WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:02.120 It's nice eyes with Dan Ray. 2 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:05.480 I'm telling you easy Boston's news Radio. 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:09.320 Thanks very much, Madison. It has been a very interesting weekend, 4 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:12.279 that is for sure. My name is Dan Ray. I'm 5 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:16.519 the host of Nightside. Feeling a little better medically than 6 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:19.679 I felt last week, but it's still not at one 7 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:23.519 hundred percent. Rob Brooks hopefully is feeling absolutely at one 8 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.559 hundred percent. He's back in the control room. Rob, I'm 9 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.519 here all week I hope you are as well. Okay, 10 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.119 got the A team here all week long, and you 11 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:34.960 are also part of the A team if you're a 12 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:37.600 regular listener here to Nightside, or even better yet a 13 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.359 regular caller. We have a lot to discuss. We very 14 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:44.000 special guest coming up at nine o'clock tonight, the President 15 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.920 of the International Teamsters, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, will 16 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.679 join us. Sean O'Brien. He's the general president of that organization. 17 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.880 He played a very significant role in the twenty twenty 18 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.240 four election. We'll discuss that role and how he feels 19 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:04.239 the Trump administration is doing. And certainly the timing could 20 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:10.079 not be better for a Trump administration. There's a report 21 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:14.400 that now Reuters has confirmed that there apparently will be 22 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.519 a ceasefire in the Middle East could take place even 23 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:24.840 before this show ends tonight. Quite a turnaround from Saturday 24 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.439 evening when all of us were sort of surprised and 25 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.159 shocked that that two week extension only was a two 26 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:37.079 day extension. And we'll have to see how this all transpires. 27 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:39.959 Maybe Donald Trump has played his cards right. We will 28 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.959 talk with Sean O'Brien about that, and they give you 29 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.519 a chance to weigh in a little bit later on tonight. 30 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:48.359 But first we have four really interesting guests, as we 31 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.120 always do in the first hour, and of course during 32 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:53.319 the first hour there are no phone calls, so you 33 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.680 can sit back, relax, put your feed up, enjoy your beverage. 34 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.400 Hopefully it's a nice iced beverage of some sort, because 35 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:02.879 it's pretty here in New England. With US is retired 36 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:07.519 Major General Bob Dees General Welcome. I need to salute you. 37 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:08.280 How are you, sir? 38 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:10.919 Good Dan good to be with night side. 39 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.639 I got his high up as back for it, so 40 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.199 I was saluting everybody, everybody who walked by. It didn't matter, 41 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:20.599 didn't matter. You're also with a great group called the 42 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.800 National Center for Healthy Veterans. I want to talk to 43 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:28.000 you about them, but before we do that, and I 44 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.120 will save some time for us to talk about that 45 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.919 their great work. But as I said, before we do that, 46 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.120 like to get your sense as to what's going on. 47 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:40.520 This is a pretty fast moving story. We've gone from 48 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.159 bunker busting bombs we all were hearing about it about 49 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:51.080 forty eight hours ago at this time, to we may 50 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.280 have some sort of a ceasefire according to President Trump. 51 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:56.400 What's going on here? A lot of people and the 52 00:02:56.439 --> 00:03:02.080 stock market did well today and oil prices dropped. You 53 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:04.240 could have won a lot of money on that sometime 54 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:06.319 betting on Saturday night about midnight. 55 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:08.680 Correct, that's exactly right. 56 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:12.360 Boy, You're right. It's been fast moving, Dan, And just 57 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.159 six hours ago, you know, I would have predicted we'd 58 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.240 be talking about battle damage assessment and this and that. 59 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.599 But the reality is, yes, it's been announced there's a 60 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:25.400 peace deal. Apparently the President Trump called Prime Minister net 61 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.560 and Yahoo and then some of the Vice President was 62 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.840 working with Iran and some of their representatives and so 63 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.759 apparently they've broke her to peace deal and it's supposed to, 64 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.120 as you said, take place about three four hours from now. 65 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.520 So it's pretty amazing. I think it does illustrate the 66 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:48.879 power of deterrence. You know, we went in strong, precise 67 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:54.280 accomplished the mission with you know, startling success