1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Mark and Easton and I Heart Radio and Time People's 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: Choice Award winning podcasting. Hellllo, everybody, we're scrubbing in. I 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: was hoping you could start it that way. Yeah, it 4 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: hash do with tradition. Hey, check it out, everybody, for 5 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: all of you are always wanted to scrubbing in with 6 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: Becca Antonia. Without Becca Antonia, you got your wish. It's 7 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: Mark and Easton running the show without them, and you know, 8 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: a show that's all about bringing women together and female empowerment. 9 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: We thought, why not have the two white guys take 10 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: over the show and just talk. That's the perfect ending 11 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: to here. We realized we need more white guys, especially 12 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: white guys in podcasting. That's that's desperately. Oh man, well 13 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: here we are. You know, let's uh, let's do it. 14 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: Let's get started. East And how was your Christmas? It 15 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: was great? Uh, it was really nice. It was just 16 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: we didn't go anywhere. We stayed home. Um and uh 17 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: we watched movies all day and uh we uh it 18 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: was really low key to you're over and look at 19 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: Christmas lights. It was really nice to day. Actually, what 20 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: have you? What did you watch that was particularly fantastic? 21 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, you know we Allison had never seen 22 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: Home Alone and uh, I hadn't seen it in a 23 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: really long time. So that was that was a big 24 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: highlight for us. We we love um we've been watching 25 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: Crampus every year the it came out in and it's 26 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: kind of like a like a horror comedy movie. Uh 27 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: we we really dug that. We want. I meet Allison 28 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: watched the holiday because I know Tony talks about it 29 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: every year. Oh yeah, I remembered really enjoying it in 30 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: theaters and Allison watched it and she's like, wow, this movie. 31 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: But we ended up really enjoying it. I think like 32 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: there were parts of that are really cute and then 33 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: there's parts that are like laughably dumb. But yeah, those 34 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: are probably the highlights for us. Well we uh we 35 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: uh got a cabin up in the Lake Arrowhead area 36 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: and so that was nice because it was just somewhere 37 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: to go and not be home, you know, so we 38 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: just wanted the kids to go do something and so 39 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: we did. So that was nice. It was a cute 40 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: little cabin and they liked it and it was it 41 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: was different. It was definitely a Christmas to remember. No, 42 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: it's snowing as we speak. I think they're getting a 43 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: ton of snow up there. But we left on Saturday. Um. 44 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: But like I said to the kids, I said, uh, 45 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: you know if because we do the same thing every year, 46 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: we go to Wisconsin and we see the same people 47 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: on the same days. And I said, if I asked 48 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: you your favorite memory of Christmas, you'd have no idea. 49 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: When I bring up Christmas, You're gonna have all these 50 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: amazing memories. And it was. It was really a great time. 51 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: We watched Uh, we showed them Christmas Vacation. You know, 52 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: I remember being underwhelmed by that movie a long time ago, 53 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: and I remain underwhelmed. I know it's a classic and 54 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: everybody watches it every year, and my friend Dmitri has 55 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: literally memorized the entire film. I don't It has some 56 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: funny moments, but as a whole, I don't know. It's 57 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: not It's not my favorite. You know, I consider myself 58 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: as Vacation is one of my favorite movies. Of vacation 59 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: I love, like I have that one memorized. But Christmas Vacation, 60 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: I'm on the same boat. Like I remember thinking, like, man, 61 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: everyone loves this one, but like I almost like Vegas 62 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: Vacation more and that's like one of the bad new ones, 63 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: you know, Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. So anyway, so that 64 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: was fine. I also would like to say that I 65 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: watched uh Wonder Woman eighty four and I'm apparently one 66 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: of the few that really enjoyed it. I thought it 67 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun. I watched the Bags documentary 68 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: on HBO Max that I saw everybody talking about, and 69 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: that was awesome. Here, that's amazing. It's amazing. It's really good. 70 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: And I finished ted Lasso, which is fantastic. So there 71 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: you go. Um so today on the show, we are 72 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: going to get to something a little bit that people 73 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: are very excited about and I've been talking about for 74 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: a long time. Our wives are coming on the show. 75 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: That's right there, it exists. They're real people. Yes, it 76 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: involved some arm twisting on my side of things. She 77 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: is just not interested. She's been on the Secrest show 78 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: like twice over the years because that's Ryan, that's the boss, 79 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: that's my job. She's she's very she she'll help out 80 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: if I need the help. But coming on this and 81 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: talking about our Mary, it's just not her thing. She 82 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: doesn't she doesn't have that desire to be the focus 83 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: of the focal points. So anyway, but we'll give it 84 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: a go. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime, 85 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 1: we got a lot of questions on the Facebook group 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: that I wanted to address. Um, So I basically took 87 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: some of the questions that people asked and that got 88 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: a lot of likes. I figured that was people seconding 89 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: like this would be good. So, um some of these yeah, 90 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: I think so. Hailey Hineman asked, and a lot of 91 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: people actually asked how we got into radio working with 92 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: Ryan Seacreft that sort of thing whereas you go to school, 93 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: how did you end up in l A that sort 94 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: of stuff. So I'll go real quick, and they didn't 95 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: go real quick. Um. And a long long time ago, 96 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: I guess this was a buddy I went to high 97 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: school with. His name is Shannon and we're still friends. 98 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: We were texting over the holiday. Uh. He knew a 99 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: guy who worked at a radio station who let us 100 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: use their production studio. It was a Sunday night and 101 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: he just let us have the keys. We kind of 102 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: had to figure out how to work the equipment, and 103 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: I recorded fake demo of me pretending to be on 104 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: the radio. I remember I I I was I talked up. 105 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: That's a radio phrase, talking up a record, meaning you 106 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: talk over the intro before they start singing. I talked 107 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: up Angel of Harlem by you two. And I was 108 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: on w m r K, right, you get it, Mark 109 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: Radio or whatever, And I did that, and it's and 110 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: I don't have it anymore. I kind of wish I did, 111 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: because I bet it's horrendous. But that got me my 112 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: first job at w M A D in Madison, and 113 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: there's a direct line from there to Seacrest and scrubbing 114 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: in and all that stuff. So I either owe a 115 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: debt of gratitude to my friends Shannon or the blame 116 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: to my friend Shannon that I've been in radio for 117 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: nearly thirty years and who knows I could be so 118 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: much better off of that had never happened. But here 119 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: we are. Did you did you study radio in school 120 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: or anything like that. I studied communication arts in college. 121 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: Didn't really have any effect one way or another on 122 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: me getting that job or helping me excel at that job. 123 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: You know, I had a similar experience, like like, I 124 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: love radio my entire life, but I always thought that like, oh, 125 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: that's like saying you want to work in radio. That's 126 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 1: like saying like I want to be Tom Cruise, like 127 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: you know, like that no one gets to do that, 128 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: you know, so I never even tried. I was taking 129 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: classes to be a police officer and then um, one 130 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: day I was listening to radio and I I love 131 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: talk radio. Talk radio was like what really grew my 132 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: passion for it? And I thought, Um, I'm just gonna 133 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: go to the station k s c O in Santa 134 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: Cruz and just like see if they let me like 135 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: hang out and watch them do the show. And I 136 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: walked in and I was like, Hey, can I hang 137 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: out here? And they said yes, and I sat and 138 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: I got watched their like afternoon show, and then the 139 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: news person gave me, um an obituary for the chancellor 140 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: for UCSC had just died and they said, here here's 141 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,119 Speaker 1: her obituary. Rewrite this for the radio and yeah, and 142 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: and like, let's just see what you got. This is 143 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: the first day, And so I did, because all I 144 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: did was listening to radio news, so I knew exactly 145 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: how it was formatted, and uh, I wrote it and 146 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: they said okay, and then they gave me like ten 147 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: more and I was there for like four hours and 148 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: I did it and then they're like, Okay, come back 149 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: for the morning show tomorrow. And I was an intern 150 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: and that was it. That was it for me, like 151 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: like an unofficial intern, like you weren't earning college credit 152 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: or r anything. You were just free labor. Absolutely not. Yeah, 153 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: they did not do the interns the way you're supposed to, 154 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: which keeps you from having an army of unmade workers. 