1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 2: You know, we work really hard at what we talk 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: about on our show to get people to pay attention, 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 2: to want to participate, and I think, especially today, we've 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 2: all learned in a TikTok world, if you can't catch 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: their attention right up front, then you're you're not going 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: to catch anybody's attention. 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Taking a Walk Podcast with your host 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: Buzz Night, where he talks with musicians, industry insiders, and 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: radio personalities about their love of music. On this episode, 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: joined Buzz as he ventures into Charlestown, mass to walk 12 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: with Carson Tager, the co host of the wildly successful 13 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: Carson and Kennedy show from Mixed one oh four to 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: one in Boston. Here's Buzz Night and Carson. 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 3: Carson with a k an actual taking a Walk in person? 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 4: Welcome? 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 2: Do you not take thank you do not take them 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: in person as much now? Or we're just getting back 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: to it after the pandemic. 20 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 4: It's just difficult. 21 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: I sees every opportunity I can to do it, but 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 3: so many of them come up as virtual opportunities. 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 4: We see those moments as well, But to do. 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 3: It with you and to do it in Charlestown, is wonderful, 25 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 3: so welcome. 26 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 5: Yeah. 27 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 2: I think Charlestown is a really interesting neighborhood. As I 28 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 2: just showed you moments ago. We have the Bunker Hill Monument. 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: You know, two hundred and fifty years ago, the birth 30 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 2: of a nation was fought right here in this neighborhood, 31 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: and we've come to know and love this neighborhoods on 32 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 2: the city council here, the neighborhood council. Excuse me, my 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 2: son has only ever lived in this neighborhood and it's 34 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: a great place to raise a family. 35 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 5: Right behind us is the Mystic River. 36 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: You'll see on the other side of the huge pile 37 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: of salt, the Tobin Bridge. And then we're walking now 38 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: and we're going to head towards what's called the Navy Yard, 39 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: which is where the Boston Harbor is. We're actually surrounded 40 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: in Charlestown three bodies of water and then a highway 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: on the other side. So even though we're Boston, we're 42 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 2: kind of this little, you know, island over here almost. 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: And then, of course, what I'm sure they fought for 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 2: during the war here at the battle Bunker Hill is 45 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: the beautiful casino that's right over there. 46 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 5: Behind the power plant. 47 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: You painted a marvelous picture. 48 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 5: Thank you, Thank you. 49 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 4: And this is. 50 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 3: Our second returning trip to Charlestown because we had the 51 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 3: great General Jack Hammond from the Home Base Organization where 52 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: we took a walk in Charlestown. 53 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, great organization. I've actually done some work with them. 54 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: I'm a veteran and I ran that run to Home 55 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: Base and I got to tell you if you've never 56 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: if you're in the Boston area, you get a chance 57 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 2: to do that. Running running across home plate at Fenway 58 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: Park was like, that's something I'll never forget. 59 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: So you've been in Boston for fourteen years? Is that right? 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: Would be careful not to fall? Has anybody fallen during 61 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: an interview? No, we might have to hold each other. 62 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: We are going across a big sheet of ice right now, 63 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: and I don't know where you are in the world, 64 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: but we're doing the Penguin Walk. 65 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 3: Well, you know what we've nicknamed the show now called 66 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 3: Taken a Saunter. 67 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 5: Taking us on. We actually just celebrated our fifteenth year. 68 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: We moved here at the end of two thousand and eight, 69 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: so yeah, we've been this is now our sixteenth year 70 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: on Mix. I think, and I'm not one hundred percent sure. 71 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: I believe we are now the longest tenured show on 72 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: a station. There have been a few other personalities and 73 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: shows that have been in the market longer, but you know, 74 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: things changed, they moved to different stations, they get new hosts. 75 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: But with our show, the two of us being together, 76 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 2: the song is kind of an anomaly in Boston. 77 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 3: I guess, now, now, how did you meet Kennedy? 78 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 2: So Kennedy and I'm outside of radio. I was just 79 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: starting a radio in fav of North Carolina. I had 80 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: just gotten out of the army. Her we were both 81 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: just recently divorced. Her ex husband was in, my ex 82 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: wife was in and I was working in radio. 83 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 5: But I knew I. 84 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: Wanted to kind of expand and do a little bit 85 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: more in the entertainment and music world. 