Introduction

Our veggie straws, a healthy snack.

They are.

Is that something we should try.

You could try them evil, not like them, but Rogan does. So

Has he have, we had them.

Yes, he has. You will not like them. I promise you.

Okay. They're on a rollback on Walmart. So I'm going to get them. We'll test them out. Why won't I like them? What's what's wrong with them.

Nothing. You're going to love them. They're going to be great.

Uh, go back. No go back. Why, why am I not going to like them?

Because I know you and you're Discerning. palate.

Do they. Taste bad. Is. There are a weird. texture to that. What's wrong with them?

Have you ever eaten a pool noodle?

don't think so.

Um, well, you can.

Good morning. Welcome to the first episode of this morning with her having coffee. I'm Sidney. Hovis. I'm here with my husband. Ryan. Hovis.

Good morning.

Thanks for joining me at the dining room table.

You know, I didn't think I was going to be able to fit it in my schedule, but I moved around some meetings last minute. And here I am. At the dining room table. Well, the studio. The office, whatever we're going to. Call this half of the table. One

working half

is for eating. One half. Just for business.

So our dining room is like a mullet.

That is the most accurate way. Yeah. I mean, I guess if you consider that this. Business portion. To be the back of the, no, it'd be the front of the mall. Because of the Business the front party, in the back. That's how malts go. Right. I've never had them all at.

I knew I didn't marry you for nothing.

What did you marry me for?

We'll discuss that. in another episode.

What were those meetings? that you had to move around?

I was scheduled to play a doctor for a little while. Um, maybe some race cars. A few dinosaurs, but I had to make time. For this.

Well, thank you. I appreciate it. This. is the first podcast. That we are done and, This is something that we've talked about. doing for quite a few years now.

Quite a few years. Indeed.

What was it? Two years ago. that I bought the picture that's hanging behind us here. It says This morning. with her having coffee. Johnny Cash is quote. when asked. For his description of paradise. And I bought it cause I thought you would really like it. And, uh, Well, you didn't pay it. Oh,

excuse me.

Oh,

how about I speak for

I was wrong. Sorry.

I did. And it inspired the idea. Of us having a morning podcast.

I didn't did I don't wait. Something we've talked about. for a long time and. Here we are. So I thought that this was a great first podcast to start with. for the Sydney Hovis media company. I have a few ideas for a few other podcasts. that we're going to be doing, but I thought that this was a great place to start.

A nice introduction. If you will.

Mighty or sounds of professional there.

How do you want me to sound?

I don't know. Like you.

I have to put, I have a role to play here. Okay.

Oh, is it doctor or. race? Car driver?

We could play

Podcaster.

we can go play doctor.

Serious man.

Don't be so professional. It'd be More serious. A lot of demands.

Oh, you know, that's me though.

Oh, if you don't have to tell me that. I live with it. I married it.

didn't we.

on Saturday.

That's

December 10th.

Four years married. How about that? What are we going to do on Saturday?

Parent. Probably played doctor. race cars.

The dinosaurs. Oh, I run circles around the island. Yeah. So. For those of you who aren't familiar with us. We are. A family of five. We have three children. Rent is our oldest he's for. Rowan is our middle child. He's two. And candles. It's our youngest. He is nine months old. Almost 10 months.

You wouldn't know it, looking at those thighs. He's a very. Thick baby.

The other day I was up on a ladder painting. trying to get this damn living room painted. I, again, and. I heard from. The other side of the room where the baby. was one. Two three. And I almost fell off. of the ladder. Because the other kids weren't home. So it was definitely the baby. who counted to three, our nine month old.

No, I didn't hear this. I can't confirm your story. I can't deny it either, but.

Yes. Well,

I wouldn't put it past him. He's very. Astute.

he doesn't miss a thing. I'm so proud of our children. Really.

Rinse vocabulary. stuns everybody that he talks to. I mean, he was at three years old, it was saying like, oh, this is a catastrophe.

To him. Everything's a catastrophe though. So.

He can be a little dramatic.

The other morning, He told me that candles was having a pants. Tash, Duffy. Because. And Rowan is Really starting to talk a lot more. It's amazing. He's.

coming along.

