January 2, 2026 • 40 mins
Neil's in for Bill...
Neil takes more of your calls and talk-backs about what projects you're building and creating this year...
Also, Heather Brooker joins in for ASK. US. ANYTHING!!!!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty. The Bill Handles
show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Happy Friday to you. It's the second day of twenty
twenty six. It's a beautiful day. Still cloudy, but no
rain right now, at least here in beautiful Burbank, California.
But we were not out of the rain yet. We'll
have some a little bit later, and I think tomorrow,
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isn't that right, Heather.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Brooker, Yes, starting later tonight, throughout the weekend and early
next week my rain.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
So I'm kind of I'm a big believer that talk
radio is a living, breathing thing. So the rundown is
for the host. The host isn't for the rundown. So
today today I'm kind of like, you know what, I
want to talk to people.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I do what I want.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I'm neil don't, but don't. Don't you love the aspect
of being able to connect with people like that?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I so love that. I wish that, honestly, I wish
we did that more.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
I enter on the weekends with Dean's show, and she
takes in Bill's show for a handle in the law
when they take live callers, there's nothing more exciting and
makes it feel like radio than taking a live call
in the air.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Did a show that was nothing but dead callers and
it bombed. It bombed. Yeah, a lot of crickets in
the background.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
It was rough, just you going hello, Hello, Hello, Is
anyone there for three hours?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Hello? And every once in a while you get somebody
who's not exactly there yet and it's like, I'm not
dead yet yet, he will be soon. So I'm talking
about making because I think creating is an important part
of being human. And as I've said, the good create,
the bad destroy. So I want to know what you're making, art, poetry, anything,
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What are you making? And if you want to shout
out a website or what you're doing or a company
that you you know, you've got a little business that
you I'm totally okay with that.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
But if they're making a baby.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
What you know what, I'd like the details, and if
they have an Instagram I'm in.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Then suddenly it becomes a different kind of show.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Sure, I'm curious what technique did you use that baby?
But eight hundred five two zero one five three four
eight hundred five two zero one five three four, and
of course you can leave a talkback as well. Let's
see the talkbacks anybody on here. Oh this is interesting.
Let's make sure there's no cursing here.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
All right, Hello, O'Dell, this is DJ some for twenty
twenty six. I am building DJ booths. I actually built
one for myself that I'm getting so much compliments, so
I'm hummed and probably more like inspired to build more.
So That's all I'm doing for the year. But anyways,
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Happy New Year everyone, Thank.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
You, Happy New Year to you.
Speaker 6 (02:58):
You know.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I love that, and I hear that a lot people
will make something for themselves and for a thousand different reasons,
and then everybody sees it and goes, hey, can you
make that? I hear that with Pete Baker's, with artists,
with makers of all kinds, and then it becomes like
a thing. It becomes something that they do because they
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started doing it, and people are like, hey, can you
make that for me? Hey, Jennifer, welcome to K five. Yeah, Hi,
hi there.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
I'm actually making a carousel horse out of a real horse.
I kept thinking, you know how they make these things
out of wood and carb them I thought, what if
I deconstruct it and try and actually make it out
of leather and stones and you know, all the paintings.
So I've been working on this for a couple of
months now and it's just an obsession.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Wow, that's crazy.
Speaker 7 (03:50):
She's like, she's like, oh, wear it, I'll wear it.
Just give me a gummy bear, I'll wear it.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
So you're is this a full size or is it
car sell size horse?
Speaker 7 (04:01):
Oh, she's a pony and she's about forty two inches
at the shoulder, so she's just a little bit bigger
than a real carousel horse, just bare.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Okay, wait, okay, hold on a second. You're what are
you creating that this is? You have a pony? And
how and how many hands is your pony? Did you say.
Speaker 7 (04:21):
She's what do they say? They say she's about ten okay,
ten hands. She's about forty two inches at the shoulder,
so she's a big pony. But she's a pony.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Wow, and you're making something for her.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Yeah, I'm making I've got the I found a saddle.
Somebody told me a saddle real cheek that I cut
apart and recovered with red leather. I made a just
made the headstaw with all the stones on it.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So you're making that year making a costume to make
your real pony look like okay, because what you said
when you came on is I'm making a carousel horse
out of a full horse. And all I heard was
you put the last you put the lotion on the skin,
or you get the hose again. And I thought, who
(05:10):
the hell is this? Uh No, that means who I was.
I didn't want to judge anybody, but I'm like, what
are you doing.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
For a little girl? For a for a costume contest?
And it was so much fun to make this dragon
that I thought, you know, what could I do that
I would really enjoy? And you know, but I keep thinking,
what am I going to do with this thing? Now?
I have a horse that looks like a carousel horse,
and well I.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Would I would?
Speaker 6 (05:45):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Rent rented out for photographs like at a kid's party.
They don't have to, you know, instead of riding the
whole pony, they can take pictures with it, like a
photo opportunity.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
Yeah yeah, and the subtle is usable and I really
he has this idea. I want to make five iconic
carousel horses, you know, like the Mary Poppins carousel horse.
Oh yes, it was an actual Denzil Parusel horse in
Hollywood that I'm recreating. So I have like all these
great photographs to work from. Oh my god, it's really
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been a lot of fun to try and see. It's
a lot more more details than I ever thought it
was now that I'm trying to Oh, there are shit
and I've finished all the leather, but I have all
the details to do.
Speaker 8 (06:31):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Did you work with leather prior not?
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Really? I make dog bits for a living, so I've
worked with sabricks and heavy duty stuff. I had at
a heavy duty machine, but I never really attempted anything
till that dragon. And that was really fun putting all
the little bikes on it and everything.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Jennifer, stop it. That sounds awesome. Now are you documenting this?
Do you have a website or Okay.
Speaker 7 (06:56):
I haven't published anything yet because I want to wait
until I have it done. I did kind of publish
pictures of the Dragon because I liked it. As a designer,
I like to prove that I did this from the start,
and then I had the concept and here's the drawing.
Speaker 9 (07:10):
And.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Nothing better Jennifer than concept to completion and in my
life that's what gets me going through anything, is just
having that concept to completion. I love that. Ryan in Orange,
welcome to KFI.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
So what are you making?
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Yeah? So, actually, actually I appreciate the shows that you
have on the radio station, especially the Sunday morning show.
So thanks for that content.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Thanks. I'm real honored to do them, trust me.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah. Yeah, So I specialize in making a seescape and
Milky Way nightscape photography images in southern California.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
What are you shooting on nikon Z seven beutiful and
what to capture the the starscapes and all those? Do
you have tracking gear and stuff like that, well for
long exposures and all of that good stuff.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yeah, I do use a tracker. I've been doing that
for about six years. And this whole kind of hobby
I've been doing for about I don't know, ten years.
It's mainly just kind of personal. But people tell me, hey,
why don't you try to advertise it, right, And I'm like,
I don't know, I just kind of do it for
myself and so like it's kind of serendipitous here in
this morning You're talking about sharing your stuff and people
(08:34):
are telling like, Okay, well I'll call in and just
see what you think. So that's kind of where. In fact,
I just got back from Laguna Beach. I was there
this morning and it's really beautiful to see the sunrise
out there.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
So I can only imagine, imagine the kind of meditative stake.
I love photography. I took photography in junior high for
a couple of years, and I do have gear. I'm
I'm a fan of it, but the stuff you're doing
is some of my favorite. I think the sky and
(09:05):
the sea are two of the most amazing focal points
for cameras, So that's cool. Now, do you have an
Instagram or a website or anything that we might be
able to check out?
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah, they're both. Ryan Luna Photography.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Is that your real name? Yeah, because that's pretty cool,
Ryan Luna. That sounds perfect for a photographer.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Right, Celestial I guess right.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, I like it. It just makes sense, all right, Ryan, Well,
thanks for calling in. Happy New Year to you, and
I hope that you continue to shoot. I'm enjoying the
hell out of this. I hope you are as well.
We're going to continue to take calls and talkbacks about
what you're making. Creation is important. Creators good, destroyers bad.
