't know if I would be 105 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:55.439 the best at that, and it wouldn't be fun to me. 106 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.079 So you know, there's different ways to do it. But 107 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:00.720 I know, you know, there are people who now host 108 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:03.000 that I've networked with over the years, not in this 109 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:05.839 market but elsewhere that before they got a chance to host, 110 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:07.839 they worked as a producer for a long time and 111 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:10.439 it was just clear, Hey, every day they need to 112 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.319 bring five guests on a three hour show, and they've 113 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:14.879 got to be the one reaching out, they've got to 114 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:19.680 be the one coordinating it. And uh, you know everybody's different, right, 115 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:23.519 everybody's different. I just you know, I I'm a control freak. 116 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:25.079 That's honestly the best way to say it. I'm a 117 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.439 control freak. So, like, what am I gonna do, John, 118 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:31.680 if I ever get a different gig, if I ever 119 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:35.680 move on and like I have, like I'm like part 120 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:39.480 of a three man show where there's not really one host, 121 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:40.680 it's just three. 122 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.199 That maybe I could see that being a very big adjustment. 123 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:45.480 Oh my god, I don't. I mean, I think the 124 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.000 biggest example of that too, is when you guested on 125 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.000 Billy Rutledge's KSR pre show. 126 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:51.800 Yeah, just a couple of months and I turned it 127 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:56.279 into my show. I mean, And it's not like, it's 128 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.800 not intention, it's just literally I've I've never and it's 129 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:02.279 not again, I am a control freak. But I can 130 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.160 just tell you straight up, the reason that I have 131 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.720 been on radio, for gosh, it's it's over ten years now. 132 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:11.879 In some former fashion, I've been with iHeart coming up 133 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.720 on nine years. But the majority, I mean, every time 134 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.439 I've been on the Radio rather be here. In the 135 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.639 three different slots that I've had or the other stations 136 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.639 that I've worked for, it's been just because they can't 137 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:24.079 just go out and hire somebody. They don't have the 138 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:25.680 funds to do that, or they're not going to make 139 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.879 that investment. So that's when it hit me when I 140 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.319 got the job here and I made this sort of 141 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:32.319 my you know, this my full time job. This is 142 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.279 what I do, it's my livelihood. I left my other 143 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:36.959 career that I that I had been in for you know, 144 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.079 a little while there, I mean about ten years honestly, 145 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:44.399 and I was so excited and just completely you know, 146 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:46.399 in shock that I was going to be able to, 147 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:48.879 you know, have this opportunity. It never really hit me 148 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.879 until week of I'm like, oh yeah, I'm by myself. 149 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:53.639 I got three hours I got to fill and you 150 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:56.839 get you know, I can now do that and not 151 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:58.399 a whole lot of trouble for me to fill the time. 152 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.720 Hopefully each time I do that, it's somewhat entertaining for 153 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:04.279 you guys listening. But anyways, we have three guests today 154 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:06.720 and I'll tell you those guests are in just a moment, 155 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:11.040 but I do want to start with this because I've 156 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:13.680 got I've made an observation of the last few days, 157 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.079 and it's it's anytime I'm on the road now, it's 158 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:20.720 consuming me to look for these converted businesses. And what 159 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.639 I'm getting at is we were leaving lunch on Sunday, 160 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:26.720 my wife and I went and the kids. Of course, 161 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:30.240 we went and watched some football on Sunday afternoon at 162 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.839 a great establishment over in Middletown. And on our way out, 163 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:37.199 right before we hit what is that? You can't think 164 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:38.040 of what that road is? 165 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.240 Is it Shelbyville Road? I think it's shelby Ville. 166 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:41.519 Right, I'm not the most familiar with that area. 167 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:42.120 Yeah, And. 168 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.920 I noticed there was what clearly used to be a bank, 169 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.120 Like you can tell that that that that was a bank. 170 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:55.759 And they've got, you know, the drive through and you 171 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:57.680 know you can tell it's not a drive through for 172 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.000 a pharmacy. It's not a drive through for a restaurant. 173 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.759 It's a drive through it that you see at a bank. 174 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.040 They're pretty, they're pretty, they stand out like it's pretty 175 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:06.839 pretty clear when you see that's what it is. They've 176 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:09.480 got those funnels. You know, they're not sending funnels to 177 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.079 you when you go to the McDonald's drive through and 178 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:18.199 now they sell mattresses, and you know, I'm sure it's 179 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.120 a nice I mean it's it's in a good area, 180 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:22.800 a lot of traffic, a lot of people. It's actually 181 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.879 connected to a shopping center, and I'm sure it's spacious. 