1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Ka boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: a week was enough, I think again. He's the last 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: remnants of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: He treats crackheads in the ghetto Cutter the same as 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: the rich pill poppers in the penthouse the clearing House 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: of Hot takes break free for something special. The Fifth 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in the air 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: everywhere and welcome back into the podcast dojo for a 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: brand spanking new addition of The Fifth Hour with Ben 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: Maller and Danny g Radio in an extra special, extra 11 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: special edition of the Fifth Hour, And I'm so excited. 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: You know, doing the overnight show for so many years 13 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: talking sports, the goal has always been to be at 14 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: the very top, right, you know, you always want to 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: have the most success you can have in anything that 16 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: you do. And in our business, the most successful overnight 17 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: show is Coast to Coast AM. It has been on 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: since the late nineteen eighties and it has dominated. It 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: is the most popular overnight show in the country. Now, 20 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: you you're probably thinking, why am I talking about this? 21 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: That's a competitor, But we're all under the same umbrella 22 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: as you. Know Fox Sports Radio is a partnership with 23 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: the Premier networks. I work out of the Premier Network studios. 24 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: We do the Ben Maller Show out of that studio, 25 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: and George Nori does his show as he talks paranormal 26 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: conspiracy theories and all of that, he does his show 27 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: from our studio base. He's on a different floor than 28 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: we are, but we're in the same building and so 29 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: I often will run into George, more his car than 30 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: anything else. But I have been a fan of Coast 31 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: to Coast going back to Art bell Uh, the man 32 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: that started that show at its inception back in the day, 33 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: and I just love the variety of topics and the 34 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: way they approach radio. I love radio when it's done well. 35 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: And every time I've met with the bosses over the 36 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: years at Fox, the people that are in charge of 37 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: my show, I've always said, listen, my goal with the 38 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 1: Overnight I wanna I wanna make this like Coast to Coast, right, 39 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: I want to make this as important a show as 40 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: Coast to Coast is for the overnight listener. And we're 41 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: not quite there yet. We're getting there, We're not there. 42 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: There's a lot of work to still be done to 43 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: close the gap and whatnot. But the man that has 44 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: all the answers, and someone who I'm a fan of, 45 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: I don't hear him that much. But I don't really 46 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: hear him on the way home. Actually, I'll flip on 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: Coast to Coast, got a long drive back to the 48 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: north Woods, and we are welcomed in now by George 49 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: nor the host of Coast to Coast AM and Art Bell. 50 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: Of course, as I mentioned a legend of late night radio, George, 51 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: he retires, and I'm gonna give you credit. You have 52 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: seamlessly guided Coast to Coast for twentysomething years without missing 53 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: a beat. And I know in our world, the sports world, 54 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: when a star quarterback exit stage right, normally things fall apart. 55 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: For example, the New England Patriots with Tom Brady. He 56 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: goes to the Buccaneers and the Patriots go from Super 57 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: Bowl team contender for the Super Bowl year after year 58 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: to a very mediocre product without Tom Brady because they 59 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: haven't been able to replace him. But you have done 60 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: above and beyond, gone above and beyond the call of duty, George, 61 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: And how have you been able to do it? Placing 62 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: an icon and continuing to grow and evolve and improve 63 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: the show. It's kind of interesting, Ben, I have been 64 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: interested in this subject matter since I was a kid. 65 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: We can get into that in a moment. But I 66 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: groomed myself to do this years ago. And so when 67 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: I got into broadcasting, I was nineteen years old. I 68 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: got my first job as a television production company a 69 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: worker in Detroit for an ABC TV station, and I 70 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: just worked my way up. I got was twenty one 71 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: years old. I got my radio job, my first one, 72 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: and then went into television as an executive and kept 73 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: marketing and pushing myself. But I was always interested in 74 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: the unusual, the unexplained, and so when the time came 75 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: to replace Art Bell or fill in for him, there 76 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: I was. I was in the right spot. And then 77 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: many of the guests that I had on local shows 78 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: in St. Louis, for example, we're the same people who 79 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: are on coast to coast, So it was a seamless 80 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: move for me. And what I just did is I 81 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: just kept tweaking the program and I've been doing it 82 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: now we're going on twenty years this year. Well congratulations 83 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: on that. And what is it? Maybe it's just the 84 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: late night hours, but the the topics, which obviously you're 85 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: you're a big fan of You've been doing a long time. 86 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: But why does that