March 14, 2025 • 40 mins
What a big week! The world is crazy but we tried to have some fun. Here's what you'll hear in this week's best of podcast.
What would you do differently in your 20's?
Names that get mispronounced
Upcoming events at the Maryland Zoo
Things you did as a teen that you never told your parents
Trousdale calls in
What would you do differently in your 20's?
Names that get mispronounced
Upcoming events at the Maryland Zoo
Things you did as a teen that you never told your parents
Trousdale calls in
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Get this all Yeah, it's good.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
We miss any of the Saint Pierre's show this week,
don't worry, We've got you covered. It's only the good
stuff on the Saint Pierre on Air podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
All right, is this thing on recording? Yes, we're recording.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
All right.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
That Happy Friday. I hope you guys had a good week. Boy,
another kind of wild week.
Speaker 5 (00:20):
It was wild, like on a personal level for me,
Like I just I don't know what it was like.
My wife had a lot of afterwork meetings, which meant
we had issues with like childcare and trying to figure
that out. There was a lot of like moving around,
and I kind of felt bad, like for our kid
because like I'm gonna drop her off at my wife's
job a couple of times this week, and it's always
sort of confusing, like I'm gonna drop you off here.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
I sort of felt bad for her, but I think
I think she's for five. Next week gets her spring break,
my daughter's spring break, so like we're just gonna hang
out all day, I guess, and then I have to
come into work. She's probably gonna come into work with
me next week, which could be really interesting. I don't
know if you've ever tried to do a radio show
with a four year old in the room. But it's
not always super easy, it's super convenient, But we're going
(01:05):
to give it a shot, and we're going to see
what happens next week. Anyway, how are you, guys, How
are all of you doing? I hope that you're not
getting too stressed out with the state of the world
and all the wild things that continue to keep happening
down in Washington, DC. I know listeners for WPOC a
lot of folks work for the government, so I know
it's a very stressful time. I was out with a
friend who works as a Social Security administration last weekend,
(01:27):
and it just we were having some drinks again us,
and he had more drinks than he was probably planning on,
but I think he needed it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Like at the end of the day, I was like,
I feel like you.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Needed this day to burn off some steam because it
has just been not fun or enjoyable for anyone that
is just feeling this pressure NonStop from what's going on.
So if you are a federal worker and you're listening
to this right now, I'm thinking about you. I just
can't even imagine. My wife works for a school. I
know they've been kind of on edge, just waiting for
things to happen too. So it's just tough. It's tough,
(01:58):
which is why when I come into work at three
o'clock in the afternoon, I try to bring some I
don't know, levity, try to have some fun, try to
bring up some fun old memories. This week, we had
a great conversation about names that have a hard time
being pronounced. Whether it's your name or a family member
you know, first or last name, people can't pronounce it.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
That was great.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
So many people called in, so many called in that
I couldn't answer the phones fast enough. I'm sure a
lot of folks just hung up and gave up. So
I'm sorry if I didn't get to you fast enough.
We had so many calls, couldn't even put them all
in the air because I just didn't have enough time
for all that. So my buddy Mike kleinb Mike works
for Z one o four to three, the same time
shift that I'm on, and we'll chat once in a while,
(02:39):
like in the hallway here and there, and I was
telling him and he's like, man, nobody calls my station
nobody in it. I was like, dude, I have so
many calls I can't even answer all right now, which
is a good problem. It's a good problem to have.
So if you've called in, thank you so much. Like
I love the fact that you guys want to participate
and you want to be a part of the day, Like,
thank you so much for that.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
It really means a lot.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
We also talked about things that you did when you
were a teenager that you still haven't told your parents about.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
That was kind of funny. We had some great calls
from that.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
I had somebody from the Maryland Zoo in this week
to talk about all the incredible events that are coming
up there. The Maryland Zoo is one of my favorite
places to go. We have spent countless hours there with
our daughter, my wife and I and just had so
much fun and they have some really cool things. So
I'm putting that conversation into the Best of Podcasts this
week too. Let's see what else happened. Today is Friday.
(03:30):
Oh Truesdale Truthday. The trio Trusdale my favorite. Oh my gosh,
Like when I first heard them almost two years ago,
it like literally changed the way that I hear music.
They're just so incredible. It was such a pleasure to
be able to talk to them. The full conversation with
Truesdale is on my other podcast, the Adult Education Podcast,
so you can check that out. But I did play
(03:50):
a clip on the air, so I'll share that here
with you. What else, anything else that we did, I
can't even it was so busy. I'm going to try
to throw all this stuff into the podcast this week.
So let me end this. Let me end my rant
with just a simple thank you. Thank you for listening,
thank you for making us.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
A part of your day. I appreciate that.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Thank you for welcoming me to the afternoons. Even though
it's been going on for a couple of months now,
I still feel so grateful. Anytime somebody calls in and
wants to participate, I just appreciate it so much.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
So thank you for everything. Guys. Let's do it. Let's
do the best of podcast.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
So good, it's so good. It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
The Saint Pierre's Show three to seven on ninety three
point one WPOC boy.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Today, it's been amazing. I was out earlier today going
for a run. I'm getting ready for the Saint Jude
Half Marathon down in Nashville. So I do every single
year and I'm just out there running today, thanking boy.
I probably should have started training a little bit earlier.
And I also got thinking, like I wish that when
I were a little bit younger, like in my twenties,
(04:50):
that working out and exercising were as big of a
priority as they are now. Right Like, people don't talk
about or didn't talk about exercising and working out when
I was in my twenties the way they talk about
it now, And I wish that they had, because I
feel like I would be in a much better place
now if I had had that sort of like base,
you know what I mean. So it got me kind
of thinking, if I could go back in time, what
(05:11):
would I tell like my twenties year old self, Like,
what I want to do differently back in my twenties?
And I wonder, is there anything that you would do
differently in your twenties right now?
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Give me a call.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Eight hundred three two one thirty six ninety three ninety
three point one WPOC. I'm saying Pierre was asking the question,
what is something that if you could go back in time,
that you would do differently in your twenties.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
What would you do?
Speaker 6 (05:33):
I would start dating my current boyfriend sooner. We've known
each other since I was in my twenties, but we
didn't get together until I was in almost my forties.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Wow, you've known him for that long. So what was
it that kept you guys from dating?
Speaker 7 (05:49):
Like?
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Why didn't you start this a little bit earlier?
Speaker 6 (05:51):
I think that I have a lot of growing up
to do, and I think that it was my fault
that I have a lot of growing up to do,
and I need to do that. And I did that
and now everything is wonderful.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Yeah, that makes sense. We're different people as we start
to get older. I'm just glad that it worked out
for the two of them.
Speaker 8 (06:09):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Who's this, hey, Corey?
Speaker 5 (06:12):
What's something you would do differently in your twenties if
you could go back in time?
Speaker 9 (06:17):
I would take college more seriously.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Okay, interesting, So I take it it wasn't really a
priority back.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
When you went.
Speaker 9 (06:24):
Well, I was kind of just there for the party
and reaping the rewards of what I neglected now, and
I wish I would have taken it more seriously when
I was there.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
Well, Corey, you sound a little down about it. Are
you doing okay? Like, how are you doing now?
Speaker 9 (06:40):
Yeah, I'm okay. I live a decent life. I'm married,
I've got a good wife and got a kid on
the way.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Well, listen, I understand that you have a little bit
of regret here, but these are the important things, right,
Like you've got a great family, You've got exciting things
in your life.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Like, these are the things that you got to be
excited about.
Speaker 9 (06:57):
I wouldn't change what I did, but at the same time,
I wish I would have done it differently.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
I hear you, man, Well, hey, maybe somebody's listening right now,
and you're inspiring them to take their college experience a
little more seriously, I would hope. So, talking about things
you would do differently in your twenties, if you can
go back in time and do them over?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Hi, who's this?
Speaker 9 (07:15):
Yes?
Speaker 10 (07:16):
This is Kim.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Hey, Kim.
Speaker 11 (07:17):
Uh something I was different.
Speaker 12 (07:19):
So I was in a fancy accident when I was eighteen.
Speaker 13 (07:23):
I meant to have my.
Speaker 10 (07:24):
License at the time, and our teams over like.
Speaker 13 (07:26):
Five or six times. No, I think it affected me,
so I didn't. I never got my license.
Speaker 9 (07:31):
Because I was like scared.
Speaker 12 (07:32):
After the accident recently.
Speaker 13 (07:35):
I guess five or six years ago and my bus.
Speaker 8 (07:37):
Up passed way. I probably had to go and bite
the bullets and get my.
Speaker 14 (07:41):
License, and I wished out of got them sooner because
I probably would have done a lot more.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
I got you.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Yeah, I mean, there's a sense of freedom with having
your license. It gives you the ability to do a
lot of things you know by yourself, and things that
you just want to do.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
But I also understand why you didn't. I mean that's scary.
I get it.
Speaker 8 (07:56):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Can I ask how old you are now? Okay? Yeah,
so you definitely you took a break to get it.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
Wow, that's that's amaz. Well, I'm glad you got it.
I'm glad you finally got the courage up to get it.
Speaker 9 (08:07):
Definitely.
Speaker 8 (08:08):
It's like I can't say her anymore.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So go on on air podcast.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Friday, we had our Blake Blitz. We gave away Blake
Shelton tickets all day and we told you that one
winner was going to get the grand prize of VIP
experience backstage at the show. So I've got our grand
prize winner. Let's go ahead and see if we can
get her here on the phone. Let me dial her
number up and okay, all right, here we go.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Hello.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Hi, is this Megan?
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Megan?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Megan? This is Saint Pierre from ninety three point one
w POC.
Speaker 14 (08:45):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
How's your Monday.
Speaker 9 (08:47):
It's okay.
Speaker 15 (08:48):
I just got back from the doctor in six so
you know it could be better.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
But well, I'm sorry to hear that. Well, here, here's
a good thing, because I think I'm going to cheer
you up a little bit. Okay, okay, you won Blake
Shelton tickets on Friday? Am I correct with this?
Speaker 16 (09:00):
I did, yes, and that was very lucky dad.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah, very good day for you.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
Well, now today just got even better because you are
the grand prize winner. You got the VIP experience before
the show.
Speaker 13 (09:11):
Oh my god, are you serious?
Speaker 5 (09:13):
I am so serious, Megan, And I'm so glad. I'm
so glad it's you. Not that I'm happy that you're sick, Megan,
but like that just made the story so much better.
Speaker 9 (09:20):
This definitely brightens my day.
Speaker 17 (09:23):
So here's what's gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Here's the deal.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
You're gonna go backstage, get a tour of the you know,
the tour, and see how everything works. Backstage, they're gonna
take you up on stage. You can see what it
looks like from that vantam point. You get to see
a tour bus. You'll get to eat food and catering
where all the other artists eat and stuff. And I
just think it's going to be a really special night
and a special experience.
Speaker 15 (09:45):
It's our anniversary the night before, so that is so amazing.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Megan, you're giving me goosebumps. It was meant to be.
Speaker 16 (09:51):
Oh yeah, it was.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
Oh my god, I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
It's so cool, so good, so good. It's only the
good stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
The Saint Pierre Show three to seven on ninety three
point one WPOC.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Ninety three point one WPOC Today's Best Country.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
I'm Saint Pierre, and yes.
