#20. Scott Marcus: A Tale of Radio Waves, Life Transitions, and Spiritual Journeys

Who would have thought that a radio station in Arcata, California would birth such a rich forty-year friendship? Today, my cherished friend, Scott Q. Marcus, and I journey back in time, tracing our footsteps from our humble beginnings to the scorching summer days in Palm Springs. As a DJ, music director, and radio personality, Scott Q. shares the highs and lows of his career and offers an intimate glimpse into his transition from a straight-A high school student to a UCLA employee.

Our conversation unfolds, revealing the wisdom gleaned over decades of personal and professional growth. Scott's journey is far from ordinary, transitioning from a successful radio career to a spiritual odyssey. He imparts his insights on embracing the entire process, not just the stage, and how a shift in mindset from scarcity to abundance can resoundingly alter one's life. We also reminisce about colleagues like Mike Hesser, whose words continue to resonate and shape Scott's path.

As we venture further, you'll discover the beauty of small-town living, our adoration for Humboldt County, and our dreams for the future. Listen along as we discuss Scott's upcoming performance in the radio play "it's a wonder Life" revealing the characters he's set to bring to life on stage. So, join us for an enlightening conversation that spans across four decades of friendship, career transitions, spiritual journeys, and the power of a radio station in Arcata, California.

Transcript

Parallel Universes and Radio Careers

Speaker 1 0:00

Ladies and gentlemen , boys and girls of all ages , my friend , the man , the myth , the legend , scott Q , marcus hi , Scott Hi .

Speaker 2 0:07

Scott .

Speaker 1 0:08

Okay , let's just get this part out of the way . How long have we known each other and what are the parallel universes ?

Speaker 2 0:12

that we're from . Yeah , I know we really are . Well , we just decided , as we just talked about it right about now , we're recording in October . Right about now is probably 40 years , it would have been 83 .

Speaker 1 0:24

Yeah .

Speaker 2 0:25

Yeah , and you said you came here in fall to the radio station , yeah , got hired by the .

Speaker 1 0:32

GM at… . Grant Maynard …K-2K FMI by Ellen , While Ellen said hey , we're interviewing for this sales job in radio in South G Street in Arcada , California . That's right over here .

Speaker 2 0:45

I'm glad you defined it , because now I can find my way .

Speaker 1 0:48

It's right there , I see it , I see it now . And then got a job at sales . We were pregnant and had to work real , real work , you and I weren't pregnant .

Speaker 2 0:58

Well , no , no , your wife was pregnant .

Speaker 1 1:00

Was Joan pregnant then ? She probably was .

Speaker 2 1:03

No , she was not , because Daniel would have been about five months old .

Speaker 1 1:07

Yeah , that would be weird . Okay , the math doesn't work , anyway . So Scott and I go way back in radio to let you tell the rest .

Speaker 2 1:13

Yeah , so when we met , we discovered first of all we have the same name and ironically there was a third Scott working there , if you remember Scott Miller .

Speaker 1 1:22

Yeah , I know Scott . Well , he's still here . Oh , is he still here ? He lives right here , in your right , over here on the map .

Speaker 2 1:28

But I remember a slight aside somebody came in one day and of course we all had a hair . I don't know if Scott Miller still has hair . He does . Yes , I have it , but that's not so much . He came in . Somebody came in one day and they said they were looking for Scott and so I happened to be the one who worked in-house . The other two of you were out on the street a lot and I said , well , I'm Scott , and he said , no , no which Scott .

Speaker 2 1:53

He said Scott , he wears glasses . Okay , well , we all wear glasses . He's got curly hair . Well , we all have curly hair . Which one is it ? He's got a beard of some sort .

Speaker 1 2:01

Because we all had at that point four heads of hair .

Speaker 2 2:04

But anyway , what we discovered was I was married to my first wife at that point , who has passed away since then and named Joan Joan . I married to Joan Right . Our wedding anniversary was June 28th . Yours is .

Speaker 1 2:18

June 27th I had the same year .

Speaker 2 2:20

Same year .

Speaker 1 2:20

Yeah , we had part of it 1981 ?

Speaker 2 2:22

Correct , okay , my now oldest son . You didn't have all your kids yet , but is Daniel Daniel Scott . Daniel Scott Jacob Scott .

Speaker 1 2:33

And your mother's name is Wanda Hammond .

Speaker 2 2:36

And then what was it ? Daniel's born in November . When is Jacob born ?

Speaker 1 2:39

Jacob was December .

Speaker 2 2:40

Yeah , and we used to just joke that if a bus ever hit one of us , the other one better quick go into hiding .

Speaker 1 2:47

Yeah .

Speaker 2 2:48

And then in the parallel . Still , I just can't go home .

Speaker 1 2:50

Yeah , Single mom raised us Southern California Well .

Speaker 2 2:52

I wasn't raised by a single mom .

Speaker 1 2:54

Oh , you weren't . No , I was .

Speaker 2 2:56

My parents split up , but that was at their 25th anniversary . And I was 24 at that point .

Speaker 1 3:00

But we both had single moms when we met .

Speaker 2 3:02

Yes , okay , okay .

Speaker 1 3:04

Glad we got that out of the way .

Speaker 2 3:05

All right , so it's been wonderful being here . I'll catch you next time . Thanks for coming .

Speaker 1 3:09

Scott Miller . Scott Miller , ladies and gentlemen , wait .

Speaker 2 3:12

I'll be here all week . Tip your waitress to you later , scott .

Speaker 1 3:15

Miller is still local . That's funny because he was a friend and he got into sales and radio , okay , right . Yeah , and so you have a whole radio background . So let's talk about that . You went to school in Southern California , correct , and then started in Bakersfield Market .

Speaker 2 3:28

No , I went to UCLA , almost almost failed out . I was like a straight A student in high school and didn't realize when you got into college you really had to work for it , versus in high school . It just all came to me and I screwed around . I also got really involved in extracurricular . I was on the help line . I had two jobs because the scholarship wasn't enough to carry me through and I was even back then relatively politically active . So I did everything but study and I was dating a girl in high school . I was first year college , she was in high school and she and I split up and I was working at the student store . I got a new job . I started working at the student store because I wanted to just change my whole life .

Speaker 1 4:16

This is in Westwood UCLA , UCLA student store I worked in .

Speaker 2 4:20

What do they call it Bearware ? Because it's the UCLA Bruins .

Speaker 1 4:23

Bruins .

Speaker 2 4:24

And the clothes . So I got UCLA and Blazernot that's called it . That apartment was called Bearware . Blue and gold . Yes right and they started playing the college radio station KLA . It was a closed circuit college radio station . It was an AM commercial radio station which her college was just unheard of . Kla , kla . And I went up to apply to be on the radio station . I could make the story longer , but I'll make it shorter . Ended up getting a job as a jock a .

Speaker 2 4:54

DJ and doing some news . And when I graduated I ended up moving up as music director , program director and I stayed an extra year in college so I could continue to work at the radio station . Graduated first gig was doing weekends in Palm Springs . That was it . Kdez In the DEZ , yeah , kdez . The next day at KDEZ it was summer , it was , I kid you , not 117 degrees with a thunder cloud sitting overhead . It was miserable . So I did weekends and fill in for the summer , ended up landing a job in Provo , utah , k-e-y-y . I went there . I was supposed to do afternoon drive , which for the non-radio folks in the audience would be like 3 to 7 pm , which is a nice shift . Second best shift to morning drive , 6 to 9 or 6 to 10 . When I got up there they put me in the all night shift .

