Matt Connarton Unleashed 6-29-23

0:47 Hello, everybody, Welcome, here we go. It is that time again, Matt Connerton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of w m n h FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New Hand I'm sure also on Comcast ninety seven if you're in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, show archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is Thursday, June twenty nine, two thousand and twenty three.

1:19 We have an exciting show for you coming up at four fifteen. Our friend EASYG Well, we'll be joining us for the humidity is making it difficult for me to speak. Apparently it's very humid today. It's been very humid but summer. EASYG will be joining us for his entertainment report, and then coming up in the second hour, New York State Republican Kevin Hammer will be skyping in. Will be is it his third or fourth time on the show. We've we've made him a sort of a semi regular. I think about once a month we have him on.

1:54 Really enjoy speaking with Kevin, so so he'll be joining us later in the program and he'll be on vs Skype, so the studio line will still be open, so if you want to enter the discussion, you will be able to a couple of quick programming notes too. Yes, we have a busy show today and a busy show tomorrow. Tomorrow we've got in the first hour, probably do it. Toward the end of the hour, we'll have Eric Pilcher's classic film review that makes its return tomorrow and this week the subject is Raiders of the Lost Dark, the original Indiana Jones film starring Harrison Ford, So that will be the film review tomorrow, and then in the second hour we will be joined by Hue the Gecko.

2:33 And last time Hue was on he really brought in some callers, so he'll be with us tomorrow as well, so it'll be great. Actually, he was on recently too with Aaron Bildo where because the first time Hue was on, he had Aaron with him, but Hue was the featured guest if you will, and Aaron was here accompanying him, and then they kind of did it the other way around. Wait was Hue here with Aaron or was he with, Yeah, he was here with Aaron and then m yeah. And I'm not sure who's going to be with Huey tomorrow.

3:06 I think it's going to be a surprise, but he is bringing someone who's going to come in and play live with him in studio. So we look forward to that next week. Just so you know, I haven't mentioned it on this program. I think Peter's talked about it on the Morning Show, but I haven't mentioned it. But next week is our summer break. Don't worry, it is only one week, so we will will be off next week. We do have some brand new I've produced a batch of brand new best of editions that we'll be airing a next week in this time slot.

3:36 So these are not I know the we have a lot of Best of us, but they needed some freshening up. So we've got some brand new ones airing next week, and then we'll be back on July tenth. I believe it is so looking forward to that. By the way, if you're watching online, you might notice I've got my new hat. Jenny brought this from her latest trip to Washington, DC. You know she got back yesterday. More People's action a great organization that she's been working with UM advocating for Healthcare for All, Medicare for All, and so forth.

4:08 So it's a really nice hat and it's got the flex fit, which I like, less likely to go flying off my head in a brisk gust. It gets very windy down here on Elm Street. I'll tell you when it's when it's windy in Manchester, New Hampshire, it's windy est on Elm Street. You might think it's probably at the top of a hill somewhere it would be windyest. No, no, no, I'm telling you this wind tunnel we have downtown here. That is where it is windyest, and that is where I lose hats. So hopefully I don't lose.

4:38 This is a really actually it really is a very good quality hat, so so very nice. I was very appreciative to get this, by the way, And you know there's there's some big stories. You know. There was the Supreme Court ruling today on affirmative action in terms of college admissions. We're gonna do a deep dive on that soon. We probably won't get to a this week. Well, we'll see, I'll, i'll, I'll probably bring it up to Kevin Hammer when he joins us in the second hour, because I am curious to get his thoughts.

5:08 But at some point soon and obviously, you know, we've got a busy today and tomorrow, and then next week we're we're on break, So probably the week of the tenth, at some point that week we'll do a deep dive on it, because it is um it's a big subject. But the Supreme Court today effectively ending affirmative action at colleges in terms of admissions. But there's a lot to say about that and a lot to explore. It's a it's a complex subject. And also one of Putin's generals is missing. And the general who is missing seems to be the same general who is alleged to have known about the coup or well, of course Progosian said it was never intended to be a coup per se, but this general is alleged to have known something about it ahead of time, as some other members of the the command in the Russian military as well.

6:03 And uh seems that anyone who might have known something mm, they don't seem to be appearing in public. And it's got uh, there's a lot of speculation and by the way we sell then seen progosition in public again either, Uh, he's supposedly he's in Belarus, that's what Lukashenko claims. He is in Belarus in a hotel with no windows, of course, because Putin likes to have his enemies shoved out of windows. But no one's actually seen the guy. So is he actually really there? So there's there's a lot to explore.

6:34 So but right now, I believe our friend EASYG is on the line. Hello Eric and figured it's twenty four fifties, So I've figured a better calling. Can you've got a guess Colin coming in? Yeah? We have again. Kevin Hammer will be joining us in the second hour. Yes, oh, I have a studio. He'll be skyping in. He is in New York, Schenectady. Yeah, he's in Schenectady, New York. What kind of guy is he? What kind of guy? He's a cool guy? Oh? What kind Oh? I thought, Oh, I see what you mean. Uh. Yes, he's actually a candidate for I believe the city council in Schenectady.

7:14 But uh, we met him through our friend Billy Painter from Outlaw Radio thought Kevin might be a good guest on our show, and I enjoyed our initial discussion so much. I said to Jenny, you know, because Jenny does the booking, I said, let's make him kind of a regular. We'll have him on once a month or something, because, um,

7:33 yeah, city council in Schenectady, and he's, um he's one of those people who what I like about him is, you know, he and I are ideologically different. Uh. He's a Republican, fairly conservative in some ways, although I think moderate overall probably you know, and I'm kind of center left, but we can, uh, but we're But he's one of those people who we can have a intelligent discussion without you know, there's no you know, nobody's trying to prove the other way or anything like that another opinion besides yourself.

8:02 Well, of course, yeah. I mean that's That's a big part of why I do the show is that I like I like talking to people. I like having mature and sophisticated discussions with people with whom I disagree. And it's fine to talk to people with whom I agree too, but I find it actually more intellectually stimulating at times talking with people with whom I disagree. As long as they're able to have that kind of conversation where it's not like this weird fun where it's not like this weird partisan contest, but actually a mature, open, uh discussion.

8:33 That's why I like Eric Pilcher so much. I call I call Eric Pilcher my favorite conservative because he's like that too, Like we can have conversations and we can disagree on things, but it's but we keep it respectful and we actually try to empathize without the other feels and try to understand each other's positions instead of just sitting here yelling at each other like yeah yeah, yeah yeah so uh so anyway, Kevin's another person like that with whom I probably he disagree much more than I agree, but we're able to have a really good, substantive conversation.

9:05 And I enjoy that very much, and he seems to as well. So he'll be here with us in the second hour today. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes yes, and uh of course you are going to be telling us today where a man of McCarthy. Katie Dobbins and April Cushman are playing correct? Um not all right, so just Katie and uh Katie and April. All right, Well, let me go ahead and hit your I'll go ahead and yes, we don't gonna talk about it, but what about in Florida? But we'll we'll talk about dates that are far away, right right, let me go ahead and will well, yes, we'll go ahead and hit your music.

9:50 Here he was once that from aud You want to know about snock market crash is COVID nineteen dry advise, celebrity gossip, Easy, geez, gotcha, entertainment reports, stuffs. Wow, because Saint Nutton, but a jeep bank baby back? Are you ready find out? Ready, go by the way easy before you get into that. A name I haven't seen in our Facebook live chat in a while, but it's wonderful to see her in there. Uh Karen Kubit or Cubit, I'm never sure how to say it. She's Ben Dyon's aunt and uh, she's um occasional caller, but I see her in the Facebook live chat.

10:40 Yes, yes, Isaac Banks also in the chat room, of course, along with Charles Richardson speaking of Florida, and uh, Crystal Funny, I can't hear the music anymore. It's weird, not it is weird. Yes, and Crystal our great friend from the state of Illinois. Also in the chat. Yeah, yes, all right, I always try to mix it up here. The person I want to give a shout to, Robert Diana, gave me some love this morning on the morning shows. That's always nice, very nice. Rob Dion of course. Uh, he does name that tune and he does his own entertainment report on the morning show on Thursday mornings, and Eric started the entertainment reports.

11:19 I thought it was nice. Yeah, stick at my blue folder and they stick at the ipadpad story. Oh yes, I remember that vividly. Yes. Anyways, I don't think I've dedicated to show to this telarifore O if he's in a Facebook live room Alex Whitney. You know I used to that guy overseas, right, Alex Whitely from the UK. Yes, and he is a very successful podcaster and media personality in his own right. Yes, I don't know if he's in a Facebook live room. I haven't seen him in there yet. I have not seen him yet, but he may.

11:51 Oh yeah, and I also the okay to this guy here you once again he had a real bloody man. I don't remember paying a blood John Moxley remember the Combat Club former Shield member. Yes, you know they want to be edgy. They got DLVS TV fourteen, you know, squears and like you said, you're the same way. I don't like those bloody matches. Yeah. I don't like to see like the pile drivers. You can break somebody's neck. Yeah, yeah, Well the reason in some places the pile driver is banned is because, yeah, it causes uh neck and spinal compression that they I think, Yeah, they don't do pile drivers.

