1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: I AM six forty. 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 3: Sitting in for John coblt here on the Mighty KFI 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 3: AM six forty. We are live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 3: We'm just curious. Did a little quick research during the break. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 3: You know, the KFI has been broadcasting inside of the 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 3: California since nineteen twenty two, now owned by iHeartMedia. So 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 3: I'm really happy to be sitting here. Always been a 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 3: talk radio when I'm gonna use the term radio because 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 3: that's still what we think of. Talk radio encompasses the 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 3: app encompasses streaming. I mean, I guess you could call 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: it audio now, but calling it talk audio doesn't sound 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 3: quite the same, right, So, been a huge fan of 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 3: talk radio. I'm from the Boston area originally, and ever 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 3: since i was a kid, I had that AM radio 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 3: with me, or the transistor radio or the clock radio 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 3: by the bedside, and a lot of time a lot 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 3: listening to WBZ, which is a huge talk radio station 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 3: in New England, could get the New y York stations 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: listen to a lot of sports talk. 21 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: It's just a great way to stay up on information. 22 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: It's also if you have a talk show host that 23 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 3: you like listening to their opinion. I mean, what is 24 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 3: more entertaining slash informative, slash wild and listening to Bill 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 3: Handle every morning? 26 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: I mean I don't know Bill Handle. I met him 27 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: here briefly. 28 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 3: We all feel like we know people that are on 29 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 3: the radio or people that are on TV, because you know, 30 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 3: they're in our house, They're in our bedroom, they're in 31 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 3: our living room, they're on our phones, they're on our computers. 32 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: Handle that is that is one interesting dude, right, quite 33 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 3: a quite a personality. 34 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: And I mean that and you know, in the right way. 35 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 3: So as we wrap up twenty twenty four, it's obviously 36 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 3: a time that we look back on stories that we 37 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 3: were talking about. And this is what we do here 38 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: in talk radio, what we do in the news business 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 3: Fox eleven, where I spent the past twenty five or three. 40 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: I can remember how many years it was, and it's 41 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 3: it's really interesting because right here in the KFI studios 42 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 3: in Burbank, I can look out the window. I've mentioned 43 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 3: this before if you've heard me sitting in and look 44 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: out at what used to be the studios of KNBC 45 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 3: three thousand West Alameda, the former NBC headquarters West Coast Headquarters. 46 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: Now they move the news department over to the Universal 47 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: Studios lot. But spent I guess I wouldn't call them 48 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 3: my formidive years because I was already in my twenties. 49 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 3: But I spent almost twenty years with the fine folks 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 3: at Channel four News, many of whom are still there. 51 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: And wow, that was quite a ride during the eighties 52 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: and nineties. 53 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 3: From Rodney King to the riots, to OJ to Menendez. 54 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: I mean, you name it. We were there at earthquakes, fires, floods. 55 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 3: It never stops. It never stops here in southern California. 56 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: What was the big news story for you in your world? 57 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: You know how to do it. You click on the 58 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: microphone icon on the iHeartRadio app and record your comments 59 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 3: and we'll play them on the Haven't gotten very many 60 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 3: today must not be a good time for people. What 61 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 3: They're busy making their New Year's Eve plans, or they're 62 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 3: sitting in traffic. So the big story and it's everybody 63 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 3: does these compilations, and when I go through some of these, 64 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: you're gonna go, oh, yeah, I'd forgotten all about that. 65 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 3: Do you remember back in January, almost a year ago. 66 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: They call it the Alaska door plug incident. Plug is 67 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 3: just another name for a door. Do you remember the 68 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 3: flight Alaska Flights twelve eighty two. It took off from 69 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 3: Portland and a door blew out. Remember the flight was 70 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 3: full and fortunately the seats next to the missing door 71 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 3: happened to be empty. And it was a Boeing seven 72 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: thirty seven Max nine if you want the technical details, 73 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: and made an emergency landing. No one was seriously injured, 74 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 3: and the NTSB investigated in a preliminary report anyway, was 75 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 3: that four bolts which are specifically designed to be there 76 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 3: for the first in the first place, and tightened to 77 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: prevent the door from opening and falling off the plane 78 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 3: we're missing. Boeing blamed that on the fuselage supplier and 79 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 3: that's still been unresolved. 80 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: Boeing has a new CEO. 81 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 3: The government mandated they slowed down production and increase oversight. 82 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: Then bowing plane just went down in South Korea. Yeah, 83 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: and South Korea, that tragedy. 