WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.120 You're listening to KFI AM six forty the Bill Handles 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:06.799 show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:09.160 Good Morning, It is a Bill Handle show, and he 4 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.119 is back from vacation. On Monday, Wayne Resnik here until 5 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.199 nine o'clock and it's the time of the week where 6 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:19.920 we get somebody smarter than anybody on the show about 7 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:22.280 tech to come in and talk to us about the 8 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.239 latest developments. Rich DeMuro the host of Rich on Tech 9 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:29.600 every Saturday eleven am to two pm, right here on KFI. 10 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.119 If you want to get a gander at him, you 11 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:35.280 can watch him on KTLA every morning. And if you 12 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.399 want to get a gander at him that's not so fleeting, 13 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.799 you can follow him on Instagram at rich on Tech 14 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.960 and on his website rich on Tech, dot tv and Elmer. 15 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:49.920 You just said something to me, and I think what 16 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:53.759 you said is Rich is not on yet. Okay, that's fine, 17 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:56.320 So we are waiting for him to join. I hope 18 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:58.399 he joins. He did send over things he wanted to 19 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.200 talk about, so I know that he was planning to 20 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.200 come on. And boy, would it be ironic if the 21 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:08.200 tech person that we bring on because he's so smart 22 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:12.560 about tech is having technical difficulties. I can tell you 23 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:14.599 a couple other stories that we're looking at while we 24 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.519 wait for Rich. One of them is, you know, the 25 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:22.040 whole thing with Sean Combs aka Diddy and the criminal 26 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.879 charges and he's in custody and he can't make bail. 27 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:29.159 Now their lawsuits are coming. New ones were filed yesterday 28 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.120 accusing him of sexual assault. You have men accusing him, 29 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:37.120 women and a sixteen year old boy in these lawsuits. 30 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:41.719 And it's almost like at this point in terms of 31 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:49.000 his predicament entirely self made. This is like putting another 32 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.359 drop of water in a swimming pool for him in 33 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.920 terms of the trouble that he's in. All Right, ladies 34 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:58.879 and gentlemen, here he is Rich Demro, Good morning. 35 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.000 Sir, he hey, good morning. 36 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:04.280 How's it going excellent? I want to get right into 37 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:08.360 this first thing here. There's a battle now of the 38 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:17.520 newest I guess, the bestest, newest text to video generation platforms. 39 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:24.120 Meta has one, Adobe has one. What's going on? Why 40 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:28.120 is it important? And what's so great about the newest versions? 41 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.759 And also just start off quickly with what is text 42 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:31.240 to video? 43 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:34.560 Yeah? So, I mean, Wayne, we're very familiar with the 44 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:38.599 idea of these image generators through AI, so you can 45 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.240 go on a lot of different you know, meta imagine. 46 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:44.199 Adobe has one. I mean so many of these companies 47 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:47.759 have already done. Google has one, you know, where you 48 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.560 can just type in what you want and then it 49 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:52.680 will make a picture of that thing. That's been pretty fine. Obviously, 50 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.960 it has little hiccups with things like details like hands 51 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:59.280 and feet and teeth and stuff like that, but that's 52 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:03.319 been easy. A holy grail is really text to video, 53 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:06.919 so you can say, you know, generate a video of 54 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.599 you know, someone walking through a field of wildflowers and 55 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:14.960 then it starts snowing, you know, whatever you want. So 56 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.599 this is stuff that you know, Hollywood studios would maybe 57 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:21.879 create with a with you know, their their high end 58 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:26.439 image generation tools computers and things CGI. But now the 59 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:28.759 fact that you can just type this stuff in and 60 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.719 have a computer generate it, that would be incredible. And 61 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.520 the reason why it's incredible is only on the money side, 62 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.159 because I think most artists would agree they probably don't 63 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.639 want this stuff to take off in a huge way 64 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.240 because it gets rid of their job. 65 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:49.080 You know, I used to live in a building with 66 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.319 a guy and he still does this who does pre 67 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:57.879 visualization for movies. Yes, and he and that is where 68 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:59.960 you know, you have a script and it says like, oh, 69 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.159 there's