10.9: Hoodies & Shorts - Hour 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's get the six o'clock hours started at his Coffee
and Company, and we are fueled by Thornton's on news
radio eight forty whas good stuff there is. Mayor Greenberg
joined Tony Venetti yesterday and yes, we've talked quite a
bit about the real need of a juvenile detention center
here in Louisville, and the money was allocated by the state,
and now we just need Frankfurt to, you know, get

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the ball rolling. I've got my thoughts on why that
hasn't happened, and I'm sure there's way more to it
than I would ever know, always willing to acknowledge that,
but I can't help but think that one of the
factors is that the rest of this state is not
exposed that led to a tragic murder. Those kind of
things can happen, but that's not what happened here. This

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fifteen year old that is now charged with murder. He
also is charged with possession of a handgun by a felon,
Which can you be a felon if you were? I mean,
I mean, I guess let me let me just double
check that, because that doesn't sound right. But this team
had already had previous other charges it looks like, and

(01:05):
I don't know what the level of those charges are,
but still, I mean, this goes back to the conversation
we had with Chief Humphrey who was with us a
few weeks ago, and I asked him, whenever you see
the violent crimes being committed by children, or maybe the
children are the victims in the violent crime. Obviously the

(01:28):
public does not know the identity of these of these individuals, unless,
of course they are the victims. But those, of course
who commit these heinous crimes, they their identity is protected
because they're their children, they're minors. But law enforcement, those
who are active in patrol, those who are are who
are trying to prevent this stuff from happening as best

(01:48):
they can, and of course the ones who show up
on scene and investigate when these things do happen. You know,
these kids aren't strangers after a while, right they see them,
They can see this coming. They know that, hey, this
child is going down a really, really bad path right now.
And eventually one of the updates that I get is
going to either be that they are the alleged shooter

(02:12):
in a murder or maybe they're the ones who got
shot and killed, and that's just that's sad, and that's
but that's where we are. So even whenever there is
a juvenile attention center here in Louisville, there's still going
to be violent crime. There's still going to be violent
crime committed by kids. But this can only help, and
it's needed in a major way. As you heard Mayor

(02:32):
Greenberg say, they're that having them, you know, being able
to lock someone up in Louisville where they were, were
these these children presumably reside, you know, makes a lot
more sense than whatever. And I'm not even sure what
the process is, but if you're going to incarcerate somebody
that is under age, just send them three hours away,
two hours away, whatever it is, to a Dare county
right now, that's the current situation, which is just not

(02:54):
is not ideal. And this is this is something you've
heard me mentioned before, and I think it's it's it's
worth mentioning once again because this is just an aspect
of it that I'm sure a lot of people just
don't consider. But you don't have many parents or grandparents, guardians, aunts, uncles,
whoever is in charge of these kids. And yes, I

(03:15):
know some of you just think, well, what the heck's
going on here? You should be you shouldn't. You should
know where your kids are. You know your kids are
a reflection of you. And a lot of times that
is true. I feel like most of the time that
is true. But there are other examples. I think of
parents who are just trying their best and they can't
get control of it. Their kids are exposed to things
that have led to them being violent criminals at a
young age, and they're trying, but it's hard. They want

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their kids probably to be incarcerated in a juvenile attention
center because at that point, at least they know where
they are. At least they're not worried about a phone
call that they're either being pursued for a violent crime
that they committed, or maybe they're dead. So now we
wait for Frankfort to get the ball rolling, and hopefully
that happens sooner rather than later, because I just I

(04:01):
would like to not be's numb to stories like this,
a fifteen year old arrested for a fatal shooting, charged
with murder. I mean, I feel like at one point
we would say what a fifteen year old did it?
We don't say that anymore. I mean, maybe some people do,
but if you're paying attention, it's not that unusual anymore,

(04:23):
which is sad. Let's get a quick update of Travick
and weather. We've also got a lot more to get
into today, including a crazy, crazy story that I can't
wait to talk about because it's unbelievable. A sheriff in
Robertson County, Kentucky, Andy Bisheer, is asking for him to
resign and he's not done it yet, which we'll get

(04:47):
to it. There's a lot to it. Also, we'll continue
to talk about this government shut down, the lingering effects
of that, and there was a recent record broken at
the Young Center for attendance. So a lot left on
the dock at today. Stick with us right here. It
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(05:09):
with us as we help you get your Thursday morning started.
I cannot believe how fast this week has gone by.
It is crazy eight It is crazy, all right. So
Nate Bargatzi love that he is. He's now the he
now holds the record for the attendance at the KFCM Center.
So I guess for a comedy show, is it just

