In this insightful episode of Rush to Reason, host John Rush, alongside guest expert Michael Bailey, delves into essential preparations for parents as their teenagers transition to college life. The conversation centers around the importance of having legal documents such as the power of attorney ready before kids leave for college. Discover why these legal steps are critical and how they can ensure seamless involvement in medical and financial decisions, especially when unexpected situations arise.
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All right, welcome, Health and Wellness Wednesday edition, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. We do this every hour from 3 to 4 on Wednesday. We’ve been doing health and wellness for a very long time. Michael Bailey joining us. He agreed to stay over after his program with us today. And, yes, health and wellness fits into what Michael is here about on a regular basis because – not only keeping yourself healthy while you’re alive, but trying to handle things when maybe you’re either not so healthy or you’re not alive is also very important. And today, Michael, you had something you talked about on your program, which I’ll be first to say I really never thought of either, and that is when your college-age kids that are over the age of 18 now – go off to college, and something may happen to them, medically speaking or whatever, you, even as their parents still, because they’re 18 years of age, may very well be out of the loop when it comes to certain things unless… Unless you set yourself up to be able to have…
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power to make decisions for them. So my daughter is 19 now. She just finished her freshman year. In part of getting her ready to go off to college, one of the things that happened, she turned 18. And even when she was here, my wife called in a prescription for her and went to go pick it up. And they’re like, yeah, well, this person’s 18. You can’t just get their prescription for her. My wife’s going, but she’s still my daughter and I’ve done this her entire life. But the law says you’re 18, you’re an adult. Now, we as parents all know that we’re not done raising our kids at age 18. There’s a lot to teach them and we refer to our daughter as a baby adult because she’s a newly minted adult. And, you know, I’d like to think that I’ve learned a few things over the last 30 years of being an adult. No, nothing. I knew everything at 18 and I’ve learned that that’s not true, right? But, you know, suddenly it’s, you know, something as simple as we’re trying to pick up a prescription. Well, you know, so we put together a financial power of attorney and a medical power of attorney so that if our daughter’s off at college and you know, she’s sick or injured or something.
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Yeah. It could be a car accident. I mean, Hey, we, you know, we don’t wish that on anyone ever, but Michael, those things happen. Right.
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And so, um, you know, we, we set it up. Thankfully we didn’t have to use it, but it was there.
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Which typically, you know, isn’t not that this is always a guarantee, but typically when you’re prepared for something, um, The likelihood of actually using it, I don’t know, for some reason, and I don’t know why, and I’m not a superstitious person. You know that. It’s just not me. But it just seems like the more prepared you are for things, the less chance there is of that now happening. I don’t know why that is.
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You don’t have to be superstitious. You can be a little stitious. Okay, a little stitious. There we go. That’s one of my friends. But, you know, like my freshman year of college, I had a roommate who was working in one of the cafeterias and a pot of boiling water got tipped over and he landed on his feet and burned the top of his feet. And that was long before we had HIPAA laws. But now we have HIPAA laws so that. parents can’t even talk to the doctors about what’s going on with their adult children unless they have some sort of HIPAA waiver that I build into the medical power of attorney. So you’re getting your kid ready to go off to college, and you’re all excited about dorm life and getting them books and dishes and all of the things. It’s a really cool time. I was super excited to go off to college myself. I partially was excited to not live under the rule of the home. My parents weren’t super strict, and I’ve tried not to be too. But still, you go off to be an adult, and you’re like, I can do anything I want. And then you realize that that may not be true. No, you can’t. It’s actually less than you thought. Right. But you’re supposed to go off to college so that you can learn that lesson on your own because you’re not going to listen to your parents about that. Good point. Because at 18, you know everything. And you’re making a great point.
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Years and years ago, for some of you listening, you may never have had to have dealt with some of these things when you were a younger person, teenager, but you still are at 18 and 19. I still consider you a teenager. Yes, I know you’re – And years and years ago, that’s kind of how everybody looked at it. It really wasn’t a big deal. Well, with all of the laws and the lawsuits and the things that have happened and what’s even happened between kids and parents and so on, yeah, things have really tightened up in that particular area. And it could be something as simple as a traffic accident where they’ve just gone to the hospital to get checked up. And even that can present some problems. And I get it, Michael. In some cases, it really comes down to who is at the hospital, how willing are they to You know, cooperate and so on. But if they’re really doing everything to the letter of the law. Then they’re not going to talk to you. You’re not going to get any info. Right.
