WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:02.919 It's Nightside with Dan Ray. 2 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:07.040 I'm WBS Boston's news radio. 3 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:10.560 Thanks a lot, Madison. Welcome in everybody. My name is 4 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:14.720 Dan Ray. As Madison was kind enough to mention Rob Brooks, 5 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:18.120 our producer back in the control room tonight, as we 6 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:22.280 start a Friday night edition of Nightside, heading you into 7 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:24.239 the weekend. All I gotta do is jump aboard the 8 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.600 Nightside train. We will bring you right up to Saturday morning, 9 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.519 well till about eleven fifty eight Friday night. Close enough, 10 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:33.000 close enough. I hope you'll stay with us. If you're 11 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:37.679 driving anywhere on this beautiful mid September weekend, roll the 12 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:40.240 windows down, turn the radio up, and we'll keep your company. 13 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.280 We'll keep you awake. Don't worry about that, that is 14 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:45.240 for sure. We have four very interesting guests coming up 15 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.000 in this hour. There'll be no phone calls in the 16 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.560 first hour. We call it the Nightside News Update. We 17 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.159 give you a little bit of information. Some of it 18 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.679 is social information, some of it deals with cultural matters, 19 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.439 some of it deals with news. It's kind of a polperri. 20 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.200 Then'll get into the main course of the night at 21 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:05.879 nine o'clock, going to talk about this crazy scene in 22 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.920 Newton where some pro Israel demonstrators were attacked by an 23 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:14.400 individual both well, at least most of the TV stations 24 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:16.359 have been covering that story today, and we have some 25 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:20.319 sound from that event. There's a again, you know, why, 26 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.120 why can't we all just get along? I mean just crazy? 27 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:27.239 And then we're going to look at ten o'clock at 28 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:31.280 the Karen Reeve case. I think that the lawyers for 29 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.560 Karen Reid have a real shot here at the State 30 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.000 Supreme Court. I will explain why. And then in the 31 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.480 twentieth hour tonight, I would really like to hear from 32 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:44.200 some of you about your Friday the thirteenth phobias. We'll 33 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.560 get to all of that, I promise, But first off, 34 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.519 I love to introduce to you Patty Zappa. She's the 35 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.840 executive vice president of One Warm Coat, which sounds like 36 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:56.560 a fabulous organization. Patty, my first question has to be 37 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.239 any relation to one Frank Zapper. 38 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.239 Unfortunately no, but I a lot. 39 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:05.799 Second. My follow up question is how many times have 40 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.040 you been asked that question? 41 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:08.400 Many? 42 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.120 I've been married for about twelve years, and I think 43 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.159 I get it more than my husband does. But no, 44 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:15.759 not to our knowledge at least. 45 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.360 I mean I got to assume there are on too 46 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.240 many people with the last name of Zappa. 47 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:22.439 I just we have not heard many. I really should 48 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:24.639 do some you know testing on those sites to see 49 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:26.759 if we're a connection toological research. 50 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.560 Yeah. Related, Well, first of all, we're not here to 51 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.280 talk about Frank Zappa or music you hear in your 52 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:38.120 capacity as executive vice president of one warm Code National 53 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.560 Share of the Warmth Day? Is that today or is 54 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:41.319 it coming up? 55 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.680 It's coming up on October eighth, and it's really our 56 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:49.800 kickoff to CODE Drive season. So it's a national awareness 57 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:51.639 day that you know, we started a few years ago 58 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.919 to get people aware of our organization and of the 59 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:58.759 need for warmth, you know, especially among vulnerable populations as 60 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:00.360 we get into the four months of the year. 61 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:03.400 Yeah, let me tell you, no matter what happens, it 62 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:06.280 gets chili right around Thanksgiving and it stays with us 63 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.319 about Saint Patrick State, particularly all of us here in 64 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.439 the Northeast. So let me let me ask you, is 65 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:16.439 you as a national organization or are you located just 66 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:18.560 in the cold weather spots? Tell us about the group. 