1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: You're in the Freedom hud. This is The Buck Sexton 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Hey, what's up, Team Buck. I hope you've 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: had a fantastic holiday so far, a wonderful, joyous Christmas 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: with loved ones, And I'm just sending this out to 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: you as a little extra over the holidays. You know, 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: we've been off for a few days. I hope you're 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: enjoying some of the best stuffs, catching up on old 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: podcasts you missed as well, and passing the Buck because guys, 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: it's my birthday and you know what Buck wants for 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: his birthday. More people on Team Bucks. So please tell 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: loved ones, friends, co workers, anybody that you're spending time 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: with over this holiday season. You got to check out 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: this guy, Buck Sexton's podcast. You've got to start downloading it, 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: subscribe to it on the iheartapp or on iTunes. Just 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: The Buck Sexton Show easy to find, even easier to 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: listen to once you find it. But I also want 17 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: to take a moment to say thank you to all 18 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: of you for continue to listen to the show. We 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: are growing every month, We're growing year after year, and 20 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: in a very hyper competitive media environment these days, it 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: is the folks that tune in day in and day out, 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: that just make me want to do this more than 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: anything else. I mean, I love this job. I love 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: getting a chance to speak to all of you every day. 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: And it's my birthday. And I even thought about just 26 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: showing up today to do a live show all my 27 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: birthday because I wanted to spend it with all of you. 28 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: But I didn't want to drag producer Mark away from 29 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: his wife and his life and things like that. So 30 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: I thought that today we might as well just put 31 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: out a special birthday message, and that's what we're doing. 32 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: It's also an opportunity for me to tell you a 33 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: couple of fun facts about me. Yes, I was born 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: on December twenty eighth. My head was so big as 35 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: and I mean literally so big as a baby that 36 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: my mother had to bring me in And if she's 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: listening to this, she'll she'll probably be laughing. She had 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: to bring me into the doctor's office for a while 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: because they want to measure my head to make sure 40 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: that it wasn't getting even bigger because there could be 41 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: some They were worried that there might be some fluid 42 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: or something. And so I had such a big head 43 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: that I had to go in for head measurements for 44 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: like the first three months that I was a baby. 45 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: Turned out I was within the norm. I was within 46 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: the normal range, but at the very very top of normal, 47 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: which I think is true about me in a variety 48 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: of context, but certainly that my cranium size is one 49 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: of them. It's like sputnick it's edge. It was a 50 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: big head for sure. I also walked with so much 51 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: difficulty as a kid. I had such bowed legs that 52 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: they thought for a while that I would need to 53 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: get surgery, corrective surgery so that I'd be able to 54 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: walk properly. And there was one doctor who objected to 55 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: my name buck or Buckaroo because he thought that it 56 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: was mocking me. This is true, mocking me because I 57 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: had really really bowed legs as a kid. But the 58 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: best a little anecdote from young because it's my birthdays, 59 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: I was telling you random stories. The best addict that 60 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: let I have for you is that despite the fact 61 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: that I'm now a naturally syndicated radio host and that 62 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: I believe I'm still the only person who've ever filled 63 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: in for Glennbeck, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limball on radio 64 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: and that I filled in for Rush Limball the first time. 65 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: I had been doing radio for just about two years, 66 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: So that's a pretty fast to have your first recordings aired. 67 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: Or I'd rather have your first studio sessions out on. 68 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: It was the Internet. I actually started an internet radio 69 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: and then built my way onto or found my way 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: fault my way into terrestrial radio. But I had a 71 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: speech impediment when I was a kid. I mentioned this 72 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: to producer Mark before the break and the impediment. People 73 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: always ask what it was specifically. I just had trouble speaking. 74 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: I was not I didn't speak clearly. I mispronounced words. 75 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: There was not much of a diagnosis other than I 76 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: just needed a lot of work on the way that 77 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: I said things. But the most difficult part of it 78 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: as a young kid, and this is when I was 79 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: in the first or second grade of grammar school. As 80 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: you know, my first name is James, but everyone calls 81 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: me Buck because my middle name is Buckman. It's a 82 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: family name, and I would tell people that my name. 83 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: I would mispronounce things like cookie. I would call it 84 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: a tookie. And I also would tell people my name 85 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: was butt. So I went around for quite some time 86 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: as a young person introducing myself as but Sexton, which 87 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: you can imagine caused its fair share of difficulties early 88 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: in life, and so I had to go to a 89 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: speech therapist for a few years. And around the same time, 90 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: I was also taken out of school for additional tutoring 91 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: because I was falling behind in class. I was considered 92 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: a class clown. So I guess in some ways that 93 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: was an early indicator of things to come in my 94 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: career later on. But I was considered a class clown. 