1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Live from the Hartband and the Crossroads of America. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 2: It's Tony Katz today. 3 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: Well, hi, everybody, welcome to another episode of the Tony 4 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: Kats today. 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 3: I'm Andrew Langer in for Tony Kats today, and there 6 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 3: we go. Listen. 7 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm hearing an echo in my own ear, 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: but that's on me, hope. Oh wow, listen, let me 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: don't feel back the curtain just a little bit here. 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: So Tony called me this morning, or he texted me 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: this morning because he couldn't call me. He is feeling 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: under the weather. He has no voice. So he asked 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: me to pitch in for him today. So this is 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: what I'm doing for him, and so glad that I 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: could do that. So the thing is, I got to 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: work there today with the work that I do for Seapack, 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: and so I grab my gear and bring it with me. 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: I'm all set, I'm all getting it checked out. There 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: are lots of different ways for me to get things 20 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: set up, and of course it doesn't work. So poor 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: Land and I call him, oh, well, I don't know, 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: twelve oh one conservatively twelve o one pm. And yeah, 23 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: I get on. I get on with him there. So anyway, 24 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: I feel feel terrible for him. Oh, I see what's 25 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: going on here. Hold on one second, guys, let me 26 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: try this. 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 3: There we go. 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: Now, maybe I won't to hear myself in my own ear, 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: at least not all that much. Land And let me 30 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: know if you can still hear me. 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: So we listen. 32 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: We got a great show today, as we always do. 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: Because there's so much going on in the world. You 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: want to join the conversation, you know, you can always 35 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: email me while I'm on the air. I've got the 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: new email address, Andrew Langer Radio at gmail dot com, 37 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Andrew Langer Radio All One Word at gmail dot com. 38 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: You can also add me on x Let's let's also 39 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: set the wayback machine. Oh back just a little bit 40 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: here till last Friday, where speaking of people adding me 41 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 1: on on x Land and poor Land and Landon had 42 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: had been gracious enough to let me know about this 43 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: story about the IndyCar race in d C. And uh, 44 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: you let me know about this, and he said, Hey, 45 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: here's this this Twitter feed, here's what's going on with 46 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: uh this uh uh this this situation. And what you 47 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: should do is you should you talk about you talking 48 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: about the the not just this person. 49 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 3: But the the not. 50 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: Just the story, but this person who's who is upset 51 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: about this story, and I talked about it. And while 52 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm talking about this person on X, this person then 53 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: shut down the X account, and of course I had 54 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: to talk about that, and and so hilarity ensued. And 55 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: it was like several more hours after I got off 56 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: the air that I was getting added by people. I 57 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: think I had something on the order of like twenty 58 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: thousand different No twenty thousand different views, not twenty thousand 59 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: different messages, because that would just been that would have 60 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: been just crazy go nuts. Anyway, So we got a 61 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: jam pack show today. Jerry Rodgers from Real Clear Policy 62 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: going to join us in a few minutes, assuming that 63 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: I can get my wherewithal squared away with my headphones 64 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: and being able to make sure I hear the studio, 65 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: And we're going to spend a lot of time talking 66 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: about the President of the National Prayer Breakfast this morning. 67 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: We're going to spend a lot of time talking about 68 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: stuff going on up on the hill. But let me 69 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: start here, and this will be a good indication as 70 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: to whether or not I can hear the studio. 71 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: Let's go here. 72 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: The So, if you don't remember, we had the Grammys 73 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: over the weekend and Billie Eilish was talking about. 74 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 3: Talk. 75 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: She came up to get an award, and she talked 76 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: about the issue of stolen Land. And here is what 77 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: she had to say. Let's go ahead and play cut 78 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: number one. 79 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 4: No one is illegal on stolen Land. And yeah, it's 80 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 4: just really hard to know what to say and what 81 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 4: to do right now. 82 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 5: And I just I. 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: Feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like 84 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 4: we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, 85 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 4: and our voices really do matter, and the people matter. 