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<v Speaker 1>Is Michael Garfi Michael Garfield, Michael Garfields joining in the

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<v Speaker 1>high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here with a high

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<v Speaker 1>Tech Texans. I used to make life.

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<v Speaker 2>Easier new technology, and Michael garfild has something you might like.

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<v Speaker 3>Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping

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<v Speaker 3>you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the

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<v Speaker 3>iHeartRadio add Now you're high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let's go back a few years. I used to

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<v Speaker 2>have a daily radio show, more than just this weekend

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<v Speaker 2>radio show, and the name of the daily show was

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<v Speaker 2>called The World a core to garf all right, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be of age to understand the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the inside joke over how that works. It wasn't so

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<v Speaker 2>much about technology. It was about well, what's going on

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<v Speaker 2>in my world? What's going on with the world. And

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<v Speaker 2>it was not politics, because you know me, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>do that. It's just you know, anecdotal funny things stories,

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<v Speaker 2>business stories, and you know, yes, I did review technology

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<v Speaker 2>and cars, talked a lot about sports, and that was

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<v Speaker 2>Monday through Friday show while I also still had the

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<v Speaker 2>weekend High Tech Texan show. And at some point I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, it's this this Monday through Friday thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's at the end of the day, the ROI it's

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<v Speaker 2>not worth it, so I stopped it. But the name

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<v Speaker 2>still resonates, and you know, I should do my own podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>a different one than this one called the World according

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<v Speaker 2>to Garf, and I bring it up is because this

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<v Speaker 2>indeed is the world. And over the years, I've done

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<v Speaker 2>this twenty three years in the radio, along with some

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<v Speaker 2>television and now social media, and thanks to iHeart, the

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<v Speaker 2>show is heard around the world, almost everywhere around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I've done the show from so many places around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I have been to four or five different spots in Mexico,

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<v Speaker 2>I have been to Amsterdam and Iceland, and I've done

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<v Speaker 2>the show in London and everywhere from California to Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Just it goes on and on and on. And I

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<v Speaker 2>just returned from a place that I didn't think I

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<v Speaker 2>ever would be in my life. I am at the

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<v Speaker 2>point of my life where listen, the kids are grown,

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<v Speaker 2>they're out, I don't have any pets. I could just travel, travel, travel,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's kind of bye opening right now. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you've been following and listening, you know exactly where I

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<v Speaker 2>have been, and now it is time to do a

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<v Speaker 2>really in depth, deep dive recap, not only about my trip.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is not an old look at me. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess where I you know, I went. This was this

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<v Speaker 2>was a business trip people. I mean I didn't wear

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<v Speaker 2>a suit and tie, but this is a business trip

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<v Speaker 2>because I explored, I talk with companies, I discovered new products.

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<v Speaker 2>I've met some new friends and counterparts when I visited China.

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<v Speaker 2>That is right. I am back from a whirlwind worldwide

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<v Speaker 2>trip to China, and I've been, you know, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>counting it down here on the show, looking forward to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe a little trepidation, you know, you hear about China.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up in the era where China's like, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know really what's what's going on over in China.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they allegedly blocked the Western world from media.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't get communication in or out. I mean I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know what to expect. I didn't know it. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's is it overpopulated? Is what's the climate? Do they?

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<v Speaker 2>Like Americans right now? Didn't know? And so we will

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<v Speaker 2>give you the play by play over the next two

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<v Speaker 2>hours of of what happened. But one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that one of the many things that we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about today, we're going to talk about some of

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<v Speaker 2>the companies, the culture that I saw. Why is China

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<v Speaker 2>one of, if not the worldwide leader when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to R and D creating and producing products, technology products, automobiles,

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<v Speaker 2>and so many other things that make them in some

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<v Speaker 2>ways so far ahead of every other country. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to stop right now, and I'm gonna give you an asterisk.

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<v Speaker 2>And before I get phone calls, before I get emails,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna say this, hand to God, hand my mouth

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<v Speaker 2>microphone right now. MY name is Michael Garfield. I am

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<v Speaker 2>an American. I always will be an American. I bleed red, white, blue,

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<v Speaker 2>and burnt orange from my University of Texas. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think there is a better country than the United States

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<v Speaker 2>of America. Okay, I'll say that up from I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>shilling for any other country ever, certainly during this show.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I am I am not afraid to actually

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<v Speaker 2>give you my thoughts that go right down the line,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, a bipartisan thing that listen, I am not

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<v Speaker 2>afraid to say this product is better than this, this

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<v Speaker 2>company is better than this, this team is better than this, whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I'm embarrassed about it. Sometimes I think competition only

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<v Speaker 2>drives up excellence, and so these are gonna be my thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't want to hear the oh man, did

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<v Speaker 2>Chinese pay you to talk about this? Now? No, Sadly,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't make one freaking penny. Sadly, I sat on

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<v Speaker 2>an airplane twenty two thousand miles. My nickname to the

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<v Speaker 2>other people, the other journalists who were on the trip

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<v Speaker 2>with me, was Magellan. Now I know my initials are MG,

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<v Speaker 2>but I also have an Imgella Magellan. I literally left

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<v Speaker 2>from Houston, stopped in San Francisco, San Francisco, directed a

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<v Speaker 2>Hong Kong, took a ferry right across to the southernmost

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<v Speaker 2>point of China. That was that's gonna be a that's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a ten minute segment alone stand by for

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<v Speaker 2>that was in Shinzhen, China, four and a half days

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<v Speaker 2>or so, A lot of great meetings, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>introductions and the culture and everything. I then leave from China.

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<v Speaker 2>You think I would come back east, Oh no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>the way they booked me, I continue to go west

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<v Speaker 2>I went from China to Qatar in the Middle East.

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<v Speaker 2>It's only a nine hour flight, go to the Qatar

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<v Speaker 2>Doha Airport, one of the nicest airports in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I then get on a sixteen hour flight west again

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<v Speaker 2>direct Doha, Qatar to Houston. The circumference of the Earth,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe is roughly around twenty four thousand miles. I

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<v Speaker 2>traveled twenty two thousand miles in freaking economy. That was

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<v Speaker 2>That was one of the low lights of the trip.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do think United and I mean maybe Katar.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'll give you thoughts to that. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>if you have questions, and I know you do, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to give you the number. It's three four to

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<v Speaker 2>six twenty nine texts and we're going to have really

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<v Speaker 2>interesting breakdown of play by play that does include tariffs.

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<v Speaker 2>I was able to sit down and speak with the

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<v Speaker 2>heads of Chinese based companies on their candid thoughts on

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<v Speaker 2>what they think in the short term and the long

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<v Speaker 2>term of the potential tariffs that keep on moving on

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<v Speaker 2>a regular basis. It seems of how it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>affect their company and how they ship will they ship

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<v Speaker 2>products to the United States based on the cost of

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<v Speaker 2>tariffs and how at the end of the day it

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<v Speaker 2>is going to affect you, my dear Lestern. We've got that.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got news that Amazon has now launched some satellites

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<v Speaker 2>that actually can help communication around the world. National Password

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<v Speaker 2>Day was this week. We're going to get some password

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<v Speaker 2>information and anything else that you want to hear. Michael

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<v Speaker 2>at high Tech textan dot Com. I've done it for

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<v Speaker 2>almost a quarter century right now. It's great to be able.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an honor to be able to talk to you

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<v Speaker 2>over the air Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, all across the

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<v Speaker 2>state of Texas, and I will tell you for you

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<v Speaker 2>for the length of my show. I've always said that

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<v Speaker 2>the this is a worldwide radio show, and I can't

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<v Speaker 2>maybe not. I may not be able to say worldwide

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<v Speaker 2>because from what I understood, China does not elect allow

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<v Speaker 2>Western media, including iHeartRadio, into their country. When we come back,

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<v Speaker 2>I will answer the question can my show be heard

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<v Speaker 2>in China? And the answer may shop get is Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Garfield the High Tech Texting Show. Only two thousand miles later,

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<v Speaker 2>I have returned to the United States after a long,

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<v Speaker 2>long trip, not actually a lot of time in China.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it still called the People's Republic of China? Canse

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<v Speaker 2>some we checked that it's every time they're in the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>they call themselves something it. So I was in shin Zin, China,

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<v Speaker 2>which and the reason I was there it was a

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<v Speaker 2>fact finding business trip that I went with probably about

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen other I'm gonna call myself a journalist that covered

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<v Speaker 2>the technology industry because shin Zen, which is the southernmost

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<v Speaker 2>point of China, I mean so southern. Then there's water,

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<v Speaker 2>and then there's Hong Kong. All right, it's the Silicon

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<v Speaker 2>Valley of China. It's I didn't know what to expect.

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<v Speaker 2>I did not know because I've I have gone to

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<v Speaker 2>which is the furthest I've ever been west. You say

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<v Speaker 2>flew into Hong Kong and then I popped over to

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<v Speaker 2>to China. And I think of China, and you think

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<v Speaker 2>of China. I don't know, maybe, and I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 2>to seriously, I'm not trying to do anything stereotypical, but

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<v Speaker 2>I've been to chinatowns in the United States, I've been

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<v Speaker 2>in San Francisco. I love Chinatown in San Francisco. I've

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<v Speaker 2>been in Chinatown in New York. There's a Chinatown in Houston,

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<v Speaker 2>where I'm based. There's a lot of China. When you go,

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<v Speaker 2>there may be a little bit kitchy. There's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the umbrellas, there's the Chinese, the mand in writing and

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<v Speaker 2>the signs, and you look in the store windows and

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<v Speaker 2>the restaurants and there's hanging chickens and HIGs feed and

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<v Speaker 2>what facts. Man, I'm not making I'm not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>make fun. There's inexpensive items and chowshky's that you'll never need.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very narrow streets, and I'm thinking, that's what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna see. Ay. Shenzen is one of the newer cities

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<v Speaker 2>in the country of China, so much so that has

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<v Speaker 2>really been built up over the past only and I say,

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<v Speaker 2>only sixty or seventy years now. You think about Beijing,

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<v Speaker 2>which has been around what ten thousand years, Shanghai that

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<v Speaker 2>which is up north, right, I was down south. If

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<v Speaker 2>you blindfolded me in this city and you put me

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<v Speaker 2>on a city street in Shenzen, you didn't tell me

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<v Speaker 2>Chinese street signs that are written to dead or that

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<v Speaker 2>hadre written a foreign language. I could have told Joe

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<v Speaker 2>was in Manhattan. I was in the heart of New York.

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<v Speaker 2>New York Hall buildings. Everybody lives in these high rise apartments,

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<v Speaker 2>big boulevards, cars, motorbike, scooters, parks, trees, people just walking.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't overcrowded and overpopulated like I thought China was,

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<v Speaker 2>at least not where I was in downtown or this

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<v Speaker 2>at a Western hotel. I stay at a Marriott hotel.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like forty The lobby was like on the forty

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<v Speaker 2>third floor, overlooking these massive buildings. I look south, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking directly at Hong Kong. I mean it was cool.

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<v Speaker 2>It was It was this Texas boy. It's like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>what am I doing over here? And then there's the culture.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me start with this. What did I miss?

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<v Speaker 2>What did I miss? The last week of April? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>from what I gathered, Hope died, Shannon Sharp got canceled

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<v Speaker 2>or something shed where Sanders fell in the NFL draft

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<v Speaker 2>bill Belichick had a week, didn't he. You know what

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<v Speaker 2>else I missed? I missed me some text Max. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>my goodness. You know I'm not I am not a foodie,

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<v Speaker 2>a translator, and luckily we had people who spoke, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Chinese Mandarin and you know, obviously English. It's like at

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<v Speaker 2>some point and day three it's like garf, don't even ask,

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<v Speaker 2>a stereotype, I kid you not. I went to a

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<v Speaker 2>So the culture was kind of crazy. The airline travel

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<v Speaker 2>listen United was a United Airlines. I went there on United.

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<v Speaker 2>I did not know that Bush Intercontinental Airport they're closed.

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<v Speaker 2>They showed me around. They could not have been nicer. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>just just not happening. So I got there. It was

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<v Speaker 2>Sin's in in terms of the climate, very much like Houston.

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<v Speaker 2>It was starting to get a little humid. Wasn't too overpowering, overbearing.

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<v Speaker 2>to be so bad. I'm like, bro, let me help

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<v Speaker 2>you out. I'm from Houston and I get there. It's like,

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<v Speaker 2>this is nothing. This is like winter to me. They

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was, Oh, it's so hard human, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a smidge of humid in the air, but

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<v Speaker 2>and humidity curly. But I could dig it. I could

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<v Speaker 2>dig it. But other than that that, people were very nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Massive shopping malls, galleria type of things in one section,

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<v Speaker 2>and I did, and I'll talk about this later in

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<v Speaker 2>the show. There are I was looking for some cheap

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<v Speaker 2>really inexpensive products. I mean, you can get some cheap watches,

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<v Speaker 2>buyer beware, because a lot of this stuff you have

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<v Speaker 2>to look closely. They are knockoffs. It's Rolexes ninety dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>B I know. I work with US coins and jewelry

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<v Speaker 2>here in Uston. I know the price of a Rolex.

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<v Speaker 2>Ain't nobody selling a real Rolex for ninety dollars. I

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<v Speaker 2>saw a triple I sold. I saw I saw some

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<v Speaker 2>phones that are not sold the United States because technically

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<v Speaker 2>they can't be sold in the United States. Companies like

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<v Speaker 2>wah Wi Uhawei very controversial obviously because it's a Chinese

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<v Speaker 2>first term he had said no, no, no, no, Wahwei

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<v Speaker 2>products can be sold here in the United States because

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<v Speaker 2>they could have spyware or whatever. There's Huawei stores on

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<v Speaker 2>every street corner. And the technology is amazing, it really is.

