1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Hello the Internet, and welcome to this very special episode 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: of the Pretrender's Uh. That is courtesy of Johnny Davis. 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: Great band. I do truly enjoy me the Pretenders, uh, 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: and something about them, I don't know. I think that's 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: the uh. I know what you're talking about, like the 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: like um, but there is a whoa, there is an 7 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: I didn't realize there was a film The Pretenders with 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: James Sprink Okay, okay, okay, James UM. But the lead 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: singer of that band was a student at Kent State 10 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: when Kent State went down. Uh. And they're like a 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: couple other uh pop culture luminaries who were students at 12 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,279 Speaker 1: Kent State when Kent State went down. I learned that 13 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: on an episode of my favorite daily. Yes, but let's 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: tell the people what it is trending on this fine 15 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: Sinco de Mayo. Uh. Kurt Loader is trending and he 16 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: is not dead, not dead, thank god. He did turn 17 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: and this blew my mind. He turned seventy five today. 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: That seems no. I'd rather this sounds really messed up. 19 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: But I would have preferred to have found out that 20 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: Kurt Loder was trending because he turned. I didn't want 21 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: to push Death Pond Kurtloader. But yeah, that is that 22 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: really carbon dates. That's like one of those things. I 23 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: really felt they held my like pop culture memory up 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: to like you know, some whatever whatever they used to 25 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: carbon date to see how old it is, and I'm like, 26 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: I am this many years old. Like so when he 27 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: was like doing all them TV news stuff in the 28 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: eighties and nineties, he was late forties, early fifties. Don't 29 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: know why. I'm surprised because he was always like Daddy 30 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: on MTV, like he was the old MTV. I guess 31 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: he looked good though. He This was the first time 32 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: that I looked him up and looked at a picture 33 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: and was like, oh, yeah, he's he's an aged man. 34 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: He looks a little older. It's like he still looks 35 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,839 Speaker 1: like a pe coach that you had in junior high 36 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: turned seventy five. And you're like, damn, really huh And 37 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: you're like, but that you make that tracks actually, but 38 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: I just hadn't thought about that, and okay, and then 39 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: you look at a picture of him and it looks 40 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: like that person with old age makeup on. Because alright, 41 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: uber and lift are trending. Have you heard about these things? 42 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: You've seen these guests seeing these things heard of Lift, 43 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: not Uber though, Okay, so Uber is uh, it's like 44 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: this thing. It's like Lift, except the CEO is mean Ner, 45 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: So that that's kind of makes it stip away that 46 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: rings a bell, that rings a bill and a bell. 47 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: The bill that it rings is Assembly Bill five, which 48 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: is basically a law that was passed in the state 49 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: of California that said, you know that these companies that 50 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: have gig workers need to reclassify these people as employees 51 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: rather than independent contractors, because they're saying, look, look, the 52 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: whole thing is if you are controlling how your independent 53 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: contractor is doing a task, or if the work that 54 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: this independent contractor is routine as part of your business, 55 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: then they are an employee. And because these companies have 56 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: just taken I mean, they're just not complying. What they've 57 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: done is between Uber Lift and door Dash, they put 58 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: together a ninety million dollar slush fund because this is 59 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: how bills work, to get another bill, uh you know 60 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,839 Speaker 1: uh signed into law that would exempt them. So that's 61 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: what they're trying to do. They're they're gonna go the 62 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: old ballot initiative route, which we love to see in 63 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: these some some states have them where people will be like, hey, man, 64 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: do you want to you know, sign up to help 65 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: support a bill that will help keep Uber and Lift 66 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: drivers more freedom. I don't know how they're going to 67 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: spend that to somebody like to make me want to 68 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: support that, but yeah, it seems like the way they're 69 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: going to spend it is like, yeah, if we paid 70 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: these people like employees and give them health benefits and 71 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: all the things that were legally required to give them. Uh, 72 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: if they are employees, then we wouldn't be able to 73 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: be in business. Do you want Uber and Lift or 74 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: do you not want Uber and Lift? And trying to 75 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: get people to vote out of their own self interests. Well, 76 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: I mean, here's the thing, and I'll take this up 77 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: with gavernor Newson myself. Man, if if I have to 78 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: treat these people, these independent contractors like employees, that means 79 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: I legally have to make less money and that's the 80 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: problem him here. Uh and the whole thing is there 81 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: other argument is that our core businesses technology not rights. Yeah, yeah, 82 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: very We're fucking clever, very cool day, it's very cool. 83 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: SUDA fed is trending, so this is this is interesting 84 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: there's a there's a photograph of the president, who apparently 85 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: is Donald Trump. Uh, there's a photograph of his desk 86 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: shows I can't fucking believe this guy. Uh, there's a 87 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: So this is something we had heard tell of that 88 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: he was really into popping suda fed back in the day, um, 89 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: because it was like a stimulant. And he's good old 90 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: blue collar. He's not getting the riddle in or the adderall. 