WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:06.320 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on Delabs, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:09.919 I would put that in the category of a surprise. 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.320 I would have thought Bill Belichick would want to have 4 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:15.919 coached in the pros again and become the all time 5 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:20.559 winniest NFL coach. Interesting back to school for Bill Belichick. 6 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:25.719 Nicely presented there as a breaking news Nicole. Wow. Interesting, 7 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:28.320 that's one we'll maybe talk about some night, if not tonight. 8 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:30.039 Later on this week, my name is Dan Ray and 9 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:32.439 the host of Knightside. We have our Nightside News Update 10 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:36.000 coming up, which is a Paul Prie of interesting stories. 11 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.159 May not be the biggest news stories of the day, 12 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.200 but they are all interesting oftentimes stories, particularly this time 13 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.600 of year, about folks who are doing positive things. A 14 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:48.439 little bit later on tonight, we're going to talk about 15 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.960 pot cafes coming to Massachusetts, not next week, not next month, 16 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.960 but certainly probably some next year. Well, then we're going 17 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:59.439 to ask the question about whether or not jaywalking should 18 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.079 be legalized in Massachusetts, and if we get some time 19 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.239 later tonight, we're going to push for keeping AM radios 20 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:09.120 in automobiles, which is important, I think to most talk 21 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.640 show hosts and also important to most drivers who listen 22 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:16.680 to talk shows on AM radios while they are driving 23 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.760 their cars. But we will begin first tonight with a 24 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:25.319 really feel good story. A couple I believe they're from Wilmington. 25 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:28.519 I'm ready to be corrected on that. By the way, 26 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:33.799 Bob and Pat Kuker Coach for Kids program that have 27 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.879 donated thousands of winter coach to children and teens through 28 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.719 the Salvation Army across the city of Boston with us 29 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:45.519 is Bob Kuker and Bob I'm hoping I'm pronouncing that correctly. 30 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.480 It's a little unusual, but it's keeeker, like you put 31 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:50.159 a keenan door. 32 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.400 Keeker. Okay, well I was looking at the Okay, the vowels, 33 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:56.840 but that's okay, Keeker. We got it right. Okay. Finally, 34 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.719 thank you very much, I said, I thought in reading, 35 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.640 you're a couple from reading, not Wilmington. I don't know why. 36 00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:07.319 I said Wilmington reading very close, but a couple from reading. 37 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:09.960 So tell us about this idea. How did it all start? 38 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:14.680 As I understated that you provided coats through this program 39 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:18.000 to thousands of kids over the past few years. Tell 40 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:18.520 us about it. 41 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.879 Well, when my wife and I decided to retire. Our 42 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:26.560 daughter lived in Stoneham and so we wanted to move 43 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:28.719 up to be closer to our grandkids. So as we 44 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.080 moved up here, I started asking God that he would 45 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.400 give us a program, some kind of a project where 46 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.800 we would be able to have impact in the lives 47 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:41.280 of people and at the same time involve other people 48 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:45.520 in that project. So we went to a local church 49 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:49.280 one evening looking to get involved. We went to Grace 50 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.080 Chapel and they had. 51 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:54.919 The well known church in our area here, that's for sure. 52 00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:00.439 Yes, Well Pastor Doug Whalen at the time was taking 53 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:03.919 a bunch of people down to the Salvation Army Christmas Castle. 54 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:08.599 They used to hold a Christmas Castle in the Armory 55 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:12.560 building and they would give out new toys, two new 56 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:17.319 toys for every child and a used coat. So my 57 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.159 wife and I went down. We volunteered to go down, 58 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.800 and as the day wore on, they started running out 59 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.680 of coats, and then the coats that they had weren't 60 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.439 exactly of the highest quality. So when we came home 61 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:36.400 that night, my wife said to me, you know, if 62 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:38.840 we to make our money go as far as possible, 63 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.680 if we waited until the first of the year to 64 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:47.560 buy you to buy new coats on sale. We could 65 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:52.479 make an impact that way. So we sought some counsel 66 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.759 from the Salvation Army saying, hey, is this okay? And 67 