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The Hammerin Hank Show With Henry Ochs & Ryan Hoppe: Episode 53 · Hoppe Radio (Hoppe Hour) With Ryan Hoppe

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  What's up, Hammer and Hank? How are you? How
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  the heck are you doing, buddy? I'm doing pretty
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  heckin' good. If I hit the opening intro. Are
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  you ready for the show? Yes, I am, buddy. Let's
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  go. You're listening to The Hammer and Hank Show
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  with Henry Oaks and Ryan Hoppy. you doing, buddy?
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  I'm doing okay. Why are you doing okay? Because
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  the semester's about to end at Chabot College.
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  Wait, let me turn off the music. It's what? The
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  semester is about to end at Chabot College for
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  the spring. Oh, man, it flew by, didn't it, Hanky?
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  Yep. Time flies so fast, buddy. It's frightening.
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  I have her at Hank. Since time is flying. What
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  is your radio memory of the week? My radio memory
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  of the week is when I first walked into KFIV
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  in Modesto way back in 1982. What was that like?
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  They were in the Giants game and the jockey find
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  me in the studio. His name was Bill King. Did
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  you have a good time that day? Yes. That's good.
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  They were in the Giants game, like I said earlier.
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  Are there any other memories in the business
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  of radio that you have? Not this week. That's
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  okay, buddy. Hank, what are your goals at Hot
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  97 .7? To make it sound as good as it can. And
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  also to play more pop music. That's good. Now
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  that the semester is over, you can completely
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  focus on learning the equipment. Mm -hmm. Yep.
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  Are you excited about them? I'm very excited.
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  You do know, if you ever need any help, I can't
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  help out because I'm 2 ,000 miles away, but you
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  can reach out to Alex or Gilbert. Mm -hmm. Thank
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  you, buddy. You're quite welcome, Hammer and
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  Hank. Cool, buddy. So let me play this music
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  right here. Dude. It is the NBA playoffs with
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  the Spurs playing the Thunder and the Knicks
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  beating the Cavaliers. Hammer and Hank, what
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  is your take? My take on the NBA playoffs is
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  it's just okay because the Warriors aren't in
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  there. I know. They screwed up this year. And
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  I missed them. Too many injuries. This year called
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  the injury hotline. That injury hotline is 856
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  -49 -OP. It's 856. Or you can reach me on the
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  IG at DJ Hammer and Hank. You sound so hip the
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  way you said IG, brah. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. DJ
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  Hammer and Hank. What do you think of the Thunder
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  and SGA? I hope the Warriors make it to the playoffs
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  this year. I hate the Thunder. I hate the Spurs.
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  You mean next year. I hate the Cavs, but I do
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  like the Knicks. Well, first of all, you meant
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  the Warriors next year because they can't this
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  year. Yeah. Well, in high school, I went to John
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  Hersey High School, and in 2012, we played Stevenson,
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  which is a very rich school, and there was a
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  freshman in his very first playoff game. His
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  name was Jalen Brunson. He was 15 years old.
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  Okay. I'm telling you a story. And Jalen Brunson
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  obviously is the man in New York City on the
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  Knicks, correct? Yep. He scored 30 points on
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  my friends and made them cry. There's a crying
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  in basketball. There's plenty of crying in basketball.
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  It was on my friends. You know why? Why? It ain't
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  the boy Poe Show. Isn't that crazy, though, that
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  I saw him 15 years ago crush my friends? Whom?
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  That's interesting. Do you really think it's
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  interesting or not really? I'm just kidding.
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  Not really. Because they crush your friends.
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  All my friends cried, Hank. It was crazy. Like
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  I said, there is no crying in basketball. There's
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  no crying in baseball. Hank, I'm going to hit
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  the music. Hopefully you approve of this content.
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  I'm going to hit the music. And we are going
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  to do your jokes, okay? But let me hit the music.
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  All right. On now. Hank's joke hitting like a
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  thumper from the trunk. Punch lines cracking
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  louder than a cat. No punk, Ryan, hobby, ride
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  shotgun with oak. Dropping these laughs, crew
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  never going broke. It's a hammering Hank show,
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  keeping it raw. Joke sharper than a blade, cutting
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  through the saw. Every segment fire, humor like
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  a burn. Tune in for the laughs, watch the tables
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  turn. Jokes for the week. Why do I keep checking
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  the fridge? Why? Because apparently I think pizza
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  renegades overnight. Mm -hmm. Why do I hate mornings?
