[rock music] If you snore when you sleep, you should go see a sleep doctor. You might have some issues going on, all right? So get those things checked out. They might be able to do some things to help you. Me, I need to use a CPAP machine. So when I fall asleep in the recliner, sometimes it's not good. And I know it's not good 'cause I'll have these dreams where, no matter what I'm up to in the dreams, I'm walking around and I can't breathe. I'm like trying to take a breath but I can only kinda take half a breath. So I'm trying to take a deep breath but it, like, it's stuck. It's horrifying, all right? And I don't remember specifically what happened in that dream, other than
it was one of these dreams where... And I don't know why I've been having these a lot recently, but dreams where I have to move into some cruddy place in some, like, terrible town, and I'm not happy about it. And, you know, the- the- the place is all sketchy. There'd be, like, you know, spiders and crap, and it's all run-down and gloomy. And so I'm already, you know, down in the dream 'cause it's like, "Why? Why? Why am I in this situation?" But then you- you put on top of that
just trying to breathe in the dream. And you just can't. You just can't take a deep breath. And it's like, "Do I need to go to the hospital? What's happening to me?" So after I have these kind of dreams, when I finally wake up, I'm like just riddled with anxiety. So I wake up at about 8:30 last night, which is my normal, if I'm smart, my normal bedtime. You know, try to be actually asleep by 9:00. It's almost impossible. But I wake up and I'm like, "Okay, I should try to do some chores. No! I'm too anxiety-ridden. I have gotta go put the CPAP on and just pump myself full of air." So, I go lay back down. Bam! [claps hands] Out again. Then, you know, my- my girlfriend woke me up later when she got home from work, hung out for a few. Back to bed, get more sleep, and then the dreams got real wacky, real crazy. Now, I could breathe. I was doing good. And I think, [laughs] you know, that- that leads to some of the crazier dreams. In this dream, I was in some kind of a futuristic version of Seattle, all right? And I'm hanging out with a variety of friends and my girlfriend. I don't remember what friends. I do remember that Brad Royal was there, which was weird. Brad Royal was there. No Jade. So the only people I remember, Jay, uh, you know, Becca and Brad Royal.
Now, in this futuristic version of Seattle, I don't know if it was because I watched a short documentary about the city, Chongqing, I think is how you say it, in, uh, China. It's the biggest city in the world. Like 35 million people live there. And, you know, they're, they ran out of space to move outward so they've just started building upward. So there could be like roads on top of, like, buildings and stuff. So this is kinda what that futuristic version of Seattle was like. And for some reason, to get around in this city, they had these very dangerous rides that you had... If you were on foot, you had to, you know, use these dangerous rides to be able to get to different areas of, you know, like downtown. And what was strange is it felt like I'd been here before. Like, I'm sure you have dreams like that, where you're visiting a place you've been to before. So for example, one of the rides I describe it as like the sketchiest Ferris wheel of all time.
You know, no- no seat, no bar. There's just like a, and I- I wanna say it was like a hay bale. I know I said this is a futuristic city but for whatever reason, the rides that got you where you needed to be,
sketch, super sketch. So, you know, I- you- you'd stand on this hay bale and take a giant Ferris wheel, and you just have to kinda hold on to get lifted up to the next level of the city. And, you know, I'm wandering through this, like... Uh, I guess it would be sort of like a shopping mall. This is where it feels like I had been here before, 'cause, you know, there was like this big bookstore. Of course, I'd dream of a bookstore. Go through that, and then
in the dream, there was some kind of a weird drug epidemic going on. And these sketchy dudes, like, forcefully made me take some kind of a weird drug, and none of my friends knew that this had happened to me. And also I just remembered in the dream, for some reason, I had to start school that day. It was the first day of school
[laughs] and, you know, the- the night before we decide let's, you know, go out on the town. So these dudes, they forcefully give me this futuristic, you know, drug thing, and then I just start seeing things that aren't there. Like, at one point, back at the, uh... I guess I was in another sketchy house in this dream. I don't... I must be really worried
subconsciously about, like, losing everything I have or something. So I'm back at this sketch house and I open this door, and there's all these animals in it.[heavy metal music] You know, there's like little tiny, uh, cows and little tiny horses and cats and dogs and wild animals. And I'm like, "Who- [cow mooing] Who unleashed this zoo in this room?" And everybody is like, "What are you talking about? There's nothing in there." And I wish I could remember some of the other, like, crazy things that I was seeing that nobody else was, but they were terrifying. It was, uh, just nightmares from like 5:00 PM yesterday till I woke up this morning. So, I'm like hitting snooze. [heavy metal music] I- I don't think I ultimately slept very well, [laughs] but I did not want to get out of bed today. And
yeah, dreams are freaking weird, freaking weird. But, oh, I wish I could remember some of the hallucinations 'cause they were crazy. It'd be like my hands turned into snakes and stuff. Oh, it was awful. It was awful. [heavy metal music] Anyway, that was my last 12 hours or so. Hope yours was better than mine. And the frustrating thing about it is it was pretty much all sleeping, and I'm still tired. So hopefully tonight I can sleep better. [laughs] But I also... uh, you know, you get mad at yourself 'cause I accomplished nothing at home, absolutely nothing. And that's annoying as well, so
had to, like, do laundry this morning before I left 'cause I felt like an idiot for not getting any of that done yesterday. And now I'm gonna start digging into news and seeing what kind of stories I could find for you
and, uh, just try to shake off the- uh, the nightmarish scenarios that, uh, are floating through my mind that, uh, kept me from sleeping well. Hope you slept good. All right, we're gonna take a quick break, then I'll be back, and we'll get into other topics and such. Okay? [rock music] Ugh, so glad it's Thursday. Bring on this weekend, jeez. Anyway, I probably made myself a little bit grouchy 'cause I came across another one of these threads about, "Hey, old people, 'member, 'member?" And this one started off, "People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you have that no one uses anymore?" And it's like, jeez,
we're asking people before 2000 questions now? Like, if you were born before 2000, you're from back in the day? I'm born a- almost two decades before that. Jeez. Well, let's see if I have these same trivial skills. Some of you may as well. How about remembering landline phone numbers? I struggle to remember, like, the people I call the most's phone numbers. Even my own children's numbers, I should have those locked into my head, right? I know they're two numbers. I just can't remember which one's [laughs] which half the time. Was filling out some, uh, you know, insurance paperwork yesterday. You know, good old open enrollment, and it's asking for phone numbers. I'm like, "Oh, which one's which?" I had to look it up in my phone. Like, dude, you suck. Bad dad. At least I know the numbers. You know, it's a 50-50 shot if I had to call them. You know, I might get the wrong one, and then I'd- I'd know their voice. I'd be like, "Hey, what's going on?" And then figure out a way to, you know, make up an excuse for the call if I was calling the wrong kid. Okay. Anyway, yeah, I- I bet I have, like this person, about, uh, you know, maybe a half a dozen landline numbers from way back in the day just stuck in my head. As for newer phone numbers, like, you know, say, Peach's phone number. I have no idea what Peach's phone number is. One, it's a California number, so that throws it off immediately. But, like, I think I know Jade's number, but I might mix it up with my friend Joe's number. Um, RIP to Joe. Missing you. Because they start with the same three numbers, and they're the only two... well, actually, I think my brother's number starts with that too. Do I know my brother's number? I don't know if I do. Okay. Anyway, let's see. "Cleaning mouse balls when the mouse gets slow and sticky." Some of you might be like, "Cleaning mouse balls? What are you talking about?" No, computer mice, they used to have a ball inside of them, and it would get all, like, gunked up with dust and grime, and you'd have to take that out. And then there was this little wheel on the inside that would also get all gunked up, and you'd have to, like, scrape the- the buildup off of it or your mouse would work like crap. Yeah, definitely enjoy the computer mice we have nowaday. [laughs] It's so much better. Let's see. "I can make a book cover out of a brown paper bag to protect a textbook." Kids probably don't even have textbooks anymore, do they? I mean, th- the... why? Why have it when all kids get, you know, a laptop or tablet, and you put the digital version on there? That probably saves schools a bunch of money 'cause every year, they'd have to buy new textbooks. Um, I don't remember how to make a book cover out of a brown paper bag, but I could figure it out, all right? It's not that hard. [laughs] I don't think that's a skill that only people before 2000 could manage to have. Let's see. "Everyone talking about reading a map is correct, but folding the map back is the real talent." Ah, if you can't fold a map back up, you're dumb. [laughs] But reading a map, I'm- I'm kind of glad we don't have to do that anymore. I remember when MapQuest came along, and you could print off directions, you know, on pieces of paper and-[rock music] Sometimes they were wrong, but it was better than nothing. Yeah, y- you should probably know how to read a map because whenever, uh, whenever the world shuts down, you're g- you're gonna need to know how to escape and GPS ain't gonna be working. Ah. And also, GPS still ain't perfect. I've had issues with it recently. Was trying to get to an Airbnb in Missoula. Fail. I had to bust out the Google Map, zoom way in. I mean, I was still using a digital version, and zoom way in and just kinda figure it out. So, luckily, I had those old school map skills, but also I was an idiot because if I had read the messages I got from the Airbnb, um, owner, I would have had no problem finding the place. I'm just dumb. Oh, this person, "I can develop film." Oh, good for you. Never learned that one. Let's see. What? "I had a professor in college show us how to fold a newspaper so you can read it on the subway one-handed." Well, thankfully, never had to deal with the subway and I would think you could figure that out for yourself. All right, somebody in charge of the text or, uh, the projection booth, the movie theater. Most people didn't know how to do that. T9 texting. Yeah, you kids don't know how good you got it now with full-fledged keyboards. Back in the day, you had to use the numbered buttons on your phone and say... You know, if you wanted to make the letter B, you had to push two two times, then, you know, you move to the next one. And it took forever to text. It sucked. And he also got charged for each individual text. Like, texting, i- it pretty much sucked back in the day. You'd still try to call people as often as possible. Oh, we got somebody calling. They got an old school skill. All right, let's see what we got here. K-Bear, you are live on the show. Keep that in mind. Who's this?
