November 26, 2024 • 14 mins
Nationally syndicated talk show host and Fox News contributor Guy Benson joins me in studio. I have no idea what we'll talk about but it's always great talking with him. The ultra-rational part of the GOP.Guy Benson Show
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Getting to spend a little time with you.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm so pleased to welcome back to the studio my
friend Guy Benson.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I had the opportunity to.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Be on his nationally syndicated Fox News.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Radio show yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
He's also the political editor, is that your title at
townhall dot com? And I always think of Guy as
the really rational part of the Republican Party and I
appreciate that very much about him.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
But we're not going to primarily.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Talk politics, or maybe none, because we've both done a
lot of that and yesterday was a big day for you,
So tell us what happened yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Well, our son turned one.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
And it's crazy because this may or may not resonate
with you thinking back to the day he was born
a year ago yesterday, and all of the craziness and
just the stress of it and the excitement, and he's
our first it feels in some ways like forever ago
that he was that and being born, And simultaneously it
(01:03):
feels like it's way too soon for him to be one,
right So, even though his birth feels like it was
two years ago, in my mind, he should be about
eight months old right now.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
But he's one.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
So we did a little birthday party at my in
law's house, and his godmother, who lives out here, baked
a phenomenal little they call it smash cake for him
and we all sang. Some friends came over saying Happy
birthday to him. Turns out this was his first cake ever.
We have not given him a lot of sweets or desserts.
He eats well and everything, but not that kind of stuff.
(01:35):
Turns out he really likes cake. I mean he absolutely
ripped that thing apart. Paint a picture for.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Us of your son, and I know his name is
out there publicly or can we.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Use his name?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yes, learns Conrad. Yeah, so I just didn't win, So
paint a picture for us. Even tho we're on the
radio of Conrad eating a piece of cake for the
first time.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well, I mean it was.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
He's kind of a little bit of a dainty eater
at first, because he's used. He's got these fine motor
skills where he'll pick up like a single pee right,
he'll put it in his mouth, or a single little
piece of cheese because we cut everything up so tiny
because we want him to be safe. So having some
giant chunk in front of him that his edible is
unusual for him, as is anything that sweet. So at
(02:18):
first he was doing like a very small little you know,
thumb and index fingers full of cake and then there
was frosting. He's like, what is this? And then after
a while it was just like fists, both fists going
in and you know, the vanilla stuffs all over his
face and he he was a fan.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I can I can picture him, you know, as he
is your son, being a little bit proper and feeling
entirely comfortable at British high tea, you know, maybe with
his pinky up just really maybe an upper crust kind
of Plus the name Conrad, I mean, he's made for that,
(03:03):
He's made for that.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
With the name, we kind of wanted a cool old
school name. Yeah, we're both sort of waspy, so like,
let's do something like that, but not something that's been overused.
And there were just a couple of different factors that
fed into it, one of which is I grew up
overseas for seven years. We were in Hong Kong as
(03:25):
a kid, and with my dad's job because he was
at this big multinational corporation. One of the benefits because
they used to treat overseas like expats, like kings, because
you were far away from home. So they had all
these extra benefits. And one of the extra benefits was
we leaving town are coming back into town if we
wanted to, could stay at like a five star hotel
(03:45):
for a night on either end. And so we would
stay at the Conrad Hilton right overlooking Hong Kong Harbor. Wow,
it is a stunning property. It's such a wonderful hotel.
It just evinces and evokes all these memories from and
then when my husband and I first went on an
international trip, first trip abroad as a couple, or even
(04:07):
we weren't even officially together yet, but like traveling together.
We went to Hong Kong because I hadn't been there
in many years. My brother, who was born there, joined
with his girlfriend. My cousin came with us as well,
and I said, I don't care how much it costs,
we have to stay at the Conrad Hilton. So we did.
