Arizona Daily Mix | February 29, 2024 Episode
Hosts Brad Perry and Lexy Romano present an entertaining and informative look at local trending topics and community events occurring in Arizona.
Transcript
00:00 From 44th Street in Camelback, this is the Arizona Daily Mix.
00:06 And it all starts right now.
00:08 We're hitting official green. Whoa, whoa, that was quick.
00:17 It's spring!
00:18 Yes, hey, good morning and welcome to the Arizona Daily Mix.
00:21 On this last day of February, which is February 2nd.
00:24 I know, I guess it's not technically spring, but it feels like spring in here with this.
00:27 Well, do we actually have spring in Arizona? I think we go from like, kind of cool weather to hot.
00:32 We go from nice to not nice.
00:34 There it is.
00:35 There's no phase. We don't phase you out.
00:38 No, we just go right to it. We want to make it so bright on the last day of February.
00:42 So, we got a great show for you today because while February is coming to a close,
00:46 keeping track of your heart health shouldn't, so we're getting some delicious heart healthy recipes later in the show.
00:52 Nice. Oh, yep, there we go right there.
00:54 Oh, that looks good.
00:55 So, those are all oats.
00:57 And they're good for your heart.
00:58 Yes, oats.
00:59 There you go. Oats, oats, oats.
01:00 Oh, cool.
01:01 Plus, finding the time to do your hair and get your work done.
01:04 I know, right?
01:05 Can feel exhausting, but Drybar is here to help you relax and get your work done at the same time.
01:11 So, this is great because I go to Drybar a couple times a week and it is awesome because I sit there
01:16 and the gals are doing my hair, making my hair look great, and I'm working.
01:19 I'm on my laptop doing my thing, getting my work done. It is great.
01:24 But also, what's really nice too is that you jump in there for a quick, like, touch-up too in the morning sometimes people do, right?
01:29 Sure.
01:30 And that way you can just get to work much quicker too, huh?
01:31 Sure, yeah. I mean, they take about an hour for me because I do the whole shebang.
01:35 Yeah.
01:36 But, yeah, I guess you could pop in really quick.
01:39 Can you?
01:40 Cool. I mean, I'll do that.
01:41 I love it.
01:42 Plus, spring training season is finally here, of course, in the Valley, and we are talking with the LA Times reporter, Jack Harris,
01:49 about his perspective on Otani because there's some big news about him that he just announced.
01:55 And also, we're going to tell you how you can win tickets to a spring training game.
01:58 So, you guys stick around.
01:59 Yes.
02:00 But, yeah, this guy made some announcements. We'll talk about that later on.
02:04 Okay.
02:05 But right now, let's talk leap year because this is, we've been talking about it for the last couple days because
02:10 Yeah, leading up to it.
02:11 Today is happy birthday to everybody who's born on February 29th.
02:15 I know because you only get to celebrate it every couple years.
02:17 Yeah, every four years.
02:18 Four years.
02:19 But we've been talking about this because we're trying to figure out where leap year came from and what's it about and stuff.
02:24 And it's kind of funny that we both picked up articles this morning.
02:27 Yeah, we both pulled stuff because it's leap year so everybody's already talking about it, you know.
02:30 But we both found out some very interesting facts.
02:32 So, I'm going to start with mine and then we can go back forward because mine I saw is that they said Julius Caesar kind of like was the father of leap year,
02:38 but it's kind of like a debate, isn't it?
02:40 It's kind of funny because the article I was reading saying that nobody really is the father of leap year.
02:45 That yes, Julius Caesar created a calendar, but then his calendar was wrong so they had to then change it.
02:49 So, yeah, and he started this, well, I mean 45 BCE.
02:53 Sure.
02:54 It was a little while ago.
02:55 Yeah, and was he kind of like doing like a trend?
02:58 You know what, let's just make a calendar.
03:00 Was he the first trend sender?
03:01 But what's also interesting is that we were talking about the time, I guess, of leap year.
03:07 And so you were saying that the hours are very important here, right?
03:11 So, here's what it is.
03:12 So, the Julius Caesar calendar was made on the basis that each year is 365.25 days.
03:21 But that's not actually correct.
03:23 It's actually 365.242 days.
03:27 So, that actually changes it.
03:29 So, they had to then change it because it's not exactly 25 so that it just creates an extra day.
03:36 It's slightly different.
03:38 Adjusted.
03:39 Yeah.
03:40 That's crazy because, as you mentioned, they had to refine it and that was done by Pope Gregory in 1582.
03:48 Who did that was very interesting, who had the different things.
03:52 But what's also neat, too, I guess, there are a lot of specials for people who are born on this day.
03:56 You take your ID into certain restaurants and places to give you free things.
04:03 So, kind of neat there.
04:04 Well, it's also a very popular tradition in Europe and certain European countries that on leap year, women can propose to men.
04:14 So, it's traditionally men propose to women.
04:18 It's kind of the whole thing.
04:19 But on leap year, it's a very special day and that's kind of the one day that women are allowed to propose aloud.
04:25 You could obviously do whatever you want.
04:26 But that's kind of the tradition.
04:28 So, yeah.
04:29 So, this is my one thing, too.
04:31 And maybe this is a good suggestion.
