1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:01,640 Speaker 1: Cutbooms. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a sol fastion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallard starts right now. 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with me, Ben 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: Mahler and a Danny g Radio production. He's putting this 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: thing together here as it is the Big Mallard travel 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: log as we look back at the weekend that was 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: last weekend, the Big Vancouver Meet and Greet. Had an 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: amazing weekend. Oh come, it was great. We had the 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: meet and greet on Thursday. Friday was just a futz 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: or round Vancouver day and eat as much poutine as 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: you possibly can and see the sites. Saturday more of that, 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: and we had a nice bonding dinner on Saturday night 20 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: and then flew back to do the show on Sunday. 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. We'll get into more 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: details on that here on the Fifth Hour. Obviously, it 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: is also a celebration today. We love dope holidays. It 24 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: is National VCR Day, which is old technology, old technology. 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: If it hadn't been for Netflix, you'd still be using 26 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: your VCR. Unless that's not the case. Something else would 27 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: have come along eventually. And I did not know that 28 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: the VCR was originally invented in nineteen fifty. I remember 29 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: the VCR taking off in my childhood, and I recall 30 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: that being like in the nineteen eighties and then the nineties. 31 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: It was like a big deal. Blockbuster Video was the 32 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: King and all that stuff, and it was really like 33 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: the mid eighties. It was a game changing experience. But 34 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: I fell down a rabbit hole because why not. And 35 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: the VCR was actually invented in nineteen fifty three. The 36 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: first device was created by nor Kazu Salwazaki in nineteen 37 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: fifty three. It did not go to market until nineteen 38 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: fifty six. In nineteen seventy it started being tossed into 39 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: people's homes and there was this big battle, a tech 40 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: battle in the VCR, the VHS tape versus the Beta Max, 41 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: and they went back and forth and all that stuff, 42 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: and VHS came out on top and they had ninety 43 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: percent of the VCR market. It was head to head. 44 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: It was two different formats, could have gone either way. 45 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: You had Sony Beta MAC and VHS by JBC, and 46 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: VHS was the clear winner. And I recall my dad 47 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: passed away a couple of years ago. We were going 48 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: through all this stuff. My mom had left everything, and 49 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: of course my Dad's like, I'm not touching anything. Yeah, 50 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: you kids will take care of it when I'm gone. 51 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: So we had to go through all stuff. We had 52 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: boxes of VHS tapes. My mom bought like every Disney movie. 53 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: She loved Disney movies and all this stuff that were 54 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: on VHS tapes. And so we didn't have a VCR. 55 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: So it really didn't do much good. But today's National 56 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: VCR Day and the last VCR. Here's another fun fact 57 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: for you, because we're all about fun facts on the 58 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: fifth hour. We lived for the fun facts. The last 59 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: VCR was produced nine years ago in twenty sixteen, twenty sixteen. 60 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: And a bonus fun fact, this is for Alf the 61 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: Alien o Pinter the tops I'm selling VHS movie of 62 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: all time. You know what it was, Yeah, The Lion 63 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: King sold thirty five million copies. Thirty five million copies. 64 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: So the VCRs are still sold today on eBay, but 65 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 1: they're just not being produced, but they're still sold on eBay. 66 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: I think the average price if you want to buy 67 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: a VCR is like twenty bucks. That's the word on 68 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: the streets. So if you want to get one, you 69 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: can knock yourself out. Now. Is there going to be 70 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: a renaissance? There's been a bit of a renaissance in 71 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: the music world recently where people are all gung ho 72 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: because of records and they play the old school records. 73 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: The record player has been a big, a big thing 74 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: in recent years. And there was a documentary also speaking 75 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: of old tech on typewriters, and there's a cult group 76 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: of people that collect typewriters. And Tom Hanks, the actor, 77 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: I guess he's old, you know Tom Hanks, but he's 78 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: one of those people that was featured in the documentary 79 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: that collects typewriters. That's his thing. What about regular cassette tapes? 