200th Episode Special Edition - Family, Friendships and Gratitude

What if you could look back on your journey and see the transformation in vivid detail? Join us for the 200th episode of The Brad Weisman Show, where we reminisce with our very first guest, Justin Perella. We laugh about the humble beginnings, complete with a "Frozen" princess headset, and discuss how the show has evolved beyond recognition. From the impact of COVID-19 to the thrilling future of real estate, this episode is a nostalgic yet forward-looking celebration.

Lively exchanges with past guests add flavor to our milestone episode. Craig Stonaha brings a celebratory drink and shares his podcasting wisdom, influenced by none other than marketing guru Gary V.  Michele McCartney lights up the conversation with insights from her stellar 37-year career in business, emphasizing client relationships and personal growth. We also catch up with Jess and Toni from Inspired Wellness, who are expanding their services and tackling school-related anxieties with grace and dedication.

Heartwarming moments punctuate the celebration as we welcome my parents, Doug and Dorene Weisman, for the first time on the show, reflecting on my early interests in entertainment. The episode also features engaging discussions with the publisher of Berks County Living Magazine, Robyn Jones and mortgage lender Mike Bower, who sheds light on current mortgage rates. To wrap it all up, my wife, Jessica and our two children, Catherine and Carson join me with some questions for me and final though for 200th episode.  Heartfelt appreciations are extended to our loyal guests, unwavering team, and my supportive family, making this episode a beautiful tribute to everyone who has been part of our journey.  THANK YOU - Here's to 200 more episodes!!

"Looking back on 200 episodes is crazy... it all started with an idea during Covid and turned into a venue for my guests to tell their stories and for me to learn.  The evolution from being just about real estate to being whatever topic peaks my curiosity has been so amazing.  Thanks to all that listen to the show, whether it's one episode or every single one fof them (my mom).  It means so much to me that you listen to what I love to do." - Brad Weisman

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Welcome to The Brad Weisman Show, where we dive into the world of real people, real life, and everything in between with your host, Brad Weisman! 🎙️ Join us for candid conversations, laughter, and a fresh take on the real world. Get ready to explore the ups and downs of life with a side of humor. From property to personality, we've got it all covered. Tune in, laugh along, and let's get real! 🏡🌟 #TheBradWeismanShow #RealPeopleRealLife 

Credits - The music for my podcast was written and performed by Jeff Miller. 

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:33

From real estate to real life and everything in between. The Brad Wiseman Show and now your host, brad Wiseman.

Speaker 2 0:46

All right, here we are. Here we are, the 200th episode. What an amazing celebration. I am so excited for tonight. I can't believe that I've been doing this for 200 episodes. I want to thank everybody for supporting the the show. For the sponsors, we have comfort pro as a sponsor. Here we have first response contracting and the first guest on the 200th episode is going to be the guest that was on here first. Yippee, justin perrella. How you doing man I'm good man, congratulations.

Speaker 1 1:17

So you do know you were the ultimate guinea pig, yeah, well and actually um, the first time we came on, I think together it was just radio, right it? Was just on, yeah, just audio just audio and, uh, people couldn't see really what we were doing. But I'll never forget the the first time I came in, because I actually brought a little prop here because, oh, this is what I was wearing, ladies and gentlemen, something this is so true.

Speaker 2 1:44

It was a princess headphone. It was it was daughters from frozen that's right, it was from frozen and um, what's really funny about that? I didn't have a second uh headphone set. So I went into my daughter's room and found this headset and I was like you know, this will work. This will work Until it went on TV. Hey, maybe I'll bring those back. You don't know, there you go, man, I might bring them back I can't give them to either of my neighbors.

Speaker 2 2:07

Well, it's funny, I still have those somewhere around here. I they're in the studio. I should have brought them out for you to wear. Maybe I'll get somebody else to wear those tonight. So you know, it's funny. I think about this. Which is pretty interesting is that you got a call from me. This is during COVID, by the way, the first show was April 13th 2020. That was the very first show and I called you and I'm like Justin, you know, I just bought this podcast stuff. Would you be willing to be the first, first, uh guest?

Speaker 1 2:37

and he's like yeah, no problem, anyway it's funny what the hell else you gonna do. It was covid, nothing like really I was happy.

Speaker 2 2:40

Yeah, you're like, let me do something. You know, so that was just audio, it was on the phone, oh, that's right. And then when I actually was able to do face to face, that was where the whole thing for podcasting changed for me. It's so much different with this right here. Oh my gosh, so much different. And, uh, and I just want to say, you know, thanks for for taking a chance on on this, uh, on this show, and, and you also, you, you also are a lender. You were on here as a lender, uh, you're a guest many times.

Speaker 1 3:08

Yeah, we, um, we had, we had it going for about. You know, it was every week, um, that I would come on. Uh, not much was changing. Then, you know, and I feel like we're we're coming out of that rut, you know, and we're starting to pick up some momentum. So it's been good. But, yeah, I was so happy to do it. We had been friends for a long time but when you called, I was, I was looking for something that was cool like that and you, you provided it. It was it. It was wonderful. I'm so happy for you, man. I can't believe it's 200 episodes right, it is insane.

Speaker 1 3:38

I knew you would do it like I knew you would catch that momentum. But to this level is just.

Speaker 2 3:43

That's impressive, man thank you, I appreciate. So you know, I asked everybody to have a question for me because I'm in the hot seat tonight a little bit on this whole thing. So do you have a question for me at all?

Speaker 1 3:52

well, my question is what's? I can't wait to hear this, so no no, it's gonna be pretty, pretty level, like where do you see real estate in you?

Speaker 2 4:02

or the brad weisman show that's right, you were on the brad weisman or the real estate news show first.

Speaker 1 4:07

That's real estate. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Where's brad going? Where's you know?

Speaker 2 4:11

it's funny. Somebody just asked that. They've asked that a couple times. It's as far as I can go. You know, wayne Dyer said one time if you ask a tree, how tall will it grow, and the tree will say if the tree could talk. Of course, the tree will say as high as I can. There's no distance, there's no level there, there's no plateau. It's to go as far as you can.

Speaker 2 4:30

I really enjoy doing this. It's something that brings out the entertainment side of me that I've always had near Uh and it. I just love it. I love talking to people. I also said the other day what's interesting too is they said well, how do you know who you want to talk to? And I said you know what it's like going into a bar, like I wish I could go into a bar, which I can, uh, but I wish I could go into a bar or a public place and I could see a little blip above their heads that says I'm a bricklayer, I'm a, I work for NASA. I work because I'm the kind of person that goes. You know what?

Speaker 7 5:00

I want to talk to that person?

Speaker 6 5:01

I want to know everybody.

Speaker 2 5:02

I want to know everybody and what they do, and that's why I changed it to the Brad Wiseman show.

Speaker 1 5:06

And that's what I love about it, that you evolved into that, because there are some and listen. Everything comes down to real estate. I mean of course you know there's, there's commonality in all of that. But yeah, you're, you're interested in them and you want to know more about what they do and what makes them tick and what makes them successful, which is what helps everybody else.

Speaker 2 5:26

Absolutely. Well, you know what. We're going to kick you out. No, yeah, we got a bunch of guests tonight. Just so you know, we have a ton of guests. The next guest coming up is eric weeknecht. He's now our sheriff. You're gonna have to let him sit there, all right, yeah so you'll have to get up at some point you know, I don't think justin wants to leave.

Speaker 2 5:43

I can see how this. By the way, we got a great shot of somebody's butt right now, um, but no, there is a camera that's on the staging area for the show and right now now it is live on that staging area. I see that Kevin Timoshenko finally showed up, which is good. Okay, eric Weeknecht, how you doing, buddy, I'm doing really good how you doing. I'm doing great man, I'm doing really well.

Speaker 6 6:07

That's awesome.

Speaker 2 6:07

So thanks for coming. Yeah, thanks, man. 200 episodes, that's amazing. You were on one or two at least one.

Speaker 6 6:13

I was on one the beginning of the year. Yeah, and I was on one of your older shows way back when you were in a different building. Yes, you didn't have much of a view Yep Looked out at some grass bank or something.

Speaker 2 6:24

Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Oh, that was a long time ago, long time ago. Wow, that was on the show called how up. Yeah, you're exactly right. You, I forgot you're on there.

Speaker 6 6:38

So you're the sheriff of of the county. I am, but not for long.

Speaker 2 6:39

Hopefully, not for long, hopefully, not for long. No, now that doesn't sound right. You don't know what are you doing right now. Tell us what you're doing. Get a little closer to the microphone, so I'm actually in the uh state rep race.