84 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 3: There was a Boeing plane which you know most I 85 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: don't know the exact numbers in front of me, but 86 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: it's safe to say that the majority of airliners that 87 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 3: are commercial use these days are made by Boeing, so 88 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 3: that maybe a little bit unfair plumping them into that. 89 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 3: But yeah, that South Korean air disasters, how many people 90 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: were killed is definitely the investigation is just really getting 91 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 3: started on that one and continuing our sort of greatest 92 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 3: bad hits. You remember the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse 93 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: that was huge in Baltimore. That was in March. A 94 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 3: container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It collapsed 95 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 3: the bridge and killed six construction workers who were just 96 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 3: working on the bridge. I think they were filling potholes. 97 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 3: Two workers that were on the bridge survived and that 98 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 3: shut down the huge port of Baltimore for weeks and 99 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 3: they had to remove like tens of thousands of tons 100 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 3: of debris. In October, the operators of the vessel that 101 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 3: destroyed the bridge agreed to pay one hundred million dollars 102 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 3: in costs, and repairing the bridge is going to cost 103 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 3: like a couple of billion dollars. I think it's been 104 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 3: reopened temporarily, but the construction still is in progress. An 105 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 3: interesting story, I say, interesting sad story with an interesting 106 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 3: result is that the parents of a school shooter were convicted. 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: This is back in April. The school shooter is named 108 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,559 Speaker 3: Ethan Crumbley. It happened in Michigan, and sadly, it's easy 109 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 3: to sort of forget all the different school shootings that 110 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 3: we've had, but this was a shooter who was fifteen 111 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 3: years old at the time of the twenty twenty one shooting. 112 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 3: He killed four students in at Oxford High School, and 113 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 3: the prosecutors charged remember police arrest, prosecutors prosecute. They prosecuted 114 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: the parents for allowing their son or negligence and allowing 115 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 3: their son to get access to a gun. They actually 116 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 3: bought the gun for their son and failed to secure 117 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 3: it and limit their son's access to it. Again, he 118 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 3: was fifteen years old at the time. So they were 119 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 3: convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 120 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 3: ten to fifteen years in prison, A significant amount of 121 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: prison time for a school shooter's parents, and that a 122 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 3: case we all follow here in southern California. This was 123 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 3: back in July with a judge dismissed the Alec Baldwin 124 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 3: rust case on day three of his involuntary manslaughter trial. 125 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: Remember that was the fatal onset sh shooting of cinematographer 126 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: Helenia Hutchins, where Baldwin was using a gun and pointed 127 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 3: it at the director. 128 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: He says that went off by itself. 129 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 3: Others say he pulled the trigger and nobody realized that 130 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: it was loaded with live ammunition. The armor or on 131 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 3: rust Handagutierras was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March. 132 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 3: I found not guilty of tampering with evidence, and then 133 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: Baldwin was prosecuted. 134 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: He wasn't prosecutor. 135 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 3: Then they finally dismissed the case against him because of 136 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 3: bad faith by prosecutors and failure to turn over some 137 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: ammunition evidence. 138 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: So Baldwin skated on that one. 139 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 3: And now what he's like back on Saturday Night Live 140 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: and back with his career as if nothing happened. I mean, 141 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 3: I don't know Alec Baldwin. He certainly had his share 142 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 3: of controversies in life, and he deserves to live his life. 143 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 3: He wasn't convicted of a crime, But I don't know 144 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 3: how you move on for something from something as sad 145 00:07:59,400 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: as that. 146 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 4: Uh. 147 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 3: Five people were charged in August of twenty twenty four 148 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 3: in connection with last year's ketamine death of friend star 149 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: Matthew Perry. You remember how huge that story was. Well, 150 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 3: these actors live in assistant. A name by the name 151 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: of Kenneth Iwa Masa has been charged uh and the 152 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 3: doctor has been charged. 