Speaker 5 (10:07):
My last name actually is Saint Pierre, and it's spelled
like st period spased Pierre. And every once in a
while somebody will call the house, call my cell phone.
I guess I don't really call the house, or I'll
be somewhere where they have my name. When they say
mister Stepiri, Stepiri, I'm like, I feel like, Saint Pierre
looks like a pretty obvious name, but I guess you
know in every system it looks different, so they have
(10:28):
a hard time saying my name sometimes. And I've bet
a lot of folks out there have names that get
mispronounced from time to time. And I thought we could
have some fun today on a nice sunny afternoon. Why
don't you give me a call eight hundred three two
one thirty six ninety three. Let's have some fun with
names that are mispronounced. People can't say your name eight
hundred three two one thirty six ninety three. Let's see
if we do any better. Okay, let's go to the phones. Okay,
(10:50):
before you say your name, I don't want to know
what it is yet. Do you want to tell us
your first name or your last name? Which one do
people have a hard time with.
Speaker 15 (10:56):
I will give my first name, since that's the unusual one.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
Okay, now, why don't you spell it for me first
to see if I can figure it out.
Speaker 15 (11:03):
T E r y E.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
T E R y e. Okay, I'm gonna go. I'm
gonna go with Terry.
Speaker 15 (11:13):
That is correct, and you're probably one of the very
few people who get that correct.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
It's definitely an unusual spelling for it, but I do
think it's like fairly obvious if you think about it
for one second. But I bet you get a lot
of people that say completely ridiculous things.
Speaker 15 (11:28):
I have gotten Terry, Terre, Currier, Terry y a very
unusual things, and I just laugh because I'm thinking, who
would name their kid Turyer? But hey, what the heck?
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Having some fun with names today? All right, So do
you want to go with your first name or your
last name?
Speaker 13 (11:48):
It is my last name.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
Okay, do you want to try spelling it for me
first to see if I can figure it out?
Speaker 13 (11:54):
Sure?
Speaker 8 (11:54):
Okay, it's g h I.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Got p U G eight Is that right?
Speaker 11 (12:00):
That is right?
Speaker 7 (12:01):
Now?
Speaker 3 (12:02):
That to me would just be pew very good. People
have a hard time.
Speaker 13 (12:05):
With that, Oh, Bob, you plus, yes, totally and it's
not I mean, it's a hard name to grow up with, to.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Be with you, Oh, I can only imagine if you're
talking about names that get mispronounced a lot. And this
is interesting because we start to learn more about family
backgrounds as well. Okay, sir, so is it your first
or last name?
Speaker 8 (12:28):
It's my first name and it's actually a family name.
My last name is Martin and I'm the.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Third Okay, all right, So how do you spell it? R?
Speaker 8 (12:37):
E G, yeah, S E V L Y S wow.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
Okay, Retzeville's oh wow.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
I have the L and the Y and the wrong
spot here in my head. How do you pronounce it?
Speaker 8 (12:51):
I will tell you that my great great grandfather he
was dyslexic, and now write it, write it down and
you'll be able to pronounce it.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
Now I've got it. Okay, it's it's the opposite of Sylvester.
Speaker 8 (13:04):
It is Sylvester, but he is the dyslectic show. That's
what he wrote down, and it became the family name.
And as I said, I'm the third.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
That's really funny. Now you're not messing with me, right,
this is like a real thing.
Speaker 16 (13:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
I thought for a second, I thought you were just
kind of, you know, pulling a joke on me.
Speaker 8 (13:19):
No, our last things Martin and I'm the third.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
Got to go back to the phones. We're talking about
names that get mispronounced very easily. So, okay, do you
want to go with first name or last name?
Speaker 14 (13:29):
It's my grandmother's last name.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
Your grandmother's last name. Do you want to spell it
for me first and see if I can figure it out?
Speaker 18 (13:35):
Sure?
Speaker 17 (13:36):
C I C I g O I C I C I.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
G O I.
Speaker 11 (13:42):
That's correct.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Wow, okay, Wow, this failed miserably for me. I don't
even know where to begin. I see segoy. I don't
have no idea.
Speaker 10 (13:50):
It's okay, and it's pronounced.
Speaker 8 (13:54):
But in America they pronounced it right.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Yeah, because the CI here doesn't have this. They don't
the chip at the beginning. Okay, I can understand why
that would.
Speaker 14 (14:02):
Be mispronounced yep for a very long time.
Speaker 5 (14:06):
Okay, first name or last name, it's my first name.
Would you mind spelling it for me?
Speaker 10 (14:10):
So it's h R, I asked, I.
Speaker 8 (14:15):
A and Christian Christian?
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Oh, okay, all right.
Speaker 10 (14:22):
Don't even pronounce the I. It's just like a ton.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Were you ever like mad at your parents for giving
you a name that was difficult for people to pronounce?
Speaker 19 (14:31):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (14:32):
Always.
Speaker 10 (14:32):
My mom named me after her best friend, and walking
across graduation stage rehearsal, they kept saying Christianne, and the
last day for pronunciation she got it right. But on
the day of graduation she pronounced it wrong and I
stopped jud's center of the stage, and all my friends
thought I was going to flip.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
You're like you had one job.
Speaker 10 (14:51):
Exactly exactly, but it's Christian.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Do you have kids?
Speaker 9 (14:55):
I do.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
Did you name them like supremely boring names just to
make it easy for them?
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Did I name the Madison and Dylan?
Speaker 3 (15:01):
I love it?
Speaker 5 (15:02):
I love I don't mean to call your kid's names
boring but easy to read and easy to pronounce.
Speaker 10 (15:07):
But nope, I wanted to be simple. But of course
they sometimes they do pronounce Dylan's name is dialon the
d y l A n okay, but it's pretty common name.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Who pronounces Dylan Dialon? Come on, here's Dylan Scott. That
worked out well? Is your name that gets mispronounced? Your
first name or your last name?
Speaker 7 (15:24):
Last name?
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Okay? Do you want to spell it for me? Let's
see if I can figure it out.
Speaker 17 (15:27):
Sure, it's b as in boy A I L l
A r G EO M is.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
In November ooh by largan.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Wow, I'm impressed? Am I am? I writer? Am I
that wrong?
Speaker 6 (15:44):
No?
Speaker 17 (15:45):
No, you're you're pretty much spot on.
Speaker 8 (15:48):
Uh.
Speaker 15 (15:48):
We usually put a little less eye on it.
Speaker 17 (15:50):
It's bail large and but you came a lot closer
than most.
Speaker 5 (15:53):
Well, I was thinking, like I know in Spanish by
Lar is I think is it dancing by laar.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Is a Spanish world?
Speaker 5 (16:00):
Okay, so that's my head was going with that, So
that's where I was guessing.
Speaker 9 (16:03):
Yes, very good.
Speaker 17 (16:04):
But a lot of people try to make the n
like two syllables, you know, fullar g on or.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
I mean, I've heard it all, so I'll be honest
with you.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
We have caller ID on our phone system here, so
when you called, I was able to see almost the
entire names. I was able to visualize it as well
as here you spell it, which was kind of helpful.
Speaker 8 (16:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 17 (16:22):
Nine times out of ten, I get Karen.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
Buh yeah, right, stop, let's talk about your name that
gets mispronounced.
Speaker 18 (16:32):
Hey, Saint Pierre, it's not me, it's my in laws, okay,
spelled mc capital n A m A r A Okay,
so like McNamara exactly, okay, yeah, not like McNamara McNamara. Yes, well,
we live in McDonald's world, so mc is obviously goodness,
(16:54):
it's amazing and uh yeah. We we deal with a
lot of people, and you should some of the names
that we have to try to pronounce.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
I bet I can only imagine. I'm glad I don't
have to make those.
Speaker 18 (17:06):
Calls no, and it's like, hey, I'm returning your phone call.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Right you, sir, return your call?
Speaker 18 (17:16):
Yeah, okay, have a great day you two.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
Thanks.
Speaker 11 (17:18):
Actually, it's the first name.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Okay, do you want to spell it for me? A?
Speaker 5 (17:22):
Oh, I s E hey O I s E Wow?
Speaker 3 (17:30):
I got nothing. How do you pronounce that? Okay?
Speaker 8 (17:35):
All right, it's an Irish theme Okay.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
I was like, I've never seen that name before, so
I figured it must be a cultural name.
Speaker 11 (17:42):
It's a it's an Irish name.
Speaker 8 (17:44):
It's my granddaughter's name.
Speaker 11 (17:46):
And we had to look it up as well, because
when they sent us the text methods saying etha, we've
read it as aofi.
Speaker 6 (17:55):
Okay, yeah, and they said no, no.
Speaker 11 (17:57):
No, look it up and it's in the dictionary.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
That's pretty cool.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
And I bet there's like an element because whenever you
have a unique name, if you're a kid, it can
be frustrating. But also I feel like when your granddaughter
gets older, I don't know how old she is, there'll
be a different appreciation for it because it is unique.
Speaker 11 (18:12):
Yes, and her her sister's name is elish and without the.
Speaker 8 (18:16):
H on the end.
Speaker 11 (18:18):
And when Chris you focons throw out sheetlder mother. She
didn't have eCos up there because it didn't start with
a E.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Oh that's great and she was five. That's really funny. Name,
last name? Okay, how do you spell it?
Speaker 19 (18:35):
B O N N E f O n G.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Okay? I kind of lost you there at the end.
But why don't you say it for me?
Speaker 8 (18:42):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's bonafont.
Speaker 20 (18:46):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
And I can see where that would be a little confusing.
That would give me a little pause if I were
reading that on a call sheet.
Speaker 10 (18:52):
Yes, I get all kinds of different names.
Speaker 12 (18:54):
I can tell you.
Speaker 15 (18:55):
I could shoot them out to you.
Speaker 5 (18:56):
Does it frustrate you or you had a point where
you're like, it's just it is what it is.
Speaker 12 (19:00):
I mean, it's really important.
Speaker 8 (19:02):
It's flush rating, but it is when it is other
than like whatever, you know.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
I usually use it as like a like a filter.
I'm like, if you can't pronounce my name, we probably
don't need.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
To talk there you go here? But Hi, what's your name?
Speaker 6 (19:16):
Hi?
Speaker 19 (19:17):
My name is Barry Lee.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Okay, all right, so what is what is the mispronounced name? Here?
Speaker 19 (19:23):
My first name?
Speaker 8 (19:24):
Okay, how do you spell it's? For you?
Speaker 19 (19:26):
I think I'm a one and only in the world.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Okay, how do we spell this one?
Speaker 19 (19:33):
B E r y l e E.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
Okay, wait say that again. B E r y l.
Speaker 19 (19:42):
E W at the end.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
YEP.
Speaker 19 (19:48):
I get things, mister Barry Lee, all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Yeah, I mean I've never seen that name anywhere before.
That's pretty impressive.
Speaker 19 (19:58):
Yes, I don't think you have.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Will Could you pronounce it again for me?
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Barry Lee Berry Lee.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Okay, Wow, that's funny.