86 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 2: And let's say sorry, so. 87 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: Thank you for So that's Billie Eilish. We can end 88 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: up there, that's Billy Elish at the Grammys. And so 89 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: she says this, and of course we all know how 90 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: ridiculous these sort of these declarations are. Good Lord, are 91 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: the folks who are just sort of some assaulting all 92 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: over themselves to talk about how nobody. 93 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 3: Is illegal all of these things. So I don't know 94 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 3: who ben Leo is. 95 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: Apparently he's some independent journalists. Actually I don't even know 96 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: if he's a dependent journalist, but he's a journalist from 97 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: the UK. He goes off to Billie Eilish's house in 98 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: the Hollywood Hills and hilarity ensued. Let's go and play 99 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: at number two. 100 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 6: It's not ironic and massive gates keeping people out. I 101 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 6: thought Billy didn't believe in borders. According to the driveway, 102 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 6: Billy does believe in borders. She believes in massive gates 103 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 6: keeping people out. A couple of cameras up there as well, 104 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 6: the lights on, so somebody must be home. 105 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: Let us in, please, Belly. We are here because this. 106 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 6: Is stolen land, Billy, and we think we should be 107 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 6: given access to your quite lovely three million dollar mansion. 108 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 6: And such is Billy's concerned security and privacy surrounded by 109 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 6: pretty decent securiity of fencing very nice indeed massive security 110 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:07,679 Speaker 6: hedges as well, putting it there. 111 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: And this is exactly what we're talking about here. This 112 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: is what we need to be doing. It is always good. 113 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: I think it is always helpful to point out the hypocrisy, 114 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: and by the way, doing it in a lighthearted and 115 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: humorous manner. 116 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 3: I don't think you can go wrong with that. So yeah, 117 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 3: so that's good. 118 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, right, I mean, 119 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: it's it is ultimately abjectly hypocritical for somebody who's in 120 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: a position of privilege to start to talk about issues 121 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: of stoleam land and talk about having no borders and 122 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: nobody being illegal while at the same time living behind 123 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: these massive gates. 124 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 3: I get it right. 125 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: You should if you are a wealthy, prominent person like 126 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: Billie Eilish, you should. You have every right to want 127 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: to live behind and live in a nice house or 128 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: a great view behind a wall and let in only 129 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: the people that you want to let in on land 130 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: that you've purchased legally from somebody else. But what you 131 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: have to recognize is that these pronouncements that you make 132 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: regarding how other people live. 133 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 3: That has an impact. Here. 134 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: Here's what I'm gonna do, because I'm fairly convinced that 135 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: there's a massive amount of echo, so let's try it 136 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: that way. 137 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: You have to recognize that. 138 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: There are other people who live on this planet, and 139 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: these other people are impacted by the policies that you 140 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: turn around and you go ahead and you articulate, and 141 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: at some point in time we have to live in 142 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: the real world. I know he's listening, and I know 143 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: he's cringing right now at how slap dash. This first 144 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: segment has been my father. I know I've said this before, 145 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: an old adage of mine, which is that there are 146 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: many I'm sorry, I say, the most well intentioned policies 147 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: eventually bump up against very real realities. And my dad said, 148 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: that's too complicated. He said, you know, let's simplify it. 149 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: There are many roads to utopia. However, all must traverse 150 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: the surface of the earth. We have to live in 151 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: the real world. We we can, we can talk all 152 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: we want about utopia, but the but but reality is 153 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: a much much different thing. 154 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 3: That's why I spend so much time talking about. 155 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: The unintended consequences of regulation in my day job with Seapack. 156 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: You know, we can all talk about the policies that 157 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: we want, but at the end of the day, those 158 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: policies a have direct word world consequences and then have 159 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: indirect real world. 160 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 3: Consequences, unintended consequences. 161 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, so that's so, that's that's Billie eilish On here, 162 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: you know, here's where I want to go next. Let's 163 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: jump down a little bit here, Landon, if you don't 164 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: mind before we go to thered because I'm gonna come 165 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: back and spend a little bit of time talking about Kamala. 