WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:02.960 The Mandy Connall Show is sponsored by Bill and Pollock 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:04.519 Accident and Injury Lawyers. 3 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:09.839 No, it's Mandy Connell, Andy Connall. 4 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:23.000 Ninety one FM, GODAIC the Nty's through three, Andy Connall, 5 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.679 Keith sad Thing, Welcome. 6 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:30.199 Welcome to the final day of twenty one day Fool. 7 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.159 I am your host for the next three hours, Mandy Connall, 8 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:37.759 dragging myself back in from an extended holiday period, joined 9 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:41.880 today by the one, the Only, the man whose segment 10 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.520 in the Rockies pregame show is my absolute favorite, Jesse Thomas. 11 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.880 Everybody you know I love that segment. 12 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:50.960 Thank you. You were talking me up the whole time. 13 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:52.320 I was talking about you too. 14 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.640 If anyone's going to take my thunder, I want it 15 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:57.159 to be YouTube. 16 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.799 And this is exactly why I didn't even introduce you, 17 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.399 and you're already talking. This is why it'll let Chuck 18 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.719 come on the show, Chuck. My husband is here as well. 19 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.719 My daughter, the que is also in the studio. Now, 20 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.079 we've never done this before, and there's probably a really 21 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:15.040 good reason why I can't think of it right now, 22 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.760 but by the end of the show it should clarify itself. 23 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:20.599 But we have a really, really big show planned for 24 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.920 you today. I've got some special guests coming in that 25 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:25.439 you're not going to be expecting. But I do want 26 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.599 to start the show with a male kulpa. 27 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:30.599 And that is the. 28 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:37.040 The video of me in the pageant in Florida. I 29 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.319 completely forgot about it until right now, and I forgot 30 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.200 to get it from VCR to some digital format. I 31 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:44.959 just didn't think about it. 32 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.280 I didn't know that was a thing or I would 33 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:47.640 have taken care of. I didn't know. 34 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:49.519 You see, now it's going to be taken care of. 35 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:50.920 And now I'm not going to have an excuse. Now, 36 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:52.359 I really did just put it out of my mind. 37 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:54.159 Oh, I'll take care of that. We'll get that on 38 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:56.519 in the next sometime in January. Q. 39 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:59.079 You do you want to say anything now? No, you 40 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.760 can't just come in the studio and sit here. We 41 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:04.359 get enough of that at home. We need you to engage, 42 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:05.920 be charming, act like more. 43 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.920 People that you like being a teenager. 44 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:13.319 Yeah, pick pick up the headphones. I'm reading a book. Okay, 45 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:16.479 what are you reading a book? 46 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:17.319 For? 47 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:18.159 Found Dead? 48 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.280 It's a book about a group a set of murders 49 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:22.840 in of course awesome. 50 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.400 Yeah, a broken down theater that was about to close. Yeah, 51 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.199 of course, because that's where the best murders happened and 52 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:28.680 breaking down. 53 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.759 It's their last day, and then they get locked inside 54 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:33.560 and then someone murders them. 55 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:34.439 Or four of them. 56 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:39.560 Oh of course, deadly Scooby squad. Yeah sure, yeah, Okay. 57 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:42.039 A couple of things that are going to happen today. One, 58 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.120 you can text us on the Common Spirit Health text line. 59 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:46.759 For part of the show. 60 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:50.439 But for part of the show, we're going to go 61 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.759 back in time, back to when I first started doing radio, 62 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.719 and we're going to take phone calls. Jesse, do you 63 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:58.280 remember how to pick up the phone? Do you remember 64 00:02:58.319 --> 00:02:58.879 how to operate it? 65 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:00.360 I think so, I'll have to go back to my 66 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:03.520 sports radio days. But yes, I'm ready to screen some calls. 67 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:05.840 Let's do it all right, So throughout the day you 68 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.159 are welcome to call frankly because I missed talking to people. 69 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.800 But today is an ask us anything kind of day. 70 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:13.479 But there's a bunch of other stuff that we want 71 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.960 to talk about because I got a bunch of stuff 72 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.240 on the blog and it is the last final day 73 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:21.080 of the year, right, so this is hang on, I'm 74 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:25.120 opening that. I'm opening that. Okay, there we go. It's 75 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:26.800 the last day of the year, so there's a lot 76 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.360 of like retrospective stuff. I want to talk to you 77 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:32.479 guys about what the biggest story of the year for 78 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:34.599 you was, Jesse Thomas, what was the biggest story of 79 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:35.039 the year for you? 80 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:40.199 Probably the election and everything with it in the assassination attempt. 81 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:43.280 I think, can we just say Donald Trump, Yeah, He's 82 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.360 the biggest story of the year. I mean, there has 83 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:48.919 never been in the modern era political comeback like we 84 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.719 witnessed this year. In addition to the things Jesse just mentioned, 85 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.960 You've got Donald Trump potentially being assassinated, You've got all 86 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.639 these things happening. But there is a lot of news. 87 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.800 As I was looking through all of the various, you know, 88 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.599 top stories of twenty twenty four and all of this stuff, 89 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.800 I was kind of struck by how much crap happened 90 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:09.439 this year. And then I found a I don't know 91 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:11.639 if it's ABC News or NBC News, I don't remember 92 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:14.199 right now. I found an article like the most talked 93 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.560 about stories of twenty twenty four. Guess what They were 94 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.800 not the same as the biggest stories. For the most part, 95 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.040 we cared about a lot of dumb stuff. That didn't 96 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:26.560 matter the whole out Baldwin rust story. I didn't care 97 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.800 about it while it was happening. I do think the 98 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.920 man got away with manslaughter, period. But that being said, welly, 99 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.360 we pay attention to dumb dumb stuff, really dumb stuff. 100 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:38.439 We are forced to pay attention to dumb dumb stuff, 101 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:40.240 so the good important stuff is not. 102 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.920 You know, this is my choice though, because the news 103 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.079 outlets are ranking their stories, and a lot of them 104 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.480 are like CNN did a digital traffic one what story 105 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.120 got the most digital traffic? And so that's a really 106 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.800 good indicator of the news that people care about. But 107 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.399 NBC News was like, these were the most quote talked about. 108 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.399 I never know where are they talking about them at 109 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.160 cocktail parties? Where are we talking about them? I'm guessing 110 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.680 social media. I'm guessing they screamed Google and said what 111 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:06.879 are people looking at on Google? And all that stuff. 112 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:09.040 I don't know, but it was a lot of fluff. 113 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:11.199 We like to pay attention to fluff that doesn't matter 114 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:13.279 on this show. 115 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.480 And they know we like to pay attention to fluff 116 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:16.639 instead of important things. 117 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.439 Correct, all right, So Mandy, this from the Common Spirit 118 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:23.399 Health text line five six six nine. Oh, hello, Mandy 119 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.480 and family. I've been looking so forward to this show. 120 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.879 You're making my day. Oh, Mandy, welcome. I don't want 121 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.839 to brag, but I have enough money that I can 122 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.519 go fishing for the rest of the year. Sir madam, 123 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:35.720 do you enjoy living the high life? 124 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:38.199 What I want to do it? 125 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.319 And may you have tight lines? Sir or madam? May 126 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.319 you catch them, not just fish for them. Mandy Boo 127 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.079 specifically made my way to the radio at noon to 128 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:48.720 hear that tape. 129 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:48.959 Boo. 130 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:52.560 You guys, I'm telling you, I'm struggling with this. I'm 131 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:53.319 struggling with it. 132 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:53.600 Ben. 133 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.439 Wait, are we talking about the Lusty pageant? 134 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:57.560 The performance? 135 00:05:57.680 --> 00:05:57.720 Not? 136 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:00.279 Oh, I a question answer type thing. 137 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:02.279 It was a monologue. 138 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.079 No I did. 139 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:09.079 It's about how I sounded. No, I don't want to 140 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.680 do the hasn't even seen it yet? No, you haven't 141 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.199 seen it. You haven't seen it. Q. 142 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:16.959 I feel like if I had seen it I probably 143 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.040 would have been able to replicate a Southern accent for 144 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.120 that one theater project where I'm supposed to. 145 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:26.319 Be doing a Southern accent. This is alien, Okay, it's undeniable. Okay. 146 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.639 Now Chuck is on the job. It will happen. It 147 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:30.279 will happen. I'm so sorry. 148 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:33.639 I'm not Yeah, I'm just glad I get to share this. 149 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:36.120 You never let me show it to anybody. 150 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:38.079 Though. 151 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:40.319 It looks so good. I look so good when I'm 152 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:42.120 seventeen years old, you guys, yeah. 153 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:42.399 So hot. 154 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.199 I'm not saying I topped I topped out at seventeen, 155 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:49.680 but oh god, it was really top notch, just top notch. 156 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.040 Yes, Jesse, Nope, I just behave yourself, chuck. 157 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.360 Anyway, I'm agree. 158 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:57.399 I'm just agree. 159 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.639 He didn't meet me until I was well into my thirties. 160 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.319 So peak Mandy. You know we all have our peak age. 161 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:04.600 What was your poke age? Oh? 162 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:06.560 Physically sixty five? 163 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.040 Nice Friday, and I have a peek. 164 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.000 You're growing into a chuck into it. 165 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.759 As a great phrase your pell. When did Jesse. 166 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:17.560 Thomas eighteen or nineteen? 167 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:17.839 Yeah? 168 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:19.040 Downhill since then? 169 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:19.600 Yeah, we all do. 170 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:20.040 I don't know. 171 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:21.800 I've never been asked that. That's a good question. 172 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:22.959 Well think about it. 173 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:23.879 That's a good question. 174 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:24.600 Uh. 175 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.199 Jeff Bezos six hundred million dollar wedding and asspen what 176 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.000 that is a thing? This Texter said, what was the 177 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:36.319 least talked about Biden's dementia. Let's do this. Let's go 178 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:38.480 to the blog, because I have a lot of these answers, 179 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.519 except that I didn't know about the Jeff Bezos wedding. 180 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:42.600 They said that was alive and it was probably just 181 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.319 to throw everybody off the track or whatever. Anyway, find 182 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.800 the blog mandy'sblog dot com. That's mandy'sblog dot com. Look 183 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.519 for the headline that says twelve thirty one, twenty four blog. 184 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.399 It's an end of the year wrap up with my 185 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.079 family and friends. Click on that and here are the 186 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:59.360 headlines you will find with it. 187 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.279 The office House, American allyships and equipments and seen. 188 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:06.000 That's kind of press plan. It's bedy on the blood. 189 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:09.399 It's almost happy New Year time. I want your best's 190 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:12.480 worst New Year's Eve stories. The biggest story of twenty 191 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.639 twenty four has to be Trump's comeback? Scrolling? What about 192 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.519 the Colorado News in twenty twenty four? Biggest story of 193 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.920 the year. What journalists aren't curious about? 194 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:22.759 Really? 195 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:23.680 Jan really? 196 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:30.759 Credit card default skyrocketed last year? Scrolling, scrolling. This writer says, no, 197 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.960 two more democratic lies. Let's talk about twenty twenty five 198 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.000 for a minute. What stupid new laws do we have 199 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.080 to look forward to. Yes, Democratic legislators are why you 200 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:42.279 can't find eggs right now. Minimuloy age is going up again. 201 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:46.080 Psychedelic assisted therapy will be a thing in twenty twenty five. 202 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.240 Some good concerts are coming to Denver this year. Looking 203 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:53.440 for something fun to do tonight, Bless Biden's little delusional heart. 204 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.960 Jimmy Carter has passed this secret. Santo will gut you. 205 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.759 That time a donkey adopted a three year old boy, 206 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.639 the perfect time for a brotherly confession, a farewell to 207 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.679 those we lost in twenty twenty four, and God is 208 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:09.919 making a comeback. Those are the headlines on the blog 209 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.759 at mandy'sblog dot com. Lots of videos, lots of graphs. 210 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:16.480 You can just bring that down just there you go. 211 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:19.639 There's a lot of like graphs and stuff and a 212 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:22.279 lot of videos and stuff. But I want to play 213 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.039 something in response to what that texture just said. Okay, 214 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:30.159 and this is from Face the Nation. Major Garrett was 215 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.000 filling in for Margaret Brennan and he has a panel 216 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.559 of a CBS journalist sitting with him talking about you know, 217 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:40.039 stories of the year, blah blah blah, and this is 218 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.440 what transpired. Justice Alio stepped down. 219 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:45.759 One of the things we also do in the year 220 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:50.080 end Correspondence round Table is dig into what was undercovered 221 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:51.200 or under reported. 222 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.879 Jan undercovered, underreported. 223 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:58.879 That would be to me, Joe Biden's obvious cognizant decline 224 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:00.879 that became under eyeable. 225 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.000 In the televised debate. The presidential debate was unquestioned. 226 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.559 And you know, it's starting to emerge now that his 227 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:11.600 advisors kind of managed his limitations. It's been reported in 228 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.919 the Wall Street Journal for four years, and yet he 229 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:17.320 insisted that he could still run for president. We should 230 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:21.360 have much more forcefully questioned whether he was fit for 231 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.639 office for another four years, which could have led to 232 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.559 a primary for the Democrats. It could have changed the 233 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:31.799 scope of the entire election. Yet still, incredibly, we read 234 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:34.320 the Washington Post that his advisors are saying that he 235 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:37.440 regrets that he dropped out of the race. You know 236 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:39.240 that he thinks he could have beaten Trump. And I 237 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.840 think that is either delusional or they're gas lading. 238 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:44.399 Wait now, I want to wait here, because that is 239 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:49.639 Jan Crawford speaking truth. She is spitting truth balls right there. 240 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.480 But listen, listen to one of her colleagues jumps in 241 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:55.159 right after to say this. 242 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.960 Biden has said repeatedly he was sick during the debate 243 00:10:58.159 --> 00:10:59.159 June twenty seventh in. 244 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:02.240 Atlanta, and he's always been fine and he leaves fine. 245 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.080 That is his position, the position of many of his 246 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.080 top eights as well, even though there is that reporting. 247 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.559 Now, I mean, come on, you guys, like, what are 248 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.559 you gonna believe? These guys are your lion eyes. We 249 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:18.279 have known since he took office that the man was 250 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:22.799 not at his best. Oh, well, he's just elderly. 251 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:25.960 And I'm not trying to be like, you know, negative 252 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:26.799 is just an old man. 253 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.480 You can be eighty two and not be elderly. My mom, 254 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:31.879 my mom is a perfect example. By the way, if 255 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:34.720 you don't follow me on Facebook, you missed the picture 256 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.799 of my mom, who is eighty one years old and me. 257 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.440 First of all, you look at her and you're like, 258 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:42.720 there's no freaking way that lady is eighty one exactly, which, 259 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:44.080 thank you, thank you God for this. 260 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:46.440 Do any kind of what do you call him? The 261 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.480 stuff to the pictures? Yeah, like you don't even know. 262 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:50.960 It's definitely didn't do anything to it. 263 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:54.279 You know, those things you can do, those things things 264 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:56.799 with their hands on her head, going, oh my gosh, 265 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:57.919 my mom. 266 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.159 Is sharp as attack. Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm not 267 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.360 saying I want my mom to run the country. But 268 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:06.639 my mom is perfectly fine at eighty one. Joe Biden 269 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:10.919 is not. He is an elderly man with memory issues. 270 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:14.080 He should never have been put in a high pressure 271 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.120 situation like his family. I truly believe that him being 272 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.279 president is even though he's been on vacation for nineteen 273 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.120 months of his four year presidency. Did you just hear 274 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:28.600 what I said? Nineteen months of his four year presidency, 275 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.320 Joe Biden has been on vacation. He's in Saint Thomas 276 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:34.080 right now, or Saint Croix, one of the saints down 277 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:37.559 in the Caribbean. I think they shaved years off of his. 278 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:42.279 Life like that. I think that's crazy. 279 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:48.960 Mandy sixty eggs cost over thirty one dollars and we're 280 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.960 going to talk about that a little bit later. I'm 281 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.279 so happy that Chuck and Q showed up for my 282 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:58.039 speed Bump birthday show. Thank you, Happy New Year. Speed 283 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:02.080 Bump Birthday show is today You're birthday, speed Bump. I'm 284 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:03.080 trying to figure out what that is. 285 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:05.759 What is the speed Bump birthday idea, do we. 286 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.759 Know what a speed I need clarification, Texter, I need 287 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:11.879 clarification about what that is happening. And Elizabeth, by the way, 288 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:14.879 said she's sitting in her pull patio listening to the show. 289 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:20.440 She's been looking forward to it. Elizabeth and Wayne Chuck, Oh, hey, fantastic. Yeah, 290 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:23.200 don't be typing stuff. People are bump birthday? 291 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:23.679 Okay? 292 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:26.559 On the blog today, I have a lot of really 293 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.840 really really good stuff. But of course a lot of 294 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:33.679 the reporting that's happening right now is you know, what 295 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:36.320 were the biggest news stories of the year, And I've 296 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.360 got a lot of stories linked through I've got to 297 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:42.080 I've got with those from France because we don't spend 298 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:45.440 a ton of time talking about what's happening around the world. 299 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:49.759 Although in twenty twenty four, I fully expect that what 300 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:51.480 is it? What is the speed bump birthday? Of course, 301 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:54.120 the fifteen year old immediately goes to the interwebs and 302 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:54.919 finds the answer. 303 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.600 A speed bump birthday means a relatively small or low 304 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.120 key celebration of someone's birthday. So probably if it is 305 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.879 their birthday on New Year's Eve, that's probably why. 306 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.480 Well we did it. 307 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:05.919 We did it. 308 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:10.200 We had a low key birthday celebration for Jesus this year. 309 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.000 How was it, Christmas? Jesse? 310 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:12.919 Fantastic? 311 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.399 Hello. 312 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.240 I guess it's very speed bumpish, speed bumps. 313 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.039 I like that. 314 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:21.320 I never got my gift. I'm just it's yeah cool, yeah, 315 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.159 like all of mine are. 316 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:23.720 Yes. 317 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:28.159 I got a bunch of boxes with folded up pieces 318 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:30.519 of paper in them with photographs of the things that 319 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:31.279 were being shipped. 320 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.919 Look what's coming. The best part about that is you 321 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:37.639 and I sat down, we figured out what we're going 322 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:39.200 to get her. We went to order it. It said 323 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.480 it would be here one thing. That'scept the thing you gotcha. Yeah, 324 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:42.960 instead of. 325 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.080 They would be here on the twenty third, and then 326 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:47.120 on the twenty third, they said they'd be here January 327 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:49.639 twenty third. So yeah, you know, we can't take the 328 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:51.000 tree down until we get one of them. 329 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.919 So there you go. By the way, I was thinking 330 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.080 about this last night, I want to run this up 331 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.320 the flagpole of the Mandy Connell listener base and see 332 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:02.799 what you guys think. So so immediately after Christmas, I 333 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:06.480 start to feel this nagging a little bit of depression 334 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:09.159 creeping in about the fact that the Christmas lights will 335 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:12.080 soon be gone and it's still dark as hell at 336 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:15.039 five thirty or six, you know, And i'd like to propose. 337 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.600 I'd like to propose something to Denver rights, Okay, because 338 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.360 you know, Denver is the home of Christmas lights. We've 339 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.799 learned this and we started them here outdoor Christmas lights. 340 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:27.480 So here's my proposal. Why don't we all just agree 341 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.879 and you don't have to keep up the tree. 342 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.120 You can. 343 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:32.120 You can undecorate the inside, right, you can undecorate the inside. 344 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.720 But why don't we all just agree to leave up 345 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:39.720 our festive lights until it doesn't get dark until six thirty, 346 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.320 Like that should be the cut off. Like, hey, once 347 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:44.440 it gets start at six thirty, then everybody has to 348 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:48.000 take them down. But it just it's so boring without them, 349 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.399 and I love that, Like neighborhoods are putting up up sooner, 350 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.919 you know, but I would love to just I mean, 351 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:57.799 wouldn't it be more festive throughout the dark parts of winter? 352 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.559 So everybody just keep their lights. We want it to 353 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:01.200 just be us. 354 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:04.639 No, no, no, I've said it for years. We get 355 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.519 to put up lights. 356 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.480 We spend hours putting up lights and decorations, and we 357 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:12.200 have two trees because our collection is ornaments from all 358 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.440 over the world, and our trees were amazing. My wife 359 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.919 did a great job. But now we get them for 360 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.039 six weeks and then we have supposed to take them down. 361 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:21.919 That's ridiculous. We need we need to do Christmas in March. 362 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.519 I feel like it's just having on his real birthday. 363 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.799 You know, well that was actually probably jily. I'm good 364 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:30.039 with that because it doesn't get dark until late then. 365 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.000 I don't need the lights then. I'm just saying it would. 366 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:35.519 Make the entire city feel, you know, more festive and 367 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.679 toil the text he pointed out in Colorado, we leave 368 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.840 the lights up until after the stalk show. That only 369 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:42.879 takes you till like January twentieth. This year, we still 370 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:48.000 have another month and a half of early darkness, cold snow. 371 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:51.799 Probably we need some positive inspiration. That's where jash it up. 372 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.639 Let's jazz up the city. So there you go, jazz 373 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.559 duff on popcorn, jazz up Trump. Golf Day's total nine 374 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.240 point five months, says this texter. I will check your work. 375 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.160 But at least he wasn't in another country or on 376 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:10.359 a beach somewhere trying to wrestle are now. 377 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.880 And with the golf thing with the president, I remember 378 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:18.960 a story about Barack Obama playing golf and they interrupted 379 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:20.759 his golf game for like half an hour because he 380 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:22.440 had to make a decision on whether we were going 381 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.880 to attack somebody or not, you know, and then he 382 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.680 went back to playing golf and he got it done. 383 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.000 I'm not a Barack Obama fan, but he got it done. 384 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.720 So I don't have a problem with them having a life, 385 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.160 you know. 386 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:37.599 Yeah, yeah, Mandy, Yes, festive lights for winter, especially because 387 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.720 most are low energy use led vote yes, excellent. I'm 388 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.519 just saying this is a new movement now. I don't 389 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.240 expect it to take hold this year because I got 390 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.279 a battle hoa's because you know, you got those hoas 391 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.519 that are like it's it's December twenty sixth. Could you 392 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.319 go ahead and get those. 393 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:53.480 That's a really good point. 394 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.319 That's the biggest hurdle in our way I think for 395 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.359 this project is ha people are going to fit. 396 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.880 The trouble trouble trouble thing. But now, like we moved 397 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:05.119 into our neighborhood eleven years ago, and when we moved 398 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.920 in the neighborhood was kind of in the process of 399 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.960 beginning to turn over a meaning that a lot of 400 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.519 original owners of those homes lived in that neighborhood for 401 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.599 thirty five or forty years, and we were sort of 402 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.279 of the first wave of new people with little children 403 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.359 to move into the neighborhood. 404 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:23.799 So it's kind of how over we moved there. 405 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:27.839 We were on the leading edge. But now people are 406 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:30.119 doing Christmas lights again, and I love it, and I 407 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.799 just I don't want to see people and let's be 408 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.440 real people. So many people don't put up and take 409 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.440 down their own Christmas lights anymore. It is a cottage 410 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:41.279 industry that is very strong. Yeah, So I just I'm 411 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:43.519 just my this is my proposal. Mom. 412 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:47.319 Yes, Jesus's birthday is in the fall, so fall, and 413 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:51.000 that's how the light was. Yeah, Jesus's birthdays. 414 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.319 And you know what it is, It's like having a 415 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:54.480 little sac checker right here when the gis in the city. 416 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:57.519 Part of it is I told you last night that 417 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:01.079 the episode of Supernatural I was almost can I finish 418 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:04.599 my FID was the Christmas episode and there's literally a 419 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:07.680 sentence that Sam says, which was I'm pretty sure Jesus's 420 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.119 birthday is. 421 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:10.039 In the fall, So when you said July, I googled 422 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:13.119 it and it's a fall. Okay, thank you supernatural. 423 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:15.039 You know what that means. Forts We need to keep 424 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.680 lights up for Jesus year round. 425 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:20.759 Colorado needs to adopt Marty Gras good party time for 426 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:23.960 the rest of dark winter. I am past the point 427 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:27.440 in my life where Marty Gras even sounds fun, because to. 428 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:29.759 Go one time, I've never been to Marty g Everybody's got. 429 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:32.480 To go once. Yeah, I went a couple of times. Yeah, 430 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:35.039 I have an old pair of shoes that I'm gonna Wearways, this. 431 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.960 Is the best advice. Take a pair of shoes that 432 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:40.559 you throw away before you come home. That is the 433 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.400 best advisor for learning right. You do not want to 434 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:45.319 pack those because they are full of puke and pea 435 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.599 and beer and hurricanes and you just want to throw 436 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:50.079 them away and forget that that ever happens. 437 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:52.279 It is disgusting, but it's a lot of fun. 438 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.720 Yes, wells fun. 439 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.880 It's disgusting in some way. 440 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.920 He's the person who said, Mandy, it's twenty twenty five, 441 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:01.880 can you please update your photo on the blog? I 442 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.559 knew how to do that. If I knew how to 443 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:06.319 do that, I absolutely would but now I'm sure there's 444 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.400 some new weird technological platform that I'm supposed to fill 445 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:12.039 out a form and send to someone in New York 446 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:14.799 to get that taken care of, because nobody knows how 447 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.440 to do that here. 448 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.480 I will. 449 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:18.359 I will make that happen, though, because it is time 450 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:21.559 that that advertise. That's false advertising. That photo. 451 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:23.240 You need to put the picture up of when you 452 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:25.759 were in the Missile Lusty festival, I know, because that. 453 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:28.160 Just makes me sad because I was so thin. Well, no, 454 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:32.440 the picture of n hair, Oh no, that was a 455 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:36.880 miss Lustie. That was my sorority. Call it a hair 456 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.279 picture it is. I've posted that before. Christmas lights are 457 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:42.559 like the McRib great because they only happen for a 458 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:45.880 limited time annually. I agree, And I'm not suggesting we 459 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:50.319 stretch out Christmas music or even interior Christmas decorations. I'm 460 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.880 just saying, because it's dark and cold, let's just have 461 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:56.160 a little joy in our lives by leaving the Christmas 462 00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:00.279 lights outside up and all enjoying that. That's all. That's 463 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:02.200 all I want. I'm not asking you can even put 464 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:05.039 away the inflatables. I don't care put away the little 465 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.799 Santa sled you know what I'm talking about with the 466 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.400 lights up. Put it all the way. Just leave the 467 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.880 lights up. 468 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.279 That's it. 469 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.240 We're gonna take a quick time out when we get back. 470 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.839 I do have some surprises coming up on the program, 471 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:17.200 and we're gonna share not those, but some other stuff 472 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.400 that is coming up after. 473 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:22.880 This Happy New Year from KOA. 474 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:28.920 Hang on, gotta find it, I can repeat it. Hello, Mandy, 475 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:31.680 what does the queue want to be when she grows up? 476 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:33.880 I would suggest a stand up comedian. 477 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:41.599 I'm hilarious, like a criminal profiler or an anthropologist. 478 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:44.240 When did an anthropology answer the chat? 479 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.039 Oh? 480 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:48.880 Okay, so you want? Okay, Okay, there we go. 481 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.200 There you go. 482 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:53.599 If as long as you don't act like bones, then then. 483 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:57.880 You know, yeah, yeah, it doesn't ask us anything kind 484 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:01.119 of day. I have a couple of prize guests coming 485 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:03.799 up a little bit later, one around one o'clock. We're 486 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:06.440 also going to talk to Steven Moore at one o'clock. 487 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.880 Stephen is the economist who is part of the Trump 488 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:12.039 economics team, And honestly, I just love Steve. I think 489 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.799 he's hilarious. 490 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.759 He is. 491 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:18.359 He's almost like if I had to describe Steve more 492 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:21.079 in real life. He's like the nutty professor sort of, 493 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:27.000 well not the nutty professor, the absent minded professor. I mean, 494 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:29.440 he's just a mess. He's just he's a complete mess. 495 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:33.160 But he's super super smart and he's got a wish 496 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:35.440 list for what he'd like Trump to do economically in 497 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:39.319 twenty twenty five. And it's good. It's really really good. Jesse, 498 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:41.279 what song just played as a bump. 499 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:43.319 Talking head melody? 500 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:45.359 Thank you? I knew it was talking yea, but I 501 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:47.440 cannot remember the name of the thank you the name 502 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.880 of the song. 503 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.559 Could not do that. 504 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.200 By the way, it's already Happy New Year in New Zealand. 505 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:54.000 Happy New Year, kiwis they kick off the New Year 506 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:56.640 thing everything. The first Happy New Year party is in 507 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:59.839 Hong Kong, New New Zealand is first? 508 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.640 Are they first? 509 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:00.880 First? 510 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.200 Okay? 511 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:04.359 So they turned first. They're right over by the you know, 512 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.960 international dateline. 513 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.480 That's right. 