WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:06.799 Is Michael Garfi. 2 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:07.759 Michael Garfield. 3 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:09.240 Michael Garfield's joining. 4 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:10.439 In the high Tech Texan. 5 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:13.800 Michael Garfield is here with a high Tech Texans. 6 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.320 To make life easier technology and Michael garfil has something 7 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:19.320 you might like. 8 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping 9 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:38.079 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the iHeartRadio. 10 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:42.479 Add now your high Tech Texan, Michael Garfield. 11 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:53.920 So can we say summer has officially started? We look 12 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.640 at the calendar this weekend, it is June. For all 13 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:02.560 of you kids across Texas who were out of school, 14 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:05.879 good for you. And for all of you listening outside 15 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:09.959 of Texas, especially on the least coast, you're probably not 16 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:13.000 out of school yet. Sucks for you. One of the 17 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.879 mini perks that we have living in Texas and going 18 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:19.480 back to the days when I was in grade school, 19 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:24.519 always got out sometimes in May, while the counterparts around 20 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:27.120 the country they have to go all the way through 21 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:30.280 early to mid June. Yes, I know, but then again, 22 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.760 you guys start later after Labor Day. But whatever, it is, 23 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.519 game time. Happy summer too. I guess if you're celebrating 24 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:43.120 June twenty, first Solstice day, whatever the longest day of 25 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.319 the year. We were still three weeks or so until 26 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.799 we hit that day. But hey, listen, Memorial Day, OVA, 27 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.200 that's past. Hope you had a really good Memorial Day. 28 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.120 We've got Father's Day coming up. Yes, I'm gonna talk 29 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:57.719 about Father's Day things. This is one of the many 30 00:01:57.760 --> 00:01:59.920 things that I talk about on the High Tech Textan show. 31 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:03.040 So however you are celebrating, if you're having a nice 32 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.359 ice cream cone, if you're having a nice cold pop 33 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:09.039 while listening to my show. Maybe out in the sun 34 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:12.319 by the pool. Pretty cool. I mean, you could be 35 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:16.879 listening to music. You could be listening to your summer tunes. 36 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:19.960 By the way, what's the song of the summer for 37 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.879 twenty twenty five? I got a few. Sadly we can't 38 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.479 play them because we have no budget for licensing of music. 39 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.520 I'm gonna have to hum it and hope we don't 40 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.680 get sued. But however you are consuming my show, maybe 41 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:36.960 it's through your EarPods, maybe it's through your big speaker 42 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.919 while you're sitting outside by the pool. Thank you so much. 43 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:43.479 If you're not listening live, I do imagine and thank 44 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.759 you for downloading the podcast. Every show a two hour 45 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.560 show that we do every weekend for well over twenty years. 46 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.240 It is immediately put on the podcast by Calum Ree Callum, 47 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.439 how are you happy? I guess Callum? Is this summer 48 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.840 to you? If you don't know Callum is. I've worked 49 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.840 with Callum for so long. Right now, dude, let me 50 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.159 describe him. Dude looks like Jesus. And I say this 51 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.879 with all due respect. How long is your hair? Calum? 52 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:14.560 Is it a problem during the summer? I mean, how hot? Listen? 53 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.680 I got hair. Don't don't get me wrong, but my 54 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.680 hair ain't nearly as long as yours. Bro? Do you 55 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:22.560 just do you ever put it in braids or just 56 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.520 step corn rows or something? Because it's pro He's gonna 57 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.879 get hot out here. Happiest summer Michael Garfield is the 58 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.560 day and today on the show, we're going to cover 59 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.159 a number of different things. Along with your phone calls 60 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:38.360 at three four six twenty nine Texan three four six 61 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.120 two nine T e X A N. You can call 62 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:45.360 me answer, ask me questions. Michael, dad's day's coming up? 63 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:47.719 Should I get him this? What do you think about 64 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:50.919 this phone? I know you always talk about cars and 65 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:54.840 trucks and SUVs and easy. He's what your opinion. I 66 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:56.800 am here for you, but we are going to talk 67 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:00.560 about a bill little politics over you I built in 68 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:05.960 the state of Texas that would ban social media for 69 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:10.120 miners a minor, that's right, Texas bill. Is it going 70 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.280 to pass? I will tell you what it would mean 71 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.639 if you were under eighteen years old, and if kids 72 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.600 who are under eighteen already don't have a contentious relationship 73 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.959 with their parents. So far, this is not going to 74 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.040 ease up. This is not gonna help it out because 75 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:29.000 this could means parents it could just rip out and 76 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.759 delete their kids' social media accounts. And I gotta tell you, 77 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.519 I may I may be leaning in favor of this thing. 