More when we come back full board and people are
(09:57):
still sending us talkbacks, so plenty more to go nowhere
Neil Savedra and the Morning Crew KFI AM six forty
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Happy Friday to you.
It is January tewod twenty twenty six. Neil Savedra and
the Morning Crew here, Happy to be with you. And
I just kind of shifted everything in a different direction
(10:18):
talking about making. I'm a maker. I like to create,
I like to build, I like to fix. I have
a shop at home, and I was talking about that
and that I have a side Instagram. Of course, I
have Folk Reporter that you can find on Instagram and
other social media outlets as well. But I have one
that I don't talk about that much, and that is
(10:39):
Savco Industries on Instagram. That's saav coo Industries, and that's
my maker one. That's like things that I'm fixing or
messing around with, robotics or props, movie props, replicas or
things like that. And I want to connect with other makers.
So whatever you do, if you're a painter, a poet,
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whatever it is, please join me there at Savco Industries
on Instagram. But then I thought, you know what, I
truly believe that good people make, create, save, protect, restore,
and bad people destroy. So I'm taking your calls about
what you're making or creating eight hundred and five to
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zero one five, three four and also on talkbacks and
here's one.
Speaker 6 (11:27):
Now, Hey, Neil, there's something really cool in the LA
area that's coming up. You check out the website. Are
you thinking what I'm thinking? Dot Art? It's a collaboration
between creatives, writers and artists where the writers come up
with an idea and then the artist try and put
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it onto canvas. Might want to check it out? Are
you thinking what I'm thinking? Dot Art? The next exhibit
starts in three weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Oh that's a cool one.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
That's a great idea.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
I love that. Now this is something I've been wanting
to do. I've talked to a couple of local artists
because artists are struggling along with everybody else, and that
makes me sad. I know a lot of talented people
out there, so I want to use the platform of
the Fork Report. I've had more makers on and people
coming on and eating with me and having chefs on.
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But also I want to do some art shows. I
want to do some art shows, have local artists and
food and combine the to go to a restaurant and
places like Desconso Restaurant here in LA and in Orange County.
And I've talked to Rob and he's like, yeah, let's
do it. So that's something that I'd like to do. Heather, obviously,
(12:46):
I'll bring you in on that because I think that
could be a fun thing.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
I think that's such a great idea there are We're
in the city of artists. There's so many creators and
that run the gamut here from like you said, writers
to people who are physically making something. So that's that's
a that's a great idea.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So let's let's see let's get that that that's something
we'll get going this year. Arthur in Taft, Welcome to KFI.
Good morning, Good morning. What are you making this year?
Speaker 8 (13:15):
Well, I am making cabons.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh wow, look at stones.
Speaker 8 (13:21):
Absolutely, and I also am starting to make stones fears.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
That's great. So explain what a cabason is and uh
and how you do it?
Speaker 8 (13:31):
Okay, So a cabason is as a stone that's shaped
into a pendant. So it's flat on one side and
then domed on the other side, and then that's set
into a pendant of either gold or jewelry or whatever.
Sometimes they are domed on both sides and they're wire wrapped.
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I don't do wire wrapping.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
They're beautiful and it really takes us steady. It's like
finding a you know, it's like making diamonds or anything else.
Learning how to cut the stone properly, sand it, and
you know, carve it into this new different piece of
perfection that could be used in jewelry or you know,
paper weights or whatever. Most people probably come across them
(14:16):
in you know, plastic or resin form or even glass form.
I use many of these types in projects that I do,
but watching somebody cut it out of stone is pretty impressive. Absolutely,
how fun. How long have you been doing that?
Speaker 8 (14:33):
About three years?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Do you have any outlet that you show pictures on
or anything.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
Yeah, I started a YouTube channel and I'm also posting
a little bit on Facebook, and the name is four
Wheeling four Gems.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Four Wheeling four Gems.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
Yeah, because we also what I also do is I
go out into the wilderness. So it could be either
the beaches or the desert and look for the minerals,
look for the stones. Cool and then you know, and
then I also like to go with groups and take
people out there to find some of the best material. Wow,
(15:13):
that is one of the best material. You know, we
have a huge variety.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
How neat is that I want to go, Heather and
I are, let's do it. Let's go look for some
I think stones. Rocks are one of those things and
that we take almost said, take for granted, look at
me granted. Uh, it's one of those things that we
walk by all the time and don't understand. Uh, these
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are millions of years old, the vast majority of the time,
and the the that they're so filled with different minerals
and things like that that we forget their beauty. And
when you see someone cut them properly and open that
that beauty up, it is uh, pretty insane to me
and very beautiful. So good for you, Arthur.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
That's took my daughter to Ocean View Mine and Paula
years ago and we did some mind digging and looking
up rocks and gems and you can like they pay
a little amounta and you get buckets and buckets of
rocks and it was a blash. She loved it.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I see a new La Buddy show, you and me
going out to cool places, and just like, yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Getting dirty, hanging out with creators.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Yeah right, I love it, talking out with Neil and
what I'm just saying Savadra and Brooker. Could they could
be we could be cops, pi's or whatever.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
But I like it.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Bruce and Anahei and welcome to CAFI.
Speaker 10 (16:48):
Good morning, Happy New year, Happy.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
New year to you. Bruce. What are you making?
Speaker 10 (16:53):
I repurpose wine barrels into home decor items.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I empty wine barrels. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 8 (17:02):
I can use some more.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You've got got them? How cool is that? So what
do you you're pulling them apart? The slats apart, and
what well? What kind of things are you making?
Speaker 10 (17:13):
First of all, the first okay, it said barrel bars
by Bruce on Instagram.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Awesome.
Speaker 10 (17:20):
I make. There's two that I make that are actually
full wine barrels. They are barrel bars. One of them
has wine barrel, wine bottle storage, and wine glass storage,
and another one is for outdoors. It has a tub
in the bottom to be an ice chest and top
around it and a lazy Susan that comes off and
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has a fire pit in it.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
That sounds awesome. Yeah, no, I'm just being gobsmacked like
anybody else. From your skills. Barrel bars by Bruce.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
I also right. I also make things out of the
staves and the hoops, coat hangers, and Wisconce's and lazy
Susan's clocks. Well those are off of the barrel lids
or the barrel tops. So yeah, there's just a several
(18:16):
things that I make.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
You know, our our buddy and charcoter. Oh yes, of course,
one of our buddies from Bravery Brewing in Lancaster, bart
He and I are friendly and we talked back and
forth and text back and forth. Well, he came to
my brothers. My brother has a fully working speakeasy in
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his home, and he fell in love with it and
ended up making a bar in his home out of
barrels as well. And it's a I haven't seen it person,
I've only seen photos. But I love that idea. I
love reutilizing things and and you know, take these things
and using them for another purpose. I hate that we
(19:03):
throw so much out and I'm as guilty as anybody else,
but I do what I can, you know, to make stuff.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
I feel that way about clothes. I hate that we
have so many clothes that people just throw out, like
the the Goodwills and the you know, solvation Armies and
all of those places that take clothes are just packed
to the guilt with so many clothes that never get
repurposed or reused.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
And you know, I saw something super cool Heather the
other day where somebody took a sweater where the body
of the sweather sweater was jacked up but the arms
were fine. Took the arms off, sewed them together, and
made a beanie out of just the art. And I
love that. It's like, yeah, you may not be able
to reuse just like long legs.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
No, no, it actually looked just like in my mind,
I'm thinking of the star the Star Wars character.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
The twilex or whatever they did. I get that right,
the no no, no, what's a soca?
Speaker 9 (19:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Well I think she's part of that family.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Okay, yes, yes, yes, that's what I immediately thought of
when I was like just two long strands coming out.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Of the hat like a sad dog.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
I love that though repurposing clothes, repurposing anything so smart.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Yeah, I agree. I I love seeing things like I
hate you know who used to repurpose it was a
dear friend and I loved the man and I miss
him terribly. Is dom Delouise. Dom Delouise used to take
his boys out. They go and he'd sit in the car.
He'd make his kids go out and dumpster dive. He'd
go get down, you know, and he said he would.
