182: Mermen and Mermaids, Doulas, and Matt Is Mean to Colchester

On this week’s show:

• Happy International Mermaid Day
• Weeki Wachee
• Opening Day thoughts, Matt?
• Jeon Jong-seo
• Do you have an eclipse plan?
• VT data privacy act
• Burlington police warn of GPS tracking devices
• Car thefts continue to climb as lawmakers debate stricter penalties
• VT’s most popular creemee stand for sale
• Birch syrup?
• Sen. Sears, Gov. Scott applaud Senate approval of a bill cracking down on drugs
• Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition 
• Doulas want to be used more
• Are we surprised that the dude who built your house was high on opioids?
• Vermont Supreme Court suspends law license of Addison County’s 

(1:12:24)  Break music: Whiskey Priest - “Whiskey”

https://whiskeypriestband.bandcamp.com/track/whiskey 

• New VT spelling champ
• Lyndon covered bridge hit by truck yet again 
• St J getting a co-op
• Animals in Colchester blowing through school bus stops
• Saint Albans girl wins national archery contest
• Skateboarding class in Brandon
•  VT book banning policies
•  80-year-old VT couple prepare original musical
•  VT woman writes horny rock star novel

 (1:41:40) Break music: Freddie Losambe - “Burnout”

https://freddielosambe.bandcamp.com/track/burnout 

• Scumbag Map
• Police thank public for help finding South Burlington shootings suspects
• Stealing from the disabled in Essex Junction
• Attempted home invasion in Saint Albans
• 3 arrested in Saint J stabbing
• Newport serial arsonist
•  Newport man kidnapping charges
•  Hydraulic theft
• Barre police log
• Barre City vandal
• Florida man causes havoc in Barre
• Montpelier peeping tom and others

Thanks for listening!

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Outro Music by B-Complex

Chapters

• 6:14 Weeki Wachee
• 7:57 Opening Day thoughts, Matt?
• 8:40 ...quick sidebar about that...Jeon Jong-seo
• 8:50 ...eyes bulging out
• 9:52 Red Socks Red Legs
• 10:40 ...they punch their own mascots
• 11:54 Mascots
• 12:53 Our Champ
• 18:29 Do you have an eclipse plan?
• 31:15 ...that will never last
• 1:05:06 Are we surprised that the dude who built your house was high on opioids?
• 1:15:35 New VT spelling champ
• 1:23:00 St J getting a co-op
• 1:25:36 Animals in Colchester blowing through school bus stops
• 1:27:47 maybe they're holding out for BBQ

Transcript

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What's up, Vermont? On this episode we discover GLOW'S new merman fetish. We think about what the heck duelers are good for anyway Figure out that Linden needs a troll for their bridge Matt shits on Coldchester The scumbag map And so much more Greenhouse Steak, it's covered and smothered like a Waffle House plate Kick back relax and put us in your ears Like VPR with couple of beers Get caught up Welcome to Vermont Ketchup with Matt I'm Matt Glow I'm Glow. You want to wind up? What, you're going to wind and glow saving it for later All right And Adam we are a weekly run on everything going down in the Green Mountain State Happy International Mermaid Day Glow Okay Don't know if Matt's gonna back me Up on this but there is something that you might not know about Mermaids. Women might not realize about mermaids Okay, first of all they're not real But go ahead You just ruined it I mean we don't know what's down under the sea No but anything we have found doesn' t look like a mermaid Well yeah burn everything Well you know Okay so where do you think they'll be living then that We haven'' been to Under the sea. Where? Under the sea is big! We're talking big Now we're agreeing, now we are on same side The Sea is Big This See's Bigger See Is Bad Okay you got me there So I don't know about Matt but was raised in an era where mermaids were sexualized You know like to see guys turning anything into some sexual thing Jeez, I'm a half fish you know. i can't describe the mechanics but look Matt Splash Yep The Little Mermaid And now they were sexy? Wait A minute We're talking Disney Oh splash Well splashes where it started Right That's Hana Daryll Hanna Oh okay Darrylle Hanna Yeah Yeah, yeah. Very tall you know beautiful blonde hasn't done much since she's a mermaid so we'll call her long Long? Okay Put some respect on our name Matt do you have any uh secret hidden mermaid fetish No Weeki Wachee remember weekie wachee I've never done the weekie watchy Do you know people who watch Yuzoglobe? I do! Because they used to have it in movies. Didn'they?! Maybe, someone filmed it once Somehow...I donno somehow knew about them They are people who women of course They're not mermen they'r mermaids This is mermaid day Mermaid men get a day I wonder what they would look like. Well, you can imagine right? They're just hairless men from the waist up and fish from the waist down But okay so they won't have boobs is their only difference No yes like a mermaid is woman They have as you say boobs and I don't know what else, and then mermen have... Yo. Have what? Think whatever fish have But how come the mermaid ends up okay it's the top half i just answered my own question but You want a merman that only has Top half fish, bottom half man A man-mer? I just thought the......I just thought the halves Just a fish that went around and Freaking dog flubbing around No no i was thinking That the halves started below Genitals Below what?! Genital But it has to be at way So if happens below genitals Then you got like How do you, what are your legs doing? Like what... You're right. You're right So it would just be a boobless mermaid Well with like pectoral muscles Probably got good abs Imagine they arre swimmers They got like swimmer frame Yeah Your righ Big shoulders Oh see now your coming around Yeah, yeah. To the mermaid! Glo has a new fetish... It's mermaids My friend Bert There is great picture of him He got to jump in the water with the mermaids At Wiki Watchi? Yes at Wiki Watchi We didn't explain what Wiki watch was by way Yeah it says theme thing in Florida where These women they dress up like Mermaid And they do little shows underwater They have these air hoses they breathe from and they stay underwater for a long time, and they swim around with their mermaid outfits. Yeah so there's great picture of him How old was he? It was just few years ago So it would be in his 50 or 60 I thought that is like kid No no That don't know how you ended up i've seen the picture its really cool Well they must have asked for audience participation He must have been very enthusiastic He's got street clothes on, he is like... Is it still going? Yeah I think so. What is called again ? Weekee Watchee WEEKEEEEE WATCHEE Sounds like some fake made up Indian name right Oh yeah The camera its not in Pinellas County It think the next one up Can't remember what that was Its by Beverly Hills Yeah Up there Yeah, it's on the closer to the west side. It was West of Ocala Oklahoma Right? I don't ever venture on that side To riffraff Think is the opposite Alright so we learned a lot about each other in that little segment Matt opening day was yesterday two days ago I can't remember. Yankees yesterday opening day, they were down four to nothing second inning came back to win the game 5-4 their new star Juan Soto had a good day threw out guy at home plate in the ninth inning keep game keep team ahead Yeah baseball They never started on Thursday before it's really weird used To be Tuesday Why is It not Saturday? Yeah, I don't know. Honestly do not know how they schedule these things It used to be the first game was always played Actually the first game was played in Korea this year The firt two games were played in Korea Quick sidebar about that Speaking of Mermaids This Korean actress threw out the pitch First pitch And the dugouts were, they were paying attention to put it mildly. Especially the Dodger Dugout Why? Was she some bombshell I mean shes wearing skin tight baseball outfit She's been most likely enhanced in certain areas based on her genetics probably thats not a naturally occurring thing So yeah She's in one of our favorite movies, Bernie. Yeah but she doesn't seem like a sexpot or whatever you would say in that movie Just seems like 20 year old kind of... Kinda yeah mess But yeah it was funny The look on those guys Looked liker cartoon with their eyes bulging out You know Right right Yeah they actually started For a hundred years, the first game was always played in Cincinnati because they were the only original team left. They were the first team in Cincinnati called Red Stockings Now they're called The Red Legs It's because of where...they wore red socks Yeah They'r eThe Reds right? Yeah Cincinnai-Red He did say ThE rEd LeGs Well that what their real name is The Red Legs? Yeah, yeah. It used to be How did they survive the communist witch hunt I don't know Red Socks Red Legs You know Boston They were originally the Cincinnati red stockings and then it was red legs And now its just reds Was that meant......I dont understand what mascots were mean Are mascot's meant To like instill terror in your enemy Your rival No they're mostly make fun of them They, they... I don't know the Philly Fanatic and the Chicken. They're the two greatest mascots of all time They were just really good at just making fun Of other team and that kind stuff Sometimes we get punched Who would punch a mascot? You mean Philly fans Yeah yeah it's true But then punch their own mascots It was probably husband of the woman who, the Philly Fanatic took a wig off. No you were there right? I was there i actually watched him do it Say that again The Philly Fanatic at the game and like watching him more than in game so im following around and he goes up to this woman He must have figured out It was wig And pulls if off Oh my god Yeah So maybe its husband Or not even just Not even husband, anybody. Could have been her! So the flip-flag is just a jerk? Yeah well it'supposed to be kind of... The chicken was the same way you know He was the original What were they chicken and mascot off San Diego Padres San Diego Chicken Oh shouldn't he have been priest It would..He sponsored by some chicken outfit And it became Off that charts popular You know and then And he, they ended up taking the chicken away from the guy. Cause they own the rights to it and wouldn't let him do it anymore Oh yeah He's dead too Yeah So and then a Philly fanatic is probably The most teams don''' have mascots But his best whoever that now I think Champa pretty good Well Champa minor league Not even in minor leagues チャンピオンはバーリングトゥーンの 上にいることを言わないといけません。 他人から見たら、子供向きですよね? あなたがウイルスなしで何かしてるようになったりしますね そうですね。