July 7, 2025 • 56 mins
Episode Notes My guests include Glen Thomas, Public Information Officer for the Memphis Airport Authority. He tells me about all the changes happening at the airport including recent construction projects and the newest routes. Next, while we love our Grizzlies, the Oklahoma City Thunder are the NBA champions. Matt Pinto is their radio voice not to mention my life long friend. He joins me to discuss their season, if they can repeat, and the NBA evolution as a 30 year broadcast veteran. Finally, we all like to eat but someone has to cook it. Caterer Chef Wykey joins me to talk about her new special project created for youth that can cook, color and learn. That and more on air and online Monday 6 pm on 91.7 WYXR. Also, the WYXR app, TuneIn, Facebook Live, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. It's time to talk!
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And here we go. Here we go on this Monday evening,
Ladies and gentlemen. Do you believe it is already July?
We are passed the halfway point of this year's July seventh,
twenty twenty five, six o'clock straight up, which means dot da.
It is time for an all new, live, and all
new real Talk Memphis. I am your humble host. My
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name is Chip Washington, sitting in the air chair this evening.
Glad to be here, if you're out there, Glad to
have you out there as well. I hope you had
a wonderful extended holiday weekend. Friday was the fourth of July.
I'm sure many of you did your thing, whatever your
thing is. I'm hoping that you had a good time
doing your thing and that it was fun for you
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and those around you as well. We have a good
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Is a plethora of ways to get this show, and
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If you're listening to this show and.
Speaker 9 (03:19):
You don't bring up man, I mean just I mean
all kinds of shows that I have done for the
last several years since I have been on this fine
radio station. As far as guests tonight are concerned, we
are going to be talking just a few minutes to
Glenn Thomas.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Who is Glenn Thomas.
Speaker 9 (03:36):
He is the public information officer for the Memphis Airport
Authority or the airport. And you know, I told him earlier,
I said, you know, last time you and I had
a conversation was four years ago. And so I'm assuming
that a few things have happened within the airport structure.
If you've not been out there, a lot has happened
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out there. It's a nice place, it really is, and
now doing another construction project out there in new terminals
and whole nine yards, And of course I'm to understand
that the airport will soon be renamed in honor of
Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx. So we'll talk about
some of the changes at the airport. We talk about
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some of the new routes that they have, new airlines,
the whole nine yards.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So yeah, a big deal there. A little bit later
on we're going to be talking now.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
You know, there are a lot of folks out here
who love NBA basketball, and you know we have an
NBA team here called Grizzlies. But I wanted to talk
a little bit about this from the perspective of a
thirty year veteran NBA announcer. Matt Pinto is his name.
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He will join me at the bottom of this hour.
He is the radio play by play voice for the
Oklahoma City Thunder who happened to be the twenty twenty
five NBA champions He's been there for seventeen years, so
I want to get his perspective on being a part
of a championship team and.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
How that came about.
Speaker 9 (05:04):
More importantly his thoughts on the Grizzlies, his thoughts on
the NBA as a whole. So I look forward to that.
By the way, he is my childhood friend. We have
known each other since we were teens, so I look
forward to having that conversation. A little bit later on,
we will talk to Chef Wiky. Now, I don't know
how many of you are familiar with that name that
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I just mentioned, Chef Wikey w y k e Y.
A taste of Drea's is part of that name, and
that is she's a caterer in this city, and many
of you might have used or utilized her services at
one point or another. Well, she is starting to venture
out just a bit. She can add author to her name.
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She wrote a book dedicated to children, and they may
perceived love of cooking and all things in reference to that.
So I look forward to having a conversation with her
about that a little bit later on in the broadcast.
But first days, first ladies and gentlemen. June is a
busy month. Well, June was a busy month in terms
of birthdays, and now that we've leaped into July, many
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of you have birthdays in this month.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Many of you have birthdays on.
Speaker 9 (06:15):
This particular date, so we like to do a little
thing we'd like to call the shout out, which is
mainly basically us shouting you out, and you know, we're
letting everybody know, Hey, it's your birthday, it's your birthday.
But I can't do that until I say hit brand. Yeah,
we have a few birthdays we want to talk about today,
so let's get to it. Lorena Martin celebrating her birthday today.
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Happy Birthday, Areada Berdell Jackson, Happy birthday to you on
this day. Happy Birthday, carry Lacker celebrating her birthday today.
Jennifer Smith Happy birthday to you. Tiffany Woods celebrating her
birthday today, as is the Jolanda heard Aga are G.
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Happy birthday to each and every one of you. Now,
this would be the part of the show where Lola
would come.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Up with the microphone.
Speaker 9 (07:07):
She has a particular birthday shout out that she would
like to offer, but we're not doing that today because
I'm gonna do the shout out because today is Lola's birthday.
DJ Lola celebrating her birthday on this day, and she's.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Not with us this evening.
Speaker 9 (07:27):
She's sunning and funny land somewhere you know in the
world you never can tell what she is. But for
Brend and myself and all of us here a real
talking members DJ Lola. We love you. We hope that
you're having an amazing time. We know you are, and
we wish you are very very happy birthday from bren
and myself and all those folks who are big fans
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of George. Thank you, Bryan appreciate it. So there you go. Oh,
she'll she didn't.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Listen to it. She's not listening to us.
Speaker 9 (07:56):
Now she'll she'll catch it at some particular point in
time because I told her earlier, big shout out coming
to night for your birthday. So I'm sure she appreciates
that as well. Let's go through a couple of news
and notes here, and yeah these are well. First of all, yeah,
I want to do a couple of death notices here.
Condolences to the family, friends, and most importantly the work
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colleagues of Gary White. Gary White was a member of
the Memphis Police, Memphis Fire Department, excuse me, the Memphis
Fire Department. He's been with them since nineteen ninety eight.
He was involved in a motorcycle accident last night that
unfortunately claimed his life on two forty and so a
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lot of folks are reeling from that news. As I said,
he's been a public cerper for a very long time.
And we extend our deepest thoughts and sincere condolences to
his family, to his professional family, to his colleagues and
his friend friends out there as well who are dealing
with the loss also, and this is a big story
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in the national news right now. Condolences to all of
the victims who had died in the flash flooding emergency
event that happened in Kerve city of Kerrville, Texas. It
happened last Friday, where a flash flood event came rolling
through that community, that that town of community and just
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swept away dozens and dozens and dozens of people. Apparently
it mounted a wall of water about twenty feet high.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
I can't even imagine that. I can't even imagine what
that looks like.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
Extraordinary, extraordinary damage and devastation. At last count, and I
heard it right before I came on the air tonight
that there were one hundred and four people who have
perished so far in this flooding event.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Many of them were children.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
There are at least twenty to twenty four individuals who
we have not been accounted for as of yet. They
were and the kids that I was talking about were
at a day camp called Camp Mystic, and twenty seven
people children and counselors at Camp Mystic alone there paris
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in this flooding event. And again there's still about twenty
four people who are still reported missing. At last count,
one hundred and four victims have been found. This is
just awful, It's absolutely awful. And may I take a
point of personal privilege to say that we are to
at least pall from our so called busy lives and
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schedules to at least offer a prayer to those folks
in Texas and those folks who are affected, the families
who have lost loved ones, children who will never grow
up to realize their full potential, you know, families who
no longer have you know mothers or fathers, or aunts
or uncles or grandparents because of this storm. Just just
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just a just a tragic set of circumstances.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Now, you know, of course, the word.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
Now all the questions are starting to wonder where they
notified in time by the National Weather Service did they
get this? Did they get that? All of that will
come soon enough. But again, you know, we extend our sincere,
sincere condolences to all of those who were affected, the family,
the friends, the colleagues, the associates of all of those
who are no longer with us, and make their memories
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always always be a blessing to each and every one
of us. So did you hear that, Eli Musk, you know,
the guy that's behind the XAI projects here in the
South Memphis area, He bought a natural gas turbine power
plant over the weekend.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
You know, when you're the richest man in the world,
you can do.
Speaker 9 (11:50):
Things like that. And he did that, and all intentions
are this. He bought this power plant from overseas. And
what's he gonna do. He's gonna bring it here to
Memphis to fuel the supercomputer facility here. Now, before you
all start, you know, using untoward language and and and
and become upset. Uh, this is this is news, and
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this is what happened. The Shelby County Health Department, by
the way, last Friday issued UH and said that they
did indeed give the permit UH to the XAI folks
for running these gas turbines, so they're legally in that respect,
but obviously, hearing about the fact that he bought a
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gas turbine power plant from overseas and plants the planet
right down there in the Boxtown area of South Memphis
doesn't sit well with a lot of the residents.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
There, uh and and a lot of other folks.
Speaker 9 (12:46):
So's it's one of those things like here we go again,
right when do we get enough of all of this?
Uh So again, the Health Department did come out on
Friday and say that they did approve the permit to
allow the gas turbines to operate last week, so that
that's a state tuned moment. At some particular point in time,
I'm going to get State Representative Justin Pearson and his
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brother Keishawn, who is over the pollution organization Anti Pollution Organization,
to come on the show and talk more about this,
because they're not too happy about any of this. State
representative from Tennessee, Mark Green announced on social media, of
all things, on the fourth of July that he is
retiring from Congress pretty much effective immediately. He stayed, I
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guess to support the vote for the President's beautiful, big,
beautiful bill that, by the way, we'll put thousands and
thousands of folks off of Medicare in the next couple
of years as well.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
But that's a whole nother story.
Speaker 9 (13:44):
He's going to resign effective July twentieth, and there will
be a special election in his place. Question is, well,
there's be a Republican elected. Oh, well, that'll be a
Democrat elected. One never knows these days. Quick look at
news and notes. We're gonna take a quick commercial breaking
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Speaker 9 (16:20):
It's real, It's real, and welcome back to Real Talk
Memphis on this beautiful Monday evening in the city Chip
with you, and before I bring in my first guest,
I'm looking on the Facebook liveline my brother uh in
Los Angeles, California. He is out there checking us out
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tonight and listening to the broadcast. So it's good to
see my brother Mike out there. Bobby Auntie Bobby is
checking out the show. Uncle Calvin is checking out the
children Night, my son is checking out the children Night.
It's a family thing. Anyway, We're glad to have everybody
who might be catching us this evening on board. We
appreciate it. My first guest is someone who I told earlier.
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We have not spoken since twenty twenty one. That's the
last time he's been on this show, and he is
the public information officer for the Memphis Airport Authority. His
name is mister Glenn Thomas, and he joins me now.