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<v Speaker 2>They have You've seen foldable phones, flip phones, fold off phones.

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<v Speaker 2>They have a trifold phone. They have a phone that

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<v Speaker 2>I saw. I saw and I didn't get to touch it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll tell you what. That folds out one, two,

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<v Speaker 2>three times it becomes a tablet. Technology is amazing. I

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<v Speaker 2>where they were selling, you know, stuff like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>ten cents in the dollar. There was this trifold phone

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<v Speaker 2>sitting in a glass case and we asked how much

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<v Speaker 2>it was, and it was normally these things easily are

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and three thousand dollars if you could find

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<v Speaker 2>things for six hundred dollars. I say, cool, can you

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<v Speaker 2>bring it out of the case. Let me touch it.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to see it, hold it. They would

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<v Speaker 2>not even let me touch it. No, And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you want people to buy this phone for six hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and seven hundred, maybe one thousand US dollars. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what it was selling for. You won't let people

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<v Speaker 2>touch it you want me. It's like sight unseen, touch unseen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of a negative. It doesn't work that way.

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<v Speaker 2>But one of the other things that blew me away

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<v Speaker 2>are the cars, the cars, automobile situation. And now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna talk extensively about that. You know, I do dig

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<v Speaker 2>the cars. I'm an auto reviewer. Some of the cars

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<v Speaker 2>over there unbelievable. A lot of electric vehicles, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of brands and models I have never heard of, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot cheaper than you could ever imagine. Certainly nothing

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<v Speaker 2>that you ever fight in the United States. Listen, I

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<v Speaker 2>got that so much more coming up, don't go anywhere

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<v Speaker 2>bottom in the first hour it is Michael Barfield high

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<v Speaker 2>Tech Dutch three are back at It. Michael is the

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<v Speaker 2>name Michael garfielding long running high tech text in show

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<v Speaker 2>Back in the USA, still haven't caught up on my

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<v Speaker 2>sleep from my around the world trip to China, which

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<v Speaker 2>we have been talking about. Without a doubt, it was

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<v Speaker 2>an eye opening experience for me to see another part

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<v Speaker 2>of the world, another culture. And I'll tell you what,

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<v Speaker 2>China is a different that's a different cat man, that

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<v Speaker 2>is a different country when it comes to everything that

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<v Speaker 2>we've been talking about, including the food, which I could

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<v Speaker 2>do an entire two hour segment on the food. But

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<v Speaker 2>the city of Shinsen where I was was the car,

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<v Speaker 2>was the automobile situation in the vehicles. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>know that that Chinese they really really adore their evs

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<v Speaker 2>or electric vehicles, and that's that's a big part of

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on in the world right now in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of tariffs. You know, I know for a fact that

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<v Speaker 2>Chinese made cars. They can be made very very inexpensive.

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<v Speaker 2>As it is a compared her to the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost unheard of when you convert the price, and

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<v Speaker 2>some of the ones I actually went into a dealership

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<v Speaker 2>or two not my eyes. We're just we're bugging out,

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<v Speaker 2>freaking out. How can this be? And you know, why

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<v Speaker 2>can't they be shipped to the US If they can, well,

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to be just as expensive, if not more

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<v Speaker 2>than the cars we have in the US. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to kind of have a little discussion about that,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of comparing Chinese vehicles, American vehicles and everything else.

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<v Speaker 2>And with that I go to the experts. I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>semi experts, but that we have people who really know

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<v Speaker 2>the insight information. With that, I bring in Daniel Cohan.

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<v Speaker 2>Daniel is a professor of environmental engineering at Rece University.

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<v Speaker 2>I say, Rice Universe. You know he's brilliant. First off,

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<v Speaker 2>right there, he joins me. Daniel, you have been to

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<v Speaker 2>China and this is your bag. You study everything when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the environment, in electricity, not just in cars,

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<v Speaker 2>but in homes. The disparage between the countries. What goes

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<v Speaker 2>on in America and almost so many other countries around

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<v Speaker 2>the world. How do you read that and why are

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<v Speaker 2>we do? I say America is so far behind other countries?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that a fair as a statement? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I was blown away by the electric cars that I

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<v Speaker 4>was seeing in China. When I visited in October, I

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<v Speaker 4>had two weeks there, and it had been since two

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<v Speaker 4>thousand and eight when I was there last, and there

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<v Speaker 4>were hardly any electric cars. Back in two thousand and eight.

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<v Speaker 4>The air pollution was much worse, and they.

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<v Speaker 5>Decided to go all in on electric cars.

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<v Speaker 4>They decided to do a Made in China twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 4>five initiative where they were going to try to make

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<v Speaker 4>certain products more in China than had ever been made before,

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<v Speaker 4>and electric cars was one of those. And they got

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<v Speaker 4>to the point last year where electric car sales topped

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<v Speaker 4>gos Lean car sales for the first time, and that's

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<v Speaker 4>something that no other country besides Norway had gotten to

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<v Speaker 4>and it means that they've just got the dominant electric.

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<v Speaker 5>Car market in the world.

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<v Speaker 4>They are far more electric cars being sold in China

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<v Speaker 4>than the rest of the world combine. And like you

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<v Speaker 4>were seeing on the roads, there are so many more

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<v Speaker 4>choices that we have here, about one hundred companies making

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<v Speaker 5>Of them that.

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<v Speaker 4>Aren't available at all in US and some other countries.

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<v Speaker 2>As a walker, und I was looking at these nameplates.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm US and for fifteen years. I'm really

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the brands around the world. I'm turning my

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<v Speaker 2>head and I'm taking pictures of all of them. Never

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<v Speaker 2>heard of it, never heard of it, never heard of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I mean, these are crazy. They're beautiful looking

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<v Speaker 2>cars from the outside. I walked into some dealerships and

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<v Speaker 2>I actually got to sit into some. They are absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>futuristic and everything from the accrupiments that the large infotainment

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<v Speaker 2>screens and how nice and the leather seats are. And

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<v Speaker 2>they recline and then I ask how much they are

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<v Speaker 2>and they tell me the price in you know, yin

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<v Speaker 2>or no. I'm sitting in there converting at my calculator

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, no, way, yes, yes, yes way. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>can I get this in my suitcase and bring it

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<v Speaker 2>back to America? And they sit here laughing at me,

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<v Speaker 2>going there's no way, that way possible. Daniel. How is

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<v Speaker 2>it that you could make all these electric vehicles. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of electric vehicles that are made and trying

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<v Speaker 2>to be sold in America. Americas just start buying them

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<v Speaker 2>at the rate that the Chinese are. Is there a

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<v Speaker 2>mandate in China is why are the Chinese just so Yep,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna make them and we're gonna buy them too.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what is the incentive?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the government had a lot of incentives there that

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<v Speaker 4>push this forward, but they're actually at a point where

415
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<v Speaker 4>this industry is self sustaining, and they've actually ramped back

416
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<v Speaker 4>a lot of their incentives, not the ones that they

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<v Speaker 4>had for the previous ten years, and they have a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of smart policies that get the market to move

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<v Speaker 4>towards electric car without necessarily costing the government a lot

420
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<v Speaker 4>of money. For example, as you're on the roads in China,

421
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<v Speaker 4>you might have noticed that there are some blue license

422
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<v Speaker 4>plates and green license plates.

423
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<v Speaker 5>The blue ones are what you have to buy.

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<v Speaker 4>If you have a gasoline or diesel car, and the

425
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<v Speaker 4>biggest cities where they're really trying to control the air pollution,

426
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<v Speaker 4>those will set you back about fifteen thousand dollars. Once

427
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<v Speaker 4>you get a chance to buy one. You might need

428
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<v Speaker 4>to wait a year or two in a waiting list

429
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<v Speaker 4>or in a lottery to be able to pay fifteen

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<v Speaker 4>thousand dollars for a license plate just for the privilege

431
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<v Speaker 4>of buying a polluting car. If you want a green

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<v Speaker 4>license plate for an electric car that's going to be

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<v Speaker 4>free or just a negligible cost, and so the government

434
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<v Speaker 4>is net making money and yet pushing the market towards

435
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<v Speaker 4>electric cars. They do exempt electric car buyers from some taxes,

436
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<v Speaker 4>but they don't give anywhere near the subsidies that the

437
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<v Speaker 4>US gives to our electric car buyers, and it's just

438
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<v Speaker 4>become a self sustaining industry. The other thing that's really

439
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<v Speaker 4>been key is on the technology side. They've gone all

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<v Speaker 4>in and on automation. I went to Byde's headquarters when

441
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<v Speaker 4>I was in Tenshin and they had a mock up

442
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<v Speaker 4>of their factories, and nearly all of their processes are automated.

443
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<v Speaker 4>You have robots lifting up the battery to drill it in,

444
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<v Speaker 4>and then robots lifting up the car to bring it

445
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<v Speaker 4>through to be spray painted. And so there's far more efficient,

446
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<v Speaker 4>far more automated, far more robotics oriented manufacturing processes, and

447
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<v Speaker 4>that means that they can produce cars more cheaply than

448
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<v Speaker 4>almost anywhere else in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Take away, Daniel Cohan, he's a professor Rice University of

450
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<v Speaker 2>Environmental Engineering. I'm going to go back you talk about

451
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<v Speaker 2>this license plate thing. You talk about an incentive or

452
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<v Speaker 2>a decentive. You're saying that these blue license plates, which

453
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<v Speaker 2>are gas powered cars, a you have to buy the car,

454
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<v Speaker 2>then you have to wait to get the right to

455
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<v Speaker 2>buy a blue license plate, which alone the license plate,

456
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<v Speaker 2>as you said, is roughly fifteen thousand dollars versus the

457
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<v Speaker 2>green electric plate is free. I mean, that's the biggest

458
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<v Speaker 2>decent of incentive I've ever heard. I'm no wonder the

459
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<v Speaker 2>eed sales took off. That's actually a very very intelligent

460
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<v Speaker 2>way to do things right.

461
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<v Speaker 5>Enormous difference.

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<v Speaker 4>And the electric cars have gotten so cheap there that

463
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<v Speaker 4>you can buy a very decent electric car for cheaper

464
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<v Speaker 4>than the blue license plate that you need for a

465
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<v Speaker 4>gasoline car.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, no, I mean I saw some cars and

467
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<v Speaker 2>I was doing some research. There are cars that are

468
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<v Speaker 2>cheaper than fifteen thousand dollars. Now, there are nicer luxury

469
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<v Speaker 2>ones that were sitting in but I think the most

470
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<v Speaker 2>in terms of American dollars. You know, I saw one

471
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<v Speaker 2>for twenty five thousand, maybe twenty eight thirty thousand dollars,

472
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<v Speaker 2>and it was unbelievable. I mean, this is considered incredibly

473
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<v Speaker 2>luxury here in the United States, which I think the

474
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<v Speaker 2>equivalent would be anywhere between eighty ninety thousand dollars US

475
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<v Speaker 2>American if they were American made cars. I mean, they've

476
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<v Speaker 2>got this system. I want to go to the battery

477
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<v Speaker 2>infrastructure because to me, this is the hindrance that we

478
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<v Speaker 2>have here. I think in the United States or it's

479
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<v Speaker 2>a big issue, but I think China has slowly figured

480
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<v Speaker 2>this thing out. I don't have anything against electric cars,

481
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<v Speaker 2>and my longtime listeners know I like electric cars. I

482
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<v Speaker 2>test drive one probably once a month. They are super speedy,

483
00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:21.599
<v Speaker 2>they are super fast, They indeed are sexy. The problem

484
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<v Speaker 2>is the infrastructure of charging batteries here in the United States. Daniel,

485
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<v Speaker 2>you've known me all my life. I have adhd like

486
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<v Speaker 2>waiting for anything, all right, And if I get in

487
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<v Speaker 2>the car to go from Dallas, it's to go from

488
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<v Speaker 2>Houston up to Dallas and I forty five. At some

489
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<v Speaker 2>point I'm gonna have to stop somewhere and find a

490
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<v Speaker 2>battery charger. I'm gonna have to cross my fingers maybe

491
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<v Speaker 2>somewhere in Centerville that there is a level three battery charger.

492
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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna have to cross my fingers that of the

493
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<v Speaker 2>four different charging pods. All four of them are working

494
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<v Speaker 2>at their proper level of level three. I'm gonna have

495
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<v Speaker 2>to cross my fingers that none of those pods are

496
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<v Speaker 2>currently in use by another car. If so, I have

497
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<v Speaker 2>to wait, I then have to put my car in

498
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<v Speaker 2>that stall and wait forty five minutes to an hour

499
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<v Speaker 2>to charge it up, hopefully to one hundred percent. There

500
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<v Speaker 2>is an hour and a half two hours of my time.

501
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<v Speaker 2>We don't do that in the United States, I mean,

502
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<v Speaker 2>and that's my issue right now. But I think China,

503
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<v Speaker 2>and specifically byd which is that major major manufacturer there,

504
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<v Speaker 2>they're coming up with it with processes or technology to

505
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<v Speaker 2>speed up that battery charging process. Is that right?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean I face that same range anxiety, that same

508
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<v Speaker 4>concern about the charging system in the US.

509
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<v Speaker 5>I drive a plug in hybrid car.

510
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<v Speaker 4>I have a Honda Clarity because that means I can

511
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<v Speaker 4>be all electric when I'm in town and I can

512
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<v Speaker 4>use the solar on my roof to charge.

513
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<v Speaker 5>Up my car.

