January 6, 2025 • 41 mins
We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!
Miles for Military Bringing Dozens of Active-Duty Marines Home for the Holidays, and Maureen Byrne – Founder of Miles for Military joined Dan.
Syrian American Doctor Abdulfatah Elshaar - member of the Syrian American Medical Society, returns to Syria for the first time in years to rebuild healthcare there.
8 foods to add to your diet in 2025 for more happiness with Dr. Patrick Porter, PhD - founder of BrainTap®, the leader in technology-enhanced meditation.
Christopher Price – Boston Globe Sports Reporter checked in with Dan to discuss the Patriots firing of head coach Jerod Mayo after season ending game win over Buffalo, costing Pats the #1 draft pick.
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Miles for Military Bringing Dozens of Active-Duty Marines Home for the Holidays, and Maureen Byrne – Founder of Miles for Military joined Dan.
Syrian American Doctor Abdulfatah Elshaar - member of the Syrian American Medical Society, returns to Syria for the first time in years to rebuild healthcare there.
8 foods to add to your diet in 2025 for more happiness with Dr. Patrick Porter, PhD - founder of BrainTap®, the leader in technology-enhanced meditation.
Christopher Price – Boston Globe Sports Reporter checked in with Dan to discuss the Patriots firing of head coach Jerod Mayo after season ending game win over Buffalo, costing Pats the #1 draft pick.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Thank you very much, Chaal, that's a terrific idea. All
of you should stick around for Nightside. Rob Brooks and
I am definitely going to stick around. We'll be here
until just about two minutes before midnight for the next
four hours, give or take a few minutes. My name
is Dan Ray. I'm the host of Nightside, starting off
another full week of programming here from eight to midnight
every Monday through Friday night on w BZ, Boston's news radio.
(00:30):
We have four guests coming up. Let me tell you that.
Later on this evening, beginning at nine o'clock, we're going
to talk with We're not gonna talk with. We're going
to talk about the dismissal yesterday of New England Patriots
head coach Gerard Mayo. I'm not so sure that was
the right move, and I'll be in the minority on that,
but we can discuss that. At ten o'clock. Going to
talk about Boston traffic. It may not be the worst,
(00:53):
but it's nearly the worst of the top twenty five
most congested American cities. We will get to all of that,
but first of all, we have four very important guests
here coming up this how we're going to talk about
eight foods that will add to your diet. In twenty
twenty five, going to talk with a Syrian American doctor
from Boston who is returning to Syria for the first
(01:14):
time to help rebuild healthcare in that trouble company. And
actually we'll be talking with the Boston Club sports reporter
Chris Price about the firing of girod Mail. But first, first,
delighted to welcome the mom of a marine as I
understand that, Maureen Burne. She has started a program or
she and others have started a program called Miles for
(01:35):
the Military, bringing dozens of active duty marines home for
the holidays. Maureen burn Welcome to Nightside.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
How are you great, Dan, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
You're very welcome. Well, first of all, Miles for Military.
How long has this this great idea been operational?
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Thank you you're well. We're a new nonprofit. We started
up last year sending some kids home for the holidays,
and this year we sent about fifty military marines, naves, sailors,
soldiers home for the holidays.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
So this is across this is across all branches. The
beneficiaries here are oh yes, a military person. Okay, fine, I.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Know a junior and listen, yep.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, right from one to four to one to spect four.
Your son served the Marines or is he still serving?
What's what's he's a.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Veteran now his name is Ronan. Yes, he and his
best friend Danny, they both served together. And the Marine's
done in Camp June. Well, they spent some time also
in Okinawa as well. But yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
They now are veterans. And I assume that the finance
you burden that, you know, I have lower rank members
of the military. I have to get home for a
holiday or a birthday, assuming they're lucky enough to get
a three day pass or a four day pass. Uh,
(03:16):
and it makes it worthwhile. Uh they're not earning all
that amount of money.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Uh so they're not.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, I mean, yeah, I'm familiar with that, very familiar
with that.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
So was that what prompted the idea? And you you absolutely.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
That's exactly what happened. It was one Thanksgiving and I
flew my son home and the ticket was astronomical to
come from North Carolina to Boston, and I said, no,
and how do the other kids get home like this
is crazy. He said, Mom, nobody goes home. Nobody goes home.
I said, why not, and he said, I thought they're
(03:56):
going for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Hang on the name.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
He said, no, Mom, nobody goes home.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
I can't afford it.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
He's like a lot of kids, they actually send money
home to their parents. And I really kind of really
broke my heart.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Back in when I was in the military, a lot
of the airlines allowed you to fly stand.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
By for.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
More.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
So that's been taken away.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Huh wow, you know I don't. Somebody said that to
me a couple weeks ago. I had never heard of that,
and I've been on every website of every airline thinking
this can't be my I'm the only one who came
up with this idea, and I've never seen it, so
I don't think that's me.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
This This was back in the nineteen seventies, so it's
a long time ago. And I think after the airlines
basically were allowed to function, there were often seats available,
but obviously they tried to fly full. Now so normally
they're asking people to surrender their their seats and paying
(05:04):
them to surrender the seats. So you've gotten so far
about fifty members of the military. Through your great work
and your use great work, you have been able to
get about fifty folks home.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
So first of all, Christmas.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Yeah, how do we spread the word? Okay, really word
of mouth from the Marines. I went down to Campbell
Joon area last year when we decided to have our
first pilot, and since I knew the area it was,
it was easy to choose there and I just sort
of asked the whole bunch of nonprofit organizers to come
(05:48):
to this little house I rented. They didn't know me,
I didn't know them. They all showed up, every single
one of them, and we had dinner, We talked, and
then I invited the other woman who works on the
marine base and she let her, you know, the E
one three four that she knew in her area, know
(06:10):
about it our little pilot, and it just took off.
We had about two hundred signed up within like a
couple of days. And the struggle was it was late
in the season, so getting their their volunteer work done
was okay.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So you got fifty, You've got transportation for fifty pretty
much out of Camp June, I assume, but maybe some
others heard about.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
It last year.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Yep, last year. Well there's new river as well. It's
right there.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Okay, so now how can people support the program? What's
your website? Yes, I assume, Yeah, this is the most
important part. How people could send you a few dollars?
Are you a five O one C three at this
point or are you still?
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Yes? We are? We are registered. No, we are a
registered five to one C three. They can go to
miles for military dot org perfect and.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
That dot org and then there's a donate button there
and people can get involved other than financial support, which
is critical. Do you need volunteers for any of the
paperwork or any anything like that?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
No, we don't. That's some kind of you to us.
We have the generous help of a friend of mine
his home office, and they're amazing. I mean it's not
just me, it's there's a team of us. But as
we grow, I might call you back later.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Well yeah, you could call us back later three four,
five months from now, and we can do this again
around Memorial Day for example, uh, the fourth of July.
I know that people, And again the fact that it's
five oh one C three donations that people make if
they itemize their charitable deductions. They can take that donation
(07:59):
as a U and which is so Mareene. So it's
it's again just Milesfromilitary dot org. Best way that people
to get in touch? Now, I'm going to ask you this.
There are some people who listen to the radio who
still do not have a computer. So is there any
way and please don't give out a personal phone number,
but is there any other way in which people can
(08:21):
communicate with you?
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Well, they can email me, Maureene at miles from military
dot org.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Okay, we also have you to do that, but that's okay, Well, yeah,
you're right, they can.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
We'll have a phone number. It's I just want to
make sure I have the right number. I believe it's
six zero three four five six one two eight eight,
but I really need to check that.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Six oh three four five six one two eight eight.
Is it on your website?
Speaker 1 (08:56):
No?
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Yeah, is it on your website? Because I can open
up your website website right here? Yeah, in two shakes,
here here's a contact. Let me see what it is. Uh, yes,
six oh three four five six one two eight eight.
You hit it right on the button. And there's also
an address on Huntingdon Avenue, miles from the military one
(09:17):
oh one Huntingdon Avenue, twenty fourth floor in Boston, Massachusetts,
two one nine nine. Uh and Rob, if anyone wants
to call Rob my producer in the next you know,
half an hour, so Rob will I isolate all that
information as well, worrying, best of luck. Thank you very much,
it sounds.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Thank you so much, very well, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Come back and talk to us. Okay, thank you very much.
