1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: It's nice. I'm going easy Boston's News Radio. 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 2: Well, good evening everyone. Have you seen the weather forecast. 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 2: It's going to be an interesting weekend here in New England, 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: not only for the Patriots Denver Broncos playoff game for 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 2: the AFC Championship, but it looks like we're gonna get 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 2: a real storm. So we're going to be following that 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: here in WBZ for the next time a couple of 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: nights as we move into Friday, Saturday, and then into Sunday. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 2: And I may be joining you on Sunday evening from 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: nine to twelve at the height of the storm to 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: talk about how you doing. So mark that on your calendar. 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: You won't be driving around much, I assume after the 13 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 2: Patriots game, Thank goodness, they're playing on the road in 14 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: Denver and they're not at home at Julette. My name 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: is Dan Ray. I'm here every Monday through Friday night, 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: and most every Monday through Friday night along with Rob 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 2: Brooks back in the control room. Rob will set you 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: up with our phone calls coming up tonight after nine o'clock. 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: Last couple of nights, we've dealt with international issues Greenland 20 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: and Denmark and Davos. Tonight we're going to get a 21 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: little local from nine to midnight, going to comment on 22 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: the governor's State of the State address which he has 23 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: just completed at the State House. Talk about that and 24 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: talk about a couple of other subjects as well, and 25 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: maybe even get into what sort of preps you get 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: You're ready for this weekend anyway, Hey, it's New England. 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: You got to expect it. That's we deal with. We've 28 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 2: been lucky the last two or three winters and maybe 29 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: our looks about to run out. What we are going 30 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: to do this hours talk to four very interesting people 31 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: as are always going to talk about a blood a 32 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: Red Cross blood shortage, going to talk about escaping the 33 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: technology trap. Also let you know what are the twenty 34 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: twenty six best cars for the money. We're going to 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: talk with the managing editor of US News Auto's division 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: and first up friend of many years and a really 37 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: a regular contributor now to Night's side. She's here with 38 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: us every other Thursday night. Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe Cold 39 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: Case Files reporter. And Emily, this is a crime that 40 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: hits pretty close home to you, close to home to you. 41 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: Tell us about the arson at Saint Ambrose Church in Dorchester. Welcome. 42 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, Dan, this one really hit close to home literally, 43 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 3: I you know, I know I usually come on and 44 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 3: talk about unsolved murders, but this is a crime of 45 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: a different kind that I was a witness to and 46 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: many people in my neighborhood saw, you know, our church 47 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 3: go up in flames back in nineteen eighty four. 48 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 4: Wow. 49 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: I was a little kid at the time, and you know, 50 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: watching a nine alarm fire consume a gigantic church is 51 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: seared in my memory. Like I mean, I feel like yesterday. 52 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: To me, I'm looking at a picture of the church 53 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: on fire on the night of January twenty fourth, nineteen 54 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: eighty four. That is a long time ago when you 55 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: think about it. I'm trying to do the math on it, 56 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: and if I'm not mistaken, we're talking that's going to 57 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: be what forty two years ago? 58 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I know it's been a while, and that's 59 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 3: you know, one of the reasons I wanted to highlight 60 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 3: this case because you know, people are still around. You know, 61 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 3: somebody knows somebody lit this fire intentionally, and somebody's got 62 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 3: to know who did it, and I'm hoping somebody will 63 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 3: come forward because it's I know, it's haunted me and 64 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: everybody in the parish for decades. You know, everybody wondered, like, 65 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: you know, who could do this? 66 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: Why? 67 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: And thank god nobody was seriously hurt. 68 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: Now, according to the article that I'm reading, and I'm 69 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: sure you've you wrote this particular article back in twenty nineteen, now, 70 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: what's seven years ago, there was an arrest in the case, 71 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: I guess a few days after the fire. Police arrested 72 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: a twenty two year old unemployed rufer and charged him 73 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: with arson. 74 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, where did that go? 75 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 3: Nowhere? 76 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 2: You know? 77 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: You know, soon after the fire, you know, they you know, 78 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 3: investigatives thought that somebody broke in, and they came up 79 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: with a sketch of somebody that was seen acting suspiciously 80 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 3: near the church right before the fire, and it was 81 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 3: a picture of like a bearded guy with a ponytail. 82 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 3: They did arrest a guy and the charges were dropped 83 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 3: because of insufficient evidence. And you know, another interesting thing 84 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 3: you know with this fire, Dan, and is that right 85 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 3: before the fires started, less than one hundred yards away, 86 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 3: the Boston Fire Departments Ason squad was on another call. 87 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 3: They were on a roof directly across like pretty much 88 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 3: diagonal from Saint Ambrose checking out a dentist's office for 89 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 3: a report of like somebody thought they dumped gasoline down 90 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 3: an exhaust vent. Very odd call, but at the time 91 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 3: there was a lot of acing going on in Georgester. 