514
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<v Speaker 4>But my wife drives an all electric car, and when

515
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<v Speaker 4>we take it to Austin, Yeah, we have to plan

516
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<v Speaker 4>everything out just right. We have to make sure that

517
00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:55.440
<v Speaker 4>the charging station halfway there has its chargers working. If not,

518
00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.240
<v Speaker 4>we have to go a different route. It's a mess.

519
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<v Speaker 4>It's not nearly as convenient is driving a gasoline car

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<v Speaker 4>in the US. But that's because the United States we

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<v Speaker 4>only have two hundred thousand public chargers scattered across the

522
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<v Speaker 4>entire country.

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<v Speaker 5>In China they have fifteen times that number.

524
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<v Speaker 4>They have over three million public car chargers, many of

525
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<v Speaker 4>them that are actually the DC fast chargers where you

526
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<v Speaker 4>can charge up your car very quickly.

527
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<v Speaker 5>Ten million chargers in China overall.

528
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<v Speaker 4>When I was giving a talk at one of the universities,

529
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<v Speaker 4>the professor took me to her parking lot. Every single

530
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<v Speaker 4>spot in that parking garage had a level two charger

531
00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.759
<v Speaker 4>in it, so it was far easier to charge up

532
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<v Speaker 4>a car than it is to find a gas station

533
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<v Speaker 4>for a gasoline one. So they don't have range anxiety

534
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<v Speaker 4>issues at all. The one hurdle there is that Traditionally

535
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<v Speaker 4>it's taken a bit of time to charge in a car.

536
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<v Speaker 4>It might take fifteen minutes, might take thirty minutes. Now

537
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<v Speaker 4>they're introducing new technologies that a couple of the car

538
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<v Speaker 4>models can charge upmpletely in five minutes time, something that

539
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<v Speaker 4>you just can't do in the United States for most

540
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<v Speaker 4>of the rest of the world. So they're designing cars

541
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<v Speaker 4>for all purposes. They're designing plug in hybrids for people

542
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<v Speaker 4>who still want that gasoline for certain purposes. They're designing

543
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<v Speaker 4>very very long range cars, cars that go over four

544
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<v Speaker 4>hundred miles to a charge, and they're designing a few

545
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<v Speaker 4>that get very very quickly charging. So there's something for

546
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<v Speaker 4>everybody in the electric car market there because they have

547
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<v Speaker 4>a couple hundred different models of cars available for sale.

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<v Speaker 2>Minutes and that there's a magic number. I don't know

549
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<v Speaker 2>there's a magic minute. But you tell me that I

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<v Speaker 2>can recharge my electric vehicle in five minutes, now you've

551
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<v Speaker 2>got my attention. And I am a very consumer friendly.

552
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<v Speaker 2>My job over twenty plus years has been a look

553
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<v Speaker 2>at products and decide are they good or bad for consumers?

554
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<v Speaker 2>Are is this going to help your life? Improve your life?

555
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<v Speaker 2>That's why I've never given the green light going, oh,

556
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<v Speaker 2>you've got to get an electric vehicle. It's the charging

557
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<v Speaker 2>infrastruct You tell me five minutes, that's almost a green light.

558
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<v Speaker 2>And is that something? And it's great to hear there's

559
00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:10.279
<v Speaker 2>technology like that. Do you ever see this coming? If

560
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<v Speaker 2>and when to America.

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<v Speaker 4>For now, we've set up this great wall of tariffs

562
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<v Speaker 4>that keep it out. We've put more than one hundred

563
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<v Speaker 4>percent tariffs on Chinese electric cars, and so these cars

564
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<v Speaker 4>that you and I were seeing over in Shenzen, we.

565
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<v Speaker 5>Can't buy them here.

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<v Speaker 4>I would have loved to bring back the fifteen thousand

567
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<v Speaker 4>dollars SUV, beautiful leather seats, everything else. It would cost

568
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<v Speaker 4>me over forty thousand dollars in the United States. With

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<v Speaker 4>these technologies being developed, I don't think even a great

570
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<v Speaker 4>wall of tariffs can keep them out forever. Eventually, those

571
00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:49.000
<v Speaker 4>technologies are going to be shared with other countries. A

572
00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.519
<v Speaker 4>lot of these Chinese companies are setting up joint ventures

573
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<v Speaker 4>with American companies, with European companies, and so you're going

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<v Speaker 4>to start seeing them in other parts of the world

575
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<v Speaker 4>byd is exporting a lot of their cars and setting

576
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<v Speaker 4>up factories in other countries.

577
00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.839
<v Speaker 5>Most other countries are doing one of two things.

578
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<v Speaker 4>They're either countries that don't have big automotive manufacturing industries

579
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<v Speaker 4>and so they're just allowing these cars into their markets,

580
00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:19.559
<v Speaker 4>or they're having their companies partner and get these technologies

581
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<v Speaker 4>where they can be built in their countries. The US

582
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<v Speaker 4>is one of the few countries that's doing neither of those,

583
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<v Speaker 4>and so we don't have the quality of electric car

584
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<v Speaker 4>choices that the China and soon most of the rest of.

585
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<v Speaker 5>The world will be able to enjoy it.

586
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<v Speaker 2>It's a question before I get you out of here,

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<v Speaker 2>Professor Daniel Cohen, Wrice University, with Environmental Engineering. You did

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<v Speaker 2>mention the word tariffs without a doubt. I did have

589
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<v Speaker 2>a number of different discussions with the heads of Chinese

590
00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:47.720
<v Speaker 2>companies what is going on or getting their current take,

591
00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:50.559
<v Speaker 2>even though no one knows what the future is about

592
00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:54.400
<v Speaker 2>the tariffs, the Chinese America tariff trade war for lack

593
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<v Speaker 2>of a better term, when many other countries obviously what

594
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<v Speaker 2>that can do to affect cars and so many other

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<v Speaker 2>pieces of technology that I saw. What are your general

596
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<v Speaker 2>thoughts of how this is going to shake out in

597
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<v Speaker 2>the short term and in the long term.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, in the short end, medium term at least, there

599
00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:15.720
<v Speaker 4>are certain parts of the electric car supply chain that

600
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<v Speaker 4>you can virtually only get from China, certain rare earth metals,

601
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<v Speaker 4>certain magnets, certain of the cathodes and anodes that are

602
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<v Speaker 4>needed for the batteries that even if you wanted to

603
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<v Speaker 4>make most of the car in the United States, you

604
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<v Speaker 4>would need to be importing those parts if those are

605
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<v Speaker 4>coming with one hundred and forty five percent tariff on it.

606
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<v Speaker 4>Even made in the USA cars or cars rolling off

607
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<v Speaker 4>of American assembly lines aren't going to be competitive on

608
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<v Speaker 4>the global stage if they're paying huge tariffs on these parts.

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<v Speaker 4>No country is completely self sufficient. Every country needs to

610
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<v Speaker 4>import and export some of its parts, and our manufacturers

611
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<v Speaker 4>or a disadvantage if they can't access or pay huge

612
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<v Speaker 4>tariffs on on parts that they need for their operations.

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<v Speaker 2>The magic word of the day, folks, if you're thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about transportation, is this one word. Bicycle only way to

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<v Speaker 2>get around. That's my only thought. His name is Daniel

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<v Speaker 2>Cohan and he is a professor at Rice University, a

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<v Speaker 2>professor of environmental engineering. Without a doubt, in the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three plus year history of this show, the smartest person

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<v Speaker 2>who has ever appeared on my show, Daniel, I do

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for your time and for your expertise.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks Michael gre you talking about you got it all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, folks. We do have some open phone lines here.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd love to hear from you about continuing this discussion. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll say it one more time. There's nobody who's

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<v Speaker 2>more red, white and blue than me. I am pro America.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, after troving the world to seeing the world,

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<v Speaker 2>it is interesting to get another concept of how sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>some countries are a little head some countries are a

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<v Speaker 2>little behind others, and how I wish we could all

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<v Speaker 2>get along. It is Michael Garfield and you're listening to

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<v Speaker 2>the High Tech Texans Show. Appreciate Professor Daniel Cohan from

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<v Speaker 2>a Rice University joining me for a few minutes. It

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<v Speaker 2>just it just adds a little air of omph, like

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we've got some stuff going on in this show.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just idiot me talking. Man. I get I

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<v Speaker 2>get Rice University professors talking about smart things. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>that phone number here is seven one three two one

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<v Speaker 2>two five nine five oh up against the top of

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<v Speaker 2>the hour. Here in a few minutes, uh next hour,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about the tariffs of what I

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<v Speaker 2>discovered by talking to a lot of heads of Chinese

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<v Speaker 2>companies while I visited in China, of what they thought

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<v Speaker 2>of what the US is doing potentially doing backtracking, how

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<v Speaker 2>are they looking at things in the short term and

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<v Speaker 2>the long term. And it's also I just had some

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<v Speaker 2>anecdotal conversations with people who who found out I'm from Texas,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's really fun. They find out I'm from Texas

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<v Speaker 2>and the first and they find out her from I

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<v Speaker 2>live in Houston right now. And the first thing. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of these Chinese people think I'm not kidding. I

651
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<v Speaker 2>say Houston. They go, Yao Ming, unbelievable. How Yao Ming

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<v Speaker 2>who has not played in the NBA or for the

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<v Speaker 2>Houston Rockets in ten years? Maybe how Yao Ming is

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<v Speaker 2>associated with Houston and the Houston Rockets, which is great.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the NBA, I mean sports are the American

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<v Speaker 2>sports are That's one export that we are the kings

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<v Speaker 2>of in the NBA is going to continued a good job.

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<v Speaker 2>But China and the Houston Rockets are so all attached.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, oh, yeah, we're tight, you know whatever. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that was fun. More Sports World. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>things I missed is the NFL draft. The I know

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<v Speaker 2>cam Ward went number one, which was not the story.

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<v Speaker 2>The interesting and the sad part of the story was

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<v Speaker 2>Shudoor Sanders, who was allegedly supposed to be drafted relatively high.

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<v Speaker 2>He fell all the way to day three and the

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<v Speaker 2>fifth round, and then that that's not the biggest story

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<v Speaker 2>is that the Shudoor Sanders that this is not even

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<v Speaker 2>funny that he got cranked called. If you haven't heard

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<v Speaker 2>about this, the Atlanta Falcons coach, the defensive coordinator, his

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<v Speaker 2>son got a hold of Shador Sanders. Frank called him.

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<v Speaker 5>And the stupidest thing it.

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<v Speaker 2>Was, they put it on the internet. Somebody recorded it.

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<v Speaker 2>If they never done that, and he would have been invested.

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<v Speaker 2>But the NFL just fined the Falcons two hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand dollars for this breach of security. But they

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<v Speaker 2>also find this defensive coordinator one hundred girl just because

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<v Speaker 2>his son found this number. And I'm thinking, remember, I

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<v Speaker 2>have three boys, what would happen if one of my

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<v Speaker 2>boys did something that caused me and my boss to

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<v Speaker 2>find me one hundred thousand dollars. It's been eating me

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<v Speaker 2>up for a few days and I wanted to get

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<v Speaker 2>into the bottom of this. Joining me right now is

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<v Speaker 2>the youngest of my three sons, Adam Garfield, joining me,

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<v Speaker 2>What is what is the worst thing that you ever did?

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<v Speaker 2>And what punishment did I give you? Can you think

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<v Speaker 2>of anything like that.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think I ever did anything wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Say this is my kid, this is it cock hockey pumpident?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Of all the boys, your two brothers. Did

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<v Speaker 2>anybody do anything just stupid that out of your mom?

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<v Speaker 5>And I just did to do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Remember punishing you for doing anything? Did anything stick up?

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<v Speaker 7>I remember justin threw a rock at Josh and I's

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<v Speaker 7>bedroom and it made put a hole in the wall.

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<v Speaker 2>Did did what was ramifications?

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<v Speaker 7>Probably nothing I said. Don't you probably said don't throw

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<v Speaker 7>a rock at your brothers?

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<v Speaker 5>What do you think?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean? You never, I know, any of you guys

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<v Speaker 2>never would have done this. If you did something like

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<v Speaker 2>this with this kid? Did and all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>I got busted for one hundred thousand dollars? What do

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<v Speaker 2>you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Me?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think I would have done to you?

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<v Speaker 7>Probably would have sent me to like a boarding school,

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<v Speaker 7>maybe military, you know, troubled teen camp or something.

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<v Speaker 2>It depends, because I would have no money left. Are

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<v Speaker 2>those free schools? I'm not sure? Probably not a hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you, I don't think we ever gave you

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<v Speaker 2>an allowance?

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<v Speaker 7>Did we maybe like ten dollars once or twice? Like

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<v Speaker 7>do the I don't know, not one hundred thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, So it's like I couldn't even take it out

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<v Speaker 2>of your allowance. I mean I would have had to

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<v Speaker 2>take out of a bank loan. I mean, you know

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<v Speaker 2>the story because obviously you're, you know, in the sports

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<v Speaker 2>marketing world like that, he's in college right now? Then

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<v Speaker 2>you go to old miss what's the stitch?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I think he goes a old miss or he

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<v Speaker 7>plays football at some smaller school.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't think this kid he goes to

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<v Speaker 2>Barry College. Oh okay, so you don't think he's got

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<v Speaker 2>nil money to cover the one hundred girls? Yeah? No,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I would have to take out a loan

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<v Speaker 2>or call my boss in this case, Arthur Blank, who

728
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<v Speaker 2>owns the Atlanta Falcons, say hey, you know, could you

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<v Speaker 2>have like a twenty year payment plan? And then it's

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of your money? Heard this? Did you at

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<v Speaker 2>least think it was initially just a joke or did you?