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  Why? Because everybody feels like a surprise
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  attack. I feel that. Why did I buy coffee today?
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  Why? Because being awake naturally isn't working
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  out. Why do I lose my keys? Why? Because my brain
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  likes hiding and seek more than I do. That is
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  a mouthful. Why do I love sweatpants so much?
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  Why? Because jeans feel like a personal attack.
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  I don't wear jeans that much anymore. That is...
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  Why do I avoid phone calls? Why? Because if it's
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  important, they'll text me anyway. Why do I keep
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  saying I'll clean tomorrow? Why? Because future
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  me is apparently a janitor. Why do I bring my
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  phone into the bathroom? Why? Because sounds
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  just terrifying now. Why do I love Payday? Why?
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  Because we're about six minutes. I feel financially
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  stable. That is sad to think about. And the final
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  joke of this week. Why do I always need a nap
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  after eating? Why? Because digestion is a full
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  -time job. And that's it for the jokes of this
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  week. All right, Henry and Hank, you can't hear
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  it. You'll hear it after. What type of music
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  do you think I have on? Church music. Yes, sir.
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  What's going on in church? We're still studying
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  the book of James. First James it is. With Pastor
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  John. How's that going? Pretty good. Is there
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  any improvements or is it good enough? Good enough.
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  What else have you been praying to Jesus about?
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  I decided to sing the national anthem of either
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  the Stockton Ports, Modesto Roasters, or the
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  San Jose Giants. You're a legend, Hank. You're
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  a saint. Thank you, buddy. By the way, I want
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  to, I'm going to play the clip after I thank
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  you, but I want to thank you for giving me and
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  Hot 97 to 7 a shout out when you went on Evolve
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  the Earth podcast. Thank you, buddy. No, thank
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  you for giving me a shout out. You're 1 billion
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  percent welcome. I love when you say that. I'm
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  going to play the clip right here of you mentioning
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  the show. What is the name of your podcast and
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  what is it about? The Hammer and Hank Show. Okay.
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  It's on Spotify. My buddy Ryan Hoppe co -hosted
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  with me. We talk about a lot of topics. So back
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  to the other podcast, the one with Ryan, how
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  did you meet him and how did you get connected
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  to do that podcast? Well, I was a guest on the
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  Hoppe of Ryan Hoppe a year ago. He loved me so
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  much that he decided to launch my podcast called
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  The Hammer and Hank Show. That's awesome, Hank.
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  I appreciate it. Hank, we're going to - Thank
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  you. The interview's on my YouTube channel at
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  DJ Hammer and Hank. You know what else we're
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  going to do, Hank? Yes. Because I care about
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  you so much. You're like my brother. I'm going
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  to, at the end of the show, I'm going to include
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  all 15 minutes of the interview so people can
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  listen to it here. Cool, buddy. Hammer and Hank,
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  we got a comment here. You are a legend. I am
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  so proud of seeing the growth you've had, and
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  you did good on Evolve the Earth. Thank you,
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  buddy. Another one. Hammer and Hank, I used to
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  love driving around San Francisco seeing your
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  billboard. Do you remember that billboard? Yes,
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  I definitely remember it. What was it like? It
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  was for the 2004 presidential election campaign.
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  How crazy was it seeing your face up there? Extremely
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  funny. Hank, if I hit the music, are you ready
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  for pop culture trivia? Yes. What do you have
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  for pop trivia? Who has a top 10 hit record?
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  The tide is high. Way back in 1980. Madonna?
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  No, Blondie. I should have known that. I like
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  that song though. A footnote to this. What's
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  up? Local artist Angelina did a cover version
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  of this song way back in 1997. There was another
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  artist. Maybe it was her. There was another artist
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  that covered it in like the 2000s. Radio Disney
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  used to play it. But what if I need to play the
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  Angelina version? You live your Angelina. It
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  was World War 7 back in the day. Hank, we've
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  been recording for 11 minutes and 11 seconds.
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  Make a wish. My wish is to improve the podcast.
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  Y 'all do that. I appreciate it, buddy. Any other
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  trivia? Who has a top 10 hit record breakaway
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  way back in 2003? Kelly Clarkson. Correct. Yeah!
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  I got it. You have any other ones? Who had a
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  top 10 hit record one time in America way back
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  in 1966. Oh, my God. I was negative 27. I see.
