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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy Monday, Kentucky, and and welcome in for those just
now joining us. If you've been with us, thanks for
hanging out. It's Kentucky and it's morning news, coffee and
company with you here on News Radio eight forty. Whas
a busy, busy weekend and we've had a lot to
react to from that. That's what we've been doing and
that's what we will continue to do for the next
hour or so before we hand it off to the
(00:20):
fellas Tony and Dwight. So this story broke on Friday,
and I've been I've been very interested in getting the
latest details on it. And that is of one of
the recent illegal immigrants that was snatched up by Ice.
Because this specific individual is not necessarily I guess the
(00:41):
type of person you would assume is here legally. Maybe
I'm wrong to make that assumption, but and Iowa superintendent,
in fact, it is the superintendent of the largest school
district in Iowa, was arrested by Ice on Friday. And
this individual is a former Olympian athlete, Ian Roberts. He's
(01:03):
somebody that came to this country many years ago as
a student athlete, and he has he's been here illegally,
I guess, since his visa ran out many many years ago.
But despite that, he's been able to have some pretty
prestigious positions within different school districts across the country. So
(01:24):
he represented Ghana in the twenty or two thousand Olympics,
and he's been That's the thing. This guy's been a
notable person. I mean again, I think if you're somebody
that's in if you're the superintendent of a school district,
even in the school district's not the largest in your state,
that is a prominent position to where a lot of
folks are going to know who you are. So this
guy wasn't I mean, he wasn't living completely under the radar,
(01:48):
but in fact he absolutely was, I guess, championed if
you will, by his community. In twenty twenty four, he
raced elementary students in a full suit in sneakers and
that of course got a lot of attention, not just
locally but nationally. But he has been here illegally for
a long time. So he was found on Friday with
a handgun, cash and a knife when Ice conducted a
(02:12):
targeted enforcement operation, and he had previously pled guilty to
a firearm offence that was in Pennsylvania in twenty twenty two.
So the Des Moines School Board, they claimed they were
aware of his I guess weapons charge, his firearm offense,
and he provided context in the situation that made them
(02:32):
uneasy about that made them I guess comfortable, not uneasy
about still hiring him. Now they insist they were unaware
of his immigration status when they hired him. There's an
interim superintendent that has stepped in there, but he's had
a lot of folks protesting and his support caring signs
that read education not deportation. There's others that claim he
(02:56):
was a very integral part of the school community despite
him not being here legally. So he ended up in
America on a student visa in nineteen ninety nine, and
he earned degrees from Compon State, Saint John's and Georgetown,
worked in schools in New York, California before arriving.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
In Des Moines.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
And this is just one of those things where I'm
sure a lot of folks wonder, how could he end
up having such a seemingly successful career in education, and
yet he was never here legally and nobody seemed to
know it. And also I mean he had I mean,
(03:33):
he was wanted because of his status. I mean, there
were red flags that just somehow either were ignored or
nobody noticed them. So immigration attorneys. There's an immigration attorney
who provided comments on this whole story, I believe it
was to NBC. They note that he likely lied on
(03:54):
his I nine form by falsely claiming US citizenship. And
those are the kind of things that I guess if
you just I mean, you would assume there'd be some
some specific process that would determine whatever you fill out
on these documents that it's legit. But he also apparently
there's some there's some concern that maybe he had a
(04:15):
Social Security card that was tied to New York that
was not legitimate. I mean, clearly he had a way
of going of doing this without I mean, I'd say
he had a way of doing it without appearing on
the radar. There were times where he was on the radar,
but yet it never, you know, never, nothing was ever done.