Hello. This is JD. Good morning.
JD! A guy who's definitely got some old school skills.
Yeah. Uh, I know how to get up in the morning and go to work and have a real job.
All right. Oh, oh, so are you calling out the young people? [laughs]
Well, yeah, kinda. You know, kinda.
See-
A little bit
... I've, I've had people tell me that I don't have a real job and, uh-
But you do have a real job every day and you're there longer than you should be most of the time.
I... Dude, I... It is a real job. A lot of people don't realize, like, yesterday I was so mentally exhausted at the end of the day 'cause I was dealing with, you know, country music. I also, it's, it's that time of year, gotta get Classy ready for Christmas music. Then we were-
Oh, man.
So, I... We were diving into Christmas music. I was dealing with the regular Classy music. Peaches is badgering me about Jinx Show Music and I'm doing all my-
That's 'cause Peaches don't know what a real job is.
Peaches don't know what a real job is! [laughs]
One of them youngsters that think that real jobs, uh, are sitting around on your phone playing all day.
Well, some people manage to get paid to do that, so I guess if-
I know.
I wish I could do that, you know? I, I... That's just part of my job is I gotta make some stupid posts about this and that. Uh, Peaches was making ridiculous AI videos all day yesterday and they were really funny, and he's like, "Come on, dude. Get on it." I'm like, "Dude, I'm, I'm in Christmas mode here, bro. I ain't got time-"
[laughs]
"... to be making AI videos. I'm listening to-"
Right?
"I'm listening to the latest from whoever and deciding are we gonna play this crap on Classy Christmas, which will launch before we know it." [laughs]
Exactly. Exactly.
Yeah.
Most people don't have to deal with Christmas music in October, you know?
Uh, I, I, I feel bad for you too because I don't like to deal with Christmas music any time of the year.
Well, and I'm gonna play a Christmas song in a minute on K-Bear 'cause I don't give a crap.
No, you're not.
I am.
Don't do it.
I am. It's-
Don't do it.
I'm gonna do it. It's a Christmas song that came out today and I'm gonna play it.
Oh, my gosh.
I could play-
Really?
Oh, dude, I'm gonna play two Christmas songs soon.
You're, you're gonna push us all over the edge too early.
[laughs] I'm a maniac. I'm gonna play two Christmas songs-
Oh, my God
... on the Morning Show today, and they're both brand new.
You want-
And they're rock-
Do you want me to bring you your low fat, um, goat milk pumpkin latte to ya?
[laughs]
Pumpkin spiced latte to ya now?
Oh, that's too... That's like having dessert for breakfast. I don't know if I can hang with that. I'm, uh, it's too, too early. I m- I need to slim down, JD. That's a lot of sugar.
Oh, yeah, well, to heck with slimming down. We got Thanksgiving coming. Yay!
That's true. That's gonna be here before we know it. And JD, you can't slim down 'cause you are K-Bear's Santa Claus, so it would be-
I know.
It'd be improper.
I know, I know,
I know.
[laughs]
I know. I'll, I'll, I'll grow back some f- facial hair this chi- for ya.
All right, man. Yeah.
I guess.
You know, I started saying, "I'm gonna play two Christmas songs." Now every phone line's lit up with people probably wanting to yell at me. [laughs]
It's my, it's my fault. Th- Actually, they're just gonna say, "That old, that old fat guy don't know what he's talking about. We all have real jobs."
[laughs] That's true. It might be young people like, "Hey, I make a lot of money as a TikTok influencer."
A- an influencer.
[laughs]
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's short-lived though, I'm sure.
I don't know. I think Dogface is probably still doing pretty well. He seems like, uh, he's, you know, pushing products online and things like that. Anybody want me to push a product-
Yeah
... call me up. I'll post about it on my social.
I want, uh ... I want you to push me an old AC/DC song. That's all I want.
All right. I could do that for you.
Yeah.
How about Mistress for Christmas? [laughs]
That sounds excellent.
Now you're gonna get- [laughs]
That's excellent. How- ho- hold on, how about Night Crawler, Night Prowler for Halloween?
All right. Now, Night Prowler is in our Halloween, Rockin' Halloween playlist, so I, I could probably get that going for you.
There you go. All right.
After the Christmas songs.
All right, well... All right. You have a great day then-
You too, JD
... after the Christmas songs.
[laughs]
All right, bye.
See ya. K-Bear, you are live on the show. Please keep that in mind. Who's this?
This is Tabitha.
Tabitha, what's up? What's on your mind?
So here's the issue. So you know what people don't do anymore? Especially kids? They don't go outside and play. Just wanna stay in their room.
Yeah. I, I mean,
I guess my kids are so old that, uh, I, I don't tend to, uh, you know, get a lot of experience with what, uh, kids are doing nowadays. Uh, the kids that I see around, they're out, they're getting out and playing, but I, I don't think it's quite as free as when we were kids. We'd just wander off, you know?
I know. We... I used to get locked out all day.
[laughs] "Go outside so mom can have a nap!" [laughs]
Yes, absolutely. And you know what they don't teach kids in school anymore? Handwriting.
Well-
It's big deal.
Like, are you talking cursive or regular?
Yes. Like, cursive handwriting.
But is it necessary?
Yes, it is, 'cause how you gonna sign a contract?
Well, hopefully you could learn to sign your own name. But, I mean, my signature, if, if you ever see it, it's just a pattern. It's not, you know, I, I don't spell my name out. It's just a, a cr-
I don't either.
I-
I just, like, draw lines. [laughs]
Uh, yeah, I do it like a doctor. I've just got a certain pattern I do, and it's like, "That's my signature." [laughs]
Yes, 100%. Anyway, also, would you play a song for me since it's Halloween, not Christmas?
Uh, I'm only playing Christmas song... No, I, I could probably play you a song. What do you wanna hear?
Okay. I was thinking Misfits, I Want Your Skull.
I Want Your Skull? Yeah, I could play, uh, I could play Skulls, for sure.
Yes, that'd be awesome.
All right, good-
Hey, you guys have a safe and a wonderful day.
You as well. Good to hear from you, and, uh, thanks for listening.
All right, bye.