04:32 Maybe I can let them, but I do morning prayers each day and it gives you the day.
04:36 So, I went to today and there was no 29 day.
04:40 No way.
04:41 Yeah, there's no 29 day because it's a leap year because they do just regular years.
04:45 So, now they need to make a leap year prayer book.
04:48 Get it together, Bible app.
04:49 Yeah, get it together because there wasn't because it would write to the first and I was like, "Oh, I can't read the first and the 29th and so what do I do?"
04:56 Oh, that's so funny.
04:57 But yeah, but think about all the stuff that's made up for the calendars.
05:00 It's true.
05:01 Yeah, it's kind of like one of those things that kind of falls through the cracks a little bit.
05:04 But it is a special day and the thing that I was reading about, the real reason that they had to adjust was because obviously it was something that church people kind of came about and changed because every year Easter was getting later and later and later.
05:19 And they were like, "Well, we can't have Easter in November."
05:22 So, that was a big consideration was that eventually all of our holidays would be backwards if we didn't account for this extra little bit of time.
05:33 I didn't know that.
05:34 So, we would have summer in November, we would have Easter at the end of the year, Christmas would be in the beginning.
05:38 It was something that they had to kind of account for so that our calendar year stays the same and stays consistent.
05:45 So, let me ask you this.
05:46 Say they want to change, again, we're going to wrap it up really quick, but they want to change daylight saving times, everybody stays on the same, whatever.
05:53 Which is what we do here in Arizona.
05:55 So, what do you think that we actually take away a day in each year?
06:01 Like just for...
06:03 Would we have to do that for daylight savings time?
06:07 No, I'm just saying in general.
06:09 Just for fun?
06:10 Yeah, for fun.
06:11 Just take a day away.
06:12 Sure, one of my bad hair days, take that one, take it.
06:16 I know I'm not making any sense about this, it didn't make sense after I started talking about it.
06:19 But guess what's going to make sense?
06:21 When we come back, we're going to be checking out a documentary with the award winning cast when The Mix returns.
06:26 So, come on back.
06:27 [Music]
06:46 We all love stories that not only entertain us, but also inspire us.
06:50 And that's exactly what the new film, Common Ground, aims to do.
06:54 As they're about to start a run here at the Harkins Che Theatre in Phoenix,
06:57 we are so honored to have filmmaker Josh Tickell here to tell us more.
07:02 Welcome Josh, thank you for being here.
07:03 Thanks for having me, it's great to be in Arizona.
07:05 Yes, yes, you came at the right time.
07:08 Now is the time to be in Arizona.
07:10 Give us a couple months and maybe don't be in Arizona, I'll say.
07:14 Well, there's a reason spring training is happening now, right?
07:16 Absolutely, absolutely.
07:18 But the name of the game right now is Common Ground.
07:20 Yes.
07:21 So, I want to talk a little bit about the film, what inspired it, and just your process in making it.
07:26 Sure, well Common Ground is a love letter to future generations about how we saved the earth,
07:31 how we fixed climate change, how we dealt with all these big issues that we're facing.
07:36 And it's something we can all agree on, soil that's good and food that's good for our kids.
07:42 That's a huge concept for a film.
07:44 I mean, man, you said how we fix the earth.
07:48 Man, that is a massive thing to tackle.
07:50 How did you go about that in terms of making a film?
07:53 Well, Common Ground is actually a sequel to the prior film, Kiss the Ground.
07:57 And that touched a billion people, was narrated by Woody Harrelson.
08:00 And these concepts, you know, we wanted to take a hopeful approach
08:04 because so many documentaries are doom and gloom, which is why it's great to show it here in Arizona
08:08 because people are happy and they're uplifted, right?
08:10 We have sunshine, it makes you happy, absolutely.
08:13 So we want a hopeful solution and a practical solution, things that people can do.
08:18 And this film is about regeneration, regenerating soil and regenerating farms.
08:23 And when you regenerate soil, it stores water and you get more rain.
08:27 That's good for Arizona.
08:29 Absolutely, that's good for Arizona and for everybody.
08:32 I mean, this is a super global concept that we're talking about here.
08:36 I mean, you are tackling massive issues and you also have massive stars in this film.
08:41 Tell us a little bit about the people you got to work with.
08:44 You know, we've got Aquaman, Jason Momoa, you know, the star of the new Star Wars series, Rosario Dawson.
08:51 She's a soak on Star Wars.
08:53 And just a great cast, Ian Somerhalder, we've got Laurie Dern, we've got Woody is back for version two.
09:00 So it's a pretty awesome cast of characters and Donald Glover, you know, like rap star.
09:06 He is a star of Atlanta.
09:08 So an incredible cast.
09:10 The thing that they all have in common, they're all parents and they all want to send a good message to the future generation.
09:17 And you know what? I am a new mom.
09:19 So this concept really, really speaks to me.
09:22 As soon as you started talking about future generations, of course, the thought of my new baby just came into my mind.
09:27 And why wouldn't we all be super passionate about this topic?
09:31 Yeah, we get so much bad news, you know, and there's this climate anxiety.
09:35 It's actually a psychological condition that people have.
09:38 And I say, let's not do that.
09:40 Let's talk about what we can do.
