Full Transcript for Community Connection - October 29, 2026, Tina Cosby with Open Lines Danny Bridges and Christopher Green

recorders danny bridges is going to join us with more on that he wrote a column for this week's recorder now out it's out thursday today and i read it and it's good it's it's really good um he will be discussing that as well as uh bringing us up to date on what a lot of people are talking about and It's always good to hear from him the feedback he gets from his columns. 00:03:19 Speaker 9: Oh, absolutely. 00:03:19 Speaker 2: Yeah, because Danny says he gets everything from love to hate to everything else in between. 00:03:24 Speaker 3: So he said that he has said that many times. He won't have to talk about the fever. That's one thing, I guess. He'll be happy. 00:03:30 Speaker 10: No, no. 00:03:31 Speaker 2: But, you know, today, no discussion of the fever, but women's basketball. That very odd thing is taking place today. I mean, there could be a WNBA champion crowned today. 00:03:42 Speaker 3: That's true. 00:03:42 Speaker 11: Could be. 00:03:43 Speaker 2: Yeah, within the next hour or two. I think the game started at like 1230 and it was a. Somebody didn't look at their calendar and misplanned and didn't have everything scheduled because a huge conflict was developing between. uh, the, uh, Atlanta dream, uh, their game going into the, they're in the WNBA finals and the Atlanta Hawks will have a game tonight. And so they were both booked for tonight and. 00:04:11 Speaker 3: It's like, yeah, it's like, what, uh, what do we do now? 00:04:14 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:04:15 Speaker 2: So I'd be curious to hear what Danny has to say about that one. So anyway, Danny's coming up in our second hour. Also in our second hour, we often talk about making sure our, um, Our young people know and appreciate their black history. You're about to meet a man who's doing just that. Again, that's coming up in our second hour. Comment on the YouTube page. Let's see. Oh, Matthew Knowles, Richard Roundtree. 00:04:42 Speaker 3: Richard Roundtree. 00:04:44 Speaker 2: Matthew Knowles, Beyonce's dad, had breast cancer. 00:04:46 Speaker 3: That's right. Thank you. Thank you. I thought it might have been Richard. I wasn't sure. I had to think about that. 00:04:51 Speaker 2: Thank you. 00:04:51 Speaker 3: He was the first one I remember that I could recall who reported breast cancer. 00:04:55 Speaker 2: I never knew about Richard Round. 00:04:56 Speaker 3: You didn't know? 00:04:57 Speaker 6: No. 00:04:57 Speaker 3: It's been a number of years ago, but I remember that. Matthew Knowles. 00:05:01 Speaker 2: Matthew Knowles, the most recent male celebrity that we know of. 00:05:05 Speaker 3: That's true. 00:05:06 Speaker 5: So, yeah. 00:05:06 Speaker 2: Thank you. Our chat line comes through. 00:05:10 Speaker 12: Yeah, it does. 00:05:11 Speaker 3: And you can watch us there on YouTube, Facebook. You can see us there. Absolutely free. No cost to you. You can see what's going on here in the studio. 00:05:19 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:05:20 Speaker 2: Not much today. 00:05:21 Speaker 9: No,

not today. 00:05:22 Speaker 3: It's been busy. 00:05:22 Speaker 2: Not right now, anyway. 00:05:23 Speaker 3: It's been a busy week. 00:05:24 Speaker 2: Extremely busy. 00:05:25 Speaker 3: Really busy. 00:05:26 Speaker 2: Yeah. There were some folks in my office. Did you get to so-and-so? Did you talk to so-and-so? I'm doing as much as I can within the time that I have. I mean, it seems like it may be a lot of time, but I mean, it goes pretty quickly. 00:05:42 Speaker 3: It does. Two hours flies by. 00:05:44 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:05:44 Speaker 3: It does fly by. It always does. 00:05:47 Speaker 2: You know, Eric, we've had a Pretty nice string here of, uh, weather. 00:05:52 Speaker 3: Yeah, we have, we have, we, we need more. 00:05:55 Speaker 2: Well, is there more, is there more coming? 00:05:59 Speaker 3: Well, let's put it this way. Enjoy today and tomorrow. 78. I think this afternoon before we're done downtown, as we came on the air 74 and a whole lot of sunshine, a lot of sun out there today, uh, for tonight, there's a chance of a shower. Um, Actually, between 9 and 10 tonight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy. About 50. Tomorrow, cooler than today, 71, with clouds coming in then for Saturday. Chance of sprinkles, about 67. Then on Sunday, the first, a chance of showers. 40% chance, so not a monumental chance on Sunday. High around 69 on Sunday. So the clouds come in for the most part tomorrow night. 00:06:44 Speaker 2: And for the trick-or-treating forecast? 00:06:46 Speaker 3: On Saturday, Saturday night, 53, some sprinkles for Halloween night. 00:06:52 Speaker 2: But not a washout or totally frigid? 00:06:55 Speaker 3: No, no, no, not frigid, no. Low would be around 53. That would be later into the evening on Saturday. 00:07:03 Speaker 2: But the hours, fundamentally, I mean, for Marion County, I believe it's 6 to 8. 00:07:07 Speaker 8: Yeah, 6 to 8. 00:07:07 Speaker 2: And the surrounding counties and different areas and different municipalities. But you can just pretty much figure on that particular time frame, a little here, a little there. But for the most part, I would say between 5 and 8.30 totally in total. 00:07:22 Speaker 3: That's true. 00:07:23 Speaker 2: Is when the kiddos will be out. And please, please, please know that these youngsters are out just having fun. Drive carefully through the neighborhoods. 00:07:32 Speaker 12: Please do. 00:07:32 Speaker 2: Please. You know, there's just no reason to speed through some of these subdivisions up and down streets, especially when the little ones are out. Take your time. Take your time. And it's a Saturday night. It is. So there could be a little extra there. 00:07:49 Speaker 3: In addition to that, coming up on Saturday night, praise is going to be at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Expo Hall. 00:07:55 Speaker 12: Yes. 00:07:55 Speaker 3: For the annual Safe Halloween. 00:07:57 Speaker 4: Yes. 00:07:58 Speaker 3: That's from 5 to 7 this Saturday. Food vendors will be there trick-or-treating.

Fun for everybody. Bring the family. Bring the neighborhood. Go to praiseindy.com. You can find out a whole bunch more on that. 00:08:09 Speaker 2: So many options for Halloween and so many options for Safe Halloween. And we are incredibly proud to be able to offer every year our Safe Halloween drive-thru out at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, right? 00:08:25 Speaker 3: Yes, it's at the fairgrounds. Always fun. 00:08:28 Speaker 2: It's always a good time. 00:08:29 Speaker 3: So come out and check it out. Bring the kids. Bring the neighborhood. 00:08:32 Speaker 2: You know, our soon-to-be-departing co-president of audio, Dionne Levingston, I think tomorrow might be his last day. 00:08:39 Speaker 3: I think it is. 00:08:40 Speaker 2: But we were having a gathering for him yesterday upstairs, and he told, you know, everybody was telling stories and having a good time. And one of the stories he told was at one of these events, one of these Halloween, safe Halloween events, he had a mask that was so horrifying that the parents complained and asked him to take it off because it was scaring the kids. 00:09:04 Speaker 3: Really? 00:09:05 Speaker 12: Yes. 00:09:06 Speaker 2: And he said, I'm going to go show it to you. I mean, he came back and brought, you know, he took some pictures in that mask, but it was just really funny. And I remember Dion walking around in that thing. 00:09:16 Speaker 3: Where did you get that? 00:09:17 Speaker 2: Wow. Yes, it was all that. It was pretty scary. Some kind of a wolf dog. 00:09:24 Speaker 3: Oh, wow. 00:09:26 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:09:26 Speaker 2: And, you know, it had all the things on it. And I can see how it would scare an adult. So I can see how it would scare a child. 00:09:34 Speaker 8: Yeah. 00:09:35 Speaker 2: So he said at the event, the message got to him to please take that off because the kids are. So we can promise you that Dion will not have that on this year. But, no, it's always. I mean, we've been doing this for years. I mean, a number of years. And the kids and the parents, everybody always has a really nice time. 00:09:54 Speaker 3: Speaking of scary, I saw Sammy Terry. 00:09:58 Speaker 10: Oh! 00:09:58 Speaker 3: He was out here in the parking lot. 00:10:00 Speaker 2: Earlier today i don't know if he's harry jr. 00:10:03 Speaker 3: Yeah sammy terry jr uh-huh he was in the park looks just like his dad oh my goodness uh spitting image of course the ringer absolutely it's frightening how much he looks it is isn't and sounds exactly. 00:10:15 Speaker 2: Like his dad so he was here in our building i don't know. 00:10:17 Speaker 3: If he i'm guessing he probably was probably not not yet at least oh my goodness yeah he was he was in the parking lot talking to someone else and i said that's sammy. 00:10:29 Speaker 2: Terry was he in full he was he. 00:10:31 Speaker 3: Was in full just. 00:10:33 Speaker 2: Like his dad yeah well then he was he was doing something promotional i'm sure you know he's in high demand right. 00:10:39 Speaker 3: About He certainly is. He did something for me one time. I still have it somewhere. I don't have it with me now, but where he did his laugh and the whole thing. And it was Junior who did that. 00:10:53 Speaker 6: Junior. 00:10:53 Speaker 3: Sounded just like his dad, looks just like his dad, the same. 00:10:56 Speaker 2: I wonder how long he'd been in training for that. 00:11:01 Speaker 4: I wonder. 00:11:02 Speaker 2: For those not familiar, Sammy Terry was a fixture, a mainstay. 00:11:08 Speaker 6: Yeah. 00:11:08 Speaker 2: Here in Indianapolis on Channel 4, WTTV. And he would be on, what, every Friday night or Saturday night? 00:11:17 Speaker 3: I think it might have been Friday night. 00:11:19 Speaker 2: Friday night with Sammy Terry. 00:11:21 Speaker 3: And most other cities had someone like him. I think I remember visiting family a number of times in the South as a kid. And it was, what was her name? Star Tisha was the Sammy Terry of that area. Was Alabama somewhere? Birmingham or something like that. And she was pretty scary at the time as a kid. 00:11:42 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you have your others that are. 00:11:45 Speaker 3: Oh, there are others that are all across the country. 00:11:47 Speaker 2: Yeah, but Sammy had quite the audience. 00:11:50 Speaker 3: He did. 00:11:51 Speaker 2: Once a week. Was it Friday nights? 00:11:53 Speaker 3: I think it was Friday nights on Channel 4. Channel 4, yeah. 00:11:58 Speaker 2: And the only reason I know about it, and I didn't grow up here in Indianapolis, was because we had the cable. 00:12:04 Speaker 3: Oh, yeah. Cable. 00:12:05 Speaker 2: We can get Channel 4, you know, all parts of most parts of Indiana via the cable. 00:12:11 Speaker 3: He was a big hit. 00:12:12 Speaker 2: He really was. So there it was. But I'm sorry I missed him. I have seen him in purpose in person. And I tell you, I had to jump back because I had to jump back because I said, wait a minute, you're not supposed to be here. 00:12:26 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like my father told us you keep acting up because he knew him personally. 00:12:30 Speaker 2: Oh, he did? 00:12:31 Speaker 3: And he said, I'm going to have to call Sammy. Okay, Dad, we're good. 00:12:34 Speaker 12: We're good. 00:12:34 Speaker 3: We're all right, Dad. 00:12:35 Speaker 12: No problem. 00:12:36 Speaker 5: We're good. 00:12:36 Speaker 3: We're going to act right, Dad. We're going to be good. 00:12:38 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, anyway, we can take calls for whatever is on your mind. We'll open the lines for the first hour or so. Uh, 3 1 7 4 8 0 13 10 3 1 7 4 8. 00:12:53 Speaker 3: 0 13 10. 00:12:54 Speaker 2: Uh, did want to give you an update. Uh, it was sent to me first, uh, by our contributing psychologist, Dr. Denise Hayes. Uh, and, she sent me a text at Tina. Have you seen this? Not yet. Hadn't had a chance to, uh, to look at it, but, um, I went to, uh, Congressman Carson's, uh, Facebook and Instagram pages and lo and