67 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:21.759 So we're a national organization. We were actually sounded in 68 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:25.400 San Francisco and I am from the Philadelphia area. So 69 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:28.120 to me, I was like, oh, this coat organization, you know, 70 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:31.360 started in California. Sounded like a little strange, but you know, 71 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.400 of course the weather in San Francisco. San Francisco can 72 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.360 get so cold. And we started in nineteen ninety two 73 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:39.960 when a woman had a coat that she no longer 74 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.120 had a need for and she could not find anywhere 75 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:45.120 to donate it. So she started a coat drive and 76 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.919 did that for a number of years before our national 77 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:49.639 founder a proaster and said, you know, this is such 78 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.280 a great idea. This should be happening everywhere. Anyone should 79 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:54.680 be able to donate a coat at any point. So 80 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:58.360 since then we've grown. We're a national organization, you know, 81 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.000 primarily the facilitate coat drive across the country. Last year 82 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.240 we collected and distributed about five hundred thousand coats across 83 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:08.680 the US. We have about four thousand volunteers that work 84 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.479 with us. Every year, they register hold a coach drive 85 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.879 in their local community, and those coats stay local. So 86 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.319 although we are national, the impact is local stays local. 87 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:19.800 Any coats that are collected in Boston, you know, stay 88 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:22.000 in those local communities. So it's a great program. 89 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:25.199 Yeah, We're a Boston radio station, but we're heard not 90 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.279 only throughout in New England, but our over the year signal, 91 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.000 what's called the terrestrial signal, is very strong, and we 92 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.680 have people anywhere east of the Mississippi River who are 93 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:37.240 listening to us right now, and that doesn't include those 94 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:41.079 around the world who can pick us up on the internet. So, yeah, 95 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.040 we're at Boston station. I get that. But what can 96 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.319 people do nominally here in New England, but up and 97 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.160 down the East coast and as far really as west 98 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:56.000 as the Mississippi River. How do they find a contact 99 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:59.879 locally so they can help out, volunteer or maybe even 100 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.360 start a coke drive themselves. What's the last way people 101 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.879 who want to help can find you or get in 102 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:08.439 touch now with you personally but within the organization. 103 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.000 So the best way is to go to our website, 104 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:14.519 which is one Warm coat dot org. And to your point, 105 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:16.000 you know what you were just saying, you can do 106 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.759 a number of things. You can just donate coats, you know, 107 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.279 go through your closets, pull out the coats that are 108 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.639 gently worn, they don't have holes and stains, they're clean, 109 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.120 but you're just not using them anymore. And you can 110 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.160 search on our website to find co drives in your area, 111 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.199 so you can just drop off a coat. The next 112 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.600 step is to hold your own co drive. So you know, 113 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.720 we have preschoolers, we have huge companies, we have churches, 114 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:41.560 Girl Scouts, sports teams. It's a great activity for any 115 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.879 group or an individual. You can make it a couple 116 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.399 of days, you can make it a couple of weeks. 117 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:49.519 The program is really customizable to whatever people are looking 118 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.600 to achieve. So you know, if there's not any co 119 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:54.399 drives in your area right now, create a co drive 120 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:56.199 that would be an awesome way to go. And then 121 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:58.360 as we get further into you know, the co drive 122 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.839 season October, November, December. A lot of national retailers will 123 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:04.160 also hold co drives with that, so Land's End kicks 124 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.480 off in September, Jakru will start in October, and we 125 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:10.120 have a number of others as well. So the goal 126 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.279 always for one Warm Coat is to make it super 127 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.920 accessible so that anyone in the country can go to 128 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:17.000 our website and find a co drive nearby to take 129 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:17.519 coats too. 130 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:22.839 That's a great answer to my question, which I think 131 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:25.319 would be hanging over the minds of many people. You 132 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:29.079 really nailed it. So it's one warm coat and I 133 