"No Shortcuts with Midas and Fame" Rebroadcast w/ Barrett
Join Barrett Gruber as he reflects on the legacy of President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on December 29, 2024, highlighting Carter's significant contributions to the nation and the world. This episode features a rebroadcast of Barrett's engaging conversation with Midas and Fame from the No Shortcuts podcast, where they discuss the aftermath of the recent elections and the importance of community engagement in politics. Barrett emphasizes the value of taking risks and seizing opportunities, both in personal endeavors and in the political landscape. As they share personal anecdotes and experiences, the trio also underscores the significance of supporting local businesses and charitable initiatives. Tune in for an insightful discussion that blends humor, personal stories, and a thoughtful examination of civic responsibility.
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Speaker B:Language and content that isn't appropriate for some.
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Speaker B:Welcome Nothingers, to another episode of the All About Nothing podcast.
Speaker B:I am Barrett gruber.
Speaker B: ,: Speaker B:Welcome to the New Year.
Speaker B:Hope everybody had a great Christmas.
Speaker B:Hope everybody had a good New Year's.
Speaker B:You're listening to this episode.
Speaker B:This is actually a rebroadcast of the episode that I recorded with Midas and Fame from the no shortcuts show on YouTub.
Speaker B:As well, you can hear their podcast on other podcast platforms, so make sure to check them out.
Speaker B:There are links here in the show notes for that Midas fame.
Speaker B:And I got to sit down after the election and just discuss a lot of stuff.
Speaker B:It was, it was a really good time.
Speaker B:So we're gonna jump right into it here in just a second, but Zach and I'll be back here next week with brand new podcast episodes.
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Speaker B: th of: Speaker B:Jimmy Carter, in my opinion was probably last of the modern day moral presidents.
Speaker B:He was an exceptional individual who served his country with distinction, both militarily, publicly as the Governor of Georgia and then on to the presidency.
Speaker B:He's also, I really think, the individual that sort of set the tone for what a president post presidency should be.
Speaker B:The number of accomplishments that he had are vast and the fact that Jimmy Carter after his presidency just didn't retire to his home.
Speaker B:He didn't just stay idle, he stayed in the public Light.
Speaker B:He cured diseases, the guinea worm.
Speaker B: d reduced that to, I think in: Speaker B:Just so many, so many things.
Speaker B:Nobel Peace Prize.
Speaker B:It's, it's, it's just unimaginable to think that, that a man that did so much for his country over the course of his hundred years after being the leader of the free world for his tenure, to then go on and try and do so much more, not only for the people of the United States, but for people around the world.
Speaker B:I think that it's a loss.
Speaker B:I think we all knew that it was coming.
Speaker B:I think we all knew.
Speaker B:I'd have to imagine that we all knew that at some point we were no longer going to have a President Carter as a figure, as someone that could sort of take in all of what was going on around him, whether it's news, other politicians, that he could take in all of that and still raise his head and acknowledge the good and the potential good in everyone.
Speaker B:President Carter is ultimately, I think, the President that the United States needed in the 70s.
Speaker B:And I think that his time as a citizen is the type of individual that we needed after his presidency.
Speaker B:So I'll just wrap this up and we'll get started with Midas and Fame and myself from the no Shortcuts podcast back in November to share with you in case you didn't get an opportunity to hear it before.
Speaker B:But I'll just say that obviously thoughts go out to everyone that was close, related, family, friends to President Jimmy Carter.
Speaker B:So let's get started.
Speaker B:This is the All About Nothing podcast.
Speaker B:Again, thank you for listening.
Speaker B:Going to jump right into the episode with Midas and Fame of the no Shortcuts with Midas and fame show on YouTube.
Speaker B:Again, check the show notes, check out their episodes they record every week live on YouTube on Tuesdays at noon.
Speaker B:So let's get it started.
Speaker B:Thank you very much for listening.
Midas:And you heard it first here, ladies and gentlemen, on the no Shortcut show with Midas fame and Mr.
Midas:Barrett Gruber that's joining us today.
Midas:That will be on digital streaming platforms this week.
Midas:That's Writing Rhymes in My Sleep by yours truly, Midas.
Midas:Shout out to everyone who's here, ladies and gentlemen, come on in, say hi, let us know where you are.
Midas:We are here with of course, famous and our special guest slash co host because he is a producer and co host of his own podcast by the Name of All About Nothing podcast.
Midas:We had the pleasure of joining him the night after the election for an election recap.
Midas:We did a dump over there.
Midas:We cleaned up and came home.
Midas:Yeah, and shout out to Zach who could.
Speaker B:I couldn't get Zach to join us.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:Yeah, he's busy.
Speaker B:He's busy.
Speaker B:Work.
Speaker B:He's got, he's got a job.
Speaker B:He can't, you know.
Midas:Yeah, shout out to Zach, man.
Midas:I'm sure he's gonna catch the replay and catch all the wonderful things that we say about him.
Midas:And I enjoyed him, man.
Midas:Famous.
Midas:I think you missed him the night that you had to sign out a little bit early, right?
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:But yeah, he, he was, he was off the chain, man.
Midas:Super hilarious guy.
Midas:Very animated.
Midas:So shout out to Zach, man.
Midas:We have to run this back sometime based on his schedule and allow him an opportunity.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Oh yeah.
Speaker B:Oh yeah.
Midas:As well.
Midas:Absolutely.
Midas:How you, how you guys doing today?
Speaker B:It's a Tuesday we're rolling through, right?
Speaker B:I mean, yes, sir.
Speaker B:It's the Tuesday after a, after a Thanksgiving week off.
Speaker B:I didn't take the whole week.
Speaker B:I tried to take, I took, I took most of the week off, but yeah, I was.
Speaker B:How was Yalls Thanksgiving?
Midas:Took the whole week off.
Midas:Yeah, we didn't, we didn't film last week.
Midas:I, I didn't, I didn't have any performances, any gigs, any shows and I just left it, left it like it was, man.
Midas:And just took advantage of an opportunity to rest.
Midas:My son was out of school all week.
Midas:Spent the first half of the week with him and half of Thanksgiving Day and went.
Midas:And then on Thanksgiving Day I went to visit my sister and brother in law.
Midas:That's where the family congregated on both sides this year.
Midas:Yeah, we took a little road trip, couple of hours on the road there, a couple of hours on the way back.
Midas:And delicious food though, you know.
Midas:And shout out to my aunt Flo who, when she's like, you want to take.
Midas:Yeah, shout out to my mom and everybody else too, but my aunt Flo.
Midas:Well, my mom asked me, you don't want to take any leftovers back?
Midas:And I'm like, I'm thinking.
Midas:I was like, my aunt Flow came is what do you want?
Midas:I was like, well, just give me a little bit of everything and a little bit everything is what she gave me.
Barrett Gruber:Still eating, huh?
Midas:I mean, I finished up Sunday.
Midas:I ate one of my desserts last night and I have a piece of pound cake to finish sometime today, you know, but on Thanksgiving Day I, I just ate one plate I was proud of myself for that.
Midas:Like I was saying the week before, as you get older and I gotta drive, I can't be all miserable.
Midas:You know what I mean?
Midas:No napping.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:A little this, a little that.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Not to be too tmi, but I found that I suffer from like ib.
Speaker B:Is it ibs?
Speaker B:Whatever, you know, Irritable bowels.
Speaker B:Irritable bowels.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:You can't.
Midas:Yeah, you don't want force it on yourself.
Speaker B:I mean, we're all, we're all here.
Speaker B:We're all pretty much the same age, right?
Speaker B:Yeah, we're all.
Speaker B:We're all grown.
Barrett Gruber:We're all grown.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Wisdom is key.
Midas:Wisdom is key.
Speaker B:We know.
Speaker B:We know what hurts us in the long.
Speaker B:We figure it out and then we.
Speaker B:We avoid those things yesterday.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:So wisdom is key, man.
Midas:And you want to be smart and wise.
Midas:You hate to get to reach this age in life and make mistakes based upon eating too much and based upon eating the wrong things.
Midas:If we know stuff is going to do us a certain type of way or, you know, we over.
Midas:We go over the limit.
Midas:It's our job to make sure that.
Speaker B:That doesn't happen, you know, especially if you're visiting family.
Speaker B:You don't want to.
Speaker B:You don't want to.
Speaker B:You have to have an exit strategy is.
Midas:Yeah, exit strategy.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:You don't want to.
Midas:You don't want to be in it.
Midas:Walk out and everybody looking at you.
Barrett Gruber:Somebody knocking at the bathroom door.
Midas:Yeah, they not going.
Speaker B:I know you were in here.
Speaker B:We got, we got plenty of kids out there that don't respect the.
Speaker B:The door.
Speaker B:The door's locked.
Speaker B:It's occupied, right?
Midas:It's occupied, man.
Midas:It's occupied.
Midas:So we just try to be on our best courtesies, you know, when we're visiting other places and all of that.
Midas:And be respectful of the.
Midas:All of the rooms in the house, especially the bathroom.
Midas:You know, we're not even going to charge you for this bit of advice today, ladies and gentlemen.
Midas:This is 19.99, our holiday black Friday special.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, it's a Giving, Giving Tuesday.
Barrett Gruber:Today's Giving Tuesday.
Barrett Gruber:So we're giving out.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Hey, Thanksgiving is not just, not just one day a year.
Midas:Thanksgiving is every day of the year, man.
Barrett Gruber:For sure.
Barrett Gruber:What's good, Juan?
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Who's all out there?
Midas:Ladies and gentlemen, if you're here, maybe my.
Midas:My phone on the slide is lagging, but if you're here, definitely say hi.
Midas:I think we have a few viewers currently, and feel free to share this, ladies and gentlemen, and before we proceed, I want to shout out everybody that's joining us live right now on YouTube.