09:42 And the great thing about this is when farmers switch to regenerative agriculture, they make more money and they make healthier food.
09:50 That's incredible. Better for everybody.
09:52 All the things that you just said, we want to see all of those things happening.
09:56 And talking about climate change here in Arizona, it is warm.
10:00 And I feel like it gets warmer every year.
10:03 So this is a message that we really, really need to hear here in Arizona.
10:08 And you're about to start a week-long run here at Harkins Theatre. Tell me about that.
10:11 Yeah, so it's the Harkins Che 14 right here in Scottsdale.
10:15 Beautiful theatre. And last night we had a little pre-opening.
10:19 Theatre's packed. People are so excited.
10:21 All sorts of different folks. Environmentalists, farmers, ranchers, people who have gardens, people who are just curious.
10:28 So it's for everybody. It's a hopeful movie. It's a good date movie.
10:32 And it's a good movie to bring your kids to. It's playing all week at the Harkins Che.
10:36 Okay, that's fantastic. I love the concept of this film.
10:39 The hopeful side of it, the beautiful side of it, that we're passing something on to our future generations.
10:45 So can people go to the Harkins website to get tickets?
10:47 Absolutely. Harkins website to get tickets or the Common Ground Film website, commongroundfilm.org.
10:53 Okay, this sounds phenomenal. I really love this concept.
10:56 It is a sequel to the first. Do you think there will be a third?
11:00 Well, funny you should ask. There is a third in the works.
11:04 Oh wow.
11:05 So yeah, we officially announced production on Groundswell, the third film.
11:08 It's going to be a trilogy like Star Wars. We're using the force of the soil.
11:13 Oh my goodness. I love this. Well, I'm excited for Common Ground and for the next film coming out in the trilogy.
11:20 This is such great stuff that you're doing.
11:22 Josh, thank you so much for being here. You can find more information over at the website that was there on your screen.
11:27 Alright. Thanks for having me.
11:28 Thank you for being here, Josh. Alright, guys, stick around because we've got more of The Mix coming up after this.
11:54 While we're on the last day of February, thinking about our heart health should never stop.
11:58 Last week, I talked with dietician Bonnie Ronnie about some great heart health oat recipes.
12:04 Good morning, Bonnie. How are you?
12:08 Good morning. I am doing well and thank you so much for having me today, Brad.
12:13 Well, this is exciting because, you know, we know about oats and how good they are,
12:17 but some people might not know how to like make some like cool little recipes to enjoy the oats.
12:23 But let's talk about how oats are very important to heart health.
12:27 Yes. So oats are a whole grain cereal.
12:31 We commonly see them in the grocery store as whole grain rolled oats, steel cut oats or instant oats.
12:37 And they are especially heart healthy because they are rich in fiber,
12:42 which can help lower our total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, which many people hear of as that bad cholesterol.
12:50 And they also are rich in antioxidants, which may help lower our blood pressure.
12:55 I like that. And the important thing, Bonnie, about having oats is making them with the right ingredients.
13:01 I think sometimes and not knocking when we buy some of the packages from the store, they add a little something to them.
13:08 But if you cook them just, you know, healthy wise, they're going to be really good for you, aren't they?
13:13 Yes, absolutely. And when I think about adding in nutrition,
13:16 I also like to think about how can I make my nutritious food taste the best?
13:21 So that's what we're going to do with our recipes today. I love it. OK, you got some things for us.
13:26 What do you have for us that we can enjoy? Very easy to make at home.
13:31 Yeah. So right here I have banana oat muffins.
13:34 We're not making these together today, but it's just one way that you can incorporate oats into your daily diet.
13:40 And then I also have overnight oats here. Another wonderful way to enjoy oats.
13:45 And what we are making together today is one of my favorite recipes.
13:50 And it is energy balls, which you can see right here.
13:54 I like it. OK, let's get started because this is something I've been wanting to make.
13:58 But I don't know. Every time I try to make it, mine fall apart. I don't know what I'm missing out on.
14:03 OK, well, this is the recipe that you need to use.
14:06 We start out with one cup of whole grain rolled oats.
14:11 And then we add in about three eighths of a cup of ground flax seeds.
14:16 And these are also heart healthy because they are rich in fiber and omega three fatty acids.
14:22 OK. And then we add in about one quarter cup of chocolate chips.
14:27 You can't forget about those. And then we have about one half cup of peanut butter.
14:33 This this peanut butter is what helps them stick together.
14:37 I like that. And should you use creamy or chunky?
14:42 I prefer creamy. I have to be honest. I have never made them with chunky before,
14:46 but you can try it out and let me know how it goes.
14:49 All right. Well, and this is all the ingredients that you need right here.
14:53 We are almost done. We just have three more. We have one quarter cup of honey.
14:57 OK, we want to add a little bit of sweetness to it.
15:01 And then our last two ingredients, we have just one half teaspoon of vanilla extract.
15:10 And a pinch of salt. That's it. That's it.
15:15 That's it. You don't have to bake them. You don't have to do anything like that.
15:18 You simply mix them up after. And then I like to use a cookie scoop to put them into these portions right here.
15:27 And that's it. So you said no baking or anything. Just mix it all together and roll them up.
