1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. So 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Michael Verie show is on the air. 3 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: Let's test your classic country knowledge. You know, of course, 4 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 2: everybody knows David allen Coe did not write you never 5 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 2: even called me by my name, because he says so 6 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 2: he added another verse, he said, a friend of mine 7 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 2: named Steve Goodman wrote that song. He told me he 8 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: had written a perfect country and Western song. And I 9 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: told him he hadn't had the same thing about mama 10 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: trucks or getting drunk. And he sat down and wrote 11 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: another verse of that song I liked included here. You 12 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: know that, all right. So that's the version that everybody knows. 13 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: Steve Goodman a songwriting legend who died far too young. 14 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 2: And you probably also know that Willie Nelson was quite 15 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: close to Steve Goodman and. 16 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 3: The song City of New Orleans. 17 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: He wrote to to raise money for Steve Goodman. He 18 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: gave him he Steve Goodman would get the writing credit 19 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 2: and he would donate all proceeds for it, because Steve 20 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,639 Speaker 2: Goodman had cancer and he was dying and he needed 21 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: he needed he needed treatment, and so Willie did that 22 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: as favor for him. But did you know who co wrote, 23 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: you never even called me by my name, because he 24 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: doesn't he doesn't get the credit. But it is known 25 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 2: in Nashville circles that there is another singer songwriter who 26 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: co wrote that with him and just didn't get mentioned 27 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: in the song, and that is the legendary John Prime. 28 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: Here he is at one moment. It's bad audio, but 29 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: you can hear him talking about so he saw about 30 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: songs that he's written, and he just kind of throws 31 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 2: in there. 32 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 3: Here's another one I wrote, which leads me to. 33 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 4: The song as Steve and I wrote, I think maybe 34 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 4: the summer in nineteen seventy one, we were sharing a 35 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 4: hotel room, went to the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City, 36 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 4: and I went out for the evening and Steve stay 37 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 4: back at the hotel. 38 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 3: I'll come in pretty late. 39 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 4: And there was just one little light on in the corner, 40 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 4: and Steve was sitting there writing stuffing in on this 41 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: hotel station here. So I looked over his shoulder and 42 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 4: the words grow here was all I could do to 43 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 4: keep them crying. Sometimes it seems so easy to remaining, 44 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 4: and I must feel a pretty good So I jumped 45 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 4: up off the bed, left ahead imaginary fell and I said, 46 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 4: you don't have to call me don about in every 47 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 4: even call me got my name, so Steve, when I 48 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 4: started that, you know, we just decided to have some 49 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 4: fun with it. 50 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: And this is what came out. And now you know 51 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 3: the rest of the story. 52 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 4: You know. 53 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 2: The years, people been very angry with Quant Elex popping 54 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 2: up at moments here and there as a spokesman seemingly 55 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: self appointed for this or that person or cause. And 56 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: I was quoted in the Houston Press as saying that 57 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 2: if Quant eleven at quantel Acts was Darnell Evans as 58 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: a young man, had not gotten in legal trouble in 59 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: his teens and had instead had a mentor who put 60 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:06,839 Speaker 2: him on a course to academics and advocacy, he could 61 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: have gone to. 62 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: Harvard Law School. 63 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: I'm not saying could have gone to ut Law school, 64 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: but he could have gone to at least Harvard Law School. 65 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: You don't want to shoot too high, you know what 66 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 2: I mean. And he could have been a great advocate 67 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 2: for great causes and done it legally. 68 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 3: And yeah, but. 69 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: There is a place in America for the advocate of 70 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 2: whatever the cause may be. And I would like to 71 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: see more people do this. I mean Catherine Ingelbrecht and 72 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: what she did with true of the Vote was legendary. 73 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: It was so big that Lois Lerner, the head of 74 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: the IRS, prevented her from getting tax exempt status to 75 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: keep her out of the twenty twelve election campaign because 76 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 2: she was so effective. 