182 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.959 But I just, you know, I'm thinking to myself, you're 183 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.680 not fooling me. He used to be a bank. Now 184 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:33.120 you think you can just sell me a matt No, 185 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.919 this is fraud. I mean it's not really. And I'm 186 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.039 just thinking, like, you know, why why not? Why not 187 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:41.360 go get a different location, Like wouldn't you wouldn't you 188 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.440 feel better off kind of being it. It's one thing 189 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:48.080 like if I walk into John's home, I'm not gonna think, hmm, 190 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.320 I wonder who used to live here. It's John's home. 191 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.000 He's got you know, it's quite clear that it's his home. 192 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.000 He's got pictures of his family hanging up, you know, 193 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.480 probably wedding pictures on the wall, him and his lovely bride. 194 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:01.720 He might even have a picture of me on the wall. 195 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:02.120 I don't know. 196 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.120 If he did, I would be honored. If he wants one, 197 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.360 I'll get him one. Just throwing that out there if 198 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:08.799 you want, if you want, maybe a headshot me when 199 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:09.960 you know, maybe in the living room. 200 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:13.559 Maybe afiguring my home studio, save a spot, keep me, 201 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:14.399 keep me in mind. 202 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:16.159 I mean, I've got a no joke. I've got a 203 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.320 picture of Tony Venetti hanging in my basement Benetti's Louisville. 204 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.080 So I don't know why it did. It doesn't really 205 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.519 bother me. But if it was me, I would want 206 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.320 to be my own brand. And yeah, you can redo it, 207 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:32.240 but you're not fooling anybody that used to be a bank. 208 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.320 So like going back to the example, if I walk 209 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.799 into John's house, he's got pictures of the previous owners. 210 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.759 I mean, maybe that's not the I mean it clearly, 211 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.879 it's not a great comparison. But now when I'm driving 212 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:47.679 around Louisville, which today and even Monday yesterday, not as much. 213 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:48.960 I mean, I'm doing a lot of driving, a lot 214 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.519 of running errands, just you know, I'm moving and shaking, 215 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:57.879 and I'm now looking like, hey, that's that's now a 216 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.720 you know, pay advance loan play. But you're not fooling 217 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.039 me that used to be a KFC. I can tell 218 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:07.639 like you can paint it. You can make some adjustments. 219 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.720 You can you know, clearly rebrand. But like there are 220 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:15.120 certain businesses and really chain restaurants. Like I went into 221 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.039 a deep dive on the internet earlier today. I was 222 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.320 in the waiting room at the doctor and I just thought, 223 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.559 you know what, like, I'm gonna look this up because 224 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:27.519 now anywhere anytime I'm on Preston Highway, Shelbyville Road, outer loop, 225 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:29.360 just making a place as I've been. 226 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:30.639 Recently Bartstown Road. 227 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.279 You mentioned KFC, Yeah, Barchtown or KFC that used to 228 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.080 be or is now a home run Burger. 229 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.720 Or yeah, Like there's like a national tax plague. We 230 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.919 went to do our taxes last year and we actually 231 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.159 walked in and walked right out pretty quickly. I'm quite 232 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.440 sure that the lady that was there to prepare our 233 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.279 taxes was on probably methinfeta me to be honest with you, 234 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.200 But we walked in, walked out. But I walked in 235 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:52.279 to get my taxes done. It's nice in there. It's 236 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.000 set up with like, you know, different stations for the 237 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:56.960 accountants to work with people to do their taxes. But 238 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.080 I'm sitting here thinking, nope, no, I know I'm in 239 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.519 a Long John silvers, like, you're not bowling me. I 240 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:03.919 could still smell it, by the way, McDonald, Long John 241 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:08.080 silver smells delicious. So I just if you were somebody 242 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:12.080 that was going to start a business and you needed 243 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:16.919 retail space, rather it be in a shopping center and 244 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.879 you could hide those a little bit better. But the if, 245 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.279 the if the shopping center was built and you know, 246 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.919 the far right tenant has that big I mean, they 247 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:29.799 clearly put the they clearly put the drive through in 248 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.120 place for the bank specifically, and now the bank's not there. 249 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.799 They're slinging mattresses out of it. And I'm like, okay, 250 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:36.679 you know, what are you gonna do with your drive through? 