Glenn's great to see him, my friend, how you doing.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
I'm doing great. Thanks for having me, and I really
can't believe it's been four years since I've been on
the show.
Speaker 9 (17:26):
It has been a long time. That's the last time
we communicated on LinkedIn. But it's really good to see you.
And yeah, I took note of that as well. So listen,
you know, the Memphis International Airport is one of the
prize and joys of the city. You guys have been
busy the last few years in terms of creation new terminals.
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There's there are new routes coming through here. Now you've
got a construction site going on right now out there.
You're doing some more changes and some improvements. Am I
right when I say that the Memphis Airport Authority is
doing big things for our city.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Definitely, And we understand that we are one of the
top economic engines in the Mid South. So we're very
aware of our role in the local economy and with
the community.
Speaker 9 (18:19):
You know, in saying that, you know, we just had
a big holiday weekend, and you all always let us
know kind of what kind of crowds you expect. I
don't know if you've got totals in, you know, from
the fourth of your three day weekend or whatever. But
how do things look and how do things go from
your perspective?
Speaker 7 (18:37):
Everything went smoothly. I know we've had had some bad
weather in the past few weeks, but all in all,
everything went quite well. We were expecting about fifty nine
thousand people to pass through the checkpoint during that period.
We haven't gotten the final numbers yet, but it was
definitely busy, but pretty spread out over a few days.
Speaker 9 (18:57):
Yeah, absolutely that And yeah I was there myself, you know,
took off and went to went to the West coast
for a quick trip, quick dash trip a couple of days.
Everything went very smooth and and no hiccups and and
you know, one of the things that I did notice,
and of course you know, we have a new I
guess concourse there, but but it really looks and I
had mentioned this, you know before, It really looks great
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in there, Glenn. I mean there have been I think
you you all have taken the authority of taken a
lot of pride and a lot of effort and really
upgrading of the look of our airport.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 7 (19:33):
Well, we opened the concourse a few years ago and certainly,
you know, it continues to get a lot of compliments.
It was really built for the modern traveler. And what
we're looking to do now is do the same thing
to our arrivals and departures area and check in. You
can hear that I have dogs.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
And they are it's okay.
Speaker 7 (19:54):
They are very actively protecting perceived threats out front.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Okay, but we have.
Speaker 7 (20:00):
Already begun this project. It's a seven hundred plus million
dollar project.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
It is the largest construction project in the history of
the airport. So this one's going to take several years.
Like I said, we've begun. There haven't been a whole
lot of passenger impacts so far, but that will change. Obviously,
we're going to be working to replace the drive that's
in front of the ticketing area and that is going
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to cause some changes for sure.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
And then we're going to get into the terminal. It's
going to be a couple of years before we do that.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
Yeah, I was gonna say that that is going to
require some adjustment on everybody's part. How far out and
then from a project like this, and you mentioned it's
it's the largest the capital project you know in the
city that that that that they've seen. When you start
planning for things like that, when you start looking in
for things like that, you know how far How far
out does the planning for uh, something like this take?
Speaker 7 (20:59):
It can years of planning, to be honest with you,
and those plans evolve as you get into certain aspects.
For example, right now we're creating another lane down on
the arrivals level where people leave baggage claim. That lane
will be where uber and Lift and the Taxis operate.
And in working on that, that requires that the outer
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drive be replaced, and that's what we're going to be
doing for the next couple of years once we move
Uber and Lyft. But in working on that, we discovered
that the tunnels underneath the airport that are not in use,
but they needed to be filled before we could work
on replacing that drive. So you can do a lot
of design work, architecture, etc. And planning, but sometimes once
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you get into the work, some of that changes and
that can affect timelines and the steps that you're going
to take.
Speaker 9 (21:54):
You know, one thing I noticed traveling from a place
to place, airport to airport is the unique pride. I
think all these cities seem to have, you know, in
themselves and in their communities. We are no exception to
that rule, but I think we're a little more special
here in Memphis in terms of our musical heritage and
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history and art and a lot of other things. In
reference to that, How important is that, Glenn for you
folks that work out who work out there every day
is when people walking back and forth through these concourses
and they see these great restaurants, and they see art
and a lot of other things. There's a lot that
goes into this, But I mean, how important is that
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from you, from the aesthetics perspective and just from the
feel good perspective of our city that you want to
portray to everybody else that's coming through.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
Certainly we understand that. Essentially, as one of our board
members has put it, we're the handshake to the city.
So we want the airport to reflect our community and
our culture and all the great things about our city.
So when we redid the concourse, it was crucial for
us to have artwork from Memphis artist or artists that
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had a connection to Memphis, to have a music stage
and have Memphis artists playing on that from time to time.
We want the airport to be a reflection of the community,
and really the redesign, the modernization of the concourse allowed
us to put a lot more emphasis on that.
Speaker 9 (23:25):
Absolutely that it really really is is very very impressive.
I wanted to ask you about one thing that people
are always paying attention to a new routes, and I
know that you've incorporated at least seven new routes, and
I don't know what you can tell us about what
the future holds, but you know, why was it important
to do that?
Speaker 7 (23:45):
Well, we've actually had nine routes announced in twenty twenty five.
So we've got a new airline in Breeze. They're currently
serving Tampa and Raleigh Durham, and they're adding Pensacola this fall.
Delta has added both with Austin and then JFK and
New York will be added this fall. Spirit added Fort
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Lauderdale and Detroit. And we've got a couple of in
state routes that one has begun already with Southwest launching
Nashville service, and then this fall Allegiant is going to
launch a Knoxville route, so for students and parents of
Knoxville University UT students. I think that's going to be
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a welcome edition.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Wow.
Speaker 9 (24:29):
That is man, that's pretty good stuff. I will tell you.
I was on the Nashville and Memphis flight yesterday. I'm
from Southwest, so and everything went find well, we left
out of there a little lake, but that was a
weather issue other than you know, but other than that,
everything went fine, Yeah, I think that's going to be
a pretty neat addition, I will say one thing, you know,
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I have family members that live out on the West
coast in Los Angeles, and I about crying when Allegiance
left here because they had a non stop going to LA.
So if you ever, if you ever find another one, Glenn,
if you have, if you always, if you if you're
all looking around out there for for another non stop,
I would appreciate a non staff from Memphis to Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
That would be That's just a personal thing.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
Absolutely well. We still do have service to l A
X I believe on America, and I need to double
check that for you. You think i'd known.
Speaker 9 (25:19):
Yeah, that's okay, that's okay. One final thing before I
let you go. We lost a giant a titan here
a few weeks back. Fritz Smith, uh, the founder of FedEx.
Of course, obviously the airport means so much, uh, you know,
to his organization and really to to to all of us.
And I have to understand that approval has been uh
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has has has there been approval for the an official
name change of the airport to his name?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
That you can tell me?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
Yes, our board pastor resolution at their latest meeting to
instructing us to begin the plans of renaming the airport
in his name. We don't have a particular name yet.
That's part of our list of things to do. But
it's certainly an honor for us to be tasked with this,
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and really it is reflective of his impact on not
only the airport, but the Memphis community and really impacted
the world with fed X and not actually not just
fed X, but all of the community involvement that that
he was involved with as well. So we are honored
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to work on that. It will be, you know, probably
a fairly lengthy process. There are a lot of things
that we've got to do from an operational and the
logistical standpoint, but we will be working on this immediately
and we are happy to do so.
Speaker 9 (26:49):
Yeah, absolutely that I was going to ask you about
the timeframe, but I would I would I would have
thought that this is going to take This is a process.
It's going to take a process to get it done.
But Gleam, we really appreciate you coming on the show.
Glenn Thomas, Ladies and gentlemen, the public Information officer for
the Memphis Airport Authority updating us on new routes and uh,
you know, the new look, and so look with the
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next still a little bit here. These construction projects they
got going on outside, it's gonna take a while, so paccupations,
as he said, you know, but we'll we'll they'll get
us through it, and we'll get us through it together. Glenn,
Thank you man, it's great to see you again. Thank
you for coming on the show. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (27:28):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 9 (27:29):
Take care man, thank you. Uh well, there you go,
ladies and gentlemen. I you know, listen, it's it's good.
We had talked in from some years, so it's good
to get caught up on all the doings at the airport.
And of course, you know, they have approved unanimously that
the name change of the airport. I was looking at
the name and I was leaving there yesterday. I said, well,
I don't know how much longer we're gonna see Memphis
(27:49):
International Airport, but it is, uh you know, that is
that's that's part of the progress as well. Thank thank
Glenn for coming on the show tonight. And yeah, travel
is ever evolving and ever changing. I don't like I'm
not a big traveler. I know many folks are, but
you know I like to get on and get off quick,
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take a break. I want me come back. We're gonna
shift gears and talk a little bit about basketball. That's
all I'm gonna tell you. This is real Talk Memphis.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
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Speaker 2 (30:36):
It's real.
Speaker 7 (30:42):
It's it's.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
Hey.
Speaker 9 (30:45):
Welcome back to Real Talk Memphis on this beautiful Monday
evening in the city. Chip with you and uh, you know,
a lot of us love the NBA. We love NBA basketball.
We have a team here called Grizzlies. We love our Grizzlies,
and you know, I thought that it was for me,
it was important.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
Uh. And I just thought I thought about this recently.
Speaker 9 (31:06):
Uh. You know, we don't talk a lot about the
NBA on this broadcast, but you know, I happen to
have someone I'm very close to who is a has
been in the NBA as a league announcer for thirty years.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (31:20):
He is the play by play radio voice for the
Oklahoma City Thunder, who, by the way, are the NBA champions.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (31:26):
And he joins me. Now his name is Matt Pinto
and brother, it's good to see you. How are you tonight?
Speaker 1 (31:32):
I'm great, Bentley.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
How are you see that? That's just wrong?
Speaker 9 (31:34):
See, well that's what. Yeah, we're also a wonderful, wonderful
start here.
Speaker 10 (31:41):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (31:41):
He got jokes tonight, ladies and gentlemen. So madd and
I have been we childhood friends. We we we've known
each other since we were we were we were teens,
and we went to the same broadcasting school together.
Speaker 10 (31:53):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
And that's where we met Don Martin School of Communication.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
You remember that, brother, I do like yesterday.
Speaker 12 (31:59):
Yeah, we had some incredibly awesome times. You and I
bonded as brothers. Way back then and that has not changed.
What's wild ship is that we maybe don't talk for
months and then as soon as.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
We connect, it's like we visited yesterday.
