November 26, 2025 • 38 mins
We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!
NEW SURVEY 1-in-10 Americans Go Without Food To Pay For Medications
Guest: Jae Oh (pronounced JAY Oh) - Certified Financial Planner & Author of "Maximize Your Medicare"
Blackout Wednesday: Why Thanksgiving Eve is the heaviest drinking day of the year.
Guest: Morgan Ryan - Growth Marketing Director at Smart Start, the nation’s top ignition interlock provider
MSPCA-Angell Seeks to Distribute 100,000+ Pet Meals in a Single Day! “Giving Back Tuesday” Event Scheduled for December 1 at Franklin Park in Boston
Guest: Alyssa Krieger - director of Community Outreach at the MSPCA
The protein debate and why it seems like everything now contains protein in it, including Starbucks coffees! How much protein is too much protein? How much protein does the average person really need anyway and why the big industry boom with protein lately?
Guest: Jason Walsh, Celebrity Trainer and Co-Founder for RISE311 (which is a company that created plant-based protein)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
With Dan ray On doll you Easy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All right, welcome on in everybody. As we hit we're
gonna take you all the way to Thanksgiving is now
Thanksgiving Eve, which is a special night as far as
I'm concerned, one of those nights when a lot of
people are on the move, a lot of people listening
in the radio feel free when we start talking at
nine o'clock, after we go through our four special guests
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during the eight o'clock hour, Rob Brooks is back in
the control room and he will get you all set
lined up to talk on the radio, and we're gonna
be talking about prime and punishment. At nine o'clock, we're
going to talk about chatter around your Thanksgiving tay table
and whether or not you have politics as a side dish.
So we got lots to talk about. We'll keep your
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company and keep you on the road. We hope that
our caller last night, Katie from Medford, who was heading
to Flint, Michigan with her partner in tow. She called
in after yes they cleared sconnected in New York and
it was amazing driving all the way to Flint, Michigan.
You wouldn't get they wouldn't get in. You know, they're
going to take their time. So wherever you're headed tonight,
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we'd love to hear from you and let us know
if you're on the road and what the conditions are.
I know that it's a pretty nice night out there
in New England tonight, but it's going to get cold,
so please take all the cautions you have to take.
Just get to your appointed rounds tomorrow over the river
and through the woods to Grandma's house. Hopefully not going
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over the river and through the woods. Hopefully you're going
on four ninety five, good clear roads or wherever Route
ninety going west, whatever, just get there safe and sound.
Let me start off tonight. We're going to begin our
conversation with our guests. By the way, we'll say, we'll
be talking with a state representative about the issues of
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crime and punishment, a piece of legislation that is working
its way through the through the legislature, which always me
a little bit. We'll talk with one of the sponsors
of that at nine o'clock. But we're going to start
off tonight by talking with Jo and he basically is
urging urging Americans to maximize their medicare which I think
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that's a great idea. Jay, Thank you very much for
being available here on Thanksgiving Eve Knight. You're a certified
financial planner, planner and author of Maximize Your Medicare. How
are people not maximizing their medicare? I would assume everybody
would try to maximize whatever benefits they were rightfully owed
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by the government. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving and welcome
to Night's side.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Well, thank you for having me, Dan, And you'd be
shocked that you people like to set it and forget it.
People of human nature is to resist change, and even
if that is to their detriment, and that I don't
think is a great idea generally speaking. And in this
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day and age where inflation is persistent, the differences we
are seeing in overall cost can vary, you know, more
than a thousand dollars a year when people do nothing.
So for me, my first thought is that people would
at least check well.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
One of the things that strikes me is that every
year around the towards the end of October, I see
all of the ads from the federal government. I also
see ads from HSAS and FSAs are reminding everybody that
there's that window of opportunity where you can set up
your medical care whatever it is, whether it's through private
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companies or whether it's through Medicare. And I would think
that people would the numbers there, that they would give
me an example of the things that either have changed
this year or the things that you know older Americans
on Medicare are overlooking or have overlooked.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well to give you an idea of how complicated the
backdrop is. Even for example, in Massachusetts, very large popular
Medicare advantage options had no premium last year. This year
they will in twenty twenty six, they will have a premium.
So even if nothing has changed to your healthcare needs,
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you can see a difference in cost. So for me,
I tell people that it's a good idea to be
a savvy consumer always. I'm a chief skate by heart.
Someone would say sort of describe me, and I would
suggest that people would do that for themselves without trying
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to sacrifice their coverage. So cat balance be done.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yes, let me ask you this question. Because I certainly
am old enough to qualify for Medicare, but because I'm
working and I have private health insurance and all that
no reason for me to get Medicare. It's provided by
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either my company or my wife's company, so we're fortunate
in that regard. But I guarantee you if I was
on Medicare, I'd be looking at it as closely as
I could. Also all of us. I think remember that
Medicare dates back to nineteen sixty five if I'm correct historically,
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and you would think that over time people would have
become used to it. And also, why the heck does
it have to be so complicated? I mean not everybody
of Medicare age is a financial planner, a certified financial
planner like you are. Have we got to the point
in this world where people who are retired and on
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Medicare have to now hire and I mean this with
all due respect certified financial planners or I'm a lawyer
or lawyers or agents to spend time going over their
Medicare situation. Is it that complicated and if it is,
it should be simplified.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Well. I try to tell people that we plan for
the world that we have, not the world that we
hope for. And the reality is that there are nearly
seventy million people in the United States who are Medicare beneficiaries.
That number is not going to drop. It's going to
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increase at a time where there are obvious federal budget
fiscal issues as well as philosophical slash political debates. No,
I do understand, but it seems impractical that the population
would presume that things would stay static given than the time.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
My question then, is with whatever upheaval that we all
might have to deal with? UH? And I realize also
that there are other people on Medicare who are not
necessarily aged, that can be people with disabilities, et cetera.
But have we reached the point we're between the bickering
in Washington between the Democrats and Republicans. You know, I
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know there's problems now they're saying with Obamacare, and it's
going to be extended? Is it not going to be extended?
Have we reached the point that this government program that
everybody has paid into, you know a certain number you
know of UH who have worked? What give me a practical?
In other words, should they call someone like you UH
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and say, hey, look, I'm willing to pay you five
hundred dollars for you to go over my Medicare benefits
and and tell me if if I've done it correctly,
and I'm not trying to push business towards you, and
I'm not being insulting you probably, but do they You know,
it used to be that people used to fill out
their own tax returns and then along game all the
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tax preparers that got very complicated. It just see things
get so complicated. Have we reached the point I was
asking that question with all sincerity. Have we reached a
point where the average person is so overwhelmed that that
they're not getting the benefits, not because they don't want
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to try, but they don't know where to turn.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
I do think that there are a number of resources
available that for example, every state has volunteers that are
state funded and federally funded centers which is called ship
and for every state will have its own different you know,
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specific name, but there are volunteer centers. They are volunteers.
So whether or not they will have the full breadth
of be a full financial impact is different. It can
be different. I'm going to say that it will very
much depend on the person because, for example, if you're
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on Medicaid, meaning you're a financially challenged person, there are
going to be specific plans in your state. There are
something you know, including the Medicare and non Medicare population
another eighty seventy million, eighty million people on Medicaid. So
now that said that said, I think it especially at
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the beginning, it's important to understand that Medicare has a
different language, its mechanics work differently, and then it depends
on the person because if you are a single, single
person with no dependence, and you are in excellent health,
then it can be relatively uncomplicated. You're already retired. The
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moment that any one these moving parts move for a household,
now it becomes very very different, and it can be difficult.
