Tech Thursday with Marsha Collier & the ‘SpaceX,’ Engineer Lawsuit - podcast episode cover

Tech Thursday with Marsha Collier & the ‘SpaceX,’ Engineer Lawsuit

Jun 14, 202437 min
--:--
--:--
Download Metacast podcast app
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episode description

ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – The 411 on the Tesla Annual meeting AND what Apple announced at the WWDC developers conference this week on ‘Tech Thursday’ with regular guest contributor; (author, podcast host, and technology pundit) Marsha Collier…PLUS – Thoughts on SpaceX being sued by Engineers who were fired after accusing Elon Musk of sexism - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

Transcript

You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. Let's talk tech with Marshall Carlier, who joins me in the studio. Marshall Caller, is great to see you. Happy summer. The weather is beautiful. I hope your drive was a little bit easier. Wait, we've got to turn on our microphone. Hey, the weather's beautiful for what two hours ago. I'll take it. I'll take it. It's better than that June gloom that we've been seeing. That may gray. Look at that. Look

at that out the window. It's sad. It's eight o'clock and you're still light out. I know I love that, I really do. I do. Because you could see the plants, the trees, the flowers in that Wonky building, the Warner Brothers building. Well, it's a beautiful looking building. It's just nobody in it. I just wonder what was the inspo for the design. It's it's interesting. You know some architect was paid very well for the design. I wasn't that person. So I don't know if I

can pass judgment. If you have a chance to look it up, I mean, it's it's kind of you. I'll post a picture of yes, please, I'll do please. Do You had the opportunity to watch the Tesla annual meeting. Now I did that for us. Believe me, it wasn't an opportunity, but it is. When we talk about Tesla, they are leading the way when it comes to EV's and I would say, as Tesla goes, so goes the industry in many respects. Did we learn anything about

where Tesla was headed and where other EV companies may go? Well, you know, it was a little less just about Tesla the car. It was about what Tesla's got in mind for the future. And I liked that because I mean, it's got the car. Fine. Here was one of the things Elon Well, first of all, you know, Elon did get his gigantic salary. He did get it. He did get it, but that's based on perform mormanths. So I don't know that it's that horrible that he's

making a quack a billion dollars. Well, they had from a stock valuation standpoint, they had a really rough year. Yeah, but it was originally given to him in twenty eighteen. So there's all kinds of legal complications that I don't understand. I just say good for him because I don't know anybody else who would care to run a company with so much stuff going on. So he came up with one idea which I thought was crazy, So not really crazy crazy smart. Each Tesla as a computer. It right, Each

computer are not it's not being used, it's parked in a garage. When the Tesla is, you know, around, the amount of computing power available for it to do other things is huge. Think about that. So what if he built a network that people would agree to that when you're not using your car, Tesla could use your computer for whatever. Think about Amazon web Services. Amazon web Services generated twenty five billion dollars. Okay, I understand

the practical application of Amazon Web Services. What I don't see as of yet would be the reason to allow Tesla the company to use that computer in the car in some capacity beyond the car. He didn't talk exactly, but what if they paid you? What if they gave you a deal on a new battery? What if? I mean, there is any number of compensations. Also, he talked about a Tesla fleet. Now let's say you're not using your Tesla. Okay, uh, you wanted to make money for you once

self driving cars. Get there, push a button on your app, and your car becomes part of the fleet and become like an uber driver without a person in it, and you make some money that scarce the hell out of me. Scares more than that. That's right, we're both thinking the same

thing, but creative thinking. Well, he's already said that he wanted all of his platforms, even including X, to be kind of one stop shops, where it is a commercial marketplace, an exchange of money banking and can do more than what it's initially set out to do exactly well, and that's the thing. The cyber truck, for example, right now, it's only sold in the US. I saw a cyber truck. This has nothing to

do with this, but somebody had polished it up. You ever drive behind an oil tanker with the polished back and you could see a mirror finishes. The whole car looked like that. I don't like the look of the cyber trucks, but I like the ones that are they've either had it wrapped in a certain er right, or like a Matte black something like that. I like, we said, Matt black one just right. I don't like the stainless steel aluminum, half dish, half done. Yeah, you know,

have you finished that car? Can you put put a little polish on it? Something? Just like the Deloreans. If you're old enough to remember the Deloreans, they looked fine when they first came off the lot, but they did not age or get or they did not age well as far as the look of that stainless steel. And for those of you who don't remember the Deloreans, if you watched Back to the Future Michael J. Fox and Back to the Future, that was Doc's car and it was a beautiful car.