86 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 5: And so. 87 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 2: I went down to the local community theater and I 88 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: met with the director and I said, you know, I 89 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 2: had an interest in musical theater. And she's like, oh, great, 90 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: so can you sing? 91 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 5: And I was like, no, not really. 92 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: She's like, okay, well, you know, did you take dance 93 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 2: going up or anything like that. I was like, no, 94 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: I didn't do that either. She's like, oh, so you 95 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 2: were an actor. You were in drama. I was like, actually, no, 96 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 2: I haven't done any of these things. And she said, huh, 97 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: how are you with technical stuff? I said, I was 98 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 2: a club DJ for years. I'm really good with the 99 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: technical stuff. 100 00:04:59,080 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 5: And she said done. 101 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: So they brought me on as a volunteer to run 102 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: sound for the show, and Kennedy was one of the 103 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: principal performers in the show. And it was like a 104 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 2: summer show we did down on the Cape Fear River. 105 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 2: It's called Polyester. It was all this great seventies music, 106 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: and so we became very good friends. She used to 107 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: babysit my daughter's because my afternoon show wouldn't untill seven 108 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: and daycare would close at six, and sometimes she'd picked 109 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 2: them up for me if I needed. By the way, 110 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: I picked the most treacherous route ever, haven't I. 111 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 5: This is all Ice. 112 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: I wish I could explain to you what's happening with 113 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 2: us right now. 114 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 5: This was such a bad idea. 115 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 4: Oh it's perfect. I went on a. 116 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 3: More treacherous you did, okay with an episode I did 117 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 3: with my dogs. 118 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 4: Actually okay. 119 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 3: We went to the Elliott Reserve and Carlisle, near where 120 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 3: I live. 121 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 4: And I almost killed myself. So no, this is the 122 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 4: second level of that. 123 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 5: Well, thank you, I'm gonna. I'm gonna. 124 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 4: I'm not worried. I should have brought my. 125 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm wearing sneakers here. We're prepared for it. 126 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: But anyway, so you know, we just became dear friends. 127 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: And you know, I said to her, I said, you've 128 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: got such a great voice, and it's just funny and smart, 129 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 2: you know, when you think about taking a job, even 130 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: if it's part time at the radio station, and she's 131 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: kind of flipping about the whole thing. She didn't care 132 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: about radio. She's like, I have a job. She's working 133 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: in corporate America. And eventually I convinced her to come 134 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 2: to work at the radio station. 135 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 5: And she flourished immediately. 136 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 2: I mean they put her on the air and she 137 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: ended up doing middays at the station. I left because 138 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: I wanted to do a morning show. But you know, 139 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: we stayed friends for. 140 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: All those years. 141 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: And after two previous hosts that I work with just 142 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: kind of fizzled out. I realized pretty quickly that if 143 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 2: you're gonna sit in a studio every morning, into a 144 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 2: morning show, that it better be with somebody that you 145 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 2: like a lot and that you care about and that 146 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 2: cares about you, that you can laugh with and laugh at. 147 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: And so when I got the opportunity to do a 148 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,679 Speaker 2: show down in Florida and Tallahassee, I called to Kennedy 149 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 2: and I just said, Hey, there's a station. The pay 150 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: is awful, the facilities are awful, but they're gonna hire us. 151 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 2: So She's like, Wow, you really know how to sell 152 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: a job. So we took the job in Tallahassee, and 153 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 2: you know, we were down there about eighteen months. 154 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 5: Went pretty well there. 155 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 2: And we got a call to take a job in Memphis, 156 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,239 Speaker 2: and we were there for about five years. 157 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 5: Again a lot of fun, and the station did really well. 158 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: And once we were successful there, that's kind of where, 159 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: you know, people started to show a little bit of 160 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: interest in the show to come to Boston. 161 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 4: So who hired you at at Nick's who was in 162 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 4: charge then? 163 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 2: So Jabo Jones was the program director at the time, 164 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 2: And I remember, this is an awful story that I 165 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 2: probably shouldn't tell, but Jabo called and it was very 166 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 2: early in the morning. 167 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 5: I was still in the bed. I was off that 168 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 5: day for whatever and. 169 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: He's like, hey, you know, for people that don't know 170 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 2: Jabo Jones, He's let's go it this way and won't 171 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: come through. It's a wildly popular radio personality. You can 172 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: hear him on Serius Sex Sam, he's filled in for 173 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: Rick D's on the Weekly Top forty, these big wonderful 174 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 2: Piet Cities. 