November 2, 2025 • 21 mins
Mindy and Mikaela discuss Trick or Treaters and their Halloween experiences this year!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What a ray of light as Bo and Susie, who
(00:02):
were just on for raw walk out of the studio
and you walk in. You know some people you just
connect with right away and you just instantly notice a
beam of light and positivity and just greatness. I really
loved them.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So she is the mom, he is the son. And
do I have that right or no?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Married?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
They're married? Okay, did not know because you were saying
bo and out of a picture.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Probably confused because she did remind me of my mom
and maybe you heard that as we were driving in.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
That's very possible.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yes, very very possible for like twenty three years.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
They're very sweet.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
And he went to doctor Cohen for a kneecap problem
that another doctor tried to fix. It didn't work, so
doctor Cohen kind of saved the day. Yeah, just to
you never know when people walk in and out of
your life who you're going to immediately connect with. Have
you ever had that with people you work with are
friends from your past?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yes, absolutely, like they have the same spirit that you
have and you connect with them in that way.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, I definitely do.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
So I could have been friends forever. You know.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I have had a few people like that.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Well, I'm looking.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I'm looking at your eyelash on the left. Do you
have gray like not? Do you have like special Halloween eyelashes?
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Here?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Come here?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
This is probably falling off.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No, it's it's like a piece of cotton.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
And I think I thought, really you had like I
don't know, Elvira lashes on today with your skeleton costume.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Okay, it's it just fell it's gone. It probably just
from above us.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Or it's probably fuzzy from my costume. It could be
like you know what, I love Halloween and we didn't
get to have our little Halloween showed last week because
both shows were canceled. So I'm like, yeah, we're going
all out.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
I have a great hot topic for you.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Then, well, and you're an orange black.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I am an orange and black.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's kind of Kosai orange for today, but it is
Halloween orange. It really is what I want to do
in hot topics, is is trick or treating dead?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I have a tricker treating related story. You're not gonna
like it, and I don't think most people listening will
like it at all, but it's something we need to discuss.
But it is along the lines. Did your boys go
one of them did.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
But Logan's a sophomore.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah, and it's one of those things that he had,
like a mask. And then he decided not to go,
but he handed out candy with me, which was great.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So was it dead in your neighborhood in Hilliard?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
It was?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
And but it was cold. Did you guys have it
on which night?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
We had it on Thursday?
Speaker 1 (02:22):
That's when we had it in Masterville. I honestly would say, no,
Halloween and Turcle treat is not dead. I thought we
were going to run out of candy. In fact, I
had to go and search Cammy's room to see if
she had any spare pieces of candy lank can. We
had so many people and in the cold, and so
I would say, no, it's not dead.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
And I would say, maybe it is, and I think
I know the reason why, at least in the Hilliard area.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
So we'll say that. We'll say that for four fifteen,
and you guys.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
What's your opinion is?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
We would love it six one four eight two one
nine eight eight six six one four eight two one WTVN.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Was it dead in your neighborhood or not? And we'll
again we'll talk about that at four fifteen.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Wasn't it a couple of years ago? Was it last
year or two years ago? The which snowed? It did,
remember how cold that was.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
We had more trig or treaters that night than we
did this year. I take down numbers. I really like
for the last three years. I believe that I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I'm like how because I have bought too much candy
before in anticipation that we would get a crush, and
ever since we've lived there post COVID, no crush. So
I bought the right amount of candy this year, and
it still was a little disappointing. But anyway, we're still
talking Halloween. That's the point, So give us.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The talk more about that in our hot topics, and
I'm going to talk about a costume that these teachers
out in Arizona are really coming under five. I be
afraid you know what you'll be. It'll make you sick,
and it should make anyone listening sick that I can't
believe people went to this extreme. Anyway, we have a
full slate of topics to discuss today on what matters.
(03:55):
And one thing Mikayla and I do every time there's
an election that roll around is we love to give
the microphone and the phones to you.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
We do so at around five point fifteen, we will
be taking calls from candidates and if people are passionate
about issues that are on the ballot, we'll do that
and we'll make sure that you have your time on
the air.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
So you're in Hilliard, do you have a school issue
or a city white issue on the ballot that people
are passionate about?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So not school or school board.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
I don't even know if I told you I moderated
a candidates for him.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
But I did too.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So but three people are running for three seats, so
it's not a very contentious election. You know what is
though in the Hilliard area of all things. And I've
heard this, there's a couple of these across central Ohio.
The township trustee election, so Norwich Township it's a hot,
heated election.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
For a few reasons there too.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
So if you're running for office, city council, township trustees,
city school board, you will have an opportunity to call
us up and for all of our listeners, stake your case.