92 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: I don't know if you remember back then, but I yeah, 93 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 3: it's you know, my mother used to, you know, take 94 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 3: the trash barrels and make sure they are away from 95 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 3: our house because everybody was just, you know, very fearful 96 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 3: of the fires. 97 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 2: So come back to the guy who was arrested. He 98 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: was arrested and according to the article that you wrote, 99 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: he's arraigned the next day on the arson charge, spent 100 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: the next two weeks at Charles Street jail because he 101 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: couldn't make bail, but the case didn't go anywhere. The 102 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: arson charge was ultimately dropped. Was he still a suspect? 103 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: Did they feel they wouldn't make the case against him 104 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 2: or or or did they feel we grabbed the wrong guy? 105 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 3: You know, it's you know, the guy will definitely said 106 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 3: you have the wrong guy, and you know they just 107 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 3: didn't have enough to go to go on and whoever 108 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 3: did it, you know, it's again it's this mystery that's 109 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: haunted me, and I hope that, you know, maybe somebody 110 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 3: will come forward and you know, give some information to 111 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: give some closure to this. And again, thank god, nobody 112 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 3: was seriously hurt. 113 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: But the church was destroyed, so rebuilt, I guess a 114 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 2: smaller church. Is that church still operational today or did 115 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 2: that go the way of so many churches in the 116 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: in the wake of the pedophile pre scandal. 117 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, no, a smaller church was built. And again, also, 118 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 3: I want to bring up to another weird thing about 119 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 3: this whole thing, is that just like a couple of 120 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 3: years before Saint Ambro's burned down, there was another ascent 121 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 3: at a Catholic church, Saint William's right down the street, 122 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 3: right down dot have. And again that's another unsolved mystery 123 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 3: that you know, hopefully we can solve someday. 124 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 2: So is Saint Ambrose in operation now obviously it's a 125 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: smaller building or was it impacted by the sale of 126 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: so many churches and properties in the area. 127 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 6: You know, last I checked it, it was still operational. 128 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, So this is. 129 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: I asked questions that I know, sometimes we don't script 130 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: this ahead of time. Has anyone reached out to this 131 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 2: guy who was arrested. I assume his name must be 132 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: out there somewhere. It's not in your article, which is fine, 133 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: and if you know it, don't tell me. But has 134 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: anyone said let's go back and check and maybe this guy, 135 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: you know, forty whatever it is, forty two years later 136 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 2: might have a moment where he'll tell you us what 137 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 2: exactly happened or do we even know if he's still alive. 138 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I I tried to track him down 139 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 3: years ago, and I tried, and I tried. I tried 140 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 3: like every number I could find for him, and I 141 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 3: wasn't able to. You know, my gut tells me that, 142 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: you know, since I've been you know, posting about Saint Ambrose, 143 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 3: I've actually gotten a couple tips good that I'm looking into. Yeah, 144 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: so you know which I will also pass along to 145 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: authorities as well, So we'll see where how that goes. 146 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 2: Oh, I'll tell you to burn down a church. That's 147 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: that is that is that strikes so at the soul 148 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 2: of a community. And uh, and I know how important 149 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 2: churches are in every community, but particularly in Dorchester. Well, Emily, 150 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 2: thank you very much for sharing the story with us. 151 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: It does rekindle some sad memories, and let's hope that somehow, 152 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 2: some way. I covered more than too many church burnings 153 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 2: in my career as a television reporter in Boston, and 154 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: I realized that there are things that happen in churches. 155 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: Candles don't aren't extinguished, and there are fires that occur 156 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: through no fault of you know, maybe other than carelessness 157 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 2: or negligence. But when you talk about arson, that's that's 158 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 2: a crime against the community. It's it's, in my opinions, 159 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 2: a crime against humanity. So let's see what can happen. 160 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: I know that if if anybody can can develop some leads, 161 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 2: it will be you. And if folks want to contact you, 162 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: who might be listening and have an idea or a thought, 163 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: or maybe even have a way to put you in 164 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 2: contact with that suspect of so many years ago, what's 165 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 2: the easiest way to reach you, Let's have let's go, 166 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: let's do that. We always do this at the end, 167 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: because it's important for people to get a piece of 168 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: paper write down how they can get in touch with you. Yeah. 169 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 3: No, absolutely. If you google my name and Boston Globe, 170 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 3: Emily Sweeney, you can find my contact and so, and 171 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 3: my email is Emily dot Sweeney at Globe dot com. 172 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: So of course, also they can get free of charge your. 173 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 3: Newsletter, right, yeah, absolutely, the Cold Case Files newsletter that 174 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 3: I put out through the Globe. You can sign up 175 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 3: for that and subscribe if you go to Globe dot 176 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 3: com slash cold case Files. 177 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 2: Sounds great. Emily is always always great to talk to you. 178 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: If I don't know if I've wished you a happy 179 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 2: New Year yet, but since it's still January, I can 180 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: wish you all the best in twenty twenty six, and 181 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,599 Speaker 2: I hope that many of these cold cases are eventually 182 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 2: solved during this year of twenty twenty six. Thanks Emily. 