Midas:And if you're catching the replay on Spotify or Apple Music, thank you for being here.
Midas:Thank you for all of it.
Midas:Make sure you click the like.
Midas:Do not leave here today without clicking the likes.
Midas:We're trying to boost our algorithms.
Midas:And feel free to share this on your individual timelines.
Midas:If you are a friend of any of these gentlemen, including myself on the screen, share this on your timeline.
Midas:Invite some friends to come hang out with this for the next hours.
Barrett Gruber:So let's do that.
Barrett Gruber:Let's do that.
Midas:Let's do that.
Barrett Gruber:Hey man, I just kept looking to my left and my right.
Barrett Gruber:Cause I got my dog at the door on the left and on my right I saw the UPS guy just showed up.
Barrett Gruber:And that's my Christmas present.
Barrett Gruber:I already know what it is, so I think I'm Open it.
Midas:Yeah, it's something that the missus ordered for you.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, yeah, but she.
Barrett Gruber:Go ahead and open it ahead of time because she wanted to make sure it's the right thing.
Barrett Gruber:So I think.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, go ahead and put, go ahead.
Midas:Go ahead and open it.
Midas:It was nice knowing you.
Barrett Gruber:Now we're at that stage, man, where.
Barrett Gruber:We're at that stage where, you know, she buys me stuff that'll benefit her.
Barrett Gruber:So.
Midas:Ah, okay.
Midas:If you open it, it's a plus for everybody.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, actually, and today is our, Today is our 10 year anniversary.
Midas:We gotta hit the applause for yourself for that.
Midas:Yeah, yeah.
Midas:Oh, he's got it.
Midas:Okay.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, appreciate that, Appreciate it.
Midas:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:As a podcast, you come with the sound effects, right?
Barrett Gruber:That's right.
Midas:Yeah, yeah, that's right.
Midas:So, yeah.
Barrett Gruber:So.
Barrett Gruber:And, and then these boxes just showed up as these cookware that I want I've been having my eye on for a pat for the past year or two and she finally broke down and got it because I was gonna get it myself.
Barrett Gruber:I was gonna get it like in September.
Barrett Gruber:She was like, oh man, I trying to hold on for Christmas.
Barrett Gruber:I was like, man, I can wait.
Barrett Gruber:So it really benefits her because I'll be cooking for her in it.
Barrett Gruber:So.
Midas:Yeah, yeah.
Midas:Hey, it's all good, man.
Midas:Yeah, but it, but then that's a good thing though, when you, you know, like having a significant other and you could purchase a gift for them, but it's like something you could do together.
Midas:That's.
Midas:I mean, that's pretty cool.
Midas:Yeah, that's pretty cool.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Because you got to eat.
Barrett Gruber:Exactly.
Midas:Food has to be cooked.
Barrett Gruber:Got It.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:That's the love language, huh?
Midas:Talk about it for sure.
Barrett Gruber:About it for sure.
Midas:It is Romeo famous.
Barrett Gruber:Y'all come on down.
Barrett Gruber:I'll cook you up something too.
Barrett Gruber:In my new.
Barrett Gruber:In my new hex clad.
Speaker B:Is that what you got?
Speaker B:Okay.
Midas:Yeah, buddy.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Chef Ramsay sold us a year or two ago, and I finally.
Barrett Gruber:Finally went ahead and got it.
Speaker B:My mother.
Speaker B:My mother picked us up hex clads a couple years ago because she can't walk through Costco and not have one of these sales people, like, approach her, and she gets into it, and then she buys three sets.
Speaker B:And then those gifts went away for Christmas.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:Last year.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So we got the hex clad, like the.
Speaker B:The frying pans and everything like that.
Speaker B:And then that.
Speaker B:That changed over last year or the year before.
Speaker B:She.
Speaker B:Then.
Speaker B:Then she added the pots.
Speaker B:So we have the heck pots now too.
Midas:Yeah, they're great.
Speaker B:There's nothing.
Speaker B:There's nothing better than able to take a steel brillo pad to clean and make sure you've gotten it real clean.
Barrett Gruber:Right?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah, that's very true.
Barrett Gruber:Juan said he bought his wife a trip.
Barrett Gruber:Wait, hey, I don't know if that's one way.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, you're going too.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:And he's got the no shortcuts cruise coming up that we were just speaking about in February.
Midas:My community, ladies and gentlemen, if you're interested in hopping on board, you know, definitely one.
Midas:If you want to put your number out there for them to contact you, as far as the details are concerned, feel free to do so.
Midas:Former guest of the show, Mr.
Midas:Juan Velasquez.
Midas:Former guest of the show, my brother, Matthew Hardison with Smooth Sales joining us.
Midas:My mother is here, as always.
Midas:Hey.
Midas:Representing the our power community, which is her platform.
Midas:So thank you guys for joining us.
Midas:And if you're just joining us and you don't know who Mr.
Midas:Barrett Gruber is famous.
Midas:And I had the opportunity to do a recap the day after the election on his podcast, All About Nothing podcast that he produces and is a co host also with Mr.
Midas:Zach King, who couldn't be with us today.
Midas:And Barrett is also a voice over talent Q A in a qa.
Midas:Not Q A, qa, engineer.
Midas:So I'm gonna.
Midas:We're gonna figure find out about this.
Midas:That stuff as well today.
Midas:Mr.
Midas:James F.
Midas:Masters.
Barrett Gruber:What up, James?
Midas:Come on in.
Midas:And James, I think, just released some more music.
Midas:James.
Midas:I played something at the top of the program.
Midas:Not sure if you heard it, but I got something else coming coming this week as well.
Midas:So I'm trying.
Midas:I'm trying to compete with James, man.
Midas:Trying to.
Barrett Gruber:Trying to see, you know, put out the most before they follow.
Midas:Yeah, the fourth quarter, man.
Midas:Fourth quarter.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:You know what I mean?
Barrett Gruber:James is churning them out, man.
Barrett Gruber:He's churning them out.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Definitely bad.
Midas:So we hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving holiday.
Midas:Hope that you got a chance to get some rest, press that reset button, you know, and enjoy some time with family and friends and all of that.
Midas:We missed you guys last week, but we're beyond thrilled to be back with you guys today and do our usual Tuesday meetup at noon Eastern standard time, whatever your, you know, time zone happens to be.
Midas:Thank you all so much for being here.
Barrett Gruber:For sure.
Barrett Gruber:For sure.
Speaker B:Yeah, we.
Speaker B:You guys having me on because, you know, otherwise my Tuesdays get monotonous and.
Speaker B:And there's nothing going on.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:See, it all works out.
Midas:And, you know, that reminds me of something.
Midas:We had a theme many episodes ago because this is what, episode one.
Barrett Gruber:14.
Midas:114.
Midas:Okay.
Midas:Community over competition.
Midas:Right.
Midas:So we all.
Midas:We.
Midas:We come from the aspect of, like, you know, how people sometimes create competition just because you kind of do the same.
Midas:Same thing, and you might be a little standoffish or like, well, let me.
Midas:Or, you know, like, keeping all the secrets to yourself type of thing, you know, But.
Midas:But we believe in community over competition, so I think what we're doing right now is actually practicing what we preach, you know, And.
Midas:And.
Midas:But, you know, also kudos to you because you were here when we had on Mr.
Midas:Matt Velardo boat.
Midas:Oh, yeah, I think you were.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:And so we.
Midas:We began chatting back and forth then, and you, you know, you took.
Midas:You had us on your platform first, so.
Midas:Yeah, yeah, obviously you believe in that theory as well as.
Midas:As far as community over competition, you know.
Speaker B:Yeah, that.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's one of those things that I think that we.
Speaker B:We really enjoy a lot is having other podcast hosts come on our show because it gives us an opportunity to.
Speaker B:To.
Speaker B:To really, like, use each other to try and build that platform.
Speaker B:You know, we've.
Speaker B:We've.
Speaker B:We've had multiple podcast hosts, the.
Speaker B:Actually the guys that.
Speaker B:That we lost this year to the best of Columbia, because.
Speaker B:Okay, this was.
Speaker B:This was.
Speaker B:This was our.
Speaker B:This was ours from last year.
Speaker B:I don't know.
Midas:Nice.
Midas:Yeah, make some noise for that all about nothing podcast.
Speaker B:You know, the difference is this one.
Speaker B:This one.
Speaker B:This one's Best of Columbia, but runner up.
Speaker B:Ah, okay.
Midas:Okay, that's great, man.
Midas:But so with that being said, first of all, how do we get into the.
Midas:Into the drawings?
Speaker B:Nominations?
Speaker B:The nomination period starts sometime in May and May, beginning of June.
Speaker B:You know, we'll.
Speaker B:You know, we'll.
Speaker B:We'll.
Speaker B:We'll have to make sure that we coordinate, because what we need.
Speaker B:We need more podcasts in there, because the guys that won this year, I think, were the runners up the year we won.
Barrett Gruber:Okay.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So ultimately, what.
Speaker B:What.
Speaker B:What we want to do is we want to have enough combinations in there so it's.
Speaker B:It's a more legitimate contest because if only if there's three or four or five.
Speaker B:One of our partner podcasts.
Speaker B:Welcome to Wonderland with a me.
Barrett Gruber:Her.
Speaker B:Her podcast was.
Speaker B:Also got a.
Speaker B:A several nominations and a bunch of votes for hers, too.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:Yeah, you know.
Midas:Yeah, yeah, we'll do that.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, we'll do that.
Speaker B:I'll make.
Speaker B:I'll make sure y'all are included in that.
Speaker B:Yeah, just make that work.
Midas:Yeah, absolutely.
Midas:And what it brings about is relationships with other.
