September 18, 2025 • 38 mins
Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
A time you got fired but it all worked out better than before.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are not.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
And what call?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Hey, Yes, it's way up at Angela Yee.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
Happy Thursday day before iHeartRadio Festival. So heading out to
Vegas shortly to get everything started out there. It's gonna
be a good time. Well, Rilla, we got big X
the plug Loo, Cool J's in the building at Sharon's
in the building, Mariah Carey, you know, iHeart Festival. It's
that time of the year. But what a crazy world
(00:33):
we're in right now, or should I say country, not
necessarily the whole world, definitely our country right now. We'll
be talking about Jimmy Kimmellive during the show today and
what's going on and everything that we know so far
behind the scenes of why perhaps ABC made the decision
to pull Jimmy Kimmelive the way that they did, and
what else they have going on. But today we also
(00:55):
have Alexis Miguel Johnson joining us, the CEO and president
of Planned Parenthood, somebody else who has an organization that's
being targeted right now. They've had to close and partnerships
in different places. But Planned Parenthood is a place that
no matter what your income is, you can go and
get healthcare. And you know they do provide abortions as well,
(01:16):
but that's the smallest percentage of the work that they do.
All right, let's get this show started. Eight hundred and
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Speaker 2 (01:22):
Call us up.
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Let us know who you want to shine a light on.
Let's do some positivity, all right. It's way up.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who are doing greatness.
Shinna light on them, shine a light on. It's time
to shine a light on them.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
It's way up, buddy angela ye, and it's time to
shine a light because Lord knows we need it. And
today let's shine a light on Alonso Morning NBA legend.
He built a thirty seven million dollars senior living complex
in Florida. And this is a new one hundred and
twenty unit affordable housing community for seniors. So it completed
back in May, and they were accepting applications to thirty
(02:00):
seven point four million.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Dollar project called Astoria on Ninth.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
And what they do here is the first of its
kind in the area for seniors. It actually the rent
rates are a lot lower than the local average. It's
between three hundred and twenty two dollars to thirteen hundred
dollars per month. You have to be at least sixty
two years old to qualify, and you have to meet
the threshold to be considered low income or below, and
you can pay Just imagine that you can pay as
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little as three hundred and twenty two dollars. The other
thing that they have is a clubroom, a cyber cafe
with a catering, kitchen and bar, a fitness center, a
surface parking, a dog park.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
They also help you with adult literacy training.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
They have assistance with grocery shopping, laundry, and housekeeping as well.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Just a beautiful thing. Y'all know.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Housing is a major issue, and so the fact that
he really put his money into something like this, we
love to see it. Now, Kyosha, who do you want
to shine a light on?
Speaker 5 (02:53):
I would like to shine a light on my daughter,
Shanaya Jones Adam. We're at of Mifis, Tennessee, but we're
residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Yeah, we moved here while she
was pregnant out of high school. She's currently has a baby,
back to b one and she's in college and she
juggles two jobs and I am so proud of her.
She's doing an amazing job.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
She's doing what people try to tell you you can't do.
You know what I'm saying, Yay, when your daughter's like twenty,
your granddaughter's like twenty years old, she go, her mom's
still gonna be a young, cool, hip mom, hanging out
with her.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Kids, just like you.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
All right, Grandma, thanks for calling.
Speaker 6 (03:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
That was Shina Light eight hundred and two ninety two
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And when we come back, let's talk about Jimmy Kimmel
Alive in the EET. We'll tell you what we know
so far about his show getting pulled off of ABC
and what might be happening behind the scenes with an
attempted merger, which is why they had to make it happen.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
It's way up, it says soothing the rooms from.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Industry shade to all of us about Angela's feeling that.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
All right, his way up at Angela, he I'm here, Dan,
my producers here, what's thing? And we are just really
having conversations about this whole Jimmy Kimmel Live situation. Now,
his show has been dropped indefinitely from ABC, and they're
saying it's over these comments that he made on the show.
And I want to play these for you because I
think a lot of people may not have even bothered
(04:23):
to listen.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
But he did not say nothing bad. Listen to this.
Speaker 7 (04:28):
We had some new lows over the weekend with the
Maga gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered
Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and
do everything they can to score political points from.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Now that, mind you, that's not a shot at Charlie Kirk.
That's about the Mega people who are trying to act
like it has nothing to do with them.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Well, do we know for sure what thought he was
part of Mega gang?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Well, he's just saying they're trying to separate themselves from
this person. He's not saying he is a Mega gang,
but he's saying they're doing everything they can hand to
make it seem like, oh he was dating a trans
Oh he had turned democratic, they were doing all of this.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
You don't know that. I don't know where these references
are coming in.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
So he's not definitely saying what the you know, what
he was but what he is saying is they're trying
to distance themselves. Now here's what else he had to say.
And this was a joke about Donald Trump.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
You can see how hard the president is taking this.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
I couldn't tore down the law fro your friend.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Charlotte Kirk asked sir personally, Now are you holding up
over the last day and a half?
Speaker 8 (05:29):
Sir?
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I think very good. And by the way, right there,
you see all the trucks.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
They've just started construction of the new borough for the
White House, and it's going to be a beauty.
Speaker 7 (05:37):
He's at the fourth stage of grief construction.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
And that is true.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
We were commenting on that. You're supposed to be so
and I think we said this behind the scenes yesterday.
He's supposed to be so torn up over his friend's death,
and then he doesn't seem like.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
His written statement after the shooting was the polar opposite.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
As his verbal statement, right And you know, and by
the way, in the wake of everything that happened, Jimmy
Kimmel did go on social media and condemned shooting and
killing a person. So I do want to point that out. Also,
I don't think anything that he said but let's talk.
Let's dig a little deeper into what possibly is going
(06:15):
on behind the scenes, because apparently there is next to
Our Media Group, which is the largest local TV broadcasting
and digital media company in the US that owns and
operates over two hundred stations and one hundred and sixteen markets.
They are focusing on doing a merger with another huge
media conglomerate, and apparently they need to get approval from
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the FCC. So people are speculating that they are trying
to cater to Donald Trump to make sure that this
merger can go through. And here is what Karus Swisher
had to say about all of this as she was
talking to Anderson Cooper, and.
Speaker 9 (06:54):
The car is rather thirsty for attention, that's one thing,
and it's unbecoming a public of but that's that's nothing
new for him.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
This is what he does. I think one thing you're
leaving out is next Star.
Speaker 10 (07:05):
Is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna,
and so they will do whatever it takes to satur
their eye some that's important, kind of a toady to
Donald Trump, all right.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
So that's important because that is a merger that's valued
at six point two billion dollars requires the approval of
the FCC, and they would also have to loosen ownership
regulations that have been long standing, like barring a single
entity from owning TV stations that together reach over thirty
nine percent of American households, also guidelines on the total
number of stations that can be owned in a single market,
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because that is kind of like a monopoly. And so
some people are saying that they believe that this is
why it's happening. The other thing that they want is
for Jimmy Kimmel to make a sizeable donation and an
apology to the family of Charlie Kirk. And I don't
believe that he said anything that warrants that, so I'll
be interested to see how this plays out. We don't
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know if Jimmy Kimmel is suspended or if he is
just no longer going to be on the air. But
Donald Trump posted great news for America. The ratings challenged
Jimmy kim Oos show is canceled. Congratulations to ABC for
finally having the courage to do what had to be done.
Kimo has zero talent and worse ratings than even Colbert, which,
as we know, you know that also was recently canceled,
(08:19):
and Donald Trump was glowing about that.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
If that's possible.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
That leaves Jimmy and Seth two total losers on fake
News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it, NBC.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
It's just crazy to me how the right of free
speech is such a big deal to the Republican base,
but then when it's against what they believe, like they're
celebrating this. Yeah, it's just horribly ironic.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Yeah, and they've even made I saw a lot of
people were reposting something that Elon Musk had said previously
about comics being too woke and part of what comedians'
jobs to be funny and not.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
To they're anti woke there talking about christ.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Cheese, but not when it comes to something that they
that Donald Trump doesn't like.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Let's say that.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
All right, well that is your Yet when we come back,
we have about last night where we discussed what we
did last night. Shout out to tiny, I saw you
that my nails are cute. I got my nails done finally.
But we'll talk about it. It's way up whoa night night.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
So about last night, I went down.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
All right, it's way up with Angela Yee, and it's
time for about last night. Now, last night, I definitely
went and got my nails done. What I enjoy about
this experience though, and shout out to Tiny tiny dot Luxury.
She does an amazing job. I sometimes just look at
her pace for inspiration. Don't my nails are cute?
Speaker 8 (09:35):
Dan?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Yeah, they were jacked up, they were.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
It took a while, but anyway, I went there and
we had a great conversation because what we do is
end up we end up talking about everything.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
It's just the two of us.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
She has our own suite, so when you're in there,
it's like very private, it's just you.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
And so we were.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Talking about this whole Jimmy Kimmel thing, and we were
talking about just sometimes being let go from someplace can
be a blessing. A lot of us stay at jobs
too long, We hate our jo We keep on talking
about how I can't stand it, but we get so comfortable.
