March 7, 2025 • 10 mins
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In Episode 10 of RideShare RoadTalk, we give a shoutout to the Oyster Jamboree Crew and chat with a visiting Arizona native who's working with non-profits. We also dive into everything Kevin Spacey, the DC theater scene, the Wharf area, and how my less-than-stellar high school grades led to an invite to a White House Christmas party with my Mom. Let’s Drive!
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome to another episode of Rideshare Road Talk
Conversations in Motion, apodcast where we create
unfiltered talk space thatexamines the meaningful lives of
my passengers while engaging inpersonal and topical
discussions.
The meaningful lives of mypassengers while engaging in
personal and topical discussions.
I'm your host and driver, JohnFoddus, and we're cruising the
streets of Washington DC.
Buckle up, let's drive.
(00:36):
Before we get started ontoday's podcast, I need to throw
a shout out to my OysterJamboree people.
This is a group I met last week.
They couldn't come onto theshow, but we had such a great
time talking about stuff andlaughing.
I need to know how your eveningwound up.
Reach out to me through the pod, let's talk and let's try to
get you out.
(00:56):
Let's drive.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm with a nonprofit that we specifically do project
type work.
We can go in, for example, andwork with a rural community
college to build out newprogramming for what employers
in that community need in theircurrent workforce of the future.
So that's like project stuff.
Then we do just ongoing highlevel stuff like an annual forum
(01:24):
for all things rural.
So anybody who works in and forrural they might be at a state
agency or a non-profit tribaltribes are included of course,
yeah you do a big event to bringthem all together and just help
them share best practices,resources, tips.
Arizona has seven million peoplein it.
(01:45):
The vast majority of them arein Phoenix or Tucson, and one
million of them are then spreadout in the other 13 counties.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Okay, you must be in some seriously wide open spaces.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Well, they're just little communities.
You know that it is too bad,because there are a lot of
people who, if they don't haveenough money to have like a
local little bus system, even orsomething, they're really, if
you don't drive, you'redependent on friends and family.
You know, there's just notreally any way around.
But you have to remember this,because we do big events that we
(02:18):
take out to rural and peoplecoming in from Phoenix Tucson
think I'll get a lift and wehave to tell them no, you won't.
It's part of the urban-ruraldivide.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You'll get a horse.
You'll get a horse, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So I feel lucky to be a part of it.
It's one of those grassrootskind of movements, I guess, so
to speak, right Isn't that?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
fascinating how things germinate and kind of
grow from just little seeds likethat.
Yeah, that's the reward isseeing that right grow and yeah,
hopefully that next person whenthey've expanded and they send
the elevator back down and dothe same thing, and yeah, I love
that.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
That's a good analogy .
I can't claim it?
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I think Kevin Spacey, remember Kevin Spacey.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yes, I do Remember the guy who was around.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Kevin Spacey is my OJ .
I don't care what he did, Ilove him to death.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
He's a talented actor , talented actor yeah.
What is the story with him, bythe way?
Is he out in the world again?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I think he's struggling.
I don't think he's recoveredfrom the initial hit of the
scandal or allegations and allthat stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Which was what?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I think it was like Eight years.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Well, maybe not eight years, five, that'd be a while,
isn't it?
It has been a while it has beena while.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
On paper it didn't sound good, but in reality, who
knows if it's consensual, theage thing, I don't know.
Yeah, I don't pretend to know.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
He was one of those actors.
I never really knew anythingabout his personal life and I
thought he was just one of thosedeeply personal um private
celebrities you know, so thatmakes it hard.
When that kind of thing goespublic, you're like I'm working
with nothing, I don't knowanything about the man.
Yeah, as far as you know.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I met him once.
Oh, you did Pretty cool.
In a past life I was aphotojournalist here in town so
I'd go to the White HouseCorrespondents' Dinner every
year and that used to be areally, really fun event yeah,
it was a signature big deal.
Yeah, event, yeah it was asignature, big deal, yeah, and
so you know.
It's in the um called thehinkley hilton.
