1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Worst Year Ever, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: Welcome Together Everything, So don't don't Oh. Hi, Hey, this 3 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: is Cody Johnson from the Worst Year Ever podcasting you 4 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: are listening to with your ear holes. I'm joined today 5 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: briefly by my co host Robert Evans. Use your words, Robert. 6 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 1: H h ah. That's the sound of the tone of 7 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: the rest of this segment of the episode. Uh see, 8 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: that's I was gonna ask you, um a question leading 9 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: into that, but you've nailed it. You've answered my question. Um. 10 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: Katie stole H is another of our co host She 11 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: is um in the woods right now. What a concept? 12 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: What an idea that we should all subscribe to? Robert, 13 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: do you want to briefly explain to our listeners how 14 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: you're feeling and follow up why I feel pretty good? Well, 15 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: I feel like I haven't slept and like I'm strung 16 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: out because I passed out at seven am after a 17 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: massive adrenaline dump finally faded. Uh. And I had a 18 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 1: massive adrenaline dump that kept me up until seven because 19 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: last night, like two thousand people including a mix of 20 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: like black blocked up, you know, anarchist activists and like 21 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: local moms and dads with leafblowers started tearing apart of 22 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: Federal courtpouse with their bare hands and a skateboard. Um. 23 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: And then when the federal agents charged out and started 24 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: shooting and grenading them, they fought them back inside. I 25 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: saw that. I feel like I feel I feel like 26 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: I saw something about that. Uh and um. And then 27 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: the Feds were like sorry and they left. No, they 28 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: shot at people from holes, and so people threw bottles 29 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: at their hands. But then they were like, oh, they 30 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: mean business, so I guess we'll leave them alone. No. 31 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: I think now the DHS secretary the statement he just 32 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: made was something along the lines of, uh, if the 33 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: federal agents leave that courthouse today, they're going to burn 34 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: it down, which they might. That there's a decent chance. Um. Yeah, 35 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: I mean I feel like that's going through a lot 36 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: of the minds of UM. Any officer like law enforce 37 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: and officer in the vicinity of anything like this knowing that, like, well, 38 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: if we leave, they might burn it down. Now because 39 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: of that thing that happened, they know. I'm gonna be 40 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: honest with you, If the Feds actually like left the courthouse, 41 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: I I find it highly unlikely that it would be 42 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: burnt down. I think it's much more likely that people 43 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: would occupy it an attempt to start a rib restaurant 44 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: out of it, right Courthouse ribs, Yeah, yeah, yeah, it'd 45 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: still be riot ribs, bar Barbara Courthouse cothouse. People will 46 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: figure it out. Yeah, that's not that's not the important 47 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: thing right now. Um, So this has been happening for 48 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: how many nights? Would you say at this point? I 49 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: think last night was night. Like it's been going on 50 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: and on and on and on and on. Um, would 51 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: you say that obviously this this started. Um, it's all 52 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: started when the you know, the massive civil unrest across 53 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: the nation occurred in response to George Floyd's murder. Um 54 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: is uh when you say, like it's grown quite a bit. Uh, 55 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: ebbden flowed? Um is their their response, I imagine is 56 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: probably fueling a lot of people coming out now. It's 57 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: EBB didn't flow about like a week and a half ago. 58 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: You know, when the Feds were starting, you know, when 59 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: the fence had been coming out for a few days 60 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: and beating the hell out of people, the movement was 61 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: at a real low. EBB. You know, three hundred people 62 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: would have been a big action. It was usually more 63 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: like a hundred most nights, and you know, as a journalist, 64 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: those were the hardest days because you were just when 65 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: you were showing up, you were showing up to just 66 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: watch two hundred people get the fucking pist beat out 67 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: of them, Like that's that's what was happening. Is these 68 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: small crowds were showing up and trying to do actions, 69 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: and you know, they were at this point tough and 70 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: skilled with all the things they needed to do, but 71 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: they just weren't enough of them to do much and 72 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: they were just getting wailed on. And it was really 73 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: a bummer, um, and it was kind of driving some 74 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: of us crazy. Uh. And then the you know, the 75 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: Snatch fan video went viral and Domino Donovan Labella getting 76 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: shot in the head went viral, and then uh, President 77 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: Trump started talking about how he'd quelled the protests and 78 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: he kind of made it into he he like it. 79 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: You couldn't have done anything better to revitalize and bring 80 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: more people out into the streets. Like it. It absolutely 81 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: changed the game. Yeah, I um, I wonder how that 82 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: will continue. And the I guess it's hard. It's you 83 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: don't want to like apply logic to any of these 84 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: people really, um, certainly not him. Um, nope. But I 85 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: don't know. Sometimes you get a sense that like, well, okay, 86 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: so like they poked the bear to make it worse 87 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: so they can crack down worse. Yeah, I don't know. 88 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: It feels at this moment maybe that's where en up. 89 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: It feels at this moment like they made a major miscalculation, right, 90 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: Like a lot of this happened because this crowd of 91 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: mom showed up to protest the Snatch fans and they 92 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: shook offense and so the Feds tear gassed all of 93 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: these people. And one of the results of that is 94 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: that like a whole lot of just like normal, kind 95 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: of middle of the road folks in Portland have now 96 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: decided it's actually really fun to go out and fight 97 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: federal agents every night. Uh, and maybe fight the police too, 98 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: We'll see. Yeah, it's it's you get the sense of 99 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: that from a lot of the videos, like oh, you're 100 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: just like you've lived in like down the street and 101 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: you were like, oh, all right, let's do it. Yeah. 102 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: It was kind of like there was there was a 103 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: lot of from the more cynical members of the press 104 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: Corps when like the moms and and stuff started coming up, 105 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: there was this feeling like, Okay, you know, we've seen 106 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: this before. We'll get some huge numbers. They'll start doing 107 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: marches while they march around the city and don't confront 108 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: anyone because they're not gonna want to like actually commit 109 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: serious federal crimes, and then this will all fade away. 110 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: But then the moms just started committing serious federal crimes. Yeah, yeah, 111 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: they keep they keep seem to keep doing that, and yeah, 112 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: it seems to be like, okay, well if they do that, 113 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: then we got to do this. But then if we 114 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: do that, then that creates this image that is going 115 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: to influence other people to come out. Um. Yeah, like yeah, 116 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: if it will, if it will continue that way, or 117 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: if they will like wise up. You know, like there 118 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: are so many protests around protest are still going on. Um, 119 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: it's not necessarily national news all the time as it 120 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: once was. Um. But as we've seen, when the cops 121 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: don't show up to the protests and riot gear and 122 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: bother people, they don't, it doesn't turn violent. Yeah, and 123 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: that seems to be, yeah, maybe something they should consider. 