WEBVTT - US Report with Rod Smith - Fri 30 May, 2025

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Jesus, California dream. And when we think California, we

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<v Speaker 1>only think of one person. That's Rod Smith, our US correspondent,

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<v Speaker 1>get A Rod.

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<v Speaker 2>Get A Simon. Looks like you're on deck this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>I am. Yes, Tony's just a little off color. Partner's been.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a little crooking earlier in the week, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's it seems that Tony's caught it. So he's taking

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of days off.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, like if he takes say, three more days,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you'll be happy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I'll happily take the money anytime exactly. How's things

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<v Speaker 1>going in California.

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<v Speaker 2>How's the weather that I was going to say, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little overcast today, currently eighteen going for twelve

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<v Speaker 2>of twenty two. Look, I'm sure it will progress pretty soon.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about till the warmer days. Because last weekend

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<v Speaker 2>it was the unofficial start of summer here in California

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<v Speaker 2>and the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, eighteen start of summer. That's not bad. That's well,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I'm not there to compare a year

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<v Speaker 1>on year, but eighteen degrees not a bad start for

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<v Speaker 1>the start of summer.

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<v Speaker 2>I think now that's on the coast. Now if you

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<v Speaker 2>go inland, the temperature goes up another ten to fifteen degrees.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh does it really?

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<v Speaker 2>Very quickly? So you kind of go, hey, it's good

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<v Speaker 2>to be on the coast.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, absolutely, craky all right. Now, so a weather aside,

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening in California, well around the US at this time?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, gen Z is now they're signing up for adult

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<v Speaker 2>one oh one classes their Simon. Now, gen Z is

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<v Speaker 2>con code TikTok in their sleep, but can't really cook

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<v Speaker 2>rice without looking at a YouTube tutorial. And gen Z

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<v Speaker 2>is they're flocking to this Adulting one oh one. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a crash course of doing things, and they're desperate to

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<v Speaker 2>learn what previous generations called common sense. How do you

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<v Speaker 2>find that? Well, they're trying to, but look, how to

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<v Speaker 2>do laundry, budgeting for rents, or navigating a grocery store

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<v Speaker 2>without Google finding out what our turn up is? Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Adulting one oh one covers everything from healthy relationships to

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<v Speaker 2>how not to set your kitchen on fire. And look, Simon,

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to say, do you remember when we

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<v Speaker 2>used to do home economics in high school?

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<v Speaker 1>I was thinking exactly that. Hello, to missus Tyrrell if

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<v Speaker 1>she's listening my home economics teacher from school.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's right. We used to cook things. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>we had all these stoves in the classroom and you

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<v Speaker 2>had to cook stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I remember it well. I was never good at it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I remember it well.

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<v Speaker 2>And some kids used to catch things on fire.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, go to lift a saucepan off. You were

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<v Speaker 1>just boiling some water on the stove and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a gas stove, and you go to lift the saucepan

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<v Speaker 1>off with a tea towel so you don't burn yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>but you set fire to the tea towel. I think

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<v Speaker 1>most students did that at some point.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was a learning curve, wasn't it, Simon. Yah,

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<v Speaker 2>you only do it on gens is. They're looking to

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<v Speaker 2>find those crucial life lessons now. I hope at all

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<v Speaker 2>one oh one helps them.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think I'm surprised that they don't do more

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<v Speaker 1>of that at school. Yeah, Mike, two of my kids

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<v Speaker 1>are driving the other to a learning Not one of

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<v Speaker 1>them knows how to change a tire. I had to

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<v Speaker 1>come and change a tire for my daughter the other

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<v Speaker 1>day when she got a nail in it, and because

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<v Speaker 1>I've said to it, do you know where the jack is?

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<v Speaker 1>And she said, what's a jack? So these sorts of

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<v Speaker 1>things I think could be useful to be taught in school.