153 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: Two doctors have been charged as well. 154 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 3: Mark Chavez admitted to selling ketamine to another doctor, doctor 155 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 3: Salvador Placentia, UH, with the understanding it will be sold 156 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 3: to Perry, so that criminal cases. Those criminal cases are ongoing, 157 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 3: but certainly a shocking story about the death of friend 158 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 3: star Matthew Perry and a cautionary tale. Thinking back to 159 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 3: when we talk last segment about the you know power 160 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 3: of addiction, the danger of addiction. Matthew Perry could never 161 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 3: quite overcome it. He wrote his autobiography Really Powerful, read 162 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 3: about you know, the demons that he dealt with for 163 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: decades and despite all the love and friends, no pun 164 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 3: intended in his family, in his world, nobody could Ultimately, 165 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 3: nobody could save him. Another school shooting September fourth, Should 166 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 3: I go? Is this too depressing? Should I wrap this up? 167 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 3: What do you guys think? It's kind of depressing? A 168 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 3: Linds All right, this is I apologize because I'm like 169 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 3: guilty of this too. It's like I flip on the 170 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 3: news or I turn on the news and it's like 171 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 3: man killed here, woman killed here, five people dead in 172 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 3: a car accident here, an explosion here killed five And 173 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 3: I'm like enough already, So I guess I'm being guilty 174 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 3: of the same thing. We'll mention hurricanes. P Diddy arrested, 175 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 3: the Meninda's brothers, ongoing fight, the United Healthcare CEO killing, 176 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 3: which shocked so many people in December. Let's just say 177 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,719 Speaker 3: there is no shortage of news, which is why news businesses, 178 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: why news operations exist. 179 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: Right, But we're not talking about news. 180 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: We're here on talk radio Am six point forty kf 181 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 3: I Live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. 182 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,239 Speaker 4: You're listening to John co Else on demand from KFI 183 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 4: AM six forty. 184 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 3: You know, rocking out with the Isisley Brothers kind of 185 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 3: a I guess dis what's the CRT word disconnect disconnect 186 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 3: between the upbeat music and sort of the downby news. 187 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 3: And I apologize. I want to apologize for that last 188 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 3: segment profusely. We have the opportunity to look here in 189 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 3: the monitor. I'm looking at Brigitta in the newsroom and 190 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 3: She's like that last segment, is this depressing you? 191 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: She's like shaking your head. 192 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 3: Good. I thought all day though, the stories that I'm 193 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: even covering, I'm trying to throw some light ones book. 194 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 3: You know, we we've heard the cliche for years, right 195 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: about the news business is that most of it, sadly, 196 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 3: is what you would consider bad news. 197 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: The you know, the old saying. 198 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 3: And I've talked about this before here in KFI is quote, 199 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 3: we don't report on the successful plane landings. You heard 200 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 3: that before, Right, That's like an old sort of standard 201 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 3: cliche in the news business. So, and what's interesting is 202 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: my my wife's best friend, Debbie, we're visiting over the holidays, 203 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 3: and we may actually talk about this with her tomorrow 204 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 3: when I'm here for John also from one to four. 205 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: Looking forward to that or to get some ideas. Is 206 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: she's doing a. 207 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: Total news blackout because especially during the holidays, you're trying 208 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 3: to relax, have fun, celebrate, and it's just so much. 209 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: It's overwhelming. 210 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 3: So after that last segment, I took a quick look 211 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: on al Gore's Internet, and if you google topics like 212 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: how does bad news affect us? Oh my god, it's 213 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 3: just a wealth of information. So here's a few tips. 214 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 3: And I'm not telling you not to pay attention to 215 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 3: the news, but what I am suggesting is maybe you 216 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 3: want to modify it or cut back a little bit. 217 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 3: So the question how does negative news impact mental health? 218 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: Stress? 219 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 3: It increases your stress response, It triggers the fight or 220 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 3: flight response, It releases adrenaline and cortisol. 221 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: We know what those are. 222 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 3: It increases it's like, why did I want this as 223 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 3: a career? Again, it increases anxiety and depression. Studies study 224 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 3: after study of showing that people experience increased symptoms of 225 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 3: anxiety and depression after consuming news for. 226 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: Just fourteen minutes. 227 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 3: Fourteen minutes typical newscast is an hour, right, although we 228 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: do have sports and weather and traffic. And then here's 229 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 3: something that's relatively new. Relying on social media can drive 230 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 3: addicted behavior. Social media can be a breeding ground for 231 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: negativity with clickbait headlines and algorithms, so it's easy to 232 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 3: be critical, right. 233 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: So then the question is. 234 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 3: Well, how do you still be an informed, intelligent, conversant 235 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: person in the world without being overwhelmed by a bad news? 236 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 1: Well, good thing you asked. Here's some tips. 237 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 3: Limit screen time, limit TV and radio time and stream 238 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,359 Speaker 3: would be in that category. 