WEBVTT - You Reebok Wearing Freak!

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Strong and Getty and he Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 3>Law enforcement across the country they're investigating for suspected arson,

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<v Speaker 3>like in the case outside of Boston where seven Tesla

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<v Speaker 3>charging stations caught fire. And then there have been other

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<v Speaker 3>incidents with vandalism, people spray painting on vehicles, spray painting

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<v Speaker 3>the glass of dealerships, or in one case outside of Portland, Oregon,

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<v Speaker 3>shooting at the cars and the glass of the dealership

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<v Speaker 3>in the early morning hours last Thursday. In one incident

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<v Speaker 3>in Colorado, a woman was arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails

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<v Speaker 3>at the dealership and spray painting the word Nazi on

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<v Speaker 3>the cars.

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<v Speaker 2>This is making the news, but not in the same

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<v Speaker 2>way if it were Maga people attacking an electric car

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<v Speaker 2>company because of the politics, because they're attacking Elon because

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<v Speaker 2>of the politics.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure of course, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's it's amazing that

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<v Speaker 1>conservatives ever win anything because they have the information industry

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<v Speaker 1>on their side.

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<v Speaker 2>But we do got a lot of stuff coming up

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<v Speaker 2>this hour before. But we're going to get into Elon

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<v Speaker 2>and Trump. They're having a car sale on the White

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<v Speaker 2>House lawn yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the most gratifying stories I've heard in a

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<v Speaker 1>really long time. Columbia University is at warwith itself and

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<v Speaker 1>the forces of reasonableness have been emboldened.

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<v Speaker 2>So those few non.

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<v Speaker 1>Communist academics out there are saying, enough is enough.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll bring you the details later. Cool, So we'll start

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<v Speaker 2>with I don't know if you probably if you watched

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<v Speaker 2>any news yesterday, you saw this. They had a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of Tesla's parked there at the White House and Trump

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<v Speaker 2>was looking at him, and Elon was showing them to him,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were taking questions from reporters. I've never heard

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<v Speaker 2>anybody mention this other than me, and I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 2>Through the whole Biden Obama times when they were touting

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<v Speaker 2>electric cars and electric cars in the future, and We're

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<v Speaker 2>going to force you into electric cars, and they would

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<v Speaker 2>have all the GM electric cars and the Ford electric

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<v Speaker 2>cars and no Tesla's, even though Tesla was the only

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<v Speaker 2>especially then.

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<v Speaker 1>Electric car company even coming close.

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<v Speaker 2>To making aden I mean, none of them were. They

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<v Speaker 2>were still in like one hundred a year of these

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<v Speaker 2>other electric cars, but they'd have them there at the

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<v Speaker 2>White House and talk about how big was all because

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<v Speaker 2>even though climate change is an existential threat, is more

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<v Speaker 2>important to make sure the auto union workers were happy

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<v Speaker 2>and not Tesla, who doesn't allow the unionization. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so revealed, Yeah, no kidding, Apparently it's not so much

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<v Speaker 2>of an existential threat AnyWho. So he had Tesla's there

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<v Speaker 2>at the White House for the first time yesterday. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>a little elon and I just want to thank the

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<v Speaker 2>President for support Samain's a lot, and also thank everyone

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<v Speaker 2>out there who is supporting Tesla.

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<v Speaker 4>It's really terrible that so much violence being pro traded

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<v Speaker 4>against people at Tesla, Tesla supporters, Tesla owners, Tesla stores.

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<v Speaker 2>These are innocent people who have done nothing wrong. So

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<v Speaker 2>uh yeah, yeah, I am. I have some concern about

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<v Speaker 2>that somebody, that somebody's gonna get hurt. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you start setting stuff on fire and attacking people's cars

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<v Speaker 2>and traffic and all that sort of stuff. Oh hell yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's inevitable. Yeah, ain't ain't good. And I went to

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<v Speaker 2>my local charging station in my Tesla yesterday and I

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<v Speaker 2>was wondering them anything going on here anybody's painting Nazi

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<v Speaker 2>on the pump or anything, but not yet. Here's Trump

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<v Speaker 2>responding to that.

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<v Speaker 4>There's been some physical damage, a little damage, and we

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<v Speaker 4>want to keep it that way because I don't want

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<v Speaker 4>to say this, it's just not the appropriate but low

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<v Speaker 4>and for out there watching everybody, we don't want this

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<v Speaker 4>to happen, and not to somebody that's been so good

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<v Speaker 4>to our country. He didn't have to do this, he

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<v Speaker 4>didn't have to go through this, and we can't let

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<v Speaker 4>it happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And so yeah, yesterday, I on the air a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of times said I think I'm gonna get a cyber

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<v Speaker 2>truck with a personalized license plate that says doge. I

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<v Speaker 2>think having a cyber truck now is basically like having

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<v Speaker 2>a driving mega hat. Nobody saw coming five years.

