1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, luck and load. So Michael 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: Varry Show is on the air. Well, Chicago has been 3 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: in the news of particular interests of late, not simply 4 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: because it's a dangerous hellhole where thugs who the Democrat 5 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:47,639 Speaker 1: Party protects shoot each other up, but because the President 6 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: intends to fix it, and they'll have none of that. 7 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: You will not fix Chicago. We like it broken. And 8 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: once you understand that, you learn a lot. Well, then 9 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: you had another bloody weekend over the Labor Day weekend, 10 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: and the mayor of Chicago was out and governor of 11 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: Illinois where out was out, and they're both out screaming 12 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: about Trump while their people are being shot and killed. 13 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: To put it into perspective, you know, these these are 14 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: data points. Were forty seven wounded in nine killed or 15 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: fifty four wounded, depends on what hour you stopped counting. 16 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: The point is every minute that goes by, more people 17 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: are going to get shot. And those are just data points. 18 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: They're statistics until they're not till they're real human beings. 19 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: And so we thought we would dive in a little deeper, 20 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: dig into the archive and do another round of the 21 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: Chicago Weekend Crime Report. Chicago is just I mean, it 22 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: really is just miserable. 23 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: Yes, now like Chicago and now the Michael Berry Show 24 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: presents the Chicago Weekend Crime Report. 25 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: That was the later verse. Yeah we had a burlier 26 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: I forgot about that RNA. Eleven fiftive pm on Friday, 27 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: CPS responded to reports of gunfire, finding the door to 28 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: a home standing wide open. When they entered, they found 29 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: a twenty three year old woman with a gunshot wound 30 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: to thee to the leg, ramon to the leg, and 31 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: a twenty five year old woman with a multiple gunshot 32 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: wounds too. Yeah, pretty much everywhere. The twenty five year 33 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: old woman tragically passed away en route to the hospital. Saturday, 34 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: in a very unusual case, a sixty three year old 35 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: man drowned. It's not unusual that someone drowns, is that 36 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: another person did it? Only the third time the Chicago 37 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: Police Department has ruled a drowning as a homicide, meaning 38 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: another person forced the person under the water until they 39 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 1: couldn't breathe any longer. Not a real common way to 40 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: kill somebody. Happened in a pretty nice area along Lake 41 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: Michigan eleven am Saturday morning, a twenty nine year old 42 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: man and a thirty two year old man. We're standing 43 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: around outside when a dark SUV pulled up and the 44 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: bullet started flying. Suspect in the shooting is unknown and 45 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: shall we say unknowable because we're not about to tell 46 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: you what he looks like. Where was he driving? Acrist 47 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: of three thousand, cause that a help. The twenty nine 48 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: year old pulled up. The twenty nine year old took bullet, 49 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: took multiple bullets to THEE to the torso, little buddy 50 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: to the torso. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. 51 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: The thirty two year old man was shot in the 52 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: in the right side. Insufficiently specific for my taste. These 53 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: people don't realize in they're filling out reports. We're trying 54 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: to make a show here. Yeah, yeah, not the right 55 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: side to get shot. Yeah, he's shot on the wrong side. 56 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: Seven forty five pm a forty three year old woman 57 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: standing outside of her home when five men approached her 58 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: and said, if one of us fouls out, we need 59 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: a sixth man. They began shooting and she died at 60 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: the scene. Sunday, eight thirty one, at one forty a 61 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: m three men aged forty one, forty three and forty six. 62 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: We're standing outside when someone approached them and opened fire. 63 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: The forty one and forty three year olds each had 64 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: wounds to their to their legs from home, and we're 65 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: in good condition at the hospital. The forty six year 66 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: old was not so lucky. He expired of his wounds 67 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: after arriving at the er. Two fifty am, a thirty 68 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: three year old man got into an argument with another 69 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: man who he knew. The second man pulled out a 70 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: weapon and shot the victim in the head. His conflict 71 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: conflict dispute resolution skills were not well honed. He was 72 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: pronounced dead at the scene. Seven thirty pm, twenty six 73 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: year old woman stand outside when she got into an 74 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: argument with another woman. The second woman shot the victim 75 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: in the chest. She died at the hospital. See I 76 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: told you, see, I told you. See Now I win 77 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: the argument we just argued about. They might not be argued. 