WEBVTT - 2-25-26 Scott Sloan Show 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 Do you want to be an American? 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:05.920 He's got those show back seven hundred WLW. We'll get 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:08.240 into State of the Union stuff. I think he's still talking, 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.400 so I'll wait for the President to wrap up and 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:12.480 then we'll talk about him and what he said. We'll 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:15.040 get into that just about thirty minutes here and all 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:17.120 morning law and on seven hundred w ALW. I want 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.680 to start with this though. It's an interesting, interesting topic. 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:23.439 We know social media is toxic, right It's getting harder 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.240 to find the value of connection, and that's what it's about. 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:29.080 It's about connecting with friends, and you can go on 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:31.639 and check from people from school and high school people, 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:34.519 you grow up with coworkers and your circle expands and 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.680 it's great. But we are also just absolutely swamped in 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.720 there with bots and trolls and seeming we have taken 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.559 over the interwebs. Matter of fact, right now, Kentucky lawmakers 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.680 are working on age verification legislation to protect kids. You 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:50.640 saw the big tech companies and the social media people 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.280 like Mark Zuckerberg and others who have been called in 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.160 front of Congress, and that's for kids right now. Adults 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.680 field as well. Here's a case in point so I 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:02.400 saw this real post by Tricia Mackie from Fox nineteen 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.000 and did a very unusual thing this week. She clapped 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.160 back at the trolls in some of the comments I made. 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:10.440 It was just like, you're shaking your head going that 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.319 this can't be real people, There's got to be bots. 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.280 It's insane. Tricia Mackie, welcome, How are you gay? 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:17.280 Thanks good, I'm doing good. 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:19.480 I'm doing good. Thanks for getting up early. Is this 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:20.240 early for you? 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:22.920 This is early when you go to sleep at three? 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:24.800 This is early? Yeah? 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:26.679 Yeah, all right, Well thanks for being a tripper and 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.720 coming on. I appreciate it. You bad so normally journalists, 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.240 I mean, traditionally, you guys don't go at viewers. You're 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:36.760 taught to simply shrug it off. Is that changing or 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:38.039 did you just hit a breaking pointer? 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.800 You know, I've always kind of been like a little 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.640 bit more outspoken, but still, you know, not rude. It's 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.680 not like I'm rude. It's just I don't you have 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:52.960 to get to that point where you don't really care 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.800 when somebody continues to try to like put you down. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.120 And I think all of us need to get like that. 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:00.720 If we listen to all of the negativity every single day, 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:01.480 we would never get. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:01.720 Out of bed. 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.720 Yeah, I think there's just so much. And I am 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.880 one of those people that I don't want to validate 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.720 anyone ever by firing back when they say something negative. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.560 I think that's honestly the worst thing you can do. 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:15.000 You can get in the shouting mass and that could 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.440 go on forever. Right, you know you're ugly, No, you're ugly, 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:18.480 or no, what your mom's ugly? 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:18.920 Well, your dad? 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:20.440 You know that whole thing. I mean, you know that 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:24.200 kind of thing. But why do it. You're just validating them, 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.680 You're giving them more power over you. But at some 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.200 point you just kind of got to tell everybody, Look, 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.880 I'm not gonna change. You can say whatever you want 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:33.560 to say about me. You cannot like me. You can 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:35.480 think I'm old, you can think I'm ugly, you cannot 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.400 like my clothes, you cannot like my hair. Because we 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:38.080 hear it all. 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:39.079 We hear it all. 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.760 I mean, all we do is really read the news, 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:46.519 and everybody gives us some kind of a comment about 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.640 every single aspect of who they are. It doesn't matter. 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:51.560 I mean, I'm in. 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.280 Talking talking the other Yeah, let me know what so 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:58.200 talking and I can't answer for the males. But I 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.239 talk to other female journalists or female anchors in town, 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:02.920 and they all have the same story you do. You're 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:04.960 just the one who addressed it right. Like, let me 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.080 recall again, dress, your age, you're too old to be 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:10.119 wearing a leather you look so unprofessional, and a whole 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.200 bunch of comments that I can't mention on the radio 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.280 right now about scrotums and things. It's crazy and all. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.680 But all the other anchors in town the same thing. 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.000 You're just like the first one to say you clap 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:21.400 back at him, and I thought the way you handled 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.320 it was awesome. You're just like, I don't really care. 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:24.720 Yeah I don't. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:26.840 That's the other thing, Like I don't care. I've heard everything, 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:28.280 And the thing is, here's the other thing. 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:28.600 This guy. 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.320 I get a lot of compliments. I get a lot 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:31.799 of people that are on my side. If you read 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:35.040 the comments, there's a lot more like pro people than 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.600 there are haters. Hairs are just loud and every now 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:38.880 and then you just got to like be right back 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:40.720 at I'm like, look, you don't affect that. 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.400 You know, Yeah, do you think it's getting worse since 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.120 COVID in particular. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.760 I think it's gotten worse is everybody gets on social 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.680 media for hours and hours a day. They just feel 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.920 more emboldened. They just say whatever they want, don't you think, 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:55.800 So what do they say to you? Do they say anything? 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.720 Or you're or a guy and you're more protected than 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:00.000 being I'll be honest with you. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.360 I don't pay attention, I don't engage. I just and 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:03.840 I know you're not. You're supposed to because it's part 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.000 of your tip. Social media socially, like it's a cesspool 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.920 in my opinion, like the people I want to stay 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:12.080 in contact with I do, and I should be better 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:13.640 at it right. So I'm like, I'm kind of like 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.080 the salmon swimming upstream here, Like I don't see there's 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.279 value in it for sure, But at the same time, 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.320 it's like, do you want to immerse yourself in that too? 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:23.960 I know people who are on it twenty four to 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:25.800 seven basically because they feel like it's part of my 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.200 job and you never get to turn it off. I like, 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.280 I don't think that's how you should live your life. 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:31.520 No. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.440 I like getting on there. I like seeing what's going on. 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.680 I like I think it could be used for powerful 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.680 things and good things like all of the dogs that 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.320 I try to get like adopted in better helmps. 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:39.760 I love that. 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.360 I love checking in to see how people are doing. 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.080 I love the positive stuff, I really do. I think 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.560 there's good positive stuff, but there's a lot of negativity 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.719 on there. I don't like putting my kids out there anymore. 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.440 I'll tell you that. You know, I really change from 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:52.360 putting my kids out there to putting my dogs out 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:56.280 there because people are a lot less likely to badmouth 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.720 the dogs and much more likely to badmouth my kids. 0:04:58.800 --> 0:04:59.360 Yeah, I don't do that. 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.479 Yeah, yeah, I'm a dog guy too, but admittedly attrician. 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.200 All the work you do to try and save these dugs, 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:07.000 some of those dogs are they're just terrible dogs, right, 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.080 I mean, you can't defend all the dust. Some dogs 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:09.560 are real a. 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.120 Holes, just like people. 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.680 You're trying. I'm like, come on, this dog clearly is 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.400 a jerk. It's you know, he's chewing stuff up, like 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.680 he doesn't deserve a home. You should just like live 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.640 in a kid. You should be in car sal terrible 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:26.919 trying to save all the dogs. Dogs. 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:28.560 Hey man, it's just like a kid. You gotta like 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:29.919 give them a little bit of love. And advice. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:34.359 Some dogs are just too ugly to be exactly. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.400 We only talk about the cute ones. That's like my 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.400 that's my thing. You bring on an ugly dog, it's. 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.599 An ugly dog. It sounds like you're kind of dipping 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.120 your TUTORTIONI mack into the into the Savannah Guthrie thing, 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:46.960 is that part of this? Does this play into your 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.080 you going off against the haters and trolls online? Is 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.720 like you saw Hanna Savannah and she may never return 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.520 to the Today Show because she feels and you could 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.760 see this, she feels like she has a hand in 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.039 what happened to her mom, which is crazy, but I 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:01.200 think that's how she feels. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.800 I think that she does feel that, and you know 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:06.080 that really doesn't have anything to do with what I did, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.320 just kind of like just saying, you know, enough is enough. 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:09.960 I really don't care. You can keep it coming. I 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:12.039 don't care, but I do feel that for her. I 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.240 don't know what happened there. We don't know, right, did 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.000 it play it part of it? Who she is? 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:18.440 I don't know. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.200 I mean, did they want that much money? I don't know. 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.440 I mean I think it's scary and I think it's 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.920 unbelievable that even yesterday she puts out like a million 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.000 dollars in what she gets to hate, Like, you know, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:29.960 why do it take so long? You have more than 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:31.480 that that kind of stuff, But are you going to 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:32.719 listen to that? That's kind of like what are you 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.880 going to listen to that? Or are you just gonna 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:36.800 like stand firm and who you are? You know? 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.200 But Tricia as Tricia Mackey by the way, on the show, 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.560 is as a female journalist, don't you feel like you 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:45.760 have to continue to put yourself out there, not only 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:47.880 when you're on the air, but off the air as well, 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.120 And so that opens your whole life up because you're 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.200 always trying to create content. That's the and I see 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.640 where she where Savannah Guthrie's upset is, you know, I 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.560 made a semi star out of my mom and maybe 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.479 that did have a hand because we should inside of 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.560 her house and she thinks that that's how they got 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.000 the intel to be able to go get her mom 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:07.960 and got Now it doesn't seem like she's with us 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:09.920 anymore at this point. Sadly, you hate to admit it, 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.200 but that's a reality when you're eighty four years old 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.320 and you've been gone for over three weeks. She's taking 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.200 that as she is the one who did this. I 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.640 firmly believe that. And so does that make you rethink 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.160 your social media policy? She said, you know, you don't 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.040 post pictures of your kids anymore. It's more about the 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.520 dogs and the like. I think we all kind of 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:26.200 have that awareness. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:30.800 Now, what's funny because I stopped posting about my kids 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.840 every now and then, I do, but my one of 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.480 my kids got a lot of backlash. I mean a 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.760 lot where you know, he's playing basketball and we were 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:41.720 there were several games, high school games, and we were 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.160 escorted out of the gym by police because there were 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.240 so much heat, because there was so much hate. And 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.400 absolutely one hundred percent had to do with who I was, 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.360 absolutely hundred percent, because you just don't like start like 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.960 trolling a kid on the court for no reason and 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.560 have to be escorted out by police. I mean, definitely 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.760 plays a role in the hate that comes with that job. 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:06.680 And you know, and I can imagine I felt guilty 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:08.320 about that, and so I'm like, what am I doing. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.160 I'm not putting my kids out there. They can put 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.840 themselves out there. I'll stick to other things, And there's 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.320 no doubt in my mind she has to feel terrible 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:16.600 about that, right, wouldn't you? 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:17.400 I would? Would you? 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:23.000 How many years have you been on TV or on 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:24.440 radio in and out there? 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.000 Well most of my life since I was eighteen years old. 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.600 So you know we're talking here at LW as a 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.679 matter of fact, just yesterday, twenty five years here at 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:33.560 seven under WW. 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.800 That's a ton that's an And think about, like and 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.040 think about how it changed from twenty five years ago. 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.840 There's no phone, no internet. I mean to find out 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.200 information about you, it took a minute, right, I mean 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.280 I had to like really like do some research you could. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.480 I couldn't pick up a encyclopedia and find out about you, 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:52.120 right right, I mean I had to like do a 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:53.679 lot of research, talk to a lot of people. And 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:55.840 now I can find out anything about you, know, I 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.520 just I mean even before we went on, I found 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.600 all these pictures of you and your wife's birthday, I 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:01.280 know everything. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.200 Yeah. Yeah, because it's out there and AI is going 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.960 to compress that, It's going to compress it even more. 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.400 Oh I am not a fan. I mean I think 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:13.360 it's just used in so many horrible ways. I mean 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.760 I think it's it's great the technology is going, but 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:17.319 you can't even tell it's real anymore. 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.280 Tricia Mackie, are you too old to be wearing leather? 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:21.920 Never? 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.600 You are never too old to wear leather? 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:25.600 Are you? 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.800 Another anchor I talked to said the same. It's like 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.600 it's the people, the trolls out there have something against 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.880 female TV anchors wearing leather. I don't know what there is. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:34.040 Why? 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.600 Why is leather like such a polarizing topic. I mean, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.040 it's very nice fabric. 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.000 When someone says dressed your age, what does that mean? 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:45.199 What's it? 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.520 Do I wear burlap? I mean, I'm fifty seven? 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:48.199 What what? 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.440 What is my age like? Can I Can I not 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.920 wear cloth at this point? Do you not wear cotton 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:55.960 after forty? I don't know. 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:57.720 I don't know, show up in a burka. I'm not 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.959 sure what people want at this but like, dress your age. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.040 But I think it's because the people who are doing 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.760 that are miserable with their own lives and projecting on you, 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:06.480 going wow, I could have done what she does, and 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:11.040 she's famous and very successful and gets all these accolades, 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.800 and I hate my life. And that's that's that projection, right, 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.880 just because the person trolling you is they look like 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.920 the bottom of a shoe that you know they're going 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:21.280 to project that on you. That's how it is. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:23.520 I think one of the things is, and if someone 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:25.760 says something negative ABOUTE, you'd like run to their page 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:26.960 and you want to see the face look like and 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.960 what they're wearing, and you want to fire something back 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.360 that you can't don't do it. Don't engage just like 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.000 you know, I just don't care. You can't run your 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.160 life like that. Yeah, I mean, why do we kick? 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.640 It's like when someone says, don't wear leather? Do you 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.200 think I should like engage with them and try to 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:41.800 be their friends. I don't want to be their friends. 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:43.840 They can have their opinions. That's fine. I have mine 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:44.959 and we can go our separate ways. 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:46.719 I think, you know, the ultimate middle finger to those 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.600 people in the next like tonight show up dressed as catwoman. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:57.719 I've got that off and on that rese catwoman? What 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.239 is keeping the cow industry in business? 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:00.520 Yeah? 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.280 And I think you know you asked me earlier about 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:06.520 guys and stuff. I think there's certainly a double standard here. 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:10.040 I mean, do you know what does Rob get does? Uh? 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.280 I mean Mike, Mike Schall, who I worked for three 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:13.480 years when I was in the night here at seven 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.240 hundred w W Mike Shall one of your part. He 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.000 looks like he woke up in a cardboard box and 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:18.319 nobody's going at him. 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.280 He wears a hunter's hat every day on the air, 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.280 and a hard time is me. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.960 Yeah, yeah, everyone's breaking You're breaking your balls and they 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:31.600 won't go after him. I don't get it. 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.680 The funny thing is like Rob and I will have 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.679 this conversation and Robin come, I promise you if if 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.800 Rob wore leather tonight, people would be championing at him, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.400 right they Nobody would have a problem. But it's just 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.560 the way that it is between men and women. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.959 I guess. But you you know, And I think it's 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.079 the format too with the Fox. You know, associately, a 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.120 Fox News will like to you dress. I guess maybe 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:56.360 I don't want to say a little more forward than 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.480 most anchors on TV. You know, you're not a pantsuit 0:11:58.559 --> 0:11:59.000 kind of girl. 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:01.840 I'm and I'm not really like a dress. I mean 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:03.720 I wear onevery now and then, or a suit. I 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:05.800 just I don't think you have to do that. I 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:07.839 really don't I think that I've been on TV what 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.040 thirty almost thirty four years right now, and I think 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.440 people know me. And it's not really like do I 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.360 have to put on a dress for I really? I 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.600 mean like we're just gonna we're gonna talk about the news, right, 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.560 And I feel like people know me. Either like me 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.560 or you don't. I don't like that you don't like me, 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.520 or you have like a campaign against me. But at 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.480 this point you probably have your mind made up, you know, 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.040 don't you agree with that? I mean, like you're the 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:31.600 same boat. 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:35.120 Yeah, yeah, And if you if you care about that stuff, 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:37.199 then you're never going to get a good night's sleep, right, 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.320 Or you're trying to please everybody and you just have to. 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.760 And I think a lot of people get everybody in 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.600 this business and our TV what everybody self esteem issues. 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.360 That's why you're in it, and so you know a 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.080 lot of those people take that crap to heart. You 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.920 just it's a turning point. Either you accept and go 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.480 like I can't change your opinion, I'll just tune you out, 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.080 or if you care a lot and try to change 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:56.320 what you're doing, you're gonna be a mess. 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.280 You genuinely can't care. At some point you can get 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.120 your feeling shirt anymore, or you will never get out 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.360 of bed. You would never be on TV if you 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.679 if you have thin skin, you just you can't do 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:10.400 the job. You cannot do the job because it doesn't 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.319 matter if you're talking about, you know, a quadruple murder 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.520 last night, you will still get emails and comments that 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.320 people think your eyebrows are too dark? 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:21.920 Right, what's the worst thing? 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.480 Somebody said it? Like literally, like wow, that that's stung. 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:25.319 That hurt? What is it? 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:26.640 Oh? 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:27.560 You name it? 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:27.839 I don't. 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:28.640 I mean, what's the worst. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:29.200 I don't know. 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.400 I mean everything. I mean everything. I mean my hair 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.520 is too short, it's too blonde, it's too dark, it's 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:40.000 too long, my eyebrows, my ears, my nose, my lipstick, clothing, 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:47.600 you know, height, weight, old, you know everything. However, I mean, 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:49.240 I really want to point out there's just there's so 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.240 many more positive people. There really are people. People stop 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:53.959 me all the time and they're great. You know, there 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.480 are there are negative people. But but they don't run. 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:59.079 They don't run me. They'll never ruin my life. They 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.000 you know, they just don't. But I will tell you this. 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.160 You know, when you make a social media post. I 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.720 hate the feeling when you go to bed and you 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.600 think that's struck a nerve and you're always having that 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:11.640 feeling like you're waiting for the other shoe to drop. 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:15.000 I hate that feeling. It hurts my stomach. I hate that, 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:17.640 so I try not to make those posts. And even 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.240 when I make a post about something that was going on, 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.960 can say like the downtown brawl, I will get these 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:27.880 comments and threats and all I'm doing is my job. 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.360 All I'm doing is telling you about the news, and 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.040 that hurts my heart. I hate that. I would much 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:37.680 rather be told I'm ugly or I'm old, other than 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.040 getting like a death threat for doing the news. 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.400 You understand I'm saying, yeah, yeah, But you know, I mean, 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.880 you work really hard at staying in shape and being invited, 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:46.920 and it's like you don't get credit for that. People 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:48.960 are jealous of that. Well you you know what, you 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:50.200 busting your ass. They're not. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.280 Yeah, I mean I am. I mean I sleep like 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.360 four or five hours because I have to make time 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:56.840 to get in the gym every day. I eat well, 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.360 take care of myself, and you get hate for it. 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.120 But you know, I get a lot of love too. 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:02.920 I have to keep thinking about that. I mean, look 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.000 at you. I mean, I'm on your show today. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.280 Yeah, does is it any worse than that? If you know, 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:09.680 if this, if the criticism then't sucked before now being 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.120 on my show, for God's sake, It's just it's not 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:13.920 how you this now you just start the back half 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:14.560 of the weak woman. 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.200 This as long as coming him doesn't call me. 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:23.080 Today, well that creep. I think Willie's he's had vacation, 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:24.960 I think all months. So I think you're I think you're. 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.000 Broadcast broadcast in Florida now the good Life. 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.160 Well, yeah, the thing is when people don't know about this. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.640 He actually died in nineteen ninety two, and this is ai. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.600 It's just where were running and using his voice and likeness, 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.640 and even though we say, you know, it's guaranteed human, 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.960 you know Willie is, it's it's unwraun Yeah, I think 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.200 Willy's coming back actually a couple of weeks here, so Breg, 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:45.640 you know what you like us. We spent a lot 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.320 of time doing this, and he's been a little business, 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.600 you know, a lot longer than we have. You amass 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:51.520 a lot of vacation days you needed to to get 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:55.840 you know, to to check out. Absolutely deserves it. Tricia Mackie, 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:59.400 of course, anchored Fox nineteen. I guess pulling the curtain 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.600 back here and saying, listen, I'm going to clap back 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.200 at people who are trolling me about dressing my age. 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.440 And you're too old to being wearing a leather and 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.960 you look unprofessionally. Your hair's too short, your hair's too long, 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.240 your outfits are terrible. It's just, you know, you think 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.240 social media is bad for kids and people, it's far 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:17.480 worse for someone like Tricia. And I said, yeah, I 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.080 think there is a double standard when it comes to 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.440 mat or maybe men just don't don't care about this stuff. 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.840 But I think you're the only one who's actually said, 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:25.120 you know what, I'm going to address this issue in 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.240 a reel. It's on Facebook and our social feeds, so 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:31.040 check that out. It was kind of yeah, it was good, 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:32.760 but it was great though. I thought, Wow, it's about 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.280 time somebody said this. Yeah, especially since in the contextas 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:36.960 of Annah Guthry. 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:39.680 Yeah, and Scott, you think about like everybody that does 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.360 everything for a living, I mean, you know, a CEO, 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:46.840 a clerk, I mean anything in between, right at any job. Yeah, 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:51.400 are they constantly all day long being told and scrutinized 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.560 about what they look like, what they wear, or or 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.040 how they do their job? I mean, by the mass 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.880 and bite thousands of people they're not. It's a hard 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:03.400 job to do it. I mean, it's putting up with 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.600 with the hate comments. You know, it gets to a 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.640 point where you have to just either quit your job 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.080 and move away or you have to just face it. 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:14.919 Well, look at these poor people. That the guy who 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.600 owns that furniture store I remember because it's the guy 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.800 in Tennessee or whatever put some comments up and they 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.159 docked him. But then they thought it was a guy 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.240 in Kentucky locally. It's like, what, we're in the same 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.359 name store. It's not. We have nothing to do with this, 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.720 and this guy is his life is completely upend and 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:30.560 he didn't do anything. 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:32.760 Yeah, nuts, man. 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.280 It's crazy, It is crazy, all right, Tricia mackew Fox nineteen. 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.119 Later on today, I appreciate you get up early in 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.080 chatting with me, and good for you. Good you know what, 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.240 good for you you show him? Uch Man, good job, 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:45.480 good job. 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.000 I'm I might clap back at you today later. 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.360 Oh man, she now I gave her too much ammunition 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:51.560 here or is the thing? But you know what I 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:55.119 would I wouldn't care there you go, it rolls up 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.680 there like whatever. It's like, okay, fine, hey, all the 0:17:57.720 --> 0:17:58.160 best friends. 0:17:58.160 --> 0:17:59.480 I think we all felt like that it'd be a 0:17:59.480 --> 0:17:59.960 better place. 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.640 All right, thanks for joining the show. I appreciate you, 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:04.800 all right, take care they go Tricia Mackie on the 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.160 show on Fox nineteen and yeah, it's not just kids, 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:10.040 and we're trying to create these laws like in Kentucky 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.600 age verification. That's all common sense stuff. But adults are 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.440 I think, can be far worse than kids sometimes for real. 