WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty The Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:11.119 on the iHeartRadio app. We'll be getting into all your 4 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:14.679 latest tech news coming up later this hour. The Nintendo 5 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:17.199 Switch too, making all the headlines this week. Is it 6 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:20.320 worth it? We talked a little bit about it yesterday. 7 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:25.359 Four forty nine for the base what would you call it? 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.920 The base cons the base console, and then five hundred 9 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:31.239 for the one that comes with Mario Kart World. 10 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:32.039 Is that correct? 11 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:32.479 Yep. 12 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:36.240 Keana is a fan of the Nintendo Switch, says that 13 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:38.320 she wants a new one because of the screen. 14 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:42.000 And it's a bigger screen, nicer screen. That's all that. 15 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.520 It's basic and I think that you're not alone in that. 16 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.799 I think that that is acceptable. Mark Saltzman will be 17 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.439 along with us to talk about is it worth it? 18 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.039 He has tried all this stuff out, played with the 19 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.840 new screen, the new controllers, all the bits, So we'll. 20 00:00:57.719 --> 00:00:59.840 Get into that. In the meantime. 21 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.479 A lot going on in Washington, busy week for President 22 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:05.159 Trump is where we kick off swamp Watch. 23 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:08.040 I'm a politician, which means I'm a cheat and a liar. 24 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.280 And when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops. 25 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:14.439 Here we got the real problem is that our leaders 26 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:14.959 are done. 27 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:20.159 The other side never quits. So what I'm not going anywhere? 28 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:23.400 So that how you train the swap, I can imagine 29 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.560 what can be and be unburdened by what has been. 30 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:29.200 You know, Americans have always been gone at President. They're 31 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:29.840 not stupid. 32 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:32.760 A political flunder is when a politician actually tells the truth. 33 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:35.480 Have the people voted for you with no swamp watch? 34 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:36.519 They're all counter on. 35 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.359 Well, you heard Deborah Mark and her news talk about 36 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.120 Wall Street. We don't need to revisit that. The tariffs 37 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:48.799 continue to get reaction across the globe markets globally, we 38 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:52.040 saw the reaction begin last night. The US stop markets 39 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.519 have taken the brunt of it. As you can imagine, 40 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:57.480 what the conversation is moved to is how will other 41 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.439 countries retaliate? How will they respond? And if you ask 42 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:04.400 Trump in his circle, well there's not much for them 43 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.760 to do because they've been screwing us over for so long. 44 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.639 And if that is the case, why have they been 45 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:12.919 allowed to screw us over for so long? 46 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.599 Why are we in the United States paying more tariffs 47 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.400 than they would pay if the things were if the 48 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:21.919 goods were reversed, if we were sending them, why would 49 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.280 we pay more. It's a fair question, And like we 50 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:28.240 talked about yesterday, it's quite the move for this president 51 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.400 to make because it is such a long term move. 52 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:34.879 If it's successful, hell, yes, he gets credit for it, 53 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.360 but by the time that happens, he could be dead. 54 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.439 I'm not trying to be rude, but he's seventy nine 55 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:44.199 years old next month, and this is one of those 56 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.439 policies that will take a long time to come to fruition. 57 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:49.919 If the United States gets a good end of it, 58 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.240 and I'm not arguing that it wouldn't. I think that 59 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.280 it would. I think it is good for this country 60 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.319 in the long term. In the long term. In the 61 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.439 short term, it's political suicide. And what is it mean 62 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.560 for all of the race that down the ballot races 63 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.479 in terms of what it means. You know, you saw 64 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.960 the fallout. Ran Paul talked about it at length. You 65 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.719 saw the fallout when this has been done before, when 66 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.199 it comes to Republicans not gaining. 67 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:19.599 The foot of power for years after a move like 68 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.840 this is made. So we'll just have to see. 69 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.280 And then there's also the idea that if the Republicans 70 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:29.159 do not want to continue, say they keep the White 71 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:32.520 House and they don't want to continue with this, then 72 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.479 it was all for not and then you're the president 73 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:37.719 plunged us further into inflation. 74 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:39.439 So I don't know. 75 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:41.919 I don't think he's playing the long game when it 76 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:45.840 comes to sticking sticking to these tariffs the way that 77 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.919 they've been presented right out of the gate. If they're 78 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.520 not going to get the negotiations they want, if the 79 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:56.199 deals aren't going to be made expeditiously that they want 80 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:59.039 to have made with other countries, then I think there's 81 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.599 got to be some pull back because you just politically 82 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:06.360 can't withstand that as a party. Well, the big news 83 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.240 today is that the President has moved to fire several 84 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:13.599 White House national security officials. This apparently happened after Laura 85 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:18.639 Lumer went to the Oval Office. She apparently went in 86 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:22.240 with binders full of people that are not loyal into 87 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:25.800 the Oval Office. Laura Lumer, she's the one who's he 88 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.240 spent a lot of time with on the campaign trail. 