All Episodes

October 29, 2025 12 mins

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark as Played
Transcript

Episode Transcript

Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Mojo in the Morning Show, here's good news.
Detroit is no longer the rattiest city in the world.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
What do we mean by that? How are we the first?

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Well, I know that we were first for bed bugs.
That was like one of the big ones as far
as rattiest is concerned. It's not even New York. Isn't
that kind of crazy?

Speaker 3 (00:25):
I don't know if I ever told you guys this. Yeah,
do you know that I love rats? You do know
that I am a part of the Ferndale Rat Patrol
only because I like to attend the meetings and learn
about the right.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Wait, what is the Ferndale rat Patrol?

Speaker 3 (00:41):
An rob It's a rat patrol that meets in Ferndale
because rats are very prominent in Ferndale and they they
get together and talk about rat of the rat problem.
But I go there and I learn all about these rats,
like the trails that they make and how to identify
where they're living in your.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yes, what do you do as a patroller? Though? You
canvass the area or no. And they post pictures.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
I'll show you the group, but they post pictures of
how they're eradicating the issue in rat ratitation in good ways,
like trying not to use poison. Sorry, I just had
to tell you guys, don't no offense, and this is
plays no offense.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
But I don't care what way you get rid of
a rat.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Could you could poison it with some kind of killings,
you know, poison, or you can shoot.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
The goddamn just get rid of a rat. I don't.
I don't think we need rats. The world does not
need rats.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
So here's the list, according to Orkin of their fiftiest
radiest cities, and let's see if they're on that list.
Of Ferndale is on that list, coming at number one
this year, beating out Chicago in their ragin that Chicago
has had for many years. I remember one time, this
is no joke. I one time walked out, so you

(01:57):
were have you ever heard of lower Whacker drive? Yeah,
so Whacker drive is there's two. There's two different versions
of Whacker drive, Upper Whacker, lower Whacker. Literally it's down
in the tunnels, so to speak. I remember one time
going visiting and went to that Billy Goats tavern that
was there, and outside of Billy Goats tavern there was

(02:20):
a rat the size of keV No. I swear to
you there was Literally it was the biggest rat I've
ever seen in my life. Let me see so so,
Los Angeles is the radiest city. Los Angeles is number one,
Chicago is number two New York City, which I would
think that would.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
Be oddo Oh, I see rats in Central Park all
the time when I go.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Number four is San Francisco. Number five is Hartford, Connecticut.
Number six Washington, DC. Number seven is Detroit, number eight, Philadelphia,
number nine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, number ten, Denver, Colorado. And then
the list goes on Miami, me Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Norfolk, Greenville,

(03:04):
South Carolina, Portland, Oregon, Raleigh, North Carolina, and the Orlando Louisville.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
I don't think we care past that, do we? Or no?

Speaker 5 (03:14):
Do we go?

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Okay, where was Chicago? Because yeah?

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Number Actually I read the wrong list. I read the wrong. No,
I read the wrong I went down. I jumped from
from number ten all the way to number twenty six. Actually,
there's other cities that are on here that we missed.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Grand Rapids, Michigan is actually number twenty five on the list.

Speaker 6 (03:35):
Grand Rapids is just so clean to me.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Grand Rapids, don't you know what? Don't take that as
the mystique of Grand Rapids being clean. They're a rat city.
That's twenty five. Flint, Michigan is number forty one in
our listening area here.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
You'd be surprised. I see the rats in Detroit in
some of the cleanest areas.

Speaker 7 (04:00):
Tell me that I absolutely hate mice and rats. Where
do you know where do you see the rats.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
In the So recently I've been seeing them right by
park in campus marshes. They have all of these like
faulled the core or they did they just took it down.
They had fall the core up, and I always see
them running in and out of the Hey, yeah, they like.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
Why is it that if I was a rat, I
would live in the Hudson's Building. You know why I
would because it's nice and fancy. I would want to
live with the rich people. Guess what rich people have?
Rich people. By the way, a listener said, sent in
a text, you mentioned ratitude. They like the way you
say ratituey rat tat rat tattoo. If I was going

(04:42):
to be a rat, I'm not going to the obvious.
I ain't hanging out down river. I'm going to the
rich Birmingham Gross Point I'm going out to that. I'm
hanging out with a with the rich folk. You know
what I mean.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Food.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, that's where they got sort of food. They got
too much food there. They eat and throw it away.
What's up, Holly, Hi?

