 Major sponsors for Ableton on Air include Green Mountain Support Services, empowering people with disabilities to live home in the community, Washington County Mental Health, where hope and support come together. Media sponsors for Ableton on Air include Park Chester Times, Muslim Community Report, WWW, this is the Bronx.info, Associated Press Media Editors, New York Power Online Newspaper, U.S. Press Corps Domestic and International, Anchor FM and Spotify. Partners for Ableton on Air include Yachad of New York and New England where everyone belongs, the Orthodox Union, the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Vermont, the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity and Montpelier Sustainable Coalition, Montpelier Medical Center of the Bronx, Rose of Kennedy Center of Bronx, New York, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of the Bronx. Ableton on Air has been seen in the following publications, Park Chester Times, WWW, this is the Bronx.com, New York Power Online Newspaper, Muslim Community Report, WWW.H.com and the Montpelier Bridge. Ableton on Air is part of the following organizations, the National Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences, Boston, New England Chapter and the Society of Professional Journalists. Hello and welcome to the tradition of Ableton on Air, the one and only program that focuses on the needs, concerns and achievements of the disability able. I've always been your host, Lauren Seiler, but before we get to our show today on sports and people with disabilities and also a show in Brooklyn called Ron Rondon's Road Trip or Road Trip with Ron Rondon, let's go into our sponsors. We would like to thank our sponsors Washington County Mental Health, Green Mountain Support Services and many others including the partnerships of York, New York and New England, the partnership of Habitat for Humanity of Central Vermont, the partnership of the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the partnership of Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Vermont and other partnerships as well including now the partnership with Road Trip with Ron Rondon at Brick Arts Media in Brooklyn, New York and welcome to Ableton on Air, Ron. Thank you very much for that. How are you doing by the way? We're doing great here in Vermont. How's it going in Brooklyn? Well, good. Good afternoon. We're getting ready to do a reboot. There was just a nice road trip, by the way. That was tonight. However, just a little bit of our Wi-Fi, a little bit of the concept of stuff. And now we just have to put it next and that will be on. And I kick off year number eight. Well, can you explain, well, before we get into sports, can you explain a little bit about Road Trip with Ron Rondon, you know, your show, because you've been a sports caster with TalksU, with TalksU AM Radio and podcasting and all of that. And you also used to work for USA Network. Yeah, go ahead. A lot of great people that would start at USA Network. Now it becomes NBC Universal and that was one of the great congregate organizations that have been there for the last 16 years, which is a great other place, very pleased to see that. The show Road Trip that I'm now starting my eighth season of the show is Top Culture and it's in the school. Cheriwoke has a lot of good fun. Plus, we have some brand new stuff this year and it's even more exciting because we've got some great musical acts that will be sent all local and their local performers that were going across the way. Starting with The Good Life Band. One of which are Resonate is a great group. Perform some of these stuff. And the show is going to be scheduled for the night now to be next week. Her name is Austin Johnson and she's a local Brooklynite who is her ancestor from Japan. And I want to give a big shout out to Austin Johnson and her terrific band. Can you explain why? Well, I mean you have challenges, but you know, learn disability and other challenges. Explain why you decided to go into TV production. Well, you know, I've been a big TV junkie myself because I love game shows and then when I got to game shows and sports and everything else when Art Kurtz was the time I was in Brooklyn, I came to a community college and I want to also give a shout out to Maria Caponella who inspired me for the first time in 2008. She helped us get involved in all that stuff. And then she says she's finished her day. She's very well and has some fun. You can go around. And then when I look about game shows and game show tapings right there, you know, I think I want to say also another shout out to Art Kurtz, Bill Mannard and the team over at Art Kurtz, Bill Mannard's production who does game shows for our point, which is also on by the way, I'm from Brooklyn, Green Beach. And it's on for three, and they call it late Saturday night. It's 1 to 1.30 and Sunday after this is 12 to 12.30. That's our