Speaker 5 (20:06):
When you first said your name, I thought your name
was like Barry, and then Lee was your last name exactly.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
There you go.
Speaker 19 (20:14):
So no, uh uh. It drives me crazy. And for
that reason, I named my son Michael. Yes, and he
hated his name because when he grew up, everyone in
his class, every boy in his class, was named Michael.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Oh yeah, yep.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
My wife is Amanda, and she said there were like
four kids in her school or in her class that
were Amanda's. Everybody was like Amanda than the first letter
of your last name.
Speaker 19 (20:41):
Right there you go.
Speaker 7 (20:43):
Yep.
Speaker 11 (20:43):
You can't win.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
You can't. Thank you so much for calling.
Speaker 19 (20:47):
You're welcome, love your show, appreciate, thank you, bye bye.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
So it's so good.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
The Saint Pierre's show three to seven on ninety three
point one wp A.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Ninety three point one WPOC. I'm saying, Pierre hanging out.
My friend Shannon from the Maryland Zoo is here.
Speaker 16 (21:05):
Shannon, welcome, Thank you so much. I'm so happy to
be here.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
So your full name is Shannon Brown, and I actually
went to school growing up with a Shannon Brown, and
I got like worried for a second. Not worried because
we were friends, but I was like, wait, Shannon Brown,
I guess that's probably not that uncommon.
Speaker 16 (21:17):
There's like two of us.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
It's like two, yeah, just too.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
That's it. Well, welcome, I no parrot. I was hoping
you were going to bring a parent.
Speaker 8 (21:24):
No.
Speaker 16 (21:24):
I'm squawky though, so hopefully I fill that void.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
I love it.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
So many great things are going on at the Zoo,
and we're going to touch on these over the next
few minutes here while you're here. But I do want
to talk first about Spring Illuminations, because I think that
this idea is brilliant, and I'm like when you know,
when you read about an idea and you're like, why
haven't they been doing this forever? So tell me more
about Spring illumination.
Speaker 16 (21:45):
Yeah, absolutely, So it is an illuminated lantern festival. And
so our counterparts at other zoos throughout the country have
done this and they've done it really successfully. Similarly, we've
done zoo lights during the lead up to Christmas for
several years. There's a lot of competition for holiday lights
and so we've taken a break with that. But Spring
illuminations kind of brings that same like wonderment to the zoo,
(22:09):
but during the springtime. And so imagine dozens and dozens
of these beautiful lanterns and they span both animalistic and
more fauna. So think beautiful, vibrant plants. And during the
daytime when you're there, you'll be able to see them,
but the like luster is really in the evening.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Sure, yeah, when you can actually see it lit up.
Speaker 16 (22:27):
It's lit up. And they start at the main gate,
so at the forefront of your visit, you're really just
seeing this spectacle and as you go in, you're sort
of drawn deeper and deeper into the campus and it's
stunning and magical and that really I mean, we've shown
pictures to like young children and they're like eyes wide
and then us as adult, same thing. And so I
(22:47):
think it's going to be something for everyone.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
And there's something magical too about going into the zoo
at night, which is not something that you normally do.
You don't normally have it open. It closes in the
afternoon and that's it. So there is something kind of
special about It's almost like you're breaking the rules, like
I'm going to go walk through the zoo at nighttime.
Speaker 16 (23:02):
It does, and I think the thing that people don't
recognize is I'm there after dark a good bit of time.
It's so quiet and peaceful, and so it is it's
like a peak behind the curtain. It's a little like
less scary Jurassic Park esque, right, there's still the gates
and like you do hear the wildlife, but it is
it's magical.
Speaker 5 (23:21):
Oh man, I can just I'm having this like you know,
mental image right now of hearing the animals, the wildlife
kind of doing their thing.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
But it is quiet.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
You don't have all the school tours running through and
the kids that are going nut like it. It is
a much more intimate setting.
Speaker 16 (23:35):
Yeah, and so some of the things we because you know,
this has been hugely popular so far on social and
so the traction there has been really encouraging some of
the things that people are asking. It's like, oh, man,
I wish we could do this and see the animals.
And so to the point of being able to hear animals, right,
a lot of our animals have access to their habitats
in the evening as well. And so a guy that
(23:57):
I want to kind of point to is our male
lion has On. He's a very vocal lion, and so
guests can absolutely expect that when they're walking through spring
or yeah, spring illuminations, you're gonna hear his bellowing sort
of it's not a per and it's not a groul,
but like he's letting all the other lions in Druid
Hill Park know that this is his territory. You're gonna
(24:18):
hear that. You're gonna hear the penguins braying. You're gonna
hear the deer that aren't part of the collection, but
there's many of them, and so it's not it's not
completely removed from the animal experience that you would get
during the day. You're just experiencing it with a different sense.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Okay, So when is spring illumination, that's happening.
Speaker 16 (24:36):
Sure, So we kick off I think with a member's
only event. I want to say April third, and then
that next day, which would be Friday, April fourth, that's
when we open to the general public, and the installation
will be opened through I want to say June thirtieth,
and so while schools are still in session, the days
of the week will vary a little bit, but spring
Break I think will be open for the full week.
(24:57):
Once school's closed for the summer, those last two weeks
will be open longer hours. But April third through June thirtieth.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Perfect. And where do people go to find out more info?
Speaker 16 (25:06):
Maryland Zoo dot org.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Okay, stick around. We're going to talk more about some
other things you've got coming up. But I gotta play
some music for a music radio station and you're a
fan of WPOC, so this is right up your alley,
all right, Shannon, Thank you so much, Maryland Zoo dot org.
If you want to check that out, you can follow
along with everything we're talking about here today. Ninety three
point y WPOC save here here with Shannon Brown from
the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. So we talked a little
(25:27):
bit about spring illuminations. Really cool new opportunity there at
the Zoo this year that I hope people take advantage
of because it sounds amazing. But you have some other
traditional events that are coming back around this time of year.
Bunny Bonanzoo is a big one that we've done with
our daughter. It's so so much fun.
Speaker 16 (25:43):
Yeah, absolutely, So. It is the lead up to Easter weekend,
so good Friday and that Saturday and then of course
Easter Day, and so what we do is we kind
of take over the campus with Easter themed activities. And
what that could look like is we have an egg
hunt and water pavilion where kids can run and grab
eggs and they can exchange them for chocolate. And then
(26:04):
there's crafts and different just spring activities. And then throughout
the zoo there's often like egg shoots if you will, Yes, Yeah,
we have incredible volunteers that we're going to work to
disperse like candy through the shoots or more eggs where
you can collect them for a prize at the end.
We also will have different education stations set up throughout
the zoo that will engage our guests differently than what
(26:24):
they would see through like general interpretive signage and things
like that, and we will also have a number of
keeper chats and so imagine like lots of pastels, lots
of chocolate, and then just ways to experience throughout the campus.
And yeah, it's a lot of fun and it is
definitely something for everyone. We see babies and strollers all
the way up to grandparents that are there for the
enjoyment as well.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
I think.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
But Nanzu last year was the first time we actually
made it through the entire campus on one day because
we're members. And I always tell people that are thinking
about going to the zoo, become a member because you
only have to go a couple of times till you
basically make your money back. So being a member too,
it gives you the advantage of if our daughters having
a run, don't, we can leave and we don't feel
like we lost anything.
Speaker 3 (27:02):
You know, we'll just come back again.
Speaker 5 (27:04):
So Bananzu though, we're like, we got to go around,
we gotta check every station, we got to do everything.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
So we went through the entire place. I was like, Wow,
this place is huge.
Speaker 16 (27:11):
Yeah. Yeah, So and I appreciate the plug for membership
because it does I think membership typically pays for itself
in about a visit and a half. Yeah, so it's
a really great way to one support a local nonprofit,
but too like get your kiddos out and moving on
those beautiful days. But yeah, Bunny's fantastic. It is typically
like our second biggest weekend of the year, only behind
(27:31):
that of Zoo Boo, which is sort of the companion
piece that we hold in the fall.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
Which is also very fun. Adult Prom is something that
I've seen. I've not been to, but I've seen it
pop up a few different times. Tell me more about
adult Prom.
Speaker 16 (27:41):
Yeah, so adult Prom this is i think going on
our third year of hosting it. So imagine like your
favorite parts of your junior or senior prom. So you
get an opportunity to dress up. There's typically a theme,
we have a fantastic DJ that will come out, there's
a dance floor. There's the court process, so you'll get
to essentially submit a photo and you will be a
(28:02):
candidate for like the prom court, and so you could
get a sash that says you're the prom King or queen.
It's a lot of fun. All of our animal or
all of our events have some sort of animal component.
So prom is no exception, We offer VIP opportunities to
buy tickets and go in and do an experience with
one of our animals. So think leopard o copy, something
really cool that you would do in advance a prom,
(28:23):
and then at actual prom we have some sort of
animal ambassador and that could be you know, a penguin,
a ten rack, a parent. I know you you mentioned earlier,
but it is really like imagine just going out and
having like yummy food, drinks and dancing. That's really sort
of the heart of it, and you kind of harken
back to those days of being a teenager again. It's awesome.
Speaker 5 (28:42):
I like how you said the best parts of the
Junior and Senior prom because we all know that everybody
has a bad part to you. But the best parts
is event you could do and when is that happening
this year?
Speaker 16 (28:52):
So it is, oh, my goodness, Friday, May second. I
believe it's that first Friday in May.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Okay, perfect and more details can be found at Maryland
Zoo dot org if you want to check that out.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
All right, we're going to come back one more time.
Speaker 5 (29:02):
We're going to talk about what is my favorite event
at the Maryland Zoo throughout the year. It's something that
I've done almost every year since I moved to Baltimore.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
So we're going to talk about Brew at the Zoo
in just a few minutes.
Speaker 16 (29:12):
Fantastic, I hear you.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Thanks for coming, bye, Shannon. I appreciate this a lot
of fun. Hidy three point one WPOC.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
It's a day like this, Shannon, where I start to
think about Brew at the Zoo because Brew at the
Zoo every year at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, happens
a Memorial Day weekend, and more often than not, it's
a really nice, warm, you know, late spring, early summer day.
There have been a couple of years with the weather's
been kind of interesting, but it's always just a really
nice time to get out there at the Zoo. And
this year I'm sure is going to be no different.
Speaker 16 (29:39):
It is our favorite time at the Zoo, at least
on the events side. So Brew at the Zoo serves
as our single largest fundraiser of the year. So all
of our events, if you purchase tickets, you're directly supporting
animal care and conservation, but Brew is like the big
daddy of that, and so it is two days of
live music, lots of alcohol and lots of non alcohol
(30:00):
on tap. But we have great partners in Bond distributing
and there are over eighty different drinks to sample, and
so we have been working over the last two years
to increase that inventory to include many non alcoholic options
as well as wine, cider, seltzers, and so there's definitely
something for everyone. But yeah, live music, and the most
important piece to that is the festival includes our entire
(30:22):
campus and so there are several different stations set up
throughout the zoo where there are pairings that which I'm.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Gonna interrupt you.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
This is one of the most brilliant ideas because I've
been to almost every single brew at the Zoo since
I've moved here, and one of the things that we
noticed and my friends would talk about is that, yes,
you have access to the zoo, but like, if you're
coming to sample drinks and enjoy the festival atmosphere, you're
not necessarily going into the zoo.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
You just want to kind of hang.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
But now that you've incorporated stations throughout the zoo, it
has opened the door to go explore and walk around
and try something different. And also it's kept the festival
area not quite as insane. Yeah, so this is the
most brilliant.
