Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis

Hour 4 of NMN, Congressional Candidate Former Marine Jon Henry + The Hand Off

37 min
Apr 10, 20268 days ago
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Summary

Congressional candidate Jon Henry, a 27-year Marine Corps veteran and current Bridgestone leadership trainer, discusses his campaign for Tennessee's 6th District, focusing on agricultural monopolization, food security, veteran suicide prevention, and foreign policy. The episode includes extended banter between hosts about parenting challenges and a recurring segment called 'The Woking Dead' featuring political commentary.

Insights
  • Agricultural consolidation has eliminated 150,000 farmers since 2017, creating national security concerns that align with Secretary of Agriculture priorities
  • Candidates with military backgrounds and no political experience position themselves as anti-establishment alternatives by emphasizing grassroots campaigns and refusing special interest money
  • Rural economic decline stems from decades of offshoring and monopolization in food production and manufacturing, creating voter demand for localized supply chains
  • Veteran mental health, particularly suicide prevention during holidays, requires community-level engagement through organizations like the American Legion rather than federal programs alone
  • Military leaders are increasingly endorsing political candidates, with General Michael Flynn's endorsement carrying significant weight among veteran and patriot voter demographics
Trends
Anti-establishment political messaging emphasizing military service and grassroots fundraising over traditional political networksFood security and agricultural independence becoming central campaign issues in rural districtsVeteran suicide prevention emerging as bipartisan concern with local community organization focusCriticism of trade agreements (NAFTA) and foreign meat imports as drivers of rural economic declineMilitary-to-civilian leadership training and organizational development as qualification pathway for political officeAggressive foreign policy stance toward Iran with emphasis on military deterrence and consequencesEndorsement strategy leveraging high-profile military figures to build credibility with veteran and conservative voters
Companies
Bridgestone
Jon Henry's current employer where he trains field leaders in leadership theory and practical applications
University of Tennessee
Referenced for agricultural economics professor who advised on Brazilian beef market entry impact
Johnson University
Institution where Jon Henry earned his PhD in Organizational Leadership
People
Jon Henry
27-year Marine Corps veteran running for Tennessee's 6th Congressional District; E1 to E9 enlisted progression
Dan Mandis
Primary host conducting interview with Jon Henry and managing show segments
General Michael Flynn
Endorsed Jon Henry's congressional campaign; discussed his documentary 'Flynn' and Second Amendment advocacy
Pete Hegseth
Praised by Jon Henry for aggressive military leadership approach; discussed as model for congressional representation
Chris
Co-host managing solo parenting duties while wife Virginia is out of town; participates in show banter
Joan
Produces segments and participates in show commentary and banter
George Conway
Featured in 'Woking Dead' segment discussing $1 million donation to Biden campaign and inheritance concerns
Cameron Sexton
Discussed regarding state-level crime policy proposals facing Senate roadblocks
John Rose
Current representative for Tennessee's 6th District whom Jon Henry is running to replace
Ali
Rescued Riker's RC airplane from tree twice; found second plane falling from tree at Charlie Daniels Park
Quotes
"I'm one of your only candidates that will be able to talk about this firsthand. Brazil has been in our meat market since the 90s... now Brazil and three other large packers own 85% market share of all the beef in America."
Jon HenryMid-interview agricultural discussion
"We've lost 150,000 farmers in America since 2017. What does that do with our food security? Well, Secretary Rawls, Secretary of Education, she talked about this. She and Pete Texas, Secretary of War, said this is a national security."
Jon HenryAgricultural policy segment
"I'm asking all you listeners, go to Henry for Congress on Facebook, and you'll see we're the first one that brought this up when we came out last May on the Chris Hands Show. It was already top of our list."
Jon HenryCampaign positioning
"I went from E1 to E9. We worked hard. I took advantage of everything that I could. Took my education for my GI Bill, just like they did war two veterans. I earned my PhD last year."
Jon HenryMilitary career discussion
"I don't take big money, you work hard, you really represent the people with your background and your experience. And I think that's who we are in this campaign, to be honest with you."
