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Speaker 1 (00:06):
And we are back with the Christian Egopian Show. And
I've been looking so forward to our next guests because
you know how much I love our health. The segments
and the information and the breakthroughs and the research are
just it's a fantastic time to be alive in America
right now, with all the various different treatments that are
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coming about, and with all the noise out there and
all the various news channels. Sometimes even these great breakthroughs
and these great new ways of doing things kind of
fall through the cracks. So I left it the chance
to connect with our next guest. Because prostate cancer, we
all know someone who has either had it or has
it run in their family, and it affects most of
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you know this. It affects about one in every eight
men in their lifetime. Those are some big numbers. And
yet the Prostate Cancer Awareness Survey revealed that the majority
of men are aware that prostate cancer can be Screenane
Ford knows somebody who's even been diagnosed with it. But
despite that, more than half of men above the age
of forty have not been screened themselves. And you know what,
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I'm the proud owner of an over forty husband He's marvelous.
He would walk through a wall of fire for any
of us. But when it comes to the medical screenings,
he is like a little kid. It's adorable, but you know,
there are certain things, there are hurdles that we have
to make here and joining us here our newsmaker line.
We've got the Prostate Cancer Foundations Chief Medical Officer, Doctor
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Philip Coo and President and CEO Gina Carrithers joining us
now to discuss the latest survey findings and to share
with every man and his loved ones should know about
prostate health and how to maximize theirs. Welcome, guys, how
are you doing today? Doing well?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Thank you and excited to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Well, we're thrilled to have you here, Doctor Coo. I'm
going to start with you first because your guy I mentioned,
I'm the proud owner of a guy and whenever I
get around other guys, we've got so many great friends.
You know, you think you've got a kind of tough
with the prostate exams and that no one. You know,
people are kind of modesty when they don't expect to be.
I could tell you stories about childbirth that will make
a prostate exam look like Christmas morning, you know, So
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we try to get everything into perspective here, and yet
sometimes it still misses the mark. I'm just kidding, by
the way, I had great pregnancities and two beautiful kids
to show for it. But you get you know, we
don't want to walk into the doctor's office. We're already
here in the headlights. So a prostate health exam, while
totally worth it, oftentimes steers off the menfolks. How do
we turn this trend around?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
So Chris and I have good news for you and
your guy that it's not difficult. It's a simple blood test.
And I think that's one of the misconceptions that we're
trying to get out into the public is you know,
it's a simple blood test. You go to the doctor's office,
the laboratory, draws, a little bit of blood, gets put
in a tube, sent to the lab, you get the results,
and it helps inform what needs to happen next. So
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the good news is for all the men in our lives,
what we want them in their best health, and the
best way to do it when it comes to the
prostate is to get that PSA test. And what we
recommend for the general population is start testing, start demanding
that test once you turn forty five if you are
a higher risk, so if you're African American, or if
you have a family history of cancer, we recommend requesting
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that exam earlier at the age of forty.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah. Absolutely, And it never hurts. And you bring up
such a good point because it's not even like, you know,
oh my god, prosty what's going to happen during this exam.
It's blood. However, Gina, and I'm not sure if you
can help me, you know, back up with this with
facts of your own. But when my husband and I
went to get our COVID shots, you know, way back when,
he actually almost fainted upon watching me get my COVID shots.
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So we're talking about a tender gentleman here and again
he would run through a pack of wild horses to
come rescue us. But when it comes to the medical stuff,
he just turns into an adorable little four year old.
So when we're trying to talk all of our men
folks into this, let's start by talking about who is
at risk for prostate cancer the.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Most sure And so it is true, right, one of
the things that we know is that as women and
we're into the healthcare system at a young age and
that continues for most of us over our lifetime. For men,
they're actually not that dialed in, and then of course,
once you're not, it's easier to stay outside.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
So it's really.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Important that we as the women, help our men get
into see their physician for an annual checkup. And a
part of that annual checkup, whether we're looking at markers
for our heart or whether we're looking at our PSA
for our prostate health, is just a simple blood test,
and you're right, needles scare a lot of people. So
my advice is go to the laboratory, look away, they
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draw your blood and you're done. And the only caveat
is we really need to do that every year from
the time we're forty five, unless you're one of those
men at higher risk, and those are our African American
men as well as men who have cancer in their
families a family history of cancer, and for that subgroup
of men, we recommend the screening beginning at the age
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of forty. But again, it's the same. It's a simple
blood test.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, it's true, and I'm taking notes as we're talking here,
and don't get me wrong, I am no hero when
it comes to medical stuff. I mean, the only reason
I've been giving blood since like college is because of
the free donuts. I mean, it's just it's easy to
push my buttons the right way, and a love of
needles is not one of them. But when it comes
to these tests that we're talking about, I feel like
it helps as well. With the growing swelling number of
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success stories that we have. We're a person that we know,
you know, a face that can go with the name,
that can go with the words prostate cancer. They go
and get screened during the earliest stages, they get treated,
and guess what, they don't have it anymore. I feel
like there's nothing like real life examples to really hit home.
Whether it's someone in your family tree, especially oh my god,
you have uncle whoever has this experience happened to them
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and they can tell if the next Thanksgiving dinner, because
you notice on guys always tell the most inappropriate medical stories,
like right around a big family meal. It's be a
perfect time this Thanksgiving or Christmas. Maybe that's just my
family tree, but it would be a perfect time as
a Holidays approach to have family members share this kind
of thing.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Too.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Maybe even better if they share that they had one
of these exams, they had the blood tests, they had
whatever other tests that they think they're a rock star
for and it comes back negative, even better. I mean,
there's just no time like the present to go and
get these tests done and share it with the world
what the results are like, which brings them My next question,
it's totally unexpected, but it's only jumped to mind. Is
there any time of year that you find most people
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are getting these or does it generally happen all during
the year, Maybe it's before a birthday, after a birthday.
What do you find are the biggest buttons to push
to get them in there for this?
Speaker 2 (06:35):
I think that's a great question. And really what we
recommend is your annual physical So for many of us
that's our birthday, right. Our birthday is a trigger as
we age year over year, which is a great thing, right,
because we're healthy and still alive. That's the best time
to get this blood work done. And then with that
blood work, the PSA box is checked and you get
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those results and simple blood test and if in fact
there are any markers that in fact, you know, give
us information that you need to go on for further
diagnosis that's with imaging, but it starts out with a
simple blood test and annually, probably right around your birthday,
is a great way to remember.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
That is awesome and again writing that down, this is
great intel. All right, Dutch Coo, I'm going to go
back to you because you're a guy and we're talking
about the annual physicals. I love my husband. He is
so brave in every way, but he kind of considers
himself like if he gets on the scale and he's
lost a pound and a half, hey, that's just like
getting a physical when baby, it's really not. You know,
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maybe we go and talk to a professional. He brings
out a stethoscope, you know, the big guns, that kind
of thing. How do we get more guys into the
doctor's office and if and when we find out they
need treatment for anything, talk to us a bit about
the latest treatment options that are available to men with
prostate cancer. It has come so far, so fast.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
You're absolutely right, and I think men need to communicate
and be open about a lot of these topics with
our friends, family and whatnot. You know, the great news
is we've made so much progress in the area of
prostate cancer. When it comes to diagnosis and treatments, and
at the Prostate Cancer Foundation, we are extremely proud due
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to the generosity of so many donors in the US
and across the world that have helped us support research
in prostate cancer that has helped lead to fourteen new
drugs that are used to treat prostate cancer. So you know,
if you're diagnosed with prostate cancer and it's localized, it's
just in the prostate. Surgery and radiation are the two
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major types of procedures treatments that can hopefully cure you
of the disease. There is a subgroup of patients where
the cancer is pretty not really growing, and we know
that they will most likely die with it, not die
of prostate cancer, in which active surveillance would be the
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treatment of choice, and then forbid if that tumor has
extended or gone beyond the prostate. The good news today
is that's a situation we want to avoid. But the
good news is we have many new treatments that work
better and also help preserve quality of life for those
patients with Advand's disease.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
So it's an exciting time in the prostly cancer world.
But the reality is there's still so much more to do,
and today more men are being diagnosed with advanced cancer,
which is an extreme problem, which is why we're having
the conversation today about PSA screening.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Now.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Earlier today, we were doing the morning show here in Philadelphia,
and I brought up the fact that me and my sisters,
I'm not trying to date myself here, but me and
my sisters are tonight going to a Sean Cassidy concert
here in the Philadelphia area. We are beyond excited for ourselves.
It was meant to be a gag gift, but instead
we'll like learn. You know, we're trying to fether our hair.
We're bringing out the old blue yshadow with fantastic. So
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if you are someone you love is of an age
where you too would be extremely excited by a Sean
Cassidy concert, you might just be ready for your prostate
exams if you haven't had one already. Where do we
go for more information on this? Where do we direct
our listeners coast to coast?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
We recommend going to the Prostate Cancer Foundation website, which
has a tremendous amount of information around both prevention as
well as throughout treatment and that's at PCF dot org.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Excellent. We'll put a link on our social media as well,
PCF dot org. I knew the time was fly. Thank
you so much for taking the time. The work that
you're doing is so important. You're saving lives, you're saving
quality of life, and it just know on behalf of
all this, receiving all this great information. We are very grateful.
