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<v Speaker 2>San Fernando Valley and for once a not upsetting story

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<v Speaker 2>about the San Fernando Valley. But one of the nice

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<v Speaker 2>parts about being in the San Fernando Valley is Burbank Airport.

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<v Speaker 2>Burbank Airport is just two months away from the big

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<v Speaker 2>unveiling of the brand new terminal, the replacement terminal, which,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, if you don't know the backstory here,

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<v Speaker 2>the FAA said that Burbank needed to get a new

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<v Speaker 2>terminal because the current one was so close to the

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<v Speaker 2>runway it was scary and something bad could happen. And

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<v Speaker 2>Burbank Airport, which is an airport that I love and

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<v Speaker 2>use frequently and would use more, but sometimes you just can't.

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<v Speaker 2>They notably have a very short runway, so when the

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<v Speaker 2>Southwest plane lands at Burbank, they got to hit the

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<v Speaker 2>brakes real hard to make sure they get down without

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<v Speaker 2>hitting anything. And so because the runway was so close

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<v Speaker 2>to the terminal, and because that could mean an accident,

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<v Speaker 2>they had to move it. And they decided, why don't

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<v Speaker 2>we go ahead and class up the joint because the

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<v Speaker 2>Burbank Airport looks almost exactly as it has for what

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<v Speaker 2>over fifty years, maybe even longer. This airport has been

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<v Speaker 2>around for a very long time and has had way

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<v Speaker 2>too many name changes. It was a Hollywood Burbank Airport,

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<v Speaker 2>the Burbank Airport, there was that era of the Bob

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<v Speaker 2>Hope Airport. I think now it's kind of is it

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<v Speaker 2>still known as Burbank or is it known as Burbank Glendale, Pasadena.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's see what happens when we go to Burbank Airport.

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<v Speaker 2>What are they calling it right now? They're calling it

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<v Speaker 2>Hollywood Burbank Airport again. All right, we keep going back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth, but ultimately, like when you're a frequent flyer,

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<v Speaker 2>what really matters is the airport code, and the airport

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<v Speaker 2>code has always been b UR, so call it whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you want, which is why it must be very confusing

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<v Speaker 2>for people in Orange County that want to go to

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<v Speaker 2>John Wayne and they type into the airport code JNA nope,

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<v Speaker 2>JN nope, SNA oh, because it's Santa Ana Airport. That's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, So it didn't matter what they turned it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like they changed the airport code to Bob

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<v Speaker 2>when it was the Bob Hope Airport. So I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>big fan of this airport and i am excited about

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<v Speaker 2>this transformation. I'll be honest, the renderings look a little generic,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you listen to some of the pieces from

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<v Speaker 2>some of the architects and the designers, it's just a

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<v Speaker 2>little esoteric, like, yes, it is the Hollywood Burbank Airport

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<v Speaker 2>because the Burbank Airport is on Hollywood Way, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Burbank has the movie studios, but it's still not Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 2>And do we really need the airport to harken back

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<v Speaker 2>to the era of old Hollywood. There's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a big silver screen when you walk in, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have all kinds of little nods to the

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<v Speaker 2>eras of old Hollywood as you know, a museum, because

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<v Speaker 2>Hollywood is now in Toronto. But that being said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very excited about this because Burbank Airport, especially as you

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<v Speaker 2>get older, it leaves a little to be desired. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there are some major benefits. For one, you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with LA traffic. For two, you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with Lax traffic, and number three, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to deal with Lax traffic. It is very simple

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<v Speaker 2>to get in and out of there, even on the

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<v Speaker 2>busiest days of the year, and we have flown Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 2>weekends and it's still doable. It's never been that crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Getting a ride share is pretty darn easy at Burbank Airport,

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<v Speaker 2>and getting a it's funny distance wise. And let me

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<v Speaker 2>actually map this out right now. Okay, Burbank Airport, how

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<v Speaker 2>far is that from where I am broadcasting from?

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<v Speaker 1>Right now?

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<v Speaker 2>I am in the same Fernando Valley and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put my address. Let's see what it says. I am

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<v Speaker 2>ten miles from the Burbank Airport. Okay, how many miles

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<v Speaker 2>am I from Lax good question, I am twenty two miles. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you would think that would mean that the ride share

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<v Speaker 2>would cost twice as much. No, it costs three times

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<v Speaker 2>as much because of course you have to factor in

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<v Speaker 2>surge pricing.

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<v Speaker 1>And all the other nonsense.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, ride Share when you go to Burbank

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<v Speaker 2>Airport drops you off at the curb. There's no laxit

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<v Speaker 2>lot and they pick you up right at the ride

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<v Speaker 2>share which is right next to the curb. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>practically the same thing, and it's it's very easy. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>if it's a short trip, Burbank parking is great. I

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<v Speaker 2>am a big fan of the valet parking at Burbank Airport.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're doing a quick whirlwind trip, it's like forty

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a day, which again at the minimum, because we

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<v Speaker 2>get a fly, we're going to do black suv if

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<v Speaker 2>we're taking a lift of the airport, because we got

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<v Speaker 2>dogs and we got bags, and you know, I would

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<v Speaker 2>like to have an There's something about it. Just there's

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<v Speaker 2>these little things in life that make you feel fancy.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's a big difference between getting picked up in

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<v Speaker 2>a big black Chevy Suburban and getting picked up in

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<v Speaker 2>a Kia Soul.

