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Speaker 1 (00:06):
And we are back with the Kristin Eigopian Show. And
it's official by the calendar and by the thermometer outside
my door. October is in the rear view mirror, and
we're all looking forward to the holiday season. Whether you
say it out loud or not, it's going to be
another great one. We all look forward to them. But
there are some eyes to dot and teas to cross,
(00:27):
and you ready for this. According to Butterballs Thanksgiving Outlook report,
Americans are planning to go big and this makes me
so happy. They're anticipating an average of nine people at
their Thanksgiving celebrations. This is back to pre pandemic levels.
So this sits all of my happy spots right here.
And here in the Hagopian House, we've got twelve people coming,
(00:47):
so we'll make up for some household that only has
six air quotes.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
But it's just great stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Guys. You're probably planning your Thanksgivings as well, and with
just a few weeks until this big meal, now's the
time to start planning what and who will be at
your table this year. You know, whether you're celebrating with
family or friends, or maybe co workers, maybe friends you
haven't met.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yet you're gonna want to hear the tips.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Our next guest has for you, joining us via our
newsmaker line is Sue Smith. I need to talk to
this lady. She's a butterball turkey talk line expert. She
has heard it all. Whatever crazy questions you think. Oh,
I can't ask her that, Yeah you can. She's heard
them all, and she's here to talk with us to
answer all of our big questions, including how to plan
and how to shop for and how to get your
(01:30):
table together when you're not sure when, how or if
you're going to celebrate.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Sue, welcome. How are you doing today?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Thank you for having me. I'm doing great.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Glad to hear it. Okay, so we're coming up on
go time. I'm seeing the sales in the stores. We've
got our guest list.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Pretty much hammered down.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
I want to say we kind of we alternate between
sides of the family tree each year, so I definitely
know who all is invited. Nobody has bailed yet, so
everybody's got their idea of what they're going to bring.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I think I've got this set up.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
But give us a little history of this beloved American
institution known as the Butterball Turkey talk Line, because you've
saved lives with that talk line. I'm willing to bet.
And how you became a talk line expert.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Well, great, we've been here, you know, talking turkey over
forty years. It's you know, started out with just five
ladies sitting you know, around some phones, and it really
came up because there was no help for preparing this
holiday meal. And it's one of the largest holiday meals
that we celebrate, and it just brings people together. Like
you said, there's gonna be some big gatherings this year,
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and so they took you know, over a thousand calls
that first year, and you know, fast forward forty two
years later, we have you know, men and women over
fifty of us that take these calls and now texts, chats, emails,
you know, wherever you want to reach us, we can
be found. And it's just so busy. The week of Thanksgiving,
we all work Thanksgiving Day. We're all food and nutrition
(02:58):
background where it's I'm a registered dietitian. So that's how
I got my foot into the door. And I've been
talking turkey for twenty five years.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
So for those of us who are hosting big meals
this year, and I mentioned earlier we're having like, you know,
eleven twelve people at our table. I've got a coworker
here at the network who hosts every year.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Are you ready for this?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Hosts thirty people three zero thirty people every Thanksgiving. She
never altered, right, she never alternates with someone else. My
eyes went huge when I heard that. So as much
as I've pat myself on the back for eleven or
twelve or you know, ten to twelve, yeah, some people
have just got some serious game. So for those of
us who are hosting big or even bigger meals this year,
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big tables, what do we need to be doing right
now in the days before to minimize the stress and
just ensure a joyful celebration without losing our minds?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Great question. Really start thinking about what size turkey you want.
We recommend about a pound and a half per person.
To give some generous surveyings, maybe go two pounds per
person if you want those leftovers, which in my household
I do, and I kind of spare those out throughout December,
and then go out and get your turkey. If you're
gonna get a frozen turkey, go out and get it now.
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Make sure you have the space in your freezer. Hould
it there. But then also make sure you're going to
have space in your refrigerator because you will need the thought.
And it takes about one day for every four pounds
of turkey to thaw, so you'll want to get that
in refrigerator about a week before Thanksgiving and you'll be
ready to go.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
That is good to know, You know, I always forget
that as many times as I have hosted, and we
always have a great time. You always have the crazy stories,
but we always have a great time, But you do
forget how long you have to let that bugger out
to defrost. I mean there's far crumb of your you know,
things to happen in the world, but one of the
top ten in some of our lives here is waking
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up on Thanksgiving morning and finding like a rock solid,
still frozen turkey. I mean, that's just you just want
to sit down and sit in the corner and rock.
It's just not a good feeling. So definitely make sure
that that beautiful turkey is completely defrosted. So we mentioned
the new Butterball data that found the average number of
guests is like running around ten people, nine people. But
(05:13):
you've got information about how Butterball is helping people who
might be celebrating alone. Even in this post COVID era,
We've got some people out there that are still celebrating
Thanksgiving alone. Tell us a little bit more about their initiative.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Absolutely, So we're really excited because you know you mentioned
earlier Butterball is really about bringing people together, and we're
really doing that this year because there are a handful
of people out there that are alone because they've relocated,
or they can't get time off from work or afford
to go home, or whatever their case might be. And
so Butterball has partnered with Bubble for Friends or BFF,
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which does a friend finding app and it's a great
way to meet some new friends, make some new friendships
this holiday season, and then find your own table and
you'll have a nice Thanksgiving meal with these new friends.
Can find a lot of information at the website, which
is find your Table dot com.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Oh that's awesome, I got to remember that. Give us
that website again if you would.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Sure, it's find your table dot com. In fact, we
have some of our talk line experts at New York
Now with the Bumble for Friends group, and then we're
gonna have some virtual showings throughout November at that website
on November ninth and November fifteenth. So it's gonna be
really exciting this year.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
It totally is.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Oh, that's so great, And I love the fact that
we're coming back to these numbers that are pre COVID.
It really feels like, you know more, with each holiday
that passes, we're kind of putting that in the rear
room mirror and that just makes me so very happy. Okay,
so we've got our timeline and we've got our guest lists.
You have got a unique ten thousand foot view on
all of the best info, the best intel, the best
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new products, and the best new techniques and probably some
of the most hilarious call ins that kind of thing.
So from your unique perspective, give us your best insider
tips for prepping a perfect twenty twenty three Thanksgiving menu.
One where I'm not going to want to lose my mind,
and one word doesn't belong on like the Martha Stewart
cover because that's never going to happen in my house.
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But kind of talk me through thread that needle where
I can pull it all off, not lose my mind,
and everybody has a good time.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Absolutely, So I always give everybody three tips. They all
start with tea so it's easy to remember. But my
first tip, and we talked about this is thawing. Make
sure that turkey is completely thawed for Thanksgiving. If you
realize a couple of days before that you forgot and
we get it, life happens. You can soak that turkey
in cold water, so it's just a quicker way to
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get that turkey thought. It's about thirty minutes per pound
in cold water. Change that water about every thirty minutes
first that though. Second tip is thermometer. It really is
your best friend on Thanksgiving Day and it just takes
the guest work out of knowing when your turkey is done.
All butterball turkeys come with a timeframe based on the
size of your turkey, but you know it's going to
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vary a little bit. Every oven little different, every turkeys
a little different. Once that temperature reads one seventy in
the breast and one eighty in the thigh, you know
that turkey is done and that's the time to remove
it from the oven. And my final tip is the
two hour rule, and simply that just means once that
turkey is removed from the oven, you want to have
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it sliced down and all leftovers into the refrigerator within
two hours. And that's for safety reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Good to know.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
And again, I'm writing notes as we're talking here, and
I knew the time would fly. Where can our listeners
go for more information about everything we've talked about today?
We're all taking notes, we're all having questions that we're
not thinking about asking right now. Where do we go
when it's go time? If we've got questions like this.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Give us a call here at one eight hundred Butterball.
We're here through December twenty fourth. Go to the website
at butterball dot com. There's some great resources on there,
some how to videos, links to our social media avenues,
and again you can go to find your table dot com.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Beautiful stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Thank you so much for breaking it down, Sue Smith,
Butterball Turkey talk Line Expert. May your turkeys be incredibly
fabulous and your carbohydrates go uncounted this Thanksgiving season? Now,
how many now we talk to you about how many
people we got coming? How many people do you have
to round your table? For Thanksgiving this year.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
I'm gonna have about thirteen myself, so we have our
little butterball family here because it's all hands on deck
on Thanksgiving Day. And then I go home to a
nice sized group this year too, So like you said,
it's gonna be really nice to be together.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Beautiful stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
And then you got on Friday morning, you got those
great leftovers waiting for all of us. So it's just
a win win no matter how you see it.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
This was great.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
You got an open mic anytime. Please join us again
when you can into Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Thank you, and happy Thanksgiving to you.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Thanks and we'll be right back gang right after this. Small,
not too.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Steep, the best of them all circumstances, a little body
lane sign, marble all survio. I just gotta learn to
(10:08):
recall my I'm out a love bag, I'm a love.