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And say it’s a traffic accident. And so, you know, person’s taken off to the hospital. Car gets towed to the police impound. And, you know, the person, your child in the hospital isn’t able to call the police impound. So you have a financial power of attorney so that you can call to the police in Pound and say, hey, I need you to release this car to Meineke Auto Body so they can fix it so that by the time the kid is out of the hospital and we’ve got a fixed car so they can kind of go along their lives.
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Great point. I should talk about that on Saturday program, Drive Radio, because— Same thing would apply on that end of things in those particular situations. Right. And, again, nobody really thinks through this until it happens, Michael.
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No, they don’t. And say you’re in a minor car accident. You get taken to the hospital. Car needs some repairs. So you’re like, okay. Well, if you don’t have your powers of attorney in place, you’re like, well, you know, I can apply to the court to be named as the guardian of the conservator. I’m like, yeah. You know how long that takes? It’s going to be a four to six week progress at the minimum, and it’s going to cost you five, six, $7,000.
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Even the storage on the car by then is going to not be worth doing that.
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Right, exactly. Or it’s going to be way too late. You’re like, okay, well, the kid’s out of the hospital. They can go to the, you know, all those kinds of things. So you prepare so that you’re not stuck in that terrible situation.
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Yeah, because the way this works, in case some of you listening really don’t know, it really is as simple as if that comes up in that particular location, hospital, whatever it is, police station, whatever, if they just say, you know, if you have a simple power of attorney, you know, send that over, email it over, take a picture with your phone, text it over, whatever the case may be. If you’ve got that, you know what, then we’re good to go. And in some cases, it’s literally, and I know this from experience, Michael, it’s literally that simple. It is. Yeah. That’s all it takes.
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I wrote A Power of Attorney for my parents six, seven years ago. It’s not the first one I wrote for him. But three years ago, my mom ended up in the hospital, and dad’s starting to do memory loss. So my brother called me and said, hey, do you have mom’s power of attorney? I’m like, yep. Why? And he’s like, oh, well, you know.
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They need it.
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I happened to be across the street from my neighbor, so I walked across, opened up my computer, and sent the scan up to the email address that he gave me for the hospital. There you go. We ended up driving up because I was the one to make decisions. So I went to see mom and dad and do things. Makes it a lot easier when you have all that at your fingertips. That was my point. Right. And it’s a whole lot cheaper, too. Oh, yes. I mean, I charged $125 for a power attorney. So the combination of them, it’s $250. Way easier. Way easier than $4,000 or $5,000 and hoping the courts move fast, which we all know the courts don’t.
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Now, the key here is even for getting those things done prior to your kids even going to college this fall, my advice is get a call into Michael Bailey quickly because your schedule is such that they need to do that like now. Right?
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Even that, I’m booked out through the first week of September. So I may not have time for them. This is just a good idea for them to do.
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You won’t get this done prior to them going off to college is my point. But my point, too, you can still get all this done. I wouldn’t, but your listeners could get it.
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Even if it’s not for me, it’s from whatever source it comes from. Get it done. Yep. Get it done is the key.
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And by the way, these are all things if you’re going to get your whole estate plan done, think of these things on top of your stuff as well, depending upon what age your kids are at. Exactly. All right, and for all of you listening, you can find Michael. Go to klzradio.com. You can go to rushtoreason.com. You can go to all of my other websites.com and find Michael there as well. Literally, I mean that sincerely. He is that easy to get a hold of because he’s really anywhere I’m at, you’re going to find Michael. And don’t forget, you can call directly 720-394-6887 as well. And, again, if you forget that, you’re driving, just go to klzradio.com. You can find Michael there. It’s a piece of cake. So, Michael, as always, I appreciate it. Great advice. I hadn’t thought of that, so great advice. Thanks. Well, thanks for having me on. Appreciate you very much. Veteran Windows and Doors coming up next. 35% off up to three windows or more. Or up to three windows, I should say. Four or more gives you 40% off. Call Dave today. Find him again at klzradio.com.