a big battle scene, and pre visualization is you 70 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:08.919 create using computers kind of an example of what it 71 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.759 would look like. And he's done it for I mean, 72 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:14.479 the biggest of the biggest movies. And it seems like, 73 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.600 is this is this the kind of thing that puts 74 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:19.519 him out of a job. 75 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.680 Yeah, that's exactly the type of person I interviewed the 76 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:26.839 first time around on this story when we were doing 77 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.639 the text to image generators, and I interviewed exactly that 78 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.079 a person who draws what's called concept art. You know, 79 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.800 like if you say, hey, we've got a new superhero 80 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.199 and we want them to be wearing green and look 81 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.199 like this, and you know, they would come up with 82 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:43.959 that concept and then they would build that based on it. 83 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:47.480 So I think the interesting thing about this is that 84 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.879 not only can it do this stuff, but again, this 85 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.319 eventually will get so good where if you need a shot, 86 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.600 let's say you need a shot of people walking a 87 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:01.120 crowd of people walking through in the streets of downtown 88 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.959 Los Angeles, instead of licensing that b roll from someone 89 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.279 or hiring a bunch of extras or generating, you know, 90 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:11.519 in a computer, you know, using CGI, this shot that 91 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.519 you probably have to compose from different things. You would 92 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.120 just tell AI here's what I need and boom it 93 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.879 would create that shot now right now. And the reason 94 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.920 we're talking about this because Adobe, they unlaunched are released 95 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:27.439 their Firefly video and this is in beta right now. 96 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.240 Right now, they can only generate about two seconds worth 97 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:35.079 of video. Meta last week, Facebook's parent company, they came 98 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.800 out with their meta video. They call it metagen Ai 99 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:42.399 and theirs can do up to sixteen seconds. So as 100 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:46.079 you can see, this is very limited in its scope 101 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:49.600 right now, but it's day one and this is just 102 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.279 going to get better and better. And of course Meta 103 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.759 wants it because if you're making it reels and things 104 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:56.199 like that, you don't have to go out. 105 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:56.680 And shoot stuff. 106 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:58.439 You can do it all from your house. And of 107 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:03.000 course Adobe one of the biggest companies providing software for 108 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.560 creators all around the world, so that's a big deal 109 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:07.279 for them because they charge for this stuff. 110 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.879 Yeah, oh man, all right now, Rich, We're gonna get 111 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:15.560 some news from Amy King and then let's say I 112 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:21.800 want to spy on grandma. The oldest fashioned way would 113 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.360 be I'd have to stand outside, like with binoculars and 114 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:30.040 look at her through the window. But apparently parents, yes, definitely, Well, 115 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:32.680 let's I want to find out there's a new way. 116 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:34.959 We're not talking about spying in a creepy way. We're 117 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:39.759 talking about keeping tabs on a senior citizen. There's apparently 118 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.879 a new way to do it. And you can tell 119 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.800 us if it's better and if it's less creepy, because 120 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.079 we all have parents and grandparents who are old. We're 121 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.519 talking to rich Demurow on this Tech Tuesday, the host 122 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.959 of rich on Tech every Saturday eleven am to two 123 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:02.319 pm here on KFI on KTLA. That's television, folks, every morning, Instagram, 124 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:07.480 rich on Tech website, rich on Tech dot TV. Okay, 125 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:13.879 tell me about this new way to keep tabs on 126 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:20.199 your mom or grandma or dad. That is supposedly better 127 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:24.480 than having cameras in their house or an armed guard 128 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.319 watching them at all times. 129 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:30.279 Yeah. And I know here in the US we're trying 130 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:33.959 to get more into that idea of aging in place, right, 131 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.079 This is where you stay in the home that you 132 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:39.480 you know lived in instead of going to a senior 133 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:43.040 housing or whatever. So but that launches a lot of 134 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:45.639 complications for the caregivers, right, like, if you're the kid, 135 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.079 you want to make sure Mom's okay. And so there 136 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.759 are ways you can do this with video cameras and 137 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.839 Amazon echoes and things like that. 138 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:54.199 But I thought this was pretty cool. 139 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:58.639 This is a new smart Wi Fi sensing plug from 140 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:01.800 a company named Threshold Care. The plug is called Motion 141 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:04.560 And so what you do is you put these little plugs. 