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.080 Scott's Sloan Show will talk about the state of the 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.960 Union and what happened last night that I think some 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.520 people are getting wrong because we live in a state 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.640 where everything is polarized. Rather that's a state of mind 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.919 these days. We'll talk about that coming up next afternoons 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:36.520 on seven hundred WW this is scott'slone show, seven hundred 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.720 w alwit just that's kind of I think it was 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:42.200 a good conversation Tricia Mackie. Something that's just went viral 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.159 here in Cincinnati, and I was looking at her numbers 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.879 and man, it just really took off, and you know, 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:48.480 just the social media. The problem we all have with 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.480 social media. It's great is you can stay connected with 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.480 folks and learn stuff and see new ideas or have 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:55.560 your beliefs validated wherever it might be. We know the 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.800 algorithm does that. But you know the idea that there 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:00.879 are people out there, and I don't know how many 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.439 these are bots or trolled, but yeah, people trolling other 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:07.439 folks like I just I you just picture something us 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.920 sitting there in their pajamas, who's not really happy with 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:12.719 their life, just taking shots of folks because you can 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:14.040 get away with it and you don't know who they are. 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:18.320 So I'm good for her for taking a stand for sure. Anyway, 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.080 other stuff going on. I know, if you know this, 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:22.040 there's a State of the Union address last night, and 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.639 I believe the President is just wrapping up wrapping up 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:28.919 with Scott Its minutes ago. That was long. I couldn't 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:30.400 make it through the whole thing. I know about you. 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:34.119 I went back and watched like the last twenty thirty 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:36.120 minutes of it this morning, just because I know it's 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:38.800 going to wind up talking about it too. But I 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:42.280 think the highlight of the whole thing was an actual 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.680 moment of unity, which is really really rare that the 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.520 Democrats stood up and applauded. So, you know, something weird 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:50.640 was going on. Where twenty twenty five US men's hockey 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:52.639 team members were at the State of the Union last night. 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:54.480 I like it was at the beginning of it. I 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:57.399 thought that was great. There are five players who missed it, 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:59.199 and of course the question as well, they're making a 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.760 political statement. No, they simply chose to get back to practice. 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.160 The NHL season resumes today as a matter of fact, 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:08.240 and so there's very little time. Each member of the 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:11.680 US men's hockey team essentially has to get approval from 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:13.520 their home club to to have gone to the State 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:14.760 of the Union and say, hey, you know, we need 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:17.160 you back here. We're in a Stanley Cup chase. We've 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:20.119 got twenty five games left roughly, and we're going to 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:22.320 make a push. And so the five players that did 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:24.840 are in that fight right now, and including you know, 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:27.119 I thought it was cool that Connor Hellibuk was there 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:29.840 from Winnipeg, so that's a bit of a trip for him. 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:31.960 But you know, taking that victory lap and how many 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.800 more times you're gonna be able to or how is 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:36.160 it going to ever happen again in your life where 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:37.439 you get to do what they did last night. I 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:40.440 thought that was really cool. I know that like everything 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:43.840 in politics and especially in life today, everything is polarizing. 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:46.639 You're on either one side or the other. And some 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:48.639 of the comments about the US men's hockey team being 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:50.000 there last night of the State and the State of 0:20:50.000 --> 0:20:54.560 the Union that somehow they they you know, the feel 0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:56.520 on this the take and it's not just one person, 0:20:56.560 --> 0:20:58.439 it's a lot of people feel like, well, you know, 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:01.240 they align themselves with Trump and you know, they laughed 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:04.760 as this misogenic joke and they're partying with Kesh Patel 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:06.840 and the State of the Union and they turned their 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:12.400 gold medal triumph into partisan politics and today's climate, you know, 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:15.120 you are now have a hand in the Trump regime 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:16.960 and all this. You've got to read the room and 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:18.920 you should be above this. Sole thing is shut the 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:23.080 hell up, you know, and he's be able to do this, 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:28.320 in my opinion, are doing exactly what they're criticizing the 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:32.240 idea that the team, the US hockey team politicized the moment. 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:35.879 But anyone who says this, you're politicizing the moment the 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:40.560 team won a gold medal. It's full stop. Yeah, taking 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:42.679 a call from a president in a locker room is 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:47.720 not a political association or political act. I mean, since 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:50.879 teams have been professional champions are not even professional college 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:53.000 team championship teams have visited the White House, they if 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:56.760 accepted congratulations from presidents across party lines for decades. I 0:21:56.800 --> 0:21:58.640 don't know why are we because they won the gold 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:01.840 medal holding them to wait some sort of weird standard 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:04.760 out because they're so polarized. That's not their fault. I mean, 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:06.520 you're born into the times, right, you don't get to 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:09.600 choose what eras you live in. And they won a 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:11.840 gold medal and had every right and should have gone there. 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:16.600 You know, the the the political calculator, like somehow the 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:20.160 athletes are doing the political calculus on this is insane. 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:22.879 You've got to be more savvy. You've got to be 0:22:22.960 --> 0:22:26.920 savvy about your the opstacle. That why you're asking them 0:22:26.960 --> 0:22:32.879 to be political when clearly they're not a sign and 0:22:32.920 --> 0:22:35.640 you're you know, you're assigning this responsibility to the wrong party. 0:22:35.640 --> 0:22:38.080 It's not in the US hockey team. And the fact 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:40.480 of the matter is, if we can't be happy for 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:43.600 a few days about winning two gold medals in hockey 0:22:44.480 --> 0:22:50.000 without becoming some sort of culture war flash point. I 0:22:50.000 --> 0:22:51.919 I you know, now we're going to manage how we 0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:57.960 celebrate winning a gold medal. I mean, and I don't 0:22:57.960 --> 0:23:00.280 think did we really lose unity over this because I 0:23:00.320 --> 0:23:03.280 didn't feel that last night. I think maybe, deep down inside, 0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:06.119 what you're really mad about is the fact that Trump 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:09.320 gets the benefit from that association. And that may be 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:12.520 a legitimate political concern, but that's what politicians do. They 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:16.800 exploit on the hypoinds, and Trump did a masterful job 0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:18.359 of that. I think last night. Regards to what you 0:23:18.400 --> 0:23:20.880 think over all of the speech, which you'll get into 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:24.600 a little bit later on, I don't think that should 0:23:24.680 --> 0:23:26.760 at all be going through the heads of these athletes, like, well, 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:29.360 what about the political association that they're living in the moment. 0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:32.280 They're probably still drunk, quite honestly, with the gold medal. 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:34.919 They got on a plane, they spent all night partying 0:23:34.960 --> 0:23:38.280 in Miami and then were flown up in military aircraft 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:40.960 to Washington for the State of the Union. So these 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:44.080 guys are probably they're still hammered. I know hockey players 0:23:44.080 --> 0:23:46.560 pretty well. I bet a lot of the guys are 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.840 still they're still up, they're still hammered, having a great time. 0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:52.919 And I know the US women's team couldn't make it. 0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:56.000 And everyone said, oh, they're making a political statement. Yeah, 0:23:56.000 --> 0:23:59.280 well no, they said, listen, we have academic obligations. We 0:23:59.359 --> 0:24:02.120 also have professor wants too, because we play hockey, and 0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:05.560 you know, we ramp right back up. So and I'm 0:24:05.600 --> 0:24:07.840 sure there are members of each team and maybe one 0:24:07.840 --> 0:24:09.679 of the you know, a few of the five or 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:11.359 one of the five that the men didn't show up, 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:13.399 or the women that didn't want to do that because 0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:16.399 they're not a fan. But I'll tell you what, I 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:18.639 don't care who the president was. It was Trump, it 0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:21.720 was Biden, it was Obama, it was Clinton, it was Bush, 0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:24.159 it was Ray. If if I had an opportunity and 0:24:24.200 --> 0:24:26.280 I were invited to the State of the Union, regardless 0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:29.200 of who is the president, I would go in a second, 0:24:29.200 --> 0:24:33.760 wouldn't you. I sure as hell would. And it's not 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:36.639 about the office holder. It's about the office. It's about 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:39.520 the It's about this moment in time. I mean, you 0:24:39.520 --> 0:24:42.159 get a chance to go to the invited and recognize 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:44.239 that the State of the Union address. I don't care 0:24:44.280 --> 0:24:46.720 who the president is. I would do that one hundred 0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:51.520 times out of one hundred for that experience. And I 0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:53.359 think if he said no, well I would only do it. 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:55.920 I wouldn't do that for that. That says more about 0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:58.600 you than the whole Thing's that's pretty cool. It would 0:24:58.600 --> 0:25:00.280 be pretty cool to go to a State of the year, right, 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:02.520 That would definitely check a lot of boxes. Let alone 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:07.080 be recognized and Trump and his theatrics, which was I 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:11.640 mean a lot of this stuff's theatrical, you know, recognizing 0:25:12.760 --> 0:25:16.640 individual success stories and aligning himself with that and recognizing 0:25:16.640 --> 0:25:18.720 people throughout the state of the Union. I think in 0:25:18.760 --> 0:25:20.640 the future it used to just be, oh, we've got 0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:22.560 this person here, this person, but you know, he's awarding 0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:27.639 medals and purple hearts and all these wonderful accolades, and 0:25:27.680 --> 0:25:29.399 it's kind of like there's a little theater and then 0:25:29.400 --> 0:25:32.040 Trump's really really good at that. But overall, and we'll 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:34.200 get into this a little bit more later in the show. 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:37.000 This might actually at the ten o six Kevin Burton's upholster. 0:25:37.359 --> 0:25:40.919 And the question though, is did Trump sell his message 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:44.320 last night? Now? Personally? You know, he covered a lot 0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:47.959 of ground covered a lot of things, and is all 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:50.440 the presidents before him have to took some liberties with 0:25:50.480 --> 0:25:52.679 the truth, with the facts. All presidents do that to 0:25:52.720 --> 0:25:55.720 some degree, and that's part of the state of the union. 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:59.240 It's more like an infomercial for the past year in 0:25:59.280 --> 0:26:01.360 the year head an in for martial that it is. 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:04.880 But I thought in this time now and if you may, 0:26:04.960 --> 0:26:06.720 if you don't believe the poll numbers, then that doesn't 0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:08.000 apply to you. But if you look at the polling, 0:26:08.080 --> 0:26:10.040 go it's got some I've got a lot of problems here. 0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:13.119 I kind of look at it going and this is 0:26:13.200 --> 0:26:14.920 just part of who he is. I think we've talked 0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:17.520 about that lack of empathy and things. You know, he's 0:26:17.560 --> 0:26:21.159 trying really really hard to just convince the American people 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:24.200 that this is the greatest thing ever, that we are winning, 0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:26.879 winning all the time. And you know, the reality is 0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:29.480 you see it for yourself. It's in your own reality. 0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:32.840 If you go to a store and go, wow, everything's 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:37.560 really expensive, you know again, you're you're it's your pocketbook, 0:26:37.560 --> 0:26:41.680 it's your personal ecosystem of your economy, and that that 0:26:41.800 --> 0:26:44.040 little world we each individually have as opposed to the 0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:45.960 economy a whole and Wall Street I don't care about that. 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:48.520 How do you feel You got money in your bank account, 0:26:49.240 --> 0:26:52.960 you got money to spend? Are you cutting corners? Are 0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:56.160 you doing Are you better off today than you were 0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:59.439 a year or two or four years ago. That's always 0:26:59.440 --> 0:27:01.600 been the age old question when it comes to the 0:27:01.600 --> 0:27:03.520 state of union in politics, how do you feel about 0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:05.760 the economy? That's a number one issue for America's number 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.320 one issue economy. Now, if we're under attack of a war, 0:27:08.440 --> 0:27:11.160 different story. But for most of my life, almost every 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:13.360 single state of the unit, it's been about the economy 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:16.919 and our own personal finances. And I think the thing is, 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:20.000 and he wouldn't do this, but you know, if you 0:27:20.000 --> 0:27:22.399 would listen, it's like, Okay, all these great things you 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:25.000 did that don't get the attention they should because they're 0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:26.880 overshadowed by well, you may say, you know, the media 0:27:26.920 --> 0:27:28.600 buyas and things, but also I mean Trump throws a 0:27:28.640 --> 0:27:31.360 lot out there, and when he does and says us 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:35.520 audacious things, it tends to overshadow the accomplishments. In that regard, 0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:37.560 I think you can agree a lot of times he 0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:41.560 could be his own worst enemy because the noise overshadows 0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:44.280 the accomplishments. And so last night I was like, you know, 0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:46.440 tell me, hey, listen, we know it sucks right now, 0:27:47.160 --> 0:27:49.119 but we're starting to see the light. We're starting to 0:27:49.160 --> 0:27:51.040 make these changes, and here's what's going to happen on 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:53.840 the next year's and you know, give me here's some 0:27:53.960 --> 0:27:56.080 mile posts to look at in the upcoming year. This 0:27:56.160 --> 0:27:59.880 is our plan. This is what we're doing. And it's hard. 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:02.120 Right now, we're hopefully we're getting out of the We're 0:28:02.119 --> 0:28:03.520 getting out of that fog. We're starting to see the 0:28:03.560 --> 0:28:05.000 light at the end of the tunnel. I think I 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:07.480 would rather hear that than we're winning. Everything is great. 0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:09.280 It's the greatest economy ever. This is the greatest thing. 0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:11.560 It's great. It's great. It's great. For a lot of Americans, 0:28:11.600 --> 0:28:14.879 it's not. And I also think too, the people that 0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:17.320 I know that are like absolutely one hundred percent down 0:28:17.359 --> 0:28:20.399 with it have enough money to not notice the price 0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:23.000 of I don't know, beef is up a couple bucks 0:28:23.400 --> 0:28:26.200 right or I had someone on yesterday the cost of 0:28:26.200 --> 0:28:29.199 a new car for the first time in history, the 0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:33.000 awful lot price for average car price average now it's 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:36.240 average is over fifty thousand dollars. I mean, a few 0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:37.960 years ago, like, wow, the average price was it like 0:28:38.000 --> 0:28:41.840 thirty grand and now it's fifty. If you have money, 0:28:41.880 --> 0:28:43.640 if you have means, you don't feel it as much 0:28:43.640 --> 0:28:46.480 obviously someone who doesn't, and so you tend to be 0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:49.479 a little insulated from them. That's the truth. And of 0:28:49.480 --> 0:28:51.440 course if you're way down to the lower end too, 0:28:51.520 --> 0:28:53.480 it's like I'll never get out of this hole. I 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:55.680 feel that especially. That's true for younger people as well. 0:28:56.800 --> 0:28:59.080 But I think last night I've preferred the president to 0:28:59.120 --> 0:29:02.160 have that, to try to have that take. It's like, tell, okay, 0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:04.960 just admit, hey, listen there. I know you're still feeling 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:08.480 the pain, but that's a lagging indicator. Okay, here's the 0:29:08.520 --> 0:29:11.080 progress we're seeing with tariffs or whatever. Sell me on 0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:17.080 the next six, nine or twelve week months ahead, and 0:29:17.120 --> 0:29:20.160 I'm like, okay, I see, okay, it's starting to turn, right, 0:29:20.360 --> 0:29:21.960 Is it starting to turn? Rather than just no, it's 0:29:21.960 --> 0:29:25.040 the greatest thing ever, because I don't think people you know, 0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:26.640 some people do, but there are a lot of people 0:29:26.680 --> 0:29:28.520 don't believe that. I don't think that helps the cause. 