1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, luck and load. So 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Michael Verie Show is on the air. 3 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: So if you listen to kat r H before we 4 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: come on the air, which most of you probably do, 5 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: it's Jimmy Barrett, it's Cliff Saunders. It's our news team 6 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: bringing you the news of the day. And one of 7 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 2: the things, I'll tell you a funny story. So I 8 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: in I think it was May one, two thousand and seven. 9 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 2: I became the ops manager for the three AM stations 10 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: for what was then Clear Channel now iHeart, and that 11 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: was KPRC, the oldest station in Texas. That's where you 12 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: hear producer Kenny and Walton Johnson and I think Doug 13 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: Pike has a show there. I forget there in Cairo, Lina. 14 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: I could look it up, but you can look it 15 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: up to that's nine fifty Walton and Johnsonnimories, then seven 16 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: ninety which is KB and Me, which, fun history fact, 17 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: was best music ever. That's where you used to listen 18 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: to Paul Berlynn. That was a kind of an oldies 19 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 2: station for a long time before it flipped to sports. 20 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 2: It was Sports when I was ops manager, and then KTRH, 21 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 2: which was kind of the crown jewel of the am 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,279 Speaker 2: stations in all of Houston. It's the fifty thousand watt 23 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: come to the Rice Hotel KTRH, and. 24 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: I forgot what I was just about to tell you. 25 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 2: I got so interested in that whole story. 26 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: Give me a second, I'll think of it. 27 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: Uh No, it was not that Jim worked at the 28 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 2: same station that Paul Berlin worked on. It was that 29 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 2: oh well, okay, senior moment, can't remember, dad gummet. It 30 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: was something interesting that it just popped in my mind. 31 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: And then I got to thinking about the logo. We 32 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 2: did a logo redoing seven ninety and my brain went 33 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: off on that. Anyway, I'll come back to it. So 34 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 2: Lena the doggo, oh, I know what it was. Scott, Mike, 35 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 2: I remember what is now? So we did. Eddie Martinez 36 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: gave me some money to do some research, and I 37 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: had this genius idea. Well, I come up with some doozies. 38 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: This is one of them. I had this genius idea. 39 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 2: We had just moved Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity over 40 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: to KTRH. Believe it or not, they used to be 41 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: on KPRC. KPRC is a five thousand one. KTRH is 42 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 2: a fifty thousand one. But there was a big debate 43 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: as to eliminating the news wheel, and the news wheel 44 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: was basically let the way Sports Center used to do 45 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: thirty minute Sports Center and then replay it and replay 46 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 2: the news wheel meant. 47 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: You would do. You would cycle through the elements. 48 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: You'd do political, news, sports, weather, And my genius idea 49 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: was we will kill traffic and weather on kjr H 50 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 2: and recoup that time for talk. 51 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: Oh. 52 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: It was a genius. And my theory was nobody wants 53 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 2: traffic and weather on the radio. This was nineteen years ago, 54 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: but even then, nobody wants travcking weather on the radio. 55 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: You get trafficking and weather on your phone. So Eddie said, O, man, 56 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: that's come of a bold move. Let's let's you're messing 57 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: with something that this historical. And I said, yeah, that's it. 58 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: Like that's where we're gonna be Elon Musk. We're gonna 59 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: be Donald Trump. We're gonna we're gonna break stuff, we're 60 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: gonna fix it, we're gonna be crazy, we're gonna try 61 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: new stuff. And a lot of what we did, a 62 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: lot of my brilliant ideas. A few of them did work. 63 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: This wasn't one of them. So we did this study 64 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 2: it's called a perceptual and it turned out that the 65 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: most popular thing on k TRH. 66 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: Remember we had Rush Limbaugh. 67 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 2: The most popular thing on KGRH occurred at five forty 68 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: five am every morning and at. 69 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: Seven forty five am every morning. 70 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: Some of you already know exactly what I'm talking about 71 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: because you set your clock by that, you woke up 72 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 2: your alarm by. That was Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey was 73 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: the most popular thing on KGRH and it wasn't even close. 