78 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: Eight thirty pm an adult male was found lying in 79 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,679 Speaker 1: the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead 80 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: at the scene, but before cops could arrive, eighteen people 81 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: passed by and filmed it on their phone without telling 82 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: a single soul, because that's what you do. In Chicago 83 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: in certain communities. Monday morning, eleven to twenty am. Man outside, 84 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: another man approaches, shot him in the chest multiple times. 85 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: Dead at the er Welcome to Chicago. Eleven forty two pm, 86 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: twenty five year old woman walked into the er. She 87 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: said she'd been a passenger in a vehicle when she 88 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: heard some pops and then felt pain. She had been 89 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: shot in the left temple. She died at the hospital 90 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: shortly thereafter. Chicago had quite the number of multiple victim 91 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: shooting events this weekend, called mass shooting events. On Saturday night, 92 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: seven people were outside around the corner from the Chicago 93 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: Public Safety headquarters and got shot as a vehicle passed 94 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,559 Speaker 1: their group. At least one person a vehicle opened fire. 95 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: Everyone who was wounded is in stable condition. Sunday morning, 96 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: early four people shot when several men began firing at 97 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: the group from two vehicles. All the victims are in 98 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: good condition, except they live in Chicago's they'll be dead tomorrow. 99 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: I mean, we saw boys in the hood early Monday 100 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: morning when POPO were called to the scene of a 101 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: large disturbance. Big street party. That's always a good sign. 102 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a big street party and guess who 103 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna invite. Yeah, yeah, that's gonna end. Well, shots 104 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: rang out. When the Popo ran to investigate, they discovered 105 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: five people had been shot. Four of the victims are 106 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: in fair to good condition. The fifth, a seventeen year 107 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: old men, had been gut shot and is in critical condition. Well, 108 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: is this what we want on the streets of American cities? No, 109 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: it is not. It is that time, Tonto. It is 110 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: time to call in the Loane. 111 00:07:45,120 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 3: President, the Loan President, higher gold Heart, with a speed 112 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 3: of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty high 113 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 3: old gold. The Long President with his faithful Vice President 114 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 3: j D who's married to an Indian wife. The daring 115 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 3: and resourceful mass writer of DC led the fight for 116 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 3: law and order at. 117 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: Our patient's capitol. 118 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 3: Redturn with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. 119 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 3: The Lone President rides again. 120 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: Little Chicago, Niki, Gilly and the girls all get pretty 121 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: At closing time when you're listening to the Michael Berry Show, part. 122 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: Believe you can't missed it. July fourth, awful flood was 123 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: exactly two months ago today. Does it feel like it 124 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 1: was longer than that? It feels like that was forever ago. 125 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: There's so many things happening so fast, so many things 126 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: happening so fast, that we can only retain so much, 127 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: so things get pushed to the back of our memory. 128 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: My wife when she came to this country after years 129 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: of being here, she said, you know, it's amazing in India, 130 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: building stand for one hundred, one hundred and fifty years more. 131 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: She grew up in a house that was several hundred 132 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: years old. It was basically like a plaster as the exterior, 133 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: and you know, they're just boxes for all intents and purposes, 134 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 1: and the staircases just a it's just concreted stairs. It's 135 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: just amazing. You know, the old paved paradise. Put up 136 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: a parking lot. We just knocked stuff down. We knocked 137 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: stuff down and put other stuff there. I saw a 138 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: house on the street we used to live on, went 139 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: back to look at the old house we used to 140 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: live on it near Memorial Park. We'd go driving down there, 141 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: and the house that was there was beautiful. It's a big, 142 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: sprawling home. And my wife said, oh, Bob's house. They 143 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: tore Bob's house down. They tore this big house down 144 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: to build an even bigger house on the same lot, 145 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: and the house that was there wasn't an old house, 146 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 1: was probably at most twenty years old. And the American 147 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: mindset is to just keep moving building, and I think 