175 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 5: Her Carson Jones. It's just like this big voice, big personality. 176 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 2: And he's like, you know, we have this job in 177 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 2: Boston and we've heard a lot of good things about 178 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 2: you and we want to bring you guys in for 179 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 2: an interview. And I was like, man, I love Kiss 180 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: went Away. I've heard a lot about that station. And uh, 181 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: he says, I don't work for Kiss went Away. I 182 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 2: worked for Mix ninety five. And I was like, Okay, 183 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 2: that's probably not the best way to start it. Jo 184 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: that I didn't know the stage he worked for. Yeah, 185 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 2: thankfully he was pretty lighthearted about the whole situation. 186 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 5: But so he was the first one. 187 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: Him and Steve Reynolds, who is a radio consultant who 188 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: worked with a lot of wonderful talent. He was actually 189 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: the one that threw our name into the hat because 190 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: we were interviewing for a job in Atlanta, and they 191 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: decided to hire a different show instead of us, and 192 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 2: but I kept in contact with him, and when the 193 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 2: opening came about in Boston, he had mentioned to Jabo that, Hey, 194 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: there's this show that I think you guys might like. 195 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 4: I love that. Well, congratulations on your success. 196 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 3: Now you just painted the whole picture really well visually where. 197 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 4: We've been walking. But you also, thank you illuminated everybody about. 198 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 3: Jabo Jones because we've gotten not only a Boston audience here, 199 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 3: but we've got a national audience, actually a global audience. 200 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: Right, so if you listened to a serious exam you 201 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: can hear Jabo Jones. 202 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 5: I believe he's on the seventies channel. 203 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 4: Yeah right, so well well done. 204 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 2: Thank you. 205 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 3: So for all the listeners outside of Boston who may 206 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 3: not know. 207 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 4: What makes the Carson and Kennedy show tick. What makes 208 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 4: a tick? 209 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 2: You know, I think a lot of it is just 210 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: sharing our personal lives. 211 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 5: That's what will separate. 212 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 2: Any content you're creating from anybody else. You know, It's 213 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: easy for any show to go on the air and 214 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 2: talk about the latest gossip, but nobody can talk about 215 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 2: the fact that Kennedy was recently diagnosed with ADHD, and 216 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 2: we had a lengthy discussion about that on the show 217 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 2: this morning. It's the first time she's revealed it on 218 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 2: the air. 219 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 5: And so when. 220 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 2: We reveal those details of our personal lives, it really 221 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: cuts through. So all of the content that we do, 222 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 2: we kind of run through that lens. 223 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 5: How you know, is this personal? 224 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 2: Is this something that's important to us, Is it something 225 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 2: that we're curious about? 226 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 5: Is it fun? Can we have fun with it? 227 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we want to laugh at the 228 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 2: end of the day and have a good time. And 229 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: so it's all about our real lives, whether it's me 230 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 2: and a divorce and getting remarried and having a child, 231 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 2: and my mother in law now lives in this neighborhood, 232 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: she lives right around the corner or Kennedy and being 233 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 2: single and the trials and tribulations that she goes through 234 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 2: with her mental health. That's kind of the show in 235 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 2: a nutshell, is our personal lives, and then our listeners 236 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 2: kind of sharing their similar shared experiences with those things. 237 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: The show also has besides the authenticity that you just described, 238 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 3: it also has an amazing heart and an amazing connection. 239 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 4: With the heart that it has for the Boston community. 240 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 3: Talk about some of the special stories that you've run 241 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 3: into and the show has run into that illustrate the 242 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 3: great heart aspect of the community and how you guys 243 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 3: shine a light on it. 244 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 2: I also want to note, not only did I take 245 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: you for a treacherous walk through ice, I didn't think 246 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 2: about the audio part of this. I'm now walking you 247 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 2: under the Tobin Bridge in Boston, which is a very 248 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 2: large metal structure, which will probably score off our audience. 249 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, let's go back, let's go back. 250 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 4: Yeah. I think that we just went far enough. 251 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 5: Okay, everybody has to hear the gosh. 252 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, So you know, I think one of the best 253 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: things that has come out of our show through our audience. 254 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 5: But there's two things. 255 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 2: One of them is our toy drive every year. We've 256 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 2: been doing this for many, many years. And there was 257 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 2: a marine up on the north shore of Boston who 258 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 2: is collecting toys for their Toys for Tots program. 