12:27 They haven't in w w E. They haven't done pile drivers in over a decade. It's very rare that you'll see one. Yeah, didn't take her do that too, I don't actually, No, the Tombstone is a pile driver. Yeah, Undertaker is one of the few guys they would let's still do it because he never hurt anybody ever. He's so careful that they would let him do it. I know they try to be edgy and stuff, but I don't like the blood and I don't like the pile drivers. And they see that blood old night all day long, I mean all night long on dynamite.

12:57 And I know they want to be uh, you know, more g and stuff and all that, but I don't like it, so no, I don't. I don't. I don't like blood no blood. I think they do it like every week. Now. They have a show coming up in Boston on TD Bank, first time there in Mox filey and getting a mox on a combat call me gonna fight somebody else the blooding gouts. I said, oh great, sure to watch that. No, I mean it was it didn't occasionally is okay, but they see me do every week and which doesn't make it. Uh, you know they do like hell in the cell every week.

13:30 You know it's not it gets old. You know, it gets old every week every week. I mean obviously you don't have to watch it, obviously, So that's that's true. Goes ride, you do not have to watch it, that's true. Yes, I want to make sure we get everything in please finished the wrestling updated. Its big money in the bank and this is my prediction for the money in the bank. Probably won't win, but I think the men might win. It's a la night. I think they might put the money in the bank on him and I hope.

14:01 So it's a long shot. By the new wrestler Joey Starks, Oh yeah, they want to push the young girl. But I don't think that's gonna happen, but La Knight by doing I sure hope so. Jenny and I are both big fans of La Night. I don't quite understand him too, though I wasn't at the beginning by him now oh no, I yeah, I've been a fan of his since back when he was Eli Drake in Impact Wrestling. Well, lately some reason he seeks to lose a lot, but he beat a Hall of Famer Raymond see Jor, So that's that's pretty good on his side of the table.

14:35 Yes, I don't know. I don't understand Friday Night's back down. I don't quite understand. I think I might have said this Eric pilcher or too. I don't quite understand what they're doing with him though, Like, why don't they just turn him? Why not make him a hero? You know? Why do they keep having him try to play the villain La Knight? The fans are cheering for him, and the announcers talking about what great reactions he gets, and yet he continues to behave in a villainists man at times, and he should just be a good guy.

15:02 What happens if he was money in the bank. Yeah, I hope, So I hope that's what they're gonna do. They got to hurry up with him. He's forty years old. He's not like some twenty five year old. Then they can take their time with He's forty, and I understand. It's not like when we were kids, where in professional wrestling forty was considered okay, time to think about retirement. Now it's like at forty, these guys are writing the primes of their careers. But still he's story guy. That guy's staying.

15:26 He was on the end of his career. Of course he never say never in wrestling, but he was sixty four years old last night, Yeah, staying event, and he flew up the topping a lotter on today. You know that tables are made made a break. He could break to four years old. It's like, oh my god, well he'd Yeah, obviously he's taking care of himself to be able to do that at sixty four to four years old. I know he don't wrestle that much, but he wrestled appropriated Doorty, wrestled at the really wrestle a lot, but he did back to back should Yeah, he's good.

15:55 He's gonna be retiring to him, but he's a good sha though, you know, I know Tony Survival. It's that guys. Stay. Yeah, I think there's a favorite wrestler, you know, like the old Um we're still in there. They gotta used to be a fan of. We're still a fan of stone Cold see Boston Um the j j r j R. They are. Yeah, like it's always you know, stone Cold, stone Cold the favorite probably still is probably once your favorite, always favorite, right No, I don't think that's true at all anyway. So yeah, around the corner and you vacation next week to enjoy yourself.

16:32 July third, they're gonna have the fireworks. I don't know why they do it for July fourth, but then we do that at Manchest the day before. It's gonna be at dusk, and if it donsis rain, which it has rained a lot, they would do the show in July fifth, and it's always at dusk. Obviously the free event. Drink some food, are be able to going to get a paid for it. And I don't think they allow any alcohol or drugs in their office. And so thirty nine Army Band will be playing before the Yarns Park and they play always has an event at the Art Friday.

16:58 They play every Have you ever heard the thirty nine Army Man? Have I ever heard them? Right? What's their big hit? Maybe I'll know it. I don't know their their patriotic song? Oh sorry, Uh no, I don't know if I think Oh they're a cover band, gotcha Jean never Sam. No, I'm sure, I'm sure. I'm sure it'll be I'm sure it'll be great though. Oh, I've seen them many times. Good good, yeah, anyways, they have a lot of pirate this place, the hop Knot On July fifty yeah three, Manchester, seven and nine pm.

17:36 Jasmine Man will be performing very good. Do you know who's performing there this weekend? Uh? You can me in. I guess Ali Boudry will be there Saturday night from her father or her husband. Uhum. Bill Seen promoted that show every yeah winter Yeah, Bill Seeney, Yes, he does, he does. He does trivia why not right on the He does trivia on the morning show on Wednesday mornings. And yes, Sally Boudrey his his bride, will be performing at the Hopknot this Saturday night from seven to nine pm. And by the way, there's gonna be another show coming up through.

18:18 I don't remember the date, but so we'll mention it. Oh good, Yeah, the budgery is all over the place. Huh, she's great, Yes she is. She did you did you listen to day? She? Did you? Did you get the check out open some hours eleven to nine right here on Vally Street, the cream Land. You're looking for some good food and drink and oh yeah, and ice cream. I'm a golden Rod. Other day, some friends come over, Katie Emory and Katie's roommates Sarah. She tried to fool me, says, hey, you are going to hear Queen to the Cupcakes went out of business.

18:52 I said, so, I said, I'll try to fool you not today. They almost got you, though, didn't they? Ha ha? Yeah, yeah, they almost got you. How do you know it was open? I said, well, I know everything, almost got everything. I know something stuff? Yea. Anyways, Queen City Cupcakes on Elm Street, you almost got gut the mountain. It so tasty, especially when it's ninety degrees out. I always say, when it's ninety degrees out, nothing quite like a delicious chocolate cupcake. That joke never gets old. I probably gets old by now, kid.

19:21 Oh yeah, and uh a man of McCarthy obviously, Uh still talk working on a new album. Obviously it is coming out with us new songs. And I don't know what what date those will be. Oh this girl, you might have heard the Hurricane downs. He's so busy. Yes, next week. Oh yeah, when you come back from vacation the July fourteen, she's gonna come out with another song. Might have seen in my Facebook case, just because I can and you can get your you grow all platforms and you can reserve it for that that special day.

19:52 So is she also has a new song when seasons changed on May twenty six, So she's really getting out there on Spotify, Apple and all those, all those platforms. And she said she's gonna come up with eighty more songs, coming up, more songs. Wow, he is really busy. It is this great? That is great? We were we talking about? You got some more shows? Now? Is July is coming up in July eighth at one thirty at the Evil House Spneyard in Brookline. I always trying to write the others. Now twenty five in the Road is a free event.

20:19 It's called the Live Music Summer Series. Huh. Now, who is this again in July fourth were we talking about at the Cannonbury Farmers Market on Fourth Center Road? Who is that's also a free event? Who is the person we're playing the cider her Cider Hill Farman July twenty eight? Who is she? M forty five farm av Who are you talking about? Maine? And by the way, noon? And it's good to get the address in there because people, uh, you know, it's hard to look up addresses. Now, who are you talking about again?

20:51 Is it Katie Dobbins? Just making somebody? It's just good to have the address. It's good to have the address. I always say that. Anywhere I go. Sometimes I'll be thinking that. I'll be thinking that coming here. It is Sometimes on my way to the to the radio station and do my show, I'll be thinking, I'm sure glad I know the address. Otherwise how would I get here? Yeah? I thought that'd be fun. Yeah, Duly twenty six. He's doing a lot of shows here the lofta Herman Woods. It's a songwriters around that.

21:20 What you do is say one I don't I don't go into the woods with it. I share that on my Facebook pace. Anybody wants to listen to wors on ye yesterday and so On Facebook Facebook there are Andrea, Oh, Andrew and Nad and is seventy two main three obviously unlofta hammeron words? Is that really her name? Um? I think it's ten to fifteen dollars. I just I counsel coming up this week, counsel people not to go into the woods. Seconds. You're a four thirty p m. Laconia. Who is he'll a parade Independence Day parade of four thirty and it's a free event.

21:53 We're talking about Katie Dobbins story. I guess Katie Dobbins. Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, okay, just make sure because you mentioned this Andrea Nad person who's gonna be performing in the woods. I guess now I don't like the woods Carol wise with Katie Dummins. Yea, oh, and now the problem with the woods is there's three things I don't like. Deer ticks, mountain lions, and the Blair witch. This is inside the building. Oh good, So the building is out in the woods. Yeah, so you're going to so you might pick up some deer ticks on your way to the building.

22:25 That's still very hazardous. Easyg I also forgot to tell you if you go to the Lofted Herman Wins, you get five or thirty complimentary wine tasting with your tickets. What's the addressed again? Okay, gotcha? Who doesn't like common reading wine? If you like that stuff? And then July fourth, Independence Day at three o'clock and Meredith, Yeah, in the garden in the garden seventy two Main Street. Once again, the Lofted Herman was in tickets in the Garden of Eden. Baby, I'm sorry, that's a that's a free event.