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<v Speaker 2>Could you believe that some kid did this? I believe it.

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<v Speaker 7>I think it's not entirely fair that Jeff Oulbrick is

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<v Speaker 7>getting the blame for it, because he really didn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 7>He so apparently got the phone number off of his iPad.

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<v Speaker 7>But in terms of the NFL, they said that he

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<v Speaker 7>didn't predict confidential information, which is which is true. But

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<v Speaker 7>I think he's handled it really well. He took all

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<v Speaker 7>the blame, he didn't deflect any of it, and he

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<v Speaker 7>accepted the consequences.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he did. But I mean, I'm gonna put myself

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<v Speaker 2>or us in this situation because you know, I I'm

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<v Speaker 2>on my desktop and all the time it's in my

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<v Speaker 2>office and home.

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<v Speaker 5>You have access.

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<v Speaker 2>All you guys have access. You know, obviously all the

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<v Speaker 2>three of you guys have moved out, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're in the house, I'm not hiding anything from you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I don't have any really, you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>know if my screen is on, his screen is on.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's like, trust you. I totally put the

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<v Speaker 2>blame on this kid. But I mean, this dude had

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<v Speaker 2>some onions to actually pick up that phone and call

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<v Speaker 2>Shador Sanders. I mean, and he fell for this thing too.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I don't even know how to do

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<v Speaker 2>a Mickey Loomis impersonation like he did.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't even think it needed to be a good impression.

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<v Speaker 7>It's just the fact that nobody has those phone numbers,

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<v Speaker 7>because most of them will have like a second phone

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<v Speaker 7>or something just for the GMS.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'm open up some phone lines right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven one three, two, one two five nine five. Oho.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a parent and your kid did say they

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<v Speaker 2>may have actually, feel free to disguise your name, because

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<v Speaker 2>I want to hear how crazy that your kids have been,

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<v Speaker 2>because I have been blessed three wonderful boys. What did

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<v Speaker 2>the ramifications? I mean, have they been kicked out of school?

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<v Speaker 6>Did you take.

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<v Speaker 2>Away there r for a week? Did you I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it is? I mean, did you

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<v Speaker 2>disown This may be a disowning from the family. This

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<v Speaker 2>may have been ripping the name Garfield off of your

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<v Speaker 2>last name. If you did something like this to me,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, kind of thank you very much for your time,

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<v Speaker 2>and just to prove I have one, two, three and

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful boys who would you never call is made any

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<v Speaker 2>harm or monetary harm? And they better be taken care

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<v Speaker 2>of him one day, I fighter if I ever can retire.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael garfiel howerd Number one is OVA. On the other side,

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<v Speaker 2>we will talk about how these traps could affect you.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon Prime Day coming up by that time. What's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>happen with prices? Amazon also launching satellites, National Password Day,

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<v Speaker 2>your calls and everything else. This is how we do

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<v Speaker 2>it on the Old Law high Tech Texting.

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<v Speaker 1>Ship is Michael Garfield. Michael Garfield, Michael Garfield's joining and

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<v Speaker 1>the high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here with a

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<v Speaker 1>high tech text Michael Garfield has something you might like.

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<v Speaker 3>Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans three decades helping

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<v Speaker 3>you make magic with your gadgets, heard worldwide on the

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<v Speaker 3>iHeart Radio Act. Now you're high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Y just starting our number two. We are halfway through

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<v Speaker 2>the show. Hour one done. We have one more, which

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<v Speaker 2>means we are halfway to a happy hour. And what

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<v Speaker 2>a happy hour it is. If you are listening Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>We've got the Kentucky Derby coming up pre Sinco de Mayo.

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<v Speaker 2>This is absolutely a happy hour weekend and I do

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for tuning in to the worldwide audience of

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<v Speaker 2>the High Tech Textan Show. I just returned. If you

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<v Speaker 2>missed our one, I was recapping my trip to Shins

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<v Speaker 2>in China. That's what I wasn't a good will. I

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<v Speaker 2>was on a peaceful mission. My first time to China.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an interesting ship. It was a business trip

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<v Speaker 2>without a doubt, and a bunch of journalists went over

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<v Speaker 2>there to talk to Chinese company, meet with Chinese companies,

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<v Speaker 2>find out how how can China and other countries for

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<v Speaker 2>that matter, produce goods some of them high quality, some

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<v Speaker 2>may not, some up but it's so inexpensive compared to

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<v Speaker 2>America in other countries, and what's going to happen with

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<v Speaker 2>the volatile marketplace, with the tariffs that are going up

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<v Speaker 2>and down and up and down. And you can see

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<v Speaker 2>some of the photos on my silver and social media

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<v Speaker 2>social media accounts. Check it out, high tech text and

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<v Speaker 2>hi gh t e h T e x a N.

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<v Speaker 2>That is how you're going to get to me. The

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the food. I lost some weight over there.

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<v Speaker 2>The food in China was I mean it's certainly it's edible.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they've got more people over there than I

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<v Speaker 2>think the other country per capita or whatever it is, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>just maybe not for me. First of all, I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>picky dude. I'm a very picky eater. If you know me,

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<v Speaker 2>you know how interesting before I put something in my

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<v Speaker 2>pie hole. I don't eat pork. Just because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>eat pork. I'm not a big red meat guy. I

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<v Speaker 2>love fish and chicken. Uh, there's rice and noodles over

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<v Speaker 2>there the U. I saw some stuff. I saw worms.

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<v Speaker 2>We were at a dinner and they served I guess

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<v Speaker 2>they were barbecued worms and a skewer. Everything was served there.

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<v Speaker 2>On one meal. We were at this Chinese barbecue family place.

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<v Speaker 2>It was skewer screw. They had skewed corn kernels. They

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<v Speaker 2>hate somebody, I guess at a restaurant to take and

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<v Speaker 2>peel corn kernels off a cob and then put them

832
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<v Speaker 2>on a skewer and then they they grill them. I

833
00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:56.920
<v Speaker 2>am not kidding you. And then there's chicken legs and duck.

834
00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:03.519
<v Speaker 2>There's duck tongue. What is duck tongue? I'll making fun

835
00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:06.960
<v Speaker 2>of anything. I am giving you fact facts, man, just

836
00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:09.280
<v Speaker 2>don't do it. At least I stayed at a nice hotel.

837
00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:10.960
<v Speaker 2>I stayed at a Marriott hotel where they had a

838
00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:15.280
<v Speaker 2>nice Western style, Oh you can eat breakfast, and even then,

839
00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:18.119
<v Speaker 2>you know, they had eggs and whatever. But they I

840
00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:23.440
<v Speaker 2>mean they still had like dim sum hot pot some bread.

841
00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:26.239
<v Speaker 2>It was. It was okay, but I every time I

842
00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:28.639
<v Speaker 2>travel I certainly internationally, I think I'd lose weight, to

843
00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:31.199
<v Speaker 2>which I should I actually should do that more. Phone

844
00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:36.639
<v Speaker 2>number here seven one three two one two five nine five. Oh,

845
00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:40.280
<v Speaker 2>I am not taking prank calls. Just if you just

846
00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:44.039
<v Speaker 2>listened to the last segment last hour, uh story that

847
00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:49.599
<v Speaker 2>one of the Atlanta Falcons coaches sons did a very

848
00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:53.800
<v Speaker 2>infamous now prank call to Shader Sanders, who was finally

849
00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:58.199
<v Speaker 2>drafted in the NFL. But he frank called him, pretending

850
00:46:58.239 --> 00:47:00.320
<v Speaker 2>to be another team saying he would is going to

851
00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:02.800
<v Speaker 2>be drafted, and that was just that's very bad to do,

852
00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:05.599
<v Speaker 2>very bad to do. But anyway, the dad, the assistant coach,

853
00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:09.360
<v Speaker 2>was fined one hundred thousand dollars. I dialed up my

854
00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:12.159
<v Speaker 2>son about ten minutes ago. You can go listen to

855
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:14.960
<v Speaker 2>that on the podcast. When we're done, Callum Reid. He's

856
00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:18.719
<v Speaker 2>gonna put this on our podcast at iHeart Radio. Listen

857
00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:21.440
<v Speaker 2>to it and you can hear my son's thoughts of

858
00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:23.199
<v Speaker 2>what I would have done to him if he cost

859
00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:26.960
<v Speaker 2>me one hundred thousand dollars for doing something stupid. The

860
00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:30.119
<v Speaker 2>speaking of Worldwide, I found it interesting. Let me give

861
00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:32.639
<v Speaker 2>you a little play by play of how China works. China,

862
00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:37.159
<v Speaker 2>I think notoriously they of all the countries I traveled to.

863
00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:39.039
<v Speaker 2>I mean last year, I went to Berlin, I went

864
00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:42.000
<v Speaker 2>to London, and I'm not country dropping. I'm just telling

865
00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:45.920
<v Speaker 2>you again facts, facts of where I travel around the world.

866
00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:48.280
<v Speaker 2>You travel in the world, and I give you tips

867
00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.800
<v Speaker 2>on how to stay connected. Do you light up your

868
00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:54.679
<v Speaker 2>international calling plan? Do you just find Wi Fi? Do

869
00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:57.119
<v Speaker 2>you go out and find a Do you get a

870
00:47:57.159 --> 00:48:00.000
<v Speaker 2>SIM card or an e SIM card for the country

871
00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:03.840
<v Speaker 2>tree you're in, you get a hot spot that works

872
00:48:03.840 --> 00:48:05.719
<v Speaker 2>in the country. There's a lot of different ways to

873
00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:09.199
<v Speaker 2>do it. It's a little bit more difficult than China they are.

874
00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:15.280
<v Speaker 2>I did download an e simcard before I went, and

875
00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:18.079
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't that much. I didn't get a lot of gigs.

876
00:48:18.079 --> 00:48:19.320
<v Speaker 2>I knew I was going to be in Wi Fi,

877
00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:22.559
<v Speaker 2>so when I got over there, I turned my you know,

878
00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:26.199
<v Speaker 2>my cell data plan off and I used my e

879
00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:29.320
<v Speaker 2>simcard for China. I was in Wi Fi a lot.

880
00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:33.719
<v Speaker 2>But also it's not just okay good. I'm on Wi

881
00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:36.639
<v Speaker 2>Fi in China, which means I could go to some

882
00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:42.440
<v Speaker 2>websites China really don't like out of country or American

883
00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:49.880
<v Speaker 2>websites like ESPN dot com blocked, NBC news dot com block,

884
00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:53.320
<v Speaker 2>high tech text in dot com block. They don't like things,

885
00:48:53.679 --> 00:48:56.519
<v Speaker 2>and so what's the way around it, Ladies and gentlemen,

886
00:48:56.559 --> 00:49:00.679
<v Speaker 2>I present to you the Great Firewall of China. That

887
00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:04.800
<v Speaker 2>is right. I was told smartly so that you need

888
00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:09.840
<v Speaker 2>to download a VPN virtual Private network. It's software that

889
00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:13.119
<v Speaker 2>you can put generally on your desktop computer, your laptop computer,

890
00:49:13.239 --> 00:49:15.719
<v Speaker 2>your tablet. And oh, by the way, yes, you could

891
00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:19.480
<v Speaker 2>download a VPN on your phone. And what a VPN

892
00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:23.440
<v Speaker 2>is at the highest rudimentary level that I'm gonna explain

893
00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:27.599
<v Speaker 2>because this is how I do it. It disguises where

894
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:31.599
<v Speaker 2>you physically are, because where you physically are on the Internet,

895
00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:34.320
<v Speaker 2>it goes out and it connects to a server, usually

896
00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:37.840
<v Speaker 2>a very nearby server physically of where you are. If

897
00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:40.519
<v Speaker 2>you're in Houston, if you're in Dallas, here, in Austin,

898
00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:42.760
<v Speaker 2>wherever you are, it's going to go find a server

899
00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:46.039
<v Speaker 2>generally near that city. So if I'm in China and

900
00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:48.239
<v Speaker 2>I don't have a VPN, it's going to assume it's

901
00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:50.679
<v Speaker 2>going to know that I'm in China and China blocks

902
00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:53.360
<v Speaker 2>all these other countries out of there. So you put

903
00:49:53.400 --> 00:49:56.320
<v Speaker 2>a VPN, and if you pay for a nice VPN,

904
00:49:56.360 --> 00:49:59.079
<v Speaker 2>which you probably should, they're freebe VPNs. I do recommend

905
00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:01.639
<v Speaker 2>paying for a VPN because you're guaranteed now I'm not

906
00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:04.000
<v Speaker 2>well almost guaranteed, not to get a lot of spiderware.

907
00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:07.079
<v Speaker 2>You can actually say I want a server in the

908
00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:09.360
<v Speaker 2>United States, I want a server in Canada. I want

909
00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:13.920
<v Speaker 2>a server in Switzerland. It disguises where you actually are,

910
00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:16.840
<v Speaker 2>pretends that you're in the United States, which means you're

911
00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:20.920
<v Speaker 2>allowed to actually get United States websites. So for the

912
00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:24.760
<v Speaker 2>longest time, I was told that I Heart Radio, the

913
00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:28.599
<v Speaker 2>app and everything doesn't work in China. So every time

914
00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:31.360
<v Speaker 2>I say, hey, my show is worldwide because you can

915
00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:37.199
<v Speaker 2>listen to iHeartRadio anywhere, well you really can't, legally, as

916
00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:42.840
<v Speaker 2>the Chinese defined, legally listen to it in China. Aha, mister, workaround.