Speaker 16 (31:00):
Yeah, thank you. We do it through a couple different ways, right,
We have pairing stations that are there all day, and
our animal team is incredibly creative and collaborative, and so
what they've also done is work different types of animal
enrichments into the schedule. And what that might mean is
getting an animal to exhibit some sort of behavior that
they would demonstrate in the wild that has to do
(31:22):
with their natural instincts, right, and so it might be
a carcass feed with our lions, and they're going to
get a carcass and they're going to get to do
their lion thing with it, and then we're going to
tie it to a drink that either has some sort
of name that is really invoking of something like really
like carnivoristic or like we have a blood orange like
chimp beer that we tie to a chimp experience. And
(31:43):
so we try to think really really outside the box
for everything on the campus that day, and that includes
what's happening in the animals exhibits as well.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
Well.
Speaker 5 (31:51):
It's such a great event and it's a great family
event too. I know it's a drinking day in a
lot of ways, but like we've run our daughter a
couple of times. We were there last Memorial Day and
we just had such a blast. Again, like if you're
a parent, you can walk around the zoo and get
yourself a beverage while you're walking on the zoo with
your child and looking at animals, and it's just a
really cool and fun and unique opportunity to enjoy it.
Speaker 16 (32:10):
Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. It is
definitely a day and a weekend for families, and so
we have tried to add more and more elements that
make the day more appealing for littles, and so that
might look like besides like moon bounces and face painting,
like we have a wonderful watermelon eating contest. The highlight
of last year's was the kids watermelon eating contests and
(32:32):
they're so cute and covered in watermelon juice. So we
do different things like that, and we have also tied
different activities to animal stations and so you know, for
Octoberfest is a good example, when our bears are starting
to hibernate, kids could go and write letters to the
keepers about what they think bears are dreaming of, and
so different activities that really get kids to kind of
think outside the box and engage with our animals and
(32:53):
ways that it wouldn't be otherwise able to.
Speaker 5 (32:55):
I wish my brain worked in the same ways that
all of yours do at the Zoom, because you come
up with so many creative ideas. Brew at the Zoo,
which we were just talking about, happens on Memorial Day weekend.
Tickets are on sale now, and everything that we talked
about today you can find the details for at Maryland
Zoo dot org. Shannon Brown, thank you so much for
coming by and telling us more about it next time.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Parrot or Penguin. Okay, as long as it starts with
the peak, that's what we want to do.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
It's only the good stuff, So good, so good.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
On air podcast.
Speaker 5 (33:24):
I was talking to a friend of mine earlier today
about a time when I snuck out of the house,
well kind of snuck out to go to a concert.
My mom did not like that I went to concerts.
She was not down with me going to the big
scary city to see live music. And there was a
time that I got out and I went and I
still I've never told her about it. Like I'm forty four,
years old and we've never talked about this. She might know,
(33:46):
I don't know, but I've never told her. Okay, So
they got me wondering, like, what is something that you
did when you were younger and you never told your parents?
Like you think your parents still don't know about this?
Speaker 3 (33:56):
What is it?
Speaker 5 (33:56):
It's confession time, folks. Tell me something that you did
when you we're a teenager that you never told your
parents eight hundred and three two one thirty six ninety three.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
I want the dirt. I'm cper.
Speaker 5 (34:06):
I was telling a story about how I snuck out
of my house kind of to go see a concert.
I've never talked to my parents about this, so I
guess this is kind of my admission. So I want
to hear from you. What are some things you did
as a teenager that you've never told your parents about?
Speaker 7 (34:19):
Hi?
Speaker 3 (34:19):
Who's this?
Speaker 17 (34:20):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (34:20):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (34:20):
This is Eric?
Speaker 3 (34:21):
Eric? What's going on?
Speaker 4 (34:23):
I was just laughing at your what you said, because
I did the exact same thing. I snuck out with
some friends.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
I was spending the.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Night at my buddy's house, but we actually drew from
Baltimore to the Capital Center to see.
Speaker 14 (34:34):
Prince the Purple Rain show.
Speaker 5 (34:36):
Oh my gosh, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
I mean, what a great show to see too, Like
what an epic concert?
Speaker 4 (34:42):
Yeah was Sheila opened up for him, the whole deal,
but about ten years that had to be at least
ten years later. My mom actually said, comes into me
about it. She never ever mentioned it, but she knew
the entire time I had went.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
Isn't that crazy that parents know? Like you think you've
pulled it over on that, but they actually.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Have all of it locked down.
Speaker 14 (34:59):
Oh yeah, I'm faily care. We don't worry.
Speaker 18 (35:01):
Okay, i'll fee later.
Speaker 5 (35:04):
I'm talking about things you did as a teenager that
you never told your parents about. Okay, so let's hear it.
I want the confessions, like a call from Folson on
the phone.
Speaker 14 (35:11):
This is so random.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
I threw a rock, not a car.
Speaker 14 (35:16):
No, when I was walking home from my bus stop,
and nobody got hurt. I just threw a rock and
it hit the side.
Speaker 3 (35:25):
Of a car. Col Man, I don't know why I
did it. I don't know why.
Speaker 8 (35:29):
I don't tell anybody that.
Speaker 5 (35:30):
Yeah, I wouldn't tell anybody either. Man, you would have
gotten in trouble. Oh my gosh. Now I don't need
confessions like that. You don't have to confess a crime
to me talking about the things you did as a
teenager that you never told your parents about. Let's go
back to the phones. I got Britney on the phone. Brittany,
what were you doing?
Speaker 7 (35:43):
I used to go to the movies with my friends
and told them that I was going to like one movie,
and then would usually sneak into or whatever it.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
Was, like an R rated.
Speaker 17 (35:55):
Movie because I wasn't allowed to watch R rated movies.
Speaker 5 (35:57):
That's almost like a rite of passage, isn't it. You
gotta do that at some point when you're a teenager
eight hundred three two one thirty six poinety three if
you want to confess something that you did.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Sent some great.
Speaker 5 (36:07):
Calls to having fun today taking calls about things you
want to admit that you did when you were a
teenager that you never told your parents about.
Speaker 8 (36:13):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Who's this?
Speaker 7 (36:14):
Hey?
Speaker 14 (36:14):
This is Mike.
Speaker 8 (36:15):
How are you?
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Hey, Mike? I'm great. Are you calling about something you
want to admit you did when you were a teen?
Speaker 14 (36:19):
I am. When I was about ten or eleven years old,
I met I was in middle school, in the seventh grade.
I met it with some friends in Arbautus and you're
going to the movie theater go watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
About five minutes into the movie, we got kicked out.
And then I sat on the curb for two hours
until my parents can't pick me up because there was
no way I was telling him I got kicked out
(36:40):
of a movie.
Speaker 8 (36:40):
I was.
Speaker 14 (36:41):
I was so scared.
Speaker 5 (36:43):
That's the best part. I feel bad you got kicked
out of the movie because I did the same thing.
I sort of snuck into Buffy when I was too young,
but I didn't get kicked out.
Speaker 3 (36:50):
We did get to watch the whole film.
Speaker 5 (36:52):
But I love that you were so committed to it
that you just sat there waiting.
Speaker 14 (36:55):
Well, committed or fear. Either one is probably more fear.
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Of course, of course, the healthy dose of fear that
we all had of our parents at that age. Oh
my gosh, Mike, that was great and brought back a
great memory for me too.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
So goa soga. It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
The Saint Pierre's Show three to seven on ninety three
point one WPOC.
Speaker 5 (37:16):
Ninety three point one WPOC and his new music Friday.
I'm saved here and I got a special guest with
me today. The girls from Truesdale have checked in. We
were talking earlier today from my adult education podcast if
you want to check the full conversation out, but I
wanted to play a little bit of the conversation for
you right here. We were talking a bit about how
they came together, because I know they met in school,
(37:36):
but I am just so fascinated by their harmonies. I
don't think anybody has harmonies like the three women in
Truesdale do. So I asked them the question, like, was
it the way you sounded together that inspired you to
start the group?
Speaker 20 (37:48):
Yeah, that was like the first thing I think, Well,
the songwriting between Lauren and Georgia because they were in
a pass together, I think that's what started them working together.
And then when I came in as singing in three
part harmony, I think that. Yeah, the way we sounded
together was what kind of like struck that chord? Yeah,
that led us to keep doing it totally.
Speaker 5 (38:08):
Did you hear it yourselves, like when you guys got together,
was it like a magical moment if you will for YouTube,
You're like, holy crap, like that, I can't believe we
just did that.
Speaker 21 (38:17):
Yes, Yeah, I think it was more for me personally.
It was more to it just like so fun. Like
that was the thing. It wasn't really like a moment
of like, oh wow, we sound incredible, but it was
more like, oh.
Speaker 3 (38:28):
My god, Wow, this is so much fun.
Speaker 21 (38:31):
And I think we all have such deep respect for
each other as individuals and individual artists, so like singing
together was such a like exciting thing for all of
us because we all are fans of each other. For me,
the moment that was really like, oh, we have something,
this is something like that people really love was after
(38:52):
Georgia and I wrote a song together in class and
we brought Quinn in on it and we performed it
for the class and there's such a rave review of
that performance and we're like, oh, Okay, hey, like I
guess this is like people really.
Speaker 16 (39:08):
Like this and maybe we should keep doing it.
Speaker 7 (39:09):
All right.
Speaker 5 (39:10):
Let's hear from the girls in Trusdale. Here is their
latest song. This song is called want Me Back, Oh
my gosh, and I'd love to hear what you think
about this song too.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
Hi, this is Linda.
Speaker 3 (39:19):
Hey Lindsey, what's up?
Speaker 13 (39:20):
Hi?
Speaker 18 (39:21):
Is this thing here?
Speaker 3 (39:22):
It is?
Speaker 13 (39:22):
Oh my god?
Speaker 12 (39:23):
I thank you so much for putting me on the Truesdale.
I started listening to them when I think you played
I'm Guessing It with you?
Speaker 13 (39:31):
You played the.
Speaker 12 (39:33):
Oh, what's the what's their big song?
Speaker 5 (39:34):
The try to think what else they would have played?
Point your Finger is the one that I love.
Speaker 12 (39:39):
Yes, point your finger, Yes, point your finger is the
one that you played a couple of weeks ago. For
it must have been months at this point, and you
got me listening to them, and I went to their
concert last time they came to DC. I got one
of my friends into them, and we're going again to
see them at the nine thirty club. So I was
so happy to hear them on the radio again.
Speaker 8 (39:57):
I've been wanting to hear him again.
Speaker 5 (39:58):
So then I love that I'm going to be at
that show at the nine thirty club too, so hopefully
i'll see you there.
Speaker 17 (40:03):
Oh that's great.
Speaker 12 (40:04):
Well, thank you so much for putting them on the radio.
These just seem cool and like I just love hearing
like those good harmonies and everything.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
They are really cool. Well, thank you so much for calling.