0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:30.560 But that's my take. I got pollsters come out, we'll 0:29:30.600 --> 0:29:32.160 talk Iran that was the big thing that was kind 0:29:32.200 --> 0:29:36.080 of buried late and talking to some experts about Iran 0:29:36.120 --> 0:29:37.960 as a matter of fact, and we'll have an eleven 0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:39.920 oh six Mark and Silaco for the University of Dayton, 0:29:39.920 --> 0:29:43.920 who's a Middle Eastern terrorism and Middle East expert. As 0:29:43.960 --> 0:29:46.320 we ramp up forces in the Middle East in the 0:29:46.360 --> 0:29:49.040 next twenty four to forty eight seventy two hours, we'll 0:29:49.040 --> 0:29:52.680 have a better picture. Trump said last night, we preferred diplomacy, 0:29:52.760 --> 0:29:55.920 but not afraid to bring the stick, and we saw 0:29:55.920 --> 0:29:58.640 what happened in Venezuela. Will the President launch and authorize 0:29:58.640 --> 0:30:01.600 attacks on Iran? And what the hell does that mean exactly? 0:30:02.080 --> 0:30:06.120 Because you know, the concern over them having intercontinental ballistic 0:30:06.160 --> 0:30:08.680 missiles or striking our assets in the Middle East is 0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:10.920 very real, But I'm more worried about a terror attack 0:30:11.040 --> 0:30:13.560 because that's a much lower barred across. It's easier to 0:30:13.560 --> 0:30:16.640 commit an active terror than it is to attack assets 0:30:16.640 --> 0:30:18.960 in the Middle East or launch a missile for that matter, 0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:21.120 which they probably don't have. So that's coming up a 0:30:21.160 --> 0:30:23.320 little bit later on as well on seven hundred w 0:30:23.400 --> 0:30:24.880 do But hey, real quick, let me get to a 0:30:24.880 --> 0:30:26.280 bill on the show here. Want to check on the 0:30:26.280 --> 0:30:27.680 state of union real quick. Bill, it's up. 0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:31.280 Ah, thank you sir for taking my call. 0:30:31.400 --> 0:30:31.920 Thanks for calling. 0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:37.360 And the thing I'm a people watch. I love watching 0:30:38.040 --> 0:30:43.840 that audience, their response and everything that Trump has. 0:30:43.720 --> 0:30:45.040 Put up positive. 0:30:45.920 --> 0:30:50.040 The Democrats they're sitting there on their hands like they 0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:53.400 want to go back to where it was miserable. I mean, 0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:59.080 I was astound to watch this. Them'm sitting there they 0:30:59.160 --> 0:31:02.440 want to go back when we're all happy and wanting 0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:06.600 to go forward. Can you please can you help me out? 0:31:06.640 --> 0:31:07.040 All right? 0:31:07.760 --> 0:31:08.000 Bill? 0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:08.400 Bill? 0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:10.280 Is this the first Is this the first date of 0:31:10.280 --> 0:31:16.000 the Union you've watched? Because all the ones I watch 0:31:16.120 --> 0:31:18.560 usually that's the case. If there's a if Biden's in office, 0:31:18.560 --> 0:31:20.040 the Republicans sit on their hands. 0:31:20.400 --> 0:31:20.600 Uh. 0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:23.160 If it's a Republican in charge. The Democrats that are 0:31:23.160 --> 0:31:25.480 that that's the game, because you know, just the act 0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:27.480 of them applauding along is like, well, wait a minute, 0:31:27.520 --> 0:31:29.760 that we're acknowledging they're doing a good job, and that 0:31:29.800 --> 0:31:32.920 could be you know, that threatens their existence when it's Democrats, 0:31:32.960 --> 0:31:34.840 and that's you know, that's part of what I did. 0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:36.840 I did notice. I will say that Elizabeth Warren did 0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:40.000 applaud when they were talking about some of the you know, 0:31:40.120 --> 0:31:42.240 some of the policy issues in favor of which is 0:31:42.320 --> 0:31:44.080 kind of refreshing. But behind it, you know, I saw 0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:45.800 a lot of people and sitting on their hands when 0:31:45.800 --> 0:31:47.800 the when the Olympic team was out there, For God's sake, 0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:49.880 how could he not applaud for the American athletes? For 0:31:49.960 --> 0:31:51.080 God's sake, that's terrible. 0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.680 I want to say one one thing too, and what 0:31:56.800 --> 0:32:00.320 you just said that with who's ever and all the 0:32:00.360 --> 0:32:03.640 other one's going to sit on their hand? Okay, I 0:32:03.760 --> 0:32:07.640 give you that. That's that's but when it comes to 0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:12.920 a time when you have to put your things aside 0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:17.480 and do what's right for the agenda of the future 0:32:17.560 --> 0:32:22.080 of America, there's a difference. There's things going so. 0:32:22.240 --> 0:32:25.440 Well that they won't even. 0:32:26.720 --> 0:32:31.880 Announce what look Trump is doing well. They won't even 0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:35.760 get off their spine and say, yeah, he's doing some 0:32:35.800 --> 0:32:38.480 good things. Where were we We had the chance to 0:32:38.560 --> 0:32:40.719 do all this and we did nothing. 0:32:41.000 --> 0:32:42.800 Well, the border wud be the big one there right. 0:32:43.920 --> 0:32:46.160 Yes, exactly exactly. 0:32:46.680 --> 0:32:49.360 And the drugs and the drugs and the drugs. 0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:54.320 You know, when they had their they had their perfect 0:32:54.520 --> 0:32:59.760 upportunity to turn it all around Trump saying he give 0:32:59.760 --> 0:33:01.520 me the chance, I will do it. 0:33:01.720 --> 0:33:01.960 Now. 0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:05.400 Now they're still doing the same thing. They want to 0:33:05.480 --> 0:33:10.560 go back to all these delagrants coming back in here, Democrats. 0:33:10.600 --> 0:33:12.880 You want to come back to everybody doing drugs or 0:33:12.960 --> 0:33:16.160 sitting all y'all want to go back to all that 0:33:16.360 --> 0:33:18.880 negative when we're looking at the future. 0:33:20.480 --> 0:33:23.080 Well, I would say this, I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty 0:33:23.120 --> 0:33:25.040 sure that people are still doing drugs. I don't know, 0:33:25.040 --> 0:33:27.880 if you know. The fentanyl crossing the border is one thing, 0:33:28.840 --> 0:33:31.360 but again there's if there's so much fentanyl cross a 0:33:31.360 --> 0:33:33.680 crossing the border, there's enough for well with, but there's 0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:35.800 enough to kill everybody at this point. So I don't 0:33:35.920 --> 0:33:38.960 I don't think it's it's our taste for drugs that 0:33:39.120 --> 0:33:41.160 fuels that, right. I mean, you can crack down a 0:33:41.160 --> 0:33:43.920 fentanyl like, but again, there's consumer demand for that here 0:33:43.960 --> 0:33:45.680 in the United States. I don't know how you address 0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:48.760 that without poisoning the whole country. But you know, look 0:33:48.760 --> 0:33:50.800 at the cartel wars. The whole reason the cartels exist 0:33:50.840 --> 0:33:51.920 because of us. 0:33:51.560 --> 0:33:58.800 It's very simple, it's very simple. Cracked down, no gray area, 0:33:59.520 --> 0:34:04.440 take these people out, take them out, no matter what 0:34:04.680 --> 0:34:10.319 it takes. Take them out have with all this political 0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:14.320 correctness stuff. Always should treat them like no, let's be 0:34:14.760 --> 0:34:20.640 as brought evil, not evil, the goodness over what these 0:34:20.680 --> 0:34:25.240 people are doing to our country. And the Democrats sitting 0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:29.800 there want to go back to a world of that world. 0:34:30.360 --> 0:34:34.080 They're even the Democrats, sir. Even I heard on the thing, 0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:39.160 Democrats would say, okay, enough enough, even the Democrats is 0:34:39.239 --> 0:34:40.640 turning on Democrats. 0:34:40.719 --> 0:34:41.960 That's a good thing for us. 0:34:42.080 --> 0:34:44.600 Yeah, well, I would say I would say this though 0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:47.040 that you know, there's divisits in the Republican party obviously, 0:34:47.040 --> 0:34:50.279 but I think even more so with the Democrats. But 0:34:50.280 --> 0:34:53.120 they give the drug argument, Yeah, can we you know, 0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:56.040 open borders is a problem. Are you're going to have 0:34:56.280 --> 0:34:57.960 you know, the cartels are still getting stuff in the 0:34:57.960 --> 0:35:01.160 country because yeah, as a day, and Democrats maybe want 0:35:01.200 --> 0:35:03.879 to look the other way. Republicans are tougher on crime, 0:35:03.920 --> 0:35:06.360 for sure, then Democrats are in that regard. Not everybody's 0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:10.040 a victim. But I'll say it's it's our thirst for drugs. 0:35:10.080 --> 0:35:12.680 It drives this whole thing. And you can talk about 0:35:12.680 --> 0:35:15.239 your Democrats and Republicans, but at the end of the day, 0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:19.040 it's your neighbor. It's your cowork or someone going. You know, 0:35:19.239 --> 0:35:22.600 they like using drugs. And it's not just you know, 0:35:22.719 --> 0:35:25.280 just people of who are poor or on the street. 0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:29.640 I mean, it's in the penthouses as well as the slums. 0:35:30.480 --> 0:35:33.000 And it's it's our demand for drugs and illegal drugs 0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:35.360 that are driving this thing. And it always has been, 0:35:35.360 --> 0:35:37.640 always will and that's why you know, we can attack 0:35:37.640 --> 0:35:39.120 them below, but they're going to replace by another car. 0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:40.800 Teil member. I mean, you look at the map of Mexico. 0:35:40.840 --> 0:35:44.439 It's it's not troubling. It's sickening how much the cart 0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:47.200 controls that country, But most of it has to do 0:35:47.239 --> 0:35:51.399 with us. If the demand goes away, there's no need 0:35:51.400 --> 0:35:53.640 for them. How do you fix that problem? Scott's Loan 0:35:53.680 --> 0:35:59.680 Home of the Red seven hundred WWT Cincinnati, Scott's Slumshell. 0:35:59.760 --> 0:36:01.560 This is seven hundred w go out every course. The 0:36:01.560 --> 0:36:06.960 big story State of Union last night. Trump covered a 0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:09.439 lot in his record one hundred and eight minute State 0:36:09.480 --> 0:36:11.680 of the Union address last night. We had gold medalists, 0:36:11.680 --> 0:36:15.440 we had military heroes, we had these emotional moments to 0:36:15.600 --> 0:36:17.200 argue his first year back in the White House has 0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:20.560 been a triumph. So two thirds of people who watched 0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:24.480 that last night. All are in part it resonated with them, 0:36:24.520 --> 0:36:26.960 seemed to be acted positively about a little more than 0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:30.399 the third said it was fantastic. At the same time, 0:36:30.480 --> 0:36:33.040 this had odds with other polls prior to the State 0:36:33.080 --> 0:36:35.680 of the Union that show him underwater, like six and 0:36:35.760 --> 0:36:39.319 ten voters disapprove of how the President is handling things. 0:36:39.360 --> 0:36:42.640 So it's not about them, it's about you. How much 0:36:42.640 --> 0:36:46.080 of the State of the Union messaging are you buying? 0:36:46.280 --> 0:36:48.520 It's a simple question. Joining the show this morning to 0:36:48.640 --> 0:36:51.720 discuss and how this hit is our buddy Kevin Burton, 0:36:51.800 --> 0:36:55.320 Kevin of course with Crosstown Consulting, Political Strategus and pollster. 0:36:55.640 --> 0:36:58.920 Kevin, welcome, thanks for having me, Scott. 0:36:58.960 --> 0:37:00.640 All right, so we all know, so if you've seen 0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:02.359 a State of the Union, you've seen one. You've seen 0:37:02.440 --> 0:37:05.080 them all usually and it's a lot of theater, it's 0:37:05.080 --> 0:37:07.759 a lot of pomp and circumstance. It's also a lot 0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:11.880 of infomercial But this one, because of that, you know, 0:37:11.920 --> 0:37:13.400 two thirds of people said, yeah, it was a pretty 0:37:13.400 --> 0:37:15.080 good message, it was awesome, and then you look at 0:37:15.120 --> 0:37:17.400 the polling numbers and if you believe these things, but 0:37:17.480 --> 0:37:19.560 that's the only yardstick we have to measure this at 0:37:19.560 --> 0:37:21.880 this point other than when we go to the polls 0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:24.480 is six and ten Americans think well, we're heading the 0:37:24.480 --> 0:37:27.120 wrong direction. He's not doing a good job. So I 0:37:27.120 --> 0:37:29.480 look at this, The question was, in your opinion as 0:37:29.560 --> 0:37:32.759 a polster and someone who's at political analyst, did he 0:37:32.840 --> 0:37:34.680 hit on the points he needed to hit on last night? 0:37:36.280 --> 0:37:38.880 So what he did really well was he wanted to 0:37:39.000 --> 0:37:41.600 just keep making sure And the one thing that Trump 0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:44.080 is so good at and DEM's have never been able 0:37:44.080 --> 0:37:45.239 to figure this out. 0:37:45.560 --> 0:37:48.680 Is he the master of kind of I don't. 0:37:48.480 --> 0:37:53.120 Want to say manipulation, but just controlling the narrative. So 0:37:53.160 --> 0:37:56.200 he did a really good job in that. But at 0:37:56.239 --> 0:37:58.640 the end of the day, you know, it's a dog 0:37:58.680 --> 0:38:01.040 and pony show. It is, say the Union, I don't 0:38:01.040 --> 0:38:03.439 care who it is, yep. So I think it's gonna 0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:06.160 be more temporary that you know, people are gonna say, 0:38:06.200 --> 0:38:10.600 oh yeah, this looks good. Affordability we heard that a 0:38:10.640 --> 0:38:14.040 lot last night. Affordability is going to continuing to be 0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:17.560 the number one issue. The one thing that Trump's doing 0:38:17.680 --> 0:38:21.279 is very similar to what Biden did is keep reiterating 0:38:21.320 --> 0:38:24.839 the stock market in four oh one case, but there's 0:38:24.880 --> 0:38:29.520 a lot of Americans who don't have that. So affordability 0:38:29.560 --> 0:38:32.399 is going to be the number one issue from now 0:38:32.480 --> 0:38:33.240 till November. 0:38:35.040 --> 0:38:38.239 But he kind of dismissed that during the speech. He 0:38:38.320 --> 0:38:42.120 touched on it briefly about that. You know, he doesn't 0:38:42.120 --> 0:38:44.439 believe it's true. It's a it's a it's a fabricated word, 0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:47.879 that affordability. No one's talking about affordability. Affordability. The way 0:38:47.920 --> 0:38:49.719 I kind of frame that is, it depends where you are. 0:38:50.400 --> 0:38:52.720 If you're someone who has means, if you have money 0:38:52.719 --> 0:38:55.840 because of your hard work, your effort, or for whatever reason. 0:38:56.840 --> 0:38:58.600 You know, the price of beef going up, for example, 0:38:58.600 --> 0:39:01.800 that's thing we all identify with, like it doesn't affect 0:39:01.800 --> 0:39:03.200 you as much as it could be two dollars a 0:39:03.239 --> 0:39:05.600 pound and could be ten dollars upon okay, so what 0:39:06.880 --> 0:39:08.920 But of course then there's a working folk too, where 0:39:09.000 --> 0:39:11.439 you know, they're they're pinching pennies, cutting coupons and trying 0:39:11.440 --> 0:39:14.200 to save and maybe forgoing that as well. Just it 0:39:14.239 --> 0:39:18.000 depends on who's receiving the message exactly. It's just like 0:39:18.080 --> 0:39:18.880 gas prices. 0:39:18.920 --> 0:39:22.440 For some people, it's like okay, so instead of you know, 0:39:22.520 --> 0:39:25.360 going out to dinner tonight, you know, Jeff. 0:39:25.160 --> 0:39:26.960 Ruby's you go to outback. 0:39:28.000 --> 0:39:31.720 But remember the folks who propelled him to this victory 0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:35.240 were people who it was all about the economy, especially 0:39:35.320 --> 0:39:39.160 in those rough belt states. So you're seeing that their 0:39:39.160 --> 0:39:42.000 poll numbers are showing that there is a concern of 0:39:42.360 --> 0:39:45.960 economic disapproval up until last night. So now you got 0:39:45.960 --> 0:39:48.360 to see do they carry this momentum for the next 0:39:48.560 --> 0:39:51.080 you know, six months or was this a flash in 0:39:51.120 --> 0:39:54.040 the pan. Like I said, Trump, the one thing Trump 0:39:54.120 --> 0:39:57.920 does better than probably any politician ever is controlling the narrative. 0:39:58.760 --> 0:40:02.560 It was a performance. It was the ultimate reality show 0:40:02.680 --> 0:40:06.040 last night, and he just and the problem is Trump 0:40:06.120 --> 0:40:08.440 is just Trump. There's no one else besides him. 0:40:08.280 --> 0:40:09.120 Who can do that. 0:40:09.160 --> 0:40:09.520 Correct. 0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:12.640 So, you know, the state of the Union is a 0:40:12.680 --> 0:40:15.720 long ways away, so it was gonna be interesting to see. 0:40:16.360 --> 0:40:16.560 You know. 0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:19.759 I think one of the high moments, if we want 0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:22.080 to talk about that, was when he talked about the 0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:24.920 insider trading, and even Democrats clapped, and it was a 0:40:24.920 --> 0:40:27.680 good clap back about Nancy Pelosi. I think we can 0:40:27.760 --> 0:40:33.200 all agree that we don't want our congress people insider trading. 0:40:33.800 --> 0:40:36.239 Yeah, he had some good shots, and you expect. I mean, 0:40:36.640 --> 0:40:39.560 most State of the unions are kind of boring by design. 0:40:39.640 --> 0:40:42.399 It's more about the pomp than what's actually happening. More 0:40:42.520 --> 0:40:44.560 you know, more fluffing. But you know, you're kind of 0:40:44.560 --> 0:40:46.239 waiting for Trump zingers to come out, and he came 0:40:46.280 --> 0:40:47.680 out with a few good ones. I thought the Nancy 0:40:47.680 --> 0:40:51.719 Pelosi thing was fantastic myself, but you know, it's an 0:40:51.760 --> 0:40:55.200 economy versus kitchen table isshes we talked about, and I think, 0:40:55.239 --> 0:40:57.440 you know, you look at the poll numbers to suggest 0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:00.520 that he's underwater, but two thirds of people watch this 0:41:00.760 --> 0:41:02.719 and thirty six that people watch it for that matter, 0:41:02.920 --> 0:41:05.239 thought it was the greatest speech ever. Two thirds said, yeah, 0:41:05.239 --> 0:41:08.040 it was. It was pretty positive. Does that actually translate though, 0:41:08.080 --> 0:41:10.400 to turning his numbers around in the long. 0:41:10.320 --> 0:41:14.120 Term, Well, but sir, the thirty six percent is his 0:41:14.160 --> 0:41:17.480 approval rating is roughly, you know, give or take about 0:41:17.480 --> 0:41:19.280 thirty eight forty percent. 0:41:18.960 --> 0:41:20.320 So that's right in line. 0:41:20.480 --> 0:41:20.760 Yeah. 0:41:20.880 --> 0:41:23.440 The one thing that Trump said that he knew better 0:41:23.480 --> 0:41:26.960 than anyone. I guess it's twelve years ago, is he 0:41:27.040 --> 0:41:29.239 knew his supporters when he said I could shoot someone 0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:32.480 on Fifth Avenue, and that was like he knows his 0:41:32.800 --> 0:41:39.080 base one hundred percent. The other forty percent are Democrats. 0:41:39.800 --> 0:41:41.560 No matter what he does, it's they're not going to 0:41:41.600 --> 0:41:43.800 support him. So at the end of the day, it's 0:41:43.840 --> 0:41:46.719 all about those independence foods on the middle and that's 0:41:47.239 --> 0:41:49.799 and you know, it's that ten to fifteen percent in 0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:55.279 every election that sways the pendulum, you know, and that's 0:41:55.320 --> 0:41:57.560 who both sides are going to be targeting. You know, 0:41:57.840 --> 0:42:00.719 there was one interesting thing that I saw about the 0:42:00.760 --> 0:42:05.640 economy is that one third blames Trump, one third lanes didn't, 0:42:05.719 --> 0:42:07.200 and one third doesn't trust either. 0:42:07.840 --> 0:42:10.560 I think that's a pretty good representation. 0:42:09.840 --> 0:42:13.120 Of American right. That's about right. It's so just so fractious, 0:42:13.120 --> 0:42:15.680 and it's evenly divided, and that's why that's why it 0:42:15.680 --> 0:42:18.600 feels the way it does today. I think too presents 0:42:18.600 --> 0:42:20.080 often do this. You know, somebody will go in fact 0:42:20.120 --> 0:42:21.600 check and I'll look at some of the fact checks, and 0:42:21.800 --> 0:42:24.279 there are multiple claims in the speech that you know, 0:42:24.360 --> 0:42:27.400 gas prices, job numbers, drug numbers, tariffs, the economy of 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:29.520 the tariffs, and in your experience of the fact checks, 0:42:29.520 --> 0:42:32.640 move numbers or uh, does it resonate with with people 0:42:33.000 --> 0:42:34.560 that that that's factually an accurate. 0:42:35.960 --> 0:42:41.399 No, I mean every every president in our lifetime has 0:42:41.480 --> 0:42:46.279 promised the moon, you know, or going to Mahers in 0:42:46.320 --> 0:42:49.560 the State of the Union. In reality, it's a you know, 0:42:49.600 --> 0:42:50.920 it's a flash in the pan and then the. 0:42:50.960 --> 0:42:52.080 Numbers come back down. 0:42:54.400 --> 0:42:56.440 Yeah, I mean, I mean people kind of get you know, 0:42:56.680 --> 0:42:59.040 the State of the Union is what you want to happen. 0:42:59.080 --> 0:43:02.640 But there's also the of breadlock and watching them and 0:43:02.760 --> 0:43:04.920 with the fact midterms are fast approaching, and we know 0:43:04.960 --> 0:43:08.480 how midterms are for the incumbent. It's not good. And 0:43:08.480 --> 0:43:10.880 you know another thing that Trump's does better than anybody 0:43:10.960 --> 0:43:14.280 else is the stagecraft. Right, So yeah, the hockey team, 0:43:14.320 --> 0:43:18.680 you had the Venezuelan political prisoner reunion, handing out medals 0:43:18.680 --> 0:43:21.160 of honor, right, metal monor guys, and we're giving we're 0:43:21.200 --> 0:43:25.000 decorating soldiers and first responders. And he's always been a 0:43:25.120 --> 0:43:28.640 master of the made for TV moment. Does that translate? 0:43:28.680 --> 0:43:33.320 How much of that translates to compensate for those pulling numbers? 