80 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: When I got into radio, we had all my air 81 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: checks on cassette tapes. Is there a group that is 82 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: obsessed with the cassette tape? Probably not, Probably not right, 83 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: Probably does not exist. It is also National Chocolate ice 84 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: Cream Day today, which is another bull crap holiday. It 85 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: is a time, though, to mention that ice cream was 86 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: invented ice cream, ice cream. We all scream for ice 87 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: cream five hundred BC, and we can thank the kind 88 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: people of the Persian Empire who made ice cream by 89 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: pouring a concentrate of grape juice over snow. The original 90 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: ice cream was just snow. So the snow cone is 91 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: the most pure form of ice cream. Now chocolate, and 92 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm not a big chocolate ice cream person. I'm not, Oh, 93 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: what's wrong with you? I'm just not. I like what 94 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: I like and that's it. 95 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 3: So. 96 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: January of sixteen ninety two. January of sixteen ninety two. 97 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: Because of the precedent of frozen drinks, early ice cream 98 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: flavors that were popular beverages, including chocolate. It was a 99 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: chocolate beverage, and then sixteen ninety two frozen chocolate. The 100 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: first frozen chocolate recipe was published in a book, The 101 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: Modern Steward, but it was in nineteen thirty four the 102 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: first chocolate covered ice cream, the Eskimo Pie. You can't 103 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: say that that's offensive, Okay, I said it. I said that. 104 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: It's a podcast. Eskimo pie, the first chocolate covered ice 105 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: cream in nineteen thirty four, and I'm pretty sure that 106 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: got canceled when like Antrmiama Pancakes went away and all 107 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: that stuff disappeared back in twenty twenty so or twenty 108 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: twenty one, right around that time. So anyway, National Chocolate 109 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: ice Cream Day, I will not be celebrating today. Unfortunately, 110 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: it's also Alan Iverson's birthday, one of the all time 111 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 1: great rants in the history of the show. I'm supposed 112 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: to be the franchise player. And we in here we 113 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: talking about practice, not a game. Not a game. We 114 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: in here talking about practice. You know that whole thing. 115 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to it today. Being the 116 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: look back at the weekend that was in Vancouver, a 117 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: number of people reached out to me v emails. Some 118 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: of you guys who did say you were going to 119 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: show up did not show up, by the way, and 120 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: I am aware of that. I knew that was going 121 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: to happen. I knew it. I knew it. Anyway, I'm 122 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: not upset. I'm very happy the people that made it. 123 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,679 Speaker 1: We had a good eclectic group of listeners from Canada 124 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: that showed up. The Number one, the number one question 125 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: that I have been asked is how the f did 126 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: that happen? How did you end up bringing the show 127 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: and everyone from the show going to Vancouver. People's minds 128 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: were blown. I had people coming up to me and saying, 129 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: I never thought I'd ever meet you. This is crazy, 130 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: this is like the greatest thing. It was very kind, 131 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: good for my ego. Well. The reason that we were 132 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: in Vancouver, the driving force, the hostess with the mostest 133 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: who had the most Canadian hospitality, and just a sweet 134 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: soul who listens to this podcast is a fan of 135 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: what we do, and he wanted us to come to 136 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: his fine city. A fine Canadian lad. His name is Nico, 137 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: and he now joins us here on the Fifth Hour podcast. 138 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: He is a Vancouver right. I don't even know if 139 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: the thing, but he lives in Vancouver and he reached 140 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: out to us a while back, and at first I thought, wow, 141 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: this is probably not legit. That's my knee jerk reaction. 142 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: But it turned out to be totally legit. It was 143 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: like better than I ever imagined. It was the most 144 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: amazing weekend I've had in a long time, and it 145 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: was all made possible by our friend Nico. Who is 146 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: a listener and I consider now a friend of mine 147 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: a friend of the show obviously, and so so, Nico, 148 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: you made a lot of people very happy that got 149 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: to go to the event and it was just a fun, 150 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: fun time at the Mallor meet and greet, the first 151 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: ever Canadian Mallard meet and greet there in Vancouver. So 152 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: we'll start with this. What inspired you to make this 153 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: Vancouver meet and greet happen? Nico? 154 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 4: Well, then I can honestly tell you that it was 155 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 4: probably just a once in a lifetime opportunity. I don't 156 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 4: foresee you sort of coming back to Canada, and I 157 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 4: definitely knew you had a huge following. 158 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 3: Up here, so I wanted to make sure it happened. 