Well, he's been in speech therapy for. about what three months now.

Three. It's December.

Hmm. Two months.

I can't tell if you're being serious. It was like at least August. When he started now, if not July.

Not speech. We added speech. later on.

We added speech later on, but he's been like occupational therapy. Physical therapy, then we added speech therapy.

right?

But he's been in therapies. for months now.

right? But we're really starting to see a difference now. And I think the speech is really helping. I mean before he was only saying a handful of words.

I told him to go sit at the table and he was like, okay, daddy.

I love that he's able to respond to us. now. He is even answering. to his name about half of the time now. where you say Rowan and he'll go. What.

And it's definitely making it easier on Ren. They're able to communicate. A little bit easier now, because before he would just have. Grunts or. Dinosaur roars. and then you can't really. decipher a whole lot out of those.

No. It was very difficult. But I am. Really. Please with. the progress that he has been making and that we've all been making and dealing with each other. We've come a long way.

so. last night. I probably went to bed about like midnight. I think there's like two. Uh, clock in the morning. Rowan. couldn't get out and the door shut Too hard. And. so he started crying because he was like, oh, I can't get out. Wait. Where's where's my mommy. Where's my daddy. So I. Went in there. it took him a while. but he, he went back to bed. And then around six o'clock in the morning, he started. The slow crawl. Out of the bed and I grabbed my, put it back. And he wouldn't say anything.

How else do I alert you? You that it's time to get your ass.

Well, that's how I know you're not going to get up. there's sometimes there's That chance of like, you're going to get up. So, yeah. When that sound machine. Remotely goes off. I don't know If you do already, I'm sure you will. From nylon, have a little smirk on

your.

face. Like, Hey.

And some parenting passive-aggression

yeah. But when it turns off. I get fucking mad.

Tomorrow morning, you can imagine the smirk on my face.

You better not be.

Apple, honey. I love you.

She's going to speak into the mic here. And the second

Anyway, we have a special guest with us today. Her name is. apple. Hovis.

No middle name. or just lucky she has a first name. That took a while.

I did. I did we, we couldn't settle on a name. Uh, rent eventually named her. apple. We believe that it's because grandma. Books Calling her asshole. But, Hey, Apple's a little cuter. She was very difficult as a puppy.

She was she's the best dog now. But.

She really is. She's a

I now her. I guess we could say sister. companion. all live. Apple and all live. All of is not. She doesn't have anything upstairs.

She's not the goodest girl. Apples. The goodness girl. All of us know.

No, she's. I can't think of the right word. She's. Ah,

in the ass.

Yes.

Yeah. She still. seals food and. Occasionally.

toys. Bluey became a. Paraplegic the other day. When all of chewed off all of her limbs.

But. We love him anyway. Right.

They are. Dogs.

Go lay down.

She didn't like that. You got to pick her up and hold her.

so there's only one thing I want for Christmas.

I want for Christmas is.

Well, that's you not. me.

What do you, would you like for Christmas? What. Do you want.

You know, that travel mine that I had, it was white. It was a Contigo travel mug where had a button. He pressed the button and the

Yeah. What happened to that?

Well, EDC. As I tend to do I left. it somewhere for quite a while. And it got quite disgusting. And I cleaned it many, many, many a times when it was quite disgusting, but this time. It was moldy.

And where was it that you left

it? I don't remember.

You don't remember where you left it.

I am. It was in the garage or something.

You have a tendency to take drinks. And leave them in the car. And then after you've left them in the car. Take them out and just sit them somewhere. in the garage and leave them there.

Okay. Well, you know why that's because when I get in the car, To go somewhere. that I realized that. it's still sitting there. So I take it out of the car and I leave it. And the garage, cause they don't want to take it with

You could do. Here, let me tell you what you could do.

Well, if I have my shoes on and I don't want to walk back into the house.

Here's what you could do. All right, listening. You open the garage door because you're going to be leaving. You're gonna have to open that garage door anyways. And then you're going to take the drink. And you just gonna throw it out into our yard. the liquid. And then take the cup. And put it in the trash. There is a trash can in our garage. You do know that.