I'd even go so far, and I realize we have
a time restraint here that even in your situation, Dan,
when you're cut, for those people who are working beyond
sixty five, which is a great number of people as
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they wait for former time and age under Social Security,
that it is not necessarily the case that people just
simply continue on with their employer for sponsored plan. That
the combination of price that you are charged from your
employer and the benefits that you may require may actually
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change that balance. And in fact, there's an entire two
chapters in my book about this particular combination so listen.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
It is very running out of time, and I do
very much appreciate that this is not a simple subject.
The book is called Maximize your Medicare. That's right, and Jay,
your first name is spelled Jae, and your last name
is spelled oh oh, certified medical planner. Is there a
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website that I can direct people to that they can
find your book? Or just should they just go on too? Amazon?
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Everything's available for Amazon down, didn't you know?
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I'm not sure that a lot of authors have their
own websites because they feel it's more atinctive. So you
get a website, love to have it. If not, we'll
push it to Amazon. Go ahead.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Maximize your Medicare dot com is the official website for
the book. The twenty twenty six twenty twenty seven edition
is available for pre order now. We have sent it
to the printer and so that will be out available
very very shortly. So there are going to be all
these changes that have occurred over the past two years
since the last edition, and if anywhere that book can
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be sold all.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Right, j Oh, thanks very much. Probably love to have
you back on in a longer session, because I feel
we haven't even scratched the surface and love to love
to chat with you more because I think people need
help and they don't know where to get it at
this point.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Maybe your book is complicated. Thank you very much, Very
good Dan, Thank you very much. Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Thank you for Happy Thanksgiving you as well. Okay, they
called tonight blackout Wednesday? Why Thanksgiving Eve is the heaviest
drinking day of the year. Going to talk with Morgan Ryan,
who is the marketing director of device called smart Start,
the nation's top ignition interl art provider. She will be
all set in just a couple of minutes after a
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couple of commercial messages.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Back after this, You're on Night Side with Dan Ray
on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
My guess is Morgan Ryan. He is the growth marketing director.
She excuse me what you say? Rob? She I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, Morgan one of those names. I'm sorry, No welcome.
She is the growth marketing director at SmartStart, the nation's
top ignition inter luck provider. Tonight is blackout Wednesday, and
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everybody knows. You know, friends, friends don't let friends drive drunk.
But Wednesday thanks Wednesday night Thanksgiving even supposedly the high
the biggest drinky day of the year. I didn't realize that.
Do you have any idea why that is?
Speaker 4 (13:27):
By the way, yeah, thank you for having me on
the show. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving weekend and what's going to blackout Wednesday,
which is tonight. The NHTSA, that's the National Highway Traffic
Safety Association reports it is the deadliest night of the year,
the deadliest holiday. And we see bars reporting a sixty
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to seventy percent increase in alcohol sales, and we do
see unfortunately, fatality spiking about two to three times. We
believe that the reason for this it's too old. We
see what's called a low responsibility window. Believe it or not.
This is actually people who have you know, white collar drops,
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you know, getting off of work early, not having to
work the next day. And that is true for blue
collar jobs too, But there's this, you know, window of
opportunity where I don't have to get up early. That
creates a barrier of responsibility. And then we do see
tons of college students just pouring home right to reunite
with old friends and drinking essentially becomes a tradition.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
And you folks do have an item, it's called a
Nition interlock provider. I think I know what it is,
but I'd rather have you.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Yeah, Dan, So, an admission interlock device is something you
probably don't want to hear about, and if you do
end up having to hear about one, it starts probably
the better option in the market. Where essentially one of
three brands, and it's essentially a car breathalyzer. It's what
you have to get installed on your Ignition post duy.
Most states require you to have an i ID or
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an Ignition Interlocked device after your first duy. Other states
maybe the rules are a little bit more laxed, but
generally speaking, if you do end up with a DUI,
you're going to need an ID and smart Start. We
all have the number one provider in the US, and
that's really for a reason. We are pretty much the
stigma free brand, believe it or not. You know, we
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don't discriminate. We don't like the term offender. We know
that this is an offense, but we see our customers
as people, and we believe in rehabilitation in terms of
kind of meeting people where they are. You know, the
IID itself is designed to really rehabilitate behavior. So it's
not a punishment necessarily, it's meant to really kind of
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get the individual to stop and think. One of the
things that the IID does most people don't recognize if
it goes far beyond just that initial start. Yes, you
have to blow into the device to get the vehicle
to start, but there are what's called rolling tests, so
that could go off every three minutes, four minutes, six minutes,
seven minutes. It's a random amount of tests. Naturally, right
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as you drink alcohol, that's what happens in your body.
Your body's going to metabolize that, you're going to peak
and then come down. So the IID during the duration
of driving is going to prompt you to take tests,
and then you do have a destination test, and so
it's again meant to sort of rehabilitate behavior for those
that unfortunately find themselves in this situation. There are ways
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to prevent this, which is really what I specialize, and
that's really drunk driving accountability.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Okay, so let me ask you this. Obviously, if somebody
is convicted of a DUI and they're ordered by the
court to install one of these devices, whether it's yours
or someone else, Okay, that's a good idea. What about
the idea for people who are known, they realize that, yeah,
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they do have a glass of wine with dinner, they
do have a beer, you know, before dinner, and they
do drive. Would it be smart for us to start
to in taking the stigma off this for the people
who are forced to have these devices that a lot
of people should say. You know, I'll put one on
my car. It doesn't bother me if I'm driving. If
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I'm drinking it some night and somehow I have a
lost count, I'd rather know before I get in my
car that I'm not in good shape to drive, and
I'll take an over. Is there any market share out there?
You're a marketing director, Is there any market share out there?
We're really responsible. People say, fine, put it on my car.
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I can live with that.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
Yeah, Dan, you're definitely a thinker. You think a lot
like I do. We do have a voluntary it's called
voluntary program. It's where ordinary people that you know, For example,
I talk a lot about moms, mommy wine culture. Our
moms go out, they finally get a break, they have
brunch with their friends in a Sunday, they drink them
a mose search and they end up getting a do
at two pm. This is someone who doesn't necessarily have
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a problem. It's a mistake, and we believe in life
after mistakes. Sometimes it takes people more than second chances.
That's why we avoid that specific terminology terminology, but we
do have voluntary programs, and we also have a handheld device.
I love the handheld device because it's sort of a
portable alcohol monitoring device. It's just a handheld brestallizer. You
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can get them at smart Starting. You can give us
a call, and I've seen mothers and fathers actually give
these devices to their kiddos on prom night. I've seen,
you know, me and my friends carry them around. You
know how many times, Dan, have we been in a
situation where it's just as you describe. You know, I
have a glass of wine or two and we go
are you the drive? I don't know. Are you going
to drive? Min going to drive? And you're sort of
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stuck in that limbo for a moment, going you know,
I did drink, but if I don't necessarily feel fun
enough or different enough, and I okay to drive? So
that's that portable device exists. Again is a sale save
for you to blow into it to make sure that
you're okay to drive without having to full blown.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
And from my audience who may be responsible. How expensive
are those devices?
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Yeah, so there's two. There's two avenues. If you wanted
to do a regular we call it. A portable alcohol
monitoring device is a PAM. It's our breast check. They
range anywhere from seventy dollars a month. It is technically
a device that you can either purchase out right or lease.
And if you actually are ordered to have a portable device,
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for example, a dad that has custody of his kids
and he has to blow into that device to show
his ex life that he's actually sober, those results are
actually populated from the device itself to a monitoring authority
like the d MB or the state. Those are those
run a little bit more expensive.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
SEAM the first one you talked about, and I'm getting
a little qunch on time here. It's a seventy dollars.
You don't buy the device, You lease the device.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Correct, Yes, you lease the device, correct. You can buy
it outright. We're currently working on an e commerce solution
similar to like an Amazon, where you can go to
our website and just purchase it out right.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Yeah, that's that's what I'm talking for when you do
that to get back to us, because I think that
there'll be some people in my audience will probably want
to take advantage of it. Morgan Ryan, thanks very much.