159 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was great. No, No, I have only I 160 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: told you I'd only been to Canada for like a 161 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: couple hours, maybe even not that much. I was in 162 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: Niagara Falls and I crossed over and this was like 163 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: back in the days, Nico, where you just showed your 164 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: driver's license. You didn't, you know, it was long ago, 165 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: and so I just I walked over and it was 166 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: like the same stuff, and then that was it. But 167 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: I actually have wanted to visit parts of Canada and 168 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: I just have never never gotten around to it and 169 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: all that stuff. And the other thing which I thought 170 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: was interesting here is that years ago, when I started 171 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: in radio, these consultants would come in they say, well, 172 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: you know, you got this many people listening, and you 173 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: know most you do talk radio, and most people they 174 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: kind of eaves drop in and they don't they don't 175 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: really interact. And so this is back when people were 176 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: using fax machines and stuff but to send the facts 177 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: there or whatever. And they said, like, it's like less 178 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: than two percent or less than one percent of people 179 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: that are listening will ever interact with the show. And 180 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: even in the age of social media where it's very 181 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 1: easy with all the different platforms to interact, it really 182 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: hasn't changed all that much. It's still about the same. 183 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: It's still about him. And I bring that up because 184 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: I think you are a perfect example. Up until a 185 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: couple of weeks back, or maybe a month or two ago, 186 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: you would not really interact, Is that correct, Nico, Like, 187 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: I don't think you've called the show as far as 188 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: I know, and you haven't really interacted. So this is 189 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: this is something that is in line with that Is 190 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: that accurate. 191 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: That's one hundred percent accurate. 192 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: YEP. 193 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 3: That is definitely a telling sign. 194 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 4: And I listen on the podcast and obviously your weekday 195 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 4: show and your Fifth Hour as well. 196 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 3: Here in Canada. 197 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 4: Unfortunately we don't get your NBC syndicated show, which we 198 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 4: are all hoping that we'll get renewed for season three 199 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 4: as well. 200 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: Yes, fingers crossed on that fingers. I'm actually I just 201 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 1: had a conversation this week with one of the big 202 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: muckety MUCKs over there, and they're like, well, we're still 203 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: in the process of putting all that together and all 204 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: that stuff. So I was going to ask you because 205 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: when we did the meet and greet, there were several 206 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: fans and they were like, hey, you know, we listened 207 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: on the iHeart app or the podcast or whatever because 208 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: we used to be on in Vancouver and then the 209 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: station I guess went out of business that we were 210 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: on back in the day. Did you first hear the 211 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: show on the radio and then you kind of whished 212 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: over how did it? How did that work? 213 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 4: No, just I've always been a podcast listener for you, 214 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 4: so all the way, you know, with Roberto obviously doing 215 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 4: the drops and just following it from there, I just 216 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 4: fell in love with your show. I think that just 217 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 4: everything you hit on is great. And I think the 218 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: way Coop and you bust balls against each other for 219 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 4: the Clippers and the Lakers, I love that. And obviously 220 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 4: your your die harders. You're p ones with Jed who 221 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 4: Fled and Blind Scott. I love Blind Scott's stories. They 222 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 4: intrigue me, They make me think, can that actually be real? 223 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 4: And then Real Talk, who doesn't really call anymore, but 224 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 4: when he does on the podcast, you can hear his 225 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 4: uncensored version, and I think that is just absolutely amazing. 226 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 4: Back up, back up up. 227 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, Real Talk left for four years, he came back 228 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: for like how long he was back, maybe a couple months, 229 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: and then he's vanished again. However, though, Nico, I still 230 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: get I still get people that will send me emails saying, hey, 231 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: I heard Real Talk. You know, he lives in the 232 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: New York area and he'll call some other show late 233 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: at night or whatever, and so there's there's that. And 234 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: so when you first started hearing the podcast was a 235 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: blind Scott's been calling the show forever. I can't get 236 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 1: rid of blind so well, I do get rid of 237 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: blind Scott. I should send you, Nico, some of the 238 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: emails that blind Scott sends me when he every once 239 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: in a while something will go wrong and he will 240 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: send me the most vile emails and it'll be one 241 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: after another for like literally a day or two, and 242 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: then after that it's like a quick apology and it's 243 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: like nothing happened. It's it's fascinating, it's absolutely fascinating. And 244 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: also I wanted to mention some of the misconceptions I 245 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: had about your fine city, Nico, as you live there 246 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: in Vancouver, and you actually brought this up. And then 247 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: I went to a store after we had this conversation 248 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: at the meet and greet the US either that or 249 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: the dinner. But everyone in Canada had milk that was 250 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: bagged milk, and I had always heard that, and so 251 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: I went to one of your fine grocery stores near 252 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: in Vancouver, and I did not maybe I missed it, 253 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: but I did not see any bag milk. I guess 254 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: I missed that, Aisle Nico, So that that is nonsense? 