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<v Speaker 1>Back, when like the entire constituency other than you, who

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<v Speaker 1>just wanted a rocket ship fast car was look at

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<v Speaker 1>may look how responsible I am? I really that's level

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<v Speaker 1>warmings and existential threat. I mean that was like every customer.

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<v Speaker 1>I eat a huge percentage.

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<v Speaker 2>I eat kale, and I drive a Tesla and I

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<v Speaker 2>do all the good things. My kids are in public

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<v Speaker 2>school and we're looking forward to Pride month. It all

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<v Speaker 2>fit together.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a shrine Degretituneberg living around. We genuflect to

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<v Speaker 1>that brave little girl every day before we leave the house.

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<v Speaker 2>Slip the other direction. I have no idea what this

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<v Speaker 2>is going to do to the car prices or the

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<v Speaker 2>brand or whatever, because all a lot of the mag

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<v Speaker 2>of people live in parts of the country were there

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<v Speaker 2>and drive electric cars. And I know these people, they're

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<v Speaker 2>my relatives, they're my friends. They're not gonna drive electric.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's gone from joy read viewers to kid Rock

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<v Speaker 2>and Susius. That's right there at the Tesla dealer, including Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just wanted to make a statement. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to buy one. Now here's the bad news.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not allowed to drive because if I haven't driven

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<v Speaker 4>a car in a long time, and I love to

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<v Speaker 4>drive cars. But I'm going to have it at the

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<v Speaker 4>White House and I'm gonna let my staff use it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to let people at the place use it.

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<v Speaker 4>And they all are all excited about that I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>allowed to use it.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you believe it?

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<v Speaker 4>I said, one of my great one of my great

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<v Speaker 4>things in life is that I can you know, I

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<v Speaker 4>like to drive cars, but I'm not allowed to. And

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<v Speaker 4>I will say this on the cyber truck. I bought

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<v Speaker 4>for a very special young woman. Do you know. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>sure you've never heard of her Kai and she's great golfers.

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<v Speaker 4>He puts the clubs in the back, and I guess

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<v Speaker 4>it's a very safe deal. She loves it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's full car salesman mode there selling cars

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<v Speaker 2>in the White House lawn. A little more of that.

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<v Speaker 4>I love Tesla.

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<v Speaker 2>The one I like is that one? How did work?

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<v Speaker 2>I want that same color? Are you gonna put down

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<v Speaker 2>a credit card? Elon? Would you take a personal check

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<v Speaker 2>for the president? I do it the old I give checks.

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<v Speaker 4>I like checks, you know, I like a check better

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<v Speaker 4>than this modern system of all of a sudden there's

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<v Speaker 4>money in your account. Nobody knows.

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<v Speaker 2>I like signing a check. So Trump said I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get one, and Elon said which one you want? And

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<v Speaker 2>Trump said, which one do you drive? And he said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I drive an ass plaid And he said, well, get

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<v Speaker 2>me that one, get me the red one. I want

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<v Speaker 2>one of those red And then Hannadial announced last night

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<v Speaker 2>and tweeted out I or just ordered my new self

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<v Speaker 2>driving Tesla plaid over one thousand horsepower. So it is

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<v Speaker 2>becoming a Hannity Trump Maga vehicle, which it wasn't when

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<v Speaker 2>I bought one three years ago. But I guess that's

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<v Speaker 2>the direction. It's going, for better or worse. I gotta

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<v Speaker 2>believe it's for worse for the car company.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, yeah, probably because it was always at least

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<v Speaker 1>in large measure of virtue signal. Now it's a virtue

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<v Speaker 1>signal again, but without the climate chains is an existential

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<v Speaker 1>crisis aspect of it. Yeah, I don't knows. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but this isn't just a minor company. This is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the Magnificent seven companies. This is the most valuable

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<v Speaker 1>car company in the world. Our far is our politics

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<v Speaker 1>now so infiltrated every aspect of our lives. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we've talked about this endlessly on how now people. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the first question you ask on social media if you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to date someone, is you you vote for Trump

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<v Speaker 1>or not?

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<v Speaker 2>Something unheard of not that many years ago, that it

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<v Speaker 2>would even cross your mind thinking who they voted for

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<v Speaker 2>president when you got down to dating. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how long you'd have to be dating before would ever

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<v Speaker 2>come up in my case maybe never.

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<v Speaker 1>Well right, yeah, you could easily be a year into

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<v Speaker 1>a relationship before something would pop up and you'd be.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, oh really, eh, okay, it just doesn't matter. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>has it so infiltrated every aspect of life that companies

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<v Speaker 2>can rise or fall based on whether they're scene as

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<v Speaker 2>woke enough or maga enough or whatever, like seriously rise

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<v Speaker 2>and fall, and then I don't know what that does

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<v Speaker 2>to economic models, throws them all out the window, because

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<v Speaker 2>we all know how quickly that sort of thing can change.

