In this episode, I share my personal experiences and emotions concerning my father's health issues. I delve into the significance of love and persistence when confronting challenges and providing support to family members during tough times. This Episode ends with a song from Tony Salomone who is getting a 60% split of your Satoshi Donation in a modern podcast app
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Cole McCormick:
Life is wild.
[00:00:07] Unknown:
What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week, another episode.
[00:00:11] Cole McCormick:
What's going on, everybody? It's Monday, 27th, May 20 75, 21 in the PM. Everybody, welcome to America Plus. Welcome to another beautiful episode of America Plus, folks. It's been a wild week, guys. It it's been a crazy weekend. America Plus is where you get the narratives. Right? The narratives for A More Beautiful World, and, what I wanna do this week is, I'm not gonna use the podcast for, like, my own therapy, because I've already I've already processed emotions, and I'm coming to you off the back of a really wild weekend of love and persistence.
Those are the 2 things that I'm focusing on. Love and persistence. Those two things together, that's the narrative that I'm focusing on, today and this week. Moving forward, just like in my life, you know? And, so so this is what was going on. So, family stuff, dad stuff, I put out an update on what was going on. This past week, my dad's health has just like it went really downhill, really fast for a minute, and he's doing okay now. He's gonna be out of the hospital either by tomorrow night or Wednesday. His health dramatically went down. It's he he recently got, a new chemotherapy, and they said that it was, like, super harsh. So, like, the the side effects were sort of, sort of seen, but we weren't expecting this exactly.
Pretty much this this guy, my dad, he he had a freaking infection, in his body because of his, like, his liver not functioning well, you know, because of the cancer. And, so pretty much what was going on is he was, like, low on fluids, low on, like minerals and stuff, and he goes in to the ER to get it to get an IV, and they then tell him that they think that he has an infection, and he's in there, and then they find out that he has this I don't know what it's called. I forget the name of this particular thing going on in in his body, but pretty much, he's like he had like a lot of swelling, and that swelling is called something. It was in in the abdominal area, and what I had learned is that the infection was also expressing itself through this extra liquid, the swelling in the abdominal cavity.
So, like, I guess, like, our organs have, like, liquid around them, you know, it's not just blood. It's just like some liquid to help them move around and slosh around, and to, like, stay healthy, I guess. That liquid, like, was like building up, and the the sustaining of that liquid is due to our livers functioning, and like, I might be going way too deep, way too fast on this whole thing, but I'm just like I'm just telling you why he was in the hospital. Long story short, he had the swelling, and they're trying to bring it down, but it's also a really bad sign that, his liver wasn't functioning well, and that has been the most, like like, the highest level of focus from, like, the doctors.
Anytime you they're talking about reducing tumors, they're usually gonna talk about reducing tumors in the liver, you know. Who cares about the lung? Who cares about the lymph node? It's the liver that's like the centerpiece of all the organs of most of the organs, you know? So he has this infection, and, I was talking to my mom this week, and she just had, like, this really, like, tense, I guess you could say, just like fearful expression. And I just had the instinct to just go home to Arizona to make a quick trip, and, try to just, like, see what's going on, and try to figure out, like, do I need to change anything about about about my life, so I can help my family.
And again, I'm not gonna use this for therapy, like, I'm not like I'm not trying to put these these, like, emotions on you, but I do feel compelled to talk about the lessons that I'm learning within this situation, and because I think it's going to help other people. Because, you know, quite frankly, this is one of the this is the most, hard thing that I have had to experience for sure, And I'm I'm lucky to to say that I'm just an observer in this, but pretty much, the lesson is persistence right now, and I compare I I, I pair that I pair persistence with, love, and the love part is coming through the thing that I was doing right before I went to Arizona to visit my dad in the hospital.
Right beforehand. Like literally, right before me and Shannon got on the road, we were at a wedding for a friend, for one of our best friends, who we used to work with. And it was a beautiful wedding. And this wedding was, of course, like planned, but like, almost like a year in advance, and we knew that it was coming up, but it just came up at this wild time in my family's life, and it's crazy to see, like, I've and I this is also my first, like, adult wedding. I had never been to a wedding as an adult. I had been to, like, weddings as a kid, but never, like, my friend's wedding. I've never been to that. So the like, this is this is my first time experiencing that, and the whole ambiance, man, of the wedding was gorgeous.
It was, like, a really chill vibe, sort of like a rustic, like, farm vibe, and, my buddy's Scottish, and he wore a kilt. I was like, that's insane. I didn't know he was gonna wear a kilt, and I'm just like living in the in the environment of families coming together, friends coming together, meeting up. I met people that I hadn't seen in years. Hey, man. What's going on? Like, how are you doing, man? You look great. Like, what's up, man? Like, these sort of these sorts of conversations, and, you know, the very next day, the very next morning, you know, I'm in the hospital with my dad saying, hey, dad. Nice to see you. How like, how are you feeling?
It's, very insane, and and, being grateful that, just being grateful for life. Like, this weekend, I was my eyes were so opened up to how much I'm so grateful for life, and how insane life is, and crazy life is, and how beautiful it is. And It's like, I don't know where exactly to go right now. I'm sort of just like, going with the flow, but the 2 things that I know for sure is, the wedding was beautiful and I still see life in my dad. And those two things are super important. And when it comes to love, I'm choosing to love my current moment, to love what I see, to be honest with with, what might be a little painful to love, but, but I love.
And then, I'm choosing to lead with the narrative of persistence. I'm choose to leaning in to persistence right now. And I was gonna send this to my dad before I actually, started recording today because I've been trying to just text my dad a little bit more. But I was looking up the definition of persistence, dude. Persistence. Pressure. Persuasive. Persistence. I'm spelling it wrong, dude. If you saw my purse The definition. Persistence. Firm or abstinate or abstinent, continuance. Oops. Or obstinate I can't fucking read. Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
The continued or prolonged existence of something. Persistence. I'm looking at my dad in the hospital, and I still see that there's, like, life in his eyes and there's, like, like, he's fighting for his life. He's going through hell. I said this to him last night. I was on the road and he calls me, and he was just checking in. I'll go, dad, this is sort of crazy. Like, you're really going through some wild shit right now, dad. Like, you're in hell. And he goes, oh, yep. I know. But you know what? Fuck hell. We're gonna beat it. I go, yeah. That's right, dad. That's right, dad. We're gonna fucking go beat it. Like, hell yes, Kevin. Hell yes.
