(KMN) 10.3: State of Mind - Hour 2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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I won't be trying this, but I know many will
because it's the new craze. But there is a pumpkin

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spice fizz freeze available. What's that due for you? John Alden?
You perked up as if either I'm just keep it
away from me or it's one of those things.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Good. Well, it's just I've never heard of a slushy
type of drink with the pumpkin spice flavor. So it's
very interesting. It doesn't really tickle my fancy.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, I think they could make pumpkin spice anything and
they'll there'd be there'd be enough demand for those who
just happened to make pumpkin spice a big part of
their brand, a big part of their personality, especially this
time of year. Yeah, I guess it's it's a timing thing.
But again, if you want to check it out, they've
got it, so you know, keep.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
The what's the don't mean to take you off the
rails here, but what's the weirdest thing you've ever seen?
Get a pumpkin spice flavor?

Speaker 1 (01:21):
This might be it, to be honest with you, because
I don't think, well, I don't know. I guess you
can have, and I honestly don't even I've never had
anything pumpkin spice, just because I'm quite confident that it
wouldn't be for me. But yeah, a slushy sounds it's
it's I don't know, and I think they called it pizza,
but it was just because it was almost like a

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cookie cake kind of thing. But I've seen like I've
seen somebody, I've seen something called a pumpkin pice pumpkin
spice pizza, and that just that completely threw me off. Now,
the visual made me realize it's not what I thought
it was, yeah, exactly, But the sound is it is
going to get your attention, right. Pumpkin spice pizza. That
just sounds I mean, it sounds awful if we're being
honest here. So some I haven't mentioned just yet, but

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coming up at eight o'clock, we are gonna be joined
by Mayor Greenberg. He'll join us via phone at around
eight o'clock, looking forward to our weekly conversation with him,
and I will continue to discuss the government shut down.
Not as if we've got any direct answers here as
far as when this thing comes to an end, but
obviously that continues to be one of the big stories
out there. And I really think that the is we've

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been able to really since the contentiousness politically here in
this country, more so recently than at least that I
can remember in my lifetime. I will say, as I've
gotten older, I've certainly paid attention more sort of things
like this than I used to. But I feel like
if this does linger longer than you know, six seven

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days and we get to where it's even remotely close
to the thirty plus days we had last time, I
just I feel like this could lead to us having
not a breaking point where you know, people just lose
their complete minds. And we've kind of already we have
that in certain certain ways. But my point is, if
you think that, you know, we've been divided and pointing fingers,

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doing the blame game about everything in society at a
high rate lately, if it starts to directly impact a
lot of people's individual livelihoods, I just think the temperature
when it comes to that could skyrocket. Now what comes
of that would be foolish of me to act as
if I have any idea, but that's sort of what's
been on my mind here in the last i don't know,

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roughly day or so when it comes to this, to
this government shutdown. Something else I want to get to
that we'll actually talk about here. On the other side
is the Kentucky football situation, Because you know, they have
a blowout loss to South Carolina on the road last week,
and then what do you get next week? They got
to go to Georgia and play Kirby Smart's team who's
coming off a loss. Not exactly a good recipe there,

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But I think really any real conversation about Kentucky football
moving forward the rest of the year, unless something completely
unexpected happens, is about the exit strategy. How do you
get out of this marriage with Mark Stoops? And I
will say when it comes to him just not wanting
to continue to be at a place where he knows

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he's not wanted, where he knows it's it's only getting worse,
you know. Is he's somebody that would would do whatever
he can to get out, But of course no one's
going to walk away from nearly forty million dollars. So, like,
I still think the best scenario for Kentucky here would
be is that if he just reads the room and says,

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let's talk, you know, pulls a Chris Mack who really
could have I mean, he didn't mean. That's one of
those things that it's such a blur of the mac
era for a variety of reasons, because you went from
that to one of the more disastrous things you'll ever
experience as a Louis of basketball fan. Probably the most
disastrous thing and that was the Kenny Payne era and
Mac didn't get fired. A lot of people just seem
to think that he got let go things were falling apart,

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and they were, but not to the level of course
it ended up getting to whenever can he paint it
go over? But my point is this, he just wanted out.
I can tell you firsthand, Chris just wanted to be done,
wanted to walk away, and he initiated the entire exit
and it helped Louisville save a lot of money. So
the reason that happened is because he just grew tired
of just the situation and what it was doing to

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his family. In him, you know what this job can
do when you're not winning. Kentucky football is not that.
But clearly it's not a great situation for Stoops and
Lexington as far as his approval rating. Now, it's a
phenomenal situation for him when it comes to his paycheck,
which is, you know, a real important thing to a
lot of people. So there's a really good breakdown by

