Matt Connarton Unleashed 8-23-23

0:41 Well, welcome everybody. Here we go. It is that time again, Happy Wednesday. It is Matt Connerton Unleashed, and we are live from the studios of w m n H ninety five point three FM in glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, and it is a pretty glorious day outside now also on calm Cast Channel six 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 of your live streaming options, social media links, contact and folk show archives, etcetera, etcetera.

1:13 Today is Wednesday, August twenty third, two thousand, twenty three. We have, of course, on a few minutes my favorite Conservative we'll be skyping in. But also we have someone in studio with us. If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. Then League guitar is hot but not far Lousiana Man Soul rolls both Baby in Love and then sold names. If you're going and play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. Yeehah, Texas. Mike is here, Ye welcome, Texas Mike. Thank you.

1:56 It's a nice surprise. I heard from you right before the show that you are around. Yeah. Yeah, I just finished given bite at the Gayoshing Memorial blood Drive, and I had time to kill in between events. So I'm like, I'm gonna see if I can go on EVA John Hop shows. So oh, I'm like, I know you andenter quickly. So yes, yes, well I'm glad you chose me. Thank you, Texas Mike. I didn't realize the blood drive was going on this week. Yeah, yeah, yeah today, and oh jeez, I didn't even realize. I feel badly I've been I've been so busy, and I think Peter hasn't mentioned at all.

2:36 Oh really, I think he hasn't. Oh that's unusual. Yes, he usually he does promote it. But yeah, that that might be why I didn't know. Well, I well that's uh so that's uh today and tomorrow. Yeah, and where is that down at the center newhamp DoubleTree Hotel? Excellent? Excellent, So we encourage people to head down there and donate blood. Absolutely, and they they feed you, right, don't They give you a donut or something afterward to kind of get some calories in you. Yeah, so I was able to have a West movie from the movie movie buff and they had pizza and a couple of me a good goodie bag of this pile.

3:14 Oh, very good, very good. Yes, excellent. Well that's a that's a great cause and good on you for doing that. Yeah, So Texas Mike is here, and of course Eric Pilcher, because it is Wednesday, he's going to be skyping in and uh, I don't know what we'll talk about. The news has been so so slow lately. Actually there's breaking news. Jenny just sent me. Giuliani just turned himself in in Georgia, America's mayor. But uh, yeah, so there's there's plenty to discuss. And Eric will be on with us via Skype, which means the studio line will be open.

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4:17 I do have some I've been thinking about it a lot, and I even went back and I really listened to it. Just some reflections on yesterday's show. We had Mary Ann Williamson in studio with us for the first hour or most of the first hour, and a pretty interesting discussion. The feedback I've gotten from it has been very positive, so but I do have some thoughts on that, and you know, and I'm sure we'll have her back in the future, of course. But our friend Ron is on the line. Hi, Ron, Hi, Thank Matt.

4:44 How are you doing good? How are you? No comment? Oh? No, no comment? Yeah, listen, I'm I'm tuned in. I gotta go on a little errand somewhere and I'm going to be in it out. But I mean, I am I tuned in. I can't wait to see what kind of no thoughts comments gloss up all of that, because well, boy, between Trump and Biden stuff that's been coming out of their mouse. Holy cow. Yes, yes, I would say two cows, one for each. Yeah. Well, even if you don't get to it today, I hope it's on your to do list. Oh yeah, probably be more to talk about tomorrow.

5:24 Give it twenty four hours, it'll probably be more to say tomorrow. Well, it's a nice thing about doing a show like this is I am never at a loss for subjects to discuss, that's for sure. All right, listen, I'm all all he is. Enjoy the rest of you day, and give Jenny I hogg In a hello. I will absolutely all right, thank you for the call, Ron, I appreciate it. Bye bye, bye bye, all right. Always nice here from our friend Ron. And that opens up the line for you six zero three two five zero six zoh seven six zho three two five zero six zero seven if you would like to chime in on anything today, and we'll say hello to everybody in the Facebook lap chat as well.

6:01 Jenny is in there of course, and says Hilloa peeps. Oh and uh this must be Eric. Oh Eric, is that you? Yes, it is good afternoon Matt and Texas Mike, Good afternoon, Eric, Texas, Mike. Why don't you give Erica yeehah?

6:28 What do you think of that there. Eric, good yeeha, solid yeehaw, pretty solid, pretty solid. I mean I've heard him do better, but that wasn't bad. Nope, listen, sorry, I just actually got a text, so give me one second. Oh yeah, no worries, I'm gonna I'll say hello to everybody in the chat room here. We didn't get too yet. J Fett is in there, of course, from the Great state of Vermont, says good afternoon everyone. Also, our friend Miriam Banish joins us. Mike from Queen City cabinetr He says hello everyone, Mike, of course one of our not only one of our great sponsors here a Queen City Cabinetry at WMNH, but Mike is also one of our co hosts Friday nights for Retro Spectrum Radio with Paul ec I get to hang out with him on Friday's.

7:12 Melanie Liberty joins us and says, hey, guys. Also Crystal from the Great State of Illinois, let's see Eric Pilcher, I see that you're in the chat room as well. Let's see, uh, Crystal said, Trump supposedly is turning himself in tomorrow in Georgia. Yes, apparently, Today's Giuliani's day and tomorrow will be Trump's day. Very exciting, very exciting and darkness, My old friend, are you Are you excited for the debate tonight? Eric, you know, like blow on. I think it's so funny that its like again, we just every week we we talk about this, and it's like we're beating old Yeller in the head with a stick.

8:11 But Eric, I don't believe you. I don't believe you beat old Yeller with a stick. I believe you shoot him. Correct, well, after you shot him, it's like you're beating the dead corpse with a stick. Oh, I see, it's like beating a It's like beating a dead horse, but in this case it's a dog. Because it's old Yeller. You're mixing metaphors. I understand. I get confused. Well, I I want to try to make things to my own. Yes, well that's wise, especially for you know, intellectual property. Oh hello to Greg.

8:43 Joseph by the way, from Clemento is another one of our great sponsors here at WMNH. Yeah, everything could change tonight, though, Eric, with the debate, I mean, you know that it's been taking part in it. I know he's counterprogramming with Tucker Carlson, although seeing Trump could still show up at the debate though in theory because the interview with Tucker Carlson was pre recorded and it's going to air as counter programming. But I still think it would be cool if Trump fools everybody and he shot what's that?

9:14 It'd be like Rick Rude the night he joined the nWo and he was on WWF programming. Yes, exactly, Oh, well done, sir, well done. Only only wrestling fans with a deep knowledge of the history of the Monday Night War will know the reference. But but if you know, you know, and if you got it, that was that was well done, Eric, Actually that was very clever. Yes, I think it would be great. Actually if Trump, and you know, I'm not a fan of him, but if he does do a run in during the debate and hit someone with a steel chair, I might be persuaded to vote for him.

9:49 I mean, but he Here's the thing is like his followers are like, yeah, he knows he's gonna win, so he doesn't even need to show up, and it's like, no, he knows if he shows up, he is going to get a third By the Scientists by Nikki Hayley by I mean even by Christy because they're going to and he doesn't want to answer questions about these indictments. Well, I think he's I think both things are true. I do think that. Yeah, I think it's probably dangerous for him to show up. But I also think it's true that there's there is no reason for him too.

10:31 I mean, if I were advising him, I would tell him not to show up. That would be my advice. I mean, what four he's going to be the nominee. It doesn't have I would have more respect for the guy, and I think a lot of Americans would if he showed up. Oh sure, yeah, but but but it's not going to matter to the thirty five to forty percent that are going to support him no matter what. It doesn't matter to them. It's like, this is the equivalent of when you're playing mad non law against someone. They're up ten points and they're just running the ball with like seven minutes left.

11:06 They're trying to drain the clock and minimize what you can do. And to me, that's not what the political process is in this country. It isn't about saving face, It isn't about cowardly tucking your tail and running it's about standing in the face of adversity. You know something, I don't like the guy. I don't even like the family. But Bill Clinton when he had his issues with Monica Lewinsky, he never missed a debate, never back down. He stood steadfast and said, yeah, I'm gonna face it. Donald Trump has to be the first ever former president been.

11:59 Richard Nixon, who was the scummiest of scumbag presidents, did the interview with David Frost and took it on the chin. Didn't take it well on the chin, but he took it on the chin nonetheless. Well, but that was after his presidency too. I mean it didn't it didn't really matter at that point, but well it did matter in the court of public opinion. Yeah. The thing is, uh, in view, I didn't know a lot about the Frost Nixon interviews until I saw the movie Oh in two thousand and eight. Isn't that a great film?