89 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:31.399 She's been described as a far right activist. She has 90 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.480 claimed publicly that nine to eleven was an inside job. 91 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:37.279 I do believe she's part of the camp that believes 92 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:40.560 the Haitian or eat Haitians are eating the animals. If 93 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:44.279 you can remember that, we all have a friend like 94 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:45.480 Laura Lumer, don't we? 95 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:46.199 I do. 96 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.839 We all have a couple friends where they've got their theories, 97 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:52.079 they've got their they've got their ideas. 98 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.399 We still love them that we may not always agree. 99 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.120 They may be kind of crazy, but once in a 100 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.240 while they'll get to you and you're like, you have 101 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:03.040 a point, You got a point there? Well, she seems 102 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:05.360 to have given this squirrel a bit of a nut. 103 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.040 Today she has made a case for the firings of 104 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.160 National Security Council officials. 105 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.000 And who else was in the meeting? Oh? Boy, is 106 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.399 it telling jd Vance? Was there? 107 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:22.600 Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who they say is the 108 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:27.360 puppet master, Move out of here, Steve Bannon. Susie Wiles 109 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:32.000 is the new dragon lady. And uh, make no mistake, 110 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.920 this was done with the blessing of Susie Wiles. If 111 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.600 Laura Lumer did not have Susie wiles blessing, then she 112 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:39.759 wouldn't even be in the oval. 113 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:45.040 Office. Who else was there? Mike Walls, National Security Advisor. 114 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.120 What is this? What does this tell me? 115 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:53.199 Well, my uh, in my conspiracy theory mind, this tells 116 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.319 me that Mike Walls is trying to save his ass. 117 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.800 Mike Wallas is the guy who organized that signal chat 118 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:03.439 that was the embarrassment of the administration last week, the 119 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:08.079 signal chat that was leaked to the journalist and about 120 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.160 the hoothies and the attack on the hoo thies and 121 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.120 the where and the whens and the whys and the 122 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.600 emojis and oh goodness, and everyone expected somebody's had to roll, 123 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:19.800 Mike Walls being a name that was constantly talked about. 124 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.680 But here he is today in the Oval Office with 125 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.519 the President, Susie Wiles, jd Vance, and Laura Lomer talking 126 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.120 about all the people underneath him who are not loyal. 127 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:34.079 And if there's something this president doesn't like, it's disloyalty 128 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.839 to him. He demands it. We have seen it every 129 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:43.199 turn of his turn and power. And that is where 130 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.879 you cannot go wrong with President Trump. And that's why 131 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:51.199 heads maybe did not roll last week, because Mike Walls 132 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.639 did not show disloyalty to the president. He showed stupidity, 133 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:58.160 but he maintained his loyalty. And today he goes into 134 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.399 the Oval office with a list of names of people 135 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.839 who they say are not loyal. That's enough blood to 136 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.920 say to this president. I think, in terms of the 137 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.639 whole signal debate, puts kind of a bow on it. 138 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.040 So there you have it. That is the latest. 139 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:14.920 All right, when we come back, We've got fun stuff 140 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.319 this hour, not only on Nintendo, Switch to and is 141 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:20.319 it worth it? Although does it really matter? Like you're 142 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:23.439 going to buy it if you want it. We're still 143 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.399 going to talk about it with Mark Saltzman. Is it 144 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:25.800 worth it? 145 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.279 But you know this, if you want it, you're going 146 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:29.680 to buy it. You're not. 147 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:32.079 If Mark Saltzman comes on, He's like, guys, it's not 148 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.560 really worth it. Might even make you want to buy 149 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.120 it more quicker. Get on that wait list. Also, grandma hobbies? 150 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:44.480 Are they the secret to good mental health? To better 151 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:49.319 mental health? Grandma hobbies? And space sex. We've talked about 152 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:53.120 space bathroom time, but space sex. There's an article in 153 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.000 Slate from somebody who used to work at NASA who's 154 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.680 spilling all of the secrets when it comes to SpaceX Devra. 155 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:02.560 That's for you, by the way, Thank you, Shannon. 156 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:08.360 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 157 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.120 AM six forty. 158 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:12.480 It is poetic, isn't it. 159 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:14.639 So much about baseball is and that's why there's so 160 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:18.120 many great baseball movies. When we talked about that recently, 161 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:23.040 there's just a poetry that exists in baseball that football 162 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:26.959 is well, but baseball lends itself to poetry because there's 163 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.040 time to breathe. 