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:59.719 Pastor Doug Whalen said, yeah, by all means, go let's 68 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.000 see what happened. So that first year we set a 69 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.719 goal of providing twenty five coats, and we reached out 70 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.479 to some family and friends and we wound up getting 71 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:14.840 fifty coats. So the second year we said, well, God 72 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.199 gave us fifty coats in their first year, I mean 73 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.480 twenty fifty and we only asked for twenty five. So 74 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.240 this year we're going to ask for one hundred, and 75 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:26.319 we got two hundred. And that's when we realized this 76 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.759 could really take off. So we continued to reach out 77 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.959 to family and friends and involving people in the project, 78 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.240 and over the years it just kept getting bigger and 79 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:40.000 bigger to where this passed August. The Salvation Army has 80 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.759 decided two years ago that they instead of giving the 81 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:47.600 coats out at Christmas time, but when it's already been cold, 82 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:49.759 and this year has been one of those years where 83 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:51.720 at night he gets very cold, so when you wake 84 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:55.480 up in the morning it's not warm. So they decided 85 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.480 that they would start giving the coats out at PD 86 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.720 Garden to their back the School event in August. 87 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:04.279 So this year we. 88 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.279 Went to the TV garden and we wound up giving 89 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.399 out over three thousand coats. 90 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.480 So in total, I'm sure you have a running total. 91 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:14.560 How many years have you done this and how many 92 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.319 coats have you been able to distribute? 93 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.959 I think we're probably over seven thousand, and. 94 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:25.399 How many years have you been running the program? Six 95 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:26.480 or seven years at least. 96 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:30.000 I assume we've been doing it for six years. 97 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:32.920 That's quite content is. 98 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.319 But we're already collecting donations for next year because we 99 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:41.199 do it one year in advance, and we do that 100 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:43.720 so that the coats can be given out in August 101 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.279 at the beginning of the school year. 102 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:48.959 So if folks would like to help you, what's the 103 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:54.079 easiest way they can participate? Contribute? Be involved? However you 104 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.120 want to describe it, Bob. What how can they get 105 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.680 a contact? Do you have a website? Tell us how 106 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:00.800 people can reach out to you. 107 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:06.720 They can go to the Salvation Army website Salvation ARMYMA 108 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:12.560 dot org, Salvation armyma dot org and they can pay 109 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.879 by check. Just make the check out to Salvation Army 110 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.920 and in the memo line right coats for kids, and 111 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:23.600 that money will go to buying coats. Or they can 112 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.439 donate by credit card and they can go to the 113 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:29.000 same website and there's a button in the upper right 114 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.360 hand corner that says donate, and they just follow the 115 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.240 prompts and at some point they're going to be asked 116 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.040 do you want to leave a comment? And you click 117 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.920 on that and you say coats for kids, and then 118 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.759 make sure you hit the save button and then that 119 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.920 money is going to go for coats for kids. We 120 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.920 managed to get connections with a vendor who gives us 121 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:56.079 the coats at somewhere between eighteen seventeen and eighteen dollars 122 00:06:56.199 --> 00:07:00.800 a coat. So it's easiest for us if people donate money. 123 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:06.199 Yeah, so these are all new coats. You made that 124 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.800 decision early on, and so it is, yes, an opportunity 125 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:13.160 for people to Probably the easiest thing is to write 126 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.839 a check, but if you're good at navigating the Salvation 127 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:22.959 Army website, that's easy as well. Bob Keeker, thanks very much, 128 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.920 thank you wife for this program. You said you moved 129 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.199 up here, are you not Massachusetts natives or were you 130 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.040 living outside the state before you decided to come up. 131 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.519 I'm actually from Wisconsin and my wife is an Air 132 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:40.319 Force brat, and we spent twelve years in Germany and 133 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.199 then we spent thirty years down in Washington, DC. And 134 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.680 I am a golfer and when it came time to retire, 135 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:50.279 I thought we either going to stay down there or 136 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:52.959 going to move south. And my wife said, well, actually 137 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.800 she'd like to live near our grandkids and they were 138 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:02.040 up here. So I'm one of the few golfers who retirement. 