(KMN) 8.18: Zero the Hero - Hour 4

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's eight oh five here on a Monday morning. Happy
Monday to you, Kentucky, and it is Kentucky and this
morning news Coffee and Company with you on news radio
eight forty w h AS. So, the suspect is still
at large who shot and killed a woman last week
who was walking her child to a bus stop, And

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of course that was just the second. That was the
second shooting in that exact same area, same bus stop,
in a six day window. So you know, that's something
that hopefully sooner rather than later, they're going to be
able to find out who this who this individual is
and get them off the streets, not only to keep
the city safer with one less violent criminal out there,

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but also just of course to you know, bring some
level of justice. I mean, that's that's that's what's needed,
of course. But yeah, just when you look at last
week's events, I felt like towards the end of the
week and I'm gonna I'm gonna probably not do a
great job it really putting this into words the way
I want to, because every thing about the week that

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we had in Louisville, and it's not just one week,
but man, the week that you had the school bus
stop shooting on the first day of school, and then
the violent situation where a woman had somebody breaking, you know,
home invasion, and then kidnap her and her two daughters
and then take them with him to rob a bank
and stabbed her. I mean, just an awful situation. And
then again you had another school bus stop shooting where

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somebody lost their life. And then within twenty four hours,
in fact, less than twenty four hours after that happened.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
There were two other murders.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
So these things have happened way more than like you
would ever want me you never wanted to happen at all.
This is where this is where I get tripped up,
because any occurrence is a tragic, tragic situation. But it
felt like the week just it being a realization of wow,
like not only has this been an issue for a while,

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but it just seemed like there was a realization and
more of a heightened awareness of just how bad off
we are when it comes to violent crime. Now again,
I say that knowing that there has actually been some
improvements that you should acknowledge because it's real. It's it's
some encouragement, I suppose. But now that we're here into
the next week and the story is not as fresh.

(02:15):
I just I hope that, you know, because I feel
like the heightened awareness to it. Who knows if this
is even real or what would even come of it,
But I felt like there were people who, maybe more
so now being aware, would be more inclined to just
figure out how they can help. And we had Mayor
Greenberg one on Friday, and obviously he shared some things

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that people can do just because they want to help.
And you know, obviously you should always report whatever you see,
share any information you have with the police, but also
get involved in your community, figure out ways you can
maybe be a part of programs that are that are
in place to help children who don't have any support
system at home, don't clearly have a good structure at
home with parents, and they end up finding some acceptance

(03:01):
finding I guess where they feel welcomed and appreciated in
a life of violence with gangs. And you know, to me,
that's just I think it's pretty obvious what's happened here
is that, and and that's and no, not every situation
is the same, but I do feel like we clearly
have a violent crime issue for a variety of reasons.

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But one being the jew You know, children, they they
clearly don't have good structure at home, as I mentioned,
and they they find acceptance with gangs, and gangs are
getting more you know, I guess we're basically gangs are
being given resources to continue to be you know, violent
and and a real threat to the safety of our city.

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And because some of these young kids aren't being taken
into juvenile detention centers for long stays, they end up
committing violent crime and then getting released and doing it again.
And it's really kept probably gang members from having to
truly get their hands involved in crime. And they're utilizing

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these young, impressionable children who again they they look at
it as that's there, that's that's maybe probably the first
thing in their life that they felt where they belong
and they feel appreciated. And it's just a cycle that
I think without real action, things aren't going to change.
And it does sound like there is some action that's
going to take place. And what I mean by that is,
you know, we had last week some pretty strong words

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from our local leaders stating that you're gonna be you're
gonna be treated like an adult, and they're they're trying
to figure out ways in which they're going to be
able to hold parents accountable because of their children committing
violent crimes. And clearly that's a slippery slope, but something's
got to give. So again, I hopefully we get some
kind of information sooner rather than later as far as
identifying the suspect and then figuring out where they are

(04:51):
and you know, taking them into custody again for a
variety of different reasons, not just because uh, you know,
of justice, but also because this is that would be
one less dangerous person out there that you know is
a threat to our safety in Louisville.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
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(06:46):
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I'll tell you what. Initially, I was not really all
in on Week zero. I just felt like it was
a tease. Don't lie to me and tell me that
college football season is here when it's not. But I've

(07:08):
come to enjoy it because Week zero is here, and
that means it is fair to say, in fact, it's
the truth. We have college football games coming up this
weekend that are real, They in fact do matter. They're
not scrimmages, which tho doesn't really take place in the
college level. But still we've got real games and that
has me very very excited. And we have one local

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team that's getting off getting off to a start here
in week zero, there's only four games that feature FBS teams,
and one of those is Western Kentucky. They're going to
take on Sam Houston State on Saturday. But the other matchups,
you've got Iowa State in Kansas State that'll be at noon,
Fresno State and Kansas will play at six thirty, and
then at seven thirty you got Stanford and Hawaii.

