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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: And here we are.
- 0:02SPEAKER_00: Let's go.
- 0:06SPEAKER_00: Good news.
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: Say what news.
- 0:12SPEAKER_00: There we are.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: We're midway through September.
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: Is that even possible?
- 0:17SPEAKER_00: I'm the Bonnie D.
- 0:18SPEAKER_00: Happy to be here wherever you are in the world.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: Let's go take a look and see what she has to share with us today.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: I think we have some very, very interesting.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: Here she is.
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: Come on out, little girl.
- 0:29SPEAKER_00: There we go.
- 0:29SPEAKER_00: Interesting news.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: Milestones.
- 0:32SPEAKER_00: September 16th, 1970, Jimi Hendrix in his final live public performance, joined Eric Burden and War, the band on stage at London's Ronnie Scott Jazz Club.
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: Today in 1984, Miami Vice had a two-hour pilot premier show.
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: And it featured In the Air Tonight, that wonderful song by Phil Collins.
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: And in 2006, Bob Dylan, he was 65 years old at the time.
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: He's 85 now.
- 0:56SPEAKER_00: His modern times album was number one on the Billboard 200.
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: He was the oldest artist at the time to top the chart.
- 1:02SPEAKER_00: Happy, happy.
- 1:04SPEAKER_00: There we go.
- 1:05SPEAKER_00: Oysters are us.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: Remember, everybody says if oysters are in in the months with our or September, and next month is October, then that is November, December.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: Yes.
- 1:15SPEAKER_00: So anyway, there's a billion oyster project.
- 1:17SPEAKER_00: It's a nonprofit on New York City's Governor's Island, turning wasted oyster shells into new oyster reefs.
- 1:23SPEAKER_00: They filter pollutants from the harbor, absorb wave energy, and supply the city's restaurant industry.
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: Okay, the deal is that 75 New York City restaurants are diverting their oyster shells.
- 1:36SPEAKER_00: Instead of throwing them into municipal landfills, they're sending them to a special dump where oyster larva are released to populate the old shells.
- 1:45SPEAKER_00: Get ready to mature, and 10 million baby oysters can be raised at the same time.
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: You see some pictures there on the left.
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: The goal is 1 billion oysters would lower the cost.
- 1:54SPEAKER_00: Hey, it's between a buck and a buck fifty apiece in New York City at happy hour and goes up to almost$5 a piece during regular hours.
- 2:02SPEAKER_00: And a hundred new reefs would refresh the entire water volume of New York Harbor every three days.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: Oysters are us.
- 2:10SPEAKER_00: I like them uh in the can.
- 2:12SPEAKER_00: What can I tell you?
- 2:13SPEAKER_00: I'm uh more of a clam girl.
- 2:14SPEAKER_00: Okay, what's in your closet?
- 2:16SPEAKER_00: Boy, there's a typo there.
- 2:17SPEAKER_00: I got the R in there from the oysters.
- 2:20SPEAKER_00: A mom is decluttering.
- 2:21SPEAKER_00: Autistic ADHD 32-year-old British mom named Ellie ran into a lot of debt.
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: $31,000, that's in US dollars.
- 2:31SPEAKER_00: She says my spending habits are pretty scatty.
- 2:33SPEAKER_00: Well, she took short-term loans after she had a couple kids.
- 2:37SPEAKER_00: She spent a thousand pounds a month on takeout food, online shopping, three credit cards in one month.
- 2:42SPEAKER_00: What?
- 2:42SPEAKER_00: She has paid back$25,000 in five months.
- 2:45SPEAKER_00: How?
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: She sold over 400 household items.
- 2:49SPEAKER_00: You see some pictures there on vintage, eBay, and Facebook Marketplace.
- 2:53SPEAKER_00: Jewelry, kitchen gadgets, room decor.
- 2:55SPEAKER_00: And she is doing stricter budgeting.
- 2:57SPEAKER_00: Okay, Ellie.
- 2:58SPEAKER_00: Invest.
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: She knows how to invest.
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: She's in a job that allows her to invest.
- 3:02SPEAKER_00: And she's documenting her journey online.
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: If you have any trouble following a budget, follow Ellie.
- 3:07SPEAKER_00: There we go.
- 3:08SPEAKER_00: Okay, birthdays.
- 3:10SPEAKER_00: Bob, it's guacamole day.
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: Cinnamon bread day.
- 3:13SPEAKER_00: Maybe you could dip the cinnamon bread in the guacamole.
- 3:15SPEAKER_00: It's Play-Doh Day.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: Don't eat that.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: Collect rocks and wrinkle raincoat, and I'll tell you why in a second.
- 3:20SPEAKER_00: Lauren Bacall, beautiful actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood, was born today in 1924.
- 3:24SPEAKER_00: BB King, we all remember him.
- 3:25SPEAKER_00: The blues guitarist in Lucille, his favorite guitar.
- 3:28SPEAKER_00: The thrill is gone.
- 3:29SPEAKER_00: I used to drum that when I was playing in open mic nights in Durham.
- 3:33SPEAKER_00: He was born today in 1925.
- 3:34SPEAKER_00: Peter Fall, Colombo.
- 3:35SPEAKER_00: That's why it's Wrinkled Raincoat Day, actored in Colombo.
- 3:38SPEAKER_00: Jennifer Telle, actress in World Series of Poker, first celebrity champion born in 58.
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: Molly Shannon, actress and comedian 64.
- 3:45SPEAKER_00: Mark Anthony, I need to know.
- 3:47SPEAKER_00: Salsa singer, you know he was married to.
- 3:49SPEAKER_00: Amy Polder, comedian and actress, Parks and Rack, Nick Jonas, one of the Jonas brothers.
- 3:54SPEAKER_00: I love their song, Sucker.
- 3:56SPEAKER_00: The Teddy Friends are having their friendship.
- 3:58SPEAKER_00: And Wine Whimsy says, Why do you sigh so much?
- 4:01SPEAKER_00: And the answer is every sigh is a sentence I decided not to say out loud.
- 4:06SPEAKER_00: I think that speaks for itself.
- 4:08SPEAKER_00: Let's go back to our music.
- 4:10SPEAKER_00: Let's go outro and let's see what we have for our.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: Okay, Kathy Davis is for you.
- 4:17SPEAKER_00: September 16th, Wicked Wednesday.
- 4:19SPEAKER_00: Hey, Mr.
- 4:20SPEAKER_00: Jake or upstate New York traveling.
- 4:21SPEAKER_00: Teresa DM graduates.
- 4:22SPEAKER_00: See you soon.
- 4:23SPEAKER_00: Dr.
- 4:23SPEAKER_00: Mob, Guacamole, and Cinnamon Bread?
- 4:25SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
- 4:26SPEAKER_00: Maybe invite me.
- 4:27SPEAKER_00: Charles Brakefield, Enigma Books, The Reckoning.
- 4:30SPEAKER_00: Go find it.
- 4:30SPEAKER_00: Great techno thriller.
- 4:32SPEAKER_00: Sherry and Meyer and Jeffy.
- 4:33SPEAKER_00: Happy, happy, Mary Little Neil.
- 4:35SPEAKER_00: I happy happy hello to Shield of Vill, my neighbors.
- 4:38SPEAKER_00: Kathy Lutella, neighborhood captain, doing the great stuff.
- 4:41SPEAKER_00: Love the Giffies, Kathy.
- 4:43SPEAKER_00: Mary Gibson is Helanian family.
- 4:45SPEAKER_00: And when the counter, I love your Instagram post.
- 4:48SPEAKER_00: Cappy and Jennifer Davidson.