Midas:With other podcasters, and you've made a good point, because at the end of the day, it's just.
Midas:It's basically cross promotion.
Midas:I'm bringing.
Midas:Bringing our.
Midas:Today, we're bringing our audience to get familiar with what you do as.
Midas:As vice versa.
Midas:What you did the night you had us on your.
Midas:On your show All About Nothing podcast.
Midas:Make sure you look it up, ladies and gentlemen.
Barrett Gruber:Hey.
Speaker B:Yeah, I'm.
Speaker B:I'm really hoping.
Speaker B:I'm really hoping we gave you all the nothing or boast.
Speaker B:Me?
Speaker B:Yeah, me.
Midas:Oh, I thought when I.
Midas:One eye saw an eye, the other.
Speaker B:I saw an L.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's our age.
Speaker B:That's our age.
Midas:20, 40.
Barrett Gruber:Speaking of our age, check this out.
Barrett Gruber:I got a quick, quick age story, man.
Barrett Gruber:I was.
Barrett Gruber:Yesterday we were taking lunch to one of the.
Barrett Gruber:One of the dorms at the prison.
Barrett Gruber:So we do this every year where we'll feed one whole dorm and different churches will, you know, sponsor a dorm.
Barrett Gruber:In the dorm that we sponsored this year, it's like 300 of them, right?
Barrett Gruber:So I went to Chick Fil a.
Barrett Gruber:We got 300 chick fil a meals.
Barrett Gruber:And when I got there yesterday, it was me and another older guy, definitely an older guy, pushing the carts of the meals in.
Barrett Gruber:And then there was two other guys that seemed to be about my age, too, that, you know, kind of help us out.
Barrett Gruber:And Robert.
Barrett Gruber:Remember Robert.
Barrett Gruber:Robert Moore, he was there with us, but he was just walking.
Barrett Gruber:And one of the prison guards came up to us, say, hey, man, how y'all doing?
Barrett Gruber:Whatever, Start talking to us.
Barrett Gruber:And then he Said y'all got the two old guys pushing the carts, and y'all are just not doing anything.
Barrett Gruber:I was like, wait a minute.
Midas:Where were you when we were pushing the.
Barrett Gruber:Why did I get to be one.
Speaker B:Of the old guys?
Midas:Oh, you.
Midas:Oh, he included you in the old.
Barrett Gruber:Boy because it was me and my man.
Barrett Gruber:My man chip is like 60.
Barrett Gruber:So he was like, yeah, y'all got the two old guys pushing the carts and you young fellas.
Barrett Gruber:I was like, yo, I thought I was the young fellas.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, I've been going here the past couple weeks.
Midas:Come in a little bit in the same places, but very.
Speaker B:But Jerry, what happens.
Speaker B:And Travis and I know what happens is it comes in right here and then it starts to spread around here, and then it just.
Speaker B:Just works its way.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, if I can get the full gray, I'll keep it.
Barrett Gruber:But I do this for about a month, and then I get tired of it and I'm a shave everything off again.
Barrett Gruber:Because it doesn't November, right.
Barrett Gruber:It just never turns out the way I want it to.
Barrett Gruber:So I give up too soon.
Barrett Gruber:So I'm gonna get rid of it.
Speaker B:There are so many things you're not supposed to do in November now.
Speaker B:Yeah, there's.
Speaker B:There's too many.
Midas:I guess they figure we're gonna eat so much and all of that, you gotta just take a break from everything.
Midas:Can't have it all the way across the board.
Midas:How you want it, man?
Midas:You know?
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, I might, I might be participating in dry January this year.
Barrett Gruber:We'll see how that goes.
Barrett Gruber:But I might do that.
Barrett Gruber:Dry January, no alcohol January.
Speaker B:Oh, that's easy for me.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:Only because, you know, I, I, I, I went through so many years where, you know, alcohol was.
Speaker B:We had so many friends that, that drank.
Speaker B:You know, every party there was alcohol and stuff like that, and I hated the way I woke up.
Speaker B:Like.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:You know, it wasn't even like I was.
Speaker B:It was an out of control thing.
Speaker B:It was just like, if I had enough, I was gonna wake up feeling sick the next day.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:So.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, I love that.
Speaker B:Alcohol is one of the vices that I never really formed.
Speaker B:It wasn't, it wasn't something that took over.
Speaker B:So now it's.
Speaker B:Now it's easy.
Speaker B:Somebody.
Speaker B:Somebody's like, oh, we have a big party or, you know, whatever.
Speaker B:We're at the bowling alley, they buy beer, and it's like, I can, I can.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, yeah, on that.
Barrett Gruber:But me too.
Barrett Gruber:I'm not much of a beer guy at all.
Barrett Gruber:And even, like, the hard Alcohol, I don't do much of anymore.
Barrett Gruber:It's just wine.
Barrett Gruber:We'll drink wine at dinner, you know, a few nights.
Barrett Gruber:A few nights a week.
Midas:But keep the blood pressure down.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, There you go.
Barrett Gruber:Better late than never.
Barrett Gruber:That's right.
Barrett Gruber:Hey, Robin.
Midas:How are you?
Midas:Robin?
Midas:Barbie in the Barbs, another faithful supporter of our community.
Midas:And as far as the chairman of the board and.
Midas:And all of the music in the area, she's an avid concert attendee.
Midas:We appreciate you for being here, Robin.
Barrett Gruber:Got some snow this morning.
Barrett Gruber:She said.
Barrett Gruber:Oh, last night?
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Oh, really?
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:Y'all are supposed to get some up in the Upstate.
Speaker B:Right up in the.
Midas:Well, I'm in.
Midas:I'm in Rock Hill.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's what I mean.
Speaker B:But okay.
Speaker B:So in Rock Hill, y'all didn't see any Florida or anything this morning?
Midas:Not this morning.
Midas:So.
Midas:Okay.
Barrett Gruber:Parts of Charlotte.
Barrett Gruber:Got it.
Midas:Okay.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Well, we might see.
Midas:Of course, there probably was no accumulation, I.
Midas:I assume, But.
Midas:But it is definitely very chilly.
Midas:I think yesterday morning when I got up, it's like 26 degrees, and it was, like, around the same this morning, like, upon first waking up, then it gets a little warmer, I guess until the 40s, and then as that sun sets, so does the temperature, man.
Barrett Gruber:I was out this morning.
Barrett Gruber:I was out this morning.
Barrett Gruber:I was actually in Rock Hill this morning, and I bought this hat while I was out because it was too cold.
Barrett Gruber:I went to TJ Maxx real quick.
Barrett Gruber:I was like, what time they open?
Barrett Gruber:I had to get me a hat.
Barrett Gruber:Yo.
Barrett Gruber:It was way too cold for me.
Speaker B:It's been.
Speaker B:So I'm.
Speaker B:I'm down here in Colombia, and our low this morning.
Speaker B:Low this morning was 23.
Midas:Okay, 23.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:I know that because I was a sucker and bought one of these weather stations off of Tick Tock.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:So.
Midas:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker B:But it works great.
Speaker B:I can send you the link.
Speaker B:You guys can check out my weather all the time if you want.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker B:But yeah, so I.
Speaker B:So, yeah, this morning it was 23.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And, you know, we didn't.
Speaker B:I didn't see any flurries here that I know of, and I haven't heard anybody tell us that we had flurries.
Speaker B:But again, I've this Tick Tock thing.
Speaker B:I saw someone.
Speaker B:Someone posted on Tick Tock that there's supposed to be a storm coming next week that may bring significant snow, like next Thursday, Friday.
Speaker B:That sort of.
Speaker B:We'll see.
Midas:We might have somewhat of a white Christmas, I guess not on Christmas Day, but, you know, around these parts, you don't really get snow until, what, late January or early February, so it'll be cool if you saw.
Midas:And I know my mother, she's still listening.
Midas:She loves it when it snows.
Midas:So.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, I don't like it.
Midas:You don't like it.
Midas:You hate it cold?
Barrett Gruber:Man, I hate the cold.
Midas:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Like 40 degrees.
Barrett Gruber:I'm like, get out of here.
Midas:Well, and I.
Midas:And I just keep telling myself, you know, it's like, even though it's a little chilly, but it's a lot better than being hot and sweaty.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Like summertime, you know, that's what I told.
Barrett Gruber:I could take the hot more than the cold.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:And put some layers on.
Barrett Gruber:And I don't like doing it because.
Speaker B:Because everybody in my house is.
Speaker B:Is hot natured.
Speaker B:So, like, the house has to stay cold.
Speaker B:My office.
Speaker B:My office right now is 71 degrees.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:You know it.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So like being able to keep.
Speaker B:And my office is over the top of the garage.
Speaker B:So it's.
Speaker B:It's always going to be colder in here than it is in the rest of the house or it's going to be warmer in the.
Speaker B:In the summer.
Midas:In the summertime.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:Sometimes It'll be like 83, 84 degrees in my office and I'm completely comfortable.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:But if I go.
Speaker B:But if I go out into the house, like leave my office into the house, it'll be.
Speaker B:It'll be 72 degrees and it's.
Speaker B:It's too cold.
Speaker B:Like, it hits me.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Okay.
Barrett Gruber:I'm the same way.
Barrett Gruber:Robin hates the cold, too.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:I don't think I could make it in an 80 something degree room.
Speaker B:It's a dry.
Speaker B:It's a dry heat.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:I don't know, man.
Midas:I don't know.
Midas:I'll be trying to crack a window, then when you go.
Midas:Go outside it, like, you know, a room is hot in the summertime when you go outside to feel cooler outside.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Your glasses fog up when you get outside.
Midas:That too, through the air conditioning.
Midas:Gotta wipe these things off right quick, you know.
Midas:Oh, I'm sorry.