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<v Speaker 2>See bud Light and Dylan Moulbany, see Tesla in the

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<v Speaker 2>last two you know month, Oh yeah, it's the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>whip sawing ever because bud Light went from kind of

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<v Speaker 2>sort of heartland America to allegedly wildly woke. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>gone all the way from the left to the right.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it may continue the trend which in the

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<v Speaker 2>wake of the whole George Floyd Wokes BLM crap where

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<v Speaker 2>all these companies were throwing money at Marxist organizations in

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<v Speaker 2>a desperate attempt not to be targeted by the angry,

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<v Speaker 2>howling mob of lefties. The after effect was that of

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<v Speaker 2>that was that they realized, you know, maybe they ought

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<v Speaker 2>to just you know, I don't know, sell beer or

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<v Speaker 2>hardware or clothes or whatever we sell instay, the hell

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of politics like we used to. Maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder if this will just submit that depends what happens,

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<v Speaker 2>or is it go the other direction where it's that's

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<v Speaker 2>over to Buddy's house the other day to watch a

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<v Speaker 2>football game. You had a Samsung TV. I'll never be

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<v Speaker 2>over there again. I'm a Sony man, Sony's maga, Samsung's

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<v Speaker 2>woke for something happened, you know, my god, you know

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<v Speaker 2>that's a great example. I hope not. I really Can

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<v Speaker 2>we just watch the game? Throw paint on somebody because

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<v Speaker 2>they're wearing Rebox which are the wrong politics. But my

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<v Speaker 2>president wears Nike New Violence.

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<v Speaker 1>Where do you you Rebok wearing Freak?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I don't. Can we just settle the hell down?

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<v Speaker 2>You know? Will? They can wear fast as they are.

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to clarify one thing talking about how dating,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the idea of knowing somebody's politics up front.

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<v Speaker 2>Blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Back in the day, it was completely unnecessary to know it,

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<v Speaker 1>and and I didn't care, and most people didn't care now, though,

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<v Speaker 1>if somebody is like super wildly nut job left, I

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<v Speaker 1>think I kind of would like a heads up in advance.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, because.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's I'm not sure that isn't a maybe fatal issue. Maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>although we've received emails from folks who have spouses that

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<v Speaker 1>are wildly different politically than they are and they're still

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<v Speaker 1>happy and in love.

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<v Speaker 5>So yes, Katie, I was raised in a world where

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<v Speaker 5>asking about politics, finances, and religion was rude.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah, you're right. Uh, I've got

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<v Speaker 2>some persons you wear a doge head around, so you're.

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<v Speaker 5>A well I do now I've been forced.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually today I drove my F two fifty to work

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<v Speaker 2>because I had to put a giant mower in the

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<v Speaker 2>back of it to take to the repair shop. And

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<v Speaker 2>it wouldn't it wouldn't fit in a cyber truck if

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<v Speaker 2>I had one. But oh, and Trump saying he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to give this to his don't give your granddaughter a

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<v Speaker 2>one thousand horsepower car. That just seems like a really

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<v Speaker 2>bad idea for a young woman.

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<v Speaker 1>His ridiculously good looking granddaughter that was raised on the

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<v Speaker 1>same farm of ridiculously good looking woman women that the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump organization cranks out even more fruitfully than golf courses.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's a NASCAR for you and your friends to drive around. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead. Speaking of young people, mentioned this earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>It was kind of an afterthought and an email from

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<v Speaker 1>a beloved listener. But the idea of trend overload and

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<v Speaker 1>how it's affecting gen z, whatever that one is. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't keep track of the generations anymore. Plus Columbia University

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<v Speaker 1>in open civil war and I'm loving it.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to hear the beginning of this clip again,

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<v Speaker 2>just to hear.

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<v Speaker 4>I love Tesler.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a New York Tesler.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Tesler grew up in New Jersey and went high

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<v Speaker 1>school in the Bronx for a while, and all he

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<v Speaker 1>would he would occasionally let a Soder slip.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good idea. Love me a Tesler. I love

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<v Speaker 2>Tesler more on the way stay here.

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<v Speaker 6>Unfortunately, at last week's World Ski Jump Championships too ski

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<v Speaker 6>jumping Norwegians admitted to cheating by using manipulation jumpsuits with

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<v Speaker 6>a reinforced.

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<v Speaker 2>Thread and.

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<v Speaker 6>Let him who watches a man hurl himself into the

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<v Speaker 6>sky at eighty miles an hour sore three hundred feet

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<v Speaker 6>and stick of perfect landing, and then he goes, wait

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<v Speaker 6>a second, does his jumpsuit have reinforced thread?

