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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Five for fighting.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
And John's a big LA Kings fan, so I just
had to remind him what happened at the opening game
of the season when our avalanche crushed his Kings. But
he was at the game, so he didn't need a reminder. Hi, John,
thanks for being here.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Why thank you, Ross, I have to remind you. It
is game one. It's a long season.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
But boy, if you're the cars of the world and
stay healthy, you guys will have a nice season.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
So we'll see what happens.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
We certainly take a beating that night, but in congrats
to your Broncos pulling off one of the biggest upsets
in fourth quarter history.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
That was an incredible thing, all right, So my listeners know,
because I mentioned this from time to time even when
you're not on with me, that you've been an incredible
source of moral clarity and just a pillar of strength
supporting Israel.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And you're not Jewish, and you're.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I mean, you don't live in Hollywood, but you're you're
out there in California around a lot of those people
where a lot of that moral clarity has been missing.
So the first thing I just wanted to say is
thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Again. I've said it to you before, but I want
to say it again.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
I appreciate that. I wish I was not an anomaly.
I wish I was the norm. But it seems that
Hollywood and many folks have lost their mind since October seventh,
twenty twenty three. But hopefully we're going to have some
very good news in the next few days with the hostages.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yeah, and particularly good timing to have you on today.
You wrote a piece for Fox News entitled Hollywood joins
history's shameful betrayals by blacklisting Jewish artists, and you did
a rather long Twitter video talking about some of this
and name checking Mark Ruffalo in the Twitter video and
(01:50):
some other people in this article. So I want to
know two things from you. So first, what are you
saying here? And second, why are are you expending the
energy and the political capital and whatever to say it?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Why is it important to you to say what you
are saying?
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Well, I think really we are in the fight for civilization,
and I don't say that kind of flippantly.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
If you see what's happening in Europe.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Obviously, what's happened since October seventh, the moral collapse of
so many institutions, the UN, Amnesty International, certainly our college
campus is run amuck with Marxism, anti Semitism, the media
who became very quickly kind of Hamas propagandist, and frankly
(02:41):
members of Congress, Rashida Talib's of the world, who again
basically our partners in Tarris propaganda. I think that really
is the fight for the soul of the world, And
for me, it's just a simple thing to say these things.
The fact that I'm the anomaly in the arts, I
(03:01):
think is represents a historic shame of an industry that
likes to pride itself on being humanitarian, being progressive, being
the voice of good versus versus evil. And we've certainly
seen the silence in the arts since October seventh has
been devastating. The article that you mentioned there was a
letter signed by four thousand Hollywood actors basically blacklisting Jews,
(03:26):
saying if you're Israeli, we're not going to hire you,
we're not going to work with you. And in this
day and age in twenty twenty five, if you look
back in nineteen thirty eight, that's how the kind of
holocaust happened. The blacklisting of Jews, the demonization of Jews,
and we're really seeing it in all aspects of the culture,
but particularly the arts, including ross many Jewish artists, which
(03:47):
just blows your mind.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Why do you think that is not the Jewish part?
But why do you think that particular mindset is so
prevalent in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I think there's a lot of reasons.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Certainly, the woke, the kind of the oak mind virus
has affected many of these folks. They kind of look
at anybody as the oppressor. That is successful, but a
lot of it is pure cowardice, pure cowardice. Look the folks,
every artist that kind of of of of stature performed
at the concert for New York after nine to eleven
(04:18):
condemning Osamavan Lauden. Those have not been indoctrinated by TikTok.
They're my age, there are age they know better, and
their silence is participating in this betrayal of humanity. So
it's cowardice, it's it's indoctrination, it's fashion. But at the
end of the day, whether they're useful idiots or not,
(04:40):
they their actions are basically the same as the kind
of pro hamas propagandists because they're empowering the genocide narrative,
which is a complete lie. They're palace, They're they're perpetuating
the free Palestine debacle, which you know, you want a
free Palace Stein, you know, okay, free the Gossins from
(05:02):
the yoke of Hamas. So I think a lot of
it is all these things, and when the media gets
behind it as well, it's really hard to combat. But
I do think the tide is turning. I think President
Trump has been an incredible leader. Nobody thought we could
get the hostages out, so, you know, Mike Waltz has
come into the UN to clean up that cesspool. Marco
(05:24):
Rubio has been a hero, historic hero, kind of leading
this fight for sanity. So with all the insanity in Hollywood,
thank goodness, we at least have great leadership in our nation.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
We're talking with John Andresik you may know him as
five for fighting a couple sort of personal questions here.