Midas:What did she say?
Barrett Gruber:I was about to ask Barrett the same question too.
Barrett Gruber:You're right on point.
Barrett Gruber:Go ahead.
Midas:Yeah, I was just.
Midas:So you're from Columbia originally?
Midas:Born and raised.
Speaker B:No, I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
Speaker B:I grew up between.
Speaker B:Between Decatur and Tucker on the east side of Atlanta.
Speaker B:So, you know, grew up Braves fan.
Speaker B:Falcons, Hawks.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:We had the Atlanta Knights hockey team.
Speaker B:We went to hockey games.
Speaker B:We had the Atlanta Thrashers.
Speaker B:We went to Thrashers games.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:No, I I, I, I.
Speaker B:I grew up inside the perimeter of, of Atlanta.
Speaker B:And, you know, I, I like to visit some.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's a busy place.
Midas:It's busy now, man.
Midas:It's busy.
Barrett Gruber:That's how I feel about New York.
Barrett Gruber:I don't want to go back just every once in a while, but I'm over it.
Midas:Yeah, Always busy.
Midas:There they go with the city that never sleeps, right?
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
Barrett Gruber:You know, I used to work in Columbia, Barrett, Years, years ago, and we moved to Asheville or the Asheville area.
Barrett Gruber:I was opening a new store out there.
Barrett Gruber:And whenever people would ask, like, customers say, hey, where you from?
Barrett Gruber:And I would say, yeah, I was working in Colombia before we came here.
Barrett Gruber:And everyone had the exact same sentence, like, verbatim that I'd never heard before, but I heard this sentence at least 30 times.
Barrett Gruber:The exact words, man, Colombia is the hottest place on earth.
Barrett Gruber:You know, everyone in Asheville thought the exact same thing.
Barrett Gruber:Columbia is the hottest place on Earth.
Midas:That's.
Speaker B:It's a weird.
Speaker B:It's a, It's a weird thing because, you know, like, I grew up in Atlanta when, so, so when I was growing up in Atlanta, I don't ever remember it being as hot as it is here in the summers in Colombia.
Speaker B:Like, this past summer, I think we had, we had several.
Speaker B:We had, like, two or three weeks where temperatures were at or approaching 100 degrees or over 100 degrees like, every single day for, like, it felt like a month.
Speaker B:Month.
Speaker B:But leading up to that, like, in June and, And a good portion of July, man, we weren't, we weren't even getting out of the mid-80s.
Speaker B:It was, it was a great, great spring into summer, and then.
Speaker B:And then all of a sudden, we get to August, and it's just like, bam.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:100 degrees.
Speaker B:Yeah, but, yeah, but, like, you know, that was that growing up in Atlanta, people would say all the time.
Speaker B:It was like, you know, you live in Hotlanta.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And, like, I've got friends in Los Angeles that will complain when it gets to be 82 degrees.
Speaker B:Like, I'm like, you have no idea.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:You have no clue what it's like to live in a, In a.
Speaker B:In a place that temperatures get up to 100.
Speaker B:I mean, you know, they only have to go to Death Valley, where I think 134 is, like, the world record.
Speaker B:And that's only a couple hours at la.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Charleston gets pretty hot, too, Mom.
Midas:You're right.
Midas:I wouldn't be able to.
Midas:I wouldn't be able to survive in that.
Midas:In that 80.
Midas:That's 80 something degrees.
Midas:I'm looking for the door window or something.
Midas:Yeah, but Charleston.
Midas:I was in Charleston on the fourth playing.
Midas:Playing the concert shout out to DJ sticks.
Midas:He came out.
Midas:He came out from my community and hung out with me and then it was hot, man.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, it is hot out there.
Barrett Gruber:That's.
Barrett Gruber:That's pretty much why I started taking July off.
Barrett Gruber:Like, I don't do any weddings because most of the ones down here and in Charleston are outdoors.
Barrett Gruber:And I just started after like two summers ago.
Barrett Gruber:I said, oh, I'm not doing July weddings anymore.
Barrett Gruber:So I just.
Barrett Gruber:Oh, yeah, I black out the whole month.
Speaker B:We did a, we did a live podcast recording at Hendrix rooftop in.
Speaker B:Back in July.
Speaker B:July earlier this year for the.
Speaker B:The Soda City Comic Con, which was coming up in August.
Speaker B:So we did a, we did a live promotional podcast with the guys from the.
Speaker B:From, well, Brock.
Speaker B:From Donald Brock from the.
Speaker B:The Soda City Comic Con.
Speaker B:And like, it was.
Speaker B:I mean, it's one of those situations where, you know, it's hot when you stand up and your shorts are just soaking wet.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah, it's pretty hot when you had accident.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:You know, and by that point, either could have been true.
Speaker B:You know, it was.
Speaker B:They were extremely, they were extremely accommodating, though.
Speaker B:They had a fan that was blowing right at us.
Speaker B:You could hear it in the microphones.
Speaker B:Like it was, it was, it was unbelievably warm.
Speaker B:Unbelievably warm.
Speaker B:But we had a really good time and we got to talk about the, the Soda City Comic Con.
Speaker B:And, and ultimately that was.
Speaker B:That was the goal was try and get, you know, we did some trivia questions and everything.
Speaker B:We had a good turnout.
Speaker B:They were probably about.
Speaker B:There are probably 15 or 20 people up there on this, on the, on the rooftop deck with us, but.
Barrett Gruber:Oh, cool.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:July.
Speaker B:July on top of a.
Speaker B:On top of a building in downtown Columbia.
Barrett Gruber:No way.
Speaker B:Yeah, we're gonna, we're gonna try and do that one indoors next time.
Barrett Gruber:Right, right.
Midas:That's wild, man.
Midas:That's.
Midas:Wow.
Midas:So what brought you to.
Midas:To, to the South Carolina area or first?
Midas:Before we get to that, just give us a little bit about your childhood and things in, in the Decatur portion of Atlanta.
Barrett Gruber:Okay.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So my, My parents were.
Speaker B:They, they dabbled in real estate, so they would, they would, they would buy houses and flip them and.
Speaker B:And so we, we spent a lot of time moving around, indicator from house to house as they would fix them up and move them Off.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:And sell them.
Speaker B:So we would move to the next one.
Speaker B:And then, and then we.
Speaker B:We finally moved to a house between.
Speaker B:Near Tucker, Georgia, which was in the, I guess the North Lake area.
Speaker B:And we moved.
Speaker B:We moved into that one and, and pretty much that was it.
Speaker B:We lived there until.
Speaker B:Until I was 18 or so.
Speaker B:I grew up, you know, playing baseball, going to school.
Speaker B:You know, it was, you know, it was a regular.
Speaker B:It was a, it was a basic white guy growing up.
Barrett Gruber:Okay.
Midas:Hey, we wouldn't know nothing about that, Barry.
Speaker B:Well, you know, look.
Barrett Gruber:You know how we do.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:But, but like, so, But I, I went to high school and, and what was really weird to me was, like, when I went to high school, we didn't have middle schools.
Speaker B:I grew up and we didn't have middle school.
Speaker B:So, like, I went from elementary school, which is K through 7, to high school, which was 8 through 12.
Speaker B:So, like, I tell people that I was in high school for, you know, my fifth year of high school was my senior year.
Speaker B:They're like, oh, they held you back.
Barrett Gruber:Oh, sorry, man.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:But I, I got into, I, I right out of high school.
Speaker B:I got, I got into working in radio.
Speaker B:I went to Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Marietta, Georgia, broadcasting, and, and got picked up right out of that, doing co producer for a morning show, Moby in the Morning, which was a country star, country artist, or country dj, and fell in love with radio.
Speaker B:I just loved doing it.
Speaker B:But eventually I came to terms with the fact that there was no way I was ever going to support a family working in radio.
Speaker B:So I moved on to getting an IT job working for a company, ncr, that I worked for for about a year before they said, hey, we're packing up everything and moving to West Columbia, South Carolina.
Midas:Oh, wow.
Speaker B:They offered me a job.
Speaker B:I moved here, built a house, and have been here ever since.
Midas:Wow.
Midas:Awesome, man.
Midas:So you've had the bug of, like, broadcasting and radio for pretty much the period, I guess, when you went to college and.
Midas:Yeah, the major and everything.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So in.
Speaker B:In college, I major in college.
Speaker B:I actually majored in applied mathematics with a minor.
Speaker B:I was, I was doing a minor in, in mass.
Speaker B:In journalism.
Speaker B:Mass broadcast communication, so.
Midas:Very nice.
Speaker B:I figured, I figured if the math thing got too complicated that I can at least fall back on my voice.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Wow.
Barrett Gruber:I had that same thing happen to me when I was in high school.
Barrett Gruber:I interned at a radio station in New York City.
Barrett Gruber:It was a smooth jazz station, CD 101.9.
Barrett Gruber:And, you know, I loved Radio.
Barrett Gruber:And same thing I was, you know, being convinced that I wasn't going to make any money in it.
Barrett Gruber:And so when I went to college, I went to school for marketing, you know, because I was, I just, everyone kept telling me, oh, there's nothing in radio.
Barrett Gruber:You're not going to do anything there.
Barrett Gruber:So I just let that thing go.
Barrett Gruber:And now here we are.
Barrett Gruber:We're back.
Midas:Here we are.
Speaker B:Here we are.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Matt Velardebo is here, by the way.
Barrett Gruber:What up, Matt?
Midas:In the comments, shout out to him, former guest of our platform, how we met Barrett actually that day, you know, so shout out to him, hey, better late than never.
Midas:Hey.
Midas:That's why we, that's why we're on for like an hour or so.
Midas:We, we understand people need a window.
Midas:It's lunch time.
Midas:You got to get you something to eat.