77 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 3: Well, there is a group who you. 78 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 2: May have seen these videos popping up, kind of bubbling up, 79 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 2: just keep coming up again and end. 80 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 3: It's called Moms for Liberty. I believe it's become a 81 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 3: national organization. And what I. 82 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: Love about this is these are the type of people 83 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 2: Moms for Liberty, who you don't normally see in the 84 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: news as advocates. These are the type of people who 85 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 2: you talk to at at dinner party or you sit 86 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: next to it a league baseball game because your kids 87 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 2: playing their kid and you talk about what's going wrong 88 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: in the country. 89 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 3: And these are the voiceless. 90 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: They're smart, they're accomplished, they run households, many of them 91 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 2: work in the workplace, but they're not really the types 92 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 2: that are going to get engaged and battle it out, 93 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 2: except this group does. So we told you this story. 94 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: I guess it was yesterday or is this Wednesday? This 95 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 2: is Thursday. I guess it was Tuesday. 96 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 3: We told you this. 97 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 2: Story about the woman with Moms for Liberty who went 98 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: to the HISD school board meeting because another woman didn't 99 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 2: feel comfortable present her case but asked Moms for Liberty 100 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: to do it. And that was this kid that was 101 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: being groomed. And the woman who went and did that, 102 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:12,119 Speaker 2: God bless her is Denise Bell. Denise Thompson Bell. Turns 103 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: out we have some friends in common and she's our guest. 104 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 3: Denise. 105 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 5: I'm here, Michael, thanks so much for having me on. 106 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: You bet, so tell me what first. Let's start with 107 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: what happened with this child? Why don't you tell that 108 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: story again? 109 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 5: Yes, So this is a family that had reached out 110 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 5: to us this past fall, and anytime someone comes to 111 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 5: us with a frontal rights infringement, we want to try 112 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 5: to help in any way that we can. And so 113 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 5: this family, basically, just like what I said at the 114 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 5: AHISD board meeting a couple of weeks ago, has a 115 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 5: daughter that's been socially transitioned by her high school. And 116 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 5: social transitioning includes things like different pronouns than biological sex, 117 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 5: different name. It could include things like using a different 118 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 5: bathroom and really kind of at gateway ultimately to medical transition. 119 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 5: We're not talking about medical transition in this case. It's 120 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 5: just social transitioning. But it is a really serious thing. 121 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 5: And so the family came to us and we felt 122 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 5: compelled to help in any way that we could. And 123 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 5: the biggest thing that they really wanted to do is 124 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 5: make sure the story was heard and that HISD took action. 125 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: And hum, well, we're up against a break here. I 126 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 2: want to take the entirety of the next segment to 127 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: tell the story of them cutting off your mic. But 128 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 2: if someone wants to reach out to you through Moms 129 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: for Liberty, how do they do that? 130 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 5: So the best way to find us is on our website, 131 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 5: Moms for Liberty dot org. And there's a map on 132 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 5: there that you can search for a chapter anywhere in 133 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 5: the United States, And so in our case, if you're 134 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 5: here in Houston, you would just search on Harris County 135 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 5: and then you'll get a you'll be directed to our 136 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 5: portal and you can email me from there. 137 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: Awesome hold type. Denise Bell is our guest. The group 138 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 2: is Moms for Liberty. This is how you take back 139 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: your country, folks. This is how you make America great again. 140 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 2: If you don't wait on Donald Trump's executive orders, you 141 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: do your part in your community. 142 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 3: And yes, that means being criticized. I love this. 143 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. 144 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 3: Please clap, please, police clap. 145 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: Some ones on the The song they sang, since you 146 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 2: have asked. 147 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: Was blues Man. 148 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: The three of them handling parts, kind of stepping in. 149 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: I think t Bird started, and then Chestnut and then 150 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 2: Clay Walker third. So there's a group called Moms for Liberty, 151 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: God bless them. So easy for people to think that 152 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 2: they're part of fixing this country's problems because they. 153 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 3: Watch a lot of Foxnoths. Michael, I'm so mad at 154 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 3: what's going on. I just listened at radio and watch 155 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 3: Fox News all day. Okay, what else I'd say it? 156 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 3: I just watch it, Just watch it harder. Are you 157 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 3: watching it? Wow? 158 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, well that's like being a part of the 159 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 2: war effort by watching the coverage on TV. And then 160 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 2: you get these crazy people, and you got to be 161 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: a little bit off kilter. 