Thanks for all that you do. We appreciate it. You
got an open mic anytime, please join us again when
you again.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Thank you so much for having us today.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Thank you enjoying the concert.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
I got to get the blue eyeshadow to work. It's done.
It's not rocking. It's the way I used to I'm
not proud to say it, but there it is. M's
be working on it. Thanks guys, to you well and we'll.
Speaker 7 (10:53):
Be right back gang right after this, and we are
back with a Kristin Agopian show. And when I was
contacted from one of our fabulous PR companies regarding this
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next guest, I jumped at the opportunity because it's about
one of my favorite substances on Earth. It's about coffee. Guys,
fall is in the air, and if you're my god
anywhere in the free world. Chances are excellent you were
within arm's reach of at least three different types of
pumpkin coffee, like the pumpkin spice and the pumpkin cinnamon.
I know, I am, and I'm loving it. However, purest
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personal coffee lust steers you away from the flavored coffees
that's perfectly fine, more towards the traditional.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
I dig it, no school like the old school.
Speaker 7 (11:44):
And to celebrate the start of the autumn flavored coffee
hunting season, a wonderful repeat guest to the show. Pilot
Flying j has new offerings for fall road trippers, and
they know all things coffee as they sell seven million
gallons of the caffeinated gorgeousness every year. And joining us
via our newsmaker line from a very busy day keeping
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us all caffeated is Pilot Company's manager in Beverages, Zaane Inklebarger.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
Zane, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 9 (12:13):
I'm happy to be here, Christin, really excited to talk
about coffee and all the flavors that we have to offer.
Speaker 8 (12:18):
Yums.
Speaker 7 (12:19):
Now, Zane, you oversee the strategy, the daily operations, the
product ownership. You're saving lives here on a regular basis
is my bottom line on this of your entire dispensed
beverage portfolio, that's a lot of coffee. Now, when travelers
are out there and they're getting their caffeine hit with
your company, talk to me about what this fall is
offering travelers, what they're to look forward to when it
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comes to the new flavors this season, Oh for sure.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
And you know this season for me is it basically
feels like Christmas comes early in the coffee world. So
I'm really excited about all the offerings that we have
coming out. You know, as you mentioned, you know, for
our pumpkin lovers, we've got the Cinnabon Pumpkin Spice cappuccino
as well as as a Pumpkin Pie spice creamer. You know,
we decided to go a little deeper and you know,
see what else we could bring to the table. So
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we're going to be offering a bourbon the con coffee,
which I think I'm the most excited about. Unfortunately, Kristen,
there's no bourbon in there. But I can't tell our
guests not to condiment how they would look. So we
also are going to be offering an apple pie colbrew,
which is going to be delicious as well as a
apple cider for any of those guests that don't necessarily
need that caffeine kick but want a taste of the
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fall season.
Speaker 8 (13:30):
Yums.
Speaker 7 (13:30):
And I mentioned a number earlier that was mind blowing,
seven million gallons of coffee you guys are doing now
personally we're maybe responsible for five thousand cups of that.
I mean you're talking seven million. There is that really
every year? What kind of trajectory have you been dealing
with the last few years. You came to seven million
this year, What was it like like compared to last year?
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That's crazy growth?
Speaker 9 (13:52):
Oh, it is crazy, and it's actually just a little
bit over that. And if you think about it, seven
million gallons of coffee is equivalent to six one hundred
and thirty six tanker trucks of coffee or eleven Olympic
sized swimming pools. So we definitely brew a lot of coffee.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
That's unbelievable. And I'm writing numbers as we're talking here.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Now.
Speaker 7 (14:13):
You love your coffee, you know, I love my coffee.
Lots of our listeners love their coffee. But as I've
been schooled time and time again, there is that small contingent.
You briefly mentioned that small contingent of humans out there,
as they may be, that do not drink coffee.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
You mentioned it briefly earlier.
Speaker 7 (14:32):
But talk to me about the offerings that people are
coming up with these days for those brave, brave souls
that like their mornings and their beverages without caffeine.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
What are you finding the favorites to be.
Speaker 9 (14:42):
Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean we offer two special dcafs,
so for those that necessarily, you know, want the coffee
taste but don't want the kick of it, we have
a Reinforce alliant DCAF that gets served out of our
Beanicut machine, so it's the freshest cup of coffee. But
paired with that, it's going to be all of our
breakfast offerings that we have there. We've got breakfast platters,
breakfast sandwiches down to the classics of the sausage, egg
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and cheese biscuit, which is my favorite. We also offer burritos,
breakfast pizzas, so basically any and everything for breakfast. We've
got you covered in the morning.
Speaker 8 (15:15):
Yum.
Speaker 7 (15:16):
Now we're here in Philadelphia. I live about an hour
west of Philadelphia, closer to Amish country when we leave
the studios.
Speaker 8 (15:24):
You are from Knoxville, Tennessee. Beautiful weather.
Speaker 7 (15:27):
We've got a great couple of stations down your way,
always gorgeous during the fall. There's nothing like taking a
drive in the fall. And I feel like just grabbing
a cup of coffee and taking a drive is one
of our few last non guilty pleasures out there. You know,
none of us drink, we don't smoke. But a nice
drive with a cup of coffee in your hand, that's
halfway to heaven right there and all over our nationwide
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listening area, there are so many beautiful sites this time
of year, and if anything makes it drive better, it's
a lovely cup of coffee in your hand. And I'm
finding that, And tell me if I'm wrong, I'm finding that,
especially as joined the season, maybe heading out for a
short or a medium or a long road troop with
a cup of coffee in their hand just does a
body good. My next question is kind of personal, though
you've disclosed in your prep file here that you have
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got two gorgeous chocolate labs, Lady and Duchess.
Speaker 8 (16:15):
We've got chocolate lab lovers. One of our producers also
a chocolate.
Speaker 7 (16:18):
Lab lover talk to me about the kind of day
tripping travelers they are. Do you ever find them going
for your travel coffee while you're on the road. You know,
that'd be a game changer in my book if any
other occupants of the car go for my coffee. But
everybody handles their coffee consumption differently. What's the fall hold
for Lady and Duchess.
Speaker 9 (16:36):
Oh, there's nothing more that they love than the car rides.
We'll hop in our jeep and obviously their heads are
sticking out of the window for hours at a time,
so they definitely enjoy the fall season. Also just getting
out there, getting to swim the lakes. You know, it's
finally cooling off a little bit for safewise, for their
pause to be hitting the ground and stuff like that.
So this is absolutely their favorite season.
Speaker 8 (16:59):
Oh god, ble know. And it's so true. And one
of the things I'm hearing about.
Speaker 7 (17:02):
We were actually talking to some pet experts out there
and they were talking about flat out documented how during
this whole past pandemic and when you've got a pet
in the house, especially something as friendly and beautiful and
loving as a chocolate lab, the entire household is it
comes out of a pandemic a little differently than if
you didn't have one of those beautiful animals in your house.
How have they dealt with all this stuff going on?
It's are they ready to see? Just like whatever, Throw
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me some coffee and I'm good.
Speaker 9 (17:24):
So i actually live at home by myself, and so
I've got basically my dogs are the ones that kept
me company. They honestly never wanted it to end. The
moment that I actually had to go back to work,
they were pretty upset. So they've definitely enjoyed this season,
you know, and I've gotten a little bit more time
just to you know, some of them throw the ball
and stuff like that, and it honestly just kind of
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kept me saying throughout this entire period. So I'm definitely
extremely grateful for them.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
So you guys, not only we talked briefly about the
there's precious few companies out there that can claim they
had some serious growth during the pandemic. It takes a
hell of a lot of work and a lot of
organization and a lot of forward thinking, and you guys
got it done. You're one of those few companies that
really knocked it out of the park. Even with all
the various you know balls, you're juggling right now, and
people love to see that, and they love to reward that.
Where can our fellow coffee lusting listeners go for more
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information about your company and all that it offers to
access these.
Speaker 9 (18:17):
Offers more deals that we have on our app to
day or if you just need help finding your nearest
pilot or flying J Travel Center, need to download the
my Rewards Plus app, or you can learn more about
pot find J's commitment to serving great coffee just by
visiting pilot flindj dot com slash.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Coffee Awesome stuff.
Speaker 7 (18:34):
What are you finding to be the you got your
finger on the pulse of it here? What do you
think in the fall travel trends are going to be like?
What are you thinking for Thanksgiving? Everything else?
Speaker 8 (18:43):
Coming up here? What direction are they heading?
Speaker 10 (18:44):
You know?