514 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:10.720 There is a flight that leaves San Francisco and flies 515 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:13.839 to Auckland, New Zealand, and they miss New Year's Eve 516 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:17.319 and New Year's they missed New Year's Eve completely, so 517 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:21.079 they leave on the thirtieth. They fly to Auckland and land. 518 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:24.920 On the first Some doctor Who's stuff. That's really Yeah, 519 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.359 that's wild. 520 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.240 Well, it's like, wow, if you really want to see 521 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:29.359 the year out, just shove it out the door that way. 522 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:31.640 But the airlines have like a little celebration on the flight. 523 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:34.200 I think the flight's twelve hours. Yeah, so I thought 524 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.119 that was kind of interesting. 525 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:37.000 When I left Korea when I was in the service, 526 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:41.960 I left at my flight left at ten pm ful time, 527 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:46.039 and I landed in Columbus, Ohio at nine to fifty 528 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:50.359 five the same day in the evening, I'm fifty five PM, 529 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:52.400 so I got there five minutes before I left. 530 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:57.240 So if you are planning on flying anywhere tonight, and 531 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:00.400 you know, I always had to fly on New Year's 532 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.079 Eve when I was a flight attendant, and every year 533 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.359 I ended up someplace interesting on New Year's Eve. Ended 534 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:10.599 up in Vegas twice. But the problem with the Vegas 535 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:12.839 trip was the sign in on New Year's Day was 536 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:15.519 four am. So you have to make a choice, right, 537 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:19.000 you have to. You have to decide, am I just 538 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.079 going to be incredibly tired the entire next day or 539 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.079 am I gonna I chose incredibly tired the entire next day. 540 00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:27.160 Although you have to stop drinking when you have a 541 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:30.880 four am signing, that's a six am, uh probably a 542 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:33.960 six or seven eight, six thirty pushback. So you had 543 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.839 to stop drinking at ten thirty. Legally, there's a there's 544 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:39.440 a legal limit right when you. 545 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.680 Can assume your last week. 546 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:43.119 We're supposed to have stoped eight hours bottle to throttle. 547 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:45.480 Trust me, I thought that was just the pilot. No, 548 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.880 it's flight attendants too, Like you have to stop drinking. 549 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.759 That's awesome. I'm gonna start using that. 550 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:53.079 It's eight hours bottle to throttle or eight hours bottle 551 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:55.119 to check it. I can't remember now, it's been a while, 552 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:58.079 but yeah, you have to stop drinking at a certain time, 553 00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:01.519 so like ten twenty five, you're cranking like four drinks 554 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.200 and then you know, going out. But we met, like 555 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:06.119 we met a guy on the airplane one year who 556 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:11.359 was with Jerry Seinfeld's production team, and Seinfeld was performing 557 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.319 in Vegas for New Year's Eve, and he gave us 558 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:15.480 tickets to that. He's like, I know, you guys don't 559 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.480 have tickets, so I'll give you some tickets. And we 560 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:19.759 all went and did things like that, and you know, 561 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:24.160 but New Year's Eve. Luckily, I'm old now, so at 562 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.960 fifty five, I don't give a rat's ass about New 563 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.240 Year's Eve. I can assure you I will be in 564 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:31.400 my yoga pants with a sweatshirt on, probably asleep at 565 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.119 midnight tonight. 566 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:35.319 You're not old, because if you're old, I'm old. 567 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:38.960 Okay, well you're older. That being said, New Year's Eve 568 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.039 is like fraught with expectation. 569 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:43.640 If she makes it to midnight and is still awake, 570 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:46.039 it's happened once in the last six years. 571 00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:48.880 I know I've woken her up at twelve thirty from 572 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:52.759 her chair. So I don't feel any of this pressure anymore. 573 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.880 But I remember being young, and it's just you're like, 574 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:58.440 it's gonna be the best night ever, because all of 575 00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:00.319 a sudden you have to be a fifty dollars to 576 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.880 get in the same crappy bar that you get in 577 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:05.640 for free every other day of the year, exactly. But 578 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:09.319 I was wondering. I will say this, I've had my 579 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:12.319 share of wonderful New Year's Eves. I happen to get 580 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:16.400 engaged to this husband on New Year's Eve, like right 581 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:19.319 as the fireworks went off. It was lovely. It was 582 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:22.160 lovely as he plans everything. It was planned to the tee. 583 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:25.440 So it was great, but I had so many more 584 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:30.319 New Year's Eves that were just so One year, at 585 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:32.160 New Year's Eve, I'm dating a guy that I had 586 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:34.759 already decided, like what am I doing here? I'm already 587 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:37.799 having that hold what am I doing here? Situation with 588 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:43.119 this dude, And literally four minutes before midnight, he goes, oh, 589 00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:45.839 I gotta go pee, and I'm like, it's four minutes 590 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:47.559 before midnight. Can you hold? He's like, now, I gotta 591 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:50.960 go pee. So he leaves fail oh yeah, he leaves 592 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:54.279 to go to the bathroom. So nice happens, and I'm 593 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.200 standing there like a dill hole in this bar by myself. 594 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.200 It was so aggri and then he came back and 595 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:03.440 I am fuming, angry. 596 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.920 I'm so mad, and he was. 597 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:08.039 Like, what's your problem? And I just went this is 598 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:11.000 not for me. For like two more years after that, 599 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:14.000 only dating, and I think I really did it for 600 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:16.759 like two more years. Boy, I really paid attention to 601 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.519 that red flag. 602 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.920 But it's late. 603 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:22.119 It's it's almost like we put so much pressure and 604 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:24.319 that means it will never live up to that, you 605 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.480 know what I mean. So basically, I'm bringing you all 606 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:28.599 this so if you have plans tonight and on the 607 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:31.240 blog today, I do have an entire list of stuff 608 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:34.319 going on tonight. There's free stuff happening downtown. If you 609 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:36.559 want to go party downtown and see fireworks and all 610 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:39.960 that stuff, there is stuff to do. I just want 611 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.920 you to manage your expectations. And here's my other question, 612 00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:46.440 like what age did you just decide I'm not going 613 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:48.880 out on New Year's Eve. That's not a thing I'm doing. 614 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.480 I'm just not doing it. 615 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:53.640 I did that personally when I quit work in the bars. 616 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:55.960 I was like, I'm not going to a bar on 617 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:00.240 New Year's Invest spent the last twelve years either in cars, 618 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:02.400 are in a foxhole on New Year's Eve. I don't 619 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.799 want to go hang out with a bunch of people 620 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:05.640 that are drunk and walking around. After I got through 621 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:07.599 working bars, I'm like, no, you and I went to 622 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.839 a couple like nice things. 623 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.880 Yeah that happened to be in bars, but they weren't 624 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.440 the normal bar set up. Yeah. 625 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.240 I just got that. 626 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:15.400 Personally for me, I was done when I stopped working 627 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.839 in bars. 628 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:21.079 I just I'm not a I'm not a gosh, how 629 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:23.440 do I say this. I'm not a person who enjoys 630 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:25.319 like the night life I did when I was younger, 631 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:27.640 but I don't anymore. I don't like crowds. I hate 632 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:30.160 being around super drunk people. Really can't stand it. At 633 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.880 this point, we ran out. We went with Judy and 634 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:36.240 saw some eighties band. Oh yeah, that was super fun then, 635 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.119 and that was fun. 636 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:40.759 But I was looking at the people going, okay, wow, 637 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.359 if I if I was, you know, fingle and had wow. 638 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:48.200 Okay, So we're watching an eighties band, which was so good, 639 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:50.519 but then you look for the crowd and you're like, 640 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:54.160 who are all these old people in this dancing to 641 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.960 this band? And then you realize you're the same age 642 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.400 as the old people dancing to the band, And it's 643 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:02.240 just a little disconcerting. But we did have fun that night. Yeah, 644 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.079 that was a fun night. 645 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:05.559 Mandy just reinforced me not wanting to go out. 646 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.920 Yeah, there you go, Mandy. Hi Mandy. We met on 647 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.440 the Christmas market cruise. My question is one of the 648 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:12.480 best and worst parts of your job? That from Anita, 649 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:16.720 Oh Grandather, Hi, Anita. The best and worst parts of 650 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:20.680 my job. The best parts are that there's no heavy 651 00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:23.599 lifting and very little math, right, very little math in 652 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.039 this job. 653 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:27.039 Well, the best part was you were there Anita the cruise. 654 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:29.839 Oh yeah, that's part of the job. That is one 655 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:32.200 of the best parts, the best part of the job. 656 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:35.079 But we did have a spectacular Christmas market group. 657 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.720 We really did. 658 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.319 Yeah. 659 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:39.799 That being said, I would say the worst part is 660 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:44.720 is that I can't. I don't have the luxury of 661 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:47.839 not paying attention to politics. I don't have the luxury 662 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:50.839 of not paying attention to the news. And I never 663 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.599 looked at it as a luxury until I was having 664 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:56.200 a conversation with my friend Greg and I said something 665 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.519 about some news story. He said, oh, my wife and 666 00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:00.480 I we don't pay attention to the news. And I 667 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.880 went what He's like, Yeah, we don't really pay attend 668 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:05.640 to the news. We're fine, And I was at that moment, 669 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:09.640 I was filled with jealousy, right, I was so jealous 670 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:12.960 of just being able to check out and not have 671 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:16.359 to pay attention to that. So that is that's a 672 00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:20.000 little bit exhausting, and I don't love that all the time. 673 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:22.359 Sometimes I do love it because I find it all 674 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:25.359 so interesting. So it's really a double edged sword, I guess. 675 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.400 But this job, I mean, you guys, they pay me 676 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.960 to sit and talk on the radio for three hours 677 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:31.200 a day. That's not all the work I do. I 678 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.880 do a ton of work on the blog every day. 679 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:35.599 But I mean, this job is like the greatest job 680 00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:38.839 in the world. I firmly, one, one hundred percent believe that. 681 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.480 And the fact that every idiot and their brother now 682 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:44.599 has a podcast to try and do this should indicate 683 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:48.519 exactly how much fun it is to do this job. 684 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.519 I don't know. 685 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.359 I don't know what my life would have been like 686 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:54.359 if I wouldn't have gone into radio at fifteen, you know, 687 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:56.480 I mean, you look back at your life and what 688 00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.160 direction would you have gone If I would not. 689 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:02.519 I probably would have been sober a lot faster. If 690 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.359 I'm not hang on, we gotta take a break. 691 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.319 We'll be right back, you know, because they listened to stuff. 692 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:09.440 Phil was a big All of his music was angry 693 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:13.319 people growling at you, eating the microphone and just yelling. 694 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.960 And I don't know whether a. 695 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.640 Lot of those bands he became friends with, so, you know, 696 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.440 good for him. 697 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:20.680 Yeah, because I mean, you don't get enough yelling at home, 698 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.440 why not find a band to yell at you as well? 699 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.359 So there you go, right now, got a couple of 700 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.039 things on the blog, a lot of people are weighing 701 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.039 in on their best or worst New Year's Eve, and. 702 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.279 I love this one. 703 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:35.039 My wife used to leave the tree up so late 704 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:37.400 I would joke about leaving it up all year. Now 705 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.799 we have a year round holiday seasonal tree. See Jake, 706 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:44.920 you need to keep your mouth shuts. Yeah, exactly, Mandy 707 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.680 h Oas just hate the floppy Christmas lights hanging on houses. 708 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:52.079 Most are approving permanent Christmas lights with the wires hidden 709 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:54.640 up behind the fascia. They can be many colors and 710 00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:56.400 displays and you could brighten up some of your dark 711 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.599 evenings control them with a remote. I'm thinking about doing 712 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:02.759 that now. Jellyfish is the brand that everybody knows, but 713 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:07.440 oh my god, they're expensive. A Rod has found another 714 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.599 brand that my friends Cindy and Sean are about to 715 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:12.200 put on their house. So once we have some feedback 716 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:15.240 on that, we may lead the light up Denver all 717 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:18.240 winter and along the break. I can't remember either, That's 718 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:20.359 why I'm not saying. I want to say movie Govie 719 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:25.359 or something like that. Oh that's right downstairs, all right, Mandy, 720 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:27.759 I just started listening late. Did you already do the accent? 721 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.039 No? 722 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:32.000 You guys, I can't and we can't get the video 723 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:33.319 off the VPR tab. 724 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.039 I'm just going to throw her under the bus and 725 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.839 I will get this taken care of in the month 726 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.480 of January. 727 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:42.000 Yeah, it may take a while. We're working on it. 728 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.599 We're working on it. 729 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:46.079 This person reminds us Christmas is not just one day. 730 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:49.680 It's a season lasting twelve days. Hence the song the 731 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:54.440 never ending Lights for twelve days. No, that's not what 732 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.880 they're talking about. Further, the Christmas cycle for this year 733 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:00.640 last until February twelfth. Every christ and should know why. 734 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:03.920 But alas even those Catholics who really should know don't. 735 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:07.559 Correct Mandy. All of us serious party yours do not 736 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:11.559 go out on amateur night, correct him, Mandy. Can we 737 00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:13.279 get everyone in the studio to give a big old 738 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:16.440 darn tutin and a hoot and hollar? That's a new thing. 739 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:19.160 Somebody made me say darn tutin on the text line, 740 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.640 and now this texture reminds. 741 00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.640 Me of it. 742 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:25.039 Wow, yeah, darn tutin. I like the hot and holler exactly. 743 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:31.160 I love a good hoot and hollo exactly. I'm down 744 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.640 for all of it. I'll even go to a hoot nanny. 745 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:36.799 I don't care for all I grew up. 746 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:40.920 You're talking, Uh. 747 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:44.359 Mandy, nothing changes New Year's Day, ask Bono, Yes, that's right. 748 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.799 If tickets are still available, I recommend Super Diamond at 749 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.960 the Gothic tonight. You must be able to seeing Sweet 750 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.119 Caroline and all of the other Neil Diamond songs all night. 751 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:57.039 We actually saw Neil Diamond like what twelve years ago? 752 00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:00.279 Was it Louisville before we left thee and we we 753 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:03.319 brought the average age in that arena down to like 754 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:07.000 ninety four. Okay, there was more walkers and oxygen tanks 755 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:10.280 lining the walls of that arena, and you know when 756 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:12.719 a band starts and like the band comes out in 757 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:15.199 therebody goes yeah and they stand up. Each year it 758 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.840 went like this for Neil Diamond. It was like here 759 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:20.519 comes eleven. Yeah, okay, that's enough standing, I'll sit right 760 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.960 back down. 761 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:23.559 Well, the people next to us, the guy next to us, 762 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:26.760 I remember, was he was irritated because we knew all 763 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:28.320 the words and were singing the song and he was 764 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.119 on oxygen and didn't have the ability to like sing 765 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.719 like we did, and he was like singing for me. 766 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.960 I'm like right, I we'll do that all. 767 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.960 Right, Mandy. A couple of years ago, not sure if 768 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.199 I heard you right, you said that when someone recognized 769 00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:42.880 you in public, you didn't like it when people said 770 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:45.320 they loved your radio show. Am I correct? I don't 771 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:47.880 think I was doing drugs that day. Just kidding Leah 772 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:49.599 from Albert No, I love it when people tell me 773 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:51.400 that they love the show. I mean, why wouldn't I 774 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:54.639 I would. It's always that I get. I always have 775 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.400 people recognize me when I've just been like cleaning the 776 00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:59.960 toilet at home and I ran to Walmart to get 777 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.519 more toilet. 