Jon HenryCampaign funding discussion
Full Transcript
I want to welcome into the program John Henry. Now John, you are running for the sixth to replace John Rose and I had John and Garrett in here a couple of weeks ago. Your people reached out to me. I love to have people like you on because, you know, whether or not you win the election or not, and I'm very neutral on these things, but I love meeting people that have such an amazing story. And so you do have an amazing story and I want to get into, we'll get into, you know, the politics and all that kind of stuff, but I just want to talk about you. I mean, Christian home, got a whole bunch of siblings, but also you are somebody that proudly served our military for, is it 27 years in the Marines? Yes sir, 27 years. So talk a little bit about that. How long you were in 27 years and what you did in the military? Yeah, graduated high school, I married my high school sweetheart. We're still married today after 36 years. 10 days after I was married, I joined the Marine Corps that was 1990. 10 months after that, I'm in what's called Desert Shield at the time and then served in Desert Storm. Continued my path. We didn't know what meritocracy was. We just worked hard in the fields of Tennessee. You know, I applied that when I went to the Marine Corps and honestly, we just worked hard, right? I served as a drill instructor at Parris Island. I went through, I trained officers at Officer Kent School at Quantico. I went from E1 to E9. We worked hard. I took advantage of everything that I could. Took my education for my GI Bill, just like they did war two veterans. I earned my PhD last year. So we've done everything we can to give the people the common man to run for this position. And so we had a storied career. I served in Desert Storm as I just said. I served in Operation Iraqi Freedom twice, Operation Enduring Freedom. We served and I was, I'm grateful for the power of prayer that I'm even here with you today from all we've been through. So it's just, I'm grateful to be here. I'm grateful to be able to serve. Last year, Chris had me on his show. We been at this, yes, Chris Han. For 11 months after we announced with Chris Han, we'd been working hard. After I get off my job, we go into campaigning every single day. And I'll be honest with you, Dan, it's been a full-time job on top of a full-time job. So that's what we do. Great military career. Now here we are running this race. So you were born in Riddleton, Tennessee? 540 people, Dan. Okay, so where is, I've been here 12 years. I've never heard of Riddleton. In between Carthage, Tennessee and Hartzell, Tennessee. You probably remember Hartzell because the tower just fell a couple of months ago. As you look out our back porch to the north where the leaves are off the trees, you could see that tower blinking. So we were grateful when that thing finally came down two or three months ago. But that's another example of bloated government and billions of dollars being thrown away. So let's talk about why you wanna do this. Now you are, you know, you're in the military. You have, from what I can tell, a good job with Bridgestone where just tell folks what you do for your full-time job. Because of the education I was able to obtain while I was in the Marine Corps, but mainly my experience in leadership, I work for Bridgestone now. I train field leaders in leadership theory and practical applications. So there's a number of things leading with emotional intelligence, task, purpose, those types of things, and that converts well over to the civilian sector when you think about training leaders just in that and leadership. When you talk about wanting to serve our country, of course you served, we've been talking about in the Marines, but now you wanna serve our country by going to Congress. I'm just, I'm gonna ask you the question. I ask everybody this, why do you wanna do this? Cause you know, Congress is kind of a train wreck. Well, I'll be honest with you, Dan, because our leaders have led us down in the past. I mean, we can start back, I'm in a very rural area. We have a little cow-calf operation. My father unexpectedly passed away last year, so that was placed in our lap. So we're trying to make it by with that. But we see over the last 40 years that the US government has really hollowed out a lot of these small communities, these small farms, things that a lot of those, your listeners right now in the middle Tennessee area remember when there was dairies everywhere. Literally, there were dairies littering the small hills and valleys of Tennessee. And we took that milk into local areas like Lebanon where they pasteurized, homogenized, and that was food security. Our milk was raised there, it was processed there, and it was distributed there. You pick a gallon of milk up in IGA, and it would say, you know, made in Tennessee, in America, in Lebanon, Tennessee, in those small farms. The same thing has happened with meats, Dan. We've monopolized, we've let big organizations monopolize our meat processing. And so the reason I'm running is really, there's not a lot left. I come from an area where there was farms all over, but it's been monopolized into large organizations where I'm from, the small town I'm from, in Carthage we had