1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: It's nice size with Dan, I'm going easy Boston's News Radio. 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: Well, welcome in everybody. It's a big night here across well, 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: not across the United States, says, there are elections across 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: the country. It's not a presidential election, it's not a 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: mid term election, but it's the first indication that we 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 2: might have one year or nearly one year into the 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 2: Trump second administration as to how well the president and 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 2: this presidency is doing. We will get to all of 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 2: that a little bit later on tonight, but we have 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 2: lots to cover as the count the votes are tallied up, 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 2: and will of course be following the New York City 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: mayor's race, as well as the two big gubernatorial races, 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 2: one in New Jersey and one in Virginia, two really 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: interesting states, by the way, we'll talk about that later on. 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: Very similar size, maybe not in acreage because Virginia is 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: a lot bigger than New Jersey, but population and results 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: very close the study that I've done during the last 18 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 2: couple of days on these two races. But we'll put 19 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: that aside for a moment, because first of all, let 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: me welcome you all in. My name's Dan Ray. We've 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: got a great show for you tonight. I'm the host 22 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: of night Side with Dan Ray. Rob Brooks is back 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: again tonight. I think he's sticking around for a little while. 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: He had a vacation week last week, but he is 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 2: back and ready to go. I'm ready to go. As 26 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: our our first four guests in the eight o'clock hour, 27 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 2: no phone calls. In the eight o'clock hour, we introduce 28 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: you to four people different topics. Sometimes there's a theme, 29 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 2: sometimes there isn't. Tonight, I don't think they were really 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: a theme, but there are four different topics that I 31 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: think will be of some interest to you, that is 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: for sure. Then we will be talking at nine o'clock 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: with a psychiatrist from Touf's Medical Center about what is 34 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: known as the seasonal effective disorder. It's also referred to 35 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: as seasonal depression and the acronym seasonal effective disorder. Appropriately 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: and enough is sad sad. We'll get to all of that. 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: We had this psychiatrist on a week ago, doctor Vashar 38 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: radhak Rishnun. She was a really good eight o'clock guest, 39 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: and I think she's going to be a great guest 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: during the nine o'clock hour and then later on tonight, 41 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: we of course a look at the Boston City Council races. 42 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: We'll look at Prop fifty out in California. We'll look 43 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 2: at the governess races in New Jersey, the aforementioned governess 44 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 2: races in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as the 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 2: New York City Mayor's race. So there's a lot going 46 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: on tonight. Polease stick with us. We will keep you 47 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 2: informed and entertained all the way up till midnight. First off, 48 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: we want to talk about kind of what I like 49 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 2: to call the semi annual Pan Mass Challenge event. Everybody 50 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: knows about the Pan Mass Challenge statewide bike ride in 51 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: the summer that raises so much money. Well, they now 52 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: have added to the Pan Mass Challenge the Pan Mass 53 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: Challenge Winter Cycle, which takes place on January thirty first 54 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 2: at Fenway Park. With us is Katie one of which 55 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: she's the marketing and sponsorship coordinator for the Pin Mass Challenge. Katie, 56 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: how long have you been you folks been doing the 57 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 2: winter cycle aspect of this event? 58 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 3: Hi, Dan, So this will be our eleventh year of 59 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 3: the PMC Winter Cycle. There have been a few versions 60 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: of it. We started off at everybody fights. We were 61 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 3: at different locations throughout Frienway Park, but this year we'll 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: be back in the bad twenty one overlook at Frienway Park, 63 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: talking in space with about two hundred spin bikes as 64 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 3: riders commit to forty five minute sessions to ride in 65 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: fundraise for Data Barber Cancer Institute and make an impact 66 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: in the finance cancer. 67 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 2: So two hundred bikes inside, good time. Good thing to 68 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: be inside in January, that's for sure, great exercise. How 69 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: many participants do you hope to get? What time of 70 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: day does it run? I assume it starts early in 71 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: the morning and goes well into the evening. 72 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 4: It does. 73 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, So our first session, we're offering six sessions throughout 74 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: the day, each of them forty five minutes. The first 75 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: one will be at eight o'clock in the morning and 76 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 3: then they'll continue on until the last edge is at 77 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 3: two fifteen pm. And over these past couple of years 78 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 3: we've offered an option for people who want to take 79 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 3: it the extra mile. We call them our extreme riders, 80 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 3: and those are riders who have committed to riding in 81 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 3: front raising for each of the sixth sessions, so they'll 82 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: be on the bike all day long. We have about 83 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five already registered. 84 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 2: On the bike all day long. Well again during the summertime, 85 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: I guess. But at these spin sessions, I assume you 86 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: are supposed to really hit it or can you pace yourself. 