12:36 It is amazing and from what I understand from the people that lived it, uh, pretty spot on. Have you watched Have you watched the actual interview? Actually in one of my media classes. Yeah, yeah, my father and I have had conversations about that. My father told me that he's been saying this for years. He thinks Nixon was clinically insane by that point. I mean it was it wasn't a good move for him. I mean, there was no way you were going to win unless it was a complete fluff piece. But at the end of the day, he still did it.

13:14 And that's my thing. That's another strike on Donald Trump for me. Look, if you didn't do anything wrong, like you're saying,

13:26 go to the debate, go debate. I feel like I'm Bernie Mack and Chris Rock and the movie had a state here trying to go Donald Trump to debate these candidates. Yeah, I don't think he's well, we know he's not showing up tonight. I mean again, he could physically show up, but he's not going to. Clearly, Crystal said in the chat room she thinks Trump is turning himself in tomorrow to steal away the press from the GOP debate talks since he refuses to attend the debates himself. That's true, Trump will suck up tomorrow's news cycle as well.

14:07 But no, I just you know, I mean, you know how I feel about Trump. I don't I don't like him either, But I just don't see any I don't see anything to be gained politically from him showing up, and I don't blame him, and I would say the same, you know. I don't know if you had a chance to check it out, Eric, But yesterday we had Mary Ann Williamson on the show, who of course is challenging Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, as is RFK, you know, and Biden's not going to debate them, and I don't I don't blame him either.

14:35 I mean, you know what for or you're the incumbent president. Don't get me wrong, I agree with you in principle. In principle, I absolutely agree with you. I'm just saying. I'm just saying, as a dispassionate political analysis, I just don't see any reason for it, you know what I mean. I'm I and I know exactly what you're saying, and it makes perfect sense. Now on the incumbent side, I'm gonna say there's political decorum that goes with it too, that you know, he's the inc And I give credit to Mary Ann Williamson and disgustingly a minimal amount of credit to our FK yeah for for standing up and saying no, we're gonna throw our hat into this.

15:17 Kudos to both of them, sure, because I don't think Biden or Harris is the answer. I think both of them are tone deaf in regards to the country. I mean, I read a headline and I didn't have a chance to click on it because this this has been a busy day off for me. But I did see that it's being floated that Joe Biden fell asleep during a speech for the Maui wildfire victims. Oh dear God, Yeah, this is this. This trip has been a disaster. I don't know if you heard the top of the show, but I played I played a clip of Biden speaking and I played the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme music under it, because Biden was talking about how he could kind of he was trying to relate, and he was talking about how once, uh, you know, he's speaking to these these people who've lost their homes in this terrible fire, and he's talking about how there was once a fire at one of his homes and he almost lost his corvette, and you know, and it comes off really really badly.

16:29 It's so it's so bad, and then uh, and then you know, but and it's not. You know, some people look at that and they'll say, oh, he's you know what, a jerk or whatever. I just look at that, and I say, he's an eighty year old man and it's clearly time to take Grandpa's keys away from him. That's and which is which some people aren't gonna like me saying that. I understand that, and I know I sound agious, but that's just the reality of it. And then that's compounded by yeah, this video of him, he looks like he's very much falling asleep, and I'm sure he's tired, and it's exhausting.

17:08 You know. Look, the dude's got a big job. I get it, you know, leader of the free world. But but it's another example of and by the way, even if he's not asleep, even if he was, because if he's asked, I don't know if he's taken any questions on this, I'm sure if he's asked, he'll say that he was just deep in prayer or something like that. But but even if that's true, that's still a problem because even he was he was asleep, I'm sure of it. But even if he was, just even if he just had his head bowed in prayer.

17:35 Even that's a problem because he should have the self awareness to know what that's going to look like, and that people are going to assume he was asleep, which I'm sure he was asleep. So it's just it's it's uh ah. I can't I can't believe we're in this position. I can't believe we're on course to get a Trump Biden re match. I know I say this all the time, people are probably saying it, but oh my god, how is this happening? How is this happening? I mean, I my head's gonna explode. I mean, look, you just sit back and enjoy the ride.

18:17 Matt Well, I mean, it's it's great for the show, it is. I've I understand that. I got it. You know, it's great for the show, but it's so horrible for the country. I mean, Matt, you know what this is gonna do? Right? What ratings? True? Doue that's right, that's right. Yeah, Well, you know, I think I think sweeps Weeak is coming. I need to check on that, Mike, Mikey, do you know is sweeps Weeak coming up? We gotta get those ratings. I was just kidding, don't bother to Mikey. What what are you wanting to you to help with the ratings?

18:55 Our ratings are awful, Mikey. Yeah, we need we need to get I'm concerned that week Are is currently beating us in this market. I'm also very, very concerned that there's going to be this new big show, the second coming of Howard, that's been coming for over six years out of New York. I think that I think it's been more like a decade that that's been in the works. But it's coming, and we're all going to be out of jobs, Mikey, all out of jobs. We will have no place to have our talent on WMNH once this happens.

19:29 I think what Eric is saying, Mikey is we need you to save us. You have a solution for us. I'm trying to thank you, all right, Maybe maybe check with a chat GPT or something. I mean, I know a guy who says he can help the ratings if you need his information, right, maybe he'll call today. By the way, Christ what's that. Let let's let's not

20:00 well. You just never know if you if you vaguely refer to him three times, you run the risk of conjuring, of conjuring him. He is about as tolerable as the film you're referring to, the film Beetle Juice. Oh yes, yes, yeah, yeah. I was never a big Beetle Juice fan either, but I love the idea of it. Yeah. Tim Burton did the best he could. But I've told John Hopwood this, I'm pretty sure. And he is accused of me of betraying him yet again. Yes, no, this time it was a private text message to me. Oh my goodness, betraying him.

20:45 Wow, But but I digress. I just I am not a Winona writer fan. What is oh sorry, what are you bothered by the shoplifting? Or what is it before the shoplifting? Her face just annoys me. I understand you don't like her face? Yeah, like it's that level of vitriol. Wow, yeah, I don't like her face. Okay, if you don't want to turn me off to a movie, you want me to never see this movie have these words attached to it, directed by Michael Bay starring Winona Ryder, I will never see it. Wow? All right, well, fair enough now, Crystal said in the chat room.

21:35 The Hawaiians are pissed a Biden for his no comments statement while on vacation himself. Bad, bad look for Biden. Totally crappy of him. I'm gonna I'm actually gonna Crystal, I'm actually gonna defend Biden on that one because I've seen the video of that. I don't think he heard the question. I think all and again, you know, you're talking about an eighty year old man with you know, unless he's wearing hearing aids, he's got the hearing of an eighty year old man. So if somebody's shouting a question at him from a distance, he probably didn't even hear the question.

22:03 He probably just knew that somebody from the media was shouting a question at him, and that's why he said no comments. So I give him a pass on that one. I've seen. Have you seen the video of that, Eric, because that did upset some people. But I'm gonna get Biden a pass on that one. I'm I'm gonna give him. Uh yeah, I don't think. I don't think he heard the question. Look, in a situation like that one, as the president of the free world, you have to know some craps going down here. Okay, Yeah, if I'm being asked anything, and I don't hear, and I'm saying, come again, can you please repeat that?

22:43 Yeah, I don't care. If I'm sitting at a restaurant, May said, do you do you want? Would you like ice with your drink? And if I don't, you know,

22:59 if I don't understand, and I'm jump Biden, I'd be like, say that again, even if I'm ninety percent sure I know what they said. Yeah, I'm getting that clarity because anything you say dismissive is gonna come off as insensitive and that you're out of touch. True, true, No, I take your point. And Jenny said in the chat room, why the hell did he stay on vacation? No, pass, Well, the president's never really on vacation though, I mean he you know, he's on vacation, but he's always still the president to me, I mean, in my lifetime, I swear, and I'm forty, the president's vacation days have went up with every new president.

23:43 There are some who claim that, uh, yeah, I don't know. I don't, but you know, I mean, you know, leader of the free world, you're you're allowed some downtime. I mean, especially the golfing, like that's something you know, it's funny. As much as I don't like Trump, that's something he took a lot of criticism for that. I never criticized him for People used to knock him for being on the golf course all the time. I always said, Hey, that's the guy's only form of exercise. That's I mean that, And it literally is like he basically he has said he's not really into exercise, but I do want the leader of the free world to get some exercise, so im You know, I never cared with each other here, Matt and Texas Mike.