259 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 5: He had a shed at his front yard. 260 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: Somebody broke into it stole two hundred fifty three hundred toys, 261 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 2: and we saw it in the news and we decided 262 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 2: to get involved, and we asked our listeners to help out. 263 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 5: We ended up picking up like seven hundred and fifty toys. 264 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: We said, you know what, maybe this should be an 265 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 2: annual event, and so we just wrapped up our eleventh 266 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 2: year and that in that time, our listeners have donated 267 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: over a million dollars worth of toys. So we get 268 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 2: about ten thousand toys every year. Now that's kind of 269 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 2: the name of ten thousand toys for girls and boys. 270 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: So that's you know, we love that. And then the 271 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: other thing is something we call cool Kids. And cool 272 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 2: Kids is just an opportunity for us to recognize young 273 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 2: people in their communities who are doing something special or 274 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:47,839 Speaker 2: they've overcome adversity, they've fought an illness and haven't given 275 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: up or shown you know, a special light that a 276 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: lot of. 277 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 5: People wouldn't show in situations like that. 278 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 2: So the cool Kids, you know, what we do is 279 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 2: we take kids out and we help them experience things 280 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 2: maybe they've never experienced in their life, you know, going 281 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: to a sporting event like a Boston Celtics basketball game 282 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 2: and being acknowledged before the game starts and bringing them 283 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 2: out on the court where they get a standing ovation 284 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 2: from you know, twenty thousand screaming fans, or we take 285 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 2: them to a theme park for the day, them and 286 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 2: their entire extended family and we pay for everything. You know, 287 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 2: we do all these sorts of things for these kids 288 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 2: just to let them know that we see them, we 289 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 2: acknowledge them, and we think what they're doing is it's 290 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: pretty cool. 291 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 4: That's awesome. 292 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more of the Taking a 293 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: Walk Podcast. Welcome back to the Taking a Walk Podcast. 294 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 4: In a world where there are a lot of bad 295 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 4: vibes out there, you guys love celebrating good good vibes. Really, 296 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 4: is that fair to say? 297 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: Yeah? 298 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: You know, we actually have a feature on our show. 299 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 5: I'm sure you know that. 300 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: It's called the Good Vibe Tribe that we started. We 301 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 2: actually started that only about a year ago. That's a 302 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: newer feature for us, and we used to just talk 303 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 2: about good news stories of the day, and it was 304 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 2: something that was very early in the show and just 305 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 2: allowed us to kind of get our you know, as. 306 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 5: We're waking up, like, oh, this'd be a great story 307 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 5: to talk about on the air. 308 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: But Steve Reynolds, who works with us on our show, 309 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: he said, you know, instead of just reading stories from 310 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 2: other places, wouldn't it be great if you could somehow 311 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 2: tap into stories like that here in our area. 312 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 5: And we're like, man, well, how do we do that? 313 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 2: Well, we just go on the air and ask and 314 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 2: that's what we did. 315 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 5: We went on the air and we asked people to 316 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 5: start sharing their stories. 317 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 2: And what happened was just unbelievable because when one person 318 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 2: hears the story, then they are motivated to either maybe 319 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 2: go out and do something about it, get involved, donate time, 320 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 2: donate money. 321 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 5: Or just call in to say, hey, that was awesome. 322 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 2: You should guess what we're doing, or guess what my 323 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: son is doing. And it's really taken on a life 324 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: of its own, and it could be anything. It could 325 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: be something, you know, a sports related, it could be something, 326 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: you know, fundraising. This morning, we had a woman on 327 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 2: the show bragging about her husband who's going to do 328 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 2: a nearly two hundred mile bike ride to raise money, 329 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: you know. And it's, like you said, it's kind of 330 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 2: created this community of good vibes. 331 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 5: It's been a lot of fun to hear the stories now. 332 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 3: But was there a point early on in the show, 333 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: at least in Boston, that you know, getting that engagement 334 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 3: with the audience was a little more difficult. 335 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 5: I think it's always a struggle. 336 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: You know, we have a lot of talented people in 337 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: this market, and especially this being for people that don't 338 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: know about Boston. We're into our sports in this town. Yeah, 339 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: four professional sports franchises with storied careers and championships. We 340 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 2: have multiple sports stations. At one point a couple of 341 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 2: years ago, there was I think three pretty active sports stations. 