Speaker 9 (18:45):
I think we can all agree that this is kind
of unpredictable times as keep seeming to go up and
down like a roller coaster. Things crossed. You know, we're
bringing all of our work forward this fall with so
you know, we're hoping that that's going to entice us
to come inside grab a cup of coffee. But Chino
you know, make their coffee how they like. You know,
we've got enough condiments to actually make around five hundred
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thousand different combinations of coffee to make it uniquely there.
So we're just hoping that we'll hopefully entice some new
guests to come on in and have a cup.
Speaker 7 (19:16):
Absolutely that kind of fabulous place you've got there, I
have no doubt that they will. Zay Nckelbarger, I knew
this subject matter would have the time flying. Thank you
so much for taking the time. You've got an open
mike any time. Be safe, have a fabulous fall.
Speaker 9 (19:28):
All right, awesome, Thank you, Kristin.
Speaker 7 (19:29):
You bet, and we'll be right back in right after this.
Speaker 8 (19:37):
To the best at.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
And we are back with the Christian Negophian Show. And
I'm looking at the studio window, guys, it's beautiful. Summer's
been great. I am a huge fan of autumn. We've
got a whole bunch of birthdays in autumn in the
family tree, We've got a couple of anniversaries, got the
beautiful leaves going on here.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
And you know something else we've got going on.
Speaker 7 (20:22):
The weather starts to change and we start getting a
little bit more with the colds and the flu and
everything else. It's life. It's just part of being human.
And as the cooler weather sets in, I'm hearing numbers
from the CDC.
Speaker 8 (20:34):
Guys, are you ready for this?
Speaker 7 (20:35):
CDC reported roughly eighty plus million flucases in the US.
This was last year, right, with about a million plus
requiring hospitalization. And this hits me hard because I'm showing
my age. But this time last year, I actually had
a buddy who, for the first time, you know, about
my age, got the flu, got it hard, and wound
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up in the emergency room for it. Never did it before.
And now you know, we're all kind of singing a
different tune. And while the impact of this particular flu season,
you know for is uncertain, healthcare professionals out there are
really stressing that vaccination is vital, especially for high risk groups.
And I'm not trying to be I'm not trying to
sound immortal here, but as I get a year older,
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I'm getting closer and closer to these air quotes high
risk groups, and here to break it down for us,
you know, get us a little more information on all this,
and tell us more about a recent study by CBS Health.
It's indicating that more than sixty percent of people sixty
percent intend to get a flu shot this year, like
I intend to diet each year. Does it really happen,
you'd be the judge, a similar percentage to last year's intentions.
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Among them, less than fifty percent of those people actually
followed through. So here to break down the facts, the figures,
all the various stuff going on with this year's flu.
We've got joining us far our newsmaker line Victoria Epperjesse,
and he's here to I don't know, maybe separate the
fact from the fiction and just give us the straight
durn on what to expect and how best to prepare
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ourselves against it.
Speaker 8 (22:01):
Welcome, Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
For having me Kristen, very grateful to be here.
Speaker 7 (22:05):
Well, it's great to have you here because you know,
I have some expertise in some areas, but when it
comes to medical advice and flu and various things in
prognosticating what a flu season is going to be, like,
I got nothing, and you've got a very unique ten
thousand foot view as to what to expect this upcoming
flu season. What are you seeing on the boards for
this year? What should we be anticipating?
Speaker 6 (22:26):
Yeah, I mean you know, you already hit the nail
on the head. The weather's cooling down, kids are back
at school, and with all that comes the fall germs,
the fall viruses, and you know, I know we're all
busy and we're knee deep in those falls to do lists.
But one thing that we got to make sure is
on that list is doing our research on the flu vaccine,
deciding if it's right for you and your family, and
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if so, making.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
That appointment and getting in there.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
Before peak season, before all those holidays hit, you know,
before we're passing more than just the gravy at the
Thanksgiving Day table. We don't want to be passing the
flu too, right, so we want to make sure it
doesn't get away from us. Do your research, and you know, yeah,
I'm here to answer any questions and make sure we're
getting in there and getting those appointments made.
Speaker 8 (23:07):
That's awesome. I'm going to use that phrase.
Speaker 9 (23:09):
Two.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
I love that, and don't just want to pass the turkey.
Speaker 8 (23:11):
That's a fact.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
When we're talking about various groups, we are so blessed
with so many listeners coast to coast, and they fall
into all kinds of demographics. We've got our younger listeners,
we've got our older listeners everybody in between. We've got
people who have certain health issues going on. We've got
people who maybe have a new baby in the house,
or maybe have a new older generation living with them
in the house. Maybe they've got somebody who just started
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school this year, or maybe is you name it. There's
a million different moving parts to this, right, talk to
me a bit about, you know, the demographics that you're
finding would be most benefited by getting vaccinated. Who's really
jumping out of you for that?
Speaker 4 (23:47):
Absolutely?
Speaker 6 (23:48):
So, the CDC recommends anybody six months of age or
older who does not have an allergy to the flu
vaccine or any of its components to get vaccinated. But
to your point, it's not just for you. It's for
your loved ones, it's for the immune compromise, it's for
the babies who are less than six months of age
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who can't get the vaccine and are still building that immunity.
And it's for our elderly right who their immune system
just isn't what it used to be, and of course
there's a flu vaccine for them as well. But by
ensuring that you're protected, you're also making sure that you're
not passing it to them when you know we're gathering
for all these amazing fall and winter holidays and milestones,
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you're keeping them just as safe.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
So the demographics answer your question that are most.
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Important the very young, the ones that are aging gracefully,
of course, and anybody amino compromise.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Right.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
Everybody, unfortunately might know somebody going through some sort of
cancer treatment or have some sort of disease state that
their immune system just.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Isn't top notch.
Speaker 6 (24:52):
So getting vaccinated, not only for yourself but for them
is vital this year.
Speaker 8 (24:58):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 7 (24:59):
And when my kids store school, I got to be
really good friends with a lot of their teachers. They
were just tremendous people, and they were one of the
first demographics I encountered who were hugely in favor. It
was just always marked on their calendar before school started.
They always got their flu vaccine.
Speaker 8 (25:13):
It's something they.
Speaker 7 (25:13):
Often learned the hard way. They never made that mistake again,
they're big on that. But you made such an important
point where these demographics everything is shifting. Suddenly, people who
maybe weren't in what they thought was a high risk
category now are, And there's a bunch of questions that
come with it as they start to make this a
regular yearly event. And one of the biggest questions or
one of the biggest bits of feedback I hear, is,
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you know what, my friend, my grandfather, my granddaughter, whoever
got their flu shot last year, it's a vaccination, you.
Speaker 8 (25:39):
Don't need another one.
Speaker 7 (25:40):
And what they don't realize is that vaccinations come in
got so many shapes and sizes, and the flu changes
every year. Therefore the vaccination, you know, changes up every year.
Tell us a little bit about that and why it's
so important to do this every year.
Speaker 6 (25:54):
Yeah, absolutely, you know this is we've been doing the
flu vaccine for a long time.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
But the word or strain seems relatively.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
New since twenty twenty, right, But the flu strain and
variants those have been changing for as long as the
flu has been around. So to your point, they change
every season, and every year we try to predict, you.
Speaker 4 (26:16):
Know, based off of a bunch of science.
Speaker 6 (26:18):
What it's going to be that year, and then we
make the flu vaccine based off of the strain that's
going to circulate.
Speaker 4 (26:26):
The communities that fall.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
So it's really important to make the flu vaccine an
annual thing to make sure that you are being protected
and have the immunity against the strain that's circulating the
community that year, and even if you were to pick
up a different strain or whatever the case may be,
that year, your symptoms should be less severe, keeping you
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out of the hospital so you're not one of those
one point three that were hospitalized last year.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
In addition, it also helps you prevent passing it to
loved ones as well. So tons of benefits. But we
do change it every year, and it's important to get
it annually.
Speaker 7 (27:04):
Yeah, yeah, it's true, and I'm taking notes again. And
one thing that you made me think of is that
of all of our listeners coast to coast, you've already
got a segment who already know that they're going to
be getting this shot. Well, we're kind of leaning into
you and I are maybe that demographic that are thinking,
you know, maybe I will, maybe I won't, And they're thinking, Okay,
you know what, I'm going to be the adult this year.
I'm going to get this, you know, for whoever's sake,
(27:25):
And they just need us to paint a picture as
to what the process is like. If you're planning a
Thanksgiving trip, somewhere and you're driving for a couple of
days first, or you're cooking for a couple of days first.
Maybe you don't get the flu shot that morning, like
maybe you plan a little bit ahead. Talk to us
a bit about the timeline you would recommend for someone who,
maybe for the first time of any age, is going
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to be getting this. There might be some soreness in
your arm, there might be a little more sleep that night,
whatever else going on. Painted picture as to what people
should anticipate in what they should plan.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
For, great question.