162 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: You gotta be a little cuckoo to go. 163 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 5: You know what. 164 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 2: I got a great life at home, I got kids, 165 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 2: I got a household, I financially said, I'm gonna go 166 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: do this for no personal gain because it needs to 167 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: be done and if it is to be, it's up 168 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 2: to me. And God blessed the people that are willing 169 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 2: to do this. So Denise Thompson Bell is one of 170 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: those people. You go to HISD because this woman contacted 171 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: y'all and said that her child was being groomed by 172 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 2: the school, and you go to tell your story and 173 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 2: then what happened Denise. 174 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 5: So yeah, the hist Bour meeting is a really interesting event. 175 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 5: Usually there's a lot of public comment, a lot of 176 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 5: people sign up to speak, and what HISD typically does 177 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 5: is put their public comment after their meeting portion, and 178 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,239 Speaker 5: I do think that is intentional to try to discourage 179 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 5: public comment. So when you go to HISD, you have 180 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 5: to sign up in advance. It's a whole production and 181 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 5: you're going to be going there and expecting to wait 182 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 5: for a couple of hours. And that's what happened. We 183 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 5: arrived around four and we didn't have a chance to 184 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 5: speak until after seven, which is fine because this is 185 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 5: really important and we're willing to sit there and wait 186 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 5: so that we can tell this story. But we were 187 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 5: given one minute to speak. Now there were some people 188 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 5: that got to speak ahead of us, and they were 189 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 5: speaking on agenda items. We were not speaking on an 190 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 5: agenda item because of course, this topic is not something 191 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 5: the board is going to want to put on the agenda, 192 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 5: and so we were just given that one minute timeframe, 193 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 5: and yes, my mic was turned off. But you know what, Michael, 194 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 5: the great thing is in that one day, we were 195 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 5: able to share enough of the story to make an impact. 196 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 5: And I am so grateful that the governor of Texas 197 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 5: took note of it and has opened a tea investigation. 198 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 5: I mean, that truly is the best outcome here. 199 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad that happened, but he's useless and he 200 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: won't do anything about it. But you know, if he 201 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 2: got a headline. You know, the guy yesterday posts about 202 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 2: Colony Ridge saying, you know, really happy to see ice 203 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 2: and folks, you know, raiding Colinie Ridge. We have to 204 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 2: keep an eye on this neighborhood while they give you, 205 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: while the Harris brothers give you. How many thousand dollars 206 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 2: this guy has. He is not a leader on anything, 207 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 2: but hey, if he can accidentally help get a resolution 208 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 2: to the problem, just don't expect him to be the 209 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: tip of the spirit. It ain't that, ain't Greg Abbott, 210 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 2: not unless the polls tell him that the parade's going 211 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 2: on and he can lead it. 212 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 3: But I want to go back something. 213 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 2: Why don't you tell the story of this child, the 214 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 2: details you didn't get a chance to tell, because I 215 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: think people need to hear this. 216 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 5: So would you like me to read my entire public 217 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 5: comment and read. 218 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: What was a love that? 219 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 2: Let me ask you this. I got to manage a clock. 220 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 2: How long would you guess that would. 221 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 5: Take a little over a minute? Maybe you know? 222 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 3: Otherwise we'd push it into the next week. 223 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 2: Okay, okay, yes, go next speaker, missus Denise Thompson Bell, 224 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: Miss Bell, you have the floor. 