Bye. All right. You know, I'm probably gonna have to get to the Halloween songs first, because I've gotta get the Christmas songs in the system. So those of you who are really excited to hear the two new Christmas songs I'm gonna play today, you're gonna have to wait just a little bit. But I, I'll get them all prepared. You know, I'm not gonna let you down. I made a promise to play two Christmas songs in a row that are brand new, so I, I'll do it soon. But we're, we're probably gonna have to get into some, some Night Prowler and Skulls first, after the break. [energetic music] So throughout the show so far this morning, you know, we were talking about skills that people born before 2000 have that are useless nowadays, and it, it kinda delved into modern technology and things like that. And I, I didn't even catch the listener's name who called to talk with me about, you know, things we did back in the day in school and things like that that led to a discussion about AI. But I wanna go ahead and air that call for you. I missed the very beginning of it in my, uh, phone recorder. But let, let's, let's dig into this, 'cause, uh, I thought it was an interesting conversation.
Remember working on the Macs when I was in, you know, first grade, and taking the tests on there? But I also remember doing the old-school video, or, uh, phone w- at my grandma's house, where you had a ro- rotary phone, the duh-duh-duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh-duh.
Oh,
yeah.
Yeah, I remember all, all of that. Only thing I'm worried about is, like, uh, the gentleman who called earlier, where he's like, "They're sitting on their phones all day." Um, yes, kids do sit on their phones a lot, but like you were saying, they can make a lot of money off that. What I'm worried about is in the next five to 10 years, a lot of jobs are going to be automated. I hear people complain about not being able to order at the cash register at a restaurant. That's all gonna be automated. There's not even gonna be people working back there except for one or two. It's gonna be robots making your food. It's going to be just press the button, here it goes, have a couple of people, you know, refill the system. Most things are going to be automated. Like, if you aren't aware of that, your job's going to be gone. It's going to be a few things, like radio show hosts, your bartender, the things where people wanna talk to people that are going to be left over. Your day-in, Monday jobs are gone.
A l- a lot of radio hosts have already been replaced by AI voices, you know. Um, luckily, where we're, you know, working here, you know, management sees a value in, you know, real people and the real experiences we can bring, and they let us actually talk. But those stations where they don't let the DJs really talk, you know, it's jump on real quick, say some... You know, here, give out a sponsor mention, or mention a contest, uh, or, you know, just give a quick quip about a song. Um, those stations, they're wiping out DJs left and right, so...
Yeah, and it's wild. I mean, even if you look up guys that don't have big followings, like, uh, JD's Electric, uh, like, YouTube channel, those are two AIs just talking back and forth. If you didn't know they were AIs, you couldn't tell the difference. It's just two AIs talking back and forth, having a conversation, laughing. Like, it is very good. They interrupt each other, they go back on previous conversations. And that's all just using basic Google AI.
Oh, yeah. I mean, um, I use ChatGPT for a few things, I've mentioned it on the show, like, um, recapping. You know, like, I'll dump in a transcript of my show and have it do a recap. Uh, but it remembers everything that I've done before, so if, if I'm like, "Hey, can you, you know, come up with some, uh, keywords for search engine optimization?" You know, after I ask it for a transcript, it's like, "Hey, do you want me to get the keywords like last time, or you want me to try to come up with some, you know, wacky titles for the show?" [air whooshing] And it, it remembers-
Well-
... everything. It remembers how to spell my name properly, remembers how to spell Lieutenant Crane's name properly. It, it's pretty crazy.
... oh, I mean, especially if you're using a personalized in-house network AI. Like you have it completely doctored to you. Like I know, especially with, uh, working in doctor's offices that, that is something that is very like important. It, it is something that you have to take security on. Those are patients' info. That is something that AI can use. Like we can have the AI hook up to a medical file and be like, "Okay. Over the past course of years, what is this person's name? What is maybe some causation? What it may be a possibility of what's going to happen?" But if somehow someone hopped in to say, a network, that's, that's a problem. That's problematic. So having an in-house AI is very important and once you have that, they become very specific, very tailored, and very good at what they do.
Oh, absolutely. Yeah, it's gonna be really weird to see how this all plays out in the fut- 'Cause people need jobs. You know, people need jobs and the sheer number of jobs that have the potential of being, you know, uh, eliminated because of AI does make it really scary for people, you know, for long term employment, um, 'cause it... I mean, it's so many different industries. It's, uh, definitely, definitely kind of frightening.
Oh yeah, for sure. They're going to have to learn a different skill. Like-
Yeah
... being on your phone all day and using a laptop, like it is something that is going to be have to learn that the previous generation
doesn't quite maybe like comprehend that this new generation, i- it's gonna be second nature. They're not gonna know a world without being able to tell an AI to do something.
Yep.
It is going to be automatic. Just like me, I don't know a world without a computer. Like I remember getting the first computer in first grade and just using it my entire life. Like I have never not been able to ask a question that I can just Google search. Yes, there are still questions that I talk to professors about that there aren't answers for, but that's more mi- macroscopic and microscopic, universal particles. Like we're still doing cutting edge research on that which AI again, is breaking down pretty quickly, a lot faster in advancement than, than humans have done.
Oh absolutely, man. So we're, we're entering into some really interesting times. Uh, I don't even really know what to think about it. [laughs] 'Cause it's start-
Like I'm excited.
When you start thinking deep about it, it starts hurting your brain. [laughs]
Oh, for sure. I'm excited. I'm just here for along for the ride. It just got me worried him just like, "Oh, it, it, it, they're spending all..." It's, it's like, dude, I'm worried for you. Like legitimately like if you don't have these skills in the next five to 10 years, your job probably isn't gonna exist.
Oh yeah, that's why I, I, you know, do everything I can at this point to, you know, learn how to integrate some of the AI technology into what I do just to, uh, you know, be able to accomplish more in a short period of time. But-
Oh yes. Just stay relevant
... I mean, there, there's gonna reach a point where a lot of the other things I do, you know, behind the scenes, music research for example, um, you know, that, that'll be able to... I'll just be able to punch in, you know, some questions and bam, it'll know exactly what type of information I prefer and just break it down for me based on, you know, its interactions with me that it's built up over time.
100%. It's exciting. I appreciate still being able to have a real conversation. So as long as you're on air, man, I'll be able to talk to you.
Well, hopefully they don't automate me soon, uh, 'cause I'm sure we're gonna have, uh, AI radio people that you're able to talk to and will interact with you- [laughs]
[laughs]
... uh, in, in no time at all.
Well, who is it? It's gonna, it's gonna have to be, I mean, video. I mean, even then video podcasts, those are getting AI. Man, it's gonna be hard to be able to tell the difference here soon.
Oh, it's already getting to that point. I mean, I've seen some AI video that I couldn't tell it was fake.
Right.
You know?
Right, for sure.
If I had to... You know if I didn't know it wasn't real, there's no way I'd be able to tell it was fake. Some of it, you know, when it's over the top and ridiculous, it's obvious but, um, some of the others I've seen, like these videos of people being interviewed at, uh, car shows and things like that. I mean, y- you'd have no clue it was AI.
Right. Well-
Pretty, pretty wild
... appreciate the conversation, brother. You enjoy the rest of your day. Keep, keep going on.
Hey man, appreciate it. Hope you have a good one as well.
Right.
Right on, peace. All right. Good chat. Good chat, whoever you were. Really appreciate those kind of calls. So, and uh, I got some stuff I gotta get done. I gotta dig up some freak news for you. I gotta get those Christmas songs in the system 'cause I promised like a half hour ago that I would play two Christmas songs in a row and I haven't even played one of them, but we'll get to that, all right? Two brand spanking new Christmas songs for you 'cause I don't give a crap. And that might be scary. You know, Christmas songs in October might be scary. I had to put up with it yesterday, so I think you should have to put up with it as well. But also these are brand new, and I think from artists that m- m- most of you like. We'll see. [instrumental music] Holy crap, I feel like it's a tornado in the studio today, just chaotic. Probably just need more sleep. That's how it goes. [rock music] All right, let's dig into some freak news here.
Nearly 70% of US adults meet new definition of obesity, study finds. I think I mentioned this the other day. I was talking to my friend Terry from Boise called me outta nowhere. You know, he's, uh, two years sober. Good job, Terry. Awesome. Uh, but he lost all this weight and he was like, "Yeah." Everybody's like, "Dude, you're so skinny." He's like, "But if you look at the body mass index, you know, for a guy my height, blah, blah, blah." You know, "I was, I was obese." I'm like, "Dude, we're like the same height."[instrumental music] Oh, good for you. Ugh, I know, I need to slim it down a bit.
Probably need to get back to doing that, uh, one meal a day. Yeah. No, I don't know, that wasn't very great.