139 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:08.160 Yeah, you're you're a snowbird who with the others towards 140 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:11.720 the blizzards. Well, sometimes on a nice wintersday they have 141 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:13.920 they have winter golf and the cape. I'm sure you 142 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.279 can find some friends and get around or two in 143 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.879 in January February, so you're all set for the golf season. 144 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:21.279 Bob Keeker, thank you very much for what you've done 145 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:22.879 for all of these kids across the Coomwal to the 146 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.160 Massachusetts and thank you wife for us as well. Please, 147 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:25.560 thank you. 148 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:27.639 I will do thank you all right. 149 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:32.159 When we get back, we're going to talk with Justin Burr. 150 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:35.679 He's a trends expert on Google. I'm not sure if 151 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:38.720 he works for Google or not. We'll find out, but 152 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.440 we're going to find out what were the biggest number, 153 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:47.080 what subjects, what issues were searched for the most throughout 154 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:51.399 this year. He has all the stats, and we'll see 155 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:54.159 if your searches line up with the searches of most 156 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:56.679 other people. Back on nights On. My name is Dan Ray. 157 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.919 This is a Wednesday night. If you're driving out there, 158 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.720 please be careful tonight because at different times it is 159 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:06.080 coming down literally in pockets. This is all the rain 160 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:09.360 we didn't get in September and October piled into one 161 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:12.720 rainstorm here in December. But it'll all even out in 162 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.440 the end, will be okay, but please be careful driving tonight. 163 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.360 Listen to WBZ on Boston's news radio ten thirty or 164 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.120 AM dial. You also can find us on the Night 165 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.919 on the on the iHeart, not the Nightheart, the iHeart 166 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:28.320 app real simple, just downloaded. You can listen to a 167 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.759 variety of iHeart stations, but most importantly WBZ three sixty 168 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:35.000 five twenty four seven. My name is Dan Ray. Back 169 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:38.399 on Nightside with our next guest right after this. Now 170 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:41.919 back to Dan Ray Live from the Window World Nightside 171 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:47.440 Studios on WBZ News Radio. All of us, I think, 172 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:52.480 well most of us occasionally use Google to search for something, 173 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:56.440 whether it's a news story or whether it's some item 174 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.879 we might like to buy with us is Justin Burr's 175 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.159 a Google trends expert? Justin do you work for Google 176 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.559 or do you do this on your own? 177 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:08.879 I work at Google. Yeah? 178 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.360 Okay, well I figured you'd have to have access to 179 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:16.240 all this information. How many Google searches are performed every year? 180 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:18.240 Is it really in the truths? 181 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:20.440 Trillions? 182 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:22.399 In the trillions? Yeah, it's a lot. 183 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:26.519 And how do you you know? I know how political 184 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.240 posters try to figure out how elections are going to go. 185 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:32.840 They they pick a sample size and a thousand people. 186 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:35.080 You can figure out pretty much how the country's going 187 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:38.000 if you balance it correctly. Do you folks monitor the 188 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:43.000 searches or do you have just a sense of the 189 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:44.840 subjects that are searched most frequently? 190 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.320 Yeah? Well, you know, anybody can look at this data. 191 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.000 You can go to trends dot Google dot com and 192 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.159 you can see what's trending in your region in real 193 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:59.200 time historical trends. So anybody can look at this stuff. 194 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.279 It's not like we've got any secret data. But what 195 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.799 we do for the Year in Search is we look 196 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:08.240 at anonymized aggregate trends, so nothing is tied back to 197 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.600 a specific individual. We don't know what you're searching for. 198 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:14.559 It's all anonymized. But we're looking specifically for what made 199 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:19.000 twenty twenty four unique related to other years. So for example, 200 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:23.399 Taylor Swift, Beyonce, those types of individuals, they're always trending, 201 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.360 but they're not on our Year in Search twenty twenty 202 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.639 four list because we want to paint a picture of 203 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.519 what is unique to this year. So we're looking for 204 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.120 spikes and a lot of specific interest in these three 205 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:36.480 hundred and sixty five days. 206 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:39.360 Okay, so let's have at it. I'm going to take 207 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:42.000 a guest that Donald Trump must have spiked in twenty 208 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:46.120 twenty four RZ in that category, the Taylor Swift Beyonce category, 209 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:47.799 where he's always going to be there anyway. 