917
00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:49.000
<v Speaker 2>I was able to get iHeartRadio in China. I could

918
00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.519
<v Speaker 2>say this now that I'm back in the United States,

919
00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:52.719
<v Speaker 2>right am I okay? And no one's listened to this

920
00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:57.920
<v Speaker 2>show anyway. I downloaded a VPN on my phone. It

921
00:50:57.960 --> 00:51:00.639
<v Speaker 2>thought I was in Texas and I was able to

922
00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:02.960
<v Speaker 2>listen to iHeartRadio, iway was listened to a number of

923
00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:05.599
<v Speaker 2>my favorite other radio stations in podcasts and I just

924
00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:07.599
<v Speaker 2>to confirm I was listening to my radio show. Actually

925
00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:10.320
<v Speaker 2>I was. I was doing my radio show when you

926
00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:14.320
<v Speaker 2>go to China, and again, not listen anybody. Every government

927
00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:18.800
<v Speaker 2>can have their own rules, be whatever you are, but

928
00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:25.039
<v Speaker 2>thanks to technology, there are generally ways around things. I

929
00:51:25.039 --> 00:51:29.639
<v Speaker 2>would recommend getting a VPN everywhere you travel, even when

930
00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:32.199
<v Speaker 2>you don't travel. If you are here in America and

931
00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:35.119
<v Speaker 2>you are in a public Wi Fi space and you're

932
00:51:35.119 --> 00:51:36.920
<v Speaker 2>in a grocery store, you're in a library, you're in

933
00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:39.079
<v Speaker 2>a coffee shop, and you think you're going to do

934
00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:41.719
<v Speaker 2>some banking, and if you think you're going to send

935
00:51:41.719 --> 00:51:45.519
<v Speaker 2>a private information baby doll, just download a VPN, a

936
00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:47.599
<v Speaker 2>virtual private network, and your set. The one I use

937
00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:52.960
<v Speaker 2>was Express VPN. I mean, this is not an endorsement.

938
00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:55.599
<v Speaker 2>I can't. I mean, I guess if you use my

939
00:51:55.679 --> 00:51:57.599
<v Speaker 2>name to sign up, I think you can get thirty

940
00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:59.719
<v Speaker 2>three days. If you want me to send you that link, Hey,

941
00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:02.320
<v Speaker 2>send me an email Michael at high Tech textan dot com.

942
00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:04.280
<v Speaker 2>Not a big deal, but there's a lot of them

943
00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:07.679
<v Speaker 2>on the market out there. Use a VPN. Be careful.

944
00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:11.760
<v Speaker 2>I was able to get out of China where no

945
00:52:11.800 --> 00:52:14.000
<v Speaker 2>one confiscated my phone, and as of right now, the

946
00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:16.360
<v Speaker 2>only issue that I have is my time lag that

947
00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:18.199
<v Speaker 2>I'm still trying to catch up on time. When we

948
00:52:18.239 --> 00:52:19.559
<v Speaker 2>come back, we're going to take a break right now

949
00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:21.519
<v Speaker 2>here on the Michael Garfield Show. I am going to

950
00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:23.440
<v Speaker 2>talk about tariffs and taxes and what a lot of

951
00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:26.840
<v Speaker 2>the Chinese companies said their thoughts, what they were doing,

952
00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:28.760
<v Speaker 2>and you may want to hear this, especially if you're

953
00:52:28.760 --> 00:52:31.480
<v Speaker 2>about ready to hoard some products because you don't.

954
00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:33.320
<v Speaker 8>Know the price and what is going to happen to

955
00:52:33.400 --> 00:53:01.440
<v Speaker 8>see that they were about, is right? Michael is the name.

956
00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:05.280
<v Speaker 8>We continued the High Tech Texan Show. Happy first weekend

957
00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:08.559
<v Speaker 8>of May. Who's your horse in the Kentucky Derby? All

958
00:53:08.599 --> 00:53:12.199
<v Speaker 8>I know is get your mint Julibs ready.

959
00:53:11.960 --> 00:53:16.519
<v Speaker 2>To roll people because it's official? Is it official? Unofficial?

960
00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:20.719
<v Speaker 2>Bourbon Day? I don't know, did not have haven't had

961
00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:22.760
<v Speaker 2>bourbon in a while. Bourbon is does not seem to

962
00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:26.599
<v Speaker 2>be a big thing in the country of China. A

963
00:53:26.599 --> 00:53:30.440
<v Speaker 2>lot of beer, A lot of beer, some whiskey. Uh,

964
00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:34.440
<v Speaker 2>that's all some scotch there, but I just I stuck

965
00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:38.920
<v Speaker 2>with beer. I go to the duty Free Chops over

966
00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:43.000
<v Speaker 2>in China and I see Jack Daniels. I'm like, why

967
00:53:43.039 --> 00:53:47.000
<v Speaker 2>in the why would I who lives in the greatest

968
00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:49.599
<v Speaker 2>country in the world of America, where in this case

969
00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Jack Daniels has made buy a bottle of Jack Daniels,

970
00:53:53.840 --> 00:53:57.599
<v Speaker 2>which obviously had to be shipped from the United States

971
00:53:57.800 --> 00:54:01.639
<v Speaker 2>all the way to China for me a the bottle, which,

972
00:54:02.119 --> 00:54:05.119
<v Speaker 2>as I converted the dollars, was no cheaper than I

973
00:54:05.119 --> 00:54:07.679
<v Speaker 2>can get it at total line here and then slep

974
00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:09.519
<v Speaker 2>it back to the United States. The point is, it's

975
00:54:09.599 --> 00:54:14.079
<v Speaker 2>said a lot of Singh Tao and whatever. Just what's

976
00:54:14.119 --> 00:54:16.320
<v Speaker 2>over there? I did not see any carbock either. When

977
00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:18.199
<v Speaker 2>you need to talk to my buddy Blake robertson they

978
00:54:18.280 --> 00:54:22.559
<v Speaker 2>getting carbok over in China, I don't know. I'm sure

979
00:54:22.599 --> 00:54:24.639
<v Speaker 2>they tear if that thing too, be like, I don't know,

980
00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:29.159
<v Speaker 2>twenty dollars for a pint. As we continued the Guard Show,

981
00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:31.199
<v Speaker 2>I did talk about tariffs and taxes a lot on

982
00:54:31.239 --> 00:54:33.239
<v Speaker 2>a very serious note. One of the reasons that I

983
00:54:33.280 --> 00:54:38.920
<v Speaker 2>went over there with a number of other knowledgy being

984
00:54:39.079 --> 00:54:42.800
<v Speaker 2>journalists who covered the tech industry is what these companies

985
00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:47.280
<v Speaker 2>thoughts were when it comes to their companies. I mean,

986
00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:49.119
<v Speaker 2>are they going to have to charge more to make more?

987
00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:51.440
<v Speaker 2>Are they going to make as much money? Or are

988
00:54:51.519 --> 00:54:54.760
<v Speaker 2>they going to halt all of these products that they're

989
00:54:54.840 --> 00:54:56.920
<v Speaker 2>not going to be able to ship over here? I mean,

990
00:54:56.960 --> 00:55:01.000
<v Speaker 2>if you think about it, Amazon Prime Day, it's coming

991
00:55:01.079 --> 00:55:04.119
<v Speaker 2>in a few months again, it's in July, the twenty

992
00:55:04.199 --> 00:55:06.480
<v Speaker 2>twenty five edition of the big two to three day

993
00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:12.920
<v Speaker 2>summer shopping event. The looming price hikes due to tariffs,

994
00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:15.519
<v Speaker 2>it could impact of how much of a saving shoppers

995
00:55:15.559 --> 00:55:23.079
<v Speaker 2>can't expect and prices on everything electronics they're expected to

996
00:55:23.159 --> 00:55:26.840
<v Speaker 2>rise as a result of Trump's sweeping tariffs that originally

997
00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:29.360
<v Speaker 2>announced on April second. Now, he did quickly follow up

998
00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:32.199
<v Speaker 2>with a ninety day pause for most of the tariffs,

999
00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:36.679
<v Speaker 2>but he did leave triple digit tariffs in place for

1000
00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:40.519
<v Speaker 2>China and a ten percent baseline tariff for goods imported

1001
00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:43.920
<v Speaker 2>from other countries. They're trying to make deals and figure

1002
00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:47.880
<v Speaker 2>it out, but if the ninety day tariff pause is

1003
00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:50.719
<v Speaker 2>lifted before agreements can be reached, they would take effect

1004
00:55:50.760 --> 00:55:53.079
<v Speaker 2>in July. Oh by the way the same month as

1005
00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:56.360
<v Speaker 2>Amazon's Prime Day event. But if retailers passed along the

1006
00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:59.039
<v Speaker 2>full cost of the tariffs would mean will be paying

1007
00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:02.440
<v Speaker 2>double or more for products that are manufactured in other countries.

1008
00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:04.840
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you look at bargain sites right now, like

1009
00:56:05.079 --> 00:56:09.599
<v Speaker 2>Timu and Shine, they've already seen prices skyrocket as much

1010
00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:12.800
<v Speaker 2>as three hundred and seventy five percent or so ahead

1011
00:56:12.840 --> 00:56:17.800
<v Speaker 2>of the tariffs. It's a tough situation, so I try

1012
00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:19.559
<v Speaker 2>to get to the bottom of it. We were able

1013
00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:22.199
<v Speaker 2>to visit with a number of different companies, in one

1014
00:56:22.239 --> 00:56:24.400
<v Speaker 2>of which we took a tour about an hour north

1015
00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:28.679
<v Speaker 2>of Shinzen, which is the Silicon Valley of China, to Lexar.

1016
00:56:28.880 --> 00:56:34.360
<v Speaker 2>Lexar is a company that makes the memory and storage

1017
00:56:34.440 --> 00:56:39.639
<v Speaker 2>devices and SSD cards and all that for so many

1018
00:56:39.639 --> 00:56:42.760
<v Speaker 2>products that are found in almost every electronic product around

1019
00:56:42.800 --> 00:56:46.719
<v Speaker 2>the world, cameras, phones, computers, and laptops. And it was

1020
00:56:46.760 --> 00:56:49.960
<v Speaker 2>just amazing to see the production facility and it was

1021
00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:54.599
<v Speaker 2>a great access and kudos to the folks at the

1022
00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:57.800
<v Speaker 2>Global Connect conference who who put this thing together that

1023
00:56:58.039 --> 00:57:02.079
<v Speaker 2>we got to spend time with a CEO himself of Lexar.

1024
00:57:02.239 --> 00:57:07.480
<v Speaker 2>His name is Ryan Lee Li. Relatively young man, gentleman,

1025
00:57:08.800 --> 00:57:12.920
<v Speaker 2>very well spoken, and I sat down here. He took

1026
00:57:13.079 --> 00:57:15.280
<v Speaker 2>all of this. I don't know, fifteen or so journalists

1027
00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:17.840
<v Speaker 2>got to have lunch in his executive dining room and

1028
00:57:18.119 --> 00:57:20.280
<v Speaker 2>just one on one and asked him questions, and I

1029
00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:22.840
<v Speaker 2>put a microphone in his face, and he was very agreeable.

1030
00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:25.280
<v Speaker 2>You know that you didn't have pr people around him.

1031
00:57:25.280 --> 00:57:28.679
<v Speaker 2>And I quite simply asked him, Ryan Lee, the president

1032
00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:35.800
<v Speaker 2>of Lexar Worldwide Company, what his thoughts were on the

1033
00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:42.119
<v Speaker 2>short range and long term ramifications of the potential tariffs

1034
00:57:42.119 --> 00:57:44.000
<v Speaker 2>that are coming down with the United States.

1035
00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:47.599
<v Speaker 6>Actually, I think it's challenge is a big challenge, but

1036
00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:52.480
<v Speaker 6>also a very great opportunity because we know that Alexa

1037
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<v Speaker 6>we have like the global supply chain and also the

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00:57:56.400 --> 00:58:01.639
<v Speaker 6>global sales. Now the US market definitely it's the most

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00:58:01.639 --> 00:58:05.679
<v Speaker 6>important market for Lexa. So right now the trade war

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00:58:05.960 --> 00:58:10.159
<v Speaker 6>will increase more challenge for Lixa. But I think in

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00:58:10.199 --> 00:58:13.360
<v Speaker 6>the short term, as we just discuss, it may be

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00:58:14.079 --> 00:58:17.960
<v Speaker 6>a benefit. It may be an opportunity for Lexa because

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00:58:18.760 --> 00:58:23.119
<v Speaker 6>more demand is coming coming up because we know that

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00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:28.559
<v Speaker 6>some consumer they maybe they afraid of cannot buy or

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00:58:28.840 --> 00:58:32.480
<v Speaker 6>have to pay higher price in in the in the

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00:58:32.599 --> 00:58:34.400
<v Speaker 6>in next month or in the next three months.

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00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:35.519
<v Speaker 5>So people are more.

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00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:39.079
<v Speaker 6>Willing to to to purchase goods right now. So we

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00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:45.199
<v Speaker 6>can see that the buying power or like the consumer

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00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:51.119
<v Speaker 6>demand is increasing during these two months. So it's good

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00:58:51.159 --> 00:58:54.599
<v Speaker 6>for the short term sales. But in a let's say,

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00:58:55.599 --> 00:59:01.519
<v Speaker 6>long term, uh, maybe it will increase some uncertainty because

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<v Speaker 6>we don't know that the new policy terraft policy, we

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00:59:08.159 --> 00:59:13.400
<v Speaker 6>cannot predict. Maybe trumpetwell changes his mind again. So what

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00:59:13.519 --> 00:59:18.239
<v Speaker 6>we can do is how to satisfy the requirement the

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00:59:18.280 --> 00:59:22.480
<v Speaker 6>demand right now and how we can keep more inventory

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<v Speaker 6>for the future of sales in the States.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Ryan Lee, the CEO of Lexar Media. And

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00:59:31.159 --> 00:59:35.800
<v Speaker 2>you know again as he stated, America their number one

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00:59:35.920 --> 00:59:40.119
<v Speaker 2>country that is most important to their business. That these

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00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:45.039
<v Speaker 2>the memory and the storage and these little tiny microchips

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00:59:45.639 --> 00:59:48.519
<v Speaker 2>that they put in laptops and desktops and cameras and

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00:59:48.599 --> 00:59:51.079
<v Speaker 2>phones and so many things they are produced in China.