Why should people vote for you? Or if you are
very passionate about your city school Levy passing or not
passing because you're sick of paying all that money.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Let us know.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
This is what matters, and this is why we do
the show. So give you a platform.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
We're also going to have at the top of the
five o'clock hour Kosi and Josh Sarver and he has
a giveaway. They have a great, fairly new exhibit that's out.
We have VIP tickets to that and the next COSI
after Dark so Plenty coming of your direction from Kosi
too and Tattletale.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So Brian has created Tattletale Home Security System portable home
security system. We have one now at our little lake house.
It is such a strong peace of mind when we
leave there because we're not going to be there all
the time. It's really a weekend getaway to know that
it's protected, and it is really, really a wonderful thing.
If you don't have a home security system, or if
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you're a business owner and you don't have your business
secured and protected, why why not? So we're going to
have that conversation, but he wants to talk about some
because it is November. We flipped the switch, well I'm
still trying to flip that switch and it's costume, but
you go from Halloween right into Thanksgiving, and it really
is such an important month to reflect on why you're thankful.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
It absolutely is.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I can't wait to hear what he has to say
because I know he is thankful for quite a bit,
but also how he creates peace of mind.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
You might see tattletale.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
I saw it the other day literally over by like
a mini power grid. It was a huge tattletale sign.
So you may have seen it out in the wild.
But it's also for you, not just these large businesses
and extraction sits exactly So it'd be great to talk
to brain.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And know that someone who really had no background at
all in technology could create this because if you would
ask him, do you see yourself doing this years ago
before you started this? No, it was the furthest thing
from technology. It just takes a good idea in someone's brain.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
And he was in a business if I remember correctly,
so he really just kind of transitioned out of it
with this great idea.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
So who knows what you might be doing that could
become the next great idea. I feel that way.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
So, okay, is trick or treat dead or not.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Have you heard about these teachers and the costumes.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That's where we're gonna head next.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Yeah, so we're going to talk about it. Go ahead
and google it and you can see these images for yourself.
In fact, I'm going to show Mikayla right now as
I am talking about it. Then we'll take a break
and we will love to take your phone calls about it.
There was a group of math teachers out in Arizona
and what they decided to do was mock Charlie Kirk's
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death and they wore these shirts and they said Problems
Solved and they had they were these school No. I
don't know that's a good point because a lot of
parents of these school kids want them fired because they
wore it as a halloween costume. It might have been
to school because they were all together. I don't know
if it was a Halloween party or school. But they
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wore problems shirts with look like blood dripping down the
left side of these shirts. Now there's a movement. Should
they be fired? Should they not be fired? What is
your opinion of that? And I'm trying to get you
these oh here and a lot of people have identified them.
They're like we are identifying each one of these teachers.
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We think they should be fired. Do you fight when
you're an educator and you're in charge of kids developing
their young minds, developing who they will be in the future.
Do you want your teacher representing their school in their
classroom in a costume like that problem solved mocking Charlie
Kirk with blood on the left side of their shirts.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
So take a look at the picture. Give us a
call on that. Or trigg or treating your neighborhood. We're
talking all hot topics.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Next six one, four, eight, two, one nine, eight eighty
six sixty one four eight two one WTVN.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
This is what matters.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
So how was trick or treat in your neighborhood? Chris,
our producer, I'm dying to know what you think too,
as far as did your neighborhood have a lot of
tricker treats or do you think it's dying down? I
do not think it's dying down, just for the amount
of Tricker treaters. We had in Westerville on a cold
and windy, almost rainy night. The rain had stopped by
the time Bigger's Night had started, but it was still cold.
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And wet out there.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
So we actually kind of so since Dublin's redistricting. Yeah,
we had a little thing in our mailbox saying how
many kids would be affected by the redistricting. So my
mom kind of got enough candy for you know, those kids,
and only about ten showed up.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Wait a minute, why would redistricting affect trigger night They
can only go by certain areas.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
No it.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
It just showed like the total amount of kids that
attended double that go to the schools in our neighborhood.
So it gave them like a rough it.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Well, I take it you have more than ten in
your neighborhood.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Oh yeah, we do. So it was supposed to be about.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Sixty and they get ten.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
So we got we got you know my neighborhood. You've
been over to my house? Yeah, twenty four kids.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's it.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Twenty four. And the reason is me.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
The reason I wanted to ask is because someone had
mentioned in people in the no post. This is just
a post hoping for reassurance. This year, we didn't have
a single trick or treater. We live in Edgewater off
of Spinler Road. We noticed in the last couple of
years that our trick or treaters have declined, but never
thought it would have gone to none. I guess I'm
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just hoping to hear that trick or treat is still
thriving and happening.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
It was my favorite holiday growing up.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
So you said you got a lot, and we want
to hear from you, guys six one four two one
WTDI six.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
You said you got a live.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I did, and in our house is in the back
of the neighborhood, so we usually don't get too too many.