155 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: But I'm grateful for it because I probably, you know, 156 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: if I had grown up in Los Angeles or New 157 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: York or something, there's no way that could have happened, 158 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: like uh, But so I'm really grateful for that. And 159 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 1: I worked there for like five years and then I 160 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: moved to they moved to l A. But you were 161 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: hired eventually. Yes, Yes, I was an intern for a 162 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: year without making any money, and then I got it. 163 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: Then one of the news people left and I became 164 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: a reporter and then I then I was making I 165 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: was making some real dollars. Yeah. Uh, that's that's that 166 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: leads me to a couple of other questions on here 167 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: on the radio, Like Sabrina Reagan wanted tips on getting 168 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: into radio and she did some college radio, and she's 169 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 1: having a hard time getting internships or entry level positions 170 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: right now. So many people I've talked to it started 171 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: from hanging out at the radio station. And I don't 172 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: I don't know that I recommend that or if that's 173 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: even possible now, but a lot of people had that happened. 174 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,719 Speaker 1: I think even Seacrest had that happened. We're just kind 175 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: of show up at the radio station and hang out 176 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: until they kind of give you stuff to do. Um. 177 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: I've gotten a lot of trouble once. And I might 178 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: have told this story before, UM, but the truth is, 179 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: I don't know how to get into radio these days. 180 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:16,599 Speaker 1: And I was addressing a bunch of UH broadcast students 181 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: who came to get a tour of the Secrest facilities, 182 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: and they asked me how to get into radio. What 183 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: it basically told them was the way I got into 184 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: radio doesn't exist anymore. You know, you work weekend being 185 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: on the radio. You know I did weekend overnights. I 186 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: did midnight to six am, I did two to six am, 187 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: I did eleven to five am. Because those are the 188 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: times you can be on and suck and nobody cares. 189 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: Because nobody's listening. But there's no longer such a thing 190 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: as the DJ that's on at three o'clock in the 191 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: morning because those are all pre recorded, or there's no 192 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: DJs nowadays because it's all automated. So what I told 193 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: them was I'm not sure how to get into radio anymore. 194 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 1: But apparently some of them took it as don't go 195 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: into radio, and and people a mad at me about that. 196 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: So I'm not saying don't go into radio. I'm saying 197 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the path in is anymore. But 198 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: I do think it's getting your foot in the door 199 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: anyway you possibly can, and then making yourself indispensable. Yes, yes, absolutely. 200 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: And the thing I always think about is like, you know, 201 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: you're not going to get an on air gig like 202 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: right off the bat, but I think that if you 203 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: like the way I got good because I didn't go 204 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: to school for this like either. But the thing the 205 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: way I got good at this was, uh, I listened 206 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: to a bunch of it and then I just like 207 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: copied what I heard. And these days, like you have 208 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: a radio studio in your pocket, like the iPhone microphone works, 209 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: we use it for a ton of podcast here you know, 210 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: like you can record your own demo tape at home. 211 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not saying that like if you 212 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: send someone a demo tap, they're just gonna hire you 213 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: on the spot. But at least you can like prove 214 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: that you know what you're doing or the at least 215 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: you kind of understand what they're looking for, and then 216 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 1: you know they might bring you into like you know, uh, 217 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, street teams are a thing and where 218 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: it like be on the street team and stuff like that. 219 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: Not currently, but hopefully they'll be back at some point. Yeah. Yeah, 220 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 1: But but making yourself indispensable, man, that's the because like 221 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: I got into Seacrest by being an engineer. I do 222 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: not have any engineer experience, Like I'm not good at it, 223 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: but I learned enough and I was able to do 224 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: the job so that they when they needed someone, I 225 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: was there. Well that that's that, and you should talk 226 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: more about that because that's amazing because you got the 227 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: job as Ryan's engineer without engineering experience, and now you're 228 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: the writer producer of American Top forty with no writer 229 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: producer experience. So you should talk about that because that's 230 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: kind of amazing that you know that's a that's a 231 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: career pivot I'm very proud of. And I don't know 232 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: if that's that's happened before or at least very few times. Uh. Yeah, 233 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: you know when when I, uh, when I moved to 234 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: l I wanted to move to l A because I 235 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: figured I did everything that I could at KSCO and 236 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: Santa Cruz, I just couldn't like besides owning the station, 237 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: I couldn't do anymore. So I applied for every single 238 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: job in l A and radio that I could find, 239 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: every single job, and I got a job at the 240 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: Network Operations Center for Premier Networks, which is a syndication 241 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: part of our Heart Radio. And uh, it was like 242 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: working in a big room where like there's a ton 243 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: of radio feeds going in and out. I didn't know 244 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: how to work any of that stuff. But I said 245 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: that I had a working knowledge of broadcast equipment, which 246 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: was true, okay, But I mean I knew how computers worked, 247 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: and I could, you know, turn the board on and off. Uh. 248 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: And when I was in there, I just like I 249 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: looked around at all the equipment and I just found 250 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: all the manuals for them and I read them and 251 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: then I and I then I knew how they all worked, 252 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: and uh eventually taught you. You just taught yourself. Yeah, 253 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: like they taught me to proceed. You know, they taught 254 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: me like how they what they do with them, but 255 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: as far as how they worked and like how to 256 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: fix them when they break, that's the big one. I 257 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: just taught myself because we had all the manuals in 258 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: the room and you're sitting there for eight hours listening 259 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: to Rush Limbaugh and the Breakfast Club all day by yourself. 260 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: There's like there's other people in there, but they're you know, 261 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: they're there's something broke during the reading manual process that 262 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: could have been kind of catastrophic for your career. That's true. However, 263 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: the manuals right in front of you. I mean, no 264 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: better time for something to break than that. Uh yeah, 265 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: and so so I. I. You know, I kind of 266 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: became uh my boss when I was there. He used 267 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 1: this phrase, He's like, you know, you're that girl like 268 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: that from that TV show from the I think it's 269 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: from the sixties. Uh, if something, if they needed something 270 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: like it was, I was raised my hand. I don't care, 271 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: Like I don't know if if I didn't know how 272 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: to do it. I didn't know what I didn't care 273 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: what it was. If they needed something done, I would 274 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: just volunteer and then I would figure it out if 275 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: I didn't know how to do it. Uh So everyone 276 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: knew that they could they could rely on me to 277 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: do it and hopefully do it well. And then when 278 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: Seacrest his engineer position opened, I didn't want to apply 279 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: because I was like, oh god, that's like that's they 280 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: need a real engineer for that, like that's big time. 281 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: And Allison, my lovely wife, was like, if you don't 282 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: apply for that job, I will leave you. So I 283 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: applied for it and I got it. And how did 284 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: you get it? Because somebody they knew you, and they 285 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: knew you were up for anything and that you had 286 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: a good personality or like how like how how do 287 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: you beat everybody else for that job? You know? Uh So, 288 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: my friend Andy Hendrickson was the engineer before, and he 289 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: he told me not to take the job. He was like, 290 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: you should not apply for this job. It's not it's 291 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: not a good job. And uh o he he said 292 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: it wasn't. I think I don't know if he didn't 293 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: want me taking the I don't know what his reason 294 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: he was, but he told me, don't don't take the job. 295 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: I applied anyway. Uh, and then I got an interview, 296 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: and um, I I talked to the chief engineer for 297 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: the show Man named Jeff Tubbs. Yeah, and I told 298 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: remember like he asked me, you know what my experience was, 299 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: and I told him like what I knew how to do. 300 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: And then in a moment of weakness, I was like, hey, 301 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you. Like I there's certain 302 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: things I'm not very confident in and I just want 303 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: you to know that right off the top. And Tubbs 304 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: told me I would rather have someone that is willing 305 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: to learn everything and knows how to work with people 306 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: that doesn't know everything, versus someone that may know everything 307 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: and it's horrible with people and everybody hates That's a 308 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: great that's great, uh from Tubs. That's a great outlook 309 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: on things because you are in the studio with me, 310 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: Tanya Sissony, Ryan, John Para, and a couple of other 311 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: people all morning, and so yeah, you need to fit in. 312 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: That's an important thing. If we don't like the engineer, 313 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: you're not going to be there very long because we 314 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: need somebody that we can hang with exactly exactly. And 315 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: then like when when things go wrong and Ryan Seacrest 316 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: is looking you in the eye, going what's happening, you 317 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: need to be able to tell them that you're you know, 318 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: what's happening and how you're fixing it and now going 319 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, like so right, uh so yeah that I 320 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: mean that's how I that's how I got that job. 321 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: And then but engineering wasn't really what I wanted to do. 322 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to be involved with whatever was on, you know, 323 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: just like everybody I won't I want to be near 324 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: the spotlight. I want to be near them. Let me 325 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: let me side truck this for just a second cause 326 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: and Irwin asked the question about how you and I 327 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: started working together and our first impressions of each other 328 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: and how our relationship has evolved since, And um, I 329 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: don't remember. It's hard to remember my first interactions with 330 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: you because we went through a lot of engineers during 331 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: that period, and so I probably wasn't the friendliest because 332 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: it's just another guy standing back there, and who knows 333 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: if we'll be here in a couple of months. But uh, 334 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. I remember you just made us laugh, 335 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: and you would probably just say some one liner that 336 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: made people laugh, and that's the quickest way to make friends. 