(04:27):
We know where reagan was shotback in the 80s every year it
would happen, uh, at that, withthe washington hilton in the
main ballroom, but down in thebasement level all the salons
were like the after parties were, and the pre-parties okay, and
after the event vanity fairwould have like a big function
and there's some mansion nextdoor or something like that.
(04:48):
And so we happened across justto say hello you know, and he
was just in the room having adrink and found him very, very
engaging, very gregarious.
I wouldn't call him private atall.
Yeah, interesting and he was alittle aggressive with.
You know language and you knowwhat he was into and you know
whatever interesting.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
And he was a little aggressive with.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You know language and you know what he was into and
you know whatever man it'syou're into, what you're into,
yeah.
But you know, as long as itdoesn't run astray of the law, I
guess you're fine, right?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
It's interesting.
I'm trying to remember if Iever even saw him and, like you
know, late night talk show,interview or anything.
I don't think I ever did.
I really have no idea what hispersonality would be like, but
that is not what.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I would have guessed what you're describing, so
that's interesting yeah um hellof an actor.
Oh my god yeah, he is.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, no doubt, it's just a shame what happened?
I'm about to find out a littlebit about the dc theater world,
and it's at this folger theaterwhich I've never heard of but,
looked up the ShakespeareLibrary and theater in the same
place, so it looks like theymight have some really cool
stuff going on if it's open nowI assume they'd keep it open if
(05:55):
the theaters got a show.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Arena Stage is also a very popular place as well for
shows and theater and things andthat's over at the wharf area,
which is this revitalized areaalong the water.
It's very cool.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Was it all industrial before, Like just a harbor kind
of wharf it was.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I don't know what it was.
It was kind of just like awasteland of third tier motels
and restaurants that no one onearth would go to and there's
this really great old schoollike fish market that they kept,
thank God, becauseaesthetically it's really cool,
oh yeah, but they just blew itout with like retail and
(06:37):
restaurants and hotels andthere's this wonderful live
music venue there called Anthem.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Oh nice.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
You should check it out if you have some time at
least.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yeah, I always get these tips too late.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I've been here all week, oh my gosh.
And now I leave tomorrow and Icould have done that.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, but I'll file it away for next time.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
There'll be a next time, for sure, for sure.
Right before I picked you up, Iwas dropping someone off at
Cafe Milano and they had aservice detail and they kind of
came over to the car, asked meto keep moving and my first
instinct was like well, who thehell are you?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
maybe I will, maybe I won't flash the badge, and I
was like oh, right, okay okay,yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I used to.
I used to have the eagle, andso I know what the deal is.
Oh really that was a fun timewhen they just had a hard pass
and you could just come and gofrom the white house.
Uh, just pre-9-11 yeah and youcould.
Um fourth july you could takeguests out to the south lawn to
watch the fireworks and hecklittle summer, uh, spring ice
(07:37):
cream socials, and they had thechristmas party and all that.
It was really fun.
That sounds so american I was adisaster high school student, so
I mean I mean disaster, oh mydisaster, oh my God.
I mean I was smart, I justdidn't care.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, and I tortured my poor mother, but I took her
to a White House Christmas partyand it's like the universe, the
universe came back together.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
She's like I forgive you, that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Anyway, just had this great moment standing on the
North Portico and just like,when was that, oh gosh?
That was when Clinton was there, so 98-ish.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
And it was just this great moment.
We're just standing out thereat night and she's like what a
wonderful memory with your mom.
How did this happen?
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I'm like I don't know , take it all.
She's like do they know who youare?
Speaker 1 (08:28):
they let you in exactly, there was a background
check he knew too much yourmother.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Yeah, it's good stuff .
It is such a beautiful city,though when you visit it you
know you're all around all thisbeautiful architecture but.
I wonder what like living hereis.
Like you know, because I'm likepeople probably just get sick
of it or blind to it, right?
Speaker 1 (08:47):
it's very pretty at night.
Yeah, traffic lays down, it'sjust.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
It can be very captivating, for sure you know
just the history, things are soold, you know out west.
Native American.
Everything is, of course, oldand ancient, but the settled
stuff is like the pioneeringnewer, and we also just tear
things down.
It's like, oh, it's 20 yearsold, let's rip that out.