74 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: The distance between Paul Harvey and everything. People loved Paul Harvey. 75 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: And you want to know what Number two was? Traffic 76 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 2: in weather. Over the years, they've done more studies and 77 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: people love their traffic and weather. 78 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: Blows my mind. They love traffic and weather on the radio. Now. 79 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: I don't know if they do on the FM stations. 80 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: I don't know if they do on anywhere else. But 81 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 2: a k TRH listener is a unique person. That's why 82 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: it costs so much money to be a sponsor of 83 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: my show. 84 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: That means I talk about you or just to even advertise. 85 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: And it's why they're always sold out, not because we're 86 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: so great, but because somehow, some way we attract you. 87 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 2: You are the prize in the retail business, whether it's gardening, trucks, medical, 88 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 2: You are the most coveted audience in all of advertising 89 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 2: in Houston. 90 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: It's just a fact. 91 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 2: And for whatever reason, you show up at our station, 92 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 2: but everybody knows who you are, what your demos look like. 93 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: You're loyal, your kind, your fun to do business with. 94 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: Mac will tell anybody who asks a lot of times 95 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: a potential new show sponsor, without knowing, will know that 96 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 2: Mac is a sponsor and they want an excuse to 97 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: talk to Max, so they'll go see Mac and'll go, hey, 98 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: you sponsored Michael Berry show. How's that work out for you? 99 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: And He'll tell them best money I've ever spent, most 100 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 2: rewarding thing I listened to a show. I love a show, 101 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 2: love what they stand for, love the values, and the 102 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 2: best customers of every customer I get is from that show. 103 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 1: That's our station. Anyway. 104 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 2: All that as an intro for Sky Mike and. 105 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: How good Sky Mike is. 106 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: Well this morning, somehow he must have said something and 107 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 2: he had people calling in with tip lines related to 108 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 2: Lena Hidalgo. Can you give us those Jimbo good. 109 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 4: Morning, did Jimmy sky myke Cliff and Terry? 110 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: But what about the children? 111 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 2: It's all about the children. 112 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: You got the end morning Mike. 113 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 3: As Lena is coming in on fifty nine southbound at 114 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 3: the squeeze, Are you gonna let me in? 115 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 4: Yes? 116 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 5: Or no? 117 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 3: Fine, I'm gonna go to lunch. 118 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 6: Uh. 119 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 2: I just love that sky Mic doesn't mail it in. 120 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: He doesn't just give you the traffic. He weaves his 121 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: content in to be more than just a service element. 122 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: And I think there's something he said the little MLK speech, 123 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 2: if you're gonna be a street sweeper? I got one 124 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: more bit of audio. But let's take some calls from you. 125 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: Seven one three nine nine nine one thousand. Seven one 126 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 2: three nine nine nine one thousand. Whatever your thoughts are 127 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: on any of this, on any of this, we'll open 128 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: the phone lines to you. 129 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: Seven one three nine nine nine one thousand. 130 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 2: I did notice that I think it was Channel two 131 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 2: read some comments that they got from people to the 132 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 2: Lena Hidalgo thing, and I did notice that some people say, well, 133 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 2: as county judge, she should get to be there, and 134 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 2: other people. 135 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: Kind of justifying her get to be there. I will 136 00:07:59,240 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: tell you this. 137 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: I don't know who wrote those, I haven't seen it. 138 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: I guarantee you that is minority women. And I'll tell 139 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 2: you why. The reason you end up with Lena Hidalgos 140 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 2: and Sheila Jackson, Leeese and people like this is because 141 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 2: minority women have the sense, especially black women, that people 142 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: in politics, especially minorities, should get to behave this way. 143 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: It's part of it, and they tolerate it, and that's 144 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 2: why they get more of it. For the Michael Berry Show, 145 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 2: our apologies. We had the phone lines locked, so if 146 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: you tried to call and couldn't get through, it wasn't Uh, 147 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 2: it was because we still had the phone lines lock. 148 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 2: We did not open them. We will open those now. 149 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: If you want to comment on this or anything else. 150 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: A rodeo story, the rodeo committee, you serve on, what 151 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 2: the rodeo means to you, what it meant to your 152 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: mom or your dad, A scholarship you got, how you 153 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 2: got into four h You know the thing I like 154 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: about Bowman, the guy who's of the rodeo now is 155 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 2: this This was a guy. 156 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: Who I think he's from Pairland. Don't get me lying. 