22:57 Oh good. I don't like to pay for things. Well, you still have to get, you know, a drink or I would order. I would order a glass of water with three ice cubes. I did that once and they threw me out. But we don't need to go there. I don't get I don't get thrown out of anywhere. We'll move on to a course. Sees are really busy too, And I Facebook Messenger, I listened to a new song. Uh huh, you just came out on all platforms doing twenty third more than this truck getting a lot of guy hits are almost more than his trucks.

23:34 I guess I'm listening to the song. Now, I notice, uh, and I have that pulled up here online and uh. In the cover art she is posing with a Silverado pickup truck. Does she have some sort of endorsement deal with them? I wonder. I feel like that's some product placement. I don't know, because let me tell you something easy. Gene I want to go on record is saying this, especially if my agent, the Ghoul Bob eating and happens to be listening, I will I will only pose with a Silverado truck if they pay me.

24:07 Yeah, that was a Opie and Anthony reference. Sorry, Yes, go ahead, Yeah, we'll hear that song in a few minutes. Yes, and you got more music coming up. And you also got that song Smoke on all platforms, and so that's a good song Smoke. Earlier in the year, he tells a more gigs to come in the summer, in the fall. I hope you'll have the addresses for those I don't right now, but he's a fall. You will storytelling tour, the Barn stories tour, but they're not un till the oh yeah, the end the summer into the palls.

24:48 I hope that Barn isn't address. Hope that Barn's not out into the woods. That'll be troubling. There's another free event. She's back at four pm. The Go to Manchester is right here in I'm Street performing with Pattio on Mondays. And she's gonna be there at July third, July seventeenth, right here in town. So somebody's keeping a goat on Elm Street. She gonna be on Chronicle in August, but she hasn't already already videotaped it all. Put it in the cans, they say, in the can and she'll be uh probably announcing that at the end of the month what things should be on there so everybody can watch it.

25:20 You know, yes, because a man of McCarthy and Tom were on that on that particular program a couple of years ago. I still can't believe we have a goat on Elm Street. That's amazing. It's you don't expect to see wildlife downtown. Yo. And then June thirty is right around the corner here, coming up tomorrow the Lively it's at the library on Friday night, Unpe with Brad Marek Bick fifty eight Main Street and take us at twenty dollars and son of seven thirty. Yeah, and oh yeah, you've got another event coming up I April morning.

25:53 Here inside today April you know gigs and oh yeah here the lobster. Lobster lay in restaurant on twenty four Causeway Stream with I don't like lobster right around like one, I was gone a few minutes. I do not eat seafood. I do not eat seafood. Oh tomorrow night, tomorrow night to night. Lobsters freak me out, and especially those, uh, especially those lobsters in Gloucester, they're extra frightening. Are you a lobster fan? No. When I was a kid, When I was a kid, I remember my family they would get the lobsters and put the lobsters in the pot in the boiling water, and you watch the lobster die.

26:36 And I thought, this is so true. And then and then I would see I would have these terrible nightmares. I would imagine one of the lobsters coming to me with you know, the lobster clause, coming to me in my dream, going Matthew, why did you let them boil me? It was very frightening, and I would wake up and in a cold, very expensive well it's uh, no, one should eat those. I don't. I don't agree with eating lobsters. I think that they should be on the endangered species list, and I'm going to lobby for that.

27:08 Boy, well, here's another April courseman, the gig, it's got so many choices in Nona Chris, Rhode Island. I don't have been saying that right in any r A. No, No, I'm quite sure. I'm quite sure you're not. It's full full band event and it's a free event. It's a one seventy five Bonnet Point Road, Bonnet Point Road, right, and then you've got a couple. I'm putting that in my GPS right now, coming up here. Yes, and we'll just announce the August once right now. It's coming next taking information, it's six or three two nine, three four seven zero zero.

27:46 It's called a Jelly Rode backyard Baptism towards two thy twenty three. It's oh yeah, seven people show parking is a four thirty doors are six in the bank of pavilion. Everybody knows what that is. It's La King, Struggle, Jennings and new Birth and they added John Adams Myers. How does easy roll stage? How does this say a big Gig of ninety old turn Fight Road at Joel Nichols. The ticket informations buy tickets, you go to four ticket limited rangemason dot com. In general mission it's forty eight dollars by ship in Henley.

28:18 It's fifty five at the day of the show. So why do you get tickets? Early generous? You get five hundred all of VIP at your own table, okay five missile an your stuff in skybox and I'm guessing that you have, you know, waiters and waitresses. This common. You probably have some wine, offer you a jelly roll, some figures. I don't know, but they're putting pretty well for uh those tickets. I heard I heard easyg and you can tell me if this is true or not. I heard a rumor that if you get that five hundred dollars VIP package you actually get two jelly rolls per person.

28:50 Is that true? Yeah? Maybe maybe you think maybe two you meet it, it, maybe be able to meet it. Courseman and Joel Nichols. I'm assuming for that price, why not meet the performers. If I'm going to spend the let me let me just tell you this. If I'm going to spend five hundred dollars when I meet them. I better not for that kind of money, I better not be expected to wipe the jelly roll crumbs off of my hands. I'm gonna go, I want to shake their hands with jelly roll crumbs on my hands, because for that kind of money, I should not be expected to wipe my hands off.

29:27 Hey, maybe they have some lobster or lobster rolls. Well that's disgusting. Now I wouldn't have pretty good food, I would go, I don't, I know that's terrible. No lobsters. Yeah, doors are a sick and shows a seven? And why do they call it forgot? I forgot to sati. Oh, like they're doing Proud of the interruption? Interruption almost every night at six that's on, Oh, ESPN, ESPN two. What are you taking a podcast? There's an interruption. You always say, well, I'll try to do better than the next time.

29:58 That's all you can do in life. Right, Wait, I'm sorry. Are we at the end of your report? Is that why you're saying that? Yeah, always say I'm partly interrupting. They always say we'll try to do better than the next time. And the guy waved to American Canadian flying of all things. I don't know why he's in Canada. Probably, yeah, that'd be a good bat I find out weird. And then the other guy said, you know, listen to listen to the podcast on blah blah blah. Right, yeah, they say time for Sports Center, but the show is I listened to it to a six thirty song.

30:26 Yeah. Yeah, ESPN has got a million channels. I'm so confused. All right, so are we at the end of your report? That's it? All right, easy Gee, thank you so much. We will play in a hot new song more than his truck, and we'll see you in two weeks because you're on vacation. Enjoy yourself. Thank you, Thank you, easy all right, bye bye. Wow. You should have known by now, Easy that was all. That was very confusing. Will Vegas is in the Facebook live chat, and by the way, congratulations again to Will Vegas, who's about to be married.

31:00 He says, Jelly Roll and Struggle Jennings are friends of mine. Oh, jelly rolls an actual person. Jason Duford and William Harness. Oh okay, So I didn't understand. I thought easyg was talking about the food, and I didn't understand the baptism part of it at all. That was very confusing. Mike from Queen City Cabinetry says, I miss Easy's random rambling. What's there to miss? You just heard some there, Mike. By the way, Mike, of course from Queen City Cabinetry, one of our great sponsors here at WMH, but also one of our co hosts on Retro Spectrum Radio with Paul ec every Friday night and Friday nights from eight to eleven PM and tomorrow night.

31:41 The theme is Summertime Songs, which is of course, obviously because it is summer, so I will be there. I have the honor and privilege of being one of Paul's co hosts on that show, along with TJCF and of course Mike from Queen City Cabinetry. All right, let's get to it. We're gonna hear that song that easyg asked for. This hy Or may not be the world radio premiere, but here it is. This is more than his Truck by the great April Cushman, who, in all seriousness is very talented. So we'll give this a listen.

32:08 Then we'll come back and chat for a few minutes before we hit the five o'clock hour and bringing our guests today Kevin Hammer. But here it is April Cushman more than his truck. Wm H rips the normos. You know, I'm not the biggest country fan in the world as far as country music, but I doo like that. That's really gets sounded really good in my headphones or these set on my headphones, but the station's headphones more than his truck. By by April Cushman. That was a good suggestion. He's eg yeah, not bad.

32:39 I mean she's she's very talented anyway, She's got a great voice. But I do like the song. I really do. Welcome everybody. It's Matt Connerton Unleashed. We are live from the studios of WMH ninety five point three FFM and of course Comcast ninety seven if you're in Manchester, and hello to our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live streaming options, social media links, contact infosh archives, etcetera, etcetera.

33:02 On this glorious Thursday, June twenty nine, twenty twenty three, coming up at the top of the hour, we're gonna have in just a few minutes. Actually, our friend Kevin Hammer from the great state of New York is going to be joining us, so we we talked to Kevin on a about about every every three to four weeks. I think it is so always an interesting discussion. There's always much to discuss. If you'd like to get in with a quick call, though, the studio line is open six zo three two five h six Z seven six zo three two five six Z seven.

33:33 You can also text me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at Matt Connerton dot com, and of course you can interact endo Pine in the Facebook live chat. But the best thing to do so that we can hear and enjoy your dulcitones is to give us a call at six zo three two five h six zo seven. By the way, a hello two heartbeat Golden from the uh of course, Greensboro, North Carolina checking in says we will be performing for the Center City Park Karaoke at downtown Greensboro, North Carolina on July twenty third, twenty twenty three.