Speaker 6 6:49

Okay, the fifth legislative district of pennsylvania awesome, and I'm up on the election November 5th. Awesome, really looking forward to it yeah Big district. It goes from Bethel all the way over to Wummelsdorf, all the Heidelbergs, honolani, byrne Township, wow.

Speaker 2 7:03

It is a big district, it is huge, but not as big as the County of Berks. No, not as big as that, that's right. So you actually you cover more area right now.

Speaker 6 7:10

I cover more area right now and it's going to cut down a little bit, but the downside is you have to run every two years yeah, so that you're gonna have to run every two years as sheriff.

Speaker 2 7:21

You're every four, every four. Okay, yeah, that's a lot, that's a lot, that's a lot of running, because as soon as you win, uh you're, you're back in again trying to win.

Speaker 6 7:29

Basically, yeah, so you're campaigning, you're working your campaign. I'm really looking forward to it. I really love the election process. Yeah, you get out, you get to meet people yep, you, you know, ask for their vote. You get hear what their concerns are. Yeah, and I, I actually love it.

Speaker 9 7:44

People become a little weird because of that yeah well you are.

Speaker 2 7:47

You are definitely a little weird because of that, because most people are like get me the hell out of politics. You know, especially right now, with as tensions as it is, you know, nobody wants to talk about politics, but you're here actually too, because you're a good friend and that's that's the reason, um, that you're here and also a client. I sold you a house or two or something like that couple houses.

Speaker 2 8:05

I think we you, you sold one for us yeah, and then we bought yeah, absolutely really cool, very cool but I hate to tell you this.

Speaker 6 8:12

My wife said we are never moving again. Ah, damn it. That's not the words of a realtor once again.

Speaker 2 8:15

You know my kids have to go to college. I know, and the realtors don't want to hear that. I know what the hell I'm trying. Oh my gosh.

Speaker 6 8:21

She's very happy with the last house that you sold us.

Speaker 2 8:23

Oh, that's a nice house.

Speaker 6 8:37

I have a question for you. Are you upset that your son is more tech savvy than you are because he got the TVs working in there? You're kidding me? No, it's all on Everyone's watching, and and oh, that's hilarious.

Speaker 2 8:44

Carson did that Absolutely Wow. Well, we're going to have him on later so he can explain to us how we did that.

Speaker 6 8:49

Well, you won't understand. He told me I didn't understand. You know what's really?

Speaker 2 8:52

funny, craig Stonehall is coming on next. So, and what's really funny, craig Stonehall is coming on next. Oh, okay, so the IT guy must have been training my son.

Speaker 6 8:57

Maybe or maybe your son can give him some lessons.

Speaker 2 9:00

That could be good. That could be good. I don't know, we'll see. We'll see. Well, craig should be coming in here soon, so thank you so much for being here.

Speaker 6 9:06

I really appreciate it, yeah, and.

Speaker 2 9:09

I wish you the best in winning your representative seat there. I know you're going to win, so it's all good.

Speaker 6 9:15

Yep, I think we're going to do very well and I will be back to give you an update.

Speaker 2 9:18

That sounds great, man. I would love to have you back. All right, all right, cool. So we got to get Craig Stonehall in here. He should be on his way. Two guys with the same haircut, or lack thereof. What's up, craig? Craig comes in with wine in his hand. Look at this. That's the way to do it. That's the way to do it.

Speaker 11 9:38

You got to start somewhere if you want to be a true drunk.

Speaker 2 9:40

That's right. That's so true. That's true. We do not promote that, but I'm going to have a drink, also, my man.

Speaker 11 9:47

So congratulations on 200, buddy.

Speaker 2 9:49

That's insane. Thanks right it's.

Speaker 11 9:51

There was a uh. You ever heard of gary v gary v, of course yeah, reach out to him. He does this thing. If you're making your 100th episode, oh wow, he'll always be on it. Oh, and he said, and if he missed you, reach out to him. I know exactly who gary v is.

Speaker 2 10:04

He's very good, he's very good. Yeah, I love him. She's like the marketing genius, isn't he really? Yeah, amazing, he's better than me. Yeah, well, that's. That's saying something right there. Holy mackerel, that's unbelievable. Hugo's laughing. Um, you know, do we only have your mic on? I don't think you go there, we go. Hey, by the way, hugo is in in the studio, of course, like he always is, and I got to say I could not do any of this without him. He's an amazing guy and, uh, we really appreciate him every Thursday at 7. He puts on our show, guy, and we really appreciate him. Every Thursday at 7 pm, he puts on our show here, and we really appreciate that. So, craig, tell me about what's going on in your life. I don't know.

Speaker 11 10:43

We've known each other for a while. 25 years, 25 years it's been a long time. You had your own podcast. I did. I finally shut it down.

Speaker 2 10:50

Isn't it funny how many episodes we did 80, you know. That's 87 way, way over the norm. I was told by um justin shank, who has done a gazillion uh podcasts. He was invited to come. He couldn't make it tonight, um, but he said to me that if you go over seven, you're actually. If you go over seven podcasts, you're actually doing really well. He said. If you get over a hundred, then then you're pretty much in the realm that you should be able to keep getting more and more listeners. Well, that's why actually doing really well, he said. If you get over a hundred, then then you're pretty much in the realm that you should be able to keep getting more and more listeners.

Speaker 11 11:19

Well, and that's why Gary Vee said a hundred, because he said it's a hundred. That's the spot. That's the spot and you're going to make it Yep, absolutely, absolutely. No, I got to the point where I was like I don't know why I'm still doing this.

Speaker 2 11:33

You sit there and go. Well, why not? You know, for me it was a, why not Plus? You know, hugo, begged me to keep doing it, you know? Is that true, hugo? No, that's right he wishes I would quit tomorrow. Actually he's like yeah, 200th episode, we're done. Yeah, Okay.

Speaker 11 11:50

We're done. No.

Speaker 2 11:51

You just start with that, which is a good thing to do, a little bit more dangerous than podcasting.

Speaker 11 11:55

There's only so much time in the day.

Speaker 2 11:56

That's right so true. Well, thanks for coming out. Do you have anything you wanted to ask me?

Speaker 11 12:00

Yeah, when are you going to bring back the flock of seagull? Haircut the flock of seagull.

Speaker 2 12:04

I want to see. No, when I'll tell you. When you mean, like the one on the wall, that was not quite flock of seagulls, but I, there was a flock of seagulls haircut at one point. Oh, it'd be glorious, yeah, it would be. You know, the problem is I'd have to do hair plug for men do it? Yeah, that's, that's what I'm gonna have to do. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna get hair from hugo's head and I'm gonna plug it in my head. How's that all right? We're gonna have to say, uh, say goodbye, I love you. Yeah, I love you too. Buddy, thanks for being here on the show. I really appreciate it. Will you come back for the next 100 after 100 more?

Speaker 11 12:33

300, 400, 500. All right, good.

Speaker 2 12:35

Sounds good. We're counting you in, all right, awesome. So now we have two people coming in, so we're going to have to move some mics around and, as you can see, we still have people in the waiting room. We got people drinking some drinks and looking that they're having some fun, which is always good to see. And there's susan, so you can use. Uh, mark, if you want to pull that chair over here, watch the cords you can use. You can use this microphone here, mark, see when we're live, you don't you see all the stuff here that goes on? This is not. Yeah, this is not we don't have the girly.

Speaker 2 13:08

No, I can get those out, I'm gonna get those out. That's what katherine's gonna wear headphones.

Speaker 12 13:12

remember you used to always want to wear them, used to beg for it, for it, oh my goodness.

Speaker 2 13:15

All right, get a little closer to Mark on the microphone so I can hear you All right sorry. So let's just get out there right away. What I wanted to say to you guys, I want to say thank you for allowing me to do what I did in here without now is in there, and it's funny. And now there's wood on the walls, and now there's, you know, all these different things that are here too. So I appreciate the uh allowing me to do this, because otherwise, well, you know what.

Speaker 6 13:45

You're welcome. I don't know if we approve that shirt. However, that shirt is something that we probably should have got approval on.

Speaker 2 13:59

You probably should. You almost wore the same shirt I did. By the way, you're mark jackness, I'm oh yeah, susan mcfadden, mark jackness, thank you, thank you.

Speaker 12 14:02

I just figure everybody knows you because you're so famous you know what's crazy like what's crazy. He said he's not going to make it three shows, like the fact that you've made it 200 he was like susan don't let him do the podcast room. It's never gonna happen and you've made it 200 shows.

Speaker 5 14:14

We're so proud of you. Thank you, we are so proud of you. Question.

Speaker 2 14:19

Can't wait to hear this question. Yeah, you can ask a question actually, yeah.