to be honest, 68 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:58.800 and everybody else just sort of saluted. As you were 69 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:02.080 referring to, Iran is sort of acting like a specialist 70 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.479 for right now to salute anything that walks by. 71 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:09.240 Yeah. Well, it's a little early to know exactly the 72 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:13.719 extent of the battle damage assessment because the targets were 73 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:19.199 buried underground. But I would think that the response of 74 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:23.480 Iran to engage in this ceasefire and also I guess 75 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:27.000 to make the US aware of when they were going 76 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.480 to fire a few missiles and at what time they 77 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:33.639 were going to fire a few missiles and no one 78 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:39.120 was injured in that I think sort of symbolic a 79 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:44.360 large of fourteen smaller missiles. I think that that response 80 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.879 might be a pretty good indication of how much damage 81 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:51.399 was done down below or am I misreading is now? 82 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:55.600 I think you're probably accurate. My assessment was that Iran 83 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:58.560 wouldn't been but they would break, you know, they would 84 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.639 just fly it into the ground until they had to submit. 85 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.519 But I was certainly wrong about that, and I think 86 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:10.120 it's You're probably accurate that the true impact of what 87 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:14.519 we have done over the last forty eight hours has 88 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.040 really caused them to come to the table, and their 89 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:24.199 response in Qatar was tepid at best. And yeah, I agree, 90 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.399 a lot of people are reading into that, certainly weakness 91 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:32.959 but conciliation that they are really a defeated power and 92 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.360 they want to get the best deal they can now. 93 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.360 Would you agree? And just my last question is that 94 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:45.000 Israel's success in decapitating Hesba Llah a few months ago 95 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:49.439 going after Hamas in the Wig of October seventh, as 96 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.480 well as the departure of the Aside family from Syria, 97 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:58.399 and the fact that I think the Hoodies have been 98 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.079 put under control, that that Iran was kind of the 99 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:06.360 last last team standing. All of its proxies were off 100 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.759 the field and they were kind of naked to the 101 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:09.279 world here. 102 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:14.800 Yeah, well, I totally agree. Iran, I mean, Israel in 103 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:18.120 military terms, set the conditions well ahead of time, as 104 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:22.519 they normally do years I had in advance in some cases, uh, 105 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:26.279 and so that all the Iranian cards that surrogates were 106 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.920 taken off the table. My only caution, Dan would be 107 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:33.439 Iran has a lot of sleeper cells in the United States, 108 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.920 and even if Iran folds, there may be some sleeper 109 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:42.560 cells that you know, make their last gasp, or some 110 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.519 people some lone wolf actions. And we're also seeing a 111 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:48.879 lot of protests college campuses and things that around the 112 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:54.319 United States. So domestic threat is still you know, a 113 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.160 little alarming, to be honest. 114 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.680 Well, it was funny, I explained to a friend of 115 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.560 mine on Saturday night who was very concerned that perhaps 116 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:05.439 this was a precursor to sort of an Archduke Ferdinand 117 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.560 type of repeat of history from about a one hundred 118 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:12.240 and eleven years ago, the start of War One. And 119 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.759 I said, look, this prevented, This makes the world safer 120 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:23.160 from an outlaw nation possessing nuclear weaponry. This was this 121 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:28.279 was a conventional strike that I think has taken a 122 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:34.560 potential nuclear country off the playing field. And I view, 123 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:38.079 I don't see I would think college campuses would be 124 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:43.199 up in arms congratulating the US military and President Trump 125 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.519 for what may apparently is going to be accomplished. I 126 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.319 hope it is. Obviously I don't want to you know, 127 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:51.959 start to you know, celebrate too quickly here, but it 128 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.920 certainly things in the last forty typical. You expect people 129 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.519 to come out with the flags. I see the Iranian flags, 130 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.480 and those are just people who hate this country, and 131 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.560 they would, they would, they would, they would protest against 132 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.759 the Trump administration finding a cure for cancer. That's no 133 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:14.680 question about that. Okay, Let's talk more importantly for the 134 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:18.040 moment about the National Center for Healthy Veterans. We've done 135 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.759 a lot on this program about returning veterans and the 136 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:25.800 issues that they faced, particularly those who were actually in 137 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:29.240 the line of fire during in warfare with live fire 138 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:31.439 going on around them. Tell Us, tell us about the group, 139 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:33.000 the National Center for Healthy Veterans. 