March 17, 2025 • 17 mins
On this episode of Life Bytes with Wendy Wild, I sit down with my friend and fellow radio personality, Kiana from the legendary Z100 New York! We first met longer ago than I even realized, and in this conversation, we connect over our spicy brains, deep-dive special interests, and our shared love for radio. Plus, we talk about the adventures of being new homeowners and the unexpected challenges that come with it. 🎧 Tune in for a fun, fast-paced convo filled with laughs, nostalgia, and radio industry insights! #Podcast #RadioLife #1035KTU #Z100 #SpicyBrains #SpecialInterests #Homeownership
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We'll just start with the intro. Why not.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Life Bites with Wendy Wild, your bite sized podcast filled
with lifestyle stories, personal stories, and a roundup of stories
Wendy talks about on the radio.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Here's Wendy.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The fact that you were awake and able to join
me with like four seconds notice, thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Honestly, it's my favorite way. It's wonderful. Thank you for
having me.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Oh my gosh, such a delight to have you, because
I am such a longtime fan of yours, and our
schedules just almost never cross paths.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Right right, because you're on the air. What time are
you on the air?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I am on the air two am to six am
every day except weekends when I'm on day hours on.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
The tame is Z one hundred.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yes, it is the best time, no matter what time
of the day. It's always such a blast getting to
be on the air at Z one hundred. Oh so amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
And I was actually listening to you. I think it
was on Saturday.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
I was driving there was the song playing and the
weird thing is okay to you does not play, you know,
as current of music as ZE one hundred does. So
every once in a while, a song comes on and
I don't know what it is. And I'm usually pretty
good with all the new music that comes out.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I know that one, and you know what, I'm like, oh,
what did play before that? I get a text from Wendy.
She's like, Keanna, what song is playing on Z one
hundred right now? I know from Alex Warren? Great song? Right?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Privileged am I?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So I was trying to get my my what is
that SoundHound out fast enough and I it's just zam
zam And I was like, wait a second, I don't
need to xam.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It's Keana. I can just text her.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Isn't that great? It's so great. We have all these
radio friends and when I hear them doing bits like
and they're playing a game, I can just text them
and be like, isn't this I know?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So fun?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
So I just wanted to say thank you for joining.
I was just talking to Rupert, who also I had
no idea that he was listening, either because you.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Had texted or you did you text.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Or you fort no, you sent me a DM and
you were like, I've been listening low key to each
episode and I was like, why.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Why are you joking? This is the highlight of my week.
I drive home from work and I put you and
usually Danielle, how you don't we gotta get that, Danielle.
But you guys are such a blast to listen to.
I love it.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Question though, do you listen in because you already know
me in real life? Like I'm trying to figure out
what the draw is for someone who might not know me.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I think it's, you know, like a little bit of both,
because even before we really knew each other, I would
listen and I think there's well, you know, obviously on
the radio, But like you know, I feel like as if,
you know, if we if we hadn't known each other,
I still would because I don't know, I think, and
I think you explained it in one of the episodes
(03:00):
it's in I don't know in what we do. In
the way it's set up, there's only so much room
to really get to know somebody else, right like when
you have fifteen to twenty seconds max to talk about something.
So I feel like this is such a great thing
that you're doing, and it just like it brings people
into your story and it kind of gives I don't know,
(03:22):
like it gives I mean, I get to listen as
how is my friend Wendy doing, but also like, hey,
she just bought a house. I also just bought a house,
and like we have that in common.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
You know, And the fact that I did not know
this as a fact, I feel like a bad friend again,
like we don't really get to cross paths as often
as I would like.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
But where did you? Like just what county? Where did
you buy?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
So it's set the county not too far from where
I was living, so I'm yeah, I'm on Long Island
and yeah, it's because you know, it's all happened very fast,
Like I don't when did you buy your house? Again?
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Like I'm coming up on a year. Actually tomorrow is
when I closed. I know, I cannot even pa thank you.