You have clearly thought about this a lot, and from
time to time when I hear some of these you know,
Hollywood dimwits who you are criticizing everywhere, not just in
this article, when I hear them talk about these things.
(05:56):
It's clearly that they really don't know what they're talking about.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
And I'm wondering, have.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
You, like, since you were a little kid, or when
did you get interested in current events and foreign affairs
and politics? When when did this become a passion of yours?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
You know, I've never been one that likes to stand
on a soapbox and like, you know, spout my views,
you know, like Hollywood does.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
I think, you know, I think we all find those
books annoying.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
At the same time, music has always had a role
in talking about the world we live in, and for me,
the honor of my career has been performing and touring
and going around the world supporting our troops. I have
a great love and appreciation for the gift of freedom,
for our democracy, for America, and who is the spine
of that, in the heart of that, it's our troops.
(06:45):
So for me, it's really been about our troops. But
then in the last few years, seeing the you know,
the abandonment of our allies in Afghanistan, seeing Putin trying
to reconstitute the Soviet Union in Ukraine, and of course
the app for math of October seventh. You know, these
are big issues and they're all connected, and to me,
they're all moral issues. It's not about religion, it's not
(07:07):
about race. So to me, they're they're easy things to say.
The Taliban is bad, Putin is bad, Hamas is bad.
To me, they shouldn't be controversial, but unfortunately, in this crazy, woke,
tribal world we live in, it is so for me.
I'm just one guy singing songs, speaking, you know, my piece,
and isn't that what America is about? And I would
(07:29):
engage many of my you know, fellow musical artists, Hollywood artists,
to have these conversations. But again, I think the perfect
example is here, we are finally having a ceasefire, and
for two years we've been hearing from these artists demanding
a ceasefire. We need a ceasefire, and where are they now.
They seem to have no interest in a ceasefire. They're
(07:50):
basically disappointed for some reason. So I think it just
goes to show you the kind of insanity in Doctor
Nation and really what it is as a cult, and
we have to stand up to that because it's not
going away.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, and I think part of the reason that they're
silent now is that they're very troubled by the idea
that they might have to give Donald Trump credit for
something good.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
I think that's I think that's a lot of it.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
But you didn't really answer my question, which a more
personal question, right like did you think this way?
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Did you feel this way?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Did you have this kind of moral core when you
were twenty five?
Speaker 4 (08:27):
Well, look, you know, we have a family business, so
I understand the real world manufacturing and make it appayrel
But I was a Reagan guy. You know, I loved Reagan.
I loved him, you know, standing up to the Soviet Union.
So I've never been like a hardcore conservative. I've kind
of been like socially liberal, kind of fiscally conservative, you know,
kind of understanding the real world. So I've never been
(08:49):
someone who kind of has been into activism. It just
so happens. I think the fact that nobody's saying anything
made me feel somebody's got to say so in the arts,
so I didn't come to this like with any kind
of joy. I still don't take any joy in it,
but I do feel it needs to be said. And
the beautiful thing about music and having songs that people know,
(09:10):
like Superman one hundred years, you can give voice to
the voiceless, whether it's our Afghan veterans, the.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Jewish community, Ukrainian.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
So I think that's with my platform, it allows me
to to speak in a way that others cannot.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I'm so with you on the Reagan thing. You're I
think you're nine months older than I am. And so
my my first vote for president was Reagan in.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
His re election. And and you know, and I mentioned.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Not that long ago on the show, I asked, I
asked listeners and myself this hypothetical question, as you, has
there ever been a vote for president that you're that
you remain proud of?
Speaker 1 (09:49):
And and I'm I remain proud.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Of that vote, and not very many others, but I
do remain proud of that vote. Tell me tell me
a little bit about the song that we bumped in with.