140 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:37.559 Yeah, Dan, I'd say we're a unique national prototype. We're 141 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.159 a nine month residential program. Most programs are much shorter, 142 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.679 but we fight recidivism and we bring at risk veterans, 143 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:49.279 Veterans that are suicidal, Veterans that perhaps have been in 144 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.759 jail under bridges, veterans that are stuck in their parents' 145 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.120 basement playing video games, veterans that have had three jobs 146 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.039 in the last year that can't adjust. All these veterans 147 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:02.320 have tremendous potential, and so we help them do a 148 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.320 life free set over that time period. We're at healthy 149 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:08.279 veterans dot Org if people want to learn more. One 150 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:12.000 of the things I'd ask all your viewers, we need 151 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.159 to find the people. Most of the people we help 152 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.200 don't want to be found. We need to find people 153 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:19.679 that are at risk, refer them to us. There's just 154 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:24.240 a button on the website that does that, and let's 155 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.960 get these people help. We have people from over twelve 156 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:32.360 different states and so we're a national organization that fills 157 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:37.000 a unique gap in our service for veterans overall. So yeah, 158 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.919 appreciate the shout out. We have a large what we 159 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.720 call a healing platform. But we have twenty five horses, 160 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:47.600 three hundred and thirty nine acres, two hundred and seventy 161 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.759 five chickens that give us eighty dozen eggs a week. 162 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.879 So that's a lot of dignified work. And we live 163 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.600 in community to defeed isolation, one of the primary causes 164 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:00.240 of veterans suicide. We have trauma recovery, life skills program as, 165 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:05.480 professional counseling, coaching, equine therapy. So it's a really powerful, 166 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.960 unique platform and people are We have one spin off 167 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:09.679 in Kentucky. 168 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:11.879 In fact, well, as a matter of fact, I'm noticing 169 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.279 here that you're an Alta Vista, Virginia at the at 170 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:18.559 Valor Farm, which is appropriately named. And you know you're 171 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.840 doing you're doing great work here and again the website 172 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:27.720 couldn't be simpler. Healthy Veterans dot Org. I'm very much 173 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.600 involved with a couple of veterans groups, one of which 174 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:32.960 is Hope for the Veterans, Hope for the Warriors. I 175 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.399 should say, oh good that a friend of mine got 176 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:41.519 me involved in many many years ago, and we forget 177 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:45.679 what these men and women sacrifice when they volunteer to 178 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:47.840 serve in defense of this nation. 179 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:50.000 That's exactly right. 180 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.039 Well, thank you, Dan. 181 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.960 I'm glad you saw your help veterans every way you can, 182 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:57.159 and I just ask all your listeners to do the same. 183 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.600 Well, Major General, I appreciate it very much. Hoped that 184 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:06.120 our optimism is well founded. Irrespective of political parties or 185 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:12.000 philosophical viewpoints. We want to keep our people safe. Extraordinary 186 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:15.960 work by the military, the US Air Force on Saturday night, 187 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.360 that is for sure. That's an incredible story. Thank you, 188 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:21.480 Major General. Appreciate it very much. I hope to have 189 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.919 you back. Let's get an update on this sum How 190 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:25.159 you doing a few months from now? 191 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:27.559 Okay, sounds good. Dan, good to be with you. 192 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:31.840 Take care back at you, Major General retired Robert d'es. 193 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:34.080 We'll be back on nights. We're going to talk about 194 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:36.759 the biggest summer shopping trends. Lighting up a little bit 195 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:41.240 with Casey Kevin Eddie, USA Today's editorial director of Shopping. 196 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.240 By the way, I have a free before you all. 197 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:45.120 If you'd like, you can pull down the new and 198 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:49.720 improved iHeart app. You can just go on to whatever 199 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.120 place you go, Google Store or whatever, pull it down, 200 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.399 put it on. Whatever your device is, your desktops, your laptops, 201 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:03.960 your tablets, your phones, whatever. Make us WBZ Boston your 202 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.440 first preset. You'll only be a fingertip away, fingertip away 203 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:10.840 from us wherever you may happen to travel in the world. 