Happy New Year two as well. You're doing God's work
on this one where we get back while it's going
to talk about a different form of God's work, and
we're going to talk with a Syrian American doctor from
the Syrian American Medical Society. Big changes in Syria. Maybe
maybe we can help that country get back on its
(09:59):
feet after the reign of that family for fifty years.
We will talk with doctor Abdul Fatah Aisha. Coming back
on WBZ, Boston's news radio. My name is Dan Ray.
This is Nightside. Stay with us.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios i' WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Those of us who follow the news know that there
have been some big changes in Syria in the last
few weeks, the Asad family no longer runs that country
and with us is doctor Abdul Fatah el Shah. Remember
the Syrian American Medical Society, Doctor Elshar, Welcome to night side.
(10:44):
How are you tonight?
Speaker 5 (10:46):
I'm doing fine. Thank you very much for hosting me.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So first of all, tell us about the Syrian American
Medical Society. I think the name does kind of explain
what it is, but I'd like to know a little
bit about the group, and then let's talk about what
your plans are.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
All right, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
The Syrian American Medical Society was established in nineteen ninety
eight as a professional medical organization whereby Yian physician in
the United States get together and arranged and stated, Okay,
let's guys get to meet once a year, let's do
a conference in Syria. And the physician from all over
(11:25):
the United States used to go to Syria once a
year and govide attend, organize a medical conference and do
some medical relief and then come back to the state.
So that's how it started. Then when the conflict erupted
in Syria in twenty eleven, the American Medical Society activated
(11:46):
the SAMs Foundation the American Medical Society Foundation and focusing
on a medical relief work. And since then this organization
has been very active. We have now about the thousand
member in the United States, mainly physician, we have pharmacists
and dentists, and we've been very fortunate to be able
(12:08):
to help those in need in Syria and in the
neighboring country. For example, last year this organization provided over
three point five medical services to the northern part of Syria.
This organization supported forty seven medical facility in Syria. Last year,
this organization supported provided the salaries for staff about two thousand,
(12:33):
three hundred staff member inside Styria and then about two
hundred and fifty staff member in the region neighboring country.
We have an office in Jordan, in office in Lebanon,
an office in Irbil, and headquarter in Turkey, and we
have an office in in Greece as well. And these
offices were established to provide support for the refugees who
(12:56):
left Syria because of the unfortunate crisis the war they
faced the last fourteen years.
Speaker 6 (13:01):
This is just now.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Once the civil war started in twenty and eleven, was
it more difficult? I assume it certainly was more dangerous
to physically go into Syria, to go into Damascus or
anywhere else. And so therefore, has your work been outside
on the periphery of the company country or are you
still annually going there and holding a conference.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
Now since the war erupted, We were planning to go
to in twenty eleven for our conference. The lost conference
took a place in twenty ten, and then in twenty
eleven we were planning to do a conference in Olimpo,
the second largest city, but then when the war erupted,
we end up doing the conference. Then since then we
start doing our conferences in a neighboring country. We've done
(13:47):
in a conference in Amman, We've done a number of
them in Turkey, We've done a conference in Germany and Berlin.
We've done a conference in Suraevo in Bosnia as well.
So that's where we've been doing our annual conferences since
the word up. It has not been saying to go
ahead and do medical conferences. Now, what changes that?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, that's my that's my next question is obviously we
still really don't know. My understanding is that the fellow
who is in charge of the group that forced Aside
to leave or or made this aside to leave that
he himself had been involved in ISIS for a while.
And I assume that our intelligence agencies are still trying
(14:30):
to figure out whether we're going to be able to
deal with him. What are they telling you in terms
of your ability to get back in on.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
The ground, well, in terms of getting back underground. I
uh Syrian members, Syrian Committee members from the United States
have been willing to have been traveling to Syria now
since the sad regime left the country. I was fortunate
(15:00):
to go there myself about two weeks ago. I went
there for a short period of time and I'll have
to tell you it was the best strep for me
going back home. I was happy to see people so happy.
They've never been as happy as this time, having the
regime that controlled the country for over fifty years, the
(15:21):
family and the war they've struggled with over the last
fourteen years. What the Syrian community Syria has daised the
last fourteen years was the worst humanitarian crisis since World
War Two. So there's nothing has been witness in this
on the globe and as tragic since World War Two.
(15:43):
What happened to the Syrian people Unfortunately, the Syrian people
were tragically suffered and killed by their own regime. Over
half of the population were displaced, about six point seven
million displays internally, about six point eight displace have to
leave their countries. Over half a million people die. So
(16:05):
you cannot really imagine, I mean, the tragic situation that
the people have to go through, the mental impact on
the Syrian community, it's a huge Every family, every Syrian
family has been affected by this crisis. So to see
the regime leading the country and to see the changes
(16:26):
that took the place to presency, this is a big
relief for Syria and for the region.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
You know, when you talk about six or seven million
people leaving, six or seven people, six or seven million
people being displaced internally, half a million people being killed.
How of Syria is a big country physically, but how
big is the population there? Just to put it into
some context.
Speaker 5 (16:51):
The population about twenty four million, so they talk.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
About half the country was either displaced in turn or
left the country. This is a huge humanitarian crisis. How
optimistic are you that the mere departure of a sade
is going to open the windows of a better life
(17:18):
for this country in the next fifty years.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
I am very optimistic. The Syrian community is very optimistic
that we are starting a new chapter in Syria, a
chapter of peace, a chapter of prosperity and well being,
and chapter of respect. Syrian community has suffered so much
(17:42):
the last fifty years, but worsely the last fourteen years.
As we've mentioned with the numbers that you repeat it
as well when you go and look at this. Steria
was faced by the war, Steria was faced with the
COVID and then Syria was faced with the earthquake that
hit of twenty three. So you don't find any country
(18:04):
on the planet that had to deal with the war
for fourteen years, had to deal with the COVID pandemic,
and had to deal with an earthquake or about two
years ago. So this is this is it's very difficult
really to describe. So it's to see the regime leaving
the country, to see this is the best thing that
happened to Syria. I mean when I been there to
(18:27):
see my family and to see everyone so happy, never
been happy as this time. To see a regime that
was really just killing his own people, was making their
children suffer. I mean, imagine fourteen years what happened to
the children in terms of their education. People living intent,
people living intent weather in Lebanon, living intent weather in
(18:50):
the northern part of Syria. Until today there are people
live intent and those people are hopeful that they will
be able to go back to their home. And a
lot of people just you know, their homes are destroyed,
but they will be really willing to go and rebuild
their homes because you know, this surgeam is not there anymore.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Well, we wish you the best of luck, you courageous
man to do this, Doctor Elkshaw. Is there a way
in which people can help Syria or help your organization?
Is there a website you'd like to direct people to?
Speaker 5 (19:25):
That's correct, yes, so just one I'll get you the website,
which is the Syrian American Medical Society, So one moment.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Please, Well what they can probably google the Syrian American
Medical Society and they can get much more information from there.
And I appreciate you taking the time tonight to spend
some time with us. Thank you very much, doctor Elshaw.
Speaker 5 (19:51):
It is my pleasure. Yes, they can go ahead and
just look stamps and with Syria and then they will
be able to access our website, they'll be able to
learn more about the organization than they will be able
to support. And this is the website. One second, it's sounds.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
That's okay, go ahead, you want to if you have
it there quickly.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
Go ahead, Yes, yeah, I have it here. So the
website is sound s A ms hyphen usa dot net
and e T this is our website.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Okay, s A ms Hyphenusa dot net. Thank you very much,
doctor appreciate it very much.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
Thank you, thank you, and to have a good evening
as well.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
YouTube when we get back to talk with doctor Patrick
Porter about eight foods he's a pH d. He's not
a medical doctor, but he's a PhD. About eight foods
that can help you in your diet in twenty twenty
five to be more happy. Sounds good to me. I
can't wait to hear from him back right after the
(20:50):
news at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio, We're.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Going to talk about food and sleep technology with us
is doctor Patrick Porter. Doctor Porter, we got about eight
or nine minutes here, but I think we got a
lot of things to cover.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
How are you, tonite, I'm doing well. Thanks for having me.