225 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 5: Okay, all right. So I introduced myself, and then these 226 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 5: are the words of the parents that is having the 227 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 5: child socially transitioned, she said. My youngest daughter is now 228 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 5: a junior at bel Air High School. Within the last 229 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 5: two years, we were shocked to learn that the high 230 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 5: school was actively socially transitioning our daughter by calling her 231 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 5: by a different name and pronouns. On the first day 232 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 5: of ninth grade, my daughter's theater teacher sent home an 233 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 5: information sheet for us to fill out the second line 234 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 5: of the sheet asked for her pronouns. Multiple teachers started 235 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 5: calling her by a different name and pronouns. One teacher 236 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 5: even went as far as to cross out my daughter's 237 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 5: legal name that she had written on her paper and 238 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 5: write her chosen name in red ink. This occurred without 239 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 5: our knowledge and certainly without our consents. This goes against 240 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 5: our Christian faith, the advice of her therapists, and quite 241 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 5: frankly common sense we met with her teachers, counselors, and 242 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 5: the principle to no avail hisd is purposely and secretively 243 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 5: transitioning minors without parental consent. 244 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:25,239 Speaker 2: Okay, so imagine that's where we were in this process 245 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 2: and they killed her mike as we just did. That's sick, 246 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 2: all right, continue on, I want people to get the 247 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 2: full effect. 248 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 3: Go ahead, okay, all right. 249 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 5: So they are following the unproven claims of activists rather 250 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 5: than evidence based science. It is like telling an anorexic 251 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 5: adolescent that if you feel fat, then you need to 252 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 5: go on a diet and get life. A section. Up 253 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 5: to eighty eight percent of transgender identified youth have a 254 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 5: concurrent neurodivergence such as autism. ADHD, depression, and anxiety. HISD 255 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 5: is causing a huge division within the family for those 256 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 5: vulnerable kids who need the love and support of their 257 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 5: family the most. Nobody knows their child better or loves 258 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 5: them more than their parents. HISD is attempting to override 259 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 5: our parental rights at the detriment of our children's physical 260 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 5: and psychological well being. I encourage the board to enact 261 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 5: a policy that prevents schools from encouraging children to change 262 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 5: genders or discuss gender ideology with students. 263 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 3: And that was it, Denise, forgive me, how old is 264 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 3: this child again? 265 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 5: This is a junior in high school now. 266 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 2: And what would be the proper resolution for you that 267 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 2: they simply stop misgendering this child. 268 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 5: They would need to stop doing that because the parents 269 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 5: have the right to direct the medical care and the 270 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 5: mental health care of this child. Yeah, And so the 271 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 5: school is not following the parents' desires or wishes here, 272 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 5: and they're really creating a wedge between the parent and 273 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 5: child relationship. And that's extremely, extremely troubling and detrimental. 274 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 3: I'm a school choice guy. 275 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 2: In cases like this are, in my opinion, should be 276 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 2: one of the biggest arguments in favor of school choice 277 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 2: and funding vouchers for homeschooling, because the schools are out 278 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 2: of control. And I believe that most schools are doing 279 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 2: a wonderful job, and most teachers at most schools are 280 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 2: doing a wonderful job. But you get a case like 281 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 2: this and you realize that the public education system is 282 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 2: a very powerful lobby, far more than any parent or 283 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 2: Denise Bell going up there. Unless you are fearless, talk 284 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 2: more to Denise Bell community than the. 285 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: Michael Barry's shows. 286 00:15:45,600 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: School kids at Marnard College today, the Hellas terror sympathizers 287 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 2: and terror promoters have taken over the college. These people 288 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: make me crazy because they don't have day jobs. They 289 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 2: just go out bothering people all day. They wake up, 290 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 2: Who can I bother today? And unfortunately our side is 291 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 2: so busy raising babies and running businesses and doing the 292 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 2: things we do, we don't have time for it, but 293 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: we have to make time. My wife is in Orange 294 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: today moving my dad. We're bringing him to an assisted 295 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 2: living facility in Houston, and my wife, being the saint 296 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 2: that she is, is coordinating all of this. It's not 297 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 2: pleasant when you've lived in the same house for forty 298 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 2: seven years, it's not pleasant to have to, you know, 299 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: up and move. But my wife is taking this over 300 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: for me, and I'm so grateful that she has. But 301 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 2: Denise Bell and other people like this, we need more 302 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 2: of this. We need more people. Will people ask me 303 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 2: about how can I help? I don't know where you are. 304 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 3: I don't know. It's like showing up at the church. 305 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 3: How can I help? I don't know? Can you? 306 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 2: Can you be a Mother's day Out mom? You know, coordinator? 