148 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: that's the reason we create so much wealth. At any 149 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: given time. There's more construction going on in this country 150 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: than any three, four or five countries combined. China would 151 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: be the exception. But those are not market that's not 152 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: market driven construction. It's government sponsored construction. It's a very 153 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: different model and it's not comparable. And there are entire 154 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: cities in China that they will level after they build them. 155 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: It's a very weird dynamic. But in any case, this 156 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: is also true of our media environment, especially in the 157 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: era of Trump, because he's conscious he only has so 158 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: many hours as president, so he is moving as fast 159 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: as he can to make as many changes. But he's 160 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: being very smart about something. He's not just picking one 161 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: big lighthouse in the distance that will be his crowning achievement. 162 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: As he walks out the door, he knows, I've got 163 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: to make constant. I've got to show the other Republicans, yes, 164 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: you can do this. You can arrest illegal aliens, you 165 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: can arrest Democrat politicians who break the law. This sort 166 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: of unspoken rule that the Democrats and the media and 167 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: the academt they all have of Oh, you couldn't do it. 168 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: You couldn't arrest Hillary Clinton. I mean, she's Hillary Clinton. 169 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: Yes you can, that's just it. You can. Two months 170 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: ago hard to believe. I I think many times about 171 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: the mothers and fathers of those girls and how they 172 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: suffered the grief related. You know, there are still people 173 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: there daily doing recovery efforts. It's called rescue when there 174 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,119 Speaker 1: are people still alive. It's recovery when you know you're 175 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: past that point. There are people still daily. We sent 176 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: a film crew on Thursday, Friday, Saturday. I think it 177 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: was to get footage. And I don't know that I 178 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: don't know that I'll make it in the film. I 179 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: don't know that that's I don't know that that's really understood. 180 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: But I can tell you today, on September fourth, isn't 181 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: it amazing there are people still out there in that muck. 182 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: You know how depressing it is after a flood, and 183 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: they're out there trying to find some fragment of a 184 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: human being to say to the family, here here's your baby, 185 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: here's your child. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, but 186 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: here's your child. Imagine what drives a person to be 187 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: willing to do that, because odds are you not going 188 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: to find that person. It's a needle in the haystack. 189 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: I would like to take your calls on the subject, 190 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: whether that is reform, whether that is hey, they did 191 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: the best they could do. We shouldn't be trying to reform. 192 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: We don't need government overreach or we need better standards. 193 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: I just ask you to be mindful that we're talking 194 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: about the loss of life of human beings of Texans. 195 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: We're talking about something that hits home for a lot 196 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: of our audience. A number of those families and their 197 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: friends and their friends listen to our show. So don't 198 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: be callous. Consider that no matter what you say, you 199 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: are still talking in an environment where there this is 200 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: still very very raw, very very recent to them. And 201 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: with that will open the phone lines. I'm not going 202 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: to narrow the topic any further than that. It's two 203 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: months to the day seven one three nine nine nine 204 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: one thousand, seven one three nine nine nine one thousand. 205 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: While the phone lines are ringing, Let's take Christy's call 206 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: on Raisin Brand, and then you can take the rest 207 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: on camp Mystic Christy. Go ahead, dear, Hey, good morning, Michael. 208 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 4: I'm calling to tell you that there are people who 209 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 4: love Raisin Brand. I like it. 210 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: My dad good. 211 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 4: My dad is in his eighties. 212 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: He's been eating it for fifty plus years. It's gotta 213 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: be Calloggs. It can't be Post, it can't be any 214 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: off brand. His big change a few years, probably twenty 215 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: years ago, was going from whole milk to two percent. 216 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 4: It took a long time to convince him to do that. 217 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 4: He used to put sugar on. 218 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: It, but now he he doesn't. 219 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 4: He just slices a half of bananna. 