It's great to be here.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
You're the founder of a group of an organization called
brain Tap, the leader in technology enhanced meditation, and you
pioneer the use of brainwave entertainment to improve clarity, sleep,
and energy. You got to explain that one to me,
doctor garretta Heead.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
Okay, Well, what we know is that the every cell
of your body is interacting with its environment, and we
can use light, sound, and vibration in a headset and
we can change brain waves. The reason that's important is
that when you're stressed out, you don't have a full
spectrum brainwave, so your body doesn't create the natural mood
altering neurotransmitters you need. And also redo is stress hormones.
(22:01):
So we started off doing it for pain control, but
now we use it for everything from learning disabilities to
helping people with dementia, to you know, mind over menopause,
to sports. You know, Tom Brady uses it within this
group called tbr X, which.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Is let me ask you this, do you do you
think this guy Brady will be successful in football?
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Well, you've been successful.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Holy joking with you, doctor, this is bosted. I'm only joking.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
With you, all right.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
You got it all right, Okay, you're quick on that.
That's okay. Look, so how is this accessible to people
even who aren't Tom Brady?
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Go ahead, right, Well, you can go to brain tap
dot com and get some free tips, and there's free
things on my YouTube channel to help your brain. But
you can learn about it. It's an app first of all,
so you can download it and try it. It's a
it's a free app. So the number one thing it
does is help you sleep. When you're talking about sleep technology,
we need to downregulate them nervous system so that the
(23:01):
stress and anxiety is trying to think of it as
washing it out before you go to bed, so you
can your brain can be free to move into that
rest and relaxation state and recover.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Now you were not a medical doctor, but you're a
Are you a psychologist? As I understand it helped me
out here.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
Yes, I'm a psychologist. Yeah, I'm a psychologist. But my
undergraduates and electronics. So I've always looked at technology, but
we didn't have technology like we have today when I
went to school in the eighties. But I admitted to
technology in eighty six and been evolving it ever since then.
And now just seems to be a time when more
people need it than ever because of the stress you're
all under.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
You went to school in the eighties, when I went
to the school. When I went to school in the seventies,
they were developing this concept. It was a device called
an avocus. So I'm a little bit behind you as well.
So the app is simply brain Tap br ai n
capital tap.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
Yep, yep. And they say the Brain Fitness Company when
they do the app because some people are you know,
because we're pretty big out there. We have one hundred
and twenty thousand users, so people will use our name
to market, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Okay, so they should therefore seek what brain you said,
brain fitness companies that I thought you.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
Brain tap the Brain Fitness Company.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, okay, fine, okay, great, okay. No, we want to
make sure people get to the get to the right
place now. In addition, I see a note here that
there are eight foods that we can add to our
diet in twenty twenty five for more happiness. Is that connected?
(24:42):
Is that part of what you advise people to do.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Yeah? Actually, I've written several books, and one of the
things I say is the phase one for brain fitness
is your nutrition because you cannot think a bad diet.
So there's foods you can change that can change your mood.
And that's what we're talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Okay, Well, one of the things I want to go
through these eight because I actually dark chocolate. I incorporate
dark chocolate into my diet to be really honest with you.
And bananas, I'm a big banana guy. Coconut is number three. Uh,
I'm not so much coconut, But tell us what coconut
(25:21):
does for you.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Well, coconut is they say, it's a short change. Trigothrite
means it's a fatty acid. And our brain is made
up mostly of water and fat. But it needs the
me It needs a Mega trees, not a Mega sixes
and nines as much. So it's really good for your
brain and it'll give you quick energy and you can
cook with it. It's it's a lot more healthy than some
(25:43):
of the passionized oils that are out there.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
So there, so there is a coconut cooking oil is Well,
I'm not a cook.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah, that's really what they're talking about here. There They
when because not a lot of people can eat coconuts,
you know, they're they're not in season all the time,
but you can go to any grocery store and get
coconut oil and just start substituting that. In fact, people
like it so much they use it instead of butter sometimes. Yeah, okay,
it has a special taste to it.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
I got to tell you something what I learned a
long time ago, and I sort of have a compendium
of useless information in my head because of what I do.
I learned a long time ago, believe it or not,
that there are more people killed every year around the
world by coconuts than by shark attacks. Have you ever
(26:31):
heard that statistic? It's true. It was done out of
a study in Montreal about ten years ago, which is
extraordinary when you think about it, because we're.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
All, yeah, yeah, when you know, they're pretty high up
there in the tree, so I guess if they come
down on your head, you're gonna And usually when like
when I go to India or to one of the
Asian countries and there you get the coconuts right off
the tree and they give you a straw and you
get to drink the coconut us. It's really deliciou just
(27:00):
and they're standing right under the tree so I could
see that maybe they would get clobbered or something.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Yeah, so let me I want to hit these other
I took you down a little bit of a side
path there, But that's a true story. Is you can
check it out. It was a study out of Montreal
back about ten years ago. Anyway. The fourth item is coffee,
and I'm a big coffee guy, which is great. H
So you know, for so many years people were terrified
(27:24):
of drinking a lot of coffee. Coffee's great. Avocado. I'm
not big on avocado, but my daughter is and she
swears by it. And Tom Brady swears by avocado, by
the way.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
That's right, that's right. Yeah, So we've got a couple
of things that yet. Avocados have two things that we
need in abundance. One is fat, healthy fats for the brain.
But it also has fiber, and fiber will absorb two
hundred times its weight in toxins. So if you're eating
a lot of other foods or you're stressed out, you're
creating toxins in the bloodstream, and you want to have
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a way to clear those out. So avocado's becomes a
very healthy way to do that. And you can add
it to salads or you can eat it raw even
you know, and it's going to have It actually aids
in your nervous system function and mood regulation. They've they've
had studies that prove that, and it improves blood flow
to the brain most of all for those people that
need a boost in their cognitive function. It's a really
good way to do that. And you know, if you
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had a half of half of it for lunch and
a half for dinner, I mean, you see magic happen
in your brain. And I always recommend that when we're
working with somebody with dementia because it's an easy way
to get their their essential fats.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Well, that's great. And then there's three more items. One
that's great berries. I assume that includes blueberries, strawberries, raspberries.
That's what we're talking about there, I assume, right.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
Yes, yes, And there these are. Besides, the banana has
a lot of fast acting you know, sugar. You know
a lot of people will leave it for energy, but
the berries will give you sustained energy. Especially the strawberries
and raspberries and things like that. They're gonna they're really
good for your body and they're good for your brain.
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Because they give you slow acting sugar. The more sugar,
that's what alcohol does. You know you're drinking sugar. The
buzz is really from the sugar overload to the brain,
and so we want to reduce.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
That, okay. And then there's two more fermented foods sour kraut, kimchi,
which I know is a Gilian food, keyfer yogurt. All
good all good things create prot biotics, I guess correct.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Yes, Well, what happens. Most people don't realize that serotonin
ninety percent of it is made in your gut. So
you need foods that are going to do it. If
you're going to feed the good bacteria, which we need.
There's a gut brain access and if your guts out
of whack because you're eating a lot of foods that
are high in lectins, like a lot of the bad
grains and gluten and things like that, the kimchi and
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yogurt and sour crawt will help to buffer that and
get your get you more normalized there.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
And then last but not least, mushrooms and these legal mushrooms.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
Right, that's right. Yeah, So when you think about mushrooms,
they do the same thing. They're actually a modulator for serotonin,
and think of serotonin as the happy hormone that in
the neuro transmitters that work with it. They help you
to feel good. But we need a way to modulate them.
So it's not just increasing them, but how do we
get the body to actually use them. And that's what
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mushrooms do. They have a they have the ability of
the capacity to do that, which is exceptionally good for
the body.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Sounds great, doctor Porter. I really enjoyed the conversation. Let's
go back to the way in which people can can
get in touch with a brain tap. It's going to
say brain tap as an app, but the brain Fitness
company is that? Is that the am I corrected?
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Yeah, if they want to learn more about it, they
go to brain tap dot com and then there's links there,
or they can check out Dr Patrick border dot com.
I have a lot of free advice on there and
things they can start doing at home tonight if they
wanted to.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Sounds great, You know again, thank you for what you do.
You're obviously a compendium of valuable information. I sort of
am a companion of useless information. But I really appreciate
the time you gave us tonight, and I'd love to
have you back at some point periodically.
