1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 2: Hey Ainsley, thanks for joining me. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Hey Michael, thank you for having me. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 2: Angeley Earhart, co host of Fox News Channel Spots at Friends, 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: and hosts of Fox Nations, Ainsley's Bible Study, and the 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 2: author of the new book America I'm So Glad You 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: Were Born, illustrated of course by Cambarnes Releases Junior Second 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 2: Thories under Kids. It's a picture book that celebrates America. Ainsley. 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: This is not your first children's book. I've enjoyed others 10 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: as well. What inspired you to write this book, America 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: I'm So Glad You were born? And why does this 12 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 2: message resonate so strongly right now in the nation. 13 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: Well, it resonates now because we're about to embark on 14 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: America two fifty our birthday, our anniversary. So we're a 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: young nation two hundred and fifty years ago, just a 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: few generations back, our founding fathers were writing the Declaration 17 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: of Independence in the Constitution and informing America and fighting 18 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: for America. So we want to teach our children about 19 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: our values, our core mission, what their mission was. We 20 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: want to live by their standards, and this is an 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: opportunity for us to share that with children and teach 22 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: them all about America and what freedom really means. And 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: the book was inspired because my third children's book was 24 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: called I'm so Glad you were born. It's something my 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: mom used to say to us on our birthdays, and 26 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: I no longer have my mom here, and that came 27 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: out when right before she was dying. So it ended 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: up being being really sweet and very special, and it 29 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: was successful, and a lot of people love to say 30 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: that to their children now, which makes me thrilled. Look 31 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: at my mother's words are living on in the lives 32 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: of other people. And a birthday is very important, you know, 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: Jesus's birthday was important. All of our birthdays are important 34 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: because we were created in His image and we have 35 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: God has a big plan for our lives. And my 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: daughter God blessed me so much the day that she 37 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: was born, and so on her birthday I always tell her, 38 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you were born. In fact, go I 39 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: tell her that all the time. But then when we 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: were talking about ways to celebrate America two fifty, I thought, 41 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: what a great way to tell children, we are so 42 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: glad America was born. So it's called America, I'm so 43 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: glad you were born. Some of the themes are still 44 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: in this new book, like bang the drums loudly and 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: blow the brass horn and scream I'm so glad you 46 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: were born, those kinds of things. But it's children and 47 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: a parade, and they have their instruments because we used 48 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: to have dance parties in my apartment with my daughter. 49 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: We had a big bucket tupperware of all those you know, 50 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: the tambourines and the drums and all the things that 51 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: the little children love to play with and the symbols, 52 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: and we would run around our apartment playing music and 53 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: having a dance party, and so we wanted to incorporate 54 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: that in the first book. So that's incorporated in this 55 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: book as well. And the little Girl, the little girls 56 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: and the little boys in the book are on the 57 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: floats and on the parades, and they're because we have 58 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: memories of doing that when we were little. For Fourth 59 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: of July at the beach or this one street in 60 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: South Carolina and Spartanburg. I have great memories of decorating 61 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: the floats and the cars and at the beach, they 62 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: everyone gets in the back of pickup trucks. The kids 63 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: do and they have super soaker guns and everyone lines 64 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: the streets and then the kids are in the back 65 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: of the trucks and they shoot all the adults that 66 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: are sitting in their beach chairs along the side of 67 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: the street. That happens at a little beach in South Carolina. 68 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: That's always fun. It's just the blast for the adults too, 69 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: because it's just cute to see the little kids get 70 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: so excited. So that's incorporated in the book. The Stars 71 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: and the Stripes and banging the drums and Land of 72 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: the Free and Home of the Brave. Their message is 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: about the military and messages of voting, how important it 74 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: is to vote and have that voice, and to live 75 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: in a republic. And we don't live under a king. 76 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: We had to kick the king out and we no 77 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: longer wanted to be under the king's rule. And so 78 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: thanks to George Washington and the Continental Army, we are 79 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: a free nation. Anything can is possible, and all your 80 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: dreams can come true here. 81 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: Like you said, it tackles a lot of issues in 82 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: just a few pages. It emphasizes equality, celebrates freedom of speech, 83 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: freedom of worship. It also has this line I think 84 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: is really good. Not everyone has to agree all the time, 85 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: So share your ideas and I will share mine. Why 86 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: was that important to include the ability to disagree without 87 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: you know, being enemies. 