1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:00,840 Speaker 1: Can't. 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 2: I am six forty. 3 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: John returns on Monday. Mark Thompson sitting in. We've got 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 2: the whole crew here, Deborah and Eric and Angel and 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 2: rock and roll, Ray Lopez, and I'm excited to get 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: in to actually talk to somebody who knows what's going on. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: I Washington and we'll do it in a second. I 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: want to remind everyone of the topic, which is essentially 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 2: the removal of the head of DHS christin nom and 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: here again is just a reminder of kind of the 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: griddle she was thrown on when she faced Senate oversight. 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 3: Have you had sexual relations with Corey Lowandowski? Mister Sherman, 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 3: garbage in this committee. 16 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 4: No offended by the question, but never directly answering it. 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 3: I really think you need to say the word no 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 3: into the record so that you can clear that up. 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 3: I think the ridiculousness of this and the tabloids that 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: you are quoting and referencing are insane. And this has 21 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 3: been a thing that I've refuted for that of hours, 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 3: and I continue to do that. 23 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 2: So I would say that that's the most salacious part 24 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: of the oversight process with g NOME. But the spending, 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: the waste, the no bid contracts, it all mired her 26 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 2: leadership in all kinds of trouble. Not to mention what 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: is happening with ICE, what happened on the streets of 28 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: Minneapolis and beyond. So we'll talk to Jared Gans from 29 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: the Hill. Hi, Jared, thanks for joining us on KFI. 30 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 5: Hi, Mark, thanks having me so give us. 31 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: A state of the state she serves to the end 32 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 2: of the month. I think they're at DHS right. 33 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 5: So it's not exactly clear the herd cutoff. President Trump, 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 5: when he made his announcement, said that Christinom would be 35 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 5: leading and that he would be choosing Senator Marketing Mollen 36 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 5: to take over as the leadership of DHS, and that 37 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 5: would be effective on March thirty first. It's not exactly 38 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 5: clear as to what that means exactly. Congress will its 39 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 5: own timeline for confirmation. As far as Christins concerned, she 40 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 5: is moving to this new position that the President's announced 41 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 5: as a special envoy for the sort of America as 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 5: he's going to give some more information about that tomorrow, 43 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 5: so we might get a better idea as to when 44 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 5: exactly this chansfer is taking over. 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, and for those curious, I mean, what they do 46 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: in Oklahoma where Marko and Mallin is the senator, They'll 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: have a special election. I think they'll be a temporary 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 2: The governor will sign someone to the Senate seat temporarily. 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: So that's what's going to happen there in terms of 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: the Senate seat. Your thoughts on the known thing? It 51 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: seemed as though was trying to really discern whether it 52 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 2: was the waste of money, I mean, and the no 53 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 2: big contracts and the controversy over what went down in Minnesota, 54 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: you know, and having to sort of pull US custom 55 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: border out of Minnesota put home and in there. There 56 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 2: were just seemingly so many controversial of course, then you 57 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 2: throw in Corey Lewandowski and the run around on the 58 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: Boeing jet that's outfitted with a bedroom. I mean, there 59 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: was a lot here. What do you think was the 60 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 2: straw as far as Trump was concerned? 61 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 5: Right, So it definitely seemed like tension is building for 62 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 5: quite a while a number of controversies that really plagued 63 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 5: Christinam's tenure for the past year, and it's really only 64 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 5: been building up recently. It seems kind of the straw 65 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 5: to the camel's back, so to speak. Was her comment 66 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 5: at the Senate hearing in response to question about this 67 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 5: more than two ordred million dollar ad campaign that was 68 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 5: ruled out last year. It was featured Christy Neam telling 69 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 5: migrants that they should either return home or face deportations, 70 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 5: and she faced question even from some Republicans about that 71 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 5: ad campaign. They said that it seemed to be more 72 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 5: about promoting herself than advertising President Trump's and she pays 73 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 5: questions about how exactly that campaign happened. She justin said 74 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 5: that the President gave his approval and signed off on 75 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 5: this felt totally large spending for these ads. President Trump 76 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 5: was asked about this shortly after and said that he 77 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 5: did not he was no knowledge of this, was not 78 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 5: familiar and did not give his approval. And it does seem, 79 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 5: based on what's source of indicating that that was kind 80 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 5: of the last straw that President Trump was very frustrated 81 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 5: with that. But that is just the latest controversy that's 82 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 5: really kind of led us up to this moment with Christmas. 