Speaker 5 (10:19):
I'm not a sheep, you understand.
Speaker 6 (10:23):
I'm just a cut last person in a low badge life.
Excuse my shoes, they don't quite fit. They're a special
offer and they hardly have been leven.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
My trousers, I'll.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Give you the face if they were.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
The juice still the sales, so I shouldn't complain exqueeze
me so tired, so I can't say no more. They're
a size when he ain't by I take thirty four.
Speaker 7 (10:53):
I'm out of love.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Magic, And we are back with the Kristen Dgophian Show.
And if you've ever taken an uber and who the
heck hasn't, And if you've binge to show on Netflix, Yeah, ditto.
And if you've ever enjoyed a weekend's stay in an Airbnb.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
That's next on my list.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
You've used a service offered by a company that started
their cloud journey with Amazon Web Services. Amazon is the
name that we all know and love, and for the
past decade, many of today's most successful tech startups have
taken advantage of AWS activate benefits to build.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
On the cloud.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
If you're not building on the cloud, you should be
building on the cloud and accelerate your growth. And a
lot of people they hear AWS, they hear cloud services,
they're not quite sure. They're like me, They go dear
in the headlights. It can be a bit intimidating and
you need someone to kind of break it down. And
speaking of such, we've got Isaiah Steinfeld, a tech entrepreneur
and digital product leader, joining us our newsmadeerlign with exactly
(12:01):
how to break it down in small words for people
like myself and maybe you two details on how you
can take advantage of the same resources these huge mega
companies have used to get your idea off the ground.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Welcome Miiah. How are you doing today?
Speaker 5 (12:15):
Hey, thank you. I'm doing great. How are you?
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I'm doing great now. We've really been looking forward to
this interview because so many of us either have a company,
work for a company, or utilize a company that's involved
with Amazon and with these web services. It's something that
non techies like myself always want to learn more about,
but I just haven't had the time to do it.
I need someone to break it down for us. So
(12:37):
I was so excited to have you on the air.
And this is a big year for your organization. Talk
to us a little bit about that.
Speaker 5 (12:45):
Yeah, no, thank you. I think you know.
Speaker 8 (12:47):
This month it's a big one for us because AWS
is celebrating our ten year anniversary of our flagship startup
program AWS Activate. So since we first launched, we've helped
some of the greatest startups today start their cloud journey
and accelerate their growth. From DoorDash and Airbnb to wiz air,
Tasker and hugging Face and more than two hundred and
eighty thousand startup worldwide if you used AWS activate, and
(13:09):
we've helped provide more than six billion and AWS credits
around the globe to help them build their solutions in
the cloud.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
And bring them the market.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
That is amazing.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
And I'm taking notes as we're talking here because so
many of us out there are small business owners and
we have ideas for our small businesses. And you know,
back when I started the show, we're very blessed. We're
on about two hundred stations coast to coast, and I
can tell you, with the benefit of hindsight, I made
about every mistake there was in growing the show, and
(13:40):
one of the top mistakes I made. You must hear
this all the time, because one of the biggest mistakes
an entrepreneur can make is trying to do it alone
when there are so many tools out there, including yours.
Talk to us about why it's so important to maybe
seek support, especially in the early days when your brain
damage from sleep deprivation. You want to grow as fast
(14:01):
as you can and you're just not quite sure how
to take that next step. Talk to us a bit
about that and how we can help other entrepreneurs from
making the same mistakes.
Speaker 8 (14:09):
Absolutely so, when Activates started back in twenty thirteen, we
were entering a decade long period of growth for startups,
and so when you think about today with the current.
Speaker 5 (14:18):
Climate, you know that's no longer the case.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
A lot of startups today are facing tight capital market,
which means that getting support to build the fundamentals, right
credits to test drive the lightest technologies and extend their
runway is more important than ever. So aws Activate offers
all of that and more entirely for free. I think
you know, one of the things that you get from
joining activate and to the points that you just called
(14:41):
out is really not only getting the technical guidance and
some of the very just in time right solutions or
guidance on how to get your business started, but it's
also a community right, not doing this alone, being able
to bounce those ideas and get experts in your corner.
It's a whole network that really offers community opportunities to
(15:02):
get and write it from the you know, the best
customers or investors, a support system that founders can tap
into when they need to overcome barriers to accelerate that growth.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Oh my gosh. Yes, it's so important.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
And you're touching on so many important points here because
you know, one of the biggest things your organization does
is help entrepreneurs from that scary first step to you know,
to the concept to the execution. And you're offering networking
and training and networking again, benefit of hindsight. Networking is
worth its weight in gold, and you just don't know
(15:35):
where to start that. In training, how do you train
people in a new business that you just created when
you've never had to train people to do it before
and you're not quite sure what you need them to do.
And you guys are offering both networking and training with
up to one hundred thousand dollars in AWS credits. Explain
to me a bit about how that works. That sounds extraordinary.
Speaker 8 (15:56):
Yeah, no, I think well, first let me say, AWSA
Debate is completely free, So all entrepreneurs have to do
sign up to gain access to all of these resources
from their program.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
So once once they're you know, they can one.
Speaker 8 (16:09):
Access the whole library of business and technical resources that
to the point that you just made cover a whole
range of like zero to one getting started all the
way one to one hundred, one hundred to one thousand.
So that's you know, anything from fundraising, legal guidance, technical documentation,
you know on solutions, architecture or you know, generative AI security,
(16:31):
whatever the needs are.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
Two, we have a whole variety of accelerator programs.
Speaker 8 (16:36):
Covering different segments, so you know, think from fintech to
generative AI to education, as well as our AWS Impact
Accelerator where we've committed thirty million to help level the
playing field for underrepresented founders.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
So these programs offer resources, capital and community.
Speaker 8 (16:52):
And then on top of that, we have deep partnerships
and exclusive offers from you know, partners like Mango, dB,
HubSpot that in total value up to about.
Speaker 5 (17:02):
Eight hundred thousand in total savings.
Speaker 8 (17:04):
So when you wrap all of this around a whole
network of different peers and you can connect with the
investors and you know, highlight your startups on what we
have as a product called Startup Showcase this and the credits,
it really goes much much further. And there's so many
things that can help you unlock that next step that
is unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
And I again I just stopped taking notes about halfway
in because it's just impressive as heck. Now, and I'm
no slouch with the with the IQ. But when it
comes to cloud technology, Oh, it's in the cloud. Oh
it's this Trying to explain the cloud to me is
like trying to explain you know, knee replacement surgery.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Like I know it exists. I know it's in great shape,
but I just I don't know.
Speaker 7 (17:44):
No, no, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
So when we're talking about explaining cloud technology, it's something
that impresses the hell out of me, but I can't
tell you a thing about how it works.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
But luckily I got you.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
And cloud technology is constantly evolving. You know, when I
finally wrap my head around it, it'll probably evolved like
cloud technology three point zero and I'm back in the backseat,
you know, with the little ones. So talk to us
a bit because you've got this ten thousand foot view
as to what cloud technology is doing. Where do you
see that going in the future? What you know, what
(18:14):
kind of dazzling stuff do you see it being capable
of doing in the years to come?
Speaker 5 (18:19):
Absolutely no, I think you know.
Speaker 8 (18:20):
Here at AWS, we're always excited to support the next
generation of tech innovators.
Speaker 5 (18:24):
And you know, when we look at innovation and.
Speaker 8 (18:26):
The edge, there's a lot of recent advancements in artificial intelligence,
and we've been working with a lot of great generative
AI startups who are building interesting and creative products. They're
really poised to accelerate different sectors. So think you know,
from groundbreaking applications like drug discovery to visual effects for filmmaking.
We're really excited to see how the cloud can help
support and shape the next great thing.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Great stuff.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Now, this is fantastic information, and I knew the time
would fly. But we've got listeners now coast to coast
listening to you. They're trying to get that edge in
their business. Maybe they're thinking about starting their business and
they're realizing now with AWS that they're going to have
the tools that they need to maybe ramp this up
faster than they thought. Where do they go for more
information on this? Where do we steer them?
Speaker 5 (19:09):
Yeah, if you've got a.