a shirt factory, a sock factory, a clock factory, and a lot of your listeners remember those factories, they were the fabric of communities. They gave communities that vibrant atmosphere of work, and they were able to build things, right? Shirts and socks and those clocks. Those clocks are now been outsourced because of Naftadan? Yep. They're outsourced and they're made in China now. Socks are made in Honduras or Vietnam. The same thing with everything. It's called offshoring, Dan. And we've offshored so much of these small communities around Tennessee. And we need somebody who's lived that life that can represent us, truly represent us, just like the small farmers that we are so proud of. You're some of your listeners, either they farm or partially farm, because you can't make a living farm anymore, or their uncle or their father or their grandfather. That's been taken away from us. And we need somebody to bring, help bring some of that back to our small community and have that food security that we once had, Dan. One of the things, and I've talked about it on this show, of course, and you mentioned it about the battle over beef these days. And based on your experience, I mean, I know that you can speak about it far more concisely than I can. But I know that there is a big controversy where President Trump said that he was going to allow more beef to come in. I think he was from... Vince Collinaze is redefining news talk with the Vince Show. It is a reflection of your response to this program that we get to take this thing to the next level. These gigantic shows, this is going to be so much fun. It's unbelievable. In-depth interviews, live-collar interactions, and a front-row seat to the most important conversations of the day. I've got updates. I've got big stories. We'll sort through the truth of what's really going on. So buckle up. Here it comes. The Vince Show. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. Brazil, and the farmers went nuts on this. So talk a little bit about that. Thank you, Dan. I'm one of your only candidates that will be able to talk about this firsthand. It was Brazil has been in our meat market since the 90s. We talked to a professor at the University of Tennessee from Brazil, and he said, John, the worst thing you all ever did was let Brazil in your meat market. Back in the 90s, they came in, and now Brazil, and three other large packers, own 85% market share of all the beef in America. Now, it wasn't Brazil they let in Argentina. President Trump said, well, we're lowest. We'll let Argentina meet in. It drove farmers off the charts. Why would we import meat from another country when we've been repressed raising beef now? They manipulate the prices. They go through the roof, then they fall through the floor. And because of that monopolization, they control the way prices are done, up and down. And that's really hard. They control the input costs. The equipment, the way the markets are run, they manipulate it all, then. And that's why you have so many farmers. Damn, we've lost 150,000 farmers in America since 2017. 150,000. What does that do with our food security? Well, Secretary Rawls, Secretary of Education, she talked about this. She and Pete Texas, Secretary of War, said this is a national security. Now, I'm asking all you listeners, go to Henry for Congress on Facebook, and you'll see we're the first one that brought this up when we came out last May on the Chris Hands Show. It was already top of our list. That's what we were fighting for. And then Secretary Rawls, July later on, they came up with the same thing we've been talking about. So we feel like we're leading the way in this, and we'll continue to fight and bring something back, some steadiness, some evenness by going against these large monopolies and taking these large monopolies down because we believe we deserve that as farmers. John Henry is running for the sixth to replace John Rawls and more with him coming up next. John Henry joining us in studio, running for the sixth. So I'm gonna throw some topics at you, okay? Yes, sir. Oh, I think that's your, is that your phone? Good Lord. It's all right, man. Sorry about that. I'm like, oh my God, we're under attack. Thank God I've got a Marine here. Anyway, illegal immigration. I'm just gonna throw a bunch of, I'm gonna like word vomit a bunch of topics at you, okay, a bunch of issues. So illegal immigration, are you satisfied with the number of deportations we've had? And just tell me by and large, where are you at with that? Then I listened to you every day. Your answer is my answer. It's all about the law. If we would just uphold the laws are in the system, that's what it's all about. And I probably don't need to say anything after that because you talked about extensively on your show. It's all about the law. And illegal immigration is not above the law. In any way. Yep. Soft on crime. As funny, we're just talking with Cameron Sexton about some policies that they want to pass in the state of Tennessee that have hit a roadblock in the Senate. But I mean, you're a conservative, you're military. I'm assuming that you are tough on crime. Well, you have to be, right? Even in the military, when a young Marine does things that are against the uniformed code of