Fuck hell. And it's it's these moments that I've had with my dad that have, like, continued to bring me hope within this situation, and how beautiful that is. And, I guess this whole episode this week is just like a big invitation of for you to try to find what you love. Try to try to lean into the adversity a little bit. If you're persistent, that means that you're not running away from what's hard. That means that you're leaning in and figuring out how to how to carry it, how to push through it, how to navigate it. That's what persistence is, man.
It's not just you, like, sitting down, and like, trying to sit trying to hold hold yourself together while the weight of the entire ocean is, like, on you. Like, that's not persistence. That's just, like, you being still. That's you being frozen. That's fight or flight. That's fight, flight, freeze. You know, just, like, doing nothing in the moment, and what I'm trying to do, and what I've been discussing with my family is, like, trying to, like, re maybe it's appropriate for me to to, reorder my schedule, to help the family a little bit. And so, I'm I'm going through that right now. I'm not talking about, like, ending the podcast at all. The podcast is a constant.
What I'm just talking about is just like seeing my family a bit more, helping out where's needed a bit more, just seeing my dad a bit more. Just trying to make those decisions. Trying to figure out what the best, what the best decision for me, for that is. Because it's a big deal, and I and it's wild when you go through something for the first time. Like, of course, like every moment of our lives, you go through you go through it for the first time. But when it comes to these moments, and these, like, events, and these, like, real, like You need to be strategic, so you can engage with something so dramatically important. It's almost uncomprehendable.
Like, that's what I'm going through right now, and I'm choosing love and persistence. I'm choosing to be fully engaged. It's really important. And from my point of view, staying fully engaged also means to continue to seek the positive story, to seek the lesson, and to hope for the best, and to believe in a miracle. That's really what where my mindset is, and that's what I think I can bring to my family. When I was visiting my family, I was able to do, I was able to show them like a little meditation that I do, and I'm not sure if anyone, like, really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if it was just like annoying. It was like a 3 minute thing, but the reason why I wanted to share it with them was because I feel like that is if I'm around more, that's something that I can introduce. That's something that I can help lead, because when it comes to any possibility of healing, you know, and of course like, I don't care if this sounds naive. Like, we're praying for complete healing, You know? The mission is complete remission.
You know what I mean? Like, I just I just I just did that right now. Like, the mission is remission. You understand me? I didn't I that's funny. But that is literally what's in my mind right now, man. That's in my heart. Like, I'm I'm I'm working on believing that, and and speaking that into existence, and working on myself on an energy level. I'm not trying to go too woo woo on you, or too new age, or too anything crazy, but you already know this about me. I there we have a physical connection to our spirits, and our energy can affect people. You ever sit next to a negative Nancy, and they start annoying you and pissing you off?
Like our energy is important. This has to be just normified. I see a path to help my family's energy, and that's how I that's sort of how I wanna help. That's how I think I can help. So we'll see how that works out. I might be going to Arizona, like, once a week, or once every 2 weeks. We'll see how that goes. Depends on the car situation. My brakes in my car are just a little like old, so I gotta get those fixed. So maybe I fly. We'll see. I wanna fly. It's an hour flight. I don't wanna drive 6 hours. It's an hour flight. Can I please just get a flight? There's cheap tickets. Southwest has cheap tickets, so we'll see if I can get a let's buy in bulk. Costco should sell cheap Southwest tickets. Where's that deal, Costco?
Give me that deal. But, yeah. It's, it's a serious moment. I There's no, like, complete lesson, you know, but I can still speak about this in a positive way because I believe that there is a positive outcome to all of this. I'm not seeking to predict the future. I'm not assuming that I know the future, or I can control the future. Not trying to be Anakin here, you know? It's funny how that's actually, like, a big, like like, the story of Anakin Skywalker is was such a foundational storyline for myself as a kid growing up, and, you know, that story is about this kid being afraid to lose their loved ones, and trying to do anything they can to, like, have the power to bring them back.
And here I am, you know. I believe I already have the power, or I believe I like, I believe the power already exists, and even if it doesn't come out the way that we want it to, the outcome of that will then bring us what we needed. The outcome of whatever. Like, the outcome will give you what is needed and what was, you know Do I wanna say destiny? Do I wanna say God's plan? I don't know. But this is just a big old journey. Big old big old journey, and I have hope that this is just a bump in the road. You know, the good thing about my dad, so he's he's in good spirits. Like, he's in like, he's pretty much his his normal self. He's cracking jokes. He's talking shit to the nurses. He's buying the nurses pizzas, like, so he's on their good side.
He's on Facebook. He's scrolling through reels. He's he's just, like, letting my grandparents talk. He usually does. My dad is normal. He's the he's the bit quieter and a bit sicker right now. But when I see him, and Shannon was commenting on this as well, you know, you see so much life in him. You don't see acceptance of death. But I'm also not sure if, like like, you you don't see the acceptance of death, and you also don't see the fear of death. That's just my observation. I'm just looking at him. Just looking at him, looking at other people, like, I see that the life is like, going through hell right now. Like, why his body is, like, suffering.
He's going through the most monumental suffering a modern human can go through. You know? Modern Western society, like, death. This is crazy. And my mind just, like it's, like, it's getting blown. Like, my mind is continually expanding. Like, wow. Look at the magnitude of this. Look at this. Like, this is the first time I'm like, I've I've never been in the hospital for a loved one. Like, oh, my God. My dad's in the hospital. My oh, my God. What is going on here? Like, I'm going through these, like, thoughts, and it's like, I don't know how to feel. Like, it's all hitting me so fast, and then it's also just like, am I just sort of accepting it?
Am I supposed to be like worried? Am I supposed to be sad? Like, how am I really supposed to feel? You know, it's and the funny thing about that situation is these emotions just come to you when they come to you. You process the information, and Well, I mean, I can only speak for my case. I process the information. I hear what's going on, and then I'm sort of quiet for a minute, and then I can sort of get in crisis mode, and I can try to plan it out, and try to think about it forwards, backwards, sideways, slant ways, always, you know? And, try to figure out a game plan, try to figure out, like, a better story for it, like like just, like, trying to be trying to find that positivity in that situation.
And then I get sad, and then I get quiet again, and then I get just, like, worried, then I get anxious, and then I get sad again. It's like, it's a wild roller coaster. It was a wild roller coaster in Arizona, and I still feel grateful for it. Like, I'm like, wow. This is life? This is my life. This is my life. How beautiful it is to see my father fight for his life. How inspiring it is to see my father fight for his life. Do not go quietly into the night. Rage, rage against that light. Like, that is is that the poem that I just, like, fuck that poem up? But, like, that is the poem, you know? That is the situation. It's inspiring, you know.