204 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:13.840 And at the same time, there's also a button on 205 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.039 there that you could leave us a message if you'd like, 206 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:19.399 and that message goes directly to mister Rob Brooks in 207 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.519 the control room. You can do it at any hour 208 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.200 of the day, but we particularly love to hear from 209 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.320 you during the show and maybe we'll play it on 210 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:27.919 the air. We want his phone callers. No question, this 211 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.879 is still a talk show, but you can certainly make 212 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:34.559 a comment about, for example, that last interview with Major 213 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:39.000 General retired Bob des that's the sort of thing that 214 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:40.919 you would love to hear from you. We're coming right 215 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.200 back on Nightside. We're going to talk about summer shopping. Friends. 216 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:49.960 It's night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's News Radio. 217 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.039 Well, summer has arrived in full force here in New England. 218 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.279 There's no question the spring is over. We'll spring never happen, really, 219 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:00.840 but summer's here. It's packing a punch all across the 220 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.080 United States, about one hundred and ninety people under this 221 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.080 summer heat wave. So June twenty third with US is 222 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:11.240 Casey Kimminedding, USA Today's exec editorial director of Shopping. That's 223 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:14.080 a pretty neat job. How are you, Casey's Kim and Eddy. 224 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:14.759 Nice to meet you. 225 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:19.000 Hi, nice to meet you. Thanks for having me. 226 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.360 Yes, it is gig. 227 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:25.559 Yeah, Yeah, that's that's one that I've met a lot 228 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.360 of people, but particularly women. I don't want to be 229 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:31.200 sexist here, would like and you got all sorts of 230 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:35.080 tips here on shopping deals and product recommendations. And I'm 231 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.960 sure a lot of my listeners had their pens and 232 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.799 pencils poised. What do you got going on? 233 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:48.120 Yeah, for sure. So summer shopping is already picking up 234 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:53.799 like crazy. People are really shopping early, earlier and earlier. 235 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:57.759 I feel like for every season, holiday, you know, all 236 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:02.960 the events. So yeah, summer shopping. People are really excited 237 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:08.159 about back to school with maybe they I know. 238 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.240 Back to school. My parents ever were shopping from back 239 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.519 to school on June twenty third. I think I would 240 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:17.639 have run away from home. Go ahead, I'm sorry, go. 241 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:22.200 Ahead, right, No, I yeah, I agree, But yeah, the 242 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.120 people they know what they want. Definitely a lot of 243 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:32.759 like big ticket back to school items, so laptops, tablets, 244 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.919 even like earbuds and stuff like that, things that you 245 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:40.039 need for when you're you know, in high school college, 246 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:46.879 And a lot of retailers are hosting huge sales already 247 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.639 so you can get a good deal. 248 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.639 I'm hoping that they're not buying tablets and things like 249 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:57.679 that for kids who are in elementary school, because that's 250 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:01.120 just a little personal point of personal prerogative that I 251 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.559 think kids should worry about reading, writing, and arithmetic until 252 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.039 at least the fifth or sixth grade. But go ahead, 253 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:13.440 So we've we've depressed any sixth graders who are listening 254 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:19.799 to my show at this yes that they alway's going 255 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.080 to get mad at what what are the hot summer 256 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:25.519 items here? Barbecue, yeah, grills, whatever. 257 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:27.120 Yeah. 258 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:33.000 So basically right now, we have Amazon Prime Day coming 259 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:38.000 up in July and it's kind of a kickoff this summer. 260 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:42.080 So it's happening July eighth to the eleventh. 261 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.960 They're kicking it off on my birthday. Yeah right, Okay, 262 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.600 well that's good. 263 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.519 We'll make that. 264 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.840 I'm going to turn twenty I'm going to turn twenty 265 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:53.679 nine years old on July. 266 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.159 Go ahead, looks great. 