95 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: I was falling behind and working out a speech impediment, 96 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: and my mother, who was the greatest mom in the world, 97 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: to her unending and enduring credit, said no, no, we're 98 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: going to keep him in. They wanted to put me 99 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: in a special school, and so they kept me in 100 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: normal school by giving me this additional tutoring. They would 101 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: pull me out of some classes to have one on 102 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: one tutoring. I was very lucky that the resources were 103 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: available for me to do this, and I had speech 104 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: speech therapist and I'll never forget actually not only well, 105 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: I'll get to that in a moment. I caught up. 106 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: My speech improved, and I also academically. By the time 107 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: I was in this was in the second grade. By 108 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: the time I was in the fourth grade of the 109 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: fifth grade, I was far and away the best student 110 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: in my class. In fact, by the time I was 111 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: in the sixth grade, they started creating special curriculum for 112 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: me in history because the teachers thought it just wasn't 113 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: challenging enough for me and I knew too much and 114 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: I was boarding class, so they gave me additional assignments 115 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: and I didn't have to do the normal work. So 116 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: things turned around. And I guess I tell you that 117 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: story in one part because I have a tremendous sympathy 118 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: from my own experiences for people that ever always have 119 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: to overcome, whether it's a health issue, learning disabilities, and 120 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: that the key is to just never, never, never give up, 121 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: and also to have parents who stay along with you 122 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: every step of the way and encourage you people need. 123 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: When people always talk about support, support means encouragement. Support 124 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: means being present for somebody when they need help, when 125 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: they need assistance. One of the most important things really is, 126 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, the most important thing you 127 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: can do for someone that you love, that you care about. 128 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: So I for those of you who are parents are 129 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: particular if your kids are having a little bit of 130 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: trouble in school, or if they have any kind of 131 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: a speech impediment, or if they walk with difficulty as 132 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: I did, and if their head is so big that 133 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: there were concerns that their neck musculature as a baby 134 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to hold it up, which was also true. 135 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: It can all be, It can all work out, you know, 136 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: stay stay in and stay in the fight. As we say, 137 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: shields high. So I do remember later on I told 138 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: you that I had been on the speech and debate 139 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: team in high school, and I actually went to a 140 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: tournament and I won my first tournament. And it was 141 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: so fun because I went up to a girl who 142 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: was a year or two older than me. I guess 143 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,119 Speaker 1: she was a sophomore high school. I was a freshman 144 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: in high school at a party, and she was the 145 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: I found out when I started talking to her. She 146 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: was the daughter of my speech therapist. I'd never met 147 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: her before. I didn't even know about her, and you know, 148 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: her mother. It just came up in conversation as we 149 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: were talking, and I got to tell her that I 150 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: had just won my first speech and debate tournament and 151 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: that she needed to pass that on to her mom. 152 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: So I thought that was quite a quite an endorsement 153 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: of her ability as a as a speech therapist and 154 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: a speech coach. So and then later on there was 155 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: the I guess I also because this is my birthday 156 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: and I'll tell random stories if I want to. Then 157 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: there's the first time ever filling in for Rush Limball, 158 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: which I believe I may have told some of you 159 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: before in the audience, but this is just another This 160 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: is a reminder of a few things Murphy's laws. Moms 161 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: are amazing and can save you when you really need it. 162 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: So it was a couple of days before I was 163 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: filling in for Rush Limbaughs. So now we've gone from 164 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: me talking about baby Buck all the way up to 165 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: I think this was twenty fourteen, maybe something like that, 166 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty fifteen, and I had a little bit of 167 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: a cold and I cannot remember any time in my 168 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: life ever being completely without without my voice, and I 169 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: get the call from Russia Limball's team. I'll never forget. 170 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: It's the only phone call I've ever received that I 171 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: thought was fake, that was real. And it was from 172 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: Kit Carson May who rest in peace, who was one 173 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: of Russia Limball's most trusted and beloved team members for 174 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: the EIB network kit. Carson called me up and said, 175 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: how'd you like to fill in for Rush Limball? And 176 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: I practically yeah, I practically fainted. I mean I was like, wait, 177 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: what And because your Rush has always been for me 178 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: on radio, I mean, Rush is the ultimate, and so 179 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: I said, yeah, of course, I mean this is amazing. 