Speaker 2 (07:48):
So I would say of the of.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
The four games, clearly, the one that would get most interest,
I would assume is the Iowa State in Kansas State game,
which that's that's a conference game, right it is, Yes.

Speaker 2 (07:59):
Also rivalry game in they're both in the top twenty five.

Speaker 1 (08:02):
There you go, so cannot wait. And then of course
next week you've got everybody playing. Louisville of course will
get their season kicked off, and obviously Kentucky's same thing.
And the Louisville schedule is one that I I mean,
I'm not I can't really be critical of it because
I do think the reason that Louisville schedule is the

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way that it is, meaning just lacking a real challenge
for you know, the first third of the season is
because of I you wanting to get out of that series,
and Louisville tried. I mean, you know, it's what it
could have should have. But Louisville did attempt to get
both I think it was Ole Miss and Tennessee on

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the schedule this year because they wanted to play one
of those non conference games and those teams didn't want
to play Louisvelane. To be honest with you, I get it,
like there's just when it comes to strategy, and same
thing with Indiana. I mean Indiana, it's it's it's understandable
for them to realize because they have the proof they
can schedule the way that they've scheduled and not challenge

(09:04):
themselves at all of the non conference and do well
enough of the Big Ten and still get a ticket
to the playoff. They literally just did it last year
and they you know, they didn't have it. I mean,
it was proof that hey, we can we have a
nine game league schedule that is more likely than not
going to be challenging regardless of how the schedule is
digged out. But also it's the Big Ten. It's clearly

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the second best conference in college football, and there may
be years where it's the best conference, just depending upon
what happens, So I understand it. I just think from
a fan standpoint, when I think of the college football
playoff expanding, the negative impact of that is that the
regular season games clearly do not matter as much as
they did whenever there was a two team championship game

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or even a four team playoff, and that has led
to now you can schedule nothing games for a third
of your schedule if you'd like, and it still won't
impact you to not get in if you take care
of business in conference play. That's where I feel like,
from a fan standpoint, the product of college football there's
more inclusion, meaning teams like Indiana who just did it,

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and of course even Louisville and Kentucky in certain seasons
can realistically see themselves making it not as much Kentucky.
And I don't say that to do the rivalry thing.
I just think with Kentucky, I mean they're in the SEC.
I mean they're clearly going to have I mean this
year they could be substantially better, but it not show
on the record because of how tough their schedule is.

Speaker 2 (10:25):
Louisville clearly has.

Speaker 1 (10:26):
A more realistic look at it because they're much more
competitive in their conference because the ACC is nothing like
the SEC. So that's the good thing is that you
can now look at a college football playoff appearance as
a realistic thing, and I think you could equate that
to maybe a college basketball final four for a program
as far as what it means. But again, the negative
impact is that the scheduling is now taking place to

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where like, yeah, they know that they.

Speaker 2 (10:49):
Can do that, and it won't. It won't.

Speaker 1 (10:51):
It won't matter because if they take care business and
conference play, it all works out. And I believe that
that just doesn't do anything but hurt the product, right,
Fans get less games that are competitive, So I see
from both sides.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
All right, we've got an.

Speaker 1 (11:04):
Update of trafficking weather coming your way, Another sports update
coming with Scott and then again Rory O'Neil set to
join us at a thirty right here on News Radio
eight forty whas final segment for us here on Kentucky
and this morning News Coffee and Company. That's us here
on News Radio eight forty whas as we wrap up
this Monday. It's just myself and the one and only

(11:25):
John Alden. So we've had the conversation over the years,
John Donnelly on this show when we worked together, but
also previously on the sports side. As far as boomer
millennial gen Z, we I've never I don't know if
it's just because of where we fall in the range
that we're in. I've just like I don't, I don't
often think about is this person a boomer, are they

(11:47):
gen Z whatever? But and by the way, for those
that don't know the age range, it may surprise you,
and you are you are technically considered a gen Z,
but you, to me, don't necessarily like you're the back.
You're the very back end of the gen Z.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
Right, I'm leading the charge, if you will.

Speaker 1 (12:05):
So thirteen to twenty eight is gen Z. Millennials, twenty
nine to forty four gen X forty five to sixty
boomers are considered sixty one and above. And I've again,
I've never once really thought much about this, other than
when I see stories where people mention I guess habits
and studies that show behaviors and whatnot depending upon those

(12:26):
age ranges. But John, so John's gen Z, I'm millennial
and therefore we both probably have Like my parents are
boomer age rangers are not.

Speaker 2 (12:35):
Quite that old or more gen X. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (12:37):
So, and I again, I feel mean even saying that
my mom and my dad and my stepdad would be
considered boomers because I've always just thought of it. It
sounds like, oh, you're an old fart.