I appreciate it.
Speaker 12 (40:13):
Thank you, take care of have a good one you too.
Speaker 8 (40:14):
Bye.
Get this all Yeah, it's good.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
We miss any of the Saint Pierre's show this week,
don't worry, We've got you covered. It's only the good
stuff on the Saint Pierre on Air podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
All right, is this thing on recording? Yes, we're recording.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
All right.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
That Happy Friday. I hope you guys had a good week. Boy,
another kind of wild week.
Speaker 5 (00:20):
It was wild, like on a personal level for me,
Like I just I don't know what it was like.
My wife had a lot of afterwork meetings, which meant
we had issues with like childcare and trying to figure
that out. There was a lot of like moving around,
and I kind of felt bad, like for our kid
because like I'm gonna drop her off at my wife's
job a couple of times this week, and it's always
sort of confusing, like I'm gonna drop you off here.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
I sort of felt bad for her, but I think
I think she's for five. Next week gets her spring break,
my daughter's spring break, so like we're just gonna hang
out all day, I guess, and then I have to
come into work. She's probably gonna come into work with
me next week, which could be really interesting. I don't
know if you've ever tried to do a radio show
with a four year old in the room. But it's
not always super easy, it's super convenient, But we're going
(01:05):
to give it a shot, and we're going to see
what happens next week. Anyway, how are you, guys, How
are all of you doing? I hope that you're not
getting too stressed out with the state of the world
and all the wild things that continue to keep happening
down in Washington, DC. I know listeners for WPOC a
lot of folks work for the government, so I know
it's a very stressful time. I was out with a
friend who works as a Social Security administration last weekend,
(01:27):
and it just we were having some drinks again us,
and he had more drinks than he was probably planning on,
but I think he needed it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Like at the end of the day, I was like,
I feel like you.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Needed this day to burn off some steam because it
has just been not fun or enjoyable for anyone that
is just feeling this pressure NonStop from what's going on.
So if you are a federal worker and you're listening
to this right now, I'm thinking about you. I just
can't even imagine. My wife works for a school. I
know they've been kind of on edge, just waiting for
things to happen too. So it's just tough. It's tough,
(01:58):
which is why when I come into work at three
o'clock in the afternoon, I try to bring some I
don't know, levity, try to have some fun, try to
bring up some fun old memories. This week, we had
a great conversation about names that have a hard time
being pronounced. Whether it's your name or a family member
you know, first or last name, people can't pronounce it.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
That was great.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
So many people called in, so many called in that
I couldn't answer the phones fast enough. I'm sure a
lot of folks just hung up and gave up. So
I'm sorry if I didn't get to you fast enough.
We had so many calls, couldn't even put them all
in the air because I just didn't have enough time
for all that. So my buddy Mike kleinb Mike works
for Z one o four to three, the same time
shift that I'm on, and we'll chat once in a while,
(02:39):
like in the hallway here and there, and I was
telling him and he's like, man, nobody calls my station
nobody in it. I was like, dude, I have so
many calls I can't even answer all right now, which
is a good problem. It's a good problem to have.
So if you've called in, thank you so much. Like
I love the fact that you guys want to participate
and you want to be a part of the day, Like,
thank you so much for that.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
It really means a lot.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
We also talked about things that you did when you
were a teenager that you still haven't told your parents about.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
That was kind of funny. We had some great calls
from that.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
I had somebody from the Maryland Zoo in this week
to talk about all the incredible events that are coming
up there. The Maryland Zoo is one of my favorite
places to go. We have spent countless hours there with
our daughter, my wife and I and just had so
much fun and they have some really cool things. So
I'm putting that conversation into the Best of Podcasts this
week too. Let's see what else happened. Today is Friday.
(03:30):
Oh Truesdale Truthday. The trio Trusdale my favorite. Oh my gosh,
Like when I first heard them almost two years ago,
it like literally changed the way that I hear music.
They're just so incredible. It was such a pleasure to
be able to talk to them. The full conversation with
Truesdale is on my other podcast, the Adult Education Podcast,
so you can check that out. But I did play
(03:50):
a clip on the air, so I'll share that here
with you. What else, anything else that we did, I
can't even it was so busy. I'm going to try
to throw all this stuff into the podcast this week.
So let me end this. Let me end my rant
with just a simple thank you. Thank you for listening,
thank you for making us.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
A part of your day. I appreciate that.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Thank you for welcoming me to the afternoons. Even though
it's been going on for a couple of months now,
I still feel so grateful. Anytime somebody calls in and
wants to participate, I just appreciate it so much.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
So thank you for everything. Guys. Let's do it. Let's
do the best of podcast.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
So good, it's so good. It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
The Saint Pierre's Show three to seven on ninety three
point one WPOC boy.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Today, it's been amazing. I was out earlier today going
for a run. I'm getting ready for the Saint Jude
Half Marathon down in Nashville. So I do every single
year and I'm just out there running today, thanking boy.
I probably should have started training a little bit earlier.
And I also got thinking, like I wish that when
I were a little bit younger, like in my twenties,
(04:50):
that working out and exercising were as big of a
priority as they are now. Right Like, people don't talk
about or didn't talk about exercising and working out when
I was in my twenties the way they talk about
it now, And I wish that they had, because I
feel like I would be in a much better place
now if I had had that sort of like base,
you know what I mean. So it got me kind
of thinking, if I could go back in time, what
(05:11):
would I tell like my twenties year old self, Like,
what I want to do differently back in my twenties?
And I wonder, is there anything that you would do
differently in your twenties right now?
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Give me a call.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Eight hundred three two one thirty six ninety three ninety
three point one WPOC. I'm saying Pierre was asking the question,
what is something that if you could go back in time,
that you would do differently in your twenties.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
What would you do?
Speaker 6 (05:33):
I would start dating my current boyfriend sooner. We've known
each other since I was in my twenties, but we
didn't get together until I was in almost my forties.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Wow, you've known him for that long. So what was
it that kept you guys from dating?
Speaker 7 (05:49):
Like?
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Why didn't you start this a little bit earlier?
Speaker 6 (05:51):
I think that I have a lot of growing up
to do, and I think that it was my fault
that I have a lot of growing up to do,
and I need to do that. And I did that
and now everything is wonderful.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Yeah, that makes sense. We're different people as we start
to get older. I'm just glad that it worked out
for the two of them.
Speaker 8 (06:09):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Who's this, hey, Corey?
Speaker 5 (06:12):
What's something you would do differently in your twenties if
you could go back in time?
Speaker 9 (06:17):
I would take college more seriously.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Okay, interesting, So I take it it wasn't really a
priority back.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
When you went.
Speaker 9 (06:24):
Well, I was kind of just there for the party
and reaping the rewards of what I neglected now, and
I wish I would have taken it more seriously when
I was there.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
Well, Corey, you sound a little down about it. Are
you doing okay? Like, how are you doing now?
Speaker 9 (06:40):
Yeah, I'm okay. I live a decent life. I'm married,
I've got a good wife and got a kid on
the way.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Well, listen, I understand that you have a little bit
of regret here, but these are the important things, right,
Like you've got a great family, You've got exciting things
in your life.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Like, these are the things that you got to be
excited about.
Speaker 9 (06:57):
I wouldn't change what I did, but at the same time,
I wish I would have done it differently.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
I hear you, man, Well, hey, maybe somebody's listening right now,
and you're inspiring them to take their college experience a
little more seriously, I would hope. So, talking about things
you would do differently in your twenties, if you can
go back in time and do them over?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Hi, who's this?
Speaker 9 (07:15):
Yes?
Speaker 10 (07:16):
This is Kim.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Hey, Kim.
Speaker 11 (07:17):
Uh something I was different.
Speaker 12 (07:19):
So I was in a fancy accident when I was eighteen.
Speaker 13 (07:23):
I meant to have my.
Speaker 10 (07:24):
License at the time, and our teams over like.
Speaker 13 (07:26):
Five or six times. No, I think it affected me,
so I didn't. I never got my license.
Speaker 9 (07:31):
Because I was like scared.
Speaker 12 (07:32):
After the accident recently.
Speaker 13 (07:35):
I guess five or six years ago and my bus.
Speaker 8 (07:37):
Up passed way. I probably had to go and bite
the bullets and get my.
Speaker 14 (07:41):
License, and I wished out of got them sooner because
I probably would have done a lot more.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
I got you.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Yeah, I mean, there's a sense of freedom with having
your license. It gives you the ability to do a
lot of things you know by yourself, and things that
you just want to do.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
But I also understand why you didn't. I mean that's scary.
I get it.
Speaker 8 (07:56):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Can I ask how old you are now? Okay? Yeah,
so you definitely you took a break to get it.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
Wow, that's that's amaz. Well, I'm glad you got it.
I'm glad you finally got the courage up to get it.
Speaker 9 (08:07):
Definitely.
Speaker 8 (08:08):
It's like I can't say her anymore.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So go on on air podcast.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Friday, we had our Blake Blitz. We gave away Blake
Shelton tickets all day and we told you that one
winner was going to get the grand prize of VIP
experience backstage at the show. So I've got our grand
prize winner. Let's go ahead and see if we can
get her here on the phone. Let me dial her
number up and okay, all right, here we go.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Hello.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Hi, is this Megan?
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Megan?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Megan? This is Saint Pierre from ninety three point one
w POC.
Speaker 14 (08:45):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
How's your Monday.
Speaker 9 (08:47):
It's okay.
Speaker 15 (08:48):
I just got back from the doctor in six so
you know it could be better.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
But well, I'm sorry to hear that. Well, here, here's
a good thing, because I think I'm going to cheer
you up a little bit. Okay, okay, you won Blake
Shelton tickets on Friday? Am I correct with this?
Speaker 16 (09:00):
I did, yes, and that was very lucky dad.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah, very good day for you.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
Well, now today just got even better because you are
the grand prize winner. You got the VIP experience before
the show.
Speaker 13 (09:11):
Oh my god, are you serious?
Speaker 5 (09:13):
I am so serious, Megan, And I'm so glad. I'm
so glad it's you. Not that I'm happy that you're sick, Megan,
but like that just made the story so much better.
Speaker 9 (09:20):
This definitely brightens my day.
Speaker 17 (09:23):
So here's what's gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Here's the deal.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
You're gonna go backstage, get a tour of the you know,
the tour, and see how everything works. Backstage, they're gonna
take you up on stage. You can see what it
looks like from that vantam point. You get to see
a tour bus. You'll get to eat food and catering
where all the other artists eat and stuff. And I
just think it's going to be a really special night
and a special experience.
Speaker 15 (09:45):
It's our anniversary the night before, so that is so amazing.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Megan, you're giving me goosebumps. It was meant to be.
Speaker 16 (09:51):
Oh yeah, it was.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
Oh my god, I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
It's so cool, so good, so good. It's only the
good stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
The Saint Pierre Show three to seven on ninety three
point one WPOC.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Ninety three point one WPOC Today's Best Country.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
I'm Saint Pierre, and yes.
Speaker 5 (10:07):
My last name actually is Saint Pierre, and it's spelled
like st period spased Pierre. And every once in a
while somebody will call the house, call my cell phone.