0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:35.960 And did it land with audiences outside the chamber? I 0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:36.399 think it did. 0:43:37.800 --> 0:43:41.080 I mean that's why he's president. You know, it literally 0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:45.200 looked like a Netflix made for documentary, like a you know, 0:43:45.320 --> 0:43:47.759 a show about as say, of a union. The one 0:43:47.760 --> 0:43:52.040 thing that Trump understands better than anyone is marketing. He 0:43:52.719 --> 0:43:55.880 gets how to craft the message and craft the appearance 0:43:55.880 --> 0:43:58.920 because I mean, he was on TV for thirty years. 0:43:58.920 --> 0:44:02.280 In reality he was the first real reality TV star 0:44:02.680 --> 0:44:07.960 America had, and so he understands optics better than anyone. Now, 0:44:07.960 --> 0:44:11.840 the question is, it's a long ways away the election, 0:44:12.040 --> 0:44:14.160 and you're not going to have another really chance like 0:44:14.320 --> 0:44:18.839 this to get as many viewers on so that they have, 0:44:18.960 --> 0:44:22.480 you know, seven eight months to kind of craft their message, 0:44:22.520 --> 0:44:26.560 which you know they're going with the economies high the 0:44:27.239 --> 0:44:30.120 four oh one ks are good. But it all goes 0:44:30.200 --> 0:44:33.480 back to it's kind of like when you're doing a 0:44:33.520 --> 0:44:37.680 primary vote. If people's lives are good, generally speaking, they 0:44:37.719 --> 0:44:40.759 don't turn out for primaries. It's the people who are 0:44:40.880 --> 0:44:44.879 the most effective and who are passionate who will get 0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:48.400 out and vote. So like, if you work at fidelity 0:44:48.440 --> 0:44:50.839 in life's good and I don't, if you know you're 0:44:50.960 --> 0:44:53.200 middle of the road on either side, you're probably not 0:44:53.200 --> 0:44:56.440 going to vote in the primary. But if you know 0:44:56.560 --> 0:45:00.319 you're worried about milk prices, you're going to get out 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:02.359 and vote because it's really affecting you. 0:45:02.560 --> 0:45:05.120 Yeah, or tax implications like that they're going to crack 0:45:05.160 --> 0:45:06.840 a Democrat's going to destroy them with tech, You're going 0:45:06.880 --> 0:45:08.319 to get out of the vote. It's going to motivate you. 0:45:08.680 --> 0:45:11.799 In that context though, Kevin, midterm framing. This is from 0:45:11.800 --> 0:45:15.759 the midterm elections coming up. As I mentioned in your 0:45:15.760 --> 0:45:18.520 read of last night, was the primary target audience swing 0:45:18.600 --> 0:45:21.520 voters who might be persuadable. Was it the Republican base 0:45:21.560 --> 0:45:25.400 and he's energizing or Democrats that Trump's he wants to 0:45:25.400 --> 0:45:27.759 put on the defensive because I don't think you can 0:45:27.800 --> 0:45:29.799 do all of that. You can do maybe two of them, 0:45:29.800 --> 0:45:33.399 but probably one of those, which one. I think it's 0:45:33.440 --> 0:45:37.440 all about his base. You know, we saw last November. 0:45:37.920 --> 0:45:41.520 When he is not on the ballot, it's not the same. 0:45:41.640 --> 0:45:45.239 And Trump in his base, he can connect to that 0:45:45.360 --> 0:45:49.359 like no one else can. You know, for Republicans, it's 0:45:49.400 --> 0:45:52.239 simply just turning out their voters, because if they turre 0:45:52.280 --> 0:45:56.880 out their voters at the bare minimum, you know, it's probably. 0:45:58.200 --> 0:45:59.600 Very close to what it is right now. 0:45:59.640 --> 0:46:03.560 You know, at three three feet difference in the House 0:46:03.600 --> 0:46:05.680 on either side, and then maybe a one or two 0:46:05.960 --> 0:46:09.239 different seats in the Senate if they can really turn 0:46:09.239 --> 0:46:09.759 out their base. 0:46:09.840 --> 0:46:13.120 Gotcha. He is Kevin Burton, Crosstown Consulting in Kentucky, Northern 0:46:13.160 --> 0:46:15.600 Kentucky political strategy and pollster breaking down the state of 0:46:15.600 --> 0:46:17.799 the Union last night and what all this means put 0:46:17.840 --> 0:46:20.840 in context, if it moves the needle, and you know, 0:46:20.880 --> 0:46:23.560 there's a stand up moment where Trump and and keep 0:46:23.600 --> 0:46:26.080 in mind too, you know, immigration is Trump's well, was 0:46:26.080 --> 0:46:28.040 Trump's strongest suit. He's kind of slipped on that, but 0:46:28.400 --> 0:46:30.160 he asked legislators to stand if they believe in the 0:46:30.160 --> 0:46:33.319 government's first duties to protect citizens, not illegal aliens. And 0:46:33.440 --> 0:46:35.520 the Democrats who stayed seated, quite a few of them 0:46:35.840 --> 0:46:39.359 became an instant Republican ad was that was a trap 0:46:39.400 --> 0:46:43.080 that was strategically set. It wasn't really organic. How effective 0:46:43.120 --> 0:46:43.600 is that move? 0:46:45.640 --> 0:46:47.560 And i'd sear you good to setting traps because you know, 0:46:48.160 --> 0:46:50.680 was that last year where you know, it was all 0:46:50.840 --> 0:46:57.120 very very heated State of the Union. He just knows 0:46:57.120 --> 0:47:00.440 how to set traps for the Democrats. And you know, 0:47:00.520 --> 0:47:04.040 this has been twelve years, twelve you know, twelve years 0:47:04.360 --> 0:47:09.120 Democrats have not been able to figure him out that 0:47:09.239 --> 0:47:12.480 they just can't that. There's no way of him. You know, 0:47:13.960 --> 0:47:16.440 they just can't understand them. It's almost like trying to 0:47:16.480 --> 0:47:17.880 defend Lebron James. 0:47:18.920 --> 0:47:21.279 You can game plan for it, but when you get 0:47:21.280 --> 0:47:25.319 punched in the mouth, they they are queasy. They don't know. Yeah, 0:47:25.320 --> 0:47:30.000 they don't know what they're doing right exactly. 0:47:30.040 --> 0:47:33.120 And you know the thing about Trump though, is is 0:47:33.160 --> 0:47:35.480 that his highs are super high, but his lows are 0:47:35.520 --> 0:47:39.640 super low. So if you're the Democrats, you're just waiting 0:47:39.680 --> 0:47:43.680 this out. Let's say he won last night. You got 0:47:43.760 --> 0:47:49.360 nine months, eight months to the general election, and you 0:47:49.400 --> 0:47:52.280 know you're really counting on those ten to fifteen percent 0:47:52.600 --> 0:47:56.720 of the people who really feel the affordability crisis. 0:47:57.080 --> 0:47:58.759 And that's what I think both sides are going to 0:47:58.760 --> 0:47:59.880 be talking about the economy. 0:48:00.440 --> 0:48:02.160 It doesn't help or hurt him when he says, well, 0:48:02.200 --> 0:48:05.240 it's it's fabricated the affordability crisis. There is no such thing. Basically, 0:48:05.239 --> 0:48:06.959 that's kind of you in a nutshell what he said. 0:48:08.400 --> 0:48:10.200 The people buy. That depends if he can turn out. 0:48:10.840 --> 0:48:12.640 It depends if he can turn out as base. 0:48:13.480 --> 0:48:16.400 I mean, you know, they their. 0:48:16.280 --> 0:48:20.920 Team crafted the perfect political strategy of basically, if we 0:48:20.960 --> 0:48:23.960 get eighty ninety percent of our people. It doesn't matter 0:48:24.000 --> 0:48:28.719 what the Democrats do. That's how they've won two presidential elections. 0:48:29.160 --> 0:48:30.800 So they're banking on that. 0:48:31.440 --> 0:48:34.160 And the parties are so far apart ideology from an 0:48:34.239 --> 0:48:37.799 ideological standpoint that you know, you look at Okay, well, 0:48:38.280 --> 0:48:39.719 even if you go, well, I don't think the tru 0:48:39.800 --> 0:48:42.279 it's the tariffs, it's not working, and then there's an 0:48:42.320 --> 0:48:44.759 affordable crisis. But then you turn towards the Democrats and 0:48:44.800 --> 0:48:47.280 I look at people like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders 0:48:47.280 --> 0:48:49.480 and AOC and go, well, their ideas are going to 0:48:49.520 --> 0:48:50.880 be far worse. I guess I got to stick with 0:48:50.920 --> 0:48:51.279 this guy. 0:48:51.440 --> 0:48:57.000 Is that the reality, And that's the thing where you 0:48:57.040 --> 0:48:59.520 know they have Democrats have not been able to find 0:48:59.520 --> 0:49:02.080 a method to stick on Donald Trump. 0:49:02.120 --> 0:49:04.000 They just haven't in a lot of ways. 0:49:04.000 --> 0:49:07.920 It's similar to when Obama was in office, Republicans couldn't 0:49:07.960 --> 0:49:11.560 figure out a message to get him to lose an election. 0:49:13.360 --> 0:49:16.800 And that's why they're both presidents. They understand the whims 0:49:16.800 --> 0:49:20.919 of the general public. So you know, for the Democrats, 0:49:23.400 --> 0:49:25.719 they've been trying for years to try to craft the 0:49:25.760 --> 0:49:29.759 perfect message against Donald Trump. But the problem is he 0:49:29.840 --> 0:49:32.000 spent thirty He sent his whole adult life in front 0:49:32.000 --> 0:49:35.840 of the camera. So he understands entertainment, He understands narrative. 0:49:35.960 --> 0:49:40.080 He understands how to craft a message. And it's something 0:49:40.160 --> 0:49:43.680 that you know, a DC consultant can't craft when you're 0:49:43.840 --> 0:49:45.200 when a camera is in front of you. 0:49:45.200 --> 0:49:48.000 You have to be able to spend it. In a 0:49:48.000 --> 0:49:49.400 lot of politicians camp. 0:49:49.280 --> 0:49:51.000 There was a lot of hackling. We saw l Green 0:49:51.040 --> 0:49:56.760 with his sign. He got pulled. Clay shouted most corrupt President, 0:49:56.920 --> 0:49:59.600 and he responded by saying, these people are crazy, which 0:50:00.040 --> 0:50:03.080 I'm laugh out loud. Does that out does that dry 0:50:03.160 --> 0:50:04.880 to outrage helped Trump or heard him? Is there a 0:50:04.960 --> 0:50:07.279 version where the party they didn't learn from last the 0:50:07.320 --> 0:50:09.680 mistakes they did last time because that kind of backfired 0:50:09.640 --> 0:50:10.399 on them last time. 0:50:13.400 --> 0:50:16.359 Yes, and though I mean, you know it's so far away, 0:50:17.400 --> 0:50:18.760 but it did backfire. 0:50:18.360 --> 0:50:19.240 On him last time. 0:50:19.600 --> 0:50:23.600 But you know, we got nine months. I would I 0:50:23.600 --> 0:50:27.080 wouldn't read too much into that. You know, it's all 0:50:27.080 --> 0:50:29.960 gonna come down to the economy and the terriffs. 0:50:31.320 --> 0:50:33.560 On the teriff thing. The Supreme Court struck that down 0:50:34.080 --> 0:50:36.000 just a few days before the speech. Last night, he 0:50:36.040 --> 0:50:38.120 called it an unfortunate ruling. He said, we're going to 0:50:38.239 --> 0:50:41.239 keep it going through alternative means, and experts are saying, yeah, 0:50:41.239 --> 0:50:42.680 you're probably not gonna be able to do that either. 0:50:42.680 --> 0:50:44.719 Those will also be struck out as illegal. To someone 0:50:44.719 --> 0:50:46.839 who's watching at home worried about the price is that 0:50:46.960 --> 0:50:49.840 land or did it look like he was kind of 0:50:49.880 --> 0:50:51.600 back on the seals a little bit scrambling, because yeah, 0:50:51.600 --> 0:50:52.680 I guess the way to look at it is you 0:50:52.760 --> 0:50:54.520 look at the president, you look at the Supreme Court. 0:50:54.840 --> 0:50:56.160 Hu too, Americans strusts more. 0:50:58.080 --> 0:50:58.400 Well. 0:50:58.440 --> 0:51:02.200 And his disapproval of the surme Court was very measured. 0:51:02.840 --> 0:51:05.320 It wasn't like him when he was lashing out on 0:51:05.360 --> 0:51:08.719 the Democrats. So I don't know if you noticed that, 0:51:08.760 --> 0:51:13.160 but it was a very measured and uh soft. 0:51:13.160 --> 0:51:14.080 Criticism of that. 0:51:15.960 --> 0:51:19.600 Yeah, he was a lot stronger true social than he 0:51:19.719 --> 0:51:20.359 was last night. 0:51:20.600 --> 0:51:24.719 Yes, yes, you know. 0:51:24.800 --> 0:51:28.600 And that's also just the changing of politics where Democrats 0:51:28.600 --> 0:51:32.799 has been really slow to understand. Trolling is a part 0:51:32.960 --> 0:51:37.280 of social media and Trump does it better than anyone. 0:51:37.320 --> 0:51:39.920 And there's been a lot of times where he trolls, 0:51:40.160 --> 0:51:42.480 but when push comes to shove, he'll he'll come back 0:51:42.480 --> 0:51:46.840 to a more reasonable approach, and he's a great rage 0:51:46.840 --> 0:51:51.520 baier against Democrats. They just don't they just don't know 0:51:51.640 --> 0:51:55.759 how to combat that. And the only person who kind 0:51:55.760 --> 0:51:58.520 of did any good was Joe Biden when he was 0:51:58.560 --> 0:52:00.600 still mentally you know, one. 0:52:00.600 --> 0:52:04.640 Hundred percent right. But that was a flash in the pans. 0:52:05.160 --> 0:52:09.040 Yeah. He It was funny watching the predictable responsible because 0:52:09.080 --> 0:52:11.680 because even Hickeen Jeffrey said listen, shut the hell up, 0:52:11.719 --> 0:52:14.040 and clearly there are a number of Democrats that didn't 0:52:14.080 --> 0:52:18.160 heed his advice. And here we go again. Overall, the 0:52:18.160 --> 0:52:20.480 takeaway from this, the bottom line is what heading into 0:52:20.480 --> 0:52:25.279 the midterms here with the president's address last night, it was. 0:52:25.280 --> 0:52:27.600 A good night for the president based off of what 0:52:27.760 --> 0:52:30.279 you know, the polls show right now, but let's check 0:52:30.320 --> 0:52:33.640 back in two three weeks. You know, the Hakeem Jeffreys 0:52:33.719 --> 0:52:36.840 point or Johnson, they have the most, they have the 0:52:36.880 --> 0:52:40.320 worst jobs in DC. They're trying to corral two hundred 0:52:40.320 --> 0:52:44.080 and fifteen plus politicians who are all are trying. 0:52:43.840 --> 0:52:45.840 To make a name for themselves. So I do not 0:52:46.040 --> 0:52:47.640 envy either of those two guys. 0:52:47.840 --> 0:52:49.879 I guess my My takeaway from the whole thing last 0:52:49.960 --> 0:52:51.880 night was it's what I expected from the president, from 0:52:51.920 --> 0:52:53.640 Donald Trump, and he was he was in you know, 0:52:53.680 --> 0:52:56.200 Trump vinted Trump form as always. But I guess i'd 0:52:56.280 --> 0:52:58.279 rather hear him go, hey, listen, you know, admitting that. 0:52:58.360 --> 0:53:00.360 And he never does this, but he'd admit, like, it's 0:53:00.400 --> 0:53:02.440 been a rough first year. Okay, we get that, I understand, 0:53:02.520 --> 0:53:04.320 But but here's the light at the end of the tunnel. 0:53:04.320 --> 0:53:06.319 Here's what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what you're not 0:53:06.360 --> 0:53:09.160 seeing yet because all this pains lagging indicator. We are 0:53:09.280 --> 0:53:11.839 making progress. The worm is starting rather than going. It's 0:53:11.840 --> 0:53:14.400 the greatest economy ever. Everyone's excited with the hottest country 0:53:14.400 --> 0:53:16.520 in the world. I don't know if that lands with 0:53:16.520 --> 0:53:18.799 a lot of people. Quite honestly, I'd rather be told, hey, look, 0:53:19.040 --> 0:53:20.920 here's the pain part and pretty soon we're gonna have 0:53:20.960 --> 0:53:22.719 more game that I can live with. 0:53:23.600 --> 0:53:27.080 I don't disagree, but it's not his brand. 0:53:27.200 --> 0:53:27.480 Yep. 0:53:27.719 --> 0:53:33.239 You know, Trump has never apologized for anything, So if 0:53:33.239 --> 0:53:34.719 he started doing that, does that. 0:53:34.719 --> 0:53:38.040 Make him look weak to his voters? Does that make hits? 0:53:38.040 --> 0:53:43.520 Because is that a shift in authenticity for him? So 0:53:44.440 --> 0:53:47.160 I get why he wouldn't say, you know, hey, the 0:53:47.280 --> 0:53:52.440 last year's been rough, but Trump's the outlier of all presidents. 0:53:52.480 --> 0:53:57.840 Probably a lot of other presidents would say that he didn't. 0:53:58.480 --> 0:54:00.680 And we'll see, you know, because because what you were 0:54:00.680 --> 0:54:04.799 saying about the messaging points of the Democrats not standing, 0:54:05.800 --> 0:54:07.440 they can use all those cuts. 0:54:07.120 --> 0:54:11.160 Of the greatest economy in the world. So overall, I 0:54:11.200 --> 0:54:12.480 think it's pretty much a wash. 0:54:12.680 --> 0:54:12.880 You know. 0:54:12.920 --> 0:54:14.799 If you're a Democrat, you have a lot of things 0:54:14.800 --> 0:54:17.719 that you can say I disagreed with. If you're a Republican, 0:54:17.760 --> 0:54:19.080 there's a lot of things that you can say, he's 0:54:19.080 --> 0:54:21.520 doing great. At the end of the day, it always 0:54:21.560 --> 0:54:24.839 comes down to the independence the day really right and I. 0:54:24.800 --> 0:54:26.839 Go look at it, going, okay, what's the takeaway here? 0:54:26.840 --> 0:54:29.120 But again, time will tell if these policies are going 0:54:29.160 --> 0:54:31.200 to work out. It's not good for tariffs right now. 0:54:31.280 --> 0:54:32.799 But at some point are we going to start to 0:54:32.840 --> 0:54:34.920 see the fruits of this? And you hope it sooner 0:54:35.040 --> 0:54:37.920 rather than later, especially with Mittterm's come up joining the 0:54:37.920 --> 0:54:40.000 show this morning on the Big One Scott Sland Show. 0:54:40.120 --> 0:54:42.600 Kevin Burton, Pollster, a norther the kentucky've Cross Town consultant, 0:54:42.600 --> 0:54:43.920 thanks again for the time. I appreciate it. 0:54:45.000 --> 0:54:45.960 Thanks for having me slim. 0:54:46.000 --> 0:54:47.680 All right, you got a buddy. We got news update 0:54:47.719 --> 0:54:50.160 here in just minutes. Julie balk joins the show coming 0:54:50.239 --> 0:54:52.880 up and a very interesting story that she's going to 0:54:52.880 --> 0:54:56.160 get into here next on the show. And some of 0:54:56.160 --> 0:54:57.799 a topic we talked about last week as a matter 0:54:57.840 --> 0:55:00.959 of fact, with Coca Cola and discript dominating against men. 0:55:01.320 --> 0:55:04.800 And it's an interesting, interesting case that affects all of 0:55:04.920 --> 0:55:06.480 us who work for a living. We'll get into that 0:55:06.560 --> 0:55:12.000 just ahead here on seven hundred WWN helping you navigate 0:55:12.040 --> 0:55:15.319 the rocky path the fulfilling employee. 0:55:16.200 --> 0:55:19.000 Here's our career sub Julie. 0:55:18.640 --> 0:55:20.880 Balki, all right, this is from the Careful what you 0:55:20.960 --> 0:55:23.560 wish for a department, And this outcome of this could 0:55:23.600 --> 0:55:28.839 reshape how every company in America, small or large, structures 0:55:28.880 --> 0:55:31.960 its programming relative to diversity going forward. Trump talked about 0:55:31.960 --> 0:55:34.000 this last night in the State of the Union, but 0:55:34.120 --> 0:55:36.120 I mean it still exists out there. So here's an 0:55:36.120 --> 0:55:40.560 interesting case for you. Coca Cola and a outfit called 0:55:40.640 --> 0:55:44.440 Coca Cola Beverages Northeast has been sued by the EOC 0:55:44.600 --> 0:55:48.040 for sex discrimination. The government is alleging that the company 0:55:48.360 --> 0:55:51.520 excluded mail employees from a networking event for women, which 0:55:51.520 --> 0:55:54.719 would violate the Civil Rights Act. In nineteen sixty four, 0:55:54.760 --> 0:55:56.880 what they did was they hosted a women's form event. 0:55:57.239 --> 0:56:01.359 Two hundred and fifty female associates went, included network opportunities, 0:56:01.400 --> 0:56:05.000 discussions on navigating a male dominated industry, work life balance, 0:56:05.000 --> 0:56:07.520 and all those mom fields kind of things. And the 0:56:07.600 --> 0:56:12.120 lawsuit alleges the company denied mail employees the same compensation terms, conditions, 0:56:12.120 --> 0:56:16.000 privileges of employment offered and provided to female employees. That is, 0:56:17.000 --> 0:56:21.239 that is the straightforward civil rights violation. And you look 0:56:21.280 --> 0:56:23.719 at it going, well, did men have the same opportunity 0:56:23.760 --> 0:56:27.479 to get that kind of enlightenment, hotel rooms, paid time, 0:56:27.520 --> 0:56:29.640 all that stuff. And the answer is no. That is 0:56:29.680 --> 0:56:32.920 a clear cut violation the Civil Rights Act. So we 0:56:33.000 --> 0:56:35.400 know that DEI is on the ropes in this country. 0:56:35.920 --> 0:56:37.439 This is a whole different thing that's going to apply 0:56:37.440 --> 0:56:39.040 to your business now, and Julie is on to talk 0:56:39.080 --> 0:56:40.239 about it this morning. How are you? 0:56:42.120 --> 0:56:42.840 I'm fine? 0:56:42.880 --> 0:56:43.239 How are you? 0:56:43.560 --> 0:56:45.360 I am fine? What do you make of this ruling? 0:56:47.280 --> 0:56:53.200 So here's the here's the it makes sense. Okay, here's 0:56:53.239 --> 0:56:59.840 the demarcation. A company sponsored event, Yes, is very just 0:57:00.440 --> 0:57:05.959 from twenty five women in the claims department going away 0:57:06.000 --> 0:57:09.680 for a weekend paying it for it themselves. And so 0:57:09.719 --> 0:57:14.440 the what the EOC is saying is company resources cannot 0:57:14.440 --> 0:57:18.520 be spent in a discriminatory manner. And so what I 0:57:18.560 --> 0:57:21.800 have seen it's interesting because what I have seen companies 0:57:21.880 --> 0:57:25.800 do is they will do things like, let's say there's 0:57:26.120 --> 0:57:27.480 I'm working with this one company. 0:57:27.760 --> 0:57:28.640 They're women's group. 0:57:28.960 --> 0:57:31.800 They generally have a lot of women. You know, they 0:57:32.160 --> 0:57:35.640 used to be women only events. They've covered a lot 0:57:35.640 --> 0:57:37.880 of topics that women have to deal with at work 0:57:37.960 --> 0:57:40.640 that most that you know, most people the men don't. 0:57:41.400 --> 0:57:44.080 And so what they started doing was they just started 0:57:44.080 --> 0:57:47.320 to change the wording. It was still an event. It 0:57:47.360 --> 0:57:50.160 was still focus on Maybe it's let's take an example, 0:57:50.200 --> 0:57:53.520 maybe it's focused on how to manage your work life 0:57:53.560 --> 0:57:55.480 your personal life when you're working full time. 0:57:55.680 --> 0:57:57.080 Okay, so let's say that's the topic. 0:57:57.440 --> 0:58:00.000 I think it's easy to assume that that topic is 0:58:00.440 --> 0:58:04.880 going to appeal primarily to women, but it doesn't mean 0:58:05.160 --> 0:58:08.040 that there aren't men out there who deal with the 0:58:08.080 --> 0:58:10.200 same things. Maybe you have a wife or a partner 0:58:10.240 --> 0:58:13.840 with a very high powered job and you're both dealing 0:58:13.840 --> 0:58:15.600 with it and So the idea is you want to 0:58:15.720 --> 0:58:18.800 you want to open that content up to anybody who 0:58:18.800 --> 0:58:23.120 wants to attend, to anybody who that content is relevant for. Yes, 0:58:23.480 --> 0:58:25.840 Now will the majority of those people. 0:58:25.600 --> 0:58:27.000 Show up, mostly women? 0:58:27.160 --> 0:58:30.800 Yes, But that's that's the difference. And that's what most 0:58:30.800 --> 0:58:33.240 companies are doing, is they're saying, Okay, we still want 0:58:33.280 --> 0:58:37.240 to provide this content, but we're going to provide it. 0:58:37.240 --> 0:58:39.680 We're going to open it up to everyone. Because not 0:58:39.880 --> 0:58:42.800 all topics are for everyone, nor shouldn't they be, but 0:58:42.840 --> 0:58:45.800 we're going to give people who might normally not have 0:58:46.520 --> 0:58:49.320 been on the invite list. We're going to give them 0:58:49.360 --> 0:58:54.000 a chance opportunity to come to and personally, you know, 0:58:55.400 --> 0:58:56.320 that's a really good thing. 