142 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.439 There's three of them, and you put three of them 143 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.839 in the house and they create this kind of. 144 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:10.959 Like I call it a force field. 145 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.360 And so they're actually monitoring the Wi Fi signals in 146 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:17.800 the house and so once they see that someone breaks 147 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:20.879 those Wi Fi signals, that's how they're detecting motion. And 148 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:22.680 this is not a new concept. We've had this for 149 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:24.720 a long time. But this is sort of a plug 150 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:28.000 and play thing. So let's say you bought these three sensors, 151 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:30.879 you put them in mom's house. You can know, you know, 152 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.240 when she gets out of a certain room, when she's 153 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.679 up and around moving, you can get an alert if 154 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:37.960 there's no movement at all after a certain time, or 155 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.279 you know whatever. So it's just kind of a neat 156 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:44.720 way to monitor a loved one without being invasive. You know, 157 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:47.360 you don't need images, you don't need videos, and it's 158 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:50.039 not very expensive. It's only sixty bucks for the three pack. 159 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.919 So when I didn't know this that as you walk 160 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:56.799 around your house, you're disrupting the patterns of the Wi 161 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.120 Fi signals. 162 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:01.399 Yes, and that's okay. You know that's been going on. 163 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:04.360 For a while, all right. So the thing about this 164 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:10.679 then is it's it's it's as vague as possible while 165 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.919 still being useful, meaning it's not like a video camera 166 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:17.679 where you can actually see Mom walking around the house. 167 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:22.960 It's just measuring movement patterns. It technically it's it's not 168 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:26.720 even able. It can't tell you whether it's Mom or 169 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.279 something else moving around. But if you don't see any 170 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.039 if Mom lives alone and you see no movement for 171 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.600 a while, then you know you better get over there 172 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:41.000 and see if she's okay. So you plug them in 173 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.080 in Mom's house has them. Mom's house has to have 174 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.039 the Wi Fi and be on the internet. And then you, 175 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.000 as the as the child, you have an app on 176 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:58.039 your phone that you can use to monitor these sensors. Correct. 177 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:00.720 All of that is very correct, and it's u you know, 178 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:04.399 it's it's also if there's movement when you don't expect movement, 179 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:07.360 So you know, if there's movement in a room that 180 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:09.559 you're not expecting. I mean, there's lots of ways you 181 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.120 can use this. I mean, it depends on your situation. 182 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:14.759 So you know, it could also be movement. If Mom's 183 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:16.960 supposed to go to sleep at you know, eight pm, 184 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.679 and there's movement at midnight, you know, that could be 185 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.639 another indication. So or if you want to put them 186 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.080 in a certain room. Let's say that there's a couple 187 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:26.639 of rooms in the house and you want to make 188 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.840 sure that mom makes it to the living room in 189 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.039 the morning. So there's so many ways you can do this. 190 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.200 And I've you know, I've been to these shows where 191 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.559 you know, they have all kinds of products for seniors 192 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.879 living at their homes, and I think that this is 193 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.159 just a smart, simple way. And I love the fact 194 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.279 that it's not that expensive because you know, cameras and 195 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.679 subscription costs, you know, they can they can add up, 196 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.559 and this doesn't have any subscription costs and you're getting 197 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:50.919 a three pack for sixty bucks. So I do like 198 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.279 that idea. Although I'm surprised Wayne that there's no subscription 199 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:57.200 because pretty much every product that I take a look 200 00:10:57.200 --> 00:11:00.399 at these days has some sort of associated subscript for 201 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:00.919 you with it. 202 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.720 Well, that could be coming later when they decide to 203 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.320 maximize their profitability. My guess is right now, I hate 204 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:09.440 to be cynical, and you know a lot about tech companies, 205 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:12.200 so you can correct me if I'm so cynical that 206 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:16.360 I'm off base. This is a relatively new thing. They 207 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.360 want to have as low a bar to entry as possible, 208 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:24.159 get everybody to get these things in mom's house, and 209 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:29.480 down the road they can start to implement layers of subscription. 