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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
Welcome back George Nori along with Jason Di Minisrie Tagot
his word Dire Days. What made your message, Jason, would
you love a reader to take away with themselves?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Oh, that's a good one. Well, I would say something
I would like them to take from it is that adaptability,
for example, you know, beats rigidity, and in dire Days,
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characters who cling to old, old ways of thinking, for example,
they struggle and while those who adapt to fine strength.
So that's true for leaders today as well. Flexibility, listening
and learning. They are far more powerful than stubbornness. But
you know, also keep in mind we have to learn
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how to cooperate and that may sound simple, George, but
it's actually one of the hardest things we do as
humans because it requires many things. Trust, humility, uh, the
willingness to put group needs above personal gain and a
lot of people don't want to do that and that
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makes people uncomfortable, especially in culture. Is that pride individualism?
So yeah, that's the main message we want to uh,
you know, get across to the readers.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Why do you think there's so much hatred on this planet.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Jason.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
That's a great question, George. I have thought.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I think about this probably almost every day. I think
that I think it stems from a lot of things.
I think it's taught. I also think that it's kind
of an assess city for some people, as sad as
that may sound, and I think that's where a lot
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of that comes from, out of necessity and being taught.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And can they learn how to not hate?
Speaker 5 (02:15):
I think they can.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
I think, you know, because you know, I have seen
a lot, you know, several documentaries of you know, people
who have changed their ways. They were at one time
really bad people, you know, committed you know, terrible crimes.
I mean, you've got people in public office, You've got
people that are you know, in the mainstream media. You know,
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even I want to say stars for example, and entertainment
you know that have you know, at one time in
their lives they were not.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
The greatest of people.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
But people can change, and you know, we have to
hope for change, George, because you know, if we don't
have hope to begin with, then nothing else is gonna
follow it.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
It in dire days. Why did people leave planet Earth?
Speaker 5 (03:05):
Well, we left planet Earth because we destroyed it.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Ah, And yeah, basically so in dire days, George, we
wrote this science fiction story from a I want to say,
you know, a factual point of view. So we basically
what we the thought, the thinking that c. R. And
myself had was all right, we're going to write this
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sign fiction story set six thousand years in the future,
but we're gonna pick it up then as if the
world continued on from today until then.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
And if we continue on.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
What we're doing, we're going to destroy this planet, whether
it's you know, nuclear bombs on everybody fighting, you know,
big wars, or ozone layer depletion, you know, or a
you know, catastrophic you know scenario for example that will
just you know, spiral humanity into chaos.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Would you say that MICHAELA. Mason, your heroin in the book,
ends up doing the right thing?
Speaker 5 (04:16):
I will.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yes, she does do the right thing, but she does
some wrong things along the way. And so that's part
of that redemption arc. You know, not everybody's perfect, but
if you're willing to come together and trust and cooperate
and work together, we can survive.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
We can overcome anything, you know. And that's the thing
with you know, we always, you know, at least in America.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Here, you know, we're very good at, you know, troubleshooting
a problem when it happens, but not preparing for it.
So we've got to prepare. That's what this book also
lets the world know. It put you know, it puts
us on point in regards to we have to prepare.