124 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: You know, there are some tactical lessons for them here 125 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: because like the Portland Police headquarters is right next door 126 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: to the courthouse, and last night the Portland police just 127 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: let the crowd go after the Feds like they didn't 128 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: show up, they were nowhere nearby, and nobody fucked up 129 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: with the Justice Center. Everybody just kind of like wailed 130 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: on the Feds um, which was interesting, like the kind 131 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: of lack of loyalty between the two groups who had 132 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: been beating up people together for a couple of weeks, 133 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: but they're popular. Like the cops were like, Oh, we 134 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: actually don't like the Feds at all. We love we 135 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: love our we love our citizens. Yeah, go get go, 136 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: go get the feds, folks. It's like it's like that 137 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: bit like you like slowly like back up into the 138 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: crowd and go, yeah, let's get them fellas um. Which 139 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: is something that really does worry me. I am worried 140 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: that like people will focus too much on the Feds 141 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: and then be like when the Feds leave, you know 142 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: we did it, and you know there's still a big 143 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: problem here. Yeah, we'll see. I guess that's one thing. 144 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: The other thing I'm wondering because I, uh, you know, 145 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: these protests started uh in response to a lot of 146 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: specific things, and um, it's this when you like, when 147 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: you go to these protests, do you get a sense 148 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: that these are still like Black Lives Matter protests or 149 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: is it more just like, man, the cops they're just 150 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: awful and the Feds are here, and like this has 151 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: gotten this is ballooned into this other thing that is 152 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: driving people out as opposed to the sort of original purpose. 153 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: They are still Black Lives Matter protests. That's still like 154 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: a big thing that drives a lot of what folks say, Um, 155 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: it's it drives lot of the chance it's it's driven 156 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: a lot of like is a lot of white people 157 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: got out there in the first place. That said, after 158 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: fifty something nights of getting assaulted by law enforcement, there 159 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: is now like a personal dimension of not we specifically 160 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: hate these cops because they've been beating us up and 161 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: we don't want them around anymore. Um So, yeah, it 162 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: is it has gotten to be like after fifty days 163 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: of continuous fighting. It's not gonna be exactly about the 164 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: things it was when it gets started. But yeah, there's 165 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: I would say Black Lives Matter is still centered as 166 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: kind of the core of like if we don't get 167 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: these people out of our community and start spending the 168 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: money that we currently spend on them on reinvesting in 169 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: these in you know, minority communities, be Indigenous communities, black communities. UM, 170 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: we're we're we're not gonna fix any of the problems 171 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: we have, Like we have to actually like make some 172 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: real changes for those people and also for ourselves. UM. 173 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: And it just the thing that has gall vanized everyone 174 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: is the repeated assaults right right and sort of UM, 175 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: I think opening up a lot of people to these 176 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: to the to the end goal, the ultimate goals and 177 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: um that that are swirling around. Um, you're these are 178 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: these are the solutions to this problem that we started 179 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: protesting for. You're you're you're exemplifying the problems we're talking 180 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: about against us. UM. And it's almost like bringing Yeah, 181 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,479 Speaker 1: it's sort of like building solidarity through these shared experiences, 182 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: building um, understanding of what those issues are and like 183 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: what what can be done about them? UM. I saw 184 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 1: there's that one guy, um, just a just a solid 185 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: brick of a human man who was attacked by cops. 186 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: There's video of him like with batons they like try 187 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: to beat and he just does not. Yes, um, and 188 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: they like, right, they spraying with maize and he's like, alright, 189 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: twirls around, flicks him off, and that's it. Um. He 190 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: was just a guy. Um, who's just a guy. But 191 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: everyone's just a guy. Um, But he was he had 192 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: seen how the uh protesters being were being treated um 193 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: through various avenues of reporting, and he's like, and so 194 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to go and check it out because I 195 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: I think he was in the Navy maybe yeah, he 196 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: was adem yeah, and he was like, I don't like 197 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: how these people are treating the protesters. I'm gonna go 198 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: now too. And he's like, I'm gonna have a conversation 199 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: with them and talk about the oaths that we both 200 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: swore and like how they're holding up to them. Yeah. 201 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: And then and their response was that freaking video um 202 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: and yeah, just sort of like building um. Yeah, these 203 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: sort of collective um frustration and experience and pain um 204 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: and reaction to what's going on and uh build you know, 205 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: getting the moms out there, the MILFs as I call them, Yeah, 206 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: you do that a lot. It's it is mother's mother's 207 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: in love with freedom. Yeah, mother's in love with freedom. 208 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: I want to be really clear what I meant by that. 209 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. It's very funny, goody thank yeah, um man, 210 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: it was. I just can't get over what I saw 211 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: last night, like and and some of it's terrifying because 212 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: I am fairly certain people are going to get shot 213 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: with live rounds at some point. Like last night, at 214 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: one point, a federal agent try to arrest someone and 215 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: was tackled by four people. Yeah. Yeah. They pulled their 216 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: friend away and knocked his helmet off, and he pulled 217 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 1: his side arm and started waving it at the crow. 218 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: But they de arrested there. But it's also like at 219 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: some point, and it was one of those things where 220 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm glad this is a right, like 221 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,599 Speaker 1: at least that person wasn't a cop, right, Like that 222 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: would is a cop would have shot them. That story 223 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: has has one very specific ending. Um yeah, yeah, that's 224 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: that's like part of it where it's like some of 225 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: these interactions you see like thank god these people have 226 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: actually been trained in like restraint and precision, but at 227 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: the same time guns, yeah, right, at the same time, 228 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: you're like, ah, I wish these people weren't here who 229 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: have been trained for like precision, you know, like weird 230 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: this weird conflicting um reaction to just like state violence happening, 231 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: and you're like, well, that guy at least he didn't 232 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: shoot the person for stopping the arrest, but well, and 233 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: there's like so one of the things that was really 234 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: unique about last night is the crowd finally got the 235 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: fae Lenx move right, where you get dozens or a 236 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: couple of hundred people with interlocking shields and you just 237 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: take what punishment the police and you keep moving forwards, 238 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: rely inching forward as they shoot you to kind of 239 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: make the point that like, you can't stop us now. 240 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: And they had leafblowers all