military justice, we had to act in an unbiased way. We follow the rules, we follow the regulations, we follow the laws. Should be no difference out here in a civilian sector. For me, anyway, you do the crime, you do the time. It's on the books, make it happen. As a Marine, I'm sure you've been watching everything related to Iran and the possibility of ground troops and all those kinds of things. Tell me what your thoughts are right now and dealing with Iran. Let's do a little history putting all my Marines out there, even my others, any of my service members. Sunday of 1983, we went on a small Sunday morning. We remember it very quiet. And a truck bomb came in and killed over 200 Marines and other service members there. So we've been waiting since 1983 for this day to come. We just didn't know it'd be in the form of President Trump that we'd go over there and do what should be done, stop killing Americans in foreign lands, not make that a trend that continues to happen. We're so grateful that we have taken the reins and they will succumb to our, well, we only get too deep into our categories here, how we want to see this play out. But it has to play out. They have to pay a price for what they've done over decades of terrorism. And they have. And certainly, I mean, I, as far as Iran goes, my concern is about whatever agreement we come to, can you trust them? Yes, sir. And some of the military puns still call this go for three. I served in go for one Desert Storm. We were there, we were out in nine months. President Trump senior said, get in on your planes, get in your ships and come back. Do not chase them back into Iraq. So that's what we did. And then here we are at 10 years after that, going into Iraq and Afghanistan, where I served multiple tours. It was endless wars, Dan. America doesn't have the stomach for that right now. So it's gotta be just like it was. Go for three has to marry go for one. Quick to the point, incredible force. And went to Desert Storm is the longest, largest troop movement since World War II. This one has to be precise. It's gotta be decisive. And as a Marine, it's gotta be deadly. They have to have consequences if they do not meet these deadlines. Some people might not want to hear that, but I'll let you know from experience. There's Marines floating on ships off that country. And the last thing you want to see on your horizon is American ships with Marines sharpening their swords, we call it, ready to go to battle. So let's pray for the Iranian people that Marines will not have to hit their shores. Yeah, it's not about the Iranian people. Everybody wants the best for the Iranian people. It's about the regime. You earned a PhD, what was it in? Organizational leadership over from the Christian college and Johnson University in Knoxville, Tennessee. And of course that obviously you're talking about leadership. You're talking about the Marines. And that is what makes you qualified to be in Congress. Do you think the fact that you've never, you've never, well, I should ask you first, but you've never been a politician? Never. Okay, so do you see that as a benefit or a detriment? I would hope it would be a benefit. Right now we're a grassroots campaign, which means we don't have a lot of money, but we, every single day we work as hard as we can. We've done everything we can not take special interest money. I and my wife wanna be the candidate that we wanna see in people. You don't take big money, you work hard, you really represent the people with your background and your experience. And I think that's who we are in this campaign, to be honest with you. You received a pretty big endorsement from General Michael Flynn of all people. As a matter of fact, he's saying, as he closed, I'm not gonna read the whole thing, but I urge every patriot, every veteran, every farmer and every American who still believes in this country to stand with him, Michael Flynn, and support Sergeant Major John Henry. Talk about your relationship with Michael Flynn. Is somebody a lot of folks know? I got to meet Michael Flynn for the first time and when his movie came out, it was called Flynn. And I hope everyone in your viewing audience has watched the movie Flynn, because that was the ultimate lawfare that we saw. A 35 year military officer who's gonna serve for President Trump, the Obama administration, made his last 10 years of his life a complete hell, to be honest with you. They assassinated his character? Absolutely. When take away his freedom? I mean, it was an abomination. So I got to meet him there at the movie and then years later, I got to meet him at TFA Tennessee Firearms Association, which I'm a diehard supporter of, our Second Amendment. I got to meet him there and I just asked him, I told him, I said, I need your help. I need military help to military help to help people understand. They done a deep dive in everything, through our Facebook, through our webpage and that endorsement, I hope everybody in your viewing audience has seen that endorsement. Just short of Donald Trump, I'm incredibly humbled that Michael Flynn, General Michael Flynn, his team would go through everything we did, talk about our farming, talk about my leadership, talk about going from E1 to E9 in the Marine Corps, what that