Speaker 6 (27:55):
So ideal time to see at the flu shot is
of course before peek, but it takes two weeks to
reach full efficacy, So if.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
You're traveling or you have a big event going.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
On, you really want to get it two weeks prior
to that. In addition to your point, of course, there
can be some side effects, just like anything else. Maybe
a little arm soreness would be you know, the least
of it. Some people do experience flu like symptoms after
getting the flu shot, so you could experience a low
grade fever, maybe some body ache, some chills. It typically
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goes away on its own within forty eight hours, and
it's actually a really good sign because by experiencing those symptoms.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
It tells you that your body and your immune system
is doing exactly what you would want it to do,
and it's building an immunity. So it's not the flu itself.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
It's just a reaction to the vaccine and it's a
positive reaction. So to answer your initial question, you do
really want to plan two to three weeks in advance
of traveling anywhere or visiting family or maybe visiting the
immune compromise, especially new babies.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
My first baby was a fall baby.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
And you know, I made sure everyone who wanted to
visit was was fully vaccinated well in advance, to make
sure that we're not bringing anything to you know, those
who can't really fight yet for themselves.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
Absolutely true. And again I knew the time with fly.
And yeah, you're still right. You know what, Life has
its side effects when you're making the grown up decisions,
It's got side effects. I go to a buffet, I
got some side effects later if I do it right.
I mean, that's just life. Let's just kind of buckle
in and put on the big girl pants and get
it done.
Speaker 8 (29:29):
I knew the time would fly.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
Victoria give us a website where we can direct our
listeners to for more information.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
Of course, so you know at CBS dot com we
answer a lot of questions. You can make an appointment there.
You can always stop in and just chat with us.
But if you have more specific questions on the flu
or you know what it's looking like this year, the
CDC dot gov website is fantastic and updates regularly with
you know the amount of cases that we have and
really what the season is going to look like.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
So both are really great resources.
Speaker 7 (29:58):
For the communities, brilliant. We will put links on our
social media as well. Victoria Eperjesse, I knew the time
would fly. Thank you so much for your expertise on this.
I know you got a busy day head you got
an open mic anytime. Be well, stay well and join
us again when you can.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Thank you, Kristin really appreciate the time.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
You bet And we'll be right back gang right after this,
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and we are back with the Kristin Egopian Show. And
I've been looking so forward to our next guests because
in our our current news cycle filled with borderline insane
and lunatic, never thought you'd see them in print headlines.
Some other very valid and worthy headlines often get buried,
and we've got one of those headlines here. You guys
(30:59):
know everyone here at the show. A large majority of
our listeners are huge fans of the military, and they
are ushering in this year their first annual Welcome Week
by Blue Star Families. It's the nation's largest grassroots military
daily support organization. And outside of deployment, which is obviously
of you can't even really think about a challenge, it's
(31:21):
just unimaginable. But outside of deployment, one of the most
challenging demands of military life is relocation. The average military
family guys easily moves three times as often as civilians.
You ever watched the Hugopians pick up a move house.
It ain't pretty. Imagine doing it three times as often.
Often every two or three years. They're moving from place
to place. We're talking changing jobs, changing schools, changing stuff
(31:43):
for kids, your civic groups, your religious activities. It's a
lot of work. You know this, and often it's very stressful.
And here to tell us more about Blue Star Families
first annual Welcome Week is Blue Star Family CEO and
co founder Kathy Roth Duquet and Justin smith YAI and
Justin welcome.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Great to be here.
Speaker 11 (32:02):
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 8 (32:03):
It's our pleasure, guys.
Speaker 7 (32:04):
And now we have a lot of military families in
our listening audience, and the vast majority of our listeners
are military supporters, huge fans of the military as well.
The work that you are doing is so very important
for our listeners who maybe aren't as familiar with the
many challenges our military families face. Tell us a bit
(32:25):
about the difficulties that they're facing these days with frequent
change of stations.
Speaker 11 (32:30):
Yeah, thanks so much. And I think people don't often
realize today that the moves are a big part of
military life. Military families are largely no longer living in installations.
They're in our communities. They're literally living in every single
zip code in the US, but often the neighbors don't
know that they're there and can't provide that support. Six
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hundred thousand families are moving every year connected to the military,
coming in as new recruits, changing duty station, or transitioning
out into in life. You know, I know myself with
that's life because my own family moved nine times in
sixteen years, and with the two kids, that was changing schools,
moving out of your friendship groups, finding, as you say,
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new places to make connections in the community, whether it's
your church or synagogue, or it's your kids after school activities,
and that can be sad for the kids, it can
be lonely for the parent. Often those moves and those
deployments go together. It's kind of a truism in military
life that you move to a new place, your spouse deploys,
and then your dishwasher brakes and your washing machine overflows.
(33:39):
And when there's not a single when there's not a
single person you know to ask for help, those problems
can really spiral.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
Oh my gosh, I can only imagine. And justin over
to you. You know you work with USAA. It's a
company kind of second to none in its dedication to
the military and showing its appreciation both of your groups,
both you, Kathy and you just and you saw these
many challenges you created this outstanding welcome week. Justin tell
us a little bit about your top goals for what
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you hope will accomplish and how USAA can be a
part of it.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 10 (34:11):
You know, we're really looking to create a grassroots movement
that anyone can be part of and not to overcomplicate it.
But if a military family moves onto your street, or
if you have kids in school and a military child
is sitting at the desk next to one of your children,
it gives you the opportunity to role model for your
children what it looks like to welcome a military family.
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It's a big deal when a military child feels, you know,
the warm embrace of friendship when they move.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
To a new school.
Speaker 10 (34:41):
So we feel like this is something that's pretty simple,
but it does take an intentional effort. Many service members,
you know, whether they're deployed or they're on training exercises,
they're away from their families, and a lot of times
their jobs are quite hard, and one of the best
ways to thank them for their service is to simply
make their family feel welcome and to be their friend,
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to give them support and help them navigate.
Speaker 11 (35:04):
A new community.
Speaker 7 (35:05):
Oh so well said, and it's so true. And you know,
we've got so many military in my family tree. My
dad was military, so many uncles. I myself never lived
on a military base, but we've believe it or not,
we've got a large listenership with the family that's not
too far off from that. So a lot of our
listeners are out there, they're taking all of this in.
They want to be a part of it. They want
to be part of this energy, this great stuff that
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you're doing. How can individuals get involved here, How can
they be a part of it?
Speaker 11 (35:31):
You know, there's something for everyone, Kristen. For military families,
blue Star welcomewek dot org. Let us know you're a
military family or a transitioning veteran, because those transitioning families
have their own set of challenges as well, and we'll
get your new duty station, will help you integrate it
into that new community and give you a lot of
referrals to some other fantastic organizations. We have a lot
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of giveaways too and incentives at are fund. We're doing
xboxes for instance. We want to embrace you and help
you get settle in. But for those civilian Navy, maybe
the veterans who are in the community who want to
help welcome them in, we have so many activities from
welcome card you can sign, to a fantastic bracelet that
you can wear to signal that you know they're there
(36:13):
and you're friendly. You can wear this bracelet on the
right hand if you're a military family so people know
you're new and on the left hand, if you're someone
who is there to welcome folks, to help make those
connections at the community level and then events and really
so much more for schools, for businesses on down the line.
So we'd love to have people come to blue Star
welcomeweek dot org or to Blue Star Families and we'll
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redirect you because we can all make a difference in
the communities where we live.
Speaker 7 (36:38):
That is fantastic. And your amazing organization is now supporting
one point five million military families, the people who take
care of all of us around the country. You're helping
take care of them. Kathy, you yourself are a military
spouse of twenty four years. God bless justin your work
with USAA and usaa's dedication to our military for over
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one hundred years. So appreciated, it is noticed, and it
is very appreciated. You and your group's successes are your
own best advertising, and we are so grateful for all
that you and your groups do.
Speaker 8 (37:09):
I knew the time would fly.
Speaker 7 (37:10):
Give us those websites again where we can learn more
about all USAA and all these various groups can do
for us.
Speaker 8 (37:15):
If you would absolutely so.
Speaker 10 (37:17):
Blue Starfamilies dot Org is the website for Kathy's organization,
and I'll just close by saying, you know, thank you
Kathy for you know, creating a movement that anyone can
join being there for military families, that this has been
an emotional month for military families when the somber remembrance
of nine to eleven, and military families have borne a
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heavyweight for our nation over the last twenty years, an
unprecedented operational tempo and number of deployments, and when they
are new in a community and they're on your street,
to welcome them, to give them a shoulder to lean
on as they navigate a new community. To offer friendship
is one of the best ways to help their resilience
as they continue to serve our nation in so many
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meaningful ways.
Speaker 7 (38:02):
Great stuff, you guys. You've got to open mic anytime.
Please join us again. Thank you all that you do
and and God bless you and yours. Thanks for all
your hard work. We appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (38:11):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 10 (38:12):
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (38:13):
You've betten until next week.
Speaker 7 (38:14):
Save those pennies, pay with cash, and you all stay
frugal out there.
Speaker 8 (38:30):
I'm not too steep.
