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Opening Segment 10/21/26 · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: This is Curtis Lewa and Larry Minty in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: 710WOR.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, I'm going to pimp off of what the Knicks
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  Speaker 1: coach said last night. After they lost their opening game,
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  Speaker 1: Panthers down, World Championship rings given out, Madison Square Garden,
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  Speaker 1: the Mecca of basketball. And let me just say I
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  Speaker 1: predicted that. We'll get into that later on. But Coach
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  Speaker 1: Mike Brown said, yeah, our starting five look like they
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  Speaker 1: were running in mud. Fatigue. And there's reasons for that.
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  Speaker 1: And these are young men, you know, their testosterone crashing
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  Speaker 1: through their cranium. They'll never have more energy than at
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  Speaker 1: this point in their life. But! We ourselves are champions
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  Speaker 1: here at 710WR, the most listened to talk station in
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  Speaker 1: New York. And the recent ratings prove that. The guy
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  Speaker 1: in the morning there, you know, WABC, Israel first, Jews, Muslims,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Zorhan is a terrorist, is wearing thin. Man,
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  Speaker 1: the demos were incredible. We'll get to that maybe tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: But I will tell you this. I must salute you,
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  Speaker 1: Larry and Natalie, as veterans, because you are in a
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  Speaker 1: cycle now where you're going to have to be fighting
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  Speaker 1: off fatigue. Let me give you their schedules, right? We've
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  Speaker 1: got the pre-election coverage right now going right on up
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  Speaker 1: to November 3rd itself. Then all-night coverage on November 3rd
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  Speaker 1: that Larry and Natalie and others here will be involved in.
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  Speaker 1: Best coverage in all of radio. Then you've got to
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  Speaker 1: be back the very next day. Then before you know it,
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  Speaker 1: you grab a little sleep. November 1st, you're doing live
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  Speaker 1: coverage of the New York City Marathon. The whole world
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  Speaker 1: will be listening. So if ever there was a point...
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  Speaker 1: Where you veterans would be fatigued, it would be in
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  Speaker 1: this cycle. I would think so. And I was so
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  Speaker 1: happy to learn about two weeks ago that you, Larry,
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  Speaker 1: on a normal day, drink about 14, 15 cups of
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  Speaker 1: caffeinated coffee. I still can't.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's actually tamed down that number a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. It varies.
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  Speaker 2: It varies from day to day. Because I've already had
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  Speaker 2: four cups this morning. Oh, my. And so, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that big thing I bring in, that.
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  Speaker 4: Which is two cups.
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  Speaker 2: Takes two cups, yeah. That's two cups, and then I've
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  Speaker 2: had two more. So, yeah, I drink a lot of coffee.
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  Speaker 2: But listen, what you're talking about, like in a schedule
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  Speaker 2: for a regular news reporter, sometimes your covering story is
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  Speaker 2: all night long. And sometimes you, you know, for instance,
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  Speaker 2: when I was anchoring, when there's a snowstorm, you're on
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  Speaker 2: all day. And then you're up the next morning early,
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  Speaker 2: they get a hotel, you're up the next morning early,
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  Speaker 2: you're back on So this is the job.
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  Speaker 1: This is what we do. There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: And you've done it for how many Emmys have you
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  Speaker 1: won in your lifetime? 97. We are going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about awards tomorrow because the guy over at WABC thinks
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  Speaker 1: he's getting the biggest award ever. Oh, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: bust this bubble tomorrow. What's the biggest award ever? I
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  Speaker 1: have permission from Tom Cuddy. We're going to do a
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  Speaker 1: deep dive. Well, just tell me what the award is.
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  Speaker 1: The New York State TV and Radio Hall of Fame. Oh, okay. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I won it in 2013. Yeah. It's nice, but that's
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  Speaker 1: like you got to first base. You and I, Natalie,
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  Speaker 1: we're on third base. We're going for the National Radio
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. But we'll get into it tomorrow. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: there's so many Hall of Fames. I'm in three. So
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  Speaker 1: just to show you how insignificant some of them are.
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  Speaker 1: You're the best. I've been in this business 35 years.
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  Speaker 1: For 2013, I won that award. Oh, man, you're listening
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  Speaker 1: to W. Did they put you in your high school
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  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame? No, remember, they kicked me out in
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  Speaker 1: high school. Brooklyn Prep, they shined their boots on my backside,
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  Speaker 1: kicked me to the curb. You know what?
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  Speaker 4: I don't even know if my high school has a
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  Speaker 4: Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 1: We do.