78 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:41.399 So stand by for that automatic self driving cars way Mo, 79 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:46.839 which is one of Google's sister companies. This is the vehicles. 80 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.959 It's like a ride sharing service if you will, where 81 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.120 you get in a car and there is no driver, 82 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.839 it's driverless PSALM. I see them in Los Angeles. I 83 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.240 see him in San Francisco, Austin not too long ago. 84 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:03.959 Got them everywhere that my show is heard terrestrially, including 85 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:08.279 Houston and San Antonio, in Dallas. Get prep people, got 86 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:12.560 some news because way Mo, the driverless vehicles are coming 87 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.399 to our cities. I got thoughts on that, would you 88 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.079 trust them and ride on them? And by the way, 89 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:23.519 good luck with Houston streets man. Have you got some potholes? 90 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:29.279 They got? They got some traffic I don't. They may 91 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:32.879 put waymou out of business. And also, since it is 92 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.120 summer at least almost summer, depending on how you define it. 93 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.680 I do have a number of different reviews which actually 94 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:42.079 could I guess share the idea that Father's Day coming up? 95 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:46.000 I tested. I actually did a video for my Fox 96 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:52.759 seven in Austin, Texas segment I reviewed two high tech 97 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:57.040 barbecue girls. That's right, people, Are you ready for a 98 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:04.279 I to take over your backyard? Uh huh, high tech 99 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:07.759 barbecue grill? Gone the days of waiting for the charcoal 100 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:11.759 to start up on that little tiny weber Nope, uh huh. 101 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.160 Push of a button, check it on the app. You 102 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.279 got the chicken, you got the steak, you got the ribs, 103 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.360 you got the pork butt you got. No, I did 104 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.079 not call you a pork but I'm just letting you 105 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:25.399 know what could be done on these grills where you 106 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.319 really don't have to know anything about grilling. Not a thing, 107 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.439 just some of the many things that we got for 108 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:33.759 you high Tech text and show. Let me tell you 109 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:35.800 how to reach me other than that phone number. You 110 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.639 can follow me on social media the app if you 111 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:39.680 want to go to x, if you want to go 112 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.279 to Instagram, should you not be blocked? It is high 113 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.560 Tech Texting. Hi g h T E C h T 114 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.800 E x A N. That's the website. You can look 115 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:52.759 through all my videos that I do when I pop 116 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:56.519 up on weekly for all you Austinites and if you're 117 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.600 listening Fox seven every Monday morning, I'm on there with 118 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.279 a tech reviewer, tech News pop on Great Day Houston 119 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:08.560 in the Houston area sweek days, Channel eleven CBS. Yes, 120 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.560 put a little makeup on me. Do my hair? You 121 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.399 know I I do like me. Some I do like me. 122 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:17.600 Some fashion and fits made for TV people made for 123 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:20.279 I talk about geeky stuff. I do not dress like 124 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:21.879 a geek. That's about the only thing I got going 125 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:23.439 for me. Well my hair, I got going that for 126 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.079 the two. You can see all that on high Tech 127 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.319 Texan dot com. And I will see if I can 128 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.319 quickly put up that link to this video that I 129 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:34.079 did We're about a four minute little segment where I'm 130 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:39.000 reviewing to high tech barbecue grills that that dad may want, 131 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.920 that grads may want. Don't forget his graduation day. You 132 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.360 know what I talk about kids, school being over for 133 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.560 all of you. I guess through you know other kids 134 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.000 who I still think if you graduate high school, you're 135 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.800 a kid before you go off to college. You graduate college, yeah, 136 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.399 you're a young adult. So if you're a kid, if 137 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:03.199 you're a young adult, congratulations for graduating. I'm sure you 138 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.680 want a gift? Do you want Do kids want gifts 139 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:13.920 or do kids want money? When I graduated high school, 140 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.399 I did I even get gifts? Number one boy. Boy, 141 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:20.279 that's going back in the day. I don't think I 142 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:23.519 got money. I was preparing to go to school in college, 143 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:25.199 so I guess I need this stuff from my dorm. 144 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.959 And there was not a lot of technology back in 145 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.959 the early eighties. Man, I just dated myself right there. 