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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, would welcome to the weekly show here and I
heart Radio ninety three nine one thirty five kids, if
I'm in Rock ninety five to five. Happy almost new year.
Our last show of the year is today and this weekend,
so in order and in honor of our last week
of twenty twenty four, I've curated some of the best interviews.
So let's kick off the show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I was I almost started singing it's it's the most
wonderful time of the year, but I'm not gonna I'm
going to spare our listeners right now. I'm going to
say it instead of singing it. It is the most
wonderful time of the year and the most wonderful person
of the years.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Here again. Man?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
You ready their ego booster Man, I'm your hype guy.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
Yeah, you really are. You made my nice list every year.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Brady Whitney Reynolds, Witneys women, what is going on with
Whitney Reynolds.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
Oh my goodness. I can't believe we're coming to the
end of the year. But as the time approaches, we
have to think ahead, right and those goals for twenty
twenty five are chasing me down personally, going to be
a better human next year.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
In many ways, I won't read.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Off my list for y'all, but our Whitney's Woman this
week is really one that's champion not only a cause,
but can help you crush a goal without even knowing
it and you can give it for Christmas. I mean,
this is like the perfect gift under the tree. I
want to welcome Vania Hudson to the show.
Speaker 6 (01:12):
Welcome, Thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
Yes, you know, we are talking respiratory health and this
is something that you know personally you sit on the board,
but also there's something coming up that can help people
really do a goal and a win going right into
twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Oh, absolutely, hustle Chicago five.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Okay, so before we go into the climb, tell us
a little bit about the Respiratory Health Association.
Speaker 7 (01:39):
Respiratory Health Association is an organization here in Chicago that
focuses on bringing awareness to lung health including lung disease, COPD, cancer,
cs rsvv RSV, COLPD, so.
Speaker 6 (01:57):
Many different, so many different things.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Yeah, our lungs are so crucial for us. And you know,
I was with the CEO of Respiratory Health Robert, and
we were just talking about how many different people we
know that are impacted. And even my daughter, she's a
twin and was born at thirty seven weeks, but her
little lungs needed a little extra love when she was born,
and so we had an inhaler for her. And you
(02:20):
said your son.
Speaker 7 (02:21):
Yes, as asthma when he was in high school. So
he's playing super jock. Oh yeah, it came upon him
plans born.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
So a lot of people do have a personal connection, Brady,
I know when we were talking off air, you even
have a connection with luck do multiple people?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Actually, my brother has asthma as well, still to this
day as an adult. And my father unfortunately passed away
last year. He had lung disease and was waiting for
a lung transplant, which it has been a whole nother animal, right,
But yeah, so I think you're right. I think everybody
knows somebody that's benefiting.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Yeah, And it is one of those things that the cause.
It sounds broad when you list everything off, but it's
super crucial. Yes it is, and so respiratory health you
sit on the board. Yes, what got you in involved
with the organization?
Speaker 6 (03:01):
Initially it was a.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
Goal of mine to do it because I had been
in a car accident and I was told I really
wouldn't be able to climb and walk and run like
I used to in my younger years. So I gave
myself a challenge after physical therapy, and I did the
half climb that first year.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
And for the listeners, the half climb is part of
the respiratory health. This is like their big event every
year called Hustle of the Hancock.
Speaker 7 (03:25):
Yes it is, well, they've renamed it because the Hancock
is formally known as something else.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Oh they changed another name of one of our buildings
in Chicago.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
That right is Hustle Chicago.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Oh it is hustling.
Speaker 6 (03:38):
Yeah, just Hustle Chicago.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Yeah, Hustle Chicago.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
And so you can go forty two fights or ninety four.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
And you know, I did this last year with my
seven year old son, and it was so cool because
I felt like I checked something off my goal list
and it's in February. And then also my son was like, Mom,
we did this together. And that's one thing I love,
is like we formed a little Whitney Reynolds team last year,
and people can form teams.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
You were saying you might form a team.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
I am going to do.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Oh you are Okay, we just got her to commit
on air.
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Okay, everybody, it's the healthy agentry movement.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
So you initially got involved with the Respiratory Health Association
because of the climb, correct, and then now you sit
on the board. How has it become extremely personal for you?
Speaker 7 (04:25):
Oh my gosh, because of the people we meet during
the climb for other respiratory health events, the constituency across
the state as well. We've got a lot of lawmakers
on our side that bring clean air into the state.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
That is good, and I love that.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
It's always nice because as a television show host, I
love doing my part with my voice and my gift.
But it's so nice to know that other people are
using their gifts to really make change and better society,
better our air.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
Quality, all of that absolutely.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Okay, So tell us officially about the hustle this year
or actually in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Twenty twenty five actually will be my thirteenth climb. Climbing
since twenty twelve, I raised one thousand dollars minimally every
year to go toward funding and research. We are just
ramping back up after COVID.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
COVID we took a hit on COVID. So okay, the
first year of COVID.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
Was a virtual climb, and then we did a mixed
climb the year after. So we're just bringing our numbers
up for participants. But everybody is so stoked to be
involved and to see the kiddos. They start from ages
six to I think the oldest we had last year
was eighty seven.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Wow, yes, you know, I think he was like near
my group. Okay, I remember hearing. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
It's great too, because you know, not every day do
you get to run up one of our major buildings
in Chicago. So that's kind of like a bucket list
item itself. But then to know you're doing it all
in the name for a better car and for long health.
I loved it because last year there were people on
different floors cheering for us. Oh yeah, you never knew
who you were going to see on a floor beside
(06:08):
me huffing and puffet.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
My son was just waiting for me to catch up.
Speaker 8 (06:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
Yeah, they're volunteers are phenomenal and they will do anything
to help you calm down, hydrate, you get you to
somebody if you need some help medically. But they are
truly dedicated to I.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Love that, okay, And I have good news for all
of our listeners. I actually have a discount code for
people that are thinking about signing up, so you can
find out the info. It's at the Respiratory Health Association
dot org. Is it right, okay? And then if you
put in w R Hustle ten, you can get ten
dollars off, which I think is great.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, I know, And it.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
Is one of those things that as we go into
New Year's that's a goal, Brady.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
You run all the time like you're a runner. What
are your goals? Are you running up?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Got the marathon next year? I took I took a
year off. I had to retire.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Just repost that picture because I could have sworn I
saw the picture.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I retired, officially retire, and then all of a sudden
I got the bug again. But yeah, I'm doing that.
But I think I need to in honor of my dad,
I think I should should form a tenure for Hustle
Chicago and secrets. It sounds like something that's, like you said,
a lot of fun and what's amazing is the age range.
So I'm wondering, like people that are listening right now,
and they're a little hesitant because it sounds scary to
climb all those stairs.