183 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 3: All right, thanks so much, Dan. 184 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 2: Talk soon when we get back here on nights We're 185 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 2: going to change topics and we're going to talk about 186 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 2: something that is of interest to me. I'm in the 187 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 2: market for a new car, and I'm going to find 188 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 2: out from Alex Quatton what the new car would would 189 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 2: be like, what he might suggest back on Nightside after. 190 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: This Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's news radio. 191 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: Well, I think that all of us, at one point 192 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: or another, if we drive automobiles, are in the market 193 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 2: for a new car, and every year people, many people 194 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 2: flock to US News to see what they are saying 195 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 2: about the best new new cars. We are delighted to 196 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 2: be joined tonight by the editor of the of US Reports, 197 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 2: Alex Quanton. Alex, Welcome to Nightside. How are you, sir? 198 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 6: Hey Dan, It's nice to be back with you. I'm good, 199 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 6: and we are here with the twenty twenty six Best 200 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 6: Cars for the Money. 201 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 2: Well, I'm I'm yes, and I should I should always 202 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 2: qualify that best Cars for the Money. So I have 203 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 2: kind of given a look here and it looks to 204 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 2: me like Kias and what other and Hondas dominate across 205 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 2: all the classes. Is is that a headline that that 206 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 2: that I can rely upon? It looks like Honda and 207 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: Kiah the most, you know, whatever you're looking for. Obviously 208 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 2: there's different things we're going to talk about what people 209 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 2: are looking for, But it looks to me like Kia 210 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 2: and Honda are doing really well based upon your analysis. 211 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 2: They are. 212 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 6: In fact, you know, we have we run these awards 213 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 6: every year and they are basically an award designed to 214 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 6: find things that are the most affordable vehicles but which 215 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 6: are also affordable long term and provide a good ownership experience. 216 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 6: So I think then, you know, like if you buy 217 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 6: a cheap car and you hate it, you didn't get 218 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 6: a good deal. 219 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 2: Oh, no question. 220 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, let's you. 221 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 2: Know, let's talk about some of them. And I'm in 222 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 2: the market for a new car. I was disappointed that 223 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: I didn't see a car I was looking at here. 224 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 2: But we'll get to that moment. So let's go to 225 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 2: the best compact car, which might be if you're single 226 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: out there and you're just looking for a really good deal. 227 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: The key of K four what's the advantages of that, 228 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: and what's what's the general cost? You know, because the 229 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: price will fluctuate. 230 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 6: Sure, So you know, the K four came out about 231 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 6: a year and four months ago, so late twenty twenty 232 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,599 Speaker 6: four as a twenty twenty five model, and this is 233 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 6: the first year we're being able to really fully evaluate 234 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 6: it because it's so new. But it's a super affordable 235 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 6: vehicle that looks pretty stylish and is pretty good technology 236 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 6: in it. Most of the key is, I think, you know, 237 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 6: if you look back and looked at kias from twenty 238 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 6: years ago and you looked at them today, you'd be 239 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 6: like well he's the same is this the same brand? 240 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 6: He has made a lot of investments in technology and 241 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 6: style and electrification. We'll probably talk about that in a 242 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 6: little bit, but they haven't forgotten that. You know, people 243 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 6: are interested in keys because they're a good value and 244 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 6: they really know how to make a car. When they're 245 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 6: building a car, they know how to cost it out 246 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 6: so that it doesn't cost that much money. Now the 247 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 6: k FO it starts at a little over twenty two 248 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 6: thousand dollars, which is just about the bottom of the market. 249 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 6: Now there's still more twenty thousand dollars cars right unfortunately, 250 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 6: and you know, even the even the top versions of 251 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 6: it are just around thirty thousand dollars. They just came 252 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 6: out with a hatchback version that's coming out right now. 253 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 6: The Sedan was out last year. Now there's a hatchback 254 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 6: and you know, even with the turbo charged engine, the 255 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 6: option all the optional things that the Sedan pops out 256 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 6: at under thirty thousand dollars, which you know these days, 257 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 6: that's that's a pretty good deal. 258 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 2: Okay. Now we got a lot, we got a lot 259 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 2: of room, a lot of roof to cover here. So 260 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 2: past mid sized car Honda Accord. Hondas have been good 261 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 2: for a long time. I've never talked to anybody who's 262 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 2: disappointed a Honda. What is the twenty twenty six hond 263 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 2: to Accord best missikes car? What's that going to cost 264 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 2: someone if they want to move up in size a 265 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: little bit? 266 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 6: You know, the Accord will cost you under thirty thousand dollars. 267 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 6: And you don't need to spend all the money on 268 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 6: bells and whistles on the absolute top model to get 269 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 6: the best out of it. What's really nice about it 270 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 6: is that it handles really well in all of the 271 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 6: all the trims. You don't have to like buy a 272 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 6: special sporty one for it to handled really well. And 273 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 6: it has lots and lots of room. I mean it 274 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 6: has a backseat that's like almost as big as a 275 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 6: Mercedes S Class. It's really huge, So if you're a 276 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 6: small family, it's got a big trunk. I mean it 277 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 6: just it dominates on space and comfort, and you know, 278 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 6: even the base model. I drove a base model Accord 279 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 6: a little while ago. One of our other reviewers drove 280 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 6: it more recently for twenty twenty six. You know, I 281 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 6: wasn't disappointed. I drove it up and down Pacific Coast Highway. 