1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: What would you talk about on your on your podcasts 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: represents morning show. I'm at the gold Mic today. That's right, 3 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: it's just the two of us, Bethany, and that's Brody, 4 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: and everyone else has a meeting or stuff to you. 5 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: And here's the thing though, um, if you stand at 6 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: the gold Mic, you're supposed to introduce yourself. Sorry, sorry, 7 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: it's a rule. It's actually scratched here in the microphone. 8 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: All right to welcome to the fifteen minute morning Show'm 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: David Brody Felstra in the Morning Show. Blah blah blah, 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: and that's Bethany. So I would say about a year ago, 11 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: nobody was here to do the podcast but us, and 12 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: we did a podcast, and I think one of the 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: things we talked about was you never want to die 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: in a plane crash or an elevator with a celebrity, 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: so that because then it'll be like, oh uh, Rob 16 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: Thomas for Matchbox twenty died and and other people and 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: other people, right, So you always want to be the 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: biggest celebrity on the plane you're on. And in case 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: you're wondering, why did he pick Rob Thomas of all 20 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: the celebrities, Rob Thomas isn't in the public eye right now. 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: It's because I was on an elevator Rob Thomas and 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: Matchbox twenty and I said, Wow, if this thing goes down, 23 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: no one's gonna know. And that's where I started thinking. 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: And then I was on the OLEV with the Google 25 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: Dolls ones, and I used to ride the elevator with 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: a lot of eighties and nineties pop rock bands. I 27 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: don't know if I would be able to pick the 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: goog Dolls out of a lineup right now, because I 29 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: could pick them out the way they looked back in 30 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: the day, but I don't know how they look now. Um, 31 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: you still have the same haircut pretty much. Yeah, then 32 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: I do have to admit something. So I just had 33 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: a giant sugar free red Bull because I am very 34 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: tired and I have kind of a long day to day. 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how I'm going to get through it, 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: and I needed the energy and for me, red Bull 37 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: is like the break glass in case of emergency drink um. 38 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: But Danielle gets very upset with me and I drink 39 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: them because she heard or read an article about how 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: some people will just have heart attacks and die if 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: they drink this beverage. Okay, but Daniel went home early today? 42 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: Is that while you grabbed it? So Daniel went home 43 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: at eight thirty because she had some family stuff she 44 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: had to take care of it. So I brought in 45 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: a sugar free red bull, hid it in the fridge, 46 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: and as soon as Daniel left, like literally she left 47 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: at eight thirty. As she was walking out, I was 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: ding ding ding ding tip doing to the back fridge 49 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: and took the sugar free red bull and brought it 50 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: out and chugged it. How would it look if you 51 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: had a heart attack and she would not be here 52 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 1: and she'd feel like she wasn't here to stop you. Oh, 53 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: she'd be livid, but she'd also be happy that she 54 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: was right. Yea, yeah, No, there's definitely that she would. 55 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: I mean it would be a told I told you 56 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: so kind of wake moment, like she would come to 57 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: my open casket where I look amazing, and she'd look 58 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: at you and God that you should be like I 59 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: miss you, but I told you. Now, this is a podcast, 60 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: you can't see what's going on in the room. But 61 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: when you said a really large sugar re red bull, 62 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: you actually put your hand about two feet above the 63 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: counter to show me that it was large. But I'm wondering, 64 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: was it really two feet tall? It was, I may 65 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: have been exaggerating. You just got higher. It's two and 66 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: a half. It's the kind so the red bulls come in, 67 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: like the teeny cans, which are sort of the size 68 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: of like the tomato juice cans on the plane, right, 69 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: or when you did like, um, the what's the raised 70 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: in elementary school where you did like the you had 71 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: to hand off the baton the like a real a baton. 72 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: So I had the next one up. I had like 73 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: the kind that you can't fully fit your hand around it, 74 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: like the new Diet Coke cans. Yeah, but larger like 75 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: the Arizona iced tea can. Yes, but a little smaller 76 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: like the thing that would be smaller than the Arizona 77 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: iced tea cam but larger than Diet Coke can. That one, 78 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: that one, that one, it's like big enough, big enough 79 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: to get the job done and make you feel like 80 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: you're indulging, but small enough that you're probably not gonna 81 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: have a heart attack anyway. So I feel great, but 82 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to crash soon, and uh, you probably won't 83 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: be around to see the crash because we have left work. Yeah. 84 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: I have three days, two official days left of work. Yeah, 85 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: so you have. So I'm sure if you're hearing this, 86 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: you know that Bethany's last day is Friday, the I 87 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: have to go to Monday, and the count three days backwards, 88 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: so that's you. You were listening in on me counting. 