WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.480 It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WBZY, Boston's news radio home. 2 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:11.519 Thank you Nicole. As we start off at Tuesday night brewinschmoins, 3 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:14.800 what's the matter? I mean, Rhian's not playing. You can 4 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:17.480 watch the game, turn the audio down, no big deal, 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:20.399 and you can listen to Nightside and you can learn 6 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:22.640 a lot. Right here on Nightside. We have four great 7 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:24.800 guests coming up in this first hour. Get to the 8 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.160 first guest in just a moment. My name is Dan Ray. 9 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:30.359 I'm the host of the night Side Rob Brooks. Back 10 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:34.840 in the broadcast central headquarters in beautiful part of Medford. 11 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.000 It's a beautiful part. Everywhere in Medford is beautiful, actually, 12 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.520 but this is not downtown Medford and kind of a 13 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:47.359 location near Wellington Station. Where is the headquarters for for iHeart? Oh, 14 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:48.960 but I will speaking about iHeart. If you know the 15 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.640 iHeart app, you want to get it soon. It's easy 16 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:54.200 to pull down. I pulled it down, well, it pulled 17 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.479 down next a couple of weeks ago, and all you 18 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.320 gotta do is science the new and improved iHeart app. 19 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:03.439 And you were able to very quickly set us up 20 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.599 WBZ as your preset, so boom, you got us anywhere 21 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:09.599 in the world three and sixty five days a year, 22 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.599 twenty four to seven before I start Tonight, I was 23 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:16.480 remissed last night. I was at a lovely dinner on 24 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.560 Saturday night in Boston and I was asked to do 25 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.239 a shout out to one of my most loyal listeners, 26 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:26.480 and I somehow had misplaced the card that I have. So, 27 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:32.120 with apologies to all, including I want to send a 28 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:37.159 shout out to a loyal Nightside listener, Kathleen Stoker. Kathleen 29 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:42.599 is from Arlington, Massachusetts, actually from originally Kinsale and County Cork. 30 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.439 I've been in Kinsale in County Cork. I know it well. 31 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:50.079 We might be related Kathleen. And Kathleen is a longtime 32 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:53.040 Nightside listener and she's going to have a very special 33 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.719 birthday next December first, and we'll celebrate it at that time. 34 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.640 But I'm told she's hitting one of those big marks 35 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.799 when you have a zero on the end of the number. 36 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:04.480 Not going to tell you what the first number is, 37 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:06.640 but Kathleen, thank you so much for being so loyal 38 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:09.240 Tonight's side. I'm sorry that I missed the shout out 39 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:11.840 last night, and I decided to do it tonight right 40 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.879 at the top of the show. And I hope, I 41 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:16.520 hope you heard it, and I hope some of your 42 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.560 friends have heard it as well. Kathleen Stoker, Arlington, Massachusetts, 43 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:25.159 originally from Kinsale County, Cork. Now let's get to the 44 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.120 matters at hand. We're going to start off tonight talking 45 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:33.240 with Alex Quanton. Alex is the managing editor of the 46 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:37.080 Autos Team and US News and World Report. That sounds 47 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.639 like a fun job, Alex Quanton, how are you tonight? 48 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:42.879 I'm good. Thanks for having me Dan, And yeah, it 49 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:43.639 is a fun job. 50 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.319 I'll bet it is. So you have just come out 51 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:49.319 or not you? The US World and News Report has 52 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:53.960 come out with their twoenty twenty five list of best 53 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:00.479 cars for Families. What makes a car best for families? 54 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:03.879 I would I know that most families are not buying 55 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.680 you know, little coop convert convertibles or something like them, 56 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.039 or say these two seat convertibles. But give us a 57 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.560 quick description of what qualifies as a family car. What 58 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:16.919 are some of the uh, the indicators that are family 59 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:18.759 for I think car I think most of us know, 60 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:20.120 but I'd love to hear you tell us. 61 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:25.319 Sure, so families really prioritize room above all else, because 62 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:26.840 you want to be able to haul all that stuff 63 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.280 with you and all your kids with you. But they 64 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:33.719 also prioritize convenience, the availability of features. You know, there's 65 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.240 a lot of new features now like team driver controls 66 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:40.080 and adaptive cruise control and reverse automatic breaking. And they 67 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.080 also want to get, you know, a good deal with 68 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:44.919 something that has good feel, economy and has good safety scores. 