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:34.240 assume one is spelled out one warmth yes war mcoachcoat 134 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:40.040 dot org. Do people participate on an annual basis? Do 135 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.000 you have sort of a backbone of volunteers and people 136 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:47.439 around the country who you know, every September October are 137 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.160 going to spend some time doing this. 138 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:53.920 Absolutely, we have a number of people that do it 139 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.319 every year. And you know, someone just came to mind 140 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.079 as a little girl who she's not little Chelly, a 141 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.160 teenager now she's been doing it with us since is 142 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.360 probably eight years old, and continue to do it every year. 143 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.959 But we have probably about thirty percent of our volunteers 144 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:06.759 each year do it every year, and then we have 145 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.720 a lot of new people as well, and you know 146 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.240 that's also doesn't speak to you know, the bake retailers 147 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:13.120 and corporations that also will come back and do it 148 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.240 with us every year because it's such a great it's 149 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:17.720 a simple way to make a big impact in your community. 150 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.519 So once people do it and they realize how fun 151 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:22.959 it can be, you know, people are really creative with 152 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:25.560 what they do. We've had companies do like a chili 153 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.000 cookoffs to see you know how many coats they can 154 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.920 bring in. So people are very creative with the way 155 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:34.079 that they encourage people in their community, in their workplace 156 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.959 to bring in codes. So it's really fun and to 157 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:39.360 your point, you go to the website. Also, we're one 158 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.600 warm Coat on all of the social media channels, so 159 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.959 we encourage everyone to follow us there as well. We 160 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:46.879 can really see, you know, what we're doing, what people 161 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.560 in the community are doing, and how you can get involved. 162 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:53.759 Great great, great program, great drive and certainly you see 163 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:57.079 people who are walking the streets in wintertime and they 164 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.240 some of them don't have shoes, some of them don't 165 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:03.639 have coats, and this is a great project. Patty's Apple. 166 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.480 Thank you very much for spending some time with us 167 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.959 this Friday night, and I hope that you having me 168 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.279 volunteers as result of our few minutes talking. 169 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:12.399 Thank you so much, Thanks so much. I appreciate it, 170 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:13.480 very welcome. 171 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:15.800 Coming up on the other side of the break here, 172 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.079 we're going to talk about the Red Bull Tug of 173 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:21.319 or not the trunk Tug of War, but a tug 174 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:25.240 of or a r on the Charles River. This Saturday, 175 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:29.199 we will talk with Mike Ferry, former Riverside President and 176 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.759 the MC of Red Bull Tug of War. We'll get 177 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:34.799 it all in for you right after the break. You 178 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.519 listen to WBZ. If you have any trouble picking MWBZ 179 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.399 on your car radio and your home radio, and you 180 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.600 shouldn't have because you do have a very strong signal. 181 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:44.960 You always can listen to WBZ News Radio on the 182 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:47.440 iHeartRadio app. All you have to do is just go 183 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:50.159 to that app and download it and you can listen 184 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.559 to it for free. My name's Dan Ray. This is Nightside. 185 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.080 You are listening to w BZ, Boston's news Radio ten 186 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:59.120 thirty and your AM dial. We'll be back with three 187 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:01.200 more guests before nine o'clock, and then we'll get into 188 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:04.519 the more controversial topics of the evening right after the 189 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:08.919 nine o'clock news. Now back to Dan Ray, live from 190 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:13.399 the Window World nights Side Studios. I'm WBZ News Radio. 191 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:19.200 Quer welcome Mike Ferry. He's a former Riverside President, the 192 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:22.720 MC for Red Bull Tug of or Mike, I'm not 193 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.360 familiar Riverside President. Is that a connection to Boston? 194 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:30.000 It absolutely is. Dan, Yeah, So thanks for having me 195 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:33.320 this evening. So I am the former president of Riverside 196 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:37.240 Boat Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. So one of the many 197 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.759 story gun clubs. Indeed, yeah, so so rowing on the 198 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.399 Charles every day. I love it and happy to have 199 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.480 led that organization. 