337 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: That's what I remember, is you making everyone in the 338 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: room laugh and then you fit in very quickly. That 339 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: makes me feel good, Uh you know, yeah, because like 340 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: I mean, like I was introducing at least I was 341 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: introduced to you as that's Mark. He's he's executive, pretty 342 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: sure of the show. You got to make sure he's happy. 343 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: He needs ant make it happen. Yes, yes, And you're 344 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: You're extremely friendly guy. You're very charismatic. Like people are 345 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: drawn to you so like it was from the first day, 346 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: even like even if we probably didn't talk, I was like, 347 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: this is the fun guy to be around. Well, that's 348 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: nice because I've gotten in the past, I've gotten that 349 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: I could be kind of aloof when I first meet 350 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: people because I don't I don't know why. That is, 351 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: probably because I just I'm probably so busy and focused 352 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,719 Speaker 1: on the show that I don't have time to kind 353 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: of endear myself to your right off the bat. So 354 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: I've gotten kind of a negative review on a negative 355 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: first impression review from people before Hey not not with 356 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: me though, at least just fun with me. Um. So 357 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 1: that so anyway, So yeah, so from being an engineer 358 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: to being the producer. Yeah, yeah that Uh I wanted 359 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: to be Uh. I wanted to be a producer really bad. Um. 360 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: And I was trying my best to let everyone on 361 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 1: the ship, like, you know, I want to work with 362 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,479 Speaker 1: Ryan too. I just I love Ryan and I love 363 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: that show so much, and so I I anytime like 364 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: Ryan brought me on the air, I try to make 365 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: sure that I, like, really did a good job. And 366 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: you you, he liked you from the beginning because you're 367 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 1: funny and you're in dear right away he liked you. 368 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: And then that's and that's my job to be able 369 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: to tell how he feels about people. And he liked 370 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: you right away. Man, this feels great. Uh. So you know, 371 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: I just in positions on this show don't open up 372 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,239 Speaker 1: very often. You know, all people have been there a 373 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: really a long time, and uh, why why would you 374 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: want to leave? It's the best um so I but 375 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: but I wanted to make sure when a position did 376 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: open up, I was ready. Uh. And then Miles Miles Harvey, 377 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: the executive producer of A T forty at the time, 378 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: he was moving back to Kentucky and um I again, 379 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: I was like, oh I can't that's a T forty. 380 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: That's a big I can't do that. I didn't even 381 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: dream of applying for it. And then the web the 382 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: web guy, just by chance, was like, I gotta write 383 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: this dumb thing about j Lo, but but I really 384 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,239 Speaker 1: want to go get a coffee. And I said, if 385 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: you get me a coffee, I'll right this thing about 386 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: j Lo for you for the website, and uh, then 387 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: you don't have to do it. And so I wrote 388 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: it and he's like, I owe a lot of this 389 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: to this decision. He's like, I'm gonna put your name 390 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: on this Eastern because this is good. Was that Murray? 391 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: That was market Essencio? Who is market Essensio? I thought 392 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: it was Michael Murray? Oh no, uh so yeah. So 393 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: I wrote this like blurb. I can't remember what it was, 394 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: something about j LO and um he put on the 395 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: website and it said by Easton and then the boss uh, 396 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: I amed me, I'll never forget. I was standing. I 397 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: was in the studio with Ryan and she and me 398 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: and said, have you thought about being the A t 399 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: Ford producer? And I said, yes, yes, I have and 400 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: I would love to. And uh. Then then that kind 401 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: of started the process. You know, I had to write 402 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: a bunch of sample scripts for Ryan and he had 403 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: to approve it and everything. Um, and we had to 404 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: convince a bunch of people because that on paper, that 405 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: sounds very weird, like we're gonna take our engineer and 406 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: give him this like syndicated show. Yeah, it is weird, 407 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: but you and I came at this similarly because, um, 408 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm the executive producer of this show and I've never 409 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: produced a morning show before in my life. So um, 410 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: it's similar. Without going into that story because that's too long, 411 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: but it's similar in the sense that when somebody leaves 412 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 1: from a big position like that producer of ET executive 413 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: producer Van Air, the instinct of Ryan and the powers 414 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: that be at my heart is let's scour the planet 415 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: for the greatest producer who ever lived. And that's not 416 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,719 Speaker 1: as easy as it sounds, because people are under contract, 417 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: and people work for companies, and people work for talent 418 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: that wants to keep them and stuff like that. And 419 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: I've always said that Seacrest experience Trump's any other possible experience, 420 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: meaning if you know him and his rhythms and how 421 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: he works. It's gonna be such a smooth transition where 422 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: if you're bringing somebody from Texas, it's gonna who's never 423 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: worked with Ryan before, it's gonna be bumpy. And that's 424 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: how I got my job because I was there, And 425 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: that's how you got your job because you were there 426 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: and we were ready to go and eager to help. 427 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: Exactly all those years of I've never heard to man 428 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: speak more than Ryan Seacrest at this point, and that 429 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: all those years of listening to him so closely like 430 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: Game and Andy, for that moment, for sure, that's the 431 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: most important thing. Whitney Jones wants to know our favorite 432 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 1: and least favorite guests, and I have an answer for this, 433 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: and I'm going to focus on Seacrest the guests because, 434 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: um it's it's just I think these people are more 435 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: widely known. Um, I mean, there's so many favorites and 436 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: so many great Nile Horrn couldn't be a nicer guy. 437 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: It's always so nice when he comes in. Honestly, Jennifer 438 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: Lopez is so fun when she's in studio and she 439 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: just talks to everybody and she swears like a sailor 440 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: and it's just great. Uh, these are the people that 441 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: come to mind. Um, who else is great that comes 442 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: in all the time. There's a lot of them that 443 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: we really like, but my least favorite, and you're gonna 444 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: have to help me with their names. Here, who's the 445 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: dude from Riverdale? kJ Appa? No, No, he's fine. Here. 446 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: Oh I know that one of the one of the 447 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: sweet Life kids. Um, yeah, it's either No. Cole Sprouse, 448 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: col S Braws came in so and this ties into 449 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 1: scrubbing it. So remember when Tanya was first talking about 450 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: starbursts and the Starburst company sent us two massive jugs 451 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: of red Starbirst because Tany was looking for her red Starburst. 452 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 1: I'm sure you all remember that. Well, Starbursts sent us 453 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: these massive jugs, like there had to be five hundred 454 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: starbursts in each of these giant jugs, and they were 455 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: just sitting on the on the counter and we would 456 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: snack from time to time. Well, Cole Spraws comes in, 457 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 1: he sees the starbursts there, he starts eating starbursts throughout 458 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: the entire interview. So he's talking like this when he's 459 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: talking to Ryan on the radio, and that infuriated me. 460 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: So Cole Sprouse, I am not a fan of I 461 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 1: am not a fan of Kara dell Avine. Kara del 462 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: Levine was like forty five minutes later for interview, and 463 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: then when she got here she had a total attitude, 464 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: so much so that the dude she was with, who 465 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: I can look up because they were in Paper Towns together, 466 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: because that's what they were promoting I'm thinking of. There 467 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: was another situation was very similar for a movie called 468 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: five ft apart Um. Oh yeah, but that's a different 469 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: set of people people, but similar circumstances. I got it 470 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: right here. Kara Delvin and net Wolf came in for 471 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 1: Paper Towns. She was four to five minutes later. He 472 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: was on time, apologizing for her, and then she was 473 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: weird and had attitude, and he would kind of jump 474 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: in to help her answer questions because she was giving 475 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: one word answers and she was terrible. Uh. Five ft 476 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: apart I think was a similar situation. Patrick Schwarzeneger and 477 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: Bella Thorne. He was on time, bellaphone was late, and 478 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: then weird when she got here. So, yes, similar situation. 