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All right, we are back. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Thank you all for listening. I appreciate it very much. And again, I enjoy Michael being on with us, and he stays along after his own program, which is here on Wednesdays from 2.30 to 3. So I always encourage you to listen to Michael as well. He’s always got great advice when it comes to your estate planning and all the things that go along with that. Doug Horn joining us now. Doug, welcome. How are you? John, good to be with you. I appreciate you joining us. It’s a very big topic that we’re going to talk about. You’re a teen driver safety advocate and expert in this particular area, and it’s been a little while, I’ll be honest. I normally do this this time of the year, and it’s something that I’ve done in the past, but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve done it, and that is this particular time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, when it comes to teen drivers, it’s known as the 100 deadliest days.
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Sure, it is. Obviously, Kids are getting out of school. They’re in the car more, either working or recreating. And all of that leads to, you know, more freedom and just more vulnerability, certainly, especially in this day and age when, and we’ll talk about this, there’s really a new universe of risk on the road.
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Yeah. And again, one of the reasons why I want to talk about this for all of you listening is you may have, you know, teen drivers, maybe Doug, just getting their license. It depends on that particular situation. And as you know, Doug, and I think everybody listening, I hope would know this. The the stats are out there and. The reality is insurance companies know this more than anybody, Doug, that they are more apt to be in an accident within the first, what, year, two years of driving than probably the rest of their life combined. Am I correct in saying it that way?
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Yes, certainly. You know, I guess within the first six months, I’ve always heard the risks are very high. That’s why it’s so important parents start early. really, even before they become licensed drivers, making teen driving safety really a household priority.
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Yeah, and I also understand, not to get off track, Doug, but for some of you listening, there are devices and things that you can do. There’s even Chevrolet, as you know, Doug, has even got a teen driving segment of the car, I guess is the best way for me to say that I’ve got a car show that I do on Saturdays where we talk about these things. And they’ve got a tool, I guess you could say, something that parents can use along those lines. And I’ll be honest, though, Doug, I don’t know if there’s any particular device you can put on that’s going to keep them safe. A lot of this comes down to how are we advising them, right?
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That’s true. In fact, we begin to depend upon those things as parents, or that certainly can be a problem. Similar to when we put airbags in cars and we started developing phones, Safety, it’s just now we think these cars are indestructible on the road, and so we drive faster and more aggressively. So I think it’s sort of the same thing. We’re just getting away from our responsibility as parents and throwing it off on some device.
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Now, one thing that I’ve always advised, and I’ve done this for years, even before even talking about this particular topic, again, being a car guy, Doug, and I have another program I’ve done for about 25 years or so. And the one thing I’ve always advised parents to do, and if any of you are listening and you’ve got kids that are coming up in Colorado, they can get their permit at 15, get licensed at 16. And, Doug, one thing that I’ve always advised parents to do, and I did this myself, is – A lot of parents, I think, make a mistake of letting the kids drive their car, and then when they turn 16 or thereabouts, they go and get them their own car that they then place them in and let them start driving it. And by the way, it’s usually significantly different than what mom and dad’s car is. And my advice, Doug, is whatever they’re going to be driving, as much as you may not like driving, that or may not be as comfortable or may not be as new as luxurious. Depends on how you want to do that for your teenager when they start driving. But Doug, I’ve always been an advocate of putting your kid in the car they’re going to be driving from the very minute they start practicing driving at 15. Yes.
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And also when it comes to a lot of what I’ve heard is you want to pick up a safe car. Yes. And a lot of times, especially in the field I’m involved with, You know, oftentimes when it comes to the teen having their own car, they may be put in a car that, you know, is an older model, maybe not as safe.
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Or, I saw this the other day, I’ll give you another example, or it’s that really sleek-looking, really nice, you know, BMW 4 Series that, yeah, it’s all great, but no offense, Doug, for a 16-year-old male driver, probably wouldn’t be my first choice.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. Right. So it all makes sense to, you know, buy them a car. And then beyond this, John, is insure it properly.
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There you go. Well, really quick, I want to jump back really quick, because I think you said something that I think is really key, is make sure you put them in a car that’s also going to be safe. And a lot of folks are going to laugh at me, because my very first kid that started driving, this would have been all the way back in the early 90s, and These were not a luxurious car by any means, Doug, but again, being a car guy, and I worked on off-road vehicles and four-wheel drives and cars and trucks and so on. So the very first car that we had as a kid car that they started driving, even with their permit, was one of the early Isuzu Troopers. Now, they weren’t much to look at, Doug. But safety-wise, they were a tank. I mean, there was hardly anything you could do to that car where your kids would not be safe inside. And this is long before the advent of side airbags and all the things we have today, of course. But at that time, Doug, that was one of the safer vehicles. It wasn’t the most luxurious. It wasn’t the best looking. It didn’t have a ton of power. In fact, you almost had to pedal it uphill. But at the end of the day, it was probably the safest vehicle you could put your kids in.