15:32 Yeah. No baking. Just mix them up like this.
15:35 Do you put them in the refrigerator? Can you eat them right away?
15:38 You can eat them right away, but I do prefer to put them in the refrigerator first just for maybe 30 minutes to an hour.
15:43 And then they're great. This is so easy. So delicious to do.
15:47 And again, a great way to enjoy oats. They're so important to you.
15:51 And also for breakfast, too. I know you had the overnight oats and that's pretty easy.
15:55 Will you explain to people really quick how to make the overnight oats?
15:58 Yes, I would be happy to. So in these overnight oats, I combined one half cup of rolled oats,
16:04 three quarters cup of almond milk, but you can use your milk of choice.
16:08 And then I added in one tablespoon of chia seeds, mix it up, and I allowed it to sit overnight.
16:13 And this morning I added in some vanilla yogurt and then I topped it with blueberries.
16:19 There you go, Bonnie. Oh, my goodness. I love it. That is awesome.
16:23 This is so good and so delicious. Where can people find more information about, of course,
16:27 how oats can help your health and the diet? I'm sorry. And the recipes you've given us.
16:33 Yes, you can visit my website at dietculturerebel.com to find more information on oats
16:39 and how to enjoy food with a healthy relationship with it.
16:42 I like it. Bonnie, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
16:45 Thank you so much for having me today, Brad.
16:47 This is the Arizona Daily Mix.
16:59 I'm not quick. I'm not quick on the social media. Like the young kids, you know?
17:08 Oh, you. Trying to post something and I'm like, what's going on? They're counting us down 15.
17:14 And I'm like, yeah, no, I'm not. Listen, neither am I. It takes me, you know, for one post,
17:20 probably about a half hour. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just trying to do something all quick right now.
17:25 No, can't do it. You know, Arlo already tries to grab the phone out of my hand. Does he?
17:30 Yep, absolutely. And he sees it and he'll like, he'll be like flinging his arms around.
17:33 He like touches it and like, like scrolls up. I'm like, ah.
17:36 You will make sure your Amazon account is closed. Make sure.
17:40 Can we do a story about that here? That a kid ordered like thousands of dollars worth of Amazon.
17:45 Like 50, $60,000 of stuff. Or even the kids that do the food apps.
17:50 Remember like all of a sudden they hit McDonald's. And you just get like 50 pizzas or something?
17:54 Yeah. That's crazy. Oh, no. Yes. That's a good point. Good point.
17:59 All right. Hey, welcome to the second half of the Arizona Daily Mix.
18:02 Still to come, Dry Bar is the place to go for all of your hair needs for you too, Brad.
18:08 And did you know you can even get your hair done before work?
18:10 Oh, I like that. Because they open early. They are. Yes. I go there at 7 a.m.
18:14 Oh. All right. And maybe while your hair is all done, you might want to go up north.
18:19 Because there's a lot to do this weekend. We've got some great events we're going to be checking out for you.
18:23 That'll happen in Prescott. Oh, yeah.
18:25 Let's do some quick trending brought to you by Gerber Injury Law.
18:27 We travel the internet, the social media websites, our own backyard to give you something to talk about.
18:30 And this is something that I found again as I searched in the morning about houseplants for health.
18:36 Because as we are now getting into our time to be inside.
18:40 Yeah, we're not going to be outside. Outside anymore.
18:42 So there are plants that you probably want to have that will help the air in your house and help kill bacteria and all kinds of stuff.
18:50 It's interesting. So here goes a couple of them.
18:52 A bamboo palm. So like a palm tree, bamboo palm.
18:56 Chinese evergreen. Gerber daisies. I'm a Gerber daisy person. I love Gerber daisies.
19:02 Is that just like regular daisies? Yeah.
19:06 So, OK, I wonder if you get them in like a floral arrangement or do you have to have them like potted and growing?
19:13 I think it's just in a floral arrangement. I think just have them there.
19:16 I've never seen a Gerber daisy potted before. Do they have them out there?
19:21 I don't know. That's my question. If anybody out there is into gardening, is an avid, has a green thumb, let us know.
19:27 Let us know. Peace lilies. I don't know what those are. I guess it's a spider plant.
19:33 And I was thinking. Oh, I think that's my spider plant. I'll have to get another one.
19:37 Is a spider plant the one that keeps spiders away or is it just that's the name of it?
19:40 It's just the name of it. So it's like the lightish green one that has the fronds that like go out and they kind of it creates its separate little like bulbs that like also kind of look like spiders.
19:52 My mom got me one and I killed it. Oh no. I have a black thumb.
19:56 There is a mass cane or corn plant. Don't know what that one is. A rubber tree plant.
20:02 See, I don't know what that is, but it always makes me think of the song.
20:04 Yes, because that ant, you know, with the rubber tree. How does it go again?
20:08 Let's see that ant can't move that rubber tree plant, but he's got high hopes.
20:14 He's got high hopes. He's got high apple pie in the sky.
20:20 All right, then we could just go all day.
20:26 Ficus. So I'm going to buy a polar palm, which I don't know what a polar palm is.
20:32 And then those flamingo lilies, the ones that look.
20:35 There's a lot of these that I don't know what they are.