show do so well? You guys 87 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: have dominated late night syndicated radio everywhere I go when 88 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: I travel anywhere, George, I turned on the radio late 89 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: at night. Coast to coast is everywhere. What is the 90 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: magic recipe about these topics? I think people are bombarded 91 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:46,119 Speaker 1: during the day ben with political information, breaking news tragedies, 92 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: and they just want to get a little break at 93 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: night and just relax. Whether they're driving in trucks, driving 94 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: home from work, security police officers, or just home in bed, 95 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: they just want to relax and chill out for the day. 96 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: And that's what our program brings them. It brings them 97 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: not only comfort, but it brings them the ability to 98 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: let their minds wander. I mean, is their life after death? 99 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: Are their UFOs? Are these strange things happening? Are there conspiracies? 100 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: And uh, it's kind of fun for people to sit 101 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: back and enjoy it. Yeah, now we both have this 102 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: in common. I do a late night sports show, George, 103 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: and I get some really zany people that call up 104 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: and and you know, it's in the sports world and 105 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: all that, but you hosting coast to coast, you get 106 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: like next level uh callers some really wild stuff and 107 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: I've heard some of it. I've heard stories about some 108 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: of the people that have called over the stretching the 109 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: boundaries of the imagination and the thing. I will give 110 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: you credit because I'm not like you, Georgie. You are 111 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: able to stay very calm. You listen. You how do 112 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: you have so much patience dealing with some of the 113 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: really extreme things that happen when people call up on 114 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: open lines Bead. My favorite phrase when I get a 115 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: strange call is really, but I let them talk. You know. 116 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: One of the secrets I have learned of interviewing is 117 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: to listen and let your guests or the caller call. 118 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: And the only thing I don't tolerate his profanity. Obviously 119 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: you know that they get booted off for that, and 120 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: they know that. So they talk about some outlandish things 121 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: and it's my job to kind of pull it out 122 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: to get more and more information from them. And that's 123 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: what I do. I you know, I'm I'm seriously interested 124 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: in what they're talking about. I'm listening to what they're 125 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: talking about, and uh, I mean, I've heard some talk 126 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,559 Speaker 1: show hosts that somebody will say in uh, six people 127 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: in my family got sick last night, and then his 128 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: next question is how many people got sick last night? 129 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: You have to listen and uh. And I think that's 130 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: one of the things that has kept the program successful 131 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: with the callers is they know that they can become 132 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: part of the show without being put down, offended, and 133 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: then to say what they want and that it will 134 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: get on. Yeah, for sure. And you mentioned you were 135 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: kind of groom growing up. You're into paranormal activity and 136 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: whatnot as a as a kid, was there anything specific, George? 137 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: I mean you think about your your in your days. 138 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: Did you did you see something in some UFO or something. 139 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: Was there a moment in time where you realize, Hey, 140 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: this is something that I love and that that's what 141 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: led you down this path his career. When I was 142 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: a youngster, my mother brought me home a book by 143 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: Walter Sullivan, New York Times science writer. And when I 144 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to read that book called We Are 145 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: Not Alone, I was obsessed with the possibility of extraterrestrial 146 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: life out there in the universe, and at that young 147 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: age that just kept pushing me and pushing me and 148 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: pushing me, and then Look magazine came out with an 149 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: article about Barney and Betty Hill. They were the couple 150 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: abducted in the sixties, and I just couldn't get enough, 151 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: and I just kept pushing myself even more. And uh, 152 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: it has just grown and grown and grown. But I mean, 153 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: these things happened to me at a very young age, 154 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: and I never stopped. She always gave me alternative medicine 155 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: ideas when I was ten years old eleven years old, 156 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: and I've used that to do a lot of those 157 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: kind of shows on the program. I had an out 158 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: of body experience at eleven years old. I was one 159 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: of one of the rare days I stayed home from 160 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: school and I woke up and I'm on the ceiling 161 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: looking down at my body, and I'm going, WHOA, what's that? 162 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: At that moment, I snapped back into my body and 163 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: then ended up going to the library to try to 164 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: find a book on what had happened to me, and 165 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: I stumbled into the occult section and they had a 166 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: book on astral projection, and on the cover of the 167 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: book they had a picture of a body floating above 168 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: a body, and I want gosh, that's what happened to me. 169 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: So I grabbed that book, picked it up, read it, 170 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: and just learn more about that. So at a very 171 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: young age, I was really grooming myself to all of this. 172 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: As far as the topics that you guys talk about, 173 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: I know recently and I know you've talked about this 174 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: from time to time, these shape shifters. And for people 175 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: who may be listening who don't know that that is 176 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: someone who has transformed into an animal. Uh, where does 177 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: that rank on coast to coast topics? George, the shape shifters. 