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<v Speaker 2>Wonder what advantage that gave them aerodynamic aerodynamics? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like those those swimming suits that came in for

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<v Speaker 1>one Olympics and everybody swam like a motor boat and

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<v Speaker 1>then they banned them. Now he's doing thirty miles per

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<v Speaker 1>hour in the pool, Jim, that's he's going to break

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<v Speaker 1>the world record by well half. So speaking of things

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<v Speaker 1>that come and go, I thought this was interesting. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>one of our beloved listeners made kind of an offhanded

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<v Speaker 1>reference to what's the trend overload, and helpfully it might

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<v Speaker 1>have been Pawlow included a link to an article in

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times by the pop culture gen Z writer,

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<v Speaker 1>a young gal by the name mckel Halterman, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>the article is trend over loah blah blah blah. Consider

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<v Speaker 1>yourself lucky if you've never heard of the Coastal Grandmother

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<v Speaker 1>esthetic woo I have not, or blueberry milk nails, or

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<v Speaker 1>the mob wife aesthetic, or a hundred other blank and

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<v Speaker 1>you'll miss them. Crazes that cycle online with the ferocity

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<v Speaker 1>of a centrifuge. These micro trends, as they're known, tend

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<v Speaker 1>to be associated with gen Z, but members of that

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<v Speaker 1>generation say they're exhausted by the onslaught of fatish clothes

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<v Speaker 1>and new phrases they encounter every time they pick up

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<v Speaker 1>their phones.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to get bogged down. Can you give

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<v Speaker 2>me a rough idea though? Which one is gen Z?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that the current twenty somethings there are uh teens

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty somethings. Okay, yeah, this, You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate to jump to the big overarching philosophical question

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<v Speaker 1>before us, but I've wondered this for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>with the advent of smartphones and people becoming miserable and

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<v Speaker 1>anxious and depressed and suicidal, and nobody has friends anymore,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody can talk to each other. And I always say,

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<v Speaker 1>on all sorts of different topics, don't engage in static

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<v Speaker 1>analysis and assume that the beast will not adapt or

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<v Speaker 1>the system will not adapt or because for every action

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<v Speaker 1>there's a there's a reaction.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just wonder.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether this is another sign of young people saying this

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<v Speaker 1>is making me miserable. They'll they'll, they'll, they'll start to

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<v Speaker 1>decide not to be miserable.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I mentioned that he was running around with

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<v Speaker 2>my son and his friends for his birthday weekend the

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<v Speaker 2>other day, and as it was amazed how much time

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<v Speaker 2>they spent staring at their phones, even with each other,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and I I wasn't going to weigh in,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, that's their deal. It seemed weird to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And we drove by all these interesting things, and I'd

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<v Speaker 2>say something and they'd kind of look up from their

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<v Speaker 2>phone for a second, but go back to their phone.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm more interested in what was on their

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<v Speaker 2>phone than seeing anything new or whatever. But and it's

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<v Speaker 2>clear other which breaks my heart. Yeah, it's clearly so bad.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean so bad. I got a million examples. On

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<v Speaker 2>the plane two Airline stewardess is sitting in the jump

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<v Speaker 2>seats for takeoff. Pre smartphone, they had to be talking

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<v Speaker 2>to each other unless you brought a book. Now they

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<v Speaker 2>sit there and stare at their phones. Anyway, A wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>look back on this, and it'll be like smoking when

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<v Speaker 2>you look back on the fifties and sixties and think

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<v Speaker 2>doctors used to smoke. I would love that, I hope.

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<v Speaker 2>So I really really really hope so more than anyone trend.

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<v Speaker 1>The teenagers in twenty somethings she spoke with want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about just how many trends there were and how

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelming it felt. Others say they can't keep up, they

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<v Speaker 1>can't afford it mentally or financially. Yeah, there's more to

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<v Speaker 1>this and it's pretty interesting. Maybe we can reapproach the topic.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. The only hope is if this current generate gen

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<v Speaker 2>z or whatever they are, they do get miserable enough

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<v Speaker 2>that they don't want to raise their kids doing it,

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<v Speaker 2>that they change the rules for their kids and their kids'

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<v Speaker 2>schools and all that sort of stuff. That's the only hope.

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<v Speaker 2>I think. What the f has the coastal grandmotherist that

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<v Speaker 2>I actually have come across this, that one i'd actually

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<v Speaker 2>heard of. Yeah, Columbia University at war with itself and

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<v Speaker 2>we're loving it text Armstrong and Getty.

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<v Speaker 7>The Trump Administration, at the direction of President Trump's Executive Order,

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<v Speaker 7>has a zero tolerance policy for foreign nationals who are

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<v Speaker 7>given the privilege of getting a visa and going to

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<v Speaker 7>some of our finest universities and colleges and then siding

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<v Speaker 7>with these radical terrorist organizations and So this arrest that

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<v Speaker 7>took place on the campus of Columbia is the first

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<v Speaker 7>of many to come.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know legally where we are on this whole

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<v Speaker 2>thing and the free speech stuff, but in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>a political issue, this one might be in around eighty twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>certainly seventy thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, especially if you laid it out in neutral verbiage

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<v Speaker 1>about roughly.

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<v Speaker 2>Rough draft here.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, honestly, you could put it as plainly as this,

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<v Speaker 1>are we going to follow the law about if somebody's

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<v Speaker 1>on a visa and they break our laws and get arrested,

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<v Speaker 1>they get booted out or not. And I think most

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<v Speaker 1>people would say, yeah, hell, follow the law, that's why

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<v Speaker 1>it's the law, or change the law.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Columbia University and there will be many more test cases

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<v Speaker 1>for this that will, in a very helpful way, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, run up against the First Amendment and we

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<v Speaker 1>can weigh all and how do we want.