So are you finding that the house does not let
you rest?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Yeah, for sure, you know. And it's one of these
and going into it, like I kind of knew what
to expect, like, Okay, this is a house, it's not
an apartment. You can't just call maintenance to get something done,
like you just need to do it yourself.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
And I was so overwhelmed in the beginning, and I
still am because legit. I still have the smell of
exhaust in my basement, which we'll get to another time.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
But it's so funny because literally, as you're saying that,
I'm in my basement right now and I'm smelling something,
and I'm like.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Maybe basements just stank when you first move in and
you don't really know the town and know who your
service people are, Like I call them my team of Avengers.
Now I have a plumbing company that I trust and
I know that they can be available very quickly if
I need them.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Same thing with the he and heating is very important.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
You should have your local fire department and national grid
numbers handy things like that.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
That really and you know, props to you for moving
somewhere you've never lived before. I'm ad a huge advantage
because I got to move right down the road from
where I've lived a majority of my life.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
So you don't have to change your library card.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I did not. And it's great because you know, we
can hit up friends and family and be like, hey,
who do you use for this? Or I don't know
if you're on there. It just seems to be a thing.
I feel like maybe this is the thing in other
places but I know it's huge here the mom's pages
on Facebook.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yes, I need to join those, even though I'm not
a mom, you know what.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
I feel like they've really loosened up on those rules
since because I think anybody gets accepted to those moms.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
There's also an app called next Door, which I recommend.
I think you need to be a little careful, just
make sure that the people that you hire are licensed, insured,
stuff like that. But for the most part, I just
love seeing review recommendations. I did ask my dad. This
is no shade to my dad, but I asked him
who he used for something or other, and oh my gosh,
(06:08):
this guy was so creepy with me. Yea, I ran
into that, and uh that was when I was like, okay,
reputable companies, five star reviews, yeah, you know, and like,
I mean, not the guy that's going to give you
like the off the truck price, because that doesn't necessarily
mean they're going to be professionals rights exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
It's like I'd rather get you know, pay pay the
price and no it's getting done, and you not be creepy.
Then it was.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Really it was a scary experience because that actually happened
right after I moved in and I didn't really know
the neighbors. I didn't have like my alarm system in place,
so it was it was very it was scary.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
I didn't know. I'm like, if anything happens to me here,
nobody's gonna know.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah, right exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I know you've got your man with you, and congratulations
on your wedding last thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yes, it's been quite a ride, you know, and it's
just been wonderful. You know, a year has passed so quickly,
and you know we just decided, hmm, this year life,
you know, like get married, buy a house, new job.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Now you've got to be an adult.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I know, I got to be an adult now. I'm like,
darn it, Like I got to learn who my neighbors
are now, Wendy Jeez.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
When I do my breaks, you know, I'll give you
a little.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I'll give you a little behind the scenes of my
brain when I'm doing my radio show. I don't know
if it's the same for you, because I always wanted
to ask other jocks, but I feel like I can't
ask this to certain people.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
I got.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
You do the words in your head that you're thinking
reverse themselves when they come out your mouth.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Oh my gosh, you know, it's so funny. Sometimes they do,
but more so often I think my brain moves faster
than my mouth. So sometimes I'll say something and then
i'll like skip two words in my sentence, and then
I'll say another word, and then I'll listen back to it.
I'm like, what did I just say? I And I realized,
(08:08):
like my brain can't catch up with itself.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
I get so excited sometimes I make up my own words.