Speaker 9 (32:13):
It's amazing, absolutely absolutely that I love you today with
you and my brother.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Absolutely that.
Speaker 9 (32:18):
So listen, congratulations sir on being part of the twenty
twenty five NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Has that sunk in yet?
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Well?
Speaker 12 (32:30):
I played an incredibly integral role and it all happening really, hasn't.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
I mean, it's very surreal. You know.
Speaker 12 (32:38):
I've had an opportunity, been very blessed to be in
the league as a broadcaster for thirty five years, twice
calling the NBA Finals in the twenty twelve season with
the Thunder, it lost to Miami in five games. And
then this run for the second youngest team to ever
get to the NBA Finals, and they followed the lead
of the nineteen seventy seven Portland Trailblazers, the youngest team
ever to win it by winning it.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
It was a phenomenal season.
Speaker 12 (33:03):
It's a team unlike any I've been around or associated
with chip in my thirty five years in the league,
in that there were just no agendas. I mean, the
team was about winning. The only thing that mattered was
the scoreboard did the stat sheet was never relevant to
anybody on the team. Shay Gilders Alexander took that next
giant step as the MVP.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Of the league.
Speaker 12 (33:21):
And these guys loved to defend, and they had multiple
defenders that could stop the point of attack to get
out on the perimeter and really smother the opposition when
they had the ball and get out forcing turnovers to run.
So it was just it was a snowball effect. Throughout
the course of the season. They win sixty eight regular
season games. Then the talk is they're just too young
to win it and only their second season in the playoffs.
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The core anyway, they added Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein,
a couple of more veteran sort of laden players in
the offseason and it all clicked. It just came together,
and despite not having a full roster, not healthy any
single game in the regular season, they got healthy in
the playoffs and rode that to a championship. So I
(34:03):
still tell everybody around me, pinch me.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Was that real? Was that a dream?
Speaker 4 (34:07):
Like?
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Incredible? It really was.
Speaker 9 (34:09):
Absolutely that, you know, just a few years ago, I
mean a few short years ago, and you and I
were talking and I remember you were like, man, they're
blowing up the whole team. See it's awful. I mean,
and they were bad. They were bad, just there's a
few years ago.
Speaker 13 (34:22):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (34:22):
But but this this coach was able to and I
guess they rebuilt this entire roster and got all these
young guys are playing. And as you said, uh, there
is a bond on that team. You can visibly see
that bond and how they play for each other. They
don't play it independently and separately. And it was a
beautiful thing to watch. Now when you were here in
town and when you all were playing the Grizzlies. Uh,
(34:43):
you know, in this round, of course, Matt did say
that they were gonna they were gonna win this thing,
you know, beat our guys. And that's what I still
love him for that, even though he said that because
he was because he was right.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
But in that last game, but what.
Speaker 9 (34:55):
Did you see, if anything, in terms of the Grizzlies
that made you think to you because that last game
of the series was that was you told me we
talked later, you said that was the best game of
the series. Do you think they have a little bit
of a nucleus here? What do you think based on
what you saw?
Speaker 12 (35:12):
Well, they've got to make a decision around Jaw. I
think obviously they're all in on Jaron Jackson Junior, given
the contract detention he signed during this offseason. There's just
a lot of talk around is John Morant a guy
long term in Memphis? There have been some different tentacles
to what's going on with him off the court. Obviously,
the talent is undeniable on the court when he's focused
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and when he's healthy.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
But they've got to make a determination.
Speaker 12 (35:37):
Because he's a superstar level talent that has a superstar
level persona. Is that the persona the Memphis Cruzies want
to carry forth long term? I mean, they've got to
make that decision chip and I think that's a big
one for them. They've done some nice things this offseason.
This is a team a few years ago that was
at the fifty win plateau, a top three seed in
the Western Conference. So they have the personnel if they
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can pull it all together and they can begin working
together under a new head coach.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Speaking of that, how shocked were you when they fired
their head coach with nine games left in the season.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
I know disne Old City was in shock mold for
a few days after that.
Speaker 12 (36:13):
What'd you think, well, I mean, the behind the scenes
stories was Twamas Ezelo, the guy that's now the head coach,
was brought in with the thought of potentially making this move.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
This is a guy that has, you know.
Speaker 12 (36:26):
A pedigree in Europe, apparently an outstanding reputation. When a
head coach is forced to bring an assistant in and
he's paid a high level salary, I think immediately a
head coach begins to feel pretty wary about his own security,
and I think that was going on behind the scenes.
I do think Taylor Jenkins at some point lost touch
with getting the team on the same page.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
They suffered some big losses.
Speaker 12 (36:49):
They had a rough time beating high level plus five
hundred teams over the final two and a half or
so months of the regular season, so the handwriting seemed.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
To be on the wall.
Speaker 12 (36:58):
But I don't recall seeing a head coach dismissed in
the way he was as late as he was, and
yet the denver I gets trumped that a few days later,
firing Muchelm alone with like nine days left in the
regular season.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
It was a crazy finish to the regular season in
the NBA.
Speaker 9 (37:13):
So now that you've climbed a mountain and you've been
the voice of the Thunder for seventeen years now, I believe,
and now that you've climbed to the top of the mountain,
the questions are starting to wonder can.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
They do it again?
Speaker 9 (37:27):
Nobody has repeated and god knows how long you know,
from your particular point of view, what do you think
in terms of the nucleus, could they possibly pull us
off again?
Speaker 12 (37:38):
Well, their head coach Mark Dagnold has referred to them
as an uncommon team. They are so young, and yet
they exude this maturity and this confidence and this you know,
team level commitment.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
I think they certainly are capable.
Speaker 12 (37:52):
Now, you know, can Jalen Williams and Chet Holmes and
continue to support Shay Gilders Alexander the way they did
on this playoff front, Chet primarily defensively, had his moments offensively,
and Jdubb that he's referred to in Oklahoma City, had
a star level season.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
He was an All Star this season.
Speaker 12 (38:10):
He was, along with Mobiley and Cleveland, the only guys
in the league to be all league and all defensive,
So they have some serious talent in the core, and
then the guys that surround the corps are really versatile
and deep and defend and the way they defend chip
they're in every game. Defense always travels in any sport,
so they I don't foresee them making any significant changes
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this offseason. The guys are all back, intact, guys are
all under contract, so really you know they're battling themselves
on some level to maintain the level of commitment and
tenacity they carried the entire season.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
A year ago.
Speaker 12 (38:45):
It'll be a shortened off season based on the length
of the playoff run they just made, and it comes
down to can they maintain the same level of high
standard they carried throughout the course of this season. There
are teams in the West that are better as a
result of what they've done in the offseason.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Certainly helped itself.
Speaker 12 (39:01):
Houston has helped itself adding Kevin Durant and Duran Finney
Smith among other guys. So the West is not getting
any easier to navigate, and this team is coming back
with the same core nucleus, the same roster for the
most part, so we'll see.
Speaker 1 (39:15):
It's going to be fun to watch.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
One final One final question for you, brother.
Speaker 9 (39:21):
You've been in the league for thirty five years and
so you've seen quite a few changes within the league structure.
Is the league better today than it was back when
you first got into it?
Speaker 12 (39:33):
Well, I mean, I remember watching games with you out
in LA where we're watching the Sixers and the Lakers
and the Celtics were part of that sort of triad
of just extraordinary teams, and the game then was outstanding.
The game was more offensive minded than what we see
today on some levels. They've gotten rid of the hand check.
The three point shot now has totally revolutionized the game.
(39:55):
So I think it's debatable, but I do think this
is an era where the the torches being passed from
Steph Curry and Lebron to some of the young guys
in this league. We saw Tyres Haliburton, unfortunately Terra's Achilles,
but he's a guy that's going to be part of
that transition. Shay Gilders Alexander's going to be part of
that transition. The league wants Anthony Edwards to be part
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of that transition. We'll see if that happens. So I
think the league's in good shape right now. You're going
to see expansion, I think in the next season or two,
which is going to change the terrain a little bit.
The collective bargaining agreement now really doesn't allow for teams
unless they're incredibly well structured long term to be in
position to repeat. And this team is structured long term
(40:36):
to potentially do that. That's why we've seen seven different
champions in the last seven seasons, which is unheard of
in the NBA, the first time it's ever happened.
Speaker 1 (40:43):
So it really depends on what's the flavor you like.
If it's.
Speaker 12 (40:49):
Non dominant dynasties and you like seeing a different champion
every season, and this is an error for you. If
you want to see that black hat that's winning every
season and you to hate them and you want to
see somebody rise up and knock them off, this may
not be your era.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
Really, it depends on what you like in pro sports.
Speaker 9 (41:08):
One final question before I let you go, Your fan
base in Oklahoma City is just I mean, it's incredible.
Now you've done this for a long time, and you've
done it for more than a few teams. You ever
see anything quite like the OKCE fans out there.
Speaker 12 (41:24):
Well, the closest is Charlotte when I first got there,
and that's when they were just birthed as an NBA
expansion franchise, and when they won a couple of games
they shouldn't have early in their existence, that city caught fire.
It's a basketball area based on the college game with
Duke in North Carolina, and so initially chip they had
planned to seat like fifteen and twenty three thousand seat
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coliseum arena that was only built to that capacity to host.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
The ACC Tournament.
Speaker 12 (41:51):
The Hornets win a couple of games they shouldn't have,
They knocked out Charles Barkley and Philly early in the season,
and all of a sudden they're filling that building up.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
So that's the closest thing.
Speaker 12 (42:00):
But I've never seen the sustained passion this community and
state have for the Thunder team, and the Thunder bonded
with the community. I think that's been a really important
aspect to what's going on. And honestly, it's like when
they won Game five against Indiana in the NBA Finals
and I had a chance to close it out in
Game six, part of me was not wanting to see
(42:20):
a loss in game six, you want to go grab
the title when it presents itself. But I was a
little saddened inside to think this might be the last
home game because that environment and that atmosphere are just
it's incredibly intoxicating, and it's really fun to be a
part of when the team is rolling and you know,
you can't hear yourself think. It's just incredible. And I
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think that was a big factor in this team being
the best at home in the regular season and in
the playoffs as well.
Speaker 9 (42:46):
Absolutely that well listen, ladies and gentlemen, that pinto a
league veteran broadcaster over three decades, and of course he
is the play by a Place radio play by a
play radio voice with the Oklahoma City Thunder, And most importantly,
he is my brother. And I love you, and I'm
so grateful that you could take some time to come
(43:07):
on to show tonight and be with me, and I
look forward to talking to you real soon.