And I thought about how when Joyanne Reid was guest
hosting here on Monday, we had a similar conversation about
her getting let go from MSNBC.
Speaker 11 (10:11):
Remember this, Charlie Kirk attacked me, But if I had
been at MSNBC in this moment, I wouldn't have been
able to even report that he had ever attacked me,
including his attacks on Michelle Obama, his attacks on Cataji
Brown Jackson. What I'm relieved about is not being in
that corporate environment where they were literally sent a memo
essentially saying if they said anything about Charlie Kirk other
(10:32):
than that he was a good family man who loved
to debate and loved his children, they will be fired,
like Matthew Dowd, who was a conservative contributor was fired.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Well, to her point, we see what's happening.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
And just for reference, the remarks that she's talking about
is when Charlie Kirk was saying that they took a spot,
a slot from somebody who was qualified to be at Harvard,
like they didn't deserve, Yeah, a white man slot, which
is a crazy thing to say, like black women can't
be smart and deserving and get into Harvard, like ridiculous.
But anyway, so for her, we were having a conversation
(11:05):
about how her starting her own thing, the Joy Reid
Show has been a blessing for her, not something that
she probably would have done because she was so comfortable
we want to know from you. Have you ever had
a situation where maybe you were too comfortable and actually
getting fired or laid off was the biggest blessing in retrospect.
We want to hear about it because a lot of
black women right now are losing their jobs, and as
(11:26):
you can see, they're losing their jobs at a faster
rate than anyone. And so how can we find the
blessing in this? We want to hear from you. Eight
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Speaker 3 (11:36):
Call us up.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Let us know about the time that getting fired actually
turned out to be a blessing.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
It's good. You are a media maven, right, you never
know what and is going.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
To say it's way up, but Angela ye, and we
are talking about getting fired and the time it ended
up being a blessing. Now, my producer Dan says he's
never been fired, so we'll work on that.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Really, that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
I'm kidding. I do want you to have it blessing.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Maybe maybe not, but anyway, I've been fired a couple
of times now. One time it was a nightmare job
that I really literally used to wake up every day
and be like, I dread going into this place, but
I felt like I needed the money to pay my bills.
I was only like twenty four and ended up getting
let go. It's a long story, but when I tell
(12:26):
you I woke up in the morning and felt like
the sun was shining, there wasn't the burden of having
to get out of bed and go to this place
that I hated. And then another time that I got
fired was the distribution company that did Eminem's clothing line,
Shady Limited, and.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
They called it laid off.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Laid off and fired is like the same thing, Yes,
the same thing, but then they ended up ending the partnership.
But I think part of the reason was that Eminem's management,
Paul Rosenberg, he brought me into the situation and they
were bumping heads a lot. So I was more on
the side of Eminem and not on the side they
wanted to have like his face and logo hue on everything,
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and they were kind of against that, and so it
was just kind of like a bumping of heads and
I was collateral damage. But that was fine because that relationship.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Was gonna end anyway.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Now, did he tell us about the time that you
got fired and it ended up being a blessing.
Speaker 6 (13:20):
I was fighting from My job is a pedietary clinic.
Working there, I went through a lot of stuff. I
got purted in the face with brand's milk. I had
to changelocations. Anyway. They let me go because they say
I told a patient to you common sense, which was
a complete five wow. I was out of list two weeks.
I was in the hospital the day I returned back
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to work. They let me go because they say I
told a patient to you common sense. All the patients,
all the doctors, everyone loved me. But once I got
let go, it was like a black thing. Because I
was able to stay at home, take care of my son,
opened up my own business. Felt like, you know what,
maybe I couldn't even be in this field anyway. Like
I got into the medical field because I have self teaching,
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So I'm like, maybe that's not even a thing for me.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Right.
Speaker 6 (14:08):
So it's been two years off since I got went though,
and it's amazing.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Yes, d D, I love it, okay, And you probably
would have stayed and not even cut your blessing because
you were so comfortable and content in a space.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
I am so for you.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
I would have SAYD I've been wanting to open up
my own last us and do my own thing, and
I kept getting knocked down because I kept being dedicated
and loyal to other people's businesses, so I could never
do my own thing. So I'm like, dance, this was amazing.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
Y'all be a good.
Speaker 12 (14:38):
Thing for me.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Well, congratulations, thank you, Hey, Chris, how are you hey?
Speaker 8 (14:45):
How are you doing today?
Speaker 2 (14:46):
I'm good?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Have you ever had a situation where you got fired
but it was the biggest blessing?
Speaker 13 (14:50):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (14:51):
Yes, definitely.
Speaker 8 (14:52):
So. I used to work for a company.
Speaker 12 (14:53):
It was a delivery service company. I was there for
about seven years. It was the top t in the
industry at the time. So I kind of felt like
I was stuck there. You know, I was looking for
no other job was offering what I was getting.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
I was miserable.
Speaker 12 (15:07):
My personal life was bad, my relationship with my wife
was rocky, my daughter was growing up. I wasn't even
getting to spend the time where and I was just
not in a good place. And luckily for me, one
day I.
Speaker 8 (15:19):
Got fired, and that firing to turn my life completely around.
Me and my wife were amazing. Now I'm able to
drop my daughter off that ool and kick her off.
I'm able to couple with homework. I'm just such a
way better place ever been getting fired.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
And when it happens, we'd be so like because it
just feels bad, like rejection and it's embarrassing.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
But once you.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
Get past that, yep, yep, thank you so much for Colin.
I appreciate it, all right, haven't I say you too?
Speaker 3 (15:46):
All Right?
Speaker 4 (15:47):
Well, you guys, thanks for calling an eight hundred and
two ninety two fifty one fifty. You can always leave
a message for last word. And when we come back,
we have your yee tea. And now let's discuss the
updates about Celestorieves.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
She's a fifteen.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Year old who was found dead in David's tesla. He's
a singer, he's a performer. Will tell you what we
know so far and how things are starting to play
out and unravel.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
It's way up, just like.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
The talk, like they and Jealie Jeane, like they and
Jelie Jeane.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Man, she's spilling it all. This is yet way up.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
It's way up at Angela yee, and it's time for
one of these yet another tragic story. And I hate
to have to do this. But David, he is like
an indie rock artist. He's he was on tour. He
just paused his tour. But apparently the woman who he
was and I don't not even woman. She was only
fifteen years old. So les revs the woman whose body
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was found on September eighth. Her body was found inside
of a toe yard in Hollywood and a tesla that
was registered to David, and they said there was a
foul smell that was coming from the vehicle. Her body
was decomposing and not intact when it was found. So
now he's being investigated and rightfully so. And people are
talking about his music. I for this, had not heard
(17:01):
any of David's music, had you, Dan?
Speaker 1 (17:03):
No? No? I have not.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
All right, Well, this song called Romantic Homicide is I
guess this is his biggest song and a lot of
people were referencing this.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
When it came to the situation.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
They also were saying online that the video on YouTube
came out on her birthday. On Celeste's birthday, Here is
what that song sounds like. In addition to that, there's
a song called Drink and Drive and people are really
dissecting these lyrics to see if perhaps what's in these
songs relate to the situation that happened with Celestia that
(17:37):
is still being investigated. Listened to Drink and Drive. Oh,
I mean, this is so awful because her mom is
the person that identified that it was her daughter that
had gone missing when she was what thirteen years old,
and all of these songs and lyrics that people are dissecting,
and her mom also confirmed that she had been in
a relationship with someone called David and his real name
(17:58):
is David Anthony Burke, all right.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
In addition to that.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
There is a song, and all these songs are also
leaking on and being posted on SoundCloud.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
This song is called Celeste.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Again, that's her name, CELESE Reeves, the woman whose body
was found inside of the car that was registered to David.
And here is what Celeste sounds like. But anyway, just
so tragic. Now, Kliuchi's had a song with David, and
she said she is pulling that song it's called Crashing,
from off of streaming services. Somebody had said, your friend
(18:30):
David is a murderer, and she said, not, my friend.
I did a song with him, which is currently in
the process of being taken down given today's disturbing news.
So god, yeah, well that's what she said. It's not
a less She said that on social media, the comment,
what disturbing news? Oh that yeah, I mean she's responding
to a comment. I know, I'm just quoting a comment.
(18:52):
It's not an alleged comment. But anyway, cops are hunting
now for videos of his tesla in the area where
the car was abandoned.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I don't know what would make him think he could abandon.
Speaker 4 (19:02):
His car that's registered to him with a dead body
in it of his ex girlfriend or I mean of
his girlfriend at the time who was only fifteen years old,
and nothing was going to happen, and you can just
go on tour and live your life. But you know,
this is all alleged, and so this is all being investigated,
all right. When we come back, we have under the radar.
These are the stories that are not necessarily and the headlines.
