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Everyday Heroes Interview Series Episode 3: Who is Mayfield Johnson, and can he win an election? · The Steve & Jeff Show

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Hey everybody, welcome back to another exciting episode of the Steve and Jeff Podcast.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Steve.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm Jeff.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: And hey, the Steve and Jeff experience is rolling on.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: Jeff, we are just getting fans all over the place.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: We have fans in places I've never even heard of.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you're absolutely right.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_01: I I haven't been to a lot of places, so I'm not sure I would know what those places are called anyway.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, it's I would tell you, but it but I forgot the name because I didn't know it and I just forgot.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: So that can happen.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: But hey, Jeff, you know, I just wanted to ask you a little question about our our our last podcast.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: You know, when we were talking to your plastic surgeon there, it I think you're all systems go for that new nose, right?
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, just to give uh a little bit of background from last week, as Steve knows, you know, my whole life's been focused on self-improvement.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_01: I haven't really done much of it.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_01: That's obvious, yes.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_03: Obviously, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: And one of the areas that I was uh looking for some change and growth would be with my nose.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: And I uh contacted a number of plastic surgeons and companies that that do that kind of thing, and we ended up finding um Dr.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_01: Will, who was on our show last week, yeah.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_01: And uh Rhinostein, Dr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rhinostein, yes, Rhinostein.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_01: You can't get a better name than that for somebody doing surgery.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_01: So where we left last week was that we were actually scheduled, I'm scheduled for the surgery.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_01: So the surgery is is in two days, it's Thursday.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: Wow, and uh wow, yeah, and it's taking place at a at a red roof in just outside of of Omaha.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm coming in for that.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: Um La Vista, another one, yeah.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: No, you're yeah, you'll be fine there.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and I think the the red's down the street.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: You get a burger and onion rings.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you know, you'll like it.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: It's okay, it's okay.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think I'm gonna be eating too much for a while, but yeah, I'm hoping.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_01: I'm hoping that uh that I'll be able to, and certainly people will be impressed with my new nose, I'm sure.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So uh the surgery's at a at a red roof end because Dr.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_01: Will thinks he's gonna keep me under for a number of days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um and and the hospitals are so crowded these days, you know.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: You really just it's it's just it's almost discriminatory to limit medical procedures to a hospital, you know, you know what I mean?
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's just why don't we just open that right up to hotels or bars or parking lots, anywhere?
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_01: Steve, I don't know how bad COVID is, but I know how bad my nose is.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and you know, so if you ask me, I I should take some precedent over that.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: The other news is that I've chosen a nose and I'm very excited about that.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: Were you able to get the uh Jennifer?
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: What's her name?
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: Nose?
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: The one you Jennifer Gray.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_01: Jennifer Gray.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I could have, I think we're having trouble locating it.
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_01: It's it's not around anymore.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um well that was that was quite a few years ago, so it it might not be in a usable form, if you know what I mean.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: For sure.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but Jennifer Aniston also had uh a nose job.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: So you can still get a Jennifer nose, just a different one, totally, yeah, totally.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_01: So so that's what I'm planning on doing.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_01: Um, Dr.
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  SPEAKER_01: Will's working on that right now, so I'm very excited.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_01: So when we come back for our next podcast, I'll give you guys an update on how it went and kind of give you the blow by blow.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_01: Great blowing as in nose.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, we are looking forward to that, and and nothing blows like the nose, let me tell you.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_00: But but nothing, you know, you know, Jeff, we've got another exciting guest tonight.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: We got I am I am so happy to bring this guy.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: This guy is a in in local politics here in in the Omaha area, and he is he is running for the state legislature, which we call the unicameral here because there's only one the one.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: The unicameral.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_01: Are are those the those uh horses with the things sticking out of their yeah?
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: Some of them, some of them do.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I have seen pictures of some of the legislators, and I yeah, I think some of them do look like that, in fact.
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  SPEAKER_00: But uh by and large, it's just one chamber, you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, but hey, he is running in this year's election, and I'd like to bring him on here uh right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh his name is Mayfield Johnson.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Johnson, how are you?
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_02: I'm doing fine, gentlemen.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_02: How are we doing today?
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: Doing great, doing great.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_00: Say, how's the uh how's the election look?
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_00: Do you think you've got a chance?