Give us the website where people can learn a little
bit more about smart Start. What's the website?
Speaker 4 (20:31):
Yes, sir, I do have an international podcast. It's the
easiest way to reach us. It's called Stigma Free. IID sound, Spotify,
and Apple. I talk about cannabis, I talk about police,
talk about mommy, wine culture, all the things to you
I related and you can also visit us at smartstartanks
dot com.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Perfect Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Morgan, thank you, Dan, Happy Thanksgiving. Bybye.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
You're welcome. When we get back right after the news,
we're going to talk about one hundred thousand pet meals
given away in a single day. It's called Giving Back Tuesday.
The event is scheduled for December first at the Franklin
Park in Boston. I'm not sure if December first is
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a Tuesday, but we'll check that out. We're gonna be
talking with Alyssa Kraiger. She's the director of Community Outreach
at the MSPCA, a great organization. Remember all dogs and
all cats and all pets go to heaven. Coming back
on Nightside with Dan Ray right after the news break
at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
It's night Side with Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Delighted to welcome Alyssa Kreeger. She's the director of Community
Outreach at the MSPCA here in Massachusetts. In Boston, Alyssa,
welcome to Nightside and hope you're ready for a beautiful
Thanksgiving Day tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
Thank you so much for having me. I'm ready well.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Massachusetts Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals also AGE,
seeks to distribute one hundred thousand pet meals in a
single day, giving back Tuesday. Now. The event is scheduled
for December first, at Franklin Park in Boston. A little confused?
Speaker 5 (22:14):
Is Monday December second? Tuesday December second?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Good? Okay, okay, you heard me. I read it cold
and I have an appointment that day that I have
to go to. And I said, gee, either my calendar
is messed up. So we got it right. So it's Tuesday,
December second at Franklin Park. First of all, how does
this work? How are you going to distribute one hundred
thousand pet meals in a single day.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Uh oh, we got we got a small army of
people who are ready to help, got a lot of food.
We're still collecting donations of pet food. But you know,
the most important thing is that we kind of have to.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It's important.
Speaker 5 (22:52):
There are lots of folks who are struggling with food
and security. The qulidaies are harder now than ever. They've
always been hard for people who maybe our living paycheck
to paycheck where are struggling, and so we kind of
looked at it and said, you know, we have to.
So you know, there's there's a Black Friday, Cyber Monday,
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and then Giving Today is usually one folks would donate
to organizations as part of their holiday giving, and the
m SPCA wants to do giving back Tuesday. So we
want to give back to our community who gives so
much to us, and we know that people who need help.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Okay, so that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Okay, I'm making an assumption here, and if if it's
an incorrect assumption, helped me out. Okay, I'm assuming there
must be some great pet food companies that have contributed
to this effort.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
So Mostly our pet food has come from donations from
our absolutely incredible community. So whether that is monetary donations
that folks have given us or people visiting our wish
lists and sending us pet food, that's really where our
food is coming, right.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Okay, all I want. All I wanted to do, Alyssa
was make sure that if there were kudos to be
given to any any company, I wanted to give you
the opportunity to do that. Is there any particular I'm
giving it all to our community, all to the community. Okay?
And so is the pet food going to be sort
of in packages and little sealed bags and stuff? I mean,
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you're not just gonna throw kibble with people? I assume
how's it going to work?
Speaker 5 (24:22):
Yeah, So mostly our food is just like in smallish bags.
Some of the donations that we get are like very
large bags, and our team has broken those down into
like very carefully labeled diplocks. But yeah, people can just
drive through. We basically we're anybody who is struggling this
holiday season needs that extra hand and want them to
come by, We're going to be It's at Pierpoint Road
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in Franklin Park. It's a big park, but right on
Pierpoint Road from two to six. We'll just be there.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
And people don't have to show up with some sort
of proof. It's a I assume it's an honor system.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
I hope it is.
Speaker 5 (24:59):
Yeah. You know, when people say they need help, we
believe them. We're not here to, you know, give anybody
the ten degree or make it hard. We want to
make sure that if somebody says that they need help,
we're going to believe them that they need help, and
we're going to give them the food that they want.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Now, is this an annual event or is this an
event that is being done for the first time. I'm
not familiar with it.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
So we did. We did an event last year it
was more vaccines for pets in the community. This is
our first, really huge this is the biggest pet food
distribution we've done. It's pretty ambitious. I would be lying
if I didn't say I was nervous. So well, we'll
we're going all out and I just have like crossing
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my fingers and toes that everything goes smoothly.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Well, you know what I would do if I were you.
I know, you don't have more enough time. Someone should
check with a Guinness World Book of records. I wonder
if this might be the biggest pet food I'm serious,
the biggest.
Speaker 5 (25:55):
Yeah, it's a good thought.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Yeah, I'm totally serious on that.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
So we'll do that the Kinks this year and next
year we'll call them up.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Okay, all right, So if there's anyone out there who
would like to participate it and as a beneficiary, it's
two to six on Tuesday, December the two at Pierpoint
Road and Franklin Park. I'm sure to be easy to find.
Everybody knows where Franklin Park is now.
Speaker 5 (26:22):
Yeah, we're right by the Franklin Park Place dead and
the giraffe entrance.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Of the zoo.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
If people want to contribute in some form of fashion,
I assume at this point it would be financial contributions
that would be most necessary. People kind of go and
buy a package of pet food and drive it to
Franklin Park themselves. So how could they get in touch
with the MSPCA and make a donation financial donation to
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help you out.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Actually we did get a lot of financial donations and
we ordered some food that got a little bit lost
in the shuffle of the holidays. And so what folks
actually can do if they want to support this effort
is go to our wish list, which is MSPCA dot
org splash wish lists and send us a bag of
food off of our wishlists. There's two either's Amazon or
stop by the shelter and drop off the bag of food.
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At this point, we are just looking for as many
bags of pet food, dog and cat food as we
can them as we can get our hands on. So actually,
at this point, you know, just this is our little wishlist.
Or stop by the shelter this weekend and drop something
off if you're able to.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
That's great. And the shelter in Boston is right in
Jamaica plane correct it.
Speaker 5 (27:33):
And actually teams from all of our shelters are going
to be coming to help. So we have a shelter
in Centreville, in Salem, in the Sewan and in Jamaica
Plane and you can drop off food at any of them.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
All right, So this is really all hands on deck project.
Remember this, Melissa, I end my show every night every night,
All dogs, all cats, all pets go to heaven. So
you were you were with a friend here. We support them,
We support the MSPCA, and as a matter of fact,
we will be doing our thirteenth annual Night Side Charity Combine.
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I'm going to be announcing that later on during the program,
but we'd love to have someone from the MSPCA join
us that night. It's all by telephone, just like we're
doing it now, to spend three or four minutes with us.
We will go through about twenty charities that night. It
will be Tuesday night, December twenty third, and I hope
my calendar is correct. I think it is my calendar
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great weekend and happy Thanksgiving. All right, we have one
more scheduled guest and and and Rob is just telling
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me he's got in touch with them. So we're going
to be talking with Jason Walsh, a celebrity trainer.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
And we're gonna be talking about the big protein debate.
Why it seems like everything now contains protein in it.
People want protein, but how much is too much. We're
going to bring you up to date on everything you
need to know about protein. But perhaps I've never asked.
Right after this on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
It's Nightside, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
Want to welcome Jason Walsh. He's a celebrity trainer and
co founder of Rise three eleven, which is a company
that created plant based protein. Before we get all of
that going, Jason, first of all, I hope you and
yours have a great Thanksgiving and welcome to Night Side.