Speaker 4 (31:18):
Sure, I'd love to do that.
Speaker 6 (31:19):
Love to be very much.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
And again, as they say, I like to keep these
these conversations a little light hearted. And that's why I
kid a little bit. So please don't don't be offended
if I try to run and sneak a joke by
your here or there.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Okay, that's fine. The morning shows do a lot better
job at being funny, but that's all right. I mean,
even on the phone, they're just just telling jokes among themselves.
So it's nice to be on the evening where we
actually get to have a conversation.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Absolutely, we'll do it again, Doctor Patrick Porter a brain
tap the Brain Fitness Company. Thanks again. When we get back,
we're going to talk with Christopher Price or the Boston
Globe about drawed males dismissal for the Patriots, and we're
going to talk about that next hour. Give you a
chance to weigh in on it. From beginning after the
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nine o'clock news back on Nightside right after this.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World
Nightside Studios on w b Z News Radio.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
We yesterday, as everyone knows, the Patriots finished a disappointed
year in an upnoe beating the super Bowl bound Buffalo Bills.
Much of the consternation of everybody in Jollette Stadium with
us is Christopher Price. Chris Price, longtime Boston Globe sports
reporter Christopher Price. Welcome to Nightside. How are you, my friend?
Speaker 6 (32:40):
I'm doing well, Dan. Is there something that you know
that I don't know? The super Bowl bound Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Oh, I think they're going to super Bowl? What do
you think you don't like them? To go on?
Speaker 6 (32:49):
I love it, I love it. I look, Dan, I
have a well known affinity for the Bills over the years.
Every time I've gone up there to cover a game,
it's all. He's exciting. The fan base is tremendous, and
they love their football. They certainly deserve a winner. So
if it's gonna happen any year, this this this year
looks like a good year to do it.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Yeah, I think so. But obviously we're going to talk
about you, Rod Mail. I think he kind of got
the short end of the stick yesterday. I know I'm
in the definite minority here. I've interviewed Mayo on a
totally different topic about five or six years ago and
found would be a really nice guy. Nice guy, says
Leod Rocha said finished last. So I guess he and
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Doug Peterson were the Were there any more victims of
Black Monday than than Peterson had done in jackson Jacksonville?
Speaker 6 (33:40):
There were? Well, the thing was, there were a couple
of guys who were fired during the year that maybe
would have lasted, you know what, otherwise would have been
fired on Black Monday. And I'll say this too. Our
own Dan Shaughnessy kind of alluded to the same thing
the other day that that look nice guys, finished last.
This is a this is a hard league. It is
a foot called league, and it can be a very
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cold place sometimes when you do not win. And four
wins over the course of the seventeen one season is
not a real formula for success. I think there were
some ways he was kind of set up to I
don't want to see he was set up to fail. That's
maybe too harsh a turn. But look, they suffered a
number of injuries this year. The offensive line was underperformed
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for much of, if not the entire season. They were
shuffling guys in and out. The record, you'll be interested
to know this one. Dan. The record for most dating
back to nineteen ninety nine. The most offensive line the
starting offensive linemen in a season was held by the
twenty twenty two Los Angeles Rams at fourteen. The Patriots
had twelve this year, which is an extraordinary total. And
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with that sort of instability up front in a rookie
quarterback under center, that's not a recipe for success. So
I do think there is something to the idea that
he may have gotten a radio. But also the flip
side is some of his decision making over the the
year I think to me proved that he maybe was
not quite ready for prime time.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
As they say, no, I hear you, I hear you.
I think there was one offensive lineman yesterday. I think
he had three penalties number seventy.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
And I mean, yeah, King Wallace, a rookie out of
Penn State. It was not his finest hour. So yeah,
I mean they had They had two rookies along the
offensive line for a sizable portion of the year in
King Wallace and in Leyden Robinson as well.
Speaker 2 (35:27):
So I mean it was they lost their center early
in the season.
Speaker 6 (35:32):
Yeah yeah, not just not just any center too. I
mean David Andrews is a foundational element of this franchise,
and to lose him so early in the season and
then kind of have to, you know, patch it all together,
I think made it very very challenging. Again for a
rookie quarterback back there, you want to do everything you
can do to set them up for success. And I
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think Drake May played very well at times. I would
love to see what he can do behind a more
capable offensive line moving forward.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Yeah, David Andrews a good citizen and a great center.
I was stunned yesterday at how well Joe Milton play.
I mean, I have some friends who are a big
University of Tennessee people, and they told me last August
he's going to be great. He's going to be great.
Obviously he had to wait until January fifth to show
how great he was, but he looked like an NFL
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quarterback yesterday.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
Yeah. Almost.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Obviously, Drake May is not going to be unseated by
Joe Milton with what just one game. But I wonder
if we have a potential quarterback controversy brewing in Jellette.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
I don't know if there's a quarterback controversy, but I
will say this that there were questions about him coming
out of college. In his consistency. We would sit up
on the hill during training camp and you can watch
him throw, and you can watch him kind of perform.
And this was a young man who, to put it politely,
was a bit raw in his accuracy specifically, And for
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him to come out yesterday and look, he was playing
against backup, second and third teamers. I'm fairly certain the
Bills were pulling people out of the stands by the
end of the game. But he completed his first eleven passes,
and he was able to move the football and he
was able to have success. So I think ultimately the
bottom line here is I think he proved himself to
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be worthy backup to Drake May moving forward. And I
think that's all part of the conversation when you look
at this team in twenty twenty five and beyond, I have.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
Never seen an NFL quarterback six foot five do a
backflip like.
Speaker 6 (37:34):
I have a quick story about it. I have a
quick story about Joe Milton, if you'll let me hear.
I did a story on him back in July because he,
for me, was the most intriguing prospect other than Drake
May obviously that they drafted, and I talked to his
personal quarterback coach, and his personal quarterback coach told me
that when he got out of his car, when Joe
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Milton got out of his car and started walking toward him,
he was like nineteen years old, but he was already
like six five two twenty and his the guy in
his head says, this kind of looks like an action
figure for God's sake, So he is. He is a magnificent.
He has a tantalizing talent. He's very for what it's
worth too, he's very engaging, very conversational, very pleasant to
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talk to. And again, look, you know, you can't go
wrong when you have an arm that can throw the football,
you know, with eighty plus yards. So he's he came
together very nicely this year.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
I'll say that, Well, it's very rare that you see,
whether they have backup corners and safeties or first string
corners and safeties who are NFL players to get beat
on that forty eight yard touchdown. I mean, his guy
was fifteen yards behind the nearest defender. Normally that's the
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sort of pass that the Patriots would drop. But told it, Yeah,
he looked around, said, and there's no one between me
and the goal line. Let's go.
Speaker 6 (38:58):
Yeah, we turned out day and that was the second
longest pass play the Patriots had this season, which gives
you some sort of the idea of the maybe the
offensive instability that they had. Look again, he's never I
don't think he's ever going to unsee Drake May. But
in a sad and sorrowful season, he provided a little
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bit of hope moving forward.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Well, I mean if if, if they ever wanted to
use him. Obviously, his performance yesterday cost them the number
one pick, which, in the in the best of all
possible worlds, could have gotten them some some pretty good linemen,
you know, in a in a package deal to some
team that needed a quarterback. Do you think that Patriots
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would ever turn around and say, hey, to some team,
would you like mister Milton and maybe give us a
few more few more offensive linemen or something. Does he
become trade material at this point?
Speaker 6 (39:54):
You know what I'll say, I think if he has
a good preseason next year, and that's going to be
the next time where he's really going to get significant snaps,
I think you could start to have a conversation with
some other teams about using him as a potential backup
moving forward. I think a lot of it depends specific
to the offensive line, how they're going to go about
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fixing it, what they might do in free agency. There
are a couple of really interesting names out there in
free agency. And also, look, with the fourth overall pick,
you're still in line to get the best offensive lineman.
I think they might trade down a little bit. But
I'll give you three names, three names for people to
look for. Actually, I'll say a couple of mararity eliminated.