It was just, uh, living by myself, taking naps in the chair. It's one way to avoid food. You know? I was slimming down [laughs]. All right. Anyway, there's a fun factoid for you to, to start the day today.
Okay. Some employers are handing out down payments for homes. Who are they? [laughs] Hold on. I gotta find out here. Let's see. San Mateo County social worker, Aldo Quintero and his wife, Liza work in government jobs, but I guess to get a home where they live, it was outta reach. Oh, and then what? Now, I have to subscribe to read the rest? Yeah. Oh, you wanna find out what employers will buy a down payment on your home? Pay The Virginia Pilot. Pay for a subscription. Sorry, I was hoping I could help you find a job where your employer might help out with getting a down payment on a home in the current market where everything is completely outrageous, but The Virginia Pilot
gotta gets theirs first [laughs]. I almost made a quote from South Park that would have been completely inappropriate for the radio. There was a recent episode with, uh, Mr. Garrison trying to make some extra money in these trying times, and he had a, a really good quote. Oh, yeah, there was a new South Park last night finally.
Um, hopefully I can watch that, uh, sometime soon. I don't know. I don't... I don't wanna watch it by myself. Okay. Anyway, let's move along from that. Over 50% of the internet is now AI slop according to new data. Here's the problem. A lot of people don't like AI slop, but a lot of people do like it. Did you see Peaches' AI slop video yesterday? About Peach Fest? I mean, it was ridiculous content and creepy as well, I gotta say. AI Peaches, very unsettling. But a lot of people like that video. It was funny. It was strange. It was creepy and unsettling, and it got a lot of likes. If I get the time today, which
is probably unlikely, I'll probably start playing around with that app myself and making some ridiculous Victor Wilte eye content, but, uh, I don't- I'm, I'm very busy. Look, I haven't even been able to get two Christmas songs in the system yet today. Promise you, I'm gonna play two Christmas songs in a row, and I haven't even been able to get around to that and I started talking about that over an hour ago.
Let's see. If you're in court, you probably shouldn't call the judge names. Um, I can't tell you the quote somebody said, but, uh, [laughs] it didn't work out good for 'em. Be nice to the judge. I wish I could say it [laughs]. I can only imagine if I busted out that particular combination of words on air. Whoo! Yikes! All right. Let's see here.
I thought I had something else. A, a few different things. Oh, Fox co-host briskly tries to change the subject after Jesse Watters says Jennifer Aniston used to be "much better looking." What's wrong with these dudes? Who are these idiots? You know? Is, is Jesse Watters married? Because it's not the first time he's just said something derogatory about women and... You know, these are the type of guys who influence, you know, stupid young men
and lead to them talking about the loneliness epidemic and not being able to get a girlfriend. All right? Hate to break it to you dudes, but
if you're following the, the manosphere influencers, the manfluencers, you ain't gonna get anywhere with ladies with their advice. Okay? You gotta be good to 'em. All right? Sometimes, the old... Well, and funny 'cause these are the guys who wanna go back to the 1950s, you know? But back then, you know, you had to do some nice things for your lady, right? I would hope so. You know? Certainly if you're posting a bunch of derogatory crap online, you're not impressing the ladies, dudes. All right? I'm not gonna give out a, a big pile of advice on tips and tricks to, you know, woo the woman of your dreams, but I'd say at bare minimum, not being, uh, chauvinistic and maybe being nice and complimentary, that'll go a long way. Jesse Watters is a turd. I, I... And it's funny 'cause he, he's supposed to be a news guy. What does his opinion on Jennifer Aniston's appearance have to do with anything relating to the news? That guy sucks. You just see his stupid face. Have, have you ever seen his face?
Yeah. I see his face and I'm just like, "Ah, shut up," even before I hear him speak. Man, he sucks. Let's see. Oh, I think he's divorced. No, maybe, maybe he is married. You know? [laughs] Feel sorry for that woman. Geez. Or, he could just be being a character on TV. You know, he's like, "I'm sorry [laughs] that I said those things, you know? It's what I have to do in the current, you know, state of the world to keep my job." Nah, you're a loser.All right, I'm gonna work on getting those Christmas songs in the system. We are gonna celebrate Christmas today 'cause that's a scary thing to do during the Halloween season. Two brand-new Christmas songs back-to-back at some point on this show. It's just been busy here today. I don't know what to say. [instrumental music plays] Welcome to the program, Peaches.
What's happening?
Well, you know, just... it's been slammed on the show today. I'm getting lots of calls. Uh, I was gonna play the callback of the guy I just chatted with about the news, uh, but he used some naughty language and I didn't have time to edit his call. But, you know, we just kinda were talking about how all news is biased in this day and age. It's all entertainment, it's not just the news. And, you know, he and I disagree politically, but we certainly come to the agreement that news is trash now. You know? And they just repeat the same things over and over, bashing them into people's heads. You know, they withhold information that they know their viewers aren't going to like, and i- it just sucks. It just sucks. You know, 'cause I, I was talking about, uh, Fox News host, Jesse Watters. He was, uh, criticizing, uh, Jennifer Aniston's appearance, and it's like, how, how is that news? And also, what a, what a garbage turd of a man.
[laughs] Yeah.
You know? Like, dude, set an example for other men for how to treat women. Stop being a loser. So, anyway...
Yeah!
Yeah, see? Katie Lee in the background. Exactly. You know? Dudes, if you wanna get yourself a girlfriend, don't follow in the footsteps of these manfluencers. Now, Katie, hold on. Tell us where you're going. This could be important to some listeners.
I'm going to be at the BYUI, uh, job fair.
The BYUI job fair. I take it it's at BYUI?
Yeah! Good job.
[laughs] Yes. Uh, you know, I know a lot of people could use some work right now, and so, eh, is this open to the public or just BYUI students? You don't know?
BYUI students? I remember it was like a grade that you had to go to it when I was there, so...
Yeah, that's why I thought you might know-
[laughs]
... what the sitch is.
Okay, well, I don't pay attention half the time anyways, so-
Katie, get it together!
I did! That's what I'm working on right now. A little procrastination at its finest. [laughs]
Uh, that's okay.
Bye.
I, I've been procrastinating too. I, I've been trying, Peaches, today to get two brand-new Christmas songs in the system to play back-to-back for listeners. I'm keeping it a secret what the Christmas songs are, but it's been so busy on the show, I couldn't even get the songs in the system. I'm hoping that during the commercial break coming up, I can get these Christmas songs on the air.
If they were tuned into my show yesterday, they would know what it is.
Oh, they would know what it... Both of them?
Uh, just th- just one of them, at least.
Just one of them?
Yeah, yeah.
There was a new one, I think, that, uh, came out today. So, Josh and I were talking about, I'm guessing, the one you referred to on your show yes today.
The one that's on your, uh, hoodie there?
Uh, no. It's a, uh, th- this one, I thought came out today.
Oh.
Yeah. The other one, uh, was a different artist, so I, I figure, you know, what, what's scarier than playing two Christmas songs back-to-back during the Halloween season, right?
Yeah.
That's right. [laughs]
'Cause, you know, as soon as it hits post-Halloween, everyone skips Thanksgiving, goes right to Christmas.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, 'cause that, basically November 1st is the beginning of the Christmas season, so... I don't know about this year, though, 'cause this year Halloween's on a Friday, so...
It's nice.
Yeah, I've been debating like, do we play Halloween music all day on the first? I gotta see if there are any Halloween activities happening on the Saturday. 'Cause to me, that-
What do you mean? S- it's, Halloween's on Friday?
Yeah.
But people might still be in Halloween mode on Saturday, you know? So, do we go back to regular music, or do we keep the Halloween festivities going since it's like a Halloween weekend?
I would say keep it going.
You think so?
Feel like a Halloween, Halloweekend.
Halloweekend. We have a KBears rocking Halloweekend thanks to Juicity Vapor. Now, I'm gonna scare you after the break. Hopefully I'll get at least one of these Christmas songs in-
Oh, boy
... and then [laughs], then we can do them back-to-back. Back-
You really wanna drive our listeners away? I'm gonna look at the app numbers real quick and see, uh-
That, uh, if they leave, they suck.