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<v Speaker 1>There's just a little bit of a.

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<v Speaker 2>Difference, and sometimes you get a spring for that just

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<v Speaker 2>so you can feel kind of fancy. But if you're

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<v Speaker 2>only going for two or three days, it might make

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<v Speaker 2>sense because if you're talking about it's seventy five dollars

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<v Speaker 2>each way, that means it's one hundred and fifty dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>And if it's only forty dollars a day to park

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<v Speaker 2>valet at Burbank, well, then just park valet at Burbank.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're only going for two or three days. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, we did a trip to San Francisco

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<v Speaker 2>where we flew up and it is the greatest flight ever.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a flight that I hope to do a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more often, as we hope to do more remotes and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff in San Francisco, and I want to visit San

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<v Speaker 2>Francisco more. And you know, someday, if we do well

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<v Speaker 2>enough with this little radio venture, I'd like to have

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<v Speaker 2>a condo in San Francisco. That is the greatest flight

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<v Speaker 2>because it takes twenty minutes to get to the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>You're in the air for like forty five minutes and

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<v Speaker 2>then you get to SFO and you can weigh mow

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<v Speaker 2>till your heart's content. But when we did a quick

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<v Speaker 2>little weekend trip. It's like, why are we ride sharing?

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<v Speaker 2>I can just do the valet cost me forty bucks.

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<v Speaker 2>It was great, and the valet is right there. It's

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<v Speaker 2>all at the curb. So it's a wonderful airport, but

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<v Speaker 2>it is a small airport. It is in the first terminal.

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<v Speaker 2>There are nine gates in the second terminal. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how many gates there are because I've only used

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<v Speaker 2>that terminal once. I don't actually know what's in the

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<v Speaker 2>other terminal, but I know that there's even less food

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<v Speaker 2>options than the regular Burbank terminal. So that's the number

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<v Speaker 2>one issue is the amenities that are at the Burbank airport.

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<v Speaker 2>If you happen to be waiting for your flight, you're

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<v Speaker 2>connecting to another flight, or you know what, inevitably happens,

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<v Speaker 2>your flight gets delayed, there's not really a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>do to kill time. Now, they do have free Wi Fi,

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<v Speaker 2>so you find a little seat with power and you

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<v Speaker 2>plug on your Nintendo switch, you'll be good to go.

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<v Speaker 2>But although Lax is the worst airport in the country

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<v Speaker 2>by a long, long long mile, well not by a

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<v Speaker 2>long shot. Hartsfield Jackson is pretty awful too, but Lax

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<v Speaker 2>does have if you know what you're doing and you

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<v Speaker 2>have the right credit cards, amenities that can make life

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<v Speaker 2>a little simpler. I will say there have been times

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<v Speaker 2>where I do look forward to lax when we're flying

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<v Speaker 2>on a Saturday and we know there's not gonna meet traffic,

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<v Speaker 2>when we're doing a little Santa Fe flights. Going to

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<v Speaker 2>those Admirals clubs really really really pays off that credit

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<v Speaker 2>card that I have, the American Airlines World Elite Master Card.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like six hundred dollars a year, but it gets

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<v Speaker 2>you Admirals Club for you, and like it does definitely

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<v Speaker 2>does for my wife. I think it gets you for

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<v Speaker 2>your whole group if you have up to like four

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<v Speaker 2>or five people. I'm not exactly sure, but because we

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<v Speaker 2>never travel with just more than the two of us,

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<v Speaker 2>I have gotten more than my money's worth, and just

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<v Speaker 2>Margerita is on that. And when you're at Burbank Airport

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<v Speaker 2>and you didn't already eat, there are very few options.

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<v Speaker 2>They just finally put in a Starbucks, which it's the

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<v Speaker 2>funniest thing. It is like one of the saddest stories

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<v Speaker 2>of capitalism. But you're going through Burbank Airport and there's

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<v Speaker 2>not that many options to get anything to eat drink,

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<v Speaker 2>let alone coffee, And a couple of years ago they

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<v Speaker 2>put in a PiZZ coffee and it would do okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they put in the Starbucks.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Starbucks is like at Gate two, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Pietz Coffee is at like Gate five. And guess what,

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody goes to the Pietz coffee. And I'm sure Pete's

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<v Speaker 2>coffee is just as good as Starbucks.

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<v Speaker 1>It might even be better.

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<v Speaker 2>But one thing that Starbucks has and I don't drink

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of coffee because I only drink DCAF. I

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<v Speaker 2>do buy a lot of coffee when I'm traveling because

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<v Speaker 2>I want to support local vendors and I want to

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<v Speaker 2>try local experiences, and I like the taste of coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's no reason to have it decaf coffee. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just doing it. It's like decorative glasses, you know. But Starbucks,

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<v Speaker 2>with the convenience of that app, it does make things

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<v Speaker 2>a heck of a lot easier, especially when you go

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<v Speaker 2>into the airport. But outside of that, and yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>can get breakfast there. There's that little restaurant that nobody's

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<v Speaker 2>ever eaten. There's the sandwich stands that those sandwiches look

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<v Speaker 2>pretty darn old like they came out of a vending machine.

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<v Speaker 2>And then there's the Guy Fieri bar right in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of Gates five and six, and yeah, I've had

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<v Speaker 2>a drink or two. My wife and I have enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>a cheese fries from Guy Fieri and it's it's not bad.