Speaker 8 (19:10):
Great idea or you're just you know, getting started launching
that startup, please visit us at startups dot AWS.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Fantastic good stuff. I knew the time would fly.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Isaiah Steinfeld, you got an open mic anytime thank you
so much for joining us and demystifying this just a bit,
and don't be a stranger.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Come on back when you can.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You bet, we'll be right back right after.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
This small I'm not to steal the best of all circumstance.
Speaker 7 (19:46):
Let's and we are back with the Christian Negotian show.
And guys, we've got November on our hands again. And
you know, for a lot of us out there, all
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of us political junkies on either side of the aisle,
when it comes to getting info, the latest and greatest info.
Here's the new survey that kind of raised my eyebrows.
A that not shouldn't be too surprising, but it is
Americans across the political spectrum, leaning every which direction, are
deeply concerned about misinformation, you know, and I'm one of
them once in a while, depending on my caffeine intake.
(20:30):
And in fact, about seventy percent of Americans again from
all stripes, are saying that they are encountering even more
political misinformation than they did during the last presidential election.
And that takes some work if you want to top
those numbers. So this survey also revealed the significant impact
that AI is having on the spread of misinformation. That
(20:51):
is something that really interests me. We're in some interesting
times here, guys, and I'm so delighted to have the
opportunity to connect with an expert on this and joining
us our newsmaker line with more and how to tell
the news from the noise is Jason Alderman, Managing director
of Smart News. Welcome, sir, how are you doing well?
Speaker 9 (21:09):
Christin?
Speaker 5 (21:09):
I'm fine.
Speaker 9 (21:10):
Thank you so much for having me on to talk
about this really important topic.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
It is.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
It is important. You must be getting some amazing feedback
this because you know, it feels like we just shut
the door on one election, but of course that means
another one is coming up, and November is of course
a big election month in several states. Talk to me
a bit more about this survey. Break down the numbers
just a bit, if you would, and what you feel
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it reveals about, you know, people's feelings regarding all the
information out there right now. What are you seeing out
there on the street.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
Well, you're you're so right about this election. I mean,
it just seems like, well it was a year ago
that we had the last election, but this has to
be the most impactful off yr election that we've had
in at least a decade. It seems like the eyes
of the world are on the cities and states they're
having elections in November. And the downside of that, though,
is it is a target. We are a target for misinformation.
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There are people out there that are creating reams upon
reams of fake news, and Americans, rightly so, are terrified.
We conducted a survey at smart News and it found
that ninety two percent of all Americans are worried that
misinformation is being used to influence the November election. And
this is a bipartisan issue. Ninety five percent of Democrats
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tell us they're worried about misinformation, ninety two percent of
Republicans are worried about misinformation in this election, and even
eighty eight percent of Independence think that misinformation is going
to impact this election. So it's a big issue.
Speaker 7 (22:39):
Yeah, you're right, and I'm taking notes as we're talking here.
Those numbers are interesting to me. I love that it
no matter what your political stripe, we are all just
hard working, exhausted Americans who just want the straight dirt.
When we're trying to research something, you know, two plus
to us for you plan to seed you know with
the daffodil adaptob is going to grow out of it.
We just want some common sense stuff going on here.
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And here's my next big I cannot wait to connect with.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
You on this.
Speaker 7 (23:03):
AI is one of those new tools out there that
can you to double edged sort. You can use it
to help sable life when you couldn't diagnose the disease
as quickly as you can now with AI. But there's
a downside to a tool where it can be manipulated,
it can be played with. It's just a tool and
can be used for any number of purposes. Talk to
me a bit about your particular professional concerns about how
(23:26):
this new tool AI is going to maybe maybe not
impact the election.
Speaker 9 (23:31):
Christin, You're so right. AI is the big story in
this and just think about it, even in the last year,
how AI has had such a huge impact on the nation,
the world, even our daily lives. But that also means
these incredibly powerful tools are being used to create misinformation
in seconds. Bad actors can create incredibly realistic videos, audio, pictures, text.
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There's a tsunami of misinformation created by AI out there.
And we conducted our surveys and we asked about that.
The smart News survey found that ninety one percent of
Americans are worried about AI created misinformation impacting the November election.
That's a huge number. But get this, only ten percent
of those same people feel extremely confident in their ability
(24:19):
to identify AI created misinformation. So it's like a germ
that we can't see. We know it's floating around out there,
but we can't tell fact from fiction, and we're really worried.
Speaker 7 (24:30):
Yeah, and you know, and it's always the feeling of helplessness,
which is always the biggest driver of frustration. We know
how to look things up, we know how to make
decisions on our own, but when you're not sure if
the core information you're receiving is factor fiction, it just
puts this snowball effect of cray into any decision making
and then you throw an election to it, and you know,
(24:50):
welcome to my mind, Bring on the coffee. When it
comes to separating the mess from the real stuff, here,
what do you recommend Americans? You a step one to
separate the fact from the fiction. Where do we steer them?
Speaker 9 (25:04):
Well, we have to all be our own fact checkers.
There's nobody going to do that for us anymore. And
it is a huge burden to place on us, but
we have to do it because so much is at
stake if we don't do it. So the little trick
I used for my own self is to remember the facts,
the facts, and let me tell you what that stands for.
F stands for fake experts. Who's the person that's peddling
(25:27):
you this that you're seeing online? You know, just because
they have thousands of followers does not make them an expert.
And you have to ask yourself what's in it for them?
What are they selling? The A stands for anger. Is
this getting your blood boiling by design? Whatever you just
saw or read or heard, that's a problem. The C
stands for a conspiracy. If this plays into a conspiracy theory,
(25:49):
that's a really big red flag. And the T stands
for trust. You've got to make sure that you're getting
your information from trusted sources, not just whoever pops up
and your social media feed.
Speaker 7 (26:02):
It's true. And once you find you know, say, and
it's going to be a trial and error. You're going
to try a certain series of information sources and hey,
that one turned out not to work. This one did.
So it's going to be a matter of you know,
finding your information source, testing it out, and hey, they
hit a home run. They were right on everything. Everything
they said was accurate, everything they said was workable information,
(26:24):
and you're going to work from there and use them
again for your next decision making. I mean, it's something,
it's not rocket science.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Here.
Speaker 7 (26:30):
Where are you finding you know, average Americans finding their best,
most helpful maybe you know, spot on info. These days,
I realized I can't narrow down to one particular site,
But is there somewhere that you're finding people come back
and say, hey, you know what found exactly where I
needed at fill in the blank.
Speaker 9 (26:49):
Well, And that's part of this challenge with us being
our own fact checkers these days, we all have to
sort of be our own search engines these days as
well for finding good information. But you're absolutely right, Kristin.
Once we find something that we verify is right, keep
going back there. Why reinvent the wheel?
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Now?
Speaker 9 (27:05):
I'm biased to really high quality news sources that have
been around for a while, high quality radio programs, network news,
cable news, newspaper websites. They may be a bit stodgy,
but they have actual journalists actually doing reporting. They have
high standards they're not just in it exclusively for the
(27:25):
clicks or the listens, and so that's I think that's
really important. But that doesn't mean you have to live
under a a media rock, so to speak. It's okay
to go on social media, it's okay to try other things.
But when you run across content that you're not sure
about and your antenna is up, you have to fact
check it. And one of the places I like to
go to check and see if what I've just seen
(27:47):
or read or heard is accurate is PolitiFact. I also
go to the Associated Press fact Check. These are two
rock solid organizations that will look into big rumors and
will tell you if they're real or not. But you
have to do that, you know, just seeing other people
agreeing with something doesn't make it true. You've got to
go to actual experts who are paid to provide the truth.
(28:10):
So that's why I go to PolitiFact in the AP
fact check, that's excellent.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
We'll put links on our social media and stuff as well.
I knew the time would fly. So we've got a
lot of people out there listening to you. They're loving
what you have to say. You know, give us just
a couple of words of encouragement. I mean, it's an
American's duty to get yourself educated on this stuff. And
just like one hundred years ago, you'd say that any
newspaper company that buys it, you know, ink by the barrel,
you know they're going to have a bit of control
(28:35):
over the news too. And just like now, just like then,
it's a matter of doing your own digging. But this
is so reassuring. Give our listeners Coast to Coast your
recommended website for where we send them for their first
steps and getting more educated at these upcoming elections.
Speaker 9 (28:49):
Looan Well, you can go to smartnews dot com or
go to your app store to download the smart News app.
We are a free app. We have hundreds of high
quality publishers and news outlets from across the country, across
the political spectrum, all in one place. It's a great
place that has trusted information, excellent.