Yes, and you know, I definitely go out with any guy who had one at the time. Yeah, you know your husband sitting right there. That was so long afo, but I'm still here. You know, I don't want to hear about them. Well, you know, it was a long time ago. But they are going to expand, expand the cyber truck past the US, but they'd have to do it totally redesign for Europe and Chinese markets and there will not be an international one before the year. Did

I read this right? That they're starting to market the cyber trucks to law enforcement, that they would be used in a law enforcement capacity. He did not talk about that, but I think what a brilliant idea get those little protesters. That's Marcia Colliers, she said that. Marcia said that could get me in trouble. No, I just in whatever. If policemen need something that looks like an armored truck, well, I always talk about always think

about the practicality and utility of it. Does it provide a purpose? Does it serve a purpose? Yeah? Yeah, it would help. You know. I wasn't about any protesters in particular. I'm talking about helping the police get done what they have to get done. And police, you know, have never really had anything since the Crown vic that they used the Ford interceptors. I think for the most part, those are ubiquitous, they're just about

everywhere. But something like a cyber truck, I would love to hear someone from law enforcement say yeay or nay on that as far as whether it could be used or how it would be used. Real quick, before we go break, he did talk about the Optimists his robot humanoid helper robots, and I'm sitting there listening to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you'll be all able to customize the personality, customize the voice, and we'll get to know you as well. No, and that's the story they gave me.

Sony gave me on My Robot Dog. That really it's But anyway, when he finally said wouldn't it be great to have your own C three po, he totally sold me right there. Well, there's C three po and there's I Robot and that could go either way, right, But that's the thing. It probably starts out a C three po, then all of a sudden, it's I Robot and is trying to kill you. Yeah, there's that, But maybe if you're just really nice to it, I don't know,

I don't know. See, that's the thing we'll find out or can turn into the determinator. It's Later with mo Kelly can if I Am six forty one live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. We're going to talk about WWDC twenty four, the Apple Developer Convention. In just a moment. You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty Now. Marsha Collier, I am not one of these Apple fanboys like maybe Mark Ronner. Okay, I'm I don't have anything Apple in my life, but I understand the

importance of Apple to some people. I make it very clear. I'm a Google guy, I'm an Android guy. But the WWDC twenty four Developers Conference is still very consequential, and that's why I try to watch it, and I, you know, I want to see what they're doing. Maybe they're doing something fabulous that I'll be jealous of and will make me go to the other side because I too, am an Android. I write books about Android. I love Android, so you know, and especially having a pixel phone,

Google drops all their tests and secret stuff on us. It's immersing, yes, yes, we get it first. If it doesn't work out, then it disappears. Is the Apple experience improving? When I say improving, there's certain things that the Google experience can do or does differently than Apple, and if you like those things, you tend to be an Android supporter. Obviously Apple has a very loyal fan base, but in terms of software innovation, I would say for the most part, they tend to trail Google.

They do lead the way in hardware innovation. Okay, okay, well let's talk a little turkey here. Let's talk about this. First of all, everything was the big deal was all about AI AI AI AI. How there's going to be AI And this all reminds me of how do you remember when

everything was going to be five G five G everything? Oh? Yeah, that does Did you know that if we continue on the track we're going by twenty twenty seven, the calculated energy usage will be the same annual energy as the Netherlands just by AI, A whole country's worth of electricity being used just to push AI. If they go through with all of these things. Now

we don't have a grid that's holding barely everything together that we need. But hey, you know you can't have a gas pool heater anymore because electric electricity. Right, So there's that, and that's a subject for another time. But yes, everything was on AI. It can help write emails, reports, personal text messages, but I don't need help with that. I don't want help with that. So where does that This was just a hypothetical general

questions. Where does that? What does that mean for me? It means they get to read your stuff, point because they have to read it to then offer an alternative. Yes, someone from the station was coming down in the elevator and they got to pop up from Google. And I'm sure you're seeing them too. And it's about Google AI. Want Google AI to help you. What do I do with this? I said, push it down,

don't agree to it. Just don't don't let it infest your phone because once, once it's out of the bag, it's kind of like herpes. It sticks around. That is an interesting analogy. I wasn't quite ready for that. I thought you were going to make some sort of grandiose technological paris. It is like this era of the industrial resolution. No, it's more like Herpe's. Yeah right, it just doesn't go away, keeps coming back.