Yeah. But this is a reusable cup, so I'm not throwing away. Yeah,

this one is the one sitting on the step going into. the house from the garage. That's not one. So what's your excuse with that one? That's been sitting there because. I've seen it. It's very easy to

I put it there.

I didn't put it there. I don't drink Dunkin iced coffees.

Maybe it was intended for the garbage.

It was so close. It almost made it. it. was literally like Six inches from the garbage. Just didn't get that. Just didn't make it. Just didn't make it.

So it. continue to come. That's that's what I want.

does it have to be that brand or you just want to. A couple of the button.

Well, I like that one.

You have falling, you cleaned up more.

Really I cleaned it that one time, then it got really bad.

or. Or, uh, if you just. Cleaned it. when you come home with it. You just whatever's left out, rinse it a little bit. And the water in the sink. And then, Putting the dishwasher. Just like that.

Old habits die hard, man. I don't know. What's tire.

No, they just don't die. But that's what happens.

Yeah, my cup. Did so.

better. Your cup than the habit, I suppose.

Well, I had that cut for a really long time. Okay.

where where's the bad rabbit.

That one's in the car.

and how long do you plan on leaving it? There?

What am I going to wear next?

Soon somewhere. soon. So anything else?

Um, No, I think that's all I want.

Fascinating.

Yeah, I just, I don't want junk. I'm so tired of all the junk.

I don't want junkie. I don't want anything new. That's the, I know I don't. I don't know anything additional than what was already in our house. Unless it was like an X-Box or something, but like that's. It's out of the question. Other than that, I.

What would you do with an X-Box? Collect dust in it. Oh, no, that's what you do. play X-Box at night after everybody's gone to bed, then you complain in the morning about how you're so dire.

You will go to bed at 9:00 PM. Wake up at like 8:00 AM and be like, oh, I'm so tired. I don't know how you, how you do it being. Well, I will sleep like four hours. Like every night. I'll sleep like four, maybe five there's a slim chance that there's six slim.

It's not. Nine eight every night.

No, no, no. Every night. On everything.

I don't get great sleep. Like you said. Cantos doesn't need to be up, but he sure fucking does. So he's up and down all night.

Yeah.

So team effort here.

It certainly is. Eh. Yeah. Sometimes we just have to remind ourselves. it's the same team. We're on the same, same jerseys. Yeah, can I have different numbers? But the jerseys at the same.

All right.

I thought you were playing footsies with me. It was the dog.

And I'm like you enough?

That's I was very

confused

and I was like, she's. Touching me willingly. What is going on here? Nope. It was the dog.

Well, Hey man. I just don't want everybody does that to me. It's like, Can we get them to pet and I'm like, ah, Treat them. I don't have one attached to my leg. There's not one attached to my hip at the moment. It's. It's nice.

to get them to climb up there like spiders or something. Pertain the Beav shoes. They're there. Quiet my legs. Crawled up my arms.

Yeah.

Rip it at my neck. My neck gets sore, man.

It's funny. Cause you know, my uncle, Steve used to have these games. Then he would play with us. One was where he would put his feet up on the Ottoman and he would be a bridge. And you had to. Walk across the rickety bridge. And of course, there were crocodiles in the water underneath.

Oh, how do you pull that

had make it. Well, they were pretend you had to have a good imagination. I did not.

you still don't

by now. I'm really bad at it. But it was. a good time. It was a lot of fun. The other day, ran, came up with his name. and he was going to walk across the bridge and there was a lava on the floor and, made us. put our legs on the Ottoman. He walked across. We are the rickety old bridge. And of course, Rowan was right behind him.

Yeah, but he, doesn't understand the concept. He just he just laid on my legs. He was just like, well, this is a spot.

But still, it's funny how these old games. Come back in style.

Everything comes back in style.

You know, it doesn't come back and style. Any of the 6,000 fucking toys in our house.

I was going to say racism.

but. That either.

Do you know,

The muffin, man.

I do not. know them off of me. Do you know where honey comes from? This is a fun conversation that we had the other day.