I think it's called Tuesday. Tell me a little bit
about that song.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, I was actually surprised.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
You know, usually it's one of two songs on Vout
for Music, But Tuesday was a song I wrote about
my experience playing the concert for New York and nine
to eleven and nine to eleven occurred on a Tuesday.
And the song that I wrote almost twenty years ago
was a plea to not forget the lessons of nine
to eleven, and I wish I had not been quite
(10:27):
as prophetic, as we were about to elect a mayor
of New York City, where the atrocities of nine to
eleven occurred, who wants to globalize the indefada. So again,
I think we certainly, in my mind, have forgotten many
of the lessons of nine to eleven. On the other hand,
I think our leadership now understands that. And I was
(10:48):
also very proud of my vote for Reagan. He's kind
of always been my ideological hero. He sat behind me
in a hockey game once, and so again I think
we can take at his kind of values and willingness
to show strength against evil actors, which I think President
(11:09):
Trump bombing Iran change the whole narrative, change the whole dynamic.
And I think without that, we probably don't have this
hostage deal right now.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
But they're not home yet.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
Yeah, So again, I'm kind of keeping myself on an
even keel, so let's see where it plays out. But
certainly I'm very grateful to this administration and what they're
doing for Israel and America.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
We're talking with John Andresick. You know, I'm as five
for fighting. I told I told my listeners earlier in
the show, John that at your most, not you in general,
at a person's most optimistic about whatever is going to
happen in the Middle East, the proper approach would be
what I would call to be cautiously pessimistic. Right, that's
(11:52):
as optimistic as you should ever get in the Middle East.
Like and I'm like, I want to be incredibly happy,
but I want to just pull back on the reins
a little bit and till actually see the hostages out.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
I'm with you one hundred percent. Let's just get there.
Let's get to that moment.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
I talked to.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Add Ol Alonoel's mother every couple of days and many
of the hostage families. So again, Humas is evil, they
do evil things. Certainly, backing out of a deal like
this would not surprise me. On the other hand, the
dynamics changed. You have all the Middle Eastern countries pushing them,
and I do think, I do think there is reason
(12:33):
to be hopeful, but I'm with you. Until I see it,
I don't believe it. And even you know, even if
we do get the hostages out. That is just the
first step in this generational battle that we're fighting against
kind of this Islamic radicalism. Europe is still being taken
over by this ideology. Uh I just did a podcast
with Canada. They also Canada believe it or not, becoming
(12:56):
an anti Semitic accessful in Toronto.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
So we have a lot of work to do.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
But let's just pray through the weekend that Monday Tuesday,
the hostages are home, and then we could celebrate that
and take it from there.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
All right, last thing for you, when's the last time
you played music in Israel? And what do you think
it will be like for you when you next go
back to play music in Israel when the war is over.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I was there actually a year and a half ago.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
I was asked to go and ended up playing hostage
Square played Superman in my song Okay. Turned out it
was the night I ran bombed Israel for the first time.
So I spent the night in a safe room and
got a sense of what it's like to be there.
And as you know, ross I had done a new
version of Superman for the hostages. For Alono Well, who's
a piano player, and our dream was to go to
the hostage square piano called the Yellow Piano, which is
(13:49):
a loans piano and play Superman with a loon sitting
next to me. So that is our dream. I do
believe that will happen, and hopefully that'll be sooner than
later when I go back to Israel and have that
incredible experience with not just alone, but all the hostage
families including and we have to recognize so many of
the hostage families where other loved one did not come home,
(14:12):
so we need to recognize them as well.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
In this time, John Andersick, you know him as five
for fighting. We're going to turn him into a huge
Colorado Avalanche fan by the time we're done. That is
so cool that Ronald Reagan set behind you at a
hockey game.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I can't believe that.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
John, Thank you so much, not just for your time,
but for your unflagging moral clarity and courage and showing
the way in a neighborhood full of people that need
to be shown the way.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
Well, Ross, thank you, you fight the good fight every day.
This is a team effort, all of us, all your listeners,
and I'm just glad that you know now that Ronald
Reagan was a Kings fan.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Oh that hurts.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Thanks John, talk to you soon, see you, Bud. All right,
all right, that's John Andersick five for fighting.