479 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: So those three are my ones that I don't ever 480 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: need to see on the morning show again. Wow. I 481 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: remember that Cold s Brows Day very well, and I 482 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 1: would have to agree that that was that was like 483 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 1: infuriating to watch. Yeah, that was really maddening. And then 484 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: we had to ban the star Wars from this studio. 485 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: We could no longer have Starbursts in the studio because 486 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: that could never happen again. Yeah, that was horrible. I 487 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: loved eating those starvers. Uh. You know my my favorite guests, 488 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: I gotta say it's uh. I loved being able to 489 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: talk to Hillary Duff here on this podcast. That was 490 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: a thrill something I wanted to do. And these are 491 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: I'm picking these people very selfishly because I got to 492 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: speak to them personally. Uh So Hillary Duff on Scribbing 493 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: in podcast, that was a thrill. And then Chris Evans 494 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: on the Morning Show with Ryan. Uh, Ryan, let me 495 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: talk to Chris Evans on the phone and I got 496 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: to just gush and be a fan and he was 497 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: so nice about it, and uh, I'll never I listened 498 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: to that like once a month. It was like conversation 499 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:42,959 Speaker 1: and it was so much was on my list at 500 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: one point. He he came in one time when they 501 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: were shooting the first Avengers movie and proceeded to complain 502 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: to Ryan off the air about how difficult it was 503 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: doing this superhero movie in New Mexico, like, oh Man, 504 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: these hours and uh, you know, like you got to 505 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: be kidding me, dude, But honestly, he's been on a 506 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: bunch of times since then. He's been awesome, So I 507 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: rescind my feelings about him. He's actually been really great. 508 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: Um and actually, actually with Casey vander Ziel, Brandon wanted 509 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: to know who we fan girls over over the years, 510 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: so you mentioned Hilary and Chris Evans. For me, having 511 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: Elton John and his duty was amazing. Yes, I'm older 512 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: than all of us, but Elton John and Studio was 513 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: one of those moments we were like, how the hell 514 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: has my life gone that I am now standing in 515 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: a room with Elton John. You know, as a kid 516 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: from Madison, Wisconsin who would lay in the back of 517 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: the van on the family trip to yellow Stone when 518 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: I was a kid listening to Elton John's greatest hits 519 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,959 Speaker 1: and Madmen across the Water on my Sony Walkman. And 520 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: here I am standing in a room with really just me, 521 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: Ryan and Melton John, Like, how did this happen? It's 522 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: just one of those moments, and those moments are kind 523 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: of neat. I had that moment when they brought in 524 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: the Victoria's Secret Swarovski Crystal underwear. I'm in the same 525 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: room with this million dollar bra and panties. How did 526 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: this happen? Uh? Devior Graham wants to know what's our 527 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: favorite podcast to work on. I guess this question. I 528 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: guess this question so much. I can't pick. They're like 529 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: my children. How can you pick a favorite child? And 530 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: they're all and they're all really great. I love Ben 531 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: and Ashley, I love Jared and Dean, I love um, 532 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: Janna and Mike, Like, they're all really great people. So 533 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: it's yeah, it's hard to say. I mean, I would 534 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: say Scrubbing In just because we're more involved. Um, Tanya 535 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: and Becca are so fun. This one was not the 536 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: first one we started doing, but you know, the second 537 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: one we started doing, so we've been doing it for 538 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: a long time, so you know, I would say Scrubbing In. 539 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: But there's a lot of really fun shows. Yeah, yeah, 540 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: they're all fun for different reasons. But I mean, yeah, 541 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: I guess, I guess Scrubbing In is like the most fun. Okay, 542 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: let's let's end with this one. Jennifer Hudgins wants to 543 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: know the thing that we love about Becca Antonia the 544 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: most and the thing that annoys us or frustrates us 545 00:26:55,640 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: about Becca Antonia the most, and if somebody else asked 546 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: our first impressions of those two. So it's a similar 547 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: kind of a question. But I mean, you know, Tanya, 548 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: here's how I'll answer both questions with Tanya. Tanya is sunshine. 549 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: I've said that before, but there are times when we've 550 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: all been there. You first wake up in the morning 551 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 1: and somebody opens the window and the sun shines, then 552 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: you're not really in the mood for sunshine at that point, 553 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: or the sun is just a little bright in your eyes. 554 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: So a lot of the times, Tanya's sunshine is wonderful 555 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: and warming and welcoming, but sometimes you're like, oh, can 556 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: you just dim it down just a little bit. I 557 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: don't need sunshine right now. And Becca, I mean Becca 558 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 1: Um from the day we met her was incredibly warm 559 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: and friendly. She's a hugger, which is very nice. Of 560 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: course that's on hold these days, but Um, but I 561 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,719 Speaker 1: think that says a lot about a person Um and 562 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: she just couldn't have been nicer and friendlier and well, 563 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: I don't know why I expected her to be more 564 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: of Um I expected more of a diva for some reason. 565 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because I knew she had it on TV 566 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: and she's so stunning, Like I thought that she's gonna 567 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: be have more of an attitude and there was none 568 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: of that ever from day one. My pet peeve about 569 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: her is that she's not on time a lot, and 570 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: as a producer, I really preferred things throughout on time. Yeah. Yeah, 571 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: that's that's my pet peeve with with Becca too, because 572 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: especially these days that the the remote podcasting requires so 573 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: much preparation at the very beginning, and a lot of 574 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: times we don't have time to do that because they're 575 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: starting fifteen minutes late. Uh. But yeah, they're they're they're 576 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,400 Speaker 1: the best. I it might you know. The first time 577 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: I met both of them, it was just so they're 578 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: both so friendly and so outgoing and they make you 579 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: feel so comfortable. Uh it's it's it's unlike anything else. Um. Yeah, okay, 580 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: I guess my biggest pet peep about Tanya. Uh this 581 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,959 Speaker 1: is from when I was the main engineer. Uh. Times 582 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: I go with technical stuff and she she doesn't have 583 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: to be that's okay, but it's man. I spent a 584 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: lot of time fixing her email and stuff like that. 585 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: When when I first started with Ryan, I spent so 586 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: many hours fixing her laptop. I don't know how she 587 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: does this stuff to it, but anyway, that was my 588 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: pit peep with her. All Right, there we go. I'm 589 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: sure those will get back to the girls, and let's 590 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: talk about those in the new year. All right, Coming 591 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: up next, we have coaxed our wives to join us, 592 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: Alison and Amy on the podcast for the first time ever. 593 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: Coming up neck all right, we're back. Um, I've always 594 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: wanted to do that. I always I hear the girls 595 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: bring us back in, and I'm just chomping at the 596 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: bit to do it myself. Um. You know, it's the 597 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: Market Easton show here on scrubbing In and uh, this 598 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: is a segment we've been really excited about. I know 599 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: the listeners are really excited about it too. We're gonna 600 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: bring on some very special used here. Uh. Sitting next 601 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: to me is my lovely wife, Allison, and staying next 602 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: to you, Mark is your lovely wife. Baby. Hell, this 603 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: is this is kind of my wife is excited about 604 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: this is like a root canal, kind of like, let 605 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: me just get this over with. And I've mentioned this 606 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: before because we've been asked many times to have our 607 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: wives on the show, and I was explained, it's just 608 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: not my wife's thing, like she's not interested, she doesn't 609 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: want to be on camera, on Mike, any of that stuff. 610 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: Is that fair to say? Okay? Yeah, very very different, 611 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: uh for each I mean I think Allison is the 612 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: same way. She doesn't like being in front of people. 