20:37 Yeah, but they're all these are good houseplants to have for your health and to keep your house clean and, you know, air.
20:43 OK, in your house, which is kind of I know what your air.
20:46 What? No air. We should get some in the studio.
20:50 Yeah. Oh, we get it. Can we get a rubber tree?
20:52 Yes. We do have a rubber tree.
20:57 We have a literal rubber tree right there.
21:00 Yeah. So I mean, that's that's what we have there, our bonsai.
21:03 But yeah, we should start getting some of these in here.
21:05 But that's the thing about these things that to keep your house healthy and stuff and then cleaning, too, which is it's kind of important.
21:11 Good to know. Yeah, that's really cool. All right. All right.
21:14 Let's do are we ready? Let's move to. Let's move on.
21:17 Yes. What spring training? Yes.
21:19 Spring training is in town. I want to go. Spring training is here.
21:22 And we got all kinds of good stuff going on for you guys, including a giveaway.
21:26 CW7 and Spinato's Pizzeria and Family Kitchen are teaming up to send you out to the ballpark.
21:31 All you have to do is simply head over to AZTV.com/win and enter for your chance to score four tickets to a game.
21:39 That's right, guys. One, two, three, four tickets.
21:41 There's nothing better than a day at the ballpark with the family.
21:45 And thanks to Spinato's because they're making it happen for you.
21:48 Awesome. Awesome for the spring training.
21:56 Awesome for us to go out and get some tickets because spring training has started in the valley and everyone has been flooding to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
22:04 We're at Los Angeles Dodgers spring training to see the 750 million dollar man Shohei Ohtani here to give us the insight of Shohei.
22:14 And, of course, the Los Angeles Dodgers is L.A. Times Dodgers beat writer Jack Harris, who also Jack, I get to embarrass you.
22:21 Mom said I get to do this. All good.
22:23 This is Rachel Harris's son and Jack.
22:27 I wish I had the pictures, but I remember this kid when he was actually when you were born and just a little kid running around.
22:33 And now look at you. Mom's very proud of you being the beat writer there in L.A. Times.
22:38 And so let's talk about what is the L.A. Times beat writer for those that forget about newspapers and things like that.
22:44 Yeah. So basically, you know, I follow the team around every day right now.
22:49 That means being out here in Arizona for six weeks during spring training.
22:52 When the season starts, it's following them everywhere on the road.
22:55 They're starting in Korea this year. So after I'm done here, that's going to be the first place we go is across the Pacific.
23:01 So, yeah, it's a great job. You get to watch a lot of baseball, get to meet the players.
23:06 Is this something you wanted to do? I mean, I know there's probably some people out there right now, you know, college students, you know, high school kids who are thinking about this because media has changed a lot.
23:15 But is this something you always wanted to do?
23:17 I always wanted to work in sports or be around sports.
23:19 And I went to ASU, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, and it was there that I kind of realized, like, oh, well, if I write about it, I can cover a lot of games.
23:26 I can go on the road and cover football games in different places in the Pac-12 or whatever.
23:30 So that's kind of how it started. And, yeah, it's a great job.
23:34 Cool. All right. Let's talk here. When they got this announcement that this man was going to be the highest paid baseball player and was coming to your team, how'd that feel going, wow, I get to, like, have one-on-one with this guy?
23:47 Yeah, probably a lot of stress at first figuring out, like, what was the contract looking like and what was this going to be like?
23:53 He is so different to even, you know, other big star players. There's so much attention on him globally from Japan, from the rest of Asia, and obviously over here now he's won two MVPs since he's come over to Major League Baseball.
24:06 His level of celebrity is really unmatched, maybe across sports, but especially within the baseball world.
24:13 So it was kind of figuring out, like, OK, how are we going to cover that? How do we get that point across to readers?
24:17 How different is it going to make the experience playing on the Dodgers on a day-to-day basis?
24:22 There's a lot more media around this year. There's a lot more fans, even just watching them practice on the backfields at spring training.
24:28 So that part has been interesting to see it kind of evolve and see how he's settling into a new environment.
24:34 But yeah, I mean, so far, you know, he's coming back healthy from an elbow surgery he had last year.
24:39 It looks like he's going to be ready for opening day, and yeah, he's playing really well, too.
24:43 Yeah, he has, but he's been hitting the home run. He's, you know, struggling to come tight.
24:46 Let me ask you about other players with this. Does this kind of money affect the other players on the team,
24:52 where they're going to be jealous and maybe not give their all? And this is for all baseball teams, in a way.
24:57 Maybe in some ways. What was really unique about his deal is, yeah, it was a $700 million deal.
25:02 $680 million of that is not getting paid out to him for a decade.
25:05 What he did is he went to the Dodgers and he said, "Hey, obviously I'm going to be a pretty expensive player,
25:09 but I want to come and sign with you guys, and I want to be able to go to a team that isn't going to have all their money tied up in me,
25:15 where they can still go out and get other star players."
25:17 So he said, "Look, defer most of my money for a decade from now. Use some of that savings in the meantime
25:22 to go out and get other players," which the Dodgers did this offseason.
25:25 They also went and signed the best pitcher in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
25:29 They added some other star players around. They also have guys like Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts.
