1 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:18,685 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:26,659 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:26,726 --> 00:00:32,999 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 4 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:34,300 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 5 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:35,402 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 6 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:36,069 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 7 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:36,636 THANK YOU SO MUCH 8 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,171 FOR JOINING US. 9 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:40,273 IT'S BEEN ANOTHER BUSY WEEK. 10 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:41,441 RUSSIA'S STILL BRUTALIZING 11 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:42,675 UKRAINE, AMAZON WORKERS IN THE 12 00:00:42,742 --> 00:00:44,577 U.S. UNIONIZED FOR THE FIRST 13 00:00:44,644 --> 00:00:47,213 TIME, AND AT THE OSCARS, 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,915 THIS HAPPENED, A MOMENT THAT'S 15 00:00:48,982 --> 00:00:50,116 SINCE SPAWNED THOUSANDS OF 16 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:53,653 TERRIBLE TAKES, WITH THIS BEING 17 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:54,220 THE ONE WE MAY'VE NEEDED THE 18 00:00:54,287 --> 00:00:55,054 LEAST. 19 00:00:55,121 --> 00:00:55,855 >> THE QUESTION I'VE BEEN 20 00:00:55,922 --> 00:00:56,423 GETTING IS WILL SMITH 21 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:58,491 AND CHRIS ROCK. 22 00:00:58,558 --> 00:00:58,758 HEY, LOOK. 23 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:00,760 IT WAS UNFORTUNATE. 24 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:04,264 I THINK WILL WAS WRONG. 25 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:05,698 LOOK, I UNDERSTOOD THE FEELING. 26 00:01:05,765 --> 00:01:06,633 >> John: NOPE. 27 00:01:06,699 --> 00:01:09,035 NOT YOU, O.J. 28 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:09,803 NOT YOU. 29 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:10,870 NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ON 30 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:12,105 THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEEM 31 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:13,440 TO BE COMING LIVE FROM THE COVID 32 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:15,575 PATIO OF A SEÑOR FROGS. 33 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:16,876 YOU CAN SIT THIS ONE OUT. 34 00:01:16,943 --> 00:01:17,744 THINK OF THIS SITUATION LIKE A 35 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:18,478 ROWDY BACHELORETTE ORDERING 36 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:20,180 A MIMOSA. 37 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:21,748 WE WANT AS LITTLE JUICE INVOLVED 38 00:01:21,815 --> 00:01:24,184 HERE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. 39 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:24,951 BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO 40 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:25,819 WASHINGTON, WHERE REPUBLICANS 41 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:26,920 HAD A DRAMATIC WEEK, THANKS TO 42 00:01:26,986 --> 00:01:28,154 MADISON CAWTHORN, THE FRESHMAN 43 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,389 CONGRESSMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, 44 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:30,557 AND THE FALLOUT FROM THIS 45 00:01:30,623 --> 00:01:32,025 INTERVIEW. 46 00:01:32,091 --> 00:01:32,992 >> I LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE, 47 00:01:33,059 --> 00:01:33,960 A LOT OF THEM THAT I'VE LOOKED 48 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:34,861 UP TO THROUGH MY LIFE, 49 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:35,395 I'VE ALWAYS PAID ATTENTION 50 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:36,563 TO POLITICS, 51 00:01:36,629 --> 00:01:38,431 GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN ALL OF 52 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:39,799 A SUDDEN YOU GET INVITED TO 53 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:41,067 "WELL, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 54 00:01:41,134 --> 00:01:42,669 A SEXUAL GET-TOGETHER AT ONE OF 55 00:01:42,735 --> 00:01:44,938 OUR HOMES, YOU SHOULD COME." 56 00:01:45,004 --> 00:01:45,705 AND I'M LIKE, "WHAT DID YOU JUST 57 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:47,273 ASK ME TO COME TO?" 58 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:48,174 AND THEN YOU REALIZE THEY'RE 59 00:01:48,241 --> 00:01:49,609 ASKING YOU TO COME TO AN ORGY. 60 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:50,743 OR THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME 61 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:52,879 OF THE PEOPLE LEADING ON THE 62 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:54,781 MOVEMENT TO TRY AND REMOVE 63 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:56,282 ADDICTION IN OUR COUNTRY, AND 64 00:01:56,349 --> 00:01:57,183 THEN YOU WATCH THEM DO A KEY 65 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:57,817 BUMP OF COCAINE RIGHT IN FRONT 66 00:01:57,884 --> 00:01:58,485 OF YOU. 67 00:01:58,551 --> 00:01:59,886 AND IT'S LIKE, THIS IS, 68 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,788 THIS IS WILD. 69 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:03,289 >> John: OBVIOUSLY NO ONE USES 70 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:04,824 THE PHRASE "KEY BUMP" WITHOUT 71 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:09,395 KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS, 72 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:11,064 SO IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY 73 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:11,664 TELLING ON YOURSELF A LITTLE. 74 00:02:11,731 --> 00:02:12,398 ALSO, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT 75 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:13,233 PEOPLE HAVING COKE FUELED ORGIES 76 00:02:13,299 --> 00:02:13,867 DON'T CALL THEM 77 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:14,667 "SEXUAL GET-TOGETHERS." 78 00:02:14,734 --> 00:02:15,869 A "SEXUAL GET-TOGETHER" 79 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:17,070 SOUNDS LIKE A SEX TOY PARTY 80 00:02:17,136 --> 00:02:18,004 AT YOUR FRIEND BRENDA'S FRIEND 81 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:19,906 SHENAE'S HOUSE, WHERE YOU 82 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:22,575 REALIZE HALFWAY THROUGH THAT 83 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:23,243 THE WHOLE THING IS A PYRAMID 84 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:24,677 SCHEME. 85 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:25,311 "NO, I DON'T WANT TO SAMPLE ANY 86 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:25,879 MORE RASPBERRY NIPPLE CREAM. 87 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:26,279 THIS IS A SCAM 88 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:28,581 AND I'M GOING HOME. 89 00:02:28,648 --> 00:02:29,949 I GOT A BABYSITTER FOR THIS!" 90 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:31,084 ALSO -- AND THIS REALLY 91 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:31,985 ISN'T THE POINT, 92 00:02:32,051 --> 00:02:33,453 BUT WHAT IS THIS PODCAST? 93 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,989 THAT'S RHETORICAL. 94 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:36,723 I DON'T CARE AND I WON'T LEARN. 95 00:02:36,789 --> 00:02:37,924 I JUST THINK IT'S WEIRD THAT THE 96 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:38,858 ONLY TWO CLUES WE HAVE ARE 97 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:39,559 A BRAVEHEART POSTER AND WHAT 98 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:40,760 APPEARS TO BE A RAG DOLL 99 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:45,031 OF POST MALONE. 100 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:47,300 NOW, CAWTHORN'S REMARKS PROMPTED 101 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:48,401 STERN REBUKES FROM HIS 102 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,102 COLLEAGUES, WITH HOUSE MINORITY 103 00:02:49,168 --> 00:02:49,836 LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYING, 104 00:02:49,903 --> 00:02:50,637 "THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BEHIND HIS 105 00:02:50,703 --> 00:02:51,170 STATEMENTS... 106 00:02:51,237 --> 00:02:54,374 HE'S LOST MY TRUST, AND HE'S 107 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,542 GOING TO HAVE TO EARN IT BACK. 108 00:02:55,608 --> 00:02:56,342 AND IF THAT TRULY WAS THE MOMENT 109 00:02:56,409 --> 00:02:57,710 WHEN CAWTHORN LOST MCCARTHY'S 110 00:02:57,777 --> 00:02:58,111 TRUST, THEN LET'S 111 00:02:58,177 --> 00:03:01,014 TAKE A MINUTE ON THAT. 112 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:01,948 BECAUSE CAWTHORN'S SAID A LOT OF 113 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:02,682 OBJECTIONABLE THINGS. 114 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:03,650 HE'S URGED PEOPLE TO 115 00:03:03,716 --> 00:03:04,884 "LIGHTLY THREATEN" MEMBERS OF 116 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:06,019 CONGRESS AHEAD OF JANUARY 6TH, 117 00:03:06,085 --> 00:03:07,687 SUGGESTED BIDEN'S DOOR-TO-DOOR 118 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:08,488 VACCINE STRATEGY COULD BE USED 119 00:03:08,555 --> 00:03:09,689 TO "TAKE PEOPLE'S GUNS 120 00:03:09,756 --> 00:03:11,391 AND BIBLES," AND JUST RECENTLY 121 00:03:11,457 --> 00:03:13,493 CALLED ZELENSKYY A THUG. 122 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,931 HE ALSO OFFERED THIS INCREDIBLE 123 00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:18,698 PIECE OF PARENTING ADVICE 124 00:03:18,765 --> 00:03:19,365 LAST YEAR. 125 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:20,300 >> MY FRIENDS, THEY'RE TRYING TO 126 00:03:20,366 --> 00:03:20,867 DEMASCULATE THE YOUNG MEN IN 127 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:21,601 THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T 128 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:22,602 WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO 129 00:03:22,669 --> 00:03:23,202 STAND UP. 130 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:24,470 AND SO I'M TELLING YOU ALL OF 131 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:25,505 YOU MOMS HERE, THE PEOPLE 132 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:27,073 WHO I SAID WERE THE MOST VICIOUS 133 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:29,008 IN OUR MOVEMENT, IF YOU ARE 134 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:30,977 RAISING A YOUNG MAN, PLEASE 135 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:32,745 RAISE THEM TO BE A MONSTER. 136 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:37,584 RAISE -- 137 00:03:37,650 --> 00:03:38,217 [CHEERS] 138 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:39,185 >> John: OH, DON'T WORRY, 139 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:39,485 MADISON. 