Speaker 5 (05:09):
I was just wanting to chime in good morning to
you all.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Good morning.

Speaker 5 (05:13):
I see rat. So we have a group of people
that walk and it's in Commerce off Haggarty by the
Dunes trail and there are so many rats.

Speaker 8 (05:27):
And I didn't know they could swim.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Oh my god. Do you know what? Can I tell
you something about that?

Speaker 1 (05:34):
The uh, that little walk walkway is a walkway where
you could pretty much walk if you wanted to, I
think from Pontiac all the way to like Brighton if
you wanted to along that trail system.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Some people told me, some people told me that they
have been.

Speaker 1 (05:48):
On that area before and have seen big monster size
rats on that.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
Area and they swim. Are they that they're not possum?
Those aren't like possum.

Speaker 5 (06:03):
Because I I currently moving to Clarkson, but I live
in Southfield and I feed my little possum family.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
If you're the problem, you're the problem.

Speaker 5 (06:19):
I no, No, I mean, like at night I'll put
out a little something for but there they keep the
rat population down. Possums will eat.

Speaker 2 (06:27):
Oh they do interesting everything.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
I will tell you this that if I was a rat,
I don't know if I could live in Clarkson.

Speaker 2 (06:34):
That's too far. That's too far and drive for me
to get downtown every day.

Speaker 5 (06:38):
Today today I'm closing on a Clarkston home.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
That's beautiful. It's a great community.

Speaker 5 (06:45):
Thank you, thank you. But yeah, there's rats and commerce
so wow, you know, because I'm I'm from West Bloomfield originally,
But yeah, there's a rat. There's dozens and dozens on
that trail.

Speaker 2 (06:58):
It's like crazy, man.

Speaker 4 (07:00):
I haven't seen I actually have not seen one single
rat here in Eastern Market. I'm sure they're here, but
have you I know, well, I haven't seen any around
our building like I did see one. Yes, I don't
even tell me in the parking lot.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
I know at the beginning of spring I saw one
when I was walking from the parking lot.

Speaker 2 (07:18):
Over there.

Speaker 6 (07:19):
We've got sheep running around.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
But no, what's up, Dawson, how you doing?

Speaker 1 (07:25):
What's up?

Speaker 7 (07:25):
Man?

Speaker 8 (07:26):
I've worked downtown and I've never.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
Seen a rat for either.

Speaker 1 (07:30):
So, never seen a rat how how long have you
lived or worked downtown.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
I've worked downtown for about four months now. Okay, no,
no rats running around you. You know what?

Speaker 1 (07:41):
No, you know you need to do the special whistle.
There's a special whistle and go ahead. You remember the
rat club? You know the whistle.

Speaker 2 (07:48):
I don't know the whistle.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
Teach you as likely to see them early in the
morning or late at night if you do want to see.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
Why is the experience?

Speaker 4 (07:57):
Yes?

Speaker 6 (07:58):
Is it true that they eat dog poop?

Speaker 4 (08:00):
Because West told me we got to clean up the
poop in our backyard or else the rats are going
to come eat it.

Speaker 6 (08:04):
Is that true or not?

Speaker 2 (08:06):
That sounds like a way for him to tell you
to hold on.

Speaker 1 (08:11):
Bill wants to say something to Anna. What did you
want to say?

Speaker 9 (08:14):
Hey? Anna? You know the Ferndale rat Club has their
own objective, and now it turns out you're the mole
in the rat club.

Speaker 5 (08:23):
I'll get.

Speaker 2 (08:25):
What's the what's the thing? Are you not supposed to
talk about it when you're in the rat club.

Speaker 9 (08:30):
Well, she's got a different point of view, and then
they're trying to get rid of them, and she's trying
to learn how.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
To to see that.

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh, that's what you're talking about. Okay, yeah, yeah, that
does seem weird, isn't it any These people who love
these rats are the same people that love the deer
running around killing all your flowers.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
Okay.