彼女達も他のチームへの敵だと思うので そこまで面白くするように頑張っています じゃあそれでも… もしかしたらいつもの話ではありませんけど I'm not pulling wigs off, jeez like what the... that's crazy. That is cruel It was like taking someone crutch and throwing it in Yeah Yeah i wonder if this person doing chemo and nobody knew about My god Philippe you've gone too far You know you just brought back a great memory Elaine &I were roller skating together In the rink What year are we? What age ar eyou paint picture Okay Maybe around Around 15 and early 70s so okay. Yeah, disco was king yeah but Anyway were over there you know we're holding hands and we accidentally run over a woman And her way On our roller skates She lying down I I can't remember, but i just know that her wig went flying across the room. Did you guys were holding hands? No no! Wait wait... Did your clothes liner...? Maybe?! You're a flying lariat It was in Palmerton Pennsylvania What were you doing there Because my friend's neighbors moved ther when there was a big boom, when they were... A big Palmerton boom. There was! There were smelting factories and My God That sounds like Where you moving to? You know where they make the have the smelting factories Did she move Charles Dickens era London Like Smelting Okay but do you wanna hear The sad part I thought Smeltin' Was Yes Because Because many years later decades later when I used to backpack the Adirondack what trail is that? It's a trail. i think it''s the Adirondack goes through there and It actually has big signs painted warning very dangerous you know high whatever or don't go through, or if you're pregnant Or something like that It'sort of like your life is in your own hands at this point If you're going forward So it looked lik e I landed on Mars Those hills We used to pick wild blueberries And we made actually a couple pies This pie tastes smelt No, see that's just when it was starting. And you know immigrants in Newark thought well why not you know let us move there although these were more like American at this point but so yeah they chose to move there and of course when went I visited when i was a kid It is lush beautiful because they just probably had started it. They were taking whatever or whatever and then turning and it became a toxic where It just killed petrified, that's It looked like the petrified forest That was what I felt like to think I was up there before all that happened, and having a great summer. Well summer one week One week knocking out old ladies So yeah we're not for Palmerton in Pennsylvania This old lady or i keep saying oldy Was she Old Young the woman you run over? Like what wa sher You' re 15 so maybe everyone seems But like Probably inner thirties She had wig Yeah I mean, who knows? She could have been a cancer victim. Maybe she was on this secret rendezvous having an affair and you exposed her Well she went running to the bathroom crying And that's where she stayed t he rest of tonight You didn't go in after here Elaine & l tried We-I mean...l think we did..we finally said''We are sorry'' Yeah Did apologize too But even at 15 if you did'nt do it...you'd be forgiven cause Yknow Fifteen year old Yeah, but I mean we did not do it intently. Sure and you weren't gunning for her But being clumsy Being stupid And being 15 And not really Anyway It was all those wig stories All these wig stories Alright We're moving on Vermont stuff Do y'all have an eclipse plan? I'm kind of starting to get a little bit worried about like, not worried-worried but like now iIm thinking do much shopping on Thursday because the whole weekend is going to be screwed up right? Like if it happens on Monday they're coming earlier. They expect A lot Of people come that day just that day you drive Up from someplace From around Vermont If You' re On the interstate It's gonna Be Parking Lot But They think That Is The safe Place To It's just nobody moving, you know? My brother and his wife are going to be here. We're gonna pet sitting we don't even know where because I have animals so stay where they ar You think they'll freak out No Because we don't know how long it's gonna take to get back if the traffic is what people expect. Probably better off walking anywhere you go, right? Well... I mean Back in the day without- We would be able to walk it but that was a good 8 miles 10 miles No no Don' think its ten miles But probably five or six Just like walking someplace thats good enough To look at sun The sun will pretty high up the sky right it's not gonna get yeah I know and mean it sounds like razor beam down right through Burlington. And,I think its going of course to be able to hope that South Burlington won't really be much of a difference at all or not at all. I don't know, i'm no astronomer we you know We originally thought that would do it watch here but since were down there probably have them come down there Your family? Yeah Oh just let them stay here yeah No What d'you mean They are staying her for just tha day But okay Yeah You're going to make them deal with all the stuff they come down early in the morning, you know? We can't come up here early in the morning and be here all day because we have animals. Unless brought dogs No not doing that Nah nah Nah Nuh-huh Well Yeah They don' listen At All That's fair We'd be taking care of them more than watching or taking care of ourselves. Boston Globe had an article the other day that said, The place to Be? St John's Berry Interesting No kidding! But yet your brother just got a room only two nights ago I mean he called two days for Friday and Saturday night Because his going over there visit our family before eclipse he'so but yeah they just said that there would be less people, less traffic same kind of you know it is still on the trajectory whatever Elevated right? Elevated. It has elevated a little more than we are So But yeah so they expected lot more people now They're expecting... Now they'r saying 220 thousand or something I don't know In Vermont What? What do you mean, extra people. I know what's the total you're talking about Well we've got like 40-45 here now so 265 Yeah just not in Chittenden County but in the state of Vermont Phew! Still a lot people Our infrastructure can't handle that kind stuff My wife was like when they get here they are going to be very disappointed with how small it is I hope they don't stay. They want them to be disappointed They want them to turn around and go right back where they came from No, i dont want this is a commercial So we should all rude strangers that day Oh come on Right? Hey excuse me but im trying like oh fuck yourself This Vermont We should all buy those phony antennas And walk around tha whole da and try to walk by as many of these visitors as possible. What do you mean, phony antennas? You know like a Martian... What?! Like walk around like Martians We're martians So we know the ones that are visitors versus You weren't ready for our martian disguise I think that depends on the weather too Do you imagine if you do book a room? Maybe that's why your brother was able to get the room just two days ago. There is no way that anyone in Vermont can predict the weather more than week out, more then day out Well maybe they looked ahead and said well maybe we're gonna wait till Saturday Feel it ou Oh I see what your saying Yeah maybe You know what i mean Mabye Because they are afraid to book and then have to pay anyway, and then not want really come if it's going To be raining. So we're still going Have something Oh yeah With the rain Yeah I mean Come on It should get dark Dark stormy night Yeah At 230 That would Be Really cool Well Don't you think? Yeah And it'd another you know different experience than it not raining but what the heck It'll be nice to have something like other than the pandemic of like where were you when? You know, it's gonna have like another point. I knew whre was 9-11 I do, too. Yeah Where were you when Kennedy was shot? Oh yeah! That's right That day is still in my memory So these are the ones It is about Kennedy The moon landing Yes July 69 Now, the next one for me and I'm skipping about 15 years is The Challenger. What's in between? No no Vietnam coming home from Vietnam something like that Oh yeah That was it where they pulled out Because there was a long drawn-out process Wasn't like one moment Martin Luther King maybe You know It wasn´t before Yeah thank you Before the moon landing That 68 Yeah, between Reagan getting shot and the hostages. Too bad! Reaganomics right? And why there is no middle class Thank you Mr Reagan Thank you for ruining everything Sorry Those are the main ones I know Berlin Wall? I don't remember where it was. Yeah, me neither But i was at home watching my mom's TV Is there anything between the Challenger and 9-11 And the Challenger is a Florida thing Was that big for you as well Oh yeah Me too You were closer though We were kids Oh My Gosh Like in person Watching It Well he walked outside of Mrs Peden classroom and she's like, we're gonna watch the space shuttle. And it went up and it exploded and were like yay! Cause'we don't know that was wrong then totally kids go back inside It was just lights out quiet time yeah I always said my grandparents place in Eastern Manatee County We could see across the state we could see it how kind of went lighted and also like that you know so yeah those are the ones I remember. i think, trying to think if there's anything else 9-11 911 That was the last one wasn't? Yeah Now we got The Eclipse Well We have It Yeah But not everybody else Are missing something Else You know What is one Which Is One That Like Just Remember Because Personally Was like it's just a weird day for me when Trump got elected. Yeah, because our friend who used to live here and me were on we're getting...we're flying To Taiwan fo conference which is jus the wierd week right I was Just like everyone in Taiwan going huh what happened? It was good We don't know i think have totally forgotten about all that Because they just bothered me so much. Still does, but well we'll see when the 8th is it the eighth? April Yes All right moving on Vermont passed a Data Privacy Act so people will have more control people can access correct and even delete information that businesses have about them What You're gonna ask questions I also want to I forgot, so you ask it. My question is how? Like how does this work like what does it mean like that's why my card at market 32 they have all the information to go to their website and can access your computers am editing It actually don't know also as people opt out of their data being used for targeted advertising That nice Yeah Can just opted out Can I just click a button to opt out of all of it forever, always? Like that's what i want. And when like go each business' website and read through their- l don't even know why have an email anymore because that is all get as crap Yeah Again maybe from occasionally from Glow occasionally for my brother That pretty much yet Listeners send Matt in email Yeah You speak exciting getting any Right It's just like the mail in front of their house. Yeah, it used to be exciting to get a letter and then it was exciting somebody left message on my answering machine You come home you see the beep I hope its lady but not exciting anymore No that is so funny Is exactly The same process I go to my mailbox, grab my mail and throw it in the garbage. Then i delete all of the messages It's like a garbage man with personal information And that is where texts are probably going ahead Because that took over email The same thing you can do on your phone Email or text Actually just put your phone directly into lake Yeah...I already don't like texts I don't like text conversations. What do you mean, you're a Reddit-only... It's been around and we've had to use it more so now that You're involved You should have had all those...I dunno what i'm saying Yeah but But he is saying like He still doesn´t liket..i dont know Im the one speaking for yo Matt Just dont want typing See And im not doing all of tha This bothers me No Yeah Id love hear from people Bu Dont get in long conversation If we're going to do a conversation, we've gotta email. Because then I can take my time Well it depends man You can take your time on text It just depends o the vibe Yeah A guy texts me back every 3 months Oh hey! That's cool The delayed texts So i get this like What is thi about? And then go back and ask him I remember being on business in California in the early nineties and saw somebody doing this out of Blackberry or something or something. And asked my person, what are they doing? They're sending messages text messages really with a phone Yeah way out as is Yeah, that'll never last. That was my first impression! That will never last Oh no way People love face to face communication too much and that'l never change It's just total opposite Yeah The big question