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Right. It takes me back to my own childhood growing up. I started in a Ford Pinto, which wasn’t the best choice. But then I graduated into an old Dodge van. And I’ll tell you, that van did not have any performance with it. And so, you know, it wasn’t about maneuverability or and performance, and driving high speeds. And that probably was a blessing in my life. Absolutely. I didn’t have a car that was built upon performance, because that’s just too inviting when it comes to the freedom… that they have when they’re alone. Well, and you know what?
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You’re bringing up a great point, Doug, and it’s something that I’ve not talked about much of late because I think we’ve all gotten used to it. And this is, for all of you listening, this is not an exaggeration. The vehicles of today, the modern vehicles, the fleet, it’s 14, 15 years of age in most cases, Doug, depending upon where you’re at. in the country. And I will tell you that all of that fleet, there is but a few rare exceptions, they all run superbly well compared to when you and I were kids driving what we drove. My point is, they are all going to be a lot faster and more powerful and do things along those lines than what you and I grew up with, Doug. And that’s just the nature of what we have today.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, it’s so true. And they even become more dangerous when that particular teen driver has teen passengers.
SPEAKER 19 :
Absolutely. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 08 :
And that’s something is, you know, parents need to first train their kids to be good passengers and really demand their driver drive alert, buckled, cautious, and defensive. Because that’s where certainly most of the cases that I handle very often for a teen driver is when the teen is a passenger. And those are deadly and often tragic accidents.
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You know, Green, you bring up a lot of different things, and for those of you listening, yeah, in Colorado we have laws even against certain passengers being in the vehicle with certain age drivers and so on, unless it’s a family member, Doug, and then there’s kind of all rules are off at that point. If you’ve got three or four siblings, sure, they’re all going to be in the car, and that’s very legal and can be done. Now, you all don’t have to be like I was. I was pretty strict, Doug, especially with the first driver because you want them to be safe and all these different things. I even pulled the radio fuse for the first about 60 days of driving with our new driver just to make sure there wasn’t any other temptations there along those lines. I wanted them focusing on the road, not the radio and all the rest of the things. This was before the advent where cell phones were super popular and all of that, so I wanted things to be as –
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as uh how should i say stable i guess you could say you know dug inside the cabin and eliminate a lot of those other distractions and maybe i was overboard but you know knock on wood we didn’t have any major tragedies either we want at that stage we want them to be able to focus their attention totally on the performance of driving and i would advocate even further that um before you put your teen driver or teaching your teen in the driver’s seat, put them in the passenger seat while you’re driving. And, John, acquaint them with the risks of the road. Good point. Don’t try to acquaint them with the risks of the road. while they’re in that driver’s seat. They need to focus their attention, and if enough, they have anxieties about their performance. And so what I really think is important is we talk about distracted drivers and drivers passing on the left and right at the same time, and it’s get your team driver focused. comfortable with that from the passenger seat. Have them observe the way that people are driving. I make an analogy to swimming. When we teach our kids to swim, we bring them to the environment, to the pool, but we have them hold on to the side first. Get them comfortable with the environment. And so that probably is, as I go around and talk about teen driver protection, That’s the point that I think keeps resonating with me is start early, teach them how to be good passengers, and then acquaint them with the risks of the road.
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Yep. Absolutely. The other thing I did, Doug, as well, along those same lines, and you and I think exactly alike, and our oldest that started driving, and she was one of those that when she would get in the car, she would actually have her nose in a book or she would do something along those lines. Again, this was way before the advent of iPads and iPhones and all of that, but she read. And what I actually used to have to make her do was – I want you paying attention to where we’re going so you know when you start driving where these roads are, how you get from A to B. You need to know your way around because, again, at that time, Doug, you know, handheld Google devices, you know, didn’t exist like they did today. So I wanted her to know exactly where she was at any given time. And you couldn’t do that if you weren’t looking out the window, to your point, even paying attention to everything else going on around us.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. Passengers, we want to teach our passengers that they’re vulnerable, right? That’s right. And so they are valuable to the driver, too, and we want to teach them they are another set of eyes on the road. Good point. That becomes so important when they hop in the car with another teen driver. That’s a lot of what teen driver protection is, is protecting them as passengers when they’re in somebody else’s car, right?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yep, yep, yep.
