WEBVTT - Say Goodbye To CicLAvia?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the city council might only give you sixty seconds

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<v Speaker 2>Oh hi, I'd like to go to the first caller

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<v Speaker 2>to three. We start with the end of an era

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<v Speaker 2>in Los Angeles. It looks like sick Lavilla may be

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<v Speaker 2>getting cut from the Metro budget, which I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you were aware, sick Lavilla was funded from the

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<v Speaker 2>Metro budget. So what exactly is going on here? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't know, sick Lavilla is a quarterly event

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<v Speaker 2>where the city shuts down a major thoroughfare and opens

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<v Speaker 2>it up to pedestrians and bicycles and skateboarders and scooters.

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<v Speaker 2>It kind of becomes an open streets festival. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're a driver and you have one of these things

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<v Speaker 2>impacting your neighborhood, it's a pain in the butt. But

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<v Speaker 2>I understand why people would want this. I understand why

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<v Speaker 2>people enjoy sick Lavia. So why is it going away?

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<v Speaker 2>You ask, Well, Metro has money that's allocated towards these programs,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're choosing to take that money and instead invest

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<v Speaker 2>it into fan zone events. When the twenty twenty eight

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics comes in just two years, so apparently they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to need a lot of money to pay for these

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<v Speaker 2>fan zones. And that's why sick Lavilla might not be

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<v Speaker 2>around until after twenty twenty eight. And I'm torn on

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<v Speaker 2>this because I've definitely been impacted by the increased traffic

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<v Speaker 2>when they had one of these things near my house once.

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<v Speaker 2>But as a former biker in Los Angeles, I understand

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<v Speaker 2>why people enjoy it, because it gives people just a

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<v Speaker 2>little tiny taste of what it is like to live

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<v Speaker 2>in a real city. I firmly believe that Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 2>is not a city. It is a loose collection of

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<v Speaker 2>neighborhoods separated by a mountain. But to quote the great

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<v Speaker 2>John Mulaney, nobody has any sense of community anywhere. And

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<v Speaker 2>I used to be fine with that. I used to

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<v Speaker 2>just accept that that's how life is in Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do understand why people are constantly wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>change it, because before I was the traveler that I

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<v Speaker 2>am now, I never really understood what was so appealing

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<v Speaker 2>about living in a thriving, walkable city bikeable as well.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm I'm not a biker anymore. I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>too dangerous, especially with all the e bikes going around.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what happened, let me tell you so in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twelve, which was a transformatively strange year for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I decided to quit my radio job as the board

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<v Speaker 2>op for Tim Conway on KFI, in an incredibly misguided

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<v Speaker 2>attempt to get them to rehire me and get a raise,

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<v Speaker 2>because I thought, well, if I leave, they'll realize how

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<v Speaker 2>much they miss me and they'll be begging me to

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<v Speaker 2>come back. That did not happen, so I ended up

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<v Speaker 2>working for a buddy of mine in marketing, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was not enthused at all. Turns out I am completely

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<v Speaker 2>useless in every field of work except for radio, so

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<v Speaker 2>I ended up kind of like only working one day

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<v Speaker 2>a week. They let me do that. I'm not totally

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<v Speaker 2>sure why lasted that job for way longer than I

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<v Speaker 2>should have, because I didn't care about any of it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was, you know, making enough money with that

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<v Speaker 2>once a week, plus a couple of weekend shows that

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<v Speaker 2>I was producing, and the little bit of income that

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<v Speaker 2>I would get from my podcast, so I had a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of free time. That was the year I got

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<v Speaker 2>into raves. That was the year I went to Disneyland

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<v Speaker 2>like thirty times. And that was also the year I

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<v Speaker 2>got in really good shape, not as good shape as

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in now, but I got really into bicycling, and

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<v Speaker 2>I because I had all this free time and now

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<v Speaker 2>that I was in a situation where I could kind

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<v Speaker 2>of just enjoy myself, started biking to work. I started

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<v Speaker 2>biking to work from Valley Village to my office in

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<v Speaker 2>Encino on Ventura Boulevard. And I apologize for all of

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<v Speaker 2>the coworkers that I had that had to smell me

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<v Speaker 2>after that seven mile ride every single day. But here's

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<v Speaker 2>the thing. I did it because I had a whole

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of free time and I didn't have any real responsibilities.