157 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 2: I think he's from Paarland, from somewhere down south, Paarland, Manville, Alvin, 158 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 2: somewhere down there. 159 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: But he was a rodeo. 160 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: But he was a four H guy, and I think 161 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: he showed I think there's something really wholesome about kids 162 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: and four H. 163 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: In their animal I didn't do it. There are a 164 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: lot of things that. 165 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: I admire that I think are are important to our 166 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 2: culture that I didn't do, and some people that seems. 167 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: To bother them. But you didn't do it. No, I 168 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: didn't do. 169 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 2: You just want people who did it to extol the 170 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 2: virtues because I don't know if any of them have 171 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: a microphone. Why don't we all agree, Hey, these are 172 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 2: some things that we might not have done ourselves, but 173 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 2: these are good for society. 174 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: I grew up with a lot of kids. 175 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: Who wore the purple corduroy jacket with the gold lettering 176 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 2: for H and their name on it. And the older 177 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: I get, the more I realize how wholesome and good 178 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 2: that is. And I hear from a lot of you, 179 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 2: by the way, seven one three nine nine nine one 180 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: thousand and seven one three nine one thousand, I hear 181 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: from a lot of you about your kid. And let 182 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 2: me tell you something. I don't mind anything you send 183 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 2: me by email, but if you're ever bragging on your kid, 184 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 2: I will. I love that. I want you to brag 185 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 2: on your kids. I want you to be proud of 186 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 2: your kids, and I want you to absolutely positively brag 187 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 2: on your kids. 188 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: You bet so on that issue. The four h. 189 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 2: And the involvement of the rodeo and what this does 190 00:10:54,440 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 2: for kids. My mother's entire goal, bless her heart, woman 191 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: that she was. My mother's entire goal was to keep 192 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 2: us out of prison. Before we left and got a 193 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: job that they were not high expectations. My mother's goal 194 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: was to keep us out of prison. And the number 195 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 2: one way you keep your kids out of prison, to 196 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 2: my mother is you keep them off that dope. Because 197 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 2: that dope makes you do crazy things and you go 198 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 2: to prison. So number one, keep your kid off the dope. 199 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 2: So we were involved in church activities and sports all 200 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 2: the time. Idle hands Devil's workshop. So when I see 201 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 2: these kids raising their pig or calf or whatever goat 202 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: and they're showing them that is as wholesome and good 203 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 2: and wonderful, you're learning about life. You're learning about agriculture 204 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 2: for Lena to bring any drama into that whole, very 205 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 2: wholesome environment. Look, I don't think the Rodeo's perfect. I 206 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 2: don't think our show is perfect. I don't think I'm perfect. 207 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: But I will tell you I don't think there's anything 208 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 2: more important to our community our churches. There's been a 209 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: lot of drama at one of the churches in town. 210 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 2: Obviously not a secret. I hope it is resolved because 211 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 2: I think our churches are important to our community. Not 212 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: my job to resolve it. I don't know how it'll 213 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 2: be resolved. I hope it is resolved, hope. I hope 214 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 2: we can restore to city Hall some level of competency. 215 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 2: I think wit Myer's actually doing the best he can do. 216 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: I think he's trying very hard. I think there's a difficulty. 217 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: Donald Trump learned this when he got to the White House, 218 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: that there's a lot of holdovers at the city that 219 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 2: are Sylvester Turner and Shila Jackson, Lee and Rodney Ella's placements. 