282 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 6: I liked it, so, I mean, I feel like and 283 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 6: it's got a good interior, good infotainment. It's very simple, 284 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 6: but it's good. 285 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: Let me hit the best mid sized hybrid car is 286 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: a Toyota twenty twenty six Toyota Camera. Give us something 287 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 2: quick on that and perhaps an approximate price. 288 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 6: Sure, the the CAMERI went all hybrid in twenty twenty five, 289 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 6: so you know, you can no longer get a non 290 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 6: hybrid canry. Basically you're getting pretty much guaranteed great gas 291 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 6: mileage out of it. I wouldn't say that it's necessarily 292 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 6: the most exciting car to drive. They used to be 293 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 6: sort of the six powered cameries and things. 294 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 2: You know. 295 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 6: It starts around twenty nine thousand out the door thirty thousand, 296 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 6: and it can go up. But what's nice about it 297 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 6: is that the higher hybrids in the Camera lineup are 298 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 6: a little less expensive than some in alternative lineups like 299 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 6: the not a hybrid and the cored hybrids, And the 300 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 6: total cost of ownership is very low, especially since you're 301 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 6: saving so much fuel. But even compared to other hybrids, 302 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 6: to cost slow. 303 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going to jump around here a little bit, 304 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: so let's get to an American crowd the twenty twenty 305 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: six Ford Expedition Best Large Suv. What are we talking 306 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: about there in terms of cost? 307 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 6: Sure, so I think people would be surprised that we 308 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 6: have a best car for the money that starts over 309 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 6: sixty two. The Expedition is there a really big vehicle, 310 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 6: and big vehicles cost a lot of money, as anyone 311 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 6: who really needs one can tell you. You know, they 312 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 6: are not cheap, even in the most basic form. However, 313 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 6: just because it costs, that doesn't mean that the alternatives 314 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 6: don't cost more or aren't as good. So one of 315 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 6: the things about that is that the Expedition comes in 316 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 6: regular max forms so that they kind of correspond to 317 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,239 Speaker 6: like the Chevy Tahoe and the Suburban. Suburban is our 318 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 6: runner up for that category best large Suv for the money, 319 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 6: and you know there the cost of ownership on the 320 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 6: Expedition is lower than almost any other model in that class. 321 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 6: It has a lot more room and versatility than some 322 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 6: of the alternative foreign brand alternatives like the Toyota Sequoia 323 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 6: or the Nissan Armada. The you know, the costs over 324 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 6: time was quite a bit lower. And you know, the 325 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 6: Expedition is also a really good toe vehicle. So there's 326 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 6: a lot of people who need something large for towing 327 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 6: the other reasons who you know, Yeah, you're going to 328 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 6: spend a lot, but you still don't want to spend foolishly. 329 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 2: Real quickly, I drive a Vovo. I've lost faith in Vovals. 330 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 2: The reason I've lost faith in Vovals and I don't 331 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 2: see any Volvo here in your best your list for 332 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six, but I don't see a Toyota. So 333 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 2: if I had a cross country, a Vovo cross country, 334 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 2: which is you know, twenty thirteen, it's now twelve years old, 335 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: what should I be looking for in a Toyota an 336 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 2: equivalent Toyota and what would it cost me? 337 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 6: As I can answer, So, we actually do have three 338 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 6: Toyotas at one. Yeah, they are the Como for the 339 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 6: best man's size pick up for the money, and the 340 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 6: Gright six, which is the best sports car for the money. 341 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 6: You brought that back this year after not having done 342 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 6: it for a while. Now, if you're really looking for 343 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 6: something to replace, like I'm guessing you have like a 344 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 6: B seventy cross country or. 345 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 5: Something like that. 346 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 7: Yeah, yep, absolutely, So you know, do you ever take 347 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 7: it off road? No, nope, in that case. You know, 348 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 7: Toyota makes a really nice car called the Crown Signia. 349 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 7: It's they would call it an suv. I call it 350 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 7: kind of a lifted wagon, sort of like a V 351 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 7: seventy cross country or an outback. It's not very rugged, 352 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 7: but it's a hybrid. It saves you a lot of money. 353 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 7: It looks really good to have it in some great colors. Honestly, 354 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 7: that's a great vehicle. And it's got a huge interior, 355 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 7: almost suv sized interior. Really it's you know, like it's 356 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 7: it's kind of a super duper station wagon. There are 357 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 7: no other really station wagon alternatives like that anymore. 358 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 6: Among popular brands. We don't rank pothos in this because 359 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 6: this is for affordable brands. But yeah, the Toyota Crown 360 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 6: Signia great under underappreciated product. 361 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: So what what am I talking about there? Roughly all in. 362 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 6: The Crown Signia. 363 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 2: You're look at it up as we talk. 364 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 6: I am in the fact, because I don't know that 365 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 6: one offhand. It is overlooked, you know, and we since 366 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 6: we didn't rate it, Okay, no problem. 367 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: I can't find it out. I can find that. I 368 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 2: can find that out. Yeah, I mean, is there another 369 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 2: car that you would recommend your other car expert other 370 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 2: than something like that. Everybody tells me toyot That was great. 