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<v Speaker 2>But the uncertainty is there. He was. It was very

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00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:58.960
<v Speaker 2>willing and fourth right when I asked him that question

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00:59:59.039 --> 01:00:04.159
<v Speaker 2>point blank and listen, he took two solid minutes, look

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01:00:04.159 --> 01:00:06.320
<v Speaker 2>at me right in the eye, said that that was

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01:00:06.360 --> 01:00:11.199
<v Speaker 2>an unaltered clip and he said all the right things,

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01:00:11.800 --> 01:00:14.880
<v Speaker 2>not trying to upset or incent any more trade war.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the end of the day, he doesn't know.

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01:00:19.119 --> 01:00:22.440
<v Speaker 2>He assumes that in the short term it could actually

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01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:26.440
<v Speaker 2>benefit the company because right now, before prices skyrocket, he

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01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:29.079
<v Speaker 2>thinks there's going to be demand of companies that are

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01:00:29.119 --> 01:00:33.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna want his his products. But in three months, who

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01:00:33.960 --> 01:00:37.199
<v Speaker 2>knows what's going on. And this, in the sense, is

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<v Speaker 2>what I got from all these other companies that I

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01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:41.000
<v Speaker 2>met with, and I met no less than a dozen

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01:00:41.039 --> 01:00:43.719
<v Speaker 2>other companies that are based in shins In or near

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01:00:43.760 --> 01:00:47.800
<v Speaker 2>sins in China. They're fueling the same way. It's interesting

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01:00:47.840 --> 01:00:52.719
<v Speaker 2>because they didn't they didn't seem mad. And again this

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01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:55.199
<v Speaker 2>is they know I'm based in America, and they know

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01:00:55.280 --> 01:00:58.239
<v Speaker 2>I have a big microphone. And this is I'm also

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01:00:58.360 --> 01:01:00.679
<v Speaker 2>using that clip the video for the TV segments that

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01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:04.280
<v Speaker 2>I do on Channel eleven in Houston and Fox and

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01:01:04.360 --> 01:01:07.639
<v Speaker 2>Austin too. They're not gonna, you know, kick me off,

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01:01:07.679 --> 01:01:10.039
<v Speaker 2>which obviously is gonna you know, that could go viral.

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01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:16.119
<v Speaker 2>It was a well thought out answer, but it's looming

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01:01:16.800 --> 01:01:20.400
<v Speaker 2>that on his mind and to his company and to

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01:01:20.480 --> 01:01:22.840
<v Speaker 2>his workers. And I don't know if it's a public company,

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01:01:22.880 --> 01:01:24.760
<v Speaker 2>his shareholders. I don't know if the government owns it.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is what we're going through right now. It is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is weird in odd times, but there seems to

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01:01:31.480 --> 01:01:34.000
<v Speaker 2>be a calm. And as I said before, not one

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01:01:34.079 --> 01:01:37.360
<v Speaker 2>time during my entire six day visit in China did

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01:01:37.360 --> 01:01:39.559
<v Speaker 2>people look at me and point fingers, going on matter again,

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01:01:40.280 --> 01:01:42.719
<v Speaker 2>we don't like you get out of our country. Didn't

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01:01:42.760 --> 01:01:45.599
<v Speaker 2>say that at all. I never once heard the word Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>I never No one talks about politics over there, which

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the reasons I kind of dig China.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it. I don't. I rarely talk politics. I

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01:01:54.719 --> 01:02:00.000
<v Speaker 2>don't want to talk politics, but politics right now, it's

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01:02:00.119 --> 01:02:02.599
<v Speaker 2>there is an intersection of what I do and politics

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01:02:02.639 --> 01:02:06.440
<v Speaker 2>because I talk about electronics and devices in cars, which

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01:02:06.440 --> 01:02:11.519
<v Speaker 2>are directly affected. So more discussions. If you've got questions, thoughts, answers,

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01:02:11.639 --> 01:02:14.280
<v Speaker 2>or you know, even want some of my other you know, opinions,

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01:02:14.360 --> 01:02:16.440
<v Speaker 2>you know what I anecdotally saw. I am here for

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<v Speaker 2>you the phone number seven one three two one two

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01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:22.320
<v Speaker 2>five nine five os. We continue to the high tech

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<v Speaker 2>text and show host. One of our partners here, the

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01:02:52.559 --> 01:02:56.400
<v Speaker 2>radio network US Coins and Jewelry based in Houston. You

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01:02:56.480 --> 01:02:58.719
<v Speaker 2>do not need to be in h town to uh

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01:02:59.000 --> 01:03:01.239
<v Speaker 2>take advantage of everything they have when it comes to coins.

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01:03:01.280 --> 01:03:05.519
<v Speaker 2>I mean for two generations, Kenny and Matthew Duncan started,

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01:03:05.679 --> 01:03:08.000
<v Speaker 2>their father started, who still is a part of the company.

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01:03:08.000 --> 01:03:11.679
<v Speaker 2>But they continue just to uh just kick it. I

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01:03:11.719 --> 01:03:13.880
<v Speaker 2>mean they just if if you're into coin collecting, a

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01:03:13.960 --> 01:03:17.960
<v Speaker 2>new mismatist, if you collect sportspremmbilia, this is the place

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01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:20.519
<v Speaker 2>to be. It is on the Katie Freeway just outside

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01:03:20.519 --> 01:03:22.800
<v Speaker 2>of Loop six to ten in Houston, but also online.

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<v Speaker 2>And you absolutely can trust this family and trust this

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01:03:26.079 --> 01:03:29.639
<v Speaker 2>company that's been around for two generations. US Coins and

1122
01:03:29.800 --> 01:03:33.679
<v Speaker 2>Jewelry dot com. It's it's funny. I hang out at

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01:03:33.760 --> 01:03:36.000
<v Speaker 2>US Coins and Jelry, and this is in all honesty.

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01:03:36.039 --> 01:03:38.320
<v Speaker 2>You know, if I represent and I speak for a company,

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01:03:38.400 --> 01:03:40.760
<v Speaker 2>I know the company top to bottom. I know the owners,

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01:03:41.079 --> 01:03:42.880
<v Speaker 2>and so I hang out there probably at least once

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01:03:42.960 --> 01:03:44.800
<v Speaker 2>every other week or so, and I you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm learning a lot about coins, but also about Jewelry too,

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<v Speaker 2>about Rolexes, for example, because they have just an unbelievable

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<v Speaker 2>uh just it's just a collection of rolexes, which, by

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01:03:56.480 --> 01:03:58.639
<v Speaker 2>the way, we are just days away from Mother's Day.

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<v Speaker 2>Mom a gift us goings and jewelry. They got Rolexes,

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01:04:02.400 --> 01:04:05.119
<v Speaker 2>they got a lot of great joy of how to

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01:04:05.519 --> 01:04:10.719
<v Speaker 2>spot reeal jewelry, Rolexes, watches, whatever, But how to do

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01:04:10.760 --> 01:04:12.360
<v Speaker 2>the fake ones. That I say this is because when

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<v Speaker 2>I was in China last week and I was in Shinzen,

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01:04:15.800 --> 01:04:19.360
<v Speaker 2>I went to a market in a kind of the

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<v Speaker 2>outskirts of town, the hustle bustle, you know, kind of marketing.

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<v Speaker 2>And this thing must have been four or five, six,

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01:04:25.760 --> 01:04:29.840
<v Speaker 2>seven floors of just little tiny booths, ten foot twelve

1141
01:04:29.840 --> 01:04:34.199
<v Speaker 2>foot boosts of people selling everything from and again I'm

1142
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<v Speaker 2>using I'm gonna use brand names. I saw iPhones, I

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01:04:39.840 --> 01:04:46.039
<v Speaker 2>saw air pods, I saw Rolexes, I saw Samsungs, I

1144
01:04:46.079 --> 01:04:49.840
<v Speaker 2>saw you name it, and they were just everywhere, by

1145
01:04:49.840 --> 01:04:53.039
<v Speaker 2>the thousands and thousands of thousands. And I'm looking at

1146
01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:56.519
<v Speaker 2>the prices, I'm like, how can this iPhone be two

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01:04:56.679 --> 01:05:01.719
<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars US? How can this role ninety one hundred

1148
01:05:01.800 --> 01:05:04.679
<v Speaker 2>dollars US? But then I learned what my guys at

1149
01:05:04.760 --> 01:05:06.599
<v Speaker 2>US coins and Julie taught me of what to look

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01:05:06.639 --> 01:05:08.960
<v Speaker 2>at and how the movement of the second hand goes

1151
01:05:08.960 --> 01:05:12.159
<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, ah, not so fast, not so fast,

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01:05:12.199 --> 01:05:15.159
<v Speaker 2>So buyer beware wherever you are in the world. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I listen, I'm not ragging on China. Listen. I remember

1154
01:05:17.599 --> 01:05:21.559
<v Speaker 2>going to Turkey. I was on a cruise fifty seven

1155
01:05:21.760 --> 01:05:25.400
<v Speaker 2>seventeen years ago. We went to Turkey and we and

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01:05:25.400 --> 01:05:26.880
<v Speaker 2>we were on a cruise. We got off the ship

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<v Speaker 2>and I saw this beautiful Panorai, which is a one

1158
01:05:31.679 --> 01:05:35.000
<v Speaker 2>of my favorite watch brands. And I've always wanted a Panorai.

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01:05:35.519 --> 01:05:38.239
<v Speaker 2>And I know how panori is cost as much as

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01:05:38.639 --> 01:05:41.119
<v Speaker 2>a car. I mean, if you find a really nice

1161
01:05:41.239 --> 01:05:44.960
<v Speaker 2>you know, legit. One found a beautiful Panorai, brown leather

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01:05:45.159 --> 01:05:49.719
<v Speaker 2>wrist a strap. I got him down to one hundred dollars,

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01:05:50.960 --> 01:05:54.280
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just saying to myself, I know this ain't real.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know what I did. You know what I did,

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01:05:57.679 --> 01:06:02.039
<v Speaker 2>A man who stands on principles whipped out one hundred

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01:06:02.039 --> 01:06:03.599
<v Speaker 2>dollars as fast as I can. And to this day,

1167
01:06:03.599 --> 01:06:06.360
<v Speaker 2>seventeen year later, I still have this fake Panorai and

1168
01:06:06.400 --> 01:06:08.239
<v Speaker 2>not one person knows the difference because I don't let

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01:06:08.239 --> 01:06:09.880
<v Speaker 2>people take a close look at it. But from a

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01:06:09.920 --> 01:06:13.280
<v Speaker 2>par from afar. People look at my wrist going garf

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<v Speaker 2>nice PANORAI. Well, thank you, I appreciate it. You know

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01:06:15.679 --> 01:06:19.000
<v Speaker 2>I worked hard, I built my brand. I would never

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01:06:19.079 --> 01:06:21.639
<v Speaker 2>do that again. Only shop at the best, Only go

1174
01:06:21.639 --> 01:06:24.039
<v Speaker 2>to US coins and Jewelry dot com. And you tell

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield sent you a happy Mother's Day too. If

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01:06:26.679 --> 01:06:29.599
<v Speaker 2>you act UHA have any Mother's Day questions about what

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<v Speaker 2>you should get mom, I am here for you. Let

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01:06:33.239 --> 01:06:35.639
<v Speaker 2>me give you even an updated phone number three four

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01:06:35.719 --> 01:06:39.079
<v Speaker 2>six twenty nine. Text in three four six two nine

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<v Speaker 2>t e x A N. If we don't answer the

1181
01:06:41.760 --> 01:06:45.480
<v Speaker 2>phone and you go to voicemail, leave a voicemail. Be sweet.

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01:06:45.719 --> 01:06:47.880
<v Speaker 2>We have the right to replay this on the radio

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<v Speaker 2>and we can answer questions. Hey, speaking of taking callers

1184
01:06:52.639 --> 01:06:57.519
<v Speaker 2>and questions, we have got one over here. This is Brian. Brian,

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01:06:57.559 --> 01:06:59.119
<v Speaker 2>how you doing to Michael Garfield? You are on the

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01:06:59.159 --> 01:07:02.400
<v Speaker 2>High Tech Texan Shit. Hey, Michael, it's Brian love your show.

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<v Speaker 2>Without dropping my phone in the toilet, how can I

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01:07:06.280 --> 01:07:10.480
<v Speaker 2>tell what the waterproof rating is? I see IPX, I

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01:07:10.519 --> 01:07:14.920
<v Speaker 2>don't really understand what that means. I yes, the old

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<v Speaker 2>IP rating that you see on so many products. Brian,

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01:07:18.360 --> 01:07:21.800
<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that call. If anybody has ever spilled a

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01:07:21.840 --> 01:07:25.119
<v Speaker 2>little beer, a little water, or in Brian's case, maybe

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01:07:25.159 --> 01:07:28.280
<v Speaker 2>drop your phone into the toilet. You know the importance

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01:07:28.320 --> 01:07:31.679
<v Speaker 2>of water resistance. I mean it can mean the difference

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<v Speaker 2>between a quick wipe with a cloth or a very

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<v Speaker 2>expensive trip to buy a brand new phone or a product.