They're flying under the radar, but you definitely need to
(19:23):
know about them. Donald Trump has a new statue holding
a bitcoin stroke.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Oh my gosh, it's way up.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Tack the news, newsition, the news that relates to you.
These stories are flying under the radar, all right.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
His way up at Angela Ye, and it's time for
year under the radar stories. Now there's a twelve foot
golden statue of Donald Trump holding a bitcoin that was
installed outside the US Capitol, and that is also coinciding
with the Federal Reserves upcoming interest rate decision. On Wednesday,
they said they're reducing its key interest rate by a
quarter point.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
I can't belie leave this statue.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Such a joke.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
It's embarrassing, but it's embarrassing and it's like I'm laughing,
but it's really not funny, by the way. So yes,
just you know, interesting situation, and I want to talk
about also, I don't know if you saw this story
about the Office Depot flyer, the Charlie Kirk flyer. One
of the employees at Office Depot would not print this flyer.
(20:26):
And now they're talking about a case against an employee
at Office Depot who wouldn't print a flyer.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
For about Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
And you know, I was looking at some of the
comments that people were leaving on the post about on
one of these posts about it, and somebody that formerly
worked at Office Depot was saying that they really aren't
allowed to do certain things, and the person was probably
just following protocol. But Pam Bondi is planning to prosecute
the office depot worker who refused to print those flyers
(20:57):
for a vigil.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Did you know that I did not.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Now they were saying that it's propaganda, and so I
saw people saying that at El Faestipo they're not allowed
to print anything that's propaganda, and that that is propaganda.
That's what the employee was saying in Michigan. And so
now there's a whole situation where there's potentially a lawsuit.
So you can actually, when you feel like it, censor
people right.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
When it doesn't serve you.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
Now I want to prosecute you for not printing this
flyer that is propaganda.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
So I know people personally that were told that if
they don't deactivate their Twitter then they're going to get fired.
People are getting expelled for tweets and getting fired for
jobs and Alessa it's.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
And they're encouraging people to report anyone who says anything
on social media.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Against Charlie Cree.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
They talk about like revoking people's citizenship and things like that.
But private companies do have a constitution or right to
refuse service to anybody as long as it's for non
discriminatory reasons, and that is a private company that that
person lost their job.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
This is where the line is drawn.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Yeah, all right, well that is you are under the radar. Now.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
We do have Alexis mcgil johnson joining us later in
the show. She's the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood,
another organization that is under attack, that does great work
here and we got the way it mixed for you
at the top of the hour.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Right, everybody, whether it's relationship for career advice, Angela's dropping facts,
you should you should know.
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If this is as gee, what's up his way up
at Angela?
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Yea, And it's time for ask yee eight hundred and
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Speaker 3 (22:26):
Jennay, Hi Angela, Hi Jenay? How you doing?
Speaker 9 (22:30):
I'm good dealing with like a friend issue.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Okay, talk to me.
Speaker 13 (22:34):
So I posted something in my story about women taking
them back after they cheat, like basically saying that they're dumb.
And she thinks that I was throwing a sub at
her because she recently took her X back after you
cheated on her. I wasn't talking about her, but now
I guess we're beefing, and I'm like, I guess we're
going to be forever. Because if you think that I
(22:56):
would talk about you like this, then okay.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
You know what.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
This has happened to me a couple of times on
both ends.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
There's sometimes you're going through something and then you think
somebody posts something and you believe it's about you, and
sometimes it's not. And then there was a time that
somebody posted something and a person thought I was talking
about them.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
I think it was a woman who had multiple.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
Baby fathers, and I think it was a clip from
an interview with someone talking about it, and she thought
it was a dig at her and it wasn't. And
so I think this feels like a real miscommunication and
clearly something that she probably has her own feelings about,
and maybe it's.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Just a little embarrassed about. Right.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
So when things like that happen, you tend to think
that people are like talking about you behind your back
or laughing at you or saying that you're dumb. Because
she probably looked at it like a meme that was
true to her. And so what you need to do
is you cannot convince her if she doesn't want to
believe it that it wasn't about her. But you can say,
I apologize if you believe that was about you.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
I promise you it wasn't.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
I mean, that's all you can really do if she
wants to contine you to be mad. You can't like
convince somebody to not believe something that they want to believe.
Speaker 13 (24:06):
I don't want to apologize because I feel like apologizing
emits some faults.
Speaker 9 (24:11):
I don't think.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
I don't think apologizing for the meme. I think it's
just like, I'm sorry that you think it's about you,
but it's not.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
It's not apologizing for like you did something wrong, but
just be like, I'm sorry that you felt that way
and that that made you feel a way, but I
promise you it had nothing to do with you.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
It's just a meme.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
And there's a whole bunch of memes that are applicable
to my own life that you know, somebody I knew
posted it. I probably would think it was about me,
but this wasn't okay, you know. But and I understand
what you're saying, Like I'm not saying, apologize because you
did something wrong to her, but I'm sorry that you
feel that way if that's really your friend, but be like,
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but I assure you, like I would never do that.
And if you do think that, then maybe you have
a feeling about me that is unresolved for whatever reason,
because why would somebody.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Think you do that?
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Right?
Speaker 10 (25:01):
Right?
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Okay, But you know something.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
And I do want to say, Jenney, that sometimes things
spiral with the miscommunication where now it's like an ego
thing where you're like, well, I'm not saying this because
you know it's a simple like I definitely did not
intend for you to feel away. It was not about you,
and that could be something simple that could even be
like lead to a better conversation and understanding.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
And if it doesn't, you know, cyan orra Okay, thank you?
Speaker 4 (25:28):
All right, Well that was chat gpe helping you out
with your advice that you need.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Hopefully that helps.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
And when we come back, man, we got Alexis Miguel
Johnson joining us. She's the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
So she's going to give you some updates in case
you were wondering what's going on with Medicaid, with your
health care benefits and what's going to happen with Planned
Parenthood moving forward, as there's been some obstacles thanks to
the administration.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
It's way up and I.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Beg abouts famous women in radio vidioping.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
We're talking about Angelie Ye. Way up with Angela Ye.
Please believe that what's up.
Speaker 4 (26:03):
It's way up with Angela Yee. And I am so
glad you're here today. We have Alexis Miguel Johnson, the
president and CEO Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Thank you so much for joining me today. Thank you
for having me Angela.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
It's good to be here.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Man.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
When I tell you planned parenthood is under attack, I
mean there is just so much going on from news
even last week that broke Alexis. I also think it's
important and I know we always talk about this, but
we just have to set the groundwork for planned parenthood
because I think people just equate like planned parenthood is
just where you go to get an abortion, and that
is definitely not all of the work that Planned Parenthood does.
(26:37):
There's so many other services that you guys offer, So
can we just break that down for people listening first
and foremost.
Speaker 10 (26:42):
Absolutely it is and thank you for starting with that question,
because people do need to understand what Planned Parenthood health
centers across this country deliver.
Speaker 9 (26:50):
In terms of care.
Speaker 10 (26:51):
You know, first off, we are a critical part of
the public health infrastructure. Planned Parenthood health centers do not
turn away patients right, not because of their ability to pay,
not because of race, not because of their documentation status.
But they are the nation's largest provider of sexual reproductive
health care. So that's everything from birth controlled STI testing
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and treatment, HIV, you know, PEP and prep wellness exams,
breast cancer screenings, you know all of that. And yes,
we do provide abortion where it is legal, because abortion
is part of sexual reproductive healthcare and we do it
proudly because that is about whether or not people can
make their own decisions about if, when and how they
become a parent.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
And the cancer screenings.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
Plant Parenthood also does that, yes, you know, preventative care, education,
all of those things that are really important.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Alexis Miguel Johnson is here the president and.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
CEO of Plan Parenthood, and it's just interesting to me
at a time that the government has decided to defund
Planned Parenthood is also a time where healthcare in general
is under attack, those two things are aligning absolutely.
Speaker 10 (27:55):
I mean the defund which we can talk about in
a second, that just happened this week, but connected to
the big bad bill, you know, the Trump administration coming
after Title ten, which is the nation's largest provider of
resources for birth control for low income communities. The Supreme
Court has been engaged in cases around blocking medicaid in
states like South Carolina, denying people the ability to choose
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their own doctor if they are a planned parented patient.
So like it is literally every single branch of government
coming for us all the while, literally these people on
the ground all across the country are just trying to
open up their health centers, serve the people who are
right before them, and ensure they have access because sometimes
planned parenthood health centers are the first point of entry
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into the public health system for a lot of folks.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
No, absolutely, and like you said, affordable too, because you're
not turning people away based on finances. So that is
you know something that I feel like one thing that
is so broken in this country is the health care system,
and we compare ourselves to other countries and how behind
we are with that.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
Also, I always see the arguments too.
Speaker 4 (28:59):
When people talk about this is murder right and life
begins at inception.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
What do you say to that, I.