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<v Speaker 2>To approach this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fine with it, especially because a lot of these

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<v Speaker 1>young college radicals are foreigners. They're on student visas, they're

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<v Speaker 1>working for the violent overthrow the government of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>Screw them, boot them out anyway. I love this I

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<v Speaker 1>was unaware of this. It makes perfect sense. Columbia University

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of in two battles right now. The one

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<v Speaker 1>we just talked about canceled federal funds to the Ivy

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<v Speaker 1>League school over their anti semitism. They got that, But

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<v Speaker 1>the second one is simmering behind the scenes, a faculty

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<v Speaker 1>civil war that is pitting medical doctors and engineers, actual

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<v Speaker 1>science people against the political scientists and humanities scholars over

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<v Speaker 1>how to handle all the chaos, including the pro Palestinian

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<v Speaker 1>promas demonstrations that have disrupted the campus life. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>understating it. Honestly, if you ask me, it's a piece

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<v Speaker 1>buy Who is this, Douglas Felcan.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty interesting. I think the takeover of buildings, the

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<v Speaker 2>occupation of buildings, all that crap, because I know the

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<v Speaker 2>crazy politics has infiltrated every department of these major universities.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've talked about that a lot, how they work

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<v Speaker 2>it into astronomy and obviously the law school and all

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<v Speaker 2>that sort of stuff, but not so much that the

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<v Speaker 2>engineers aren't saying, yo, I'm trying to get a degree

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<v Speaker 2>here so I can go make a living. What the

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<v Speaker 2>hell are you doing over there.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and this is the faculty we're talking about two Well,

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<v Speaker 1>in particular, it's the faculty. But and this is so

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<v Speaker 1>easy to imagine, the soft sciences lunatics, who are as

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<v Speaker 1>left as can be. They're embracing this stuff enthusiastically. The

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<v Speaker 1>physicists are saying, you want me to incorporate that stuff

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<v Speaker 1>into physics? Holy crap. And they're doing it, maybe just

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<v Speaker 1>enough to stay out of trouble, but they hate it.

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<v Speaker 2>They hate it.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's perverting the science they've spent their entire lives

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<v Speaker 1>studying and developing.

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<v Speaker 2>So in February, well before Donald J.

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<v Speaker 1>Made Columbia Exhibit A in his effort to reshape elite colleges,

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<v Speaker 1>seven Jewish faculty from the engineering, medical, and business schools,

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<v Speaker 1>along with some prominent deans and representatives for Jewish alumni,

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<v Speaker 1>met with the Columbia interim president, Trina Armstrong. Because every

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<v Speaker 1>university president needs to be a woman, they asked her

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<v Speaker 1>to get ahead of Trump's moves by implementing a series

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<v Speaker 1>of restrictions on protesters, including banning masks on campus, which

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<v Speaker 1>is probably already the law. But they said, look, let's

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<v Speaker 1>do the smart stuff and then you won't have to

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<v Speaker 1>worry about, you know, right wingy Trump and his crazy ideas.

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<v Speaker 1>Her response was to kick the can down the road.

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<v Speaker 1>She gave him a little lip service, and absolutely nothing happened.

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<v Speaker 2>By the fact that you don't have the guts to

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<v Speaker 2>say to your students, all right, you can protest on

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<v Speaker 2>behalf of humas, but you can't cover your face right right.

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<v Speaker 1>Last week, the Trump administration said it's canceling roughly four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred million dollars in federal grants and contracts to Columbia.

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<v Speaker 1>On Monday, Notes went out informing the faculty about the

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<v Speaker 1>frozen money, and said Brent Stockwell, chair of the Department

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<v Speaker 1>of Biological Sciences, it feels like you're on a bus

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<v Speaker 1>that's going over the cliff and you're just asking for

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<v Speaker 1>someone to take charge and drive. People are very angry.

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<v Speaker 1>People are in tears. They are so frustrated because these

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<v Speaker 1>people are trying to do hard science and real, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>academic studies, and their school has become so perverse that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the stuff that's happening is happening. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a close relative who got their graduate degree from Columbia

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<v Speaker 2>just a couple of years ago. I should ask them

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<v Speaker 2>if they feel that's damaging its prestige. It's got to be.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm an employer and I see Columbia University on

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<v Speaker 2>a resume coming through, I'd have to at least want

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<v Speaker 2>to take a you know, have a few conversations with

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<v Speaker 2>the person, sus them out. Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>At Columbia, the protests last fall led the school to

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<v Speaker 1>move classes online. Last April, I guess the last winter spring. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>a campus rabbi warn't Jewish students against returning to campus

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<v Speaker 1>because it wasn't safe. Columbia canceled its main graduation Saramon,

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<v Speaker 1>and in August, the president resigned thirteen months in the job.