Speaker 2 (12:46):
I mean, that's bloomber has a negative connotation to it.

Speaker 1 (12:49):
So anyways, this is a This is a breakdown of
things boomers weren't wrong about after all, Right, if you're
somebody that is on the gen ZU or millennial, maybe
even like these are things boomers would say that you
now realized they were right about. It wasn't just them
being old farts. Early morning pays off, meaning turns out,

(13:11):
waking up early really does set you up for success.
I don't think I ever doubted that, but I can
tell you that it's true.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
I feel like we, of all people should know them. Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (13:21):
Family dinners mattered. It wasn't just about the food. It
built connection and routine. Yeah, I see, these are things
where I don't feel like I ever said that that
they were wrong about, Like you know what I mean,
Like this is labeled boomers weren't wrong after all. I
just think I didn't have enough life experience to really
know if they were saying with what they were saying
was going to be right or not. But yes, family,

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dinners do matter. Clean space, clear mind, Keeping a tidy
home actually reduces stress and boost focus. The outdoors is essential.
Fresh air and movement aren't optional, They're necessary. Yeah, I
mean these are things that more than anything for me,
I never doubted the importance. Now I am older, with
more life experience and have a family my own to
where yeah, they were right, but I didn't doubt. You

(14:05):
boomers just know that It's just that I didn't have
the experience to know one way or the other, and
I really didn't care because I was a kid whenever
these things were probably being stressed by those that are
of the boomer rage range. I feel like you might
be a boomer John, I might be.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
I'm almost embarrassed to be, But I mean it a
good out for me.

Speaker 1 (14:22):
Yeah, when I said, I think the nicest way to
describe you being a lot younger than me, but feeling
like you are the same age as me and sometimes
seemingly having more you know, maturity and wisdom than than
people my age or maybe even older.

Speaker 2 (14:37):
You're an old soul.

Speaker 1 (14:38):
I think you you you.

Speaker 2 (14:40):
You could have lived.

Speaker 1 (14:41):
In the seventies and I think been just fine.

Speaker 3 (14:44):
Yeah, I don't know what I would have done in
the seventies, but I would have figured it out.

Speaker 2 (14:47):
I'm sure, man. Life was.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
Life had to be so much more simple back then,
because you got to keep in mind, if you don't
know what you're missing out on it. You don't know,
you don't know what you don't know.

Speaker 2 (14:56):
I can't imagine.

Speaker 3 (14:57):
I think life without the internet, your specifically before the internet,
before you knew it was ever going to be a thing. Obviously,
there was a whole generation boomers being primarily who we're
talking about here, that know exactly what that's like. And
I think it there's a certain level of you know,
people like me will never know if that's like, and
I kind of wish what it would I wish I knew.

Speaker 2 (15:19):
What it was like to just have that level of simplicity.

Speaker 1 (15:21):
And even though we are different in in age range,
there are people growing up now that will never experience
it the way that we did. Like for me, I mean, yes,
we had the Internet, but that was when I was
a little bit of an older kid, and it wasn't
anything like it is now with devices and technology. So
you know, I just I think that when you didn't

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have access to see as much as we can see
now across the world and see how other people live,
and just access to information and being you know, exposing
yourself to things all over the world, Yeah, there's a
lot of value in that, but I think like from
a societal standpoint, you didn't know what you didn't know,
so you didn't have anything to encourage you to think
that you're well off or that you're poor, like you weren't,

(16:04):
Like you weren't trying to Because people do it every
day and they don't realize it what they see on
social media and Facebook, Instagram, from either celebrities or even
their peers. I just think so many people end up,
without even realizing it, trying to either match that or
do better than that. And when you didn't have that,
you just you got up and you saw who you
interacted with, by who you and like physically you had

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to see somebody to interact with them, maybe you could
call them. And I just think people were more content
with life because again they didn't have the ability to
see where they really stood in society because it just
you know, we didn't have access to that.

Speaker 3 (16:38):
Yeah, everything was so idealized on Facebook and other social media,
and it makes it, it makes it. It's part of
the reason why I hate being on it for.

Speaker 2 (16:44):
Most of the time.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
I'm with you, and I can say that last my
vacation really was good for me because it was the
first time that I really did make it a point
to not be as connected to it. And it was
freeing because I realized, you, I didn't, I didn't miss anything.
I didn't. I don't need to be as glued to
these devices and much as much as I am. So yeah, Boomers,
you were right. You can tell people that you know

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you were right and they were wrong.

Speaker 2 (17:08):
So there you go.

Speaker 1 (17:09):
All right, we're on time, you guys. Enjoy the rest
of your Monday afternoon. We're back at it tomorrow morning
right here on news Radio eight forty WHS