means to people. What does that mean? Because E1 to E9, I'm assuming that's a lot of... Private to Sergeant Major, very few people attained that. I was not an officer, I was an enlisted Marine, enlisted person, like most of the people that served in your viewing audience, that makes up 95% of the military is enlisted folks. That's what I did, from E1 to E9, serving four folks like General Flynn and making things like that happen in your unit. How do you think Pete Hegseth is doing? I think he's doing great because he's aggressive. That's what we need in a Secretary of War. First of all, it's hard for me not to say Secretary of War, not give a fist shake in the air. That's awesome to see, but he's very aggressive, which we have to have and it seems to me, he's doing what the people want him to do. He's the exact same thing I would do as your representative. One of the things that Congress has to deal with and states have to deal with is that the suicide rate among veterans still is unacceptable, the VA still has a lot of issues. Is that something that if you go to Congress and with your history in the military and a proud veteran, is that something that you would carry the torch for? Well, it's kind of personal, Dan, I'll be honest. We have had good friends who succumbed to suicide. They've been that Project 21 victim. When I finished my time in the Marine Corps, I went straight into the American Legion there and I hope all my veterans will join some veterans organization. We need help. I was the commander of the American Legion there at Post 57 in Carthage, Tennessee. So I served the veterans in our local area and continue to serve on the Cattleman's Association. It was even the chairman of the Republican Party. We need people, the common man to get out and do these things, to reach out. We have calls that we make on Thanksgiving and Christmas. The two holidays that we see the most suicides. That's something we have to be able to counter, to give support to. And I'll do everything I can. Obviously, when I get to US Congress to see what are we doing now? Report back to the people of Sixth District and find out what further we can do to stop these suicides for these young men and women who've gone out, serve their country and come back home. Whether it be difficult to transitioning, occupations. I know there's a number of programs out there, but I'm asking people in Sixth District to engage locally. Henryforcongress.com, give folks your 60 second elevator pitch. Absolutely. If you're looking for the common man that you saw John kindly talk about back in the 80s, and you need somebody, even today, Uncle Lucius talking about keeping the wolves away. I'm your man to keep the wolves away. And we're finding out the enemy is not just overseas. It's right here in America. The Radical Democrat Party, the people in that party, they're not supporting America. I do support America. I look forward to being your representative. Please look us up, Henry for Congress, on all social media sites. If you wanna get tired, go on our Facebook, Henry for Congress, because you'll see we are movers and shakers. Henryforcongress.com, is there a way for people to get in touch with you if they wanna chat? Absolutely. You'll see on our website, we have a, you can reach out, I think the best place is Ketch's in Facebook, because we're constantly on Facebook, replying Henry for Congress, send us a message, what's your topics, what do you need? And there's also, if you go on our website, Henry for Congress, you'll see a point of contact there at the bottom, you can send an email to us. All right, absolutely. And thank you for stopping by. Good luck in the campaign, and will you come back? Thank you so much, Dan. I hope you'll have me. And when you elect me, Congress, I'll have to aggravate you quite a bit, brother. I'm very... Absolutely, it'll be fun. You know what I've learned, Chris? The cooler the music, the better you sound. I like how, I don't hear from Joan for like an hour. And then Chris comes in and starts being a smart alecky, and guess what we hear? Is a Joan Jones gaffa. A faint Joan giggle from Manchester. Yes. That's exactly right. So this is one of those moments, and by the way, I love, one guy says, what did he say? 3618 says, Dan, you're a boil on my arse. I still like you though. Is that a compliment? We all have that one boil. We just took a word. Do we have that one boil? It's my best boil. So I'm going through that Busy B commercial. This happens all the time. I can never get cocky, because the second I do, I shank it. What do you shank? I'm reading the commercial. Well, see, this is the thing, and I read this, I love Busy B, but I'm reading it a little bit under protest, because in the copy, they say 11.99, and what is it, like 15.99 or something like that? I have to say $1,599, but for some reason, when I'm in the middle of a commercial, I can't say the words 99, and so I screwed it up. Just say 15.99, that's what I've been doing. I have had people say that they called up Busy B and they're mad at me because they're looking for $11.99. No, they didn't. I promise you that's happened, and so I'm a little... They might have said that to you, but I doubt that they actually called Busy B. I don't know. Also, it would