So the kicker here is to his deportation order didn't
come from the Trump White House. It was issued in
(04:37):
May of twenty twenty four under the Biden administration. So
I mean, that's that's a Democrat led government saying he
should not be here legally in our country, So that
that is important to note. I think for those that
are assuming, and again, people are people right now can
can believe whatever they want to believe and find anything
on the Internet to confirm that they've got it right
(04:59):
and everybody else has wrong. So for those that thought
maybe that's just another example of I don't know, the
current administration just trying to you know, be I'm not
even gonna go down that path because when it comes
to the real force to get anybody and everybody out
of this country that's not here legally, you have to
(05:21):
have some level of a barometer, right like if if
you're only doing it for people who he's my friend,
I like him, We'll keep you. Rule's not a rule
if it's not enforced in some way. And I think
if people viewed it that way at times, you may
feel inhumane because you would you know, you wouldn't be
thinking about those that could potentially have their lives ruined
(05:42):
because you know their parents came here illegally and and
you know it's not their fault. I mean, trust me,
this is far from a super simple situation to where
because I think right now you can find stories if
you're somebody that just assumes, well, yeah, it doesn't matter, No,
there's no circumstances do not matter if you are here illegally,
get the he And I'm sure there are some people
(06:02):
that see it that way. But also, like I know
that if you did every situation and you had every
detail about every single person that may end up getting deported,
which that would be impossible to do, you'll find certain
scenarios that may make you waiver a little bit as
far as just your feelings about it and the sympathy
you may have with the lack of sympathy for others.
Everybody's situation is different, but at the end of the day,
(06:24):
there has to be some actual enforcement of it or
it gets completely taken advantage of. And I mean a
rule isn't a rule unless it's enforced. Right, And this guy,
I'm sure he did make an impression on a lot
of people, but at the end of the day, he
was not here legally. And even the previous administration, they're
the ones who actually said, oh this, we need to
(06:45):
find this guy, which he wasn't hiding. He was in
a very public position. And yet somehow, I just he
slipped through the cracks until he didn't. All right, quick break,
triving weather updates on the way right here on. There's
ready to wait forty whas. We'll get another update on
traffic and weather coming up in just a couple of minutes.
Also another sports update, and at eight thirty five we'll
(07:06):
talk to Rory O'Neil of NBC News. We'll get his
thoughts on and I guess he can just give us
the latest as far as both these shootings that took
place over the weekend. Of course, mass shootings, and I
wish that was a rare occurrence, but unfortunately it's not.
But we'll talk to Rory about that as well as
the seasonal job market not being what it once was.
So he'll join us around eight thirty five real quickly, though.
(07:28):
This is something I found to be interesting. PTO that
is paid time off. Obviously, I'm sure a lot of you,
if you've worked someplace a long time, you got a
lot of PTO and you try to use it wisely.
But there's apparently a new research study here that shows
that a lot of people have shifted to using their
PTO time to not go on a vacation. Many people
(07:49):
are using PTO just to sleep, which I get it.
Sleeps important, and if you've got the time to burn
and you don't have a whole lot to do, you
want to use it. Instead of use it, you lose it,
of course, and then if you don't have a lot
going on, maybe you just catch up on sleep re
energize yourself. But yeah, new researchers show how exhausted Americans
really are. Instead of PTO being used for trips and
(08:11):
other things, they're taking days off just to sleep. So
they survey twelve hundred US adults and found that thirty
seven percent have used PTO in the past year just
to rest and sleep, but not travel. Millennials lead the
way forty three admit to doing it, followed by gen
Z at thirty four percent. I'm sorry, gen X at
thirty four percent, and gen Z at thirty three percent,
and only twenty percent of boomers. I mean, doesn't that
(08:34):
tell you that the boomers were built a little different.
They don't need time off to sleep, which look, sleep
is and I've really learned it with this shift here
to this time schedule, I can think that sleep's not
really that important. I'll be all right, but it's inevitable.
If I don't get enough sleep, I'm going to pay
for it one way.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Or the other. That's just how it is. But Yes,
says high.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Earners, or twenty six percent more likely than those making
under one hundred K to use PTO for sleep. On average,
people burn two to three days of PTO just to
catch up on sleep, which I if I don't have
anything fun plan to do, I have a hard time
like taking days off. Don't I sound like such a
(09:18):
company man right now, John, Like, I mean, they can't
keep me out of here.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I just I work too hard. I just don't want
to leave.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
No, in all seriousness, if I use a day off
of work, a PTO day, whatever it may be, and
I don't have anything to do and I just sit around,
it's the worst. Like I won't enjoy it. Not that
I don't like taking time off and you know, relaxing
and not having to do something, but knowing that I'm
using a day.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
For that, it just you just want to be able
to maximize the extra time off. Yeah, of course, And
if you're not using it that way, I can see
where that would be a little bothersome.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Yeah, I can't imagine saying, hey, let me go burn
a couple of days, so I can, you know, lay around.
I mean, I get maybe it's needed for some people
that really are just are burning it up too much,
but not me. All right, let's get to it quick
time out. We've got tracking weather updates on the way.