83 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, when they asked did the president approve this media 84 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: by It was an unequivocal yes, the Trump administration and 85 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 2: President Trump himself, Okate did and you kind of felt like, 86 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, and you know, he's brought by 87 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 2: name into the controversy, and you had senators who are 88 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: very much Trumpies. You know, you had Kennedy, who's a 89 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 2: big trumpe. You even had Thune, I mean, John thuneho 90 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: is the majority leader in the Senate saying, you know, 91 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: he went right at her. I mean it was one 92 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 2: of the more aggressive bits of back and forth that 93 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 2: the entire hearing process yielded. 94 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 5: Absolutely, you know, we saw Christina really faced it from 95 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 5: both sides in this hearing, and she did not really 96 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 5: have too much times the release in terms of the 97 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 5: questioning she got and a number of other issues. Senator 98 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 5: Tom Tillis, who's been more of a critic of Christi 99 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 5: dinnan willing to speak out on differences of the Trump 100 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 5: administration some other Republicans, but he really raped her over 101 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 5: the calls on a number of issues, starting Minneapolis, considering 102 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 5: the story she told about having a shot her pet 103 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 5: dog in her book from twenty twenty four, so she 104 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 5: really really face quite quite a lot on Tuesday. 105 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: This is as I was saying in the lead into 106 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 2: saying hello to you, I was just saying, I get 107 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 2: that the salacious accept of the Lewandowski thing and of 108 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: Nome speak to me about what's going to actually happen 109 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: substantly at DHS. Does Mark Wayn Mullen change in any 110 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: way the the ethic of DHS, the training associated with 111 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: ice officers, the I mean, I know it's way early, 112 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 2: but I mean a handicapped this as a as a 113 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 2: Washington reporter. Does the culture of DHS change in any 114 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 2: way at all? Or is this just getting rid of 115 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 2: somebody who's bad pub. 116 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 5: Great? So we'll have to know. Certainly be waiting to 117 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 5: see for the confirmation hearings for Senator Mullin, but just 118 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 5: a bit of a profile on him. Mark Wayn Mullen 119 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 5: has been one of the most ardent defenders of President 120 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 5: Trump in the Senate and that seems to be a 121 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 5: big reason as to why President Trump has turned to 122 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 5: him for this role. So as far as what this 123 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 5: means for DHS policy, we have to see about what 124 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 5: he weighs out, but it would makes sense that he's 125 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 5: mostly going to continue with Trump administration's policies cracking down 126 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 5: hard on illegal immigration. 127 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 2: Going from there, Jared Gans from the Hill, thanks you 128 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: for joining us today, appreciate it. Have a good weekend, 129 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: and uh, it's an eventful time in Washington, so I 130 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: know you'll be busy. Thanks again, definitely, Mark, thank you. 131 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: Jared Gans from the Hill, reporting as they have on 132 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 2: the rise and fall of Christine Nome. Jared Gans calling 133 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: us from a microwave oven or something. Why was the 134 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 2: why was the the cell service? My god? In Washington, 135 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: so many reporters are on their cell phones at one 136 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 2: time that it puts a huge burden on the cell service. 137 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: Crazy anyway, good stuff on Christian. So that's the wrap 138 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 2: on Christine. Look, I think the real scandal is associated 139 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: with the no bid contracts the media buys. You know, 140 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: the simmering te scandal is the oh my god, they're 141 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: caught Corey and Christy rolling around on the state sponsored 142 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 2: dime in lavish surroundings. But the reality is the way 143 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 2: she was running that department. It was clear she was 144 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: in over her head. There's a governor of South Dakota. 