Motor City Hypnotist
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Autism, Mental Health & You: Understanding the Connection - Part 1
Join us as we explore a vital topic that remains often overlooked—autism and its complex realities. Understanding autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is crucial for fostering insights into the lives of individuals navigating this spectrum, each with their unique challenges and strengths. With current statistics showing that approximately one in 36 children are diagnosed with autism, it’s evident that awareness and understanding are urgently needed.
Throughout this episode, we delve into the evolving dialogue surrounding autism, tracing how perceptions have shifted significantly over the years. From its historical definitions to contemporary understandings rooted in empathy and support, we offer insights into the traits that characterize autistic individuals. Many face emotional hurdles, especially when it comes to understanding social cues or processing sensory information, often leading to feelings of frustration and isolation.
As we share stories and statistics, we also highlight the importance of patience and support—both from families and society. Discover unique ways to engage with and support autistic individuals by fostering a nurturing environment that allows for both growth and understanding. We aim to equip you with practical strategies, resources, and insights, empowering you to navigate the conversations around autism with care and compassion.
This dialogue around autism is only beginning, and together, we can contribute to a more inclusive world. So settle in and take a listen, and be ready to engage with us! Be sure to subscribe, share, and leave a review as we continue this important conversation.
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The Motor City Hypnotist
David Wright: 0:00
In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast, we're going to talk about autism, what it is. I can give you a little bit of information on why it happens sometimes, but we'll get into the details of it and some options or some treatments that you can seek to address this if you're autistic or if somebody in your family might be autistic. That's a very broad term.
David Wright: 0:25
It is and we'll delve into the very specifics of it. As we do this, and as usual, we're giving away free stuff. Hang in there, folks, we'll be right back this sounds like something for the authorities in Detroit.
Announcer: 0:41
Joke's on you. I'm living to 102 and then dying at the city of Detroit.
Matt Fox: 0:45
Guys like this can't take over here out of Detroit.
David Wright: 0:48
Spawned in the hellfires of Motown. Take him to.
Matt Fox: 0:51
Detroit.
Announcer: 0:53
No, no, not Detroit, no, no, please Anything, but that no, stationed in Drambuie, it's worse than Detroit. We did not have, as a unit, the confidence that we felt like we needed to beat Detroit. Let's go to Detroit. Now you're talking brother. I don't think so. He plays for Detroit now. Do they have many farms in Detroit? Detroit to Michigan.
Matt Fox: 1:19
I go to school, I know where Detroit is.
Announcer: 1:21
Get ready for the Motor City hypnotist, david R Wright. Originating from the suburbs of Detroit, michigan, he has hypnotized thousands of people from all over the United States. David R Wright has been featured on news outlets all across the country and is the clinical director of an outpatient mental health and hypnosis clinic located just south of Detroit, where he helps people daily using the power of hypnosis. Welcome the Motor City Hypnotist, david R Wright.
David Wright: 2:08
What is going on, my friends? This is David Wright, the Motor City Hypnotist. We're back with another episode of the Motor City Hypnotist podcast. Oh boy, here we are. Here we are. That is Matt Fox, the other voice. You hear that it is. We're hanging out on this great Monday evening evening in the palatial podcast, your voice, southfield studios. Welcome back, welcome back to you, matt hanging out doing a podcast and um you know, just uh, you know. Thank you very much. Thank you, I did notice and I'm sure you've noticed.
Matt Fox: 2:35
Uh, it's getting light later yeah, but which is great, daylight savings takes place this coming weekend yes so it's gonna start getting darker earlier no, no later later because it's gonna get. It's gonna get it's gonna stay dark in the morning.
David Wright: 2:50
Yeah yeah, but I don't care, I just want to. It's nice to drive. You just want to go golfing I do that's, that's exactly right. In fact, this weekend it was like 50 degrees one day and I'm like, oh, should we try it? And it was super windy.
Matt Fox: 3:02
And I'm like, yeah, we, you hit your ball, it hits super windy and I'm like, yeah, we, we, you hit your ball. It hits the ground that's going to shatter anyways. I mean the ground will.