Yes. It's certainly. I wouldn't know if it was funny. It was interesting though. We're hunting actually comes from.

So tell the listeners, where does. honey come from?

Well, you see. It comes from bees. And that's kind of where the. Mainstream knowledge usually. stops. Is

It's a B byproduct,

Yeah. Bees just.

Make honey.

Collecting. pollen, pollinating flowers. And then, you know, you get honey.

but how.

Well, you see. B's. The feces of. and. They will throw up. What becomes honey? Following there. Dinners.

Yum. Yum. Now if we just ruined honey for everyone, we apologize. But super interesting, super interesting topic.

Yeah. I not something I was familiar with other than BS.

Now what's interesting. though, is that BS? Also, um,

They do. You don't. It's not something you really think about. But just like the book says. Everybody poops.

including bees. And if they get a bellyache.

they poop more frequently. So can we talk about science and other things here?

Yes. So the more, you know,

I feel like I wish I knew less about that, but you can't remove the knowledge. Just

yet. As DUI. I haven't been able to eat honey. in like a week, so.

Hey. Ryan is now. Sort of potty trained.

Sort of four still, and there's still some accidents, but I mean, he he's. Once again, rounding. the corner on being potty trained. There's been several other instances where we've started. To almost get there. And then he's, you turned back. But we're once again. Coming around that corner.

Yeah. I never would have thought that. Four years. old, where you would.

Still be potty training.

Yeah.

He's stubborn. Can you stubborn?

We now have a poop jar. Similar to a swear jar. Enrich pop hook gives him $5 every time

Bribing to Merlin and I'm good. Bribery. So foundation. You must be training him to be a politician. Yeah, learning to take bribes.

Well, One of us has to be a good one. And this house. At some point.

Looked out further. I am. An elected official. If you didn't know.

You know, sometimes I forget that.

Yeah. I think a lot of people do.

No, we're very proud of you.

when I went to the borough building, This morning. I was knocking on the door. And they got to come around to the little window. Just like, how can I help you? I was like, ah, well, I just needed to get some logging information like, oh, you're riot. It was like, uh, okay, so you didn't know who I was, this whole conversation beforehand. She's like, oh, you're Ryan. Sorry. But yes. Yeah. I was the family's first politician here. I ran for office first. Might not have, gotten as much attention.

Are you talking about, you have way more attention than I do.

I had three yard signs. I think you had 1200.

Yeah.

I had three.

Well, Should've taken note.

I don't think that would have been a winning strategy.

Yes. Wow. We are very proud of you. Our Councilman.

That's right. Say it with some. Yeah.

well.

I ran for state Senate.

I lost.

How does it make you feel?

I'm certain that there's a lot that I will say about the process. But, I'm still here. I'm still here to talk about it.

it's very interesting time.

It's a very interesting time for sure. Was that long. A couple of months there.

It was a very long couple of months. I decided. Take it into the race. Right before the primary two weeks before the primary. And it didn't.

I headed for the zoo. that day. And as I was. Getting the kids together and we are. I'm trying to pack them into the car. You received a phone call?

I did. It was some encouragement to do a write in. Campaign.

Yeah. You stepped away. Answer a phone call as I was getting them ready. You came back. I said, all right, let's go to the zoo. And he said, I'm going to run for state

Senate.

Oh, okay. Here we go.

yeah, I knew that that was going to be our last day of normalcy. If you can call it that. And we did. We had a really nice day at the zoo. It was. May was a nice.

Yeah, there was a nice, uh, Polar bear pacing around a circle. Not like crazy or deranged at all. It was just

losing all of its fur and. And Pittsburgh and the 60 degree. Heat.

the aquarium was nice though. Love the

is very polar bear exhibit. maybe not the best to take your family. Uh, One thing that really disappointed me is that. The party. It's not Equipped or willing. To win every race.

state party is all you're referring to at this time? Or.

State. But yes. But. Locally. There isn't a major deficit. There are a lot less. Democrats out here shortly. Um, but also I heard several times. people who would say, Oh, I donated to this state, or this is the one that gets me. Oh. I donated to the DNC and. You know, they're really not helping us out here.