is how does this work? This is where the 15th state passes So I don't know Unfortunately it a Channel 3 story We don'' get lot of information That's fine. I love Channel 3, but they give me just enough to fill in the blanks But sometimes you want more Whenever it is like a channel three staff You are like oh no It means that it has been combined with AI and some Filipino teenager Which was fun We loved the Filipino teens No we do not love The Filipino teens Because of this They appreciate Filipinos as whole Correction Moving on Here's a weird story. Speaking of technology, Montreal criminals are putting air tags on tourists' cars Do you know what an air tag is honey? It is the location device thing that you can use on your iPhone The size quarter So like put your keys in it or something If you're always losing keys Or kids Put them under the kid I see you put your kids pocket or something. You know, so yeah they're doing this to steal cars So they wait until they go To park at the airport Leave their car and They know more less How long they are going be Something like that? Or is that too sophisticated I don'totally know it's not again channel 3 love channel three they do to there leave a lot to the imagination so its unclear and maybe then maybe the cops will even know but its unclear how they're using It. They're just finding them yeah, So There is couple of theories one kind glow what you said like their Maybe like oh this car that easy steal I'm going to track it till the guy gets out and then steal it, or like a Hyundai Elantra. Or maybe they are putting drugs in people's cars tagging them they cross the border unknowing that they're carrying little bit of drugs and just get out later you know? Wow did you come up with thank no It is on store Oh well Yeah criminal mastermind Oh my god, they're stealing these they're stealing cars to send to Africa and Russia Really? Yeah. It's also way be like even just track that process right like you know if I'm dealing with My African warlord and he was lik Like it do in accent let say Let me see Let'say he is like, hey what is up with the new cars that are coming this month? I'm like no Warlord. No warlord! Look at my evidence Maybe it will be a way to guarantee your shipment Is getting there It was crazy You think they want my car Are you offering me as tribute Do they want your car Speaking of which car thefts, they're trying to add some stricter penalties to... The thing about the stricter penalties of car theft is there's a story Of this woman Ellen Labonte I'm sure you'e her sweetheart She probably having cocktail Probably enjoy Oh my god Shes left your running while she went and dunked donuts for breakfast order She did it every morning. She says she does it every morning, probably since she's been driving and shes done this And comes out the other day? Car is gone Duh Yeah Sorry Ellen but like you know That was t he craziest thing I mean what if shs afraid that...is like a diesel and its cold down tha car will freeze up No no just everyday because not afraid somebody gonna steal it yeah this is Vermont. What's the town? 70 year old, South Burlington Williston Road so you know I mean like she that so sad though i saw her interviewed and watched the clip and seemed fine She just was astonished that anybody would do that. That, that'so here is this woman who has kept her innocence until she 70 years old? I mean really i just Who knows what she skipped So do you think we could recruit her to our gang of vigilante justice Do We have one Oh not yet No starts with one recruit It''s coming Oh sure, you do the reaching out. Okay fair enough But anyways there's hardly any laws There is nothing with any bite to them Car theft used to be big offense You know years ago now it just happens so often It funny that we are poking fun at Ellen For the same thing that like the law, it's a lot more is like oh car theft? Oh is that the problem okay. Like they don't know either right everyone was completely out of touch unless you're out of Chittenden County I don' know but You Know The Northeast Kingdom But we sure got A problem here in Shitten In county Hell yeah Like Like Yeah Your Pointing to my parking space Yeah All Right Moving on This Is sad Or not I'm not sure. Vermont's most popular creamy stand is for sale have never heard of this place blow glow you might it in Montpelier No, its no Nope sorry and their name Dairy Cream Yeah Cliffin Lori Dodger decided to put the cherry on top of their dessert career Yep Wait a minute, 27 seasons? I may not... l may be- Four seasons in year. You see that's less than seven years! No ,I've actually been here in Burlington for so long that it may have come after me Now 1997 Twenty seveN What aml talking about It was right around 1997 Oh, sorry. I take that back Yeah Did they advertise in the Middlesex Occasional do you think? Yeah They're getting their business going That's it So You know In being the creamy aficionado that you are i'm surprised you have not heard of this place Not ever heard if Don'think its made any top 10 Top 20 list No no trying to throw shade Maybe It is more Of Cool Maybe Its more Like one Spots Where like you got to kind of find it, like know how good it is. When do they close? I might make a trip up there What's their last date They're going to be new owners So then they'll never go Is there picture on them They stay open until new owner found and sale final so they are open Yeah Even say that 2024 opening date has not yet been determined How come your heart isn't in You'r eopen now It 85 degrees outside Go over There ar some clips coming People are going to want creamies. Come on, exactly all right I wonder why your business failed suckers Moving on Globe Do you know You ever heard of birch syrup? Nope Matt have you ever heard a birch syrup That's why i put this On Never heard Of it Imagine It wouldn't be that good As maple With that Oh wait Would definitely Be A different taste There is less sugar Is the third Less Sugar Okay So So there's only a third of the sugar that maple has, so it takes more of it to make one gallon. Oh right! Of course and because birch is softwoods thats why also we have more water than maple Looking kind-a softer over there Birchh Is the juice not worth squeeze? This guy, he only makes 20 to 30 gallons a season so that's not really A whole lot. I think he just does it maybe as the novelty? i've never heard of It Yeah yeah Its'a fraction Of this sugar content compared To maple You need three times The amount Sap Together Amount Syrup So But He doesn't say Where you can buy Or Goes well In sauces Glazes And tonics It might not have its place on pancakes, but he says it goes well with sauces and glazes and tonics. So it's no for babies? No It is a grown up syrup Yeah We're soft! Don't put in the paper that we are softer I feel like i'm gonna be somewhere at sometime soon and we're going to hear the most hipster phrase, would you like our birch syrup glaze on that bison burger? Those guys with rubber bands in their beard or something those kind of misters I think we've cycled out of those guys. Okay, we're outta those guys? Yeah...I don't know like obviously i'm not trafficking the most hipsterish circles but yeah probably way behind on the hipsters That's a probably It was like..i am not sure buuuuutt Me too man! Like what are hipsters doing All right, moving on. Your boy Dick Sears Yeah he's happy I feel like if i just say without any context like Senator dick is happy It has a different meaning So they old Dick Sears and Phil Scott on the same page II kind of get the vibe that these two guys get along well I think so. They're kind of like mid of their parties, right? Well they are probably two or three most powerful people in Montpelier too The other guy up here owns the farm stand Mazza Yeah when these guys behind closed doors just revert to their good old boy talk Whatever we don't care about party lines Have a bourbon Phil, have bourbon Dick. Let's hang out That is what good about Montpelier though I think there is lot of that It was one thing that good about Monteplier Not lots of goods So this the crime bill They said since it passed There has been less shootings But how come they work so fast? Shootings have gone down When wasn't passed Seems like fairly new Yeah wait man They just passed Hey man we pass on Thursday No, she's not frightened. She looks like a pretty good filmie! It is working Not only is it effective It' s fast So this what would do so Would ensure accountability for people selling drugs that have fentanyl or thi xylizine? I don't know The heck Is that Oh no Like Took me years to understand what fentanil was Now Xylizene Actually sounds kind of helpful Right Right. It sounds like a dental thing, right? I think you should change your mouthwash to this new one that has xylosine You go okay That's Dean Xylo-Dean Well maybe XYLODEAN is the helpful one XYLOZINE is the drugs All these junkies are trying get better teeth So it was making so if you sell those it's easier to prosecute you saying like, you can't say I didn´t know. Like...—I didn' t know the fentanyl was in there and whatever i'm selling Yeah So Glo let imagine because Matt put himself out there Let say Mat sells me some heroin Uh-huh And im like cool mat thanks for a heroin You're welcome Good transaction A five star review so go downstairs an ido my heroin And I die, and then they're like oh that heroin was really just full of fentanyl. And Matt could say i didn't know But with this law it's like no you knew and now he is more liable for my death than previously So what would be the proof that He IS Now More Liable Than HE WAS Just saying Wasn'nt idk or What so how are they gonna do that What do you mean? I don't understand your question. You mean like, how do they know he's the one who sold me heroin No Never mind How are you supposed to know that The assumption is that He does knows They're taking that guesswork out Oh but thats what i'm saying Where it prove for Like how they gonna prove In eyes of law Matt not a heroin dealer His fentanyl dealer Ok Which is much worse. I don't know, never mind Well the reason currently someone can argue they're unaware that fentanyl which is virtually all drugs used in overdose deaths was a drug they sold or distributed Similarity the presence of xylosine which about half drugs involved fatal overdoses We've never even heard it It could be assumed that fentanyl is in all of this stuff, or xyloseine. And they can also pick up people who they think have been to these drug houses and they have appear at court the next day then they can't go within a thousand feet if it's picked again so it just like... which has stricter let us not just pick someone put them back on street seems like trying trying to do that less. Probably every small town in Vermont, or not everybody but a lot of small towns in Vermont have drug houses and everyone knows who they are Yeah and everybody knows who the drug people are It's all like... In this small town like that you're likey yeah there goes FentanyL Freddy And it is also now 16-18 year olds could be charged as an adult for carrying firearm while committing felony aggravated stalking or drug trafficking. Yeah, that's just for the gangs because that who is coming up here 16 year olds with guns It is always weird I know there has to be a line somewhere but thinking back to my own childhood it doesn't feel like big difference between me being 15 and 60 Like you know Idon' tknow You should think 14 Yes That too Kids are getting older faster You know, the much more mature like you know seven year already. Some people want to make it 21 What's that? Some people want to make the law twenty one The...you have