Speaker 7 (07:18):
Anybody can do it, and my body can do well.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
And that's how you got involved originally, was because you
were told you couldn't run or climb or anything, and
you did it.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Now you're on your thirteenth.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
On my thirteenth one, and people ask me, how do
I practice? So I go over to Palo's Park, Paylottle
Hill and do swallow Cliff and I train over there
probably three times a week.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Wow, look at you training. I wouldn't want to race
you up.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
You know.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
It's also one of those things for the holidays that
I love to gift experiences because you know, a lot
I'm I'm at that stage where I have a lot
of the things that I would want under the tree,
and I'm really into that community time with my family
or with people I love, and so I love the
gift of an experience. So that's an other thought for
those people that are thinking, Okay, what do I get
that person that's hard to.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
Buy for It will be an unforgettable experience.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Oh I love it. I love it.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Well, thank you so much for coming on today. Tell
people again where they can find out more about.
Speaker 6 (08:13):
The Hustle Respiratoryhealth Association dot org. Go online.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
You will find anything everything you want to about Hustle
Chicago and some of our other events that we have.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
Oh yeah, there are so many coming up.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
If you had a Whitney Reynolds dot com as well,
I know is under with wit we have that qarca
or not the quarca. We have the code for the
ten dollars off. So thank you so much Vanie for coming.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
Up having me.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I know you're climbing in twenty twenty five Whitney and
what else are you? What else are your plans for
the new year? It's coming up?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
So you know, for a long time, the talk show,
the national dream, that was the goal. So like twenty
three year old Whitney coming to Chicago, and now that
we've had the National Show for three years, I'm stepping
into an even stronger vision. It is to be this
strongest voice of hope in media.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
So I know, I gotills.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
I know.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
It's one of those things that as I was thinking
about our vision board for the future, it is it
was very evident for me that these stories of hope
need to keep coming and I you know, I take
this platform of Whitney's women very serious because this is
media Brady and bringing women on that are doing good
for our city is huge. So as we go into
(09:25):
twenty twenty five, my team is ramping up great stories,
ones that will inspire for the Whitney Renolds Show, but
you'll also be seeing some more crossover events with different platforms,
So I'm very excited about it. People can keep up
at Whitney Renolds dot com with everything weird, and.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
It is hard to keep up. You're bouncing all around
your Globetrotter two and you're doing things. You're spreading that
hope in every continent that it feels like. But thank
you for all you do. Have an awesome holiday and
we can't wait to see what happens in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Hi, It's Paulina Rowe here with iHeartMedia Chicago and today
I am chatting with Gloria Lee, chief legal officer at Everlaw.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
How are you today, I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Of course, I'm so happy that you're here today. We
are talking one of my kind of new favorite topics.
It is AI and we're talking how AI is reshaping
the legal field. And I'm so interested to hear from
you because everyone's talking about it, right, Ai Chadjebt two
years ago, I believe, is when Chad Jubet kind of launched.
So I know it's really impacting a lot of just
(10:30):
different fields and different professions and I'm just, you know,
really excited to chat with you more and kind of
dive more into that as well. Gloria, do you mind
giving us a quick background about yourself if you don't mind, sure.
Speaker 9 (10:43):
So I have been practicing for over twenty five years,
starting in Chicago actually, which is my hometown, and I
started my career as a federal law clerk and then
came to San Francisco where I was at a big
firm as a litigator, moved into government as a try lawyer,
(11:05):
and then I've been in house at large corporations and
startups for the last fifteen years or so.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Oh I love it, well, awesome, Thank you so much
for sharing. So my first question for you is you
know what is generative AI?
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Right?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
And our businesses using it in everyday practices?
Speaker 9 (11:24):
Yeah, And those are great questions, and as you noted,
it's really like one of the hot topics of the day,
so I think a.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Lot of people are curious about it.
Speaker 9 (11:32):
And generative AI, to begin with, is a type of
artificial intelligence that generates new content by learning patterns from
things that already exist in the world. Books, news, articles,
social media, websites, videos, and people are using it in
all sorts of ways, and businesses are using it too.
(11:53):
I think we probably all experienced that aipowered chatbot when
you're trying to get to customer support, but they're also
using it for things like helping write long blog posts
or even just to brainstorm new ideas. So the possibilities
are endless. But it's not perfect because it is a
new and developing technology. So I like to think of
(12:14):
it as a smart intern that with some guidance and training,
it can take a first pass.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
At my requests and do a pretty good job.
Speaker 9 (12:22):
But like any in turn, the work might not be
perfect because it's still learning, so it's really important to
check its work and validate for accuracy every time.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Absolutely, That's what I always say, because I work in
media or in radio, and if I ever do use
like chedge BT just for like inspiration on something, right,
whether it's like a creative content, whether it's sort of
really anything related to what I do. I always say,
I'm like, you know, it's a great tool. It does help,
but please make sure you're checking it and tweak it.
Don't just use what they give you, like, always check.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
It exactly exactly. Yeah, it's so important.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
So, Gloria, how are legal professionals taking advantage of AI
artificial intelligence?
Speaker 9 (13:05):
Yeah, I mean in the legal industry, JENAI is particularly
valuable because JENAI is really good at language and documents,
and so much.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Of legal work involves just that.
Speaker 9 (13:16):
So a couple of examples for you know, how a
legal professional might use that smart intern to start working
with AI is to draft a legal document and then
it'll give the lawyers a really strong first draft. Or
you can take a fifty or one hundred page document
that would take a really long time to read and
(13:36):
ask the AI to summarize it and even highlight the
key facts in it, so that will then lighten the
load so that you're able to actually identify trends or
you spot the relevant facts. So it's really an exciting
new development for our field.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Absolutely, And how does generate ave AI cut down or
help cut down on time? Intensive tasks, right, something maybe
just let's let's just say taking up a little bit
too much of our time, or maybe like we don't
really need to focus on it so much, so let's
have AI kind of take awak at it. Like what
do you think?
Speaker 9 (14:08):
Yeah, well, I'll give you an example based on my
experience as a litigator. And when I was a junior
attorney more than twenty five years ago, and I was
a litigation associate, document review meant being stuck in a
conference room for weeks or even months, and you'd be
surrounded by these banker's boxes and mountains of documents and
you had to sit through them because it's always important
(14:31):
to understand your case and to be able to build
your case. If you fast forward to today, you still
need to have that document review happen because you still
need to understand and build your case. But the data
is now a lot more than just paper. I mean,
I'm sure you see it in your life. You've got
emails and texts and zoom recordings and Slack messages.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
I mean, the amount of data has just exploded. It's
one hundred times what it was fifteen years ago. But
if you can reimagine that now yeah, with the.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
Smart intern Now I can use a tool like Everlaw's
AI assistant to do that first pass review that I
used to do manually, and it's going to save me
a ton of time. One of our customers was able
to review more than ten thousand documents in just minutes.
That's something that would have taken a team of human
reviewers several days.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Oh wow, it's I know.