69 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.240 And I think a lot of families are looking for 70 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:51.360 a combination of all those qualities. So what we do 71 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.759 to calculate these awards is we analyze one hundred different 72 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:59.120 vehicles from nine different classes UH and we cross reference 73 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:01.039 sort of our overall all the reviews of the vehicle, 74 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.439 which are done from data, and we also get into 75 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:07.280 vehicles ourselves, but most of our rankings and reviews are 76 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:10.199 done are data driven, and then we cross reference those 77 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:13.319 reviews with a deep dive on passenger space, on cargo volume, 78 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.160 the availability of the features I was just talking about, 79 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.120 and then we score all that data. We actually have 80 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.040 two data people who help us with this. They do 81 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:22.800 a lot of hard work on it, and then the 82 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:25.800 vehicles with the highest scores in each class are the winners. 83 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.000 So now is it one hundred cars in each class 84 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:30.360 or one hundred cars total? 85 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.199 One hundred cars total. You know, there's a lot of 86 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:37.160 marginal models that families aren't going to considered, and as 87 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:38.759 you said, they're not going to be buying in Mercedes 88 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.000 as sell. But we try to identify the things that 89 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.439 we think are the most likely classes families have want, 90 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:47.120 like three ro ow SUVs, mid sized cars, minivans, the usual. 91 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:53.160 Okay, so I think you have a bunch of categories 92 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.439 and let's just take them in order, because there may 93 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.759 be people out there who are listening tonight and will 94 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:03.680 be mightily influenced by by what your recommendations are. Let's 95 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:05.800 let's just take them a note. Let's talk about the 96 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:10.839 best compact suv for family. So compact suv, that's the 97 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.240 word compact. That's not a big family here, right, but 98 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.000 it's a family. 99 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.759 It's you know, it's not a big family, but it 100 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:19.040 is a big vehicle on the inside. You know, the 101 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.199 compact suv is kind of replaced the midsize sedan for 102 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.079 a lot of people if you don't need more than 103 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.480 two rows of seats. Although a couple of compact SUVs 104 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.879 actually do offer a pine tiney third row if you 105 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.480 really need it. But the one that we've chosen as 106 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:34.160 our winner, and it's been a winner four years in 107 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.079 a row, is a Hyundai Tucson. And I'll tell you 108 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.680 the big thing that stands out is just how ringy 109 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.160 and convenient it is. So the back seat. You know, 110 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.199 we're always looking to load kids and with child seats, 111 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:47.920 and you know, to get them in and out quickly, 112 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:51.439 and to put people back there and sometimes elderly relatives 113 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:54.439 back there too. The back seat of the Tucson has 114 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:56.399 forty one point three inches of leg room, which is 115 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.000 about eight tenths of an inch short of a Chevy Tahoe, 116 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:00.879 which is a big, you know, big a honk and 117 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.519 full size suv. So there's a lot of room, and 118 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:05.959 that has an equally large amount of cargo space. 119 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:09.160 Okay, so let's go to the best two row mid 120 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.920 size suv for failing, and that one is the twenty 121 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.759 twenty five Mastax seventy. That's a pretty good sized car. 122 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.279 It is. It's one of the bigger sort of mid 123 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:22.600 sized SUVs. And you know, the CX seventy is a 124 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:25.639 totally new entry in a class where you know, automakers 125 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:28.680 haven't really been prioritizing large two row SUVs that tend 126 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.680 to want to fit three rows in them, but you know, 127 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.000 not everybody actually needs that third row. If you don't 128 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.680 want it, the CX seventies huge advantages or that it 129 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.920 offers all the style and features and a great driving 130 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:44.000 experience of Mansa's other SUVs to c X ninety but 131 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:46.439 with a huge, huge cargo area. I mean, you could 132 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:48.480 conceivably take a family of four on the trip from 133 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.759 LA to Chicago without feeling cramped and having enough room 134 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.959 for your luggage without trailers, without you probably without even 135 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:55.480 roof rack. 136 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.480 So if you get a few, if you on a 137 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.360 larger family and you need three rows, you're suggesting for 138 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:06.560 mid size suv for families. Twenty twenty five Kia Tell 139 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:08.879 You Ride. Someone else told me about the Kia Tell 140 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:10.279 You Ride. They say it's a great vehicle. 