(20:35):
He would be like, go grab that chair, and they'd
go grabbing. No, no, no, the other one, the good one,
and they'd put it in the trunk and he'd bring
it home like he is, this world renowned star and
he didn't want to see things go to waste. I
love that other people around the dumpsters, like is that
domb do No, it's his kids, the kids do it. Alrighty, well,
(20:57):
we'll come back and Heather and I are going to
answer ask us anything. Yeah, can we come back? But then,
thank you for hanging out. We didn't get to everybody.
We had a full board of people, and I thank
you for hanging out. And God bless all of you
that are building and creating in the new year. I
think that's awesome. So stick around. More to come. Neil
Savader in the Morning Crew.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Happy New Year to you. Neil Savada in the Morning
crew Handles on vacation. He'll be back on Monday, and
then I get to take a vacation, a little week vacation.
There would be nice little family time. So we kind
of bumped footy Friday, but were instead of doing ask
(21:46):
handle anything because I was just fascinating people. Aren't you
impressed Heather about how many creatives are listeners and was
to be honest, all those different It wasn't sure. I
was like, ooh, is this KFI you know? Centric, Like,
are people gonna call in?
Speaker 6 (22:03):
There was?
Speaker 3 (22:03):
There's a lot, and there's a ton we didn't get to.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Oh yeah, yeah people and a nice variety of different types,
you know, books, poetry, paintings.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
There's also somebody called in about a cabaret that they produced. Lordy,
LORDI cabaret. I'm going to sign up an audition.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
You know what?
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Uh, every time you and I fill in, well, I
guess we're not feeling you fill in. I'm here all
the time.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
You're going all the time.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Yeah, it's like this is this is my shift, regardless
of Wather handles here or not. But the uh, we'll
have to do that again because I love I want
to make like a make a space for creatives to
get together and connect. I would love to do that
at a at a restaurant, you know, get appetized, whatever,
(22:48):
just get people to connect. I've been to some makers
meetups before that are really wonderful and I just like
connecting with that kind of creativity. So thanks so much
for you know, going with the flow here and connecting
with us on that. I thought it was very cool.
Now we are going to take some of your questions
(23:11):
on we're calling this ask us anything instead of ask
handle anything. Let me see, we'll pull.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
This up here.
Speaker 11 (23:19):
I really love Heather Brooker's voice and I enjoy listening
to her. I just listened to a quick podcast of
her and her daughter and her husband. I would like
to ask Heather Brooker how long has she been married
to Chris and what did you do for a living?
Speaker 10 (23:35):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (23:36):
Bye?
Speaker 9 (23:37):
Oh wow?
Speaker 11 (23:37):
I love you Neil and Kono and Will and everybody
else too.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Mike Wow. I love the ps we got in there
just at the tail end.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
That's so nice. I love that. Okay, so thank you
for the kind words. First of all, the question is
how long have you been married this year? My husband's
name is Chris. And what she's talking about is they
have been guest with me on my entertainment podcast and
I've used them for the week up call this week
(24:06):
because we've been short staffed a little bit. But they
were great to come in. So I've been married to
Chris for this year. We're celebrating our twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Wow, how many years? Happily all of them?
Speaker 4 (24:17):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Well, he is my best friend in the world. I
could not do what I do or would not want
to do anything without him. He's my best friend. And
he is a finance manager for a medical company, so
he deals with budget forecasting and is really good with
high level budgeting and numbers and things that I quite
(24:41):
frankly do not understand.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, that hurts my head already.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I know, right, he'll be talking and like and then
I had to do this with Excel and I'm like
glazed over, and I'm like, I support you, I support you,
but I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
I support and love you, love you, but words words, words,
no idea. So yeah, you guys have that energy too
and body language when you're all together and coming from
another threesome. I can always recognize other threesomes where you
and your husband and your daughter are like, what are
we doing together tonight?
Speaker 3 (25:11):
The group efforts. Although she's getting to be she's gonna
be thirteen this year. My daughter will be thirteen this year,
and she's definitely getting to that phase where she likes
to do her own things. So I try not to, like,
I don't want her to ever feel like she has
to hang out with us, of course, but I also
don't want her to feel like she can't go out
and you know, live her own life and do her
own things and find her own passions, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, and if there's someone else in her bedroom when
she gets home, Oh she's in trouble. No, No, I
mean I mean that you got a new one. You're
like sorry, It's like wow, No, I'd be like, yeah, sorry,
we got another kid that's young and wants to hang
out with us. So anyways, the shed's open. No, that's
always going to happen, and that's the helping thing to do.
(25:55):
But it's still fun, you know, I always I never
stopped kissing my parents goodbye, or I never went through
that kind of don't touch me, don't look at me stage.
Maybe maybe yeah, let's hopefully our kids don't go through
it all. Alrighty, let's see here.
Speaker 10 (26:14):
Hen my mistive, I'm pop important organ type question.
Speaker 8 (26:18):
What's your type of How do you like your steaks cooked?
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Mine? I like mind medium rare.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Oh, I'm right with you. I think there's no reason
to cook steak above medium rare, no matter what the cut,
although you have it the way you want it. I
think if you have them well or well done, you've
destroyed it. But if that's your jam to chew on that,
then go for it. The only time that I will
(26:45):
have something more rare than that is if it's uh
wagu or something like that. That by definition, it's kind
of just seared on both sides and melty buttery goodness
on the inside. But yes, I am a big fan
of having medium rare steaks, and there's some steaks you
just can't have above that, like a filet mignon. I
(27:08):
was talking to my sister during Christmas, and she likes
the fil a and I do too. I love a flight.
Most chefs hate them. They think they're flavorless and they're
a pain to deal with and there's way better cuts,
and I agree with that, but I still like them.
I still like the flavor of They're a mild flavor,
but I like the texture.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
And I'm the same way. I agree with you. I'm
I'm a medium. I've always been medium rare, maybe even
just slightly maybe slightly between medium rare and medium. But
anything over that and it's too cooked, it's rubbery. I
don't want to eat it.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah, I tease Latinos all the time because there's a
thing of over like over cooking steaks big time where
I'm like, seriously, my dad was that way. I know
a lot of older Latinos that over cook steaks, and
I'm not sure if it was you couldn't afford better
cuts when you're I don't know, but but that's one
(28:07):
of the things that it's like, Nope, you gotta get
the good stuff. Have it medium rare and you're going
to be good to go.
Speaker 6 (28:15):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
So there's another one. Hi, this is William. I had
a question for Heather.
Speaker 12 (28:21):
You know, people seem to be so easily offended these days,
you know, and so politically polarized. Owner, how do you
go about mounting the stand up routine? Because I understand
you do that, and really, what can you talk about
and stand up these days?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Thanks very much, a great day.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
Well that's a great question. So yes, I do stand
up whenever I can. That is something I enjoy doing
and writing and challenging myself to try to make people
laugh if I can. You know, people are easily offended,
But I will say generally when people are going to
comedy shows, they know they want to laugh. So people
(28:58):
don't really go to comedy shows looking to be offended,
you know. I say that knowing there are a few
rogue people that do that. But when I am writing stuff,
it's all very from a personal perspective. So a lot
of what I'm writing about isn't particularly political or divisive,
at least I don't think it is. It's more about
my I share experiences, about my marriage, about my mom.
(29:22):
My mom and I have a really interesting relationship. I
talk about being a parent, and I find that when
I write things that make me laugh or that make
my husband laugh, that's when I know I'm in a
good spot. He's my barometer really because he will tell me, hey, ooh,
that one's maybe a little over the line. Now that
(29:43):
being said, I do have a different persona a little
bit on the air. I have to be more professional,
and when I'm in a stand up environment, I'm a
little more Conway says, oh, you play blue, which is
probably a little bit true. I do swear a little
bit more and I pushed the envelope just a little bit.
But I enjoy trying to challenge myself to make people
(30:09):
laugh by sharing my story.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
I was surprised when you came out on stage and
the first thing you said was pull my finger. I
was like, that's our Heather, but your your your non
confrontational stuff about Palestine, gun control, and abortion. I thought
was magic.