613 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: I felt like I was going to give like a 614 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: book report on something I hadn't read yet. For the 615 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: last three days. I was that I just found out 616 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: the questions a minute ago. I don't even know those 617 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: You're doing better than Sorry. Yeah, but it's very different 618 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: from you and I Mark, because I mean I I 619 00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: if I didn't have a microphone in front of me, 620 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,719 Speaker 1: I would shrivel up and die. That's the only thing 621 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: I was put on. I haven't pretending to do your 622 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: radio show since I was six years old. Say that 623 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: it's a different situation. Yeah, all right, Well, why don't 624 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: we ask my wife her questions. Let's do it. You 625 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: can interrogate her and then we'll break and I'll interrogate 626 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: Allison and then that will be that. Okay, sounds good 627 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,479 Speaker 1: to make this as quick and painless as possible. Amials 628 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: will be fun. I haven't seen you since our wedding, 629 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: but I think this will be a really good time. 630 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: All right, this is what people want to know. What 631 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: was your first impression of Mark Um. He's, you know, 632 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: very outgoing and he was kind of like an interviewer 633 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: at the very start. I mean that sounds like it 634 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: makes things most comfortable. What was it like dating him? 635 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: Was he like cracking dad jokes and things like that? 636 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: That's my reputation now, Mr Um, Well, I mean I wouldn't. 637 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if I call him dad jokes. They 638 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: were corny jokes. Yeah, always until you have kids and 639 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: then their dad. Yeah I suppose so. Yeah, that's that's 640 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: been his his personality for all. Did you have any 641 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: game at all? Did you use any pickup lines on you? Oh? God, no, no. 642 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: I don't think you did well that first night. And 643 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: we've mentioned the story before. I said the Wisconsin State 644 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: Fair and I was doing a live broadcast once again 645 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: with the microphone in front of me, and she and 646 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: her friends came up to request a song. And that's 647 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: the first meeting, and I felt like I was kind 648 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: of smooth because she had a boyfriend, and I said 649 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: to her, like, if you did, that's too bad that 650 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: you have a boyfriend, because I really would like to 651 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: ask for your number something like that. That's kind of smooth. 652 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,959 Speaker 1: That's not a pickup line, no, not a traditional Yeah. 653 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: I like Mark answering the questions for you. It works 654 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: for me. Uh, When did you know that Mark was 655 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: the one? Oh? Um? Probably? I mean I feel like 656 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: it was earlier, but you questioned that, you know, and 657 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: he was planning on moving to California and I was not, 658 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: So I think it was after he moved and my 659 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: life kind of felt like it ended. I think that's 660 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: when I knew. Well, who said I love you first? 661 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: I honestly don't remember. That was like twenty three years ago. 662 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: It was I think it was you, But I kind 663 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: of coaxed you into doing Like I feel like you 664 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: were alluding to wanting to say something and I and 665 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: weren't sure how it was going to go over, but 666 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: I knew it was going to go over really well. 667 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: So I kind of coaxed you into saying it knowing 668 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: that I would receive it properly. I picture was sitting 669 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: on the floor of my bedroom in my apartment in Wawatosa. 670 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: But yeah, that sounds about right, but I honestly don't know. Well, 671 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: here's another big moment in any relationship walk us through 672 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: the proposal, was that everything you dreamt of, how did 673 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: he do it? You know? I didn't really have dreams 674 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: of that. I'm not one of those. Yeah, no, I never, um, 675 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: because then if you have a dream of how it's 676 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: going to go in your mind, you're going to be disappointed. 677 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: So I never really thought about it that much. He 678 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 1: was definitely weird and nervous and um, he had to 679 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: like you could just tell he was on edge, so 680 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,760 Speaker 1: I knew something was wrong. And then when he started crying, 681 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: I thought something was really wrong. So it wasn't, I guess. 682 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: It wasn't until I saw the ring that I realized 683 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: that what was happening? Right? Oh oh, definitely between us, 684 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: he's the crier in the relationship. We were in San 685 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: Simeon on the beach across from Hurst Castle and we 686 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: just ended watching the sunset. But she could tell that 687 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: my insistence that we find a sunset well I think 688 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: we'd tried like three different spots, and I was like, 689 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: what's wrong with this one? He gets back in the 690 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: car and away we go again, and so, yeah, he 691 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: was on edge that night. Yeah. I was crying so 692 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: hard I could barely speak, and so she was concerned 693 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: I had really bad news for her. I don't know. 694 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't really, I didn't know what was 695 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: going on, and I just knew he was on edge. 696 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: There's no better improv game than man trying to propose 697 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 1: that that's something I love. Uh So I I just 698 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,840 Speaker 1: learned this myself, actually, that Mark is a horrible snore. 699 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: How did you learn that Easton, Well, we spent the 700 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: night together, but Mark opened up about it on the 701 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,800 Speaker 1: podcast and wind Down on the wind Down pod, they'll 702 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: win together the same. But did you how did you 703 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,799 Speaker 1: react when you discovered this for yourself? Well, you know, 704 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: I used to be a very hard sleeper, like out out, 705 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 1: so I never thought much about it until we had kids. 706 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: And then when we had kids, I can't I'm the 707 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 1: lightest sleeper in the world right now, So now his 708 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,880 Speaker 1: snoring makes me crazy. But before, when we were younger 709 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: in dating, it didn't bother me, so keep that in mind, ladies. 710 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 1: And as I mentioned on Winddown, I've had numerous procedures 711 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: done to my sinus cavities and it still has not 712 00:35:55,680 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: done the trick, including a deviated septum repair, a what 713 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,240 Speaker 1: do they call it a balloon procedure, a balloon procedure 714 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: where they stick balloons up your nose and inflate them 715 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 1: to expand your sinuses. It's better. His breathing is definitely better, 716 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: like daytime breathing. Like even then, he was never able 717 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: to breathe through his nose. He was only a mouth breather. Um, 718 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: So that's gotten better. And the story I'd probably a 719 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 1: little better, but I just in such a light sleeper 720 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 1: that and then and my the e n T said 721 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,799 Speaker 1: to me, he said, the only other thing we can 722 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 1: do is shave down your uvula, and I do not 723 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: recommend it, That's what he said, So I can't. I 724 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: don't think we can do that. The uvula is as 725 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: Curdie would put, the little dangly thing to hang at 726 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 1: the back of your throat, right that that is correct, 727 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: And then they shave it down and then you can't 728 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: eat anything but ice cream or something for weeks. It 729 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: doesn't sound bad. Okay, I got one more question for 730 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: you and then I will I will release you back 731 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: to your life. What makes Mark the best dad? Well, 732 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: he um, he's a child still, so that helps when 733 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: you're playing like he um, he was the player always 734 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: like he can. He's a good improver and so making 735 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: the little scenes with the little dolls in the dollhouse 736 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: was something that came naturally to him. Um, when the 737 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: girls were young, he was always on the floor playing 738 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: with them, and that's I think like the fact that 739 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 1: he never fully grew up helps him be a wonderful dad. 740 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: It just warms my heart. Well, thank you so much, 741 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: Amie for taking time out of your day and hanging 742 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 1: out with us here on the Scrubbing I podcast. You know, 743 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: are you guys dying without Disneyland? I was just I 744 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: think about you With Disney It's actually been a welcome change. 745 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,960 Speaker 1: At least I've been slowly dissenting into madness. But that's 746 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 1: a little game. I'm enjoying a right up here and 747 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: here alone. Okay. I do catch Eastern just staring at 748 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: the map on the app all the time that he'll 749 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: just launch the phone app and pretends he's like walking 750 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 1: through the park. I guess they can very disturbing. I 751 00:37:55,840 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: just want to see they changed anything. But oh well, 752 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: I hope it opens quickly. You guys, thank you for 753 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: your sympathy. All Right, Allison, you're turning. All right, Allison, 754 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,240 Speaker 1: here we go. Let's see. Now you have a different 755 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,960 Speaker 1: situation than we had in the sense that you guys 756 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: were friends for a long time before dating. So how 757 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,479 Speaker 1: is it? Because it is a challenge leaving the friend zone, 758 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 1: it's not easy. How did Easton get out of the 759 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,760 Speaker 1: friend zone? So? I actually really had a huge crush 760 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 1: on Easton from the time I met him, and we 761 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,919 Speaker 1: hooked up when we were eighteen, but it didn't really 762 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,319 Speaker 1: work out, and I thought Easton wasn't interested, and then 763 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: he never returned my text message the next day, so 764 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: I was sure he wasn't interested. So I just ignored 765 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: it for the next ten years and then we and 766 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,360 Speaker 1: we were just so I thought I was in the 767 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 1: friend zone. So then we both moved to l A 768 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: within a month of each other, and I was like, oh, 769 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,400 Speaker 1: how great this friend I've had, we can reconnect, And 770 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,879 Speaker 1: then we kind of started hooking up, and then one 771 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,360 Speaker 1: day we realized we were basically dating, so it just happened. 772 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 1: But um, yeah, I mean it took eleven years. I 773 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 1: guess Eastern has a different version. And he claims he 774 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,240 Speaker 1: didn't get the text from that he had a migraine, 775 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: so I'll let him for his interview. Well, I had 776 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,799 Speaker 1: a I had a sidekick on a T Mobile plan, 777 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: and anyone who was using one of those in two 778 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 1: thousand and six knows that they would drop text messages 779 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: all the time. I didn't get the text. I didn't 780 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,359 Speaker 1: hear from her. I should have probably reached out, but 781 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: you know, I was a nervous person and uh yeah, 782 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,439 Speaker 1: so I thought that she didn't have a good time, 783 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:28,280 Speaker 1: and uh we just let that faster for a decade. Wow. 784 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: I mean, it's kind of sad you missed out a 785 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: lot of time together. But I think if we started 786 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,520 Speaker 1: dating when we were like eighteen, we would not be 787 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: together still. I feel like we're very different people, and um, 788 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it worked out. I think 789 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,479 Speaker 1: it worked out in the end. I think we would 790 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: have broken up after like six months. Yeah, I think so, 791 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 1: I personally had a lot of growing up to do 792 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:52,720 Speaker 1: in that time. Well, on that note, Um, Eastern. Uh, 793 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,719 Speaker 1: I guess the question is what's the most embarrassing thing 794 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: that Eastern has done? How was he embarrassed you the most? 795 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 1: Because between the outfits and the clogs and the crocs, 796 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: I mean, and yeah, I'm guessing there's an embarrassment involved. 