1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Mo' kelly in for John and Ken two days before Christmas. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Hopefully you've enjoyed your Christmas shopping. I haven't. I haven't 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: even had the job the opportunity to get any presents yet. 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm way behind, way behind. Now. Can I still get 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: stuff online and have a sentiment? Will it get to 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: me in time? Probably not? Probably not, but I'll try it. 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: Maybe they'll get here by February first, but that is 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: the holiday season. And also, Happy Hanukah and Eric, this 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: is day six or seven six, day six, Okay, we're 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: gonna get into that before this show is over as well. 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: And also there are a couple of housekeeping items I 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: got to take care of. Kevin de Leone. He still 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: has a job. I don't know why, honestly, don't know why. 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: If they're protesting outside your house, your job, you're getting 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: in the fights with people you probably shouldn't have your 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: job anymore. It's probably you. It's probably you, but maybe 17 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Kfis Blake Trolley has more information than the 18 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: latest on Leon City councilman at the moment, Blake, how 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: are you doing this holiday season? I'm doing good, but 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: thanks for the guilt reminder. You know, I have my 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: one of my brothers for Secret Santa, and he's from 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: San Francisco. He just got to La County. I still 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: haven't bought him a gift, So you're you're in good, 24 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: good company. Mough. Here's a hint. Two words for you. 25 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: Gift card. You cannot go wrong. Gift card. It's not 26 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: the thought that counts, it's the money that Don't let 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: anyone tell you otherwise. But that's a different story. I 28 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: had you on today because I wanted to find out 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: the latest with City Councilman Kevin de Leone. I don't 30 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: understand why that city councilman title is still in front 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: of his name. Maybe you can help me out and 32 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: explain to me why. Well, Kevin de Leone, he's continuing 33 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: to try to inch back towards race after fallout from 34 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: being caught on that racist recording where redistricting deals were 35 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: also seemingly being cut. Da Leone went on the earlofari 36 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: Hu Hutchinson's show This Morning That's an Internet radio show. 37 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: The interview comes after two hot appearances from Da Leone 38 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: at City Hall. In both cases, Da Leone ended up 39 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: leaving the chamber in the second case, as you remember Mo, 40 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: he left the chamber but continued to vote from outside 41 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: the chamber. And the reason he left the chamber is 42 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: because protesters just erupted as soon as he walked into 43 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: the as soon as he walked into the room, they erupted. 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 1: In both cases, city Council had to call a recess, 45 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: and in both cases City Council President Paul Krikorian went 46 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: and spoke to Da Leone. The first time Krekorian spoke 47 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: to day Leone, Da Leone left the chamber. The second 48 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: time Kricorian spoke to Da Leone, Da Leone ca actually 49 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: continued to sit there and almost tune out the just 50 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: insane protests that were just happening in front of him. 51 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: People were just hurling, you know, their grievances at him. 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: So anyways, Da Leone went on the earl of party. 53 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: Hutchinson showed this morning he's facing a recall. The recall 54 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: was approved earlier this month. He says he's going to 55 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: fight that recall off through his work. And let me 56 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: explain to you what that means. That's like getting a 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: roof or the heads of people who have been living 58 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: on the streets. Is not years for decades, that means 59 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: creating affordable housing. In that let's just saying clearing affordable 60 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: housing because that's sort of a catch all phase today 61 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: with so many elected officials, but doing it with a 62 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: sense of intentionality given the housing crisis that just doesn't 63 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: impact all the city of LA or the state of California, 64 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: but also to a district such as mine, because City 65 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: fourteen is a microcosm of the issues at which being 66 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: challenged with today in the city. When I say that, 67 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: I want to put different contexts because I have not 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: just the largest homeless population in the entire city of 69 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, but I also have the largest homeless population 70 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: I should say, the sixth largest in the United States 71 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: of America. So the challenge has been with us for 72 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: years of not decades, But this is an issue that 73 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: we're going to continue to focus on them. That's why 74 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: the past two years we have taken more people off 75 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: the streets and put a roof over their head than 76 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: any other council office in the second largest sea in America. 