behold, it was right there. But, The news is, and it says new, the news is the Marion County Clerk's Office has confirmed to Congressman Carson's office that 12. So we now know the number. Remember, we were told by Kate Sweeney Bell that there was going to be a meeting late Wednesday, sometime Wednesday afternoon. 00:13:35 Speaker 4: Yes. 00:13:36 Speaker 2: And that they would notify all, you know, all parties. And clearly Representative Andre Carson's office has been notified that. Because he is reporting that the Marion County Clerk's Office has confirmed 12 federal election monitors will be in Marion County on election day. Now, here's what you need to know. These individuals are permitted to stand outside polling locations, not inside. I want to repeat that. These individuals are permitted to stand outside polling locations, not inside. They are not permitted to hassle voters and you are not obligated to speak with them. 00:14:17 Speaker 3: Oh, that's good. 00:14:19 Speaker 2: You have no obligation whatsoever to speak with a, an outside placed, uh, federal, uh, monitor from the department of justice, no obligation whatsoever. And again, This is from, we have, you know, I checked two or three different places. This is from Andre Carson's office, and he says that the clerk's office has notified him and confirmed. And so if you see anyone, you know, his post goes on to read, if you see anyone interfering with the election process during early voting or on election day, you can call 317-327-VOTE, 317-327-VOTE. You can also call 866-OUR-VOTE, 866-OUR-VOTE. That is the Voter Integrity Hotline. This is obviously the Marion County Clerk's Office, 317-327-VOTE. They're one of their lines that they are making available to the public to report any improprieties whatsoever, any, any, any. So, Let's see. Mr. Terry used to live on Washington Boulevard every weekend. I would see that coffin. Oh, my goodness, in the front yard. He was a character. I would suspect he was a character. 00:15:41 Speaker 3: Oh, I would suspect, too. Yeah, I remember. 00:15:43 Speaker 2: He put a coffin in his front yard? 00:15:45 Speaker 3: Yeah, I remember walking by that house. I lived not far from that area. 00:15:48 Speaker 2: Okay. 00:15:49 Speaker 3: At one time, elementary school. Walking by and seeing the same thing. I didn't know that was his house at the time. Pretty scary. So I crossed to the other side of the street. 00:15:57 Speaker 10: Oh, okay. 00:15:59 Speaker 3: Yeah, when I saw that. Yeah, he had the coffin. 00:16:03 Speaker 2: Oh, now that's it. Thank you very much. The chat line. The chat. 00:16:10 Speaker 3: I remember seeing it. 00:16:11 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know how I feel about that. 00:16:15 Speaker 3: I think if I remember, he would get out of a coffin. 00:16:18 Speaker 2: Yes, that's how he started the show. 00:16:20 Speaker 3: Getting out of the coffin. 00:16:22 Speaker 2: He'd rise up. 00:16:23 Speaker 3: Yeah, he'd rise up, yeah. That was enough for me to go, I'm terrified. 00:16:27 Speaker 2: But at your house? 00:16:29 Speaker 3: Yeah, he had one. He had one at his house. He sure did. 00:16:34 Speaker 2: That's okay. 00:16:35 Speaker 3: I remember that. Passing that in elementary school. 00:16:37 Speaker 2: What did your dad think? You say your dad knew him? 00:16:39 Speaker 3: Oh, he knew him really well. 00:16:41 Speaker 2: Any thoughts there about him having a coffin. 00:16:43 Speaker 13: In his front yard? 00:16:44 Speaker 3: He never said anything about the coffin. He always said he was a really nice man. He had known him for many years. And I think he was, was he a music teacher? Something like that. He had a music store, I think. But dad knew him really well. And he always said, he would ask about us kids. So how are the kids? Tell them we're fine. 00:17:06 Speaker 4: We're good. 00:17:06 Speaker 3: We're okay. 00:17:09 Speaker 2: Another chat message. Love the picture of Amos Brown on the wall. You know, we're on Amos Brown Way, right? And obviously the Amos Brown Studios. And this, someone, no one commissioned it. I think someone painted it and gifted it to the station. And so our good guy, Kenny kicks, I was looking for an appropriate place for the picture. 00:17:34 Speaker 3: It's like a, there it is. You can see it on camera. You're watching us on the stream, Facebook or YouTube. 00:17:39 Speaker 2: Looks like him to me. 00:17:40 Speaker 3: Yeah, it does. It certainly does. 00:17:42 Speaker 2: Indeed. So thank you for the compliment. Kenny, the, someone on the chat line likes it. 00:17:48 Speaker 12: They like it. 00:17:49 Speaker 2: So there we go. 3 1 7 4 8 0 13 10 3 1 7 4 8 0 13 10. Rick, you have a comment or a question? 00:17:59 Speaker 6: Yes, greetings to you both, Tina. 00:18:00 Speaker 1: Hello, hello. 00:18:01 Speaker 2: How are you? 00:18:03 Speaker 6: Pretty good. Yeah, Cemetery's music store was at 46th and Shalen for years. 00:18:09 Speaker 3: Music store, that's it. 00:18:11 Speaker 2: He had a music store. Now, was it. 00:18:14 Speaker 6: He was there. He was there, of course, out of makeup, but he was there selling and managing the store. 00:18:18 Speaker 2: So this was mainstream stuff. I mean, he wasn't doing anything like. 00:18:23 Speaker 6: No. 00:18:23 Speaker 4: Selling. 00:18:24 Speaker 6: Yeah, and all of a sudden, probably, you know, You know, flutes and saxophones. 00:18:29 Speaker 10: Oh, okay. 00:18:30 Speaker 2: Okay. Cool. 00:18:34 Speaker 6: It was pretty close to where I live. 00:18:36 Speaker 2: Did you ever meet him? 00:18:38 Speaker 6: No, didn't want to. 00:18:41 Speaker 3: Neither did I, Rick. 00:18:43 Speaker 5: Neither did I. 00:18:43 Speaker 3: We didn't want to. 00:18:44 Speaker 11: No, I was a kid. 00:18:45 Speaker 6: I had no interest in going in there or meeting him in person. 00:18:48 Speaker 2: You know, it's a funny thing about kids. They don't want to be anywhere around, but then they can't stop looking. 00:18:55

Speaker 3: That's true. 00:18:56 Speaker 2: You know, you keep looking because we used to have sleepover slumber parties. And, you know, we would try to see who could stay up the longest and who could watch Sammy Terry the longest without getting scared. But we kept looking at it. What would we turn it on for anyway? 00:19:12 Speaker 3: To scare them to watch it. 00:19:14 Speaker 2: Yeah, too scared to watch it, but we had it on the whole time. So there was that. 00:19:18 Speaker 6: Well, I hope you guys and all the other adults listening do something fun this Saturday night, because it's rare that we get a Saturday night, a Halloween. And they were saying like the Snicker company or whatever other candy bars they make, they were talking about like, I forgot how many percentage, but the sales of candy just goes crazy. And, you know, imagine if you two were bar or something like that, this would be a big night, you know, Saturday, as a matter of fact, it's going to be 2037 before, we have another Halloween on Saturday. I'll be pretty old by then, so I probably won't be partying. 00:19:57 Speaker 2: Yeah, I, you know, just call me weird or whatever. I'd prefer that it be through the week. 00:20:04 Speaker 6: Well, see, we had a problem. I'm sure you ran into this, Tina. I'm sure you ran into this. When the kids, By the time the kids get home from school and you get home, you know, you want to put some real food in them before they start eating candy. Well, the trick-or-treating usually starts at about 6. That's true. So it's kind of a jammed-up day, you know, and try to get them out and get them back and get them to bed. School the next morning, you know, I think a Friday or Saturday would always be better. They could push the hours back on it. If it was Friday, they could push it back an hour. 00:20:32 Speaker 2: Now, I do think that expanded hours, if it is through the week, expanded hours would be very helpful to– to working families with young kids too, you know, because you, like you say, well, yeah, I guess there's that. 00:20:44 Speaker 6: Okay. 00:20:45 Speaker 2: I'll entertain that. That I can see that. 00:20:47 Speaker 6: Well, and how about this? What do you guys think of this? We just make Halloween the last Saturday of every October, every year. 00:20:57 Speaker 2: Who does that? No, I mean, no, literally who would be in, how, how would that be? I guess it would have to be determined by your municipality. 00:21:06 Speaker 7: Okay. 00:21:07 Speaker 3: Right. 00:21:08 Speaker 6: It would be great nationally. You know, it's kind of like when the 4th of July is on a Wednesday. It's so awkward, you know, because everybody can't take the rest of the week off. So you don't want to travel because you may get Thursday off, but you're probably going to have to be back to work by Friday. So I always thought the 4th of July should be the, just call it Independence Day, make it the first Monday of every July. 00:21:31 Speaker 7: Hmm. 00:21:33 Speaker 2: Yeah, that way it wouldn't necessarily fall on the actual day. It would just fall in the vicinity of the actual day, just like Halloween. 00:21:42 Speaker 4: Would not fall on the 31st. 00:21:44 Speaker 6: Yeah, we just focus on the word Independence Day instead of necessarily calling it the 4th of July. We'll just say, you know, which most people or many people say Independence Day anyway. But, you know, just kind of eventually forget that it used to be on the 4th, you know. 00:22:00 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. 00:22:02 Speaker 6: And then one more. One more, and I hope you guys are brought up on this. Why don't we move the Super Bowl to Super Bowl Saturday night? And we can have it as late as possible because, you know, on the West Coast, if it starts at 8 here, it's still 5 o'clock in L.A. They're still in rush hour traffic. So we could make it a 10 o'clock p.m. start, and us East Coasters wouldn't be upset. And, you know, because you know Super Bowl Monday is the most called-in day. 00:22:28 Speaker 2: Most called-in day. 00:22:29 Speaker 6: Yeah. So I guess the churches would suffer on Sundays. But I didn't think about it that way. 00:22:37 Speaker 2: I think those who are in charge of ratings books would... The interesting thing is, and I haven't looked at a book in I don't know how long, but to the best of my knowledge, it probably is still the case, that plus tradition, Sunday evening is the most watched Sunday. night of the week as far as television is concerned. It's the most watched. That's why 60 Minutes has skyrocketed, always had the great ratings. A lot of networks will debut shows on Sunday. You just have the most eyeballs on your product on a Sunday night, and you're taking a chance if you move it from that to a Saturday night where people might have other things to do, whatever, Sunday, people are at home. I mean, yeah, Sunday night, folks are at home getting ready to go. You know, it's just a traditionally higher-viewed evening. 00:23:42 Speaker 6: And I hear so many people say, oh, I went to bed when the fourth quarter started because it was too late, or I made my kids go to bed and watch it. 00:23:51 Speaker 7: Mm-hmm. 00:23:52 Speaker 6: Because they had to go to school the next morning. So I was just thinking that will result. 00:23:57 Speaker 2: That doesn't have anything to do with the day that they pick. That has to do with how they have produced and packed so much stuff into the evening. Because some of that stuff is, you know, because you've got to factor in the pre-show, the open, the halftime show, extended halftime show, the post-show, then the game itself. And, you know, so there's so much around. Now, I would not be opposed to starting it earlier. Starting the game. 00:24:23 Speaker 6: You've got to think of the West Coast, though. 00:24:26 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. 00:24:27 Speaker 6: It's 5 o'clock. Yeah, 8 o'clock for us is 5 o'clock. I mean, can you imagine that? You're still in rush hour