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<v Speaker 2>Waterproofing used to be something found only on big, rubber

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<v Speaker 2>sealed phones designed for construction workers or mountain bikers, but

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<v Speaker 2>water resistance has become pretty much the norm in everything,

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01:07:51.800 --> 01:07:56.039
<v Speaker 2>including phones iPhone sixteen, the Pro, the Pixels, the Galaxy

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01:07:56.079 --> 01:07:58.559
<v Speaker 2>S twenty five's, whatever it is. I will say this,

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01:07:58.719 --> 01:08:01.480
<v Speaker 2>not all phones can withstand and a dunk in water,

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<v Speaker 2>and they shouldn't be near liquids at all. Almost no

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<v Speaker 2>phone should be taken in a swimming pool, ocean swimming,

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01:08:09.280 --> 01:08:12.440
<v Speaker 2>no sir, salt water, unless you're using a water tight

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01:08:12.599 --> 01:08:14.719
<v Speaker 2>case of some kind. But if you shop for a

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01:08:14.760 --> 01:08:18.159
<v Speaker 2>phone recently, you've probably come across the terms like water resistant.

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<v Speaker 2>But also you're going to see some ratings in some

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<v Speaker 2>numbers in letters. IP sixty seven, IP sixty eight, IP

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<v Speaker 2>x eight. What does it mean? IP stands for ingress protection.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an International Protection rating ingress protection and it's their

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<v Speaker 2>standard set by the International Electro Technical Commission. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>that all right. So the first number in the rating

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<v Speaker 2>code represents the amount that protection provided against entry of

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<v Speaker 2>foreign solid objects like sand or dust, and that protection

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<v Speaker 2>level it ranges from a low of zero to a

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<v Speaker 2>high of six. So when you see something that says

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<v Speaker 2>IP sixty eight, well six first number, that's the highest

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<v Speaker 2>it does prevent sand and dust from getting in there.

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<v Speaker 2>The second number represents the degree of production against moisture

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<v Speaker 2>or liquids, with a range from a low of zero

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<v Speaker 2>to a high of eight. Again, let's go back to

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01:09:23.359 --> 01:09:26.439
<v Speaker 2>IP sixty eight. Now we have topped out at both

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<v Speaker 2>the sand and the dust with the number six, and

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<v Speaker 2>we have topped it out at the eight rating, the

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<v Speaker 2>highest level number for moisture and liquid. Now, sometimes you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to see an IP rating with a number replaced

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<v Speaker 2>by an X the letter X, such as ip X eight. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>this instance, a company hasn't provided testing details, so the

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<v Speaker 2>rating number is replaced by racer X. The masked racer

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<v Speaker 2>unknown to speed it's his older brother. So an ip

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<v Speaker 2>X eight rated device it can survive being submerged in water,

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<v Speaker 2>but it really hasn't been rated for any other protection

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<v Speaker 2>from dust and other particles. Let me throw you out

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<v Speaker 2>some good examples. The iPhone sixteen Pro IP sixty eight, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Galaxy S twenty five Ultra iPhone that I use IP

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<v Speaker 2>sixty eight. They're water resistant. Maybe maybe not, And that's

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<v Speaker 2>where it gets confusing. For an eight on the IP

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<v Speaker 2>rating this IEC council, they demand the device with stand

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01:10:27.960 --> 01:10:32.000
<v Speaker 2>being submerged in at least one meter of water for

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01:10:32.039 --> 01:10:36.640
<v Speaker 2>thirty minutes, and beyond that, well, it's up to the manufacturer.

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01:10:37.760 --> 01:10:40.760
<v Speaker 2>So the S twenty five Ultra it could be submerged

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01:10:41.279 --> 01:10:45.640
<v Speaker 2>in about three feet of water for thirty minutes, while

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01:10:45.680 --> 01:10:50.600
<v Speaker 2>Apple says the iPhone sixteen Pro is safe and about

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01:10:51.359 --> 01:10:54.319
<v Speaker 2>twelve feet of water fro up to thirty minutes. So

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01:10:54.399 --> 01:10:58.720
<v Speaker 2>while any phone with an IP six' eight rating well

1247
01:10:58.920 --> 01:11:03.159
<v Speaker 2>had to have that one meter or three feet thirty minute,

1248
01:11:03.159 --> 01:11:05.319
<v Speaker 2>threshold it is important to check the fine print to

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01:11:05.319 --> 01:11:09.880
<v Speaker 2>see exactly what your phone. Offers bottom, Line brian and everybody,

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01:11:09.880 --> 01:11:12.960
<v Speaker 2>else don't go swimming with your. Phone just just don't put.

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01:11:12.960 --> 01:11:15.199
<v Speaker 2>IT i don't even. Care. LISTEN ip tests are done

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01:11:15.359 --> 01:11:19.439
<v Speaker 2>using fresh water your pool generally does not have fresh,

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01:11:19.479 --> 01:11:25.239
<v Speaker 2>Water your pool has, chemicals, chlorine, salt. Whatever and if

1254
01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:27.920
<v Speaker 2>your phone doesn't have AN ip, rating can't it get?

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01:11:27.920 --> 01:11:31.880
<v Speaker 2>Wet sure can get. Wet can't guarantee it's gonna. Work

1256
01:11:33.800 --> 01:11:38.199
<v Speaker 2>use a case for people who are around the water a.

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01:11:38.279 --> 01:11:40.600
<v Speaker 2>Lot if you live, here for my listeners who lived Near.

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01:11:40.680 --> 01:11:43.840
<v Speaker 2>Galveston if you're on a boat a. Lot summertime is coming,

1259
01:11:43.960 --> 01:11:46.279
<v Speaker 2>up you're going to go to the, beach your watch

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01:11:46.359 --> 01:11:48.199
<v Speaker 2>is you can get a cover of, protection a little

1261
01:11:48.279 --> 01:11:53.079
<v Speaker 2>rubber cover for your. Watch, absolutely get a cover for your.

1262
01:11:53.119 --> 01:11:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Phone you've seen these cases that Will it's kind of

1263
01:11:55.600 --> 01:11:57.640
<v Speaker 2>like a zip block bag that hang around your. Neck

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01:11:57.680 --> 01:12:00.279
<v Speaker 2>if you're going on a cruise or. Something it in.

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01:12:00.319 --> 01:12:03.720
<v Speaker 2>There it's worth. It So, brian thank you very much

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01:12:03.720 --> 01:12:05.720
<v Speaker 2>for that. Call if anybody wants to get in phone

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01:12:05.760 --> 01:12:09.720
<v Speaker 2>number here three four six two NINE T E X A.

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01:12:10.039 --> 01:12:13.319
<v Speaker 2>N when we come, back it Was national Password. Day,

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01:12:14.039 --> 01:12:18.880
<v Speaker 2>Password Alan, Ludden, OH i just dated myself right. There

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01:12:18.920 --> 01:12:21.000
<v Speaker 2>no one has a clue hardly What i'm talking About

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01:12:21.399 --> 01:12:27.279
<v Speaker 2>national Password. Day why haven't we ditched this crackable technology

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01:12:27.279 --> 01:12:29.640
<v Speaker 2>that we call? PASSWORDS i may have some answers about,

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01:12:29.680 --> 01:12:31.680
<v Speaker 2>that and also a few More Mother's day gifts for

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01:12:31.760 --> 01:12:34.000
<v Speaker 2>the last minute things that you need to Get Yo.

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01:12:34.079 --> 01:12:36.039
<v Speaker 2>Mama right here on the High Ta textant.

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01:12:36.079 --> 01:13:06.079
<v Speaker 9>Show final segment of this week's, show we thank you

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01:13:06.119 --> 01:13:09.319
<v Speaker 9>for welcoming back To america with open arms after a

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01:13:09.359 --> 01:13:12.039
<v Speaker 9>twenty two thousand mile around the world journey To.

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01:13:12.119 --> 01:13:14.960
<v Speaker 2>CHINA i will continue to talk about my. Trap i'm

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01:13:14.960 --> 01:13:17.199
<v Speaker 2>going to continue to talk about this trip for a long. Time,

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01:13:17.279 --> 01:13:19.600
<v Speaker 2>listen WHEN i take really unique trips to different countries

1282
01:13:19.600 --> 01:13:22.199
<v Speaker 2>in the, WORLD i remember. THEM i, Mean i'm still

1283
01:13:22.319 --> 01:13:24.920
<v Speaker 2>telling stories about my first trip To berlin last. YEAR

1284
01:13:25.000 --> 01:13:27.159
<v Speaker 2>i went To london for last. Year it was probably

1285
01:13:27.199 --> 01:13:30.720
<v Speaker 2>my fifth time. There. China i'm certainly going to remember this.

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01:13:30.760 --> 01:13:34.760
<v Speaker 2>One the, culture the, crazy with all due, respect food

1287
01:13:35.560 --> 01:13:39.319
<v Speaker 2>and the companies THAT i, met and the information THAT i,

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01:13:39.359 --> 01:13:41.680
<v Speaker 2>received the rammications about the tariffs and the tax. Is

1289
01:13:41.840 --> 01:13:44.720
<v Speaker 2>who knows how that is going to play. Out i'm

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01:13:44.720 --> 01:13:47.399
<v Speaker 2>not going to give out the phone number because we're almost.

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01:13:47.439 --> 01:13:50.239
<v Speaker 2>DONE i will talk ABOUT i want one more. Time

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01:13:50.319 --> 01:13:53.279
<v Speaker 2>Thank Howbo bob's for being a longtime partner of this.

1293
01:13:53.359 --> 01:13:58.800
<v Speaker 2>SHOW a true. STORY i get back From, china AND

1294
01:13:58.920 --> 01:14:01.840
<v Speaker 2>i got back on A saturday, afternoon and My son

1295
01:14:01.880 --> 01:14:04.039
<v Speaker 2>picked me up at the. Airport he Bushed Intercontinental. AIRPORT

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01:14:04.039 --> 01:14:06.880
<v Speaker 2>i get off the. PLANE i, WAS i traveled AND

1297
01:14:07.079 --> 01:14:10.920
<v Speaker 2>i am not. Lying from the TIME i left the

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01:14:11.079 --> 01:14:17.600
<v Speaker 2>hotel In shin's In, china two flights stopping In, qatar

1299
01:14:19.239 --> 01:14:24.399
<v Speaker 2>he get To Intercontinental houston to get to. Home hotel

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01:14:24.479 --> 01:14:30.359
<v Speaker 2>to home was fifty hours five. Zero now, LISTEN i

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01:14:30.399 --> 01:14:32.920
<v Speaker 2>got to The china airport five hours early to make

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01:14:32.960 --> 01:14:34.279
<v Speaker 2>SURE i can get out of the. Country there was

1303
01:14:34.319 --> 01:14:37.439
<v Speaker 2>a layover In, qatar but a nine hour, flight then

1304
01:14:37.479 --> 01:14:41.119
<v Speaker 2>a sixteen hour. Flight the whole. Thing it was freaking.

1305
01:14:41.159 --> 01:14:44.520
<v Speaker 2>Crazy point IS i get. Back son picks me. Up

1306
01:14:44.520 --> 01:14:49.000
<v Speaker 2>we're almost. Home first PLACE i Stopped Albo bob's missed

1307
01:14:49.000 --> 01:14:52.279
<v Speaker 2>me some text mix people damn straight, man AND i

1308
01:14:52.279 --> 01:14:54.479
<v Speaker 2>didn't you KNOW i didn't need a ton In china

1309
01:14:55.600 --> 01:15:00.399
<v Speaker 2>got me absolutely Chips kso you got Ak. CITY i

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01:15:00.439 --> 01:15:02.479
<v Speaker 2>don't even go for The casey is the best go.

1311
01:15:02.600 --> 01:15:07.680
<v Speaker 2>Check it has four locations In. Houston Arnold, LAURIE i told,

1312
01:15:07.680 --> 01:15:10.720
<v Speaker 2>you AND i TOLD i Told Bob don you need to.

1313
01:15:10.720 --> 01:15:13.680
<v Speaker 2>Open i'm more than happy to help franchise some of

1314
01:15:13.680 --> 01:15:15.960
<v Speaker 2>Those Cobbo bobs In. CHINA i think they'd go over.

1315
01:15:16.000 --> 01:15:18.439
<v Speaker 2>WELL i think it would go over pretty well In.

1316
01:15:18.520 --> 01:15:20.920
<v Speaker 2>China there was some KFC's and there was some dairy

1317
01:15:21.039 --> 01:15:23.560
<v Speaker 2>queens And. Starbucks but they need To Cobo bob's over In.

1318
01:15:23.640 --> 01:15:25.840
<v Speaker 2>China SO i think for them for their, partnership thanks

1319
01:15:25.880 --> 01:15:28.520
<v Speaker 2>also To Total. WIRELESS i come back AND i See Total.

1320
01:15:28.560 --> 01:15:33.079
<v Speaker 2>Wireless they signed a deal with who was it? Wrestling

1321
01:15:33.319 --> 01:15:38.800
<v Speaker 2>M m A. Ufc look at. This of Course i'm

1322
01:15:38.800 --> 01:15:41.119
<v Speaker 2>the spokesperson here For Total, wireless and now they do

1323
01:15:41.239 --> 01:15:44.199
<v Speaker 2>a deal With Dana white and IN. Ufc don't leave me,

1324
01:15:44.279 --> 01:15:47.439
<v Speaker 2>Here Total. Wireless check out all The Victor Total wireless,

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01:15:47.439 --> 01:15:50.319
<v Speaker 2>stores not only in my home audience here In, houston

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01:15:50.399 --> 01:15:53.279
<v Speaker 2>but also all my listening areas Of, Dallas San, antonio

1327
01:15:53.479 --> 01:15:55.199
<v Speaker 2>it's all across the state Of. Texas just go in

1328
01:15:55.239 --> 01:15:57.600
<v Speaker 2>because it. Is it's gonna save you a lot of.