be twenty one get charged with anything Oh no! No Nah sorry If your using a gun at fifteen Then your an adult Ya'know lets just put it tha way I think Republican Adam checking in here. Okay, we lost our fear the youth need more fear right like consequences the harsh consequences you know tough story yep speaking of Phil Scott Matt you feel on here that his education secretary from Florida is getting some criticism yeah he hires this person from floor up Of all places, you want to get people from educators from Florida up here. No...you don't Seems like not the move It's just stupid When I first saw this last week What the hell is wrong with him? And now there is a big stink A lot of people don´t wanna approve her Which was really rare in Montpelier What did she doing Like..I didn ´read that I'm trying to find it. She was and she had very limited most of what she worked with charter schools What's exactly at charter school? Yeah you tell us that Because im not really ever sure Honestly 100% no It can kind of be anything Like the Montessori maybe That is very positive comparison And I think it's more like a way to get around public education standards. But you petition and they allow you To have school, oftentimes religious Yeah Oh okay And it is made under the guise of serving the underserved But I think it's mostly like they're money makers. That is why a lot of people, especially in Florida are trying to discredit and destroy public education because they want everything to go these charter schools which they can control and make money from They'r doing it Tennessee right now too Well Tennessee Yeah vouchers Good luck There running through this voucher thing And not listening anybody Yeah It''s right wing movement across the south Yeah, they realize that like homeschool gets a bad stigma because you know so they're trying to make this it's like oh it sounds more legitimate charter school but really is just another weird school. She was something at Broward County Public School she wasn'there very long she spent five years as chief education officer her for the city of Fort Lauderdale. That was her job before, or last job which was in public schools and Broward County but yeah most she has very little public school experience Well look I think that is across the board if you go to The Vermont Agencies Education like if you Go talk To people who are making policy decisions Like how many years did You spend In a public School classroom Yeah It's like, uh well I did my research for six months like watching another teacher you know it's like they don't have it because It sucks. They didn' t have to do It had a different path and should Be requirement Like at least five years Maybe okay Me also At least three Years of Like You know Public school service with You Know A certain Benchmark Of Lik Ratings From Your Supervisor Right Or Whatever Like, you can't just be there. But yeah man it's all fucked and like It is so funny because if you go to any school There are probably two or three teachers Who have all the solutions Just no one is listening them You know they've been there for 10-20 whatever years And like They should... We shouldn´t do what were in charge but That was a mess Governments involved Parents aren ´volved Ran over Sorry So the senate has passed this The Vermont Senate they have to give her the thumbs up. They're gonna give her a hearing She says she donated $100 dollars Joe Biden Seems like it's very CYA move There is always this story trying people say, well she is from Florida Shes in DeSantis Well did donate 100 dollars To Joe Biden So what does that have How much was de Santis? Oh 6 thousand It wasn't whatever Yeah Do you think if she was 100 pounds heavier and missing some teeth, she would have never been hired? No. Yeah me neither Right I agree No Yep She's a right handsome woman Yes She is Not my style but i think shes got dude style We know your styl All right Speaking of not My Style or maybe my style. I don't know, doula's glow you a doula defender? i know what it is It''s like A midwife Okay Right Can you explain more because You already Know more than Really Yeah Um really Don' Know What the difference Actually had to look At up Id never heard of All right Matt No Research over no kidding Because Didn Not at first Because You Know With My Sort Of Dyslexia The first three times I looked at the headlines of that story, and thought it was read Douglas wants to do more. What do we need with Jim Douglass? The old governor coming back again! So i didn't even read so finally when look today doula's what is a doulas It' s woman typically without formal obstrat... I can not Obstretic training baby birth who was employed to provide guidance and support to a pregnant woman during labor. From admission through delivery, the doula stayed at her assigned patient'side." That is all... So okay thank you Matt I appreciate the resource department checking in so this story is about like they are trying expand access of doulas too people with lower income especially people who might be facing Like, you know like it's hard to find a doctor. And it is hard to talk with doctors and its hard even formulate the questions that you have because maybe You don't know an so trying make this person who can ease tha process So I guess my first question Is like The name of the weird It obviously another language Where does come from? Does anyone knows I don't know, they were around in Montpelier. l've heard of them but But i dont know the difference between a midwife and doula bu it sounds like basically the same Are doulas and druids hanging out at montpelier? It's Greek Ok wow old school It means, it means... Female slave Dula changed her name! That's problematic What if they know what it means? You figure back in that day That who took care of the kids Was some female slave My wife would be like Dula, over here. Over here you get the whip Oh my god We're learning a lot this week It's very educational show If nothing else we are famous for educating people of Vermont and beyond Part of reason for this is that People... Look at the difference between people with money and people without money what kind care they get from pregnancy There's no comparison. And there are also cultures that might feel like it is more suitable to have a person at home and delivering the child, right? I think they go as far as that Doulas are going... Okay Can you get doula delivered over each one of them Two subs in the doulah No No, I think if they're a midwife. Maybe the midwife is licensed and doula isn't? But i thought that Midwives also delivered the child They knew all that That doctor would know but If there was complication Most people who had money You know would have a doctor backup, like an emergency backup. I mean not in the same room... Don'trust the doula! Yeah i don' t know it's um It is so interesting Maybe its useful? Is there another reason because there are not enough OBGYN doctors Could be Very brave of you to spell on this show I couldn't pronounce it. Yeah, yeah are they like filling a gap or are they just like people who were lik eI love babies don' want med school? Like where they had in the whole yes it up good paying position well think mean you know put greed at the front of doulas you know, reasoning here but I'm guessing they want people to have more access so they can get paid more and have opportunities to perform the services. Well it's just meta is this something people would want do for a living? I don't know... The same person who becomes doula They've also considered yoga instructor They've also considered witch Opening up crystal shop Like they're all kind of There are some circles her You used to do tours in Salem and Mass. You know who would have a doula? Hippies, they're the type of people yeah They want it as natural possible But I don't even know if that's like misnomer Doulas implies natural anymore Well i still see at home first Doulas have to be at their home. At the home of the person who's giving birth, the doula is there I don'think they go unless these well i don' know maybe there are different degrees Maybe doulas rules have changed Could Be So UVM Medical Center will connect you with a doula Here's what doula service, okay. So doulas at the U of A Medical Center are volunteers Okay? There goes the money thing who have received special doola training That means nothing Right I received special Adam training right Who knows what that means to provide non-medical care Okay Again What does that mean We're getting close to slave service for birthing people We could have said woman there, but birthing people cool during and after labor and delivery. Oh after okay we provide social emotional educational support to increase access to quality health care services so I think they kind of help you figure out like navigate the system I think so. We help people in labor to advocate for themselves, because you advocate for me also our skills and services include labor position support So they're like lift it up comfort measures such as back rub Is that fo both? counter pressure physical support use of essential oils burning candles hydrotherapy Breastfeeding assistance if desired. Support for partners, friends and family Hey! Everybody come around my doula's cooking Providing information on community resources and referrals It seems like a win-win if you have doulas Unless you have like really pesky doula Who is like... Do you need massage? I feel they are overall helpful but why aren'they volunteers Why are we not paying doulas? You know, because it's like going back to witchcraft I guess. Giving women power or taking it away And then there is a link here to become volunteer doula Doulas stop giving them away Unionize If people like your services you should be paid for So where do these deliveries happen home of the person doing the delivery? The story doesn't say, I don' think. But that's where it is That how i would think of a lot people who now know thinking back have gone to doula way but they are not doing birthing they're just helping get that point A woman who used Doulas and she gave birth in like pool Oh, okay. Well I'm wrong then So like...I don't know what the doula's role was there Like... That'd be scary Supposedly yeah we could As fetuses At that point you're full grown It means It is a full-grown fetus We get your point Okay as baby You can actually underwater and still able to like, let's not put that out there. Okay? No you're right You're right I don't know for how long babies cannot breathe underwater more people are two more quick ones Vermont is trying to shut down or trying to curb the overdoses in the construction industry No kidding, geez. What did they just wake up today? Jesus shit almighty! It's like... okay Anyone who has ever come to my place to do any kind of construction slash service work They show and be like alright cool Alright I'll back in a bit And they come back not as talkative Finish the job then they go Is that everyone's experience? No. I don't know, but......I can imagine that it is true though Well the job sucks Like in Florida back in the days like 90s Opioids weren´ts as popular yet But if you get a gas at 6am In Cumberland Farms He comes in a couple of construction guys, he's getting 12 packs and like you know mountain dude I'm like alright these guys are roofers you know they're just oh man go up there and just blast these bud lights lunch we'll be going back to grab another twelve pack And that is their day because it sucks. Like its terrible hard work No one wants do this Right Yeah wouldn't want being construction Oh man Yeah, but it's and there are so many sites now that they'll take anybody probably. I don't know