But there's the left tackle from Texas. Kelvin Banks Junior
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is one of the best offensive linemen in the draft
this year. Is a bona fide top ten pick. The
Patriots could be evolving him now, let's use Will Campbell
is the other one, and then the third one is
Josh Counterly from Oregon. Those are three names that Patriots
fans should keep in mind when you're talking about this
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year's draft specific to the tackle position. Those three guys
are all probably first round. I would have to imagine
the New England is going to keep its eye on
all three of those guys as the pre draft process
really gets underway.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Sounds great. Chris Price really enjoyed it. I'd love to
have you back. Thank you so much. I love talking sports.
Normally we don't talk sports here on Night Side, but
well we will be talking sports next hour and see
what the fans have to say. Thanks so much, my friend.
Appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (41:21):
I love it. Take care. We'll talk soon, Dan, talk soon.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
Okay, good night. Weaking back. We are going to talk
about what happened to Gerrod Mao. I got a soft
spot on my heart. I think the guy's a real
decent guy. I think was putting a tough spot. We'll
hear from Bob Kraft and we'll hear from you six
one seven four thirty six seven nine talking football right
after the break.
It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Thank you very much, Chaal, that's a terrific idea. All
of you should stick around for Nightside. Rob Brooks and
I am definitely going to stick around. We'll be here
until just about two minutes before midnight for the next
four hours, give or take a few minutes. My name
is Dan Ray. I'm the host of Nightside, starting off
another full week of programming here from eight to midnight
every Monday through Friday night on w BZ, Boston's news radio.
(00:30):
We have four guests coming up. Let me tell you that.
Later on this evening, beginning at nine o'clock, we're going
to talk with We're not gonna talk with. We're going
to talk about the dismissal yesterday of New England Patriots
head coach Gerard Mayo. I'm not so sure that was
the right move, and I'll be in the minority on that,
but we can discuss that. At ten o'clock. Going to
talk about Boston traffic. It may not be the worst,
(00:53):
but it's nearly the worst of the top twenty five
most congested American cities. We will get to all of that,
but first of all, we have four very important guests
here coming up this how we're going to talk about
eight foods that will add to your diet. In twenty
twenty five, going to talk with a Syrian American doctor
from Boston who is returning to Syria for the first
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time to help rebuild healthcare in that trouble company. And
actually we'll be talking with the Boston Club sports reporter
Chris Price about the firing of girod Mail. But first, first,
delighted to welcome the mom of a marine as I
understand that, Maureen Burne. She has started a program or
she and others have started a program called Miles for
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the Military, bringing dozens of active duty marines home for
the holidays. Maureen burn Welcome to Nightside.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
How are you great, Dan, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
You're very welcome. Well, first of all, Miles for Military.
How long has this this great idea been operational?
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Thank you you're well. We're a new nonprofit. We started
up last year sending some kids home for the holidays,
and this year we sent about fifty military marines, naves, sailors,
soldiers home for the holidays.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
So this is across this is across all branches. The
beneficiaries here are oh yes, a military person. Okay, fine, I.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Know a junior and listen, yep.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, right from one to four to one to spect four.
Your son served the Marines or is he still serving?
What's what's he's a.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Veteran now his name is Ronan. Yes, he and his
best friend Danny, they both served together. And the Marine's
done in Camp June. Well, they spent some time also
in Okinawa as well. But yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
They now are veterans. And I assume that the finance
you burden that, you know, I have lower rank members
of the military. I have to get home for a
holiday or a birthday, assuming they're lucky enough to get
a three day pass or a four day pass. Uh,
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and it makes it worthwhile. Uh they're not earning all
that amount of money.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Uh so they're not.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, I mean, yeah, I'm familiar with that, very familiar
with that.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
So was that what prompted the idea? And you you absolutely.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
That's exactly what happened. It was one Thanksgiving and I
flew my son home and the ticket was astronomical to
come from North Carolina to Boston, and I said, no,
and how do the other kids get home like this
is crazy. He said, Mom, nobody goes home. Nobody goes home.
I said, why not, and he said, I thought they're
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going for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Hang on the name.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
He said, no, Mom, nobody goes home.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
I can't afford it.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
He's like a lot of kids, they actually send money
home to their parents. And I really kind of really
broke my heart.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Back in when I was in the military, a lot
of the airlines allowed you to fly stand.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
By for.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
More.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
So that's been taken away.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Huh wow, you know I don't. Somebody said that to
me a couple weeks ago. I had never heard of that,
and I've been on every website of every airline thinking
this can't be my I'm the only one who came
up with this idea, and I've never seen it, so
I don't think that's me.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
This This was back in the nineteen seventies, so it's
a long time ago. And I think after the airlines
basically were allowed to function, there were often seats available,
but obviously they tried to fly full. Now so normally
they're asking people to surrender their their seats and paying
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them to surrender the seats. So you've gotten so far
about fifty members of the military. Through your great work
and your use great work, you have been able to
get about fifty folks home.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
So first of all, Christmas.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Yeah, how do we spread the word? Okay, really word
of mouth from the Marines. I went down to Campbell
Joon area last year when we decided to have our
first pilot, and since I knew the area it was,
it was easy to choose there and I just sort
of asked the whole bunch of nonprofit organizers to come
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to this little house I rented. They didn't know me,
I didn't know them. They all showed up, every single
one of them, and we had dinner, We talked, and
then I invited the other woman who works on the
marine base and she let her, you know, the E
one three four that she knew in her area, know
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about it our little pilot, and it just took off.
We had about two hundred signed up within like a
couple of days. And the struggle was it was late
in the season, so getting their their volunteer work done
was okay.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So you got fifty, You've got transportation for fifty pretty
much out of Camp June, I assume, but maybe some
others heard about.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
It last year.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Yep, last year. Well there's new river as well. It's
right there.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Okay, so now how can people support the program? What's
your website? Yes, I assume, Yeah, this is the most
important part. How people could send you a few dollars?
Are you a five O one C three at this
point or are you still?
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Yes? We are? We are registered. No, we are a
registered five to one C three. They can go to
miles for military dot org perfect and.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
That dot org and then there's a donate button there
and people can get involved other than financial support, which
is critical. Do you need volunteers for any of the
paperwork or any anything like that?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
No, we don't. That's some kind of you to us.
We have the generous help of a friend of mine
his home office, and they're amazing. I mean it's not
just me, it's there's a team of us. But as
we grow, I might call you back later.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Well yeah, you could call us back later three four,
five months from now, and we can do this again
around Memorial Day for example, uh, the fourth of July.
I know that people, And again the fact that it's
five oh one C three donations that people make if
they itemize their charitable deductions. They can take that donation
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as a U and which is so Mareene. So it's
it's again just Milesfromilitary dot org. Best way that people
to get in touch? Now, I'm going to ask you this.
There are some people who listen to the radio who
still do not have a computer. So is there any
way and please don't give out a personal phone number,
but is there any other way in which people can
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communicate with you?
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Well, they can email me, Maureene at miles from military
dot org.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Okay, we also have you to do that, but that's okay, Well, yeah,
you're right, they can.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
We'll have a phone number. It's I just want to
make sure I have the right number. I believe it's
six zero three four five six one two eight eight,
but I really need to check that.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Six oh three four five six one two eight eight.
Is it on your website?
Speaker 1 (08:56):
No?
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Yeah, is it on your website? Because I can open
up your website website right here? Yeah, in two shakes,
here here's a contact. Let me see what it is. Uh, yes,
six oh three four five six one two eight eight.
You hit it right on the button. And there's also
an address on Huntingdon Avenue, miles from the military one
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oh one Huntingdon Avenue, twenty fourth floor in Boston, Massachusetts,
two one nine nine. Uh and Rob, if anyone wants
to call Rob my producer in the next you know,
half an hour, so Rob will I isolate all that
information as well, worrying, best of luck. Thank you very much,
it sounds.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Thank you so much, very well, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Come back and talk to us. Okay, thank you very much.
Happy New Year two as well. You're doing God's work
on this one where we get back while it's going
to talk about a different form of God's work, and
we're going to talk with a Syrian American doctor from
the Syrian American Medical Society. Big changes in Syria. Maybe
maybe we can help that country get back on its
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feet after the reign of that family for fifty years.
We will talk with doctor Abdul Fatah Aisha. Coming back
on WBZ, Boston's news radio. My name is Dan Ray.
This is Nightside. Stay with us.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios i' WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Those of us who follow the news know that there
have been some big changes in Syria in the last
few weeks, the Asad family no longer runs that country
and with us is doctor Abdul Fatah el Shah. Remember
the Syrian American Medical Society, Doctor Elshar, Welcome to night side.