1329
01:15:57.600 --> 01:16:00.279
<v Speaker 2>Money AND i do talk about saving money when it

1330
01:16:00.319 --> 01:16:02.239
<v Speaker 2>comes to your cell, bill your data. Bill there's no

1331
01:16:02.239 --> 01:16:05.399
<v Speaker 2>reason to pay these exorbitant. Prices you can get all

1332
01:16:05.439 --> 01:16:08.399
<v Speaker 2>you can eat monthly fees potentially as low as twenty five.

1333
01:16:08.439 --> 01:16:10.880
<v Speaker 2>Dollars put them on family. Plans they've got to bring

1334
01:16:10.920 --> 01:16:13.520
<v Speaker 2>your own. Device just walk into a, store go To

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01:16:13.560 --> 01:16:17.159
<v Speaker 2>Total wireless dot com and you've got it. Down SO

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01:16:17.199 --> 01:16:20.840
<v Speaker 2>i do appreciate all my hot news over. There and

1337
01:16:21.199 --> 01:16:23.279
<v Speaker 2>one of the things THAT i was back, home but

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01:16:23.880 --> 01:16:29.399
<v Speaker 2>the Last wednesday or, so it Was National Password, Day

1339
01:16:29.680 --> 01:16:35.439
<v Speaker 2>World Password. Day i've done this show twenty three. YEARS

1340
01:16:35.479 --> 01:16:37.000
<v Speaker 2>i remember my first TIME i ever was doing. THIS

1341
01:16:37.039 --> 01:16:39.119
<v Speaker 2>i was actually on a channel to THE nbc affiliate In,

1342
01:16:40.119 --> 01:16:42.760
<v Speaker 2>houston AND i was on an early morning show right

1343
01:16:42.800 --> 01:16:44.399
<v Speaker 2>before they go to The today's, show and it was

1344
01:16:44.439 --> 01:16:46.800
<v Speaker 2>going nothing but. Nets Michael garfield AND i was talking

1345
01:16:46.800 --> 01:16:49.159
<v Speaker 2>about everything internet and. Whatever AND i think one of

1346
01:16:49.199 --> 01:16:50.720
<v Speaker 2>the first thing, is, oh how to create a good.

1347
01:16:50.720 --> 01:16:52.279
<v Speaker 2>Password let me give you a tip on how to

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01:16:52.279 --> 01:16:55.079
<v Speaker 2>get a good. Password and this is two thousand and,

1349
01:16:55.079 --> 01:16:58.800
<v Speaker 2>one all, right and actually was two, THOUSAND i think

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01:16:58.920 --> 01:17:03.000
<v Speaker 2>twenty five years. Ago create a long. Password make sure

1351
01:17:03.000 --> 01:17:07.479
<v Speaker 2>it's maybe sixteen. Characters use random. Characters don't just use

1352
01:17:07.560 --> 01:17:11.920
<v Speaker 2>letters in. Numbers use an asterisk or parentheses or hyphens

1353
01:17:12.079 --> 01:17:17.840
<v Speaker 2>or dashes or THE at. Symbol change it on a regular.

1354
01:17:17.920 --> 01:17:23.079
<v Speaker 2>Basis log out of your shared, device you know. DEVICES

1355
01:17:24.239 --> 01:17:27.720
<v Speaker 2>i mean this is before social. Media, NOW i say

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01:17:27.840 --> 01:17:30.399
<v Speaker 2>keep your details off social. Media don't tell people what

1357
01:17:30.520 --> 01:17:33.880
<v Speaker 2>your favorite what your first concert, was or any of

1358
01:17:33.880 --> 01:17:37.079
<v Speaker 2>your other privates becau odds are that's in your. Password

1359
01:17:37.319 --> 01:17:40.239
<v Speaker 2>there was no such thing as two factor authentication back. Then,

1360
01:17:40.319 --> 01:17:45.560
<v Speaker 2>nowadays always use two factor. Authentication that's the second layer of.

1361
01:17:45.600 --> 01:17:50.159
<v Speaker 2>Protection call it multi factor, authentication whatever it. IS i

1362
01:17:50.199 --> 01:17:52.479
<v Speaker 2>know it can be a little, pain but the fact

1363
01:17:52.560 --> 01:17:54.880
<v Speaker 2>is do. It which means when you log into something,

1364
01:17:54.920 --> 01:17:59.720
<v Speaker 2>once it's going to text you or email you something that, says,

1365
01:17:59.840 --> 01:18:03.680
<v Speaker 2>hey was this really you trying to get into your? Account,

1366
01:18:03.880 --> 01:18:06.079
<v Speaker 2>WELL i want you to enter this six digit code

1367
01:18:06.199 --> 01:18:08.520
<v Speaker 2>or click this link just to make sure it's. USED

1368
01:18:09.600 --> 01:18:11.279
<v Speaker 2>i know it's an extra, step but you know what

1369
01:18:11.359 --> 01:18:15.039
<v Speaker 2>It's it is generally. Worse but how about a password

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01:18:15.119 --> 01:18:19.159
<v Speaker 2>manager or pass? KEYS i just want to, know we've

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01:18:19.159 --> 01:18:24.600
<v Speaker 2>been doing this for so. Long it's. Crackable we can

1372
01:18:24.640 --> 01:18:29.279
<v Speaker 2>actually steal. Passwords there are new and better technology out,

1373
01:18:29.279 --> 01:18:34.319
<v Speaker 2>there but passwords they're just not going. Away there's sometimes

1374
01:18:34.319 --> 01:18:37.920
<v Speaker 2>a pain to remember every time you log into one

1375
01:18:38.000 --> 01:18:40.800
<v Speaker 2>to connected devices and, accounts they could be. Cracked but

1376
01:18:41.239 --> 01:18:45.720
<v Speaker 2>there are password, managers it's software pass. KEYS i, mean

1377
01:18:45.760 --> 01:18:47.840
<v Speaker 2>they can go a long way towards reducing the need

1378
01:18:47.880 --> 01:18:50.840
<v Speaker 2>for passwords in your daily. Life BUT i just don't

1379
01:18:50.840 --> 01:18:52.479
<v Speaker 2>think they've caught on with a lot of companies or.

1380
01:18:52.520 --> 01:18:56.319
<v Speaker 2>Consumers AND i think it's a comfort. Level so many

1381
01:18:56.359 --> 01:18:59.560
<v Speaker 2>people have grown up with. Passwords they're easy to. Implement

1382
01:19:01.760 --> 01:19:05.399
<v Speaker 2>so it Was may, ONE i guess it was this The,

1383
01:19:05.439 --> 01:19:06.439
<v Speaker 2>THURSDAY i guess.

1384
01:19:08.760 --> 01:19:08.960
<v Speaker 6>It was.

1385
01:19:08.960 --> 01:19:10.680
<v Speaker 2>There it was kind of like A. Psa it's a

1386
01:19:10.680 --> 01:19:14.159
<v Speaker 2>public service. Announcement, hey there's other ways to do. It

1387
01:19:14.680 --> 01:19:19.279
<v Speaker 2>get a password, manager and what's the password. Manager there's

1388
01:19:20.039 --> 01:19:24.600
<v Speaker 2>things go one, password the number one, password and again not,

1389
01:19:24.640 --> 01:19:28.880
<v Speaker 2>recommending feel free to try. These Bit, warden b it, T,

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01:19:29.039 --> 01:19:33.000
<v Speaker 2>bitwarden Nord, pass a r d P a S. S

1391
01:19:33.239 --> 01:19:35.640
<v Speaker 2>Dash lane has long been a good, one d as

1392
01:19:35.720 --> 01:19:42.439
<v Speaker 2>a ChIL ay Anny Keeper, security and some of them are,

1393
01:19:42.479 --> 01:19:47.680
<v Speaker 2>free some may cost. MONEY i think Bit warden they've

1394
01:19:47.680 --> 01:19:51.920
<v Speaker 2>got a free plan which is good for your. BUDGET

1395
01:19:52.479 --> 01:19:54.840
<v Speaker 2>i actually haven't used, Bitwardens so don't take my. ADVICE

1396
01:19:54.920 --> 01:19:56.119
<v Speaker 2>i mean you. COULD i want you to take my,

1397
01:19:56.119 --> 01:19:59.600
<v Speaker 2>advice but you could take that. Suggestion they offer premium

1398
01:19:59.600 --> 01:20:03.359
<v Speaker 2>plans To but this is a good, time especially when you're,

1399
01:20:03.399 --> 01:20:06.359
<v Speaker 2>traveling especially it's summer's coming up and you're logging. In

1400
01:20:06.399 --> 01:20:09.800
<v Speaker 2>i've already talked about VPNs when your travel certainly international

1401
01:20:10.640 --> 01:20:13.199
<v Speaker 2>e sim cards a way to connect or hotspots or.

1402
01:20:13.199 --> 01:20:16.439
<v Speaker 2>Whatever and AND i think have passwords and using password

1403
01:20:16.439 --> 01:20:18.840
<v Speaker 2>managers may be the thing to, do because your password

1404
01:20:19.079 --> 01:20:22.000
<v Speaker 2>the least of which the least of which do not

1405
01:20:22.199 --> 01:20:25.319
<v Speaker 2>use these same password on every single one of your.

1406
01:20:25.319 --> 01:20:30.680
<v Speaker 2>Accounts change at least a. Letter say you're using, something

1407
01:20:30.760 --> 01:20:34.199
<v Speaker 2>say you're using your the combination of your kids' names

1408
01:20:34.800 --> 01:20:39.560
<v Speaker 2>for everything will do me a. Favor if you're Using Wells,

1409
01:20:39.600 --> 01:20:43.119
<v Speaker 2>fargo use all your kids' names and then at the

1410
01:20:43.159 --> 01:20:49.199
<v Speaker 2>INPUT Wf Wells. Fargo and if you're using another, bank

1411
01:20:49.720 --> 01:20:52.920
<v Speaker 2>A Chase, bank use your kids' names in the LETTER

1412
01:20:53.159 --> 01:20:57.039
<v Speaker 2>c or just type In. Chase if you're logging onto your,

1413
01:20:57.039 --> 01:21:00.239
<v Speaker 2>school use or you, know if you're a Good Hears

1414
01:21:00.279 --> 01:21:05.159
<v Speaker 2>county's Or Lamar Lamar High, school use all your kids'

1415
01:21:05.239 --> 01:21:09.840
<v Speaker 2>Names Lamar High. School at least use something that's that

1416
01:21:09.960 --> 01:21:13.039
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna, remember and then when you're on that particular,

1417
01:21:13.199 --> 01:21:16.720
<v Speaker 2>site use the. SITE i, mean just use a trick like,

1418
01:21:16.800 --> 01:21:19.680
<v Speaker 2>that and hopefully you're gonna be. SAFE i know you're

1419
01:21:19.720 --> 01:21:21.960
<v Speaker 2>safe with me because you have been for a quarter of. Century,

1420
01:21:22.159 --> 01:21:23.000
<v Speaker 2>hey it's time to wind.

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01:21:23.079 --> 01:21:23.239
<v Speaker 4>Up the.

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01:21:23.279 --> 01:21:26.000
<v Speaker 2>MICROPHONE i do thank you for. TUNING i thank you

1423
01:21:26.119 --> 01:21:28.039
<v Speaker 2>for following me around the. WORLD i thank you for

1424
01:21:28.159 --> 01:21:30.399
<v Speaker 2>making the nice comments that you, see and the fun

1425
01:21:30.479 --> 01:21:33.279
<v Speaker 2>pictures and just the fun THAT i tried. Out don't

1426
01:21:33.279 --> 01:21:36.159
<v Speaker 2>take anything too too. Seriously AND i think maybe that's

1427
01:21:36.199 --> 01:21:38.119
<v Speaker 2>one of the Reasons i've been allowed for quarter century

1428
01:21:38.239 --> 01:21:40.720
<v Speaker 2>that in my, hair IF i was, BALD i don't

1429
01:21:40.760 --> 01:21:42.520
<v Speaker 2>take that Would dame is certainly not on A vi

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01:21:43.079 --> 01:21:45.279
<v Speaker 2>high tech. Texting you can find it on the High

1431
01:21:45.279 --> 01:21:49.439
<v Speaker 2>Tech texting Dot, com high Tech texting On, instagram On. Facebook,

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01:21:49.520 --> 01:21:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Nice i've blocked, you just go check it. OUT i

1433
01:21:52.760 --> 01:21:55.159
<v Speaker 2>do think you following me for everybody who's been a

1434
01:21:55.159 --> 01:21:58.119
<v Speaker 2>part of the, show because everybody From Callum read And

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01:21:58.399 --> 01:22:03.119
<v Speaker 2>will And Brian, ericson Mark, Erman Paul, Lamberg Keddie linkennythiol

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01:22:03.159 --> 01:22:06.199
<v Speaker 2>From iHeartRadio, network thank you for keeping around for this

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01:22:06.439 --> 01:22:09.720
<v Speaker 2>lawn Happy Mother's. Day we'll talk about that next. Week

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<v Speaker 2>Go Kentucky, derby go easy on the bourbon happy sink a.

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<v Speaker 2>Demayo just make sure you get a responsible it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Move my name Is garth and right now my shown

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<v Speaker 2>is Oh bah