220 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 2: That they've put people in there that are bad people, 221 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 2: or lazy people, or corrupt criminals. We saw that that 222 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 2: story the other day. Anyway, we will take your call. 223 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 2: Seven one, three, nine, nine, nine, one thousand, anything related 224 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 2: to the rodeo or this. I think it's a good 225 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 2: day to have that conversation. You know we were talking about. 226 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 2: If you could imagine being Lena Hidalgo's therapists, Can you 227 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: imagine having to listen to what that crazy lady has 228 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 2: to say? 229 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 4: Jim both Dear Diary for Therapist's Log, December second, twenty 230 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 4: twenty five. Another Tuesday, Another avalanche of emotional shrapnel hurled 231 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 4: directly in my face. And today, well it might have 232 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 4: been the worst. My three PM patient let's call her Leonora, 233 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 4: because Hurricane Lenora feels just about accurate. She arrived clutching 234 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 4: a pumpkin spice latte with the same white knuckled intensity 235 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 4: one normally reserves for cliff faces or malfunctioning parachutes. She 236 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: announced before even sitting down that she's spiritually divorced but 237 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 4: legally entangled, which I believe is her way of saying 238 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: the paperwork hasn't gone through yet. Today's session began with 239 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 4: her reading a list titled reasons my nerdy husband Ruined 240 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 4: My Life, which she wrote in glittergel Pen. The list 241 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: had sublist Those sublists had bullet points shaped like tiny unicorns. 242 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 4: The commitment I must admit to stationary esthetics was impressive, 243 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 4: yet quite disturbing. She then declared she's entering quote her 244 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 4: villain era, which appears to me to involve ordering a 245 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 4: fog machine so she can enter Commissioner's court like a 246 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: rock star. When I gently suggested processing her emotions before 247 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 4: investing in theatrical equipment, she accused me me of limiting 248 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 4: her potential. At one point, she lay across the couch 249 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 4: like a feigning Victorian heroine and demanded I diagnosed her 250 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 4: ex husband with something dramatic enough for her memoir but 251 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 4: not technically defamatory. I explained once again that this is 252 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 4: not how therapy works. She sighed so dramatically that I'm 253 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 4: fairly certain she expelled part of her soul. The session 254 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 4: ended with her asking of you could bring her cat 255 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 4: next time so he and give his side of the story. 256 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 4: I told her we discuss it, which is therapist code 257 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 4: for dear God, please forget this idea. 258 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 5: Crazy. 259 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: I did my mental health sleeve in twenty twenty three. 260 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 2: I was impatient for anxiety and depression for eight weeks. 261 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: I've been very public about that. And since I returned, 262 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: I've been doing my group therapy on Thursdays from three 263 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: to four thirty. 264 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: So when the court said they wanted to move our 265 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: meetings to Thursday, I. 266 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 3: Said, I have the standing committee committee. Well, I guess 267 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 3: it could be a committee. 268 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: It's a group you. 269 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: I can handle this. 270 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 3: I can handle this. 271 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: I can handle this. Lena Hidalgos should have never been 272 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: the county judge. 273 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: She had been in and out of mental health facilities, 274 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 2: as I understand, long before she was the county judge. 275 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 2: The minute there was a problem, she should have been 276 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: urged to resign. All right, your calls coming out Rick. 277 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. I don't want to be a 278 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: part of this nonsense, all right, Thank you Stapleton. Tonight 279 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: yesterday was Creed. 280 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 2: Kind of happy for Creed because Creed got lumped in 281 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 2: with Nickelback because they had a similar sound. And by 282 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: the way, I love the Nickelback jokes. Well, the fact 283 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 2: is Nickelback became a joke and there was nothing they 284 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 2: could do about it. 285 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: It happens to people. A lot of people liked. 286 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: Nickelback's music, and there is more cringe worthy music than Nickelback. 