prove the commercials work. Well, that's certainly true. They've been with me for a long time, so apparently they do, but it's just like, but I'm going through that commercial, and I'm like, this is what happens in the mind of Mandus, then we're gonna move on. I'm thinking in midway through the commercial, I'm thinking, you know, I felt like, I don't know, a bunch of commercials today. I don't think I've screwed up one. Right, Joan? It's like, I've had a pretty good commercial day. That's like saying, hey, there's no rain in the sky. That's exactly right. She must be for a huge storm. And then I hit that damn line about 1,199, and I screwed it up the first time, and then I screwed up the 15.99, and it's like, that's God telling me I will never get cocky. Humble yourself. I think not. What is it when I always see Joan, first thing in the morning, Joan says, how you doing? Or people say, how do you doing? And I always say, doing great, plenty of time to train wreck. You know what I mean? And certainly that is the case with reading commercial copy. By the way, Joan, it's great to see that Chris has actually made it on time. I was gonna do a wellness check to make sure, you know, how funny is it that I'm not actually worried about the welfare of Chris's kids as Virginia is gone. I'm actually worried about the welfare of Chris. Please pray for me. Yeah, I mean, prayers for Chris, man. Virginia is not back until Monday evening. We're on hour 28 of dad and four kids. Did you like call your parents to come or something? No, no. Okay. I have listed notes that I've been referring to. So does your wife do what my wife does? Emergency numbers are on the fridge. Yes, exactly. She will leave me like an entire, what is this, eight and a half by 11? So eight and a half by 11, both sides on notes about what to do in case, you know, like something goes wrong. If she goes off to do whatever it is that she does when she has to go out of town. And so now the nice thing is that when Riker was, you know, really young, that it would be like, you know, both sides of a piece of paper. As it's gotten older now, she actually leaves Riker notes on how to take care of me. That's great. That's fantastic. Yeah, I know. But how- Chris, how many times have you called your wife and said, what do I do? None. I'm too proud for that, Joan. I won't admit it. I'll just, oh, I missed that. But she left me detailed notes. She left, we have a couple of sitters that are hanging out with the kids today and then Monday. And then she went above and beyond and ordered me all the food that I would need from Aldi and Walmart. That's what my wife does for me too, bless her heart. And I don't mean that in the snarky southern kind of way. She helped you, Chris. It was a big help. Now, does she say, okay, the fish sticks 400 degrees at 15 minutes? What the fish? Why does she do that? Dan, where are you? No, it's not- What? What are you? Are you a gay fish? Oh, he doesn't, he's not gonna get the reference. Hi, I'm Joe Salci. Hi, host of the Stack In Bedgements podcast. You know what? A lot of us get taxes wrong. Filing your taxes is basically data entry. There's been this trend of people going, oh, it's so cool to file my taxes in August. It's so awesome. Don't worry, I have an extension. It'll be fine. I'd like totally do it later. Stop, do your frigging taxes now. That was a really good fashion voice. Did you like it? You do that more frequently, please? Yes. Every show from now on. I hope you like that. Stack In Bedgements, following listen on your favorite platform. It's a South Park thing. Do you know what I love about Sam? Nothing. Anyway, we've been right along. No. I'm just kidding, Sam, I'm just kidding. So anyway, I don't, whatever about the first case. Here we go, TB on the text line. Quit being a complaining wuss, Chris. If you can't take care of your kids on your own for three days, you don't deserve to be a dad. Oh, okay. Oh, that was mean. That was a cheap shot. Wow. Anyway, well, now your kids are still alive. They're rocking. Yeah. All the limbs are still there, for the most part. We got plenty of digits. Well, listen, I know that your wife ordered you a bunch of food and left you some very specific instructions. So I'm sure that you've been slaving over a hot stove. A little bit. Little bit? A little bit. Okay. So. What, to heat up something? How many stove first lasagnas? No, you know what? I think that Chris has a confession to make. Does your wife know that you've been ordering Uber Eats? Not yet. She does now. We caved. I caved. I caved at about hour nine. Nine hours. It was about hour nine. I said, you know, I've been working hard. I'm gonna take something off my plate. Is in and out on Uber Eats yet? It is not. We did, what was it? Firebirds in Murfreesboro? It's awesome. It's awesome. You know, Chris, I think TB then may have a point. Oh, whatever. Whatever. You know what's interesting about Uber Eats? We decided in our house that, 2026, we were going to start trying to save money. So the deal was, I was going to stop going to comic coffee, cause I was spending a lot of money on comic coffee. I'm just gonna tell you I was. So. By the grace of God, Wally's Bean Machine came into your life to make it a little bit easier for you. I'm gonna