1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: This is America's truck and Network with Kevin Gordon. 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 2: Welcome aboard, Thanks for tuning in on this Friday morning. Well, 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 2: the first day of match the Mid America Trucking Show 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: is in the books. Yesterday was quite a very interesting 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 2: day in terms of getting the boost set up, getting 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 2: creditionals all that. We'll get to that in a little 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: bit bit. But if you have not ever attended the 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: Mid America Trucking Show, I talked to a lot of 9 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: people walking by. 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 3: They didn't want to go on air and so on. 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: But the atmosphere and what they're learning, what they're seeing 12 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 2: and what they're experiencing is you have to see it 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: to believe it if you want to know what to expect. 14 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: And again we're down here in Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. The 15 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 2: show runs all day tomorrow or all day today rather 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: from ten am till six pm, and a great time 17 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: for family and everything. 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 3: What you can expect. 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: You got a million square feet of exhibits space. Any 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: vendor you can imagine in the trucking industry are here. 21 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: Eight hundred and fifty exhibitors. There'll be over fifty four 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 2: thousand attendees and over the course of the three days, 23 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: well yesterday and then the next couple of days, there'll 24 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 2: be forty featured events in terms of different breakout talks, 25 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: featured speakers, things having to do with the industry, anything 26 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: that you could possibly want to attend, any of the 27 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: safety information. The exhibitors are just incredible. You know, if 28 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: you were to start at one end and you were 29 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: to just walk up and down the boost just I 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 2: mean not stopping and talking to anybody, but just walking 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: up to each one of the boosts, then you know, 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: going to the end and then wrapping your way around 33 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: the room with all the different aisles and everything. If 34 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: you walk the entire floor, it would probably take you 35 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: somewhere between three to four hours just to do that. 36 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 2: And if you're stopping to talk to vendors or talk 37 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: to people about equipment, or just interested in the trucking 38 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: industry itself. And as I mentioned, I think in the 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: previous show, there is a recruitment booth in the south 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: wing of the Convenor or the ExpoCenter where if anybody's 41 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: interested in getting into the trucking industry, this is the 42 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 2: place you can go. You can talk to them, talk 43 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 2: to people that are in attendance and people in those 44 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: booths to talk about the trucking industry and if it's 45 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,239 Speaker 2: something you might want to be experiencing, they've got hands 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: on demonstrations of exhibits. Of course, you can go to 47 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: their website, the truckingshow dot com, and you can get 48 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 2: a list of all the trucking stuff, education experiences, all 49 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: the events that are going on throughout the show. 50 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 3: But getting down. 51 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: Here was kind of an interesting every year, it's kind 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: of how should I say this, It's a unique situation 53 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: because and I've heard other people talk about this as well, 54 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 2: this time of the year in northern Greater in say, 55 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: northern Kentucky area, and then on down to Louisville. It's 56 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 2: one of those periods of time during the year that 57 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: you don't know what to expect. As a matter of fact, 58 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: a year or so ago, I mentioned that the forecast 59 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,399 Speaker 2: for the show was going to be sixty eight seventy 60 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,119 Speaker 2: degrees or something like that, And as I was packing 61 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 2: the day before I left, all of a sudden it 62 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 2: changed to where it was going to be in the 63 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: high fifties with the then temperatures down in the forties, 64 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 2: and I was listening to some people talking, they were 65 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: saying that, well, you know, you don't know if you're 66 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 2: going to get sun. You don't know if you're going 67 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: to get rain, you don't know if you're going to 68 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: get snow. You don't know what you're going to get. 69 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: And that makes it difficult from a packing standpoint, because 70 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 2: where you you know where you go, where you walk, 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: whether you take a jacket, whether you wear short sleeves, 72 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: long sleeves, et cetera, and us here in the north 73 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: wing of the Expo Center, the North Lobby, there's a 74 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: lot of glass, and there's a lot of air movement 75 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: and so on. So it does make it challenging, so 76 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: to speak, in terms of how do you address and 77 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: so on. But getting down here was kind of interesting. 78 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: Over the last couple of years, I've noticed that the 79 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: road was in a horrible situation. The first year I 80 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 2: came down here. This is our fourth year down here, 81 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 2: and I was shocked because I hadn't been down to 82 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 2: Louisville in probably about four or five years. But the 83 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: road conditions, the potholes, it was horrible. The second year 84 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: was not much better, and even last year wasn't the greatest. 85 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: But this year. 86 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: The trip down was pretty decent. There wasn't a whole 87 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 2: lot of road construction. 88 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 3: Now. 89 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: There was a couple of places where it stopped and 90 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: you had to kind of a stop and go situation 91 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: near some of these construction zones. But at least they're 92 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 2: improving the roads and making them a lot smoother now. 93 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 2: It was interesting as we were driving down here. My 94 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: wife was sitting next to me in the car and 95 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: I said, well, this is not a very good sign 96 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 2: looking up ahead here, because we pulled up to an 97 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: area where we were actually stopped for oh, probably about 98 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: ten minutes before we started rolling again, and then that 99 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,119 Speaker 2: was pretty much a bottleneck that ended. But I looked 100 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 2: up in the sky and I said, you know, this 101 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 2: is not a very good sign in terms of what 102 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 2: we're going to be experiencing here, because there was about 103 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: four or five turkey vultures that were circling the area. 104 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 2: If you know anything about them, you know they're looking 105 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: for something dead. And so we can get the different 106 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 2: cars down there not moving. I was getting a little nervous, 107 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 2: but just kidding. 