141 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:14.160 You know, the Tell You Ride is just a juggernaut. 142 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:15.879 It is the sixth year in a row that we 143 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.360 have named the Taill You Ride the best three row 144 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:22.800 midsize SUVs for families, and you know, it's just really 145 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.199 really talented and lots of areas it's got a big 146 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:27.680 second row, just like the Tucson I mentioned, but it's 147 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.800 also got a pretty reasonably roomy third road. There's more 148 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.120 than thirty inches of the leg room. It's pretty easy 149 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:35.120 to get in and out of, and it has lots 150 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.480 and lots of features. You know, Kia has become a 151 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.120 little bit more of an upmarket brand, but they still 152 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:42.399 know all about you know, packing the cars full of 153 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:45.600 like good technology. They have a great entertainment system that's 154 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:47.519 very easy to use. They have lots of you know, 155 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.000 the car has Wi Fi and all the family sort 156 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:52.560 of centric safety features that we were talking about before. 157 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.759 It's just talented in a lot of areas. I do 158 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:58.759 want to say, while we're on the topic of three 159 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:01.600 row SUVs, you know, are our winner for the best 160 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.240 electric sub is also a Kia, and that's the key 161 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:10.680 at EV nine. The EV nine, you know, it's it's 162 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:14.199 a totally I hate to talk over you. 163 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:15.959 If you have a question, go ahead, no no, no, 164 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:19.480 no no no, I said, I yeah, I see that here. 165 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:21.560 We can't get to all of them, but give me 166 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:23.680 a quick comment on the q EV nine because at 167 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.480 least we want to get one electric suv for families 168 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:28.120 in here sure. 169 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:30.759 So the EV nine offers just as much room as 170 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.200 the Telly Ride, but in a package where you have 171 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:38.279 far lower energy use. Now it isn't necessarily affordable for everybody. 172 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.240 It starts at over fifty five thousand dollars, but it's 173 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.639 the first really like approachable three to row electric suv 174 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.559 on the market. All the other ones cost more than 175 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:49.559 seventy five eighty thousand dollars, so this is a lot 176 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.360 more accessible for many families. And one of the nice 177 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.320 things about this is you get all the convenience of 178 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:56.720 a vehicle like to tell you ride, but you know, 179 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:58.720 you don't have to spend those twenty five minutes going 180 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.080 to the gas station between soccer practice or after school 181 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:04.720 or you know after violin practice, you just go home. 182 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.480 You can charge it at home, you plug it in. 183 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.120 You saved that like twenty five minutes every few days 184 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.399 of having to sew up the car. And it's a 185 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:14.879 pretty good performer. You know, it drives really well, charges 186 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:15.799 really fast out. 187 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:16.080 In the wild. 188 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.039 If you gotta charge it on a fast charger, it's 189 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.960 really quite quick. And it also comes with just tons 190 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.480 and tons of features. So the Kia has really put 191 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:27.600 up a good one to two punch with the three rows. 192 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:29.840 All right, Well, look, there are a lot of other 193 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:32.440 cars that not only the winners, but you also have 194 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.080 a lot of rundown on information on the cars that 195 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:38.039 finish in the top ten and a lot of these categories. 