220 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: Maybe that makes it more edible. But I don't eat 221 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: freeze and Brand because I don't eat carbs. But I 222 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: don't mind it. 223 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: But he loves it. 224 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously you're you're you're onto something, because I'm just 225 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: looking through my emails right here. Belinda Foltz, who does 226 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: all our printing, says she loves Raisin Brand. Sky Mike 227 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: says he loves Raisin Brand. Scott says, I grew up 228 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: in Australia and as a kid I loved sultana brand. 229 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: I just learned sultanas and raisins are almost the same thing, 230 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: but come from different grapes. I didn't even know that 231 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: people ate that stuff to stay regular, but I guess 232 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: that makes sense. Somebody moving to New Orleans, Jason says, 233 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: I avoiding avoiding cereal because it's bad for you, But 234 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: it's that guy wrote a tome It's You're poisoning me 235 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: now but growing up, But this was my favorite raisin 236 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: brand and Quaker oatmeal squares Ron writes, I knew a 237 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: girl in college who bought a box of Raisin Brand 238 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: for the first time, poured a bowl and really liked it. 239 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: She then had a couple more bowls that morning. She 240 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: wasn't able to make it to her classes that day. 241 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 4: Crickets set feature pack Repregerators The Michael Berry Show. 242 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: Low can't last long, so hurry into Cricket City Circle 243 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: Fast and Slow. That's Paula Nelson's there's a show on 244 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: Serious XM on the Little Willie Neilson Willi's roadhouse. It's 245 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: called Lily Nelson Station. The phone calls we go. Yesterday 246 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: I announced that we will be talking to a menopause expert. 247 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: Doctor Davis. She's a concierge doctor. She's now my dad's 248 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: concierge doctor. Menopause is one of her areas of specialty. 249 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: In fact, she's a diabetes doctor endochronologist, but she serves 250 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: as a family physician as well. That way you don't 251 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: have to have two different doctors. When I was talking 252 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: to her about her passion for diabetes, which you would 253 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: know that she has based on how she treats my dad, 254 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: and she said, well, my first love is intellectually is 255 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: menopause and women's hormonal aging issues. And I said, what 256 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: is that? And she said, well, men are comfortable talking 257 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: about testosterone, and men are comfortable talking about the changes 258 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: that begin to occur and continue to occur and accelerate 259 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: as you age, as you lose the male hormone, and 260 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: as your body begins these changes. And men have come 261 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: out out of the woodwork to be willing to talk 262 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: about this openly and it's I've heard you talk about it, 263 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: and I do, she said, but for women it's very 264 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: very covered up. And we started talking about menopause and 265 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: I said, well, my first brush with menopause was about 266 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty five. My mom was forty years old, and 267 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: she was how best to say this in the words 268 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: of a fifteen year old, She was crazy. She had 269 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 1: gone completely nuts, bonkers. And we always thought my mom 270 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: was little nuts, as you know, men will say of 271 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: there the boys will say with their mom. But she 272 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: started just flying off the handle. She started acting crazy, 273 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: and till her dying day, my brother Chris and we 274 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: would talk to her about those years and she said, 275 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: it's going through my menopause and that was her end 276 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: her for everything. So we always viewed menopause as an 277 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: excuse that you make. You know, Mom's being a bee 278 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: and she wants to blame her no menopause. Well, now, 279 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: with the virtue of age forty years later, I go 280 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: she didn't want to be crazy. I know that what 281 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: benefit was it to her to be crazy? What benefit 282 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: was to her to scream and shower? And she would 283 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: tell us about things you don't understand, these hot flashes, 284 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: and women's health, particularly as it related to sexual health 285 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: and hormones at that time, was not very advanced. And 286 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: in fact, most women and I think many women to 287 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: this day, do not go and get any medical treatment. 