Speaker 9 (15:24):
It's a really incredible use case for AI in the
legal field because it leverages what AI is really good at,
and then it allows legal professionals to spend more time
on strategy and analysis and to do.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
The things that humans are good at.
Speaker 9 (15:43):
All that said, I said, it's a new and developing technology,
and you mentioned too how you always want to be
checking the output. It's really important because of the risk
of hallucinations, which is when AI will essentially make things up.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
And of course in the legal field, the stakes can be.
Speaker 9 (16:01):
High, and so you really need to make sure that
you are mitigating against that.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yes, absolutely, And Gloria, you know you did mention the hallucinations, right,
So how can legal teams avoid them when it comes
to using AI specifically.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
Well, I think the number one thing is human oversight
or having a human in the loop. That's imperative to
the successful use of AI in any field, And certainly
that's what you described yourself doing in your field when
you're using chat gpt to as a tool. Because in
the legal field, at the end of the day, the
legal professionals and the lawyers of the experts, we wouldn't
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expect an intern to have the same level of critical
thinking or experience judgment or even ethical understanding as someone
who's been doing this for ten, twenty or more years.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
And we need to remember that AI is not perfect.
So again going back to that point about checking.
Speaker 9 (16:59):
The word making sure it is not providing misleading or
inaccurate information.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
The other thing that you can do to reduce the
risk of.
Speaker 9 (17:10):
Hallucination is understand what the AI is relying on for
its responses. So for example, with ever law's AI assistant,
it'll cite to the particular source to confirm that it's
not just making things up. So with that type of
essential oversight, it's really an exciting opportunity, not just for
the legal industry, but for a lot of industries.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Yes, absolutely, and I even mentioned even my industry. I'm
like I work in radio and media and I and
to me, like I consider it a very useful tool
if used correctly, I think you can really just really
help enhance daily lives and just those tasks you know
that need to get done, like you mentioned too.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Absolutely, I mean what you've said, it's a tool. It's
used to enhance, it's not to replace.
Speaker 9 (17:57):
And that's, you know, a really good way to think
about it and the power of what it's going to
be able to bring.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Absolutely, I agree. Do you happen to have more information
for us? Is there a place that we can go
to learn more?
Speaker 9 (18:15):
Yeah, to learn more about Everlaw and the innovative work
we're doing with chart of AI for the legal industry.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
You can visit our website.
Speaker 9 (18:22):
We've got lots of demos and other information and that's
at everlaw dot com.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Awesome, Thank you so much. I appreciate your time today.
Gloria Lee, chief legal Officer at Everlaw. We appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Thank you, Paulina. It was a great conversation. Hi.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago and today I am
chatting with travel expert Gabe Seigley.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
How are you today, Paulina.
Speaker 8 (18:47):
Great to join you from beautiful Anna Marie Island today.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Oh my gosh, it's beautiful, he said, it's seventy.
Speaker 8 (18:53):
Degrees right, Well, it's you know, I've watched the sunrise
this morning. We're approaching seven degrees as we speak. This
weekend temperatures approaching eighty. So yeah, it's a beautiful part
of the state to be.
Speaker 3 (19:06):
That is beautiful.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
I'm sitting in like twenty two degree weathers, So that
is the gorgeous.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
I love that.
Speaker 8 (19:10):
I know. That's why I'm running it in.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
I know, no, I love it, love it. So today
we are talking about tourism in Florida, and obviously, you know,
if you live in the United States, you understand all
the impacts of the recent hurricanes. I believe it's hurricane
is it Helene or Helen? And then Milton?
Speaker 8 (19:27):
Correct, Yeah, So this is an area southwestern Florida. It's
Anna Marie Island. Right across the water is downtown Bradenton.
This was a very active hurricane season this year. And yes,
those two storms Helene in late September Milton in early
October sort of a one two punch to this area.
And not unfamiliar with big storms, but that cadence that
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won back to back cadence, And of course the strength
of these storms with some pretty sort of ancillary weather
that was created by them, certainly created some issues here.
There's still some revamping going on of some structures that
were damaged. The good news is that the clean up
process of the sand, you know, the strong storm surge
did push the sand in a couple of blocks, but
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that's all been cleaned and sifted and it's back on
the shoreline now. All of the beaches on Anna Maria Island,
which is this wonderful seven mile long island, are now
back open and welcoming visitors all over again.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
I love that. So obviously, yes, Florida has sort of
pretty much been through it this year. So that's why
we want to definitely talk about some of the favorite
attractions things to do in Florida. And obviously how us
going to Florida does you know, truly help the people
they are, you know, and being able to sort of
like rebuild the I don't know, Floridian economy if you
(20:44):
will to sort of, yeah, haven't affected. So talk to
me about some of the attractions that you recommend.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (20:53):
So, and by the way, I think This is for
a lot of folks listening in Chicago. This is a
very popular destination out of that part of the country.
You've got NonStop flights on United Southwest Frontier that bring
you right into the Sarasota braid Inton Airport, which then
puts you about just thirty minutes from the shores of
this very popular destination. Anna Maria Island, famous for its sugary,
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fine white sand beaches. It's very gentle surf. I've been
walking up and down the shoreline here the last couple
of days. Lots of families, lots of couple's hand in hand,
and lots of just groups of friends who come out
here and want to enjoy the weather. This is an
area that does see winter temperatures during the day match
the water temperature, which is a mid to upper seventy
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so a very desirable, you know, weather phenomenon here. And
the travel dollars certainly a big part of the rebound
here because you're spending money directly with the businesses that
make this area tick. And this is Ednamurray Island where
you really don't see any chain restaurant. This whole family
owned restaurants and businesses mainly a vacation rental market. I'm
on the top floor a place called the Mainsail, beautiful
(21:59):
boutique vacation rental property that's literally right on the White
sand here as well. But yeah, this is a part
of Florida that, for those who've been here recognizes for
that nostalgic, authentic Florida charm. It dates back one hundred
and seventy five years before the South Beach high rises,
before those theme parks, and so that nostalgic approachability makes
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it a super desiral area. You throw in the great weather,
the great beach conditions here, and it's just a no
brain of her a lot of folks, especially during those
winter months.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Absolutely, And you mentioned the winter months for us, you
know here in Chicago to come and travel. When is
a good time to go to Florida. I think I
know the answer to that, and that's any time. But
when is a good time travel?
Speaker 8 (22:44):
Well, so listen, peak season is always going to be
like right about now through March and in April, because
where a lot of the rest of the country, including
the Chicago area, will see temperatures dip considerably, this is
where it stays super mild and that's what attracts a
lot of people out here. Certainly over those couple of months.
Springtime is a great time to come as well. You're
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going to see, obviously things get a little bit more,
a little warmer, a little muggier company to come the
summer months. But I do love those what we call
the shoulder seasons, right the spring and the fall season,
for sure, because you see the crowds thin a little bit,
the weather's still super pleasant, and then the prices drop.