200 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.360 Okay, so now you are going to be as I 201 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:52.120 understand that coming in here, and are you the organizer? 202 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:54.919 What is your title with this? Yeah? 203 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.960 Yeah, so I'm going to be the MC and I 204 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:00.480 am part of the planning team for a one of 205 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.879 a kind rowing event going on tomorrow called tug. 206 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:06.440 Of Or Now when you say one of a kind 207 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:08.799 are you talking about this is the first time? Because 208 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:11.039 I have never heard of this type of event. I'll 209 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.039 have you explain it in a moment. But they do 210 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:16.559 a lot of rowing on the Charles River. But is 211 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:21.759 this the the initial effort or has this been done 212 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:24.639 in previous locations before this? 213 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.559 This has never been done before. And Dan, let me 214 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:30.440 tell you so, I've been a rower for twenty five years, 215 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:35.120 and even I know that traditional rowing is frankly not 216 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.960 the best specter your sport. Right, So maybe you've seen 217 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:41.799 head of the Charles and there you see some boats 218 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.600 crash and that's cool, but you see each boat for 219 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.440 thirty seconds and you never know exactly who's winning, right, I. 220 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:49.720 Thought it wasn't a crew team. In high school and 221 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:52.559 we used to go to these crew races and first 222 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.600 of all, you have to have binoculars. They all look 223 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:58.080 the same in the boats from the Yeah where are they? 224 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:00.679 You know? Maybe oh no, here the I think she comes, 225 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:01.360 No there they go. 226 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.759 So, yeah, this is different exactly how it works. And 227 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.840 maybe you see it on the Olympics once every four years, 228 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:10.200 and unless you're an insider like me, right, it just 229 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.320 looks like people going and boring straight lines for seven minutes. 230 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.240 Yeah, okay, so this is not going to be going 231 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:18.320 in a straight line. It's going to be a tug 232 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.000 of or give us the set it up for us. 233 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:25.120 Sir, Yeah, yeah, exactly. So it's it's red bull tug 234 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:27.759 of oar. And so it's a twist on tug of war. Right, 235 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.279 So the game we all played on field day when 236 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:33.360 we were in middle school. But tomorrow we're of course 237 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.159 going to be doing that in the rowing boats and 238 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:37.720 the two boats are going. So it's going to be 239 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:41.720 two boats head to head and they're connected to each 240 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.519 other by a strong rope, and then the crews are 241 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.480 literally going to try to drag each other over a line. 242 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:49.480 So they're really going. 243 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.840 To be back I'm not a rower, but are they're 244 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:54.080 going to be back to back as opposed to. 245 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:59.679 Exactly? Yeah? So, so they will actually be facing each other, right, 246 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:03.440 So when you're when you're rowing, you're actually facing backwards 247 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.720 right to get the most leveraged. So they're going to 248 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.799 look at each other straight in the eye as they 249 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.080 tug each other over the line. Yeah. 250 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:14.600 No, wait a second, I'm maybe so you will have 251 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:18.240 a line in the water. And then how far the 252 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.200 boats separated? 253 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.600 Oh, that's a good question. Actually, so I don't know 254 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.559 the exact length. I have to talk to my ops 255 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.600 team about that, but it's okay, thirty pretty good, Maybe 256 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:29.279 ten twenty feet. 257 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:31.480 That's all. That's all. 258 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:31.919 That's it. 259 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:33.840 Yeah, so we we don't want a lot of slack. 260 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.840 We just want maximum carnage, right, we want intensity. 261 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.799 Okay, So they are looking face at each other, face. 262 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:43.600 To face, uh huh, yep, yep. 263 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:49.639 But instead of going forward, one of them is going 264 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:51.559 to pull the other across the line. And so this 265 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.840 is sort of like a one and done tournament. You have, 266 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:58.399 I believe, is that sixteen teams and each team is 267 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.639 co ed one guy, you got. 268 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.440 It right, Okay, exactly right. 