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<v Speaker 2>But it'll be nice to have some new eateries. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>be nice to have some new experiences in this new,

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful reframed. We're doing an ode to old Hollywood Terminal. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things that are not changing that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very excited about, because I'm sure the initial fear that

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people had about them updating and redoing

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<v Speaker 2>the Burbank Airport is that that would mean you no

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<v Speaker 2>longer have the old school staircase boarding. Don't you worry.

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<v Speaker 2>You're still boarding on the tarmac. You can still board

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<v Speaker 2>in the front of the plane and the back of

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<v Speaker 2>the plane, which means you can also dplane in the

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<v Speaker 2>front of the plane and the back of the plane.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not going anywhere. Apparently, when they did community meetings

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<v Speaker 2>and they did community outreach, it was like the most

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<v Speaker 2>requested thing to keep. It's something that people love. And

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<v Speaker 2>when Southwest had, like you know, before they had a

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<v Speaker 2>sign seating and Southwest was just this wild, wild West

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<v Speaker 2>free for all, there was always something you felt like

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<v Speaker 2>you were in a part of a club when you

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<v Speaker 2>were like one of the few people that knew that.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when you're coming back from Dallas what.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you, You're.

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<v Speaker 2>Sitting in the back of the plane even though you're

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<v Speaker 2>in Group A, and the flight attendants look at you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you look at them and like, oh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to Burbank, You're going to get out of

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<v Speaker 2>here real quick. Don't really need to do that anymore

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<v Speaker 2>because now Southwest has a sign seating and if you

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<v Speaker 2>have the credit card, you'll they'll automatically bump you up

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<v Speaker 2>to an extra leg room seat if they have one available.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're taking that Southwest flight from Burbank to

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<v Speaker 2>San Francisco on a Saturday morning, there were a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of open seats.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll see what goes on with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm very excited to see this airport get a facelift.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a very special place to me. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>the very first flight I ever took at a Boroughbank Airport.

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<v Speaker 2>It was in two thousand and eight, I hadn't Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and eight wasn't that long ago.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about eighteen years ago. I'm forty. I'm about to

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<v Speaker 1>be forty one and a week and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>Or two weeks from today. Yeah, two weeks from today.

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<v Speaker 2>That's no next week.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>I should really do the math here, Yes, it's next week. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>anybody working at the radio station, listen right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm never in town for my.

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<v Speaker 2>Birthday, and there's a specific reason because I don't want cake,

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<v Speaker 2>so I specifically try to be out of town. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually in town this time because the wife's in Toronto.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want any cake. Do not get cake. I

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<v Speaker 2>will feel guilty and then have to shame eat it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we got that out of the way. But in two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and eight, I had only been on a plane once,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't even remember it because I was seven

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<v Speaker 2>and my family flew to Orlando to go to Disney World.

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<v Speaker 1>And the only thing I.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember about Disney World at the age of seven was

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<v Speaker 2>that it rained a lot and we had ponchos, so

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<v Speaker 2>money well spent on that vacation. I really wonder at

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<v Speaker 2>what point kids like retain information because I don't remember

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<v Speaker 2>any of those trips. So that was the only time

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<v Speaker 2>I had ever been on a plane. And then I

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<v Speaker 2>had been working at ninety seven point one for many years,

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<v Speaker 2>and I had made quite a bit of money because

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<v Speaker 2>I was so busy, I wasn't spending it on anything

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<v Speaker 2>except for fast food four times a day. And I

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<v Speaker 2>get a hanker in to do something that I would

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<v Speaker 2>never do, get on one of those Burbank flights to

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<v Speaker 2>Vegas and do a quick little weekend in Vegas. And

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<v Speaker 2>I flew on a Jet Blue plane and it was

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<v Speaker 2>a Jet Blue plane in that forty five minute flight

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<v Speaker 2>from Burbank to Vegas that had and this was the

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<v Speaker 2>rage technology that all the airlines needed to have. We

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<v Speaker 2>need to invest millions and millions and millions of dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to have a television in the back of every seat.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember flipping through the TV and thinking this

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty cool. I actually remember there was some game

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<v Speaker 2>show that Regis Feldman was hosting. I think it was password,

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<v Speaker 2>a celebrity password, and Adam Carolla was the celebrity guest,

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<v Speaker 2>which is funny because I worked for Adam Carolla at

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<v Speaker 2>the time, Like Huh, that's interesting. I'll always remember that flight,

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<v Speaker 2>and I always remember, Wow, we spent so much money

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<v Speaker 2>on everyone getting a TV in the back of the seat,

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<v Speaker 2>not realizing that in a few short years all people

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<v Speaker 2>really want is a plug so they can keep their

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<v Speaker 2>phone going in free Wi Fi. Boy, how the world

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<v Speaker 2>has changed. By the way, that was a wild trip

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<v Speaker 2>to Vegas because I want a thousand dollars. I also

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<v Speaker 2>spent way too much money on all kinds of things

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to get into right here, and on

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<v Speaker 2>the way I want a thousand dollars On a Monday morning,

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<v Speaker 2>on playing six hundred dollars on roulette and two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>dollars slot polls, I was so convinced I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to lose all of it that I immediately went to

0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:12.600
<v Speaker 2>the airport and just wandered around, rented a mobile DVD

0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:16.840
<v Speaker 2>player and watched the DVD of You Don't Mess with

0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:20.880
<v Speaker 2>the Zohan. Because I knew this way I wouldn't spend

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<v Speaker 2>any money. Of course, little did I know they have

0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.440
<v Speaker 2>slot machines at the airport. But it was on that trip.