251 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:36.919 Now? 252 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:37.720 I don't know. 253 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:39.679 And then when I went on my deep dive on 254 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.039 the internet, I found a Reddit thread that really really 255 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:46.960 fascinated me because there are a lot of national chain 256 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.440 restaurants mostly, but there's also other places that like like, 257 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:55.080 for example, if you go and look at any enterprise 258 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:59.840 rental like car rental place that has been put up 259 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:02.480 in like the last I don't know, five six years, 260 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:06.879 they all look exactly the same. So just like the 261 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.320 example I'm gonna use here for food back in the 262 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:11.320 day when they would throw pizza huts up, when pizza 263 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:13.320 huts became a big thing. They all looked the same. 264 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:15.000 They all had that same roof on it, right, it 265 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.879 was a hut. So I know, buddy, I don't know exactly. 266 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.879 I'm not super well versed in his industry and what 267 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.799 he does, but he is a project manager for a 268 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:27.480 construction company that you know. They they got the bid 269 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.440 to put in like all of the Drake Drake's restaurants, 270 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.000 which by the way, they're popping up here in the 271 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.120 area and they're expanding everywhere, I think, but they're all 272 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.720 constructed and built to kind of be the same, even 273 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:39.799 here at our Heart, Like we all don't have the 274 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:43.679 same exact space. But every studio that you know that 275 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.480 is relatively new, and I think we were one of 276 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:48.200 the last to get in a new place, I believe, 277 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.480 within the iHeart world. And if you walk into a 278 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:53.480 lot of them again when you first walk in, I mean, 279 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.960 they're not they're not all the same. It's different retail spots, 280 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:57.840 I mean, but when you get into a studio, they 281 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.639 all look the same, like all of them, they're all 282 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:00.639 designed the same way. 283 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:02.799 But the thread I found on Reddit. 284 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:05.639 That was fascinating is all the things that pizza huts 285 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.200 used to be that are now different businesses, and like, 286 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:12.039 that's water interesting. That's one you can't hide because the hut, 287 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:14.080 right the red roof. Yeah, I mean there's strip clubs 288 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:15.559 in Illinois. You could tell he used to be a 289 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.360 pizza hut. Maybe somebody who's like, hey, you know what 290 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:20.879 if pizza hut's closing down, I guess I'll throw on 291 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:22.960 a bikini and dance. I got to make a living, 292 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.919 don't you know. It's the only it's a business near town. 293 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:26.399 I don't know. 294 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:29.159 There's also like a law firm that used to be 295 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:31.039 a pizza hut that looks official. But again, you're not 296 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.559 fool with anybody. And I go and again this just 297 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:38.480 speaks to my mind, probably not being you know, a 298 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.759 high performance brain, but like I've just been when I'm 299 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:43.639 driving now, that's all I'm looking for is different businesses 300 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:45.120 to see if like I can tell, okay, I know 301 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.879 what that used to be. 302 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:47.639 I know what that used to be. I know there's 303 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:50.399 a bar on Bardstown Road. I believe it's Bartstown Road. 304 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:52.279 Maybe it's Baxter Avenue, but it's in that area that 305 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.200 used to be a church. Oh yeah, a grail or 306 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:55.639 something like that. 307 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.320 No, no, you're talking about the old church that's now 308 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.279 like a barbecue place. 309 00:13:59.360 --> 00:13:59.919 Maybe that's what it. 310 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.799 Yeah, that place is super cool looking. And I actually 311 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.159 think that that's a little different because that's like where 312 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:08.759 you're taking something that is a really cool old, you know, 313 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.480 probably like historic thing and turning in into something cool. 314 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.159 Like I've seen hotels kind of be converted for well, 315 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:18.759 things that were old buildings that were converted into old 316 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.559 you know, hotels. I think that looks kind of cool. 317 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:22.919 I guess more than anything, I'm thinking of like retail places, 318 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.480 national chains that you know, when they started popping up, 319 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:27.840 when they hit their boom and business was going really 320 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:31.320 really well, they just started popping up, and you could 321 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.240 tell before you saw the sign just by looking at 322 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.799 the you know, you coming around the corner. You can't 323 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:36.360 see the sign yet, but you can see the shape 324 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:38.559 of the building, the color, the size. You know, hey 325 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:42.279 that's a Popeyes or something like that. So anyways, I 326 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:50.480 if you can think of other retail maybe retail