34:10 Hashtag Matt Connerton. Oh if only you knew the exact address for our friend EZG. Also, Chris Rose from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts joins us in the chat. I wanted to mention just just briefly and newer listeners. I'll try to be quick with this because newer listeners aren't going to even probably really much know what I'm talking about here, but those who've been with us for a while might know. A couple of years ago, well, so this gentleman named Tom Gulley I used to call into the show occasionally, and I met Tom through not even a show hosted by the great Chris James.

34:47 And we are occasionally featured on that program on YouTube or any as for short and UH, and I subscribe to Chris's Patreon to for the bonus content, which is really good. Chris is amazing. And that's how we met Tom gully Um through UH any as and UM a couple of years ago. Now it was about two years ago actually, Uh. Tom got upset with me, uh because after we'd we'd had a pretty friendly relationship. Jesseps from Pod Awful, UH, they had they had a feud going, if you will, and Uh. Jesse had called into the show a couple of times and Uh, Tom got angry with me over that.

35:30 Uh and uh and then uh, I guess uh that was it as far as our relationship, my relationship with Tom, our friendship and then uh and and he uh he was very upset uh with uh with Jesseps and and I think you kind of blamed some of what happened on me. But uh, last night, so this this was a couple of years ago now, so uh, last night Jenny sent me, I wasn't home, Jenny sent me a message about Tom Gully for the first time in like two years, was doing a live show on YouTube. So I was like, oh, interesting, because I was never you know, Tom was mad at me.

36:08 I was never mad at him. I tune in and he's talking to Jesseps on his on his show on YouTube. So I said, oh, okay, well, well that's cool, and I listened to a lot of it. Actually, it was surprised at how friendly it was, and the two of them seem to have really good chemistry together on the show. So apparently those wounds have healed and that's a good thing. So I don't know if Tom is still mad at me. Tom, if you're listening, I hope you're not still mad at me. But uh but I will say this,

36:42 Tom, if you are listening, I hope you won't judge me again in the future if Jesseps happens to join me on the show, I hope you don't. I hope you don't get upset with me for having him on my show because you had him on your show, and in fact, you had him on your show for a out eight hours. Because today and I didn't even get a chance to tell Jenny this today, I went back and I checked the YouTube. They were on together for eight hours. That's like a Red Bar Mike David from Red Bar, he does like eight hour shows.

37:13 I could never do that. I could never just do I mean, I could do this show for longer than two hours, Like if they ever offered me a third hour or whatever, I'd easy. I could easily do that. But um but I can't imagine like and I can't imagine sitting with like talking to having a conversation with with with a person like I can't imagine talking to Jesse for eight hours. And I actually like Jesse. I don't know how Tom feels about him at this point. They were pretty friendly last night, but I didn't I couldn't stay up for the whole thing.

37:43 I was falling asleep, not because it was boring, but I just I got tired. But uh so, you know, if you know the history there, it's it's an interesting little development. And I don't know, I don't know. I hope Tom isn't hope Tom is still mad at me. Tom was very Tom was very mad at me at the time, and uh and and someone else too. I actually Chris James didn't didn't like it either, me interacting with Jesse. But here's the thing now, Now, Tom and Jesse seemed to be on good terms, so I don't think anyone should be judging me about who I associate with.

38:19 Okay, just putting that out there, just putting that out there. But Tom, if you're listening, I hope, uh, I hope you and I can you know, because because the thing is I missed, you know, Tom used to call in occasionally, and uh and I do miss him. I missed the guy, so, uh, the great Tom Gully from the Tom Gully Show. But he's got some new job now, some new big job he was referring to vaguely, so he's probably too busy to listen. Anyway, But uh, and I have a feeling because tomorrow we have few either get go on the show, so I have a feeling we might be hearing from Jesseps tomorrow or someone from the pot off Full Cult, because the last time hue the Gecko was on with us, we heard quite a bit from the pot Awful Cult and it was pretty funny though it was entertaining, and Huey the Gecko, by the way, has a wonderful sense of humor and he was able to roll with it and have fun with it.

39:14 So I'm really looking forward to that tomorrow. So if you are just joining us, some quick programming notes coming up in the second hour. Today we have Kevin Hammer joining us. Tomorrow on the show, we have Eric Pilter's classic film review and this week the subject is Raiders of the Lost Dark. And then in the second hour we will be joined live in studio by the great Huey the Gecko. He's our musical guest tomorrow, and then next week we're off. Next week it's a brand new slate of best of episodes that I produced, and then and then we'll be back on July tenth.

39:44 And when we come back, I think Jenny's planning to come in with me that day and she's going to talk about all about her recent trip to Washington, d C. She brought me back this wonderful hat for the organization People's Action. But she's been she's been down there a couple of times recently. We were very relieved when she was able to get back to when she was able to get back fly back into Boston yesterday morning, because there's been so many problems with travel right now with the airlines, and apparently part of the problem is there's a lack of air traffic controllers right now.

40:17 There's a shortage there. But you know, the airline industry always has some sort of issues, so you know, we were happy that, you know, some people got stuck there, you know, for days beyond what they were intending, what they were expecting. But so we were very glad that Jenny got back. But so she'll be with us. Oh my god, that is so funny. Heartbeat Golden in the chat room just said, we have to use the bathroom. Now, what's the only reason that's funny? I mean, aside from it being completely random, and is I also have to do that.

40:52 But that's okay. Because we're coming up to the five o'clock break. You read my mind, heartbeat Golden from Greensboro, North here. Hey, by the way, just really quickly, this just popped up. Mediaite reports that Heraldo Rivera has left Fox News after twenty three years. He was recently removed from the television program The Five, and I guess he just decided to quit altogether. Heraldo's like eighty or eighty one years old. He looks incredible. He's still got that great, big giant mustache on his face, and he looks amazing.

41:27 Of course, when you have the kind of money that Heraldo does, you can afford to do whatever you have to do to continue to be a very handsome gentleman. But he looks great, and you can tell too he keeps and keeps himself in really good shape. I'd like to I'd like to look like that when I'm eighty. In fact, if I do live to be eighty years old, I will probably grow a large mustache like Coraldo does that or has. I should say that might be the secret. I wonder if it's even real. That mustache might not even be real.

41:56 For all we know, he might have that he might have had that permanently a fit to his face, because it's kind of his trademark. Has anyone ever even seen Horldo Rivera without that big mustache. I don't know, if I don't know if that's even possible. I don't know if I mean, I almost imagine him having been born with it. Heartbeat Golden says, we say, who's quitting Haraldo Rivera. He's quit, He's done. He hit the bricks. All right. I'm sure he'll land somewhere. He's one of those people who's gonna He's gonna work till he's dead.

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45:17 And joining me via Skype, Kevin Hammer is with us. Hello, Kevin, Hey, how's it guy? Good? How are you doing? I'm doing very well. I'm glad to be bad. Yes, yes absolutely. And by the way, we have Kevin with us via Skype, which means the studio line is open. So if at any point you would like to enter the discussion, you can give us a call at six zo three two five six seven six ZO three two five O six zoh seven. You can also text me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm on social media at Matt Connerton.

45:49 You can email me Matt at matt Connerton dot com. And of course you can interact endo pine in the Facebook live chat. But we'd love to hear your dulcet tones at six three two five six seven six three two five six zo seven. By the way, Hello to Ronda Ostrowitz Fervero in the Facebook live chat, all the way from the great state of California, who says greetings all, and Miriam Banish joins us as well. Good afternoon, Miriam um Kelvin. How's the how's the campaign are you? Are you actively campaigning yet or where are you in the process.

46:22 You're you're running for city council in Schenectady, Is that correct? Yes, I'm running for city city council in Schenectady. Um. We have been out there recently. We were oppetitioning to get another line um added onto the ballot. We were successful in that, so now we're getting ready to kick off more campaigning in regards to getting out there, to have conversations, getting out there at a more community events, getting out there knocking on doors. It's good. I'm looking forward to that actually, because, um, you know, it's more about knocking on doors just to have a conversation, not can you please find this, which I always I mean, I get we gotta do it, um, but I always feel I'm being a bit too intrusive with that, you know, yeah, just just in general, you know, I mean, I enjoy the conversations.

47:16 I've had some great conversations as I've gone door to door, but that part of, you know, can I get that signature, it always always feels a bit strange. So I'm glad to have that part behind us. So now it's just you know, putting the pedal, you know, the pedal to medal and getting getting out there and uh campaigning. We the Democrats, they just had a primary mayoral primary, and so we know who the victor from that is. And so now our candidate for mayor, he knows who he'll be, you know, facing off against in the general election.

47:53 So now it's time to get down and focus. So I think probably following July fourth is really going to be our kickoff point in getting out there more in the community. So what do what do people talk to you about when you when you get out and you talk to people about what they're what they're concerned with? What do you um? What do you hear? Uh? Is there is there something that's um, I've probably asked you this before, but then again, I'm sure you know it might change over time. UM. Are there particular things that people seem especially concerned about?

48:27 There are I mean, obviously there's the standard things I think in every community people are concerned about. We're talking about, you know, noise ordinances, We're talking about the condition of roads, Uh, you know, not enough lighting in certain areas. Those kind of things tend to be very standard. And then obviously crime, certain areas of any community are you know, they're going to have a little bit more crime than others. Yea, so people express concern over that. Uh. One thing though, is cerfically in regards to our local government that I've had a lot of people expressed to me across political lines when I've gone knocking on doors, especially not just this time, but I ran for a city council once before was the fact that they felt that the local government wasn't really accessible to them, and they felt there wasn't necessarily a great deal of accountability.