around the sides and in 241 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: the back to blow tear gas away from the phae Leanx, 242 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: and this crowd was just like continuously marching forward under 243 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: fire while fucking um rage against the machine blared out 244 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: of a boom box behind them, just like fuck you, 245 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: I won't do what you tell me. A fuck you, 246 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: I won't do what you tell me. And when they 247 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: got close enough to the guys with a R fifteens, 248 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: they just started hooking bottles at him. Wow, there are 249 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: there are things happening. Yeah, God, it is some of 250 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: this It's like a complete breakdown of just like what 251 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: people thought, like just like it's like so many cops, 252 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: Like I thought I thought we were cops and we 253 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: can't do that, Like I thought they were to let 254 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: to throw bottles at us. Um, do you have a 255 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: lot of um contact, like any contact or interaction with 256 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: the actual like Portland Police. I mean that we I 257 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: was with an action on Saturday that lit their union 258 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: on building on fire. I mean like just like beyond 259 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: the observation like do you like ever did do you 260 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: ever contact them? Do you get statements from them? Obviously? 261 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: I mean one of the things that was really unique 262 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: about the Portland Police prior to all this is that 263 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: they were famously very difficult to get statements out of 264 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: for any reason. Really. Um, They're just a pain in 265 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: the asked to to get to talk to you, you know. Yeah. 266 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: And you know, the more traditional good journalists in Portland 267 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: like Alex Zelinski and Sergio almost um have been you know, 268 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: getting statements and doing the proper journalism stuff. Um, while 269 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: the the rapscallions among us. Uh, just bottles get tossed 270 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: at him. Yes, I'm familiar with your life streams. Yeah, um, okay, Yeah, 271 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: it's just it's just interesting that that relationship and like 272 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: because also like you know, uh they have arrested and 273 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: like beaten up journalists. Um, and uh, just that that 274 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: dynamic is just so fascinating just to see and like 275 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: even just like simple stuff just makes me really laugh 276 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: about them. The they tweeted last night the police social 277 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: media is so it's so good. Um. It's just like 278 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: this one thing they did last night, um, during the 279 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: courthouse uh fiasco you're talking about. Uh, just they tweeted 280 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: out randomly like hundreds of people are clogging this area 281 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: Southwest Third Avenue outside the Federal Courthouse and packing it. 282 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: This activity is being live streamed. Avoid the area for safety. 283 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: And like it's just so funny to me the choices 284 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: they make in like the things they want to tell 285 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: the city because this tweet went at midnight, so like 286 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: at midnight on a Monday, they're like, hey, everybody steer 287 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: clear of the Federal courthouse. Like what do you talk? 288 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: Like why bother? Who are you? Who are you telling 289 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: to to avoid the courthouse at midnight on Monday? Other 290 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: than this weird performative like by the way, Antifa's out, 291 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: stay in your homes. It's very funny. Um it was 292 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: very very funny. I I it would have been interesting 293 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: to see the crowd that we had last night go 294 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: up against the Portland police again because the Feds are 295 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: so much earlier. UM yeah, you get, you get like, 296 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: I don't know that they know what the funk to 297 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: do at this point. Um, I'm sure they'll figure out 298 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: something really really terrible. UM oh yeah, we're yeah, Like 299 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: obviously it's not over, and I'm sure the next chapter 300 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: will have some horrible darkness in it. But it after 301 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: just weeks of getting wailed on. Um. Like the last 302 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: time him before this that I really saw like a 303 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: real fight with the Feds. Um, other than Sunday, UM 304 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: was like the Thursday before where it had been like 305 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,479 Speaker 1: seventy or eighty people who were just there was just 306 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: this line of forty soldiers shooting at like this crowd 307 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: of the same size and just fucking beating the piss 308 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: out of them. Um. And it was like it looked 309 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: like something from a fucking horonmous Bosh painting. They had 310 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: like this giant, this giant burning bucket they carry that's 311 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: like filled with tear gas pieces and they like ladle 312 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: it out onto the street. It looks like a fucking nightmare. 313 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: A lot of a lot of heads made out of 314 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: butts with horns and stuff, classic bosh stuff. Yeah, yeah, 315 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of butt heads. Um, but man, 316 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: they last night was real different last night. The crowd one. 317 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, that's um, I think, and uh, you're probably 318 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: gonna go to sleep after this, so good good work, 319 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: good work, and in all that you do. I think 320 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: that that's just that's how it's going to be. Right, 321 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: You're gonna have those nights where it does feel like 322 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: it's forty armed like feds, just like against a small 323 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: crowd of people, and then others it's rib night, right, 324 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: it's look at look at look at all the ribs 325 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: and moms everywhere. Um there's something there was something just 326 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: really uh inspiring and powerful and joyful about that, like 327 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: the chance coming from all those moms who were like 328 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: fuck off, um and not in so many words. Sometimes 329 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm sure they did say that, but um, there was 330 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 1: the mom behind me because as as we were, there 331 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: was like an hour where we were all crowded around 332 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: the court, as people were like barricading the doors with 333 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: their bodies and it was just kind of this like 334 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: I don't are people are gonna push things enough that 335 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: the Feds do come out? And you know, I was 336 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: looking around at all these mothers who you know, a 337 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: lot of them looked uncertain. They're all very new to 338 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: this for the most part. And then one of the 339 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: moms behind me said, I want to get a fucking 340 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: sledgehammer and break open the doors of this cord and 341 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: in she went up to the door with a kids 342 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: in block and they both started trying to kick it down. Unreal, 343 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: I swear the just some beautiful alliances being made this year. Um, 344 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: that's so bizarre. And uh, speaking of some alliances we've 345 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: made this year, Cody, you want to intro what will 346 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: happen after the break? I couldn't possibly want two more? Oh, 347 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: thank you so much. UM. Yeah, So we're gonna come back. 348 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: Um you'll hear Katie's voice when we come back from 349 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: the UM. And so we we will be interviewing Brenda 350 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: and Hayden from Rock Music City. Uh it's the Restaurant 351 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: Opportunities Center UM and talking to them about their workers, 352 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: movement for the hospitality and service industry in their area 353 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: and sort of what they do and what can be 354 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: done UM locally if you don't have the resources to 355 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: get a sledgehammer with a bunch of moms and breakdown 356 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: Federal Courthouse building. UM tour, so see us soon together everything, 357 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: so don't hello again. Hi. Today we are joined by 358 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: Hayden Smith and Brenda way Brant, who are both on 359 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: the steering committee I Believe for Restaurants Opportunity