140 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:40,353 I'M SURE THE MOMS WHO RESPONDED 141 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:41,254 THERE WITH FRONT-ROW BEYONCE 142 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:44,991 TICKET ENERGY HAVE ALREADY 143 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,392 STRUCK THE EXACT RIGHT BALANCE 144 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:47,026 OF BIGOTRY, DENIAL OF AFFECTION, 145 00:03:47,093 --> 00:03:47,594 AND CASUAL PERMISSION OF 146 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:48,428 VIOLENCE THAT'LL HAVE THEIR SONS 147 00:03:48,494 --> 00:03:49,696 ON THE FRONT PAGE OF A TERRIBLE 148 00:03:49,762 --> 00:03:52,532 NEWS STORY SOON ENOUGH. 149 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:53,766 THE FACT IS, CAWTHORN'S RECORD 150 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:55,034 WITH THE TRUTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN 151 00:03:55,101 --> 00:03:56,336 UNRELENTINGLY BAD. 152 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:58,004 HE IMPLIED THE CAR CRASH THAT 153 00:03:58,071 --> 00:03:59,305 LEFT HIM PARTIALLY PARALYZED 154 00:03:59,372 --> 00:04:00,673 DERAILED HIS PLANS TO ATTEND THE 155 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:02,008 U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, EVEN THOUGH 156 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:02,709 HIS APPLICATION HAD ALREADY BEEN 157 00:04:02,775 --> 00:04:05,244 REJECTED BEFORE THE CRASH. 158 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:05,979 HE FREQUENTLY CLAIMED TO BE 159 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:07,113 TRAINING FOR THE PARALYMPICS, 160 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:08,548 WHICH WAS NEWS TO ACTUAL 161 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:10,516 PARALYMPIANS LIKE 162 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:11,317 AMANDA McGRORY, WHO POINTED OUT 163 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:12,352 HE'S NOT EVEN IN THE OFFICIAL 164 00:04:12,418 --> 00:04:18,124 PARALYMPIAN REGISTRY -- WHICH 165 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:20,360 HE WOULD HAVE TO BE 166 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,061 IN ORDER TO COMPETE -- 167 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:22,695 ADDING, "IT'S LIKE A KID SAYING 168 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:23,262 THEY WANT TO PLAY IN THE NBA 169 00:04:23,329 --> 00:04:23,730 WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR 170 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:24,397 FOURTH-GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM." 171 00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:25,198 AND QUICK SIDE NOTE: 172 00:04:25,264 --> 00:04:26,332 CAWTHORN OFTEN MAKES REFERENCE 173 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:26,966 TO HIS DISABILITY OR FINDS WAYS 174 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:27,767 TO CENTER IT. 175 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:28,635 LIKE WHEN HE MADE A POINT OF 176 00:04:28,701 --> 00:04:29,135 STANDING FOR THE FLAG 177 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:30,269 AT THE RNC. 178 00:04:30,336 --> 00:04:32,071 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ESPECIALLY 179 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:33,573 IRRITATES SOME DISABILITY 180 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,308 ADVOCATES, WHO FEEL IT 181 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:36,242 PLAYS INTO THE HANDS OF SOCIETAL 182 00:04:36,309 --> 00:04:38,177 ABLEISM, ESPECIALLY 183 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,445 THE CULTURAL DESIRE TO SEE 184 00:04:39,512 --> 00:04:40,480 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ONLY AS 185 00:04:40,546 --> 00:04:42,348 "INSPIRATIONAL," WHEN, 186 00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:43,983 OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE A BROAD GROUP 187 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:53,893 OF PEOPLE WHO INCLUDE EVERYONE 188 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,062 FROM INCREDIBLE ATHLETES 189 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:56,963 TO DOUCHEY FRAT BROS 190 00:04:57,030 --> 00:04:57,964 LYING THEIR WAY TO POWER. 191 00:04:58,031 --> 00:04:58,531 IT TURNS OUT BEING A SHITTY 192 00:04:58,598 --> 00:04:59,265 PERSON, UNLIKE SO MUCH OF OUR 193 00:04:59,332 --> 00:04:59,799 SOCIETY, IS ONE OF THE FEW 194 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:00,299 THINGS THAT IS ACTUALLY 195 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:00,967 ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. 196 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:02,635 BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE, BECAUSE 197 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:03,703 CAWTHORN WAS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF 198 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:04,604 A SCATHING PUBLIC LETTER SIGNED 199 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:05,505 BY MORE THAN 150 OF HIS FORMER 200 00:05:05,571 --> 00:05:07,273 COLLEGE CLASSMATES, 201 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:08,608 ALLEGING HE ENGAGED IN "SEXUALLY 202 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:09,042 PREDATORY BEHAVIOR" 203 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:10,510 WHILE IN COLLEGE. 204 00:05:10,576 --> 00:05:12,879 AND WHILE ON ONE HAND, HE DENIES 205 00:05:12,945 --> 00:05:14,747 THOSE CLAIMS, ON THE OTHER HAND, 206 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:15,448 THERE WAS THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT 207 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:17,583 IN A DEBATE. 208 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:19,152 >> IF I HAVE A DAUGHTER, I WANT 209 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:21,621 HER TO GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE 210 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:22,722 PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO ASK 211 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:23,923 PERMISSION TO TOUCH HER. 212 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:24,791 I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE MADE MY 213 00:05:24,857 --> 00:05:26,025 HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE MUCH LESS 214 00:05:26,092 --> 00:05:27,460 AWKWARD IF I KNEW THAT WAS 215 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:28,628 A QUESTION THAT COULD GENERALLY 216 00:05:28,695 --> 00:05:30,496 BE ASKED. 217 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,365 BUT ALSO, IF I HAVE A SON, 218 00:05:32,432 --> 00:05:33,933 I WANT HIM TO GROW UP IN A WORLD 219 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,368 WHERE HE'S NOT ACCUSED OF BEING 220 00:05:35,435 --> 00:05:37,003 A SEXUAL PREDATOR JUST BECAUSE 221 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:40,373 HE WANTS TO KISS A GIRL. 222 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,909 >> John: WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, 223 00:05:42,975 --> 00:05:43,643 THAT'S ALREADY HALF TRUE. 224 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:44,777 NO ONE TELLS BOYS THEY'RE 225 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:45,344 SEXUAL PREDATORS FOR WANTING 226 00:05:45,411 --> 00:05:46,412 TO KISS GIRLS. 227 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:46,879 HOW ARE WE DOING 228 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:47,847 ON THE OTHER PART? 229 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,215 I DON'T KNOW, MADISON. 230 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:49,949 LET'S ASK ANYONE WHO WENT 231 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:52,018 TO COLLEGE WITH YOU. 232 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,853 THE POINT IS, NONE OF WHAT 233 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:54,921 HAPPENED WITH CAWTHORN THIS WEEK 234 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:55,555 SHOULD BE REMOTELY SURPRISING TO 235 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:56,789 ANYONE. 236 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:58,524 ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHEN HE RAN FOR 237 00:05:58,591 --> 00:05:59,659 OFFICE, THIS WAS ONE OF HIS 238 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:01,828 ACTUAL ADS. 239 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:04,030 >> DID YOU HEAR? 240 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:05,398 MY OPPONENT IS A SIMP. 241 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:07,400 HE ENDORSED NANCY PELOSI RIGHT 242 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:10,136 HERE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 243 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:12,805 I WON'T ENDORSE NANCY PELOSI. 244 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:13,906 I'LL MAKE HER LIFE 245 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:14,707 A LIVING HELL. 246 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:15,842 I BELIEVE YOU CAN RUN YOUR LIFE 247 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:17,443 BETTER THAN I CAN. 248 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:19,512 BETTER THAN ANY SOCIALIST SIMP 249 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:20,246 CONGRESS CAN. 250 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:21,347 I'M MADISON CAWTHORN. 251 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:22,849 I'M NOT A SOCIALIST. 252 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:23,883 I'M NOT A SIMP. 253 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:24,884 I AM YOUR WEAPON. 254 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:25,651 SEND ME TO CONGRESS 255 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:28,588 TO FIGHT FOR YOU. 256 00:06:28,654 --> 00:06:30,123 >> John: OKAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW 257 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:31,157 MANY TIMES THE WORD "SIMP" 258 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:32,692 SHOULD APPEAR IN A CAMPAIGN AD, 259 00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:34,727 BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THREE. 260 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:35,862 AND NOW I'VE SAID IT OUT LOUD. 261 00:06:35,928 --> 00:06:36,596 MORE THAN ZERO IS CLEARLY 262 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:38,264 TOO MANY. 263 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:39,799 AND FOR THE RECORD, SINCE HIS 264 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:40,800 ELECTION, CAWTHORN HAS SHOWN 265 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:41,734 LESS INTEREST IN "FIGHTING FOR" 266 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:44,036 HIS CONSTITUENTS THAN SHAMELESS 267 00:06:44,103 --> 00:06:45,605 SELF-PROMOTION, REPORTEDLY 268 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:47,373 TELLING COLLEAGUES HE'D 269 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:47,940 BUILT HIS STAFF AROUND COMMS 270 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:49,675 RATHER THAN LEGISLATION, 271 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:51,177 WHICH ABSOLUTELY MAKES SENSE. 