88 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: Well, I'm raising my daughter in New York City and 89 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: I'm the conservative. So that's the line that's important in 90 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: this house because we love all of the children, and 91 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: we love all of their parents, and many of their 92 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: parents might disagree with me politically. But one of my 93 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: closest friends at my daughter's school, her daughter's one of 94 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: my daughter's best friends and her closest friends, and the 95 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: mom and I disagree, and she always laughs and she says, 96 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, I never watched Fox News. I watched it 97 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: this morning, and I did agree with this. I didn't 98 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: agree with that, but she I remember introducing her my 99 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: fiances Sean Hannity, who comes on at night and he 100 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: is very, very vocal about being a conservative. And she 101 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: met him and she said, I tell all of my 102 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: liberal friends, he's so nice. Can you believe him? No? 103 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 2: Night. 104 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: So I think the message there is we do we 105 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: are unified under the red, white and blue, under the 106 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: stars and stripes, and we are unified in this country 107 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: it's called the United States of America. So we have 108 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: much more in common than we don't, and we need 109 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: to learn to get to a point in our country 110 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: where we are united and we understand each other's gifts 111 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: and talents, and we could think differently, but that is 112 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: ultimately what makes America great. 113 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 2: Amen of that, amen of that, it also celebrates the 114 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: beauty of the country. It's spylights, inventions and opportunities, celebrates soldiers, 115 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 2: law enforcement. You said that it also celebrates the diversity 116 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: of the people. I think that's really good. And of 117 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 2: course you live in New York City. You live in 118 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 2: a very diverse city. It emphasizes that Americans are of 119 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 2: every color and creed. Why was that important? I think 120 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: probably it's similar to the other answer you gave me. 121 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: But why was that important to celebrate the diversity in 122 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,239 Speaker 2: this children's books? 123 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: Because we're all God's children. And I teach my daughter 124 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: that she's never heard me single anyone out because of 125 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: the color of their skin ever, And I mean, I 126 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 1: never make a comment about that. I want her to 127 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: see everybody equally, and I don't even want that to 128 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: be a big deal. Now there are his street lessons 129 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: there that I will teach her and we will talk 130 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: about that. And with we've already talked about the idea 131 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: we couldn't believe that people actually end slaves, and that 132 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: they didn't believe that we were equal. But we are, 133 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: and everyone was created by God, and that's something that's 134 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: taught in my home. But I think the astronauts. I 135 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: remember when the artem is two astronauts, when they were 136 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: interviewed and what they said. I think, to the female, 137 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: what was it like to be the first female to 138 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: go farther than anyone else? What was it like to 139 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: be the first African American to go farther than anyone else? 140 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: And he said, obviously it's groundbreaking, and obviously I'm so 141 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: blessed and thankful to be a part of this. But 142 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: I can't wait for our country to get to a 143 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: point where that's not even a question, where it's just 144 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: you're a human being, and you're an American who went 145 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: farther than anybody else. And that's what my generation longs for. 146 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: That's definitely what the younger generation longs for. I'm a 147 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: New Yorker. I have friends of all colors, you know, 148 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: everyone all different socioeconomic backgrounds, and that's just America. Anything 149 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: is possible, Anything is possible if you work really hard, 150 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: and those astronauts are some of the smartest in their class. 151 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: Their dad moms are so proud of them, and they 152 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: are Americans. And look what they've done for America. You know, 153 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: we're winning the space race against China and they did 154 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: that for us. 155 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 2: And that's the did a good job picking pod great astronauts. 156 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: How badly but inspired. Victor Glover's one of the people 157 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 2: you're talking about. He's so inspiring. You've created a book, 158 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: of course, that appeals to both kids and adults. 