Midas:You might have to, you know, run an errand or whatever the case.
Midas:But we try to give you guys enough open window where you can pop in, at least say hi and check us out for a few moments.
Midas:And don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, the replay will be available on YouTube as the live is currently now.
Midas:And also Spotify and Apple Music.
Midas:That's no shortcuts with Midas and fame.
Midas:And don't forget to check out the podcasts.
Barrett Gruber:Apple Podcast, not Apple Music.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Oh, excuse me.
Midas:Well, you can still I search it on Apple under the Apple Music app, right?
Barrett Gruber:Oh, yeah, no, yeah, it's a separate app just for the podcast.
Barrett Gruber:I didn't, I hadn't tried to do it that way.
Barrett Gruber:Oh, okay, cool.
Midas:Hey, like I say, do like me subscribe to all three.
Midas:You haven't even tried.
Barrett Gruber:Well, I subscribed to a podcast, but I didn't, I've never tried to it through Apple Music.
Speaker B:And then the important thing to do there is make sure that you listen on all three so you get the numbers up.
Barrett Gruber:And, and streaming farm, you can find.
Midas:It directly through the Apple Music link.
Midas:And, and, and, and I'm always, I guess, just people person by nature, but like I've been saying the last few weeks, man, everybody I run into when I'm out and having conversation and stuff, I, I was, hey, I tell them about the show and then I'll put I their phones or whatever they need to do to subscribe.
Midas:So we got to be in this, in this manner, Bear.
Midas:We have to be like our own street team.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:You know what I mean?
Midas:We don't have a, we don't have a street team department.
Midas:So it, it depends.
Midas:It it falls upon us to make sure we spread the word about our particular platforms and get, get our subscriptions up and all of that good stuff.
Midas:You know.
Speaker B:You know what you do is when you go to a concert or you go to an event, you connect to the WI fi and then if you got an iPhone, you pull up that airdrop thing and you just scared everybody they'll accept it.
Midas:That's a good idea.
Barrett Gruber:I'm gonna do that in Publix.
Speaker B:It's a little.
Speaker B:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker B:It's a little, it's a little invasive.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Doing this.
Barrett Gruber:But I'm.
Barrett Gruber:Go ahead and hit this button and listen to it.
Midas:Yeah, but that's, that's, I mean that's a bit of a hack, right?
Midas:Like, that's, that's interesting.
Midas:I never thought of, thought of doing it like that, you know.
Midas:So even if I don't get the speak to a person directly, they still have access.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:Everybody.
Speaker B:So we went to, we, we were at a con, a concert down here at the township auditorium and Zach, Zach was on his, his, his, his iPhone or whatever and connected to the WI fi and there.
Speaker B:And he did the airdrop to send out.
Speaker B:I, I think he was trying to send out a picture to see how many people he could send it to or how many would accept it.
Midas:Oh really?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And it was either him or it was either him or Trent.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:I want to say there were, there were probably five or six that accepted it, but there were, there were probably 70 or 80 people that showed up.
Midas:That's five or six or whatever that you might not have had otherwise.
Midas:So it is all types of little hacks.
Midas:I, I suppose, you know, that's what we have to just brainstorm and come up with different strategies.
Midas:I'm gonna remember that.
Midas:Absolutely, man.
Barrett Gruber:I like it.
Midas:Yeah, yeah, yeah, man.
Midas:So tell us about this, this voiceover QA wait.
Midas:Voiceover talent QA Engineer.
Speaker B:So, so QA engineer is what I do for my day job because you gotta have something to pay for this habit.
Speaker B:So QA Engineer.
Speaker B:Basically I'm a software, a software tester.
Speaker B:I lead a team that does property and casualty insurance software testing for a company.
Speaker B:And, and so that, that's, that's my day job.
Speaker B:That's, that's what I do.
Speaker B:You know, I have a lot of offshore resources that I work with.
Speaker B:So my day usually starts about 5:30 in the morning.
Speaker B:But I'm fortunate enough it wraps up around 2:30 in the afternoon.
Speaker B:So I have, I have plenty of time in the afternoon.
Speaker B:Voiceover talent.
Speaker B:I've, I record, I've recorded commercials and spots and things like this when I was, when I worked in radio voice for, for JetBlue before they, okay.
Speaker B:Before they ended their, their tenure as an airline service.
Speaker B:But I was the voice of Air Blue for, or JetBlue Blue Jet.
Speaker B:I can't remember.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, that one.
Speaker B:Yeah, whichever one it was.
Speaker B:But it was, it was so long ago, but I, but I, I, I recorded commercials and things like that.
Speaker B:And recently I, I guess applying to try and do voiceover work for audiobooks and we finally had one, I finally got one that the author liked my voice and we published that one earlier this year.
Speaker B:You know, it doesn't, it doesn't pay much, but at least, at least it gives me, you know, control and it gives me ability to continue to do something like that.
Midas:Yeah, well.
Midas:And that was your first one, right?
Speaker B:Yeah, that was my very first one.
Speaker B:That was my very first one.
Speaker B:Now I've auditioned, I've auditioned for about 60 of them since then, but that, that was the one I've gotten so far.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:And of course as you land more then you have negotiating leverage.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Potentially.
Speaker B:You know what?
Speaker B:I'll take whatever.
Speaker B:Matt's right.
Speaker B:I did, I did the robo calls for his.
Barrett Gruber:Robo calls for Matt as well.
Midas:Hey.
Midas:Okay.
Speaker B:Chances are if anyone, if anyone out there got angry at Matt, it was because of my voice.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, well, let's talk about that.
Barrett Gruber:Let's talk about that.
Barrett Gruber:We want to get to it anyway, but we'll, I want to come back to the podcasting, but you know, you were running Matt's campaign.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Now did you have something, did you have experience in that already or did Matt say, hey man, let's do it?
Speaker B: So, so, so back in: Speaker B:A very low level campaign member as far as that.
Speaker B:Now I also did some for When Hillary got the nomination.
Speaker B:I did, I did campaign and canvas for Hillary walking in a lot of neighborhoods, doing a lot of phone calls, that sort of thing.
Speaker B: And then in: Speaker B: So when, when it came to the: Speaker B: So I, so in: Speaker B:Volunteer.
Speaker B:And they pay us working, working the polls.
Speaker B:So here in Lexington County, I submitted an application and just to be a, just to Be a regular poll worker.
Speaker B:And I can't remember the name of the individual that was in charge in Lexington at that point, but I got a phone call from her that day asking if I'd be interested in actually running one of the precincts.
Speaker B:And I said, you know, sure, why not?
Speaker B:You know, I had supervisor experience and I managed people before, so I thought, you know, this is.
Speaker B:This shouldn't be too difficult.
Speaker B:It wasn't.
Speaker B:It was.
Speaker B:It was an experience.
Speaker B:The pandemic election in person.
Speaker B:Election was one of the busiest.
Speaker B:That.
Speaker B:It was unbelievable.
Speaker B: icular precinct, we had about: Speaker B:Yeah, it was a ton of people in line.
Speaker B:They lined up well before we even opened.
Speaker B:Like, we showed up up.
Speaker B:We showed up at like 5 o'clock in the morning to start setting everything up, and there were already people standing outside ready to vote.
Speaker B:It was an event.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So I did that for the.
Speaker B:For the, the following elections.
Speaker B:I did that in.
Speaker B:I don't know, I guess I.
Speaker B:I did that for the midterm election.
Speaker B: I did that for the, the: Speaker B:No, I.
Speaker B: I didn't do it for the: Speaker B:There were some other elections, primaries, that sort of thing since then, but.
Speaker B:But yeah, running.
Speaker B:Running that, you know, it's.
Speaker B:It's really difficult sometimes to have polling precincts open because there just aren't enough people volunteering to help out with running elections.
Speaker B:And those that they.
Speaker B:A lot of the people are retired.
Speaker B:They're.
Speaker B:They're of an age where they have that available to them, but it's just difficult.
Speaker B:It makes things run very slowly.
Speaker B:So I made.
Speaker B:I made an effort to recruit people that were my age and younger so that we had a more efficient.
Speaker B:Yeah, efficient's good.
Speaker B:Yeah, efficiency is always good.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker B: een a guest on the podcast in: Speaker B:And then he.
Speaker B:He knocked.
Speaker B:He knocked on my proverbial door and asked me if I'd be interested in helping out with his campaign.
Speaker B:And we're at the campaign announce party where he.
Speaker B:Where he basically acknowledges me as his campaign manager.
Midas:He was drafted.
Midas:He was drafted.
Speaker B:It was good.
Speaker B:It was.
Speaker B:It was a good time, though.
Speaker B:You know, a lot of what I did.
Speaker B:A lot of what I did for Matt was I.
Speaker B:I made sure that we were keeping his website very up to date when, when, like when he came on y'all show, we made sure that we posted that video so that people could see it.
Speaker B:So People could see who Matt was, see, see exactly what it is that he wanted to do and how he wanted to represent District 26.
Speaker B:And, and ultimately, I, I, you know, in the end, yeah, we lost.
Speaker B:But I, I look at it as it was.
Speaker B: this time than he did in the: Speaker B:Yeah, it was.
Speaker B:You know, I, Look, I, I'm, I'm hoping that I'll get the numbers here at some point, but, you know, I think more people voted for Matt than for the opposite party because, you know, for a lot of people, they go in there and they just pull the one ticket.
Speaker B:They just pull Democrat or they just pull Republican.
Barrett Gruber:Right?
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:And I don't, I don't see, though, not, not that there's anything wrong with it.
Speaker B:I just don't see that as being a, an educated vote.
Speaker B:You're not, you're not necessarily voting.
Speaker B:You're just voting on the party.