traffic, which I guess there's no rush hour traffic on a Saturday. But if you want to go around Chicago at 5 o'clock on a Saturday, you're still in a sea traffic. 00:24:42 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:24:43 Speaker 2: I think they're going to be stuck with that for a while until they can come up with a better solution. So your solution is what then, Rick? 00:24:50 Speaker 4: Um. 00:24:50 Speaker 6: Move it to Super Bowl Saturday instead of Super Bowl Sunday. You can push it back as late as you want in the prime time. The people on the West Coast would love an 8 o'clock or even a 7 o'clock star would be good for them, which would be 10 o'clock for us. Nobody has to go to work. I mean, some people have to work Sundays, but, you know, the majority of Americans won't have to work Saturday morning. So I just think it will be bigger. Everybody will throw bigger parties and, you know, things like that. 00:25:16 Speaker 2: It just has to be a money thing behind it some way, and someone smarter than I would know. But if I'm guessing, I'm guessing that as far as the dollars and cents, you can maximize it better on a Sunday than you can on a Saturday. 00:25:30 Speaker 6: And they say when in doubt, always follow the money trail. 00:25:32 Speaker 2: When in doubt, follow the money trail. And so that would be my guess with the Super Bowl. But thanks. That's a good idea. Oh, go ahead. 00:25:40 Speaker 6: One other quick thing. Keep in mind that we do have two weeks between the game, between the championship game and the Super Bowl. So it's kind of like 14 boring days. We're going to talk to Brett Favre, second grade school teacher and, you know, things like that. But at least that would shorten it one day. That's true. 00:25:59 Speaker 2: That would shorten things by one day. 00:26:02 Speaker 6: Yeah. And if a player gets hurt in a championship game, he still has 13 days to heal. So it's still a pretty good chance, you know, he can get out. 00:26:10 Speaker 2: Good point. Yeah, you know what I do? I do think at some point in time, some changes are going to be made somewhere along the lines. Where, how, what day and what have you, I don't know. But yeah, at some point in time, I'm sure that the formula is going to have to change a little bit somewhere. Good idea, though. Good idea. Thank you, Rick. Appreciate it. 00:26:29 Speaker 6: Thank you, guys. 00:26:30 Speaker 2: Thank you. And we're going to take a quick break here and be right back with more Community Connection right after this. 00:26:45 Speaker 1: Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby from the Praise Indie IndieGo Studios on Praise AM 1310, 95.1 FM. 00:26:58 Speaker 2: And we are back with Community Connection. Eric, you have a special announcement you need to get to like yesterday. 00:27:03 Speaker 8: Oh, yes. 00:27:03 Speaker 3: I want to get this. I was hoping to get to it earlier, and I didn't get a chance to. So I would like to take this moment to wish the most beautiful, wonderful, special, lovely... woman in my life, my best friend. Happy birthday. It's her birthday today. 00:27:19 Speaker 2: Happy birthday, Mrs. G. 00:27:21 Speaker 7: Mrs. 00:27:21 Speaker 3: Garns. 00:27:22 Speaker 2: Yes, happy birthday indeed. Give her a round of applause. 00:27:26 Speaker 3: Let me do that. Let me get that in there. Let me stop this and give the applause. There we go. 00:27:29 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, yes. 00:27:32 Speaker 3: It's her birthday today. She's every bit of 35. 00:27:35 Speaker 2: I was going to say, you going to go there? 00:27:38 Speaker 3: No, I'm not going to say the real thing. 00:27:41 Speaker 12: Okay. 00:27:42 Speaker 3: She's a wonderful woman. Wonderful, wonderful wife. 00:27:45 Speaker 2: I've got to tell you. Did you all get married around either one of your birthdays? 00:27:49 Speaker 3: Actually, no. 00:27:50 Speaker 2: Well, actually, yeah. 00:27:52 Speaker 3: You might say a month before her birthday. Almost about a month and a couple of weeks before her birthday. 00:27:59 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, happy, happy, happy birthday. Are you going to do anything special? 00:28:02 Speaker 3: We're going to try. We're working in there because her mom's birthday, we're going to celebrate that on Sunday. So her birthday is actually the 6th of next month. But we're going to celebrate Sunday. So people can come out and enjoy the fun. So my mother-in-law, wonderful mother-in-law, the best in the world as well. Seriously. 00:28:21 Speaker 7: Yeah. 00:28:22 Speaker 3: Just like my wife. 00:28:23 Speaker 2: You didn't issue an invitation for people. You said, so are you saying so your people can come back? You're not saying, you said so people can come out. 00:28:31 Speaker 6: It's like, well, Eric. 00:28:32 Speaker 3: Well, this will be, they're already, they've been invited. 00:28:35 Speaker 2: Everybody's been invited. 00:28:36 Speaker 3: They know who they are. There's a, there's a lot of people we could invite. that know her and that are connected. My wife, same thing. A lot of people get invited. So we'll see how it turns out. It's going to be great. 00:28:51 Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad you're going to do something really, really special and really nice. 00:28:55 Speaker 3: Yeah, I always try to. I always try to work it in there somewhere. If it's not the day of, it'll be a couple of days after, something like that, to celebrate her. She's a wonderful, wonderful wife. She really is. 00:29:06 Speaker 5: Well, good, good. 00:29:07 Speaker 2: Well, that's great. And I am so excited. That is so nice. So hopefully she'll have a wonderful one. You know you can celebrate all month. 00:29:14 Speaker 3: Well, there's not much month left. Well, not much month left, but she can celebrate until the end of the month, a couple days. Why not? She deserves it. 00:29:21 Speaker 2: Indeed. 00:29:22 Speaker 4: Indeed. 00:29:23 Speaker 2: Absolutely. Well, happy birthday. Just a couple of people have stopped in and

shared this, and I also got it. And I've been meaning to get to it tonight. The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance is having an evening breakfast meeting, typically they have regular morning breakfast meetings. And tonight is the appeal from President Lionel Rush to get out the vote. It's tonight, 2026. It's from 6 p.m. at the Jewel Event Center, 3333 North Illinois. There is a call out for any candidate running for office to come out and talk to voters. 00:30:08 Speaker 3: That's good. 00:30:08 Speaker 2: Yeah. Evening breakfast and appeal from President Rush to get out the vote. And let me see what else he has here. 00:30:15 Speaker 6: But. 00:30:20 Speaker 2: Let me see what else he has here. But yeah, the thing of the breakfast meetings, they're usually on one Tuesday a month, I do believe. And they are always in the mornings. And here we go. Our vote is our voice, and that voice is sacred. The Evening Breakfast and Candidates Forum from 6 until 8 at the Jewel Event Center, 3333 North Illinois. And, you know, just, yeah, of Indianapolis, they're asking folks to come out. They're wanting people to come on, come on and open up so I can read the rest of it. They're just wanting people that are running for office, people that have questions about the elections, what have you. I mean, it looks like a wide open forum. and it's an evening breakfast. You know how when you were younger you used to get really excited about having breakfast for dinner? 00:31:19 Speaker 12: Oh, yeah. 00:31:20 Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely. 00:31:21 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think they're just reversing this a little bit. You know, there we go. Did I get it out? The Jewel Events Center. And, again, Dr. Rush, Elder Lionel Rush, is in charge of this. 12 days of doing the right thing. Let's see what else he has. He's got election day here. But for the most part, it's the alliance, the IMA, is asking the public to make sure that your voice is heard. And they will be hosting tonight an evening breakfast in candidates' forum. And it's going to be at the Jewel Event Center. And, you know, we all need to get the vote out. And there we go. So this is just another effort to get the vote out, another spoke in the wheel, so to speak. So certainly Dr. Rush, Elder Rush, is a very important spoke here. I'm trying to see if he has anybody already lined up. I don't see it. It says our voice. Anyway, come on out if you can tonight. 6 to 8, the Jewel Event Center Candidates Forum in Evening Breakfast, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, led by Elder Lionel Rush. And that's going to be tonight from 6 to 8. And they're going to be talking about getting the vote out. And any candidates that are running for office are invited to attend and ask questions and answer questions, rather, and meet the public who will ask questions. 00:33:02 Speaker 3: Sounds so good. 00:33:03 Speaker 2: Sounds very good. Sounds very good. So we also told you about the the guidance from Representative Andre Carson's office. It's on his Instagram and Facebook pages. So if you want to look that up, you can. Very, very simple. We're not going to camp out too much around these election monitors because it sounds like it's much ado about not a whole lot of anything. I mean, they just are. 00:33:30 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:33:31 Speaker 2: They can stand around if they want to, but there's very little they can do. So, you know, if you know something and you see something, please be sure to report it. 00:33:38 Speaker 3: Please do. 00:33:39 Speaker 2: Also, Eric, this came about, this was a story on Wish TV. Came about a little late, but apparently not too late. I mean, Election Day is still a few days away. But the BMV is offering no-cost IDs. 00:33:55 Speaker 3: Yeah, no cost. 00:33:56 Speaker 2: Yeah, for registered voters. 00:33:58 Speaker 3: If you're registered, you pretty much bring the same materials you'll need to get a driver's license. But this ID is good for you to vote. You can get it for free at all the branches. It's a non-driver photo ID. Uh, you don't have to have you, you, you, well, wait a minute. You don't have to have acceptable form of identification. If you don't, if you don't have that, you can get that according to Ross gray. Uh, but you need to provide the same proof of identity for a non-driver ID as you would a driver's license. So moving your citizenship, that kind of thing, typically a birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers. If you're a naturalized citizen and of course your social security card, you want to bring that with you. But otherwise, it won't cost you anything at any BMV location here in central Indiana. 00:34:47 Speaker 2: Okay. Well, I got the flyer to open up. It says, our rights, our health care, our well-being, our livelihood, our women, our youth, our future, our democracy. And it's co-sponsored by the Greater Indianapolis NAACP branch, 3053, and other sponsors soon to be announced. But the main thing is the gathering is going to be taking place. Yeah. United in the community. Twelve days of doing the right thing. Four signature days. Okay, this was what was happening earlier. October 30th and November 1st. Pastors, faith leaders, thought leaders, and youth groups share the importance of voting in history. Sacrifice and emphasize early voting. 00:35:35 Speaker 3: Okay, yeah. 00:35:35 Speaker 2: Yep, yep, yep, yep. Tonight, though, is tonight. Tonight is tonight. And tonight is the evening breakfast and candidates forum. And again, it's from six to eight. All candidates impacting greater Indianapolis from every political party are welcome to participate. The event will be broadcast widely. The event will be broadcast widely. I don't know what that means, but all candidates impacting greater Indianapolis from every political party are welcome to participate. 00:36:07 Speaker 3: That's good. 00:36:08 Speaker 2: That is very good. So, uh, and, uh, of course the public is invited. 00:36:12 Speaker 3:

That's good too. 00:36:14 Speaker 2: Candidates in public invited and it's right on time because election day is just a few days away. 00:36:18 Speaker 10: It is. 00:36:18 Speaker 3: I'm sure people still have questions on a number of things. 00:36:20 Speaker 2: So, so the thing about the, the ID, the no cost or the free ID, any BMV, right? 00:36:27 Speaker 3: Any BMV, of course, bring the acceptable form of ID, of course, social security card, uh, That kind of thing, you want to bring that with you. And again, this is a non-driver's license. Birth certificate, citizenship status, you want to prove your citizenship status, and that'll help you with the birth certificate. If you bring that, your passport would work, or naturalization papers to prove you're a naturalized citizen. And that will get you the information. You get that information to them, they can get you an ID card. And I think what will happen from what I read in the article, the paperwork itself will be sufficient. You take that to, uh, to vote. 00:37:04 Speaker 2: And there, there will be no charge. 00:37:05 Speaker 3: No charge. It's free. 00:37:07 Speaker 2: So the main requirement is, and, and we, we want to stress this. If you are a registered voter, you're registered. 00:37:14 Speaker 7: Yes. 00:37:15 Speaker 2: If you are not registered for this particular, uh, yeah, for this particular election, then you, I mean, you can go ahead and get the ID, but you will not be, um, able to vote in the, now, uh, Apparently, according to those we've spoken with, you can register at any time, I guess. 00:37:38 Speaker 3: But you can't vote in this election. 00:37:40 Speaker 2: After the election, I think voter registration begins again in earnest. 00:37:45 Speaker 3: Yes, and you can register then. You'll be ready for the next one. 00:37:49 Speaker 4: 317-480-1310. 00:37:49 Speaker 2: A lot of information there. 00:37:50 Speaker 4: 317-480-1310. 00:37:50 Speaker 2: But Elder Rush, you know, he always keeps everything going. 00:37:52 Speaker 10: He does. 00:38:00 Speaker 2: He keeps it moving, keeps it going. And thank you for doing that and putting it together tonight, Elder Rush. Pierre, you have a comment on voting? 00:38:09 Speaker 6: Oh, yes. 00:38:10 Speaker 13: Good afternoon, Tina and Eric. I took my mother out to go vote today. 00:38:18 Speaker 2: Oh, wonderful. 00:38:23 Speaker 13: Well, we went over to the Warren Government Center. Um, and they had a line out the door wrapped around the building. So we said, and this was about maybe 12 o'clock. So we said, no, we're not doing that. So we decided to go on downtown, you know, to the city County building pulled right up in front of the door, park the car, help mom get out, walk right in, uh, We ran into Tom Vaughn down there, running for— he' s a Republican running for sheriff. 00:39:07 Speaker 10: Walked right in. 00:39:11 Speaker 13: Got mom in a— they got her a chair and went right in and voted. 00:39:17 Speaker 2: Does she have—

excuse me, does she have mobility issues? 00:39:22 Speaker 13: No, but she's, you know, she's an older lady, and she, you know, mom ain't standing in the line. 00:39:29 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:39:30 Speaker 2: But, yeah, she's supposed to be able to go to the front of the line if she has mobility issues. 00:39:36 Speaker 13: Yeah, and that's another thing. I don't think some of the folk at Warren knew that because I saw people in walkers standing there and. 00:39:49 Speaker 13: Somebody needs to, if they're listening over there at the clerk's office, somebody needs to call out there to warn and tell them, you know, you need to get the elderly folk up at the front of the line. Maybe they were doing that. I just didn't see it. And we were only there for like a minute or two because we drove up. We saw that line and we just went on downtown. But we breezed right in down at the city-county building and got it all done and taken care of. 00:40:19 Speaker 2: Fantastic. 00:40:20 Speaker 13: So, yeah, that's a voting hack. You know, you might want to— that line looked like Obama days when they were voting back then. That was a good long line. 00:40:38 Speaker 2: You know what? I can't imagine what Election Day is going to look like. Because if early voting is like, and it's everywhere, you know, James was saying yesterday he looked at three places, I think, before deciding on the one that he finally chose. And that's a lot. That's a lot. 00:40:57 Speaker 13: Well, I'd go downtown. I'd go downtown because they, I mean, I assume they're all fully staffed, but downtown was a breeze. 00:41:09 Speaker 6: Wow. 00:41:10 Speaker 13: City, county. In and out. 00:41:12 Speaker 4: Wow. 00:41:14 Speaker 2: That's fantastic. Now, was there traffic, though? I mean, was there a flow of people going into the voting, into vote, I guess? 00:41:24 Speaker 13: There was a small line of about five people in front of us inside the city-county building. 00:41:31 Speaker 6: Mm-hmm. 00:41:31 Speaker 13: It wasn't back around. It wasn't back out going down the building. And they were set up for that, but it wasn't like that. 00:41:40 Speaker 6: Mm-hmm. 00:41:40 Speaker 13: It was like that at Warren. And so we drove away from Warren. But, yeah, the city and county building is where it's at. So if you got to go get it done, I'd be down there first. 00:41:54 Speaker 2: Okay, that worked for you. Okay. 00:41:56 Speaker 13: It worked for us. 00:41:58 Speaker 4: Yep. 00:41:58 Speaker 13: Mom was in and out. And I helped her. You know, I had to fill out a form and all of that. And I didn't vote twice. 00:42:06 Speaker 6: So they'd look. 00:42:10 Speaker 13: Pierre on record for voting twice. But, um, no, um, like I said, it was a breeze. So I need a consideration when you go vote. All right. 00:42:20 Speaker 2: Sounds great. Thank you, Pierre. Appreciate it. And tell your mother. Thank you. We really appreciate what she's doing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 00:42:27 Speaker 1: All right. 00:42:28 Speaker 2: All righty. 00:42:30 Speaker 10: Okay. 00:42:30 Speaker 2: I think we lost him. Uh, Latoya, go ahead. 00:42:33 Speaker 3: How are you? 00:42:34 Speaker 14: Hey, good afternoon. I'll make this real quick. I'm working, but I went yesterday, uh, and did the early vote at the Warren trustee office or whatever, right on post. And I went probably about 5.35, had about four people in front of me, was in there a total of 10 minutes in and out. 00:42:53 Speaker 6: Wow. 00:42:54 Speaker 2: Wow. Fantastic. Was anybody with you or you just went by yourself? 00:42:59 Speaker 14: I just went by myself. 00:43:01 Speaker 2: Yeah, but at least you went, you know, at least you went. 00:43:03 Speaker 10: Of course. 00:43:04 Speaker 14: I vote all the time, all the time. 00:43:06 Speaker 10: Wow. 00:43:07 Speaker 14: I wish more people would do that. 00:43:09 Speaker 2: I do, too. I do, too. We'd be in great shape. Much better. 00:43:13 Speaker 10: Yes, we would. All right. 00:43:13 Speaker 2: Well, thank you, Latoya. 00:43:15 Speaker 14: Yes, well, thank you very much, and I love listening to you guys, and you have a good rest of your day. 00:43:19 Speaker 13: You, too. 00:43:20 Speaker 2: Okay. Hopefully everything's good at work today. 00:43:22 Speaker 6: All right. 00:43:23 Speaker 14: Thank you. 00:43:24 Speaker 10: All right. Thanks. 00:43:25 Speaker 4: Bye-bye. 00:43:26 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's good to know. 00:43:28 Speaker 3: That is good to know. 00:43:29 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:43:29 Speaker 3: We have a lot of listeners who listen to us at work, too, Tina, which is awesome. 00:43:33 Speaker 13: Yeah. 00:43:34 Speaker 3: Or watch on YouTube or Facebook. 00:43:36 Speaker 8: Mm-hmm. 00:43:37 Speaker 3: Praise indie apps another way. 00:43:38 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:43:39 Speaker 2: And we have a chat thread going. 00:43:42 Speaker 3: That's right. 00:43:44 Speaker 2: And, yeah, so a couple of things to recap. Andre Carson's Instagram page announces that the meeting yesterday from the Marion County Clerk's Office He says the Marion County Clerk's Office has confirmed 12 federal election monitors are going to be in Marion County on Election Day. These individuals are permitted to stand outside polling locations, not inside. They are not permitted to hassle voters, and you are not obligated to speak with them. If you see anyone interfering with the election process during early voting or on Election Day, call 317-327-VOTE or 866- Our vote, 866-OUR-VOTE. 00:44:29 Speaker 3: Don't be intimidated by them being there. 00:44:31 Speaker 2: No. 00:44:31 Speaker 3: That's another thing. 00:44:33 Speaker 2: And, you know, for the most part, generally, most monitors don't want to be seen. They don't want to be. And so I, you know, maybe this crowd is, you know, but they can only wear so many identifiers, too, according to the clerk, Kate Sweeney Bell. So don't worry about that. Don't worry about it at all. Just get out there and vote. And it sounds

like if our unscientific poll is any indication, folks aren't thinking about that at all. 00:45:05 Speaker 3: Exactly. 00:45:06 Speaker 5: Exactly. 00:45:06 Speaker 2: They're going to vote because it's the thing to do. Let's do this. Let's do this. Let's do this. If you are a registered voter and have not yet gotten your voter ID, if you are a registered voter and have not yet gotten your voter ID, be it your driver's license or state ID or what have you, the Indianapolis, excuse me, State of Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the BMV is offering no-cost identification cards. 00:45:36 Speaker 3: You still need the same information that you would get to apply for a driver's license. proof of identity with your social security card or birth certificate or passport, that kind of thing. 00:45:47 Speaker 6: Yeah. 00:45:47 Speaker 3: And it's free. 00:45:48 Speaker 2: And it's free. Also, uh, tonight, uh, from six to eight at the Jewel Event Center, 3333 North Illinois, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance led by Elder Lionel Rush is going to be hosting, uh, and our vote is our voice informational event, uh, They're going to be hosting this at the jewel event center tonight from six to eight. Uh, they say that all candidates impacting greater Indianapolis from every political party are welcome to participate. The event will be broadcast widely. I'm assuming the public is invited as well. It looks like, uh, it's, it's open to anyone who would like to join. So there's that happening as well. Um, What else do we have? Well, early voting underway this weekend probably could stand to be the busiest weekend yet of early voting. I can't imagine that it would not be. 00:46:47 Speaker 3: I agree. Yeah. 00:46:49 Speaker 2: It's also Saturday, Halloween. And so we want people to enjoy the evening and enjoy your youngsters. We want everyone to please be careful. 00:47:00 Speaker 3: Watch out. 00:47:01 Speaker 2: Watch out for us. Because they get excited. They dash across the streets and, you know, pull away sometimes or what have you. There's just no reason to speed through any neighborhood whatsoever. And, you know, the one thing, unless you're really creative and making your own, the one good thing about these newer costumes is that they reflect at night. They're reflective. And so you can see them at night. And I think that's pretty ingenious on the makers and the manufacturers of these Halloween costumes that the youngsters are wearing, the kiddos are wearing. So it's pretty cool to look outside and see that. And, you know, the same holds true this year as has in years past. If you would like trick-or-treaters to come to your house, leave your porch light on or a light on. If you do not want them to approach your house, turn off your light. your porch light or whatever light that might indicate that you are open for trick-or-treating business. 317-480-1310. We can squeeze in one more call before we go to the break. Joe, go ahead. How are you? 00:48:08