David Wright: 3:08
Yeah, yeah, well, I, I don't know my, my ball could shatter, who knows. Crazy, not wrong, I don't know. It's All kinds of good stuff there, including information on how to book a show. Again, we're right in the midst, or we're close to being in the midst, of prom grad season. So if you're looking for a show, now's the time because dates are filling up quick. I just had an inquiry today and had to deny it because I was already booked for the date they needed. So, hopefully, I mean I do have dates open, but there are few and far between now. So, um, get it while it's hot, get it, get it, get it while you can get it because, um, it's filling up quick. My social media facebook and youtube are both motor city hypnotist, and my snapchat, instagram and tiktok are all motor cityno H-Y-P-N-O and, as we've done every episode.
David Wright: 4:09
Going back to number one, free hypnosis guide, just text the word hypnosis to 313-800-8510. Sure, you'll get a text message within about three to four minutes. I timed it out, I tested it myself just to see how long it would take. So, a few minutes minutes, you'll have a text message pop up and it'll say something to the effect of thanks for having me had a great show. It's typically I would do this, um, uh, put the phone number out after a show, like stage show, but it applies to the podcast too, because you're listening to a show, so you can leave a review for this as well. So, yeah, um, you'll get your free hypnosis guide and a link to leave a review on my Google site, motor city hypnotist. So reviews are helpful and fantastic and they help other people see it, so that would be much appreciated. Fantastic, alrighty, here we go. I think it's time, is it, is it? Yes, all righty, here we go.
Announcer: 5:07
I think it's time, is it, is it, it is All right. That's how winning is done.
David Wright: 5:13
All righty. So this story comes from New York. Okay, a huge donation from Mackenzie Scott is uplifting a unique organization in New York so that they can transform the lives of even more people who are struggling with mental health issues. Wow, okay delivered a grant of $12 million to the Fountain House as part of their pledge to give away most of their wealth following a divorce in 2019, after 25 years. The donation will allow the Fountain House to expand its impact at a time when mental health is an urgent concern, building on its philosophy that a psychiatric diagnosis is not remotely the sum total of who a patient can be. By not focusing solely on illness, they are able to profoundly improve a patient's range of activities, social interactions and quality of life.
David Wright: 6:18
In the late 1940s, psychiatric patients at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, new York, established a self-help club to provide mutual support. That's great. Upon release from Rockland, they sought the same kind of support system, so club members decided to establish a new group on the outside. Okay, wow, there's a lot involved on this one. Yeah, absolutely, that's great. They called their club we Are Not Alone or W-A-N-A. The steps of the New York Public Library in New York City served as Juana's first public meeting place. But in 1948, philanthropic women, together with the National Council for Jewish Women, donated funds for the purchase of a permanent home. They chose a red brick building on West 47th Street in New York City, located in what's known today as Hell's Kitchen 1948? Is that when that happened?
Announcer: 7:10
All right.
David Wright: 7:10
The building was christened Fountain House owing to the fountain in its courtyard. While Fountain House provided a welcome meeting place for many ex-patients, it began eventually to lose focus until 1955 when it hired its first mental health professionals, along with John Beard as executive director. Leading to a powerful intersection of psychiatric philosophies, beard expanded the facility's hours and began engaging in the skills and the enthusiasms of members in its operation.
Matt Fox: 7:42
I've heard of the Beard Awards. Is that a correlation?
David Wright: 7:45
I don't know. I don't know. I've heard of the Beard Awards Is that a correlation. I don't know. I don't know.
Matt Fox: 7:48
I'm thinking of something else, probably Yep.
David Wright: 7:50
He invited them to help hire staff, maintain the premises, assist with clerical operations and prepare and serve food for members of the clubhouse. As new needs arose, club members were consulted and involved in solutions. The result was greater engagement on everyone's part and close friendships between members and staff. There was a transformative effect both for self-image of all the individuals involved and for the organization itself. Today, Fountainhouse has about 1,400 active members. It also operates a second location in New York, in the Bronx, with approximately 200 members.
David Wright: 8:26
Fountainhouse and its philosophy have also served as a model for the modern clubhouse movement, with over 300 such facilities now operating around the world. In fact, Fountainhouse's clubhouse model is used by more than 60,000 people with serious mental illness in the United States, according to the Harvard Public Health magazine. The current chairman of the board, William Hilburn, was surprised and delighted by the $12 million gift from Ms Scott. We are thrilled to be recognized by Mackenzie Scott and have her as a part of the network of foundations and individuals that recognize the urgent need to change how we support those most impacted by serious mental illness in Fountainhouse's life-changing work. So Mackenzie Scott used to be married to Jeff Bezos. She divorced in 2019.