But we had more than I thought we would have.
In fact, like I said, I thought we were going
to have to go out and get more candy. But
they were such cool creative costumes too. It was fun.
I had the scary music going and I just kind
of made it fun for.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
The You love the holiday, I do. I always I've
been over to your house for Hallodeen.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
What we used to do back in the day. Jim
Ganall would come over. It was carried down from Gail Hogan,
because Gail Hogan started this tradition for the five o'clock
live shots that she would have her kids and the
neighborhood kids dressed up and ready to go for trick
or treat, so they would do the weather hits live
at five and in the six and.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
A great way for Gail to be home for trick
or treat exactly.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
So when she left, she passed the torch to me.
So we did that with my kids and my neighbors
where everybody would come over and Jim Gannall would do
the weather from our house and seeing all the kids
with their costumes. It was just fun. It's just fun event.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
So there's there's two thoughts on it. It really is
declining that I'll share briefly. One is we have too
many trunk er treats.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
We do have a lot of those, and that's for
safety reason and.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Right, so we have trunker treats.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
It's safer, but it takes away from the going to
your neighbor's house. And the other thing that was mentioned,
and I've seen a couple articles about this, is that
we don't know our neighbors and so we might not
be as comfortable knocking on doors not knowing what's behind
the door.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Which makes me really really sad. And you know this
as someone who loves neighbors.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
But could those be the reasons that there is some
decline in some areas.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah, my sister has said before that she's not in
favorite trickle treat. We're teaching our kids to go knock
on doors of strangers' homes and beg for food.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I mean, if you want to look at it, super factually,
that's true.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
But it's a tradition.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
So we have trier treat. I say, don't read into it.
Let the kids be kids, go door to door. But
that's why most of the time you're in your own neighborhood,
your parents are walking the son or daughter or both
to these houses when they're younger, and then when they're
teenagers they're able to do it on their own. It's
just a tradition of fun.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Are different religions not able to trick or treat?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
I mean I also wonder if that's part of it too,
based on some of all because they don't celebrate it, right,
So some of our population in Hilliard maybe that's one.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Of the reasons too, that could be. So that's a
hot topic, is trick or treat dead? Was it empty
in your neighborhood or were they out there in full
force loading up on that candy got Kids used to
come home with pillowcases full of kings.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
I actually have a picture of Cammi and Gui that
is always on my Amazon show at Home from the year.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
I don't know why, so Amazon must.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Take the pictures off of your phone and then populate them,
which could be scary in a few situations.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
But this is really cute.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
I have a picture of Cami and Kai in your backyard.
We must have shared it for a show. Cammy has
a pacifier in her mouth. I think they were babies
one year and then he's a doctor.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Do you remember that year?
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I do, and then they were with Tory and DJ.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yeah, there's four.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
There's four kids in this picture, and so it is
constantly on my ears.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
My favorite costume that they both wore, like one Caimmy
wore one and Kylin wore one that I could come
to mind was Cammy was Dorothy from Wizard of Oz
And we had Nick at the time, my little dog Nick,
and Nick.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Looked just like Toto, so that did look like.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
So Dorothy was Cammy or Kimmy was Dorothy in this
full blown out Gigham and two costume that looked just
like Dorothy. It was actually Dixie's kids. She passed it
down and we had a little basket. So nick was
Tota that I loved and she looked so daggone cute.
And Kylon's was fan of the opera one year and.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
I remember I remember a picture of that. See, these
are the reasons. It's creative, it's fun, it's neighbor it's
all the reasons that I think we should do trick
or treating.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
But the most, I would say, the most candy that
either one of them got was the year that Kylon
went as Jim Tressel and people were throwing candy at
him sweater vests.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Right, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
So the other hot topic is and Mikayla didn't know
that this existed, but she did a little research now
that we told her about it. And I don't know
if you've heard about it or not, if you're on
social media at all, and if you look at political
things or not, it just kind of is out there
for you. There are teachers out in Arizona who are asking,
I'm sorry. There are parents out in Arizona in a
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certain district. I think it's the Veil.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
District, Veil school districts, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
And they are recommending that these teachers be fired because
of these costumes that these teachers all wore together. They
were math teachers, and they had on white T shirts
with black lettering, looking like what Charlie Kirk wore with
the freedom shirt the day he was shot and killed.