SPEAKER 08 :
We trust our kids largely. We’ve taught them. But you haven’t taught the other driver.
SPEAKER 19 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 08 :
And that’s where things become most dangerous, I think.
SPEAKER 19 :
You’ve got the ABCDs of safe driving, alert, buckled, cautious, defensive. By the way, key words that every parent listening needs to apply. And again, Doug, I’m a big one on this. You do this when they’re riding around with you as a passenger at age 14, and then when they actually start driving with their permit, in a lot of cases, in Colorado anyways, at 15, to your point, so they understand all of this when they start driving on their own.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. This started when, you know, so much of our approach to teen driver protection or safety has been don’t do this, don’t do that, don’t text, don’t drive drunk, drive within the speed limit. And what I wanted to do with this is I wanted to give parents, equip parents with an approach to instill safe driving habits and behaviors in their kids. And so… When I would go into schools, I would talk to kids about using the highest degree of care. And, you know, well, how do we use the highest degree of care? And that is where the ABCDs, that’s their origin, is this is how we do it. And I’ll tell you, when you give kids an approach, when you give them the expectation, right, instead of telling them what not to do, given the expectation of what the standard is.
SPEAKER 19 :
Great point.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I really think it’s fundamental in how we should approach teen driver protection. And we could do this in the schools.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, absolutely. Used to, by the way. Years and years and years ago, we did.
SPEAKER 08 :
We did. Right. In fact, you know, one of the origins of the book, I’m in Missouri here. We no longer, believe it or not, John, have mandatory driver’s education. It falls totally on the parent. And so the book came about because I need to give parents, equip them with, okay, they’re in charge, all right, they hold the keys. And so the book was meant to give them a way that they could instill an approach in their kids that would not only protect them now, but would carry through their lifetime.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s the Teen Driver Protection Guide. Doug, how do folks get a hold of that?
SPEAKER 08 :
So it’s real easy. It’s at my website, hornlaw.com. It’s a free download, John. And my goal was to, it was, technology has been great. I wrote the book several years ago, but When we finally had the technology to do a free e-book, I could get it in the hands of so many people. Your audience can have it at the dinner table tonight.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, what I’m going to do, Doug, is, again, since I do a car show on Saturdays and a lot of these things come up on a routine basis, I’m going to bookmark that, have that handy, and I will let continuing audiences know about that. And I appreciate what you’re doing here. It’s really important. It is to me, as you can tell, that we keep especially we want everybody to be safe, but especially our kids to be safe when they first start driving.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. It’s so critical. I believe if we start with teen driver protection, we can really change the driving culture.
SPEAKER 19 :
Amen. Doug, thank you again very much. I appreciate you joining us.
SPEAKER 08 :
Thanks, John.
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You bet. Thank you very much. Have a great rest of your day. Shanisty Ireland going to join us here in a moment. We’re going to get some barbecue season tips and get things kicked off because finally the weather in Colorado has gotten around to being warm. And a lot of you will be doing this in the not too distant future. Before that, though, Ridgeline Auto Brokers up next. And speaking of driving and all the things we just talked about with teens, and I will tell you straight up, Ridgeline Auto Brokers specializes in cars, frankly, that fit very well into that teen driver. And as I said earlier, I recommend putting your child, your teenager, in the car they’re going to be driving once they start driving. So as they’re learning to drive, put them in that same car. So you’re typically going to start looking for a vehicle much earlier than most people think. Ridgeline Auto Brokers is your source. Go to RidgelineAutoBrokers.com.
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This isn’t rage radio. This is real, relatable radio. Back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 19 :
And we are back. And as I said a moment ago, Shanisty Ireland joining us now. Shanisty, welcome back. How are you?
SPEAKER 15 :
Hi, John. I’m doing great.