0:58:57.280 --> 0:59:00.840 Yeah, it's the tangible benefits are. And that's what the 0:59:01.400 --> 0:59:04.760 government's eoc's argument is is the company paid for you know, 0:59:04.760 --> 0:59:07.480 two hundred and fifty women, but the company paid for lodging, 0:59:07.560 --> 0:59:09.960 they paid for meals, they paid for other benefits for 0:59:10.000 --> 0:59:12.560 the attendees. They paid them their salaries, and they excuse 0:59:12.600 --> 0:59:14.440 them for their regular work duties. So that's not an 0:59:14.520 --> 0:59:18.160 after work you know, let's just have beers session. It's 0:59:18.160 --> 0:59:22.000 a compensated professional development tool. Is what this is, and 0:59:22.040 --> 0:59:24.280 that to me is the big distinction. This is not 0:59:24.360 --> 0:59:27.320 just a social let's get together and have cocktails after 0:59:27.360 --> 0:59:30.160 work thing, which like, okay, everybody does that. It's the 0:59:30.240 --> 0:59:34.440 fact that these women were at the seminar and exclusive 0:59:34.480 --> 0:59:36.600 to women only, that men weren't a part of. And 0:59:36.720 --> 0:59:38.480 I guess the wit to counter that would be have well, 0:59:38.520 --> 0:59:40.920 then do a men's kind of form or something like that. 0:59:40.960 --> 0:59:42.840 But then you're splitting hairs and we got to do 0:59:42.840 --> 0:59:46.240 one for that and disabled people in different affected minority groups, 0:59:46.280 --> 0:59:50.160 and you could just go on, you know, get LBGGQ 0:59:50.320 --> 0:59:52.600 and the next thing you know, you're spending millions of 0:59:52.600 --> 0:59:54.240 dollars on seminar. It's just to make it fair. 0:59:55.760 --> 0:59:57.919 Yeah, And I think you could say, okay, so let's 0:59:57.960 --> 1:00:00.720 take the opposite. Let's say there's a company golf outing. 1:00:02.440 --> 1:00:06.720 I think probably mostly if it's company sponsored golf outing 1:00:06.880 --> 1:00:09.400 or something that maybe the company the fundraiser and company 1:00:09.440 --> 1:00:14.160 sponsoring it, it probably would be disproportionately men. But they 1:00:14.160 --> 1:00:18.680 aren't saying women can't come. And so that's the difference. 1:00:18.760 --> 1:00:21.280 And what's so interesting about this to me is that 1:00:21.720 --> 1:00:26.120 we've entered this time in our world where our workforce 1:00:26.240 --> 1:00:34.240 is made up of so many people of different genders, races, backgrounds, 1:00:34.480 --> 1:00:41.400 you know, different challenges they may have, and it's it's 1:00:41.640 --> 1:00:44.640 it's not a one size fits all world. And so 1:00:44.840 --> 1:00:47.960 what I'm seeing as a response to this, which I 1:00:48.000 --> 1:00:50.880 actually think is a very healthy response, is it's not 1:00:51.000 --> 1:00:54.960 about DEEI. It's about belonging. And so if I'm twenty five, 1:00:55.160 --> 1:00:56.920 if I'm a twenty five year old white male, that 1:00:56.960 --> 1:00:59.840 I have let's say I'm on the spectrum, I have 1:01:00.160 --> 1:01:04.040 burgers or adhd or and so I need I need 1:01:04.240 --> 1:01:07.840 to feel like I belong let's and so I need 1:01:07.880 --> 1:01:12.120 maybe some special you know, maybe some some some special 1:01:12.160 --> 1:01:15.920 content or training or something. I think that the problem 1:01:15.960 --> 1:01:18.640 with the previous way of looking at it, with the 1:01:18.720 --> 1:01:22.160 assumption that if you're a white male, you encounter no 1:01:22.280 --> 1:01:26.200 problems at work, right, and all this right, and that 1:01:26.200 --> 1:01:30.959 that can't possibly be true. Now, while it's sure, while 1:01:30.960 --> 1:01:35.720 we're sure that women often face things that men don't, 1:01:36.000 --> 1:01:38.960 younger people face things that older people don't. People who 1:01:39.000 --> 1:01:42.280 are LGBTQ may face things that work that other people don't. 1:01:42.800 --> 1:01:46.360 I think to divide that by gender is really asking 1:01:46.400 --> 1:01:49.720 for trouble, because it's not. It's not about gender anymore. 1:01:49.880 --> 1:01:55.560 Back when the workforce was very very much predominantly men, 1:01:56.360 --> 1:01:59.320 white people and men, I can see that now we 1:01:59.400 --> 1:02:03.320 have an extremely diverse population and workforce, and what people 1:02:03.440 --> 1:02:08.240 are going to struggle with is really, how do we 1:02:08.320 --> 1:02:11.440 make sure that everybody who comes in our door is 1:02:11.480 --> 1:02:14.200 given a chance to feel like they belong and to 1:02:14.240 --> 1:02:17.320 be successful and that can't cut across their lives. 1:02:17.960 --> 1:02:19.800 Yeah, and certainly women have been in short of the 1:02:19.840 --> 1:02:23.080 stake historically speaking. But you know, with the inclusion and 1:02:23.120 --> 1:02:25.919 the policies in DEI, you can make a legitimate claim 1:02:25.960 --> 1:02:29.880 that Okay, you mentioned white men may feel overwhelmed, but 1:02:30.040 --> 1:02:32.000 with all those change, especially men that have been around 1:02:32.040 --> 1:02:33.920 for a while, going, okay, it's hard to keep up 1:02:33.920 --> 1:02:36.000 with all this change. Maybe maybe they do need a 1:02:36.000 --> 1:02:39.480 seminar themselves for this. But you know, again, is something 1:02:40.440 --> 1:02:42.360 success has to come to the expense of someone else. 1:02:42.360 --> 1:02:44.200 It's zero some game. That's the way it's always been. 1:02:44.520 --> 1:02:46.640 But that's the problem. 1:02:46.920 --> 1:02:47.120 Yeah. 1:02:47.200 --> 1:02:49.840 Yeah, And I think if you if you create the 1:02:49.880 --> 1:02:52.680 type of environment, and I've had some I've had some 1:02:52.720 --> 1:02:57.400 conversations with companies who are really really really great places 1:02:57.440 --> 1:03:01.280 to work. They're constantly recognized. They have their people love 1:03:01.360 --> 1:03:04.800 working there. They're rating her glass door really high, and 1:03:04.840 --> 1:03:10.360 they're struggling with how do we look forward and how 1:03:10.360 --> 1:03:13.440 do we make sure instead of focusing on things like 1:03:13.520 --> 1:03:17.480 quotas and numbers, how instead do we focus on making 1:03:17.520 --> 1:03:22.680 sure we have the type of environment in which people 1:03:22.760 --> 1:03:25.240 feel like they can come here, feel like they belong, 1:03:25.440 --> 1:03:28.760 and that they can be successful. I think that's the 1:03:29.520 --> 1:03:30.680 conversation that needs. 1:03:30.520 --> 1:03:31.560 To be had moving forward. 1:03:31.720 --> 1:03:34.240 Right She's Julie Bouki, our career SUIRP every Wednesday morning 1:03:34.280 --> 1:03:36.360 on the Scots Lawn Show, Julie on the Job on 1:03:36.400 --> 1:03:39.880 seven hundred WLW and talking about this lawsuit that really 1:03:39.920 --> 1:03:41.960 doesn't have any meeting in your life, but it's going 1:03:41.960 --> 1:03:44.000 to because it's an impact where you work at some point. 1:03:44.320 --> 1:03:47.400 The Equal Opportunity Commission, the EEOC, is suing Coca Cola 1:03:47.480 --> 1:03:51.160 Northeast for sex discrimination because it was biased against men. 1:03:51.160 --> 1:03:54.320 They invited two hundred and fifty employees to a resort. 1:03:54.440 --> 1:03:56.560 They flew them in or got hotels for them and 1:03:56.600 --> 1:03:58.520 paid for that, and it was during company time, but 1:03:58.560 --> 1:04:01.160 it was a women's only seminar and according to the 1:04:01.160 --> 1:04:03.200 Civil Rights Act of nineteen sixty four. You can't do 1:04:03.320 --> 1:04:06.480 that because you're getting meals and salary and time off 1:04:06.480 --> 1:04:09.120 from regular duties and paid lodging. And I'm sure there's 1:04:09.120 --> 1:04:11.800 some reck and spa time maybe be golf, who knows 1:04:11.800 --> 1:04:14.280 something like that, and there's gonna be entertainers. But that's 1:04:14.320 --> 1:04:17.640 only for women and no one else. That's discriminatory according 1:04:17.720 --> 1:04:19.480 to the law. And I'm glad we live in a 1:04:19.480 --> 1:04:21.320 time where we can look at that going, Look, there's 1:04:21.360 --> 1:04:23.439 no problem. It's not a big deal to lift people 1:04:23.520 --> 1:04:25.080 up or lift a group up, but you have to 1:04:25.080 --> 1:04:27.200 do it equitably and fairly. And that's the problem with 1:04:27.280 --> 1:04:30.160 DEI all these years. And that's why I think the 1:04:30.160 --> 1:04:32.840 president's right to overturn this is like it always has 1:04:32.840 --> 1:04:34.440 to come to the expense of someone else. Like all 1:04:34.520 --> 1:04:38.160 these groups matter, but if one group matters, they all matter. 1:04:38.200 --> 1:04:39.720 How about just you know, if you want to be 1:04:39.720 --> 1:04:43.640 better at your job or productive, quit looking at gender, 1:04:43.720 --> 1:04:46.280 quit looking at race, and quit looking at all these other 1:04:46.280 --> 1:04:48.000 factors and just can you do the job or not? 1:04:48.160 --> 1:04:51.200 Now that's the perfect world for me. That's not reality, of. 1:04:51.160 --> 1:04:56.360 Course, right right, And that's so it's not it's not 1:04:56.520 --> 1:05:01.040 that we don't companies and humans and j general don't 1:05:01.080 --> 1:05:07.920 recognize that that people that there are times when you know, 1:05:07.960 --> 1:05:11.880 there are people who deal with different struggles in the 1:05:11.920 --> 1:05:14.680 workplace and at different times. And so I might be 1:05:14.920 --> 1:05:17.080 let's say I'm a twenty five year old life guy 1:05:17.080 --> 1:05:18.760 and I'm like, I don't get it, what's the big 1:05:18.800 --> 1:05:22.040 deal here? Then he ends up, you know, he gets 1:05:22.080 --> 1:05:25.280 married or gets a partner, they have a child, maybe 1:05:25.280 --> 1:05:27.800 the child has special needs. Now all of a sudden, 1:05:27.880 --> 1:05:31.000 you have parents who are really getting pulled in a 1:05:31.080 --> 1:05:34.360 thousand different directions. All of a sudden, that life experience 1:05:34.760 --> 1:05:36.640 may make him say, okay. 1:05:37.320 --> 1:05:38.560 I get it a little bit now. 1:05:38.920 --> 1:05:40.680 And so I think we have to just if we 1:05:40.720 --> 1:05:45.200 create cultures of belonging and we bring in opportunities for 1:05:45.320 --> 1:05:48.640 people to fully engage at work, but also, you know, 1:05:49.000 --> 1:05:51.960 live that live that blended life successfully regardless of what 1:05:52.000 --> 1:05:55.680 their situation is or what class or group they come from. 1:05:55.920 --> 1:05:57.160 I think you're just We're just going to have a 1:05:57.160 --> 1:06:01.040 lot better outcomes and a lot healthier conversation. And it's 1:06:01.120 --> 1:06:03.400 but it's a shift, and so it's going to take 1:06:03.640 --> 1:06:06.120 a bit for people to come to that shift. But 1:06:06.360 --> 1:06:08.240 I'm a Boomer. If I can learn it, anybody can 1:06:08.280 --> 1:06:08.600 learn it. 1:06:09.160 --> 1:06:12.520 The critics of they say that the EEOC is misusing 1:06:12.560 --> 1:06:14.919 their limited resources to go after cases like this while 1:06:14.920 --> 1:06:18.520 real discrimination in the workplace exists against women. How do 1:06:18.520 --> 1:06:19.280 you weigh that argument? 1:06:20.400 --> 1:06:20.680 Well? 1:06:21.160 --> 1:06:24.240 And do we know that? Do we know that they 1:06:24.240 --> 1:06:27.640 are not also going after other things in the department. 1:06:27.680 --> 1:06:30.880 I think that's kind of a false comparison, yep, I 1:06:30.960 --> 1:06:33.680 don't think. I don't think those two things necessarily two 1:06:33.720 --> 1:06:36.640 things can be true at once. They can be going 1:06:36.680 --> 1:06:38.840 after and calling out these kinds of things, but also 1:06:39.000 --> 1:06:42.080 calling out other things. But yes, those things exist. But 1:06:42.120 --> 1:06:45.640 we have to do we have to do sort of 1:06:44.200 --> 1:06:48.520 a frame of mind shift around how we look at this. 1:06:48.640 --> 1:06:53.040 What can I do to make sure that my workplace 1:06:54.600 --> 1:06:58.520 that I'm removing the barriers as a company leadership to 1:06:58.760 --> 1:07:03.440 everybody who walks our door being the most fulfilled and 1:07:03.480 --> 1:07:05.880 engaged they can be. How do I knock those barriers down? 1:07:06.320 --> 1:07:07.200 Because that may. 1:07:07.160 --> 1:07:10.439 Sound to you like, but it actually there's so many 1:07:10.480 --> 1:07:13.960 studies that show that those types of cultures fall directly 1:07:14.040 --> 1:07:16.640 to more success on the bottom line. And so it's 1:07:16.640 --> 1:07:18.360 a business case. It's a business. 1:07:18.200 --> 1:07:20.880 Barrierge Well, give me the examples of where this vast 1:07:20.960 --> 1:07:24.400 discrimination is happening as opposed to, well, there's still discrimination. Well, 1:07:24.440 --> 1:07:26.760 of course there is. There's always going to be discriminations. 1:07:26.800 --> 1:07:28.800 There are going to be crazy stories that come out 1:07:28.840 --> 1:07:32.240 in the news about somebody doing sexual harassment, or as 1:07:32.280 --> 1:07:34.160 long as men and women are together, that's going to happen. 1:07:34.760 --> 1:07:36.920 That's the realist side. Doesn't mean we should accept it 1:07:36.920 --> 1:07:39.000 and just go okay whatever, But I'm saying it's going 1:07:39.080 --> 1:07:42.040 to happen. We're the sexist co mingle. I guess the 1:07:42.440 --> 1:07:44.360 way I look at it is with when it comes 1:07:44.360 --> 1:07:47.640 to DEI programs and the like, is they have we 1:07:48.040 --> 1:07:50.680 you know, with pulling it back, are they going to 1:07:50.720 --> 1:07:52.480 be able to support themselves? Because at some point you've 1:07:52.480 --> 1:07:54.040 got to withdraw the program to see if we can 1:07:54.080 --> 1:07:55.920 Steff the toddler can stand on its own. And I 1:07:55.920 --> 1:07:58.640 think it's high time we've done something like that. I 1:07:58.720 --> 1:08:01.200 also know that this provides a lot of cover for 1:08:01.320 --> 1:08:04.280 people who may not be good or competent in their jobs, 1:08:04.320 --> 1:08:06.720 as opposed to going, well, you know, either you do 1:08:06.920 --> 1:08:08.480 can do the job, or you can't do the job. 1:08:08.600 --> 1:08:10.400 You can do this report, or you're not getting the 1:08:10.440 --> 1:08:14.200 concept and then immediately it reverts to Welt's discrimination. You're 1:08:14.200 --> 1:08:16.960 treating me because of my gender, my skin color, my ethnicity, 1:08:17.080 --> 1:08:20.840 my sexual orientation. No, you just you suck at your job. 1:08:21.000 --> 1:08:23.960 And unfortunately, for a long time, DEI has provided too 1:08:24.000 --> 1:08:24.640 much cover for that. 1:08:26.080 --> 1:08:30.840 Well, and let's it's not yeah, I mean, that's just 1:08:30.920 --> 1:08:33.880 poor leadership. I mean most of the issues at work 1:08:34.000 --> 1:08:37.400 today is poor leadership. So let me tell you a 1:08:37.439 --> 1:08:39.840 story that just has must right real quick. And I 1:08:39.840 --> 1:08:45.960 can tell the story pop because okay, okay, women I 1:08:46.000 --> 1:08:49.360 know working her butt off in this job too, and 1:08:49.439 --> 1:08:52.120 two and three jobs. She's the only woman on the team. 1:08:53.000 --> 1:08:55.120 The owner of this company gave all the males a 1:08:55.120 --> 1:08:58.240 bonus and a big raise, but not her. 1:08:58.439 --> 1:08:59.120 And do you know why? 1:08:59.240 --> 1:09:02.080 He said, Oh, you're nearly our strongest performer, but you're 1:09:02.120 --> 1:09:04.320 not the primary breadwinner in your household, so you don't 1:09:04.360 --> 1:09:04.680 need it. 1:09:05.360 --> 1:09:06.960 How old is the guy, the boss? 1:09:08.120 --> 1:09:09.559 He's sixty. 1:09:09.840 --> 1:09:14.720 Yeah, there you go. That's the problem is that age 1:09:14.720 --> 1:09:16.240 gap is like people still think like that. 1:09:16.280 --> 1:09:20.559 Right yeah yeah, And so it still affects people. So 1:09:20.600 --> 1:09:23.800 there's still that thinking out there. And if that makes 1:09:23.840 --> 1:09:25.120 sense to you, if you're listening, to this and that 1:09:25.160 --> 1:09:27.599 makes sense to you. You need to do some deep thinking, absolutely, 1:09:27.600 --> 1:09:30.360 because when you get learned, it's about the job. It's 1:09:30.400 --> 1:09:33.040 not about what your circumstances are outside of one hundred percent. 1:09:33.080 --> 1:09:35.439 Julie Balki our career sup. Every Wednesday morning's Julie on 1:09:35.439 --> 1:09:38.439 the job at the Balki Group, a UK, the BAKA 1:09:38.720 --> 1:09:41.960 Career Coach, consultant, et cetera, advisor, your business, large, small 1:09:42.040 --> 1:09:44.040 or individual for that matter, All the best, have a 1:09:44.040 --> 1:09:48.320 great week. News is on the way. Next we'll talk 1:09:48.640 --> 1:09:50.920 about the State of the Union again and specifically the 1:09:51.240 --> 1:09:53.040 big thing is happened in the next seventy two hours here? 1:09:53.240 --> 1:09:55.519 What is the deal with Iran? The President briefly touched 1:09:55.560 --> 1:09:57.560 on this at the end last night. Mark and Silaco's 1:09:57.560 --> 1:09:59.800 here to break it down. Are we going to war? 1:10:00.120 --> 1:10:02.519 That's the question. Next we'll have an answer. Seven hundred 1:10:02.520 --> 1:10:07.880 WW Cincinnati. I don't want to be plony. On seven 1:10:07.960 --> 1:10:11.200 hundred WLW. The clock is ticket here. That clock tick tick, 1:10:11.600 --> 1:10:14.320 President Trump last night in the state of the Union 1:10:14.360 --> 1:10:17.040 deal or military strike? What's going to happen with Iran? 1:10:17.760 --> 1:10:19.160 Right at the end of it. If you were able 1:10:19.200 --> 1:10:20.680 to stay awake, that long, the longest State of the 1:10:20.760 --> 1:10:22.760 Union ever at one hundred and eight minutes, said he 1:10:22.760 --> 1:10:26.719 would never allowed Tehran to obtain nuclear weapons and says, hey, listen, 1:10:26.840 --> 1:10:29.880 I'd much rather do this diplomatically. So the latest done 1:10:29.920 --> 1:10:32.439 this is we have two US carrier strike groups now 1:10:32.520 --> 1:10:34.760 positioned in the region. There's a lot of US Navy 1:10:34.760 --> 1:10:38.559 ships there by the way, tomorrow nuclear talks will resume 1:10:38.560 --> 1:10:41.280 in Geneva. Rans four Minister says a deal is within reach. 1:10:41.680 --> 1:10:45.160 Pentagon leaked out some stuff regarding warnings in our military preparedness, 1:10:45.160 --> 1:10:48.040 and there's also what four straight days now fifty five 1:10:48.120 --> 1:10:52.160 days of university protests inside Iran, and this is all 1:10:52.560 --> 1:10:55.120 going to come to a head fairly soon, at least, 1:10:55.160 --> 1:10:57.799 we think. Let me bring in doctor Mark Ensilaco, former 1:10:57.800 --> 1:11:00.519 director of International Studies and found a human rights program 1:11:00.520 --> 1:11:03.120 studies at the University of Dayton, the Middle Eastern terrorism expert. 1:11:03.479 --> 1:11:05.080 Doctor Mark. Welcome back. How you doing. 1:11:06.080 --> 1:11:06.720 I'm doing well. 1:11:06.720 --> 1:11:07.080 How are you? 1:11:07.160 --> 1:11:07.760 I'm doing well? 1:11:07.800 --> 1:11:08.160 Thank you. 1:11:09.240 --> 1:11:11.120 Yeah, I was a long speech last night. He did 1:11:11.160 --> 1:11:14.320 Iran at the end. So the President said that and 1:11:14.400 --> 1:11:17.080 multiple times, including last night, that they of the United 1:11:17.080 --> 1:11:21.120 States obliterated Around's nuclear program in operation Midnight Hammer last June. 1:11:21.400 --> 1:11:24.800 Nuclear experts say it was significant, not total, because they 1:11:24.840 --> 1:11:28.479 still have enrichment facilities at two locations suspect of being crippled, 1:11:28.520 --> 1:11:31.160 but they still operate at least one other reactors. So 1:11:31.200 --> 1:11:34.040 from your expertise, how accurate is the word obliterated and 1:11:34.080 --> 1:11:38.800 how quickly could Iran start resuming and reconstituting their nuclear capabilities. 1:11:39.760 --> 1:11:42.680 Well, yeah, so there was that sort of contradiction. It 1:11:42.720 --> 1:11:45.280 was obliterated, but we might need to strike again. That 1:11:45.400 --> 1:11:50.439 was a bit confusing. And see, not an expert of 1:11:50.560 --> 1:11:53.320 nuclear proliferation, but from all I can see, they're set 1:11:53.360 --> 1:11:56.080 back and there had be a very difficult time. But 1:11:56.520 --> 1:12:00.839 has the destruction of equipment, of plans, right, research facility, 1:12:00.920 --> 1:12:06.639 we're talking about the assassination of physicists and another scientists, 1:12:06.720 --> 1:12:10.559 rocket scientists, et cetera. So they're hurting, and as you 1:12:10.600 --> 1:12:14.480 point out, with the unrest, the social unrest, the protests, 1:12:14.600 --> 1:12:18.320 the dissidents, they're having a very time, very difficult time 1:12:18.439 --> 1:12:24.439 focusing on anything. And you mentioned at the top was interesting, 1:12:24.439 --> 1:12:27.880 you know, the clocks taking, but the clock's on outside. 1:12:28.160 --> 1:12:30.479 It's not right. They're gonna we have to strike them 1:12:30.520 --> 1:12:32.479 next week because in two weeks they could have an 1:12:32.520 --> 1:12:35.320 operational nuclear weapon. Pustly need missiles to be able to 1:12:35.360 --> 1:12:37.280 bring them the United States. It could strike digital, but 1:12:37.680 --> 1:12:41.639 couldn't stake much there on that. So you know, Iron 1:12:41.920 --> 1:12:45.320 knows it's in a difficult situation and then knows that 1:12:45.360 --> 1:12:49.000 the President has no reluctance about using that hammer. It's 1:12:49.040 --> 1:12:53.000 moved a tremendous amount of military resources into the UH 1:12:53.120 --> 1:12:56.440 into the area. And you mentioned aircraft carrier metal groups, 1:12:56.479 --> 1:13:00.720 but aircrafts too, so air trink or refuelers and bombers, 1:13:00.760 --> 1:13:04.840 and so Iron knows from a recent experience that the 1:13:04.920 --> 1:13:07.320 United States has a hammer and it's willing to use it. 1:13:07.520 --> 1:13:10.479 Yeah. Yeah, and it's classic carrot or stick, right, we 1:13:10.520 --> 1:13:12.200 have the carrot, but we'll crack you with the stick 1:13:12.240 --> 1:13:14.160 if we have to. And certainly no one wants that. 1:13:14.240 --> 1:13:15.880 Even Trump said that himself. It was like, we want 1:13:15.920 --> 1:13:19.160 to end this diplomatically and said we'll never allow them 1:13:19.160 --> 1:13:21.439 to have a nuclear program. Their foreign minister said literally 1:13:21.520 --> 1:13:24.120 those words this week, the same thing, under no circumstances 1:13:24.320 --> 1:13:27.320 will we ever develop a nuclear weapon. President did acknowledge 1:13:27.360 --> 1:13:29.040 that in the last night in the State of the Union. 1:13:29.080 --> 1:13:32.200 So in that context. Now, what's really being negotiated here. 1:13:32.720 --> 1:13:36.120 It seems like the goalposts may be moving, and does 1:13:36.160 --> 1:13:38.040 it work in a context and framing his demands like 1:13:38.040 --> 1:13:40.360 this last night because they're admitting, hey, we don't want 1:13:40.360 --> 1:13:42.360 to do this, but we've seen in the past where 1:13:42.439 --> 1:13:45.760 well Iraq, right, we believe them would be developing programs 1:13:45.760 --> 1:13:48.360 and weapons of mass destruction. Of course, you know we 1:13:48.400 --> 1:13:52.000 saw what happened there in context, but again we can't 1:13:52.000 --> 1:13:52.840 be too sure, can't we. 1:13:54.080 --> 1:13:58.400 No, you know, these are secret facilities and try to 1:13:58.439 --> 1:14:02.360 hide them underground. Our intelligence good Israeli tell is very good, 1:14:03.000 --> 1:14:03.879 but there's things. 1:14:03.720 --> 1:14:04.200 We don't know. 1:14:05.880 --> 1:14:10.800 But you know, maturely interesting. The the Iranians, i think, 1:14:10.880 --> 1:14:13.640 want an outcome that's similar to the deal that he 1:14:13.720 --> 1:14:16.960 withdrew from before, right, so they can have rich to 1:14:17.000 --> 1:14:19.400 a certain degree and the UN can keep an eye 1:14:19.439 --> 1:14:23.479 on them, and they still retain that Trump President Trump 1:14:23.520 --> 1:14:24.439 wants and he's in a. 1:14:24.360 --> 1:14:25.719 Position to obtain. 