1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: Saturdays. Here is time to one one the Week's then 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 2: hot time. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 3: Today is my mind? 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: Turn on my radio just in time. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs. 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 3: Gotta me feeling fun. Yay Saturday. 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 4: Kaf I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 4: Tiffany Hobbs here with you. How do you do? Happy 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 4: Saturday to you. We have a lot to get to, 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 4: so let me just give you a little bit of 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 4: an overview because I want to make sure that you 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 4: know exactly what's going on. Of course, we're going to 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 4: start off with what we are watching, and there are 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 4: some big developments and a lot of major news stories. 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 4: At five point fifty, we're going to talk about how 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 4: melatonin is not as good for you as you may 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 4: have thought. Melatonin being used to help people sleep well. Unfortunately, 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 4: now it's been linked with a major health complication. 20 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: I'll tell you about that at five point fifty. 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 4: At five thirty, we're going to take a look at 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 4: a fifty year old Compton College student. 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: He's fifty, but that's not what really sets him apart. 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 4: What sets him apart is that he joined the football 25 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 4: team and is playing. I think everyone north of forty 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 4: just grab their lower back. 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: Well, he's playing. 28 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 4: And also I'll give you a list of the oldest 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 4: NFL players in history, so that should be a lot 30 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 4: of fun. Then we're also going to take a look 31 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 4: at what's going on with SNAP locally. There have there 32 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 4: has been some money issued. Some people did in fact 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 4: see money on their cards just yesterday, but that has 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 4: since stopped, so I'll tell you about that and what's 35 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 4: going on. There was also a major ruling that happened 36 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: just I think overnight Thursday into Friday, very re developments 37 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: with SNAP coming out of the Supreme Court. 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 2: Then we're also going to look. 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 4: At how air traffic controllers are surviving without pay. That's 40 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 4: our deeper dive segment. What are the air traffic controllers 41 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,119 Speaker 4: doing as they now go into what could be their 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 4: second month without pay, And of course, how does that 43 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 4: affect all of us who hope to fly in the 44 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 4: very near future. We have scammers gonna scam, we have 45 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 4: the viral load. 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: We have a lot to do. But first let me 47 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 2: tell you. 48 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 4: One of the things that was really interesting to me 49 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 4: when I was out and about today is I was 50 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: walking my dogs, and as I'm walking a restaurant delivery 51 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: robot roll past. Okay, maybe used to those things. Now 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: for me, there's still kind of a that weird site. 53 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 4: You know, it's just whoa, there's one of those little robots, 54 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 4: and we're used to them, but it's still different. So 55 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 4: after the delivery robot rolls by, then a rose by 56 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 4: with no one in it. You know, these are the 57 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 4: driverless taxis, driverless ride share cars. And then some people 58 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 4: rode by on e scooters okay, And then there was 59 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 4: a drone in the air, and I was like, this 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 4: reminds me of those pictures you would look at when 61 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: you were a kid in those books, and it would 62 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 4: be like a futuristic book and there'd be a thousand 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 4: things going on on the page. And perhaps it was 64 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 4: let's look into the future of what could be. And 65 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 4: you had your airplanes and your flying cars and your 66 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 4: robotic things. And I'm looking at this scape right in 67 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 4: front of me, and it has come to pass. It's 68 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 4: actually happening. And then I thought to myself, look at 69 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 4: all of these modes of transport. And then I thought 70 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 4: to myself, well, what's going on with airports? Once lauded 71 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: as being the most convenient form of travel obviously is now, unfortunately, 72 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 4: as a consequence of the government down, one of the 73 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 4: most angst written forms of travel, one of the most 74 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 4: frustrating forms of travel. As we now go into what 75 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 4: could possibly be now fully six weeks of a government 76 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 4: shut down, and US travelers are scrambling. You guys are scrambling. 77 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 4: I'm not a US traveler right now because I'm at work. 78 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 4: I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere. But those of 79 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 4: you who are traveling and braving what's happening are feeling 80 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 4: every bit of this heat. Just Friday, airlines cut more 81 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 4: than one thousand flights because of the government shut down. 82 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 4: This is, of course, in response to air traffic controllers 83 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 4: who haven't. 84 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 2: Been paid for over a month. 