Center Music City, 360 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: which is a collection of Nashville based restaurants employees who 361 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: are advocating for workers rights within the industry. Hi, guys, Hello, 362 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: did I did I do that? Intro? Right? Is that's 363 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: the gist of what you guys do? Yeah? Yeah, that 364 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: was great? UM, perfect intro Katie, thank you, gosh, thanks 365 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: and goodbye. Alright, are learning? Yesterday I talked extensively about 366 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: how well I respond to positive affirmations. Uh, thank you 367 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 1: for putting that to practice. Guys. Yeah, we all have 368 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: our different things we respond to. For me, UM, guys, 369 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 1: according to your website, you are fighting to create a 370 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: food service industry that empowers workers to thrive, not just survive. UM. 371 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: And you have been organizing fellow workers and allies UM 372 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: to provide resources for people within the industry. Can you, um, 373 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: uh take us back to the beginning, and tell us 374 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: a little bit about, uh, the organization, how you got started? Yeah, absolutely, 375 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: um So, UM, I had done a little bit of 376 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: organizing around a wedge theft suit at one of my 377 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: former employers, and UM, through that started talking to some 378 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: local labor organizers and stuff that got me hooked up 379 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: with Restaurant Opportunities Center United, the national branch of the organization, 380 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: and UM. So you know that kind of that kind 381 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: of was going pretty slowly, and then COVID hit and 382 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, everybody was out of work and 383 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: it was like extraordinarily obvious that um, nobody was going 384 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: to be there to help us because like Tennessee's unemployment 385 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: system was terrible, like there was just there was no 386 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: safety net for us. UM. And so like all of 387 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: a sudden, there was this huge interest in getting organized 388 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: UM and I'm met like wonderful people like Brenda here 389 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: UM who you know, shared the same interest. UM. And 390 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: you know, we built a steering committee and it started rolling. 391 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: UM So. Okay, So you guys had the organization had 392 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: been in existence a little prior to COVID nineteen, but 393 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: then when this hit and you saw the impact on 394 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: your community, UM, it started to become more focused on 395 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: response to COVID nineteen. Yeah. Well a Restaurant Opportunities Center 396 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: United has been around since two thousand one, UM, and 397 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: so I just got in contact with them. But UM, 398 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: the Music City Affiliate UM didn't get started until like 399 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: it was a it was a response to COVID nineteen. 400 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: I see, UM, So can you tell us a little 401 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: bit about the work that you are doing in response 402 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: to COVID nineteen. I believe this is your Safer Artwork initiative. Yeah, okay, 403 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: I can take this one. UM. Yeah, so, UM, you know, 404 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: Safer at Work to play on Safer at Home. And 405 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: we're just trying to push restaurants to basically just follow 406 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: the guidelines and do the bare minimum of keeping people 407 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: safe and not getting them sick when they go out 408 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: to eat. UM. Like we've we've had a lot of 409 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: bosses UM in Nashville just not pay any regard to 410 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: the capacity limits, to anything like that. So we're trying 411 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: to UM serve as a bit of a watchdog there 412 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: and watch UM watch out for that. And then also 413 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: we've been pushing for like stricter fines UM for way 414 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: and people do violate those things. UM, we had a 415 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: pretty good win with the beer board who UM yanked 416 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: the beer licenses of a few UM local restaurants that 417 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: weren't UM, you know, playing by the rules. So yeah, 418 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: how long were you guys shut down and out of 419 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: work before reopening? Have you seen UM have have have 420 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: any of the people that you work with or you know, 421 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: organized with been affected by this rushed reopening in all 422 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: the different places? Yeah, we we all have, UM a 423 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: majority of us. I actually work at a really large 424 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: venue downtown Broadway UM that decided they aren't going to 425 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: open until October UM, and they decided this in in June, 426 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: before our case counts started to go up. But so UM, 427 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: I brought up my issues to my to my employers 428 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: UM probably towards the beginning of March, and I was like, hey, 429 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: so if we have to shut down, saying what was 430 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: happening in Europe and Japan and UM and China and everything. 431 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: If we have to shut down, what's our what's our 432 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: process on that? Like? Are we going to get paid? 433 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: Because front of house workers we make to thirteen or 434 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: fifty an hour depending on our position, what's our pay 435 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: rate gonna be at? Like? Do we get to keep 436 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: our health insurance since it's employee sponsored health insurance. And 437 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: I'm fortunate enough to work at a restaurant that actually 438 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: offers health insurance. UM. And and they kind of laughed 439 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: at me. They were like, Oh, we're not going to 440 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 1: shut down, no big deal whatever. UM. And then my 441 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: last table was from Seattle and that yeah, I was like, okay, 442 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: I'm I'm done. I'm gonna like voluntarily stay at home 443 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: after that. And then like I think that was on 444 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: a Thursday, And by the next Monday, we were shut down. 445 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: And that was March is somewhere right around there, you know. 446 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: And then we immediately had some of the bar owners 447 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: on Lower Broadway UM, who were notorious for flouting the 448 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: laws UM, start protesting and picketing and saying that it 449 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: was their civil right to be open and to engage 450 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: in their business UM. And you know, we've called out 451 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: several bars UM in Nashville and also outside of Nashville 452 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: for having people sitting at the bar when it was 453 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: UM not included in UM the phase one that we 454 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: were in at the time. UM. And we've seen so 455 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: many pictures of bars that are just packed with nobody 456 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: wearing masks and now we have a higher per capita 457 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: case count than Florida. Just Davidson County our county today 458 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 1: per capita case count than Florida. Yeah, and that's of 459 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: July fourteenth. We have like a hundred and eleven cases 460 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: per hundred thousand people in Florida's less than that. So, Brenda, 461 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: You're restaurant that you work at has not reopened since then, 462 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: So you've just been without out of hank for this time, 463 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: hanging out on unemployment UM, which in the state of 464 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,479 Speaker 1: Tennessee is two and seventy five dollars per week pre 465 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,719 Speaker 1: taxes UM. So it's really imperative that we get something 466 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: passed before the end of July. So Tennessee's Cares Act, 467 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 1: we get our last payment on July. Because of the 468 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: way the week runs, we don't get it anything after 469 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: July one, and so we are cut off date, is 470 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: they um. And so that's gonna be a lot of 471 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: hurt for a lot of people, right. And Nashville is 472 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 1: built on UM hospitality and entertainment and tourism and none 473 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: of that is coming back anytime soon. And so Trump 474 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: came out today and said, hey, if you if you 475 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: don't like where you're at, just go find another job. Well, 476 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: be supposed to find another job when we have hundreds 477 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: of thousands and of people in Davidson County out of 478 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: work with with what to replace it? Right? Yeah, Cody 479 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: and I were just chatting about that before this started, 480 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: about maybe something we talked about this week in another episode. 