WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.719 It's night Side with Dan Ray. I'm telling me busy 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:09.519 Boston's news radio. Thank you very much, Nicole. First of all, 3 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:11.839 let me be the first to wish you a happy 4 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.079 marcht A meteorological spring, as I'm sure you know, starts 5 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:19.000 in less than four hours, and I will take everyone 6 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.160 right to the cusp of the meteorological spring. 7 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:25.519 I appreciate that, and you know what I'll be listening into. 8 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:27.640 And I don't care what kind of spring at this point. 9 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:31.440 Just get this ice off of my street. Care what 10 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:33.359 we have to do. Although, yeah, we're getting a little 11 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:35.439 bit more of like the winter push and we're kind 12 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:38.479 of in that weird in between where snow is nice 13 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:40.679 and you know the first part of winter and now 14 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:43.560 it's just like, please just let me be done. I 15 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:44.840 think we're all a little afraid. 16 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.880 The beginning of the mud season here. Yeah it's a 17 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.159 simple as that. But I just think it's great. March 18 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:55.119 is here, spring training is for real, Baseball is very close. 19 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:59.719 All good things here in December, January and February four 20 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:03.039 hours snow being a rear y isn't that exciting? 21 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:05.000 Get out of here, yes, very much. 22 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:06.840 Enjoy your weekend having ball. 23 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:08.959 Have you read too, my friend, Thank you, thanks to Cale. 24 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:12.480 Yeah, I'm in an upbeat mood. We have a great 25 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:15.000 show schedule for you and I provided pretty much by 26 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.680 the White House players. It was a wild scene today. 27 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.560 We're going to get to all of that beginning at 28 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.599 nine o'clock tonight. My name is Dan Ray. Rob Brooks 29 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.040 is back in the control room tonight. I think it's 30 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:28.719 going to be a busy night for you. Rob on 31 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:31.040 the phone, so that's a good thing. We'll get you 32 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:34.760 all the way until February first, I mean, rather than 33 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:37.359 March first. This is February twenty eighth, the end of 34 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:39.680 the month. I know it's not a leap year, so 35 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.840 there's no extra day in February this year. March first 36 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:46.480 is less than four hours away. We have a four 37 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:50.200 very special and interesting guest to talk about a variety 38 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:53.480 of subjects. Going to talk about reopening at the Freedom Trail, 39 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.359 going to talk about why women outlive men. I think 40 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:59.519 I know the answer to that, and then we're going 41 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:03.799 to talk about the dating habits of gen Z. They 42 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.239 apparently don't want to date anybody with whom they disagree 43 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:10.960 with politically. In terms of sports teams, they're very Picky. 44 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:13.439 We'll get to all of that, but first I want 45 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:18.960 to welcome Chris Mancini. He is the executive director of 46 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:23.520 Save the Harbor, Save the Bay, And I guess on 47 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:27.360 Sunday gonna be a little chili on Sunday. Chris, how 48 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.319 are you this evening? Yeah, it's too bad. This wasn't tomorrow. 49 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.479 It's supposed to be a nicer day tomorrow. A little 50 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:37.560 chili on Sunday, I'm told. And this is the Save 51 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:44.159 the Harbor's fiftieth annual Shamrock Splash at Constitution Beach in 52 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:49.000 East Boston. You must have some very courageous people supporting 53 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.919 your organization, because I liked to maybe dip my toes 54 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.639 into the beach water, you know, once it warms up 55 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:58.400 mid to late September. 56 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:02.199 Well, like you. 57 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:05.199 Said, it's spring, so we're going swimming. 58 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.840 Yeah, that's true, there's no doubt about that. Okay, So 59 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.000 first we'll tell us about your group, Save the Harbor, 60 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:14.120 Saved the Bay. Which harbor? Which bay? I assume is 61 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:15.280 Boston Harbor, right. 