778 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:02.000 Oh, you're on a beach in Costa Rica. 779 00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.559 Thank you. That was awesome though. 780 00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.119 That was awesome. 781 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.159 When we get back on. 782 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:08.440 One thing about that out of time is you're not 783 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:11.599 a person that seeks the you know, the spotlight now, 784 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.960 so it's kind of you know. 785 00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:18.840 Yeah at the time. Yeah, Mandy, I'm an electrical contractor. 786 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:21.079 We've installed the jellyfish lighting before, and I can tell 787 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.360 you if you do have the right roof line and 788 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:25.480 house for it, it looks badass. Oh and darn toutin 789 00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:28.599 We love the darn tuton. Okay, when we get back, 790 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:32.320 I've got a couple of things happening. Number one, oops, 791 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:34.599 number one. We're going to talk to see more about 792 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.920 his column about what we'd like to see in twenty 793 00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:39.840 twenty five. Then I have a secret guess coming on. 794 00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:43.079 You'll recognize them, but you're gonna have to stick around 795 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.800 to find out what it is. 796 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:47.159 The Mandy Connell Show is sponsored by Belle and Pollock 797 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.719 Accident and injury Lawyers. 798 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:52.079 No, it's Mandy Connell. 799 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.280 John. 800 00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:03.920 Muck Static, and the noisy. 801 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.559 Band is sad Bab. 802 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:14.039 Welcome on, Welcome to the second hour of the show. 803 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:16.920 And joining me now one of my favorite eggheads, one 804 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:20.920 of my favorite nerds, the nerdiest of nerdy, Steve Moore, 805 00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:23.840 Economist at Large. That's what I'm changing your title to, 806 00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:26.559 Economists at Large. That's who you are, Steve Moore. 807 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:30.280 Hi, Maddie, Well, I guess when you say that I'm 808 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:33.280 your favorite nerd, I guess that's kind of a backhanded compliment. 809 00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:35.440 Oh no, it's a front handed compliment. I mean, if 810 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:38.239 a front handed compliment, let's be real, Steve, nerds rule 811 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.119 the world, right. Nobody's gonna accuse Elon Musk of being 812 00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:43.920 a sexy, cool guy. He's just a nerd who's made 813 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.760 it big, right. 814 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:48.440 Well, yeah, saying economist and nerd in the same sentence as. 815 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:52.679 Redundant, exactly exactly. So I saw your column on hot 816 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:55.519 air dot com, and as I was reading it, the 817 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:59.719 column is headlined ten new ideas to make America's a 818 00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:02.880 to me great again in twenty twenty five. I'm not 819 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:05.239 gonna lie, Steve. I started, like, I started to get 820 00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:07.599 tingly as I was reading it because I got so 821 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:11.039 excited about the prospect of any of these things happening. 822 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:13.480 But I have to ask you, I know, you do 823 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:15.679 have the president's here on some of this stuff. What 824 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:17.480 are the chances And we're going to go through the 825 00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:19.679 ten real quick here in just a second, but what 826 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:22.320 are the chances of any of these things getting done? 827 00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:23.840 Well? 828 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:27.159 First of all, I would say that I think President 829 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:30.920 Trump wants to do virtually everything on that list, and 830 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:33.599 there may be one or two things that even he 831 00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.800 might not want to do. But I think the real 832 00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:39.960 challenge is going to be will Congress, you know, apt 833 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:42.159 ye do these things. I mean, I think Trump has 834 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:46.239 a has a voter mandate, you know, given what happened 835 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:49.239 in the election, people want to see real change. But 836 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:53.079 you know, Congress in both parties. By the way, Republicans 837 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.440 and Democrats, they love to play Santa Claus. They love 838 00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:57.480 to pass out money. They don't want to cut spending. 839 00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.159 They want to spend the Repentny they can get their 840 00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:01.639 hands done. And so that's going to be the real 841 00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:06.480 challenge is convincing Congress to do what's right for our country. 842 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:09.199 Well, I'm going to rip through these really quickly, okay, 843 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:13.800 and I want to start with one slash job killing regulations. 844 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.880 How do you how do you look at our regulatory 845 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:20.079 system which is which is massive and ridiculous, but how 846 00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:22.480 do you know how many of those need to be 847 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:25.440 cut in order to set off a job's boon? What 848 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:27.000 are we looking at realistically there? 849 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:32.000 Well, regularly, look, we all want regulations that you know, 850 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:34.679 keep us safe and you know, keep our food safe, 851 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.360 and our workplace is safe, and our financial systems safe 852 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:40.000 and so on. But the regulations have become just so 853 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:44.320 onerous right now that you just don't have, you know, 854 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:47.440 any sensibility. In other words, you have to you have 855 00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:50.400 to weigh the costs and the benefits of regulations, and 856 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:54.960 in too many cases the regulations are far more costly 857 00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:58.679 than than uh, you know, any kind of benefit. It's 858 00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:01.719 like a two trillion dollars tax on the American economy. 859 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:05.280 It's like a second income tax over regulation. And so 860 00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:07.960 what you need to do is you need to have 861 00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:13.079 the Congress or the White House just repeal these things. 862 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:16.679 And by the way, most of these regulations that I'm 863 00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:19.639 talking about were never enacted by Congress. Did you know that? 864 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.039 Oh? 865 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:24.119 Yeah, most regulations are just by agencies you never even 866 00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:28.480 heard of, that are propagating these laws and they're not 867 00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.480 accountable to anyone. 868 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:32.559 I thought after the Chevron decision that we would be 869 00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:36.719 able to change that. I thought that it would be 870 00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:40.239 easier to strip out these regulations after the Supreme Court 871 00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:44.679 essentially kind of neutered the bureaucratic state with that decision. 872 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:46.519 And I haven't seen any of that. 873 00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:50.000 Yeah, so you're for people don't know what you're talking 874 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:52.559 about because it's kind of inside baseball stuff. This Chevron 875 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:55.280 decision was their Supreme Court decision a few months ago 876 00:39:55.760 --> 00:40:03.519 that found that the the regulations with a certain cost 877 00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.039 have to be approved by Congress. After of Congress is who, 878 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.880 uh you know, is the one who makes the laws, 879 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:15.159 not some uh you know, it's the legislative branch that 880 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.360 makes the laws, not the executive branch. 881 00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:20.599 And I'm just it's been kind of disappointing. Do you 882 00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.360 think that the Department of Government Efficiency is going to 883 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:25.280 be helpful in this or is it a ginning? 884 00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:28.079 Oh? I do No, I don't think it's a gimmick. 885 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:30.000 I think, first of all, I can't think of anybody 886 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:34.519 better than you know, Elon Musk to find efficiency in 887 00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:38.519 the ways of you know, waiting, ridding the agencies of 888 00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:44.159 of redundancy, obsolescence, of fraud. I mean, the amounts of 889 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:46.760 money that we're talking about are in the hundreds of 890 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:50.039 billions of dollars a year. And I think there's a 891 00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:54.480 real value I really do of the government of the 892 00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:59.800 government exposing I mean, Congress, exposing the American people where 893 00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.079 do money is all going? Because I think people will 894 00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:04.639 be infuriated when they see. I mean, we spent ten 895 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:11.599 billion dollars last year, ten billion dollars on vacant federal buildings. 896 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:19.760 What just empty buildings, Yeah, renting buildings that were left empty. 897 00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.639 So this is crazy. 898 00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:23.960 I mean that's just one tiny little example of how 899 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.440 government's spending your money. Books. 900 00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:27.280 Let's go to number two. 901 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:31.920 Make the track Trump tax cuts permanent. These tax cuts 902 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:35.679 were only for the rich, Steve, so they say, But 903 00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:38.480 you've got an interesting point in this column. A family 904 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:41.079 of four earning seventy five thousand dollars a year saw 905 00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:44.760 their tax bill fall by half, a benefit valued at 906 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:47.159 more than two thousand dollars. And of course, the corporate 907 00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:49.719 tax rate fell from thirty five percent to twenty one percent. 908 00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:52.639 This seems like a no brainer. And I think even 909 00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:56.559 the Democrats, unless they want to push us into a recession, 910 00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:59.119 to better their chances in two years in the midterms, 911 00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:02.480 they would have to finally admit that the tax cuts 912 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:04.000 were a good thing, even though I know they're never. 913 00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:07.840 Will that's right, Yeah, I mean they would. I take 914 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.559 some personal pride in this because I helped write the 915 00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:13.000 original version of the Trump tax cut with our laugher 916 00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:15.880 and some others, and all the things that the good 917 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:18.079 things we said would happen if we put this fill 918 00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:22.440 in place did happen. We made the text system much simpler. 919 00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:25.039 You know, it used to be forty percent of Americans 920 00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:29.119 itemize their deductions. You know what that number is? Now 921 00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:34.360 what it's like nine percent? Oh yeah, bouts, Yeah, most 922 00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:36.480 people don't even itemize deductions, which is by the way, 923 00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:38.079 I have a piece in the Wall Street Journal today. 924 00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:40.800 I hope people take a look at it. Where Steve 925 00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:42.360 Forbes and I argue, why don't we just have a 926 00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:44.559 flat next, get rid of all the deductions now, and 927 00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:46.840 just you know, lower the rates as much as possible, 928 00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:51.480 which would be explosively pro growth. But yeah, the Trump 929 00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:54.360 tax cuts. Oh, I want to remind your listeners of 930 00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:57.519 something else, Mandy. If we don't do anything this year, 931 00:42:58.199 --> 00:43:01.320 we're looking at the biggest tax increase because all of 932 00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.000 the tax cuts, not all of them, but almost all 933 00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:09.199 of them expire. Well, so if we don't, doing nothing 934 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.320 is not an option. 935 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:13.320 Right, well, unless you're Colorado when it's property taxes. But 936 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:16.440 that's the story for another time. Okay, Number three, replace 937 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:20.480 welfare with work. Considering that this has already been done 938 00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:24.480 in the nineties under a Democratic president, can we get 939 00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:27.639 this done now, because we've already shown that it can 940 00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:31.639 be very very successful in moving people off welfare into work, 941 00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:34.679 which then allows them a chance to achieve in life. 942 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:37.159 We already know this works. Can we get this done? 943 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:40.760 Yeah, we can, And you're right, we did this in 944 00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:43.639 the mid nineteen nineties. Under a Democratic president, remember it 945 00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:46.840 was one who signed welfare reform into law and with 946 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:51.920 a Republican counris. It was a true bipartisan bill, and 947 00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:56.079 we reduced the welfare dependency rates by like sixty percent. 948 00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:58.840 And we've got people out of welfare into work. And 949 00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:00.719 by the way, I'm not talking about who are blind 950 00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.280 or people who are you know, disabled, you're able to work. 951 00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:05.800 We're just talking disabled people. I'm talking about people who 952 00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:08.719 could be working, should be working. And uh and by 953 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:11.519 way that we turn people from people were sucking money 954 00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:13.280 out of the government and the people actually when they 955 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:16.119 were working, they were paying taxes. So the by the way, 956 00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:19.400 work is very associated with happiness. This is one of 957 00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:22.480 my pet peeves. You know, people are working are happier 958 00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:25.039 than people who don't work. And now, you know, for 959 00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:27.840 the most part, if you have a job you hate, yeah, 960 00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.800 you may not. You and I are lucky. 961 00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:31.159 You know, we love what we do. 962 00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:33.679 And you know, I don't even consider what I do 963 00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:37.239 work actually because I really I love I love being 964 00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:39.320 active and I love being productive. I think that's the 965 00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:42.000 way most people are. So you don't. I don't think 966 00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:43.920 we're doing a favorite of people paying them to sit 967 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:44.800 home and watch TV. 968 00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.480 I agree. 969 00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.000 I agree. 970 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:48.519 I think human human flourishing is feeling like you have 971 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:51.360 a purpose. Yeah, you know, and we've taken that away 972 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.239 from a lot of people. Number Four, use America's abundant 973 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:58.960 natural resources. And I'm guessing you're specifically talking about coal, 974 00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:02.199 natural gas, and oil. But when are we going to 975 00:45:02.239 --> 00:45:06.320 start tapping into our rare earth minerals deposits here in 976 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:09.079 the US? Because right now, Steve, you know as well 977 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:10.639 as I do, we're kind of China's bitch when it 978 00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:13.559 comes to renewable energy because they are producing rare earth 979 00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.519 minerals and we are not. 980 00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:17.559 Yeah, it's ridiculous. I mean, if we want to and 981 00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:19.199 by the way, I don't know that you know, the 982 00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:21.039 green energy is the future. I mean, we have so 983 00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:23.400 much oil and gas and coal and nuclear power. But 984 00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:28.119 even if it were, are we going to depend on China? Yeah, 985 00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:30.320 to get the rare earth minerals that we need. No, 986 00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:32.480 why would we do that when we have them you 987 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:35.119 know in Colorado we have them, and you know we 988 00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:38.760 have them in Montana, and we have them in the Dakotas. 989 00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:41.519 And I'm not talking about you know, drilling or you know, 990 00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:45.679 mining and usanite or yellowstone. I'm talking about non non 991 00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:51.199 environmentally sensitive lands. We should use those resources. By the way, 992 00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:54.320 we could then charge these companies attacks, you know, to 993 00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:58.360 to you know, to produce the minerals and to mine them, 994 00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:00.360 and so it's a win win. We get jobs, we 995 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:04.119 get the stuff is made here in the US, and 996 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.559 we get a lower deficit. 997 00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:08.840 Steve, one of the things that gets me is that 998 00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:12.239 we don't talk about this in terms of national security, 999 00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:14.960 but the reality is we would never have gone to 1000 00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.920 war in Iraq and or on if it were not 1001 00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:20.159 for oil and our need for energy from the Middle East. 1002 00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:23.199 So if we were producing our own energy here, if 1003 00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:25.400 we were producing our own rare earth minerals and we're 1004 00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:30.039 truly energy independent, we would have so much more leverage 1005 00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:32.639 over these little crappy nations that want to bring the 1006 00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:34.960 world to their knees over a resource. 1007 00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:42.039 You're exactly right, and you know it's almost on patriotic 1008 00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:46.519 not to be supporting using our By the way, don't 1009 00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:49.039 you mentioned the minerals you need? We have more coal, 1010 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:51.960 We have huge amounts of natural gas in this country. 1011 00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:55.159 So I estimate the value of these things are in 1012 00:46:55.239 --> 00:46:58.480 the trillions of dollars. Yeah, you know, this is a 1013 00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:01.000 country that we're running at two trillion dollar annual deficit. 