196 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:43.200 It is the US News and World Report. They do 197 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.519 this every year. They've perfected how to do it, and 198 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:49.559 I just I'm going to be looking at it very 199 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.039 closely because I'm going to be getting in the market 200 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.919 pretty soon. And I just want to thank Alex Quanton, 201 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:58.399 managing editor of the Autos teams at US News and 202 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:02.200 World Report, and your your font of information. My friend, 203 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.559 you got it all in. You got a lot more 204 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.399 in than I thought we'll get in. Thanks you, Alex. 205 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:05.879 Great job. 206 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:06.679 Thank you very much. 207 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:06.960 Dan. 208 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:07.960 Thank you very much. 209 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:08.200 Dan. 210 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.039 Listeners can check it out at cars dot usnews dot com. 211 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.519 Thanks perfect. I should have I should have thought about that. 212 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:17.080 Give that one more time cars dot US. 213 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.440 Cars dot US news dot com. 214 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:22.600 Couldn't be easier. Thanks very much, Alex. You did get 215 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.799 it all in. All right, we get back to talk 216 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.200 about a scholarship program. If you have a son and daughter, 217 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:30.159 a niece or a nephew, or someone who is thinking 218 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.399 about becoming an automotive technician. You want to listen up. 219 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.799 My name's Dan Ray. This is Nightside. We are here 220 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.480 every Monday through Friday night from eight till midnight. We 221 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.279 being myself and Rob Brooks, and we will be back 222 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.759 to you on the other side of this break on Nightside, 223 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:48.480 Boston's news radio WVZ ten thirty and your am dial. 224 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.720 Now back to Dan Ray, my from the Window World 225 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:55.960 night Sank Studios on WBZ NewsRadio. 226 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.639 Well, this is an interesting story. Apparently experts are predicting 227 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.720 a shortage of auto technicians by twenty twenty eight. We're 228 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:07.080 not talking about twenty thirty eight. We're talking about four 229 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.440 years from now, three years from now, actually, a shortage 230 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.720 of four hundred and seventeen thousand auto technicians with us 231 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:18.279 as Alex Shelton, he is Ford's Philanthropy's Manager Education for 232 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.440 the Future of Work. Welcome Alex to Nightside. How are 233 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:23.039 you hi, Dan? 234 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:24.799 Thanks for having me on so. 235 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:30.000 Ford Dealers and the Ford Fund, the Philanthropy Fund have 236 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:33.840 invested two million dollars to help train future auto technicians. 237 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:42.320 This this is kind of an amazing offer. Unfortunately, geographically 238 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:45.799 it looks like it's somewhat in the Midwest, and in 239 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:49.759 the West there are not these programs are not available 240 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:52.799 to young people for some reason in New England at 241 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:53.240 this point. 242 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.919 No, it is open to the students in New England. 243 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:57.279 This year. 244 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.799 I looked at it. There was a map that was 245 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.399 that said that I looked at that said that's good 246 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.639 to know. Well, so tell us how can my listen 247 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:08.960 as we're you know, a national station heard half the country. 248 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.120 But the Vulcal relationship is in New England. So how 249 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:15.240 do folks get lined up for these scholarships if they're 250 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:17.679 interested in becoming auto technicians? What do they have to do? 251 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:22.679 Yeah? So this is exciting partnership with our four dealers 252 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:25.360 in Ford Philanthropy teaming up to provide four million dollars 253 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:29.159 in scholarships. That comes out to eight hundred students receiving 254 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:31.960 a five thousand dollars scholarship who's looking to pursue a 255 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.279 degree as an auto technician. We partner with an amazing 256 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:38.600 organization called tech Force Foundation. You can go to the 257 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:44.600 website techforce dot org slash Forward Philanthropy and on that 258 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.799 website it's all the information that you need to apply. 259 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:51.080 So you have to be enrolled or applying into an 260 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:55.720 auto technician training program live in one of the designated areas, 261 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.600 and there's a list of schools that are eligible and 262 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.000 you have to fill the fasta need based scholarship. 263 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:05.159 I see, Okay, Yeah. I went to a couple of articles. 264 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.879 One was out of the Ford Media Center. Ford Dealers 265 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.639 in Ford funded best two million to train future auto techs. 