272 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:52,945 BECAUSE THIS GUY LOVES POSTING 273 00:06:53,012 --> 00:06:54,547 SHOTS OF HIMSELF ON INSTAGRAM, 274 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:55,448 WHETHER HE'S FISHING, 275 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:57,383 SMOKING CIGARS, OR -- 276 00:06:57,450 --> 00:06:58,084 IN A POST THAT'S NOW BEEN 277 00:06:58,151 --> 00:06:59,485 DELETED -- VISITING HITLER'S 278 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:00,953 VACATION HOUSE KNOWN AS THE 279 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:02,688 "EAGLE'S NEST", 280 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:03,656 IN WHICH HIS CAPTION REFERS TO 281 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:05,191 HITLER AS "THE FUHRER" 282 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:05,992 AND SAYS THE SITE HAD BEEN 283 00:07:06,058 --> 00:07:07,426 ON HIS BUCKET LIST FOR A WHILE 284 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:09,629 AND "DID NOT DISAPPOINT". 285 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:11,330 AND LOOK, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE 286 00:07:11,397 --> 00:07:12,064 WORST THING, BUT THERE'S ALSO 287 00:07:12,131 --> 00:07:13,232 THIS PHOTO, CAPTIONED, 288 00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:14,367 "GETTING CRAZY WITH SOME APPLE 289 00:07:14,433 --> 00:07:15,568 COBBLER MADE RIGHT OVER THE 290 00:07:15,635 --> 00:07:16,235 SMOKE." 291 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:17,537 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, 292 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:18,538 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY 293 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:19,939 NOT A COBBLER. 294 00:07:20,006 --> 00:07:21,040 IT DOESN'T HAVE A BISCUIT 295 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,208 OR A PIE DOUGH TOPPING. 296 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,042 IT'S NOT A BUCKLE BECAUSE I 297 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:23,509 DON'T SEE A CAKE BASE 298 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:24,677 WITH A STREUSEL TOPPING. 299 00:07:24,744 --> 00:07:25,912 IF HE WAS THROWING IT 300 00:07:25,978 --> 00:07:27,046 ON A STOVETOP, HE COULD TRY TO 301 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:27,413 CALL IT A GRUNT 302 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,015 BUT IT ISN'T ONE. 303 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:29,816 IT'S NOT AN APPLE BROWN BETTY. 304 00:07:29,882 --> 00:07:30,850 IT'S NOT A CRISP. 305 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:31,450 AND IF YOU'RE CALLING THAT 306 00:07:31,517 --> 00:07:32,418 A SONKER, YOU'RE DEAD FUCKING 307 00:07:32,485 --> 00:07:34,253 WRONG, MY FRIEND. 308 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,388 IT BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE 309 00:07:35,454 --> 00:07:36,155 GRATED A MEDIUM-SIZED BABY 310 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:37,390 INTO A SKILLET. 311 00:07:37,456 --> 00:07:39,091 THAT'S NOTHING. 312 00:07:39,158 --> 00:07:40,993 THAT'S FUCKING NOTHING, MADISON. 313 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:41,294 WORDS. 314 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:41,861 MEAN. 315 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:44,197 THINGS. 316 00:07:44,263 --> 00:07:45,898 BUT THE ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE OF 317 00:07:45,965 --> 00:08:00,613 HIS INSTAGRAM IS PROBABLY THIS. 318 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:01,614 >> John: YEAH, HE APPEARS TO BE 319 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:02,248 PUNCHING A TREE BECAUSE IT LOOKS 320 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:03,716 WEAK. 321 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:04,951 IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY TOLD 322 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:05,718 THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 323 00:08:05,785 --> 00:08:07,220 CHOPPING DOWN THE CHERRY TREE 324 00:08:07,286 --> 00:08:08,921 TO A DOG, AND THEN THAT 325 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,656 DOG TOLD MADISON CAWTHORN. 326 00:08:10,723 --> 00:08:11,324 IT IS, AND THIS IS TRUE, 327 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:12,558 ONE OF THE STUPIDEST THINGS 328 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:14,193 I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE 329 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:15,728 LIFE. 330 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:16,395 IF, WHEN I DIE, I MEET GOD, 331 00:08:16,462 --> 00:08:17,496 AND GOD SAYS "HEY. 332 00:08:17,563 --> 00:08:19,532 DID YOU SEE THAT STUPID THING?" 333 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:20,366 I WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOD 334 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:22,335 IS TALKING ABOUT. 335 00:08:22,401 --> 00:08:29,308 AND ALL OF THIS IS REALLY TO 336 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:30,676 SAY, KEVIN MCCARTHY, THIS IS THE 337 00:08:30,743 --> 00:08:31,544 GUY THAT SURPRISED YOU THIS 338 00:08:31,611 --> 00:08:31,844 WEEK? 339 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:32,612 THIS PREDATORY, CONSPIRATORIAL, 340 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:33,446 INEXPLICABLY HOSTILE TO TREES 341 00:08:33,512 --> 00:08:34,313 GUY? 342 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:35,681 YOUR PARTY'S SUPPORTED AND 343 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:37,283 ENABLED HIM THIS WHOLE TIME. 344 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:38,517 AND THE TACTICS HE USES ARE 345 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:39,785 PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE 346 00:08:39,852 --> 00:08:40,553 REPUBLICANS' WHOLE M.O. 347 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:44,457 RIGHT NOW. 348 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:45,391 OR TO PUT THIS IN TERMS MADISON 349 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:47,660 CAWTHORN WOULD UNDERSTAND: 350 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:48,761 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU RAISED 351 00:08:48,828 --> 00:08:49,295 A MONSTER, 352 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:49,829 AND NOW IT'S YOUR FUCKING 353 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:51,163 PROBLEM. 354 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:58,771 AND NOW THIS. 355 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:00,339 >> LOCAL NEWS HAS AN URGENT 356 00:09:00,406 --> 00:09:02,541 WARNING. 357 00:09:02,608 --> 00:09:04,744 >> THAT'S APPARENTLY WHAT SEASON 358 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:06,779 TWO OF BURGER TUNE IS ALL ABOUT. 359 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:09,749 >> IF YOU'RE GOING IN EXPECTING 360 00:09:09,815 --> 00:09:12,485 THIS SEASON FROM THE STUFF YOU 361 00:09:12,551 --> 00:09:15,988 GOT LAST SEASON, NOT GETTING IT. 362 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:17,023 SOME OF THAT SPACE. 363 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:17,223 OKAY. 364 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:18,624 >> I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT 365 00:09:18,691 --> 00:09:21,227 ENJOYING IT BUT LAST SEASON WAS 366 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:22,194 HAPPIER. 367 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:24,730 >> NOT AS STEAMY AS THE FIRST. 368 00:09:24,797 --> 00:09:27,600 >> NOT AS HOT AND HEAVY. 369 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:30,269 >> YOU ARE WATCHING BRIDGERTON 370 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:31,437 FOR SEX QUESTIONING >> THE WAY 371 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:32,004 IT IS AS BEAUTIFUL. 372 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:34,607 SOME OF THE STORY LINES WERE 373 00:09:34,674 --> 00:09:36,042 REALLY COOL. 374 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:38,778 I WAS EXPECTING MORE, MORE. 375 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:39,111 SPEAKER OKAY. 376 00:09:39,178 --> 00:09:47,219 >> LESS BUMPING UGLIES. 377 00:09:47,286 --> 00:09:49,956 >> THEY ARE JUST PLAYING POLO. 378 00:09:50,022 --> 00:09:52,858 >> LAST SEASON, YOU REMEMBER HE 379 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:54,560 WAS UNBUTTONING AND UNZIPPING AN 380 00:09:54,627 --> 00:09:54,827 UNLACING. 381 00:09:54,894 --> 00:09:58,397 >> IT'S NICE. 382 00:09:58,464 --> 00:09:58,631 >> OKAY. 383 00:09:58,698 --> 00:10:01,400 >> IT'S GOOD. 384 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:03,302 IT'S JUST NOT GREAT. 385 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:08,441 >> NO, IT'S JUST NOT... 386 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:08,641 THAT. 387 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:09,408 >> THEY SPICE. 388 00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:10,409 >> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 389 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:14,347 >> I DO. 390 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:15,147 >> John: MOVING ON. 391 00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:15,781 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 392 00:10:15,848 --> 00:10:16,382 TRUCKS. 393 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:17,116 EVERYBODY LOVES THEM, FROM 394 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:17,717 KIDS WHO LIKE THE FACT THEY GO 395 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:18,250 HONK HONK TO PRODUCERS OF 396 00:10:18,317 --> 00:10:19,051 REALITY SHOWS, WHO IT SEEMS 397 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:19,585 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF TRUCKS 398 00:10:19,652 --> 00:10:20,753 AND THEIR DRIVERS. 399 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:23,255 >> ACROSS AMERICA, GIANT TRUCKS 400 00:10:23,322 --> 00:10:24,256 WITH CARGOS WORTH MILLIONS 401 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:25,791 VANISH INTO THIN AIR. 402 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:27,960 BIG RIG BOUNTY HUNTERS. 403 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:28,861 >> THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO 404 00:10:28,928 --> 00:10:29,495 LEARN THIS JOB THAN ACTUALLY 405 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:31,263 DOING IT. 406 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:31,964 >> HIGHWAY THROUGH HELL. 407 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:33,332 ALL NEW. 408 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:34,033 >> SHIPPING WARS, 409 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:34,433 NEW SERIES. 410 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:35,334 >> WORLD'S TOUGHEST TRUCKER. 411 00:10:35,401 --> 00:10:35,701 ALL NEW SERIES. 412 00:10:35,768 --> 00:10:36,335 >> MUD MOUNTAIN HAULERS. 413 00:10:36,402 --> 00:10:45,745 NEW SERIES. 414 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:47,279 >> ICE ROAD TRUCKERS. 415 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:47,913 BEGINS SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH, 416 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:48,914 AT 10:00. 417 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:50,049 >> John: WOW! 418 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:51,350 APPARENTLY PEOPLE LIKE THEIR 419 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:53,052 REALITY TRUCKER SHOWS THE SAME 420 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:54,453 WAY I LIKE MY COFFEE: 421 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:55,721 FULL OF ICE AND INTENSE ENOUGH 422 00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:58,924 TO MAKE ME SHIT MYSELF. 