Speaker 6 (30:26):
I know.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
I'm really been workshopping now for a while, and back
of the napkin, I'm ready for my Netflix special and
it's all Trump all day.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
I haven't seen your stand up, but I want to
go next time. You guys should know you play locally
here down the street.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
I love the ice House. That's one of my favorite
venues to play in great venues, mostly because I'm lazy
and I don't want to drive over the hill to
the big the big show at what in West Hollywood.
But I love the ice House and I played at
Flappers for a while there. But the booker there is
a little strange. So I don't know.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
But let's go. Let's kick some asks.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Yeah, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, let's go roll them.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
I want to do more shows. I have a really
fun show coming up later, like in March. I don't
know if I can talk about that one yet, but
I'll keep everybody updated.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Please do yeah, coming on the four Report and tell
everybody about it.
Speaker 9 (31:15):
I will.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
I will.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Thank you for that question. That's a great question.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
We'll have more when we come back. Ask us anything
on the Bill Handle Show. I'm Neil Savedrakfi AM six
forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Good Friday morning
to you, Neil Savedra and the morning crew here handles
off today. We'll be back on Monday, and I'll be
here tomorrow for the four Report from two to five.
(31:38):
Please join me then. And another thank you to all
those people that called and sent to the talkbacks about
what they're making this year. I thought that was very
very cool. I'm going to go back and listen to
all of those later when I get home, because it
was very very cool of you. Now we're doing ask
us anything, Heather Brookers here in for Amy King and
so we're fielding some of your talk back throughout the
(32:01):
week and happy to do that. All right, let's come
this one.
Speaker 13 (32:09):
Good morning, Neil love listening to You're a key part
of the Kafi experience, and you're awesome and I love
your Sunday show, the Jesus Show.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Thank you to that end.
Speaker 13 (32:18):
You are much more of an expert on scripture than
so many other people, especially me, And I think you know,
but Christmas and the birth of Christ being celebrated on
the twenty fifth and the twelve days.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Of Christmas that's not in scripture? Is it that we
created that?
Speaker 13 (32:33):
Can you help me understand twelve days of Christmas and
where it is in scripture?
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Sure? First of all, Christ was not born in December.
That came later, and that was people. That was the
church modifying days to correspond with pagan holidays to kind
of scooch them aside and take It's really weird when
you go back to their history of Christianity or any
religion that is trying to trying to rise to prominence
(33:03):
and with the people. So you get governments involved in
all kinds of things that do that. But the Church
was heavily involved in those days. So as far as
the Twelve Days, it's actually people think it's leading up
to Christmas, it's not. It's after Christmas. It's twelve days
after Christmas, so December twenty fifth through January sixth, which
is corresponding with the Epiphany. So there's a lot of
(33:28):
myths around this. Does it come from scripture, No, But
do they tie it into prophecies or New Testament things
like that. Absolutely they do, and there's even those that
try and make meaning. There are beliefs that the song
the Twelve Days of Christmas were code. They were a
song that was sung in code when being a Christian
(33:52):
was not a good thing, and so they had to
pass it along. So it goes thusly. The partridge in
a pear tree is Christ himself. Two turtle doves is
the Old and New Testament. Three French hands is faith,
hope and charity, that type of thing, and it goes
on through all of them. The twelve Drummers drumming is
the tribes of Israel or the Apostles. The fact of
(34:15):
the matter is that's got very little historical you know history,
it's not it's been debunked. It's an old English folk
song and later on people put meaning to it. But
that's pretty much what it comes down to. As far
as the twelve Days of Christmas.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Booms, Happy New Year to Dana from Vendora. What a
breath of fresh air. Neil and the gang with people
are able to finish a sentence, and the jokes are
actually funny. Anyway, My question is why is it now
the newscasters say across the world instead of around the world,
(34:58):
Thanks bye, oh God.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
She had a lovely voice. I could listen to her
all day.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
It's very soothing.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
It's de Laila, and thank you for the kind words.
But I assure you you don't to say something nice.
You don't have to say something mean about namebody.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Sometimes it's sometimes I just because it.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
Makes me feel weird. I don't like that when people
I'm not filling in. I'm always here, but I don't
like when you fill in and you play something bad
about the fernal. Yeah, it just is. I don't know,
it's tacky, but I do thank you. It's very sweet,
and yes, we are so much funnier than Nandal, but
so heather around the world versus across the world.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
You know, I think it honestly just comes down to
who's writing it. Yeah, Earth society, Yeah, but our society.
I would say a couple of things here. One, we
have writers and editors that were for us. Brian is
one of our writers. He's working today keeping the engine
going and helping me stay on top of the news today.
Brian's from Australia, so sometimes he might he uses words
(35:59):
in his writing that throw me off a little bit
because they're very Australian. I want to like he's punching
the air right now, going no, I don't. I don't
know what. But sometimes he'll throw words and like he
has the word tipped in a story today, and I'm like,
I would never use the word tipped, but I said it.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
What do you mean tipped?
Speaker 3 (36:20):
He said it, something was tipped. I'll have to look
up what story. I was get tipped over something? No,
it tipped, some kind of flooding. I'll have to I'll
look up the story and tell you. But so it
depends on the writer. Sometimes people just write from their
perspective and what words they use. But also sometimes we
are tired of saying the same things over and over again.
So maybe we want to challenge ourselves to try something
(36:42):
different and try a new word. And so we'll throw
in new words every now and then. We want to
keep it interesting for ourselves but also for you. So
maybe that's why we use it.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
You're a flat earther. We didn't land on the moon either,
I suppose, all right.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
I guess we went across the world. It just sounds,
you know, like across the pond. You know, it sounds
a little more fancy, Neil.
Speaker 7 (37:02):
Okay, what was your honest opinion when Handel first told
you he was leaving Marjorie for a younger woman.
Speaker 6 (37:10):
Oh just cares what you said to him?
Speaker 2 (37:13):
M okay. So I've known Bill for thirty years and change.
I came here in ninety four and was my first
duty was as his intern. We've gotten very close. Do
we have a perfect relationship.
Speaker 9 (37:27):
No.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Do we see eye to eye and everything?
Speaker 6 (37:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (37:30):
But I love the man. I also love Marjorie and
the girls, his twins, And I was a friend with
him and Marjorie before the girls were born. There's a
lot of a lot of garbage in that change, and
it's unfair to Lindsey in many ways because the reality
(37:52):
was I didn't like the way I was introduced to
her and the way everything went down personally, that's my
personal take. So I took it out on her, and
I took it out on Bill. And there's some parts
of our relationship. Bill and I are still, you know,
spit polishing, but I do love and I care for
the guy. And so Lindsay and I didn't have the
(38:16):
best start, but I would like to think I hope
she'd say the same thing, that we are growing together
and learning more about each other. We have similar backgrounds
in marketing and things like that. But I was bommed.
I'd be lying, as I love Marjorie and I've known
her forever and I knew them as a team, and
that's it was a shock to a lot of us,
(38:38):
and it the way I put that on Bill, that's
the way it was brought to our attention and the
way it went down. But you know, love ONTs what
it once, and I don't judge anybody that way. People
kind of come to the way they come, you know,
I would have done things different maybe maybe, But I
(38:59):
also don't know all the details, the emotional details that
went on in the home. So yeah, it was it
was a tough one, and I would be lying if
I said it wasn't. So what a great note to
end on it. Well, thank you for being honest about that.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
I don't know that a lot of people would be
quite so frank, you know, because of you know, Bill
is you know, such a big deal around here, knows.
Speaker 2 (39:20):
He and I talk about you know, I was not
he and I went through some rough times too. But
that's what love is. I mean, it's not perfection, it
is you know. And and let's be honest. Bill has
a lot of haters. A lot of people don't understand
what makes him great. A lot of people don't understand
(39:41):
why he's so praised in this industry and are jealous
of him. I'm not. I get it. I get that
he connects with people, and I think he's honest and
you know, unabashed. And it would be wrong for me
to answer that question any other way. Let's get to Well,
actually we're top of the hour. This is KFI heard
(40:02):
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
You've been listening to the Bill Handle Show. Catch My
Show Monday through Friday six am to nine am, and
anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app
You're listening to KFI AM six forty. The Bill Handles
show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Happy Friday to you. It's the second day of twenty
twenty six. It's a beautiful day. Still cloudy, but no
rain right now, at least here in beautiful Burbank, California.