(05:30):
for is it let's see here? You know? Yeah, it
has to be because his show on October fourth, it
drew nineteen thousand fans, So I guess it's for comedy
because there's clearly been way more people than that for
basketball games, where I would assume basketball is probably the
setup where it has the most possible attendance right just

(05:51):
because of space. So yeah, Shan Gillis, he was here
in August and he had fourteen five hundred fans in
at ten and then just weeks later, Nate Bargotzi shattered
that record with nineteen thousand fans to his sold out show.
So you gotta keep in mind they probably it probably
stage it differently depending upon which show. I would imagine

(06:14):
Shane Gillis probably could have sold more than fourteen thousand,
five hundred tickets, but assuming with that specific number, it
was probably just what it was set up for capacity.
Same thing here with nineteen thousand for Bargotzi, who was
sold out, I will say he's very popular, clearly great,
that's been evident regardless of this show. That just took
place in Louisville. I will admit he doesn't do it

(06:34):
for me. Don't dislike him, don't find him unfunny. He
just he's one of those guys that just I can't
quite grasp why he's become as popular as he is.
But hey, I'm in the minority because clearly he's one
of the most famous and popular comedians going right now.
So I'm sure there's many of you listening that we're there.

Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yeah, well, Terry Miners went, he and his wife win.
And you know what we do on weekends is if
we're just sitting around and had a couple of brews
and sports kind of hit a lull, we like to
turn on stand up comedians. We're big stand up comedian
fans in our house. And Nate Bourgetz in Factory just
watched him a couple of weeks ago. I dude, I
laughed so hard. And I appreciate you saying that because

(07:11):
there's other people like there were comedians, that there's a
local comedian that was here that I remember when I
first started in radio. Everybody's like, he's great, he's great,
he's great, he's always on. You know, I didn't find
him funny.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
Yeah, everybody he didn't, he wouldn't do it. There are
some people who who I get like, for example, there's
probably somebody that you like that you know is popular,
but not like you're probably in the minority is thinking
that they're as great as they are, right yep. Like
for me, this guy's clearly popular, he's known, he's funny.
I don't think you'll find a lot of people who

(07:45):
say he sucks. But I think for me, like Mike
Epps is my favorite stand up Meedian is hilarious, and
I don't know if many other people would say that
he's their favorite, you know what I'm saying. A lot
of people actually would probably think of his movies.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
Right right, dude, I am a huge fan of Friday.
Maybe not so much the third Friday, but the first
two and the second one Mike Epps was in was
absolute gold.

Speaker 1 (08:07):
And I can take him or leave him in movies,
he's been fine. But to me, I think his stand
up is is gold. And then there's others like Kevin Hart.
Like I think Kevin Hart's stand up is fine. I've
actually seen him live. It's good. I enjoyed it. I'm
not I'm not in any way a hater. I actually though,
think he's better in movies and and and you know,
I'm sure people agree, and I'm sure some people see

(08:28):
it the opposite way. It's really all about personal preference.
And I found myself I don't know what it is.
Maybe it's kind of like when you find a band
that you know is not mainstream just yet and they've
got some momentum and you really just gravitate towards him.
I'm finding myself doing that more so with comedians now.

Speaker 2 (08:42):
It warms my heart that you find Mike Mike keeps funny.

Speaker 1 (08:45):
Oh, I think he's I agree, Yeah, I would go
to him. I would. He was actually here in Louisville
when we were on vacation a couple of months ago,
and I was so bummed we missed it because again,
like he and I don't, I don't, he wasn't at
the Young Center. So again that kind of speaks to like,
he's certainly a known comedian, he's popular, but he's not
selling out the Young Center like these two guys did

(09:05):
with with Nay Borgazzi and whoever else it was, Shane.

Speaker 2 (09:10):
Gillis, Shane Geb.

Speaker 1 (09:11):
But you know, for me. I paid top dollar to
go see Mikepps just because I think he's that funny
and and you're right, that is it. That is one
of the the many benefits of the new streaming world
is that there's all kinds of specials on Netflix, HBO, Max.

Speaker 2 (09:24):
I mean, if you're if you're a new parent, Joe
koy is when you want to check out too. He
is hilarious and and I think I'm listening to you
talk about this, and you and you were talking about
Mike Gepps and and all these comedians. It just goes
it speaks to everybody's different. We were talking earlier about
Kelly Parton, and that's what I love. Everybody has different tastes.
You know, you're not the same. But man, that's Mike Kepps.