But anyway, so the AI is going to be everywhere. It can fake voices, it can do all the things that I really have no interest. It'll draw pictures for you, which is great. I guess that's coming right now with Google Gemini under Google Phones, which I keep saying no to. You may not be a Marvel fan like we are, but I know Mark and Toula would get this. There's this line line see, oh,

that's right, that's right. There's a line in Age of Ultron where Ultron, this super AI robot, basically is saying that humans have this this substance called vibranium, and the only thing that they can think of is to turn it into a Frisbee, which was Captain in America's shield. Yeah. Yeah. The comparison I'm making here is like, Okay, we have this AI technology in capability, but we're just making pictures with it. We're not really

seemingly trying to do anything. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't kid yourself. Don't you think the government's been I'm just talking about us, you know. I was like, oh, let's make a I take pictures of Donald Trump or whatever. We're not. Oh yeah, and it'll cook your meals for you and everything. My goodness. Yeah, we're just scratching the surface.

It would seem. It would seem. But like we said, remember the story of five G. So there's a new Seri which is also driven by AI, and it can set an alarm late at night without waking the person sleeping next to you. Wait wait wait wait doesn't Google do that already? Yeah? Okay, go ahead, continue, It'll clean up your photos the AI wait wait wait wait wait doesn't Google photos back up? Doesn't I do that already? Well? These abilities are on Pixel and Samsung phones,

but it will remove unwanted people. Wait, wait, my Google that's called magic eraser. Yeah, okay, all right, okay, but with Apple Intelligence, you can also search for photos with more natural search terms, like pics of Gina riding a skateboard. I'm pretty sure I can do that on my phone right now. Yeah, and kind of Google Photos. Yeah. We've been able to do that for years. Okay, okay. Now they're having something brand new called gen Moji. You might think of something we might

know as emoji Kitchen when it takes to emojis and mashes. Yeah, yeah, that's what it is. It's pretty exciting. When one an eggplant writing a cheeseburger, you can probably put that together. Okay, but an egg plant is not an egg plant in the world of emojis. Egg plant, right, never mind? Never mind? Okay, you know anyway, you can also customize your home screen. Wait wait, you couldn't custom is your home screen on an iPhone? Mark Ronner? Can you customize your home screen

on an iPhone? It does not interest me the least bit, but I'm excited for people I've never tried. It's never occurred to me. Okay, Robin, you say you can customize your iPhone home screen? Is that correct? Yes? Okay, what what does that allow you to do? What is the extent of the customization. It's not very extent. Okay, all right, I have a wallpaper and I get to move apps around. Oh well, I got twelve o clocks, which is so cool. We have

all sorts of widgets we could put there. We could actually put a different launcher on top of it if we want to all together, different home screen. Yeah, we could move but multiple we're talking here about Apple, and Apple has a new os Sequoia or Max, and they're improving the watch and oh it has a new passwords app. I thought we like Google has a passwords maniture. We have Google passwords. Yeah, but this is going to

allow them to generate strong passwords for all their logins. Okay, welcome to twenty and fourteen. But okay, okay, tapp to cash, Smarter air pods, and Primetime TV plus. It's the same thing as Amazon Prime Video but feature. Yeah, all right, and so for all on the Apple stock. Oh and the Vision Pro, there's a new edition, even bigger and better. We we covered the Vision Pro and wasn't ready for prime time,

so maybe it's ready for afternoon. So there you go. And Honestly, I am not laughing at Apple. I think Apple did great work in the days of Steve Jobs, and I think he would be spinning in his grave. And here's the thing. Steve Jobs had an understanding of ingenuity and innovation. I don't know, and I'm not an Apple fan, so I'm speaking as an outsider. I don't know if they have the same type of

innovation material innovation that I just get. I just get really happy every time my phone comes up with a new thing and I'm going to try it. I try I answer a phone call and before I get to it, it answers for me, Hello, this is Marcia. I love this. I love this, and it asks who it is if there's no phone number.