371 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 6: Toyotas are great. They're they're quite reliable. You know, it 372 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 6: depends on what you want. There are not a lot 373 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 6: of wagon replacements out there, unfortunately. I love wagons myself, 374 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 6: you know, and like the I like the new V 375 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 6: sixty cross Country that's in its final year of production. 376 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 6: Volvo just ended the V ninety cross Country. Subaru has 377 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 6: redesigned the outback into a more suv like shape, you know. 378 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 6: So there aren't a lot of wagon alternatives. I think 379 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 6: if you're looking for something like that, you're really going 380 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 6: to get into a small suv at this point. And 381 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 6: you know, the Toyota Rat four is brand new for 382 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 6: twenty twenty six. If that's one alternative, I would say, 383 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 6: you know, the small crossovers like the Hyundai Tucson. If 384 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 6: people are sort of on a budget, that vehicle has 385 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 6: won the Douson. It comes in regular hybrid and plug 386 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 6: in hybrid, and each one of those has won an award. 387 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 6: From us in the last year, so I would say 388 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 6: that's a pretty heavy hitter, and that kind of like 389 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 6: it's a compact, but it's more closer to an suv 390 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 6: size space and all of them, you know, the plugin 391 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 6: hybrid is getting a little pricey for a popular grand vehicle, 392 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 6: but all of them are affordable and they stay affordable. 393 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 2: Well, Alex, a lot of information. You have stocked me 394 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 2: with your depth and with the knowledge. Thanks so much, 395 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 2: Alice Quanton. We'll have you back next year. The best 396 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 2: Cars of twenty twenty six and this you can just 397 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 2: go to US News I guess. 398 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 6: Cars dot us news dot com. You can find all 399 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 6: the best cars for the money and all your car 400 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 6: research needs. 401 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 2: Perfect sounds great, Alex, thank you so much for your 402 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 2: time tonight. I really enjoyed it. Always great talking cars. 403 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: Thank you such so much. 404 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 6: Thanks Dan, have a good night you too. 405 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 2: All Right, we get back. We're going to get to 406 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 2: the news a couple of minutes late. I apologize for that. 407 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 2: But when we get back, we're going to talk with 408 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 2: an expert on how to escape the technology trap. That 409 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: is a very topical subject to discuss, and we'll be 410 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 2: talking with Justin High right after the break. 411 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: You're on Night Side with Dan on WBZ, Boston's news radio. 412 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Ben Parker. Stress Nation, Escape the 413 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 2: Technology Trap, Eliminates Stress and Reclaim Rest. Boy, doesn't that 414 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 2: sound great? Well? The person who wrote the book is 415 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 2: with us, Justin Is it Justin High or Justin Hey? 416 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 2: What's the correct pronunciation? Justin? 417 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 5: Justin High? Thank you? 418 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: Hi Justice. Well I'll say hi Justin Hi. Welcome to 419 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 2: Night's Time. You uh, you grew up in this business, 420 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 2: as I understand it, you have have worked developing technology. 421 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 5: Yes, I mean not in the in the supplement world. 422 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 5: This is something new to us over the past four 423 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 5: or five years. Prior to that, we were in medical skincare. 424 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: Oh okay, okay, So how did you come to write 425 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 2: this book? What's the it's it's titled a national bestseller. 426 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 2: The book is Stress Nation. I assume that's us, Escape 427 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 2: the Technology Trap, Eliminate Stress and Reclaim Rest. I think 428 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 2: every one in my audience virtually I understand what you're 429 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 2: talking about. The book's been out for a while. How's 430 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: it doing? 431 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 6: Doing very well? 432 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 5: Thank you? Launched at the end of September of last year, 433 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 5: and it's only been a few months, it's doing very well. 434 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 5: The premise of the book is really behind the company 435 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,239 Speaker 5: that we have called Rebalance Health focused on cortisol, and 436 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 5: the book explains however the past thirty years, our cortisol 437 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 5: levels have increased due to technology and how it's basically 438 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 5: rewired our brains so that we now really can't tell 439 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 5: the difference between a true emergency, which is what cortisol 440 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 5: in our body helps us identify, and a calendar invitation. 441 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 5: And so the way that we've been trained to respond 442 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 5: to the sounds, buzzes and the vibrations and the things 443 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 5: that come from all the different devices that we use 444 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 5: keeps us constantly elevated in our cortisol levels, and how 445 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 5: that affects us as very linear. When our cortisol is 446 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 5: and stays high, it's very difficult to fall asleep. It's 447 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 5: very difficult to stay asleep, and you may call your 448 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 5: sex womans and your sleep. So if you're not, you 449 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 5: don't feel great the next day. 450 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 2: Okay, I will tell you I live a very stressful life. Okay, 451 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm a talk show I do four hours a night 452 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 2: as a single talk show host, nose. I have no 453 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 2: other person to bounce ideas off. Okay, all right, I'm 454 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 2: in my nineteenth year doing this after thirty one years 455 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 2: as an on air television reporter with CBS here in Boston, 456 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 2: and I have spent my entire life on deadlines, first 457 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 2: story in the six o'clock news, first story in the 458 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 2: eleven o'clock news, on television, interviews, research read all day. 459 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 2: I have a very stressful life, okay, And I'm on 460 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 2: the internet a lot, which I don't like, but I 461 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 2: have to be on the internet a lot. And when 462 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 2: I I want to sleep, when I hit the pillow 463 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 2: at night, I'm gone in about three minutes. Sounds to 464 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 2: me like I don't need your book, but I'm going 465 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 2: to read your book. Nonetheless, What is wrong with me? 466 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 2: If I deal with all of this stress and I 467 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 2: guess my quarter sol level and I've never even heard 468 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 2: of a quarter sol level? What is if I gave 469 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 2: you my profile and didn't tell you that I fell 470 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,360 Speaker 2: asleep pretty easily. My suspicion is you would have said 471 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 2: to me, how many hours sleep do you get? 472 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 5: How many do you get on weekends? 