I guess I don't really call the house, or I'll
be somewhere where they have my name. When they say
mister Stepiri, Stepiri, I'm like, I feel like, Saint Pierre
looks like a pretty obvious name, but I guess you
know in every system it looks different, so they have
(10:28):
a hard time saying my name sometimes. And I've bet
a lot of folks out there have names that get
mispronounced from time to time. And I thought we could
have some fun today on a nice sunny afternoon. Why
don't you give me a call eight hundred three two
one thirty six ninety three. Let's have some fun with
names that are mispronounced. People can't say your name eight
hundred three two one thirty six ninety three. Let's see
if we do any better. Okay, let's go to the phones. Okay,
(10:50):
before you say your name, I don't want to know
what it is yet. Do you want to tell us
your first name or your last name? Which one do
people have a hard time with.
Speaker 15 (10:56):
I will give my first name, since that's the unusual one.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
Okay, now, why don't you spell it for me first
to see if I can figure it out.
Speaker 15 (11:03):
T E r y E.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
T E R y e. Okay, I'm gonna go. I'm
gonna go with Terry.
Speaker 15 (11:13):
That is correct, and you're probably one of the very
few people who get that correct.
Speaker 5 (11:17):
It's definitely an unusual spelling for it, but I do
think it's like fairly obvious if you think about it
for one second. But I bet you get a lot
of people that say completely ridiculous things.
Speaker 15 (11:28):
I have gotten Terry, Terre, Currier, Terry y a very
unusual things, and I just laugh because I'm thinking, who
would name their kid Turyer? But hey, what the heck?
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Having some fun with names today? All right, So do
you want to go with your first name or your
last name?
Speaker 13 (11:48):
It is my last name.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
Okay, do you want to try spelling it for me
first to see if I can figure it out?
Speaker 13 (11:54):
Sure?
Speaker 8 (11:54):
Okay, it's g h I.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Got p U G eight Is that right?
Speaker 11 (12:00):
That is right?
Speaker 7 (12:01):
Now?
Speaker 3 (12:02):
That to me would just be pew very good. People
have a hard time.
Speaker 13 (12:05):
With that, Oh, Bob, you plus, yes, totally and it's
not I mean, it's a hard name to grow up with, to.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Be with you, Oh, I can only imagine if you're
talking about names that get mispronounced a lot. And this
is interesting because we start to learn more about family
backgrounds as well. Okay, sir, so is it your first
or last name?
Speaker 8 (12:28):
It's my first name and it's actually a family name.
My last name is Martin and I'm the.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Third Okay, all right, So how do you spell it? R?
Speaker 8 (12:37):
E G, yeah, S E V L Y S wow.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
Okay, Retzeville's oh wow.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
I have the L and the Y and the wrong
spot here in my head. How do you pronounce it?
Speaker 8 (12:51):
I will tell you that my great great grandfather he
was dyslexic, and now write it, write it down and
you'll be able to pronounce it.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
Now I've got it. Okay, it's it's the opposite of Sylvester.
Speaker 8 (13:04):
It is Sylvester, but he is the dyslectic show. That's
what he wrote down, and it became the family name.
And as I said, I'm the third.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
That's really funny. Now you're not messing with me, right,
this is like a real thing.
Speaker 16 (13:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
I thought for a second, I thought you were just
kind of, you know, pulling a joke on me.
Speaker 8 (13:19):
No, our last things Martin and I'm the third.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
Got to go back to the phones. We're talking about
names that get mispronounced very easily. So, okay, do you
want to go with first name or last name?
Speaker 14 (13:29):
It's my grandmother's last name.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
Your grandmother's last name. Do you want to spell it
for me first and see if I can figure it out?
Speaker 18 (13:35):
Sure?
Speaker 17 (13:36):
C I C I g O I C I C I.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
G O I.
Speaker 11 (13:42):
That's correct.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Wow, okay, Wow, this failed miserably for me. I don't
even know where to begin. I see segoy. I don't
have no idea.
Speaker 10 (13:50):
It's okay, and it's pronounced.
Speaker 8 (13:54):
But in America they pronounced it right.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
Yeah, because the CI here doesn't have this. They don't
the chip at the beginning. Okay, I can understand why
that would.
Speaker 14 (14:02):
Be mispronounced yep for a very long time.
Speaker 5 (14:06):
Okay, first name or last name, it's my first name.
Would you mind spelling it for me?
Speaker 10 (14:10):
So it's h R, I asked, I.
Speaker 8 (14:15):
A and Christian Christian?
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Oh, okay, all right.
Speaker 10 (14:22):
Don't even pronounce the I. It's just like a ton.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Were you ever like mad at your parents for giving
you a name that was difficult for people to pronounce?
Speaker 19 (14:31):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (14:32):
Always.
Speaker 10 (14:32):
My mom named me after her best friend, and walking
across graduation stage rehearsal, they kept saying Christianne, and the
last day for pronunciation she got it right. But on
the day of graduation she pronounced it wrong and I
stopped jud's center of the stage, and all my friends
thought I was going to flip.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
You're like you had one job.
Speaker 10 (14:51):
Exactly exactly, but it's Christian.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Do you have kids?
Speaker 9 (14:55):
I do.
Speaker 5 (14:56):
Did you name them like supremely boring names just to
make it easy for them?
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Did I name the Madison and Dylan?
Speaker 3 (15:01):
I love it?
Speaker 5 (15:02):
I love I don't mean to call your kid's names
boring but easy to read and easy to pronounce.
Speaker 10 (15:07):
But nope, I wanted to be simple. But of course
they sometimes they do pronounce Dylan's name is dialon the
d y l A n okay, but it's pretty common name.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Who pronounces Dylan Dialon? Come on, here's Dylan Scott. That
worked out well? Is your name that gets mispronounced? Your
first name or your last name?
Speaker 7 (15:24):
Last name?
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Okay? Do you want to spell it for me? Let's
see if I can figure it out.
Speaker 17 (15:27):
Sure, it's b as in boy A I L l
A r G EO M is.
Speaker 5 (15:36):
In November ooh by largan.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Wow, I'm impressed? Am I am? I writer? Am I
that wrong?
Speaker 6 (15:44):
No?
Speaker 17 (15:45):
No, you're you're pretty much spot on.
Speaker 8 (15:48):
Uh.
Speaker 15 (15:48):
We usually put a little less eye on it.
Speaker 17 (15:50):
It's bail large and but you came a lot closer
than most.
Speaker 5 (15:53):
Well, I was thinking, like I know in Spanish by
Lar is I think is it dancing by laar.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Is a Spanish world?
Speaker 5 (16:00):
Okay, so that's my head was going with that, So
that's where I was guessing.
Speaker 9 (16:03):
Yes, very good.
Speaker 17 (16:04):
But a lot of people try to make the n
like two syllables, you know, fullar g on or.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
I mean, I've heard it all, so I'll be honest
with you.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
We have caller ID on our phone system here, so
when you called, I was able to see almost the
entire names. I was able to visualize it as well
as here you spell it, which was kind of helpful.
Speaker 8 (16:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 17 (16:22):
Nine times out of ten, I get Karen.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
Buh yeah, right, stop, let's talk about your name that
gets mispronounced.
Speaker 18 (16:32):
Hey, Saint Pierre, it's not me, it's my in laws, okay,
spelled mc capital n A m A r A Okay,
so like McNamara exactly, okay, yeah, not like McNamara McNamara. Yes, well,
we live in McDonald's world, so mc is obviously goodness,
(16:54):
it's amazing and uh yeah. We we deal with a
lot of people, and you should some of the names
that we have to try to pronounce.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
I bet I can only imagine. I'm glad I don't
have to make those.
Speaker 18 (17:06):
Calls no, and it's like, hey, I'm returning your phone call.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Right you, sir, return your call?
Speaker 18 (17:16):
Yeah, okay, have a great day you two.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
Thanks.
Speaker 11 (17:18):
Actually, it's the first name.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Okay, do you want to spell it for me? A?
Speaker 5 (17:22):
Oh, I s E hey O I s E Wow?
Speaker 3 (17:30):
I got nothing. How do you pronounce that? Okay?
Speaker 8 (17:35):
All right, it's an Irish theme Okay.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
I was like, I've never seen that name before, so
I figured it must be a cultural name.
Speaker 11 (17:42):
It's a it's an Irish name.
Speaker 8 (17:44):
It's my granddaughter's name.
Speaker 11 (17:46):
And we had to look it up as well, because
when they sent us the text methods saying etha, we've
read it as aofi.
Speaker 6 (17:55):
Okay, yeah, and they said no, no.
Speaker 11 (17:57):
No, look it up and it's in the dictionary.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
That's pretty cool.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
And I bet there's like an element because whenever you
have a unique name, if you're a kid, it can
be frustrating. But also I feel like when your granddaughter
gets older, I don't know how old she is, there'll
be a different appreciation for it because it is unique.
Speaker 11 (18:12):
Yes, and her her sister's name is elish and without the.
Speaker 8 (18:16):
H on the end.
Speaker 11 (18:18):
And when Chris you focons throw out sheetlder mother. She
didn't have eCos up there because it didn't start with
a E.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Oh that's great and she was five. That's really funny. Name,
last name? Okay, how do you spell it?
Speaker 19 (18:35):
B O N N E f O n G.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Okay? I kind of lost you there at the end.
But why don't you say it for me?
Speaker 8 (18:42):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's bonafont.
Speaker 20 (18:46):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
And I can see where that would be a little confusing.
That would give me a little pause if I were
reading that on a call sheet.
Speaker 10 (18:52):
Yes, I get all kinds of different names.
Speaker 12 (18:54):
I can tell you.
Speaker 15 (18:55):
I could shoot them out to you.
Speaker 5 (18:56):
Does it frustrate you or you had a point where
you're like, it's just it is what it is.
Speaker 12 (19:00):
I mean, it's really important.
Speaker 8 (19:02):
It's flush rating, but it is when it is other
than like whatever, you know.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
I usually use it as like a like a filter.
I'm like, if you can't pronounce my name, we probably
don't need.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
To talk there you go here? But Hi, what's your name?
Speaker 6 (19:16):
Hi?
Speaker 19 (19:17):
My name is Barry Lee.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Okay, all right, so what is what is the mispronounced name? Here?
Speaker 19 (19:23):
My first name?
Speaker 8 (19:24):
Okay, how do you spell it's? For you?
Speaker 19 (19:26):
I think I'm a one and only in the world.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Okay, how do we spell this one?
Speaker 19 (19:33):
B E r y l e E.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
Okay, wait say that again. B E r y l.
Speaker 19 (19:42):
E W at the end.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
YEP.
Speaker 19 (19:48):
I get things, mister Barry Lee, all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Yeah, I mean I've never seen that name anywhere before.
That's pretty impressive.
Speaker 19 (19:58):
Yes, I don't think you have.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Will Could you pronounce it again for me?
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Barry Lee Berry Lee.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Okay, Wow, that's funny.
Speaker 5 (20:06):
When you first said your name, I thought your name
was like Barry, and then Lee was your last name exactly.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
There you go.