166 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, that is that is bad. 167 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: I think the the the echo there. Well, we're gonna 168 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna work on this. In fact, you know something 169 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: to do me favorite, Let's let's tell you what. Let's 170 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: take a let's take a quick break. I don't like 171 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: talking about breaks. We're gonna take a quick break. I'm 172 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: gonna get these things squared away. I'm Andrew Langer. This 173 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: is Tony Kats Today. I am Andrew Andrew Langer in 174 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 1: for Tony Kats Today. I'm Tony Kats Today. So glad 175 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: I can join you and you can join me right 176 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: here on the Tony Cats Radio Network. Yeah, that's better, 177 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: a little bit better anyway, still still hearing myself, but 178 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: that's all right, Landon, I will I will get used 179 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: to that. So as I was pulling audio getting ready 180 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 1: for the show today, there was an announcement that came up, 181 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: and it was fascinating to me. It's one that already getting. 182 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 3: A lot of a lot of press. 183 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: Basically, Kamala Harris has decided to take. 184 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: All of that quote unquote good will. 185 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: Let's just say all of the millions of dollars that 186 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: was spent putting together her political campaign. They are now 187 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: throwing into a new entity that they're calling Headquarters. And 188 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris made an announcement today, and before we play 189 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: that announcement, let me let me give a little bit 190 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: more context here, and that context being that when I 191 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: pulled this clip, now she is launching a social media platform, 192 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: like a discussion platform and a news platform. We're going 193 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: to get to my problems with that, but this is 194 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: this is supposed to be the thing that catches all 195 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: of that gen Z vote. You know, there's that Steve 196 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: Buscemi line, Oh hello fellow young people. So she made 197 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: this announcement and the audio was unlistenable. I had to 198 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: it through the filter and play it several times. But 199 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: here let's hear Kamala Harris. Let's play cut number three 200 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: landing Madame. 201 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 5: Vice President, what's going on with Kamala HQ. 202 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 7: Well, I'm so glad you asked. I have good news. 203 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 7: So Kamala HQ is turning into Headquarters, and it's where 204 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 7: you can go online to get basically the latest of 205 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 7: what's going on and also to meet and revisit with 206 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 7: some of our great courageous leaders, be they elected leaders, 207 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 7: community leaders, civic leaders, faith leaders, young leaders. I'm really 208 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 7: excited about it. So stay engaged, and I'll see. 209 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: This is where we are now, this is what now 210 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: passes for sort of politics and political organizing in twenty 211 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: twenty six. Now you know it used to be. I'll 212 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: give you some really good examples for this. Joe Biden. 213 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: When Joe Biden left office, I'll say this, Joe Biden 214 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: went any started the Biden Institute where you go and 215 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: you do your library if your president. 216 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 3: Vice presidents don't do libraries. 217 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: Mike Pence, Mike Prince, Mike Pence came out of office 218 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: and started Advancing American Freedom AAF and and you know, 219 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: these are our policy based organizations, serious organizations that essentially 220 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: are that are coming up with supposed to be coming 221 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: up with the next great ideas. We're talking about the 222 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: ideas that are out there. But no, now you're seeing 223 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: the rise of organizations that are that are not that 224 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: don't do anything substantive. They are simply aggregating and echo 225 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: chambering the ideas of the people who are doing the 226 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: serious work. And I gotta say I got a real 227 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: problem with that. I sound like George Costanza, Frank Costanza, 228 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: I got a real problem with you people. This is 229 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: this is not the way it's about. This is this 230 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: is I mean, listen, we could talk about the coursening 231 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: of America, we could talk about the coursening of American discourse. 232 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: But this goes beyond that, right, I think that ship 233 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: has already passed sailed, ship has already sailed. 234 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 3: Mixing metaphors here, this. 235 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: Goes to the dummening of America. I know that's not 236 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: a word, you know, slouching towards mediocrity, the death I 237 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: mean some of the it's it's, it's it's beyond the 238 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: death of the death of common sense. But I've I've 239 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: been watching this and I've been watching this again. Don't 240 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: want to play the what abautism on both sides of 241 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: the aisle, but I will say this much as a 242 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: as a concling statement in this, this underscores that Kamala 243 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: Harris is not a serious person and never was a 244 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: serious person. I mean, I know we knew that before, 245 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: but this really sticks a flag in it, you know, 246 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: So do me favor Landon. I want you to play 247 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: that again, and I want you to start listening from 248 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: the beginning of it where she is talking. Well, first 249 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: of all, she's asked the stilted question. She's trying to 250 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: make it out to be something else. But but let's 251 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: play one more time. 252 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 5: Landon Man, Vice President, what's going on with Kamala Hu. Well, 253 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 5: I'm so glad you asked. 