797 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,239 Speaker 1: You know, those things don't bother me. I actually really 798 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: like that Eastern is just he's so Eastern, and he's 799 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 1: so himself, and he's never embarrassed of the things he's 800 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 1: interested in, even though everyone else likes to make fun 801 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,320 Speaker 1: of him for it. But I actually find that a 802 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,960 Speaker 1: very appealing quality. Um. But I most recently, Uh, Eastern 803 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: is very stubborn, and we spent an entire walk home 804 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 1: from walking our dog with him trying to convince me 805 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: that the word mortified meant really scared. And even though 806 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 1: I'm an English major with a much better vocabulary, he 807 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,280 Speaker 1: would not listen to me when I tried to correct 808 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: him on the definition. So that's I've been making fun 809 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,160 Speaker 1: of that for he's mortified about it. Now, Yes, that's 810 00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,680 Speaker 1: the correct ease. I am mortified about how wrong I 811 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: had that word. But you chose that as your health 812 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: to die. That's the other funny things like defer to 813 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,600 Speaker 1: the English major on that who said I love you first? 814 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,320 Speaker 1: Between you two? I did, and I was so embarrassed 815 00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,880 Speaker 1: because it was when we were in that weird and 816 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: limbo phase and Eastern had just lost one of his 817 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,880 Speaker 1: close friends. And I just sort of reflexibly said, oh, 818 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: I love you on the phone, and I thought, shoot, 819 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: that was weird to say, like we're not even d 820 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,319 Speaker 1: we're kind of dating, but we're not. I was like, 821 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: I was mortified, and I think it was like another 822 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: year before we actually I think we were dating when 823 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: we said it again. But I don't remember who said 824 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,959 Speaker 1: it first. I just remember that first time and being 825 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,360 Speaker 1: like embarrassed about that time. I wasn't even thinking I 826 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,840 Speaker 1: just was sort of saying it as a friend, and 827 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,839 Speaker 1: then I thought that's weird, Like he uster just didn't 828 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,239 Speaker 1: say anything back, and we hung up the phone. It 829 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,359 Speaker 1: feels like we've always been saying it. That's that's how 830 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,480 Speaker 1: I like to think of it. I don't remember. I 831 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,640 Speaker 1: don't remember the first time. I don't remember the most 832 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:47,240 Speaker 1: recent time. So but you remember everyone in between, that's right. Um, 833 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,560 Speaker 1: do you guys seem like such a happy couple, do 834 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: you ever fight constantly bicker. We don't have huge, huge fights, 835 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: so we definitely fight. Um, but we're both really seven. 836 00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:59,680 Speaker 1: We picker all the time, especially with like our home 837 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 1: or vasion. We live in an hundred and ten year 838 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 1: old house that we're trying to slowly restore and we 839 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,880 Speaker 1: constantly are bickering about how to do it. But I 840 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: think that, at least for me, I feel like that's 841 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000 Speaker 1: brought me closer together because it's really made me work 842 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,080 Speaker 1: on my communication skills and um, then maybe I'm not 843 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,279 Speaker 1: always right, even though I think I always am. So 844 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:22,640 Speaker 1: I think that's been good for me. Okay, all right, 845 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,560 Speaker 1: I thought East was going to chime. I mean, well, 846 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,680 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. I was just thinking about how that, like, 847 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,400 Speaker 1: through these little bickers, I like have learned like what 848 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: things to drop. Like I think this is something that 849 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: is uniquely male, which is like the weird instincts you're 850 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,960 Speaker 1: correct people who didn't ask for it. And there's times 851 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,719 Speaker 1: where like we'll be talking about something and like all 852 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: have remembered a different version or like there's some weird detail, 853 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,919 Speaker 1: and I'm like realizing as I get older, like none 854 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,319 Speaker 1: of these things matter, and you know, that's a guy thing. 855 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,440 Speaker 1: And I'm with you on that because that the instinct 856 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: to man splain is strong. And I appreciate social media 857 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,120 Speaker 1: for calling out man splaining because I'm way more aware 858 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,600 Speaker 1: of it now. Just last night, a woman used to 859 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,479 Speaker 1: work with tweeted about the rain in l A. Because 860 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: We've got a ton of rain in l A. Last night. 861 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: She goes up first, you know, first rain in the 862 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,279 Speaker 1: new house. And I was like, oh, you know, look 863 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,440 Speaker 1: out for leaks or something like that, and then she 864 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,640 Speaker 1: wrote back like, oh, I know, I'm really gonna be careful. 865 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,759 Speaker 1: And then I started to write back like, but it's 866 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,840 Speaker 1: not just drops. You also have to look for stains 867 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:34,800 Speaker 1: and you also have to look for in the carpet 868 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,400 Speaker 1: in the corners you might And I was like, stop, 869 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,399 Speaker 1: what are you doing? Why do you feel the need 870 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,239 Speaker 1: to do that? There's so many times so were like, 871 00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,360 Speaker 1: we're trying to figure something out. And then I suggested 872 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 1: and then like thirty seconds later, Eastern just rephrases the 873 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:49,120 Speaker 1: same thing I said, Like, what I think he's noticing? 874 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,040 Speaker 1: Like yesterday he even said, oh wait, that's exactly what 875 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,520 Speaker 1: you said. But you know, it's a it's a slow 876 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,400 Speaker 1: humbling process for both of us. They fixed for that 877 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,840 Speaker 1: as a man, as he said, well, yes, I was 878 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:04,200 Speaker 1: just reiterating it because it was such a good idea. Okay, 879 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:07,600 Speaker 1: what is your biggest pet peeve about Easton? I feel 880 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,839 Speaker 1: like I've said this on this podcast before, But when 881 00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm talking and then Easton has a bit or like 882 00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:14,920 Speaker 1: a joke, and then I can just tell he's just 883 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,279 Speaker 1: waiting for me to finish this, and he does this thing, 884 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:20,120 Speaker 1: he licks his lips and he's just like staring off 885 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,719 Speaker 1: in his face and he's just waiting for me to 886 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: stop talking to say a stupid joke, And it drives 887 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:29,239 Speaker 1: me crazy. That does. I feel like I've been in 888 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,600 Speaker 1: that position so many times. I think that guy's hand 889 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,319 Speaker 1: in hand with the man's plaining they're on the same 890 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:37,600 Speaker 1: beIN diagram. Yeah probably. When did you know that Easton 891 00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 1: was the one? You know? Like, honestly, wasn't sure even 892 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:45,080 Speaker 1: after he proposed to me. Just wow, I was so 893 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that's so scary to think, like, oh, I'm 894 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:48,759 Speaker 1: hopefully going to spend the rest of my life with 895 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,640 Speaker 1: this person, but it's just one person, and I was 896 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:55,640 Speaker 1: really scared for me. Um My dad passed away two 897 00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:58,799 Speaker 1: weeks after Eastern proposed, and Easton was so good with 898 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:02,480 Speaker 1: handling the entire situation, and I realized like that he 899 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,759 Speaker 1: was the one just for how he responded when things 900 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,719 Speaker 1: weren't going well. And I think it's easy for people 901 00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,680 Speaker 1: to get along when things are okay, but when there's 902 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,680 Speaker 1: a problem, you really see like the person's true self. 903 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:15,000 Speaker 1: And Easton was so much more mature and put together 904 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,479 Speaker 1: than he is of the time when I actually needed 905 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,120 Speaker 1: him to be so for me, that was That was 906 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:24,360 Speaker 1: when I was sure of it. Didn't worry you guys 907 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,480 Speaker 1: on them And this came up a couple of different places, 908 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,880 Speaker 1: and I know Nicole mcquarie asked about this on the 909 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:33,080 Speaker 1: Facebook page. UM the whole not having kids thing. Where 910 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,520 Speaker 1: are you guys on that right now? I think, I 911 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:39,239 Speaker 1: mean definitely still not. If it happened, I wouldn't be 912 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,800 Speaker 1: upset about it, but we're not actively trying and we 913 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,600 Speaker 1: don't have plans to. UM. I have endometriosis, so I 914 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,160 Speaker 1: was told I would have to do IVF a few 915 00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:48,680 Speaker 1: years ago, so it something we talked about before we 916 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,960 Speaker 1: were married. But I'm still waiting, Like the do you 917 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,000 Speaker 1: guys ever have that feeling we're like, Okay, I just 918 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:56,080 Speaker 1: I know I definitely want kids now, Like did you 919 00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:57,879 Speaker 1: wake up one day? I know you wanted them, because 920 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,000 Speaker 1: I've never had that happen, never didn't want them. We 921 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,839 Speaker 1: knew from the beginning that we wanted them. We knew 922 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,200 Speaker 1: we wanted to like it was always we're always very 923 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:06,759 Speaker 1: much on the same page, and it seems like you 924 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,319 Speaker 1: guys are too, But it wasn't. It was. It was 925 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,560 Speaker 1: never a question for us. I guess. I guess. So 926 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,080 Speaker 1: I feel like my mind is going to be changed 927 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,960 Speaker 1: someday and I don't think that actually happens. So I 928 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,640 Speaker 1: feel like it's just not going to happen. But we're 929 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,960 Speaker 1: both at least I'm open to adoption. I know we've 930 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,640 Speaker 1: kind of talked about it a little bit, like maybe 931 00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,560 Speaker 1: later down the line, um, but right now, not something 932 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,319 Speaker 1: we're actively pursuing. We talked about we watched a lot 933 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,400 Speaker 1: of Christmas movies, you know, over the last couple of weeks, 934 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:37,239 Speaker 1: and we're Kevin McAllister from Home alone, Like God's like 935 00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,560 Speaker 1: excited about it. If I could have a Kevin, like 936 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: guaranteed Kevin out, you know, like a kid that can 937 00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,440 Speaker 1: build Booby traps and like be left alone for a 938 00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:51,319 Speaker 1: long time multiple times, something like that. So we'll see, 939 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,400 Speaker 1: we'll see. Yeah, I mean that's in the IVF element. 