24:24 Please feel free to chime in there. People if they hate a president, that president could cure cancer, and they're gonna say he didn't do it quick enough. Too many rats died in the testing, right, they're gonna find something. Yeah, so let's let's be honest there. Oh yeah, there's always criticism about anything you talked about. Everything's trying to have a positive and a negative. Yes, that's right, Texas Mike, Texas Mike. I think we would make Texas Micr President, or at least I would vote, or at least the president of Texas because he's already in his name, So how hard could that be?

25:10 I did take my dog Rocky to a rally at the dog park this past weekend. Rally at the dog park. Well, yeah, because, like I said on one of my Wednesday chats, that my dog would be a better candidate. Oh, I took him out to meet his constituents. And I'm gonna try to keep this PG. How he met his constituents. He would have thought he was a Kennedy. I yeah, it didn't go well. I think I think Rocky needs to withdraw his name from consideration, right, yeah, well that's uh, that's all right. Uh, look looking at a scandal here, yes, unfold.

26:00 And he doesn't need this. He's a seven year old pit bowl. He needs life of leisure and weekly hamburgers from our local meat market. Well, maybe he needs to start golfing. Brocky likes eating grass, so I don't know if him on a golf course would be a good idea. No, I see that that could be a problematic. Barely he barely gets a lap in on the bike trail by my apartment, so he could not do eighteen I see, Melanie says in the chat room, I referring to trump my beef around the golfing is the cost to the American people, while he said he wasn't taking a paycheck.

26:47 Yeah, I guess I don't know. That's never been I never worried about that much with him, no matter why. Yeah, I mean, I mean I get her point, and it's a fair point. But to be fair again, he didn't take a paycheck. He did donate it to causes. I mean, granted he did get money from secret service staying at his hotels. And yes, that's a bit bit slippery, yes, now that you mention it. Yeah, I'm not taking a paycheck. But uh, these guys are staying at Mara Lago and it's a Trump hotel. But but my son in law owns it.

27:36 Yeah, there is that. There is that. It's like, okay, listen to steal a line from Judge Judy, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining, Like, come on, put him up in a Best Western. That's not so bad. Actually, uh six O three two five o six. When the studio line is open, if you'd like to join the discussion, if you are just joining us. Of course, it is Wednesdays, so we're talking with my it is a Wednesday, rather, it is Wednesdays. It is a Wednesday, or it is Wednesday. We're so we're talking with my favorite conservative, Eric Pilcher joining us via Skype, and of course Texas Mike is here at the news desk.

28:18 And oh you started, we got derailed. I want to hear more about So John Hopwood texted you and said you've betrayed him. So it was over this week's film and John has been trying to expose me to it's called redneck cinema movies that were made in the South, and Burt Reynolds was the was the catalyst for this because a lot of his action Flix were these redneck classics Smokey and the Bandit, thunder Row, Gator, and so forth. And I think he's upset, because actually I know he's upset, and this wasn't done to slight the great John Hopwood.

29:05 I have a great deal of admiration, love and respect for John C. Hopwood that I'm doing the longest yard this week. Oh yes, classic film review and it's an honor of college football starting. And I think he was I think his issue is is that it's a Burt Reynolds film and not a redneck classic except for when except for when he crashes the girl's Maserati into a lake and leads the cops on a chase.

29:41 Yeah. So, yes, I have been accused of betraying John Hopwood again. But I will say this, this is my volley. In order for betrayal to be betrayal, a person has to knowingly be trying to betray them. Uh. Yes, and I was not. That was not your intention, Smokey in the Bandit will be reviewed in November. I didn't even know. I'd never heard that term before. What is it redneck cinema? Is that what? Yeah, because Convoy is a part of it. Convoy. That's that's come up on Paul Show on Retrospectum Radio.

30:22 I didn't even I didn't even know. Because, believe it or not, I cannot explain why this is. I'm sure my dad remembers this because he listens to the show. I actually loved that song when I was a kid. Why I loved it? What I loved about it? I could not begin to tell you. I have no idea. I didn't know what's criminal about the movie Convoy. I see, I've never seen the movie. What what's criminal about it? Is? It's Sam Peckinpaw's highest grossing film is it? Yep, that's It's the film of his that made the most money.

30:56 And John Hopwood and I have had private discussion about this. It is also his worst film, even the films where he was just coked out of his mind charged at Charlton Heston on a horse with a sword. No, those movies fail in comparison to Convoy. See. I didn't even know. For some reason, I loved the song, but until probably a couple of years ago, the first time it came up on Paul's show, I didn't realize there had even been a movie, Nor did I know that there was a part two to the song. I didn't know there was a part two to the song.

31:37 Yeah there is. Yeah, there's a sequel to the song. And it's just like it just continues the story. Not that it's much of a story to begin with, but but yeah, Matt, maybe we need someone who's a CB radio expert to decipher part one and two for us. I know a guy. I know a guy from New York who apparently has actually put people on ten seven. I was just gonna say, you don't want to be ten seven. Don't want to be put on ten seven? I mean he and this guy's a legend for doing that. He's in the like the CBE Hall of Fame or something.

32:12 It's incredible he has he has a video on YouTube where he shows you all of his CB equipment. Yeah, it looks like a flea market threw up in there. It does. Yes, what uh? What dumb plug the world would the CB Radio Hall of Fame be in? I don't know. I think it's gotta be like in like Brandon, Iowa, or home of the world's largest drying pan by the way,

32:43 somewhere that's like just total dumped uh huh. And it's this ramshackle meth lab house that just has a old oaken wooden sign that says CBE Hall of Fame and haul in Fame are both misspelled, right, Crystal says in the chat room Smoking in the Bandit was a good movie. Oh, I agree, I like Smoking and the Bandit. The thing with movies that have just tons of car chase is there isn't a lot to talk on, right because you can explain it, but until people see it, they don't understand how awesome it is. It would be like explaining the car chase scene in the movie Bullet, Yeah, which I've actually seen.

33:35 I've never seen the movie Bullet, but I've seen that scene just because I think I found it on YouTube actually after hearing you talk about it once. It's an amazing scene, and I got introduced to it by weird means. I'm a big Metallica fan people on the show listeners of the show Now This and Matt you know this? They're my favorite band of all time. Yes, And the video for I Disappear has James Hetfield driving a car that is the actual model used in the movie Bullet, and they mimic the car chase scene.

34:15 Oh no kidding, It was Jakes Stead that's driving car. Oh no kidding. Yeah, and that's where they got it from and they stole it shot by shot. So that's how I got it that car chase. I didn't realize that. See, I've never seen the video for I Disappear. I'll have to look at that up. I'm really curious now it's one of them. It's a great video. I mean, Lars is running through an exploding room glass. Oh wait a minute, No, no, no, I take it back. I have seen that. Yeah, I have seen that video. I didn't Okay, I guess.

34:49 Okay. So so the Headfield part, that's just one part of the video. But there's other things going on with Lars. Okay, I got you, I got you, Okay, I have I have seen the video like Dangerous Missions because it was a song for Mission Impossible too, right, Okay, I remember now, Yes, they went after Napster because Hollywood Records was coming down on them. How did this song get released? This is the lead single off a blockbuster summer movie soundtrack. How does this happen? Yeah? And like, well, they're like basically they were like our bad was really the response they gave, and somehow when it's millions upon millions of dollars, my bad doesn't cut it.

35:41 Yeah, and then they're like, well, you guys need to do something about this. Oh well, James is in Russia, our bass player is about to leave the band. We're on a we're taking a break from our tour. Lar's gone out there and handle business. Yeah. I remember that, like the absolute worse person you could have probably speak for the band, and that's the option. Well, I would argue Lars is no, Oh, I don't know. I would argue that of the four of them, Lars is probably the most articulate. So actually I would disagree with you.

36:32 Really shockingly enough, Kirk Hammett is really really articulate, very well spoken. Just he doesn't talk right, right, I was gonna say, I feel like I never, like on the rare occasion that I've heard Kirk Hammett speak, it's like, oh, Kirk is talking. I think I've just yeah, I think over the years, I've just heard a lot more Lars Ulric just because he's he's loquacious. He talks a lot, you know. I've heard him interview on Howard Stern a couple of times without the rest of the band. They all, I mean, they all are.

37:06 They kind of defy the dumb metal band player stereotype. If you listen to them all talk, they all are pretty pretty smart and well spoken. I mean, to write the lyrics they've written, they would have to be to a degree. Yeah, So that's my defense of them. I forgot how much I like this song. I haven't heard it and so long. I don't know if you can hear it on Skype, but I can. The whole soundtrack for Mission Impossible too is amazing. I don't remember what else is on it. It's been so long. Some of girth Limp Biscuit has a song on it where they sample the mission Impossible themes.