481 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, that whole go out, find another job, do 482 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: something new. Yeah, now is the time used this as 483 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: a time time And I'm extraordinarily tired of hearing that 484 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: because something that motivated me to do this is like 485 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: this is my passion, you know, like I'm a career bartender, 486 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: Like this is what I do. And I was fairly 487 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: satisfied with where I was at, um until there was 488 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: a major pandemic that all of our leaders handled horribly. 489 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: So like I don't I don't want to go change 490 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: industries and go like get an office job like I would. 491 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: I would not like that. Also, where are these office 492 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: jobs you're talking about? Um? So I'm curious, So, hey, 493 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: didn't have you also been out of work this whole time? 494 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: Or is your restaurant? Howd you come back to work 495 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: at some point? Um? I'm very curious to know what 496 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: the safety standards are like and how comfortable people are feeling. 497 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: I know people want to work, um, but our restaurants 498 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: taking care of their employees, you know. Um, so I 499 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: am still haven't been called back yet. The restaurant is open, 500 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: but they're calling people back in order of seniority, and 501 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: I was fairly new at the time of the shutdown, 502 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna be like very last on that list. 503 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: But um a lot of our steering committee members have 504 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: been called back. And as far as how safe the 505 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: restaurants are being or how seriously they're taking it, it 506 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: seems to vary wildly. Like some places, you know, we'll 507 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: close down all the time and deep clean if there's 508 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: anything like close to um an exposure. And then some 509 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: places just I mean, we keep having to fight these bosses. 510 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: They're like won't even disclose that there was a case 511 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: to their full staff, like much less the public. So 512 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: um it it just it it varies well because they're 513 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: just trying to stay open. Yeah, when did restaurants actually 514 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: open where you guys are like, did you do way 515 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: a thing where it was only outdoor or was it 516 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: always just open for dining or right now, are really 517 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: stupid Mayor mar Garcetti is doing this like al Fresco initiative, 518 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: and I just want to punch him in the face. 519 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: Where it's just like, our governor made this baffling announcement 520 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: that they want restaurants and bars to stay open as 521 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: long as people wear masks and social distance inside, and 522 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,959 Speaker 1: she made a statement that they don't think that they 523 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: don't think that situations like that contribute to the pandemic 524 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: at all, which seems like like madness, like like howling 525 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: madness to me. But I'm not a medical professional. I 526 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: don't think you need to be. That sounds like a 527 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: professional diagnosis to me. UM. But yeah, yeah, I would 528 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: love to know what that was like for you guys. Yeah, 529 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: what the what the shutdown reopening phases? I hate that 530 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: UM have been in where you are. We opened UM 531 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: towards the end of May, I want to say, like 532 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: around May twenty something or other. UM, and our phase 533 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: one was supposed to be like a twenty five percent 534 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: capacity in restaurants and retail and um, you know, no 535 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: gyms and bars and all of that stuff. And then 536 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: that went awfully because nobody really cared about it. And 537 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: then two weeks we went to Phase two and we 538 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: were there for a while, which is fifty percent capacity 539 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: and restaurants and retail UM. And I think Jim's maybe 540 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: could open partly or maybe they kept those twill phase three. UM. 541 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: But but all throughout that we saw several bars on 542 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: Lower Broadway that we're just open and partying all night 543 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: long every night, and and people coming in from out 544 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: of town. UM. And you know, we have some some 545 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: employees that we hear that are just like, oh, this 546 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: is a hoax and it doesn't matter. And we have 547 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: some people that are literally scared for their life that 548 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: are in the compromised that that are just taking all 549 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: of the right steps and trying to protect themselves. And 550 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: because because we were given guidelines and I put air 551 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: quotes around that for all of you who are on 552 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: a podcast, UM, because we were giving guidelines and not mandates. UM, 553 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: It's it's easy for restaurants to say we don't have 554 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: to comply with this UM and just risk our staff 555 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: to make a couple of bucks. UM. And it's just 556 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: so frustrating that absolutely that we are considered a human being. Yeah, 557 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: and that that compliance issue has been ridiculous because like 558 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: nobody wants to take responsibility for making it happen, Like 559 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: Totsha was like, all we can do is guidelines, and 560 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: the health department was like, well, we've never had to 561 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: deal with the pandemic before. The Mayor's like, it's definitely 562 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: one of their jobs, definitely not mine, and so they 563 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: just keep passing around the responsibility and being a very 564 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: functional society that you have that we're nailing it everywhere. 565 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 1: Love it. So according to with my interactions with you 566 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: guys and also UM looking over your website and everything. UM, 567 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:20,320 Speaker 1: I understand that, uh, your focus is employee safety at work, 568 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: but that is a larger umbrella than just COVID nineteen, 569 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: which is the obviously the immediate emergency. UM. But I'd 570 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: love to hear you guys talk about some of the 571 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 1: other other things that you have been working on, um, 572 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: you know, rachel discrimination, sexual harassment, because these are both 573 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: huge problems within the restaurant industry that I think a 574 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: lot of people don't notice or you know, at least 575 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: aren't aware of. You know, yeah for sure, And I 576 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: can't wait for COVID to be over so we can 577 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: start organizing around all of the other parts that are 578 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 1: broken again. Because so much of it is broken. But yeah, 579 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: the racial equity campaign is something that we're, um, we're 580 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 1: kicking off right now. And I was doing like a 581 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: mental inventory the other day of all of the managers 582 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: I've ever had, and I think I've had one non 583 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: white front of house manager in my entire ten years 584 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: in restaurants. Um and uh, yet just the the hiring 585 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: discrimination and the the disparity there is is really really remarkable. 