423 00:10:58,991 --> 00:10:59,558 BUT TRUCKS AREN'T JUST A STAPLE 424 00:10:59,625 --> 00:11:00,826 OF REALITY TV. 425 00:11:00,893 --> 00:11:01,894 THEY'RE A VITAL PART OF OUR 426 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:03,095 ECONOMY, CARRYING 70% 427 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:03,629 OF THE TONNAGE THAT MOVES 428 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:05,965 AROUND AMERICA. 429 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:07,767 AND THE DRIVERS KNOW JUST HOW 430 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:08,234 MUCH THIS COUNTRY 431 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:10,102 RELIES ON THEM. 432 00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:11,437 >> IF THESE TRUCKS WERE SET -- 433 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:15,307 SHUT DOWN, FOR ONE WEEK, 434 00:11:15,374 --> 00:11:17,410 THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE IN -- 435 00:11:17,476 --> 00:11:19,045 >> THREE DAYS? 436 00:11:19,111 --> 00:11:20,112 >> THREE DAYS. 437 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:23,616 THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE, 438 00:11:23,682 --> 00:11:25,351 THEY'D SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN. 439 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:28,687 'CAUSE NOTHING YOU EAT, WEAR, 440 00:11:28,754 --> 00:11:34,093 DRINK, DRIVE, DOESN'T MOVE ON 441 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,129 A TRUCK. 442 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:37,930 >> John: RIGHT. 443 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:38,597 IT'S PRETTY UPSETTING TO REALIZE 444 00:11:38,664 --> 00:11:39,265 THAT, WITHOUT TRUCKS, AFTER JUST 445 00:11:39,331 --> 00:11:39,532 A WEEK -- 446 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:40,166 >> THREE DAYS! 447 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:43,135 >> John: SORRY, THREE DAYS, 448 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,136 EVERY PRODUCE DEPARTMENT IN 449 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:46,138 AMERICA WOULD GO FROM 450 00:11:46,205 --> 00:11:47,306 FULLY-STOCKED MARKET TO 451 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:48,274 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT RACCOON 452 00:11:48,340 --> 00:11:49,041 BUFFET. 453 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:50,009 SO IT'S NO WONDER TRUCKING'S 454 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:50,776 A HUGE INDUSTRY, WITH 455 00:11:50,843 --> 00:11:51,577 MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 456 00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:53,179 AMERICA WORKING AS DRIVERS, 457 00:11:53,245 --> 00:11:54,914 FROM PORT TRUCKERS WHO BRING 458 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:56,182 GOODS OFF SHIPS TO 459 00:11:56,248 --> 00:11:57,917 RAILYARDS AND WAREHOUSES, TO 460 00:11:57,983 --> 00:11:59,085 LONG-HAUL TRUCKERS WHO MOVE THEM 461 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:00,419 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TO 462 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:01,854 "LAST MILE" DRIVERS, WHO TAKE 463 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:03,189 CARE OF LOCAL DELIVERY. 464 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:04,790 AND YET, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY 465 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:05,324 HEARD RECENTLY, THE WHOLE 466 00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:06,225 INDUSTRY IS FACING A MASSIVE 467 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,060 PROBLEM. 468 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:08,894 >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO 469 00:12:08,961 --> 00:12:09,929 TURN NOW TO A NATIONWIDE 470 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:11,564 SHORTAGE OF TRUCK DRIVERS. 471 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:12,865 >> MAJOR TRUCK DRIVER SHORTAGE 472 00:12:12,932 --> 00:12:13,899 STRAINING THE ALREADY STRETCHED 473 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:14,800 CHAIN. 474 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:15,334 THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE 475 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:16,735 AN END IN SIGHT. 476 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:17,937 >> EMPTY STORE SHELVES SIGNAL 477 00:12:18,003 --> 00:12:21,140 A SUPPLY CHAIN IN CRISIS, 478 00:12:21,207 --> 00:12:22,608 EXACERBATED BY A SHORTAGE OF 479 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:24,276 TRUCK DRIVERS. 480 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:25,177 >> John: YEAH, THAT DOESN'T 481 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:26,445 SOUND GOOD, DOES IT? 482 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:27,246 THE ONLY TIME I'M ACTIVELY 483 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:28,681 ROOTING FOR A SUPPLY CHAIN 484 00:12:28,747 --> 00:12:29,615 CRISIS IS WHENEVER A 485 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:30,349 CONTAINER SHIP GETS STUCK IN THE 486 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:32,184 SUEZ CANAL. 487 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,987 I DON'T CARE IF THE GLOBAL 488 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:36,122 ECONOMY COLLAPSES, I JUST LOVE 489 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:38,524 TO SEE THAT BIG RECTANGLE STUCK. 490 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,127 THE POINT IS, TRUCKING COMPANIES 491 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:41,760 HAVE BEEN QUICK TO CLAIM THEY'RE 492 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:42,728 SUFFERING A SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS. 493 00:12:42,795 --> 00:12:43,295 THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THAT 494 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:44,330 FOR A WHILE. 495 00:12:44,396 --> 00:12:46,398 BUT THE TRUTH IS, THEIR ACTUAL 496 00:12:46,465 --> 00:12:47,399 PROBLEM IS LESS A PROBLEM OF 497 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:48,968 DRIVER SHORTAGE, AND MORE OF 498 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:50,536 DRIVER RETENTION. 499 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:51,670 BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 500 00:12:51,737 --> 00:12:52,538 PEOPLE BECOME TRUCK DRIVERS 501 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,507 EVERY YEAR. 502 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:56,175 BUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 503 00:12:56,242 --> 00:12:57,743 ALSO QUIT. 504 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:59,311 JOB TURNOVER FOR TRUCKERS 505 00:12:59,378 --> 00:13:00,713 AVERAGES OVER 100%, 506 00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:02,548 AND AT SOME COMPANIES 507 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:04,083 IT'S AS HIGH AS 300%, MEANING 508 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:05,117 THEY'RE HIRING THREE PEOPLE FOR 509 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:06,118 A SINGLE JOB OVER THE COURSE 510 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:08,254 OF A YEAR. 511 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,055 AND WHEN A FIELD THIS IMPORTANT 512 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:10,923 HAS A LEVEL OF JOB SATISFACTION 513 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:14,660 THAT LOW, IT SURE SEEMS LIKE 514 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:15,861 THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM. 515 00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:17,563 SO TONIGHT, LET'S EXAMINE THE 516 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,298 TRUCKING INDUSTRY: HOW DRIVERS 517 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:20,666 MAKE A LIVING, HOW THEY OFTEN 518 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:21,700 DON'T, AND HOW COMPANIES BENEFIT 519 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:24,003 FROM THE WHOLE MISERABLE SYSTEM. 520 00:13:24,069 --> 00:13:25,337 AND THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS, 521 00:13:25,404 --> 00:13:27,740 IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS. 522 00:13:27,806 --> 00:13:29,175 IN THE 1970s, TRUCK DRIVING WAS 523 00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:30,943 A SOLID MIDDLE-CLASS PROFESSION, 524 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:32,778 WITH TRUCKER CULTURE EVEN 525 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:33,946 BECOMING TRENDY, THROUGH SONGS 526 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:35,648 LIKE "CONVOY," MOVIES LIKE 527 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:37,183 "EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE", 528 00:13:37,249 --> 00:13:38,450 AND TV SHOWS LIKE 529 00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:39,351 "BJ AND THE BEAR", ABOUT 530 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:40,753 A TRUCKER AND HIS CHIMPANZEE 531 00:13:40,819 --> 00:13:42,054 FRIEND. 532 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:43,522 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT SHOW 533 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:44,390 SOUNDS WEIRD, YOU DON'T KNOW THE 534 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:46,725 HALF OF IT. 535 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:48,394 >> BJ WAS A HAPPY GO LUCKY 536 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,128 TRUCKER WHO WOULD HAUL ANYTHING 537 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:50,196 FOR A PRICE. 538 00:13:50,262 --> 00:13:51,363 >> YOU'RE THE GUY, AREN'T YOU? 539 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:52,598 THE GUY WHO'LL HAUL ANYTHING 540 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:53,199 ANYWHERE FOR A BUCK AND A HALF 541 00:13:53,265 --> 00:13:54,567 A MILE, NO QUESTIONS ASKED? 542 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:56,535 >> BUT THIS TIME, HIS CARGO WAS 543 00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:58,470 ELEVEN YOUNG WOMEN ESCAPING FROM 544 00:13:58,537 --> 00:13:59,471 A WHITE SLAVERY GANG. 545 00:13:59,538 --> 00:14:00,639 >> ROADBLOCKS MEAN NOTHING TO 546 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:03,309 BJ MCKAY, AN EX-POW AND 547 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:04,877 HELICOPTER PILOT FROM VIETNAM. 548 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,179 CLAUDE AKINS AND BETTY FINDER 549 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:08,080 STAR IN BJ AND THE BEAR, NEXT 550 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,448 WEDNESDAY AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL 551 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:10,816 AND MOUNTAIN. 552 00:14:10,883 --> 00:14:12,651 >> John: YES! 553 00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:13,152 THE TRUE GOLDEN AGE OF 554 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:15,921 TELEVISION RIGHT THERE. 555 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:16,922 THIS MEDIUM PEAKED IN 1979 AND 556 00:14:16,989 --> 00:14:17,556 WE'LL NEVER SEE THE MOUNTAINTOP 557 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:19,892 AGAIN. 