269 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.720 It must be eighteen years of old. Is it too 270 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:07.840 late to sign up? Not that I'm going to sign. 271 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.000 Up, but yeah, so it's a little too late to 272 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.240 sign up. But this is an inclusive event, so we 273 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.480 want to get as many people down there as possible. 274 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:17.840 Even if you've never seen rowing, you never touched an 275 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:19.879 or it doesn't matter. Just come down check it out, 276 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:23.840 and who knows, maybe next year, hopefully we're hoping to 277 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:26.120 make this a tradition and maybe next year some of 278 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.440 the spectators can join in and get in on the fund. 279 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:31.799 Okay, so my understanding is it runs from one o'clock 280 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:36.759 tomorrow afternoon until approximately four to forty five, and the 281 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.279 best viewing sites are the Week's Footbridge. Is that near 282 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.360 the Well Boathouse. I'm trying to figure where the Week's 283 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.000 footbridge is. 284 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.159 They have so many exactly yeah, that's exactly right. So 285 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:53.120 we nails you nailed it, yeah, absolutely man. So yeah, 286 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:55.519 so it's on the Charles River at the Week's Footbridge. 287 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:58.639 So that's not the bridge that leads into JFK Boulevard. 288 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.320 If people are used to driving around like Soldier sealed 289 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.639 road and all that, but it's close, right, So it's 290 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.519 a pedestrian bridge that's right next to it. It's near 291 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:11.039 well Boat House, it's near Harvard's campus, and of course 292 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:13.039 you could do a web search for weeks foot bridge 293 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:14.840 and GPS will take you right there. 294 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.600 So, now, how did you select the lucky participants? 295 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:23.159 Yeah, so I don't know how lucky they're going to 296 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.039 be because this is going to be a lot of 297 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.159 a lot of action, right so, and they're going to 298 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:32.080 be really tired at the end. But so we put 299 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:35.080 out an open call for participants. Again, I have to 300 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.840 talk to my registration team to figure out exactly how many. 301 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.600 But we very carefully curated the list right to be 302 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.320 inclusive and make sure that we've got some really top 303 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:49.080 end athletes from conventional traditional growing and some relative newcomers 304 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.000 as well, just to shake things up. 305 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:57.440 So there will be sixteen teams, and so you'll have 306 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:03.080 eight competitions. Those eight winners will then face off in 307 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:07.919 a second round. You'll go down four people for four teams. 308 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:12.279 They'll face off, and then the two finalists will face off. 309 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:14.279 Is it all one and done? There's no like two 310 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.519 out of three or anything like that. 311 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.399 Yeah, no, we're we're going cutthroat, We're going brutal. Right, 312 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.360 So it's a single elimination bracket tournament, similar to March 313 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.440 Badness or or other kinds of tournaments like that. Yeah, 314 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:29.840 and whoever wins gets a trophy at the end. No really, 315 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.879 Oh yeah yeah, no, this trophy, I've seen it. It 316 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.360 would look pretty good sitting on your mantle, just saying. 317 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.000 And of course the ultimate prize is the bragging rights, 318 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.120 which you can't really put a value on. Of course. 319 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:45.000 Now I'm assuming I could be wrong, but I'll make 320 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.279 the assumption that all of your teams are probably, if 321 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.200 not New England based, at least maybe even Boston based. 322 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:58.720 Yeah, yeah, so that that is definitely a fair assumption. 323 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.960 Right, Ringer team from Siberia, I assume. 324 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:07.600 No, definitely not. But I mean, so the Charles is 325 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.480 in many ways the best possible venue for this event, right, 326 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:14.360 So we have a critical mass of really good rowers, right, So, 327 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:19.879 super great athletes signed up, including some former national team athletes, right, 328 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.000 who have competed at the highest levels of sport has 329 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:25.320 to offer. So you know, spectators tomorrow are really going 330 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:26.080 to be in for a treat. 