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OutKick about this whole ordeal and how Kentucky recently made
it clear that they prioritized basketball more than football, at
least that appears to be the case with how they're
going to share revenue, and I think that could lead
you in a position to where when it comes to
open jobs available, you were already going to be having
a tough time competing with really good jobs. But if
coaches know that you are more committed to basketball, are

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they going to be as interested in going and coaching
your football program. Somebody certainly will, but it's just, you know,
timing's not ideal. Here in for a variety of reasons
for Kentucky football. All right, let's get to a quick
time out. We've got trafficking weather updates on the way
as we rolled along here on Kentucky and this morning
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forty whas. Thank you for hanging out with us here

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on a Friday morning. We made it. The weekend is
upon us. And I don't know about you, but that
makes me very, very happy. And one of the reasons
why I've always said that Friday is the best day
of the week, because it is like any other workday,
right most of us. Maybe we don't work as hard,
but you get up, you start your day. It's the
same routine for most when it comes to Monday through Friday.

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But it's the state of mind. It's the knowing that
it's you've reached the finish line, essentially, and you've got
a couple of days that you can, you know, just relax,
maybe not relax, maybe go all out have fun in
enjoy yourself, do whatever it is that you enjoy doing.
And I know for a lot of folks this time
of year, it's football, right, You've got high school football

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on Fridays, and of course college football is on Saturday.
And I know that this is not a sports show anymore. Wellcus,
I'm not a sports host anymore, and this has never
really been a sports show. We do talk a lot
of sports, but sports is part of our culture, and
I know the excitement of watching your team play in
a big game on Saturday, a lot of people can
relate to that, right And for Louisville, I'm not gonna

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lie to you and act like, oh, they got a
big game against Virginia. They can lose to Virginia. Trust me,
I'm aware of that. In Virginia maybe actually be really good.
I don't know, but it didn't really feel like there's
a whole lot on the line. But on the Kentucky side,
you know, they've got a juggernaut schedule and some of
these games may get into like record blowouts. They may not,
but if they do, is anybody going to be surprised?

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Given just where Kentucky football is right now? I mean,
they're going to Georgia to take on Kirby Smart and
his team coming off of a loss as they just
got beat down by South Carolina team that had lost
two in a row heading into that game, So who
knows how bad things could get in Athens. But I
do think that the scenario where Stoops is back next

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year seems just unrealistic. But again, you know what else
seems unrealistic. Kentucky finding a way to get thirty six
or thirty eight million dollars to him in sixty days.
That seems unrealistic. Him deciding to just you know, hey,
I'm gonna get on out of here. This isn't fun anymore.
I can tell you. Guys don't like me. You mean

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to me, somebody you know having their feelings get in
the way of a thirty six to thirty eight million
dollar pay day. That's also not realistic. So the best
case scenario is that he just reads the room and
takes less money, and that would probably be that would
be a gift to Kentucky. But what they've got to

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worry about is when they do go get a new coach.
I mean, who do they have in mind? I mean
John Summer all of clearly of the the Kentucky connection.
He's doing really well at Tulane. They've got a good
chance to be that G five team that makes the
playoff this year. But he's gonna have other options. Florida's
gonna get a new coach. They're gonna win John summrall.
If Florida does get a new coach and they go
with Lane Kiffin instead, John Sumral is going to be

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the top candidate for ole Miss at that point. And
can you even compete for the other good coaches that
are looking to make that jump? Knowing that, and it's
a tough spot for Barnhardt. I think he's foolish for
the contract he gave Stoops. I think he's foolish for
the contract he gave Cali Perry. And fortunately for him,
Arkansas let him off the hook. But you're gonna always

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make it clear you commit at a high, high level
to basketball and that's what you should do at Kentucky
because it matters that much. That's what they are. They're
a basketball school. We know that, but now that it
had to be a little bit transparent, and you had
to make it somewhat clear. People are reading the room
that you're going to commit a lot more to basketball
and football is going to be a priority as well,
but clearly you emphasize basketball more. Coaches looking to climb

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that last and get a big job if they've got options.
I don't see those guys choosing options that they just
know going in no matter what they do, they're going
to be second fiddle. And again that speaks to how
phenomenal the program of basketball is for Kentucky. But it
can also be used against you when you're looking to
grow your football program. Remember when I remember when Stoops
got offended the Calipari called Kentucky basketball school. That was