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<v Speaker 2>I know there are people that do bicycle to work,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is very few and far between. We have

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<v Speaker 2>bike paths in Los Angeles that do not get used

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<v Speaker 2>almost ever, and part of the reason for that is

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<v Speaker 2>they're not necessarily safe. I have talked about how on

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<v Speaker 2>the La River bike Path, which is as unappealing as

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<v Speaker 2>you can imagine, where there is a bike path in

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<v Speaker 2>between the one thirty four Freeway and the La River,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a lot of people who live in that river,

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<v Speaker 2>which means that your tires will pop because there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of broken glass everywhere. Happened to me before I

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<v Speaker 2>had a friend that got mugged on the La River

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<v Speaker 2>bike path in the San Fernando Valley. Now, of course

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<v Speaker 2>there are bike paths that are much better, that are

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<v Speaker 2>much cleaner. Chandler bike Path in Burbank, great Chandler bike path.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you get to North Hollywood, not so great. But

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<v Speaker 2>I would use a combination of bike paths and there

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<v Speaker 2>weren't really any bike lanes. But I was never going

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<v Speaker 2>to be trying to drive on a major street because

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<v Speaker 2>that just seemed dangerous. Well, I was doing this for

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<v Speaker 2>about a month and I ended up getting a near

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<v Speaker 2>miss hit by a car as it was opening its

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<v Speaker 2>door on Riverside Drive. It actually clipped my mirror. My

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<v Speaker 2>mirror go bye bye on my little bi This wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>even a nice bike. It was just the bike that

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<v Speaker 2>I had. And then I am going down a side

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<v Speaker 2>street to get to venture a boulevard and I am

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<v Speaker 2>crossing the street on my bicycle and there is a

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<v Speaker 2>car sitting there stopped, isn't paying attention to the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that there's a bicyclist right in front of him, and

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<v Speaker 2>I ended up on top of his car. Now I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't hurt, and for the moment I thought my bicycle

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<v Speaker 2>was fine. I also didn't really even bother the guy about, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>what happened. Don't worry. I'm fine, because you guessed it.

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<v Speaker 2>I was high. So the guy pulls away because I say,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry, I'm fine. And as I'm driving. As I'm

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<v Speaker 2>riding away on my bicycle, the wheel starts to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of make a wobbly look, kind of like you would

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<v Speaker 2>see after a bike gets hit in a cartoon, and

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<v Speaker 2>I quickly realized, oh, this thing is destroyed. It is inoperable.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not a hit and run because I told

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<v Speaker 2>him don't worry about it. Well, I told that story

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<v Speaker 2>on my podcast and we had some very generous listeners

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<v Speaker 2>who worked at a bicycle company that actually offered me

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<v Speaker 2>a free road bike. And it was a beautiful bike too. Currently,

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<v Speaker 2>my brother rides it and I fell in love with it.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I actually did a sixty mile charity bike

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<v Speaker 2>ride for breast cancer, going all the way from Camarillo

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<v Speaker 2>to Manhattan Beach. It was one of the hardest things

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever done. But I stopped doing all of that

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<v Speaker 2>when I realized how unsafe it is, especially when my

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<v Speaker 2>tires started popping on the bike paths. I had stories

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<v Speaker 2>of people getting mugged, and also I'm a resident of

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles. I know how terrible the drivers are because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm one of them, and I feel safer in my

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<v Speaker 2>suit of armor known as a car than I watered

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<v Speaker 2>a motorcycle or a bicycle. And those protected bike lanes,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really think they do much. If you see

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<v Speaker 2>all of the ballards on White Oak in the San

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<v Speaker 2>Fernando Valley, they've all got dens in them because someone

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<v Speaker 2>hit them at some point. So I come at this

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<v Speaker 2>from understanding why people would want an idea of a

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<v Speaker 2>city that is a little more pedestrian friendly, a little

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<v Speaker 2>more bike friendly, that has open streets that you can traverse,

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<v Speaker 2>that has bike lanes and bike paths, Because as someone

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<v Speaker 2>that now has traveled to many cities where you can

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<v Speaker 2>do these things, it's pretty fun. Again, I don't bike

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm going anywhere. I'm just not a bicyclist anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you know why, I really love walking. Something I

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<v Speaker 2>did not realize until we started going to Santa Fe

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<v Speaker 2>was how much I loved walking. Now. Part of the

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<v Speaker 2>reason I used to not like walking was I was very, very,

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<v Speaker 2>very overweight. But I also I just didn't appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't, you know, what would be the point. I

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<v Speaker 2>lived in downtown Burbank, which is a very walkable city.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're on the downtown side, and we were within

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<v Speaker 2>walking distance to downtown, you could walk to the Farmer's Market,

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<v Speaker 2>you could walk to another Broken Egg cafe. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think we did it maybe two or three times if

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<v Speaker 2>I lived there now, which again one of my regrets

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<v Speaker 2>is that we moved away from Burberank. We had to.

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<v Speaker 2>We were only renting that house. It was a situation

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<v Speaker 2>where we had to go. But I missed that. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of the things that every single time I

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<v Speaker 2>am traveling to another city, another state, or another country.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm talking to you from Toronto right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The first that the thing that I love to do

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm in a new city is put on my

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<v Speaker 2>walking shoes and just walk in any direction and get

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<v Speaker 2>a lay of the land. Eventually I'll find a way

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<v Speaker 2>to make it back to my hotel or wherever I'm staying,

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<v Speaker 2>which in Toronto it's real easy because we're staying pretty

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<v Speaker 2>close to the Sea End Tower, and so you just

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<v Speaker 2>need to look up and kind of try to get

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<v Speaker 2>close to that, but I love walking around a thriving city. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a very clean city, although there are issues.