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  Speaker 4: Tottenville High School, is there a Hall of Fame out there?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Purple Pirates. Purple Pirates, you're right.
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  Speaker 2: When I was inducted into the Hall of Fame, that's
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  Speaker 2: when I told the story about the priest who used.
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  Speaker 1: To take us on trips.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, probably not the best story that you could have told, Larry.
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering, Larry. I'm wondering. Look, even the president himself
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  Speaker 1: has been admiring the ass of a U.S. senator from Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: It happens. He never touched me. I don't know why
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  Speaker 1: he didn't like me.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, apparently the other people he liked.
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  Speaker 1: Larry, it happens to us. I was holding hands with
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  Speaker 1: Zoran Mondami and people said that was homoerotic. It happens.
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  Speaker 1: I was a cute kid. What was wrong with me? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God. You were prime meat. What are we talking about?
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  Speaker 1: By the way, were you an altar boy? No, they
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  Speaker 1: threw me off the older boys. Thank God. For making
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  Speaker 1: fun of Mike Dick's name. Thank God they did. But
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  Speaker 1: let's get to fatigue here. Let me give you the facts.
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  Speaker 1: Fatigue is the main or secondary reason for 10 to 20%
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  Speaker 1: of all consultations that you seek from your primary care physician.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you just went through this, Natalie, how difficult
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  Speaker 1: it is to even get an appointment of late. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you miss that appointment, you'll be waiting a month or
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  Speaker 1: Sunday for the next one. Absolutely. Imagine 10% to 20%
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  Speaker 1: of the people, many of them listening right now, the
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  Speaker 1: reason they go to their primary care physician is, Doc,
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  Speaker 1: I feel fatigued. I'm tired. You know, right away the
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  Speaker 1: doctor would, hey, you know, you're getting older. This happens
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  Speaker 1: when you get older. And then they'll recommend the guys,
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  Speaker 1: this is the latest, testosterone therapy. You know, your testosterone
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  Speaker 1: is low. They do the blood tests. For women, it's
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  Speaker 1: sort of like, well, you're multitasking, you know, because the
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  Speaker 1: guy doesn't do as much work in the house as you.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe you have to delegate some of the work
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  Speaker 1: to him. Oh, that'll never happen. That causes then a
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  Speaker 1: mental health care crisis for the ladies. But a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people marvel at the energy that I have. And
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  Speaker 1: you've observed it, Larry. Natalie, you've observed it. People have
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  Speaker 1: observed it.
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  Speaker 3: You know what?
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  Speaker 4: Your energy exhausts me. It does.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just saying. That's a great line. The Knicks could
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  Speaker 1: have used that last night on the hardwood. Yeah. But
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  Speaker 1: it appears that I am one of those rare exceptions.
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  Speaker 1: We know that President Donald Trump is a rare exception.
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  Speaker 1: The guy almost never goes to sleep.
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  Speaker 3: Never.
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  Speaker 2: Never.
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Edison was known for that four hours a night.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, to force himself to get up in nearby Edison,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, he would put his feet above his navel
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  Speaker 1: on the desk. And what that does is it causes
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  Speaker 1: your kidneys to growl at about four hours into the sleep.
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  Speaker 1: You are the nastiest SOB you can imagine when you
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  Speaker 1: get up because you've got to go relieve yourself. You
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  Speaker 1: can't go back to sleep. I know. I've tried that
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  Speaker 1: Edison remedy. But apparently there's a rare exception, a genetic variation.
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  Speaker 1: One percent of the population only needs four to five
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  Speaker 1: hours naturally to wake up refreshed. Most everybody out seven
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  Speaker 1: to nine hours minimum. You see, I am that genetic exception.
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to figure out why my dad, right, he
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  Speaker 1: obviously would get normal sleep. My mom would get normal sleep.
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  Speaker 1: I just don't understand it. You know, it's funny.
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  Speaker 2: The word fatigue, I just looked it up because I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to see how many people suffered from it. But
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  Speaker 2: this is what it says about it. Fatigue is extreme
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  Speaker 2: persistent tiredness and a lack of energy that will not
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  Speaker 2: go away with rest.
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  Speaker 1: Did you know that? No.