Speaker 10 (29:06):
Say, you have a right to believe your own beliefs, right,
you don't have a right to impose them on me.
Speaker 9 (29:12):
I do not believe that.
Speaker 10 (29:14):
I believe that people get to make a decision about
when how they become a parent, and the government's job
is to ensure that people have that ability to do that,
not to be imposed by someone's religious beliefs on your own.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Why is this such a big deal for them.
Speaker 10 (29:31):
Because it's not about healthcare, it's not about saving women.
It's literally about control. And one of the fastest ways
to expedite power and control is to control women's bodies.
We've seen that in every government where there has been
a backslide in our democracy, the first thing they do
is go after women's rights because it's the fastest way
to control heal to population.
Speaker 4 (29:52):
All right, we have Alexis Miguil Johnson joining us. He's
the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood. There's been a
lot of things happening with this court and with this
administration trying to make sure that healthcare is not accessible
through this channel.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
We have more and when we come back, it's way.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Up yeah, yeah, more way up with.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
What's up his way up with the Angela Yee.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
And we have the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood
with us, Alexis macgil Johnson. Abortion did not used to
be something that Republicans were so against, and it feels
like now that's a talking point.
Speaker 10 (30:26):
That well, yeah, I mean, I think they're pro power,
i think they're pro control of our bodies. But the
reality is, you know, sexual reproductive health care was a
bipartisan issue. Some of our health centers across the country
were founded by you know, Republican leaders and supported by
by many prominent Republican names that you know, family names
that you know.
Speaker 9 (30:46):
Now you know.
Speaker 10 (30:47):
The reality is, in the eighties and nineties, there was
a group of folks who were not actually active in
the political process, the evangelical community.
Speaker 9 (30:56):
Republicans had lost a few.
Speaker 10 (30:58):
Elections in a row, federal elections, and they were trying
to figure out how to what communities were not voting,
and they realized this group was really just not that active.
So they went and tried to get them active. See
what they cared about, you know, what they cared about,
you know what they wanted to run on. What segregation
then they were like, oh, okay, maybe that's maybe the way.
Speaker 9 (31:15):
Yeah, that might that's not going to look right, But
what else is of interest to you?
Speaker 10 (31:19):
When they started talking about abortion, ending abortion access to care,
and so the alignment between a movement that was you know,
really grounded in you know, racism and white supremacy now
being aligned with you know, actively opposing abortion bands and restrictions,
and you know, in some ways we know these are
also the same bands and restrictions that impact black women,
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brown women, low income communities, and rural communities, White women
who are also being impacted by this as well.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Alexis Miguel Johnson is here, the president and CEO of
Plan Parenthood, and let's talk about why is it that
black women, brown women, lower income families are affected the most.
Speaker 10 (32:00):
So we know that black women are threed four times
more likely to die after childbirth or during pregnancy.
Speaker 4 (32:07):
Yeah, black contenta healthcare has been a huge, terrible issue
that I feel like people are shedding some light on now.
But then to say, oh, you can't choose your own doctor,
that's right, Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 9 (32:17):
And then you take something like this defund bill.
Speaker 10 (32:19):
So so obviously July fourth, they Congress passed and President
Trump signed their big beautiful bill, which I've been calling
the big bad betrayal of a bill, which cut Medicaid
for so many people in need. Right, Medicaid is our
largest insurance provider for low income folks for planted parenthood.
(32:39):
The defund was immediate, So that means that half of
all of our patients are Medicaid patients, and it means
that they could no longer come to a plant parenthood
with their insurance dollars. And for plant parenthood, it means
that we could not get reimbsed for the services that
we provide, just like every other provider.
Speaker 9 (32:59):
So unlike the.
Speaker 10 (33:00):
Bigger Medicaid cuts which go into effect in twenty twenty seven,
conveniently after the midterms, we had to sue to get
an injunction.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
I remember you said, see you in court.
Speaker 10 (33:11):
I'm always ready, Yeah, And we sued based on you know,
essentially our First Amendment rights, right like they came after
us because of our belief that people's bodies should be
their own, and they withdrew resources from that.
Speaker 9 (33:24):
So we did not win that case.
Speaker 10 (33:26):
So as of last week, clan parenthoods are no longer
able to get reimbursed for the services through Medicaid. So
technically a one year defund, so we have to continue
to fight in the courts.
Speaker 9 (33:39):
But also we know they're coming for more.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
So now what happens, right Let's say somebody comes in
and that you can't take their Medicaid insurance.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
What happens to a patient?
Speaker 10 (33:48):
So there are a number of states across the country
that are going to step in. They understand that their
communities depend on their constituents having access to Planned Parenthood, right, So,
states like New York States, California have been in conversations
with our Planned Parented affiliate members there about backfilling some
of those resources. So again, it's a one year defund
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for right now.
Speaker 9 (34:10):
So we've been.
Speaker 10 (34:11):
Able to pull together some resources from our state and
local governments to help support some of our health centers,
but there's no way to cover all of it all.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Right, We have Alexis macguil Johnson joining us. He's the
CEO and president a Planned Parenthood. We have more when
we come back. It's way up is what you all
been waiting for.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
You're tapped in a way up with Angela Yee, what's up?
Speaker 4 (34:33):
His way up with the Angela Yee, and we have
the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood with us, Alexis
mcgil johnson.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
What would you say to people who are listening right now.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
I recently just went and got like my full example,
I have been putting it off for so long, just time,
Like I don't have time, you know, and I need
to go get my mammogram and I need to do
all of these things that I haven't done, some trying
to schedule things. But what would you say to somebody
who's listening right now and they're like, I don't know
what to do. I feel like I kind of need
to go to the doctor, but it's so much trouble.
I don't have health care whatever their issues are. And
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they're listening and they're like, dang, I can't even if
I don't know how much it's going to be cost
when I go to the doctor. I don't know what
health care provider I can go see, Like I'm just
so confused of rights that I had that are now
taken away. And what would you tell them, like where
are some resources? How can they get started and making
sure that they're doing what they need to do to
take care of themselves because, like you said, a lot
of people would be like, I'm just not even going
to deal with this at all.
Speaker 10 (35:22):
I'm not going to deal with it. But you know
the first thing you can do, you can come to
a Planned Parenthood health center. You can get excellent, high quality,
trusted care for all your sexual reproductive health care needs,
including the men too.
Speaker 9 (35:34):
We got you too.
Speaker 10 (35:35):
I think it is so important to ensure that we
are keeping regular wellness exams. I can't tell you how
many of my friends, particularly during COVID, during that year
when they were being laid off or furloughed or they
weren't sure where their health insurance would take them, and
they came back to Planned Parenthood for their wellness exams.
So I think a lot of times people think it's
just a like from high school to your twenties, but
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the reality is it is we're here for you through
your Yeah. The second thing is I would say that
for all of the care that we need and want,
we also have to fight for it, right. I think
that's what these last few years have really shown us
in great detail, that nothing is ever settled. That if
you care about reproductive freedom, if you care about freedom
in general, it is so important that we show up
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in this moment collectively to engage, to vote, to kind
of call your policy makers and say, you know, this
is what you want to see. That's actually how power
is taken back, like bit by bit. And then the
last thing I would say is that you mentioned it,
you know, like we have to be thinking about this
in a long term, like this is not just what
do we do today. You know, they had a long
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time you know term plan to like defund planned parent,
to overturn ROW, and we have to be thinking in
the same long term strategies of where do we need
to be in the next fifteen years, what states do
we need to continue to have these ballad initiatives that
allow us to codify our rights back into state by
state until we can get back to a federal right.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
All right, well, I love that. Thank you so much
for coming up here.
Speaker 4 (37:01):
So glad that we were able to make this happen
at a really critical time. Like you said, the news
broke on September eleventh about the first circuit jeopardizing care
for one point one million planned parenthood patients. That defunding
has gone into effect. Yes, and so it is a
really really critical time, and I feel like sometimes things
do slip under the radar because every day there's like
a million different things happening.
Speaker 10 (37:22):
Right, it's like a strategy. It's like the chaos and
confusion and flubbed the zone. But I really appreciate you
lifting this up because it's going to impact people right
now and they need to understand what's the stake.
Speaker 4 (37:31):
Listen, how many people have been to a planned parenthood
at some point in their life?
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Right?
Speaker 4 (37:36):
If you think about those numbers, I feel like for
women it's like, what's the numbers, something.
Speaker 10 (37:40):
Like one out of three? One of three?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
And men too, like you said, yes so as well.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
So just know that this is very critical, very important,
very necessary for us.
Speaker 9 (37:52):
Thank you Angela for covering it as well.
Speaker 4 (37:54):
Thank you Alexis Miguel Johnson. She is the president and
CEO of Planned Parenthood. Love that you came up here.
Speaker 10 (37:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
You can watch that full, very informative interview with a
Lexus mcgil johnson on my YouTube channel Way Up with
Ye And normally this would have been last word, but
y'all will be back with that tomorrow. We'll be at
iHeart Festival tomorrow as well. Giving you all of those updates,
so see you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
It's way up, going, way out turnout with Angela ye
You are not.