146 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:38.360 But nowadays, if you graduate college, I assume you want 147 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.679 money because A if you don't have a job and 148 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:45.120 welcome to the twenty first century, or B maybe you 149 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:47.919 do have a job, congratulations and let me know if 150 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:51.480 you're hiring. So I can work for you. You're moving 151 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:54.799 into an apartment, You're gonna need some extra cash. I 152 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.279 don't know, let me know. Three four six twenty nine texts, 153 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:00.320 and I do have some neat ideas for graduation gifts 154 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.399 to a friend of mine, a good longtime friend of ours. 155 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:08.799 Their son just graduated medical school. He's a doctor. He's 156 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:12.440 gonna be a doctor. I'll tell you what I got him, 157 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.000 because that dude's gonna be working his butt off, just 158 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.559 like if you're a lawyer. Those first few years of 159 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.440 lawyering and doctor are not funny. Not the route that 160 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.200 I took, and definitely not the route any of my 161 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:26.240 three boys tick. That's what's on the lineup today. Listen, 162 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.399 thank you so much for tuning in. We're gonna have 163 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.200 some fun, probably gonna give something away. I got a 164 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:34.200 restaurant gift guards coming out, like you know what. Don't 165 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:53.919 go anywhere wherever you're listening, stick text. I don't shows 166 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:57.799 a month, payot or defending where you're listening. If you're 167 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.639 up in the Dallas area and you're listening on Sunday, 168 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:02.879 June first, it's my first show of gym. No matter 169 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.519 how you look at it, A happy summer. Michael Garfield 170 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.240 is the name. It is this high tech textan show. 171 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.480 I swear I'm not going to geek out. I do 172 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.799 recommend answer your questions when it comes to really cool 173 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:19.320 tech products and cars and travel and fashion and bourbon 174 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:22.879 and cigars. It's pretty much whatever I want to yap 175 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.360 about or whatever you know, it's I have a knowledge 176 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:30.600 that's it's vast. It may not be deep deep deep 177 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.519 deep deep, but at the top level. If you're looking 178 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:37.279 for a dad Father's Day graduation gift, no matter what 179 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:40.320 type of category, I could be your guy. Love to 180 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:44.440 hear from you. Phone numbers three, four, six, twenty nine. 181 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.519 Textan If you are too shy as Kaja Goo Goo 182 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:50.039 sings back in the eighties, if you're too shy a call, 183 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:54.519 always send me an email. Michael Garfield spell the whole 184 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:59.440 thing out at iHeartMedia dot com. When I just side 185 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:03.320 note Garfield. By the way, everybody should know g A 186 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:08.360 R F, I E L D. I wonder what's happening 187 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:09.919 in this world. And I'm gonna and I'm gonna tell 188 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:15.039 you why. And I'm serious. I have encountered over the 189 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:18.559 past few years when I check into a hotel or 190 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.799 put my name down for a reservation or something, and 191 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:25.799 I say my last name, and I'm a meticulous, old 192 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:27.600 school guy. When it comes like, okay, let me make 193 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.799 sure you got my first name, Michael. Amazing how many 194 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.679 people jack up the Michael. Is it m I C 195 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.720 H E A No, it's not. It's a el. But 196 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:38.559 then I go Garfield. I always spell a man. Just 197 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:41.679 make sure you get it right. But then if they 198 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:44.480 don't hear me, I will. I will say one of 199 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:50.840 two things. Garfield like the cat, which most every single 200 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:55.320 person seems to know and understand, very famous cat created 201 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:58.799 by what the comic you know, comic creator Jim Davis 202 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.120 back in the I think it was late seven. I 203 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.360 am no relation to Garfield the cat. If I was, 204 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:06.399 I would not be wasting my weekend on the radio. No, sir, 205 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:10.519 I would own an island. But before I use the cat, 206 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:15.000 I say one more thing. Hi, my name is Michael Garfield. 