But we were not out of the rain yet. We'll
have some a little bit later, and I think tomorrow,
(00:30):
isn't that right, Heather.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Brooker, Yes, starting later tonight, throughout the weekend and early
next week my rain.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
So I'm kind of I'm a big believer that talk
radio is a living, breathing thing. So the rundown is
for the host. The host isn't for the rundown. So
today today I'm kind of like, you know what, I
want to talk to people.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I do what I want.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I'm neil don't, but don't. Don't you love the aspect
of being able to connect with people like that?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I so love that. I wish that, honestly, I wish
we did that more.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
I enter on the weekends with Dean's show, and she
takes in Bill's show for a handle in the law
when they take live callers, there's nothing more exciting and
makes it feel like radio than taking a live call
in the air.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Did a show that was nothing but dead callers and
it bombed. It bombed. Yeah, a lot of crickets in
the background.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
It was rough, just you going hello, Hello, Hello, Is
anyone there for three hours?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Hello? And every once in a while you get somebody
who's not exactly there yet and it's like, I'm not
dead yet yet, he will be soon. So I'm talking
about making because I think creating is an important part
of being human. And as I've said, the good create,
the bad destroy. So I want to know what you're making, art, poetry, anything,
(01:52):
What are you making? And if you want to shout
out a website or what you're doing or a company
that you you know, you've got a little business that
you I'm totally okay with that.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
But if they're making a baby.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
What you know what, I'd like the details, and if
they have an Instagram I'm in.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Then suddenly it becomes a different kind of show.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Sure, I'm curious what technique did you use that baby?
But eight hundred five two zero one five three four
eight hundred five two zero one five three four, and
of course you can leave a talkback as well. Let's
see the talkbacks anybody on here. Oh this is interesting.
Let's make sure there's no cursing here.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
All right, Hello, O'Dell, this is DJ some for twenty
twenty six. I am building DJ booths. I actually built
one for myself that I'm getting so much compliments, so
I'm hummed and probably more like inspired to build more.
So That's all I'm doing for the year. But anyways,
(02:56):
Happy New Year everyone, Thank.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
You, Happy New Year to you.
Speaker 6 (02:58):
You know.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I love that, and I hear that a lot people
will make something for themselves and for a thousand different reasons,
and then everybody sees it and goes, hey, can you
make that? I hear that with Pete Baker's, with artists,
with makers of all kinds, and then it becomes like
a thing. It becomes something that they do because they
(03:19):
started doing it, and people are like, hey, can you
make that for me? Hey, Jennifer, welcome to K five. Yeah, Hi,
hi there.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
I'm actually making a carousel horse out of a real horse.
I kept thinking, you know how they make these things
out of wood and carb them I thought, what if
I deconstruct it and try and actually make it out
of leather and stones and you know, all the paintings.
So I've been working on this for a couple of
months now and it's just an obsession.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Wow, that's crazy.
Speaker 7 (03:50):
She's like, she's like, oh, wear it, I'll wear it.
Just give me a gummy bear, I'll wear it.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
So you're is this a full size or is it
car sell size horse?
Speaker 7 (04:01):
Oh, she's a pony and she's about forty two inches
at the shoulder, so she's just a little bit bigger
than a real carousel horse, just bare.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Okay, wait, okay, hold on a second. You're what are
you creating that this is? You have a pony? And
how and how many hands is your pony? Did you say.
Speaker 7 (04:21):
She's what do they say? They say she's about ten okay,
ten hands. She's about forty two inches at the shoulder,
so she's a big pony. But she's a pony.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Wow, and you're making something for her.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Yeah, I'm making I've got the I found a saddle.
Somebody told me a saddle real cheek that I cut
apart and recovered with red leather. I made a just
made the headstaw with all the stones on it.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So you're making that year making a costume to make
your real pony look like okay, because what you said
when you came on is I'm making a carousel horse
out of a full horse. And all I heard was
you put the last you put the lotion on the skin,
or you get the hose again. And I thought, who
(05:10):
the hell is this? Uh No, that means who I was.
I didn't want to judge anybody, but I'm like, what
are you doing.
Speaker 7 (05:23):
For a little girl? For a for a costume contest?
And it was so much fun to make this dragon
that I thought, you know, what could I do that
I would really enjoy? And you know, but I keep thinking,
what am I going to do with this thing? Now?
I have a horse that looks like a carousel horse,
and well I.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Would I would?
Speaker 6 (05:45):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Rent rented out for photographs like at a kid's party.
They don't have to, you know, instead of riding the
whole pony, they can take pictures with it, like a
photo opportunity.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
Yeah yeah, and the subtle is usable and I really
he has this idea. I want to make five iconic
carousel horses, you know, like the Mary Poppins carousel horse.
Oh yes, it was an actual Denzil Parusel horse in
Hollywood that I'm recreating. So I have like all these
great photographs to work from. Oh my god, it's really
(06:19):
been a lot of fun to try and see. It's
a lot more more details than I ever thought it
was now that I'm trying to Oh, there are shit
and I've finished all the leather, but I have all
the details to do.
Speaker 8 (06:31):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Did you work with leather prior not?
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Really? I make dog bits for a living, so I've
worked with sabricks and heavy duty stuff. I had at
a heavy duty machine, but I never really attempted anything
till that dragon. And that was really fun putting all
the little bikes on it and everything.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Jennifer, stop it. That sounds awesome. Now are you documenting this?
Do you have a website or Okay.
Speaker 7 (06:56):
I haven't published anything yet because I want to wait
until I have it done. I did kind of publish
pictures of the Dragon because I liked it. As a designer,
I like to prove that I did this from the start,
and then I had the concept and here's the drawing.
Speaker 9 (07:10):
And.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Nothing better Jennifer than concept to completion and in my
life that's what gets me going through anything, is just
having that concept to completion. I love that. Ryan in Orange,
welcome to KFI.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
So what are you making?
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Yeah? So, actually, actually I appreciate the shows that you
have on the radio station, especially the Sunday morning show.
So thanks for that content.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Thanks. I'm real honored to do them, trust me.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah. Yeah, So I specialize in making a seescape and
Milky Way nightscape photography images in southern California.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
What are you shooting on nikon Z seven beutiful and
what to capture the the starscapes and all those? Do
you have tracking gear and stuff like that, well for
long exposures and all of that good stuff.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yeah, I do use a tracker. I've been doing that
for about six years. And this whole kind of hobby
I've been doing for about I don't know, ten years.
It's mainly just kind of personal. But people tell me, hey,
why don't you try to advertise it, right, And I'm like,
I don't know, I just kind of do it for
myself and so like it's kind of serendipitous here in
this morning You're talking about sharing your stuff and people
(08:34):
are telling like, Okay, well I'll call in and just
see what you think. So that's kind of where. In fact,
I just got back from Laguna Beach. I was there
this morning and it's really beautiful to see the sunrise
out there.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
So I can only imagine, imagine the kind of meditative stake.
I love photography. I took photography in junior high for
a couple of years, and I do have gear. I'm
I'm a fan of it, but the stuff you're doing
is some of my favorite. I think the sky and
(09:05):
the sea are two of the most amazing focal points
for cameras, So that's cool. Now, do you have an
Instagram or a website or anything that we might be
able to check out?
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah, they're both. Ryan Luna Photography.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Is that your real name? Yeah, because that's pretty cool,
Ryan Luna. That sounds perfect for a photographer.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
Right, Celestial I guess right.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, I like it. It just makes sense, all right, Ryan, Well,
thanks for calling in. Happy New Year to you, and
I hope that you continue to shoot. I'm enjoying the
hell out of this. I hope you are as well.
We're going to continue to take calls and talkbacks about
what you're making. Creation is important. Creators good, destroyers bad.
More when we come back full board and people are
(09:57):
still sending us talkbacks, so plenty more to go nowhere
Neil Savedra and the Morning Crew KFI AM six forty
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Happy Friday to you.