940 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:57,520 Speaker 1: Is interesting because that means, um what you're you gotta 941 00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,800 Speaker 1: really want it, because it's going to be really expensive 942 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,879 Speaker 1: and really time consuming and a lot of stress and 943 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,680 Speaker 1: and with no guarantees. So yeah, I understand the hesitation 944 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,239 Speaker 1: there and how that would add to your decision. I 945 00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,120 Speaker 1: could adopt a lot of dogs for the price of 946 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:14,160 Speaker 1: one IVF treatment, So see how it goes. I guess, 947 00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,440 Speaker 1: I guess so well. Thank you. That's those are the 948 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,440 Speaker 1: questions that we have for you. Thank you. This is 949 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,840 Speaker 1: so fun. It's finally my time to shine after watching 950 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:25,360 Speaker 1: Eastern be the star for so long. He did great. 951 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,280 Speaker 1: Did you get the sense from Amy that she couldn't 952 00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,960 Speaker 1: get out of there fast enough? Because yeah, I just 953 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,319 Speaker 1: saw a cloud of smoke. Were hurt? So it used 954 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,000 Speaker 1: to be exactly that's exactly right. All right. We have 955 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,160 Speaker 1: a couple of emails here before we wrap it up, 956 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,680 Speaker 1: and UH send this out to all the different podcast 957 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,760 Speaker 1: companies as a pilot for our new show, The Eastern 958 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:04,759 Speaker 1: Mark Shaw. Uh. Samantha says, I just got engaged after 959 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,760 Speaker 1: ten years of dating. Wow. We met in high school, 960 00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,560 Speaker 1: so he's prepared for the following. My mother is extremely overbearing. 961 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:13,680 Speaker 1: I've dealt with it my whole life, and now that 962 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,480 Speaker 1: I've started wedding planning, she's over the moon, excited, but 963 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:20,040 Speaker 1: already inserting herself in very unhealthy ways to help me plan. 964 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,080 Speaker 1: How do I keep my sanity while also getting my 965 00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,880 Speaker 1: mom to back off a bit? I want her involved, 966 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,359 Speaker 1: but I know asking her to back off will make 967 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,160 Speaker 1: her shut down and not want to be involved at all. 968 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:36,880 Speaker 1: Oh man, I mean, I I really I know that 969 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,560 Speaker 1: she says, like, if I bring it up, she's gonna 970 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:43,799 Speaker 1: shut down. But I really think communication is the key here, 971 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,480 Speaker 1: especially when you're going through something that's that that big 972 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,040 Speaker 1: of a deal. I think you got to make it clear, like, hey, 973 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,160 Speaker 1: I want you involved with with this part of my life. 974 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,520 Speaker 1: This is a very big deal. But but also you 975 00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,239 Speaker 1: have to remember this is this is my wedding, and 976 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,759 Speaker 1: there's and things that I'm going There's stain decisions I'm 977 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,800 Speaker 1: gonna make that you may not agree with, and you 978 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,359 Speaker 1: gotta get used to it. And I know it's easier 979 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,359 Speaker 1: said than done, but I think that's what you gotta do. 980 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,520 Speaker 1: This could be terrible advice, but what would this work? 981 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,359 Speaker 1: What if you established parameters right away? Like what if 982 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,480 Speaker 1: you took all the duties of the wedding and you've 983 00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,879 Speaker 1: made a big list and you assigned some to your 984 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,520 Speaker 1: mother and some to your future mother in law, and 985 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,160 Speaker 1: some to yourself and some to your fiance, and you 986 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,759 Speaker 1: basically divided it up, and then you said to your mom, here, mom, 987 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,960 Speaker 1: here's what you're in charge of. And you're gonna and 988 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,279 Speaker 1: I can't wait for how you're gonna do it. You're 989 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,719 Speaker 1: gonna be so great at this that you are doing flowers, 990 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,319 Speaker 1: you are doing alcohol of the reception, you are doing 991 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:40,360 Speaker 1: you're a book in the venue. Whatever it is is 992 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,200 Speaker 1: that is that a night? That's a way to do it? 993 00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,799 Speaker 1: Maybe I think it's a good idea. And then she 994 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,840 Speaker 1: knows and then you don't have to like, like tis 995 00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:50,480 Speaker 1: the season of parents pouting, especially since a lot of 996 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:52,640 Speaker 1: us didn't go back to see our parents for Christmas 997 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:54,799 Speaker 1: and like my mother in law refused to put up 998 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,239 Speaker 1: her Christmas tree in protest of us not going to 999 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:06,320 Speaker 1: Wow the we're on Christmas R. Yeah? Um so yeah, 1000 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,319 Speaker 1: I mean I'm thinking she might pound a little bit, 1001 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,160 Speaker 1: but I think you'll pound last if you're giving her 1002 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:13,000 Speaker 1: marching orders right, saying you're saying do this instead of 1003 00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:16,000 Speaker 1: saying don't do this. That's that's the right perspective. That's 1004 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,400 Speaker 1: why you should look at it. I hope so. But 1005 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,040 Speaker 1: good luck to both of you, and good luck once 1006 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:25,399 Speaker 1: you start having kids. All right, Alexis says I met 1007 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,399 Speaker 1: a guy through a mutual friend a few months ago, 1008 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,759 Speaker 1: became friends, and a couple of months later decided to 1009 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:33,160 Speaker 1: start dating. He checked off everything on my lift, but 1010 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,719 Speaker 1: I had non settling feelings or randomly googled him the 1011 00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,840 Speaker 1: other night. Turns out he's a felon with multiple charges. 1012 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:41,319 Speaker 1: I brought it up to him and I ended things 1013 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:43,680 Speaker 1: after realizing he clearly lied to me about most of 1014 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,839 Speaker 1: his background slash life and is clearly a manipulator. Am 1015 00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:48,799 Speaker 1: I naive? Or have we come to a day and 1016 00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:52,200 Speaker 1: age we have to run background checks on guys we date. 1017 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:56,440 Speaker 1: This situation affected the way I trust men drastically. Any advice, 1018 00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:01,600 Speaker 1: Alexis you, that's right, this is all positive, this is 1019 00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,759 Speaker 1: all upside. Yes, you should do background checks and all 1020 00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:08,920 Speaker 1: the guys you date. Yes, you should not trust men. Yes, 1021 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,560 Speaker 1: this is all I know. This has changed your world view, 1022 00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,799 Speaker 1: but you had to have your eyes opened at one 1023 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:17,200 Speaker 1: point or another. Glad that it happened with no damage done. 1024 00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,360 Speaker 1: I think this is all positive. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. 1025 00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:23,200 Speaker 1: Uh her her email does kind of sound like the 1026 00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:27,000 Speaker 1: beginning of a Carrie Bradshaw column, like, uh, do I 1027 00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:29,640 Speaker 1: have to run a background check on my Like, man, 1028 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm ding? But yeah, I agree, you know, because um, 1029 00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,000 Speaker 1: if if it's the right guy, nothing, you know, nothing 1030 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,279 Speaker 1: will come up and then you'll be fine. But it's 1031 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,560 Speaker 1: a way, the only way to uh prevent further problems 1032 00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:44,719 Speaker 1: and heartbreak. I think the time nothing is going to 1033 00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:46,799 Speaker 1: come up. You know. I'm not saying you have to 1034 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:48,800 Speaker 1: keep a p I on retainer for every time you 1035 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,680 Speaker 1: go on on a hinge date, but uh, you know, 1036 00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,680 Speaker 1: at least give them a cursory Google. I'm surprised you're 1037 00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,400 Speaker 1: questioning this because you should be saying, thank god I 1038 00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,480 Speaker 1: checked him, and yes, I'm going to check every guy 1039 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,800 Speaker 1: because these are extreme circumstances that he's a felon and 1040 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,759 Speaker 1: I don't know who knows what those charges were, but 1041 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,840 Speaker 1: can't be good. So I think this is all upside 1042 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,360 Speaker 1: and uh, there's no harm in running Google checks on 1043 00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:13,320 Speaker 1: future boyfriends because you probably find nothing. You might find 1044 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,000 Speaker 1: something misleading. I guess that's the danger, right as you 1045 00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:21,120 Speaker 1: find out he dated somebody he's in the I'm not 1046 00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,239 Speaker 1: sure why a guy would show up on Google he 1047 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:27,640 Speaker 1: dated somebody with some notoriety, um, and that may put 1048 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:29,279 Speaker 1: stuff in your head that doesn't need to be there. 1049 00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,680 Speaker 1: So maybe that's a reason not to. But I think 1050 00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,560 Speaker 1: I at least find out if they're a felon. What 1051 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,799 Speaker 1: if you find some like questionable social media posts from 1052 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,280 Speaker 1: like ten years earlier, Like, oh, that's a good question, 1053 00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,879 Speaker 1: you know, because the good chance they've changed since then. 1054 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:45,920 Speaker 1: But also it's it's out there if you google it, 1055 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,719 Speaker 1: it's out there. It's true, like racist stuff like that 1056 00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:50,839 Speaker 1: sort of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, because that's 1057 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:52,640 Speaker 1: happen to a lot of professional athletes who say that 1058 00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:55,479 Speaker 1: I'm not that person anymore. That was ten years ago. 1059 00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,480 Speaker 1: Oh boy, that's a tough one. I mean everyone's got 1060 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:00,440 Speaker 1: a line somewhere, and we all did'st with stuff if 1061 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:03,640 Speaker 1: we were in high school too, So I guess you 1062 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,680 Speaker 1: gotta take a case by case, all right, before we 1063 00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:09,279 Speaker 1: wrap it up here. A couple other Facebook questions. Ron 1064 00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,239 Speaker 1: Wyn Dunlop wanted to hear about my parenting style. I 1065 00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,560 Speaker 1: don't know, you know, I don't know. I just it 1066 00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:17,319 Speaker 1: was a lot easier when there a little and all 1067 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:19,040 Speaker 1: I had to do was what my wife talked about 1068 00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:20,920 Speaker 1: is get down on the ground and play dollhouse with them, 1069 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:22,600 Speaker 1: and that that was easy. And we did that for 1070 00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:25,920 Speaker 1: hours and hours and hours. But nowadays they're doing their 1071 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,120 Speaker 1: own thing, and my instinct has kind of let them 1072 00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,160 Speaker 1: do their own thing with some oversight, you know, you 1073 00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,000 Speaker 1: just kind of gotta keep track of what they're up to. 1074 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:35,960 Speaker 1: But um, I'm I'm a little more hands off. And 1075 00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:39,480 Speaker 1: Lisa Sakota asked about advice I would give my younger 1076 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,719 Speaker 1: self about parenting, and I would say, you got to 1077 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:46,000 Speaker 1: find the patience. You got to find a way. And 1078 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,080 Speaker 1: that's something I've gotten better at over the years, and 1079 00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,040 Speaker 1: I wasn't great at to begin with. You've got to 1080 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:54,600 Speaker 1: find a way to find patience before you lose your temper. 