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<v Speaker 2>The drivers, according to my wife, are worse than in

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<v Speaker 2>La But you feel safe walking around. That's not true

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<v Speaker 2>in many parts of Los Angeles. And there's ways to

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<v Speaker 2>get around. There's public transit that is accessible, there's public

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<v Speaker 2>transit that is clean, that is safe. These are the

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<v Speaker 2>things that Los Angeles, while we can dream it up

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<v Speaker 2>during a little sick Lavia event, is not going to

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<v Speaker 2>have for a very long time. You want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about public transit that's convenient, it's not for two million

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<v Speaker 2>people that live in the San Fernando Valley, half of

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<v Speaker 2>the population of Los Angeles. Our system is a mess,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe it will. It's just never ever, ever going

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<v Speaker 2>to be like that because the physical footprint of Los

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<v Speaker 2>Angeles is too big. It is what five hundred square miles.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the figure that Karen Bass would use when she said, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>not all of Los Angeles is on fire during the

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<v Speaker 2>riots last year. It's too vast, and if you live

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<v Speaker 2>in the suburbs, getting to the places where the jobs

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<v Speaker 2>are is a never ending nightmare. So I definitely dream

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm traveling in places like San Francisco and Santa Fe.

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<v Speaker 2>Even when I was in Madrid and Dublin and Amsterdam.

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<v Speaker 2>Of wow, life could be so different. And I really

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<v Speaker 2>think that I have realized that that's the thing that

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<v Speaker 2>I want in my life in the future is not

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<v Speaker 2>to live I mean, I live in the furthest thing

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<v Speaker 2>from a walkable city, and there's not really a whole

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<v Speaker 2>lot to walk around in my neighborhood. You know, there

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<v Speaker 2>are some places. There are cities within the county that

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<v Speaker 2>are very well run. There are cities in the county

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<v Speaker 2>that actually are very walkable. I grew up in one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most walkable cities in the county, Santa Clarita.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a master planned community where you actually have

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<v Speaker 2>pesos that are interwoven and interlocking, and you can walk

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<v Speaker 2>or use your bicycle all around the city without actually

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<v Speaker 2>having to interfere with traffic. It is pretty darn incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>LA didn't have that. Other cities have it, Burbank, Pasadena,

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe part of the reason is one these are

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<v Speaker 2>much safer places. I would not feel safe on public transit.

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<v Speaker 2>In Los Angeles. We have seen covered way way way

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<v Speaker 2>too many stories. Even though there have been minor improvements,

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<v Speaker 2>it's still not nearly enough. So goodbye, Sick Lavilla. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you'll come back. But I understand why people enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a little tiny taste of what a real

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<v Speaker 2>city is. And I'll say it again, Los Angeles is

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<v Speaker 2>not a city. It is a loose collection of neighborhoods

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<v Speaker 2>separated by a mountain. But after being in real cities,

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<v Speaker 2>LA isn't even close. It's the News Blitz with Randy

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<v Speaker 2>Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang

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<v Speaker 2>on talk radio seven ninety KABC. Here's some very exciting news.

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<v Speaker 2>The Cinerama Dome in Hollywood is making a comeback. How

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<v Speaker 2>exciting is this. It's been closed for six years as

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<v Speaker 2>one of the early casualties in COVID, when the lockdowns

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<v Speaker 2>made us all think that movie theaters were incredibly unsafe

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<v Speaker 2>because everyone remembers that scene in Outbreak where the germs

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<v Speaker 2>are moving from person to person inside a movie theater.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, there are a lot of play you know,

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<v Speaker 2>companies that just could not survive COVID and CID Ramadome

0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.040
<v Speaker 2>one of them. Arc Light, remember, ArcLight not even a

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<v Speaker 2>thing anymore. I mean there's a different company that operates

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<v Speaker 2>the Sherman Oaks one, But ArcLight was like an experience.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember when ArcLight first started, the whole thing was, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not going to waste your time with twenty minutes

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<v Speaker 2>of previews. You have when the movie says it starts

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<v Speaker 2>at eight, it starts at eight. They changed that eventually,

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<v Speaker 2>but oh gosh, those were like the first theaters that

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<v Speaker 2>would actually have bars and let you bring a drink in.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I think everybody does that. But Sony, who owns

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<v Speaker 2>Alamo Draft House, has bought the Cinerama Dome and they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have Alamo Drafthouse, the chain obviously in Texas

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<v Speaker 2>that has movie theaters that are very popular. Revitalize the thing,

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<v Speaker 2>reopen it, and it's an iconic piece of Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>and for the town that's supposed to all be about

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<v Speaker 2>the movies, the fact that one of the most iconic