586 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: We were having a conversation in one of our meetings 587 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: about how many non white bartenders we have on a 588 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: regular basis, Like, and if you think about all the 589 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,720 Speaker 1: restaurants you go to, how many non white, especially male, 590 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: non white male bartenders have you seen? Like that's not 591 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 1: something that that you see very often. And we hear 592 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: that on the bars on Broadway a lot, like if 593 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: you're not a female, you don't get a bartending job. Um. 594 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: And and it's just in and of itself is grotesque, 595 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, the fact that people will try to 596 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: frame that though like it's I don't know if they're 597 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 1: I will take not being harassed every single day at 598 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 1: work for like not having one of those bartending jobs, 599 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: and my heart really goes out to all of those girls, 600 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: which is why we have to also pick up that 601 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: sexual harassment camp campaign because it is the working conditions 602 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: down They're ridiculous. So when you guys talk about these campaigns, 603 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: can you give me a bit more some more specifics, UM, 604 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: what do you have like specific goals that you've outlined 605 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: that you're working towards. Are you uh going out and 606 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,760 Speaker 1: reaching out to other restaurants and employees. I'm just curious 607 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: about your process and and what this looks like. Yeah, So, 608 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: I mean the first step on these is always just 609 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: like gather enough information UM about the problem and generally 610 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: share workers stories. Like we UM, we try to always 611 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 1: put the workers stories front and center on all of 612 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,240 Speaker 1: these things. So we go around and just gather stories 613 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,960 Speaker 1: from people who have been like UM, discriminated against in 614 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: hiring or fired unjustly and things like that. And so 615 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 1: we're gathering those to do a series on social media, UM, 616 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: and then through that we can really outline some of 617 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: the more like bad actors of the of the bosses 618 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 1: in the in the industry, and then we generally tackle 619 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: it on like a restaurant by restaurant or like hospitality 620 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: group by hospitality group. Basis. Um, there's one owner in 621 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 1: Nashville right now that, after the first round of Black 622 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: Lives Matter protest, tweeted something like they had guards at 623 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 1: their restaurant right to shoe rioters and looters. Um. And 624 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 1: so he put himself out there pretty concretely, pretty solidly. Yea, 625 00:37:54,960 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: he made a stance known. Yeah, well, yeah, everything you 626 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:16,760 Speaker 1: mentioned a case that you just won a little little 627 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,240 Speaker 1: I don't know how long ago recently with the beer place, 628 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: what reminds me of what the name of their name is. 629 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 1: I don't know why beer Brothers is coming to mind, 630 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 1: but I bet that's not the name of it. Oh yeah. 631 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: The beer boards. The beer boards in Nashville. In order 632 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 1: to sell beer, you have to have a license from 633 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: the Beer Board, but you also have to have a 634 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:43,600 Speaker 1: license from the Liquor Board to sell liquor. Um. So, 635 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: because we live in the South and we're good old boys. 636 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:51,319 Speaker 1: Um and so, the Beer Board had a meeting and 637 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,520 Speaker 1: was trying to decide what to do with these bars 638 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: that were just ignoring the rules. And um I went 639 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,799 Speaker 1: to that meeting in list and in on it. They 640 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: they're previous fine that they would offer was a max 641 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,360 Speaker 1: of a thousand dollars and that was selling to a minor, 642 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,040 Speaker 1: and so they were really like figuring out, what do 643 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: you do? What do you find these bars for flouting 644 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 1: a public health like a public safety law that's meant 645 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: to keep people alive. UM, And so they decided to 646 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:26,640 Speaker 1: do a five day renouncement of their beer permit UM, 647 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 1: which doesn't necessarily shut them down. It just provides prevents 648 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 1: them from serving Budweiser bud Life, but they can still 649 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,879 Speaker 1: serve shots, okay, okay, yeah, so underage shots are still 650 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 1: okay for a thousand dollars. So you do work with 651 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 1: like like city council and UH and things like that 652 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 1: to sort of like integrate these like the public UH 653 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:56,319 Speaker 1: facing campaigns with UH more like policy based stuff. Yeah. 654 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 1: So our model of organizing is UM a workers center 655 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 1: and not a union UM, which is something we probably 656 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:07,399 Speaker 1: should have mentioned earlier. UM. But so UM in doing that, 657 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: we try to tackle like industry wide issues, and so 658 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: that ranges from you know, UH talking to the mayor 659 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 1: and the beer board to try to work out what 660 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: these UM finds and punishments should be, to UM you know, 661 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,880 Speaker 1: doing marches on the boss or you know, anything like that. 662 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 1: But that was one word where we did work with 663 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:30,759 Speaker 1: UM state. How do you how does that is that 664 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,880 Speaker 1: going well? I mean, what's it like working with them? 665 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: Do you find them to be responsive? UM? We have 666 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,239 Speaker 1: a couple of city council members that have been just 667 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:45,440 Speaker 1: absolutely wonderful. UM Councilwoman Sharon Harry gives the coronavirus update 668 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,479 Speaker 1: at the top of every meeting and UH spent four 669 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,399 Speaker 1: whole minutes of that one time. It's like a five 670 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,240 Speaker 1: minute update, spent like the majority of it just voicing 671 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: our concerns about like workers safety and everything. UM. There's 672 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: another one, Sean Parker. It's been the liaison between us 673 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 1: and the health department. He's been really awesome. UM. That 674 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:11,440 Speaker 1: just highlights something that we talk about a lot here. 675 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: You know, the importance of focusing on local elections as well. UM. 676 00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: It's really easy to overlook them, or in the past 677 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,240 Speaker 1: it has been. I think for a lot of people. 678 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:25,120 Speaker 1: You're like focusing on making sure those people are there. Yeah. 679 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,399 Speaker 1: I usually respond because it very easily could have been 680 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:33,320 Speaker 1: another person who does not take this seriously. Our local 681 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:37,080 Speaker 1: Central Labor Council UM does election initiatives every year and 682 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: focuses on labored centered candidates. There's the word that I'm 683 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,799 Speaker 1: looking for, UM. And so we're working with their coalition 684 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 1: this year to help change some of the people that 685 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: are in office. Great, that's awesome. UM. I see a 686 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 1: note here UM about your your pressure campaigns. Can you 687 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,680 Speaker 1: guys tell us a little bit of that, UM, that's 688 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:06,359 Speaker 1: just one of the tactics that were pretty often used. 689 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: Yeah we UM. We had this campaign against a restaurant 690 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: called Tin Roof two who, like, during phase one when 691 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,440 Speaker 1: they were supposed to be like basically shut down. UM 692 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: had had people posting to social media like pictures of 693 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,799 Speaker 1: their bar just packed out, like the bar top. Part 694 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,080 Speaker 1: of our phase one was that bar tops, like bar 695 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: seating wasn't supposed to be open. You had to like 696 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,400 Speaker 1: get a table in all of this, and they people 697 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,319 Speaker 1: it was like standing room only around the bar. UM. 698 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,560 Speaker 1: And so we just mounted a social media campaign against them, 699 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 1: and like it was the fastest campaign of honestly ever seen, 700 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: Like two days later they posted to Instagram like our 701 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:55,319 Speaker 1: bar shut down and yeah, UM. It's got to be 702 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,359 Speaker 1: somewhat satisfying to see how the power of of yeah 703 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,480 Speaker 1: like actually be effective. There, Yeah, of furious citizens who 704 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:08,000 Speaker 1: are finally paying attention as like workers in service industry 705 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,000 Speaker 1: and you're dealing with all the safety stuff. Um, anything 706 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: to people who really like I have to go get 707 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:19,440 Speaker 1: the hall openia poppers at their