maybe but yeah apparently its spread through the industry pretty well because also like they're in pain you know? Like they literally doing back breaking work So of course gonna be attracted to things than like make them feel good makes a pain go away and makes The day feel likethat Like Glow dad usedto mak his own wine Yeah, that's because he was in construction. Did he take it to work? Yeah yeah then somebody I knew years later told me that He was a supervisor on construction sites and said they actually worked harder after they had their wine with their lunch because my father his lunch which was like, you know pretty fancy. I imagine your father is based on the stories you told me he opens his lunchbox and there's a live eel and closes it real quick And puts it to the side grabs this wine Oops Forgotten how cook The eel But do remember He used vinegar bottle and he filled it with his wine, which to be honest tasted a lot like vinegar. So we all had to drink it because no one will think of me just chugging vinegar fooling everyone so this is was this father son duo GW Tatra construction they seem like they're kind spearheading this effort in Vermont to bring it down, raise awareness try to make sure that foremen and contractors are getting these guys help as opposed just firing them or more likely turning a blind eye I would say. They had an overdose in their own family so that's one reason they're doing this what good for them That's a big name in Vermont, Tattro. Yeah good for them I mean it is one of those things where we're like Oh yeah of course everyone does that It was no surprise that there are high levels Of people doing opioids or other drugs to make the day go faster And even the people mowing your lawn are high Right? At very least Yeah, probably. You got a Ryder mower? Like take an edible! Tune out I don't know the ones back here they keep it straight line Well maybe they're good Maybe the opioid keeps your hand from shaking so you can just kind of Alright last story Vermont Supreme Court suspends the law license of Asseton County top prosecutor who showed up drunk to the scene of a crime and then would not cooperate with The police just lost her law license, but she still has her job State's attorney She can'try cases She sees. They're not attorney state attorney There was No Law that says you have be an Attorney To Be This date Attorney But there's a limit on what you can do. Still get paid? Yeah So now, what is she doing like signing documents and just like Oh sorry I can't go to court i'm actually not an attorney im the state attorney that was elected yeah think it says yes She could work behind the scenes but s he cant really anything else She wont be ther long You wouldn' think I would assume not, but like how long are their terms? Yeah. Two years four years i have no idea She's probably making six figures Do this for a few years You know she saves that well Should be set up for the next thing she does Whatever that is Probably in another state somewhere Because no one googles We'll just hire her Yeah t he worst thing Sh e did was when When sent out That email Said No longer felt safe around police and mocked their grammatical skills. And again, if she was cool... the cop at the scene would have been like Eva I'm gonna take you home we're gonna say your car has a flat tire and we're gonna have call tomorrow like just let's be cool right okay? You know or start saying you feel really ill i'll drive ya hom We will just getcha outta here real quick That is what The network woulda done If shes was cool But shes clearly not Right. Not very popular, no Alright finally a break Jesus Christ The band is Whiskey Priest The song is whiskey These guys are right in their lane They're like we're not vodka rabbi We aren'tequila buddhist We Are Whiskey Priest The song is Whiskey, it's a good old ditty about whiskey. Well, this life that I've been living ain'too easy on the soul Sometimes you gotta give in and let whiskey flow When you're feeling lost down and low Whiskey come take my pain Numbed by heart then ease brain Whiskey don'cha let me go Oh, whiskey won't you help me hide this pain I have inside Oh whiskey don'cha let go Well this bridge that i've been living under burnt it to the ground And done packed my bags now im leaving this town Aint no peace or comfort ive found I'm going to do my best. drink for cheap well whiskey is all i need whiskey come and take my pain numb my heart and ease my brain whiskey don't you let me go we're back all right We are back in Lindenville. We have a new VPA spelling bee crown I don' t know what VPA is Vermont PA,I'm guessing I have no idea. Her name is Phoenix Newell, and she's 12 years old Goes to Riverside School in Lindenville So i was watching this live Let me rephrase that And scrolling through my phone And saw that this wa happening Spelling bee 3-6 Oh let check it out Checked a little before 5 It over So, I don't know if she smoked the competition. If they just fell out early? She was the only one who showed up Yeah She actually beat the two-time champ Dumb kid had been last 2 years Really He was champ so should be him What country is he from Who knows I don't say that to elevate the new Americans. A friend of mine's daughter was in this, but we'll find out how she did so not to ask her Say it again? a friend my daughter was in thi competition She is from Cabot The word she won on wasn' even very hard Test me Utilitarian U-T, I L A R i a n. Okay try again If you're writing it down you would do right yeah u til okay la teri un ut il oh darn see now No, see the last time you didn't say that L. Anyway I think you got it anyway i'm not trying to test your level It's ITARIN Utilitarian Like utilitarian Yeah Anyway a lot of times in these spelling bees like the final word is like yeah its like some 8 syllable old English word that means windowsill and your'r elike what fuck Like Its something no one has ever heard about but utilitarian? Idk id know shes 12 But I'm not trying to take away the win, the win's a win. She knocked out that two-time champ as we start 12 year old stepped up little bit more give her some more competition push her little bit you know now think she broke his sweat do you think your name being Phoenix makes for better speller because their name is so difficult it was like spell yeah doesn't sound like its looks good scrabble name Phoenix PH and X in there Yeah, I have difficulty with that word. Phoenix? Yeah As well as ones in your head you always have to say like Phoenix as you're writing it Do y'all hav a word that You always spell wrong i've one easily That comes into mind The list has gotten so long And don't know But again Remember what they are now For me relevant Can spell relevant for the life of Me R-E L E V A N T Now she'showing off I always mix up the final E and A. There can't be three Es, there can be two As... It's just like argh! Gloria is always the last judgement on how to spell something in crossword because i cant spell Im a terrible speller But you love crosswords Yeah Its good thing she was there How did you ever do them without me? Alright moving from Lindenville to Linden. Happened again! I can't stand a look, this is painful This poor bridge... The Miller's Run covered bridge gets hit again What? Geez some crow Well the driver said they say the driver of the box truck knew he wouldn' fit under their bridge but didn't stop before hitting it and they had a wooden barrier I watched the clip of it because they show there's actually got camera on that. There was wooden barrier there than he just broke this truck yeah so he hit something and kept going right So what is his deal? He whacked out onto drugs like Is not where we are thinking They stopped him, interviewed him and they're like, did you know you were gonna hit the bridge? He's like yes. I did maybe it was in a hurry thought he'd just make it without but now they think they're gonna put Like metal barrier moing We need an old knight In armor with A sword guarding The bridge letting people pass or like a samurai or something, some sort of gatekeeper. That's what I was thinking earlier Yeah Somebody pay atoll to go over the bridge There you We need A troll Atroll i said ATOLL No But that who takes the toll You gotta pay The TOLL To THE TROLL Gotta Pay THETRALL TO THE troll we think that would be cool Where do WE get Where did the trolls live in Denmark or something? Like a big troll Kind of underground, kind of like little hot I think in Eastern Europe maybe Scandinavia Yeah! Still have that little fuzzy guy for the refrigerator Yeah, yeah and you know like years ago when I went on get rid of everything spray because Because i was trying to put this place on the market And then of course What little fuzzy guy? The little guy who had a long nose Okay It was it Was in our refrigerator but do have Anyway That's what were talking about Is there is difference between I don't know, they would probably say so right? Yeah. Like i'm sure the Finnish trolls are like those Norwegians are ingrates you know like those trolls live underground we lived in trees We need a troll! A Lindenville Troll or Linden Linden We need to Lindentroll Well...I think that'solved it Go on get us the troll Yeah, I don't know what else to say other than we got it. Like makes sense to me What's next Matt? We're talking about the co-op in St Johnsbury raised more than a million dollars So they're able To buy the building Cool You want How long will last Is that too soon Too soon Okay He saying Saint John Barry is still little Too wonderbread like What a nice way to say it, very mean thing. No I don't know like as far as i understand they had one they lost and then...I don' t know like Yeah! Remember? They had one Up into But St James must be changing in ways that we can begin comprehend Oh yeah If Boston was at Boston Globes writing about Right There must there must Be some money up there I think they've had a pretty good influx over the last few years up there. People coming up from other states, living there And you know it's lot cheaper than living here They got lot of problems but There are some good bones in that town That sounds kind like tiered Right It is kinda interesting Yeah Interesting town Tier? Are you talking about steps and everything No this is road Like higher roads Right? Like, am I crazy. No there is! Okay It's the one that runs by... The higher one runs by the Fairbanks and then other ones run down Main Street Yeah Yes okay And they kind of come together at some point yeah Where i was born Where St Johnsburg Oh right You meant like lower tier or higher tier That was definitely lowered tiere Alright so yes So the California Food Co-op. Cool, see how it goes? Maybe in two years we'll swing by there and grab a sandwich or do you think we'l be up and running faster than that Oh I hope faster than that You would think now they've got to place Yeah oh they have too otherwise They'd sink if took them long time open But also gotta give time for perfect sandwiches Uh huh Yeah, I don't want any sandwich. Just roll up and be like give me your ham on ride No! i want like your signature or what the chef's touch You know? All right Moving over to Colchester Um where was this before Swanton or Milton One of the places Up north They had bribed residents with a barbecue To make this stop from happening But these animals in colchester are just blowing through bus stops Really? Like kid bus stops. The bus pulls over, the little red stop sign pulls out and they just blow by them Wow Somebody's gonna get hurt Oh yeah Yeah somebody needing a child Right What is the deal with Colchester I don't know It it angry little place I think it feels lawless, because you never