We will never see a penny of

will never see a penny of it. And these are people who. Have a lot of, Not nice things to say about Reagan. and trickle down Economics, but think that, Hey, if they donate to. the state party or the DNC. That, uh, Somehow it's helping candidates like me. And so I shouldn't be in their debt That's not true at all. Because if you're not helping your local party, if you're not helping your local candidates, Then nobody is. That's the truth.

Especially in. what they consider. Very red areas. Like

it's unwinnable on paper, then we're not going to get the help.

All right. So why bother?

And Quite honestly. I ran the whole campaign. And myself, and that's not to say that I didn't have a lot of support.

I hear you

I had a, a. a. lot of volunteers. I had a lot of. People who very much wanted to see me. be elected, But I didn't have. The means or the funds to run a full campaign right

there. There was no team. There was no. HQ or.

No.

like that. We were here in our home. Mostly. Yeah. After the kids go to bed. You know, you're making graphics and. Putting here. posts together and. Designing t-shirts that we also printed right in our own house.

Well, we're very resourceful people. if we weren't, then we certainly couldn't have done this

No. We did.

We had

Everything. Almost everything that we could in house.

And for that reason, I'm incredibly proud of the campaign. that I ran.

As you should be. I'm proud of you. No matter how condescending I make it sound.

Well, thank you. I just, uh, you know, what could I have done with. money behind me?

We'll probably never know.

No, but. It's interesting to think about. Next time, if there is a next time. I just. Hope. The powers that be. Well look kindly upon us.

We'll see if there's a next time. Who knows. I don't predict the future. I mean, if you would've told me. Last Christmas. Like, Hey. You know, you're going to go run for state Senate. I probably like. Uh, I don't believe that. I mean, I probably could have believed it. But I didn't think it would probably would have happened.

Yeah. I certainly wouldn't have thought that, you know, I hadn't thought about running. For something. At times. There

Where it was some discussion between you and I, about the possibility of something, but.

No, we always came back to it and said, no.

I mean, you were. pregnant at the time we. Only. Pad.

February.

Right.

But, I'm sure will. Unpack. all of the campaign. Things at a later point. On election day. I. had poll workers. Out working in the polls. And one poll worker. Called me and I was talking to him. And during the conversation. Someone who had voted, came out. And asked my poll worker. What my position. on abortion was. And he described to him, well, it's not a black and white issue. And. the gentleman said, yes, it is. Am I poll worker said, well, you already voted. So what does it matter?

That's scary.

And that is why Democrats are losing out here. Because people are so stuck on this one issue. No, Of course he didn't ask. him whether or not he loved the wife. I mean, I guess that could be a part of it. I

The answer would probably be a no.

So death, do they part and Apparently. death can't come soon enough for them, I guess.

Kind of thinking. I just can't comprehend how someone could believe that.

How someone can be okay with orphaning children. Because they don't. want women to have abortions.

Same scenario. Yeah, they could already have children. Right. And they'd be like, wow. sorry, mom's got. to

Just happen

If that's. the will of the divine. She's got a gun. She's got to go. We don't

believe in medical intervention.

I mean, that's just. I couldn't imagine. Thinking that way.

It's barbaric.

It is. But it does make me wonder what else they think about. In that kind of head space, you know? I think what other bad opinions do they have?

What is scary to me. Is that people are saying. that we're going to. outlaw abortion. We're going to criminalize abortion. But. Medically. The term for a miscarriage. It was a spontaneous abortion. And it does scare me that. If that's the verbiage that we're using and if that's the verbiage that lawmakers. Like in Pennsylvania. where we have. A 70%. Male. legislature. if that's the verbiage that they're writing in. To say that we're going to criminalize. abortion. Well, That's also a process.

Right. I mean, there's a lot more to it. Then the idea. That you have. A woman. Getting pregnant. Accidentally. Nope. Don't want it. And having an abortion. And there's many. Many more scenarios. Then just that one that they want to hold on to.