I was years ago at this point. Fast forward a
(04:29):
couple of years. We were here in Denver because, as
I mentioned, my in laws are here. So we went
to a movie. It was probably around this time of
year Thanksgiving her Christmas, and there was a character in
the movie named Conrad, and I just clocked it in
my head, didn't say anything the movie. On the way out,
we're walking out of the theater, I said, by the way,
did you notice there was a character in the movie
(04:50):
and he goes named Conrad. I was like, yes, and
we just filed that away. And if we ever have
a son, we like that name. Yeah, and then names
named after my brother the aforementioned born in Hong Kong,
younger brothers.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So that's it. Cool story.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, and it's kind of a weird childhood right to
be way way, but I was like, this is also
very typical. I was born actually in the Middle East
and then was in Hong Kong for seven years. But
my parents really wanted me, despite being rarely here, to
have an American identity.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So I was in the Boy Scouts of America in
Hong Kong.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Hong Kong, like, learn the Pledge of Allegiance, how to
fold the flag, all of that stuff we did. Actually,
this is a perfect story for Thanksgiving week. I wrote
my college essay about this. One of the ways that
my parents and this is such a cool thing that
I ended up loving. A tradition that we had over
there for Thanksgiving was the US Naval Fleet in the
(05:48):
Pacific would come into Hong Kong Harbor for Thanksgiving. And
we had this apartment that overlooked the South China Sea,
and we bought the biggest American flag that we could find,
and we would have it from our balcony, and then
we had binoculars and as the ships would pass in,
they would see the flag and they would wave on
(06:08):
the decks of these ships to us. And then the
US Consulate in Hong Kong, there was a program where
you could sign up to host members of the US
Navy at your house and give them an American Thanksgiving meal,
and so every year we would have usually between two
and four members of our armed services come to the
house and like be with Americans, total strangers, but they
(06:31):
were always so grateful for that opportunity. As a kid,
I was obsessed with this and it was like.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We have soldiers.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I got soldiers at the house, and it just made
me feel very tied into the American experience despite being
completely on the opposite side of the world and like
right knocking on the door of communist China.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
It wasn't under Chinese control yet.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Yeah, this is pre ninety seven and in Hong Kong
was still a British colony. But between the Boy Scouts
and the Thanksgiving experience, my parents and we would go
back to the US at least twice every year. They
made sure that we were Americans, raised abroad, born abroad,
but Americans.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That is a great story, and it explains a lot
towards why you told me before we went on the
air that Thanksgiving's your favorite holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yes, it explains a lot about that.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I want to talk to you more about about Thanksgiving
and also something else you mentioned to me about how
you're thinking about maybe not having your son's picture up
on social media and you are, which is a thing
I think about to my kids older in years. But
we're going to take a quick break. Guy Benson has
agreed to stick around for one more segment before he
(07:42):
goes to do his own fine show on Fox News Radio.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Keep it here on KOA. We'll be right back.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I am joined in studio by my friend Guy Benson.
He's going to be doing his own nationally indicated show
for Fox News Radio from a studio right across the hall. Here.
You can find him at Guy bensonshow dot com and
that will tell you where you can hear his show.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
But we're not doing politics today. We're doing other stuff.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And I need to ask you a question because you
told me off the air that you really love Thanksgiving
and I don't. I don't hate it, but I'm just like, like, so, oh,
it's the best, all right?
Speaker 3 (08:24):
What do you love about it? So it's a couple
different things. Number One, it is a thoroughly American holiday.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Hmm. It is open to everyone.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
It's not rooted. And I'm religious and I'm a believer
in all that. But I like that we have this
common holiday that we all celebrate that is not, you know,
religious in nature. Necessarily we can all just fully embrace
it as Americans. I love the food. I love the menu.
Which pause for a second.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Yep, are you one of these people who claims to
like turkey even though nobody actually does.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
No, I actually, so it's more about the accouchment. So like, okay,
gravy and the cranberry relish and that sort of stuff. Okay,
I do like turkey on Thanksgiving, and then the mashed potatoes.
I like that old school green bean cast all with
the carim of mushroom soup and the little onion things
on top.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I love that stuff.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
I'm not a huge sweet sky, but the pies around Thanksgiving.