Speaker 6 (30:02):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
So are you at Boston University?
Speaker 3 (30:06):
No?
Speaker 6 (30:07):
I actually went to the un CE Chapel Hill.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Oh so you're down there with Belichick?
Speaker 6 (30:13):
Yeah, I mean I I graduated.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Didn't help.
Speaker 6 (30:18):
Yeah, somebody help him out. I don't know who. Man,
what a year?
Speaker 2 (30:23):
What a year? Yeah, he's it's kind of lost whatever
he had that. But I'm not When I had a
trash Bill Belichiah. Yeah, so let's talk first of all
about this great protein debate. Why is everybody so obsessed
with protein?
Speaker 6 (30:38):
Because it's a hot topic that the market's making hot topics. Man,
they want me people, you know, they're going to feed
people this information and make something out of nothing. And
and and right now it's the It's it's like creatine.
You know, I've been taking creatine since the eighties. Now
all of a sudden, creatine is like the new it's
the new it thing to take. It's a new supplement.
And you know, it's in protein. You know, look, it's
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a macronutrient. It's been around for a long time. It's
been kicked around, and now it's at the height of
the of the market because it's it's it's cheap, it's
readily available, you know. And they could put it in
potato chips, they could put it in water, they could
put it in your moon pie. They're gonna put it
in I went, I was walking through Target the other
day and I saw cheerios protein cheerios, and it's just
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like it's it makes people feel like they're somehow, some
way leaning into being healthier. So it's a it's an easy,
manipulative way to draw people's attention because it's pretty simple.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
So marketing, Oh yeah, okay.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
I mean, you know, this information has been around for
a long time and you know it's nothing new, but
when they make it a hot topic, it's it's marketable,
it's it's it's something that people can go, oh protein, bam, done,
and you know, like they're lean into it and they're
like they feel like they're being healthier because you know,
they're eating a moonpie with sixteen rounds of protein. You
know what they're not telling you is where is that
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protein come from? Is it a high grade protein? There's
a bigger underlying issue here.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
Well, I'm assuming that people get protein primarily from from meats.
I guess chicken and fish probably better sauces than meats.
All of that. So if you're really looking justin your
normal diet, we're going to talk about rise three eleven
in a second, I promise you. Okay, But if you're
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talking to the average person, you know, I'm in the
gym well three four, five, six times a week.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
I'm not at the level you are, trust me. But
I've been doing it for a long time, long time
So Mike, you know, I try to eat a lot
of fish. I try to eat a lot of chicken.
Back at backed off on the meat. Am I when
I do that? Am I getting a sufficient protein in
your opinion?
Speaker 6 (32:52):
Yeah? I mean, look, the idea is to get all
your protein from food sources, you know, not from protein.
That's not the way it should be. What you should
be doing is getting it from your diet, you know, primarily.
And I tell everybody that, look, I didn't make this protein.
Go on, this is going to fix everything, you know,
Like it's more of a convenience factor. It's about getting
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something in your system that's that's readily, you know, digestible.
The body can actually utilize it and get something in
your system, especially for people that are right out of
the gym, you know, like if you can get it
in that thirty minute window. Uh, it's that's that's that's
the best.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Okay. So this I think we started to talk about
Rise three eleven. It's a company that you co founded
and has created a plant based protein. My first question
that is how does it taste well?
Speaker 6 (33:43):
That I'm telling you that that's one of the reasons
why we created this protein. We actually we really knocked
it out of the park with the taste, the texture.
Most plant based proteins have anti nutrient or or or
high fiber, and that fiber acts like a mesh work,
so you don't actually get or absorb most of the
protein that they tell you you're getting. So sometimes you'll
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see on the side of the package it's like thirty
grands of protein, but they're not telling you the whole story.
You know, it really depends on what the ingredients, the
source of the ingredients, the quality of the ingredients, doing
the doing the due diligence to make sure that you
have a protein that the body is actually able to utilize.
And so, you know, we had issues with you know,
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I train a lot of clients, I do a lot
of movies that do things like that, and I'm over
the years realizing there's this pattern of people that we're
having really bad problems with with protein supplements, and so,
you know, I reached out to my friend Josh, who's
my business partner, and he's the guy that really helped
formulate Rise three eleven. And it's really you know, if
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you're ethical and you're trying to do the right thing
for the for the people you're going to do the
work and not try to just look for the most
the cheapest, most cost effective. You know, uh uh, I'm
sourcing or low grade protein so that you can have
big margins and make lots of money and promise a
lot of things. Because it's an unregulated market, it's complicated,
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you know, it's very multifaceted. Here there's a big story
and about you know, supplementations and things like that that
really aren't regulated. They can get away with They pretty
much get away with murder. They can tell you what
they want to.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
Tell you real quickly. Here. Does this come in a
bar that you can carry around with you or is
it a powder that has to be mixed with something?
Give me a give me the lowdown. When I used
is how I'm going to use it.
Speaker 6 (35:37):
It's a it's two scoops. We we we got rid
of the plastic scoopers that you have to dig your
hand into the proteins to find, and you know, trying
to do our part for the environment. And it's a recyclable,
reusable metal scooper that you get with your with the
with the rise three eleven, and it's two scoops of that.
It actually mixes. It's such a high grade protein with
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great ingredients that you could just put it in a
shake or with eight ounces of water. So it's not
a lot of volume, you know, like a lot of
times people making shakes, it's like choking down twenty to
thirty ounces of this huge thing that's thick and chalky.
At least the ones that I took in the eighties,
you know, the metrics and all that eas and all
that kind of stuff, it was like it was you
could you could cut it with a fourth, you know, like, okay,
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this is eight ounces of water. That's the easiest way
to make it. And it still tastes great. It tastes
like like a chocolate shake or chocolate drink like an
ovidine or something.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
Cho You got me a chocolate okay, you had me
at chocolate. You got a dot choke protein shake. Here,
you got a mask Madagascar nothing to do with Nascar,
but Madagascar vanilla protein. And they could just go on
the website Rise three eleven dot com and order it.
Speaker 6 (36:47):
Order it from there you can get directed consumer. We
also are now available on Amazon dot com.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Okay, so what's the better deal? Amazon or Rise three
eleven dot com.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
Rise three eleven. Is it's actually a better deal.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
I'm with you, thanks for the thanks for the chip
on that.
Speaker 6 (37:05):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Of course this was really fun. I enjoyed. I'm gonna
I'm gonna buy some myself, to be really honest with you,
and it's best to drink it or to ingest it
after your workout.
Speaker 6 (37:17):
That's what I recommend. That's why I do with my clients.
You know again, I've been doing this for a long time.
I've been in the industry for over thirty years. Look,
we guarantee it, you know. It's I promise that your kids,
I mean the kids. Get the kids to drink it.
They love it for breakfast.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
I have two young kids when I say young thirties.
Speaker 6 (37:37):
But I challenge you conscious and I challenge you to
try it and tell me if there's anything that tastes
better on the market.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
You got me. As long as you got a chocolate
based product. I'm there. I'm there. Thanks so much, Jason,
and get back. I'll let you know, man, I really will.
And we see Belichick. Tell them I said hello, and
I will tell them. Get some of those trick plays
in the book. We got to got to win some games.
Speaker 6 (38:00):
Here for the treo back. I think I know.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Where is mojo is going. I know where's mojo is going.
Speaker 6 (38:08):
Well, happy Thanksgiving, Thank you so much for your time.
Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
Right back at you, Jason, Thanks man, talk to you soon.
All right, all right, we get back. We're going to
switch topics, going to get a little serious. Going to
talk about a bill to raise the age of juvenile
court jurisdiction. I'm not so sure I support this. Going
to talk with state Representative Jim O'Day right at the
beginning of the hour. Stay with us. This is an
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interesting question of uh, well, I'll explain it in full.