473 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 2: Eight nine, ten. 474 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 5: During the week. 475 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 2: During the week, I get off at midnight and I'm 476 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 2: want to sleep by you know, one thirty two o'clock 477 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 2: and I'm I'm racked out until nine thirty. 478 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 5: That's great. I mean that really is wonderful, and you 479 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 5: are a very blessed person to have that. And everyone's unique, 480 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 5: you know, no one, there's no set rule. But the 481 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: general population the modern world is stressed and are anxious, 482 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 5: and they don't thrive and operate naturally in your world. 483 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 2: Right, you're let me ask this is a question. Okay. Really, 484 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 2: technology has come along, let's say in the last thirty years, Okay, 485 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 2: I mean there was a point in time where most 486 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 2: Americans didn't have a computer, didn't have a smartphone, didn't 487 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 2: have a cell phone. How are we doing before the 488 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 2: arrival of laptops and desktops and cell phones and all that? 489 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 2: Is that? What's is that the technology that has caused 490 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: the problem? Or was there technology even before that that 491 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 2: was beginning to cause the problem? 492 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 5: Well, part of the book goes through kind of nostalgic 493 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 5: phases between the seventies and eighties and the nineties. Right, 494 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 5: it was the mid nineties when the internet email devices 495 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 5: started to prety take off. iPhones came only two thousands, 496 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 5: and so if you were called back then we have 497 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 5: and as a child when I grew up in the 498 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 5: seventies and the eighties, there were cartoon hours in the 499 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 5: morning and then we were done. There was no cartoon network. 500 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 5: There was a news hour, not a news channel. There 501 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 5: was even a national anthem at midnight, followed by the 502 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 5: waving of the flag, and then it went to static Snow. 503 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 5: You couldn't watch content because there wasn't any content if 504 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 5: you wanted to research, right, if you wanted to research something, 505 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 5: you went to the library or you looked it up 506 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 5: at Encyclopedia Britannica. You didn't have everything at your fingertips. 507 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 5: So what had technology has done? And I'm not bashing technology, 508 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 5: Oh he's amazing. Right, we've basically sped up our lives. 509 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 5: Everything is at our fingertips. Every movie, every song, every 510 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 5: book is in our pocket. That is what has sped 511 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 5: up our world. What has changed is we don't have 512 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 5: endings the way we used to have endings. The news 513 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 5: hour is over again on something else. I'm doing my work. 514 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 5: I leave work at five o'clock in the afternoon. They 515 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 5: can't get me because I don't have a cell phone, 516 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 5: I don't have email. They can't get a hold of me. 517 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 5: I am off the clock until I show up the 518 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 5: next day unless they call me on my home phone. 519 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 5: And so things have basically become twenty four to seven. 520 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 5: That is what I talk about when I save the 521 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 5: technology chat trap, because you just have to walk down 522 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 5: the road and you can see everyone looking down at 523 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 5: their phones. They're not looking up, they're not greeting people, 524 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 5: they are not smiling. We are addicted to content, and 525 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 5: technology provides us that content. That is what has changed. 526 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 2: That is a brilliant answer, and I mean that seriously. 527 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 2: That answer alone makes me want to buy the book. 528 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 2: I was in a grocery store parking lot the other day, 529 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 2: pretty good sized parking lot, and I'm going slowly, kind 530 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 2: of looking to get out of the parking lot, and 531 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 2: there's two guys walking to me. One guy has his 532 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 2: head down looking at the phone. I'm slowing. I mean, 533 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 2: I'm going like five miles from now, I'm going two 534 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 2: miles an hour. I finally stop. He's almost at my 535 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 2: bumper before he realizes, you know, there's a car here. 536 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 2: And I looked at the guy with sort of this 537 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 2: look of you're you're really an uncle ahead he thought 538 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 2: something else and he looked at me with this dead 539 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 2: in his eye, look like, what's your problem? You know. 540 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 2: There was no bad language or anything like that or it, 541 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 2: but it was just it was just as opposed to 542 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 2: like him smiling and saying oop, sorry or thanks for 543 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 2: not running me over. It's that guy needs your book. 544 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 5: Well it's it's it's really just a wake up code 545 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 5: to saying, look, we've been given this amazing gift of technology, 546 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 5: but we were never taught to use it as human beings. 547 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 5: We still need sleep, food, water, and exercise in the sun. Right. 