SPEAKER 19 :
Always a joy having you. And as you heard me say, we had big rain spell here in Colorado. In fact, we had one of the rainiest months from May to early June. We’re now really kind of coming out of that to where folks, I think, are starting to think about barbecuing and doing things. We’ve got Father’s Day coming up, of course, on Sunday, and then it’s Fourth of July. Anyways, we’re in that time of the year where barbecuing becomes a bigger and bigger deal for us. Finally, finally.
SPEAKER 15 :
I know. I feel like, you know, my neighbors are starting to come out of hibernation. I’m seeing people I haven’t seen. I’m like, oh, are they new? No, just haven’t seen them for seven months.
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There you go.
SPEAKER 15 :
I know what you mean. Yeah, but it’s great. You know, technically May is National Barbecue Month, but I think it’s kind of a fraud because it’s rainy here in Ohio, too. It’s just a rainy time. So as you mentioned, the weather is getting nice, and now it’s time to finally get together with some of your family and your friends and fire up that grill. It’s kind of my favorite time of year, if I’m being completely honest, John.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, I agree. Fully agree. I cannot disagree in the least. I think our listeners would say the exact same thing. People are ready to get out, do some things, have some fun, have family over Father’s Day, of course, usually a big deal for that. All right. Give us some tips when it comes to getting things ready to go, getting things prepared, keeping it easy, by the way, because I think especially for Father’s Day, Shanice, nobody wants to be slaving over things all day long. You want to have folks over, have fun, have fun with the family, the kids, the grandkids, whatever it happens to be. But you don’t want to be slaving over stuff all day long either.
SPEAKER 15 :
No, absolutely. So now is the time to go ahead and prepare that grill, fire it up, make sure it’s nice and clean, make sure it’s ready to go, and then really decide what kind of gathering you’re going to have. Are you just going to be putting brats on the grill, or are you going to be doing, you know, a really nice… slab of ribs or something a little bit more intricate um so going ahead and preparing the grill making sure that’s good to go and then you know some tips for the actual meat um some of this is a no-brainer but some people might have forgotten because it has been like eight months we fired it up but making sure that the meat is prepared uh the night before at least 24 hours is kind of my go-to so if you’re going to be marinating it or putting a dry rub on it having it ready to go and then um i don’t like using gas personally we never use it on our grill so you know having the smoky flavor of the charcoal is going to make it taste even better and then of course you know slow and low it takes a long time to grill the meat but that’s okay so all of those things you have to take into consideration when you’re going to be getting together uh hopefully this weekend or you know in the near future
SPEAKER 19 :
And I agree with you on the grill side. For a lot of you listening, hey, do your own thing. I get it. They’re quick. They’re easy. But I’m with you, either charcoal or smoking, depending upon what your skill is and what you’ve got at home and so on. And I’ll tell you, just as a side note, Shanice, I’ve eaten a lot of really great, delicious meals off of just the old circular Weber charcoal grills. I mean, at the end of the day, they are really hard to beat.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, I’m so glad you pointed it out. You don’t have to get the green egg. You don’t have to invest in this. You don’t. I mean, honestly, John, I think our grill was like $120 from Lowe’s. It is nothing spectacular. But, you know, if you know how to do it right, you know, if you don’t use the gas and you have that smoky charcoal and you cook for a long period of time and you don’t test the meat, you don’t take the temperature, but every, you know, 30 minutes to keep those juices in and then whenever it’s finished, of course… You take it off the grill. You let it set for a good while so it gets really nice because it’ll still cook. It’ll keep cooking to get those juices sealed in. If you do all of those things, it would be hard-pressed to not think that I had a $3,000 grill in the back.
SPEAKER 19 :
No, great point. Great point. The taste, to your point, the briquettes and all of that just makes it taste so good. Okay. Before we get going, though, on cooking the meat and all of that, to your point, you usually do some sort of a rub or there’s other things that you can do along with, you know, your side dishes and so on. Give us some tips on that end of things as well, because we’ve got a couple of different folks that we’ve been working with now for literally, Shanice, two years that do a really good job at this.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. So we’ve got, um, you know, if we’re talking about some brands that I absolutely love, I love Rayburn sandwiches. I know I’ve talked about this on your show before, but they have this delicious pulled pork barbecue sandwich. And John, people will not even believe that it came out of the frozen food section. And it was, you know, it only took a few minutes to heat up. It is so spectacular and delicious. And, um, I love working with this company because their food is just uncompromised. It tastes delicious time after time. And this is really great if you want to have it on the side along with your other items that you’re going to be offering. Or if, honestly, John, you know, the night before, everyone’s like, hey, let’s get together. And you’re thinking, oh, gosh, I didn’t have 24 hours to marinate my meat. I didn’t have all the time to prepare. It’s something really quick and easy to throw on the grill. Yeah.