Matt Fox: 9:18
She's put that settlement to work in a great way.
David Wright: 9:21
Yeah, and she said, according to the article, she said she was going to give away her money, she was going to use it for a good cause and here it is Good for her. So it's great to see people with wealth giving back. Yes, because, you know, not everyone does.
Matt Fox: 9:38
Yeah, Don't they'll, never they'll never spend it in their lifetime.
David Wright: 9:42
No, no, exactly, and that's kind of the whole point and for something like this, which is a great program. I've heard about these and I did some quick research. I don't think there's anything like that in the Detroit area, unfortunately, but I think that would be a good thing for our area. Absolutely, it would be good for any area. Yeah, absolutely so, definitely. So. A lot of winners here Mackenzie Scott, who gave the $12 million gift, and Grant the Fountain House in New York, mm-hmm. Great work and definitely winners of the week.
Announcer: 10:17
Thank you, bam that's how winning is done.
Matt Fox: 10:29
You said, um, the dr beard, yeah, and I say, is that a? Is that a thing of the beard awards? And it actually is okay, but it's a. It's the james beard foundation awards. It's an annual award presented to the by the james beard foundation to recognize chefs, restauranteurs, authors and journalists in the united states and um, it's usually scheduled around the the 6th of may oh, okay okay, so it really it's a. It's like the Oscars of food, yeah.
David Wright: 10:58
Oscars of yeah.
Matt Fox: 11:00
Yeah so.
David Wright: 11:01
Nice.
Matt Fox: 11:01
No, I thought I heard of the beer. You watch enough. Gordon Ramsay shows you hear that?
David Wright: 11:06
I'm sure. Yep, I'm sure I've heard it, because I've watched all of Gordon Ramsay's stuff Yep.
Matt Fox: 11:11
So, back to it. So this is a topic we have not we have.
David Wright: 11:16
We have never talked about autism on the show. I went back and looked at show notes because I just had to jog my memory a little bit. I didn't remember doing it. I look back and we have not addressed autism in any of our episodes so I thought this would be a good time to talk about it.
David Wright: 11:30
Sure, so there's a lot of of I'll just say misunderstanding or maybe misinformation regarding autism, so go on. I'm going to start just with statistics and we can ease into the into the meat of this as we get going here.
Matt Fox: 11:45
So if I could, dave. Yes, as we go through this, I want everyone to kind of think of one word as someone who has someone in their family with autism or what have you. I want them to think of the word patients.
David Wright: 12:01
Yes, that's absolutely.
Matt Fox: 12:04
Keep that word in the at the top of your mind as we talk through this Yep.
David Wright: 12:09
So go on. So let me talk about so. Autism has gone through. How should I say it? It's better understood today than it was 40 years ago. The understanding of it has evolved exponentially.
David Wright: 12:27
Even the way it's diagnosed in the DSM manual has changed, because it used to be there were all these subsets of autism and it is now grouped together autism spectrum disorder, asd, and that is what that the the diagnosis would be from the dsm. So it is a spectrum that means somebody can be severely autistic, somebody could be mildly autistic and just like any other scale. You know, if you, a lot of people could be affected not, not even know it, not even realize it. That's the big thing, because there's no one test to say yes, you have autism. It's done by examining a client, looking at behaviors, their own self-expression of what they're feeling and what they're going through. So it's not like a yes, you're autistic or no, you're not. It isn't that cut and dry.
Matt Fox: 13:24
And I said this before we started recording is I at some points in our, in our lives, our childhood, our adulthoods, we've all have a certain form of autism, just on our own habits and our own behaviors. There's a autistic behavior that we exude, but there's more to that?
David Wright: 13:44
Right, absolutely. And I will say, matt, that a lot of people, like I said, there are probably so many more people with autism than you would even guess because, again, they've never been diagnosed. It doesn't affect their day-to-day life. There it is, thank you, like it doesn't prevent them from doing things, but the struggle is still there. The dealing with issues is still there.
Matt Fox: 14:06
Feelings Yep Feelings Belonging Emotions.
David Wright: 14:09
Emotions, yep. So right now, as of today, about one in 36 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder, according to estimates from the CDC. One in 36? One in 36. Wow, asd is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups.