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And what call?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Hey, Yes, it's way up at Angela Yee.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
Happy Thursday day before iHeartRadio Festival. So heading out to
Vegas shortly to get everything started out there. It's gonna
be a good time. Well, Rilla, we got big X
the plug Loo, Cool J's in the building at Sharon's
in the building, Mariah Carey, you know, iHeart Festival. It's
that time of the year. But what a crazy world
(00:33):
we're in right now, or should I say country, not
necessarily the whole world, definitely our country right now. We'll
be talking about Jimmy Kimmellive during the show today and
what's going on and everything that we know so far
behind the scenes of why perhaps ABC made the decision
to pull Jimmy Kimmelive the way that they did, and
what else they have going on. But today we also
(00:55):
have Alexis Miguel Johnson joining us, the CEO and president
of Planned Parenthood, somebody else who has an organization that's
being targeted right now. They've had to close and partnerships
in different places. But Planned Parenthood is a place that
no matter what your income is, you can go and
get healthcare. And you know they do provide abortions as well,
(01:16):
but that's the smallest percentage of the work that they do.
All right, let's get this show started. Eight hundred and
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Let us know who you want to shine a light on.
Let's do some positivity, all right. It's way up.
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Lights on, y'all, spreading love to those who are doing greatness.
Shinna light on them, shine a light on. It's time
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It's way up, buddy angela ye, and it's time to
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He built a thirty seven million dollars senior living complex
in Florida. And this is a new one hundred and
twenty unit affordable housing community for seniors. So it completed
back in May, and they were accepting applications to thirty
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seven point four million.
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Dollar project called Astoria on Ninth.
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And what they do here is the first of its
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rates are a lot lower than the local average. It's
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dollars per month. You have to be at least sixty
two years old to qualify, and you have to meet
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little as three hundred and twenty two dollars. The other
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with a catering, kitchen and bar, a fitness center, a
surface parking, a dog park.
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They also help you with adult literacy training.
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They have assistance with grocery shopping, laundry, and housekeeping as well.
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Just a beautiful thing. Y'all know.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Housing is a major issue, and so the fact that
he really put his money into something like this, we
love to see it. Now, Kyosha, who do you want
to shine a light on?
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I would like to shine a light on my daughter,
Shanaya Jones Adam. We're at of Mifis, Tennessee, but we're
residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Yeah, we moved here while she
was pregnant out of high school. She's currently has a baby,
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juggles two jobs and I am so proud of her.
She's doing an amazing job.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
She's doing what people try to tell you you can't do.
You know what I'm saying, Yay, when your daughter's like twenty,
your granddaughter's like twenty years old, she go, her mom's
still gonna be a young, cool, hip mom, hanging out
with her.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
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And when we come back, let's talk about Jimmy Kimmel
Alive in the EET. We'll tell you what we know
so far about his show getting pulled off of ABC
and what might be happening behind the scenes with an
attempted merger, which is why they had to make it happen.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
It's way up, it says soothing the rooms from.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Industry shade to all of us about Angela's feeling that.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
All right, his way up at Angela, he I'm here, Dan,
my producers here, what's thing? And we are just really
having conversations about this whole Jimmy Kimmel Live situation. Now,
his show has been dropped indefinitely from ABC, and they're
saying it's over these comments that he made on the show.
And I want to play these for you because I
think a lot of people may not have even bothered
(04:23):
to listen.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
But he did not say nothing bad. Listen to this.
Speaker 7 (04:28):
We had some new lows over the weekend with the
Maga gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered
Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and
do everything they can to score political points from.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Now that, mind you, that's not a shot at Charlie Kirk.
That's about the Mega people who are trying to act
like it has nothing to do with them.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Well, do we know for sure what thought he was
part of Mega gang?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Well, he's just saying they're trying to separate themselves from
this person. He's not saying he is a Mega gang,
but he's saying they're doing everything they can hand to
make it seem like, oh he was dating a trans
Oh he had turned democratic, they were doing all of this.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
You don't know that. I don't know where these references
are coming in.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
So he's not definitely saying what the you know, what
he was but what he is saying is they're trying
to distance themselves. Now here's what else he had to say.
And this was a joke about Donald Trump.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
You can see how hard the president is taking this.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
I couldn't tore down the law fro your friend.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Charlotte Kirk asked sir personally, Now are you holding up
over the last day and a half?
Speaker 8 (05:29):
Sir?
Speaker 2 (05:29):
I think very good. And by the way, right there,
you see all the trucks.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
They've just started construction of the new borough for the
White House, and it's going to be a beauty.
Speaker 7 (05:37):
He's at the fourth stage of grief construction.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
And that is true.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
We were commenting on that. You're supposed to be so
and I think we said this behind the scenes yesterday.
He's supposed to be so torn up over his friend's death,
and then he doesn't seem like.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
His written statement after the shooting was the polar opposite.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
As his verbal statement, right And you know, and by
the way, in the wake of everything that happened, Jimmy
Kimmel did go on social media and condemned shooting and
killing a person. So I do want to point that out. Also,
I don't think anything that he said but let's talk.
Let's dig a little deeper into what possibly is going
(06:15):
on behind the scenes, because apparently there is next to
Our Media Group, which is the largest local TV broadcasting
and digital media company in the US that owns and
operates over two hundred stations and one hundred and sixteen markets.
They are focusing on doing a merger with another huge
media conglomerate, and apparently they need to get approval from
(06:38):
the FCC. So people are speculating that they are trying
to cater to Donald Trump to make sure that this
merger can go through. And here is what Karus Swisher
had to say about all of this as she was
talking to Anderson Cooper, and.
Speaker 9 (06:54):
The car is rather thirsty for attention, that's one thing,
and it's unbecoming a public of but that's that's nothing
new for him.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
This is what he does. I think one thing you're
leaving out is next Star.
Speaker 10 (07:05):
Is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna,
and so they will do whatever it takes to satur
their eye some that's important, kind of a toady to
Donald Trump, all right.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
So that's important because that is a merger that's valued
at six point two billion dollars requires the approval of
the FCC, and they would also have to loosen ownership
regulations that have been long standing, like barring a single
entity from owning TV stations that together reach over thirty
nine percent of American households, also guidelines on the total
number of stations that can be owned in a single market,
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because that is kind of like a monopoly. And so
some people are saying that they believe that this is
why it's happening. The other thing that they want is
for Jimmy Kimmel to make a sizeable donation and an
apology to the family of Charlie Kirk. And I don't
believe that he said anything that warrants that, so I'll
be interested to see how this plays out. We don't
(07:57):
know if Jimmy Kimmel is suspended or if he is
just no longer going to be on the air. But
Donald Trump posted great news for America. The ratings challenged
Jimmy kim Oos show is canceled. Congratulations to ABC for
finally having the courage to do what had to be done.
Kimo has zero talent and worse ratings than even Colbert, which,
as we know, you know that also was recently canceled,
(08:19):
and Donald Trump was glowing about that.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
If that's possible.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
That leaves Jimmy and Seth two total losers on fake
News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it, NBC.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
It's just crazy to me how the right of free
speech is such a big deal to the Republican base,
but then when it's against what they believe, like they're
celebrating this. Yeah, it's just horribly ironic.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Yeah, and they've even made I saw a lot of
people were reposting something that Elon Musk had said previously
about comics being too woke and part of what comedians'
jobs to be funny and not.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
To they're anti woke there talking about christ.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Cheese, but not when it comes to something that they
that Donald Trump doesn't like.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Let's say that.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
All right, well that is your Yet when we come back,
we have about last night where we discussed what we
did last night. Shout out to tiny, I saw you
that my nails are cute. I got my nails done finally.
But we'll talk about it. It's way up whoa night night.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
So about last night, I went down.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
All right, it's way up with Angela Yee, and it's
time for about last night. Now, last night, I definitely
went and got my nails done. What I enjoy about
this experience though, and shout out to Tiny tiny dot Luxury.
She does an amazing job. I sometimes just look at
her pace for inspiration. Don't my nails are cute?
Speaker 8 (09:35):
Dan?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Yeah, they were jacked up, they were.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
It took a while, but anyway, I went there and
we had a great conversation because what we do is
end up we end up talking about everything.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
It's just the two of us.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
She has our own suite, so when you're in there,
it's like very private, it's just you.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
And so we were.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Talking about this whole Jimmy Kimmel thing, and we were
talking about just sometimes being let go from someplace can
be a blessing. A lot of us stay at jobs
too long, We hate our jo We keep on talking
about how I can't stand it, but we get so comfortable.
And I thought about how when Joyanne Reid was guest
hosting here on Monday, we had a similar conversation about
her getting let go from MSNBC.