91 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: He's getting the suda fed and just popping the over 92 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: the counter stuff. Uh. And apparently that's true because there's 93 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: a photograph that shows that not only is his desk 94 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: just full of suda fed, but it's full of suda 95 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: fed from the UK. He has the imported suda fed 96 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: because that is the suda fed that hits harder. It 97 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: hasn't because they don't have as big a meth problem 98 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: over there. They have not had to downgrade there. They're fed, 99 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 1: uh to to have less fed roan in it. So 100 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: I'm just looking on Snopes because it's one of the 101 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: few places that can still trust at times like this. 102 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: But what they're talking about a lot of the things 103 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: that people point out about this photo, like oh, that's 104 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: UK suda fed. Therefore it's like hitting different things like that. 105 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily true there are different ingredients. But to 106 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: say that it's somehow like combining differently that you're gonna 107 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: be like way higher is just false. Uh. So I 108 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: think a lot of people, because everyone it's very clear 109 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: when Trump is how do you say on one when 110 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: he's up there just doing an old nasal solo while 111 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: talking at the same time. I think it all these 112 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: are all kind of like like everything, there's just enough 113 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: pieces around to keep that that idea, you know, going. 114 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: But I think, yeah, but his behavior alans enough to 115 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: for me to know this pick or not behavior, his sniffing, 116 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: the fact that there are stories of him having a 117 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: adderall prescription, the fact that he's a celebrity so could 118 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: easily get an adderall prescription and abuse it, the behind 119 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: the scene ship, the behind the scenes stories of him 120 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: abusing adderall. Uh, that doesn't this does nothing to put 121 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: me on and plus his behavior uh also hitler. So 122 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: I don't know famously famously Uh, but I think you 123 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: know this. The reason it came up is kasinco to Mao, 124 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: and it was that famous Trump Tower tweet where he 125 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: had the taco bowl and he's like, I love my Hispanics. Yeah. 126 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: So I think it's just like now people have were 127 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: increasingly have had more and more time over the years 128 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: to just you know, micro analyze every single thing. So 129 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: now we're like, what's in the drawer, what's in the drawer? Trump, 130 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: what's in the drawer? Man? And then uh, finally, Kawasaki 131 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: disease is trending. This is a story where where fifteen 132 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: children in New York City have developed a series of 133 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: symptoms that may or may not be related to COVID nineteen. Uh. 134 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: They are similar to something called Kawasaki disease or Kawasaki syndrome, 135 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: where the symptoms include like inflammation, rash, inflamed eyes, which 136 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: is really uh doesn't sound very comfortable, fever, abdominal pain, rash, 137 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: swollen lift nodes, inflammation in the eyes. Uh. And I 138 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 1: wanted to bring this up just because it does feel like, 139 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: I mean, on tomorrow's episode, we talk with our guest 140 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: about this rumor that and I think it's actually being 141 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: reported that there's like a new strain of COVID nineteen 142 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: that's out there, and it just seems like it's we're 143 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: still in this information dark age when it comes to uh, 144 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: you know, the scientific facts, it just seems like because 145 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: of social media and because of the administration that we're 146 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: existing under right now, you know, media and we have 147 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: to kind of pay attention and stuff like this and 148 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: just not really know what is going on. Yeah, I 149 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: think the sooner, you know, I think most people who 150 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: listen to this show probably on some level except science 151 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: and the opinions of people who probably no more than 152 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: they do on a given subject. But I think with this, 153 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: you know, at the very least, someone we have to 154 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: be able to accept that we still know we don't 155 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: know enough even about the disease to really feel safe again, 156 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: and like that's really where we're at. I mean, for 157 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: all this talk of reopening, like we're still we're fighting 158 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: blind here and like, yeah, mutations happening, other researchers like 159 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: please look into this. I'm this could be going on, 160 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: and it just it only confuses us. And I think 161 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 1: for us, as the people who are living through this, 162 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: we just have to know that a the people with 163 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: the know how are furiously looking into how to make 164 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: this right, but also that we have to just accept 165 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: that this is the reality. We have to live in 166 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: until that technology can catch up with it, otherwise just this. Yeah, yeah, 167 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: that's why I kind of I feel like it's it's 168 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: valuable to just be constantly honing your what your resources are, 169 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: the different places that you can trust for information, because 170 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: more and more frequently during this crisis, we're coming up 171 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: against information that we you have to verify whether it's 172 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: you or not, and it can be a life or 173 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: death situation. So yeah, the one thing that's certain is 174 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: that we just don't know. So do the safe thing 175 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: and don't put yourself at risk. That's just the most 176 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: fundamental thing I think body right now, just don't risk 177 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: your safety, that your own safety or that of your family. Yeah, 178 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: all right, Miles, that's gonna do it another day in 179 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: the books. We hope everybody's having a good, safe single day. Mayo. 180 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow with a whole new episode 181 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: of this podcast. Be safe, wash your hands, be good 182 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: to each other, and we will talk to you that 183 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: by by