It is January tewod twenty twenty six. Neil Savedra and
the Morning Crew here, Happy to be with you. And
I just kind of shifted everything in a different direction
(10:18):
talking about making. I'm a maker. I like to create,
I like to build, I like to fix. I have
a shop at home, and I was talking about that
and that I have a side Instagram. Of course, I
have Folk Reporter that you can find on Instagram and
other social media outlets as well. But I have one
that I don't talk about that much, and that is
(10:39):
Savco Industries on Instagram. That's saav coo Industries, and that's
my maker one. That's like things that I'm fixing or
messing around with, robotics or props, movie props, replicas or
things like that. And I want to connect with other makers.
So whatever you do, if you're a painter, a poet,
(11:00):
whatever it is, please join me there at Savco Industries
on Instagram. But then I thought, you know what, I
truly believe that good people make, create, save, protect, restore,
and bad people destroy. So I'm taking your calls about
what you're making or creating eight hundred and five to
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zero one five, three four and also on talkbacks and
here's one.
Speaker 6 (11:27):
Now, Hey, Neil, there's something really cool in the LA
area that's coming up. You check out the website. Are
you thinking what I'm thinking? Dot Art? It's a collaboration
between creatives, writers and artists where the writers come up
with an idea and then the artist try and put
(11:49):
it onto canvas. Might want to check it out? Are
you thinking what I'm thinking? Dot Art? The next exhibit
starts in three weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Oh that's a cool one.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
That's a great idea.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
I love that. Now this is something I've been wanting
to do. I've talked to a couple of local artists
because artists are struggling along with everybody else, and that
makes me sad. I know a lot of talented people
out there, so I want to use the platform of
the Fork Report. I've had more makers on and people
coming on and eating with me and having chefs on.
(12:24):
But also I want to do some art shows. I
want to do some art shows, have local artists and
food and combine the to go to a restaurant and
places like Desconso Restaurant here in LA and in Orange County.
And I've talked to Rob and he's like, yeah, let's
do it. So that's something that I'd like to do. Heather, obviously,
(12:46):
I'll bring you in on that because I think that
could be a fun thing.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
I think that's such a great idea there are We're
in the city of artists. There's so many creators and
that run the gamut here from like you said, writers
to people who are physically making something. So that's that's
a that's a great idea.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So let's let's see let's get that that that's something
we'll get going this year. Arthur in Taft, Welcome to KFI.
Good morning, Good morning. What are you making this year?
Speaker 8 (13:15):
Well, I am making cabons.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh wow, look at stones.
Speaker 8 (13:21):
Absolutely, and I also am starting to make stones fears.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
That's great. So explain what a cabason is and uh
and how you do it?
Speaker 8 (13:31):
Okay, So a cabason is as a stone that's shaped
into a pendant. So it's flat on one side and
then domed on the other side, and then that's set
into a pendant of either gold or jewelry or whatever.
Sometimes they are domed on both sides and they're wire wrapped.
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I don't do wire wrapping.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
They're beautiful and it really takes us steady. It's like
finding a you know, it's like making diamonds or anything else.
Learning how to cut the stone properly, sand it, and
you know, carve it into this new different piece of
perfection that could be used in jewelry or you know,
paper weights or whatever. Most people probably come across them
(14:16):
in you know, plastic or resin form or even glass form.
I use many of these types in projects that I do,
but watching somebody cut it out of stone is pretty impressive. Absolutely,
how fun. How long have you been doing that?
Speaker 8 (14:33):
About three years?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Do you have any outlet that you show pictures on
or anything.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
Yeah, I started a YouTube channel and I'm also posting
a little bit on Facebook, and the name is four
Wheeling four Gems.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Four Wheeling four Gems.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
Yeah, because we also what I also do is I
go out into the wilderness. So it could be either
the beaches or the desert and look for the minerals,
look for the stones. Cool and then you know, and
then I also like to go with groups and take
people out there to find some of the best material. Wow,
(15:13):
that is one of the best material. You know, we
have a huge variety.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
How neat is that I want to go, Heather and
I are, let's do it. Let's go look for some
I think stones. Rocks are one of those things and
that we take almost said, take for granted, look at
me granted. Uh, it's one of those things that we
walk by all the time and don't understand. Uh, these
(15:39):
are millions of years old, the vast majority of the time,
and the the that they're so filled with different minerals
and things like that that we forget their beauty. And
when you see someone cut them properly and open that
that beauty up, it is uh, pretty insane to me
and very beautiful. So good for you, Arthur.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
That's took my daughter to Ocean View Mine and Paula
years ago and we did some mind digging and looking
up rocks and gems and you can like they pay
a little amounta and you get buckets and buckets of
rocks and it was a blash. She loved it.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I see a new La Buddy show, you and me
going out to cool places, and just like, yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Getting dirty, hanging out with creators.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Yeah right, I love it, talking out with Neil and
what I'm just saying Savadra and Brooker. Could they could
be we could be cops, pi's or whatever.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
But I like it.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Bruce and Anahei and welcome to CAFI.
Speaker 10 (16:48):
Good morning, Happy New year, Happy.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
New year to you. Bruce. What are you making?
Speaker 10 (16:53):
I repurpose wine barrels into home decor items.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I empty wine barrels. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 8 (17:02):
I can use some more.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You've got got them? How cool is that? So what
do you you're pulling them apart? The slats apart, and
what well? What kind of things are you making?
Speaker 10 (17:13):
First of all, the first okay, it said barrel bars
by Bruce on Instagram.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Awesome.
Speaker 10 (17:20):
I make. There's two that I make that are actually
full wine barrels. They are barrel bars. One of them
has wine barrel, wine bottle storage, and wine glass storage,
and another one is for outdoors. It has a tub
in the bottom to be an ice chest and top
around it and a lazy Susan that comes off and
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has a fire pit in it.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
That sounds awesome. Yeah, no, I'm just being gobsmacked like
anybody else. From your skills. Barrel bars by Bruce.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
I also right. I also make things out of the
staves and the hoops, coat hangers, and Wisconce's and lazy
Susan's clocks. Well those are off of the barrel lids
or the barrel tops. So yeah, there's just a several
(18:16):
things that I make.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
You know, our our buddy and charcoter. Oh yes, of course,
one of our buddies from Bravery Brewing in Lancaster, bart
He and I are friendly and we talked back and
forth and text back and forth. Well, he came to
my brothers. My brother has a fully working speakeasy in
(18:40):
his home, and he fell in love with it and
ended up making a bar in his home out of
barrels as well. And it's a I haven't seen it person,
I've only seen photos. But I love that idea. I
love reutilizing things and and you know, take these things
and using them for another purpose. I hate that we
(19:03):
throw so much out and I'm as guilty as anybody else,
but I do what I can, you know, to make stuff.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
I feel that way about clothes. I hate that we
have so many clothes that people just throw out, like
the the Goodwills and the you know, solvation Armies and
all of those places that take clothes are just packed
to the guilt with so many clothes that never get
repurposed or reused.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
And you know, I saw something super cool Heather the
other day where somebody took a sweater where the body
of the sweather sweater was jacked up but the arms
were fine. Took the arms off, sewed them together, and
made a beanie out of just the art. And I
love that. It's like, yeah, you may not be able
to reuse just like long legs.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
No, no, it actually looked just like in my mind,
I'm thinking of the star the Star Wars character.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
The twilex or whatever they did. I get that right,
the no no, no, what's a soca?
Speaker 9 (19:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Well I think she's part of that family.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Okay, yes, yes, yes, that's what I immediately thought of
when I was like just two long strands coming out.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Of the hat like a sad dog.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
I love that though repurposing clothes, repurposing anything so smart.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Yeah, I agree. I I love seeing things like I
hate you know who used to repurpose it was a
dear friend and I loved the man and I miss
him terribly. Is dom Delouise. Dom Delouise used to take
his boys out. They go and he'd sit in the car.
He'd make his kids go out and dumpster dive. He'd
go get down, you know, and he said he would.
