March 24, 2024 • 7 mins
Mindy talks about the story of the boy who went missing after leaving a bar and MIkaela talks about the USA falling in the happiest countries rankings.
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(00:00):
So we love when people call intothe show. That's what makes this show
so fun. We just had acall from somebody and they're like, Hannah's
goes mindy, I want you tosomeone calling, but they don't want to
be on the air. They justwanted to talk to you in private.
So I went into the control roomto take the call. It was a
blast from the past. Tom Hickswas growing up in our neighborhood, so
one of the neighborhood homes. Hewas talking about walking the dogs. It
(00:23):
really all started my love for dogswith their family dog. The Hicks had
a dog named Cricket. It wasa white dog with black spots, and
for some reason, I don't evenremember how it all started, but I
fell in love with that dog andthey lived. We lived in a circle.
They were a street over the circle. As soon as missus Hicks would
let that dog off of its chain, it would make a faster than fast
(00:46):
belined my house, sit at mydoorstep and wait for me to come out
and play. Indeed, that's reallythat was Cricket call. That so yeah
to say that his mom had passedaway before my mom, and he knows
the pain of cleaning out the housewith the whole story about walking the dog.
Yeah, my love for dogs.We always had dogs growing up,
but there was really something special aboutCricket. Imagine that a little neighbor cood
(01:10):
neighborhood kid loved your dog so muchor vice versa. You know, that
was Cricket was my dog. Iloved love that dog well. And what
was his name again, Cricket?And what was the caller? Oh,
Tom Hicks, Tom Hicks, Tom, that is so great that you call
you heard us, and that youcalled I love. That's a sweet story,
it is. And Cricket was thebest. And then they missus.
(01:30):
Hicks couldn't keep Cricket anymore, sothey gave it to I think one of
the kids or someone took Cricket.Cricket found its way back from horse Road
all the way I don't even knowhow to make its way back to our
neighborhood in Westero. And six islike, I'm not getting rid of this
dog anymore. I'm like, yes, thank you, because I love Cricket.
You're right, it is hot topictime. So that thank you,
Hannah. That was great music too. Six one four two one nine eight
(01:53):
eight six six one four eight twoone at WTVN. A lot of what
we're going to talk about is talkingabout kids, people under thirty. Middy's
is about that, and I thinkthere's some conversation around that, So let's
start there. Okay, twenty twoyear old Riley Strain, is that where
you wanted to go first? RileyStrain, It's been a heartbreaking story and
(02:14):
I became well aware of it becausethe search for Riley was happening when I
was in Nashville watching the Buckeyes andyou saw, you know, pictures all
over people were trying to look forhim. Hope for the best, you
always hold on to hope. Hedisappeared that weekend correct March ninth. I
think he was actually disappeared that earlypart of March, and then you were
there right after that, right exactly, so they had all the surveillance footage
(02:37):
of him just stumbling all over.He was kicked out of a bar because
they said he was overserved, sohe went out and he got lost.
He went the wrong way, hedidn't go toward their hotel room. He
was there with a group of fraternitybrothers, and the surveillance video is just
heart wrenching because you see him stumblingall over. He's hunched over weal weird
way coming out of the barwling.At one point he hits his head on
(02:57):
like a stop sign or a streetsign like that. And then the last
time you heard of him or hisphone pinged near the Cumberland River, and
that's where they ended up finding him. His body. Parents just sick.
I think that his fraternity brothers whowere with him when he was kicked out,
don't you think somebody should have leftwith him. I can't understand why
(03:21):
they didn't. I'm really at aloss. But I was in front of
a group of fraternity boys, thirtyor thirty five of them last night down
in the Short North and their mom'sweekend. They do operate by themselves while
they're in a group. It's verystrange the way these kids socialize anymore.
(03:45):
Right, you could be in apack of thirty, but you're right here
on your phone, and then youall come together to eat, drink,
do whatever you do. And thenI saw the kids as a few of
them had a few more drinks,fading and some of them wandered off,
and I wondered where they went.Like my friends and I we were watching
this thinking of this story. Iwasn't at the time, but now I'm
(04:09):
connecting these dots. Are You've gotto watch out for your brother? You
absolutely, I mean, and Iknow it's Nashville and people go all out
at Nashville. I don't know howthey can afford it. The drinks are
so dagone expensive bar, but youknow, let's be realistic. I don't
know exactly what happened, but maybethey had their own cocktails in their hotel
room and then went out to thebars because they they tracked back at the
(04:31):
bar only served him one drink andwater. Yeah, one drink, two
waters, So obviously he was consumingalcohol somewhere else. But is it right
for him to be kicked out ofthe bar alone? Do you call the
police at that point and just say, you know what, I don't know,
Well, there'd be policy changes.You can't blame the bar, like
Boots was saying, you can't beeverybody and torn up put it in a
(04:54):
tweet about it whatnot. I mean, but those kids, those fraternity brothers,
are going to live with that forthe rest of their life. They
are, And honestly, was afreak accident that he stumbled so far to
the river bank. But we've gotto do better like our kids. There's
a conversation going on right now andwhat matters with India michaela Facebook group about
(05:15):
there's a mom who is talking toher college aged kids about this constantly.