77 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: So as you can see there, he's touting his ability 78 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: to fight homelessness, and he's really now leaning on his 79 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: policies and leaning on what he sees as his accomplishments 80 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: in city Hall there to try to protect him from 81 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: that recall effort, And interestingly, Moe I reached out to 82 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: the recall team this morning. They won't give me a 83 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: number of votes, but they say they do have a 84 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: lot of momentum on it, but again not giving us 85 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: an official count. Blake, I have a rhetorical question to 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: ask you, and I don't expect you to answer. That's 87 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: why it's rhetorical, but it's something I think everyone listening 88 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: wants me to ask, and that is what the hell 89 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: is wrong with this guy? Does he not understand that 90 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: the issues surrounding why they want he him out of 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: his office have nothing to do with his plans or 92 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: his desire to work, or his desire to help the 93 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: people of Los Angeles, has nothing to do with that. 94 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: It has to do with his behavior inside of that conversation, 95 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: which was recorded, and he's lost the faith and the 96 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: trust of the people of Los Angeles larger than just 97 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: his city council district. So the rhetorical question is, what's 98 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: wrong with him? If he cares so much about Los 99 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: Angeles and he cares so much about his district, why 100 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: won't he stepped down, Well, he was, and he was 101 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: challenged on that today. Hutchinson challenged him on that today 102 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: he said, you know, he pointed to those photos you 103 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: see of day Leone sitting in the City Council chamber 104 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: when the meetings go to recess. He's the only person 105 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: in there because protesters again are just hurling, you know, 106 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: they're yelling at him, and the rest of the City 107 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: council members have blown out, none of them standing in 108 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: support of day Leon. So Hutchinson asked him, he said, 109 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: you know, it appears nobody really wants to back you. 110 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: How do you plan to work with city Council and 111 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: Dailyone have these claims? Well, I could say this is 112 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: that I do have a lot of friends, you know 113 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: on the City Council and that picture or that iconic 114 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: pictures as you as as you described, I think it 115 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: was a moment when a recess was called, and when 116 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: that recess was called, I made a decision not to 117 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: get up and go, but by the just stay you 118 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: know in my chair when there was you know, quite 119 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: a few folks, you know, no doubt you know, in 120 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: the audience who are yelling and screaming and epithets. You 121 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: know a lot of obscenities, you know. I mean, obviously 122 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: they'd have the right to to express themselves the way 123 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: they see fit. But you know, I plan. I'm working 124 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: with my colleagues because I do have friends on the 125 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: city council. No, you don't reached out to me as 126 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: well too. Yeah, I was telling Gary and Shannon today, 127 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: this is like when people ask me if I have 128 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: bumble matches. That answer I actually mote as he was 129 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: saying this. I was listening to the I was listening 130 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: to the interview as it was happening, and I reached 131 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: out to Daily On spokespeople. I said, give me a list, 132 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: give me a list of these city council members that 133 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: are backing him. That was this morning. I just check 134 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: my email as the sound bite was playing, and I 135 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: still have not gotten a response on that way. If 136 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: they won't back him publicly, they are not his friends. 137 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: They are not see what angers me? And I mean 138 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: this sincerely, this is not for effect it I'm not 139 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: acting this way. I'm actually angry, if only because he's 140 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: trying to present himself as taking some sort of principled stance, 141 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: as if he's choosing los Angeles over the outrage that 142 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: he's trying to put his job above the controversy of 143 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: the moment. It's insulting, and I think it says more 144 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: about how out of touch he is and how insincere 145 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: he is, as opposed to how how sincere he is 146 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: in terms of doing his job, how dedicated he is 147 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: to doing his job. I think it's insulting to the 148 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: people of his district. I think it's insulting to the 149 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: people who are listening to that interview. And he needs 150 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: to go, and he needs to go not only for 151 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: the good of the city council, but for the public trust. Yeah. 152 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,679 Speaker 1: A couple of things here. I mean one, it's obviously 153 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: going to be really hard for him to work across 154 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: with any other district. You got his point, and and 155 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: and so when you talk about his constituents that he's 156 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: saying he cares so much about, of course, this is 157 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: going to be a challenge for him, is to get 158 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: any of them on board with anything that he does. 159 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: The other thing I want to point out here is 160 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: I really wish Hutchinson at you know, when he was 161 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: saying that, would have pressed him further and said, well, 162 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: give me a list like kind of like what I 163 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: did in real time with an email, but I think 164 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: it would have had a much bigger effect had he 165 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: done that in real time and and made de Leone, 166 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: you know, identify who you know where his support lies 167 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: in city council. Oh you said lies, yes, lives. That 168 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: is the operative word. Blake Trolley, thank you so much 169 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: for your reporting, and have a merry Christmas. If I 170 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: don't talk to you anytime saying hey you too, thank you. 171 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: This is the John and Ken Show. Mo kelly in 172 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: for John and Ken k IF. I am six forty. 