49:23 So transparency, accessibility and accountability, I've noticed tend to be something that a lot of voters are concerned about, and that's actually become a focus for me. Is that one thing I most certainly will always be is accessible. I expect to be held accountable. Yeah, and I think, unfortunately, these are things that are a concern I think for people when you're talking about you know, not just I mean certainly not just there, but probably local governments anywhere, and and of course state and federal too is uh, you know, holding people accountable, but also accessibility, transparency, these are these are all things that you know, Unfortunately, once people have power, you know, I mean, I hate to say I almost hate to say it because it's such an overused cliche, but it's it holds up because it's true about absolute power corrupts absolutely and people they get power and they begin to close themselves off.

50:29 And in New Hampshire it's unusual. I don't know if you know this, Kevin about New Hampshire, but we have it's either the depends on who you ask. We have in our state legislature either the third or fourth largest democratically elected body of representatives in the world. We have an enormous state legislature. I think it's more than four hundred people. So we have an unusual amount of accessibility here with our state legislators because the so damn many of them. Um. But and it's you know, and I think there's good things and bad things with that.

51:06 So but I mean one of the good things is they are they are really really accessible. Um. You know. It is funny because I get I've been called a pessimist for saying this, But I've said that whenever I go whenever I go to vote for, you know, for a candidate, I always go in voting keeping in the back of my mind that I will I might eventually be voting this person out. Yeah, you know, because they've they've you know, they've said that they're going to do all these things. And even if I feel that they are genuine in the expressing of this, as you said, power does does corrupt.

51:47 So and I've been called a little bit of a pessimist when I when I say that, I actually think I'm you know a realist when I say that,

51:57 Yeah, no, I think that's the right attitude to have, because again, you do want to hold people accountable. I mean, part of part of the what I think is the issue with accountability too is though we live in a culture and by the way, I'm sure this is true everywhere. I don't think this is unique to the United States, but in the United States, I think partisanship plays a huge role in that where you have you know, Republicans generally only want to hold Democrats accountable, and Democrats generally only want to hold Republicans accountable.

52:29 Obviously, there's exceptions to that I'm not saying all the time, but generally speaking, that's how our political system works in the United States, and what that causes, in my view, is it causes just kind of a lack of accountability generally. And an analogy that I like to use as imagine if you worked for a company and you are in middle management, and maybe you're doing things that to people beneath you in lower management, who you know, things maybe you should be doing, whether it's sexual harassment or just unsafe work conditions, putting people in danger, whatever it is.

53:06 But imagine if you're that person in middle management. Imagine what you could get away with if you knew. If you knew that the people in upper management, only about fifty percent of the people running things in upper management we're going to hold you accountable for anything. But the other fifty percent of people in upper management would run interference for you. They will make excuses for you. They if if someone wants to hold you accountable, they will say, well what about this other person who did something bad too.

53:35 You know, So you know, you could get away with a lot if you knew that only fifty percent of the people in upper management we're going to hold you accountable. The other fifty percent would look the other way on anything. And I feel that that's how our politics in America works. And again there are exceptions, but yeah, I actually think I actually think it's a bit more close to home than that. I know you're referencing business stuff. I think about this as I think one of the reasons we do this when we're in parties is because it hits close to home, because in many ways we do this in families.

54:10 Let you know, let's be honest, we have family members that we will turn a blind a blind eye or you know, not not focus on as much certain actions because their family a stranger did. If a stranger did the same thing right, we would react a very different way, especially if it was like a feuding family or something right. So I actually look at it more as as as so ant that we do it in our families, and is like a member of the family might do something and the family will try to keep it hush hush and play it down as much as possible.

54:44 But then there's the situations when a certain member does something that you can't bury and then the family's like, okay, push it. You know, they're like up, we're standing, you know, we're denouncing that. So I actually saying that it's it's in some ways so ingrains so much into us, starting at even our family, that it's no surprise to me that we see it reflected in politics. I think that's a good insight. Yeah, I think I think you make a I think you make a great point there. Um Yeah, and if and if people are, if if people are sort of working toward goals and ideas uh and and uh and an agenda similar to your own, then then you're more likely to um have that that sense of wanting to protect them and stick up for them and so forth.

55:34 And I do think that probably starts with family and then uh, and then it does enter our politics. Um. The bad part about it though, being you know, I think it's I think it makes sense. You know, of course, you want to stick up for your family, and you want to love your family even if they do, you know, even if even if they do things that you know are wrong. But it's a it's a shame that our politics works that way. I mean, I always say, you know, true accountability is wanting to hold everyone accountable for uh, for for what they do.

56:01 And I wish, I wish we saw more of that, but there's so much there's so much tribalism and um, and I don't know, I don't know what to do about it. Uh. People have ideas, but honestly, at the end of the day, it's it really comes down to human nature. But I think you're right though, I think that's an excellent insight that it does start with family. UM, we just have to get people to not uh uh not bring that into how they think about apolitics. I know, I know that's about how do you get It's kind of like right, someone has a bad relationship and brings that baggage into a new relationship.

56:35 Yeah, do you get someone to not do that? Because it's just it's human nature, right, It's true, once you're stung, once you've been burned, you have a certain response that you develop or whether it be you know, a defense mechanism, a way to try to prevent it from happening in the future, a way of to you know, protect yourself of course. So it's like, how how do you overcome that? And I think for me it really has been about having these types of conversations what I'm doing right now with you. And while I have very strong values and I'm I'm strong in them, I stand firm in them.

57:13 I never want to cut myself off to having these conversations because, as I've said before, when I've been on is that really I do feel at the end of the day, Uh, echo chambers are really the biggest danger to our country. We're getting caught up in them way too much. Oh, absolutely absolutely one. Um. Well, by the way, Uh, this is a bit of a side street. But I saw in the h in the news today. Um again, these air quality control or air quality alerts. I should say, um, are you feeling any of that where you are?

57:50 I know New York City has had a lot of problems with you know, these these wildfires in Canada and then they're all wafs down into the U States. But do you notice it where you are? Yes, we did, But when it was hitting New York City. Here in Upper New York, we actually did feel the effects of it. It wasn't obviously as strong. There was a slight. If you looked up, you would see this like this orange haze in you know, to a degree. I know that I have asthma my breathing. I could feel it in my breathing.

58:26 I was at my job. I used my inhalo a little bit more. I don't. I do not use my inhaler that often. Fortunately, I do not have asthma to where I've had to where I use my inhalo regularly. But I will admit for those few days I use my inhalo a bit a bit more often because I am at a job where you know, the ventilation isn't the best. And then of course on my way home from work, I use public transportation, and yeah, I remember how eerie, how eerie was, especially that first day, that initial day, how uli it was to look outside and just see this slight glow.

59:04 Yeah, yeah, we have a Now there's a new round of it. It might not be hitting in your area yet, but I know we have some sort of an air quality alert here and Washington, DC is having an issue again, and it seems like this. I wonder if this is going to be more common over the summer. Have you this might be an odd question, but have you Have you had asthma since you were a kid or did you develop that as an adult. I was about twelve or thirteen when I was diagnosed with asthma. The only reason I ask is, I know it sounds strange, but I ask people about it if it comes up, because so I never had asthma growing up.

59:43 But from what I understand, most people who have asthma, they are diagnosed when they're children. I believe I had COVID before we knew about COVID really, and that it permanently damaged my lungs, and now I have asthma because I ended up I never had asthma, and then on Christmas night of twenty nineteen, I ended up in the emergency room with breathing and issues. And they were a little bit perplexed because I remember the doctor saying to me, Okay, no one's ever told you before that you have asthma, And I said, uh no, this is new to me.

1:00:22 And he's like, well you do, because you're clearly having an asthma attack. And I'm like, I don't know, and so and ever since then, I have to use a maintenance you know, I don't. I don't have to use my rescue and hailer very often either, once in a great while. With me, it's more of my allergies are bothering me. But I use a maintenance and hailer once a day, you know. And if I if I forget, if I forget to use my maintenance and hailer, that that's the one time I will sometimes have to go for the rescue and hailer because I'll start to feel it in my lungs.

1:00:53 But I believe I had COVID because it's really pretty weird, Like I have yet to talk to anybody who has asthma, who you know, if I ask him, by the way, when when were you diagnosed? Everyone tells me the same thing that when they were kids. I really only know one other exception to that. I actually know a guy who he was diagnosed with asthma as an adult, but then he told me what he what he blames it on is, uh, they had neighbors who would burn like different like burn tires even. Oh, and he happened to have the bedroom window that was facing that and that was an ongoing problem.

1:01:33 And then he one day just had these breathing issues, went in and they said, oh, you have asthma, and he says, no, I've never you know, I was never diagnosed with asthma. They go, well, you have it now pretty much. And so now he has a maintenance in hailer as well. He doesn't have to use it often. But I think he is probably the only other example that I can think of, because you're right, most people I've ever interacted with who have asthma have had it since they were children. I think at the latest when they were diagnosed was around the age that I was twelve thirteen.

1:02:06 Yeah, yeah, but yeah, that makes sense though your friend with the the you know, if they're burning tires and he probably inhaled something. Yeah, I probably damaged his lungs. Yeah, So that's my theory I think I had because we knew, Um, I think we kind of knew about COVID, but we didn't know it was in the United States yet at that point the night that I ended up in the er, and um, so that's yeah, that's my theory. And I remember saying it to my my regular doctor when I saw him, and he said, well, we'll never know, but he said it's yeah, it's very possible.