Speaker 10 (38:32):
The best of all,
And we are back with the Christian Egopian Show. And
I've been looking so forward to our next guests because
you know how much I love our health. The segments
and the information and the breakthroughs and the research are
just it's a fantastic time to be alive in America
right now, with all the various different treatments that are
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coming about, and with all the noise out there and
all the various news channels. Sometimes even these great breakthroughs
and these great new ways of doing things kind of
fall through the cracks. So I left it the chance
to connect with our next guest. Because prostate cancer, we
all know someone who has either had it or has
it run in their family, and it affects most of
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you know this. It affects about one in every eight
men in their lifetime. Those are some big numbers. And
yet the Prostate Cancer Awareness Survey revealed that the majority
of men are aware that prostate cancer can be Screenane
Ford knows somebody who's even been diagnosed with it. But
despite that, more than half of men above the age
of forty have not been screened themselves. And you know what,
(01:09):
I'm the proud owner of an over forty husband He's marvelous.
He would walk through a wall of fire for any
of us. But when it comes to the medical screenings,
he is like a little kid. It's adorable, but you know,
there are certain things, there are hurdles that we have
to make here and joining us here our newsmaker line.
We've got the Prostate Cancer Foundations Chief Medical Officer, Doctor
(01:30):
Philip Coo and President and CEO Gina Carrithers joining us
now to discuss the latest survey findings and to share
with every man and his loved ones should know about
prostate health and how to maximize theirs. Welcome, guys, how
are you doing today? Doing well?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Thank you and excited to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Well, we're thrilled to have you here, Doctor Coo. I'm
going to start with you first because your guy I mentioned,
I'm the proud owner of a guy and whenever I
get around other guys, we've got so many great friends.
You know, you think you've got a kind of tough
with the prostate exams and that no one. You know,
people are kind of modesty when they don't expect to be.
I could tell you stories about childbirth that will make
a prostate exam look like Christmas morning, you know, So
(02:09):
we try to get everything into perspective here, and yet
sometimes it still misses the mark. I'm just kidding, by
the way, I had great pregnancities and two beautiful kids
to show for it. But you get you know, we
don't want to walk into the doctor's office. We're already
here in the headlights. So a prostate health exam, while
totally worth it, oftentimes steers off the menfolks. How do
we turn this trend around?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
So Chris and I have good news for you and
your guy that it's not difficult. It's a simple blood test.
And I think that's one of the misconceptions that we're
trying to get out into the public is you know,
it's a simple blood test. You go to the doctor's office,
the laboratory, draws, a little bit of blood, gets put
in a tube, sent to the lab, you get the results,
and it helps inform what needs to happen next. So
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the good news is for all the men in our lives,
what we want them in their best health, and the
best way to do it when it comes to the
prostate is to get that PSA test. And what we
recommend for the general population is start testing, start demanding
that test once you turn forty five if you are
a higher risk, so if you're African American, or if
you have a family history of cancer, we recommend requesting
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that exam earlier at the age of forty.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah. Absolutely, And it never hurts. And you bring up
such a good point because it's not even like, you know,
oh my god, prosty what's going to happen during this exam.
It's blood. However, Gina, and I'm not sure if you
can help me, you know, back up with this with
facts of your own. But when my husband and I
went to get our COVID shots, you know, way back when,
he actually almost fainted upon watching me get my COVID shots.
(03:38):
So we're talking about a tender gentleman here and again
he would run through a pack of wild horses to
come rescue us. But when it comes to the medical stuff,
he just turns into an adorable little four year old.
So when we're trying to talk all of our men
folks into this, let's start by talking about who is
at risk for prostate cancer the.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Most sure And so it is true, right, one of
the things that we know is that as women and
we're into the healthcare system at a young age and
that continues for most of us over our lifetime. For men,
they're actually not that dialed in, and then of course,
once you're not, it's easier to stay outside.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
So it's really.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Important that we as the women, help our men get
into see their physician for an annual checkup. And a
part of that annual checkup, whether we're looking at markers
for our heart or whether we're looking at our PSA
for our prostate health, is just a simple blood test,
and you're right, needles scare a lot of people. So
my advice is go to the laboratory, look away, they
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draw your blood and you're done. And the only caveat
is we really need to do that every year from
the time we're forty five, unless you're one of those
men at higher risk, and those are our African American
men as well as men who have cancer in their
families a family history of cancer, and for that subgroup
of men, we recommend the screening beginning at the age
(05:00):
of forty. But again, it's the same. It's a simple
blood test.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, it's true, and I'm taking notes as we're talking here,
and don't get me wrong, I am no hero when
it comes to medical stuff. I mean, the only reason
I've been giving blood since like college is because of
the free donuts. I mean, it's just it's easy to
push my buttons the right way, and a love of
needles is not one of them. But when it comes
to these tests that we're talking about, I feel like
it helps as well. With the growing swelling number of
(05:26):
success stories that we have. We're a person that we know,
you know, a face that can go with the name,
that can go with the words prostate cancer. They go
and get screened during the earliest stages, they get treated,
and guess what, they don't have it anymore. I feel
like there's nothing like real life examples to really hit home.
Whether it's someone in your family tree, especially oh my god,
you have uncle whoever has this experience happened to them
(05:50):
and they can tell if the next Thanksgiving dinner, because
you notice on guys always tell the most inappropriate medical stories,
like right around a big family meal. It's be a
perfect time this Thanksgiving or Christmas. Maybe that's just my
family tree, but it would be a perfect time as
a Holidays approach to have family members share this kind
of thing.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Too.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Maybe even better if they share that they had one
of these exams, they had the blood tests, they had
whatever other tests that they think they're a rock star
for and it comes back negative, even better. I mean,
there's just no time like the present to go and
get these tests done and share it with the world
what the results are like, which brings them My next question,
it's totally unexpected, but it's only jumped to mind. Is
there any time of year that you find most people
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are getting these or does it generally happen all during
the year, Maybe it's before a birthday, after a birthday.
What do you find are the biggest buttons to push
to get them in there for this?
Speaker 2 (06:35):
I think that's a great question. And really what we
recommend is your annual physical So for many of us
that's our birthday, right. Our birthday is a trigger as
we age year over year, which is a great thing, right,
because we're healthy and still alive. That's the best time
to get this blood work done. And then with that
blood work, the PSA box is checked and you get
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those results and simple blood test and if in fact
there are any markers that in fact, you know, give
us information that you need to go on for further
diagnosis that's with imaging, but it starts out with a
simple blood test and annually, probably right around your birthday,
is a great way to remember.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
That is awesome and again writing that down, this is
great intel. All right, Dutch Coo, I'm going to go
back to you because you're a guy and we're talking
about the annual physicals. I love my husband. He is
so brave in every way, but he kind of considers
himself like if he gets on the scale and he's
lost a pound and a half, hey, that's just like
getting a physical when baby, it's really not. You know,
(07:39):
maybe we go and talk to a professional. He brings
out a stethoscope, you know, the big guns, that kind
of thing. How do we get more guys into the
doctor's office and if and when we find out they
need treatment for anything, talk to us a bit about
the latest treatment options that are available to men with
prostate cancer. It has come so far, so fast.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
You're absolutely right, and I think men need to communicate
and be open about a lot of these topics with
our friends, family and whatnot. You know, the great news
is we've made so much progress in the area of
prostate cancer. When it comes to diagnosis and treatments, and
at the Prostate Cancer Foundation, we are extremely proud due
(08:17):
to the generosity of so many donors in the US
and across the world that have helped us support research
in prostate cancer that has helped lead to fourteen new
drugs that are used to treat prostate cancer. So you know,
if you're diagnosed with prostate cancer and it's localized, it's
just in the prostate. Surgery and radiation are the two
(08:37):
major types of procedures treatments that can hopefully cure you
of the disease. There is a subgroup of patients where
the cancer is pretty not really growing, and we know
that they will most likely die with it, not die
of prostate cancer, in which active surveillance would be the
(08:57):
treatment of choice, and then forbid if that tumor has
extended or gone beyond the prostate. The good news today
is that's a situation we want to avoid. But the
good news is we have many new treatments that work
better and also help preserve quality of life for those
patients with Advand's disease.
Speaker 5 (09:17):
So it's an exciting time in the prostly cancer world.
But the reality is there's still so much more to do,
and today more men are being diagnosed with advanced cancer,
which is an extreme problem, which is why we're having
the conversation today about PSA screening.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Now.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Earlier today, we were doing the morning show here in Philadelphia,
and I brought up the fact that me and my sisters,
I'm not trying to date myself here, but me and
my sisters are tonight going to a Sean Cassidy concert
here in the Philadelphia area. We are beyond excited for ourselves.
It was meant to be a gag gift, but instead
we'll like learn. You know, we're trying to fether our hair.
We're bringing out the old blue yshadow with fantastic. So
(09:55):
if you are someone you love is of an age
where you too would be extremely excited by a Sean
Cassidy concert, you might just be ready for your prostate
exams if you haven't had one already. Where do we
go for more information on this? Where do we direct
our listeners coast to coast?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
We recommend going to the Prostate Cancer Foundation website, which
has a tremendous amount of information around both prevention as
well as throughout treatment and that's at PCF dot org.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Excellent. We'll put a link on our social media as well,
PCF dot org. I knew the time was fly. Thank
you so much for taking the time. The work that
you're doing is so important. You're saving lives, you're saving
quality of life, and it just know on behalf of
all this, receiving all this great information. We are very grateful.