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<v Speaker 2>movie theaters has sat empty and abandoned for six years

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<v Speaker 2>tells you everything you need to know. But this is

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<v Speaker 2>very exciting, and I'm all for it, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>very excited to maybe go see a movie there. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, I'm I don't personally go to that many

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<v Speaker 2>movies because I have fallen into the trap of I

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<v Speaker 2>really really really like the pause button and I have

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<v Speaker 2>a seventy five inch television. But there will be occasions where, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a big event. I got to go to a movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Considering going to the Spider Man movie because I know

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<v Speaker 2>my wife won't want to see it and I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to be home alone, so maybe I'll do that. That

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<v Speaker 2>could be fun. Hey, if you ever miss an episode

0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.360
<v Speaker 2>of this show, because we talk about all kinds of things,

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<v Speaker 2>and I also, I'm sure you're aware, I try to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure I don't do any repeat stories of the

0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:00.760
<v Speaker 2>stuff that we talk about on The John Philip Show.

0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.480
<v Speaker 2>And you might be asking, Randy, how do you do that? Well,

0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:07.600
<v Speaker 2>when I put my show prep together every single day,

0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.080
<v Speaker 2>I pick a bunch of stories that I know Johnny

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<v Speaker 2>would like, but I also add a bunch of stories

0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:16.520
<v Speaker 2>I know that I like that he will never touch,

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<v Speaker 2>including that one about sick Lavilla. It's the News Blitz

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<v Speaker 2>with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the News Blitz.

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<v Speaker 2>With Randy Wang on Talk radio seven ninety KABC. There

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<v Speaker 2>is a showdown going on in Sacramento over the concept

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<v Speaker 2>of surveillance pricing. Do you know what surveillance pricing is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an idea where retailers think grocery stores, think Walmart.

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<v Speaker 2>You know all these places that are putting in digital

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<v Speaker 2>price tags. They can use algorithms and data about you

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<v Speaker 2>to realize that you might pay a little more for

0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:21.359
<v Speaker 2>something and charge you accordingly, which sounds so wrong on

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<v Speaker 2>so many levels. And we know about all kinds of

0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:27.600
<v Speaker 2>different price fixing. Look at the scam that has been

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<v Speaker 2>unveiled that Amazon's been pulling for years and years and

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<v Speaker 2>years that now they're getting sued over where they would

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<v Speaker 2>threaten a manufacturer or a vendor if they got something

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<v Speaker 2>sold at Target for a lower price than Amazon, literally

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<v Speaker 2>price fixing and raising the price of goods for everything.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if there's one thing that I try to

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<v Speaker 2>do every single day, I'm not perfect because it is

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<v Speaker 2>the most convenient thing in the world. But just because

0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:02.000
<v Speaker 2>it's convenient doesn't mean it's good for you or good

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<v Speaker 2>for us. So I do not try to ever use

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon unless it's absolutely necessary. I even turned off a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of the autoships that my wife was doing, including

0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:21.240
<v Speaker 2>for paper towels and toilet paper for some very specific reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>You all know how it works. At Amazon, they get

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<v Speaker 2>you hooked in at a low subscriber price, and either

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<v Speaker 2>the price starts going up and the quality of the

0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:35.239
<v Speaker 2>product goes down, or both. I quickly realized for the

0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:39.800
<v Speaker 2>Amazon Basics paper towels that we were getting, we were

0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:43.240
<v Speaker 2>getting charged so much that, depending on when there's a sale,

0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:47.840
<v Speaker 2>I can get the Viva cloth towels from Routes for

0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:51.760
<v Speaker 2>the same price, and because they're much higher quality, I

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<v Speaker 2>use way less of them. Also, when I buy things

0:21:56.320 --> 0:22:00.159
<v Speaker 2>at the supermarket like paper towels like toilet paper for

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<v Speaker 2>you guessed it, I get credit card points, and the

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<v Speaker 2>best I can do when I'm shopping on Amazon is

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<v Speaker 2>two X points on my Capital one Venture card that

0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:15.399
<v Speaker 2>gives me two X points on everything. But grocery stores

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<v Speaker 2>are actually some of the culprits when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>the idea of surveillance pricing, and not every grocery store

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<v Speaker 2>obviously not Trader Joe's. They keep things real simple there,

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<v Speaker 2>and in fact, Trader Joe's is such a fascinating concept

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<v Speaker 2>of how a supermarket can be run because it's a

0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:38.600
<v Speaker 2>completely different business model. It's one of the reasons why

0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:42.800
<v Speaker 2>prices seem to stay very consistent, and even through all

0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:48.320
<v Speaker 2>these inflation spikes, prices didn't really go up because unlike

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<v Speaker 2>how supermarkets work, where a lot of the products that

0:22:52.440 --> 0:22:56.840
<v Speaker 2>are sold in supermarkets are actually in there on consignment,

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<v Speaker 2>so the supermarket and the vendor make money when you