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_02: Oh well, I mean, any any man with two hands and a plan uh always stands a chance, uh, you know, but again, I think if there's anything about the city of Omaha that I truly love is the fact that I feel this is a city that knows that they need to vote with a someone.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, I think a lot of times in in current politics, uh folks have been voting against someone.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, and I feel like this is definitely a city that can vote with its Johnson.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, yes.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: And and what I think that would be a great campaign slogan for you, you know, may you shorten your name to May and say May Johnson or May My Johnson, maybe.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: I you know, I think there's a lot of potential there.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_02: Well, I uh again on the on the website, the the one that our advisors went with is vote with your Johnson.
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, because again, I want to feel like I'm with the city.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_02: Uh as I plan on leaving it and going to Lincoln to be in the Unicample.
• 5:27
  SPEAKER_00: Well, and I I think that that is probably a better slogan because they would you wouldn't really want everyone voting with your Johnson now, would you?
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: That would be that would be a little untoward.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_02: It would be it would be absolutely something that would need to stop.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_02: And yes.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: Well, you so oh go ahead, go ahead, Jeff.
• 5:45
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no, after you.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: Oh well, I I I I I was just gonna say, you know, I I I've read you you actually I I live in your district, uh, Mr.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_00: Johnson.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I I'm very interested in this interview.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: And I so I I may be one of your voters here.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_00: And I I read your position papers and it all kind of makes sense, but there's one thing I didn't see that I think is just a burning issue in Omaha today.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's it's I think it's the most important issue facing Omaha right now, and that is, you know, sometimes I feel like a good paella or uh or a Cuban sandwich, and there is not a good Cuban restaurant in Omaha.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_00: Now we got good Mexican, we got close, we got we got South American.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's not a Cuban restaurant to be found.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_00: We need a Cuban restaurant in this town.
• 6:33
  SPEAKER_02: I I don't know about you.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_02: I I find a delightful paella near the uh Applebee's uh when I go there.
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_02: At least I don't think it's that secret of a menu.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_02: I think that Applebee's does delivers a great Cuban sandwich and paella.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_02: I've seen I didn't know that.
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_02: Wow, I actually I signed the Panini Press the last time I went there.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_00: So it's got it has your John Hancock on it, or your Johnson, I guess what Johnson has.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_02: It has my Mayfield Johnson.
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_01: It's your Mayfield Johnson on it.
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree with Steve that that's an important issue, but I'd like to get a little more serious for a second, an issue that I think everyone, because I don't live in Nebraska, but that everyone is very concerned about, and that's violence.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_01: And when it comes to violence, I I'd like to know you know what your position specifically on talk show hosts, podcast hosts that have a history of violence, say wrestling or fighting or like like say if somebody was an MMA fighter and a comedian who started a podcast, all right, and yes, and was making more money than us, but not for long.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: Not for long.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_02: No, no, no, no, no.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_02: I well, I feel like um Houston Alexander has a right to do whatever he'd like.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: Forgot about him.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_00: He's making more money than we are, too.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_00: So now we have two guys out there.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_02: He's a great, he's a great ambassador for the youth, uh, definitely talks to folks.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_02: Uh again, Omaha born, Omaha bred, and that's really kind of where I have to keep my focus as I am uh again going to Lincoln.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_02: Um yes.
• 8:11
  SPEAKER_02: So uh you know it's it's a thing where I feel like violence, uh violence begets violence.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_02: And um if you spend around uh you know, if you spend your entire time thinking about violence, that seems to be your MO and go-to answer.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_02: And I just feel like again, with one of my initiatives that you saw, which is uh give a criminal a hug.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_02: Um, I think it's a I think it's an absolute uh goal and plan.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_00: You know, giving a criminal a hug is an interesting idea, but see, I think the way to eliminate violence is you just take people that are violent and you just beat the crap out of them.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: You just crush them, you know, you whack them and and they will not be violent again.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_02: Now true that person isn't violent, but then where does the cycle stop?
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, uh Steve, I see you're a fairly large and tall individual, but let's say I did find someone who was larger and taller who also was violent.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_02: And so if you're violent and that person is violent, then you are just being violent together.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_02: And do you think you could continue to be violent in that situation?
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_00: You know, Mr.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_00: Johnson, that is a great question.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_00: And I think I think in addition to the violence, I think we have to look at the other piece of that, the togetherness.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_00: Because I think by coming together in that violent act, we're actually sharing a moment, and so I think maybe that's the answer.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe we just all do it, and then everyone is sharing, and it's it's it's a beautiful thing.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_01: Well, and you know, they say love and hate are just opposite sides of the coin.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so I think that it's really hard to even draw a line between love and support and uh senseless violence.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_00: Well, to me, they they're very similar, or they're like different sides of the coin or they're different hands, like that Robert Mitchum movie, you know, with the yeah, you know the one.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_02: I actually don't, I don't uh get out to the theaters that much.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, well, that's I I bet with the campaign going on, you're you're not getting out too much, but you are getting on the media, you know.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_00: Nine nine, maybe as many as 11 people are gonna hear you on this show.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, you will get their votes.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_02: I I mean, considering the voter turnout at most of these state elections when it's not a primary year, nine might be enough to swing it.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah, that could be that has been the winning margin for more than one.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yeah.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_01: So the the question I have is I'm I'm from Chicago, I'm from Illinois, so I'm not as familiar with your politics.