1:02:37 It seemed to make sense to him that that that might have been what happened. But UM, I also I wanted to ask you, Kevin, and I I'm sure I asked you before, but I don't remember, um, if you really had an answer yet. But is there is there anybody you like? Uh in terms of the presidential candidates on the Republican side. And I'm especially curious if you have any affinity for Chris Christie at all, because he's, um, I mean, he's not a New York guy, but he's a New Jersey guy. So I don't know if uh, maybe maybe you know, he's kind of got a little bit of that uh you know, there's a similarity there.

1:03:13 I don't I don't know if New York people like that when when out of towners say that, uh, you know, there's a similarity between New Yorkers and New Jersey people. But I don't know how. I don't know how that goes over. But uh, but I am curious. I mean, is is there anybody that you're you're kind of looking at. I'm not I'm not asking you to endorse somebody today, but uh, anybody who uh who you're interested in? So far, honestly not at the moment, I I can honestly say this, I am just waiting for everyone to declare.

1:03:46 And also personally, I've been more focused on locally, statewide and also um more like some social issues in general, I haven't really paid is close attention to who has thrown their hat in the ring. Sometimes I will get, you know, a very amusing um notification about an article or you know, or or an informative one. And I've watched a couple of videos here and there, But in general, I haven't really invested to where I'm like, this is the person that I plan to support or would support. I mean, the most amusing thing recently and this isn't even Republican because I am a registered Republican.

1:04:29 I will ad may I was amused by national politics locally with RFK Junior doing those push ups, which, by the way, if I could be that fit at seventy years old, oh oh wow. But I was thinking the outside of that. Yeah, I hear a bit a bit of controversy here and there. Uh, you know, candidates will make statements about about this or that, but no, I haven't really Um. I know, I know, I said, um, And I feel bad because I always get the name a little bit rama. It's the vec Rama's I've been listening to, uh, some videos, some of his content, some of his interviews, um de santis.

1:05:08 I've been following a little bit here and there. Um. Obviously there's a lot of drama going on right now with you know, with with Trump, with Biden. Um. So that's actually another thing. With all the drama going on with the primary candidates, the candidates that are seen as the primary you know, ones in the race, it has kind of, I think pushed a lot of people to say, Okay, if I want to step away from the drama right now, okay, that gives me an opportunity to look at other individuals who who have thrown the hat and as far as Chris Christy.

1:05:42 Um, it's funny because my in laws, my husband was born in New Jersey. My my in laws are from New Jersey and on my on my birth mother's side, Um, where the families also from New Jersey. So yeah, I was born in there is New York. But so there are some Jersey ties. Uh, I don't know. I mean I kinder Chris Christie when when I watch him and he goes off on stuff. There are certain people and this has nothing to do with political affiliation, but when they go off, just how they go off about something, I swear in my mind replaces them with a chihuahua barking or something.

1:06:28 Yeah, it's it's the teacher from Charlie Brown. They become the teacher from Charlie Brown. Yeah, And it's just how they go off. Sometimes it's their tone of voice. Some you know, it's it may not even be what they're saying. That's another thing. It's like you can have you could be arguing a great point, you actually could have the facts to back it up. But if you don't, if you fail to deliver it, well, oh yeah, that's that can be an issue in and of itself. And for me when Chris Christie speaks, I'm not gonna lie.

1:06:58 I go a little bit Charlie Brown out er, and I just hear a bit of that teacher, I hear a long yeah. Yeah. So it surpiceed to say, No, I really have not come to any conclusions in regards to who I plan to and who I personally would vote and vote for and support for the Republican primary. Yeah. Um. Eric Pilcher who joins me on on Wednesdays, he's, UM, I don't know if you're if you know Eric at all, but he's you know, he's a evangelical Christian conservative from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Um, but he you know, and he was a Trump guy, but now he's he's a pretty repulse buyman.

1:07:40 And he actually decided to endorse Chris Christie, which surprised me a bit because you know, Eric is conservative, and I view Chris Christie is more of a like a moderate, you know, Northeastern blue state Republican UM although although certainly conservative in some ways, but overall he's he's kind of a more moderate guy. But um, but what I what I do appreciate and by the way, I don't trust um. Well, I don't. I don't endorse candidates anyway, just as the host of the show. I'm just not comfortable, you know.

1:08:11 I mean, I'll be very open about who I like and who I don't, and I'll talk about who I voted for if I'm asked, but I don't. I don't officially endorse anybody. But but Eric, you know, he does what he wants, and you know he endorsed Chris Christie and that's fine. But um, but so I don't. I don't trust Chris Christie. There are things I like about him, but I have never believed and you're geographically you're I don't know how close you are to where this happened. Probably not close actually now that I'm thinking about it in my mind.

1:08:42 But I've never believed that Chris Christie did not know what was going on in Fort Lee, New Jersey with Bridgegate. I I don't believe him on that. I think he knew exactly what was happening there. So at the end of the day, though, I mean, when we go so for me, because I asked a lot of politicians and this actually goes deeper for me about politicians, Lyne, right, I hear a lot of people tell me that, you know, we have all these crooked politicians, We have these politicians that lie to us, And a lot of people talk is if it's something that's brand new in our in our culture, and I'm like that far far from it.

1:09:25 But I do honestly feel that to an extent, uh, we the voting public, and I include myself in that, we've created the very politicians that we that we despise, that we go off about. And I think that is because as a voting public, especially in America as a nation, we're fairly privileged. At the end of the day, Right, we do have a great deal of wealth we have, you know, over overall we are doing fairly well. Um, I think to a degree that's created. Have my cake and eat it too when it comes to the candidates that we choose to support, because when we look at that, when we get especially in primaries, if we have a candidate that comes before us and says, well, I might be able to do this for you, but this doesn't seem realistic, and then we have the other candidates saying, oh, I promise you the world.

1:10:18 Right, we tend to toss aside, push aside the candidate that's actually being honest with us and saying, hey, listen, I might not be able to do this, but I will do this, and I will fight for this. That candidate we won't accept in a general sense, we don't seem to want to accept, and then we go for the candidate that promises us the world, and then we get all upset that we have these crooked politicians once they don't live up to our expectations. And so I really have come to the conclusion that I think as voters, and like I said, once again, I'm including myself in that as a member of the voting population, that to a degree, we have created the politicians that we have such a disdain for.

1:10:57 I think you're right because I I've often talked on the show Kevin about how, um, you know, we need more buy in from voters in terms of we need to take more responsibility as voters, in terms of learning about these candidates, not just listening to what they say, because you can say anything as a candidate, especially if you don't think you're going to win, if you don't think you have a shot, you can promise the moon, it doesn't matter because you're not going to be held accountable if you know you're gonna lose.

1:11:30 But because there's other reasons to run for office other than try and actually win that office, like for the presidency. You know, most people who run for president, they know they're not going to win, but maybe they want to raise their speaking fees or just enhance their public profile or maybe position. Maybe they'll know yet that VP exactly exactly. But what I always say is, and I don't know, I don't know why this message isn't out there. I feel like I'm the only one saying it. But based on what you said, I think you'll agree with me.

1:12:01 What we need to do as voters is instead of just listening to what these candidates say, we need to actually learn about because you can get the information with websites like OpenSecrets dot org for example. We need to make sure that we learn about where these candidates are getting their funding, who is donating to their campaigns. And by the way, I realize it's not all information that you can get. You know, there's dark money with these superpacks and whatnot. There are ways that they get around campaign finance law, but you can find out some of it.

1:12:31 Some of it is public information and if you know, if you're able to find out who is contributing to these candidates, then you know who they actually work for, because they don't work for us. I mean I'm talking about you know, at the congressional level and of course the presidency. They don't work for us. They work for whoever gives the money. Well, yeah, go ahead, I gotta say this, But you are a little bit more ambitious than I am at this point, because I would love for that too. I would love for that too.

1:12:59 I right now would be happy to get voters to go to the campaign websites and look up videos and information, you know, even videos of the candidate that they might vote for, are speaking about issues. I want to get to that step first, because we're not even I don't even feel that that we're at that point by and large, when I talk to people about voting across the political spectrum, asked them, how do you who did you vote for? I remember, especially some of the younger generation. You know, I just turned thirty eight, so I'm now saying the younger generation.

1:13:34 I just it hurts. It hurts along with the bones. But so when I speak to some younger voters and I asked them, how do you you know who did you vote for? I've actually had a few people say to me, I don't recall the name I just voted for this party, and that's common. I would love to I just want to get people to I first want to get people to the point where they know the names of the candidates that they're going to be voting for and also have gone to at least the website or seeing some videos on them before we get to what you said, I want to get voters to that point.

1:14:10 Yeah, yeah, good point. Um. I think that I think that most voters. This is going to sound very cynical, but but I think most voters are low information voters. I mean, if you're just if you're if you're voting based on what you see, you know on some based on a couple of YouTube videos and what your friends tell you and whatnot which and by the way, I don't want to but I don't want to sound like I'm I don't want to sound too negative either. I realize I think because I think there are some people some people I think are low information voters because they just don't care enough to really do the research and put in that effort and it's just easier to say, oh, we got to get the money out of politics and and and you know, chant those slogans than to actually do what we're talking about, which is really learning about these candidates.