There's some great value here. But for an area like
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this that is really sort of at the threshold of
now rebounding from a very active hurricane season, I think
we're looking at all of twenty twenty five as a
prospective travel window because at the end of the day,
these are again mostly locally owned, family owned businesses that
are going to depend on that travel dollar to rebound
throughout the course of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Yes, and I love that you mentioned those family owned businesses.
You know, just the residents you know who live in
that area and who work there and who really could
use our support and obviously who wouldn't love to go
to a beautiful place like Florida to do that to
help really kind of you know, after this disasters that
were the hurricanes. I think it's really important, so support
if you can. Gabe, I really appreciate you. Exactly where
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can we go for more information? More details and how
to you know where to go check out you know
the cool spots in Florida.
Speaker 8 (24:19):
A great question. There's a ton of information on the
day to day recovery here. By the way, daily reopenings
of a lot of the businesses here in this part
of Florida and Ana Maria Island. The goal is to
have all businesses that would have been affected by the
hurricanes that had to shut down back open, back up
and running by Christmas Day. But you can get all
that information, get all your trip planning done by visiting
(24:39):
Raydenton Golf Islands dot com.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Gabe, thank you so much for your time today.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (24:47):
All right, we'll see you out here.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Hi. It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago, and today I
am chatting with doctor Mohammed al Kazaz, cardiologists at Northwestern
Medicine blum Cordovascular Institute.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
How are you today?
Speaker 10 (25:00):
I'm good? How are you? Thanks for having me of.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Course, thank you for being here. I appreciate you and
your time. So today we are talking about tips that
you will be able to share with us when it
comes to preventing heart attacks, and then the signs and
the symptoms to also watch out for. So one thing
I actually did not know is that more people die
from heart attacks during the last week of December than
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at any other time of the year. That is information
that I did not know, and I'm so happy we
can talk about it with you and share with our listeners. So, doctor,
do you mind kind of first and foremost giving our
audience a little bit of a background about yourself and
then yeah, kind of talk about what's going on the
last week of December.
Speaker 10 (25:42):
Thank you. So I am one of the cardologists at
Northwestern Medicine Bloom Cardibasquar Institute. I am the session chew
on cryology and I specialize in valves the Carl disease.
And obviously we see patient with cornerating arch disease all
the time, and this overlaps here very well. The holidays
is a the stressful time for most of us, where
teens are disrupted. We may tend to eat and drink
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more and exercise and relax less. We may also not
be listening to our bodies or paying attention to warning
sign thinking we can wait till the new year, or
to lower friendly that of town or something. And obviously
the cold weather can help, can worsen the bloods flow
to the heart arteries. All of these things can contribute
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and increase the risk of heart attacks we see in
this time of the year. But heart is an important
condition throughout.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
The year, absolutely, and again I think that's information that
a lot of us don't really think of right when
it comes to this time of the year. Sometimes, you know,
during the holiday season, especially when we're you know, approaching Christmas,
and even after Christmas or before New Year's you know,
I think a lot a lot of us do tend
to slow down. So I think that's, you know, information
that's very valuable. So why do heart attacks then specifically
(26:54):
spike during the holidays.
Speaker 10 (26:57):
It's just because of those reasons we discussed where we
have changes in our diet, unhealthy changes. We have a
higher alcohol consumption, and we don't move, we're more sedentary,
so we have to take steps to prevent and lower
the risk of heart attack in general and particular during
this time. Eating healthily does not mean during the holidays
or any other times, does not mean we're depriving ourselves.
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There are still ways to eat smart. We look for
small healthy changes and swaps that we can make so
we can continue to feel our best while eating and
drinking in moderation. And we don't forget watching per sodium
and sugar intake. And we have to keep moving because
during the holiday, where physical activity level goes down, we
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have to keep moving. We have to be creative, whether
going to the gym for a stationary buy EQS or
whatever you like to do, or walk with your family,
use the stairs instead of the elevator, find fun activities
to do. All these things are important to reduce the
stress that we face in general and in particular during
this time with family interactions, train finances, hectic schedule and traveling.
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All that lead us to celebrate in moderation. And it's
in the context of preventing heart disease of eating well,
being active, avoiding smoking, and controlling blood pressure, cholesterol, sugar
and among other things.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Absolutely, and what are some tips that you can share
with us for preventing heart attacks?
Speaker 10 (28:18):
Yeah, so obviously, eating a healthy plant based materian diet
is key, where we have high and food and vegetable,
less processed food, less red meat, and more wholesome diet
and being more active doing one to fifty minutes of
exercise of moderate level during the week, five times a week,
basically thirty minutes. If you smoke, please stop smoking and
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minimize alcohol use if you use alcohol excessively, and have
good sleep habits. Work with your doctor to manage blood pressure, sugar,
cholesterol issues, and weight. And with these things. With these things,
what happens is controlling these things can lower the risk
of heart attack and living a healthy lifestyle and more importantly,
which is during the holidays see too don't post pontier,
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know the symptoms and take action if you see heart
attack signs and call nine one one for help.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Absolutely, thank you doctor for sharing those tips and what
should you do? Though? If you're experiencing a heart attack
right or having symptoms, I should say what is something
you should do immediately?
Speaker 10 (29:19):
You should definitely call nine one one Because heart attack
may present differently in men and women among people with
different conditions like diabetes, Recognizing early and calling nine one
for help is better is the best thing. The sooner
the medical treatment starts, the better the outcomes of survivor
survival and preventing short and long term damage. Heart attack
or men that remains a deadly condition and can have
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warning signs that people can miss. Traditionally, people, especially man
can present with pain or discomfort in the chest, and
women too, but women on diabetication can have other symptoms
like jaw, neck pain or stomach ache with nausea and vomiting,
discomfort in the arm and the shoulder, or breathing issues.
If you feel unwell, something different, change your family telling
you don't look good. Please don't hesitate to call nine
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one one. The earlier we intervened, and we have many
interventions to open blockages, can prolonged life and prevent permanent damage.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
Absolutely, I appreciate your time today, doctor, and where can
we go to learn more information?
Speaker 10 (30:18):
The American Heart Association website is a great resource of
what warning signs of heart attacks, broke and living healthy.
It's called hard dot org. It has nice from graphics
and accessible to the public, and it's very beneficial.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Awesome. Thank you so much for being here with us today.
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 10 (30:34):
Thank you for having me happy holidays and remember celebrate
and moderation awesome.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Thank you, thank you so much, and thank you for
listening to the Weekly Show. As we wrap up twenty
twenty four, we are so excited for the new upcoming
year and all the amazing interviews that we were going
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and we'll talk to you again next weekend. Happy New Year,
Hello, would welcome to the weekly show here and I
heart Radio ninety three nine one thirty five kids, if
I'm in Rock ninety five to five. Happy almost new year.