178 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: A matter of fact, just recently I did a major 179 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: show on shape shifting. And I think all of us, 180 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: at some point in our lives ben have met people 181 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: who have changed right in front of us, not necessarily 182 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: into an animal, but into a different person. I mean, 183 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: and uh, these things are strange, but they're out there 184 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: and you know people, And we use the example during Halloween. 185 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: People shape shift on Halloween. They get into a costume 186 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: and they become that costume, whatever it might be, whether 187 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: it's a witch, a dracula, people change, and that is 188 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: happening in real life to a lot of people, whether 189 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: it's emotional alcohol, who knows what, but they do shape shift. 190 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: George Nori, I I gotta ask you. I have a 191 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: buddy of mine who loves talking about Roswell, New Mexico, 192 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: and he's convinced that there was a spacecraft that landed 193 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: there and the government covered it up and and all that. 194 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: I know you also, you guys have talked a lot 195 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: about Area fifty one over the years. That's a big 196 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 1: topic of conversation, the paranormal world and based on doing 197 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: coast to coast And you're, as you said, growing up 198 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: interested in paranormal and all that. Do you think that 199 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: we've we've been visited here by extraterrestrial George, I mean, 200 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: how many times do you think it's a regular occurrence? 201 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: You think all that's just made up? Well, I think 202 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: number one, this universe is way who asked for us 203 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: to be all by ourselves? And we don't taking God 204 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: out of the equation just for a moment. We don't 205 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: really understand why we're here, how we're here. And so 206 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: when you look at the vastness of the University James 207 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: Webb space telescope, for example, is sending back glimpses of 208 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: the universe and star clusters being formed and stuff. There's 209 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: no question in my mind that there are thousands, if 210 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: not millions, of civilizations out there that have had a 211 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: head start. I mean, we're, you know, our our planets 212 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: four and a half billion years old. The universe is 213 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 1: fourteen billion years old. Jumps start another billion or two 214 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: on another planetary system. Who knows what kind of technology 215 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: they have. But I think we were visited in the 216 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: Biblical times, the ancient times. I think we're being visited now. 217 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: And I think in the context of the Bible, when 218 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: they talk about fallen angels coming down to Earth, who knows, 219 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: they could have been talking about extraterrestrials coming on the Earth. 220 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: And there was a great author by the name of 221 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: Zecharia Sitchen. He passed away at nine years old. His 222 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: theory was that extraterrestrials came to our planet a long 223 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: time ago from another planetary system and seated us, literally 224 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: created us from what we are now in their image. 225 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: Isn't that interesting? The Bible talks about God making us 226 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: in his image. Who knows what's going on, But but personally, 227 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: I believe we've been visited and we'll probably still be visited. 228 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you Georgia. I'm going off topic here 229 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: a bit. But when I look at my iPhone and 230 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: the computer technology that we have today, and I think 231 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: some of that stuff, maybe it's just me. I think 232 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: some of that stuff comes from outside our realm. The technology, 233 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: it could be, it could be reversed engineer technology. There 234 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: was a late Lieutenant Colonel Philip Corso who wrote a 235 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: book the day after Roswell, and he claims that it 236 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: was his job to take the technology from that crashed 237 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:11,239 Speaker 1: UFO at Roswell and give it to companies to reverse engineer. 238 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, of course it's no longer with 239 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: us anymore, but gosh, that's entirely possible. And maybe that's 240 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: how we got all this technology so fast. Can you 241 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: imagine what we've done in the last hundred years. We 242 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: have exploded technologically. I mean, we had people on the 243 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: moon in nineteen sixty nine. That's incredible. Yeah, it is. 244 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: It is wild. But in in terms of the global community, George, 245 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: and you talk about this stuff all the time, but 246 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: are people in the world prepared If let's say the 247 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: government's got together in the Western world and said, okay, 248 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: they've kind of danced around this in recent months that 249 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: there have been UFOs, we have had communication. How do 250 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: you think we were gonna get the whole story? And 251 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: how would the world react. It's one thing to say 252 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: everything to be fine, but we saw what happened during 253 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: COVID with people running out, panicking, buying toilet paper and 254 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: all that. What would the reaction be if if the 255 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: people in charge said here's what happened and laid everything out. 256 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: I remember what Jack Nicholson said in a few good Men, 257 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: you can't handle the truth. Well, I think we can 258 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: handle the truth. I think most people, if the government 259 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: officially came out and said what was going on, would 260 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: probably say I knew it. They'd be ticked off that 261 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: we've been lied to over all these years, but they 262 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: would say we knew it, we we we accepted. And 263 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: I think we're at a point now ben where people 264 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: would not panic, which they probably would have years ago, 265 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: and that was a concern I think of governments. But 266 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: I think right now most people probably if you went 267 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: on the street today it asked them about extraterrestrial life 268 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: and do they believe it? I would think seven out 269 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: of ten people would say, yeah, it's happening. Interesting and uh, 270 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: turning the turning the page on that, George. Over the 271 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: last ten years or so, maybe a little less than that, 272 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of people and in our in 273 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: our world, the media world, attacking free speech and trying 274 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: to limit outside opinions, and the word conspiracy has been 275 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: attacked as you're on the fringes and all that. But 276 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: doing coast to coast, you've always welcomes, you talked about 277 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: your welcome free thought, let people talk, tell their stories 278 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: and all that. And how difficult has it been to 279 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: navigate all that with outside entities, uh, you know, screaming 280 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: and shouting, how you you're not allowed to talk about that? 281 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: How have you been able to juggle that? We've been 282 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: able to just make it work. I've never been told 283 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: by management. I've never been told by outside entities or 284 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: organizations or groups not to talk about a certain topic. UM. 285 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: I just try to make sure that when we talk 286 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: about something that we're accurate, that we're right. Unless it's 287 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: just a fun topic like a UFO visitation or something 288 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: like that, those are difficult to verify. But when we 289 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: get into some serious stuff too, and we've done that, um, 290 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, that's where my old newsman and that that 291 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: newsman ability kicks in, and I want to balance things 292 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: and make sure that we get equal sides. I think 293 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: one of the problems a lot of cable channels have 294 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: done these days is there's just so one sided. Instead 295 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: of giving people the story straight and let us decide 296 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: what we want. Um, you know, they have force fed us, 297 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: and I think that's hurting journalism a lot. Yeah, George, 298 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: you worked at TV and radio your entire life. Here 299 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: as an adult, what do you think it will take 300 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: to get back? Will we ever get back? Are we 301 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: is this just a new normal forever? Or or is 302 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: it possible to get back to playing it more down 303 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: the middle and not right wing, let wing the extremes 304 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: as you talked about. Well, we need to get back. 305 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: I mean, there's no question about that. And I think 306 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: people are going to slowly eventually demand it. Uh. And 307 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: you'll be able to tell that by ratings, of course, 308 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: and ratings mean the money for the networks, and if 309 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: they start losing their ratings, they're going to change and 310 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 1: I think that's going to force it in the In 311 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: the long run, we're just so as as a nation, 312 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: we're so divided, and then you know, years ago you 313 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: could be in favor of a politician or individual or 314 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: sports figure and talk about it with somebody who was 315 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: opposed to you, and and talk about it with great dialogue. Nowadays, 316 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: if you're talking about some sports issue in a bar, 317 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna end up getting into a fight with somebody. 318 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: It's crazy. Yeah, it is in the in the athletes, 319 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: every issue, even the most mundane. I know from doing 320 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: my show, George, people make it political, like certain athletes 321 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: Lebron James, for example, has become a political figure over 322 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: the years and whatnot. It's it's wild. I'll be talking 323 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: about something that's I'm talking about sports and I'll get 324 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: people on one political side getting upset with me because 325 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: I mentioned that. It's a wild, wild time. But as 326 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,360 Speaker 1: far as your experience, and we we all went through 327 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: the COVID thing doing radio shows from home or different 328 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: locations and whatnot. But during that shutdown in and how 329 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,719 Speaker 1: long that lasted, what was what was your experience like 330 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 1: dealing with all that and you know, doing the show 331 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: night after night and having people who were really scared 332 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: freaking out and all that. How did you how did 333 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: you hear that? How did that that go? For you. Well, 334 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: we broke the story back in December of two thousand 335 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: nineteen that COVID was in that Wuhan lab, where everybody 336 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: else denied it. At that time, it was just I've 337 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: always believed there are no coincidences. And when I saw 338 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: a little tiny story that said there was a lab 339 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 1: in Wuhan, China that worked on viruses, it just hit 340 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: me and I said, this thing didn't happen in the market. 