I know what I think, I do what you know,
when it comes down to what we do, I think
it's not sounding so AI. I think I think what
we do. The fact that we're not AI, it's this refreshing.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Oh absolutely, And you know that's something shout out, shut
out out, because like you know, he used to always say, like,
you know, this is what makes us human, like a
little bit of a mess up if you're tracking a show.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
And EPs, I snorted when I laughed, it's true, that's
what sounds real A I don't have that snort going exactly.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
That's what makes the difference, and that I think that's
refreshing for people to hear because they think it's all
like you know, I did get a call from a
listener once asking if I was real. I'm like, yes,
very much real, you know. So it's like, it's it's
it's it's definitely important for us to keep those human
elements of it in. So I don't know. I'm sitting
(09:12):
at the Women's Day panel that we were both at,
and I'm thinking to myself as you're talking, I'm like,
she looks so good. I'm like, literally an icon. I'm
just there. I was there admiring you and all the
other wonderful ladies on that panel.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
You know, I completely I was telling Daniel the last episode,
I completely dissociated.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
I I don't even know what I said, but I do.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
I do think that there is something to being neurodivergent
and looking.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
As younger than you are. I don't think you're very grateful.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Right before you said neurodivergency, I was gonna say, like,
it's the neurodivergency love. I've been you know, I've I've
been ADHD like I've been diagnosed with it since the
fourth grade.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
And oh my god, you're part of the club.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Divergency squad. It's a fun club to be Really.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I'm gonna be honest with you, okay.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
I think everyone in radio or not, I don't want
to say everyone. I think a lot of people in
radio entertainment we all have a little bit of spiciness,
whether we or not.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Have to if you're not, it's so clear. But honestly,
I don't think I've really ever met anybody that doesn't
have some kind of neurospiciness because because you're gonna meet these.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
People in radio and guess what their special interest is,
ding ding ning, So because that's we get obsessed over
certain things. No, it was radio, it.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Was always always no. But it's always like super niche
and always like if it's an interest, it's an obsession
for most people.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
So that's how you know.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Like that's one of the signs of neurospiciness. You're in
the club, you know what.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Part of it like and here is like we're gonna
go deep diving here. But part of the reason I think,
and I've read is that a lot of people who
are neurodivergent also have these comorbidities.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
I think there's something to being hyper.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Mobile, which can make you appear younger than you are,
if that makes sense. For sure, some kinds of it
comes with the stretchy skin, like not necessarily Eller's Danlow syndrome,
but like a lot of people do have that.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
So you're teaching me something new right now. Yeah, it's
hyper mobile exactly.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
So there's like a whole scale.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
You can like double jointedness of the fingers, of the elbows.
I have the elbows and knees where your knees kind
of bend more than they should when they're straightened. If
you can touch the floor with your palms, there's a
whole test that they can see how you fall.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
In this hyper mobile spectrum.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
That's crazy.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Now a lot of people have ADHD will also have
something on this.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I have to take this test because I know I
can dislocate my shoulder, but that's about all I can do.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Tells me, Keana that you're gonna have maybe a few
of these to tick off. I also can do my
shoulders go completely the wrong way if.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I Oh my goodness, wow, I mean that makes you
very good at hanging upside out, I'm sure.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
And why do you think I ended up, you know,
in this place, because what do you do with hyper
mobile flexible kids?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You throw them into gymnastics exactly how I ended up
here all come together.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Wow, you're teaching me new things about this neural spiciness
that we have.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
It really is a superpower, you know, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
It's one of those things. You know. I used to
look at it like, you know, oh, like this is
a bad thing and I need to hide it and
I can't tell anybody about it. And then, you know,
I feel like right now we're just in such more
of an accepting society about it, where like I don't
know or not even I mean, yes, but more people
coming out and talking about it. And yes, I also
(12:58):
have adhd add and this is something that's hard for me,
and like, oh, functional freeze, that's actually a thing. You're
not lazy, you just are nervous system and is overloaded.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Yeah, you know, And I used to be so terrified
to let anyone know it was. Actually, this is what
I talked about on the panel. I if I remember correctly,
I know you did correctly, and I probably could have
said something.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
I always had these really great bosses who are super
understanding and really nice, but I just felt like I
always had something to prove, just as a woman coming
up in this business, in anything really, so I wasn't
going to start being like, oh, I have sensory needs.
I don't tolerate bright lights or loud sudden noises very
well because it's like, oh, complainer. I don't think anybody
(13:44):
would have actually reacted that way.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
And we we've gotten to, uh, you know, interact with
similar people, and I think we've been very lucky to
kind of it's crazy though, like, oh man, that's my
add wanted to go to another topic.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
But say, we're though because we get together.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We we've kind of I'm like, what do you remember
the day we first met, Wendy?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
I think it was at Bartailgate or was it that?
Was it before that?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Funny enough? And I know you just did the IBS
panel at school. I met you on a panel at
stuff a community college for the very first shot in
twenty fifty.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Why do I not?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (14:26):
I do remember with Bill Terry? Yes, do you remember
I remember being there? Don't? I don't remember running into you? Oh?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Were you just shy then?