Speaker 7 (29:07):
Smart News is where it's at. And I knew the
time was fly. Jason Alderman, you got an open mic anytime.
Thanks so much for all that you're doing to cut
through the noise and we'll be on the book side
of these elections. Come on back when you can.
Speaker 9 (29:17):
Thanks for having me Kristin.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
You bet we'll be right back Gang, right after this.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
And we are back with the Kristin to Gophian Show.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
It's been an awesome show today, Gang, And I know
we're focusing on a whole bunch of different things right now,
but I want to circle back to Thanksgiving. We talked
before the break about all the various ways you can
save some time and some stress and some serious cash.
That's what I'm talking about. You guys are working harder
than ever. You were throwing yourself, you know, full force
into this economy. You're working all these hours, and I'm
(30:04):
with you, but you need a little time to decompress.
Thanksgiving is not about freaking out. It's not about stressing out.
It's about hanging out with your family. And let's face it,
when you're hanging out with the people that you love,
you could have a pizza sitting there at the dining
room table and you'd still talk just as long, you'd.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Still have just as good a time.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
I want this Thanksgiving to be special for you, for
the people around the table, for the laughter to you know,
when you're laughing with the cousins you haven't seen for
a while, or you're there with your folks, if you're
you know, blessed to have a lot of family nearby.
And you walk away from the table and your face
is hurting by the time you're done because you were
laughing so hard. Those are the Thanksgivings to remember. And
it's got nothing to do with the food. It's got
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nothing to do with the china. It's got nothing to
do with all the bells and whistles everybody's telling you
so important. It's all about the priceless, priceless idea of
having family and friends close by. That's why the original
you know, Pilgrims did it all those hundreds of years ago.
God bless them in their sacrifice. Honor them and show
them that you remember their sacrifices.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
By just knowing the.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
Reason for the season, it's pure thanks. List all the
things you're thankful for. Dig into that sweet potato pie,
have some fun with it, guys. I'm very proud of
all of you, the stories I'm hearing from everybody. You
guys all know the reason for the season. Remember to just,
you know, put it front and center when you're prepping
all this stuff on Thanksgiving Day. Now here's something I
wanted to make sure we covered in this show because
(31:27):
it's something that is hot on the heels of Thanksgiving.
And finally, I'm just I'm rubbing that little vein in
the middle of my forehead here Black Friday. Holy God,
if I tell you what, if it was a drinking
game the Black Friday ads that I'm already seeing. You know,
we're barely out of Halloween, were you'll hog deep into
Christmas at this point. For all the stuff I'm seeing
(31:47):
out there Black Friday, oh my dear God, I mean,
honest to God, braver people than me are planning on
being out there on Black Friday. So I wanted to
put some you know, to put some feelers out there
and see what you guys are planning on doing. And
I need some advice here when we're talking about Black Friday. Yes,
(32:08):
I'm the first to admit there are some good deals
going out there, but I want you to remember something, Okay,
Number one times are always constantly changing, and Black Friday's
not the only place to get some great deals. If
you are brave enough to go out on Black Friday,
be safe, do it smart. Every year you see those
videos the day afterwards. If people just acting like nutballs,
(32:30):
and security cameras are everywhere. Please, if you go out
on Black Friday, be aware that security cameras have got
you covered completely. Three sixty going on here, so you know,
treat your fellow people with respect, be safe. But I
want you to think of a couple other things with
regards to Black Friday. You know, and this is as
we're just putting the finishing touches on, trying to get
a Thanksgiving table on the dinner. Okay, there are others
(32:50):
more organized than myself, and you're already doing I'm hearing
like deep knee bends in anticipation of Black Friday. So
if you're one of those brave souls anticipating some Black
Friday hand to hand combat with the other shoppers while
you're still digesting a pound of turkey and sweet potatoes
and croissants and a monster helping of desserts off the
dessert train, you're not alone. There's a lot of people
(33:11):
out there doing them. So here are some holiday shopping
tips that will have your gift list wrapped up on
Black Friday without being one of the I don't know,
one of the casualties of war in Black Friday mode. Okay,
Rule number one. Remember that it's called Black Friday and
not Black Thursday. Don't get me wrong, I respect, I
(33:31):
utterly respect a retailers need to exercise all options to
stay afloat. Okay, when a hard working retailer jumps into
the shiny boat of Black Thursday opening their doors on
Thanksgiving Day with spectacular sales, they're simply trying to get
an edge over their competition and keep their staff employed.
There is nothing wrong with that. I raise my hat
to it. If you find it completely necessary, maybe due
(33:54):
to work schedules, whatever, by all means, join them with abandon.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
But keep in mind that no human being.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Ever left this earth feeling like they should have spent
less time around the thanksgivting table with loved ones and
more time gift shopping. Okay, just putting that out there.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
Rule number two.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
When it comes to jumping into this holiday shopping, remember
your best shopping buddy, your laptop. Okay, gang the days
of fighting over parking spaces only to wrestle into an
overcrowded mall so you can argue over the last overpriced
bell encrusted reindeer sweater.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
You know what I'm talking about. They're over instead, I'm
starting to dig this. You guys. I love going out
and meeting with people as much as anybody.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
You know.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
I love getting a little fresh air. But I'm telling
you what another option plan be. Grab a cup of coffee,
put on some Christmas music, and do your shopping online
in a fraction of the time.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
For kids gifts.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Remember also not just online shopping, but Craigslist for kids.
Oh my god, I'm gonna do a ton of craigsl
listing again. Gorgeous toys, clothes, bikes, books, you name it.
It's all waiting for you and usually about ninety percent
off retail.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
For adults, give a look to Craigslist as well.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
The stuff I have bought on Craigslist for adults antique china,
a beautiful crystal cashmere sweaters, jewelry, antique books. It's all
out there on Craigslist and I highly recommended. Your local
Goodwill also a gold mine of gift goodies. They are
really taking it to the next step. I am loving
my local Goodwill, and you know I've always loved it,
(35:25):
but it is absolutely gorgeous. Also when it comes to electronics.
When it comes to electronics, this seems to be one
of the biggest shopping things on the list this year.
Electronics for the people you love. If you are buying
for anyone over the age or I beg your pardon
if you're buying for anyone under the age of eighteen,
all right, please remember that last year's you know must
(35:45):
have overpriced gizmo is now available on eBay or Craigslist
for easily fifty percent off, and it's one of the
lightest gifts on Earth, meaning low shipping costs. Here's a
side note. If there's anyone who's ready to go hog
wild insane with stress this holiday season, I'm already seeing
it on the street. It's your local delivery guys. Holy god,
(36:06):
I don't know how they're going to handle the shipping
that they are anticipating having to handle. Be nice to them,
you know, let them buy. When you're driving through town,
you see these you know, shipping trucks, whatever. Give them
a break, let them in, let them make the left
hand turns in front of you, all right, Maybe give
them a little shout out, little you know, jaunty salute
as you're you know, in a convenience store buying coffee
or whatever it is. But give them a local break,
(36:27):
you know, give your local drivers a serious break. Let
them go by, let them drive by, let them get
home to their families safe because they're working like crazy people.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Here's the big thing. I gotta get this in.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Remember how you felt last January when the credit card
bills started rolling in. Okay, you might fall into the
group that opened their January credit card bills with these
shaky hands. You're looking at it, oh my god. Or
you could be part of the group that opens your
bills without a care in the world. You're looking at
the amount do You're cackling with glee because it's so
low to woo. You're stirring the pot dance going from
(36:57):
the mailbox back to the house. You work hard, folks.
I want you to fall into that second category. I
want this to be a beautiful, amazing holiday season coming
up without breaking the bank. So this year, make sure
your Thanksgiving and your Black Friday means that your books
are in the black by the end of the day
as well. Guys, the time has flown and I need
your opinions on this stuff too. You guys are amazing.
(37:19):
You are shopping ninjas and you know it. I want
all of your good advice, all the things that have worked,
the things that haven't worked. Let's make a show out
of it. Find me at brilliantfrugalliving dot com and until
next week save those pennies.
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Pay with cash, and you all stay frugal out there, cheap,
small
Speaker 5 (37:40):
And not to steal the best of them all.
And we are back with the Kristin Eigopian Show. And
it's official by the calendar and by the thermometer outside
my door. October is in the rear view mirror, and
we're all looking forward to the holiday season. Whether you
say it out loud or not, it's going to be
another great one. We all look forward to them. But
there are some eyes to dot and teas to cross,
(00:27):
and you ready for this. According to Butterballs Thanksgiving Outlook report,
Americans are planning to go big and this makes me
so happy. They're anticipating an average of nine people at
their Thanksgiving celebrations. This is back to pre pandemic levels.