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<v Speaker 2>buy something, and that means that the cost of the

0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:07.600
<v Speaker 2>good can change depending on demand, it can change depending

0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:12.639
<v Speaker 2>on supply. Trader Joe's outright just buys the product, pays

0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:15.919
<v Speaker 2>the vendor, slaps that Trader Joe's silly label on it,

0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:19.760
<v Speaker 2>and they have a much better way in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>of keeping prices consistent. You also notice when you go

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<v Speaker 2>to Trader Joe's, which, by the way, I will mention

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<v Speaker 2>this again because it's so funny. My wife, who has

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<v Speaker 2>been working in Canada for the past seven weeks, misses

0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.320
<v Speaker 2>Trader Joe's about as much as she misses me and

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<v Speaker 2>the dogs. And when she had a day off, she

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<v Speaker 2>was considering doing a two hour drive to Buffalo just

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<v Speaker 2>to go to a Trader Joe's and get some of

0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:51.159
<v Speaker 2>her favorite stuff because they have the best stuff. But

0:23:51.400 --> 0:23:56.920
<v Speaker 2>Trader Joe's keeps prices low, and they don't ever have sales,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't ever have coupons. Everything is just the price

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<v Speaker 2>that it is, and it is very consistent. Now, supermarkets

0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:11.719
<v Speaker 2>and other retailers are alleging the bill that is working

0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:14.920
<v Speaker 2>its way through the legislature that would ban the practice

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<v Speaker 2>of surveillance pricing is written so broadly that would also

0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:23.320
<v Speaker 2>ban the practice of issuing out coupons. This is kind

0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:26.800
<v Speaker 2>of similar. Do you remember San Diego County wanted to

0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:31.800
<v Speaker 2>ban the practice of issuing out digital only coupons, which

0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:34.080
<v Speaker 2>means that you have to have like the ralphs app

0:24:34.480 --> 0:24:37.440
<v Speaker 2>and you have to scan the QR code and hopefully

0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:41.440
<v Speaker 2>there is good data, there's good cell reception inside the market.

0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:45.320
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it doesn't work properly, but when it does, you

0:24:45.320 --> 0:24:50.720
<v Speaker 2>can definitely get some savings. I pretty much, you know,

0:24:50.800 --> 0:24:54.679
<v Speaker 2>I've talked about how I'm becoming a Seltzer water nut,

0:24:55.600 --> 0:25:00.480
<v Speaker 2>and I'm constantly stocking up on polars or water Lose

0:25:01.040 --> 0:25:04.120
<v Speaker 2>or the Trader Joe's sparklings, which are that black cherry

0:25:04.200 --> 0:25:06.639
<v Speaker 2>vanilla might be my favorite, but don't skip on the

0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:09.520
<v Speaker 2>tangerine vanilla. I'm telling you, one of these days, I'm

0:25:09.520 --> 0:25:12.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna do a whole show just talking about my love

0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:15.200
<v Speaker 2>of flavored seltzer water, something that I used to pooh pooh.

0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:19.000
<v Speaker 2>But I kind of don't buy the ones that I

0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:21.560
<v Speaker 2>get at raups. I'll buy when they're on sale or

0:25:21.600 --> 0:25:24.000
<v Speaker 2>when there's some deal, because if you're choosing between the

0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 2>three brands, one of them inevitably will have the three

0:25:27.119 --> 0:25:30.639
<v Speaker 2>for twelve or the polars the other day. If you

0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:34.200
<v Speaker 2>use the digital coupon, it could get them even lower.

0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:36.040
<v Speaker 2>I think it was paying like two dollars and fifty

0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:38.480
<v Speaker 2>cents for a case of eight that's a pretty darn

0:25:38.520 --> 0:25:42.800
<v Speaker 2>good price. Nixy is objectively the best brand, but unless

0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:45.679
<v Speaker 2>they're on sale, it's like seven dollars a case. And

0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:48.720
<v Speaker 2>also it's one of these things where it's the same

0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:52.960
<v Speaker 2>exact product, but the pricing varies so wildly and depending

0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:55.960
<v Speaker 2>on what supermarkets you're in. Obviously Whole Foods is gonna

0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:58.479
<v Speaker 2>have higher prices, but even a place like Lazy Acres,

0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:00.880
<v Speaker 2>it's like eight dollars for an eight packs, so it's

0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:03.480
<v Speaker 2>a dollar for each of those cans of saltzer water.

0:26:04.280 --> 0:26:06.399
<v Speaker 2>I only buy those things when they're on sale, and

0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:08.880
<v Speaker 2>then you stuck up because they last for a year.

0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:12.600
<v Speaker 2>So I don't know if this is really going to

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<v Speaker 2>ban the practice of giving out coupons and digital coupons,

0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:24.000
<v Speaker 2>but even if it is, I think ultimately I like

0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:27.640
<v Speaker 2>the Trader Joe's system a little better. I just do.