Speaker B:You're not voting on the person or the issues that they represent.
Speaker B:And I think when, when, when we do get a chance to actually look at the numbers, we're going to find them that, that if, when it comes down to vote.
Speaker B:To vote.
Speaker B:I, I think, I think Matt put up the best fight for his district that, that he, that anyone possibly could have.
Speaker B:That's great.
Speaker B:And, and if Matt decides to run again, I will certainly.
Midas:That's what I was gonna ask.
Speaker B:Campaign.
Midas:Gonna run it back.
Speaker B:Well, I don't, I don't, I don't know if, I don't know if he'll want me as his campaign manager.
Speaker B:He may say.
Midas:I'm sure he, I'm sure he will.
Barrett Gruber:Well, I'm gonna have you be my campaign manager when I run from.
Barrett Gruber:No, I'm serious.
Barrett Gruber:I'm serious.
Speaker B:You know, there's a.
Speaker B:So here.
Speaker B:You guys live in South Carolina, too.
Speaker B:Here's, here's the thing about South Carolina.
Speaker B:South Carolina now has what they call a super majority, both in the House and the Senate.
Speaker B:There are Democrats that, that were elected to their seats this time that, that defied the odds.
Speaker B: can winning period during the: Speaker B:And basically they're going to be, they're going to be in, in their, their seat, their, their proverbial seats, their projected seats or whatever the, the ones they were elected to.
Speaker B:And they're going to have almost nothing to do because the Republicans run the show.
Speaker B:The Republicans have the ability to.
Speaker B:There will be no filibustering.
Speaker B:There will not.
Speaker B:They have enough votes that they can count.
Speaker B:They can cancel.
Speaker B:They can shut down any filibusters.
Speaker B:They don't need any Democrats to vote with them in favor of anything.
Speaker B:I am working right now to try and encourage a couple of the Democrats that were elected that now is the time to take advantage of the seat you hold and the potential that you could now run for something that is going to impact the whole state.
Speaker B:Like, Russell Ott is a senator that was elected here in Columbia, and he is.
Speaker B:He is.
Speaker B:He starts his term in January, but he.
Speaker B:It's a seat that he won't have anything that he's able to do.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:So I'm already trying to encourage him.
Speaker B:Now's the time to run for Congress.
Speaker B:You know, I know you want to go into the Senate, and.
Speaker B:But, like, I'm.
Speaker B:I'm pushing that hard because he's probably the one guy that could beat Joe Wilson.
Barrett Gruber:Wilson.
Speaker B:And Joe Wilson's getting old.
Speaker B:Who knows how long Joe Wilson's going to want to continue to run for this seat, you know, so I'm gonna.
Barrett Gruber:Be up for town council in a couple years, so I'll be tapping you maybe.
Speaker B:All right.
Barrett Gruber:Maybe next year.
Barrett Gruber:We'll see.
Barrett Gruber:We'll see how it goes.
Barrett Gruber:Maybe next year.
Midas:You dead serious down there?
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Town council and then.
Barrett Gruber:And then, you know, we'll see what happens after that.
Barrett Gruber:But there.
Barrett Gruber:There's.
Barrett Gruber:There's a mayor here that I have my eyes on.
Midas:Oh, yeah.
Midas:In a good way, hopefully.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:I'm watched.
Barrett Gruber:I'm watching this.
Barrett Gruber:This dude.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Okay.
Midas:Okay.
Barrett Gruber:You feel like he lives right down the street.
Midas:So you got the binoculars out.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:And you knocking on the window right.
Midas:Now in the bushes and what have you.
Midas:Yeah, yeah.
Midas:So you.
Midas:You.
Midas:You're seeing some change that needs to be made in your area.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:All right.
Barrett Gruber:Absolutely.
Barrett Gruber:Absolutely.
Barrett Gruber:And Matt inspired me, man.
Barrett Gruber:When we spoke to Matt, he inspired me.
Barrett Gruber:And.
Barrett Gruber:And even when we spoke to.
Barrett Gruber:To Bump, you know, a few months ago, so it kind of inspired me to kind of start.
Barrett Gruber:Start getting involved, you know, here locally, and then we're gonna see what happens.
Barrett Gruber:Juan's running for mayor, apparently.
Barrett Gruber:Juan for mayor.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:He could probably pull it off.
Midas:He could probably put it up.
Midas:Pull it off.
Midas:Juan, let's go.
Midas:Let's do it, man.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Mayor of Fort.
Midas:Fort Mill.
Barrett Gruber:Mayor of Amor Artis.
Midas:Yeah, that too.
Midas:You know.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:I think we have quite a few people in our community that could, you know, be successful at being in.
Midas:In politics, especially starting on the ground level and deciding to work your way up.
Speaker B:I think.
Speaker B:I think that's One of the biggest things is it's not necessarily about, like what position you're running for.
Speaker B:It's about.
Speaker B:It's about inundating the market.
Speaker B:You know, if you.
Speaker B:The number.
Speaker B:Because South Carolina Republicans control everything.
Speaker B:Because there are.
Speaker B:There are people out there to.
Speaker B:Willing to run for those office offices that there are, you know, and it starts from the bottom up.
Speaker B:I mean, you got.
Speaker B:You got so many little seats that you can run for election for that whether they're partisan or not.
Speaker B:Just what we need is more options.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And ultimately that's what it comes down to is that there aren't always a lot of options.
Midas:Yeah, now you gotta.
Midas:Now you got another.
Barrett Gruber:You're gonna be busy.
Midas:You might got another campaign.
Midas:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:You know, it's.
Speaker B:That's one of those weird situations.
Speaker B:I want to say yes to everybody.
Speaker B:It comes down.
Speaker B:It comes down to a timing thing, right?
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:And shout out to the Travel People podcast.
Midas:That one host, famous produces that.
Midas:So guys, while you're searching up all your podcasts, whether it be no shortcuts with Midas and fame or whether it be the All About Nothing podcast, check out the Travel People podcast.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Barrett Gruber:And check out Women Worth and Weddings if you're.
Midas:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:For that type of thing.
Barrett Gruber:We are starting to record again starting tomorrow.
Midas:Okay.
Midas:Yeah, I haven't seen her from you guys in a little bit.
Barrett Gruber:It's been a long hiatus with the wedding season, so now we'll be recording a new batch of episodes tomorrow and we'll keep it going, you know, until the spring, hopefully, until might be another little hiatus, but hopefully we'll be recording enough at a time to get us through those busy periods.
Barrett Gruber:So we'll still have some content to get out.
Barrett Gruber:So.
Midas:Right.
Barrett Gruber:I think tomorrow we should be recording three or four episodes.
Barrett Gruber:So we'll see.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:And I've had the pleasure.
Midas:Pleasure of being a guest over there.
Midas:And shout out to Amy and Julia of Jujulee Events.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, absolutely, man.
Barrett Gruber:So podcast talking, Barrett, the All About Nothing podcast, was this your first podcast or did you do something else before this one?
Barrett Gruber:What was your start and why?
Speaker B:So when.
Speaker B:Okay, so.
Speaker B:So to start with what I did when, when I worked in radio, I got a small.
Speaker B:I got a morning show at a small radio station in Winder, Georgia, called Southern.
Speaker B: It was southern country w am: Midas:Okay.
Speaker B:And one of the things that I was responsible for was a community chat, you know, like community program that aired once a week where I would come in with, you know, community leaders and people that ran different organizations around Winder, Georgia, which was between Athens and Atlanta on Highway 316.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's like smack dab in the middle.
Speaker B:It's one of those places you drive by, and it's like, is there gas here?
Speaker B:Oh, wait.
Speaker B:Yep, yep.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:But so, So I got into.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:So Fast forward, basically 20 years later, I got into podcasting.
Speaker B:I worked for a company with a number of people that were of a different political opinion than me.
Speaker B:And because.
Speaker B:Because of that political opinion, I had to sit there and keep my mouth shut and not say anything while they talked all the smack about, you know, liberals and progressives and things like that.
Speaker B:So I just, I had to sit there and listen to it.
Speaker B:And then.
Speaker B:I don't know how we got to that point, but ami, who said hello a minute ago, she.
Speaker B:She encouraged me to jump on this podcast and things.
Midas:Okay.
Speaker B:So I, I figured out, you know, what it took.
Speaker B:I, I already had a lot of the equipment, and I had to.
Speaker B:I had to figure out how to code the, the actual, like, XML files because I wasn't using software to distribute it at the time.
Speaker B:I was just.
Speaker B:So what I do is I, I'd open up Audacity with a microphone and record myself for about 30 or 45 minutes, just basically a running monologue.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And then I would publish it.
Speaker B:I would just update the, the RSS feed and publish it to.
Speaker B:To everywhere that I could publish it it.
Speaker B:And I, I did that.
Speaker B:I did that up until the pandemic.
Speaker B:And then Zach and a friend, a good friend of ours, Trent, we picked them up during the.
Speaker B:I picked them up during the pandemic.
Speaker B:And okay, we did that.
Speaker B:We did it like this.
Speaker B:We did it over zoom.
Speaker B:We would record episodes we would have and such.
Speaker B:We talk about politics.
Speaker B:But the whole reason that I, I, I thought.
Speaker B:I thought the podcast was for me was because I could voice my opinion without having to hear anybody else's opinion back to me.
Speaker B:Y.
Speaker B:I could, I could.
Speaker B:You know, I would do the.
Speaker B:I would pick out a couple news stories from the week before I record and basically just give my opinion on how stupid I thought the Trump administration was.
Speaker B:And I say that now knowing that there's a possibility that, you know, come January 21st, that cash Patel is going to come after me with his FBI ring.
Barrett Gruber:You might get canceled, man.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:You know, I'm.