287 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 2: I'll say that that never became a meme in and 288 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 2: of itself. But as for Creed, i'let we get to 289 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 2: the phone calls just a second seven one, three, nine, nine, nine, 290 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 2: one thousand. As for Creed, we had Scott Stap, the 291 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 2: lead singer, play as just Scott Stap without the band 292 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: because they weren't touring or performing at the time. And 293 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: I will tell you he had a testimony that would 294 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: absolutely floor you. He had been addicted to everything under 295 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: the sun. He was he was trying to kill himself 296 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 2: with all these drugs and and and and he got 297 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 2: off that train and he became a very faithful, devout 298 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: Christian and he wanted to tell his testimony, he share 299 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 2: his testimony, and he did. He shared it with us 300 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 2: in the green room. He was one of our favorite 301 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 2: people to ever bring through the RCC. And we never 302 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 2: expected Creed to get back together. So I'm glad to 303 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 2: see them get back together and and and get the 304 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 2: the public adulation they deserve. 305 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 6: Uh. 306 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 2: There's a certain amount of staying power they have had 307 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 2: over all these years because their music is good and 308 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 2: and for our generation, that music was very popular, and 309 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 2: I think people were happy to see them get back together. Again, 310 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,959 Speaker 2: so that there was a personal happiness for me on that. 311 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: All right, let's go Kevin, Uh, the first ones will take. 312 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 2: Let's start with Kevin. Kevin, you're up, go ahead, Well, 313 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 2: good morning God. 314 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 5: Sky Mike Scott Mike earlier and and one of the 315 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 5: reasons why he's really really popular he depends on us 316 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: as as his audience, to be his eyes on the 317 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 5: road for Houston traffic. 318 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 2: That's because sky Mike is at heart, he's different than 319 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 2: your traditional radio person I've known over the twenty years 320 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 2: I've been doing this. Sky Mike is very extroverted and 321 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 2: he's very interactive. You know, thanks for the call. By 322 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 2: the way, he does a lot outside the studio. I've 323 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 2: come to learn. He's a DJ for weddings and events. 324 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 2: He's got his own setup and all that. He's very social. 325 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 2: He's a very very social person and he brings that 326 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 2: to the traffic reports. I mean is he has It's 327 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: very hard to create a persona while delivering traffic and 328 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 2: he's man to do that. There's a lot packaged in there, 329 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 2: and the station is the better for it. He adds 330 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 2: to the entertainment element of it. And you know, Rush, 331 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 2: I think showed the world that political talk does not 332 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 2: have to be boring, it does not have to be stayed. 333 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 2: It can be fun in entertaining. And that's what made Rush, 334 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: in my opinion, more than the commentary. That's what that's 335 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 2: how he changed the genre. Thanks for lacall, Kevin, I agree, 336 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 2: Sky Mike, great guy, Jamie. E'rerope sweetheart. 337 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 3: Go ahead, Hi there, I am visiting from out of town. 338 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 3: I'm thoroughly enjoying your show, very enlightening, so thanks for 339 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 3: taking my call. I wanted to share a memory. I 340 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 3: was way way back in the day I saw Elvis 341 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 3: in the Astrodome. I was in a third row. Great memory. 342 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 3: Fast forward ten years later, I sold a pin of 343 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 3: chickens at the stock show for ten thousand dollars five chickens, 344 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 3: and bought my first tigut truck. And then I raised 345 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 3: some kids. They didn't show animals, one of them rodeos, 346 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 3: but they were in FFA and it was a great program. 347 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 3: They learned public speaking. The little small town where my 348 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 3: kids went to high school actually have they have a 349 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 3: meat market to this day and they butcher deer, cattle, whatever, 350 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 3: and they have a commercial pace they sell to the 351 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 3: public and those kids. This doesn't happen very many places 352 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 3: in Texas, but the kids that graduate from the meat 353 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 3: market program, they get a set at knife for their 354 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 3: graduation gift from the agg teachers and they can go 355 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 3: on and you know, make twenty five thirty bucks an 356 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 3: hour their first job right out of high school. So 357 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 3: thanks for your show, and I just wanted to comment 358 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 3: and yeah, I'm really enjoying it. So thanks for taking 359 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 3: my call. 360 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: Well weren't you a sweetheart? Thank you. I appreciate you. 361 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: Let's go to Mike, mikeel and Michael bershif ahead. 