You know that, coming back right after the nine
With Dan ray On doll you Easy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All right, welcome on in everybody. As we hit we're
gonna take you all the way to Thanksgiving is now
Thanksgiving Eve, which is a special night as far as
I'm concerned, one of those nights when a lot of
people are on the move, a lot of people listening
in the radio feel free when we start talking at
nine o'clock, after we go through our four special guests
(00:26):
during the eight o'clock hour, Rob Brooks is back in
the control room and he will get you all set
lined up to talk on the radio, and we're gonna
be talking about prime and punishment. At nine o'clock, we're
going to talk about chatter around your Thanksgiving tay table
and whether or not you have politics as a side dish.
So we got lots to talk about. We'll keep your
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company and keep you on the road. We hope that
our caller last night, Katie from Medford, who was heading
to Flint, Michigan with her partner in tow. She called
in after yes they cleared sconnected in New York and
it was amazing driving all the way to Flint, Michigan.
You wouldn't get they wouldn't get in. You know, they're
going to take their time. So wherever you're headed tonight,
(01:10):
we'd love to hear from you and let us know
if you're on the road and what the conditions are.
I know that it's a pretty nice night out there
in New England tonight, but it's going to get cold,
so please take all the cautions you have to take.
Just get to your appointed rounds tomorrow over the river
and through the woods to Grandma's house. Hopefully not going
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over the river and through the woods. Hopefully you're going
on four ninety five, good clear roads or wherever Route
ninety going west, whatever, just get there safe and sound.
Let me start off tonight. We're going to begin our
conversation with our guests. By the way, we'll say, we'll
be talking with a state representative about the issues of
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crime and punishment, a piece of legislation that is working
its way through the through the legislature, which always me
a little bit. We'll talk with one of the sponsors
of that at nine o'clock. But we're going to start
off tonight by talking with Jo and he basically is
urging urging Americans to maximize their medicare which I think
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that's a great idea. Jay, Thank you very much for
being available here on Thanksgiving Eve Knight. You're a certified
financial planner, planner and author of Maximize Your Medicare. How
are people not maximizing their medicare? I would assume everybody
would try to maximize whatever benefits they were rightfully owed
(02:37):
by the government. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving and welcome
to Night's side.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Well, thank you for having me, Dan, And you'd be
shocked that you people like to set it and forget it.
People of human nature is to resist change, and even
if that is to their detriment, and that I don't
think is a great idea generally speaking. And in this
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day and age where inflation is persistent, the differences we
are seeing in overall cost can vary, you know, more
than a thousand dollars a year when people do nothing.
So for me, my first thought is that people would
at least check well.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
One of the things that strikes me is that every
year around the towards the end of October, I see
all of the ads from the federal government. I also
see ads from HSAS and FSAs are reminding everybody that
there's that window of opportunity where you can set up
your medical care whatever it is, whether it's through private
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companies or whether it's through Medicare. And I would think
that people would the numbers there, that they would give
me an example of the things that either have changed
this year or the things that you know older Americans
on Medicare are overlooking or have overlooked.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well to give you an idea of how complicated the
backdrop is. Even for example, in Massachusetts, very large popular
Medicare advantage options had no premium last year. This year
they will in twenty twenty six, they will have a premium.
So even if nothing has changed to your healthcare needs,
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you can see a difference in cost. So for me,
I tell people that it's a good idea to be
a savvy consumer always. I'm a chief skate by heart.
Someone would say sort of describe me, and I would
suggest that people would do that for themselves without trying
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to sacrifice their coverage. So cat balance be done.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yes, let me ask you this question. Because I certainly
am old enough to qualify for Medicare, but because I'm
working and I have private health insurance and all that
no reason for me to get Medicare. It's provided by
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either my company or my wife's company, so we're fortunate
in that regard. But I guarantee you if I was
on Medicare, I'd be looking at it as closely as
I could. Also all of us. I think remember that
Medicare dates back to nineteen sixty five if I'm correct historically,
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and you would think that over time people would have
become used to it. And also, why the heck does
it have to be so complicated? I mean not everybody
of Medicare age is a financial planner, a certified financial
planner like you are. Have we got to the point
in this world where people who are retired and on
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Medicare have to now hire and I mean this with
all due respect certified financial planners or I'm a lawyer
or lawyers or agents to spend time going over their
Medicare situation. Is it that complicated and if it is,
it should be simplified.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Well. I try to tell people that we plan for
the world that we have, not the world that we
hope for. And the reality is that there are nearly
seventy million people in the United States who are Medicare beneficiaries.
That number is not going to drop. It's going to
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increase at a time where there are obvious federal budget
fiscal issues as well as philosophical slash political debates. No,
I do understand, but it seems impractical that the population
would presume that things would stay static given than the time.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
My question then, is with whatever upheaval that we all
might have to deal with? UH? And I realize also
that there are other people on Medicare who are not
necessarily aged, that can be people with disabilities, et cetera.
But have we reached the point we're between the bickering
in Washington between the Democrats and Republicans. You know, I
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know there's problems now they're saying with Obamacare, and it's
going to be extended? Is it not going to be extended?
Have we reached the point that this government program that
everybody has paid into, you know a certain number you
know of UH who have worked? What give me a practical?
In other words, should they call someone like you UH
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and say, hey, look, I'm willing to pay you five
hundred dollars for you to go over my Medicare benefits
and and tell me if if I've done it correctly,
and I'm not trying to push business towards you, and
I'm not being insulting you probably, but do they You know,
it used to be that people used to fill out
their own tax returns and then along game all the
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tax preparers that got very complicated. It just see things
get so complicated. Have we reached the point I was
asking that question with all sincerity. Have we reached a
point where the average person is so overwhelmed that that
they're not getting the benefits, not because they don't want
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to try, but they don't know where to turn.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
I do think that there are a number of resources
available that for example, every state has volunteers that are
state funded and federally funded centers which is called ship
and for every state will have its own different you know,
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specific name, but there are volunteer centers. They are volunteers.
So whether or not they will have the full breadth
of be a full financial impact is different. It can
be different. I'm going to say that it will very
much depend on the person because, for example, if you're
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on Medicaid, meaning you're a financially challenged person, there are
going to be specific plans in your state. There are
something you know, including the Medicare and non Medicare population
another eighty seventy million, eighty million people on Medicaid. So
now that said that said, I think it especially at
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the beginning, it's important to understand that Medicare has a
different language, its mechanics work differently, and then it depends
on the person because if you are a single, single
person with no dependence, and you are in excellent health,
then it can be relatively uncomplicated. You're already retired. The
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moment that any one these moving parts move for a household,
now it becomes very very different, and it can be difficult.
I'd even go so far, and I realize we have
a time restraint here that even in your situation, Dan,
when you're cut, for those people who are working beyond
sixty five, which is a great number of people as
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they wait for former time and age under Social Security,
that it is not necessarily the case that people just
simply continue on with their employer for sponsored plan. That
the combination of price that you are charged from your
employer and the benefits that you may require may actually
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change that balance. And in fact, there's an entire two
chapters in my book about this particular combination so listen.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
It is very running out of time, and I do
very much appreciate that this is not a simple subject.
The book is called Maximize your Medicare. That's right, and Jay,
your first name is spelled Jae, and your last name
is spelled oh oh, certified medical planner. Is there a
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website that I can direct people to that they can
find your book? Or just should they just go on too? Amazon?
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Everything's available for Amazon down, didn't you know?