Speaker B:I'm still holding out hope that the aliens are going to come pick me up and take me home.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:Between now and then.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Saying they out There, man.
Midas:Good grief.
Speaker B:But yeah, we just, we just use the podcast as we, we call it Good Therapy.
Speaker B:Like we, we get on and we talk about the things that we want to talk about.
Speaker B:Zach and I usually have a pretty, pretty similar opinion on stuff and when we don't, we discuss it.
Speaker B:We, you know, we, we talk about why we have the opinions that we do and where they're different and why they're different.
Speaker B:And we have interesting guests on.
Speaker B:You know, you guys came on.
Speaker B:We had weeks ago, we had had a friend of the pod now, Winnie Tata.
Speaker B:She is an author and book publisher.
Speaker B:A small, small business book publisher that.
Speaker B:She was fantastic.
Speaker B:We've had a, we had, we've had a few tick tock stars come on the show.
Speaker B:Some local here we had Lori and her son Cole from that one dude.
Midas:He'S off the chain and he's like an old soul.
Midas:How old is that guy?
Speaker B:14.
Speaker B:He is 14 years old and easily one of the smartest kids that I have ever.
Midas:I saw those clips, man.
Midas:I saw those clips.
Midas:I was blown away too.
Midas:My mom was just in the clips.
Midas:Mom was just, you know, she was just sitting there chilling, letting them go, letting them cook.
Speaker B:Yeah, he was cooking.
Speaker B:I'm giving serious consideration to making that one, that one segment, 30 seconds to swear.
Speaker B:And you know, they.
Speaker B:Making that a regular segment on the show where we allow guests to have 30 seconds to basically swear, just say whatever it is they want to say for 30 seconds.
Speaker B:I will bleep it out.
Speaker B:I'll take it.
Speaker B:I'll take it and bleep it out so nobody gets in trouble.
Speaker B:But like.
Midas:Right, right.
Speaker B:It was a, it was a fun segment to do and to be able to get a 14 year old.
Speaker B:Yeah, you know, I, I got, I got, you know, I got permission from his mom to do it, you know, to offer it to him and you know, it was a good time.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:See we, we keep, we try to keep it clean over, over here.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, this is lunchtime.
Barrett Gruber:He does a nighttime show.
Midas:Yeah.
Speaker B:Y.
Midas:And, and, and are you, you guys are normally live when you, when you do your show as well.
Midas:Right?
Speaker B:So we do, we sometimes we'll go live depending.
Speaker B:So if we have a guest that's trying to promote something that is, that is coming out or is going to be available sooner than we would release the episodes then, then we will do it live so that it gets out there and then we'll release it during a regular scheduling.
Speaker B:Where.
Speaker B:Where?
Speaker B:That way, that way they're getting their information out there.
Speaker B:We've We've worked with, yeah, we've worked with a company out of Camden, Broad Street.net or Broad Street Network.
Speaker B:Broadc.net they work.
Speaker B:They do a lot of marketing for people, and sometimes as part of their marketing, they'll include us to do a podcast.
Speaker B:So one of the things that's coming up soon is that the.
Speaker B:Oh, crud.
Speaker B:I can't think of it.
Speaker B:It's the, what's the, what's the raceway at Darlington?
Midas:So Darlington Speedway.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Darlington Motor Speedway is near Darling Country Club.
Speaker B: th anniversary in: Speaker B:So they'll be.
Speaker B:That the country's going to be.
Speaker B:The U.S.
Speaker B:united States of America is gonna be celebrating its 100 or 250th birthday, and the Darlington Country Club is gonna be celebrating their hundredth.
Speaker B:So we'll be working, we'll be working with them, doing several podcasts with, with them either on site and things like that so that we can promote this coming up.
Speaker B:Because Darlington Country Club is just one of the jewels here in South Carolina.
Speaker B:They have lots of, they have lots of professional golfers that come through there.
Speaker B:They hold big events and they do a lot of charity work.
Speaker B:So that's one of our big things is small businesses.
Speaker B:We want to promote, we want to promote charity work.
Speaker B:We want to promote charities and things like that because those are the, those are the things that make the community better.
Speaker B:And, you know, I think having progressive and even some, you know, conservative leaders from around the computer, having them on a podcast to talk about the issues and ask them questions and hold their feet to the fire on things, I think is a, it's a, it's a great thing to be able to do.
Speaker B:And we, we like to use our medium as, as that.
Midas:Yeah, yeah.
Midas:And I was curious.
Midas:So you used to, you started out recording just by yourself and talking.
Midas:How difficult is that, though?
Midas:As opposed to, like, actually having someone else to talk back to you and everything?
Speaker B:So for me, it's, for me, it's easy.
Midas:Okay.
Speaker B:I, and I say, I say it's easy because if, if you talk to, if, if you come and hang out with me at some point, you'll know Barrett talks a lot.
Midas:And if, yeah.
Speaker B:And if somebody doesn't hold up like a finger or hold up their hand, like, I'll just keep going.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:I, I, I, I, I believe kind of like Midas.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:I don't know, baby, you gotta, you gotta have one, you gotta have one of them.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Midas:You know what I mean?
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Like, at least one person has to have that.
Midas:That attribute, because other than that, you know, then there may be some dead space.
Midas:You know what I mean?
Midas:And things which you don't want to run that risk.
Midas:So that's.
Midas:That's an important quality to have, especially being on a Broadcast, a podcast or radio or whatever ever.
Midas:I just have never been in a.
Midas:This is my second podcast that I've done, but I've never been in a situation where I had to just do all of the talking myself.
Midas:So I was just.
Midas:I was interested in.
Midas:In if you found any differences or.
Midas:But you said you found it to be fairly easy still.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Circle breathing.
Speaker B:Circle breathing.
Speaker B:As long as.
Speaker B:As long as you're keeping the airflow and your voice just keeps working, then the chances are you'll probably just continue right through it.
Speaker B:It just becomes a very cohesive, not sometimes less cohes.
Speaker B:Normal, but, you know, it becomes just a stream of consciousness that just sort of rambles.
Speaker B:Rambles through.
Midas:Yeah, Very interesting, man.
Midas:Very interesting.
Midas:That's great.
Midas:That's great, man.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:And real quick, shout out to everybody for being here with us today.
Midas:Anybody have any questions, anything let us know.
Midas:I should have maybe.
Midas:Yeah, maybe I said that a little earlier because we, we try to keep it at a.
Midas:Keep it at an hour for the.
Midas:For you guys.
Midas:Guys that are on lunch and everything is for.
Midas:As well as ourselves.
Midas:We have afternoon duties to participate in and.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, man, school's almost out.
Barrett Gruber:Hey, I'm glad.
Barrett Gruber:I know that, Barrett, that you're available at this time of day, man.
Barrett Gruber:We're gonna, we're gonna keep calling you say, hey, man, what's Barrett doing today?
Barrett Gruber:Let's.
Barrett Gruber:Let's get him on the show.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Hey, man, great.
Speaker B:I don't mind.
Midas:Yeah, that's great.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:This would be a reoccurring.
Barrett Gruber:A reoccurring.
Barrett Gruber:Going to start doing more.
Barrett Gruber:More of that where we'll just have, you know, reoccurring co hosts like we did with Juan and Shonali.
Barrett Gruber:Just kind of have folks on James.
Midas:Yeah, we got to bring James back through.
Barrett Gruber:So we've already formally done the interview now.
Barrett Gruber:You're just a co host, man.
Barrett Gruber:Just come on and shoot with us for an hour.
Midas:And you're already a co host by nature.
Midas:You're already a co host by nature.
Midas:So, you know, there's no need to just, Just put you in the guest position.
Midas:You know, you need.
Speaker B:You need.
Speaker B:You need somebody to pop in and do the weather forecast time.
Midas:You can read it off your thing.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:102, 102pm 50 degrees right now.
Speaker B:Looking for cold tonight.
Speaker B:Going to be a low 20s.
Speaker B:Yeah, clear skies, though, so no.
Speaker B:No chance of precipitation.
Speaker B:Tomorrow back up into the 50s.
Speaker B:Yeah, I don't know if.
Speaker B:I don't know if any of that's accurate.
Speaker B:I've not looked.
Midas:It's okay.
Midas:I believe you.
Barrett Gruber:We'll just put your camera.
Barrett Gruber:We'll put your camera in the little box on the corner of the screen and just have you on standby and.
Barrett Gruber:Oh, sorry, we didn't have.
Barrett Gruber:We didn't have time for Barrett like.
Barrett Gruber:Like Dave Letterman.
Barrett Gruber:Sorry, we don't have time for Barrett today, but we'll see y'all next week.
Speaker B:That's what Jimmy.
Speaker B:That's what Jimmy Kimmel did to Matt Damon.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:Matt Damon.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:I want to thank Bon Jovi and I want to thank so and so for being on Sorry, Matt Damon.
Speaker B:We ran out of time again tonight.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, exactly.
Barrett Gruber:Sorry we ran out of time.
Barrett Gruber:But we'll see you next week.
Barrett Gruber:And you'll just be there like, hey.
Midas:That'S good stuff, man.
Midas:That's.
Midas:Y'all are crazy.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, man.
Barrett Gruber:Hey, give out your socials, Barry.
Barrett Gruber:Give us your shows.
Barrett Gruber:Let everybody know how they can contact you.
Speaker B:So the All About Nothing podcast, you can find us@theallaboutnothing.com we're on.
Speaker B:We're on all the podcast platforms.
Speaker B:We're on YouTube.
Speaker B:We're on TikTok and Twitter.
Speaker B:Well, I said Twitter, so just.
Speaker B:Just so everybody knows knows we no longer post anything to Twitter formally X or whatever that thing is.
Speaker B:But we've.
Speaker B:We've.