Speaker 19 (20:14):
So no, uh uh. It drives me crazy. And for
that reason, I named my son Michael. Yes, and he
hated his name because when he grew up, everyone in
his class, every boy in his class, was named Michael.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Oh yeah, yep.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
My wife is Amanda, and she said there were like
four kids in her school or in her class that
were Amanda's. Everybody was like Amanda than the first letter
of your last name.
Speaker 19 (20:41):
Right there you go.
Speaker 7 (20:43):
Yep.
Speaker 11 (20:43):
You can't win.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
You can't. Thank you so much for calling.
Speaker 19 (20:47):
You're welcome, love your show, appreciate, thank you, bye bye.
Speaker 6 (20:52):
So it's so good.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
The Saint Pierre's show three to seven on ninety three
point one wp A.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Ninety three point one WPOC. I'm saying, Pierre hanging out.
My friend Shannon from the Maryland Zoo is here.
Speaker 16 (21:05):
Shannon, welcome, Thank you so much. I'm so happy to
be here.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
So your full name is Shannon Brown, and I actually
went to school growing up with a Shannon Brown, and
I got like worried for a second. Not worried because
we were friends, but I was like, wait, Shannon Brown,
I guess that's probably not that uncommon.
Speaker 16 (21:17):
There's like two of us.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
It's like two, yeah, just too.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
That's it. Well, welcome, I no parrot. I was hoping
you were going to bring a parent.
Speaker 8 (21:24):
No.
Speaker 16 (21:24):
I'm squawky though, so hopefully I fill that void.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
I love it.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
So many great things are going on at the Zoo,
and we're going to touch on these over the next
few minutes here while you're here. But I do want
to talk first about Spring Illuminations, because I think that
this idea is brilliant, and I'm like when you know,
when you read about an idea and you're like, why
haven't they been doing this forever? So tell me more
about Spring illumination.
Speaker 16 (21:45):
Yeah, absolutely, So it is an illuminated lantern festival. And
so our counterparts at other zoos throughout the country have
done this and they've done it really successfully. Similarly, we've
done zoo lights during the lead up to Christmas for
several years. There's a lot of competition for holiday lights
and so we've taken a break with that. But Spring
illuminations kind of brings that same like wonderment to the zoo,
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but during the springtime. And so imagine dozens and dozens
of these beautiful lanterns and they span both animalistic and
more fauna. So think beautiful, vibrant plants. And during the
daytime when you're there, you'll be able to see them,
but the like luster is really in the evening.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Sure, yeah, when you can actually see it lit up.
Speaker 16 (22:27):
It's lit up. And they start at the main gate,
so at the forefront of your visit, you're really just
seeing this spectacle and as you go in, you're sort
of drawn deeper and deeper into the campus and it's
stunning and magical and that really I mean, we've shown
pictures to like young children and they're like eyes wide
and then us as adult, same thing. And so I
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think it's going to be something for everyone.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
And there's something magical too about going into the zoo
at night, which is not something that you normally do.
You don't normally have it open. It closes in the
afternoon and that's it. So there is something kind of
special about It's almost like you're breaking the rules, like
I'm going to go walk through the zoo at nighttime.
Speaker 16 (23:02):
It does, and I think the thing that people don't
recognize is I'm there after dark a good bit of time.
It's so quiet and peaceful, and so it is it's
like a peak behind the curtain. It's a little like
less scary Jurassic Park esque, right, there's still the gates
and like you do hear the wildlife, but it is
it's magical.
Speaker 5 (23:21):
Oh man, I can just I'm having this like you know,
mental image right now of hearing the animals, the wildlife
kind of doing their thing.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
But it is quiet.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
You don't have all the school tours running through and
the kids that are going nut like it. It is
a much more intimate setting.
Speaker 16 (23:35):
Yeah, and so some of the things we because you know,
this has been hugely popular so far on social and
so the traction there has been really encouraging some of
the things that people are asking. It's like, oh, man,
I wish we could do this and see the animals.
And so to the point of being able to hear animals, right,
a lot of our animals have access to their habitats
in the evening as well. And so a guy that
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I want to kind of point to is our male
lion has On. He's a very vocal lion, and so
guests can absolutely expect that when they're walking through spring
or yeah, spring illuminations, you're gonna hear his bellowing sort
of it's not a per and it's not a groul,
but like he's letting all the other lions in Druid
Hill Park know that this is his territory. You're gonna
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hear that. You're gonna hear the penguins braying. You're gonna
hear the deer that aren't part of the collection, but
there's many of them, and so it's not it's not
completely removed from the animal experience that you would get
during the day. You're just experiencing it with a different sense.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Okay, So when is spring illumination, that's happening.
Speaker 16 (24:36):
Sure, So we kick off I think with a member's
only event. I want to say April third, and then
that next day, which would be Friday, April fourth, that's
when we open to the general public, and the installation
will be opened through I want to say June thirtieth,
and so while schools are still in session, the days
of the week will vary a little bit, but spring
Break I think will be open for the full week.
(24:57):
Once school's closed for the summer, those last two weeks
will be open longer hours. But April third through June thirtieth.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Perfect. And where do people go to find out more info?
Speaker 16 (25:06):
Maryland Zoo dot org.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Okay, stick around. We're going to talk more about some
other things you've got coming up. But I gotta play
some music for a music radio station and you're a
fan of WPOC, so this is right up your alley,
all right, Shannon, Thank you so much, Maryland Zoo dot org.
If you want to check that out, you can follow
along with everything we're talking about here today. Ninety three
point y WPOC save here here with Shannon Brown from
the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. So we talked a little
(25:27):
bit about spring illuminations. Really cool new opportunity there at
the Zoo this year that I hope people take advantage
of because it sounds amazing. But you have some other
traditional events that are coming back around this time of year.
Bunny Bonanzoo is a big one that we've done with
our daughter. It's so so much fun.
Speaker 16 (25:43):
Yeah, absolutely, So. It is the lead up to Easter weekend,
so good Friday and that Saturday and then of course
Easter Day, and so what we do is we kind
of take over the campus with Easter themed activities. And
what that could look like is we have an egg
hunt and water pavilion where kids can run and grab
eggs and they can exchange them for chocolate. And then
(26:04):
there's crafts and different just spring activities. And then throughout
the zoo there's often like egg shoots if you will, Yes, Yeah,
we have incredible volunteers that we're going to work to
disperse like candy through the shoots or more eggs where
you can collect them for a prize at the end.
We also will have different education stations set up throughout
the zoo that will engage our guests differently than what
(26:24):
they would see through like general interpretive signage and things
like that, and we will also have a number of
keeper chats and so imagine like lots of pastels, lots
of chocolate, and then just ways to experience throughout the campus.
And yeah, it's a lot of fun and it is
definitely something for everyone. We see babies and strollers all
the way up to grandparents that are there for the
enjoyment as well.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
I think.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
But Nanzu last year was the first time we actually
made it through the entire campus on one day because
we're members. And I always tell people that are thinking
about going to the zoo, become a member because you
only have to go a couple of times till you
basically make your money back. So being a member too,
it gives you the advantage of if our daughters having
a run, don't, we can leave and we don't feel
like we lost anything.
Speaker 3 (27:02):
You know, we'll just come back again.
Speaker 5 (27:04):
So Bananzu though, we're like, we got to go around,
we gotta check every station, we got to do everything.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
So we went through the entire place. I was like, Wow,
this place is huge.
Speaker 16 (27:11):
Yeah. Yeah, So and I appreciate the plug for membership
because it does I think membership typically pays for itself
in about a visit and a half. Yeah, so it's
a really great way to one support a local nonprofit,
but too like get your kiddos out and moving on
those beautiful days. But yeah, Bunny's fantastic. It is typically
like our second biggest weekend of the year, only behind
(27:31):
that of Zoo Boo, which is sort of the companion
piece that we hold in the fall.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
Which is also very fun. Adult Prom is something that
I've seen. I've not been to, but I've seen it
pop up a few different times. Tell me more about
adult Prom.
Speaker 16 (27:41):
Yeah, so adult Prom this is i think going on
our third year of hosting it. So imagine like your
favorite parts of your junior or senior prom. So you
get an opportunity to dress up. There's typically a theme,
we have a fantastic DJ that will come out, there's
a dance floor. There's the court process, so you'll get
to essentially submit a photo and you will be a
(28:02):
candidate for like the prom court, and so you could
get a sash that says you're the prom King or queen.
It's a lot of fun. All of our animal or
all of our events have some sort of animal component.
So prom is no exception, We offer VIP opportunities to
buy tickets and go in and do an experience with
one of our animals. So think leopard o copy, something
really cool that you would do in advance a prom,
(28:23):
and then at actual prom we have some sort of
animal ambassador and that could be you know, a penguin,
a ten rack, a parent. I know you you mentioned earlier,
but it is really like imagine just going out and
having like yummy food, drinks and dancing. That's really sort
of the heart of it, and you kind of harken
back to those days of being a teenager again. It's awesome.
Speaker 5 (28:42):
I like how you said the best parts of the
Junior and Senior prom because we all know that everybody
has a bad part to you. But the best parts
is event you could do and when is that happening
this year?
Speaker 16 (28:52):
So it is, oh, my goodness, Friday, May second. I
believe it's that first Friday in May.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Okay, perfect and more details can be found at Maryland
Zoo dot org if you want to check that out.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
All right, we're going to come back one more time.
Speaker 5 (29:02):
We're going to talk about what is my favorite event
at the Maryland Zoo throughout the year. It's something that
I've done almost every year since I moved to Baltimore.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
So we're going to talk about Brew at the Zoo
in just a few minutes.
Speaker 16 (29:12):
Fantastic, I hear you.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Thanks for coming, bye, Shannon. I appreciate this a lot
of fun. Hidy three point one WPOC.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
It's a day like this, Shannon, where I start to
think about Brew at the Zoo because Brew at the
Zoo every year at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, happens
a Memorial Day weekend, and more often than not, it's
a really nice, warm, you know, late spring, early summer day.
There have been a couple of years with the weather's
been kind of interesting, but it's always just a really
nice time to get out there at the Zoo. And
this year I'm sure is going to be no different.
Speaker 16 (29:39):
It is our favorite time at the Zoo, at least
on the events side. So Brew at the Zoo serves
as our single largest fundraiser of the year. So all
of our events, if you purchase tickets, you're directly supporting
animal care and conservation, but Brew is like the big
daddy of that, and so it is two days of
live music, lots of alcohol and lots of non alcohol
(30:00):
on tap. But we have great partners in Bond distributing
and there are over eighty different drinks to sample, and
so we have been working over the last two years
to increase that inventory to include many non alcoholic options
as well as wine, cider, seltzers, and so there's definitely
something for everyone. But yeah, live music, and the most
important piece to that is the festival includes our entire
(30:22):
campus and so there are several different stations set up
throughout the zoo where there are pairings that which I'm.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Gonna interrupt you.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
This is one of the most brilliant ideas because I've
been to almost every single brew at the Zoo since
I've moved here, and one of the things that we
noticed and my friends would talk about is that, yes,
you have access to the zoo, but like, if you're
coming to sample drinks and enjoy the festival atmosphere, you're
not necessarily going into the zoo.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
You just want to kind of hang.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
But now that you've incorporated stations throughout the zoo, it
has opened the door to go explore and walk around
and try something different. And also it's kept the festival
area not quite as insane. Yeah, so this is the
most brilliant.
Speaker 16 (31:00):
Yeah, thank you. We do it through a couple different ways, right,
We have pairing stations that are there all day, and
our animal team is incredibly creative and collaborative, and so
what they've also done is work different types of animal
enrichments into the schedule. And what that might mean is
getting an animal to exhibit some sort of behavior that
they would demonstrate in the wild that has to do
(31:22):
with their natural instincts, right, and so it might be
a carcass feed with our lions, and they're going to
get a carcass and they're going to get to do
their lion thing with it, and then we're going to
tie it to a drink that either has some sort
of name that is really invoking of something like really
like carnivoristic or like we have a blood orange like
chimp beer that we tie to a chimp experience. And
(31:43):
so we try to think really really outside the box
for everything on the campus that day, and that includes
what's happening in the animals exhibits as well.
Speaker 3 (31:50):
Well.
Speaker 5 (31:51):
It's such a great event and it's a great family
event too. I know it's a drinking day in a
lot of ways, but like we've run our daughter a
couple of times. We were there last Memorial Day and
we just had such a blast. Again, like if you're
a parent, you can walk around the zoo and get
yourself a beverage while you're walking on the zoo with
your child and looking at animals, and it's just a
really cool and fun and unique opportunity to enjoy it.
Speaker 16 (32:10):
Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. It is
definitely a day and a weekend for families, and so
we have tried to add more and more elements that
make the day more appealing for littles, and so that
might look like besides like moon bounces and face painting,
like we have a wonderful watermelon eating contest. The highlight
of last year's was the kids watermelon eating contests and
(32:32):
they're so cute and covered in watermelon juice. So we
do different things like that, and we have also tied
different activities to animal stations and so you know, for
Octoberfest is a good example, when our bears are starting
to hibernate, kids could go and write letters to the
keepers about what they think bears are dreaming of, and
so different activities that really get kids to kind of
think outside the box and engage with our animals and
(32:53):
ways that it wouldn't be otherwise able to.
Speaker 5 (32:55):
I wish my brain worked in the same ways that
all of yours do at the Zoom, because you come
up with so many creative ideas. Brew at the Zoo,
which we were just talking about, happens on Memorial Day weekend.
Tickets are on sale now, and everything that we talked
about today you can find the details for at Maryland
Zoo dot org. Shannon Brown, thank you so much for
coming by and telling us more about it next time.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Parrot or Penguin. Okay, as long as it starts with
the peak, that's what we want to do.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
It's only the good stuff, So good, so good.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
On air podcast.
Speaker 5 (33:24):
I was talking to a friend of mine earlier today
about a time when I snuck out of the house,
well kind of snuck out to go to a concert.
My mom did not like that I went to concerts.
She was not down with me going to the big
scary city to see live music. And there was a
time that I got out and I went and I
still I've never told her about it. Like I'm forty four,
years old and we've never talked about this. She might know,
(33:46):
I don't know, but I've never told her. Okay, So
they got me wondering, like, what is something that you
did when you were younger and you never told your parents?
Like you think your parents still don't know about this?
Speaker 3 (33:56):
What is it?
Speaker 5 (33:56):
It's confession time, folks. Tell me something that you did
when you we're a teenager that you never told your
parents eight hundred and three two one thirty six ninety three.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
I want the dirt. I'm cper.
Speaker 5 (34:06):
I was telling a story about how I snuck out
of my house kind of to go see a concert.
I've never talked to my parents about this, so I
guess this is kind of my admission. So I want
to hear from you. What are some things you did
as a teenager that you've never told your parents about?
Speaker 7 (34:19):
Hi?
Speaker 3 (34:19):
Who's this?
Speaker 17 (34:20):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (34:20):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (34:20):
This is Eric?
Speaker 3 (34:21):
Eric? What's going on?
Speaker 4 (34:23):
I was just laughing at your what you said, because
I did the exact same thing. I snuck out with
some friends.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
I was spending the.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Night at my buddy's house, but we actually drew from
Baltimore to the Capital Center to see.
Speaker 14 (34:34):
Prince the Purple Rain show.
Speaker 5 (34:36):
Oh my gosh, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
I mean, what a great show to see too, Like
what an epic concert?
Speaker 4 (34:42):
Yeah was Sheila opened up for him, the whole deal,
but about ten years that had to be at least
ten years later. My mom actually said, comes into me
about it. She never ever mentioned it, but she knew
the entire time I had went.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
Isn't that crazy that parents know? Like you think you've
pulled it over on that, but they actually.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Have all of it locked down.
Speaker 14 (34:59):
Oh yeah, I'm faily care. We don't worry.
Speaker 18 (35:01):
Okay, i'll fee later.
Speaker 5 (35:04):
I'm talking about things you did as a teenager that
you never told your parents about. Okay, so let's hear it.
I want the confessions, like a call from Folson on
the phone.
Speaker 14 (35:11):
This is so random.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
I threw a rock, not a car.
Speaker 14 (35:16):
No, when I was walking home from my bus stop,
and nobody got hurt. I just threw a rock and
it hit the side.
Speaker 3 (35:25):
Of a car. Col Man, I don't know why I
did it. I don't know why.
Speaker 8 (35:29):
I don't tell anybody that.
Speaker 5 (35:30):
Yeah, I wouldn't tell anybody either. Man, you would have
gotten in trouble. Oh my gosh. Now I don't need
confessions like that. You don't have to confess a crime
to me talking about the things you did as a
teenager that you never told your parents about. Let's go
back to the phones. I got Britney on the phone. Brittany,
what were you doing?
Speaker 7 (35:43):
I used to go to the movies with my friends
and told them that I was going to like one movie,
and then would usually sneak into or whatever it.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
Was, like an R rated.
Speaker 17 (35:55):
Movie because I wasn't allowed to watch R rated movies.
Speaker 5 (35:57):
That's almost like a rite of passage, isn't it. You
gotta do that at some point when you're a teenager
eight hundred three two one thirty six poinety three if
you want to confess something that you did.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Sent some great.
Speaker 5 (36:07):
Calls to having fun today taking calls about things you
want to admit that you did when you were a
teenager that you never told your parents about.
Speaker 8 (36:13):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Who's this?
Speaker 7 (36:14):
Hey?
Speaker 14 (36:14):
This is Mike.
Speaker 8 (36:15):
How are you?
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Hey, Mike? I'm great. Are you calling about something you
want to admit you did when you were a teen?
Speaker 14 (36:19):
I am. When I was about ten or eleven years old,
I met I was in middle school, in the seventh grade.
I met it with some friends in Arbautus and you're
going to the movie theater go watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
About five minutes into the movie, we got kicked out.
And then I sat on the curb for two hours
until my parents can't pick me up because there was
no way I was telling him I got kicked out
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of a movie.
Speaker 8 (36:40):
I was.
Speaker 14 (36:41):
I was so scared.
Speaker 5 (36:43):
That's the best part. I feel bad you got kicked
out of the movie because I did the same thing.
I sort of snuck into Buffy when I was too young,
but I didn't get kicked out.
Speaker 3 (36:50):
We did get to watch the whole film.
Speaker 5 (36:52):
But I love that you were so committed to it
that you just sat there waiting.
Speaker 14 (36:55):
Well, committed or fear. Either one is probably more fear.
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Of course, of course, the healthy dose of fear that
we all had of our parents at that age. Oh
my gosh, Mike, that was great and brought back a
great memory for me too.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
So goa soga. It's only the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
The Saint Pierre's Show three to seven on ninety three
point one WPOC.
Speaker 5 (37:16):
Ninety three point one WPOC and his new music Friday.
I'm saved here and I got a special guest with
me today. The girls from Truesdale have checked in. We
were talking earlier today from my adult education podcast if
you want to check the full conversation out, but I
wanted to play a little bit of the conversation for
you right here. We were talking a bit about how
they came together, because I know they met in school,
(37:36):
but I am just so fascinated by their harmonies. I
don't think anybody has harmonies like the three women in
Truesdale do. So I asked them the question, like, was
it the way you sounded together that inspired you to
start the group?
Speaker 20 (37:48):
Yeah, that was like the first thing I think, Well,
the songwriting between Lauren and Georgia because they were in
a pass together, I think that's what started them working together.
And then when I came in as singing in three
part harmony, I think that. Yeah, the way we sounded
together was what kind of like struck that chord? Yeah,
that led us to keep doing it totally.
Speaker 5 (38:08):
Did you hear it yourselves, like when you guys got together,
was it like a magical moment if you will for YouTube,
You're like, holy crap, like that, I can't believe we
just did that.
Speaker 21 (38:17):
Yes, Yeah, I think it was more for me personally.
It was more to it just like so fun. Like
that was the thing. It wasn't really like a moment
of like, oh wow, we sound incredible, but it was
more like, oh.
Speaker 3 (38:28):
My god, Wow, this is so much fun.
Speaker 21 (38:31):
And I think we all have such deep respect for
each other as individuals and individual artists, so like singing
together was such a like exciting thing for all of
us because we all are fans of each other. For me,
the moment that was really like, oh, we have something,
this is something like that people really love was after
(38:52):
Georgia and I wrote a song together in class and
we brought Quinn in on it and we performed it
for the class and there's such a rave review of
that performance and we're like, oh, Okay, hey, like I
guess this is like people really.
Speaker 16 (39:08):
Like this and maybe we should keep doing it.
Speaker 7 (39:09):
All right.
Speaker 5 (39:10):
Let's hear from the girls in Trusdale. Here is their
latest song. This song is called want Me Back, Oh
my gosh, and I'd love to hear what you think
about this song too.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
Hi, this is Linda.
Speaker 3 (39:19):
Hey Lindsey, what's up?
Speaker 13 (39:20):
Hi?
Speaker 18 (39:21):
Is this thing here?
Speaker 3 (39:22):
It is?
Speaker 13 (39:22):
Oh my god?
Speaker 12 (39:23):
I thank you so much for putting me on the Truesdale.
I started listening to them when I think you played
I'm Guessing It with you?
Speaker 13 (39:31):
You played the.
Speaker 12 (39:33):
Oh, what's the what's their big song?
Speaker 5 (39:34):
The try to think what else they would have played?
Point your Finger is the one that I love.
Speaker 12 (39:39):
Yes, point your finger, Yes, point your finger is the
one that you played a couple of weeks ago. For
it must have been months at this point, and you
got me listening to them, and I went to their
concert last time they came to DC. I got one
of my friends into them, and we're going again to
see them at the nine thirty club. So I was
so happy to hear them on the radio again.
Speaker 8 (39:57):
I've been wanting to hear him again.
Speaker 5 (39:58):
So then I love that I'm going to be at
that show at the nine thirty club too, so hopefully
i'll see you there.
Speaker 17 (40:03):
Oh that's great.
Speaker 12 (40:04):
Well, thank you so much for putting them on the radio.
These just seem cool and like I just love hearing
like those good harmonies and everything.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
They are really cool. Well, thank you so much for calling.
I appreciate it.
Speaker 12 (40:13):
Thank you, take care of have a good one you too.
Speaker 8 (40:14):
Bye.
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