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Were you just did?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
And at the time I feel like I was two
different people. I was a student at the time and
you were on that panel, and something in me like
talk about divine signal. I don't even know what it was,
but there was something in me. I was I felt
very shy, but there was something in me that said,
I have to go up and say thank you to
these people for coming in to you know, talk to us.
(15:01):
And that's how I got my internship. And that was
really my foot in the door when it came to radio.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
So that it's intaan.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
I actually I have a picture from that day with
Bill and also Jarrett Skywalker was there as well.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Do you remember.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I think I loved absolutely and I was there with
Rob Miller at the time.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Yes, it was such an amazing crowd. But you know,
like it's crazy because like I saw you and I'm like,
it's it's wild. How from that I've been able to
kind of like follow in your footsteps and like you know,
we've been at a lot of the same places, and
it's just it's really cool we're able to like, I
(15:40):
don't know, I feel very very I mean, you're just
a queen, is what I'm trying to say.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Is weird, but that's amazing, Like I can't even believe
that because I thought the first time we actually met
was at Bartailgate a couple of years ago.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
The first time in many, many years, so it might
as well have kind of been the first time. I mean, listen,
Keana then versus now, very different people. So you can
say you met me at bar tailgate because I feel
like it was a more accurate representation of me now.
But it isn't Isn't it crazy?
Speaker 3 (16:11):
You're just an incredible talent. I love hearing you on
during the day, when you're on the weekends, all the commercials,
everything you do. I am such a fan.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Likewise, it is so fun to be able to do
this with you. Thank you for thinking of me to
have me on this.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
This was the way you're listening.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
I'm like, oh my god, you need to come on
anytime you want.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And girl here neighbors. We should hang out and we'll
bring each other juice. We can do. I will bring
you so much juice. I have so much juice. I
have so much juice. What is your What is your
social if you want to throw that out there?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
So on everything I am at on air k I
A n A no double ns here k I A
N A on air Instagram, I feel like I'm on
the most and all the other socials. You can find
me there as well. So yeah, that's that.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
You are an absolute delight. I love you so much.
I love you, Wendy, You're the best.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
I hope you have a fantastic rest of the day.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
Two and we have a new catchphrase, by the way,
which is life may bite sometimes, but it's got a
bite back, bite back.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
That's right, little little cat scratching a bite. I love it.
We'll just start with the intro. Why not.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Life Bites with Wendy Wild, your bite sized podcast filled
with lifestyle stories, personal stories, and a roundup of stories
Wendy talks about on the radio.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Here's Wendy.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The fact that you were awake and able to join
me with like four seconds notice, thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Honestly, it's my favorite way. It's wonderful. Thank you for
having me.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Oh my gosh, such a delight to have you, because
I am such a longtime fan of yours, and our
schedules just almost never cross paths.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Right right, because you're on the air. What time are
you on the air?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I am on the air two am to six am
every day except weekends when I'm on day hours on.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
The tame is Z one hundred.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yes, it is the best time, no matter what time
of the day. It's always such a blast getting to
be on the air at Z one hundred. Oh so amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
And I was actually listening to you. I think it
was on Saturday.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
I was driving there was the song playing and the
weird thing is okay to you does not play, you know,
as current of music as ZE one hundred does. So
every once in a while, a song comes on and
I don't know what it is. And I'm usually pretty
good with all the new music that comes out.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I know that one, and you know what, I'm like, oh,
what did play before that? I get a text from Wendy.
She's like, Keanna, what song is playing on Z one
hundred right now? I know from Alex Warren? Great song? Right?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Privileged am I?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So I was trying to get my my what is
that SoundHound out fast enough and I it's just zam
zam And I was like, wait a second, I don't
need to xam.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
It's Keana. I can just text her.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Isn't that great? It's so great. We have all these
radio friends and when I hear them doing bits like
and they're playing a game, I can just text them
and be like, isn't this I know?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So fun?
Speaker 3 (01:57):
So I just wanted to say thank you for joining.
I was just talking to Rupert, who also I had
no idea that he was listening, either because you.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Had texted or you did you text.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Or you fort no, you sent me a DM and
you were like, I've been listening low key to each
episode and I was like, why.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Why are you joking? This is the highlight of my week.