ever know if you're in Colchester or in some other world. It kind of like just like kinda......I don't know just feels kinda seedy? Yeah! Like a mystical bog on the town Seems like David Lynch movie This is really weird Yeah..i would never live out there I don't like it either. You know, you got like trailer sort of... well i dont want to say the word but..you know what mean? Yeah, he's been very good at not saying the word. I don't know... It just says ugly land It says ugly land! Hardly anybody has grass Hardlny anyboday has grass You don' like the shrubbery? Idon''t know what it is The fact that you dont know where you are when your there i think thats....it throws ya off Very unsettling being in Colchester Yeah, it is very unsettling. How close am I to the New North End? Oh you're too far! Am i close to Essex? No... Just this weird nowhere's land It does have a Costco though So the school district created an informational PSA reminding families of The rules on their road and that says cameras have been helpful So they had to come out and say like, hey by the way don't forget bus stops should be respected. That's like coming out having to say like don' t forget stop signs means stop Aren''these just kind of things that you should know as far... Maybe they're holding our for barbeque The animals in Swanton got barbecue Like what are we gonna get? At least give me some ice cream Yeah this is monstrosity and cold chester All right, St. Albans Glow a St Alban's girl took first place in her division at A national archery competition Nice! Yeah They got bunch of award winners from there Yes she won the national But yeah Damn Archery is big In Saint Albans So I used to go church in Saint albans Like we drive by this road and there was like a little archery center. And I was always like, what the heck is that? But maybe it'school...I don't know Her name was Cicely Duhamel 13 of St Aulens She won the Freestyle Youth Female Division Flight 3 or whatever that its There were also Arthur Strauss from Essex who placed first No, no. Say his name right Archer Archer? Did I say Arthur You did huh It is Archer His name is Arch-Arche Strauss The greatest archery of all time It's gonna be arches straus Oh my gosh it only dawned on me two seconds ago Well he placed first in the freestyle limited reserve young adult male division So why isn't not that headline They both place first I know, but it says St. Alban's girl takes first place in the division Did he not win? Look like he also won first no Yeah they should be it should a dual headline His score is lower than her bu she 13 and him 17 But his name Archer That'a tthe headline Two other archers only achieved personal bests of 300 points points in either the first or second half of this tournament. Eli Pierce, not an archer name and Emma French kind of a nurture name Jacqueline Rodriguez not in our true name place for the top 10 so did y'all have to do archery middle school? I didn't have a middle school. Junior high... No! So you finished elementary school, then you just out on the streets hustling for three years and then went to high school?! What the heck!? Our elementary school was up until eighth grade, kindergarten to eighth grade. Oh you could do the math you know what I mean? Well no high school was different You went from being a little kid for good long time and And then hit the big boys Everyone'smoking Yeah yeah You supposedly are supposed To like pull like freshmen down The stairs or something I don't like that. So no archery, huh? No archery! No are you kidding me?! Sounds like a good thing Sounds like you should have learned some knife skills Yeah...I think i did in junior high But..i dont really remember Remember it was college College!? Yeah took up some recreational games and bowling Was that your major?? That was my major. Matt's like, filming his schedule he is like okay I guess we gotta take English Film class Chemistry Recreational games It was fun we played softball Yeah archery in bowling of course You won't believe me especially you I think it was pretty good archery as a kid. Really? Okay, yeah! But i think all of us were and that's why maybe don't believe in my mind we're like killing but if actually saw me really 10 feet away you know but they were doing really well not gonna catch stuff But thinking to shoot stuff How long has been since archered mhm hehehe 40 years Forty I mean, not 40 30. Okay Like playing cowboys No It's probably like 30 years and like how do you know what they trusted us with? Like it was just styrofoam so it was probably that sharp but we could have easily injured each other Of course We my brother My oldest brother had an archery set. He was in the Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout But so but years later were playing with it You know bows and arrows we'd shoot arrows straight up near it run like crazy Just a bunch of dumbasses That's like low-tech Russian roulette It was my dad used to have...my dad used do bow hunting He wasn't very good at it, but he had a high-tech compound bow. I remember shooting that way more than guns It's hard to pull back Yeah sure But once you do you're shaking and got the whole thing That was fun Takes alot of talent Ask Archer Strauss Or this other person Cicely Duhamel His name, we're saying 100% wrong but you know it's not hard to say? Archer Strauss. Alright moving on! Speaking of the kids they're doing a skateboarding class in Brandon This is fifth graders I think that is the right age to learn how skate Yeah Fifth or sixth grade Learn how skate You are not too scared fall you don't feel nerdy wearing a helmet yet. Pretty good! Yeah, I agree Alright moving on Vermont Senate has advanced the bill to discourage book banning Discourage? What century are we living in where they're banning books like Vermont Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would establish procedures for Vermont libraries when it comes to restricting access to controversial books. Senators established procedures for reviewing book challenges, including not allowing books To be banned from school libraries based on partisan disapproval sexual orientation gender identity or race There's the whole complaint system there It also disqualifies proposed bans based on personal morality politics or religious views so why can't we ban it? Why could we be in a book I think they cover everything. There's no reason what to ever ban, yeah what falls outside of that you know hmm isn' t everything kind personal morality if you put it thay way yes like usually I agree with this book's obscenity, but it is not personal. Im also a deviant but i think we should ban Yeah this has been Zuckerman biggest thing since he was down there as the lieutenant governor He another Peter Welch like oh hey Zuckerman out from his hole It hasn't been an early winter or whatever yeah good for him In this moment when too many are trying to restrict children access access to factual history, gender and sex education and diverse thoughts and perspectives. It's critical that we support our teachers in librarians so use their professional expertise without political pressures." Couldn't agree more A statement that should not have To be said Moving on 80 year old Vermont couple is preparing a performance of An original musical Wow That is cool It's a story of love and empowerment from the minds of an 80 year old couple. A theater company in the small town Rochester is gearing up to perform their original musical for that first time, it is called Rochester Light & Power Dick And Dorothy Robson planted seeds for this musical several years ago Good For Them You all feeling inspired? Drive down there No! Write your own Musical Oh being on musical Your own musical Write your own musical love story. What would it be called? How do you spell that?! The show is described as love triangle hijinks meets women's empowerment, all set to music in rural Vermont Hey anytime there are hijinks involved I'm all for it I like the word hijinx because it can be anything from a kind of serious crime to just lighthearted horseplay. This is cool, but would this get made if they weren't 80? Like if they were 50 and everybody was like eh who cares there's novelty in that Yeah people live to 100 now right more than usual than usual. I know you're not happy about that, but yeah Glow this is for you A Vermont author has released a horny rock star novel Relin author Dora Campbell's new book promises to be a rockin' romance. It's called Elsie and the Lynx, it''s about A woman dating Rockstar when he goes off on tour And she says It is behind closed doors romance There i sensuality but no sex scenes Some people might also enjoy the period details She means era Details as well Whether they live through 70 or just miss them I have to explain that. So, Glo would you want to read a horny book about some lady pining for rock star of the 70s? Does that fit into your bag ? Nah...I'm still on that scene man You're what?! What did you say!? Come again Peter Frampton! Oh Merman Oh, you still have the merman? Okay. Oops! Could this rock star have gills?! She said... I guess we applaud all artists making their art but that glowed me more into it after Lust on Leave maybe you were still exploring the erotic genre The one book she never got rid of Yeah, right. Of the ten I had She got rid of the other nine This one's a keeper Alright y'all ready for break? Yep The music is... it is rap song from Freddie Don't know how to say this last name But we call him Losambe The song Is Burnout mental hell i don't feel so many people in this life feel like boy that is just uh firing it on us we're all over here just hanging out and propelling the show forward all right so um It's time for America favorite segment where we bring you the worst people in Vermont. The no goodniks, the scallywags Oh I keep forgetting to look it up Near Dewells Matt The Scumbag Matt And start where don't often star with a thank you From t he police You don't often get a thank you from the police. No, I feel like the police should send me A note every year being like By the way we just want to say We appreciate you driving between The lines not killing anyone Just generally being Being good citizen Your never get that And would all Get tha If they dont Don' That But Would They Should They Should Usually It's Me Getting Pulled Over Not Usually A person gets pulled over to give you a ticket, and as dumbass you say thank-you. It depends on how yo usay it How do YOU say it? Thank You Or... Alright, so moving on. So we started in South Burlington and the police of South Burlington are thanking the public for helping them identify several people who investigators wanted to interview about a gunshot accident over the weekend This happened at 745 Saturday Party's breaking up I was gonna say, up late? Or up early. Up late right?! That's uplate! We're going to the next place These people are not waking at 6am like They have my eggs and they go shooting someone They'r not arguing on watching Tarzan or something on TV You know it is...yeah this is It an all night thing Yeah you know based of these photos probably wasn't pretty fruitful But guess if wasn'' accident The police say Hmm. The investigators say the shot appears to have been accidental and pose no ongoing risk to public safety Cool It's a happy ending I love that like, you know these are just irresponsible gun owners You're all safe You're all saf Like what? They can't both be true Unless they live downstairs Right Alright, moving on. We got a couple of like oh man really stories and this is one A Essex Junction assisted living official charged with exploitation and larceny former employee has been facing charges of stealing valuables from at least one disabled resident Oh man The most interesting thing in his story is her name Lilac, rain brown fisher I'm just saying like this woman had two tracks one was doula She chose criminal Yeah The activities director at Maple Ridge maple care How many ping pong games did she play before she got fed up with these MF versus Blake? You know what, they're not paying me enough! That happened to my grandmother. It's got her valuable stolen do you know who did it no It was just She was in some home and Clearwater of Florida or jewelry an stuff disappeared This one wasn't heirloom ring had disappeared Why are you bringing in The ring is later recovered But like why you write like you're going to old folks writers Put your bibles in the drawers, it's like what the cops take care of but go into storage locker Stuff into this place Like this story does not end with you putting Alright, moving on. This is like a crazy story that was like all over so Milton St Albin's man faces charges after police say he tried to break into A Milton apartment having around 12 30 p-m so you know just Little anooner mm hmm little afternoon delight He attempted break into the apartment with with a gun but was confronted by residents. Residents did not do his homework noon, no one must be home he was subdued until officers arrived as he walks in with the gun and t e residents like overtook him He wasn't very good at his job, was he? No And his picture is like man. That's it that just thought of that picture Yeah Character yeah being held without bail Yeah But you know if I said uplifting all right so this reminds me All right On our movie podcast, which me and Matt used to do might do again next week. We talked about the movie Friday Which is like this really funny black comedy like black meaning African American comedy that asked Matt what he thought about it and He's like is a really uplifting story by the community coming together Did you mean? Yeah I think so Everyone came together To help out Like why anyway That was what I think about this apartment building, like the Yakuza came together and subdued this guy. i'd love to know the whole story This is one of those like really liked To know what happened Yeah Was it? Dude comes in with a gun But he gets taken out yeah What happened Like did Like someone Like give him A Kung Fu kick And knock the gun Out his hands Someone come from behind them Is choking Him out lik What's happening There an old lady Beating him With Rolling pin. What's going on? We need the film, Matt your old stomping ground St J authority said three people are in custody following a drug related stabbing If three people stab you You're either A complete piece of shit Or is Caesar A Caesar? An emperor, Julius Caesar. Well one of them was charged with the stabbing The other two...one was an accessory and the other one..oh One is aiding And the others were accessories So it's like Michael John doing his stabbing Yeah yeah He stabbed Alan Tanque St John several times he in stable condition So he didn't die. Wow! And they arrested the three people following that traffic stop on I-91 in Barnett yeah so they knew who it was? Yeah Well, they stopped him and they're like well a guy was still alive when They found him He probably said hey Who stabbed you?! It's Michael John...Brandy Whitmore There were just two people but The other guy helped them after The fact There was one guy helping him, I don't want to leave him off the list and they're driving a Ford going that way. Alright sir! And take me to the hospital Yeah so um...I guess lesson here is if you're gonna stab someone finish your job No? Moving on Oh yeah definitely You can only half-stab someon Oh, you gotta go all the way. Was this guy in like the end of the second act Of an action movie? Where he kills a villain but leaves him alive And then they slowly climb up to well and suddenly they're popping back out Yeah I even think if you were out there To kill somebody You'd kill them So okay look at these pictures The guy on left obviously is Stabber Yes yes He looks like You look very stabby there, Stabberjohns. I'm not going to stab anyone! No one's trusting you Stabberjohns You have three knives in your hand Brandy Whitmore Brandi with an eye She just looks like... Why me? Gary Otis This professor over here What is he doing Like this guy Why isn't it getting the mix Yeah He was like 20 years older than Brandi How does he fit in the picture? He helped him afterwards. Oh, okay He was an accessory Hey man you gotta get us to the border Whatever Alright maybe it's done Moving on Newport Man is charged with a series of arsons spanning three years New Brunman has been charged with arson in connection with a series of fires spanning three years in northern Vermont. James, I don't know how to say his name now... Tejera? Think that X is like an H Tashara! Portuguese guy Tesheira Say that again honey Teshera In this country they call it teshiera So August 2019 May, wait this is a weird sentence. May 21 I think of the same year Yes it says investigators gathered and analyzed evidence conducted multiple interviews which led him to this guy so And this guy's been walking around for two and A half years thinking like Can't no one find me? Burn things down They can get nothing on Yeah he grabbed them Doing seasonal Oh involved seasonal camps You know, obviously mental health issues like fire starters usually are Yeah. Like what is I mean? Is it's a they often say it like sexual thing right mm-hmm Really yeah Speechless No Don't either but you know It was like light my fire that my father let me remember thank ya the doors. No, it's got some Julio something or other sing in it What? You mean we say julia you mean Jose Feliciano Got a couple of Julios over there our country like He'singing our song! Once named Jose. Yeah, I remember that version he did it somewhere at a baseball game or something But that was big song for him And then he goes Light my fire Is this the Doors cover? Yes Oh okay See It is actually really good song Yeah Jose Feliciano Come on let us play i Definitely not All right, keep it in Newport. A Newport man charged with kidnapping but he's like trying to kidnap five people at one time That is too many people You got a limit on your kidnappings You don't want five Think it out man Let us say this kidnapping Is super successful And you get these person or these ppl To wherever you want them tb and no one knows Yo've kidnapped the perfect crime They are all locked up Now you've got five people. That's too many people! You're gonna feed them all? Kill ones you don't want, that terrible?! Take one... take the one you want Well that is eventually what he did I guess Yeah i dont read the stars Go on Matt No it just said happened around 9pm in a house at 3rd street Newport yeah David Perry held multiple people at gunpoint and then abducted some of them when he took off in his truck so if some of them were... Why didn't you just grab one? He was elected okay, maybe it's like okay you're all have the gun on but I'm just taking my ex-wife and kids something like that officers later located the truck out Lake Road conducted a high risk traffic stop That's the things they throw in the middle of road maybe? Oh, is that what that is. How else would they do it No no I didn't know High risk traffic stop Yeah They're like we're pulling him over but he known to be Having gun or something That could yeah Those road spikes It only a movies right What percentage success on those about 13% And then the car probably goes through it careening through the crowd, you know because that goes all out of control. No no You're right Because they're not going to do that when there's hostages in the cars Okay Right Yeah You are right I don't know what i was thinking High-risk traffic stop It is a grenade Like its live grenade Oh yeah Forget where am sometimes That's fine, that is the whole point of this show. I hope everything turned out okay... He is in jail where he belongs You know? Really disturbed by the amount of crime there are In North East Kingdom these days It incredible Almost all our stories now Yes it was There were a couple things Like another shooting And some pedophiles Some stuff we don't cover just because it's like kind of run-of the mill, we tend towards the interesting. You know? Like I mean you know if someone punches some kid on College Street i don't care but If someone in Sheldon Springs or Shelden whatever this place is steals a hydro thing that interesting Hydraulic Yeah like what does this It looks like weighs alot This is Sheldon. The missing equipment includes a 15,000 pounds steel cable hydraulic winch I'm still getting there sorry Keep going Let me just talk through this Taken from the rear of case 570 LXT So the person who stole this clearly works there right? You're like, wait a minute. A thing was stolen JJ quit Jay opened up hydraulic business I mean it's like what? Do you think that is what it Is just got to be an inside job That has gotta Be unless or There are some Some Larceny ring Thats in the Selling this stuff Hey nothings out of The question maybe Maybe petty thieves are getting smarter about like, yeah actually the real money is in hydraulics. You know? I don't know This thing looks like it weighs a lot So whoever lifted it had to have the tools to do It wasn' too crackheads and No no this was not Yeah so So I don't know, but it's interesting. And i'm sure they're going to find this person right? Well you ever use a 15000 pound steel cable hydraulic winch No Fair Try the jackhammer once How did that go Jumpy Yeah That checks out Yeah, I thought it would be more therapeutic to make your teeth hurt. I don'think i did it long enough for that. Imagine if you do that for a living? Yeah, imagine... That'll scramble your brains! When someone is using jackhammer For living That's the toughest person In the county Like They're just holding It steady Forearms of steel Dead eyed You never want to get in fight with a guy that runs like jackhammer. I feel like the guy who runs the jackhammer doesn't fight, he just jackhammers and then goes to the bar and sits quietly in his life is extremes It was tough job Oh this is not on our list but A flag waver at construction site got hit by car Yeah When? That's bummer Yesterday I don't know. Dead? Also, don' t know Okay That was down in Addison County i think Maybe that's why there was a No doctor s appointment on industrial lab and it went by can remember what construction company says It says flag Flag or need it. Oh my god, flagger needed walk on acceptable reflective gear provided dexterity preferred agility preferred Alright moving on we got a very city police blog I love these I do, too. These are like the haikus of criminality My favorite dog food was stolen on Plain Street There'so many questions about this By a human? Who knows Could be animal Could be opossum So when you're imagining this Like wasn't like Amazon delivered A package Of dog food or Was there a bowl of dog food on the porch. Yeah, I pictured A bowl of dog food and i don't know either like it's but It doesn' say what is the point Of these stories? This Is sprinkling The criminal situation in Barry At one time would have thought this was something to do with store that somebody stole Dogfood out oFa store But now believe just Amazon We Don Know we Don No Maybe some Some dog was strutting around with his dog food and some other dog was like give me that well i like master of the obvious a drunk male is that the next story? no these are just things on on police blog oh okay jus little tycoons um let'see what else it says march 20th A person was driving on Jefferson Street honking their horn. So, Glo where were you on March 20th? Yeah it was great like harassing phone calls erratic driving a male with the beard Okay Male with the beard was following its child Look I used to have its beard and occasionally a child would walk in front of me. I'm not following the, technically i am following the child but like also not following the child you know what imean? sometimes people with beards also have to walk down street Like on north main street there was report about vandalism turned out it's resident cleaning up mess hey what are u doing over ther why r yu messing our streets Im sweeping or my favorite dog is barking at snow avenue No shit. I feel like we should reorder these and make a Robert Frost poem, it begins with A dog was barking on South Avenue The resident plowed snow into their neighbor's driveway On Elliston Street Oh my god! That is so funny Every small town that i've ever lived in or anytime they had these police blogs They're the best. The police like blotter, blog crimes at a glance It's always the best thing it is always the best thing of any newspaper or anything Like comics maybe second crossword puzzle Give me that Over there in Barrie Police in Barrie are investigating A weekend vandalism Police say That Armed Forces Recruitment Center Are on North Main Street In Barrie was Vandalized It looks more like it was tagged. Yeah, they wrote free Gaza Okay I'll get right on it dude Not my job not really what we do here but don't know what you expect me to do Like cool that you got tha out of your system But also like yeah maybe should have been paying attention your local elections for the last 10 years Yeah and national elections That's all Yeah. Anti-war graffiti? I don't know if it's anti war, Free Gaza is that anti war It seems more pro freedom Yeah i think its more pro freedom Of whom The Freedom of the Palestinian Well im sure some guy Some armed forces One in the armed forces recruiter guys You know he was like Alright snowy day and where He walks up to me and says God damnit Like Like, I gotta get soap or whatever the hell. Got to Google how to get graffiti off my concrete storefront? That sucks for nothing Yeah You know just being a dick Yeah you made one military guy hate Palestine Right Oh God There's been bunch of stuff this week about like students in Montpelier walked out in protest of like whatever, Hamas it's like all right. Did that get to Hamas? Yeah they were like whoa! Whoa we lost Montpelier high school students?! That our base what are we doing here Oh my god Yes I mean and the schools It is almost because i see some stuff a friend my posts on Twitter and it seems like the schools are actually in some ways making people make a choice. You know, I don't know and it's...I don' think that is right It means all fucked Yeah No matter what happens Right Its fucked And we have the solution This subject never speak on because so ignorant would never Yeah, it's a good exercise of like what if that happened more? Right. People who didn't know just for like I don' t know about this probably would have had less deaths in covid moving on Florida man whatever Florida man is the title when Floridaman comes to Barry watch out Floorman has been placed off probation after picking up two domestic assault charges in Barry in two weeks. Oh, one at a time? Yeah Okay we think he's uh with these comes back to say I don't know Andre town 22 pleaded guilty Thursday to family count first degree aggravated assaults and misdemeanor counts of domestic assault an resisting arrest What did do he? He was slapped. He hit a family member while at the Hollow Inn on February 17th, police say the victim was found with red mark on his forehead that appeared to be swelling and reported Town had punched him in face multiple times unpopular opinion I'm gonna call that family member of bitch like you got punched by your crazy cousin y'all probably both deserve it don't go So you're not saying it was a female family member? Oh, was it female?! No. I don't want to... Does that even say...? It just says the family member hit A family member Oh okay my bad If its'a female strike everything That's what he said Yeah if..I think thats dude Okay Dude is like yeah You have red mark on your forehead Thats That happens sometimes When families get together right Yeah sure What families do you belong that it gets hit in the head with like a frying pan kind of thing. I think it's just number four frying pan upside down Yeah, people fighting this yeah this guy then he and he did something his romantic partner reported bruises but she said they were reported from her being clumsy and anaemic Wow OK now back on this side this guy being a piece of shit i think both things are true uh... police said they were called to the quality inn I thought the hollow inn was bad quality inn anytime it's quality witnesses reported Towne beating his romantic partner victim was found with large bruise on her arm, red mark one her forehead injuries were from But reported the injuries were from rough sex. They called again to the quality on March 2nd because the victim reported town had choked her, broken her cell phone so she could not call for help or not literally leave room with same victim okay? So yeah it looks like forehead punches were a different thing I don't know man this guy has three basic charges in three weeks is Is he in jail? Sarah George says he should be a substitute teacher. He's placed on probation, sorry Oh is on probation Yeah and I think the judge said something to him you know or who gave him this sentence because it was pretty light sentence i think uh... can'tell you how strongly enough that You should put all your effort and energy into learning how live differently yeah Learning How To Respond Differently to people when they anger or frustrate you, this is such fucking bullshit. This guy's gonna kill somebody someday and he is literally going to kill somebody." And the judge said I live in 1947 and don't understand how violent people can possibly be Now we're gonna put on our town Think you need a glass of milk calm down Have You thought about the Lord? Jesus Christ This guy's a violent offender and the judge is like, I urge you to think about what you've done. You know? And all make fun of it but this guy is going kill somebody sometime or really injure somebody Give this guys gun that girl dead Maybe headbutting people Oh! He was head butter Might be Head butter Soccer player Shhhhh That wasn't D1 prospect He just turned to violence. Yeah, you know what Matt? That makes perfect sense he's a headbutter Good for him No one sees it coming No I wouldn't Look for someone with very large skull Have you ever been head butted Nah i havent either no No, no. I saw it happen one time One time i was having a party at my house Like low-key party like 20 people And we're chilling And this guy is talking to his other guy The guys That was not good description So ill use their real names cause they don't listen Steve's talking with David David Is firefighter and he Out of control He just out off control Not too me But others And so, it wasn't even like Dave didn´t like what Steve was saying. It's more like Dave was like I would be really funny if i just headbutted this guy right now and So he did and knocked out Stev Knocked him right out Oh man! Don' do that Wow That is all No Only in the movies or on Twitter Twitter. But soccer player, Zidane right? That's what you're thinking of the headbutt the French players a day in 2008 2006 glow Oh the French player The French star now No not necessarily I just general soccer I mean, you're supposed to be able to... Actually knew somebody who plays soccer and You know how he got trained as a kid? They would put walnuts Down on the table And He would crack them with his forehead No! Yeah that's what they told me That is not true Oh come on It sounds good First of all, that would hurt. Of course it would! Yeah But that's not the motion you need to go up right for a soccer player? You just grab walnuts Did he start with pistachios Pumpkin seeds I thought he'd get such like grapefruit or something Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Is he one of your neighbors? Who is this person you said Somebody i worked with at one of my favorite jobs ever What was this persons cranium like He did have sort a crow magnet module Do you think when his parents were growing up This kid ain't gonna be writer This kid aint gonna math petition It's cause you gotta use that cranium. We gotta get it going now! Bad judge, yeah bad judge Alright we got one more police blog from Montpelier I know you lived in Middlesex but i always associated with Montyplier So that's why I do too. Okay, mean that really the only town over at the time middle sex and still trying to make it back from that flood of 1914 or something like That together mills Like exactly You ever heard Of a damn The Danish you never perfected Nah Yeah so took A while but kind kind of like where the bakery shop is that makes that bread. Nevermind, I don't know You came up way too quickly on that one Is it The Red Hen? The Red HEN THE RED HEN Yeah It's like ding-ding The red hen Yep He'd be a terrible Jeopardy host A bakery in Middlesex That has name after bird Eh wrong Give him a chance! I remembered. He was almost faster than your ding Alright, Montpelier police log Very very funny On Stonecutter's Way An encampment was reported on public land They're putting up tents On public land? Who is Them them. On Robin Hood Circle, a dog was found you don't often get positive news on the police log on Forest Drive A lost pug was reunited with its owner no see it's good some good new comes out of the police log here is one that it not good peeping Tom reported in Northfield Street Mm, you know what that could lead to. Now again going back to my Mermaid thing the 80s movies that I watched makes me think that leads To consensual romance i was thinking serial killers Yeah That's The real Slasher Oh yeah But like in My mind when When hear Peeping Tom Im like oh hijinks but But I know actually it's like an actual mental problem and this person is very close to sexual assault. Uh-huh Oh, yeah But we gotta change the name from Peeping Tom To like It´s too light Something worse Is too light it IS Like peeping Its like Peeping Predator Nah but peeping isn't a problem Yeah And maybe not just poop When you're poopin' You are Like Just Poop You know, it sounds so light but like it should be more like a violator predator or something. It was on the worse right? Are they considered... It's probably different levels of peepers Well there always is Yeah you gotta start somewhere Am I star small and Yeah bu there has been lot serial killers who were peepers yeah yep Yep, yeah. You know there's been a lot of peepers who just know what is going on What is going on? Ask Paul he has the peeper I'm not sexually violent Just curious Intensely curious and no one will tell Who knows who watches what television Right March 21st A person was walking around the store all night On Berlin street That's just an indecisive shopper. When they say all night, exactly how many hours is that? Is that 7 to midnight or is that like seven to seven thirty Couldn't remember which coupon she had in her pocket If it was me I'm waiting for my wife text back Like you put on the list plums How many plum what kind of plums You know like be more specific You should know by now. You're assuming it doesn't constantly change? Never mind then Let's wrap it all up, a dog was found on Limo Street and returned to its owner All dwell that end Are you all ready get the hell out of here We're not going anywhere Peace! Bye. 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