Speaker B:We've moved into not putting.
Speaker B:Because.
Speaker B:Not because of any sort of protest against Elon Musk or Twitter, but just because we weren't getting.
Speaker B:We weren't really getting any.
Speaker B:Any sort of traction off of it.
Speaker B:So it didn't make sense to continue to post something because it.
Speaker B:We always had to shorten everything that we posted on X in order to make it fit, and that took more effort than.
Speaker B:Than just posting.
Speaker B:So we moved away from it.
Speaker B:But if you go to the all about nothing dot com, there's links to every single one of our past episodes.
Speaker B:You can go and find all of our social media.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And, you know, that's the biggest thing is we just ask people to follow us and subscribe to the show.
Speaker B:And, you know, we're always looking for people to join our mailing list.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And so that, you know, they can.
Speaker B:They can send us questions or they can respond.
Speaker B:We Have a telephone number.
Speaker B:All of it's on our website that they can interact with the show.
Speaker B:If you've got something interesting that you want to come on the show and talk about, we are happy to do it.
Speaker B:I am working right now on an episode to have a hypnotherapist come on and.
Speaker B:And.
Speaker B:And I will put myself into the mindset.
Speaker B:Or to allow this individual to potentially hypnotizing you.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Speaker B:Oh, we'll see.
Speaker B:We'll see how that works.
Midas:When I was at.
Midas:When I was at Winthrop for welcome Week every year, there was a.
Midas:I think his name was.
Midas:Might have been Tom DeLuca, but he was a hypnotist, and he would.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker B:I know that name.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:So I can't remember if I ever had a friend that was hypnotized or not like someone I personally knew, but he would actually hypnotize people, man.
Midas:And.
Midas:But make a show out of it.
Midas:It was harmless and fun, like putting them in scenarios where.
Midas:And they end up kind of re reenacting certain things or acting out the scenario or whatever, but harmless entertainment, it seems, you know, but yeah, they definitely.
Midas:Hypnosis is definitely a real thing.
Speaker B:Yeah, we're working on that.
Speaker B:And we've only got a few more episodes.
Speaker B:We'll be starting our eighth season of the podcast coming up in January.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah.
Midas:Oh, man, that's awesome, bro.
Midas:At it, man.
Midas:Keep at it, you know, and definitely let us know how we can enter those.
Midas:Those award things that you were speaking about.
Midas:We'd like to give it a go.
Midas:I believe what you think.
Midas:Famous.
Barrett Gruber:Yeah, for sure.
Barrett Gruber:We're gonna keep connecting on some podcast talk and ways we could, you know, learn some of your tricks, my friend.
Midas:Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker B:Look, all you have to do is abandon your family and friends.
Midas:That.
Midas:Well, that's any type of success.
Midas:Right?
Midas:You know, not saying wedding anniversary.
Barrett Gruber:B.
Midas:Well, we're not.
Midas:We don't want to use the word abandoned up, perhaps.
Speaker B:Right.
Midas:That's a little strong.
Speaker B:But avoid.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Midas:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:We do that anyway.
Midas:But in order to be successful with things, you do have to sacrifice that time, like with loved ones sometimes to get done what you need to get done.
Midas:And hopefully they're understanding like.
Midas:Like my family is.
Midas:And all of that good stuff.
Barrett Gruber:Is very understanding as well.
Barrett Gruber:And I.
Barrett Gruber:We appreciate that for sure.
Speaker B:And you guys both work in industries that.
Speaker B:That require you to be away at night and.
Midas:And holidays usually.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Barrett Gruber:So for 50 hours.
Speaker B:Look, I DJed.
Speaker B:I did.
Speaker B:I DJed back when it was.
Speaker B:When I still had two turntables like me too.
Midas:And a mic board.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Two turntables and a microphone.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:Shout out to back.
Speaker B:Yeah, but, but that was, you know, like that was.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:I djed in an ice skating rink.
Speaker B:Like I, I was, I was the, I was the lead DJ on the weekends, Friday night, Saturday night.
Speaker B:And then I had to manage the tape, manage the counter.
Speaker B:I did that for several years.
Speaker B:Yeah, bud.
Midas:Multitasking at its finest.
Midas:That's right.
Midas:I want to let everyone know that the chairman of the board will be at the Long Branch in Raleigh on Friday.
Midas:Oh, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Midas:They're calling it a reunion of some sorts.
Midas:Apparently before I became a part of the group, which I'm in my 11th year now, but they used to.
Midas:Long Branch and Raleigh used to be the spot.
Midas:They have some DJs.
Midas:I wish I had the information in front of me, but just go to, to the chairmanoftheboard.com Ladies and gentlemen, in order to get your ticket information.
Midas:But it should be a, A a little shindig going on out there.
Midas:Friday night in Raleigh.
Midas:Saturday night, Brandon Stevens and I will be representing Mellow Groove in a, in a duo format at CCB Bistro & Vine.
Midas:Shout out to Chef Shonali.
Midas:We'll be there Saturday night here in rock hill from 5:30 until 8:30.
Barrett Gruber:Nice, nice.
Barrett Gruber:Shout out to Chef Shonali and I will be.
Barrett Gruber:It's a double wedding weekend.
Barrett Gruber:My last double.
Barrett Gruber:I think this is my last double wedding weekend of the year.
Barrett Gruber:So Friday night in Monroe and Saturday in Lancaster, South Carolina.
Barrett Gruber:So we're gonna get these last few weddings out of the books.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Thank you, bro.
Midas:Appreciate you.
Midas:Love you.
Barrett Gruber:Shout out to Matt Hardison.
Midas:Yes.
Midas:Move sales.
Barrett Gruber:Barrett Gruber.
Barrett Gruber:Thank you again for joining us, my friend.
Speaker B:No, thank you.
Speaker B:This is a pleasure.
Speaker B:Yeah, my pleasure.
Midas:I was gonna say Matt, if you.
Midas:You got any.
Midas:My brother has the Smooth Sales online store and here's the season for a little holiday shopping and things like that.
Midas:Matt, do you need.
Midas:You want to post your link or you want to post something in the.
Midas:No shortcuts with a promo code and do.
Midas:If you want to do something like that, let us know or post it.
Midas:So no shortcuts.
Midas:Family you can take advantage of, you know, doing some online shopping.
Midas:He has all type of cool things, especially stuff for the kids, a nice little stocking stuffers, things of that nature.
Midas:So definitely want to plug in.
Midas:Let me plug my sister to a Touch of Faith.
Midas:She makes reads.
Midas:You want to decorate your door or your home with some type of Christmas decor.
Midas:Check out a touch of faith.com as well, ladies and gentlemen.
Midas:And I think with that being said, I'm all set.
Midas:Anybody else got any closing words?
Barrett Gruber:I was gonna ask you to hit us with a benediction, man.
Midas:Well, well, well, real quick, Barrett, because this is.
Midas:Before we get out of here, you're the co host slash guest.
Midas:And, and being that you do, you know, you do your own podcast and everything, and I platform is centered around entrepreneurship.
Midas:Give our audience a bit of advice before you leave.
Midas:If they were thinking about getting into a position of being an entrepreneur and they just haven't taken the.
Midas:That, that last step, just that next step, I should say, just yet.
Midas:I'll.
Speaker B:I'll just say this.
Speaker B:You.
Speaker B:You.
Speaker B:You.
Speaker B:You can't.
Speaker B:You can't do anything without taking a risk.
Speaker B:You know, we.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker B:The podcast is.
Speaker B:Is one of those things that I think we do pretty easily, but it's always a risk.
Speaker B:You know, you're gonna put out an episode and maybe nobody listens to it or maybe nobody interacts or whatever, but I think ultimately everything comes down to if you don't take a risk at what it is that, you know, if you have an idea of what you want to do and you.
Speaker B:You think that you have a path to do it, make that leap, make that jump, make that.
Speaker B:Take that risk.
Speaker B:Because ultimately if you don't, you may wind up regretting the fact that you didn't.
Speaker B:Yeah, that will.
Speaker B:You know, you.
Speaker B:There are missed opportunities, and if you don't, if you don't take advantage of those opportunities when they're available, you know, the possibility of missing out on it is.
Speaker B:Is greater.
Speaker B:And you.
Speaker B:What is it.
Speaker B:What is it they say you miss?
Speaker B:You miss every shot you don't take?
Midas:Yeah, yeah, there you go.
Midas:So there.
Midas:And without risk, there is no reward.
Speaker B:That's right.
Midas:Because you're not.
Midas:You're not in motion at all.
Midas:You got to be emotion to receive something.
Barrett Gruber:That's right.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Midas:Yeah.
Midas:Sounds good, man.
Midas:So now we can give the benediction famous.
Barrett Gruber:Go for it.
Midas:Hey, ladies and gentlemen, thank you guys once again for joining us today.
Midas:If you.
Midas:You, whether you joined us on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, whatever, whatever means you use to be to be here today.
Midas:Don't forget to subscribe.
Midas:Don't forget to follow us.
Midas:Subscribe to all three.
Midas:I've done it, you know, and then.
Midas:And be sure to share this with someone, a friend, a family member, and yeah, with that being said, we would like to thank Mr.
Midas:Barrett Gruber from All About Nothing podcast for joining us today.
Midas:Yeah, yeah.
Midas:And we're gonna do this again next Tuesday, ladies and gentlemen, probably up until the week of Christmas or so.
Midas:But feel free to join us next Tuesday, Same bat time, same bat channel.
Midas:We hope that you all have a great rest of the day and a great rest of the week.
Midas:Barrett, stay on the line.
Midas:We'll say goodbye to you separately.
Midas:Thank you.
Midas:Peace of love everybody.
Midas:Y'all enjoy the rest of your day.
Midas:God bless.
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