108 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 3: But anyway, it was. 109 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 2: It was a fun trip down, not not anything dramatic, 110 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 2: just timing wise. And of course, you know with the show, 111 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: there's getting set up in terms of getting down here, 112 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 2: getting the boosts set up, making sure that we have 113 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: the electricity and everything ready, then the day of the show, 114 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 2: making sure that all the equipment's there so that we 115 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 2: can do some recording. And we're going to be talking 116 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: to as many vendors as we can, as many different 117 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: people associated with industry experts, et cetera, and then pepper 118 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: them along our program over the next couple of weeks 119 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 2: as many as we can squeeze in. 120 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 3: Yesterday we managed. 121 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 2: To talk to the folks from Geico Goto Truck Insurance. 122 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: That was the first last year was the first year 123 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: that they rolled that out, and I wanted to get 124 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: an update from them. So we'll be talking to them 125 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: a little bit later. They'll be coming up in the 126 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: next segment, I believe. And so just getting around and 127 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 2: meeting with people now again with the timing and everything, 128 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 2: if you're not here at a specific time to get 129 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: your credentials, then you're closed out and you have to 130 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 2: go in the morning, and they have to pay for parking, 131 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:33,799 Speaker 2: et cetera. 132 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 3: So try to get your parking pass. 133 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 2: And everything, and then when I got here to the 134 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 2: show to get set up in the morning, it was 135 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: I had a problems with the WiFi. Took me three 136 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: or four times, and it's amazing, you know. I don't 137 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 2: know if it's just me, but it seems that any 138 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: time I'm involved with any type of electronic product, it 139 00:06:53,320 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 2: goes heywire. My wife in our bedroom, she has the 140 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 2: the antenna on the phone or on the TV because 141 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: the WiFi doesn't go back that far and we had 142 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 2: to boost it so she could get the WiFi. But 143 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 2: she usually listens and watches public television, you know, Martha 144 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: Stewart or whatever at night, and so it's you know, 145 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: she uses the antenna. So but when I come into 146 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: the room, if I get too near the antenna, the 147 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: thing starts going off, the stations start dropping off. I 148 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: got to move the antenna up and whatever, and then 149 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 2: I got to back away from it to see if 150 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: the electrical charge work. 151 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 3: So it's weird. 152 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: I mean, anytime I'm dealing with equipment, I have systems 153 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: go down, the computer doesn't work. 154 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 3: Right or whatever. I think it's just me, but I 155 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: don't know. 156 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: Not too many people I hear of have some of 157 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: the problems I have As a matter of fact, it 158 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: took me three attempts going through their prompts of getting 159 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: the Wi Fi set up and then making sure that 160 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: I bluetooth the printer. So I got some printing documents 161 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: that I've been using in order to talk about certain things. 162 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: I tried to set that up and it was weird 163 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: because what they did is they said, well, you know, 164 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 2: make sure that you're kind of redoing or removing the 165 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: printer and then reinstalling the printer. But I started getting 166 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: these printouts that were saying, use this code to the 167 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: pin number in order to access and the thing would 168 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 2: print out, and I'd type it in and I get 169 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: this message back your computer got tired of or your 170 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: printer got tired of waiting, so try again, So then 171 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 2: another one would spit out. 172 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 3: I must have done. 173 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 2: I know I did that about four or five times, 174 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 2: and finally it worked. But it's just weird in terms 175 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 2: of how these things operate and how certain things are 176 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: supposed to go, and you know the flow of it 177 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 2: and everything. As I mentioned, traffic down here was not 178 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: too bad. The credentials, everything kind of everything pretty much 179 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 2: worked out. It was over a period of time, but 180 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: you just have the patients and work through it and 181 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 2: just trying to make the best of it. Well, coming up, 182 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 2: we're going to throw in an interview that we had 183 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: yesterday Thursday after or Thursday afternoon with the folks from 184 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 2: Guico talking about their products, how their first year went, 185 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 2: and some of the products that they're rolling out for 186 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: this year. I'm Kevin Gordon, america'struck a Network, seven hundred 187 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 2: W LW. 188 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 4: I need. 189 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: This is the raething report on America's Trucking Network on 190 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW. 191 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 5: Legacy Motor Club has announced that Grammy Award winning artist 192 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 5: Darius Rucker has joined the organization as an investor. 193 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 3: Rucker broke the news on the Dan Patrick Show. You know, 194 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 3: I'm real good friends to Jimmy Johnson. 195 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 6: You know, I was like, and it takes Jimmy and 196 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 6: asked if this is okay because we just decided to 197 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 6: do this, and you know, we can announce now that 198 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 6: I'm one of the investors and one of the owners 199 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 6: of the Legacy Motor Club. Yeah, it's cool, but I 200 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 6: love yeah, I love you know how much I a 201 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 6: little motive sports, you know, living NASCAR years, So this 202 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 6: is pretty cool for me. 203 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 5: Looking ahead to the racing weekend, NASCAR heads to the 204 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 5: short track the paper Clip at Martinsville Speedway. The NASCAR 205 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 5: O'Reilly Auto Parts Series kicks off the weekend with the 206 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 5: action of the green flag on Saturday afternoon at three 207 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 5: thirty pm. Austin Hill is the defending champion, and a 208 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 5: Cup Series cookout four hundred on Sunday with green flag 209 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 5: at three thirty pm. Eastern Denny Hamlet dominated last year's race, 210 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 5: leading two hundred and seventy four laps in a victory. 