85 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 4: As the shutdown drags on, they're calling out in record 86 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 4: numbers because of all of the impacts to them, and 87 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 4: passengers are left making backup plans, getting rental cars, figuring 88 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 4: out other things. And even though the airlines have said 89 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 4: that maybe the impact wasn't necessarily as bad as what 90 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 4: was originally predicted last week, still expect this weekend to 91 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 4: be chock full of disruptions. If you're out there and 92 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 4: you're traveling, I want you to go to the talkback 93 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 4: feature on the iHeart app. Let us know what have 94 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 4: you experienced? Are you experiencing any of these any of 95 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 4: these pauses, any of these delays? 96 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 2: Let us know. Are you in line? 97 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 4: Is the line wrapped around the building as so many 98 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: people have said, and then some people are saying there's 99 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 4: no disruption. So what's your experience with all of this 100 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 4: travel or are you just deciding to forego it all 101 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 4: and just stay home like I. If the shutdown persists 102 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 4: much longer, air traffic controllers say that they will in 103 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 4: fact miss their next paycheck, and experts say that the 104 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 4: initial ten percent reduction of flights will rise to fifteen percent. 105 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 2: Or even twin he person. 106 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 4: So that is just chaos in the skies in every way. 107 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 4: As I'm watching all of these little things on the 108 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 4: ground roll by me, I'm like, maybe you all should 109 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 4: invest in ground transport at this point. Furthermore, eaten fire 110 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 4: victims say toxins persist after the major cleanup. It's been 111 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 4: ten months since the fires, Wow, ten whole months, and 112 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 4: fire victims are looking to return home. However, they're being 113 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 4: told that their areas still remain dangerous, and that's due 114 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 4: to a discovery and a study led by Eaten Fire 115 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 4: Residents United. It's an organization that finds what's going on 116 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 4: as far as toxicity is concerned in these areas, and 117 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 4: they said on their website that due to dangerous toxins 118 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: and poisonous chemicals, people shouldn't be rushing to move back. 119 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 4: They understand, they empathize, but they say that the findings 120 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 4: are showing asbestos led heavy metals and other sorts of 121 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,119 Speaker 4: toxins and that now is not necessarily the right time 122 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 4: to go home. Across from Altadena, getting into south central 123 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 4: Los Angeles, sex trafficking is huge. If you've driven down Figueroa, 124 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 4: a very popular street for sex trafficking for prostitution, you 125 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 4: might have seen no doubt what happens there. Well, there's 126 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 4: been an expose led by different organizations and they are 127 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 4: looking to uncover what's going on in these highly sex 128 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 4: trafficked areas. New York Times actually published a full on 129 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 4: expose by correspondent Emily Bumgartner Nune, a two and a 130 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 4: half year investigation that followed women who were victims or 131 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 4: actively involved in sex trafficking. It's called can Anyone rescue 132 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 4: the trafficked girls of LA's Figaroa Street? 133 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: So this investigation hopes to be able to. 134 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: Shed light on what so many have seen but don't 135 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 4: necessarily know the full details of something that something else 136 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 4: you might have seen. The street lights are suddenly purple 137 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 4: around southern California, giving them a kind of cyberpunk glow 138 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 4: we're used to what formerly were these warm, golden orange 139 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 4: lights that have become a part of Los Angeles' identity. 140 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 4: While in twenty fourteen they were replaced, twenty twenty saw 141 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 4: the full replacement of those that remained, and many of 142 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 4: them are starting to degrade now, causing these bright fluorescent 143 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 4: purple lights. So if you see that, just know that 144 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 4: the lights aren't necessarily decorative on purpose. 145 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: They're just old and falling apart. 146 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 4: The La Zoo is celebrating its first baby orangutang in 147 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 4: nearly fifteen years, born to forty three year old mother 148 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 4: and thirty one year old father. That can give you hope, 149 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 4: those of you who are looking to start families later 150 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 4: in life. First baby born in fifteen years and you 151 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 4: can see this new infant oranguting at the red Ape Rainforest. 152 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 4: When we come back, we're going to look a little 153 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 4: bit more closely at what's going on with Snap benefits 154 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 4: in California, what California families may have seen, could see, 155 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 4: and also talk about this major Supreme Court ruling that 156 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 4: came down and has a lot of people scratching their heads. 