Now that this story has come out, Stay with your people, make sure
your people are okay. Don't leaveyour people behind. She said. She's
having this conversation so much like overand over again right now with her college.
It brings up such a good questionfor parents. When do you worry
the most? You know, whenthey're firstborn, you worry that they're going
(05:36):
to choke on things until they canactually handle food and things like that.
And then when they go to school, Oh, you worry about them making
friends. I hope they're not bullied. I hope they're not teased and tormented.
And then when they start driving,Oh my gosh, you worry about
them getting behind the wheel. Buthonestly, this is a different worry.
You know, those college age years, and that's right where my kids are.
(05:57):
You have to trust that they makegood decisions, and not everybody's going
to always make good decisions because thingshappen and mistakes are made. It's just
very worrisome part of a young person'slife. For parents, I think we
have to kind of and I knowwe only have like a minute, maybe
two minutes left till the break,but I think we've got to break through
to some of these kids, Mindy, because I will connect this back to
(06:19):
my piece of hot topics, isthat the US dropped out of the top
twenty for the first time and thehappiest countries falling to twenty third place.
To check this out, the USranks in the top ten for those over
sixty in terms of happiness, butfor those under thirty, Mindy, it
ranks sixty second in happiness. Ithink a lot of that is politics have
(06:43):
played a role. I think politicshave made people for those thirty and unders
so divided. Right. Yeah,So it's interesting you say that because this
article was an NBC News article wenton to say, when it comes to
the tanking youth happiness in the US, there's not a single smoke, but
it's likely due to a combination ofmany factors, ranging from political polarization to
(07:04):
over use of social media amen touncertainty about the future and growing economic inequality
between the generations. So the sixtyyear olds who have saved made money,
and those under thirty struggling to getonto the real estate ladder. Right now,
our kids are unhappy guys, andwe got it. We got to
(07:25):
start having conversations and try to breakthem out of it. What is the
answer? Reading can make people alittle bit happier. Speaking of we have
the Metro Lumbas Metropolitan Library. We'regonna make it. We'll make that turn.
Yeah, I mean, as youguys are thinking at home, Columbus
Metropolitan Library in with us next totalk about developing those brains and minds,
all of ours. This is whatmatters
So we love when people call intothe show. That's what makes this show
so fun. We just had acall from somebody and they're like, Hannah's
goes mindy, I want you tosomeone calling, but they don't want to
be on the air. They justwanted to talk to you in private.
So I went into the control roomto take the call. It was a
blast from the past. Tom Hickswas growing up in our neighborhood, so
one of the neighborhood homes. Hewas talking about walking the dogs. It
(00:23):
really all started my love for dogswith their family dog. The Hicks had
a dog named Cricket. It wasa white dog with black spots, and
for some reason, I don't evenremember how it all started, but I
fell in love with that dog andthey lived. We lived in a circle.
They were a street over the circle. As soon as missus Hicks would
let that dog off of its chain, it would make a faster than fast
(00:46):
belined my house, sit at mydoorstep and wait for me to come out
and play. Indeed, that's reallythat was Cricket call. That so yeah
to say that his mom had passedaway before my mom, and he knows
the pain of cleaning out the housewith the whole story about walking the dog.
Yeah, my love for dogs.We always had dogs growing up,
but there was really something special aboutCricket. Imagine that a little neighbor cood
(01:10):
neighborhood kid loved your dog so muchor vice versa. You know, that
was Cricket was my dog. Iloved love that dog well. And what
was his name again, Cricket?And what was the caller? Oh,
Tom Hicks, Tom Hicks, Tom, that is so great that you call
you heard us, and that youcalled I love. That's a sweet story,
it is. And Cricket was thebest. And then they missus.
(01:30):
Hicks couldn't keep Cricket anymore, sothey gave it to I think one of
the kids or someone took Cricket.Cricket found its way back from horse Road
all the way I don't even knowhow to make its way back to our
neighborhood in Westero. And six islike, I'm not getting rid of this
dog anymore. I'm like, yes, thank you, because I love Cricket.
You're right, it is hot topictime. So that thank you,
Hannah. That was great music too. Six one four two one nine eight
(01:53):
eight six six one four eight twoone at WTVN. A lot of what
we're going to talk about is talkingabout kids, people under thirty. Middy's
is about that, and I thinkthere's some conversation around that, So let's
start there. Okay, twenty twoyear old Riley Strain, is that where
you wanted to go first? RileyStrain, It's been a heartbreaking story and
(02:14):
I became well aware of it becausethe search for Riley was happening when I
was in Nashville watching the Buckeyes andyou saw, you know, pictures all
over people were trying to look forhim. Hope for the best, you
always hold on to hope. Hedisappeared that weekend correct March ninth. I
think he was actually disappeared that earlypart of March, and then you were
there right after that, right exactly, so they had all the surveillance footage
(02:37):
of him just stumbling all over.He was kicked out of a bar because
they said he was overserved, sohe went out and he got lost.