So this sits all of my happy spots right here.
And here in the Hagopian House, we've got twelve people coming,
(00:47):
so we'll make up for some household that only has
six air quotes.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
But it's just great stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Guys. You're probably planning your Thanksgivings as well, and with
just a few weeks until this big meal, now's the
time to start planning what and who will be at
your table this year. You know, whether you're celebrating with
family or friends, or maybe co workers, maybe friends you
haven't met.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yet you're gonna want to hear the tips.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Our next guest has for you, joining us via our
newsmaker line is Sue Smith. I need to talk to
this lady. She's a butterball turkey talk line expert. She
has heard it all. Whatever crazy questions you think. Oh,
I can't ask her that, Yeah you can. She's heard
them all, and she's here to talk with us to
answer all of our big questions, including how to plan
and how to shop for and how to get your
(01:30):
table together when you're not sure when, how or if
you're going to celebrate.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Sue, welcome. How are you doing today?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Thank you for having me. I'm doing great.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Glad to hear it. Okay, so we're coming up on
go time. I'm seeing the sales in the stores. We've
got our guest list.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Pretty much hammered down.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
I want to say we kind of we alternate between
sides of the family tree each year, so I definitely
know who all is invited. Nobody has bailed yet, so
everybody's got their idea of what they're going to bring.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I think I've got this set up.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
But give us a little history of this beloved American
institution known as the Butterball Turkey talk Line, because you've
saved lives with that talk line. I'm willing to bet.
And how you became a talk line expert.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Well, great, we've been here, you know, talking turkey over
forty years. It's you know, started out with just five
ladies sitting you know, around some phones, and it really
came up because there was no help for preparing this
holiday meal. And it's one of the largest holiday meals
that we celebrate, and it just brings people together. Like
you said, there's gonna be some big gatherings this year,
(02:35):
and so they took you know, over a thousand calls
that first year, and you know, fast forward forty two
years later, we have you know, men and women over
fifty of us that take these calls and now texts, chats, emails,
you know, wherever you want to reach us, we can
be found. And it's just so busy. The week of Thanksgiving,
we all work Thanksgiving Day. We're all food and nutrition
(02:58):
background where it's I'm a registered dietitian. So that's how
I got my foot into the door. And I've been
talking turkey for twenty five years.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
So for those of us who are hosting big meals
this year, and I mentioned earlier we're having like, you know,
eleven twelve people at our table. I've got a coworker
here at the network who hosts every year.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Are you ready for this?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Hosts thirty people three zero thirty people every Thanksgiving. She
never altered, right, she never alternates with someone else. My
eyes went huge when I heard that. So as much
as I've pat myself on the back for eleven or
twelve or you know, ten to twelve, yeah, some people
have just got some serious game. So for those of
us who are hosting big or even bigger meals this year,
(03:40):
big tables, what do we need to be doing right
now in the days before to minimize the stress and
just ensure a joyful celebration without losing our minds?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Great question. Really start thinking about what size turkey you want.
We recommend about a pound and a half per person.
To give some generous surveyings, maybe go two pounds per
person if you want those leftovers, which in my household
I do, and I kind of spare those out throughout December,
and then go out and get your turkey. If you're
gonna get a frozen turkey, go out and get it now.
(04:12):
Make sure you have the space in your freezer. Hould
it there. But then also make sure you're going to
have space in your refrigerator because you will need the thought.
And it takes about one day for every four pounds
of turkey to thaw, so you'll want to get that
in refrigerator about a week before Thanksgiving and you'll be
ready to go.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
That is good to know, You know, I always forget
that as many times as I have hosted, and we
always have a great time. You always have the crazy stories,
but we always have a great time, But you do
forget how long you have to let that bugger out
to defrost. I mean there's far crumb of your you know,
things to happen in the world, but one of the
top ten in some of our lives here is waking
(04:52):
up on Thanksgiving morning and finding like a rock solid,
still frozen turkey. I mean, that's just you just want
to sit down and sit in the corner and rock.
It's just not a good feeling. So definitely make sure
that that beautiful turkey is completely defrosted. So we mentioned
the new Butterball data that found the average number of
guests is like running around ten people, nine people. But
(05:13):
you've got information about how Butterball is helping people who
might be celebrating alone. Even in this post COVID era,
We've got some people out there that are still celebrating
Thanksgiving alone. Tell us a little bit more about their initiative.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Absolutely, So we're really excited because you know you mentioned
earlier Butterball is really about bringing people together, and we're
really doing that this year because there are a handful
of people out there that are alone because they've relocated,
or they can't get time off from work or afford
to go home, or whatever their case might be. And
so Butterball has partnered with Bubble for Friends or BFF,
(05:46):
which does a friend finding app and it's a great
way to meet some new friends, make some new friendships
this holiday season, and then find your own table and
you'll have a nice Thanksgiving meal with these new friends.
Can find a lot of information at the website, which
is find your Table dot com.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Oh that's awesome, I got to remember that. Give us
that website again if you would.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Sure, it's find your table dot com. In fact, we
have some of our talk line experts at New York
Now with the Bumble for Friends group, and then we're
gonna have some virtual showings throughout November at that website
on November ninth and November fifteenth. So it's gonna be
really exciting this year.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
It totally is.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Oh, that's so great, And I love the fact that
we're coming back to these numbers that are pre COVID.
It really feels like, you know more, with each holiday
that passes, we're kind of putting that in the rear
room mirror and that just makes me so very happy. Okay,
so we've got our timeline and we've got our guest lists.
You have got a unique ten thousand foot view on
all of the best info, the best intel, the best
(06:50):
new products, and the best new techniques and probably some
of the most hilarious call ins that kind of thing.
So from your unique perspective, give us your best insider
tips for prepping a perfect twenty twenty three Thanksgiving menu.
One where I'm not going to want to lose my mind,
and one word doesn't belong on like the Martha Stewart
cover because that's never going to happen in my house.
(07:11):
But kind of talk me through thread that needle where
I can pull it all off, not lose my mind,
and everybody has a good time.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Absolutely, So I always give everybody three tips. They all
start with tea so it's easy to remember. But my
first tip, and we talked about this is thawing. Make
sure that turkey is completely thawed for Thanksgiving. If you
realize a couple of days before that you forgot and
we get it, life happens. You can soak that turkey
in cold water, so it's just a quicker way to
(07:37):
get that turkey thought. It's about thirty minutes per pound
in cold water. Change that water about every thirty minutes
first that though. Second tip is thermometer. It really is
your best friend on Thanksgiving Day and it just takes
the guest work out of knowing when your turkey is done.
All butterball turkeys come with a timeframe based on the
size of your turkey, but you know it's going to
(07:58):
vary a little bit. Every oven little different, every turkeys
a little different. Once that temperature reads one seventy in
the breast and one eighty in the thigh, you know
that turkey is done and that's the time to remove
it from the oven. And my final tip is the
two hour rule, and simply that just means once that
turkey is removed from the oven, you want to have
(08:19):
it sliced down and all leftovers into the refrigerator within
two hours. And that's for safety reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Good to know.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
And again, I'm writing notes as we're talking here, and
I knew the time would fly. Where can our listeners
go for more information about everything we've talked about today?
We're all taking notes, we're all having questions that we're
not thinking about asking right now. Where do we go
when it's go time? If we've got questions like this.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Give us a call here at one eight hundred Butterball.
We're here through December twenty fourth. Go to the website
at butterball dot com. There's some great resources on there,
some how to videos, links to our social media avenues,
and again you can go to find your table dot com.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Beautiful stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Thank you so much for breaking it down, Sue Smith,
Butterball Turkey talk Line Expert. May your turkeys be incredibly
fabulous and your carbohydrates go uncounted this Thanksgiving season? Now,
how many now we talk to you about how many
people we got coming? How many people do you have
to round your table? For Thanksgiving this year.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
I'm gonna have about thirteen myself, so we have our
little butterball family here because it's all hands on deck
on Thanksgiving Day. And then I go home to a
nice sized group this year too, So like you said,
it's gonna be really nice to be together.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Beautiful stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
And then you got on Friday morning, you got those
great leftovers waiting for all of us. So it's just
a win win no matter how you see it.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
This was great.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
You got an open mic anytime. Please join us again
when you can into Happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Thank you, and happy Thanksgiving to you.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Thanks and we'll be right back gang right after this. Small,
not too.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Steep, the best of them all circumstances, a little body
lane sign, marble all survio. I just gotta learn to
(10:08):
recall my I'm out a love bag, I'm a love.