239 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: Also, be mindful of how much. 240 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 3: Time you spend consuming news, especially on social media. And 241 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 3: then here's something interesting and a few people have had 242 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 3: success with this, it's not super mainstream. Seek out positive stories, 243 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 3: balance negative news with positive stories to create a more 244 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 3: balanced view of the world. You know, it's great at 245 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 3: that if you have the ability to search online for 246 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 3: this is and I never met the man, I would 247 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 3: love to talk with him, Steve Hartman of CBS. His 248 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: stories are often on CBS Sunday Morning, which is the 249 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 3: greatest news show on television. Real uplifting stories. So you 250 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: want to balance negative news stories with positive stories to 251 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 3: give you a little bit more balance. And then here's 252 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 3: something that I think is really important is focus on solutions. 253 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 3: So it's sort of a subset of the focus on 254 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 3: positive stories. But you want to look for stories about 255 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 3: people and programs. Whether it's homelessness, whether it's crime, you know, 256 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 3: pick your issue. You want to look for people that 257 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 3: are working on solutions. Remember we talked about how to 258 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 3: make life better, how to be a better person, how 259 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 3: to improve your slice of the world a little bit. 260 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty five, focus on those kinds of stories 261 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 3: if you can, they're harder defined, of course, or maybe 262 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 3: you can create one of your own take breaks. It's 263 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 3: a little bit repetitive, but give yourself time away from 264 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 3: the news to simply relax and de stress. Stress is 265 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 3: our enemy, right, Happiness is Our goal is happiness? A 266 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 3: goal is happiness a state of being as happiness a 267 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 3: state of mind. Can you like their tactics? Are their 268 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 3: techniques to increase happiness? A lot of books have been 269 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 3: written on this subject. I've read a couple of them. 270 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 3: I still don't necessarily have I don't have the clear 271 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 3: cut answer. I think it's a goal. I think if 272 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 3: you if I had to decide, I have to say 273 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 3: it's a goal that and then that becomes a state 274 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 3: of mind. And that's something that by my own admission, 275 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 3: I definitely need to work on. 276 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: Could do better on that. 277 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: So, as I mentioned one strategy a little extreme taking 278 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 3: a complete news break, I don't suggest that, but definitely 279 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: maybe limit your news exposure, especially if you have kids around, 280 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 3: kids in the house, you definitely want to limit their exposure. 281 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 3: And unfortunately we live in the twenty four to seven 282 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 3: news cycle. We live in southern California, which every day 283 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 3: is just non stomp news, most of it bad. 284 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: I've unfortunately been a part of a lot of. 285 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 3: It and seen it, and I think my wife thinks 286 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 3: that I have PTSD just from an unrealized accumulation of 287 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 3: stress and deadlines and pressure and covering what we would 288 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 3: consider I guess the worst. 289 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: Things that happen that. 290 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 3: I think it's a real thing for news reporters often, 291 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 3: you know, not talk about a lot, but I know 292 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 3: at Fox eleven and I know most of my colleagues, 293 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 3: their news organizations have a much greater awareness of that 294 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 3: off they need to take care of ourselves. I know 295 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 3: the Union Stag after that I'm a part of has 296 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 3: extensive benefits when it comes to counseling and employee assistant programs. 297 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 3: I've taken advantage of them. I know I've encouraged many 298 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 3: of my colleagues to do it. So I guess this 299 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 3: is the theme of today's show boys and Girls, is 300 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 3: that reach out to help someone, or take advantage of 301 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 3: the help that is available to you if you need it, 302 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 3: especially at this time of the year. Don't feel like 303 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 3: don't ever feel like you're alone. 304 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM 305 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 4: six forty. 306 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 3: Coming up on New Year's Eve tomorrow, do you have 307 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 3: any exciting plans? My wife and I going to be 308 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 3: going out to a fun restaurant in Studio City. 309 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: Not super big New Year's Eve. 310 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: Guy. I'm not a big drinker. I'm not a party animal. 311 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 3: I probably should be a little bit more exciting, but 312 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 3: it's gonna be fun. I hope you have plans that 313 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 3: you're looking forward to. I know, if you're into electronic music, 314 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 3: DJs and massive crowds and maybe even taking the Metro, 315 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 3: you can go downtown Downtown LA to Grand Park the 316 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 3: annual New Year's Eve celebration. 317 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: There. 318 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: I'm gonna probably be watching the ball drop in Times 319 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 3: Square along with a billion of my closest friends around 320 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,239 Speaker 3: the world. One of the things that's always entertaining is 321 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 3: watching Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen just get smashed on CNN, 322 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 3: right and you guys ever watched that they get They 323 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: get drunk while they're covering the New Year's Eve ball dropping, 324 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 3: which makes a little bit tough for Anderson Cooper to 325 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 3: report on Secretary of Defense candidate Pete Hegsat's excessive drinking allegations, right, 326 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 3: but hey, we get it. 327 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: It's all in context. 