362 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,239 Speaker 6: Yeah, Michael, it's an honor to be on here. We 363 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 6: are extremely active and h in FFA. My raised my 364 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 6: two sons. 365 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: We showed it the. 366 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 6: Houston Stock Show for a little over twenty years. 367 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 3: My youngest son was fortunate enough to have. 368 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 6: The Grand Champion market goat back. It is it's uh, 369 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 6: you know, it's something as a family. Our business is 370 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 6: raising show lambs, show goats. You know, it's something you 371 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 6: strive for and work for. 372 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: Your whole life. When you say this, that's how you 373 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: make a living. Yes, sir, yes, sir. 374 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 6: We run company it's called Harbor Livestock. We're in Gatesville, 375 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:51,719 Speaker 6: Central Texas. We just had Houston yesterday. Our sheep showed 376 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 6: down there yesterday. We raised South down Market Lambs is 377 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 6: our primary objective, and we had we actually had three 378 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 6: of the six sheep and the champion drive were raised 379 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 6: by us and coached by my son, and then we 380 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 6: wound up with the reserve champion. And so you know, 381 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 6: it's just you do this. I grew up showing, my 382 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,479 Speaker 6: mom grew up showing. I'm fifty eight years old. You know, 383 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 6: you you do it as a lifelong It's just what 384 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 6: we do. And you go to Houston and it's it's 385 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 6: basically the super Bowl. 386 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: Of livestock shows. 387 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 6: I mean there's Oye, there's you know, shows all over 388 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 6: the nation, but Houston is a pinnacle. I mean it's 389 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 6: the one and you have you raise half of the 390 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 6: animals in the championship drive. It's it's a pretty big 391 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 6: time accomplishment for us. But raising kids in forty ten FFA, 392 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 6: I mean, that is that's where it's at. They learned 393 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 6: so many things. 394 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: Mike hole with me for just a moment. 395 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 2: I have a bunch of questions as to how you 396 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 2: raise an animal to show like I don't know. I 397 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 2: do want to interject two things. We got some calls. 398 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 2: I said four h. We were corrected. 399 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: That is FFA. 400 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 2: There's certain people to get very upset if you don't 401 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 2: get one little thing wrong. But apparently what I meant 402 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: to say was FFA, that's what they're telling me. But 403 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 2: I thought it was four h. That was part of that. 404 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 2: But FFA is the purple jackets. The second thing is 405 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 2: complete point of personal privilege. 406 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 6: Here. 407 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 2: One of my biggest show sponsors, Ray Briers pipe Yard, 408 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 2: the pipe man who lays the pipe, the guy who 409 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 2: buys his sells pipe. He never asks me for anything. 410 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 2: He just had a client coming from out of town 411 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 2: who's a huge client, and he said, hey, any chance 412 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 2: he's not listening to the show today. He said, any 413 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 2: chance you can get me two good tickets for tonight. 414 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 2: My client wants to go and I want to deliver 415 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 2: for him. And I said, Ray, do you know I've 416 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 2: been talking about the rodeo all morning? And said no, 417 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 2: And he said, well then you can. I said no, 418 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 2: Now I can't take tickets because then every good thing 419 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 2: I've said about the rodeo would be compromised. So no, 420 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 2: I can't take tickets from the rodeo, but I will 421 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 2: get you tickets, so I will pay for them. 422 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: But if you have two tickets to the show tonight 423 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: that are really really good tickets, can you just email 424 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 1: me and I'll buy them from you. 425 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 2: Because Ray's one of my best show sponsors and he's 426 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 2: a great guy. Mike kne Tight, I got a bunch 427 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 2: of questions for you. Email me through my website Michael 428 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: Berryshow dot com. I like official a Michael Berry's show. 429 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 3: What are we allowing? 430 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 2: Well, when Paul Somerville sends you a text that he's 431 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 2: got your tickets taken care of, you're pretty good. 432 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 1: Ray. 433 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 2: That means we're in good shape. That's mister Rodeo to me. 434 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 2: There's Don Jordan, Paul Somerville. There's just a few Elisa Jimmerson, 435 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: Cheryl Thompson, Draper. There's just a few people that are 436 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 2: mister and miss Rodeo to me. By the way, you know, 437 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 2: the funny thing about all is, for the first time ever, 438 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 2: the Houston Livestock Showing Rodeo has a woman who's the 439 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 2: chairman of the Rodeo. This has never happened before Pat 440 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:18,239 Speaker 2: Man Phillips, and. 441 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 1: She's only been at the Rodeo for thirty years. 