0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:31.800
<v Speaker 2>I like the Trader Joe's system of you know what

0:26:31.880 --> 0:26:35.480
<v Speaker 2>everything costs. You don't have to download any special things.

0:26:36.000 --> 0:26:39.879
<v Speaker 2>It is very, very simple, and everyone's going to be

0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:43.159
<v Speaker 2>friendly to you in there and do yourself a favor.

0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:47.320
<v Speaker 2>If you can bag your own stuff, they really appreciate it,

0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:50.480
<v Speaker 2>even though they'll do it. When you bag your own stuff,

0:26:50.960 --> 0:26:53.520
<v Speaker 2>it makes them very happy, and I want to make

0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:59.040
<v Speaker 2>my Trader Joe's people very happy. I will say one

0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:03.160
<v Speaker 2>thing that we learn through an investigation into surveillance pricing

0:27:03.359 --> 0:27:10.840
<v Speaker 2>from CBSLA investigates is the kinds of weird price differences

0:27:10.880 --> 0:27:16.360
<v Speaker 2>on the delivery apps, which is another thing that it's

0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:19.520
<v Speaker 2>like only last resort if you want to save a

0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:22.480
<v Speaker 2>bunch of money and you want to lose weight, delete

0:27:22.520 --> 0:27:25.960
<v Speaker 2>all of your delivery apps. Just do it. If you

0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:31.160
<v Speaker 2>come into a situation where you really really really need delivery,

0:27:31.280 --> 0:27:35.720
<v Speaker 2>like I'll give you for instance, excuse me. The only

0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:39.240
<v Speaker 2>time that we use the delivery app is when we

0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:42.760
<v Speaker 2>are flying home from Lax and want Jersey Mics to

0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:46.919
<v Speaker 2>meet us there. But this is like the epitome of

0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:51.359
<v Speaker 2>surveillance pricing, where not only are the prices and this

0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:54.440
<v Speaker 2>is what the investigation found out, that the prices varied

0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:57.679
<v Speaker 2>between all different kinds of people even though they were

0:27:57.720 --> 0:28:00.359
<v Speaker 2>standing next to each other. And this is true with

0:28:01.080 --> 0:28:04.560
<v Speaker 2>Uber and Lyft. It was also true with Uber Eats,

0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:08.159
<v Speaker 2>it was true with door Dash. And if you ever

0:28:09.040 --> 0:28:12.359
<v Speaker 2>start to do an actual I mean, you're obviously paying

0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:16.000
<v Speaker 2>for convenience, just like with Amazon, but if you ever

0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:19.399
<v Speaker 2>really pay attention to just how much more expensive menu

0:28:19.480 --> 0:28:22.320
<v Speaker 2>items are on those apps as opposed to going through

0:28:22.320 --> 0:28:25.200
<v Speaker 2>the retailer themselves. Which is funny because some of those

0:28:25.240 --> 0:28:29.080
<v Speaker 2>places they have their own setup, they have their own app,

0:28:29.119 --> 0:28:32.000
<v Speaker 2>they have their own website, or they're using toast tab

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:37.880
<v Speaker 2>and the prices are way lower. There are Sometimes I'll

0:28:37.920 --> 0:28:41.080
<v Speaker 2>give you another for instance, I whenever I go see

0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:44.120
<v Speaker 2>my parents up in Valencia, usually I pick up Luna Grill.

0:28:44.200 --> 0:28:46.440
<v Speaker 2>It's like this meal that everyone can agree on and

0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:50.120
<v Speaker 2>it's pretty healthy and it's pretty reasonably priced. I really

0:28:50.160 --> 0:28:53.960
<v Speaker 2>love the chicken kebab plate with the gyro as well,

0:28:54.040 --> 0:29:00.560
<v Speaker 2>and that Mediterranean salad. It's delicious, big fan. But one

0:29:00.640 --> 0:29:04.320
<v Speaker 2>day my wife was craving Luna grill and we were

0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:07.479
<v Speaker 2>feeling kind of lazy. So I thought, all right, well

0:29:07.520 --> 0:29:09.320
<v Speaker 2>don't I pull it up on door dash. You know,

0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.000
<v Speaker 2>I've got Dash Pass, and I get that five dollars

0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:15.760
<v Speaker 2>a month benefit with my Chase card. I know every

0:29:15.840 --> 0:29:18.360
<v Speaker 2>benefit of every one of my eight credit cards. I

0:29:18.400 --> 0:29:22.080
<v Speaker 2>have a real problem. And I started pulling up the order.

0:29:22.840 --> 0:29:25.480
<v Speaker 2>My wife and I wanted the same thing, the chicken

0:29:25.520 --> 0:29:28.440
<v Speaker 2>and gyro plate. Maybe you call it giro, you do you?

0:29:29.840 --> 0:29:32.560
<v Speaker 2>And it was like, wait, just for the two of these,

0:29:32.880 --> 0:29:36.040
<v Speaker 2>plus the delivery fee, plus the convenience fee, what have you?