87 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 2: I've never done a spin bike ride, so help me 88 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 2: out there. 89 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 4: Yeah. 90 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: So that's the great thing about the PMC Wintercycle. We 91 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 3: really wait to say that it's for all fitness abilities. 92 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 3: Anyone who you know can sit on a bike and 93 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: gear for forty five five minutes of making an impact 94 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 3: in the fight against Answer. Were a fundraising organization first, 95 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 3: so if you're willing to register to ride, you can 96 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 3: push yourself as hard or just cruise along as easy 97 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 3: as you want. It's really open to everyone. 98 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 2: Okay, is there a minimum as to how much each 99 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 2: rider is supposed to raise each session? I hate to 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: ask these sorts of questions. 101 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 4: But oh, I know. 102 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 3: Of course we're happy to answer. There's a five hundred 103 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 3: dollars fund raising minimum for each session and a fifty 104 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: dollars registration fee. We have a pace setter level of 105 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 3: fund raising that's at fifteen hundred dollars, and our pace 106 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 3: setters are recognized with an inclusive gift that they'll get 107 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: after the end of the fundraising, once the fund raising 108 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 3: deadline hits. So we have lots of tiers to be 109 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 3: able to participate. You can do, like I said, one 110 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: session up to all six. You can combine. It's really 111 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: it's kind of like the Summer PMC where you can 112 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: kind of make it what you want it to be. 113 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 2: So all in. What did you raise last year during 114 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: the Winter Cycle Challenge? 115 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, last year we raised I believe it was seven 116 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And so for the people 117 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 3: who don't know, the PMC Winter Cycle is what we 118 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 3: like to call one of the spokes in the wheel 119 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: of the Panmas Challenge. So part of our annual fund 120 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 3: raising campaign, which includes the Summer PMC, PMT Winter Cycle, 121 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 3: PMC on Paved, which is our gravel ride that we 122 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 3: host in the Berkshires, and our PMC Kids Rids program. 123 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,559 Speaker 3: All of that fund raising goes to our annual gift, 124 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 3: the one check that goes to Dana Farber in November, 125 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 3: which actually this past Sunday, we just announced a record 126 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 3: seventy eight million dollar gifts to Dana Farber as part 127 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 3: of our twenty twenty five fund raising. 128 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 2: So I assume that the vast majority of that money 129 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 2: is raised in the big summer event that takes up 130 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 2: a couple of days and lots of mileage. When you 131 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 2: have how many people participated in the summer event in 132 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 2: the summer this past summer. 133 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, so this year we had six thousand riders and 134 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 3: thirty five hundred volunteers committed to the Summer PMC and you. 135 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: Raised in that two day event alone. How much. 136 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: That was? That's a good question. With all of our 137 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 3: different spooks in the wheel the Summer ride, it all 138 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 3: came together as that seventy eight million dollar gifts. But 139 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 3: I believe this Summer PMC raised about seventy five million, 140 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 3: ninety six percent of the or so of the the 141 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: Summer ride. 142 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: Look, I assume that would be the case. And I 143 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 2: just wanted to point out that this is a This 144 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: is almost like an intimate event when you think about it, 145 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: You really, when you're there, you'll get to know the 146 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 2: other people who were there. How did people sign up? 147 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 2: Have you filled this event already or can do you 148 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 2: still have some spots that people can can participate? 149 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 3: We do register. People can go online to register at 150 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: wintercycle dot org. But make sure that you register as 151 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: soon as you can if you're interested. We're already fifty 152 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 3: percent full. General registration opened about two weeks ago, so. 153 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 2: You probably, and I just say probably or likely, you 154 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 2: may be filled up by Thanksgiving if if you continue that. 155 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 3: Pace, oh that would be great. 156 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: Yeh No, but I mean if you got can send 157 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: in the spots full. Well, now do people go on 158 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: and do they check off? Oh I want to run, 159 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 2: you know, I want to get a spot at eight 160 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 2: o'clock or are these assigned spots on times? 161 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, so they can select which session that they'd like 162 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: to ride in. We don't assign them for them. We 163 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 3: like to make it as like I said, kind of 164 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 3: build your own experience as you can. So yeah, we 165 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 3: have that first session starting at eight am, and all 166 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 3: of our sessions are led by Boston area instructors, So 167 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: we have instructors from everybody, fights, ripped, indoor cycling, the handlebar, Lifetime, Bespoke, 168 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: and soul Cycle. 169 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: Last question, is it all in one big room? Are 170 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: you in a bunch of different rooms at Fenway? 