307 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 2: My mom volunteered at Mother's Day Out for twenty five years. 308 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: It gave her something to do. She loved it. Can 309 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 2: you be the person that cuts the grass at the church? 310 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: Can you help with the roof for pair? Can you 311 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 2: work the nursery during church? Can you play the organ? 312 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 3: I don't know. 313 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 2: I don't know what your skills are. I don't know 314 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 2: what your talents are. But if you, if you are 315 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 2: determined to help, don't wait on it. Nobody's gonna come 316 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 2: knocking on your door like a Jehovah's witness. Denise, you're 317 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 2: not Jehovah's witness, are you? 318 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 5: No? 319 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: I'm not okay. 320 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 2: I saw I saw a report that they have footage 321 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 2: from Mars and they saw what looks like a hole 322 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 2: in the there's a hole in the wall, that there's 323 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 2: a hole kind of in a mountain, and they're claiming 324 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: but it's a door, and I thought, Oh, if they 325 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 2: tell the Jehovah's witnesses that they will be on Mars tomorrow, Denise, 326 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 2: I don't like people to come knock on my door. 327 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: I have gates inside of gates around my house. I 328 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 2: don't believe you should be able to come up and 329 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 2: knock on. I don't care if you're running for office. 330 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 2: I don't care what. I believe that your property is 331 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 2: your property and nobody should get to come up there. 332 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 3: What do you think I agree with that? 333 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 2: Okay, you seem like a blockwalker. I bet you blockwalk 334 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 2: for some campaigns. 335 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 3: Haven't you. 336 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 5: Well, I will be honest, yes I do blockwalk, but 337 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 5: maybe you would like it if I came to your door. 338 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 5: I'm very pleasant when I come to the door. 339 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 3: I don't know what you look like. 340 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 2: But we have a mutual friend whose name I won't 341 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: mention right now, who says you're a cutie. She says 342 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: you are adorable, and I guess she's known you since 343 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: the ut days. You were a sorority girl. 344 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 5: Yes, I was whaty girl. I was a capitalta at 345 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 5: ut and I think I know who you're talking about. 346 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 5: And she and I were both on the board together. 347 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 5: She's also adorable. 348 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 2: And she's also fearless like you, And to me, that's 349 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 2: the most adorable. The hottest of hot traits in women, 350 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 2: in my opinion, is not a waistline or a cut 351 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: of hair or clothing or anything else. It is women 352 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: who are tough and fearless and kick ass. 353 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 3: And that's what you do. How did you get involved 354 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 3: with Moms for Liberty. 355 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 5: By the way, Well, like a lot of parents, around 356 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 5: the time of the pandemic, I started seeing a lot 357 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 5: of issues and initially I was very concerned about this 358 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 5: actually explicit content in our schools, and so I did 359 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 5: a lot of work in that area in my own 360 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 5: school district. And because of that work, I got to 361 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 5: know lots of other advocates across the state of Texas, 362 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 5: and I just started getting pulled into more and more groups. 363 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 5: And about two years ago, friend of mine approached me 364 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 5: about Moms for Liberty and starting a chapter here in 365 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 5: Harrison County, and so that's what we did. In the 366 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 5: fall of twenty twenty three, we launched the Harris County chapter. 367 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 5: Moms for Liberty is a grassroots organization is national, but 368 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 5: it's organized by county across the United States, and we 369 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 5: have probably close to a dozen chapters in the state 370 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 5: of Texas. So obviously we have so many counties and 371 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 5: we have a lot of work to do. We do 372 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 5: want to expand and get into as many counties as possible. 373 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 2: So I'm on the website now and so someone that 374 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 2: can't participate for whatever reason can donate, and we're trying 375 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 2: to see how somebody signs up. You are the chapter chair. 376 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 2: Oh she's a cutie, Ramont, I am. How come Mariah 377 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 2: doesn't put her last name? 378 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 3: Is she likes share. 379 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,239 Speaker 5: But well no, she has just opted to keep her 380 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 5: first name on there. I will tell you, Michael that 381 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 5: sometimes we get some fan mail and so I you know, 382 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 5: the chapter chair. I'm very comfortable putting my name out 383 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 5: there that I am who I am, and you can 384 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 5: contact us. But for privacy reasons, sometimes people choose to 385 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 5: just have their first time. 386 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 3: That's not you're not comfortable with it. You're tough. 