Speaker 2 5:46

The overnight , the overnight Crave yard Lasted about six weeks , maybe eight , before they fired me . Went back to SoCal , ended up working at K-U-T-Y in Palmdale . Worked there for a while . They brought in some consultants . Goodbye Scott , so long again .

Speaker 2 6:07

I'm on my way again . There's an expression in radio that you can tell the success of a disc jockey by how big a trailer is . My trailer was growing so I ended up landing a gig in Reading . That's where I met Joan . Worked in Reading for a couple of years , moved down to Bakersfield Worked at K-E-R-N .

Speaker 1 6:25

Which was Baker , for a minute , okay , okay .

Speaker 2 6:29

And then I moved from K-E-R-N to Bakersfield doing the all night shift to ended up at Morning Drive at KKXX , which was the classic rock it turned out it became a classic rock radio station . I loved it there until I moved up here . Was that in Bakersfield too ? That was awesome , bakersfield .

Speaker 1 6:43

What was the other station in LA about the time we were teenagers ? It was Albemore Ender Rock . The signal went down to San Diego where we lived . It was great they played Steely Dan they had . K-l-o-s was one of them , k-l-o-s was the one and .

Speaker 2 6:56

K-M-E-T . I think was the other .

Speaker 1 6:58

That was another . There's a third one . It had LA in it , yeah .

Speaker 2 7:02

I don't remember .

Speaker 1 7:03

Ah , something in LA .

Speaker 2 7:04

That's what's called AOR Albemore-oriented radio .

Speaker 1 7:07

It was really good . I don't remember any other AOR , probably Talk Radio with Rush Limbon . Well , it could be Rush .

Speaker 2 7:13

He wasn't around then and I can't imagine being Sports Talk .

Speaker 1 7:16

Yeah , that wasn't me . So what brought you to Humboldt ?

Speaker 2 7:19

The radio gig In 83 , I was running a newsletter for disc jockeys that I started , excuse me , called the Small Market Association of Radio Talent Newsletters , smart , and I knew nothing about running a business . I would sit there with a little typewriter that I bought and type up articles and I went to the local photocopier and copied them off , mail them , and somehow I got a subscription base of I don't know .

Speaker 2 7:49

It wasn't even 100 , but a couple of dozen , and I didn't even know to charge . So I would just say send me money if you could , and some people would . And then radio and records , which was the trade paper one of the two major or three major trade papers at the time picked it up as a story and they ran a whole story on it . And then I got a whole bunch of people , gave me a little bit of notoriety and they were in Bakersfield . So I was working in Reading and no , I was working in Bakersfield . I was working in Bakersfield .

Speaker 2 8:24

I was doing morning drive on the number one station , having a good old time , had good ratings . My own was pregnant , we had no plan to leave and I got a phone call from a guy named Grant Maynard who was , as you know , the general manager here , and he said he'd like to hire me to come be program director . And I was like who are you ? And filled me in long story short . I ended up moving up here . I figured I'd stay up here a couple of years and then I would move to the Bay Area and work at KFRC . That was my goal , but the way he found me is the consultant for the stations up here , kata and KFMI , which are now ESPN and Power 96 , I think .

Speaker 1 9:09

Still the same calls , though , right yeah .

Speaker 2 9:11

I think they're the same call letters . Anyway , the way he found me was the guy who was consulting up here . Mike Hesser was also consulting some radio stations in Bakersfield and what they would do is they would call another station they were consulting . In this case he called KGOE . Yeah , it was KGOE . It was an oldest station in Bakersfield and they said that was the station he was consulting and they said who in town is giving you trouble ? Who would you like to get off the air ? So they said Scott Q Marcus . So that was you again . Well , I was at KKXX but they said get him off the air because he's got good ratings .

Speaker 2 9:51

And if you can get somebody off the air , you have the chance of picking up a few points in the ratings . So they called me up , said how'd you like to come up north ? And I did , and I've been here 40 years . Kfrc doesn't even exist anymore , so there's not a chance I'm going to go there .

Speaker 1 10:07

Does radio exist ? It's a radio .

Speaker 2 10:09

This is radio .

Speaker 1 10:10

now . This is it . Welcome to radio folks . You have a great face for radio , incidentally . Yeah , I thought you should know that .

Speaker 2 10:18

Thank you so well , you know , I got into radio because I have small hands , because you've heard the expression we pause for station identification . We pause , oh that's a good one . That was an old radio joke that I bought . You purchased it , I did . I had a joke service we pause and every month you'd get a little . They mailed it but there was no internet . You'd get a whole thing in the mail and all these jokes and you'd find the truth .

Speaker 1 10:43

That's great . Yeah , makes me think of SNL with the little arms , with what's her name anyway , so I digress . So what I know about you and being local is a famous white watcher . We'll talk about that . 34 years , famous , motivational and professional speaker . We say that Got me into that .

Speaker 2 11:00

So you and I got into , we slept together , you and I . We ought to probably clarify that .

Speaker 1 11:05

That's probably a good thing to clarify . We'll clarify in a minute , or do we D2 . Then also , and now acting , and Renna Sutt's man and I teasingly call you a pastor and you would say I am a second love you guys call it practitioner , right .

Speaker 2 11:20

Practitioner yeah , and we'll go , maybe like a deacon or something .

Speaker 1 11:23

Yeah , we'll go there . But so radio career , you were actually very good on the air . I remember being super impressed and morning dry . I loved it , yeah , and we formed a friendship .

Speaker 2 11:32

And then I did a talk show too . You did . I did lots of talk shows . I didn't know that one too Well , kata . Kata , we had a talk show on the AM side . It was called , I remember the theme was because life is not black and white , and it was a talk show like from nine to 10 . What was it called ? I don't remember what it was called , but the whole theme was to get people to have conversations , and so I would host it once in a while . I forget who the AM program director was . He was Steve , somebody there , or another . Yeah , long hair guy , carlos's friend .

Speaker 1 12:08

Yeah , I remember he said the F word . They were talking about funk and it was going to be funky at the old town bar and grill . Carlos and I are driving back to the station and Steve goes oh it's funk , and he popped out and Carlos lost his mind in the car . He goes FCC is going to . I'm going to go kill Steve . I'll never forget that , yeah .

Speaker 2 12:27

So he , but so I did it there , and then I ended up after I left Kata and I went to the TV station , but I was doing some work at KHSU and I did Tuesday night talk for quite a while .

Speaker 1 12:41

Oh so .

Speaker 2 12:42

I think once a month . And commercial talk is so much easier than public talk , because in commercial talk , if nobody's calling in and there's nothing going on , you could go . Well , let's go to a break with public . It was just here you are , here we are .

Speaker 1 12:58

There's what you want to talk about now , Nick . Nick , make a call quick . Nick , Help us out

Radio Career and Lifelong Impact

Speaker 1 13:04

. So I'd like to maybe take all these phases of life and ask one question . And then I want to come back to you and talk about your perspective of Humboldt County , its culture , its people , its future , and we'll get there . But top three things you're proud of , maybe that first half quarter of life in radio how were you a difference maker ?

Speaker 2 13:26

Top three things I'm proud of . Stuff in radio , yeah .