171 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: It is one big room. You're looking right out over 172 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 3: center field. We get an appearance from Wally throughout the day. 173 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 3: It's really it's a wonderful time. 174 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 2: Well, this is such a great event. It's great cause 175 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 2: it certainly is the Red Sox big charity going back 176 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 2: to the late nineteen forties. Again, give us the website 177 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 2: one more time in case people didn't have a chance 178 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: to scribble it down earlier. 179 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, happy too, it's wintercycle dot Org. 180 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: Sounds great, Katie. I appreciate your time, and we love 181 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 2: everybody associated with the pin Mass Challenge. My great friend 182 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 2: Lisa Hughes has been a at the point of the 183 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 2: spear in this program for a long time and she 184 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 2: talks about it whenever I see her. It's just it's 185 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 2: an amazing fundraiser and it's a credit not only to 186 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 2: obviously everybody involved, including the founder Billy Starr, but the 187 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: Red Sox and the entire community in Massachusetts is so 188 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: so much behind the pan Mass Challenge. 189 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's really special. Of every rider raised dollar, we'll 190 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 3: go to Dana barbera cancer institute, which being in Boxton 191 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 3: is just a miler two up the road from Dana 192 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 3: Barber on Brookline, Apps, So it's really really close to home, 193 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 3: and we're riding in with Cycle sounds great, Katie, Thank 194 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 3: you so much for your time, and we'll we wish 195 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 3: you all the best, and we wish you even even 196 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 3: though it's indoors. 197 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 2: I want it to be a beautiful winter's day so 198 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 2: you can look out. Maybe a little bit of snow 199 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 2: drifting down, but nothing more than that. We want to 200 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: get everybody there and get everybody involved. 201 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 3: Thanks so much, Thank you appreciate it. 202 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 2: You're welcome when we get back, going to talk about 203 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: simply why free speed matters and how to use it fearlessly. 204 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to this, doctor Chloe Carmichael. We'll be 205 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 2: joining We'll join us right after a couple of messages 206 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: here on Nightside. And it is a Tuesday night, windy, 207 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 2: cold day in Boston. You have a we're almost getting 208 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 2: the winter. That's the way I felt today. Back on 209 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: nights Side after this. 210 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on w b Z, 211 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: Boston's news radio. 212 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: All right, welcome back everybody, as we continue along here 213 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: on Nightside, I am delighted to introduce to you, doctor 214 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 2: Chloe Carmichael. We're going to talk about why free speech matters. 215 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 2: I think all of you know that as a talk 216 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: show host and as a lawyer very much an advocate 217 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: of free speech, as doctor Chloe Martin seems to be 218 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 2: as well. She is a clinical psychologist and a US 219 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 2: Today USA Today best selling author. I guess I'll just 220 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: ask you the question, doctor Carmichael, why does free speech 221 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 2: matter in America? And how can we use it fearlessly? 222 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 5: Thanks? 223 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 6: Dan, it's great to be with you. So, as a 224 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 6: clinical psychologist, free speech matters because speaking is how we 225 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 6: develop our thoughts. It's how we have true, authentic social 226 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 6: connections with people. It's how we do emotional regulation. It's 227 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 6: even how we actually get down to the truth of 228 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 6: things together by debate and discussion. So as a clinical psychologist, 229 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 6: I really cannot say enough about the mental health benefits 230 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 6: of free speech. 231 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 2: Well, your book is entitled can I say that question mark? 232 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 2: Why free speech matters and how to use it fearlessly? 233 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 2: Doctor Carmichael. There was a period a few years ago 234 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 2: and it's still going on today where certain points of view, 235 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,599 Speaker 2: particularly I'm going to say it honestly conservative points of 236 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: view were looked down upon, and if you didn't use 237 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 2: the proper terminology in many, many different aspects, you could 238 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 2: be exiled from your family or exiled from your group 239 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: of friends. Do you understand what I'm talking about when 240 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 2: I say. 241 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 4: That, Oh? 242 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 6: Absolutely, And you know, I think you're right. It's an 243 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 6: interesting thing that it did turn out to be kind 244 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 6: of politically coded right now at least. But you know, 245 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 6: just to be fair, it has not always been that way. 246 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 6: There's been times in the past, in the eighties, I think, 247 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 6: really where the conservatives wanted to censor rap music lyrics. 248 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 6: But right now, you are absolutely right. In my book, 249 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 6: I call it the five d's. So people who identify 250 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 6: as liberal are statistically more likely to disinvite a speaker, 251 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 6: decline to date, drop contact in real life, distance in 252 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 6: real life, or to defriend on Facebook. That's the five d's. 253 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: I can tell examples of those people. 254 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 6: Yes, and people who identify as liberal are likely more 255 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 6: likely than conservatives to do all of the five d's 256 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 6: over political differences. So, Dan, you were right on the 257 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 6: money there that it is for whatever reason, political cancel 258 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 6: culture tends to run more from left to right. 