Speaker 10: Good afternoon, Tina. How are you? 00:48:10 Speaker 2: I'm good. 00:48:10 Speaker 5: I'm good. 00:48:11 Speaker 2: How are you? 00:48:11 Speaker 10: Of course, I've already spoke to him. Listen, a couple of things. 00:48:14 Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. 00:48:16 Speaker 10: Uh, uh, Sammy Terry, his little shop there at 46 and Shayla. 00:48:20 Speaker 2: Oh, Sammy Terry. 00:48:21 Speaker 10: I told you before. 00:48:22 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:48:22 Speaker 10: I used to have a DJ company and I used to go over there to him and buy music when I lived over off of, uh, uh, of, uh, 55th place off. 00:48:31 Speaker 8: Of, uh, Moonlight. 00:48:33 Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. 00:48:33 Speaker 10: And, and would go over there and buy music from him. And like the guy said, he didn't wear anything, uh, for Halloween, but he did sell music, all types of music. 00:48:43 Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. 00:48:44 Speaker 10: And, uh, uh, took care of his customers. And I don't think he really liked talking about, oh, if you ask him about sanitary, I don't think he, sanitary, I don't think he really, really liked talking about that. Because I asked him, he dropped his head, you know, like he didn't want to talk about it. Yeah, I don't think he really likes talking about that. But hey, that's it. But Back in the days, he was scary. And that little spider, when it came down, while we look at stuff in the dark, too, we'd all be scared. 00:49:19 Speaker 2: What was that spider? name do you remember. 00:49:21 Speaker 10: I don't remember all i remember is when he came down we'd cover our eyes up and then you open up your hand and look to see if the spider's there and that laugh oh. 00:49:32 Speaker 2: My goodness it was a devilish demonic laugh yeah yeah. 00:49:38 Speaker 10: The other thing is uh We went to Fort Harrison to the library. And of course, the line was out the door, down and going back towards 56th Street. It's a big line. Parking lot was full. So my wife and I said, well, we'll come back tomorrow. So that's what we did. And we had an absentee ballot that I just wanted to drop off. So what I did, and I think people that are handicapped can do the same thing. I went through the regular doors of the library, and there was a guy sitting there that said, just go this way. I went over there, and you walk right in. The guy's there taking the ballots, and I handed him my ballot. He put it in the box and went in. She handed it, put it in the box, and easy peasy, and we were out of there. But there are a lot of people voting, a lot of people, a lot of people. 00:50:35 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, indeed. 00:50:36 Speaker 10: Which is great. 00:50:37 Speaker 2: That's fantastic. 00:50:38 Speaker 10: One other thing, Tina, I really like that Saturday night Super Bowl thing. 00:50:43 Speaker 2: Oh, the idea of a Saturday night Super Bowl? 00:50:45 Speaker 10: Yeah, because people don't come to watch a game. They come to eat and party and drink and that type of thing. 00:50:51 Speaker 2: That's true.

It does make sense. 00:50:54 Speaker 10: Yeah, by the time the game comes on, they're either drunk or asleep or something like that. So they're eating all day. But, yeah, I think Saturday would be great. and watch the game, those who want to watch it, and then on Sunday you can kind of rest up and be ready to go to work on Monday. 00:51:15 Speaker 12: Yeah. 00:51:15 Speaker 2: That would get it. That would get it done, wouldn't it? 00:51:18 Speaker 5: Yeah, I like it. 00:51:19 Speaker 10: And I also like his idea about July, the first weekend of July, because the bottom line, they did the same thing on Memorial Day. 00:51:28 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. 00:51:30 Speaker 10: Yeah, Memorial Day is not always on the 30th. 00:51:34 Speaker 6: Mm-hmm. 00:51:35 Speaker 10: So, yeah, they could do it. They won't, but they could. 00:51:39 Speaker 2: They could, okay. There you go. They won't, but they could. All right, Joe. Well, thank you very much, and I appreciate your voting. That's fantastic. And thanks for the report back from the polls. 00:51:50 Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm getting ready to work on Tuesday, too. 00:51:52 Speaker 2: Okay, okay. There we go. 00:51:54 Speaker 8: All right. 00:51:55 Speaker 10: We'll talk to you then. 00:51:56 Speaker 6: Thanks, Tina. 00:51:56 Speaker 13: Okay, indeed. 00:51:57 Speaker 2: Thank you. 00:51:57 Speaker 10: Have a good weekend. 00:51:58 Speaker 6: Bye. 00:51:58 Speaker 8: You too. 00:51:59 Speaker 5: Bye-bye. 00:52:00 Speaker 2: Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. Want to squeeze in one more? 00:52:03 Speaker 3: Yeah, let's squeeze in one more. I haven't had a chance to. Let's see. Community Connection, 1310-95.1 FM. 00:52:09 Speaker 10: Hello? 00:52:09 Speaker 3: Hey, how you doing there? 00:52:12 Speaker 5: Just Jeff. 00:52:13 Speaker 3: Hey, Jeff, how are you? 00:52:14 Speaker 4: Good, yourself? 00:52:15 Speaker 3: Doing well. Tina's ready to talk to you. 00:52:18 Speaker 6: Okay. 00:52:19 Speaker 2: Okay, we got it. We've all been hearing it. We're hearing it together. Go ahead, Jeff. How are you? Hey, Jeff, how are you? 00:52:28 Speaker 4: George. 00:52:29 Speaker 5: That was the fighter's name. 00:52:30 Speaker 3: Oh, George. 00:52:31 Speaker 10: George. 00:52:32 Speaker 2: Okay. George. 00:52:34 Speaker 4: All right. 00:52:34 Speaker 2: How could we forget George? 00:52:36 Speaker 3: George. 00:52:36 Speaker 2: O-R-G-E. George. Okay. 00:52:41 Speaker 5: Hey, I give you a little point of clarity. These are monitors, right, for the election monitors? 00:52:45 Speaker 2: Uh-huh. 00:52:46 Speaker 13: You're not going to be wearing masks, Artie. 00:52:48 Speaker 2: Well, now that I don't know. 00:52:50 Speaker 3: I thought about that. 00:52:51 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good, it's a very good question. 00:52:53 Speaker 3: Good question. I thought about that. 00:52:55 Speaker 2: And I don't know. Why would they want to be identified, though? I mean, that makes no sense. If you're trying to monitor and be as indiscreet as possible,

it seems like you'd want to be inconspicuous looking. I don't know. You know, I haven't heard of any reports of how it's gone maybe in other places, have we? 00:53:16 Speaker 3: I know we have not so far, no. 00:53:18 Speaker 2: If they are monitoring early voting anywhere else. 00:53:21 Speaker 3: Right, if you wear a mask, you're going to bring attention to yourself. 00:53:24 Speaker 2: You're going to draw attention. 00:53:24 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's almost kind of, you know, kind of, you know, already you sit, you're creating a situation that's kind of, you know, like, you know, what's really going on here? You know, and that in itself to me is a voter intimidation because we don't know nothing about. 00:53:44 Speaker 6: You or who you are. 00:53:45 Speaker 5: You're going to be some Joe Blow working at a McDonald's and just put on a mask and decide to show me some election and some, It's in Poland, please. Mm-hmm. 00:53:56 Speaker 7: Mm-hmm. 00:53:58 Speaker 1: Yep. 00:53:58 Speaker 3: I wonder how they determined who the monitors would be. Was there a selection process or what they used to? 00:54:06 Speaker 2: I don't know how they determined who it would be. I do know how they determined where it. 00:54:09 Speaker 3: Was going to be. Right. I just wonder how those people were chosen, how they were. It's like, would you like to be a monitor or what have you? Even if they're from this area. 00:54:19 Speaker 12: Yeah. 00:54:19 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:54:20 Speaker 2: All righty. coming up, Black History for the Kiddos. Fun Black History for the Kiddos. We'll be right back. 00:54:39 Speaker 1: WTLC AM, W236 CR, Indianapolis. Broadcasting from the Praise Indy Indigo Studios. Discussing the issues that matter to you. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby on Praise AM 1310, 95.1 FM. 00:54:56 Speaker 2: And we're back. 00:54:56 Speaker 3: We're back. 00:54:57 Speaker 2: We're back, Eric. Hour two. 00:54:59 Speaker 3: Yes, already. 00:55:01 Speaker 8: Already. 00:55:01 Speaker 4: Hour two. 00:55:01 Speaker 3: Can you believe it? 00:55:03 Speaker 2: No. 00:55:03 Speaker 3: No, I can't. 00:55:04 Speaker 2: Another beautiful day, though, right? 00:55:06 Speaker 3: Oh, beautiful day outside. About 72 before we're done. 00:55:10 Speaker 2: No rain coming for maybe a few hours, but not much rain. 00:55:14 Speaker 10: Not much. 00:55:15 Speaker 3: Not much. Very, just sprinkles, you're saying, right now. 00:55:17 Speaker 10: Yeah. 00:55:17 Speaker 2: Which is good. Yeah. Well, we're going to switch gears here. We talk all the time on the regular about the importance of our young people, especially our young African-American children, knowing their history, appreciating it, being able to embrace it. 00:55:36 Speaker 4: Yes. 00:55:36 Speaker 2: And we also talk about whose responsibility it is to see to it that it gets done. 00:55:42 Speaker 3: That's true. 00:55:43 Speaker 2: And, you know, with that being said, we have a guest in studio right now who has created a resource, not only for children but for parents as well, for our young people to know their black history. He is Mr. Christopher Green. 00:56:05 Speaker 6: Mr. 00:56:05 Speaker 2: Green, welcome. How are you? 00:56:06 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. 00:56:07 Speaker 2: Thank you for being here. I love talking about this. This is one of my favorite topics because it's so, so very important, especially with all the efforts that are out there from the top down, from the nation down, trying to erase our place in Black history. If not erase it, change it or alter it and make it not what it was. So tell me about what you've done here, what your project is. 00:56:31 Speaker 9: So this is a coloring book and an activity book. And it's about black entrepreneurs and their contribution to American history. So when I was in high school, I remember I had a social studies teacher. She did not want to, and in fact, refused to teach black history. So they brought in a dean, but I remember them minimizing the African-American contribution to American history. So when I got older, I really started to study and really tried did a deep dive into the history. I'm like, we really have to do better about letting our kids know what greatness they come from and what has been done in the African-American history. 00:57:20 Speaker 2: So what did you come up with? 00:57:24 Speaker 9: I came up with a lot of information that I did not know. One of them being Lonnie Johnson. He invented the super soaker. As a kid, we had Water gun fights for days. And who knew that the inventor looked just like me? And what does it do for kids to know what greatness has been done within their heritage line? You know your capabilities. You know what your possibilities are. And you don't feel the limitations that are put on you by American society. 00:58:01 Speaker 3: A lot of times. 00:58:02 Speaker 2: So you've created, in book form, something that you said addresses all of this and then some. Tell us about it. 00:58:10 Speaker 9: So it's a coloring book, and the coloring book is simple. You just color. You have fun with it. But at the very bottom, it tells you who the person is and what they contributed. 00:58:25 Speaker 2: Such as? Can you give us an example? 00:58:27 Speaker 9: So let's go. At the beginning... We have Mikayla. Mikayla is a little girl. She invented honey lemonade. So she was an entrepreneur and she started her lemonade stand and it went on to be a thriving business later on. There was Mosiah and he had Moe's Bowls. So he created bow ties as a kid. And he sold and distributed those. So it's just Endless amounts of people that have contributed, including Kathy Hughes, that is Radio 1. 00:59:09 Speaker 12: Madam C.J. 00:59:10 Speaker 3: Walker. 00:59:11 Speaker 9: So some that people are familiar with, some that they've never heard from, but it's all about teaching kids the history of entrepreneurship and how it ties to the children and what has been done to