Speaker 12 (43:11):
I love you, brother, and the Memphis market has no
idea the gift you are to them, so hopefully they
appreciate what you bring every day because you're as integrists and.
Speaker 1 (43:22):
His quality of human being as I've ever met in
my life. So love you, brother, Love you too.
Speaker 2 (43:26):
I talk to you soon.
Speaker 9 (43:27):
Man.
Speaker 2 (43:27):
Take care, Okay, okay, here you go, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 9 (43:30):
Matt Pinto from a very unique perspective in the NBA,
been around that has done it, and he's done it
in a high high quality for a very very long time.
And congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let's take one
more break. When we come back, we're gonna shift gears
and we're gonna head to the kitchen or a comic book.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
We'll explain.
Speaker 9 (43:48):
This is real Talk Memphis, some Chip, don't go away.
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Speaker 2 (45:26):
It's he's right about that.
Speaker 9 (45:35):
Welcome back to Real Talking Memphis on this Monday evening.
Ship with you, and we've had a great show so
far and we're gonna end it in fine fashion as well.
A lot of us like to eat. Don't look at
me too closely. I'm one of those folks, but so
we have. Our next guest is a is a great chef,
she really is, but she's also has a passion for
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other folks. Please welcome to the show a chef. It's
a taste of dress. If you're familiar. She is a
caterer in this city, but she is adding another title
to that chef.
Speaker 2 (46:11):
Wykey is great to see how you doing tonight?
Speaker 5 (46:13):
How about yourself?
Speaker 2 (46:14):
Chip, I'm doing well.
Speaker 9 (46:15):
Thank you, and thank you so much for taking some
time to come on the show this evening. Let me
ask you a question and reference to your culinary skills.
How long have you been a professional chef?
Speaker 13 (46:28):
It has to be about it's got to be about
fifteen years more a little but dickade, let's say that.
Speaker 9 (46:33):
Okay, okay, So what made you decide? Did you when
you were younger, did you always have a passion for food,
for cooking, for understanding? I mean, how did you get
into the business that you're in.
Speaker 13 (46:44):
Yeah, it kind of goes back to my grandparents, you know,
just having them as well as them being a big
support and showing me things that I need to know
as well, you know, like simple things picking greens, shelling.
So it goes back and it picked it back when
I'm growing When I was growing up, I like colors.
Speaker 5 (47:06):
So at some point I'm an artist. At hard I
couldn't put art on a canvas.
Speaker 13 (47:12):
I learned how to put it on a plate. So
now I learn how to mix the two together.
Speaker 2 (47:16):
Wow, that's that's really really interesting.
Speaker 9 (47:18):
And there's a lot of folks that I know who
who do what you do have have picked that up
from from generations before us said that wise generation. Uh
that that really means something, doesn't that That that route
that family here, thatge is just sitting around watching standing
around watching them the cook and pick and do that
differ you right to the same thing.
Speaker 5 (47:38):
It's a staple. It put It puts the stain on
your heart and it stays with you.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
Absolutely that.
Speaker 7 (47:43):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (47:44):
So let me let let me let me move forward here.
You are the author of a new children's book. Uh,
and I thought that was pretty interesting.
Speaker 6 (47:53):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (47:54):
First of all, tell us the name of the book
and what it was that inspired you to write it.
Speaker 13 (48:02):
So the book is Cook and Color by Chef Waki,
And my inspiration behind it is I have a great niece,
which is Drea, So that's who a taste of dress
is not?
Speaker 2 (48:14):
Got it? Okay? Okay.
Speaker 13 (48:16):
I also have two nephews, so they're young, so I'm like,
what better thing to do than to.
Speaker 5 (48:22):
Give them something impactful, you know what I mean.
Speaker 13 (48:25):
So it's basically for the children, and they were the
inspiration behind me making this coloring book.
Speaker 9 (48:33):
So it is a coloring book, but it does teach
them lessons, does it, not through it. So so talk
to me a little bit about what you were trying
to infuse in that, because I think one of the
things the headlines is all about the book is that
they can learn to cook, they can learn to read,
they can learn the color.
Speaker 2 (48:47):
So talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 13 (48:49):
So I have crossword puzzles in this coloring book, I
have mazes, I teach them how to wash their hands,
proper life cutting skills. It's just it hits on everything
dealing with colinaria as well as teaching them colors and
shapes of that nature.
Speaker 9 (49:07):
You know that, And that to me, what I find
interesting about that is because that's, you know, we always
try to leave something for our next generation, and the
next generation will be with be these young folks. Is
there any particular age range that the book is defined by.
Speaker 13 (49:24):
You No, I got it for ages four to twelve, okay,
and it could be a well go beyond that age.
Speaker 9 (49:31):
Yes, so you know, and I think that's and I
think that's wonderful and well, and we'll tell folks where
they can get it before before we let you go here.
But one thing I want to one thing I want
to know is when folks who are out there do
what you do, you know in the world of cooking,
and you probably run into a whole lot of folks
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and maybe people who are older folks who are want
to get into business or understand how to do what
it is that you do. What type of from the
professional aspect of your world?
Speaker 2 (50:05):
What what?
Speaker 9 (50:05):
What advice would you give those aspiring uh chefs out
there who might be listening.
Speaker 13 (50:12):
If you're an aspiring chef, I would say, get the
culinary experience, get the background, get some paperwork behind it.
Speaker 5 (50:20):
That way, for it's for me to have multiple things
going on.
Speaker 13 (50:25):
That way, again, you always have something to piggyback off of.
So like I have this coloring book. The next thing
I'm gonna do is seasonings. After that, I'm going to
do compound butters. So I just want to keep something going.
Speaker 5 (50:38):
So with this.
Speaker 13 (50:39):
Coloring book, the color the cooking color book is by
chef Waquie.
Speaker 5 (50:43):
But once I brand.
Speaker 13 (50:45):
The seasonings and the butter, that would be the collection.
Speaker 9 (50:51):
Okay, so you're doing okay, so you're doing both. You're
creating seasonings and and and but that that those are
obviously I'm not trying to be, you know, silly when
I said two very uh state but big staples in
terms of successful cooking.
Speaker 2 (51:05):
Correct, yes, yeah, so.
Speaker 5 (51:08):
So those are going to be my seasonal things. The
colored book would be year round.
Speaker 9 (51:13):
So you know again now that we we've gotten back
around to the to the to the coloring book aspect,
but I want to I want to ask another question
about in reference to the cooking part of what you do.
Speaker 2 (51:24):
You're a caterer, successful caterer.
Speaker 9 (51:26):
You've been doing this for for a while now, uh
and and and and let me just let me just
play the future for a second. And ten years from now,
where do you see yourself Do you see yourself ever
opening up your own restaurant or are you going to
continue to to cater to folks? And because I've seen
(51:48):
I've seen photos of some of your work and it
looks really really good. So I mean, do you have
any I mean thoughts beyond this? What do you think?
Speaker 5 (51:57):
People ask me all the time, when are you gonna
get a restaurant? When you get a food truck?
Speaker 13 (52:00):
I don't really think I want to give towards that
as much. I really want to go out and really
be hands on. I really want to go into the schools.
Maybe Bill Gardens, you know, bring farm the table, give
kids a healthier way of eating, teach them those type
of things. And if I have time to cater, yes,
but my my impact is for the younger group that's
(52:23):
coming up.
Speaker 9 (52:24):
Well, that's wonderful. That's that's Those are the kind of
stories that I like to hear. I mean, you're you're
thinking from beyond yourself, but you're actually you're absolutely thinking
of the next generation, which I think is just which
I think is just amazing. So tell everybody who is
interested about getting this book, give them the title one
more time and where they can find it.
Speaker 5 (52:42):
Cook and Color by Chef Waqi. You can get it
on Amazon. It's out right now. It's it's live.
Speaker 9 (52:49):
Uh.
Speaker 13 (52:49):
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Chef Wyqui, I am. I'm so delighted to have you
on the show. It was great to meet you. I
wish you nothing but the amazing success in the future,
and maybe we'll have you back down the road a
little bit when you decide you want to, you know,
pop in there to do another project that God knows
to who to where, the how. But don't don't forget
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Take care now, take care of yourself. All right, there
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what you do. You're reach and teach and you step
out and you take what you've learned, what your knowledge
base is, and what you know, and you extend yourself
to other people. We have another generation moving up here, people,
so we need to pay attention to all of that.
And before we go, you know, there's another broadcast, another
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called Event Horizon. That's just the coolest name ever. And
the cool radio the cool radio personality that hosted is
Brin Butler. And of course he is my he's my
producer here, my my board producer here and Brin, uh,
you know, enjoying your show? Are you enjoying the ride
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so far?
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Yeah?
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I appreciate that I am enjoying it. It can be
a little stressful sometimes putting the show together, but that
comes with it more responsibility. But super happy to always
come here on Mondays for sure.
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So can you can you give us a little bit
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Yeah.
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So I like to cut up my show into thirty
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metal with a lot of fuzz and stuff like that,
you know, bluesy riffs, things like that. And then in
the second half of the broadcast, I'll be uh playing
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a little bit of nineties alternative music. Yeah, a little
bit of an amalgamation.
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And here we go. Here we go on this Monday evening,
Ladies and gentlemen. Do you believe it is already July?
We are passed the halfway point of this year's July seventh,
twenty twenty five, six o'clock straight up, which means dot da.
It is time for an all new, live, and all
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name is Chip Washington, sitting in the air chair this evening.
Glad to be here, if you're out there, Glad to
have you out there as well. I hope you had
a wonderful extended holiday weekend. Friday was the fourth of July.
I'm sure many of you did your thing, whatever your
thing is. I'm hoping that you had a good time
doing your thing and that it was fun for you
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and those around you as well. We have a good
show for you tonight. I think we do always feel
confident that we do. But rest is up to you,
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how you get this fine piece of radio broadcasting. I
am just you know, it really touches my heart that
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Next day or so.
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Once the show is posted, you can find us on YouTube,
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How about that pretty good stuff? Huh Right, So, anyway, it.
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Is a plethora of ways to get this show, and
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If you're listening to this show and.
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You don't bring up man, I mean just I mean
all kinds of shows that I have done for the
last several years since I have been on this fine
radio station. As far as guests tonight are concerned, we
are going to be talking just a few minutes to
Glenn Thomas.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Who is Glenn Thomas.