62 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.599 That's right. Save the Harbor, say, Boston Harbor, founded in 63 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:20.879 nineteen eighty six, helped clean up the harbor where we 64 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.400 had I think it's called the Harbor of Shame because 65 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:26.919 of the millions of gallons of sewage going out there 66 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.280 every day. But as a result of all that work 67 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.360 over the last almost forty years, you know, we have 68 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:34.879 the cleanest urban beaches in the country, and so we 69 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:39.360 start celebrating that as soon as possible with our annual 70 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:44.840 Jet Blue sponsored Shamrock Splash. We'll be there Sunday morning 71 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:48.960 from eleven till two. We're going to be plunging our 72 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.240 polar Plunge. Folks are raising money for it right now, 73 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.039 and we turn around and we grant that money out 74 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:01.240 to kids programs, community organizations, literacy programs, all to do 75 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.960 free public events on our our amazing clean beaches all 76 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:05.479 summer long. 77 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.120 Back in the day, there was a Superior Court judge, 78 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.360 I think it was Paul Garretty who was in charge 79 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.039 of the cleanup of the harbor. 80 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:17.360 He was sludge Judge, the flooded blood Judge Garrety. 81 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:21.839 Yeah, great friend from for many years and uh he's 82 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:25.639 passed on, but uh what it's just just a great guy. 83 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:29.439 So so all of this takes place at Constitution Beach 84 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:32.720 in East Boston. Let's let's get some of the times 85 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.920 and what time people should be there. So I want 86 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:39.680 to find out if there is some hearty souls out 87 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.240 there tonight who were who would like to join you 88 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.240 in the polar plunge. We want to get in. So 89 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:50.720 let's let's let's talk about the timing of this. What 90 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:54.120 what time folks? It says eleven to two? What time 91 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.240 can folks turn up? All right? 92 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:59.040 Yeah, well so you know the chiefs got a shamrock 93 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.680 splash dot or you can get all the details. But yeah, 94 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.639 we start at eleven That's when people are showing up 95 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:08.720 and signing in. At eleven forty five am, we're doing 96 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:12.079 our costume contest. We have six round trip Jet Blue 97 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:15.800 flights that people are going to walk home with on Sunday, 98 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.439 and two of those folks are going to win that 99 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.639 costume contest and take a Jet Blue flight home. So 100 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.680 you can show up in costume. You know, here's the 101 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:25.720 cheet code. You don't even have to go in the water, 102 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:27.959 although there is a little bit of street cred to 103 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.639 be earned for that. So yeah, eleven forty five is 104 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.879 the costume contest. At twelve sharp, we splash and you 105 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:37.720 can stay in for half a second, which might be preferable. 106 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:39.519 Or We've got a couple folks there who try to 107 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:41.079 break their record every year, and I think they're up 108 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.920 to ten minutes they sit there in this ice bath, 109 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.480 but I will say it looks like it's going to 110 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.959 be cold. We are also sponsored by FMC Ice Sports. 111 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:52.000 They run the ice rink right there. I think they 112 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:53.800 moved to practice so that we can all be in 113 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.560 there warming up. They have hot showers, hot chocolate, So 114 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.920 if anyone's on the fence, it's going to be called 115 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.199 show up anyway, because we've got Sam Adams there, We've 116 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:07.720 got down Eastsider, we've got food from East Boston, and 117 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.480 we've got warm showers and the ice drink to keep 118 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:12.480 us warm if we need it well. 119 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:16.120 And how how many folks do you think you attract, 120 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:21.000 either as participants or people who actually jump in the water. 121 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:23.560 What what have you done in prior years? Oh? 122 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.879 Yeah, we've got we've got, you know, three hundred people 123 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.160 on the beach, and depending on the weather on the day, 124 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:31.000 you know how many of those folks are going in 125 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.480 the water, and then how many just wrap themselves into 126 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:35.639 towel and then shiver to act like they did? 127 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:40.160 Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't think that that many people 128 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.079 who would take the time to show up. I mean, 129 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:45.639 what's the difference between if the water temperature is thirty 130 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.920 seven and thirty six? You really can't tell the difference 131 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:48.720 when you think about it. 132 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:52.839 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've got perfect pitch for water temperature. 133 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:54.680 But I don't know how common that is. 134 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:00.319 Yeah, okay, And so do people raise funds? Is there 135 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:04.040 a participant participatory? See? How do you raise the money? 