341 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: It just didn't come from some tainted bat. And I 342 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: went on the air and said, folks, I really believe 343 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: it was concocted and got released accidentally. Never said it 344 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: was intentional, but it was made in that Wuhan lab. 345 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: And now most people, most people believe that's the case, 346 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: even though they still haven't gone to the bottom of 347 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: all this. But when COVID hit, it was devastating for 348 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: a lot of people. They stayed home, they had to 349 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: do a lot of different things. But we didn't miss 350 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: a beat on coast to coast. I mean, we we 351 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: kept with the story. We kept reporting on um. My 352 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: big issue at the time was thirty to sixty people 353 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: die every year from the flu. But I have not 354 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 1: heard one story of flu deaths in two or three years, 355 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 1: have you no No. And that's the other thing, and 356 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: the thing that really told me a lot. You know, 357 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: my um my dad was sick at the time and 358 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: I obviously couldn't he didn't have COVID, but I couldn't 359 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: take him to the hospital. They told me not to 360 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: dig him the hospital and it ended up ended up 361 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: costing him dearly. But but all the people that have 362 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: cancer and other illnesses, they were not able to get 363 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: checked up in that for for seven, eight, nine months, 364 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: whatever whatever it was, and that just nobody brought that up. 365 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: It seemed like they just didn't worry about that was 366 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: all about about the COVID stuff. It's pretty pretty wild 367 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: how that all worked out. And and we're also seeing, 368 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: i think now a couple of years later, George, the 369 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: fallout from that from people still trying to recover from 370 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: having their lives shut down. I've noticed absolutely. And now 371 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: we're going in the monkey poks. Then it doesn't stop, yeah, 372 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: which is well, there's always something for you guys to 373 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: talk about on coast to coast, George Nori. Now you 374 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: you worked in RAID. I'm fascinated by people in the 375 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: business and how they rise to the top like you have, George. 376 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: But yeah, you mentioned you you're in the paranormal as 377 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: a kid. You've had a very interesting life experience. You 378 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: did TV Big Star in St. Louis before Coast to Coast. 379 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: What what is Chiefe? What have you noticed working your 380 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: entire life in radio and TV and whatnot. What is 381 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: the biggest change in the business that you've noticed over 382 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: the years. Consolidation, I think has been one thing. You know, 383 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: in the old days, you had a company that owned 384 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: a couple of TV stations and a couple of radio 385 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: stations and that was it. And now you know, they're 386 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 1: conglomerates all over the place, controlling a lot of stations 387 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: and a lot of media. But the biggest change has 388 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: been the technology with streaming, podcasting as you're doing now. 389 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: These things were unheard of several years ago. Nobody would 390 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: even anticipate that. I mean, the poor guys that used 391 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: to work at Blockbuster Video that had all these stores 392 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 1: that are all gone. Now. Some guy probably went up 393 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: to his boss and said, you know, what we should 394 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: be doing is beaming these things into people's home homes. 395 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: And the guy probably said, you're nuts. And now look 396 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: what's happening. The world is streaming. Technology has changed the 397 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: business dramatically. People are listening on their phones. Um, those 398 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: people who have radios, thank god they still have them 399 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: in cars. But the technology has changed things dramatically and 400 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: we as people in the media need to be abreast 401 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: to that. We need to react to it and change that. 402 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: My granddaughter, who was twenty seven years old, I asked her, 403 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: I says, how do you listen to shows? My show? 404 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: She says, on my phone, Papa, I mean different age 405 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: groups are doing things differently. Now you talk to somebody 406 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: who's in their fifties or sixties, they've got a radio 407 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: in their home, and uh, it's it's They would never 408 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: think of listening on the phone, but it's it's happening, 409 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: and we as media people need to adjust to all 410 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 1: these changes that are happening out there. Well, it's great 411 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: for guys like us George that are on late at 412 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: night because now before what you just did the show 413 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: that was it, the show vanished and you moved on 414 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: to the next show. But now people during the day 415 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: can listen. I'm sure you guys do great on downloads 416 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: on your podcast during the day and people listening who 417 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: are sleeping at night and can't listen live, that will 418 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: listen during the day and I I have the same 419 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: experience on my show doing sports at night that we 420 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: we can really double the audience if you will, in 421 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: many ways because people can listen to all So there's 422 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: no question. We have what is called Coast Insiders, which 423 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 1: is a very nominal membership, and people listen to us 424 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: in their office the next day. You know, the world 425 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: has changed technologically and we as media people just need 426 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: to keep abreast to that. All right, Well, there's obviously 427 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: a large audiences we've talked about for Coast to Coast. 