255 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: Is that correct? And you confirm, as a proud member 256 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: of the Vancouver community there and a proud Canadian, not 257 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: everyone has bag milk. In fact, most people don't have 258 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: bag milk. Is that accurate? 259 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 3: That is one hundred percent accurate. 260 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 4: And bag milk is in the residential side, is not 261 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: on in the business side within restaurants. Yeah, absolutely there 262 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 4: is an abundance of bag milk, but from the residential 263 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: side for normal consumers, no, bag milk does not exist 264 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 4: in normal grocery stores. 265 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: Yes, and would be I think we can all agree, 266 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: very inconvenient for the day to day life, right, if 267 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: you have a bag of milk, it's it just would be. Now, 268 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: I guess if you're in a restaurant, obviously it's different. 269 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: But if you're living your day to day life, probably 270 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: not that great. One of the other things, uh nico 271 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: is that and this was this was something that came 272 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: up with the meet and greet. And everyone in Canada 273 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: loves hockey. It's a religion and that's it. And you 274 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: have to love hockey if you're Canadian. Like, there were 275 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys that were at the meet and 276 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: greet that like, they like hockey, but it's like they're 277 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: basketball fans or they like football, whether it's the Canadian 278 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: Football League or the NFL. So what is the real story, 279 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: boots on the ground, Nico, there is it. You have 280 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: to be a hockey fan in Canada, Like, what's your 281 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: experience with that, Ben. 282 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 4: So, Hockey is still the number one sport in Canada, 283 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 4: but it's definitely not a full following. Every single Canadian 284 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 4: you mean, is not going to be a hockey fan. 285 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 4: And for me myself, my number one sport is not 286 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 4: hockey as well. You know Vancouver obviously back in the 287 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 4: day we had the Grizzlies, which we've lost. 288 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 3: But there's a lot. 289 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 4: Of Canadians that follow the NFL like a religion, as 290 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 4: do most Americans. So we do have the CFL up here, 291 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 4: which is a version of the NFL. It is a 292 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 4: great product, but nowhere close to being on an NFL version. 293 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: I wonder if these CFL, I I know they've fetched 294 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: around it. They remember they put teams in America years ago. 295 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: They tried to yes, and it didn't really didn't really 296 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: connect like they could put a partnership together. The NFL's 297 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: never had a like a real minor league, and I 298 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know if the Canadian football they 299 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: would even want to be that. I could be like, 300 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: we're our own entity. We have our own history and 301 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: all that stuff. But if they could form some kind 302 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: of partnership, I think that would be perfect. And maybe 303 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: they did in the past, and I don't know, maybe 304 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: I'm just bringing something up that happened. Do you think 305 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: that would ever fly though? If the team in your 306 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: area in British Columbia that my favorite team, as you know, Nico, 307 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: I always mentioned the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, if they were 308 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: like with the Green Bay Packers or you're like, you're 309 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: a cowboy fan, right, Nico. You mentioned you're a cowboy 310 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: like a partner with these teams, Like, wouldn't that make 311 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: sense for everyone involved? I think it would. What do 312 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: you think? 313 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I can definitely tell you that there 314 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 4: was talk about this, and I can't remember how long 315 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 4: ago it was, but our CFL commissioner at that time 316 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 4: had some discussions about this, and the bottom line is 317 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 4: the CFL is only three downs. 318 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: NFL is four downs. 319 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 4: CFL has a bigger football, They have shorter fields than 320 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 4: the NFL, and the field goal posts are in to 321 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 4: the end zone, they're not at the back end. So 322 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 4: CFL didn't want to change any of that in order 323 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 4: to adapt to the NFL. There had to be a 324 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 4: lot of changes and CFL didn't want to lose their identity. 325 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 3: So I think those talks had sacked and I don't 326 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 3: foresee it. I think it would be a great idea, But. 327 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 4: Then it goes back to you had discussed this recently 328 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 4: on your podcast as well. It is a very different 329 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 4: tax bracket up here, and most Americans they don't I'll 330 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 4: tick the raptors. They don't view the raptors of coming 331 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 4: up here. We were lucky to get Kawhi Leonard obviously 332 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 4: with what with a trade, but he didn't stick around. 