Like so the food, there's always football on all day.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
That's good.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
It's family, it's friends, it's the big big four. F's right,
it's just like all food, family, friends, football.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yep. Okay, that's good, yep.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
And then it's a Thursday, which means that you've got
a nice four day weekend. Indeed, and to me, because
I love Christmas, who doesn't love Christmas and the significance
and now that's going into faith and all that. The
significance of Christmas lights all of it, the gifts. I
like the fact that Thanksgiving sort of kicks off the
full holiday season, like by the end of like New
(09:51):
Year's it's sort of sad and we're done. Thanksgiving is
the excited start of everything. So I hate skipping Thanksgiving.
People want to go straight to Christmas and they start
decorating and listen.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
To Christmas music weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I am a hard no hold line, no never Christmas
until Black Friday is the earliest.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
I prefer December first. But I'm a purist.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I like Christmas better than I'm Jewish. Hanikah starts Christmas
night this year, which is as late as I've probably
ever seen, as late as I've ever seen Hanukah.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Hanika is going to go into January.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And that's probably only happened a couple of times that.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I can remember in my lifetime. Now back to the
food thing for a second.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yeah, you kind of teasing me when we were off
the air you said that. I think maybe earlier today
you went shopping. You said to get stuff for a
must have, but you did not tell me what the
must have was, and I think you did that on.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Purpose, not telling me.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
It is the homemade cranberry sauce slash relish, and I'm weird.
I will happily consume, just like Heine's gravy out of
a jar.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Fine with it. I think it's delicious.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
I don't want, with all due respect, I don't want
the ocean spray, you know, gelatinous tube out of the can.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I want this.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
My Dad's made it forever. It's more of a relish
than a sauce. But it's like tart, sweet and tart,
And not only is it perfect to sort of lighten
up the plate.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
On Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
The crucial application for this relish is, yes, for the
big event, but then for days to come the sandwiches,
so you'll have leftover turkey.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
You get your like Hawaiian rolls.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Then a little mayo mixed with this cranberry sauce and
it is just the best creation of all time.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
So it sounds to me like.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
The reason that you have turkey on the sandwiches as
leftovers is it's an excuse for you to eat more
of the relish.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
That's right. You need. I wouldn't eat the relish just
on a roll.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
I need.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I need some sort of meat there, and it's turkey
because we have leftover turkey.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
That's how you do, all right.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
So what we're doing for Thanksgiving is we're going to
fog to chow.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
What is this sacrilege? Do you know what fo go
to challenge? Of course I do. It's great, it's phenomena.
I love it. That's what we're doing on Thanksgiving, though, dude,
that's like and I don't like you said.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Thanksgiving is an American it's not a religious thing, but
somehow there's a there's an aspect of it that for me.
Reminds me a little bit of how my people always
go to Chinese restaurants on Christmas because it's the only
thing that's opening. Christmas doesn't mean anything we did Christmas Eve.
We always go out Christmas Eve for dinner. Yeah, Christmas
Day we cook. Do you always go to the same place? No,
we change every year. Huh yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
So is this whole dinner your Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
So? I got about a minute left here, actually, so
I want you to go deep inside the mind of
Guy Benson and tell us a little about Yoursis your
neurosis of not hosting?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Well, I just like hosting, and now that we know
we bought a house years ago, we have enough room
to host. I like having all the traditions in tact.
But this is now my second consecutive year not hosting,
because last year we were staging in Chicago from our
son to be born, and then this year we're out here.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
And that's fine.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
It's just it's sort of a lack of control over
some of the traditions, and I'm fine giving that up
as long as there are certain things that I can
cling on to. For example, the cranberry sauce, another family
tradition we.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Have is I think it's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
We put three uncooked corn kernels on each plate before
the meal, and then we go around the table on
Thanksgiving and we list off each three specific things for
which we are thankful in the last calendar year, and
it makes you really think about it and also focus
on what is the purpose of the actual holiday itself.
So those two things, cranberry sauce and the thankful kernels,
(13:42):
I'm keeping those this year.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Uh huh.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
But aside from that, it's like I'll help with the
cleanup and I'll definitely help with the eating.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
That's a good story.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
In fact, let me just ask listeners text me at
five six six nine zero over the break, and I'm
gonna read some of your email, some of your texts
on the air when we come back. Inspired, Guy Benson,
text me some of your family traditions around Thanksgiving. And
don't say eating turkey, because everybody does that. Text me
some of your unusual family traditions about Thanksgiving. We'll share
(14:12):
those stories right after this. Thanks Guy Benson for joining me.