fe Like, how can 708 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,759 Speaker 1: they make that experience not the worst for people who 709 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,000 Speaker 1: were working, Like obviously the advice is to stay home 710 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,839 Speaker 1: and don't do that. Um, but is there anything for 711 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:35,040 Speaker 1: people who just can't get enough of the fucking Yeah, 712 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:41,520 Speaker 1: got out your pops. I totally love hallopenio poppers so much, 713 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:43,640 Speaker 1: and I guess my advice from that would be get 714 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,160 Speaker 1: it to go or to carry out, like go to 715 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:48,479 Speaker 1: a park, sit outside with your friends where you don't 716 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 1: have to worry about infecting. God knows how many people 717 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,600 Speaker 1: who might happen to be in that restaurant or how 718 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,040 Speaker 1: many of their friends or family members that might be, 719 00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:00,560 Speaker 1: you know, uncompromised. Like we have fought against restaurants being 720 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,560 Speaker 1: open for dine in since phase one because you cannot 721 00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: wear a mask when you're eating, and it is proven 722 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: that a mask saves lives and keeps people from getting 723 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,920 Speaker 1: this virus. And so you might be eating or drinking 724 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,160 Speaker 1: or sneezing or coughing, and and asymptomatic carriers can pass 725 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,720 Speaker 1: this virus along, and then your server touches your plate 726 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,319 Speaker 1: and your cup and your dish to take it back, 727 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,040 Speaker 1: or your buss or your bartender or whatever, and then 728 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,120 Speaker 1: dishwashers wash that and it gets sprayed up in that 729 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,480 Speaker 1: um water droplets in the air in the whole dishroom. 730 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,480 Speaker 1: It is an inherently unsafe thing to do. And if 731 00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,680 Speaker 1: you can do things like as awful as it would 732 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,719 Speaker 1: be right now because it's so hot, but figure out 733 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,960 Speaker 1: how did you um sitting outside on a patio or like, 734 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,920 Speaker 1: if you can do it safely by all means, please 735 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 1: do it. But if if there's any question that you 736 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:53,640 Speaker 1: could potentially harm somebody else, especially if your management team 737 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,680 Speaker 1: isn't taking these guidelines and these cleaning like cleaning the 738 00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,840 Speaker 1: restaurant and making sure that everybody has proper ppe and 739 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,640 Speaker 1: hand sanitizer and gloves. We've heard of restaurants just not 740 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,160 Speaker 1: providing gloves and whites to people because they can't get it. 741 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,680 Speaker 1: Um Like, just be safe and and be kind to 742 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,560 Speaker 1: people and be considering and understand that people are human 743 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,840 Speaker 1: beings first that are doing a job to pay their bills, 744 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,719 Speaker 1: and we are all going to struggle with that real soon. 745 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:26,560 Speaker 1: So like a little kindness goes a long way. Yeah yeah, yeah, 746 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:31,160 Speaker 1: yeah yeah. Well just get the food to go filled 747 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,440 Speaker 1: some fill the water bottle up with vodka, drink in 748 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:35,680 Speaker 1: a park that with a bird, you know, have a 749 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:42,359 Speaker 1: nice ethical night screaming at live stock. Yeah exactly, that's 750 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,319 Speaker 1: like that's a perfect way. It puts no workers at risk. 751 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,359 Speaker 1: It doesn't put you at risk either. If you go 752 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,879 Speaker 1: eat inside like you are also putting yourself at risk 753 00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:55,840 Speaker 1: of getting the coronavirus. There's just I mean, we've touched 754 00:45:55,840 --> 00:46:00,760 Speaker 1: on this here in other times. There's just no central 755 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:08,680 Speaker 1: guidelines or consensus of truth. But like reality, basic safety 756 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:13,319 Speaker 1: you know, in other countries, in some businesses. I just 757 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:17,640 Speaker 1: don't know which businesses are paying attention to it before reopening, 758 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:22,239 Speaker 1: doing some like really deep rethinking of their safety protocols. 759 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,880 Speaker 1: It comes down to even air filtration systems, you know, 760 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:31,200 Speaker 1: not every restaurant has the same air filtration system set up. 761 00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,919 Speaker 1: There are stories in China of people spreading it from 762 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:38,480 Speaker 1: being at their table and the air conditioner brought particles 763 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:40,879 Speaker 1: to other tables, and they can map it out, they 764 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,400 Speaker 1: see that it was they were sitting in the vent flow, 765 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 1: and these are the people that were infected on that day, 766 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:51,279 Speaker 1: And and some restaurants might have taken this time to 767 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:57,160 Speaker 1: you know, make changes like that, updating their filtration systems. 768 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,200 Speaker 1: But you cannot trust that everyone has I I mean, 769 00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,040 Speaker 1: at the very least, we need some sort of like 770 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:07,799 Speaker 1: sign in windows saying that they've passed a checklist of 771 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:12,320 Speaker 1: agree public safety. Here's we don't believe in the virus. 772 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,600 Speaker 1: So it's fine, Like a sign that says that would 773 00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,279 Speaker 1: be fine with me too, Like let me know, like 774 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,000 Speaker 1: you think it's a hoax? Great now, I know, Yeah, 775 00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,200 Speaker 1: Oh it's wild. There are any other things that you 776 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,160 Speaker 1: guys have been working on that we should be aware 777 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,920 Speaker 1: of or ways that we can support you. Um well, 778 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:33,040 Speaker 1: if if you're in Nashville, don't go to kid Rocks, 779 00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:38,000 Speaker 1: Honckey Talk or UM or what else? What else? Rippies? 780 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,640 Speaker 1: Is it COVID related or in general, don't go to 781 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,080 Speaker 1: Well it's it's one just just good advice. But too, 782 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:52,800 Speaker 1: that's the same owner the tweeted the stuff about writers 783 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:57,560 Speaker 1: and looters, which and then UM also has just been 784 00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:02,719 Speaker 1: like ignoring all capacity limits. Um so, do not support 785 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,319 Speaker 1: kid Rocks, Big dumb bar. And the owner is not 786 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:11,359 Speaker 1: kid Rock No. UM, Now it's just a dude named 787 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,840 Speaker 1: Steve Smith UM, which like as a super villain, I 788 00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:20,480 Speaker 1: wish you had a more exciting name, but very weird 789 00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:25,560 Speaker 1: to steal someone else's brand for your restaurant branding though. UM, 790 00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,560 Speaker 1: all right, I don't live in Nashville, but I will 791 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:34,000 Speaker 1: avoid that place. Yeah, And UM check us out online 792 00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,239 Speaker 1: on our website and I'm sure y'all will link it. 793 00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,120 Speaker 1: And then we've got um Rock Underscore Music City on 794 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:43,360 Speaker 1: Instagram and at Rock Music City on Twitter. UM, and 795 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:46,560 Speaker 1: then we're on Facebook as well. Also you can donate, 796 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:51,440 Speaker 1: um always accepting donations through the website. That's super helpful 797 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:55,919 Speaker 1: to keep the operation running and you know, provide materials. 