254 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 7: I have kidney? 255 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 3: Oh I plause plus it was it. 256 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you asked random strange person, random staffer. 257 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you just happened to ask. As though 258 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: this was not the entire intent of the video that 259 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: we're shooting, that we couldn't figure out how to mic properly. 260 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: And I know, I'm there's no small amount of irony 261 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: given my audio difficulties today, and talk about people who 262 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: are not mike properly. 263 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: I get it. Set that aside, though, we can keep going. 264 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 3: Let's keep going. 265 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 7: So Kamala HQ is turning into headquarters, and it's where 266 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 7: you can go online to get basically the latest of 267 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 7: what's going on and also to meet and revisit with 268 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 7: some of our great courageous leaders, be they elected leaders, 269 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 7: community leaders, civic leaders, faith leaders, young leaders. I'm really 270 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 7: excited about it. So stay engaged and I'll. 271 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 3: So stay engaged. 272 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: Right, We're not going to produce anything substantive, Right, We're 273 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: not going to sit here and sort of look at 274 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: what's happening in the world and pontificate and offer up 275 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: our solutions. But no, we're going to aggregate the work 276 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: of others and then what we're going to do is 277 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: we're going to sit here and we may package some 278 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: entertainment kind of stuff. Guys, that's not the way any 279 00:15:54,480 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: of this is supposed to work. And to me, that 280 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: sort of represents the lack of seriousness out there. 281 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: You have to be you have to. 282 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: Be looking at what's going on in the policy world, 283 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: you know, especially if you're a if you're a politician 284 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: with aspirations, right, if you want to be president of 285 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: the United States, maybe maybe maybe you ought to actually 286 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: say something in this world, you know, say something about 287 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: what's what's going on in it? You know something let 288 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: me go here. Yeah, well, no, we'll talk about that later. Sorry, 289 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: as I'm looking at these things. So I want to 290 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: spend some time later on after we talked to Jerry 291 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: Rodgers about this. 292 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 3: But but I want you to hear it. 293 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: So, uh, Vince Schlomy, you might better know him as 294 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: the sham Wow guy. Apparently he is running for Congress, 295 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: and he released the NAD yesterday. I got let's let's 296 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: go ahead and play play cut number seven. 297 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 8: Hey, Vince, I'm running for Congress against this guy. Stop 298 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 8: having a politician that's worse than Biden. 299 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 2: That's a discretionary funding. 300 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 8: Instead, vote for me, a guy who's not half dead. 301 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 8: I'm going to soak up the swap, clean the house, 302 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 8: and pick off those liberal tears. 303 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 2: At the same time, I'm. 304 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 8: Going to slaph out the nuts out of the woke, 305 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 8: making less bluehir comedies more red blooded Americans. Vote for 306 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 8: me so I can represent you and the ones that 307 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 8: can't stand out for themselves. 308 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 3: Pay for my off for Vince Shamwa schlow me for Congress. 309 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: It's a great ad, guys, and I've tweeted it out. 310 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: By the way, for not following my an ex please 311 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: do so. At Andrew underscore Langer on X. It's an ad, obviously. 312 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: He plays the clip of the old guy at the end. 313 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: It's a It's a picture of a sonogram with an 314 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: unborn baby. The unborn baby turns to the camera and says, 315 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: vote for vote for Vince. It's it's good stuff. Now 316 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: apparently he had he had announced this a couple of 317 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: months back, but he is really kicking it into high gear, 318 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: and I think there's a there's a high point here. Listen, 319 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: anything can happen. As I talked about this, I am 320 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: rather eurish about the prospects of Republicans in November. 321 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 3: I am there's no two ways about it. 322 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: History is against us, and the media and the prevailing 323 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: power structure is going to do whatever it can to 324 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: ensure that history stays on track and that the president's 325 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: party loses seats in Congress as a result. I have 326 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: no doubt in my mind that that's going to happen. 