211 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 5: The NASCAR cress Or Truck Series has the weekend off. 212 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 5: The trucks returned to action April third in Rockingham. The 213 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 5: NTT IndyCar Series holds the Children's of Alabama Indie Grand 214 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 5: Prix on the road course on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. 215 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 5: Here's will Power. 216 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 7: It's certainly a flowy track, you know what I mean, 217 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 7: Very different to what we just came from, and very 218 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 7: different to like Saint Pete. So to me an interesting 219 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 7: weekend for me, it's the first time I've driven this 220 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 7: thing on a road course, like a boss flowing road call, 221 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 7: so I'm very inso to see where we stack. 222 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 5: Up racetime for the Indye Cars on Sunday is one 223 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 5: pm Eastern. Formula One holds the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. 224 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 5: The nhr A Drag Racing Series returns to action in 225 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 5: April twelfth in Pomona, California. 226 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: I love this is the racing report on America's Truck 227 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: and Network on seven hundred WLW SAG Dennis in reporting 228 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: for a t N. 229 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: This is America's truck in Network. 230 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: We are in the North Wing lobby at mid America 231 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 2: Trucking Show, the fifty fourth anniversary of that. And last 232 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 2: year I had the pleasure of speaking with Megan Brown, 233 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: who is the senior director of Product Management, as they 234 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 2: were rolling out their first year of actually being truck 235 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 2: truck insurance for the trucking industry obviously, and I really 236 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: enjoyed talking with her, and I went and founder today 237 00:11:58,440 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 2: and here she is again. 238 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 3: Welcome to the program. 239 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me. 240 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 3: So how's the first year gone? 241 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 4: The first year has been a great success. We've rolled 242 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 4: out in nearly forty states. Now we have our trucking 243 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 4: product available. Demand's been strong, We're learning a lot and 244 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 4: having a lot of fun. 245 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 3: Well, we were talking. 246 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: Last year that you know, when you're shifting from one 247 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 2: particular product geared towards a certain industry and then you 248 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: move to a different area, it seems the same, but 249 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 2: it is different, very different. And I think we were 250 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 2: talking over at your booth that some of the things 251 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: that you guys are learning along the way, it's kind 252 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 2: of a learning curve, which has been good. But again, 253 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 2: as you the more you know, then the more you 254 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: can understand how to help the industry out. 255 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think that everyone knows that Geico's 256 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 4: been a brand that's around for a long time. 257 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: Right. 258 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 4: We were actually celebrating our ninetieth year this year, So 259 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 4: Geko knows insurance really well, and we have invested heavily 260 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 4: to make sure we get it right with trucking. So 261 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 4: part of that is hiring industry experts to both build 262 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 4: the product, handle our claims, but a lot of it 263 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 4: also comes from just listening to truckers, hearing their feedback, 264 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 4: making sure everything from our service experience, to our claims experience, 265 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 4: to the coverages we offer are meeting the needs that 266 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 4: they require. 267 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute, that's not the way it's supposed 268 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 2: to work. You guys supposed to non answer the phone, 269 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 2: You're not supposed to pay claims, You're supposed. 270 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 3: To get them the run around. 271 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 4: I'm not going to get any of that. 272 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 3: I know. 273 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 2: But it's just it's funny because you know, when you 274 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: hear companies talk about customer service, what can we do, 275 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 2: what we can learn from the trucking or from our 276 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 2: customers in order to put out the best product possible. 277 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: I think we talked about that last year of one 278 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 2: of the things that set you guys apart from the 279 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 2: industry itself, and the background stuff that you guys did 280 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 2: before we even rolled this out was incredible. Yeah. 281 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 4: Part of the intent the whole time is to be 282 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 4: a product that was built by truckers for truckers. It 283 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 4: really has been listened to the industry. Make sure we're 284 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 4: covering what they need and want so that we can 285 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 4: keep them on the road and keep give them the 286 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 4: most competitive prices possible. 287 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think one of the things cool about 288 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 2: you know, because when you're doing a thirty second ad, 289 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 2: heally crammed so much and unless you're selling some how 290 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: they do that, how they speed it up at the end, 291 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 2: you don't even understand what they're talking about. But to 292 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: you know, part of it is making sure that the 293 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: truckers actually asked the right questions. I had a friend 294 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: that was in the insurance business and I was absolutely 295 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 2: blown away taking a policy from another company to him 296 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 2: and then meeting him for a lot and he said, well, 297 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 2: I worked this up and all this is, well, this 298 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: is not what they're covering. This is Did you ask 299 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: him about this? And I said, well, this is just 300 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 2: what was presented to me as the controller of the company. 301 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 3: And it's a learning. 302 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: Exercise in terms of the it's not the questions you ask. 303 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: It's some of the times the questions you don't ask 304 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 2: that people need to know about. 305 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean insurances. Maybe not everyone's favorite topic is 306 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 4: they don't want to get into the details. What I'll 307 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 4: say is we've really taken care to make sure that 308 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 4: when you're purchasing coverage from GICO, you're purchasing what you're 309 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 4: going to need. We've made enhancements. We've gotten feedback of, 310 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 4: you know, different things that weren't covered by coverages, and 311 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 4: we've fixed that so that, you know, a trucker doesn't 312 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 4: find themselves surprised when a claim comes. So I don't. 313 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 4: I wouldn't put the onus on them to ask all 314 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 4: the questions. What I would want them to know, though, 315 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 4: is that when they come to Geico, they are coming 316 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 4: to a product that is going to take their claim seriously. 