Speaker 1 13:29

Just that radio phase , if you will .

Speaker 2 13:35

I was good at what I did . One of I have very few regrets in life , one of which was coming off the air . I really liked being on the air . I ended up moving into management , as you know , and I think I was okay with it . I think it was good at it . But radio was ma'am , just being on the air . There was almost nothing like it Until I found speaking , doing a motivational speech , was able to take that over . So I was good at what I did . I think I had an ear for programming , for being able to make a radio station , and people who are not in radio think that well , you're just going to just jog and you just put some stuff Push a button .

Speaker 1 14:26

It's a jukebox .

Speaker 2 14:27

But there's a lot going on behind the scenes about what type of music , different types of classifications of music and type of day . What was that Time of day ? I thought you said a bidet . A bidet we didn't have a bidet at the TV station .

Speaker 1 14:41

It's a radio station . Maybe they were in need of one , but that bathroom was pretty gross . There was a bidet in South G Street . We just didn't know about it . Oh Lord , it's for management only .

Speaker 2 14:56

I don't know if I can classify it down to three things . In radio per se , I was good at it , I enjoyed it . I brought some entertainment . I think I brought a level of news awareness that people didn't have . Politics has always been important to me and I brought that in , not as much as a disjockey as when I did the talk shows . I got a lot of people . I gave people work . I had a couple of years ago I had to be more of that because we still had Jack . Jack was our dog , so it would have been probably about 10 years ago . I was walking my dog through our neighborhood . So what are we now ? 2023 ? So let's say early 2012 or so . And I'm because I've lived where I live .

Speaker 1 15:42

You're right in Eureka right .

Speaker 2 15:43

Yeah , don't show them where I live Now . They'll show up at my house .

Speaker 1 15:48

Over there .

Speaker 2 15:51

But I'm walking my dog as I was , as I was prone to do , and this big white pickup truck pulls up next to me while I'm walking and slows down and he's matching my pace and I'm thinking , oh , what is this about ? The guy pulls over and rolls down his window and he says you , scott , marcus , yeah . And he goes you remember me ? I go no . And he says I used to work for you at Kata about 30 years ago . Who was it ?

Speaker 1 16:17

And I don't remember his name .

Speaker 2 16:18

And he said I did all nights . I said I'm sorry I you know it's been 30 years , I don't remember and he said you fired me . Oh wow . And I thought , oh crap , here's where it all ends .

Speaker 1 16:29

Pull the rifle out . It was like a blow , blow away .

Speaker 2 16:33

And I said oh , I'm sorry .

Speaker 1 16:35

He was no , no , no , no don't be sorry .

Speaker 2 16:37

He said you did it with grace , you were very kind , you told me that I just wasn't cut out for this field and there was other fields that you thought it would be better for and you were very nice about it . And he goes and I listened and you were right and I started this construction business Notice the name on the side of the truck and I'm making lots of money and loving my life .

Speaker 1 16:57

And I owe it to you . I'm a millionaire .

Speaker 2 16:59

Thank you I thought well good , at least one of us went on to become a millionaire .

Speaker 1 17:02

I was just saying . I think you surrounded yourself with good people .

Speaker 2 17:07

My management philosophy has always been hire your replacements , you know , hire somebody who is going to make you work as opposed to . I always want to be the best . Back to my kesser . I did not my chaser and I got along okay , he was hardcore East Coast Chicago , whatever . Yeah , I think he was from New York or something .

Speaker 1 17:31

They called him Hesser .

Speaker 2 17:32

Hesser and he had designer jeans Droid Ash designer jeans that were always like a little too large .

Speaker 1 17:38

And he didn't fit it and humbled it .

Speaker 2 17:40

No , he didn't . What is he doing ? But he was a consultant , so he'd come up here and , like I said , I didn't , I had nothing personal , I just we just . I guess we got along , but he just wasn't my style , sure , but I remember I've tried to learn from everybody and he had , he had , a great piece of advice that I'll share . So , mike Hesser , if you're one of the millions of people who are listening to this podcast , right ?

Speaker 1 18:03

now .

Speaker 2 18:04

Hesser shout out . His comment was if I have a dollar and you have a dollar and we trade dollars , we each end up with a dollar . If I have an idea and you have an idea and we trade ideas , we each end up with two ideas . And obviously 40 years later that still resonates . So I've always kind of used that I'd rather have ideas that I can't use than not have ideas that I can . And in order to get the ideas , you have to make it a safe place for people to express ideas Right .

Speaker 1 18:33

Yeah yeah , safe environment , be a safe person , be a safe person . Yep , so you were speaking , still are speaking right now .

Speaker 2 18:42

I am , yeah , I do that .

Speaker 1 18:43

So you're professional and you've traveled the world .

Speaker 2 18:45

Yeah , I was a country .

Speaker 1 18:46

Yeah , and you were kind enough to invite me along to learn the craft on a national speakers association .

Speaker 2 18:53

That's where we slept together .

Speaker 1 18:54

Right , yeah , I went to conference .

Speaker 2 18:56

Different beds but in the same room . I think that's true . Yeah , it is Tried . It's hard to remember . I love you like a brother , not like a wife . That's good , amen , brother .

Speaker 1 19:08

So , having said that , that was a great stepping stone for me to kind of write the book and to blog and write and now podcast . I think it's all , in many ways , a tribute to some of the input you had in my life . So , thank you , thank you . That's part of why we're sitting here , and there's a lot of other parts , but I wanted to ask you . So you did a lot of traveling , did a lot of writing

Career to Spiritual Journey Transition

Speaker 1 19:33

. Still , do Just have an online business with speaking .

Speaker 2 19:37

Yeah , it's still there . It's not where my focus is . Yeah , but I still write . I mean , I've written a column for several newspapers to this day . I started that in 2004 and I still go , and Still the time standard local Time standard is one of them .

Speaker 1 19:51

Yeah , I don't take the paper anymore , so I don't know that .

Speaker 2 19:54

So yeah , there were very . Your circulation is Neew . What is a newspaper , right ? I have no idea .

Speaker 1 20:02

What's that ? Is that an eight track ?

Speaker 2 20:04

It's a bowling ball .

Speaker 1 20:06

I have no idea . So , having said that , what is your , what was the core of what you did in a minute and what was your best takeaways from your speaking career ?

Speaker 2 20:18

What was the core of what I did ?

Speaker 1 20:19

speaking wise . Yeah , I mean you did a lot of different content , everything from weight loss to motivational , but I'll let you fill that in .

Speaker 2 20:28

I put it all under the umbrella of habit change . What you say to yourself determines what you do to yourself . And if you don't and my background was being overweight , that's , I was a fat kid , I was the one who was beat up in tees I lost 100 pounds as a teenager . That was the first time I went on Weight Watchers , which would have been 1970 . And what I realized after losing the weight putting it on , losing the weight putting on , etc . In my late 30s , when I lost it for the hopefully final time , it's not about In that case . It's not about what you eat . It's about what you say about what you eat . And if you don't change what you say to yourself , you will never change what you do to yourself .

Speaker 2 21:25

Your thoughts are an external reflection , excuse me , your actions are an external reflection of your thoughts which is part of the core philosophy and my spiritual philosophy too , and I learned you have to change that inner dialogue .

Speaker 2 21:40

So if there was an umbrella , I mean when I first got speaking , as you know , when you first get started as a speaker , it's like you'll pull over to four people waiting at a bus stop and hi , I'm glad to be here today because you want to speak to anybody .