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<v Speaker 2>As I'm sitting in McCarran Airport, I get a phone

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<v Speaker 2>call from the program director and the general manager of

0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.720
<v Speaker 2>ninety seven point one saying, hey, we might go out

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<v Speaker 2>of business in a month, so it was a really

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<v Speaker 2>good thing that I didn't blow that thousand dollars. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>dumb phones are making a comeback. The generation that was

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<v Speaker 2>raised on smartphones, the generation that was raised on social media,

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<v Speaker 2>the generation of girls that became bullymic because of Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>and idiot boys stuff tidepods in their mouths because of TikTok.

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<v Speaker 1>They are now.

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<v Speaker 2>Purposefully and on their own terms, trying to back a

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<v Speaker 2>The whole touch Grass movement is a wonderful, wonderful thing

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<v Speaker 2>because even though these little devices in our pockets are

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<v Speaker 2>little miracles and we're all more connected than we ever

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<v Speaker 2>have been before. We're also a lot lonely and than

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<v Speaker 2>we have been before, and we're all antisocial, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>all strange, and it's because we're staring at these screens

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<v Speaker 2>all day long. Now, I like to say that, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm an exception because I have to do so much

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<v Speaker 2>of this stuff for work, and if I wasn't working,

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't be doing any of it. And you know

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<v Speaker 2>what that is true if I looked at my screen

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<v Speaker 2>time usage the ten days that my wife and I

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<v Speaker 2>were traveling through Europe. Outside of using the maps, which,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, one of the things that's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the best parts of having a cell phone and having

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<v Speaker 2>a watch app or having metaglasses is directions when you're

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<v Speaker 2>walking around when you're trying to find a specific place,

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<v Speaker 2>or you can just go to Madrid and you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>put in a map for anything, because the fun of

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<v Speaker 2>Madrid is to turn a corner, find some random, unassuming

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<v Speaker 2>looking taberna, have the best wine and harmon that you've

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<v Speaker 2>ever had, and it costs.

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<v Speaker 1>You almost nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>I miss Spain, and yeah, that week, outside of using

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<v Speaker 2>the maps, occasionally checking in with family through text, and

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<v Speaker 2>using the pictures and video cameras, so we had some memories.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't checking social media, I wasn't paying attention to

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<v Speaker 2>what was going on in the news.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty four to seven.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a beautiful, beautiful time, but I'm not in

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<v Speaker 2>Europe right now. And even when I was in Toronto

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<v Speaker 2>last week, even though I had the most fun, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can't wait to go back to Toronto, Canada. I

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<v Speaker 2>also I want to go to Vancouver, and I want

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<v Speaker 2>to go to Victoria. I'd like to do a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of Canada traveling. It is just beautiful up there and

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<v Speaker 2>the people are friendly. And we'll get back to the

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<v Speaker 2>smartphones for a minute. But I just I need to

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<v Speaker 2>say this because I haven't had an opportunity to say this.

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<v Speaker 2>When you go to our kind neighbor to the north,

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<v Speaker 2>you immediately see how unbelievably stupid the tariff wars are,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know what the tariff wars have led to.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're in Canada, you cannot buy American alcohol. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't buy American whiskey, you can't buy American beer. Not

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<v Speaker 2>that I was going to buy American beer, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can't buy American wine. And one of the splendors of

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<v Speaker 2>the state of California is California's wine industry. We produce

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<v Speaker 2>some of the best wine in the world, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can't buy any of it in Canada because that's how

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<v Speaker 2>they retaliated against us for all of these tariffs against Canada,

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<v Speaker 2>which again is our ally And that also has meant

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<v Speaker 2>a decimation for the tourism industry of Wine Country because

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of those tourists were Canadians.

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<v Speaker 1>Who came down here to spend their money.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of the reason Vegas has lost so much

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<v Speaker 2>money in the last couple of years is because tourism

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<v Speaker 2>is way down because the Canadians are like, screw you,

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<v Speaker 2>We'll go to France. We'll go to Monte Carlo instead

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<v Speaker 2>of going to the Monte Carlo hotel on the strip.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you actually go there, and by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>the nice thing is the real people.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only one person.

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<v Speaker 2>Asked me about politics, People like, oh, you're from Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>Fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone was just so friendly, And I think all of

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<v Speaker 2>that stuff is nonsense and it is stupid. But yes,

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<v Speaker 2>in Toronto, I did use my phone plenty because I

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<v Speaker 2>was working. It still says my usage was down thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent from usual. But if you ever, you know you

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<v Speaker 2>every Sunday morning you get that update on your phone

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<v Speaker 2>and it tells you how much time you've been staring

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<v Speaker 2>at it. You might look at just the banner where

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, hey, you used your phone on an average

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<v Speaker 2>of four hours.

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<v Speaker 1>A day this week. Good for you.

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<v Speaker 2>It is when you actually open up that app. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, you can do this right now. You

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<v Speaker 2>can go to your settings on your iPhone, scroll down

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<v Speaker 2>to where it says screen time, and it will tell

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<v Speaker 2>you things that will it'll just make you feel sad.