1:14:26.320 --> 1:14:31.240 He wants this complete nuclearization, you know, no, enrichment to 1:14:31.280 --> 1:14:36.080 a certain level where the possibility for a breakout. But 1:14:36.160 --> 1:14:38.439 there's something else that to bring up, Scott, you know 1:14:38.680 --> 1:14:41.800 you mentioned the dissonance you have a regime That is 1:14:42.800 --> 1:14:45.800 how it's difficult today, but it's close to tottering right, 1:14:46.360 --> 1:14:52.040 And another president has spoken repeatedly about opposing regime wars 1:14:52.080 --> 1:14:55.040 of a regime change. One wonders if in the back 1:14:55.080 --> 1:14:57.559 of their mind the Houston military force is. 1:14:57.560 --> 1:14:58.880 More regime change. 1:14:59.000 --> 1:15:02.479 Now, by the way, if that theocratic regime comes down 1:15:03.800 --> 1:15:07.360 the nuclear issue and the nuclear program, the missile programs, 1:15:07.360 --> 1:15:10.160 support for terrorism, that goes away because there are reasonably 1:15:10.240 --> 1:15:15.160 democratic forces inside around who do that. So, whether that's 1:15:15.200 --> 1:15:18.080 intentional or not, a military strike would you know, hasten 1:15:18.200 --> 1:15:20.920 the collapse of the regime. It may be the purpose. 1:15:21.600 --> 1:15:24.600 So what I would strongly urge is as we go 1:15:24.680 --> 1:15:29.120 through the negotiation, prefer negotiated solution to the nuclear situation, 1:15:29.200 --> 1:15:35.240 of course, but whether we're behind regime change with military 1:15:35.240 --> 1:15:37.759 strike with all the means, we need to start thinking 1:15:37.840 --> 1:15:40.639 five steps down the road, not a step ahead, because 1:15:40.880 --> 1:15:42.720 this is gonna be a very complex situation. Is a 1:15:42.800 --> 1:15:47.479 large society, It could be civil war, it could be 1:15:47.520 --> 1:15:50.679 trying to some senstability and violence, and that's inpact, oil 1:15:50.760 --> 1:15:53.639 and everything else. So we're you know, one thing under 1:15:53.680 --> 1:15:57.719 this administration is with Venezuela and now Cuba, is next 1:15:57.800 --> 1:16:00.439 on the hit list. Uh, he's seeing the transformation in 1:16:00.520 --> 1:16:03.240 the global map in a way that's favorable to us interest. 1:16:04.000 --> 1:16:06.599 So in the back of my mind, I wonder if 1:16:06.840 --> 1:16:08.920 a lot of the stable rattling really has to do 1:16:09.600 --> 1:16:12.440 with regime change, not democlearization. 1:16:13.120 --> 1:16:15.680 Yeah, and on that point too, we have protests, as 1:16:15.680 --> 1:16:18.800 I said, erupting in universities around Iran, chounting death to 1:16:18.880 --> 1:16:21.519 Kameni and raising the pre revolution flag. They want to 1:16:21.560 --> 1:16:23.639 go back to seventy pre seventy nine, which you know, 1:16:23.920 --> 1:16:26.080 it was a completely free society. You look at pictures 1:16:26.080 --> 1:16:30.000 from then versus now, and it's it looks extremely western. 1:16:30.080 --> 1:16:31.800 You know, the women are going to university dressing in 1:16:31.840 --> 1:16:34.840 Western clothes. And this regime came in and seventy nine 1:16:34.880 --> 1:16:38.240 and changed all that. Human rights groups said seven thousand 1:16:38.240 --> 1:16:40.800 people were killed fifty thousand arrested in the January crackdown. 1:16:41.200 --> 1:16:42.760 So they're seeing that pressure. But at the same time, 1:16:42.800 --> 1:16:46.640 the regime is now mobilizing their militia on campuses in 1:16:46.720 --> 1:16:50.120 attacking the protesters themselves in this regard, So does that 1:16:50.240 --> 1:16:52.680 this military action, if we get involved in this in 1:16:52.680 --> 1:16:55.960 Iran militarily, does it strengthen comedies hold on power, because 1:16:55.960 --> 1:16:57.599 we've seen these things backfire before too. 1:16:59.040 --> 1:17:03.040 Yes, that's who knows. Who knows. I mean, certainly dissidents 1:17:03.040 --> 1:17:06.720 within Iran want the regime to come down, but they 1:17:06.720 --> 1:17:10.000 don't want the Shaw's sun to come back, and they 1:17:10.120 --> 1:17:14.479 don't necessarily want to come to power to bring out 1:17:14.560 --> 1:17:18.639 democratic change at the point at the point of a gun, 1:17:19.240 --> 1:17:21.920 an American gun. That puts them in a very difficult 1:17:22.000 --> 1:17:26.040 situation in terms of their legitimacy. You know, because after 1:17:26.920 --> 1:17:30.720 in December and January the violence there, the regime came 1:17:30.720 --> 1:17:32.960 out and said, yes, the word deaths, that they were 1:17:33.000 --> 1:17:38.240 caused by outside agitators and the Zionists and Americans. So 1:17:38.240 --> 1:17:42.960 certainly they'll try to leverage us involvement in terms of 1:17:43.040 --> 1:17:46.000 public opinion. But let me say something. I'm teaching on 1:17:46.040 --> 1:17:48.880 this class, my political violence seminar is now in his 1:17:49.000 --> 1:17:52.400 thirty sixty year and we're dealing with Iran. You get 1:17:52.400 --> 1:17:55.559 the number of a five thousand killed, I'm hearing forty 1:17:55.600 --> 1:17:59.679 thousand killed. We remember ten of men that was located 1:17:59.720 --> 1:18:04.599 in Animn and there are there are thousands there, one hundreds, 1:18:04.600 --> 1:18:06.120 certainly thousands. 1:18:07.200 --> 1:18:07.400 Here. 1:18:07.479 --> 1:18:11.479 You had protests throughout the country every major city, and 1:18:11.920 --> 1:18:14.439 you write the Beijis and the other militia groups and 1:18:14.520 --> 1:18:18.639 the Revolutionary Guards are quite brutal and repressive, and they're 1:18:18.680 --> 1:18:20.840 not going to go quietly, you know. I remember when 1:18:20.920 --> 1:18:22.920 the Arab Spring was happening a number of years ago 1:18:23.360 --> 1:18:26.880 and the government Morocco fell to me eventually in Egypt. 1:18:27.400 --> 1:18:29.320 I remember being asked about Syria and I said, well, no, 1:18:29.920 --> 1:18:32.800 the regime Alfas Alasada and Beshier Alasada will fight to 1:18:32.840 --> 1:18:35.360 the last Syrian. It will be no way they're going 1:18:35.400 --> 1:18:37.599 to go quietly. And that's where they see what they're 1:18:37.640 --> 1:18:40.240 ranning regime. They're not going to go quietly, whether we 1:18:40.320 --> 1:18:43.840 strike them or not. And what would we strike? One thing, 1:18:43.920 --> 1:18:49.040 restriking the nuclear facilities or the air defenses. But to 1:18:49.360 --> 1:18:55.320 have any direct involvement you impact on the democracy movement. Uh, 1:18:55.560 --> 1:18:58.560 then they have to wait to strike. What strike the 1:18:59.000 --> 1:19:02.000 Revolutionary Guard had quarters. I mean, it becomes very it 1:19:02.040 --> 1:19:04.800 becomes then becomes a walk, then becomes an intervention in 1:19:04.880 --> 1:19:09.920 another country in a war that's not over eliminating a 1:19:10.040 --> 1:19:14.280 nuclear threat. Man, Now you're talking about a legion change war, 1:19:14.360 --> 1:19:16.200 which MAGA was opposed to. 1:19:16.960 --> 1:19:19.519 And I only that We're very bad at it. Every time, 1:19:19.600 --> 1:19:21.599 seems like every time we do it. Mark Ensiolaco from 1:19:21.600 --> 1:19:24.679 the University of Dayton. What happens is we put it here, Okay, 1:19:24.680 --> 1:19:26.000 we got a regime change, and then we forget. We 1:19:26.080 --> 1:19:28.000 move on to the next shiny thing, and then all 1:19:28.040 --> 1:19:30.880 this chaos occurs in country and we get another despot 1:19:30.920 --> 1:19:33.040 in charge. It's worse than the one. We spent all 1:19:33.120 --> 1:19:36.280 this money, time and sadly bodies on trying to displace. 1:19:37.200 --> 1:19:41.400 We don't have the I guess, the fortitude to make 1:19:41.520 --> 1:19:44.320 sure that the democracy takes rue whatever that looks like. 1:19:44.400 --> 1:19:46.439 I mean, it's certainly what the students want, but you 1:19:46.560 --> 1:19:49.640 wonder how many of the people who work for the 1:19:49.680 --> 1:19:53.160 autocratic society, meaning the generals and their minions, don't want 1:19:53.200 --> 1:19:55.360 that at all, and they'll completely undermine that to stay 1:19:55.400 --> 1:19:55.719 in power. 1:19:56.960 --> 1:19:57.160 Yeah. 1:19:58.520 --> 1:20:01.719 On a personality side of it, I hope the president 1:20:01.920 --> 1:20:06.439 is paying listening more closely to Marco Rubio than exist. 1:20:07.280 --> 1:20:10.400 I just think in terms of their ability to analyze it. 1:20:10.479 --> 1:20:13.160 Talked about you need to be five steps ahead. Uh, 1:20:14.200 --> 1:20:17.040 Marcal Rubio is five steps ahead. Probably is thinking about 1:20:17.040 --> 1:20:22.320 the complex all the things you raised is delightful. You know, 1:20:22.360 --> 1:20:26.880 it's wonderful the moment whenever the dictator's statue was pulled down, 1:20:27.120 --> 1:20:29.240 you know where Sidam was saying it. That was a 1:20:29.280 --> 1:20:33.599 wonderful movement. But when you know, we got drawn into 1:20:33.680 --> 1:20:36.120 that war and we were very we got drawn into 1:20:36.160 --> 1:20:40.240 the surge because we were uh, in our in our 1:20:40.479 --> 1:20:46.280 greed to democratize a rack, we ended up just destabilizing 1:20:46.280 --> 1:20:48.240 in the war that they're in Vegas. And and I 1:20:48.360 --> 1:20:51.880 think and even President Trump is aware of that. I 1:20:51.920 --> 1:20:52.800 think he's quite aware of it. 1:20:53.240 --> 1:20:55.200 How in danger are our troops are assets out there? 1:20:55.280 --> 1:20:57.960 Ran has threatened to retaliate as hard as possible, uh 1:20:58.200 --> 1:21:00.519 and said that Hey, Comandie even said we can sink 1:21:00.520 --> 1:21:04.240 a US worship has Bala, The Houthis or Rocky militias 1:21:04.280 --> 1:21:08.080 are all across the region. What's a realistic retaliation scenario 1:21:08.280 --> 1:21:10.880 if we strike? What do they do to us? What's 1:21:10.920 --> 1:21:12.920 the most dangerous move they can make against us? 1:21:13.680 --> 1:21:15.880 Yeah, that's an excellent question. And then it really the 1:21:15.960 --> 1:21:20.360 answer depends on a realistic assessment of their capabilities. So 1:21:20.600 --> 1:21:24.599 in two things, One they could fire off short range missiles. 1:21:24.640 --> 1:21:26.960 Now rock did is and there were scuds and they 1:21:27.160 --> 1:21:30.680 were in accurate, but Iranian weapons that rocket program is 1:21:30.840 --> 1:21:34.519 where it's just getting so they can start lobbing some things. 1:21:35.400 --> 1:21:39.040 They would have to overpower our anti ballistic missile equipment, 1:21:39.080 --> 1:21:42.879 you know, our Patriot system, our armed iron dome systems. 1:21:43.920 --> 1:21:46.880 But you know they could sneak a weapon, and it's 1:21:46.960 --> 1:21:51.320 one of these places. It's happened in Syria recently and 1:21:51.479 --> 1:21:54.640 Jordan where soldiers and military contract has been hit by 1:21:54.720 --> 1:21:58.280 a straight rocket. So that's one in good old days. 1:21:58.560 --> 1:22:02.440 They said that facetiously, it was you would expect terror operations, 1:22:03.080 --> 1:22:05.000 so you expect, you know, it takes it pick a 1:22:05.040 --> 1:22:08.400 military action and you never know what the US embassy's 1:22:08.400 --> 1:22:10.680 attacked in. I don't know, boinos Ares or something, so 1:22:11.120 --> 1:22:13.360 the terrorist can now struck at that. But the real 1:22:13.479 --> 1:22:17.479 question is you mentioned is Boland the huties they're hurt. 1:22:17.760 --> 1:22:21.320 They're hurt very er badly. You know that there's really 1:22:21.520 --> 1:22:25.760 attack with the pagers eliminated. We can his blog quite deal. 1:22:25.880 --> 1:22:31.360 So they've lost the land bridge across Syria to Lebanon. 1:22:32.920 --> 1:22:33.200 Hutu. 1:22:33.320 --> 1:22:37.200 Situation is really complex, so I don't I don't want 1:22:37.240 --> 1:22:41.439 to underestimate their ability either to strike US with a 1:22:41.520 --> 1:22:45.439 missile or too overwhelm our missile defenses, or it's terrorism, 1:22:45.560 --> 1:22:49.799 but it's it's real. It always attack has been. Remember 1:22:50.720 --> 1:22:55.280 we attacked Libya in nineteen eighty six, remember Richard Nixon, 1:22:55.360 --> 1:23:00.920 I mean Ronald Reagan and nineteen eighty nine we had 1:23:00.960 --> 1:23:03.960 penem one thing that was them, I mean, that was 1:23:04.040 --> 1:23:07.880 the retaliation. So there's that possibility. It's good for it's 1:23:07.880 --> 1:23:09.640 good that you brought that up. In addition to the 1:23:09.720 --> 1:23:13.320 ineptness that sort of managing a democratic change in society's 1:23:13.360 --> 1:23:17.559 foreigned to us, there's the terrorist that lingers as well. 1:23:18.120 --> 1:23:21.759 Okay, last night President Trump mark doctor mark on Siloaka 1:23:21.760 --> 1:23:24.840 from University Dayton, Trump claimed Iran as building missiles right now, 1:23:25.479 --> 1:23:29.800 intercontinental ballistic missiles it could reach the United States. Didn't 1:23:29.800 --> 1:23:31.960 offer any evidence for that. But how close to the 1:23:32.040 --> 1:23:34.720 truth is that do we know? And what's the intelligence picture. 1:23:34.439 --> 1:23:40.959 Here versus you know, Iranians are good physicist, physicists and scientists. 1:23:41.120 --> 1:23:43.840 They got a very robust missile program. I mean there's 1:23:43.840 --> 1:23:47.160 a there's a there's units within a relutionary guard that 1:23:47.280 --> 1:23:49.760 are in charge of this is weaponized. It a lot 1:23:49.800 --> 1:23:56.200 of cooperation with the Chinese in North Koreans, they're actually 1:23:56.400 --> 1:23:59.560 arming h Russia. You know, they're with the with the 1:24:00.320 --> 1:24:05.200 the drones, et cetera. So they're versphisticated arms manufacturing basis. 1:24:05.600 --> 1:24:09.840 And you know, I worry about the missile program as 1:24:09.920 --> 1:24:13.080 much as the nuclear program because got a nuclear you know, 1:24:13.200 --> 1:24:15.720 assuming you can produce a nuclear weapon, and they cout, 1:24:15.760 --> 1:24:18.640 could they got the uglinium and they got the expertise, 1:24:19.040 --> 1:24:20.760 could they miniaturize it to be able to put on 1:24:20.840 --> 1:24:22.800 a rocket, But you need a rocket to be able 1:24:22.840 --> 1:24:25.920 to hit its target. Pack. Really, Israel is already in 1:24:26.000 --> 1:24:29.880 the shadow of that, but certainly the United States, the 1:24:30.000 --> 1:24:34.400 United States is yet but yeah, they got to. I 1:24:34.439 --> 1:24:37.120 can't give it a complete assessment, but I would. I would. 1:24:37.439 --> 1:24:42.320 I would assess it as you know, uh, a moderate 1:24:42.400 --> 1:24:48.080 at least a moderate probability that they're advancing towards intercontinental blissage. 1:24:48.120 --> 1:24:49.479 Yeah, And that's the problem is we don't know. We're 1:24:49.520 --> 1:24:52.759 just guessing. So this thing steps up if we launch 1:24:52.920 --> 1:24:55.280 or we strike a deal. Let's say that this happens 1:24:55.320 --> 1:24:57.920 and right now rants doing military drills in the straight 1:24:58.000 --> 1:25:00.720 up our moves. That's about what roughly twenty percent of 1:25:00.760 --> 1:25:03.800 the world oil supply. We're seeing the price of oil. 1:25:03.880 --> 1:25:05.720 The prices are good right now, but we're in near 1:25:05.760 --> 1:25:08.040 seven months high. So what happens to global energy markets 1:25:08.040 --> 1:25:09.240 if we strike them? 1:25:10.720 --> 1:25:17.400 Oh my, you know the petroleum market is so complex 1:25:17.560 --> 1:25:22.080 now now with Venezuela sort of off back online, they 1:25:22.160 --> 1:25:26.000 have production capabilities, but how they're they're given the oil 1:25:26.080 --> 1:25:28.000 to watch. And the President mentioned that lists and in 1:25:28.040 --> 1:25:34.679 the City Union rather than rather than Cuba or North Korea, 1:25:35.040 --> 1:25:39.080 so that offsets it. But no, whenever there's whenever there's 1:25:39.120 --> 1:25:43.599 disruption of shipping, it's quite scary. Remember remember View said 1:25:43.640 --> 1:25:47.680 start Remember our warship was struck, and you know the 1:25:47.800 --> 1:25:49.760 Ranians got a presence there and they get the speed 1:25:49.840 --> 1:25:53.280 boats and everything like that, so there's things they could do. 1:25:53.479 --> 1:25:56.479 So you've got to imagine we think about the air strikes, 1:25:56.640 --> 1:26:00.120 we think about the air force being able to like 1:26:00.200 --> 1:26:03.280 these out rates. Uh, big burden is going to rest 1:26:03.360 --> 1:26:07.320 on the capable shoulders of the Maybe, but the Navy 1:26:07.439 --> 1:26:09.200 was gonna have to keep the straight of hormonies open 1:26:09.760 --> 1:26:13.080 and protect the shipping ranks, and which we did during 1:26:13.160 --> 1:26:17.240 the roan At War we flagged tankers et cetera, et cetera. 1:26:17.520 --> 1:26:22.880 But no, those Revolutionary Guard Nagel boats, those speed boats yep, yeah, 1:26:22.920 --> 1:26:28.120 we remember in North Korea? Remember, uh you know them. 1:26:28.320 --> 1:26:30.040 I'm trying to think of the name of the of 1:26:30.120 --> 1:26:32.960 the warship as the time, but yeah, they're they're coal 1:26:33.400 --> 1:26:39.000 Yeah well coal was Yeah, that was al Qaeda. I'm 1:26:39.040 --> 1:26:40.919 thinking of Maya Mayagu West remember. 1:26:40.760 --> 1:26:42.800 Okay, yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, But I mean that's a 1:26:42.840 --> 1:26:45.160 con attacted. These a smaller speedy boat and you know 1:26:45.160 --> 1:26:48.040 it's brigged with explosives, and you know it only takes 1:26:48.080 --> 1:26:50.400 one of those to get through the ring around our 1:26:50.680 --> 1:26:53.799 warships before I let you go. Yeah yeah, Mark on Slaco. 1:26:54.560 --> 1:26:57.320 So the clock is ticking here, deal or military strike? 1:26:57.400 --> 1:26:59.320 How do you how do you see this thing playing out? 1:26:59.439 --> 1:27:01.960 Which scenario is more probable? And what should be prepared 1:27:02.000 --> 1:27:03.040 for here in the homeland? 1:27:05.280 --> 1:27:05.479 Wow? 1:27:06.600 --> 1:27:09.719 Us tough questions. I just tell you, you know, my guess. 1:27:10.320 --> 1:27:14.040 My guess is I take the president's work. He wants 1:27:14.040 --> 1:27:17.799 a deal, he's a deal maker. But my my hunches 1:27:17.840 --> 1:27:20.479 there's going to be a military strike. Uh you know, 1:27:20.800 --> 1:27:24.200 it would seem being fastigious, such a waste to bring 1:27:24.280 --> 1:27:26.400 all that equip and all that flower not use it. 1:27:27.160 --> 1:27:30.559 And the Secretary of war. I think likes to order 1:27:30.720 --> 1:27:34.479 military operations. So my guess is there'll be some limited strike, 1:27:34.600 --> 1:27:38.200 just not a massive attack, but there'll be something too 1:27:40.600 --> 1:27:42.600 to get the attention and the Iranians. So when they 1:27:42.680 --> 1:27:45.760 go back and think of Nixon and Christmas bombing and 1:27:45.880 --> 1:27:50.760 Hanoi finally coming to a shutting table, my guess would be, 1:27:50.880 --> 1:27:53.439 you're going to see some limited military action. And I 1:27:53.520 --> 1:27:57.240 hope I'm wrong. I offer them, but it's it's real possibility, and. 1:27:57.320 --> 1:27:59.680 I guess I reply their response and would probably be 1:27:59.800 --> 1:28:02.160 a terror space attack as opposed to a you know, 1:28:02.280 --> 1:28:04.479 talking about launching missiles and the like AATUS and our 1:28:04.520 --> 1:28:07.120 assets which are over prepared for that, but you know, 1:28:07.280 --> 1:28:08.840 terrorism is a much lower bar. 1:28:10.200 --> 1:28:13.160 Yeah. And there's and and they say in the business, 1:28:13.760 --> 1:28:16.120 there's a lot of soft targets. You asked about threat 1:28:16.160 --> 1:28:20.040 to milk and military. Remember we were in Iraq were 1:28:20.560 --> 1:28:24.160 we were hit in Saudi Arabia the air force, air 1:28:24.240 --> 1:28:28.080 force bases and things like this. But the favorite target 1:28:28.160 --> 1:28:32.599 for terrorists or soft targets, so that means a tourist hotel. 1:28:32.800 --> 1:28:36.679 Yeah, yeah, sadly uh. Doctor Mark Nzelaco at the University 1:28:36.680 --> 1:28:39.479 of Date and former Director International Studies Program Founder Human 1:28:39.560 --> 1:28:42.960 Rights Studies at UD Middle Eastern Terrorism Experts. Book is 1:28:43.000 --> 1:28:46.160 Black September to September eleventh. I appreciate the time as always. 1:28:47.240 --> 1:28:48.400 Thank you. Scott, had a good day. 1:28:48.479 --> 1:28:50.519 Yeah you too. Not not the news you want to hear. 1:28:50.680 --> 1:28:52.720 And I hope he's dead wrong about this whole thing 1:28:52.800 --> 1:28:54.840 that cooled their heads to prevail and we can come 1:28:54.920 --> 1:28:58.479 to some sort of deal struck with Iran, as the 1:28:58.520 --> 1:29:00.479 President talked about last night in the State to the Union. 1:29:00.479 --> 1:29:02.800 How about news and now we'll return and lighten it 1:29:02.840 --> 1:29:03.920 up a little bit because we need to get a 1:29:04.000 --> 1:29:05.640 lighter than that. Right Sarah Elise is here. It's a 1:29:05.680 --> 1:29:08.880 snort report. We'll talk some sports next seven hundred w Old. 1:29:14.479 --> 1:29:17.160 Are you prepared? Aren't prepare? 1:29:17.920 --> 1:29:21.439 Who's ready for the paige? I'm prepared, prepared for the 1:29:21.520 --> 1:29:23.200 pork and the sort. 1:29:26.520 --> 1:29:29.880 It's a snow report on seven hundred Sarah from one 1:29:30.200 --> 1:29:35.960 Sports meets social Media. Yeah, you sound like hell right now? 1:29:36.000 --> 1:29:36.800 What are you doing here? 1:29:36.880 --> 1:29:37.680 Even you know what? 1:29:38.160 --> 1:29:41.439 It's better I'm having to hear about it because God forbid, 1:29:41.560 --> 1:29:43.360 I take a day off from this place. 1:29:44.120 --> 1:29:46.320 Who's killing you about taking a day off when you're sick. 1:29:48.000 --> 1:29:50.599 His name starts with kid and ends with Chris. 1:29:51.320 --> 1:29:51.960 Is it kid Chris? 1:29:52.120 --> 1:29:52.400 I think? 1:29:52.520 --> 1:29:52.560 So? 1:29:52.760 --> 1:29:52.960 Yeah? 1:29:53.040 --> 1:29:53.200 Yeah? 1:29:53.280 --> 1:29:53.560 What what? 1:29:54.000 --> 1:29:54.760 Why are you afraid to have? 1:29:54.920 --> 1:29:56.400 First time that I sniffle. 1:29:56.920 --> 1:29:58.479 He's like, oh, great, You're probably gonna have to take 1:29:58.520 --> 1:30:00.439 the take the day off, and I'm like, yeah, because 1:30:00.439 --> 1:30:01.439 I do that all the time, dolt. 1:30:01.479 --> 1:30:04.720 I I think I took two sick days last year. 1:30:04.920 --> 1:30:07.479 Yeah, so he's done this as long as I have. 1:30:07.600 --> 1:30:08.519 He can do the show himself. 1:30:08.560 --> 1:30:09.920 Can I don't think he can. 1:30:10.080 --> 1:30:12.200 We just play another song. You can play like seven songs, 1:30:14.240 --> 1:30:17.040 some more Ozzy Osbourne and a c DC and no, 1:30:17.240 --> 1:30:20.519 my sick voice I haven't heard on those airwaves. They 1:30:20.640 --> 1:30:22.639 have to be on there. What happens if it doesn't, 1:30:22.800 --> 1:30:23.479 Hell's to pay. 1:30:24.320 --> 1:30:26.639 So now you all can listen to my stuffy snort. 