Thanks for all that you do. We appreciate it. You
got an open mic anytime, please join us again when
you again.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Thank you so much for having us today.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Thank you enjoying the concert.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
I got to get the blue eyeshadow to work. It's done.
It's not rocking. It's the way I used to I'm
not proud to say it, but there it is. M's
be working on it. Thanks guys, to you well and we'll.
Speaker 7 (10:53):
Be right back gang right after this, and we are
back with a Kristin Agopian show. And when I was
contacted from one of our fabulous PR companies regarding this
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next guest, I jumped at the opportunity because it's about
one of my favorite substances on Earth. It's about coffee. Guys,
fall is in the air, and if you're my god
anywhere in the free world. Chances are excellent you were
within arm's reach of at least three different types of
pumpkin coffee, like the pumpkin spice and the pumpkin cinnamon.
I know, I am, and I'm loving it. However, purest
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personal coffee lust steers you away from the flavored coffees
that's perfectly fine, more towards the traditional.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
I dig it, no school like the old school.
Speaker 7 (11:44):
And to celebrate the start of the autumn flavored coffee
hunting season, a wonderful repeat guest to the show. Pilot
Flying j has new offerings for fall road trippers, and
they know all things coffee as they sell seven million
gallons of the caffeinated gorgeousness every year. And joining us
via our newsmaker line from a very busy day keeping
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us all caffeated is Pilot Company's manager in Beverages, Zaane Inklebarger.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
Zane, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 9 (12:13):
I'm happy to be here, Christin, really excited to talk
about coffee and all the flavors that we have to offer.
Speaker 8 (12:18):
Yums.
Speaker 7 (12:19):
Now, Zane, you oversee the strategy, the daily operations, the
product ownership. You're saving lives here on a regular basis
is my bottom line on this of your entire dispensed
beverage portfolio, that's a lot of coffee. Now, when travelers
are out there and they're getting their caffeine hit with
your company, talk to me about what this fall is
offering travelers, what they're to look forward to when it
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comes to the new flavors this season, Oh for sure.
Speaker 9 (12:44):
And you know this season for me is it basically
feels like Christmas comes early in the coffee world. So
I'm really excited about all the offerings that we have
coming out. You know, as you mentioned, you know, for
our pumpkin lovers, we've got the Cinnabon Pumpkin Spice cappuccino
as well as as a Pumpkin Pie spice creamer. You know,
we decided to go a little deeper and you know,
see what else we could bring to the table. So
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we're going to be offering a bourbon the con coffee,
which I think I'm the most excited about. Unfortunately, Kristen,
there's no bourbon in there. But I can't tell our
guests not to condiment how they would look. So we
also are going to be offering an apple pie colbrew,
which is going to be delicious as well as a
apple cider for any of those guests that don't necessarily
need that caffeine kick but want a taste of the
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fall season.
Speaker 8 (13:30):
Yums.
Speaker 7 (13:30):
And I mentioned a number earlier that was mind blowing,
seven million gallons of coffee you guys are doing now
personally we're maybe responsible for five thousand cups of that.
I mean you're talking seven million. There is that really
every year? What kind of trajectory have you been dealing
with the last few years. You came to seven million
this year, What was it like like compared to last year?
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That's crazy growth?
Speaker 9 (13:52):
Oh, it is crazy, and it's actually just a little
bit over that. And if you think about it, seven
million gallons of coffee is equivalent to six one hundred
and thirty six tanker trucks of coffee or eleven Olympic
sized swimming pools. So we definitely brew a lot of coffee.
Speaker 7 (14:09):
That's unbelievable. And I'm writing numbers as we're talking here.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Now.
Speaker 7 (14:13):
You love your coffee, you know, I love my coffee.
Lots of our listeners love their coffee. But as I've
been schooled time and time again, there is that small contingent.
You briefly mentioned that small contingent of humans out there,
as they may be, that do not drink coffee.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
You mentioned it briefly earlier.
Speaker 7 (14:32):
But talk to me about the offerings that people are
coming up with these days for those brave, brave souls
that like their mornings and their beverages without caffeine.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
What are you finding the favorites to be.
Speaker 9 (14:42):
Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean we offer two special dcafs,
so for those that necessarily, you know, want the coffee
taste but don't want the kick of it, we have
a Reinforce alliant DCAF that gets served out of our
Beanicut machine, so it's the freshest cup of coffee. But
paired with that, it's going to be all of our
breakfast offerings that we have there. We've got breakfast platters,
breakfast sandwiches down to the classics of the sausage, egg
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and cheese biscuit, which is my favorite. We also offer burritos,
breakfast pizzas, so basically any and everything for breakfast. We've
got you covered in the morning.
Speaker 8 (15:15):
Yum.
Speaker 7 (15:16):
Now we're here in Philadelphia. I live about an hour
west of Philadelphia, closer to Amish country when we leave
the studios.
Speaker 8 (15:24):
You are from Knoxville, Tennessee. Beautiful weather.
Speaker 7 (15:27):
We've got a great couple of stations down your way,
always gorgeous during the fall. There's nothing like taking a
drive in the fall. And I feel like just grabbing
a cup of coffee and taking a drive is one
of our few last non guilty pleasures out there. You know,
none of us drink, we don't smoke. But a nice
drive with a cup of coffee in your hand, that's
halfway to heaven right there and all over our nationwide
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listening area, there are so many beautiful sites this time
of year, and if anything makes it drive better, it's
a lovely cup of coffee in your hand. And I'm
finding that, And tell me if I'm wrong, I'm finding that,
especially as joined the season, maybe heading out for a
short or a medium or a long road troop with
a cup of coffee in their hand just does a
body good. My next question is kind of personal, though
you've disclosed in your prep file here that you have
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got two gorgeous chocolate labs, Lady and Duchess.
Speaker 8 (16:15):
We've got chocolate lab lovers. One of our producers also
a chocolate.
Speaker 7 (16:18):
Lab lover talk to me about the kind of day
tripping travelers they are. Do you ever find them going
for your travel coffee while you're on the road. You know,
that'd be a game changer in my book if any
other occupants of the car go for my coffee. But
everybody handles their coffee consumption differently. What's the fall hold
for Lady and Duchess.
Speaker 9 (16:36):
Oh, there's nothing more that they love than the car rides.
We'll hop in our jeep and obviously their heads are
sticking out of the window for hours at a time,
so they definitely enjoy the fall season. Also just getting
out there, getting to swim the lakes. You know, it's
finally cooling off a little bit for safewise, for their
pause to be hitting the ground and stuff like that.
So this is absolutely their favorite season.
Speaker 8 (16:59):
Oh god, ble know. And it's so true. And one
of the things I'm hearing about.
Speaker 7 (17:02):
We were actually talking to some pet experts out there
and they were talking about flat out documented how during
this whole past pandemic and when you've got a pet
in the house, especially something as friendly and beautiful and
loving as a chocolate lab, the entire household is it
comes out of a pandemic a little differently than if
you didn't have one of those beautiful animals in your house.
How have they dealt with all this stuff going on?
It's are they ready to see? Just like whatever, Throw
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me some coffee and I'm good.
Speaker 9 (17:24):
So i actually live at home by myself, and so
I've got basically my dogs are the ones that kept
me company. They honestly never wanted it to end. The
moment that I actually had to go back to work,
they were pretty upset. So they've definitely enjoyed this season,
you know, and I've gotten a little bit more time
just to you know, some of them throw the ball
and stuff like that, and it honestly just kind of
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kept me saying throughout this entire period. So I'm definitely
extremely grateful for them.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
So you guys, not only we talked briefly about the
there's precious few companies out there that can claim they
had some serious growth during the pandemic. It takes a
hell of a lot of work and a lot of
organization and a lot of forward thinking, and you guys
got it done. You're one of those few companies that
really knocked it out of the park. Even with all
the various you know balls, you're juggling right now, and
people love to see that, and they love to reward that.
Where can our fellow coffee lusting listeners go for more
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information about your company and all that it offers to
access these.
Speaker 9 (18:17):
Offers more deals that we have on our app to
day or if you just need help finding your nearest
pilot or flying J Travel Center, need to download the
my Rewards Plus app, or you can learn more about
pot find J's commitment to serving great coffee just by
visiting pilot flindj dot com slash.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
Coffee Awesome stuff.
Speaker 7 (18:34):
What are you finding to be the you got your
finger on the pulse of it here? What do you
think in the fall travel trends are going to be like?
What are you thinking for Thanksgiving? Everything else?
Speaker 8 (18:43):
Coming up here? What direction are they heading?
Speaker 10 (18:44):
You know?