210 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:33.120 Models, right, and it's something as simple as instead of 211 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:35.720 you checking the app every day to see, you know, 212 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.759 if there's movement, they may theoretically charge for something like Okay, 213 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:42.559 let's set a schedule so between nine and five, if 214 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.360 there's movement, you don't have to alert me. But if 215 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.200 there's movement at midnight, alert me. And that's something they 216 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.639 could potentially charge for down the line. For now, I'm 217 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:52.399 just making that up, but the idea is that there's 218 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.120 many ways to charge people for things, and that's usually 219 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:58.559 under that freemium model. Where most of it's free, but 220 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:00.679 if there's something you really want, you got to pay 221 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:01.559 for all. 222 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.159 Right, Hey, speaking of things you want and maybe not 223 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:11.480 paying for it, direct TV free streaming is this true? 224 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.240 Yeah, I guess if you can't beat them, join them. 225 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:17.120 So we know that free streaming they call it fast 226 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:23.120 free advertising supported television services. These are the fastest growing 227 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:26.679 area of the market, which is so funny because it's 228 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.720 called old school TV. Wait, it's just what we used 229 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:33.360 to have before, you know, everyone switched to streaming and 230 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.720 you know, these expensive services. People are like they're fighting back. 231 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.039 They're saying, I don't really feel like paying anymore. And 232 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.399 so all of the streaming services, some of the fastest 233 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:45.600 growing ones are to be you know, you've got all 234 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:49.000 the fling has a free level of service and so 235 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:52.080 they're all you know, they're all adding this because people 236 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.200 can just put them on their TV and watch stuff 237 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.840 like Pluto that's another one. Yeah, and it doesn't cost 238 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.120 them a dime. But what they're doing is they're selling 239 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.159 a lot of advertise and they're getting a lot of 240 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.360 data from you because it's a very smart system. So anyway, 241 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:07.480 direct TV is entering this whole platform with something called 242 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.159 my Free direct TV. There's not a lot of details 243 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.279 on what we're gonna be able to watch, but they 244 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.120 haven't announced like specific channels, but there will be channels 245 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.840 and then extensive on demand library and you'll be able 246 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:23.320 to install this on your TV. It'll launch on November fifteenth. 247 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.600 But it's smart because DirecTV has the brand name and 248 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:30.080 so people are gonna immediately know it versus something like 249 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.960 a twov or a you know some of these other 250 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.919 ones out there, Zumo, and you know they're gonna have sports, entertainment, 251 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.279 kid stuff, And I think the idea is to get 252 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.679 people to sign up for a paid subscription because they'll 253 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:43.919 advertise a lot of stuff that you know you can't 254 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.360 get for the free level, but hey, for you know, 255 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.480 another eighty bucks a month, you can get the paid level. 256 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.159 Would you say we'll finish with this. Would you say 257 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:59.720 it's true that when we first started to have streaming options, 258 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:02.480 well first you had premium cable channels with no commercials, 259 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.440 and then you started to have streaming options with no 260 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:09.240 commercials that people a lot of people decided, oh yes, 261 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.960 I don't want commercials anymore. But then as the years 262 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:15.480 went by and as the prices went up, and as 263 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:18.559 it became more difficult to get the programming that you 264 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:23.960 want from one commercial free streaming service, that people decided, 265 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:27.919 you know what, commercials really aren't that bad to have 266 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:30.399 to deal with. Is that what's happening here? 267 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:34.519 That is what's happening. And they're pushing them really hard 268 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:39.159 because people they liked the idea of free. There's zero barrier, 269 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.679 barrier to entry, and people like it and they don't 270 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:47.039 mind because it's like