387 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,959 Speaker 2: I mean it's hard to become I've been a public 388 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 2: figure for twenty five years. People will say, you know, 389 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 2: does it hurt your feelings when someone says this about 390 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 2: your husband's hurt his feelings, And she's like, no, for 391 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 2: better or for worse, he's emotionally dead to criticism, which 392 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: is not entirely true. I'm very bothered when a show 393 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 2: fan criticizes, but when an enemy criticizes, oh, I wear 394 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 2: it is a badge of honor. So let's not understate 395 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 2: your fearlessness and strength and courage at being willing to 396 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 2: do that, because frankly, most people won't. 397 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 3: People email me all the time, hey, can you help 398 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 3: me with this? 399 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 2: I'm being wronged by the school or I'm being wronged 400 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 2: by this, And I'll say, sure, come on and we'll 401 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 2: tell your story. That's how we bring change. And they go, 402 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 2: oh no, no, I don't want to do that, and 403 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 2: I go, well, then I can't help you, because that's 404 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 2: how I can help you. It's the only way I. 405 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 5: Can help you. 406 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 2: I can't take up your issue behind the scenes. So 407 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 2: I'm looking on here as to how somebody gets involved. 408 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 2: Log in store, donate about join join, I. 409 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 5: See join, Yeah, so you can join the fight, and 410 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 5: that's how you can become in them of our chapter, 411 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 5: and we have different forms of membership, but we have 412 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 5: voting membership which allows you to help us endorse candidates. 413 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,479 Speaker 5: We do endorse some school board races. That is the 414 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 5: only race that we endorse them at this time. You 415 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 5: can also become an associate member and that still gives 416 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 5: you all the national benefits. Monster Liberty has great training 417 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 5: on their website and every month right now this spring 418 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 5: we have a different topic and this month it's restorative justice, 419 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 5: so we'll have some upcoming trainings on that. There'll be 420 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 5: a toolkit on that. There's usually a book club event 421 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 5: where an author comes on and you have the opportunity 422 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 5: to read the book in advance and then actually interact 423 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 5: with the author during the book club. So really there's 424 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 5: fantastic resources on there. We as a chapter have monthly 425 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 5: meetings in the spring and the fall. We take a 426 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 5: couple months off in the summertime. But we've got an 427 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 5: upcoming meeting on March twenty eighth, and so anyone in 428 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 5: the Houston area. You don't even have to just be 429 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 5: in Harris County. We really care about the greater Houston 430 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 5: ARAA and so if you're in the area and want 431 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 5: to join us. You can reach out to me via 432 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 5: email and I can get you more information about that 433 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 5: fast and Michael, one of I did want to say 434 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 5: just one other thing because there's some important legislation that's 435 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 5: being discussed in the legislature this spring and one bills 436 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 5: and I'm really proud that Moms for Liberty Texas Legislative 437 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 5: Committee has decided to endorse is House Bill twenty two 438 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 5: fifty eight. Steve Toath is the author of that bill, 439 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 5: and it's also called the Vulnerable Youth Protection Act, and 440 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 5: this bill would stop the social transition of minors in 441 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 5: our schools. It's a really great piece of legislation and 442 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 5: I encourage everyone to go look it up and read 443 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: about it and then email their their reps that this 444 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 5: is something they want them to support. And we really 445 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 5: need to hold our reps accountable that they protect our youth. 446 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 2: Thank God for women and mommies because men just won't 447 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 2: get involved like this. 448 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 3: That's a fact. Denise Thompson Bell, it's. 449 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 2: Momstliberty dot orgon and you go to Harris County where 450 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 2: she's the chair. 451 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: God bless you, mount. 452 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 4: W twenty five package and you get it all fiberglass 453 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 4: hood with air grabbing scoops. 454 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 3: Mit the Michael Berry fucking. 455 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 2: Hood pins sends mobile escaped from the ordinary. 456 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: Us in seat Sir for me. 457 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 2: She threw hoars around him, whispered God will keep us free. 458 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 3: They could hear the rite that's coming. 