Speaker 11 (10:11):
Remember this, Charlie Kirk attacked me, But if I had
been at MSNBC in this moment, I wouldn't have been
able to even report that he had ever attacked me,
including his attacks on Michelle Obama, his attacks on Cataji
Brown Jackson. What I'm relieved about is not being in
that corporate environment where they were literally sent a memo
essentially saying if they said anything about Charlie Kirk other
(10:32):
than that he was a good family man who loved
to debate and loved his children, they will be fired,
like Matthew Dowd, who was a conservative contributor was fired.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Well, to her point, we see what's happening.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
And just for reference, the remarks that she's talking about
is when Charlie Kirk was saying that they took a spot,
a slot from somebody who was qualified to be at Harvard,
like they didn't deserve, Yeah, a white man slot, which
is a crazy thing to say, like black women can't
be smart and deserving and get into Harvard, like ridiculous.
But anyway, so for her, we were having a conversation
(11:05):
about how her starting her own thing, the Joy Reid
Show has been a blessing for her, not something that
she probably would have done because she was so comfortable
we want to know from you. Have you ever had
a situation where maybe you were too comfortable and actually
getting fired or laid off was the biggest blessing in retrospect.
We want to hear about it because a lot of
black women right now are losing their jobs, and as
(11:26):
you can see, they're losing their jobs at a faster
rate than anyone. And so how can we find the
blessing in this? We want to hear from you. Eight
hundred nine to fifty one fifty.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Call us up.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Let us know about the time that getting fired actually
turned out to be a blessing.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Eight hundred two nine two fifty one fifty.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
It's good. You are a media maven, right, you never
know what and is going.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
To say it's way up, but Angela ye, and we
are talking about getting fired and the time it ended
up being a blessing. Now, my producer Dan says he's
never been fired, so we'll work on that.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Really, that's crazy.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
I'm kidding. I do want you to have it blessing.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
Maybe maybe not, but anyway, I've been fired a couple
of times now. One time it was a nightmare job
that I really literally used to wake up every day
and be like, I dread going into this place, but
I felt like I needed the money to pay my bills.
I was only like twenty four and ended up getting
let go. It's a long story, but when I tell
(12:26):
you I woke up in the morning and felt like
the sun was shining, there wasn't the burden of having
to get out of bed and go to this place
that I hated. And then another time that I got
fired was the distribution company that did Eminem's clothing line,
Shady Limited, and.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
They called it laid off.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Laid off and fired is like the same thing, Yes,
the same thing, but then they ended up ending the partnership.
But I think part of the reason was that Eminem's management,
Paul Rosenberg, he brought me into the situation and they
were bumping heads a lot. So I was more on
the side of Eminem and not on the side they
wanted to have like his face and logo hue on everything,
(13:05):
and they were kind of against that, and so it
was just kind of like a bumping of heads and
I was collateral damage. But that was fine because that relationship.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Was gonna end anyway.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Now, did he tell us about the time that you
got fired and it ended up being a blessing.
Speaker 6 (13:20):
I was fighting from My job is a pedietary clinic.
Working there, I went through a lot of stuff. I
got purted in the face with brand's milk. I had
to changelocations. Anyway. They let me go because they say
I told a patient to you common sense, which was
a complete five wow. I was out of list two weeks.
I was in the hospital the day I returned back
(13:42):
to work. They let me go because they say I
told a patient to you common sense. All the patients,
all the doctors, everyone loved me. But once I got
let go, it was like a black thing. Because I
was able to stay at home, take care of my son,
opened up my own business. Felt like, you know what,
maybe I couldn't even be in this field anyway. Like
I got into the medical field because I have self teaching,
(14:05):
So I'm like, maybe that's not even a thing for me.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Right.
Speaker 6 (14:08):
So it's been two years off since I got went though,
and it's amazing.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Yes, d D, I love it, okay, And you probably
would have stayed and not even cut your blessing because
you were so comfortable and content in a space.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
I am so for you.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
I would have SAYD I've been wanting to open up
my own last us and do my own thing, and
I kept getting knocked down because I kept being dedicated
and loyal to other people's businesses, so I could never
do my own thing. So I'm like, dance, this was amazing.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
Y'all be a good.
Speaker 12 (14:38):
Thing for me.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Well, congratulations, thank you, Hey, Chris, how are you hey?
Speaker 8 (14:45):
How are you doing today?
Speaker 2 (14:46):
I'm good?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Have you ever had a situation where you got fired
but it was the biggest blessing?
Speaker 13 (14:50):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (14:51):
Yes, definitely.
Speaker 8 (14:52):
So. I used to work for a company.
Speaker 12 (14:53):
It was a delivery service company. I was there for
about seven years. It was the top t in the
industry at the time. So I kind of felt like
I was stuck there. You know, I was looking for
no other job was offering what I was getting.
Speaker 5 (15:06):
I was miserable.
Speaker 12 (15:07):
My personal life was bad, my relationship with my wife
was rocky, my daughter was growing up. I wasn't even
getting to spend the time where and I was just
not in a good place. And luckily for me, one
day I.
Speaker 8 (15:19):
Got fired, and that firing to turn my life completely around.
Me and my wife were amazing. Now I'm able to
drop my daughter off that ool and kick her off.
I'm able to couple with homework. I'm just such a
way better place ever been getting fired.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
And when it happens, we'd be so like because it
just feels bad, like rejection and it's embarrassing.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
But once you.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
Get past that, yep, yep, thank you so much for Colin.
I appreciate it, all right, haven't I say you too?
Speaker 3 (15:46):
All Right?
Speaker 4 (15:47):
Well, you guys, thanks for calling an eight hundred and
two ninety two fifty one fifty. You can always leave
a message for last word. And when we come back,
we have your yee tea. And now let's discuss the
updates about Celestorieves.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
She's a fifteen.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Year old who was found dead in David's tesla. He's
a singer, he's a performer. Will tell you what we
know so far and how things are starting to play
out and unravel.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
It's way up, just like.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
The talk, like they and Jealie Jeane, like they and
Jelie Jeane.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Man, she's spilling it all. This is yet way up.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
It's way up at Angela yee, and it's time for
one of these yet another tragic story. And I hate
to have to do this. But David, he is like
an indie rock artist. He's he was on tour. He
just paused his tour. But apparently the woman who he
was and I don't not even woman. She was only
fifteen years old. So les revs the woman whose body
(16:39):
was found on September eighth. Her body was found inside
of a toe yard in Hollywood and a tesla that
was registered to David, and they said there was a
foul smell that was coming from the vehicle. Her body
was decomposing and not intact when it was found. So
now he's being investigated and rightfully so. And people are
talking about his music. I for this, had not heard
(17:01):
any of David's music, had you, Dan?
Speaker 1 (17:03):
No? No? I have not.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
All right, Well, this song called Romantic Homicide is I
guess this is his biggest song and a lot of
people were referencing this.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
When it came to the situation.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
They also were saying online that the video on YouTube
came out on her birthday. On Celeste's birthday, Here is
what that song sounds like. In addition to that, there's
a song called Drink and Drive and people are really
dissecting these lyrics to see if perhaps what's in these
songs relate to the situation that happened with Celestia that
(17:37):
is still being investigated. Listened to Drink and Drive. Oh,
I mean, this is so awful because her mom is
the person that identified that it was her daughter that
had gone missing when she was what thirteen years old,
and all of these songs and lyrics that people are dissecting,
and her mom also confirmed that she had been in
a relationship with someone called David and his real name
(17:58):
is David Anthony Burke, all right.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
In addition to that.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
There is a song, and all these songs are also
leaking on and being posted on SoundCloud.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
This song is called Celeste.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Again, that's her name, CELESE Reeves, the woman whose body
was found inside of the car that was registered to David.
And here is what Celeste sounds like. But anyway, just
so tragic. Now, Kliuchi's had a song with David, and
she said she is pulling that song it's called Crashing,
from off of streaming services. Somebody had said, your friend
(18:30):
David is a murderer, and she said, not, my friend.
I did a song with him, which is currently in
the process of being taken down given today's disturbing news.
So god, yeah, well that's what she said. It's not
a less She said that on social media, the comment,
what disturbing news? Oh that yeah, I mean she's responding
to a comment. I know, I'm just quoting a comment.
(18:52):
It's not an alleged comment. But anyway, cops are hunting
now for videos of his tesla in the area where
the car was abandoned.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I don't know what would make him think he could abandon.
Speaker 4 (19:02):
His car that's registered to him with a dead body
in it of his ex girlfriend or I mean of
his girlfriend at the time who was only fifteen years old,
and nothing was going to happen, and you can just
go on tour and live your life. But you know,
this is all alleged, and so this is all being investigated,
all right. When we come back, we have under the radar.
These are the stories that are not necessarily and the headlines.
They're flying under the radar, but you definitely need to
(19:23):
know about them. Donald Trump has a new statue holding
a bitcoin stroke.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Oh my gosh, it's way up.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Tack the news, newsition, the news that relates to you.