(10:44):
How are you tonight?
Speaker 5 (10:46):
I'm doing fine. Thank you very much for hosting me.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So first of all, tell us about the Syrian American
Medical Society. I think the name does kind of explain
what it is, but I'd like to know a little
bit about the group, and then let's talk about what
your plans are.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
All right, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
The Syrian American Medical Society was established in nineteen ninety
eight as a professional medical organization whereby Yian physician in
the United States get together and arranged and stated, Okay,
let's guys get to meet once a year, let's do
a conference in Syria. And the physician from all over
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the United States used to go to Syria once a
year and govide attend, organize a medical conference and do
some medical relief and then come back to the state.
So that's how it started. Then when the conflict erupted
in Syria in twenty eleven, the American Medical Society activated
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the SAMs Foundation the American Medical Society Foundation and focusing
on a medical relief work. And since then this organization
has been very active. We have now about the thousand
member in the United States, mainly physician, we have pharmacists
and dentists, and we've been very fortunate to be able
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to help those in need in Syria and in the
neighboring country. For example, last year this organization provided over
three point five medical services to the northern part of Syria.
This organization supported forty seven medical facility in Syria. Last year,
this organization supported provided the salaries for staff about two thousand,
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three hundred staff member inside Styria and then about two
hundred and fifty staff member in the region neighboring country.
We have an office in Jordan, in office in Lebanon,
an office in Irbil, and headquarter in Turkey, and we
have an office in in Greece as well. And these
offices were established to provide support for the refugees who
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left Syria because of the unfortunate crisis the war they
faced the last fourteen years.
Speaker 6 (13:01):
This is just now.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Once the civil war started in twenty and eleven, was
it more difficult? I assume it certainly was more dangerous
to physically go into Syria, to go into Damascus or
anywhere else. And so therefore, has your work been outside
on the periphery of the company country or are you
still annually going there and holding a conference.
Speaker 5 (13:24):
Now since the war erupted, We were planning to go
to in twenty eleven for our conference. The lost conference
took a place in twenty ten, and then in twenty
eleven we were planning to do a conference in Olimpo,
the second largest city, but then when the war erupted,
we end up doing the conference. Then since then we
start doing our conferences in a neighboring country. We've done
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in a conference in Amman, We've done a number of
them in Turkey, We've done a conference in Germany and Berlin.
We've done a conference in Suraevo in Bosnia as well.
So that's where we've been doing our annual conferences since
the word up. It has not been saying to go
ahead and do medical conferences. Now, what changes that?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, that's my that's my next question is obviously we
still really don't know. My understanding is that the fellow
who is in charge of the group that forced Aside
to leave or or made this aside to leave that
he himself had been involved in ISIS for a while.
And I assume that our intelligence agencies are still trying
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to figure out whether we're going to be able to
deal with him. What are they telling you in terms
of your ability to get back in on.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
The ground, well, in terms of getting back underground. I
uh Syrian members, Syrian Committee members from the United States
have been willing to have been traveling to Syria now
since the sad regime left the country. I was fortunate
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to go there myself about two weeks ago. I went
there for a short period of time and I'll have
to tell you it was the best strep for me
going back home. I was happy to see people so happy.
They've never been as happy as this time, having the
regime that controlled the country for over fifty years, the
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family and the war they've struggled with over the last
fourteen years. What the Syrian community Syria has daised the
last fourteen years was the worst humanitarian crisis since World
War Two. So there's nothing has been witness in this
on the globe and as tragic since World War Two.
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What happened to the Syrian people Unfortunately, the Syrian people
were tragically suffered and killed by their own regime. Over
half of the population were displaced, about six point seven
million displays internally, about six point eight displace have to
leave their countries. Over half a million people die. So
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you cannot really imagine, I mean, the tragic situation that
the people have to go through, the mental impact on
the Syrian community, it's a huge Every family, every Syrian
family has been affected by this crisis. So to see
the regime leading the country and to see the changes
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that took the place to presency, this is a big
relief for Syria and for the region.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
You know, when you talk about six or seven million
people leaving, six or seven people, six or seven million
people being displaced internally, half a million people being killed.
How of Syria is a big country physically, but how
big is the population there? Just to put it into
some context.
Speaker 5 (16:51):
The population about twenty four million, so they talk.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
About half the country was either displaced in turn or
left the country. This is a huge humanitarian crisis. How
optimistic are you that the mere departure of a sade
is going to open the windows of a better life
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for this country in the next fifty years.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
I am very optimistic. The Syrian community is very optimistic
that we are starting a new chapter in Syria, a
chapter of peace, a chapter of prosperity and well being,
and chapter of respect. Syrian community has suffered so much
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the last fifty years, but worsely the last fourteen years.
As we've mentioned with the numbers that you repeat it
as well when you go and look at this. Steria
was faced by the war, Steria was faced with the
COVID and then Syria was faced with the earthquake that
hit of twenty three. So you don't find any country
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on the planet that had to deal with the war
for fourteen years, had to deal with the COVID pandemic,
and had to deal with an earthquake or about two
years ago. So this is this is it's very difficult
really to describe. So it's to see the regime leaving
the country, to see this is the best thing that
happened to Syria. I mean when I been there to
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see my family and to see everyone so happy, never
been happy as this time. To see a regime that
was really just killing his own people, was making their
children suffer. I mean, imagine fourteen years what happened to
the children in terms of their education. People living intent,
people living intent weather in Lebanon, living intent weather in
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the northern part of Syria. Until today there are people
live intent and those people are hopeful that they will
be able to go back to their home. And a
lot of people just you know, their homes are destroyed,
but they will be really willing to go and rebuild
their homes because you know, this surgeam is not there anymore.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Well, we wish you the best of luck, you courageous
man to do this, Doctor Elkshaw. Is there a way
in which people can help Syria or help your organization?
Is there a website you'd like to direct people to?
Speaker 5 (19:25):
That's correct, yes, so just one I'll get you the website,
which is the Syrian American Medical Society, So one moment.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Please, Well what they can probably google the Syrian American
Medical Society and they can get much more information from there.
And I appreciate you taking the time tonight to spend
some time with us. Thank you very much, doctor Elshaw.
Speaker 5 (19:51):
It is my pleasure. Yes, they can go ahead and
just look stamps and with Syria and then they will
be able to access our website, they'll be able to
learn more about the organization than they will be able
to support. And this is the website. One second, it's sounds.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
That's okay, go ahead, you want to if you have
it there quickly.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
Go ahead, Yes, yeah, I have it here. So the
website is sound s A ms hyphen usa dot net
and e T this is our website.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Okay, s A ms Hyphenusa dot net. Thank you very much,
doctor appreciate it very much.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
Thank you, thank you, and to have a good evening
as well.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
YouTube when we get back to talk with doctor Patrick
Porter about eight foods he's a pH d. He's not
a medical doctor, but he's a PhD. About eight foods
that can help you in your diet in twenty twenty
five to be more happy. Sounds good to me. I
can't wait to hear from him back right after the
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news at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio, We're.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Going to talk about food and sleep technology with us
is doctor Patrick Porter. Doctor Porter, we got about eight
or nine minutes here, but I think we got a
lot of things to cover.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
How are you, tonite, I'm doing well. Thanks for having me.
It's great to be here.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
You're the founder of a group of an organization called
brain Tap, the leader in technology enhanced meditation, and you
pioneer the use of brainwave entertainment to improve clarity, sleep,
and energy. You got to explain that one to me,
doctor garretta Heead.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
Okay, Well, what we know is that the every cell
of your body is interacting with its environment, and we
can use light, sound, and vibration in a headset and
we can change brain waves. The reason that's important is
that when you're stressed out, you don't have a full
spectrum brainwave, so your body doesn't create the natural mood
altering neurotransmitters you need. And also redo is stress hormones.
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So we started off doing it for pain control, but
now we use it for everything from learning disabilities to
helping people with dementia, to you know, mind over menopause,
to sports. You know, Tom Brady uses it within this
group called tbr X, which.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Is let me ask you this, do you do you
think this guy Brady will be successful in football?
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Well, you've been successful.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Holy joking with you, doctor, this is bosted. I'm only joking.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
With you, all right.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
You got it all right, Okay, you're quick on that.