37:52 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I totally remember that now that did Yeah, I do remember that now yeah. Yeah. Just a great soundtrack. I think Prodigy is on there. Uh, Dope is on there. It was a great soundtrack and one of the most underrated John Move films in my opinion. I still can't get over Convoy being Peck and PA's most successful film. That blows my mind. Don't don't blood it, flinger with you. You will get very angry because then you think about the other films he did, you know, like then you get madder.

38:35 Yes, I can look at my movie Shelf and I own almost every film he is directed on Blu Ray. Yeah, and I'm like, really, bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Wild Bunch, Major Dundee, Cross of Iron, and Convoy. So strange. One of these things is not like the other. Yeah, great genre films, and Convoy we very very weird. I have a book filled with interviews with Sam Peck and Paul about all of his films, and he is like so dismissive of convoy. It's probably the shortest segment in the book. Yeah, I mean I assume that was just They probably offered him a lot of money.

39:28 I mean, why else would have even directed that? Well one, I mean it's just Bert Young is comedic relief. Couldn't even save it. I mean, Chris Stopperson can't act. Uh, I forget her name. Uh was dating Steve McQueen. Allie Allie McGraw can't act. So then those are your two stars. What if Winona Ryder had been in it? Would that have saved it? Do you think, Matt? Why why do you got to poke it? Man? I'm sorry I didn't know until today. You're

40:14 man, she's your kryptonite. Yeah, I have one on rants against Winona Ryder. Dirk don has heard a few of them. Wow, yeah, all right, got it eat her? Yeah yeah, well all right, I've actually told him the whole I hate her face, like, yeah, wow, it's up there, Drew Barrymore really yeah, don't like her either? Is it her face? Oh? The way she does the side talking. H never noticed the side talking, like talks out of the side of her mouth. It's like alien like. I never noticed that. Wow. Watch her in like comedies, especially like she tries to adjust her face and it's like, just stop, you look ridiculous.

41:11 Wow, you would think, I mean, she's a big Hollywood star, you could think you would think she'd be able to get some help with that adjusting her face, like a scheech, like a speech therapist to help her adjust her face when she talks. Every role she's in is she just comes off as fake to me? Yeah, not a fan. Oh okay, all right, we should pivot back to Uh, I do want to ask you because obviously you are in Iowa. It still surprises me that the first debate is not in Iowa, that it's in Milwaukee, But any anything interesting there since we talked last week in terms of I know, Chris Christie is surging in the polls here in New Hampshire.

41:58 I mean by surging, I mean he's still a very distant number two but to Trump. But he's he's I believe he is uh past RHN de Santis. But you know New Hampshire of course, Uh, you know, it's it's the northeast. It's not not Iowa. So I don't know if things are different there. No, I mean, you know there have been a couple of people that have rosen the polls, kind of like Chris Christy did in New Hampshire after this state fair of vivic has actually really come up in the polls here. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, has really come up.

42:37 Yeah, I U his nine to eleven comments were really strange. He says some weird stuff and he uh, you know, I know, my my dad's kind of a fan of him, but he's very uh pro Russia. It would seem like he wants to let Shad have crimea if it'll end the war. Yeah. I've never been a fan of giving a brutal communist dictatorship countries to end a war because it'll never end. Then you're at their power. It's appeasement. Yeah, you fed their ego. Yeah no, there let their ego do them in. Yeah, there is. Yeah, I don't know, I don't know what It'll be interesting to see how he does tonight.

43:37 Did we talk about or was it after Whens? Was it after last week? When the Yeah, it was after last the last time we talked when the superPAC Rhonda Santis is superPAC never back down. They posted that memo, Yeah, that that was after who boy, but Santus is third there, right, Yeah, yeah, I guess I guess his pork chops weren't weren't good his pork chops, oh right, right right, because they all do the thing with the you know, he had to serve food and whatnot. He's the only one who did it, yeah, the other ones.

44:19 I mean it was pretty hot. So I mean I give him credit for standing at that grill. And I mean vivic. I don't know his religious affiliation, but might not want to be around pork. And I'm not stereotyping. I'm just saying generally, yea, even if they're not a part of even if they don't practice Islam, they still are like, no, don't want to be around it. So yeah, I mean I get that. I mean I always thought when they did that or served food, I thought it was just pathetic looking and glad handling. Well yeah, I mean it certainly comes off as pandering.

45:07 Yeah, it's it's it just is unauthentic. Mike Pence didn't do any of that.

45:15 I mean, I wouldn't take a pork chap from Mike Pence. I just looked up so vek Ramaswami. He says, I'm Hindu, but I share the same values as Christians. He said this on News Nation. To share the same values as Christians, then you wouldn't be Hindu. I mean that whole fall sidals thing. I don't know one of those important commandments. It says here Republican presidential candidate the Veke Ramaswamy says he practices Hinduism but shares the same values as Christians. Quote, I'm Hindu, I'm not Christian, and we are a nation and founded on Judeo Christian values.

46:01 That's not going to fly with evangelicals, right, absolutely not. Yeah, he's going to get one vote in the Bible belt, right. Yeah, you're basically saying, I mean, how it's going to be painted with evangelicals and as it should be, because it's pretty accurate, is you're Judeo Christian because it's going to get you votes. Yeah. So that means so Trump can't pick him to be his VEEP then either. I don't know why this didn't occur to me until now, because you know, I'm always talking about how obviously there's other reasons to run for president other than wanting to be president, because some of these people will actually frankly, I think all the people who are going to be on that debate stage just tonight.

46:45 Realize none of them are going to be the nominee, let alone president. But one of the reasons, one of the other reasons to run is you're running for the vice presidency. And I kind of figured Vavak might be in that lane. You know, maybe he thinks he has a shot at being Trump's VEEP. But Trump can't pick him if he's if he's not Christian. I mean, that's just that just won't fly, especially in the Republican Party, but really in either party. Right, No, No, So that's interesting. Now are you so I don't think you ever answered my question?

47:16 Or are you going to watch the debate? I might tune in for a little bit as much as it tolerate as I can tolerate. I generally how I handle early debates is I watch the highlights or low lights as it yeah, and go from there. See, I have to, uh, I have to watch the whole thing. To me, Uh, I love I love debates. I watch all the debates. I mean when I say all the debates, I mean all the presidential debates, whether they're primary or general election. I don't mean I watch like every debate. Ever, Like I'm not going to watch a debate among local aldermen here in Manchester, for example, I'd probably uh, very drowsy quickly.

48:01 But I'm just saying, but but I do love I will watch every Republican debate in this primary, and I will I will enjoy them tremendously, no doubt they to me, they make they make for tremendous television. And of course, uh, you know in the twenty twenty cycle, you know, I watched all the Biden versus Bernie debates. I love those, just fascinating stuff. I'm just fascinated by it all. I mean, now Jenny's saying, oh, no, have to hear it all, and I think I might now have to. I mean, you're gonna watch it all.

48:34 Jenny's gonna watch it all. I might I might have to DVR it. You know. Working for a cable company, I get the fancy stuff for free. Oh that's cool. Yeah. Well the thing is, I mean what, I'm pretty fascinated because I'm intrigued because I really don't know what we're gonna see tonight, you know, I mean, these debates they do have an air of predictability to them, and that you know, you know who the characters are, and you kind of have have an idea of what they're gonna do. I honestly don't know what tonight's gonna be, like, I mean, I do know, you know, I assume these characters will play their roles as one would expect.

49:14 Chris Christy will be on the attack against Trump and the other candidates on the stage. Mike Pence will kind of do his aw shucks, you know, the former president, and I disagree, but you know, oh but I still just love him, you know, uh, that kind of thing. You know, everyone will will will play their roles. But but how that how that pans out in real time? I don't know. I to what extent will people play their roles or will someone surprise us? Will someone kind of break out? You know, will Mike Pence break into some sort of profane tirade against Trump or something?

49:52 I mean, I don't think. I don't think. I don't think it will happen, but I'd respect him. I mean, look, I I got a parlay card in for the Little League World Series tonight, so I gotta pay attention to my bets. Yes, yes, yeah, I don't know if I'll even be able to watch it live. I might be with clients, but obviously it'll be on a line afterward. But yeah, I mean it's uh, I'm I'm really looking forward to this. I'm really looking forward to this, even with Trump not being there. I mean that would have been fascinating too, but him not being there, to me, honestly, it's just as interesting.