145 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 2: She's not up to running the most sprawling agency in 146 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 2: Washington's history. You know, this is an agency didn't even 147 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 2: exist before nine to eleven, and nine to eleven created 148 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 2: this whole agency under it is virtually everything, and she's 149 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 2: going to administer it what in between shooting television commercials. 150 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: It's crazy. She was completely inept and then she starts 151 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 2: doling out these no bid contracts for hundreds of millions 152 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 2: of dollars. You get it. There's just no way we 153 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 2: as taxpayers can tolerate this kind of thing. Look, there's 154 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 2: a lot going on in Washington historically that we as 155 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 2: taxpayers should be angry about. I mean, the way our 156 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: money is spent should be something we're very interested in. 157 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: But I think this crew at DHS there is money 158 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 2: waste on a level we have not seen, and there 159 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 2: is virtually no oversight. I was delighted to see that 160 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 2: there was some congressional oversight on this, to the point 161 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: that she was essentially unable to defend all of this. 162 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: So when you start giving no bid contracts out for 163 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: hundreds of millions of dollars to companies that literally just 164 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: were founded a week prior, there are no bid com 165 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 2: tracks and they're awarded to those who are members of 166 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 2: your political circle and their families. Come on. It's done. Look, 167 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 2: as I say, plenty of corruption in Washington always historically 168 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 2: has been can be argued in this administration there's way more. 169 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: But once in a while there have to be changes. 170 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: So we'll see when we come back. Silicon Valley, huge shakeouts, 171 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 2: more tech layoffs. Also ahead, the price of gas jumping, 172 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: and it looks as though it will continue upward. Of course, 173 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 2: we in California pay more than any other place in 174 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 2: the country. All of that as we continue. It's the 175 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: co Belt Show. Mark Thompson here KFI AM six forty 176 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 2: live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 177 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 6: You're listening to on co Belt on demand from KFI 178 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 6: AM six forty. 179 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson sitting in for John co Belt. All kinds 180 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: of things happening, of course, the ongoing war in the 181 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 2: Middle East affecting gas prices. Will get into gas prices 182 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: and what really affects them in the five o'clock hour, 183 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: also talk a bit about the war and what's happening 184 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: in the Strait of Horror Moods, which is war related 185 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 2: that also affects gas prices and affects the world economy. 186 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 2: And speaking of the economy, tech layoffs truly changing the 187 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: market in the tech sector. In Silicon Valley, one hundred 188 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: and twenty two thousand tech workers laid off in twenty 189 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 2: twenty five across two hundred and fifty seven companies. I mean, 190 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 2: this is the heartbeat of California in many ways economically. 191 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: I mean, you and I may not work in tech, 192 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 2: but tech is a true center of economic health in California. 193 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: Since twenty twenty two, major tech firms I'm talking Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google, 194 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 2: they've cut more than one hundred and twenty five thousand 195 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 2: people out of their jobs. In the first weeks of 196 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 2: this year. Roughly thirty thousand more layoffs announced. Dozens of 197 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 2: companies laying people off, forty thousand in Bay Area tech 198 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: workers losing their job in twenty twenty five. Companies are 199 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 2: shedding workers for a couple of reasons. One is that 200 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 2: there was a hiring boom during COVID, So the pandemic 201 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 2: produced all of these hirings, and now there's kind of 202 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 2: a readjustment. To be polite about it, interest rates rose 203 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 2: and VC funding slowed. Big firms shifted to spending on 204 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 2: AI infrastructure instead of staff. This is all stuff that 205 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 2: is pointed to as having a dramatic effect on the 206 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 2: Silicon Valley economy, and AI actually is creating jobs. I mean, 207 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 2: it's not all a job suck, but there are more 208 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 2: layoffs and those layoffs are not offset by the jobs 209 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 2: that AI has created. So companies are really trying to 210 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 2: do more with less using automation, using AI tools. Did 211 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 2: you see that Burger King is going to AI? No, yeah, 212 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 2: this is I don't have the story in front of me. 213 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: I read it the other day Burger King. Maybe you 214 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 2: can find the story. Yeah, Burger King is going to 215 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 2: have this thing where you pull up. This is I'm sorry, 216 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 2: all from memory, but Deverell get and some of the details. Yeah, 217 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 2: you pull up and it's fine. From a menu, like 218 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: you know, a preset menu. You tell AI you know 219 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 2: what you want it to be able to respond to, 220 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: and you'll be able to interact. And now when you 221 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: pull up to a drive up window in these restaurants 222 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 2: that are Burger King and are equipped with this, you'll 223 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 2: speak to essentially a computer, right, I mean you're talking 224 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 2: to AI technology and it will take whatever you say 225 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 2: and it will digest it in the options that are 226 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: offered on the menu. 227 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 4: And you know what here. 228 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 7: It also says Burger King will use AI to check 229 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 7: if employees say please and thank you. 230 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 2: Oh wow, that's the finest use of AI, damn it. 231 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 7: It says Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that 232 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 7: will live in the headsets used by employees. The voice 233 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 7: enabled chatbot. 234 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 2: Called Patty right, Patty exactly platform because why they call 235 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 2: it Patty. 236 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 4: Because of the Hamburger Patty. 237 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: Bravo so clever. I love it, JV I love it. 238 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 2: Uh yeah, it's wild huh. Anyway, so it's it's everywhere 239 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 2: now there you could say, I don't know, feels like 240 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: they're maybe warming up that whole scene for getting rid 241 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: of a lot of people who right now work in 242 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 2: those jobs, you know, at fast food restaurants, and all 243 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 2: of a sudden you'll be dealing with no humans whatsoever. 244 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 2: There'll be a couple uh involved in the process in 245 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: sort of supervisory roles. They'll kind of probably have tech 246 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: backgrounds so they can reboot the system if it, you know, 247 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: screws up. If you go to Channel eleven. Now you know, 248 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 2: I used to work at Fox eleven. When I worked 249 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 2: at Fox eleven on the ten o'clock news. There were 250 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: rows of people there. There was a row of tech 251 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: people in front, then right behind them there was a 252 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 2: row of people who were producers, graphics operator. Then behind 253 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: them there were other producers, editors, handling breaking news. It 254 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 2: was true with all the stations. If you go back there, 255 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: now three people are in the control room. I mean, 256 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: imagine that the entire way in which these things are 257 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: presented to us. In terms of nightly news, it's all 258 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 2: been slimmed down. It's happening across the board, and it's 259 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: technology that has permitted management to make these cuts. They 260 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: can consolidate what people are doing. But the other brutal 261 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: fact is that in more and more industries they have 262 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 2: to do more with less because the money just isn't there. 263 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 2: That's certainly true and broadcasting, so you're seeing TV stations 264 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 2: doing it because they've got to the ad dollars just 265 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 2: aren't there. Yeah, and even in radio. But entry level 266 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 2: tech jobs have been hit hardest. If you're looking for 267 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: a job in Silicon Valley or in the tech industry, 268 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 2: these entry level software roles have shrunk significantly. Recruiters are 269 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 2: saying many more applicants per job than before. Many companies 270 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 2: want experienced engineers who can immediately deliver results. There just 271 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 2: isn't the ramp up period being allowed, So lots of 272 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: talented engineers, not enough open positions, Fewer and fewer people 273 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 2: being hired for fewer and fewer jobs. There is a 274 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 2: cultural shift happening inside these tech companies. They want measurable 275 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 2: productivity right away. They have smaller teams, a lot of 276 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 2: AI assisted development, much tighter performance tracking. It is a 277 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 2: real rough scene. It's a show your work year for 278 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 2: tech employees. And hiring still exists, but it's in much 279 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: more specific areas across the board, AI, machine learning, data engineering, cybersecurity. 280 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: These are all places where there really is hiring cloud infrastructure. 