(09:16):
It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
All right, this has got you on the corner, I think.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Thank you so very much.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
It was lovely chatting with you absolutely
ride, share, road talk rightshare road talk you got one more
listener.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Thanks,
Welcome to another episode of Rideshare Road Talk
Conversations in Motion, apodcast where we create
unfiltered talk space thatexamines the meaningful lives of
my passengers while engaging inpersonal and topical
discussions.
The meaningful lives of mypassengers while engaging in
personal and topical discussions.
I'm your host and driver, JohnFoddus, and we're cruising the
streets of Washington DC.
Buckle up, let's drive.
(00:36):
Before we get started ontoday's podcast, I need to throw
a shout out to my OysterJamboree people.
This is a group I met last week.
They couldn't come onto theshow, but we had such a great
time talking about stuff andlaughing.
I need to know how your eveningwound up.
Reach out to me through the pod, let's talk and let's try to
get you out.
(00:56):
Let's drive.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm with a nonprofit that we specifically do project
type work.
We can go in, for example, andwork with a rural community
college to build out newprogramming for what employers
in that community need in theircurrent workforce of the future.
So that's like project stuff.
Then we do just ongoing highlevel stuff like an annual forum
(01:24):
for all things rural.
So anybody who works in and forrural they might be at a state
agency or a non-profit tribaltribes are included of course,
yeah you do a big event to bringthem all together and just help
them share best practices,resources, tips.
Arizona has seven million peoplein it.
(01:45):
The vast majority of them arein Phoenix or Tucson, and one
million of them are then spreadout in the other 13 counties.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Okay, you must be in some seriously wide open spaces.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Well, they're just little communities.
You know that it is too bad,because there are a lot of
people who, if they don't haveenough money to have like a
local little bus system, even orsomething, they're really, if
you don't drive, you'redependent on friends and family.
You know, there's just notreally any way around.
But you have to remember this,because we do big events that we
(02:18):
take out to rural and peoplecoming in from Phoenix Tucson
think I'll get a lift and wehave to tell them no, you won't.
It's part of the urban-ruraldivide.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You'll get a horse.
You'll get a horse, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So I feel lucky to be a part of it.
It's one of those grassrootskind of movements, I guess, so
to speak, right Isn't that?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
fascinating how things germinate and kind of
grow from just little seeds likethat.
Yeah, that's the reward isseeing that right grow and yeah,
hopefully that next person whenthey've expanded and they send
the elevator back down and dothe same thing, and yeah, I love
that.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
That's a good analogy .
I can't claim it?
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I think Kevin Spacey, remember Kevin Spacey.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yes, I do Remember the guy who was around.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Kevin Spacey is my OJ .
I don't care what he did, Ilove him to death.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
He's a talented actor , talented actor yeah.
What is the story with him, bythe way?
Is he out in the world again?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
I think he's struggling.
I don't think he's recoveredfrom the initial hit of the
scandal or allegations and allthat stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Which was what?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I think it was like Eight years.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Well, maybe not eight years, five, that'd be a while,
isn't it?
It has been a while it has beena while.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
On paper it didn't sound good, but in reality, who
knows if it's consensual, theage thing, I don't know.
Yeah, I don't pretend to know.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
He was one of those actors.
I never really knew anythingabout his personal life and I
thought he was just one of thosedeeply personal um private
celebrities you know, so thatmakes it hard.
When that kind of thing goespublic, you're like I'm working
with nothing, I don't knowanything about the man.
Yeah, as far as you know.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I met him once.
Oh, you did Pretty cool.
In a past life I was aphotojournalist here in town so
I'd go to the White HouseCorrespondents' Dinner every
year and that used to be areally, really fun event yeah,
it was a signature big deal.
Yeah, event, yeah it was asignature, big deal, yeah, and
so you know.
It's in the um called thehinkley hilton.
(04:27):
We know where reagan was shotback in the 80s every year it
would happen, uh, at that, withthe washington hilton in the
main ballroom, but down in thebasement level all the salons
were like the after parties were, and the pre-parties okay, and
after the event vanity fairwould have like a big function
and there's some mansion nextdoor or something like that.