And now, just so you know, the next thing they're adding in is they will run the phone number to see who that is that's calling you, because you know, sometimes you don't answer a call and you always wonder who is that person? You go and look it up on Google. Yeah, yeah, no, it'll do it right in your phone now. But you know that's not to say that Apple won't come up with it soon. Look,

I'm thinking maybe twenty thirty two. They're in there Marshall Collier. I have to go, but I appreciate you coming in and letting us know that we're not missing anything on the other side of the of the technological world. But I still want to hear from all of you and listen to my podcast on the iHeartRadio app. Just search Marsha Collier and you'll find me in between the mo Kellys. That was pretty smooth. Gotta do this all the time. It's Later with mo Kelly, caf I AM six forty. We're live

everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty and SpaceX, another company under the direction of Elon Musk, is in the news. SpaceX has been sued by engineers who were

fired after accusing Elon Musk of sexism a case of wrongful termination. The engineers, four women and four men, claim Musk ordered their firing back in twenty twenty two after they circulated a letter calling Elon Musk a distraction and embarrassment and I quote also urged executives to disavow sexually charged comments he had made on social media. The lawsuit was filed in state court here in Los Angeles. Let me just stop there. Those are the general specifics. And we live in

a world now and also an employment environment post me too. And also we had this social media aspect where it's not just what happens in the office, but also what happens outside of the office on social media. The world, the work world is very different now than when I started back in the early nineteen nineties. It's just different. I'm not saying that it's worse. I'm just saying it's different how And I have some general rules, like I do

not comment or compliment women on how they look. I don't want anything to be misconstrued. That's just me and for other people. In fact, I was talking about this. I was kidding around with Bill Handle when I was speaking to him earlier this morning, when I was doing a hit with him. But it's a conversation topic that does come up often in the office where those lines are, where those boundaries are. And some people are of the opinion, hey, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to

worry about. But it's not just what you say, it's how it may land, how it may be received, just because you, in your mind may think Hey, that's a nice looking dress you have on. It accentuates your curves out of the guy's mouth. He may think that's a compliment. I it's a woman. She may think it's he's being a pig and it's offensive and it's worthy of going to HR. I'm at a different point in my career than I was in my twenties, and I'm quite sure I said

some things working in the music industry that I can't say today. I'm pretty sure I can't remember off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure. Let's just say I did. And Keana, you are at a different point in your career and you're working, i would say, relatively near the beginning of your professional career, and you are doing it in a post me

too world? Is there a line for you? And I know you're not speaking for all women, I'm not saying that, but are there things that you notice or that you find offensive or is there like a general rule book that you follow when dealing with other coworkers? Usually there is a line for me, like I can joke around, I can mess around. I feel like I have that like sarcastic radar on myself where I'm like, I know when somebody is doing it as doing something as a joke or not, and

when that joke pushes the line a little bit. And so in instances where some might be complimenting me, but complimenting me in a way that makes it like something that my fiance would tell me, that's a little too far. Okay, let me go back to the story. The lawsuit says that Elon Musk's conduct fostered a pervasive sexist culture at SpaceX, where female engineers were routinely subjected to harassment and sexist comments, and the concerns about workplace culture were ignored.

Senior engineers, for example, used euphemisms for sexual acts and male genitals to describe rocket components. According to the lawsuit, I know when you work in entertainment, it's a much more loose environment. Perfect example, I was kidding with Marshall Collier in the last segment on air about eggplant emojis, and if you don't know what that means, well you need to go Google and catch up. But I'm saying you still have to be mindful in the these

work environments. That's different now, and I wouldn't say that there is a pervasive sexist culture across all workplaces. But I have worked for some places where it definitely existed, and that was even before me too, And I wonder, you know, like, for example, I don't do hugs. I don't do hugs in the office. Some places they do, some people they feel comfortable with it. I don't because I'm always concerned about something being misconstrued. So I always defer, and I err on the side of caution.

I don't know, Mark, what about you, in your many years and working in various newsrooms and environments. Well, Bethany hugged me earlier, and I'm wondering if if I should sue her. Well, as funny as that is, there's a lot of truth to that, I will defend Bethany, She asked. She asked, she did get consent. My general rule is I try never to motor boat women in the office. How's that is that? Okay? What is motor boating? Nothing? That's what I thought.

No times has changed. I remember my first newspaper, people would routinely walk around and give shoulder rubs, and that's not a thing anymore. Look, when I worked in the music business, the stuff that they talk about now, what is going on at SpaceX. To take it back to the story is nothing in comparison what we were dealing with in the music industry. I won't tell you the person's name, but there's a guest who I work with in the music industry, and she was telling us the story off air of

how she was working for a music executive. Remember when we talked about Puff Daddy Diddy and all the stuff that you know was going on years ago. It's I don't be surprised now. Well, she was telling us a story about a music executive and I think it was her boss who asked her to come into the office and he laid his Johnson on the table to proposition her subtle that's called Tuesday or it was back then. You know, the world has changed so much you think that's unthinkable. Now of course that says,

of course that's harassment. Of course they should sue. But it was so pervasive and permissive back then. Just right on the table, Yes, literally slap a dictionary down on top of it or something. You the first part of that word is correct. Yes, Well, I'm looking at the photos of your rocket now and I'm not saying Elon Musk isn't a creep, but you know that these rockets, they do look an awful lot like uh well, if you look at Blue Origin most definitely Oh whoa, yeah, please,