89 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: I did not use fingers. I have to say that 90 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: the worst part of it so far has been when 91 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: I told you, Brodie, when you found out I you know, 92 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: when you you hear the phrase someone's face fell, like 93 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: your face fell, and then I was going to cry, 94 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: and like I was fine until then. But everybody, if 95 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: you're you know, as you listen, you have the one 96 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: person at work that's your work husband or work wife 97 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: or the person who like gets you. Brodie, you're the 98 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: one who gets me. So let's change the subject so 99 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: that I don't cry. Okay, So just to recap briefly, 100 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: I first, when you told me, I thought you were joking. 101 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: I thought it was it was a phone tap because 102 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: you said, I just want to let you know I'm 103 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: leaving the show, and I thought for the day because 104 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: it was like twelve thirty and you usually go around 105 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: twelve thirty, and I'm like, oh, you're leaving the show 106 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: for the day. And then you said again and I no, no, no, no, no, 107 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: because you should have because truly, my work husband, my 108 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: work wife, you would have said what do you think 109 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: then ignored what I said, but still asked me what 110 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: I thought of it. But I think you knew what 111 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: I thought of it and didn't tell me because you 112 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: knew I would try to talk you out of it. Yeah, 113 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: and now it's too late. You're on the plane, like 114 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: you you're on the roller coaster at the top of 115 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: the hill, and you can't ask the the the high 116 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: school kid who's working at the Amuzement park for the summer, Hey, Jimmy, 117 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: can you please stop the rod? Because he's like, I'm 118 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: not to stop the rod. I just sit in the chair. 119 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: And also he's a little drunk. He's a little drunk, 120 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: and he's getting paid, Like, I don't know what that is. 121 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: Who's fun Nate's phones going off with Nates and should 122 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: I girlfriend doesn't. Oh, it's so no because it doesn't 123 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: have a name. So it's like new phone. Who it is? 124 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: It's just a name, it's just a number about the 125 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: number and see people can call it and find out. Okay, 126 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: so here's the number, let us know who it was. 127 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: But yeah, so this everything is is in motion. There's 128 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: nothing to stop it. And you know, it's uh, it's 129 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: a it's a thing. It's it's I'm in shock right now. 130 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: It is when you make a big life decision and 131 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't really seem real. So I think it's going 132 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: to seem real about Tuesday of next week, and that's 133 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: when you will uh feel the panic radiating from downtown 134 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: New York. So I did two things when you told me. 135 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: I went home and I google image you, which I 136 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: made you do, And I thought it was a good 137 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: experiment for me because when you google image someone, if 138 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: they have a lot of pictures online as you do, 139 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: as big shot celebrity as we are, you know, quote unquote, 140 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: there are pictures of you before you worked here. And 141 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: I showed you the picture that I had shown Elvis. 142 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: I'm like, this girl in the blue dress is one 143 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: of my first head shots. I think it was my 144 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: first head shot in color. Yeah. So when I so, 145 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: I was trying The story is old, but I tried 146 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: to find you because you had left your last radio 147 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: job and I had known who you are and I 148 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: liked your work, and you would gone and you had 149 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: a radio name onlike now you were you were Lena's 150 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: Fencing because you were in Minnesota. They're like, let's give 151 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: her a Nordic name, like this is gonna be funny. 152 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: And so I could not find Lena's Fencing. So I 153 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: found out and found out, and people knew when I 154 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: emailed like a hundred people. By the way, have all 155 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: those emails if you ever want to see them, let 156 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: me trying to track you down. And so I finally 157 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: found you. And when I found your images, there was 158 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: that one head shot in the blue dress. Will you 159 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: look like the most innocent farm girl ever? I'm wearing 160 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: a blue dress? From forever? And then is a gallery 161 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: of what looks to be pre wedding pictures of you 162 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: and your then boyfriend in like romantic, like fuzzy lens 163 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: pictures like to make it look like you're gonna mount 164 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: them on the wall, like in eight by tens, like 165 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: really fancy pictures and so, uh, well, that guy's out 166 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: of the picture, but you could probably crop him out. 167 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: They're really nice pictures. They're great. That was when we 168 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: were doing a long distance relationship, and so I went 169 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: to visit him in Texas at the time, and he 170 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: was like, you know what, let's have fun. Let's do 171 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: a photo shoot. And everyone thought we were engaged, but 172 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: really we were just having fun in the photo suit. 173 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: So I did that. I Google image you and then 174 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: to kind of like just remind myself of you over 175 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: the years and the different events you've been at and whatever. 