It's always good to speak Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
We'll be right back
Getting to spend a little time with you.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm so pleased to welcome back to the studio my
friend Guy Benson.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I had the opportunity to.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Be on his nationally syndicated Fox News.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Radio show yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
He's also the political editor, is that your title at
townhall dot com? And I always think of Guy as
the really rational part of the Republican Party and I
appreciate that very much about him.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
But we're not going to primarily.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Talk politics, or maybe none, because we've both done a
lot of that and yesterday was a big day for you,
So tell us what happened yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Well, our son turned one.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
And it's crazy because this may or may not resonate
with you thinking back to the day he was born
a year ago yesterday, and all of the craziness and
just the stress of it and the excitement, and he's
our first it feels in some ways like forever ago
that he was that and being born, And simultaneously it
(01:03):
feels like it's way too soon for him to be one,
right So, even though his birth feels like it was
two years ago, in my mind, he should be about
eight months old right now.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
But he's one.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
So we did a little birthday party at my in
law's house, and his godmother, who lives out here, baked
a phenomenal little they call it smash cake for him
and we all sang. Some friends came over saying Happy
birthday to him. Turns out this was his first cake ever.
We have not given him a lot of sweets or desserts.
He eats well and everything, but not that kind of stuff.
(01:35):
Turns out he really likes cake. I mean he absolutely
ripped that thing apart. Paint a picture for.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Us of your son, and I know his name is
out there publicly or can we.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Use his name?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yes, learns Conrad. Yeah, so I just didn't win, So
paint a picture for us. Even tho we're on the
radio of Conrad eating a piece of cake for the
first time.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well, I mean it was.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
He's kind of a little bit of a dainty eater
at first, because he's used. He's got these fine motor
skills where he'll pick up like a single pee right,
he'll put it in his mouth, or a single little
piece of cheese because we cut everything up so tiny
because we want him to be safe. So having some
giant chunk in front of him that his edible is
unusual for him, as is anything that sweet. So at
(02:18):
first he was doing like a very small little you know,
thumb and index fingers full of cake and then there
was frosting. He's like, what is this? And then after
a while it was just like fists, both fists going
in and you know, the vanilla stuffs all over his
face and he he was a fan.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I can I can picture him, you know, as he
is your son, being a little bit proper and feeling
entirely comfortable at British high tea, you know, maybe with
his pinky up just really maybe an upper crust kind
of Plus the name Conrad, I mean, he's made for that,
(03:03):
He's made for that.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
With the name, we kind of wanted a cool old
school name. Yeah, we're both sort of waspy, so like,
let's do something like that, but not something that's been overused.
And there were just a couple of different factors that
fed into it, one of which is I grew up
overseas for seven years. We were in Hong Kong as
(03:25):
a kid, and with my dad's job because he was
at this big multinational corporation. One of the benefits because
they used to treat overseas like expats, like kings, because
you were far away from home. So they had all
these extra benefits. And one of the extra benefits was
we leaving town are coming back into town if we
wanted to, could stay at like a five star hotel
(03:45):
for a night on either end. And so we would
stay at the Conrad Hilton right overlooking Hong Kong Harbor. Wow,
it is a stunning property. It's such a wonderful hotel.
It just evinces and evokes all these memories from and
then when my husband and I first went on an
international trip, first trip abroad as a couple, or even
(04:07):
we weren't even officially together yet, but like traveling together.
We went to Hong Kong because I hadn't been there
in many years. My brother, who was born there, joined
with his girlfriend. My cousin came with us as well,
and I said, I don't care how much it costs,
we have to stay at the Conrad Hilton. So we did.