Our last show of the year is today and this weekend,
so in order and in honor of our last week
of twenty twenty four, I've curated some of the best interviews.
So let's kick off the show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I was I almost started singing it's it's the most
wonderful time of the year, but I'm not gonna I'm
going to spare our listeners right now. I'm going to
say it instead of singing it. It is the most
wonderful time of the year and the most wonderful person
of the years.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Here again. Man?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
You ready their ego booster Man, I'm your hype guy.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
Yeah, you really are. You made my nice list every year.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Brady Whitney Reynolds, Witneys women, what is going on with
Whitney Reynolds.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
Oh my goodness. I can't believe we're coming to the
end of the year. But as the time approaches, we
have to think ahead, right and those goals for twenty
twenty five are chasing me down personally, going to be
a better human next year.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
In many ways, I won't read.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Off my list for y'all, but our Whitney's Woman this
week is really one that's champion not only a cause,
but can help you crush a goal without even knowing
it and you can give it for Christmas. I mean,
this is like the perfect gift under the tree. I
want to welcome Vania Hudson to the show.
Speaker 6 (01:12):
Welcome, Thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
Yes, you know, we are talking respiratory health and this
is something that you know personally you sit on the board,
but also there's something coming up that can help people
really do a goal and a win going right into
twenty twenty five.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Oh, absolutely, hustle Chicago five.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Okay, so before we go into the climb, tell us
a little bit about the Respiratory Health Association.
Speaker 7 (01:39):
Respiratory Health Association is an organization here in Chicago that
focuses on bringing awareness to lung health including lung disease, COPD, cancer,
cs rsvv RSV, COLPD, so.
Speaker 6 (01:57):
Many different, so many different things.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Yeah, our lungs are so crucial for us. And you know,
I was with the CEO of Respiratory Health Robert, and
we were just talking about how many different people we
know that are impacted. And even my daughter, she's a
twin and was born at thirty seven weeks, but her
little lungs needed a little extra love when she was born,
and so we had an inhaler for her. And you
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said your son.
Speaker 7 (02:21):
Yes, as asthma when he was in high school. So
he's playing super jock. Oh yeah, it came upon him
plans born.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
So a lot of people do have a personal connection, Brady,
I know when we were talking off air, you even
have a connection with luck do multiple people?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Actually, my brother has asthma as well, still to this
day as an adult. And my father unfortunately passed away
last year. He had lung disease and was waiting for
a lung transplant, which it has been a whole nother animal, right,
But yeah, so I think you're right. I think everybody
knows somebody that's benefiting.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Yeah, And it is one of those things that the cause.
It sounds broad when you list everything off, but it's
super crucial. Yes it is, and so respiratory health you
sit on the board. Yes, what got you in involved
with the organization?
Speaker 6 (03:01):
Initially it was a.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
Goal of mine to do it because I had been
in a car accident and I was told I really
wouldn't be able to climb and walk and run like
I used to in my younger years. So I gave
myself a challenge after physical therapy, and I did the
half climb that first year.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
And for the listeners, the half climb is part of
the respiratory health. This is like their big event every
year called Hustle of the Hancock.
Speaker 7 (03:25):
Yes it is, well, they've renamed it because the Hancock
is formally known as something else.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Oh they changed another name of one of our buildings
in Chicago.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
That right is Hustle Chicago.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Oh it is hustling.
Speaker 6 (03:38):
Yeah, just Hustle Chicago.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Yeah, Hustle Chicago.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
And so you can go forty two fights or ninety four.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
And you know, I did this last year with my
seven year old son, and it was so cool because
I felt like I checked something off my goal list
and it's in February. And then also my son was like, Mom,
we did this together. And that's one thing I love,
is like we formed a little Whitney Reynolds team last year,
and people can form teams.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
You were saying you might form a team.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
I am going to do.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Oh you are Okay, we just got her to commit
on air.
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Okay, everybody, it's the healthy agentry movement.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
So you initially got involved with the Respiratory Health Association
because of the climb, correct, and then now you sit
on the board. How has it become extremely personal for you?
Speaker 7 (04:25):
Oh my gosh, because of the people we meet during
the climb for other respiratory health events, the constituency across
the state as well. We've got a lot of lawmakers
on our side that bring clean air into the state.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
That is good, and I love that.
Speaker 5 (04:44):
It's always nice because as a television show host, I
love doing my part with my voice and my gift.
But it's so nice to know that other people are
using their gifts to really make change and better society,
better our air.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
Quality, all of that absolutely.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Okay, So tell us officially about the hustle this year
or actually in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Twenty twenty five actually will be my thirteenth climb. Climbing
since twenty twelve, I raised one thousand dollars minimally every
year to go toward funding and research. We are just
ramping back up after COVID.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
COVID we took a hit on COVID. So okay, the
first year of COVID.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
Was a virtual climb, and then we did a mixed
climb the year after. So we're just bringing our numbers
up for participants. But everybody is so stoked to be
involved and to see the kiddos. They start from ages
six to I think the oldest we had last year
was eighty seven.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Wow, yes, you know, I think he was like near
my group. Okay, I remember hearing. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
It's great too, because you know, not every day do
you get to run up one of our major buildings
in Chicago. So that's kind of like a bucket list
item itself. But then to know you're doing it all
in the name for a better car and for long health.
I loved it because last year there were people on
different floors cheering for us. Oh yeah, you never knew
who you were going to see on a floor beside
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me huffing and puffet.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
My son was just waiting for me to catch up.
Speaker 8 (06:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (06:12):
Yeah, they're volunteers are phenomenal and they will do anything
to help you calm down, hydrate, you get you to
somebody if you need some help medically. But they are
truly dedicated to I.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Love that, okay, And I have good news for all
of our listeners. I actually have a discount code for
people that are thinking about signing up, so you can
find out the info. It's at the Respiratory Health Association
dot org. Is it right, okay? And then if you
put in w R Hustle ten, you can get ten
dollars off, which I think is great.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, I know, And it.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
Is one of those things that as we go into
New Year's that's a goal, Brady.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
You run all the time like you're a runner. What
are your goals? Are you running up?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Got the marathon next year? I took I took a
year off. I had to retire.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Just repost that picture because I could have sworn I
saw the picture.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
I retired, officially retire, and then all of a sudden
I got the bug again. But yeah, I'm doing that.
But I think I need to in honor of my dad,
I think I should should form a tenure for Hustle
Chicago and secrets. It sounds like something that's, like you said,
a lot of fun and what's amazing is the age range.
So I'm wondering, like people that are listening right now,
and they're a little hesitant because it sounds scary to
climb all those stairs.