558 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:20,859 THAT PROMO STARTED -- 559 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:22,461 STARTED! 560 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:23,362 WITH A DRIVER LIVING WITH 561 00:14:23,429 --> 00:14:24,797 A CHIMPANZEE AND ESCALATED 562 00:14:24,863 --> 00:14:26,065 SO FAST, CASEY KASEM DIDN'T HAVE 563 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:28,200 TIME TO MENTION THE CHIMP. 564 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:29,602 WHERE DID IT COME FROM? 565 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:32,104 WAS THE CHIMP ALSO IN VIETNAM? 566 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:33,038 WHY IS HE CALLED BEAR? 567 00:14:33,105 --> 00:14:33,439 WHO CARES? 568 00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:35,608 THERE'S NO TIME! 569 00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:36,542 IT SEEMS WE'RE SHOOTING GUNS 570 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,177 FROM HELICOPTERS AT OTHER 571 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:39,411 HELICOPTERS NOW, THOSE DETAILS 572 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:40,980 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT. 573 00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:41,547 EVERY YEAR THE EMMYS SHOULD 574 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:42,248 RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING 575 00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:43,616 "ALL AWARDS GO TO BJ AND THE 576 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:46,118 BEAR, AGAIN. 577 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:48,254 TRY HARDER NEXT YEAR, TV." 578 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,655 BUT THE TRUTH IS, TRUCK DRIVING 579 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,090 WAS GENUINELY A DECENT JOB. 580 00:14:51,156 --> 00:14:52,157 BUT THAT BEGAN TO CHANGE IN 581 00:14:52,224 --> 00:14:54,893 1980, JIMMY CARTER SIGNED THE 582 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,528 MOTOR CARRIER ACT, DEREGULATING 583 00:14:56,595 --> 00:14:57,096 THE MARKET IN AN ATTEMPT TO 584 00:14:57,162 --> 00:15:01,400 LOWER PRICES FOR CONSUMERS. 585 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:02,368 THAT SET OFF A RACE TO THE 586 00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:05,170 BOTTOM AMONG TRUCKING COMPANIES. 587 00:15:05,237 --> 00:15:06,238 AND 40 YEARS LATER, THE 588 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:08,641 BASE COMPENSATION FOR LONG-HAUL 589 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:10,476 TRUCK DRIVERS IS ESTIMATED TO BE 590 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:12,811 DOWN 50% IN REAL TERMS. 591 00:15:12,878 --> 00:15:14,280 AND THERE ARE THREE KEY PROBLEMS 592 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:14,880 WITH THE WAY THE INDUSTRY'S 593 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:15,614 CURRENTLY SET UP THAT WE'RE 594 00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,116 GOING TO LOOK AT. 595 00:15:17,182 --> 00:15:18,984 THE FIRST IS HOW THEY'RE PAID. 596 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:20,853 BECAUSE MOST LONG-HAUL DRIVERS 597 00:15:20,919 --> 00:15:21,887 ARE PAID BY THE MILE, NOT BY THE 598 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:23,689 HOUR. 599 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:25,190 RAISING OBVIOUS QUESTIONS, 600 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:26,759 LIKE WHAT ABOUT WHEN TRUCKS ARE 601 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:28,427 WAITING TO LOAD, UNLOAD 602 00:15:28,494 --> 00:15:29,161 AND RELOAD? 603 00:15:29,228 --> 00:15:29,795 DO THEY REALLY NOT GET PAID 604 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:30,896 FOR THAT? 605 00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:32,164 AND FOR THE MOST PART, 606 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:33,599 THEY DON'T. 607 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,767 THIS IS A HUGE STICKING POINT 608 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,001 FOR TRUCK DRIVERS. 609 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:37,536 IF YOU EVER GO ON 610 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,038 TRUCKER YOUTUBE OR TIKTOK -- 611 00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:40,539 WHICH YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD -- 612 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:41,507 YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF VIDEOS LIKE 613 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:43,275 THESE. 614 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:45,544 >> WHY DO WE HAVE TO SIT IN A 615 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,279 DOCK FOR THREE HOURS OR THREE 616 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:48,213 AND A HALF HOURS UP TO THIS 617 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,281 POINT? 618 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:51,917 >> I'VE BEEN IN THE SHIPPER 619 00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:59,425 NOW FOR 19 HOURS. 620 00:15:59,491 --> 00:16:00,526 NO OTHER -- NOT MANY OTHER JOBS 621 00:16:00,592 --> 00:16:01,694 WHERE YOU CAN JUST BE ON THE JOB 622 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,795 AND NOT GET PAID. 623 00:16:02,861 --> 00:16:03,729 >> YOU'RE SITTING OVER THERE 624 00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:04,697 JUDGING ME, BUT I DON'T HAVE A 625 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:07,266 RELOAD, WE CAN'T MOVE. 626 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:08,400 >> IT'S NOT ME, IT'S NOT ME, 627 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:10,602 IT'S DISPATCH! 628 00:16:10,669 --> 00:16:12,204 I CAN'T HELP THAT THE DISPATCHER 629 00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:14,139 IS SLOW AS SHIT! 630 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:15,374 WELL, YOU CALL AND TELL HIM, 631 00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:17,109 I AIN'T -- YOU AIN'T -- 632 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:18,711 I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF YOU AIN'T 633 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:19,378 GOT NO THUMBS, YOU CALL AND TELL 634 00:16:19,445 --> 00:16:20,012 HIM. 635 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:20,746 >> John: YEAH, THAT'S A MAJOR 636 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:21,980 PROBLEM. 637 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:23,749 THE WAITING TIME. 638 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:24,383 THAT IS, NOT THE FACT THAT DOGS 639 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:25,117 DON'T HAVE THUMBS AND CAN'T USE 640 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:28,887 A PHONE. 641 00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:30,089 THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. 642 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:31,490 BECAUSE IF THEY COULD, THEY'D 643 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:32,124 LITERALLY NEVER STOP TEXTING YOU 644 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:32,691 SHIT LIKE "FUCK, FUCK, FUCK 645 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:33,659 I JUST SAW A SQUIRREL!" 646 00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:34,727 AND "MISS U, LOVE U. 647 00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:35,294 FUCK, JUST SAW THE SQUIRREL 648 00:16:35,361 --> 00:16:36,662 AGAIN!" 649 00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:38,997 AND WHILE THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN 650 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:40,399 A PROBLEM, LONG WAITS AT LOADING 651 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:40,933 DOCKS HAVE ACTUALLY JUMPED 652 00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:45,971 SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS. 653 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:47,606 AND IF YOU LOSE HALF YOUR WORK 654 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:49,274 DAY WAITING, YOU'RE INCENTIVIZED 655 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:49,908 TO TRY AND MAKE UP FOR THAT TIME 656 00:16:49,975 --> 00:16:51,643 ONCE YOU'RE ON THE ROAD. 657 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:53,879 WHICH DOES MAKES SENSE. 658 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:55,347 IF I ONLY GOT PAID PER JOKE 659 00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:57,015 ABOUT AT&T, I'D TRY TO CRAM IN 660 00:16:57,082 --> 00:16:59,017 AS MANY AT&T JOKES AS POSSIBLE. 661 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:00,252 I'D BE DROPPING THEM LIKE AT&T 662 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:02,321 DROPS CALLS. 663 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:03,722 BECAUSE THE MORE JOHNNY BURNS, 664 00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:06,458 THE MORE JOHNNY EARNS. 665 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:07,259 BUT THIS CAN BE A REAL SAFETY 666 00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:08,727 PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US. 667 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,763 5,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR ARE 668 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,131 KILLED IN CRASHES INVOLVING 669 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:13,899 LARGE TRUCKS. 670 00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:15,300 NOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S TRIED TO 671 00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:16,635 ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS BY 672 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:17,669 MANDATING BREAKS AND LIMITING 673 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:18,871 THE NUMBER OF HOURS TRUCKERS 674 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:20,205 CAN BE ON THE ROAD. 675 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:21,407 THEY EVEN REQUIRE ELECTRONIC 676 00:17:21,473 --> 00:17:23,542 MONITORING DEVICES LIKE THIS 677 00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,444 ONE, THAT LOG WHEN THE TRUCK IS 678 00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:27,146 MOVING, TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. 679 00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:28,614 BUT MANY DRIVERS FIND THAT 680 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,048 FRUSTRATING IN A DIFFERENT WAY, 681 00:17:30,115 --> 00:17:31,884 BECAUSE IT LIMITS THEIR AGENCY 682 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:36,388 OVER HOW AND WHEN THEY DRIVE. 683 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:37,289 >> WE'RE NOT COMPUTERS. 684 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:38,824 WE DON'T HAVE AN OFF BUTTON. 685 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:39,558 THE THING THIS DOES DO IS -- 686 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:40,492 IS IT FORCES YOU TO GET UP 687 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,094 AND GO IF YOU'RE TIRED. 