Right. And I mean, what kind of a. world. are we going to create. if that's what we're doing is. Putting women on trial. And that's really what women. Mean when they say that they don't want men. Making laws regarding their bodies is that. If they don't even have the verbiage. Correct. Then how are we supposed to. Trust that we're not going to be prosecuted. For a process that happens naturally. to many, many, many women.

Yeah. it's scary to think what could become. How many giant leaps backwards. That we'd be taking.

It's a lot of. Misinformation.

Which I think thankfully. here in Pennsylvania. Yeah, that's something we. I don't need to worry about. For some. little amount of time.

Well, not necessarily. Because. The legislature is trying putting It on the ballot for next year. So the battle isn't. One Just yet. the fight isn't over.

I wasn't aware of that. That's interesting. I have to deal with. If there is a constitutional right to abortion.

It does. Mint does it is the.

The taxpayer money. It's not allowed for

No, this would be. The constitutional right to an abortion. Which, you know, are. State Senator. Who I ran against. And I don't want to rehash the election. But he's the one who helped to sponsor. this bill. Which says that. There is no right. To an abortion, which again, If you're talking about the medical term, there's no right to have a miscarriage.

I don't know. I think I have faith. In Pennsylvania, especially after this last election. There's more people who are willing to do the right thing.

Well, the state is trending blue. And

It'd be a statewide. I think, especially after this election, I definitely have a lot more confidence in Pennsylvania. As solidifying itself. As being closer to a blue state. I mean, Josh Shapiro won by 15 points.

But, you know, we have plenty of time to. Talk about. The things that I've. Learned and gained from this. election. And that's what I really see it as, you know, I have a growth mindset. I don't see things as a. And by that. Rather as a springboard.

I mean,

phase in life.

inspiration. That's the inspiration behind. Doing this doing. Other shows. Or in the works. To. keep moving forward. Keep talking to people and to keep. Momentum. Moving in this area.

We do have. a major. Lack of voices out. here. We're not being heard. We're not being listened to. And I hear that from. All kinds of people. It's not just Democrats, you know, I really did reach a lot of people across the aisle. And maybe the results. didn't reflect that, but anyone who would sit down and talk with me. I think came away. Knowing that we might have different letters next to our names. But we see things in the same light. and. That's what's so important. to me

All right, because. When you think of a D or an R. You automatically think of national issues you think of stereotypes? And just because. We're Democrats. Does it mean that we're trying to take away? Guns from people. It doesn't mean. A lot of things, just like. Just because you haven't our next year. name doesn't mean that you thought January 6th was cool.

True. And that is really important, you know? Aye. I think that there were many times where I respected. The Republican party. And I grew up with Republicans. That's not the issue. My issue. has been the last few years. And since. 2016. 2015, 2014. I have a lot of problems with what the Republican party became. and What it stood for. And. Yesterday. Trump said that we should just suspend the constitution, just terminate the constitution. Even have any idea what those words mean?

It's. Unthinkable.

I mean. the word socialism is also awful word. Communism is awful. But they say those things and they don't have any actual meaning to them. But the fact that. The former president and possibly once again, candidate for president. Once too. Terminate. The constitution.

Which is terrifying.

It's

To us, But you are speaking about the guy. who said that he could. You walk out in the street and shoot somebody. Nobody would care.

Sure. But Republicans are defending him saying, well, he can't do it anyway. That's their defense. And it's a terrible defense.

how do you defend the defense less? it's. I'm not sure anyone with as much political power. As him has ever said such a. Stupid thing before.

And it's stupid. It's just.

constitution we've had for all of our existence. Don't need

it. I have so much. Allow vendors respect. for our nation and our constitution. And. The thought. Behind all of it. I have spent hours of my life. Reading and dissecting it. And. The thought of someone coming. along and saying, Ah, fuck that. It makes me. Angry. to my core.

And it's not just that he's said it. It's that. Yeah, people are defending it. They can't just come out and pick. Oh, no, that's fucking crazy. We can't do that. I don't know why he would say that. They're just like pile. I mean, that guy can't do it. He can't harm anything. So. No, what's it.