Speaker 7 (07:18):
Anybody can do it, and my body can do well.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
And that's how you got involved originally, was because you
were told you couldn't run or climb or anything, and
you did it.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Now you're on your thirteenth.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
On my thirteenth one, and people ask me, how do
I practice? So I go over to Palo's Park, Paylottle
Hill and do swallow Cliff and I train over there
probably three times a week.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Wow, look at you training. I wouldn't want to race
you up.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
You know.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
It's also one of those things for the holidays that
I love to gift experiences because you know, a lot
I'm I'm at that stage where I have a lot
of the things that I would want under the tree,
and I'm really into that community time with my family
or with people I love, and so I love the
gift of an experience. So that's an other thought for
those people that are thinking, Okay, what do I get
that person that's hard to.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
Buy for It will be an unforgettable experience.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
Oh I love it. I love it.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Well, thank you so much for coming on today. Tell
people again where they can find out more about.
Speaker 6 (08:13):
The Hustle Respiratoryhealth Association dot org. Go online.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
You will find anything everything you want to about Hustle
Chicago and some of our other events that we have.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
Oh yeah, there are so many coming up.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
If you had a Whitney Reynolds dot com as well,
I know is under with wit we have that qarca
or not the quarca. We have the code for the
ten dollars off. So thank you so much Vanie for coming.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
Up having me.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I know you're climbing in twenty twenty five Whitney and
what else are you? What else are your plans for
the new year? It's coming up?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
So you know, for a long time, the talk show,
the national dream, that was the goal. So like twenty
three year old Whitney coming to Chicago, and now that
we've had the National Show for three years, I'm stepping
into an even stronger vision. It is to be this
strongest voice of hope in media.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
So I know, I gotills.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
I know.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
It's one of those things that as I was thinking
about our vision board for the future, it is it
was very evident for me that these stories of hope
need to keep coming and I you know, I take
this platform of Whitney's women very serious because this is
media Brady and bringing women on that are doing good
for our city is huge. So as we go into
(09:25):
twenty twenty five, my team is ramping up great stories,
ones that will inspire for the Whitney Renolds Show, but
you'll also be seeing some more crossover events with different platforms,
So I'm very excited about it. People can keep up
at Whitney Renolds dot com with everything weird, and.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
It is hard to keep up. You're bouncing all around
your Globetrotter two and you're doing things. You're spreading that
hope in every continent that it feels like. But thank
you for all you do. Have an awesome holiday and
we can't wait to see what happens in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Hi, It's Paulina Rowe here with iHeartMedia Chicago and today
I am chatting with Gloria Lee, chief legal officer at Everlaw.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
How are you today, I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Of course, I'm so happy that you're here today. We
are talking one of my kind of new favorite topics.
It is AI and we're talking how AI is reshaping
the legal field. And I'm so interested to hear from
you because everyone's talking about it, right, Ai Chadjebt two
years ago, I believe, is when Chad Jubet kind of launched.
So I know it's really impacting a lot of just
(10:30):
different fields and different professions and I'm just, you know,
really excited to chat with you more and kind of
dive more into that as well. Gloria, do you mind
giving us a quick background about yourself if you don't mind, sure.
Speaker 9 (10:43):
So I have been practicing for over twenty five years,
starting in Chicago actually, which is my hometown, and I
started my career as a federal law clerk and then
came to San Francisco where I was at a big
firm as a litigator, moved into government as a try lawyer,
(11:05):
and then I've been in house at large corporations and
startups for the last fifteen years or so.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Oh I love it, well, awesome, Thank you so much
for sharing. So my first question for you is you
know what is generative AI?
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Right?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
And our businesses using it in everyday practices?
Speaker 9 (11:24):
Yeah, And those are great questions, and as you noted,
it's really like one of the hot topics of the day,
so I think a.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Lot of people are curious about it.
Speaker 9 (11:32):
And generative AI, to begin with, is a type of
artificial intelligence that generates new content by learning patterns from
things that already exist in the world. Books, news, articles,
social media, websites, videos, and people are using it in
all sorts of ways, and businesses are using it too.
(11:53):
I think we probably all experienced that aipowered chatbot when
you're trying to get to customer support, but they're also
using it for things like helping write long blog posts
or even just to brainstorm new ideas. So the possibilities
are endless. But it's not perfect because it is a
new and developing technology. So I like to think of
(12:14):
it as a smart intern that with some guidance and training,
it can take a first pass.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
At my requests and do a pretty good job.
Speaker 9 (12:22):
But like any in turn, the work might not be
perfect because it's still learning, so it's really important to
check its work and validate for accuracy every time.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Absolutely, That's what I always say, because I work in
media or in radio, and if I ever do use
like chedge BT just for like inspiration on something, right,
whether it's like a creative content, whether it's sort of
really anything related to what I do. I always say,
I'm like, you know, it's a great tool. It does help,
but please make sure you're checking it and tweak it.
Don't just use what they give you, like, always check.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
It exactly exactly. Yeah, it's so important.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
So, Gloria, how are legal professionals taking advantage of AI
artificial intelligence?
Speaker 9 (13:05):
Yeah, I mean in the legal industry, JENAI is particularly
valuable because JENAI is really good at language and documents,
and so much.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Of legal work involves just that.
Speaker 9 (13:16):
So a couple of examples for you know, how a
legal professional might use that smart intern to start working
with AI is to draft a legal document and then
it'll give the lawyers a really strong first draft. Or
you can take a fifty or one hundred page document
that would take a really long time to read and
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ask the AI to summarize it and even highlight the
key facts in it, so that will then lighten the
load so that you're able to actually identify trends or
you spot the relevant facts. So it's really an exciting
new development for our field.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Absolutely, And how does generate ave AI cut down or
help cut down on time? Intensive tasks, right, something maybe
just let's let's just say taking up a little bit
too much of our time, or maybe like we don't
really need to focus on it so much, so let's
have AI kind of take awak at it. Like what
do you think?
Speaker 9 (14:08):
Yeah, well, I'll give you an example based on my
experience as a litigator. And when I was a junior
attorney more than twenty five years ago, and I was
a litigation associate, document review meant being stuck in a
conference room for weeks or even months, and you'd be
surrounded by these banker's boxes and mountains of documents and
you had to sit through them because it's always important
(14:31):
to understand your case and to be able to build
your case. If you fast forward to today, you still
need to have that document review happen because you still
need to understand and build your case. But the data
is now a lot more than just paper. I mean,
I'm sure you see it in your life. You've got
emails and texts and zoom recordings and Slack messages.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
I mean, the amount of data has just exploded. It's
one hundred times what it was fifteen years ago. But
if you can reimagine that now yeah, with the.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
Smart intern Now I can use a tool like Everlaw's
AI assistant to do that first pass review that I
used to do manually, and it's going to save me
a ton of time. One of our customers was able
to review more than ten thousand documents in just minutes.
That's something that would have taken a team of human
reviewers several days.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Oh wow, it's I know.
Speaker 9 (15:24):
It's a really incredible use case for AI in the
legal field because it leverages what AI is really good at,
and then it allows legal professionals to spend more time
on strategy and analysis and to do.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
The things that humans are good at.