333 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 3: He didn't want to. 334 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 4: He wants to go back to his hometown for his 335 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 4: kids in La Obviously lucky for the Clippers. But you know, 336 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 4: most Americans when it comes coming out of college, I 337 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 4: don't foresee them wanting to come up to Canada to 338 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 4: play any type of professional sport. 339 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, they do get paid like in American money though, right, 340 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: and some of the guys have loved it, especially like 341 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,959 Speaker 1: in baseball and playing for the Blue Jays back you know, 342 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: years ago. Man have been thirty years when they were really, really, 343 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: really good back back in the day. Some of the 344 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: other stuff here at Nico just you know, rapid fire here. 345 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: I did not realize. I know, in Quebec you have 346 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: to know French. In that whole thing. I did not realize. 347 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: Even in Vancouver, like taking the plane up to visit 348 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: your fine city and all the announcements on the plane 349 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: were also in English and French. And then also there's 350 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: a lot of just day to day stuff like when 351 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: you're in school. I assume you have to learn. If 352 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: you're going to school in Canada, you have to learn 353 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: both language. You have to be bilingual. Is that accurate? 354 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 3: That is correct? 355 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 4: So when you're going through schooling kindergarten through grade eight, 356 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 4: your mandatory is French. And once you get into high 357 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 4: school you can go off to like German or Spanish 358 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 4: or anything like that. But all we have to grade 359 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 4: eight you're learning French. In order in Canada, if you 360 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 4: want any type of government job or to become a 361 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 4: police officer, you have to know French. 362 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would not be I would not be able 363 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: to do that. I barely know English, Nico. I don't. 364 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: I mean, that's you know, I would be in trouble. 365 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: Another thing about this is something I had no idea 366 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: about Stanley Park amazing. This is an absolute treasure in Vancouver. 367 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: And I granted I didn't know much about your fine city, 368 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: but this park was just amazing. It's literally this forest 369 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: surrounded by water, and you got this amazing view on 370 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: one side of the skyline, which is a very impressive. 371 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: I love the city skyline and I love big trees, 372 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,719 Speaker 1: which is an odd juxtaposition because I do. I love 373 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: going to. One of my favorite places to go is 374 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: the giant forest in Sequoia here in California, and it's, 375 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: you know, it's two thousand year old trees and all 376 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: that stuff, but I love being it out there and 377 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: then also being in the city and you could stand 378 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: in this giant forest at Stanley Park and it's better 379 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: than Central Park in Manhattan, which me know, my brother 380 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 1: lives in New York and I go back there every 381 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: couple of years, and it's like, me know, everyone in 382 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 1: New York brags about Central Park and how amazing it 383 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: is and all this stuff. It's like, No, Stanley Park 384 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: is just great. How often are you able to go? 385 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: I know you a little bit outside the city, Nico, 386 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: but are you able to get over there and enjoy it? 387 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: Because You've got the city on one side, this beautiful skyline, 388 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: and then the other side you've got like a nice 389 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: body of watter. There's a couple of bridges there. It's 390 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: just perfect the way they did that. It's amazing. 391 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, Stanley Park is absolutely, absolutely stunning. 392 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 4: You get to walk the sea wall, and that seawall 393 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 4: basically goes on forever, and it is on a beautiful day. 394 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 3: It's a great walk. 395 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 4: It is something that Vancouver doesn't necessarily promote enough. But 396 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 4: you know, when people come there, they are stunned, they're 397 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 4: amazed by just how beautiful it actually is. And you're 398 00:21:54,880 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 4: absolutely right, the skyline, there's nothing like that within with Canada. 399 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 4: I know, the other epicenter is sort of Toronto, but 400 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 4: the Vancouver is on its own. 401 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 3: It's it's absolutely beautiful there. 402 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. It's it's amazing, and I believe I'm 403 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: correct on this. I was wandering through, futzing around Stanley 404 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: Park and I came across the statue of Lord Stanley, 405 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: which I'm ninety nine percent that's the same like the 406 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup, right, the same, dude, is It's the same deal, right, 407 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: That's wild. That's crazy to me. Yeah, yeah, Also, you've 408 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: got another interesting story a Nico here, and you were 409 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: telling me about it when we got together. There you 410 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: have your son is not just a soccer player. He 411 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: seems like a world class soccer prodigy guy who is 412 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: working his way up the ranks here, and you were 413 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: telling me a little bit about that. And I think 414 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: it's fascinating how this works because I didn't know a 415 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: lot about it. You were kind of explaining some of it. 416 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: But what's it been like for you to navigate your 417 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: your son who's like you're start of playing, Like, is 418 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: it semi profess? What what we were able to go 419 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: to one of your your son's games? What is it 420 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: like semi pro or minor leagues? I'm not even sure 421 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: what it was, but it was. It was very intense. 