These stories are flying under the radar, all right.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
His way up at Angela Ye, and it's time for
year under the radar stories. Now there's a twelve foot
golden statue of Donald Trump holding a bitcoin that was
installed outside the US Capitol, and that is also coinciding
with the Federal Reserves upcoming interest rate decision. On Wednesday,
they said they're reducing its key interest rate by a
quarter point.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
I can't belie leave this statue.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Such a joke.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
It's embarrassing, but it's embarrassing and it's like I'm laughing,
but it's really not funny, by the way. So yes,
just you know, interesting situation, and I want to talk
about also, I don't know if you saw this story
about the Office Depot flyer, the Charlie Kirk flyer. One
of the employees at Office Depot would not print this flyer.
(20:26):
And now they're talking about a case against an employee
at Office Depot who wouldn't print a flyer.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
For about Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
And you know, I was looking at some of the
comments that people were leaving on the post about on
one of these posts about it, and somebody that formerly
worked at Office Depot was saying that they really aren't
allowed to do certain things, and the person was probably
just following protocol. But Pam Bondi is planning to prosecute
the office depot worker who refused to print those flyers
(20:57):
for a vigil.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Did you know that I did not.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Now they were saying that it's propaganda, and so I
saw people saying that at El Faestipo they're not allowed
to print anything that's propaganda, and that that is propaganda.
That's what the employee was saying in Michigan. And so
now there's a whole situation where there's potentially a lawsuit.
So you can actually, when you feel like it, censor
people right.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
When it doesn't serve you.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
Now I want to prosecute you for not printing this
flyer that is propaganda.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
So I know people personally that were told that if
they don't deactivate their Twitter then they're going to get fired.
People are getting expelled for tweets and getting fired for
jobs and Alessa it's.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
And they're encouraging people to report anyone who says anything
on social media.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Against Charlie Cree.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
They talk about like revoking people's citizenship and things like that.
But private companies do have a constitution or right to
refuse service to anybody as long as it's for non
discriminatory reasons, and that is a private company that that
person lost their job.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
This is where the line is drawn.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Yeah, all right, well that is you are under the radar. Now.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
We do have Alexis mcgil johnson joining us later in
the show. She's the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood,
another organization that is under attack, that does great work
here and we got the way it mixed for you
at the top of the hour.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Right, everybody, whether it's relationship for career advice, Angela's dropping facts,
you should you should know.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
If this is as gee, what's up his way up
at Angela?
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Yea, And it's time for ask yee eight hundred and
two ninety two fifty one fifty.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Jennay, Hi Angela, Hi Jenay? How you doing?
Speaker 9 (22:30):
I'm good dealing with like a friend issue.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Okay, talk to me.
Speaker 13 (22:34):
So I posted something in my story about women taking
them back after they cheat, like basically saying that they're dumb.
And she thinks that I was throwing a sub at
her because she recently took her X back after you
cheated on her. I wasn't talking about her, but now
I guess we're beefing, and I'm like, I guess we're
going to be forever. Because if you think that I
(22:56):
would talk about you like this, then okay.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
You know what.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
This has happened to me a couple of times on
both ends.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
There's sometimes you're going through something and then you think
somebody posts something and you believe it's about you, and
sometimes it's not. And then there was a time that
somebody posted something and a person thought I was talking
about them.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
I think it was a woman who had multiple.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
Baby fathers, and I think it was a clip from
an interview with someone talking about it, and she thought
it was a dig at her and it wasn't. And
so I think this feels like a real miscommunication and
clearly something that she probably has her own feelings about,
and maybe it's.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Just a little embarrassed about. Right.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
So when things like that happen, you tend to think
that people are like talking about you behind your back
or laughing at you or saying that you're dumb. Because
she probably looked at it like a meme that was
true to her. And so what you need to do
is you cannot convince her if she doesn't want to
believe it that it wasn't about her. But you can say,
I apologize if you believe that was about you.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
I promise you it wasn't.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
I mean, that's all you can really do if she
wants to contine you to be mad. You can't like
convince somebody to not believe something that they want to believe.
Speaker 13 (24:06):
I don't want to apologize because I feel like apologizing
emits some faults.
Speaker 9 (24:11):
I don't think.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
I don't think apologizing for the meme. I think it's
just like, I'm sorry that you think it's about you,
but it's not.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
It's not apologizing for like you did something wrong, but
just be like, I'm sorry that you felt that way
and that that made you feel a way, but I
promise you it had nothing to do with you.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
It's just a meme.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
And there's a whole bunch of memes that are applicable
to my own life that you know, somebody I knew
posted it. I probably would think it was about me,
but this wasn't okay, you know. But and I understand
what you're saying, Like I'm not saying, apologize because you
did something wrong to her, but I'm sorry that you
feel that way if that's really your friend, but be like,
(24:50):
but I assure you, like I would never do that.
And if you do think that, then maybe you have
a feeling about me that is unresolved for whatever reason,
because why would somebody.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Think you do that?
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Right?
Speaker 10 (25:01):
Right?
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Okay, But you know something.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
And I do want to say, Jenney, that sometimes things
spiral with the miscommunication where now it's like an ego
thing where you're like, well, I'm not saying this because
you know it's a simple like I definitely did not
intend for you to feel away. It was not about you,
and that could be something simple that could even be
like lead to a better conversation and understanding.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
And if it doesn't, you know, cyan orra Okay, thank you?
Speaker 4 (25:28):
All right, Well that was chat gpe helping you out
with your advice that you need.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Hopefully that helps.
Speaker 4 (25:34):
And when we come back, man, we got Alexis Miguel
Johnson joining us. She's the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
So she's going to give you some updates in case
you were wondering what's going on with Medicaid, with your
health care benefits and what's going to happen with Planned
Parenthood moving forward, as there's been some obstacles thanks to
the administration.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
It's way up and I.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Beg abouts famous women in radio vidioping.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
We're talking about Angelie Ye. Way up with Angela Ye.
Please believe that what's up.
Speaker 4 (26:03):
It's way up with Angela Yee. And I am so
glad you're here today. We have Alexis Miguel Johnson, the
president and CEO Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Thank you so much for joining me today. Thank you
for having me Angela.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
It's good to be here.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Man.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
When I tell you planned parenthood is under attack, I
mean there is just so much going on from news
even last week that broke Alexis. I also think it's
important and I know we always talk about this, but
we just have to set the groundwork for planned parenthood
because I think people just equate like planned parenthood is
just where you go to get an abortion, and that
is definitely not all of the work that Planned Parenthood does.
(26:37):
There's so many other services that you guys offer, So
can we just break that down for people listening first
and foremost.
Speaker 10 (26:42):
Absolutely it is and thank you for starting with that question,
because people do need to understand what Planned Parenthood health
centers across this country deliver.
Speaker 9 (26:50):
In terms of care.
Speaker 10 (26:51):
You know, first off, we are a critical part of
the public health infrastructure. Planned Parenthood health centers do not
turn away patients right, not because of their ability to pay,
not because of race, not because of their documentation status.
But they are the nation's largest provider of sexual reproductive
health care. So that's everything from birth controlled STI testing
(27:12):
and treatment, HIV, you know, PEP and prep wellness exams,
breast cancer screenings, you know all of that. And yes,
we do provide abortion where it is legal, because abortion
is part of sexual reproductive healthcare and we do it
proudly because that is about whether or not people can
make their own decisions about if, when and how they
become a parent.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
And the cancer screenings.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
Plant Parenthood also does that, yes, you know, preventative care, education,
all of those things that are really important.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Alexis Miguel Johnson is here the president and.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
CEO of Plan Parenthood, and it's just interesting to me
at a time that the government has decided to defund
Planned Parenthood is also a time where healthcare in general
is under attack, those two things are aligning absolutely.
Speaker 10 (27:55):
I mean the defund which we can talk about in
a second, that just happened this week, but connected to
the big bad bill, you know, the Trump administration coming
after Title ten, which is the nation's largest provider of
resources for birth control for low income communities. The Supreme
Court has been engaged in cases around blocking medicaid in
states like South Carolina, denying people the ability to choose
(28:19):
their own doctor if they are a planned parented patient.
So like it is literally every single branch of government
coming for us all the while, literally these people on
the ground all across the country are just trying to
open up their health centers, serve the people who are
right before them, and ensure they have access because sometimes
planned parenthood health centers are the first point of entry
(28:39):
into the public health system for a lot of folks.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
No, absolutely, and like you said, affordable too, because you're
not turning people away based on finances. So that is
you know something that I feel like one thing that
is so broken in this country is the health care system,
and we compare ourselves to other countries and how behind
we are with that.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
Also, I always see the arguments too.
Speaker 4 (28:59):
When people talk about this is murder right and life
begins at inception.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
What do you say to that, I.
Speaker 10 (29:06):
Say, you have a right to believe your own beliefs, right,
you don't have a right to impose them on me.
Speaker 9 (29:12):
I do not believe that.