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  The Beatles? The Sandpipers. Never heard of them.
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  Did you like them? Yes. I played location on
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  KTH. Nice. You played quite the selection, Hank.
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  Thank you. That's why we're a variety station.
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  Our logo is the East Bay's Best Variety. Anything
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  else, Hank? That's it for music trivia for this
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  week. I'm going to hit the prick in the news
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  music. Let me turn it up in the club. Every panhandler
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  who always asks me for 50 cents. What do you
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  say back to them? Get a job. Or the only thing
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  I have for them is a cup of hot piss. You're
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  the best, bro. You always say that. Where'd you
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  get that line from? I made it up myself at the
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  one I find comedy jam way back in 2002. You're
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  awesome. Did the crowd laugh? Yes, they did.
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  Did the crowd laugh? Yes, they did. Nice. Anybody
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  else in prick in the news? That's it for this
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  week. All right. Let's be a little more positive
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  after calling people pricks. I'm going to hit
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  the music. Are you ready for buddy of the week?
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  Yes. Let me hit it. Mm -hmm. I'm over here getting
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  pumped up. Hank, you pumped me up, dude. Okay,
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  my buddy of the week is everyone at Hot 97 .7
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  Fresno. For encouraging me not to give up on
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  my radio career. Also, my buddy Tom Lothlian.
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  Alan Sampson, which I call Big Al. Yeah. And
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  all my buddies at the CV First Church in Castro
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  Valley. Yes, sir. Selena from Longing for Mine.
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  Sounder Pena, who I think I got. A radio gig.
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  Nice. You're a good dude. You got me the radio
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  gig at Hot 97 .7, bro. Because Sonda Pinkness
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  started as a promotions intern at the age of
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  17. What a legend. You're a legend too, Hanky.
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  Cool, buddy. Anybody else? Now she does mid -days
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  at Mega 96 .3 in LA. Hell yeah. Anybody else
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  with Buddy of the Week? That's it. Do you got
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  anything else going on in the cranium, the brain
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  of Hank? Getting ready for a long, hot summer
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  full of podcasts and Hot 97 .7. Yes, I love it.
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  I love it. You ready to date some hot -ass Latino
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  women? Yep. We're going to make it happen, Captain.
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  Anything else in your brain? I wish I could see
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  Ariana Grande in concert. She's way... When she
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  comes to the Bay Area later this year. That is...
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  We're going to... Hey. Jay, you got... Well,
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  not JV. Rest in peace. You got Graham. Selena,
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  Woody, Menace, the people at the Breeze. Why
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  don't you ask them for tickets? Because I'm flat
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  broke. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hank,
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  listen to me. I'm taking care of you. I'm your
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  godfather. Listen to me. Hank, I'm saying why
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  don't you ask them for free tickets? I get free
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  tickets from work. You deserve it. You're the
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  goat. Cool, buddy. So are you going to ask them?
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  I'll try. All right. I'm just trying to help
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  you, Hank. That's all I can do is try. So then
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  you're going to go, hey, what's up, Woody? What
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  up, people from the breeze? I would love to go
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  to an Ariana Grande concert. May I? And ask for
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  tickets. That's all you got to do. Are you taking
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  my advice? I'll take your advice. All right,
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  perfect. Anything else on your mind? That's it.
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  All right. Hank, episode 54. We're metal age,
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  dude. Crazy. Can you believe it's been 54 episodes?
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  Yes, it has. And here's another 185 more. That's
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  a lot of pressure on me. Sign us off, Hank. Well,
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  that's going to do it for the Hammer and Hank
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  show of Ryan Hoppy. If you want to get a hold
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  of me, Hit me up on my IG at DJ Hammer and Hank.
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  And I'll talk to you next week. Peace in your
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  hood. Bye, Hank. And coming up next is his interview
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  on Evolve the Earth. Goodbye, Hank. Peace in
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  your hood. Oh, yeah. Welcome to another episode
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  of Evolve the Earth Talk Show Podcast, where
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  we connect with voices shaping culture, community,
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  and change. Today we're honored to have a true
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  legend behind the mic, DJ Hammerin' Hank. How
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  are you doing today, sir? Extremely good, buddy.
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  How did you get into radio? Well, my dream actually
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  started in the mid -70s when I tore the antennas
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  off the radios that we owned, pertaining with
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  microphones, and pertaining to be a radio DJ.