And they have problems solved with blood dripping down the
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left inside of these T shirts mocking the death, the murder,
the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk. So a lot of
parents in that district are saying these teachers need to
be fired. What is your opinion on that? Call us
up and let us know. It's six one four eight
two one nine eight eighty six.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
So it's disgusting first glance, disgusting, awful.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Who would think to do that.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
We've seen so many people who have lost their jobs
and have been canceled, if you will, for doing something
online that talks about his death and celebrating.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
And making a video. The one lady, the most recent
one I believe, was in Chicago where she was at
a rally and she was poking at her neck mocking
Charlie Kirk's death in front of supporters of Charlie Kirk.
Who would' even think of this to make this is
a good idea, let's do this, and they all went
along with it, these.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Matters and their teachers, So they are a bit of
a public figure in their own way, right, And their
white T shirts with black lettering, the black lettering is different.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
And then they do look like they're soaked.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
In blood, just on the left side, which was the
same side that Charlie Kirk was set.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
So can I give you my crisis Comm's take on this?
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Is that okay to do that?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Like if I were the school district, right, they didn't
go far enough. So the school district is saying and
explaining that these shirts were worn quote both this and
last year, is part of math themed Halloween costumes and
were not intended as a reference to any person, event
or political issue.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
So that is the statement from the district, from the
district superintendent, I believe put that out rightly, Mike.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yes, my crisis Communications hat says, whoever their spokesperson is,
you need to give more than that if you're going
to say that these go with something else, because either
they did this intentionally and it's disgusting or it is
a terrible, terrible coincidence. But you've got to tell me
why a problem solves. Shirt that's white with black lettering
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and has red blood.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Looks to be all over it. What that had to
do with math other than the words problem solved? So
whoever the spokesperson is for that district failed.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
So that's my take on that part, because think about
remember the Sydney what's her face blue jeans thing, Sidney Sweeney. Yeah,
people got all up in arms and that she was
not meaning to say the thing like blonde with blue
eyes as a superior gene.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
So we could be in a miscommunication situation. You gotta
come out and you gotta say it. So that's my
crisis communications take.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Do you think the teacher should be fired?
Speaker 3 (18:31):
I don't know what the superintendent doesn't know. It looks
how it looks right now, mindy, it's not good.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
I would say they need to be fired. When you're
a teacher, I am sorry, but you are held to
a higher standard because of you are working with the
future of America. You are molding children's lives. What are
they What does that teach them?
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Now?
Speaker 1 (18:52):
You can't tell me that these students aren't gonna look
at their teachings with math problems. Blood on the left side,
mocking Charlie Kirk or not, it still sends a terrible message.
So in my opinion, yes, they should be fired. It'll
be interesting to see how this I mean government Florida
has even come out and said stuff. I mean a
lot of people are are chiming in turning point. USA
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is just beside themselves.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
So I'm gonna get you a little more fired up
here because I looked up at you. I've looked at.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
A few items Newsweek, and I cannot figure this out.
The headline on the Newsweek article is Ron DeSantis amplifies
false claim about math teachers Halloween costumes, but doesn't say
in the article what the false claim is other than
the superintendent saying it has to do with math.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
You got except, where's the where's the reporting? Right? You
know what? Reporting has fallen by the wayside so much, Mikayla.
You and I have been journalists our entire career, and
I look at some of these reporters and the stories
that they do, and I'm like, what what are they even? What?
What does this even mean? How do you not go
in down anymore?
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Exactly? That doesn't tell you anything.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
No, So why put the headline up Newsweek?
Speaker 3 (20:05):
If all you're doing is taking a vague statement from
a superintendent, and don't go dig anymore. You know why
they did it because it's clickbait.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
It is clickbait. There's no doubt it's clickbait. Real quickly,
Dick from Dayton, you had a comment. Did you have
a comment about the teachers wearing mocking t shirts of
Charlie Kirk? Is what the perception is going across social
media right now? Do you have a question or an
answer on that?
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Hey, Dick, are you there?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
I don't think Dick from Dayton has ever hung up
on us before.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
But I think he might have slipped away.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
So it is a hot topic, and you're laughing so hard.
I love to make McKay laugh sometimes. You know, there's
people who just bellow and chuckle and you kind of
do both a little bit.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
I have to laugh. I tell you that. One time
they made fun of me and I laugh. I go,
you always do that.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
There are certain people in your life you love to
hear that laugh right there. You love to make them laugh.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
And I'm gonna have to tell you this one in
the break so I can't share it on air, all.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Right, But you know we are going to talk about
instead of the negativity and the things that we do
feel that matter, and we do want to get that
across to everybody. It is the name of the show.