428 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: Is there anybody over the years, George, that reached out 429 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: to you that is a someone we might know, big 430 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: celebrity or influential type person who you've you've heard is 431 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: a listener That kind of surprised you because you never know. 432 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: The great thing about radios, you never know who's who's 433 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: tuned in. You know, the regular guy and also the celebrity. 434 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: We've had regular listeners. Billy Gibbons from CZ TOPP as 435 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: a regular listener. He's been on the program with us 436 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: UH legendary Pat Boone, John Fogerty, the Great singer from 437 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: Greedence Clearwater actor Russell Crowe. I mean it just the 438 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: list goes on and on and on, Ben, And they're 439 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: just people who are They love the program, they love 440 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: the subject matter, and you know, they're people they you know, 441 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: get dressed the way we get dressed. They cry, they eat, 442 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: and they just love what they we're doing, and thank 443 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: god we keep doing it. Absolutely. How many how many 444 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: more years you want to do this year? You've do 445 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: us a long time? You know you have a you 446 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: have a plan. Have you laid out? How many more 447 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: years you gonna keep going as long as you can? 448 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: What's the plan on this? I've told my producer it's 449 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: his job, Tom dan Huiser. They're in a commercial break. 450 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: When I I one day to go on the air 451 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: and say, well we finally lost them, I decided I'm 452 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,719 Speaker 1: not going to retire. The network has signed me to 453 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: another long term contract. I'm just gonna keep going as 454 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,239 Speaker 1: long as my I got a face for radio, right, 455 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: but as long as my voice keeps staying as young 456 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: and powerful as it sounds, I'm gonna keep doing it. 457 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 1: Oh good, And you've got the tremendous pipes here, so 458 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: we'll get you out on this, George. Now we're working 459 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: late night overnight radio. I'm biased here, but I think 460 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: I think you'll you'll agree with you, maybe not. My 461 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: belief is the the late night radio audience. I did 462 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: do a daytime show. I've worked the full radio clock 463 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: over the years where I worked every day part during 464 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: the day, mornings, afternoons, mid days, nights, late nights. But 465 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: for me, the people late at night that listen to 466 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: the radio overnight, I just think they need what we 467 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 1: do a little bit more for companionship. It just seems 468 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: different to me then when I worked during the day. 469 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: What I did work during the day. You agree with that? 470 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 1: Is you disagree with that? And why do you think 471 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: that is? You're absolutely right. And one of the things 472 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: we do here ben at Coast to coast, and it's 473 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: a pledge I made to my audience. We will be 474 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: live seven nights a week. We will not run tapes 475 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: on holidays. I mean, God love the hosts who want 476 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: to go home and spend time with their families and 477 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: they run tapes on special holidays. I understand that and 478 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: appreciate that. But as you have just said that, there 479 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: are a lot of people out there who love radio. 480 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: It's their family, it's their life. They're lonely during holidays. 481 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: So I made a pledge when I came in here 482 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: twenty years ago that we will have live programs on 483 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: holidays and every holiday that falls on my regular scheduled 484 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: work day, personally, I work, whether it's Christmas, Thanksgiving, New 485 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: Year's Labor Day, we will have live programs. And if 486 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: they happen to fall on a weekend, my weekend hosts, 487 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: who I'm not going to take any money out of 488 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: their pocket, they'll come in and they'll be live as well. 489 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: But I made a pledge to my audience twenty years ago, 490 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: no tapes on holidays, and they truly appreciate that. Now 491 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 1: it is great. Well, George, I appreciate you doing this. 492 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: I know you don't do a lot of these things, 493 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: and I run into you every once in a while 494 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 1: the Premier Networks studios from time to time. We obviously 495 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: work head to head, but continued success and it's a 496 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: great having you on and I appreciate it. YouTube then 497 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: you're one of a kind, my friend. Keep doing what 498 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: you're doing.