331 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:28.559 Now, people going to be able to. We now have 332 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:33.279 legalized sports betting in Massachusetts. If there's going to be 333 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.919 anyone taking bets. 334 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.399 On over the on the bridge, yeah, I don't know. 335 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.879 People could be taking action. I'll be on the lookout 336 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:40.559 for that tomorrow. 337 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:43.879 Yeah. So how did you get involved in this? Are you? 338 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.879 Are you actually a Boston guy who's coming home for 339 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:51.799 this event or are you somebody who is Boston based? Yeah? 340 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.960 I have lived in Yeah, I've lived in the Boston 341 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:58.159 area now for twenty five years. I've been a rower. 342 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:00.360 I'm a champion myself, so I've won Head of the 343 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:04.519 Charles three times, and so a few friends of mine 344 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.279 we're putting this together in collaboration with Red Bull. We've 345 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.279 done similar events in the past as well. And they 346 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:13.319 called me up and I said, yeah, man, sign me 347 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.279 up for one more ride. 348 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:16.480 I'm only did you row in college? 349 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.680 I did? 350 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:18.319 Yeah? 351 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.920 No, So I wrote it Mit. You lost every race 352 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:25.759 except one, and I decided that wasn't enough, so I 353 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.319 kept going. 354 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:29.839 My son in law played basketball at MIT, and so 355 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:32.200 I know that it's a Division III school. I had 356 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.240 no idea what they were in terms of rowing. But 357 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:39.400 you were able because you went to MIT. You can 358 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.039 figure this sixteen down to eight, down to four, down 359 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:44.880 to two, down to a champion pretty easily. You got 360 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.400 the math down at least for this, I'm sure. 361 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.279 Right, absolutely, Yeah, I'll be checking the list twice, but 362 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.279 I think I got it. 363 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:54.519 Yeah, all right, Mike. You got a good sense of 364 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:56.680 human you got a good way about you. You could 365 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:00.359 be a radio guy or a TV guy. Very good 366 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:02.319 at what you're doing. You're gonna be the MC tomorrow. 367 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.359 I'm sure it's going to be very entertaining, entertaining and 368 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:08.279 a lot of fun. It starts at one o'clock goes 369 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:13.119 until close to five, four forty five. The the John W. 370 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:17.319 Week's Footbridge on the Charles kind of near Harvard and 371 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.400 the world Boat House, and the parking's not bad over 372 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.480 there at this time of year. I hope Harvard doesn't 373 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:27.680 have a football game tomorrow. Maybe you know that. I 374 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.440 don't know if they do. 375 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.519 Yeah, I'm sure there will be a spot for everyone, 376 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.880 and it's not too hard to get to via the 377 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:35.440 tea or the bus as well. So come check us 378 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.000 out Week's foot Bridge. Like you said, one to five tomorrow, 379 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.680 all right. 380 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:41.359 Sounds great, Mike Ferry. I appreciate the time. You've got 381 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.359 a great sense of humor in for an M I T. Guy. 382 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:48.119 You're pretty quick. I mean no, no, only kidding, only 383 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.000 getting Thanks very much. I appreciate it. 384 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:53.000 Right, have a great evening, Dan, Thank you, thanks so much. 385 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.640 We go back. We're going to talk about something all 386 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.400 of us would like to have more of happiness. Stay 387 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:01.759 right with us here on Nightside. We're trying to have 388 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.359 fun on a Friday night. Tell you about some things. 389 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.240 Maybe that if you have nothing to do tomorrow, or 390 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:09.519 if you do it, have something scheduled earlier in the day, 391 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:11.880 go down and get the and take it. This should 392 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:13.559 be fun. That should be fun. We'll be back on 393 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:18.160 Nightside right after this. Now back to Dan ray Line 394 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:19.440 from the Window World. 395 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:22.440 Night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 396 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.680 All right, I'm delighted to introduce to you doctor David Wexler. 397 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.599 He's an ear nose and throat specialist at Marlborough Hospital 398 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:35.880 and he's been collaborating with NASA to analyze the effects 399 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:40.240 of space on hearing. Doctor Wexler, I don't want to 400 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:43.880 sound like a pessimist, but this sounds like an extraordinary 401 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.599