Getting to see my and, like, I wanna see I wanna live in that world where I'll I'm literally inspired by my father, by what he went through with cancer, you know? I wanna live in that world. I wanna live in that world. That sounds like the more beautiful world my heart knows. The more beautiful world where your loved one lives? Wow. What a concept.
[00:19:36] Unknown:
Oh, yeah. Yeah, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:41] Cole McCormick:
What else do I wanna share about it? Like, I can I I can also say that the the people around you are really important, And luckily, we have some people that are aware of that truth, and my family's been through certain situations with friendships, and family friends, and falling outs, and reconnections? And I think in this moment, my parents have, like, really positive people around them, and anyone who doesn't give it give to that positivity, or give or or or match them with that life giving energy, problem solving, loving, you know, praying for complete healing energy, you know, those types of people that are not in line with that, luckily, they're not really around for a long time, you know, or you sort of just, like, bump into them. You know, they're not really around, and so it's been interesting to see that as well. Like, what friends are gonna come around, and, you know, it's pretty cool to see, like, how cool people are.
You know, just seeing these family friends who I might have I might have known them since I was a kid, but like I never really thought about them as people. I just sort of see like, when you're a kid and your parents have friends, you sort of just like see them as like, okay, like another adult, I guess they're my other parent or something, like like, it's almost like when you're a kid, everyone is an adult, and, like, they're sort of in charge of you, I guess. I don't know. Am I the only one thinking that? But then when you get hold there, it's like, oh my god. Like, I can actually talk to this person like a person.
Like, I'm actually, like, talking about this with them. I'm not just, like I'm not, they're subservient. Like, I'm not underneath them. That's something that I've grown up with. Like, I think it's just, there's such a hard, like, thing about leadership for me growing up. Like I was always taught about leadership, respecting the leader, following the leader, being a leader, listening to people, being a servant leader, and then this other side of it is like, respecting adults, respecting elders, you know, they probably like, usually being told what to do by an adult, but now what I'm experiencing is like, as an adult, you know, it's like, oh, like, now I'm on an equal playing field.
You know? Because out here in LA, you know, I still feel like a fucking kid talking to my 20 some year old friends, you know? We're all just like, it's still us against the man. But then we're at when you're actually hanging out with your with your dad in the hospital, and his friends who have kids, and homes, and they sell insurance, and they're talking about energy, and they're talking about the, the the scam that is for profit medicine in America. Like, when when you're talking about these things with them, like it's like, oh, shit. Wow. Like, this is cool. Like like, this is cool, man. Like, it's not just a conspiracy. It's not just something that something that you hear about that's going on. It's something that's really happening, and other people know about it.
And I'm happy to be a part of it. I'm happy to be able to engage with people who are awake like this. I think there's been a, what do you wanna call it? Gravity? There's been a pull, you know, towards people gathering with other certain people. Whatever their vibration is, whatever their mindsets are, People align themselves, you know? And I'm happy that my parents have aligned themselves with people who are very positive, and they're successful people, and they're healthy people, and they are loving people. What kind of What other kind of friend do you want? You know?
So that's really cool to see. And throughout all this, I'm also just like finding my place in space. If the narrative is love and persistence to love and persist, like, on an individual level, my like, that is my place right now, to love and persist. That means I need to check my energy, I need to check my heart, I need to check my thoughts, I need to be top tier with my health, and what I bring to the table, to the best of my ability, so that I can be an example for the people around me if they choose to take me on as an example, and I can also just be a person who's giving that loving life life giving energy.
Just to just be balanced to just know that that that your big brother is like a balanced individual to know that your oldest son is is, like, finding his own. To know that he is, discovering his full potential or in the process of activating his full potential, and using this crisis in the family as a way to bring the family together, and a way to raise our consciousness, to raise our awareness to new possibilities, to new paths, to healing, to to just a more beautiful way of living, there has to be a way that this ends on a good note. I am so focused on that.
And I'm willing to do everything I can for my family. To be there for them. To pray for them. To be a rock for them. To be a shoulder to lean on. To be someone who can be a beacon of positivity, or love, or just like just someone who is not doom and gloom, someone who is there with you and, just choosing to anchor everything with love. Like, I'm trying my best with that right now to help lead my family with that. Because I'm the only guy, you know. It's my it's it's my dad, my cousin no. Not my cousin. My nephew, Wyatt, who's 5, and then it's me.
Like, there's no one else. And I'm not saying men need to lead the family, but I'm saying when there's when there's an oldest male, like, what else are you really supposed to do when you're the eldest male? And and you're healthy. You're well bodied. You're American you're military aged. What else are you supposed to do? You know? Are you supposed to hide away? Are you are like, no way. Are you supposed to just, like, try to just, like, push this problem off to the older people? No. You gotta step the fuck up, and be willing to do what be willing to just put your head down and just work, you know? My dad says that to me all the time, like, whenever we're and whenever we're talking about general work, he usually ends the conversation with, well, the next day, if you're next shift, just put your head down. Just do what you gotta do.
Just get in there, and just do it. And I go, yep. Got it. And that's something that I gotta do for my family. I just gotta put my head down, and just be there for them. Help out where my mom needs it. Help out if I need to drive someone. Help out by just being there with them. You know? Your presence is so dramatically important for your family and for your loved ones. You know, you choosing to be around them, and choosing to have your heart be open. You know? And that's in the form of just outwardly loving people, or just not being closed minded with with the world around you, just being open for that nice conversation, for the serendipity, you know?
Being around your loved ones and having that type of an invitation to the world to come into you, to have the world, to come into your life, and to to sort of choose to swim with it. You know, that's what I'm try I'm just swimming with this moment. Yesterday, I, just sort of get some steam off my chest, I hopped in my parents pool, my family pool, did a few laps, and that's a form of cardio. I really don't do cardio unless I'm like depressed, or unless there's like a lot of stress on me. When I was losing a ton of weight in 2017, I was running a ton. I was swimming and running, and just like, just running my heart out, running out of motions, and so if you ever see me do cardio, that means I'm trying to work out something. Trying to work through some emotions, and I was swimming in the pool, and I just I was able to get myself to a place where I can actually believe in positivity.