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  I started my radio career in 1982 at Chabot College
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  Radio Station, KCRH, which was then branded as
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  Hit Mix 790 under the direction of the late Rick
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  Strauss. I was an on -air personality and also
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  the station's public service director. That is
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  really cool. So how was that experience when
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  you started there? It was very good. I got to
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  contact non -profit organizations and to gain
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  PSAs for the radio station. What other stations
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  have you been part of? Because I know you've
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  been part of other stuff as well. I was at Wild
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  949. I started there. Well, actually it was Wild
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  Run 7 with Man Cow back in the early 90s. It
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  was 1994. I went by the name DJ Special Ed, but
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  I didn't like it that much. So I changed my name
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  to Han. Hammer and Hank. Tell me about your show
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  at KYLD. I had a show called The Launcher of
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  Hammer and Hank Show way back in 1997 to 2001.
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  I was told to play whatever was on the playlist.
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  Days? Like what days were you on? It was on Sundays
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  from 4 to 7 p .m. right before the Sunday night
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  oldie show of Harvey or the X -Men. What did
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  you learn from doing those, working at those
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  times? Well, I got to interact with people. I
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  had someone else running my boards. And also,
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  which I learned to board myself. What kind of
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  music did you play? Rhythmic Top 40 Station back
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  then. Rhythmic Top 40 Station? But now I only
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  play Pop Station. How did your time at KYLD end?
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  I was let go in August of 2008 by Dan Perosian's
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  director, Mark Apple, who was a brat. He wanted
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  to get rid of me, but he said it was... For me,
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  this is an important station, like the Comedy
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  Jam. I didn't want to work there because I had
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  a TV show called The Hammer and Hank Music Video
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  Show, which was on Comcast's cable channel, 27
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  Fremont. I turned 29. And during that time, when
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  it ended, what were you going through? Were you
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  like, oh, I got to figure another thing out?
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  Yes, I had to figure another thing out. Did you
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  have a plan after that? Yes, to stay in radio.
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  Okay, and what did you do right after that? I
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  kept sending radio stations resumes, CDs, MP3s.
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  But now they're more interested because... Probably
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  have autism. Who did you get to work with there?
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  And what did you learn? I was on the Dog House
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  Morning Show. JV, Elvis, Hollywood, Big Joe,
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  Rachel, Ruthie, Graham. We're currently co -hosts
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  of Morning Show 149. Did you learn anything from
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  those guys? Yes, I learned how to be a better
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  person. What challenges have you had to overcome
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  in your career? I had to overcome autism way
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  back when. In the 80s, I was in a group home.
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  for juvenile delinquents. I hated it. One of
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  the lowlights of my stay in a group home, one
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  of the residents beat me up, and another lowlight
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  is somebody... I urinated my iced tea. That was
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  on a camping trip back in 1984. Oh, man. That's
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  horrible, man. So all that stuff, just kind of,
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  those are some of the challenges as you were
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  coming up and doing your thing. Any other experience,
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  asides those ones that you had in the radio?
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  I was a part of the Wilding Fine Party Crew Street
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  Promotions team. I got to go on the street at
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  Wilding Fine Promotions, meet people, and it's
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  always fabulous and exciting prices. And I also
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  did some Wilding Fine Bomb concerts, which for
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  the most part I loved very much. Interacting
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  with the listeners, dancing in the aisles with
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  lovely ladies, etc. Did you meet anybody cool?
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  Angelina, 112, Elijah Brown. How has radio changed
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  over the years? You know, companies that are
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  buying up radio stations, technology. You know,
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  my friend Dreamer was recently let go from online
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  flying after several years. Right, right. So
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  as the technology changes, is there anything
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  that you utilize now or that you didn't use before
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  or like as of equipment or programs or stuff
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  i'm learning how to use nextcast which is an
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  automation program at a station that recently
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  hired me hot 97 .7 which is the internet only
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  radio station from california what are your top
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  three highlights in your whole radio experience
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  so far my top three videos Highlights are The
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  Ultimate Survivor Game, which was a radio contest
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  set up by the Drag House. You had to be in the
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  studio non -stop until Friday or until you get
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  voted out. Oh, wow. But I dropped out because
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  I got sick. And that was one. Do you have any
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  other, two other ones? My first concert I ever
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  attended was Wild World 7, Bomb Doocy. Okay.