548 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 5: We cannot hybernate looktic screens all day long. If we do, 549 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 5: it's going to be detrimentatic to unnatural circadian rhythm on 550 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 5: natural cycle, and we are going to see our health 551 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 5: unravel and a lot of the issues that we are suffering. Yes, 552 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 5: definitely an addiction. We're addicted to the dope being the 553 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 5: rush everything that we get from it, but it's empty, 554 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 5: it's empty, it's not really fulfilling, and unfortunately it has 555 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 5: a very serious consequence to our health, our mental health 556 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 5: or anxiety, our home oonnes, our sleep, our weight or 557 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 5: the above. And as a society, we want to run 558 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 5: to a quick fixed magic pill, and unfortunately it doesn't exist. 559 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 5: It's a combination of lifestyle habits, changes and awareness, and 560 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 5: the book is designed to help people become aware and 561 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 5: give you tips and suggestions on how you can manage it. 562 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 2: I'll tell you I'm looking forward to getting this book 563 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 2: justin High Stress Nation, Stress Nation, Escape the Technology Trap 564 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 2: eliminates stress and reclaim rest. And I'm looking at the 565 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 2: prices on Amazon. This is a very accessible and affordable book, 566 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 2: and I hope everybody in my audience takes the time 567 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 2: to read it because we got to slow down. We 568 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 2: can't keep going at this pace on Justin. You've done 569 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 2: us all a favor by writing this book. I'm looking 570 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 2: forward to reading it, and thank you for joining us tonight. 571 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 5: Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. 572 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 2: Right by the way, you get great ratings on this 573 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 2: book four point nine. That's a huge Amazon rating, So 574 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 2: if I hope a lot of people get your book 575 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 2: justin High Stressed Nation, Thanks again, Justin. 576 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 5: Thank you, You're welcome. 577 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 2: Will we get back on to talk with Kelly Eisener 578 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 2: of the American Red Cross. Here in Massachusetts, we have 579 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 2: a blood shortage on our hand going into a weekend 580 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 2: that promises a big snowstorm, So all the more important 581 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 2: that we talked to Kelly Eisener right after the break 582 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 2: here on Nightside, and after Kelly, we will go on 583 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: to the talk portion of the program where you can participate. 584 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 2: Coming back on Nightside. 585 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan Ray on ws Boston's news Radio. 586 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 2: Well, there's a big storm coming our way. They're talking 587 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 2: about very cold temperatures on Saturday, talking about a big 588 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 2: snow Sunday into Monday, and then cold temperatures on the 589 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 2: other side. That could be a real problem for all 590 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 2: of us. But it's also going to be a problem 591 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 2: for the American Red Cross at Massachusetts because right now 592 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 2: they have a blood supply that is I think dropped 593 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 2: thirty five percent according to the numbers that I'm looking at. 594 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 2: Who to tell us more about this better than Kelly Eisener, Kelly, 595 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 2: welcome back to Night's Side. Is this normally what happens 596 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 2: after the holidays you get a blood shortage or is 597 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 2: this a little more severe this year? 598 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 5: Hi Dent. 599 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 4: Well, unfortunately it's yes and no, because we do always 600 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 4: see a bit of a dip right after the first 601 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 4: of the year, which makes total sense. You know, people 602 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 4: have other things going on in December, they're not necessarily 603 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 4: thinking about donating blood. But what we're seeing this year 604 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 4: is just a more intense We are at the point 605 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 4: now where it's a severe blood shortage. You know, in 606 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 4: the month of December alone, we're talking about the storm. 607 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 4: It's all I've been thinking about. But you know, in 608 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 4: the month of December we had four hundred blood drives 609 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 4: canceled across the country, which again there's always snow in 610 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 4: December in some places, but that's about three times as 611 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 4: much as the same period last year or you know, 612 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty four. 613 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 2: So I forget how this works. But do you at 614 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 2: this point, can you say, Okay, in Massachusetts, the blood 615 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 2: supply that we should have for this time of year 616 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 2: is down below you know, where it should be by 617 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 2: ten percent or twenty percent. Is there a way in 618 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 2: which we can put that that concern into calculated into 619 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 2: some form of number. 620 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 4: Sure, well, we actually we do it in words when 621 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 4: we're saying that there's a blood shortage. I actually didn't 622 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 4: know this for a long time, but that's a very 623 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 4: regulated term where if the Red Cross is seeing what 624 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 4: looks to be the potential for a shortage. There's all 625 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 4: kinds of levers that we have to pull. We have 626 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 4: to talk to the FDA, we have to talk to 627 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 4: other blood banking agencies before we can even use that 628 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 4: word shortage. So if you're hearing that word, you know 629 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:22,919 Speaker 4: it's pretty serious. You mentioned the blood supply is down 630 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 4: by about thirty five percent, that's a nationwide member. The 631 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 4: reason it works that way is, you know, if it 632 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 4: was only in Massachusetts, if it was a Massachusetts blood supply, 633 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 4: then the Red Cross could bring in blood products from 634 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 4: other parts of the country, and saying, if you know, 635 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 4: if it's Oklahoma. So when we're saying it's down thirty 636 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 4: five percent, that's nationwide, which means what we're seeing here 637 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 4: is kind of what everybody is seeing everywhere. 638 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 2: Okay, So it's not as if Massachusetts is any substantially 639 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:56,280 Speaker 2: worse off than the country as a whole, which is 640 00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:01,399 Speaker 2: which is a concern. What would you like people to do? 641 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 2: The other question I have is when we have a 642 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 2: big storm coming in like this, obviously there'll be injuries, 643 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 2: there'll be car crashes, there will be some things that happen. 