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I'm not sure that a lot of authors have their
own websites because they feel it's more atinctive. So you
get a website, love to have it. If not, we'll
push it to Amazon. Go ahead.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Maximize your Medicare dot com is the official website for
the book. The twenty twenty six twenty twenty seven edition
is available for pre order now. We have sent it
to the printer and so that will be out available
very very shortly. So there are going to be all
these changes that have occurred over the past two years
since the last edition, and if anywhere that book can
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be sold all.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Right, j Oh, thanks very much. Probably love to have
you back on in a longer session, because I feel
we haven't even scratched the surface and love to love
to chat with you more because I think people need
help and they don't know where to get it at
this point.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Maybe your book is complicated. Thank you very much, Very
good Dan, Thank you very much. Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Thank you for Happy Thanksgiving you as well. Okay, they
called tonight blackout Wednesday? Why Thanksgiving Eve is the heaviest
drinking day of the year. Going to talk with Morgan Ryan,
who is the marketing director of device called smart Start,
the nation's top ignition interl art provider. She will be
all set in just a couple of minutes after a
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couple of commercial messages.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Back after this, You're on Night Side with Dan Ray
on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
My guess is Morgan Ryan. He is the growth marketing director.
She excuse me what you say? Rob? She I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, Morgan one of those names. I'm sorry, No welcome.
She is the growth marketing director at SmartStart, the nation's
top ignition inter luck provider. Tonight is blackout Wednesday, and
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everybody knows. You know, friends, friends don't let friends drive drunk.
But Wednesday thanks Wednesday night Thanksgiving even supposedly the high
the biggest drinky day of the year. I didn't realize that.
Do you have any idea why that is?
Speaker 4 (13:27):
By the way, yeah, thank you for having me on
the show. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving weekend and what's going to blackout Wednesday,
which is tonight. The NHTSA, that's the National Highway Traffic
Safety Association reports it is the deadliest night of the year,
the deadliest holiday. And we see bars reporting a sixty
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to seventy percent increase in alcohol sales, and we do
see unfortunately, fatality spiking about two to three times. We
believe that the reason for this it's too old. We
see what's called a low responsibility window. Believe it or not.
This is actually people who have you know, white collar drops,
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you know, getting off of work early, not having to
work the next day. And that is true for blue
collar jobs too, But there's this, you know, window of
opportunity where I don't have to get up early. That
creates a barrier of responsibility. And then we do see
tons of college students just pouring home right to reunite
with old friends and drinking essentially becomes a tradition.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
And you folks do have an item, it's called a
Nition interlock provider. I think I know what it is,
but I'd rather have you.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Yeah, Dan, So, an admission interlock device is something you
probably don't want to hear about, and if you do
end up having to hear about one, it starts probably
the better option in the market. Where essentially one of
three brands, and it's essentially a car breathalyzer. It's what
you have to get installed on your Ignition post duy.
Most states require you to have an i ID or
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an Ignition Interlocked device after your first duy. Other states
maybe the rules are a little bit more laxed, but
generally speaking, if you do end up with a DUI,
you're going to need an ID and smart Start. We
all have the number one provider in the US, and
that's really for a reason. We are pretty much the
stigma free brand, believe it or not. You know, we
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don't discriminate. We don't like the term offender. We know
that this is an offense, but we see our customers
as people, and we believe in rehabilitation in terms of
kind of meeting people where they are. You know, the
IID itself is designed to really rehabilitate behavior. So it's
not a punishment necessarily, it's meant to really kind of
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get the individual to stop and think. One of the
things that the IID does most people don't recognize if
it goes far beyond just that initial start. Yes, you
have to blow into the device to get the vehicle
to start, but there are what's called rolling tests, so
that could go off every three minutes, four minutes, six minutes,
seven minutes. It's a random amount of tests. Naturally, right
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as you drink alcohol, that's what happens in your body.
Your body's going to metabolize that, you're going to peak
and then come down. So the IID during the duration
of driving is going to prompt you to take tests,
and then you do have a destination test, and so
it's again meant to sort of rehabilitate behavior for those
that unfortunately find themselves in this situation. There are ways
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to prevent this, which is really what I specialize, and
that's really drunk driving accountability.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Okay, so let me ask you this. Obviously, if somebody
is convicted of a DUI and they're ordered by the
court to install one of these devices, whether it's yours
or someone else, Okay, that's a good idea. What about
the idea for people who are known, they realize that, yeah,
(17:04):
they do have a glass of wine with dinner, they
do have a beer, you know, before dinner, and they
do drive. Would it be smart for us to start
to in taking the stigma off this for the people
who are forced to have these devices that a lot
of people should say. You know, I'll put one on
my car. It doesn't bother me if I'm driving. If
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I'm drinking it some night and somehow I have a
lost count, I'd rather know before I get in my
car that I'm not in good shape to drive, and
I'll take an over. Is there any market share out there?
You're a marketing director, Is there any market share out there?
We're really responsible. People say, fine, put it on my car.
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I can live with that.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
Yeah, Dan, you're definitely a thinker. You think a lot
like I do. We do have a voluntary it's called
voluntary program. It's where ordinary people that you know, For example,
I talk a lot about moms, mommy wine culture. Our
moms go out, they finally get a break, they have
brunch with their friends in a Sunday, they drink them
a mose search and they end up getting a do
at two pm. This is someone who doesn't necessarily have
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a problem. It's a mistake, and we believe in life
after mistakes. Sometimes it takes people more than second chances.
That's why we avoid that specific terminology terminology, but we
do have voluntary programs, and we also have a handheld device.
I love the handheld device because it's sort of a
portable alcohol monitoring device. It's just a handheld brestallizer. You
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can get them at smart Starting. You can give us
a call, and I've seen mothers and fathers actually give
these devices to their kiddos on prom night. I've seen,
you know, me and my friends carry them around. You
know how many times, Dan, have we been in a
situation where it's just as you describe. You know, I
have a glass of wine or two and we go
are you the drive? I don't know. Are you going
to drive? Min going to drive? And you're sort of
(18:54):
stuck in that limbo for a moment, going you know,
I did drink, but if I don't necessarily feel fun
enough or different enough, and I okay to drive? So
that's that portable device exists. Again is a sale save
for you to blow into it to make sure that
you're okay to drive without having to full blown.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
And from my audience who may be responsible. How expensive
are those devices?
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Yeah, so there's two. There's two avenues. If you wanted
to do a regular we call it. A portable alcohol
monitoring device is a PAM. It's our breast check. They
range anywhere from seventy dollars a month. It is technically
a device that you can either purchase out right or lease.
And if you actually are ordered to have a portable device,
(19:38):
for example, a dad that has custody of his kids
and he has to blow into that device to show
his ex life that he's actually sober, those results are
actually populated from the device itself to a monitoring authority
like the d MB or the state. Those are those
run a little bit more expensive.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
SEAM the first one you talked about, and I'm getting
a little qunch on time here. It's a seventy dollars.
You don't buy the device, You lease the device.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Correct, Yes, you lease the device, correct. You can buy
it outright. We're currently working on an e commerce solution
similar to like an Amazon, where you can go to
our website and just purchase it out right.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Yeah, that's that's what I'm talking for when you do
that to get back to us, because I think that
there'll be some people in my audience will probably want
to take advantage of it. Morgan Ryan, thanks very much.
Give us the website where people can learn a little
bit more about smart Start. What's the website?
Speaker 4 (20:31):
Yes, sir, I do have an international podcast. It's the
easiest way to reach us. It's called Stigma Free. IID sound, Spotify,
and Apple. I talk about cannabis, I talk about police,
talk about mommy, wine culture, all the things to you
I related and you can also visit us at smartstartanks
dot com.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Perfect Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Morgan, thank you, Dan, Happy Thanksgiving. Bybye.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
You're welcome. When we get back right after the news,
we're going to talk about one hundred thousand pet meals
given away in a single day. It's called Giving Back Tuesday.