259 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: Which normally normally the tradition in this country, at least 260 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 2: the condition the tradition that I have been familiar with 261 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 2: is liberals, with a lot of people who were kind 262 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 2: of more open minded and they were willing to debate 263 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: and have a conversation. But a lot of that has 264 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: changed within the liberal wing of this country. As you 265 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 2: just mentioned. Now there are what I call wack of 266 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 2: doodles on both extremes. As a talk show host, believe me, 267 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 2: I deal with people who are irrational and unreasonable on 268 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: both extremes. You can't even have a conversation with them, okay, 269 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 2: And I have gotten to know many of them. And 270 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 2: there are people who just don't understand the gift that 271 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 2: we have with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 272 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 2: and specifically the First Amendment. First Amendment doesn't exist in 273 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 2: a lot of countries and in other countries around the world. 274 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 2: In England, the encroachment on free thought and free expression 275 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 2: of ideas is even worse than it is in this country. 276 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 2: And we think of England sort of as our cousin 277 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 2: across the pond. They're very different on the whole issue 278 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: of free thought and free speech. And it all comes 279 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: back to political correctness as it is perceived by those 280 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: in power. And the problem is that those in power 281 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 2: can switch and you can have a different set of 282 00:15:54,880 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: political correct handcuffs put on you yourself? Which is which 283 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 2: is crazy? You know, free speech is free speech and 284 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 2: it should be it should be welcomed and embraced by 285 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: all of us. Why is it that there are some 286 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 2: on both sides of the spectrum, both sides, Maybe more 287 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 2: on the liberals side right now, maybe more in the 288 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: conservatives in the past, But who is so I guess 289 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 2: afraid of supporting and defending their own points of views, 290 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: points of view that they don't want to engage in 291 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 2: open minded, polite civil conversations and disagree, agree to be, 292 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 2: agree to disagree reasonably. 293 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 6: Yeah. So that's a great question, Dan, And that. 294 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 2: It was too long a question, by the way, you're 295 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 2: the guest. I apologize for the length of it. 296 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 6: No, I get it, I get it. It feels good 297 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 6: to talk about this stuff, right Dan, I get it. Yeah. 298 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 6: So that's that's why I wrote the book. Can I 299 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 6: say that you know why free speech matters and how 300 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 6: to use it fearlessly? So you know, there's actually a 301 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 6: whole chapter in there to your point about common objections 302 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 6: to free speech, and one of them is, you know, 303 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 6: what about hate speech and bullying? You know, don't we 304 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 6: just need to be kind to each other and if 305 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 6: we just make you know, mean words illegal and everything's 306 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 6: politically correct, and won't our society be kinder? And as 307 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 6: a clinical psychologist, I have to say I understand where 308 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 6: they're coming from, but it always backfires because when we 309 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 6: cannot resolve problems directly and you know, just have an 310 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 6: argument and just disagree, that's when we go into repression, suppression, denial. 311 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 6: You know, we start kind of acting out our feelings. 312 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 6: And interestingly, the same people that will disinvite and defriend 313 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 6: do all the five d's over political differences, they, by 314 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 6: their own self report, are also more likely to commit 315 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 6: acts of violence and to endorse acts of political violence. 316 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 6: And as a psychologist, I think that's connected because when 317 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 6: we don't use our words, even when we think it's like, oh, 318 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 6: I'm just being virtuous, I just won't talk to anyone 319 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 6: that has those opinions. I don't like they might think 320 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 6: that they're being virtuous, but what they're actually doing is 321 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 6: setting the table for violence. Because even a mom of 322 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 6: toddlers will tell you that when you have a conflict, 323 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 6: the first thing you want people to do is to 324 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 6: use their words, not to shut down speech, because labeling 325 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 6: it all hates speech and bullying actually just stamps out dialogue, 326 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 6: which is actually what we want. 327 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I can remember with my own children 328 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: whenever we were having a conversation and if they got frustrated, 329 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 2: I'd always say, just use your big words. You know. Now, 330 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 2: the big words are different at the age of three 331 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: than they are at the age of thirteen, and they 332 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: are at the age of twenty three. But someone once said, 333 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 2: when the conversation stops, that's when the violence begins. And 334 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,479 Speaker 2: I truly do believe that that when you get to 335 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 2: the point where you're so frustrated, there are some people 336 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 2: who you can't change their mind, and you need to 337 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 2: recognize that and say, okay, we will never agree, but 338 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: we can still be friends over what baseball or football 339 