[laughs]
That's right. Go watch Jesse Watters if you don't wanna hear Christmas songs on October 16th, 'cause that's how I roll. Crazy Peaches. Anyway, uh, we'll be back with Christmas music. [laughs]
[instrumental music plays] Haven't heard that one from Ghost in a while. They're gonna be hitting up Salt Lake City, I believe, February 10th, if I remember correctly. Delta Center. Why is my phone making a racket? Oh, it's a stupid alarm. Where is it? Ah! Stop. You wouldn't believe how many times I hit snooze on my phone this morning. I was so tired. It's ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous, let's talk about Gen Alpha. These kids! These kids and their slang driving teachers crazy to the point that they had to ban numbers from class. No longer allowed [laughs] to say, "Six, seven!" All right, I've heard about this phrase that kids are using. They just throw it out there, "Six, seven!" And they, like, you know, kind of move their hands back and forth like they're juggling. And it, you know, didn't occur to me to ever look into what this means 'cause I don't, you know, care that much, but then I saw an article about schools starting to ban the phrase, "Six, seven." So I'm like, "Oh, it must, must mean something really bad." Huh? W- what is it? And it literally doesn't mean anything. You can just use it in response to any type of statement. Like, "Hey, man, how's it going?" "Six, seven!" Or, eh, I, I don't know. That's just the one example I came up with. Far as I know, you can just e- you just throw it out there. So, kids are doing this in class.[rock music] And teachers are saying, "You know, I've been teaching 20 years and I've dealt with all sorts of slang, but nothing has driven me crazier than this stupid six seven thing." So, they're banning kids from saying numbers. Um... [laughs] We were talking about slang from the '90s yesterday on the Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem,
and, I mean, it was all so cringe. I was just like, "Oh, my generation was awful. Just awful with the stupid slang." It was just so embarrassing. Every generation has their stupid slang. You just gotta deal with it. [laughs] Can you imagine if you're teaching, like, first graders? "All right, we're gonna count. [laughs] One, two, three, four, five, six seven!" Teachers just losing their minds. And... okay, if you've been listening to the show all morning, I put a lot of effort into being very irritating on the show today. Playing Christmas songs during Halloween. Sometimes I like to just irritate people and I, I can't help it. It's funny to me. I'm sitting here in a box. We got [laughs] people listening all over the eastern side of the state, and tuned in from around the world listening on the KBear101 app. And I just sit here and laugh. Even my girlfriend called and was like, "Your Christmas music sucks. Stop it." [laughs] And you would think being a good boyfriend, I'd be like, "Okay, I'm sorry. I swear I won't..." And, and I did say this. "I swear I won't play any more Christmas tunes." And then what did I do? I played,
uh, For Whom The Bell Toll... Whatever it's called. The Metallica Christmas mashup. [laughs] And then a ghost song that, you know, it kinda sounded borderline like a Christmas song. I mean, I could throw on Welcome to the Black Parade, 'cause that sounds like a Christmas song. Like, if we were gonna do KBear Christmas music, I would put that in the mix because I don't care what you emos say, if you listen to that song, they might as well just start saying, "Dashing through the snow." That song just reeks of Christmas vibes. But, I, I don't know. I haven't decided if I'm gonna, you know, keep that kind of vibe going, what I'm gonna do to be an irritant. Yeah. Six seven! [laughs] So yeah, if you're wondering what your kids are talking about, they're not, you know, throwing out some kinda code for some type of nef- nefarious behavior. It's just stupid slang that doesn't mean anything as far as my very in-depth research, which was just pulling up a couple articles. Uh, has, has gone today. So, so wanna get the word out, you don't need to worry about your kids saying six seven. They're just being weird, 'cause kids are weird, and they're potentially, like me, being immature and trying to annoy people. And annoying people is okay sometimes, okay? [laughs] It's fun. [laughs] Sorry. Sorry, Becca, for playing a- another Christmas tune, but it was Metallica just singing For Whom The Bell Tolls with, you know, Christmas music mashed up with it. I don't know if it really counts as a Christmas song. [rock music] I just had a caller let me know that the proper way to say six seven, you gotta go, "Six seven." So, I'm gonna use that to irritate Peaches, even though, I don't know, it could be slang he uses, for all I know. I haven't heard it come out of his mouth but it's always a possibility. Peaches is definitely knowledgeable when it comes to the young people slang. I have no idea, and apparently there's a TikTok teacher named Mr. Lindsey
who will break down all the crap that the kids are saying if you don't understand it. So, you can go check that out, you know, if, if you need to decode what your kids are saying to each other. All right. Was just reading an article about a woman who had her dad's ashes tattooed on her arm. Like, she had the tattoo artist mix the ashes into the ink so she could, you know, always have her dad with her. Now, the problem is, i- if you put a foreign substance in your body, your body is gonna wanna reject it eventually. So, couple years after she got this tattoo, you know, her arm starts hurting
and she goes into the doctor and
she's like, "I, I don't know what's going on here, but, uh, my arm's all mess- messed up. I got, like, chunks of hard skin and it's all irritated." And the, the doc was like, "Well, just keep an eye on it. You'll be fine!" Uh, 'cause yeah, if you got weird marks on your skin, you know, it's concerning. You should get those things checked out. You never know. You know, get 'em looked at. Could have a, a parasite. Ugh. I should start pulling up stories from Monsters Inside Me and get really, uh, scary here on a, on a Thursday. I know I already frightened y'all quite extensively with the Christmas music, but parasite stories, those are the worst. Anyway, um,
so yeah. Her body was just pushing the ashes out of her skin and, you know, she laughed and said her dad, like, probably had enough. "Get me outta here. Please put me elsewhere. I'm tired of being trapped inside of your skin." Um...[rock music] Yeah, it might sound sweet and blah, blah, blah, but
the human body's, uh, kinda built to reject foreign substances, so if you've thought about doing this, probably not a good idea. I mean, as far as I know, she- she didn't get like sick or anything, but... You know, you got hard crap coming out of your skin. You know, and somebody might be trying to give you a massage, and they're like, "Why do you feel like sandpaper? Need some lotion or something like that? Let's lotion you up." Oh, the skin's still like rocks. And th- then you find out it's somebody's ashes. It's not very romantic, you know? Just giving you some, some relationship tips here and, and health tips, but I'm not a doctor. Never listen to me. All right? [laughs]
But, but it seems like, you know, common sense, so had to throw it out there. Already 9:00, which is good in one way, bad in another. It's good that the day is moving by quickly. But then after that, I'm pretty sure I gotta start listening to country music. Yesterday it was Christmas music and new music for Classy '97. And I- I... Well, I gotta listen to some metal songs for Peaches. That won't be too bad. But then I gotta dig into country music. And then
I don't know what I'm gonna do at the end of my day.
So bored and tired. Ah. All right. I'm gonna go get some coffee, people. I'm gonna get myself like good and jacked up for the rest of the show. There's the potential that I go completely off the rails. You know, any of you listening to this on demand, you missed out on the Christmas mayhem. And I left a lot of the breaks where I was discussing Christmas music out of the recording that will be used to make the podcast version of the show. But I don't know what's gonna happen in the next hour. We could go completely unhinged. I hope so. Kinda depends on the content that I find. But pounding down extra coffee when I don't need it and making myself feel like I'm crawling out of my skin, that tends to lead to weirdness on the show. So we'll see what happens, okay? [rock music] I was about to immediately start trashing this question online. Like, who posts these stupid questions that there are only like two answers for? And then I read the first response that appears at the top, and I was like, oof. It's rough. Sad.
And I'm sure you're curious now, "Well, okay, dude, well, what was the question?" It was on Reddit, and the question was, "Why are you single?" And when I saw that question, I'm like, there's only two answers to this question, right? "I don't want to be in a relationship," or
"I can't find somebody who wants to be in a relationship with me." Apparently it can be a little more complex than that, because that bleak top answer was, "Wife died 118 days ago." Oh.
Ah. Th- that's really sad. It's really sad.