688 00:17:42,161 --> 00:17:42,961 IT FORCES YOU TO GET UP AND GO 689 00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,163 IF YOU DON'T FEEL GOOD. 690 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:44,763 AND IT'S NOT ABOUT RUNNING 691 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:46,031 24 HOURS A DAY. 692 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:47,232 IT'S ABOUT MAKING A COMMON SENSE 693 00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:49,968 DECISION ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL, HOW 694 00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:51,437 THE ROAD CONDITIONS ARE, WHETHER 695 00:17:51,503 --> 00:17:52,438 OR NOT YOU WANT TO RUN THROUGH 696 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:53,672 RUSH HOUR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, 697 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:54,640 ET CETERA. 698 00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:55,908 >> John: LOOK. 699 00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:57,109 THERE ARE SOME JOBS YOU CAN 700 00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:58,143 ABSOLUTELY DO IF YOU DON'T FEEL 701 00:17:58,210 --> 00:17:58,811 GOOD. 702 00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:00,446 LIKE THIS ONE. 703 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:02,214 I FEEL LIKE SHIT ALL THE TIME. 704 00:18:02,281 --> 00:18:08,454 LOOK AT ME. 705 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,221 BUT IT DOESN'T 706 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:09,988 REALLY MATTER, BECAUSE 707 00:18:10,055 --> 00:18:10,656 THIS DESK ISN'T MOVING 708 00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:11,123 AT 80 MILES AN HOUR, 709 00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:11,723 SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY 710 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:12,624 POOR JOB PERFORMANCE 711 00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:14,026 ARE NOT LIKELY TO KILL ANYONE. 712 00:18:14,092 --> 00:18:14,693 AND WHEN THESE RIGID RULES BUMP 713 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:15,761 UP AGAINST UNPREDICTABLE WORK 714 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:16,628 HOURS, DRIVERS ARE PUT IN AN 715 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:18,564 IMPOSSIBLE PLACE. 716 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,199 TAKE THIS DRIVER, WHOSE COMPANY 717 00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:21,934 MADE HIM TAKE HIS TEN-HOUR BREAK 718 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,302 DURING THE DAY, WHEN HE COULDN'T 719 00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:24,770 SLEEP, AND THEN FOUND HIMSELF 720 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:27,673 DRIVING EXHAUSTED AT NIGHT. 721 00:18:27,739 --> 00:18:28,640 AND WHEN HE CALLED HIS 722 00:18:28,707 --> 00:18:29,508 DISPATCHER TO SAY HE FELT UNSAFE 723 00:18:29,575 --> 00:18:30,476 TO DRIVE, JUST WATCH HOW BADLY 724 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,611 THE CALL WENT. 725 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:34,046 >> HEY, MAN, WE GOT A BIT OF 726 00:18:34,112 --> 00:18:34,546 A PROBLEM, DUDE. 727 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:35,714 I'M STARTING TO FALL ASLEEP 728 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,850 GOING DOWN THE ROAD HERE. 729 00:18:37,916 --> 00:18:39,051 >> BUT GET A LOAD OF THIS, 730 00:18:39,117 --> 00:18:40,352 THE K&B DISPATCHERS, INSTEAD OF 731 00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:42,521 TELLING HIM TO JUST GET SOME 732 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:43,989 REST, HOT POTATO ABE FROM ONE 733 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:46,125 DISPATCHER TO ANOTHER, EACH OF 734 00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:48,727 THEM WITH THE SAME ADVICE. 735 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:50,095 >> GET SOME COFFEE AND THEN 736 00:18:50,162 --> 00:18:51,330 LET'S -- 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 737 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:52,831 A CHOICE ON THIS. 738 00:18:52,898 --> 00:18:53,966 EITHER GET SOME COFFEE, WALK 739 00:18:54,032 --> 00:18:55,601 AROUND THE TRUCK, DO SOMETHING? 740 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:56,935 >> I ALREADY DID THAT EARLIER, 741 00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:57,102 MAN. 742 00:18:57,169 --> 00:18:59,104 >> LET'S GET OUT AND GET SOME 743 00:18:59,171 --> 00:18:59,605 FRESH AIR, WHAT IS IT, 744 00:18:59,671 --> 00:19:00,739 ABOUT 10 DEGREES OUTSIDE? 745 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:01,507 >> YEP. 746 00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:02,107 >> THAT'LL WAKE YOU RIGHT UP, 747 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:03,375 RIGHT? 748 00:19:03,442 --> 00:19:04,109 >> I'M TELLING YOU. 749 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:04,710 I'M NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT THE 750 00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:05,878 MOMENT. 751 00:19:05,944 --> 00:19:07,145 >> OKAY, WELL THEN, HERE'S THE 752 00:19:07,212 --> 00:19:07,880 DEAL, WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE 753 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:09,081 ON THIS. 754 00:19:09,147 --> 00:19:09,748 THAT'S NOT HOW WE WORK HERE 755 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:10,716 AT K&B. 756 00:19:10,782 --> 00:19:11,650 >> I SAY I'M NOT GONNA HURT 757 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:12,985 ANYBODY OUT HERE ON THE ROAD. 758 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:14,319 >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 759 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:15,254 YOU DON'T NEED TO JUMP TO THAT. 760 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:15,754 THAT'S DRAMATIC [BLEEP] 761 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:16,421 THAT I DON'T NEED THIS MORNING, 762 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:18,390 RIGHT? 763 00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:19,424 >> John: WOW, "I DON'T NEED THAT 764 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,526 THIS MORNING"? 765 00:19:20,592 --> 00:19:22,027 THAT'S A HELL OF A STATEMENT. 766 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:22,928 "GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT 767 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,430 DRAMATIC SHIT UNTIL AT LEAST 768 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:26,098 1:00 P.M., 769 00:19:26,164 --> 00:19:27,099 IT'S LIKE THIS MUG SAYS. 770 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:27,666 "DON'T CONFRONT ME WITH THE 771 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,001 POTENTIALLY LETHAL CONSEQUENCES 772 00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:30,035 OF MY RECKLESS DECISION MAKING 773 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:32,404 UNTIL AFTER I'VE HAD MY COFFEE." 774 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:33,972 SO DRIVERS END UP GETTING 775 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:38,810 SQUEEZED BETWEEN REGULATIONS 776 00:19:38,877 --> 00:19:39,511 AND THE COMPANIES, 777 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:40,846 AND AT NO POINT IN THE PROCESS 778 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:41,480 ARE THEIR OWN FEELINGS OR NEEDS 779 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:41,914 TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 780 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:42,681 AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY THEY 781 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:44,349 GET SQUEEZED. 782 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:46,285 BECAUSE THE SECOND EXPLOITATIVE 783 00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:47,419 QUIRK OF THIS INDUSTRY CONCERNS 784 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:48,420 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRIVERS 785 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:50,455 AND TRUCKING COMPANIES. 786 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:52,824 MANY CARRIERS CLASSIFY DRIVERS 787 00:19:52,891 --> 00:19:53,659 NOT AS EMPLOYEES, BUT AS 788 00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:56,128 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. 789 00:19:56,194 --> 00:19:57,429 AND WHILE THERE ARE SOME TO WHOM 790 00:19:57,496 --> 00:19:59,364 THAT LABEL TRULY APPLIES -- 791 00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:00,365 THOSE WHO GENUINELY HAVE THE 792 00:20:00,432 --> 00:20:02,868 FREEDOM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 793 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:03,735 DIFFERENT LOADS AND HAUL FOR 794 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:04,603 WHOMEVER THEY WANT -- THE FACT 795 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,371 IS, MANY COMPANIES MISCLASSIFY 796 00:20:06,438 --> 00:20:08,473 DRIVERS AS INDEPENDENT WHO WORK 797 00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:10,075 EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEM, AND WHOSE 798 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:10,542 DAY-TO-DAY LIVES THEY 799 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:13,045 FUNDAMENTALLY CONTROL. 800 00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:13,912 AND THERE ARE OBVIOUS REASONS 801 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:15,180 FOR COMPANIES TO DO THIS, 802 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:17,249 AS THIS TRUCKER EXPLAINS. 803 00:20:17,316 --> 00:20:18,584 >> I'M NOT CLASSIFIED 804 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:19,718 AS AN EMPLOYEE. 805 00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:20,552 I AM CLASSIFIED AS AN 806 00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:22,421 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, BUT I 807 00:20:22,487 --> 00:20:24,022 HAVE VERY, VERY LITTLE CONTROL 808 00:20:24,089 --> 00:20:25,991 OVER THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF 809 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,559 MY COMPANY. 810 00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:29,394 >> DESPITE HIS SO-CALLED 811 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:30,862 INDEPENDENCE, PRIOR WORKS 812 00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:31,697 EXCLUSIVELY FOR SHIPPERS, WHICH 813 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:33,799 DOLES OUT HIS DAILY ROUTES. 814 00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:35,133 HE HAS SEEN HIS PAYCHECKS 815 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,268 DWINDLE, AND HAS NONE OF THE 816 00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:37,235 PROTECTIONS HE WOULD GET AS AN 817 00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:39,071 EMPLOYEE. 818 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:40,205 >> AS LONG AS WE'RE INDEPENDENT 819 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:40,839 CONTRACTORS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO 820 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:41,873 COVER BENEFITS, THEY DON'T HAVE 821 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:44,309 TO COVER SICK DAYS, BEREAVEMENT 822 00:20:44,376 --> 00:20:47,746 LEAVE TIME, HOLIDAY PAY. 823 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:50,382 IT JUST SAVES THE COMPANY MONEY. 824 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:51,683 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE THIS IS 825 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,352 ATTRACTIVE FOR COMPANIES. 