I drive home from work and I put you and
usually Danielle, how you don't we gotta get that, Danielle.
But you guys are such a blast to listen to.
I love it.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Question though, do you listen in because you already know
me in real life? Like I'm trying to figure out
what the draw is for someone who might not know me.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I think it's, you know, like a little bit of both,
because even before we really knew each other, I would
listen and I think there's well, you know, obviously on
the radio, But like you know, I feel like as if,
you know, if we if we hadn't known each other,
I still would because I don't know, I think, and
I think you explained it in one of the episodes
(03:00):
it's in I don't know in what we do. In
the way it's set up, there's only so much room
to really get to know somebody else, right like when
you have fifteen to twenty seconds max to talk about something.
So I feel like this is such a great thing
that you're doing, and it just like it brings people
into your story and it kind of gives I don't know,
(03:22):
like it gives I mean, I get to listen as
how is my friend Wendy doing, but also like, hey,
she just bought a house. I also just bought a house,
and like we have that in common.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
You know, And the fact that I did not know
this as a fact, I feel like a bad friend again,
like we don't really get to cross paths as often
as I would like.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
But where did you? Like just what county? Where did
you buy?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
So it's set the county not too far from where
I was living, so I'm yeah, I'm on Long Island
and yeah, it's because you know, it's all happened very fast,
Like I don't when did you buy your house? Again?
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Like I'm coming up on a year. Actually tomorrow is
when I closed. I know, I cannot even pa thank you.
So are you finding that the house does not let
you rest?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Yeah, for sure, you know. And it's one of these
and going into it, like I kind of knew what
to expect, like, Okay, this is a house, it's not
an apartment. You can't just call maintenance to get something done,
like you just need to do it yourself.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
And I was so overwhelmed in the beginning, and I
still am because legit. I still have the smell of
exhaust in my basement, which we'll get to another time.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
But it's so funny because literally, as you're saying that,
I'm in my basement right now and I'm smelling something,
and I'm like.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Maybe basements just stank when you first move in and
you don't really know the town and know who your
service people are, Like I call them my team of Avengers.
Now I have a plumbing company that I trust and
I know that they can be available very quickly if
I need them.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Same thing with the he and heating is very important.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
You should have your local fire department and national grid
numbers handy things like that.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
That really and you know, props to you for moving
somewhere you've never lived before. I'm ad a huge advantage
because I got to move right down the road from
where I've lived a majority of my life.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
So you don't have to change your library card.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I did not. And it's great because you know, we
can hit up friends and family and be like, hey,
who do you use for this? Or I don't know
if you're on there. It just seems to be a thing.
I feel like maybe this is the thing in other
places but I know it's huge here the mom's pages
on Facebook.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yes, I need to join those, even though I'm not
a mom, you know what.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
I feel like they've really loosened up on those rules
since because I think anybody gets accepted to those moms.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
There's also an app called next Door, which I recommend.
I think you need to be a little careful, just
make sure that the people that you hire are licensed, insured,
stuff like that. But for the most part, I just
love seeing review recommendations. I did ask my dad. This
is no shade to my dad, but I asked him
who he used for something or other, and oh my gosh,
(06:08):
this guy was so creepy with me. Yea, I ran
into that, and uh that was when I was like, okay,
reputable companies, five star reviews, yeah, you know, and like,
I mean, not the guy that's going to give you
like the off the truck price, because that doesn't necessarily
mean they're going to be professionals rights exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
It's like I'd rather get you know, pay pay the
price and no it's getting done, and you not be creepy.