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  Way back in 1987. Right. I loved it. And the
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  third one, I think, gave my own radio show. Wild
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  94 .9. Why? I love talking to people, playing
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  music, and also going out on the streets. Now
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  I want to get into your podcast. What is the
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  name of your podcast and what is it about? The
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  Hammer and Hank Show. Okay. It's on Spotify.
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  My buddy Ryan Hoppe co -hosted with me. We talk
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  about a lot of topics. And then I'm a part of
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  the nationally syndicated Woody Show with Woody.
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  I am on at least once a month doing Woody's Crossfire.
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  That is so cool. So that, to the other podcast,
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  the one with Ryan. How did you meet him and how
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  did you get connected to do that podcast? Well,
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  I was a guest on the Hoppy of Ryan Hoppy a year
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  ago. He loved me so much that he decided to launch
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  my podcast called The Hammer Hank Show, which
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  is available now on Spotify or wherever you get
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  your podcasts. Check them out as well. Now you
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  said there was another one called The Woody Show
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  that you're on once a month. How did you get
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  connected doing that? My buddy Minnis, who was
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  part of the dog cast way back in the early 2000s,
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  invited me on the show. show to do Crossfire.
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  Okay. The Crossfire segment involves all the
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  members of the Woody Show. Woody, Gregory, Madness,
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  and the like. We discuss topics that are in the
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  news lately. Are my dreams like me being a carpenter?
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  Who is half -baked? I heard you have beef. I
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  have beef. What is this about? Okay. Can you
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  take me into that experience? What was it about?
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  What was the act? Things are making up. No more
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  beef. No more beef. What do you cover in your
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  podcast? We talk about a lot of different topics.
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  Drama, jokes, news, and also my ambitions for
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  the future. What ambitions do you have for the
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  future? I'm trying to get back into... Commercial
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  radio, or at least at Hot 97 .7, which is an
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  internet -only radio station in Fresno. Recently
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  attended an event called the Sirius Music Festival,
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  which is extremely good. Although I didn't meet
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  a lot of the artists, I met a lot of the listeners
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  who remember me back in my wild days. Wow, how
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  does that feel to run into all those people that
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  knew you from back in the day? Extremely good,
• 24:54
  buddy. Radio or podcast? Because I know you're
• 24:56
  into radio so much, but now you're into podcast.
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  If you had a choice, what would you choose, radio
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  or podcast? I choose both because I love radio
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  so much, podcasting so much. I want to grow my
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  fan base a little more and also talk to the listeners
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  a little more. The difference between the podcast,
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  right, and the radio. What do you see the difference
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  within the podcast and the radio? What is the
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  difference? Radio you get to listen to at home
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  and also podcast. Podcast is mainly internet.
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  Radio is terrestrial. And production -wise, do
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  you see it the same way as producing? Yes, it's
• 25:26
  the same. It's the same method. Okay. What about
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  your work at Chippewa College? I currently host
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  a show at KCB. What would your ideal radio show
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  be? My ideal radio show is play a lot of music.
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  interacting with listeners, and also heading
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  out on the streets promoting the station. What's
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  your living situation now? I live with my dad
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  and my sister. I do chores. I do a lot of monitoring
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  radio stations and also on the computer a lot.
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  And I also attend CV for Christian Casting every
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  Sunday. We're currently in the book of Hebrews.
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  Okay. I have a lot of buddies. Who attend the
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  church regularly. Nice. Like Mark Birkin, Pastor
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  John, Ben Atkinson. Okay. And also Sondra Blank.
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  Do you want to shout anybody else out? I got
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  to give a shout out to all the people who I met
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  in my radio career. JBLS, Big Joe, Rachel, Selena,
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  Graham, Sondra Pena. who started out as an intern
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  at the age of 17. Too many to name right now.
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  Too many to name, but those ones right there
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  are just as important. Yep. Who is your favorite
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  person that you have met? Definitely Baby Bash.
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  Baby Bash? How was that experience? I did an
• 27:03
  interview with him. On the JV show back in 19...
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  2009. No way! He brought me back on the show
• 27:10
  a few times. How did that go? How did that interview
• 27:12
  go? It was very, very, very, very, very good.
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  Did you learn anything from that interview? Yes.
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  And what did you learn? I learned how to appreciate
• 27:19
  Latin hip -hop music more. You have TV experience.