(04:48):
And so we happened across justto say hello you know, and he
was just in the room having adrink and found him very, very
engaging, very gregarious.
I wouldn't call him private atall.
Yeah, interesting and he was alittle aggressive with.
You know language and you knowwhat he was into and you know
whatever interesting.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
And he was a little aggressive with.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You know language and you know what he was into and
you know whatever man it'syou're into, what you're into,
yeah.
But you know, as long as itdoesn't run astray of the law, I
guess you're fine, right?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
It's interesting.
I'm trying to remember if Iever even saw him and, like you
know, late night talk show,interview or anything.
I don't think I ever did.
I really have no idea what hispersonality would be like, but
that is not what.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I would have guessed what you're describing, so
that's interesting yeah um hellof an actor.
Oh my god yeah, he is.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, no doubt, it's just a shame what happened?
I'm about to find out a littlebit about the dc theater world,
and it's at this folger theaterwhich I've never heard of but,
looked up the ShakespeareLibrary and theater in the same
place, so it looks like theymight have some really cool
stuff going on if it's open nowI assume they'd keep it open if
(05:55):
the theaters got a show.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Arena Stage is also a very popular place as well for
shows and theater and things andthat's over at the wharf area,
which is this revitalized areaalong the water.
It's very cool.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Was it all industrial before, Like just a harbor kind
of wharf it was.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I don't know what it was.
It was kind of just like awasteland of third tier motels
and restaurants that no one onearth would go to and there's
this really great old schoollike fish market that they kept,
thank God, becauseaesthetically it's really cool,
oh yeah, but they just blew itout with like retail and
(06:37):
restaurants and hotels andthere's this wonderful live
music venue there called Anthem.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Oh nice.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
You should check it out if you have some time at
least.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yeah, I always get these tips too late.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I've been here all week, oh my gosh.
And now I leave tomorrow and Icould have done that.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, but I'll file it away for next time.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
There'll be a next time, for sure, for sure.
Right before I picked you up, Iwas dropping someone off at
Cafe Milano and they had aservice detail and they kind of
came over to the car, asked meto keep moving and my first
instinct was like well, who thehell are you?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
maybe I will, maybe I won't flash the badge, and I
was like oh, right, okay okay,yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I used to.
I used to have the eagle, andso I know what the deal is.
Oh really that was a fun timewhen they just had a hard pass
and you could just come and gofrom the white house.
Uh, just pre-9-11 yeah and youcould.
Um fourth july you could takeguests out to the south lawn to
watch the fireworks and hecklittle summer, uh, spring ice
(07:37):
cream socials, and they had thechristmas party and all that.
It was really fun.
That sounds so american I was adisaster high school student, so
I mean I mean disaster, oh mydisaster, oh my God.
I mean I was smart, I justdidn't care.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, and I tortured my poor mother, but I took her
to a White House Christmas partyand it's like the universe, the
universe came back together.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
She's like I forgive you, that's amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Anyway, just had this great moment standing on the
North Portico and just like,when was that, oh gosh?
That was when Clinton was there, so 98-ish.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
And it was just this great moment.
We're just standing out thereat night and she's like what a
wonderful memory with your mom.
How did this happen?
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I'm like I don't know , take it all.
She's like do they know who youare?
Speaker 1 (08:28):
they let you in exactly, there was a background
check he knew too much yourmother.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Yeah, it's good stuff .
It is such a beautiful city,though when you visit it you
know you're all around all thisbeautiful architecture but.
I wonder what like living hereis.
Like you know, because I'm likepeople probably just get sick
of it or blind to it, right?
Speaker 1 (08:47):
it's very pretty at night.
Yeah, traffic lays down, it'sjust.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
It can be very captivating, for sure you know
just the history, things are soold, you know out west.
Native American.
Everything is, of course, oldand ancient, but the settled
stuff is like the pioneeringnewer, and we also just tear
things down.
It's like, oh, it's 20 yearsold, let's rip that out.
(09:16):
It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
All right, this has got you on the corner, I think.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Thank you so very much.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
It was lovely chatting with you absolutely
ride, share, road talk rightshare road talk you got one more
listener.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Thanks,
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