317 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 4: I mean, no one wants to use insurance, but it's 318 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 4: why we purchase it. In the event that happens, we 319 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 4: have the experts that can fix their trucks and get 320 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 4: them back on the road quickly and efficiently so that 321 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 4: they can keep their business running and know that it's 322 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 4: backed by a company. I mean a company like Geico 323 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: backed by Berkshire. Halfway, you know we're not going anywhere. 324 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 4: You're going to be able to cover those claims. 325 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 2: Absolutely, very good. Well, so bring Rishi Aurora. He is 326 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 2: the head of products for Geico. And I think we 327 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: were supposed to talk to you last year, but something happened. 328 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 2: We got upgraded to Megan in steady years. 329 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 8: I mean, yeah, I think you did definitely upgrade. But 330 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 8: it is nice to be here a beautiful sunny day. 331 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is great. 332 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: It's funny about Louisville and about the trucking shows. Is 333 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: my fourth year here and it's like you never know 334 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 2: what you're going to get. It's one year it's raining, 335 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: one year it's cold, one year it's snowing, or that flurries. 336 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 8: Most of the best days I've had since I've been 337 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 8: coming here for ten years now. 338 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: But it does make it difficult to pack because you 339 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 2: one year, I think it was a couple of years 340 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 2: ago they said it was always going to be sunny 341 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 2: and everything. I packed all these short sleeve shirts and 342 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: all this sort of stuff, and then the day of 343 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: the show with the weather turned away. That has nothing 344 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: to do with insurance. There's no insurance to cover that. 345 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 2: Let's get off that dopage. Okay, So how's things going 346 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 2: the first year as far as you're concerned, and. 347 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 8: Yeah, So just like Megan mentioned, I think the first 348 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 8: year has been great. We have seen a lot of 349 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 8: demand which has been also great, and at the same time, 350 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 8: we really expanded our product in a lot of different ways. 351 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 8: We've added states, we've added new coverages. Like Megan was saying, like, 352 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 8: we want to make sure that we give truckers everything 353 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 8: that they need and a little bit more so. We've 354 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 8: had it features like heavy truck roadside that's something if 355 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 8: your truck breaks down on the side of the road. 356 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 8: It allows you to send somebody over provide repair at 357 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 8: the side of the truck. So we have learned a 358 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 8: lot in terms of what trucker's needs are. We've expended 359 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 8: the claim sofering the product. So it has been a 360 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 8: great year for us. 361 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 362 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 2: And the interesting thing too about and what is interesting 363 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 2: about insurance itself too, or trucking insurance, is you know 364 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 2: your passenger car. If you're out driving around and you 365 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 2: get an accident, that's pretty much you can go to 366 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 2: any rental car company. But in a lot of instances, 367 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 2: these are specialized vehicles that there isn't a whole lot 368 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 2: of available rentals for that. So the more time these 369 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 2: people are off the road, then if you're not carrying 370 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: a road, you're not making any money. And so having 371 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 2: the repairs in the roadside that get them back on 372 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 2: the road that you guys. 373 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 3: Are absolutely fantastic. I mean for a truck or the. 374 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 8: Last thing they want to do is like be able 375 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 8: to put the truck in a body shop or repair facility, 376 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 8: because there is there are not that many rental facilities 377 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 8: both will give you a tractor and a trailer out there. 378 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 8: So but that's what we wanted to do. We wanted 379 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 8: to do. If you are sometimes not even in an accident, 380 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 8: but your truck breaks down, we want to provide you 381 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 8: coverage so that somebody can get there, right there with 382 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 8: you and get you on the road, because that's what 383 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 8: truckers want. They don't want that truck to be towed. 384 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 8: They want to be on the road as quickly as possible. 385 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 8: And if you do get into a collision, we want 386 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 8: to make sure that your truck is not only back 387 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 8: with you as fast as possible, it's also handled by 388 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 8: the best possible repair the trucks these days, if you 389 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 8: go in and look at some of the OEM parts, 390 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 8: there used to be when a non operator would be like, hey, 391 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 8: I can work on the truck myself, but they have 392 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 8: become really supper specialized machines. So they want to make 393 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 8: sure that it's your repair network is with the OEMs, 394 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 8: so it's Volvo, Peterville, Daimler, all these companies. So we 395 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 8: want to make sure that we give you the best repair, 396 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 8: best best collision, the damage, whatever you need for your truck. 397 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 3: Very good. 398 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: We're speaking with Regi Aurora. He is the head of 399 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 2: products for Gico Insurance truck insurance, and that is such 400 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 2: an important feature because a lot of the horror stories 401 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 2: that you hear from insurance company people dealing with insurance 402 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 2: companies if they tell you where to go and then 403 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 2: you don't necessarily know that product or that their their 404 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: products are all that good. But as you're talking about 405 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 2: original manufacturer equipment, to get these guys back on the 406 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 2: road and to provide the service for them. 407 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely, And you know claim is hopefully something that 408 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 8: they don't need a whole lot, but what they do 409 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 8: need a lot is they do need servicing a lot. 410 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 8: They do need certificates in order for them to get 411 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 8: a load, like they will need a certificate right away. 412 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 8: So you do need a company that has put all 413 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 8: the right coverages. Like you were saying earlier to Megan, 414 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 8: you know, they need to know like make sure that 415 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 8: the trailer is covered, the tractor is covered. So there 416 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 8: are a lot of specialized coverages that we provide to them. 417 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 8: And then if you want to pick up a load 418 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 8: and you need a certificate or you need anything, we're 419 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 8: open twenty four seven. We have a lot of features 420 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 8: on the online and the app, so we just want 421 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 