Speaker 9 (18:45):
I think we can all agree that this is kind
of unpredictable times as keep seeming to go up and
down like a roller coaster. Things crossed. You know, we're
bringing all of our work forward this fall with so
you know, we're hoping that that's going to entice us
to come inside grab a cup of coffee. But Chino
you know, make their coffee how they like. You know,
we've got enough condiments to actually make around five hundred
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thousand different combinations of coffee to make it uniquely there.
So we're just hoping that we'll hopefully entice some new
guests to come on in and have a cup.
Speaker 7 (19:16):
Absolutely that kind of fabulous place you've got there, I
have no doubt that they will. Zay Nckelbarger, I knew
this subject matter would have the time flying. Thank you
so much for taking the time. You've got an open
mike any time. Be safe, have a fabulous fall.
Speaker 9 (19:28):
All right, awesome, Thank you, Kristin.
Speaker 7 (19:29):
You bet, and we'll be right back in right after this.
Speaker 8 (19:37):
To the best at.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
And we are back with the Christian Negophian Show. And
I'm looking at the studio window, guys, it's beautiful. Summer's
been great. I am a huge fan of autumn. We've
got a whole bunch of birthdays in autumn in the
family tree, We've got a couple of anniversaries, got the
beautiful leaves going on here.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
And you know something else we've got going on.
Speaker 7 (20:22):
The weather starts to change and we start getting a
little bit more with the colds and the flu and
everything else. It's life. It's just part of being human.
And as the cooler weather sets in, I'm hearing numbers
from the CDC.
Speaker 8 (20:34):
Guys, are you ready for this?
Speaker 7 (20:35):
CDC reported roughly eighty plus million flucases in the US.
This was last year, right, with about a million plus
requiring hospitalization. And this hits me hard because I'm showing
my age. But this time last year, I actually had
a buddy who, for the first time, you know, about
my age, got the flu, got it hard, and wound
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up in the emergency room for it. Never did it before.
And now you know, we're all kind of singing a
different tune. And while the impact of this particular flu season,
you know for is uncertain, healthcare professionals out there are
really stressing that vaccination is vital, especially for high risk groups.
And I'm not trying to be I'm not trying to
sound immortal here, but as I get a year older,
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I'm getting closer and closer to these air quotes high
risk groups, and here to break it down for us,
you know, get us a little more information on all this,
and tell us more about a recent study by CBS Health.
It's indicating that more than sixty percent of people sixty
percent intend to get a flu shot this year, like
I intend to diet each year. Does it really happen,
you'd be the judge, a similar percentage to last year's intentions.
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Among them, less than fifty percent of those people actually
followed through. So here to break down the facts, the figures,
all the various stuff going on with this year's flu.
We've got joining us far our newsmaker line Victoria Epperjesse,
and he's here to I don't know, maybe separate the
fact from the fiction and just give us the straight
durn on what to expect and how best to prepare
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ourselves against it.
Speaker 8 (22:01):
Welcome, Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
For having me Kristen, very grateful to be here.
Speaker 7 (22:05):
Well, it's great to have you here because you know,
I have some expertise in some areas, but when it
comes to medical advice and flu and various things in
prognosticating what a flu season is going to be, like,
I got nothing, and you've got a very unique ten
thousand foot view as to what to expect this upcoming
flu season. What are you seeing on the boards for
this year? What should we be anticipating?
Speaker 6 (22:26):
Yeah, I mean you know, you already hit the nail
on the head. The weather's cooling down, kids are back
at school, and with all that comes the fall germs,
the fall viruses, and you know, I know we're all
busy and we're knee deep in those falls to do lists.
But one thing that we got to make sure is
on that list is doing our research on the flu vaccine,
deciding if it's right for you and your family, and
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if so, making.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
That appointment and getting in there.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
Before peak season, before all those holidays hit, you know,
before we're passing more than just the gravy at the
Thanksgiving Day table. We don't want to be passing the
flu too, right, so we want to make sure it
doesn't get away from us. Do your research, and you know, yeah,
I'm here to answer any questions and make sure we're
getting in there and getting those appointments made.
Speaker 8 (23:07):
That's awesome. I'm going to use that phrase.
Speaker 9 (23:09):
Two.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
I love that, and don't just want to pass the turkey.
Speaker 8 (23:11):
That's a fact.
Speaker 7 (23:12):
When we're talking about various groups, we are so blessed
with so many listeners coast to coast, and they fall
into all kinds of demographics. We've got our younger listeners,
we've got our older listeners everybody in between. We've got
people who have certain health issues going on. We've got
people who maybe have a new baby in the house,
or maybe have a new older generation living with them
in the house. Maybe they've got somebody who just started
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school this year, or maybe is you name it. There's
a million different moving parts to this, right, talk to
me a bit about, you know, the demographics that you're
finding would be most benefited by getting vaccinated. Who's really
jumping out of you for that?
Speaker 4 (23:47):
Absolutely?
Speaker 6 (23:48):
So, the CDC recommends anybody six months of age or
older who does not have an allergy to the flu
vaccine or any of its components to get vaccinated. But
to your point, it's not just for you. It's for
your loved ones, it's for the immune compromise, it's for
the babies who are less than six months of age
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who can't get the vaccine and are still building that immunity.
And it's for our elderly right who their immune system
just isn't what it used to be, and of course
there's a flu vaccine for them as well. But by
ensuring that you're protected, you're also making sure that you're
not passing it to them when you know we're gathering
for all these amazing fall and winter holidays and milestones,
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you're keeping them just as safe.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
So the demographics answer your question that are most.
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Important the very young, the ones that are aging gracefully,
of course, and anybody amino compromise.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Right.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
Everybody, unfortunately might know somebody going through some sort of
cancer treatment or have some sort of disease state that
their immune system just.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Isn't top notch.
Speaker 6 (24:52):
So getting vaccinated, not only for yourself but for them
is vital this year.
Speaker 8 (24:58):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 7 (24:59):
And when my kids store school, I got to be
really good friends with a lot of their teachers. They
were just tremendous people, and they were one of the
first demographics I encountered who were hugely in favor. It
was just always marked on their calendar before school started.
They always got their flu vaccine.
Speaker 8 (25:13):
It's something they.
Speaker 7 (25:13):
Often learned the hard way. They never made that mistake again,
they're big on that. But you made such an important
point where these demographics everything is shifting. Suddenly, people who
maybe weren't in what they thought was a high risk
category now are, And there's a bunch of questions that
come with it as they start to make this a
regular yearly event. And one of the biggest questions or
one of the biggest bits of feedback I hear, is,
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you know what, my friend, my grandfather, my granddaughter, whoever
got their flu shot last year, it's a vaccination, you.
Speaker 8 (25:39):
Don't need another one.
Speaker 7 (25:40):
And what they don't realize is that vaccinations come in
got so many shapes and sizes, and the flu changes
every year. Therefore the vaccination, you know, changes up every year.
Tell us a little bit about that and why it's
so important to do this every year.
Speaker 6 (25:54):
Yeah, absolutely, you know this is we've been doing the
flu vaccine for a long time.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
But the word or strain seems relatively.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
New since twenty twenty, right, But the flu strain and
variants those have been changing for as long as the
flu has been around. So to your point, they change
every season, and every year we try to predict, you.
Speaker 4 (26:16):
Know, based off of a bunch of science.
Speaker 6 (26:18):
What it's going to be that year, and then we
make the flu vaccine based off of the strain that's
going to circulate.
Speaker 4 (26:26):
The communities that fall.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
So it's really important to make the flu vaccine an
annual thing to make sure that you are being protected
and have the immunity against the strain that's circulating the
community that year, and even if you were to pick
up a different strain or whatever the case may be,
that year, your symptoms should be less severe, keeping you
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out of the hospital so you're not one of those
one point three that were hospitalized last year.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
In addition, it also helps you prevent passing it to
loved ones as well. So tons of benefits. But we
do change it every year, and it's important to get
it annually.
Speaker 7 (27:04):
Yeah, yeah, it's true, and I'm taking notes again. And
one thing that you made me think of is that
of all of our listeners coast to coast, you've already
got a segment who already know that they're going to
be getting this shot. Well, we're kind of leaning into
you and I are maybe that demographic that are thinking,
you know, maybe I will, maybe I won't, And they're thinking, Okay,
you know what, I'm going to be the adult this year.
I'm going to get this, you know, for whoever's sake,
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And they just need us to paint a picture as
to what the process is like. If you're planning a
Thanksgiving trip, somewhere and you're driving for a couple of
days first, or you're cooking for a couple of days first.
Maybe you don't get the flu shot that morning, like
maybe you plan a little bit ahead. Talk to us
a bit about the timeline you would recommend for someone who,
maybe for the first time of any age, is going
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to be getting this. There might be some soreness in
your arm, there might be a little more sleep that night,
whatever else going on. Painted picture as to what people
should anticipate in what they should plan.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
For, great question.