• 27:21
  Tell me more. Yes, I hosted a music video show
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  on Comcast Cable Channel 27 in Newark and Channel
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  29 in Fremont called the Hammer and Hank Music
• 27:29
  Video Show. My buddies, Black Eagle and Menace
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  hooked me up with that. I got to play a lot of
• 27:36
  music videos ranging from hip -hop, pop, even
• 27:39
  heavy metal. Any top memories there when you
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  were doing your own show that was really cool?
• 27:45
  Yes. I got to do TV for the first time. Oh, that
• 27:51
  was your TV for the first time. And how did you
• 27:52
  like it? I loved it. I wish I did it, but the
• 27:55
  show was unfortunately canceled back in 2009
• 27:58
  because... Comcast didn't need to do the local
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  origination shows anymore. What is your favorite
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  music video? I don't watch music videos. You
• 28:07
  don't watch music videos? Not in a long time.
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  But if I did, it would probably be Sabrina Carpenter's
• 28:14
  Man Child. What about the favorite that you played
• 28:18
  on your TV show? Yes, I love that song, Michelle
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  Branch, All You Wanted, because it was a big
• 28:22
  kid record back in 2002. I love playing the videos.
• 28:25
  You love playing the videos. Would you see yourself
• 28:27
  doing it again? Yes I would. What have you not
• 28:30
  done yet that you would love to achieve? I'd
• 28:34
  like to become a music director, program director,
• 28:37
  or process director at a major market radio station
• 28:40
  like 1 -849. Okay. I also worked at KOHL. Oh,
• 28:44
  yeah, yeah, yeah. What was that? It was a radio
• 28:46
  station in Fremont. It was okay. And what are
• 28:48
  you doing over there? I did my music, and during
• 28:50
  my third year there, I was the public service
• 28:52
  director. Okay. I was listening to PSAs and going
• 28:54
  on PSA websites to gobble some PSAs for on -air
• 28:58
  use. That's really cool. And I also did a brief
• 29:01
  stint at... Thank you, 102. I voiced... and written
• 29:06
  PSAs for all near use. Is that all the other
• 29:09
  stations you worked with or is there any other
• 29:10
  ones? Like I said earlier, I started working
• 29:12
  at the internet radio station Hot 97 .7 in Fresno.
• 29:15
  But you've also been doing those baseball games,
• 29:17
  right? You're singing the national anthem. I
• 29:19
  sang the national anthem at the Manassas game
• 29:20
  twice and I loved it. The crowd loved it and
• 29:23
  I hope to do a Warriors game later this season.
• 29:26
  A message to the world, what would it be? Be
• 29:27
  nice and kinder to people. Treat them as individuals
• 29:30
  and try to encourage them to do what they want
• 29:34
  to do. How can people contact you you can reach
• 29:36
  out to me on my instagram at dj hammer and hank
• 29:40
  i'll hook you up with the friendship you are
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• 29:54
  mass communication students that participated
• 29:57
  in this episode's production. Thank you, world.
• 29:59
  Your time is highly appreciated. I'm Alan Sampson.
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  See you all on the next show. Peace in your hood.
• 30:05
  Peace in your hood. Yo, Mike Crackle, Hammerin'
• 30:26
  Hank on the tackle. Autistic mind sharper than
• 30:29
  a bone -chilling shackle. Henry Oates with the
• 30:31
  hops, Ryan hop in the spot. Radio waves hitting
• 30:33
  hard like a chef with a pot. Farewell, Hammerin'
• 30:36
  Hank, gotta close up the show. Legend in the
• 30:39
  booth where the vibes used to flow. Autism warrior,
• 30:42
  always running the glow. But all good things
• 30:44
  gotta let the curtain go slow. On the dial, spittin'
• 30:47
  truth with his unique grind. Thoughts intertwined
• 30:49
  like graffiti on the line. Ryan on the mic, Henry's
• 30:52
  rhythms every beat they design static in the
• 30:57
  speakers where the laughter used to ride hank
• 30:59
  led the show with that beautiful pride autism
• 31:01
  didn't stop him not amplified hammering hank
• 31:05
  forever immortalized farewell hammering hank
• 31:08
  gotta close up the show legend in the booth where
• 31:10
  the vibes used to flow autism warrior always
• 31:13
  running the glow but all good things gotta let
• 31:16
  the curtain go That's the ultimate. Farewell,
• 31:58
  Hammer and Hank, gotta close up the show Legend
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  in the booth where the vibes used to flow Autism
• 32:04
  warrior always running the glow But all good
• 32:06
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