8: to make sure that truckers will get the best service 422 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 8: to make sure that they can pick up all the 423 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 8: loads and then do their business as they do. 424 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: And that's fantastic being the twenty four to seven because 425 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 2: obviously the trucking industry is twenty four to seven exactly, 426 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 2: and there are people that are on those shifts that 427 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 2: are not going to be you know, during normal business 428 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 2: hours and if they need that certificate whatever to have 429 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 2: the availability to do that. 430 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 3: So we'll break here. 431 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 2: A real quick break and we'll come back and talk 432 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: a little bit more about what's going on with the 433 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 2: company and once you guys are rolling out for this year, 434 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 2: if there's any new products, et cetera. We're speaking with 435 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 2: Richie Auror is head of products and Ian Brown, Senior 436 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 2: director of Product Management. I'm Kevin Gordon, America's truck in 437 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 2: Network seven hundred WLW. Now I have. 438 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 9: Here's your trucking forecast for the Try State and the 439 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 9: rest of the country. In the Try State of for 440 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 9: night showers and storms, a marginal to site risk for 441 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 9: severe weather. The low down to forty one early showers Friday, 442 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 9: and colder at the high only reaching fifty sunny Saturday 443 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 9: high of fifty two partly sunny Sunday hies into the 444 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 9: lower sixties. Nationally, a record breaking he wave continues to 445 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 9: expand eastward, as severe storms were likely across the mid 446 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 9: Mississippi and Ohio Valley's Thursday afternoon and evening. A cooler 447 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 9: and commer weekend expected for a majority of the eastern 448 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 9: half of the US. 449 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 2: Seven hundred WLW. I'm Kevin Gordon and as America's struck 450 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 2: In Network. I'm mentioned throughout the last couple of weeks 451 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 2: about coming to matt and interested in talking to not 452 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 2: only the industry experts, people available with companies to get 453 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 2: a feel for or what they're experiencing, but also I 454 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 2: wanted to talk to a lot of people just walking by, 455 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 2: different people in different industries, different trucking companies that they 456 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: work for. And apparently I have to say that it's 457 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 2: paid off because a bunch of people have looked us 458 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 2: up stop by wanted to chat. Know that we have 459 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 2: been talking about trying to make sure that people get 460 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 2: the information about what's going on, not only as far 461 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 2: as the economy, but as far as what the news is. 462 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 3: And I've as I've said before, it's. 463 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 2: Interesting the fact that when you look at a particular headline, 464 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 2: and you see the way people consume news now. And 465 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: I've a couple of people even mentioned this to me, 466 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 2: that the fact that a lot of people they know 467 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 2: just kind of scroll through the headlines that get their phone. 468 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: They just you know, scroll headlines and that's where they're 469 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 2: getting their news. And yet, as I've talked about, you 470 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 2: dig behind the news, you dig behind the story, get 471 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: into the story, and you know a lot of these 472 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: stories that you see online are and again, I have 473 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 2: this app on my computer where I can, you know, 474 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 2: get rid of the clutter and just the printed form 475 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 2: of the story itself, which really cuts things down because 476 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: you can take a seven page story with a bunch 477 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 2: of pictures and a bunch of stuff, and the way 478 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 2: they narrow things down do it per friendly into about 479 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 2: a two page article, and that usually about five hundred 480 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 2: pages per page. I think I'm popping a bunch of 481 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 2: p's here, so I'm going to back the microphone off 482 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 2: a little bit. 483 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 3: But these pages go about five. 484 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 2: Hundred words, and so if it's a story, it's about 485 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 2: two hundred word or two pages, about a thousand words. 486 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 2: And it's amazing, as I pointed out on this program. 487 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 2: The fact that when you go through the story, they'll 488 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: take the worst paragraph or the worst sentence within that 489 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 2: story and put that at the top as far as 490 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 2: our headline is concerned. And so that gives people wrong impression. 491 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 2: And a lot of people I've talked to in terms 492 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 2: of asking them the question one of the first things 493 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 2: to ask, how's your business doing? How are you doing, 494 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 2: what are you seeing as far as the economy, what 495 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 2: are you experiencing things up, things down? What's your optimism level? 496 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 2: And I know it's anecdotal. I know that it's just 497 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 2: whoever stops buying talks, But we are here at the 498 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: Mid America Trucking Show where there are a lot of 499 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 2: people that are involved in the trucking industry and that 500 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 2: are walking the halls, walking the exhibit floor, coming in, registering, 501 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 2: seeing the signs, recognizing the show, and coming over and talking. 502 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 2: And it's almost to a person where yeah, they have 503 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 2: had some struggles, but there's other ways to work around it, 504 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 2: and they found other methods in order to do certain 505 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 2: things in their own finances to cushion the blow. They 506 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 2: talk in terms about how strong their business has been, 507 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 2: the company they work for, how strong that is. In fact, 508 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 2: the one person was telling me that she drives for Amazon. 509 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 2: And it's interesting, kind of a side note that people 510 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 2: will talk, but a whole lot of people don't really. 511 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 2: I guess they don't like their shy, they don't want 512 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 2: to be on the air, they don't want to be identified. 513 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 2: I don't think as a matter of identification. It's just 514 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: a lot of people feel uncomfortable being behind the microphone. 515 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 3: And I've noticed this that the. 516 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 2: Different shows that I've been to when we were down 517 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 2: in Nashville back during the tech rodeo for Rush Truck Centers, which, 518 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 2: by the way, if you've missed any part of our 519 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 2: programs and you want to catch up on any of that, 520 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 2: just make sure you hit up that iHeartRadio app brought 521 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: to you by our friends at Rush Truck Center. But 522 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: down there, some of the mechanics coming by for that 523 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 2: truck rodeo, technicians, etc. Were competing. They didn't really feel 524 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 2: comfortable about being on the air. Now, the couple that 525 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: did come by and sit down, at first, they were 526 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 2: very nervous, but when they were all done, they said, 527 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 2: you know, this was a lot easier than I thought 528 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 2: it was going to be, And I guess because they 529 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 2: don't know what to expect. 