157 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 4: All of that and more right here on Saturdays with 158 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: Tiffany k I AM six forty live everywhere on the 159 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 4: iHeartRadio app. 160 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on. 161 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 4: Demand Saturdays with Tiffany until seven pm. 162 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: How are you? What are you doing hanging out? 163 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 4: Hope everything is going well for you, and I hope 164 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 4: that things are going well for the five million people 165 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 4: in California who are recipients of Snap benefits, with a 166 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 4: few million of them being right here in Los Angeles County. Well, 167 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 4: on Thursday, there was a glimmer of good news. Families 168 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 4: started to see Snap benefits back on their cards. Money 169 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 4: was issued out and people were starting to see sixty 170 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: five percent of what they would have received or up 171 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 4: to sixty five percent of what they would have received 172 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 4: had the government shut down not been in effect, and 173 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: people were celebrating that it was something at least, and 174 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 4: that also continued into Friday. Families all across California were 175 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 4: making sure that they were using what was given to 176 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 4: them because there was no assurance that these benefits would 177 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 4: necessarily be plentiful in the future. So there was a 178 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 4: more or less it's you can imagine, a dash to 179 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 4: make sure that people were feeding themselves and government Knewsome 180 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 4: read a statement on Thursday Friday that said, California will 181 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 4: continue fighting to ensure that our families can access the 182 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 4: food they need and deserve. Now by Friday, things started 183 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 4: to change. Things started to change, and there actually was 184 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: an order issued in which the Trump administration scored a 185 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 4: temporary victory at the Supreme Court, as Justice Katanji Brown 186 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 4: Jackson agreed to lift a deadline for the government to 187 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 4: fully fund snap payments for millions of Americans. And that 188 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 4: left quite a few people scratching their head because Justice 189 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 4: Katanji Brown Jackson is thought to be amongst the more 190 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 4: liberal leanings of the justices. She herself a Biden appointee, 191 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 4: and so people started, of course questioning the angle of 192 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 4: the Supreme Court. Here is the reality of Justice Kaitanji 193 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 4: Brown Jackson's decision now. 194 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,079 Speaker 2: She noted that the Appeals Court. 195 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: Indicated it planned to release a further ruling as quickly 196 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 4: as possible, and Justice Jackson said that lifting the deadline 197 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 4: for now would facilitate the Appeals Appeal Court's next action, 198 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 4: which she Justice Jackson expected, quote unquote with dispatch. What 199 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 4: that means is Justice Jackson. Justice Jackson pushed the ruling 200 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,839 Speaker 4: down to the lower courts out of the Supreme Court, 201 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 4: likely because the ruling to fully fun SNAP has a 202 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 4: better chance to pass. So for all of the people 203 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 4: who are I would say maligning Justice Jackson who feels 204 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 4: that she is acting in the interest of the Trump administration, 205 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 4: the explanation is actually that her ruling favors SNAP beneficiaries 206 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 4: in such a way that the decision now will come 207 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 4: out of the Supreme Court, which has a majority rule 208 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 4: and a more conservative leaning rule, and will be pushed 209 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 4: down to lower courts that are more or less comprised 210 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 4: of former President Biden's appointees, so it actually SNAP actually 211 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 4: has a chance to pass, and that those contingency funds 212 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 4: will be used to fully fund the SNAP program for 213 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: all five people, all five people, five million people in America, now, 214 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 4: when it comes to these Snap benefits, a lot of 215 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 4: people are questioning where to get food, and what is 216 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 4: being said is if you dial three to one one 217 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 4: in Los Angeles, you'll be connected to different resources. But 218 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 4: what is being also found is that that is not 219 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 4: necessarily producing clarity. That people are struggling to make sense 220 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 4: of what it is that they're finding when they dial 221 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 4: three eleven. So if you are interested, here are a 222 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 4: few places you can find food. 223 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: If you're in the Virgil Village. 224 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 4: Area, you can go to the BUVT Street Food Restaurant. 225 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 4: It's at five point fifty seven North Hoover. If you're 226 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 4: in Culver City, you can go to the Krung Cambodian 227 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 4: pop up inside of Bar and Garden. That is on 228 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 4: Sundays so tomorrow from two to five pm. That's on 229 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 4: Washington Boulevard in Culver City. If you're in Long Beach Bar, 230 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 4: Becky says that throughout November, anyone who shows proof of 231 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 4: a Snap Benefit card and purchases a regular entree will 232 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 4: have kids eat free. If you are in Highland, you 233 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 4: can go to Jeff's Table. They're offering free grilled cheese sandwiches. 