Also another sports update coming up for you right here
on news Radio eight forty whas we are putting the
(10:08):
finishing touches on a Monday edition of Coffee and Company, Kentucky.
In this morning news here on news Radio eight forty
whas getting the week started. Hopefully you had yourselves a
good weekend, Tony natties with us, Tony, letna put you
on the spot. Yes, if Bad Bunny walked in here,
would you know who Bad Bunny was?
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Not a chance? Okay, I think it's a silly name.
He might be a great artist. I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
He's clearly successful enough to where he's he's going to
be performing at halftime of the Super Bowl. But I
felt like last year Kendrick Lamar was I guess at
the bottom of the that would well well, not only
I mean I wasn't a big fan of and I'm
really just not a big fan of his music. But
it's not like I'm against any type of hip hop
(10:50):
music and whatnot. It's just I felt like that was
the first time the super Bowl really made it quite
clear that they didn't care about reaching a broad demo.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
They wanted to more so reach a young demo.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
I think with Bad Bunny, I don't know what demother
aim and for. Clearly he's really popular, but again I
think it has to.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Be latinos to an extent though, right.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
But oh yeah, let's put it this way.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Kendrick Lamar not everybody, but like I couldn't name many
of his songs, but if he walked in here, I
would know who he was, or at least I would
know I recognize him from something. I think Bad Bunny
is going to be the first halftime performing in the
super Bowl to where a good chunk of the audience
will be familiar with the name and maybe they've heard
a song. But like, I can just see it now
be a super Bowl party. Who's that that's the super
(11:33):
Bowl have to performer. I had never heard of him,
never seen him.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I would wager that more people will recognize him from
the Corona commercial he did with Snoop Dogg, then they
will recognize his music.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
But you may have just proved my point. I think
I've seen that commercial. I didn't.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I thought it was just an actor. I don't think so,
I have no idea what you're talking about. It was
Snoop Dogg, Bad Bunny and the guy from Saturday Night Line. So,
you know, marketing people, they do one thing and then
they have to do the opposite the next year. So
two years ago they did the reunion of Dre and
Eminem and all them and and the joke was parent
(12:06):
you know, gen x is telling their kids who these
guys are. And we all loved it, right, we loved it.
It was great, and they was an usher the year
after they did. So the next year they got to
go with okay, those were the old rappers, let's go
with the new one. And then they they drew it
down the line of oh great, old people are saying
they can't understand what the guy's saying. Who can say
(12:26):
understand what the guy is saying? You have to you
have to be a linguistic, linguistic lynn word, Yes, what
are you expert? To figure out what the hell he
was saying?
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Which Super Bowl halftime performer. Do you feel like got
the most general Maybe not approval in a big way,
but like I feel like there were there were fewer
complaints than when Prince was the halftime performer than anybody
else I could think of.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Well, you have to pick, you have to pick the
greatest halftime performance of all time. That's Prince. I mean
it was in the driving rain and he calls the
guy and says, can you make it rain harder?
Speaker 2 (13:03):
And he's just I mean, he's just an artists. He's
a vibe in high heels.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
So no, you can't go wrong with a Katy Perry
or a Taylor Swift or Mars was amazing like Brule
Mahrs had and he's got a dozen hits everyone knows.
And he just went one song after another and jumped
off stage and went into the crowd and was singing
all that. And you can't go wrong with those pop artists.
I'm not sure why you go so niche.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Well, especially since everybody was crying.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
They wanted is bad Bunny Niche?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I think so.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
But again I feel I feel him being named the
performer of the halftime of the Super Bowl makes me
feel like I have no business talking about anything regarding
it because I would have never guessed it to be him,
because I would never think he would have enough interest
popularity at all.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
But again, what do I know?