That's okay. Look, so how is this accessible to people
even who aren't Tom Brady?
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Go ahead, right, Well, you can go to brain tap
dot com and get some free tips, and there's free
things on my YouTube channel to help your brain. But
you can learn about it. It's an app first of all,
so you can download it and try it. It's a
it's a free app. So the number one thing it
does is help you sleep. When you're talking about sleep technology,
we need to downregulate them nervous system so that the
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stress and anxiety is trying to think of it as
washing it out before you go to bed, so you
can your brain can be free to move into that
rest and relaxation state and recover.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Now you were not a medical doctor, but you're a
Are you a psychologist? As I understand it helped me
out here.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
Yes, I'm a psychologist. Yeah, I'm a psychologist. But my
undergraduates and electronics. So I've always looked at technology, but
we didn't have technology like we have today when I
went to school in the eighties. But I admitted to
technology in eighty six and been evolving it ever since then.
And now just seems to be a time when more
people need it than ever because of the stress you're
all under.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
You went to school in the eighties, when I went
to the school. When I went to school in the seventies,
they were developing this concept. It was a device called
an avocus. So I'm a little bit behind you as well.
So the app is simply brain Tap br ai n
capital tap.
Speaker 4 (23:56):
Yep, yep. And they say the Brain Fitness Company when
they do the app because some people are you know,
because we're pretty big out there. We have one hundred
and twenty thousand users, so people will use our name
to market, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Okay, so they should therefore seek what brain you said,
brain fitness companies that I thought you.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
Brain tap the Brain Fitness Company.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, okay, fine, okay, great, okay. No, we want to
make sure people get to the get to the right
place now. In addition, I see a note here that
there are eight foods that we can add to our
diet in twenty twenty five for more happiness. Is that connected?
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Is that part of what you advise people to do.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Yeah? Actually, I've written several books, and one of the
things I say is the phase one for brain fitness
is your nutrition because you cannot think a bad diet.
So there's foods you can change that can change your mood.
And that's what we're talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Okay, Well, one of the things I want to go
through these eight because I actually dark chocolate. I incorporate
dark chocolate into my diet to be really honest with you.
And bananas, I'm a big banana guy. Coconut is number three. Uh,
I'm not so much coconut, But tell us what coconut
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does for you.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Well, coconut is they say, it's a short change. Trigothrite
means it's a fatty acid. And our brain is made
up mostly of water and fat. But it needs the
me It needs a Mega trees, not a Mega sixes
and nines as much. So it's really good for your
brain and it'll give you quick energy and you can
cook with it. It's it's a lot more healthy than some
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of the passionized oils that are out there.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
So there, so there is a coconut cooking oil is Well,
I'm not a cook.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah, that's really what they're talking about here. There They
when because not a lot of people can eat coconuts,
you know, they're they're not in season all the time,
but you can go to any grocery store and get
coconut oil and just start substituting that. In fact, people
like it so much they use it instead of butter sometimes. Yeah, okay,
it has a special taste to it.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
I got to tell you something what I learned a
long time ago, and I sort of have a compendium
of useless information in my head because of what I do.
I learned a long time ago, believe it or not,
that there are more people killed every year around the
world by coconuts than by shark attacks. Have you ever
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heard that statistic? It's true. It was done out of
a study in Montreal about ten years ago, which is
extraordinary when you think about it, because we're.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
All, yeah, yeah, when you know, they're pretty high up
there in the tree, so I guess if they come
down on your head, you're gonna And usually when like
when I go to India or to one of the
Asian countries and there you get the coconuts right off
the tree and they give you a straw and you
get to drink the coconut us. It's really deliciou just
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and they're standing right under the tree so I could
see that maybe they would get clobbered or something.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Yeah, so let me I want to hit these other
I took you down a little bit of a side
path there, But that's a true story. Is you can
check it out. It was a study out of Montreal
back about ten years ago. Anyway. The fourth item is coffee,
and I'm a big coffee guy, which is great. H
So you know, for so many years people were terrified
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of drinking a lot of coffee. Coffee's great. Avocado. I'm
not big on avocado, but my daughter is and she
swears by it. And Tom Brady swears by avocado, by
the way.
Speaker 4 (27:34):
That's right, that's right. Yeah, So we've got a couple
of things that yet. Avocados have two things that we
need in abundance. One is fat, healthy fats for the brain.
But it also has fiber, and fiber will absorb two
hundred times its weight in toxins. So if you're eating
a lot of other foods or you're stressed out, you're
creating toxins in the bloodstream, and you want to have
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a way to clear those out. So avocado's becomes a
very healthy way to do that. And you can add
it to salads or you can eat it raw even
you know, and it's going to have It actually aids
in your nervous system function and mood regulation. They've they've
had studies that prove that, and it improves blood flow
to the brain most of all for those people that
need a boost in their cognitive function. It's a really
good way to do that. And you know, if you
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had a half of half of it for lunch and
a half for dinner, I mean, you see magic happen
in your brain. And I always recommend that when we're
working with somebody with dementia because it's an easy way
to get their their essential fats.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Well, that's great. And then there's three more items. One
that's great berries. I assume that includes blueberries, strawberries, raspberries.
That's what we're talking about there, I assume, right.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
Yes, yes, And there these are. Besides, the banana has
a lot of fast acting you know, sugar. You know
a lot of people will leave it for energy, but
the berries will give you sustained energy. Especially the strawberries
and raspberries and things like that. They're gonna they're really
good for your body and they're good for your brain.
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Because they give you slow acting sugar. The more sugar,
that's what alcohol does. You know you're drinking sugar. The
buzz is really from the sugar overload to the brain,
and so we want to reduce.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
That, okay. And then there's two more fermented foods sour kraut, kimchi,
which I know is a Gilian food, keyfer yogurt. All
good all good things create prot biotics, I guess correct.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
Yes, Well, what happens. Most people don't realize that serotonin
ninety percent of it is made in your gut. So
you need foods that are going to do it. If
you're going to feed the good bacteria, which we need.
There's a gut brain access and if your guts out
of whack because you're eating a lot of foods that
are high in lectins, like a lot of the bad
grains and gluten and things like that, the kimchi and
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yogurt and sour crawt will help to buffer that and
get your get you more normalized there.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
And then last but not least, mushrooms and these legal mushrooms.
Speaker 4 (30:01):
Right, that's right. Yeah, So when you think about mushrooms,
they do the same thing. They're actually a modulator for serotonin,
and think of serotonin as the happy hormone that in
the neuro transmitters that work with it. They help you
to feel good. But we need a way to modulate them.
So it's not just increasing them, but how do we
get the body to actually use them. And that's what
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mushrooms do. They have a they have the ability of
the capacity to do that, which is exceptionally good for
the body.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Sounds great, doctor Porter. I really enjoyed the conversation. Let's
go back to the way in which people can can
get in touch with a brain tap. It's going to
say brain tap as an app, but the brain Fitness
company is that? Is that the am I corrected?
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Yeah, if they want to learn more about it, they
go to brain tap dot com and then there's links there,
or they can check out Dr Patrick border dot com.
I have a lot of free advice on there and
things they can start doing at home tonight if they
wanted to.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Sounds great, You know again, thank you for what you do.
You're obviously a compendium of valuable information. I sort of
am a companion of useless information. But I really appreciate
the time you gave us tonight, and I'd love to
have you back at some point periodically.
Speaker 4 (31:18):
Sure, I'd love to do that.
Speaker 6 (31:19):
Love to be very much.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
And again, as they say, I like to keep these
these conversations a little light hearted. And that's why I
kid a little bit. So please don't don't be offended
if I try to run and sneak a joke by
your here or there.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Okay, that's fine. The morning shows do a lot better
job at being funny, but that's all right. I mean,
even on the phone, they're just just telling jokes among themselves.
So it's nice to be on the evening where we
actually get to have a conversation.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Absolutely, we'll do it again, Doctor Patrick Porter a brain
tap the Brain Fitness Company. Thanks again. When we get back,
we're going to talk with Christopher Price or the Boston
Globe about drawed males dismissal for the Patriots, and we're
going to talk about that next hour. Give you a
chance to weigh in on it. From beginning after the
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nine o'clock news back on Nightside right after this.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World
Nightside Studios on w b Z News Radio.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
We yesterday, as everyone knows, the Patriots finished a disappointed
year in an upnoe beating the super Bowl bound Buffalo Bills.