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 2: team we root for. We can find some area of commonality, 340 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 2: even if it isn't social mores and politics. But people 341 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 2: don't want to do that, and that's what that's where 342 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 2: countries end up in places like with civil wars. So 343 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 2: what you do is extremely important. Doctor Caronmichael, I'd like 344 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 2: to have you do somenight. I really would like to 345 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 2: have you back somenight and have this conversation and allow 346 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 2: people to call in and maybe try to present to 347 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 2: you questions and comments. We only do brief interviews in 348 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 2: this eight o'clock hour, but then I go on and 349 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 2: we do a nine or ten and eleven every night, 350 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 2: four hours a night in which we have guests for 351 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 2: in our long blocks to have you back. Particularly when 352 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 2: did the book come out? By the way, is it 353 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 2: just out? 354 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 6: Thank you? And yes, of course I'd love to join 355 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 6: you anytime. And today is actually launch day, so people 356 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 6: can go to free Speech Today dot com. And there's 357 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 6: lots of places that's wherever books are sold, but at 358 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,479 Speaker 6: free Speech today dot com they can just you know, 359 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 6: get all the easy links. 360 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 2: Now, free speech today dot com is your website. 361 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 6: Right, yeah, it's it's a special page I made just 362 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 6: for the book. So if people want to you know, 363 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 6: follow my social handles or if they can't remember, oh 364 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 6: the book is. 365 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 4: Like can I say that? Why free? 366 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 6: And how to use it fearlessly? It's kind of a mouthful, 367 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 6: So they can just go to free Speech today dot 368 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 6: com and that makes it really easy. And I am 369 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 6: even having a private reader, you know, online group for 370 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 6: people that want to talk about this more so if 371 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 6: they go to free speech Today dot com and get 372 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 6: the book then, you know, send me a screenshot so 373 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 6: I can invite you to the group. 374 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 2: Sounds great, sounds great. I may do that myself, Doctor Chloe. 375 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 2: I love Michael, Clinical psychologist, USA USA Today, bestselling author 376 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 2: free Speech Today dot com, Free Speech Today dot com. 377 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 2: Get you there, and the book is Can I say 378 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 2: that why free speech matters and how to use it fearlessly? 379 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 2: Doctor Carmichael. We will have you back. I'm looking forward 380 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 2: to it. Thank you so much. 381 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 4: I love it. 382 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 2: Thanks Dan, pleasure. When we get back. Right after the news, 383 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 2: we're going to be talking with comedian TJ. Miller. His 384 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 2: Gentle Giant Comedy Tour coming back to the Brook in Seabrook, 385 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 2: New Hampshire on November seventh later on this week, and 386 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 2: the Wilberth Theater in Boston on November eighth. Today is 387 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 2: the fourth, so we're talking Friday and Saturday. Get your tickets. 388 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: We'll talk to TJ. Miller right after the break. 389 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: You're on night Side with Dan Ray. I'm WZ Boston's 390 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: news Radio. 391 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,479 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I just mixing our lineup a little bit. 392 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 2: So we're going to talk about November being Carbon Monoxide 393 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 2: Awareness Month. And what you need to know, including generator safety, 394 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 2: especially here in New England where many people have a 395 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 2: generator if a storm knocks out the power with us 396 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 2: as Gimero gill Yermo Rodriguez, he's a with the Portable 397 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 2: Generator Manufacturing Manufacturers Association. He's on the marketing committee. He's 398 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: the chair of the marketing committee's a spokesperson. So I'm 399 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: very familiar with generators. I don't do much with them. 400 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 2: I pay people to keep my generator working. How reliable 401 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 2: are generators both in terms of coming on when the 402 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 2: power goes out and also not coming on at an 403 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 2: inappropriate time and causing problems within the home? I believe 404 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 2: the generators are pretty safe at this point and their 405 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: their development. Am I correct on that? 406 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 5: Guildermod I'm very happy to be here and help the 407 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 5: Boston community stay safe and learn how to safeguard households 408 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 5: against the dangerous of carbon monoxide poisoning. 409 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 7: Your question about how reliable generators are if used properly, 410 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 7: They're very reliable. It is very important to always keep 411 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 7: very good distance between a generator and any type of dwelling, 412 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 7: so agencies like the US Consumer Product Safety Commission or 413 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 7: the CDC advise a minimum of twenty feet from anywhere 414 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 7: that carbon monoxi animations can enter. 415 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 2: So okay, so twenty feet from any portion of the house. 416 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 2: If you have a generator and it's in a backyard, 417 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 2: you need to keep it twenty feet away from the structure. 418 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 7: That is correct, according to US Consumer Product Safety Commissioner. 419 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: Okay, Now, should the general ever be in an open 420 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 2: in a closed in area at all, even if the 421 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 2: let us say, the shed or the building is twenty 422 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,959 Speaker 2: feet away. My understanding is that they need to always 423 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 2: be exposed to the elements. Am I right along on. 424 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 5: That Dan, You are correct. 