businesses, 327 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:52.360 I think you guys know what I'm talking about. I'm 328 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:55.039 not probably not describing it as far as just the terminology, 329 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:58.440 but national chains that all look the same when you 330 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:02.039 you know me, McDonald's an obvious one. They don't shut 331 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:05.320 down very often, to be honest. Without down, a lot 332 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.919 of them turn into dollar trees and stuff like that. 333 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.559 That's a really good one because you know you can 334 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.360 flip that into probably something different. But like let me 335 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.639 give you, let me give you a good example of 336 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:17.320 like where it all made sense. And I'm gonna give 337 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.960 them a plug here even though they don't they don't 338 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:21.320 pay us to mention them, but people see me there 339 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:23.600 enough anyway. It's like a known it's it's known that 340 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.720 I'm a big fan of this place. 341 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:25.320 Roosters. 342 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:30.480 I believe there are three roosters in the Kentuckian area. 343 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:32.519 I know of two for sure. I think there might 344 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.720 be a third one in southern Indiana that all used 345 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.240 to be Ryans like the Ryan's Buffet, which yeah, you know, 346 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.360 I think it's like similar to what Golden Krowl is 347 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:43.879 and that kind of stuff. And I'd never gone to 348 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:47.320 them as Orion's, but once they became roosters, I mean, 349 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.159 I go to the roosters on Preston pretty often, and 350 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:53.120 I know that the one in Fern Creek there used 351 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.519 to be a Ryan's as well. That makes sense, right, 352 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.600 you took what was already a big you know. And 353 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.519 by the way, I'm sure those were built the same. 354 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:02.919 And who in the first conversion that took place with 355 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:04.720 Roosters here in louisvill where they're like, hey, here we 356 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:08.519 go this this space is available, this Ryan's is shutting down. 357 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.799 We could probably put our restaurant. We can take over 358 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.559 that space and thrive, And then they see another ryan 359 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.840 struggling not far away. 360 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.519 Hey, here we go. 361 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:17.279 We're going to expand because we know the space they 362 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.639 put that they have, We've already taken one. It was, 363 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:21.240 you know, it wasn't that big of a conversion. It's 364 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.320 really just a restaurant turning into a different restaurant. Although 365 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.000 I think Ryan's was more like buffet style and that's 366 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.879 obviously not what you. 367 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.000 Get at Roosters. 368 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.080 So anyways, that's where my brain has been today. But 369 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:34.399 we do have a lot to get into and it's 370 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.840 going to be a weird show for me because again 371 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:38.240 I say that in the three o'clock hour, thinking hey, 372 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.320 I got I got the next I got two and 373 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:42.200 a half hours, two hours and forty five minutes now 374 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.960 to to you know, try to squeeze it all in 375 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.720 as best I can. But now with our guests today, 376 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.240 it's gonna be a little different. But I do want 377 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.960 to let you know there is a really good update 378 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.320 that I kind of feel like isn't getting a whole 379 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.720 lot of attention, maybe because it's not interesting stuff. It's 380 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:58.639 boring legal lawsuit stuff. But it does sound like there's 381 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:04.160 there's a path for the AC to resolve the the 382 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.440 you know, the issues that Florida State and Clemson have 383 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.759 with their lawsuits. So really good ride up from ESPN's 384 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:17.599 what's his name, total brain fart here because I've been 385 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:21.279 thinking about what old pizza huts have become. He covers 386 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.000 the ACC for ESPN. Specifically, he joins us on the show, 387 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:28.160 not like frequently, but he's been on many times. You're 388 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.759 not gonna know you're not an ACC guy. You don't 389 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.519 even need any botty contact list. 390 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.359 Maybe I could sit here and open up my little 391 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.680 app and see if I can find his name and see. 392 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:38.240 If it's not even important because he's not coming on today. 393 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.240 David Hale is his name. 394 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.920 I don't know why that's what I need medication that 395 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.240 can help me just completely, because once I know, like 396 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.319 I'm just having a brain fart, I can't move on 397 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:51.119 from brain fart until I figure out what I completely 398 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:53.079 forgot for no reason. And that goes back to what 399 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.680 I've mentioned before. I'm I used to be really good 400 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.680 at remembering everybody's name, always on the tip of the tongue. 401 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.640