422 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: It ain't in a shootout, I know that. So kind 423 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: of explain, like, what's that been like for you? 424 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, there's been lots of prows and tribulations 425 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 4: within it. Obviously soccer, Like we were sort of just 426 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: touching bas Soccer is not even probably the top three 427 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 4: sports within Canada right now. Obviously you have your other 428 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 4: sports that dominate Canada, including baseball, even though it's just 429 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 4: the Toronto Blue Jays within Canada, but soccer has been 430 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 4: something where my son, it's been his passion sort of 431 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 4: since day one. We've put him in lots of other 432 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 4: sports when he was really young, and he just excelled 433 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 4: within within soccer and he's been going through it. He's 434 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 4: had great coaches from the Wolf Soccer Academy and the 435 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 4: Areas Ball Academy and he just keeps going. He is 436 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 4: on his way to Sweden in next month for the 437 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 4: Gothia Cup, which is another huge tournament. He just came 438 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 4: back from Spain from this MIC tournament. He's been doing great. 439 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 4: He had a contract presented to him out in Europe 440 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 4: and we're trying to see what other avenues are available 441 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 4: as well. 442 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 3: It's just been tremendous. 443 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: That's great. And your son's a It plays on defense, right, 444 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: he's a shutdown. You know, I'm not the big soccer guy, Nico, 445 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: but your son is a very good defense man. I 446 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: was watching as you were mentioning that he's so good. 447 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: Often teams will try to even avoid where he's at 448 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: right because he's been so effective at that. 449 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, he plays right back, and what I've 450 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 4: been telling him is obviously it's not in his generation, 451 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 4: but I've been saying that he's sort of the Durrell 452 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 4: Revis Rivis Island. You know, when Revis was at the 453 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 4: top of his game, quarterbacks wouldn't they throw that ball 454 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 4: close to his area? 455 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 3: So and my son's sort of been the same. 456 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 4: Some teams do challenge it, and you know, he's just 457 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 4: been amazing his speed, his field awareness, and just the 458 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 4: overall abilities that he's encompassed throughout the many many years. 459 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 4: And it's just been absolutely something that we are so 460 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 4: proud of him for. 461 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: That's great. I was telling you the story at Fox 462 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 1: Sports Radio years ago one of our talk show hosts, 463 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 1: the morning Guy, Mark Patrick, who did the show at Indianapolis, 464 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: and Mark was a casual friend of mine. I did 465 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: the show prior to him, and we struck up a 466 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: friendship and Mark would send me emails about his son, 467 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: and you know, he was in high school and then 468 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: he went to college for a few years and he 469 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: had been drafted a baseball player, been drafted in Major 470 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: League Baseball and then and we were kind of going 471 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: back and forth for a while and then his kid 472 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: ended up like in the Major League. I was like, whoa, 473 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: this is like wild. It was a closer for the 474 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: Washington Nationals to get a kid named Drew Storren who 475 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: played in the major leagues for a couple of years, 476 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,719 Speaker 1: and it was really it was a cool thing. And I, 477 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: as you know, I don't have the soccer geen, but 478 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: I am going to follow your son's journey. And you 479 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: also mentioned that as a parent of a kid who's 480 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: really good at soccer, Like I know, in the globe, 481 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: soccer is the king, and we do very well if 482 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: we just talked more soccer on the show, I guess, 483 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 1: But on our show it's very very popular globally, and 484 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: there's a whole like I don't know, how do I 485 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: describe it, Like a shady, dark alley element to it, right, 486 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: if you're a top soccer player, Like, how does it 487 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: work behind the scenes. Now, you said your son was 488 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: offered a professional contract in Europe, so you've got that, 489 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,239 Speaker 1: But there's also a lot of I don't know, how 490 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: do I describe it here? That like a dark website thing, 491 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: I guess is the way to describe it. But there's 492 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: a lot going on behind the scenes to move people around, right, 493 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot of interesting things. Would that be correct? Niko, 494 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: How would you describe it? 495 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, as a sportsperson myself and watching college 496 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 4: players in any form, when they're coming up, they're going 497 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 4: to have lots of different agents, and you fully know 498 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 4: that agents can take full advantage of the player they represent. 