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_01: But the question I have is so you're running for an office.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_01: Are are you gonna be a like a like a real politician, like a senator?
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_01: Like, are you gonna be like you know, McConnell in Kentucky or like the vice president?
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_01: Or are you gonna be like like a real politician or or you know, like a paralegal that's not really a politician, but sort of like helps out like a political aide or something?
• 11:13
  SPEAKER_01: Like an aide, or like um, yeah, like an intern.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_01: Are you gonna be an intern?
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_02: I I will be a real politician.
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_02: Um, again, we go in day in, day out, and and make decisions that are very important for the people of Nebraska, uh, to make sure that they are uh prospering, uh, making sure that they are together and with with family and hope.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_02: I um I don't know what you mean by real politician, but I I'm sure you know we are very unique in our setup.
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_02: We are one group, one togetherness talking together to get things done.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you sound very real to me.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_01: So you've you know, Mr.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_01: Johnson or Mayfield, I you've convinced me that you're a real politician.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_00: So and and and congratulations that togetherness that you're talking about, that's kind of like sharing the violence, if you will.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: You know, that's that's kind of like joining together and joining hands and saying, Yeah, let's all do it.
• 12:25
  SPEAKER_00: Are you uh Steven?
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_02: Are you thinking about running?
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_02: Because that is that is a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant uh message.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I I I I couldn't help but notice that uh most of the legislative seats only have one side running, so there are a lot of openings.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I mean obviously you live in my district, so I'd like you to not run this year.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I shouldn't run in your district, but I could I could like run somewhere else, right?
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you could you can move to Valentine and and decide because I'm sure they probably have some kind of goat running in their seats, so and and if I get 11 votes in Valentine, you've gotten the city.
• 13:06
  SPEAKER_00: I think that's a landslide right there.
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I think I think Steve would be uh a wonderful politician.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_01: To be honest, I don't want to toot my own horn, but I think I'd be a pretty good one too.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_01: And if I am gonna go in that direction, Steve, I maybe have to look at a different nose because the Jennifer Aniston nose, I did I don't think that will get me the kind of boats that it like a Bill Clinton nose would get me.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, do you think I you know, just in case this takes off and I end up running for office?
• 13:35
  SPEAKER_00: Well, you know, while you're getting the plastic surgery, maybe ask him about because he was talking about that that face-off, the face-off donors.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_00: Uh who knows?
• 13:43
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you can get somebody that looks like Bill Clinton and you could you could run and you could just do uh an Arkansas dialect, and um nobody know the difference.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think you're absolutely right, Mayfield or Mr.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_01: Johnson or Mr.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_01: Mayfield Johnson.
• 14:00
  SPEAKER_01: Please call me Mayfield.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_00: Or should we call you Senator?
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_00: Let's anticipate Senator.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: I like the ring of the senator.
• 14:06
  SPEAKER_01: I don't want to jinx things.
• 14:08
  SPEAKER_01: So my question has to do with you know, just hardcore politics.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_01: So, do you kiss babies when you're when you're politicking?
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if that's what it's called, when you're campaigning.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_02: Well, it's it's campaigning, it's meeting people, it's talking, it's it's getting you know with the people.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, and yes, I do kiss babies.
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_02: Uh only are they vaccinated?
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_02: Because you know again, we always vaccinate, we always ask for consent uh of the baby.
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, if the baby is uh so young that we can't seem to get a facial uh recognition, we do sometimes ask the caregiver uh if this baby consents to me kissing it.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_02: Uh of course.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_02: Then there's forms and paperwork if we want to use the picture in any sort of media uh on a release.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_02: But uh again, we do try to limit it to about three or four babies per stop.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_00: It's a good idea.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: That would that would seem to be enough because you know, I I imagine I imagine some of these babies, you know, you pick up a baby to kiss.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_00: I I bet sometimes they like throw up on you and they pee and that you know, so I mean how many times a day can you do that, right?