Speaker 6 (08:47):
I do love the deer though, and I don't like
the rats.

Speaker 2 (08:50):
It's time to get rid of the deer.

Speaker 1 (08:51):
We need to have some deer hunting season stuff going on. Yeah,
it's crazy until they just wake up. One just don't
like mice and rats.

Speaker 2 (09:01):
What's going on? Lena? Hi, Lina, Hi, you guys, Good morning,
Good morning.

Speaker 8 (09:07):
So when you were talking about the list, I was
wondering why New Orleans wasn't on that list. I had
went for my birthday a couple of years ago, and
on Bourbon Street they had the biggest rats, Like these
lasts was eaten good because they were huge. They don't
like possums.

Speaker 1 (09:25):
They're number thirty nine on the list New Orleans. You're right,
You're right though, And you know what, Their rats have
a little bit of rhythm too, Tom, Do you never
know that they're like, hey, Amber, what's going on?

Speaker 2 (09:39):
My girlfriend? They talk?

Speaker 1 (09:41):
They talk in a way that honestly makes you almost
kind of like want to go home with them, right, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 8 (09:47):
And I love deer too. You're not going to deer.

Speaker 6 (09:50):
I love the deer.

Speaker 1 (09:51):
I think the deer are evil animals and it's time
for us to get rid of all of them.

Speaker 2 (09:55):
And the and the wild turkeys. The wild wild turkeys
stare me.

Speaker 8 (10:00):
They can go.

Speaker 2 (10:01):
They're a holes. What's up, Amber High? Hey?

Speaker 8 (10:05):
I used to have rats as pets.

Speaker 1 (10:08):
Of course, I always want you and Anna Rob what Anna?
You couldn't do it?

Speaker 3 (10:13):
No, I couldn't do it as a pet. I just
like to observe from a distance, would you?

Speaker 5 (10:19):
Pet rats are just as smart, if not smarter, than dogs.

Speaker 8 (10:22):
You can train them just like dogs.

Speaker 1 (10:26):
Wait, so what would your pet rat do that was
smarter than anything else?

Speaker 8 (10:31):
Well, I'm dumb.

Speaker 2 (10:33):
Because I never trained my record them. I mean that
was not a very frightening to do. Oh my gosh.
Could you walk your rat with a leisure around?

Speaker 5 (10:45):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Totally.

Speaker 8 (10:45):
You could put like a little harness on it.

Speaker 5 (10:47):
You know, people walk like people have pet ferrets and
do that, which is so weird.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
Where do you live? Where are you?

Speaker 8 (10:57):
I live in tacum See.

Speaker 7 (10:59):
Of course, if I brought a pet rat home to
my mama, please I'll be living with my grandma.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
You get your ass bees? Could you imagine a pet rat?

Speaker 5 (11:11):
What?

Speaker 2 (11:12):
D what did you want to say?

Speaker 9 (11:15):
What's up, Joe?

Speaker 2 (11:16):
How you do? We're good. We're hanging out here just
talking rats today. You said earlier if you were a rat,
where would you be?

Speaker 9 (11:24):
Where would you live?

Speaker 5 (11:27):
Where?

Speaker 2 (11:28):
I'd live with the rich folks? Are you sure about that?

Speaker 9 (11:32):
Why?

Speaker 7 (11:34):
Uh?

Speaker 6 (11:35):
They would they got they got money, they would hire.

Speaker 4 (11:37):
Uh, you're you're really thinking about this?

Speaker 1 (11:43):
That is true. By the way they have, they have
the way to get rid of them. Yeah, but you
know what though they eat well, you know what I mean,
Like I'd hide. I'd be one of those rats that hides.
What's the difference between a rat and a mouse?

Speaker 2 (11:53):
Is there? A rat is bigger like a rat? Yeah?
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (11:58):
And we learned something about an a rob write this
down in the Mojo in the morning Wikipedia. Anna Rob
a member of the Ferndale Rat Club.
Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Spooky Podcasts from iHeartRadio
Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

Stuff You Should Know

Stuff You Should Know

If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.