Speaker 9 (03:36):
He is the public information officer for the Memphis Airport
Authority or the airport. And you know, I told him earlier,
I said, you know, last time you and I had
a conversation was four years ago. And so I'm assuming
that a few things have happened within the airport structure.
If you've not been out there, a lot has happened
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out there. It's a nice place, it really is, and
now doing another construction project out there in new terminals
and whole nine yards, And of course I'm to understand
that the airport will soon be renamed in honor of
Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx. So we'll talk about
some of the changes at the airport. We talk about
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some of the new routes that they have, new airlines,
the whole nine yards.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So yeah, a big deal there. A little bit later
on we're going to be talking now.
Speaker 9 (04:25):
You know, there are a lot of folks out here
who love NBA basketball, and you know we have an
NBA team here called Grizzlies. But I wanted to talk
a little bit about this from the perspective of a
thirty year veteran NBA announcer. Matt Pinto is his name.
(04:47):
He will join me at the bottom of this hour.
He is the radio play by play voice for the
Oklahoma City Thunder who happened to be the twenty twenty
five NBA champions He's been there for seventeen years, so
I want to get his perspective on being a part
of a championship team and.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
How that came about.
Speaker 9 (05:04):
More importantly his thoughts on the Grizzlies, his thoughts on
the NBA as a whole. So I look forward to that.
By the way, he is my childhood friend. We have
known each other since we were teens, so I look
forward to having that conversation. A little bit later on,
we will talk to Chef Wiky. Now, I don't know
how many of you are familiar with that name that
(05:25):
I just mentioned, Chef Wikey w y k e Y.
A taste of Drea's is part of that name, and
that is she's a caterer in this city, and many
of you might have used or utilized her services at
one point or another. Well, she is starting to venture
out just a bit. She can add author to her name.
(05:47):
She wrote a book dedicated to children, and they may
perceived love of cooking and all things in reference to that.
So I look forward to having a conversation with her
about that a little bit later on in the broadcast.
But first days, first ladies and gentlemen. June is a
busy month. Well, June was a busy month in terms
of birthdays, and now that we've leaped into July, many
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of you have birthdays in this month.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Many of you have birthdays on.
Speaker 9 (06:15):
This particular date, so we like to do a little
thing we'd like to call the shout out, which is
mainly basically us shouting you out, and you know, we're
letting everybody know, Hey, it's your birthday, it's your birthday.
But I can't do that until I say hit brand. Yeah,
we have a few birthdays we want to talk about today,
so let's get to it. Lorena Martin celebrating her birthday today.
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Happy Birthday, Areada Berdell Jackson, Happy birthday to you on
this day. Happy Birthday, carry Lacker celebrating her birthday today.
Jennifer Smith Happy birthday to you. Tiffany Woods celebrating her
birthday today, as is the Jolanda heard Aga are G.
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Happy birthday to each and every one of you. Now,
this would be the part of the show where Lola
would come.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Up with the microphone.
Speaker 9 (07:07):
She has a particular birthday shout out that she would
like to offer, but we're not doing that today because
I'm gonna do the shout out because today is Lola's birthday.
DJ Lola celebrating her birthday on this day, and she's.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Not with us this evening.
Speaker 9 (07:27):
She's sunning and funny land somewhere you know in the
world you never can tell what she is. But for
Brend and myself and all of us here a real
talking members DJ Lola. We love you. We hope that
you're having an amazing time. We know you are, and
we wish you are very very happy birthday from bren
and myself and all those folks who are big fans
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of George. Thank you, Bryan appreciate it. So there you go. Oh,
she'll she didn't.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Listen to it. She's not listening to us.
Speaker 9 (07:56):
Now she'll she'll catch it at some particular point in
time because I told her earlier, big shout out coming
to night for your birthday. So I'm sure she appreciates
that as well. Let's go through a couple of news
and notes here, and yeah these are well. First of all, yeah,
I want to do a couple of death notices here.
Condolences to the family, friends, and most importantly the work
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colleagues of Gary White. Gary White was a member of
the Memphis Police, Memphis Fire Department, excuse me, the Memphis
Fire Department. He's been with them since nineteen ninety eight.
He was involved in a motorcycle accident last night that
unfortunately claimed his life on two forty and so a
(08:41):
lot of folks are reeling from that news. As I said,
he's been a public cerper for a very long time.
And we extend our deepest thoughts and sincere condolences to
his family, to his professional family, to his colleagues and
his friend friends out there as well who are dealing
with the loss also, and this is a big story
(09:03):
in the national news right now. Condolences to all of
the victims who had died in the flash flooding emergency
event that happened in Kerve city of Kerrville, Texas. It
happened last Friday, where a flash flood event came rolling
through that community, that that town of community and just
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swept away dozens and dozens and dozens of people. Apparently
it mounted a wall of water about twenty feet high.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
I can't even imagine that. I can't even imagine what
that looks like.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
Extraordinary, extraordinary damage and devastation. At last count, and I
heard it right before I came on the air tonight
that there were one hundred and four people who have
perished so far in this flooding event.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Many of them were children.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
There are at least twenty to twenty four individuals who
we have not been accounted for as of yet. They
were and the kids that I was talking about were
at a day camp called Camp Mystic, and twenty seven
people children and counselors at Camp Mystic alone there paris
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in this flooding event. And again there's still about twenty
four people who are still reported missing. At last count,
one hundred and four victims have been found. This is
just awful, It's absolutely awful. And may I take a
point of personal privilege to say that we are to
at least pall from our so called busy lives and
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schedules to at least offer a prayer to those folks
in Texas and those folks who are affected, the families
who have lost loved ones, children who will never grow
up to realize their full potential, you know, families who
no longer have you know mothers or fathers, or aunts
or uncles or grandparents because of this storm. Just just
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just a just a tragic set of circumstances.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Now, you know, of course, the word.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
Now all the questions are starting to wonder where they
notified in time by the National Weather Service did they
get this? Did they get that? All of that will
come soon enough. But again, you know, we extend our sincere,
sincere condolences to all of those who were affected, the family,
the friends, the colleagues, the associates of all of those
who are no longer with us, and make their memories
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always always be a blessing to each and every one
of us. So did you hear that, Eli Musk, you know,
the guy that's behind the XAI projects here in the
South Memphis area, He bought a natural gas turbine power
plant over the weekend.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
You know, when you're the richest man in the world,
you can do.
Speaker 9 (11:50):
Things like that. And he did that, and all intentions
are this. He bought this power plant from overseas. And
what's he gonna do. He's gonna bring it here to
Memphis to fuel the supercomputer facility here. Now, before you
all start, you know, using untoward language and and and
and become upset. Uh, this is this is news, and
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this is what happened. The Shelby County Health Department, by
the way, last Friday issued UH and said that they
did indeed give the permit UH to the XAI folks
for running these gas turbines, so they're legally in that respect,
but obviously, hearing about the fact that he bought a
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gas turbine power plant from overseas and plants the planet
right down there in the Boxtown area of South Memphis
doesn't sit well with a lot of the residents.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
There, uh and and a lot of other folks.
Speaker 9 (12:46):
So's it's one of those things like here we go again,
right when do we get enough of all of this?
Uh So again, the Health Department did come out on
Friday and say that they did approve the permit to
allow the gas turbines to operate last week, so that
that's a state tuned moment. At some particular point in time,
I'm going to get State Representative Justin Pearson and his
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brother Keishawn, who is over the pollution organization Anti Pollution Organization,
to come on the show and talk more about this,
because they're not too happy about any of this. State
representative from Tennessee, Mark Green announced on social media, of
all things, on the fourth of July that he is
retiring from Congress pretty much effective immediately. He stayed, I
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guess to support the vote for the President's beautiful, big,
beautiful bill that, by the way, we'll put thousands and
thousands of folks off of Medicare in the next couple
of years as well.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
But that's a whole nother story.
Speaker 9 (13:44):
He's going to resign effective July twentieth, and there will
be a special election in his place. Question is, well,
there's be a Republican elected. Oh, well, that'll be a
Democrat elected. One never knows these days. Quick look at
news and notes. We're gonna take a quick commercial breaking
when we come back. Let us get into this Monday
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edition of Real Talk Memphis. I'm Chip, you know who
you are. Brands with me and uh, we're going to
take a quick time out and we'll be right back.
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Speaker 9 (16:20):
It's real, It's real, and welcome back to Real Talk
Memphis on this beautiful Monday evening in the city Chip
with you, and before I bring in my first guest,
I'm looking on the Facebook liveline my brother uh in
Los Angeles, California. He is out there checking us out
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tonight and listening to the broadcast. So it's good to
see my brother Mike out there. Bobby Auntie Bobby is
checking out the show. Uncle Calvin is checking out the
children Night, my son is checking out the children Night.
It's a family thing. Anyway, We're glad to have everybody
who might be catching us this evening on board. We
appreciate it. My first guest is someone who I told earlier.
(17:04):
We have not spoken since twenty twenty one. That's the
last time he's been on this show, and he is
the public information officer for the Memphis Airport Authority. His
name is mister Glenn Thomas, and he joins me now.
Glenn's great to see him, my friend, how you doing.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
I'm doing great. Thanks for having me, and I really
can't believe it's been four years since I've been on
the show.
Speaker 9 (17:26):
It has been a long time. That's the last time
we communicated on LinkedIn. But it's really good to see you.
And yeah, I took note of that as well. So listen,
you know, the Memphis International Airport is one of the
prize and joys of the city. You guys have been
busy the last few years in terms of creation new terminals.
(17:48):
There's there are new routes coming through here. Now you've
got a construction site going on right now out there.
You're doing some more changes and some improvements. Am I
right when I say that the Memphis Airport Authority is
doing big things for our city.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Definitely, And we understand that we are one of the
top economic engines in the Mid South. So we're very
aware of our role in the local economy and with
the community.
Speaker 9 (18:19):
You know, in saying that, you know, we just had
a big holiday weekend, and you all always let us
know kind of what kind of crowds you expect. I
don't know if you've got totals in, you know, from
the fourth of your three day weekend or whatever. But
how do things look and how do things go from
your perspective?
Speaker 7 (18:37):
Everything went smoothly. I know we've had had some bad
weather in the past few weeks, but all in all,
everything went quite well. We were expecting about fifty nine
thousand people to pass through the checkpoint during that period.
We haven't gotten the final numbers yet, but it was
definitely busy, but pretty spread out over a few days.