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<v Speaker 2>For instance, it shows you not only what you're doing,

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<v Speaker 2>but how you're using your time. Now again, I like

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<v Speaker 2>to think that I get a pass here because I'm

0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:05.919
<v Speaker 2>using my phone a lot for work. I wake up

0:26:05.960 --> 0:26:08.320
<v Speaker 2>in the morning, I start scrolling through YouTube. So yes,

0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:14.520
<v Speaker 2>obviously it makes sense that on average I use YouTube

0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:19.199
<v Speaker 2>for six hours and fifty eight minutes a day. What

0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:24.400
<v Speaker 2>that can't be, right, Well, maybe that counts what I'm

0:26:24.400 --> 0:26:28.800
<v Speaker 2>also uploading stuff on YouTube. That's a lot. It says

0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm on X for an hour and forty four minutes

0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:34.240
<v Speaker 2>a day. It says I'm on YouTube Studio for an

0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:37.119
<v Speaker 2>hour and forty one minutes a day. Okay, that's a problem.

0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:40.640
<v Speaker 2>So YouTube studio, if you're a content creator, is where

0:26:40.680 --> 0:26:44.240
<v Speaker 2>you can see how many likes your videos are getting,

0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:46.760
<v Speaker 2>how many views your videos are getting, how many comments.

0:26:46.800 --> 0:26:49.720
<v Speaker 2>And I'm trying to be respectful and polite and you know,

0:26:49.880 --> 0:26:54.840
<v Speaker 2>respond when people are commenting. But it's also it is

0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:57.479
<v Speaker 2>another one of these things that the phone does to us.

0:26:57.840 --> 0:27:03.360
<v Speaker 2>It creates a really addictive dopamine trip. And it can

0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:05.919
<v Speaker 2>have high highs and it can have low lows. We

0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:08.680
<v Speaker 2>post a video and it starts getting all kinds of clicks. Well,

0:27:08.720 --> 0:27:11.400
<v Speaker 2>this is so great. I post another video. It doesn't

0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:12.280
<v Speaker 2>get as many clicks.

0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:12.600
<v Speaker 1>Why.

0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:16.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, And so I probably it makes sense

0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:18.200
<v Speaker 2>an hour and forty one minutes a day. I'm just

0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:21.280
<v Speaker 2>hitting refresh on that now it says I use the

0:27:21.359 --> 0:27:23.600
<v Speaker 2>Maps app for an hour and thirty eight minutes a day.

0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 1>That makes sense.

0:27:24.320 --> 0:27:27.320
<v Speaker 2>I have Apple Maps while I'm driving. I don't know

0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:32.640
<v Speaker 2>why I don't ever change my route because I don't

0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:36.119
<v Speaker 2>know about you. I happen to believe that when Google

0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:39.480
<v Speaker 2>Maps or Apple Maps or Ways tells you don't take

0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:44.080
<v Speaker 2>the freeway, take this instead. I'd rather be the sap

0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:46.880
<v Speaker 2>that sits on the freeway than one of the ten

0:27:46.960 --> 0:27:50.640
<v Speaker 2>thousand people trying to do exactly that, because they're not

0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:53.600
<v Speaker 2>just giving you that advice. And I have found more

0:27:53.600 --> 0:27:57.080
<v Speaker 2>often than not, it's always slower. Just sit on the freeway.

0:27:57.160 --> 0:28:01.439
<v Speaker 2>We'll all suffer together. Message. I'm texting an hour and

0:28:01.480 --> 0:28:03.840
<v Speaker 2>thirty eight minutes a day. Okay, that makes sense. Text

0:28:03.880 --> 0:28:06.560
<v Speaker 2>a lot with my wife. I'm on Instagram for an

0:28:06.600 --> 0:28:09.000
<v Speaker 2>hour in fifteen minutes a day. I'm on Gmail for

0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:12.159
<v Speaker 2>forty minutes. It feels like there are more minutes in here. Oh,

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:19.160
<v Speaker 2>this is an average for the week. Okay, okay, okay,

0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:23.040
<v Speaker 2>it's not as bad. That's how much I was using

0:28:23.080 --> 0:28:26.840
<v Speaker 2>it for the week. Let me go to day yesterday.

0:28:27.119 --> 0:28:30.080
<v Speaker 2>I spent an hour and thirteen minutes on YouTube, thirty

0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:34.119
<v Speaker 2>six minutes text messaging, twenty three minutes on X, seventeen

0:28:34.160 --> 0:28:37.720
<v Speaker 2>minutes on YouTube studio, fifteen minutes on the phone, ten

0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:41.120
<v Speaker 2>minutes on Instagram, and then I was doing some searching

0:28:41.160 --> 0:28:44.320
<v Speaker 2>for flights so Avianca and American they got some love too.

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:47.360
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, that's a lot of time that I am spending.

0:28:47.640 --> 0:28:52.680
<v Speaker 2>But it doesn't just tell you little things like how

0:28:52.720 --> 0:28:58.280
<v Speaker 2>often you're using your apps. It also tells you how

0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:04.760
<v Speaker 2>many times and this one is this one freaks me out.

0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:09.360
<v Speaker 2>On average, it tells you how many times you pick

0:29:09.520 --> 0:29:13.680
<v Speaker 2>up your phone, whether that's it's on the desk and

0:29:13.720 --> 0:29:16.000
<v Speaker 2>you pick it up to look at it, you have

0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:17.880
<v Speaker 2>it in your pocket, you pull it out to look

0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:23.400
<v Speaker 2>at it. Yesterday I pulled out my phone one hundred

0:29:23.480 --> 0:29:27.720
<v Speaker 2>and nine times, and that was low. The day before

0:29:28.240 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 2>I pulled it out one hundred and fifty five times. Now,

0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:37.440
<v Speaker 2>it also tells you how many notifications you're getting, whether

0:29:37.480 --> 0:29:42.000
<v Speaker 2>that's text messages, direct messages on Instagram, DMS on X

0:29:42.440 --> 0:29:47.200
<v Speaker 2>messages from Twitter. Also another thing that I hate about

0:29:47.200 --> 0:29:51.720
<v Speaker 2>this device. We have so much technology at our fingertips.