530 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 3: But generally, you know, when you're. 531 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: Just in a conversation one on one, you forget to 532 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 2: think in terms of, well, there might be thousands of 533 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 2: people that are listening to this later on, but kind 534 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 2: of getting away from that fear of speaking in front 535 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 2: of a bunch of people. 536 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 3: But I have not been able to get a couple 537 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 3: of people. 538 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: I've not been able to get people over to the booth, 539 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 2: you know, just to talk, but they have talked off air. 540 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 2: In fact, it was difficult to getting some work done 541 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 2: yesterday because of so many people stopping by and making 542 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 2: sure that I've talked to as many people as possible. 543 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 2: But like I said, a lot of people are feeling 544 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 2: good about the economy. They're feeling good about the optimism, 545 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 2: which I kind of sup I was. I was tentative 546 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 2: about that coming down here. I was not sure how 547 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 2: that was going to go, because again, you don't know 548 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 2: what people are saying thinking. You don't know what area 549 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: because everybody, you know, people come here from all over 550 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 2: the country, and so you don't know what they're experiencing 551 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 2: over in their areas until they get here and talk 552 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 2: to you. And the companies are very optimistic. They talk 553 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 2: about their companies even talking to them, keeping them optimistic 554 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 2: of what's going on. I saw some headlines from different 555 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 2: companies that we haven't gotten to yet, but they're all 556 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 2: talking in terms of they're starting to look in terms 557 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 2: of buying some equipment, expanding into certain areas. And if 558 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 2: you don't think things are going to turn around, you 559 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 2: generally don't want to invest any more money in equipment, 560 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 2: and you certainly don't want to expand into a certain 561 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 2: area unless you have to, because it requires money, It 562 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 2: requires the idea that you know the business is going 563 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 2: to be there, and if you don't anticipate that business 564 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 2: being there, I'm not sure that you're really going to 565 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 2: jump into that. One of the things that we haven't 566 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 2: seen over at least the last year or so the 567 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 2: first couple of years that I was doing the show 568 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: was a lot of merger and acquisition activity. That has 569 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 2: slowed down a little bit, but we still are. We're 570 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 2: beginning to see some of the beginnings of that now 571 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 2: where companies are actually talking about going into other markets, 572 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 2: going into maybe doing an acquisition, moving it to a 573 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 2: little bit different products. So that is good news and 574 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 2: the fact that this optimism is out there that is 575 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 2: going to filter through to the employees, then filter through 576 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 2: to the economy itself. And as I was talking with 577 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 2: one of the drivers, that they are interested in making 578 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 2: sure that the truth gets out so to speak, in 579 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 2: terms of what they're hearing as far as on the news. 580 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 2: In fact, they have been saying a lot and I'm 581 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 2: hearing more and more from people and a lot of 582 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 2: people here at the show that they're shying away from 583 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 2: the news because they can't trust it. And yet that 584 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 2: is the thing that surprises me. Well, it doesn't surprise 585 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 2: me that people are turning away from because the numbers 586 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 2: show that. But the fact that these opinion pieces, and 587 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 2: I don't know where they're getting their pulling numbers from 588 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 2: when they go out and pull people or maybe call 589 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 2: on the phone and try to get people to respond, 590 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 2: how they're coming up with these consumer sentiment consumer confidence surveys, 591 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 2: which generally aren't reflective of what people are actually experiencing. So, 592 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 2: as you know, Rick Santelli a few months ago mentioned that, 593 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 2: you know, most of these opinions, they can take those 594 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 2: opinion surveys and toss them in the trash can because 595 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 2: the well has been polluted by the mainstream media and 596 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 2: as I refer to them, the spoon federc urgitators in 597 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 2: the mainstream media. So again, the economy has been on 598 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 2: the top of people's mind, certainly gas and oil prices. 599 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 3: But what I guess, I guess people are a lot. 600 00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 3: I don't want to say there are more reasons. 601 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 2: Always known people are very resilient, but when prices spiked 602 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 2: the way they have spiked, you would think that there 603 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 2: would be some discouragement there, that there'd be some pessimism. 604 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 2: But everybody, to the person seems to think that these 605 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 2: prices are temporary, that prices are going to come down 606 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 2: dramatically as far as energy is concerned. And it's been 607 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 2: a very welcome sign I think, or relief that people 608 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 2: are actually paying attention and that they know what's going on. Hopefully, 609 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 2: with the number of traffic that come by here and 610 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 2: the people I've talked to, hopefully this show is helping 611 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 2: that to a certain extent. If people will, you know, 612 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 2: talk about, hey, I heard this, and you know, go 613 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,239 Speaker 2: over here and listen to the podcasts and so on. 614 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 2: But one of the things that they have said that 615 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 2: they have been following a lot are the gas and 616 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 2: oil prices and what's going on as far as that's concerned, 617 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 2: and whether or not how that's going to affect their 618 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 2: bottom line and affect their business. And one of the 619 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 2: things they don't seem to be too concerned about is 620 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 2: this war with Iran being a long term affair. So 621 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 2: again because of that, because people have talked about it, 622 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: I'm gonna in the next segment coming up, we're gonna 623 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 2: be talking about gas and oil prices. I thought maybe 624 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 2: we'd take a couple of days off from that, but 625 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 2: this seems to be a lot on people's mind. And 626 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 2: if people are out there driving, then don't happen to 627 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 2: be here at the show. Let them know what's going 628 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 2: on as far as that is concerned, and bring them 629 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 2: up to speed. I'm Kevin Gordon, America struck In Network 630 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 2: seven hundred Wlwright. 