327 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: The question is whether or not enough good stories like 328 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: Vince Shlomo Shamwou Shlomo can get Shlomi can can have 329 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: a eke out of victory and snatch a Democratic seat 330 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: away from them such that maybe, just maybe, remember in 331 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, all e udent and history is pointing 332 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: towards the possibility of a red wave, and obviously that 333 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: didn't happen. 334 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 3: It was a red trickle. 335 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: I think we can see that possibly happening on the 336 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: other side if we could keep it to a blue trickle, 337 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: I would be a happy camper there. 338 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 3: So listen. 339 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: We're going to be joined in a couple of minutes 340 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: by my good buddy Jerry Rodgers. 341 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 3: Jerry is the editor of Real Claire Policy and Real 342 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 3: Claire Health. We're going to talk about the news of 343 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 3: the day. In the meantime, I am going to sit. 344 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 1: Here and try to figure out how to get our 345 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: audio back on track and proper, so I'm not having 346 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: what I'm thinking is feedback out there. 347 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 3: I'm Andrew Langer. It's a ton of cats. Well, welcome back, everybody. 348 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: I am Andrew Langer in for Tony Kats today on 349 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: Tony Katz that I'm so glad. 350 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 3: I can join you, and you can join me. You 351 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 3: can join the conversation. 352 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: New email address Andrew Langer Radio at gmail dot com, 353 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: all one word Andrew Langer, doogmail dot com. You can 354 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: also add me on Twitter at Andrew underscore Langer. 355 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,959 Speaker 3: Joining us right now, my best buddy. 356 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 1: He is the editor of Real Clear Policy, Real Clear Health. 357 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: His name is Jerry Rogers, and Jerry So we had 358 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: another another Republican member of Congress decide yesterday to not run. 359 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: His name is Barry Loudermilk. He's from down in Georgia. 360 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: Things are not you. You are normally more Eorish than 361 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: I am. I'm pretty eorish when it comes to the 362 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: fall elections, your your thoughts here. 363 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 9: Well, I think more importantly than the Georgia decision by 364 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 9: this congressman, is the Supreme Court today or yesterday right 365 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 9: accepted or did not comment, did not push back on 366 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 9: the California jerry mandering, the California new map that's going 367 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 9: to give Democrats five new seats. Here's what I think. 368 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 9: I think it's going to be. I'm e orsh as well. 369 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 10: You know me. I'm the I'm the despairing optimist. 370 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 9: The good news is that on the issues, I mean, 371 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 9: my goodness, even with all the bad press when it 372 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 9: comes to ice, and all the misinformation and the nonsense 373 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 9: coming from Democrats in the mainstream media, even still a 374 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 9: significant majority of Americans support deportations. When you look at 375 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 9: the idea of voter ID, I mean, my goodness, eighty 376 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 9: plus percent, including seventy one percent of Democrats, support voter 377 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 9: ID on the issues. Republicans are still in the plus category. 378 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 9: The question is can the stupid party I either Republicans 379 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 9: place more politics, and I'm not sure. 380 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, that's always been the issue, right, It's 381 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: always been the stupid versus the evil party on these things. 382 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 3: And that's just it. 383 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: Right, at the end of the day, there is so 384 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: much good news that is happening that simply isn't getting 385 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: out there. I mean, obviously, gas prices have been fluctuated 386 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: between the winter weather and how that's impacting the northeast 387 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: and Venezuela and how that's impacting the oil supply. But 388 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: so many other things are going right, and yet people 389 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: are still uneasy. But this is by the design, isn't it, Jerry. 390 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: They want they want us to feel uneasy, don't they. 391 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 9: Well, of course, I mean, look, Donald Trump had the 392 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 9: anniversary of his first year in office, you know, Trump 393 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 9: two year one. 394 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 10: And if you look at if you look at the. 395 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 9: Successes from Iran's nuclear capacity, to Maduro being gone in Venezuela, 396 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 9: to the border being secure, to the fastest wage increases 397 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 9: in fifty years, I mean the Wall Street we I 398 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 9: mean GDP growth, My goodness is four or five percent? 399 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 10: We were told not long ago. 400 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 9: I'm old enough to remember when Obama and his economic 401 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 9: team said never expect greater than one percent growth. Ever, again, 402 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 9: we're now experiencing four and five percent growth. So there's 403 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 9: lots of good news on every front, whether it's foreign policy, 404 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 9: whether it's the economy, whether it's. 405 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 10: The border, or crime. 406 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 9: We're at significant record decrease and violent crime in this country. 407 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 9: And why because two point six million illegal criminal aliens 408 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 9: have either self deported or been deported. And again, if only, 409 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 9: if only, if the truth could get out, that's the problem. 