136 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.959 Do people pledge a dollar for every second someone who's 137 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:09.480 staying in the water? How does this work? 138 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:10.120 You know? 139 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.519 You sign up, You register for thirty dollars. You can 140 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.000 also buy a ticket to the event for thirty dollars. Actually, 141 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:17.519 the only thing we do all year that's cost any money. 142 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:20.240 Everything else save the Harbord does is free, open to 143 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:22.680 the public. We go cruises to the Harbor islands, We 144 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:26.720 do concerts and camps and all sorts of great stuff. 145 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.120 So there's that. So you can show up. 146 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:30.240 You can. 147 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:33.399 You can pay the thirty dollars and enjoy all the 148 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.759 food and beverages and the costume contest for that and 149 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:39.160 yes on shamrocks blush. I know, you can also set 150 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.000 up a fundraising page, and we're two days out, so 151 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.279 there's not that much time left to fundraise. But we 152 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.360 are just about five thousand dollars shy of our fifty 153 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.959 thousand dollars goal, and so we are really looking for 154 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:52.800 some folks. If you just want to log on, you 155 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:54.560 can donate to me, or you can donate to any 156 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:55.720 of the participants up there. 157 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.360 Okay, well, let's let's give the website nice, nice and 158 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.399 slowly so everybody can can write it down. 159 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:06.240 Go ahead, you got it, of course, www dot shamrock, 160 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:08.000 splash dot org. 161 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:12.040 Yeah you know that w W. Yeah, that w W stuff. 162 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:18.839 That's that's long gone. I don't know. I was like, shamrock, No, 163 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.240 trust me, I do this. A bunch of dots shamrock 164 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:25.600 splash dot org will get you to exactly where you 165 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:29.759 want to go. It's as simple as that. Yeah. Www 166 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.480 was was pretty good about twenty years ago. But I think, yeah, 167 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.679 I think that's a little passe. At this point, I 168 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:38.519 just try to say this. I think that's all. 169 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:39.759 Yeah, that's a good point. 170 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:40.679 I misspell it too. 171 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.759 At this point in the the search engines are good 172 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:44.039 enough to find the right thing for me. 173 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:48.679 Oh yeah, Well, that's true too, but shamrock, splash dot org. 174 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.240 Everybody knows how to get there. Chris Mncini, thanks very much. 175 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.399 And it's a great a great cause. It's a little chilly, 176 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.000 but it's a great cause. So I encourage everyone to 177 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.559 get out there. And if I was a little braver, 178 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.399 i'd probably do it. But as I said, I am, 179 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:06.759 I am cold waller. 180 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:08.440 We'll get you year. 181 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:13.000 Yeah, maybe I'll work on the beg you Chris, you 182 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:15.759 got you soon. All right, we get back. We're going 183 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.600 to talk to someone who's going to explain to us 184 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.519 that gen Zers, about thirty percent of them won't date 185 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:27.639 people who dislike their favorite artist, who dislike their favorite 186 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:31.039 sports team. And I don't think gen zs will date 187 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:36.879 across party lines Democrat Republicans, so kind of cuts down 188 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:40.240 the uh, the group of people you can date. We'll 189 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:42.720 talk with Matt Schultz on the other side of this break. 190 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:44.919 My name is Dan Ray. This is Nightside on WBC 191 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:48.240 ten thirty Am or the AM dial, I should say, 192 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:53.559 Rob Brooks, the producer of this program, is sitting back 193 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.720 in the comfort of the control room at Broadcast Central, 194 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.000 and I would remind you that you can always get 195 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:03.240 the iHeart app. You can download that very easily. You 196 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.080 can make WBZ a preset on that and you'll be 197 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:10.000 able to so easily find us anytime of day or night, 198 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:13.399 any day during the year, anywhere in the world. It's 199 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.840 a great easy app downloaded and use as a preset 200 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:20.320 WBZ Radio. My name's Dan right, be right back. We're 201 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.679 going to talk about gen Z. We talk about them 202 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.679 a lot. Now back to Dan Ray live from the 203 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:32.320 Window World, Nice Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. Once again, 204 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:37.200 we're talking about the Zers. We talk about this group. 