So when I move my body more, I believe in positivity more often. There's a higher chance of being positive, and so I'm trying to bring that information to my family. Because the the higher our energy, the the more aware we are, the higher our consciousness, the higher the odds a beautiful a beautiful solution will come. The higher the odds, like, I I I think me doing these things, me focusing on my health, focusing on my heart, on on my spirit, on my mindset, and trying to bring this to my family. Like, maybe my dad does something, maybe my sister does another tool, maybe my mom discover something about about what she likes to do. I don't know, like, I'm not trying to be militant with, like, what you need to do to be a sound individual, spiritually and physically.
For this $5,000 course. No. I'm just trying to share what I can to the people that I love the most about what might be what might help them make life in this difficult situation a bit more bearable. And that's only done in love. And I encourage you to do the same thing with your loved ones and yourself To keep yourself motivated, to keep yourself disciplined, and to do the things that are good for you. Because we usually don't do things that are good for us. That is the lesson that I have learned from my father. You know?
Regardless of you know, no one's really gonna no one really knows how did the cancer start. But what we all know whoops. What we all know is, like, usually cancer is, like, it's a long term, like, it's like it's, it comes at the end of something, you know. It's it's a return of what was, it's a return of certain things, like, if you're obese, that means you ate bad food. You know? So it's like a recourse. It's I don't have the right word for it, but whatever it might be. Maybe it's not food. Maybe it's whatever. I don't know. But it's at it's it's usually at the end of something, and so therefore, you gotta be one to meet it, to to meet it where it is, and to work with it, and to figure out a way to reverse it, or to figure out a way to at least align yourself, and the people around you to a more open future, to a more open path. You know? I'm sort of just rambling at this point, but that's my mindset with my family.
So Yeah, man. It's sort of serious. It's sort of serious. It sort of sucks, but my dad's leaving soon. He's getting so he had inflammation. He had like extra fluid in his belly. He's getting that taken out, tomorrow, Tuesday, and, then he's probably gonna leave the hospital Wednesday, and he's, he's open to new medications. The nice thing about my dad is that he's open to new things, so we got this thing, what's it called? It's called Fenbenbenben Fenben? Fenbenzoldol? I guess there's, like, some information about this over the counter dog. Do you and I'm not this is not medical advice, but there's just There's information, and there is some studies, about this over the counter drug called Fenbendazole.
It's a dog dewormer, and it's shown to decrease, cell replication within cancer cells. So my mom just got that. When he gets out of the hospital, I'm pretty sure he's gonna start a regimen with that. We're gonna listen to the doctors for what they recommend in terms of chemotherapy. We we discussed him doing a bit more just changing up his diet a little bit more, upping dosage, changing, like, you know, just like changing foods a bit more. So it's serious, man. It's serious, but wouldn't have it any other way because, you know, like, it it is what it is. You gotta accept the moment for what it is, and that's the truth.
That's the truth, man. So that's the value I got, man. That is the value. That means we're gonna, I wanna head on into the value for value section, everybody. America Plus is a value for value show. We're gonna do the value for value model here with the with the boostograms, with the music, this whole value verse, dude. This is how I want to do everything that I produce online. I produce the content upfront, and you're able to reciprocate the value that you're getting through 3 main ways. Time, talent, treasure. Time is by you listening, returning, sending this, talking about this. Just thank you for being around. Thank you for your attention.
Second thing is talent. If you got anything to share with me, if you got any links, information, wisdom, Bible verses, you know, recipes. I I cook and bake. Send those to me. That's your talent. And the treasure, you can do treasure in 2 main ways. We got a PayPal, the America Plus PayPal, if you wanna send me any dollars, or you can boost me in a modern podcast. Go to value for value dot info for more info, then download the fountain.fm app. It's the best way to support the show. My favorite modern podcasting app is called Fountain. You can do boostograms. You can send me little bits of Bitcoin called Satoshis, and, you can send any amount any amount of money that you want, and I'm gonna be reading the boostograms from, the last week, number 123, Megalopolis part 2.
Last week I talked about that new, Francis Ford Coppola movie coming out later this year, Megalopolis. I talked about it last year, but wanted to bring it up. It was just at Kane's or or Conn's, whatever you wanna call it. So we got a, we got a couple boostograms coming in from at joelw, his first one, he sends in a usual 1,111¢. He has to say, I think the new Beetlejuice movie is, is the movie that's gonna answer all of our questions. Yeah, dude. Boost. Yeah, Joel. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice help me, please. Dude. I love Beetlejuice. I think that Beetlejuice would be be a good movie, dude.
Thank you, Joel. Next one from Joel. He come, set another text full of Richards. He says, sounds like Hollyweird is trying to run Coppola out of town. Like the guy in the first clip you played, he, he says he's part of the old guard. Probably a really good movie if they're trying to attack it like this. Yeah. And now, as the French say, it is time for Lebouze. Joel, you're a 1000% accurate, dude. They're trying to they're suppressing Francis Fort Goebel. And then the last one from Joel, he sends in through through the emojis through the emojis, sexual Richards, he says, forearm shiver, fire, rock on. Yes. Basically, you put Bitcoin boost in this, and all of a sudden, that is more efficient. Forearm shiver. Hell, yeah, dude. And I got, I got 40% of that boost. Forearm Shiver got 60%.
That's going on all the time at America Plus. The musician and band, they always get 40%. And then, the next boost to gram, the last one of the week, we got in, 1500. 1500. 1,500 satoshis from our friend, Pharrellis. He always likes to stream in and boost when he wants to. He was actually commenting on the, on the little show update. He says, we love you Cole. Praying for you and your family. Thank you so much.
[00:36:34] Unknown:
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[00:36:35] Cole McCormick:
you put Bitcoin with anything, and all of a sudden, that is more efficient. Boost. Thank you so much, Furlis, and thank you for, so much to Joel too. Oh, he commented on the show update as well. Thank you, Joel. Yeah, man. Family first. Right? Like like, thank you for that dude. Like that's value for value. Like those people, that is how you do value for value for real. The important thing to remember about America Plus is that, this this thing is like growing into into more things, into more shows, and more cinematic experiences, you know? So I'm grateful that I can have this community right now. I'm help I'm, grateful for the people who choose to donate, and choose to just hang out with me.