50:29 You know, do they go after Trump? Do they do some of them say, you know, do some of the people who've been kind of deferential to him, you know, take shots at him for not being there? You know, do do some of them kind of snap out of this you know, this zone that they've been in where you know, they don't want to say anything too harsh because they don't want to upset the magabase. But then they realize that there they are on that stage and Trump doesn't even respect them enough to show up to debate them.

51:01 You know, do they say, Okay, that's it, We're pulling out the knives. You know, that could happen. I hope that is my hope, that this just becomes a two hour attack ad on Donald Trump. Yeah, it could, It could love it, you know what, I would love it if either RHNDA scientists or Chris Christie, because if any of them have a shot, it's my opinion it's those two. As much as I think Nicki Haley, if Trump were smart, he would really start laying off her and be like, hey, I got this VP spot open because Dendy caters to the the women vote true, Ben vote again.

51:53 There's also Tim Scott, who I know that a lot of de Santis is big money donors have defected to Tim Scott's campaign, so he might uh this, this could be a good night for him. I mean, he's been trying to be, you know, the more positive. I mean, I disagree with him on policy on many things, but I do appreciate. I mean, at least he's he's been positive. He's not like, you know, he's not a doomsayer, like, you know, America has fallen apart and only I can save it that kind of thing. He's more more optimistic generally him on a video clip when he was on the View, and those cackling hens on the View run over anyone that is not a far left leaning uh

52:43 Democrat, They just do they talk over them and then they crow that they won and it's like, no, you didn't just because you yell louder than them, and there's more of them than there's more of you than them. You did not win. Shot up all of you. And look, I think individually they some of them, minus Joy Behar and Whoopie Goldberg have very smart, very great things to say about fixing this country. But you get them together and it's like it's awful. But I digress on that. Tim Scott handled it very well.

53:26 I mean, even when Joy Behar thinly veiled attacked him pretty much saying that he wasn't black because he's a Republican. I didn't see the full interview, but I do. I do know he got some good press from that, though he acquitted himself well as seems to be the Yeah, And I mean, and what hurt me the most is Whoopie Goldberg sat there and took it and it's like, wait a minute. Even Spike Lee came out and said that was wrong. Yeah, yeah, I don't know the full context because I haven't seen the I'll love to go back and check that out.

54:10 I'm curious now. Just it was. It was sickening. It was up there when Chelsea Handler said she had to remind fifty cents he was black. It's like, why because he wanted to because he supported Donald Trump. You can't be black and support the Republican Party? It is is that what we're saying now in America? Well, there was that moment she is now I'm reminded of. It was a mini controversy, but it blew over quickly. But remember when Biden was on the Breakfast Club and when when he when what he said to Charlemagne about you know, if you're not for me, you're not black in Charlemagne I thought handled that very well because if you watch his face, you can tell he wants to go off on Joe Biden.

55:09 I love Charlemagne mcguy. I do too. That guy is a pro. He he's someone I actually really look up to as a as a host. His book Shook One. Yeah I haven't. No, have you read his book Shook One? No? No, I have not very good really, some things I disagree with in it, obviously. Yeah, But like I think I've proven I can disagree with you and still have the most, the utmost respect for you. Why do you think you're my favorite conservative? Could be a good reason. Yeah, I can disagree with you and still respect you.

55:53 Yes, it's all in how you put it and how you carry yourself with it. Like I don't watch The Breakfast Club every morning on b ET his gaily talk show Monday through Friday, but that and it's on during first take, and I love that show. Oh is that a that's a sports show, right, yep? Stephen A Smith? Oh yeah, yeah, I like we've talked about. Even though I don't follow sports, I do like if I if I see something on YouTube related to stephen A. Smith and it looks interesting, I'll click it just because I like him.

56:26 It is a YouTube His YouTube show No Mercy is really insightful, is it? Yes? And it's spelled no like k n Oh you sorry, I can't spell today, okay and ow yeah No Mercy and so yeah, it's pretty clever. I'll check it out. Oh, but you were saying about Charlemagne the God. Yeah, I like Charlemagne. I really do. I really when I gained respect for him is when he was on the Daily Show and he really just kind of came at Trevor Noah really well. He just was kind of like, you know, in a way you promote division within the country, and he's like when you attack only one side of the spectrum constantly and ridicule them.

57:27 What what did what did Trevor Noah? How did he respond to that? Trevor Noah's like, you know, it's just that, you know, the president is a Republican right now, the president is always in the news, and that is fair to a degree. But but Charlemagne said, well, no, it's an issue with all late night talk. He's like, it just seems like you guys find the viable target and go after it, right, And he's like, and more often than not, it's the old men, and it's like that you're in you can be seen as alienating one part of this country.

58:07 Yeah, that's interesting, and that's coming from from you know, Charlemagne obviously as a left leaning guy, so that's coming from someone who he's like, I rip on him too, he goes, But I also realize that when I do that, I'm taking he goes, there could be a large number of people that just turned me off at that point, right, And he goes, And then you turn around and say, why can't we be friends? Okay, well you keep making fun of my beliefs, right, right, And it was a very good point and I'm greatly paraphrasing there, but that was this bit.

58:43 It came shortly after he had a Tommy Layering on his show, that train wreck of an interview. I didn't know about that. Oh it was bad, just bad TV. I can imagine right after she first started and really started becoming big. Yeah, huh and uh, and she just you could tell she was trying to decipher if Trevor Noah was joking with her or really trying to be sincere, and she came off as, oh, I know, I'm sorry, Eric, I know what you're talking about now. I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about Charlemagne having Tommy Laurent on the Breakfast Club.

59:36 I didn't realize you met the Daily Show. I have I have seen the interview with her on the Daily Show. Yeah, yeah, that was bad. And no her on the Breakfast Club. I would be up with a bag of popcorn and that would be musty TV. That would be on the DVR marked never Delete. Yeah, yeah, it would be a train because there's three of them on the Breakfast Club, yes, and one of them I forget her name. She's awesome. I love how Well's like, how direct she is to the point. Oh, Charlemagne and the other guy would just shut up, Yes, turn off the mics and let them go.

1:00:20 Yeah. H well, Eric, we are we are a bit past the top of the hour, so so we'll start to wrap up with you. But but yeah, I think you should. I think you should watch the debate. I think it'll be very entertaining and uh, I think it should have its moments. I really agree with you, Matt. I hope the knives come out. Mike, are you gonna watch the debate? I'm actually going to a date debate myself tonight. You're you're going to a debate yourself? Yeah? What what debate? I know you don't want to talk about, so I won't bring it up.

1:00:59 Oh is a local political thing? Oh okay, yeah, yeah, okay yeah yeah. Oh well, well very good. I mean local stuff is always good Texas, Mike, So you get a pass I'm misma debate. Yes, yes, all right to be involved in the community, Texas, Mike. Yep, yep. Uh. By the way, since you're on Texas, Mike, where are my ice cream bars? Oh? Mike, I totally forgot about that. Well he should have plenty of time now that he's no longer the manager or producer for New Force of the Spark. He should have time to deal with the ice cream bars issue.

1:01:42 Wait, whoa, I'm a rising star at WMNH, Texas, Mike, I have the number four rated program on WMNH on Fridays. Yeah, number and Wow. We're gonna have to have a private dialogue you and I. Yes, yes we were Eric all right, I have a live podcast coming up, Texas. Mike.

1:02:19 Oh, yes, yes, that's right. From a finger here in Cedar Rapids the night the Exorcist sequel premieres. Yes, that's gonna be a that's gonna be a big uh. I'm sure when you get to making my ice cream bars, they will be amazing. I'll try my best. That's right. Your best is all that I needed. Texas Mike. Oh, well, that's good. That's good. I will not fire you like uh that one band did. Yes, well, no, Mikey resigned from a new New Force of the Spark. Good for you, Mike, Yes, yes, from Big Time Stars.

1:02:59 You're managing right now myself. I'm sure you have a hand in Kyle Clay's Queen City Chronicles. I'm sure you help out with Matt. You know you you you're a busy guy. You help out at all these championship tournaments. You work hard. I get it. You're busy. Budding relationship, I understand. Thanks, okay, I appreciate it. Eric, Before before you go to what's the film review for Friday, please remind us all in honor of my thirty plus year of hoping that Notre Dame football does not let me down and they inevitably will?

1:03:50 Uh? Or is it, in other words, to start a college football we will? I will be reviewing the Burt Reynolds Robert all Rich classic The Longest Yard. That's another film I've never seen, but you know I had never I've seen the read the Adam Sandl remake, yeah, but I've first seen the original until I watched it this weekend. Oh okay, well, very good. So yeah, it was a great film. I'd seen clips of it, but never the whole film. Yeah. Yeah, all right, Well, very good. While we look forward to that. You're a classic film review this Friday, The Longest Yard?