25:33 So I think, you know, the potential of, yeah, you have a really high-paid player in the clubhouse could cause some of that tension,
25:39 but with this situation, the other players realize, "Oh, he tried to save us money so we could get better players
25:44 and be a good team." So it's been a good fit so far.
25:46 OK, and let's just say this, and I'm going to get in trouble, but I feel like he is the Taylor Swift of Major League Baseball
25:54 because he's bringing global attention to the Dodgers and baseball, because literally this morning,
26:01 he tweets out or X's out in Japan that he's married, and everybody freaked out, and now everybody's--
26:08 Total surprise.
26:09 Total surprise. I mean, you being a reporter, did you even have any idea or anything?
26:12 No, and I mean, one of the things that's really different with him is the intense privacy around his personal life.
26:17 You know, part of that comes because the Japanese following and the Japanese media, there's this intense interest on him
26:23 that he's kind of tried to shy away from some of that. So that's always been one of the fun things to speculate about him.
26:28 It's like, "Oh, what does his dating life maybe look like, or who is he with?"
26:32 But this announcement, yeah, completely out of the blue. Nobody knew that he was even close to something like this.
26:37 So yeah, in that aspect, the interest around him, yes, does make--if any other player gets married like this,
26:44 not going to be very big news.
26:46 He shows his dog is what he does, so that's the thing about it.
26:49 Okay, so now let's get into the baseball season. I know you have to, of course, give it to your Dodgers,
26:56 but what are you seeing for even our Diamondbacks, the Cubs, or anybody?
27:00 Who do you think is going to be someone who's going to be a contender?
27:03 I think the D-backs are really impressive, covering their first playoff series, or their second playoff series last year,
27:08 where they played the Dodgers. I don't think anybody was expecting them to win, definitely not me.
27:12 And to not only beat the Dodgers, but sweep them and then go on and make the World Series,
27:16 I mean, there's a lot of momentum with that team.
27:18 They added some good pieces this year, somebody like an Eduardo Rodriguez to kind of round out the pitching staff.
27:23 So I think that's another team that--yeah, the Dodgers, especially in this National League West division,
27:28 they're going to be the preeminent favorite.
27:30 They're the team that most people are going to be expecting to go to the World Series and win the World Series.
27:34 But a team like the D-backs is dangerous. A team like the Cubs, they just re-signed a former Dodger, Cody Bellinger, this week.
27:40 That makes them a little more dangerous.
27:42 So that's the thing with baseball is even when you go from the regular season to the playoffs,
27:47 you can have a really good regular season team.
27:49 The Dodgers have been really good in the regular season the last decade, but they've only won one World Series.
27:53 You had other teams like the D-backs or the Rangers last year.
27:56 I mean, you never know how things can shake out.
27:58 There you go. All right, ladies and gentlemen, there goes information to get a hold of Jack Harris on X,
28:04 or of course you can pick up at LA Times or go to the website, either one like that.
28:09 So you're very lucky. I was going to ask you some things about mom that she drinks that much wine, but we'll get into that later.
28:13 So hey, coming up, the Dry Bar is here to help with all your hair needs.
28:17 So find out how when The Mix returns after this.
28:20 The following portion of the Arizona Daily Mix is sponsored by Dry Bar.
28:25 Finding the time to get your hair done can feel impossible, especially when you have a lot of work on your plate.
28:31 But Dry Bar is here to help you multitask and relax at the same time.
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29:10 I am here at Dry Bar in Tempe, and not only did I just get my hair done, but I just got so much work done.
29:16 I mean, I rewrote my bio. I answered 27 emails. I might have done a little Instacart shopping.
29:24 One thing I love about coming here is that they say there are 24 hours in a day,
29:28 but when you come here, you can double dip on the one hour where you're getting your hair done and do all kinds of work.
29:34 Teresa, how are you today?
29:36 Thank you so much.
29:37 So good to see you.
29:38 Thank you for being here today at Dry Bar.
29:41 So look, I was just saying how much I love coming here and getting work done,
29:47 because you think of getting dolled up for a Friday or Saturday night,
29:50 but when I come in, I see a lot of people at 7 or 8 before their workday.
29:54 Absolutely. You know, it's so amazing how many people come in, just like you, Teresa, with your laptop,
30:01 and it's literally that one hour where you're going to leave looking great, like Julia Roberts, right?
30:08 And she walks out, but you just did all this work, and your boss thinks you were working the whole time.
30:12 They have no idea you were also getting pampered.
30:15 They don't know.
30:16 No.
30:17 Not at all.
30:18 And when I'm here, I always see women with their laptops. I see them on their phones.
30:23 I see them reading. I see people writing.
30:26 Absolutely. We have so many moms, right, that come in, right?
30:30 They've got a kid at home. Maybe they've got one on the way.
30:33 And you know what? This is their hour where nobody is yelling,
30:38 where they're not putting anybody in timeout, where they're not getting, you know,
30:42 an email from the teacher about a report card, right?
30:46 We've all been there, right?
30:47 Yeah.
30:48 They can open up that book. They can relax.
30:51 They leave looking like a million bucks, and when their husband comes home, they're like,
30:55 "Oh, you look so beautiful today." And they're like, "Great. I went to Dry Bar."
30:59 And they just had time to relax for themselves.