281 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 2: But if you're in kind of generic software engineering or 282 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 2: recruiting middle management, those jobs are going away. 283 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 4: What about voiceover work? 284 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 2: You know, it's wild. Both of you and I do 285 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 2: voiceover work, and you audition just like actors audition. That's 286 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 2: one of the things I like about it. It's a 287 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: kind of performance you know yet now and this is 288 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: another thing related to technology, instead of I used to 289 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 2: go in I went into ICM and there were a 290 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 2: bunch of other voiceover actors there. I mean you'd see 291 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 2: Jane Lynch there, who's now a huge star. She started 292 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 2: as a vo actor and just terrific. You know, all 293 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 2: these wonderfully entertaining people too. It's like the like the 294 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 2: best cocktail party with no liquor being served. It was 295 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 2: just wonderful. But now what do you do? You do 296 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 2: it from home, as you know, Deborah, and you send 297 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: it out. You send it out and sow that same 298 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 2: dance is not being done in New York, LA, Chicago. 299 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: It's now being done New York, LA Chicago, and then 300 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: every place in between in the US. You're reading against 301 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: thousands of people. I don't even know how to make 302 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 2: a decision when there's so many options. Yeah, it's the 303 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 2: the world. And there is Ai in voiceover as well. 304 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 7: I actually did get one job a few years ago 305 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 7: that I was replacing AI. 306 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 4: But that's really unusual. 307 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 2: Oh my god, you should have rung the bell loudly 308 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 2: that I love hearing a story like. 309 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 4: That one and done. Yeah, it hasn't happened again. 310 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: It's I don't know if I would plan a career 311 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 2: in that area. It's uh. But boy, if you can't 312 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 2: get the right account, I mean, if you if you 313 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 2: get cast. It can be like a sitcom actor getting 314 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 2: cast in a sitcom. It runs five years and you 315 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 2: never have to work again. But getting that job is 316 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 2: pretty tough. 317 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 4: I'm not at your level, Mark, I'm. 318 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 2: And I'm not at the level I want to be, 319 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: you know, so uh to be continued. So thankfully, Deborah 320 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: and I will both be here till the end of 321 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 2: the show because we desperately need the money and we're 322 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: dedicated to you. The listener. It is the John Cobelt Show, 323 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson sitting in KFI AM six forty live everywhere 324 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. 325 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 6: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM sixty. 326 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 2: John Cobelt is off today. Mark Thompson sitting in with 327 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: the John Colebelt crew looking out over Burbank and the 328 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 2: changing face of the landscape around us. Warner Brothers and 329 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 2: Paramount now together under one umbrella after this entire merger 330 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: thing is happening. Yeah, a lot of questions as to 331 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 2: what would happen with the literal lots. I mean there 332 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 2: are two lots, right, There's a Paramount lot where you 333 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 2: see Deborah Mark hanging out and yeah doing her you know, 334 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 2: one day of shooting on some TV show, didn't you do? 335 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 3: Yeah? 336 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: I think I've ye been there a couple of times. Yeah, 337 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 2: I feel like the last time I was on the 338 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 2: Paramount lot for a job. This will give you a 339 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 2: sense of how long ago it was was for could 340 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 2: this be right? I was for a movie called Air 341 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 2: Force one A long time. Yeah, that's what I'm saying 342 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 2: is Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. But I'll tell you 343 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 2: the only thing about that that was cool. It was 344 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 2: actually a weird thing that happens, and weird stuff happened 345 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 2: that wasn't so good. But one of the cool things 346 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: was when you left the sound stage. It was a 347 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 2: two day shoot, and of course I played, as I 348 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 2: always do, a reporter news bordering, Yeah, exactly in the 349 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 2: gaggle right there. And then they had a white House newsroom, 350 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 2: you know, the the very white House press center that 351 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 2: you see on television. They recreated, right, It's just a 352 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 2: small space where they literally created it to the inch 353 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 2: and at the break and this is the cool thing. 