234 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 4: No questions asked. And ham and cheese sandwiches for one dollar. 235 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: That's Wednesday through Sunday at Jeff's Table in Highland Park. 236 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 4: If you're in Studio City, Oi Bar is offering a 237 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 4: pay what you can pasta special. They are on More 238 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 4: Park in Studio City. That's Tuesday through Thursday and Friday 239 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 4: through Saturday. Check with Oi Bar for their specific times. 240 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 4: Torrance Farmers Market, Chino Hills Farmers Market, La River Farmer's Market, 241 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 4: Silver Lake Farmers Market, Hollywood Farmer's Market at Water Village 242 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 4: Farmers Market are all offering support with anyone struggling due 243 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 4: to the loss of benefits. They will provide free food, 244 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 4: and the Inland Empire Lucky Nick's Pizza is saying that 245 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 4: they'll offer free food at their next few pop ups 246 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 4: in Upland and San Dimas, and there are other forms 247 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 4: of help available. Just make sure you go to LAist 248 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 4: dot com, Last dot com for more information about restaurants 249 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 4: offering free food for SNAP recipients. 250 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: When we come back, we're going to. 251 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 4: Look at the fifty year old Compton college player or 252 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 4: student who has become a football player, proving that it's 253 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 4: never too late to pursue your dreams. It's Saturdays with 254 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 4: Tiffany till seven pmkf I AM six forty live everywhere 255 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 4: on the iHeartRadio app. 256 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: You're listening to kfi AM six forty on demand. 257 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs here, thanks for tuning in. 258 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: Let's get into some sports, some sports sports time. As 259 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 4: I watch LSU and Alabama duke it out on one 260 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 4: of the mini screens in front of me. If you're 261 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 4: also following the Notre Dame Navy game, Notre Dame is 262 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 4: up fourteen to seven, almost halftime. All right, let's get 263 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 4: into it. Don't want to talk about my Trojans right now. 264 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 4: If you are into football like I am, especially since 265 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 4: baseball is over and we're all looking for something else 266 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 4: to scratch that itch. Of course, of course we are, 267 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 4: you might want to turn your sites to community college 268 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 4: sports might not necessarily be a league you follow, but 269 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 4: there's a lot happening this season that involves not just playing, 270 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 4: but human interest stories. In one specific situation or story, 271 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 4: it involves Compton College student Orson Villa Lobos. He's not 272 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 4: your ordinary student. He's fifty, and he goes to Compton 273 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 4: College in pursuit of his knesiology and coaching degrees. 274 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 2: He wants to be a coach. 275 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 4: But what does make him a bit unusual is that 276 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 4: at fifty, as many fifty year olds are likely settling 277 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 4: down from a lot of athletic pursuits, no orson Villa 278 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 4: Lobos is going footballs to the wall. I'll say he 279 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 4: is playing football for Compton College at fifty years old. 280 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 4: Fifty years old. And the thing about it is, if 281 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 4: you are fifty, you know fifty isn't old. Okay, the 282 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 4: closer you get to fifty, the more you realize fifty 283 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 4: isn't old. But you know, things do change. I'm in 284 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 4: my forties and fifty for me is not old because 285 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 4: I'm nearing that, and so I don't want to think 286 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 4: of it necessarily as being that far removed from youth. 287 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 2: But there are some realities. 288 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 4: One of the realities is you wake up in the 289 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 4: morning and things hurt, and you will not have necessarily 290 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 4: done something to. 291 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: Cause the hurt. It's just a part of aging. 292 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 4: Your bones are acting differently and betraying you, and you 293 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 4: start to ache. 294 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: There are pains, There are. 295 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 4: Strange feelings and sensations and sounds that escape your body 296 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 4: as you get older, and the only thing you can 297 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 4: really point to is in fact, aging, and you can't 298 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 4: stop it. At fifty, playing football against eighteen year olds 299 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 4: and nineteen year olds who are in the prime or 300 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 4: approaching the prime of their physical prowess feels. 301 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 2: Like a suicide mission. 302 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 4: However, for this fifty year old student, or sin Villa Lobos, 303 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 4: it is a dream realized. He's back on the field, 304 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 4: he says, finishing what he started thirty years ago. He 305 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 4: played thirty years ago when he was twenty, and he stopped. 