David Wright: 14:31
So there's no variation as far as populations go. This is something that I kind of knew, but this kind of jogged my memory. Autism is nearly four times more common among boys than girls. That's okay. Developmental disability as reported by parents during a study period from 2009 to 2017. Now, when we talk about a developmental disability, it groups a lot of things in, such as autism, attention deficit disorder, blindness, cerebral palsy I can't get that word out among other things, but there's a large percentage of children with developmental disabilities. So what are some of?
Matt Fox: 15:22
the things that a parent should look for when raising a child and you think they have tendencies. At what age should those? I hate to say the phrase red flags, but what behaviors would a parent be looking for?
David Wright: 15:39
So we'll get into that.
Matt Fox: 15:41
We'll get more into those. All right, I'm jumping the gun.
Announcer: 15:43
No, no, no, you're okay.
David Wright: 15:44
Because that's a good question.
Announcer: 15:45
And people will want to know that.
David Wright: 15:48
So here's the interesting thing. I have a chart here and this goes back to 2000. The year 2000. All right, so back in 2000 and 2002. So there's these, these. These reports come out every couple of years from the cdc, okay. So in 2000 and 2022, one in 150 children were diagnosed with autism asd, asd, okayd, okay, autism spectrum disorder In 2002. In 2004, it's now 1 in 125.
Matt Fox: 16:25
All right, so 1 in 250.
David Wright: 16:27
In 2006, it was 1 in 110. You can see the percentage is going up year by year Drastically. This is a big jump From 2006 to 2008,. 1 in 88 have been diagnosed. 2010, one in 68. 2012, one in 69. 2014, one in 59. 2016,. One in 54. 2018, one in 44. Which brings us to the current 1 in 36.
Matt Fox: 17:00
So they're finding more things that are triggering for them to diagnose. They're seeing behaviors that represent the ASD. They're finding more behaviors that are reminiscent.
David Wright: 17:14
And I think what is happening and this is just my professional opinion that the CDC collects data as far as what's reported're so aware of it it's going to be more diagnosed.
Matt Fox: 17:49
At this rate in the next 10, 12 years.
David Wright: 17:51
Well, the point that I'm bringing on this, in the next 20 years, is it going to be one in 10? It's going to be one in five, it's going to be one for one. I mean at some point, at some point and I don't know if there's some sort of block that we get at some point where, okay, it's kind of leveled out at this- level when it's going to plateau.
Matt Fox: 18:10
Yeah, where it's going to plateau.
David Wright: 18:13
But just these statistics alone are kind of, because that means means okay, let's say it's one in 36, you know somebody who has a child with autism, or you know somebody who has autism. It you might not know it, but but you do, yeah, even though you're not aware of it. So so let's, let's get away from the statistics, because we know it's, we know it's a, it's a serious mental illness and a lot of people are suffering with this into adulthood.
Matt Fox: 18:49
You said serious. It's more common in today's age. I don't want to say it's a serious thing. Serious thing People have they, people need help and they're seeking mental help and it is a area of understanding that we are still learning about we have to as as a society, as a community, as a human race. It comes down to understanding what individuals are going through and how to help them. So go on.
David Wright: 19:17
So, as we've stated, autism is is a spectrum condition. It's on a spectrum and it can be very mild, it can be severe. So over the years there, there have been different terms used for autism. It used to be delayed, uh, um, uh, developmental delay. Okay, is what? What? What it used to be called to?
David Wright: 19:37
and as all, and we also used to call people autistic, like as a description according to the diagnosis, right. But here's the big thing is, with autism, it's hard to define because people can say, oh yeah, it's, it's a, it's a learning disability, but it's not that it's. Most autistic people have higher than average iqs. Yeah, like they.
Announcer: 20:00
They are genius, they can be genius, absolutely.
David Wright: 20:04
And and therein lies the challenge with this is because when you're people who are super smart have a have an expectation of how things should be structured and how things should work out, yeah, and when it doesn't fall into that that opinion that they have, they get really thrown off by it. They're just emotionally, mentally, physically, even so, here's the thing no two us, no two autistic people are the same. It can. It can manifest in different ways depending on your personality. So, but there are certain traits that kind of go along that we can kind of classify this, this disorder. One is difficulty recognizing or understanding other people's feelings and expressing your own. Repeat that autistic people have difficulty recognizing or understanding other people's feelings and expressing their own. Agreed, so so they don't, they don't tune into emotions. That that doesn't. They don't quite understand why somebody might be upset or sad or angry the.