410 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: Now, Jerry, let's add to this. You know, on the 411 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: issue of prescription drugs and prescription drug prices, you were 412 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: also the editor of Real Clear Policy. I'm sorry, you're 413 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: also the editor of Real Clear Health. We had a 414 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: major victory yesterday on the issue of pharmacy benefits managers. 415 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: Talk about what happened at the at the FTC. 416 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 9: Well, again, remember this, part of the reason why your 417 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 9: medicine costs so much is because the system has been 418 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 9: rigged against you with these middleman so to speak, that 419 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 9: have a monopoly in terms of of of the drug prices. 420 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 9: And yes, there's some pushback, it's not enough, Andrew. There 421 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 9: needs to be legislation, There needs to be more reform here. 422 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 9: A Paragra Health Institute actually today has a very good 423 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 9: synopsis of what's happening with PBMs, pharmacy benefit managers of 424 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 9: the middlemen who cost you more in terms of your drugs. 425 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 9: It's over at Real Clear Health. Your viewers, your listeners 426 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,479 Speaker 9: rather can go there right now and get a good 427 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 9: synopsis of it. But the fact is it's not just 428 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 9: on the PBMs. It's also on drug prices, in terms 429 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 9: of Trump going after foreign free loaders, in terms of 430 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 9: Trump Trump RX, in terms of the Great Healthcare Plan. 431 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 9: There's lots going on in terms of making medicine and 432 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 9: healthcare more accessible and more affordable. 433 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 10: And you're right, it's not covered. 434 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: So let me turn our attention to something else real quick. Landa, 435 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if you can play it. And Jerry 436 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: can hear it? Jerry, have you heard about Kamala's announcement 437 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: today or yesterday about her new turning Kamala HQ into 438 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: a new website. 439 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 10: No, I did not hear her, but I heard about 440 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 10: the announcement. 441 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 9: And the funny thing is a lot of the right 442 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 9: of center of venues out. 443 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 10: What's we're saying? Oh no, what is she going to say? Right? 444 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 3: Well, here tell you what. Let's hopefully you can hear this. 445 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: Let's go ahead, Land and play cut number three for 446 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: Jerry if you would, Madam Vice. 447 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 5: President, what's going on with Kamala HQ. 448 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 7: Well, I'm so glad you asked. I have good news. 449 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 7: So Kamala HQ is turning into headquarters and it's where 450 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 7: you can go online to get basically the latest of 451 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 7: what's going on and also to meet and revisit with 452 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,719 Speaker 7: some of our great courageous leaders, be they elected leaders, 453 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 7: community leaders, civic leaders, faith leaders, young leaders. I'm really 454 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 7: excited about it, So stay engaged. 455 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 5: And I's. 456 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: So, Jerry, what she's basically doing is she's creating an 457 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: aggregation entity. Now real clear politics, k policy. You guys 458 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: are an aggregator, that's what you do. But you do 459 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: it as a news outlet to make sure that people 460 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: can see and hear opinions and news from. 461 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 3: The widest variety of sources. That's what you guys do. 462 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: But I think you would agree with me that there's 463 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: a certain danger when political organizations stop producing original content, 464 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: stop producing original policy work, and instead start trying to 465 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: become to create their own echo chambers. What are your 466 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: thoughts here. 467 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 10: Well, you're exactly right. 468 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 9: And again Real Clear aggregates the best arguments in terms 469 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 9: of the political discussion, but it also has original research. 470 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 9: In fact, today we publish the paper by Congressman Rogers 471 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 9: and Peter Pitts from CMPI on FDA. So there's original research, 472 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 9: and there's original commentary, there's investigations, there's journalism happening. We 473 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 9: have Real Clear, of course, has a place in the 474 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 9: at the White House. We have a White House reporter, 475 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 9: we have a Congressional reporter. 476 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 10: Uh. 477 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 9: And and I think it's a little silly, and I'm 478 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 9: surprised that more folks aren't mocking the former vice president. 479 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 9: She just said it's a place to come and meet 480 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 9: old friends and. 481 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 10: Leaders and faith. What is she talking about. It's just 482 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 10: it's so silly. 483 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 9: It's like it's like, you know what, it's been too 484 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 9: long since I've been in the in the news cycle. 485 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 9: Let me let me offer a big nothing burger up 486 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 9: and so at least I get my name, uh you know, 487 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 9: on MSN or or or wherever. 