I was years ago at this point. Fast forward a
(04:29):
couple of years. We were here in Denver because, as
I mentioned, my in laws are here. So we went
to a movie. It was probably around this time of
year Thanksgiving her Christmas, and there was a character in
the movie named Conrad, and I just clocked it in
my head, didn't say anything the movie. On the way out,
we're walking out of the theater, I said, by the way,
did you notice there was a character in the movie
(04:50):
and he goes named Conrad. I was like, yes, and
we just filed that away. And if we ever have
a son, we like that name. Yeah, and then names
named after my brother the aforementioned born in Hong Kong,
younger brothers.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So that's it. Cool story.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, and it's kind of a weird childhood right to
be way way, but I was like, this is also
very typical. I was born actually in the Middle East
and then was in Hong Kong for seven years. But
my parents really wanted me, despite being rarely here, to
have an American identity.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So I was in the Boy Scouts of America in
Hong Kong.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Hong Kong, like, learn the Pledge of Allegiance, how to
fold the flag, all of that stuff we did. Actually,
this is a perfect story for Thanksgiving week. I wrote
my college essay about this. One of the ways that
my parents and this is such a cool thing that
I ended up loving. A tradition that we had over
there for Thanksgiving was the US Naval Fleet in the
(05:48):
Pacific would come into Hong Kong Harbor for Thanksgiving. And
we had this apartment that overlooked the South China Sea,
and we bought the biggest American flag that we could find,
and we would have it from our balcony, and then
we had binoculars and as the ships would pass in,
they would see the flag and they would wave on
(06:08):
the decks of these ships to us. And then the
US Consulate in Hong Kong, there was a program where
you could sign up to host members of the US
Navy at your house and give them an American Thanksgiving meal,
and so every year we would have usually between two
and four members of our armed services come to the
house and like be with Americans, total strangers, but they
(06:31):
were always so grateful for that opportunity. As a kid,
I was obsessed with this and it was like.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We have soldiers.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I got soldiers at the house, and it just made
me feel very tied into the American experience despite being
completely on the opposite side of the world and like
right knocking on the door of communist China.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
It wasn't under Chinese control yet.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Yeah, this is pre ninety seven and in Hong Kong
was still a British colony. But between the Boy Scouts
and the Thanksgiving experience, my parents and we would go
back to the US at least twice every year. They
made sure that we were Americans, raised abroad, born abroad,
but Americans.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That is a great story, and it explains a lot
towards why you told me before we went on the
air that Thanksgiving's your favorite holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yes, it explains a lot about that.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I want to talk to you more about about Thanksgiving
and also something else you mentioned to me about how
you're thinking about maybe not having your son's picture up
on social media and you are, which is a thing
I think about to my kids older in years. But
we're going to take a quick break. Guy Benson has
agreed to stick around for one more segment before he
(07:42):
goes to do his own fine show on Fox News Radio.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Keep it here on KOA. We'll be right back.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I am joined in studio by my friend Guy Benson.
He's going to be doing his own nationally indicated show
for Fox News Radio from a studio right across the hall. Here.
You can find him at Guy bensonshow dot com and
that will tell you where you can hear his show.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
But we're not doing politics today. We're doing other stuff.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And I need to ask you a question because you
told me off the air that you really love Thanksgiving
and I don't. I don't hate it, but I'm just like, like, so, oh,
it's the best, all right?
Speaker 3 (08:24):
What do you love about it? So it's a couple
different things. Number One, it is a thoroughly American holiday.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Hmm. It is open to everyone.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
It's not rooted. And I'm religious and I'm a believer
in all that. But I like that we have this
common holiday that we all celebrate that is not, you know,
religious in nature. Necessarily we can all just fully embrace
it as Americans. I love the food. I love the menu.
Which pause for a second.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Yep, are you one of these people who claims to
like turkey even though nobody actually does.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
No, I actually, so it's more about the accouchment. So like, okay,
gravy and the cranberry relish and that sort of stuff. Okay,
I do like turkey on Thanksgiving, and then the mashed potatoes.
I like that old school green bean cast all with
the carim of mushroom soup and the little onion things
on top.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I love that stuff.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
I'm not a huge sweet sky, but the pies around Thanksgiving.
Like so the food, there's always football on all day.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
That's good.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
It's family, it's friends, it's the big big four. F's right,
it's just like all food, family, friends, football.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yep. Okay, that's good, yep.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
And then it's a Thursday, which means that you've got
a nice four day weekend. Indeed, and to me, because
I love Christmas, who doesn't love Christmas and the significance
and now that's going into faith and all that. The
significance of Christmas lights all of it, the gifts. I
like the fact that Thanksgiving sort of kicks off the
full holiday season, like by the end of like New
(09:51):
Year's it's sort of sad and we're done. Thanksgiving is
the excited start of everything. So I hate skipping Thanksgiving.