I'm being serious Now. That doesn't mean that it's then okay to have fallus jokes in the office all day long to either intentionally or unintentionally make people uncomfortable. I'm not saying that. I am saying that it's probably more widespread than people are willing to admit, you know, and I and I appreciate. I just had a conversation with the cod work or today asking about some

other things where the line began and ended with certain things about race. And I appreciate that, if only because the more you talk about these things, you bet have a better understanding for one another. I don't know what this workplace environment was at SpaceX. I do know that there seems to be a pattern and a consistent complaint about places like SpaceX and Tesla regarding real permissive work

environments. That's all I'm gonna say. Because this is not the first type of lawsuit that we've seen come out of SpaceX or Tesla being directly attributable to Elon Musk and then how it works out in the court is how they work it out in the court. But Wednesday's lawsuit accuses SpaceX and Musk of retaliation as I was saying, and wrongful termination in violation of California law, and further accuses the company of sexual harassment and sex discrimination. We'll see what happens

later on. But I I think this is an ongoing conversation as far as the obvious stuff we probably all know. You know, just remember Elon Musk is a visionary genius. He is. He is. Keep that in mind. He is, or at least so I'm told, he is infallible. He is perfect, absolutely godlike. Yeah, yes, and kind of a creed. Maybe the next president of the United States, I think not. Well, it doesn't matter if he's a naturalized citizen. You know, the

Constitution doesn't matter anymore. Oh yeah, did you know? Oh yes, that's true. I guess I looked away for a moment. Sorry, it's later with Mo Kelli Cafi AM six forty. We are live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. And before we go to break, I got to tell you about this. Don your favorite sun hat, dapper bow tie and floaty floral dress and come on out to the Will Rogers Polo Field this Saturday for the fifth annual Rock and Polo event benefiting Team Cancer America. Enjoyed the celebrity,

glamour and fast paced four of polo. There will be live music, a set by Iheart's own DJ Von Bellows, delicious food, drinks, tastings, and fun activities. All ages are welcome. The event benefits the work of Teen Cancer America, the national nonprofit founded by rock icons Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend of the WHO, which develops age specific facilities and services for adolescents and young adults with cancer. You can find out more at Teencanceramerica dot org.

Right now, KFI has your chance to win a pair of tickets to this great event, So listen up, check us out, go to KFI em six forty dot com, forward slash Polo to enter with Kelly six. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and we have heard you loud and clear. You want more stup mo tricks. So I guess going forward, there's going to be more stupid Mo tricks on social media. And if you're tuning in

just now or you're coming late to the show. Earlier in the show, I was just reading that it was completely spontaneous, it was completely organic. I said in the third hour that we would talk about how the twenty twenty four Olympics is going to debut high level breakdancing. And it got me thinking, well, I should have tried to compete. I should have gone to the Olympic trials. Maybe i'd be in Paris right now. And so I said, you know what, I want to see what I still have left

in the tank with little breakdancing. So I went into the kitchen a hard linoleum floor, pushed back the tables, and I said, let me just let me just see if there's a little something there. So we put up a video on Instagram at later with mo Kelly at mister mo Kelly, you'll find it in both places. And then it got me really thinking, it's like, wait a minute, breaking was not even my real thing. It

was pop locking. And so we waited at the next commercial break, we waited for Mark Runner to finish his news and then we walked into the news booth to bother him to show him what pop locking was, show him how it was done. So there are two videos up right now, stupid mo tricks at later with mo Kelly at mister mo Kelly on Instagram and you can see the videos there and you can go ahead and mock me. No mockery

happening. I could have done much better with the break dancing, you know, and I might have to do another round of that in a day or so. Always sprung this on you. Well think of it this way. People were saying, like, Oh, you're gonna have to get a back surgery, You're gonna get hurt, You're gonna break your hip, I said, But people don't know. And this is not a boast, This is just a fact. One. I stretch every single day, and I asked more of my body when it comes to hop, keto and martial arts.