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funny at different times. Certainly, all right, let's get to
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I believe I have only stayed at one Airbnb in
my life, not because of any particular reason. I just

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usually if in fact, if I'm making travel plans, I just,
I honestly just go to Expedia. And I rarely make
travel plans. If I'm traveling with my family, my wife
handles all that. And maybe we've stayed at an Airbn.
Maybe we've booked a play it was through Airbnb and
I just didn't know it. But I can only think
of one. But the reason I'm bring this up is
because there's a real big back and forth on Reddit

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about hosting mistakes that Airbnb hosts make, and there was
a lady who shared her story, and I think it
started as a TikTok video where she mentions that she
she's given tips for others out there to avoid a
mistake that she made that cost her some money or
I guess the lack of ability to make more money.

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So she is a first time host, and she's got
a rental property in Tennessee that is near a year
round fishing hotspot, and she booked February nights at her
regular slow season rate. But her oh moment was whenever
a guest messaged that they were coming for a fishing tournament,

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and then she instantly realized she hadn't raised prices for
the event demand. And I'm sure there are many that like.
For example, if you are someone that owns property that
you put up through Airbnb or vrbo, whatever the other
options are here in Louisville, you know that your time
to shine is derby week and now of course the

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weeks that have Bourbon and Beyond and Louder than Life
conventions things like that. So if you are getting into
being a host with different properties and maybe just one
property with Airbnb, you're going to know the opportunities that
will give you the ability to where you can charge
more money because of the demand. And she's saying, you know, hey, don't, don't,
don't make the mistake that I did, because you know

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the these these folks are locked into the rate that
they got, the slow season rate, where she probably could
have tripled the rate, and maybe it wouldn't have been
something that kept people away because they would say, look,
not a whole lot of options. This is a pretty
good option. Yes, the price is expensive, but what else
are we going to do? For example, my wife and
I Tomorrow we're going to be heading to Renfro Valley

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for a concert that is in I think rock Castle County.
I don't think you can think of the name of
the actual thing. Mount Vernon is the is the the
actual town that it's in. And that venue is awesome,
but it's in a small area and there's like one hotel.
It's a fine hotel, but it's not it's not like
upscale by any means. And we're paying you know, two
hundred something dollars a night. You know why, because they're

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having a concert and they know that there's nowhere else
for anybody to stay. So this is the Airbnb hotels.
Like that's just that's just just how it works. So
her advice to hosts were to research local calendars, tournaments, festivals,
that kind of stuff, because you can then set higher
rates in advance. And some people fight against this, Like

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if you just look at the back and forth as
far as people sharing their thoughts on it, I mean,
you've got some people saying that, you know, she shouldn't
be looking to gouge and take advantage of events. But
that's that's I mean, that's business. That's what I mean.
That's that's what this is. I mean, it'd be different
if you weren't allowed to adjust your rates. You can
charge Reevue one. It's up to the p and all

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it takes is one one person looking to you know,
looking to find a place, and if they're not turned
off or you know, too cheap for your price, then
it worked. So I mean, really, I'm pretty sure the experience.
And I guess other than you can rent a cottage
home or a house or a loft an apartment through Airbnb.

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You can really rent anything. So at a hotel, you're
getting that a hotel, which, actually, to be honest with you,
I kind of prefer hotels just because it's just I
don't know, being in somebody else's home, even if it
is not a home that a family lives in throughout
the year and they rent it out, you know, every
now and then, even if it is just a place
that is set up just like a hotel, but instead
of it being a hotel room in a hotel facility,

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it's an actual house. There's something about it. It just gives
me the I but like I'm sleeping in somebody's bed.
But then again, if I think about it, when it
comes to a hotel, like there are many people that
have slept in the same bed, and I just hope
that they really actually did wash the sheets. I try
not to think about that kind of stuff because it
growses me out. But the experience of like booking and
and expecting higher prices because of events, isn't it all

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the same if you're going hotel, airbnb, whatever it may be.
I mean, it probably is at this point, So I
I it is her fault for not raising the price
in the peak moment, and I kind of feel like, again,
what do I know. I'm sure there's way more that
goes into this than I'll ever know as far as
being a host, but I like, that's like one of
the first things you should know to do. Like to me,

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that seems like the initial like if you're you and
I don't know about her TikTok channel, but if this
host is out here and that's her, that's her content, right,
She's she's just sharing her day and day experience as
a host of Airbnb properties, and you you've got some
big realization you're telling people the tip is to make
sure you check for events and know when you can

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raise the price, Like I wouldn't trust you as somebody
I should I should lean on for for advice and expertise,
because I think that's a rather obvious one that anybody
would know. But again, it's a supply and demand. That's
what it comes to to. All right, let's get to
a quick time out. We've got trapping a weather updates
on the way right here in news Radio eight forty whas.