0:29:51.960 --> 0:29:56.120
<v Speaker 2>We pay these telecom companies. Probably everybody listening is paying

0:29:56.160 --> 0:29:58.920
<v Speaker 2>like one hundred dollars a month for their cell phone.

0:29:59.120 --> 0:30:01.840
<v Speaker 2>But what's the one thing that the cell phone cannot do?

0:30:02.800 --> 0:30:07.200
<v Speaker 2>It either can't or doesn't want to block all the

0:30:07.320 --> 0:30:11.760
<v Speaker 2>unwanted calls or go after all the spammers and the

0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:15.720
<v Speaker 2>scammers out there. Every single time I pop open my phone,

0:30:16.000 --> 0:30:18.360
<v Speaker 2>it tells me about the fifteen missed calls that I

0:30:18.480 --> 0:30:21.120
<v Speaker 2>have from numbers that I'm never going to know because

0:30:21.120 --> 0:30:24.120
<v Speaker 2>they say it's spam risk. Well, if the iPhone knows

0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:27.360
<v Speaker 2>that it's spam risk, then why oh why aren't we

0:30:27.480 --> 0:30:31.280
<v Speaker 2>figuring out how to shut that down? Why is it

0:30:31.600 --> 0:30:36.120
<v Speaker 2>that these international companies cannot shut down the big farms

0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:40.760
<v Speaker 2>where you have slave labor pretending to be somebody else

0:30:40.880 --> 0:30:45.280
<v Speaker 2>and masking phone numbers to scam people. The people that

0:30:45.480 --> 0:30:48.719
<v Speaker 2>service all of this, the people that own the telephone lines,

0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:50.760
<v Speaker 2>how do they not have any kind of a say

0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:53.960
<v Speaker 2>in how to shut that down. Maybe it's because they

0:30:53.960 --> 0:30:56.320
<v Speaker 2>make money on every call. I don't know how it works,

0:30:56.920 --> 0:30:58.600
<v Speaker 2>but I feel like we should be able to shut

0:30:58.680 --> 0:31:02.760
<v Speaker 2>that down. So the fact that kids are now actually

0:31:02.800 --> 0:31:08.000
<v Speaker 2>gravitating towards phones that just have like text messaging, just

0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:11.800
<v Speaker 2>have maps, just have ride share, which is a great

0:31:11.800 --> 0:31:16.200
<v Speaker 2>thing to have. It's great. I love that, and I

0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:21.640
<v Speaker 2>love that. You know, more young people than ever do

0:31:21.960 --> 0:31:26.000
<v Speaker 2>not have a Facebook. More young people are getting off

0:31:26.120 --> 0:31:28.760
<v Speaker 2>of Instagram. And again, I use these things because you

0:31:28.880 --> 0:31:32.200
<v Speaker 2>need to for this job. But if I did not

0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 2>do that, I don't know if I would be posting

0:31:35.400 --> 0:31:38.840
<v Speaker 2>nearly as much. You know, for a long time, I

0:31:39.000 --> 0:31:42.880
<v Speaker 2>stopped posting food pictures on my social media because I

0:31:42.920 --> 0:31:45.200
<v Speaker 2>would get weird comments and I was like, what am

0:31:45.240 --> 0:31:48.760
<v Speaker 2>I doing this for? But I still like to share

0:31:48.960 --> 0:31:51.479
<v Speaker 2>my cooking, so I would just share it with you know,

0:31:51.560 --> 0:31:54.160
<v Speaker 2>my group chat. I will say one of the best

0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:56.160
<v Speaker 2>things the iPhone has done in the last few years.

0:31:56.280 --> 0:31:59.920
<v Speaker 2>Love the group chat feature, although sometimes it can annoy me,

0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:03.360
<v Speaker 2>but I love to share a picture with like my

0:32:03.440 --> 0:32:05.520
<v Speaker 2>family or my wife's family. Hey, look at this meal

0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:07.360
<v Speaker 2>we made. We'd love to make this together with you

0:32:07.440 --> 0:32:11.320
<v Speaker 2>when we're all together. There are benefits to having all

0:32:11.360 --> 0:32:15.360
<v Speaker 2>this technology, but there are many, many, many drawbacks, and

0:32:15.400 --> 0:32:18.400
<v Speaker 2>it is a lovely thing to see that the generation

0:32:18.560 --> 0:32:23.000
<v Speaker 2>that was raised on this very well understands how toxic

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:26.440
<v Speaker 2>it is. And this is as we're going into AI

0:32:26.800 --> 0:32:30.920
<v Speaker 2>changing everything, whether it really will or not, more people

0:32:31.000 --> 0:32:35.680
<v Speaker 2>wanting to live IRL. I am all for it. It's

0:32:35.720 --> 0:32:38.760
<v Speaker 2>the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC.

0:32:40.760 --> 0:32:41.680
<v Speaker 1>It's the News.