173 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app in Jicase you're 174 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: not familiar with me, I host the mo' kelly Show 175 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: Saturdays from six to eight pm and Sundays from seven 176 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: to ten pm. You can hit me on my personal 177 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: website mister m'kelly dot com. You can hit me on 178 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: Twitter at mister m'kelly, Mr m ok E L L Y. 179 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: Let's keep this conversation going. Last segment, I was talking 180 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: to kfi's own Blake Trolley regarding city Councilman Kevin da 181 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: Leone and his plight. If you will, got this tweet 182 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: from Richard in TC, and I think it highlights a 183 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: disconnect from reality. Let me put it that way, Richard, 184 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: and TC hits me at mister m'kelly, councilman da leone 185 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: has support from his constituents. One thing that was said 186 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: in that meeting was a small amount of black protesters 187 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,599 Speaker 1: can be so loud it sounds like an army. And 188 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: it's not That was a true statement. No, actually, that's 189 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: not a true statement. And here's what I mean. You 190 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: assume that he has the support of his constituents, but 191 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: I actually live in and around the area. I don't 192 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 1: have any evidence to support that. And his constituents have 193 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: not come out in support of him publicly in any 194 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: real measurable degree. And if you look at the protests, 195 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 1: it's not just black people protesting. That is fundamentally untrue. 196 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: It is not true. What is also true, though, as 197 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: far as a true statement is he's lost his committee 198 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: assignments and chairmanships. He is functionally powerless and impotent as 199 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: a city councilman. He cannot get anything done. So if 200 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: you can't get anything done and you don't have any 201 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: power on the city council, then you cannot serve your constituency. 202 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: You fundamentally are unable to do the job of city councilmen. 203 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: So it's why thing to rally to defend this guy. 204 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: And I always say get the easy ones right, and 205 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: I also say, don't try to defend the indefensible. What 206 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:15,719 Speaker 1: this guy did was indefensible. What he's doing now is 207 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: not going to change what he did, and it's not 208 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: going to change the reality of his inability to do 209 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 1: his job, whether you think that's fair or unfair. The 210 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: protests are real, the removals from the committee that is real. 211 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: The pushback against him is real. His ineffection, his ineffectiveness 212 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: at this point as a city councilman is real. So 213 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: it comes down to whether he can be an adequate 214 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 1: representative for the constituents of his city council district, and 215 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: by every meaningful measurement he cannot. Now whether he survives 216 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: the recall or not, that's beyond me to say. And 217 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: I'm not even going to hazard a guest. There are 218 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: too many variables in a recall. We've seen enough recalls 219 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: here in California where it's never a done deal. Recalls 220 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,959 Speaker 1: are very difficult to get the signatures and also to 221 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: get people to come out and vote a certain way 222 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: at the appointed time, especially when it's not a true 223 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: election or like a general election moment. But please don't 224 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: try to tell me that Kevin de Leone has legitimate 225 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: constituent support. I'm not hearing that. I'm sorry, sorry. If 226 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: he had legitimate let me take you behind the curtain 227 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: as far as politics goes. If Kevin de Leone had 228 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: legitimate constituency support, there would be other city council people 229 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: who would be willing to stand side by side with 230 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: him Publicly. They won't and for great reason because not 231 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: only is he toxic at this point, there's nothing that 232 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 1: he can do for the city council writ large, and 233 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: there's nothing that he can do for his constituency. But 234 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate the tweet. It's wrong, it's wrong, top to bottom, 235 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: but I appreciate the tweet. You can tweet me at 236 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: mister m'kelly m O K E L L Y, but 237 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: you know, the tweets out of the way. Eric, I 238 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: had come to you before the show and when you 239 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: used to run the board for them Kelly Show. We 240 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: had this conversation before, but I thought it was very 241 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: important annually that we have this conversation about the meaning, 242 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: the importance, and also now the contemporary relevance of Hanaka 243 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: at this moment in history. So let's do that again. 