(20:35):
He would be like, go grab that chair, and they'd
go grabbing. No, no, no, the other one, the good one,
and they'd put it in the trunk and he'd bring
it home like he is, this world renowned star and
he didn't want to see things go to waste. I
love that other people around the dumpsters, like is that
domb do No, it's his kids, the kids do it. Alrighty, well,
(20:57):
we'll come back and Heather and I are going to
answer ask us anything. Yeah, can we come back? But then,
thank you for hanging out. We didn't get to everybody.
We had a full board of people, and I thank
you for hanging out. And God bless all of you
that are building and creating in the new year. I
think that's awesome. So stick around. More to come. Neil
Savader in the Morning Crew.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Happy New Year to you. Neil Savada in the Morning
crew Handles on vacation. He'll be back on Monday, and
then I get to take a vacation, a little week vacation.
There would be nice little family time. So we kind
of bumped footy Friday, but were instead of doing ask
(21:46):
handle anything because I was just fascinating people. Aren't you
impressed Heather about how many creatives are listeners and was
to be honest, all those different It wasn't sure. I
was like, ooh, is this KFI you know? Centric, Like,
are people gonna call in?
Speaker 6 (22:03):
There was?
Speaker 3 (22:03):
There's a lot, and there's a ton we didn't get to.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Oh yeah, yeah people and a nice variety of different types,
you know, books, poetry, paintings.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
There's also somebody called in about a cabaret that they produced. Lordy,
LORDI cabaret. I'm going to sign up an audition.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
You know what?
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Uh, every time you and I fill in, well, I
guess we're not feeling you fill in. I'm here all
the time.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
You're going all the time.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Yeah, it's like this is this is my shift, regardless
of Wather handles here or not. But the uh, we'll
have to do that again because I love I want
to make like a make a space for creatives to
get together and connect. I would love to do that
at a at a restaurant, you know, get appetized, whatever,
(22:48):
just get people to connect. I've been to some makers
meetups before that are really wonderful and I just like
connecting with that kind of creativity. So thanks so much
for you know, going with the flow here and connecting
with us on that. I thought it was very cool.
Now we are going to take some of your questions
(23:11):
on we're calling this ask us anything instead of ask
handle anything. Let me see, we'll pull.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
This up here.
Speaker 11 (23:19):
I really love Heather Brooker's voice and I enjoy listening
to her. I just listened to a quick podcast of
her and her daughter and her husband. I would like
to ask Heather Brooker how long has she been married
to Chris and what did you do for a living?
Speaker 10 (23:35):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (23:36):
Bye?
Speaker 9 (23:37):
Oh wow?
Speaker 11 (23:37):
I love you Neil and Kono and Will and everybody
else too.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Mike Wow. I love the ps we got in there
just at the tail end.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
That's so nice. I love that. Okay, so thank you
for the kind words. First of all, the question is
how long have you been married this year? My husband's
name is Chris. And what she's talking about is they
have been guest with me on my entertainment podcast and
I've used them for the week up call this week
(24:06):
because we've been short staffed a little bit. But they
were great to come in. So I've been married to
Chris for this year. We're celebrating our twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Wow, how many years? Happily all of them?
Speaker 4 (24:17):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Well, he is my best friend in the world. I
could not do what I do or would not want
to do anything without him. He's my best friend. And
he is a finance manager for a medical company, so
he deals with budget forecasting and is really good with
high level budgeting and numbers and things that I quite
(24:41):
frankly do not understand.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, that hurts my head already.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I know, right, he'll be talking and like and then
I had to do this with Excel and I'm like
glazed over, and I'm like, I support you, I support you,
but I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
I support and love you, love you, but words words, words,
no idea. So yeah, you guys have that energy too
and body language when you're all together and coming from
another threesome. I can always recognize other threesomes where you
and your husband and your daughter are like, what are
we doing together tonight?
Speaker 3 (25:11):
The group efforts. Although she's getting to be she's gonna
be thirteen this year. My daughter will be thirteen this year,
and she's definitely getting to that phase where she likes
to do her own things. So I try not to, like,
I don't want her to ever feel like she has
to hang out with us, of course, but I also
don't want her to feel like she can't go out
and you know, live her own life and do her
own things and find her own passions, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, and if there's someone else in her bedroom when
she gets home, Oh she's in trouble. No, No, I
mean I mean that you got a new one. You're
like sorry, It's like wow, No, I'd be like, yeah, sorry,
we got another kid that's young and wants to hang
out with us. So anyways, the shed's open. No, that's
always going to happen, and that's the helping thing to do.
(25:55):
But it's still fun, you know, I always I never
stopped kissing my parents goodbye, or I never went through
that kind of don't touch me, don't look at me stage.
Maybe maybe yeah, let's hopefully our kids don't go through
it all. Alrighty, let's see here.
Speaker 10 (26:14):
Hen my mistive, I'm pop important organ type question.
Speaker 8 (26:18):
What's your type of How do you like your steaks cooked?
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Mine? I like mind medium rare.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Oh, I'm right with you. I think there's no reason
to cook steak above medium rare, no matter what the cut,
although you have it the way you want it. I
think if you have them well or well done, you've
destroyed it. But if that's your jam to chew on that,
then go for it. The only time that I will
(26:45):
have something more rare than that is if it's uh
wagu or something like that. That by definition, it's kind
of just seared on both sides and melty buttery goodness
on the inside. But yes, I am a big fan
of having medium rare steaks, and there's some steaks you
just can't have above that, like a filet mignon. I
(27:08):
was talking to my sister during Christmas, and she likes
the fil a and I do too. I love a flight.
Most chefs hate them. They think they're flavorless and they're
a pain to deal with and there's way better cuts,
and I agree with that, but I still like them.
I still like the flavor of They're a mild flavor,
but I like the texture.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
And I'm the same way. I agree with you. I'm
I'm a medium. I've always been medium rare, maybe even
just slightly maybe slightly between medium rare and medium. But
anything over that and it's too cooked, it's rubbery. I
don't want to eat it.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah, I tease Latinos all the time because there's a
thing of over like over cooking steaks big time where
I'm like, seriously, my dad was that way. I know
a lot of older Latinos that over cook steaks, and
I'm not sure if it was you couldn't afford better
cuts when you're I don't know, but but that's one
(28:07):
of the things that it's like, Nope, you gotta get
the good stuff. Have it medium rare and you're going
to be good to go.
Speaker 6 (28:15):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
So there's another one. Hi, this is William. I had
a question for Heather.
Speaker 12 (28:21):
You know, people seem to be so easily offended these days,
you know, and so politically polarized. Owner, how do you
go about mounting the stand up routine? Because I understand
you do that, and really, what can you talk about
and stand up these days?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Thanks very much, a great day.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
Well that's a great question. So yes, I do stand
up whenever I can. That is something I enjoy doing
and writing and challenging myself to try to make people
laugh if I can. You know, people are easily offended,
But I will say generally when people are going to
comedy shows, they know they want to laugh. So people
(28:58):
don't really go to comedy shows looking to be offended,
you know. I say that knowing there are a few
rogue people that do that. But when I am writing stuff,
it's all very from a personal perspective. So a lot
of what I'm writing about isn't particularly political or divisive,
at least I don't think it is. It's more about
my I share experiences, about my marriage, about my mom.
(29:22):
My mom and I have a really interesting relationship. I
talk about being a parent, and I find that when
I write things that make me laugh or that make
my husband laugh, that's when I know I'm in a
good spot. He's my barometer really because he will tell me, hey, ooh,
that one's maybe a little over the line. Now that
(29:43):
being said, I do have a different persona a little
bit on the air. I have to be more professional,
and when I'm in a stand up environment, I'm a
little more Conway says, oh, you play blue, which is
probably a little bit true. I do swear a little
bit more and I pushed the envelope just a little bit.
But I enjoy trying to challenge myself to make people
(30:09):
laugh by sharing my story.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
I was surprised when you came out on stage and
the first thing you said was pull my finger. I
was like, that's our Heather, but your your your non
confrontational stuff about Palestine, gun control, and abortion. I thought
was magic.