But you know what, it's the beginning of November now,
so it's the time to reflect back on life and
what you're really thankful for in your own individual lives.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
And I think too, when you're being thankful, you feel
peace in your life. And we have something to talk
about that brings peace an additional piece to whatever you're
going through.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Tattletale Brian Hess up next. That's here on what matters
What a ray of light as Bo and Susie, who
(00:02):
were just on for raw walk out of the studio
and you walk in. You know some people you just
connect with right away and you just instantly notice a
beam of light and positivity and just greatness. I really
loved them.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So she is the mom, he is the son. And
do I have that right or no?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Married?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
They're married? Okay, did not know because you were saying
bo and out of a picture.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Probably confused because she did remind me of my mom
and maybe you heard that as we were driving in.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
That's very possible.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yes, very very possible for like twenty three years.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
They're very sweet.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
And he went to doctor Cohen for a kneecap problem
that another doctor tried to fix. It didn't work, so
doctor Cohen kind of saved the day. Yeah, just to
you never know when people walk in and out of
your life who you're going to immediately connect with. Have
you ever had that with people you work with are
friends from your past?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yes, absolutely, like they have the same spirit that you
have and you connect with them in that way.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, I definitely do.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
So I could have been friends forever. You know.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I have had a few people like that.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Well, I'm looking.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I'm looking at your eyelash on the left. Do you
have gray like not? Do you have like special Halloween eyelashes?
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Here?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Come here?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
This is probably falling off.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No, it's it's like a piece of cotton.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
And I think I thought, really you had like I
don't know, Elvira lashes on today with your skeleton costume.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Okay, it's it just fell it's gone. It probably just
from above us.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Or it's probably fuzzy from my costume. It could be
like you know what, I love Halloween and we didn't
get to have our little Halloween showed last week because
both shows were canceled. So I'm like, yeah, we're going
all out.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
I have a great hot topic for you.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Then, well, and you're an orange black.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I am an orange and black.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's kind of Kosai orange for today, but it is
Halloween orange. It really is what I want to do
in hot topics, is is trick or treating dead?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I have a tricker treating related story. You're not gonna
like it, and I don't think most people listening will
like it at all, but it's something we need to discuss.
But it is along the lines. Did your boys go
one of them did.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
But Logan's a sophomore.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah, and it's one of those things that he had,
like a mask. And then he decided not to go,
but he handed out candy with me, which was great.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So was it dead in your neighborhood in Hilliard?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
It was?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
And but it was cold. Did you guys have it
on which night?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
We had it on Thursday?
Speaker 1 (02:22):
That's when we had it in Masterville. I honestly would say, no,
Halloween and Turcle treat is not dead. I thought we
were going to run out of candy. In fact, I
had to go and search Cammy's room to see if
she had any spare pieces of candy lank can. We
had so many people and in the cold, and so
I would say, no, it's not dead.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
And I would say, maybe it is, and I think
I know the reason why, at least in the Hilliard area.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
So we'll say that. We'll say that for four fifteen,
and you guys.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
What's your opinion is?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
We would love it six one four eight two one
nine eight eight six six one four eight two one WTVN.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Was it dead in your neighborhood or not? And we'll
again we'll talk about that at four fifteen.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Wasn't it a couple of years ago? Was it last
year or two years ago? The which snowed? It did,
remember how cold that was.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
We had more trig or treaters that night than we
did this year. I take down numbers. I really like
for the last three years. I believe that I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I'm like how because I have bought too much candy
before in anticipation that we would get a crush, and
ever since we've lived there post COVID, no crush. So
I bought the right amount of candy this year, and
it still was a little disappointing. But anyway, we're still
talking Halloween. That's the point, So give us.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The talk more about that in our hot topics, and
I'm going to talk about a costume that these teachers
out in Arizona are really coming under five. I be
afraid you know what you'll be. It'll make you sick,
and it should make anyone listening sick that I can't
believe people went to this extreme. Anyway, we have a
full slate of topics to discuss today on what matters.
(03:55):
And one thing Mikayla and I do every time there's
an election that roll around is we love to give
the microphone and the phones to you.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
We do so at around five point fifteen, we will
be taking calls from candidates and if people are passionate
about issues that are on the ballot, we'll do that
and we'll make sure that you have your time on
the air.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
So you're in Hilliard, do you have a school issue
or a city white issue on the ballot that people
are passionate about?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So not school or school board.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
I don't even know if I told you I moderated
a candidates for him.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
But I did too.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So but three people are running for three seats, so
it's not a very contentious election. You know what is
though in the Hilliard area of all things. And I've
heard this, there's a couple of these across central Ohio.
The township trustee election, so Norwich Township it's a hot,
heated election.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
For a few reasons there too.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
So if you're running for office, city council, township trustees,
city school board, you will have an opportunity to call
us up and for all of our listeners, stake your case.