1014 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:04.400 Maybe we could base off some of this debt by 1015 00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:08.000 using our resources here. We're an incredible country. I mean, 1016 00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:11.239 you're there in Colorado. You know how resource rich we are. 1017 00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:14.920 It's just an amazing story. And it's a great story 1018 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:19.559 of how we're endowed with these resources and yet we 1019 00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:21.679 don't use them. I don't understand the logic of it. 1020 00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:23.840 Well, the logic is and this is my theory, and 1021 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:25.800 I went down this rabbit hole several years ago and 1022 00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:28.840 I've never really recovered, is that China is the driving 1023 00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:32.480 force behind the green movement in the United States and 1024 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:36.639 to demonize I agree, fossil fuels. They want to demonize 1025 00:47:36.760 --> 00:47:39.679 anything that would allow us to achieve that independence and 1026 00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:42.800 lessen their control over the world. And all we're doing 1027 00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:45.679 is enriching China by leaning into green energy and not 1028 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:47.760 getting our stuff here. It's very frustrated. 1029 00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:50.519 I would just add to that that it's not just China. 1030 00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:52.559 I think it's the Saudi's. Yeah, I think it's the 1031 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:55.400 you know, the all the countries that have oil that 1032 00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:58.559 their whole economy in the Russians. You know, the Russians 1033 00:47:58.599 --> 00:48:01.000 would love it if we stop producing oil and gas. Yeah, 1034 00:48:01.280 --> 00:48:02.880 I mean, this is why how we're going to I 1035 00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:04.960 think Trump is going to I'm going to make a 1036 00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:07.119 prediction on your show. I think in six months you 1037 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:10.880 will have an armistice in Ukraine. You know why, because 1038 00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:12.400 Trump is going to say to that you're going to 1039 00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:16.440 sit down with the Ukrainians and say you start negotiating 1040 00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:18.519 a peace treaty here, or we're going to stop giving 1041 00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.159 you one hundred billion dollars. And then he's going to 1042 00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:24.159 go to the Russians and say, pewdin, you stop attacking Ukraine, 1043 00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:26.440 or we're going to produce so much oil you're not 1044 00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:28.800 gonna have any money left because that's their whole economy. 1045 00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:29.039 Yep. 1046 00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:30.760 And you know what, they're both going to say, Oh, 1047 00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:33.239 we better better sit down and stop the killing and 1048 00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:36.480 uh and suit for peace. So uh, there's so many 1049 00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:39.840 advantages to using our resources, both from a national security 1050 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:41.679 and a national economic standpoint. 1051 00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:44.800 I agree one percent. Now number five is the thing 1052 00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:46.800 that gets me the most excited. I've been talking about 1053 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:50.159 this potential option for a very long time cut medical 1054 00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:54.239 cost by demanding healthcare price transparency, Steve, if I was 1055 00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:55.719 in charge, and I'm just going to tell you this, 1056 00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:59.079 and I'm a former insurance agent, Okay, so I understand 1057 00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:02.360 health insurance, understand how it works. I understand how healthcare 1058 00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:05.119 is delivered. What we need in this country are two things. 1059 00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:08.239 Number One, direct primary care. We need to just have 1060 00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:11.400 everybody in a direct primary care office. You pay them 1061 00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:14.239 directly for your care, and then you have a catastrophic 1062 00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:17.239 plan that covers if you get sick, if you could cancer, 1063 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:20.639 if you have a heart attack, or anything major, anything else. 1064 00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:22.920 You should be able to call a hospital and say 1065 00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:24.679 how much you're going to pay for this, and then 1066 00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:26.320 call another hospital and say how much a we're going 1067 00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:29.480 to pay for this. Because once we inject competition into 1068 00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:33.280 the delivery of health care, everything changes, everything changes, and 1069 00:49:33.400 --> 00:49:35.440 we've done nothing to make that happen up to this point. 1070 00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:39.639 Yeah, it's amazing, isn't it That the two areas of 1071 00:49:39.719 --> 00:49:43.559 our economy with the fastest inflation our education and healthcare. Yep, 1072 00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:45.719 And those are the two that are run by government 1073 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:48.599 where we don't allow the free enterprise system to work. 1074 00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:52.280 But I mean, we found an amazing data, by the way, 1075 00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:55.559 where you could literally have two hospitals down the street 1076 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:58.840 from each other in Denver, and one would be charging 1077 00:49:58.880 --> 00:50:00.920 five thousand dollars for a pro seizure and the other 1078 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:04.679 words would charge fifty thousand. Yeah, we literally ten times more. 1079 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:07.960 And no patient knows what these things cost. I mean, 1080 00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:11.039 I remember I had some surgery on my shoulder and 1081 00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:12.760 I remember asking me that how much it was the 1082 00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:15.360 class he said, I don't know what this costs. Nobody nobody. 1083 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:16.519 I mean, how can you run them? 1084 00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:18.960 How can you run an economy when nobody knows what 1085 00:50:19.079 --> 00:50:20.599 anything costs, and it's. 1086 00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:22.840 A critical part of the economy and it's something that 1087 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:24.840 has to be done. I don't know. I'm sure you 1088 00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:27.639 know about the Oklahoma City Surgical Center, one of the 1089 00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:30.679 first places in the world that started posting their prices online. 1090 00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:32.719 You can go to their website and find out how 1091 00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:34.480 much a neigh replacement is. You can do all of that. 1092 00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:37.440 But what's happened is it is driven down the cost 1093 00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:40.519 of service at all of the other hospitals in Oklahoma City. 1094 00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:44.559 So they're now competing with the Oklahoma City Surgical Center. 1095 00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:47.320 And it is working in that place, why won't it 1096 00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:49.400 work everywhere else? That's all I want to know why 1097 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:52.239 want or cad wheals. Okay, Number six allows school choice 1098 00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:54.960 for all families. That's a no brainer for me. I 1099 00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:59.079 just why we're trapping children and their families and failing 1100 00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:01.639 schools and not get them an option is absurd and 1101 00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:03.239 criminal in my mind. 1102 00:51:04.199 --> 00:51:06.360 Yeah, I really add to what you just said that 1103 00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:11.079 I really believe that that the issue of school choice 1104 00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:14.920 for every child in America dependent, you know, regardless of 1105 00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:17.519 their race or income. I believe it's the single most 1106 00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:20.719 important civil rights issue of our time. Agree we want 1107 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:24.480 black progress in this country. We can't. We can't force 1108 00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:27.199 you black children to go to schools where they don't 1109 00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:28.280 teach them to read or write. 1110 00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:33.079 Aimen to that number seven. Implement a pro America immigration policy. 1111 00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:37.320 Yeah, we are such an opportunity here. I mean, you know, 1112 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:41.480 we have every smart person in the world, the talented, 1113 00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:45.599 the most hardworking people, the freedom loving people. Now not 1114 00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:49.480 not every immigrant comes from the country is a desirable person. 1115 00:51:49.559 --> 00:51:51.760 We do have to keep out the bad people, which 1116 00:51:51.800 --> 00:51:55.199 is something that the Biden didn't do. But absolutely, yes, 1117 00:51:55.360 --> 00:51:58.000 you know we and I think we could easily. And 1118 00:51:58.079 --> 00:51:59.840 by the way, the big story around the world is 1119 00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:02.280 declining birth rates. Remember if you're an hour old of 1120 00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:04.360 old enough to remember when they said, oh, we're overpopulation. 1121 00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:05.280 Now, yeah, the. 1122 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:09.039 World isn't overpopulated. It's the opposite. They're just there's just 1123 00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:11.840 not enough kids that are going to replace. 1124 00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:12.159 People like me. 1125 00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:15.960 I just started sixty four, so I would be next 1126 00:52:16.079 --> 00:52:19.239 year eligible for sold security and medicare. So these are 1127 00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:22.920 you know, these demographic crises are a problem. But look, 1128 00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:25.400 immigrants are one of our great advantages. There wouldn't be 1129 00:52:25.440 --> 00:52:28.320 a Silicon Valley if it weren't for immigrant talent. Yeah, 1130 00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:29.880 and we take advantage of it. 1131 00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:31.920 All right, Steve, I'm gonna because we're almost out of 1132 00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:33.280 time and I want to I'm going to skip over 1133 00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:35.119 the one about cities. I'm going to skip over that 1134 00:52:35.199 --> 00:52:38.239 one because that is a whole different conversation. You say 1135 00:52:38.320 --> 00:52:40.559 pulls the US out of the Paris Climate Change Treaty 1136 00:52:40.599 --> 00:52:46.800 and other anti American agreements. So obviously, the Paris Climate 1137 00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:51.639 Agreement was designed to be a Welsh distribution system where 1138 00:52:51.639 --> 00:52:54.599 the United States would be siphoning off wells to other nations. 1139 00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:56.559 But what else are we looking at in that category? 1140 00:52:57.679 --> 00:52:59.119 Well, look, I managed to give you a couple of 1141 00:52:59.199 --> 00:53:02.639 examples to health organization. Why are we running money on 1142 00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:06.360 that They lied about everything with COVID, you know, And 1143 00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:07.840 I mean I could just go on and on the 1144 00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:10.719 United Nations. So much of what the United Nations does 1145 00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:16.000 is you know, contrary to America's interests. So look, I 1146 00:53:16.320 --> 00:53:19.880 turned more and more into a non I think I'm 1147 00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:23.760 very concerned about America's national sovereignty and the idea that 1148 00:53:23.880 --> 00:53:27.960 we should be you know, you know, part of all 1149 00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:32.119 these international organizations that are not pursuing America's interests, I 1150 00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:33.960 think is wrong. And I think that's where the American 1151 00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:36.360 people are too. That's why Trump made a big deal 1152 00:53:36.440 --> 00:53:38.519 of this that we're only going to you know, be 1153 00:53:38.679 --> 00:53:41.000 involved in these you know, we're going to we can 1154 00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:44.880 do this, uh bilaterally. We don't have to be under 1155 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:47.960 the rule of you know, people in all these other countries. 1156 00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:52.159 I agree wholeheartedly, and I have I have become far more, 1157 00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:56.880 far less interventionist as as you've seen, especially since the 1158 00:53:57.719 --> 00:54:00.360 since two thousand, like we've seen all all of these 1159 00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:02.840 different things that we've been involved with, and now we've 1160 00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:05.320 essentially armed the Taliban, you know, for the for the 1161 00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:09.760 future whatever. I'm not interested in fighting everybody else's battles. 1162 00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:12.559 If they're worried about their neighbor saber round, then they 1163 00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:14.599 can pay for their own defense period. 1164 00:54:14.679 --> 00:54:16.920 And I'm not a I'm not a national security expert, 1165 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:18.880 but even in the Middle East, and I know I 1166 00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:20.400 don't want to you know, I know some of my 1167 00:54:20.519 --> 00:54:23.039 Jewish friends may not like my famous but you know, 1168 00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:26.840 I think we would we've destabilized the Middle East if 1169 00:54:26.880 --> 00:54:30.159 we just stayed out of it. I think you've probably 1170 00:54:30.239 --> 00:54:36.280 see more, you know, peace and stability in that region 1171 00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:39.840 of the country, so the world. So I don't even 1172 00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:42.199 think that our efforts are even achieving what we hope 1173 00:54:42.239 --> 00:54:42.400 to do. 1174 00:54:42.800 --> 00:54:45.599 I think we're funding both sides of whatever's happening. That's 1175 00:54:45.760 --> 00:54:47.880 that's where we are at this moment. We are funding 1176 00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:50.199 both sides of every conflict that we're involved in. It's 1177 00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:53.760 just it's insane. See more. It's a joy as all ways. 1178 00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:56.039 You know where you gonna come out to Colorado anytime soon. 1179 00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:57.920 How's the snow out there? 1180 00:54:58.719 --> 00:54:59.239 Not at all. 1181 00:54:59.400 --> 00:55:02.320 It's been like it's just it has been like fifty 1182 00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:05.880 and sixty degrees every day almost for the month of December. 1183 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:08.639 It's been very mild. The mountains have a ton of snow. 1184 00:55:08.840 --> 00:55:10.320 I should say that the mountains, do you have a 1185 00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:12.639 ton of snow? But Denver, proper, we got nothing. 1186 00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:16.400 I mean, I want to go up to Aspen rail 1187 00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:17.360 or whatever it might be. 1188 00:55:18.159 --> 00:55:20.559 Don't go to Aspen, go to Veil asthmen's too bougie 1189 00:55:20.599 --> 00:55:23.199 and they're very rude. Anyway, if you come back to 1190 00:55:23.280 --> 00:55:24.760 the to the state, let me know. I'll talk to 1191 00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:26.840 you soon. My friend, Happy New Year. Look what the 1192 00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:29.639 cat dragged in on the wed Day of the year. 1193 00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:31.679 I thought I. 1194 00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:35.719 Would have an old friend, backup, familiar voice. I still 1195 00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:38.920 get emails all the time asking have you talked to Susan, 1196 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:41.920 And sometimes I say no, I need proof of life 1197 00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:45.159 because I go too long without talking to you. But 1198 00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:47.159 you are living your best life. And if you're a 1199 00:55:47.199 --> 00:55:49.960 new listener to the show, Susan Witkin was my newswoman 1200 00:55:50.599 --> 00:55:54.559 for ever nine years, eight or nine years like it? Yeah, 1201 00:55:54.840 --> 00:55:58.199 I mean for a long time underwater and also a 1202 00:55:58.480 --> 00:56:01.039 very dear friend of mine as well, so I know 1203 00:56:01.199 --> 00:56:05.000 he does. People stop, are you really friends with Mandy? 1204 00:56:05.119 --> 00:56:07.599 I'm like, yes, yes, we are really friends. 1205 00:56:08.679 --> 00:56:09.239 In real life. 1206 00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:12.440 We're not really doing well fends and that of course 1207 00:56:12.519 --> 00:56:14.559 is truck my husband my daughter the Q is in 1208 00:56:14.639 --> 00:56:18.199 here reading a book. Uh, you know, doing things. Yeah, 1209 00:56:18.280 --> 00:56:19.159 she was doing homework. 1210 00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:21.760 She was waiting for ask me anything. 1211 00:56:21.920 --> 00:56:23.920 I know, we'll do that in the next hour. So 1212 00:56:24.199 --> 00:56:26.920 people want to know, what are you up to? Busier 1213 00:56:27.039 --> 00:56:29.599 now than you were when you were here. I don't 1214 00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:31.400 know how I could have fitted in and worked at 1215 00:56:31.400 --> 00:56:33.679 the same time. Yes, because you've got so much stuff 1216 00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:33.960 going on. 1217 00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:36.760 I'm retired and now I'm like, so busy. 1218 00:56:36.840 --> 00:56:39.960 I was so busy doing fun things. 1219 00:56:40.480 --> 00:56:45.280 Been to Namibia, Africa the continent, yes, is on was 1220 00:56:45.320 --> 00:56:46.639 on my bucket lit but which country? 1221 00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:47.599 I couldn't figure it out right. 1222 00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:49.199 And there was a group of girls who were going 1223 00:56:49.280 --> 00:56:52.920 to uh a group of girls who was group was right, Yes, 1224 00:56:53.639 --> 00:56:54.639 going to Namibia? 1225 00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:58.039 And oh yeah, okay, cool, I'm not I don't. I'm 1226 00:56:58.079 --> 00:57:00.760 not really super certain we're Namibia is. 1227 00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:06.159 On the west coast, okay, way down there, near South Africa. 1228 00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:09.800 Okay. And what's cool about Namibia. 1229 00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:14.599 Is that it's got the ocean and it's got intensive desert. 1230 00:57:15.360 --> 00:57:19.880 It is apparently the second least populated country the desert 1231 00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:21.519 to the ocean. 1232 00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:24.960 Yeah, okay, documentary, It's amazing. 1233 00:57:26.280 --> 00:57:26.599 Africa. 1234 00:57:27.159 --> 00:57:30.440 It doesn't seem like it should work that way, the 1235 00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:31.480 desert should go up to. 1236 00:57:31.480 --> 00:57:33.679 The because some grass or something. 1237 00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:38.199 Yeah, it's just it's just an amazing and amazing country, 1238 00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:43.440 very nice people there. It was a German colony, oh really, 1239 00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:47.840 because we remember all of Africa all different, you know, 1240 00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:51.119 So French had this place, and British had these, and 1241 00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:54.360 German had these, and so it was. So this was 1242 00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:58.039 German and a lot of still the German names are around, 1243 00:57:58.119 --> 00:58:01.079 but Namibia is its name, and the people are lovely 1244 00:58:01.159 --> 00:58:03.760 and wonderful. I actually have a picture I show this 1245 00:58:03.880 --> 00:58:07.119 of you. Food was outstanding. I ate everything they served. 1246 00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:09.039 I was one of the few people go yeah, I'll 1247 00:58:09.079 --> 00:58:16.679 try that iback. So yeah, that's like an ape, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, 1248 00:58:18.400 --> 00:58:24.000 I tried everything it was. I haven't Why wouldn't they 1249 00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:26.039 eat antelope? That doesn't even seem like I don't think 1250 00:58:26.079 --> 00:58:29.199 there was antelope. If ibix is similar to an antl 1251 00:58:29.239 --> 00:58:30.239 wh wouldn't I just try that? 1252 00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:31.079 That's what I'm asking. 1253 00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:31.639 Yeah, I. 1254 00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:37.480 Don't care. I don't know what kind of animals did you. 1255 00:58:38.159 --> 00:58:42.920 We saw lions, we saw elephant, giraffe, we actually saw 1256 00:58:43.679 --> 00:58:45.239 This is going to kind of gross people out, but 1257 00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:46.920 oh well, it's you know, the circle of life, right. 1258 00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:50.960 So there was an all these different prides of of lion. 1259 00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:54.800 It was really quite wonderful. And we saw a giraffe, 1260 00:58:54.800 --> 00:58:57.360 a pregnant giraffe. She had just been taken down by 1261 00:58:57.440 --> 00:59:01.039 a big male, a lion who had ch And now 1262 00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:05.519 giraffe are fast and they sometimes can outrun a lion, 1263 00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:08.559 but this gal was she was pregnant, and so she 1264 00:59:08.719 --> 00:59:12.480 was taken down off right up going this ravine. 1265 00:59:12.800 --> 00:59:16.519 And he had had his fill and she. 1266 00:59:18.199 --> 00:59:20.960 After she was taken down, it was aboarded, right. You 1267 00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:23.000 could see the baby's little legs stick and help. 1268 00:59:23.320 --> 00:59:25.639 Oh yeah, she was a meal. Wait a minute, I 1269 00:59:25.760 --> 00:59:28.719 thought lions were the ones that hunted, though. Do you 1270 00:59:28.840 --> 00:59:30.400 know that he took her down. 1271 00:59:31.599 --> 00:59:34.280 That's that's a that's a female. 1272 00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:35.480 Lions went on this guy. 1273 00:59:35.639 --> 00:59:37.639 He had taken her down, and so we came up, 1274 00:59:37.800 --> 00:59:41.159 We came up to the kill and we could see 1275 00:59:41.760 --> 00:59:45.199 and then he was up on this ridge watching making 1276 00:59:45.280 --> 00:59:47.960 sure nobody was going to disturb what he was going 1277 00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:49.159 to snack on later. 1278 00:59:51.400 --> 00:59:51.599 Him. 1279 00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:58.719 He was all lonely, very very Tommy know, it was intense. 