WEBVTT - The Morning Show w/ Thom Brennaman -- 11/25/25 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.560 W all right, once more, we say good morning to 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:08.479 Dan Schwartzman from the Bloomberg newsroom in New York City. Danny, 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:11.760 how much investment in the US is President Trump going 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:12.400 to bring in? 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:16.520 It sounds like a ton. Well, that's an interesting question, Tom. 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:18.680 President Trump has to proclaimed he's brought the US a 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:22.360 historic investment boom, drawing pledges he says is going to 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:25.680 reach twenty one trillion dollars by the end of the year. Now, 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:28.680 the White House's own list of projects, though, falls a 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.080 bit short of the president's claim. A Bloomberg Economics analysis 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.239 of those numbers shows the actual investment promises are substantially smaller. 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.519 So who knows. He likes to proclaim a lot of 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:40.880 big numbers. And I guess we'll find out soon enough 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:42.479 what the actual number will be. 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:47.640 I reckon we will. Meanwhile, Ford is still going green. 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.040 Yeah, remember Montreota just said we're not going to left 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:53.360 Uker staying hybrid and people laugh at him. Well, guess 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:55.560 what good luck buying a hybrid to Toyota. They sell 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.320 like hotcakes. Now, Ford, though, they're sticking by their green 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:02.000 goals despite the political wins, with other automakers rolling back 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.319 or downplaying their climate efforts. Ford has tightened its supply 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.200 chain emissions targets and says it remains committed to quote 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:13.040 Big Pictures sustainability goals. America's second largest automaker has aimed 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:16.920 to be carbon neutral across its vehicles, manufacturing facilities, and 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.960 supply chains no later than twenty fifty, with a set 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:23.039 of interim targets kicking in earlier now. Ford says more 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.000 than seventy percent of the electricity used in its global 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:30.039 manufacturing operations last year was carbon free. I guess it's 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:32.520 a good thing, but must be costing them a fortune. 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:32.840 Tom. 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.360 I think you're probably right on the money there. Speaking 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:38.520 of money, our futures today. 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.360 They've now shifted back to red now that Dow and 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:43.520 the S and PR let's call it slight me down, 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:47.680 so essentially, you know flat. The NAZAC though getting a 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.040 bit better, but that's now down a tenth of one 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:54.080 percent from Bloomberg. Dan Schwartzman on news Radio seven hundred WLW. 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:57.720 All right, I eight eleven on the Big One. Welcome 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.040 to the morning show here on seven hundred double l W. 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:04.200 And today we have a special guest with us today, 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.960 first time on the program the new music director of 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.840 the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Okay, now I'm going to give 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.520 this a shot. I'm going to give this a shot. 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.760 Christian Macho laru am I clothes. 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:23.760 That's perfect, perfect, Gosh. I feel so much better now. Hey, 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.320 thanks for taking the time today. You know, you have 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.600 led orchestras all over the world and now you're coming 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.399 to our city. So welcome to our city. And how 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.680 have things gone so far for you? 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:41.560 Wonderful? Thank you. You know, I discovered not just a 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.679 world class orchestra, but I believe the Cincinnati. I discovered 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:49.240 the city that is so passionate about the arts. It's 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:54.520 so passionate about culture, also about being able to create 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:59.600 a community that really fosters world class musicians and artists. 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:03.400 And I was very impressed, and I'm so happy to 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:03.840 be here. 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:08.320 When you think about the CSO Sound identity, all those 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:12.200 kinds of years, the reputation through the years, what qualities 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.359 would you like to I guess nurture bring forward. 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.240 Well, it's an orchestra that, of course, as you said, 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:25.400 has an incredible tradition that is really centered around the 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.600 wonderful recordings that the entire world knows of the orchestra, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:35.960 and this sound, this really beautiful, cohesive, unified sound that 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.000 defines the orchestra, is one that I hope to build 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.880 on and to find ways that we can diversify our 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:48.120 styles and to play all genres of music. And I 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.240 don't just mean, you know, to focus on one small 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:55.080 little niche, but the orchestra actually offers so much for everyone, 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.080 and my goal is to be able to extend this 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:00.000 to all the limits available. 