Speaker 9 (18:57):
Yeah, absolutely that And yeah I was there myself, you know,
took off and went to went to the West coast
for a quick trip, quick dash trip a couple of days.
Everything went very smooth and and no hiccups and and
you know, one of the things that I did notice,
and of course you know, we have a new I
guess concourse there, but but it really looks and I
had mentioned this, you know before, It really looks great
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in there, Glenn. I mean there have been I think
you you all have taken the authority of taken a
lot of pride and a lot of effort and really
upgrading of the look of our airport.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 7 (19:33):
Well, we opened the concourse a few years ago and certainly,
you know, it continues to get a lot of compliments.
It was really built for the modern traveler. And what
we're looking to do now is do the same thing
to our arrivals and departures area and check in. You
can hear that I have dogs.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
And they are it's okay.
Speaker 7 (19:54):
They are very actively protecting perceived threats out front.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
Okay, but we have.
Speaker 7 (20:00):
Already begun this project. It's a seven hundred plus million
dollar project.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
It is the largest construction project in the history of
the airport. So this one's going to take several years.
Like I said, we've begun. There haven't been a whole
lot of passenger impacts so far, but that will change. Obviously,
we're going to be working to replace the drive that's
in front of the ticketing area and that is going
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to cause some changes for sure.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
And then we're going to get into the terminal. It's
going to be a couple of years before we do that.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
Yeah, I was gonna say that that is going to
require some adjustment on everybody's part. How far out and
then from a project like this, and you mentioned it's
it's the largest the capital project you know in the
city that that that that they've seen. When you start
planning for things like that, when you start looking in
for things like that, you know how far How far
out does the planning for uh, something like this take?
Speaker 7 (20:59):
It can years of planning, to be honest with you,
and those plans evolve as you get into certain aspects.
For example, right now we're creating another lane down on
the arrivals level where people leave baggage claim. That lane
will be where uber and Lift and the Taxis operate.
And in working on that, that requires that the outer
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drive be replaced, and that's what we're going to be
doing for the next couple of years once we move
Uber and Lyft. But in working on that, we discovered
that the tunnels underneath the airport that are not in use,
but they needed to be filled before we could work
on replacing that drive. So you can do a lot
of design work, architecture, etc. And planning, but sometimes once
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you get into the work, some of that changes and
that can affect timelines and the steps that you're going
to take.
Speaker 9 (21:54):
You know, one thing I noticed traveling from a place
to place, airport to airport is the unique pride. I
think all these cities seem to have, you know, in
themselves and in their communities. We are no exception to
that rule, but I think we're a little more special
here in Memphis in terms of our musical heritage and
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history and art and a lot of other things. In
reference to that, How important is that, Glenn for you
folks that work out who work out there every day
is when people walking back and forth through these concourses
and they see these great restaurants, and they see art
and a lot of other things. There's a lot that
goes into this, But I mean, how important is that
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from you, from the aesthetics perspective and just from the
feel good perspective of our city that you want to
portray to everybody else that's coming through.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
Certainly we understand that. Essentially, as one of our board
members has put it, we're the handshake to the city.
So we want the airport to reflect our community and
our culture and all the great things about our city.
So when we redid the concourse, it was crucial for
us to have artwork from Memphis artist or artists that
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had a connection to Memphis, to have a music stage
and have Memphis artists playing on that from time to time.
We want the airport to be a reflection of the community,
and really the redesign, the modernization of the concourse allowed
us to put a lot more emphasis on that.
Speaker 9 (23:25):
Absolutely that it really really is is very very impressive.
I wanted to ask you about one thing that people
are always paying attention to a new routes, and I
know that you've incorporated at least seven new routes, and
I don't know what you can tell us about what
the future holds, but you know, why was it important
to do that?
Speaker 7 (23:45):
Well, we've actually had nine routes announced in twenty twenty five.
So we've got a new airline in Breeze. They're currently
serving Tampa and Raleigh Durham, and they're adding Pensacola this fall.
Delta has added both with Austin and then JFK and
New York will be added this fall. Spirit added Fort
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Lauderdale and Detroit. And we've got a couple of in
state routes that one has begun already with Southwest launching
Nashville service, and then this fall Allegiant is going to
launch a Knoxville route, so for students and parents of
Knoxville University UT students. I think that's going to be
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a welcome edition.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Wow.
Speaker 9 (24:29):
That is man, that's pretty good stuff. I will tell you.
I was on the Nashville and Memphis flight yesterday. I'm
from Southwest, so and everything went find well, we left
out of there a little lake, but that was a
weather issue other than you know, but other than that,
everything went fine, Yeah, I think that's going to be
a pretty neat addition, I will say one thing, you know,
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I have family members that live out on the West
coast in Los Angeles, and I about crying when Allegiance
left here because they had a non stop going to LA.
So if you ever, if you ever find another one, Glenn,
if you have, if you always, if you if you're
all looking around out there for for another non stop,
I would appreciate a non staff from Memphis to Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
That would be That's just a personal thing.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
Absolutely well. We still do have service to l A
X I believe on America, and I need to double
check that for you. You think i'd known.
Speaker 9 (25:19):
Yeah, that's okay, that's okay. One final thing before I
let you go. We lost a giant a titan here
a few weeks back. Fritz Smith, uh, the founder of FedEx.
Of course, obviously the airport means so much, uh, you know,
to his organization and really to to to all of us.
And I have to understand that approval has been uh
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has has has there been approval for the an official
name change of the airport to his name?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
That you can tell me?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
Yes, our board pastor resolution at their latest meeting to
instructing us to begin the plans of renaming the airport
in his name. We don't have a particular name yet.
That's part of our list of things to do. But
it's certainly an honor for us to be tasked with this,
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and really it is reflective of his impact on not
only the airport, but the Memphis community and really impacted
the world with fed X and not actually not just
fed X, but all of the community involvement that that
he was involved with as well. So we are honored
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to work on that. It will be, you know, probably
a fairly lengthy process. There are a lot of things
that we've got to do from an operational and the
logistical standpoint, but we will be working on this immediately
and we are happy to do so.
Speaker 9 (26:49):
Yeah, absolutely that I was going to ask you about
the timeframe, but I would I would I would have
thought that this is going to take This is a process.
It's going to take a process to get it done.
But Gleam, we really appreciate you coming on the show.
Glenn Thomas, Ladies and gentlemen, the public Information officer for
the Memphis Airport Authority updating us on new routes and uh,
you know, the new look, and so look with the
(27:10):
next still a little bit here. These construction projects they
got going on outside, it's gonna take a while, so paccupations,
as he said, you know, but we'll we'll they'll get
us through it, and we'll get us through it together. Glenn,
Thank you man, it's great to see you again. Thank
you for coming on the show. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (27:28):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 9 (27:29):
Take care man, thank you. Uh well, there you go,
ladies and gentlemen. I you know, listen, it's it's good.
We had talked in from some years, so it's good
to get caught up on all the doings at the airport.
And of course, you know, they have approved unanimously that
the name change of the airport. I was looking at
the name and I was leaving there yesterday. I said, well,
I don't know how much longer we're gonna see Memphis
(27:49):
International Airport, but it is, uh you know, that is
that's that's part of the progress as well. Thank thank
Glenn for coming on the show tonight. And yeah, travel
is ever evolving and ever changing. I don't like I'm
not a big traveler. I know many folks are, but
you know I like to get on and get off quick,
(28:10):
get where I'm going, and then move forward. Let us
take a break. I want me come back. We're gonna
shift gears and talk a little bit about basketball. That's
all I'm gonna tell you. This is real Talk Memphis.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
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Speaker 2 (30:36):
It's real.
Speaker 7 (30:42):
It's it's.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
Hey.
Speaker 9 (30:45):
Welcome back to Real Talk Memphis on this beautiful Monday
evening in the city. Chip with you and uh, you know,
a lot of us love the NBA. We love NBA basketball.
We have a team here called Grizzlies. We love our Grizzlies,
and you know, I thought that it was for me,
it was important.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
Uh. And I just thought I thought about this recently.
Speaker 9 (31:06):
Uh. You know, we don't talk a lot about the
NBA on this broadcast, but you know, I happen to
have someone I'm very close to who is a has
been in the NBA as a league announcer for thirty years.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (31:20):
He is the play by play radio voice for the
Oklahoma City Thunder, who, by the way, are the NBA champions.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (31:26):
And he joins me. Now his name is Matt Pinto
and brother, it's good to see you. How are you tonight?
Speaker 1 (31:32):
I'm great, Bentley.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
How are you see that? That's just wrong?
Speaker 9 (31:34):
See, well that's what. Yeah, we're also a wonderful, wonderful
start here.
Speaker 10 (31:41):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (31:41):
He got jokes tonight, ladies and gentlemen. So madd and
I have been we childhood friends. We we we've known
each other since we were we were we were teens,
and we went to the same broadcasting school together.
Speaker 10 (31:53):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
And that's where we met Don Martin School of Communication.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
You remember that, brother, I do like yesterday.
Speaker 12 (31:59):
Yeah, we had some incredibly awesome times. You and I
bonded as brothers. Way back then and that has not changed.
What's wild ship is that we maybe don't talk for
months and then as soon as.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
We connect, it's like we visited yesterday.
Speaker 9 (32:13):
It's amazing, absolutely absolutely that I love you today with
you and my brother.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Absolutely that.
Speaker 9 (32:18):
So listen, congratulations sir on being part of the twenty
twenty five NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Has that sunk in yet?
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Well?
Speaker 12 (32:30):
I played an incredibly integral role and it all happening really, hasn't.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
I mean, it's very surreal. You know.
Speaker 12 (32:38):
I've had an opportunity, been very blessed to be in
the league as a broadcaster for thirty five years, twice
calling the NBA Finals in the twenty twelve season with
the Thunder, it lost to Miami in five games. And
then this run for the second youngest team to ever
get to the NBA Finals, and they followed the lead
of the nineteen seventy seven Portland Trailblazers, the youngest team
ever to win it by winning it.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
It was a phenomenal season.
Speaker 12 (33:03):
It's a team unlike any I've been around or associated
with chip in my thirty five years in the league,
in that there were just no agendas. I mean, the
team was about winning. The only thing that mattered was
the scoreboard did the stat sheet was never relevant to
anybody on the team. Shay Gilders Alexander took that next
giant step as the MVP.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Of the league.
Speaker 12 (33:21):
And these guys loved to defend, and they had multiple
defenders that could stop the point of attack to get
out on the perimeter and really smother the opposition when
they had the ball and get out forcing turnovers to run.