0:32:41.440 --> 0:32:45.920
<v Speaker 2>Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC.

0:32:46.760 --> 0:32:51.400
<v Speaker 2>There's always these perpetual stories that sim to never ever

0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:55.000
<v Speaker 2>ever get resolved, and one of them is in San

0:32:55.040 --> 0:33:01.720
<v Speaker 2>Diego in a project called Midway Rising. Midway Rising is

0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:07.320
<v Speaker 2>a planned major development at the old San Diego Sports Arena.

0:33:08.080 --> 0:33:10.400
<v Speaker 2>And you're wondering who used to play at the San

0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:14.040
<v Speaker 2>Diego Sports Arena. Well, it used to be the home

0:33:14.160 --> 0:33:18.760
<v Speaker 2>of the NBA's San Diego Rockets. It also used to

0:33:18.800 --> 0:33:22.480
<v Speaker 2>be home to the NBA's San Diego Clippers. It was

0:33:22.520 --> 0:33:26.840
<v Speaker 2>also home of the American Hockey Leagues San Diego Gulls

0:33:27.160 --> 0:33:31.880
<v Speaker 2>and the National Lacrosse Leagues San Diego Seals. It has

0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:34.680
<v Speaker 2>not really been used for anything in quite some time,

0:33:34.760 --> 0:33:37.560
<v Speaker 2>which is why there was a plan. In fact, the

0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:41.920
<v Speaker 2>whole area was bought by Stan Kronki. Stan Kronki the

0:33:41.960 --> 0:33:45.360
<v Speaker 2>owner of the Rams and also of You're Upper Up

0:33:45.360 --> 0:33:48.800
<v Speaker 2>and Wine Country. The Kronky's own one of the most

0:33:48.840 --> 0:33:51.480
<v Speaker 2>expensive tasting rooms. It's not that I mean, it is

0:33:51.600 --> 0:33:53.880
<v Speaker 2>expensive to taste there, but it's more just they spent

0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:55.880
<v Speaker 2>a lot of money that they'll never make back on

0:33:55.920 --> 0:33:58.400
<v Speaker 2>the tasting room because they won't need to. It's a

0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:01.320
<v Speaker 2>place called the Hilt on Santa Road. It's beautiful, they

0:34:01.400 --> 0:34:05.960
<v Speaker 2>made great wine, but yeah, the Kronkis own that. And

0:34:06.000 --> 0:34:09.200
<v Speaker 2>of course they also own a whole bunch of woodland

0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:12.880
<v Speaker 2>hills right now. The Kronkis own the Tepega Village, which

0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:15.800
<v Speaker 2>hopefully when they build a new RAMS training facility, won't

0:34:15.800 --> 0:34:19.160
<v Speaker 2>have so many vacancies inside there. It makes me sad

0:34:19.560 --> 0:34:23.080
<v Speaker 2>because that's such a beautiful development. Well, the Kronkis bought

0:34:23.320 --> 0:34:25.759
<v Speaker 2>the old San Diego Sports Arena because they wanted to

0:34:25.760 --> 0:34:29.440
<v Speaker 2>turn it into a brand new sixteen thousand seat arena

0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:32.480
<v Speaker 2>for a non existent sports team, and of course have

0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:36.240
<v Speaker 2>shopping and dining and residences and.

0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:39.320
<v Speaker 1>Think you know this is going.

0:34:40.760 --> 0:34:43.720
<v Speaker 2>This is one of these projects that has been bogged

0:34:43.760 --> 0:34:49.800
<v Speaker 2>down in sequa hell for years and years and years.

0:34:50.600 --> 0:34:53.560
<v Speaker 2>Part of the fight has been that even though the

0:34:53.600 --> 0:34:57.839
<v Speaker 2>city of San Diego approved changing the zoning for how

0:34:58.000 --> 0:35:02.920
<v Speaker 2>tall buildings could be at the Midway Rising development, the

0:35:03.000 --> 0:35:08.080
<v Speaker 2>local neighbors sued and one and got an injunction and

0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:11.040
<v Speaker 2>apparently nobody can come to an agreement because I guess

0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:14.799
<v Speaker 2>you can't make your money back on this development until

0:35:14.960 --> 0:35:18.239
<v Speaker 2>you have a certain height. And there's people in the

0:35:18.280 --> 0:35:20.480
<v Speaker 2>neighborhood where they don't want the height because it's going

0:35:20.560 --> 0:35:23.440
<v Speaker 2>to block their view whatever you can call it, neighbors

0:35:23.480 --> 0:35:25.080
<v Speaker 2>trying to protect their character, you can.

0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:26.440
<v Speaker 1>Call them nimbi's what have you.