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.120 You know, it's interesting you bring that up because, like 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.080 a lot of things in life, right, you've got the 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:09.280 quote unquote traditionalist with orchestra, right, but you also want 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.840 to have something a little bit new, a different sort 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.880 of innovation, if you will. How do you balance those 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:16.000 two things? Christian? 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:22.120 Well, you know, the interesting challenge for an orchestra that 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:27.440 performs music by artists and composers that have died, some 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.640 of them, most of them two hundred years ago, is 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.920 to find a way you need to keep it fresh 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.159 and to keep it new, which is why we balance 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.599 everything that we do, as you mentioned already. But also 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.359 at the same time, I think we have to understand 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:46.360 and acknowledge the fact that all art at one point 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.280 was new and it was fresh, which is why, like 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.760 this week, for example, we are pairing our concerts this 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:57.280 weekend with a brand new composition written by a composers 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:02.400 that is alive and well asa and which focuses on 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:07.840 American tradition and American folklore. And at the same time 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.240 we pair it with an incredible symphony by Athony Voischak, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.200 who of course lived in the last part of the 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:18.919 nineteenth century and who was so important in defining American 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.680 sound and American tradmission. So this is really truly how 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:28.200 I see it, as a beautiful representation of both keeping 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.200 in line with the tradition and satisfying that the needs 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:35.200 that our audience has, but also challenging ourselves and the 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.000 audience in discovering the new voices of today. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.360 You know, I always find it interesting when you talk 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.280 about symphony Christy Anna, and it kind of you to 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:47.000 join us here today. You're always I would imagine, trying 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.640 to another sort of you know, balancing act. There is 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.680 how you approach building concerts that feel exciting and accessible 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.039 for people that have really enjoyed it for a long time, 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.320 while at the same time, what would you say to 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.160 those people who are like, you know what, I'm going 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.359 to give the symphony a try brand new listeners. In 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.120 other words, I. 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:12.880 Will encourage them to come to one concert. Don't commit 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.360 ten concerts. I think, just come to one concert and 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.479 if you have never been to a symphony call. I 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:23.720 think people are more intimidated by what is behind the 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:27.320 doors rather than the music itself. Because the music, as 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.760 soon as they hear it, I can guarantee you they 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.800 will be able to recognize things that they hear every day. 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:37.160 You know, on the street, in the buses and car 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.080 on the radio. You hear the music that we perform 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.440 all the time. So I think the courage is to 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:47.560 walk through the doors of our incredible music hall and 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.599 then to see what lies on the other side of 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.040 the doors. And I think a lot of people will 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:58.799 be surprised to discover that it's actually very easy, accessible, normal. 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:03.640 It shows beauty. Of course, there is a small ritualistic 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.719 part entering a concert hall, like you would enter a 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.960 church or any public buildings. Really, you have to enter 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:13.800 the respect and with an understanding that you are part 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:17.120 of You know, twenty five hundred people that are attending 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.600 the concert, But it doesn't require any knowledge other than that. 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.880 It just requires an open heart and an open mind 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:28.640 and open ears. And if you just follow along with 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:31.760 what goes on there, I think you will be so 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:37.120 pleasantly surprised, and even more importantly, you get to connect 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.880 with other like minded people that are looking for beauty 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.840 and are looking for a few moments of peace and 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:50.080 tranquility and entertainment and happiness, and we all share the 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.120 same those same moments. 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.280 Together, all right now, Christian, every conductor, every single one 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:59.440 of you guys, has a unique style upon the podium. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:01.640 What are they going to see out of you? 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.760 Well, I people tell me that I'm very energetic on 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:12.000 the podium. I like to be involved in the middle 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:16.080 of it all. And my concept about being a conductor 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:21.360 is that I'm less in charged and more leading, meaning 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.920 that I have to be, as I tell my conducting 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:28.080 students at times, that sometimes you're the quarterback, sometimes you're 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.320 the coach, but sometimes you're the ball itself, you know, 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.040 and you have to find a way to really navigate 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.679 between the different needs that the orchestra has a different 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.800 seconds in the program. But I tend to be very 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:47.680 energetic on the podium and very physical in my in 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:48.440 my movements. 