Why should people vote for you? Or if you are
very passionate about your city school Levy passing or not
passing because you're sick of paying all that money.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Let us know.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
This is what matters, and this is why we do
the show. So give you a platform.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
We're also going to have at the top of the
five o'clock hour Kosi and Josh Sarver and he has
a giveaway. They have a great, fairly new exhibit that's out.
We have VIP tickets to that and the next COSI
after Dark so Plenty coming of your direction from Kosi
too and Tattletale.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So Brian has created Tattletale Home Security System portable home
security system. We have one now at our little lake house.
It is such a strong peace of mind when we
leave there because we're not going to be there all
the time. It's really a weekend getaway to know that
it's protected, and it is really, really a wonderful thing.
If you don't have a home security system, or if
(05:51):
you're a business owner and you don't have your business
secured and protected, why why not? So we're going to
have that conversation, but he wants to talk about some
because it is November. We flipped the switch, well I'm
still trying to flip that switch and it's costume, but
you go from Halloween right into Thanksgiving, and it really
is such an important month to reflect on why you're thankful.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
It absolutely is.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I can't wait to hear what he has to say
because I know he is thankful for quite a bit,
but also how he creates peace of mind.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
You might see tattletale.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
I saw it the other day literally over by like
a mini power grid. It was a huge tattletale sign.
So you may have seen it out in the wild.
But it's also for you, not just these large businesses
and extraction sits exactly So it'd be great to talk
to brain.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And know that someone who really had no background at
all in technology could create this because if you would
ask him, do you see yourself doing this years ago
before you started this? No, it was the furthest thing
from technology. It just takes a good idea in someone's brain.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
And he was in a business if I remember correctly,
so he really just kind of transitioned out of it
with this great idea.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
So who knows what you might be doing that could
become the next great idea. I feel that way.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
So, okay, is trick or treat dead or not.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Have you heard about these teachers and the costumes.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That's where we're gonna head next.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Yeah, so we're going to talk about it. Go ahead
and google it and you can see these images for yourself.
In fact, I'm going to show Mikayla right now as
I am talking about it. Then we'll take a break
and we will love to take your phone calls about it.
There was a group of math teachers out in Arizona
and what they decided to do was mock Charlie Kirk's
(07:36):
death and they wore these shirts and they said Problems
Solved and they had they were these school No. I
don't know that's a good point because a lot of
parents of these school kids want them fired because they
wore it as a halloween costume. It might have been
to school because they were all together. I don't know
if it was a Halloween party or school. But they
(07:58):
wore problems shirts with look like blood dripping down the
left side of these shirts. Now there's a movement. Should
they be fired? Should they not be fired? What is
your opinion of that? And I'm trying to get you
these oh here and a lot of people have identified them.
They're like we are identifying each one of these teachers.
(08:20):
We think they should be fired. Do you fight when
you're an educator and you're in charge of kids developing
their young minds, developing who they will be in the future.
Do you want your teacher representing their school in their
classroom in a costume like that problem solved mocking Charlie
Kirk with blood on the left side of their shirts.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
So take a look at the picture. Give us a
call on that. Or trigg or treating your neighborhood. We're
talking all hot topics.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Next six one, four, eight, two, one nine, eight eighty
six sixty one four eight two one WTVN.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
This is what matters.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
So how was trick or treat in your neighborhood? Chris,
our producer, I'm dying to know what you think too,
as far as did your neighborhood have a lot of
tricker treats or do you think it's dying down? I
do not think it's dying down, just for the amount
of Tricker treaters. We had in Westerville on a cold
and windy, almost rainy night. The rain had stopped by
the time Bigger's Night had started, but it was still cold.
(09:37):
And wet out there.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
So we actually kind of so since Dublin's redistricting. Yeah,
we had a little thing in our mailbox saying how
many kids would be affected by the redistricting. So my
mom kind of got enough candy for you know, those kids,
and only about ten showed up.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Wait a minute, why would redistricting affect trigger night They
can only go by certain areas.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
No it.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
It just showed like the total amount of kids that
attended double that go to the schools in our neighborhood.
So it gave them like a rough it.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Well, I take it you have more than ten in
your neighborhood.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Oh yeah, we do. So it was supposed to be about.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Sixty and they get ten.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
So we got we got you know my neighborhood. You've
been over to my house? Yeah, twenty four kids.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's it.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Twenty four. And the reason is me.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
The reason I wanted to ask is because someone had
mentioned in people in the no post. This is just
a post hoping for reassurance. This year, we didn't have
a single trick or treater. We live in Edgewater off
of Spinler Road. We noticed in the last couple of
years that our trick or treaters have declined, but never
thought it would have gone to none. I guess I'm
(10:50):
just hoping to hear that trick or treat is still
thriving and happening.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
It was my favorite holiday growing up.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
So you said you got a lot, and we want
to hear from you, guys six one four two one
WTDI six.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
You said you got a live.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I did, and in our house is in the back
of the neighborhood, so we usually don't get too too many.