488 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 3: Else now before I let you go. 489 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard this other thing, but 490 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: the sham wow guy, Vince ShamWow Schlowmy is running for 491 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: Congress down in down in Texas. 492 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 3: Your thoughts here, you're you're. 493 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 10: Much more up to speed with this sort of thing. 494 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,199 Speaker 10: I know this. I'll say that I'll be serious for 495 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 10: a second. 496 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 9: Look, history is against Republicans in terms of the midterms. However, 497 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 9: there is a chance where Republicans, because the districts are 498 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 9: are are so Jerry manned already all over the country. 499 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 9: I think that those who care about freedom and keep 500 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 9: more of what you earn in small businesses and and 501 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 9: free speech and the rest, and push back on the 502 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 9: defund ice, which is just a defund the police, you know, 503 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 9: a two point zero they we have to make sure 504 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,400 Speaker 9: that that Republicans maintain their majority in twenty twenty six. 505 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 3: Before I let you go. 506 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: You know, there's this now, this phenomenon in Minneapolis where 507 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: folks are setting up private checkpoints. 508 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 3: Well, can I possibly go wrong with you? 509 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 10: Didn't like that. I thought we didn't like borders. 510 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 9: I thought we didn't like databases they're doing check Yeah, 511 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 9: and you know what I tell you, part of the 512 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,479 Speaker 9: wishes I lived in Minneapolis because I know exactly what 513 00:28:59,480 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 9: I would do. 514 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 10: They stopped me, and there you go. 515 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 3: Jerry how to folks find out more about the good 516 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: work you're doing. 517 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 9: Go to Real Clear Pology, Go to Real Clear Health. 518 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 9: Go to at Jerry Rogers show on X. Hey Andrew, God, 519 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 9: bless you, buddy. 520 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 3: Thank you, buddy. 521 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you later on. That was Jerry Rogers. 522 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: Go check him out at Jerry Rodgers' show. Listen, Landon. 523 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: I'm telling you this right now. I think I figured 524 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: out the technical issues. Hopefully we can have the last 525 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: two hours of the show goes smoothly. 526 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 3: I'm Andrew Langer. This is Tony Kats today. 527 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: Was there anything better than when this song was used 528 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: in Guardians of the Galaxy. It's so funny. Yeah, thank you. 529 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: We started watching this week wonder Man Landon. If you 530 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: start watching wonder Man yet, I have not no Okay, 531 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: So wonder Man's the new Marvel show. 532 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 3: It's on Disney Plus and it is It's very meta. 533 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: This is not where I was going to go with 534 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: this segment, but I'm going to go there anyway because 535 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: you played that and obviously is in my head. Hi everybody, 536 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: By the way, I'm Andrew Langer. You can email me 537 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: while I'm on the air complain about the audio for 538 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: the first hour of the show. Please do Andrew Langer 539 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: Radio All one Word at gmail dot com Andrew Langer Radio. 540 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: You can also at me on Twitter at Andrew Underscore Langer. 541 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: Yes I still call it Twitter, So you know, obviously, 542 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: there have been some real misses in the Marvel universe 543 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: as of late. I'm sure everybody can agree on that. Actually, 544 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure not everybody can agree on that, but I 545 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: think that and I think a lot of folks agree 546 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: with that there have been a lot of misses in 547 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: the Marvel universe as of late. Like I couldn't get 548 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: through the miss Marvel one. I liked she Hulk she 549 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: Hulk Attorney. 550 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 3: At Law I think is what it was called. 551 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: So wonder Man is and I don't know anything about 552 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: the comic property, but it's about an actor and he 553 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: apparently has superpowers and he's trying to get the role 554 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: of the Wonder Man and he winds up linking up 555 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: with Trevor Slattery who is the Mandarin in Iron Man three, 556 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: and then came back for Chung Ching and the Ten 557 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: Rings of Power whatever it was called. Uh, And I 558 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: love Ben Kingsley as that character. 559 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 3: It's great. 560 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: He becomes his acting coach, and it underscores. This show 561 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: underscores why why when Marvel gets things right, and it 562 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: also underscores when they get things horribly wrong. You know, 563 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: the best Marvel movies are other kinds of movies, you know, 564 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: genres of movies that have the superhero. 565 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 3: Element added in. 566 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: Right, So like ant Man, the original ant Man was 567 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: a heist comedy, but in the Marvel superhero mode, which 568 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: was great. And you know, Guardians of the Galaxy was this, 569 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: you know, tongue in cheek science fiction. 570 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 3: Movie, but it's a Marvel movie. 