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.840 Well, good, we'll look forward to that, you know, just 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.960 so people get to know you a little bit outside 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.880 of music. What other I guess hobbies interests keep you 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:57.720 kind of grounded. 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:04.520 I love the Actually, nature is a big passion of mine. 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:08.720 I love to be out in nature and to see things. 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:14.360 I love traveling and discovering places that speak of people's identities. 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:20.199 And I'd really really deeply interested in just finding stories 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.680 about people. It's something that I've always loved. I come 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:28.280 from Dominia myself, and I've traveled the world, and I 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:32.880 would say I have learned more about myself by discovering 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.240 other people then I would have done it if I 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.480 would have just stayed at home, you know. And I 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:43.200 think the beauty in life really truly comes from the 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:45.679 people that you meet and the connections that you make. 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:49.160 And for me, music is really the language that does that. 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:53.679 So it combines both my job and my passion for 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:58.000 music with my hobbies of finding more about life. I 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:01.679 like to know, I like to understan and things, and 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:03.640 they are really intertwined. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.760 All right, tell me one thing before I let you go. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.480 In the short time you've been in Cincinnati, you've enjoyed 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:11.640 what the most. 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:17.920 Oh well, I spent quite a bit of time around 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:21.880 the music hall, and also I live in over the Ride, 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.959 so I just I love walking around. I love the beauty. 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.600 Uh you know, I'm a big scan of colors, so 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.920 I love just turning on the street corner and seeing 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:37.440 the beautiful architecture with very bright colors. It's something that 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.760 could a smile on my face. Then the food that 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:44.760 I've been discovering, you know, going to different restaurants I make. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.840 I have a list that I that it keeps growing 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.199 of places that I need to see, you know, from 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.480 the best fight chicken, you know in the gas station, 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:59.079 to really the most sophisticated restaurants, and I enjoy it all. 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.000 Well, we are so blessed and lucky to have you. 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:06.440 Christian here is the new conductor and head of Cincinnati 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.760 Symphony Orchestra. 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I'm John Tucker Bloomberg Radio. 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:37.400 Alrighty, it is a forty on your Tuesday morning, This 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.959 rainy Tuesday morning, but here to brighten our spirits brings 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.840 a smile to our face each and every Tuesday. As 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:50.080 our friend Julie Isfording, former United States Olympian and for 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:56.559 the final year, the CEO of the Thanksgiving Day Race 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.480 in downtown Julie, you ran in this thing when you 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.680 were sick sixteen years old. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.840 Yes, I have a huge history with this race, and 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.400 as a runner, it was my favorite race. And then 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.400 I got the privilege, the gift to be the race 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.880 director after I retired from running, came back from the Olympics, 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.000 and it was sort of the next season of my life. 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:24.240 And Tom, I think both great things that happened in 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:28.360 my life, being in the Olympics, training for the Olympics, 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.800 and being the race director of the Thanksgiving Day Race 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:35.200 for the past twenty five years. I stepped down in 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.480 June this year, so I'll just be a volunteer this year. 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:43.600 Both ethers are so similar in my life. They both 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:47.839 challenged me, they changed me, and I poured my heart in. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:52.240 I poured my heart into each of those and I 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:57.839 kind of walk away not with a sense of relief. Tom, 0:13:57.960 --> 0:13:59.959 I thought I'd be so relieved. I don't have to 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:04.400 worry about weather and about you know, the police, the medical, 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:09.920 the Secret Service. I thought i'd be relieved, but what 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.920 I feel is like everything, like a sense of greed, 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:18.160 a sense of letting go. But I think the feeling 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:22.400 I feel most is a sense of gratitude, like thank 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:26.760 you for the volunteers for volunteering, the sponsors for sponsoring, 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:32.880 the police for policing, my family for participating. So all 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:37.280 that made me realize I was just pretty much an 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.760 orchestra director. I was the lucky one that got to 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:45.480 put everyone together on one starting line, in the chaos, 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.440 in the messy, in the most thankful day of the year, 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:55.680 all together