contribute to American history. 00:59:27 Speaker 2: That have made America So in this book, and what's the name of the book? 00:59:31 Speaker 9: The name of the book is Black Diamond, Color Your Big Ideas. 00:59:36 Speaker 2: Color Your Big Ideas. And on every page is, in addition to having fun and enjoying the coloring, on every page there's a lesson in black history? 00:59:45 Speaker 9: Yeah, there's a lesson about what that person did to contribute to to African American history. 00:59:51 Speaker 2: Okay, what that person did. 00:59:53 Speaker 9: Yes. 00:59:53 Speaker 2: But every person on every page is a true contributor to black history. 00:59:58 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 00:59:59 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. How many different contributors do you have in there? 01:00:03 Speaker 9: In this one, this is a short version, so it's 17, and then it does give room at the end to be able to draw yourself and what it is that you want to. So it's just, it is opening the mind to what is it that I want to contribute to history? What is it that I want to contribute to black history? What is it that I want to do? I want to invent, what do I want to run? 01:00:27 Speaker 3: Yeah. 01:00:29 Speaker 4: Yeah. 01:00:29 Speaker 2: So what would something like this have meant to you, uh, when you were coming up as you were growing up? 01:00:36 Speaker 3: It was major. 01:00:38 Speaker 9: Um, we, we definitely came up in, in a rough area in a rough time and being able to see more greatness in myself would have taken, taking away a lot of limitations that allow people to put on me, that allow people to speak into my life. I played football in high school and into college, and it really was more about being an athlete than a student. 01:01:05 Speaker 10: Really? 01:01:05 Speaker 9: And my experiences were that I wanted the educational part. I even made a teacher change my grade back because they altered it because I was an athlete. And I'm like, what does it do me? What does it serve me to have a grade I did not earn? I want the knowledge. I do not want the credit. 01:01:28 Speaker 12: That's good. 01:01:28 Speaker 2: I'd rather have the knowledge than the credit, yeah. 01:01:31 Speaker 6: Absolutely. 01:01:31 Speaker 2: So what age do you think, age range, do you think what you have created is appropriate for, or perhaps maybe I should say it another way, what age group are you targeting and why? 01:01:45 Speaker 9: Like 7 and 12, because that's around when they're, first starting to understand. And again, it's not heavy reading, so it's not like they're reading a book. But they're coloring anyway, so it's enough words where they can pick it up and it can start a conversation in the home of African-American contribution to American history. 01:02:10 Speaker 2: So between the ages of 7 and 12? 01:02:12 Speaker 9: Yes. 01:02:14 Speaker 7: And then.... 01:02:16 Speaker 2: So you think that... That would be foundational, I guess, is what you're saying. Yeah, yeah. So how can people get the book? 01:02:23 Speaker 9: They can go to Amazon.com, and it's listed under, like, Diamond Color Your Big Ideas. 01:02:29 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. So what is your hope once it gets going? Or, you know, maybe it is going already. 01:02:36 Speaker 13: I don't know. 01:02:37 Speaker 2: But what is your long-term hope and long-term goal for what you created here? 01:02:43 Speaker 9: Well, I'm already working on a longer version. that gives more, but I really want people to know how much we've done that has been hidden. I really want people to know the richness of our backgrounds and what we've done that may have slid under the radar. 01:03:03 Speaker 2: There's a lot. 01:03:04 Speaker 12: There's a lot. 01:03:06 Speaker 2: So much of it. And for our younger people, like you say, between the ages of seven and 12. In schools, what would you say to parents who are buying this for their children, how should a parent present this and even participate in it? 01:03:25 Speaker 9: I really think this just starts the conversation. It's a conversation starter. Hey, read this. Let's go through it together. It even has a section where you match up the person with what they did to see if they're picking it up. It's stuff that you can walk through with the parents and allow them to learn. 01:03:43 Speaker 6: Mm-hmm. 01:03:44 Speaker 9: And then you start getting into, hey, did you know this? Hey, did you know that? And what is it that you want to do in life to contribute to society? 01:03:53 Speaker 7: Yeah. 01:03:55 Speaker 2: So I can see, I don't know, I can see that a parent could get this for a child and the parent end up learning more about what's going on than the child because it's just so much in there. And you say that's a shorter version. 01:04:11 Speaker 12: Yeah. 01:04:14 Speaker 9: Yeah, the big version that I'm finishing up now has 200 people. And it's amazing that outside of what's here, there's still 200 more people that probably people don't know about. Because I start studying Greenwood, the Black Wall Street, O.W. 01:04:35 Speaker 10: Gurley. 01:04:35 Speaker 9: And it's like just even in short form, learning what greatness we've done. it starts to take away from the negativity that may have been put on our people and allows you to see the full spectrum of what we have always been. 01:04:56 Speaker 2: So what's it like for you as you see it developed and developing? I mean, what's going through your mind? 01:05:03 Speaker 9: There's no limitations. 01:05:06 Speaker 2: Okay. 01:05:07 Speaker 9: There's just no limitations. I really have always preached this even before the coloring book. just people don't understand how great we are as a people. Even as we took the worst things that we could take, oh, you put drugs in our community and tried to poison us. And we figured out how to make money off of it. Not saying it was the greatest thing, but I'm saying we have taken some very bad things and figured out how to rise from it, no matter

how bad it is. 01:05:39 Speaker 12: Yeah. 01:05:40 Speaker 9: Yeah. 01:05:40 Speaker 2: So again, If someone is interested in getting this for themselves, their child, or both, mostly the child, how can they contact you or where can they go to get the book? 01:05:53 Speaker 9: They can go to Amazon.com. Black Diamond Color Your Big Ideas is the search. Or they can reach out, info at blackdiamondcollective.com. 01:06:06 Speaker 2: And that's your business? That's your publishing? Okay, that's your publishing, Black Diamond Business. 01:06:12 Speaker 3: Black Diamond Collective. 01:06:13 Speaker 2: Collective. Black Diamond Collective. 01:06:15 Speaker 3: Okay. 01:06:16 Speaker 2: All righty. Well, much continued success. Thank you for sharing this with us. I mean, this is a nice break, but it's also a great reminder. I think we have to remind ourselves on the regular about how important we are and how important we have been and how we have to instill that in our young people that we're responsible for. 01:06:34 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 01:06:35 Speaker 2: All righty. Thank you very much. 01:06:36 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. 01:06:37 Speaker 10: Indeed. 01:06:38 Speaker 2: Christopher Green. 01:06:39 Speaker 9: And. 01:06:42 Speaker 2: Eric, you got that music playing. 01:06:45 Speaker 3: Well, we could take a break here or we can hold off if you want to. We can do that if you'd like. 01:06:49 Speaker 2: Okay, we'll go ahead and take a break because I know when Danny starts talking, you know, it's hard to get a break going when Danny Bridges with the Indianapolis Recorder, when he starts talking. 01:07:01 Speaker 3: Yeah, when he's talking, you never know. 01:07:03 Speaker 2: And as you know, he's up next. 01:07:04 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's coming up. He'll be coming up. 01:07:06 Speaker 4: All right. 01:07:06 Speaker 10: All right. 01:07:06 Speaker 2: We'll talk. We'll be right back. 01:07:24 Speaker 1: Let's get back to the conversation. It's Community Connection with Tina Cosby from the Praise Indie IndieGo Studios on Praise AM 1310. 01:07:32 Speaker 9: 95.1 FM. 01:07:36 Speaker 2: And we're back. We've been talking elections, elections, and we're going to be talking elections, elections, because it's important. Certainly. Yeah, a lot of local stuff. A lot of folks have been calling in, sharing their voting experiences so far, and we encourage that. Keep calling. We like to hear it, and we like what you're sharing with everyone else. On the national scene, though, if it wasn't so sad, it would be comical. And it is comical because it's just truly sad in terms of what the nation has in terms of who's sitting there in the big chair on Pennsylvania Avenue. And it took Barack Obama to make a crack about the cheese. It's all over the place. Everybody, they keep playing it, playing it, playing it. And we were listening to it. And I said, Eric, you know, maybe we could play a little bit of it to see just to let you all know what everybody's talking about. 01:08:33 Speaker 7: But. 01:08:34 Speaker 2: It essentially boils down to the fact that the country is in pain. At the gas pump, at the grocery stores, with the utility bills, just the daily task of being able to live. Not comfortably, not extravagantly, to live. 01:08:52 Speaker 3: Just daily. 01:08:53 Speaker 2: Just daily. It is beyond belief how much pain this country is in. And the person... who's supposed to be in charge of creating a better economy is worried about the cheesecake factory. 01:09:06 Speaker 3: Yeah worried about that take a listen here it is. 01:09:10 Speaker 7: I heard the president was not happy when I joked over the weekend that he's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory. And listen, first of all, let me get this on the record. I am the father of two daughters. Do you think I could have survived their childhood without going. 01:09:40 Speaker 12: To the cheesecake factory? I lived at Chuck E. 01:09:46 Speaker 7: Cheese and California Pizza Kitchen and the Cheesecake Factory. 01:09:52 Speaker 12: That was my jam for about a decade. 01:09:58 Speaker 11: Of course, the real. 01:09:59 Speaker 7: Problem is prices have gotten so high, a lot of folks can barely afford to go out to eat. 01:10:07 Speaker 12: So you would think. 01:10:09 Speaker 15: That this administration would be spending time worrying about that. That was the interesting thing about how the administration responded to the speech I gave the other day. They did not dispute what I said about them being directly responsible for rising prices. They did not argue with that. They did not. 01:10:32 Speaker 7: Deny tariffs were contributing to higher costs for families. 01:10:37 Speaker 12: They didn't say anything about that. 01:10:40 Speaker 7: I accused this administration based on the facts that they were engaging in unprecedented levels of corruption. 01:10:49 Speaker 12: They didn't say anything about that. 01:10:52 Speaker 16: The president wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison. 01:10:59 Speaker 12: That part didn't bother him. 01:11:03 Speaker 7: But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory comments. 01:11:10 Speaker 12: He took great umbrage. 01:11:16 Speaker 3: Well, there it is. 01:11:19 Speaker 2: Majors and the minors. 01:11:22 Speaker 10: Yeah. 01:11:22 Speaker 3: All the stuff going on, he's upset about something like that. But, you know, it's interesting. He can dish it out. 01:11:29 Speaker 2: Can't take it. 01:11:30 Speaker 3: But he can't take it. 01:11:31 Speaker 2: That's the thing. Call people low information, low IQ and all the other stuff. You know, you can distract all you want, but you cannot tell people they're not feeling what they're feeling. You can't tell people they're not seeing what they're seeing. And you can tell people that you won't get into it. uh, any forever wars. You can tell people you're going to make the economy, but you can tell people whatever you want to