Speaker 12 14:22

Yes, I mean a lot of the questions I wanted to ask. People are telling me no.

Speaker 2 14:25

It's probably off color, maybe a little off color, a little awkward.

Speaker 12 14:29

Well, who's your favorite partner out of the two of us?

Speaker 2 14:32

I'll tell you guys later? No, no, it depends on what the hell's going on oh my goodness, mark mom, mom's, mom's right here, I can't say anything let's get an answer out of it like he can't even.

Speaker 12 14:44

He's so afraid he can't even answer now.

Speaker 2 14:45

I don't have favorites, I just don't rather arm wrestle right now.

Speaker 12 14:49

If you're going to arm wrestle one of us, who do you think you'd have a better chance beating?

Speaker 2 14:52

uh, you let's go okay, let's, let's do it, let's go.

Speaker 2 14:55

Yeah, this is going to be bad. No, I'm not doing it now. He's afraid On live TV wrestling. Oh my God, this shirt isn't that good. What's she doing? What's that? Something's hidden, something's, oh God. Oh, we got to do a little. Oh, I can't believe that was hidden back there. That's unbelievable. Oh, I can only imagine any point. And look at all this, that's all this money. Wow, this is great. We don't get any money for this. Wow, hey, Hugo, note to self the next party, the partners, will be away. Yeah, brad, congratulations.

Speaker 4 15:35

Cheers, Cheers man.

Speaker 2 15:36

Thank you Um, I'm very thank you so much.

Speaker 12 15:38

Thank you for helping out. Good at what you do and you're very gifted and you can tell you love it and you help a lot of people and we're very proud of you and we love you guys too.

Speaker 2 15:47

Best partners in the world. Best partners in the world. All right, now get the hell out of here All right, your time's up now.

Speaker 2 15:54

It's uh, jess and tony, jess and tony, just in time to pick up all the money. Look at all this money in here, hugo. What are we going to do with all this money? It looks like it went. It was in the dryer, though. I think it was in the dryer for a little bit. What do you think? So, uh, yeah, there's still a lot of people staged out there. We got a lot more people coming. What's that? That? What's not true? Huh, oh, okay, am I wrong? Am I wrong? Oh, I'm sorry. John Sellers is on next. What was I looking at? This is why I have people helping me out, john. How you doing, buddy, you know, I knew I'd screw up something this time. You know, when we're live, it's a little different. It's a little different than when we're recording.

Speaker 10 16:34

You know how you doing, how you doing? This is my first time.

Speaker 2 16:37

Your first time, but you know what. You're a great guy and you know what he did for me in here. I mean, he does great work, he's a contractor, he's a sponsor for a full year. You'll have to get a little closer to that microphone too. It's almost a full year. You said that you actually have gotten business from it, which is amazing. I think that's the best thing that I've heard. And you also did the wood here in the studio. I did so. I sold John and his wife a house, shannon, and he got into construction and just doing a great job. So tell me how's it going? It's going great.

Speaker 2 17:30

Definitely very busy, right now, yeah, what kind of stuff do you do?

Speaker 10 17:35

Anything from bathrooms to full, full house remodels, uh, decks, you name it.

Speaker 2 17:41

Yeah, you do a lot, I do yeah and and what's, uh, what's I wanted to let you know. Uh, jess and I picked out a vanity for the kids bathroom, so finally, yes, exactly so we'll put that out there. So now jess is going to want it done tomorrow. Just so you know that's the way she works if you have set up, it has to be done the next day. So there you go. So, if you would like you, maybe you should leave now and just go start working on it. Do you need me to pick it up?

Speaker 2 18:04

Uh, yes, that's probably going to need to be a yeah, so we're going to work out the whole contract right now. I know we already already have that done. We know that part, so tell me. Um, do you have a question for me?

Speaker 10 18:13

so my question was actually gonna be when were you actually gonna finish your bathroom?

Speaker 2 18:20

that's funny, that's funny, that's right. Well, like I said, tomorrow, no, we picked out the vanity. We have everything kind of lined up what we're gonna do, and you'll be doing that in october, so that, as long as we can fit in your schedule in october- yeah, I'll, uh, I'll figure it out. Tell everybody what your company name is, how they, how they can get in touch with you.

Speaker 10 18:38

Uh, you can give me a call at 4, 8, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7, 1, 3, 6. My business is first response contracting. Uh, give me a call.

Speaker 2 18:47

Awesome, that's great. I'll find someone that can that's awesome man.

Speaker 2 18:50

You just great work. Look at the wood in here he did. He did a great job. It was awesome. I appreciate it. Yeah, I appreciate you. Thanks so much, man. All right, we're going to get now I think. Oh, I know who it is now. It's Michelle McCartney, thanks, yeah, thank you, thanks so much. Hang around staging area there, which is cool. Uh, I feel like this is a telethon. It reminds me like a telethon, if you call 1-800, you can contribute money. Uh, so, michelle mccartney, you are in the hot seat. How you doing? I'm in the hot seat tonight. That's right. And did you notice all the money that I have now? Now you're gonna go, you're gonna want to be your own podcast. Now you see all this money hanging out, right, that's, how are you doing? You got to get right up on that microphone there.

Speaker 9 19:36

How about that?

Speaker 2 19:37

So I've known Michelle for a very, very, very, very long time 30 years, something like that, probably. At least, at least it's been a long time, yeah, so I actually sang at her wedding a long time ago. We've been working together many times throughout the years and just a good friend. We did a sailing trip with a bunch of friends together in the British Virgin Islands, which was fun. A lot of history here, a lot of history.

Speaker 2 20:07

But what I want to talk to you about is you've been doing business for a long time and I just want to quickly say that you do such a great job. You are on top of your game always in this business for the past 37 years in business, and that's hard to do. And I want to also say that now you're doing this thing which I had you on and I want to have you come back. It's called Beyond the Script and we did a show for that, which everybody should find it. It's a really good show. Are you going to be doing more of that, like more of the, the of the coming up with, like like classes and coaching? I have them.

Speaker 9 20:37

I have the curriculums and stuff like that? I guess I don't. I haven't really tried to figure out how to market it yeah and to put myself in a position where that becomes more forefront yeah, yeah, got it, got it you know I just I haven't, I haven't done it. Yeah, I have the curriculums written and done, but trying to figure out how to do it, how to really do it, do it right.

Speaker 2 21:00

So what's the secret to being in the business that long?

Speaker 9 21:02

Oh my goodness, what's the?

Speaker 2 21:03

secret Like what is it that? What? What makes it happen? Relationships?

Speaker 9 21:08

Well, putting my clients first.

Speaker 2 21:11

Okay, good.

Speaker 9 21:11

Deciding to be the best real try could be every day. Awesome. Whatever came of that day as far as productivity came, but it was all about answering all the calls and just doing the best I could and and forgetting about the money.

Speaker 2 21:27

Yeah, so you mean like this stuff here, forgetting about the money which a lot of times in sales, a lot of times in sales.

Speaker 9 21:34

It's tough to do. It's amazing, right? It was very hard for me to do at the beginning. I almost stopped selling real estate. Now I can't imagine what else I would have done.

Speaker 2 21:41

Wow, so so you have a question for me.

Speaker 9 21:43

Well, I was wondering oh boy, here we go Well. A couple of things, yeah.

Speaker 2 21:48

Oh boy, she's got several questions.

Speaker 9 21:50

Do you remember your very first podcast, who it was and what the topic was and why you chose it?

Speaker 2 21:55

First podcast. Well, justin was the first, and the reason I picked Justin is because he was the only one that would do it. Seriously, I was going to ask a lot of different people, but he was the only one that would do it.

Speaker 9 22:07

Okay, yeah, and my other question is is there a person or a topic that you've wanted to cover on your podcast that you haven't been able to yet because you haven't been able to find the person? That is is related to the topic you'd like to know about, or you know what I'm talking. Yeah, yeah, I gotcha.

Speaker 2 22:28

I think I would love to find somebody that was, that was either a in the space program like NASA or somebody like that, that I could pick their brain on the show and learn about what what it's like for space travel, or maybe they were even just in, never got to do it, but actually went through the training. That kind of thing would be very interesting to me. Um and so if there's anybody that's into that or has somebody who was in NASA or somebody that was on any kind of a spacecraft, that would be awesome.

Speaker 9 22:55

Who's the oldest person you've ever had on the podcast 101 years old. And what was your?

Speaker 2 22:59

topic World War II, really World War II. I've had two World War II um people in here, two of them and uh, one was 101 and the other one was like 97 or 98. That was incredible. Hearing those stories and getting those stories was amazing.

Speaker 9 23:14

Firsthand.