459 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: He said, this is my last fight if they take 460 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 2: me back to Texas. You think Texas is the most 461 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: mentioned in all the music I do too, followed by 462 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 2: New York and then Chicago and then Detroit. California is 463 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 2: not a city? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Okay, you're actually right. No, 464 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 2: I don't think California would be as much. I think 465 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 2: you'd have more Texas than probably even New York. 466 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 3: I don't know. It's momsfliberty dot org. 467 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 2: Reminder that if you want to communicate something to me 468 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 2: during the show, Twitter and Facebook are not the most 469 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 2: efficient way to do that. If you send it by Twitter, 470 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 2: I may or may not ever see it, but it 471 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 2: will definitely be later, in which case it'll be too 472 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 2: late to go back and fix it. If you do 473 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 2: it on a Facebook post, You're welcome to comment on 474 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 2: anything I do on Facebook and add your comment to 475 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 2: whatever's up there. Just know that I can't read every 476 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 2: Facebook message period, And what I do do is at night, 477 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 2: once I'm trying to relax, to slow my brain down 478 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 2: from reading and prepping for the next day, I may 479 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 2: take twenty minutes or ten minutes and read comments that 480 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 2: people have put up. But by the time I get 481 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 2: back in the studio, you're not going to be able 482 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: to give me information I can use on the show, 483 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 2: certainly not in real time. I do keep my emails open, 484 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 2: and they're popping up all the time, and during each 485 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: break I go over there and read those. You can 486 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 2: send me an email through the website Michael Berryshow dot 487 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 2: com and it says send Michael an email, or you 488 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 2: can send me an email directly Michael at Michael Berryshow 489 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 2: dot com, and the response I send you will say 490 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 2: from Michael or Emily, but most likely Michael. Emily reads 491 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 2: all my emails to make sure nothing gets lost, and 492 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 2: if there's something she can handle, she handles it for me. 493 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: But I do read every single email. And if you 494 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 2: want to be blocked forever, just starts your email because 495 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 2: you so desperately want me to do something for you. 496 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: If you want to be blocked forever, just go ahead 497 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 2: and start with you say you read every email. Well, 498 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: let's see now, trying to guilt me into whatever it 499 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 2: is you want me to do. That's really not your 500 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 2: best move. Our show in the embodiment of Jim Mudd, 501 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 2: our creative director, a task that is about to be 502 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,719 Speaker 2: handed to Daryl Kunda. Does Kunda have a title? Have 503 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 2: you come up with a title for Kunda yet? 504 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 3: Grand Kunda? 505 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 2: That's his title. That's what it's all you had for 506 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: a second. Okay, all right? Not your best work, not 507 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 2: your best work. Kunda is spelled see you in DA 508 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 2: for those of you who know Daryl Kunda d A 509 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 2: R Y L see you in DA. He is going 510 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 2: to be taking over the newsletter, the daily news letter 511 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 2: shortly so that we can whip Jim even harder to 512 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 2: produce more content for the show. Seemingly impossible task, but 513 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 2: we're going to do it. And nothing more can ever 514 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 2: be added to Chad Knockanishi's desk because a he's executive producer, 515 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 2: so he decides who does what anyway. 516 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 3: Including me and number two. 517 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 2: He's already doing the job of five people, and we 518 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 2: could all die and Chad would keep the show going. 519 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 2: But he's the only one that is irreplaceable in the group. 520 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 2: But our Daily Blast is something that Darryl kunda Is 521 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 2: want to take over and we'll have a little more 522 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 2: time to devote to it because Jim is overwhelmed with 523 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 2: everything else we've got him doing. But that Daily Blast 524 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 2: is where every day when the morning show is over, 525 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 2: we tell you what we're going to talk about that 526 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 2: evening and we put links to stories that we talked 527 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 2: about that morning, and that is literally my show prep. 528 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 2: So if we're talking to Moms for Liberty this morning, 529 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: which we were, there will be a link to their website. 