1081 00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:57,840 Speaker 1: You just got to do it. If it's breathing mantra 1082 00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:01,279 Speaker 1: walk away, you gotta figure here it out. Because it's 1083 00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:03,719 Speaker 1: just life's a lot easier if you could figure out 1084 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,319 Speaker 1: patients with kids, and it is not easy. Um. But 1085 00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,680 Speaker 1: bron One also asks Eastern, and this was very sweet. 1086 00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:11,759 Speaker 1: I thought, I want to know what Eastern loved about 1087 00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:15,200 Speaker 1: his childhood and how his parents were, because if my 1088 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:17,319 Speaker 1: three year old boy it can be as genuine and 1089 00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:19,960 Speaker 1: kind and fun as Eastern is, I would be a winner. 1090 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,400 Speaker 1: Isn't that sweet? That's very sweet? That's very sorry. You know, 1091 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:26,600 Speaker 1: I had a great childhood and uh, my parents encouraged 1092 00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:30,040 Speaker 1: me to be myself and love who I was and 1093 00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:32,920 Speaker 1: love who other people are, and that was That's something 1094 00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,520 Speaker 1: that I think about a lot, and I I never 1095 00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:39,800 Speaker 1: I never struggled with any confidence issues in that regard 1096 00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:43,359 Speaker 1: growing up as a result, and I'm grateful for their 1097 00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:46,600 Speaker 1: parenting for that for that very reason. Um. But before 1098 00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,359 Speaker 1: we wrap this up, just very quickly, I did want 1099 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:50,839 Speaker 1: to say I got a lot of messages of people 1100 00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,360 Speaker 1: asking for an update on my friend Jordan's and my 1101 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,319 Speaker 1: friend Chris um and I just wanted to give a 1102 00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:58,480 Speaker 1: quick update on how they're doing. Um. I want to 1103 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,719 Speaker 1: thank everybody we did to go fund me to raise 1104 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:04,520 Speaker 1: money for their medical expenses, which are growing by the day, 1105 00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:07,239 Speaker 1: and a lot of Scrubbers donated a lot of money 1106 00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:09,640 Speaker 1: and I really really appreciate that because that's just so 1107 00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:13,280 Speaker 1: so helpful, and anyone who sent nice messages and words, 1108 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,320 Speaker 1: that was so great. Um. Jordan is back home now. 1109 00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:22,160 Speaker 1: She is awake, Uh, but she is. Her her brain 1110 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:26,000 Speaker 1: activities very very low. Um. She can communicate. They have 1111 00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,680 Speaker 1: like a little button thing that she can click. And 1112 00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,280 Speaker 1: the thing that's really incredible is like her favorite show's Friends. 1113 00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,160 Speaker 1: They play a Friends episode and go do you like 1114 00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:36,040 Speaker 1: this one? Click yes for yes, and click once for no, 1115 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,400 Speaker 1: and she'll click yes and then she'll say, no, I 1116 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:41,439 Speaker 1: hate this episode. And so she's aware of what's going 1117 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,520 Speaker 1: on to a certain extent, but she's not spending Just 1118 00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,880 Speaker 1: to recap. She was carrying boxes and tripped over another 1119 00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:51,239 Speaker 1: box and fell. Yeah, they were It was my friend 1120 00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,040 Speaker 1: Chris and Jordan. They live in Chicago. They were moving 1121 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,279 Speaker 1: into their first house together. They got married a year 1122 00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,120 Speaker 1: or two ago and they're they're moving into their house. 1123 00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,680 Speaker 1: She's carrying boxes. She stepped into a pothole and twisted 1124 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,239 Speaker 1: her ankle or broke well, she broke her ankle. I 1125 00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:05,480 Speaker 1: had to go to hospital and have surgery done. And 1126 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:10,879 Speaker 1: during the operation, Uh, she went into cardiac arrest and 1127 00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,920 Speaker 1: went into a coma for for for a couple of 1128 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:18,880 Speaker 1: weeks before she was able to like really react to 1129 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,520 Speaker 1: things and like open her eyes and stuff like that. Uh. 1130 00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,120 Speaker 1: So it's a it's gonna be a really really long 1131 00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:29,000 Speaker 1: road too. We don't know what recovery looks like, you know, 1132 00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:32,879 Speaker 1: if anything's possible, but but it's kind of looking like 1133 00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:37,480 Speaker 1: a really long way before she can speak or like 1134 00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:40,040 Speaker 1: you know, move her arms and things like that. But 1135 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,640 Speaker 1: you know, Chris has a good support system and uh 1136 00:56:43,719 --> 00:56:46,200 Speaker 1: they've they've got all the equipment in his house now 1137 00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:49,400 Speaker 1: and he's getting trained by uh re rehab therapists and 1138 00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:52,279 Speaker 1: stuff like that. So, um, this has been a really 1139 00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:54,520 Speaker 1: hard year for a lot of people, and uh he's 1140 00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:56,560 Speaker 1: having a really hard time this holiday season. And I 1141 00:56:56,600 --> 00:57:00,359 Speaker 1: really appreciate everybody sending the nice words. Uh he really 1142 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,359 Speaker 1: needs it. But um that that's uh, that's where where 1143 00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:07,719 Speaker 1: we're at with them, with them, and uh, we appreciate 1144 00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:11,960 Speaker 1: every everyone's ongoing uh good vibes because Chris Jordan really 1145 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,160 Speaker 1: need that right now. Is it fair to say she's 1146 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:17,400 Speaker 1: already come a lot farther than it was maybe expected. Yes, 1147 00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:21,600 Speaker 1: definitely definitely and thankfully, um, they were able to get 1148 00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:23,520 Speaker 1: her in one of the top rehab centers like in 1149 00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,400 Speaker 1: the country, is in Chicago, where they live, so they 1150 00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:28,680 Speaker 1: were able to get her in there for a number 1151 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:33,080 Speaker 1: of months before bringing her home. And I think that 1152 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:36,680 Speaker 1: care really helped her along in a way that wouldn't 1153 00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:41,680 Speaker 1: have happened otherwise. Uh yeah, So again, we you know, 1154 00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:44,520 Speaker 1: we don't know what to expect, but the progress she's 1155 00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:49,160 Speaker 1: made is very encouraging so far. So um, thank yeah, 1156 00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:51,840 Speaker 1: thank you all for that. And then to to slightly 1157 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:55,280 Speaker 1: pivot to something much more trivial, I did want to 1158 00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:59,000 Speaker 1: invite everybody to the East Awards. Oh yeah, this is 1159 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:02,360 Speaker 1: a big deal. I do an award show on Instagram 1160 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:04,640 Speaker 1: live every New Year's Day. I've been doing it for 1161 00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:08,040 Speaker 1: like five years or something on a live stream, and 1162 00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:11,160 Speaker 1: this one's going down New Year's Day on my Instagram 1163 00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,720 Speaker 1: at three pm Pacific time, that's uh six pm Eastern. 1164 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,160 Speaker 1: And it's gonna be a lot of fun. Maybe some 1165 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:20,760 Speaker 1: of your favorite podcast personalities will show up along the way. 1166 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,000 Speaker 1: Some of the categories Actor that pleased Eastern Most, Actress 1167 00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:26,760 Speaker 1: that please Eastern Most. What are some other categories this year? 1168 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,120 Speaker 1: You know. So I think about the categories as I 1169 00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:31,760 Speaker 1: changed them every year for you know, there's some mainstays 1170 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:33,840 Speaker 1: like Fruit to the throu to the Year, Best Song, 1171 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,640 Speaker 1: stuff like that. But this year we're also looking at 1172 00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:41,360 Speaker 1: Potato of the Year, Best stovetop Burner, Best fictional Butler. 1173 00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:43,840 Speaker 1: These are things that What are the nominees for best 1174 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:46,920 Speaker 1: stove top burner if you don't mind, Well, it's been 1175 00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:48,440 Speaker 1: a big year for all of them. But but the 1176 00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:54,720 Speaker 1: nominees are front right, rear right, front left, rear left. 1177 00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:59,520 Speaker 1: Oh wow, okay, yeah, that's that's a great list of nominees. 1178 00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:01,360 Speaker 1: I tell you, race a tight race, but only one 1179 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,080 Speaker 1: of them can take home the gold knee ticket. And 1180 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:06,360 Speaker 1: that's going down New Year's Day. Um, don't miss the 1181 00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:11,080 Speaker 1: East Awards maybe, oh I I do enjoy the r 1182 00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:13,880 Speaker 1: That would be great. And the goal is next year 1183 00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:15,800 Speaker 1: it's going to be at some sort of arena with 1184 00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:18,040 Speaker 1: an audience. You know. Actually, the other day I had 1185 00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:21,920 Speaker 1: a thought, is anyone doing public access anymore? Is that available? 1186 00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:24,640 Speaker 1: That's a good question. I have no idea because someone 1187 00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:26,840 Speaker 1: someone left to comment saying this better be on network 1188 00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,440 Speaker 1: television by and I thought I can get this on 1189 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:34,120 Speaker 1: television next year probably, so, I don't even know if 1190 00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:38,480 Speaker 1: that's a thing anymore, Public access television, Wayne's World, Yeah exactly, 1191 00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna maybe in the future, who knows. But but 1192 00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:44,480 Speaker 1: this year it's going to be a remote, remote broadcast 1193 00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:47,920 Speaker 1: like every other awards show. Alright, good, well, that'll be great. Hey, 1194 00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:51,880 Speaker 1: thanks everybody, thanks for listening to us. Uh Yeahmaran for 1195 00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:55,040 Speaker 1: an hour. We appreciate that. It was very kind of you, 1196 00:59:55,160 --> 01:00:02,280 Speaker 1: especially if you've made it this far. January four, they're back, Tanya, Becca, 1197 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:07,000 Speaker 1: We'll be there too, is upon us and a brand 1198 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:09,960 Speaker 1: new year of scrubbing in with Becca, Tilly and Tanya 1199 01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:15,800 Speaker 1: ad Until then, thanks for listening, Happy New Year. We 1200 01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:17,280 Speaker 1: love you bybe