328 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 3: So we want to shift the tone a little bit 329 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 3: from all the depressing news that the Brigitta insists that 330 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 3: I keep talking about. Yes, something a little bit fun, 331 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 3: which is sports. Now. I know we have the sister 332 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 3: stations here AM five seventy LA Sports, but forgive me 333 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 3: if I if I maybe take a little bit of 334 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 3: their sports thunder because I'm a big sports guy. I'm 335 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 3: a big sports fan. I love playing sports when I 336 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 3: was in college. I love watching sports. I love going 337 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 3: to sporting events. And it's a great diversion. Picking up 338 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 3: on our theme from the last segment, it's a great 339 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 3: break from the realities of life, right, And it's it's 340 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 3: a it's a it's fun. You root for your favorite team, 341 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 3: you roote for your favorite athlete. You have moments that 342 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 3: you remember with your son or your daughter, or your 343 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 3: father or your grandfather, or your friends or your family members, 344 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: or the people that you become friends with at the stadium. 345 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I can't think of how many great times 346 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 3: I've had at sporting events and here in southern California. 347 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: What what unites us more than anything? 348 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 3: What unites us more than anything, whether you're from East La, 349 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 3: South La, Pasadena, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, the Dodgers, the Angels, right, 350 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 3: the Angels, No, he didn't say the Angels, the Lakers. 351 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: So I mean here in southern California, we're blessed. 352 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 3: We have the Dodgers, we have the Angels, we have 353 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 3: the Chargers, we have the Rams, we have the Kings, 354 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: we have the Ducks, we have Galaxy, we have the LAFC, 355 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 3: we have all of these Division I college programs. It's 356 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 3: just a wealth of sports. And so now we're in 357 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 3: football season. Basketball seasons. Yes, we're going to talk about 358 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 3: that in the next segment. But for the first time 359 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 3: I think in six years, I read the Rams and 360 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 3: the Chargers have both made the playoffs. Now, I won't 361 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 3: get too complicated in case you're not a sports fan, 362 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 3: Rams and the NFC National Football Conference, the Chargers and 363 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 3: the AFC one of the most complicated things. And if 364 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 3: you're a sports fan, you're with me on this is 365 00:19:55,600 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 3: like the NFL playoff picture. It's like so so complicated 366 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 3: that it's not even worth trying to figure out until 367 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 3: the season's over. But we can't in terms of who's 368 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 3: playing who seven teams make it from each conference, the 369 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 3: four division winners, the three wild card, then the seeds 370 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 3: change and who gets the buy which means they sit 371 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 3: out the first round. Super complicated, right, But what you 372 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 3: need to know is that the Rams are in the 373 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 3: playoffs and the Chargers are in the playoffs. The Chargers 374 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 3: a great story. Jim Harbaugh, their coach, turned around that culture. 375 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 3: Let's not call it mediocrity, but shall we say mediocrity 376 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 3: in just one year? Really interesting, funny guy, quirky Justin Herbert, 377 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 3: one of the greatest quarterbacks in the league this year. 378 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,959 Speaker 3: And then we have the Rams of Courts with the 379 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: perpetually energetic and youthful Sean McVay. They've won two Super Bowls, 380 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 3: by the way, if you're counting the Charges of one 381 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 3: zero and the Rams are in the playoffs. They think 382 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 3: they started the season one and four. I was at 383 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 3: the game at so Far on Saturday night. So exciting 384 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 3: they we're fortunate to win. I don't know if you 385 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 3: saw the highlights that last minute interception in the end 386 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 3: zone cut short Cardinals drive when they march right down 387 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 3: the field and ready to win. 388 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: So football's so much fun. I don't like all the injuries. 389 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 3: I like the rules designed to prevent injuries, although I 390 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: think they're enforced somewhat inconsistently. I mean, if a quarterback 391 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 3: is sliding and you go to hit him, and you 392 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 3: hit him and he's already half sliding, am I supposed 393 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 3: to stop in mid air? 394 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: I mean, how do I avoid that? 395 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 3: So there's very few experiences like a pro football game. 396 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,360 Speaker 3: Dodger Stadium is great, yes, but when there's eighty thousand 397 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 3: people screaming and the music is playing, and the lights 398 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 3: are flashing, and the the sidelines are intense and the 399 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 3: fans are going crazy, it's so much fun. It's also 400 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 3: very expensive, so it's not, you know, something unfortunately, that 401 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 3: everybody can afford, which is one of the problems with 402 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 3: pro sports these days. Baseball not as bad as basketball 403 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 3: and football. But if you have the opportunity to go 404 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 3: to a game at SOFI what they created there in 405 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 3: Englewood on this formerly Hollywood park, you know, right by 406 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 3: the forum. 