180 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: I had maybe about a month lead in before I 181 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: knew I was going to get to do it, and 182 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: it's a couple of days away from the actual filling day, 183 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: and I can feel I had a coal but it 184 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: mostly had passed. And then I had a weird tickle 185 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: in my throat. And it's forty eight hours from my 186 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: first ever time filling in for Rush Lombaugh. The Blaze, 187 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: where I was working at the time had already been 188 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: advertising this a little bit, you know, all Buck Exon's 189 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: gonna fill in for Rush Lamball, so there was some 190 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: excitement around that. It was, you know, I was really 191 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: looking forward to it. And I wake up and I have, 192 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: for the first time, I think in my life, complete laryngitis. 193 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: I have no voice whatsoever, gone, I'm darking like this, 194 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: two days before I'm supposed to do the biggest radio 195 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: show in the country, my debut, and I have no voice. Now, 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: I know enough about this business to know that me 197 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: pulling out of this because it doesn't matter if I 198 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: even got to talk to people, and it just would 199 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: seem to the people who knew that I was somehow 200 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: being whimpy or and I one thing I will say 201 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: about this business, I do not get nervous. I do 202 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: not back out, and I do not back down. There 203 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: is no fear. I've never had fear doing this. I 204 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: never will have fear doing this. This is how I roll. 205 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: But I also need a voice if I'm going to 206 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 1: talk on radio. At some point, you know it just 207 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: you can't do what you can't do. I mean, I 208 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,599 Speaker 1: remember being so scared that I wasn't going to be 209 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: able to find my way to do the show, and 210 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: my girlfriend at the time kept trying to calm me down, 211 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: and I was I was not working. And we got 212 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: to the day before the show and my voice was 213 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: still gone, and I'm just drinking all this throatcoat tea 214 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: and all this stuff, and I tell I call my mom, 215 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: I call mom. The rescue on this one. It's my birthday. 216 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,599 Speaker 1: So I'm telling mom stories and I said, Mom, I 217 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: don't know what I'm gonna do. I can't And she 218 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: could hear my voice. I could barely speak. I mean 219 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: she I could just kind of whisper what I was 220 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: trying to say. And she's feeling really bad for me. 221 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: She managed to convince a She just kept reading. We're 222 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: doing all this research on the internet. You know, how 223 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: do you make your voice heard when you have really 224 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: bad laryngitis? And there's a lot of you know, urban legends, 225 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: but home remedies, urban legends. I guess whatever. And we 226 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: found a doctor who specialized in vocal performance in New 227 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: York City, and my mother convinced her to open her practice. 228 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: She was on her way to the Hampton's of course, 229 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: consider open her practice at nine am the day of 230 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: the fill in just for me and I go to 231 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: this doctor's office. We're there when she opens the door 232 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: to open her practice in New York City and I 233 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: walk in and she's our, let's see what we have. 234 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: She looks in my throat and she says, you have 235 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: no there's no way you will be able to do 236 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: a show. You will have no and in fact, you 237 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: could do permanent damage. Your vocal cords are so swollen, 238 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: there's so much inflammation that you could do permanent damage 239 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: to your voice if you try to do a three 240 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: hour radio show to day. And she goes, but there 241 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: is only one way this can work. But there's a 242 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: time sensitivity. She says, I can give you a steroid 243 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 1: shot for your throat. This remember this is the day 244 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: of the first Russia lumba filling. I can give you 245 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: a steroid shot for your throat, but it only lasts 246 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: about three to four hours. When is the show? And 247 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: I was like, well, it just turns out maybe Now 248 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: it's nine thirty, ten o'clock in the morning. I said, 249 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: it shows at noon, So let's do it, you know, 250 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: gette up, let's see what we got. So and everyone 251 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: always asked this, Yes, she gave me a very large 252 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: booster shot in the bum. You don't actually get in 253 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: the throat, So she gave me a shot in the butt, 254 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: and I could feel my voice kind of coming. It 255 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: wasn't perfect, by the life that it was coming back. 256 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: And then I could sort of speak and everything else. 257 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,719 Speaker 1: And I did that show and I told Russia's team 258 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: they knew that I had been sick and this was 259 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: not my normal voice, and to their credit, they had 260 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: me back and we had a bunch of great shows 261 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: after that. I just, I think was probably good enough, 262 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: competent enough that first time that I got a call back, 263 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: and I ended up filling in for Rush I don't 264 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: know a dozen times over the next couple of years. 