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, well, as many suits as I have.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_02: That's pretty much where we're at.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_01: I have two, uh I have two more questions.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_01: Um, these are uh again, these are kind of hardcore political questions.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: I I don't mean to to ambush you with them right off the bat, but the two that are no Jeff, that that's good because this is a show that really gets to the issues, you know that makes for a successful podcast as somebody that gets to the issues, right?
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, I wanted if I wanted softballs, I'd go on uh talk to Rob McCartney.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_02: Who's Rob McCartney?
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, he's uh he's a news anchor guy, likes to dress up in farmers uh uh fireman outfits.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_02: Oh I might vote for him.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_02: He seems to always be near a fire.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_00: He has penetrating questions like, really?
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_00: And how how you feeling?
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_00: So things like that.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_02: Whenever whenever I want to take a nice warm-up, I go to McCartney.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, good.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I'm gonna hit you with these two.
• 16:15
  SPEAKER_01: They're they're somewhat related.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know, people might see uh uh a connection between the two of them.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_01: But the first one is are you for and what will you do to legalize drugs in uh your district, at least, and in the state of Nebraska?
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_01: And the follow-up question that you can answer as well is if you're not able to do that, can you do something about allowing people to bring their drugs into the state?
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_02: Well, of course, um uh again with with Omaha, we we uh we're definitely still a family-oriented, and I want to make sure that uh again, if drugs are brought in, uh that they are solid, good, and only used for executions.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_02: And I just want to um make sure that I don't want any drugs coming in that would be allowing uh joy or happiness.
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_02: It's it's pretty much executions only.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_02: You can't get out of the Nebraska State Legislature without that basically being ingrained uh into your head.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_02: Now, as far as the second part of the question, uh and again, I um not sure what it was again.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm not I don't remember it either at this point.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_00: No, see, I remember because this okay, I was thinking, I was thinking as a really good point.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_00: It's like if you can't legalize drugs, could you let people bring their own drugs?
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_00: Sort of a free enterprise, sort of a voluntary that comes approach.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I think I didn't say you just said that.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, maybe I mean again, when drugs are outlawed, only outlaws will have drugs.
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_02: So we have to make sure that you know, if if you're going to you have to make money a little bit on it.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_02: Let's let's be real and honest with each other, gentlemen.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_02: So again, if we're taxing the wheels of cars, why not tax the drugs that are being smuggled inside of them?
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely, absolutely.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_00: That and and you know, I I think I think there is a chance in the legislature maybe you could approach it that's saying, hey, we're going to legalize drugs, but only if people use them as a family, like the whole family gets together.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_02: Family-style drugs, yeah, family-style drugs.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_02: I think I think that would be great.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_02: Again, I I would be a little worried about you know the sharing of needles.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, that would be the other thing that I would make sure about.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_02: But again, make sure that you have enough needles to distribute properly amongst all of the members.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: I I agree.
• 18:46
  SPEAKER_00: I think that makes sense.
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: And again, uh you're really impressing me.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: I wish I could vote in your district.
• 18:52
  SPEAKER_00: You'd have me vote for sure.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_00: And I can vote in your district, and I'm you are dangerously close to getting that vote, sir.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_00: I mean I am I am just about there.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_02: Is it what do I need to do to push over the edge there, Steve?
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_00: Well, uh, we we got a few more questions, but actually first, I'd like to I we Jeff, we got we got another sponsor, a different one.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: Wow, a different sponsor.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_00: So we're we're kind of helping that economy too.
• 19:17
  SPEAKER_00: And so I we're we're gonna play, I I uh play a commercial here, and uh we'll be right back after this commercial message.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_00: The color yellow, the most underappreciated primary color, shunned since the 1900 yellow fever outbreak.
• 19:39
  SPEAKER_00: Yellow.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_00: Try it today on a house, a car, or a pet.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't always look like a banana.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_00: The color yellow, brought to you by the refraction of natural sunlight, a leisure service of Amazon.com.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_00: Well, hey, we are back, and uh gosh, Jeff, I will tell you that was just a a tremendous commercial.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_00: That you know, in fact, that commercial, uh actually, uh, Senator, may if I can call you Senator, that commercial was largely written by uh somebody that you probably know who I think is one of your one of your campaign workers, uh a gentleman named David Hayden wrote most of that commercial.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_00: I you know, there were a few little things that were changed, but uh I think it's great that we're getting we a sponsor.
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, this is like this close to getting an Amazon sponsorship.