and and be part of something that is 0:14:55.800 --> 0:15:00.360 so much bigger than myself. So it's so weird because 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.720 I got the family text, you know, for Thanksgiving Day dinner, 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:07.000 and I texted back it's like, I'll be there. Well, 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:12.400 I've done that in twenty five years, And the whole 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:17.520 family is putting little hearts on my text because you know, 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.440 it'll be nice to sit down at the dinner. But 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.720 at the same time, they were a part of the 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:28.000 race too, they were there with their volunteering or running, 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:32.240 so it goes to show you that it's not just 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:37.040 a run, it's just something so iconic and so traditional 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.840 and such a gift in my life that it's no 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:45.080 wonder I feel so much. But most of all what 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:47.240 I thought, you know, I fell in love with it. 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.480 To be very honest, I'm in love with this race, 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.520 but now it's kind of a different kind of love. 0:15:53.840 --> 0:16:01.840 It's a form of gratitude and just more of a softness. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.320 And it's hard to. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:09.400 Explain share with us because I was talking about you 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.680 coming on the program, and you come on every Tuesday 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.720 for those that don't know, maybe just joining us for 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:15.880 the first time. We talk about health, and we talk 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.440 about gadgets as far as things that are out there, 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.240 trends that are out there, all that kind of thing. 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:24.240 But you know, at the end of the day, life 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:27.400 is so much, if not entirely, it's about the people 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.560 you come across, and in your role with the race, 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.680 you were so actively involved in not only the planning 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:37.080 and execution and so forth, but getting to know some 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.840 of the stories as you look back, and I know 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:44.280 there's thousands of them, but is there anything that just 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:49.640 stands out in your mind? Someone, some charity, they were 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:54.760 running for relative, family, friend, they were running for anything. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.040 Stand out. 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:02.400 Well there, it's hard to twenty five years. I think 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:07.359 some of the really neat things for Cincinnati itself is 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:11.680 when we had the hundredth anniversary of the race. That's 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.439 the year the starting line was so full of people, 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:19.840 seventeen thousand people that the starting line we couldn't get 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.160 everyone over the starting line and the finisher started coming in. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.800 So that was one of those miraculous moments. I don't 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.760 know how we did it where we were able to 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:32.840 move people aside get that finisher through, and that became 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:37.400 an historical day for Cincinnati on a national scale. I mean, 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:40.400 that was on the national news and that made us 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:44.640 all proud because that's a sense of community of our 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:50.359 city is really really special. Another kind of miracle along 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:54.080 the race was the year that a gentleman coded. He 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:58.520 had a heart attack on the course, and lucky for us, 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:02.520 the ambulance was ten yards away and there was a 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:06.879 seventeen year old boy who stopped his race, helped get 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.520 that ran to the medical got the medical person there, 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:15.919 saved their life, and later that day he was at 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:19.800 Christ Hospital and had a quadruple bypass and his wife 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:21.879 said to me, I went to visit him. His wife 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:26.400 said to me, this race saved my husband's wife because 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.080 he was his arteries were so closed. He could have 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.960 had a heart attack at the Thanksgiving Day dinner table 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.679 and he wouldn't have had the help he needed. So 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:40.919 that was really cool. The neat people I worked with 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:42.840 over the years, I mean I got to work with 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:47.840 the Secret Service, squat the police are probably my favorite 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.520 people to work with because the demands on them. You know, 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.800 we need at least sixty five people to man that course, 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:00.040 you know, and this is this is off time. So 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:02.960 for them to show up year after year and just 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.840 be such a part of it, we always got compliments 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:10.080 about them. And of course a special tribute to Western 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:15.120 and Southern mister Barrett Keith, a one who truly truly 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.879 invested in the race and made it what it is today. 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:24.480 There's no doubt in my mind that he, I think 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.919 was the person, you know, my mentor the person I 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:32.240 truly looked up to. And then of course the charities, 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.160 Oh my gosh, the they are Cancer Center keep going, 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:41.440 twenty five Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Girls on the run Alzheimer's. 