So it was just it was a snowball effect. Throughout
the course of the season. They win sixty eight regular
season games. Then the talk is they're just too young
to win it and only their second season in the playoffs.
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The core anyway, they added Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein,
a couple of more veteran sort of laden players in
the offseason and it all clicked. It just came together,
and despite not having a full roster, not healthy any
single game in the regular season, they got healthy in
the playoffs and rode that to a championship. So I
(34:03):
still tell everybody around me, pinch me.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Was that real? Was that a dream?
Speaker 4 (34:07):
Like?
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Incredible? It really was.
Speaker 9 (34:09):
Absolutely that, you know, just a few years ago, I
mean a few short years ago, and you and I
were talking and I remember you were like, man, they're
blowing up the whole team. See it's awful. I mean,
and they were bad. They were bad, just there's a
few years ago.
Speaker 13 (34:22):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (34:22):
But but this this coach was able to and I
guess they rebuilt this entire roster and got all these
young guys are playing. And as you said, uh, there
is a bond on that team. You can visibly see
that bond and how they play for each other. They
don't play it independently and separately. And it was a
beautiful thing to watch. Now when you were here in
town and when you all were playing the Grizzlies. Uh,
(34:43):
you know, in this round, of course, Matt did say
that they were gonna they were gonna win this thing,
you know, beat our guys. And that's what I still
love him for that, even though he said that because
he was because he was right.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
But in that last game, but what.
Speaker 9 (34:55):
Did you see, if anything, in terms of the Grizzlies
that made you think to you because that last game
of the series was that was you told me we
talked later, you said that was the best game of
the series. Do you think they have a little bit
of a nucleus here? What do you think based on
what you saw?
Speaker 12 (35:12):
Well, they've got to make a decision around Jaw. I
think obviously they're all in on Jaron Jackson Junior, given
the contract detention he signed during this offseason. There's just
a lot of talk around is John Morant a guy
long term in Memphis? There have been some different tentacles
to what's going on with him off the court. Obviously,
the talent is undeniable on the court when he's focused
(35:34):
and when he's healthy.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
But they've got to make a determination.
Speaker 12 (35:37):
Because he's a superstar level talent that has a superstar
level persona. Is that the persona the Memphis Cruzies want
to carry forth long term? I mean, they've got to
make that decision chip and I think that's a big
one for them. They've done some nice things this offseason.
This is a team a few years ago that was
at the fifty win plateau, a top three seed in
the Western Conference. So they have the personnel if they
(35:59):
can pull it all together and they can begin working
together under a new head coach.
Speaker 9 (36:03):
Speaking of that, how shocked were you when they fired
their head coach with nine games left in the season.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
I know disne Old City was in shock mold for
a few days after that.
Speaker 12 (36:13):
What'd you think, well, I mean, the behind the scenes
stories was Twamas Ezelo, the guy that's now the head coach,
was brought in with the thought of potentially making this move.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
This is a guy that has, you know.
Speaker 12 (36:26):
A pedigree in Europe, apparently an outstanding reputation. When a
head coach is forced to bring an assistant in and
he's paid a high level salary, I think immediately a
head coach begins to feel pretty wary about his own security,
and I think that was going on behind the scenes.
I do think Taylor Jenkins at some point lost touch
with getting the team on the same page.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
They suffered some big losses.
Speaker 12 (36:49):
They had a rough time beating high level plus five
hundred teams over the final two and a half or
so months of the regular season, so the handwriting seemed.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
To be on the wall.
Speaker 12 (36:58):
But I don't recall seeing a head coach dismissed in
the way he was as late as he was, and
yet the denver I gets trumped that a few days later,
firing Muchelm alone with like nine days left in the
regular season.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
It was a crazy finish to the regular season in
the NBA.
Speaker 9 (37:13):
So now that you've climbed a mountain and you've been
the voice of the Thunder for seventeen years now, I believe,
and now that you've climbed to the top of the mountain,
the questions are starting to wonder can.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
They do it again?
Speaker 9 (37:27):
Nobody has repeated and god knows how long you know,
from your particular point of view, what do you think
in terms of the nucleus, could they possibly pull us
off again?
Speaker 12 (37:38):
Well, their head coach Mark Dagnold has referred to them
as an uncommon team. They are so young, and yet
they exude this maturity and this confidence and this you know,
team level commitment.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
I think they certainly are capable.
Speaker 12 (37:52):
Now, you know, can Jalen Williams and Chet Holmes and
continue to support Shay Gilders Alexander the way they did
on this playoff front, Chet primarily defensively, had his moments offensively,
and Jdubb that he's referred to in Oklahoma City, had
a star level season.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
He was an All Star this season.
Speaker 12 (38:10):
He was, along with Mobiley and Cleveland, the only guys
in the league to be all league and all defensive,
So they have some serious talent in the core, and
then the guys that surround the corps are really versatile
and deep and defend and the way they defend chip
they're in every game. Defense always travels in any sport,
so they I don't foresee them making any significant changes
(38:33):
this offseason. The guys are all back, intact, guys are
all under contract, so really you know they're battling themselves
on some level to maintain the level of commitment and
tenacity they carried the entire season.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
A year ago.
Speaker 12 (38:45):
It'll be a shortened off season based on the length
of the playoff run they just made, and it comes
down to can they maintain the same level of high
standard they carried throughout the course of this season. There
are teams in the West that are better as a
result of what they've done in the offseason.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
Certainly helped itself.
Speaker 12 (39:01):
Houston has helped itself adding Kevin Durant and Duran Finney
Smith among other guys. So the West is not getting
any easier to navigate, and this team is coming back
with the same core nucleus, the same roster for the
most part, so we'll see.
Speaker 1 (39:15):
It's going to be fun to watch.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
One final One final question for you, brother.
Speaker 9 (39:21):
You've been in the league for thirty five years and
so you've seen quite a few changes within the league structure.
Is the league better today than it was back when
you first got into it?
Speaker 12 (39:33):
Well, I mean, I remember watching games with you out
in LA where we're watching the Sixers and the Lakers
and the Celtics were part of that sort of triad
of just extraordinary teams, and the game then was outstanding.
The game was more offensive minded than what we see
today on some levels. They've gotten rid of the hand check.
The three point shot now has totally revolutionized the game.
(39:55):
So I think it's debatable, but I do think this
is an era where the the torches being passed from
Steph Curry and Lebron to some of the young guys
in this league. We saw Tyres Haliburton, unfortunately Terra's Achilles,
but he's a guy that's going to be part of
that transition. Shay Gilders Alexander's going to be part of
that transition. The league wants Anthony Edwards to be part
(40:16):
of that transition. We'll see if that happens. So I
think the league's in good shape right now. You're going
to see expansion, I think in the next season or two,
which is going to change the terrain a little bit.
The collective bargaining agreement now really doesn't allow for teams
unless they're incredibly well structured long term to be in
position to repeat. And this team is structured long term
(40:36):
to potentially do that. That's why we've seen seven different
champions in the last seven seasons, which is unheard of
in the NBA, the first time it's ever happened.
Speaker 1 (40:43):
So it really depends on what's the flavor you like.
If it's.
Speaker 12 (40:49):
Non dominant dynasties and you like seeing a different champion
every season, and this is an error for you. If
you want to see that black hat that's winning every
season and you to hate them and you want to
see somebody rise up and knock them off, this may
not be your era.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
Really, it depends on what you like in pro sports.
Speaker 9 (41:08):
One final question before I let you go, Your fan
base in Oklahoma City is just I mean, it's incredible.
Now you've done this for a long time, and you've
done it for more than a few teams. You ever
see anything quite like the OKCE fans out there.
Speaker 12 (41:24):
Well, the closest is Charlotte when I first got there,
and that's when they were just birthed as an NBA
expansion franchise, and when they won a couple of games
they shouldn't have early in their existence, that city caught fire.
It's a basketball area based on the college game with
Duke in North Carolina, and so initially chip they had
planned to seat like fifteen and twenty three thousand seat
(41:46):
coliseum arena that was only built to that capacity to host.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
The ACC Tournament.
Speaker 12 (41:51):
The Hornets win a couple of games they shouldn't have,
They knocked out Charles Barkley and Philly early in the season,
and all of a sudden they're filling that building up.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
So that's the closest thing.
Speaker 12 (42:00):
But I've never seen the sustained passion this community and
state have for the Thunder team, and the Thunder bonded
with the community. I think that's been a really important
aspect to what's going on. And honestly, it's like when
they won Game five against Indiana in the NBA Finals
and I had a chance to close it out in
Game six, part of me was not wanting to see
(42:20):
a loss in game six, you want to go grab
the title when it presents itself. But I was a
little saddened inside to think this might be the last
home game because that environment and that atmosphere are just
it's incredibly intoxicating, and it's really fun to be a
part of when the team is rolling and you know,
you can't hear yourself think. It's just incredible. And I
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think that was a big factor in this team being
the best at home in the regular season and in
the playoffs as well.
Speaker 9 (42:46):
Absolutely that well listen, ladies and gentlemen, that pinto a
league veteran broadcaster over three decades, and of course he
is the play by a Place radio play by a
play radio voice with the Oklahoma City Thunder, And most importantly,
he is my brother. And I love you, and I'm
so grateful that you could take some time to come
(43:07):
on to show tonight and be with me, and I
look forward to talking to you real soon.
Speaker 12 (43:11):
I love you, brother, and the Memphis market has no
idea the gift you are to them, so hopefully they
appreciate what you bring every day because you're as integrists and.
Speaker 1 (43:22):
His quality of human being as I've ever met in
my life. So love you, brother, Love you too.
Speaker 2 (43:26):
I talk to you soon.
Speaker 9 (43:27):
Man.
Speaker 2 (43:27):
Take care, Okay, okay, here you go, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 9 (43:30):
Matt Pinto from a very unique perspective in the NBA,
been around that has done it, and he's done it
in a high high quality for a very very long time.
And congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let's take one
more break. When we come back, we're gonna shift gears
and we're gonna head to the kitchen or a comic book.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
We'll explain.
Speaker 9 (43:48):
This is real Talk Memphis, some Chip, don't go away.
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Speaker 2 (45:26):
It's he's right about that.
Speaker 9 (45:35):
Welcome back to Real Talking Memphis on this Monday evening.
Ship with you, and we've had a great show so
far and we're gonna end it in fine fashion as well.