Then it was.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Really it was a scary experience because that actually happened
right after I moved in and I didn't really know
the neighbors. I didn't have like my alarm system in place,
so it was it was very it was scary.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
I didn't know. I'm like, if anything happens to me here,
nobody's gonna know.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah, right exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I know you've got your man with you, and congratulations
on your wedding last thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yes, it's been quite a ride, you know, and it's
just been wonderful. You know, a year has passed so quickly,
and you know we just decided, hmm, this year life,
you know, like get married, buy a house, new job.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Now you've got to be an adult.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I know, I got to be an adult now. I'm like,
darn it, Like I got to learn who my neighbors
are now, Wendy Jeez.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
When I do my breaks, you know, I'll give you
a little.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I'll give you a little behind the scenes of my
brain when I'm doing my radio show. I don't know
if it's the same for you, because I always wanted
to ask other jocks, but I feel like I can't
ask this to certain people.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
I got.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
You do the words in your head that you're thinking
reverse themselves when they come out your mouth.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Oh my gosh, you know, it's so funny. Sometimes they do,
but more so often I think my brain moves faster
than my mouth. So sometimes I'll say something and then
i'll like skip two words in my sentence, and then
I'll say another word, and then I'll listen back to it.
I'm like, what did I just say? I And I realized,
(08:08):
like my brain can't catch up with itself.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
I get so excited sometimes I make up my own words.
I know what I think, I do what you know,
when it comes down to what we do, I think
it's not sounding so AI. I think I think what
we do. The fact that we're not AI, it's this refreshing.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Oh absolutely, And you know that's something shout out, shut
out out, because like you know, he used to always say, like,
you know, this is what makes us human, like a
little bit of a mess up if you're tracking a show.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
And EPs, I snorted when I laughed, it's true, that's
what sounds real A I don't have that snort going exactly.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
That's what makes the difference, and that I think that's
refreshing for people to hear because they think it's all
like you know, I did get a call from a
listener once asking if I was real. I'm like, yes,
very much real, you know. So it's like, it's it's
it's it's definitely important for us to keep those human
elements of it in. So I don't know. I'm sitting
(09:12):
at the Women's Day panel that we were both at,
and I'm thinking to myself as you're talking, I'm like,
she looks so good. I'm like, literally an icon. I'm
just there. I was there admiring you and all the
other wonderful ladies on that panel.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
You know, I completely I was telling Daniel the last episode,
I completely dissociated.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
I I don't even know what I said, but I do.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
I do think that there is something to being neurodivergent
and looking.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
As younger than you are. I don't think you're very grateful.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Right before you said neurodivergency, I was gonna say, like,
it's the neurodivergency love. I've been you know, I've I've
been ADHD like I've been diagnosed with it since the
fourth grade.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
And oh my god, you're part of the club.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Divergency squad. It's a fun club to be Really.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I'm gonna be honest with you, okay.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
I think everyone in radio or not, I don't want
to say everyone. I think a lot of people in
radio entertainment we all have a little bit of spiciness,
whether we or not.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Have to if you're not, it's so clear. But honestly,
I don't think I've really ever met anybody that doesn't
have some kind of neurospiciness because because you're gonna meet these.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
People in radio and guess what their special interest is,
ding ding ning, So because that's we get obsessed over
certain things. No, it was radio, it.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Was always always no. But it's always like super niche
and always like if it's an interest, it's an obsession
for most people.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
So that's how you know.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Like that's one of the signs of neurospiciness. You're in
the club, you know what.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Part of it like and here is like we're gonna
go deep diving here. But part of the reason I think,
and I've read is that a lot of people who
are neurodivergent also have these comorbidities.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
I think there's something to being hyper.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Mobile, which can make you appear younger than you are,
if that makes sense. For sure, some kinds of it
comes with the stretchy skin, like not necessarily Eller's Danlow syndrome,
but like a lot of people do have that.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
So you're teaching me something new right now. Yeah, it's
hyper mobile exactly.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
So there's like a whole scale.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
You can like double jointedness of the fingers, of the elbows.