Then you start getting into the responses you would expect. You know, "Life is wonderful and simple as single. I haven't bumped to anyone yet with whom life would stay wonderful and simple." And then, "I don't think I have the capacity to take on another person's emotions full time, nor would I like them meddling in mine. I just want to be alone." You know? Okay. Um
[laughs], here's another answer. "Interesting question. Guess I'm too much of a coward to ask out girls." I tell you what, dudes and ladies, always just give it a shot. Worst thing they can say is no. Like, if you're like, "Hey, you want to go out and do something sometime?" They're either gonna go like, "Uh, I have a boyfriend," or, "Ah, no thanks. I'm not interested in, in you in that way." Or they might go, "Yeah!" And no matter what, you're, you're gonna be fine afterward unless they're like, "You disgust me. Gross. Ew." That, that might feel bad. Try to... If you're gonna reject somebody, try to do it in a nice way. But you never know. You never know somebody who might be interested in you. Maybe you think, "Ah, they're out of my league," or, "Yeah, there's no way they would like me." You never know unless you ask. So just give it a shot, you know? Um, I mean, I've had times when I just wanted to be single. But then other times, you know, it's like, "I'm lonely. I want somebody to hang out with. I'm sick and tired of sitting around in this recliner napping and playing Red Dead. I need to do something with my time." So, you know, if you're feeling like, "Hey, I could use some companionship," you gotta at least try. Okay? Gotta at least give it a shot. And the worst that could happen is they say, you know, "No, thank you." Well, okay, the worst that could happen was what I mentioned where they're like, "Oh, gross. Absolutely not. Are you crazy?" And younger people tend to be a little bit more, uh, you know, rude, I guess, when it comes to rejection. Like, once you get older, I think people start looking for different things in people. You know, they start... Rather than... Like, in high school, you know, seems like it's all about, uh, what clique you're in, you know, what-... place you're at in the social hierarchy that doesn't mean anything once school gets done. But after that, you know, it's like, well, I- I kinda just want somebody who treats me nicely. That would be great, someone we can ... y- you know, that is into similar things. We could have a fun time. You know, y- you'd be surprised, people who might be interested in doing something with you. So, this is motivation- motivating, uh, segment on the show. I'm trying to motivate you. Give it a shot. Give it a shot 'cause you never know. And, you know, it's nice to have somebody to hang out with. Un- unless they are, you know, rude and they, you know, treat you like garbage. Then you know what I always say? Dump 'em. That's right. Find somebody else. Life's too short to be sitting around being miserable with somebody. And don't let people tell ya
that like, "Oh," you know, "you signed up for this when you said those vow-" No, you can get a divorce. It's fine. Okay? If it's- if that relationship's miserable, dump 'em. All right? And then, give it a shot at finding someone new. All right? So anyway, um, yeah, I'm sorry I passed judgment on that question right out of the gate. There could be some circumstances where you have a really bleak reason for- for being single, and I'm sorry. Sorry, and uh, and I hope, uh, the healing process is working, uh, working out okay. [heavy metal music] I am Victor Wilt, and I got a guest in the studio, our new ag reporter. Is that the official title?
Um, I believe it is.
All right, our new ag reporter for Farm Country 1260 AM. Savannah, how's it going?
It's good. How are you?
I'm doing pretty good today. Uh, like I was telling you and Jade when he brought you in, it's been kind of an unhinged show today. I've been playing a lot of Christmas music to drive the listeners crazy, just being aggravating and annoying. So, I don't know. Eh, there's only a half hour to go, but it could- could get weird, just so you know. So...
All righty.
All right, so we're just gonna grill you here. [electronic music] You're gonna have to tell us about yourself. Where are you from, Savannah?
I am from Eastern Wyoming. It's called Douglas.
Douglas, Wyoming? Eastern Wyoming. Okay. I'm gonna pull this up on a map here. Now, uh, what brought you to East Idaho, and, uh-
Uh, I am going here for school right now. I am ... My major is animal science currently.
All right. Are you at, uh, BYUI? Or-
Yes.
Okay, okay. So, living in Rexburg, huh?
Yes.
All right. You know, that's, uh, one of the creepiest towns in East Idaho, so I hope you're surviving the holiday season okay over in Rexburg [laughs].
I- I have so far [laughs].
[laughs] Sorry, I give ... you know, we give Rexburg a little bit of grief around here 'cause it's fun. We got a lot of listeners listening in Rexburg. Shout out to our Rexburg homies. Yeah, I'm looking at, uh, some pictures of Douglas, Wyoming. That's out in the middle of nowhere.
Well, I think everything in the ... is in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming.
Yeah, pretty much. I mean, it looks like the closest sorta city may be Cheyenne or- or Casper. Probably Casper.
Yes, it's Casper.
Which is, you know, another, uh, creepy name. Are you familiar with, uh, Casper's rock radio station?
Um, I'm not off the top of my head.
There- there- there's a good guy over there named Donny Rood. He, uh, I can't remember the call letters but, uh, he- he's got a pretty good station in Casper. Uh, I think that's the only rock radio station I know of in Wyoming, aside from KBAR Broadcasting into areas of Western Wyoming. So...
Yeah, it probably is [laughs].
All right. And because I'm forgetful, uh, what did you say you were majoring in at BYUI?
Um, animal science.
Animal science. Okay. So, 'cause I was gonna ask, you know, what- what got you interested in applying for the ag reporter position at Farm Country 1260?
Um, I grew up on a ranch, and so I love talking about ag and I love teaching about ag. And so I was like, "Right on with that."
All right. So, um, on this ranch, you know, what- what- what kind of a ranch was it? There's a lot- a lot of different types of ranches out there.
It was a horse ranch, actually.
Horse ranch?
Yes.
Okay. So, did you ... Like, so you're pretty familiar with horses?
Um, kind of. Uh, we had cows as well, but it was just- we would just- we would just work there.
Now, which are you scared of more, horses or cows?
Cows.
Cows for sure.
Yeah, cows.
We've talked a lot on this show about how cows, they kill a lot of people.
I am ... Yes, I'm actually very scared of cows [laughs].
Yeah. You- you wouldn't think it. They look all calm and, you know, the- the little ones are cute and they just sit around and, "Moo." But, I- I wouldn't b- ... You wouldn't believe how many stories I see about herds of cows just trampling people.
I-
It's kinda crazy.
Yes, I've had ... I've been put in the corners by them, and I- I don't like going near 'em [laughs].
And that ... You're not talking bulls, just regular old cows?
Yeah, ju- just normal steers, heifers, normal cows.
Crazy. Yeah, yeah. All those stories about cows led me to, uh, definitely change my- my attitude toward them.
[laughs]
'Cause, you know, we have open range around here, uh, so you could be out camping. All of a sudden, a cow will roll into camp, and you're like, "Get."
[laughs]
"Get." But what if you made it mad? You know?
Mm-hmm.
I mean, it's gotta be kind of embarrassing to get, uh, stomped down by a cow. You know?
It definitely is. It's ... You get ... People look at you funny.
Yeah. I mean, I- I would assume that if a radio DJ got stomped down by a cow, every radio station around the country is going to be talking about you. It's gonna be national news.
I- I ... You would think so.
Yeah. I always worry about, like, you know, being out camping and getting mauled by a bear, 'cause this is KBAR. And, you know, then- then I end up in the national news that way, too. It- it would just ... It'd be so embarrassing. If-
It- I ... Yes, it would.
All right. Well, um, what, uh, what type of music do you like listening to? Now, we know you're on Farm Country 1260 playing a lot of, uh, the classic country music, but w- what's your personal taste in music, you know, if you're just throwing something on for yourself?
I like all kinds of music. I don't discriminate. I listen to everything.
All right. T- ... What are some of your favorite artists?[laughs]
Oh, I like, I do like classic country a w- lot with George Strait, but then I also like Nickelback and stuff, and so it's, can go everywhere.
All right, all right. That would be an interesting, uh, playlist, going from George Strait to Nickelback. But, uh, that, that's cool. I mean, as the music director for the entire company, I've gotta listen to all the different stations. Like yesterday, uh, we were diving into Christmas music, which is what led me to, uh, torturing the K-Bear audience with Christmas music today on the show. Uh, but we're also listening to, like, brutal death metal for K-Bear's metal show. And then, uh, you know, some newer tunes from, like, Taylor Swift and such for Classy's regular playlist leading up to the day that we turn it into the Christmas music station. So, um, I like all kinds of stuff too. When it comes to country, I don't know, I tend to like more of the, um, some of the newer stuff that's a little more, it doesn't tend to be on the radio. Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson-
Hmm
... that kind of stuff. Zach Bryan. Like, some of the newer country. That just drives me crazy.
[laughs]
Dan + Shay.
[laughs]
Ooh, that's scary to me. That's scary Halloween music to me.
[laughs]
So [laughs], okay, what music, uh, what are some artists you hate?