Speaker 2 23:15

It was incredible, wow, and they were very, very with it. Those are also podcasts you should listen to. They're really good.

Speaker 9 23:21

Have you interviewed children, any children, and why?

Speaker 2 23:24

Our kids have been on, but I haven't done any of the other kids except for them. Actually, I shouldn't say that Owen Est, except for them. Actually I shouldn't say that. Owen estallis, owen estallis, who's an actor, he was in, uh, hillbilly elegy, which is the movie that's about vance. Uh, he was here. He played van young vance. He's been in the studio twice, so he was in as a very young kid and then he was in right after he did hillbilly. He was yeah, yeah. Now he moved south. So I I wanted to try and get him on here, but didn't. He wasn't in the area.

Speaker 9 23:49

so yeah, all right okay next.

Speaker 2 23:51

Yeah, thank you. Thank you so much for being here. Hopefully we can have a drink together after the show. Yeah, all right, so we have. Now. It's jess and tony. Yeah, so there you go, we're gonna give you both. Have a microphone. There's a chair back there, tony, that you can grab. I love seeing the people coming in and out of the uh of the the the room there. That's kind of fun, kind of fun. So how are you doing? We are good. Are you guys ripped up yet or anything? No, you're good. No, we're good. You're good. Okay, you're responsible, okay. We had our magic mind. This morning.

Speaker 2 24:24

Oh good, Good, Good. Segue to the magic mind. We'll bring this up a little later, but it is really good. Did you guys notice that it doesn't? It's not as chunky. You see how that's chunky in the bottom. This is cause this is an older, older batch. It's not as chunky anymore. They actually the matcha, which is a mushroom was was not able to be, uh, ground up, fine enough. They hired a scientist I'm not kidding you, I got an email about this. They hired a scientist that figured out how to emulsify it better. So now you don't get into that residue in the bottom you got an email about this yeah, I'm connected with magic mind.

Speaker 2 24:55

I'm very connected.

Speaker 8 24:56

Yeah, that is how we start our day what's that get to the? Office.

Speaker 2 25:00

We cheers our cheers the magic mind. That's good. That's good. That's how we start, yeah. Yeah, are you guys looking for something? There's like people looking for something. You're good, what's that? We need to be close oh, get, get closer to the microphones. There you go, there you go. Okay, so we're going to keep moving here. So, tony and Jess, you were on the show not too long ago and you were here because your company inspired wellness, which they weren't supposed to wear logos. I told them not to, but they didn't know. I'm kidding. I didn't get that.

Speaker 2 25:26

So you are. You guys are doing great work. You're working with a lot of kids around the County. You guys are doing great work. You're working with a lot of kids around the county. How's it going with the school you're just starting.

Speaker 8 25:33

It's going really well. Actually, we were able to acquire two new school districts this year in addition to the ones that we serviced last year. Awesome, it's really good. We have a lot of good stuff coming up. We have a lot of ideas for future services as well. We've seen a pickup, obviously obviously since school started, with anxiety and getting back into routines. So it's really nice to be able to be in the schools and helping these students and parents and teachers and everybody adjust.

Speaker 2 26:00

And what do you guys specialize in, like what's your specialty, that you would say, like you know, I know you cover a lot of different things, but what's your specialty? That's a great question.

Speaker 8 26:11

There's a lot of us Um there's nine clinicians and two interns now which is different from when we were here.

Speaker 2 26:17

Yeah, Um we can't get nine people in here, just so you know cause last time they put remember they pushed the limit. You go. They're like ah, well, you know you can only have two. Like you can only have two other people. No, we want three, we can only have two people. You can know we want three. I'm like I guess we're gonna have three. You made it happen. Yeah, we did yes.

Speaker 8 26:32

So what would 11 look like? And then we have a 12, starting in January.

Speaker 2 26:36

Hugo, how would we do this? I don't even know how we would do it, I don't know. That's funny, so, um, so you special. So there's a lot of things, but you're covering a lot of schools.

Speaker 8 26:51

We are, yeah, awesome. Since we've been in here last, we have, as you know, opened an office in Axton.

Speaker 2 26:57

Thank you, you and Pete Heim were very instrumental in making that happen, more so Pete than me, but that's all right, hey it takes a village, it does take a village, and so we appreciate us grow in that area as well. Cool, um, so, yeah, so that's that's. The goal is to continue to grow here and we'll have to have you come back in and do a show again. Absolutely, yeah, just the two of you.

Speaker 8 27:18

Well, we were honored. I remember you know, brad, we have been friends for a very long time and always hearing about the podcast and that trip to the beach in December when you were like, hey, you should be on it.

Speaker 2 27:28

I was like finally.

Speaker 3 27:30

Yeah. That's funny, that's funny.

Speaker 8 27:33

But we are so honored to be on the podcast. We really had a great time with it, Um and we hope to do a lot in the future.

Speaker 2 27:41

Yeah, I hope so too. We're so proud of you. Do you have a question for?

Speaker 8 27:44

me. We do, we do oh boy.

Speaker 2 27:46

Is it a combined question or is? It, we have a couple, couple. I don't know if we have that kind of time. Let's see where we are time-wise. I think we're good, all right, oh yeah, well, well, yeah okay, questions.

Speaker 15 27:55

We'll start with question one. If somebody came to you with a box of all the things that you lost, what's the first thing you'd be looking for?

Speaker 2 28:05

oh man, um, first thing I'd be looking for is what's that my mind? Hugo, that was funny. He said my mind, that's really good. Um, I'm going to say um, a box of. What am I looking for? Is this like a psychological thing?

Speaker 8 28:23

Are you guys reading me? It's always deep.

Speaker 2 28:28

It's probably. Um, actually I wish I had a box that had in it what I'm going to learn in the future. So I open it up and I go oh man, if I do, if I do this, this and this, I, I'll, I'll be, it'll be an easier life. It's a good spin, right?

Speaker 8 28:48

Not bad, so actually your response kind of piggybacks off the second question. So if we have time for one, more question.

Speaker 2 28:53

Holy shit, I need another bottle of wine or something. Go ahead.

Speaker 8 28:56

So if you were to tell your younger self any piece of advice, but only in three words, what would it be?

Speaker 2 29:04

In three words. How about just do it? How about just do it? That's two words, but just do it. How about just do it? How about just do it? That's two words, but just just do it, right? Yeah, don't be afraid, live outside that box. Actually, live outside that box and just do it, and don't don't let anything hold you back, because this is not a rehearsal. We all know that this is it. That's a lot more than three words. Okay, well, your time's up Okay.

Speaker 15 29:28

On that note get the heck out of here, of here, all right now we're moving on.

Speaker 2 29:31

So, um, robin jones, I believe, is next right, so robin, I guess, is out there, ready to come in, robin. Hey girls, thanks so much for being here. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. All right, look at it. Look, the holding room is getting less and less people. It's getting emptier and emptier, so that means I won't have anybody to to have fun with afterwards. You're going to sit right there and you know you got to get up on that microphone because you have done podcasts before.

Speaker 5 29:58

We had such a good time.

Speaker 2 30:00

Yeah, robin Jones, from Berks County living here, she um, I met you a long time ago a long time ago. And um. What ended up happening is we ended up doing a podcast together and it was so fun my gosh, was that fun I?

Speaker 5 30:14

wonder how many episodes we did. I'm not sure it was a lot.

Speaker 2 30:16

Yeah, you know what's funny? I think it was.

Speaker 5 30:18

It was probably close to 200 had to be well I could look back it was every week you'd have to pull your redding eagle that's so true, so true.

Speaker 2 30:27

So it was every week on a thursday. Yep, and what would? Would we do? What time of the morning was that? Maybe 9 am 9 am every week and that was so fun. We would do like current events. Hugo, do you remember? Did you ever see the show? No, you never saw it, tony Reese, tony Reese. Yes, tony Reese, gami Nieves, robin Jones, and we had a blast. There was the four of us. We did it at the Double Tree and it was just a great time we did it.

Speaker 5 30:52

We started at the Crown Plaza. Oh my gosh, we did start at the Crown Plaza first, and then at her office and then at the Double Tree. It was wonderful, absolutely.

Speaker 2 30:57

Yeah, it was a lot of fun. So you're the publisher of the Berks County Living Magazine yes, years, wow, it's incredible. Right, it is. Yeah, that's amazing, and the magazine is always, always looks great. I always look forward to actually the cover.

Speaker 5 31:15

Oh, me too.

Speaker 2 31:16

Is there something about that with the cover? Like you just well, you said, I remember in the, in the podcast you did, you said opening up that box and probably there's like a smell of the magazines too.

Speaker 5 31:24

That smells good you open that box up.