631 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: News Radio seven hundred WLW and iHeartRadio Station Guarantee Human 632 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW, HI Heard Radio. 633 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 5: I'm all everybody, are we doing? 634 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 4: You'll miss our twenty twenty six I Heart Radio Music Award. 635 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 2: This is america'struck a Network seven hundred WLW. I'm Kevin Gordon, 636 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 2: talking about oil and gas prices again because a lot 637 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 2: of people have talked about that. They said that, you know, 638 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 2: as far as their business is concerned, that they are 639 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 2: obviously paying attention to gas and oil prices, or at 640 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 2: least the oil price. Well, let's back up, they're interested 641 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 2: in what's going on as far as the old markets 642 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 2: are concerned, because eventually that then comes into refined product, 643 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 2: and if that product is higher, then we're seeing an 644 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 2: elevated price as far as at the gas pump, diesel pump, 645 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 2: et cetera. So we'll get into that in a second here. 646 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 2: But the thing that they've talked about the most is this, 647 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 2: and I mentioned this in the previous segment, how optimistic 648 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 2: they are that they are not worried long term in 649 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 2: terms of what's going on, and they expect that these 650 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 2: prices will come down, and it doesn't appear that there's 651 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 2: any panic, I guess right now. Now again, as we 652 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 2: talked to other people, we had Mike Kucharski on the 653 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 2: other day, and what they're seeing as far as diesel 654 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 2: prices are concerned choking them a little bit and putting 655 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 2: pressure on their bottom line. But seeing what people are 656 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 2: talking about here at the show, they seem to be okay, 657 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 2: not you know, thrilled, but following what's going on so 658 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 2: that they know kind of what to expect down the line. 659 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 2: So let's take a look at the oil and gas 660 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 2: prices real quick. Now. West Sex's intermedia crude currently is 661 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 2: the ninety four dollars and thirty five cents a barrel. 662 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 2: That is up four dollars and five four dollars and 663 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 2: three cents or four point four to six percent. Brent 664 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 2: Kruge currently is one oh seven sixty eight. That is 665 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 2: up five dollars and forty six cents or five point 666 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 2: let's see a five point three four percent. Now, national 667 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 2: average for gasoline is three dollars and ninety eight cents, 668 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 2: that is actually down slightly from the day before. And 669 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 2: diesel prices a national average that is are at five 670 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 2: dollars and thirty eight cents, which again is kind of 671 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 2: a tick down, which you wouldn't expect if oil prices 672 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 2: are going up. One of the things that they talked 673 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 2: about too, and as we were discussing back and forth 674 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 2: with some of the people stop by, I asked them, 675 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 2: how do you do you use those gas apps? And 676 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 2: do you check online to see where the cheapest gas 677 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 2: is because, as I mentioned before, you know you can't 678 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 2: you know all you can, Well, you can go on 679 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,280 Speaker 2: the Triple A website. You can see what the national 680 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 2: average is, and then you can go down to the 681 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 2: their map and break out individual states and see what 682 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 2: those states are. And of course the nationwide highest is 683 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 2: in California of gasoline that is at five dollars and 684 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,799 Speaker 2: eighty four cents gallon, which is remarkable given the fact 685 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 2: that they are now. They have been higher than even Hawaii, 686 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 2: which has to have everything shipped in to that state 687 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 2: because they don't have oil reserves. They don't have they 688 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 2: don't have refineries there, so everything has to be shipped in. 689 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 2: And yet California and on the mainland their prices are 690 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,240 Speaker 2: higher because of all the taxes that are on those 691 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 2: And now the lowest gasoline price nationwide is in Oklahoma 692 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 2: at three dollars and twenty six cents. That's actually come 693 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 2: down a couple of pennies from the day a few 694 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 2: days ago. Oklahoma has been leading between them and Kansas. 695 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 3: They have been kind of. 696 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 2: Neck and neck in terms of who has the lowest 697 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 2: gasoline prices, which is interesting but as I've talked about before, 698 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 2: even in my own zip code, and this is just 699 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 2: a zip code within my county in Camba County, Kentucky, 700 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 2: as as I follow that because that's where I live 701 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 2: in the neighborhood, I'm seeing a difference between the gasoline 702 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 2: at three dollars and seventy two cents and three dollars 703 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,240 Speaker 2: and ninety nine cents, So you're looking at a twenty 704 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 2: eight cent difference between the highest and the lowest. And 705 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 2: even with the diesel prices, that's even more frightening because 706 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,799 Speaker 2: the diesel price just in my zip code, not the 707 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,760 Speaker 2: entire county, but just the zip code itself, the lowest 708 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,360 Speaker 2: price for diesel is four dollars and thirty nine cents 709 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 2: to a high of five dollars in twenty nine cents, 710 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 2: So you're looking at a ninety difference just within a. 711 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 3: Particular zip code. 712 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 2: So it does pay to check those gas apps and 713 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 2: those diesel apps to make sure where you were getting 714 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,399 Speaker 2: your gas li and making sure that in times when 715 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,840 Speaker 2: prices are going up, that you're not spending that much more. 716 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 2: And again in my neighborhood or my zip code, rather, 717 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 2: I should say, gas is up thirty three cents from 718 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 2: last week, or on the high up fifty cents, and 719 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 2: then as far as diesel is concerned, it's up twenty 720 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 2: cents from last week. So we're not seeing these tremendous increases, 721 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 2: but we are seeing increases. Talking about what's going on 722 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 2: in those oil and gas markets, as far as what's 723 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 2: going up and down, as far as what's going well, 724 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 2: what's