Speaker 6 (27:55):
So ideal time to see at the flu shot is
of course before peek, but it takes two weeks to
reach full efficacy, So if.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
You're traveling or you have a big event going.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
On, you really want to get it two weeks prior
to that. In addition to your point, of course, there
can be some side effects, just like anything else. Maybe
a little arm soreness would be you know, the least
of it. Some people do experience flu like symptoms after
getting the flu shot, so you could experience a low
grade fever, maybe some body ache, some chills. It typically
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goes away on its own within forty eight hours, and
it's actually a really good sign because by experiencing those symptoms.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
It tells you that your body and your immune system
is doing exactly what you would want it to do,
and it's building an immunity. So it's not the flu itself.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
It's just a reaction to the vaccine and it's a
positive reaction. So to answer your initial question, you do
really want to plan two to three weeks in advance
of traveling anywhere or visiting family or maybe visiting the
immune compromise, especially new babies.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
My first baby was a fall baby.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
And you know, I made sure everyone who wanted to
visit was was fully vaccinated well in advance, to make
sure that we're not bringing anything to you know, those
who can't really fight yet for themselves.
Speaker 7 (29:15):
Absolutely true. And again I knew the time with fly.
And yeah, you're still right. You know what, Life has
its side effects when you're making the grown up decisions,
It's got side effects. I go to a buffet, I
got some side effects later if I do it right.
I mean, that's just life. Let's just kind of buckle
in and put on the big girl pants and get
it done.
Speaker 8 (29:29):
I knew the time would fly.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
Victoria give us a website where we can direct our
listeners to for more information.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
Of course, so you know at CBS dot com we
answer a lot of questions. You can make an appointment there.
You can always stop in and just chat with us.
But if you have more specific questions on the flu
or you know what it's looking like this year, the
CDC dot gov website is fantastic and updates regularly with
you know the amount of cases that we have and
really what the season is going to look like.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
So both are really great resources.
Speaker 7 (29:58):
For the communities, brilliant. We will put links on our
social media as well. Victoria Eperjesse, I knew the time
would fly. Thank you so much for your expertise on this.
I know you got a busy day head you got
an open mic anytime. Be well, stay well and join
us again when you can.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Thank you, Kristin really appreciate the time.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
You bet And we'll be right back gang right after this,
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and we are back with the Kristin Egopian Show. And
I've been looking so forward to our next guests because
in our our current news cycle filled with borderline insane
and lunatic, never thought you'd see them in print headlines.
Some other very valid and worthy headlines often get buried,
and we've got one of those headlines here. You guys
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know everyone here at the show. A large majority of
our listeners are huge fans of the military, and they
are ushering in this year their first annual Welcome Week
by Blue Star Families. It's the nation's largest grassroots military
daily support organization. And outside of deployment, which is obviously
of you can't even really think about a challenge, it's
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just unimaginable. But outside of deployment, one of the most
challenging demands of military life is relocation. The average military
family guys easily moves three times as often as civilians.
You ever watched the Hugopians pick up a move house.
It ain't pretty. Imagine doing it three times as often.
Often every two or three years. They're moving from place
to place. We're talking changing jobs, changing schools, changing stuff
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for kids, your civic groups, your religious activities. It's a
lot of work. You know this, and often it's very stressful.
And here to tell us more about Blue Star Families
first annual Welcome Week is Blue Star Family CEO and
co founder Kathy Roth Duquet and Justin smith YAI and
Justin welcome.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Great to be here.
Speaker 11 (32:02):
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 8 (32:03):
It's our pleasure, guys.
Speaker 7 (32:04):
And now we have a lot of military families in
our listening audience, and the vast majority of our listeners
are military supporters, huge fans of the military as well.
The work that you are doing is so very important
for our listeners who maybe aren't as familiar with the
many challenges our military families face. Tell us a bit
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about the difficulties that they're facing these days with frequent
change of stations.
Speaker 11 (32:30):
Yeah, thanks so much. And I think people don't often
realize today that the moves are a big part of
military life. Military families are largely no longer living in installations.
They're in our communities. They're literally living in every single
zip code in the US, but often the neighbors don't
know that they're there and can't provide that support. Six
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hundred thousand families are moving every year connected to the military,
coming in as new recruits, changing duty station, or transitioning
out into in life. You know, I know myself with
that's life because my own family moved nine times in
sixteen years, and with the two kids, that was changing schools,
moving out of your friendship groups, finding, as you say,
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new places to make connections in the community, whether it's
your church or synagogue, or it's your kids after school activities,
and that can be sad for the kids, it can
be lonely for the parent. Often those moves and those
deployments go together. It's kind of a truism in military
life that you move to a new place, your spouse deploys,
and then your dishwasher brakes and your washing machine overflows.
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And when there's not a single when there's not a
single person you know to ask for help, those problems
can really spiral.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
Oh my gosh, I can only imagine. And justin over
to you. You know you work with USAA. It's a
company kind of second to none in its dedication to
the military and showing its appreciation both of your groups,
both you, Kathy and you just and you saw these
many challenges you created this outstanding welcome week. Justin tell
us a little bit about your top goals for what
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you hope will accomplish and how USAA can be a
part of it.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 10 (34:11):
You know, we're really looking to create a grassroots movement
that anyone can be part of and not to overcomplicate it.
But if a military family moves onto your street, or
if you have kids in school and a military child
is sitting at the desk next to one of your children,
it gives you the opportunity to role model for your
children what it looks like to welcome a military family.
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It's a big deal when a military child feels, you know,
the warm embrace of friendship when they move.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
To a new school.
Speaker 10 (34:41):
So we feel like this is something that's pretty simple,
but it does take an intentional effort. Many service members,
you know, whether they're deployed or they're on training exercises,
they're away from their families, and a lot of times
their jobs are quite hard, and one of the best
ways to thank them for their service is to simply
make their family feel welcome and to be their friend,
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to give them support and help them navigate.
Speaker 11 (35:04):
A new community.
Speaker 7 (35:05):
Oh so well said, and it's so true. And you know,
we've got so many military in my family tree. My
dad was military, so many uncles. I myself never lived
on a military base, but we've believe it or not,
we've got a large listenership with the family that's not
too far off from that. So a lot of our
listeners are out there, they're taking all of this in.
They want to be a part of it. They want
to be part of this energy, this great stuff that
(35:27):
you're doing. How can individuals get involved here, How can
they be a part of it?
Speaker 11 (35:31):
You know, there's something for everyone, Kristen. For military families,
blue Star welcomewek dot org. Let us know you're a
military family or a transitioning veteran, because those transitioning families
have their own set of challenges as well, and we'll
get your new duty station, will help you integrate it
into that new community and give you a lot of
referrals to some other fantastic organizations. We have a lot
(35:53):
of giveaways too and incentives at are fund. We're doing
xboxes for instance. We want to embrace you and help
you get settle in. But for those civilian Navy, maybe
the veterans who are in the community who want to
help welcome them in, we have so many activities from
welcome card you can sign, to a fantastic bracelet that
you can wear to signal that you know they're there
(36:13):
and you're friendly. You can wear this bracelet on the
right hand if you're a military family so people know
you're new and on the left hand, if you're someone
who is there to welcome folks, to help make those
connections at the community level and then events and really
so much more for schools, for businesses on down the line.
So we'd love to have people come to blue Star
welcomeweek dot org or to Blue Star Families and we'll
(36:34):
redirect you because we can all make a difference in
the communities where we live.
Speaker 7 (36:38):
That is fantastic. And your amazing organization is now supporting
one point five million military families, the people who take
care of all of us around the country. You're helping
take care of them. Kathy, you yourself are a military
spouse of twenty four years. God bless justin your work
with USAA and usaa's dedication to our military for over
(36:59):
one hundred years. So appreciated, it is noticed, and it
is very appreciated. You and your group's successes are your
own best advertising, and we are so grateful for all
that you and your groups do.
Speaker 8 (37:09):
I knew the time would fly.
Speaker 7 (37:10):
Give us those websites again where we can learn more
about all USAA and all these various groups can do
for us.
Speaker 8 (37:15):
If you would absolutely so.
Speaker 10 (37:17):
Blue Starfamilies dot Org is the website for Kathy's organization,
and I'll just close by saying, you know, thank you
Kathy for you know, creating a movement that anyone can
join being there for military families, that this has been
an emotional month for military families when the somber remembrance
of nine to eleven, and military families have borne a
(37:39):
heavyweight for our nation over the last twenty years, an
unprecedented operational tempo and number of deployments, and when they
are new in a community and they're on your street,
to welcome them, to give them a shoulder to lean
on as they navigate a new community. To offer friendship
is one of the best ways to help their resilience
as they continue to serve our nation in so many
(38:01):
meaningful ways.
Speaker 7 (38:02):
Great stuff, you guys. You've got to open mic anytime.
Please join us again. Thank you all that you do
and and God bless you and yours. Thanks for all
your hard work. We appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (38:11):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 10 (38:12):
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (38:13):
You've betten until next week.
Speaker 7 (38:14):
Save those pennies, pay with cash, and you all stay
frugal out there.
Speaker 8 (38:30):
I'm not too steep.
Speaker 10 (38:32):
The best of all,
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