267 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:58.440 And if you if you believe, if you believe that, 268 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.720 I have a bridge in Brooklyn, so you go ahead, 269 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.840 Casey have only teasing. 270 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:08.879 No, So we've we've seen a lot of early deals already. 271 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:13.120 And like I said, definitely, electronics are great, you know, 272 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:17.639 people are loving them. But the grills, the outdoor summer 273 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:27.519 products like portable chargers, speakers for your barbecue. Something that's 274 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:31.240 been popular is a digital meat. 275 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:35.480 Thermometer okay, okay. 276 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:41.240 For your barbecue, and you know, super affordable makes grilling 277 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.399 a lot easier. 278 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:46.200 Yeah, so I growed, I grilled, I grilled some steak, 279 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:49.759 tips last night. They were great, but at that point 280 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.799 I could have. But I'm doing it all by the look, 281 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:56.360 you know you kind of Yeah, a little little meet 282 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:58.919 thermometer probably could come in handy, that is for sure. 283 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:04.319 Now does this mean? And again, you really blew me 284 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:06.680 away when you said people doing back to school normally. 285 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.559 I think back to school mid August. There'll be a 286 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:12.880 second wave of back to school for them. I don't 287 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.880 want any parents who are listening tonight, I think they've 288 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.559 missed out here. 289 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:21.680 I mean, I mean, yeah, I remember back to school 290 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:28.200 shopping was right before school started end of August. You know, 291 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:33.240 we were at Staples or wherever picking out markers and stuff. 292 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.680 Yeah, we do push it. By the way, you made 293 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:39.839 a comment earlier, and it seems to me that the 294 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:47.240 Halloween decorations show up sometime around Labor Day, and Christmas 295 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:50.599 decorations now appear before Halloween. And it just seems to 296 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:52.720 me that we are always in a rush to get 297 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.279 it done as opposed to enjoy it when it happens. 298 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.519 And I think that's a tough trend. Although again, push 299 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:04.160 is always going to be, you know, get him in 300 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.000 the tent and get him buy it. What's the single 301 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.400 best superby that you could recommend across the board. What 302 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.000 have you seen right now? Is that is that's almost 303 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:16.839 investment quality? Great? If you know what I'm saying. 304 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.000 Yeah, Well, first I will say I agree. I mean 305 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:25.200 the you know, the sales and deals and shopping, it 306 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:29.200 starts earlier and earlier. But I will say, there's such 307 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:32.920 it's such a relief. Like personally, if I get my 308 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:39.599 holiday shopping done a month ahead of time, I'm like, oh, 309 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:44.160 I can relax and breathe. They don't have to be stressed. 310 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:48.720 So there definitely is like there's a benefit to get 311 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.200 in the head. 312 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:52.799 Now I guess you were going on a Christmas card 313 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:59.279 list already or no project in a little shoe box 314 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.279 ready to go. They got him done by about August. First, 315 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:07.119 It's like, okay, ok I really enjoyed. Thank you very much. 316 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:09.960 We'll have you back. You were fun to talk with. 317 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:14.039 USA Today's editorial director of Shopping, Casey Kim, and Eddie 318 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.240 the woman with the job. 319 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.559 Everyone goold love to have. 320 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:20.359 Thank you so much, Casey, have a great night. Take 321 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.559 it easy. Rob. What are we doing here? Did we 322 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:29.480 did we miss an ABC News special? We don't? Okay, 323 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.519 then that's fine. We have our own newscast coming up, 324 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.400 and on the other side of the newscast, we're talking 325 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.880 about quiet cracking. We're not talking about like taking eggs 326 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:40.319 and really gently cracking them. No, we're talking about what 327 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:45.839 is behind this new workplace threat. People are quiet cracking. 328 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:48.720 We'll be back and we'll be very honest about it. 329 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.680 Coming back on Night. 330 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:52.880 Side with Dan Ray. 331 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.240 I'm Boston's news radio. 332 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:02.599 All Right, everything has a word. Everything, every action or 333 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.559 reaction can be characterized. Here's one I've never heard of before, 334 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:12.720 quiet cracking. What's behind this new work paid workplace threat. Well, Heather, 335 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:17.960 while she's a workplace expert, communications marketing professional who oversees 336 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:23.039 leadership lab that's for leadership training. What the heck is 337 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:27.519 quiet cracking? I think I know, but I want to 338 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:31.519 make sure I'm not making an assumption. Welcome to Nightside, Heather. 