Speaker 2 31:27

Oh, that's great.

Speaker 5 31:28

The public hasn't received it. No, no, no.

Speaker 2 31:30

But you see it and then that's, and then you look through it and yeah, so that's really cool. So that's, that's something you look forward to.

Speaker 5 31:36

I love it yeah.

Speaker 2 31:37

That's awesome, awesome. So is there? You're not going to tell us what's on the cover then? I guess obviously no, you can't.

Speaker 5 31:46

A couple of days for the october yeah, our october issue every year is our senior living issue to tie into the burke's encore senior so does that mean I'm on the cover? No, I feel so I might be oh well, I don't know we're.

Speaker 2 31:58

I think we're real close, real close. What?

Speaker 5 31:59

question you have for brad yeah all right. So my question is so you've ever you've interviewed so many local celebrities? Yeah, but if you would, if you could interview a real life celebrity, who? Who would that be?

Speaker 2 32:11

Ed Milet. He's got the number one podcast in the world right now and he's an amazing guy. He's like the new Wayne Dyer. He's incredible. If you're not listening to Ed Milet, I would suggest listening to him, because he's really really good, very positive, has great guests, there's nothing political, just good stuff, really good stuff. So that's who I would love to have to interview at some point or be on his show oh yeah, it's a dream, yeah, absolutely, absolutely all right.

Speaker 5 32:36

Well, thanks so much for having me thank you.

Speaker 2 32:38

Thank you so much for being here. I appreciate you took time time out of your day or night to be here, so stick around so I can have a drink with you. All right, all right, awesome, all right, you know what here? Cheers, cheers, all Cheers, all right. Up next is Mike Bauer. Mike Bauer's in the hot seat and look at the people. It's funny just watching the conversations on the room in there. What's up, mike? Oh, you know, I'll do cheers to you too. I did Mr Labatt's blue. All right, all right, yes thank you.

Speaker 2 33:10

Congratulations. Thank you so much, much. It's very nice thank you. Should I open it now or no? Just, I can't open it now. Okay, let's see what's going on here. I got gifts, oh, by the way. Um, I think, uh, justin gave me this right that's right yeah, justin gave me some champagne. My partners gave me money. That never happened before, so that's okay, this is cool. Um, it's a achievement unlocked. It says oh geez. And it says happy 200. Uh, mike and kelly, kelly could not make it tonight kelly spade, um, but but I'm glad you're here.

Speaker 2 33:39

You're, are you runner up? Yeah, yeah, I guess you're runner up. Oh, I got a gift card for willoughby's, which is a fantastic restaurant in the area here nice, nice, probably best steaks around.

Speaker 4 33:51

Was he ever on the show?

Speaker 2 33:53

No, and I've actually asked George Gamone. He has never been on. No, okay, I'll have to work on that, right, yeah?

Speaker 4 33:58

you have to bring him on.

Speaker 2 33:58

Maybe it's the shirt that I wear he doesn't like. Is it the shirt? Maybe I?

Speaker 4 34:01

think it is the shirt.

Speaker 2 34:02

I think it's the shirt do you even buy a shirt like that online? Yeah, you look up ugly shirts.

Speaker 4 34:14

Yep, and this one came right up, right up, yeah, right, there's a volume, yeah, in the back, and then it follows you like wherever you go. Right, yes, yes, keeps showing up what's really funny.

Speaker 2 34:21

I bought this three years ago, right, and I've never worn it. It sits in my closet and I keep thinking there's gotta be. I don't know. My daughter's shaking your head like it's a good idea that you don't wear it. That was funny, so I just never wore. I thought you know what, tonight's the night this is it.

Speaker 4 34:37

I mean what other? Where else would you wear a shirt like that?

Speaker 2 34:40

uh, I'm thinking if, if you're in a fire, you're gonna blend in it kind of has that fire.

Speaker 4 34:46

Look what do you think you're really pulling it on vegas?

Speaker 2 34:49

yeah, I would think this would be a great Vegas shirt. Great.

Speaker 4 34:51

Yeah, great Vegas shirt you could lay on the carpet and blend right in. So true, they have. Carpet looks like that.

Speaker 2 34:59

So, mike, you are a lender also and you've been doing mortgages here for a long time and I want to thank you. You've been on the show a lot. In fact, you're going to be up soon again because I think we need to talk about what things are going on right now. There's a lot of stuff going on. The Fed rate went down, all those things and we'll have you back on to talk about all this stuff?

Speaker 4 35:17

Yeah, that'd be great.

Speaker 2 35:18

You're at where CMG, cmg, home loans.

Speaker 4 35:21

Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do we get in touch with up?

Speaker 2 35:34

yeah, but purchases too, I mean rates, are coming down. What's the rate?

Speaker 4 35:36

today. Um, I mean, you know, like low sixes, low sixes, yeah, that's awesome. Uh, fha va is in the fives away.

Speaker 2 35:39

That's great, that's amazing. Yeah, awesome. It's coming down. So do you have a question for me? Well, it was where you bought that shirt so that was that was the question oh yeah, by the way, he was thank you, thank you you go. You were one of the first sponsors actually for the show. I think he was the first sponsor, if I'm not mistaken. Thank you for your support.

Speaker 4 36:00

You helped us. I did want to say congratulations 200 amazing, that's incredible well, you were in there a couple times give up way before 200?

Speaker 2 36:07

yeah, are you saying I should have, or?

Speaker 4 36:09

just kept going just kept.

Speaker 2 36:12

He doesn't know when to stop that's funny, that's no, it's amazing.

Speaker 4 36:17

Thank you so um, do you? Do you have a favorite child?

Speaker 2 36:21

uh, no, I do not well katherine's here, so I'm gonna say katherine, because she's right here.

Speaker 4 36:25

Yeah, yeah, well, your son, he's probably listening. He probably is.

Speaker 2 36:28

Yeah, no, I don't do favorites I just don't do that it's just not a good thing to do. I love them both equally, all right all right, you know what?

Speaker 4 36:35

I only said that because she's standing right, she's standing right here.

Speaker 2 36:38

Thanks a lot for putting me under pressure there. So we are bringing up the next guest. Oh, I'm out. Yeah, you're out. You're out. Yeah, it's funny how people just want to hang out oh well annabelle.

Speaker 2 36:48

What do you notice? That the people they want to hang out right. So, by the way, what you don't see behind the scenes is there's a wonderful person, annabelle is actually taking pictures. She is a great photographer. She's taking pictures tonight, uh, of the show. She's capturing everything that's going on. So, after the show, we're going to be able to, like in the next couple of days and next couple of weeks, actually show a lot of good photos and stuff. So, yeah, thanks, man, appreciate it, stick around if you can, all right. So Kevin, timo Kim and Tim Ashanko is he here? What's that? What's up, kevin? Oh, you bringing your bodyguard, I think. Oh boy, I should have known Kevin would be the loud one. What's up, buddy? How you doing? I didn't think you're going to show up. I was getting a little nervous. I was like you know what?

Speaker 7 37:39

Listen, I only came for the appearance money.

Speaker 14 37:41

That is funny, oh my.

Speaker 2 37:42

God. You know what's funny by the time we leave here, kevin will have all this money in his pocket. He's going to be like there's got to be a way I can use this.

Speaker 7 37:49

There's got to be a way I can use it. I'll tell you the last time I was collecting money.

Speaker 11 37:53

Was it just?

Speaker 2 37:54

recently.

Speaker 7 37:54

Yeah, it was on a bachelor party, and then I was like okay.

Speaker 2 37:59

You know what you got to put your headphones on so you can hear what the heck's going on here, Because otherwise you'll be like what is going on? Thanks for being here, man. Every time he comes on it's a good time. We always have great conversation. We don't know where it's ever going to go, which is kind of fun. But if you don't know Kevin Kevin is the owner of Metropolitan Companies and he's got a gazillion apartments. Ooh, as I hit the microphone, he's got a gazillion apartments. He's got developments and all these things all over the place from Berks County, which is amazing. Can you believe it? It's hard to believe. It's hard to believe. It really is Hard to believe. But he's also just a good guy, good friend, and I appreciate you coming out. No, it's my pleasure. Yeah, I appreciate it, Did you?

Speaker 7 38:44

get to the beach a lot. This year.

Speaker 2 38:47

No, not as much this year.

Speaker 7 38:48

We go to Europe for a few months. Oh okay, there's beaches there. Yeah, we weren't there.

Speaker 2 38:55

We were at the wineries. Are you, are you aunt? Oh, are they good? Love them, you love it. Yeah, yeah, so good, so good. So tell me what is new going on. I mean, are you what's the newest development? Newest like, what are you doing? There's got to be something that you just like. Oh, I just made this deal um pittsburgh, pittsburgh.