159 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: Yea. 160 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 2: I can imagine many, you know a parents reading this 161 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 2: book and learning something as they're reading it. What do 162 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: you hope families take away while they're reading this threat 163 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: while reading this book. 164 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: Angsley, I hope that they are able to read the 165 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: book with their children and realize all the positive aspects 166 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: of living in this great nation, and that the children 167 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: walk away feeling very happy and pleased and blessed and 168 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: grateful to be here in America, and just a reminder 169 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: that we all need to go back to that childlike 170 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: faith with you know, Jesus even talks about how special 171 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: and precious the children are because they have that child 172 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: like faith and to read a book with your child, 173 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: there's nothing better. It's you're transported into a different land 174 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: and their imaginations run wild. And open up all the 175 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: pictures and sit on each picture for a little bit 176 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: and let them point out what they love and which 177 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: child in the pages that they can relate to, because 178 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: there are children of all walks of life on every 179 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,679 Speaker 1: single page. And we did that so that we could 180 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: so that every child, as a child, you're attracted to 181 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: the child that you can relate to. And so like 182 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: my daughter picked outfits for the one her character that 183 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: looks more like her, and she helped with the drawings 184 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: and helped just with color. She wanted it. She wanted 185 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: this book for the little girl to grow all older. 186 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: She said, Mamma, I wouldn't wear that outfit that I 187 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: wore in the first book. I wouldn't wear that in 188 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: the second. I'd be like, you know, change it a 189 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: little bit for her. But I just hope that it 190 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: brings families together, appreciation for country, appreciation for faith, and 191 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: that everyone walks away with a smile and at the 192 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: end of the book that they scream, America, I'm so 193 00:08:59,160 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: glad you were born. 194 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. I think this is a book that anybody, anybody 195 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 2: that left or I can read this book and appreciate it. 196 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 2: I don't think there's anything you knoweolo ideological about this book. 197 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 2: That's one thing I want to say. The book celebrates faith, 198 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: freedom of worship. Of course, you've been opened about your 199 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: own faith, Ainsley, When did your own personal faith become 200 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: real to you? 201 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: We always grew up in church, and we went to 202 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: a formal Episcopal church, and then we moved. We went 203 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: to a Lutheran church, the church my father grew up in, 204 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: and every Sunday we had to be in church, even 205 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: if we spent the night out. Mom and Dad would 206 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: pick us up on Sunday morning on the way to church, 207 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: and my friends would come with me or either I 208 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: had to go with them, so we were always in church. 209 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: I'm grateful to my parents for laying that foundation. But 210 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: then when I went to college, I started going to 211 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: a Baptist church because fifty percent of my sorority, they 212 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: were really strong Christians. They would invite me to the 213 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: Bible study and there was free pizza, so that didn't hurt. 214 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: But I also did all always loved the Lord and 215 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: had a place for him in my heart. But I 216 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: think I put him in a certain box, and I 217 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: would pull him out when I needed him and put 218 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: him back in, And you know, that was kind of 219 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: the way. I always loved the Lord and was very faithful, 220 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: but I wasn't always living the way I needed to live. 221 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: I was, you know, going out and drinking a lot 222 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: and living up, you know, like most college students do. 223 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: And I got so sick of it. And then I 224 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: watched my friends who weren't doing that. And there was 225 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: a really cute guy in my class and we used 226 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: to study together, and he wasn't doing that. His life 227 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: had changed. He used to be really wild and a 228 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: big partier, and his life changed, and so I wanted 229 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: to be like them. And I started going to church 230 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: and Bible studies and learning more about the Bible and 231 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: reading the Bible, and they were all so knowledgeable, and 232 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: I wanted more and more of it. And they took 233 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: me to a church that had praise and worship music, 234 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: and I was like, this is awesome, this is like 235 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: a concert. I've never been to a church like this, 236 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: or maybe I had with my friend Lindsay. She went 237 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: to a Baptist church. But I wasn't open to it. 238 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: I would kind of make fun of it a little bit, 239 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: which is horrible to say, but I always thought heymns 240 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: were the proper way to worship. And then in college 241 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: my life changed. In my mom, I remember her, she 242 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: was like, you know this church is is this a cult? 243 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: Is this? I said, no, Mom, this is just how 244 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: God's feeding me. He feeds you with hems and you 245 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: feel so close to Him and and that's how you're fed. 246 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: But I'm fed in this church. And so now i 247 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: go to an Episcopal