Ooh.
You can't stand?
Ooh, artists I hate. I honestly don't think I, or, yeah, I don't think I actually have any. I, I think all music is good to be, like, honestly.
What about Maroon 5? They're really bad.
I, I, I l- I like Maro- Maroon 5.
Ah! Ah! You're fitting in perfect on the Halloween edition of the show.
[laughs]
Scaring listeners. [laughs] Well, uh, it's gonna be really cool to see you get rolling on, uh, Farm Country. And I know we've got people out working, uh, in, you know, the rural areas here, out doing the harvest and such. You know, if you'd like to call us and maybe, uh, suggest some type of segments perhaps that, uh, Savannah could do on Farm Country 1260. You know, we wanna make this, uh, something that can serve, you know, the entire agricultural community. So, I know we got you guys out there listening. Give us a call at 208-535-1015. We'd love to hear from you. And, uh, we're gonna find some, I don't know, weird stuff to talk about to wrap up the show. Like I told you, it's been kinda unhinged in here today, so. E- earlier I discussed talking about, uh, parasites. Have you ever seen the show Monsters Inside Me?
I've not.
All right. Well, if you're looking for creepy Halloween stuff, something that, uh, would really be unsettling for the upcoming holiday, Monsters Inside Me is the most horrifying thing I've ever seen. So, you know, I would imagine out on the farm, animals pick up parasites.
Yeah, they do quite often.
You wanna talk about parasites in people?
Mm... [laughs]
No?
I, I could deal with a parasite in an animal, I feel like, a lot easier than I could deal with, like, people parasites, so...
Oh, it'll be fun!
Oh!
It'll be fun.
Mm, I don't know. [laughs]
All right, we'll see what, we'll see what I could dig up. But if I, if I get desperate for content, it's gonna be, uh, you know, botflies and things like that. Ah!
I've seen botflies in cattle, but I don't know-
Ah!
... if I'd ever wanna see it in a person.
Uh, y- y- Google Images. You know, you, you could see it. [laughs] If you chose to do so.
I might be okay. [laughs]
[laughs] YouTube. YouTube's got some-
I really think I might be okay. [laughs]
... great content. [laughs] No, I'm telling you.
[laughs]
[laughs] No- no, some people get enjoyment in making themselves really uncomfortable. [laughs] Just fire it up and watch botfly videos.
Yeah, yeah. I might not take you up on that, but... [laughs]
All right. Well, [laughs], I mean, you do have to put up with dealing with Jay Davis. That's scary too, so. [laughs]
It's up there. [laughs]
Why do you think he's so skinny? Tapeworm.
[laughs]
[Laughs] [energetic music] All right, we were talking about cows killing people earlier, or at least stomping 'em down. I'm hanging out with our new ag reporter for Farm Country 1260, Savannah. So, I figured we'd stay in the realm of farm-related stuff that's, you know, unpleasant.
[laughs]
'Cause it's Halloween season. I didn't get into... Well, we might get into parasites, but not, you know, botflies and things like that, as far as I know. Um, pulled up an article here. Cattle diseases that can make people sick and how to avoid them. Have you ever heard of a cow making somebody sick?
Um, I've heard of a few, but not normal ones, I guess.
All right. Well, I, I hadn't heard much about this either. You know, like, maybe you hear about somebody drinking, like, raw milk or something and getting, uh, I don't know, E. coli or things like that. Raw milk's become a lot more popular in recent years. But some of these I hadn't heard of, like cryptosporidiosis. I don't know if I said that right. But, uh, apparently this can live in the environment for months and, uh, you know, th- then the cows, you know, they, they, like, eat it off of wha- you know, whatever they're being fed. And then, you know, they drop the cow pies, and somehow people can pick up this parasite. And what it does is it just causes a severe watery diarrhea, which do- doesn't sound very ple- 'cause that, that can kill you. Can you imagine dying from diarrhea?
Yeah.
Be horrible.
That would not be a good way to go, I can tell you that. [laughs]
No, it'd be awful. It'd be awful. And all right, y- you came from a small town. You said it was, uh, Douglas, Wyoming, right?
Yes.
Now, do you ever hear of these, uh, competitions for, like, uh, you know, people will chuck cow pies like Frisbees and things like that? I, I know I've heard of different cow pie competitions. It seems like there was, uh, one that popped up in the news recently. Is that something that happened in Douglas?
Uh, I cannot say that it has. I've never heard of that one before.
All right. Like, you know, searching Google News, Wisconsin recently had the Wisconsin State Cow Chip Tossing Contest. That sounds like a perfect way to pick up cryptosporidiosis, you know?
[laughs] Yeah.
Why? Why would people pick up... I, I mean, I guess on the farm you've gotta clean these things up eventually, right? Or do you just let 'em disintegrate?
I mean, usually you clean it up. Usually, or somewhat you go clean it up. You can't usually just let it sit there, depending if they're in a pen or not.
Yeah, like, I- I- I play a lot of Red Dead Redemption 2-
[laughs]
... so I'm kind of a f- a farming expert. I would assume you gotta get a wheelbarrow and pitchfork.
Yep. You just go out there and you pick it up.
That doesn't sound very fun. All right, we got somebody calling. Let's get them on the show and see what they would like to talk about. Better be on topic. Uh, K-Bear, you're live on the show. Keep that in mind. Who's this?
Uh, this is Travis.
Travis, what up, dude?
So you just talked about a thing that I knew about. So you can get, uh, cryptosporidium from drinking water from like streams and stuff like that.
Oh, well, you shouldn't drink water from streams anyway. You know, this isn't Survivorman. Ugh. 'Cause, okay, so cows, you know, they're out on the open range, they- they drop the dookie, and then it spreads into the water supply.
Yeah. That's why you always go like upstream.
That's what ... [laughs]
[laughs]
Go upstream from where you see cows to a ... Ugh. See, you know, people don't think it out, but-
And maybe boil it.
Well, I would say if it's coming from a natural water source, always boil it. Or else you could get one of those ... What- what do they call those, like straws that, uh, supposedly filter out things so you can, you know, drink water when you're out playing Survivorman?
Yeah, like the reverse osmosis straws?
Yeah. I don't know. Would- would you drink directly from a water supply with one of these straws, Savannah?
Um, I would, but I would not walk downstream because if ... Or upstream, 'cause if there is something upstream, I don't wanna know about it.
Yeah. And see, the stream can go pretty far, Travis, so you don't know what's even further upstream. You know?
That's fair. Basically just-
You could have-
Deep well water.
You could have a slaughterhouse or something and, you know, I mean, the way some of those smell sometimes, who knows what- what could be seeping into a natural water supply.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah, just don't drink from the river.
Don't drink from the river. Well, we appreciate this, uh, fantastic health tip, Travis, so thank you for contributing to the- the health of people here in East Idaho, and, uh-
No problem.
You have yourself a great rest of the week.
You too. Talk to you guys later.
All right, thanks man. All right, let's get the scary music back on. [music plays] All right, other things you can pick up. It seems like all this stuff I'm reading about here that you can get from cows just causes diarrhea.
[laughs]
It's just endless diarrhea that cows give to people.
Yeah, I would believe it.
Yeah, ugh. I don't know, I- I don't think I'm cut out to be a farmer. That's why I play digital farmer.
[laughs]
You know? I just, I, you know, be Arthur Morgan or John Marston and I'll- I'll shovel digital poo, you know, with the pitchfork. Now, this one, it says you can get, you know, E.coli from cows, which I think we talked about with, uh, you know, the, uh, potential, uh, raw milk and things like that. But it says it can also make you weak and depressed.
Really?
That would really suck. I mean, I would assume if you get severe diarrhea, that would be depressing.
Yeah, I-
'Cause you're stuck- stuck on the can, you know?
[laughs]
It doesn't sound like a great day. You know, it's summertime [laughs], for example, you're trying to enjoy camping, and ugh, especially if you're dealing with one of those, uh, national park outhouses. Ugh, the worst. Uh, there was a story years ago where, I'm sure you've heard of Pearl Jam?
Yes.
So their singer, Eddie Vedder, I think he was in Grand Teton National Park, and people were giving him a bunch of grief 'cause he wrote on the wall, you know, something to the effect of, you know, "This bathroom needs lots of attention, please."