SPEAKER 19 :
Good point. Okay, so when it comes to even the rub, and this is something that I know you and I talked about here a few weeks ago, that’s where the pork rinds themselves, depending upon what you’re doing, you would be surprised, all of you listening, at how well you could make a rub with those.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes, with the Southern Recipe Small Batch Pork Rinds, because, John, as we’ve talked about before, they have a variety of different flavors. They have a chili flavor. They have, of course, the cracked pepper. They have a spicy dill. So many different flavors. So you could crush those up, put them in with a bunch of different spices, paprika, and all of the different flavors. that you’re going to be wanting to put in there, even Italian seasoning and whatever that may be, and then mixing it up with the breadcrumbs, and that’s going to be a delicious rub for any of your meats. I know it sounds crazy, but give it a try. It’s really delicious.
SPEAKER 19 :
Absolutely. Now, with that, you’ve also got some recipes. And for those of you listening, we’ll put these recipes up on the website a little bit later. But you’ve got a, what is this, a Southern recipe, small batch Greek pork rind nachos. Okay, that doesn’t sound too bad at all. In fact, here’s something else for a lot of you that maybe don’t know this. Maybe you don’t even know this, Shanice. I will tell you that in Mexico, for example, you’re starting to see them use pork rinds, which it’s a big thing in Mexico anyways, but they’re starting to use pork rinds in some of their regular Mexican dishes. So, for example, you’ll order guacamole and not only do you get chips, you get pork rinds as well.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely, and it tastes so delicious. And what’s wonderful about it is it’s keto-friendly. It’s packed with protein and collagen, so it’s definitely on the healthier side. And what I love about using the pork rinds for nachos or any kind of dip is they will not get super soggy. They’ve got that delicious crunch, and it doesn’t – It’s not like when you pile everything up, you’re just eating a bowl of soup, you know? It tastes really delicious to have it on there. So, yeah, you’re definitely seeing a lot of that in a bunch of different cultures. And also, you know, in your own backyard, just open up the bag of pork rinds and put it on the table, and I think you’d be surprised on how quickly it goes.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, and again, as I was saying earlier, Shanice, the idea, especially for Father’s Day, keeping things easy and, you know, nobody, especially dad. You don’t want dad, and he’s normally, not always, but that’s normally the person that’s doing the grilling and so on. It is around my house and has been for decades. honestly, Shanice, as long as I can remember being a dad. And even probably before that, I was doing some of that as a son. So the reality is I’ve been sort of that guy for forever. And it’s not that dads don’t want to do that on Father’s Day, but you want to minimize that as much as possible. So my other suggestion for a lot of you listening is instead of trying to do a big pork rub and all of this, and you’re going to do a pork shoulder and on and on we go, and it’s a 14-hour cooking, No, throw some burgers on, throw some hot dogs on, throw some bratwurst on, make it easy and fun. And at the end of the day, it’ll be just as tasty as the fellowship time with dad that you want to have anyways.
SPEAKER 15 :
I love it. Yeah, I mean, it’s funny that you mentioned, you know, you’re the grill master in your house. I’m slightly intimidated whenever I do this segment because I don’t really grill, to be completely honest.
SPEAKER 19 :
A lot of ladies don’t. That’s okay.
SPEAKER 15 :
But it’s the same. It’s the same. And then sometimes I’ll get on with these, you know, people and they’re like, you know, I’ve been a grill master for 55 years, you know, and it’s wonderful. But I love that you made that point because it was the same thing with Mother’s Day. You know, you just want to have a nice day off. You want to be able to spend it with family. So if the other folks in your household can come up with all of the side dishes and even preparing the marinade and doing everything so dad, if he isn’t going to still grill, just has to literally slap it on the grill, then that’s all he has to do for that day. Making it really simple because now that the weather is getting nice, it’s just a great time to get together.