Speaker 2 21:56

And one of the funny things because I was the president of the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association and I used to welcome the new members to our meetings and what I used to say is there's that old Jerry Seinfeld joke about more people are afraid of dying than they are of Excuse me , more people are afraid of speaking in public than they are of dying . So if you go to a funeral , more people would rather be in the box than doing the eulogy which is the Jerry Seinfeld joke . And I said we , referring to these people who are coming to become speakers , we're very different . We think that we speak so well . We're , first of all , willing to get up in front of thousands of people in some cases and speak , and we have a big enough ego to believe that they need to pay us for this opportunity .

Speaker 1 22:45

It's called narcissism .

Speaker 2 22:49

It's called a healthy ego . Some are narcissists , but what so ? At first I would speak about anything . Yeah , just give me the opportunity , just let me talk and I'll do it . And then I learned over time that my emphasis was more on habit change and because of my radio background , where you had to be quick and sharp to succeed in that , I learned I had a quick wit . I wasn't as a speaker and I'm still not very static . I did not have to come up and I didn't have my lines memorized . I had the road that I would go , but there was bumps and all that . And if somebody in the audience would say something , I was able to follow that and then find my way back again . So that's , I like the motivational the most . But it was all about change what you say to yourself . And I developed a funny story an hour long keynote speech that I could break into workshops , and the keynote speech was about perfectionism . And if you , how perfectionism Trying to be perfect gets in the way of getting better . So that would be my .

Speaker 2 23:58

It became a my email signature , as well as the stuff I would send out . It would say Scott Marcus , crp , like yours , says FO9 , at least it used to , and CRP was chief recovering perfectionist . And do you still have FO9 on yours ? My ?

Speaker 1 24:15

kids call me FO9 . Do they ? I mean it's father of nine , Father of .

Speaker 2 24:18

Which was something you and I came up with , because you needed some sort of letters after your name .

Speaker 1 24:23

So it was FO9 . Ba BS and nobody ever asked .

Speaker 2 24:27

I put CRP out of the oh he's an FO9 .

Speaker 1 24:28

Yeah , he's an FO9 . Is that a military rank , kind of it's a better effect .

Speaker 2 24:34

I was going to stop after an FO8 , but I ended up with a nine .

Speaker 1 24:38

Yeah , I had to go nine . So how did you transition then , in the last I don't know five , ten years , from professional speaking to more localized city of Eureka , acting Like God's old , the spiritual journey , pastoring , if you will ?

Speaker 2 25:02

I got speaking is , as you know , has its glamour to it . You know you're , you go to a city and they put you up , hopefully in a hotel , which is hopefully nice , and then you come down to the stage and you know people want to hear what you have to say and you know they applaud and it's .

Speaker 2 25:25

And they come up to you afterwards and they buy your book baby , buy your book and your CDs , just join for your , join up your services back of room sales , as they're called , and that part's fun .

Transitioning Careers and Finding Abundance

Speaker 2 25:40

I did not like the process of getting there or coming back and there was flying flying out of humble .

Speaker 1 25:47

Yeah , the actual physical travel .

Speaker 2 25:49

Yeah , I didn't mind . Once the plane took off , yeah , it was fine . But our airport , especially back then , was so unreliable . I see , to this point it's still not a very reliable airport and I was always so nervous . Will I get out of here on time ? Coming back was an inconvenience . If I didn't get back , yeah , but I had already done the gig . But getting out of here I lost a few gigs because I couldn't get out of here . So what would happen is if I had , let's say , a Wednesday gig in some other city whereby everybody else could leave to go there on Tuesday or sometimes even Wednesday , I'd leave on like Sunday so that I would encase the flight was delayed or canceled .

Speaker 2 26:26

I'd still have a couple of days to get out of the drive to the city , which meant I had to pay for extra hotel nights because it wasn't right to charge that and I was not charging . My fee was three grand maybe and some speak , some people go why you got three thousand dollars for a speech . They got three thousand dollars for being on the road for a week and all the material and all the information and everything else . But , that said , I have a good friend who's a speaker , who we both know and I won't say the name of the person because I will say the pay scale to the tune of ten to fifteen thousand dollars a presentation . So is that she that is , so she's terrific .

Speaker 1 27:09

Yes , she is . I like her , so do I she , who shall not be named .

Speaker 2 27:15

Right , because I just outed the pay scale , but anyway , that became so stressful to me . And in NSA national speakers association , not national security administration there was another speaker who I befriended . His name was Doug Stevenson and he had that same problem , but he was out of Denver Storyteller right , yes .

Speaker 2 27:36

And he would say that what one of the things his wife told him was you need to love the whole thing . The speaking is the money making part , yeah , but you need to love from the from , you need to love the marketing , you need to love the travel , you need to love the delays , you need to love the hassles , and I just couldn't love it all .

Speaker 1 27:57

Adventures .

Speaker 2 27:59

I mean , some of it was really cool and when the airports worked , yeah , it was great . But the travel just got me to a point where I just don't want to do this anymore unless I can drive it , yeah .

Speaker 2 28:09

Or unless I can be paid enough , right , that all right . So if you're paid 10 , 15 thousand dollars , I don't mind going to a city a few days early and getting an extra hotel room . So that's what got me out of it . I still do presentations . I've spoken on cruises several times that , which talk about a tough job , but somebody's got to do it . Interesting job .

Speaker 1 28:33

We had a comedian in England on a cruise and he went from really bad to really filthy , to like off the hook and it's like there's children in the audience like what are we doing here ?

Speaker 2 28:44

Well , they warn you , hopefully A little bit . So I started and my , my personal economy started to fall apart and I remember sitting in a hot tub with my wife this was probably about 2013 and she said to me who is one of those ? You use the term that I really like . I've taken it courageous conversations . It's an expression I picked up from you . She decided to have a courageous conversation .

Speaker 1 29:13

Trademark Scott Hammond .

Speaker 2 29:15

Not at all . And she said to me one night she goes you're just not . I don't know what's going on with you , but you're not the guy that I married and you used to have a spark . You used to be fun and now you're just always down and looking for ways to cut expenses , and I realize things are tight for you right now , but I need you to change that . And she was brave enough to say it and I was smart enough to listen , wow , good .

Speaker 2 29:44

So I said all right , I'll change it and that night I came up with , speaking of the pastoring , I came up with probably my main life affirmation , which is I live in a state of constant abundance and all things come to me as I need them . And from that moment I said all right , I'll accept that and I'll change it . And I came up with that affirmation and , I swear , scott , within that week I was clients who I hadn't heard from .

Speaker 1 30:14

So the calling .

Speaker 2 30:16

Literally . Yeah , I think you know Patty Thomas . I had done a lot of work with her . She was a local therapist and I live in Washington . I hadn't heard from her , I mean loose touch . But she reached out of the blue , said Scott , I got a client for you , would you be able to help me with this ? And I started working for the city of Eureka . They had I was doing my own presentations local ones . They said why don't you come work for us and then you can have rent the room in the Adornie Center . You won't have to rent it , it was just yours , it's yours .

Speaker 1 30:47

Wow , the big room .

Speaker 2 30:48

And I got some advertising clients who kicked in out of the blue and I mean just things turned around .

Speaker 1 30:56

So so she were open to her conversation and her wife council . That's good .