1:15:00 But I also I also understand there. Look, there's a there's a segment of people who probably would like to be more engaged, but they're also just very busy exactly. You know, it's it's it's hard if you're if you're especially say if you're a single parent and you're working two jobs and you're also trying to go to school so you can get a better job, and you're you know, you're doing all this stuff to support yourself and your kid and whatnot, just as an example, and uh, and maybe you just don't have the time.

1:15:28 At the end of the day, you're exhausted. And you know, because I know people in that situation too, So I don't want to sound like I'm just dumping on everybody. So no, no, absolutely, and I not to catch up that I totally can relate to that. And that's the thing is like, while it frustrates me that we don't have more voters that do this, I fully understand why a majority of voters. Why I think a majority of voters don't really invest that time and energy is because you don't have it. I'll be honest.

1:15:56 I work ten hour shifts. I'm a warehouse worker. At the end of the day, I've been on my feet all day my job. I'm standing if I wasn't part of my local Republican committee and I and I wasn't a candidate, I mean, if I was detached from politics in that way. When I get home from work, I want to relax on the couch. I don't want to read about the drama of politics. To be honest, I want to get lost in a book that I like, or in a show that I like, or a movie that I like. I want to have dinner with my husband.

1:16:23 I want to have a conversation with them. I want to talk about those types of things. Politics is, Honestly, I push it higher up, right, It's it's it's not automatically there. I had to work to push politics higher up that. You know, what's what's important there? Yeah, and so I by no means it's it's while it frustrates me, low information voting, it frustrates me. I understand it because to be honest, I contributed to it once. I was one of those people. I was like, Okay, this is my party, you know when I was back when I was a Democrat too.

1:17:01 You know. So I've been across the political spectrum and it's it's they're all across and I understand why my parents their view was why vote? They're all crooked? Anyways, Yeah, you know, well that's that's the other That's the other thing too, is people get it. Not just too busy, but some people just get so discouraged and they feel so disenfranchised and then yeah, and then they do get into that headspace where they just go, oh, what's the point. And actually I got a start. I got something amusing from the local Democratic primary, the mayor primary for the Democrats, when they had their debate.

1:17:38 So the candidates had their one debate and our current mayor um was asked, well, they were both asked about the just abysmal voter turnout. I mean this is an issue across the country, of course, especially in primary primary. Oh yeah, so they were asked about it, and our current mayor actually said, well, I think voter low vot voter turnout is a result of people being happy with how things are. He actually said that answer. That was his answer to this question, and it was just like, I'm not I actually went to the debate, so I was there in person.

1:18:17 I kind of scoffed a little bit like laughed, and it wasn't that's not even about you know, the fact that he's a Democrat. That's the fact that a lot of politicians. That seems to be their response to this, I feel is or at least an argument they will make. I don't think they believe. It was that, well, everyone's happy, so of course that's why we're having this this low voter turnout. But that was his response, and it was just, wow, well that is that is what you believe. Well, it's kind of like, though he said the quiet part out loud, because if you are an incumbent, it is to your advantage.

1:18:50 Incumbents always want low voter turnout, because that's true. Yeah, if you're an incumbent, that means, you know, you're probably safe. It's it's people people turn out when they want change. So in a sense, he's actually he's not he's not wrong. He's just kind of saying something you're not really supposed to say. And if you want to take what he said and make it reflect reality a little bit better. Well, I mean what he's really saying is people are happy enough that they're apathetic enough to not turn out to vote.

1:19:23 I won't go that far. So they're happy enough, I would just say they're more comfortable they yeah, yeah, that's yeah, that's a better way. I would say that. You know, the devil, you know, always seems to be to be better at the end of the day for most people, right, I would, I would. I would say more along those lines than that they're comfortable, because I've met people who are certainly not comfortable, but they still don't vote. Yeah, and it's because they just don't have faith in it at all. But if they do vote, they just vote because they are afraid of what if it changes?

1:19:57 Because change change can be better, but it can still be worse, right, right, So you know, it's it's kind of like that old thing where you want to throw that old thing when someone says, oh, things couldn't get worse, you want to throw something at him, right, Yeah, you know, it always can, and so change it is difficult. We are not a people that like change people. We tend to resist that even those who seem to embrace change on some level, there's certain types of change that they don't adapt too well or they fear.

1:20:31 So I would I would say that it's more about that it's the devil they know. Uh, they may not, they might not be happy, but heck, if they change it up, things could get worse. Yeah, yeah, no, I think I think that's a good that's a good insight. Um absolutely, Um do you have you been following uh anything? Were you following again? I don't know if you have time related how much time you have to pay attention to the news, But over the weekend, were you watching what was going on in Russia? I was okay, So I don't know whether so.

1:21:08 One of the other things that's fortunate for me is that when I go to work, Um, since I work in a warehouse in my position, I pop an ear butt in and I'll listen to commentators and show like that. Um. So I will admit I'm fortunate in that regard. There are a lot of people who have even similar types of jobs of me that can't, you know, jobs as me that can't do that. But as long as I have one ear free. My company's policy is yeah, you can have you can listen to music or whatever. So while most of my co workers all listening to music, I'm listening to the podcast from time to time.

1:21:39 UM, but I haven't really followed so much on the Russia. I will admit from a personal perspective, it's the month of June, so it's been it's it's it's been a specific focus, especially in my circle of friends, in my political friends, obviously dealing with pride and law of the drama concerning that and denouncing a Pride month. All. That's as far as the Russia, Yeah, I had recently heard a bit more details on it. Um. You know, I'm horrible with the names that I get the idea. You know that we had the military, basically a military crew.

1:22:10 There was an attempt at that um and from when I understand there was they wanted to take out a specific general and there wasn't you know, obviously a march on Moscow itself. But then I know that that was that was quashed. It was an agreement made and the leader was exiled, I believe, right, Yeah, I basically yeah, I guess I was curious because when you were talking about change and change being being uh, scary for people and whatnot. I couldn't help. I hadn't planned on asking you about Russia.

1:22:41 But then you're when you were talking about change, my mind went to um, you know, and the devil, you know, I I that made my mind went to Putin and how you know, people were kind of wringing their hands over you know, what's going to happen in Moscow? Are they going to get Putin out? And then does Progosion go in? And does he end up being even worse? And of course none of it, none of it panned out. But yeah, now we don't know apparently, So now Progosion is in Belarus, but nobody's actually seen him publicly, so is he really there?

1:23:13 And now there's a general who's missing who might have had something to do with it, So it's all very We're gonna find out he accidentally beat himself to death with a tire iland Yeah, he actually, you know, he accidentally strangled himself, you know, you know, accidentally shot himself from a distance, but yeah, accidentally poisoned himself. Yeah. I've heard some people making comments and that we go, that's that is a great example that when we look to other countries and they are absolute tyrants in leadership.

1:23:46 If those tyrants leave, something worse can always come in. You leave a void. And that's one of the problems is like if if you're a country that's going to go into another country to try that in any way shake up leadership, you better have a long term plan because if you're if you're only going into try to remove leadership, whether encouraging the people to revolve or vote the leader out or whatever it may be, you better at least have the understanding that what we places, you know, the current leadership could always be worse.

1:24:21 And so you know, and obviously as a as a world, we have not followed that. We have not really seemed to have kept that in mind always throughout history. Right. Um. But but it's similar because people do ask why do we put up with these tyrants? You know, why do we put up with these certain leaders around the world doing this, doing that? And it's it is go back to the devil. You know, at the end of the day, at least you know this individual, you know their habits, I mean for pouting himself. He's been in power.

1:24:50 How long now has it been? About twenty three years? Twenty twenty three yeah, like twenty yeah, so twenty three yeah, over twenty years. So this is a and who's been in this position for such an extended period of time. And while he has certainly done some horrific things, and he you know, and just in general, he does not reflect our you know, I don't feel that he reflects American values at all. At the end of the day, there could always be something something worse. M And what speaks to another thing is I really get annoyed with this mindset of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, because we tend to have that, And I'm like, no, the enemy of your enemy can still very well be your enemy, you know.

1:25:35 But I feel like we get get into that. And I've seen that a lot with um. I know you said his name, but at least from what I heard the local, you know, our media tended to be like, oh yay, you know, Putin could possibly be overthrown and supporting another guy, I'm like, why are you cheering that well? I mean, at the end of the day, do you have any reason into really cheerless? Do you have anything that tells you this guy is going to be better or going to be something that you know, something that won't even turn out worse, that won't actually have had catastrophic consequences.

1:26:14 And I've noticed that across the spectrum, even in politics regarding the war in Ukraine and stuff. So it's it's it's been one of the most frustrating things for me because I've seen certain people, you know, and I've seen this amongst some conservative circles come out with, you know, in support of Putin or you know, yes Ukraine. And my response is, then why, Because I have a question for you. We as conservatives especially we loved our constitution, right, we love the freedoms granted to us in our constitution.

1:26:47 What freedom in our constitution do you think Putin would fight for? Or freedom do you think he would die for? Yeah? Like, can we know how he's treated the press, We know how he's treated the church, and you know, as long as the church supports what he says, then he's fine with the church. But he's gone after the church's he you know, like I said, the press, he's gone after military, he's done all this. So what values American values, what values rooted in the constitution, Especially as a conservative who loves our constitution, what would Putin support there nothing.