Speaker 3 (13:49):
The one interesting stat I know about Bad Bunny. I
don't know if it was last year or the year before,
but he was the top streamed artist on Spotif it
means nothing.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
That means nothing. That means nothing. So I'm sorry, John,
I'm not saying any I mean.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
You would know more than I would. I'm glad you're
saying that.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
You turn your microphone off and Mandy for permission next
time I want to talk. That's why it's called No,
that's why it's called a talk show. People say, kidd, look,
but they they right. But that to me that means nothing.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
That's the Internet numbers and all that mean nothing when
it comes to the halftime of the super Bowl, Why
not a country artist that's super popular? So I don't
understand that.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
The who was there pushback when the who was on
in twenty show dude. Yeah. But since then, though, I mean,
there hasn't been an I mean Coldplay did it in
twenty sixteen.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I don't really remember.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
As you know, we're talking Lady Gaga. Justin Timberlake Maroon five,
he got great Shakira and Jennifer Lopez that one. Well,
The Weekend and then yeah, you had Real Weekend.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
It was the weird COVID one where he ran around
and had the screen in front of his face the
entire time.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yes, the Weekend's a good example to use here as
far as comparison, because The Weekend is somebody that I
feel like at the time he was doing the halftime show,
although probably catering to a younger demo, he had a
lot of I feel like current.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Radio hits that a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Even if he didn't want to be familiar with those songs,
you probably were to an extent. Maybe Bad Bunny is
that now, but I just don't know because I don't
know what he sings, or people just don't consume music
in any way like they like.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
You can listen to whatever you want now. So as
far as.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Radio rotation completely dictating popularity of music, it still has
a big factor in it, but nothing like it used
to and to me, but Bad Bunny seems like the
guy that, yeah, I'm not looking for his music, So
maybe that's why I don't know him, but clearly he's
interesting enough to where he gets this.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
I think it's a big gig. This also comes and
I know we're got to wrap up. I think this
also comes with the the ego of the NFL that
they can really do anything and it won't matter.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, right, they're probably going to watch anyway.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
And the other thing is they don't pay the artist,
and they they make the artists pay for the production costs. Right, yeah,
the value of this halftime show and all you're getting
will be worth whatever production cost and your free gig.
And they're not wrong.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
No, And it was apparently a pitch to get Usher back,
you know, a good a good an investment to get
Usher back popular again, and I don't think it worked
out because he's I mean, people remember Usher from his prime,
but he was somebody that.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
Don't get one of these cheap country guys that are
really good that need a guitar, acoustic guitar and some life.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
You can you can do that and then mix in
like Americana band stuff and do it big kind of like,
you know, make.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
It a collaboration. What we're doing right now, we may
be honest something here.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
We're out of town, Tony Dwider, coming your way next
right here on New's Radio eight forty WHA s
Happy Monday, Kentucky, and and welcome in for those just
now joining us. If you've been with us, thanks for
hanging out. It's Kentucky and it's morning news, coffee and
company with you here on News Radio eight forty. Whas
a busy, busy weekend and we've had a lot to
react to from that. That's what we've been doing and
that's what we will continue to do for the next
hour or so before we hand it off to the
(00:20):
fellas Tony and Dwight. So this story broke on Friday,
and I've been I've been very interested in getting the
latest details on it. And that is of one of
the recent illegal immigrants that was snatched up by Ice.
Because this specific individual is not necessarily I guess the
(00:41):
type of person you would assume is here legally. Maybe
I'm wrong to make that assumption, but and Iowa superintendent,
in fact, it is the superintendent of the largest school
district in Iowa, was arrested by Ice on Friday. And
this individual is a former Olympian athlete, Ian Roberts. He's
(01:03):
somebody that came to this country many years ago as
a student athlete, and he has he's been here illegally,
I guess, since his visa ran out many many years ago.
But despite that, he's been able to have some pretty
prestigious positions within different school districts across the country. So
(01:24):
he represented Ghana in the twenty or two thousand Olympics,
and he's been That's the thing. This guy's been a
notable person. I mean again, I think if you're somebody
that's in if you're the superintendent of a school district,
even in the school district's not the largest in your state,
that is a prominent position to where a lot of
folks are going to know who you are. So this
guy wasn't I mean, he wasn't living completely under the radar,
(01:48):
but in fact he absolutely was, I guess, championed if
you will, by his community. In twenty twenty four, he
raced elementary students in a full suit in sneakers and
that of course got a lot of attention, not just
locally but nationally. But he has been here illegally for
a long time. So he was found on Friday with
a handgun, cash and a knife when Ice conducted a
(02:12):
targeted enforcement operation, and he had previously pled guilty to
a firearm offence that was in Pennsylvania in twenty twenty two.