Speaker 7 39:13

Yeah, we're building a thousand apartments out there wow, that's incredible.

Speaker 2 39:16

Yeah, well, and I bet they're probably they'll rent in no time, as fast as we build them. Unbelievable, unbelievable. How's the iroquois thing going? Sold out, sold out as fast you're done. As fast as we build it. Can you open that damn road there? There's a road that I just wish I could take a shortcut on, but they have these blocks up there. I know what's going on with that. I'm not dumb. Once we open it.

Speaker 7 39:40

Yeah, it's gonna. Yeah, I'm worried about the traffic yeah, just it's gonna fly through there, yeah actually asked the township if we could put a one of those table speed bumps in. Yeah, they wouldn't let us do it. I'm like why. That's what he said.

Speaker 2 39:50

Yeah, yeah yeah, I know, this is where this is what's funny about kevin. It always goes into that.

Speaker 7 39:56

What can't they? I'm paying for it, yeah, cause they're going to fly through that. It's my biggest.

Speaker 2 40:01

I agree with you.

Speaker 7 40:01

We're on both sides.

Speaker 2 40:02

I'm planning on going 70 through there, that's what I'm thinking 70 should work really well. And if you put one of those ramps in there. That'd be really nice. Get launched off and come back down. Yeah, you look good man, doesn't it look like Vegas? I got really cool sneakers on too. They're red-ish, but they have gold in them.

Speaker 7 40:19

Listen, I got to tell you this. I was just talking to your wife and I am just shocked that she's still with you. That's right. Every time I meet her I'm like this is why I bring Kevin on.

Speaker 2 40:28

He brings me down a level. He brings me down. She looks amazing, right, she looks phenomenal. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're leaving after this, right.

Speaker 7 40:37

I was going to hang around for a little bit. I'm talking to your great son, Carson. Oh yeah, Carson's great.

Speaker 2 40:41

And my daughter's right there. She's kind of wondering why you didn't get a chance to talk to her.

Speaker 7 40:45

Yeah, I was actually in the room and I said who's that young girl? And they said, oh, like what?

Speaker 2 40:51

Yeah, I know, dude, she was little kid, amazing, amazing carson's golfing.

Speaker 7 40:56

And I already said, you're at this age already better than your father.

Speaker 2 40:58

Yeah, oh, that's a given. When he started he was better than me. It was funny. Kevin works the room in there he knows everything that's going on in that room. Who's there? What's going on? I love it. I love it. So you have any questions for me, like you want to ask me a question.

Speaker 7 41:11

Yeah. So the question I would want to ask oh, I can't wait. No, it's not that. Okay. Good, you used to have beautiful hair. Oh, geez, if, if you could, the genie came out of the bottle, would you want that hair back?

Speaker 2 41:23

I know, not, not necessarily at your age, but like sort of like that whole oh, you mean, like up there on the record, you were gorgeous. Yeah, that was a good picture, that's a good picture that's the one I'm talking about.

Speaker 2 41:33

Yeah, yeah if I could have that hair back, I would be a happy guy. Guy. That's what I should have told them. We should have been in the box. My hair, that's right. If there was something in the box that I could get out of a box right now, it would be my hair. That would be it that I lost. I lost my hair. Yeah, you know what it's tough. It's what the hell.

Speaker 7 41:53

Listen, I got great hair, but my feet smell.

Speaker 11 41:56

Oh geez, Nobody's perfect oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 42:00

Oh geez, All right, On that note. Who's up next? Is that the only question you had? That was it. I only had one, Okay that's good.

Speaker 7 42:07

No, that's good.

Speaker 2 42:08

That's good. Okay, you're good, I'm good.

Speaker 2 42:19

We've been always watching here at watching you over here, right there, we were watching you in that room. We were watching you work the crowd. Well, I came for the free booze. I knew that. I knew that. Tell Susan. I said hello. Okay, buddy, I love you. I love you too. Good to see you. Thanks for coming out. It means a lot, all right. So who's next in the hot seat here? Tammy is here. Oh, tammy, good to see you. I was hoping you'd get here on time. We're running a little over right now, but I think that's okay, we'll be all right. We'll be all right. You're going to have to bring that down. Kevin's a little tall there.

Speaker 7 42:46

Oh yeah.

Speaker 14 42:46

Well, that would have been fun right.

Speaker 2 42:48

Awesome. So cheers, I'm going to do a little cheers with you. I have my little Surfside, do you?

Speaker 14 42:53

amazing, this invention is incredible so all right, I brought you a present.

Speaker 2 42:59

Oh, you brought me a present oh, is this gonna be t-shirts for? Oh and your crew.

Speaker 14 43:05

So, oh, thank you, congratulations, thank you so much.

Speaker 2 43:09

Oh, my god, there's how many people we have here. Thank you so much, and I know it's on here. This is the center for tmj, which is that's your company, and I see.

Speaker 9 43:21

I have your teeth here, yeah.

Speaker 2 43:23

Yeah, that would be bad If we had your teeth here, it'd be really bad yeah. So um, thanks for coming. I know you were at a dinner or something beforehand.

Speaker 14 43:30

Yes, I was entertaining another dentist.

Speaker 2 43:33

Entertaining another dentist. Okay, good, good, good. I'm going to put these down, or otherwise I'm going to be holding them another dentist.

Speaker 14 43:38

Okay, good, good, good, I'm going to put these down, or otherwise.

Speaker 2 43:39

I'm going to be holding them, absolutely, yeah, but thanks for coming in. So when Tammy was on, uh, the reason she was at one is that she was a customer years ago. Also, a friend also used to do my teeth, um. And then what was really amazing is when you, when you helped out Jess with her TMJ and she was a lot of pain, and my wife and, and you, you fixed it. I mean, you gave her an appliance, fixed it. And from that point on I was like this person's pretty amazing, I mean, and now you're doing sleep apnea, you're doing snoring, all this stuff. So, uh, you still get this. Is there anything new?

Speaker 14 44:11

Well, my question for you is actually from your wife.

Speaker 2 44:16

Oh boy, when gonna get the appliance because of snoring, yeah yeah, no, are you getting nudged? Uh, yeah, I do get nudged sometimes have you done anything about I? Haven't done a damn thing. Uh, I do probably snore, but I'm, it doesn't bother me. Um and um, yes, I should come to you and get the appliance made that makes me breathe better and sleep better. I, I should do that. Yeah, because I need to sleep. Yeah, I absolutely do. Boy, this has become an awkward show. Oh my gosh.

Speaker 14 44:44

There is something new, though, to get you off the hook.

Speaker 2 44:46

Oh, what's new.

Speaker 14 44:47

It's called an Inspire implant. And it's put in by an ear, nose and throat doctor and it controls the tongue at night, so it stays out of the airway oh so you don't have to wear anything in your mouth, you don't have to wear a mask on your face I think I know somebody that has this.

Speaker 2 45:03

I think susan's husband has this. Uh, mark mcfadden, I think he has that, that appliance. Pretty sure he does. Actually. Yeah, because it's surgically put in it is and it went through your ear no, no.

Speaker 14 45:15

They go in through underneath your tongue and they put a uh like a computer underneath the clavicle and then there's leads that go to the tongue. So it pushes the tongue out of the airway all night.

Speaker 2 45:27

Well, that's interesting. So your tongue is getting shocked the whole night.

Speaker 2 45:31

Pretty much Very good, very good, I'm probably. Jess would probably rather you had me do that one, because she'll probably turn up the shock somehow. You know. Well, there you go, oh, my gosh. So otherwise, you're doing well, very good, all right, you're going to come back on the show sometime, sure, okay, good, good, good, and no other questions for me, though. We're good for now. No, we're good, all right. Awesome, thanks for stopping in. All right, yeah, we're doing well here at 7. Thank you, thank you, I appreciate that, and thanks for being a guest too. We'll have you on again.

Speaker 2 46:01

Oh man, uh oh, those who in the hot seat now my mom and dad, who have never been on before, are in the hot seat, and I. This is going to be interesting. This is going to be interesting. They're going to be on, probably for an hour. No, all right, come on in here. So my parents have never been on the show before, um, and now they're. They're going to be on the show, so they, um, um, are you guys didn't know you're going to be on the show, is that right? No, well, I didn't know, you didn't know it I thought I was just gonna be an observer.

Speaker 2 46:33

Oh, you thought you're just gonna drink wine for free all night. What the heck. Have a snack, oh my gosh. All right, so you have to get up on the microphones real close, real close. Get up on those mics. I got to put this thing on. You put that on. Yeah, I know it's going to ruin your hair. I know. I know what she's thinking right now, right, zet?

