The Power Of Apprenticeships And Do You Even Pajama, Bro?? (Hour 2)

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Lindsey Bloomer is the CEO of WRTP Big Step and it's wrtp.org.

And you work with apprentices and apprenticeship programs.

We do.

Now, Governor Evers just announced over 16,000 apprentices are currently enrolled in Wisconsin's registered apprenticeship program.

That's the most since 2001, which is great.

And I didn't realize that our state has had this program in a apprenticeship program since 1911.

And we're also the only states that requires employers pay their apprentices for both the time that they're in the classroom and the time that they're on the job.

So that's, that's great.

It's really great.

It's one of, it is the leading apprenticeship program in the nation.

That's so exciting.

It really is.

At the very start of the show, I told Greg that I have a, I have a thing for heavy machinery.

With, by the way, no context to the statement.

I know why.

I just, I think, cranes are cool and and forklifts and I would love to drive a forklift because I think it looks like fun.

I think we can make that happen.

Really?

Yeah, we just got to get you trained up.

It doesn't take very long.

You think someone will actually ensure me?

It's not.

If we're just putting you on there, you're going to ride around.

Be kind.

Come on down to WRTP Big Step.

We'll train you.

There you go.

Remote show.

Oh.

Interviews from apprentices.

I'll bring, so I'll bring, I'll bring some addition to pass.

It'll be nice.

I'm so there.

I'm so there.

Let's talk about these.

So again, our apprenticeship program is doing really well with the biggest enrollments in said 2011.

And so who is applying?

Are you seeing different faces?

Are you seeing different folks?

Who is applying now for these apprenticeships?

Yeah.

So the face of apprenticeship is changing.

Much like our demographics are changing in Wisconsin.

And while, you know, they may be changing, we always say apprenticeship is for everybody.

Apprenticeship is accessible to every single person.

And something that we do at WRTP Big Step is we act as the preapprenticeship kind of talent recruitment outreach for apprenticeship,

for the union trades, both on construction manufacturing sites.

Now is it wrong?

Because I always think in apprentice, in apprentice is someone who's just coming out of high school.

So the average age of an apprentice in Wisconsin is 28.

Really?

Yes.

And we're actually trying to lower that because what has happened over time is there's been a big focus on going to four year colleges directly after high school graduation.

And while that is great for a lot of folks and we have a very strong college system here in Wisconsin,

there is another path and that is apprenticeship.

And so what we've been doing is a lot of education as well that you can do, you can actually do a youth apprenticeship while in high school,

graduate, go into either a preapprenticeship or register to apprenticeship and start earning while you learn the day after you graduate.

That's huge.

I was a 38 when I became apprentice in apprentice.

And what did you apprentice in?

I know it doesn't look like it, but a barber.

I went through the entire apprenticeship program two years schooling and on the job training.

I'm kidding.

Yep.

And I was 38.

That gives me hope.

My career is a front load driver.

It may not, may not, may still happen.

It could still happen for me.

We believe in you, James.

In fact, we brought Lindsay here to tell you you get an apprenticeship today.

I've had the opportunity, Lindsay, over the years to do various interviews, especially with trying to get girls, more girls into the trades.

And there's carpentry and there's plumbing and there's just laborer.

There's crane operators and all kinds of things.

Is any one field much more popular than another?

So if you've never been exposed to the trades or an apprenticeship, what we see people coming in our doors,

knowing that lights come on or knowing that you can turn a sink on.

So many will say, well, I don't know of a plumber, an electrician.

And what we do is a lot of career guidance and exploration will take folks, youth, women, two training facility union training halls.

So they can experience it hands on.

And not realizing there are 19 trades.

There are brick layers.

There are sprinkler fitters.

So anytime you're putting in the sprinklers, the fire systems.

Right.

There are age vacations there.

I mean, it's a wide range.

And so we see a lot of people come in and say, well, I want to be X because I know about that.

But then getting exposed to so many opportunities that they may be better suited for.

What are some of the, what are some of the lesser known trades?

I'm curious.

Right.

So heat and frost insulators who insulate the piping in commercial buildings.

Sprinkler fitters again, who do the fire systems.

There are glazers which glaze the windows.

So that's a huge skill.

That's a huge skill.

Elevator repair is still a trade, right?

Correct.

Yes.

Elevator constructor.

That's a, we just, we just talked about that.

Didn't we?

I don't believe we, I think that, no, I was just talking to someone about this who said that there are so few elevator repair people that we have to get ours from Illinois.

Yes.

We learned that in school.

And what's funny is they're talking about having more women getting involved in the trades.

When I graduated my class, there was, it was mostly men.

The only woman besides my, in my class and all the women were all beautician apprentices.

Yeah.

There was one woman in elevator repair.

The rest were all men.

Whether, depending on what the trade was, it was all men except for the women who are doing, uh, uh, becoming working in salon.

And the one woman who was working in elevator repair.

Lindsey Bloomer is our guest.

She is the CEO of the industrial training program called WRTP.

Big step of South Central Wisconsin.

Wisconsin currently has over 16,000 apprentices enrolled in registered apprenticeships programs.

That's the most since 2001.

I'm sure the level of physicality is going to vary from trade to trade as well.

It does.

It does.

And I think what has changed over the years, you know, I think in our minds perhaps you think, oh, you know, those who work in the trades are going to be hauling heavy stuff.

100% of the time or they're going to, if they're in the industrial units, they're going to work in factories that are dirty.

None of that is true anymore.

Actually, any factory you go to around here, you could eat off the floor.

I mean, it is so clean and any.

A job now with OSHA standards, safety standards with a lot of the equipment that's being used.

Anyone can do these jobs.

And while there is some physicality to it, um, what's great is the training provided by the union.

So your apprenticeship is actually four to five years of earning while you learn your, your learning on the job.

You're learning on the job, you're doing some classroom, some on the job, you're learning how to be safe.

Stretching is a big part of of the work now.

Oh, interesting.

Mental health is a big part of the job now as well.

So that you can do your job well.

And as you mentioned in the beginning, that employers pay for this in Wisconsin as well.

And so you're, you're getting paid while you're learning this at top dollar, full benefits the first day as well.

So you can, you can be healthy and stay healthy on the job.

It's, it, it is a, it's a, again, for your college is great.

It's not for everyone.

And I think sometimes people go into a looking for a four year degree, expecting that they're going to come out and make considerably more money than they actually are.

I don't even understand.

I went to, I've got a four year college degree as well.

I've got both.

And you're making millions, aren't you?

Oh, so much.

You know, one of the things Lindsey, we start with Boga off air.

You know, we made reference out of four year colleges.

And yes, they aren't great for those who needed one of the problems that, you know, we have in this society is tech schools, apprenticeships, vocation vocationaries.

That's not a word.

Vocational schools.

They tend to get a bad rap.

Like, oh, you couldn't get into this university.

You got to go to, oh, you got to go to this tech school, huh?

Well, maybe you can transfer to Madison or Oshkosh.

But it's like, no, these schools provide an important, important education and train people for good paying high skilled jobs and create a career for life.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

There's no shame in that.

No, and every, you know, people who go into register to apprenticeship, you do that four or five years.

And then you, you take several exams to become a master crafts person or a journey person.

And those are the folks that build the infrastructure of our communities.

They're the ones who ensure that we have safe waters, safe buildings, everything we need to function.

And when we talk about the huge investment in an infrastructure in this country, you know, we aren't going to have internet unless we have people to do the directional boring to lay the fiber to give us broadband.

Right.

I mean, that's one example.

Yeah.

Folks are master crafts people when they're coming out of these programs that are safe, they're skilled, they're diverse, and they pay well to support their families.

And I would assume too, Lindsey, that once you become a journeyman, you can take these with you wherever you go across the country.

Correct.

They are 100% transferable.

Yeah.

That's, that's big.

And also, like, I mean, we've had people call in talking about, you know, I work for this HVAC guy for 25 years.

And I decided, I'm going to start my own business.

You can take that, you can take those skills and start your own thing, get your own van, put out your own tile, and start making, you know, I'm not, it's not all about the money, but it is an important aspect that these jobs are going to pay you and pay you well.

And, and they're not going to be replaced most likely by automation.

Yeah.

No, no, right?

They will always be there.

You know, there isn't a chat GPT or an AI function that can complete a building.

Yeah.

There's not one that can plumb a building.

There's not one that can do fire protection.

We just don't have that yet.

And the chances of that happening are pretty slim.

So we're always going to need folks who can help us as communities build our communities from the ground up.

Do you have time to stick around for one more segment?

I do.

That would be wonderful.

We're going to talk about, hey, and how that ranges from trade to trade.

And I see we have a caller on the phone as well.

And we're going to continue talking to Lindsey Bloomer, the CEO of the industrial training program

called WRTP big step of South Central Wisconsin.

We're talking about apprenticeships in Wisconsin.

And my opportunity to drive a front loader.

So is it all about me?

Well, no, that's, I mean, this is get you involved and get you excited.

I love it.

We start you in a forklift though.

I think we start you and build my way up.

Build your way up.

I think that's a good one.

I always agree about this.

I think once you get on a forklift though, if you get a little space, now I'm not saying,

I'm not saying I did or didn't do this.

But when I did work in a certain building, there was a lot of open space.

And sometimes you would do donuts.

I'm just saying it might happen.

But don't do that at home kids.

Of course not.

But yeah, driving a forklift is fun.

Lindsey does not endorse the doing of donuts.

Absolutely not.

Absolutely not.

Absolutely not.

Within the training program.

Not training at all.

All right, stay with us.

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Good morning.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Welcome to as goes Wisconsin.

Jane Matt there in for Kristen.

Brian Calvin is on the board.

Greg Bach with me in studio.

And we have a special guest.

Lindsey Bloomer is the CEO of the

industrial training program.

WRTP big step of South Central

Wisconsin.

The series was very much considered

as the best way to make a call for

you.

I'm glad to see you.

Thank you so much.

I'm glad to see you.

And a really long time ago in the

dåpe was the year of the

first training program.

I really appreciate it.

Talk about the discussion between

IKrank.

Do you have to think like I'm

doing?

So the beauty of registered

apprenticeship and union

registered apprenticeship is that

you have a wage card.

So you know what everyone is.

It's equitable wages.

So there's not somebody making 70 cents

on the dollar just because there

are a woman or anything like that.

So operating engineers who do

operate those cranes.

Journey workers can earn up to $48 per

hour.

You add that into some of their health

insurance fringe benefit benefits.

You're talking about 73 dollars per

hour.

That's a really highly skilled job.

That's something to be a

crane operator.

I had a chance to interview a

couple of years ago.

The manuals are like seven

inches thick and there's two of

them.

And the weights and the counter

weights and the counter balance

and all that thing.

It's really, it's really very

impressive.

Absolutely.

But even when we're talking about

laborers who are building our

roads, who are doing heavy highway

construction, who are doing

trench digging, things like that,

that are vitally important to

all of our water systems, our

electrical systems, our broadband

systems.

You can start at between 25 and

30 up to $36 an hour.

And then when you add those

benefits in, you're talking, you

know, $58 an hour.

Where else are you going to find

that?

I mean, I think the only other way

you find that is if you go to a

highly skilled job, that's like a

like electronics or something like

that, like that kind of thing,

like almost like IT, if you will.

Right.

Yeah.

And let me remind you, that's no

college debt, right?

Because you've gone through an

apprenticeship and you've earned

while you've learned.

You've been earning since

day one and zero debt.

Yeah.

I always have job sites changed

Lindsay.

I'm sure that for women, potentially

people of color, there were a lot

more obstacles before.

I assume that has gotten better.

Yeah.

So, you know, all of the unions

have really ramped up with employee

resource groups, mentorship programs,

the state of Wisconsin actually

through the Bureau of Apprenticeship

Standards has a mentoring program

they're working on.

There's also Empower Her, which

is a women's trades group of trades

women that do mentoring and, of

course, any resources that necessary.

And what we do as well is we talk a

lot about how work sites, job sites

can become more friendly, more

welcoming.

And to be honest, in terms of our

labor market and our demographics,

now's the time to welcome everybody

into the workforce.

And if we want to have a registered

apprentices, apprentices, unions doing

our work, then we need to welcome

everybody into this workforce.

And it was always my understanding

that bringing diversity to the

workforce is only good for the workforce

and is only good for the industry

because everyone brings something

different.

Absolutely.

So, studies have shown that when you

diversify a workforce based on the

population, right, it matches the

population of the communities, you

get a return on investment of every

$5 for every $1.

So revenue increases by 30%, 33%,

if you have a diverse workforce.

Wow.

Wow.

I wish you could just talk all the

time to everybody about all this

because I cannot stress to you, you

know, my experience going through the

apprenticeship program and having

conversations about this and tech

schools and I have such a high

regard for it now and I think it's

so very important.

And I feel like it's something we

should just be talking about all

the time.

And especially kids in high schools

and maybe even younger like, you

know, the kid has a draw to wood

wood, likes working on wood with

their parent.

There we go.

Carpentry might be the world you

want to be in and you might know

that at the age of 12, then you can

go through the program as you get

older.

So studies show that kids start

deselecting careers at 5th grade

if they don't see themselves

represented in it.

Wow.

And so something that we've done is

partnered with boys and girls

clubs here in Wisconsin and started

programs as young as 2nd grade to

start building bird houses to start

doing electrical circuitry so that

they can see themselves represented

in this and know that they can do it.

This is a viable career option for them.

That's so cool.

So cool.

It really is.

Lindsay Bloomer is our guest.

She's the CEO of WRTP Big Step

of South Central Wisconsin.

Keith from Middleton has been

waiting.

Good morning, Keith.

Thank you for joining us.

What did what did you want to say?

Hey, good morning guys.

As a blue collar my whole life

work with my hands.

I didn't go through the apprenticeship

program but I went through a culinary tech

program 40 years ago and got my degree.

And I've made an awful lot of money in my years

as an executive chef and work private

clubs and resorts all of this

country.

I've been in six figures now for the

last 15-20 years and it's nothing to

sneeze at.

I have to say that the Democratic

Party in my opinion in the last

40 years has been pushing this

MBA craft for the last 40 years.

The point where they really

kind of alienated the blue

collars.

And I think you're seeing that with the

whole rise of Trump.

But I think the only way we're going to

Democratic Party is going to get not

getting the good grace of the hardworking

people of the country is to really

push hard to support these programs

and make sure that people are

understanding that everyone needs to

have their house plump electrical

HBAC, all these things.

You want to go out for a dinner.

You got to pay somebody to do it.

There's no shame that an absolutely

most rewarding thing in the world in my

opinion is to finish a job and look

at it.

I've built that with my own two hands.

Absolutely Keith.

I had the opportunity to talk to

some women who worked on Ficer

Forum.

And they said to the feeling I get

to drive past that and I'm with my

kids and I can point to it and say,

Mommy helped build that.

That's just an amazing thing.

I love that.

Thank you so much for the call.

Keith, you don't happen to have a

crane.

I can borrow you.

Wow.

I think that's no.

Wow.

And he left the call laughing at you.

A girl can dream.

You know, I want to make this dream

come true, honestly.

Well, we'll we'll we'll we'll we'll

have a brainstorming session.

And and we'll kick that around.

Anything you want to add, Lindsey, we

just have a couple of minutes left.

Sure.

You know, I think the as we diversify

the trades and we start talking about

registered apprenticeship here in Wisconsin.

And having a renaissance of this model that's been around since

1911, we're the leaders in this.

And you know, as I'm seeing more

federal investment coming down with different

infrastructure roads, bridges, commercial

buildings, residential clean water,

lead ladder replacement.

Yes.

So one of these grant programs has

workforce development built into it.

And all of them have language referencing

pre apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship

and union labor as well.

And that's a huge sea change.

And I think, you know, to your point about

we need to keep telling people about this.

I think this is the only way we're going to be able

to accomplish some of these massive projects

over the next five to 10 years.

And generationally, I want to look back in 25 years

and say we brought a whole new,

a whole new generation into the trades

into apprenticeship.

And they are now journey workers

who are mentoring the next class of apprentices.

And I think we can do it.

Absolutely.

Well, people can contact your organization

if they want to find out more.

We will put that in our show notes.

It is wrtp.org.

But again, we will put that in our show notes

if you want to reach out to Lindsey's organization

and find out more.

And talk to your kids.

Talk to your grandkids.

Have the good conversation.

Because you know, especially in today's

college, young people with the jobs market,

these are the good options.

Lindsey Blumer, CEO of WRTP.

Thank you so very much for your time.

I really appreciate it.

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We were just talking with Lindsey Blumer,

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And apprenticeship programs and the success of Wisconsin's

apprenticeship program right now with over 16,000 in Roles.

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Oprah.

Amazingly.

And I didn't.

I kind of lost track of this that Oprah still comes out

with her favorite things list.

Really?

Yep.

Even though she hasn't.

I mean, her show has been off the air for how long?

For a long time.

She still has her magazine.

She's on the cover of every month.

Right.

So she's still coming out with her favorite things.

This used to be the big hoopla when everyone in the audience would get every single thing

on her list.

It was a huge deal.

Oh, yeah.

Of course.

I mean, Ellen did stuff like that too.

Yeah.

Ellen started following that kind of path.

But some of the items on here, at least they're not outrageously expensive.

Not all of them are outrageously expensive because sometimes she would get a little OTT.

I thought, you know, Oprah has more money than God, just because you can buy that doesn't

necessarily mean the rest of us can afford to buy it.

But among the items on this year's Oprah favorite things is a travel mug.

The corkical mug with a slip-proof lid and easy grip sides for 29.95, corkable, corkical.

That's not a word.

New word.

Um, a landsend quilted permaloft winter coat, which makes me look like an oompa loombo.

That's $131.

Yeah.

There's a throw.

He warmed this season with a cozy yet chic throw from Oprah's list.

It's $110.

But now here's, here's my, where my question comes in.

It's just going to be in a continuation of do you really need this?

I, okay.

Pajamas.

Yeah.

Do you wear pajamas, 844, 967, 2789, 844, 960 party?

Every year, for years, she has put pajamas on her favorite things list.

Yeah.

My husband and I don't have kids.

Yeah.

That's Oprah.

That's true.

I am not a pajama person.

I don't pajama.

Okay.

You don't pajama jammy jammy jammy?

I don't know.

All right.

I wear a, I wear a cotton shirt.

Okay.

It's like, all right.

And that's, that's how I roll.

Are these pajamas, these so-called pajamas in question?

Are they like the traditional, I'm going to get ready for bed, pull up the, the, the pants

of the PJ pants and then button down the front PJ top like those traditions.

Oh, no.

You mean like the flap in the back?

No, no, no, no, no, that's a, that's a onesie.

Oh, I'm talking about like just true traditional pajamas that have pajama bottom.

It comes and then a, a top, a top that you, you button close and yeah, you stir your

cocoa and you sit, so she, she likes these that are $117.

They're sustainable, responsibly sourced bamboo pajamas.

Cool.

Bamboo based pajamas.

And then there is a robe, which is another thing that I find completely superfluous to tell

me more.

I'm a, I'm a robe guy.

Oh, er, it's Kelvin.

Do you pajama?

I do not pajama.

What, what, what are you sleeping?

Oh boy.

I sleep in a t-shirt and just whatever boxers I had on for the day.

And Greg Bach.

Do you pajama?

No, I do not, you do not pajama.

We're leaving at that.

Oh, right.

Fine.

No, I don't pajama.

I, that, that's too much clothes.

It's just, it, it, it, it's restrictive.

I move a lot.

It doesn't turn.

So that just binds you up and it's just not feasible.

I mean, I, obviously, if you have children at home, that's going to be a different situation.

Well, you know, I mean, because we certainly word pajamas as kids.

Yeah.

Because pajamas are fun.

I mean, to this day, my niece is going to be 22 and my nephew is 18 every year for Christmas

on Christmas Eve.

They get new pajamas and they put them on and they love it because they're just fun

pajamas.

But I don't think you have to be a parent to wear pajamas.

I mean, most parents, I know sleep in a t-shirt and they're underwear.

They're not getting into the like, you know, the, the silky bottoms and the, yeah.

Well, that's for a birthday, maybe, but like, they're not like the cleavers, but it's

like, all right, time to get ready for bed, mother.

There's a cozy robe, their foot dreams, cozy chic ribbed, ribbed hooded robe as $124.

Are you, are you a robe guy?

So, okay, first before we get into my robe proclivities, do, is that like a robe designed

for women, like the style, the fashion, or is it look like a unisex?

It could be unisex.

Okay.

I'm just good.

That makes me happy.

It is called a yummy feeling backdrop and a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

I think that these have a roomy fit and the ribbed material and hood up the cozy factor

even more.

So it's double the cozy factor.

But psycho wrote the copy for the website, it was Oprah, okay, so don't go, don't go

on offending the great and powerful.

Oh, I'll do what I want.

I am a robe guy.

I have the same robe I bought at a Sears grand years ago.

It is nice and fluffy.

It is very comfortable.

I love it.

I'm not looking to replace it.

It's perfect the way it is.

And it costs me $10 whole dollar.

Wow.

And I've had it for, before I was married, so at least, at least 12 years, I think I

haven't had probably closer to 20 years.

And it doesn't have any holes in it.

No holes.

I take care of it.

I wash it.

You know, I've done lovingly handling the robe.

Yeah.

And I love it too.

And it comes right down to the knees.

So like I'll go out and like get the mail and I'll be that guy in his robe and it's crocs

just like, what's up, everybody?

I'm here to get my mail.

You know, but I think everyone should have a robe.

It's very, but a comfy robe.

Not, I mean, you want to get a sexy robe, get a sexy robe, whatever.

But I think you should just get a box standard, very comfy, very just utilitarian robe.

It really is really nice.

I, I think it's very comfortable.

I don't find them warm enough because I'm always chilly and you're getting the wrong

robe, sister.

I'm, I'm just not getting a, a high quality enough fuzzy, ultra comfy robe.

Yeah.

You need like something that's got some lining in there too, then.

I think I know I'm getting you for Christmas.

Eight, four, four, nine, six, seven, two, seven, eight, nine, eight, four, four, nine, six,

the robe party, just party.

Eight, four, four, nine, six party.

Do you pajama?

Are you a pajama person?

Is this a tradition?

Maybe I know people, like you said, your, your niece and nephew get new pajamas at

Christmas Eve.

I know adults that that is their ritual, I guess.

I, I, I actually have a pair of pajamas.

I just realized this, right?

I pair Brewer's pajamas, ill fitting, and when I say ill fitting, if you see me,

you're like, oh, they're too tight.

No, they're too big.

They're made, they're, they're tall, they're, they're the size plus tall.

So like they go over my feet and the shirt goes down to my knees.

I look like a little boy wearing his dad's pajamas, but they're Brewer's pajamas.

So I still wear it and I pull the pants up to my chest.

Oh, good Lord.

You can actually just leave the pants off and use it as a sleep shirt.

Exactly.

Exactly, exactly.

Pat checking in from the 715 last time I wore pajamas, they were dukes of hazards.

One with a general Lee on them.

That was in the 80s.

I can imagine the flag on the car's hood now would be a no, no, yes, yes, LOL.

Yes, yes.

It's a no, no dukes of hazard PJs.

Oh, I think I had a man PJs.

I know I had Spider-Man PJs.

Uh, let's see here.

We got another text from the 608 saying during the school week, my three kids wear

their clothes to bed for the next day, next day because I don't have time to get

them dressed in the morning.

No pajamas.

I'm convinced pajamas are for the upper class people as a kid.

I wore my dad's retired large t shirt.

No pajamas.

Now I wear PJ pants plus sweat shirt to bed.

Wow.

Okay.

And then from the 920, I PJ and robe with exclamation point.

Oh, love them all keep my fluffy robe over clothes to keep warm.

I want to go back to this last text though.

Yeah, about the elites might.

Yeah, my three kids.

I just want to say I said this correctly.

My three kids wear their clothes to bed for the next day because I don't have

time to get them dressed in the morning.

So they're wearing, they're wearing school clothes.

They're wearing school clothes to bed.

And then they wake up and they're just like pop out of bed, put some shoes on

and off to the bus.

Goodbye, mother.

Thank you for my peanut butter on jelly sandwich.

Interesting accent.

Thank you very much.

It's, I don't know where they're from.

These coasts.

I find that unique.

I would like to know the kids ages because maybe they can help each other get

them because I just feel like wearing clothes that you're going to, it's too

restrictive after a while.

It's going to be, I mean, this once again, no judgment, just curious.

844-967-2789-844-9672789.

Do you pajama?

Do you robe?

A texture says matching coordinated pajamas on Christmas morning.

Yes.

But otherwise I get undressed when I crawl into bed and I get dressed when I get out

of bed.

That's some confidence right there.

I can't do that.

I can't do that at all.

I, I, I just find it like you said to Greg.

It's too restrictive and I'm, I am a flailer.

Yeah.

I flail at night.

And so you got to watch out for the legs kicking and the arms swinging.

And yeah, my husband wears a helmet to bed.

I just like this IPJ and robe and brace it and yeah, live your life.

I mean, yeah, whatever floats your boat, my friends, you know, I mean, like, you

want a PJ PJ, you want to not, you don't try to see what other things are on

Oprah's favorite things lists.

We have the flow is dead man on there.

You know, they're very happy together.

Don't go pick it up.

I just want her to appreciate Steadman.

Do you think she is not appreciable?

Is he ever been on the list?

Well, she's another people can't get him true.

She's not going to put him on a list.

We got, oh, this is just from the same texture about the PJ and robe life.

Just smiley faces.

Another pair of pajamas, stripe and stare lounge pant and sweatshirt set, which I

guess are considered pajamas.

Oprah said on her list this year, she owns 12 pairs in, in different colors at 128 bucks

a pop, you know, Oprah, you really need to take it down a peg.

All right, seriously, we know your rich.

We know you're one of the richest, but 12 pairs of the same mean in different colors.

Fair, I guess in different colors, which you probably got for free, because she's

endorsing them.

You're probably right.

Absolutely.

All right, Anna slippers.

Oh, I'm getting into the slipper game.

This Christmas slipper game found out that you should always be wearing some kind of

house shoe when you're walking on a house.

If you have like concrete floor or tile floor, because the, the motion of your foot going

down on concrete or a hard wood floor too, that can have some lasting damage on your body

on your feet.

So I'm going to ask for some house slippers, where are those around?

Be comfy and take care of my body.

Well, you're going to be looking fine when you walk into the mailbox.

Here we go.

We've got to follow up.

This is from Liz with the three killed kids.

They wear sweatpants and sweatshirts to school.

Okay, all right, they are 810 and five.

I still, I, I feel like I'm just open up more questions.

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If you ever want to check in, stay with us when we come back, Dolly Parton.

There's nobody like this woman.

Absolutely not.

And she needs a prize just for being her.

This is as goes Wisconsin across the civic media radio network.

To be all right, I think it's going to be all right.

All right, yes, everything will always be all right.

We can go shopping, and it's always you.

We're in your shopping, we're in your shopping, we're in your shopping.

It's 함께.

I dont want this like you.

That's what I get for the best.

Good morning and welcome to ASGO's Wisconsin-Jane Mattnair in Fort Kristen Brie.

Greg Bock with me in studio, Calon is on the board and you can always check into at 844-967-2789.

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We were talking about Oprah is out with her annual list of favorite things for the holidays.

And she's got pajamas on there and slippers and a robe and that got us kicking around.

Do you pajama?

I personally do not pajama.

Calvin does not pajama.

Greg, you also do not pajama.

But you are pro robe.

Pro robe.

I'm pro robe.

Pro robe.

You're prairie phrase that slippers.

Pro robe.

I'm pro slippers too for health reasons too.

We got a couple more texts that came through.

The young lady who is very pro robe is also slippers all day.

In fact, all my piano students bring slippers and wear them.

All right.

And then from the 608, my husband calls his robe a house coat.

I like that.

That's hilarious.

I always tease him about it.

Well, you know what?

He lives his life and still journeys his journey and his beautiful house coat.

Housecoat is just such a 1950s term.

I know.

I feel like you should be walking into a room with a big, big long back chair and be like,

I'm going to read the latest Jane.

In my housecoat.

There you are.

The textur from the 4014 says,

nightgowns only and a robe.

Wait, say one more time.

Nightgowns only, not pajamas.

All right.

Nightgowns only and a robe.

Well, that free flooring is still protected.

It's too restrictive.

It's too, at least for me.

All right.

It's just my thing.

That's great.

I'm here for it.

We're not judging.

We're not judging.

We're not judging.

Kind of judging.

Okay, maybe.

No.

What ever going.

I wanted to talk about deli pardon.

We should always be talking about.

For a number of reasons, including just because she's fabulous.

Yep.

And she was just performed at the Dallas Cowboys game.

In.

A Dallas Cowboy cheerleader outfit.

She's 77 years old.

Yeah.

She looks amazing.

Yep.

I didn't look that good when I was in my 20s.

And she just rocks it.

It's incredible.

But this just jumped out at me.

Dali does not tweet.

And Dali doesn't like to talk on the phone.

Dali only faxes.

I don't want to talk to everybody that wants to talk to me.

I don't text because I don't want to have to answer them.

She said this on the Drew Barrymore show.

If somebody calls me, I'll answer it if I want to talk to them.

Or I'll call them back when I can.

Otherwise, I've got too much to think about

to clutter up my mind with everything else.

I'm not a stupid person.

Dali says I could learn if I wanted to,

but I'd rather just have my fax machine

and call in my creative stuff to my crew.

You know what?

It's Dali Parton, of course.

She's going, well, Dali's going to live how Dali wants to live.

Dali's going to Dali.

Yeah.

Dali's going to Dali.

But this is the icing on the cake.

My lease iris is her goddaughter.

Aww.

And she said every time I try to coordinate

and communicate with Dali,

it is always through fax.

My godmother is rarely on the phone.

When we do use, we do use the phone occasionally,

but she does a fax.

And then someone on her staff scans the fax

and they put it into a text message

and then they send that text message to me.

And Dali always signs it.

Like she's not going to know what's coming from.

I like the idea of Dali Parton becoming your friend.

There's a knock on the door from Amazon.

Here's your fax machine, your Dali's friend.

She provides all of her acquaintances with one.

That is.

Isn't that funny?

That's so sweet and awesome.

I love her so much.

I do too.

I'm going to be very, very sad when the day comes.

But we're not going to talk about that right now.

We're going to talk about the fact that Dali is still performing,

releasing records, being amazing.

I thought she wouldn't want a text because

she has a very, very low brow sense of humor sometimes.

Like she didn't get, she didn't hurt jokes.

She could be a naughty lady.

And you know, sometimes naughty jokes don't transfer well on text.

That's a mention you run the risk of someone just screenshotting

your text messages and be like,

I talked to Dali Parton about this and people being like,

Dali Parton is terrible.

Yeah.

No, that's true.

So maybe it's just a little self-protection mode.

You know what from now on, that's it.

I quit this show.

I quit everything.

I'm just going to get a fax machine

and that's how I'm going to communicate with everyone.

Good luck.

I'm going to release podcasts and I'll call them books.

You troublemaker.

Yeah, I am.

You troublemaker.

One more text I want to share you.

This is going back to the, do you pajama or not?

And this is from Kristen.

I have started pajama in since Frankie got here.

I get the super soft button up once from Target.

So I have easy access to breastfeed.

Also hashtag robes for life.

I wear the same ones because I want my boobs to breathe as well.