(09:45):
Is I forgot I forgot about him?

Speaker 1 (09:47):
He's uh yeah, he's he's my guy, So yeah, I uh,
I tell you what the the this is. I don't
think this is like an unknown thing. But I'm thinking
of the last time we really binged some stand ups.
It was the last time we took a road trip.
So obviously you shouldn't watch television while you drive. But
my wife and I will pull out well, we'll connect
the phone to the to the car and it'll just

(10:07):
be kind of sitting in like the console area to
where you can occasionally look over, but like you can
still enjoy a full stand up while driving and not
let it distract. It's a good way to pass time, right,
think that last summer and enjoyed a lot of In fact,
Pete Davidson like I think he's either hot or cold
for some people. I really like him. Yes, I don't
think he's just I don't think he's great in SNL

(10:27):
or even in acting. But stand up I think is
really good. It's hard, isn't.

Speaker 2 (10:31):
It It is. It's it's a big time art. And
I think back to your point real quick and we'll
get out of here. Is you were talking about Kevin
Hart DraftKings. Those bits he does with Lebron James. I'll
laugh so hard, dude.

Speaker 1 (10:43):
The the role where he's just the short fund guy
with somebody like Lebron or the Rock, Like him and
the Rock are really funny.

Speaker 2 (10:49):
To guess, right, it just works? Yes, good stuff.

Speaker 1 (10:52):
All right, let's get up there to trafficking weather. We've
got a sports a big coming your way as well.
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to get your day started. So again we are proudly
fueled by Thornton. So there was a escapee captured yesterday
in Atlanta that I believe put together one of the

(13:19):
longest escapes we've seen in a long time. So this
took place back in May where it looks like I
think there were maybe ten different inmates that A scouted
ten different inmates escaped and broke out of the Orleans
Parish Justice Center. And again that was back in May,
and one of the individuals lasted one hundred and forty

(13:42):
five days on the run before being captured yesterday in Atlanta.
Derrick Groves is his name, and I'm glad they caught
this guy, but I also think he deserves a little
bit of credit, right, I mean, he was able to
evade law enforcement for a long long time, which given
just the way we can, you know, I say we

(14:02):
like I'm doing it, But I think and keep in mind,
this wasn't somebody that had some elaborate plan, right. He
wasn't somebody that committed a crime and had a full
proof plan to evade. This dude broke out of jail
and was on the run with no resources, probably at
least not you know, clearly he had people helping him.
I'm sure clearly there was somebody that knew where he

(14:22):
was and didn't tell anybody. But usually, I mean, there's
a reason that people who escape from jail or prison
don't last very long. There's a variety of reasons. But
this guy, he did, so I don't want to champion
him as if he's some some hero by any means.
That's not. I mean, he's a criminal. He's back where
he belongs. But what he did is very very hard
to do, and I feel like with the way technology works. Now,

(14:45):
on the resources that law enforcement has, it's only going
to become more hard for those who escape to be
able to just you know, fresh out of jail, no
cell phone. Again, I'm sure this guy was able to
obtain some things that helped him, right, It's probably one
of the situations. It's probably a situation where you end
up getting out maybe ten days and maybe if they

(15:06):
haven't caught you, then you've created enough separation, You've obtained
some things that can now help you better stay hidden
or get further away. But yeah, one hundred and forty
five days, that's a that's a long long time. I mean,
you go back to other just in the last since
two thousand, since the year two thousand, there have been
you know, and by the way, it seems like there's

(15:26):
there's there's an inmate escaping from a jail or a
prison seemingly every day in America. But again, they don't
last very long. But in twenty eighteen, there was there
was somebody that was that was captured. Let's see here again,
I'm just I'm looking at all the Yeah, there's there's
In twenty fifteen, there was a twenty day man hunt
for two inmates that escaped together. In two thousand and eight,

(15:48):
there was there was again, Yeah, Sarah Joe Ponder in
two thousand and eight. I guess she would be the
longest escapee outside of of Derrick Groves because she escaped
a facility in Indiana and was gone for four months. Again,
that was two thousand and eight, long time ago.

Speaker 2 (16:05):
Taking me back to I'm hearing you talk about this.
You're taking me back to, Oh brother, where art thou?
And I'm just picturing George Clooney on the run. Oh yeah,
But well you remember James Whitey bowlser Oh yeah, yeah,
he was on the RHNE. Gosh how long is he?