31:01 Absolutely.
31:02 I love everything that you just said, and it reminded me that for the hour I'm here,
31:07 I can get twice as much work done as when I'm home or even when I'm at my office.
31:13 Absolutely. You know, because you're multitasking, right?
31:16 I feel like in today's lifestyle, we are go, go, go all the time.
31:21 And how do we get it all in, right?
31:23 How are we going to work? How are we going to grocery shop?
31:26 How are we going to put our makeup on, right?
31:28 Like, if you could be getting your hair done while putting your makeup on at the same time,
31:32 like, that's a great bonus.
31:33 I'm glad you mentioned that because it's much better than when I do my makeup while I'm driving.
31:38 Well, yeah.
31:39 Don't do that.
31:40 Especially if a police officer pulls up next to you.
31:42 You could, like, get a ticket.
31:43 Yes. The best thing that could happen is you get a ticket.
31:46 Right.
31:47 But I do that a lot when I come in because I love that 7 a.m. or 8 a.m. time,
31:52 and then I can just leave my house. I don't have to worry about doing my makeup,
31:56 and nobody looks at me askance.
31:57 No. No.
31:58 I mean, we literally have people in here at all hours, and that one hour they're here,
32:03 that is their zen time, right?
32:05 Yes.
32:06 So whether they're like you, you know, the busy, you know, working professional who's going to do some work,
32:11 whether they're the mom, whether they are just, you know, a lady who's going out to lunch and getting ready,
32:18 it is their one hour to get multiple things done, or they can just get the block and watch the great movies.
32:25 I mean.
32:27 When I come in and Julia's on, I'm happy.
32:29 When I come in and Clueless is on, I never get sick of it.
32:32 Never? Why is that?
32:33 I don't know.
32:34 I don't know.
32:35 It's the Alicia Silverstone of it all.
32:36 I think it is.
32:37 It is.
32:38 I think all of us agree that we can use an hour of zen, but for some people it's actually more relaxing to work
32:44 because you can cross all those things off your list, so when you leave here, your hair looks great,
32:48 but you're more at peace.
32:49 Absolutely.
32:50 You know, I love when I get a blowout during the day at Drybar because when I get home, my entire list is checked off.
32:57 I can walk through that door and I can be present, right, as a mom, as a wife, as a daughter, all those things,
33:05 and I don't have to worry that I still have work to do for the day because I did it while I was getting my blowout.
33:10 I feel the same, and my blowout lasts me, so I mean, maybe I shouldn't confess this, but why not?
33:18 We're amongst friends.
33:19 We are.
33:20 Sometimes I'll get a Monday blowout, like at 7 a.m., and if I can avoid hot yoga, which I'm very good at avoiding,
33:26 I still look good Thursday.
33:28 Absolutely.
33:29 I mean, I probably go four to five days as well, so you're speaking my language, Teresa.
33:34 There's no need, and what's great is that even when you get to Thursday, if you're like, you know,
33:39 I don't really feel that dirty, I'm just going to pop in and I'm going to get a dry style, right?
33:44 You could just get a little touch-up if you don't have all that time.
33:48 That's what I did today.
33:49 Exactly.
33:50 And that was, I don't know, maybe it took 15 minutes.
33:53 Right, 15, 20 minutes, not that long, especially, you know, depending on the weather, right?
33:59 By the way, I got a free umbrella when I came in.
34:01 When it rained one time, that's good to know, and I want to remind everybody, this location in Tempe at the Watermark,
34:06 there's tons to do here.
34:08 You can go boxing.
34:09 You can get your nails done.
34:10 You can get a cookie.
34:11 You can go shopping.
34:12 So many things, right?
34:14 This is our newest location, and it's so fun, it's so bright, and there is so much to do down here in Tempe as well.
34:20 Well, take us out with your mantra.
34:22 Oh, you know what?
34:23 What we say here at Dry Bar, no cuts, no color, just blowouts.
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36:59 Get Connected in Prescott is brought to you by Sparklight, a stronger connection.
37:08 All right, welcome back. Let's take a look at what's happening up in Prescott this weekend.
37:16 First of all, this is awesome, guys. The Prescott Farmers Market is every Saturday. That's from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30.
37:23 That's in the Dignity Health YRMC Miller Valley parking lot.
37:27 You can learn more about that one at PrescottFarmersMarket.org. Great place to get some fresh veggies.
37:32 Yeah. All right. The Prescott Regional SciTech Fest is happening over at Emory Riddle University, so you've got to go check it out.
37:38 It's free, filled with educational event features, interactive science, technology, all kinds of things you can go check out.
37:44 And guess what? There's no need to sign up. Just show up and enjoy the hands-on activities.
37:48 All right. Next, we've got the Prescott Wedding Expo. This is Sunday from 10 to 4 at the Sam Hill Warehouse Event Center.
37:54 Go to PrescottWeddingExpo.com to learn more.
37:56 There you go. You want more information on what's happening up in Prescott, head over to aztv.com/prescott.
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38:07 All right. Of course, speaking of Northern Arizona, there are a bunch of great breweries and wineries to check out there.
38:13 But what about Mead? Let's see what Teresa found up in the high country.
38:17 Oh, I like Mead.