Speaker 3 46:52

She already said that. Close, you see how I am here.

Speaker 2 46:54

Close enough, yeah, yeah, that should work, but mom, you're gonna get closer so with that being said, okay, so you've never been on a podcast before?

Speaker 3 47:02

no, okay, I think I think years ago I was with you and brad and craig and I came in here one time oh, maybe you were was it on the days?

Speaker 2 47:11

was it on, um? Uh, maybe it was on how you show up I think you were on that one.

Speaker 11 47:15

Yeah, that was a long time ago.

Speaker 2 47:16

Yeah, it was a long time. That's how I got bit by the bug, actually, so, uh. So what do you think? What do you think of the show?

Speaker 3 47:22

great, okay, good, good, tonight's going okay, very good all right, cool wine's good, wine's good.

Speaker 2 47:28

He's like you should do this every thursday company's been nice company's been nice, that's good that's good oh, that's good, that's good. So, um, you know so. Did you think, when you had this child here, that I would be? Well, they didn't even have podcasts back then. You guys always knew that I was going to do something in the arts field besides real estate.

Speaker 3 47:48

Yeah, Of course, yes, yes, yes, without a doubt.

Speaker 2 47:51

Without a doubt. Yeah, so is there anything that you want to tell people about me that maybe they don't?

Speaker 3 47:57

know Well, I used to run a puppet show at five years old A puppet show and the family loved it.

Speaker 2 48:03

Okay, that's good, that was the ventriloquist thing.

Speaker 3 48:06

right, yeah, when Catherine started doing the ventriloquist thing, I thought wow, Yep, yep. Does she know her father did?

Speaker 2 48:10

this, yeah, I did, it was Lester, lester. Yeah, oh boy, oh wow. Okay, we'll have to bleep the dog, okay, um so no. So do you have any questions?

Speaker 3 48:25

for me. Yeah, about the show or about anything, no, I just I got one question. Oh, here we go why do you get up in the morning?

Speaker 2 48:29

why do I get up in the morning? Why not? I don't know, um, why don't get up in the morning? I get up in the morning to um. Serve up in the morning to um serve. That's beautiful. Serve to serve whoever I can Uh, mostly my family, of course, first, and to set an example of getting up and doing what you love to do. Also, uh, living with no regrets. No regrets, Perfect. Uh, just like I said before, just do it. You know, what I've been learning more and more is that you just got to do it. You know, this started April 13th 2020, and it was an idea because of COVID and with that idea, became what it is now. So you create out of nothing and it becomes something.

Speaker 2 49:10

It's what you think about becomes, what you think about becomes, and what you visualize becomes.

Speaker 3 49:14

Isn't this cool? Yeah, I was really impressed when visualize gorgeous. Isn't this cool? Yeah, I turned up when I came in. Yeah, how you like all the money too, this is nice. Yeah, you know, it's a real sign of inflation really, and that's funny right there, that's good no, it's just how small it is.

Speaker 2 49:26

I was gonna say something, but I won't because it'll go too far.

Speaker 3 49:28

I shouldn't have said that. No, no, that's not.

Speaker 2 49:30

Look how large it looks oh, yes, okay, so what you're saying is a couple years ago, wasn't that that's?

Speaker 3 49:37

it was a lot larger, just actually four years ago okay, yep, all right, we're gonna move on.

Speaker 2 49:41

So is any other questions? Mom, you didn't say anything. You don't have a question or anything at all. You listen to the show all the time I do yeah, you're like a fan. Yeah, dad doesn't even know until tonight that I have a podcast.

Speaker 5 49:51

Yeah, there are different things that I make him listen to.

Speaker 2 49:56

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true. What was your favorite show? She censors.

Speaker 9 50:00

I think it was the one for the getting our oh my God, oh the Will.

Speaker 2 50:05

No, yeah, oh the Will, yes the Will. Oh, I ended up getting a Will. Yeah, he ended up getting a Will. Thank goodness from Brian Boland.

Speaker 3 50:13

Yep, did that all done and got our good, our death wishes and all that kind of stuff well, that's good, that's good, very good, very good.

Speaker 2 50:19

So you know what I'm gonna have to move on. You guys are. You guys are off the hot seat already are you serious?

Speaker 3 50:24

yeah, this is it. That's it. I gotta get other people go.

Speaker 2 50:26

I have lots to say oh boy, he might just stay no pete heim is coming.

Speaker 3 50:33

Pete heim's coming up now.

Speaker 2 50:34

He takes up a lot of time he does take a lot of time and a lot of ego stroking. I mean, it's just terrible. I mean, oh yeah, cheers, cheers, cheers, absolutely. Thanks for being here. Love you both. Thanks for being on the show, even though you didn't know you were going to be on the show. I didn't know. All right, so we're winding. Look at this talk about wine winding down in the uh staging area. There's just not as many people there. All right, pete heim is coming in next. Pete, how you doing, buddy, good, good, good, how you, how you been? Oh, you're shaking them on too. Oh, this is great. Come on, sit down, Sit down. Oh, this is great, this is great. Congratulations, dude, thank you, thank you. Oh my God, did you just get out of the wine that we had? I did. He grabbed the bottle out of the wine we had.

Speaker 2 51:28

I'm like this looks really familiar. It's so weird. All right, were you expect anything less from me? No, of course not, of course are you're you go? You look like you're a little tangled there, a little tangled, all right. So you, pete knows you gotta get close, not to get close, gotta get close you got your mic all right, so pete heim, you're like one wise man.

Speaker 2 51:45

You're one of the last. It's gonna be you, and then my family's coming up next and then it's uh, then it's, then. This is the 200th episode will be over. Crazy, right, honored. And you've been on more uh than anybody yeah, besides me even I know hugo's probably on more too, yeah it's me, then, hugo and then you right but no, what an awesome um show.

Speaker 4 52:08

We've been able to keep going, bro, I'll tell you it's been phenomenal, it's fun, right, it's fun. You know, I gotta tell you something. I I gotta say I told this to michelle earlier, not just yesterday, but a lot of times since you and I've been doing this I've had people say to me when I mentioned something that we talk about in a presentation or just in casual conversation they say oh well, you and Brad were talking about that interest rate thing.

Speaker 4 52:35

And now I see how it blah, blah, blah. Dude, your show is making a difference. Oh, that's cool yeah.

Speaker 2 52:39

Yeah.

Speaker 4 52:39

And now I see how it blah, blah, blah. Yeah, dude, it's funny, your show is making a difference.

Speaker 2 52:41

Oh, that's cool and that's well no, but that's what this is.

Speaker 4 52:44

You are making a difference in people's lives and that yeah. I'm on what scale that is.

Speaker 9 52:53

I mean I don, and that's that's the most important part.

Speaker 2 52:55

We have so much fun doing it when pete and I do, because we've been doing this for so long together. It's such a. It's so easy to play off each other so easy, you know, and most time we're laughing. A lot of times I'll listen to our show. I listen almost. I listen to all my shows. Um, and when I listen back I'll be laughing, sometimes just like, oh my god, what a bunch of idiots you know it's really funny, I'm so glad we don't record the pre-show.

Speaker 2 53:17

Oh, thank goodness. Yeah, holy crap. Hugo's like oh, if I could tell those stories.

Speaker 4 53:26

We talk about marriage counseling. It's terrible.

Speaker 2 53:29

Politics, politics.

Speaker 5 53:33

No, no Religion, you hear?

Speaker 2 53:34

what my dad said. You can tell there was an inflation. Look how small it got. That was classic. That was classic. That is classic.

Speaker 4 53:41

And Timoshenko's over here going. How can I use this?

Speaker 11 53:43

Timoshenko's just trying to take it all.

Speaker 2 53:45

He's like is this real? If I put water on it, will it get bigger? Unbelievable.

Speaker 11 53:48

Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 53:51

Well thanks for being on every month. What's that?

Speaker 4 54:02

Yeah, that's what's gonna say. Yeah, what's the question? You have a question for me at all. Let me start. Yeah, oh, boy has one too. Oh, you have one too, great, yep. So so, brad, yeah, I'm gonna throw you a softball. Oh, here we go. You know, I've heard other people say their questions and it was kind of hard on you. Yeah, I'm gonna be easy on you. Oh good, thank god, you're really good at podcasting.

Speaker 2 54:13

Oh, thank you and you're really good realtor.

Speaker 4 54:15

Thank you, you've got both those talents right yeah, which one you like more?

Speaker 2 54:21

hmm, it's like picking your favorite kid. I mean, it's well you always.