Speaker 1 (16:17):
And I feel like to be to be honest with
you though, back then, I mean, if you were somebody
in law enforcement responsible for, you know, capturing an inmate
who had escaped, I mean, think about how much easier
it would be to be hidden back then.

Speaker 2 (16:33):
Well, and how personal do you think it gets with
people that are looking for them?

Speaker 1 (16:36):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (16:36):
Yeah, you know if you're a law enforcement officer and
you're just looking for someone and you've been looking at
how deep down personal does that get? That you're going
to make it your life's mission to find this person.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
True crime is one of the most popular genres. In fact,
it is the most popular genre out there right now
when it comes to just content, podcast that kind of stuff.
And I'm somebody that consumes it. But there's nothing that
just interests me more than people who escape from jailor prison,
because it's just you know, sometimes they have brilliant plans.
Sometimes they you know, by the way, on the investigation Discovery,

(17:06):
they don't make this show anymore, but it was really,
really really interesting. It was called I Almost Got Away
with It and it and it tracks people who who
got out of jail or just evaded law enforcement for
a really really long time. And get what really gets me,
you know, the hook that keeps me watching that show
is to see what led to like what little thing

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or maybe what big thing led to them slipping up
and getting caught. Sometimes they just literally keep committing crimes
and that gets them. But sometimes it's something really minor.
And yeah, I mean again, I think if you're wanted
by police, you escape jail, you should be captured. But
some of these people, just like folks in prison that
don't escape, some of the things that get them there
is really it's it's impressive as far as what they

(17:49):
are able to do. They just they use their brilliance
or maybe their expertise illegally and commit crimes.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
Absolutely absolutely Wow, that's got me thinking now.

Speaker 1 (17:57):
So yeah, I almost got away with it. Check it's
on Investigation Discovery. There's a lot of seasons of it,
and it's really fascinating. But again, this day and age,
I feel like it'd be harder to do. But this
guy was able to be on the run for one
hundred and forty five days. All right, quick break, We've
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We are fueled by Thornton's So Tuesday, what a day
we had with just crazy rainfall, flooding and a road
that collapsed. Now, yesterday was beautiful, and I think the
rest of this week's going to beautiful. But Tuesday, that
flash flood was some to see, and of course it
was a real nightmare for folks that depend on plant
side drive being intact because it was completely, I mean

(18:43):
just a complete collapse of that road. And again, I
think the visual of seeing it happen in real time.
Really just you could convince me that that was AI
generated because by the way, it's scary how real some
of this AI generated content that you see on the
internet has become. It just looks so realistic. But the
city of Jaytown has declared an emergency after that section
of plant Side Drive collapsed on Tuesday. And again it

(19:05):
was a flash flood, heavy rainfall, and really just in
a quick amount of time. And that that's so when
I think of flash flood moving forward, at least for
the time being, I'm going to think of yesterday or Tuesday,
I should say, just because it had been raining all day,
but for what seemed to be a couple hours, maybe
three hours. It was heavy and it it caused a

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lot of issues. But that area plant Side Drive, they've
seen it all in the last year. I mean, they
had tornadoes in years past, and of course yes on
Tuesday there was just a complete collapse of the road.
So it started as a small buckle in the pavement.
It was around three point thirty. It quickly turned into
a full blown collapse of that road, and they declared

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an emergency right away. And now they're coordinating whatever that
long term fix is going to be. So despite all
that damage, all businesses along Plants Side remain open and
acceptable and accept and uh, there are some minor detours.
I haven't heard a whole lot about any real headaches
as far as just the rerouting that you're having to do.
Doesn't mean it's not happening. It's just I haven't seen

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any real issues and we haven't had any reports of
crazy delays as far as the morning commute, either yesterday
or today. But I'm sure it has been somewhat of
a headache for a lot of people. But yeah, right
now it looks as if the uh, the the rerouting
is going pretty smoothly. Again, I'm sure others it's added
time to their commute and that's never that's never fun.

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But yeah, not something you see very often. But again,
Jaytown now declaring it an emergency, and whatever their long
term plans are to get it fixed, hopefully hopefully they
get they get rolling, because again I don't know where
you'd rank it as far as known roads in Louisville,
but I feel like, even if you're not somebody that
is often in Jaytown, you know what Plan Side Drive
is it's a pretty busy road here, all right. Let's

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get to an update of traffic and weather. We'll see
how the forecast is looking the rest of the day.
Matt Melosa, bitch of WLK, while Bobby Ellis would tell
us how the roadways are looking so stick of round
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