288 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,719 Speaker 1: I'm not a believer that that doctors are God's But 289 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: I am a believer that there are medical treatments that 290 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: you should consider. If you're able under the guidance of 291 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: a doctor just understanding, then you go and read about 292 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: it and learn about it. But I think a lot 293 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: of women are in the situation where my mom was, 294 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: where they don't have the resources. And you know, she 295 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 1: had a physician's desk reference because she'd been a nurse's 296 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: assistant at an old folks home in Orange, and you know, 297 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: you go to that thing and you're going to die 298 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: of everything you got. You spend two minutes in that thing, 299 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: and you know you got dry eyes and they're probably 300 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: going to rip your eyeballs out. So that thing's not 301 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: particularly helpful. At least Now with the Internet, you can 302 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, you got to be careful, but you can 303 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: start to learn more things, and you can read different opinions, 304 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: and it's healthy to get different opinions. I find that 305 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: a lot of people want to know the answer to 306 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: the question and just tell me the answer. Well, whose 307 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 1: answer are you going to take? Who's right and who's 308 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: wrong in Ukraine in Russia, because who you asked is 309 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: going to make all the difference in the same war. 310 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: Is Trump the best president of the worst president? Who 311 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: you ask is going to make all the difference. So 312 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: you asked the wrong person, you come to the wrong 313 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: conclusion anyway, So I've thought a lot about that. And then, 314 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, yesterday, we had a dinner party and 315 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: our knew Davis was there and we were talking about 316 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: my dad and we started talking about menopause. And it 317 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,360 Speaker 1: was either late that night or the next morning. I said, 318 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: did you notice how interested the women, because all the 319 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: women were fifties plus, were in talking about menopause as 320 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: something let's call it women's hormonal aging. And so I thought, 321 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: let me, let me check on that, and I thought 322 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: about it, and I decided it was a good idea. 323 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: I don't know that I have ever suggested doing a 324 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: topic for the future. Usually we just you tune in, 325 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: and you know, it's a variety show. You don't know 326 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: what's going to happen. I very rarely say we're going 327 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: to talk about something. In evance, I said, we're going 328 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: to talk about this next Friday. I can't tell how 329 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: many emails I got it said which hour? That just 330 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: doesn't happen. Not that we don't talk about interesting things ay, 331 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: we don't tease the head what we're going to talk about, 332 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: but be people listen or they don't. They listen if 333 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: it's convenient. They don't plan to set their clock by it. 334 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: So that tells me there is a great untapped need 335 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: to learn more about this issue. And I was surprised 336 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: how many men and I think this is cool, who 337 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: reached out to me and said, hey, I'm glad you're 338 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: doing that. I told my wife about it, and we're 339 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: going to listen to it together, because look, I make 340 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: jokes about awkward situations because it makes it easier. Some 341 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: people are uncomfortable with jokes about awkward situations, you know, 342 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: not taking it seriously. You don't understand the point of 343 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: humor because you don't sense of humor. But I do understand, 344 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: and I do consider this a serious, very serious issue. 345 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: As we age, we change, and a lot of people 346 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: are going through these changes alone, not just hormonal, but 347 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: losing loved ones and financial stress and all these things 348 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: physical decline. And to the extent we can bring you resources, 349 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: people to talk to doctors that may be able to 350 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 1: treat you, websites where you can learn more, I think 351 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: that is one of the most rewarding things that we 352 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: get to do, and I'm looking forward to it. If 353 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: you have a question about menopause for next Friday's show, 354 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: send it to me sooner rather than later through the 355 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 1: website Michael Berryshow dot com. 356 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 4: Michael Berry, you are. 357 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: More to ring the King's English. 358 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm a fool, as you may have divined. 359 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: So I got an email from a fellow named Tex Crowley, 360 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 1: subject line gritty music Evening, Michael, I'm currently up in 361 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: Illinois running flowers and an eighteen wheeler for a friend 362 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: of mine. I'll be back in college station in about 363 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: ten days. It's hit and miss, but I'm able to 364 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: tune into your program when I'm not in the trailer unloading. 365 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: I heard you talk about Tom Waits and other gritty 366 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: voices that you like. Figured i'd clue you in on 367 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: a friend of mine, Paul Marhofer aka long Haul Paul. 368 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: He's a semi retired trucker see what I did there 369 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: in his mid sixties, and he didn't break out of 370 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: his shell till about ten years ago. He definitely has 371 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: that gritty, real world sound to his voice. The man 372 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: is a gentle giant but has a gravitas about his sound. 