tell them to get an office. But are you telling them that you've enriched yourself in ways that, uh, you know, uh, unknown to mankind? I mean, he's good with the hyperbole. This is hyperbolic. 01:12:06 Speaker 4: It is unknown. 01:12:08 Speaker 2: Leon, uh, notches unknown to man, uh, any civilizes seriously, the money that he's, you know, he probably rivals the Husseins and all the others of the, uh, of the world in terms of, how much money he's been able to pilfer from his people and the American public. But yet and still, they follow him. 01:12:27 Speaker 3: They follow him. I'm seeing on the chat, some people didn't hear that. Didn't hear the audio. 01:12:32 Speaker 2: Didn't hear anything? 01:12:33 Speaker 3: I think I know why. 01:12:35 Speaker 10: Why? 01:12:35 Speaker 2: You want to play it again? 01:12:36 Speaker 3: Want to play it again? 01:12:36 Speaker 2: Okay, we'll play it again so you can hear. 01:12:38 Speaker 3: It's reloaded. 01:12:39 Speaker 10: Okay. 01:12:39 Speaker 3: Just a sec. Give me a moment. I think I know. Here we go. Let's try it again. Okay. 01:12:49 Speaker 10: I heard. 01:12:50 Speaker 7: the president was not happy when I joked over the weekend that he's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory. And listen, first of all, let me get this on the record. I am the father of two daughters. Do you think I could have survived their childhood without going to the cheesecake factory? 01:13:23 Speaker 12: I lived at Chuck E. 01:13:24 Speaker 7: Cheese and California Pizza Kitchen and the Cheesecake Factory. That was my jam for about a decade. Of course, the real problem is prices have gotten so high, a lot of folks. 01:13:40 Speaker 12: Can barely afford to go out to eat. So you would think. 01:13:47 Speaker 15: That this administration would be spending time worrying about that, but That was the interesting thing about how the administration responded to the speech I gave the other day. They did not dispute what I said about them being directly responsible for rising prices. They did not argue with that. They did not. 01:14:10 Speaker 7: Deny tariffs were contributing to higher costs for families. 01:14:15 Speaker 12: They didn't say anything about that. 01:14:19 Speaker 7: I accused this administration based on the facts that they were engaging in unprecedented levels of corruption. 01:14:27 Speaker 12: They didn't say anything about that. 01:14:31 Speaker 16: The president wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison. 01:14:38 Speaker 7: That part didn't bother him. But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory comments. He took great umbrage. 01:14:52 Speaker 10: There it is. 01:14:52 Speaker 12: There it is. 01:14:53 Speaker 3: All right. 01:14:54 Speaker 2: Came back. 01:14:55 Speaker 3: Came back. 01:14:56 Speaker 4: Uh-huh. 01:14:58 Speaker 2: Again, there you have it. That's what he's worried about. 01:15:04 Speaker 9: Yeah. 01:15:05 Speaker 3: Not the economy. 01:15:06 Speaker 8: No. 01:15:06 Speaker 3: Economy's great, he says. Mm-hmm. 01:15:09 Speaker 2: It's never been better. 01:15:10 Speaker 3: Never been better. 01:15:10 Speaker 9: Mm-hmm. 01:15:11 Speaker 3: Prices are low. 01:15:12 Speaker 2: Bet bet the best economy the world has ever seen and i'm the best president the world is and everything that i've done and you know and so on and so forth and lie and lie and lie yep you know yeah but um yeah barack obama nailed it as only a barack obama or someone that uh you know. 01:15:34 Speaker 3: I'm gonna grab this call yeah. 01:15:35 Speaker 2: That someone like him uh could but You know, it's getting pretty tight in a number of, in terms of what the polls say. Now, again, we keep saying polls do not translate into votes. They just are a snapshot in time and reflect people's thoughts and attitudes as opposed to what they will actually do. And we have been misled, horribly misled many times. relying on polls to translate into victories or defeats such as they are. So the way to overcome that and the way to get around that is just to get out and do it for yourself. You know, Trump says all the time, vote like I'm on the ballot. OK, he's not. But, you know, his enablers are. the people who prop him up are, the people who let him get away with untold amounts of corruption, lies, cheating, you know, you name it, they are. So if it helps you to vote like he is on the ballot as he is asking you to do, do it. You know, is this what you signed up for? Is this what you like? You want some more of this? 01:16:58 Speaker 7: Hmm. 01:16:59 Speaker 2: Or do you want to try to stop the bleeding as soon as you can so that some folks can get to work on some of the craziness that has taken hold over these last two years? Indeed, indeed, indeed. Okay, it came back. All righty, all right. 01:17:15 Speaker 3: Yes. 01:17:16 Speaker 2: Okay, Mr. Russell, let's go to Mr. Russell real quick, and then we'll come back. How are you, Mr. 01:17:21 Speaker 6: Russell? 01:17:22 Speaker 8: Hey, folks. You know, it would be really funny if it wasn't so serious, you know. 01:17:30 Speaker 2: That's what I was saying, yeah. 01:17:31 Speaker 8: It's amazing. But, you know, Trump is talking about building a golden arch or something like that. Have you heard about that? That's because it reminds him of McDonald's. You know, it's only because it reminds him of McDonald's. But also, a lot of people are excited about the 31st of October, which is normally Halloween. But, you know, every day that he's been in office has been kind of like trick or treat. We get tricked every day. We don't get too many treats. And it's scary every day. And they wear false faces. So, you know, we've got Halloween every day. Every day under this administration, unfortunately. And the fact that You mentioned the people who are propping them up. I call them the proppers, P-O-P-P-E-R-S, the proppers. And they're continuing to defend this man. It's incredible. It is

incredible. But I think I would like to congratulate the people of the United States for not having riotous protests and making their protests known as the polls, because this is where it counts. And I'd like to commend the people for their discipline and coming out to vote. And that's really great. I think that... In addition to that, I wanted to mention you were talking about the breast cancer situation earlier. And it's been reported by reputable sources that one of the things that helps fight breast cancer is iodine in the diet. And, you know, they used to have iodized salt in the salt that people, you know, use, but they took the iodine out. It's coming back. But they say that the lack of iodine in people's diet is helping to contribute to the breast cancer situation. So people might want to check that out for themselves with their physicians. 01:19:51 Speaker 10: You know. 01:19:51 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's also some kind of a connection. And thank you, Mr. Russell. I appreciate it. Some kind of connection to the thyroid. 01:19:58 Speaker 8: As well. 01:19:59 Speaker 2: You know, iodine and non-iodized salt. Iodized and non-iodized salt in the thyroid. And don't ask me because I don't know exactly what it is. But it's there. But Mr. Russell makes a good point. Our guy Danny Bridges from the Indianapolis Recorder is standing by. Danny, are you there? 01:20:17 Speaker 14: Oh, yeah. 01:20:18 Speaker 2: Okay, he's back. He brought his hero music with him. So, yeah, there he is. 01:20:23 Speaker 3: There he is. Gotta have the music. 01:20:26 Speaker 2: Gotta have it. hello there no. 01:20:36 Speaker 4: I'm not here you are you are take a nap i'm gonna take a nap i'm not here. 01:20:49 Speaker 2: You know it's always a good time for a nap i can't say anything so how you doing. 01:20:57 Speaker 13: Pretty good. 01:20:57 Speaker 4: How are you? 01:20:58 Speaker 2: I'm pretty good. I imagine you have been very busy these last several days. I mean, my goodness. 01:21:03 Speaker 10: Yeah. Talk about. 01:21:04 Speaker 4: A lot happens since we last spoke. 01:21:07 Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness. So much. Yes. 01:21:11 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, you know, obviously the Colts are the big story in town as far as the developments. I think I'm not surprised that. 01:21:25 Speaker 4: When this thing started that she dove in, she being, uh, Carly Ursae Gordon. I do believe that there's more to come in terms of trading and picking up some draft capital. I personally think that, and you know, I've got people have been really blowing me up with the email and the text messages for saying this, but I do think it's time for Jonathan Taylor to go. I do also believe that, uh, It's time for Daniel Jones to go. And I mean, before the trade deadline, if you can't, you can trade Taylor. Somebody will be happy to pick him off. But the Daniel Jones thing is, this hasn't worked, and it's ugly. And if you can't trade him to someone and get a really low round draft pick, you know,

a really low pick, fine. Just cut the guy, because you owe him the money anyway. Pet bait, move forward with Richardson, Riley, Leonard, and let the chips fall where they may there because a rebuild is painful. We don't go into it halfway and let the pain start because the pain's not going to go away quickly. It's going to be, you know, I would say three to four years before the Colts are really a factor again, potentially. And that's a long time and that's a long time for a season ticket base, but it started now finish it. It's pretty much how I feel. 01:23:01 Speaker 10: Yeah. 01:23:03 Speaker 2: Um, read your piece and, um, you know, the pretty much those sentiments are, are in the piece. Uh, Jonathan Taylor is the only one that I think the, I guess the community would be sentimental about. And, but, When you have to look at this entire mess as a business, you know, what's the old saying? The mob used to say it's not personal, it's business. And I think you have to elevate yourself beyond the personal, the emotional ties and think about the business aspect that's in the most interest or the best interest of the franchise and ultimately the community, the sports community. community and the fans. 01:23:49 Speaker 4: Well, he's got a guaranteed contract, and no matter where he ends up, his money is guaranteed, so he's going to be fine. He could potentially get yet another extension with a new team, depending upon how they looked at it. I think they're going to be careful with that. I think he'll probably have to play out the rest of this year and play well and have an impact for someone. before they would start looking forward to, you know, down the road after his second year is completed. 01:24:20 Speaker 11: But, you know, a. 01:24:23 Speaker 4: Phenomenal football player. He's been a good guy in the community. He has had no problems off the field. So those are the type that hurt to leave, but he's their best. 01:24:37 Speaker 10: Asset. 01:24:38 Speaker 4: He'll bring more draft capital than anyone else. And to put it bluntly, and with all due respect to him as a human being as well as a football player, he's got to go. If you're going to rebuild, he's got to go. 01:24:49 Speaker 2: You think sooner rather than later? 01:24:52 Speaker 4: He's got to go before November 10th. That's the trading deadline, if I'm not mistaken. And that's not a personal beef with him. Again, he's been a phenomenal asset to the team. But he's got the highest level of return. You can get better draft capital from him than anyone else, so. pile up as many draft picks as you can get and move forward. And obviously they need a new coach. They've got to have a new general manager. There's a lot to do. I think what's happened so far is a good start, but it's just the start of things. This thing is going to be long stretched and it's going to be painful, but I can't think of any pro sports franchise that, that hasn't had pain with a rebuild. I don't, I don't think there is one. There's a difference in a reboot and a rebuild. 01:25:40 Speaker 6: This is a rebuild. 01:25:42 Speaker 2: What sense would it make to get rid of the coach right now as well? 01:25:48 Speaker 4: Well, he's performed poorly. I don't, I don't believe there's my, there's my administrator assistance in the background. How about that? But, uh, sorry about that. Get out of here. You guys get out of here. The point is, I think, I don't think there's any use for him. I mean, that's cold-blooded. He, too, has got a guaranteed contract. I still believe what I said to you a week ago. I think he's the next coach of the Philadelphia Eagles if they fire Nick Ceriani. But I do believe that Shane Steichen is a good man. It hasn't worked out here. Part of it is not his fault. But ultimately, I just believe that he needs to go now rather than the end of the year. She may keep him for the end of the year. That's hard to say. I think it makes more sense now. And I also believe that their assistant general manager has to be shown the door, too, once she feels like she's got her new guy in place. So, again, I'm of the opinion that it needed to happen long ago. It's starting to happen now. Push the accelerator to the floor, young lady, and make your mark and enforce it. 01:27:01 Speaker 7: So. 01:27:02 Speaker 5: Oh, go ahead. 01:27:02 Speaker 2: Go ahead, Eric. 01:27:03 Speaker 3: Danny, in looking for a new coach, who do you think would be available? Who would you recommend? 01:27:08 Speaker 4: Who would they look at? Here's the thing. Anybody that's worth their salt is going to look at that situation and say, well, we've got an uproar. We've got a cleaned house. They don't have a quarterback. They no longer have Jonathan Taylor. There's a lot of negative aspects. But money can happen. You're going to have to pay somebody very well to come in and take over the situation as a general manager as well as a coach. From a coaching perspective, I think there's only two things you can do. You can try to lure someone away who's a really good coach in a good setting, and that would take a phenomenal amount of money. A phenomenal amount. But they've got that money. 01:27:54 Speaker 2: I was going to say, do they have it? 01:27:56 Speaker 10: Absolutely. 01:27:57 Speaker 3: Oh, they have it. Okay. 01:27:59 Speaker 4: I'm sure she does. Last time I checked, she was a multi-billionaire. How do you want to spend that money is the question. So either you go after an established coach who's secure somewhere with a ridiculous cash offer, but he can't say no to, or you try to look at an up-and-coming assistant or coordinator somewhere who's ready. And that'll be a lot for that guy because... Your first job, you're taking on this. Wow, that's a lot. But I think that's one of two ways you do it. And I'm for the money grab myself. You know, go out and get an established coach. Who's that guy going to be? 01:28:40 Speaker 12: Be? 01:28:40 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, people talk about