0:29:36.080 --> 0:29:39.120
<v Speaker 2>Plus the tip, it was gonna be like seventy dollars.

0:29:40.360 --> 0:29:44.200
<v Speaker 2>Or I could get in my car, drive to Sherman Oaks,

0:29:44.600 --> 0:29:47.200
<v Speaker 2>pick up the Luna grill, have it to the house,

0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:51.760
<v Speaker 2>probably just as fast, and it cost me forty dollars

0:29:51.880 --> 0:29:55.880
<v Speaker 2>instead of seventy dollars. So just think about that, and

0:29:56.120 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 2>just think about all the money that we are wasting

0:30:00.160 --> 0:30:03.400
<v Speaker 2>these apps in the name of convenience. You will save

0:30:03.520 --> 0:30:09.520
<v Speaker 2>money and you will lose weight. Surveillance pricing. I'm not

0:30:09.640 --> 0:30:12.800
<v Speaker 2>a fan, and I'm not really buying this argument from

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<v Speaker 2>the grocery chains that it would ban coupons because they

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<v Speaker 2>think they'll be open to lawsuits. But we'll see. It's

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<v Speaker 2>currently working its way through the legislature. It's the News

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<v Speaker 2>Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz

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<v Speaker 2>with Randy Wang on KABC. Some very exciting news for

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<v Speaker 2>people in San Diego is that Comic Con is here

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<v Speaker 2>to stay in San Diego until at least twenty thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if there were ever any real threats

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<v Speaker 2>to leave. I mean, so many other cities already have

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<v Speaker 2>comic cons. You know, they have wonder Con down on Anaheim,

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<v Speaker 2>they have the La Comic Con. Pretty much every major

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<v Speaker 2>city now has their own comic con. But the big one,

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<v Speaker 2>the one in July, has been at that San Diego

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<v Speaker 2>Convention Center forever, and it is such a part of

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<v Speaker 2>what you think about when you think about San Diego.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad to see it stay. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you've ever been to comic Con. I went once,

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<v Speaker 2>and I would totally go again. It is so much fun.

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<v Speaker 2>First Off, you're in the gas Lamp, which is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the coolest walkable areas in all of California. Great restaurants,

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<v Speaker 2>and when it's Comic Con, it is packed with people,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's packed with people who are usually dressed up

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<v Speaker 2>in some kind of costume. And that is where it

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<v Speaker 2>becomes like the ultimate people watching event, because people get really, really,

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<v Speaker 2>really really creative with their outfits. What cartoon character, what

0:31:57.440 --> 0:32:02.000
<v Speaker 2>comic character, what video game character? They're trying to dress

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<v Speaker 2>themselves up as. Some of it is very impressive. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember seeing somebody who dressed up like a realistic cloud

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<v Speaker 2>stripe from Final Fantasy seven with a massive buster stored,

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought that was pretty darn cool. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the year I went, which was twenty thirteen, which was

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<v Speaker 2>a very long time ago, it was the year that

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<v Speaker 2>one of the big hall h presentations was for the

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<v Speaker 2>final upcoming season of Breaking Bad, and there were a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people in all different kinds of Breaking Bad outfits.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, there was a guy wandering around the halls

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<v Speaker 2>in a very realistic looking Walter White mask, you know

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<v Speaker 2>which you know it was the hairless Walter White and

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<v Speaker 2>it was pretty cool to see. And then you sit

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<v Speaker 2>down in the theater as you're about to meet the

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<v Speaker 2>cast and get a preview clip of that final season

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<v Speaker 2>of probably the greatest show ever made, Breaking Bad, and

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<v Speaker 2>the guy who was wandering around Hall h and the

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<v Speaker 2>Walter White mass comes out, sits at the desk, takes

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<v Speaker 2>off his cap and reveals that it's Brian Cranston, who

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<v Speaker 2>had a full head of hair at the time. The

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<v Speaker 2>video is on YouTube. It is fantastic. I love Brian Cranston.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been a huge fan of his forever and ever

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<v Speaker 2>and ever. But obviously Walter White is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest characters ever to be on television, even though he's

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<v Speaker 2>a horrible, horrible, horrible person. Another video you should look

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<v Speaker 2>up just because this is crazy thing. You know, two

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<v Speaker 2>parts of my life intersected in the craziest way in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty fourteen where I got I've gotten, you know, over

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<v Speaker 2>the years, really into electronic dance music. I was invited

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<v Speaker 2>to my first Rave in twenty twelve, and even though

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<v Speaker 2>I will never do any of those drugs again, the

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<v Speaker 2>music stuck with me and I love the music for

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<v Speaker 2>working out. If I'm not listening to show prep as

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<v Speaker 2>I walk around a city like Toronto or Santa Fe.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll probably be listening to the sirix XM Chill channel,