265 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: But by the end of that show, I'll never forget this, 266 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: my voice started to go. And I'm telling you, within 267 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: thirty minutes of my last words, the first time I 268 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: filled in from Russa Lamball, I was back to because 269 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: it had worn off. I was back to no voice whatsoever. 270 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: I mean, we just and I remember walking around sixth 271 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: Avenue in Manhattan. That's right outside where Russia's studio was, 272 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: right next to Radio City a Rockefeller Center, and I 273 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: was just like shaking with things with just nerves. Afterwards, 274 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: not because I wasn't nervous about doing the show. I 275 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: was nervous that I was going to lose my voice 276 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 1: in the middle of the show. And there was definitely 277 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: some tequila consumed that night, I could tell you that much. 278 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: So that's another one of my favorite radio stories. I'll 279 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: think if there's anything else that comes up, I'll share 280 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: it with you. And oh yeah, just one more thing, 281 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: where do we get Shieldside? This is a fun one 282 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: to throw in the mix. So when we used to 283 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: do a show on Saturdays, which is when I started this, 284 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: When we started the Freedom Hunt was on Saturday's twelve 285 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: to three, I remember, and that was fun because I 286 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: spent all week. I was so excited to get to 287 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: do a three hour show every week. That's been all 288 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: week prepping and reading and researching, and by the time 289 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: I got up there, the three hours was never enough 290 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: and it always flew by, and it was really just 291 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: it was fun. And the people that are OSS, which 292 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: we say is obviously it could be the Office of 293 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: Strategic Services in World War Two, but it's actually for 294 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: us original Saturday Squad people that have been with me 295 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: now since twenty twelve. So we're going on. It'll be 296 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: our eighth year as of February, I believe of this 297 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: year will be will be eight years on the year 298 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: the Original Saturday Squad and also Shields High comes from 299 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: those early days when I sometimes would just talk about 300 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: some parts of ancient history that I had been I 301 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: think ancient warfare is really interesting, and we would do 302 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: just discussions occasionally of that. I would bring it into 303 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: the conversation and the ancient Artins, as we know Leonidas 304 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: the three hundred, the ancient Spartans would say, come back 305 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: with your shield or on it, because if you were 306 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: on your shield, you're obviously been killed in battle. They 307 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: would carry you like a litter, use the shield as 308 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: a litter. And if you held your shield, it was 309 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: because you won. If you didn't have a shield, it 310 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: was because you were a shield tosser because of the 311 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: very large, heavy shields that Philenx warfare required. If you're 312 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: going to run away, the first thing you do is 313 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: throw your shield down and sprint so that nobody can 314 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: catch you. So you weren't allowed to do that. That 315 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: would have been cowardice. But also when you're in the Philenx, 316 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: you would have to be able to hold your shield 317 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: high enough to protect the flank of the people to 318 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: your left and to protect yourself to the right. And 319 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: so we started to say that we were shoulder to 320 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: shoulder in the Freedom Hut, shields high. That is how 321 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: that came up, That's where it comes from. That's how 322 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: we get to the end of the show. Anyway, all 323 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: my birthday, like I said, my only present I ask 324 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: from all of you is to continue to listen to 325 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: the show, tell people about the show, help me spread 326 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: the world. It matters to me a whole lot, and 327 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: I really do appreciate it. It is the greatest honor 328 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: of my professional career to have all of you listening 329 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: and to have built the show from nothing. I mean, 330 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: we had no listeners when we started into what it 331 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: is today on over one hundred and twenty stations by 332 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: some counts up to one hundred and forty, I think 333 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of people listening, huge download audience in 334 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: the podcast every day, and that's all a testament to 335 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: all of you. So I'm going to go enjoy some 336 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: birthday drinks with some friends, and you know that'll be 337 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: That's my plan for the day, see some family. I 338 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: hope you have a wonderful New Year's and I am 339 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: so excited to join you all for twenty twenty. We 340 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: are going to have one hell of a ride together, 341 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: my friends. Twenty twenty is going to be the best 342 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: year yet in the Freedom Hood. I can assure you 343 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: of that. So have a safe, fun joyous New Year, 344 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: Happy birthday to me and Shields High team. Thanks for 345 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: listening to the Bus Sesson Show podcast. Remember to subscribe 346 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: on Apple podcast, at the iHeartRadio app, or wherever you 347 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,120 Speaker 1: get your podcasts.