Speaker 2 (16:09):
It's six forty seven.

Speaker 1 (16:10):
Here it news Radio eight forty whas Coffee and company
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our friends over Thorntons. Whatever it is that you need
to get your day started, if it's a cup of coffee,
if it's a breakfast sandwich, and most recently, maybe it
becomes because this is a new thing, the pumpkin spice
fizz free slushy. I can't imagine that being what people
want to get their day started, but maybe, as you know,

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a snack or a treat. And I'm curious to see.
I'll talk to my friends over Thorntons and see how
how popular those are becoming. Because pumpkin spice is the craze,
but in slushy format, it just doesn't doesn't do much
for me, but again, maybe maybe that's just me. All Right,
We've got a sports update coming your way with Scott
Fitzgerald in about to eight minutes or so. You're just
a few minutes away from your next traffic and weather update.

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And also we've got LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell with us
here in studio, So we are loaded the rest of
the way and at eight o'clock Mary Greenberg is set
to join us. So we are busy on a Friday.
Wouldn't have it any other way. And one thing I
wanted to squeeze in really quickly. Here is something that
that that if you're somebody on the older side, which
I'm not sure what old is. I'm not. I'm not
an old man. But put it this way, when I

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go to the gym now I'm in a new gym
because my gym closed down, and this gym's a lot
more busy, a lot more people, it is a reminder
that I'm not young either, so I'm in that I'm
in that middle range. But there's a new I guess
a new study that tells us what what the younger people,
how they identify you as being somebody that's old. Things

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that the younger generation children essentially what they see that
makes them assume that you're you're an old person. So
the age this makes me feel like I'm on the
younger side. Kids say that when you become forty nine
year old, that that was the I guess, the most
consensus age, which I mean, again, I'm not forty nine,
but I don't feel like forty nine is old.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
Why not just say fifty if you're going to be
forty nine.

Speaker 1 (17:56):
Because to me, there's like a they want you to
know that just because you've you've avoid did fifty, you're
not there yet. I mean, you can't avoid. It's gonna
happen where or the other. But you're not to fifty yet,
but you're still old. Just know that. And that was
like for me when I was twenty nine, that was
the year of like, wow, this is my last year
in my twenties. Once I hit thirty, it was you know,
And now for me, really, once I became a dad,
age never even was something I thought about at all,

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But this is this has got to be some sick joke.
Twenty percent think fun ends at the age of thirty.
I'm thirty seven. I can tell you that's not the
case at all. You can have fun. You could be
ninety nine years old and have fun. That's just these
young These young people just don't know anything.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
I think what they probably mean by fun is irresponsibility.
It's like a lot of people think they use their
twenties for irresponsible type fun.

Speaker 1 (18:40):
Oh well, life before real priorities and responsibilities. I mean,
that's a different world. That's that's that's like a life
that I look back on and wonder was that real?
That I really not have to worry about anything other than,
you know, just existing. But the worst parts of aging,
according to kids, how would they know their kids? I
guess what they mean is that the worst parts, the

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worst visual parts is wrinkles, gray hair, forgetfulness, needing glasses,
aches and pains. I mean, I got some wrinkles coming in.
I can't grow facial hair, but what I do grow
does turn gray, which is not good. Forgetfulness, I'm not
sure where I would rank there, aches and pains. Yeah,
I don't know. But look, it's just a number, right,

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Just you know, it's just your age should just be
a state of mind. And I can say that if
you are of the younger generation. You believe that fun
ends at thirty or just wrong. You're in for a
pleasant surprise that after thirty there's still a lot of
fun to be had if you want to live that life. So, yeah,
thirty seven. Again, I'm not young, but I'm also not old.

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I'm trying to, I guess find, you know, find some
happiness in the middle ground. But my kids getting older
is what makes me feel old. And that's why did
an anybody tell me these kids have to grow up?
If I could keep my kids at the young toddler age,
it would have been a lot more fun. It's fun now,
but can I yet? Yeah, yesterday, my son, he was
in his first homecoming parade for our our community, and
he's throwing candy off of the off the truck as

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it's going down our streets. And I'm thinking, what happened?
He was? You know, I was, I was changing his
diaper just the other day. It seemed like Tom goes
too quick. All right, quick break here, We've got traffic,
weather updates on the way. Scott'son with another sports update
as we rode along here again. News Radio eight forty
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