We have to be honest with ourselves of what we're doing,
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not only to the planet, but to each other and
all that is interconnected to our existence and our survival
and how we're going to get off Earth together.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Jason Diamond with us. We're going to take calls with Jason,
so ask him a question, tell us a story. Jason,
would I be foolish if I said to you, I
don't want to leave planet Earth. I want to stay
here and fight and make it work to the last day.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
No, George, you wouldn't be foolish by saying that, because
I want that as well. And that's why we wrote
the book to kind of enlighten people as to what
could happen if we don't do what you just said.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
So that's why we have to do that.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
We have to work together so we can stay here
and enjoy this beautiful planet and everything we have if
you're all the conveniences and you know our food sources
and our water sources. So no, George, that's not foolish
of you to think that I'm right there with you.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Let's start with Harry and Poort here on Michigan. Welcome
to the show.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Hi Harry, Hi football things. As far as the greed situation, Jason,
I know how to solve it. It would take me
too long to explain it to you. You're in the call,
but we can get together if you want. I know
how to solve it. There's a couple of things we
need to do. And as far as the negativity, and
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I love what you were talking about, George. If it bleeds,
it leads, and I want to change that. Except I'm
just one person. But we need to get a campaign
and talk to every professor, journalism professor and a journalism
teacher in high school, journalism teacher, journalism professor in college
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and say you need to say to your student immediately
you can if you cover one bad news story, the
next story has to be a good news story. And
that is definitely needed and in newsrooms should be told
that too. If you're going to cover bad news. Then
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the next story after that. Every time we do a
bad news story has to be a good news story.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
It's all ratings driven driven though. Harry, Yeah, I get you.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
I get you. But that would that would solve that
problem a lot, because then you're balancing out the bad
with the good.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Your thoughts, Jace, Yeah, Harry, thanks for the call.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
That's some good stuff there. I would love to talk
to you outside of here. Go to my website, sign
up for the newsletter. Let's keep in touch, and let's
keep this conversation moving forward. But in regards to your insight,
I think that's a great idea, and that's something that.
Speaker 5 (07:51):
All the news outlets lack.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
We need good we need good stuff followed by bad
because those good stories are going to inspire good things,
and those good things are gonna, you know, trickle down
to people and it's going to cause them to, you know,
hopefully change their ways or keep doing good things. So, Horry,
thank you for the question.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Great one, Jason. I end this program every Sunday when
I'm on for Sunday every month with a song from
the group called Disturbed Sounds of Silence. It's riveting, It
truly is a riveting song. But today someone sent me
a little baby girl it must have been four or
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five years old, singing to her father on I think
it was Britain Scott Talent that song, and it almost
puts tears to your eyes. There's hope for this country,
there's hope for this planet. I'm convinced of that, aren't you.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
I am convinced. I am convinced of that.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
And you know, you know that's the thing, you know,
that's what's great about art, George. You know, yeah, the
medium of art, whether whatever it is. You're talking about
music right now. Yes, those things they can hit home,
they can touch you emotionally, and that's what's great about
storytelling and art and imagination, because imagination, George, is essential.
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You know, I have an enormous imagination because of some
of the pain and suffering I've seen in my life.
But imagination, it's a blueprint for progress, George.
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Because everything we have ever.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Created, from fire to flight to the Internet that we
were talking about a while back, began as imagination. Without it,
we're just stuck in survival mode, George, repeating the same
stuff over and over now dire days. Imagination it's the
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difference between life and death, okay. And Mason's ability to
think differently, to imagine coexistence instead of domination is what
gives us a fighting chance on.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
A new world or any world where you know, for.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
That matter, Let's go to Joe in Monterey, California. Joseph,
take it away. Thank you, George. I want to know.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
If your guest that's a Jason, if he does any
research uh to give validity or to give a a
a foundation uh in science of course, that the reader
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can understand and see the reality. Also, when I went
to college the and took up you know, English and
writing and stuff, one of my courses, the teacher said,
the purpose.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Of the sci fi writer is to.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Warn the people of a possible future.
Speaker 6 (11:02):
Is there any whistleblowers in your books and what they
go through to warn the people? Because there has to
be those who are ahead of the game. Please remember
that the solution always comes before the problem. Thank you,
George for taking my call.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
I would say, Michela Mason is that person? Jason? Would you?
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I would agree because you know, in the in the
far future, in dire days and Joe, thank you for
the call in Monterey.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
That's a great quest. Great question.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Yeah, she's one of the whistleblowers.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
She's part of the.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Faction that leads the you know, leads based the is
in power and that's the Armada. We call them the Armada.