A lot of us like to eat. Don't look at
me too closely. I'm one of those folks, but so
we have. Our next guest is a is a great chef,
she really is, but she's also has a passion for
(45:56):
other folks. Please welcome to the show a chef. It's
a taste of dress. If you're familiar. She is a
caterer in this city, but she is adding another title
to that chef.
Speaker 2 (46:11):
Wykey is great to see how you doing tonight?
Speaker 5 (46:13):
How about yourself?
Speaker 2 (46:14):
Chip, I'm doing well.
Speaker 9 (46:15):
Thank you, and thank you so much for taking some
time to come on the show this evening. Let me
ask you a question and reference to your culinary skills.
How long have you been a professional chef?
Speaker 13 (46:28):
It has to be about it's got to be about
fifteen years more a little but dickade, let's say that.
Speaker 9 (46:33):
Okay, okay, So what made you decide? Did you when
you were younger, did you always have a passion for food,
for cooking, for understanding? I mean, how did you get
into the business that you're in.
Speaker 13 (46:44):
Yeah, it kind of goes back to my grandparents, you know,
just having them as well as them being a big
support and showing me things that I need to know
as well, you know, like simple things picking greens, shelling.
So it goes back and it picked it back when
I'm growing When I was growing up, I like colors.
Speaker 5 (47:06):
So at some point I'm an artist. At hard I
couldn't put art on a canvas.
Speaker 13 (47:12):
I learned how to put it on a plate. So
now I learn how to mix the two together.
Speaker 2 (47:16):
Wow, that's that's really really interesting.
Speaker 9 (47:18):
And there's a lot of folks that I know who
who do what you do have have picked that up
from from generations before us said that wise generation. Uh
that that really means something, doesn't that That that route
that family here, thatge is just sitting around watching standing
around watching them the cook and pick and do that
differ you right to the same thing.
Speaker 5 (47:38):
It's a staple. It put It puts the stain on
your heart and it stays with you.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
Absolutely that.
Speaker 7 (47:43):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (47:44):
So let me let let me let me move forward here.
You are the author of a new children's book. Uh,
and I thought that was pretty interesting.
Speaker 6 (47:53):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (47:54):
First of all, tell us the name of the book
and what it was that inspired you to write it.
Speaker 13 (48:02):
So the book is Cook and Color by Chef Waki,
And my inspiration behind it is I have a great niece,
which is Drea, So that's who a taste of dress
is not?
Speaker 2 (48:14):
Got it? Okay? Okay.
Speaker 13 (48:16):
I also have two nephews, so they're young, so I'm like,
what better thing to do than to.
Speaker 5 (48:22):
Give them something impactful, you know what I mean.
Speaker 13 (48:25):
So it's basically for the children, and they were the
inspiration behind me making this coloring book.
Speaker 9 (48:33):
So it is a coloring book, but it does teach
them lessons, does it, not through it. So so talk
to me a little bit about what you were trying
to infuse in that, because I think one of the
things the headlines is all about the book is that
they can learn to cook, they can learn to read,
they can learn the color.
Speaker 2 (48:47):
So talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 13 (48:49):
So I have crossword puzzles in this coloring book, I
have mazes, I teach them how to wash their hands,
proper life cutting skills. It's just it hits on everything
dealing with colinaria as well as teaching them colors and
shapes of that nature.
Speaker 9 (49:07):
You know that, And that to me, what I find
interesting about that is because that's, you know, we always
try to leave something for our next generation, and the
next generation will be with be these young folks. Is
there any particular age range that the book is defined by.
Speaker 13 (49:24):
You No, I got it for ages four to twelve, okay,
and it could be a well go beyond that age.
Speaker 9 (49:31):
Yes, so you know, and I think that's and I
think that's wonderful and well, and we'll tell folks where
they can get it before before we let you go here.
But one thing I want to one thing I want
to know is when folks who are out there do
what you do, you know in the world of cooking,
and you probably run into a whole lot of folks
(49:53):
and maybe people who are older folks who are want
to get into business or understand how to do what
it is that you do. What type of from the
professional aspect of your world?
Speaker 2 (50:05):
What what?
Speaker 9 (50:05):
What advice would you give those aspiring uh chefs out
there who might be listening.
Speaker 13 (50:12):
If you're an aspiring chef, I would say, get the
culinary experience, get the background, get some paperwork behind it.
Speaker 5 (50:20):
That way, for it's for me to have multiple things
going on.
Speaker 13 (50:25):
That way, again, you always have something to piggyback off of.
So like I have this coloring book. The next thing
I'm gonna do is seasonings. After that, I'm going to
do compound butters. So I just want to keep something going.
Speaker 5 (50:38):
So with this.
Speaker 13 (50:39):
Coloring book, the color the cooking color book is by
chef Waquie.
Speaker 5 (50:43):
But once I brand.
Speaker 13 (50:45):
The seasonings and the butter, that would be the collection.
Speaker 9 (50:51):
Okay, so you're doing okay, so you're doing both. You're
creating seasonings and and and but that that those are
obviously I'm not trying to be, you know, silly when
I said two very uh state but big staples in
terms of successful cooking.
Speaker 2 (51:05):
Correct, yes, yeah, so.
Speaker 5 (51:08):
So those are going to be my seasonal things. The
colored book would be year round.
Speaker 9 (51:13):
So you know again now that we we've gotten back
around to the to the to the coloring book aspect,
but I want to I want to ask another question
about in reference to the cooking part of what you do.
Speaker 2 (51:24):
You're a caterer, successful caterer.
Speaker 9 (51:26):
You've been doing this for for a while now, uh
and and and and let me just let me just
play the future for a second. And ten years from now,
where do you see yourself Do you see yourself ever
opening up your own restaurant or are you going to
continue to to cater to folks? And because I've seen
(51:48):
I've seen photos of some of your work and it
looks really really good. So I mean, do you have
any I mean thoughts beyond this? What do you think?
Speaker 5 (51:57):
People ask me all the time, when are you gonna
get a restaurant? When you get a food truck?
Speaker 13 (52:00):
I don't really think I want to give towards that
as much. I really want to go out and really
be hands on. I really want to go into the schools.
Maybe Bill Gardens, you know, bring farm the table, give
kids a healthier way of eating, teach them those type
of things. And if I have time to cater, yes,
but my my impact is for the younger group that's
(52:23):
coming up.
Speaker 9 (52:24):
Well, that's wonderful. That's that's Those are the kind of
stories that I like to hear. I mean, you're you're
thinking from beyond yourself, but you're actually you're absolutely thinking
of the next generation, which I think is just which
I think is just amazing. So tell everybody who is
interested about getting this book, give them the title one
more time and where they can find it.
Speaker 5 (52:42):
Cook and Color by Chef Waqi. You can get it
on Amazon. It's out right now. It's it's live.
Speaker 9 (52:49):
Uh.
Speaker 13 (52:49):
If you want to inbox me personally and try and
get you If you want to do a bundle, you
can contact me personally Waqi Boys on Facebook. I'm also
on Instagram a Taste of Dress. You can find me
again at Waki Boys, Chef Boys. All those handles will
get you right to me.
Speaker 9 (53:07):
Chef Wyqui, I am. I'm so delighted to have you
on the show. It was great to meet you. I
wish you nothing but the amazing success in the future,
and maybe we'll have you back down the road a
little bit when you decide you want to, you know,
pop in there to do another project that God knows
to who to where, the how. But don't don't forget
about me, because I won't forget about you. Thanks for
(53:28):
coming on the show, and I appreciate you.
Speaker 5 (53:30):
Thank you to thank you.
Speaker 9 (53:31):
Take care now, take care of yourself. All right, there
you go. Hey, there's somebody. She's reaching and teaching. That's
what you do. You're reach and teach and you step
out and you take what you've learned, what your knowledge
base is, and what you know, and you extend yourself
to other people. We have another generation moving up here, people,
so we need to pay attention to all of that.
And before we go, you know, there's another broadcast, another
(53:54):
great show coming on right after my show tonight. It's
called Event Horizon. That's just the coolest name ever. And
the cool radio the cool radio personality that hosted is
Brin Butler. And of course he is my he's my
producer here, my my board producer here and Brin, uh,
you know, enjoying your show? Are you enjoying the ride
(54:14):
so far?
Speaker 2 (54:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (54:16):
I appreciate that I am enjoying it. It can be
a little stressful sometimes putting the show together, but that
comes with it more responsibility. But super happy to always
come here on Mondays for sure.
Speaker 9 (54:28):
So can you can you give us a little bit
of a preview what folks might be expecting between the
hours of seven and eight days.
Speaker 2 (54:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (54:36):
So I like to cut up my show into thirty
minute increments. That makes it easier for me, makes it
a little more fun. So the first half will be
probably some some Black Sabbath inspired uh, you know, heavy
metal with a lot of fuzz and stuff like that,
you know, bluesy riffs, things like that. And then in
the second half of the broadcast, I'll be uh playing
(54:58):
what you come to expect my radio show, some hip hop,
a little bit of nineties alternative music. Yeah, a little
bit of an amalgamation.
Speaker 4 (55:07):
That's all.
Speaker 9 (55:08):
Is you the man, Bren Butler, Ladies and gentlemen, host
of Event Horizon coming up in just a minute or
two on this bigger broadcast. But as Brent plays us out,
this has been a great show. I've enjoyed it. I
hope you have as well. See playing with you on
Facebook Liveline I thank you all GKP in the House,
Duel Parker, Christian in the House as well, my brother Mike, Communities, several.
Speaker 2 (55:29):
Other people as well. Thank you Memphis for supporting what
we do each and every week here.
Speaker 9 (55:35):
If you like what we do, I have one simple request,
go out and tell some about it. The more they know,
the more we grow, and we want to be We
want to be your source for news and information Memphis style,
each every Monday from sixty seven pm Central Time, right here.
Speaker 2 (55:53):
On wy x R on the FM dials. So for
all of us here, we will talk Memphis.
Speaker 9 (55:58):
For lovely Lola won't be standing behind me poses and
because she's not here.
Speaker 2 (56:04):
And for Grant, of course.
Speaker 9 (56:05):
Who's not going anywhere, he'll be right here providing you
with some great music on the event horizon.
Speaker 2 (56:10):
And for yours truth.
Speaker 9 (56:13):
Be good to each other, take care of each other,
watching help and support each other, do something nice for
somebody else. You'll be amazed how good it makes you feel.
So as I'd like to always say, have a great week.
We'll talk to you soon, and we are out
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