I just really I I really do appreciate you guys, and I appreciate, just the journey I've been on with America Plus. It's been really fun. I'm ready to see it grow more, and grow into where I wanna take it. You know? So that's the vibe, dude. What I wanna do now, guys, I wanna play a song. Now, this song. This song. This song. This song's legit. I was listening to my my favorite music podcast, the sidestream, hosted by Chris Cody. He had this sick song, dude, that I had to play for you. He does the rock and roll. I like the rock and roll, he does the rock and roll. So I got this one from him, today.
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[00:00:07] Unknown:
What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week, another episode.
[00:00:11] Cole McCormick:
What's going on, everybody? It's Monday, 27th, May 20 75, 21 in the PM. Everybody, welcome to America Plus. Welcome to another beautiful episode of America Plus, folks. It's been a wild week, guys. It it's been a crazy weekend. America Plus is where you get the narratives. Right? The narratives for A More Beautiful World, and, what I wanna do this week is, I'm not gonna use the podcast for, like, my own therapy, because I've already I've already processed emotions, and I'm coming to you off the back of a really wild weekend of love and persistence.
Those are the 2 things that I'm focusing on. Love and persistence. Those two things together, that's the narrative that I'm focusing on, today and this week. Moving forward, just like in my life, you know? And, so so this is what was going on. So, family stuff, dad stuff, I put out an update on what was going on. This past week, my dad's health has just like it went really downhill, really fast for a minute, and he's doing okay now. He's gonna be out of the hospital either by tomorrow night or Wednesday. His health dramatically went down. It's he he recently got, a new chemotherapy, and they said that it was, like, super harsh. So, like, the the side effects were sort of, sort of seen, but we weren't expecting this exactly.
Pretty much this this guy, my dad, he he had a freaking infection, in his body because of his, like, his liver not functioning well, you know, because of the cancer. And, so pretty much what was going on is he was, like, low on fluids, low on, like minerals and stuff, and he goes in to the ER to get it to get an IV, and they then tell him that they think that he has an infection, and he's in there, and then they find out that he has this I don't know what it's called. I forget the name of this particular thing going on in in his body, but pretty much, he's like he had like a lot of swelling, and that swelling is called something. It was in in the abdominal area, and what I had learned is that the infection was also expressing itself through this extra liquid, the swelling in the abdominal cavity.
So, like, I guess, like, our organs have, like, liquid around them, you know, it's not just blood. It's just like some liquid to help them move around and slosh around, and to, like, stay healthy, I guess. That liquid, like, was like building up, and the the sustaining of that liquid is due to our livers functioning, and like, I might be going way too deep, way too fast on this whole thing, but I'm just like I'm just telling you why he was in the hospital. Long story short, he had the swelling, and they're trying to bring it down, but it's also a really bad sign that, his liver wasn't functioning well, and that has been the most, like like, the highest level of focus from, like, the doctors.
Anytime you they're talking about reducing tumors, they're usually gonna talk about reducing tumors in the liver, you know. Who cares about the lung? Who cares about the lymph node? It's the liver that's like the centerpiece of all the organs of most of the organs, you know? So he has this infection, and, I was talking to my mom this week, and she just had, like, this really, like, tense, I guess you could say, just like fearful expression. And I just had the instinct to just go home to Arizona to make a quick trip, and, try to just, like, see what's going on, and try to figure out, like, do I need to change anything about about about my life, so I can help my family.
And again, I'm not gonna use this for therapy, like, I'm not like I'm not trying to put these these, like, emotions on you, but I do feel compelled to talk about the lessons that I'm learning within this situation, and because I think it's going to help other people. Because, you know, quite frankly, this is one of the this is the most, hard thing that I have had to experience for sure, And I'm I'm lucky to to say that I'm just an observer in this, but pretty much, the lesson is persistence right now, and I compare I I, I pair that I pair persistence with, love, and the love part is coming through the thing that I was doing right before I went to Arizona to visit my dad in the hospital.
Right beforehand. Like literally, right before me and Shannon got on the road, we were at a wedding for a friend, for one of our best friends, who we used to work with. And it was a beautiful wedding. And this wedding was, of course, like planned, but like, almost like a year in advance, and we knew that it was coming up, but it just came up at this wild time in my family's life, and it's crazy to see, like, I've and I this is also my first, like, adult wedding. I had never been to a wedding as an adult. I had been to, like, weddings as a kid, but never, like, my friend's wedding. I've never been to that. So the like, this is this is my first time experiencing that, and the whole ambiance, man, of the wedding was gorgeous.
It was, like, a really chill vibe, sort of like a rustic, like, farm vibe, and, my buddy's Scottish, and he wore a kilt. I was like, that's insane. I didn't know he was gonna wear a kilt, and I'm just like living in the in the environment of families coming together, friends coming together, meeting up. I met people that I hadn't seen in years. Hey, man. What's going on? Like, how are you doing, man? You look great. Like, what's up, man? Like, these sort of these sorts of conversations, and, you know, the very next day, the very next morning, you know, I'm in the hospital with my dad saying, hey, dad. Nice to see you. How like, how are you feeling?
It's, very insane, and and, being grateful that, just being grateful for life. Like, this weekend, I was my eyes were so opened up to how much I'm so grateful for life, and how insane life is, and crazy life is, and how beautiful it is. And It's like, I don't know where exactly to go right now. I'm sort of just like, going with the flow, but the 2 things that I know for sure is, the wedding was beautiful and I still see life in my dad. And those two things are super important. And when it comes to love, I'm choosing to love my current moment, to love what I see, to be honest with with, what might be a little painful to love, but, but I love.
And then, I'm choosing to lead with the narrative of persistence. I'm choose to leaning in to persistence right now. And I was gonna send this to my dad before I actually, started recording today because I've been trying to just text my dad a little bit more. But I was looking up the definition of persistence, dude. Persistence. Pressure. Persuasive. Persistence. I'm spelling it wrong, dude. If you saw my purse The definition. Persistence. Firm or abstinate or abstinent, continuance. Oops. Or obstinate I can't fucking read. Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
The continued or prolonged existence of something. Persistence. I'm looking at my dad in the hospital, and I still see that there's, like, life in his eyes and there's, like, like, he's fighting for his life. He's going through hell. I said this to him last night. I was on the road and he calls me, and he was just checking in. I'll go, dad, this is sort of crazy. Like, you're really going through some wild shit right now, dad. Like, you're in hell. And he goes, oh, yep. I know. But you know what? Fuck hell. We're gonna beat it. I go, yeah. That's right, dad. That's right, dad. We're gonna fucking go beat it. Like, hell yes, Kevin. Hell yes.