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<v Speaker 2>And if I'm not listening to that, I'll listen to

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best DM podcasts out there, Group Therapy

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<v Speaker 2>with Above and Beyond. Above and Beyond has been a

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<v Speaker 2>trance group forever and ever and ever. They have one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most popular two hours every week of new

0:34:33.360 --> 0:34:38.520
<v Speaker 2>dance music. It is. It's a really, really, really fun listen. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, they came out with a

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<v Speaker 2>track called Walter White, inspired by how much they loved

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<v Speaker 2>Breaking Bad, and they headlined DC in Vegas that year

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<v Speaker 2>and they played Walter White and they flew Brian Kranston

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<v Speaker 2>himself to push the button and fire the middle of

0:35:03.960 --> 0:35:07.880
<v Speaker 2>the track. That is another thing I highly recommend you watch.

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<v Speaker 2>It is on YouTube. I'm gonna tell you right now,

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<v Speaker 2>when I sign off, I'm gonna go watch it because

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<v Speaker 2>it is the coolest thing ever. Anyway, So I had

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<v Speaker 2>a really great time at that comic con. I would

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<v Speaker 2>love to go back. I don't think I would dress up,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I would. I should see the AI photo I

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<v Speaker 2>made today of John and I dressed up as Batman

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<v Speaker 2>and Robin as the Sacramento Parking Space Vigilantes. Maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>would dress up. You know, I used to be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more fun like that, especially every Halloween when I

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<v Speaker 2>dress up as Bob's Big Boy. But yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 2>I could dress up. I love the event, and I

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<v Speaker 2>love that it's staying in San Diego. It is so

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<v Speaker 2>much fun, and you know, it's you know, it's becoming

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<v Speaker 2>more relevant again. I think there's gonna be some big

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<v Speaker 2>presentation regarding the Avengers movies to get more interest in them,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, Marvel kind of has gone to the

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<v Speaker 2>wayside recently. Maybe this year it's all going to come back.

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<v Speaker 2>I did watch that trailer for Doomsday and it was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty darn epic. So but what happened was, for the

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<v Speaker 2>longest time, like Comic cod was the launching pad where

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<v Speaker 2>you had all these huge announcements. It's where, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they did the big cast reveal for the original Avengers

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<v Speaker 2>movie in twenty twelve, and it's where when I was

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<v Speaker 2>there in twenty thirteen, they had the big surprise unveiling

0:36:37.120 --> 0:36:42.520
<v Speaker 2>presentation of a movie that was going to change cinema forever.

0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:52.040
<v Speaker 2>Batman versus Superman. Oh, what a time to be alive.

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<v Speaker 2>So apparently there is going to be a big presentation

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<v Speaker 2>because for a while, and I understand why they do this.

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<v Speaker 2>Disney reed, Wait, why are we doing all these big,

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<v Speaker 2>massive reveals at this event that we don't own when

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<v Speaker 2>we could be doing them at D twenty three, which

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<v Speaker 2>is the Disney convention that they have every year, And

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<v Speaker 2>I think they have some of them all around the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and they'll even make announcements at like D twenty three Brazil.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is something special about being in the comic

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<v Speaker 2>con presentation getting all of the news. It is such

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<v Speaker 2>an important event to San Diego's economy and it's such

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<v Speaker 2>a fun event to be a part of. So I

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<v Speaker 2>like that they're going to hopefully make some stuff there

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<v Speaker 2>because I kind of think of it too. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when the video game studios decide instead of putting their

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<v Speaker 2>big game reveal in a Nintendo direct, the most watched

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<v Speaker 2>most anticipated quarterly update on all the new video games

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<v Speaker 2>coming out for Nintendo platforms, and they decide, you know what, instead,

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<v Speaker 2>We're just going to do our own reveal on our

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<v Speaker 2>own platform form, in our own channel. Sure you own it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you'll get the lights and you'll get the clicks,

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<v Speaker 2>but you won't get nearly the amount of attention. So

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<v Speaker 2>glad to see comic Con is staying in San Diego.

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<v Speaker 2>I am a big fan. Before I get out of here,

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<v Speaker 2>I do get to mention I have been having the

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<v Speaker 2>most fun in Toronto. I walked along the Great Lakes

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<v Speaker 2>Walking Path this morning, where you can walk along Lake Ontario,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's so vast and it is so massive you

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<v Speaker 2>actually cannot see the land masses on the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how huge these Great Lakes are. I've been having

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun. Yes, I've been eating a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of poutine. I found this place called Beer Garden and

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<v Speaker 2>they had what I was looking for, planks of little

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<v Speaker 2>tasters of beers, and I tried the Logger plank, and

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<v Speaker 2>then I tried the Hot Apocalypse plank with a whole

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of IPAs and they were fantastic. And yes, I

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<v Speaker 2>had poutine and it was a real good time. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you all so much for being a part of this show.

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<v Speaker 2>You can only send me an email at randywangradioant gmail

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