244 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: And I asked, and I asked you off the air, Hey, 245 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: does Hanakah feel different? Does it have a different type 246 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: of meaning or impact? Or are there different discussions during 247 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: this Hanakah season given the general temperature in America. I 248 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: don't think it feels any different. I think what I've 249 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: noticed is a more prevalent presence. I think of Jews 250 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: posting on social media about them celebrating Hanuka and just 251 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: being more proud to be celebrating the holiday and trying 252 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: to I don't want to necessarily say compete with Christmas, 253 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: but given the fact that it overlaps with Christmas this year, 254 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: Hanka doesn't always necessarily overlap with Christmas because, for those 255 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: that don't know, the Jewish calendar and the Christian Gregorian 256 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: calendar are different. The Jewish calendar goes by the moon. 257 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: The Gregorian Christian calendar goes by the sun. So our 258 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: holidays for Jewish people change every year. Like last year, 259 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: Hanka was closer to Thanksgiving. This year, it overlaps with Christmas. 260 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: But I just think that with everything that's been going 261 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: on over the last few years, with the rise in 262 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: anti Semitism, I think I've seen especially with Jewish people 263 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: my age, just especially posting on social media and just 264 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: being more proud to be showing people the traditions that 265 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: we all have celebrated our entire lives. What are the 266 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: dinner table conversations, Like, do you ever discussing any of this? Like, 267 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: for example, I know in my household, we'll talk about 268 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: the issues of the day. It's not like politics are 269 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: off the table during the holidays, because that's just what 270 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: my family may talk about. But do you and your 271 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: family or do you and maybe your your peers sit 272 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: around and say Kanye West dot dot dot um. Yeah, 273 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: I would definitely say that happens in my family and 274 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: in my social circles and all of that type of stuff, 275 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: just because it is what's prevalent in what's going on 276 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: in today. And I just I think, honestly, in my opinion, 277 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: depending on the topics, the more you talk about it, 278 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: I think the better it is to better educate more 279 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: people on those subjects. And why do you think we 280 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: have these conversations? Yeah, exactly. So you said this was 281 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: night six yea honka, yes, run down for me and 282 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: everyone else real quickly. The difference in the in the 283 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: different evenings, you don't have to get it all right, 284 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: I don't expect it too, but just a generality, there 285 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: isn't really a difference in in the evenings each night. Uh. Really, 286 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: the only difference is the first night. Um, there's an 287 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: additional prayer you say while lighting the candles, and it's 288 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: a prayer that you say whenever there's a new beginning 289 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: or a new holiday or just really anything new. But 290 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: because it's the first night, you say it on that night. 291 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: And then there are two prayers that you say every 292 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: night going forward, as you like the candles, so you 293 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about then, Um, any type of 294 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: I'll say, contradiction or conflict with sports and everything during 295 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: that time. It's not when I speak of like the 296 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: high Holy day. You're like, okay, um, no, not necessarily 297 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: depending on when it falls. Yeah, it just yeah, I 298 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: would just say it depends on when it falls. But 299 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: now it's not like a player missing a game for 300 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: junkie poor or something like that. I would say, okay, okay, 301 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: you see it and I and I say this asking 302 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: out of ignorance, because I actually want to know more 303 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: and learn more. I think there's there's great value in 304 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: learning about other cultures, other religions, and other traditions. Well, 305 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: and I'd say, honestly, probably somebody who is who a 306 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: Jewish athlete that's probably more observant than I would be. 307 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: Let's say, for instance, maybe a Ryan Terrell who's playing 308 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: in the NBA G League right now, who's an Orthodox Jew. 309 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,479 Speaker 1: He's playing for the Detroit Pistons G League team. Uh, 310 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: maybe he He doesn't play, I believe on Shabbat, So 311 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: I believe if they would have a game tonight or tomorrow, 312 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: he probably wouldn't be playing. See, that's a great answer. 313 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: I never would have thought of that. Eric always, thank you, 314 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: You're welcome. You know, I'm gonna call it. I'm gonna 315 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: call on you later in the show when we start 316 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: talking about sports in in earnest, you know, because we 317 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: have this, we have to deal with these Lakers. I 318 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 1: see Brian Bruman has his Dodgers hat on. You know, 319 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: it feels all sorts of Christmasy in the studio. This 320 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: is the Johnny Kin Show. Mow kelly and for John 321 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: kin can if I am six forty, We're live everywhere 322 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. I'm o' kelly in for Johnny 323 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: kN on this Friday, And I got to ask the question. 