the old experience they were used to. 271 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:49.559 So it's like, Okay, I can watch ads and it's 272 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:51.279 not that bad of an experience. I mean, you know, 273 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:54.440 we're used to it on TV, and I get it. 274 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:57.799 Netflix really spoiled us. But if you're paying twenty three 275 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.440 dollars a month, you want to get a value. But 276 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.840 if you're paying zero dollars a month, you're like, okay, 277 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:05.120 this is a value right here, I'm watching something for free, 278 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.279 And so you don't mind me ads as much, all. 279 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.639 Right, And I'll just give a last shout out. They 280 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.120 don't know that I'm I don't have any relationship with them. 281 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:17.480 But Plex is also one of these services that you 282 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.639 can use, and I use it for home Networking of Entertainment. 283 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:22.440 You probably familiar with plex I take it. 284 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:27.720 Oh yeah, it's the NERD's favorite. Very very therefore. 285 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:30.279 Watching Yeah, it's great for watching your own media on 286 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.480 your home network and streaming it to your devices. But 287 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:36.960 they also have one of these free TV with commercial 288 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.039 components and they do a good job. Okay, Rich, thank 289 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:42.639 you so much. We will hear you Saturday from eleven 290 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.399 am to two pm here on KFI. We'll watch you 291 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.960 on kt LA every single morning. Rich, Jimarrow, everybody, you 292 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.360 get to get a round of applause for me. Today, 293 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:58.240 FEMA has started redoing Sorry, that's the dumbest way to 294 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:01.000 say it. Ever, FEMA has re zoomed their door to 295 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:06.639 door neighborhood outreach efforts. I'm talking about in North Carolina 296 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:10.240 in the areas that Hurricane Helene really hit hard. That 297 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:15.399 they had to stop because people were threatening them and 298 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.440 FEMA felt it was unsafe for the workers to be 299 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:22.360 out there trying to help people. Someone's been arrested for 300 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:26.279 making threats against FEMA employees, and now FEMA feels it's 301 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:31.039 safe again to resume their good work. The Israeli government 302 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:35.480 has told the Biden administration that when it retaliates against 303 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:40.039 Iran for a Ron's recent missile attack. They will not 304 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:43.559 hit any nuclear sites. They will not hit any oil 305 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:47.480 production sites, two big things that the United States really 306 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.600 was hoping they would agree to, and they say that 307 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:56.480 they have. Meanwhile, we're not having enough babies everybody. That's 308 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:00.679 right now. Europe has been having this problem for longer 309 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.240 than the United States. But the United States is starting 310 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:09.359 to catch up with the problem of low birth rates. 311 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:14.599 And some countries are deciding to give big incentives, I 312 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:21.039 mean big incentives to try to encourage their people to 313 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:24.920 have some kids. Hungary is a big one of these 314 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.000 they have. They have I'm gonna tell you about these 315 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:31.680 robust enticements that they have to encourage people to have kids. 316 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:37.160 They have a fertility rate of one point five right now. 317 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:42.359 And you need I think you need two point six 318 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:47.759 berths per whatever, the one hundred thousand to have a 319 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:50.839 replacement level. That's two point one you need. You need 320 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:53.680 two point one is a replacement rate. Hungary has one 321 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:58.680 point five. United States has one point six. So right 322 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:02.039 now we're doing a little bit here in this country. 323 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:07.480 You know, you have you have child tax credits, you 324 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:12.440 have some promises of more child tax credits, but it's 325 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:19.039 kind of shockingly sparse compared to what's going on in Hungary. 326 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.759 Holy smokes, do they want to have a lot more Hungarians. 327 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:29.599 They have huge subsidized loan programs in Hungary. These are 328 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:33.680 super low interest loan programs where you can get a 329 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.079 big chunk of money right now and pay it back 330 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:39.400 and really not pay much in the way of interest. 