But we had more than I thought we would have.
In fact, like I said, I thought we were going
to have to go out and get more candy. But
they were such cool creative costumes too. It was fun.
I had the scary music going and I just kind
of made it fun for.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
The You love the holiday, I do. I always I've
been over to your house for Hallodeen.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
What we used to do back in the day. Jim
Ganall would come over. It was carried down from Gail Hogan,
because Gail Hogan started this tradition for the five o'clock
live shots that she would have her kids and the
neighborhood kids dressed up and ready to go for trick
or treat, so they would do the weather hits live
at five and in the six and.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
A great way for Gail to be home for trick
or treat exactly.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
So when she left, she passed the torch to me.
So we did that with my kids and my neighbors
where everybody would come over and Jim Gannall would do
the weather from our house and seeing all the kids
with their costumes. It was just fun. It's just fun event.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
So there's there's two thoughts on it. It really is
declining that I'll share briefly. One is we have too
many trunk er treats.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
We do have a lot of those, and that's for
safety reason and.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Right, so we have trunker treats.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
It's safer, but it takes away from the going to
your neighbor's house. And the other thing that was mentioned,
and I've seen a couple articles about this, is that
we don't know our neighbors and so we might not
be as comfortable knocking on doors not knowing what's behind
the door.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Which makes me really really sad. And you know this
as someone who loves neighbors.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
But could those be the reasons that there is some
decline in some areas.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah, my sister has said before that she's not in
favorite trickle treat. We're teaching our kids to go knock
on doors of strangers' homes and beg for food.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I mean, if you want to look at it, super factually,
that's true.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
But it's a tradition.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
So we have trier treat. I say, don't read into it.
Let the kids be kids, go door to door. But
that's why most of the time you're in your own neighborhood,
your parents are walking the son or daughter or both
to these houses when they're younger, and then when they're
teenagers they're able to do it on their own. It's
just a tradition of fun.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Are different religions not able to trick or treat?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
I mean I also wonder if that's part of it too,
based on some of all because they don't celebrate it, right,
So some of our population in Hilliard maybe that's one.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Of the reasons too, that could be. So that's a
hot topic, is trick or treat dead? Was it empty
in your neighborhood or were they out there in full
force loading up on that candy got Kids used to
come home with pillowcases full of kings.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
I actually have a picture of Cammi and Gui that
is always on my Amazon show at Home from the year.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
I don't know why, so Amazon must.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Take the pictures off of your phone and then populate them,
which could be scary in a few situations.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
But this is really cute.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
I have a picture of Cami and Kai in your backyard.
We must have shared it for a show. Cammy has
a pacifier in her mouth. I think they were babies
one year and then he's a doctor.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Do you remember that year?
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I do, and then they were with Tory and DJ.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yeah, there's four.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
There's four kids in this picture, and so it is
constantly on my ears.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
My favorite costume that they both wore, like one Caimmy
wore one and Kylin wore one that I could come
to mind was Cammy was Dorothy from Wizard of Oz
And we had Nick at the time, my little dog Nick,
and Nick.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Looked just like Toto, so that did look like.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
So Dorothy was Cammy or Kimmy was Dorothy in this
full blown out Gigham and two costume that looked just
like Dorothy. It was actually Dixie's kids. She passed it
down and we had a little basket. So nick was
Tota that I loved and she looked so daggone cute.
And Kylon's was fan of the opera one year and.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
I remember I remember a picture of that. See, these
are the reasons. It's creative, it's fun, it's neighbor it's
all the reasons that I think we should do trick
or treating.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
But the most, I would say, the most candy that
either one of them got was the year that Kylon
went as Jim Tressel and people were throwing candy at
him sweater vests.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Right, absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
So the other hot topic is and Mikayla didn't know
that this existed, but she did a little research now
that we told her about it. And I don't know
if you've heard about it or not, if you're on
social media at all, and if you look at political
things or not, it just kind of is out there
for you. There are teachers out in Arizona who are asking,
I'm sorry. There are parents out in Arizona in a
(15:34):
certain district. I think it's the Veil.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
District, Veil school districts, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
And they are recommending that these teachers be fired because
of these costumes that these teachers all wore together. They
were math teachers, and they had on white T shirts
with black lettering, looking like what Charlie Kirk wore with
the freedom shirt the day he was shot and killed.