Speaker 6 (30:26):
I know.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
I'm really been workshopping now for a while, and back
of the napkin, I'm ready for my Netflix special and
it's all Trump all day.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
I haven't seen your stand up, but I want to
go next time. You guys should know you play locally
here down the street.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
I love the ice House. That's one of my favorite
venues to play in great venues, mostly because I'm lazy
and I don't want to drive over the hill to
the big the big show at what in West Hollywood.
But I love the ice House and I played at
Flappers for a while there. But the booker there is
a little strange. So I don't know.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
But let's go. Let's kick some asks.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Yeah, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, let's go roll them.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
I want to do more shows. I have a really
fun show coming up later, like in March. I don't
know if I can talk about that one yet, but
I'll keep everybody updated.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Please do yeah, coming on the four Report and tell
everybody about it.
Speaker 9 (31:15):
I will.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
I will.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Thank you for that question. That's a great question.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
We'll have more when we come back. Ask us anything
on the Bill Handle Show. I'm Neil Savedrakfi AM six
forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Good Friday morning
to you, Neil Savedra and the morning crew here handles
off today. We'll be back on Monday, and I'll be
here tomorrow for the four Report from two to five.
(31:38):
Please join me then. And another thank you to all
those people that called and sent to the talkbacks about
what they're making this year. I thought that was very
very cool. I'm going to go back and listen to
all of those later when I get home, because it
was very very cool of you. Now we're doing ask
us anything, Heather Brookers here in for Amy King and
so we're fielding some of your talk back throughout the
(32:01):
week and happy to do that. All right, let's come
this one.
Speaker 13 (32:09):
Good morning, Neil love listening to You're a key part
of the Kafi experience, and you're awesome and I love
your Sunday show, the Jesus Show.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Thank you to that end.
Speaker 13 (32:18):
You are much more of an expert on scripture than
so many other people, especially me, And I think you know,
but Christmas and the birth of Christ being celebrated on
the twenty fifth and the twelve days.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Of Christmas that's not in scripture? Is it that we
created that?
Speaker 13 (32:33):
Can you help me understand twelve days of Christmas and
where it is in scripture?
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Sure? First of all, Christ was not born in December.
That came later, and that was people. That was the
church modifying days to correspond with pagan holidays to kind
of scooch them aside and take It's really weird when
you go back to their history of Christianity or any
religion that is trying to trying to rise to prominence
(33:03):
and with the people. So you get governments involved in
all kinds of things that do that. But the Church
was heavily involved in those days. So as far as
the Twelve Days, it's actually people think it's leading up
to Christmas, it's not. It's after Christmas. It's twelve days
after Christmas, so December twenty fifth through January sixth, which
is corresponding with the Epiphany. So there's a lot of
(33:28):
myths around this. Does it come from scripture, No, But
do they tie it into prophecies or New Testament things
like that. Absolutely they do, and there's even those that
try and make meaning. There are beliefs that the song
the Twelve Days of Christmas were code. They were a
song that was sung in code when being a Christian
(33:52):
was not a good thing, and so they had to
pass it along. So it goes thusly. The partridge in
a pear tree is Christ himself. Two turtle doves is
the Old and New Testament. Three French hands is faith,
hope and charity, that type of thing, and it goes
on through all of them. The twelve Drummers drumming is
the tribes of Israel or the Apostles. The fact of
(34:15):
the matter is that's got very little historical you know history,
it's not it's been debunked. It's an old English folk
song and later on people put meaning to it. But
that's pretty much what it comes down to. As far
as the twelve Days of Christmas.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Booms, Happy New Year to Dana from Vendora. What a
breath of fresh air. Neil and the gang with people
are able to finish a sentence, and the jokes are
actually funny. Anyway, My question is why is it now
the newscasters say across the world instead of around the world,
(34:58):
Thanks bye, oh God.
Speaker 2 (35:00):
She had a lovely voice. I could listen to her
all day.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
It's very soothing.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
It's de Laila, and thank you for the kind words.
But I assure you you don't to say something nice.
You don't have to say something mean about namebody.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Sometimes it's sometimes I just because it.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
Makes me feel weird. I don't like that when people
I'm not filling in. I'm always here, but I don't
like when you fill in and you play something bad
about the fernal. Yeah, it just is. I don't know,
it's tacky, but I do thank you. It's very sweet,
and yes, we are so much funnier than Nandal, but
so heather around the world versus across the world.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
You know, I think it honestly just comes down to
who's writing it. Yeah, Earth society, Yeah, but our society.
I would say a couple of things here. One, we
have writers and editors that were for us. Brian is
one of our writers. He's working today keeping the engine
going and helping me stay on top of the news today.
Brian's from Australia, so sometimes he might he uses words
(35:59):
in his writing that throw me off a little bit
because they're very Australian. I want to like he's punching
the air right now, going no, I don't. I don't
know what. But sometimes he'll throw words and like he
has the word tipped in a story today, and I'm like,
I would never use the word tipped, but I said it.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
What do you mean tipped?
Speaker 3 (36:20):
He said it, something was tipped. I'll have to look
up what story. I was get tipped over something? No,
it tipped, some kind of flooding. I'll have to I'll
look up the story and tell you. But so it
depends on the writer. Sometimes people just write from their
perspective and what words they use. But also sometimes we
are tired of saying the same things over and over again.
So maybe we want to challenge ourselves to try something
(36:42):
different and try a new word. And so we'll throw
in new words every now and then. We want to
keep it interesting for ourselves but also for you. So
maybe that's why we use it.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
You're a flat earther. We didn't land on the moon either,
I suppose, all right.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
I guess we went across the world. It just sounds,
you know, like across the pond. You know, it sounds
a little more fancy, Neil.
Speaker 7 (37:02):
Okay, what was your honest opinion when Handel first told
you he was leaving Marjorie for a younger woman.
Speaker 6 (37:10):
Oh just cares what you said to him?
Speaker 2 (37:13):
M okay. So I've known Bill for thirty years and change.
I came here in ninety four and was my first
duty was as his intern. We've gotten very close. Do
we have a perfect relationship.
Speaker 9 (37:27):
No.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Do we see eye to eye and everything?
Speaker 6 (37:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (37:30):
But I love the man. I also love Marjorie and
the girls, his twins, And I was a friend with
him and Marjorie before the girls were born. There's a
lot of a lot of garbage in that change, and
it's unfair to Lindsey in many ways because the reality
(37:52):
was I didn't like the way I was introduced to
her and the way everything went down personally, that's my
personal take. So I took it out on her, and
I took it out on Bill. And there's some parts
of our relationship. Bill and I are still, you know,
spit polishing, but I do love and I care for
the guy. And so Lindsay and I didn't have the
(38:16):
best start, but I would like to think I hope
she'd say the same thing, that we are growing together
and learning more about each other. We have similar backgrounds
in marketing and things like that. But I was bommed.
I'd be lying, as I love Marjorie and I've known
her forever and I knew them as a team, and
that's it was a shock to a lot of us,
(38:38):
and it the way I put that on Bill, that's
the way it was brought to our attention and the
way it went down. But you know, love ONTs what
it once, and I don't judge anybody that way. People
kind of come to the way they come, you know,
I would have done things different maybe maybe, But I
(38:59):
also don't know all the details, the emotional details that
went on in the home. So yeah, it was it
was a tough one, and I would be lying if
I said it wasn't. So what a great note to
end on it. Well, thank you for being honest about that.
Speaker 3 (39:12):
I don't know that a lot of people would be
quite so frank, you know, because of you know, Bill
is you know, such a big deal around here, knows.
Speaker 2 (39:20):
He and I talk about you know, I was not
he and I went through some rough times too. But
that's what love is. I mean, it's not perfection, it
is you know. And and let's be honest. Bill has
a lot of haters. A lot of people don't understand
what makes him great. A lot of people don't understand
(39:41):
why he's so praised in this industry and are jealous
of him. I'm not. I get it. I get that
he connects with people, and I think he's honest and
you know, unabashed. And it would be wrong for me
to answer that question any other way. Let's get to Well,
actually we're top of the hour. This is KFI heard
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