425 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 7: A generator can never be somewhere where carbon monoxide emissions 426 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 7: can accumulate, and that includes a shed. 427 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 2: Now have generators become better more reliable in recent years 428 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 2: or have they always been pretty safe when handled properly. 429 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 7: So recently, there have been a number of key safety 430 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 7: features added to generate, mainly the addition of carbon monoxide sensors, 431 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 7: which basically shut off the generator if dangerous levels of 432 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 7: carbon monoxide are detected. Now, this is important to understand 433 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 7: that a generator should never be with the exhaust pointing 434 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 7: to any sort of home or dwelling. But you are 435 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 7: right that generators have more safety features, mainly the CEO 436 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 7: shot off sensor. So generators that comply with the ANTIPGMA 437 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 7: G three hundred standard are equipped with this shot off technology. 438 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 2: What percentage of family homes, if such statistics exist, now 439 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 2: have generators? And is the number of people who because 440 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 2: look with weather outages, tornadoes, we have blizzards here in 441 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 2: the world at your time, when trees come down, wires 442 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: come down, it is not uncommon for us to lose 443 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 2: power in New England. Our problem is not hurricanes or 444 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: tornadoes for the most part. Our problem really tends to 445 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 2: be blizzards in the wintertime. Is there are there any 446 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 2: studies kept as to what percentage of American homes now 447 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 2: have generators compared to ten or twenty or thirty years ago. 448 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 7: So then there's two types of generators, right, there's portable 449 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 7: generators and there's stand by generators. I don't have a 450 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 7: statistic that I can share with you on your public 451 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 7: but generators, of course have become very common to safeguard 452 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 7: when powers out, so sometimes. 453 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 4: They're even set up with a. 454 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 7: Automatic transfer switch manual transfer switch. Talking about the stand 455 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 7: by generators. One thing that is critical is to always 456 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 7: have carbon monoxide alarms in us every room, every floor 457 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 7: of the home. They're your first line of defense. 458 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: Are there also at this point companies that can come 459 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 2: out and check your generator to make sure that it 460 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 2: is functioning properly or that it is not to put 461 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 2: the out to make it a negative, not functioning in 462 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 2: an improper manner. Or do you just have to rely 463 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 2: upon the generator once it's installed in the carbon monoxide detectors. 464 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 2: I know that that's important, but it would be great 465 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 2: if once a year there would be people who would 466 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 2: come out and do an inspection and say, hey, this 467 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 2: generator is still running clean and you don't have anything 468 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 2: to worry about. Keep the batteries or whatever in the 469 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 2: carbon monoxide detectors. 470 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 7: The main thing here is to always read the operator's manuals, 471 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 7: the instructions that came with the unit very important. To 472 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 7: follow all the instructions for maintenance and troubleshooting, and eventually 473 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 7: following all the manufacturer's recommendations. 474 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 2: All right, well, Guilielmo, I really appreciate you. You chatting 475 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 2: with people. I think you're making people think, and particularly 476 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 2: as we begin to head into winter here in New England. Again, 477 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 2: the most important thing is to make sure that those 478 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 2: carbon monoxide detectors, if they're battery operated, the batteries are working, 479 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 2: and if they're wired in, make sure that they are 480 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 2: working as well, because as you said, that is the 481 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 2: first and the best line of defense. Guiliemel, thank you 482 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 2: very much for joining us tonight this on this what 483 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 2: is now carbon Monoxide Awareness Month, perfectly timed. Thank you, 484 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 2: my friend. 485 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 4: Thank you very much. 486 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 2: Then, thanks so much. We'll talk again when we get back. 487 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 2: We will be talking with the aforementioned TJ. Miller, comedian 488 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 2: actor who's going to be here in the New England area, 489 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 2: in New Hampshire and here in Boston later this week, 490 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 2: back on Nightside with TJ Miller right after this. 491 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: Night Side with Dan Ray on w BZ, Boston's news radio. 492 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 2: All right, we are back and we are delighted to 493 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 2: have back with us comedian actor TJ. Miller. TJ. You 494 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 2: are on the Gentle Giant Comedy tour. We talked with you, 495 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 2: I believe at one point this summer. How's life been 496 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 2: treating you since we last chatted. 497 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 4: I mean, it's great to be on with you again. 498 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 4: I'm night radio, so different for morning radio. I primarily 499 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 4: do morning radio, and that's a'll w BZ in the morning. 