210 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:51.440 Yeah, it's good, it's no, you are spot on. He 211 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:55.360 was the number one searched person in twenty twenty four 212 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.519 in Kamala Harrison number two, and then jd Vance and 213 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.320 Joe Biden rounding up top four. So yes, I think 214 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:04.519 you're spot on. What twenty twenty four was an extremely 215 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:08.600 political driven year and that was reflected in the search 216 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.159 interest So all four of those individuals tons of search 217 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.639 interests compared to other years. 218 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:17.159 But we say, you said Trump, Harris JD. Vance, and 219 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:18.360 the fourth. 220 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:20.919 Was which is Joe Biden? Yep? 221 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:23.000 What about two walls? 222 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:31.080 He came into number six actually right behind Catherine, Princess 223 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:31.759 of Wales. 224 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.240 We had some medical she had some medical problems, right, 225 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:42.559 m Yeah, So so that I guess would would would 226 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.679 make sense. Was there one that you just didn't expect? 227 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:48.120 I mean, it sounds to me like you might have 228 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:51.879 had a pretty good inkling on this is Was there 229 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.000 something that uh, you know, it was so hot for 230 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:58.600 like three weeks it was able to maintain itself, but 231 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.000 we've forgotten about it already, if you know what I'm saying. 232 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.960 I think so the one that I want that I 233 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:06.879 point back to here is the number one searched athlete, 234 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:10.480 Mike Tyson, which I you know, he fought Jake Paul 235 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:13.799 last month and bought things. But that one's so surprising 236 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.720 because like if you would have thought three years ago, 237 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:18.600 if you were like, I wonder what the number one 238 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:21.080 trending athlete in twenty twenty four is going to be. 239 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.600 No one is picking Mike Tyson. But because of that fight, 240 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:26.919 he drove a lot of search interest and yeah, it's 241 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:29.000 crazy to think that he was the number one trending 242 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:29.799 athlete this year. 243 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:36.759 All right, that's that's interesting. So I assume that because 244 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:42.360 we have eleven and a half months done, these these 245 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:48.240 figures and these individuals or these topics are pretty much 246 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.320 locked in what was there a topic? It seems to 247 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.559 me that obviously we're talking in all these categories individuals, 248 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.519 was there a topic that perhaps uh was also what 249 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.879 was the top trending topic? If if if you if 250 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.320 you have that? 251 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.320 Yeah, we kind of broke things down into more sort 252 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.159 of subtopics, and I think one of the most surprising 253 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:14.600 ones is we have different categories for Internet theories. We 254 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:18.840 have different categories for trend meaning in an also aesthetic, 255 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.159 and we make those categories because we're seeing strong search 256 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:25.360 interests amongst those categories. So, for example, in the Internet 257 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:30.679 theory category, we have the burnt toast theory, the orange 258 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.639 peel theory, the October theory. I don't know if you 259 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.559 know what any of those things are, but they were 260 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.080 very strong on social media. 261 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:40.960 And that case, I'm assuming the October theory is it 262 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.600 will there be an Octoba surprise? 263 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.279 What is what does that mean? 264 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:53.000 An Octoba surprise is what political people are always saying 265 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.120 up as they run up to an election, They'll be 266 00:14:55.120 --> 00:15:02.639 an October surprise. So obviously, what what was the theory 267 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:04.399 of October? Since if it wasn't. 268 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:08.600 Politically Yeah, that is an interesting that's an interesting one. Okay, yeah, no, 269 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:13.720 it's not that. So the October theory is, how so 270 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.759 it's saying that October is a better month for you 271 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.960 to like that reflections and set new Year's resolutions, rather 272 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:24.440 than doing that right before January first, because then you 273 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.559 have the pressure of Christmas and then you have the 274 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.279 pressure of the new year. But October is a better 275 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:30.639 month for that sort of reflection. 