next station. They got me into game shows, got me into contests and regular sports and the team. And now one day, got me just about five years later and he says, you look good. You want to get to TV. You did? You did? And they asked me, can you do it to TV? And then I was thinking about it. I was thinking about it in the middle of 2013. I just practiced for it. I said, you know what? This will fit me. And then that's what they got me into TV. You got me into helping get into great art media as well. Now, can you explain before Arlene asks some questions, what exactly is Brick Arts Media? It is a local and nonprofit act. This is for a lot of talented young people who want to get into productions to write things, producing their own shows. To me, I did 150 shows on my road trip. This is a show that I enjoy. My show, other great shows, created over 650 hours of programming, including broken records one, two, three, four, and of course, A-B. And more stations, more cable systems, like they're at the right to join the network. Just like they would network, people tell them, as a public entity, they will add some more great programs. Wait a minute, so your show is going to be airing in New Jersey as well? Yes, sir. We're just taking the tree lighting at Karma Square in Britain. Maybe one day, maybe you can get me in the show and get some TV. I'll put it back and we'll be back and it's buffering it to our score. We could pick up New Jersey. You never can tell. Okay, so Arlene, did you want to ask any questions right now? I want to check it out tonight. A terrific band called Revenate. Can you explain a little bit the type of... We focus on abilities, not necessarily the disability of the person, but can you explain a little bit about your challenge and then we'll get into sports. When they put me to special ed when I first came and we did a school that got me all the way into higher ground, it started more challenging. It was a PS1 place. It's right in Brooklyn. I used to live in a hybrid. My apartment was across the street from the school. So I went to the public school, come back, and then when you do want to disability for the last five years, they went to a couple of junior high schools. High school, you know, you went to CGS way back then. It was a very nice gift to stay home. And then when you got to a part time, a part time was like three hours. They don't say you like that, no way. So when I got through and went for better challenges, I went to a law firm, and there's another one called California Clinic, and that got me the last program for the last four or five. I know a little bit. So almost nine years of this place. I know I used to do a lot of socializing, but I did some a lot of work along the way, including doing shopping. And that got me into figure ground. That's where I got the MDT number which is the first two years as a network. I got a lot of network, from shopping, to going into a little good DBT work. It's a challenge for me, and then when I left, and then there was no more for me, then they got me into the, got me into the radio podcast thing, and another person, just to the shout out, it gives me a first. Got me, shout out, listening to your show, and then they got my sport show for seven great years on the show. And now, and then came to Rolls Royce. Remember, into my age season of the show, it's all challenging. It's very important that you just well, it came definitely into their place. So, so there's no more talk shoe dot com? I have to mention, it's a blog talk radio, because I also did blog talk radio too. Don't get that point to me. So I'll be doing some time to time with blog talk radio, I said blogcube.com. You never can tell what's coming next. But as far as the thing is there, I'm still doing this. I'm still doing some shows, not only from home, but also these shows from outside. Thank God, I think it's back. Oh, is that down there? Bayreth side of Ripper? Yeah. You know? Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. You said you may I miss? Oh, okay. Okay. And it's Japanese. That's what they call it anyway. All right. Let's talk a little. Any other questions you want to ask, Karleen? Okay. Okay. So what's going on with the sports that we can talk about for the next 15 minutes? Talking about, we know the World Series, well, the old people just started already of course the Yankees and the Mets are out. But there's, you know, we just keep winning. Sometimes they lose. This year, this is a bad season. And they, we have more games, one, pretty often. That's not for the Yankees. And then the last game on Garrett, Garrett Cole, the pitcher, and the first season, $327 million in his contract. And I look at the front page, he says, this season, made some pitching. And he's not going to go away with that easy. He'll be back next season. He takes a better kind of defense. He's a good defensive player. But the best part