500 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 4: Wha ha. Yeah, I'm not a crazy one, okay, right, 501 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 4: the collar college hall. It makes some sort of far 502 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 4: annoy that's kind of what that is. It's much nicer 503 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 4: to be on your program. I appreciate. I appreciate that. 504 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 2: How much touring you're doing every year? 505 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 5: Now? 506 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 2: How many how many dates a year are you out 507 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 2: in the road, what percentage of the days are you 508 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 2: out in the road. 509 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 4: And it's interesting I used to do. Well, interesting to 510 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 4: me I used. 511 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 5: To do. 512 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 4: I would say forty eight you know, weeks out of 513 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 4: the year, so I would really only skip like Christmas 514 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 4: and I guess Thanksgiving type of saying. And then as 515 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 4: you sort of grows comedian, there're just weekends sort of 516 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 4: weeks in the summer where it's just not a good 517 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 4: idea to stand up because you're going into a market 518 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 4: and people don't going in Wisconsin wants to comes to 519 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 4: be a comedy show in the summer. Yeah, that doesn't 520 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 4: make any sense because they want to be outside. This 521 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 4: is the very small amount of sunshine and nice wather 522 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 4: they get every year. Yeah, so you kind of slow 523 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 4: down and do less. But I have found that I 524 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 4: like and I want to grow so much, and I 525 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 4: feel that i've really I acted for a long time 526 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 4: and wasn't able to do stand up during that time. 527 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 4: So I still really want to get better as a 528 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 4: stand up comic, and so I've done more and more 529 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 4: weeks this year. But i'd say, you know, maybe you 530 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 4: know we're now forty five weeks out of the year 531 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 4: of fifty two. Yeah, I'm ture. I love it. There's 532 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 4: something about it that I don't like. 533 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, it's funny. There was someone who 534 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 2: I think wrote an article and it's sort of become 535 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: the accepted that you've got to do something for ten 536 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 2: thousand hours before you get really good and really comfortable 537 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,479 Speaker 2: at it. And the more I thought about that, I 538 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: started to understand that theory. Now, do you feel as 539 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 2: time goes on, the butterflies disappear, you know, as you 540 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 2: you know, ten minutes five minutes from showtime, or do 541 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 2: you feel that the butterflies are still there every night? 542 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 2: And if they're not there, then there's something missing in 543 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 2: the Adrenaline hasn't gotten to the point where it needs 544 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 2: to get to for you to be best on stage. 545 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 4: I think I never really got anxious or nervous. Yeah, 546 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 4: before shows. I always kind of want the shows to 547 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 4: go well, But I don't get sort of stage fright 548 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 4: in the way that other people do or whatever. Butterflies, 549 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 4: But I do think to that. I'll ask you that question. 550 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 4: So do you think that it took about ten years 551 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 4: in radio before you were able to say I'm a 552 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 4: master of my craft. 553 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 2: I'm not sure I could say that now, but I worked. 554 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 2: I worked as an on air TV reporter here in 555 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 2: Boston at the CBS affiliate for thirty one years. I 556 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 2: spent my youth as a television on air reporter. It's 557 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: only even the last nineteen years that have been doing 558 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 2: the talk show. I'm starting to get the hang of 559 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 2: the talk show. 560 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 4: At this I did good to apart from the South 561 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 4: Tempricading irony, which I enjoy. Trust me, I'm a comedian. 562 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 4: I do want to know, after about ten years of 563 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 4: doing radio, did you say I think I've mastered this 564 00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 4: and now what do I want to do with it? 565 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 7: Not? 566 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 2: Really, I gotta be honest with you. Every day I 567 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 2: prep because every show has to be different. For me. 568 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 2: You know, I think about when Wayne Wayne Newton, who's 569 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 2: been doing shows in Hollywood for about seventy nine years. Uh, 570 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 2: and kind of stays the same because he goes out 571 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 2: and he sings the songs that he's good at. Yeah, 572 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 2: you gotta, absolutely and I I gotta. I have to 573 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 2: do different topics, different subjects, deal with different issues, different 574 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 2: people every night. 575 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 5: Uh. 576 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 2: And my audience changes. Well, of course your audience changes, 577 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 2: your your your studio, your audience wherever your your appearing 578 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 2: changes every night too. But but you gotta, you got 579 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 2: to bring it. And I played a lot of sports 580 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 2: in high school and college, and you always have a 581 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 2: little butterflies until the first pitch is Yeah, that's my feeling. 582 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 2: I got one question for you, which only you can answer, 583 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 2: and that is how do you develop your sets? You're 584 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 2: you know what you're going to say. I mean I 585 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 2: I did some stuff, believe it or not, many years 586 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,280 Speaker 2: ago with Bill Cosby and he was a master. Oh 587 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 2: he rid in us some issues, don't get me wrong, 588 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 2: but he's incredible. 