I have the elbows and knees where your knees kind
of bend more than they should when they're straightened. If
you can touch the floor with your palms, there's a
whole test that they can see how you fall.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
In this hyper mobile spectrum.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
That's crazy.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Now a lot of people have ADHD will also have
something on this.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I have to take this test because I know I
can dislocate my shoulder, but that's about all I can do.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Tells me, Keana that you're gonna have maybe a few
of these to tick off. I also can do my
shoulders go completely the wrong way if.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I Oh my goodness, wow, I mean that makes you
very good at hanging upside out, I'm sure.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
And why do you think I ended up, you know,
in this place, because what do you do with hyper
mobile flexible kids?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You throw them into gymnastics exactly how I ended up
here all come together.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Wow, you're teaching me new things about this neural spiciness
that we have.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
It really is a superpower, you know, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
It's one of those things. You know. I used to
look at it like, you know, oh, like this is
a bad thing and I need to hide it and
I can't tell anybody about it. And then, you know,
I feel like right now we're just in such more
of an accepting society about it, where like I don't
know or not even I mean, yes, but more people
coming out and talking about it. And yes, I also
(12:58):
have adhd add and this is something that's hard for me,
and like, oh, functional freeze, that's actually a thing. You're
not lazy, you just are nervous system and is overloaded.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Yeah, you know, And I used to be so terrified
to let anyone know it was. Actually, this is what
I talked about on the panel. I if I remember correctly,
I know you did correctly, and I probably could have
said something.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
I always had these really great bosses who are super
understanding and really nice, but I just felt like I
always had something to prove, just as a woman coming
up in this business, in anything really, so I wasn't
going to start being like, oh, I have sensory needs.
I don't tolerate bright lights or loud sudden noises very
well because it's like, oh, complainer. I don't think anybody
(13:44):
would have actually reacted that way.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
And we we've gotten to, uh, you know, interact with
similar people, and I think we've been very lucky to
kind of it's crazy though, like, oh man, that's my
add wanted to go to another topic.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
But say, we're though because we get together.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
We we've kind of I'm like, what do you remember
the day we first met, Wendy?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
I think it was at Bartailgate or was it that?
Was it before that?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Funny enough? And I know you just did the IBS
panel at school. I met you on a panel at
stuff a community college for the very first shot in
twenty fifty.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Why do I not?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (14:26):
I do remember with Bill Terry? Yes, do you remember
I remember being there? Don't? I don't remember running into you? Oh?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Were you just shy then?
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Were you just did?
Speaker 2 (14:37):
And at the time I feel like I was two
different people. I was a student at the time and
you were on that panel, and something in me like
talk about divine signal. I don't even know what it was,
but there was something in me. I was I felt
very shy, but there was something in me that said,
I have to go up and say thank you to
these people for coming in to you know, talk to us.
(15:01):
And that's how I got my internship. And that was
really my foot in the door when it came to radio.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
So that it's intaan.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
I actually I have a picture from that day with
Bill and also Jarrett Skywalker was there as well.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Do you remember.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I think I loved absolutely and I was there with
Rob Miller at the time.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Yes, it was such an amazing crowd. But you know,
like it's crazy because like I saw you and I'm like,
it's it's wild. How from that I've been able to
kind of like follow in your footsteps and like you know,
we've been at a lot of the same places, and
it's just it's really cool we're able to like, I
(15:40):
don't know, I feel very very I mean, you're just
a queen, is what I'm trying to say.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Is weird, but that's amazing, Like I can't even believe
that because I thought the first time we actually met
was at Bartailgate a couple of years ago.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
The first time in many, many years, so it might
as well have kind of been the first time. I mean, listen,
Keana then versus now, very different people. So you can
say you met me at bar tailgate because I feel
like it was a more accurate representation of me now.
But it isn't Isn't it crazy?
Speaker 3 (16:11):
You're just an incredible talent. I love hearing you on
during the day, when you're on the weekends, all the commercials,
everything you do. I am such a fan.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Likewise, it is so fun to be able to do
this with you. Thank you for thinking of me to
have me on this.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
This was the way you're listening.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
I'm like, oh my god, you need to come on
anytime you want.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And girl here neighbors. We should hang out and we'll
bring each other juice. We can do. I will bring
you so much juice. I have so much juice. I
have so much juice. What is your What is your
social if you want to throw that out there?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
So on everything I am at on air k I
A n A no double ns here k I A
N A on air Instagram, I feel like I'm on
the most and all the other socials. You can find
me there as well. So yeah, that's that.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
You are an absolute delight. I love you so much.
I love you, Wendy, You're the best.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
I hope you have a fantastic rest of the day.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
Two and we have a new catchphrase, by the way,
which is life may bite sometimes, but it's got a
bite back, bite back.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
That's right, little little cat scratching a bite. I love it.
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