207 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.279 G A R FI E L D like the President. 208 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:25.200 You would be amazed the looks I get, President of what? 209 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:28.759 And I'm like, how old are you? And I guess 210 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.519 I'm going to take a poll right now before bearing 211 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:39.080 the lead. We've had forty five forty six presidents. I 212 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.000 guess I don't know what number Trump is account of 213 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.559 twice whatever like that. Does anybody no history that there 214 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:51.159 was actually a president James A. Garfield? I think in 215 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.720 eighteen eighty one he was assassinated. He was only president 216 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:57.759 for like six months. But I don't know about you. 217 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:03.279 But when I went to school, way before AHI was created, 218 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:06.759 we had to learn about history, how the United States 219 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:10.480 was founded, our government, and pretty much. I think we 220 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.720 had to memorize all presidents. And I guess maybe there 221 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.480 were only thirty eight presidents or something when I was 222 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:18.840 in grade school or something. But I thought it was 223 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:23.159 pretty cool because there was a president who had the 224 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:28.399 same last name as I do. Just if you're under thirty, 225 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.720 you may not know that. Now it's unbelievable. I checked 226 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.000 into a hotel two or three years ago, and I 227 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.879 guess it was a young girl at the front desk, 228 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:41.600 and I'm with two of my boys and I'm like, yeah, Garfield, 229 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:43.840 Like they like the president. She thought I was from 230 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:48.000 freaking out of space. President. You don't know there was 231 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.240 a president of the United States and them Garfield. No, 232 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.600 that was one. Another one came about two weeks ago. 233 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.440 And I'm not saying names to protect the innocent over here. 234 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:04.320 It was a receptionist at a dime's office. And probably 235 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:08.600 I guess she was thirty no more than certain, yeah, 236 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:13.320 probably thirty thirty two thirty five tops, same thing. Garfield 237 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:18.240 like the president, president of what? And I don't want 238 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.559 to be rude, man, but I'm like, are you kidding me? Then? 239 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:23.159 I say, do you not know there was a president 240 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:25.039 James Garfield back in the eighth and No, I didn't 241 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.919 know they was the twentieth president. No, I did not 242 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:31.720 know that. Anyway, I digress a little history, a little 243 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:36.360 street for you young kids out there. There was a 244 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:41.639 there was a Harrison, President Harrison. There was a you know, Lincoln. 245 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:45.559 There was only like what four presidents I think who've 246 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.799 actually been assassinated or died in office. Lincoln was one, 247 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.080 Garfield was one, McKinley was one. Kennedy was that may 248 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.039 be it. That's the good I guess the Garfield claimed 249 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.519 to fame. In order, we've got the cat, we've got 250 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:07.279 an assassinated president. Weed down the list. There's Michael Garfield, 251 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:12.200 the high tech Texan show phone number. Here is this 252 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:15.240 is why you listen to me. People. This is why 253 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:19.519 you listen. Three four six two nine t e x A. 254 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:21.120 And I actually will give away a gift card. I'm 255 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.159 gonna give away a restaurant gift card here next hour 256 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:25.600 may probably so much. I want to talk about this 257 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:31.440 though social media. There is a bill in our great 258 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:36.759 state of Texas that would ban social media for miners. 259 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:40.720 There is a Texas law that would allow parents to 260 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:46.320 request the deletion of social media accounts for those under 261 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.799 eighteen years old. Not passed, but it soon may pass 262 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:58.440 into a law making it illegal for those under eighteen 263 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:01.519 years old to be on social media. It is House 264 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:03.519 Bill one eighty six. And I say this because I 265 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:08.240 really want to hear your opinion. Okay, I'm not massively 266 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.200 in favor, I'm not massively against it. I'm just the 267 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:12.559 news guy over here. But it is technology. It is 268 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.919 social media that I follow very closely, and it's my state. 