342 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: Now there are, but they're both very successful, and so 343 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 2: you know, we compete with that, and how are we 344 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 2: going to engage our audience versus you know, another Tom 345 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: Brady story or you know, the Celtics and whatever they 346 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 2: have going on. So we you know, we we work 347 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 2: really hard at what we talk about on our show 348 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 2: to get people to pay attention to want to participate. 349 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 2: And I think especially today, we've all learned in a 350 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 2: TikTok world, if you can't catch their attention right up front, 351 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 2: then you're you're not going to catch anybody's attention. So 352 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: we've adapted a little bit in the way we present 353 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 2: our content. 354 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 5: But again, if it's. 355 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: Sticky, it's sticky, it just works. 356 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 4: It's consistency, it's uh. 357 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 2: That is Listen, the best ability is availability. We've kind 358 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 2: of learned that now, you know, going into our sixteenth year, 359 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,479 Speaker 2: the show of the past here has really blossomed. Our 360 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 2: ratings are I mean, we have twenty shares in some 361 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 2: of our demos. 362 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 5: It's unbelievable. 363 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 2: And you know, there were days where I thought we 364 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: were about to get fired and it was really bad. 365 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 4: But you have the neurotic air talent speaking up here. 366 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 3: Come on, get fired, tend to get out of here. 367 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 2: Our boss, Steve Salhany, I don't know if you know salaries. 368 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 4: I do. 369 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,479 Speaker 2: Sal came in one day said we want to take 370 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: you guys out to lunch. And it was me and 371 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 2: Kennedy and Sal and our boss Mark Hannon, and we 372 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 2: call it now the famous Pizza Lunch. 373 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 5: And he took us to a little pizza. 374 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 2: Ria down the street from the radio station, and he 375 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 2: made it. 376 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 5: He made it very clear. 377 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 2: He's like, I don't know what's going on in the studio, 378 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 2: but I know what's coming out of the speakers isn't fun. 379 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 2: And I'm not going to tell you how to make 380 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 2: it fun. But you have a very small window to 381 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 2: figure it out. And so we got to Kennedy and 382 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: I went out to lunch another day after the pizza 383 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 2: lunch and had a long heart to heart about what 384 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 2: we wanted, what we thought the show would be, and 385 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 2: we just said, you know what, we're gonna throw caution 386 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: at the wind and we're going to go back to 387 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 2: doing what we always wanted to do when we came here. 388 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 2: Because when you come to a big city like Boston, 389 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 2: everybody has an opinion of how you should do what 390 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 2: you do, and we get that, and these are very 391 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 2: smart people, but at the end of the day, we're 392 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 2: the ones doing the shows every day, and so if 393 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 2: we don't believe in the content, then the listeners aren't 394 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 2: going to be engaged and believe in it on it either. 395 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 5: So we just went back to having fun. 396 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: And when we went back to having fun, we got 397 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 2: signed a new contract. 398 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 5: So no, that's not the neurotic DJ in me. That 399 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 5: was just that was the pizza lunch. 400 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I respect that and I respect the both 401 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 3: sides of that absolutely. 402 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: For him to yeah, for him to give us that opportunity, listen, 403 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 2: it's easy for a boss to just cut you let 404 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 2: you go, which in our business is just kind of 405 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 2: the normal thing to do. 406 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 5: And we've had such a wonderful support from this. 407 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 2: Team from the beginning with Greg Strassell who was our 408 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 2: boss back then, to Mark Hannon and the whole team. 409 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 2: Now we're having great bosses. Is it's paramount, I think, 410 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 2: and no matter what you're doing, because you want to 411 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 2: like I want to go, I want to win, and 412 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 2: I want to win for the people around me. 413 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:27,479 Speaker 4: Good people. 414 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 3: So that kind of leads into who are the mentors 415 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 3: through your career that have shaped you that you want 416 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 3: to acknowledge. 417 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: Could be it could be radio related, or are outside 418 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 4: of that. 419 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 2: You know, I think I'd be crazy if I didn't 420 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 2: say my mom and dad first and foremost for their 421 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: work ethic. They My mother was married and divorced five 422 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 2: times by the time I was eighteen years old, so 423 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 2: there was a lot of men in and out of 424 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 2: my life, and she was pretty much a single mom 425 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: raising me and my brother, and she busted our her 426 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 2: ass to be successful. You know, we moved a lot. 427 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: I went to thirteen different schools in twelve years from 428 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 2: first to twelfth grade. And she was doing that because 429 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: she was trying to help us get a better life, 430 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 2: to make a little bit more money, to have a 431 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 2: few nicer things, a little bit better school, and she 432 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 2: did that in a time in the real estate industry 433 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 2: in the eighties where women were not allowed to do that, 434 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 2: and she broke through a lot of glass ceilings in 435 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 2: her field when she did. And then my dad was 436 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 2: an entrepreneur. He still live to this day. He's still 437 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 2: out there working just as hard today as he did 438 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 2: when he was my age and younger. 