Matt Fox: 21:13
The word that's coming to my mind is empathic.
David Wright: 21:16
So yes, they may they, yeah, I. And it's not that they don't. It's not that they don't how do I put this? It's not that they dislike people or wish ill of them, no, or that they don't want to have empathy. It's just not a natural thing. It just doesn't work for them that way?
Matt Fox: 21:33
Could that be learned? Empathy, can that be learned over time?
David Wright: 21:37
I mean it can be, it can be learned. Empathy, can that be learned over time? I mean I mean it can be it, it can be you, you can be aware of it, but but, but that it's hard to, it's hard to describe it, because if you have empathy, you just feel for people you do and somebody who doesn't. It might be hard to get there. Now you might be able to recognize it, you might be able to to. I was going to say fake it, but it's not really faking it, but you can try to kind of get into it. Well, they say, fake it till you make it, I'm sure yeah.
David Wright: 22:07
The other thing that you'll find in autistic individuals is they find things like loud noises or crowds or bright lights they find that upsetting. Oh, it's just too much stimulation. Over-stim, it's just too much stimulation Over-stimulating, yes, too much stimulation. They prefer familiar routines and they feel anxious or upset about unexpected changes or unfamiliar situations. That's why most autistic individuals stay isolated, because they don't want to be out. Now here's the other thing, and here's where the, the, the, the intelligence comes in.
David Wright: 22:47
Many or most autistic people are highly focused as far as their hobbies and interests, highly functional in that regard, yes, and in fact over-functional, like, like. They can be very. I'll give you a couple of good examples on clients I've worked with. I had a client who was just, he was autistic and you could tell because he had he had these emotional breakdowns and these emotional outbursts and when things don't go right, and his manner, his mannerisms. But he could spend hours at home building Legos without an issue because he was locked into his own space doing his own thing and and he, he and, and his mom said he is, he doesn't even look at the directions half the time. My goodness, that's a, that's incredible, yes.
David Wright: 23:34
So there's an example of somebody who you know they have a hobby, they have an interest that they get into it and they can do it and they do it really well. But these interests don't pertain to other people or crowds or noises or being out in public. A lot of times autistic individuals. They take longer to understand information. They're given information especially if it goes against what their perception is. They have a hard time putting that and getting that set in their own head. Yeah.
Matt Fox: 24:07
I can see that.
David Wright: 24:08
So there are other challenges, again just based on studies and we see with autistic individuals typically they're more creative, determined and focused believe it or not, on a specific task, on specific things yeah, now here's the thing.
David Wright: 24:28
you might have any or many of these things that I've just read off. It doesn't mean that you're autistic, necessarily okay, but it would be something just to be aware of. So you know, you, I, I again some of these things I relate to sure, like I can, I can say if, if, if gave me a choice, we're going to go out to a party with 100 people that you don't know, we're going to be there for four or five hours and you just need to socialize.
Matt Fox: 24:58
I can do it.
David Wright: 25:00
I don't love it necessarily, but I could do it. Sure, I would much rather be in my own home reading a book, right, that is more enjoyable for me.
Matt Fox: 25:12
You give me a playlist of songs, yeah, and you say you know what? These are the songs for the evening. Your job is to make them dance. I will look at said playlist and I will put it together and I will make and I will do everything that I can to make sure that it's beat on beat and that's that. That's me. That's what I do, and I have to pick the right song. And if this, if I don't see a song on the list that I think is going to work, it's really hard for me to go out to go off the reservation.
David Wright: 25:54
Yes, and bring one in and bring one right. Yeah, no, I, I get it. It's a lot, it's a it, and for those of you who have children who are autistic, it can be challenging because it's frustrating, because they don't think the way you think. Now, I'm not saying we want to raise clones or people that think exactly the way you think, but, especially as a young child, they don't For one. Typically, children have a hard time expressing their feelings. Anyway, it usually comes out in an emotional outburst, an angry outburst, crying spells, and as a parent, you might see it as being disrespectful or I'll quit. Being a baby, you know things like that, because you don't understand the difficulty that your child is having.
Matt Fox: 26:36
Just doing simple tasks. There are certain phrases that you can say to a child who is developing, and the one phrase that really gets me is you need to grow up. If you say that to a child, that that's, that it's demeaning it is it's not understanding. And if you and if you've said that it's, it's okay, but you just have to understand where the child is coming from just a little bit more before you have an emotional outburst yourself as an adult.