276 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:32.559 What was the orange theory? 277 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.159 Yeah? 278 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:39.000 The orange peel theory is also it looks at how 279 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.919 your romantic partner is able to take on small tasks 280 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:47.840 for you and then their representation of longevity related to that. So, 281 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.799 for example, if you ask your partner to peel an 282 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:54.159 orange for you and they say yes, they'll do that, 283 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.559 then that is a good indication of longevity there. But 284 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:59.240 if they're not willing to peel an orange for you 285 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.279 and for some sort of a small task like that, 286 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.799 maybe it's an indication to get out of there. 287 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.600 Interesting And what was the first theories? I know that 288 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.679 was the third and the second? What was the first one? 289 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.320 Yeah, the first one was the burnt toast theory. 290 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:17.759 And okay, okay, so what's the I'm all layers on 291 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:20.679 this one, go ahead justin okay. 292 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.200 So this one is in the morning, you're getting ready 293 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:24.879 for work, you're getting ready for your day or whatever, 294 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:27.360 you accidentally burn your toast and you have to make 295 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.759 new toasts. So that then sets your day back like 296 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:34.000 two to three minutes. And then what cascade of events 297 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.279 would that have in terms of the rest of your day. 298 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.799 And it's pointing back towards a positivity that set that 299 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.759 that sets in motion. Maybe you run into an old 300 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:45.120 friend or you meet somebody that changes the rest of 301 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:47.399 your day. So there's some sort of thing to say 302 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.960 around like maybe some sort of minor inconvenience in the 303 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.360 morning can actually be a positive throughout the day. 304 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.840 Well, boy, that that is that's like the old glasses 305 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:00.559 half full or or half full or totally you know, 306 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:04.519 half full glass positive? How do you describe it? That's interesting. 307 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:06.960 I would assume they would have said burnt toast cost 308 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:09.279 me three minutes more to do my toast. I missed 309 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:12.599 four red lights that I normally hit in succession. Uh, 310 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:14.880 and my day went downhill from there, sort of like 311 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.359 a waterfall. So I didn't even understand that, But you 312 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:22.160 didn't understand the October surprise. So hey, we're even justin now, 313 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.240 or even check with me a year from now. I'll 314 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.839 give you some I'll give you some trends. 315 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:28.079 But we could we could talk. 316 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:30.400 I think I think both of us have some some 317 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.599 some common interest and some disparate interest. And if I 318 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.599 could be of help, let me know. I'm always looking 319 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.000 to help out Google. Okay, it's just it. 320 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:41.200 Hey, thanks so much. I appreciate it, very very much. 321 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.160 Appreciate your time. You're good sport. Thanks so much. When 322 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:46.519 we get back, we're going to talk about a positive 323 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:51.720 for Boston, Boston recognized upcoming amongst the butt best hospitals 324 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:55.000 from maternity care. Those of you who might be expecting 325 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:59.519 a the stork to stop by, as we say, we're 326 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.559 going to talk with a health data scientist about the studies, 327 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:07.880 which I believe is based in US News and World Report. 328 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:12.559 We'll talk about that, and then on our final subject 329 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:16.559 this hour is going to be people wanting to spread, 330 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:20.039 to celebrate or spend Christmas alone. Going to talk with 331 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:22.400 Sidney Page of the Washington Post. So stay with us. 332 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.079 We're going to get to our talk talk topics right 333 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:28.160 after the nine o'clock news, But first we have the 334 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:29.680 eight thirty at the bottom of the hour. 335 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.160 It's night Side with. 336 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.839 Boston's News Radio. 