176 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: You know. Second be depressed, And then I went back 177 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: and looked at all the emails I had sent you, 178 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: and it was it will be almost ten years. It 179 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: will be ten years later this year that I sent 180 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: you with the first email in two thousand nine where 181 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: I said, Hey, um, I executive producer of in the 182 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: Morning Show. One of my jobs is to find talent. 183 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: I think you're really talented. I really enjoy your work. 184 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: Blah blah blah blah blah, and to this day. So 185 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: you wrote back something and you explained why you wrote it. 186 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: But years later, so this was two nine, it was 187 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: three years before you actually started here. I made contact 188 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: with you to keep you in my files because one 189 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,359 Speaker 1: of my jobs defined talent for radio stations around the company. 190 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: And you wrote back, oh, my god. Thanks. I don't 191 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: really know what I'm doing, but but okay, And you 192 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: had no idea that I was sort of like just 193 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: laying the groundwork for maybe, you know, wanting you to 194 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: be a part of our show someday. No, if I 195 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: just thought it was a nice email, looked at this 196 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: sweet boy sending me an emails so nice, and you're like, 197 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: I don't really know what I'm doing. And here we 198 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: are ten years later, and you've been on this show 199 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: five and a half years, arguably one of the biggest 200 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: pop culture morning shows in the history of radio. I'm 201 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: saying that very humbly, and I still to this day 202 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 1: think if you were interviewed, you'd say, I still don't 203 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: know what I'm doing exactly freaking clue. People tell me 204 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: how do I get into radio, and I'm like, I 205 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know how to get into radio 206 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: because I don't know how I got here. So here, 207 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: so speaking how you got in radio? Somebody um texted 208 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: in this morning and I thought it was a dumb suggestion. 209 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: They said, oh, you should have a contest to see 210 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 1: who replaces Bethany, and I said, so, I wrote back, 211 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: and I said, politely well, that's kind of weird. Would 212 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: you have a contest at your job to see who 213 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: becomes your boss? Would like the New England Patriots have 214 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: a contest to see replaces Tom Brady. It's like, it's 215 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: a job like any other. You you have to be qualified, 216 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: and you have to earn it and have experience and 217 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: a resume and all. And then I thought, wait a minute, 218 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: bethany how did you get the job in Minnesota? Okay? Okay, 219 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: So I just applied no experience. However, the difference is 220 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: that I had all of that. I had training. I 221 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: just didn't have training in radio, but I had training 222 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: in performance and I had training an improv comedy, and 223 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: so that's what my skill set was. So there was 224 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: training involved, just not like pro tools training. Right. You 225 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: weren't like somebody who said, oh, people tell me I'm funny, 226 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: I should be on your show, right, No, because I've 227 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: gotten a lot of that in the past two days. 228 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: And that's great that they love to show that much, 229 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: But you short of one. I I I I went 230 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: in and I interviewed an audition. I mean there was 231 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: it was a four hour live on air audition, um 232 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: and I did it four times. I auditioned for them, 233 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: and uh, but there were other people on the air 234 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: auditioning right, um on different days, different days. Yeah, yeah, 235 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: they were like rotating people. But there were people they 236 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: had flown in from around the country who were radio people. Um. 237 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: But yeah, I got the job just because I had 238 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: been training in in performance comedy. And my boss said, 239 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: you know what, we need to hire more people who 240 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: do improv and fewer people who have broadcast training, because 241 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: in a way, you come at it differently, you come 242 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: at it from a different perspective. But but but radio 243 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: is one of those jobs where it seems like it's 244 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: just you come in and you sit down and talk. 245 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: But as soon as we interview somebody who isn't media 246 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: trained or doesn't have you realize how scary it is 247 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: to sit in front of a micro And I think 248 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: it's a