0:35:27.640 --> 0:35:31.000
<v Speaker 2>So now what's going on is there's going to be

0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:34.880
<v Speaker 2>a bill that goes to the legislature that will specifically

0:35:35.640 --> 0:35:40.560
<v Speaker 2>exempt Midway Rising from certain aspects of SEQUA to get

0:35:40.560 --> 0:35:44.160
<v Speaker 2>it through. It's almost like we do this now. We

0:35:44.239 --> 0:35:48.040
<v Speaker 2>have specific carve outs for specific projects in state law,

0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:51.520
<v Speaker 2>like when Steve Balmer, the owner of the Clippers, got

0:35:51.560 --> 0:35:55.960
<v Speaker 2>the California legislature to author a last call extension to

0:35:56.160 --> 0:36:01.320
<v Speaker 2>four AM, not just not for Englewood, not for La County,

0:36:01.760 --> 0:36:04.959
<v Speaker 2>for just the Clippers arena the into a dome, which

0:36:05.000 --> 0:36:08.840
<v Speaker 2>is a beautiful place. So they're going to exempt certain

0:36:08.880 --> 0:36:12.080
<v Speaker 2>aspects of SEQUA so the locals can stop suing over

0:36:12.120 --> 0:36:16.040
<v Speaker 2>this project, which I mean, ultimately I wish we could

0:36:16.040 --> 0:36:18.320
<v Speaker 2>all come to some kind of an agreement here, because

0:36:18.360 --> 0:36:20.600
<v Speaker 2>what we want these sports arena to just sit there

0:36:20.640 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 2>empty and at some point the yimbie crowd has a

0:36:25.200 --> 0:36:28.719
<v Speaker 2>point when you have people suing over and over and

0:36:28.760 --> 0:36:32.439
<v Speaker 2>over again to stop any kind of development, especially one

0:36:32.560 --> 0:36:37.040
<v Speaker 2>where there there's already an empty sports arena there. But

0:36:37.120 --> 0:36:41.040
<v Speaker 2>I think ultimately we need to stop cutting around the

0:36:41.239 --> 0:36:44.480
<v Speaker 2>edges of Okay, well we need to exempt this from SEQUA.

0:36:44.560 --> 0:36:48.040
<v Speaker 2>We need to exempt this from SEQUA. At what point

0:36:48.080 --> 0:36:52.000
<v Speaker 2>do we say it does not make sense to have

0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:57.000
<v Speaker 2>an environmental protection law that has a private right of action.

0:36:57.920 --> 0:37:01.839
<v Speaker 2>What does that mean? Well, the tricky thing with SEQUA

0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:06.719
<v Speaker 2>is that anybody can sue to stop any project in

0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:10.720
<v Speaker 2>the name of SEQUA, just like how there's a private

0:37:10.800 --> 0:37:14.479
<v Speaker 2>right of action in the Americans with Disabilities Act, which

0:37:14.520 --> 0:37:17.920
<v Speaker 2>there have been several troll attorneys have taken advantage of

0:37:18.440 --> 0:37:21.120
<v Speaker 2>where even if you are not directly harmed, even if

0:37:21.160 --> 0:37:25.120
<v Speaker 2>you are not directly victimized, like you're not a disabled

0:37:25.200 --> 0:37:28.319
<v Speaker 2>person that cannot get to the towel rack in the

0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:31.279
<v Speaker 2>bathroom of the mom and pop restaurant, you as an

0:37:31.320 --> 0:37:34.320
<v Speaker 2>attorney can sue on behalf of a non existent person.

0:37:35.000 --> 0:37:39.600
<v Speaker 2>You can also sue for any reason to block a

0:37:39.719 --> 0:37:43.400
<v Speaker 2>project under SEQUE because you want an environmental review.

0:37:44.320 --> 0:37:47.560
<v Speaker 1>And it seems that if we really.

0:37:47.239 --> 0:37:52.359
<v Speaker 2>Really really want to solve the housing crisis, we've got

0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:56.280
<v Speaker 2>to stop these kinds of nonsensical delays. But everyone should

0:37:56.280 --> 0:37:58.279
<v Speaker 2>be able to come to an agreement, get into a

0:37:58.360 --> 0:38:01.280
<v Speaker 2>room together. Maybe that's what we need. We need forced

0:38:01.440 --> 0:38:05.520
<v Speaker 2>mediation because these lawsuits take so long, the projects take

0:38:05.640 --> 0:38:08.600
<v Speaker 2>so much longer, and then inevitably, whatever housing gets built

0:38:08.640 --> 0:38:11.680
<v Speaker 2>there is going to be that much more expensive. Now

0:38:11.719 --> 0:38:15.480
<v Speaker 2>that all being said, as we talk about California's housing crisis,

0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:18.440
<v Speaker 2>I have to talk about the Coyote squatters. We did

0:38:18.480 --> 0:38:20.960
<v Speaker 2>cover this on The John Phillips Show, but it is

0:38:21.000 --> 0:38:25.000
<v Speaker 2>something that I want to really drive down and drill

0:38:25.080 --> 0:38:29.120
<v Speaker 2>down on. We're in a housing crisis in the state

0:38:29.160 --> 0:38:34.000
<v Speaker 2>of California, That's what everybody tells us. But then why

0:38:34.040 --> 0:38:44.040
<v Speaker 2>are there so many abandoned buildings, abandon construction projects, abandon developments,

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:49.160
<v Speaker 2>the Tagger Towers, the Coyote Hotel in West Hollywood, all

0:38:49.200 --> 0:38:52.399
<v Speaker 2>the vacant homes that burn down on Hope Street. Why

0:38:52.520 --> 0:38:58.560
<v Speaker 2>is there so much vacant abandoned property in California? And

0:38:58.680 --> 0:39:01.600
<v Speaker 2>before we need to build everything else, shouldn't we figure

0:39:01.640 --> 0:39:03.440
<v Speaker 2>out how to utilize that property?

0:39:04.160 --> 0:39:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Just a thought. Thank y'all so much for listening.

0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:09.000
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0:39:09.120 --> 0:39:12.160
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0:39:12.280 --> 0:39:15.120
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0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:18.319
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0:39:20.040 --> 0:39:22.560
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