439 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 5: And so they definitely both. 440 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 2: Taught me the work ethic part of it outside of radio. 441 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 2: And I would have to say Steve Reynolds has really 442 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 2: just been wonderful for us. I don't think I really 443 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 2: understood who I was as a man before I met 444 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: Steve Reynolds, and part of that comes from getting older 445 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 2: and being married and having kids, but also just really, 446 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 2: you know, talking to me, especially when I have the mistakes, 447 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 2: you know that those were the ones where I did 448 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 2: something on. 449 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 5: The air there was just so off base, but I 450 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 5: didn't see it at the time. 451 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 2: I thought it was just funny and what I wanted 452 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 2: to be on the air. And Steve was saying, but 453 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 2: that's not who you are as a person, that's just 454 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 2: what you want people to think you are on the air, 455 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 2: And he really helped me understand that, and when I 456 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 2: kind of understood those things, I think that was a 457 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 2: big help to the show. 458 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: So Mistation has a rich music history really in the marketplace. 459 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 3: On a previous episode, I think you might have heard 460 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 3: it Stephen Page, formerly of Bare Naked Ladies. I mean, 461 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 3: he talks about the incredible relationship that that band had 462 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: in Boston specifically also with. 463 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 4: You know Mix and that continues. 464 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 3: Sure, you get exposed to some pretty cool events, whether 465 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 3: they'd be the Beach House or wherever. 466 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 4: Talk about some of your favorites. 467 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 2: Well, I can tell you today I was listening to 468 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 2: the brand new justin Timberlake song before it's released later 469 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 2: this week, So that was kind of a cool moment. 470 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 2: But the live music of it all is incredible. The 471 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 2: way the artists and the record labels care for this 472 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 2: radio station because of our bosses and the relationship that 473 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: they have. You know, Kennedy and I have sat down 474 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: now twice with Bono and the Edge to do extended interviews. 475 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 2: One time we sat down with Bono in the Edge 476 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: and it was at the Beach House. So we'd give 477 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: away a house every year in a vacation area here 478 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 2: outside of Massachusetts called Cape cod and the winner gets 479 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,239 Speaker 2: to stay in the house for the week. But then 480 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 2: we bring in an artist who performs on the back 481 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 2: deck of this beach house. And we've had Chris Martin 482 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 2: from Cole Play and Kelly Clarkson and Ed Sheeron. 483 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 5: Has done it a couple of times. 484 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 2: But when you get Bono in the Edge, that's a 485 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 2: whole other level. And sure enough they come in, they 486 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: sit down. We're in this little, you know, sun room 487 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: of the of. 488 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 5: The beach house. And am I allowed to swear on 489 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 5: your podcast? Of course? Okay? 490 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 2: So Bono comes in, he says hello to me and 491 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 2: Kennedy and Edge, and we all hug and we sit down, 492 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 2: and Bono turns and looks at me. 493 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 5: Says, for folk's sake, where's my rose? 494 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 2: And out of nowhere a servant somebody comes out with 495 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 2: a bottle of rose and four glasses. 496 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 4: When your Bono, that person is always nearby. 497 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 2: And so sure enough, me and Kennedy and Bono and 498 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 2: the Edge sat there for about forty five minutes drinking 499 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: rose and listening to his stories. You know, about faith 500 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: and music and touring and everything that they do. And 501 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 2: you know, that's a My first concert I ever went 502 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 2: to in nineteen eighty seven was you two at the 503 00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 2: Orange Bowl in Miami. 504 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 5: So it was a special moment for me. 505 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 2: I know, our listeners love this band, and so to 506 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 2: get the access to the artists like the radio station 507 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 2: does with those you know, those ten pole events like that. 508 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 5: It's super cool. 509 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 2: I remember Ed Sheeron coming through the building. 510 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 5: It's probably twenty thirteen. Nobody had heard of him. 511 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 2: He'd had you know, one kind of hit in England, 512 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 2: but nobody in the United States had heard it. That 513 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 2: chare And so they got on the speakerphone at the 514 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 2: radio station and they said, hey, we had this this guy, 515 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: Ed's gonna play some music in the conference room. 516 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 5: And so I went in to see because. 