compliment to this show that people listen and say, oh, 249 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: I could totally sit in with them. They sound like 250 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: my friends, Because that's what we hope for, for sure, 251 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: And there are a lot of listeners who could sit 252 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: in and be amazing at it, no doubt. It's just 253 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: you still have to like go through the process and 254 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: apply and and put a demo together. And you know, 255 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: you can't just send notes of friends you work with 256 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: and say, oh my god, I'm the funniest person at 257 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: the accounting firm, because you know, I used to work 258 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,839 Speaker 1: in a restaurant in Brooklyn. It was called Rolling Roaster, 259 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: Famous Famous Brooklyn, So back many years ago, before I 260 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: was in radio, before I even did comedy professionally, I 261 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: was just what I thought was a funny guy at work. 262 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: And my friend Vinnie said to me when I was 263 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: talking about maybe someday doing comedy, he said, you know what, 264 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: you're Rolling Roast a funny but you know, like you're 265 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: not a funny me. Yeah, you're like funny for here, 266 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: like compared to us, you're funny, but you're not like, 267 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: no one's gonna pay you to be funny. So f you, 268 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: I love you, Ben, But you know, so everyone everyone 269 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: is told, you know, like it's like when you watch 270 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: American Idol and then and then people go all my 271 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: friends tell me I'm a singer, and then they go 272 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: on the audition and they're like, oh no, they But 273 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: every once in a while there's the person, like Kelly 274 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: Clarkson was a waitress. Absolutely there is the person who 275 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: is like, Listen, I was working in retail when I 276 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: ended up here. I was managing a retail store in 277 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: a mall. Yeah, I mean I did improv. I trained 278 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: in comedy and improv, and I had some background in performance, 279 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: but not radio. Yeah exactly. And so look, Garrett's here, Garrett, 280 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Bethany and Brody Podcast. I'm sorry, you 281 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: know what she's leaving. It's Brody and Bethany. By the way, 282 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: motion detected by my pet camera. Let's see what's going 283 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: on in my apartment. Oh, Garrett, I'm sorry, but here 284 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 1: is the funny thing. Um. So, when I was in college, 285 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: I was a theater major and in my career prep 286 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: class um part of the it was last year as 287 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: a theater major, you were a senior. You took career 288 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: prep and we had different days where it introduced you 289 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: to different industries where you could use your performance skills. 290 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: So you would go to obviously a theater, movies, whatever. 291 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: Then we went to a radio station to kind of 292 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: show us what the radio world was like as an 293 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: option for your career. That was the day that my 294 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: car got broken into and I couldn't go to that class. 295 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: So you would like the people who went that day 296 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: got to put together a demo and got to see 297 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: what a radio station looked like. I missed that day, 298 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: and that day ended up being the next ten years 299 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: of my career. But I missed it. My car got 300 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: broken into And how many of those people are actually 301 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: in Radio zero or did Radio zero? I think I 302 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: don't think any of them are even in theater anymore. 303 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: But um, but it's interesting. It's the world takes you 304 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: in weird places. Man. You just gotta I just gotta 305 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: go along for the ride. Karen, how did you end 306 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: up in radio? I mean, I know the story, but 307 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: why don't you tell it quickly? I went to one 308 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: of our shows, our concerts at Madison Square Garden. At 309 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: the time, we didn't have cell phone cameras yet, so 310 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: we had those like disposable Kodak cameras. Took a picture 311 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: with Elvis. It was a little unflattering. I ended up 312 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: running into him about six months later. He said, please 313 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: get rid of that, um, And I did. And I said, oh, 314 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: by the way, I love to become an intern and 315 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: goes get some credit, and uh, that's what I did. Yeah, 316 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you're looking to get into 317 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: radio or quite literally anything you are passionate about, do it. 318 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: There's a way, there's a way. People are like, there's 319 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: no way to get into radio. I mean, I would 320 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: recommend you go to school for it, because school leads 321 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: to an internship, which leads to you know, connecting and 322 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: networking and that kind of thing, and that is like 323 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: the most direct route. I would not recommend, you know, 324 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: working at a bank and then just taking a shot 325 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: at it, because that's certainly not There's only one Dave 326 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: Brody in the world. Ye special man, damn music. That 327 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: means we're down to two podcasts. In the morning show, 328 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: Betty's gonna make an appearance on The Boys fifteen Minute 329 00:14:59,240 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: Morning Show.