So breakdancing is nothing. I'm doing mattwork more times than not. So getting on the floors is not a big deal or anything. I'd be more concerned if I hadn't tried to stay in shape for the past twenty thirty years. But I've you know, I've always been mobile in that regard. Well, I got it. I gotta wait, Mark, I have the next thing. I got the next thing you just brought to my mind. Let's get some boards and me. You would Mark do a board breaking combination? Do

you leave me the hell out of that, dude? No, Mark, we can. We can do some serious board breaking competition. That would be awesome. Wait, board breaking, yes, not breakdancing. No, break boards no, yes, line up boards three four? See it was. Let's let's go through them. Yeah. I don't mind breaking stuff, but let me tell you my main issue. When you came into the news booth and started moving around like that, I thought I was getting a lap dance.

No, because if you're going to get a lap dance, you'd have to pay it up front. Okay, well, now I know you gotta put the money in my cheese string. I had nothing to talk. I don't carry cash. I gotta start bringing cash to work, don't Marky. Mark can be as fun as he wants to be. But he uh Moe put the moves like you would not believe. And that is not an exaggeration. So make sure to check out later with mo Kelly on Instagram because he threw down. Hey, I got a lot of mo. I got a

lot of mo. There's more where that came from. So we have to think of more stupid mo tricks to do. I don't know, the breaking boards is cool thing. Maybe I'll come in and do some spin kicks or something or really now that I might hurt myself doing trying to do too much. Yeah, yeah, you can definitely put yourself out with that strikes first. No, look, let's kicks, some sidekicks. Do you know some pound strikes? Yeah, we should do We got mark, got any suggestions,

none that I can say on the air. And no, we're not going to do spicy foods and milk. No, I've already been through that. Not a taste test, that's a dip test. I really. I mean, if you remember that story about me burning myself on the hot food and having to soak and a carton of milk. I didn't talk about the size of the carton or anything juvenile like that. I wanted but stop myself from putting the milk on the desk where the coffee machine in the newsroom was,

because that is how mature I was back even way back then. So you were did you not just hear the nail on bus store? Well, this is that was you in the news. Now, this is way back when people were still walking around giving each other's shoulder massages in the place. So a little bit of a little bit of used milk, you know, back then, and I'm always it like the late nineties, I guess nobody would have beat a E. Look, I was trying to explain to folks

you were weren't in the studio. I don't know if you heard Twalla, but we were in the business in the heyday of the time of the business. The stuff that's happening now pales in comparison. It's not even I'm not dismissing it. I'm just saying the stuff that we saw, and I saw female colleagues endore. Oh. I mean, look back in the day at the Beat, it was the wild wild West. The things that were happening

didn't matter. The gender didn't matter matter. There were things that some of the young ladies on the street team that they would do and you're like, oh, Keith Doki. They would literally be out. I remember being out on the street team hit and one of the ladies that were on the street team said, Okay, all you women out here, you're not doing enough

to win these tickets. Let me let's go Martin Grass style. Let's see let's see who's got the best flat and they were just having women flash and getting you know, applause from the audience to give away tickets seeing that happen. So it happened live. Yeah, so that's how we used to do. Yeah, I would tell my Emine story. I just can't tell it anymore because they probably wouldn't be received in the same way. Oh, shooting him out, Yeah, it was almost well, okay, try real quickly,

real quickly. I was working for Interscope Records and this was I want to say, maybe two thousand and one issue. Whenever Eminem had come out with this first album. We went to this Impact convention which was in Miami, and I was working for a guy by the name of Kevin Black. He was one of the original promoters of Death Row Records. He was very different. He sounded like wolf Man Jack if you ever listened to him, but he had a very very raw personality. There was nothing that he wouldn't

do to help promote a record. And we were promoting Eminem's first album. So we went to Impact and we had all these DJs from all around the country and my job was to go get the talent. Well, if you don't know what that means. That means get the higher the entertainment for the evening performers, the dancers, however you want to characterize it. On this occasion, I also had to come up with an idea for promotion. I'm

not proud of this, it's just the truth. There was a contest where we had all the DJs, I want to say, maybe twenty to thirty of them lined up in a room in the room the lights are on, okay, and the contest was you had the talent the dancers that I procured locally, because it would have been a federal offensive. I got them from out of state. They were local. The contest was any one of the dancers who could bring the DJs to happiness full joy first. Each person would

get a thousand dollars. Yes, full completion. If I am six forty, we live everybody. I heart radio. At we tried less stimulating talk. It ended poor k s I kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County lies everywhere on the Young Art Radio

Transcript source: Provided by creator in RSS feed: download file
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android