530 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 2: So if you sign up for that email, which is free, 531 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 2: we never share your email. We never sell your never 532 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,959 Speaker 2: have never will. If you sign up for that email, 533 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 2: then every day after the morning show is over, you 534 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 2: will get an email with what we think is a 535 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 2: funny meme. 536 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 3: It's usually something silly, it's usually. 537 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 2: Something one of our guys, Landa McDonald, our graphics guru, 538 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 2: has made, and then there will be links to the 539 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 2: articles that we've talked about that day and clips of audio. 540 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: We've learned over the years that if we put some 541 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 2: of our best stuff as a clip, that you can 542 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 2: share a lot of you who are are big not 543 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 2: fans of the show, supporters of the show. 544 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 3: You help the show succeed. You are the folks who 545 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 3: will will then. 546 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 2: Forward those and that's how we develop new new listeners 547 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 2: and the like. That's how our little podcast is going 548 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 2: from the little podcast that could to over a million 549 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 2: downloads per month, which is pretty whopping. And the companies 550 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 2: never advertised it. They've never promoted it. It's just people 551 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 2: understand that after our show is over, our broadcast, which 552 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 2: goes through the air or through your phone or your computer, 553 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: is then posted as a rebroadcast as a podcast. And 554 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 2: that's been our fastest growth. Even though we're over sixty 555 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 2: stations now, we are growing faster by a podcast because 556 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 2: it's the way that people can listen to the show 557 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 2: without ever needing a radio station as the gatekeeper. It's 558 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 2: the way people can listen to the show as they travel, 559 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 2: as they're away from the radio or whatever reason. And 560 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 2: it's also a way that if you missed a part 561 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 2: of the show, you can go back and listen to 562 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 2: that part every day, and a lot of people do. 563 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 2: And I know there are a lot of people who 564 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 2: do that because I get emails about something we talked 565 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 2: about at eight fifteen in the morning, and I get 566 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 2: it two days later at four o'clock in the afternoon 567 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 2: out of context, so I have no idea what they're 568 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 2: talking about. And then I'll say context question mark and 569 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 2: then so, oh, well you were talking about so and 570 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 2: so that was two days ago, completely forgotten. 571 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 3: Well, let's open the phone lines, shall we? Seven to 572 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 3: one three. 573 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 2: Nine nine nine one thousand read nine nine nine one 574 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 2: thousand seven one three nine nine nine one thousand. That 575 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 2: website was Moms for Liberty dot org and our website, 576 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 2: Michael Berryshow dot com is where you can go to 577 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 2: sign up for our daily e blast. 578 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 3: We send it five days a week, Monday through Friday. 579 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 2: And when you do that, make sure you when you 580 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 2: get our first one, make sure you put yourself on, 581 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 2: make sure you go to your white list, and that 582 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 2: we're not blocked because some spam filters. 583 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:29,959 Speaker 3: Will catch it. 584 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 2: Because we use constant contact or our blast, Jim puts 585 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 2: it in there. Soon it'll be kon to doing that, 586 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 2: and sometimes your filters will we'll catch that and not 587 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 2: let it through. But we're we're pretty proud of it, 588 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 2: and we're pretty happy. Archpublic Archpublic dot com. The cryptocurrency guys. 589 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 2: We had Tilman on Tilman Holloway on a few weeks ago. 590 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 2: They you can you can trade crypto through them, and 591 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 2: they have asked to be the lead sponsor of our 592 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 2: new letter, and we are honored to have them join 593 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 2: our ranks. It also means we can devote more time 594 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 2: to it. Yeah, that's how that works. Rome on all 595 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 2: right seven one three nine nine nine one thousand seven 596 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 2: one three nine nine nine one thousand. When we went 597 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 2: nationally syndicated October seventh, it changed our clock. So when 598 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 2: we go to break at the same time, we have 599 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 2: what are called hard breaks. In some radio shows, you 600 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 2: have hard and soft soft. Rush used to talk about this. 601 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 2: We have all horror hardwired breaks. The problem is, for 602 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 2: twenty years, our breaks were always at the same time, 603 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 2: and now all of our breaks have changed. And so 604 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 2: I find myself mentally go, you know, like Tom Brady 605 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 2: and you know you're in the pocket for too long. 606 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 3: I get happy feet. I'm going to wait. I should 607 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 3: be we should be going to break, and we're not yet.