407 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: Have you guys been there, Elmer Regida. 408 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 5: I have not. 409 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: It's just it's just so FI. Yeah, it's incredible. It's 410 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: like it's an overload of your sensory experiences. 411 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: To say it's like going to a football game is saying, 412 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 3: like you know, going to the Rose Parade is seeing 413 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 3: like a float with some horses drive by. I mean, 414 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 3: it's just overwhelming in all of the right ways and 415 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 3: some of the wrong ways, like traffic and like I said, 416 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 3: ticket prices. But if you have the opportunity to go, 417 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 3: you should definitely go. So we want to root for 418 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 3: the Rams. We want to root for the Chargers. I mean, 419 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 3: maybe they'll end up facing each other in the Super Bowl. 420 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 3: That's unlikely. And for extra credit, if you can tell 421 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 3: me the teams that have never won a Super Bowl 422 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 3: in addition to the Chargers, then you win a special prize, 423 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 3: which we all announce at five o'clock today on the 424 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 3: Tim Conway Junior Show. But yeah, that's one of the 425 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 3: great things about the sports. It unifies us. It's not 426 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 3: just here in southern California. I mean, pick your city 427 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 3: of sports Nuts, Boston, New York, Philly, Green Bay, San Francisco. 428 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 3: I mean, Shannon Farren would probably run through fire to 429 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 3: go to a forty nine Ers game, right probably has 430 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 3: run through fire to go to a forty nine Ers game. 431 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 3: It's just it's fun. It gives you, like something to 432 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 3: the root for, something to believe in. I don't like 433 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 3: the trend of, you know, players becoming mercenaries. Whoever offers 434 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 3: them the most they leave. But I get it because 435 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 3: if you're a player and you have limited lifespan in 436 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 3: your professional league. I think the NFL lifespan is shockingly low, 437 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 3: like three point two years. You got to cash in 438 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 3: while you can. But we've talked about this before. We 439 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 3: talked about us during the World Series. I mean, if 440 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 3: I'm a free agent and teen A is offering me 441 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 3: five years for a hundred and fifty million dollars, what's 442 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 3: that math? 443 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: Breakdown to a year? 444 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 3: And then if Team B is offering me five years 445 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 3: for one hundred and seventy million dollars, is that twenty 446 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 3: million dollars gonna change my life at that level? No, 447 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,959 Speaker 3: So stick with the home team, have some loyalty. That's 448 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 3: why I love Mike trout Look. Showhy left for the money. 449 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 3: Freddy Freeman left for the money. People leave for the money. 450 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 3: I get it. It's make but it makes it tough 451 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 3: as a fan to remain loyal to players. I mean, 452 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 3: when you know, when I was growing up the teams, 453 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 3: the player stayed with the teams. I mean Collier Stumps 454 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 3: giveing the Red Sox, Jackie Slater with the Rams, I 455 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 3: mean twenty years. So that's a trend that I don't like, 456 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 3: but I understand it. But it doesn't mean we can't 457 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 3: love them. It doesn't mean we can't, you know, still 458 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 3: root for them. I mean, I will never forget Dodger Stadium, 459 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 3: Freddy Freeman walk off home run to win the World 460 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 3: Series game. 461 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: Remember that's the one. 462 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 3: That the little kid with the braces and the blonde 463 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 3: caught and then we just sold for the ball was 464 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 3: sold for like a million dollars. We'll never forget that. 465 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 3: Memories with my father, with my grandfather at Fenway Park 466 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 3: growing up. I mean, these are things that you have 467 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 3: to cherish that we don't get in other kinds of 468 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 3: experiences here in southern California. 469 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: I mean, how many times are you gonna say. 470 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 3: Boy, I remember we went on that hike and run 471 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 3: in Canyon in you know, two thousand and twenty, and boy, 472 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 3: wasn't that fun. You never forget that one, right, Or 473 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 3: we remember that time we went to that restaurant on 474 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 3: Colorado and Pasadena and had that great hamburger. I will 475 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 3: never forget that moment, right, But no, you say that. 476 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: Remember the time we went to Game one of the 477 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 3: NBA Finals with the Celtics and the Mavericks and we 478 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 3: had that celebration outside Boston Garden until two o'clock in 479 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 3: the morning. Yeah, you remember those things, And that's why 480 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 3: sports are an important part of our life. And I 481 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 3: remember having this discussion with my adult daughter, who is 482 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: not a sports fans, and I said, I said to her, 483 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 3: I feel bad that you're not a sports fan, because 484 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 3: you know, you don't have that in your life to 485 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 3: root for, to identify with, to be passionate about. 