373 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: Here's a couple of tunes that I actually shot video for. 374 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: The song thirty Weight Coffee is an old is an 375 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: ode to the old school outlaw truckers, especially bullhulers, who 376 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: took plenty of speed back in the day to get 377 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 1: the cattle to where they needed to be. There may 378 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: have been plenty of instances of illicit drug use back 379 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: in the day of cattle hauling, but hardly ever did 380 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: you hear of cattle trucks involved in wrecks. And he 381 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: sent me another one, a song called Chevrolet Jesus, and 382 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: he says, that's me and my seventy seven Chevy starring 383 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: in it. The guy's name is long Haul Paul and 384 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: the song is Thirtyweight Coffee. It has the melancholy and 385 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: loneliness of a guy that is on a truck late 386 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: at night, all alone, a long way from home, and 387 00:25:54,960 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: you just kind of imagine that cigarette and the coffee. Now, 388 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: maybe it's because he's lived it, it manages to come 389 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: through in his voice. Phil, you're on the Michael Berry Show. 390 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 4: Yes, mister Barry, thank you. But what I haven't heard 391 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 4: too much about about those rivers and valleys and dry 392 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 4: creeks and creeks and things of that nature. Is the 393 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 4: people that live in that country, for example, in this camps, 394 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 4: are in these camps that we're talking about. They know 395 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 4: all about the problems with rain in those areas. And 396 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 4: so my problem, and it's entirely mine, is I don't understand. 397 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 4: I have a friend out there where I stayed, and 398 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 4: he told me, if it begins to rain, get your 399 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 4: r V up and out of here and get on 400 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 4: high ground across the river. My question to you is, 401 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 4: I haven't heard any discussion about why those people allowed 402 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 4: those kids and other people on the river without warning them. 403 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 4: When it begins to rain, get your rear ends out 404 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 4: and get up the hill because we may have some flooding. 405 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 4: And so that is my question to you. 406 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, I don't have an answer. I don't have an answer, 407 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: but I will share some assorted comments I have heard. 408 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: I have heard from a number of people who understand 409 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: this issue and who have more experience with this than 410 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: I do. So let me start there, and I will 411 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: say that you know, higher ground is very important during flooding, 412 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: and you can't be seeking higher ground at the last minute. 413 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: I've never been to the site of Camp Mystic. I 414 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: do know that there was a neighboring boys camp where 415 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: not a single person perished. It strikes me the basics 416 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: of scientific investigation would tell you look at those two 417 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: cases and tell me what was done differently. And I 418 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: think you have the likelihood that there is Your answer. 419 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,959 Speaker 1: Was it simply because the boys were stronger, that they 420 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: could climb higher, run faster. I don't know. I suspect 421 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: there were different measures taken. One of the complicating factors 422 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: is that Dick Eastland, who was the head of Camp Mystic, 423 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: I knew his name, never having sent a daughter. You 424 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: can't miss it. And to this moment, I've never heard 425 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: a foul word spoken, a cross word spoken of him. 426 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: He was beloved, he and his wife. These camps become 427 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: like a church, and in many cases it is a church, 428 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: but in some senses of the word. But these girls 429 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: were so connected to this place and space and each other. 430 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many friends I have whose daughters, 431 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,479 Speaker 1: you know, they can't wait after they graduate and they 432 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: go to they go to college that first year and 433 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: they get to come back and be a camp counselor 434 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: they can't wait as a highlight. They're going to get 435 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: to be They're going to get to be what they 436 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: looked up to just a couple of years ago. Did 437 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: that Did that blind people to safety measures? Very likely? 438 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: The cult of personality. It happens, It doesn't mean there 439 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: are any ill intentions. I don't know. I think we 440 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: will learn more. I fear that because it's so painful, 441 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: people will just move on and we won't take better 442 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: measures because the government's not going to be the one 443 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: that solves the problem. I'll tell you that