So the Des Moines School Board, they claimed they were
aware of his I guess weapons charge, his firearm offense,
and he provided context in the situation that made them
(02:32):
uneasy about that made them I guess comfortable, not uneasy
about still hiring him. Now they insist they were unaware
of his immigration status when they hired him. There's an
interim superintendent that has stepped in there, but he's had
a lot of folks protesting and his support caring signs
that read education not deportation. There's others that claim he
(02:56):
was a very integral part of the school community despite
him not being here legally. So he ended up in
America on a student visa in nineteen ninety nine, and
he earned degrees from Compon State, Saint John's and Georgetown,
worked in schools in New York, California before arriving.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
In Des Moines.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
And this is just one of those things where I'm
sure a lot of folks wonder, how could he end
up having such a seemingly successful career in education, and
yet he was never here legally and nobody seemed to
know it. And also I mean he had I mean,
(03:33):
he was wanted because of his status. I mean, there
were red flags that just somehow either were ignored or
nobody noticed them. So immigration attorneys. There's an immigration attorney
who provided comments on this whole story, I believe it
was to NBC. They note that he likely lied on
(03:54):
his I nine form by falsely claiming US citizenship. And
those are the kind of things that I guess if
you just I mean, you would assume there'd be some
some specific process that would determine whatever you fill out
on these documents that it's legit. But he also apparently
there's some there's some concern that maybe he had a
(04:15):
Social Security card that was tied to New York that
was not legitimate. I mean, clearly he had a way
of going of doing this without I mean, I'd say
he had a way of doing it without appearing on
the radar. There were times where he was on the radar,
but yet it never, you know, never, nothing was ever done.
So the kicker here is to his deportation order didn't
come from the Trump White House. It was issued in
(04:37):
May of twenty twenty four under the Biden administration. So
I mean, that's that's a Democrat led government saying he
should not be here legally in our country, So that
that is important to note. I think for those that
are assuming, and again, people are people right now can
can believe whatever they want to believe and find anything
on the Internet to confirm that they've got it right
(04:59):
and everybody else has wrong. So for those that thought
maybe that's just another example of I don't know, the
current administration just trying to you know, be I'm not
even gonna go down that path because when it comes
to the real force to get anybody and everybody out
of this country that's not here legally, you have to
(05:21):
have some level of a barometer, right like if if
you're only doing it for people who he's my friend,
I like him, We'll keep you. Rule's not a rule
if it's not enforced in some way. And I think
if people viewed it that way at times, you may
feel inhumane because you would you know, you wouldn't be
thinking about those that could potentially have their lives ruined
(05:42):
because you know their parents came here illegally and and
you know it's not their fault. I mean, trust me,
this is far from a super simple situation to where
because I think right now you can find stories if
you're somebody that just assumes, well, yeah, it doesn't matter, No,
there's no circumstances do not matter if you are here illegally,
get the he And I'm sure there are some people
(06:02):
that see it that way. But also, like I know
that if you did every situation and you had every
detail about every single person that may end up getting deported,
which that would be impossible to do, you'll find certain
scenarios that may make you waiver a little bit as
far as just your feelings about it and the sympathy
you may have with the lack of sympathy for others.
Everybody's situation is different, but at the end of the day,
(06:24):
there has to be some actual enforcement of it or
it gets completely taken advantage of. And I mean a
rule isn't a rule unless it's enforced. Right, And this guy,
I'm sure he did make an impression on a lot
of people, but at the end of the day, he
was not here legally. And even the previous administration, they're
the ones who actually said, oh this, we need to
(06:45):
find this guy, which he wasn't hiding. He was in
a very public position. And yet somehow, I just he
slipped through the cracks until he didn't. All right, quick break,
triving weather updates on the way right here on. There's
ready to wait forty whas. We'll get another update on
traffic and weather coming up in just a couple of minutes.
Also another sports update, and at eight thirty five we'll
(07:06):
talk to Rory O'Neil of NBC News. We'll get his
thoughts on and I guess he can just give us
the latest as far as both these shootings that took
place over the weekend. Of course, mass shootings, and I
wish that was a rare occurrence, but unfortunately it's not.
But we'll talk to Rory about that as well as
the seasonal job market not being what it once was.
So he'll join us around eight thirty five real quickly, though.
(07:28):
This is something I found to be interesting. PTO that
is paid time off. Obviously, I'm sure a lot of you,
if you've worked someplace a long time, you got a
lot of PTO and you try to use it wisely.
But there's apparently a new research study here that shows
that a lot of people have shifted to using their
PTO time to not go on a vacation. Many people
(07:49):
are using PTO just to sleep, which I get it.