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<v Speaker 1>The rest of it, and you and again your hard science,

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<v Speaker 1>your real academics are saying this is insane. We have

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<v Speaker 1>got to rein this in. So I you know, as

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<v Speaker 1>a political science major, I would be happy to go

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<v Speaker 1>deep undercover on behalf of you scientists. I know how

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to these people. I can speak their language.

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<v Speaker 1>I will be your mole deep within the faculty, although

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<v Speaker 1>I could never get into their faculty.

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<v Speaker 2>So I love this.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep standing up real academics and and folks in those

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like political scientists who actually understand what's wrong

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<v Speaker 1>with the current atmosphere on campus is I love this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got to come from within.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, you know, we've been saying it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>take women to get rid of the transgender madness where

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<v Speaker 1>fellas are in their locker room showing their wang and

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<v Speaker 1>beating the hell out of women on.

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<v Speaker 2>Sports fields and showing their wang. I mean, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>least of their worries.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it's just women need to take charge of this,

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<v Speaker 1>and academics have to take charge of the universities.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, we need help. We can't do it from without.

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<v Speaker 2>You brought it up last segment. So I did a

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<v Speaker 2>little googling around how to dress like a coastal grandmother?

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<v Speaker 1>Or excuse me, do we've skipped right over why to

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<v Speaker 1>dress like a coastal grandmother?

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<v Speaker 2>How to dress coastal grandmother chic on a budget? So

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like we've done you some good today, particularly

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<v Speaker 2>you women on a fashion trend that is out there

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<v Speaker 2>right now, coastal grandmother chic. We have done nobody a

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<v Speaker 2>favor by bringing that up. We'll see you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a hot thing for summer.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, it's a course, well like I know a

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<v Speaker 1>damn thing about this. But according to the New York Times,

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<v Speaker 1>gen Z writer, here you go, here's a sixteen year

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<v Speaker 1>old high school junior New York said she felt constantly

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<v Speaker 1>bombarded by product recommendations. Cheetah print was hot less than

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<v Speaker 1>two months.

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<v Speaker 2>Ago, she said.

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<v Speaker 1>Quote, and now when I go on TikTok, I see

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<v Speaker 1>people saying like, cheetah print is getting sold. I'm right, right,

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<v Speaker 1>get a day gone a day. Chris Rock didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>how right he was.

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<v Speaker 2>My god, Yeah, I just texted you a picture of

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<v Speaker 2>a coastal grandmother cheeks. Is it gonna turn me on? No?

0:25:32.760 --> 0:25:36.520
<v Speaker 2>It's just very kind of loose fitting, comfortable wear. But

0:25:36.920 --> 0:25:40.840
<v Speaker 2>for whatever reason, all right, for the love of heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's another quote.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a fifteen year old in Indiana watch classmates by

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five dollars Stanley tumblers, only to covet another brand

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<v Speaker 1>of Pastel water bottles shortly thereafter.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wasteful, she said.

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<v Speaker 1>You're wast You're just wasting resources, You're wasting money.

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<v Speaker 2>Will kids adapt to this?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was my son. Can't remember what the

0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:12.280
<v Speaker 1>topic was. It might have been about the radio show

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever it was. Quite a few years ago when

0:26:15.359 --> 0:26:20.200
<v Speaker 1>he was a teenager I guess maybe early twenties. He

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<v Speaker 1>introduced me to the phrase dad, hater's gonna hate, the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that online, no, ignore it because that's what they

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<v Speaker 1>do for fun. It has nothing to do with you.

0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:33.680
<v Speaker 1>Haters are gonna hate. And so he's adapted to that

0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:37.000
<v Speaker 1>world in a way. Of course, he's not an impressionable

0:26:37.040 --> 0:26:40.680
<v Speaker 1>young teenage girl who will go along with about anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, we've talked about how words and phrases come

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<v Speaker 2>and go way faster than they used to, so everything does.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a college kid in Oregon. He thinks his age

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<v Speaker 1>group has reached saturation.

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<v Speaker 2>Quote.

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<v Speaker 1>The prevalence and pure amount of micro trends has made

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<v Speaker 1>it impossible to understand or participate.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, trying to think of experiencing thing like that. Is

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<v Speaker 2>it like when I don't know, like American idol was

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<v Speaker 2>so dominant and then you had like fifty different singing shows.

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<v Speaker 8>Somebody's like whatever, you just give up on it? Is

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<v Speaker 8>it kind of like that? I don't know, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>I don't know. I'm interested in the sociologically, and it

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<v Speaker 8>reminds me and this fits in perfectly so I got

0:27:37.800 --> 0:27:40.200
<v Speaker 8>turned on. The New York Times had an article about.