People want to go straight to Christmas and they start
decorating and listen.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
To Christmas music weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I am a hard no hold line, no never Christmas
until Black Friday is the earliest.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
I prefer December first. But I'm a purist.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I like Christmas better than I'm Jewish. Hanikah starts Christmas
night this year, which is as late as I've probably
ever seen, as late as I've ever seen Hanukah.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Hanika is going to go into January.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And that's probably only happened a couple of times that.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I can remember in my lifetime. Now back to the
food thing for a second.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yeah, you kind of teasing me when we were off
the air you said that. I think maybe earlier today
you went shopping. You said to get stuff for a
must have, but you did not tell me what the
must have was, and I think you did that on.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Purpose, not telling me.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
It is the homemade cranberry sauce slash relish, and I'm weird.
I will happily consume, just like Heine's gravy out of
a jar.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Fine with it. I think it's delicious.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
I don't want, with all due respect, I don't want
the ocean spray, you know, gelatinous tube out of the can.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I want this.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
My Dad's made it forever. It's more of a relish
than a sauce. But it's like tart, sweet and tart,
And not only is it perfect to sort of lighten
up the plate.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
On Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
The crucial application for this relish is, yes, for the
big event, but then for days to come the sandwiches,
so you'll have leftover turkey.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
You get your like Hawaiian rolls.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Then a little mayo mixed with this cranberry sauce and
it is just the best creation of all time.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
So it sounds to me like.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
The reason that you have turkey on the sandwiches as
leftovers is it's an excuse for you to eat more
of the relish.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
That's right. You need. I wouldn't eat the relish just
on a roll.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
I need.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I need some sort of meat there, and it's turkey
because we have leftover turkey.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
That's how you do, all right.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
So what we're doing for Thanksgiving is we're going to
fog to chow.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
What is this sacrilege? Do you know what fo go
to challenge? Of course I do. It's great, it's phenomena.
I love it. That's what we're doing on Thanksgiving, though, dude,
that's like and I don't like you said.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Thanksgiving is an American it's not a religious thing, but
somehow there's a there's an aspect of it that for me.
Reminds me a little bit of how my people always
go to Chinese restaurants on Christmas because it's the only
thing that's opening. Christmas doesn't mean anything we did Christmas Eve.
We always go out Christmas Eve for dinner. Yeah, Christmas
Day we cook. Do you always go to the same place? No,
we change every year. Huh yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
So is this whole dinner your Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
So? I got about a minute left here, actually, so
I want you to go deep inside the mind of
Guy Benson and tell us a little about Yoursis your
neurosis of not hosting?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Well, I just like hosting, and now that we know
we bought a house years ago, we have enough room
to host. I like having all the traditions in tact.
But this is now my second consecutive year not hosting,
because last year we were staging in Chicago from our
son to be born, and then this year we're out here.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
And that's fine.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
It's just it's sort of a lack of control over
some of the traditions, and I'm fine giving that up
as long as there are certain things that I can
cling on to. For example, the cranberry sauce, another family
tradition we.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Have is I think it's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
We put three uncooked corn kernels on each plate before
the meal, and then we go around the table on
Thanksgiving and we list off each three specific things for
which we are thankful in the last calendar year, and
it makes you really think about it and also focus
on what is the purpose of the actual holiday itself.
So those two things, cranberry sauce and the thankful kernels,
(13:42):
I'm keeping those this year.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Uh huh.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
But aside from that, it's like I'll help with the
cleanup and I'll definitely help with the eating.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
That's a good story.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
In fact, let me just ask listeners text me at
five six six nine zero over the break, and I'm
gonna read some of your email, some of your texts
on the air when we come back. Inspired, Guy Benson,
text me some of your family traditions around Thanksgiving. And
don't say eating turkey, because everybody does that. Text me
some of your unusual family traditions about Thanksgiving. We'll share
(14:12):
those stories right after this. Thanks Guy Benson for joining me.
It's always good to speak Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
We'll be right back
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