Five for fighting.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
And John's a big LA Kings fan, so I just
had to remind him what happened at the opening game
of the season when our avalanche crushed his Kings. But
he was at the game, so he didn't need a reminder. Hi, John,
thanks for being here.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Why thank you, Ross, I have to remind you. It
is game one. It's a long season.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
But boy, if you're the cars of the world and
stay healthy, you guys will have a nice season.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
So we'll see what happens.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
We certainly take a beating that night, but in congrats
to your Broncos pulling off one of the biggest upsets
in fourth quarter history.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
That was an incredible thing, all right, So my listeners know,
because I mentioned this from time to time even when
you're not on with me, that you've been an incredible
source of moral clarity and just a pillar of strength
supporting Israel.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And you're not Jewish, and you're.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I mean, you don't live in Hollywood, but you're you're
out there in California around a lot of those people
where a lot of that moral clarity has been missing.
So the first thing I just wanted to say is
thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Again. I've said it to you before, but I want
to say it again.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
I appreciate that. I wish I was not an anomaly.
I wish I was the norm. But it seems that
Hollywood and many folks have lost their mind since October seventh,
twenty twenty three. But hopefully we're going to have some
very good news in the next few days with the hostages.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yeah, and particularly good timing to have you on today.
You wrote a piece for Fox News entitled Hollywood joins
history's shameful betrayals by blacklisting Jewish artists, and you did
a rather long Twitter video talking about some of this
and name checking Mark Ruffalo in the Twitter video and
(01:50):
some other people in this article. So I want to
know two things from you. So first, what are you
saying here? And second, why are are you expending the
energy and the political capital and whatever to say it?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Why is it important to you to say what you
are saying?
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Well, I think really we are in the fight for civilization,
and I don't say that kind of flippantly.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
If you see what's happening in Europe.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Obviously, what's happened since October seventh, the moral collapse of
so many institutions, the UN, Amnesty International, certainly our college
campus is run amuck with Marxism, anti Semitism, the media
who became very quickly kind of Hamas propagandist, and frankly
(02:41):
members of Congress, Rashida Talib's of the world, who again
basically our partners in Tarris propaganda. I think that really
is the fight for the soul of the world, And
for me, it's just a simple thing to say these things.
The fact that I'm the anomaly in the arts, I
(03:01):
think is represents a historic shame of an industry that
likes to pride itself on being humanitarian, being progressive, being
the voice of good versus versus evil. And we've certainly
seen the silence in the arts since October seventh has
been devastating. The article that you mentioned there was a
letter signed by four thousand Hollywood actors basically blacklisting Jews,
(03:26):
saying if you're Israeli, we're not going to hire you,
we're not going to work with you. And in this
day and age in twenty twenty five, if you look
back in nineteen thirty eight, that's how the kind of
holocaust happened. The blacklisting of Jews, the demonization of Jews,
and we're really seeing it in all aspects of the culture,
but particularly the arts, including ross many Jewish artists, which
(03:47):
just blows your mind.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Why do you think that is not the Jewish part?
But why do you think that particular mindset is so
prevalent in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I think there's a lot of reasons.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Certainly, the woke, the kind of the oak mind virus
has affected many of these folks. They kind of look
at anybody as the oppressor. That is successful, but a
lot of it is pure cowardice, pure cowardice. Look the folks,
every artist that kind of of of of stature performed
at the concert for New York after nine to eleven
(04:18):
condemning Osamavan Lauden. Those have not been indoctrinated by TikTok.
They're my age, there are age they know better, and
their silence is participating in this betrayal of humanity. So
it's cowardice, it's it's indoctrination, it's fashion. But at the
end of the day, whether they're useful idiots or not,
(04:40):
they their actions are basically the same as the kind
of pro hamas propagandists because they're empowering the genocide narrative,
which is a complete lie. They're palace, They're they're perpetuating
the free Palestine debacle, which you know, you want a
free Palace Stein, you know, okay, free the Gossins from
(05:02):
the yoke of Hamas. So I think a lot of
it is all these things, and when the media gets
behind it as well, it's really hard to combat. But
I do think the tide is turning. I think President
Trump has been an incredible leader. Nobody thought we could
get the hostages out, so, you know, Mike Waltz has
come into the UN to clean up that cesspool. Marco
(05:24):
Rubio has been a hero, historic hero, kind of leading
this fight for sanity. So with all the insanity in Hollywood,
thank goodness, we at least have great leadership in our nation.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
We're talking with John Andresik you may know him as
five for fighting a couple sort of personal questions here.