being affected by the war with Iran. Crude futures 725 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 2: closed higher on Thursday, rebounding from the previous session's losses 726 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 2: as hopes for a swift end to the war in 727 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:57,240 Speaker 2: the Middle East faded. US Special Envoys Steve Whitcoff confirmed 728 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 2: that the United States sent eight and. 729 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 3: We talked about this. Yet yesterday it. 730 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 2: Was amazing because they said that they had issued a 731 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:13,760 Speaker 2: fifteen point or they'd been negotiating with Iran. Iran said 732 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 2: that no, there are no negotiations going on. And yet 733 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 2: some numbers or the part of that fifteen point plan 734 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 2: got either released or leaked, and people were talking about that, 735 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:33,399 Speaker 2: and then Iran says that fifteen point plan for the 736 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 2: ceasefire or to end the war is unacceptable. So if 737 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 2: there's no negotiations going on, how are you knowing what 738 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,919 Speaker 2: these fifteen points are? And once again are you being 739 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,239 Speaker 2: caught and alive? Because you know, they said that they 740 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 2: didn't have any long range missiles and yet that missile 741 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 2: went twenty five hundred miles to Diego Garcia out there 742 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 2: in the Indian Ocean, which means that they do have 743 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,440 Speaker 2: the technology or had the missiles that could hit European capitals. 744 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 3: And European capital capitals. 745 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,800 Speaker 2: Are sitting there saying, well, you know, we don't realize 746 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 2: or we don't know that there's an imminent threat. Well, 747 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 2: if somebody's got a missile that can go twenty five 748 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 2: hundred miles and hit your capital, that's bad enough. But 749 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 2: if they were able to develop a new and put 750 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,320 Speaker 2: that on there, you'd be in some serious trouble. And 751 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 2: you know, the blackmail in terms of what goes on 752 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,879 Speaker 2: in the Middle East as far as oil prices, would 753 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 2: really affect you. So again we've got people here at 754 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,719 Speaker 2: the spoon federal gurg status of mainstream media to keep 755 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 2: quoting what the Iranian government is saying as opposed to 756 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:46,640 Speaker 2: our own government and as with everything else that we've seen. 757 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 2: And I don't know why people, you know, they they 758 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 2: haven't learned their lesson. You hear something from the mainstream 759 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 2: media that says certain things about the Trump administration, and 760 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,360 Speaker 2: the Trump administration is saying certain things that are direct 761 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 2: opposite of that. And it takes two three four days 762 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,080 Speaker 2: before what the mainstream media spoon fedrigerd hitters in mainstream 763 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,520 Speaker 2: media were saying truce to be true, untrue. But then 764 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 2: they don't go back and correct the record, They just 765 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,479 Speaker 2: let it go out. So again, what's going on there 766 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 2: as far as the negotiations, especially Envoy Steve Wikoff confirmed 767 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 2: the United States sent a fifteen point action list to 768 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 2: Iran on a basis for a negotiation as the end 769 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 2: of the war. Rany and Foreign Minister A boss Arakski 770 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 2: said earlier that Dran was reviewing the US proposal, that 771 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,359 Speaker 2: there were no talks on winding down the road. A 772 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:41,880 Speaker 2: senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday that the proposal 773 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 2: was one sided unfair, even as US President Johnald Trump 774 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 2: said Iran had offered to let ten oil trankers transit 775 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,759 Speaker 2: the straight of her moves as a goodwill gestures in 776 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 2: the negotiation. So they're saying there's no negotiations, but they're 777 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 2: allowing ships to go through as a result of the 778 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:05,200 Speaker 2: negotiations that are going on. There's purely confusion this according 779 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 2: to Timothy Snyder, chief economists at Matadori Economics, there's purely 780 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,400 Speaker 2: confusion and frustration over the racity of stories coming out 781 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,359 Speaker 2: of the United States, and Iran investors are once again 782 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 2: rotating into safer assets in an effort to preserve capital. 783 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 3: Well, again, who are you believing. 784 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 2: Are you believing the spoon federal rerigislators in the mainstream 785 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,319 Speaker 2: media who seem to be siding with Iran, or are 786 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 2: you going to rely on the US government which in 787 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,799 Speaker 2: time time again have been proven true. So again, I 788 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,759 Speaker 2: don't know why the speculation is out there. Pentagon is 789 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,280 Speaker 2: planning to send thousands of airborne troops to the Golf 790 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 2: to give Trump more options to a ground assault, according 791 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:46,480 Speaker 2: to sources told Reuters. Again, it seems that Iran's pulling 792 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,600 Speaker 2: back and they're now using or in court, encouraging the 793 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,399 Speaker 2: Huti movement or the Huti rebels, Huti terrorists if you will, 794 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 2: from Yellen to start attacking ships in the Red Sea 795 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 2: because as apparently the missile production has diminished in Iran 796 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 2: and the amount of stockpile that they have has diminished 797 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,880 Speaker 2: as well, so apparently that is on, you know, is 798 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,759 Speaker 2: a problem for them, and they have not been able 799 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 2: to you know, they can't ramp up their missile attacks, 800 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:24,520 Speaker 2: so they're using their proxies once again. Going to let 801 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 2: me see, the war is nearly halted. Shipments through the 802 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 2: Strait of Hormuz fifth Worlds of the fifth a fifth 803 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 2: of the world's crew goes through that area. Brent futures 804 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 2: were up are up nearly fifty percent, while West Texas 805 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 2: Intermediate crew is up forty one percent since the war began. 806 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,799 Speaker 2: So again, the things are going on in the Middle East. 807 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:47,120 Speaker 2: We're seeing more and more threats back and forth. But 808 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:50,759 Speaker 2: again it appears as though that there are negotiations going on, 809 00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:56,359 Speaker 2: the fact that Iran's oil production is slumped, China's use 810 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:00,719 Speaker 2: as slumped. Rush's production has slumped because of some of 811 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,839 Speaker 2: the attacks by Ukraine. So it's kind of a, as 812 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,440 Speaker 2: we say, a very volatile situation. But hopefully we'll have 813 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,160 Speaker 2: a quick resolution to this and hopefully Tuesday when we 814 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,480 Speaker 2: speak again, that we'll have some good news. Well, folks, 815 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,680 Speaker 2: that does it for us. Stay tuned for ATI Radio 816 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 2: Top of the hour. I'm Kevin Gordon, America's struck In 817 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,760 Speaker 2: Network seven hundred w LW. 818 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 3: The radio comes in