589 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,359 Speaker 4: He's one of the great leg Well, he. 590 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 2: Just would kind of link and it was all in 591 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 2: his head. There was nothing that every show was different 592 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 2: and one story would lead to the next. Do you 593 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 2: go out there and say, look, I'm I got to 594 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 2: get from A to Z and I got to go 595 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 2: as no. 596 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, no, it's I'm and this it's called the 597 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 4: crowd sorcer to it. I don't really do crowd work, 598 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 4: but I kind of sourced all of the performances from 599 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 4: where I am, what happened to me that day, who's 600 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 4: in the crowd, what they're looking like, all that stuff. Yeah, 601 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 4: And I started as an improviser in Chicago, and uh, 602 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 4: I think I was an improviser Santa promic, you know, 603 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,359 Speaker 4: a student of acting and voiceover. And then also I 604 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 4: worked in radio shack, but improvisation was the biggest thing. 605 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 4: And that's this way I always say, I have great 606 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 4: respect for radio. I think it's so brilliant. I have 607 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 4: contemporaries who won't do radio. I don't understand that I 608 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 4: have such respect for it because you are I. I 609 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 4: will go and improvise an hours d the standup comedy. 610 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,840 Speaker 4: That's true. There's only about fifteen people that can do 611 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,359 Speaker 4: that that are working today. But I feel like you 612 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 4: do that like Monday through Friday, and it's a it's 613 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 4: a longer segment of bean problems that yes you have. 614 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 4: We're in touch on this topic. This is it. But 615 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 4: in any moment, you would get a call or something happens, 616 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 4: or you think of if it's totally off the cup. 617 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:38,879 Speaker 4: It's completely rare. 618 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 2: But but the both, just like you, the stuff that 619 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:47,320 Speaker 2: I'm most comfortable with when I'm talking on my own experiences. Okay, 620 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 2: like Jude, that's ye, that's that's the key, That is 621 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 2: the key to it. Look, let's plug here just for 622 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 2: a few seconds. You're going to be up at the 623 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,240 Speaker 2: Brook and Secret, New Hampshire this Friday night, right. 624 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 4: In front of Fun. It's Friday night and I run 625 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 4: that place. It's hilarious. There's a haunted dog traft on back. 626 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 4: You've got to come and see it. I had a 627 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 4: lot of fun. I improvised an entire set when I 628 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 4: was there last year, just making fun of the casino, 629 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 4: and they loved it so much to invited me back. 630 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 2: Now, how about that? 631 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 4: And then the wilbur have the great theaters in the 632 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 4: world on Saturdays. 633 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 2: Yeah it is. It's a wonderful venue. And I know 634 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 2: you'll you'll knock them dead and uh and and people 635 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 2: need to contact the Brook and Seabrook in the Wilburine, 636 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 2: Boston to get their tickets for Friday night and Saturday night. 637 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 2: TJ always enjoy talking with you. You're You're a wonderful guy 638 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 2: to chat with. And you I think that's that's your strength. 639 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 2: I mean you you you're you're with What you see 640 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 2: is what you get and uh, I think that's that's 641 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 2: the authenticity in any business is so important. You're one 642 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 2: authentic guy, and you're an authentic comedian. And not that 643 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:57,359 Speaker 2: you need my. 644 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 4: Uh right now, but I you what I was just 645 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 4: going to say was I was going to ask you. 646 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,880 Speaker 4: I didn't want to finish the interview until I asked you. 647 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 4: You know, you're sort of investigative, both with just people 648 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,399 Speaker 4: of psychology and all. Do you feel that you are 649 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 4: more comfortable asking questions? 650 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 2: Oh? 651 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, answering them. I had to ask you. 652 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 2: That asking because I'm a curious person. 653 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 4: Interesting. 654 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 2: If I'd ever sat next to you on an airplane, 655 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 2: you know, there was an hour up in the air, 656 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,480 Speaker 2: I would know what. I figure out some mutual friends 657 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,920 Speaker 2: we have, I figure out some mutual interests we have. 658 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:34,919 Speaker 2: I am inherently curious that's my only my only ability curiosity. 659 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,839 Speaker 4: Oh, it's so amazing. Yeah, we have a friend who 660 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 4: we describe as curious. That's one of it. And it's 661 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 4: such a great adjective, such a great trade. Well thanks. 662 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 4: I had to ask that because I sometimes feel like 663 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 4: I bore myself talking about me. So I like interviewing 664 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 4: people I like. So I just wanted to ask that 665 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 4: because you're so good at that, You're PJ. 666 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 2: Thank you very much. I have an Albert Einstein. Einstein said, 667 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 2: I have no special talent. I'm only passionately curious. 668 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 7: Uh. 669 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 2: DJ, have a ball here in New England and we'll 670 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 2: catch you next. 671 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 4: Thank you again. 672 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,439 Speaker 2: Thank okay, but sure, well, thank you very much. Went 673 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 2: a little long because I enjoyed TJ so much. We're 674 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,919 Speaker 2: in the nine o'clock the here comes the news. We'll 675 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 2: be back and we're going to talk about seasonal effective disorder. 676 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:22,400 Speaker 2: Very interesting topic.