Speaker 2 31:03

Yeah , I think so .

Speaker 1 31:05

Did the work . Yeah , it hurts , though for a minute .

Speaker 2 31:09

It does . I don't think people can hurt you with words unless you already believe it in part . Like if I was to say to you you're a lousy football player , yeah , you probably would , man , say it to me . I don't give a damn . I got nothing vested in being a lousy football player , probably right . But if I was to say to you , your fathering skills ?

Speaker 1 31:31

aren't so good . Yeah , and your mom dresses . You're funny .

Speaker 2 31:34

Yeah Well . But I mean in all seriousness , if I was to say you know , I got some concerns about your fathering skills and you kind of go whoa , because that matters to you , good point , yeah . So Point taken , when your wife says , when my wife says something to me , and yes , it hurt because I already knew I was there , your spark is . My spark was gone my sparkle . Sparkle . I didn't have sparkle . You're sparkling today . By the way , I'm sparkling .

Speaker 1 31:56

Yeah , I'm sparkling . Can I call you sparking ? You can See me , so Get weirder and weirder yeah .

Speaker 2 32:03

Should I dress in sequence for you . Yeah , that would be great .

Speaker 1 32:08

Help me stay on track . So you've you made that transition . Then to to , to to a pastoring , if you will ?

Speaker 2 32:17

Practitioner yeah .

Speaker 1 32:19

And so the city of Eurica travel less , speak less , but still following your path .

Speaker 2 32:22

And so and I do marketing consulting for the small business development center , so that's another source of income for me .

Speaker 1 32:28

Right , I've done that for 20 years . It's all the same wheelhouse , though is is the other . Yeah .

Speaker 2 32:33

For the most part that's helping small businesses who don't have a start . And then I work for the North Coast Repertory Theater , not only as an actor , but I'm I'm one of very few people who are paid staff . It's like a few hours a week , but I do that . I handle the front what's called house management front of the front office when I'm not on stage .

Speaker 1 32:52

All that adds up to the past . Right it's . It's like you've had this arc . That makes perfect . Yeah , some ways perfect sense .

Speaker 2 32:58

Right ? Well , I think so .

Favorite Places in Humboldt County

Speaker 1 33:00

So , hey , we're going to quick stop Ready . Here we go Ready . Ok , this is the quiz part .

Speaker 2 33:05

Oh , I didn't know . We had a quiz . There's a prize in here .

Speaker 1 33:07

OK , really we're bringing it back to humble . Ok , so you have unlimited budget tonight to take Marianne out to dinner . Where do you and she ?

Speaker 2 33:17

go ? We usually go to subway , subway , but subway OK , if the budget is larger . We just celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago , so where we went to that's where we usually go tends to be Bayfront . Bayfront , yeah , we used to go to Seagrill . I don't know why we stopped . We have no problem with I know why because I didn't have the salad bar anymore . I love the salad bar . It's called World Class .

Speaker 1 33:40

Yeah , so we tend to go to Bayfront . That's delicious , I think . So when do you go on a hike ? If you were to take an afternoon , just , let's say , an afternoon picnic , and you just got in the car with Marianne , where would you guys find yourselves ?

Speaker 2 33:56

out of town . Ok , yeah , you like .

Speaker 1 33:58

Gasky right , you like the Middle Four Grand .

Speaker 2 34:00

Well , yeah , but it's not there anymore . Is it gone ? Did it burn ? No , they just sold it . They sold it . Yeah , I know you and I used to go there I mean you and I together but we both liked Middle Four Grants .

Speaker 1 34:09

Yes , we did Separately .

Speaker 2 34:13

We found a place in Grants Pass that we like , but we just came back just this week . We just got back on Monday . We found an Airbnb in between Ukaya and Hopland , about two miles east of 101 , up a hill overlooking the wine country . Very nice , yeah , it was very nice . We liked that , so we'd like to . I'd like to get that link . In fact , I would be glad to give it to you .

Speaker 1 34:34

The guy was an excellent host . The guy . The other place you go to is Applegate , right ? Is it Applegate by Grants Pass ?

Speaker 2 34:40

No , it was in Grants Pass .

Speaker 1 34:41

It's right in GP . Ok , yeah , it was right there .

Speaker 2 34:43

Yeah , it had a little bit outside , I mean maybe half a mile outside On this , on this side , on this side .

Speaker 1 34:48

Yeah , on this side .

Speaker 2 34:49

Yeah , you want to point to it .

Speaker 1 34:51

It's right , it's on this side , it's on .

Speaker 2 34:55

McTowell Road . As a matter of fact , for people who wouldn't know , grants Pass it's 199 , and then I love it , I love Southern Oregon , I mean . Grants Pass is beautiful , well , and you have family up there , don't you ? Yeah ?

Speaker 1 35:04

we had a lot of kids in Bedford and Subgrad because we're going from our morning at dark , 30 maybe . So more on that .

Speaker 2 35:12

So last question oh , is that it we're done ? No , no , we're just getting started .

Speaker 1 35:17

It's only two more hours , so what if you were to go to breakfast ? Where would you take Marianne ?

Speaker 2 35:31

I guess that when we go to breakfast it's usually Gills by the Bay . Oh , gills is delicious yeah .

Speaker 1 35:36

I thought you were going to say Las Bagels , because that's such a go to for so many of us .

Speaker 2 35:40

You know I like Los Bagels . Nothing personal Los Bagels . I have a little bit of trouble spending eight or nine bucks on a bagel . Yeah , it used to be a buck and a half . Yeah , oh yeah , but the bagels are great yeah .

Speaker 1 35:54

Oh , they've done a great job . Arcadia gets a little slow on Sunday mornings .

Speaker 2 35:58

Do they when you live up in McKinleyville ? Yeah , I'm going to complain right now . Yeah , where you live .

Speaker 1 36:03

So who was Scott at 15 . Just really quick , 10 second answers . Fat insecure smart One word answers . I like it .

Speaker 2 36:12

You didn't say one word . Who was ?

Speaker 1 36:13

Scott Marcus at 20 .

Speaker 2 36:16

Where was I at 20 . I was in college . Okay , fat insecure and learning that he wasn't as smart as he thought , no Better .

Speaker 1 36:28

Where you at say 30 . So it's 10 years later . You're up here .

Speaker 2 36:34

Was I up here yet ? No , I don't think I I started the radio station at 24 .

Speaker 1 36:38

Well , let's see , you would have been 24 .

Speaker 2 36:39

In 83 , I would have been 29 . Yeah , when I moved I was 29 . So at that point I was thin , I was at my right weight . Who was I at , 30 . Thin , having my career ?

Speaker 1 36:59

Is that TV ? Then Was it Channel 23 in Arcada ?

Speaker 2 37:02

When I was 30 years old , it would have been 84 . So I was still at the radio station , okay , okay .

Speaker 1 37:06

Okay .

Speaker 2 37:07

How old are you now ? 69 .

Speaker 1 37:09

Okay , yeah , you're a little older yeah .

Speaker 2 37:12

Okay .

Speaker 1 37:12

Every day , every day , I have stuff to respect you as my elder . I just turned 69 .

Speaker 2 37:18

What does it say the 12th ? Happy birthday , so two weeks ago . Yeah , we got to go do a burger . There we go .

Speaker 1 37:23

Yeah , I'll buy it .