164 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.079 Football not a lot of time to breathe, which is 165 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:31.519 what I like. 166 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:33.960 I like the fast pace, I like the physical, the 167 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:36.840 punch in the face type of a vibe. 168 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:38.799 But baseball you. 169 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:42.519 Can breathe, you can tell stories. There's time for poetry. 170 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:47.279 There's time for those moments to have oxygen. It's why 171 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:50.639 Vin Scully would allow the crowd to tell the story 172 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.480 at some of those most magical moments, right of just 173 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.600 letting the fans tell the story with the way that 174 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.159 they're cheering everybody on it. Anyway, last night, with it 175 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.480 being showhy a Tawi Bobblehead night and the Dodger struggling 176 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:09.799 for the first time this season, going on unpresented by 177 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.879 the Way to be eight and Oh after winning winning 178 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.799 the World Series and show Hey Atani with a walk 179 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:22.080 off home run on his bobblehead night just incredible. Tomorrow 180 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.919 the Dodgers take on the Phillies there in Philadelphia, with 181 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:28.600 the first pitch at three forty five. Listen to every 182 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.720 Dodgers game on AM five seventy LA Sports Live from 183 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:35.480 the gallupin Motors Broadcast Booth, and stream all games NHD 184 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:40.840 on the iHeartRadio app. Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. 185 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:47.919 Grandma hobbies. I have been long attracted to grandma hobbies. 186 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:53.519 I have tried to knit on numerous occasions. I think 187 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:56.559 I first tried to knit when I was giving up smoking, 188 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.559 because you want something to do with your hands. 189 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:01.320 That's part of the problem. 190 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:05.320 If you've ever tried to give up smoking, something to 191 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.840 do idle hands, right, And I can't knit to save 192 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.559 my life. I got videos years ago, you know, DVDs 193 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:14.240 or what have you. 194 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:14.720 Books. 195 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:18.960 I got the needles and the knitting stuff, the yarn 196 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:23.279 as they call it in the biz. And I really 197 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:26.759 did the yeoman's effort of trying, and then I would 198 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:29.519 just get I'd make a mistake and then to hell 199 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:33.840 with it. Right the counting, the counting, the losing your 200 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.320 place the did I go over? 201 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:36.320 Did I go under? 202 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:42.360 The focus it requires when it's not second nature. I've 203 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:46.720 long considered and been embarrassed of the failure of mine 204 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.200 over this. It's not just you know, it's bingo. It's 205 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.720 the grandma life to It speaks to me. I love 206 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:57.000 the Golden Girls as a youth. I continue to love 207 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.840 the Golden Girls, love the idea of a cheesecake and 208 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:03.519 the middle of the night, all of this bird watching. 209 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:06.919 I've gotten into that now in the winter of my life. 210 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:10.240 I love a bird watching gardening. My husband's a gardener. 211 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:13.879 I've never been able to do that. I do like 212 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.799 to bake things like that. But now science is telling 213 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.200 you that grandma hobbies are where it's at when it 214 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.360 comes to mental health. And it makes sense because you 215 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:26.000 do feel a sense of pride when you make something 216 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:27.240 or you build something. 217 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:28.399 Gary and I have. 218 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.320 Talked about how cool it must be to have a 219 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.399 real job to drive by a building or something, and 220 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:37.799 you know, whether you're a plumber or you're in a 221 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:39.919 field where you build, you know, you build things up, 222 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:41.799 you build buildings. You can drive by and be like, 223 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.279 I built I did that building right there? Kids I mean, 224 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:46.320 that's that's really cool. It's something to be proud of. 225 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:53.200 I've tried to do that with with Ikea furniture and 226 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:57.240 my brother always has to unbuild it rebuild it. For me, 227 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.960 I've never been able to really make anything. I can 228 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.080 stand back and be like I did that. That's pretty cool. 229 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.240 So knitting kind of it's one of those things that 230 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.679 they that they say provides amazing benefits when it comes 231 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:14.519 to not just exercising new muscles in your brain, but 232 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:19.919 also that sense of pride. When one immerses themselves in 233 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:23.519 a hobby, they find an escape from daily pressures. It's 234 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:27.240 a calming space they can unwind, recharge. You're not gonna 235 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.639 feel anxious. This according to Patricia Dixon, who's a licensed 236 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:34.720 clinical psychologist in Florida. She says, you experience a boost 237 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:38.039 and self confidence. If if it's a challenge, like so 238 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:42.519 many hobbies are, i e. Knitting, then you're gonna you're 239 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:45.679 gonna get that pride social interactions. If you're part of 240 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:49.120 a knitting group, you get those enhanced feelings of belonging 241 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:51.399 in connection. And here's the thing that they're saying, you 242 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:55.720 don't need to be a grandma to do it, especially 243 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:58.720 this day and age, Like we're just talking about Keana. 