306 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 4: He stopped for some reason, and he wanted to recapture 307 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 4: all of that, and his coach, David ben Wellows from 308 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 4: Compton College says, quote, well, you gotta have great respect 309 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 4: a guy that's fifty years old and wants to play 310 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 4: this game. Coach and player are closely related in age, 311 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 4: by the way, So Villo Loobo says, I came back 312 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 4: to finish something I started a long time ago, thirty 313 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 4: years ago. That's my real wish. It's my real dream 314 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 4: to be a coach. As he studies kinesiology and coaching now. 315 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 4: He says that the idea to join the college football 316 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 4: team there at Compton College actually started when his son 317 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: made a small comment, and that comment was I wish 318 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 4: I could see you play football. I wish I could 319 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 4: have seen you play football. And that got Orson Villa 320 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 4: Lobo's fired up. He said, well, guess what, son, I'm 321 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 4: gonna strap up these fifty year old legs and put 322 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 4: them out on that field and you'll get your dream. 323 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 4: And of course people are showing up in droves to 324 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 4: see him play because he is a major draw. Now, 325 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 4: the thing about Compton Colleges, it's not just Orson Villa 326 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 4: Lobos who is drawing crowds and interests because of his age. 327 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 4: Compton College also has a father son duo on the 328 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 4: team as well. There's a father playing and a son. 329 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 4: How interesting, kind of like lebron and Bronnie. It's Lamar 330 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 4: Willis the father and his son. And Lamar Willis was 331 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 4: allowed to come back through the Junior College Association to 332 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 4: play because he still had some remaining years of eligibility 333 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 4: as a former student. I'm not getting out there to play, 334 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 4: but I totally totally applaud people who have this sort 335 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 4: of gumption, bravery, a little bit of foolishness, a lot 336 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 4: of luck to get out there and do what they're doing. 337 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: Now this is at the junior college level. 338 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 4: Let's just say that you have aspirations of returning to 339 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 4: the NFL or to some level of collegiate sports. Perhaps 340 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 4: there are players in the NFL NFL who are north 341 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 4: of forty and I have a list for you. Now, 342 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 4: the average age of NFL starters is around twenty five 343 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 4: or twenty six years old. 344 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 2: It's a young person's game. 345 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 4: The oldest team is considered to be the Washington Commanders, 346 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 4: with their players having an average of about twenty eight 347 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 4: years old. Now, when you think about those ages, let's 348 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 4: compare those to those who are considered to be the 349 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 4: oldest currently playing in the NFL. These are the oldest 350 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: current players in the NFL. We have Aaron Rodgers, who's 351 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 4: the quarterback for the Steelers. He's forty two in December 352 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 4: forty two or forty three, forty two, forty three in December, 353 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 4: he's up there. 354 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 2: You have Nick Folk who plays for the Jets. 355 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 4: He's a kicker. He's forty one. Matt Proder he's a 356 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 4: kicker for the Buffalo Bills. He's forty one. Joe Flocco, 357 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 4: quarterback for the Bengals, he's forty. You have Cali Campbell, 358 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 4: a defensive lineman. He's out there really putting his body 359 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 4: to the test. He's thirty nine. You have Morgan Cox, 360 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 4: he plays for the Titans. He's thirty nine. Jj Jansen 361 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 4: another thirty nine years old, thirty nine year old who 362 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 4: plays for the Panthers. Thomas Morristead plays for the forty 363 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 4: nine Ers. He's a punter. He's thirty nine. John Weeks 364 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 4: plays for the Niners. He's thirty nine. But they are 365 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 4: not the oldest ever to play back in the seventies, 366 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 4: George Blanda retired at forty eight years old after playing 367 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 4: with the Bears and Raiders. He was both a quarterback 368 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 4: and a kicker, and he played until he was forty eight. 369 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 4: In the NFL. Morten Anderson played until he was forty seven. 370 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 4: He was a kicker Saints and Falcons. Adam Vinettieri was 371 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 4: forty seven. He retired in twenty nineteen after being a 372 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 4: kicker for many seasons. 373 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 2: And the list goes on. 374 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 4: Many of the players are kickers, and I imagine that's 375 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 4: because you do that job and then you get out 376 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 4: the way. You're not necessarily your job is to not 377 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 4: get hit if your team is doing the right thing, 378 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 4: then you're not getting hit, which preserves your body and you. 379 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 2: Can play until you're forty eight, like George Blanda. 380 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 4: So if you have dreams and aspirations of getting out there, 381 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 4: go see about your eligibility. You might find yourself on 382 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 4: a football team and we'll come see you if you do, definitely. 