Speaker 2 37:25

Okay , okay , you're on .

Speaker 1 37:27

Universe of a Buddha . See , it's coming to you again . I'll take it .

Speaker 2 37:30

We're going to go see Victor in an outburger . So the way that philosophy works , incidentally , is my wife and I just came back from this place . You know , we just talked about the one in Hoplin , in wine country , yeah , and we have a , yeah , at our house . We have a nice TV . It's a 55-inch flat screen made by what's it ? The Roku people , tcl or whatever , and just a good job . I'm not meaning to sound like it's .

Speaker 1 37:53

Costco TV .

Speaker 2 37:54

It's no , it was actually a Target TV . Okay , Close enough , good enough . And we've had it , as it turns out , for six years . And the reason ? I know this because I just looked up to see when we got it . So my wife and I go down to this place and the TV they've got again 55 inches . But it's like you're looking into another dimension , 3d . It's so crystal clear , nice . And my wife and I are going oh my God , if we become capitalists ?

Speaker 1 38:15

look at that TV we're going to get a new , that's just amazing .

Speaker 2 38:18

So we want to get a new TV . So we come back and I say , all right , we'll find a TV . And then after we came back , we said , well , we really don't need a TV , we're just not being ridiculous about it . And I said , don't worry , we're going to find a TV , it's not going to cost us anything . And she goes . Really I said , yeah , trust me , I'm putting it out to the universe , it's going to happen . When I was looking at right before you got here , you saw me check in some texts yeah , a friend of mine has got a 55-inch one-year-old TV that he wants to get ready . He wants to know if anybody wants it .

Speaker 1 38:45

Right , did you claim it ?

Speaker 2 38:46

I said I want to go look at it . Sure , if it's not better than mine , there's no need to just replace it , but if it's got that clarity , it's , boom , it's yours , the other one in the bedroom . We don't need one in the bedroom .

Speaker 1 38:57

Yeah , johnny won't allow it .

Speaker 2 38:59

We have one in there that we just , yeah , it's no need for it . Kind of weird , yeah , but this is what's called in our spiritual philosophy demonstration , where you put out what you want and then boom , there it is . It's good , there it is .

Speaker 1 39:13

There it is , and I think it works for other things relationships and love , forgiveness . I think it probably has to do with a lot of other non-physical things .

Speaker 2 39:22

Oh yeah .

Speaker 1 39:24

That I could manifest .

Speaker 2 39:25

I'm teaching a class right now , every Tuesday , called Change your Thinking , change your Life , which is all about the core fundamentals of the philosophy .

Speaker 1 39:34

Let's talk about Humboldt before you go real quick . So what do you like mostly , most about Humboldt ?

Speaker 2 39:40

The county , the For one I like , Because we thought about moving Everybody has yeah everybody has .

Speaker 2 39:48

I like that . Well , we've lived here . I've lived here 40 years and my wife has lived here since 79 , so 44 years , 45 years and providing you treat other people well I mean , everybody has run-ins with somebody or another but providing you're a person of integrity and you're honest and you treat people well and you don't have to go darting into the alleys when you see somebody coming . Case in point you remember there was a general manager of another radio station years ago that was our competitor , who I forget his name , but who would screw everybody over .

Speaker 1 40:25

Oh , he's awful .

Speaker 2 40:25

Yeah , who was that ? Oh , I know , yeah , lee , was that his Oops , sorry .

Speaker 1 40:30

Oops , anyway , he's long gone .

Speaker 2 40:33

Yeah , I'm sure he is , but providing you treat people well

Living in Small Community, Future Hopes

Speaker 2 40:37

. I like living in a smaller community because you go into the grocery store and people know you . At times it's inconvenient . You're just running into get something , you walk down the street on our neighbor . I've lived on our block . As a matter of fact , last week was 22 years since we moved in . Wow , that long . Yeah , we've been there that long . So there's a couple of people on the block who live there a little longer than us , but everybody kind of knows each other . I love the fact . I miss the warm evenings of 70 to 80 degree evenings . But to get the 70 to 80 degree evenings you have to have the 110 degree days .

Speaker 1 41:17

And .

Speaker 2 41:18

I love the fact that today , what is it ? 65 degrees or something .

Speaker 1 41:22

60 , perfect .

Speaker 2 41:23

Yeah , with a light breeze . I love that . I love the nature of this area . I love the artistic component of this .

Speaker 1 41:32

Big culture , yeah .

Speaker 2 41:33

There's , you know . I mean there's musicians , there's actors , there's art and my wife's a successful printmaker there's jewelers , there's dancers . I resonate with people who are like that . I like the fact that it is a classical , basically liberal community where it's live and let live . Actually , every community has its colorful component , but people are accepted here for the most part , irrespective of how they look or who they love or what they do , providing again , they don't treat other people poorly . So I like all of those things . I like being involved with the city of Eureka . It's got some issues and I'm just on the periphery . I handle a lot of their marketing for community services , but I like what the city of Eureka is doing . I'm like what's the city of Eureka ? So I will live here until I pass would be my intention .

Speaker 1 42:34

Those of us who've stayed . What do we know ? It's terrible here , folks , you wouldn't like it .

Speaker 2 42:38

Yeah , I mean there are some people , including some family members I have , who's like no , nobody else come here . It's like nah , come on . Yeah , I mean there's issues with our growth right now . Sure housing . Find a place to live , yeah .

Speaker 1 42:51

What would you like to see for the future of Humboldt as a county ? What do you see ? What would you like to see ? What do you fear ?

Speaker 2 42:59

What do I fear ? Yeah ?

Speaker 2 43:01

I don't want to focus on that necessarily , but what I would like to see is I mean , this is going to sound ridiculously generic I'd like to see more love and compassion . There is no situation where adding love and kindness to it will make it worse . It just doesn't exist . So I would like to see more of that . I would like to see even more of a celebration of the arts . I would like to see people celebrated for who they are again , irrespective of what they look like , who they love .

Speaker 2 43:46

My fear is not just for Humboldt , but it would affect Humboldt . I mean , this is as climate change goes . This is a better area to be than many others , but this is a heavy time in the world . You know , as we're talking right now , israel is bombing Gaza and the house is without a speaker . You know , the House of Representatives has no speaker . Our government is ungovernable . Climate change is running rampant . We have a candidate , the leading candidate for the Republican Party , donald Trump . Is it ? 91 counts against him ? Indicted , alleged criminal . How go so far ? As I is , this isn't the age of Aquarius .

Speaker 2 44:43

This is not what I expected it to be and I'm afraid , quite frankly , that we effed it all up . Our generation , you know , I know the millennials certainly blame us . I don't like to think I did it , but my generation , our generation , screwed up and we didn't make it better , we made it worse Some aspects In many ways , and I fear that that is spreading and becoming . You know , a week ago it was Ukraine and Russia , not Ukraine and Russia and Israel and Hamas , and next week it'll be something . Hopefully not .

Speaker 1 45:24

Weirder .

Speaker 2 45:26

But that's what it feels like , like the proverbial snowball rolling down a hill . So that's my fear . I quit news about two years ago . You quit the news , I quit it .

Speaker 1 45:37

I knew about Israel right away , because the news that you need you'll hear . Yeah , I guess that's true . The rest of it's just a lot of bullshit . Commentary between Fox News and CNN . And a lot of people .