644 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 2: But on a really big storm, a lot of people 645 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 2: will buckle down for a few days. So does the 646 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 2: big storm now help you or does it exacerbate the 647 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 2: problem because you know you're going to have more people 648 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 2: who are going to be injured. Is there anyone to 649 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 2: predict what's going to happen in the next few days. 650 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 4: Well, I mean certainly we if people are staying safe 651 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 4: and not getting into car accidents and traumatic blood things, 652 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 4: that is a good thing, full stop. But when it 653 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,759 Speaker 4: comes to the blood supply, you know, we don't want 654 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,320 Speaker 4: people to leave their houses if it's unsafe to do so. 655 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 4: So you know, if you have an appointment and the 656 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 4: roads just aren't looking clear, obviously you want to reschedule it. 657 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 4: But unfortunately, when bad weather does force us to either 658 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,319 Speaker 4: delay or cancel a blood drive or we just see 659 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 4: a lot of notion because of the weather. Not only 660 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 4: is the are those blood products going uncollected, but then 661 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 4: also you think about if the roads are bad, it's 662 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,920 Speaker 4: harder for our trucks to get out there make deliveries. 663 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 4: I mean, we drive blood products from our headquarters in 664 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 4: Debtam to hospitals all over New England, so the delivery 665 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 4: process gets harder. So you know, we hear in messages 666 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 4: that if we're the ones buckling down, we're hoping that, 667 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 4: you know, people that are listening tonight's side in other 668 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 4: parts of the country maybe would make an appointment and 669 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 4: come in as soon as possible. 670 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 2: Okay, so let's let's let's talk to solutions. Tennight's Thursday night. 671 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 2: Friday is tomorrow and followed by Saturday, and then a 672 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 2: big storm on Sunday, which is going to go into Monday. 673 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 2: How quickly could someone who's listening tonight, who has some 674 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 2: time tomorrow or Saturday, how quickly can they get an 675 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 2: appointment to donate before the storm. 676 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 4: It depends on where they are, But honestly, I checked, 677 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,120 Speaker 4: you know, right before we spoke there were still some 678 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 4: appointments at various blood drives tomorrow. You know, we try 679 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:09,280 Speaker 4: to have blood drives spread out through eastern Massachusetts especially 680 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 4: so that would you know, make it as easy as 681 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,719 Speaker 4: possible for people to get to us. We have and 682 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 4: there's actually we've been building more fixed sights in MASSACHUSETTSS 683 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,359 Speaker 4: or like the brick and mortar buildings where you can go. 684 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 4: You know, our newest one is in Bedford. We opened 685 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:33,240 Speaker 4: in Kingston last year. Framingham. I can't name all theme. 686 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,879 Speaker 2: In the minute or so we have left, Kelly. If 687 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,880 Speaker 2: someone is motivated tonight and they say, look, I gotta 688 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,040 Speaker 2: I have some time tomorrow or Saturday before the storm. 689 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 2: It's kind of crazy to make an apployment for Monday 690 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 2: morning at this point because all the weather forecasters are 691 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 2: saying it's going to be a big storm Sunday midday 692 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 2: well into Monday. But if someone wants to make an 693 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,960 Speaker 2: appoyment in the next two days, or wants to make 694 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 2: an appoyment for next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday after the storm, 695 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 2: let's be realistic. What's the website they can go to 696 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 2: that they can navigate and find a location and a 697 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 2: time that would work for them. 698 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 4: So it's redcrossblood dot org. And then right up in 699 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 4: the top corner, the top right corner, you can put 700 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,799 Speaker 4: your ZIP code in that'll bring up all the blood 701 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 4: drives that are close to you. And from there it's 702 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 4: pretty easy. You just click on the drive you want, 703 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,040 Speaker 4: the time you want. We tell people, you know, we 704 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,280 Speaker 4: have a free blood owner at two, but not everyone's 705 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 4: comfortably using their phone. So redcrossblood dot org or you 706 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 4: can call one eight hundred red Cross. 707 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 2: Give me the one eight hundred number one more. 708 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 4: Time one eight hundred Red Cross Perfect. 709 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 2: Okay, well that's great too. Easy access one eight hundred 710 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 2: Red Cross or redcrossblood dot org and check up. In 711 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 2: the upper right hand corner, you can put in your 712 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,279 Speaker 2: zip code and it'll direct you to a location or 713 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 2: locations that are approximate to where you are. Thank you, Kelly, 714 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 2: as always, say hi to my palmate, and I hope 715 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 2: we get through the weekend, all of us safe and 716 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 2: sound and there is no real blood crisis or emergency 717 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 2: and major accidents. Thanks Kelly, we'll talk again. Thanks all right, 718 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,880 Speaker 2: talk to you soon. Nate is Kelly's husband, howais to 719 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,400 Speaker 2: work with. So that's what that is a little personal 720 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,200 Speaker 2: communication here at Nightside. When we get back, we're going 721 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 2: to talk about a couple of local issues later on tonight. 722 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about your utility bills and what 723 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,399 Speaker 2: the governor is proposing to do to try to make 724 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 2: them a little more acceptable. But we're also going to 725 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,759 Speaker 2: talk about a piece of legislation next hour, which I 726 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 2: have questions about and I hope you do as well. 727 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 2: We'll be back on Nightside right after the nine o'clock 728 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:50,280 Speaker 2: news