You have clearly thought about this a lot, and from
time to time when I hear some of these you know,
Hollywood dimwits who you are criticizing everywhere, not just in
this article, when I hear them talk about these things.
(05:56):
It's clearly that they really don't know what they're talking about.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
And I'm wondering, have.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
You, like, since you were a little kid, or when
did you get interested in current events and foreign affairs
and politics? When when did this become a passion of yours?
Speaker 4 (06:14):
You know, I've never been one that likes to stand
on a soapbox and like, you know, spout my views,
you know, like Hollywood does.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
I think, you know, I think we all find those
books annoying.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
At the same time, music has always had a role
in talking about the world we live in, and for me,
the honor of my career has been performing and touring
and going around the world supporting our troops. I have
a great love and appreciation for the gift of freedom,
for our democracy, for America, and who is the spine
of that, in the heart of that, it's our troops.
(06:45):
So for me, it's really been about our troops. But
then in the last few years, seeing the you know,
the abandonment of our allies in Afghanistan, seeing Putin trying
to reconstitute the Soviet Union in Ukraine, and of course
the app for math of October seventh. You know, these
are big issues and they're all connected, and to me,
they're all moral issues. It's not about religion, it's not
(07:07):
about race. So to me, they're they're easy things to say.
The Taliban is bad, Putin is bad, Hamas is bad.
To me, they shouldn't be controversial, but unfortunately, in this crazy, woke,
tribal world we live in, it is so for me.
I'm just one guy singing songs, speaking, you know, my piece,
and isn't that what America is about? And I would
(07:29):
engage many of my you know, fellow musical artists, Hollywood artists,
to have these conversations. But again, I think the perfect
example is here, we are finally having a ceasefire, and
for two years we've been hearing from these artists demanding
a ceasefire. We need a ceasefire, and where are they now.
They seem to have no interest in a ceasefire. They're
(07:50):
basically disappointed for some reason. So I think it just
goes to show you the kind of insanity in Doctor
Nation and really what it is as a cult, and
we have to stand up to that because it's not
going away.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah, and I think part of the reason that they're
silent now is that they're very troubled by the idea
that they might have to give Donald Trump credit for
something good.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
I think that's I think that's a lot of it.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
But you didn't really answer my question, which a more
personal question, right like did you think this way?
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Did you feel this way?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Did you have this kind of moral core when you
were twenty five?
Speaker 4 (08:27):
Well, look, you know, we have a family business, so
I understand the real world manufacturing and make it appayrel
But I was a Reagan guy. You know, I loved Reagan.
I loved him, you know, standing up to the Soviet Union.
So I've never been like a hardcore conservative. I've kind
of been like socially liberal, kind of fiscally conservative, you know,
kind of understanding the real world. So I've never been
(08:49):
someone who kind of has been into activism. It just
so happens. I think the fact that nobody's saying anything
made me feel somebody's got to say so in the arts,
so I didn't come to this like with any kind
of joy. I still don't take any joy in it,
but I do feel it needs to be said. And
the beautiful thing about music and having songs that people know,
(09:10):
like Superman one hundred years, you can give voice to
the voiceless, whether it's our Afghan veterans, the.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Jewish community, Ukrainian.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
So I think that's with my platform, it allows me
to to speak in a way that others cannot.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I'm so with you on the Reagan thing. You're I
think you're nine months older than I am. And so
my my first vote for president was Reagan in.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
His re election. And and you know, and I mentioned.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Not that long ago on the show, I asked, I
asked listeners and myself this hypothetical question, as you, has
there ever been a vote for president that you're that
you remain proud of?
Speaker 1 (09:49):
And and I'm I remain proud.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Of that vote, and not very many others, but I
do remain proud of that vote. Tell me tell me
a little bit about the song that we bumped in with.