486 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: And she said, well, you know, I have. 487 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 3: Like The Bachelor, Like, oh my god, just shoot me now. 488 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 3: I mean, but I stand with your daughter, But I 489 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 3: mean I get the I get the argument. That's whatever 490 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 3: your passions are, I guess. But sports, especially here in 491 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 3: southern California, with so many stars and so many big names, 492 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 3: and so much success and so much drama and so 493 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 3: much focus, Hey, we're fortunate to be able to be 494 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 3: a part of it. 495 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: And which leads me into our next segment. 496 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 3: We're going to talk about Lebron and a name familiar 497 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 3: to all of us, one of my friends from way back, 498 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 3: Victor brick Jacobs, to talk about. 499 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: Lebron James turning forty. 500 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM sixty. 501 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 3: Lebron James, perhaps the supreme athlete of our time, turns 502 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 3: forty today, twenty two seasons in the NBA, twenty time 503 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 3: All Star, four time champion, happily married, father of three. 504 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 3: I mean, the superlatives go on and on and on, 505 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 3: all time leading scorer, and he just shows no sign 506 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 3: really to me of slowing down. So you heard me 507 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 3: talking about the value of sports in our last segment. 508 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 3: Being able to have Lebron on the Lakers and being 509 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 3: able to see him in action as something that is 510 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 3: really a I wouldn't say it's once in a lifetime, 511 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 3: because there's plenty of top quality athletes that are worth seeing, 512 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 3: but to be able to say that you saw Lebron 513 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 3: James in action is going to be something to remember 514 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 3: and with us to talk about the remarkable career of 515 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 3: Lebron on and off the court. Is a familiar name 516 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 3: to many of us here in southern California, Vic the 517 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 3: Brick Jacobs Vic, how are you. 518 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 5: Belie? I'm your nowavo everybody. Hopefully everyone had a joyous 519 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 5: and blissful holiday. 520 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 3: Same to you, my friend, Kwanta so Vic. When you 521 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 3: look at Lebron James and we've all seen a lot 522 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 3: of athletes in their prime, superstars, I mean, what makes 523 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 3: him special? 524 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: How could you describe it? 525 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 5: Mind blowing force of nature, forty years, fresh, creative and free. 526 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 5: I mean, averaging twenty four points a game, eight boards, 527 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 5: nine assists. Are you kidding me? I mean those stats 528 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 5: for a dude twenty two years into the league are 529 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 5: staggering and inspiring in that it is such a rare atmosphere, 530 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 5: a rare club. Right to be forty and balling in 531 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 5: the association and having his son Brianni falling with you 532 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 5: is just again. It freaks me out as a purist, 533 00:28:55,240 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 5: as a lifetime fan, and Bron James obviously has been 534 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 5: a crazy fawn in the side of the Lakers for many, 535 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 5: many years before he became a Los Angeles Laker a 536 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 5: few years ago won a title with the Lakers. He's 537 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 5: won four titles in his twenty two years and numerous records. 538 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 3: But I guess the question is I guess The question 539 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 3: is how does he do it at this age? I mean, 540 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 3: you read a lot about the work he puts in 541 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 3: off the court taking care of his body. His diet 542 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 3: is training regimen. I guess that has to be a 543 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 3: huge part of it. 544 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 2: Right. 545 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: In addition to that he just gifted. 546 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 5: No doubt true, his training regime is unparalleled. He spends 547 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 5: over a million dollars a year just to build his 548 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 5: body up. I don't know how many athletes are that 549 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 5: dedicated to building one's body. The only name I can 550 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 5: come up with is the immortal Kobe Bryant, who also 551 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 5: took care of his body like no other. I mean, 552 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 5: even at this point, you know, he's celebrating his birthday, 553 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,719 Speaker 5: but he's probably an ice. Here's some sort of healing 554 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 5: machine attached to him, right, I mean his relentlessness, you know, 555 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 5: to stay in an incredible shape and to play the 556 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 5: young man's game. And even as bron said today that 557 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 5: he could play if he wanted to five to seven 558 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 5: more years. 