Fuck hell. And it's it's these moments that I've had with my dad that have, like, continued to bring me hope within this situation, and how beautiful that is. And, I guess this whole episode this week is just like a big invitation of for you to try to find what you love. Try to try to lean into the adversity a little bit. If you're persistent, that means that you're not running away from what's hard. That means that you're leaning in and figuring out how to how to carry it, how to push through it, how to navigate it. That's what persistence is, man.
It's not just you, like, sitting down, and like, trying to sit trying to hold hold yourself together while the weight of the entire ocean is, like, on you. Like, that's not persistence. That's just, like, you being still. That's you being frozen. That's fight or flight. That's fight, flight, freeze. You know, just, like, doing nothing in the moment, and what I'm trying to do, and what I've been discussing with my family is, like, trying to, like, re maybe it's appropriate for me to to, reorder my schedule, to help the family a little bit. And so, I'm I'm going through that right now. I'm not talking about, like, ending the podcast at all. The podcast is a constant.
What I'm just talking about is just like seeing my family a bit more, helping out where's needed a bit more, just seeing my dad a bit more. Just trying to make those decisions. Trying to figure out what the best, what the best decision for me, for that is. Because it's a big deal, and I and it's wild when you go through something for the first time. Like, of course, like every moment of our lives, you go through you go through it for the first time. But when it comes to these moments, and these, like, events, and these, like, real, like You need to be strategic, so you can engage with something so dramatically important. It's almost uncomprehendable.
Like, that's what I'm going through right now, and I'm choosing love and persistence. I'm choosing to be fully engaged. It's really important. And from my point of view, staying fully engaged also means to continue to seek the positive story, to seek the lesson, and to hope for the best, and to believe in a miracle. That's really what where my mindset is, and that's what I think I can bring to my family. When I was visiting my family, I was able to do, I was able to show them like a little meditation that I do, and I'm not sure if anyone, like, really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if it was just like annoying. It was like a 3 minute thing, but the reason why I wanted to share it with them was because I feel like that is if I'm around more, that's something that I can introduce. That's something that I can help lead, because when it comes to any possibility of healing, you know, and of course like, I don't care if this sounds naive. Like, we're praying for complete healing, You know? The mission is complete remission.
You know what I mean? Like, I just I just I just did that right now. Like, the mission is remission. You understand me? I didn't I that's funny. But that is literally what's in my mind right now, man. That's in my heart. Like, I'm I'm I'm working on believing that, and and speaking that into existence, and working on myself on an energy level. I'm not trying to go too woo woo on you, or too new age, or too anything crazy, but you already know this about me. I there we have a physical connection to our spirits, and our energy can affect people. You ever sit next to a negative Nancy, and they start annoying you and pissing you off?
Like our energy is important. This has to be just normified. I see a path to help my family's energy, and that's how I that's sort of how I wanna help. That's how I think I can help. So we'll see how that works out. I might be going to Arizona, like, once a week, or once every 2 weeks. We'll see how that goes. Depends on the car situation. My brakes in my car are just a little like old, so I gotta get those fixed. So maybe I fly. We'll see. I wanna fly. It's an hour flight. I don't wanna drive 6 hours. It's an hour flight. Can I please just get a flight? There's cheap tickets. Southwest has cheap tickets, so we'll see if I can get a let's buy in bulk. Costco should sell cheap Southwest tickets. Where's that deal, Costco?
Give me that deal. But, yeah. It's, it's a serious moment. I There's no, like, complete lesson, you know, but I can still speak about this in a positive way because I believe that there is a positive outcome to all of this. I'm not seeking to predict the future. I'm not assuming that I know the future, or I can control the future. Not trying to be Anakin here, you know? It's funny how that's actually, like, a big, like like, the story of Anakin Skywalker is was such a foundational storyline for myself as a kid growing up, and, you know, that story is about this kid being afraid to lose their loved ones, and trying to do anything they can to, like, have the power to bring them back.
And here I am, you know. I believe I already have the power, or I believe I like, I believe the power already exists, and even if it doesn't come out the way that we want it to, the outcome of that will then bring us what we needed. The outcome of whatever. Like, the outcome will give you what is needed and what was, you know Do I wanna say destiny? Do I wanna say God's plan? I don't know. But this is just a big old journey. Big old big old journey, and I have hope that this is just a bump in the road. You know, the good thing about my dad, so he's he's in good spirits. Like, he's in like, he's pretty much his his normal self. He's cracking jokes. He's talking shit to the nurses. He's buying the nurses pizzas, like, so he's on their good side.
He's on Facebook. He's scrolling through reels. He's he's just, like, letting my grandparents talk. He usually does. My dad is normal. He's the he's the bit quieter and a bit sicker right now. But when I see him, and Shannon was commenting on this as well, you know, you see so much life in him. You don't see acceptance of death. But I'm also not sure if, like like, you you don't see the acceptance of death, and you also don't see the fear of death. That's just my observation. I'm just looking at him. Just looking at him, looking at other people, like, I see that the life is like, going through hell right now. Like, why his body is, like, suffering.
He's going through the most monumental suffering a modern human can go through. You know? Modern Western society, like, death. This is crazy. And my mind just, like it's, like, it's getting blown. Like, my mind is continually expanding. Like, wow. Look at the magnitude of this. Look at this. Like, this is the first time I'm like, I've I've never been in the hospital for a loved one. Like, oh, my God. My dad's in the hospital. My oh, my God. What is going on here? Like, I'm going through these, like, thoughts, and it's like, I don't know how to feel. Like, it's all hitting me so fast, and then it's also just like, am I just sort of accepting it?
Am I supposed to be like worried? Am I supposed to be sad? Like, how am I really supposed to feel? You know, it's and the funny thing about that situation is these emotions just come to you when they come to you. You process the information, and Well, I mean, I can only speak for my case. I process the information. I hear what's going on, and then I'm sort of quiet for a minute, and then I can sort of get in crisis mode, and I can try to plan it out, and try to think about it forwards, backwards, sideways, slant ways, always, you know? And, try to figure out a game plan, try to figure out, like, a better story for it, like like just, like, trying to be trying to find that positivity in that situation.
And then I get sad, and then I get quiet again, and then I get just, like, worried, then I get anxious, and then I get sad again. It's like, it's a wild roller coaster. It was a wild roller coaster in Arizona, and I still feel grateful for it. Like, I'm like, wow. This is life? This is my life. This is my life. How beautiful it is to see my father fight for his life. How inspiring it is to see my father fight for his life. Do not go quietly into the night. Rage, rage against that light. Like, that is is that the poem that I just, like, fuck that poem up? But, like, that is the poem, you know? That is the situation. It's inspiring, you know.