517 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 2: It was close to my office and there was there 518 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 2: was nobody. There was nobody in there, so I said hello. 519 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 2: So they got back on the thing on the you know, 520 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: to tell people, and they said, oh, there's free pizza. 521 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 5: Well that brought down about. 522 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: Ten people, and so Ed Sheeron sat there on the 523 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 2: bar stool playing you know, a couple of his hits, 524 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: and again, just such a cool moment to get to 525 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 2: hear that music and it's all because of the history 526 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 2: of that radio station. 527 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 5: I mean, the radio station's been there. We've been there 528 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 5: sixteen so it's probably been there thirty. 529 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 2: Years now along those lines. Yeah, And the fact that 530 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 2: the artists you know, do that for us is and 531 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: for the people to listen to the station speaks. 532 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 3: To the leadership, like you said as well, and the 533 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 3: respect that the you know, the industry certainly christs them 534 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 3: and the radio station. Who that you haven't seen at 535 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 3: the beach House, would you like you could just snap 536 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 3: your fingers. 537 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, Taylor Swift, Oh, that's it's she's one of the 538 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 2: few that you know. We've been doing this now for 539 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 2: a minute, so you name it. We've pretty much interviewed them, 540 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 2: from Rihanna to Aerosmith, you know, all of the people 541 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 2: that I just grew up listening to, we've interviewed them all. 542 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 2: But Taylor Swift just because of the schedule and everything 543 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 2: like that, we haven't had an interview with her yet yet. Yes, Yes, 544 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 2: I absolutely say yet, because I feel like it will happen. 545 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 4: Yeah. 546 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 2: Now, she might be seventy and I might be ninety five. 547 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 6: Come on now, So in closing in a period in 548 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 6: your career where you know, you've found this great success 549 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 6: with the consistency and the. 550 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 3: Great work and just the commitment to it all and 551 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 3: commitment to the community. What are you still learning and 552 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 3: what do you still want to accomplish? 553 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 2: Well, I heard something the other day and I'd never 554 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 2: heard this, and I'm sure everybody's heard it, but you're 555 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 2: either winning or you're learning. 556 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 5: And right now we're winning, which is awesome, but we 557 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:50,439 Speaker 5: are still learning. 558 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 2: I think that's why the show continues to succeed is 559 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 2: the to be creative for the content. We're not just 560 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 2: going to sit in the exact same thing all the time. 561 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 2: We're always going to try new things and sometimes they 562 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,199 Speaker 2: shown reserably. You know, the other day we did a 563 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 2: stupid bit. We sent our producer out dressed as the 564 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 2: Devil with a box of donuts and tried to get 565 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 2: people that were walking out of the gym d eat 566 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:15,439 Speaker 2: a donut. 567 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 5: And I know it's. 568 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 2: Stupid and it's goofy, but you know what, we just 569 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 2: thought it would be fun and funny and it ended 570 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 2: up being very fun and very funny. So we're always 571 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 2: just we're always just trying to do something new. You 572 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 2: know that content creation is what it's all about for us. 573 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: That's the the artistry I guess of it, and then 574 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 2: pushing ourselves. You know, Kennedy and I now have a band. 575 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 2: I learned to play guitar. I started about five years ago, 576 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 2: and we played. We played for the Jelly Roll concert 577 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 2: in front of seven thousand people just a few months ago, 578 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: and we had only been playing together for three months. 579 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 5: He's a great singer. 580 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 2: I'm playing guitar, So doing things like that kind of 581 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 2: always challenging ourselves. Hopefully we'll keep it, you know, keep 582 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 2: us engage. 583 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 3: Well, you guys sounded great at that show, and it 584 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 3: was crazy. 585 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 4: You sound great every morning. 586 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 3: Thanks for taking a walk here in Charlestown. We're gonna 587 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 3: say it was a nice seventy four degree spring day, 588 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 3: but we'd be lying. 589 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 2: Maybe to the magic of editing. You can take out 590 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 2: the snow and all the terrible noise. I don't know 591 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 2: why I thought it would be a nice, quiet stroll. 592 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 3: I think it was marvelous and I appreciate you being 593 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 3: on Taking a Walk. 594 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:25,719 Speaker 4: Carson. 595 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:26,959 Speaker 5: Thank you, guys, thanking out. 596 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 597 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: Walk Podcast. 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