571 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: And of course what made what made Guardians of the 572 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: Galaxy grate was was the soundtrack, uh, and the use 573 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,479 Speaker 1: of that soundtrack in that way, and they did that 574 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: in other in other movies. You know, I will never 575 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: forget uh in I want to say it was the 576 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: first of the two in I don't know one of 577 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: the No, no, it was the second of the two 578 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: Infinity Wars movies where where uh they're they're listening to 579 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: the Kinks are playing the beginning of that that second 580 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: movie Land which one wasn't the last one that they 581 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: did with the with the second of the Fantost movies, 582 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: You're gonna tell me, so I'm gonna I'm gonna have 583 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: the brain freeze. Anyway, it starts off that one starts 584 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: off with Dear Mister Fantasy by Traffic. 585 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 3: By the way, if you don't know anything about me. 586 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: I can wax about about classic rock music for hours 587 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: on end. 588 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 10: Uh. 589 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,719 Speaker 1: It's so funny because I'm in firm agreement. If you're 590 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: not familiar with a guy named Rick Biato b E 591 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: A t O. He's got a uh A channel on 592 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: YouTube and which he talks extensively about music. He did 593 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: a whole series about why is this song great? He's 594 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: also done a couple of videos recently about why music 595 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: stinks right now? 596 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 3: And I love it. But anyway, so. 597 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: Marvel going back and and uh and doing using songs 598 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: like Dear Mister Fantasy as a way of sort of 599 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: reintroducing us to Tony Stark. 600 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 3: As iron Man. It was great. 601 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: If you don't know me, the other thing you're gonna 602 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: know about me from time to time. If you see 603 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: any major professional pictures of me, if you see me 604 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: out at events, my head shots, my professional headshots that 605 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: are online. You see a lapel pin, and yes, that 606 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: is a Captain America shield. 607 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 3: Lapel Pin. 608 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: Why because anyway, I use a curse word when I 609 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: talk about this, that that statust You forget that statist 610 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: iron Man. I am team Cap all the way. It's 611 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: the libertarian in me here. So anyway, So, uh, wonder 612 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: Man is very meta. It is about it. It's yes, 613 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: it's kind of about the superhero thing, but it's essentially 614 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: a move. 615 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 3: It's it's a series about. 616 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: Life in Hollywood as a struggling actor and all the 617 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: things struggling actors go through. 618 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 3: But it has this added element. 619 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: Of the superpowers that he has and why people are 620 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,359 Speaker 1: interested in his superpowers. So I recommend to listen. I 621 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 1: recommend it more highly than the New Muppet Show. I 622 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 1: don't know if any of you have seen this New 623 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: Muppet Show. I had high hopes, obviously, I mean, and 624 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,760 Speaker 1: it goes beyond listen. I have a hard time getting 625 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: beyond whoever it is who's now doing Kermit's voice in 626 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: some of the other voices. There was a weird moment 627 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 1: last week where Kermit went on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, 628 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: and I of course watched it. Understand, Muppet's huge to me, 629 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: very important to me, The Muppet Show very important to me, 630 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: the Muppet movie. You know, the Rainbow Connection, great song, 631 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:54,400 Speaker 1: but The Muppet was just a great movie. And I 632 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: don't know what happened with Kermit's voice, but whoever they 633 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: had doing Kermit's voice is not the person they have 634 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:00,720 Speaker 1: doing Kermit's voice on the show either. 635 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 3: And so. 636 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: Anyway, I had a real hard time with the New 637 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 1: Muppet Show, a real hard time with it. I mean, 638 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: there are things that I liked, there are things that 639 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 1: I didn't like. I didn't think it was particularly funny. 640 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,760 Speaker 1: Some of it was kind of off putting. 641 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 3: Now I get it. 642 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,359 Speaker 1: There were adult jokes, and I get that they're going 643 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: after this nostalgia gen X millennial gen Z audience to 644 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 1: an extent, But you know, some of the songs. 645 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 3: Selections they were picking. 646 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: By the way, that's a whole other thing that I 647 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: want to talk about in the next segment. You know, 648 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: when we start off the next the next segment, I 649 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: want to spend some time talking about weird music in commercials. 650 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 3: Get your thoughts on this. 651 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: Andrew Langer Radio at gmail dot com as my email 652 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: dress and Andrew Underscore Langer. I'm Andrew Langer and for 653 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: Tony Katz, I think we got it worked out. This 654 00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: is Tony Kats today