Speaker 2 45:49

it's just we don't have news , so we just talk about the news , kind of like we're doing right now , kind of like , yeah , exactly .

Speaker 1 45:55

You mentioned regrets , any regrets personally , any chief regrets .

Speaker 2 46:01

I try not to focus on regrets . I regret I was born too early to go on the Starship Enterprise . Yeah , okay , I would have changed teams to be with Picard .

Speaker 1 46:13

Yeah , so he was my choice . Funny , you'd say that we're rewatching the whole thing . Oh , are you Just watch Generations and we're starting in on .

Speaker 2 46:21

I don't have Paramount Plus First contact .

Speaker 1 46:22

It's all the movies , oh , okay , yeah .

Speaker 2 46:26

But I'm actually watching Better Call Saul . I'm going through the whole series .

Speaker 1 46:29

Oh , that's different . Okay , there's not an enterprise on that .

Speaker 2 46:31

No , it's not

Unforgotten

Speaker 2 46:33

Speaking of TV . We have found a great series on Netflix or no , on Amazon Prime that somebody referred us to . It's a masterpiece theater series called the Unforgotten Unforgotten .

Speaker 2 46:44

Oh it's fantastic , really . Yeah , it's about detectives in Grapewood who specialize in what are called historic crimes , like somebody is building a building and they dig up bones and they go oh my God , what are these ? And they have to figure out who it was and what was the crime from 30 or 40 years ago . The Unforgotten yeah , the Unforgotten . Somebody recommended it to us and she was right . She was spot on .

Speaker 1 47:08

With that new TV you're going to go pick up . We'll watch it on our own . You're manifesting it right now . Yeah , there we go .

Speaker 2 47:16

So I don't . I try not to have many regrets . I wanted to make a series of mentally unhealthy coffee cups which I thought would be fun and they would each have something on it . And one of the coffee cups was going to say unnecessary anger really pisses me off . And one of the other ones was resentment is useless . God damn it . So I not too many regrets . I mean , I wish the proverbial aging comment that probably everybody makes I wish I knew then what I know now , but I didn't Right .

Speaker 2 47:58

So so you were at song yeah , it was . Was it the killing of Georgie ? No , no , no , it was .

Speaker 1 48:05

I know the song . We're talking about Him and Faces , yeah .

Speaker 2 48:08

No , no , it was . No , it was . He was on his own at that point .

Speaker 1 48:13

It's . I'll think of the song in a minute , so any parting shots or anything . I have one more question .

Speaker 2 48:20

Okay , it's the hardest one . Are we seriously ?

Speaker 1 48:22

coming too close here . We'll see Pretty quick Okay To the next hour . So what do you want now and what do you want ? Having said all of that stuff , who's got Marcus and what does he want today at the studio ?

Speaker 2 48:36

Wow , that's a great question . Who am I ?

Speaker 1 48:49

In Toastmasters we call this the pregnant pause .

Speaker 2 48:53

The power of the pause , the power of the pause , the power of the pause .

Speaker 1 48:57

Well , you gather your thoughts . I'll make more comments . We were in Toastmasters together for many years .

Speaker 2 49:01

Yes , we were , we were . Thank you so much . I won Toastmasters awards too . Oh , yes , you were head of a speaker . I did that Well . Who ?

Speaker 1 49:07

am I I .

Speaker 2 49:13

I think I'm adopting more and more that I'm , more than I think that I am . I could use the cliche that I am a spiritual being having a human experience . I have learned that each of us , if we could take this room and there's three of us in here there's a good old Nick over behind the controls . Everybody . Good old Nick , good old Saint Nick , saint Nick , I like that .

Speaker 2 49:49

If we could break this down into the quantum level , the Bosons and the Quarks and all that other stuff , we wouldn't see any of this . We would see collections of energy and the table would be energy . This room would be energy . You'd be some form of energy .

Speaker 2 50:09

I'm some form of energy Matrix stuff and the matrix , nick , is a form of energy I mean , it's all energy and therefore , first of all , there's no separation between any of us . We are all one . But that aside , we exist . I exist , since the question was me on an energy level . First , that happens to be having this physical experience , and so I'll go with spiritual being , having a human experience . That said , curious , I like to think of myself as compassionate and kind , grateful , humorous .

Speaker 1 50:56

At times , at times .

Speaker 2 50:58

Even when it's inappropriate , as that would inspire a joke before we started .

Speaker 1 51:03

It's mildly humorous . I think you're sensitive . I think you're empathetic , I think I'm Thank you .

Speaker 2 51:08

I do too . I think that's part of who you are . I'm not the old school traditional guy that when I was in high school , that the way guys were supposed to be . I was always a sensitive guy . It's good . Yeah , it is now , I think .

Speaker 1 51:20

It's . Yeah , absolutely it is . I agree I was reading , so I'll read this because it'll be humorous . Okay , because you said you were humorous . Okay , scott Cue Marcus , resident of Eureka , california , is led by Mark .

Speaker 2 51:34

Oh , that's right . Do you want to read where you got that ?

Speaker 1 51:37

first of all , or are you just going to ?

Speaker 2 51:38

read no , this is all true , you wrote it .

Speaker 1 51:40

No , I did not . I know what you're reading . That's not true . Ai wrote this , yes , so thank you artificial .

Speaker 2 51:45

So before you do that , because I'm really curious , because I tried to look it up afterwards , after you sent this to me and I went to Bard and I said who is Scott Cue Marcus ? And it said don't know . No , no , no , Never heard of it , I went to chat GPT or whatever it's called , that's who this is ? Who is Scott Cue Marcus ?

Speaker 1 52:02

Don't know the bum .

Speaker 2 52:02

It said don't know , not the information , so how you managed to get this .

Speaker 1 52:07

Well , I mean in chat GPT we got a little thing going , okay , but I thought it was . It's like reading your horoscope you today will meet a person .

Speaker 2 52:17

Yeah , it's pretty accurate .

Speaker 1 52:19

There are some definite flaws that I'll point out when you get into it , you'll have a conflict today . Okay , yeah , I know you will think thoughts . Yeah , scott Cue Marcus , resident of Eureka , has led a remarkable life defined by personal transformation and commitment to wellness . So what wellness is ? Kind of Wellness Plays into . I think it's a good word . Yeah , I do too .

Speaker 2 52:37

Bored with a passion for , and I'm going to do a buzz . When it's wrong , I go . When it's wrong , I'll give you the bell here . Okay , you can give me the bell .

Speaker 1 52:44

I got the bell . There we go . Okay , he's going to ring the bell . If this gets weird , I'll ring the bell if it's incorrect . Born with a passion for health and fitness .

Speaker 2 52:52

I feel speaking of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad . What was the name of the guy who sat there in the wheelchair ?

Speaker 1 53:02

Oh yeah , that guy . Okay , marcus struggled with his weight in his earlier years . I don't know bell there .

Speaker 2 53:07

No , that's true , that's true .

Speaker 1 53:08

That's definitely true . However , this challenge became a catalyst for his journey toward a healthier lifestyle . That's true . Marcus Storie is one of resilience and determination .

Speaker 2 53:17

Okay , okay , sure , I'll take it . I'll take it , I'll give you that .

Speaker 1 53:20

Okay , he overcame obesity and embarked on a mission to share his experience and knowledge with others . Okay , he became a certified fitness trainer . Do you see ? Do you like it now ? Well-discoach and a motivational speaker .