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<v Speaker 2>What are they going to do ring up RACV or

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<v Speaker 2>NRMA all the other road organizations.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, what they generally do is ring their parents and

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<v Speaker 1>say what do I do now? So yeah, but I

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, so much of school is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's your maths, your chemistry, your sciences, your economics, legal studies,

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<v Speaker 1>all of those things that you do at school. They're

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<v Speaker 1>all based around what career you might want to take.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't do well in all of those subjects,

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<v Speaker 1>school can be a hard thing for some people. I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a great student. I just wasn't very good at

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<v Speaker 1>those sorts of things. But if they were teaching us

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<v Speaker 1>practical things that we're going to use in life as well,

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<v Speaker 1>like how to change a car tire, how to cook

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<v Speaker 1>a tuna casserole, you know, how to how to put

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<v Speaker 1>on a wash, and whether you use fabric softener with

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<v Speaker 1>this thing or that thing. There are things that you

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<v Speaker 1>could learn at school, and at least you would not

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<v Speaker 1>feel that school was a waste of time, which which

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<v Speaker 1>for me, I think it largely.

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<v Speaker 2>Was look, everyday things, they just need to learn them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're just common sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, absolutely yeah, Yeah, Well good on them for sighting

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<v Speaker 1>up for those classes. I think it's wonderful. What else

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<v Speaker 1>you got for us?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Look, when you go to swim, you know your

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<v Speaker 2>brain is going to thank you there, simon, because swimming

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<v Speaker 2>isn't just for fun. Neuroscience shows it provides a unique

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<v Speaker 2>brain benefit from just you know, kind of getting rid

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<v Speaker 2>of stress to improving your memory. Look, last weekend, like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, it was the unofficial start to summer here

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<v Speaker 2>in the US, and water based activities are really a

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<v Speaker 2>great way to relax and stay cool. Exercise is good

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<v Speaker 2>for the brain, as we well know, and psychologists and

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<v Speaker 2>neuroscientists have covered of a variety of benefits that swimming

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<v Speaker 2>seats to pride because look, it reduces stress, makes your

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<v Speaker 2>brain work better, lowers blood pressure, and recent experiments showed

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<v Speaker 2>that just two minutes as this, not even in the water, simon,

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<v Speaker 2>just having a look at some lovely scenery, say waves,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, crashing on the beach, or just looking at

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<v Speaker 2>a beautiful lake, It is a great exercise for the mind,

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<v Speaker 2>to for your blood pressure and heart rate. It can

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<v Speaker 2>have that calming effect which is really good. Now, look overall,

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<v Speaker 2>swimming is a great exercise and it makes us happier.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm sure, Simon, you know after work you'll be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot happier when you go to swim in your

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<v Speaker 2>infinity pool and look out to Port Philip Bay from

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<v Speaker 2>your penthouse.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, a Carca de Owens, Yes, it's it's It's what

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to at the end of a long

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<v Speaker 1>hard shift after my massuse gives me a rubdown as well. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Now in seriousness, though, Rod, I've got a I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a friend who's taken up windsurfing as a hobby and

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<v Speaker 1>and in freezing temperatures she'll go out and windsurf and

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<v Speaker 1>I look at her and go you are insane. You

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<v Speaker 1>can be sitting in front of a telly keeping warm

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<v Speaker 1>and yet you're plunging yourself into the ocean trying to

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<v Speaker 1>cling onto a board and a sail. But she really

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<v Speaker 1>gets something out of it, And I think that's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if it's working for her, i'm sure it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to work for other people.

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<v Speaker 1>To Yep, no good, good advice makes me want to

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<v Speaker 1>join a gym Monday. Now you've got news on only fans.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, a young woman called Marie Tamara earns millions each

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<v Speaker 2>year for her six foot three inch stature. Now look

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<v Speaker 2>she really she's got to just look after her legs.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>They're a great asset and she makes five thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 2>a month their assignment. Yeah, she will do whatever it takes. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>not five thousand dollars a month. Should I say she

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<v Speaker 2>spends five thousand dollars a month because she'll do whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it takes to maintain her money making long legs. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, she gets millions each year. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>as she does that. In the five thousand dollars, it

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<v Speaker 2>includes massages, leg facials. What's a leg facial? But that

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<v Speaker 2>must be keeping the legs nice and smooth to eliminate imperfections,

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<v Speaker 2>and so she cannot afford to get a bruise, and

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<v Speaker 2>any imperfection could ruin a photo shoot. But apart from

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<v Speaker 2>her doing that, you know you've got to look at

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<v Speaker 2>other models there simon leg models like she is, ones

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<v Speaker 2>that will get paid a mediocre price of sixty five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand a year. Have at catwalk models five hundred to

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<v Speaker 2>two and a half thousand dollars a show, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you had the supermodels. They can command high fees of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thousand dollars a show. But have you ever thought

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<v Speaker 2>of being a hand model? Well, rates for being a

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<v Speaker 2>hand model there, Simon, go from one hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>an hour to four thousand dollars a shoot. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you're thinking about what else can I do in life? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>have there being a hand model. If you've got good

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<v Speaker 2>looking hands, sign up.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if ever varicus vains come into fashion, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe there's my chance.