admit something like, I was having a hard time kicking the bucks, you know, kicking the Starbucks. Wally's Bean Machine came in and I save about 10 bucks every single day. Because, and here's the other thing. That adds up. Wally's Bean Machine dot com people. If you wanna upgrade the coffee service in your office, Wally's Bean Machine dot com. Office morale through the roof. And you get the added bonus of a cool guy named Wally coming into your place of business every once in a while. It's exactly right. So, and so, but here's what Wally has done for me. So not only am I saving 10 bucks a day on Starbucks coffee, but when I would go in, I would have one of their really, really fattening pastries. And I don't have the pastries anymore. So I'm losing weight as well. Slim, trim and saving money. The only thing getting fat is your wallet, Dan. Well, that's not getting carried away at working radio. So anyway, we're glad to see that you are surviving. By the way, if we ask Kennedy how things are going, what would she say? I think she would say pretty good. I think she would say I'm doing a pretty good job. PG, if we're pretty good, how loud are you screaming? No, I don't do that, but we kind of float the rules a little bit. We've extended bedtime just a hair. You do suck as a dad. No, you know what we really do. That's what dads are for. You want to hear me? Listen, so my eight-year-old and my 12-year-old, they get to stay up a little bit late, but my six-year-old and my eight-year-old share a room. The boys do. So we have to be very sneaky, or it creates a bit of a kerfuffle in the house. Oh. So I'll tell Brooks, like just lay down until he falls asleep and then he can sneak out. Get out of town. That's what we do. We do it all the time. That's pretty good, actually. Wow. And he does it. He's like, you got it, dad. You know, Joe, and I think the three of us can agree that a good part of parenting is manipulation. That's true. Oh, yes. As a former child, yes. Yeah. So I think one of the most beneficial things for Chris is that the oldest is a girl, and she's probably, I bet you lean on her a whole lot. Oh, 100%. She has been unbelievably awesome. Is Kennedy listening right now? No, probably not. She doesn't. Kennedy, if you happen to listen to this at some point in time, tell your dad you need an allowance. And you need an allowance higher than the other kids for two reasons. Number one, because you deserve more, but number two, because I think- They can blanket in claims here. I think that it would be great to see all the kids battling because one of you gets a higher allowance than the rest. Although, I don't know, do you do allowance in your house? Not really. We kind of just do one-offs for random jobs. Oh, you know what? People are yelling at me. Why? Oh, because you forgot the bit that you stole from that other radio show? They woke- Ha ha ha ha. I didn't steal the Woking Dead from anyone. I thought we were supposed to be doing in Manus this morning more on here. Well, I stole that one, so we're not gonna- What's the old saying? It's like something borrowed, something shared. It's exactly right. Something blue, something new. But people are actually asking for it. I didn't realize. See, you know what I said? Was that this morning, Joan? When I sent, Joan and I text all the time. Let's see. I forget exactly what I said, but basically I said, I suck at bits, and that's why I don't do them. Yeah. So yeah, I'm terrible at bits. Like you're really good, because you've got that hip hop music, DJ background thing that you do. It has nothing to do with music. You just forget all the time, Dan. Shut up, Jane. It has to do with consistency, Dan. Joan, Shingang, Shingam, Shinga, Kawa. Just call me Kawa. Just call you Kawa. Oh, that's actually, that's very, do I have some audio over here? All right, so hey, you know what it's time for? The Woking Dead. Everyone's favorite, everyone's- Two days in a row? Everyone's favorite second hand segment. What? Whatever. It's a hand me down. I thought our favorite second hand segment was- Man, this is a moron in the mornings. Here is that too. By the way, it's not a hand me down, it's a Dan me down. Oh, I like it, I like it. Yeah, but it kind of comes down from Chris because this is sort of like the lightning round, right? No, this isn't even close to the lightning round. Then why are you here, Joan? Then why are you here, Joan? That's true. I don't have thunder in the Woking Dead. You have stories. Why do you have stories? Like back to back and in between every story, you play your Woking Dead, right? It's basically like you took the lightning round and you took White Woman Wednesday and you made them have a baby and it's the Woking Dead. Nobody wants to have a baby with those White Women. Well, they just run to Planned Parenthood. Oh, no. Control Alt. That we have featured. Oh, that's terrible. It is terrible. Okay, so based on all of this, I need to find- You're scaring me. Dan doesn't even have one ready. Shut up. No, I do. Let's see here. Oh, blah, blah, blah. Not my household, not my neighborhood. George Conway. All right, here we go. You ready? All right, all right. Let's go. I found it. Make shift man to set the ready. Am I up? This is not White Woman. This is White Man