Mike Tomlin because he's currently unemployed in the NFL. You know, he's working in TV, making a good buck, doing a better than average job on TV, I might add. But, you know, he may not want into that situation. He may get comfortable with TV. He's been at it a long time. I always thought Bill Cowher would come back to coach. He never did. CBS money suited him just fine, and he moved forward. Good question. I wish I had the answer, but I would say this. You're going to have to lure somebody in and back a Brinks truck up to the table, or you're going to have to go up with a guy who has showed a lot of potential as a coordinator somewhere else and roll the dice. I don't like the second option. 01:29:28 Speaker 6: It could prevail. 01:29:29 Speaker 13: Who knows? 01:29:30 Speaker 4: That's what the general manager will get paid a lot of money for. And that individual, too, has to be compensated well to be brought in. I'd like to see a guy brought in from another team who's done well in that capacity as well rather than somebody who's an assistant and is an up-and-comer. Well, you just never know about those things. And it's a tough road to hoe. There's no question about it. 01:29:54 Speaker 2: Your good buddy Jeff has a question for you, Danny. 01:29:58 Speaker 13: Hey, how you doing, Danny? 01:30:00 Speaker 10: Good afternoon, sir. 01:30:03 Speaker 5: Okay, I totally agree with you 100%, everything you just said. And I think Ms. Ursae Gordon is doing what her father was unable to do. She's pulling the trigger. It's time to clean out. It's time for the purge. As far as Mr. Jonathan Taylor, if they were to release him, what would be a good landing spot for him? What teams would you say would be a good fit for him? 01:30:28 Speaker 4: Well, the Green Bay Packers would love to have him. He's from Wisconsin. They need a running back. Now, their situation with Jacobs is, I don't know if that's cleaned up or not. That's an ugly situation. He's been out by virtue of the charges that were against him in court. That's reached a point. But now, allegedly, there is a tape that shows him allegedly– throwing his wife to the ground. If that is true and that comes out, I think NFL is going to come back on him and say, oh, by the way, we didn't have that intel earlier. You're going to have to pay the piper. But either way, Jacobs is a phenomenal football player when he's got his head on straight. I do believe that Green Bay, if they could get Jonathan Taylor, would move forward without Jacobs. But what do they have capital-wise in terms of draft? They traded two number one picks to get Micah Parsons. So they're kind of like the Colts in the next couple of years not having number one picks. Do you go for a pick further out? Do you try to get a load of picks from them and multiple picks further down the road, some now, some later? But that is an interesting place for him. I don't think Seattle will pull the trigger on him as well after doing the Nelson thing because

Price from Notre Dame will be healthy soon as well as, I hope I pronounce this name right, the other young man, I think it's Charbonneau is how you pronounce his last name. So they've got a couple of capable backs, but look, Jonathan Taylor could help any football team where he'd make the biggest impact. Well, I think the green Bay Packers would like to sign him up yesterday. 01:32:11 Speaker 12: Cool. 01:32:14 Speaker 1: Okay. 01:32:16 Speaker 2: Jeff was quick. Yeah, he usually has more than that. 01:32:22 Speaker 5: Okay, Green Bay Packers. 01:32:23 Speaker 4: Again, to put a bow on this thing with Taylor, you know, it's insane to think about trading him in theory, but in reality, he's your greatest asset, and he will bring the most draft capital. I will be very shocked if they don't, and I think you do that now. You don't do it in the offseason when– Your leverage maybe gets away from you. Try to find a team who thinks, hey, we have that guy. We're a Super Bowl contender and pull the trigger. But it's hard to fathom him not being in that backfield. But I do believe from a rebuild perspective, it's the right thing to do. 01:33:04 Speaker 2: The headline to your column this week, Now Out, came out today in the Indianapolis Recorder. Ursae Gordon isn't done, and that's really a great thing. Take a look at it. Take a look and take a read. It's pretty good stuff. So what about Halliburton? You said you wanted to talk about Tyrese Halliburton. Bless his heart, he is injured again. 01:33:28 Speaker 4: Well, he's had hamstring problems before. 01:33:31 Speaker 2: Oh, has he? 01:33:31 Speaker 4: And it is the leg opposite. of the foot that was injured with the Achilles. I wonder, and I tried to get a hold of an ortho guy that I know, but I couldn't do it. He didn't call me back. Imagine a doctor who's busy not calling me back. Can you believe that? 01:33:51 Speaker 6: But seriously. 01:33:53 Speaker 2: Okay. 01:33:54 Speaker 4: After I let him cut on me even once. 01:33:56 Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, okay. 01:33:58 Speaker 4: The serious part of that is, though, you know, my mind started wandering. 01:34:03 Speaker 10: Is there. 01:34:05 Speaker 4: In other words, how you treat the surgically repaired leg and does that impact the other leg as far as your overall strength is concerned with your legs and your feet? I'm probably off base there. I'm just wondering. But the problem is he has played really well since he got back in the lineup, and that hurts them. I've never thought the Pacers were guard-riched. I think there's a big drop-off after him. I like Andrew Nemart. I think he's a good basketball player. But the gap between those two is significant. We saw that last night in a game against Philadelphia, especially in the fourth quarter. Nobody could stop Tyrese Maxey. And for that matter, he's a handful for any team to stop. So I just hope this is an aberration. And this doesn't become, I mean, Carl made it clear, asked me in a couple weeks, that's his

way of saying this guy's not going to play for two weeks. And I don't blame him. I think I'd take my time with him. It's going to be tough as far as not having him in the lineup. But I would definitely put that guy on the bench and leave him there until that hamstring is healed up. 01:35:26 Speaker 2: George has a possible suggestion on the Colts for you, Danny. This is George. Go ahead, George. Go ahead, George. 01:35:32 Speaker 10: Hey, Danny. 01:35:33 Speaker 8: Hey, Danny. Hey, Tina. 01:35:34 Speaker 10: Hey. 01:35:35 Speaker 11: I told Eric I heard y'all calling my name a little while ago. No, I'm going to give you my pick. 01:35:44 Speaker 7: Huh? 01:35:46 Speaker 2: It might be your radio or where you're listening. 01:35:49 Speaker 11: I got you on speakerphone, sorry. I was going to say my first pick for the head coach would be– Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Coordinator, Eric Biennemi. And then– he's an awesome coach. I mean, he's an awesome coach. He just never had a head coaching chance. He's always had an A-seed position. Or you can go– I'm thinking number two would be Mr. Freeman up there at Notre University of Notre Dame. And maybe get him and– I had, let's see, who else I'm thinking about? Oh, no, you can't get the IU head coach. But if you want to put people in the stands for the next two or three years doing the rebuild, I'm going to say go out to Colorado and get Coach Deion Sanders. And that's just going to. 01:36:35 Speaker 13: Put fans in the stands. 01:36:37 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a nice marketing ploy. That's a nice marketing tool. 01:36:43 Speaker 4: I think, first of all, I appreciate the call. 01:36:47 Speaker 2: Thank you, George. 01:36:48 Speaker 4: I do believe that that last... suggestion would be a nightmare. And I don't think we'll ever see Deon Sanders as a head coach in the NFL, but the other selections that he mentioned, Eric, the enemy is a bright guy. He's a capable coordinator. Uh, you know, he's paid his dues. Perhaps it is time for him. I won't say perhaps he deserves a shot as a head coach. Don't know if that's a good fit here or not. I'm not going to say it is or isn't, uh, Marcus Freeman will continue to draw interest from the NFL. I would say his buyout is pretty healthy. I don't know what it is, but I'm sure it's pretty healthy. He's done a very good job at Notre Dame. They're not done. They have a chance to win a national championship. They have their moments on defense that make me scratch my head, but they've got some pretty impressive offensive linemen. secondary players. So I think he's got a good shot for them to get at least to the final four of the tournament and perhaps get back to a championship game scenario. But I do believe that it'll take a huge buyout to get in. I was talking about money earlier. If that's the way they want to go, again, that Brink's truck comes into play and you're also going to owe Notre Dame a pretty hefty buyout. Who was the other candidate he mentioned? I apologize.

01:38:20 Speaker 2: He mentioned IU's coach, Eric Biennium, Deion Sanders, and Marcus Freeman. 01:38:29 Speaker 4: Yeah, Signetti is not a candidate for a lot of different reasons. I'm just going to leave that one alone. I don't want the IU faithful to call in or start emailing. But I think he's done a remarkably good job at Indiana. 01:38:43 Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking. 01:38:45 Speaker 4: But I think he's finding out this year that It's tough to repeat any time you're on the portal and the NIL as you're driving force for such. So that being the case, he's pretty well paid down there. He's in charge of everything. You can't imagine him leaving Indiana at his age. I mean, I'll throw that in there, too. He's established, he's rich, and he's got control. It's a pretty good situation to be in college football right now. 01:39:15 Speaker 10: Yeah, yeah. 01:39:16 Speaker 2: It seems like everybody would take that or most people would take that. IU Minnesota, any thoughts on that? Because the team this year is simply not last year's team. It just looks– and this is coming from an IU alum. It just doesn't look the same. 01:39:29 Speaker 4: Well, they've got talent on the offensive line. They've got talent at the wideout receiver, and they've got capable running backs. I think the quarterback drop-off has been noticeable. 01:39:40 Speaker 2: Very noticeable. 01:39:41 Speaker 4: Minnesota is– A better Minnesota than we may be accustomed to historically. I think that'll be a pretty good game. You know, if things get out of control early, who knows? I could be wrong about that. But I think Minnesota's got a chance to keep Indiana honest. I'll just say that I would be surprised if Indiana doesn't win at home. But there's been a lot of surprises in college football this year. 01:40:08 Speaker 3: Yes, there have. 01:40:09 Speaker 4: Perhaps that could be tacked on to it. 01:40:12 Speaker 2: Okay, well, anything that we missed? 01:40:15 Speaker 12: We're all good. 01:40:16 Speaker 4: Well, we had a really, in my opinion, entertaining World Series. I mean, if you like baseball or love baseball. 01:40:24 Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, World Series ended last night. 01:40:26 Speaker 4: I thought about how dramatic Game 7 was last year between Toronto and the Los Angeles Dodgers. But the Milwaukee Brewers, what an incredible group. I mean, they manufacture runs. They steal bases. Here's a stat for you. They had more stolen bases this year as a team in the regular season than they did home runs. Well, the last time that happened was about 50 years ago with the Cincinnati Reds with those great teams that they had with Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, George Foster, et cetera. So one heck of a world series, in my opinion, they were fun to watch. And, uh, It just goes to show if you're managed properly in the front office, if you manage your farm system properly, you can be competitive in a small market. Milwaukee and Tampa Bay, those are not metropolitan areas, folks. 01:41:23 Speaker 2: Indeed. All right, Danny, thank you as always. We'll be talking with you next time, and keep an eye on everything. 01:41:31 Speaker 10: I'll look forward to that. 01:41:32 Speaker 4: If I don't talk to you guys before, I will. But remember, everyone, let's vote. Everybody's got to vote, okay? 01:41:38 Speaker 2: Yep, we do. Thank you for the reminder. And that's all. Thank you. That's all the time we have for right now. As always, thank you for listening. Our website is praiseindy.com. Willie Moore Jr. on the radio coming up next. We'll be back tomorrow.