499 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 4: And I believe Shaquille o'mo had that incident happen to 500 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 4: him when he was coming up, and there's been lots 501 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 4: of players and you have to be very cautious. And 502 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 4: within soccer two. Canada is a little bit different because 503 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 4: outside of Canada, I can tell you Europe does not 504 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 4: really seek Canadian soccer as something where they can pick 505 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 4: players from. So when you go off to Europe, you 506 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 4: really have to have some type of skills and talent 507 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 4: or have a very strong learning ability to pick it 508 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 4: up quite fast in order to wow those European coaches 509 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 4: in order for them to see you as an asset. 510 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:18,239 Speaker 4: And that is one of the biggest things. You do 511 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 4: have to be very cautious within every sport. Within soccer, 512 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 4: it's it is a lot tougher because agents within soccer 513 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 4: they like you when you're up. When you're down, they 514 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 4: won't give you a second look. 515 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, I had told you I had an agent in 516 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: my you know, obviously broadcasting much different when you're a 517 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: gas bag as opposed to an athlete. But I had 518 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: an agent and it was a not a good, not 519 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: a good experience. The agent kind of ghosted me. I've 520 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: been ghosted by women, but not normally, you know, an agent. 521 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: I didn't think that would that would happen. And I'm 522 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: sure someone's listening, like, well, what's the kid's name? You've 523 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: got to say, say the name. I want to fight out. 524 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: So if you want, it's up to unique of you want, 525 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: you know, promote your kid. Can people follow kind of 526 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: the journey? I know he's he's still a couple of 527 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: years away. I guess I'm not sure exactly the timeline 528 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: on this, but he is in the queue. He's in 529 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: the developmental states. As you said, he's traveling the globe 530 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: from Canada to to different countries to play in these 531 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: these European events. So if people want to follow your kid, 532 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: just gonna throw his name out. And how can people 533 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: keep track of this stuff? 534 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely? 535 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 4: You know so his primary social media content is on Instagram. 536 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 3: He does have a YouTube channel as well. 537 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 4: Uh, the Instagram handle is m dot militch o nine, 538 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 4: So M dot M I l I C zero nine 539 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 4: and you can follow his journey and uh, you know 540 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 4: he tags Ben in almost all his hosts and reels. 541 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 4: And definitely looking forward to, uh you see him go 542 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 4: further and let's continue this journey altogether. 543 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know for sure, and I will. I'm excited. 544 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to something to keep an eye on. 545 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: And you know, these things have I've been you know, 546 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: it's not all about me, Nico, but I've been lucky 547 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: some of the people that have reached out over the 548 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: years have gone on and done amazing things, and I'm 549 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: so proud of everyone. We had a guy that used 550 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: to email me when he was going to to he 551 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: was in Florida going to like wrestling school, and he 552 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: became this world class professional wrestler with the WWE, and 553 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: it was like, it's just wild and this stuff happens 554 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: all the time. So I'm excited for your son and 555 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: you and and good luck, and I again want to 556 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: thank you, Nico. I had so many people come up 557 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: to me at the Vancouver meet and greet. They were 558 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: just I can't believe you're here. This is amazing. We 559 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: had people of all ages. You rolled out the red 560 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: carpet for me, the wife, the team on the show 561 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: and everything, and so it was just a wonderful weekend 562 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: and one of the great weekends I've had. And it's 563 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: all because of your your kindness and whatnot. So thank you, Nico. 564 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: I know you're actually on vacation right now. We dragged 565 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: you into this, so I'll let you get back to 566 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: the sun the beach. You're not even in your native 567 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: land there in Canada, so thank you for coming. 568 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 4: I appreciate it, Nico, absolutely, and hopefully next year we 569 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 4: will see you in Toronto and maybe blind Scott will 570 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 4: actually makes the trip off. 571 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's allowed in Canada, but we'll see, 572 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: all right. Thank you, Nico. 573 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 3: Okay, thank you. Have a great one. Thanks again, my 574 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 3: relation