324 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: It too may sound rhetorical in nature, because I don't 325 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: have an answer for you. I wish there was an answer. 326 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: Given all the flight cancelations, given all the struggles that 327 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: people are having trying to travel from coast to coast, 328 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: why would anybody in their right mind want to travel 329 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: at this time of the year anywhere. I love my family, 330 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: or at least I love some of them. I don't 331 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: know if there's anyone I would actually get on a 332 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: plane to go visit right about down not at this point. 333 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: And I've said this before, but I say it as 334 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: a reference point. My sister she's a you know, she's 335 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: a muckety monk. She's high up at LAX. So I 336 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: get to hear some of the stories that are not publicized, 337 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: the thing that don't quite make it to KFI, that 338 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: quite don't quite make it to KNBC or KCLA or 339 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: KCOP or Fox eleven. All the things that you may 340 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: not hear about but are actually going on. In addition 341 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: to what you do hear about the people who are 342 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: acting a fool on the planes, the people who are 343 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: losing their minds on the tarmac because the plane has 344 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: been delayed an hour or something like that, and they're 345 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: becoming more and more impatient, the people who are tired 346 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: of TSA, the people who've been bumped from flights or 347 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: they had their flights delayed, or they had their flights 348 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: canceled all over the country. And these incident reports aren't 349 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: necessarily made public, but they're happening. In other words, for 350 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: the things that you do know about, there are ten 351 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: more that you don't know about. And I wonder, and 352 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: we go through it just about every single year. It's 353 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: almost a running joke in radio. And if you ever 354 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: worked in media during the holiday season, there's certain stories 355 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: you can count on, delayed flights in clement weather, people 356 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: who are upset at the ills of travel. You can 357 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: depend on those stories every single year and it never changes. 358 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: And I kinda asked the question, why would you want 359 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: to put your behind on a plane and deal with this? 360 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: And when I see this, there were more than seventy 361 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: cancelations at LAX in the past day, more than twenty 362 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: five cancelations. Just this morning, more than four thousand flights 363 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: have been canceled nationwide. And when I say nationwide, that 364 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: means connecting flights. That means your luggage may get there, 365 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: but you may not get there, Or you may get there, 366 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: but your luggage may not get there. You may get 367 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: there two days late. And who knows how that's going 368 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: to impact the rest of your trip. And I stand 369 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: a large part of this has to do with the 370 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: inclement weather. We're talking about blizzards in certain portions of 371 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,959 Speaker 1: the country. But you know what, hello winter, It's going 372 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: to happen again next year. I promise you as sure 373 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 1: as I'm sitting here, there will be a blizzard next year, 374 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: probably around the holiday season. Why because they call them seasons. 375 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: You can kind of look on the calendar and it 376 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: says winter in December. You know how they change the 377 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: time we have, like the end of daylight saving time, Well, 378 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: you can count on blizzards in the same way. Right 379 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: after the winter solstice, you can best be sure that 380 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: there's probably a blizzard somewhere around the country. And yet 381 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: and still we keep getting on airplanes. I don't part 382 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: of the reason why I live in California today. And 383 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of issues with California, 384 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: a lot from garbage to homelessness to crime. But part 385 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: of the reason I love California say it with me 386 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: the weather. And if you've been listening to Brian Bruman, 387 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: he made it very clear it's going to be eighty 388 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: freaking dis degrees in two days. Eighty degrees. Why would 389 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: you ever want to leave California at this time? The 390 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: whole point of living in California is not going anywhere 391 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: during the winter now. I have friends and relatives who 392 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: live on the East Coast and they always want to 393 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: go somewhere during the Christmas holidays. Why because it's cold, 394 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: I mean really cold, like single digit cold. I have 395 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: some friends that went to college with They're in Chicago 396 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: right now. Winchill is like minus ten. What does that 397 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: even mean? Thank you? Thank you? They say, winchill means 398 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: that it feels like what does negative ten feel like? 399 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: Nothing I want to experience. I'm quite sure I have 400 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: experienced it, but I don't want to have a reference 401 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: point for it. I know what eighty degrees feels like, 402 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: and it feels wonderful. It feels stunningly beautiful. I'm not 403 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: sure you can find a better place to be on 404 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: Christmas Day than in Los Angeles and eighty degrees. Now, 405 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: I get it some people prefer a white Christmas, but 406 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 1: anyone who's actually lived in a cold climate will tell 407 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: you that is bs because if you actually dealt with 408 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: a white Christmas, you have to deal with snow every 409 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 1: single day for weeks and months on end. If you've 410 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: never had to like shovel your driveway just so you 411 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: could get to your car, or dig your car out 412 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: of the snow, or how about this, if you've never 413 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: walked down the street and fallen on your head because 414 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: of black ice, if you've never driven down the street 415 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: and had your car just slide into a snow bank 416 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: because black ice, then you wouldn't understand what I'm talking about. 417 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: So the idea of a white Christmas is highly overrated. 418 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: And if you've ever dealt with any of that, you 419 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: know that Christmas at eighty degrees it doesn't matter if 420 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: there's no snow on the ground. A shining, bright sun 421 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: is always better than ten below wind chill factor, Which 422 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: takes me back to the beginning. Why in the world 423 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: would you want to get on a plane right now. Now. 424 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that it's optimal. I love you, I heeart. 425 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: It's not optimal to be at work two days before 426 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: Christmas or Christmas Eve or Christmas or the day after 427 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: Christmas like like I am, okay, I'm working all through 428 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: the holidays. That's not optimal. But if I had to 429 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: do it, I'd rather do it here in California. I'd 430 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: rather do it here. I'm looking out the window right now. 431 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 1: It's bright, sunny, a few clouds in the sky. Brian, 432 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: what's the weather right now? It's like seventy five. I'm 433 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: sorry to put you on a spot seventy one in 434 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: Burbank right now? Okay, seventy one. I was off by 435 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: four degrees. How bad is that? Brian's got a short 436 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: sleeved shirt on. He's just chilling. Why because we can 437 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: do it? Why would anyone want to get on an 438 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: airplane right now? I know you love your relatives, But 439 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: if the pandemic taught us anything is that zoom is 440 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: usually good enough. It's good enough for the people you 441 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: really don't need to be around. In person, I would 442 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 1: take a zoom holiday in a heartbeat. I have relatives 443 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: who are on the East coast right now. I will 444 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: gladly get on a zoom call with them, but I 445 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: will not get on a plane for them. And you 446 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: know what I get because of that. I get to 447 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: avoid everything that is happening at LAX right now that 448 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: Brian Brumin is going to tell you about in the 449 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: next news break and every subsequent break about all these 450 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: flights being canceled. That's what I get. I get to 451 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,120 Speaker 1: avoid all of that. This is the John and Kin Show. 452 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: I'm Okelly, and for John and Kink. If I am 453 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: six forty, do not get on that plane tonight, do not. 454 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I've gotten better 455 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: with my diet over the years, and I think age 456 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: forces all of us to do that, except for maybe 457 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: John coe Belt. I don't know if he's introduced vegetables 458 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: into his diet yet. But for me, as I get older, 459 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: my body tells me there's certain things I just can't 460 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: eat anymore. There's certain things I just can't drink anymore. 461 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: Maybe you have a similar experience, but there are some 462 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: habits that I did have that I owe this actually 463 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: to my late father and I'm really appreciative of it now. 464 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: He was someone who would always and only have water 465 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,680 Speaker 1: with his meals, and it got me in that habit. 466 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: Anytime you see me, I don't reach for fruit juice, 467 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: I don't reach for soda. I don't drink any soda 468 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: at all. I don't have any desire to drink either. 469 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: And it's helped me over the years. And I'm not 470 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 1: a person who usually snacks like I'm not someone who's 471 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: going to get just potato chips just to get potato chips. 