Speaker 4 54:27

You have like nine or ten of them, so it's a little tough for you never say who it is yeah, you never say who it is, but you've got your favorite.

Speaker 2 54:33

Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, no, I, I enjoy both. This is my golf. Oh, this is your this is my golf.

Speaker 2 54:39

That's the way I look at it now, if I can make golf, uh later on you remember 30 some years, same as you're longer in the business but if I can make this part of my retirement, whether it be going from this, here's the dream. The dream is going from this either a into politics, okay, or uh be into um public speaking of some sort, coming up with uh, writing a book, yeah, and doing something that's more motivational, more public like that, where I can help people, serve people and make their help, make their lives better. That's the goal, wow. But real estate is is still obviously in my blood and I love it.

Speaker 4 55:14

It's my competitive side well, you're good at it. Yeah, yeah, thank you so she's a book editor, by the way.

Speaker 2 55:19

Oh, are you really? She actually is, yeah, the book that the word that keeps coming up for me is trust, a book called trust. Oh wow, yep, well, that's good trust and and there's so many things that I have with. We'll have to talk about it at some point. I would like to talk about it and there's a lot to it, a lot to it.

Speaker 4 55:35

Yeah, so Michelle has a question oh, what's your question? So love your wife Jess.

Speaker 2 55:40

Yep, thank you. Beautiful children. Thank you, yeah, awesome, but I want to know what is?

Speaker 12 55:45

okay, so she's obviously really helpful in supporting what you do and she also works.

Speaker 2 55:52

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 12 55:53

Like crazy woman right.

Speaker 2 55:54

Yeah.

Speaker 12 55:54

Such a good, talented lady. What do you see as her like? Your favorite attribute of your wife.

Speaker 2 56:00

Oh, that she can do 15,000 things at a time? No, and it's proven. Women are very good at multitasking. Yeah, men are not.

Speaker 14 56:10

Yeah, good together.

Speaker 2 56:10

I mean, yeah, we definitely shared things, but she's very good at having all of it up here and knows where everybody's going and he knows that the field hockey sticks have to be there and that this has to be there. She's very good at having all of it up here and knows where everybody's going and he knows that the field hockey sticks have to be there and that this has to be there. She's she just has all that, yeah.

Speaker 4 56:24

And it's amazing. Yeah, it's this one.

Speaker 2 56:24

Yeah, I don't know how that works, you know, but it's, that's what it is. But yeah, is that answer. I think the last guest is uh, I'm not gonna say the best guest, but pretty much the best guest. Yeah, yeah it is the best. Congratulations and and thank you so much, and jess has been helping the whole night here with organizing people coming.

Speaker 2 56:48

Yeah, she's the, absolutely she's absolutely you wait till she sees this money, though she's gonna grab it just like kevin, grab it just like Kevin. So no. So I want to say, you know, thanks for everybody that was on. Now I have my family coming on and is to, you know, kind of wrap this whole thing up, because they were here the last time for Christmas. You're going to have to share a mic there, guys, so remember you have to get up on the mics, okay, don't forget. Oh, another one, is this yours or mine? Oh, thank you. So, um, yeah, so this is cool. The family's back in the studio um 200 episode episodes later and, um, you know, just remember you got to get up on those mics, guys. So what do you? I'm gonna just ask what do you think of the podcast tonight? How'd it go?

Speaker 16 57:35

it was good it was good.

Speaker 2 57:36

So all night she was chattering on that microphone faking a podcast it was good it was good, okay, good, okay. She's looking at herself in the tv, and what do you think, carson, how'd it go it? Was good it was good. You sound like you're not sure it was good besides the shirt besides the shirt, so they don't like the shirt yeah, but it matches your shoes.

Speaker 16 57:56

That's a little crazy.

Speaker 13 57:59

Well, I was also thinking when you said the three things you might want to get into, you would have to get some new clothes for politics.

Speaker 2 58:06

Not really fly so well, how do you know? This could be the new look for politics, right? You don't know? People remember me. I don't think so you don't think so, okay, okay, so, um, do you guys have any questions for me? I do Okay.

Speaker 16 58:20

Ooh, um, if you could be anything besides, like a successful realtor and a podcast or like person or whatever, what would?

Speaker 2 58:28

you do, I'd be a singer, singer, songwriter. Besides that, oh, besides that, yeah, besides. Oh, I'd be probably a commercial pilot, but she's not impressed by the answer. Were you expecting something different? No, commercial pilot yeah.

Speaker 2 58:47

Of course I don't drink on a plane. Should we tell them real quick? I do not drink on a plane and the reason I don't is because I have my pilot's license. Now, I haven't flown for a long time. I have my pilot's license and the reason I don't drink on a plane is because if somebody comes out and goes, is there a pilot or is there somebody that can fly the plane, which means that that the captain died or is no longer able to fly and the first officer is no longer able to fly. So I don't drink because I'm the third officer. Okay, so that's why.

Speaker 2 59:15

That's the reason I drink on a plane that she drinks heavily because she's afraid I might be flying wait, I have a question, though one more. What's that?

Speaker 16 59:22

how did you get just one red shoe?

Speaker 2 59:23

how'd I get one red shoe? You know, uh ask suzy redesign it was. It was um. I wear red sneakers almost every day, which you guys know. I have 20, I think 21 pairs of red sneakers. I thought it was 18, it's more.

Speaker 2 59:34

Now I have 21 pairs of red sneakers and I wear red sneakers every day and that's why it was in the. That's why it's in the logo. I told Susie after she had that logo started. I said to her I need a red sneaker in there and let's see what that looks like. She put the red sneaker in and it was voila, it was perfect um, I have a question.

Speaker 16 59:50

Yeah, go ahead. What made you start the podcast?

Speaker 2 59:55

um, I always I like doing podcasts. That I've done before, but during covid it gave me the space and the time to actually do it and think about it yeah, I remember it.

Speaker 16 1:00:05

I remember you with this little thingy, midwob over here this thingy midwob, you mean the mixer. Yeah, yeah, you would sit in, like the dining room, you know. You would sit on our counter and just like start pressing buttons oh yeah, absolutely yeah. You know, you guys were all excited about it yeah, and I always said can I press those colorful buttons?

Speaker 2 1:00:22

and I said no, I know, yeah, exactly, all right.

Speaker 16 1:00:25

So but when it was off, I just put my fingers on every of course you did.

Speaker 2 1:00:29

Of course you did, jessie, everything else you want to uh say or talk about or anything like that, because we're gonna have to wrap this up. It is 801. Last question. Yeah.

Speaker 13 1:00:37

We've talked about the number of podcasts that somebody usually does to be a successful podcaster usually to get past a certain number. So here we are at 200. Tell us, what do you think made you successful to get to reach that goal?

Speaker 2 1:00:53

I would say just having a vision for it. Also a good team, uh, hugo, tony stevens, suzy lysik having a great team behind me, and and being able to delegate things that I that I can't do, um and uh, just keeping it going. I'll tell you one thing that really made it go better was when we started recording instead of instead of always doing live like this, uh, we, we started recording them and placing them out further ahead, further in the distance. Uh, that's probably what made me keep doing it. And and now it's amazing and I think I've told people this a couple times is I get about five or six requests a week to be on the show and we're not talking locally, these are nationally, and sometimes international.

Speaker 16 1:01:34

Okay, good, I have one more question. Okay, go. How did you feel when you did your first podcast?

Speaker 2 1:01:40

um, a little nervous, yeah, a little nervous, but it was. It was just in in our, in the office, in our house and with justin, so it wasn't that bad and nobody was really listening. All right, all right, so we gotta wrap it up, go ahead, let's do family cheers.

Speaker 2 1:01:53

Oh yeah, family cheers, thank you, thank you, thank you all right so we're going to wrap this up and I have a little bit to say here. Let's do family cheers, oh yeah, family cheers. Thank you, thank you, thank you, all right. So we're going to wrap this up and I have a little bit to say here before we do. As we're doing it, hugo, I want to say, um, thanks so much to you, uh, for putting this together tonight. It was a lot of work. You had to do a lot. I appreciate that very much.

Speaker 2 1:02:13

Spencer's are Comfort Pro, heating and Air Conditioning and Indoor Air Quality. We've got also First Response Contracting. They do residential, commercial, all kinds of different stuff. He's a great guy, john Sellers. You'll love him. Just give him a call 484-256-7136. All my past guests, thank you so much for being on the show. It means a lot to me. Thanks so much for Susie Ray Design, susie Lysak and Tony Stevens. Thanks to Hugo once again, best producer ever and thanks so much to those that listen every Thursday at 7 pm. Thanks to my wife and my kids for putting up with me. Thank you so much and that's a wrap.