Speaker 2 53:36

Yeah , yeah , okay .

Speaker 1 53:38

Using his own journey as a source of inspiration for countless individuals seeking to improve their lives .

Speaker 2 53:42

Okay , so far yeah , is this all that ?

Speaker 1 53:44

BSE . Yet that's so far pretty . Should I continue , please ? Okay , we have time . I got a bell , nick , are we good ? One of his most notable achievements in his book , the Weight Loss Diaries .

Speaker 2 53:58

I never wrote that book .

Speaker 1 54:00

Well , not that you remember .

Speaker 2 54:02

I even looked that book up . It's written by a woman and it has nothing to do with me . She happens to be a weight loss person . But I looked it up because I'm where did it ? It talks about the books . I wrote nine books . You did a lot of other books I wrote . I've written nine books , some of them about weight loss . One of them specifically about weight loss , and then I wrote a self-help pamphlet thing .

Speaker 1 54:23

So I wonder how AI assigned you this book . Her name is Carrie .

Speaker 2 54:26

Something or another ? Carrie Marcus ? No , it's not .

Speaker 1 54:30

Beyond is writing . Scott Marcus has been a sought after speaker Okay , delivering motivational talks , I like that . Workshops and health and wellness Okay . And personal growth all over Humboldt and beyond yeah . His passion for helping others transform their lives has earned him recognition and respect in the community .

Speaker 2 54:48

Okay , and that's what I'm talking about .

Speaker 1 54:51

Okay , in summary , scott Q Marcus's life is a story . Life story is a testament of the power of personal determination and the ability to inspire others . Okay , when I claim you as a friend on occasion , people know you from weight watchers .

Speaker 2 55:13

Yeah , the weight watcher guy , the weight watcher guy who works for what ? 25 , 30 years 34 years , are you still a ?

Speaker 1 55:17

part of it . Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 2 55:22

After COVID things went crazy and I became the sole employee up here . And then they said well , you know , we can put you on standby and then call you back when we need you . And I asked the supervisor how often have they called somebody back ? She said oh , they never have . I said well then why are you putting me on standby ? Why would you do this Just cut me loose , yeah and no , thank you . No , nothing , bitterness , not much . They just cut me loose , not even an email , just by 34 years .

Speaker 1 55:48

What was it ? Love you , see you by ? In summary , marcus's life story is a power of testament , a personal determination and the ability to inspire others From overcoming obesity and becoming a successful author .

Speaker 2 56:02

Okay , now I've got nine books , I'll give you that Nine books . Yeah , that would be see . And I write a column and hey , okay , that's an author , that's an author .

Speaker 1 56:09

Yeah , it's author-esque and a motivational speaker . He has left an indulable mark in the world of health and fitness .

Speaker 2 56:17

Indulable . I guess the definition is . What is here's a bell going ? What's the definition of indulable ? So my last question to you is there's the bell , the bell tolleth .

Speaker 1 56:28

My last question is what do you want them to say about you at your eulogy ? What are we going to say and what is the tombstone read ?

Speaker 2 56:38

I had to for practitioner training . I had to write my own funeral service . Oh nice , which is quite an eye-opener , I bet , and I don't remember . So we each had to write it and read it , and I picked the music . What songs I want ? My overwriting song is by OneRepublic .

Speaker 1 57:08

Down to the music .

Speaker 2 57:09

Yeah , oh yeah , I got five songs . You know five songs , and the closing song is I Lived by OneRepublic and I think I want to . I don't know what I have . I don't know if I put anything . Well , first of all , I'm not going to have a gravestone , Because I actually , after I had the cancer scare earlier this year and found out that I don't have it , thank God I decided to start getting my life , my end of life affairs in order and got in touch getting universe into what you need . So , after I get this cancer scared , there's on a telephone pole , of all places , a flyer for end of life planning . I go , all right , well , thanks yours , let's go do it . Tear that phone number off . Yeah , so you know , I just took a photograph of it .

Speaker 2 58:01

But I , so I've got a cremation plan . I will be a tree . There's a type of cremation thing where they plant you and in the ground you turn into a tree and someday I will be shade for travelers and a place for birds to be and some funny tasting apples . I actually want to be a golden changer . I love golden chains . Those are beautiful . Yeah , we used to have one in our backyard .

Speaker 1 58:23

Oh , they're great yeah .

Speaker 2 58:26

So I don't have a eulogy or a one line on a gravestone thing , but I would like to be remembered as , again , kind . Compared with the way I described myself a little while ago made a difference . That I left ever since I was a small child I remember one of the drivers I've had is to do good to leave the world a little better than I found it To this day . I told I mentioned my fears about what's going on in the world . I have that much tolerance for intolerance for people who persecute others . The whole thing in Ukraine just rips me apart . They're like you and me and Nick and just there were people doing this . And now and one can argue that I'm not a fan of Netanyahu and what his government has done , so I , and certainly what Hamas has done . There is no excuse for it whatsoever . That is not equal retaliation .

Speaker 2 59:35

That is just brutality , depravity . But I look at innocent Israelis and Palestinians who had nothing to do with that but just trying to live their lives and have now been just literally destroyed . It hurts my heart and I want to do something to make . I can't fix the big world , I can barely fix that map but to make this little section of the world a better place than how I found it , in whatever way that is .

Speaker 1 1:00:13

Amen brother , good word , thank you . And so it is , and so it shall be . Hey , appreciate you , my friend and my brother , you too , my brother , and actually say I love you on , love you too , live . Well , we're recording , aren't ?

Speaker 2 1:00:26

we Are , we live . Not really Okay , I'm alive . Say . I'm one of those guys who can say I love you to a man . I can do that . Love you back . There you go .

Speaker 1 1:00:34

All right , are we going to keep saying it ?

Speaker 2 1:00:35

Sure Repeat that again , please . Actually , we slept together .

Speaker 1 1:00:39

I kind of like that when you say it when you talk to me like that , appreciate you being on . Thanks , we'll do it again .

Speaker 2 1:00:44

Can I do one quick plug ?

Speaker 1 1:00:45

Oh , please Plug away .

Speaker 2 1:00:46

It's a wonderful life

Upcoming Radio Play at Theater

Speaker 2 1:00:47

. The radio play Uh-huh , it's going to be like a 1940s radio show . I play one of five actors . My character is Harry Jaspow Heywood . He's a comedian in the mid-40s . He doesn't really exist and , please , everybody , come and see it . I will be playing 10 voices , including Clarence the Angel , uncle Billy , harry Bailey , the hero who was also in the location of the Omersome Rounds , sam Wainwright . And who else do I play ? Ernie , the cab driver , who will be done with the Yiddish dialect . Perfect , we're changing him up . But that'll be North Coast Repertory Theater November 17th to December 10th . After a year like this , you got to have some fun and it's a family play , nice yeah .

Speaker 1 1:01:36

And CRT downtown Eureka .

Speaker 2 1:01:37

North Coast Repertory Theater F&D .

Speaker 1 1:01:39

I think I've got it . It's right here in downtown Eureka . Yeah , there we go Right .

Speaker 2 1:01:44

The same block as Starbucks .

Speaker 1 1:01:46

And you live right over here . You could walk to the theater right .

Speaker 2 1:01:49

I actually do sometimes .

Speaker 1 1:01:50

Yeah , it's right there . Yeah , hey , I appreciate you , thank you .