Sleeps important, and if you've got the time to burn
and you don't have a whole lot to do, you
want to use it. Instead of use it, you lose it,
of course, and then if you don't have a lot
going on, maybe you just catch up on sleep re
energize yourself. But yeah, new researchers show how exhausted Americans
really are. Instead of PTO being used for trips and
(08:11):
other things, they're taking days off just to sleep. So
they survey twelve hundred US adults and found that thirty
seven percent have used PTO in the past year just
to rest and sleep, but not travel. Millennials lead the
way forty three admit to doing it, followed by gen
Z at thirty four percent. I'm sorry, gen X at
thirty four percent, and gen Z at thirty three percent,
and only twenty percent of boomers. I mean, doesn't that
(08:34):
tell you that the boomers were built a little different.
They don't need time off to sleep, which look, sleep
is and I've really learned it with this shift here
to this time schedule, I can think that sleep's not
really that important. I'll be all right, but it's inevitable.
If I don't get enough sleep, I'm going to pay
for it one way.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Or the other. That's just how it is. But Yes,
says high.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Earners, or twenty six percent more likely than those making
under one hundred K to use PTO for sleep. On average,
people burn two to three days of PTO just to
catch up on sleep, which I if I don't have
anything fun plan to do, I have a hard time
like taking days off. Don't I sound like such a
(09:18):
company man right now, John, Like, I mean, they can't
keep me out of here.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I just I work too hard. I just don't want
to leave.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
No, in all seriousness, if I use a day off
of work, a PTO day, whatever it may be, and
I don't have anything to do and I just sit around,
it's the worst. Like I won't enjoy it. Not that
I don't like taking time off and you know, relaxing
and not having to do something, but knowing that I'm
using a day.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
For that, it just you just want to be able
to maximize the extra time off. Yeah, of course, And
if you're not using it that way, I can see
where that would be a little bothersome.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Yeah, I can't imagine saying, hey, let me go burn
a couple of days, so I can, you know, lay around.
I mean, I get maybe it's needed for some people
that really are just are burning it up too much,
but not me. All right, let's get to it quick
time out. We've got tracking weather updates on the way.
Also another sports update coming up for you right here
on news Radio eight forty whas we are putting the
(10:08):
finishing touches on a Monday edition of Coffee and Company, Kentucky.
In this morning news here on news Radio eight forty
whas getting the week started. Hopefully you had yourselves a
good weekend, Tony natties with us, Tony, letna put you
on the spot. Yes, if Bad Bunny walked in here,
would you know who Bad Bunny was?
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Not a chance? Okay, I think it's a silly name.
He might be a great artist. I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
He's clearly successful enough to where he's he's going to
be performing at halftime of the Super Bowl. But I
felt like last year Kendrick Lamar was I guess at
the bottom of the that would well well, not only
I mean I wasn't a big fan of and I'm
really just not a big fan of his music. But
it's not like I'm against any type of hip hop
(10:50):
music and whatnot. It's just I felt like that was
the first time the super Bowl really made it quite
clear that they didn't care about reaching a broad demo.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
They wanted to more so reach a young demo.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
I think with Bad Bunny, I don't know what demother
aim and for. Clearly he's really popular, but again I
think it has to.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Be latinos to an extent though, right.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
But oh yeah, let's put it this way.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Kendrick Lamar not everybody, but like I couldn't name many
of his songs, but if he walked in here, I
would know who he was, or at least I would
know I recognize him from something. I think Bad Bunny
is going to be the first halftime performing in the
super Bowl to where a good chunk of the audience
will be familiar with the name and maybe they've heard
a song. But like, I can just see it now
be a super Bowl party. Who's that that's the super
(11:33):
Bowl have to performer. I had never heard of him,
never seen him.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I would wager that more people will recognize him from
the Corona commercial he did with Snoop Dogg, then they
will recognize his music.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
But you may have just proved my point. I think
I've seen that commercial. I didn't.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
I thought it was just an actor. I don't think so,
I have no idea what you're talking about. It was
Snoop Dogg, Bad Bunny and the guy from Saturday Night Line. So,
you know, marketing people, they do one thing and then
they have to do the opposite the next year. So
two years ago they did the reunion of Dre and
Eminem and all them and and the joke was parent
(12:06):
you know, gen x is telling their kids who these
guys are. And we all loved it, right, we loved it.