339 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.440 Oh, thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it. 340 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:37.599 Quiet cracking, Yes, it's another term. Right, it's another thing 341 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:39.720 that we've got to figure out. But let me just 342 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:42.519 kind of unpack this for you really quickly. Quiet cracking. 343 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:47.559 It's those employees that used to be engaged. They still 344 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:52.160 like their job, though, however, they feel invisible, they feel unheard, 345 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.279 and they feel stuck where they are, So that that 346 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.799 is what quiet cracking is. 347 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:00.039 Yeah, yeah, you know, I think a lot of that 348 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:03.279 has to do with all the venture capital companies that 349 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:08.200 are buying up companies and uh, you know, the the 350 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:12.640 the formula of the of long ago where a company 351 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:16.359 existed and you knew the people who owned the company 352 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:19.599 and you work for them and all that. Now the 353 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:23.079 company has been bought by owner company. Is that a 354 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:26.160 Is that a theory that's totally off the wall as 355 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:27.119 far as you're concerned. 356 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:29.440 I don't think it's off the wall that I'm going 357 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:31.880 to delve a little bit deeper and say this much. 358 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:35.200 I think the bigger issue is and what I'm seeing 359 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:37.200 from some of these companies that have been bold up 360 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:40.400 by private equity venture capitalist that kind of thing. What 361 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:45.440 happens is is there becomes a huge communication breakdown, like 362 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:49.480 the style the culture that a company once you know, 363 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:53.279 operated in shifts dramatically because people don't know what the 364 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.640 heck is going on. They don't understand the new culture. 365 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.279 And frankly, you know, private equity venture capital are working 366 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:00.759 so fast to try to figure out what culture is 367 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.680 that people feel lost, and that's where quiet cracking really 368 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:06.000 kind of comes into place as well too. People don't 369 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:09.319 feel heard, they don't feel seen or understood. And frankly, 370 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:12.759 leadership isn't communicating. There's not there's not a two way 371 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:16.759 communication module, so to speak. They're just directing and making 372 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:21.480 commands versus asking people how, you know, how can they 373 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:24.319 really solve this problem together as a team. It's more, 374 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:27.319 you know, the top down leadership versus the bottom up style. 375 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.680 That's that's so true. It's it's just, you know, do 376 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.519 it the way they want you to do it, and 377 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:35.319 even though you might know it's not the most efficient 378 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:38.200 way or it's not even the best way. If you jump, 379 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:40.079 if you jump up and you raise your hand and 380 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:42.519 you say, hey, can I make a suggestion, immediately you 381 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:46.000 can be characterized as a troublemaker. The other group who 382 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:49.680 I think, really we need to focus on the professional 383 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.839 being counters, the people that are making cuts. No, I'm serious, 384 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.880 I'm very serious. 385 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.759 I laugh because I work with a lot of them. 386 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:00.079 Yes, yeah, I mean they had no idea what the 387 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.440 company does. They have no idea what it's necessary for 388 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:06.799 that company to really support and grow. All they're looking 389 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.920 for is the bottom line. And if they can cut. 390 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:12.279 If they're told we can cut twenty two point four 391 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:15.799 percent of the personnel, then that's a great idea. Let's 392 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.279 just go through and cut twenty two point four percent, 393 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:20.319 not go in and find out the people who are 394 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:23.640 not pulling. Just twenty line them up. Yes, we'll do 395 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:28.319 it alphabetically, every fifth person. I just where have I mean, 396 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:31.920 this past get out of It's kind of out of control. 397 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:35.240 And what it does is it actually as opposed to 398 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:41.000 encouraging people, discourages people. I tell all my friends in management, 399 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:45.480 I tell most employees would prefer to get a pat 400 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:50.160 on the back occasionally, maybe a positive comment, a job 401 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:53.200