798 00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:00,279 Speaker 1: So one more cause that's really close to yes, UM 799 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,240 Speaker 1: that we didn't really touch on is the trans community, 800 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,480 Speaker 1: especially black trans women, who are murdered at just hugely 801 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:14,320 Speaker 1: disproportionate rates. And um our black trans Comrade Steel wanted 802 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:18,080 Speaker 1: to make sure that we plugged the concept of paying 803 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:23,600 Speaker 1: trans women because like they face so much more hiring 804 00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,319 Speaker 1: discrimination and all of these things that we've talked about today. Uh. 805 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:31,000 Speaker 1: And even though they've ruled it illegal to fire people 806 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:34,040 Speaker 1: based on these things like in an at will state, 807 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:39,279 Speaker 1: those rules don't even really apply. So UM, there's a 808 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:45,040 Speaker 1: Twitter account set up with a number of places to 809 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:51,120 Speaker 1: donate for these causes. That handle is at pay, b 810 00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:55,920 Speaker 1: l K, t r N S Women at pay, Black 811 00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:00,680 Speaker 1: trans Women, and UM that is that's just a great 812 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:04,799 Speaker 1: group and really really excited somebody's out there taking up 813 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: that cause. And I just for our listeners, this will 814 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,560 Speaker 1: be linked in the tweets and everything, of course, but 815 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,279 Speaker 1: when you're looking for rock music City, it's r o 816 00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:23,759 Speaker 1: C not r o C. K uh yeah, might be helpful, Yeah, yeah, yeah, 817 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:27,200 Speaker 1: very different. Alright, guys, well, thank you so much for 818 00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:30,839 Speaker 1: taking the time to chat with us, and uh, good 819 00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:34,000 Speaker 1: luck with everything that you're doing. Thank you for everything 820 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:38,120 Speaker 1: that you're doing. It's very it's very important. Thank you 821 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,720 Speaker 1: all for having us and and UM using your platform 822 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,480 Speaker 1: to elevate the issues that workers are facing right now 823 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:50,480 Speaker 1: that are being under reported and not talked about. UM 824 00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:54,040 Speaker 1: and then shining some white on some of the systemic 825 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:57,360 Speaker 1: issues that that coronavirus is bringing up for us, and 826 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:01,600 Speaker 1: like health insurance being tied to you place. Yeah, um, 827 00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:05,840 Speaker 1: and and the fact that you know who can survive 828 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,200 Speaker 1: onto seventy a week pre tax nobody, nobody, So we 829 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,320 Speaker 1: really need some heroes Act passed. Yeah, that to seventy 830 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,560 Speaker 1: five might as well be zero, because it will have 831 00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:21,719 Speaker 1: you just as houseless in Nashville like there and everywhere. Yeah, 832 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,880 Speaker 1: you can't live on that in any part of this country. 833 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:28,640 Speaker 1: Are you guys getting the additional six dollars right now 834 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,000 Speaker 1: from Congress on top of that? Yeah, which is why 835 00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,960 Speaker 1: that's so vital for it to be continued, and so 836 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,799 Speaker 1: far we don't know what's going to happen. Yeah, this 837 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,880 Speaker 1: is why we have to burn the country to the 838 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:44,480 Speaker 1: ground if something else isn't past, because like that's the 839 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:48,719 Speaker 1: only option. It's annihilation from tens of millions of people otherwise. Yeah, 840 00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean you're not wrong. Yeah, we we we are 841 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,680 Speaker 1: going to need federal assistance so bad because like part 842 00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:00,719 Speaker 1: part of what has these restaurants open and violate in 843 00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,280 Speaker 1: these guidelines in the first place is that our industry 844 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,120 Speaker 1: didn't get a bailout, like we bail out banks every 845 00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,839 Speaker 1: chance we freaking get. We bail out United Airlines every 846 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,360 Speaker 1: chance we get. But because like I think seven and 847 00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:18,200 Speaker 1: ten restaurants are like a one off, like independently owned thing. Um, 848 00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:22,359 Speaker 1: they don't have the like collective power to demand these 849 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,960 Speaker 1: sorts of bailouts, and so they're forced to operate to 850 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:28,640 Speaker 1: keep their doors open. So if we don't get federal 851 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:32,319 Speaker 1: relief on several levels, we're all gonna like we're never 852 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,640 Speaker 1: going to get through this virus and we're all gonna 853 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,480 Speaker 1: die broke in the streets. It's really to um. Restaurant 854 00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,359 Speaker 1: profit margins are three to five percent, like they are low. 855 00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:43,880 Speaker 1: They are not making a lot of money on restaurants. 856 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,720 Speaker 1: So like they might have a couple of like especially 857 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,360 Speaker 1: small mom and popera restaurants, like big chain restaurants or 858 00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:52,960 Speaker 1: something different on that aspect um. But with unemployment right, 859 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,759 Speaker 1: like it took them two months to process mine UM 860 00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,520 Speaker 1: and I know some people that it's it's July who 861 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:04,040 Speaker 1: applied to March. You still haven't gotten unemployment UM. And 862 00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:06,239 Speaker 1: and now, like what happens when they go back to 863 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:09,480 Speaker 1: work and they're kicked off their unemployment because our governor 864 00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:12,680 Speaker 1: put up a form on the website specifically saying if 865 00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:14,880 Speaker 1: you got called back to work and you didn't go, 866 00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:18,400 Speaker 1: we can refuse you unemployment and and made a form 867 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:22,359 Speaker 1: for their employers to report people who refused to come 868 00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:23,839 Speaker 1: back to work so they could kick them off their 869 00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:27,120 Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy five dollars a week um. And 870 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:29,600 Speaker 1: you know what happens for those people who have gone 871 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,560 Speaker 1: back to work and now have to close down because 872 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:34,040 Speaker 1: of COVID again and because our spreads are worse or 873 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,520 Speaker 1: because their employer didn't care to clean their restaurant. Are 874 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,640 Speaker 1: they going to have to sit through that backlog of 875 00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:44,279 Speaker 1: unemployment again to get approved again? And how how much 876 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,240 Speaker 1: like if you're already behind for a couple of months, 877 00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:52,720 Speaker 1: how much can you really hope to like live without 878 00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:55,040 Speaker 1: that cushion? You know? Like how far can you stretch 879 00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:59,680 Speaker 1: what you don't have? Like what is that stress and 880 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,960 Speaker 1: general world is doing to your health? To right? I mean, 881 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,360 Speaker 1: there's so much to unpack, but I mean speak to 882 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:10,960 Speaker 1: your earlier point, like the majority of restaurants have a 883 00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:16,719 Speaker 1: small profit margin and the big chain restaurants, which I 884 00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:19,600 Speaker 1: believe quite a few of them did get a bunch 885 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:24,000 Speaker 1: of the big restaurants that don't need it, And so 886 00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:29,320 Speaker 1: we're looking at a landscape potentially post COVID where no, 887 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:31,480 Speaker 1: none of the small businesses with the vast majority of 888 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:36,600 Speaker 1: the small businesses have survived. Um, and that's devastating to 889 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:40,560 Speaker 1: think about. No one likes David Busters for their food. 890 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,759 Speaker 1: No one likes David Busters. One likes I've never been 891 00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:52,880 Speaker 1: to David Busters. But I assume somebody chuck e cheese. Yeah, 892 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,640 Speaker 1: like I just do hand sanitizer, own principle. Right now, 893 00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:02,359 Speaker 1: how does key cheese? Whether this No one wants to well, 894 00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure some people do want to put their kids 895 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:09,680 Speaker 1: in those ball pits again. Um, all right, well, thank 896 00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:13,640 Speaker 1: you again, guys. This has been really interesting. Yeah, thank 897 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,359 Speaker 1: you as well. It was. It was a pleasure. Thank 898 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:21,240 Speaker 1: you again Brenda and Hayden for speaking with us today. UM. 899 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,640 Speaker 1: Make sure you follow them on all those wonderful social 900 00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:27,760 Speaker 1: media accounts that they just plugged, and check out their website. 901 00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:30,840 Speaker 1: And you can find us at Worst your Pod on 902 00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:33,360 Speaker 1: Instagram and Twitter. You can find Katie Still at Katie Still. 903 00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:37,239 Speaker 1: You can find Cody at dr Mr Cody um, and 904 00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:40,480 Speaker 1: you can find Robert only on Twitter at I right, okay, 905 00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:45,480 Speaker 1: it's the only place. Yeah, I was going to go 906 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:48,440 Speaker 1: to sleep now, and I hope everybody is wearing a 907 00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,200 Speaker 1: face mask, washing their hands and having a great day. 908 00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:55,160 Speaker 1: Face mask to wear your hands, That's what I said. 909 00:55:55,760 --> 00:56:02,080 Speaker 1: Wipe your eyes with Cody Cody fingers in your tear ducks, people, 910 00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:06,440 Speaker 1: get them real deep in there. All right. That's the episode. 911 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:14,600 Speaker 1: Everything So Dumb, Everything so dump, and it's again I tried. 912 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,200 Speaker 1: Worst Year Ever is a production of I Heart Radio. 913 00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,680 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the i 914 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,759 Speaker 1: heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 915 00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:25,640 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.