383 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 4: So when we come back, we're going to talk about 384 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 4: why melatonin may not necessarily be the miracle sleeping drug 385 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 4: as it is known to be, because it is now 386 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 4: being linked with higher heart failure. This coming out of 387 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 4: a preliminary study, pretty rough study to hear. For many 388 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 4: p people who depend on they're melatonin gummies or I 389 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 4: hear people calling them melli's. They have a cute little 390 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 4: nickname for them because they love them so much. We'll 391 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 4: talk about your mellies and higher heart failure. On the 392 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 4: other side of the break, It's Saturdays with Tiffany k 393 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 4: I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 394 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 395 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 4: Tiffany hobbs here and I'm about to give you some 396 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 4: bad news. Don't change the channel because it's news you need. 397 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 4: But it's definitely news that you don't want to hear. 398 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 4: And it's not about your money. It's not about prices 399 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 4: going up. No, this is about your heart health, of 400 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 4: which we all should be concerned. And one of the 401 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 4: really unfortunate things is that a study has come out 402 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 4: linking something that many of you use to an increase 403 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 4: and complications of your heart health. What if they link 404 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 4: the use of melatonin. Melatonin is highly popular melatonin. It 405 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 4: comes in gummy form. A lot of people love those gummies. Right, 406 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 4: take one gummy knocks you out, You have a good 407 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 4: night's sleep, get your full however many hours you get. 408 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 4: But melatonin is now being linked to a degradation of 409 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 4: your heart. A preliminary study suggests that melatonin can have 410 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 4: negative effects on heart health. And this is coming from 411 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 4: the American Heart Association. This is a legitimate study. This 412 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 4: is not someone's conjecture, someone's assumption. This is from the 413 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 4: American Heart Association. So here's what we all need to know. 414 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 4: What as far as what this study is saying about 415 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 4: melatonin and its linkage to heart failure big picture, the 416 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 4: long term use of melaton was associated with a higher 417 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 4: risk of heart failure diagnosis. This is according to that 418 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 4: preliminary study, and it was announced just this week, so 419 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:16,959 Speaker 4: this is brand new evidence. Researchers looked at five years 420 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 4: of data for adults who consider themselves as having insomnia 421 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 4: and to have been using melatonin in a long term fashion, 422 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 4: and long term is considered to be twelve months or 423 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 4: more of melatonin use for most of the people I know, 424 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 4: they've been using melatonin for years, four years, and I 425 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 4: don't know. You'd have to look at your bottle to 426 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 4: see if there are any sort of warnings on the 427 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 4: bottle that say long long term use could be linked 428 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,719 Speaker 4: to linked to adverse health effects. I know for a 429 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 4: lot of common over the counter medication, if you use 430 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 4: it for longer than like three days, things could happen, 431 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 4: But we don't necessarily pay attention to that, or we 432 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 4: use it sporadically, so we don't necessarily feel like there's 433 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 4: an issue. But in this case, this study says that 434 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 4: long term melatonin use of twelve months or more in 435 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 4: their records compared to the data of other adults who 436 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 4: had insomnia but no melatonin use in their records, are 437 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 4: who was affected. These are adults who say they have 438 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 4: insomnia and have been using melatonin for a year or more. Now, 439 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 4: the data analyzed and found that adults with insomnia who 440 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 4: said they've been using melatonin for over a year had 441 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 4: a ninety percent higher chance of incident heart failure over 442 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 4: a five year span compared with non users. A similar 443 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 4: result saying eighty two percent or higher was found when 444 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 4: researchers analyze people who had at least two melatonin prescriptions 445 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 4: filled at least ninety days apart. So these are stronger 446 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 4: melatonin prescriptions. There's the over the counter gummies you can get, 447 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 4: and then there's the stronger quantity that has higher efficacy, 448 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 4: and those produced also results that show a linkage to 449 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 4: heart failure with long term use. Those taking melatonin were 450 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 4: nearly three point five times as likely to be hospitalized 451 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 4: for heart failure compared to those not taking melatonin, and 452 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 4: participants in the melatonin control group were nearly twice as 453 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 4: likely to die from any cause than those in the 454 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 4: non melatonin group over the five year period. 455 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 2: So what the study is saying. 456 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 4: What the American Heart Association is saying is that melatonin 457 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 4: supplements may not be as harmless as commonly assumed, and 458 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 4: that if their study is confirmed, that could affect how 459 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 4: doctors counsel patients about sleep aids. Let me ask this, Brigida. 