The event is scheduled for December first at the Franklin
Park in Boston. I'm not sure if December first is
(21:15):
a Tuesday, but we'll check that out. We're gonna be
talking with Alyssa Kraiger. She's the director of Community Outreach
at the MSPCA, a great organization. Remember all dogs and
all cats and all pets go to heaven. Coming back
on Nightside with Dan Ray right after the news break
at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
It's night Side with Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Delighted to welcome Alyssa Kreeger. She's the director of Community
Outreach at the MSPCA here in Massachusetts. In Boston, Alyssa,
welcome to Nightside and hope you're ready for a beautiful
Thanksgiving Day tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
Thank you so much for having me. I'm ready well.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Massachusetts Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals also AGE,
seeks to distribute one hundred thousand pet meals in a
single day, giving back Tuesday. Now. The event is scheduled
for December first, at Franklin Park in Boston. A little confused?
Speaker 5 (22:14):
Is Monday December second? Tuesday December second?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Good? Okay, okay, you heard me. I read it cold
and I have an appointment that day that I have
to go to. And I said, gee, either my calendar
is messed up. So we got it right. So it's Tuesday,
December second at Franklin Park. First of all, how does
this work? How are you going to distribute one hundred
thousand pet meals in a single day.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Uh oh, we got we got a small army of
people who are ready to help, got a lot of food.
We're still collecting donations of pet food. But you know,
the most important thing is that we kind of have to.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It's important.
Speaker 5 (22:52):
There are lots of folks who are struggling with food
and security. The qulidaies are harder now than ever. They've
always been hard for people who maybe our living paycheck
to paycheck where are struggling, and so we kind of
looked at it and said, you know, we have to.
So you know, there's there's a Black Friday, Cyber Monday,
(23:12):
and then Giving Today is usually one folks would donate
to organizations as part of their holiday giving, and the
m SPCA wants to do giving back Tuesday. So we
want to give back to our community who gives so
much to us, and we know that people who need help.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Okay, so that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Okay, I'm making an assumption here, and if if it's
an incorrect assumption, helped me out. Okay, I'm assuming there
must be some great pet food companies that have contributed
to this effort.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
So Mostly our pet food has come from donations from
our absolutely incredible community. So whether that is monetary donations
that folks have given us or people visiting our wish
lists and sending us pet food, that's really where our
food is coming, right.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Okay, all I want. All I wanted to do, Alyssa
was make sure that if there were kudos to be
given to any any company, I wanted to give you
the opportunity to do that. Is there any particular I'm
giving it all to our community, all to the community. Okay?
And so is the pet food going to be sort
of in packages and little sealed bags and stuff? I mean,
(24:17):
you're not just gonna throw kibble with people? I assume
how's it going to work?
Speaker 5 (24:22):
Yeah, So mostly our food is just like in smallish bags.
Some of the donations that we get are like very
large bags, and our team has broken those down into
like very carefully labeled diplocks. But yeah, people can just
drive through. We basically we're anybody who is struggling this
holiday season needs that extra hand and want them to
come by, We're going to be It's at Pierpoint Road
(24:45):
in Franklin Park. It's a big park, but right on
Pierpoint Road from two to six. We'll just be there.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
And people don't have to show up with some sort
of proof. It's a I assume it's an honor system.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
I hope it is.
Speaker 5 (24:59):
Yeah. You know, when people say they need help, we
believe them. We're not here to, you know, give anybody
the ten degree or make it hard. We want to
make sure that if somebody says that they need help,
we're going to believe them that they need help, and
we're going to give them the food that they want.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Now, is this an annual event or is this an
event that is being done for the first time. I'm
not familiar with it.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
So we did. We did an event last year it
was more vaccines for pets in the community. This is
our first, really huge this is the biggest pet food
distribution we've done. It's pretty ambitious. I would be lying
if I didn't say I was nervous. So well, we'll
we're going all out and I just have like crossing
(25:41):
my fingers and toes that everything goes smoothly.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Well, you know what I would do if I were you.
I know, you don't have more enough time. Someone should
check with a Guinness World Book of records. I wonder
if this might be the biggest pet food I'm serious,
the biggest.
Speaker 5 (25:55):
Yeah, it's a good thought.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Yeah, I'm totally serious on that.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
So we'll do that the Kinks this year and next
year we'll call them up.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Okay, all right, So if there's anyone out there who
would like to participate it and as a beneficiary, it's
two to six on Tuesday, December the two at Pierpoint
Road and Franklin Park. I'm sure to be easy to find.
Everybody knows where Franklin Park is now.
Speaker 5 (26:22):
Yeah, we're right by the Franklin Park Place dead and
the giraffe entrance.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Of the zoo.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
If people want to contribute in some form of fashion,
I assume at this point it would be financial contributions
that would be most necessary. People kind of go and
buy a package of pet food and drive it to
Franklin Park themselves. So how could they get in touch
with the MSPCA and make a donation financial donation to
(26:47):
help you out.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Actually we did get a lot of financial donations and
we ordered some food that got a little bit lost
in the shuffle of the holidays. And so what folks
actually can do if they want to support this effort
is go to our wish list, which is MSPCA dot
org splash wish lists and send us a bag of
food off of our wishlists. There's two either's Amazon or
stop by the shelter and drop off the bag of food.
(27:11):
At this point, we are just looking for as many
bags of pet food, dog and cat food as we
can them as we can get our hands on. So actually,
at this point, you know, just this is our little wishlist.
Or stop by the shelter this weekend and drop something
off if you're able to.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
That's great. And the shelter in Boston is right in
Jamaica plane correct it.
Speaker 5 (27:33):
And actually teams from all of our shelters are going
to be coming to help. So we have a shelter
in Centreville, in Salem, in the Sewan and in Jamaica
Plane and you can drop off food at any of them.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
All right, So this is really all hands on deck project.
Remember this, Melissa, I end my show every night every night,
All dogs, all cats, all pets go to heaven. So
you were you were with a friend here. We support them,
We support the MSPCA, and as a matter of fact,
we will be doing our thirteenth annual Night Side Charity Combine.
(28:09):
I'm going to be announcing that later on during the program,
but we'd love to have someone from the MSPCA join
us that night. It's all by telephone, just like we're
doing it now, to spend three or four minutes with us.
We will go through about twenty charities that night. It
will be Tuesday night, December twenty third, and I hope
my calendar is correct. I think it is my calendar
(28:30):
and my head. So we always will have someone from
the MSPCA let us know in advance, and we will
call out to you and to other good charities, and
we'll introduce about twenty great charities a couple of nights
before Christmas. A lot of people like to make New
Year's donations, or in advance of the New Year's make
donations to maybe help them out with Uncle Sam come
(28:54):
April fifteenth, Tax Day, so think about that as well.
Invest of luck On Tuesday, December, Thank you at Franklin Parker, Boston.
Thank you, pleasure, my pleasure, best toll Lock. Have a
great weekend and happy Thanksgiving. All right, we have one
more scheduled guest and and and Rob is just telling
(29:16):
me he's got in touch with them. So we're going
to be talking with Jason Walsh, a celebrity trainer.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
And we're gonna be talking about the big protein debate.
Why it seems like everything now contains protein in it.
People want protein, but how much is too much. We're
going to bring you up to date on everything you
need to know about protein. But perhaps I've never asked.
Right after this on Nightside.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
It's Nightside, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
Want to welcome Jason Walsh. He's a celebrity trainer and
co founder of Rise three eleven, which is a company
that created plant based protein. Before we get all of
that going, Jason, first of all, I hope you and
yours have a great Thanksgiving and welcome to Night Side.
Speaker 6 (30:02):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
So are you at Boston University?
Speaker 3 (30:06):
No?
Speaker 6 (30:07):
I actually went to the un CE Chapel Hill.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Oh so you're down there with Belichick?