church. Sometimes I'll go to a 248 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: Methodist church. I'll go to a non denominational church. I 249 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: love a contemporary service. My fiance and I go to 250 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: an Episcopal church most Sundays. But we also love to 251 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: watch concerts Michael W. Smith. We love to watch because 252 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: we've become friends with him over the years and he's 253 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,079 Speaker 1: just phenomenal and his concerts are with ccwine and are 254 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: so special to us. And that's just my story. It's 255 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: it's been great. I don't regret it. I live for 256 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: the Lord. I know that God's put me in this 257 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: position at Fox because I'm I'm not afraid to talk 258 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: about my and I'm bold and I give all the 259 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: glory to God. 260 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: How do you stay grounded spiritually while working in this, 261 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: you know, fast paced, high profile environment. Is that difficult 262 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 2: or have you found it easy? 263 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: You know? I live in a neighborhood where there are 264 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 1: a lot of My daughter goes to school with a 265 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: lot of like minded people. I work at Fox News. 266 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: A lot of my friends at Fox are conservative, and 267 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,479 Speaker 1: we're raising our children the same way. All of my friends, 268 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: my daughter's friends, parents who I'm really close with, we're 269 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: all raising our kids the same way. We all go 270 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: to church on Sundays. For the most part. I have 271 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: an amazing Bible study of women from all over the 272 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: upper part of the city where I live, and we 273 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: have children of all different ages. So that's nice because 274 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: we're not there to necessarily talk about what this teacher 275 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: said at school, or the amount of homework they're getting, 276 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: or that this test or whatever. We're really there to 277 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: talk about the Lord, to read scripture, to unpack scripture, 278 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,599 Speaker 1: and to pray. We go around the room and we 279 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: pray for each other and ask for prayer requests. We 280 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: pray for them throughout the week, and we say a 281 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: big prayer at the end, and we'll each take a 282 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: person and we pray for that person, and we're constantly 283 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: texting each other throughout the week different prayers because many 284 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: of us have lost our parents, some of them have 285 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: lost their in laws, some of them have lost one 286 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: of them lost for sister's husband. I'm from cancer, and 287 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: all of our children, you know, struggles that our children 288 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: go through, we share with each other. So I feel 289 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: like God has really put me in this bubble of Christians, 290 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: and I try to be kind and polite and speak 291 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: to everyone in the city that I come across because 292 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: I want to spread the gospel. I don't want to 293 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: just hang out with Christians. But I feel very protected 294 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: in New York, believe it or not, because I wasn't 295 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: about that. Moving here about. 296 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: A question for you, perhaps you are, of course co hosts. 297 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 2: Fox and Friends airs from six am to nine am 298 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: every weekday Eastern time. What does a daily schedule look 299 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 2: like for you in terms of bad time. I'm in 300 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 2: wake at time because most people are getting up around 301 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 2: the time. They're looking at you and all your co 302 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 2: hosts being you know, ready for the day. So I'm 303 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 2: just curious, what is what does a day look like 304 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: for you? 305 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: So I wake up at three point thirty in the morning, 306 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: and I sep four or five alarms on my phone 307 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: just in case, because I snoozed about two time and 308 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: I wake up immediately. My daughter loves to sleep with me, 309 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: so I'm a single mom, and so I let her. 310 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: Now she's ten years old. I know a lot of 311 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: doctors would say, don't let her do that, but we 312 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: read at night and we both go to bed at 313 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: the same time because I have to get up so early. 314 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: So it just works for me. I don't have a 315 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: normal schedule, and I have to do what just works 316 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: in this house for both of us. If not, I'll 317 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: end up putting her in her bed falling asleep. I 318 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: have to take my alarm and everything, my phone, plug 319 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: it in next to her bed, get my water, get 320 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: all my studies supplies because I'm studying for Fox and 321 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: Friends while she's reading her book. So it just works 322 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: for us. So we fall asleep together around nine o'clock, 323 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: and then I get up at three thirty. I take 324 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: I already have all my bags in the bathroom, my 325 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: clothes in the bathroom, and then I get ready in there, 326 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: go to work and I'm in the makeup and hair 327 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: chair at four thirty, do hair and makeup for the 328 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: next thirty thirty five minutes, and go upstairs. I'm in 329 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: my office for about fifty minutes by myself. I get 330 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: dressed in there. I keep all my dresses on my 331 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: high heels at work and pick out my outfit in 332 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: the morning, and then sit at my desk and I 333 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: will study for about forty five minutes of whatever's in 334 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: our rundown. They give us the list of whoever we're 335 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: interviewing the night before, so I can prepare those questions 336 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: and study those questions for about three or four most 337 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: of us, each of us have about three or four 338 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: interviews per show, so I'll study those in advance and 339 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: watch videos on that person or read about that person's story, 340 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: so I'm ready. In the morning, we get our talking points, 341 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: which is all ad lib So let's say we're ad 342 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: libbing about the conflict in Iran. We're ad libing about 343 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: Turning Point USA, their latest tour, whatever it is. I 344 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: need to study those topics, and I need to write 345 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: down on my folder the latest news, because obviously we're 346 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: in the news business. People are waking up. They want 347 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: to know what's new, so that when they go to 348 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: the water cooler. When they go to work, they're prepared 349 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: and they can talk about it if they're asked about 350 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: it at work. So I will. My system is I 351 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: have a Manila folder, old school. I get a lead pencil, 352 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: this brand that I like, and I'll write at the 353 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: top ron and I write the latest. I'll write under 354 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: that in a square, I'll write you know, turning Point USA. 355 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: And then on the next column I'll write, you know, America, 356 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you were born Ainsley's children's book. And 357 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: then I'll write the top whatever it is. So that 358 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: that way, when I'm on set with the guys, I 359 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: put all of the articles that I've read inside that folder. 360 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: The outside of the folder is like a cheat sheet. 361 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: It has all of my notes that I want to 362 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: say on air. And that way, when I'm sitting on 363 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: the curvy couch with my co anchors of Lawrence on 364 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: my right and Brian on my left, Lawrence will say 365 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: something about Iran, I'll look at my folder. I'll say, oh, 366 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: he didn't say this. I can say that. I'll say that. Brian, 367 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: I'll say something and that I have one more thing 368 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: to add. We might toss to a reporter. If the 369 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: reporter didn't cover everything on my sheet, then I can 370 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: add that after the reporter. And it's a it's playing tennis, 371 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: like we're all trying to hit back and forth and balance, 372 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: you know. We just don't want to dominate the conversation. 373 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: And sometimes if it's a topic that I really love, 374 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: they'll let me talk more about that. If it's a 375 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: topic Brian loves like a run, he loves foreign policy, 376 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: we'll let him talk more about that. And Lawrence loves 377 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: to talk about crime, and he loves to talk about 378 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: faith like I do, and so he'll, you know, he 379 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: might dominate that, but we just we work really well together. 380 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: I have fabulous co anchors, and we share sharing you 381 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: have to share when you have a multi anchor show. 382 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: And then the show is over at nine and so 383 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: right now I had an interview at nine thirty. I 384 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: rushed home. I had an interview at nine thirty for 385 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: a year show. And now I have this interview and 386 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: I after that, we'll go catch a flight because I 387 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: spend my weekends with my fiance, so it's my turn 388 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 1: to go visit him. So I'm going to visit hem. 389 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: And so that's it. That's and then I'll have the 390 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: week one. That's pretty much my day. Sometimes I'll stay 391 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: and I'll anchor out Numbered, which is at noon. Sometimes 392 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 1: I'll stay to do other shows. Brian sometimes on his 393 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: weekend show, he'll record certain segments of that at like 394 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: one o'clock on a Friday, so I'll stay for that. 395 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: It just really do have to be there Monday through Friday, 396 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: six to nine, no exceptions. 397 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 2: I need to hire you as my wife, coach, Jamesly, 398 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 2: that's incredible, that's unbelievable. 399 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: Well, I love it, Michael zad the rest of the 400 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: day with my daughter. 401 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, yet I'd go to her. 402 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: Well. I volunteered to school yesterday we made sandwiches for 403 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: the less fortunate. We made four hundred sandwiches, and I 404 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: was there with all the moms. And then we came 405 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: home from school. I took her to her orthodontis appointment, 406 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: I helped her with her homework, and she had a 407 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 1: play date and I was there for all of it. 408 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: So it's a great schedule to be a mom. 409 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's interview, please make sure to subscribe 410 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,719 Speaker 3: and share the episode with a friend. A big thanks 411 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 3: to the team at Life Audio for their partnership with 412 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 3: us on the podcast. 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