It was great, and they was an usher the year
after they did. So the next year they got to
go with okay, those were the old rappers, let's go
with the new one. And then they they drew it
down the line of oh great, old people are saying
they can't understand what the guy's saying. Who can say
(12:26):
understand what the guy is saying? You have to you
have to be a linguistic, linguistic lynn word, Yes, what
are you expert? To figure out what the hell he
was saying?
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Which Super Bowl halftime performer. Do you feel like got
the most general Maybe not approval in a big way,
but like I feel like there were there were fewer
complaints than when Prince was the halftime performer than anybody
else I could think of.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Well, you have to pick, you have to pick the
greatest halftime performance of all time. That's Prince. I mean
it was in the driving rain and he calls the
guy and says, can you make it rain harder?
Speaker 2 (13:03):
And he's just I mean, he's just an artists. He's
a vibe in high heels.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
So no, you can't go wrong with a Katy Perry
or a Taylor Swift or Mars was amazing like Brule
Mahrs had and he's got a dozen hits everyone knows.
And he just went one song after another and jumped
off stage and went into the crowd and was singing
all that. And you can't go wrong with those pop artists.
I'm not sure why you go so niche.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Well, especially since everybody was crying.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
They wanted is bad Bunny Niche?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I think so.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
But again I feel I feel him being named the
performer of the halftime of the Super Bowl makes me
feel like I have no business talking about anything regarding
it because I would have never guessed it to be him,
because I would never think he would have enough interest
popularity at all.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
But again, what do I know?
Speaker 3 (13:49):
The one interesting stat I know about Bad Bunny. I
don't know if it was last year or the year before,
but he was the top streamed artist on Spotif it
means nothing.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
That means nothing. That means nothing. So I'm sorry, John,
I'm not saying any I mean.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
You would know more than I would. I'm glad you're
saying that.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
You turn your microphone off and Mandy for permission next
time I want to talk. That's why it's called No,
that's why it's called a talk show. People say, kidd, look,
but they they right. But that to me that means nothing.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
That's the Internet numbers and all that mean nothing when
it comes to the halftime of the super Bowl, Why
not a country artist that's super popular? So I don't
understand that.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
The who was there pushback when the who was on
in twenty show dude. Yeah. But since then, though, I mean,
there hasn't been an I mean Coldplay did it in
twenty sixteen.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I don't really remember.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
As you know, we're talking Lady Gaga. Justin Timberlake Maroon five,
he got great Shakira and Jennifer Lopez that one. Well,
The Weekend and then yeah, you had Real Weekend.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
It was the weird COVID one where he ran around
and had the screen in front of his face the
entire time.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yes, the Weekend's a good example to use here as
far as comparison, because The Weekend is somebody that I
feel like at the time he was doing the halftime show,
although probably catering to a younger demo, he had a
lot of I feel like current.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Radio hits that a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Even if he didn't want to be familiar with those songs,
you probably were to an extent. Maybe Bad Bunny is
that now, but I just don't know because I don't
know what he sings, or people just don't consume music
in any way like they like.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
You can listen to whatever you want now. So as
far as.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Radio rotation completely dictating popularity of music, it still has
a big factor in it, but nothing like it used
to and to me, but Bad Bunny seems like the
guy that, yeah, I'm not looking for his music, So
maybe that's why I don't know him, but clearly he's
interesting enough to where he gets this.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
I think it's a big gig. This also comes and
I know we're got to wrap up. I think this
also comes with the the ego of the NFL that
they can really do anything and it won't matter.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, right, they're probably going to watch anyway.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
And the other thing is they don't pay the artist,
and they they make the artists pay for the production costs. Right, yeah,
the value of this halftime show and all you're getting
will be worth whatever production cost and your free gig.
And they're not wrong.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
No, And it was apparently a pitch to get Usher back,
you know, a good a good an investment to get
Usher back popular again, and I don't think it worked
out because he's I mean, people remember Usher from his prime,
but he was somebody that.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
Don't get one of these cheap country guys that are
really good that need a guitar, acoustic guitar and some life.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
You can you can do that and then mix in
like Americana band stuff and do it big kind of like,
you know, make.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
It a collaboration. What we're doing right now, we may
be honest something here.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
We're out of town, Tony Dwider, coming your way next
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