269 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.480 I would not be affected because all three of my 270 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:24.559 kids are over eighteen. I am over eighteen, so personally 271 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:28.480 to me, it don't matter. But let me tell you 272 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:30.960 about this, and I want to hear from you. Say, 273 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:33.559 if you are under eighteen, hey, call me man, We'll 274 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:37.200 put you on the radio three four six, twenty nine textan, 275 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:40.559 I have an idea what you kids will say if 276 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:43.919 you're under eighteen. I'm more interested with out the respect 277 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:48.080 in the parents who have kids under eighteen? Do you 278 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:50.600 want them on social media? Because this House Bill one 279 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:54.559 eighty six would not only throwhibit miners from creating new 280 00:16:54.600 --> 00:17:00.480 social media accounts TikTok, Instagram x, but will car age 281 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:06.720 verification for everyone else who's creating a new account. If 282 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:11.359 this goes to law, parents could request a minor's social 283 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:16.440 media account be deleted in the platform, they'd be required 284 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:21.519 to remove it. Why is it here, Well, there's lawmakers 285 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.319 who's I need to get this lawmaker on it. A 286 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:26.799 few of these lawmakers on here to talk about they 287 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.640 support this bill because they say it will counter the 288 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:39.759 mental health harm that social media poses to teens. That's why. 289 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.240 And I know we're up against the break over here. 290 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:48.640 But is that the only reason? And I'm not leading 291 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:50.720 you down another path of and this is a true, 292 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:54.920 true question. Is it just the mental health? Because I 293 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.839 know for a fact social media can pose a threat 294 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:04.519 to mental health, to peer to peer pressure, to bullying, 295 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:10.440 to look at me, look at me. The bill's already 296 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:12.960 passed in the House of Representatives in Texas, still needs 297 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.000 to pass the Senate and needs to get a sig 298 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:17.920 from Governor Greg Abbott. But I will tell you this. 299 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:23.039 A similar law passed in Utah last year. It was 300 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:25.759 later blocked by a federal judge, and there's also a 301 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:30.119 legal battle going on the same thing in Florida. When 302 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:33.119 we come back, I will tell you when the bill 303 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:36.839 would go into effect if it's passed in one of 304 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:40.039 the ramifications. But in the meantime, love to hear from you. 305 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.559 Here's the phone number. If we don't pick up because 306 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:45.119 we're just innundated, leave a voicemail. We do have the 307 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:47.039 right to play your voice, but I want to hear 308 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:48.240 from you. This is what we do. It's a very 309 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.880 interactive show. Three four six two nine Texan three four 310 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.559 six twenty nine ten x Am. It is Michael Barfield 311 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:57.440 and yes I'm over eighteen and on social. 312 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:15.359 Media, guys said nothing else. 313 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:17.799 To you on this first day. 314 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.720 It's not the first day of summer, but it's it's 315 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:23.519 the last day of May, first day of June, depending 316 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.519 on when you're listening this weekend. Hello it everybody in 317 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:32.799 our terrestrialer cities of Houston KPRC nine fifty, San Antonio 318 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:36.519 News Radio twelve one hundred w a I and also 319 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:41.400 Big D my hometown Mighty Mighty Talk Radio eleven ninety. 320 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.160 And also if you're listening iHeartRadio dot com, you can 321 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.400 look up high Tech Tech Center Michael Garfield and podcast 322 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:50.519 this thing Calum read over here as soon as the 323 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:53.440 show is ovah, he puts it up in the podcast, 324 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.160 so you can go back and listen to your hearts 325 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.400 content of all the reviews for cars, for Barbie Good, 326 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:02.720 grills or TVs, I don't know. We got dad's grads 327 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.559 coming up. I am here for you. I want to 328 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.720 finish the subject that that we were just yapping about 329 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:11.079 at parents in Texas. There is a there's a bill 330 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:16.440 just roaming around Austin Capitol that have turned into a 331 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:21.000 law would allow parents to request the deletion of social 332 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:25.799 media accounts for those under eighteen. It is just a bill. 333 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:28.680 It has passed in the House of rep still needs 334 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:30.799 to pass in the state Senate. Still need to get 335 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:36.319 a signature from my governor. Thoughts on this from parents 336 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:41.599 three four six twenty nine, Texan Michael Garfield at iHeartMedia 337 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:47.119 dot com. I'll read it X hit me x dot com. 338 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:49.400 High Tech texanspelled the whole thing out. Yes or no. 339 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:52.480 Something tells me, if you're under eighteen, you're gonna I 340 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:55.480 can't believe they would do this. No, I'm gonna fight 341 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:58.000 my parents. No, I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna go 342 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.960 all goth and like myself in the room until I'm eighteen. 