about the offense has been outstanding. But the time has come to give me more defense next year. I think, well, let's talk about coronavirus and sports for a minute, because I think that the 2020 season of sports completely was really, really bad. Because how the heck are you going to have cardboard cutouts or cardboard, cardboard players in the stands? That makes, that makes absolutely, just like, just like Warner Wolf put it, on his, you know, talking about Rocky IV for a minute, you know, the movie Rocky IV. Warner Wolf said, that's absolute pandemonium. So, I mean, it's really, we don't have fans, when you don't have fans in the stands, period. The college football season, one like, for example, the never-ending cardboard, but they do donate all to your charity, at least that's a good thing about it. But, it is both boring when you see cardboard cutouts, like, for example, you miss the real crowd coming in sustaining it. But the last year, remember last year, when Fox 4 did something critically crazy, because they had no fans in the stands, but they used technology, they used like, virtual fans in there, you know, across the baseball, uh, baseball dining. They show the fans, just so I can computerize technology. But, you know, not being into a clover. And then, when you look at the, the basketball season, while they're at Coral Vile, they can show fans the camera, like, for example, you can jump from your own camera, and you can watch the game as you see, as the fans in the stands. Mm-hmm. It wasn't bad at all, except if you're like, being in the audience, or being a fan, and you're like that. Same as the NHL, and they have the fan cam with a, with a lot of happy, uh, kind of a lightning, with, you grab it, and then spray shells up. Until now, they're asking for it back to the fan. As like, for example, the people are fully fascinated. They bring their cars, like, for example, if you bring your cars, or they show them, they don't need to carry everything. Make sure you're fully fascinated. And then, of course, they already bought the first two weeks of season. They put in, for example, first, first, they show them in. This time on the Yankee Day 1, 50 years, still a lot of you can see it. They, 11,000 fans. That's about, well, 10, 20% of the fans, in general, because everything, sometimes, Milwaukee, for example, at, uh, American Family Field, they see about 8,000, 10,000 people. They're also, there's one in Arizona, there's about 9,000 people. Until the summer, and the things get even better during July, they decide to bring it all in. Every fan, even they have to show the truth of the, the, the, I think, they show up 53,000 fans. That's, both fans. Okay, so let me, so, so, so let me get this straight. Um, since you're talking sports and health, in a sense, so in other words, you can't go to a stadium or go to a sports venue, unless you have your vaccination card. Is that, is that the rule? Vaccination card. Make sure you're fully vaccinated. You can use a card, and now they can use a virtual, uh, card, or a virtual card that says, you're from New York State, uh, New York State, the, uh, card-based path to show you proof that you are vaccinated. And once you get it, you go in to the stage. Same as the restaurant. Same as everything else. But this is a very important thing you have to have. I have one on my phone. You have to download this for free, and this is, uh, very good. But you also have the card. Yeah. Even if you have the card, you can use it. And if you have the, uh, phone with the, uh, with the app, you can use it. But they, um, so let me get this straight. They will not allow you though to go. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. And plus, plus, uh, couple of teams that I was looking at, Tom Brady's, uh, Tether Bay's Buccaneers, which I'm telling you, this guy is number one. Because Tether Bay wanted to vote with the man himself. He thought, he got that in a civil vote. If he goes like, he's like, hey, he has nobody, and I said, nobody was mine. You can, you can, you can get nothing wrong about this. He's cooking all in a first ballot all-famer. If he keeps it up. If he wins, it will cook me his, I don't know how many MBTs he has already, but my God, he's with the, I know his wife. Is there, okay. So while, while we have, hold on, so while we have six minutes left, anything that, uh, you know, you're going on anything you want to talk about your, with your show that's coming up in the future? Well, let me tell you what we got for our big game season because it's amazing that just, uh, for two different venues this year, uh, this year, it's already Nissel Haas, uh, that's right, the favorite side of Brooklyn, and hopefully in 2022 we'll be back at Greenhouse Cafe to do some brand new, uh, original Thursday night, uh, be part of it, and I'll be, uh, introducing some of the bands that we're hearing from, and so of course