1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: for New Zealand Business. Jan the Simpson, US correspondent with 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: US NOW Dan, Hello, Hello, what did you make of 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's epic music list? 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: He doesn't have rhythm? We know that. I mean, uh yeah, 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 2: I mean you've been going over some of the songs. 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 2: I mean Ymca and Shinead O'Connor and James Brown, I 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: mean Kamala Harris sent out a tweet saying, I hope 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: he's okay. I mean it takes a. 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: Level of confidence. I Dan, you people are known for 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: your confidence in the States, but that is that's next 12 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: level to play nine tracks at people and just stand there. 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: It is. It is a one writer. I think it 14 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: was with the Washington Post word I feel I've lost 15 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: my reality, which I think may sum up best what 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: happened there. I mean, you know, is this Trump being Trump? 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: Or is this something along the lines of Joe Biden 18 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: and his eccentricity. I honestly don't know. Why would you 19 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: be doing something like this three weeks before the election. 20 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,319 Speaker 1: Well, because we're talking about him? 21 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, I guess so, I guess so. And again 22 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: this was this happened in Pennsylvania. A couple of members 23 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 2: of the audience at one of his rallies fainted because 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 2: of the heat, and uh, you know, so he said, 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: you know, I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna switch switch us 26 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: off right now. We're not gonna do any questions. Justice 27 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: listen to this music. And he says, who the hell 28 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: wants to hear questions? Right, And then all of a 29 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: sudden he goes into his little you know that we've 30 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 2: seen him do before, but not for whatever it was 31 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: a half hour or thirty five minutes. 32 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: Did you know, though, Dan, that apparently he actually does 33 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: rate his playlist and apparently he likes to DJ on 34 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: the private jet. 35 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: That I did not know. 36 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, like, this is not this is not unusual for him. 37 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: He actually does. He backs himself as a purveyor of 38 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: quality tunes. 39 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: Well, I guess we'll have to nickname him something cool 40 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: like Grandmaster D or something like that if he doesn't 41 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 2: get j Trump. 42 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: I mean there, yeah, dad joke right on the spot. Hey, 43 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: So the election, though, I mean, despite bright spots like this, 44 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: apparently it's making you people feel quite miserable. 45 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: Well it is, I think, I mean, you you're feeling 46 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: stressed out. I mean, you're not alone, even if you're 47 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: not from the US and you're watching our election from 48 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: over New Zealand unfold over here. There's a survey from 49 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: Forbes that found about sixty one percent of us say 50 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: that it's affecting our mental health. We've got anxiety and 51 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: stress and feelings of fear when you think about the election. 52 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: And depending on the generation you were born into, I 53 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: think the younger ones like gen z Or saying we're 54 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: more stressed, where some of the older folks, you know, 55 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: the over fifties and sixties and seventies, are just saying, 56 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: you know, get on with it. But I know for 57 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 2: a fact, and you may mock this, but I think 58 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: it's also impacting those people who report on politics too. 59 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: You know, a lot more people in the last decade 60 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: over here have gotten out of the business and they 61 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: switch professions, and many that I've talked to at least 62 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: see you know, it's a lot of it's the stress 63 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: not only covering politics, but the reaction that they get 64 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: from from the public, you know, the hammering about what 65 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: they what they do, that's taking a toll on them. 66 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, maybe if they just did a bit of job, 67 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: they wouldn't get a hammering. I thought about that. 68 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: Wow, okay, I guess so, yes, so prison company excluded. 69 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: I mean obviously. But the reason I say that is 70 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: because the movie just got stats out again how low 71 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 1: the trust the media is, right. 72 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 2: It is. It's down to something like thirty one percent, 73 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: where only you know, people say, well, you guys are 74 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: sort of trustworthy here. And you know, the Gallup which 75 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 2: does all these polls, goes back to the early nineteen 76 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 2: seventies and back then, I mean, the trust was about 77 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 2: seventy percent, seventy two percent, and then they did it 78 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 2: again in the nineties and they found a smaller majority, 79 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: about fifty five percent trusted the news media. So the 80 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: question is what's going on? And I think a lot 81 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 2: of this has to do where people get their news 82 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 2: from and how they consume news. That makes it easy 83 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: to understand why they may have the distrust, because more 84 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: people are turning into thing to sources that have really 85 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: opinions than just facts. And you know, that's fine to 86 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: a certain extent, but you know, if you get on 87 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: one side and you're not going to see the view 88 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: of the other, then that obviously is going to sway 89 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 2: your opinion on the media and the trust that you have. 90 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,839 Speaker 1: You did need a bit of balance, Hey Dan, Thank 91 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: you as always really appreciated as Dan Mitchinson, US correspondent. 92 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 93 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: News Talk Set B from four pm weekdays, or follow 94 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.