205 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.200 These are the folks who have been born, came into 206 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:45.519 this world in the mid nineteen nineties, and I guess 207 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:49.399 the end of gen Z's birth year is twenty twelve. 208 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:52.840 With us is Matt Schultz. He's the chief consumer finance 209 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:57.519 analyst at lending Tree. Have I picked the approximate right 210 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:00.399 dates for gen Z? Matt, how are you to night? 211 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:04.679 I'm doing all right? Yeah, that's that's basically it. 212 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:05.080 Yeah. 213 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.480 I'm my son is a freshman in college and he's 214 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.360 eighteen and he is smack in the middle of gen Z. 215 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:15.519 So that's so you got that right? 216 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:19.200 Yeah, So your son if he's yeah, I don't know 217 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.159 what year he was born. But but gen Zs, some 218 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.120 of them, the oldest, those who were born in the 219 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:29.799 mid nineties, would now be creeping towards middle age, only 220 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:34.639 getting they they would be in there maybe they're they're 221 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.720 their mid their late mid to late twenties, and if 222 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:42.320 they were born in two twenty and twenty twelve, they 223 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:46.440 could be just entering their teenage years in twenty twenty four, 224 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:50.600 twenty twenty five, So they're a young, young cohort of individuals. 225 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:54.440 And blending Tree comes in this into this because you 226 00:11:54.519 --> 00:12:01.320 guys are always worried about financial incompatibility. So the couple 227 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.879 might be all together on a lot of different interests. 228 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:10.480 But now we find out that beyond you know, financial incompatibility, 229 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:18.559 which can obviously interrupt relationships, we know that politically, the 230 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.879 gen Zs are very sensitive in terms of whether they 231 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.440 want to date or spend time with people who might 232 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:29.960 view the world differently, i e. Republican or Democrat, conservative liberal. 233 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:36.519 But now you've done another a couple of surveys here 234 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:42.159 which says that thirty percent of gen Zers won't date 235 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:45.519 someone we're not talking about marrying them, won't date someone 236 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.720 who dislikes their favorite artist or sports team. So Red 237 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.600 Sox fan, Yankee fan, that's not going to work. If 238 00:12:53.639 --> 00:13:00.519 you like Madonna and someone else like Taylor Swift, that 239 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:05.440 doesn't work. This is the fairly closed mindset that a 240 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:06.759 lot of gen zs have. 241 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:12.720 I think, what's going on, Well, it's it's certainly interesting, 242 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:17.159 and it certainly gets to it is a financial thing 243 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:22.759 as well, because anybody who went to any of Taylor 244 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:28.879 Swifts shows or has tickets to any professional sports or 245 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:33.240 or even college sports, knows how expensive they are. And 246 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.200 if you're somebody who spends a lot of money on 247 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.440 your favorite team or artists, yeah, you it's gonna be 248 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.879 something that that you want your partner to be okay with. 249 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.679 So but it is you push let me push back 250 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:48.480 on that just a little bit. Okay, be sure I 251 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:53.000 get the point you make it. Look, if you talk 252 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:57.679 about artists, my kids are a little bit older, and 253 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:03.120 uh if if they sploite on some concert, they're not 254 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:07.840 like they're not like the the folks who used to 255 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:12.279 follow groups around. And I assume that there are the 256 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:15.000 Taylor swifties who try to go to as many concerts 257 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:20.080 as they want. But you know, our generation thought about 258 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:22.159 Grateful Debt, and I know people said, I mean, they've 259 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:25.039 been to seventy four Grateful Dead concerts. Well, I don't 260 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.600 know how many of them they paid a ticket to. 261 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.679 I don't know how in any close proximity to the stage. 262 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.919 But what about you know, they can watch sports on TV, 263 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.559 there's no additional costs associated with that, go to one 264 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:42.919 or two concerts. Well, it seems to me there's more 265 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.840 closed mindedness towards if you don't think like I think, 266 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.000 I don't want to be with you, which really makes 267 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.039 life pretty dull. 268 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:53.840 I think, yeah, there's there's something to be said for that, 269 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.559 and there is also something to be said for us 270 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:01.679 getting more tribal in about every possible away in this country. 