354 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: Walking around the Paramount lock right outside there were lots, 355 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 2: but I mean a whole bunch of actors in the 356 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 2: wardrobe from Starship Troopers, and it was there's something about 357 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: sci fi costumes that is particularly cool, like just to 358 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 2: see you know, you know, they're really making a movie 359 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 2: and these aren't just people walking around. And there might 360 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,479 Speaker 2: be in period garb, you know, maybe they're dressed like, 361 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 2: you know, it's the seventies, or maybe they drop they're 362 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 2: dressed like gainst the thirties. But when you see the 363 00:22:54,760 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 2: guys men and women dressed like the Starship Troopers, it 364 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 2: was super cool. You felt like, Wow, I'm on a 365 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: movie lot, you know. And honestly, there's less and less 366 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: of that. They're not shooting movies in La anymore. And 367 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 2: this is one of the problems with for the local economy. 368 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 2: My heart breaks for so many local businesses that depend 369 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 2: on the movie business and television business, the production business, 370 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: and they're just someone that's. 371 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 4: Been talked about sense it's Hollywood. 372 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, And the part that really makes no sense is 373 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 2: that we're so far behind on many of the tax 374 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 2: incentives that might have kept production here. I think also 375 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: just the way in which we make production companies jump 376 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 2: through various hoops that's hurt our ability to get a 377 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 2: lot of that production done here. And this has to 378 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 2: be said though, because I know you've heard a lot 379 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: of what I've just said from others. The tax benefits 380 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 2: that are offered in other states. Georgia is one. I 381 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: think Louisiana is another. That's really right out in front. 382 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 2: Now you find all of these, they're kinds of It's 383 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 2: almost these states are elbowing each other out of the 384 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: way to try to get Hollywood production there. And of 385 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 2: course Canada has been famously taking Hollywood production for a while. 386 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 2: But domestically, the tax incentives that are offered, they're not 387 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 2: a good deal for the states. I know that they 388 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 2: are taking business from us, and that's the heartbreaking part. 389 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 2: And we all know people connected to this industry, and 390 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 2: we are connected to this industry if you live in 391 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 2: southern California, whether you realize it or not, or think 392 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 2: about it much or not. I mean, it is a 393 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 2: huge engine of the local economy. But for these other 394 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 2: states that are taking production from us, they are actually 395 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: not getting a good deal if you look at the 396 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 2: return on investment they are paying in tax incentives. They 397 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 2: are taking from their tax paying population way more than 398 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 2: they are getting. Now, it might be a long con 399 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 2: that they're working, you know, it may pencil out in 400 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 2: many years to come, but in the short term their 401 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 2: taxpayers are not getting ROI still we should be competitive. 402 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 2: We should be competitive because we have the infrastructure here, 403 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 2: We have those lots, we have those studios, we have 404 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 2: the most skilled professionals from special effects to actors, and 405 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 2: they're all local. So more on what's going to happen 406 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: with the paramount Warner Brothers merger when we come back. 407 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 2: But it sadly is a sign of the times that 408 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 2: so much production has left LA. It's a John Cobelt 409 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 2: show k I AM six forty, Mark Thompson sitting in. 410 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 411 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 6: Of course you're listening to John Coebelt on demand from 412 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 6: KFI AM six forty. 413 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: Mark Thompson sitting in for John coe Belt. You know 414 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 2: who just passed away. I'm just seeing this is Stephen Hibbert. 415 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 2: The name may not mean anything to you, because it 416 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 2: really didn't to me. But he was best known, and 417 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 2: it's weird to be best known for a role that 418 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:18,239 Speaker 2: you cannot be recognized in playing, Meaning he played the 419 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: gimp in the nineteen ninety four Tarantino film Wasn't It 420 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 2: Pulp Fiction? 421 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 4: Yeah? 422 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 2: He has died only sixty eight. Yeah, lived in Denver, Colorado. 423 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: Died of a heart attack. I mean again, he was 424 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 2: in this leather outfit in the pulp fiction role that 425 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 2: he played as the gimp, as he was called. But 426 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 2: the truth is that he had three kids and had 427 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 2: played a bunch of things and written on a bunch 428 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 2: of things. He was born in England. Wrote for television 429 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 2: in the eighties, starting with The David Letterman Late Night Show. 430 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 2: Then he wrote on a bunch of animated children's TV shows. 431 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 2: In the nineties, he wrote for Mad TV, Boy Meets World. 