Speaker 5 (10:19):
I'm not a sheep, you understand.
Speaker 6 (10:23):
I'm just a cut last person in a low badge life.
Excuse my shoes, they don't quite fit. They're a special
offer and they hardly have been leven.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
My trousers, I'll.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Give you the face if they were.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
The juice still the sales, so I shouldn't complain exqueeze
me so tired, so I can't say no more. They're
a size when he ain't by I take thirty four.
Speaker 7 (10:53):
I'm out of love.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Magic, And we are back with the Kristen Dgophian Show.
And if you've ever taken an uber and who the
heck hasn't, And if you've binge to show on Netflix, Yeah, ditto.
And if you've ever enjoyed a weekend's stay in an Airbnb.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
That's next on my list.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
You've used a service offered by a company that started
their cloud journey with Amazon Web Services. Amazon is the
name that we all know and love, and for the
past decade, many of today's most successful tech startups have
taken advantage of AWS activate benefits to build.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
On the cloud.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
If you're not building on the cloud, you should be
building on the cloud and accelerate your growth. And a
lot of people they hear AWS, they hear cloud services,
they're not quite sure. They're like me, They go dear
in the headlights. It can be a bit intimidating and
you need someone to kind of break it down. And
speaking of such, we've got Isaiah Steinfeld, a tech entrepreneur
and digital product leader, joining us our newsmadeerlign with exactly
(12:01):
how to break it down in small words for people
like myself and maybe you two details on how you
can take advantage of the same resources these huge mega
companies have used to get your idea off the ground.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Welcome Miiah. How are you doing today?
Speaker 5 (12:15):
Hey, thank you. I'm doing great. How are you?
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I'm doing great now. We've really been looking forward to
this interview because so many of us either have a company,
work for a company, or utilize a company that's involved
with Amazon and with these web services. It's something that
non techies like myself always want to learn more about,
but I just haven't had the time to do it.
I need someone to break it down for us. So
(12:37):
I was so excited to have you on the air.
And this is a big year for your organization. Talk
to us a little bit about that.
Speaker 5 (12:45):
Yeah, no, thank you. I think you know.
Speaker 8 (12:47):
This month it's a big one for us because AWS
is celebrating our ten year anniversary of our flagship startup
program AWS Activate. So since we first launched, we've helped
some of the greatest startups today start their cloud journey
and accelerate their growth. From DoorDash and Airbnb to wiz air,
Tasker and hugging Face and more than two hundred and
eighty thousand startup worldwide if you used AWS activate, and
(13:09):
we've helped provide more than six billion and AWS credits
around the globe to help them build their solutions in
the cloud.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
And bring them the market.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
That is amazing.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
And I'm taking notes as we're talking here because so
many of us out there are small business owners and
we have ideas for our small businesses. And you know,
back when I started the show, we're very blessed. We're
on about two hundred stations coast to coast, and I
can tell you, with the benefit of hindsight, I made
about every mistake there was in growing the show, and
(13:40):
one of the top mistakes I made. You must hear
this all the time, because one of the biggest mistakes
an entrepreneur can make is trying to do it alone
when there are so many tools out there, including yours.
Talk to us about why it's so important to maybe
seek support, especially in the early days when your brain
damage from sleep deprivation. You want to grow as fast
(14:01):
as you can and you're just not quite sure how
to take that next step. Talk to us a bit
about that and how we can help other entrepreneurs from
making the same mistakes.
Speaker 8 (14:09):
Absolutely so, when Activates started back in twenty thirteen, we
were entering a decade long period of growth for startups,
and so when you think about today with the current.
Speaker 5 (14:18):
Climate, you know that's no longer the case.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
A lot of startups today are facing tight capital market,
which means that getting support to build the fundamentals, right
credits to test drive the lightest technologies and extend their
runway is more important than ever. So aws Activate offers
all of that and more entirely for free. I think
you know, one of the things that you get from
joining activate and to the points that you just called
(14:41):
out is really not only getting the technical guidance and
some of the very just in time right solutions or
guidance on how to get your business started, but it's
also a community right, not doing this alone, being able
to bounce those ideas and get experts in your corner.
It's a whole network that really offers community opportunities to
(15:02):
get and write it from the you know, the best
customers or investors, a support system that founders can tap
into when they need to overcome barriers to accelerate that growth.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Oh my gosh. Yes, it's so important.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
And you're touching on so many important points here because
you know, one of the biggest things your organization does
is help entrepreneurs from that scary first step to you know,
to the concept to the execution. And you're offering networking
and training and networking again, benefit of hindsight. Networking is
worth its weight in gold, and you just don't know
(15:35):
where to start that. In training, how do you train
people in a new business that you just created when
you've never had to train people to do it before
and you're not quite sure what you need them to do.
And you guys are offering both networking and training with
up to one hundred thousand dollars in AWS credits. Explain
to me a bit about how that works. That sounds extraordinary.
Speaker 8 (15:56):
Yeah, no, I think well, first let me say, AWSA
Debate is completely free, So all entrepreneurs have to do
sign up to gain access to all of these resources
from their program.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
So once once they're you know, they can one.
Speaker 8 (16:09):
Access the whole library of business and technical resources that
to the point that you just made cover a whole
range of like zero to one getting started all the
way one to one hundred, one hundred to one thousand.
So that's you know, anything from fundraising, legal guidance, technical documentation,
you know on solutions, architecture or you know, generative AI security,
(16:31):
whatever the needs are.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
Two, we have a whole variety of accelerator programs.
Speaker 8 (16:36):
Covering different segments, so you know, think from fintech to
generative AI to education, as well as our AWS Impact
Accelerator where we've committed thirty million to help level the
playing field for underrepresented founders.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
So these programs offer resources, capital and community.
Speaker 8 (16:52):
And then on top of that, we have deep partnerships
and exclusive offers from you know, partners like Mango, dB,
HubSpot that in total value up to about.
Speaker 5 (17:02):
Eight hundred thousand in total savings.
Speaker 8 (17:04):
So when you wrap all of this around a whole
network of different peers and you can connect with the
investors and you know, highlight your startups on what we
have as a product called Startup Showcase this and the credits,
it really goes much much further. And there's so many
things that can help you unlock that next step that
is unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
And I again I just stopped taking notes about halfway
in because it's just impressive as heck. Now, and I'm
no slouch with the with the IQ. But when it
comes to cloud technology, Oh, it's in the cloud. Oh
it's this Trying to explain the cloud to me is
like trying to explain you know, knee replacement surgery.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Like I know it exists. I know it's in great shape,
but I just I don't know.
Speaker 7 (17:44):
No, no, no, no, no no.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
So when we're talking about explaining cloud technology, it's something
that impresses the hell out of me, but I can't
tell you a thing about how it works.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
But luckily I got you.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
And cloud technology is constantly evolving. You know, when I
finally wrap my head around it, it'll probably evolved like
cloud technology three point zero and I'm back in the backseat,
you know, with the little ones. So talk to us
a bit because you've got this ten thousand foot view
as to what cloud technology is doing. Where do you
see that going in the future? What you know, what
(18:14):
kind of dazzling stuff do you see it being capable
of doing in the years to come?
Speaker 5 (18:19):
Absolutely no, I think you know.
Speaker 8 (18:20):
Here at AWS, we're always excited to support the next
generation of tech innovators.
Speaker 5 (18:24):
And you know, when we look at innovation and.
Speaker 8 (18:26):
The edge, there's a lot of recent advancements in artificial intelligence,
and we've been working with a lot of great generative
AI startups who are building interesting and creative products. They're
really poised to accelerate different sectors. So think you know,
from groundbreaking applications like drug discovery to visual effects for filmmaking.
We're really excited to see how the cloud can help
support and shape the next great thing.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Great stuff.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Now, this is fantastic information, and I knew the time
would fly. But we've got listeners now coast to coast
listening to you. They're trying to get that edge in
their business. Maybe they're thinking about starting their business and
they're realizing now with AWS that they're going to have
the tools that they need to maybe ramp this up
faster than they thought. Where do they go for more
information on this? Where do we steer them?
Speaker 5 (19:09):
Yeah, if you've got a.
Speaker 8 (19:10):
Great idea or you're just you know, getting started launching
that startup, please visit us at startups dot AWS.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Fantastic good stuff. I knew the time would fly.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Isaiah Steinfeld, you got an open mic anytime thank you
so much for joining us and demystifying this just a bit,
and don't be a stranger.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Come on back when you can.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You bet, we'll be right back right after.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
This small I'm not to steal the best of all circumstance.