1:04:32 Very good? All right? Well, thank you. Eric. Always always a pleasure, my friend, no problem, Matt, always a pleasure to be on Texas. Mike can you do one thing to send me out. Ye huh had a boy Texas. Yeah, and I'm out as well. There's a social album for the debate. So oh okay, very good. All right, Mike, he's leaving us too, yep, all right, thanks mikey, you are welcome. And Mike all right, and thank you Eric, and we will well we look forward to your review on Friday. Absolutely, thanks Matt, all right, you got it, take care bye bye.

1:05:10 All right, very good. So whoa, everyone's leaving. So Eric Pilcher has left us and Texas Mike has left us, and I'm gonna leave you for a few minutes. We're gonna take a break. I'm gonna play this track is called Ventilator. This is from Brooks Young, who will be our musical guest tomorrow on the program. So I'm gonna play a little Brooks Young. I think he's uh. I think he's gonna come in and play live for us. But if not, I mean he's definitely coming in for an interview. I think I interviewed Brooks probably the first time I was talking about this yesterday.

1:05:41 Actually, I think like fifteen years ago. So I see pictures of him now and he has gray hair, and I'm like, whoa other than that, he looks exactly the same. But such a talented guy, very very talented, incredible guitar player. And he's gonna be I think Jenny mentioned yes today he's gonna be going on tour with George Thoroughgood, I think. So let's give this a listen. This is Ventilator from Brooks Young and then we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors and then we'll be back with the balance of our show and more Matt Conners and Unleashed coming right up.

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1:13:59 It's ridiculous for Trump and Biden to refuse to debate. Americans have questions that need their answers. Screw them both for refusing to show up. This is a job. Application to half asset should be automatic disqualification to be an eventual nominee. I agree in principle. Let's see. Oh, wonder Swede joins us in the Facebook live chat and is arguing with Jay fed Wonder Swede says, mister hashtag Jason Feederson, we didn't hack Isaac Banks. We are innocent. And there's more Jason for you corporation that we eat just good friends with Isaac Banks.

1:14:46 If you don't understand this, it's how they talk in Greensboro, North Carolina. You see us to you, Jason, our soul man, from us to you, mister Feederson. Oh, mister Fetterson. Wow.

1:15:03 Uh and there's more, Jason, we see we are not wondrous Swede. This is very confusing. Oh, our friend Eric Pilcher is on the phone line. Hello, Hey man, I know I was just one so sorry to call back in so soon. I just got a breaking news alert from the world of professional wrestling. Oh I saw that, actually, yes, but go ahead break the news. Hardcore wrestling legend Terry Funk has died. Yes, Terry Funk. I know he was ill for a while, so it's it's not you know, I'm not terribly surprised. Shock, No, not a shocking really poorly Yeah yeah, i'd seen video a number of months ago of someone who had gone to visit him, and uh, yeah, he looked he looked pretty rough.

1:15:58 But do we know the cause of death. I'm not yet. I believe he had some form of leukemia. Oh, I didn't realize I think. Oh I didn't know that. Yeah. I think he had like some form of cancer or some degenerative disease. It's one or the other. I think. Yeah, I thought he had something degenerative, but I didn't. I didn't know anything further than that. But I mean, you watch the matches he was in. Yeah, you can draw your own conclusions. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, he really mean. People say wrestling is fake.

1:16:42 Watch it hardcore Harry Funk match and come back to me, yeah and say the wrestling is fake. The guy was thrown on a flaming board of barbed wire with C fours under it. Yeah, oh yeah, how old was he? Seventy nine? Okay? I thought he was around eighty. Yeah, yeah, I mean he's probably honestly with with the abuse that he went through physically, he's probably fortunate to have made it as long as he did. To tell you the truth, Oh yeah, yeah, I just yeah, just there are there are some of his matches that I have not that I can't watch and make it all the way through.

1:17:28 His matches with Onita in FMW are just oh yeah, I can't watch that stuff either. Yeah. Blood baths, Yeah, I mean it's just like, ah yeah, I can't watch that. It's hard to watch. But then his stuff in easy W he did were amazing matches. His matches with Sabo, Shane Douglas stand man, you know, we're really good. Yeah. I mean he was a rare guy like mcfoley that could use violence to tell a story. Oh yeah, absolutely. By the way, Wonder Swade in the chat room says, oh god, we say that is so terrible.

1:18:14 Terry Funk passed away from us a wrestler. We say so. Greensboro, North Carolina, weighing in on the subject, Well, I mean Greensboro, North Carolina was a Terry Funk copbed. I mean for the I mean it's an NWA hotbed in that's where he got his star. Is the NWA Florida, so safe to say he probably had quite had many, many A matches in in North Carolina. Yes, oh, absolutely absolutely. Well that's very sad, but I do appreciate h I do appreciate you filling us in, Eric. Yeah, I just yeah. My cousin sent me a text.

1:19:00 My cousin Austin and told me, and I checked and I checked my phone and then I saw the breaking news alert from I have pro wrestling news alert turned on and I saw it and I was like, wow, wondrous Swede, says Eric of us. That is so true. Yeah, I mean you watch enough pro wrestling you learn these things. Yes, yes, yeah, all right, Eric, Well we appreciate the call. Thank you. Yep, sorry to interrupt, man, Oh not at all, not at all. All right, thank you, my friend, take care bye bye. Yeah, Terry funk.

1:19:42 Yeah. Like I said, it's not a not a big surprise. I know that he hadn't been doing well for at least a couple of years. And boy, boy, the the abuse the human body can only take so much. But that's terrible if you had something else going on on top on top of that. I know he had to have been in on payin and I think he was in a wheelchair towards the end, if I'm not mistaken, But anyway, well, rest in peace, Terry Funk, a true legend. Six zo three two five zero six zero seven is a number if you'd like to join us.

1:20:13 The studio line is open. Six zero three two five six zero seven. Wondrous Wade in the chat room also says, uh, this is regarding the manager and producer position from which Texas Mike had recently resigned from from new affirm or new New Force of the Spark, whatever it is, Wondrous way, it says well from us to say new Force of the Spark has a new manager producer is Dustin Blake. Hashtag Matt and hashtag jen n Dustin Blake. He beat me out. I was going to go for that, all right,

1:20:51 let's see, I wanted to just briefly and then of course it's a very big news day, but just briefly, just some thoughts on yesterday. If you missed yesterday's show, we had Mary Anne Williamson, a presidential candidate running as a Democrat, challenging Joe Biden, and uh, she was here with us on the show. She was with us for she got here a little late. They were running behind, but but she did make it and it was wonderful to get to talk with her and to meet her and very nice, by the way, very nice even you know, off Mike.

1:21:35 She's got a certain she's got a warmth about her. Really seems like a really nice person. And so I think we got about forty five minutes with her during the first hour, and I really enjoyed the discussion. And what I'm hoping is uh and I'm sure we'll be able to make this happen, and I don't see why not. I'd like to have her back on the show in the near future, and you know, obviously she'll be spending a lot of time here in New Hampshire. We do have the first in the nation primary. I think, I know the DNC was trying to take that away from us and give it to South Carolina.

1:22:12 But regardless, I'm sure we'll be seeing more of Mary Ann Williamson. And what I what I would like to do ideally is to is to have her on one day where we don't have anybody else and if she if she's able to give us the time, I'd like to And I've seen her do long form interviews on other programs, so I have to assume she would be amenable to it. I'd like to have her here for the full two hours and really kind of drill down on some subjects. Yesterday, really we just kind of we didn't really talk about any one issue for too long.

1:22:46 I wanted to kind of just get her on record in terms of her positions on a lot of different things, and really just kind of for the audience, who, you know, because she is a not to be disrespectful, but I think what you would consider a quote unquote fringe candidate in the sense that obviously she's not a threat. She's not a legitimate threat to the incumbent, who is President Joe Biden, in terms of the nomination, but but she is very interesting and she talks about a lot of issues that in ways that the president does not, and

1:23:21 I wanted to just kind of get her her positions on a lot of different things, so we kind of kept the conversation moving. She said some things that I agreed with and some things that I certainly did not agree with, But like I said, I didn't want to get stuck on any one thing because I wanted to try to get in. You know, we only had her for a limited time, but if we can in the future get her back for the full two hours, I would love to and I'm sure Jenny would like to do this as well, you know, get really in depth on some things and you know, try to focus maybe on I think the most interesting thing would be, and I would certainly to be the more intellectually stimulating thing would be to talk about some of the issues where we disagree.