And they have problems solved with blood dripping down the
(15:59):
left inside of these T shirts mocking the death, the murder,
the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk. So a lot of
parents in that district are saying these teachers need to
be fired. What is your opinion on that? Call us
up and let us know. It's six one four eight
two one nine eight eighty six.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
So it's disgusting first glance, disgusting, awful.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Who would think to do that.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
We've seen so many people who have lost their jobs
and have been canceled, if you will, for doing something
online that talks about his death and celebrating.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
And making a video. The one lady, the most recent
one I believe, was in Chicago where she was at
a rally and she was poking at her neck mocking
Charlie Kirk's death in front of supporters of Charlie Kirk.
Who would' even think of this to make this is
a good idea, let's do this, and they all went
along with it, these.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Matters and their teachers, So they are a bit of
a public figure in their own way, right, And their
white T shirts with black lettering, the black lettering is different.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
And then they do look like they're soaked.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
In blood, just on the left side, which was the
same side that Charlie Kirk was set.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
So can I give you my crisis Comm's take on this?
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Is that okay to do that?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Like if I were the school district, right, they didn't
go far enough. So the school district is saying and
explaining that these shirts were worn quote both this and
last year, is part of math themed Halloween costumes and
were not intended as a reference to any person, event
or political issue.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
So that is the statement from the district, from the
district superintendent, I believe put that out rightly, Mike.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yes, my crisis Communications hat says, whoever their spokesperson is,
you need to give more than that if you're going
to say that these go with something else, because either
they did this intentionally and it's disgusting or it is
a terrible, terrible coincidence. But you've got to tell me
why a problem solves. Shirt that's white with black lettering
(17:55):
and has red blood.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Looks to be all over it. What that had to
do with math other than the words problem solved? So
whoever the spokesperson is for that district failed.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
So that's my take on that part, because think about
remember the Sydney what's her face blue jeans thing, Sidney Sweeney. Yeah,
people got all up in arms and that she was
not meaning to say the thing like blonde with blue
eyes as a superior gene.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
So we could be in a miscommunication situation. You gotta
come out and you gotta say it. So that's my
crisis communications take.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Do you think the teacher should be fired?
Speaker 3 (18:31):
I don't know what the superintendent doesn't know. It looks
how it looks right now, mindy, it's not good.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
I would say they need to be fired. When you're
a teacher, I am sorry, but you are held to
a higher standard because of you are working with the
future of America. You are molding children's lives. What are
they What does that teach them?
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Now?
Speaker 1 (18:52):
You can't tell me that these students aren't gonna look
at their teachings with math problems. Blood on the left side,
mocking Charlie Kirk or not, it still sends a terrible message.
So in my opinion, yes, they should be fired. It'll
be interesting to see how this I mean government Florida
has even come out and said stuff. I mean a
lot of people are are chiming in turning point. USA
(19:15):
is just beside themselves.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
So I'm gonna get you a little more fired up
here because I looked up at you. I've looked at.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
A few items Newsweek, and I cannot figure this out.
The headline on the Newsweek article is Ron DeSantis amplifies
false claim about math teachers Halloween costumes, but doesn't say
in the article what the false claim is other than
the superintendent saying it has to do with math.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
You got except, where's the where's the reporting? Right? You
know what? Reporting has fallen by the wayside so much, Mikayla.
You and I have been journalists our entire career, and
I look at some of these reporters and the stories
that they do, and I'm like, what what are they even? What?
What does this even mean? How do you not go
in down anymore?
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Exactly? That doesn't tell you anything.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
No, So why put the headline up Newsweek?
Speaker 3 (20:05):
If all you're doing is taking a vague statement from
a superintendent, and don't go dig anymore. You know why
they did it because it's clickbait.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
It is clickbait. There's no doubt it's clickbait. Real quickly,
Dick from Dayton, you had a comment. Did you have
a comment about the teachers wearing mocking t shirts of
Charlie Kirk? Is what the perception is going across social
media right now? Do you have a question or an
answer on that?
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Hey, Dick, are you there?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
I don't think Dick from Dayton has ever hung up
on us before.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
But I think he might have slipped away.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
So it is a hot topic, and you're laughing so hard.
I love to make McKay laugh sometimes. You know, there's
people who just bellow and chuckle and you kind of
do both a little bit.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
I have to laugh. I tell you that. One time
they made fun of me and I laugh. I go,
you always do that.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
There are certain people in your life you love to
hear that laugh right there. You love to make them laugh.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
And I'm gonna have to tell you this one in
the break so I can't share it on air, all.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Right, But you know we are going to talk about
instead of the negativity and the things that we do
feel that matter, and we do want to get that
across to everybody. It is the name of the show.
But you know what, it's the beginning of November now,
so it's the time to reflect back on life and
what you're really thankful for in your own individual lives.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
And I think too, when you're being thankful, you feel
peace in your life. And we have something to talk
about that brings peace an additional piece to whatever you're
going through.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
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