[laughs]
And then he signed his name, um
... I- I don't know where I was gonna go with that, but, uh, [laughs]-
[laughs]
... it's just all the diarrhea talk, which, sorry people, if you didn't wanna hear about that. We- we could instead talk about rabies. Did you know that, uh, cows can get rabies?
I did know that, actually.
I didn't know that. I had no idea that cows can get rabies. So they can be, uh, exposed if bitten by a rabid animal or, like, if a cow, you know, passes it on to their baby.
I don't know. Have you ever heard of a person getting rabies from a cow?
I've never heard of a person getting the rabies from a cow, but I've seen cows having rabies.
Cows with rabies?
Yes.
And do they get like extra mean, or are they just sick?
They just kinda look sickly and they like don't know what to do with themselves almost.
Oh, poor cow. Yeah, I guess, uh, they'll absorb ... Or they'll exhibit abnormal behavior such as, uh, lameness. That's what it says.
[laughs]
It's a Jade Davis disease as well.
[laughs]
Uh, difficulty swallowing, and unusual bellowing. They- they mooing weird?
Yeah, they're loud.
[laughs]
They'll get real loud.
Uh, I wonder if my cat has rabies.
[laughs]
There's two cats in my house that just don't shut up.
[laughs]
And they- they bellow unnecessarily.
[laughs]
I hope they don't have rabies. Maybe I need to get them in and get them checked. Got a lot of- a lot of critters, but I- I'm not near any farms, so hopefully they didn't pick it up from a cow.
[laughs]
So, again, hanging out with Savannah, our new ag reporter for 1260 AM Farm Country. You know, if you're out there working, you know, doing the harvest thing and you wanna hear some classic country, and also all your ag reports and things like that, fire it up. Uh, it even has an app so you can listen to it in better quality than normal AM radio. Just search for Farm Country 1260. And we'll be back with like one more break before the end of the show. Hang on. [music plays] Creepy Halloween tunes, at least two every hour throughout the month of October thanks to our friends at Juicity Vapor with K-Bear's Rockin' Halloween. Then Halloween day, nothing but the creepiest tunes imaginable for your ultimate Halloween soundtrack. Do you like Halloween, Savannah?
I- I do like Halloween. It's a lot of fun.
It's- it's loads of fun. Um, I'm- I'm pretty excited for it this year. I got all my decorations up. Hopefully the weather will stay good. You know, I hate it when it's like snowy on Halloween. It sucks. Ugh.
Yes, it does.
[rock music] Well, you know, we talked about a lot of gross stuff, so I figured I'd try to keep it a little bit more fun to wrap up the show. So, I- I brought up some, like, weird ag facts. Anybody just tuning in, Savannah's our new ag reporter at Farm Country 1260 AM. You should download the app. Check out the, uh, station. It's brand new. Now, you said you had horses and cows on the farm you grew up on in Douglas, Wyoming?
Yes.
You ever deal with pigs?
Uh, w- yes, I have before.
All right. What's scarier, pigs or cows?
Cows. I c-... Well, I don't know. Pigs are pretty bad too.
I- it... Now, is it true that pigs will just eat people?
Uh, yes. They will eat a person.
'Cause, you know, back to Red Dead.
[laughs]
If you're gonna dispose of a body, you chuck it in the cow pen and they just start mowing down. So, I didn't know if that was something, uh, under... You know, or that you see in like, uh, you know, horror novels and things like that. Didn't know if it was actually true.
No, it is true. They will eat a whole person.
And they can run really fast. Apparently, they can run a mile in seven minutes.
I did not know that.
That's- that's frightening. Uh, have you ever been stuck near an angry pig?
Yes. It's not fun.
Ugh. I don't know how these farmers do it.
They-
Too many animals that can just kill you.
Mm-hmm, they start attacking your legs and they can just... Th- when they're big, they're big.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, like, s- you know, some people will buy a little tiny pig, and they don't realize, pigs, there- there's no such thing as a pig that just stays small.
Mm-hmm.
They keep growing and growing, and all of a sudden you have this monster that could mow you down in, you know... It... I can't run a mile in seven minutes, I'm sure of it.
No, neither can I. I f-
[laughs]
I don't think I could outrun a pig.
Now, hav- have you heard much about the spreading of wild boars across the country?
The spreading of them? No, I don't think so.
Yeah. Yeah, wild boars, which are prominent in the South. I guess they're spreading across the- the US, and they're, like, vicious mean. Vicious mean and, uh, they, like, destroy crops and they- they breed like crazy. So, over the years... You know, they used to be pretty much in the Southeastern US, but I don't know, eh, what's going on. I'm looking at a map here of where wild hogs are spreading, and there's this bright red spot
in Northern Utah with nothing else around it. Do you think it's possible that there's some farmer out there, some nut, who's just allowing these things to breed 'cause he... he wants to inflict chaos upon, you know, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana? Th- th- there's no reason that there would be this one spot, but they're not anywhere else.
That's what it sounds like. It sounds like he's- he's agging them on and trying to help them.
Yeah. I think these people need to be stopped. They maybe... Okay. Maybe that could be an investigative report on Farm Country 1260. What is going on in this one area of Utah that's being overtaken by feral swine, you know?
[laughs]
That- that's just crazy. Yeah, yeah. And it only started happening... They've got this, uh, USDA website that shows, you know, in 2004, there were none. But by 2017, like, all of Northwestern Wyoming, feral hogs running wild. Now, I think that's one of those areas where you got a lot of government experimentation going on. Have you ever heard of the Dugway Proving Grounds?
I have not.
Okay. Dugway Proving Grounds are supposed to be, like, the real Area 51.
Oh.
You know, if you start delving real deep into conspiracy theories and UFO lore, there might be some kinda crazy breeding program going on by the government and aliens Northwestern Utah.
[laughs]
We're gonna have to load you up in one of the station vehicles, send you down, and you gotta figure out what's going on.
[laughs]
'Cause we need to keep our community safe from the wild boars. I don't like the way these things are spreading. Pretty crazy. But at least it's not like Texas where it's the entire state-
Oh, wow
... just infested by wild boars.
I'd say I've never seen a wild boar and so...
I hope I don't ever see one.
Yeah. Yeah, that's the plan.
I don't wanna see any kinda wild animal.
[laughs]
Even deer. Have you ever seen an aggressive deer?
No, but I... They run at my car all the time.
Yeah, they- they are, uh, frightening. I used to laugh at the p-... 'Cause Pocatello, you know, you've got all these people who live up in the hills, and there are a lot of deer up in the hills. And, you know, as those areas have expanded and more houses being built, people start getting all butt hurt that deer are coming in and, you know-
[laughs]
... eating their flowers and tearing up their... And they're like, "These deer are really aggressive." And I'd be like, "Oka-... Look, it's a deer. Settle down."
[laughs]
"Quit your whining. What- what could a deer do?" But that one time, I was in one of those areas of Pokey and there was [laughs] this buck in the yard of the house I was a- at. And I'm trying to walk up to the front door and it starts huffing and puffing and stomping its feet.
[laughs]
And they're big! And they got those antlers. I was terrified. [laughs]
[laughs]
So, I quickly changed my tune on, uh, making fun of people being afraid of deer.
[laughs]
Watch out for deer, people. They'll mess you up. So, that- that could be another fun thing to talk... I don't, uh... I don't know how much it has to do with the agricultural areas 'cause they tend to be more down in the valleys, but farmers could be dealing with aggressive wildlife.
[laughs]
I don't know. Uh, you- you tend to just hear farmers talk about wolves. What about those deer, you know?
[laughs]
You're just out trying to pick some, you know, various crops. Next thing you know, deer mowing you down.
[laughs]
I think there could be a lot of ways you could make your reporting on Farm Country 1260 pretty fun. The... I- I'd get silly with it every once in a while. You know? Investigate Northwestern Utah.
[laughs]
That's what I wanna see first.
I'd say wild boars and deers, I guess.
[laughs] That's right. Well, thank you for hanging out on the show today, Savannah. I hope you have fun with the rest of the staff today. Welcome to Riverbend Media Group. And, uh,
I'm- I'm out of here, people. So, I'll be back with Peaches in a bit, eh, at noon specifically, and y'all enjoy the rest of your morning.
[rock music] Thank you again for tuning in to the Victor Wilt Show. This program's a production of Riverbend Media Group. To contact the show or for more information, hit us up at riverbendmediagroup.com.