244 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:02.639 Is it helps with concentration and attention? What has gone 245 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.240 by the wayside with our addiction to smartphones? Oh, I 246 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:10.320 don't know. Concentration and attention. And the people in the 247 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:14.200 no say, that's really affecting your cognitive function and your memory. 248 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.679 It's affecting your real brain stuff, the stuff that you 249 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:22.960 use to interact with people to just day to day operate. 250 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.360 That that's being compromised because of the lack of concentration 251 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.440 and attention. So here are some of the things that 252 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.279 they say you could do to help with all that. 253 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.399 The bird watching. Here are the benefits. 254 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.960 Twenty twenty study published in Scientific Reports notes that seeing 255 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:44.120 and hearing birds every day offers significant mental health benefits 256 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:47.039 in people with depression and in people without. 257 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.639 My alarm every morning is birds chirping. I like that. 258 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.320 That's beautiful. It really is annoying alarm to get up 259 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.039 and go to work. Yeah. 260 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.639 I mean sometimes another if I'm going to take a 261 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.440 nap or something, I'll set an alarm and it's that 262 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.279 and I wake up and I'm like, God, that's awful, 263 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.320 Like what an awful way to wake up? 264 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.120 Or to start the day. But I can't figure out 265 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.679 how to make. 266 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.799 The birds on all my alarms because I'm a grandma. 267 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:15.039 I would like that if these are just the birds 268 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.480 for every freaking notification. 269 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.200 Clay art, they say. 270 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:21.159 Different studies have found that clay art therapy good for 271 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:25.840 trading depression and were reducing anxiety in college students and adults. 272 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:31.039 Crochet relatively low cost, you can take it anywhere, They 273 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:34.559 say that promotes positive well being. In a study published 274 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:40.120 in perspect Public Health, drawing even ten minutes of drawing 275 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:43.799 per day can boost your mood, and the benefits compound 276 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:47.360 if the artist does it for at least a month. Gardening, 277 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:51.159 according to Princeton, gave people the same level of happiness 278 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:56.559 and well being as biking or walking or dining out home. 279 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:59.720 Gardening among the top fine five activities in terms of 280 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:02.679 how meaningful in activity felt to people while engaging it. 281 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.720 So there you go. 282 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.240 You want to you wanna hobby, you want to feel 283 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:10.519 better about yourself, Look no further than grandma. She's very wise. 284 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.279 All right. 285 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.519 When we come back, Mark Saltzman will join us for 286 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:18.279 Tech Talk. Nintendo switch to a lot of Money, Is 287 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.960 it worth it? And does it matter. 288 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.919 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on Demand from KFI 289 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:26.320 AM six forty. 290 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.120 Today. 291 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:32.440 Of course, the tariffs effect on the markets, the new 292 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:37.279 regime there in Washington, reversing a decade's long glo global 293 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:41.320 trend of lower trade barriers. They are expecting this to 294 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:45.440 raise prices for US consumers, threatened to slow the economy 295 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.080 this year, barely digging out of inflation as it is. 296 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:53.240 White House gambling that other countries are going to suffer 297 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.519 enough pain that they will come to the table open 298 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:59.799 up their economies to more American exports, or that more 299 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.120 companies will bring more production to the United States. 300 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.360 So we will see, we will all see together. 301 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.279 At this time on Thursdays, we like to talk tech, 302 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.600 and this week it is all about the Nintendo Switch too. 303 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:19.720 We welcome in Mark Saltzman. I'm gonna play the little thing, 304 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.840 you know, the little thing. 305 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.480 That's all right. We don't need to do it, Mark, Okay, 306 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:26.840 Nintendo Switch too. If you are a DVO, I can 307 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.120 do it. 308 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:35.840 I can do it. 309 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:39.000 Okay, I'm doing the dance. So we've got a cover. 310 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.360 All right. 311 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.720 Well, if you're a devote of Nintendo Switch, you're probably 312 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:47.080 going to get a Nintendo Switched too, right. I mean, 313 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:49.679 I know there's an article, you've played with it, you've 314 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.360 checked it out. 315 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.159 Is it worth it? 316 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.879 But I was kind of opining before I had you 317 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.600 on Mark that, like, if you love the Nintendo Switch, 318 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.480 is it does. 319 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.320 It matter if it's worth it? You want the new one, 320 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.000 don't you? 321 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:04.079 Yeah? You know they're Nintendo's they know how to create 322 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.880 It's like their secret sauces is very thought after by 323 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.359 many other game companies. They know how to make games 324 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.240 that are super fun. You often can't put your finger 325 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:16.799 on it. It's often family friendly content, not always, but 326 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:19.599 they just they they've got that Jena Sekua. They just 327 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.599 know how to make a game system that makes it 328 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:24.960 so desirable. You probably grew up things Nintendo. I mean 329 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.279 long before the Wei and all that. 330 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.160 You probably played. 