Friday. Take that. As a matter of fact. This is, and I did make mention of this earlier. I've got video. This is George Conway. Of course, former Mr. Kellyanne Conway. And he is complaining about the fact that he spent a million dollars giving to Joe Biden. Listen to this. I was asked by a friend of mine who's a, who raises money for Democrats to speak at a big Democratic fundraiser for what was then the Biden victory fund. And I remember I was actually driving out to my friend, John Gardner's house out in Maryland. And I was thinking about, well, how much money should I give to the Biden campaign for this thing where I'm gonna be the headline spokesperson and asking other people to give. And I thought I'd give a lot of money, but a reasonable amount of money. And then I started thinking about it. And it's like, you know, I mean, this is supposed to, it's money that my kids would otherwise inherit. And I started thinking about that. So what am I gonna give? And then I just thought about it. Well, what do I want to make kids inherit? And I literally was in tears. I pull over to the side of the road. And I was in tears thinking about this. I was like, I love my kids. You're a grown man pulling over, crying because you're gonna donate your kids inheritance. Well, that's what he did. He donated his kids, and I'm gonna spare everybody all the George Conway. But- So it's a lot of George. He donated a million dollars of basically, as he describes it, his kids inheritance to Joe Biden, a guy who for four years, we heard stuff like this. And Joan, Shingang, Shinga, my password. Shinga- Would you give a million dollars to this? Now we know why the daughter has such severe TDS because every time she sees Donald Trump, she thinks that's, there goes my inheritance. There's my inheritance. Oh yeah, I mean, see that is absolutely right. And that way, that's the reason why I would call George Conway the Woking Dead. That's what I would say about, it's not a lightning round. Hello, can't you hear the theme? It's the Woking Dead. We need more lightning. We need more Woking Dead. That's what it is. All right, there you go. You know what we really need? What's that? I could have used a little more cowbell. Could have. Should have. Whatta. Anyway, so there you go. Got any big plans this weekend? No. That was a bit of a snark right before. No, just in the five o'clock hour, I was regaling the audience with, we're gonna go fly Riker's RC airplane this weekend. I think you know, but I never. Did you pick out a tree? No, we have not picked out a tree. But for people that missed the five o'clock, I didn't even talk about this on the air, but Riker flew his RC airplane into a second tree. There's been a second tree, sir. I threw my arm out, trying to get, throw rocks at the plane to get it out of the tree. It didn't. We left Charlie Daniels Park. And lo and behold, this is such an amazing story. You know that the first plane was saved by a listener, Ali. Ali. Correct, Fly Girl Ali. Fly Girl Ali on the chat. Wonderful lady, awesome husband. On the other side of Charlie Daniels Park, sat Riker's plane. Ali, who saved the first plane, is walking Charlie Daniels Park. And what does she find? Riker's plane again, this time falling from the tree, right to her feet. No way. She found the second plane. How is that possible that Ali rescued the first plane and then the second plane falls out of the tree after two days in the tree, and Ali happens to be walking right there. This is an implausible story, and I think Ali's stalking you. Yeah, I feel like she has to be. Yep. Okay, a couple of things. I've been stalked by a lot worse. And number two, What? I actually welcome a stalker like Ali. She's very nice, she's helpful. She's very cool. Some stalkers are just creepy and weird. This one's like helping me with my issues. Some stalkers put dog poop on your front porch, but not Ali, she brings me a plane. Anyway. I think it goes to say that RC planes can't break tree branches. True. No. Anyway, so, can I just be honest? I don't know half the things of what Sam says. That's why just so people know when Sam speaks, I just gloss right over, because I don't know what the hell he's talking about. He's been doing low-key, 9-11 references. Oh, is that what that is? There's been a second tree, sir. And then he said, RC planes can't break tree branches, jet fuel can't melt steel beams. Because nothing beats 9-11 jokes. Kinda, 13 and a half years for tragedy to become comedy? It's too soon, Sam. It's too soon. I think it's more than 13 and a half years. How many, how many? No, there's a formula for tragedy to comedy. Oh, is that? Yeah. Oh, okay. Comedy is tragedy plus time. You know what the tragedy is of my show today? Sam has been speaking too much. Oh. Sam, I'm just kidding. I love you, man. Yeah, Sam, he's just kidding after saying it 12 times. It had nothing to do with the busy beat commercial. It was all Sam. All right, Joan was coming up in the news. Seriously, you wanna know what's coming up in the news? It'd be nice, because I might have stuff to say. Okay. And it's time for me to go home. Yes, it definitely is time for you to go home. Vince Collin A's is redefining news talk with The Vince Show. 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