271 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.519 And this is kind of one of those examples. But 272 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:08.519 I also think just I'm a I'm a gen xer, 273 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:12.159 and I know I had a lot of my identity 274 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:17.759 wrapped up around my favorite bands and favorite sports teams 275 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:22.600 when I was in my twenties. And I can understand 276 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:26.360 that if you're young and that's kind of what you're 277 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.399 focusing on, and you don't have to you don't have 278 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:34.240 things like kids and car payments, and you know, super 279 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.480 busy careers to worry about. You can see where that 280 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:40.559 would be something that would would be a big deal 281 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:40.799 to you. 282 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:44.960 I mean I could see like if if somebody was 283 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.000 I don't know, into duck pin bowling and they lived 284 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.679 their life at a duck pin bowling lane wherever the 285 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.200 one of those might still exist, I could see that, 286 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.799 Or if somebody was into if there was, say someone 287 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.759 who was into quilt competitions, you know, kind of a 288 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:09.000 little bit of a different, you know, esoteric sort of authority. 289 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.000 But the fact that you know, he roots for the 290 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:15.000 Red Sox and she grew up in New York and 291 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.440 she's a Yankee fan. I mean, they can't date. I 292 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:23.600 just I don't understand it. And I'm just wondering, do 293 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.399 you think this as every every generation has gone through 294 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.960 this stuff, or is it I seem to have done 295 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.600 a lot with the gen z. Is they very opinionated 296 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:35.720 and it's like they don't want to even listen even 297 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:39.279 if it's something as ephemeral as what sports team you 298 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.799 root for, what baseball team you like, what football team 299 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.120 you like, or what artists. I mean, it sounds to 300 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.200 me to be pretty shallow. I hate to put it 301 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:48.600 like that because I'm probably upsetting gen zs who are 302 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.159 listening to me. 303 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:56.960 No, I do think the two degree. Every young generation 304 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:01.000 has a lot of things that they are in common 305 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:05.799 with the last generation when they were young, and and 306 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:09.680 like I was saying, I think that did before you 307 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:13.519 really kind of know what you want. You think you 308 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:16.720 know what you want, and one of the things that 309 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:19.720 may be a super big priority for you at those 310 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:24.039 points is liking the same sort of music because you 311 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:27.200 can't imagine a time that would come where you wouldn't 312 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:31.920 spend your weekends at the club watching your favorite bands, 313 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:36.720 or at the sports bar watching you know, watching the 314 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:41.119 Celtics or whatever. And it's it's some of it is 315 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:43.480 just a growth and maturation thing. 316 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:48.680 Yeah, I think I think that's the key. Actually, if 317 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.319 folks want to find some of the articles that you've written, 318 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.440 can you reference a couple of them maybe that that 319 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.839 you might like people to check out. Yeah. 320 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:04.079 Yeah, lending Tree's got lots of information to help people out. 321 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:08.319 And the one that I always talk about the most 322 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:12.920 is we asked people if they had ever asked for 323 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:16.559 a lower interest rate on their credit card when we've 324 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:19.720 done this survey for years and years and years, and 325 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.519 the last time we did it, it showed that the 326 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:24.839 ree out of every four people who had done it 327 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.240 got their way and the average reduction was like six points. 328 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:32.680 So it's like going from like twenty five percent to 329 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:36.559 nineteen percent, and it's something that can be a really 330 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:40.559 significant difference, and that you can find that information on 331 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.160 lending tree. 332 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.720 So just lendingtree dot com. Yep, perfect, perfect, Matt Schultz. 333 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.200 I enjoyed it. We'll have you back again. These are 334 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:52.240 interesting topics to me. We need to spend more time 335 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:54.640 on some of these and get it. Get some gen 336 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.640 z's in here and tell us what they disagree about, 337 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:02.200 like shit, life is too short. Thank you, Matt, appreciate 338 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:05.000 you call very much. Have a great weekend and happy March. 