331 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:31.839 My first foray into addiction was Super Mario Brothers for sure. 332 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.440 Yeah, yeah, me too, me too. 333 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:38.759 So yesterday in New York, Nintendo hosted an event for 334 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.960 media to officially launch the Nintendo Switch to or at 335 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:45.839 least announce the launch date of June fifth. 336 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:49.359 And yeah, I mean, look, it's it's very similar. 337 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:54.200 To what made the Nintendo Switch popular in twenty seventeen 338 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:57.599 and to this day, which is primarily the fact that 339 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.079 it's a versatile console. 340 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:00.319 You can play it on the go. 341 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:03.440 It has a screen, so to help, you know, reduce 342 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.880 the are we there yet from the backseat if you will, 343 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:08.079 on a road trip, But then you can dock it 344 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.200 and play it on a big screen TV. For most 345 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.079 of the Nintendo Switch models, not all of them, but 346 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.640 most of them. 347 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.720 So they haven't changed that. 348 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.400 That formula remains the same, but they've made it better 349 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.000 in virtually every other way. For one, the screen that 350 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.839 you play on is instead of a six point two inch, 351 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:27.079 it's nearly eight inches, and it's a better quality screen 352 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.279 and with not just with better resolution, twice the pixels 353 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.680 or dots that make up the image compared to the 354 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.519 last model, which just means the games just look so 355 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:39.160 much more vibrant. But they've also up the refresh rate, 356 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:43.680 so it's a lot for those geeks listening, it's one 357 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:46.920 hundred and twenty hertz refresh rates, which it's double the 358 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:50.319 sixty frames per second that most game systems play at. 359 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:54.079 And so this is just incredibly you know, fluid gameplay. 360 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.160 So the new Mario Kart World, which is the launch title. 361 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.240 It can support up to thirty two players, and you 362 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.799 know it's going to be really silky smooth when you 363 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:06.720 play that. They've also added a seed button Shannon in 364 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:09.319 the bottom right corner of the Nintendo Switch and C 365 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:13.079 stands for Chat. Before, believe it or not, they really 366 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:16.559 didn't have an intuitive way to chat with other players 367 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.119 while you are gaming. You can attach an external microphone, 368 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:21.720 but it was clumsy. But now you just press that button. 369 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.640 It's got a noise canceling microphone built into the Nintendo 370 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:27.240 Switch too, so you can chat in real time with 371 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.359 friends around the world over Wi Fi, and the option 372 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.960 to add a camera if you want, for video calling 373 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:35.640 and so not just for in gameplay as well. Like 374 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:37.920 if I'm stuck in a level in the game that 375 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.039 I know Shannon you finished, or Gary, I can call 376 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:43.839 you through my Nintendo switch too, and you can say 377 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.000 and I can share my. 378 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.960 Screen and you can say, oh, I know exactly where 379 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:48.480 you are. Mark, this is what you need to do. 380 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.720 Go over here and look for the Princess Peach whatever 381 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:57.160 you get done. Yet, there's also yeah, there's also a 382 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.960 better kickstand. That was a pain point with the existing 383 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:02.039 Nintendo Switch is kind of flimsy in the backs. When 384 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:04.119 you prop it up on a table or desk, it 385 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:07.559 might fall, you know. So they just added a bunch 386 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:10.960 of new technologies to it to just enhance the experience. 387 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.839 But at its core, it's very similar to the original 388 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:17.440 Nintendo Switch, just better and virtually every every other, every way, 389 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.000 all the features. 390 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.759 Mario Kart World too, has the open world to race 391 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.240 through this time. I mean we've seen it in Burnout 392 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:29.920 Paradise or and for the Horizon, but it's the first 393 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:31.519 for the Mario Kart series. 394 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.920 Yeah, look at you. 395 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.759 Hey, I did my homework. 396 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:43.359 Okay, but yeah, they it is open and it's going 397 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:46.799 to add to the replayability because you can there's so 398 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:49.200 many different modes. One of them is called free rome 399 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.920 at which means even if you want to. 400 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:01.480 Oh no he's cutting out, not know to hell, free Roman. 401 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:09.960