I think it's called Tuesday. Tell me a little bit
about that song.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yeah, I was actually surprised.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
You know, usually it's one of two songs on Vout
for Music, But Tuesday was a song I wrote about
my experience playing the concert for New York and nine
to eleven and nine to eleven occurred on a Tuesday.
And the song that I wrote almost twenty years ago
was a plea to not forget the lessons of nine
to eleven, and I wish I had not been quite
(10:27):
as prophetic, as we were about to elect a mayor
of New York City, where the atrocities of nine to
eleven occurred, who wants to globalize the indefada. So again,
I think we certainly, in my mind, have forgotten many
of the lessons of nine to eleven. On the other hand,
I think our leadership now understands that. And I was
(10:48):
also very proud of my vote for Reagan. He's kind
of always been my ideological hero. He sat behind me
in a hockey game once, and so again I think
we can take at his kind of values and willingness
to show strength against evil actors, which I think President
(11:09):
Trump bombing Iran change the whole narrative, change the whole dynamic.
And I think without that, we probably don't have this
hostage deal right now.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
But they're not home yet.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
Yeah, So again, I'm kind of keeping myself on an
even keel, so let's see where it plays out. But
certainly I'm very grateful to this administration and what they're
doing for Israel and America.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
We're talking with John Andresick. You know, I'm as five
for fighting. I told I told my listeners earlier in
the show, John that at your most, not you in general,
at a person's most optimistic about whatever is going to
happen in the Middle East, the proper approach would be
what I would call to be cautiously pessimistic. Right, that's
(11:52):
as optimistic as you should ever get in the Middle East.
Like and I'm like, I want to be incredibly happy,
but I want to just pull back on the reins
a little bit and till actually see the hostages out.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
I'm with you one hundred percent. Let's just get there.
Let's get to that moment.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
I talked to.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Add Ol Alonoel's mother every couple of days and many
of the hostage families. So again, Humas is evil, they
do evil things. Certainly, backing out of a deal like
this would not surprise me. On the other hand, the
dynamics changed. You have all the Middle Eastern countries pushing them,
and I do think, I do think there is reason
(12:33):
to be hopeful, but I'm with you. Until I see it,
I don't believe it. And even you know, even if
we do get the hostages out. That is just the
first step in this generational battle that we're fighting against
kind of this Islamic radicalism. Europe is still being taken
over by this ideology. Uh I just did a podcast
with Canada. They also Canada believe it or not, becoming
(12:56):
an anti Semitic accessful in Toronto.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
So we have a lot of work to do.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
But let's just pray through the weekend that Monday Tuesday,
the hostages are home, and then we could celebrate that
and take it from there.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
All right, last thing for you, when's the last time
you played music in Israel? And what do you think
it will be like for you when you next go
back to play music in Israel when the war is over.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I was there actually a year and a half ago.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
I was asked to go and ended up playing hostage
Square played Superman in my song Okay. Turned out it
was the night I ran bombed Israel for the first time.
So I spent the night in a safe room and
got a sense of what it's like to be there.
And as you know, ross I had done a new
version of Superman for the hostages. For Alono Well, who's
a piano player, and our dream was to go to
the hostage square piano called the Yellow Piano, which is
(13:49):
a loans piano and play Superman with a loon sitting
next to me. So that is our dream. I do
believe that will happen, and hopefully that'll be sooner than
later when I go back to Israel and have that
incredible experience with not just alone, but all the hostage
families including and we have to recognize so many of
the hostage families where other loved one did not come home,
(14:12):
so we need to recognize them as well.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
In this time, John Andersick, you know him as five
for fighting. We're going to turn him into a huge
Colorado Avalanche fan by the time we're done. That is
so cool that Ronald Reagan set behind you at a
hockey game.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I can't believe that.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
John, Thank you so much, not just for your time,
but for your unflagging moral clarity and courage and showing
the way in a neighborhood full of people that need
to be shown the way.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
Well, Ross, thank you, you fight the good fight every day.
This is a team effort, all of us, all your listeners,
and I'm just glad that you know now that Ronald
Reagan was a Kings fan.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Oh that hurts.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Thanks John, talk to you soon, see you, Bud. All right,
all right, that's John Andersick five for fighting.
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