472 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: I do have a thing for chocolate chip cookies, but 473 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: it's not something I go out and buy, like a 474 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: whole package of chips, a whole or anything like that. 475 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: I'll have one here or one there, Like in the 476 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: office today, someone brought in some cookies and I'll have 477 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 1: some of those. But it's not something that I'm actively 478 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: seeking with any regularity. And it doesn't make me better 479 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: than anyone. But I think those little things have helped 480 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: me big picture, and the more that I learned about 481 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: the food that we eat and some of the food 482 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: that we take for granted, I'm kind of pleased. Maybe 483 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, maybe you didn't know, maybe you already knew 484 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: what I'm about to tell you, but I believe someone 485 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: doesn't know. Now, I'm not gonna get in anybody's business, 486 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: but I suspect Eric may like Doritos, and I suspect 487 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: Brian may drink diet coke from every nine. Oh, Brian, 488 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: you don't drink diet coke? No, okay? Good? And Doritos 489 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,719 Speaker 1: to me are the worst chip out there. Is there 490 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: a chip that you do eat? Oh? All the other ones, 491 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: all the other ones. Okay, Oh, You're just a chip 492 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: snob a little bit. But I prefer sweets actually too. 493 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: So there was something else on your rundown that got 494 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: me kind of worried. You know where I'm going with this, right, yeah? Okay, 495 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: Now I'm going to combine these two stories. Red die 496 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: forty excuse me, red forty food dye, which is most 497 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: commonly found in Skittles and Doritos and other snack foods, 498 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: trigger bowel diseases. The additive, denoted as red forty and 499 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: allure red on the ingredient label, is the most prevalent 500 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: dye used in many popular snacks and drinks, including Skittles, Doritos, 501 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: and Pepsi. There's a soda tie in and some cosmetics. Now, 502 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: we all know that the use of food coloring is 503 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: not new, the frequency and the level of use has 504 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: increased over the years. According to these studies. Quote, what 505 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: we have found is striking and alarming as this common 506 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: synthetic food dye is a possible dietary trigger for IBDs. 507 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: And this is McMaster Universe researcher Wallul Khan, the studies 508 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: senior author. He also said that this research is a 509 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: significant advance in alerting the public on the potential harms 510 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: of food dies that we consume daily. And part of 511 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: the reason I'm bringing this up is because food is 512 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: a big part of most holiday gatherings. Doritos contains red 513 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: diet number forty, blue number one, and yellow number five. 514 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: More specifically, they analyze from markers of common synthetic colorance 515 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: in neural endocrine intestinal cells, which play a role in 516 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: symptoms of gut inflammation such as abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, dehydration, 517 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: and bloody stool, and they can trace it all the 518 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: way back to Doritos and probably some of those other 519 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: chips that you are eating. Eric And here's one other 520 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: scary story, true story, just one diet coke or pepsi 521 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: max a day one can triple your risk of stroke. 522 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: According to this study, drinking just one diet drink per 523 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: day will triple your chances of not only stroke but Alzheimer's. 524 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: This US based study found that people who consume just 525 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: that one diet drink triple their chances of suffering from 526 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: the most commonly occurring stroke compared to people who don't 527 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: consume any diet drinks. It turns out that there are 528 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: also two point in time two point nine times more 529 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: likely to develop Alzheimer's. Researchers from the Boston University School 530 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: of Medicine looked at over ten years of data across 531 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: four thousand people. But the National Obesity Forum in the 532 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: UK says that people should be drinking water instead. Come on, yes, 533 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: we know we should be drinking water instead of soda. 534 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: That question. Does it say anything about doctor Pepper in 535 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: that study? Well listed diet coke and pepsi max, all right, 536 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: but I'm quite sure that there's probably some crossover to 537 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: other sodas in general, But it does not list doctor 538 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: Pepper by name. All right, Well, I got a doctor 539 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: Pepper in the fridge, so well it death think I'm 540 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: okay for today. Look, it didn't list tab, it didn't 541 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: list Arci Cola, didn't list mister pib. It didn't list 542 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: any of those other colas. But I assume the diet 543 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: versions of them also apply here. I would assume it's 544 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 1: not like, you know, diet coke is unhealthy and going 545 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: to send you on the way to you know, diet 546 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: Terry Hell. But I don't know diet seven up, won't 547 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. It didn't list them by name. So 548 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: if that's what you need to do in terms of 549 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: mental gymnastics, so you can have that doctor Pepper in 550 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: peace and not worry about it, do you? Because I'm 551 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,239 Speaker 1: gonna have a jack and diet coke tonight. I am, 552 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: thank you, I am, But I'm not gonna have it 553 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: every day. Part of the dealing with the holidays is 554 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: a liquor. I'm sorry. I got family. I got family 555 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: coming in town and they're on the way right now. 556 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: They're probably listening. Yes, I'm gonna be drinking because of y'all. 557 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: They made it out of the airport. Okay, No, they're driving. 