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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't sure you don't, Simon.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I'm fit and healthy and trim, taught and terrific.

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<v Speaker 1>But that reminds me of Catherine back or Back who

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<v Speaker 1>was Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazard. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>reading once that during the filming of The Dukes of Hazard,

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<v Speaker 1>her legs were ensured for a million dollars. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know whether that was fake news at the time, but

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<v Speaker 1>I just remember that being a story.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty sure that was on the money there, Simon.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Rod, we've got a squeeze in a break here

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<v Speaker 1>where time's really getting away from us. Back with more

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<v Speaker 1>of Rod after this. It's always a pleasure when I

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<v Speaker 1>fill in for Tony to chat to Rod Smith in

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<v Speaker 1>the US. And Rod, you've got a great story here

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<v Speaker 1>about an anti aging cocktail.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Look, we always look for that fountain of youth,

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<v Speaker 2>don't we there to give Simon? But look, ciders have

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<v Speaker 2>tested an eighty aging drug cocktail in mice and found

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<v Speaker 2>it extends the animal's life span by around thirty percent. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the mice stayed healthier for longer, with less chronic inflammation

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<v Speaker 2>and delayed cancer onset. Now the two drugs are rapper

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<v Speaker 2>micin and train metanib now both used to treat different

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of cancer. And these two drugs that scientists were

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<v Speaker 2>researching could help people to stay healthy and disease free

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<v Speaker 2>for longer late in life. But both drugs are already

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<v Speaker 2>approved for use here in the US and also Europe,

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<v Speaker 2>so further studies are continuing their Simon's not bad to

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<v Speaker 2>find out about that, because an extra thirty percent goes

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<v Speaker 2>a good long way, don't it.

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<v Speaker 1>What it does? If the average person's living to eighty

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<v Speaker 1>or so, you know, an extra thirty percent gives you

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<v Speaker 1>another twenty odd years there. That's that's quite remarkable. And

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<v Speaker 1>if they're already available, I imagine it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>one of those things like o Zimpic where people just

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<v Speaker 1>rush out and buy it without even reading the small print.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and find out what the after effects are.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, exactly, yes, yeah, you grow a second, but then

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<v Speaker 1>at least you've got company while you age.

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<v Speaker 2>It's okay, exactly what have you got for us to

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<v Speaker 2>leave us with? On this Day in Music, On This

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<v Speaker 2>Day in Music, nineteen sixty nine, Crosby, Steels and Nash

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<v Speaker 2>released their self titled album, spawning two top forty hits,

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<v Speaker 2>Marracush Express and Sweet Judy Blue Eyes. Nineteen sixty five,

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<v Speaker 2>The Beach Boys started a two week run at number

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<v Speaker 2>one in the US with helped Me Ronda. Twenty fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jackson's never Land Rents went up for sale for

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred million. In nineteen seventy five, Sydney band Hush

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<v Speaker 2>went and had a number one hit in Canada with

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<v Speaker 2>Bernie Maroney. It was only a number nine hit in

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<v Speaker 2>Australia and went to number two in the US, and

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and two, Natalie and Brulia Ossie, actress and singer.

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<v Speaker 2>She was the new face of Laurel, signing up a

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<v Speaker 2>deal worth one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. And here's

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<v Speaker 2>his song that went to number one in the US

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<v Speaker 2>and also Australia Torn.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great song it is. Rod, It's always a

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure to chat to you, Rod Smith with the US

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<v Speaker 1>Report at this time each and every week.

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<v Speaker 3>Naked illusion never change into something real? Why away can

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<v Speaker 3>I can see the perfect guyster? You're a little late.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm already