Guess what we gave the interns of podcast Wait we did?

Guess what we gave the interns of podcast Wait we did?

What?

What?

Whose idea was this?

Whose idea was this?

The Duran Clan.

The Duran Clan.

Hi, I'm Dylan, I'm Leilani, I'm Ben, and I'm Stephanie and where.

Hi, I'm Dylan, I'm Leilani, I'm Ben, and I'm Stephanie and where.

And there's actually a fifth person with us today.

And there's actually a fifth person with us today.

Hi, I'm Scary.

Hi, I'm Scary.

You're a new member of the Durand Clan.

You're a new member of the Durand Clan.

I'm excited to be here. Thanks for having me.

I'm excited to be here. Thanks for having me.

You're an intern for the next twenty minutes.

You're an intern for the next twenty minutes.

I'm in. I remember my intern days here.

I'm in. I remember my intern days here.

Oh geez, how'd you get started here? At iHeart?

Oh geez, how'd you get started here? At iHeart?

I did get started as a glorified intern. We had it. Well, you guys get paid, right, Yeah? Interns here? Okay? Cool? So it was kind of like an internship that got paid, but it never ended. It was basically a uh it was a reoccurring thing. There was no end in sight. I would have had to leave here. So I started here when Elvis was on in the afternoons playing mut music and I was answering phones back in the day, whoa, all the request lines used to light up like crazy. People used to call in to radio stations NonStop, especially after school, and twenty lines and where I would say, what's your song? Requests? One hundred I played for you, and when I found somebody that was really cool, I basically said hold on, and I told Elvis, hey got a live one online six and then he would take it from there. So I actually helped produce his afternoon show.

I did get started as a glorified intern. We had it. Well, you guys get paid, right, Yeah? Interns here? Okay? Cool? So it was kind of like an internship that got paid, but it never ended. It was basically a uh it was a reoccurring thing. There was no end in sight. I would have had to leave here. So I started here when Elvis was on in the afternoons playing mut music and I was answering phones back in the day, whoa, all the request lines used to light up like crazy. People used to call in to radio stations NonStop, especially after school, and twenty lines and where I would say, what's your song? Requests? One hundred I played for you, and when I found somebody that was really cool, I basically said hold on, and I told Elvis, hey got a live one online six and then he would take it from there. So I actually helped produce his afternoon show.

Wow, what was the what was the most requested song? When they were starting out?

Wow, what was the what was the most requested song? When they were starting out?

Like you want to it was mid nineties and we were playing at the time. Z one hundred went into a lot of alt rock. You know, we went away from a lot of the the mainstream stuff that you hear, but it was mainstream modern rock stuff. So it was a lot of Pearl Jam and David Matthews and you know, Hooty and the Blowfish and Nirvana, a lot of that. That was a lot of the stuff being requested.

Like you want to it was mid nineties and we were playing at the time. Z one hundred went into a lot of alt rock. You know, we went away from a lot of the the mainstream stuff that you hear, but it was mainstream modern rock stuff. So it was a lot of Pearl Jam and David Matthews and you know, Hooty and the Blowfish and Nirvana, a lot of that. That was a lot of the stuff being requested.

Yeah, yeah, just saying, Okay, So I was recently watching some old interviews. Who is like your favorite of the guests, because you guys have a lot of guests very often, and is there one that has like stuck out over all the years? Are there a couple any really bad ones?

Yeah, yeah, just saying, Okay, So I was recently watching some old interviews. Who is like your favorite of the guests, because you guys have a lot of guests very often, and is there one that has like stuck out over all the years? Are there a couple any really bad ones?

Yeah? You want to know all that? Well, Listen, an artist is always going to put their best foot forward when they're with us, right because they're here promoting something usually music, could be a book, could be a film or whatever, and so they're basically, you know, they're going to be on their best behavior because we have a lot to give them. It's kind of like a an exchange, right We are allowing them into our home and exposing them to millions of impressions, right for lack of a better word, and you know, they give us their time. So to say that there was a bad person, I would not say that. We've had, you know, interviews that were all that awful because everyone's always on their relatively best behavior when they're here, So I can't really speak to that. You know, as far as the greatest God, there are some people that when you're interviewing them, it's more like a conversation. The people that people like a Michael Boublet or an Enrique Iglesias that have come through over the years that have just become our friends. You know, Chris Martin from Coldplay, extremely personable. And then you got artists that grew up listening to the show, like like Lady Gaga, like Halsey, Charlie Pouth. These are people that because we've been on for thirty years, they grew up in the area and they you know, they talk about the times. I'm sure you've seen the interviews before where they say, I can't believe I'm here right now, I can't believe. I mean, I'm hearing your voice. The Lady Gaga moment is amazing because it was the first time we really had like a major superstar in here who was gushing over meeting us as much as we were meeting her. It was it was crazy to think and then we're like, wow, we've really reached the age where we've been in people's lives long enough. That was about it had to be about ten fifteen years at that point for her, she where she was like excited that her she's now making her debut on her childhood radio station. She used to have her Gaga used to have her mom record the show on cassette tape. And you know, cassette cassettes have a finality to them, so the mom would have to go into her room and flip the tape. You have to record it, of course four cassettes, so she could finish listening to the show when she came home from school because she would miss the second half of the show. Mind blowing, you know, all the way to Timothy Shallomey, who you know you saw the interview. We have clips of that, right. Timothy was like, Yeah, I used to love the phone taps. I was to listen on the bus every morning where my dad used to drive me to school because he grew up in New Jersey. So it's changed a lot. So yeah, So a lot of these people give us their all because they're genuinely excited to be here. Others who've never heard of us before are at least on their best behavior. You know, I haven't answered your question because I haven't really pointed out you know, it was a.

Yeah? You want to know all that? Well, Listen, an artist is always going to put their best foot forward when they're with us, right because they're here promoting something usually music, could be a book, could be a film or whatever, and so they're basically, you know, they're going to be on their best behavior because we have a lot to give them. It's kind of like a an exchange, right We are allowing them into our home and exposing them to millions of impressions, right for lack of a better word, and you know, they give us their time. So to say that there was a bad person, I would not say that. We've had, you know, interviews that were all that awful because everyone's always on their relatively best behavior when they're here, So I can't really speak to that. You know, as far as the greatest God, there are some people that when you're interviewing them, it's more like a conversation. The people that people like a Michael Boublet or an Enrique Iglesias that have come through over the years that have just become our friends. You know, Chris Martin from Coldplay, extremely personable. And then you got artists that grew up listening to the show, like like Lady Gaga, like Halsey, Charlie Pouth. These are people that because we've been on for thirty years, they grew up in the area and they you know, they talk about the times. I'm sure you've seen the interviews before where they say, I can't believe I'm here right now, I can't believe. I mean, I'm hearing your voice. The Lady Gaga moment is amazing because it was the first time we really had like a major superstar in here who was gushing over meeting us as much as we were meeting her. It was it was crazy to think and then we're like, wow, we've really reached the age where we've been in people's lives long enough. That was about it had to be about ten fifteen years at that point for her, she where she was like excited that her she's now making her debut on her childhood radio station. She used to have her Gaga used to have her mom record the show on cassette tape. And you know, cassette cassettes have a finality to them, so the mom would have to go into her room and flip the tape. You have to record it, of course four cassettes, so she could finish listening to the show when she came home from school because she would miss the second half of the show. Mind blowing, you know, all the way to Timothy Shallomey, who you know you saw the interview. We have clips of that, right. Timothy was like, Yeah, I used to love the phone taps. I was to listen on the bus every morning where my dad used to drive me to school because he grew up in New Jersey. So it's changed a lot. So yeah, So a lot of these people give us their all because they're genuinely excited to be here. Others who've never heard of us before are at least on their best behavior. You know, I haven't answered your question because I haven't really pointed out you know, it was a.

Good media trained answer.

Good media trained answer.

You guys know about media training.

You guys know about media training.

Bad gus. Oh you know, no, that was good that I just watched the Lady Gaga one that you were talking about, yeah, on Wednesday, preparation for her big release today.

Bad gus. Oh you know, no, that was good that I just watched the Lady Gaga one that you were talking about, yeah, on Wednesday, preparation for her big release today.

What was your thoughts not not to turn the tables in interview you but I don't know, it's just a natural thing that comes to me. What were you thinking when you saw that interview?

What was your thoughts not not to turn the tables in interview you but I don't know, it's just a natural thing that comes to me. What were you thinking when you saw that interview?

It was really crazy to watch. It's always really crazy to watch artists interviews who are like still so successful and in their prime today have been in their prime for so long, So like to see her interviewed all those years ago and still be like doing it and pedal to the medal to this day. It's kind of crazy. And yeah, she was talking about the cassettes and how she would record them and her parents would she would literally be late to school. Her parents would be like, Gaga, got it. Well, they wouldn't call her dog, but oh wait, Stephanie. Yeah, but yeah it was crazy.

It was really crazy to watch. It's always really crazy to watch artists interviews who are like still so successful and in their prime today have been in their prime for so long, So like to see her interviewed all those years ago and still be like doing it and pedal to the medal to this day. It's kind of crazy. And yeah, she was talking about the cassettes and how she would record them and her parents would she would literally be late to school. Her parents would be like, Gaga, got it. Well, they wouldn't call her dog, but oh wait, Stephanie. Yeah, but yeah it was crazy.

Great name.

Great name.

I love it.

I love it.

Yeah, it was wild.

Yeah, it was wild.

My stepmom's name is gil Stephanie's all great people.

My stepmom's name is gil Stephanie's all great people.

Are named Stephanie and are from New Jersey.

Are named Stephanie and are from New Jersey.

There you go, all right, fair enough, not gonna argue with that one. Stephanie for New Jersey.

There you go, all right, fair enough, not gonna argue with that one. Stephanie for New Jersey.

So, in the like thirty years of this show, has there ever been a guess where you are not a guest, but so to say, has there ever.

So, in the like thirty years of this show, has there ever been a guess where you are not a guest, but so to say, has there ever.

Been someone you were surprised?

Been someone you were surprised?

Like, has never come through the show where someone like obviously over time, like you know, he kind of becomes members, like hey, you know, got stuff the release. It's not like, oh my god, we got to get someone in. But has there ever been somewhere whe're like, hey, they've been around for so long it surrobably, like has it just never worked out or anything like that.

Like, has never come through the show where someone like obviously over time, like you know, he kind of becomes members, like hey, you know, got stuff the release. It's not like, oh my god, we got to get someone in. But has there ever been somewhere whe're like, hey, they've been around for so long it surrobably, like has it just never worked out or anything like that.

I'm shocked that to this day in my career, I have still never met Eminem.

I'm shocked that to this day in my career, I have still never met Eminem.

Wow.

Wow.

Yeah, Eminem when he was doing the slim shady stuff when he came around in nineteen ninety nine, long before you guys were born, right, too long, not too long, but he basically you know, I know, he did a little tour of radio stations when you know how My Name Is came out and he was doing a lot of tours of night shows, and I know he was up here. Maybe Scotty Be might have gotten to meet hum, but he was never interviewed by this morning show, which I find.

Yeah, Eminem when he was doing the slim shady stuff when he came around in nineteen ninety nine, long before you guys were born, right, too long, not too long, but he basically you know, I know, he did a little tour of radio stations when you know how My Name Is came out and he was doing a lot of tours of night shows, and I know he was up here. Maybe Scotty Be might have gotten to meet hum, but he was never interviewed by this morning show, which I find.

Interesting, actually really shocking, because every time I'll hear of it drops and everything, and sometimes like his voice is not like, hey, it's Eminem, so like hearing that he's actually never been interview about the show is actually kind of surprising because I've heard his voice so many times just for like pulling out like audio and stuff.

Interesting, actually really shocking, because every time I'll hear of it drops and everything, and sometimes like his voice is not like, hey, it's Eminem, so like hearing that he's actually never been interview about the show is actually kind of surprising because I've heard his voice so many times just for like pulling out like audio and stuff.

Yeah, yeah, his he's that. That's probably from somewhere else that he was interviewed on one of our stations, because we have radio stations around the country right. Another one would be Drake. Now, hold on, I met, I'm sure we'll get the picture. Do you know do you know what Drake did when he was a teenager? Before he was I don't know if yet. He was basically called Wheelchair Jimmy on De Grossi Junior High De Grassy High, which was a long running PBS show and a Canadian show. It was a Canadian show, I believe that PBS aired here in America. And he grew up on the show and he got shot and the bullet paralyzed him and he was in a wheelchair. So his name was Jimmy on the show. Google this wheelchair.

Yeah, yeah, his he's that. That's probably from somewhere else that he was interviewed on one of our stations, because we have radio stations around the country right. Another one would be Drake. Now, hold on, I met, I'm sure we'll get the picture. Do you know do you know what Drake did when he was a teenager? Before he was I don't know if yet. He was basically called Wheelchair Jimmy on De Grossi Junior High De Grassy High, which was a long running PBS show and a Canadian show. It was a Canadian show, I believe that PBS aired here in America. And he grew up on the show and he got shot and the bullet paralyzed him and he was in a wheelchair. So his name was Jimmy on the show. Google this wheelchair.

Jimmy and.

Jimmy and.

Drake is a team. So I there was the I guess it was a new season of De Grassi coming out, and it was Drake Aubrey right. And then a couple of other people from the show came to New Jersey to Jersey Gardens and I hosted hundreds of screaming teenagers to watch the debut episode of the new season of De Grassi. And the surprise was, we have some stars from the show, and at the time they only knew him as Jimmy from the show politically correct Realchair Jimmy's here anyway. So he was there and I met him as a teenager, and I have a picture of the two of us, and he was wearing a Stewie T shirt family guy and he looked so young, so do I. And this was like the early two thousands, like two thousand and three. Outside of that moment, he has never come up here for an interview with the Elvis Durand Morning Show, never had him up, So that would be an interesting one. So Eminem Drake to answer belong winded and answer your question. Are some people that come to mind right away?

Drake is a team. So I there was the I guess it was a new season of De Grassi coming out, and it was Drake Aubrey right. And then a couple of other people from the show came to New Jersey to Jersey Gardens and I hosted hundreds of screaming teenagers to watch the debut episode of the new season of De Grassi. And the surprise was, we have some stars from the show, and at the time they only knew him as Jimmy from the show politically correct Realchair Jimmy's here anyway. So he was there and I met him as a teenager, and I have a picture of the two of us, and he was wearing a Stewie T shirt family guy and he looked so young, so do I. And this was like the early two thousands, like two thousand and three. Outside of that moment, he has never come up here for an interview with the Elvis Durand Morning Show, never had him up, So that would be an interesting one. So Eminem Drake to answer belong winded and answer your question. Are some people that come to mind right away?

Also, Drake's down the hall, you know, at the breakfast club, like right now, Well, he's always here, he works here.

Also, Drake's down the hall, you know, at the breakfast club, like right now, Well, he's always here, he works here.

What huh Drake? Yeah, Eli, Oh, oh, there's a there's a guy who works on the breakfast club who looks exactly like Drake, and he loves Drake so much so that he's he's actually shaped his beard to look like Drake. Yeah. I know what you're talking about. That's very funny. So yeah, So that that's to answer your question. What else he got?

What huh Drake? Yeah, Eli, Oh, oh, there's a there's a guy who works on the breakfast club who looks exactly like Drake, and he loves Drake so much so that he's he's actually shaped his beard to look like Drake. Yeah. I know what you're talking about. That's very funny. So yeah, So that that's to answer your question. What else he got?

What?

What?

Come on? Hit me with everything?

Come on? Hit me with everything?

I have something?

I have something?

Oh so I know you as the person who had the best Halloween costume of this past year. So my question is, would you ever or have you ever been Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Oh so I know you as the person who had the best Halloween costume of this past year. So my question is, would you ever or have you ever been Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks.

I've never been Theodore. I think you should wait, were Theodore?

I've never been Theodore. I think you should wait, were Theodore?

He was a care bear?

He was a care bear?

Wish we have a peg?

Wish we have a peg?

Wait? Was I a care bear? Was the ones?

Wait? Was I a care bear? Was the ones?

Yeah?

Yeah?

But that didn't take any creativity. I jumped into pajamas and I'm.

But that didn't take any creativity. I jumped into pajamas and I'm.

But that photo is one of my favorite photos ever.

But that photo is one of my favorite photos ever.

Really, yes, I didn't think it made such an imprint and.

Really, yes, I didn't think it made such an imprint and.

Your personality just goes with it.

Your personality just goes with it.

Okay, fair enough.

Okay, fair enough.

So I feel like Theodore is next in line.

So I feel like Theodore is next in line.

Theodore. Now why Theodore? I mean because Alvin and Simon and Theodore are the three chipmunks, right, Yeah?

Theodore. Now why Theodore? I mean because Alvin and Simon and Theodore are the three chipmunks, right, Yeah?

Is he the green one? Yes?

Is he the green one? Yes?

No, I think he's the tall blue one that Simon Simon me he's a short, stocky one.

No, I think he's the tall blue one that Simon Simon me he's a short, stocky one.

Yes.

Yes.

But Alvin is the one who gets cute and nice and like wattles around.

But Alvin is the one who gets cute and nice and like wattles around.

Wattles. Basically, I should be a penguin.

Wattles. Basically, I should be a penguin.

I'm not saying you battle around, Okay, Yeah, I'm just saying like Theodore's presence and your presence are kind of similar. Okaya, like the aura, you know my favorite I do you guys have a favorite chipmunk.

I'm not saying you battle around, Okay, Yeah, I'm just saying like Theodore's presence and your presence are kind of similar. Okaya, like the aura, you know my favorite I do you guys have a favorite chipmunk.

Yeah, I have a favorite. I don't know if she's giving me flowers here or she's trying.

Yeah, I have a favorite. I don't know if she's giving me flowers here or she's trying.

Yeah, it's the flowers about the vase, you know.

Yeah, it's the flowers about the vase, you know.

Okay, I've got a question. I've got a question.

Okay, I've got a question. I've got a question.

From being on radio for so long, has anyone ever recognized your voice out and about in public?

From being on radio for so long, has anyone ever recognized your voice out and about in public?

Oh?

Oh?

What is like the weirdest experience.

What is like the weirdest experience.

Going shopping in a mall, like a clothing store where it's just because loud places, people can hear voices all the time whatever. But if I ask, if I ask somebody for help on something, I'll just use my regular everyday voice and it'll take a few minutes to kick in. And then they're like, your voice sounds so familiar. So there's that. So that has happened before quite a bit. And then a lot of times if people like recognize me from somewhere over the years, they'll a lot of times if they can't place it, they're like, where did you go to school? They think that they know me from college or something. You look familiar. I know you from somewhere and they can't place it. And then there are some people that just go like they just know right away. Those are the Diehard.

Going shopping in a mall, like a clothing store where it's just because loud places, people can hear voices all the time whatever. But if I ask, if I ask somebody for help on something, I'll just use my regular everyday voice and it'll take a few minutes to kick in. And then they're like, your voice sounds so familiar. So there's that. So that has happened before quite a bit. And then a lot of times if people like recognize me from somewhere over the years, they'll a lot of times if they can't place it, they're like, where did you go to school? They think that they know me from college or something. You look familiar. I know you from somewhere and they can't place it. And then there are some people that just go like they just know right away. Those are the Diehard.

Yeah, yeah, but of course, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, but of course, yeah.

It happens a lot, mainly in the New York City area, Jersey Long Island, the suburbs of Westchester, but occasionally it's happened to me in Philly. It's happened to me a little bit, quite a bit in South Florida because we've been on Q and O two for several years, and we've been on Miami why one hundred since two thousand and six. Wow, yeah, so people know from there?

It happens a lot, mainly in the New York City area, Jersey Long Island, the suburbs of Westchester, but occasionally it's happened to me in Philly. It's happened to me a little bit, quite a bit in South Florida because we've been on Q and O two for several years, and we've been on Miami why one hundred since two thousand and six. Wow, yeah, so people know from there?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Interesting? Wow.

Interesting? Wow.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Circling back, where did you go to school?

Circling back, where did you go to school?

Well, I went to the school in Brooklyn. I went to Mark Twain Intermediate School, Edward On Morrow High School. Those are Brooklyn schools, and then I went to Brooklyn College. And I got to say going to Brooklyn, Everyone's like, why are you going to a school where you don't like dorm anywhere or join a frat And I'm like, well, I'll tell you. Staying home and commuting back and forth to college every day allowed me to get this job. In my junior year, I was able to carry a full load of classes, and on the days that I weren't doing classes, I would come here. So it would have played out completely different it definitely would have I might not even be here right now. Wow, if I would have waited till my end of my senior year, after going away to school and then coming home and then starting my career, because by that point it would have been too late because Elvis had already moved from afternoons to mornings by the time I was graduating college, so there might have been other people in place. I might have just been getting my start. The fact that I had a one year year and a half had start before Elvis went to mornings. That was true for myself and Danielle and Greg t who used to work here. The three of us were all graduating college same year at the same time in nineteen ninety six, and we had all been here since ninety five, so we had been here for a year and change. And then we just luckily fell into place when they moved Elvis to the morning show and we were all there with him.

Well, I went to the school in Brooklyn. I went to Mark Twain Intermediate School, Edward On Morrow High School. Those are Brooklyn schools, and then I went to Brooklyn College. And I got to say going to Brooklyn, Everyone's like, why are you going to a school where you don't like dorm anywhere or join a frat And I'm like, well, I'll tell you. Staying home and commuting back and forth to college every day allowed me to get this job. In my junior year, I was able to carry a full load of classes, and on the days that I weren't doing classes, I would come here. So it would have played out completely different it definitely would have I might not even be here right now. Wow, if I would have waited till my end of my senior year, after going away to school and then coming home and then starting my career, because by that point it would have been too late because Elvis had already moved from afternoons to mornings by the time I was graduating college, so there might have been other people in place. I might have just been getting my start. The fact that I had a one year year and a half had start before Elvis went to mornings. That was true for myself and Danielle and Greg t who used to work here. The three of us were all graduating college same year at the same time in nineteen ninety six, and we had all been here since ninety five, so we had been here for a year and change. And then we just luckily fell into place when they moved Elvis to the morning show and we were all there with him.

Wow, that really worked out.

Wow, that really worked out.

Geez.

Geez.

It is meeting, it is networking. It is it is about knowing you know about media and knowing you know learning all about it, but it's also being at the right place at the right time as well. The climbing has to be there, so you know, it's chemistry, it's networking, but it's timing. Timing is important. You could have two of them but not one, and then you're you don't have that job.

It is meeting, it is networking. It is it is about knowing you know about media and knowing you know learning all about it, but it's also being at the right place at the right time as well. The climbing has to be there, so you know, it's chemistry, it's networking, but it's timing. Timing is important. You could have two of them but not one, and then you're you don't have that job.

So if it's meant to be I think.

So if it's meant to be I think.

Building off of that, I suppose, since we are technically a college show, if you have anyone getting into radio nowadays like us, what would you recommend them to do?

Building off of that, I suppose, since we are technically a college show, if you have anyone getting into radio nowadays like us, what would you recommend them to do?

Have be multifaceted, have multiple talents and things. It's not just about radio listen. I mean, I'll be straight up. When I came here, I took TV courses and radio courses. I gravitated toward radio. I helped rebuild the college radio station at Brooklyn College who WBCR Radio Baby Brooklyn College forever. We had funds, but no one was spending them. So I had to get involved in the politics of it and making sure we were able to spend all that money on the equipment, hiring a professional engineer. I helped in my four years build that station from ashes WO. We had the money, though luckily it's sitting there and no one was using it, which was foolish. And then I was on that college radio station. We helped build an infrastructure. That station is thriving today from grants from other people who saw what we did back then and they built on that. So Brooklyn College Radio was doing really well. So I had those so we had that situation going, and then I was working here at the same time. All that built into just needing to know about audio and radio and editing. That's all I needed to know. But what's come along since then? I mean there was no I mean literally when I got here, there was one computer for the entire radio station, and it was in a neutral area. It was called the Z one hundred Cybercenter, and that it was one a singular Macintosh, old school mac and we would take turns going on it. We all got email addresses and like what's an email? Like, we learned about having an email address. So we were just kind of like in the infant stages of that. And then and then about a year later after computers were starting to like really take shape, and then pro tools was invented. Pro tools changed my life because they we used to edit on Physically. Do you ever see those reels? Those two That's how I used to edit anything. And you used to have to like listen for the edit and with like a little grease pencil market and then forward it and then get another and listen by sound where the edit was. And and then you take a little like a razor blade and you'd cut the two parts. And you would literally take the tape and throw it on the floor, so all the edits were on the floor. That's what they talk about cutting room floor for video and audio editing. And then we'd have to tape it together with literal tape, and that's how you made your edits. And then that was how I learned. And then a year later into the job, they wheeled the reel to reel out. I'm like, where are you guys going with my editing machine and they're like, hold on, we're reeling something out. They wheel another machine in and it was basically a Mac with Pro Tools on it, black and white, and I'm like, what's that. They're like, this is this is the wave of the future pun intended wave in the future. I said, this is pro They're like, this is Pro Tools and I'm like, I don't know how to use this, and they're like, on the job training, and they trained me how to use pro Tools. So I learned how to edit digitally. I went from an analog editing to digital editing on and this is maybe doing the weeds for all you guys and everyone watching and listening. But I learned editing on the job. So to answer your question, another long winded question. Answer. Now, my advice is you can't just know one aspect. People who just want to be like, well, I'm an influencer and i know how to talk to a camera and I'm cool. It's about having the personality. It's about being real, being unapologetically you. All that stuff is known. That's what's going to sell, right, But it's also about being prominent in other skills, and it's basically a collective of what all you guys are doing here right like the digital audio, the video, I mean video like having you know, making reels like in real time, having like Deanna Franz's on the Switcher, knowing video and audio, and and then knowing how to do editorial, having to write a story for a quick headline whatever that will capture people's attention. You need to have all of those skills because now you know, if you're a if you're lucky enough to be a music DJ outside of mornings, you're doing everything yourself. You may have a one person producing you, maybe nobody, So you got to have the camera set up. You've got to be doing everything all at once and being on the radio and in real time making sure you don't mess up. Because that's the one difference between a podcast and radio, right is radio is live. Yeah, there's no edits. You're in real time. So if you choose, so choose, you know that could be that could be frightening for a lot of people to go live, right, but then you go live on Instagram and TikTok all the time, so should be no problem. So yeah, to answer your question, you need to learn it all and do it all.

Have be multifaceted, have multiple talents and things. It's not just about radio listen. I mean, I'll be straight up. When I came here, I took TV courses and radio courses. I gravitated toward radio. I helped rebuild the college radio station at Brooklyn College who WBCR Radio Baby Brooklyn College forever. We had funds, but no one was spending them. So I had to get involved in the politics of it and making sure we were able to spend all that money on the equipment, hiring a professional engineer. I helped in my four years build that station from ashes WO. We had the money, though luckily it's sitting there and no one was using it, which was foolish. And then I was on that college radio station. We helped build an infrastructure. That station is thriving today from grants from other people who saw what we did back then and they built on that. So Brooklyn College Radio was doing really well. So I had those so we had that situation going, and then I was working here at the same time. All that built into just needing to know about audio and radio and editing. That's all I needed to know. But what's come along since then? I mean there was no I mean literally when I got here, there was one computer for the entire radio station, and it was in a neutral area. It was called the Z one hundred Cybercenter, and that it was one a singular Macintosh, old school mac and we would take turns going on it. We all got email addresses and like what's an email? Like, we learned about having an email address. So we were just kind of like in the infant stages of that. And then and then about a year later after computers were starting to like really take shape, and then pro tools was invented. Pro tools changed my life because they we used to edit on Physically. Do you ever see those reels? Those two That's how I used to edit anything. And you used to have to like listen for the edit and with like a little grease pencil market and then forward it and then get another and listen by sound where the edit was. And and then you take a little like a razor blade and you'd cut the two parts. And you would literally take the tape and throw it on the floor, so all the edits were on the floor. That's what they talk about cutting room floor for video and audio editing. And then we'd have to tape it together with literal tape, and that's how you made your edits. And then that was how I learned. And then a year later into the job, they wheeled the reel to reel out. I'm like, where are you guys going with my editing machine and they're like, hold on, we're reeling something out. They wheel another machine in and it was basically a Mac with Pro Tools on it, black and white, and I'm like, what's that. They're like, this is this is the wave of the future pun intended wave in the future. I said, this is pro They're like, this is Pro Tools and I'm like, I don't know how to use this, and they're like, on the job training, and they trained me how to use pro Tools. So I learned how to edit digitally. I went from an analog editing to digital editing on and this is maybe doing the weeds for all you guys and everyone watching and listening. But I learned editing on the job. So to answer your question, another long winded question. Answer. Now, my advice is you can't just know one aspect. People who just want to be like, well, I'm an influencer and i know how to talk to a camera and I'm cool. It's about having the personality. It's about being real, being unapologetically you. All that stuff is known. That's what's going to sell, right, But it's also about being prominent in other skills, and it's basically a collective of what all you guys are doing here right like the digital audio, the video, I mean video like having you know, making reels like in real time, having like Deanna Franz's on the Switcher, knowing video and audio, and and then knowing how to do editorial, having to write a story for a quick headline whatever that will capture people's attention. You need to have all of those skills because now you know, if you're a if you're lucky enough to be a music DJ outside of mornings, you're doing everything yourself. You may have a one person producing you, maybe nobody, So you got to have the camera set up. You've got to be doing everything all at once and being on the radio and in real time making sure you don't mess up. Because that's the one difference between a podcast and radio, right is radio is live. Yeah, there's no edits. You're in real time. So if you choose, so choose, you know that could be that could be frightening for a lot of people to go live, right, but then you go live on Instagram and TikTok all the time, so should be no problem. So yeah, to answer your question, you need to learn it all and do it all.

I'm pro college radio stations. I'm a part of mine. I know you're a part of yours.

I'm pro college radio stations. I'm a part of mine. I know you're a part of yours.

Yeah, go to college radio.

Yeah, go to college radio.

Hey, College Radio Day is coming up in April. So I love college.

Hey, College Radio Day is coming up in April. So I love college.

Radio, I really did, and I weapon was there for four years. I support it. I think it's so important if you want to get into this industry or anything industry adjacent, you know, because the industry is obviously all things audio. It's not just radio, but it's the whole broadcast. And I will tell you you need that in your life. You need to be part of that. You know what scares me is when people come to me sometime like, hey, they seem like, you guys have a lot of fun in the morning, you're hanging out. I love that. I want to do that. And they may be well into their thirties in a different career, not again, not being ages, but they may be in a different career and watch down a different path completely and they don't have those skills. Oh, but I know how to talk, you know, I could just sit in front of a microphone, which may be okay, know there may be positions out there for color commentary or having that, but I think you need to have kind of started down that path from the beginning. And I don't have the heart to tell them that it may be fifteen years too late. You guys are doing it at the right time. Theodora of you, Oh my god, I mean my Theodore Era. I love it. I'm living Theodore Era.

Radio, I really did, and I weapon was there for four years. I support it. I think it's so important if you want to get into this industry or anything industry adjacent, you know, because the industry is obviously all things audio. It's not just radio, but it's the whole broadcast. And I will tell you you need that in your life. You need to be part of that. You know what scares me is when people come to me sometime like, hey, they seem like, you guys have a lot of fun in the morning, you're hanging out. I love that. I want to do that. And they may be well into their thirties in a different career, not again, not being ages, but they may be in a different career and watch down a different path completely and they don't have those skills. Oh, but I know how to talk, you know, I could just sit in front of a microphone, which may be okay, know there may be positions out there for color commentary or having that, but I think you need to have kind of started down that path from the beginning. And I don't have the heart to tell them that it may be fifteen years too late. You guys are doing it at the right time. Theodora of you, Oh my god, I mean my Theodore Era. I love it. I'm living Theodore Era.

Which what's his divining feature? Like he's like the Alto in their three part harmony.

Which what's his divining feature? Like he's like the Alto in their three part harmony.

Like, well, oka, wait, I think we need to cast Elvis as one of the chipmunks.

Like, well, oka, wait, I think we need to cast Elvis as one of the chipmunks.

Also, oh, he's Alvas Simon.

Also, oh, he's Alvas Simon.

I want everyone to know if you google Theodore, is the first thing that comes up the chipmunk.

I want everyone to know if you google Theodore, is the first thing that comes up the chipmunk.

Oh yeah, this Theodore in generally Yeah, just the word Theodore like rose.

Oh yeah, this Theodore in generally Yeah, just the word Theodore like rose.

Oh well then.

Oh well then.

Scary in Jesus.

Scary in Jesus.

It's my cheeks. My cheeks are giving Theodora.

It's my cheeks. My cheeks are giving Theodora.

I got one last question, sure, so kind of circling back on a few things as you've talked about, you know how you got started with cutting tape literally by hand. You talked about getting your start with Brooklyn College. I'm curious talking about getting that path start and what made you decide from that early age right in college, I want to do radio. I want to be on the earth, like just be involved.

I got one last question, sure, so kind of circling back on a few things as you've talked about, you know how you got started with cutting tape literally by hand. You talked about getting your start with Brooklyn College. I'm curious talking about getting that path start and what made you decide from that early age right in college, I want to do radio. I want to be on the earth, like just be involved.

Yeah, okay, it's very simple. Radio live. I wanted to get into live radio now again, podcasting aside, because that's come along now, you know. And I do a podcast, the Brooklyn Boys podcast, and that that podcast is awesome, But that's recorded format, right, that's pre recorded and all that. We don't do any edits, by the way, on the Brooklyn Boys, we try and do it live as if we're and then we just take that and then it's but it's still pre recorded. What got me into radio, live radio was the fact that it was live and we would talking to local area, the local area I grew up in. I grew up in Brooklyn, and so the Tri State area, the radio station I grew up on and with. It was such an honor to work here because I wanted to be able to not only talk about things that were local to each neighborhood, but getting response in real time. If you think about it, TV doesn't really offer that. There's nothing that offers a real time, complete feedback loop. What do I mean by that? I'm sorrying to sound like a professor. Nothing like real time when you are live in the moment and you have a message you're putting out there. It could be whatever, but there's reaction to the message, whether it be the a text, via talkback or a phone call, and then taking that person and either processing what they're saying and changing your message or going down a different paths or having that person, you know, jump into the conversation. Isn't that One thing that would be awesome about podcast would be people hearing this and then all of a sudden we go to a caller, yeah, and then they're responding to what we're saying. Radio has that very intimate relationship with the listener that other media does not provide because even with a live let's call it a news show or live like the Today Show, right, no offense, no shade to the Today Show. But they're talking at a camera and even though it's live, they're only getting that's one way feedback. There's no feedback loop. It's not feedback coming back at them because it's TV. Now, yeah, they can some stations that some people have incorporated, Oh yeah, we can put this question out there, tell us way how you feel, text us, and then they'll do like the results of the poll. That's like kind of toward what we do. But nothing matches live radio. That's why I got into radio, because that's radio. I think names something else aside from a TikTok live or Instagram live that has that complete feedback loop. There is nothing else. I mean you know what the Twitch is like that? Right?

Yeah, okay, it's very simple. Radio live. I wanted to get into live radio now again, podcasting aside, because that's come along now, you know. And I do a podcast, the Brooklyn Boys podcast, and that that podcast is awesome, But that's recorded format, right, that's pre recorded and all that. We don't do any edits, by the way, on the Brooklyn Boys, we try and do it live as if we're and then we just take that and then it's but it's still pre recorded. What got me into radio, live radio was the fact that it was live and we would talking to local area, the local area I grew up in. I grew up in Brooklyn, and so the Tri State area, the radio station I grew up on and with. It was such an honor to work here because I wanted to be able to not only talk about things that were local to each neighborhood, but getting response in real time. If you think about it, TV doesn't really offer that. There's nothing that offers a real time, complete feedback loop. What do I mean by that? I'm sorrying to sound like a professor. Nothing like real time when you are live in the moment and you have a message you're putting out there. It could be whatever, but there's reaction to the message, whether it be the a text, via talkback or a phone call, and then taking that person and either processing what they're saying and changing your message or going down a different paths or having that person, you know, jump into the conversation. Isn't that One thing that would be awesome about podcast would be people hearing this and then all of a sudden we go to a caller, yeah, and then they're responding to what we're saying. Radio has that very intimate relationship with the listener that other media does not provide because even with a live let's call it a news show or live like the Today Show, right, no offense, no shade to the Today Show. But they're talking at a camera and even though it's live, they're only getting that's one way feedback. There's no feedback loop. It's not feedback coming back at them because it's TV. Now, yeah, they can some stations that some people have incorporated, Oh yeah, we can put this question out there, tell us way how you feel, text us, and then they'll do like the results of the poll. That's like kind of toward what we do. But nothing matches live radio. That's why I got into radio, because that's radio. I think names something else aside from a TikTok live or Instagram live that has that complete feedback loop. There is nothing else. I mean you know what the Twitch is like that? Right?

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Twitch is a great example of a live. You know, someone's gaming, or they're they're talking, or they're they're mixing, and then you got everyone like all that the chat, the sub you know on the side there. That's great, that's cool, that's that's a great that's the closest that modern any modern technology gets to live radio. This is awesome. So what have you guys done on this podcast so far?

Twitch is a great example of a live. You know, someone's gaming, or they're they're talking, or they're they're mixing, and then you got everyone like all that the chat, the sub you know on the side there. That's great, that's cool, that's that's a great that's the closest that modern any modern technology gets to live radio. This is awesome. So what have you guys done on this podcast so far?

Yap, that's literally and traders were talking about reality TV a lot.

Yap, that's literally and traders were talking about reality TV a lot.

Okay, so this is a departure. Now you have developed an audience that has been accustomed to that this is different, this is not so they may not like this. This could be your guests.

Okay, so this is a departure. Now you have developed an audience that has been accustomed to that this is different, this is not so they may not like this. This could be your guests.

I think they love this.

I think they love this.

Yeah, well, it gets to keep with our theme. Do you have any reality TV show as you watch.

Yeah, well, it gets to keep with our theme. Do you have any reality TV show as you watch.

Let's see, I mean not not really now Real Housewives in New Jersey occasionally.

Let's see, I mean not not really now Real Housewives in New Jersey occasionally.

Yeah, we're the two that don't want I don't watch anything.

Yeah, we're the two that don't want I don't watch anything.

Yeah, I love Dolores. Yeah, no, we actually once again examples of people like like Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga big fans of our show. Joe listens still every day in his truck on his way to the construction site. So I've I've actually gotten to know them before, I've gotten to know the show. I've actually watched episodes after. Don't tell them that. Oh, well, too late right now. But like like Dolores and you know, back in the day it was Caroline Manzo Albi, I know Albi. I'm friends with Albi, but I know knew all these people and learned got to know them as people before I ever watched any of their shows, so I would I've not jaded at all. But then again, you know, then I pop it on and see what's going on and see what the storylines. So now I'm kind of like, oh, yeah, you know fair Weather but other reality. Let's see what qualifies his reality me. I used to watch Summer House, yeah a little bit. Uh and that was a yeah that was done in the Hampton's right, Yeah, yeah, because I like take a look at things like Jersey Shore. I mean back in the day, back in the right now you know, oh yeah Jersey Shore. Okay, but yeah, I don't really watch the new ones. You know you still do it?

Yeah, I love Dolores. Yeah, no, we actually once again examples of people like like Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga big fans of our show. Joe listens still every day in his truck on his way to the construction site. So I've I've actually gotten to know them before, I've gotten to know the show. I've actually watched episodes after. Don't tell them that. Oh, well, too late right now. But like like Dolores and you know, back in the day it was Caroline Manzo Albi, I know Albi. I'm friends with Albi, but I know knew all these people and learned got to know them as people before I ever watched any of their shows, so I would I've not jaded at all. But then again, you know, then I pop it on and see what's going on and see what the storylines. So now I'm kind of like, oh, yeah, you know fair Weather but other reality. Let's see what qualifies his reality me. I used to watch Summer House, yeah a little bit. Uh and that was a yeah that was done in the Hampton's right, Yeah, yeah, because I like take a look at things like Jersey Shore. I mean back in the day, back in the right now you know, oh yeah Jersey Shore. Okay, but yeah, I don't really watch the new ones. You know you still do it?

Yeah, they got a new cast, right, it's like family vacation. Yes, oh yeah, that's why.

Yeah, they got a new cast, right, it's like family vacation. Yes, oh yeah, that's why.

We also love to talk about what's been going on in the work life in the office. So it's like you're like a funny office moment of.

We also love to talk about what's been going on in the work life in the office. So it's like you're like a funny office moment of.

The week of the week.

The week of the week.

Well, I know there's plenty, but like, is there like one, like guy.

Well, I know there's plenty, but like, is there like one, like guy.

Favorite person here at the office?

Favorite person here at the office?

Oh my god, start drama.

Oh my god, start drama.

Yeah, let's start drama.

Yeah, let's start drama.

I'm gonna spill tea. I will say that the funniest woman to me week with it's always the unplanned things. And it was the morning they discovered those rotten strawberries.

I'm gonna spill tea. I will say that the funniest woman to me week with it's always the unplanned things. And it was the morning they discovered those rotten strawberries.

Oh god, that was.

Oh god, that was.

Someone a listener was so great. This woman, Kathleen brought up strawberries and blueberries for me for my birthday because I couldn't eat, you know, I was on a diet whatever, but we had some that day. But she brought so many. Scotty said, oh, put this in my refrigerator. So Scotty he put it in his refrigerator and then went on vacation for you and that day. Now here we are a month later and we brought the strawberries out. Elvis brought them out on the air to show everybody. Look what's been sitting in the refrigerator for over a month. And when he lifted it up and he turned it sideways, the disgusting Your mouth is on the floor. You didn't see this video.

Someone a listener was so great. This woman, Kathleen brought up strawberries and blueberries for me for my birthday because I couldn't eat, you know, I was on a diet whatever, but we had some that day. But she brought so many. Scotty said, oh, put this in my refrigerator. So Scotty he put it in his refrigerator and then went on vacation for you and that day. Now here we are a month later and we brought the strawberries out. Elvis brought them out on the air to show everybody. Look what's been sitting in the refrigerator for over a month. And when he lifted it up and he turned it sideways, the disgusting Your mouth is on the floor. You didn't see this video.

I was there when this happened live again.

I was there when this happened live again.

It seeped out the side and landed on Elvis's crotch like disgusting, gross like ranted strawberry liquid and blueberry liquid.

It seeped out the side and landed on Elvis's crotch like disgusting, gross like ranted strawberry liquid and blueberry liquid.

It was.

It was.

It was and there was live on the AIRD once again, a live unedited air moment, and they were filming this. The clip is up. Deanna did a great job on it. You should see this, and we were all going crazy. It was disgusting. Everything had white, white fuzz on the berries.

It was and there was live on the AIRD once again, a live unedited air moment, and they were filming this. The clip is up. Deanna did a great job on it. You should see this, and we were all going crazy. It was disgusting. Everything had white, white fuzz on the berries.

You thought it was white chocolate.

You thought it was white chocolate.

I said, yeah, is that white chocolate?

I said, yeah, is that white chocolate?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Yeah, it's like, you know, this is is a brown Some of them were brown, some of them had white fuzz.

Yeah, it's like, you know, this is is a brown Some of them were brown, some of them had white fuzz.

Right.

Right.

Gross. So that was my favorite funniest moment of the week. Yeah, on air, But what about off air? What's going on with you guys? How are you guys liking this as an internship? So I guess in a sentence, what were your expectations going in versus how they the reality of it? Now.

Gross. So that was my favorite funniest moment of the week. Yeah, on air, But what about off air? What's going on with you guys? How are you guys liking this as an internship? So I guess in a sentence, what were your expectations going in versus how they the reality of it? Now.

I didn't realize we would be on the air this much, or that they would hand us a podcast, like I'm a big fan of culture Last Culturistas, And when they got syndicated to iHeart, it was like a big deal. And then like second day here they're like, you guys have an iHeart radio podcast. I'm like, oh my god, Like I'm employed by the same people as less culturist does that.

I didn't realize we would be on the air this much, or that they would hand us a podcast, like I'm a big fan of culture Last Culturistas, And when they got syndicated to iHeart, it was like a big deal. And then like second day here they're like, you guys have an iHeart radio podcast. I'm like, oh my god, Like I'm employed by the same people as less culturist does that.

Like, I'm an iHeart.

Like, I'm an iHeart.

Radio podcaster honestly, so from my dad's like kind of doctrinating me with radio stuff, you with sports radio. And I've actually been in the iHeart building over the summer where I actually met Gandhi and everything. So it was like cool to see the ability. To me when I was coming here, I was like, oh, I get to like it's gonna be kind of really cool. I get to see everything. And now actually being here and like seeing what the actual day to day task like doing iHeart and everything just with Elvis andever. I just it's definitely nothing I would have said I expected. I had no idea what to expect from the beginning. It means, honestly just been every days and I guess had a new experience.

Radio podcaster honestly, so from my dad's like kind of doctrinating me with radio stuff, you with sports radio. And I've actually been in the iHeart building over the summer where I actually met Gandhi and everything. So it was like cool to see the ability. To me when I was coming here, I was like, oh, I get to like it's gonna be kind of really cool. I get to see everything. And now actually being here and like seeing what the actual day to day task like doing iHeart and everything just with Elvis andever. I just it's definitely nothing I would have said I expected. I had no idea what to expect from the beginning. It means, honestly just been every days and I guess had a new experience.

That's awesome. Same.

That's awesome. Same.

I mean, I feel like I didn't know what to expect, Like I really had no idea what it was going to be like to work here, because obviously you listen to the show and it's like so fun and all of that, but then I'm like, what's it like behind the scenes, Like is it more serious and it's not.

I mean, I feel like I didn't know what to expect, Like I really had no idea what it was going to be like to work here, because obviously you listen to the show and it's like so fun and all of that, but then I'm like, what's it like behind the scenes, Like is it more serious and it's not.

Do you guys actually all just are friends? Like I was gagged by that. Yeah, that it's like it's not like a job half the time. It's like, you guys just hang out.

Do you guys actually all just are friends? Like I was gagged by that. Yeah, that it's like it's not like a job half the time. It's like, you guys just hang out.

You can't fake this. This is yeah, I mean this. We are We are real people. We are who we are, and you know, and I think that if there was any animosity or we really not friends, I think that you would sense that over the air, you know, on the radio. You can't fake it.

You can't fake this. This is yeah, I mean this. We are We are real people. We are who we are, and you know, and I think that if there was any animosity or we really not friends, I think that you would sense that over the air, you know, on the radio. You can't fake it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I think the fact that we are genuine here, we are turning our own horn. I think that that's why it works, and it's what why it's worked for so long. We all get along and there's great chemistry.

And I think the fact that we are genuine here, we are turning our own horn. I think that that's why it works, and it's what why it's worked for so long. We all get along and there's great chemistry.

Well, thank you so much for joining us as our first ever guests on this podcast.

Well, thank you so much for joining us as our first ever guests on this podcast.

It's pleasure to be here.

It's pleasure to be here.

Yay, Yes, I kind of you have a better guest. You've been the one I've been hoping to have on the show the Boat, like for our podcast. So when they said, oh, you guys are interviewing with Harry, I was very excited.

Yay, Yes, I kind of you have a better guest. You've been the one I've been hoping to have on the show the Boat, like for our podcast. So when they said, oh, you guys are interviewing with Harry, I was very excited.

Yeah, you are first, our first idea to bring on for sure.

Yeah, you are first, our first idea to bring on for sure.

God, thank you so much. I appreciate you guys so much, traveled so far. Wow, pay the congestion fee to get in here. Oh nine dollars. See you guys.

God, thank you so much. I appreciate you guys so much, traveled so far. Wow, pay the congestion fee to get in here. Oh nine dollars. See you guys.

Anyways, I'm Dylan, my instagram is Dylan Too. Two two one.

Anyways, I'm Dylan, my instagram is Dylan Too. Two two one.

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I'm Leilani and my instagram is Leilani J Petau.

I'm Ben and my instagram is Ben Pfeiffer with an extra R at the end.

I'm Ben and my instagram is Ben Pfeiffer with an extra R at the end.

I'm Stephanie and my instagram is Steph Lane with two e's and an underscore.

I'm Stephanie and my instagram is Steph Lane with two e's and an underscore.

I'm Scary Jones s K E E R Y Jones and I have to follow all of you. I think I follow Ben.

I'm Scary Jones s K E E R Y Jones and I have to follow all of you. I think I follow Ben.

Yeah, and I follow because we met at American Dream.

Yeah, and I follow because we met at American Dream.

Yes we did, and I have to follow you dying. Yes we follow each other.

Yes we did, and I have to follow you dying. Yes we follow each other.

No we don't, but you gotta you gotta Yeah.

No we don't, but you gotta you gotta Yeah.

Got you?

Got you?

Thank you, Scary Yeah, I think I got the Scary follow.

Thank you, Scary Yeah, I think I got the Scary follow.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's complete internship.

It's complete internship.

Complete team follow back babies.

Complete team follow back babies.

Yes, and with our fifth member, we're

Yes, and with our fifth member, we're

Yeah.

Yeah.