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<v Speaker 2>This book and this author that I got into a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of weekends ago. And he was a great cultural

0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:51.119
<v Speaker 2>critic in New York of the twenties. I don't remember

0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:53.880
<v Speaker 2>his name, but you wouldn't know it anyway, really really

0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:58.240
<v Speaker 2>big deal then, and he wrote a number of novels

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<v Speaker 2>about twenties basically, I mean, it was the most roaring

0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:05.600
<v Speaker 2>there in New York. And it was during Prohibition, and

0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:08.840
<v Speaker 2>everybody was feeling rich. I mean, if any of this

0:28:08.920 --> 0:28:12.919
<v Speaker 2>sounds familiar, everybody was feeling rich and just bored by

0:28:13.040 --> 0:28:15.560
<v Speaker 2>modern life. And there was just a lot of casual

0:28:15.680 --> 0:28:19.160
<v Speaker 2>sex and people not interested in getting married and dating anymore,

0:28:19.160 --> 0:28:23.119
<v Speaker 2>and everybody was just bored with everything and constantly trying

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<v Speaker 2>to find the next new thing, and drunk all the time,

0:28:27.680 --> 0:28:30.440
<v Speaker 2>all the time. Prohibition and this this book. I should

0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:32.760
<v Speaker 2>send you one of them. It's really interesting to read.

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<v Speaker 2>But we all know what ended that. The depression in

0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:42.360
<v Speaker 2>World War Two completely obliterated that, I mean, and it

0:28:42.440 --> 0:28:46.920
<v Speaker 2>was a hard reset, as we all know to you know,

0:28:47.040 --> 0:28:51.320
<v Speaker 2>the way my parents grew up very austere, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>just the one hundred and eighty degrees from that lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 2>But it took cataclysms to do that, and that's what

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<v Speaker 2>wipe all this up. I think human nature does not change.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a little different now because of the social media,

0:29:05.880 --> 0:29:07.960
<v Speaker 2>and it's not just cultural, it's just, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>way we do everything, staring at our phones or anything

0:29:10.760 --> 0:29:14.000
<v Speaker 2>has changed. But a cataclysm, you know, a good long

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<v Speaker 2>war with China and a devastating economy for a while,

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<v Speaker 2>sweet medior a death, maybe, honey, I don't want that

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<v Speaker 2>to happen, but that's what reset us last time around.

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<v Speaker 2>Wolf finished Strong, coming up.

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<v Speaker 9>Next Armstrong, and sold readily at smoke shops, convenience stores,

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<v Speaker 9>and gas stations. Cratom is derived from a plant from

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<v Speaker 9>Southeast Asia and often marketed as a supplement to boost energy,

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<v Speaker 9>manage pain, and even possibly help kick addictions. It can

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<v Speaker 9>be bought in liquid, tablet or powder form. Small doses

0:29:48.320 --> 0:29:52.040
<v Speaker 9>that Dea says provide a stimulate effect, high doses a

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<v Speaker 9>sedative effects. CDC data from twenty twenty three shows thirty

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<v Speaker 9>seven states and Washington d C had one fifty one

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<v Speaker 9>overdose deaths in which creatom was detected. The FDA doesn't

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<v Speaker 9>regulate it, but warns the public against the use of

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<v Speaker 9>creatom for medical treatment.

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<v Speaker 2>Had never even heard of kretum. That was if you

0:30:14.560 --> 0:30:17.320
<v Speaker 2>had said there's a new drug called kretum. Did I

0:30:17.400 --> 0:30:20.320
<v Speaker 2>just make that up or not? I wouldn't know. No idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Take it easy on the creatim. Everybody ain't good for you, boy.

0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:26.720
<v Speaker 2>A small dose is kind of a stimulant. Large dose

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<v Speaker 2>is a depressant. I get that myself out of a glass.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's something counterintuitive for you. Maybe I'll get into

0:30:34.440 --> 0:30:36.880
<v Speaker 2>this when we have more time, because it's kind of fascinating.

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<v Speaker 2>So Trump mentioned the other day, I think he mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>it is not State of the Union address about making

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<v Speaker 2>English the official language, which in general sounds good to me.

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<v Speaker 2>It just drives me nuts when I am trying to

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<v Speaker 2>function in the world and in dealing with somebody doesn't

0:30:55.320 --> 0:30:58.040
<v Speaker 2>speak English, drives me crazy. That's in a store the

0:30:58.080 --> 0:30:59.720
<v Speaker 2>other day and ask a question. The person just said,

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<v Speaker 2>no know English, then why are you here? I would

0:31:04.320 --> 0:31:07.800
<v Speaker 2>have said in their language if I knew how, But

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<v Speaker 2>so U. I saw this from Stephen Pinker, who sometimes

0:31:12.040 --> 0:31:14.040
<v Speaker 2>I agree with sometimes I don't, in his Twitter feed,

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<v Speaker 2>but he pointed out John mccorter's piece in the New

0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:21.040
<v Speaker 2>York Times about this, and we often agree with him.