339 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:06.920 March will be here in about three and a half hours. 340 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:09.279 Absolutely same to you. 341 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.640 Thanks coming right back. We will be back right after 342 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:15.359 our newscast at the bottom of the hour, and we 343 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:19.319 are going to ask a very obvious question, why do 344 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.599 women live longer than men. We're going to talk with 345 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:25.720 an expert who's an associate professor of gerontology. But I 346 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:27.559 think I know the answer and I'm going to run 347 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:31.920 it by the expert, and then she'll tell me I'm wrong, 348 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.759 and we'll find out why why women live longer than men. 349 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:39.480 We'll be back on night Side after this. It's Night 350 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:47.160 Side with Boston's News Radio. All right now, I am 351 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:51.359 delighted to welcome doctor. I hope I'm pronouncing this correctly, 352 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:55.799 doctor Berenice. Benny yun correct? 353 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:57.640 Benny, Yes, this is correct. 354 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.799 Thank you very much. You're an Associate Professor of sarontology, 355 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:07.799 biological sciences, biochemistry, and Molecular Medicine at USC the Leonard 356 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:12.119 Davis School of Gerontology. Wow, that's an impressive resume. The 357 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:15.640 question is why do women live longer than men? Here's 358 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:20.559 my pop quiz answer, because men end up doing some 359 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:26.880 pretty great dangerous things like being in the military, being firefighters, 360 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:31.599 being police officers, Nascar drivers. I know that's probably not 361 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.640 going to be the correct answer, but I just wanted 362 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:35.240 to run that one by you just for fun. 363 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:40.279 No, so that's definitely, that's definitely not helping. Let's just 364 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:44.440 say it like this. But there's definitely in addition to 365 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.079 just you know, risk taking behavior, there are also some 366 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:53.319 biological underlying, you know, driving those those differences that we 367 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.960 can actually see Uh, in a lot of mammals. Actually 368 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:01.599 females are longer lived that than males, and in that 369 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:06.799 case they don't necessarily, you know, drive NASCAR. So we 370 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:11.119 can know that in controlled condition, being male is a 371 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:13.079 detriment to a long lifestan. 372 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:17.079 Wow, I never thought I would hear a professor say that. 373 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:24.079 Uh again, what is what is the the life expectancy? 374 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:28.559 I know that the COVID plague has messed up the 375 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:32.559 life expectancies and our life expectancies with which for you know, 376 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:36.680 for many many years, have decades, actually have been getting longer, 377 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:40.400 generally for both men and women, I believe has dropped 378 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:44.200 in the last of a couple of years because of 379 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.759 of COVID. Am I correct on that. 380 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.319 Assumption, Yes, then you're you're perfectly correct. 381 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:53.359 Although it had been going up for several decades, the 382 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:57.240 COVID pandemic definitely not only erased those games, but actually 383 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:02.200 led to a reduction in the life expectancy. So right 384 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:06.240 now it's about eighty years for women in the US 385 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:10.400 and about seventy four seventy five years for men. 386 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:13.920 WHOA, So that's a big spin. That's a difference of 387 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:19.519 five to six years, which is interesting. So what are 388 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:23.359 the difference is if it is not. And again, of 389 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.920 course in recent years, more women have been in the military, 390 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.680 more women and police officers. I've covered stories on this 391 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:34.200 program where female police officers sadly were shot in the 392 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.680 line of duty. There are more women firefighters. You know, 393 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.640 there was a period of time when when men really 394 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:44.920 were doing the jobs. I keep seeing those pictures from 395 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.119 the building of the Empire, State Building of these guys 396 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:54.839 walking planks Sandwich City, right, that classic shot everybody having 397 00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:59.640 the sandwich. I mean I would have been hugging visiting 398 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:03.200 the actually like they're sitting in a park. An amazing photograph. 399 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.000 So what are the underlying causes that we need to 400 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.880 understand better? 401 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:12.960