Hertz. We're going to support the guy who Says things, even though. you can't do them anyway, like hollow promises. Sure. That's what we're all about. And that's the Republican party today and it's scary and it's sad. It's sad. It's pathetic. At the party. Of Lincoln and at the party. Of. Abolitionists and at the party. Of. The union. That the party of. People like Eisenhower.

Well, it's just like, if we were to sit here, and I said, I'm going to make threats against Alaska. Well, he's not in Alaska. Like. Pre pretty far away from Alaska. Yeah, there's probably no chance that he's going to go to Alaska. Like who, who knows? I'm just like blowing it off. it just doesn't make any sense to me.

Yeah. Well, It doesn't make sense. It's never going to make sense. And that's what we're up against.

How do you feel about Joe running again, though?

Well, He

already the oldest. President.

he is.

We've ever had. And all of history.

He gets the nomination. I'll support him. I mean in Pennsylvania, it doesn't matter. We really don't. Get the opportunity to vote. In the primary and have it. Matter mean anything. Anything. I do. dislike that The primary dates across the country are different. because it doesn't really give states like ours, much of a chance when it comes to. Who runs for president? Oh, Wait, we didn't have another choice on

Anyone will challenge him. Do you think anyone will be a

I don't know. I don't know, he has been very effective. I mean, he has been one of the most effective presidents we've ever had. now, it's not just me saying that as a Democrat. That's just the truth. And we're going to see a lot more over the next two years. because it's going to be his budget taking effect. It's going to be his. Policies taking effect.

If you look at polls, however, which, you know, Do we trust polls or not? Who knows anymore, but. His. Approval to run again. It was a very low.

Oh, his approval rating is very low. Approval writing and politics. aren't necessarily the same thing as we saw in this midterm.

I guess we'll see.

Well, see. I am Looking forward to exploring this. Over the next couple of years.

That'll be fun to talk about. I'm sure.

I think we'll be.

Let's turn back. We'll talk about that. Campaign a little bit. Is there anything, any grievances you want to air or is there any. Anything. that jumps right out at you about it.

Aye. am A little disappointed. I think in. The number of people who. Wished me luck. Aye. Truly believe that Far too many people. have given up on our area. mean.

wished you luck, but like more willing to help you out in any way, just like, oh, good luck, TSC, Elena. We'll see how you do.

Right. I. wish that there had been more People who are willing to jump in and get to work. and not worry about. the odds are the results. Because that is really. the thing that held me back more than anything. But. You know, I. want to be able to talk about the issues. that I laid the groundwork. Just talk about. because. for me. It wasn't. about. a single election. It wasn't about a single issue. For me. the reality Is that this region is dying. And there's no one thinking strategically.

Yeah, it makes a. Great place to move your family to. Bring your children.

Well, you know, I'm an optimist and I had hope and I love this region.

And you got to keep that hope. Yeah.

And It's hard to. it is really hard. It's hard to think. that 20 years from now. this is where our children are going to come home for the holidays because. You know, I don't know how much longer we can stay in a region. Where. it has people. leave and as people die, there is less and less. opportunity for our children. And that's not a statement that I. want to make. But it's a statement of. Almost desperation. for me, it was never political to talk about these issues because these are facts.

It's taking a very different tone shift here.

Hmm, indeed. But, you know, these are things that I want to talk about, and this is why I decided to start this media company. I want to be able to have. conversations. That are not just democratic. I want to be able to have conversations That are not just political. but to really start to solve. the issues and to start to put them in a light that people can understand. And grab a hold of. And take part in addressing. Together. So. I started the Sydney Hovas media company. In doing this.

That's a good end.

Yeah. so. If you. Feel the same way too. if you. Feel helpful. And optimistic, but not sure what to do with it. Then I would ask. anyone, listening to please go subscribe. And join me. Every week. As we explore. These issues and these topics and these conversations. Until we meet again. I don't know.

What is that from?

Amy. Again, Is that Coco.

I don't know. No, it was Coco. The fuck is that.

I don't

It's something that's going to fucking bother me.

Thank you for listening to the first episode. Of this morning with her having coffee. Talk to you soon.