Speaker 6 (30:13):
Yeah, I mean I I graduated.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Didn't help.
Speaker 6 (30:18):
Yeah, somebody help him out. I don't know who. Man,
what a year?
Speaker 2 (30:23):
What a year? Yeah, he's it's kind of lost whatever
he had that. But I'm not When I had a
trash Bill Belichiah. Yeah, so let's talk first of all
about this great protein debate. Why is everybody so obsessed
with protein?
Speaker 6 (30:38):
Because it's a hot topic that the market's making hot topics. Man,
they want me people, you know, they're going to feed
people this information and make something out of nothing. And
and and right now it's the It's it's like creatine.
You know, I've been taking creatine since the eighties. Now
all of a sudden, creatine is like the new it's
the new it thing to take. It's a new supplement.
And you know, it's in protein. You know, look, it's
(31:00):
a macronutrient. It's been around for a long time. It's
been kicked around, and now it's at the height of
the of the market because it's it's it's cheap, it's
readily available, you know. And they could put it in
potato chips, they could put it in water, they could
put it in your moon pie. They're gonna put it
in I went, I was walking through Target the other
day and I saw cheerios protein cheerios, and it's just
(31:21):
like it's it makes people feel like they're somehow, some
way leaning into being healthier. So it's a it's an easy,
manipulative way to draw people's attention because it's pretty simple.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
So marketing, Oh yeah, okay.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
I mean, you know, this information has been around for
a long time and you know it's nothing new, but
when they make it a hot topic, it's it's marketable,
it's it's it's something that people can go, oh protein, bam, done,
and you know, like they're lean into it and they're
like they feel like they're being healthier because you know,
they're eating a moonpie with sixteen rounds of protein. You
know what they're not telling you is where is that
(31:59):
protein come from? Is it a high grade protein? There's
a bigger underlying issue here.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
Well, I'm assuming that people get protein primarily from from meats.
I guess chicken and fish probably better sauces than meats.
All of that. So if you're really looking justin your
normal diet, we're going to talk about rise three eleven
in a second, I promise you. Okay, But if you're
(32:26):
talking to the average person, you know, I'm in the
gym well three four, five, six times a week.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
I'm not at the level you are, trust me. But
I've been doing it for a long time, long time
So Mike, you know, I try to eat a lot
of fish. I try to eat a lot of chicken.
Back at backed off on the meat. Am I when
I do that? Am I getting a sufficient protein in
your opinion?
Speaker 6 (32:52):
Yeah? I mean, look, the idea is to get all
your protein from food sources, you know, not from protein.
That's not the way it should be. What you should
be doing is getting it from your diet, you know, primarily.
And I tell everybody that, look, I didn't make this protein.
Go on, this is going to fix everything, you know,
Like it's more of a convenience factor. It's about getting
(33:14):
something in your system that's that's readily, you know, digestible.
The body can actually utilize it and get something in
your system, especially for people that are right out of
the gym, you know, like if you can get it
in that thirty minute window. Uh, it's that's that's that's
the best.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Okay. So this I think we started to talk about
Rise three eleven. It's a company that you co founded
and has created a plant based protein. My first question
that is how does it taste well?
Speaker 6 (33:43):
That I'm telling you that that's one of the reasons
why we created this protein. We actually we really knocked
it out of the park with the taste, the texture.
Most plant based proteins have anti nutrient or or or
high fiber, and that fiber acts like a mesh work,
so you don't actually get or absorb most of the
protein that they tell you you're getting. So sometimes you'll
(34:05):
see on the side of the package it's like thirty
grands of protein, but they're not telling you the whole story.
You know, it really depends on what the ingredients, the
source of the ingredients, the quality of the ingredients, doing
the doing the due diligence to make sure that you
have a protein that the body is actually able to utilize.
And so, you know, we had issues with you know,
(34:26):
I train a lot of clients, I do a lot
of movies that do things like that, and I'm over
the years realizing there's this pattern of people that we're
having really bad problems with with protein supplements, and so,
you know, I reached out to my friend Josh, who's
my business partner, and he's the guy that really helped
formulate Rise three eleven. And it's really you know, if
(34:50):
you're ethical and you're trying to do the right thing
for the for the people you're going to do the
work and not try to just look for the most
the cheapest, most cost effective. You know, uh uh, I'm
sourcing or low grade protein so that you can have
big margins and make lots of money and promise a
lot of things. Because it's an unregulated market, it's complicated,
(35:11):
you know, it's very multifaceted. Here there's a big story
and about you know, supplementations and things like that that
really aren't regulated. They can get away with They pretty
much get away with murder. They can tell you what
they want to.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
Tell you real quickly. Here. Does this come in a
bar that you can carry around with you or is
it a powder that has to be mixed with something?
Give me a give me the lowdown. When I used
is how I'm going to use it.
Speaker 6 (35:37):
It's a it's two scoops. We we we got rid
of the plastic scoopers that you have to dig your
hand into the proteins to find, and you know, trying
to do our part for the environment. And it's a recyclable,
reusable metal scooper that you get with your with the
with the rise three eleven, and it's two scoops of that.
It actually mixes. It's such a high grade protein with
(36:00):
great ingredients that you could just put it in a
shake or with eight ounces of water. So it's not
a lot of volume, you know, like a lot of
times people making shakes, it's like choking down twenty to
thirty ounces of this huge thing that's thick and chalky.
At least the ones that I took in the eighties,
you know, the metrics and all that eas and all
that kind of stuff, it was like it was you
could you could cut it with a fourth, you know, like, okay,
(36:22):
this is eight ounces of water. That's the easiest way
to make it. And it still tastes great. It tastes
like like a chocolate shake or chocolate drink like an
ovidine or something.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
Cho You got me a chocolate okay, you had me
at chocolate. You got a dot choke protein shake. Here,
you got a mask Madagascar nothing to do with Nascar,
but Madagascar vanilla protein. And they could just go on
the website Rise three eleven dot com and order it.
Speaker 6 (36:47):
Order it from there you can get directed consumer. We
also are now available on Amazon dot com.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Okay, so what's the better deal? Amazon or Rise three
eleven dot com.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
Rise three eleven. Is it's actually a better deal.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
I'm with you, thanks for the thanks for the chip
on that.
Speaker 6 (37:05):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Of course this was really fun. I enjoyed. I'm gonna
I'm gonna buy some myself, to be really honest with you,
and it's best to drink it or to ingest it
after your workout.
Speaker 6 (37:17):
That's what I recommend. That's why I do with my clients.
You know again, I've been doing this for a long time.
I've been in the industry for over thirty years. Look,
we guarantee it, you know. It's I promise that your kids,
I mean the kids. Get the kids to drink it.
They love it for breakfast.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
I have two young kids when I say young thirties.
Speaker 6 (37:37):
But I challenge you conscious and I challenge you to
try it and tell me if there's anything that tastes
better on the market.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
You got me. As long as you got a chocolate
based product. I'm there. I'm there. Thanks so much, Jason,
and get back. I'll let you know, man, I really will.
And we see Belichick. Tell them I said hello, and
I will tell them. Get some of those trick plays
in the book. We got to got to win some games.
Speaker 6 (38:00):
Here for the treo back. I think I know.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Where is mojo is going. I know where's mojo is going.
Speaker 6 (38:08):
Well, happy Thanksgiving, Thank you so much for your time.
Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
Right back at you, Jason, Thanks man, talk to you soon.
All right, all right, we get back. We're going to
switch topics, going to get a little serious. Going to
talk about a bill to raise the age of juvenile
court jurisdiction. I'm not so sure I support this. Going
to talk with state Representative Jim O'Day right at the
beginning of the hour. Stay with us. This is an
(38:32):
interesting question of uh, well, I'll explain it in full.
You know that, coming back right after the nine
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