331 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.440 And if you agree to have at least three kids 332 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.000 in Hungary, you can get over one hundred and fifty 333 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:52.759 thousand dollars in these government subsidized loans. Here's another thing, 334 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:56.519 you want to take it one more kid. If you 335 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:02.799 have four or more kids, mom is exempt from personal 336 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:06.640 tax in Hungary for the rest of her life. What 337 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:10.880 guess what else? If you can push out four or 338 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:15.680 more kids, then you will get seven extra annual vacation 339 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:19.880 days for mom and dad. Now, notice I'm not saying 340 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:22.880 or mom and mom or dad and dad, because in 341 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:29.359 Hungary they're not really interested in same sex couples having 342 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:34.720 kids or getting, you know, adopting kids. They're not really 343 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:38.519 interested in single mothers having kids. They're really into the 344 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:41.799 traditional it's a man and it's a woman and they're 345 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.440 married and they're having kids, and they are so into 346 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:50.039 the traditional family model that if you are getting these 347 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:55.079 benefits and then you get divorced, you lose the benefits. 348 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.079 So let's say you got one hundred and fifty thousand 349 00:19:57.119 --> 00:20:00.599 dollars government subsidized loan with a super low interest rate, 350 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.839 and then you get divorced, h your interest rate goes 351 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:09.200 up back to whatever some childless schnook would have to pay. 352 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.640 In some cases, you have to pay some of the 353 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:17.319 money back if you get divorced. Now, in the United States, 354 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.720 we're not there yet. I don't think we'll ever be there, 355 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:25.119 not going to ever have social programs to this degree. 356 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.440 But this campaign, you know, Kamala Harris is talking about 357 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.640 what is it, a six thousand dollars tax deduction or 358 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:37.519 credit for having a child. Former President Trump, the other 359 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:44.480 candidate he's mentioned maybe having the government pay for IVF 360 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:49.599 and also introducing more tax deductions for parents. So, even 361 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:52.680 though they're so far apart on so many things philosophically 362 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:56.720 and in terms of actual policy, they both have ideas 363 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:59.920 that are designed to encourage people to maybe have kids, 364 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:05.000 or at least offer some reward for doing so. And 365 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:09.240 as an overall population. I suppose we should have enough 366 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.720 kids that there, you know, we don't die out or 367 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:18.559 whatever it is. But there are certain places and times 368 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:21.680 when no kids are the best, like at the movie theater. 369 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.319 So I don't know how you navigate that problem. And 370 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:27.039 I don't know if we're ever going to be offering 371 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:28.759 the kinds of things that Hungary is. You know, they 372 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:31.359 also gave you a a big stipend to buy a 373 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:35.599 minivan in Hungary if you had kids. Stuff like that. 374 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.559 All right, we're going to get some news from Amy King, 375 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:42.599 and then when we come back and we're going to 376 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:45.880 talk about milk. There are a lot of kinds of milks, 377 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:51.119 real milks like from an animal, and milks with finger 378 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.200 quotes not from animals. There's a ton of it. And 379 00:21:55.240 --> 00:22:00.880 there's one kind of milk that is unbelievably popular all 380 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:05.279 over the world except here in the United States, where 381 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:10.640 we will not drink it. What is it? Why won't 382 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:14.039 we drink it? A new minimum wage increase for some 383 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:19.599 healthcare workers in California goes into effect tomorrow. It's part 384 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:21.720 of a law that will increase the pay for these 385 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:26.440 healthcare workers to twenty five dollars an hour, which seems 386 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:31.599 pretty good, except it takes the next decade to get 387 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:34.559 them to twenty five dollars an hour, but it does 388 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:40.480 take effect tomorrow. Now let's talk about milk. There's so 389 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:44.240 many milks. There's the obvious milk that comes from a cow, 390 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:47.720 and then I guess you could say there's the variance. 391 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:51.000 There's a low fat and skim milk, in half and 392 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:56.519 half in heavy cream. You have goat milk. You can 393 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:59.720 get goat milk pretty much any supermarket. Pretty sure, it's 394 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:02.920 not popular as cow milk, but it's out there. Then 395 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:07.920 you've got your soy milk, your almonds, your oats, cashews. 396 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:14.720 There's banana based milk. There's pistachio based milk. There's hazelnut 397 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:21.359 based milk. There's flax seed based milk. There's a I 398 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.000 don't know how long this has been out, but there's 399 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.759 some product called ripple that's some kind of vegetable oil 400 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:33.799 and pea protein milk, and these are very popular. All 401 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:35.960