442 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 2: I know this because a Democrat friend of mine, State 443 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 2: Senator Carolvorado posted pat Man Phillips's time as the first 444 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 2: woman chair of Rodeo Houston is coming to an end. 445 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 2: I hope she's not the last. In her thirty years 446 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 2: at the Rodeo, she's been a champion for the next 447 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 2: generation of leaders. She deserves all her flowers during Women's 448 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 2: History Month. You don't have to email me that you 449 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 2: hate Carol Alvarado, or that she's evil or whatever. She's 450 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 2: been a friend of mine. We served on Houston City 451 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 2: Council together. We like each other personally. When my wife 452 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 2: and I see her, we hug. I hate her politics, 453 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 2: I don't think she cares much for mine, but I 454 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 2: don't have to hate her as a person. We were 455 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 2: able to work on some very important things at the 456 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 2: City of Houston to get things done for almost every 457 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:06,959 Speaker 2: time Republican clients that needed permits to finish a building 458 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: or things done police presence to solve a crime problem 459 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 2: in that area. And she was always a good partner 460 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 2: for me on that. And I don't forget my enemies. 461 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 2: I will share your friends. I won't share your enemies. 462 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 1: Anyway. 463 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 2: So I think my ticket, I think my rodeo tickets 464 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 2: are taken care of for tonight. So thank you to 465 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 2: everybody who emailed in. Save those favors for a later time. 466 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 2: One of the favors is you can you can buy 467 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 2: a membership to the r c C or come see 468 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 2: a great show once we open, which will hopefully be sooner. 469 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: Rather than later. 470 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 2: Okay, Mike with Harbor Livestock. You got a website for 471 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 2: Harbor Livestock. 472 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, Harbor Livestock dot com. 473 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: Oh that's a good website. I like that. 474 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 2: I like that is the Harbor h A R B 475 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 2: O R or b o U R b O U R. Okay, 476 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 2: let me ask you this. When when you're raising a 477 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: show animal to win a contest? What goes into that? 478 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: Is it? How you and treat me like I know nothing? 479 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: Because I know nothing. I'll admit that. Okay. 480 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 2: What's the difference between a well raised and a not 481 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 2: well What are we trying to accomplish here? 482 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 6: Yeah? A lot of it. Basically they're judged on confirmation. 483 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 6: You know, we call them athletes because they're exercised. I mean, 484 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 6: they're sprinted, they're ran they're treadmilled, they're fed super high 485 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 6: protein feed, and so you're trying to create this athlete 486 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 6: that's a sheep, and a common sheep has no chance 487 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 6: at a junior livestock show, you know, So we call 488 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 6: them club lambs. That term has been used for years. 489 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 6: You're a club lamb producer, and so that separates you 490 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 6: from just the common commercial producer. And so our criterions 491 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 6: like select replacement females are selecting that fire that's gonna 492 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 6: produce our lambs. Is you know, we go off of 493 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 6: just physical confirmation. They've got to have a big back 494 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 6: in a big top level sound on the feet and legs, 495 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 6: be very square, big bone, big footed, you know, heavy muscled. 496 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 6: You know, at the end of the day, all these 497 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 6: animals or carcass animals, they're gonna be slaughtered and on 498 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 6: somebody's plate, and so muscle muscle plays into it. But 499 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:36,959 Speaker 6: it's not just the only factor. Like we're trying to 500 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 6: create this balanced animal that is very very attractive, super 501 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 6: good looking. But yet you know, how is heavy muscled 502 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 6: his skeleton. I'm a big stickler on skeleton and confirmation. 503 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 2: And Mike, let me ask you a questions and I'm 504 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 2: sorry interrupt, but I'm going to try to ask questions 505 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,239 Speaker 2: for people I don't know the business, so these are 506 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 2: naive questions. 