Much of the consternation of everybody in Jollette Stadium with
us is Christopher Price. Chris Price, longtime Boston Globe sports
reporter Christopher Price. Welcome to Nightside. How are you, my friend?
Speaker 6 (32:40):
I'm doing well, Dan. Is there something that you know
that I don't know? The super Bowl bound Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Oh, I think they're going to super Bowl? What do
you think you don't like them? To go on?
Speaker 6 (32:49):
I love it, I love it. I look, Dan, I
have a well known affinity for the Bills over the years.
Every time I've gone up there to cover a game,
it's all. He's exciting. The fan base is tremendous, and
they love their football. They certainly deserve a winner. So
if it's gonna happen any year, this this this year
looks like a good year to do it.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Yeah, I think so. But obviously we're going to talk
about you, Rod Mail. I think he kind of got
the short end of the stick yesterday. I know I'm
in the definite minority here. I've interviewed Mayo on a
totally different topic about five or six years ago and
found would be a really nice guy. Nice guy, says
Leod Rocha said finished last. So I guess he and
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Doug Peterson were the Were there any more victims of
Black Monday than than Peterson had done in jackson Jacksonville?
Speaker 6 (33:40):
There were? Well, the thing was, there were a couple
of guys who were fired during the year that maybe
would have lasted, you know what, otherwise would have been
fired on Black Monday. And I'll say this too. Our
own Dan Shaughnessy kind of alluded to the same thing
the other day that that look nice guys, finished last.
This is a this is a hard league. It is
a foot called league, and it can be a very
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cold place sometimes when you do not win. And four
wins over the course of the seventeen one season is
not a real formula for success. I think there were
some ways he was kind of set up to I
don't want to see he was set up to fail. That's
maybe too harsh a turn. But look, they suffered a
number of injuries this year. The offensive line was underperformed
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for much of, if not the entire season. They were
shuffling guys in and out. The record, you'll be interested
to know this one. Dan. The record for most dating
back to nineteen ninety nine. The most offensive line the
starting offensive linemen in a season was held by the
twenty twenty two Los Angeles Rams at fourteen. The Patriots
had twelve this year, which is an extraordinary total. And
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with that sort of instability up front in a rookie
quarterback under center, that's not a recipe for success. So
I do think there is something to the idea that
he may have gotten a radio. But also the flip
side is some of his decision making over the the
year I think to me proved that he maybe was
not quite ready for prime time.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
As they say, no, I hear you, I hear you.
I think there was one offensive lineman yesterday. I think
he had three penalties number seventy.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
And I mean, yeah, King Wallace, a rookie out of
Penn State. It was not his finest hour. So yeah,
I mean they had They had two rookies along the
offensive line for a sizable portion of the year in
King Wallace and in Leyden Robinson as well.
Speaker 2 (35:27):
So I mean it was they lost their center early
in the season.
Speaker 6 (35:32):
Yeah yeah, not just not just any center too. I
mean David Andrews is a foundational element of this franchise,
and to lose him so early in the season and
then kind of have to, you know, patch it all together,
I think made it very very challenging. Again for a
rookie quarterback back there, you want to do everything you
can do to set them up for success. And I
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think Drake May played very well at times. I would
love to see what he can do behind a more
capable offensive line moving forward.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Yeah, David Andrews a good citizen and a great center.
I was stunned yesterday at how well Joe Milton play.
I mean, I have some friends who are a big
University of Tennessee people, and they told me last August
he's going to be great. He's going to be great.
Obviously he had to wait until January fifth to show
how great he was, but he looked like an NFL
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quarterback yesterday.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
Yeah. Almost.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Obviously, Drake May is not going to be unseated by
Joe Milton with what just one game. But I wonder
if we have a potential quarterback controversy brewing in Jellette.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
I don't know if there's a quarterback controversy, but I
will say this that there were questions about him coming
out of college. In his consistency. We would sit up
on the hill during training camp and you can watch
him throw, and you can watch him kind of perform.
And this was a young man who, to put it politely,
was a bit raw in his accuracy specifically, And for
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him to come out yesterday and look, he was playing
against backup, second and third teamers. I'm fairly certain the
Bills were pulling people out of the stands by the
end of the game. But he completed his first eleven passes,
and he was able to move the football and he
was able to have success. So I think ultimately the
bottom line here is I think he proved himself to
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be worthy backup to Drake May moving forward. And I
think that's all part of the conversation when you look
at this team in twenty twenty five and beyond, I have.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
Never seen an NFL quarterback six foot five do a
backflip like.
Speaker 6 (37:34):
I have a quick story about it. I have a
quick story about Joe Milton, if you'll let me hear.
I did a story on him back in July because he,
for me, was the most intriguing prospect other than Drake
May obviously that they drafted, and I talked to his
personal quarterback coach, and his personal quarterback coach told me
that when he got out of his car, when Joe
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Milton got out of his car and started walking toward him,
he was like nineteen years old, but he was already
like six five two twenty and his the guy in
his head says, this kind of looks like an action
figure for God's sake, So he is. He is a magnificent.
He has a tantalizing talent. He's very for what it's
worth too, he's very engaging, very conversational, very pleasant to
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talk to. And again, look, you know, you can't go
wrong when you have an arm that can throw the football,
you know, with eighty plus yards. So he's he came
together very nicely this year.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
I'll say that, Well, it's very rare that you see,
whether they have backup corners and safeties or first string
corners and safeties who are NFL players to get beat
on that forty eight yard touchdown. I mean, his guy
was fifteen yards behind the nearest defender. Normally that's the
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sort of pass that the Patriots would drop. But told it, Yeah,
he looked around, said, and there's no one between me
and the goal line. Let's go.
Speaker 6 (38:58):
Yeah, we turned out day and that was the second
longest pass play the Patriots had this season, which gives
you some sort of the idea of the maybe the
offensive instability that they had. Look again, he's never I
don't think he's ever going to unsee Drake May. But
in a sad and sorrowful season, he provided a little
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bit of hope moving forward.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Well, I mean if if, if they ever wanted to
use him. Obviously, his performance yesterday cost them the number
one pick, which, in the in the best of all
possible worlds, could have gotten them some some pretty good linemen,
you know, in a in a package deal to some
team that needed a quarterback. Do you think that Patriots
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would ever turn around and say, hey, to some team,
would you like mister Milton and maybe give us a
few more few more offensive linemen or something. Does he
become trade material at this point?
Speaker 6 (39:54):
You know what I'll say, I think if he has
a good preseason next year, and that's going to be
the next time where he's really going to get significant snaps,
I think you could start to have a conversation with
some other teams about using him as a potential backup
moving forward. I think a lot of it depends specific
to the offensive line, how they're going to go about
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fixing it, what they might do in free agency. There
are a couple of really interesting names out there in
free agency. And also, look, with the fourth overall pick,
you're still in line to get the best offensive lineman.
I think they might trade down a little bit. But
I'll give you three names, three names for people to
look for. Actually, I'll say a couple of mararity eliminated.
But there's the left tackle from Texas. Kelvin Banks Junior
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is one of the best offensive linemen in the draft
this year. Is a bona fide top ten pick. The
Patriots could be evolving him now, let's use Will Campbell
is the other one, and then the third one is
Josh Counterly from Oregon. Those are three names that Patriots
fans should keep in mind when you're talking about this
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year's draft specific to the tackle position. Those three guys
are all probably first round. I would have to imagine
the New England is going to keep its eye on
all three of those guys as the pre draft process
really gets underway.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Sounds great. Chris Price really enjoyed it. I'd love to
have you back. Thank you so much. I love talking sports.
Normally we don't talk sports here on Night Side, but
well we will be talking sports next hour and see
what the fans have to say. Thanks so much, my friend.
Appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (41:21):
I love it. Take care. We'll talk soon, Dan, talk soon.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
Okay, good night. Weaking back. We are going to talk
about what happened to Gerrod Mao. I got a soft
spot on my heart. I think the guy's a real
decent guy. I think was putting a tough spot. We'll
hear from Bob Kraft and we'll hear from you six
one seven four thirty six seven nine talking football right
after the break.
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