558 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:20,959 Speaker 1: Oh okay, they're driving from El Paso. Wow, all right, 559 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: that's a drive yeah, and he's bringing his two dogs. 560 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: All right, at least he's not alone. No, he's actually 561 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: bringing his son two dogs. You know, all these things 562 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: I gotta worry about, all these things I gotta contend with. 563 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: My house is gonna be full of people and dogs. Yeah, 564 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, don't you have two dogs home too? Yes? 565 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure they're gonna get along? And one 566 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 1: he actually I can't. I can't give too much information. 567 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: But he's a he's an Elio. He's a law enforcement officer. 568 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: Oh uh no, my brother in law. He's he's a 569 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: great guy. I'm being serious right now. He is a 570 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: great guy. Did six tours Special Forces Ranger, Army ranger. Yeah. Wow, 571 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: he is a complex, funny guy. But there's too many 572 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: damn people are going to be in my house. Too 573 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: many dogs. He has a giant a Snouser that he's 574 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: brand and if you look look up a giant Schnilzer, 575 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: those are some big dogs. Well, and don't you have minis? Yes? 576 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: You you see my trepidation? Right? Yeah I could? Yeah, yeah, 577 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: big dogs, big dukie. And when you introduce dogs to 578 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: someone else's house which already has dogs, there will be 579 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: a marking contest. Oh yeah, because they smell the other 580 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: dogs and they need to let it be known that 581 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: this is now our house. And you know this is 582 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: one time. It's just better for me to be at 583 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: work so I don't have to deal with all that. 584 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: But to your point, yes, you can go ahead and 585 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: drink your doctor pepper. It's a diet or regular. No, 586 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: it's regular. Okay, you can do that. I mean, none 587 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: of us are gonna live forever, but you may encounter 588 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 1: some irritable bowel issues in the future if you continue 589 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: to do it. Well, I've had stomach issues all my life. 590 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: So there you go, there you go. And I see 591 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 1: the thing is there are things that I used to 592 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: enjoy twenty years ago that I wouldn't even think of 593 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: eating Now. I eat very little red meat, almost zero 594 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 1: red meat. I will have usually New Year's eat because 595 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: I'm working. As a treat to myself. I usually order 596 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: a steak from Morton's all right, next doorkay, Yeah, and 597 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 1: that's it. I will have at most four or five 598 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: hamburgers over the course of a year. You do turkey 599 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:47,840 Speaker 1: burgers instead. No, My wife floats in and out of 600 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,840 Speaker 1: being a vegan, so there's really not a lot of 601 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: meat to begin with in the house, so it's easy 602 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 1: in that regard. But I loved hamburgers and cheeseburgers, but 603 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 1: my body doesn't like them anymore. That's like my my 604 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: dad doesn't eat a lot of red meat anymore, and 605 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: he'll substitute it with turkey meat. Yeah, I'll usually substitute 606 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 1: it with either beyond or impossible. They look, it's close 607 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,720 Speaker 1: enough at this point, close it is. It's close enough. 608 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: I would rather do the close enough than deal with 609 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: the real thing and all the irritable bowel issues that 610 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: are inevitable which come from that. I guess, yeah, the idea. 611 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: But you're not my age. When you get my age, 612 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: you will feel the same way. Look, your body's starting 613 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: to tell you. Are you thirty yet? No? Not yet? 614 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,640 Speaker 1: Oh see, you got right, Brian. He doesn't understand. He 615 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: doesn't get it. No. I think my body changed the 616 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: most at around the age of thirty six, when I 617 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: was conscious and aware, and it's like, wait a minute, 618 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: why is my body responding to food like this. I 619 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: couldn't eat after a certain time or wake me up. 620 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: I couldn't have spicy food after a certain age. Because 621 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,839 Speaker 1: it would affect me in various ways. Your body will 622 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: let you know to stop doing a lot of stuff. Well, 623 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: I really got a lot to look forward to. Then hafellas, 624 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: Oh it sucks, it sucks. I'm not look. They say, 625 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: you know you have to just live life in moderation. 626 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,399 Speaker 1: Well no, what I think you should do is live 627 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: life to the extreme before then life tells you you 628 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: have to live in moderation because it's not like you 629 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: can you get extra credit if you live life in 630 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,439 Speaker 1: moderation in your twenties. That's right. Definitely later on, I've 631 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,799 Speaker 1: definitely been in the live life to the extreme. Oh 632 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 1: my body was a playground, you know. It was like 633 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: a trampoline slash, roller coaster slash outdoor orgy, no pun 634 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 1: in you know, not literally, but never mind, there's time 635 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: to go to a break. If I am six forty, 636 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.