He went the wrong way, hedidn't go toward their hotel room. He
was there with a group of fraternitybrothers, and the surveillance video is just
heart wrenching because you see him stumblingall over. He's hunched over weal weird
way coming out of the barwling.At one point he hits his head on
(02:57):
like a stop sign or a streetsign like that. And then the last
time you heard of him or hisphone pinged near the Cumberland River, and
that's where they ended up finding him. His body. Parents just sick.
I think that his fraternity brothers whowere with him when he was kicked out,
don't you think somebody should have leftwith him. I can't understand why
(03:21):
they didn't. I'm really at aloss. But I was in front of
a group of fraternity boys, thirtyor thirty five of them last night down
in the Short North and their mom'sweekend. They do operate by themselves while
they're in a group. It's verystrange the way these kids socialize anymore.
(03:45):
Right, you could be in apack of thirty, but you're right here
on your phone, and then youall come together to eat, drink,
do whatever you do. And thenI saw the kids as a few of
them had a few more drinks,fading and some of them wandered off,
and I wondered where they went.Like my friends and I we were watching
this thinking of this story. Iwasn't at the time, but now I'm
(04:09):
connecting these dots. Are You've gotto watch out for your brother? You
absolutely, I mean, and Iknow it's Nashville and people go all out
at Nashville. I don't know howthey can afford it. The drinks are
so dagone expensive bar, but youknow, let's be realistic. I don't
know exactly what happened, but maybethey had their own cocktails in their hotel
room and then went out to thebars because they they tracked back at the
(04:31):
bar only served him one drink andwater. Yeah, one drink, two
waters, So obviously he was consumingalcohol somewhere else. But is it right
for him to be kicked out ofthe bar alone? Do you call the
police at that point and just say, you know what, I don't know,
Well, there'd be policy changes.You can't blame the bar, like
Boots was saying, you can't beeverybody and torn up put it in a
(04:54):
tweet about it whatnot. I mean, but those kids, those fraternity brothers,
are going to live with that forthe rest of their life. They
are, And honestly, was afreak accident that he stumbled so far to
the river bank. But we've gotto do better like our kids. There's
a conversation going on right now andwhat matters with India michaela Facebook group about
(05:15):
there's a mom who is talking toher college aged kids about this constantly.
Now that this story has come out, Stay with your people, make sure
your people are okay. Don't leaveyour people behind. She said. She's
having this conversation so much like overand over again right now with her college.
It brings up such a good questionfor parents. When do you worry
the most? You know, whenthey're firstborn, you worry that they're going
(05:36):
to choke on things until they canactually handle food and things like that.
And then when they go to school, Oh, you worry about them making
friends. I hope they're not bullied. I hope they're not teased and tormented.
And then when they start driving,Oh my gosh, you worry about
them getting behind the wheel. Buthonestly, this is a different worry.
You know, those college age years, and that's right where my kids are.
(05:57):
You have to trust that they makegood decisions, and not everybody's going
to always make good decisions because thingshappen and mistakes are made. It's just
very worrisome part of a young person'slife. For parents, I think we
have to kind of and I knowwe only have like a minute, maybe
two minutes left till the break,but I think we've got to break through
to some of these kids, Mindy, because I will connect this back to
(06:19):
my piece of hot topics, isthat the US dropped out of the top
twenty for the first time and thehappiest countries falling to twenty third place.
To check this out, the USranks in the top ten for those over
sixty in terms of happiness, butfor those under thirty, Mindy, it
ranks sixty second in happiness. Ithink a lot of that is politics have
(06:43):
played a role. I think politicshave made people for those thirty and unders
so divided. Right. Yeah,So it's interesting you say that because this
article was an NBC News article wenton to say, when it comes to
the tanking youth happiness in the US, there's not a single smoke, but
it's likely due to a combination ofmany factors, ranging from political polarization to
(07:04):
over use of social media amen touncertainty about the future and growing economic inequality
between the generations. So the sixtyyear olds who have saved made money,
and those under thirty struggling to getonto the real estate ladder. Right now,
our kids are unhappy guys, andwe got it. We got to
(07:25):
start having conversations and try to breakthem out of it. What is the
answer? Reading can make people alittle bit happier. Speaking of we have
the Metro Lumbas Metropolitan Library. We'regonna make it. We'll make that turn.
Yeah, I mean, as youguys are thinking at home, Columbus
Metropolitan Library in with us next totalk about developing those brains and minds,
all of ours. This is whatmatters
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