337 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:45.480 Delighted to welcome Jennifer Winston, Doctor Jennifer Winston. She is 338 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:48.920 going to talk about a new study that suggests that 339 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:53.000 some of the best maternity hospitals in the world are 340 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:56.440 right in our backyard. Doctor Winston. Welcome to Nightside. How 341 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:56.759 are you? 342 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:00.799 Thank you? I'm great. How are you now? 343 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:03.759 Did you conduct the study or were you involved? You 344 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.640 are You're You're not a physician, but you're a health 345 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.720 data scientist. Were you involved in this study or are 346 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:14.799 we talking about the US News and World Report a 347 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.079 story from that recently appeared. 348 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.119 Yeah, so I am a health data scientist at US 349 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:26.400 News and World Report, and it is yes, it is US. 350 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:29.400 So we are the ones that collected the data and 351 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:33.559 did this analysis, and we are really happy to announce 352 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:37.519 the four hundred and fourteen hospitals that we recognized as 353 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.839 best hospitals for maternity care this year. 354 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:44.559 Now, dumb question, but how many hospitals in the country 355 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.000 have maternity care? I mean, I'm just curious how selective 356 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.319 a figure of four hundred and fourteen is. 357 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:56.119 It's pretty selective. There are over two thousand hospitals that 358 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:01.079 provide maternity care throughout the country. Those eight hundred and 359 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:05.079 seventeen participated in the survey this year. That's an all 360 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:08.400 time high for US. And so then of those eight 361 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.519 hundred and seventeen, we recognized just about half as best 362 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.920 hospitals from eternity care. 363 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.960 So how are we doing here in New England? Even 364 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:19.480 more specifically within the greater Boston area. 365 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:25.279 Boston area is doing great. There are six hospitals best 366 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:29.759 hospitals from maternity care in the larger Boston area. Boston 367 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:36.039 Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount 368 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:42.720 Auburn Hospital, Melrose Wakefield Hospital in Boston and then Wentworth A. 369 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.000 Douglas Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire were all recognized as 370 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.480 best hospitals from maternity care. 371 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.559 So with those the sixth that you introduced us to 372 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:57.359 one in New Hampshire. Are there other hospitals in New 373 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:01.279 England as well? Or is that number here in New England? 374 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:05.720 That is, there are others in New England. There are 375 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:11.319 two others actually in Massachusetts South Coast Hospitals Fall River, 376 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.559 New Bedford and Wareham and then also Berkshire Medical Center 377 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.839 in Pittsfield are also best hospitals. 378 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.559 Well, the hospital that my wife and I had our 379 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.720 children at was Newton Wellesley Hospital, which is a great hospital. Unfortunately, 380 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:30.440 not interested in your group, but we're blessed to have 381 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:34.759 all of these hospitals around. Is there at least one, 382 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:40.000 you know, superior or one really exceptional maternity hospital in 383 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:44.440 every state all fifty states? 384 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.799 I'm sure that there are. We are there. We do 385 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:53.279 have some states that we haven't received hospital surveys from, Okay, 386 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:59.319 so but we do. It is a nationwide survey and 387 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:04.039 we do hope to continue to get more information about 388 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.319 hospitals each year. 389 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:10.640 What are the standards that you're looking for? Are there 390 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:15.880 some common characteristics that separate the good hospitals from the 391 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.880 great hospitals or from the great hospitals from the good hospitals, 392 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:21.200 I should say absolutely. 393 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:25.720 We collect data on a number of both outcome measures 394 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:29.519 and then best practice measures, and there really is a 395 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:34.240 pretty stark difference between the hospitals that we're recognizing as 396 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.640 high performing and the hospitals that didn't quite make that cut. So, 397 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:42.400 for example, the hospitals that are recognized as best hospitals 398 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:45.640 from Eternity Care have C section rates that are on 399 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:50.680 average twenty two percent lower than unrecognized hospitals and severe 400 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:54.720 unexpected newborn complication rates that are forty four percent lower 401 00:22:54.759 --> 00:23:00.200