826 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:54,252 THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE YOU 827 00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:55,120 TIME OFF WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER 828 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:56,555 DIES. 829 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,390 SO UNLESS YOUR NANA'S WAKE IS 830 00:20:58,457 --> 00:20:59,391 BEING HELD IN FRONT OF THE 831 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:00,692 DIESEL PUMP AT A WAWA, YOU'RE 832 00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:01,493 PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 833 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,995 ATTEND. 834 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:03,629 AND IT ACTUALLY EXEMPTS THEM 835 00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:05,263 FROM EVEN MORE THAN WHAT HE JUST 836 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:06,331 SAID. 837 00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:07,566 BECAUSE IT ALSO ALLOWS COMPANIES 838 00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:08,634 TO AVOID PAYING PAYROLL TAXES, 839 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:09,468 WORKERS' COMP, AND UNEMPLOYMENT 840 00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:10,836 INSURANCE, AS WELL AS THE 841 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:13,205 MINIMUM WAGE. 842 00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:14,740 AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, BEING 843 00:21:14,806 --> 00:21:15,574 AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MEANS 844 00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:17,109 ALL THE COSTS AND RISKS OF TRUCK 845 00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:18,076 OWNERSHIP GET PUSHED ONTO THE 846 00:21:18,143 --> 00:21:20,612 DRIVER. 847 00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:21,747 JUST WATCH AS THIS FORMER 848 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:22,848 TRUCKER EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHAT 849 00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:23,849 WAS LEFT OF HER HOUSEHOLD 850 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:25,083 EARNINGS, ONCE SHE AND HER 851 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:26,184 HUSBAND HAD ACCOUNTED FOR ALL 852 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:28,987 THEIR COSTS. 853 00:21:29,054 --> 00:21:31,023 >> WE MADE $150,000, RIGHT, 854 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:32,524 IN A YEAR. 855 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:33,659 THAT SOUNDS GREAT, RIGHT? 856 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:36,061 THAT'S, LIKE, GOOD MONEY. 857 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:39,364 WE PAID $100,000 IN FUEL, OKAY? 858 00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:40,766 SO, RIGHT THERE, NOW I MADE 859 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:42,868 $50,000. 860 00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:44,236 BUT I DIDN'T REALLY, BECAUSE, 861 00:21:44,302 --> 00:21:46,505 YOU KNOW, YOU GET AN OIL CHANGE 862 00:21:46,571 --> 00:21:47,072 EVERY MONTH, SO THAT'S $300 863 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:47,906 A MONTH. 864 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:48,507 YOU STILL HAVE TO DO ALL THE 865 00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:50,108 MAINTENANCE. 866 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:51,476 WE HAD A MOTOR BLOW OUT, RIGHT? 867 00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:54,246 $13,000. 868 00:21:54,312 --> 00:21:55,147 RIGHT? 869 00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:56,515 I KNOW, I MEAN, I CHOKE UP 870 00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:57,282 A LITTLE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, 871 00:21:57,349 --> 00:22:00,018 BECAUSE IT WAS... 872 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:01,586 AND IT WAS 13,000, AND WE WERE 873 00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:03,622 OFF WORK FOR TWO WEEKS. 874 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:05,190 SO, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WITH 875 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:07,025 THAT $150,000, BY THE END OF THE 876 00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:10,429 YEAR, WE'D MADE ABOUT $22,000. 877 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,230 >> John: YEAH, AND LOOK. 878 00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:13,865 I'M NO CPA, DESPITE THE FACE, 879 00:22:13,932 --> 00:22:15,400 GLASSES, AND INSATIABLE 880 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,402 HORNINESS FOR NUMBERS THAT 881 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:18,603 STRONGLY IMPLY OTHERWISE, BUT 882 00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:20,238 THAT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY SHITTY 883 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:21,840 BOTTOM LINE. 884 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:23,241 AND WHILE MOST OF THE DRIVERS 885 00:22:23,308 --> 00:22:24,076 YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR TONIGHT HAVE 886 00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:25,310 BEEN IN LONG-HAUL, THIS 887 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:27,579 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR PROBLEM 888 00:22:27,646 --> 00:22:29,414 ALSO VERY MUCH APPLIES TO THOSE 889 00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:30,015 AT EITHER END OF THE SHIPPING 890 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:31,249 PROCESS, TOO, LIKE 891 00:22:31,316 --> 00:22:32,651 PORT TRUCKERS, WHERE ONE STUDY 892 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:35,287 ESTIMATED TWO-THIRDS OF THEM 893 00:22:35,353 --> 00:22:36,121 ARE MISCLASSIFIED, AND ALSO 894 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,590 "LAST MILE" DRIVERS. 895 00:22:38,657 --> 00:22:40,192 THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE 896 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:41,226 BOX TRUCKS OR SPRINTER VANS TO 897 00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:41,727 DELIVER STUFF DIRECTLY 898 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:44,129 TO YOUR DOOR. 899 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:45,163 YOU KNOW HOW YOU SEE 900 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:46,465 FEDEX GROUND TRUCKS? 901 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:48,867 THOSE AREN'T FEDEX EMPLOYEES, 902 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:49,968 DESPITE EVERY VISUAL INDICATION 903 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:51,436 TO THE CONTRARY. 904 00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:53,405 THEY MAY WEAR A FEDEX UNIFORM, 905 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:55,474 THEIR TRUCK MAY SAY FEDEX ON IT, 906 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:56,675 AND THEY MAY EXCLUSIVELY DELIVER 907 00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:58,443 PACKAGES FOR FEDEX, BUT THEY'RE 908 00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:00,479 TECHNICALLY INDEPENDENT. 909 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:01,913 IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE 910 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:03,348 SIDE OF THE TRUCKS, 911 00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:04,149 YOU'LL SEE SMALL FINE PRINT 912 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:05,550 INDICATING WHO ACTUALLY OWNS IT, 913 00:23:05,617 --> 00:23:08,553 AND IT'S NOT FEDEX. 914 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:10,288 AMAZON USES A SIMILAR MODEL WITH 915 00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:11,990 ITS "DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNERS." 916 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,325 AND AGAIN: THE APPEAL FOR AMAZON 917 00:23:13,391 --> 00:23:14,960 IS OBVIOUS. 918 00:23:15,026 --> 00:23:16,228 USING DRIVERS THAT AREN'T DIRECT 919 00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:17,129 EMPLOYEES ALLOWS THEM TO 920 00:23:17,195 --> 00:23:19,331 DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM 921 00:23:19,397 --> 00:23:22,267 LIABILITY WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. 922 00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:23,869 WHICH THEY DO, PARTICULARLY 923 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:25,437 GIVEN THE RIDICULOUS PACE AMAZON 924 00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:27,339 EXPECTS. 925 00:23:27,405 --> 00:23:29,074 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ALL THE 926 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:30,475 STORIES OF DRIVERS HAVING TO 927 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,110 URINATE IN BOTTLES, BECAUSE THEY 928 00:23:32,177 --> 00:23:36,414 DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO STOP. 929 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,883 THAT SPEAKS TO THE 930 00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:39,284 RELENTLESS PRESSURE TO DELIVER 931 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:39,885 RELENTLESS PRESSURE TO DELIVER 932 00:23:39,951 --> 00:23:40,886 HUNDREDS OF PACKAGES PER SHIFT. 933 00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:41,520 >> PEOPLE ARE BUSTING THEIR ASS 934 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:42,053 DRIVING WAY OVER THE SPEED 935 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:42,854 LIMIT. 936 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:44,156 PEOPLE ARE RUNNING THROUGH STOP 937 00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:45,457 SIGNS, RUNNING THROUGH YELLOW 938 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:46,792 LIGHTS. 939 00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:47,926 EVERYBODY I KNEW WAS BUCKLING 940 00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:50,162 THEIR SEATBELT BEHIND THEIR 941 00:23:50,228 --> 00:23:51,363 BACKS BECAUSE THE TIME IT TOOK 942 00:23:51,429 --> 00:23:52,664 JUST TO BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT, 943 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:54,266 UNBUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT EVERY 944 00:23:54,332 --> 00:23:55,367 TIME WAS ENOUGH TIME TO GET YOU 945 00:23:55,433 --> 00:24:00,005 BEHIND SCHEDULE. 946 00:24:00,071 --> 00:24:00,972 >> John: YEAH, THAT'S NOT GOOD. 947 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:02,274 I THOUGHT EVERYONE KNEW THE ONLY 948 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:03,775 PLACE IT'S FINE NOT TO HAVE 949 00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:04,442 A SEAT BELT IS, FOR SOME REASON, 950 00:24:04,509 --> 00:24:07,813 A SCHOOL BUS. 951 00:24:07,879 --> 00:24:09,281 THAT'S WHERE WE AGREED TO SKIMP 952 00:24:09,347 --> 00:24:10,248 ON THEM AS A SOCIETY. 953 00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:11,383 THE KIDS'LL BE FINE! 954 00:24:11,449 --> 00:24:11,883 WE'LL PUT A LITTLE 955 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:12,918 STOP SIGN ON THE OUTSIDE! 