38:19 We've been to your tasting room in Prescott. You've got a beautiful restaurant in Phoenix, but you've invited us here for this tour.
38:26 And we're so excited to see how Mead is actually made. You did inform me ahead of time that it's bad luck to tour without a drink.
38:33 That's right. Well, cheers to our tour. So this is where we make Mead. This is where the magic happens. This is where the science happens.
38:39 So you guys can see we've got right tanks where we're going to carbonate our products, where we're going to ferment our products.
38:45 We can do everything from five gallon test batches to 3,000 gallons of Mead or cider at a time.
38:51 That's a lot. That is a lot. We've got wine pumps. We've got honey pumps.
38:56 We even have here's an example of a really cool small test batch that our staff's making for a special event that we're doing in March.
39:03 This doesn't even have a label. No label. We still we still need a name for this.
39:08 It's got pears and apples and spices and nice. It's beautiful. This is where we package everything.
39:13 So this is our amazing bottling line. It's a G.I. from Italy. We can do 500, 375, 750.
39:20 We can cork and cap. And I call it our Lamborghini because it's made in Italy.
39:24 It's really expensive and it breaks all the time. OK, yes, I get that.
39:28 My dad's a mechanic. Now, for those who don't know and who didn't see our original segment, what is Mead?
39:34 Because it's its own category. That's right. So Mead is defined by honey being the primary fermentable ingredient in our product.
39:41 But we can use any legal fruit, herb or spice. So you've got an orange mead, right?
39:46 It's orange juice and honey. I've got a mango mead here.
39:49 And what we're going to do is walk into our barrel room and I think we should try something really special that no one's ever had before.
39:55 What do you think? You mean right out of the barrel? Right out of the barrel.
39:58 I would love that. What we do at Superstition is we put a stainless steel nail into the head of the barrel.
40:05 And just to make sure everything stays clean and sanitized, we hit it with some isopropyl alcohol before we pull a sample.
40:12 And I'm going to need some assistance from Teresa to hold the ambassador.
40:18 We're going to pull this nail out and we're going to take a sample here.
40:22 So this is California Barbera grapes. This is like milking a cow. It doesn't get any fresher.
40:27 No, this is it. And by the way, no one's ever tried this before.
40:30 You're taking a sample of a piment, which is wine, grapes and honey fermented together through an inch of oak from a port barrel
40:37 that did age one of our meads that had raspberries and Belgian dark candy sugar in it.
40:43 So the taste of raspberry and candied sugar is in the barrel.
40:49 Yes. Caramel and raspberry. And then think like a late harvest wine.
40:55 Let's see how this Barbera piment is tasting.
40:58 It smells delicious.
41:02 Wow. That is so rich. It's sweet, but it's not too sweet. It's tangy.
41:10 Yeah. Yeah. It's balanced, right? You get that acid balance to the sweetness.
41:14 You can taste the grapes and the honey. Now, check this out.
41:17 This is another version of this exact same mead that's aging on Ambarana wood from Brazil.
41:25 And this is going to provide cinnamon bun flavors as well.
41:29 And this is what we're going to do. We're going to blend the barrel version and the version aging on wood for a very special gilled mead.
41:35 You had me at cinnamon bun. And by the way, when I think of an ancient beverage, I think Schlitz, Pabst Blue Ribbon.
41:42 How ancient is mead? So 9000 years old. Proven by science, the oldest fermented beverage in the world.
41:47 But we make it with very modern techniques. So this is really a blending of old and new.
41:53 Ancient and modern in a glass. And it's just I mean, I've never tasted anything like that.
41:58 It's so good. It's difficult for me to describe. Do you get cinnamon notes?
42:03 I do get heavy cinnamon. And that's coming from the wood that this is aging on that we got from Brazil.
42:08 And I love the way it looks out here. Yeah. Well, speaking of looks, let's go check out our barrel terrace outside.
42:14 OK, we should tell people we're in Prescott, but we're kind of near the airport here.
42:19 That's right. Allow me. This is gorgeous.
42:23 Welcome to the Superstition Barrel Terrace. So, you know, for years we've been making products here and I always wanted to be able to open this up.
42:32 And until we had some warehouse space across the street, we just it was impossible.
42:36 And now on Saturday and Sunday from noon to six, people get to come out here.
42:39 You can bring your dog. You can have some food. You get to have mead and cider right where it's made and enjoy this amazing view behind us.
42:45 I don't know what's better. I don't know. I can't come up with anything. Come here and meet and mead a new friend.
42:52 Cheers.
43:04 All right. Hey, we have a new lineup here at the CW7. So grab your seat on the couch and enjoy some laughs and more of the fun today.
43:11 Starting at four o'clock with the funny man, Steve Harvey, for two hours, followed by the Big Bang Theory, bringing on the laughs at six and six thirty.
43:19 And then we go into our primetime lineup with the Connors at seven, followed by some of the Crichet at eight and children ruin everything.
43:26 Well, it's a TV show, too, at eight thirty. And you have to check it out. And of course, back in our funny man at nine and then more fun with the craziest sitcom on TV.
43:36 Mom at 10. It's all right here on the CW7 where we like to say it's all good.
43:42 It is all good. And we had a great show today. We did everything.
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