SPEAKER 19 :
And I will say this firsthand because I am one, Shanice T., we don’t care at the end of the day. It doesn’t have to be fancy as long as it tastes good and there’s things for us to eat and drink and so on. And we’ve got the kids around and we’re enjoying the grandkids or whatever it happens to be, whatever your family does. I’m just saying straight up, Shanice, as a dad and a granddad myself, that’s all we care about. We don’t care. We don’t need a big T-bone steak or pulled pork or on and on we go. I mean, at the end of the day, we don’t need all of that. We like it. We love it. But we’re fine with just the minimalistic things that really make the day more fun anyways.
SPEAKER 15 :
And that makes everybody else happy to hear because I’m taking note of that. And I’m going to say, you know what? John Rush told me that this is what you wanted for Father’s Day.
SPEAKER 09 :
We do.
SPEAKER 15 :
We’re having it really simple this weekend. But, no, I agree. It can be so simple. Save the pork shoulder and all of that other stuff for another time.
SPEAKER 09 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 15 :
But for Father’s Day, just make it really simple and do what Dad loves best. And maybe Dad takes a three-hour nap. Let him. Hey, whatever. Yeah. Just make it.
SPEAKER 19 :
really simple whatever you know you guys all know your dad you know what they like you know what their their hobbies are and what they enjoy and so on and i will say this straight up we are actually way more easy to please than most people think and there’s a reason why shanna steve just to throw this in there’s a reason why all the restaurants are booked for mother’s day but they’re not for Father’s Day because Dad’s okay just hanging out at home and throwing some, I’m not joking, you could throw some hot dogs and a few buns and some burgers on, and Dad’s happy. He doesn’t need much.
SPEAKER 15 :
Exactly, and it’ll be the best Father’s Day probably ever because there’s no stress. That’s right. Take the stress out of it. Make it stress-free. Absolutely. I love that.
SPEAKER 19 :
All right, tell us how we can find you. You’ve got a lot of great tips and things that you do on social media as well. Shanice, how do we find you?
SPEAKER 15 :
Of course. Just look me up, Shanisty Ireland. I’m on Instagram. I have a YouTube channel, TikTok, a blog, all of the fun things. I’ve got a lot of really delicious summer recipes, even leading into Fourth of July and some other holidays that we have this summer. I’ve got a lot of good recipes on there and a lot of good entertaining tips, too.
SPEAKER 19 :
Awesome. We will always have you back, Shanisty. You’re welcome here anytime. And you filled in today, last minute, which I also appreciate very much. So thank you for that also.
SPEAKER 15 :
Anytime. Good chatting with you, John.
SPEAKER 19 :
Have a great Father’s Day. I will. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Have a great rest of your day. And she’s always so gracious to us, and literally she – I’m not joking. She was planned on coming on this program today at about 2.15, so she had literally about an hour’s notice to come on air today because we had a last-minute guest that couldn’t be with us. Dr. Julie Gatzow was normally supposed to be here with us, and she joins us on a pretty routine basis, but she ended up having an airline flight that – ran over, you know how those things are with weather and different things, was not able to join us. So Shanice, he was so gracious and kind to join us last minute, which I appreciate greatly. And, yeah, I’m just going to throw a few more things in when it comes to Father’s Day. And you’re always looking for, you know, what do I get, Dad? Dad’s one of the hardest people to buy for because dads typically when they want something, they either go out and get it themselves. They’ve already got it. They don’t need it. They don’t want it. I mean, dads are pretty hard to please or hard to buy for. Easy to please but hard to buy for is what I should say. And what I will just tell you as a dad is. we don’t care i mean honestly we really don’t we just enjoy having the fun and the fellowship and the relaxation and take the stress out of it i think for a lot of dads that’s the whole key come up with something that takes the stress out of the day don’t add any more on the dad’s plate than what he’s already got going through reduce the stress as much as possible have fun he’ll have fun you’ll have fun and at the end of the day that’s all that matters so dr scott is coming up next Speaking of stress, by the way, if you find yourself in a position where, hey, man, I just feel like I’m stressed all the time, you know what? You might have some hormone imbalance or something along those lines where you just can’t put your finger on it. Your regular doctor, of course, is not going to do that either because you can’t even get in there long enough to have them do anything at all to figure out exactly what’s going on. But Dr. Scott takes a totally different approach and has the ability to look at those sorts of things and say, hey, How do we reduce some of these things in your life and make you feel better at the end of the day? And that’s what Dr. Scott does. Give him a call today, 303-663-6990.
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