1:24:04 And I've seen her go on on podcasts and really kind of debate people. I was watching her appearance on Bill Maher's podcast Club Random, and you know, they politically, they're they're kind of coming from the same place. But I think Bill Bill Maher's politics are probably a lot closer to mine, you know, in terms of being you know, sort of center left but also kind of libertarian in some ways. But but it was interesting the conversation between the two of them, in the way they interacted, and you know, I'd like to be able to do something like that with Mary Anne Williamson.

1:24:41 So I'm, like I said, I'm sure she'll be back. She seemed to enjoy the experience. She was she was very nice afterwards, and we took pictures with her, and it was a really enjoyed talking with her.

1:24:54 Like I said, you know, she said some things that I did not agree with from a policy standpoint, but I want to to get her opinions. But it's funny. There was one thing at the end, and I was watching the time because I knew she needed to be out of here at five pm, and we had other guests coming in in the second hour. Anyway, we had again if you miss yesterday's show, Cody Pope and Byron g were here in the second hour and they performed live for us, and it was just so good. Those guys just get better and better.

1:25:19 Love having them on. And I love the positivity too of what they're doing. Great stuff. But right at the it was at the end. I think it might have been. The last real political issue that we talked about was the debt limit, and when that came up, I had to and again I wasn't you know, I wasn't looking to get stuck on anything. I just kind of wanted to get her on the record about all these things. And it kind of gives us, assuming that she will come back, sort of gives us a jumping off point for when she does return, and we can get in deeper on some things.

1:25:56 But when the debt limit came up, I was I had to I had to push back on what she was saying. You know her position, And if you're a longtime listener of the show, you know I probably have talked about the debt ceiling, or the debt limit, or the fiscal cliff, whatever term you want to use, various terms. I probably talked about that issue specifically more than just about any other radio show. But when she said her position on that was that Biden should not have negotiated with Kevin McCarthy and negotiated with the Republicans and instead should have simply invoked the fourteenth Amendment to raise the debt limit unilaterally.

1:26:35 And I

1:26:38 think that's crazy. You know, I had to push back on that. I mean, I just think that that's that would have been such a dangerous move because we don't know if the fourteenth Amendment would have held up, how it would even be invoked. It had never been done before, and I thought that was much too dangerous. I did agree with her about she was talking about how Democrats are very often afraid to use their power, whereas Republicans can be quite ruthless, you know, As I like to say, Democrats will often bring a bring a knife to a gunfight, and if it's a knife fight, they'll bring a plastic spork.

1:27:15 So I mean, we had some agreement there. But then when she said she didn't think that Biden should have negotiated at all and simply invoked the fourteenth, that would have been so dangerous because all it would have taken was some judge to put an injunction on Biden's invocation of the fourteenth, and you know, we would have ended up in global economic catastrophe. So I had to I had to say something on that. Again, I didn't want to get into the weeds, and especially where it was almost the top of the hour at that point, but I had to say, well, Mary Ann, come on anyway.

1:27:48 I would love to talk with her more about that in the future. So I do hope she'll come back. But the other observation that I had, and I was thinking about this, it occurred to me while she was here, but it also I was thinking about it a lot today. I did listen back to most of it. I didn't get a chance to listen back to all of it, but I did listen back to most of it, and I was reflecting on a lot of what she talked about. And the thing that occurred to me is much of what she talks about when we're talking specifically about economic issues, she's actually expressing a lot of the same concerns that I hear from Republicans and Mary Ann Williamson obviously, I mean, she's certainly to the left of Biden.

1:28:34 I would put her more in the realm of Bernie Sanders, which I think she endorsed us. She wound up endorsing Bernie when she dropped out in twenty twenty. But what's interesting is so the through line here, though, is she's talking about things like she's talking about inflation, and you know, she's talking about the price of gas and the price of housing and whatnot, and she's talking about things that again these are these are also issues that Republicans express about the economy. But you don't hear the President and other mainstream Democrats and those who are going to support Biden no matter what.

1:29:16 Of course, even though polling data shows something like seventy percent of Democrats don't want Biden to run for reelection, they want somebody new again. It's it goes back to we talked about it in the first hour. But they, you know, they frame it as you know, Biden and others, they frame it as they're so confident in their framing of the economy and of the current economic picture. They even gave it. They call it Bidenomics, which is of course a play on what was Reaganomics in the eighties. And where they're coming from, and this is I want to be very careful about how I say that.

1:30:00 This is a nuanced point, and I don't want to be misunderstood on what I'm saying. But where they're coming from, they're not wrong when they say that overall, big picture, the fundamentals of the economy are strong. That is true. That is true. The economy is growing, it continues to grow. We have the lowest unemployment rate really in recorded history, the three and a half percent. We're still there, close to it. It's pretty remarkable. Labor participation is very high. We're doing very well. Overall, talk of recession, the inevitable recession has receded to the point where now I think the FED has a much rosier long term forecast, or at least a short term forecast and probably long term.

1:30:59 So they're right in the sense that, you know, the way the American economy rebounded post COVID has been really impressive. So they're not wrong when they say that the fundamentals of this economy are very strong, and there's even manufacturing is up. There are a lot of really good things going on in the economy. That is absolutely true, and they feel so confident in that message. Biden is actually calling it by denomics. I think that's a horrible mistake, but I'll come back to that. So they're right when they say that.

1:31:39 But then there's the other side to it, And the other side to that is, yes, the fundamentals are very strong, but one of the weaknesses is a huge weakness that is right in everybody's face every single day. That is inflation, which again is coming down progress, but still it's still too high and inflation you feel that every day. So, in other words, no matter how strong the fundamental the fundamentals of the economy are, and they are, I think economists generally agree, inflation is in your face every day.

1:32:20 It's in your face when you're buying gas, it's in your face when you're buying groceries, and it's in your face when you're paying your utility bills, you know, And that's real. And what I saw a pretty shocking number recently. It was something like seven hundred dollars. I don't remember the exact number in terms of what the average American household is paying more than they were a year ago just on living expenses. How much that has gone up. It's it's quite shocking. Actually, when you see it in real numbers, it's like wow.

1:32:56 So what mary Ann Williamson speaks to is, Okay, Biden's going to tell you all of this, but here's here's how Americans are struggling. And that actually is in line with what Republicans will say when Republicans will say, well, yeah, Biden says, Biden says, the economy is great, but what about this, this and this, Well that this, this and this is the same this, this, and this that Mary Ann Williamson was talking about yesterday. So it's interesting. There's sort of a it's an interesting through line.

1:33:31 Not that I'm saying that Republicans should support mary Ann Williamson. That's never gonna happen, because you know, you may have some agreement on what the problems are and what the weaknesses are outside of the Bidenomics narrative, right, But that doesn't mean you're going to ever agree on the solutions, and Mary Ann Williamson and Republicans are never going to agree on the solutions, but there is some common ground there in terms of identifying the problems. And I thought that was interesting and I was thinking about that yesterday as she was talking, but I also, again I was thinking about it more when I was listening back to it today.

1:34:11 It's like she's identifying things that Biden isn't going to talk about because politically Biden really can't afford to talk about them now. And just to kind of put a bow on that, because I do want to in the remaining minutes of today's show, I do want to look at Spen another blockbuster day in legal news. But I think, and I've said this on the show before, but I think the the Biden campaign has taken a horrendous risk with Bidenomics and putting a name on that is so bad what they should be doing.

1:34:50 And if you're a regular listener, you know I talk all the time on the show about how Democrats are horrible at messaging they're really bad at it, and what they should be doing is they should be out there again, I'm not I'm not talking about Maryanne because she's speaking on a different level. But I'm talking about the you know, the Biden and those who would support him, who continue to support him. What they should be out doing every day is talking about the good things in the economy, of which there are many.

1:35:21 There are many good things going on in the economy. You know, three and a half percent unemployment, it's pretty good. That's something to crow about. I think. Do I give credit? By the way, just to be clear though, because I'm consistent on this, do I give Biden credit for that? Absolutely? Not that. I don't give presidents credit or blame for how the economy is doing. Sorry, it's much more complex than that. I know people don't like that. People like to view the economy generally through only a partisan ideological lens.

1:35:54 I don't do that, So I'm not giving him credit. But I also understanding how the political game is played, you take credit where you can. What they should be doing, what the Democrats should be doing is out there pounding the table every day saying, look at this unemployment rate. This is incredible. Look at how manufacturing has grown. This is incredible. Look at this, look at this, look at this pointing out all the good things, but putting a label on it, putting a brand name to it, like calling it biodnomics.