Getting to see my and, like, I wanna see I wanna live in that world where I'll I'm literally inspired by my father, by what he went through with cancer, you know? I wanna live in that world. I wanna live in that world. That sounds like the more beautiful world my heart knows. The more beautiful world where your loved one lives? Wow. What a concept.
[00:19:36] Unknown:
Oh, yeah. Yeah, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:41] Cole McCormick:
What else do I wanna share about it? Like, I can I I can also say that the the people around you are really important, And luckily, we have some people that are aware of that truth, and my family's been through certain situations with friendships, and family friends, and falling outs, and reconnections? And I think in this moment, my parents have, like, really positive people around them, and anyone who doesn't give it give to that positivity, or give or or or match them with that life giving energy, problem solving, loving, you know, praying for complete healing energy, you know, those types of people that are not in line with that, luckily, they're not really around for a long time, you know, or you sort of just, like, bump into them. You know, they're not really around, and so it's been interesting to see that as well. Like, what friends are gonna come around, and, you know, it's pretty cool to see, like, how cool people are.
You know, just seeing these family friends who I might have I might have known them since I was a kid, but like I never really thought about them as people. I just sort of see like, when you're a kid and your parents have friends, you sort of just like see them as like, okay, like another adult, I guess they're my other parent or something, like like, it's almost like when you're a kid, everyone is an adult, and, like, they're sort of in charge of you, I guess. I don't know. Am I the only one thinking that? But then when you get hold there, it's like, oh my god. Like, I can actually talk to this person like a person.
Like, I'm actually, like, talking about this with them. I'm not just, like I'm not, they're subservient. Like, I'm not underneath them. That's something that I've grown up with. Like, I think it's just, there's such a hard, like, thing about leadership for me growing up. Like I was always taught about leadership, respecting the leader, following the leader, being a leader, listening to people, being a servant leader, and then this other side of it is like, respecting adults, respecting elders, you know, they probably like, usually being told what to do by an adult, but now what I'm experiencing is like, as an adult, you know, it's like, oh, like, now I'm on an equal playing field.
You know? Because out here in LA, you know, I still feel like a fucking kid talking to my 20 some year old friends, you know? We're all just like, it's still us against the man. But then we're at when you're actually hanging out with your with your dad in the hospital, and his friends who have kids, and homes, and they sell insurance, and they're talking about energy, and they're talking about the, the the scam that is for profit medicine in America. Like, when when you're talking about these things with them, like it's like, oh, shit. Wow. Like, this is cool. Like like, this is cool, man. Like, it's not just a conspiracy. It's not just something that something that you hear about that's going on. It's something that's really happening, and other people know about it.
And I'm happy to be a part of it. I'm happy to be able to engage with people who are awake like this. I think there's been a, what do you wanna call it? Gravity? There's been a pull, you know, towards people gathering with other certain people. Whatever their vibration is, whatever their mindsets are, People align themselves, you know? And I'm happy that my parents have aligned themselves with people who are very positive, and they're successful people, and they're healthy people, and they are loving people. What kind of What other kind of friend do you want? You know?
So that's really cool to see. And throughout all this, I'm also just like finding my place in space. If the narrative is love and persistence to love and persist, like, on an individual level, my like, that is my place right now, to love and persist. That means I need to check my energy, I need to check my heart, I need to check my thoughts, I need to be top tier with my health, and what I bring to the table, to the best of my ability, so that I can be an example for the people around me if they choose to take me on as an example, and I can also just be a person who's giving that loving life life giving energy.
Just to just be balanced to just know that that that your big brother is like a balanced individual to know that your oldest son is is, like, finding his own. To know that he is, discovering his full potential or in the process of activating his full potential, and using this crisis in the family as a way to bring the family together, and a way to raise our consciousness, to raise our awareness to new possibilities, to new paths, to healing, to to just a more beautiful way of living, there has to be a way that this ends on a good note. I am so focused on that.
And I'm willing to do everything I can for my family. To be there for them. To pray for them. To be a rock for them. To be a shoulder to lean on. To be someone who can be a beacon of positivity, or love, or just like just someone who is not doom and gloom, someone who is there with you and, just choosing to anchor everything with love. Like, I'm trying my best with that right now to help lead my family with that. Because I'm the only guy, you know. It's my it's it's my dad, my cousin no. Not my cousin. My nephew, Wyatt, who's 5, and then it's me.
Like, there's no one else. And I'm not saying men need to lead the family, but I'm saying when there's when there's an oldest male, like, what else are you really supposed to do when you're the eldest male? And and you're healthy. You're well bodied. You're American you're military aged. What else are you supposed to do? You know? Are you supposed to hide away? Are you are like, no way. Are you supposed to just, like, try to just, like, push this problem off to the older people? No. You gotta step the fuck up, and be willing to do what be willing to just put your head down and just work, you know? My dad says that to me all the time, like, whenever we're and whenever we're talking about general work, he usually ends the conversation with, well, the next day, if you're next shift, just put your head down. Just do what you gotta do.
Just get in there, and just do it. And I go, yep. Got it. And that's something that I gotta do for my family. I just gotta put my head down, and just be there for them. Help out where my mom needs it. Help out if I need to drive someone. Help out by just being there with them. You know? Your presence is so dramatically important for your family and for your loved ones. You know, you choosing to be around them, and choosing to have your heart be open. You know? And that's in the form of just outwardly loving people, or just not being closed minded with with the world around you, just being open for that nice conversation, for the serendipity, you know?
Being around your loved ones and having that type of an invitation to the world to come into you, to have the world, to come into your life, and to to sort of choose to swim with it. You know, that's what I'm try I'm just swimming with this moment. Yesterday, I, just sort of get some steam off my chest, I hopped in my parents pool, my family pool, did a few laps, and that's a form of cardio. I really don't do cardio unless I'm like depressed, or unless there's like a lot of stress on me. When I was losing a ton of weight in 2017, I was running a ton. I was swimming and running, and just like, just running my heart out, running out of motions, and so if you ever see me do cardio, that means I'm trying to work out something. Trying to work through some emotions, and I was swimming in the pool, and I just I was able to get myself to a place where I can actually believe in positivity.
