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Maria Milito, Q104.3 Midday host interview · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Larry and Quiet Storm, Chris, we have a great cluster
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  Speaker 1: here with iHeart, all on the same floor in different studios.
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  Speaker 1: But probably the one that we have the best relationship
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  Speaker 1: with is Q104. 3, the classic rock station. We've had Jim Kerr,
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  Speaker 1: the icon in here, many times to discuss rock issues.
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  Speaker 1: And he's quickly followed by Maria Melito, who... I was
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  Speaker 1: told when I came and I joined with you and
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  Speaker 1: consummated our relationship in March that you think you're the
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  Speaker 1: animal welfare expert. You can forget that. You're the junior
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  Speaker 1: varsity because Maria Melito has dedicated her whole life to that.
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  Speaker 1: And Maria, we thank you for coming over and explaining
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  Speaker 1: what a great event you're going to be hosting this
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  Speaker 1: Monday that we hope our many listeners will join with
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  Speaker 1: the Q104. 3 listeners.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you. First of all, you are way above
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  Speaker 2: me with animal advocacy. You carry the torch. But it's
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  Speaker 2: great to be here. Thank you, Larry. Thank you, Curtis.
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  Speaker 2: So Monday night at the Cutting Room, which is on
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  Speaker 2: East 32nd Street here in Manhattan between Park and Madison.
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  Speaker 2: So we're showing a screening of By My Side. It's
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  Speaker 2: a 30-minute documentary. It's about three veterans who had PTSD
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  Speaker 2: and their families were distraught over how bad they were. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: and service dogs gave them their lives back. So it's
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  Speaker 2: a 30 minute documentary that we're going to show also
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  Speaker 2: operation canine Beethoven, which is a local organization. They take
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  Speaker 2: dogs out of shelters and train them for, for veterans
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  Speaker 2: and first responders and people who need a service dog,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because you know, better than I do. When
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  Speaker 2: you talk to veterans. The government always just wants to
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  Speaker 2: pump them with medication. And that's not the answer because
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  Speaker 2: they just want to be able to live their lives,
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  Speaker 2: be part of their family, go to the supermarket without
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  Speaker 2: the noises affecting them. And, you know, we love dogs.
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  Speaker 2: Another great thing about a dog is a dog always
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  Speaker 2: gives veterans their lives back and they don't have to
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  Speaker 2: take as many medications. So it's a benefit because by
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  Speaker 2: my side, they usually the documentary usually shows in community
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  Speaker 2: centers and libraries. So they have an impact campaign. Operation
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  Speaker 2: Canine Beethoven is also a nonprofit. So the two nonprofits
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  Speaker 2: were charging 10 bucks to come in. Five dollars goes
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  Speaker 2: to Buy My Side Impact and five dollars goes to
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  Speaker 2: Operation Canine Beethoven. Of course, people can donate more. And
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  Speaker 2: the cutting room, you know, it's a twenty five dollar
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  Speaker 2: food and drink. So for thirty five bucks, it's a
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  Speaker 2: great night in New York City.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: This one's wonderful. I have done in my career many
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  Speaker 3: stories on PTSD and talked to several people with PSTD.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that everyone should know how devastating it is.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 3: And it is amazing that you talked about the medication
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  Speaker 3: they give these men and they hate it. Of course
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  Speaker 3: they do. Every single one of them hate it and
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  Speaker 3: says it doesn't work.
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  Speaker 2: Correct.
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  Speaker 3: Explain why this works when they get a canine companion.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the canine companions actually... will do things that helps
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  Speaker 2: the veteran. Like if the veteran is sleeping and having
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  Speaker 2: a terrible nightmare, the dog senses that and will wake
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  Speaker 2: them up. Where a medication is just going to put
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  Speaker 2: you to sleep and you're going to have bad sleep
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  Speaker 2: with nightmares. If the person is unsure about going out
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  Speaker 2: in the street because a car might backfire and that
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  Speaker 2: scares them, the dog is a very calming person. living
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  Speaker 2: creature next to them and and it just it gives
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  Speaker 2: them their life back that's what every single veteran i've
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  Speaker 2: ever spoken with.
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  Speaker 3: And they love the dogs and they love they don't
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  Speaker 3: love the medication so sometimes they won't take it and
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  Speaker 3: that's when the problems.
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  Speaker 2: Happen exactly and a lot of times it's not one
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  Speaker 2: or two medications some some of them have told me
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  Speaker 2: they're on like 25 medications Well, that's not a good
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  Speaker 2: way to live your life. And here they served our
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  Speaker 2: country and they're on medications and they can't live their life.
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  Speaker 3: And they go through the treatment and they're not better. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Because also a lot of times there's guilt about having
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  Speaker 2: the PTSD because people don't understand.
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  Speaker 1: We don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: I've never been in a war. I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: it's like. And their families don't know. So they don't
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  Speaker 2: understand it. But a dog, it becomes part of their
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  Speaker 2: family like any family dog does, but it also helps
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  Speaker 2: the veterans do their daily chores and live their life.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they always say, I can go to a
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  Speaker 2: restaurant now, and it's just their life is back.
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  Speaker 1: Man's best friend is a dog. And so if people
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  Speaker 1: want to join and I'm going to use this for
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  Speaker 1: my wife, Nancy, she loves all animals. I know I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to tell her, oh, let's go on a date night.
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  Speaker 2: I'm so happy you're going to come. Seriously.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. I wouldn't miss it. But how can others listening
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  Speaker 1: to us now? Get involved in showing up for your cause.
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  Speaker 2: OK, so they can just actually show up at the
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  Speaker 2: cutting room, but they can also go to the cutting room,
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  Speaker 2: NYC dot com. And it's right there. It has it's
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  Speaker 2: a it's the billboard from the movie. And you'll see
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  Speaker 2: it's like kind of mustard color with a dog. And
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  Speaker 2: you can just click on it and you can get
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  Speaker 2: your tickets that way.
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  Speaker 3: Maria Melito, Q 104.3. Let's do another promo. How can
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  Speaker 3: people listen to you?
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  Speaker 2: They can just go over to QN043 after you.
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  Speaker 1: We share an audience.
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  Speaker 2: We share an audience.
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  Speaker 1: That would be great. Out of all the stations here, R2,
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  Speaker 1: your FM, where I am, we share.
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  Speaker 3: The same audience.
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  Speaker 2: So people can come over if they want nice rock
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  Speaker 2: and roll and, you know, no politics, just rock and roll.
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  Speaker 2: Come over to me at 9 o'clock after you guys.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, this is the first time I'm here
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  Speaker 2: on WOR.
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  Speaker 3: Really?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So I'm pretty honored. So thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we have to have you back.
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  Speaker 2: I would love to come back.