1:36:25 To me, it's I know it's been a few weeks now since we've first heard that term, but to me, that is so risky and frankly stupid. It's it's actually shocking to me. I think it's a terrible misstep because, first of all, anyone who opposes you, all they have to do is say, well, what about inflation? Is that biden Anomics? I guess so. Well, what about the price of housing people can't afford rent? Is that bidenomics? That's something Mary Williamson talked about yesterday too. Is that bidenomics? I guess so.

1:37:04 People's electric bills have gone way up? Is that Bidenomics? I guess so. So by putting that name on it, he actually makes it easier for those who oppose him. We were going to make a different argument about the economy to attach negative things to that name bidonomics. And the other big problem is what if And again, there seems to be a lot of optimism that we, in fact, are going to be able to avoid a recession for at least a while and have what they call a soft landing as we continue to as the economy continues to evolve out of the pandemic.

1:37:47 But what if they're wrong, and what if the economy does tip into recession, and what if it happens during the campaign. Well, and he's already labeled he's already labeled the current American economy as the result of Bidenomics. Well, now that becomes an albatross. Oh, look, the economy is in recession. That's bydnomics. See it's such a bad idea. I still, I swear the first time I heard him say it, talking about biodynamics, I thought, this is, first of all, it's cringe, and second of all, what an unbelievable risk that is to take.

1:38:35 If you want to stand at that podium I don't remember where he was given a speech somewhere, if you want to stand at that podium and say, hey, we got some great stuff going on in this economy, and we do. We do have some very good things, are some very strong indicators in this economy, and this economy continues to expand and the job market continues to do very well. I mean, there's a lot to crow about there, if you want to crow about those things. And of course, you know, ignore the things you don't want to talk about because they're harmful to you.

1:39:07 Politically, that makes sense. But to but knowing knowing that you have critics who are mentioning the bad things obviously right because politically that's what they're going to do. And when you know that those bad things are valid because in many instances there are things that everyday Americans are feeling every day when they buy groceries, when they pay their utility bills, when they put gas in the car. Why would you want to put a label on that? I could see? I mean, if we had an economy like we had in the nineteen nineties, where we experienced during the Clinton administration the longest period of sustained economic growth in American history.

1:39:54 You know, if if Bill Clinton had wanted to call that Clinton nomics, I still would have found it cringe. But but but I could understand it. Right, But the risk, the risk of calling this by dynamics is quite perilous. If you want to get in with a very quick call. We have a few minutes left in today's show six ozho three two five zero six zero seven six zero three two five zero six zero seven. What's going on in the chat room now? Wondrous Wade says hashtag Jen. We are from Greensboro, North Carolina.

1:40:41 We are covering some soul for Real songs. I remember Soul for Real and us to you Jen Coffee Soul for Real as an R and B singing group. And Miriam asks Mariam Banish, wait, did someone say the name Dustin Blake? Because there was a young person in Manchester named Dustin Blake who passed away at age seventeen. If one of those Greensboro people said that they better have a good reason. Where did you get his name? There was a Dustin Blake? Huh? Interesting, wondrous way, it says hashtag Miriam. We say, from us, we said his name Dustin Blake.

1:41:18 He is from and lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Well, there certainly could be more than one person by that name, and he works at Libby Hill and now works at Jimmy John's Sandwich Place. From us to you, Miriam, Okay, let's see so again the debate is tonight? Really looking forward to that. I don't have any particular predictions. I think these I think the participants. Oh you know what did surprise me though, So I didn't realize that congressman from Texas, former Congressman Will Heard, I didn't realize that he didn't qualify for tonight's debate.

1:41:59 Now he says he should have qualified, but but they're ignoring some of his numbers or something. He said he qualified in terms of donations. But uh, but he has been shut out. And then I know there was a question about whether Doug Bergham was going to be able to make it. So we'll see, we'll see who's there and who's not. I mean, we know who will be there, of course, Chris Christie, Randa Santists, Tim Scott, Nikki Hayley, Mike Pence. I'm sure I'm forgetting people. Oh, Vivek Rama Swamy. It will be interesting to see if if De Santists does go after Vivek, or if Vek goes after De Santis.

1:42:42 There was a rumor that part of the reason that Vvek Ramaswamy was running was specifically to take down to Santis, that he was chosen by people to do that. I don't know,

1:42:59 but I want, Oh, let's look at this just quickly and then we gotta go. We're almost out of show. But yeah, I don't forget the Republican debates tonight. I'm sure we'll talk about it tomorrow. Media reports breaking news. Mug shots of Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis released after Trump lawyer's a surrender in Georgia. Let's see, I'm looking at Giuliani's mug shot. He looks like he looks determined, like he's like, yeah, I'm still America's mayor. Let's see Sidney Powell. Wow,

1:43:41 she's got the crazy eyes. And Jenna Ellis, she's got a huge smile. She's very happy to be there. Unless wait to have Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis mixed up. I don't know. One of them's got the crazy eyes and the other one has a big smile. That the big smile makes her look not crazy, it says here. According to Ammas NBC, Giuliani has retained John Esposito as his lawyer and local counsel Brian TeVeS. It has been widely reported that Giuliani is going through serious financial troubles related to his legal bills.

1:44:16 Yeah, Trump still owes him a ton of money. Giuliani, a top advisor and lawyer to former President Donald Trump, defended himself to the press before boarding the plane that took him from his home in New York City to Georgia, saying, quote, I am fighting for justice. I've been from the first moment I represented Donald Trump. And as a man who has now been proven innocent several times unquote, yes, boy, he's got to go through his I mean, he's presumed innocent until proven guilty. He's got you know, I don't know.

1:44:49 He might wind up at the end being proven innocent several times, but he's got to have his trials first. By the way, Giuliani, interestingly, so he's been talking about how or it's and widely reported he cannot afford. He's having difficulty of finding lawyers to represent him. Apparently he did find a couple. Because he has a ton of legal debt. He's in a terrible position. He's got all this legal debt. He owes money to so many lawyers whom he hasn't paid. Meanwhile, Trump never paid him because Trump treats all of his lawyers like the buye here pay here.

1:45:21 Lawyers you see on TV, you know, the the ambulance chasing injury attorneys who tell you, you know, you don't pay us if we don't win or something. And you know, I don't know Jim sokolof those guys. So, but that's why Giuliani's six million dollar apartment in New York is apparently on up for sale. Oh but Giuliani was dropped off. He flew in on a private jet. I don't know who paid for the private jet, but that's how he got to the jail. I guess if you're on your way to the who'scal that's a nice way to go, it says your.

1:45:57 Other defendants from Trump's legal team turned themselves in on Wednesday, including Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell. Their mug shots were also released. Trump is expected to turn himself in and of his mug shot taken tomorrow, with a bail agreement of two hundred thousand dollars. Fulton County District Attorney Fini Willis gave Trump and his eighteen co defendants a deadline of August twenty five to turn themselves into the Fulton County jail, already booked an out on bail are trump lawyer John Eastman and Scott Hall, another one of the eighteen co defendants, who is also a bail bondsman.

1:46:35 Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, tried to delay his surrender but failed. Ellis and Kenneth Cheesebro, who was allegedly responsible for the facal Actors scheme, are also both out on bail after one hundred thousand dollars bond agreements. Trump and his co defendants have been charged with allegedly hatching a scheme to overturn Georgia's twenty twenty action. All right, we've got to go. Oh, Jenny just posted a link in the chat room. Here are a bunch of mug shots. L ol. Well, tomorrow we'll get to see uh, we'll get to see Trump's.

1:47:15 But he you know, I'm sure he won't mind having his mug shot taken because he'll monetize it. He'll have it put on T shirts and then MAGA people will buy the T shirts and to donate money to his campaign. It'll be great. All right, We are out of time, my friends. If you missed any part of today's show it we'll be up in just a little bit at WMACH radio dot org and at my website Matt Connerton dot com. Thank you again, of course, Eric Pilcher for joining us in the first hour as he does every Wednesday, and Texas Mike.

1:47:44 That was a nice surprise. Good to see him. I don't forget. Tomorrow on the show, our musical guest is the great Brooks Young. He's gonna come in and join us live in studio, and I haven't seen Brooks in quite a few years, so this will be This will be wonderful and I'm really looking forward to that. And in fact, we will leave you with another one of his songs to play us out. This is called Same Old Blues, and that's going to do it for us for now. Don't forget to open Mike tonight at the Hopknot, and we'll talk to y'all a little bit later.

1:48:11 By everybody,