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_02: I was going I was going to say, I wasn't a hundred percent sure what that was actually an ad for, and and who was actually paying for that.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_00: Well, actually, you know, that that is a great question, Senator, because I I I'm not sure who paid for it either.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_00: It it was paid in cash, so I don't really have a record, but I think it's an ad that lets you know that Amazon controls colors now.
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_00: They have merged with refracted light ink, and they now control the colors, so they're bringing you the color yellow.
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_00: It's kind of like Sesame Street used to do it, say brought to you by the letter R or whatever.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_00: Well, you know, they're literally bringing you yellow now.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: That's like they own it.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, well, it's also it's kind of one of these commercials where it has like multi-meanings, you know, different meanings to different people.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_01: Some people see yellow, some people see other colors, um, which actually brings me back.
• 21:27
  SPEAKER_01: I'm putting my 60 minutes reporter hat on, but yeah, Senator, here's a question for you, and I'm sure you'll have to deal with this down the road anyway, so I might as well just throw it out.
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_01: That commercial was all about yellow.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Nebraska's color red?
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_01: And how do you reconcile that?
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_01: How do you get how do you keep the yellow, the red vote, and still get the yellow vote as well?
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_02: Well, the important thing you have to remember um that it's not red.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_02: with Nebraska.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_02: Uh it is scarlet and green.
• 22:05
  SPEAKER_02: So you have to remember you have to remember that white that goes with that red.
• 22:11
  SPEAKER_02: That yellow is a part of.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_00: Ah that is brilliant.
• 22:16
  SPEAKER_00: That is brilliant.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I think we really need your wisdom, your expertise in our unicameral.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_00: Because maybe you could you could explain to people like what unicameral means, which would be that'd be a good start.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_02: Unicameral is one house.
• 22:32
  SPEAKER_02: We have one house of government as opposed to most other states that would have several different houses.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_00: So yes you're a senator because we're considering it the Senate uh your uh you know XYZ I think no go ahead no I say I think that I think that expertise is really gonna shake things up in Lincoln.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_02: I mean it always helps to know where the door is when you walk in.
• 22:55
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah where the door the restroom here's here's the fire exit here's you know you got to get oriented a little bit right yeah of course of course uh again uh well this is this has been uh a pleasure gentlemen thank you thank you for having me on i've really enjoyed it i wish we had people like you in illinois that i could vote for uh i wasn't i wasn't corrupt enough to be in illinois politician oh that's for sure yeah it does take a whole new level yeah it's like you know some somewhere between somewhere between like nevada and new jersey corruption is you you really gotta you know you gotta take it to a pretty good level mr johnton mayfield um before we go um i just have to ask this because i've i've been sort of asked to ask this have you thought about plastic surgery because a lot of politicians end up getting a lot of plastic surgery and it can be any part of your body and i would think that you know enhancing your appearance would help and if that is the case i got a doctor for you that is definitely going to discount me if i'm able to bring somebody else you know in as a customer obviously the number one rule of politics i scratch your back you scratch mine so it would be uh i would say if i had to pick one thing i would basically have i i believe i'd have my ankles lengthened uh wow that would give you a whole different walk it's a whole different walk it's a whole different type of you know body posture but again it's only something i know would it make you taller a little bit i you know steve that bundle that may be the second part for me i'm you know i'm thinking about that bundle too and i my ankles my ankles are comparatively fairly long but i think maybe another quarter inch or so wouldn't hurt anybody steve you have really nice long ankles i've admired them for a long time i don't know if i would do anything with yours but mine i don't know yeah come on wouldn't you like to grab something from a higher shelf oh i would got you there i would like to do that yeah well listen thanks thanks very much for coming in and uh good luck in the election we might you know we might have you back as the election gets closer or right after the election so you can talk about what you're gonna do once you get to Lincoln absolutely again everybody in Omaha hearing the sound of my voice please go after that valid vote and shove stuff it with your Johnson uh very good very good I've really enjoyed uh meeting you and congratulations and good luck and we'll talk to you soon and hey and hey thanks everybody for tuning in thanks for being part of the show and Jeff good luck on that on that plastic surgery is coming up this week uh two days huh wow uh yeah and I think next week I'll give you guys an update uh I don't I I think I'll be out of the of the coma by then and well we don't know we don't know but it's not it's a medically seduced coma so you might it could be weeks who knows just true you never know but I I think the red roof is I think I booked for three weeks so I'm hoping I won't need that full three weeks oh you're you're in the lounge huh you're gonna be singing yeah take your guitar come on that's right but anyway I'll I'll report back well hey thanks everybody and tune in next week when you'll hear another great podcast by now