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:45.240 These are all local charities. But here's something great about 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:50.840 the charities, Tom, they also volunteer. So you know, we 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:55.600 had young like doing the water stop. We had keep 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.880 Going twenty five manning the split where the five k 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:02.600 and ten case. We had girls on the run at 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:06.240 packet pick up. We had big brothers, big sisters manning 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:10.280 the starting line. So you're getting that just is that 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.160 I was just the girl that kind of put everything 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:16.480 together and got everyone to fall in love with the 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:20.240 race as much as I did. So that was really 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:23.439 you know, that's those are the people. And you notice 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:27.000 the more we talk, the more the memories creep up. 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:30.320 We used to have packet pick up at the running spot, 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:34.120 that old little store and o'brienville. We're twenty five years 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:38.280 later now it's in TQL Stadium, So so much has 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.840 changed about our city and how much better it's gotten, 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:44.439 and I think the race has grown with the city. 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:49.760 And it's funny how you can sort of sit back 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.600 and be at peace with what has happened the future 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:57.080 of the race and that the race is in really 0:20:57.119 --> 0:21:00.280 good hands, and that brings me a sense of east 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:01.639 and gratitude as well. 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:04.960 All right, now I'm going to dig into actual race day. 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:07.120 I've run this before. I wish I could run it now, 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:10.440 but this hip issue I'm having is just not allowing 0:21:10.440 --> 0:21:12.800 me to do it. So I'm really bummed about it. 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:18.320 But for the first timer that's heading down there tomorrow, 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:23.720 you know they're nervous, They're wondering about the weather, They're 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:28.479 worried about parking. How early should I get there? So 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.639 if you just had some words of advice for the 0:21:31.640 --> 0:21:34.520 first time or tomorrow running of this maybe it's their 0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:39.680 first race of this kind. Ever, what would Olympian Julie 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:42.160 Isfording say to them? 0:21:43.080 --> 0:21:46.560 Okay, so we have to go with this beautiful spirit 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:49.879 of Thanksgiving, meaning I'm going to have a great time 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:54.000 no matter what. So if you go with that, get 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:57.000 there an hour early. It would be great if you 0:21:57.080 --> 0:22:01.119 picked up your pocket today or tomorrow TQL Stadium so 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:04.040 you don't have to worry about that. It's going to 0:22:04.119 --> 0:22:09.119 be cold tomorrow on race day morning, so gloves. I 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:13.119 think i'd wear tights, a nice sweatshirt, pin your number 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:17.040 on the front of the shirt. Bring a fun person 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:20.520 to run with, a family member, a friend, someone you 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:26.640 can do it with. Be aware of the chaos. One 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:32.720 of the most neat memories you will remember is when 0:22:32.720 --> 0:22:35.800 they sing the national anthem. You'll be lined up on 0:22:35.840 --> 0:22:39.880 the start You'll be with all these people and you'll 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:42.719 hear the national anthem and the world will be still 0:22:43.080 --> 0:22:47.080 for one moment, and in that stillness you will be 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:51.360 so thankful. You're on your feet with all these people 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:55.560 doing what you love to do. You're moving, and it's 0:22:55.600 --> 0:23:00.000 a beautiful tradition. The second thing you will always remember 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:04.760 member is finishing the race. So I highly recommidze. 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:11.080 Finish line we go, right, yeah, we. 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:16.359 Do, because I don't think we celebrate enough. Celebrate being 0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:19.800 on the starting line on the most thankful day of 0:23:19.800 --> 0:23:23.280 the year, so you're healthy and strong enough to be there, 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:29.159 but then celebrating those last youth steps in to that 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:34.120 finish line where you say to yourself self, I am 0:23:34.200 --> 0:23:37.840 outrageously wonderful and put your arms in the air and 0:23:37.880 --> 0:23:40.120 really smile, because they do take lots of really good 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.080 pictures of the finish and you want to pretend that 0:23:43.280 --> 0:23:45.879 the whole thing was so much fun and it was 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:49.119 no exercise at all. You don't have to be in 0:23:49.160 --> 0:23:53.199 a hurry to finish it. And the other thing, for 0:23:53.440 --> 0:23:56.919 you know, little things like parking. There's plenty of parking down. 0:23:57.119 --> 0:24:02.040 You need to worry about the little stuff, but don't 0:24:02.119 --> 0:24:04.800 let it distract you from the big stuff, the fact 0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:08.440 that you're healthy and strong and part of a Cincinnatis 0:24:08.440 --> 0:24:13.160 tradition that's lasted for one hundred and sixteen years, making 0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:15.800 it the old Yeah, it's one of the oldest races 0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:19.160 in the country. So it's just one of those other 0:24:19.400 --> 0:24:23.800 proud moments where I feel proud of our city and 0:24:23.960 --> 0:24:27.919 proud of the police, and proud of the big companies, 0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:32.720 especially Ohen. iHeartMedia of course, who keep this race alive 0:24:33.200 --> 0:24:38.960 and thriving and growing. And that's you know, It's it's 0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:41.359 a certain way to just fall in love with something 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:44.119 that it's so much a part of me and it'll 0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:47.000 always be a part of me. But you can fall 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:49.640 in love with something and then you just know when 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:53.200 it's time to step aside. So I stepped aside in June. 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:57.080