So when I move my body more, I believe in positivity more often. There's a higher chance of being positive, and so I'm trying to bring that information to my family. Because the the higher our energy, the the more aware we are, the higher our consciousness, the higher the odds a beautiful a beautiful solution will come. The higher the odds, like, I I I think me doing these things, me focusing on my health, focusing on my heart, on on my spirit, on my mindset, and trying to bring this to my family. Like, maybe my dad does something, maybe my sister does another tool, maybe my mom discover something about about what she likes to do. I don't know, like, I'm not trying to be militant with, like, what you need to do to be a sound individual, spiritually and physically.
For this $5,000 course. No. I'm just trying to share what I can to the people that I love the most about what might be what might help them make life in this difficult situation a bit more bearable. And that's only done in love. And I encourage you to do the same thing with your loved ones and yourself To keep yourself motivated, to keep yourself disciplined, and to do the things that are good for you. Because we usually don't do things that are good for us. That is the lesson that I have learned from my father. You know?
Regardless of you know, no one's really gonna no one really knows how did the cancer start. But what we all know whoops. What we all know is, like, usually cancer is, like, it's a long term, like, it's like it's, it comes at the end of something, you know. It's it's a return of what was, it's a return of certain things, like, if you're obese, that means you ate bad food. You know? So it's like a recourse. It's I don't have the right word for it, but whatever it might be. Maybe it's not food. Maybe it's whatever. I don't know. But it's at it's it's usually at the end of something, and so therefore, you gotta be one to meet it, to to meet it where it is, and to work with it, and to figure out a way to reverse it, or to figure out a way to at least align yourself, and the people around you to a more open future, to a more open path. You know? I'm sort of just rambling at this point, but that's my mindset with my family.
So Yeah, man. It's sort of serious. It's sort of serious. It sort of sucks, but my dad's leaving soon. He's getting so he had inflammation. He had like extra fluid in his belly. He's getting that taken out, tomorrow, Tuesday, and, then he's probably gonna leave the hospital Wednesday, and he's, he's open to new medications. The nice thing about my dad is that he's open to new things, so we got this thing, what's it called? It's called Fenbenbenben Fenben? Fenbenzoldol? I guess there's, like, some information about this over the counter dog. Do you and I'm not this is not medical advice, but there's just There's information, and there is some studies, about this over the counter drug called Fenbendazole.
It's a dog dewormer, and it's shown to decrease, cell replication within cancer cells. So my mom just got that. When he gets out of the hospital, I'm pretty sure he's gonna start a regimen with that. We're gonna listen to the doctors for what they recommend in terms of chemotherapy. We we discussed him doing a bit more just changing up his diet a little bit more, upping dosage, changing, like, you know, just like changing foods a bit more. So it's serious, man. It's serious, but wouldn't have it any other way because, you know, like, it it is what it is. You gotta accept the moment for what it is, and that's the truth.
That's the truth, man. So that's the value I got, man. That is the value. That means we're gonna, I wanna head on into the value for value section, everybody. America Plus is a value for value show. We're gonna do the value for value model here with the with the boostograms, with the music, this whole value verse, dude. This is how I want to do everything that I produce online. I produce the content upfront, and you're able to reciprocate the value that you're getting through 3 main ways. Time, talent, treasure. Time is by you listening, returning, sending this, talking about this. Just thank you for being around. Thank you for your attention.
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Last week I talked about that new, Francis Ford Coppola movie coming out later this year, Megalopolis. I talked about it last year, but wanted to bring it up. It was just at Kane's or or Conn's, whatever you wanna call it. So we got a, we got a couple boostograms coming in from at joelw, his first one, he sends in a usual 1,111¢. He has to say, I think the new Beetlejuice movie is, is the movie that's gonna answer all of our questions. Yeah, dude. Boost. Yeah, Joel. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice help me, please. Dude. I love Beetlejuice. I think that Beetlejuice would be be a good movie, dude.
Thank you, Joel. Next one from Joel. He come, set another text full of Richards. He says, sounds like Hollyweird is trying to run Coppola out of town. Like the guy in the first clip you played, he, he says he's part of the old guard. Probably a really good movie if they're trying to attack it like this. Yeah. And now, as the French say, it is time for Lebouze. Joel, you're a 1000% accurate, dude. They're trying to they're suppressing Francis Fort Goebel. And then the last one from Joel, he sends in through through the emojis through the emojis, sexual Richards, he says, forearm shiver, fire, rock on. Yes. Basically, you put Bitcoin boost in this, and all of a sudden, that is more efficient. Forearm shiver. Hell, yeah, dude. And I got, I got 40% of that boost. Forearm Shiver got 60%.
That's going on all the time at America Plus. The musician and band, they always get 40%. And then, the next boost to gram, the last one of the week, we got in, 1500. 1500. 1,500 satoshis from our friend, Pharrellis. He always likes to stream in and boost when he wants to. He was actually commenting on the, on the little show update. He says, we love you Cole. Praying for you and your family. Thank you so much.
[00:36:34] Unknown:
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[00:36:35] Cole McCormick:
you put Bitcoin with anything, and all of a sudden, that is more efficient. Boost. Thank you so much, Furlis, and thank you for, so much to Joel too. Oh, he commented on the show update as well. Thank you, Joel. Yeah, man. Family first. Right? Like like, thank you for that dude. Like that's value for value. Like those people, that is how you do value for value for real. The important thing to remember about America Plus is that, this this thing is like growing into into more things, into more shows, and more cinematic experiences, you know? So I'm grateful that I can have this community right now. I'm help I'm, grateful for the people who choose to donate, and choose to just hang out with me.
I just really I I really do appreciate you guys, and I appreciate, just the journey I've been on with America Plus. It's been really fun. I'm ready to see it grow more, and grow into where I wanna take it. You know? So that's the vibe, dude. What I wanna do now, guys, I wanna play a song. Now, this song. This song. This song. This song's legit. I was listening to my my favorite music podcast, the sidestream, hosted by Chris Cody. He had this sick song, dude, that I had to play for you. He does the rock and roll. I like the rock and roll, he does the rock and roll. So I got this one from him, today.
This is by Tony Salamone, I think that's how you say his name, Tony Salamone. It's called Red Light. Okay? And remember, he's getting 60% of your satoshi donation, so get a modern podcasting app, listen to the song, stream stream money to the song, boost the artist, dude. Come on now. This is Tony Salamone, red light. That's America Plus, bitch. Stay free.