David Wright: 27:05
Yeah no, absolutely.
Matt Fox: 27:07
And that is something that a lot of folks, including myself, struggle with, because autism doesn't go away when you age.
David Wright: 27:16
It's not something that can just vanish. Now we're going to get into some strategies on how to deal with it if you're autistic, or if you maybe have a son or daughter or a friend or a spouse or whoever sure that is autistic. We are going to get into some things, ways that you can help or ways that you can understand more because, again, autism is difficult. It's really difficult, especially if you have, if you're a parent with, with a kid who has autism.
Matt Fox: 27:44
It is is very frustrating and I got to go back to that word I said earlier, Dave. It's the word patience, and you have to have patience with yourself and patience with the child or the person that you're working with or who you have your child whoever it is, patience.
David Wright: 28:02
Go on and it is, and that's a good way to look at it, because parents get frustrated because they they see a child who is not reacting the way they think they should be reacting as a parent, just not the more behavior.
Matt Fox: 28:17
Wise too? Yeah, they're not behaving a specific way. And you as a parent, sometimes you're God. I just want to you know I'm trying not to I want, I want to beat your ass. You're trying not to have that overreaction. Well, and as a parent.
David Wright: 28:31
You have the frustration because you know something's not right Like you know. You know if your kid's having a breakdown. Yes, it makes you frustrated and often when we get frustrated we act out in anger or yell or lose our temper and that just it doesn't help, it's not helpful. No, it's not health. So here's what we're going to do, folks we're going to come back with autism and mental health part two because I'm going to give you some specifics as far as really some of the some of the connected mental health issues you're going to have when you're autistic and, if you have a family member or child, some resources or some actionable steps that you can take to kind of help with that.
Matt Fox: 29:13
If I can be honest, I'm feeling a part three and or four, because this is a very specific topic.
David Wright: 29:20
It is a very important topic.
Matt Fox: 29:22
I'm very surprised that we've never talked about.
David Wright: 29:24
I know that and I thought the same thing, Max. I was going through my show notes earlier and I was like we've never done autism. I really I. I went through the I mean, we're up to episode 294 today wow, that's fantastic yeah, congratulations. Yeah, well, thank you. But so so I, I mean I went back 293 episodes looking back in my, in my archives and like we never we've never talked about we have scratched a few services with behaviors, but right, never really dove into the actual topic of yeah.
Matt Fox: 29:52
So that's why I'm feeling parts three and four potentially coming on very well could be there there's a lot of discussion and I and I'm very happy that you have brought this topic yep, absolutely already.
David Wright: 30:02
Before we take off, those of you on facebook live, stick around, we're going to do another episode. Those of you skip ahead one episode, or if it's not there, it will be there on Tuesday or Thursday. Before we go somebody needs a home. Who's that Sparky?
Matt Fox: 30:16
As I saw the name Sparky. Oh, look at that, he's a doodle. No, no, what is he? He's a Shih Tzu. A Shih.
David Wright: 30:23
Tzu, Shih Tzu. Date of birth 2023. So he's just a couple years old. Uh-huh, Male, it's going to be 10 pounds. Little dude yeah. Dog-friendly yes. Cat-friendly yes. Kid-friendly yes, Cat-friendly yeah, Cat-friendly yes. Activity levels low, medium yeah. So he, this is a kind of dog that you're just going to carry around with you is that you go to the store. He's wearing a green bow tie yes, he is wearing a green bow tie, sparky, all black. You take a look if you want to look closer. Man, he's a cutie patootie.
Matt Fox: 30:58
Yes, ah yeah, we all know what happens when you cross a bulldog and a shit yeah, you get a bullshit.
David Wright: 31:06
You get a bullshit, yeah, no no, don't shut me up.
Matt Fox: 31:12
He's adorable, he's got. He's got the funniest little mouth I know.
David Wright: 31:15
I know cute yeah, he is cute. So sparky is at detroit dog rescue. He needs a home. Pick him up. He could be sitting in your lap tomorrow. Honestly, honestly, yes, absolutely, sparky, detroit dog rescuecom slash adopt. Sparky needs home. Sweet Alrighty folks Again. Facebook live. People stick around, other people just jump ahead or wait for the episode to drop. Change your thinking, change your life, laugh hard, run fast, be kind. We'll see you next time you