Speaker 7 (19:46):
Let's and we are back with the Christian Negotian show.
And guys, we've got November on our hands again. And
you know, for a lot of us out there, all
(20:07):
of us political junkies on either side of the aisle,
when it comes to getting info, the latest and greatest info.
Here's the new survey that kind of raised my eyebrows.
A that not shouldn't be too surprising, but it is
Americans across the political spectrum, leaning every which direction, are
deeply concerned about misinformation, you know, and I'm one of
them once in a while, depending on my caffeine intake.
(20:30):
And in fact, about seventy percent of Americans again from
all stripes, are saying that they are encountering even more
political misinformation than they did during the last presidential election.
And that takes some work if you want to top
those numbers. So this survey also revealed the significant impact
that AI is having on the spread of misinformation. That
(20:51):
is something that really interests me. We're in some interesting
times here, guys, and I'm so delighted to have the
opportunity to connect with an expert on this and joining
us our newsmaker line with more and how to tell
the news from the noise is Jason Alderman, Managing director
of Smart News. Welcome, sir, how are you doing well?
Speaker 9 (21:09):
Christin?
Speaker 5 (21:09):
I'm fine.
Speaker 9 (21:10):
Thank you so much for having me on to talk
about this really important topic.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
It is.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
It is important. You must be getting some amazing feedback
this because you know, it feels like we just shut
the door on one election, but of course that means
another one is coming up, and November is of course
a big election month in several states. Talk to me
a bit more about this survey. Break down the numbers
just a bit, if you would, and what you feel
(21:34):
it reveals about, you know, people's feelings regarding all the
information out there right now. What are you seeing out
there on the street.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
Well, you're you're so right about this election. I mean,
it just seems like, well it was a year ago
that we had the last election, but this has to
be the most impactful off yr election that we've had
in at least a decade. It seems like the eyes
of the world are on the cities and states they're
having elections in November. And the downside of that, though,
is it is a target. We are a target for misinformation.
(22:02):
There are people out there that are creating reams upon
reams of fake news, and Americans, rightly so, are terrified.
We conducted a survey at smart News and it found
that ninety two percent of all Americans are worried that
misinformation is being used to influence the November election. And
this is a bipartisan issue. Ninety five percent of Democrats
(22:25):
tell us they're worried about misinformation, ninety two percent of
Republicans are worried about misinformation in this election, and even
eighty eight percent of Independence think that misinformation is going
to impact this election. So it's a big issue.
Speaker 7 (22:39):
Yeah, you're right, and I'm taking notes as we're talking here.
Those numbers are interesting to me. I love that it
no matter what your political stripe, we are all just
hard working, exhausted Americans who just want the straight dirt.
When we're trying to research something, you know, two plus
to us for you plan to seed you know with
the daffodil adaptob is going to grow out of it.
We just want some common sense stuff going on here.
(23:00):
And here's my next big I cannot wait to connect with.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
You on this.
Speaker 7 (23:03):
AI is one of those new tools out there that
can you to double edged sort. You can use it
to help sable life when you couldn't diagnose the disease
as quickly as you can now with AI. But there's
a downside to a tool where it can be manipulated,
it can be played with. It's just a tool and
can be used for any number of purposes. Talk to
me a bit about your particular professional concerns about how
(23:26):
this new tool AI is going to maybe maybe not
impact the election.
Speaker 9 (23:31):
Christin, You're so right. AI is the big story in
this and just think about it, even in the last year,
how AI has had such a huge impact on the nation,
the world, even our daily lives. But that also means
these incredibly powerful tools are being used to create misinformation
in seconds. Bad actors can create incredibly realistic videos, audio, pictures, text.
(23:56):
There's a tsunami of misinformation created by AI out there.
And we conducted our surveys and we asked about that.
The smart News survey found that ninety one percent of
Americans are worried about AI created misinformation impacting the November election.
That's a huge number. But get this, only ten percent
of those same people feel extremely confident in their ability
(24:19):
to identify AI created misinformation. So it's like a germ
that we can't see. We know it's floating around out there,
but we can't tell fact from fiction, and we're really worried.
Speaker 7 (24:30):
Yeah, and you know, and it's always the feeling of helplessness,
which is always the biggest driver of frustration. We know
how to look things up, we know how to make
decisions on our own, but when you're not sure if
the core information you're receiving is factor fiction, it just
puts this snowball effect of cray into any decision making
and then you throw an election to it, and you know,
(24:50):
welcome to my mind, Bring on the coffee. When it
comes to separating the mess from the real stuff, here,
what do you recommend Americans? You a step one to
separate the fact from the fiction. Where do we steer them?
Speaker 9 (25:04):
Well, we have to all be our own fact checkers.
There's nobody going to do that for us anymore. And
it is a huge burden to place on us, but
we have to do it because so much is at
stake if we don't do it. So the little trick
I used for my own self is to remember the facts,
the facts, and let me tell you what that stands for.
F stands for fake experts. Who's the person that's peddling
(25:27):
you this that you're seeing online? You know, just because
they have thousands of followers does not make them an expert.
And you have to ask yourself what's in it for them?
What are they selling? The A stands for anger. Is
this getting your blood boiling by design? Whatever you just
saw or read or heard, that's a problem. The C
stands for a conspiracy. If this plays into a conspiracy theory,
(25:49):
that's a really big red flag. And the T stands
for trust. You've got to make sure that you're getting
your information from trusted sources, not just whoever pops up
and your social media feed.
Speaker 7 (26:02):
It's true. And once you find you know, say, and
it's going to be a trial and error. You're going
to try a certain series of information sources and hey,
that one turned out not to work. This one did.
So it's going to be a matter of you know,
finding your information source, testing it out, and hey, they
hit a home run. They were right on everything. Everything
they said was accurate, everything they said was workable information,
(26:24):
and you're going to work from there and use them
again for your next decision making. I mean, it's something,
it's not rocket science.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Here.
Speaker 7 (26:30):
Where are you finding you know, average Americans finding their best,
most helpful maybe you know, spot on info. These days,
I realized I can't narrow down to one particular site,
But is there somewhere that you're finding people come back
and say, hey, you know what found exactly where I
needed at fill in the blank.
Speaker 9 (26:49):
Well, And that's part of this challenge with us being
our own fact checkers these days, we all have to
sort of be our own search engines these days as
well for finding good information. But you're absolutely right, Kristin.
Once we find something that we verify is right, keep
going back there. Why reinvent the wheel?
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Now?
Speaker 9 (27:05):
I'm biased to really high quality news sources that have
been around for a while, high quality radio programs, network news,
cable news, newspaper websites. They may be a bit stodgy,
but they have actual journalists actually doing reporting. They have
high standards they're not just in it exclusively for the
(27:25):
clicks or the listens, and so that's I think that's
really important. But that doesn't mean you have to live
under a a media rock, so to speak. It's okay
to go on social media, it's okay to try other things.
But when you run across content that you're not sure
about and your antenna is up, you have to fact
check it. And one of the places I like to
go to check and see if what I've just seen
(27:47):
or read or heard is accurate is PolitiFact. I also
go to the Associated Press fact Check. These are two
rock solid organizations that will look into big rumors and
will tell you if they're real or not. But you
have to do that, you know, just seeing other people
agreeing with something doesn't make it true. You've got to
go to actual experts who are paid to provide the truth.
(28:10):
So that's why I go to PolitiFact in the AP
fact check, that's excellent.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
We'll put links on our social media and stuff as well.
I knew the time would fly. So we've got a
lot of people out there listening to you. They're loving
what you have to say. You know, give us just
a couple of words of encouragement. I mean, it's an
American's duty to get yourself educated on this stuff. And
just like one hundred years ago, you'd say that any
newspaper company that buys it, you know, ink by the barrel,
you know they're going to have a bit of control
(28:35):
over the news too. And just like now, just like then,
it's a matter of doing your own digging. But this
is so reassuring. Give our listeners Coast to Coast your
recommended website for where we send them for their first
steps and getting more educated at these upcoming elections.
Speaker 9 (28:49):
Looan Well, you can go to smartnews dot com or
go to your app store to download the smart News app.
We are a free app. We have hundreds of high
quality publishers and news outlets from across the country, across
the political spectrum, all in one place. It's a great
place that has trusted information, excellent.
Speaker 7 (29:07):
Smart News is where it's at. And I knew the
time was fly. Jason Alderman, you got an open mic anytime.