1280 00:59:58.960 --> 01:00:00.360 I was going to say that that has to be 1281 01:00:00.440 --> 01:00:05.079 a little bit unnerving. Yeah, I mean it was incredible, 1282 01:00:05.159 --> 01:00:07.480 I have to say so. Some guys did like seeing that, 1283 01:00:07.599 --> 01:00:12.920 but it was it was not happy, but I have 1284 01:00:13.039 --> 01:00:13.800 pictures to prove it. 1285 01:00:13.880 --> 01:00:14.559 And hyena. 1286 01:00:14.639 --> 01:00:19.039 We saw hyena. We did not see leopard. We saw 1287 01:00:19.119 --> 01:00:22.719 oh black and white rhinos. Oh wow, that was cool. 1288 01:00:23.159 --> 01:00:25.840 We got to see that those animals. It was a 1289 01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:27.400 neat experience. I would go back. 1290 01:00:27.480 --> 01:00:28.599 I would take that to Africa. 1291 01:00:28.639 --> 01:00:30.119 There are a couple other countries I want to go to. 1292 01:00:30.239 --> 01:00:32.519 And they said to John is this on your bucket list? 1293 01:00:32.559 --> 01:00:34.199 And he said no, and I and I called him 1294 01:00:34.199 --> 01:00:36.360 from there and I said, oh, yeah, you're coming. This 1295 01:00:36.519 --> 01:00:39.440 is intense Mandy Cornell Adventure. We're going to do just 1296 01:00:39.519 --> 01:00:41.599 Tanzany at some point because they have. 1297 01:00:43.159 --> 01:00:45.559 The cruise and tour works with a great or a 1298 01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:48.480 group down there, and it's definitely on my list. I 1299 01:00:48.599 --> 01:00:51.519 just won't wait till that one is gone away to 1300 01:00:51.599 --> 01:00:53.639 college so we can we don't have to worry about 1301 01:00:53.639 --> 01:00:55.880 her being in school because that's a winter trip. Yeah, 1302 01:00:56.239 --> 01:00:59.280 I mean we went in February. Yeah, it was insane, 1303 01:00:59.360 --> 01:01:01.559 it was awesome. Yeah, I love that. So you've been 1304 01:01:01.599 --> 01:01:05.079 spending a lot of time in southern Colorado, southwestern col 1305 01:01:06.719 --> 01:01:08.559 I keep waiting for Susan to run for mayor of 1306 01:01:08.719 --> 01:01:12.039 Urray because it's going to happen, because he's like, yeah, 1307 01:01:12.079 --> 01:01:14.559 we're busy, we're thinking about, you know, buying a place 1308 01:01:14.639 --> 01:01:16.760 down there, just to and then she just literally just 1309 01:01:16.960 --> 01:01:19.679 left and moved down there for five months. 1310 01:01:19.760 --> 01:01:24.159 I does that, by the way, because I've always been 1311 01:01:24.199 --> 01:01:26.000 able to just pick up and go before I had 1312 01:01:26.039 --> 01:01:28.039 a family. I'm done to Atlanta, let's go in the 1313 01:01:28.119 --> 01:01:29.760 army kind of thing. When you did that, I'm like, 1314 01:01:29.840 --> 01:01:30.840 good power to them. 1315 01:01:31.079 --> 01:01:33.239 Yeah, you know what, it's It's one of those places 1316 01:01:33.320 --> 01:01:34.079 that it. 1317 01:01:34.199 --> 01:01:38.639 Truly is God's country. It is absolutely magnificent, and Uray 1318 01:01:39.079 --> 01:01:43.079 is very special. I met some Native Americans a couple 1319 01:01:43.119 --> 01:01:46.119 of weeks ago. I was in Mexico and there were 1320 01:01:46.159 --> 01:01:48.519 some guys there. They were doing all these different ceremonies 1321 01:01:48.599 --> 01:01:52.320 and they were from different tribes. They were from Navajo Apache. 1322 01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:56.679 There weren't any ute because that area in southwestern Colorado. 1323 01:01:56.800 --> 01:01:58.199 You were in Mexico, Mexico. 1324 01:01:58.239 --> 01:02:01.199 I was in Mexico, but they had come to this 1325 01:02:01.400 --> 01:02:04.199 area in Mexico where I was staying, and they were 1326 01:02:04.280 --> 01:02:10.000 putting on different ceremonies. Cleansing, ceremonies, actually getting you know, 1327 01:02:10.119 --> 01:02:13.360 helping yourself. And I said, oh, I spent a lot 1328 01:02:13.360 --> 01:02:16.800 of time in Uray. And one the guy who is 1329 01:02:16.880 --> 01:02:20.920 a medicine man, he said, oh, that's very sacred area 1330 01:02:21.159 --> 01:02:23.400 and I said, yes it is, and you can feel 1331 01:02:23.440 --> 01:02:26.239 it when you're there, the hot springs and these surrounding mountains. 1332 01:02:26.280 --> 01:02:28.199 And don't talk it up too much. We already know. 1333 01:02:28.320 --> 01:02:30.400 We were talking off the air today. Is what is 1334 01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:31.599 John Denver's birthday today? 1335 01:02:32.599 --> 01:02:33.119 First birthday? 1336 01:02:33.119 --> 01:02:35.000 He would have been his eighty first birthday. And you said, 1337 01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:39.280 being an athet when he lived there, Your program director 1338 01:02:39.320 --> 01:02:42.000 thought he ruined Colorado back my dad he saw him 1339 01:02:42.039 --> 01:02:44.719 on the Johnny Carson Show and he goes, oh, there 1340 01:02:44.800 --> 01:02:50.800 goes Colorado. Look yeah, he said, oh now we're going 1341 01:02:50.880 --> 01:02:52.360 to get a whole bunch of tourists coming. 1342 01:02:53.159 --> 01:02:54.960 That was right, and he was right. That's what was 1343 01:02:55.000 --> 01:02:55.960 the catalyst for it. 1344 01:02:56.119 --> 01:02:58.599 But Southwinstern, Colorado, it has been talked up. I think 1345 01:02:58.599 --> 01:03:01.559 it was in Men's Health magazine recently, and all these 1346 01:03:01.599 --> 01:03:03.039 different magazines, all the place to go. 1347 01:03:03.360 --> 01:03:06.679 It really is Expanda of Colorado, as they call it, 1348 01:03:07.079 --> 01:03:09.360 is you come and visit and spend your money and 1349 01:03:09.440 --> 01:03:10.159 then go back home. 1350 01:03:12.400 --> 01:03:14.800 Mandy says this text her. It's so good to hear Susan. 1351 01:03:15.079 --> 01:03:16.719 Can you do your air horn version? 1352 01:03:16.880 --> 01:03:17.639 I love your hair? 1353 01:03:18.880 --> 01:03:25.360 I how did you find him? Jesse? This is what 1354 01:03:25.519 --> 01:03:27.840 Now play the actual airhorn Jesse if you could. I'm 1355 01:03:27.840 --> 01:03:28.599 putting Jesse through. 1356 01:03:31.360 --> 01:03:32.280 So we're supposed to make that. 1357 01:03:32.599 --> 01:03:34.920 Yeah, now play go through the whole wall of air 1358 01:03:34.960 --> 01:03:47.840 horns if you could. That mine's the best. Yeah, yeah, 1359 01:03:47.880 --> 01:03:50.280 well no, I like the Little Girls. She's my favorite. Okay, 1360 01:03:50.480 --> 01:03:52.119 she's so stink and cute. 1361 01:03:52.159 --> 01:03:52.880 Well be came the. 1362 01:03:52.960 --> 01:03:57.079 Videos with it. Never work with kids, never work with kids. 1363 01:03:57.760 --> 01:03:59.800 So we're gonna have you, Chuck and Q do that 1364 01:04:00.559 --> 01:04:01.960 at the end of the show so we can record 1365 01:04:02.039 --> 01:04:04.960 those as well. Air horn versions. Yeah, you've got Mandy 1366 01:04:05.239 --> 01:04:08.360 surprised that Susan took off a time from crashing webbing 1367 01:04:08.480 --> 01:04:11.239 parties to her crash your show. Whose party are you 1368 01:04:11.320 --> 01:04:14.880 crashing tonight? I have to wait tell the story when 1369 01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:16.280 we get back. I got to take a break. We'll 1370 01:04:16.280 --> 01:04:19.239 be right back, Susan. We were just talking about news 1371 01:04:19.440 --> 01:04:23.159 because Susan is a true journalist in her soul, and 1372 01:04:23.960 --> 01:04:25.639 it showed in the work that she did here, and 1373 01:04:25.800 --> 01:04:28.039 if you guys knew how much time was spent behind 1374 01:04:28.119 --> 01:04:32.000 the scenes by Susan making sure she was getting it right, 1375 01:04:32.760 --> 01:04:36.360 it was really incredibly gratifying to work with her because 1376 01:04:36.360 --> 01:04:39.039 of that. But now we are at a point now 1377 01:04:39.119 --> 01:04:43.519 where we are seeing newsrooms be decimated and and I 1378 01:04:43.559 --> 01:04:47.960 don't just mean radio, I mean television. I mean forget 1379 01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:52.679 about newspapers. I mean newspaper newsrooms have been annihilated. So 1380 01:04:53.480 --> 01:04:55.639 we're we were talking off the air, like who is 1381 01:04:55.760 --> 01:04:59.039 going to watch the people in charge and not just 1382 01:04:59.199 --> 01:05:01.840 the federal government? Right, Who's going to watch the school board, 1383 01:05:01.920 --> 01:05:04.079 Who's going to watch the water commission? Who's going to 1384 01:05:04.159 --> 01:05:07.119 watch the people that are making decisions on a daily 1385 01:05:07.280 --> 01:05:11.159 basis that will affect our lives immediately? We don't have 1386 01:05:11.440 --> 01:05:12.400 those people anymore. 1387 01:05:12.599 --> 01:05:15.880 People are the most expensive thing, and I'll use that 1388 01:05:15.960 --> 01:05:20.039 you know thing, big product, product fake in any corporation, 1389 01:05:20.559 --> 01:05:26.159 whether it's a radio station or whether it's the widget industry. 1390 01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:28.039 Right, people are expensive. 1391 01:05:28.559 --> 01:05:31.039 And when corporations come in and they want to make 1392 01:05:31.079 --> 01:05:35.039 a profit, if they got the people, then the shareholders 1393 01:05:35.119 --> 01:05:37.639 can say, oh, well, we're making more money, But they're 1394 01:05:37.719 --> 01:05:41.679 also they don't have the people who are contributing to 1395 01:05:42.039 --> 01:05:42.639 the product. 1396 01:05:43.239 --> 01:05:46.280 And a news department needs needs to have people. 1397 01:05:46.360 --> 01:05:47.360 You need a human factor. 1398 01:05:47.760 --> 01:05:49.840 Yeah, you need You need people, and not just people, 1399 01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:53.519 you need people who know what's going on. And John 1400 01:05:53.599 --> 01:05:55.599 Caldera has a great column that I have on today's 1401 01:05:55.599 --> 01:06:03.800 blog about the the sort of uncuriousness of local journalists 1402 01:06:04.280 --> 01:06:07.320 when it comes to finding out if their newsrooms have 1403 01:06:07.480 --> 01:06:12.800 any political diversity when it comes to ideology. Uncuriousness, uncuriousness. 1404 01:06:12.880 --> 01:06:14.840 I may have made that word out at the point. John, 1405 01:06:14.960 --> 01:06:17.519 he said it typical, says CPR. He said, look, you 1406 01:06:17.599 --> 01:06:20.960 know forty something percent of Coloradin's voted for Trump. How 1407 01:06:21.039 --> 01:06:23.199 many in your newsroom voted for Trump? 1408 01:06:23.280 --> 01:06:26.840 Well it's not just that, but why ask the question why, 1409 01:06:27.440 --> 01:06:30.960 what's behind and then figure out anything? You have to 1410 01:06:31.039 --> 01:06:34.840 be curious. You should be curious to find out everything. 1411 01:06:34.880 --> 01:06:38.679 Doesn't matter what your political affiliation. Mandy, you gave me 1412 01:06:38.719 --> 01:06:41.360 one of the highest compliments. Actually, it was your listeners 1413 01:06:41.719 --> 01:06:46.119 years ago that said, we never know how Susan Witkin votes. 1414 01:06:46.920 --> 01:06:50.400 I don't know what her political affiliation is. It's leave 1415 01:06:50.440 --> 01:06:51.800 it at the door and. 1416 01:06:51.960 --> 01:06:55.719 Have the find out what the reason is behind everything. 1417 01:06:55.960 --> 01:06:58.519 You should just be driving down the street and say, well, 1418 01:06:58.840 --> 01:07:00.559 how did those we to have these. 1419 01:07:00.480 --> 01:07:01.639 Really cool license plates? 1420 01:07:01.760 --> 01:07:01.880 Right? 1421 01:07:02.079 --> 01:07:04.440 They were the mountains on them, right, and now you 1422 01:07:04.519 --> 01:07:06.880 have black license plates and red license plates. 1423 01:07:07.119 --> 01:07:09.199 You know, wait, what how did that happen? 1424 01:07:09.280 --> 01:07:09.320 What? 1425 01:07:09.920 --> 01:07:12.639 Who gave the right? 1426 01:07:12.800 --> 01:07:15.280 And then all of a sudden they're popping up. I 1427 01:07:15.360 --> 01:07:18.119 mean that's mundane, right, that doesn't affect your life. But 1428 01:07:18.360 --> 01:07:21.079 what else is out there that is affecting your life 1429 01:07:21.119 --> 01:07:22.840 and the reason why behind it? 1430 01:07:23.079 --> 01:07:26.639 I already have video on the blog today about CBS News. 1431 01:07:26.679 --> 01:07:29.239 They're doing their roundtable what was underreported? And one of 1432 01:07:29.280 --> 01:07:33.800 the reporters, Jan Crawford said, obviously Biden's mental decline was 1433 01:07:33.920 --> 01:07:37.840 underreported and and that to me, that story the way 1434 01:07:38.000 --> 01:07:40.920 that the media not that I expected the media to 1435 01:07:40.960 --> 01:07:43.119 go beating down the door to the White House, but 1436 01:07:43.280 --> 01:07:44.920 they never even asked the question. 1437 01:07:45.679 --> 01:07:49.199 I did expect that. I expect my media to beat 1438 01:07:49.280 --> 01:07:49.800 down the door. 1439 01:07:49.840 --> 01:07:52.000 I expect the newspeople to find out what the what 1440 01:07:52.199 --> 01:07:55.000 the deal is not you know, be passive about it 1441 01:07:55.039 --> 01:07:57.079 because he's an old man and has to be the president. 1442 01:07:57.159 --> 01:07:58.519 I want them on the story. 1443 01:07:58.960 --> 01:08:01.760 Yeah, that's of journalism. Or died with Mike Wallace? 1444 01:08:02.840 --> 01:08:05.480 I mean to you can you can compare, where's the 1445 01:08:05.519 --> 01:08:08.320 comparison in contrast, how was he four or five, eight 1446 01:08:08.440 --> 01:08:08.880 years ago? 1447 01:08:09.360 --> 01:08:09.519 You know? 1448 01:08:09.920 --> 01:08:13.239 Do all these different things find out as opposed to 1449 01:08:13.400 --> 01:08:14.960 just well, we're just not going to talk about it. 1450 01:08:15.039 --> 01:08:18.199 It will go away. I teach you all the time. 1451 01:08:18.359 --> 01:08:20.560 And she gets irritated at me, but she'll make a 1452 01:08:20.600 --> 01:08:24.159 comment about something and I'll break in with, Okay, here's 1453 01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:27.600 the you know, the their motivation that you don't know about, 1454 01:08:27.680 --> 01:08:29.880 or here's other things that you don't know about, this 1455 01:08:30.039 --> 01:08:33.760 situation that they're you know, they're secretly trying to move 1456 01:08:33.840 --> 01:08:36.319 this way, and this is the facade they're putting up, 1457 01:08:36.800 --> 01:08:38.760 you know, And it just falls into the same category. 1458 01:08:38.840 --> 01:08:44.039 I just think that Susan, your type of journalism is 1459 01:08:44.920 --> 01:08:49.239 in one way dying, but in another way reinventing itself. 1460 01:08:49.399 --> 01:08:51.600 In other places, I was talking about the free press. 1461 01:08:51.720 --> 01:08:56.560 There are journalists who are leaving the institutions but continuing 1462 01:08:56.680 --> 01:08:58.560 to do great work, whether it's on a substack or 1463 01:08:58.600 --> 01:09:02.119 whether it's on some other site. So it's like, I 1464 01:09:02.279 --> 01:09:05.680 can't say I'm hopeful right now, but there is hope. 1465 01:09:05.960 --> 01:09:08.319 There is, you know, and I and I hope you're right. 1466 01:09:08.640 --> 01:09:11.479 I hope you're right. I hope that people at the 1467 01:09:11.600 --> 01:09:15.239 ques age to find you know, to start looking for 1468 01:09:15.680 --> 01:09:19.119 the information, the correct information. And if you're not going 1469 01:09:19.279 --> 01:09:21.319 you're going to listen to one thank you, you have 1470 01:09:21.479 --> 01:09:24.079 to make sure that you also listen to other places. 1471 01:09:23.840 --> 01:09:30.079 Right, because you're it's really really important. Susan Wicken is 1472 01:09:30.119 --> 01:09:31.920 our guest. And now when we come back, I have 1473 01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:34.000 another guest that's going to be joining us by phone. 1474 01:09:34.560 --> 01:09:37.279 This is from the wayback Machine. Okay, so if you 1475 01:09:37.319 --> 01:09:40.479 are a long time listener to this program, wait for 1476 01:09:40.600 --> 01:09:43.840 the payoff you are about to get next. Keep it 1477 01:09:43.960 --> 01:09:44.760 right here on KOA. 1478 01:09:45.720 --> 01:09:48.399 No, it's Mandy Cuddle. 1479 01:09:53.720 --> 01:09:56.600 Nine God. 1480 01:09:57.960 --> 01:10:07.640 Study a nice It's through baby Connell Keith sadding Welcome, Welcome, 1481 01:10:07.680 --> 01:10:10.840 Welcome to the third hour of a show that's going nowhere. 1482 01:10:10.920 --> 01:10:14.039 This is the most Striinfeld show I've ever had. It 1483 01:10:14.199 --> 01:10:16.880 is a show about nothing. But I've got my husband 1484 01:10:16.960 --> 01:10:19.720 Chuck in here, the Q, my daughter's in here. Susan 1485 01:10:19.800 --> 01:10:23.600 Wickin is in here for the moment. And now I 1486 01:10:23.720 --> 01:10:25.920 want to bring to you a blast from the past. 1487 01:10:26.000 --> 01:10:28.239 A voice many of you may remember is one of 1488 01:10:28.279 --> 01:10:32.520 the funniest interns to ever intern anywhere that the dead 1489 01:10:32.600 --> 01:10:35.920 to me in turn, welcome back to the show, my friend. 1490 01:10:36.000 --> 01:10:36.399 How are you? 1491 01:10:37.520 --> 01:10:39.079 Hey, Hey, good to be back. 1492 01:10:39.359 --> 01:10:40.479 I'm doing well. How are you? 1493 01:10:40.600 --> 01:10:40.840 Guys? 1494 01:10:41.000 --> 01:10:43.600 We're doing great, little bit more boring here without you, 1495 01:10:43.680 --> 01:10:46.439 and they pretty much destroyed any opportunity to get interns 1496 01:10:46.520 --> 01:10:50.119 at this point for my Heart Media. I'm not saying 1497 01:10:50.159 --> 01:10:52.039 you've ruined it, but I'm just saying there was an 1498 01:10:52.079 --> 01:10:55.600 impact after you left. Now where are you now? What 1499 01:10:55.720 --> 01:10:58.000 are you doing? Let's give us an update on your life. 1500 01:10:58.119 --> 01:11:00.479 Last we heard you were going off to marry the 1501 01:11:00.560 --> 01:11:03.880 lovely Sarah. You were living somewhere in Florida doing fancy 1502 01:11:03.960 --> 01:11:06.279 things that I was mocking you for. What's going on now? 1503 01:11:08.079 --> 01:11:09.640 That's still pretty much going on. 1504 01:11:10.880 --> 01:11:14.279 Great marriage successful. 1505 01:11:14.720 --> 01:11:19.600 Still bouncing around between here in Florida and Boston. And 1506 01:11:20.880 --> 01:11:21.600 let's see, I don't know. 1507 01:11:21.640 --> 01:11:27.680 We'orking at a nonprofit doing some crazy stuff for an 1508 01:11:27.720 --> 01:11:28.960 animal rescue. 1509 01:11:28.800 --> 01:11:31.399 And still doing some fancy. 1510 01:11:33.920 --> 01:11:38.199 Well the rescue is based in O'calla, Florida. Yeah, I 1511 01:11:38.319 --> 01:11:39.760 stay out of there as much as I can. 1512 01:11:41.960 --> 01:11:44.039 That is my that's my old stomping rounds. 1513 01:11:44.079 --> 01:11:44.279 Matt. 1514 01:11:44.319 --> 01:11:46.640 I'm from like forty five minutes north of Okalla, So 1515 01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:48.520 don't walk my part of the state. 1516 01:11:49.399 --> 01:11:53.640 I'm I'm sure forty five minutes away is nice. 1517 01:11:53.680 --> 01:11:56.039 So Cala is there, now I'm. 1518 01:11:55.960 --> 01:11:56.439 With you there. 1519 01:11:57.000 --> 01:11:59.840 What is there any good food in Okaala? 1520 01:12:00.119 --> 01:12:01.880 Well, it depends on what you like. I mean, if 1521 01:12:01.880 --> 01:12:04.159 you like fried chicken and southern food, then yes, there's 1522 01:12:04.199 --> 01:12:07.520 a ton of it. Okay. If you're looking for bougie 1523 01:12:07.680 --> 01:12:11.479 like pinkies out food, probably not, Matt, what do you rescuing? 1524 01:12:13.920 --> 01:12:14.399 Rescuing? 1525 01:12:14.760 --> 01:12:15.600 A great question. 1526 01:12:15.760 --> 01:12:21.079 Hi, Susan. By the way, Hello Doll, Hello, I'm rescuing. 1527 01:12:21.119 --> 01:12:22.600 It's a large animill rescue, so. 1528 01:12:23.399 --> 01:12:28.079 Horses, cows, anything big that needs rescuing. 1529 01:12:28.239 --> 01:12:29.520 Antelope Campmel's. 1530 01:12:29.680 --> 01:12:30.920 Have they been there a long time? 1531 01:12:33.359 --> 01:12:36.119 They started in Lexington, Kentucky actually, so you might know 1532 01:12:36.199 --> 01:12:37.079 him from there as well. 1533 01:12:37.880 --> 01:12:40.319 But it's been maybe maybe. 1534 01:12:40.279 --> 01:12:42.199 Okla, maybe three or five years and like that. 1535 01:12:42.279 --> 01:12:44.760 Okay, we have a really good friend there that I'll connect. 1536 01:12:45.439 --> 01:12:47.399 He's with the chamber there and he's a great guy, 1537 01:12:47.560 --> 01:12:49.920 and maybe I can connect you with him and he 1538 01:12:50.039 --> 01:12:53.079 can tell you where the good restaurants are. You freaking snob. 1539 01:12:53.359 --> 01:12:56.119 How's your lovely wife? How's your lovely wife is? She's 1540 01:12:56.119 --> 01:12:57.840 still doing her horse stuff. 1541 01:12:57.600 --> 01:13:02.560 Too, she's doing her horse stuff. She's yeah, we're bouncing around. Uh, 1542 01:13:03.560 --> 01:13:06.520 I'm getting I'm developing an eye for horses. I know, 1543 01:13:06.680 --> 01:13:07.479 I'm looking at. 1544 01:13:08.199 --> 01:13:11.199 I know, uh, you know, looking at the hind end, 1545 01:13:11.319 --> 01:13:13.720 which ones are going to jump high and far? 1546 01:13:14.279 --> 01:13:16.880 And so we're getting really into that. 1547 01:13:17.520 --> 01:13:19.640 What I what I'm listening to is you're checking out 1548 01:13:19.680 --> 01:13:21.800 horsebuts the hind end. 1549 01:13:22.159 --> 01:13:23.920 That's your new passion horse butts. 1550 01:13:24.039 --> 01:13:27.159 Here's a fun fact about my time in O Califlorida. 1551 01:13:27.319 --> 01:13:30.800 One of my clients in O Califlorida was a person 1552 01:13:31.039 --> 01:13:38.079 who procured and then delivered horse semen to to uh, 1553 01:13:38.439 --> 01:13:42.640 to fertilize other horses around the country. Short and like 1554 01:13:42.840 --> 01:13:46.079 really high end race I mean like fifty thousand dollars 1555 01:13:46.720 --> 01:13:50.520 works of you know semen. And and of course my 1556 01:13:50.560 --> 01:13:53.119 first question was huge, and how do you get that? 1557 01:13:53.960 --> 01:13:54.079 Uh? 1558 01:13:54.359 --> 01:13:57.439 And and I learned that I did not see it. 1559 01:13:57.520 --> 01:13:59.760 I didn't feel the need for a demonstration, per se. 1560 01:14:00.239 --> 01:14:02.720 But it is just what you'd think it was. So 1561 01:14:03.520 --> 01:14:05.760 that was that was my experience in O Califlorida. And 1562 01:14:05.800 --> 01:14:07.439 you're you're here asking about restaurants. 1563 01:14:08.800 --> 01:14:12.159 Yeah, I guess perspective. Perspective is a big thing that's 1564 01:14:12.199 --> 01:14:15.640 a dream job though. That's come on for whatever that is. 1565 01:14:16.680 --> 01:14:16.760 Mat. 1566 01:14:16.880 --> 01:14:20.520 I got to ask you your your boy Tom Brady 1567 01:14:20.760 --> 01:14:22.800 is now in the broadcast booth, and and he's not 1568 01:14:23.600 --> 01:14:27.000 he's not getting the best reviews as of late. What 1569 01:14:27.239 --> 01:14:28.960 what is your take? Have you been able to watch 1570 01:14:29.039 --> 01:14:31.439 him call the game? Oh yeah, oh yeah? 1571 01:14:31.479 --> 01:14:32.119 So what do you do? 1572 01:14:32.199 --> 01:14:34.439 You sit there and do you wear Tom Brady's shirt 1573 01:14:34.520 --> 01:14:36.279 while he's calling the game or I mean, what's do 1574 01:14:36.319 --> 01:14:43.680 you still have the same love for him? Hello, he's speechless. 1575 01:14:45.039 --> 01:14:48.239 I was speechless there you Uh no, As you know, 1576 01:14:48.399 --> 01:14:50.800 I followed Tom Brady when he left the Patriots. I 1577 01:14:50.880 --> 01:14:53.680 became a huge buccaneer. Yes, I was actually always a 1578 01:14:53.760 --> 01:14:57.600 lifelong book you, but sure I leaned into it. 1579 01:14:57.840 --> 01:14:59.199 Wow and the right. 1580 01:14:59.479 --> 01:15:00.760 I don't know what people were talking about. 1581 01:15:00.800 --> 01:15:05.600 I listen, I hear a golden voice. Angel brought giving 1582 01:15:05.840 --> 01:15:08.840 unbelievable insight into the game of football like you've never 1583 01:15:08.960 --> 01:15:10.279 heard before when he broadcast. 1584 01:15:10.560 --> 01:15:14.720 Yeah yeah, people think he sucks. Yeah I can't. 1585 01:15:14.920 --> 01:15:16.640 I don't know what people are listening. They must be 1586 01:15:17.199 --> 01:15:19.079 they must be listening to Romo and they think it's 1587 01:15:19.119 --> 01:15:21.800 Grady or something. Yeah, Brady is amazing. 1588 01:15:23.359 --> 01:15:25.239 You know, Mat, it's really glad to hear that you 1589 01:15:25.319 --> 01:15:29.000 haven't changed, haven't changed it all. How's your love affair 1590 01:15:29.039 --> 01:15:29.760 with Hillary going? 1591 01:15:31.319 --> 01:15:31.479 Oh? 1592 01:15:31.680 --> 01:15:37.600 Well, that that that's fizzled. But you know, oh that's right. 1593 01:15:39.279 --> 01:15:41.439 Let me let me explain where that came from. So 1594 01:15:41.560 --> 01:15:46.039 we hypnotized Matt on the show one time and had 1595 01:15:46.119 --> 01:15:48.439 him convinced that he was looking at naked pictures of 1596 01:15:48.520 --> 01:15:52.720 Hillary Clinton, and he liked it. And and then and 1597 01:15:52.920 --> 01:15:56.560 and also Matt made a bet on a game. I 1598 01:15:56.640 --> 01:15:59.399 believe it was the Anty Championship if I do recall correctly, 1599 01:15:59.439 --> 01:16:02.159 and please direct me if I'm wrong, that he did lost, 1600 01:16:02.279 --> 01:16:05.479 and we brought in a henna tattoo artist to tattoo 1601 01:16:05.600 --> 01:16:08.600 the score on his forehead and the back of his hands. 1602 01:16:08.680 --> 01:16:11.359 Already had to go to class for his International relations 1603 01:16:11.800 --> 01:16:13.720 master's degree. So that is one of the reasons Matt 1604 01:16:13.760 --> 01:16:17.479 will always be beloved in my heart. As interns go, 1605 01:16:17.880 --> 01:16:20.279 you're like right up there, Matt. Honestly, I've had a 1606 01:16:20.319 --> 01:16:22.039 lot of interns, but you are the top dog. 1607 01:16:23.199 --> 01:16:23.720 I'll take it. 1608 01:16:23.800 --> 01:16:24.079 Thank you. 1609 01:16:24.279 --> 01:16:27.840 That's that's nice. I wish you know it didn't include 1610 01:16:28.399 --> 01:16:30.600 having a henna tattoo on my forehead in the middle 1611 01:16:30.600 --> 01:16:32.079 of taking a final Damn, he. 1612 01:16:32.159 --> 01:16:34.760 Doesn't mind you're looking at naked pictures of. 1613 01:16:37.399 --> 01:16:37.600 Matt. 1614 01:16:37.640 --> 01:16:38.920 Yeah, that's correct. 