507 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 1: I had ad minute. How much of what. 508 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 2: You're of the end product that wins the competition, how 509 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 2: much of that is breeding, how much of that is eating, 510 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 2: and how much of that is training or whatever else 511 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 2: you're doing from them. What percentage would you attribute to that, 512 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 2: because apparently you're doing something different than the next guy's 513 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 2: doing to be able to say that you're good at it. 514 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's probably I would say it's seventy percent the 515 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 6: animal and thirty percent the family. Like it's the deal 516 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 6: with stock showing is the really really competitive, really good families. 517 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 6: It's a family project. Mom and dads are helping the kids, 518 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 6: and you know, you can't expect a twelve year old 519 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 6: to go out there and train this animal and feed 520 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 6: this animal and to be competitive on the the big stage, 521 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 6: you know, And so it takes everybody in the family 522 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 6: to do this. But once fat family purchases, like we 523 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 6: start selling here in April May June, once they get 524 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 6: that animal, then we've got to have the high quality feed, 525 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 6: the nutrition, the supple months they've got to get them trained. 526 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 6: The kid is a huge factor. 527 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: In all this. 528 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 6: He's the showman, you know, and sheep and goats, pigs. 529 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 6: The child just you know, I know, there's a lot 530 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 6: of showing a barra in a hog and I don't 531 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 6: want to make the hog people mad, but you know 532 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 6: they follow around behind him a lamb and a goat. 533 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 6: The child has a hold of this animal the whole time, 534 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 6: and he's got to be squared up and presented in 535 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 6: a certain way. And that's that's a huge deal, you know, 536 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 6: of just having the showman. You can have the best 537 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 6: animal there, and if he doesn't get showed properly, he's 538 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 6: not going to win. You know, some kid that knows 539 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 6: what he's doing is gonna beat you. 540 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: Mike, you thank you for your call. My man. 541 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 2: I'm up against the break. I'm up against the end 542 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 2: of the show. Rick Doaks, sorry I did not get 543 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 2: to you. Terry, Sorry I did not get to you. 544 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 2: It'll be open line Friday tomorrow. Prepare your minds to 545 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 2: call for tomorrow. Rehearse your call ahead of time. It 546 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 2: will be open lines. And that is always the most 547 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 2: fun for me. It doesn't have to be about the rodeo. 548 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 2: But I'd love to hear your your stories of mutton busting, 549 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 2: or your stories of volunteering, or your stories. And it 550 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 2: doesn't have to be Sheila Jackson, Lena or any of that. 551 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 2: Could be how Rodeo changed your life, how four h 552 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 2: or I just got a long email from Doub Miller 553 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 2: about him growing up raising angora goats and how happy 554 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 2: he was to hear me talking about it because it 555 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 2: meant so much to him, and he did it with 556 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 2: his own kids in Atlanto and all these these great stories. 557 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 2: You know, these traditions die out in one generation. They 558 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 2: die out just because you did it. If you don't 559 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: do it with your kids. This is you see this 560 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 2: with Blake, you treat your elders, or you see it 561 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 2: with a lot of things in our society. 562 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: Culture does not preserve itself. We have to actively do that. 563 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: So I look. 564 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 2: Forward to of course we'll do the evening show today, 565 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 2: but I look forward for those of you just morning 566 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 2: show listeners tomorrow's open line. 567 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: And I would particularly love to. 568 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 2: Hear from some of you about Rodeo experiences over the years, 569 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 2: agricultural experiences over the years. 570 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: I love that stuff. I'm not steeped in it. I've 571 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: looked at it, i've watched it. I've talked to people 572 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: who do it, but it's not my thing. I didn't. 573 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 2: Josh Michelle, who I went to school with, would get 574 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 2: up every morn at four o'clock and go out and nope, 575 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 2: the cows and all that. So he'd fall asleep in class, 576 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 2: and we made fun of him then, but I think 577 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 2: back now, Wow, it's pretty darned impressive. 578 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: We didn't appreciate it, but it's made him a better man. 579 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: I'll tell you that