1:27:20 We know that at the end of the day. So I've gotten to a few of those discussions with conservative leaning individuals who as a knee jerk reaction. Well, the current administration and the Democrats are all about Ukraine, so that means we got to be about Russia. Something you know, can just be crap. Both can just be crap at the end of the day. Right, Ukraine can be have a corrupt government just like Russia. All Right, corruption is all around. Just so to go back, Sorry, I know I'm getting a little bit because I've had some really intense conversations on this.

1:27:54 It does frustrate me. The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. Many times not my friend even remotely. Yeah, they can be right, they can be an ally on something, but that's as far as I will go in a general census thing. They can be your ally ally on a point, but but your friend, no, And that that is That has been a regular conversation for me. Actually, um, yeah, it's not that. It's it's good that you're confronting people on that. That's something I've I've talked about on the show a lot too. Is is the this pro Russia wing of the Republican Party, which I mean, I think it's certainly a small part of the Republican Party, but it is there, and uh, you know, and I often give the example too of Tucker Carlson, who obviously has not held office, but um, but you know, until his ouster from Fox News, he was the number one guy in all of cable news, and he's pro Russia.

1:28:46 You know, when when when Putin first and UH invaded Ukraine, he Tucker Carlson, he said on the air that he was rooting for Putin and UH and Laura Ingram I see some of that, and so I think some of that is meat driven, and it is and it actually pre dates UH Putin going into Ukraine. I mean, there's there's been a growing pro Russia UH segment of the Republican Party for a while. But it's it's good that you're that you're confronting that, Kevin, and I respect that that that you do that. Um, when when you do that, I mean, do you get any kind of explanation other than

1:29:24 I mean, you know, you said it. There's kind of an attitude of well, you know, the Democrats are with Ukraine, so we're with Russia. But I mean does anyone say anything anything beyond that and anything that that makes sense to you? Or is it just is it all just as sort of weird knee jerk reaction as you described. I'm just curious, like what the mindset is, because I don't get it. I think for the most part it is it is a knee jerk reaction because at the end of the day, even when I've talked to some because I've even talked on the other end to that, because a lot of Democrats have been just automatically you know pro Ukraine and yes, okay, you know, Ukraine is the country I was invaded here, right, Russia made the aggressive action, so Ukraine is completely justified in fighting back.

1:30:05 But at the end of the day, there's been this, this this um push in a way to put Ukraine on a pedestal from the left. I'm like, no, I've seen, Like for me, I've seen people do a blend of the American flag and you know, the Ukrainian flag. No, I'm not going to be doing that. I'm not gonna plug the Ukrainian flag on my profile. I'm not going to do any of that because Ukraine, even though I acknowledge that in this situation. They were the they are the country that was invaded. I'm not going to then be like for on Ukraine because do they reflect my values are?

1:30:45 You know, war is horrific. My heart goes out to the people. Absolutely what's happening is absolutely horrific. But you know, at the end of the day, I just being a cheerleader for any country without the full context of the government, it's leadership, a corruption and you know how it came to be and how we got to where we are. I just find it crazy to do that. But yes, it hasn't been a lot. I do want to say that that in regards to specifically on my end, the conservative perspective, I haven't seen a lot of necessarily pro PU in pro Russia, and I do think that when I have seen it, it's mostly a knee jerk reaction to the fact that we have Ukraine strongly associated with Biden in his administration and increasingly the Democratic Party overall.

1:31:35 Is that obviously, well, my opposition is saying they support this, So now I must say I'm you know, I'm against this, or you know, or I support the opposite. That tends to be how we are and how we are becoming increasingly right, regardless of the situation or the issue at hand. Yeah, yeah, well yeah, like we were talking about earlier, and yeah, absolutely absolutely, um we are, we are already, Jessic, go so fast, Kevin. Oh, by the way, my dad is My dad is in the chat room, Martin Connerton, and he sent me a private message mentioning to me that he was looking forward to you being on today.

1:32:15 He likes you very much, and uh it was very complimentary towards you. So I just want you to know that I didn't even get to what I planned to talk about more today, which I was like, I have to come back on for that. Um. I know. One of the things I had said during the end of our last UM stream was that I had basically disassociated myself from the community by and large in regards to it's for me. It's to a point, especially this past month of June, I've seen things to where I honestly I can say that I fully have.

1:32:49 I consider myself disassociated from the community as a officially as a as a community quote unquote community and what I see as in A and U as a push for things that certainly do not reflect my values. So I want. I was expecting that discussion, but I've enjoyed this discussion. Oh yeah, that has been great. Yeah, yeah, you know me, I keep it loose and we go where we go. But um, but well, just briefly though, I don't I don't want, and I'm sorry that we don't have more time, but just just briefly, well, I want to clarify too.

1:33:20 When you say the community, you mean the gay community, the LGBTQ plus community. Yes, yeah, I wanted to clarify that because if anyone's listening, uh in Schenectady, I don't. I don't want them to think you're you're

1:33:36 Yeah, I didn't, I didn't. I didn't. I didn't want anyone to think you were saying, ah, screw could Schenectady. Okay, it's just because you know, people might not know, all right, I mentioned I mentioned June and Pride months so I felt like that delivered, you know, yeah, I just yeah, but I just want to make sure okay, Okay, Yeah, I appreciate that because I've realized, you know, as we all would, probably had those experiences when you say something and you think you're being clear and saying it.

1:34:06 Well, let's see you could not make it more clear, and someone's like you meant this and they take such offense, and you're like, no, well, especially Kevin, especially in politics, if something, because it would be the easiest things, you know, especially in the world we live in now, with the technology that we have in social media, would be the easiest thing in the world for one of your opponents to clip you saying I'm just engaging from the community and then putting that, putting that out there.

1:34:30 It's like this guy, this guy wants to represent us. He doesn't even like us, you know what I mean. So that's the thing, though, I'm also someone who's not a not a play to clarify things, although I do know all the fact that once that is what would be made the headline, but the clarification would be made the byeline would be wouldn't even be on the first page, right right? Yeah, yeah, you know it would it would it would be it would be on on like the forty six page. Uh yeah, no, I yeah, I totally agree that.

1:35:00 I appreciate you clarifying that. Yes, yes, it's a it's a dirty business man, it's a dirty business. Um. But all right, well listen, because yeah, we're up against the clock. But one thing I definitely want to make sure you get in for listeners who want to know where to find you online. Uh, if there's anyone listening from your area who wants to know more about your campaign and anything you want to make sure that we know about. Oh yeah, absolutely. You can easily find us UM on Facebook. I'm going up the exact for that.

1:35:33 My phone is acting up a little bit. Oh um,

1:35:39 so I had this down. So we're your GOP candidates for Schennecty City Council on Facebook, so you can find about us there. We also do have um a website. We have the Schenectoy uh Schenectady GOP Council dot com, so you can find more about us there. So please please do check. Oh sorry, UM, Schenecta the City Council twenty twenty three dot com is where you can find out more about us. You can find out about all the city council candidates and there's also a link to our mayoral candidate, Matt Elegant.

1:36:20 Um I do, I don't really, I do. Sorry. My Instagram is just my personal one, UM, but you I'm Kevin Hammer on there. You can also find me on Twitter. Uh it's similar for the campaign on Twitter as well, and we also have we have our links up for donations for our campaign. And you can also find me personally on YouTube. This is separate. This is just me individually, and I'm the issues from left to right on YouTube and I stream there as often as I can, discussing um a lot of issues that I care personally.

1:37:00 Okay, all right, very good, all right, Kevin, thank you so much. Always a pleasure to have you on and we enjoy speaking with you, and uh, well we'll do it again obviously, but thanks, thanks for your time today, and be safe out there and the when the bad air comes, toy, I have mine hailer close. Hate to have to do that, but yes, I have mine hailor close. And I absolutely look forward to being on again in hopefully the fairly near future. Yes, and I wish every I wish everyone a good day. All right, Kevin, thank you, my friend, Take care, all right?

1:37:35 Bye bye? All right. That was Kevin Hammer from Schenectady, New York. And we yeah, we are out of time, so if you miss any part of today's show, it will be up in just a little bit at WMH Radio. Dot org and on my website Matt Connerton dot com. Let's see. Also want to remind you what we've got coming up tomorrow on the program. We have, of course, uh, the return of Eric Ultures classic film review Eric our friend from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This week, the subject is Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is the original Indiana Jones film for you young uns who might not know that.

1:38:12 So I remember seeing that with my dad when I was a kid. So that will be the film review. So we'll do that probably toward the end of the first hour, and then in the second hour we have Hue the Gecko joining us live in studio. Last time Huie was with us, it was pretty interesting and I'm sure that this time will be as well. So I really look forward to that. And let's see it is Thursday, which means if you are listening live on WMNH, coming up next is Through the Stage Store hosted by the Great Rob Dieon and don't forget to be back bright in early seven am tomorrow for the morning show with Peter White, and don't forget tomorrow night Retrospect your Radio with Police.

1:38:51 I'll be here for that as well, all right, So we're gonna get out of here. Oh I know what. We'll close with one enough time to play the whole song, but we'll play a little bit of this, a little rocky mountain mic song called Runaway Coup, which is a parody of Runaround Sue, because we did talk about Russia a little bit. All right, I'll talk to y'all a little bit later. By everybody,