Good morning, Wisconsin. Good morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off
with us right here at WFHR, locally grown radio. Got your host James J behind the mic. I am
joined by Melissa K. Good morning. And the best listeners and radio. Thanks for joining us,
everybody. Hope your Tuesday is treating you good. We're certainly going to end this hour. We
got good things lined up for you. We're going to get into some entertainment news to kick things off.
Looking forward to being joined by American Shaman, a new heart of Wisconsin chamber member.
I'm going to help you get to know their business a little bit more. Looking forward to that.
Yeah. A little bit later we're going to get into four ways to find a great bottle of wine for
cheap. All right. And one state says no way to seceding. Just one. Okay. Good.
Interesting stuff. Yeah, well, we'll be getting into that. What I apologize. A little
sidetracked because Pam got me coffee. Pam, you are the greatest. Appreciate you. Thank you so
much. That was very nice. Thank you, Pam. Thank you. Appreciate you. Happy birthday, Jay. Thank you
very much. I thought I bring you some at least. That was very sweet. Thank you. You're the best.
Appreciate you. Now you don't just have to drink chocolate now. Yeah. I'm going to mix the chocolate
milk into my coffee though. I'm going to do it. I'm doing that. I'm definitely doing that. It's
like a poor man's mocha. There you go. It's not the first time I've done this.
Nora, will it be the last? No, no. Unfortunately not. No.
No. Well, I mean, if you want to make your own mocha, that's really all that takes. Is that
a little chocolate syrup or what? Let's start off with a little entertainment news. And for those
that are tired of hearing about Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift, I got one more story for you.
Travis and Taylor both came through big for the victims of last week's shooting in Kansas City.
Travis donated over $100,000 to the family of two sisters ages eight and ten who were shot and
suffered leg injuries. And Taylor gave over a hundred thousand to the family of radio DJ Lisa Lopez
Galvin who was killed in the shooting. But you know, celebrity should probably just keep their
mouth shut and just do what they, you know, don't do anything for society or ever speak on things
because, you know, once you become a celebrity, you lose the, the freedom to be able to speak
your mind. Like, this is where they shut up and dribble people drive me insane.
I don't want to hear from athletes in their political feelings or musicians or from about their
political feelings. Blah, blah, blah. You know, you do when they agree with you. You do when they
agree with you, but you don't anybody else. And the idea, like, has anybody ever heard,
uh, celebrity so and so, I like this person. You know what? I was going to vote for the other
person, but now that that celebrity said so, that's completely changed my mind. Like, if you're,
if you're, if you're, that's what you're using as your parameter of who to vote for.
If that's your parameter, you were already lost. Okay. And tell me the percentage of society
that that does that because that person, I, I challenge if they even take the second, they take
the initiative to vote. Right. They may say that they're going to vote for so and so because of
somebody said something or whatever, but are they actually going to go ahead and do it?
I doubt it. I really do. Like, I, I, I cannot, uh, I find it to be the lowest of hanging fruit
to line and complain about somebody like throwing their, throwing their support toward somebody else
regardless of what it is. We don't have an issue when a, uh, a former president or somebody does,
you know, uh, gives their tip to, you know, um, how do they word that usual endorsement? Thank
you. I can't get the word endorsement. That's okay. Um, you know, when that happens, like, uh,
locally, Mayor Blazer gave an endorsement to one of the candidates. I didn't, and they're
entitled to do that. Anybody lose their mind over that? Anybody? I, I, I, I, I, I've spent in the
last two months researching and talking to this community about the mayoral vote, uh, about the
mayoral day, this day, this race and today. And I, though, the one thing, there's a handful of
things I haven't heard. Um, one, I haven't heard any complaining about the candidates. And, and,
and two, I have not heard anybody mentioned one thing about Mayor Blazer endorsing so and so.
And I'm not even going to say who it is because there's plenty of people out there that may not
even know. Uh, but it shouldn't skew your, it, it's data. Like, right. It's data that take into
consideration if you want sure, but it's not a outlier. It's not the thing that should make your,
choose, make your vote. And the information is out there that has been provided by the candidates,
you know, through the mayoral forums, through the interviews that they did with you on mid-day
magazine. I know several of them gave, um, like, meet and greets or talks at the library that were open
to the public. So, you know, they've, they've tried to give you as much opportunity to get to know
them as they could and as they wanted to. Mm-hmm. So that, that's the information that's available to you.
Chef Gordon Ramsey flew a fan named Madison to meet him in Miami after hearing about her bucket
list wish. Madison was relatively diagnosed with stage four terminal cancer. Um, Ramsey invited
her and her girlfriend to join him for dinner at his restaurant, Hell's Kitchen. Uh, he also asked
her to be his special guest at the grand opening of his new restaurant called Lucky Cat in South Beach.
Um, Madison posted clips of her dancing with Ramsey in the kitchen. She said, quote,
Gordon Ramsey, the biggest honor and the coolest night of my whole entire life. And for everyone
who made this happen, I love you. Ramsey said, quote, thank you for teaching me to dance. It's
the first time ever in a kitchen. Gordon Ramsey, there's some beautiful videos out there of this
wonderful young lady in Gordon Ramsey. Um, I, I love when we get this, get the chance to see these
sides of, of, of people. Um, for one, I appreciate every single part. We talked about this a lot with
Toby Keith. Any person out there struggling with the disease, uh, in sharing it with people,
I don't know, um, I don't know if there will ever be words to say how much we appreciate it and
how brave we think you are. Every one of you. Um, if anybody watched any of the BAFTA awards over
the weekend, Michael J. Fox came out and gave us speech. And he was, he was out, he, they brought
him out in a wheelchair and he immediately stood up off that wheelchair. And before he even said a
word, everybody else was standing up. Uh, it just, it just gets me just thinking about it. I,
especially in a industry and in a world that is so image conscious. Um, I, I, I don't say this
stuff for empathy. I say it just for data. Um, you know, being an actor is one of the, the tougher
gigs out there when it comes to your, your self worth and your, your, your, your look and everything.
They put an image. I've talked to some of the prettiest, most handsome people in my,
that I've ever met in my life that, uh, that beat themselves up worse than I do about my looks.
And I'm pretty bad. Like it, it's one of those industries that you're in it, the longer you're in it,
the more you, you tend to beat yourself up and the more you stare at yourself in the mirror, it's
why so many celebrities get bad plastic surgery and all of this. Um, but it's also one of the,
the notes of we really don't know these people that well. Uh, you know, it, it's a little foolish
to pretend that we do one of the things that I think is noteworthy with a guy like Gordon Ramsey.
He's made his career off of being one of the world's best chefs. Yes. But along with that,
maybe one a one b is being the loud mouth in the kitchen yelling at people and, you know, it,
it screamed at that. There's a million, uh, you know, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
promos of Gordon Ramsey losing his mind over, you know, yelling at somebody or whatever.
Or something in small or little or seemingly inconsequential.
And a lot of people know him for that. That's, that's not all the guy is made up like his signature.
Yeah. But this is who he is, uh, you know, this is the real Gordon Ramsey, the what you're,
what you're going to get here with these kind of moments. It's pretty cool.
It is neat. Uh, and, uh, a big, big movie that people are really looking forward to this year is
the sequel to Beetlejuice. Um, I don't know. That was one of my favorite movies growing up.
My sister and I would watch it endlessly. Love that movie. Uh, it's show time. Michael Keaton,
uh, made Beetlejuice. He was such a huge part of it. I will not throw out there. I will throw out
there as well. We're known a writer. Um, um, incredible cast, Catherine O'Hara. There's a bunch of
great actors in it. Um, but uh, uh, Michael Keaton was such a big part of it. Well, Michael Keaton met
his Beetlejuice return with says it hesitance and cautioned because it had to be done right.
Yes. He and director Tim Burton decided early on that if they did a sequel, it had to be,
quote, it had to feel a hand made, especially with all the technology there is today. Michael says,
quote, what made it fun was watching somebody in the corner actually holding something up for you
to watch everybody in the shrunken headroom and in that kind of thing. Um, uh, instead of using
green screen or a lot of that, they, they, they, they, yeah, they went back to the original and how
they did that one where in that's Tim Burton's thing. Uh, you know, you look at a nightmare before
Christmas and things like that. A lot of people have wondered why has there never been a sequel to
nightmare before Christmas because nobody has 10 years. Yeah, it took 10 years to make that movie,
man, or seven years. So when you're going to do something right, it, it usually isn't done quick.
Nope. Michael goes on to say, uh, and, and say those are people under there operating these
things and trying to get it right. When you get to do that again, after years of standing in front
of a giant screen, pretending somebody's across the way from you, it's enormous fun. Um,
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice hits theaters September 6th. Wow. I'm excited about that one. That should
be pretty good. That should be even, you know, to be honest with you, uh, even if it's bad,
I'm going to see it and I'll be happy that I saw it. Um, just to see, uh, that, that cast back
and to see Michael Keaton back in there to see what they do with it. I'm very curious. I think
it'll be really interesting. And I hope that it's a, um, it does well. And it's assigned to
Hollywood and everything that, hey, this is the, um, maybe this is the way to do it. I know it's
cheaper to use green screen and it's, it's kind of niche, but audiences are tired of it. And
audiences have gotten like numb to it now where yeah, because it's just like more, more, more,
more explosions, more blood, more gore, more, and maybe that's maybe not the way to go. Yeah.
Maybe less is more. Yeah. Maybe old school is, is what we should be focusing on.
I, I think the, the smart directors out there are getting that, uh, definitely picking up on that.
Um, we know that, uh, we, we tried out with our morning show, be a positive start to your day,
do serious comedy, start to your day and all of that, uh, but also be informative.
Exactly. Uh, it's, it's a, it's a balance that we've done here at WFHR for a very long time.
And listen, Seth and I have, uh, I think, uh, done a very good job with, but we can't be with you
all day. Some, you know, for the most part and everything. Maybe you need a podcast, maybe you
need something else to cheer you up or a little bit. Well, I got one for you. I just happened to
come across. It's called what the muppet. It's like a half an hour, 40 minutes. Uh, it's these two,
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Look, the Bria Hoyet I see is, I think I hope I'm pronouncing that right, Bria, Bria Hoyet.
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Every time I talk about this, I see those subscription numbers go up. Uh, and I got to think that
that's a big part. A lot of you out there. Thank you so much to everybody. Uh, following the,
the podcast and having some fun with Bria and I, uh, we've been enjoying it quite a bit. I got a
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Be sure to check it out wherever you get your podcasts. And if you like the video component,
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and thank you again, everybody for, uh, already enjoying and making it so successful. We appreciate
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worth it alone. She's got such good reactions. Uh, we are going to take a, uh, time out talk with our
partners. When Melissa and I come back, we're going to speak with American shaman. Uh, new harder
Wisconsin chamber. Remember looking forward to hanging out with them for a little bit. Get the
know our friends over there coming up on the morning show at WF HR locally grown radio.
Welcome back to the morning show, everybody. Got your host James J. I am joined by Melissa K. Good
morning. And Mel and I are joined right now by a new friend of ours. We have Audrey with us from
American shaman. Audrey. Good to meet you. Yeah. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here.
Audrey is a member of a new, I should say, American shaman is a new member of our
heart of Wisconsin chamber. Commerce. I want to talk a little bit about that with you. Audrey
and talk a little bit about the shop. Uh, first though, uh, before we get into American shaman
and what your business is, can we get a little bit about you? Can you tell us a little bit about your
origin story and how you ended up doing this? Absolutely. So, um, my background is actually in
medical science. That's what I went to school for. Um, I worked in the medical field for a little
while and just realized it wasn't the type of healing I wanted to offer to the community.
And so I did a couple other business ventures in the meantime, um, but found my way to American
shaman actually during COVID. Um, and so yeah, I just decided to take the leap while everyone was
kind of focusing extra on their health during that time. Um, and, and that's how we, we wound up
where we are. So many people, uh, we know from that time went from having a job to a career or from
a job to a passion. It sounds like that was uh, something for you too. Yeah, absolutely. Um,
we really wanted to make sure that we were offering wellness to the world and specifically
our community. Um, and during COVID, when people were focusing more on their health, it just
felt like a great time to do it. While you were in the medical field, did, did you get some ideas
or you see the beginnings of this idea of forming? Because I, I know talking so many people are
on health care workers here in town and that, um, more and more, the, the, the common theme I'm
hearing is the options that people want more options or at least to know of their options when it
comes to their health care. Yeah, absolutely. Um, because of the amount of disease that's
happening in our community, people are looking for additional options because it's harder to get
into the doctor. It's taking longer and doctors have less time to spend with you on average. So
people are looking for opportunities to stay healthy. Um, we don't believe myself or our
business that there is no need for Western medicine or that doctors or nurses are bad in any
capacity. Um, but we want to do our best to make sure that people are living their healthiest
life so that they can spend less time at the doctor. Yeah, right on well set. Uh, and I, I, I got
to think that uh, talking to people in, and, and I'm in my own self. I know Melissa and I have
talked about this a little bit that so much of what people are looking for nowadays is options.
Yeah. It's not to say that one is not as better than the other or anything. It depends,
uh, you know, it depends on the person and what they're going through. And, and we're learning
more and more how a flu is not the same for you as it is for me. Exactly. And our immune systems
are going to be different. So of course, uh, the things that would heal us would be different.
Exactly. And our body chemistries, as you said, are all different. So we're going to react to, um,
we're going to react to care differently. So some people, the natural options work much better
for them. And for some people, they're just more comfortable with other options that we already
have more traditionally available. So we just want to make sure we're occupying a space and doing
it really well, um, offering that secondary more holistic natural option for people's wellness.
And, uh, piggybacking off of that Audrey, what are the things that people can find over at
American Xiaomi? So right now we focus primarily on cannabinoids. So we offer multiple different
cannabinoids that are derived from the industrial hemp plant, which is federally legal across the
United States. Um, so obviously in Wisconsin, we're not medicinal or recreationally legal. So
everything we carry will fall within that point three percent THC rate. That's not to say that
you won't get some elevated psychoactive effects from the things that we carry. If that's what you're
looking for, um, what most people don't know when they're looking at using, um, CBD or THC
as something medicinal is that CBD is really where your healing is happening. So we see a lot of
people come in our store that are traditional THC users and have been since high school. And they
want to go straight to THC, which is fine. We have that option for them, but CBD is really where
your healing is at. That's where your balance is going to come from and THC is more of a bandaid.
But we do have both of those options available as well as multiple other different cannabinoids.
There's over a hundred different cannabinoids in the industrial hemp plant. So the ones that we
carry primarily are CBD, CBG, CBN, and then THC, HC and Delta 8. Our product lines are always
expanding. What's really exciting is that the industry is still exploding. So it came to fruition
in 2018 with the legalization of industrial hemp with the farm bill. Um, so we're continuing to
see advancements and we're continuing to see different things isolated out of the plant that
offer different benefits and different effects. As far as the, um, type of clientele that you're seeing
in this industry too, that has changed quite a bit over the years. Absolutely. And I would say that
while there might be like stereotypes out there, I don't think any of those have ever really fit
the industry. I myself, whether it's out in California or here in Wisconsin, wherever I am,
I see all the whole rainbow of gametes, sex, different age, different race, all the different
things. Like it doesn't, there's no really one type of person. This can be beneficial to so many
people out there. It's so true. And we see a really wide range of people coming through our door.
When you do stop in at our store, it is less of a traditional experience because most people,
when they walk through the door of a CBD store, they have a preconceived notion about what their
experience is going to be like or what items they're going to find. Um, we really take more of a
professional approach. So with my background being medical science, I want to make sure people
feel comfortable and safe to ask questions when they walk in because our basis of our business
is education. Um, we will sit with you for 45 minutes to an hour and educate you because it is
a really unknown industry. And for a lot of people because of the stigma, it's really scary.
So when you walk in our store, um, it does not feel like a vape shop or a glass shop. We don't
think there's anything wrong with that. That's just not who we are. And because of that, um, we see a
lot of probably your grandparents. Um, so we're helping a ton of people that have chronic pain,
people that struggle with everyday stress, people that have a multitude of health issues that are
all caused by imbalances in their body. So while we help everyone and we're super happy and
thankful for everyone that walks through our door, um, we're traditionally helping people that
maybe were really, um, deep into that stigma. And I think, um, you know, it came with, I can't recall
the name of it off my head. I think it was during the Reagan era, but there was like the drug panic.
Oh, yeah. That was kind of created and instilled. So we're seeing a lot of people from that
generation really start to drop their fear and ask questions, um, and come in. And then also myself,
I'm a millennial. And I don't know if you had the dare program at your school, but man, I was an
anti cannabis activist and everything for 30 years. I was really deep into the dare program. And,
and again, with my time in the medical field was very against any type of non-traditional, um,
health care. And so it's been really eye-opening even for myself to educate myself to the point
where I was like, you know what, opening a cannabis store is what the best option is for me.
Young you is flipping out right now. My young me is, young me is having a panic attack and thank
goodness for her now. I have CBD.
Melissa, I apologize. I just should have mentioned right away. Our new headphones.
Audrey has a pair on. So she can hear you if you had any questions. I apologize. I should have
told you that right away. No, that's okay. Audrey, just a couple of more quick questions.
I won't let you go. I know I got a really busy day ahead and you got some fun stuff coming up
into this afternoon. We're going to touch on. I'm so excited. Um, we're giving your background
and you're that great brain of yours and everything. I'm not that this is the case, but do you feel
almost a responsibility to to spread awareness about CBD and get kind of like the stigma a little
bit more and more away from it? Absolutely. It's a it's a huge passion of mine, but it is a really
heavy weight that I carry. And sometimes when people come in and maybe they don't want to know
as much as I know, um, I have to apologize as they leave because I'm like, I'm so sorry that you
have to carry that now. It's a really bad habit of mine of just kind of sharing everything that I
know because it does feel like there's these amazing options and they've been so stigmatized. And
I just think it needs to be more mainstream, which is again, is why we take more of a professional
approach because when you're first getting into any industry, when you're first introducing
something that's been a little taboo, you really have to take the high road for the people who
are going to make the decisions to believe you and to trust you. Um, so that's that's kind of what
we're doing right now. I do the same thing with acting, but it's not as like serious or as much
on the stake as you do. Um, the business American Chaman is located at 4551 A Street South at
101 right here in Wisconsin Rapids. And I'm giving you that address so you can be there today at
one o'clock because you guys got a ribbon cutting going on. We are so excited. Yeah. So we are part
of the chamber here in Wisconsin Rapids. That is extremely intentional. So other than probably
this time and maybe a little bit in the future, we don't do a lot of mainstream marketing
because the approach that we take to what we're doing is so very different. So you'll see a lot of
foot on the ground marketing. You'll see us in your businesses. We actually have a location in
Green Bay as well. And we educate their human resources department. We work with teachers. So
we're really like in the places where people have questions and are addressing the stigmas
themselves. So we were so excited to partner with the chamber and we're partnered with them in
Green Bay as well because we are a community-based business like we're here not just to be a business
but to be of service to the community because of the people that we see walk through our doors.
A lot of times they're at their wits end. They maybe have gone to the doctor many times and
haven't found a resource. Haven't found that solution. So they're in pain. They're suffering.
They feel unseen. So we're seeing people really at their worst and we hate to see them like that
but we love to see them. So we wanted to connect with the chamber right away because they're the
people. They're the community. So today we do have the chamber for ribbon cutting at our location
here in Wisconsin Rapids at one o'clock. The first 20 people are actually getting free gifts which
include products from the store and t-shirts and fun little swag items. We have a ton of discounts
going on. We have catering from two hearts catering. We have a photo booth from Lifeline Event
Services. We're throwing a party man. We're having a great time. We'll meet you there. You're more
than welcome. I've mentioned this story before when I was living out in California and I first
started being introduced to medical marijuana and CBD and a lot of these things. I didn't know
anything about it and I come from that world on the other side. The other side of the tracks if
you will and everything. So I was really uncertain about that stuff and if it was actually beneficial
and the first lady I met I will never forget her name. Her name was Avery and she was like 71
or 72 and she was a cancer survivor and she had lost her appetite and her doctors were very
worried about her. She was shriveling to nothing and when I met her she showed me a little
job tour, a little bit of a winger. She was very proud of it because she had gained weight
because she had gotten an appetite because of cannabis because of CBD because of these things.
They had really helped her be able to find her appetite again. Not only that but get her out of
the house a little bit more and gave her a new lease on life her works. Yeah absolutely and
that's an additional reason that we opened our store was because we needed it for our family.
So I had gotten to the point not specifically because of COVID but during COVID where my anxiety
heightened to a level where I was having a very hard time leaving the house. I was struggling with
everything I couldn't sleep. I thought I was having a heart attack every day like it was really,
really bad and so I was looking for a solution for myself and then also my wife at the time she was
walking with a walker because she had injured her back at work and I was throwing her over my
shoulder in the morning to carry her to the bathroom and it was really bad. We were struggling
and when we started to look at this as an option for our community we were like we need to look at
it for ourselves first and so obviously I'm here out of the house and having a great time with
you all here and also three months after we opened our store we actually drove to Tennessee and
climbed a mountain together so my wife no longer walks with a walker or a cane she's doing great
and that's really the hope we want to bring to our community. Yeah and I have no doubt you're going
to Audrey the only catch is you've done too good of a job today you're going to have to come back
on the air with us as a boy. Anytime I would love to. Looking forward to it and especially if you
don't mind putting you on the spot on the air I would love when these topics come up more to be
able to use you and your your store as a resource. Absolutely. I appreciate it. With your brain I'd
love to be able to take advantage of that if you don't mind. Yep absolutely that's um you know in
our Green Bay community that's really what we're known as. We when people are like give me your one
liner about your business what are you all about and I always tell them we're the educators bridging
the gap between the benefit and stigma of hemp that is our goal number one of course we are a retail
store we have to do that that's how we keep the lights on that's how we keep our space that's how
we take care of our family. But at the end of the day we want everyone to be educated about
the safety and the efficacy of cannabis. It's so good getting to meet you and have you in the
studio today Audrey. Thank you so much. Thank you. Join our friends at American Shaman today for
the ribbon cutting at one o'clock at 545 51 A Street South of Wisconsin Rapids that's 45 51 A
Street South in Wisconsin Rapids. American Shaman go check it out for yourselves and help them
us kick off this store with a big fun so let's get a bunch of people over there we'll meet you
there Audrey. Yes party sounds like a fun party. Thank you for again for the time. Thank you.
We'll take a quick time out checking with our partners uh we're going to get into our state and
local news and then Melissa and I will be back and we're going to talk a little bit about cheap wine
and some other stuff. We got plenty more coming up for you on the morning show here at WFHR.
Welcome back everyone. Morning show here at WFHR locally grown radio.
Melissa and James hanging out with you. Hope you're having a good day out there everybody.
Want to send a special shout out to Audrey for joining us from American Shaman. Yeah that was
awesome. That was a lot of fun. That was a great conversation with her. We really appreciate the
time from her and our new friends over at American Shaman. Big shout out to our heart of Wisconsin
Chamber of Commerce. We're able to set that up. Be sure to join them for the ribbon cutting today
everybody. One o'clock at ribbon cutting at 4551 A Street South in Wisconsin Rapids. That sounds
like a fun party. Melissa I want to touch on this one with you. Wine we're talking wine.
All right. When you're buying wine do you ever feel overwhelmed at all the choices?
This might help you narrow it down a little bit. So I think you and I have touched on this topic
a little bit before. If I remember right Melissa you and I are a little similar and if we can't
decide which wine we want we go with the name. The label. Yes the label. I'm sorry the label.
Yes same. I'll completely admit it. I have no wine cut a sewer or anything like that.
I'm not a wine snob. I've had boons and wine out of a box. Hey box wines have come a long
way man. They really have yeah. So looking at this list here here are the top tips. When you're
buying this wine some a wine expert has some top tips for you. Number one avoid the mass market
brands. Things like barefoot yellow tail and even Josh there's a wine called Josh that's a
horrible. What's your name? It's not the wrong with that name. No no it's a horrible no the name
Josh is fine but the name the name your wine Josh like I just feel like that's really there's
there's got to be some awkward situations there for name is Josh. The name Josh is fine actually
I like that name but the name your product that just feels well. So if you feel like you've seen
their name everywhere they're probably spending their budget on marketing instead of the actual
product. Actual wine. For example some wines brag about a nice oaky flavor but instead of aging
in in oak barrels they just shortcut it and stir in a bunch of oak chips at the end. And you can
tell the difference of that if you've had real and you've had fake yeah. Don't buy a bottle with
the word sweet on the label. No it usually means there's added sugar and if you like your wine a
little sweeter look for the term off dry instead. It means there's a little residual sugar left
from Firmination. Firmination is another one of those words I love I love that it for I don't know
why but that's interesting. I'll be honest I wouldn't have thought of that one but I don't really
drink a lot of it I don't drink that much period but if I when I do have wine it's I don't usually
look for sweeter anything like that. Well and if you're looking for a sweet wine you go for a
moscato or a reason. Yeah yeah this coffee is great Pam thank you. I just don't get that in
as we're talking drinking it stuff here I think I'm drinking my coffee it's been great.
Void wines that brag about being bourbon barrel aged. If you've had them I have not tried one
that I liked. I think that they're all just over flavored. Well according to this wine expert it
probably means the wine sucks and they did it to cover up the taste. Bragging about other weird
quote natural flavors is also a sign of wines no good. You know you said this earlier more is
less and I think there's less is more. Less is more yes I think that's becoming more and more true
with more and more things in life. And finally on this list don't assume all good wine comes from
California. Washington makes great wines same for South America especially Argentina and Chile.
Good wine can come from a lot of places this isn't like it was you know 30 40 years ago or some
or even even then it was a little bit more expanded but it's become even bigger now. The wine
industry is huge. Yeah Australia has some good wines I mean good wines come from all over. Yeah
yeah let's get into this one before we take our final time out every now and then the topic of
a state seceding from the United States of America comes up and all of us with brains laugh and keep
move on. Because being in a union it can be tough and it's easier to get mad and want to take
your ball and go home then actually try to solve problems like an adult. In a recent poll 23%
of Americans said that they'd support their state seceding while 51% 51% are all in on America as a
whole. The other 27% aren't sure. Of course your feeling might be different based on which state
you call home. The five states with the most people saying they'd support leaving the US are Alaska
at 36% saying that they'd be okay with seceding. Texas with 31% California with 29% New York with
28% in Oklahoma with 28%. It's not surprising to see Texas California in New York on that list.
They're the wealthiest states with a lot of people industry and self sustainability. Let me double
check their military. Let me see California and New York's mill- oh that's right they don't
they don't really have that okay. So yeah moving on we'll get back to that. If California were an
independent country it'd be the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world and Texas in New York
could be around 10th. They'd be fine. If not better off in some ways not having some size to other
states. For Alaskans it must be a geographical or cultural thing because they'd be in trouble on
their own. All of these states all these states would be a trouble on their own. What are we doing
here? What are you talking about? This is the most one of the most ridiculous things you will ever
hear in your life period. A state considering to secede the amount of work that it would take to
first off do your homework look into your American history. Texas already tried this. Texas wanted
to do this they started out this way and when they did that they were big shots. Texas used to go
all the way up to Idaho just all way up to there and guess what being their own country got them.
What they've got right now where they had this laundry list of demands that if they were going to
join the union this is what it would take this is what it would take and America just stood pat
and played chicken and eventually Texas you know the phrase like the Wild West you know where
that comes from the way it was in Texas at that time that's where that phrase comes from really
because it was so insane there was no law there was no nothing there was no taxes there was no
any of this stuff and they were getting bombarded by other countries left and right trying to take
over their country because they had no they had no organization they had no military they didn't
have any of these things. What happens when they when they over you know max out their power grid
right and need help right yeah we've seen that happen a couple times already. We talk about this
with marriage sometime you know it's easier to get divorced and to work it out and for some
people that's what works and for some people they just don't work so they need to separate
in that that's we all understand that well you start to look at other things with that through
that lens and it just doesn't add up it doesn't it doesn't make the same sense the idea any any
state California Texas New York any of them want to try to secede good luck good luck
we'll be fine America's going to keep rolling well we'll be all right that that state won't
survive five years I'll put my name on that I'll put everything I am on that there's no way
really really concerned about all of the people living in that state who don't make very much
money or who are living on the edge of poverty because yeah that's scary that's just scary to me
yeah and and that to mention do you think every single person or whatever state that is agrees
all right no they're not going to all agree nobody in any state agrees with everybody else
so you're going to have a lot of people leaving you're going to have a lot of people that aren't happy
about that you're going to have a lot of people that are going to stay and think that they're still
going to get their garbage picked up or have some of the you know have their mail delivered or any
of these things that the government does it is so easy and I do this too I'm not I'm not but
you know I'm not just pointing to finger I got three point and right back at me I take shots at
the government too I question things of the government well we should it's it's our our right
as an American citizen I also do that with the understanding of I'm dang lucky to have this
government I'm dang lucky I didn't I wasn't born in China with my mouth how long I'd elicit like
five years old and I'd be done like no no way I wouldn't made it past five in China or or any of
those dictator like countries or anything like that I love this country I'm damn proud of being
an American and part of that comes with a responsibility and it's it's getting along with people
that you don't always want to get along with it's working alongside people that you may not want to
or being neighbors with somebody that you may not agree with politically or religiously or any of
these things this country's been around for a long time and it's been doing this for a long time
and it's going to do it after us if we keep doing what we're doing if we keep getting along we keep
showing those device of stand those device of people out there they were not going to let them
separate us anymore right and how many people are actually making their voices heard
and voting you know the three let's see here if I'm reading this correctly this is by the
the Pew Research Center the elections of 2018 2020 and 2022 were three of the highest turnout
US elections of their respective types and decades 66% of people only 66% of people voted
and that's the highest rate for a national election since 1900 it's crazy that's crazy
you know it's we we got more people voting for American Idol than we do on some of these elections
and everything and then those same people want to bark and complain and these are the people who
make our laws who decide what happens in society yeah yeah I do want to mention that Connecticut
was the state with the least amount of interest in succeeding Connecticut less than 10% of the people
there were interested in succeeding which makes sense especially you know considering the size of
Connecticut now what it would be like if Connecticut was its own country it seems like it'd be a
rough gig it'd be tough that'd be a tough a lot to ask for them yeah we will check in with our
partners real quick we'll come back we're going to go over where you can vote here in Wisconsin
rapids one more time got some good stories that the day for you some local good stuff all coming up
along with the vanny right story on the morning show at WFHR where we are locally grown radio
welcome back everyone morning show here at WFHR James and Melissa with you
got some fun stuff lined up for you to wrap up the show take it to the top of the hour
looking forward to getting into some of this but we got to touch on this vanny right story
Melissa movie producers are always trying to put more butts and seats and not surprisingly
those butts aren't always clean a new study looked at the top bacteria hot spots and movie
theaters and found the average seat is the culprit is definitely the culprit containing a lot of
bacteria one spot was even more disgusting than the seat itself cup holders yeah cup holders
another one to keep in mind when you're hitting the theaters good news is most of the bacteria they
found in these spots were pretty harmless and not the kind that makes a lot of people sick but
certainly something to keep an eye on and even those numbers may seem high your average kitchen
sponge is actually grosser than that so that makes sense and another note to clean those kind
of things and you know keep up to up on that kind of stuff but I feel like that's one of those
ones where we kind of if you were asked you know what's the dirtiest spots in the movie theater you'd
be able to answer but I I'm just chosen hand rest like the arm rest yeah yeah you know like
that you're putting your hands on them I guess maybe you don't do that as much but it's a good
note if you drop the popcorn on your seat don't pick it up I need it yeah yeah another another good
note on that any any movie theater I've ever been in if I drop something on the floor I don't
even look down I don't know like that's gone that's gone forever I never see this whatever that is
it's it's gone like but it's your wedding rig I think yeah it's gone it's gone don't look down
don't look down that's a little extreme it's a little extreme it's a little extreme but yeah
let's get some good stories of the day let's get some palate cleansin in first up I want to
give a shout out to Pam thank Pam not only for the coffee today but all the great notes
and the scheduling she does and she just stopped enduring part of WFHR truly is stopped in before
our segment there our commercial break wrapped up she had mentioned it was constant grows great
grapes for wineries as well and that's a great note to keep in mind on Wisconsin yes we do have
a lot of wineries around the state and if you want a sweet wine this is the place to get it
because most of our wines are naturally sweet yeah encourage you to check out this great event
going on today with our new friends over at American Shaman Audrey in the gang are got the ribbon
cutting going on at one o'clock today they're first 20 people gonna get a prize get a gift
that's pretty cool and and they're just gonna be doing more and more over there we're really
looking forward to getting to know them more and support them and what they're doing here in town
and she just sounds like a fount of knowledge and information so if you got questions
check go over there and and and hit start a conversation with Audrey yeah we really appreciate
them being in today that was a lot of fun shout out to our heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce as
well yeah be sure to join us from three to four today for a great midday magazine we got lined
up for you we're in part one we're going to talk to our good friend Sally Kissner
executive director of the arts council where I've air Britain Ocarina from the pack also good
looking forward to talking with Eric and Annie I hello is playing the call up uh we're going to
talk with Annie uh we're actually going to talk about both the upcoming performances here in March
looking forward to diving into not only the how sweet it is Steve Leslie singing James Taylor
which is coming up March 7th but also of course uh this great show coming up March 10th always Olivia
and Olivia Newton John tribute where we're going to get to talk to uh Annie a little bit about
not only her and her work uh but her love of Olivia and and spreading awareness about her career
and her message it's going to be a lot of fun looking forward to that at 3 30 we're going to talk
to Sherry John's Terry Terry John's he's gonna smack you when she gets in yeah Terry John as she
should yes yes she should CEO of your United Way of Southwood ebbs county's going to join us
we're looking forward to having Terry join us as always always love talking with you night away
and talking with Terry um and we got good basketball on the radio dial for you tonight join us at seven
o'clock our pregame kicks off for Wisconsin men's basketball hosting Maryland looking to get back
in that W column from Wisconsin it's just been a rough month for them up and down uh be here when
they get things right and write the ship uh looking forward to playing some badger basketball for you
tonight and also make sure that you get out and vote today it's a primary election in Wisconsin
rapids to narrow the pool of candidates running for mayor and i will be updating this afternoon um
more information and election results when they start to roll out you can tune into our station
and and hear the results of the election after eight o'clock one more time for uh Wisconsin
rapids area for wards one through ten voted centrally a center a two twenty third avenue south
and wards eleven through twenty seven you can vote east junior high school fieldhouse at three
eleven Lincoln Street get out there being formed and vote everybody you can find out more at
w-i-rapids dot org w-i-rapids dot org uh also got a blood drive going on today oh yeah that's right
from ten to three we have a blood drive happening right over at the same place you can vote
uh former east junior high school field uh uh field room over at uh room one eleven uh three
eleven Lincoln Street Wisconsin rapids encouraging good on a good blood drive is in the music room
yes the blood drive is in the music room and the voting is taking place like uh just over in the
fieldhouse so a little bit of ways away from there go check that out donate if you can appreciate all
you heroes out there donating in our community um Wisconsin rapids community theater silver foxes
presenting the golden age of radio directed by the great chris Williams yeah that's this week
yeah we're so excited about this their first show is uh this thursday at two o'clock then on
friday they'll have a six o'clock show and then on saturday they will have a two o'clock matinee nice
uh get your tickets and find out more at wrc theater dot org wrc theater dot org support your local
theater support the arts uh it is so vital in this state supporting the arts most people and you're
gonna have a fun time the show is great yeah and encourage you to check that out again find out
more information at wrc theater dot org uh speaking of uh supporting the arts we have a youth
art uh month exhibit going on at the Alexander house oh yeah that is happening this sunday be sure
to join them from one to four they're gonna feature artists artworks by students at the port edward's
school district opening reception will be held on sunday the 25th from one to four refreshments will
be served the exhibit will continue through april so if you don't get a chance this week and you
will have other opportunities keep in mind the Alexander house is open from one to four sunday
twos day thursday and spy special appointment visit them at 11 31 Wisconsin river drive and beautiful
port edwards and uh i wanted to make sure to mention uh that uh not only during midday magazine we're
gonna be talking about this but we want you to get your tickets to see steve Leslie uh this Grammy
or winning songwriter uh it is uh just a cut above when it comes to not only covering James Taylor
but just the way he uh is on stage got to see a little bit of his work online and man he is uh he
is a showman he is good entertainment extraordinary and while you're there go ahead and get tickets for
always Olivia as well uh get your tickets and find out more at saverthearts.com saverthearts.com
keep in mind it uh we will be talking with them a little bit later and you can hear more later
today at three o'clock uh where we're talking about them one more time when i mentioned that the
koana's youth day has been canceled uh uh uh feel for them and hoping that they can be back at it
in 2025 but it's understandable with like a snow and the warm temperatures we've had they got to
put safety first so yeah keep in mind the koanis will still have the holding their summer event on
June 1st we'll talk more about that as we get closer to it uh and let's look at some uh
world good stories some us good stories a guy in Nebraska was cleaning out his glove box and found
that unscathed lottery ticket we told you about that yesterday trucks and bucks he got a free ticket
from that oh that was a pretty cool situation yeah um and he's uh donating uh he's donating a
lot of the money as well so i think through a local food charity there oh that's good the FDA
approved the first drug to treat uh severe food allergies for things like milk eggs and peanuts
they also just yeah they just also approved the first drug to treat frostbite man i couldn't
use that uh my kid when i was in high school i couldn't use that yeah but that is that is incredible
those are huge stories how many people heard about those anybody anybody no no okay uh this
that the we need to cover this stuff we need we need more and more people need people to be here
nobody says how many people suffer from allergies yeah uh uh frostbite happens more often than you
think yeah god of the my fingertips my toes i'm telling you yeah a digital artist in New York
named max colmonsky uh has been helping out random people by redesigning their flyers for things
like cleaning and babysitting services the kind with a phone number at the bottom you tear off
he does it for free and doesn't even tell them for example he found a boring uh one for a
cleaning service called the clean team and made them a snazzy new flyer where they're branded like
a team of superheroes and it really increased their sales it really increased people being a
what a cool thing to be able to do man that that's such a uh that's like a really cool thing
that's pretty awesome it's been pretty cool hanging out with you today Melissa we appreciate you
yeah it was fun have a great birthday James thank you and thank you to everybody out there get
out there uh and vote everyone we appreciate you doing so and be back here tomorrow some more fun
we'll talk to you soon and later on the morning show right here at this is locally grown radio
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