432 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 2: He wrote the nineteen ninety four film It's Pat starring 433 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,239 Speaker 2: Julia Sweeney. Then he was on the big screen as 434 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 2: an actor. Played a garth in Austin Powers, The Spy 435 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 2: Who Shagged Me, played a minor character in The Cat 436 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 2: in the Hat. Both of those, of course, are Mike 437 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 2: Myers films. He taught an improv class in Denver, a 438 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 2: film theory class at Denver School of the Arts. But again, 439 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 2: his most memorable role. In other words, the headline that 440 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 2: is hitting right now is you know, guy who played 441 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: the gimp in paulp Fiction passes away wearing this latex 442 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 2: rubber body suit complete with this zipfer to hood mask. 443 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 2: He was shackled with the chain, had no lines. We 444 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 2: had some grunting, just a wild headline. But an experienced 445 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 2: show business guy who played the gimp in pulp fiction 446 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 2: dead at sixty eight is Deborah was mentioning young you 447 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 2: know you see sixty eight it is it's way too young. 448 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 2: I wanted to tie up some loose ends at the 449 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 2: end of this hour, I was talking about the tech layoffs, 450 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 2: and Amazon is laying off sixteen thousand and the other 451 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 2: thing I was going to mention what you may notice 452 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 2: is that they're going to be closing those Amazon Fresh stores, 453 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 2: a bunch of them. They're going to close all of 454 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: their brick and mortar Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores. 455 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 4: Have you ever been to one? 456 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 2: I have, but not the Go ones is where you 457 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: can literally just bload stuff up and just walk out. 458 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 2: Is that how those work? 459 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 4: I have not been to either. 460 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, Amazon Fresh, I've been there, but the but it 461 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 2: was a while ago. But the Amazon Ghost stores sort 462 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 2: of seemed like the next level of technology, Like, you know, 463 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 2: we have a thing sort of like that here at 464 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: iHeart where you can go in and get like Snickers 465 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 2: bars or whatever other junk you want to get, and 466 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 2: sandwiches and stuff like that, and all of that stuff 467 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 2: does cost money, but there's no one there to pay you. 468 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 2: Just but you do. Can you just walk out with it? No? 469 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 7: No, no, no, there's I think there's cameras there, so 470 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 7: you have to scan your credit card. 471 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, but in the you can walk out. 472 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 4: You'll just get in trouble. I mean, there's no armed guard. 473 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 2: I wonder, you know, Handle feels like a guy who 474 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 2: would probably just walk out. 475 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 4: I wonder how many times he's done that. 476 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 2: The way the Amazon ghost stores worked is that you, 477 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 2: I think, scan your Amazon QR code or whatever. It 478 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 2: is the same way Whole Foods has one, and then 479 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 2: after that it's track you in the store. I think, 480 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 2: I mean, check this. This is sort of the way 481 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 2: I kind of understood it. And then you load stuff 482 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 2: in and you just, dude, you just walk out. I 483 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 2: think that that's pretty much the way it is. But anyway, 484 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 2: it doesn't really matter because they're going to be closing them. 485 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 2: They're going to convert some of these locations into Whole Foods. 486 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 2: So I mean, this is all stuff that's happening across 487 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 2: the board. You know the workday app that we use, 488 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 2: we use it here at iHeart. They are laying off 489 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 2: almost two thousand jobs, eight and a half percent of 490 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 2: their global workforce. And there's just they're layoffs across the board. 491 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 2: And these businesses get bigger, they tend to mature, they 492 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 2: hire fewer people, and they lay people off. That financial 493 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 2: tech company that owns Square and the cash app, they're 494 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 2: laying off four thousand people. So just to wrap it up, 495 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 2: it's more than just those who want jobs. You'll notice 496 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 2: the different I think in the way that many of 497 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 2: these firms and even as I say, in the case 498 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 2: of Amazon, brick and mortar places close around southern California. 499 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 2: The price of gas is jumping, and what's happening in 500 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 2: the Middle East is going to make it jump more. 501 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 2: We'll get into a conversation about what legitimately could affect prices, 502 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 2: what could even show some price relief in California, and 503 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 2: beyond all of that. 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