Speaker 9 (15:43):
All that said, I said, it's a new and developing technology,
and you mentioned too how you always want to be
checking the output. It's really important because of the risk
of hallucinations, which is when AI will essentially make things up.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
And of course in the legal field, the stakes can be.
Speaker 9 (16:01):
High, and so you really need to make sure that
you are mitigating against that.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yes, absolutely, And Gloria, you know you did mention the hallucinations, right,
So how can legal teams avoid them when it comes
to using AI specifically.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
Well, I think the number one thing is human oversight
or having a human in the loop. That's imperative to
the successful use of AI in any field, And certainly
that's what you described yourself doing in your field when
you're using chat gpt to as a tool. Because in
the legal field, at the end of the day, the
legal professionals and the lawyers of the experts, we wouldn't
(16:40):
expect an intern to have the same level of critical
thinking or experience judgment or even ethical understanding as someone
who's been doing this for ten, twenty or more years.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
And we need to remember that AI is not perfect.
So again going back to that point about checking.
Speaker 9 (16:59):
The word making sure it is not providing misleading or
inaccurate information.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
The other thing that you can do to reduce the
risk of.
Speaker 9 (17:10):
Hallucination is understand what the AI is relying on for
its responses. So for example, with ever law's AI assistant,
it'll cite to the particular source to confirm that it's
not just making things up. So with that type of
essential oversight, it's really an exciting opportunity, not just for
the legal industry, but for a lot of industries.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Yes, absolutely, and I even mentioned even my industry. I'm
like I work in radio and media and I and
to me, like I consider it a very useful tool
if used correctly, I think you can really just really
help enhance daily lives and just those tasks you know
that need to get done, like you mentioned too.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Absolutely, I mean what you've said, it's a tool. It's
used to enhance, it's not to replace.
Speaker 9 (17:57):
And that's, you know, a really good way to think
about it and the power of what it's going to
be able to bring.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Absolutely, I agree. Do you happen to have more information
for us? Is there a place that we can go
to learn more?
Speaker 9 (18:15):
Yeah, to learn more about Everlaw and the innovative work
we're doing with chart of AI for the legal industry.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
You can visit our website.
Speaker 9 (18:22):
We've got lots of demos and other information and that's
at everlaw dot com.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Awesome, Thank you so much. I appreciate your time today.
Gloria Lee, chief legal Officer at Everlaw. We appreciate your time.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Thank you, Paulina. It was a great conversation. Hi.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago and today I am
chatting with travel expert Gabe Seigley.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
How are you today, Paulina.
Speaker 8 (18:47):
Great to join you from beautiful Anna Marie Island today.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Oh my gosh, it's beautiful, he said, it's seventy.
Speaker 8 (18:53):
Degrees right, Well, it's you know, I've watched the sunrise
this morning. We're approaching seven degrees as we speak. This
weekend temperatures approaching eighty. So yeah, it's a beautiful part
of the state to be.
Speaker 3 (19:06):
That is beautiful.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
I'm sitting in like twenty two degree weathers, So that
is the gorgeous.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
I love that.
Speaker 8 (19:10):
I know. That's why I'm running it in.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
I know, no, I love it, love it. So today
we are talking about tourism in Florida, and obviously, you know,
if you live in the United States, you understand all
the impacts of the recent hurricanes. I believe it's hurricane
is it Helene or Helen? And then Milton?
Speaker 8 (19:27):
Correct, Yeah, So this is an area southwestern Florida. It's
Anna Marie Island. Right across the water is downtown Bradenton.
This was a very active hurricane season this year. And yes,
those two storms Helene in late September Milton in early
October sort of a one two punch to this area.
And not unfamiliar with big storms, but that cadence that
(19:48):
won back to back cadence, And of course the strength
of these storms with some pretty sort of ancillary weather
that was created by them, certainly created some issues here.
There's still some revamping going on of some structures that
were damaged. The good news is that the clean up
process of the sand, you know, the strong storm surge
did push the sand in a couple of blocks, but
(20:10):
that's all been cleaned and sifted and it's back on
the shoreline now. All of the beaches on Anna Maria Island,
which is this wonderful seven mile long island, are now
back open and welcoming visitors all over again.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
I love that. So obviously, yes, Florida has sort of
pretty much been through it this year. So that's why
we want to definitely talk about some of the favorite
attractions things to do in Florida. And obviously how us
going to Florida does you know, truly help the people
they are, you know, and being able to sort of
like rebuild the I don't know, Floridian economy if you
(20:44):
will to sort of, yeah, haven't affected. So talk to
me about some of the attractions that you recommend.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (20:53):
So, and by the way, I think This is for
a lot of folks listening in Chicago. This is a
very popular destination out of that part of the country.
You've got NonStop flights on United Southwest Frontier that bring
you right into the Sarasota braid Inton Airport, which then
puts you about just thirty minutes from the shores of
this very popular destination. Anna Maria Island, famous for its sugary,
(21:15):
fine white sand beaches. It's very gentle surf. I've been
walking up and down the shoreline here the last couple
of days. Lots of families, lots of couple's hand in hand,
and lots of just groups of friends who come out
here and want to enjoy the weather. This is an
area that does see winter temperatures during the day match
the water temperature, which is a mid to upper seventy
(21:37):
so a very desirable, you know, weather phenomenon here. And
the travel dollars certainly a big part of the rebound
here because you're spending money directly with the businesses that
make this area tick. And this is Ednamurray Island where
you really don't see any chain restaurant. This whole family
owned restaurants and businesses mainly a vacation rental market. I'm
on the top floor a place called the Mainsail, beautiful
(21:59):
boutique vacation rental property that's literally right on the White
sand here as well. But yeah, this is a part
of Florida that, for those who've been here recognizes for
that nostalgic, authentic Florida charm. It dates back one hundred
and seventy five years before the South Beach high rises,
before those theme parks, and so that nostalgic approachability makes
(22:23):
it a super desiral area. You throw in the great weather,
the great beach conditions here, and it's just a no
brain of her a lot of folks, especially during those
winter months.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Absolutely, And you mentioned the winter months for us, you
know here in Chicago to come and travel. When is
a good time to go to Florida. I think I
know the answer to that, and that's any time. But
when is a good time travel?
Speaker 8 (22:44):
Well, so listen, peak season is always going to be
like right about now through March and in April, because
where a lot of the rest of the country, including
the Chicago area, will see temperatures dip considerably, this is
where it stays super mild and that's what attracts a
lot of people out here. Certainly over those couple of months.
Springtime is a great time to come as well. You're
(23:06):
going to see, obviously things get a little bit more,
a little warmer, a little muggier company to come the
summer months. But I do love those what we call
the shoulder seasons, right the spring and the fall season,
for sure, because you see the crowds thin a little bit,
the weather's still super pleasant, and then the prices drop.