1:30:26.880 --> 1:30:28.439 That means I get sick and I have no problem 1:30:28.479 --> 1:30:28.960 taking a six. 1:30:29.320 --> 1:30:32.599 No, you don't, and you shouldn't. We get sick days 1:30:32.680 --> 1:30:34.840 for a reason. There's a reason we've got like eighty 1:30:34.920 --> 1:30:35.680 hours of sick days. 1:30:35.680 --> 1:30:37.240 Well I should be that guy. It's like I'll power 1:30:37.280 --> 1:30:39.200 through it. Well, what happens is you feel miserable, you 1:30:39.280 --> 1:30:40.920 show up and then everyone around you sick and they 1:30:41.000 --> 1:30:42.400 take the sick day, so you work even more when 1:30:42.439 --> 1:30:43.120 you're sick, like. 1:30:43.280 --> 1:30:45.000 Yeah, and then they're putting their fists in there like 1:30:45.120 --> 1:30:47.120 damn it, Sarah, why did you show up with your 1:30:47.280 --> 1:30:48.400 sick sickness? 1:30:48.880 --> 1:30:51.920 Yeah, it's not like my job is I'm working on 1:30:52.080 --> 1:30:53.960 a human brain or something like that where I'm doing 1:30:54.000 --> 1:30:56.800 spinal surgery. And it's like it is, it's just a radio. 1:30:56.920 --> 1:31:01.599 Dan Carroll will happily be here, ken Brew. The list 1:31:01.760 --> 1:31:03.880 goes on, Mike Gallon. 1:31:05.600 --> 1:31:08.519 Go, they're fine, Well, I appreciate you being a trooper. 1:31:08.720 --> 1:31:11.000 Hey, you know what it's like, I said, it's it's 1:31:11.200 --> 1:31:12.040 better than having to. 1:31:12.080 --> 1:31:14.439 Hear about it too, because you're congested. 1:31:14.640 --> 1:31:16.000 Oh, we're super stuffy for this. 1:31:17.080 --> 1:31:18.600 You're not going to snort and snot all over me, 1:31:18.640 --> 1:31:19.519 though it could happen. 1:31:19.640 --> 1:31:21.639 And I feel bad because I know all the older 1:31:21.720 --> 1:31:23.880 gentlemen around here, like I can't be getting you guys sick, 1:31:23.960 --> 1:31:26.400 like your immune systems are very sarious. 1:31:26.120 --> 1:31:28.519 Older people too. It's like a Gallagher show here, we're 1:31:28.520 --> 1:31:30.519 in the front row. We're smashing water mills. Like it's 1:31:30.600 --> 1:31:32.960 not all over I gotta I gotta wear a poncho. 1:31:32.760 --> 1:31:36.200 And you know who's on this mic next, our friend Seg. 1:31:36.400 --> 1:31:40.360 He sits here. We don't need him getting sick. He's 1:31:40.560 --> 1:31:41.200 very important. 1:31:41.240 --> 1:31:43.040 I don't think he ever gets he never leaves, he 1:31:43.160 --> 1:31:46.040 never content sick. We have been haveing next contact with 1:31:46.080 --> 1:31:48.479 people to get sick, all of us here at I heeart. 1:31:48.520 --> 1:31:49.559 That's it, that's true, all right. 1:31:50.320 --> 1:31:54.400 Someone who's not sick are Miami RedHawks. They are alive. 1:31:55.160 --> 1:31:55.759 I'm healthy. 1:31:56.439 --> 1:31:58.640 Everybody else is sick of them winning because now they 1:31:58.680 --> 1:32:01.559 are twenty eight no, and they are three wins away 1:32:02.080 --> 1:32:05.599 until a perfect season. A little rough last night though 1:32:05.840 --> 1:32:08.720 not their best performance, but still got it done. You 1:32:08.800 --> 1:32:11.400 are going to have that, you know, Friday making every 1:32:11.479 --> 1:32:15.040 single three. Last night not so much little toff. I 1:32:15.040 --> 1:32:17.280 didn't think they're going to make it through that one 1:32:17.320 --> 1:32:17.840 for a little bit. 1:32:18.120 --> 1:32:19.840 They did three to go. 1:32:20.200 --> 1:32:21.880 But is it challenging them? I mean, it's not like 1:32:21.880 --> 1:32:23.200 they're paying a big team. You're coming up. 1:32:24.479 --> 1:32:27.240 I think that It's like Western Michigan. They had Eastern 1:32:27.320 --> 1:32:30.479 last night, Western this Friday the other night. 1:32:31.120 --> 1:32:33.120 It was a good game. There was not one Beg 1:32:33.400 --> 1:32:36.280 fan at Mallett Hall. Another sold out game too. 1:32:36.360 --> 1:32:36.840 It was cool. 1:32:37.120 --> 1:32:38.920 I'm like when I was here. This never happened. 1:32:39.000 --> 1:32:42.960 I went to there's fans, no plenty of guys on 1:32:43.000 --> 1:32:44.679 the bench, though, I was like, why do these guys 1:32:44.720 --> 1:32:46.920 have twenty five coaches? Like what is the point of 1:32:47.080 --> 1:32:49.360 every single guy inna brown polo walking around? 1:32:49.640 --> 1:32:50.000 I don't know. 1:32:50.479 --> 1:32:53.280 They just want to close up of Miami weddings. That Yeah, 1:32:53.400 --> 1:32:56.680 I almost brought in my diploma today since some of 1:32:56.760 --> 1:33:01.959 you gentlemen forgot that I actually Gridge waited from Miami University. 1:33:02.160 --> 1:33:04.400 Forgot you graduated from me after all these years. I 1:33:04.479 --> 1:33:05.840 thought you were a youth. I thought you went to 1:33:05.960 --> 1:33:07.720 UC as much UC swag as you have. 1:33:07.840 --> 1:33:09.840 Well, I worked for the campus and I can't be 1:33:09.920 --> 1:33:13.320 over here hyping up Miami while I'm working for the Bearcats. 1:33:13.360 --> 1:33:14.479 I still love both. 1:33:15.439 --> 1:33:18.559 Changing both to the front runner address is what. 1:33:19.280 --> 1:33:21.720 If that's what you want to call? Yeah, I just 1:33:21.760 --> 1:33:23.840 set you in Austin Omore straight. 1:33:23.640 --> 1:33:28.280 On, Fred Miami Grant. I thought you went these years. 1:33:28.360 --> 1:33:30.040 You see you, you see stuff all the time. I 1:33:30.040 --> 1:33:33.240 actually went to UC. You went at Miami, So I 1:33:33.320 --> 1:33:33.680 admit it. 1:33:33.760 --> 1:33:37.080 Yeah, yeah, So every person in my family graduated from UC, 1:33:37.280 --> 1:33:39.200 like my grandpa, uncle's dad. 1:33:39.920 --> 1:33:42.360 I'm like the lone Miami grad of my family. 1:33:42.600 --> 1:33:46.439 So yeah, right twenty ten baby, all the way back 1:33:46.520 --> 1:33:50.200 to twenty ten go red Hawks, and of course Brick Street, 1:33:50.280 --> 1:33:53.360 the most famous bar in the world. Right now, we're 1:33:53.880 --> 1:33:56.200 very rowdy. Over the week I sure started for that 1:33:56.760 --> 1:33:57.280 gold medal. 1:33:57.360 --> 1:33:58.280 Wag was awesome. 1:33:58.520 --> 1:34:00.280 It was very awesome, and we were to It's there 1:34:00.320 --> 1:34:04.479 on Friday night before hoops. Hardly anybody there, and I'm like, 1:34:04.560 --> 1:34:06.920 I promise you this place will be packed for hockey, 1:34:07.280 --> 1:34:09.720 very much of the hockey hockey town. 1:34:10.000 --> 1:34:10.160 Sure. 1:34:10.280 --> 1:34:13.240 I watched more hockey games there than foot. 1:34:14.800 --> 1:34:16.960 To watch. Again, that's a great and glad to see 1:34:16.960 --> 1:34:18.000 that Miami hockey's back. 1:34:18.200 --> 1:34:19.160 And it's tiny too. 1:34:19.200 --> 1:34:21.000 I mean you're only going to have like three thousand 1:34:21.040 --> 1:34:24.120 people in there, so every seat is really good and 1:34:24.200 --> 1:34:25.880 you're pretty much guaranteed to see him win. 1:34:26.200 --> 1:34:28.439 I don't think I've ever seen a Miami hockey loss. 1:34:29.040 --> 1:34:31.120 Speaking of hockey, if you do want to get your fix, 1:34:31.360 --> 1:34:34.639 the Cyclones are back at it tonight seven thirty puck 1:34:34.720 --> 1:34:38.600 drop two dollars beers and this weekend they become the 1:34:38.800 --> 1:34:45.080 Cincinnati three Ways. What something that only makes sense and 1:34:45.200 --> 1:34:48.719 Cincinnati if you were a fan of the Chili new jerseys. 1:34:48.760 --> 1:34:50.240 Every every game there's a new jersey. 1:34:50.360 --> 1:34:52.240 It keeps things fun though it's it's gonna be a 1:34:52.280 --> 1:34:54.400 good time. Matt Sheer is my buddy that designed those 1:34:54.439 --> 1:34:56.000 did a great job. So if you can make it 1:34:56.120 --> 1:34:58.960 out to go support the Three ways. Puck drops seven 1:34:59.040 --> 1:35:00.120 thirty on Saturday. 1:35:00.200 --> 1:35:01.920 More sweaters than old Navy. 1:35:04.640 --> 1:35:05.000 Bugs. 1:35:07.560 --> 1:35:11.240 Also trending on social media when it comes to sports, 1:35:12.320 --> 1:35:15.240 our thirteen year old buddy that messed up the Marty statue. 1:35:15.920 --> 1:35:18.080 He's not going to be seeing any games at GABP 1:35:18.320 --> 1:35:21.000 for quite some time. He is banned through the twenty 1:35:21.120 --> 1:35:26.240 twenty nine season, so he will be a age to 1:35:26.439 --> 1:35:27.920 vote by the time that he can. 1:35:27.960 --> 1:35:31.840 Bandle a partial banishment from Great American Ballpark. And I 1:35:31.840 --> 1:35:33.840 guess he has to pay what three thousand bucks to 1:35:33.920 --> 1:35:34.479 the Reds to. 1:35:34.520 --> 1:35:37.479 Fix that statute. Oh boy, what did he do? Mess 1:35:37.560 --> 1:35:38.360 up the mic Well, he. 1:35:38.400 --> 1:35:40.880 Tried to climb the statue. He was climbing it in 1:35:41.439 --> 1:35:45.519 and he grabs the microphone in the design bent dude, 1:35:45.560 --> 1:35:46.479 how did it fall. 1:35:46.400 --> 1:35:47.400 Over so easy? 1:35:47.960 --> 1:35:48.559 You know what I mean? 1:35:48.680 --> 1:35:50.800 Like he wasn't up there very long messing. 1:35:50.560 --> 1:35:52.360 With it, and then they took the statue out. It's 1:35:52.400 --> 1:35:52.760 not there. 1:35:52.840 --> 1:35:54.360 So they were like, forget it, We're going to take 1:35:54.360 --> 1:35:55.760 the entire thing out of the wall. 1:35:55.800 --> 1:35:57.160 Oh I mean, look at the weather. You want to 1:35:57.200 --> 1:35:58.800 work that inside? You could take it off and then 1:35:59.080 --> 1:36:00.600 work on in the shop and fit right. 1:36:00.680 --> 1:36:03.360 So that'll be ready for opening day, less than thirty 1:36:03.479 --> 1:36:05.080 days to go. By the way, March twenty. 1:36:05.560 --> 1:36:08.320 Who loves this, So this whole thing more than anybody else, Marty? 1:36:08.520 --> 1:36:08.920 You know why? 1:36:09.080 --> 1:36:10.200 Because he wanted it lower. 1:36:10.400 --> 1:36:15.000 Nope. Why so we're going to have another tribute ceremony. 1:36:15.560 --> 1:36:22.120 Here we go. We're going to do the cutting, another party, Marty, Marty, 1:36:22.160 --> 1:36:26.960 I remember you were in the same sweater I was, yeah, seven, 1:36:27.240 --> 1:36:30.080 Remember at the Charleston Mall and Charleston Oh yeah. 1:36:30.960 --> 1:36:33.120 We still see him greeting people at Kroger. 1:36:33.280 --> 1:36:33.800 Oh my god. 1:36:34.040 --> 1:36:36.080 So why not run it back for another ceremony. 1:36:36.439 --> 1:36:38.679 Run it back, We're gonna get he gets another ceremony. 1:36:38.960 --> 1:36:41.439 He gets, you know what, Marty gets more as kissing. 1:36:41.800 --> 1:36:42.280 That's for the. 1:36:42.320 --> 1:36:45.680 Holiday we'll be doing on March twenty fifth. It'll be 1:36:45.800 --> 1:36:49.040 Marty Brunnaman Day here in Cincinnati. 1:36:48.520 --> 1:36:49.320 All over again. 1:36:49.520 --> 1:36:52.439 Bring the whole media team out. Oll of l W 1:36:52.720 --> 1:36:55.759 will be there. We'll have a Pete Rose bobblehead to celebrate. 1:36:55.840 --> 1:36:58.600 I don't know. Ye, we can celebrate the Reds. They 1:36:58.640 --> 1:37:01.960 got their first win in Cactus League play. Got it 1:37:02.080 --> 1:37:03.840 done yesterday against the Royals. 1:37:03.520 --> 1:37:06.760 Five to four. I don't really celebrate this preseason. It's spring. 1:37:07.080 --> 1:37:09.120 But do you think that there are too many spring 1:37:09.240 --> 1:37:11.800 training games? Like, let's just get to it. We've were 1:37:11.880 --> 1:37:13.599 three in like, let's go like football. 1:37:13.800 --> 1:37:13.840 No. 1:37:15.200 --> 1:37:16.680 The problem with that, though, is a is you've seen 1:37:16.720 --> 1:37:17.040 this before? 1:37:17.040 --> 1:37:17.200 You know? 1:37:18.000 --> 1:37:21.080 And who was I talking to was Jeff Carr from 1:37:21.080 --> 1:37:21.599 Lockdown Rest. 1:37:21.760 --> 1:37:21.960 Yeah. 1:37:22.040 --> 1:37:23.519 I don't know why they need Monday offs, Like, yeah, 1:37:23.560 --> 1:37:25.120 because you need to ease into this. We don't need 1:37:25.400 --> 1:37:27.360 you do. I don't know way to be injured as 1:37:27.360 --> 1:37:28.000 we start the season. 1:37:28.160 --> 1:37:28.800 I shoulnderstand. 1:37:28.880 --> 1:37:29.400 Make it easy. 1:37:29.479 --> 1:37:31.040 You work two days and you're like, look, I need 1:37:31.120 --> 1:37:33.600 a day. I gotta go golfing, which is exactly what 1:37:33.680 --> 1:37:34.400 they did on Monday. 1:37:34.600 --> 1:37:36.240 Like the old days where the guys would show up 1:37:36.240 --> 1:37:38.720 in horrible shape and they'd lose thirty pounds in the 1:37:38.800 --> 1:37:41.280 month to get in games, right, right, you know back then, 1:37:41.360 --> 1:37:43.400 did guys get injured as much? No, It's like they 1:37:43.520 --> 1:37:45.680 come in incredible shape and then they just press it 1:37:45.720 --> 1:37:46.040 too hard. 1:37:46.160 --> 1:37:48.439 Hey, these guys are in great shape and they've been 1:37:48.479 --> 1:37:50.519 taking care of themselves. I mean, we know that Ellie 1:37:50.560 --> 1:37:53.080 has put on like seventeen pounds of muscle. He is 1:37:53.400 --> 1:37:56.120 jacked up top. I mean every single photo that the 1:37:56.240 --> 1:37:58.799 Reds are adding you can see every sort of definition 1:37:59.040 --> 1:37:59.800 in his arms. 1:38:00.439 --> 1:38:02.400 We know that Sal Stewart has lost weight. 1:38:02.439 --> 1:38:02.960 I don't like that. 1:38:03.560 --> 1:38:04.360 You don't like that he's. 1:38:04.320 --> 1:38:07.160 Jack no Jealousick Sale. A guy named Sale should be. 1:38:07.760 --> 1:38:10.320 Oh yeah, Sale sounds like a guy that's just Sal. 1:38:10.479 --> 1:38:12.040 He's just chilling on the airwaves. 1:38:11.840 --> 1:38:12.200 Big Sally. 1:38:12.240 --> 1:38:15.360 He should be working here and and like, yeah, he's 1:38:15.439 --> 1:38:17.760 just like he's I love sales story. This is going 1:38:17.800 --> 1:38:20.160 to be the air when Al Roker lost all the weight. 1:38:20.200 --> 1:38:22.080 I like fat Al, I like my weathermen fat, I 1:38:22.240 --> 1:38:24.479 like my I like to have a rotn guy. Wow, 1:38:24.640 --> 1:38:27.360 he's not ro ton a thicker guy playing first Space. 1:38:27.760 --> 1:38:28.280 It looks good. 1:38:28.400 --> 1:38:32.200 Here's the dude in I'm back in the day. There's 1:38:32.200 --> 1:38:34.360 a few comedians that keep losing weight. I'm like, stop 1:38:34.439 --> 1:38:35.880 doing that. You're funny when you're fat. 1:38:36.160 --> 1:38:38.920 Yeah. I don't know what about jelly Bean. 1:38:39.000 --> 1:38:40.360 He lost the jelly Roll. 1:38:40.479 --> 1:38:42.160 Yeah, jelly Bean lost the weight. 1:38:43.280 --> 1:38:45.519 He's lost like three hundred pounds and he's been training 1:38:45.600 --> 1:38:47.679 for five k's and he's not on ozembic. 1:38:47.720 --> 1:38:49.120 He says he's doing it all the right way. 1:38:49.200 --> 1:38:51.400 I mean, it's insane what he's but his body, all 1:38:51.439 --> 1:38:53.000 that weight and now the neck tattoos. 1:38:53.000 --> 1:38:55.479 He looks like a scream mask, like a Skins milking. 1:38:55.600 --> 1:38:57.120 I can't even read that. What is It's like one 1:38:57.160 --> 1:38:59.479 of those Google things where they you have to get 1:38:59.479 --> 1:39:00.160 the pass word with. 1:39:01.920 --> 1:39:05.000 It's it's kind of messy up top the capture thing. 1:39:05.560 --> 1:39:07.439 Yeah, so Sal Stewart, I mean, I think this will 1:39:07.479 --> 1:39:10.760 be the year of Sal and Matteth Plane. He's ready 1:39:10.800 --> 1:39:13.840 for a big comeback year, somebody who's looking to get 1:39:13.880 --> 1:39:16.400 back into it. I was really excited to see this 1:39:16.479 --> 1:39:20.360 guy over the weekend. TJ Antone, I am a TJ gal. 1:39:20.520 --> 1:39:23.200 I've always loved this guy. He has been through it 1:39:23.439 --> 1:39:27.240 with three Tommy John surgery. So finally pitched in a 1:39:27.360 --> 1:39:31.320 reds Uni on Sunday for one inning and he said, look, 1:39:31.400 --> 1:39:33.679 I feel like I'm right back at home. He eased 1:39:33.760 --> 1:39:36.360 right back into it. Tito talked to media after and 1:39:36.439 --> 1:39:39.040 he goes Yeah, he looked great up there. So hopefully 1:39:39.080 --> 1:39:41.880 we'll see TJ an time a lot more of this season. 1:39:43.160 --> 1:39:44.920 Something there is always something. Yeah. 1:39:45.000 --> 1:39:47.639 So he's like baseball's version of Lindsay Vaughn at this point. 1:39:48.000 --> 1:39:48.599 Oh my gosh. 1:39:48.640 --> 1:39:50.479 And if she wouldn't have gotten that surgery, they would 1:39:50.479 --> 1:39:52.360 have cut they had to cut her leg off if 1:39:52.400 --> 1:39:55.040 she wouldn't have so she was gonna have to amputate 1:39:55.080 --> 1:39:59.880 the leg and the way peg get right back out there. 1:40:00.080 --> 1:40:03.200 Forty five years old. Yeah, and poor thing, her dog 1:40:03.400 --> 1:40:05.400 just died. I mean, it doesn't get worse than that. 1:40:05.600 --> 1:40:08.400 So but yeah, TJ Antone says he has a book 1:40:08.520 --> 1:40:11.799 out if you want to do some reading this upcoming 1:40:11.880 --> 1:40:13.320 spring or summer, if you're outside. 1:40:13.320 --> 1:40:15.959 It's a book called The Tommy John Protocol. 1:40:16.040 --> 1:40:19.760 I actually talked to TJ about this at Redsfest and 1:40:19.840 --> 1:40:22.800 it's just basically his experience of like how he's been 1:40:22.840 --> 1:40:26.120 handling the game of baseball mentally, because you know, this 1:40:26.280 --> 1:40:29.000 is taking a mental toll on this guy not being 1:40:29.080 --> 1:40:32.800 able to perform on that mound. So the Tommy John 1:40:32.880 --> 1:40:34.960 Protocol is out, should be a good read. 1:40:35.120 --> 1:40:36.320 So yeah. 1:40:36.760 --> 1:40:41.200 Also trending on social media, the NFL Scouting Combine is 1:40:41.280 --> 1:40:45.920 happening in Indie. Your favorites, Zach Taylor and Duke tobinheld 1:40:45.960 --> 1:40:47.040 pressers yesterday. 1:40:48.200 --> 1:40:50.280 They were very exciting as you can imagine. 1:40:50.800 --> 1:40:55.040 Yeah, I'm looking and of course you know Austin and 1:40:55.160 --> 1:40:56.959 Tony and Moe live at the Combine. 1:40:58.640 --> 1:41:01.280 Nowhere near the Combine, they can you guys actually stay 1:41:01.320 --> 1:41:06.160 away as the home of the Cincinnati Bengals. We don't 1:41:06.200 --> 1:41:08.719 need you here. Yeah, that's amazing that those guys. 1:41:09.080 --> 1:41:10.439 Go to the combos. He was like, Oh, I like 1:41:10.479 --> 1:41:11.160 the pizza flavor. 1:41:11.560 --> 1:41:13.720 Give me the cheese. I do like I do like 1:41:13.800 --> 1:41:14.960 the buffalo and blue cheese. 1:41:15.560 --> 1:41:18.280 I can get down with Snyders pretzel pieces like my 1:41:18.400 --> 1:41:19.400 two favorite. 1:41:19.120 --> 1:41:20.600 Like road Buffalo Snyders. 1:41:23.120 --> 1:41:23.360 I can. 1:41:23.479 --> 1:41:25.680 Yeah, that sounds good right now. I can get down 1:41:25.720 --> 1:41:27.160 with some of those on. 1:41:27.200 --> 1:41:30.320 Your way, because that will help you clean your nose out. 1:41:30.560 --> 1:41:32.439 See, I need some of that frankiees I've got. Well, 1:41:32.439 --> 1:41:34.280 there's a bottle of something in here, a little bit 1:41:34.320 --> 1:41:34.519 of guy. 1:41:34.520 --> 1:41:39.920 I'm a story Cincinnati. Okay, just met the lady who 1:41:40.120 --> 1:41:40.680 came up with that. 1:41:42.280 --> 1:41:42.560 I need that. 1:41:44.360 --> 1:41:46.439 I should truly do so. 1:41:46.640 --> 1:41:48.800 Duke was talking about, you know, the Bengals in the 1:41:48.880 --> 1:41:51.680 off season, and he says, we do have all of 1:41:51.800 --> 1:41:55.360 the resources to attack the off season in a big way. 1:41:57.000 --> 1:42:00.479 No, no, you know, thanks. 1:42:01.400 --> 1:42:03.160 And when it comes to Joe Burrow and the. 1:42:03.200 --> 1:42:05.719 Conversations that he's had with him in the off season, 1:42:05.920 --> 1:42:07.960 he's like, yeah, we've talked, but haven't had a chance 1:42:08.040 --> 1:42:09.960 to sit down and do a full debrief. 1:42:10.920 --> 1:42:13.600 How long you wait before doing whatever that? I like, 1:42:13.680 --> 1:42:16.400 I would think you the first week after the season's over, Like, hey, 1:42:16.439 --> 1:42:18.960 take a couple of days, clean your locker. Right, let's 1:42:19.040 --> 1:42:19.760 let's have a sit down. 1:42:19.840 --> 1:42:22.439 But if you've been following Joe Burrow on social media 1:42:22.600 --> 1:42:24.880 or see that he's been trending, he has been everywhere 1:42:24.960 --> 1:42:27.920 but Cincinnati, so probably hard to get a hold of him. Yeah, 1:42:28.920 --> 1:42:31.479 he's been doing some fabulous travels in the off season. 1:42:32.080 --> 1:42:34.439 And I know that we love Dalton Reisner. He's obviously 1:42:34.520 --> 1:42:38.120 a big fan favorite here in Cincinnati. So Duke was 1:42:38.240 --> 1:42:40.439 asked about Dalton kind of like what that looks like 1:42:40.560 --> 1:42:42.479 and if they're gonna be bringing him back. He goes, look, 1:42:42.520 --> 1:42:45.680 he's a great fit, and he said they're they've been 1:42:45.800 --> 1:42:47.439 talking to him and they're gonna try to see if 1:42:47.439 --> 1:42:48.439 they can get something done. 1:42:48.520 --> 1:42:51.559 Yeah, yeah, bring bring Dalton back. 1:42:51.600 --> 1:42:52.120 You need something. 1:42:52.240 --> 1:42:52.720 So there you go. 1:42:53.400 --> 1:42:56.000 And then as Zach Taylor, they talked to him and 1:42:56.040 --> 1:42:58.240 they said, uh, yeah, He's like, it feels weird. It's 1:42:58.280 --> 1:43:00.800 a little strange to be the own coach in the 1:43:00.880 --> 1:43:02.840 AFC North that didn't get cut. 1:43:04.960 --> 1:43:06.599 I'm sure he does feel strange. 1:43:06.680 --> 1:43:10.200 Yeah, because he's got all the coaches in the a 1:43:10.360 --> 1:43:12.080 f C North. I thought for sure i'd be the 1:43:12.120 --> 1:43:14.800 guy getting fired after the season, but I'm the only 1:43:14.880 --> 1:43:17.599 one left over here. 1:43:18.520 --> 1:43:21.920 And if you remember that very lengthy Duke Tobin presser 1:43:21.960 --> 1:43:24.920 that we had after the regular season, I mean, he's 1:43:25.000 --> 1:43:27.080 he had nothing but good things to say about Zach Taylor. 1:43:27.160 --> 1:43:29.320 He's like, I love the coaching stuff. I'm happy with 1:43:29.680 --> 1:43:32.880 Zach and he's great. So anyways, I don't think we're 1:43:32.880 --> 1:43:35.479 gonna have Joe Flacco back, but they are in the 1:43:35.560 --> 1:43:36.880 hunt for a rookie. 1:43:37.280 --> 1:43:39.439 She is the critically ill Sarah Lee. 1:43:39.280 --> 1:43:40.679 On the show that's trying to get through today. 1:43:40.720 --> 1:43:46.960 It's the report. Oh my god, it just came. Oh 1:43:47.000 --> 1:43:48.120 my god, it was like a volcano. 1:43:48.240 --> 1:43:50.640 Good luck with this, Mic Soud, don't put lava over here. 1:43:50.640 --> 1:43:52.559 I don't know what's going on. It's like this green 1:43:52.960 --> 1:43:55.439 just grew all over that microphone. 1:43:55.479 --> 1:43:58.240 All right, kind of sexy stuff here in the studio today. 1:43:59.360 --> 1:44:01.240 So anyway, go Reds. They're back at it today. 1:44:01.280 --> 1:44:04.040 I believe they're on these airwaves right at three h 1:44:04.160 --> 1:44:07.120 five pitch against the White Sox about it, no doubt, 1:44:07.160 --> 1:44:08.639 Baby Dolo on the mountin today. 1:44:08.439 --> 1:44:10.439 Share a release back at one of two seven EBN 1:44:10.479 --> 1:44:12.880 tomorrow out of guilt for no other reason, uh huh, 1:44:13.479 --> 1:44:16.439 grinded it out as the game. Baby. I believe Willie 1:44:16.520 --> 1:44:18.559 or Dan Carroll or Ken Bruce, somebody's coming. 1:44:18.439 --> 1:44:20.920 On next Mike or maybe and I they want us 1:44:20.960 --> 1:44:21.439 to sail down. 1:44:22.760 --> 1:44:25.880 Oh it is Willy. Willy's back to oh because last 1:44:25.960 --> 1:44:27.240 night I gotta talk to the America. 1:44:27.840 --> 1:44:29.240 That's why I gotta talk. 1:44:29.120 --> 1:44:31.040 To the American. That's the greatest speech ever. 1:44:31.280 --> 1:44:33.559 Did you watch all one hour and forty seven minutes? 1:44:33.840 --> 1:44:34.160 Sleep? 1:44:34.240 --> 1:44:36.840 I really I passed out. I'm good over the Red 1:44:36.880 --> 1:44:38.360 seven hundred Wtvety, Cincinnati,