266 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.720 And then these were two articles out of the Ford 267 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:17.720 Media Center, and in both of them they had as 268 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:21.840 you scrolled down and read the article, they had some 269 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:25.159 maps which led me to believe and I'm mistaken, that 270 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:28.240 was my mistake. But the map highlights states in the 271 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:33.679 Great Northwest, highlights Arizona, a lot of Midwestern and southern states, 272 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.759 but nothing new England, New York, Pennsylvania. So it's good 273 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:40.120 to know this is a national opportunity that people can 274 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:40.759 take advantage of. 275 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:45.480 Correct, Yeah, Wolf, it gets you the updated, updated press release. 276 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:47.720 Because year one was a million dollars, year two was 277 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:50.440 two million, and this year it's four million dollars in scholarships. 278 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:54.320 And so March, yeah, it was March at twenty twenty four. 279 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.039 You're right, it's exactly a year old. So that's that 280 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:02.159 is great to know. So most of let's do so 281 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:06.080 you have to be enrolled. Does that include a high school. 282 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.200 Yep, So it's those who are enrolled or looking to enrolled. 283 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.120 It can be enrolling in the future. And so if 284 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.039 you're saying, you know, I'm a senior in high school 285 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:17.360 and I'm interested in becoming an auto technician, you can select 286 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.679 the school that you plan you plan to apply for. 287 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.039 This is also for individuals who are looking for new careers. 288 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.399 We had an individual who was in his mid forties, 289 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.120 has a family, he was a teacher and is now 290 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.639 choosing to go back to school to become an auto technician. 291 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.559 And we had someone this past year who was in 292 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.480 his sixties who was applying for the scholarship as well. 293 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.600 And so it really is open to anybody who is 294 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:40.960 looking to go back or looking to enroll, or is 295 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.559 currently enrolled in an auto technician program. 296 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:47.480 Okay, so to help me out here, because I'm not familiar. 297 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.200 I know there are schools to become a broadcaster. I 298 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:56.120 understand that I didn't go to school to become a broadcaster, 299 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.440 but that need it here to there. So the specific 300 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:04.600 schools people learn about the post high school that the 301 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:09.320 focus is on becoming an auto technician. Is that like 302 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.720 a year of training or how long does someone have 303 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:15.840 to go to one of these schools to become qualified 304 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.279 to basically become an auto technician. 305 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.759 Yeah, great question, and it varies kind of program by program. 306 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.440 The average, I would say, if you're going to a 307 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:27.720 local community college, comes out to two years. There are 308 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.320 other schools that are a certificate based that you can 309 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.759 get this done in six months, nine months, eighteen months. 310 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:34.480 But the average I would say that I've seen is 311 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.200 two years. 312 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:38.279 Okay, so let's have that website one more time so 313 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.120 any of my listeners can get more information or to apply. 314 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.120 Is are the two websites more information and a second 315 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.240 one to apply? Or is more information and the one 316 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.080 to apply the same website. 317 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.919 It's the same website. All the information is on here 318 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.919 and then you can click how to. You can click 319 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:56.600 the apply button from this link. 320 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:00.360 That is tech one more time. Go ahead. 321 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.240 I'm sorry, Yeah, it's no worries. It is tech force 322 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.000 dot org, slash Forward Philanthropy. 323 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:12.879 Well that's pretty easy. Tech force dot org slash Ford Philanthropy. 324 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.360 That's great, Alex, thank you so much. It's it's great 325 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.960 to know that there are programs that companies like Ford 326 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:24.759 are actually helping people again feel what is expected to 327 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:28.440 be a huge shortage. So if you're someone who loves cars, uh, 328 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:30.799 these are great paying jobs. And if there'll be a 329 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.159 career for you, and you will, you'll be able to 330 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.519 afford a family and and and a pretty good lifestyle. 331 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.519 So thank you so much, Alex. Hopefully we have impacted 332 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.039 maybe a few people tonight who as a result gonna 333 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:46.960 get involved in this program. Thank you so much. 334 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.879 Thanks for having me on THNKDN. 