to shout out to two guys who, uh, they're great people with staff over there, that episode, uh, our 250th episode, and also to, um, Mack, I think he's great, he's also the, uh, original Thursday night, so, we'll be looking for this season, it'll be a lot of fun. Uh, also coming up on the season ahead, we'll be coming back to our original Christmas and December celebrations, of course, last year was nothing because it's just a color. I'll be thinking what's going to happen. This year, again, we'll be back in, uh, I'll be back in Christmas and Thursday. So, we'll be a little different this year, because this year, I always started, for instance, to start off with the kickoff for our Christmas celebrations, and then, like, giving the one that's bolted out at the end of the year, to celebrate the, uh, big celebrations, we've got a lot of good performers this year, be looking for it, including the, uh, skitters that are representing School of Rock. They did six Christmas carol music. It was so much fun. You're gonna love these kids. They're fantastic. And also from the American So you're going to go to Philadelphia. Once again, yeah, I haven't been to Philadelphia in quite a while anyway. There's a lot more surprises here, including the Winner Convo. We'll get more to you. We'll do your way back to Mark Church. And then some virtual surprises. So when you go to Philadelphia, do you work with anybody, or is it basically yourself? Well, that's what I was looking for. And hopefully, they also got something about, I'll probably have it all to be provided here from the New York City Philadelphia. So we'll keep you posted on all of that. Okay. Okay. So, all right. So before we end, you know, first of all, we want to like to congratulate you on your eighth season. Of Road Trip with Ron Rondon. Now, is there any way, give me the website that Road Trip with Ron Rondon's on? For your early birds, I don't know how you get back to jabbering or anything else. It starts at 4.30 a.m. to 5.00 a.m. for the first run ever. Tonight for the encore, which will be 11.30 p.m. to midnight before 5.00 a.m. and that's on Brooklyn Street Beach 1. So if you're in the Brooklyn area, you can watch it on the channel 1995. And if you're not in any of these areas, you can check out every Friday night or of course on Friday morning at 4.30 a.m. or at 3.00 p.m. Give me your Facebook page too. Yeah, it's bricartsmedia.org. Yeah, you can check it out. And also you can check out past episodes of Road Trip with Ron Rondon on YouTube. And by the way, we are back on Facebook because somebody hacked my Facebook account. So we're rebuilding the page and hopefully we get everything up there. So we'll have the past episodes and some brand new episodes. So we'll keep you told as soon as I get everything up for it. Okay, so for more information on Ron Rondon's show, you can go to www.bricartsmedia.org. That's B-R-I-C. ArtsMedia.org. And for more information on Able Than I Am, you can go to www.OrcaMedia.net. That's O-R-C-A-Media.net. We would like to thank our sponsors, Washington County Mental Health, Green Mountain Support Services, and the many, many, many partnerships including the Association for the Blind of Vermont, the Division for the Blind of Vermont, Habitat for the Humanity of Central Vermont, and many, many, many others including Yechad of New York and New England, the Orthodox Union, and also the partnership of Road Trip with Ron Rondon at www.bricartsmedia.org. Again, Ron Rondon, we would like to thank you for joining us on this edition of Able Than I Am. I'm Lauren Seiler. I'm Arlene Seiler. See you next time. Major sponsors for Able Than I Am include Green Mountain Support Services, empowering people with disabilities to live home in the community. Washington County Mental Health, where hope and support come together. Media sponsors for Able Than I Am include Park Chester Times, Muslim Community Report, www.thisisthebronx.info, Associated Press Media Additors, New York Powered Online Newspaper, U.S. Press Corps Domestic and International, Anchor FM and Spotify. Partners for Able Than I Am include Yechad of New York and New England, where everyone belongs, the Orthodox Union, the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Vermont, the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Center Vermont Habitat for Humanity and Montpelier Sustainable Coalition, Montefiore Medical Center of the Bronx, Rose of Kennedy Center of Bronx, New York, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of the Bronx. Able Than I Am has been seen in the following publications, Park Chester Times, www.thisisthebronx.com, New York Powered Online Newspaper, Muslim Community Report, www.h.com and the Montpelier Bridge. Able Than I Am is part of the following organizations, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Boston, New England Chapter and the Society of Professional Journalists.