Speaker 10 (29:14):
I believe that people get to make a decision about
when how they become a parent, and the government's job
is to ensure that people have that ability to do that,
not to be imposed by someone's religious beliefs on your own.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Why is this such a big deal for them.
Speaker 10 (29:31):
Because it's not about healthcare, it's not about saving women.
It's literally about control. And one of the fastest ways
to expedite power and control is to control women's bodies.
We've seen that in every government where there has been
a backslide in our democracy, the first thing they do
is go after women's rights because it's the fastest way
to control heal to population.
Speaker 4 (29:52):
All right, we have Alexis Miguil Johnson joining us. He's
the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood. There's been a
lot of things happening with this court and with this
administration trying to make sure that healthcare is not accessible
through this channel.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
We have more and when we come back, it's way.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Up yeah, yeah, more way up with.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
What's up his way up with the Angela Yee.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
And we have the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood
with us, Alexis macgil Johnson. Abortion did not used to
be something that Republicans were so against, and it feels
like now that's a talking point.
Speaker 10 (30:26):
That well, yeah, I mean, I think they're pro power,
i think they're pro control of our bodies. But the
reality is, you know, sexual reproductive health care was a
bipartisan issue. Some of our health centers across the country
were founded by you know, Republican leaders and supported by
by many prominent Republican names that you know, family names
that you know.
Speaker 9 (30:46):
Now you know.
Speaker 10 (30:47):
The reality is, in the eighties and nineties, there was
a group of folks who were not actually active in
the political process, the evangelical community.
Speaker 9 (30:56):
Republicans had lost a few.
Speaker 10 (30:58):
Elections in a row, federal elections, and they were trying
to figure out how to what communities were not voting,
and they realized this group was really just not that active.
So they went and tried to get them active. See
what they cared about, you know, what they cared about,
you know what they wanted to run on. What segregation
then they were like, oh, okay, maybe that's maybe the way.
Speaker 9 (31:15):
Yeah, that might that's not going to look right, But
what else is of interest to you?
Speaker 10 (31:19):
When they started talking about abortion, ending abortion access to care,
and so the alignment between a movement that was you know,
really grounded in you know, racism and white supremacy now
being aligned with you know, actively opposing abortion bands and restrictions,
and you know, in some ways we know these are
also the same bands and restrictions that impact black women,
(31:42):
brown women, low income communities, and rural communities, White women
who are also being impacted by this as well.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Alexis Miguel Johnson is here, the president and CEO of
Plan Parenthood, and let's talk about why is it that
black women, brown women, lower income families are affected the most.
Speaker 10 (32:00):
So we know that black women are threed four times
more likely to die after childbirth or during pregnancy.
Speaker 4 (32:07):
Yeah, black contenta healthcare has been a huge, terrible issue
that I feel like people are shedding some light on now.
But then to say, oh, you can't choose your own doctor,
that's right, Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 9 (32:17):
And then you take something like this defund bill.
Speaker 10 (32:19):
So so obviously July fourth, they Congress passed and President
Trump signed their big beautiful bill, which I've been calling
the big bad betrayal of a bill, which cut Medicaid
for so many people in need. Right, Medicaid is our
largest insurance provider for low income folks for planted parenthood.
(32:39):
The defund was immediate, So that means that half of
all of our patients are Medicaid patients, and it means
that they could no longer come to a plant parenthood
with their insurance dollars. And for plant parenthood, it means
that we could not get reimbsed for the services that
we provide, just like every other provider.
Speaker 9 (32:59):
So unlike the.
Speaker 10 (33:00):
Bigger Medicaid cuts which go into effect in twenty twenty seven,
conveniently after the midterms, we had to sue to get
an injunction.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
I remember you said, see you in court.
Speaker 10 (33:11):
I'm always ready, Yeah, And we sued based on you know,
essentially our First Amendment rights, right like they came after
us because of our belief that people's bodies should be
their own, and they withdrew resources from that.
Speaker 9 (33:24):
So we did not win that case.
Speaker 10 (33:26):
So as of last week, clan parenthoods are no longer
able to get reimbursed for the services through Medicaid. So
technically a one year defund, so we have to continue
to fight in the courts.
Speaker 9 (33:39):
But also we know they're coming for more.
Speaker 4 (33:41):
So now what happens, right Let's say somebody comes in
and that you can't take their Medicaid insurance.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
What happens to a patient?
Speaker 10 (33:48):
So there are a number of states across the country
that are going to step in. They understand that their
communities depend on their constituents having access to Planned Parenthood, right, So,
states like New York States, California have been in conversations
with our Planned Parented affiliate members there about backfilling some
of those resources. So again, it's a one year defund
(34:09):
for right now.
Speaker 9 (34:10):
So we've been.
Speaker 10 (34:11):
Able to pull together some resources from our state and
local governments to help support some of our health centers,
but there's no way to cover all of it all.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Right, We have Alexis macguil Johnson joining us. He's the
CEO and president a Planned Parenthood. We have more when
we come back. It's way up is what you all
been waiting for.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
You're tapped in a way up with Angela Yee, what's up?
Speaker 4 (34:33):
His way up with the Angela Yee, and we have
the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood with us, Alexis
mcgil johnson.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
What would you say to people who are listening right now.
Speaker 4 (34:41):
I recently just went and got like my full example,
I have been putting it off for so long, just time,
Like I don't have time, you know, and I need
to go get my mammogram and I need to do
all of these things that I haven't done, some trying
to schedule things. But what would you say to somebody
who's listening right now and they're like, I don't know
what to do. I feel like I kind of need
to go to the doctor, but it's so much trouble.
I don't have health care whatever their issues are. And
(35:03):
they're listening and they're like, dang, I can't even if
I don't know how much it's going to be cost
when I go to the doctor. I don't know what
health care provider I can go see, Like I'm just
so confused of rights that I had that are now
taken away. And what would you tell them, like where
are some resources? How can they get started and making
sure that they're doing what they need to do to
take care of themselves because, like you said, a lot
of people would be like, I'm just not even going
to deal with this at all.
Speaker 10 (35:22):
I'm not going to deal with it. But you know
the first thing you can do, you can come to
a Planned Parenthood health center. You can get excellent, high quality,
trusted care for all your sexual reproductive health care needs,
including the men too.
Speaker 9 (35:34):
We got you too.
Speaker 10 (35:35):
I think it is so important to ensure that we
are keeping regular wellness exams. I can't tell you how
many of my friends, particularly during COVID, during that year
when they were being laid off or furloughed or they
weren't sure where their health insurance would take them, and
they came back to Planned Parenthood for their wellness exams.
So I think a lot of times people think it's
just a like from high school to your twenties, but
(35:57):
the reality is it is we're here for you through
your Yeah. The second thing is I would say that
for all of the care that we need and want,
we also have to fight for it, right. I think
that's what these last few years have really shown us
in great detail, that nothing is ever settled. That if
you care about reproductive freedom, if you care about freedom
in general, it is so important that we show up
(36:20):
in this moment collectively to engage, to vote, to kind
of call your policy makers and say, you know, this
is what you want to see. That's actually how power
is taken back, like bit by bit. And then the
last thing I would say is that you mentioned it,
you know, like we have to be thinking about this
in a long term, like this is not just what
do we do today. You know, they had a long
(36:40):
time you know term plan to like defund planned parent,
to overturn ROW, and we have to be thinking in
the same long term strategies of where do we need
to be in the next fifteen years, what states do
we need to continue to have these ballad initiatives that
allow us to codify our rights back into state by
state until we can get back to a federal right.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
All right, well, I love that. Thank you so much
for coming up here.
Speaker 4 (37:01):
So glad that we were able to make this happen
at a really critical time. Like you said, the news
broke on September eleventh about the first circuit jeopardizing care
for one point one million planned parenthood patients. That defunding
has gone into effect. Yes, and so it is a
really really critical time, and I feel like sometimes things
do slip under the radar because every day there's like
a million different things happening.
Speaker 10 (37:22):
Right, it's like a strategy. It's like the chaos and
confusion and flubbed the zone. But I really appreciate you
lifting this up because it's going to impact people right
now and they need to understand what's the stake.
Speaker 4 (37:31):
Listen, how many people have been to a planned parenthood
at some point in their life?
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Right?
Speaker 4 (37:36):
If you think about those numbers, I feel like for
women it's like, what's the numbers, something.
Speaker 10 (37:40):
Like one out of three? One of three?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
And men too, like you said, yes so as well.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
So just know that this is very critical, very important,
very necessary for us.
Speaker 9 (37:52):
Thank you Angela for covering it as well.
Speaker 4 (37:54):
Thank you Alexis Miguel Johnson. She is the president and
CEO of Planned Parenthood. Love that you came up here.
Speaker 10 (37:59):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
You can watch that full, very informative interview with a
Lexus mcgil johnson on my YouTube channel Way Up with
Ye And normally this would have been last word, but
y'all will be back with that tomorrow. We'll be at
iHeart Festival tomorrow as well. Giving you all of those updates,
so see you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
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