343 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:05.079 They can't stop me. Fight the power or fight the 344 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:10.200 good fight. Parents are like, you know what, I think, 345 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:13.359 you know, maybe maybe a junior she'd get off Facebook 346 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.240 or Instagram or TikTok. Maybe I'll get a little more 347 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:21.000 FaceTime with him or her. I think there's out of 348 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.599 doubt that there's one hundreds, no doubt there's two sides. 349 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:26.680 There may be some parents who said no, no, I 350 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.240 want my kids on social media. If this bill has passed, 351 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.079 it would go into effect on September first of this year, 352 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.680 and then on January first, twenty twenty six. They could 353 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:43.119 be enforced with kennalties. All right, now, this is going 354 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:46.119 to be voted on this coming week. It's the deadline 355 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:48.720 for legislator to pass it. Is it's Monday? I think 356 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:56.759 it's June second. Is that June second. Yeah, it is Monday. Come. 357 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:04.920 The reason being lawmakers who support it quite simply say 358 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:09.799 it is going to counter the mental health harm. That's 359 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:13.920 the reason. Trying to think of any other reason mental health. 360 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:19.960 I don't disagree with that, because there is look at me, 361 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:24.119 look at me? Look how many followers, Look how many likes? 362 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.839 Why is this person prettier than I am? Why are 363 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:31.920 they getting to do this? There's bullying. There is pressure 364 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:37.920 that social media has brought on that I know. When 365 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:42.440 I was under eighteen, that's one major thing I didn't 366 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:46.839 have to deal with. Social media came along. And I'm 367 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:49.359 going to say Facebook, I mean, I get, I mean, 368 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.359 I'm not gonna go my Space because whatever. But I 369 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:55.240 think Facebook was the one that really took off two 370 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:58.119 thousand and one, two thousand and two, two thousand and five. 371 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:04.160 An adult, My kids were under eighteen when it started. 372 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.920 One was five years old, and certainly he didn't have 373 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.160 an account at that point. But there is pressure. But 374 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:17.960 there's also pressure for adults too, in your job, in 375 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:25.279 your neighborhood. There's there's a lot of pressure. We put 376 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:31.880 it all, I think on the social media companies. What 377 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:35.079 is it up to parents and I again, I'm gonna 378 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.559 move on to the subject because I don't want to 379 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.799 get too intense to this thing. But I'm just I'm 380 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.319 just interested, and I'm getting emails over here, and I'm 381 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.680 looking anecdotically, just real quickly as I'm thumbing through my 382 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:48.759 emails Michael Garfield ihartmedia dot com, I assume that well, 383 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:51.480 actually a lot of the here's like ten of them 384 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:53.359 already right now. Yes, I'm a parent. I'm a parent 385 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:55.160 of this. I'm a parent of a seventeen years old 386 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:57.039 I'm a parent of the I actually I would like 387 00:23:57.079 --> 00:24:01.680 to see tighter you know, rules and regulations where I, 388 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:05.200 as a parent, do have to say so of what 389 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:08.319 my kids can and can't do online. The only thing 390 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:14.640 I remember as a dad of younger kids, and again, 391 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:18.599 this is a different time. Social media was not nearly 392 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.440 as prevalent as it is today. I will go back 393 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:28.519 to the late nineties and my youngest son, he was 394 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:30.000 born in two thousand, so let's go all the way 395 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:34.000 to two thousand and five, two thousand and six, seven, eight, like, okay, 396 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.759 so when my oldest was probably ten, twelve, thirteen years old, 397 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.920 they weren't on social media. Heck, I don't even know 398 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:42.160 if I was on social media back then. But the 399 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.920 biggest concern, and this is, yeah, my radio show was 400 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.960 about four or five years into it back then, and 401 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:49.640