There's some great value here. But for an area like
(23:27):
this that is really sort of at the threshold of
now rebounding from a very active hurricane season, I think
we're looking at all of twenty twenty five as a
prospective travel window because at the end of the day,
these are again mostly locally owned, family owned businesses that
are going to depend on that travel dollar to rebound
throughout the course of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Yes, and I love that you mentioned those family owned businesses.
You know, just the residents you know who live in
that area and who work there and who really could
use our support and obviously who wouldn't love to go
to a beautiful place like Florida to do that to
help really kind of you know, after this disasters that
were the hurricanes. I think it's really important, so support
if you can. Gabe, I really appreciate you. Exactly where
(24:12):
can we go for more information? More details and how
to you know where to go check out you know
the cool spots in Florida.
Speaker 8 (24:19):
A great question. There's a ton of information on the
day to day recovery here. By the way, daily reopenings
of a lot of the businesses here in this part
of Florida and Ana Maria Island. The goal is to
have all businesses that would have been affected by the
hurricanes that had to shut down back open, back up
and running by Christmas Day. But you can get all
that information, get all your trip planning done by visiting
(24:39):
Raydenton Golf Islands dot com.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Gabe, thank you so much for your time today.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (24:47):
All right, we'll see you out here.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Hi. It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago, and today I
am chatting with doctor Mohammed al Kazaz, cardiologists at Northwestern
Medicine blum Cordovascular Institute.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
How are you today?
Speaker 10 (25:00):
I'm good? How are you? Thanks for having me of.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Course, thank you for being here. I appreciate you and
your time. So today we are talking about tips that
you will be able to share with us when it
comes to preventing heart attacks, and then the signs and
the symptoms to also watch out for. So one thing
I actually did not know is that more people die
from heart attacks during the last week of December than
(25:23):
at any other time of the year. That is information
that I did not know, and I'm so happy we
can talk about it with you and share with our listeners. So, doctor,
do you mind kind of first and foremost giving our
audience a little bit of a background about yourself and
then yeah, kind of talk about what's going on the
last week of December.
Speaker 10 (25:42):
Thank you. So I am one of the cardologists at
Northwestern Medicine Bloom Cardibasquar Institute. I am the session chew
on cryology and I specialize in valves the Carl disease.
And obviously we see patient with cornerating arch disease all
the time, and this overlaps here very well. The holidays
is a the stressful time for most of us, where
teens are disrupted. We may tend to eat and drink
(26:05):
more and exercise and relax less. We may also not
be listening to our bodies or paying attention to warning
sign thinking we can wait till the new year, or
to lower friendly that of town or something. And obviously
the cold weather can help, can worsen the bloods flow
to the heart arteries. All of these things can contribute
(26:25):
and increase the risk of heart attacks we see in
this time of the year. But heart is an important
condition throughout.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
The year, absolutely, and again I think that's information that
a lot of us don't really think of right when
it comes to this time of the year. Sometimes, you know,
during the holiday season, especially when we're you know, approaching Christmas,
and even after Christmas or before New Year's you know,
I think a lot a lot of us do tend
to slow down. So I think that's, you know, information
that's very valuable. So why do heart attacks then specifically
(26:54):
spike during the holidays.
Speaker 10 (26:57):
It's just because of those reasons we discussed where we
have changes in our diet, unhealthy changes. We have a
higher alcohol consumption, and we don't move, we're more sedentary,
so we have to take steps to prevent and lower
the risk of heart attack in general and particular during
this time. Eating healthily does not mean during the holidays
or any other times, does not mean we're depriving ourselves.
(27:18):
There are still ways to eat smart. We look for
small healthy changes and swaps that we can make so
we can continue to feel our best while eating and
drinking in moderation. And we don't forget watching per sodium
and sugar intake. And we have to keep moving because
during the holiday, where physical activity level goes down, we
(27:39):
have to keep moving. We have to be creative, whether
going to the gym for a stationary buy EQS or
whatever you like to do, or walk with your family,
use the stairs instead of the elevator, find fun activities
to do. All these things are important to reduce the
stress that we face in general and in particular during
this time with family interactions, train finances, hectic schedule and traveling.
(28:00):
All that lead us to celebrate in moderation. And it's
in the context of preventing heart disease of eating well,
being active, avoiding smoking, and controlling blood pressure, cholesterol, sugar
and among other things.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Absolutely, and what are some tips that you can share
with us for preventing heart attacks?
Speaker 10 (28:18):
Yeah, so obviously, eating a healthy plant based materian diet
is key, where we have high and food and vegetable,
less processed food, less red meat, and more wholesome diet
and being more active doing one to fifty minutes of
exercise of moderate level during the week, five times a week,
basically thirty minutes. If you smoke, please stop smoking and
(28:39):
minimize alcohol use if you use alcohol excessively, and have
good sleep habits. Work with your doctor to manage blood pressure, sugar,
cholesterol issues, and weight. And with these things. With these things,
what happens is controlling these things can lower the risk
of heart attack and living a healthy lifestyle and more importantly,
which is during the holidays see too don't post pontier,
(29:01):
know the symptoms and take action if you see heart
attack signs and call nine one one for help.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Absolutely, thank you doctor for sharing those tips and what
should you do? Though? If you're experiencing a heart attack
right or having symptoms, I should say what is something
you should do immediately?
Speaker 10 (29:19):
You should definitely call nine one one Because heart attack
may present differently in men and women among people with
different conditions like diabetes, Recognizing early and calling nine one
for help is better is the best thing. The sooner
the medical treatment starts, the better the outcomes of survivor
survival and preventing short and long term damage. Heart attack
or men that remains a deadly condition and can have
(29:41):
warning signs that people can miss. Traditionally, people, especially man
can present with pain or discomfort in the chest, and
women too, but women on diabetication can have other symptoms
like jaw, neck pain or stomach ache with nausea and vomiting,
discomfort in the arm and the shoulder, or breathing issues.
If you feel unwell, something different, change your family telling
you don't look good. Please don't hesitate to call nine
(30:04):
one one. The earlier we intervened, and we have many
interventions to open blockages, can prolonged life and prevent permanent damage.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
Absolutely, I appreciate your time today, doctor, and where can
we go to learn more information?
Speaker 10 (30:18):
The American Heart Association website is a great resource of
what warning signs of heart attacks, broke and living healthy.
It's called hard dot org. It has nice from graphics
and accessible to the public, and it's very beneficial.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Awesome. Thank you so much for being here with us today.
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 10 (30:34):
Thank you for having me happy holidays and remember celebrate
and moderation awesome.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Thank you, thank you so much, and thank you for
listening to the Weekly Show. As we wrap up twenty
twenty four, we are so excited for the new upcoming
year and all the amazing interviews that we were going
to feature right here on the Weekly Show. To catch
up out anything that you missed, you can search for
the Weekly Show and our free iHeartRadio app. Thank you, Chicago,
and we'll talk to you again next weekend. Happy New Year,
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