1615 01:16:39.399 --> 01:16:41.199 Are you Are you at your mom and dad's house 1616 01:16:41.279 --> 01:16:46.319 right now? I am, and we'll Damn we're celebrating. What 1617 01:16:46.399 --> 01:16:48.279 are you guys doing tonight for New Year's Eve? Something fun? 1618 01:16:48.319 --> 01:16:50.239 Now you're old and married, though, so it is probably 1619 01:16:50.279 --> 01:16:50.760 not as fun. 1620 01:16:51.560 --> 01:16:51.760 I know. 1621 01:16:51.960 --> 01:16:54.840 It's less fun than a US think. Uh, just having 1622 01:16:54.880 --> 01:17:00.279 some people over and getting the champagne going, that's about it. No, 1623 01:17:00.479 --> 01:17:02.840 it's yeah, No, the bars in veil. 1624 01:17:02.880 --> 01:17:07.239 I'm up in veil. It's like it's like a zoo. 1625 01:17:08.079 --> 01:17:11.199 Yeah, tonight, so I will be steering clear of that. 1626 01:17:11.319 --> 01:17:12.920 Although yeah, a few years ago I would have been 1627 01:17:12.960 --> 01:17:13.399 all over it. 1628 01:17:13.479 --> 01:17:18.279 But yeah, getting a doesn't it, doesn't it? Yeah, I'd 1629 01:17:18.399 --> 01:17:21.159 rather I like this better. Well, I got to tell 1630 01:17:21.159 --> 01:17:22.680 you I do too, because I'll be asleep by ten 1631 01:17:22.720 --> 01:17:24.680 o'clock to night on my couch. But are my sweatpants. 1632 01:17:24.800 --> 01:17:26.319 I'm I'm gonna try and make it till ten. I 1633 01:17:26.359 --> 01:17:28.600 feel good about that. I add doing that o'clock. Can 1634 01:17:28.640 --> 01:17:30.600 Matt do me a favor? Next time you come through Denver, 1635 01:17:30.760 --> 01:17:32.640 you better reach out and come see me. 1636 01:17:33.760 --> 01:17:35.399 I will do that, will do that. 1637 01:17:35.479 --> 01:17:37.319 I know it's been a while, it's been a long while. 1638 01:17:37.439 --> 01:17:39.720 Give your mom and dad my very best, especially your mom, 1639 01:17:40.039 --> 01:17:42.880 and a big hud to your lovely wife for putting 1640 01:17:42.960 --> 01:17:46.760 up with you all these years. I will do that. 1641 01:17:46.880 --> 01:17:47.960 Yeah, she appreciates that. 1642 01:17:48.479 --> 01:17:50.439 All right, man, I'll you soon. 1643 01:17:51.960 --> 01:17:52.279 All right. 1644 01:17:52.359 --> 01:17:55.359 Happy New Year, man, Happy New Year to Matt the 1645 01:17:55.399 --> 01:17:56.720 Dead to me in turn, all right, now, I'll talk 1646 01:17:56.720 --> 01:18:00.960 to you later, my friend. All Right, Matt the Dead 1647 01:18:01.000 --> 01:18:03.680 to me back one more time. We will be back 1648 01:18:03.720 --> 01:18:05.239 and when I have back, when we get back, I 1649 01:18:05.279 --> 01:18:07.039 have some questions. It's an ask me anything. And I 1650 01:18:07.119 --> 01:18:09.159 have some questions for Q. And I have a question 1651 01:18:09.279 --> 01:18:11.159 for Chuck. I might have a question for Susan. 1652 01:18:11.199 --> 01:18:11.520 I don't know. 1653 01:18:11.600 --> 01:18:12.600 We're gonna find out next. 1654 01:18:14.239 --> 01:18:17.000 Happy New Year from KOA. 1655 01:18:18.000 --> 01:18:20.920 The Countdown at twenty twenty five is in bull Swing. 1656 01:18:21.119 --> 01:18:25.560 iHeartRadio and ABC bring you Dick Clark's The New Year's 1657 01:18:25.600 --> 01:18:26.399 the Rocket Eve. 1658 01:18:26.439 --> 01:18:28.960 Join me, Ryan ccrest and my calls Rita Ara. 1659 01:18:29.079 --> 01:18:30.079 Live from Times Square. 1660 01:18:31.159 --> 01:18:33.640 A Lentis Mori, set Blake Shelby, carry. 1661 01:18:33.439 --> 01:18:36.720 Under What Kesha, Lenny Kradits, Louis Fonsi, Brende, Wrap. 1662 01:18:36.720 --> 01:18:39.359 Teddy Swims, DLC and more take the stage. 1663 01:18:39.399 --> 01:18:40.760 It's a night Starting at. 1664 01:18:40.720 --> 01:18:43.840 Seven, It's America's biggest countdown party of the year, Dick 1665 01:18:43.920 --> 01:18:46.439 Clark's New Year's Broccan East Blatch on ABC. 1666 01:18:49.279 --> 01:18:52.560 As we head into holiday season, it's holiday party season 1667 01:18:52.880 --> 01:18:55.520 and you enjoy hanging out with friends and family if 1668 01:18:55.680 --> 01:18:58.319 Thanksgiving or Christmas or Hanukkah, and you might even like 1669 01:18:58.399 --> 01:19:01.119 your company holiday party, but maybe you don't enjoy it 1670 01:19:01.159 --> 01:19:03.760 as much as you could because your smile is letting 1671 01:19:03.800 --> 01:19:07.159 you down. 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Call Trajan 1755 01:22:46.479 --> 01:22:49.760 today at seven two zero four zero five thirty three hundred. 1756 01:22:49.880 --> 01:22:52.920 That's seven two zero or zero five thirty three hundred. 1757 01:22:52.920 --> 01:22:54.399 I know he guarantees are based on a clean pangabilly 1758 01:22:54.399 --> 01:22:56.239 of usually insurance company DA most sakes, that's Tradge Wealth 1759 01:22:56.239 --> 01:22:56.840 Insurance Solutions. 1760 01:22:56.920 --> 01:22:59.800 I'm calling this meeting of the Regent Revolution Fan Club 1761 01:22:59.840 --> 01:23:02.880 to I'm here with doctor Paul Betoni, a fellow patient 1762 01:23:02.920 --> 01:23:05.640 at Regen Revolution. Doctor Paul, tell me what took you 1763 01:23:05.720 --> 01:23:07.439 to Regen Revolution in the first place. 1764 01:23:07.720 --> 01:23:11.319 Well, actually it was my dental classmate. I talked to him, 1765 01:23:11.760 --> 01:23:13.560 what are you up to? I said, I'm thinking about 1766 01:23:13.600 --> 01:23:15.880 doing stem cells for I need I don't want surgery, 1767 01:23:15.920 --> 01:23:17.880 and he said, well, I did it ten years ago 1768 01:23:18.039 --> 01:23:19.560 for a shoulders. He said, I've been paining for you. 1769 01:23:19.600 --> 01:23:21.479 He said, you sold me. I hung up with him 1770 01:23:21.520 --> 01:23:23.399 and called to reach in and tell me about the 1771 01:23:23.399 --> 01:23:26.039 pain you were in my right knee. It's a little 1772 01:23:26.039 --> 01:23:28.239 bone on bone on the on the lateral side, but 1773 01:23:28.359 --> 01:23:31.760 the medial side was killing me. And I definitely didn't 1774 01:23:31.760 --> 01:23:32.560 want to do surgery. 1775 01:23:32.760 --> 01:23:35.000 So tell me about the difference between before and after 1776 01:23:35.119 --> 01:23:38.199 the treatments at Regent Revolution. No pain free. 1777 01:23:38.479 --> 01:23:40.560 Took about a month before I got my stem cells, 1778 01:23:40.600 --> 01:23:41.760 and then I says it's going to take two or 1779 01:23:41.800 --> 01:23:44.159 three months for it to kick in. And it kicked 1780 01:23:44.199 --> 01:23:46.319 in and it's been pain free for a couple of 1781 01:23:46.359 --> 01:23:46.720 months now. 1782 01:23:46.840 --> 01:23:48.760 Doctor Paul, thanks for coming to the fan club meeting 1783 01:23:48.800 --> 01:23:51.159 and if you want to live pain free, schedule your 1784 01:23:51.159 --> 01:23:53.960 free consultation by calling three oh three two ninety two 1785 01:23:54.239 --> 01:23:57.680 ninety nine ninety two or find him online at regenrev 1786 01:23:57.920 --> 01:23:58.399 dot com. 1787 01:23:58.920 --> 01:24:02.520 Chris Houer from Macaway Common Spirit Studio, Hey, this is 1788 01:24:02.600 --> 01:24:06.520 Peyton Manning. Common Spirit Health supports our communities by combining 1789 01:24:06.600 --> 01:24:10.720 medical expertise with the healing power of humanity. Learn more. 1790 01:24:10.880 --> 01:24:15.199 At Mountain dot Common Spirit dot org and go brocos. 1791 01:24:17.039 --> 01:24:19.439 All right, we're back. We got a studio full of people. 1792 01:24:19.640 --> 01:24:22.520 I got the chuck, my husband, the Q, my daughter, 1793 01:24:22.720 --> 01:24:26.800 the Susan Wickin, my beloved friend and former newsperson. Someone 1794 01:24:26.920 --> 01:24:29.720 just hit this, Susan. Susan teased the story about wedding crashing. 1795 01:24:30.319 --> 01:24:32.199 We'd love to hear about. It's always amazing what you 1796 01:24:32.239 --> 01:24:36.680 guys remember. Susan one day on the program just reveals 1797 01:24:37.039 --> 01:24:40.319 after knowing her for years, she's a very respectable woman. 1798 01:24:40.479 --> 01:24:45.079 She's very active in her organization. She very important, has 1799 01:24:45.159 --> 01:24:47.319 held very important positions on board. 1800 01:24:47.399 --> 01:24:48.479 He's a community leader. 1801 01:24:48.600 --> 01:24:51.159 She is a community leader. And Susan announced to everyone 1802 01:24:51.199 --> 01:24:53.560 on the show that she likes to crash weddings for 1803 01:24:53.720 --> 01:24:55.600 the cake. Oh yes, of course that's not even the 1804 01:24:55.640 --> 01:24:56.920 best part you've done this. 1805 01:24:57.199 --> 01:24:59.760 It's the video that she old for a dozen probably 1806 01:25:00.039 --> 01:25:03.840 and the best part, which what's really important about doing 1807 01:25:03.960 --> 01:25:06.880 that is that then you go to the photographer, Yes, 1808 01:25:07.199 --> 01:25:10.479 and you make sure that you get your picture taken 1809 01:25:11.319 --> 01:25:14.800 by the photographer at the wedding so that the bride 1810 01:25:14.800 --> 01:25:18.119 and groom later on they're going, wait, who is this? 1811 01:25:18.520 --> 01:25:18.680 Oh? 1812 01:25:19.359 --> 01:25:21.640 I was rolling on the floor when you told the 1813 01:25:21.680 --> 01:25:23.319 story about making a video saying. 1814 01:25:23.560 --> 01:25:27.640 I love you guys, top, I was sure, absolutely, they're 1815 01:25:27.680 --> 01:25:28.920 like I thought they were on your son. 1816 01:25:28.960 --> 01:25:31.560 I thought they were on your sign. Yeah, that's probably 1817 01:25:31.640 --> 01:25:34.840 Uncle Bob's day. Sure, yeah, she's so shady. Great, all right, 1818 01:25:34.920 --> 01:25:37.720 que somebody asked you a question, A question for Q. 1819 01:25:37.920 --> 01:25:41.680 What was your perception of the whole election process for 1820 01:25:41.840 --> 01:25:46.960 the presidency. I didn't pay attention. I like, if I 1821 01:25:47.399 --> 01:25:49.840 can't avoid it, I will. Did they talk about it 1822 01:25:49.920 --> 01:25:51.840 at all in school? Because she's a sophomore in high 1823 01:25:51.840 --> 01:25:52.359 school now. 1824 01:25:52.359 --> 01:25:52.439 So. 1825 01:25:54.760 --> 01:25:55.520 Not not really. 1826 01:25:55.760 --> 01:25:58.840 When my teacher talks about things that are related to 1827 01:25:59.039 --> 01:26:02.399 like elections, it's like elections in the eighteen hundreds, and 1828 01:26:02.479 --> 01:26:05.800 he has very strong opinions about who should have won. 1829 01:26:06.399 --> 01:26:11.079 And it's if I had to deal with that while 1830 01:26:11.359 --> 01:26:14.239 this election was going on, I would have torn my 1831 01:26:14.319 --> 01:26:16.399 own hair out because it would have been in suffer. 1832 01:26:17.880 --> 01:26:21.359 Yeah, ask you anything? What is the up and coming 1833 01:26:21.439 --> 01:26:24.840 music that your parents enjoy? Like you should have asked 1834 01:26:24.960 --> 01:26:32.039 us that texture come on? Well yet I love Yeah. 1835 01:26:32.079 --> 01:26:36.720 If I could think of names and not just faces. 1836 01:26:37.880 --> 01:26:41.960 Chapelle, what is her name? Okay, I can't remember the name. 1837 01:26:42.159 --> 01:26:45.119 And then we've got Kelsey Ballerini, big fan there. She 1838 01:26:45.239 --> 01:26:47.439 introduced me to The Wallows, which I never heard of. 1839 01:26:47.560 --> 01:26:50.680 We went to see them at Red Rocks. Lord Huron's good. 1840 01:26:52.199 --> 01:26:54.840 Let's see who else? Who else is in the Taylor family? 1841 01:26:55.239 --> 01:26:55.359 Uh? 1842 01:26:55.680 --> 01:26:59.279 Serena Carpenter. I like Sabrina Carpenter, but not I. I 1843 01:26:59.359 --> 01:26:59.920 don't love her. 1844 01:27:00.159 --> 01:27:02.159 I don't think I've played Conan Gray for either of 1845 01:27:02.199 --> 01:27:05.760 you guys, because I played some of it. I've played 1846 01:27:05.760 --> 01:27:07.600 a couple that were in heart Stopper, but like a 1847 01:27:07.680 --> 01:27:09.439 lot of the ones that I know are really depressing, 1848 01:27:09.600 --> 01:27:11.000 and so I just don't play them. 1849 01:27:11.000 --> 01:27:12.279 Because you like a beat music. 1850 01:27:12.439 --> 01:27:14.680 Someone it's a country artist that I actually think. 1851 01:27:14.920 --> 01:27:18.600 Aaron that was her top song for Spotify this year was. 1852 01:27:22.159 --> 01:27:24.920 Actually sounds country where most of the country now sounds. 1853 01:27:25.760 --> 01:27:28.319 Literally said the opposite to me, like, I know I 1854 01:27:31.239 --> 01:27:34.279 should be What music of your parents do you like? 1855 01:27:36.560 --> 01:27:39.479 She listened to a lot of stuff I all of 1856 01:27:39.680 --> 01:27:41.680 Like half of the music that I listened to has 1857 01:27:41.760 --> 01:27:45.159 come from either like artists I follow on Instagram that 1858 01:27:45.239 --> 01:27:49.279 aren't like mainstream, which that sounds kind of shallow, but 1859 01:27:52.960 --> 01:27:55.319 music like it's either that or I find it from 1860 01:27:55.399 --> 01:27:58.479 TV shows. It's like, it's very That's why I've found 1861 01:27:58.520 --> 01:28:01.319 lord here on because the night we met is like 1862 01:28:01.479 --> 01:28:05.840 the most important song in thirteen reasons Why so so? 1863 01:28:06.199 --> 01:28:09.399 But didn't answer our music, Dad and I music. 1864 01:28:09.720 --> 01:28:10.479 So I don't know. 1865 01:28:10.760 --> 01:28:13.680 I mean, I have like three tears for fear songs. 1866 01:28:13.760 --> 01:28:15.600 I know you We'll take it because I'm a little 1867 01:28:15.640 --> 01:28:16.279 Ricky Martin. 1868 01:28:16.479 --> 01:28:18.640 She likes, she likes to live in Leviv the loco. 1869 01:28:18.720 --> 01:28:20.439 What's the other one? You play every once in a while, 1870 01:28:21.039 --> 01:28:21.680 Bobby Brown? 1871 01:28:21.800 --> 01:28:23.680 But you know, not prerogative. 1872 01:28:23.880 --> 01:28:26.880 Yeah, yeah, I know one song and I haven't heard 1873 01:28:26.920 --> 01:28:28.880 it for a long time, except for those times where 1874 01:28:28.880 --> 01:28:29.920 he's like, play something. 1875 01:28:29.720 --> 01:28:31.159 I like, and so I just play that. 1876 01:28:32.199 --> 01:28:34.279 Yeah. I banned it from Bobby Brown for a while. 1877 01:28:34.359 --> 01:28:36.079 That was the one song she kept playing. 1878 01:28:36.640 --> 01:28:37.920 I couldn't think of other songs. 1879 01:28:38.399 --> 01:28:38.760 All right. 1880 01:28:38.840 --> 01:28:40.880 It doesn't ask me anything, And since Susan's here, you 1881 01:28:40.920 --> 01:28:43.560 can ask her anything too. I have a question for 1882 01:28:43.720 --> 01:28:47.800 my family, and that is, are either of you setting 1883 01:28:47.840 --> 01:28:49.000 goals for twenty twenty five? 1884 01:28:49.840 --> 01:28:50.239 Well I am. 1885 01:28:50.279 --> 01:28:53.920 I'm not doing resolutions. I'm done with resolutions. Resolutions are stupid, 1886 01:28:54.000 --> 01:28:56.199 Yeah they are. My goal is to come in here 1887 01:28:56.239 --> 01:28:57.920 and annoy you on the air as often as well. 1888 01:28:58.039 --> 01:29:01.159 That is not going to happen. Okay, you know, are kiddinges? 1889 01:29:02.680 --> 01:29:05.119 So someone make a bingo card of things that they 1890 01:29:05.199 --> 01:29:06.920 want to do in like the new year, so that 1891 01:29:07.000 --> 01:29:08.880 way they can just cross it off rather than going 1892 01:29:08.920 --> 01:29:10.239 to the end of the year and being like, oh, 1893 01:29:10.319 --> 01:29:11.359 I haven't done any of the. 1894 01:29:13.600 --> 01:29:16.079 Yeah, so I would like to do that. I am 1895 01:29:17.319 --> 01:29:19.680 I don't really have like I would. 1896 01:29:19.720 --> 01:29:22.680 I would like to put doors back on my closet. 1897 01:29:22.800 --> 01:29:26.439 That would be you know what, picky, picky, picky, It's fine. 1898 01:29:26.560 --> 01:29:28.279 It has like my dog them off, put them on, 1899 01:29:28.399 --> 01:29:30.439 take him off, put them on. Yeah, okay, what will 1900 01:29:30.479 --> 01:29:34.239 be on your bingo card? I I don't know one thing. 1901 01:29:34.439 --> 01:29:41.359 That's just one thing. Get your braces off. Sure, you 1902 01:29:41.960 --> 01:29:44.000 put things on there that you know are going to happen, 1903 01:29:44.119 --> 01:29:46.159 and then you have the satisfaction of why I think 1904 01:29:46.199 --> 01:29:46.479 you got. 1905 01:29:46.760 --> 01:29:48.239 A couple of things you know are going to happen, 1906 01:29:48.279 --> 01:29:49.640 But you gotta put some stuff on there. 1907 01:29:49.720 --> 01:29:49.960 You have to. 1908 01:29:50.199 --> 01:29:51.840 Oh no, but you've got to get to throw yourself 1909 01:29:51.840 --> 01:29:54.239 a bone. Man, Will you put on your bingo card? 1910 01:29:54.319 --> 01:29:55.840 I am going to write this damn book that is 1911 01:29:55.880 --> 01:29:57.600 in my head that is a thing that is going 1912 01:29:57.680 --> 01:30:00.399 to happen to do that too. I also am trying 1913 01:30:00.520 --> 01:30:03.319 to start doing more speaking, and I'd love to do that. 1914 01:30:03.520 --> 01:30:05.279 So if you're listening and you have an organization I 1915 01:30:05.319 --> 01:30:07.279 can speak to, I'd love to come speak to you. 1916 01:30:07.479 --> 01:30:11.760 Here you go. What we should try to get the podcast? 1917 01:30:12.319 --> 01:30:12.439 Oh? 1918 01:30:12.560 --> 01:30:16.760 Yeah, you were little. Yeah, I'm looking forward to He's ready. 1919 01:30:16.760 --> 01:30:18.520 I just don't have time to edit it. So I 1920 01:30:18.600 --> 01:30:19.960 got to teach her how to do the editing so 1921 01:30:20.119 --> 01:30:20.479 she can do it. 1922 01:30:20.520 --> 01:30:20.800 All right. 1923 01:30:20.840 --> 01:30:23.800 These are all good things. Love it listening, audience. We'll 1924 01:30:23.800 --> 01:30:25.199 get his on the way. We'll get We'll get his 1925 01:30:25.279 --> 01:30:27.359 on the other side because I'm out of time. If 1926 01:30:27.399 --> 01:30:30.159 you want to text in your goals for twenty twenty 1927 01:30:30.239 --> 01:30:32.079 five or what's going to be on your bingo card, 1928 01:30:32.199 --> 01:30:34.039 I love that idea. We'll do that next. 1929 01:30:34.039 --> 01:30:34.439 It's great. 1930 01:30:34.760 --> 01:30:36.920 We've got the queue, We've got my husband, Chuck. Chuck. 1931 01:30:36.960 --> 01:30:38.199 You have to tell people what's going to be on 1932 01:30:38.239 --> 01:30:40.720 your twenty twenty five bingo card. Shop. My inquiring minds 1933 01:30:40.720 --> 01:30:42.359 want to know. Nice. 1934 01:30:43.039 --> 01:30:45.199 My main thing is getting out of the house, and 1935 01:30:45.359 --> 01:30:47.399 I've had some injuries over the last couple of years 1936 01:30:47.399 --> 01:30:50.079 where I haven't been able to go hiking through the incline. 1937 01:30:50.600 --> 01:30:53.760 And I am feeling pretty good thanks to Dana, our trainer. Yes, 1938 01:30:53.960 --> 01:30:57.079 and she has been kicking my butt literally three times 1939 01:30:57.119 --> 01:30:57.520 a week for. 1940 01:30:57.560 --> 01:31:00.319 The last I don't know how long, and it's making 1941 01:31:00.319 --> 01:31:00.720 a difference. 1942 01:31:00.800 --> 01:31:02.800 It's making a huge difference. And I'm ready to get 1943 01:31:02.840 --> 01:31:03.800 out and get in the woods. 1944 01:31:04.039 --> 01:31:06.920 Just got this text bingo card heading to Korea and 1945 01:31:07.000 --> 01:31:09.800 Japan with you and Chuck. That's from Tim and Melissa Hansome. 1946 01:31:09.840 --> 01:31:13.680 Oh I see now, love Melissa. By the way, they 1947 01:31:13.760 --> 01:31:15.439 also said they're going to Tanzania with us. 1948 01:31:15.560 --> 01:31:17.920 Oh good Mandy. What travel company are you using for 1949 01:31:17.960 --> 01:31:19.840 the Japan trip. I'm just going to do a little 1950 01:31:19.880 --> 01:31:23.439 sales pitch right now because it's after Christmas. Maybe you 1951 01:31:23.520 --> 01:31:25.640 got a Christmas bonus you want to spend it on 1952 01:31:25.760 --> 01:31:28.479 some fabulous go with us. In June, we are flying 1953 01:31:28.520 --> 01:31:30.279 to South Korea. We're going to spend a day in 1954 01:31:30.399 --> 01:31:32.920 seld and we are hopping on a beautiful celebrity ship 1955 01:31:33.319 --> 01:31:36.920 and we are sailing around Japan for total love. 1956 01:31:37.479 --> 01:31:39.319 But we still go to Korea. We go to change 1957 01:31:39.319 --> 01:31:39.800 your land. 1958 01:31:40.199 --> 01:31:43.600 I just said that. Then we're sailing around Japan. You 1959 01:31:43.640 --> 01:31:48.039 can find out more at Mandyconnell trip dot com Mandyconnald 1960 01:31:48.079 --> 01:31:50.920 trip dot com. There's still it has to be booked, 1961 01:31:50.960 --> 01:31:54.039 like in the next month, okay, and then it needs 1962 01:31:54.079 --> 01:31:55.479 to happen. So if you want to go with us, 1963 01:31:55.920 --> 01:32:00.000 check it out. It's going to be just incredible, incredible experience. 1964 01:32:00.239 --> 01:32:03.399 So the answer to your question is Cruise and Tour. Yes, 1965 01:32:03.600 --> 01:32:06.319 is the name of the company Cruse hyphen Tour dot com. Yep. 1966 01:32:06.560 --> 01:32:08.520 And for those of you who went to France with 1967 01:32:08.680 --> 01:32:11.359 Ross Kaminsky and I go on this trip because you 1968 01:32:11.439 --> 01:32:14.159 get to see my my big little brother coming on it. 1969 01:32:14.239 --> 01:32:18.840 And my nephew, yes who's listening right now, Happy New Year. 1970 01:32:18.800 --> 01:32:20.520 And nephew Pat. So the que will have someone to 1971 01:32:20.520 --> 01:32:20.800 play with. 1972 01:32:21.079 --> 01:32:23.720 Yes, yes, he's only forty, but that her cousin is. 1973 01:32:23.720 --> 01:32:25.159 Coming, so now she'll have somebody to play with. 1974 01:32:25.960 --> 01:32:29.760 He calls me his niece, and like Sam calls me 1975 01:32:29.840 --> 01:32:31.640 her niece as well, and like I will be in 1976 01:32:31.680 --> 01:32:33.279 the middle of a conversation and one of them will 1977 01:32:33.279 --> 01:32:34.600 be like my niece and I'm like cousin. 1978 01:32:35.079 --> 01:32:40.279 Yeah, she's in between two generations. Yeah, so here's one 1979 01:32:40.439 --> 01:32:43.039 for you, Chuck. First of all, somebody said you have 1980 01:32:43.039 --> 01:32:46.000 a great radio voice. And then Sandy asked Chuck what 1981 01:32:46.119 --> 01:32:49.920 his highest military award is and what it's for. Oh, well, 1982 01:32:50.680 --> 01:32:52.960 kill I mean, for me, I would say the biggest 1983 01:32:53.000 --> 01:32:55.399 one is the purple heart. Yeah, because that one was 1984 01:32:55.920 --> 01:32:58.520 earned in a negative way, but at least he was 1985 01:32:59.319 --> 01:33:02.439 noticed and recognized for surviving. I mean, isn't that what 1986 01:33:02.520 --> 01:33:04.720 a purple heart's all about? A couple of times, yeah, 1987 01:33:04.760 --> 01:33:08.000 I's And the short story. 1988 01:33:08.039 --> 01:33:09.479 I know I've been asked to say this story on 1989 01:33:09.560 --> 01:33:11.279 the air, but we don't have time, so we'll do 1990 01:33:11.359 --> 01:33:13.199 that some other day. But the short story is, watch 1991 01:33:13.279 --> 01:33:16.199 the movie Black hawk Down that happened October third of 1992 01:33:16.399 --> 01:33:21.279 ninety three. I had a smaller incident that wasn't as 1993 01:33:21.439 --> 01:33:25.319 brutal as that, but nobody was killed in our incident, 1994 01:33:25.399 --> 01:33:28.079 and me and my partner were ambushed right outside the 1995 01:33:28.119 --> 01:33:31.760 beginning of black hawk Down, they show the stadium. We 1996 01:33:31.840 --> 01:33:35.720 got ambushed right outside the stadium. I got shot a lot, 1997 01:33:35.840 --> 01:33:37.520 and my buddy lost to sight in his eye. And 1998 01:33:38.000 --> 01:33:40.359 that's the short story. So that's what the purple hearts for. 1999 01:33:40.760 --> 01:33:42.640 I have another one for being stabbed, but that's a 2000 01:33:42.760 --> 01:33:45.239 totally different story. That's not even dramatic. I mean, that's 2001 01:33:45.319 --> 01:33:47.439 just like a thing. He just got stabbed. It's fine, 2002 01:33:47.720 --> 01:33:49.359 it's fine, nothing to worry about. 2003 01:33:49.760 --> 01:33:52.680 That one didn't leave as many blasting marks as the 2004 01:33:52.800 --> 01:33:59.000 Somalia incident, which left a lot of lasting marks. So, Mandy, 2005 01:33:59.079 --> 01:34:01.479 what popcorn do you like? I'll be happy to share 2006 01:34:01.520 --> 01:34:02.960 that with you. First of all, you have to have 2007 01:34:03.479 --> 01:34:06.960 the Adam popper, yes, popcorn maker that goes on the stovetop. 2008 01:34:07.159 --> 01:34:10.279 I am anti microwave popcorn. And then I use Bob's 2009 01:34:10.399 --> 01:34:15.119 Red Mill white popcorn. It is so delicious and so fantastic, 2010 01:34:15.279 --> 01:34:17.359 and I usually have to order it on Amazon because 2011 01:34:17.359 --> 01:34:18.760 I can't find it in the stores anymore. 2012 01:34:18.840 --> 01:34:19.439 And it's amazing. 2013 01:34:20.840 --> 01:34:23.840 I use ghee. I use gee to cook the popcorn, 2014 01:34:23.920 --> 01:34:26.399 so it just gets a little shade of butter, but 2015 01:34:26.520 --> 01:34:29.479 not gooey and gross, just a little shade of butter 2016 01:34:29.600 --> 01:34:31.319 as it goes in the popper. And it is just 2017 01:34:31.720 --> 01:34:32.680 we're so magical. 2018 01:34:33.159 --> 01:34:35.199 We have a giant thing of popcorn salt that we 2019 01:34:35.319 --> 01:34:36.720 refill our popcorn salt. 2020 01:34:38.439 --> 01:34:40.119 Like a big Morton popcorn salt. 2021 01:34:40.239 --> 01:34:43.640 Does to get from how Dad lost his finger to popcorn. 2022 01:34:44.560 --> 01:34:46.880 Welcome to the Many Call Show. I'm like I don't 2023 01:34:46.880 --> 01:34:49.279 know if you've heard of us before. I want to 2024 01:34:49.319 --> 01:34:51.760 ask this. I need a chuck and I are watching 2025 01:34:51.800 --> 01:34:54.399 the best show right now. This is completely random. Yes, 2026 01:34:55.000 --> 01:34:58.119 it is The Lioness with Zoe Saldano. It is amazing, 2027 01:34:58.720 --> 01:35:00.880 so good and so stressed. But I need to know 2028 01:35:01.039 --> 01:35:03.560 from listeners, like what are you guys watching, because we're 2029 01:35:03.600 --> 01:35:05.840 going to watch the other six episodes of it tonight. 2030 01:35:06.000 --> 01:35:07.760 That's my plan for New Year's Eve? What are you 2031 01:35:07.800 --> 01:35:09.600 gonna do on New Year I'm gonna wach six episodes 2032 01:35:09.600 --> 01:35:12.880 of Lioness. I need more shows. I love The Diplomat, 2033 01:35:13.119 --> 01:35:14.920 although it might be late to the party on that one. 2034 01:35:15.039 --> 01:35:15.720 Is that kid? 2035 01:35:16.520 --> 01:35:17.159 Is that it is? 2036 01:35:17.319 --> 01:35:18.079 I have no idea. 2037 01:35:18.520 --> 01:35:21.600 It is on Netflix though the moment just told me about. 2038 01:35:21.439 --> 01:35:22.159 This, I think. 2039 01:35:23.520 --> 01:35:27.359 And also I've been watching Shrinking. We're finishing up Shrinking. Okay, 2040 01:35:27.520 --> 01:35:30.439 that is Carrie Russell. I love Carrie The Diplomat. 2041 01:35:30.640 --> 01:35:32.479 Yeah, it's a really really good show. 2042 01:35:33.199 --> 01:35:36.600 And well, we've watched one episode of Yellowstone, but I 2043 01:35:36.640 --> 01:35:39.159 think we might kick that off and actually it's over now. 2044 01:35:39.479 --> 01:35:41.640 I know watching. 