335 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:54.279 Alex Shelton, Ford's Philanthropy, Ford Philanthropies Manager. We'll we get 336 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.200 back and I talk about a serious issue with doctor 337 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:00.320 Ryan Carlson. Coorectal Cancer Awareness Month is this month in 338 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.840 March critical importance of prevention and early detection in this 339 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.319 fight against colorectal cancer, and this is something that both 340 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:09.680 men and women need to be concerned about. Back with 341 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:13.039 doctor Ryan Carlson right after this quick break on Nightside. 342 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.960 You're on the Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm w 343 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.279 Z Boston's news Radio. 344 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.440 Well, as you mentioned before the break, March is colo 345 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:27.680 Rectal Cancer Awareness Month, something that all of us need 346 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:30.880 to be very aware of critical importance of prevention and 347 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:34.839 early detection in this fight against colorectal cancer with us 348 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.319 as doctor Ryan Carlson, colon and rectal surgeon at the 349 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:42.160 Cape Cod Healthware. Doctor Carlson, Welcome to Nightside, Sir, how 350 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.440 are you. 351 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:45.519 I'm very well, Dan, Thanks for having me on your show. 352 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.960 Right, so you did some work I believe some of 353 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.440 your residency at Lakey Clinic and now you were working 354 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:58.279 down on the Cape at Cape called Healthcare. This is 355 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:05.599 something that is a devastating disease, uh, you know, devastating diagnosis. 356 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:12.920 I guess what can people do to to to prevent, 357 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:20.240 you know, contracting this or is it so much genetically 358 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:22.599 based that there's not much people can do? And then 359 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:25.720 the other question I guess is what can they do 360 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.960 to make sure that if they are going to be diagnosed, 361 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.759 they're diagnosed early. So it's kind of a two part question. 362 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:34.759 Yeah, there's a there's a lot you can do. So 363 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.839 it's kind of an optimistic picture. You know, if we 364 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.839 catch colon cancer early, like say by screening with colonoscopy 365 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.839 or one of the genetic stool tests or even a 366 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:48.079 stool blood test in the early stages, we care about 367 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:51.960 eighty five ninety percent of it. Pretty great. But of 368 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.599 course in the later stages, when it's spread farther to 369 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:57.319 the lungs or to the liver, we care about ten 370 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:00.559 percent of it. So early detection is definitely only key. 371 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:06.279 And yeah, yeah, that's what I wanted to ask, because 372 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:11.240 obviously you see the ads on TV about you can 373 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.920 send in a sample and all of that. I still 374 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:17.720 assume that the gold standard is the colonoscopy every three 375 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.480 to five years. 376 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.839 Yeah, that's true. And you know colonocopy, if you get 377 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:25.160 one at age forty five, we say forty five is 378 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:28.039 a new fifty because the colon cancer is starting earlier 379 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:31.400 these days. And if you got a clean test and 380 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:34.319 no family history, that test is actually good for ten years. 381 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:36.200 That's one of the reason why we like it so much. 382 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.119 I think it probably takes about ten years to go 383 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.640 from a poll up to a cancer. Now, if you're 384 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:45.200 somebody who has polyups on that first screen, yeah, they 385 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.640 may want you to come back in in three to 386 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.599 five years, but a lot of people get ten. 387 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:55.680 This is it's it's not pleasant. Those of us who 388 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:58.480 have had it certainly realized that the prep isnt A 389 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:02.200 lot of fun, but it's a great feeling when it's over. 390 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:07.799 The procedure itself is very it's not uncomfortable at all, 391 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:10.200 and I think a lot of people still, you know, 392 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:15.720 have that that apprehension if you will, uh how uh 393 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:21.680 how effective? How efficient? Are the less invasive you know, 394 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:25.599 not not the the screenings you know that involve you know, 395 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:29.200 the procedure. Let me put it like trying to pick 396 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.880 my words carefully here, Yeah, exactly if you want to 397 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.799 avoid these ones. Yeah, the procedure. And you got the 398 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:38.000 stool tests, I guess is the one that I see 399 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:41.240 advertisements on television? How efficient or how effective is that? 400 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.000 Is that one? 401 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:42.799