460 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 4: You're here, welcome, welcome, Brigitta. 461 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 3: I'm over here just like horrified because I take militonin 462 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 3: or I did take it all the time. I was 463 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 3: just about to ask you, were you actually postpartum? I 464 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 3: mean I took it a couple of years because I 465 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 3: was having so much trouble sleeping after nursing all the time. 466 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 2: And we hung up, and now I'm over here just 467 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 2: going ugh. 468 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 3: But at the same time when I was taking it, 469 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 3: you know, supplements are an unregulated market. 470 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, what did I expect? What did you expect? And 471 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 2: so were you? Had you been using them for long 472 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 2: term use? So longer than a year, a couple a 473 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 2: couple years? 474 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, like consistently and taking like ten milligrams like 475 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 3: high doses? 476 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 4: Oh? 477 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: What's that is that kind of that's con say, I 478 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 2: don't take them so tony high. 479 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 3: I think normally people take like two milligrams. Oh, I 480 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 3: was going hard man. 481 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 2: Were you buying years over the counter? Were you getting 482 00:30:59,400 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 2: a prescription? 483 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 3: Okay, there was no prescription necessary. You can just buy 484 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 3: them anywhere, just buy the full foods or wherever. 485 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 2: I mean, name it. What was your jam? Were you gummies? 486 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 2: Were you tablets? What were you doing? 487 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,719 Speaker 3: I was doing the tablets? Oh yeah, okay, conservative? Are 488 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 3: you conservative? 489 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 2: Well that's where the hypotency becomes. 490 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 4: There you go, not the candy ones? Right, Oh, sorry 491 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 4: to be the bear of right Mario? Are you a 492 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 4: melatonin person? Did you have you enjoy the mellies? The 493 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 4: melatonis no, not personally, but just hearing the news itself. Yikes. 494 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. 495 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 4: And you know, my my concern always with melatonin or 496 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 4: any sleep aid was that I was going to overdose 497 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 4: and go the Michael Jackson route not wake up. Unfortunately. 498 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 4: But this is up there. This is pretty bad. I 499 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 4: know a lot of people who use melatonin. And now 500 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 4: the American Heart Association is saying that this is a 501 00:31:55,640 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 4: preliminary research abstract, that this is not necessarily peer reviewed, 502 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 4: it's not fully legitimized, but that they are in processed 503 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 4: forgetting all of that done because they want to legitimize 504 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 4: that this could very well be a major problem. And 505 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 4: at this point, I don't think you need necessarily another 506 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 4: study to come out and say it may not be 507 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 4: that bad. Take this one from the American Heart Association. 508 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 4: They're giving you a warning. They're giving you a heads up. 509 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 4: Don't wait for something else to counter or to come 510 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 4: out and say, oh, it may not be eighty five 511 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 4: percent bad and only sixty five percent bad. Just be 512 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 4: forewarned that melatonin has these major side effects with long 513 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 4: term use. This is very provocative and it warrants a 514 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 4: lot of attention. But I would definitely be more inclined 515 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 4: to pay attention than to ignore it. So I don't know. 516 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 4: I don't know, Try and find something else. 517 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 2: I think. I hear a glass of red. 518 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 4: Wine is good for sleep as well, as long as 519 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 4: you don't overdo it. And that's until the studies come 520 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 4: out and say that that can kill you. So you know, 521 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 4: enjoy your life at this point, I don't know. Do 522 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 4: whatever you need to do. Just enjoy your life. When 523 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 4: we come back, we're going to talk about a group 524 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 4: of people who are not really enjoying their lives right now, 525 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 4: but they're trying to make do the best they can. 526 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 4: Those are the air traffic controllers, probably the most important 527 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 4: people when it comes to air traffic safety. And as 528 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 4: they now enter there or in fifth week of no payment, 529 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 4: they've not been paid for over a month. What are 530 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 4: they doing to survive during this shutdown? 531 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 3: Or? 532 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 4: The New York Times did a major story on it, 533 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 4: and I'll share with you what they found out on 534 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 4: the other side of the break in our Deeper Dive segment. 535 00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 4: It's Saturdays with Tiffany I AM six forty Live everywhere 536 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 4: on the iHeartRadio app, KFI A M 537 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: Six forty on demand