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<v Speaker 2>English is the official US angliage is an unkind policy

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<v Speaker 2>for a non existent problem, says John mccorter. Right wingers

0:31:28.680 --> 0:31:32.520
<v Speaker 2>take note, libertarianism has worked perfectly were here, Well here,

0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:37.200
<v Speaker 2>spontaneous order emerging from everyone wanting to learn the predominant

0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:41.360
<v Speaker 2>language has resulted in English becoming the de facto official

0:31:41.440 --> 0:31:45.080
<v Speaker 2>language of our country without government regulation. It has also

0:31:45.120 --> 0:31:49.120
<v Speaker 2>become the world's de facto official second language, again without

0:31:49.160 --> 0:31:55.360
<v Speaker 2>government regulation. And how it it pulls people together better

0:31:56.040 --> 0:31:58.400
<v Speaker 2>just because it's an easier way to make a go

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<v Speaker 2>of it in this country than would if we tried

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<v Speaker 2>to force people into it, that's macuarter's argument.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and if we were to make it legally so

0:32:09.560 --> 0:32:13.920
<v Speaker 1>and force people into it, what would the resistance or

0:32:13.960 --> 0:32:17.080
<v Speaker 1>backlash look like. And I'm not advocating one side of

0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:18.800
<v Speaker 1>this or the other. I'm just curious how it would

0:32:18.800 --> 0:32:20.600
<v Speaker 1>actually play out in real life. I mean, because the

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<v Speaker 1>official state language of California is English.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a joke, Yeah, well then there's no enforcement

0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:29.520
<v Speaker 2>of that whatsoever. But it's not hard to imagine an

0:32:29.560 --> 0:32:33.160
<v Speaker 2>immigrant family from wherever and you hear this all the

0:32:33.200 --> 0:32:35.560
<v Speaker 2>time people who grew up in a house where their

0:32:35.600 --> 0:32:37.880
<v Speaker 2>parents were going to make them learn English. You're going

0:32:37.920 --> 0:32:39.800
<v Speaker 2>to speak English because that's how you're going to make

0:32:39.800 --> 0:32:42.200
<v Speaker 2>it go up in this country, right, maybe being resistant

0:32:42.200 --> 0:32:43.200
<v Speaker 2>to that if it were forced.

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<v Speaker 1>Apartment asked a girl on a train platform in Munich,

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, do you speak English? And see she said yes,

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<v Speaker 1>as if it was a ridiculous question.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, and she was German. I got to comment

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<v Speaker 2>on that. I'll do it for my final.

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<v Speaker 10>Point, I'm strong, get ready with Katie Green and.

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<v Speaker 6>Strong.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's yours for final thoughts, Joe Getty, let's get a

0:33:15.240 --> 0:33:17.880
<v Speaker 2>final thought from everybody on the crew. Michaelangelo lead us off,

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<v Speaker 2>would you please Well?

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<v Speaker 1>I got exactly one month till I turned fifty, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I know that I can't keep up with the trends

0:33:24.920 --> 0:33:25.920
<v Speaker 1>like coastal grandmother.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't know. I think you should start dressing

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<v Speaker 2>like a coastal grandmother.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Green are esteemed Newswoman. As a final thought, Katie, well.

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<v Speaker 5>Since Jack is thinking about getting a cyber truck, I

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:41.280
<v Speaker 5>was looking at raps and they have a McDonald's burger rap.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh cool for the cyber truck. There you go. So

0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:48.880
<v Speaker 2>your truck looks like a burger. I don't dream come true. Jack.

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<v Speaker 2>A final thought for us. So, I was good friends

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<v Speaker 2>with this guy named Giuseppe is from Italy, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>a PhD at the university. And he spoke decent English,

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<v Speaker 2>not great, but decent English. And I remember telling him

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<v Speaker 2>one time I was thinking of learning Spanish or a

0:34:02.000 --> 0:34:03.720
<v Speaker 2>second language. I thought it'd be cool, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>why would you care. You already know the most important

0:34:06.280 --> 0:34:10.280
<v Speaker 2>language on earth. And he was a very well world traveled,

0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:12.839
<v Speaker 2>world traveler, And that's just stuck in my mind. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I already know the important language.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I will be online all afternoon promoting the coastal

0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:23.920
<v Speaker 1>middle aged dipstick who doesn't give a crap anymore esthetic.

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<v Speaker 1>If you'd like some pictures of that, well, I'll send

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<v Speaker 1>you pictures of me.

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<v Speaker 2>We will see you tomorrow. God bless America. I love

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<v Speaker 2>arm Strong and Getty. I'm going to say this at

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<v Speaker 2>risk of my job. What are beyond my craving for doritos?

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<v Speaker 2>What the hell are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 4>It seems like there's a few kings in that slinkys,

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<v Speaker 4>So let's go with a buying.

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<v Speaker 2>Green drops keep falling on your hand? Are you familiar

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<v Speaker 2>with that? On my head?

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<v Speaker 4>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that's not the point of the conversation. Who's

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<v Speaker 2>who's the eight is getting rain on it? It's not

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<v Speaker 2>the point. That's not the key question, right.

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<v Speaker 7>And on that nightmare inducing notes, thank you very much,

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<v Speaker 7>Armstrong and Getty.