2045 01:35:42.960 --> 01:35:46.199 Did you watch Drinking? Uh no, what is drinking? Drinking 2046 01:35:46.520 --> 01:35:49.520 is with the same guys that Ted lasso. Okay, that 2047 01:35:49.800 --> 01:35:51.760 that Apple TV, though it is. I don't I'm not 2048 01:35:51.800 --> 01:35:55.479 buying another subscription. Okay, they're not happening. Yeah for Susan, 2049 01:35:56.079 --> 01:35:59.960 who is your favorite host on KOA? No pressure? Oh literally, 2050 01:36:00.079 --> 01:36:07.239 he says, no pressure really? Oh yeah, you don't have 2051 01:36:07.279 --> 01:36:11.159 to I silence, thank you. You know, of course it's 2052 01:36:11.199 --> 01:36:14.399 some Mandy Connell show. Yeah, I'd follow you anywhere. Ralph 2053 01:36:14.479 --> 01:36:17.640 says being a survivor of anything regarding Somalia is an 2054 01:36:17.680 --> 01:36:18.279 epic feat. 2055 01:36:18.520 --> 01:36:19.720 Yes, you know what. 2056 01:36:19.960 --> 01:36:22.880 We when we were in Switzerland last year. So we 2057 01:36:23.000 --> 01:36:25.800 got to Switzerland and our bags didn't arrive and it 2058 01:36:25.880 --> 01:36:28.640 was a complete cluster in Geneva. We're flyingto Geneva, but 2059 01:36:28.720 --> 01:36:30.680 we're staying in Loasan, which is like half an hour away. 2060 01:36:30.760 --> 01:36:33.399 Our plan was just hoped the train right, because the 2061 01:36:33.439 --> 01:36:35.119 trains in Switzerland are great. But by the time we 2062 01:36:35.199 --> 01:36:38.119 got there, we were so tired and so irritable. I said, 2063 01:36:38.159 --> 01:36:40.560 I'm calling an uber. I'm just calling an uber. I 2064 01:36:40.560 --> 01:36:41.680 don't want to have to deal with the train. I 2065 01:36:41.720 --> 01:36:43.159 don't have to figure it out. I just want to 2066 01:36:43.199 --> 01:36:45.039 call an uber. We call an uber. This guy comes 2067 01:36:45.079 --> 01:36:47.079 and picks us up in a Mercedes, because everybody in 2068 01:36:47.239 --> 01:36:50.079 Uber drives the Mercedes, so you feel fancy even though 2069 01:36:50.119 --> 01:36:52.680 you're just in an Uber. We start talking to him, 2070 01:36:52.800 --> 01:36:54.560 as we do, we kind of talk to every Uber 2071 01:36:54.640 --> 01:36:57.640 driver we have. We're chatty passengers. And we find out 2072 01:36:57.680 --> 01:37:00.439 he is Somalian and chucks that out. Oh yeah, I 2073 01:37:00.680 --> 01:37:03.680 lost a finger in Somalia, and the guy goes, really when, 2074 01:37:04.119 --> 01:37:05.960 So they start talking to the guy says, I might 2075 01:37:06.039 --> 01:37:07.399 have been one of the kids shooting at you. 2076 01:37:08.079 --> 01:37:09.880 It was like ten and what did he do? 2077 01:37:10.079 --> 01:37:12.880 He turned off the mat, the meter and for free. 2078 01:37:13.000 --> 01:37:13.600 Yeah, he would not. 2079 01:37:14.119 --> 01:37:18.119 So he attributed the American soldiers coming into Somalia as 2080 01:37:18.199 --> 01:37:20.279 saving his life. He now has four kids and a 2081 01:37:20.359 --> 01:37:21.680 family who lives in Switzerland. 2082 01:37:21.840 --> 01:37:23.720 He was adopted by a Swiss couple when he was 2083 01:37:23.800 --> 01:37:28.439 like twelve. Yeah, he told us about what the warlords did. 2084 01:37:28.920 --> 01:37:32.239 The warlords would give the these are children, Okay, he 2085 01:37:32.359 --> 01:37:35.600 was say nine, ten years old. They give him methamphetamine, 2086 01:37:35.920 --> 01:37:38.359 and they get them hooked on methamphetamine, and then they 2087 01:37:38.560 --> 01:37:40.399 ordered them, while they're high on meth to go kill 2088 01:37:40.439 --> 01:37:43.800 their family, and they did. And now the only family 2089 01:37:43.880 --> 01:37:46.840 they have are the warlord and the gangs. Right, and 2090 01:37:47.079 --> 01:37:50.880 so it was. It was fascinating. It gave me so fascinating. 2091 01:37:50.880 --> 01:37:54.000 But you talked to hearing your story, Yeah it is, 2092 01:37:54.119 --> 01:37:55.000 it's chilling. 2093 01:37:55.239 --> 01:37:56.760 It was amazing. We're in the cab. 2094 01:37:56.800 --> 01:37:58.640 You know, it could have gone either way with me 2095 01:37:58.800 --> 01:38:01.680 saying that, you know I was in Somalia because he may, 2096 01:38:01.880 --> 01:38:04.800 you know, have been a person who hated the Americans there. Yeah, 2097 01:38:04.880 --> 01:38:07.520 so I was very COGNI cautious, incognizant of what I 2098 01:38:07.640 --> 01:38:08.319 was saying to him. 2099 01:38:08.399 --> 01:38:10.840 So well, I got a couple lots of people saying, 2100 01:38:10.880 --> 01:38:12.800 we got to watch lad Man, which is another Taylor 2101 01:38:12.840 --> 01:38:16.760 Sheridan show, which Zoe Saldano's Taylor Sheridan as well. So 2102 01:38:16.840 --> 01:38:18.720 we got to watch Landman. Here's one Chuck, do you 2103 01:38:18.800 --> 01:38:20.279 find it hard to get a tan living in your 2104 01:38:20.279 --> 01:38:26.039 wife's shadow? Chuck is the one holding the spotlight. And 2105 01:38:26.159 --> 01:38:29.000 I mean that in the nicest possible ways. I said 2106 01:38:29.039 --> 01:38:30.680 this the other day. This is what Kat was saying 2107 01:38:30.720 --> 01:38:33.479 in the Chuck is my biggest fan, and he is 2108 01:38:33.560 --> 01:38:36.159 my biggest cheerleader, and he is the guy whenever I 2109 01:38:36.279 --> 01:38:38.840 say hey we should, He's like immediately like, I think 2110 01:38:38.880 --> 01:38:40.880 that's a dumb idea. But what can I do to help. 2111 01:38:41.359 --> 01:38:43.239 He is the reason that I can do this and 2112 01:38:43.359 --> 01:38:46.479 still have a family and still enjoy my life. Because 2113 01:38:46.560 --> 01:38:51.279 he takes care of everything that is not on this show. 2114 01:38:51.479 --> 01:38:53.199 I don't have to go to a job, so that 2115 01:38:53.359 --> 01:38:53.800 helps out. 2116 01:38:53.880 --> 01:38:54.720 I am a job. 2117 01:38:56.079 --> 01:38:59.159 Point full time, retired when we got here, and you know. 2118 01:39:00.960 --> 01:39:05.279 What, you've produced this lovely young lady here. Yeah, very true. 2119 01:39:05.680 --> 01:39:07.760 She's got a smile on her face today. Wait till tomorrow. 2120 01:39:09.560 --> 01:39:11.199 I'm sorry I had to type somebody what kind of 2121 01:39:11.199 --> 01:39:13.439 popcorn that was? So yeah, we have a little bit 2122 01:39:13.479 --> 01:39:15.279 of busy work. First of all, if you're going to 2123 01:39:15.319 --> 01:39:18.560 watch the game on Sunday, got good news. Pat Mahomes 2124 01:39:18.640 --> 01:39:21.000 isn't starting. Several other chiefs are not starting because they've 2125 01:39:21.000 --> 01:39:23.119 already locked up you know, their position in the playoffs. 2126 01:39:23.439 --> 01:39:25.359 So that bodes well for the Broncos. But that's not 2127 01:39:25.479 --> 01:39:26.319 why you should watch them. 2128 01:39:26.399 --> 01:39:29.680 Oh no, you get to be on Chuck's drinking game. Yes, 2129 01:39:29.920 --> 01:39:32.439 Chuck is running the parabolic mic at the game. So 2130 01:39:32.600 --> 01:39:35.159 here's the deal. If you're watching the game and you 2131 01:39:35.239 --> 01:39:37.159 see on the sidelines and you see me, I'm in 2132 01:39:37.239 --> 01:39:38.560 one of the vests and I'm a big guy. You 2133 01:39:38.640 --> 01:39:41.000 can't miss me and you see me, you have to 2134 01:39:41.000 --> 01:39:43.079 take a drink or whatever. You're drinking the whole game. 2135 01:39:43.840 --> 01:39:45.600 And do you know who's on the screen all the 2136 01:39:45.640 --> 01:39:47.800 time in those games, all the guys standing on the fiece. 2137 01:39:47.880 --> 01:39:50.520 So get your case of beer, you know. But I 2138 01:39:50.560 --> 01:39:53.680 will say, are you doing this Sunday? Good game Sunday 2139 01:39:53.720 --> 01:39:57.199 with the Kansas City. I will say this, drink responsibly. 2140 01:39:57.520 --> 01:40:00.640 Don't be driving after you? Yeah, exactly driving after the 2141 01:40:00.760 --> 01:40:02.840 Chuck football drinking game. 2142 01:40:02.920 --> 01:40:05.000 But uh, that's a good way. Look for me. I'll 2143 01:40:05.039 --> 01:40:07.560 look for you. I won't be able to see you, 2144 01:40:07.840 --> 01:40:09.479 but you know I want. 2145 01:40:09.520 --> 01:40:11.479 The game and look for Chuck, big bald guy. Can't 2146 01:40:11.479 --> 01:40:13.399 miss him? Really? And why I say can't miss him? 2147 01:40:13.399 --> 01:40:15.880 I mean can't miss him. Yeah, I'm gonna say goodbye. 2148 01:40:16.680 --> 01:40:17.199 Are you leaving? 2149 01:40:17.239 --> 01:40:19.279 I'm gonna leave you? You are said you are chicken. 2150 01:40:19.479 --> 01:40:24.199 I use this game. I am so glad, quietly and 2151 01:40:24.319 --> 01:40:30.359 noting how disappointing. Yes you want to stay for the day? 2152 01:40:30.439 --> 01:40:30.600 Yes? 2153 01:40:31.199 --> 01:40:31.479 Okay? 2154 01:40:31.760 --> 01:40:32.359 Uh Q. 2155 01:40:32.720 --> 01:40:37.159 What is the thing that you are glad? You don't 2156 01:40:37.199 --> 01:40:39.560 have to look at anymore? In twenty twenty five, what 2157 01:40:39.640 --> 01:40:40.199 are you glad? 2158 01:40:40.319 --> 01:40:40.560 Is over? 2159 01:40:40.720 --> 01:40:45.079 In twenty twenty four, my freshman year of Yeah, that's 2160 01:40:45.159 --> 01:40:49.560 so yes, it is over. You never have to. But 2161 01:40:49.640 --> 01:40:52.479 I cannot even tell you how many people texted Landman 2162 01:40:52.960 --> 01:40:57.079 on the text line I'm talking over paramount it is. 2163 01:40:57.960 --> 01:40:59.079 I don't think. I don't know. 2164 01:40:59.520 --> 01:41:01.960 Maybe next that's a paramount plus Operation Paramount. 2165 01:41:01.960 --> 01:41:02.960 Okay, we have paramom plus. 2166 01:41:03.039 --> 01:41:03.560 Oh I do too. 2167 01:41:03.600 --> 01:41:06.520 I have that Tulsa King we're already watching, which is 2168 01:41:06.560 --> 01:41:06.880 so good. 2169 01:41:06.960 --> 01:41:08.760 And they got rid of the Old Man, which was good. 2170 01:41:09.039 --> 01:41:11.159 I was so bummed out about that. Jeff Bridges and 2171 01:41:11.239 --> 01:41:14.359 John Lithgow. Only two seasons and they're only like six 2172 01:41:14.479 --> 01:41:17.720 episodes each, but so flipping good, and they canceled it. 2173 01:41:18.239 --> 01:41:22.039 Uh, the Old Man really really think that Netflix. I've 2174 01:41:22.079 --> 01:41:24.760 seen lab Man, I have seen the previous. 2175 01:41:24.319 --> 01:41:27.359 Billy about Fort Mandy or Susan. Can I be your 2176 01:41:27.439 --> 01:41:28.680 date at the next wedding crash? 2177 01:41:28.840 --> 01:41:29.039 Yeah? 2178 01:41:29.119 --> 01:41:31.359 Totally. You know you should schedule that. Sure, you should. 2179 01:41:31.399 --> 01:41:33.239 You should schedule that. We have to find them sometimes 2180 01:41:33.279 --> 01:41:37.560 are tough. Yeah, a little discerning on cake. 2181 01:41:37.760 --> 01:41:40.680 We should have people submit what their wedding date is 2182 01:41:40.920 --> 01:41:43.600 and then you not tell anybody and see if they 2183 01:41:43.720 --> 01:41:44.039 catch you. 2184 01:41:44.760 --> 01:41:47.720 That would be fantastic. I like that, but you'd have 2185 01:41:47.800 --> 01:41:50.600 to carry around a little speaker that just played that didn't. 2186 01:41:55.479 --> 01:41:55.720 I did? 2187 01:41:55.800 --> 01:41:58.199 Only one time? My daughter and I got caught. What 2188 01:41:58.600 --> 01:42:01.000 did you get? Did you get hauled out? What happen 2189 01:42:01.119 --> 01:42:03.239 is that we got there the best man sauce. He goes, 2190 01:42:03.960 --> 01:42:05.680 h and who are you? 2191 01:42:06.119 --> 01:42:06.560 Who are you? 2192 01:42:07.079 --> 01:42:08.720 And we kind of looked and I had to admit it. 2193 01:42:08.720 --> 01:42:10.399 I said, well, we really came for cake. He goes, 2194 01:42:10.479 --> 01:42:14.199 come on, what do you want to drink? The bar's open, 2195 01:42:14.720 --> 01:42:17.079 I swear. See that's the other thing to do was 2196 01:42:17.159 --> 01:42:20.880 to drink. Susan doesn't drink or eat. She just eats 2197 01:42:20.960 --> 01:42:21.319 the cake. 2198 01:42:21.479 --> 01:42:21.640 Yes. 2199 01:42:21.800 --> 01:42:24.720 Oh, she's not like busting through a bar or anything 2200 01:42:24.840 --> 01:42:27.239 like that. She's not money, she's not being Vince Vaughn 2201 01:42:27.239 --> 01:42:29.720 and Winny Cratchers. No, she's just having the cake. I 2202 01:42:29.800 --> 01:42:31.720 just want the cake, Just the cake. Can I be 2203 01:42:31.840 --> 01:42:32.960 there for the cake? 2204 01:42:35.119 --> 01:42:35.279 Why? 2205 01:42:35.399 --> 01:42:35.720 Yogi? 2206 01:42:36.000 --> 01:42:38.399 Landman is so good? Yes, I just have to. We 2207 01:42:38.560 --> 01:42:40.319 have to watch Landman. That's now. We're gonna put it 2208 01:42:40.359 --> 01:42:43.439 in right after the Lioness to find that out. All right, guys, 2209 01:42:43.560 --> 01:42:46.840 tomorrow we are off, but I'm going to tell you 2210 01:42:47.000 --> 01:42:50.880 something to do tomorrow. Tomorrow. Just go to the internet, 2211 01:42:51.520 --> 01:42:54.680 go to Twitter, or x dot com. And look at 2212 01:42:54.800 --> 01:42:57.399 all of the images that people are making of Jared 2213 01:42:57.439 --> 01:43:01.399 Polis using rock. It has been the most entertaining day 2214 01:43:01.600 --> 01:43:05.479 on X at groc is X's new AI and you 2215 01:43:05.520 --> 01:43:08.439 can make images with groc now. And now there's one 2216 01:43:08.520 --> 01:43:11.119 now Jared Polis with a giant egghead. I didn't even 2217 01:43:11.159 --> 01:43:15.720 get to the egg situation. Okay, the egg situation is horrible. 2218 01:43:15.920 --> 01:43:18.279 And if you have gone to buy eggs, you may 2219 01:43:18.319 --> 01:43:20.880 have seen empty shelves or you're seeing eggs for twelve 2220 01:43:20.920 --> 01:43:24.720 dollars a dozen again. Oh oh, yes, it's happening right now. Yes, 2221 01:43:24.960 --> 01:43:27.479 the official shift to all KG three is happening right 2222 01:43:27.479 --> 01:43:30.039 now in Colorado. So I went to buy eggs and 2223 01:43:30.119 --> 01:43:32.680 I was like, what the deuce is going on? So 2224 01:43:33.279 --> 01:43:35.680 I belong to a Facebook food group. It's a dumb 2225 01:43:35.760 --> 01:43:38.039 little group. There's people from all over the country. I've 2226 01:43:38.079 --> 01:43:41.439 been in it for seven or eight years, maybe even longer. 2227 01:43:42.439 --> 01:43:44.960 Everybody is from all over and I do informal polls 2228 01:43:45.079 --> 01:43:48.319 in my Facebook food group, and I asked just All 2229 01:43:48.399 --> 01:43:51.279 I said was what is the egg situation? Where you are? 2230 01:43:51.560 --> 01:43:54.680 Where are you and what is the egg situation? Unless 2231 01:43:54.960 --> 01:43:58.840 you live in a democratically controlled state or a democratic 2232 01:43:59.039 --> 01:44:02.600 democratically controlled city. There is no egg shortage. People are 2233 01:44:02.680 --> 01:44:05.760 finding eggs left and right there. If their prices are high, 2234 01:44:06.319 --> 01:44:08.680 there may be thirty cents to a dollar more than 2235 01:44:08.720 --> 01:44:12.319 they normally would be. There is avian flu in the country. 2236 01:44:12.399 --> 01:44:12.840 We know this. 2237 01:44:13.399 --> 01:44:19.159 Ironically, cage free eggs spread avian flu faster because the 2238 01:44:19.359 --> 01:44:22.520 chickens are not segregated unless you give them tons of antibiotics. 2239 01:44:22.840 --> 01:44:24.920 So the cage free eggs that most people are gonna 2240 01:44:24.920 --> 01:44:27.119 be buying in Colorado are gonna be pumped full of 2241 01:44:27.159 --> 01:44:30.239 antibiotics because they're trying to stop the spread of avian flu. 2242 01:44:30.680 --> 01:44:35.560 But it is democratically controlled states Michigan, California, Colorado that 2243 01:44:35.680 --> 01:44:38.159 are having a complete shortage because they've all gone to 2244 01:44:38.239 --> 01:44:39.880 cage free eggs and no one can get them now. 2245 01:44:40.439 --> 01:44:43.279 So all of these people have been posting on x 2246 01:44:43.359 --> 01:44:45.199 dot com because I made a post and it's been 2247 01:44:45.279 --> 01:44:48.239 seen by like seventy five thousand people now about this 2248 01:44:48.399 --> 01:44:51.159 is what happens when people make laws so they feel 2249 01:44:51.159 --> 01:44:54.079 good about themselves. And I'm not gonna lie. I buy 2250 01:44:54.119 --> 01:44:57.000 really expensive eggs, I buy the happy eggs, I buy 2251 01:44:57.079 --> 01:45:00.880 pasture raised eggs. They are a massive part of our diet, 2252 01:45:01.399 --> 01:45:03.319 so I spend a lot of money on that. You should, 2253 01:45:03.359 --> 01:45:05.479 guys start owning chickens. 2254 01:45:05.560 --> 01:45:05.840 You know what. 2255 01:45:06.000 --> 01:45:08.479 I freaking hate chickens, and I hate them because I 2256 01:45:08.680 --> 01:45:12.199 was attacked multiple times as a child buy chickens trying 2257 01:45:12.239 --> 01:45:15.000 to collect eggs so hard pass I have no interest. 2258 01:45:15.000 --> 01:45:21.279 Stop laughing here. I wanted to feel like sad for men. 2259 01:45:21.760 --> 01:45:23.039 Can you envision that in your head? 2260 01:45:23.079 --> 01:45:25.800 In my thought bubble, I've got Mandy running from chickens. 2261 01:45:25.960 --> 01:45:28.960 Running away from that brought me so bad that I 2262 01:45:29.000 --> 01:45:30.319 thought I was gonna have to have stitches on the 2263 01:45:30.359 --> 01:45:32.760 back of my leg. I hate roosters, so I don't 2264 01:45:32.760 --> 01:45:34.640 want to have to lay the eggs. But you have 2265 01:45:34.760 --> 01:45:36.800 to have a rooster to get the egg. Well, that's true, 2266 01:45:36.960 --> 01:45:41.239 you know, unless they're transgender. I'm glad my pain could 2267 01:45:41.279 --> 01:45:43.840 make you laugh as hard as it just did. What 2268 01:45:44.079 --> 01:45:44.800 is wrong with you? 2269 01:45:45.279 --> 01:45:45.399 Hey? 2270 01:45:45.479 --> 01:45:48.159 So this movie, or this showed land Man has two 2271 01:45:48.640 --> 01:45:50.439 great I mean, it has a bunch of great actors, 2272 01:45:50.720 --> 01:45:53.119 but it has Ali Larder I love Ellie I like 2273 01:45:53.199 --> 01:45:55.000 her too, and Mark Coley the singer. 2274 01:45:55.279 --> 01:45:56.960 That's fantastic. Here, I'm into this. 2275 01:45:57.199 --> 01:45:58.920 The other thing that I meant to mention today, And 2276 01:45:59.000 --> 01:46:00.880 this is exactly how much time I'm gonna be giving 2277 01:46:00.960 --> 01:46:05.119 this going forward. So President Jimmy Carter has passed away. 2278 01:46:05.720 --> 01:46:08.199 He should be remembered for his work with Habitat for 2279 01:46:08.279 --> 01:46:10.439 humanity and as a godly man. And that's all I'm 2280 01:46:10.439 --> 01:46:13.000 gonna have to say about Jimmy Carter. Moving on, we 2281 01:46:13.119 --> 01:46:15.560 will be back on what is today? By the way, 2282 01:46:15.640 --> 01:46:19.039 what day is it? Tuesday? It's Tuesdays, okay, So we'll 2283 01:46:19.079 --> 01:46:22.159 be back for a full week Thursday and Friday. After that. 2284 01:46:22.239 --> 01:46:24.159 That's all I can do. After all these days off, 2285 01:46:24.199 --> 01:46:27.479 I can't work any more than two days in a row. 2286 01:46:27.520 --> 01:46:29.199 It's going to be a struggle the following week to 2287 01:46:29.199 --> 01:46:30.520 see how I pull it out. But I think I'll 2288 01:46:30.560 --> 01:46:34.039 be okay, you know what, Maybe a little lie down, 2289 01:46:34.720 --> 01:46:36.359 maybe a little nappy on the couch over there. I 2290 01:46:36.399 --> 01:46:38.600 don't know. We'll have to wait and see. But now 2291 01:46:39.000 --> 01:46:42.439 it's time for the most exciting segment all the radio 2292 01:46:42.600 --> 01:46:47.600 of its guy who's still not great. They I'm just 2293 01:46:47.680 --> 01:46:53.319 saying of the day, not the best And Susan, you 2294 01:46:53.439 --> 01:46:56.520 can participate or you can sit quietly and look adorable 2295 01:46:56.640 --> 01:46:59.640 cry thank you, Susan Wickin say oh, Nick Ferguson, coming 2296 01:46:59.680 --> 01:47:02.319 in the se We got a full house, Nick, we 2297 01:47:02.439 --> 01:47:03.119 got a full house. 2298 01:47:03.159 --> 01:47:03.439 You can go. 2299 01:47:03.560 --> 01:47:05.640 You can go in there to the call screener station 2300 01:47:05.680 --> 01:47:07.600 if you want to pop on right there, do it, 2301 01:47:07.680 --> 01:47:09.960 Nick Ferguson, All right, what is our dad joke of 2302 01:47:10.000 --> 01:47:13.039 the day? Zach is pinch hitting for Jesse Thomas, who 2303 01:47:13.079 --> 01:47:15.520 was ever done of the day? So Zach is in 2304 01:47:15.640 --> 01:47:17.319 to handle this part of the show. What do you 2305 01:47:17.359 --> 01:47:18.199 got for us? Dad joke? 2306 01:47:18.239 --> 01:47:21.279 Whise there, Zach? Uh dad joke of the day? Why 2307 01:47:21.359 --> 01:47:23.000 do turkeys play percussion? 2308 01:47:25.399 --> 01:47:25.600 Wait? 2309 01:47:26.800 --> 01:47:27.119 I know it? 2310 01:47:27.640 --> 01:47:28.039 What is it? 2311 01:47:28.199 --> 01:47:29.119 They have drumsticks? 2312 01:47:29.560 --> 01:47:33.359 Oh? Very nice and not a great joke. 2313 01:47:35.279 --> 01:47:35.880 I know. 2314 01:47:36.079 --> 01:47:39.920 The portrait monument, located in the US Capitol, features bus 2315 01:47:40.239 --> 01:47:44.880 of three women. Who are the three women? I have 2316 01:47:45.000 --> 01:47:49.039 no idea this. You're in ap history this year. My 2317 01:47:49.159 --> 01:47:52.000 teacher doesn't teach. Oh, well that's the good. I know 2318 01:47:52.079 --> 01:47:54.279 the woman who actually wrote the AP history. If you 2319 01:47:54.319 --> 01:47:56.039 don't know this, you're not gonna guess it. So I'm 2320 01:47:56.039 --> 01:47:59.199 gonna give it to you. Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Katie Stanton 2321 01:47:59.279 --> 01:48:05.920 and Susan B. Anthony, three Suffragettes, who influenced the woman? Yeah, 2322 01:48:06.039 --> 01:48:10.079 hang on, let me write everybody down? All right? Is 2323 01:48:10.199 --> 01:48:12.479 Nick playing? Is he on the mic? Okay? Perfect? 2324 01:48:12.680 --> 01:48:13.199 Are you playing? 2325 01:48:13.439 --> 01:48:13.920 Or are you playing? 2326 01:48:14.000 --> 01:48:14.119 Nick? 2327 01:48:15.199 --> 01:48:15.399 Yeah? 2328 01:48:15.560 --> 01:48:17.079 Turn Nick's mic on? There you go? 2329 01:48:17.199 --> 01:48:17.640 Can you do it? 2330 01:48:18.760 --> 01:48:18.920 Yeah? 2331 01:48:18.960 --> 01:48:19.239 Turn it on. 2332 01:48:19.319 --> 01:48:20.039 He doesn't have headphones. 2333 01:48:20.720 --> 01:48:23.760 You can't do it. Well, no, you can't do it? Sorry, sorry, buddy? 2334 01:48:23.800 --> 01:48:26.520 All right? What is our Jeopardy category of the day? 2335 01:48:28.840 --> 01:48:30.840 I didn't do. Do we do word of today? 2336 01:48:30.840 --> 01:48:31.199 What do you do? 2337 01:48:31.279 --> 01:48:33.359 Word of the day? What is that word of the 2338 01:48:33.439 --> 01:48:35.239 day today is zeitgeist? 2339 01:48:35.479 --> 01:48:35.640 Oh? 2340 01:48:36.000 --> 01:48:36.960 That is like the. 2341 01:48:38.600 --> 01:48:43.000 Gosh, how do you define that? Zest is like someone 2342 01:48:43.039 --> 01:48:45.920 who is the top of something like that. They're a star. 2343 01:48:46.239 --> 01:48:51.680 They the pinnacle of something? Am I around it? Definitely? 2344 01:48:51.720 --> 01:48:53.039 That's kind of what I would have gone with to 2345 01:48:53.199 --> 01:48:57.439 their definition here is Zeitgeist refers to the general beliefs, ideas, 2346 01:48:57.560 --> 01:48:59.239 and spirit of a time and place. 2347 01:49:00.479 --> 01:49:03.960 I had that completely wrong my whole life. I think 2348 01:49:04.199 --> 01:49:06.920 is there another definition? They only have the one right 2349 01:49:07.000 --> 01:49:10.279 here on marrionwebster dot com. The Senates af the artists 2350 01:49:10.439 --> 01:49:14.039 songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist to nineteen I was woodstock. 2351 01:49:14.399 --> 01:49:16.520 I have been using that word wrong. For I don't 2352 01:49:16.520 --> 01:49:19.920 even know how long now so often exactly what is 2353 01:49:19.960 --> 01:49:22.800 our Jeopardy category? Now the fifty states? 2354 01:49:24.279 --> 01:49:27.520 You better get this that No, that was the part 2355 01:49:27.560 --> 01:49:29.680 of my eight push test, and I somehow managed to 2356 01:49:29.760 --> 01:49:32.199 mix up Alabama and Mississippi. 2357 01:49:31.680 --> 01:49:35.159 Because so much live, yeah, very much? 2358 01:49:35.239 --> 01:49:35.279 So? 2359 01:49:36.239 --> 01:49:37.199 What is you? 2360 01:49:37.520 --> 01:49:38.159 You know how to do this? 2361 01:49:38.359 --> 01:49:41.039 You yell Q you yell Susan, You yelled Chuck, I 2362 01:49:41.159 --> 01:49:44.319 yell Mandy. Okay, all right? 2363 01:49:45.000 --> 01:49:48.479 It's state song includes the words from hill to hill, 2364 01:49:48.640 --> 01:49:52.920 from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Mandy. 2365 01:49:53.800 --> 01:49:56.279 What is Maryland? That's correct? 2366 01:49:58.600 --> 01:49:58.960 All right? 2367 01:50:00.119 --> 01:50:04.239 This state leads the US in the production of uh, barley, 2368 01:50:04.720 --> 01:50:06.880 tobacco and bourbon whiskey, manny. 2369 01:50:07.079 --> 01:50:07.800 What is Kentucky? 2370 01:50:09.239 --> 01:50:09.560 Correct? 2371 01:50:09.640 --> 01:50:12.479 Technically a commonwealth, but I'm just not gonna mince you know, 2372 01:50:12.720 --> 01:50:13.359 split hairs. 2373 01:50:14.520 --> 01:50:14.640 Uh. 2374 01:50:14.840 --> 01:50:18.000 It's state university system is based in Las CRUs. 2375 01:50:18.239 --> 01:50:25.279 Susan, Susan? What is New Mexico? The day you're on 2376 01:50:25.399 --> 01:50:25.800 the board? 2377 01:50:27.039 --> 01:50:30.159 Native daughter Helen Keller is on the reverse of the 2378 01:50:30.279 --> 01:50:32.880 quarter that represents this southern state. 2379 01:50:33.840 --> 01:50:37.079 I don't know where Helen Keller was born. I want 2380 01:50:37.119 --> 01:50:38.439 to say I think I know, but I don't want 2381 01:50:38.439 --> 01:50:41.680 to guess. Because I'm sitting on a lead. I can't guess. 2382 01:50:41.960 --> 01:50:48.840 I'm not going to guess. Alabama. There you go, Quinland, 2383 01:50:48.880 --> 01:50:49.640 you wouldn't have got that. 2384 01:50:50.880 --> 01:50:53.960 According to the statue, or according to statue, the outer 2385 01:50:54.119 --> 01:50:56.600 circle of its state seal is a color. 2386 01:50:56.479 --> 01:50:57.800 Called golden poppy. 2387 01:50:59.760 --> 01:51:02.680 Gold poppy outer California. 2388 01:51:03.640 --> 01:51:06.239 What is but I'll give that to you. Yeah, he's correct, 2389 01:51:06.439 --> 01:51:06.800 all right? 2390 01:51:07.640 --> 01:51:07.880 Was that it? 2391 01:51:08.000 --> 01:51:08.760 That was the last one. 2392 01:51:10.479 --> 01:51:10.760 With you? 2393 01:51:11.600 --> 01:51:15.119 You guys are tight for first loser. 2394 01:51:15.239 --> 01:51:15.680 There you go. 2395 01:51:16.000 --> 01:51:19.319 That is an excellent of the day. Guys, Thank you 2396 01:51:19.680 --> 01:51:23.239 for listeners for indulging me in this very ridiculous day. 2397 01:51:23.279 --> 01:51:25.800 And I promise that when I get back on the second, 2398 01:51:25.840 --> 01:51:27.399 I got a lot of stuff we're gonna dive pretty 2399 01:51:27.439 --> 01:51:30.079 deeply into coming up in the new year, and it's 2400 01:51:30.119 --> 01:51:32.720 gonna be really great. The blog today is outstanding with 2401 01:51:32.800 --> 01:51:34.560 a lot of news wrap ups. So if you want 2402 01:51:34.600 --> 01:51:36.600 to go to one place and find up a bunch 2403 01:51:36.600 --> 01:51:38.720 of news wrap ups, please go to mandy'sblog dot com 2404 01:51:38.800 --> 01:51:41.560 and check it out. Happy New Year, I hope everything. 2405 01:51:42.039 --> 01:51:45.520 If you is safe tonight, Do not drink and drive. 2406 01:51:45.760 --> 01:51:49.159 RTD is free through certain hours. Find another way home 2407 01:51:49.399 --> 01:51:50.199 have a great time. 2408 01:51:50.600 --> 01:51:55.039 And the the Mad Mothers against Druck Drivers is doing 2409 01:51:55.079 --> 01:51:58.079 that thing where you can get a voucher if you look. 2410 01:51:58.159 --> 01:51:59.840 There's lots of ways to not drink and drive. You 2411 01:52:00.079 --> 01:52:03.680 them all and we'll see you on Thursday, whatever day 2412 01:52:03.720 --> 01:52:05.439 that is. Keep it right here on Koa