They are the whistleblowers in the book. And also to
answer the first part of your question, do I do
research my co writer and I see R.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
Buchanan. Yeah, we did lot a lot of research.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
We did as much as we could to be able
to tell this story in a very real and relatable
way for it to seem that this.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
Is actually feasible.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
So we spared no expense in terms of the amount
of time we did, you know, researching the science, you know,
in terms of the rocket science that we have applied
in this to the medical technology that we introduce. I'm
talking every detailed Joe, even down to the medication that
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is administered in dire days.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
So yeah, we did a lot of research. We probably
did more.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
We probably spent more time, Joe on research than we
did writing the book.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Next up, Cornelius and Louisiana. Welcome to the show. Hi Cornelius, Hey, and.
Speaker 7 (12:57):
George and Jayson. Boy, he got me fired up. But look,
Jason and you admitted that you're a Jew, and I
support the Jews because I believe in the Jewish Jesus,
the Judge that's coming. And I read the Bible, and
I believe the Bible predicts everything from Revelation to Matthew
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twenty four to Luke twenty one. So my question for you,
in which I was telling the lovely call screener Gina,
they called me the god guns of gold Man, the Bible,
bullets and beans man down there in voodoo hoodoo. And
you do, Louisiana, mister Jason, and we've got a caller
he can you can tell he supports a Moss and
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he doesn't like the Jews and doesn't like our military.
I'm not gonna name the caller, but so what do
you think is the Bible true or not? About dire
days coming? And I believe that AI is anti christ intelligence.
So do you believe in the Bible and do you
believe that in times are coming? Thank you George and Jason.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
Well, thank you Cornelius.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I've heard you on the show before call in many times,
so it's it's a pleasure to finally meet you.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
Thanks for the call and the questions.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Do I believe in the Bible absolutely, even though I'm Jewish,
I do believe in the Bible because Jesus was born
a Jew and what he wanted to do was just
leave you know, Judaism and start a whole new religion.
So absolutely I believe in in the Bible. Do I
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think Dire Days is a prediction for the end of times? Yes,
And that's why I wrote it, because you know, science
fiction allows us to explore these what ifs, Cornelius inside
our minds without actually having to go through the death
and destruction and the global wars that are probably coming
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in the next fifty to one hundred years.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Thanks for the call, Cornelius.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Now, Jason, they went to a planet Kepler four four
to two B and that is dying as well. How
long were they on that planet.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Not too terribly long, Not as long as we were
on Earth.
Speaker 5 (15:13):
Not as long as we were on Earth.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Because Dire Days itself, even though we found it on
the other side of the universe and it's you know,
it's inhabitable, and you know, it still wasn't as in
great condition as Earth was after the Big Bang, so
well we got there, it wasn't in great shape, but
because we never learned our lessons from ancient Earth. We
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just kept doing what we were doing until finally it
was too late for kept.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Four Suzanne, and Minneapolis is with us. Hi, sus go ahead, Hy.
Speaker 8 (15:49):
Jorge, Hi, Jason, Jason. I'm a medium and I connected
with nine to eleven people. I've probably gone over fifty
eight readings for families, and they all came through with
the same message that they died for Pete and I'm
just finishing a book about it now. But they explained
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to me how how to find peace. And they told
me that it was going to get worse before it
got better, which is what's happening. And but they told
me that there is going to be peace.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
What do you think of that, Jason, Well, Suzanne, that's
that's heavy.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
I think you're right. Things always seem to get worse
before they get better. Susanne.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Uh, you referenced nine to eleven. I got a couple
of stories about nine to eleven. One my best friend,
for one of my best friends from childhood, was in
Tower two when when when the first plane hit Tower one,
and his boss told him he was on the ninety eighth.
They all say, everyone stays still don't move, Everything's.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Gonna be okay.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Now, a few of my friend and his coworkers, they said,
we're not staying here. They ran down ninety eight flights
of stairs, got out, survived, everyone else in the company died.
Speaker 5 (17:20):
And then he became.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
A religious person from basically the next day on because
he feels that God spared his life. And then my uncle,
he was in tower or building seven. He got out
and he ran across the Brooklyn Bridge and he survived himself.
So yeah, things can get really, really bad. But the
silver lining is once they get so bad, there's nowhere
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else to go down.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
You have nowhere else to go but up.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
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