Thanks so much for all that you're doing to cut
through the noise and we'll be on the book side
of these elections. Come on back when you can.
Speaker 9 (29:17):
Thanks for having me Kristin.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
You bet we'll be right back Gang, right after this.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
And we are back with the Kristin to Gophian Show.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
It's been an awesome show today, Gang, And I know
we're focusing on a whole bunch of different things right now,
but I want to circle back to Thanksgiving. We talked
before the break about all the various ways you can
save some time and some stress and some serious cash.
That's what I'm talking about. You guys are working harder
than ever. You were throwing yourself, you know, full force
into this economy. You're working all these hours, and I'm
(30:04):
with you, but you need a little time to decompress.
Thanksgiving is not about freaking out. It's not about stressing out.
It's about hanging out with your family. And let's face it,
when you're hanging out with the people that you love,
you could have a pizza sitting there at the dining
room table and you'd still talk just as long, you'd.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Still have just as good a time.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
I want this Thanksgiving to be special for you, for
the people around the table, for the laughter to you know,
when you're laughing with the cousins you haven't seen for
a while, or you're there with your folks, if you're
you know, blessed to have a lot of family nearby.
And you walk away from the table and your face
is hurting by the time you're done because you were
laughing so hard. Those are the Thanksgivings to remember. And
it's got nothing to do with the food. It's got
(30:43):
nothing to do with the china. It's got nothing to
do with all the bells and whistles everybody's telling you
so important. It's all about the priceless, priceless idea of
having family and friends close by. That's why the original
you know, Pilgrims did it all those hundreds of years ago.
God bless them in their sacrifice. Honor them and show
them that you remember their sacrifices.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
By just knowing the.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
Reason for the season, it's pure thanks. List all the
things you're thankful for. Dig into that sweet potato pie,
have some fun with it, guys. I'm very proud of
all of you, the stories I'm hearing from everybody. You
guys all know the reason for the season. Remember to just,
you know, put it front and center when you're prepping
all this stuff on Thanksgiving Day. Now here's something I
wanted to make sure we covered in this show because
(31:27):
it's something that is hot on the heels of Thanksgiving.
And finally, I'm just I'm rubbing that little vein in
the middle of my forehead here Black Friday. Holy God,
if I tell you what, if it was a drinking
game the Black Friday ads that I'm already seeing. You know,
we're barely out of Halloween, were you'll hog deep into
Christmas at this point. For all the stuff I'm seeing
(31:47):
out there Black Friday, oh my dear God, I mean,
honest to God, braver people than me are planning on
being out there on Black Friday. So I wanted to
put some you know, to put some feelers out there
and see what you guys are planning on doing. And
I need some advice here when we're talking about Black Friday. Yes,
(32:08):
I'm the first to admit there are some good deals
going out there, but I want you to remember something, Okay,
Number one times are always constantly changing, and Black Friday's
not the only place to get some great deals. If
you are brave enough to go out on Black Friday,
be safe, do it smart. Every year you see those
videos the day afterwards. If people just acting like nutballs,
(32:30):
and security cameras are everywhere. Please, if you go out
on Black Friday, be aware that security cameras have got
you covered completely. Three sixty going on here, so you know,
treat your fellow people with respect, be safe. But I
want you to think of a couple other things with
regards to Black Friday. You know, and this is as
we're just putting the finishing touches on, trying to get
a Thanksgiving table on the dinner. Okay, there are others
(32:50):
more organized than myself, and you're already doing I'm hearing
like deep knee bends in anticipation of Black Friday. So
if you're one of those brave souls anticipating some Black
Friday hand to hand combat with the other shoppers while
you're still digesting a pound of turkey and sweet potatoes
and croissants and a monster helping of desserts off the
dessert train, you're not alone. There's a lot of people
(33:11):
out there doing them. So here are some holiday shopping
tips that will have your gift list wrapped up on
Black Friday without being one of the I don't know,
one of the casualties of war in Black Friday mode. Okay,
Rule number one. Remember that it's called Black Friday and
not Black Thursday. Don't get me wrong, I respect, I
(33:31):
utterly respect a retailers need to exercise all options to
stay afloat. Okay, when a hard working retailer jumps into
the shiny boat of Black Thursday opening their doors on
Thanksgiving Day with spectacular sales, they're simply trying to get
an edge over their competition and keep their staff employed.
There is nothing wrong with that. I raise my hat
to it. If you find it completely necessary, maybe due
(33:54):
to work schedules, whatever, by all means, join them with abandon.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
But keep in mind that no human being.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Ever left this earth feeling like they should have spent
less time around the thanksgivting table with loved ones and
more time gift shopping. Okay, just putting that out there.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
Rule number two.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
When it comes to jumping into this holiday shopping, remember
your best shopping buddy, your laptop. Okay, gang the days
of fighting over parking spaces only to wrestle into an
overcrowded mall so you can argue over the last overpriced
bell encrusted reindeer sweater.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
You know what I'm talking about. They're over instead, I'm
starting to dig this. You guys. I love going out
and meeting with people as much as anybody.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
You know.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
I love getting a little fresh air. But I'm telling
you what another option plan be. Grab a cup of coffee,
put on some Christmas music, and do your shopping online
in a fraction of the time.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
For kids gifts.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Remember also not just online shopping, but Craigslist for kids.
Oh my god, I'm gonna do a ton of craigsl
listing again. Gorgeous toys, clothes, bikes, books, you name it.
It's all waiting for you and usually about ninety percent
off retail.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
For adults, give a look to Craigslist as well.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
The stuff I have bought on Craigslist for adults antique china,
a beautiful crystal cashmere sweaters, jewelry, antique books. It's all
out there on Craigslist and I highly recommended. Your local
Goodwill also a gold mine of gift goodies. They are
really taking it to the next step. I am loving
my local Goodwill, and you know I've always loved it,
(35:25):
but it is absolutely gorgeous. Also when it comes to electronics.
When it comes to electronics, this seems to be one
of the biggest shopping things on the list this year.
Electronics for the people you love. If you are buying
for anyone over the age or I beg your pardon
if you're buying for anyone under the age of eighteen,
all right, please remember that last year's you know must
(35:45):
have overpriced gizmo is now available on eBay or Craigslist
for easily fifty percent off, and it's one of the
lightest gifts on Earth, meaning low shipping costs. Here's a
side note. If there's anyone who's ready to go hog
wild insane with stress this holiday season, I'm already seeing
it on the street. It's your local delivery guys. Holy god,
(36:06):
I don't know how they're going to handle the shipping
that they are anticipating having to handle. Be nice to them,
you know, let them buy. When you're driving through town,
you see these you know, shipping trucks, whatever. Give them
a break, let them in, let them make the left
hand turns in front of you, all right, Maybe give
them a little shout out, little you know, jaunty salute
as you're you know, in a convenience store buying coffee
or whatever it is. But give them a local break,
(36:27):
you know, give your local drivers a serious break. Let
them go by, let them drive by, let them get
home to their families safe because they're working like crazy people.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Here's the big thing. I gotta get this in.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Remember how you felt last January when the credit card
bills started rolling in. Okay, you might fall into the
group that opened their January credit card bills with these
shaky hands. You're looking at it, oh my god. Or
you could be part of the group that opens your
bills without a care in the world. You're looking at
the amount do You're cackling with glee because it's so
low to woo. You're stirring the pot dance going from
(36:57):
the mailbox back to the house. You work hard, folks.
I want you to fall into that second category. I
want this to be a beautiful, amazing holiday season coming
up without breaking the bank. So this year, make sure
your Thanksgiving and your Black Friday means that your books
are in the black by the end of the day
as well. Guys, the time has flown and I need
your opinions on this stuff too. You guys are amazing.
(37:19):
You are shopping ninjas and you know it. I want
all of your good advice, all the things that have worked,
the things that haven't worked. Let's make a show out
of it. Find me at brilliantfrugalliving dot com and until
next week save those pennies.
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Pay with cash, and you all stay frugal out there, cheap,
small
Speaker 5 (37:40):
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As Director of The Men’s Clinic at UCLA, Dr. Jesse Mills has spent his career helping men understand their bodies, their hormones, and their health. Now he’s bringing that expertise to The Male Room — a podcast where data-driven medicine meets common sense. Each episode separates fact from hype, science from snake oil, and gives men the tools to live longer, stronger, and happier lives. With candor, humor, and real-world experience from the exam room and the operating room, Dr. Mills breaks down the latest health headlines, dissects trends, and explains what actually works — and what doesn’t. Smart, straightforward, and entertaining, The Male Room is the show that helps men take charge of their health without the jargon.