559 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 3: Wow, he said, how long do you think he'll play? 560 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 3: I mean, he fulfilled his dream of being on the 561 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 3: same court with Brownie. You know, you could say what 562 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 3: you will about that. It hasn't worked out great. But 563 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:34,479 Speaker 3: at least it's happened, which is pretty cool. I mean, 564 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 3: how much time does. 565 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: He have left? 566 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 5: He wants more rings. He's playing at such a high level, 567 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 5: a level we've never seen before. If someone you know, 568 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 5: forty years and just balling out, it's really quite humbling 569 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 5: to watch him every night. Again, he'll be an action 570 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 5: again tomorrow against his former squad Cleveland with the kid 571 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 5: from Akron. The kid from Akron wants and at least 572 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 5: another ring. I'm sure he wants to tie Jordan with 573 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 5: five rings. He's got four. He got two with Miami, 574 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 5: one with Cleveland, one with the Lakers. I'm sure he 575 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 5: wants more rings, more hardware, and more bling. I mean 576 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 5: that is the goal. And he's playing at such an 577 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 5: insane level, and again the Lakers want to make it happen. 578 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 5: I mean they traded d Angela Russell. Uh yes, you know, 579 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 5: late today or yesterday whatever, and they basically gave away 580 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 5: d Rush. But if he just uh, some guys who 581 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 5: are hard, you know, these aren't scorers. These are you know, 582 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 5: Finney Smith, shake shake, Milton from Brooklyn. I mean, these 583 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 5: guys they're hard, you know, they have a toughness, to 584 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 5: the right because you know, the squad is soft. You know, 585 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 5: Brian can't play you know, back and forth h you know, 586 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 5: back and forth defense anymore. He's got to concentrate, you know, 587 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 5: on this offense. And once in a while he'll do 588 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 5: a there when it counts, he'll play a little d 589 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 5: but he's mostly offensive at this point, and his offense 590 00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 5: is is insane. 591 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 3: But I also think I also think people don't talk 592 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 3: enough about his his family, his dedication, his wife. They 593 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 3: are high school sweethearts, three great kids. I mean, never 594 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 3: a hint of any off court issues with someone who's 595 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 3: been in the public eye since they were in you know, 596 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 3: elementary school. I mean it seems like I don't know him, 597 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 3: you know, obviously been in locker rooms and done postgame 598 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 3: interviews as have you. You've spent more time with them 599 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 3: than I have. But just seems like great character there. 600 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 5: Oh absolutely, he's totally, uh, the the embodiment of the 601 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 5: association of what they want their slooperstar to be, to 602 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,719 Speaker 5: what their face of the association to be. Exactly a 603 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 5: family man, loves loves his loves his kids, always out there, 604 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 5: you know, social consciousness, right, I mean, he's been He's 605 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 5: been the perfect role model as well as an insanely 606 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 5: talented ballplayer. And to have them as Laker was used 607 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 5: a brilliant move by Jeanie Buss, you know, Urban Magic 608 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 5: Johnson and Rob Polinka, you know, to bring him, you know, 609 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 5: into the mix. And remember when when Brian came to 610 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 5: the Lakers, there was they were they were in trouble. 611 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 5: This was this was not irrelevant team. You know, the 612 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 5: great Kobe era had passed and the Lakers was searching, 613 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 5: they were seeking, and they failed to make the playoffs. 614 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 5: And then Brian got here, made him relevant. They win 615 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 5: the title in twenty twenty, and they were in the 616 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 5: mix with like a sixth seed right down there, we're 617 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 5: in the mild. 618 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 3: Absolutely, you never count on our team with Lebron James right, brick. 619 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 5: He's only missed three games the entire season. He's only 620 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 5: missed three games. I mean, it's incredible. The superstars around 621 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 5: the league. 622 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 3: Anthony Davis misses three games a week exactly. 623 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 5: I mean, he's he's an incredible relentlessness. Is h is breathtaking. 624 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: All Right, I'm gonna have to leave it at that, sir. 625 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: Happy holidays to you and your family. 626 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 3: It's always great to talk with you, Uh, Victor brick Jacobs, 627 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 3: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Phil Schuman. 628 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 1: I've been here for John Cobelt from one to four. 629 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 3: Beat to do this again with you tomorrow if you 630 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 3: will have me, of course, the incomparable TCJ Tim Conway 631 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 3: Junior coming up in the four after the news at 632 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 3: the top of the hour at four o'clock. Get ready 633 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 3: for a big New Year's Eve celebration tomorrow. Thanks very 634 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 3: much to Keana and Elmer for their help. Couldn't do 635 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 3: it without you, folks. Thanks for listening. I'm Phil Schuman, 636 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 3: and before I leave you, let's check in one more 637 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,319 Speaker 3: time with the KFI twenty four hour news room. 638 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 2: Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 639 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 2: You can always hear the show live on KFI Am 640 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 2: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 641 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,280 Speaker 2: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.