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  Speaker 2: I never knew that, that it is actually a medical
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  Speaker 2: condition that you can have. And it doesn't matter how
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  Speaker 2: much sleep you get, you're still going to be fatigued.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think I've ever been fatigued. But man,
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  Speaker 2: some people out there, they have to go seek treatment
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  Speaker 2: for that. And it's not just sleep that's going to
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  Speaker 2: cure it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and a lot of times if you depend on caffeine,
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  Speaker 1: which is a legal drug, everybody acknowledges caffeine is a drug,
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  Speaker 1: you get an initial blast and then you crash. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: An initial blast, I went through that whole syndrome. I
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  Speaker 1: would drink two 48-ounce bottles of Coca-Cola while doing a program, a.m.
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  Speaker 1: and p.m., because sometimes I'd do two shifts. Can't do
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  Speaker 1: that anymore. But there are some people, they live on caffeine.
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  Speaker 1: You happen to be one of them, it benefits you.
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  Speaker 1: It gets your motor going, your motor... You have the
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  Speaker 1: biggest job of everybody here because you live the furthest away.
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  Speaker 1: You have to drive. You get in here early when
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  Speaker 1: we're not even here. You're cutting up tape. You're doing research.
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  Speaker 1: So by the time we get here, you've already spent
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  Speaker 1: half your day here. Yeah, I'm ready to sleep.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks, Larry, for doing it all. Appreciate it. But no,
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  Speaker 4: you do. You do have a crazy schedule and you
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  Speaker 4: do work. All day. All day. I mean, I'll text
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  Speaker 4: you and, you know, you're doing something. But it is
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  Speaker 4: interesting about the fatigues.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, God bless. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Watch that microphone, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Most definitely.
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  Speaker 3: Because that is the first thing doctors say now when
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  Speaker 3: you're going for your annual physical, you know, are you tired?
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  Speaker 3: Are you resting enough? But the fatigue, I can always,
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  Speaker 3: if I'm exhausted, I could sleep and I feel better.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know it was a condition. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: just figured, yeah, fatigue, you didn't get enough sleep. Get
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  Speaker 2: some sleep and you'll be fine. I never knew that
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  Speaker 2: that was a condition. Maybe somebody that's listening knows all
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  Speaker 2: about that. And maybe there's somebody out there that suffers
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  Speaker 2: from that. If you want to leave us a talkback,
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  Speaker 2: just go to 710WOR. com and then you'll see the talkback feature.
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  Speaker 2: You can set a preset for 710WOR, as a matter
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  Speaker 2: of fact, while you're there. And don't forget, the best
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  Speaker 2: The best talk back of the day, of course, takes
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  Speaker 2: home a Curtis and Larry in the morning t-shirt. I
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  Speaker 2: think I messed that up for a second. You go
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  Speaker 2: to the I heart radio app and you set a
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  Speaker 2: preset for seven, 10 W O R it's under the seven,
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  Speaker 2: 10 W O R section that the talk back feature is.
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  Speaker 1: And then, uh, Larry, you discovered one of my secrets, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Right after the program, I'll go into one of the
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  Speaker 1: side studios, make my call so it doesn't interfere with everything.
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  Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, I'll nod out for a
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  Speaker 1: few minutes. Yeah. And you're gone. And you are. It's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: It really is amazing. I told you the story. I
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  Speaker 1: did a story on sleep deprivation one time. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And they took me to a sleep clinic and they
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  Speaker 2: told me, and they put things all over me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like sensors all over me. And they told me, okay,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to let you sleep. They sent me, took
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  Speaker 2: me into a dark room, completely dark room. And I
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  Speaker 2: fell asleep. And then they came and they woke me
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  Speaker 2: up and said, how long were you asleep? I said,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, four or five hours. And they said,
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  Speaker 2: you were asleep for 10 minutes because you fell into REM.
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  Speaker 2: You were so tired. You fell right into REM. And
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  Speaker 2: that's really all you need.
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  Speaker 1: And that, I think, is what I do. To be alert. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Like Tom Cuddy the other day said, oh, I passed
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  Speaker 1: the studio. You were dead asleep. I didn't want to
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  Speaker 1: disturb you. I said, I wasn't sleeping. But I was. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: For a very brief period of time. And that may
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  Speaker 1: well be what contributes to the fact that I only
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  Speaker 1: need like four to five hours a night.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, please give us a talk back because
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  Speaker 2: I know this is a real problem across America and
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  Speaker 2: across our listening area. If you don't get enough sleep
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  Speaker 2: and how you deal with that. Now let's talk about
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  Speaker 2: Christina Applegate because Christina Applegate turns out she doesn't have MS.
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  Speaker 2: She doesn't have multiple sclerosis and she's really upset about that.
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  Speaker 2: We'll tell you why. Plus a chance to see Journey
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  Speaker 2: at age 25.