956 00:24:12,984 --> 00:24:14,886 THEY'LL BE FINE! 957 00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:17,022 AND IF YOU THINK THAT NONSTOP 958 00:24:17,088 --> 00:24:19,224 PRESSURE SEEMS LIKE AN ACCIDENT 959 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:20,192 WAITING TO HAPPEN, 960 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:21,159 IT ALREADY HAS. 961 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:22,060 INVESTIGATIONS BY PROPUBLICA 962 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,395 AND BUZZFEED FOUND THAT, 963 00:24:23,461 --> 00:24:24,696 IN A FOUR-YEAR WINDOW, 964 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:25,764 DRIVERS DELIVERING AMAZON 965 00:24:25,831 --> 00:24:26,498 PACKAGES HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN 966 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:28,533 MORE THAN 60 CRASHES THAT LED TO 967 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,267 SERIOUS INJURIES, INCLUDING 968 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:31,903 13 DEATHS. 969 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:33,638 OR, AS THAT'S MORE COMMONLY 970 00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:35,941 KNOWN, A BEZOS' DOZEN. 971 00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:37,175 BUT, AGAIN: AMAZON IS BASICALLY 972 00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:38,844 OFF THE HOOK HERE, BECAUSE THESE 973 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:41,613 DRIVERS AREN'T THEIR EMPLOYEES, 974 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,048 THEY'RE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. 975 00:24:43,114 --> 00:24:44,316 MEANING THE CONTRACTOR IS 976 00:24:44,382 --> 00:24:45,817 RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT 977 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,552 GOES WRONG, NOT THEM. 978 00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:48,954 IN FACT, UNDER AMAZON'S 979 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:49,688 CONTRACTS, THEY'RE EVEN 980 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:50,822 REPORTEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 981 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:52,624 PAYING AMAZON'S LEGAL BILLS 982 00:24:52,691 --> 00:24:54,292 IN THE EVENT OF A LAWSUIT, 983 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,095 WHICH IS ONLY FAIR. 984 00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:58,830 IT'S NOT LIKE JEFF BEZOS CAN 985 00:24:58,897 --> 00:25:00,498 AFFORD TO PAY ALL THOSE LAWYERS. 986 00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:01,633 HE'S SPENDING HIS MONEY ON 987 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:02,667 THINGS THAT TRULY BENEFIT 988 00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:05,370 SOCIETY, LIKE LAUNCHING HIMSELF 989 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:07,372 INTO SPACE BEFORE DISAPPOINTING 990 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,808 EVERYONE AND COMING BACK SAFELY. 991 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:11,610 AND AMAZINGLY, I'VE GOT ONE MORE 992 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:12,777 EXPLOITATIVE QUIRK OF THIS 993 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,246 INDUSTRY TO SHOW YOU. 994 00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:15,046 AND IT'S SOMETHING CALLED LEASE 995 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:16,548 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. 996 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:18,383 THIS IS A SYSTEM WHERE DRIVERS 997 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,385 WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEIR OWN 998 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:21,887 TRUCK ARE OFFERED THE CHANCE TO 999 00:25:21,953 --> 00:25:23,722 LEASE ONE FROM THE COMPANY THEY 1000 00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:24,389 DRIVE FOR WITH THE PROMISE THAT 1001 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:25,023 THEY'LL EARN ENOUGH TO 1002 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:25,590 EVENTUALLY PAY IT OFF 1003 00:25:25,657 --> 00:25:27,726 AND OWN IT. 1004 00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:28,460 HERE'S ONE COMPANY GIVING YOU 1005 00:25:28,526 --> 00:25:29,427 THE HARD SELL. 1006 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:30,128 >> OWN YOUR FUTURE 1007 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:31,730 WITH WESTERN EXPRESS! 1008 00:25:31,796 --> 00:25:33,031 FIND YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL 1009 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:33,865 AND EARNING POWER WITH TRUCK 1010 00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:35,400 OWNERSHIP! 1011 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:36,635 WESTERN'S LEASE-PURCHASE PROGRAM 1012 00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:38,103 IS LIKE NO OTHER. 1013 00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:39,571 THERE'S NO MONEY DOWN, NO CREDIT 1014 00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:40,839 CHECK, AND NO BALLOON PAYMENTS. 1015 00:25:40,906 --> 00:25:42,140 AT WESTERN EXPRESS, WE DELIVER 1016 00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:43,208 INDEPENDENCE, ONE DRIVER 1017 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,911 AT A TIME! 1018 00:25:45,977 --> 00:25:47,812 >> John: OKAY, I'M IMMEDIATELY 1019 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:49,080 SUSPICIOUS OF PHRASES LIKE 1020 00:25:49,147 --> 00:25:50,415 "OWN YOUR FUTURE" 1021 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:52,517 AND "FIND YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL." 1022 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:53,518 COMPANIES WITH SELLING POINTS 1023 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:54,619 LIKE THAT TYPICALLY LEAVE YOU 1024 00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:55,620 WITH NOTHING BUT DEBT 1025 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:57,422 AND A CLOSET FULL OF LEGGINGS 1026 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:59,391 DESIGNED TO TURN YOUR CROTCH 1027 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:01,059 INTO A MAGIC EYE POSTER. 1028 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:02,827 AND THE FACT IS, DRIVERS WHO 1029 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:03,895 PARTICIPATE IN LEASE-TO-OWN 1030 00:26:03,962 --> 00:26:06,531 AGREEMENTS ALMOST NEVER SUCCEED. 1031 00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:07,632 ONE TRUCKING COMPANY EXECUTIVE 1032 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:08,934 EVEN ESTIMATED THAT, OF ALL THE 1033 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,402 DRIVERS ENTERING INTO THEIR 1034 00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:11,636 LEASE-PURCHASE PROGRAM, 1035 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:14,472 ONLY AROUND 5 TO 10% ACTUALLY 1036 00:26:14,539 --> 00:26:16,241 ENDED UP SUCCESSFULLY TAKING 1037 00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:17,876 OWNERSHIP OF THE TRUCK. 1038 00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:18,476 SO THE ODDS ARE HEAVILY 1039 00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:20,011 AGAINST YOU. 1040 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:20,612 AND AS FOR THE WHOLE 1041 00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:23,014 "DELIVERING INDEPENDENCE" PART, 1042 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:25,016 THAT'S THE REAL IRONY. 1043 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,085 IF YOU'RE LEASING A TRUCK FROM 1044 00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:28,286 THE COMPANY YOU WORK FOR, YOU'RE 1045 00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:28,920 NOW TETHERED TO THEM, 1046 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:30,655 NO MATTER WHAT. 1047 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:32,123 YOU'RE RELIANT ON THEM TO GIVE 1048 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:33,892 YOU LOADS, TO EARN MONEY, WHICH 1049 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:34,659 YOU'RE THEN PAYING BACK TO THEM 1050 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:36,761 TO PAY OFF YOUR LEASE, AND ALL 1051 00:26:36,828 --> 00:26:39,230 THE OTHER EXPENSES THEY CAN 1052 00:26:39,297 --> 00:26:39,798 THROW AT YOU. 1053 00:26:39,864 --> 00:26:40,632 THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM 1054 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:41,299 FOR BOTH LONG-HAUL AND PORT 1055 00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:43,034 TRUCKERS. 1056 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:44,703 >> IT TAKES DRIVERS UNTIL -- 1057 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:45,737 EACH WEEK, THEY GET PAID EACH 1058 00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:47,205 WEEK -- AND IT CAN TAKE THEM 1059 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:48,073 UNTIL WEDNESDAY OR EVEN THURSDAY 1060 00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:49,240 BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN 1061 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:51,309 TO MAKE $100. 1062 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:52,510 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS 1063 00:26:52,577 --> 00:26:53,712 BECAUSE THE COMPANY CHARGES THEM 1064 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,280 TO USE THE COMPANY TRUCK. 1065 00:26:55,347 --> 00:26:56,448 THEY CHARGE THEM TO MAINTAIN THE 1066 00:26:56,514 --> 00:26:59,050 COMPANY TRUCK, TO BUY NEW TIRES, 1067 00:26:59,117 --> 00:26:59,684 THEY EVEN CHARGE THESE GUYS TO 1068 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:00,652 PARK THE COMPANY TRUCK AT THE 1069 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:02,854 COMPANY YARD OVERNIGHT. 1070 00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:03,455 THEY DON'T -- THEY CAN'T EVEN 1071 00:27:03,521 --> 00:27:04,756 TAKE IT HOME. 1072 00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:05,623 >> John: OH, IT GETS WORSE. 1073 00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:06,925 IN ONE CASE, A COMPANY EVEN 1074 00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:14,065 CHARGED $2 PER WEEK FOR THE 1075 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:15,467 TOILET PAPER 1076 00:27:15,533 --> 00:27:16,368 ALL OF WHICH CAN LEAD A DRIVER 1077 00:27:16,434 --> 00:27:16,968 TO ACTUALLY OWE THEIR COMPANY 1078 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:17,635 MONEY AT THE END OF A WORK WEEK. 1079 00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:18,636 CAN YOU IMAGINE PICKING UP YOUR 1080 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:19,671 PAYCHECK AND FINDING A ENVELOPE 1081 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:20,238 FULL OF NEGATIVE 1082 00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:24,275 $5 BILLS? 1083 00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:25,410 YOU'D BE ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS. 1084 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:25,977 AND YES, THAT IS JOHN WILKES 1085 00:27:26,044 --> 00:27:26,544 BOOTH ON THE NEGATIVE FIVE, 1086 00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:27,579 WHICH MAKES SENSE. 1087 00:27:27,645 --> 00:27:30,248 HE CANCELS OUT A LINCOLN. 1088 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:31,583 JUST LIKE HOW AARON BURR 1089 00:27:31,649 --> 00:27:33,151 IS ON THE NEGATIVE TEN, AND THE 1090 00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:34,753 NEGATIVE HUNDRED FEATURES THE 1091 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,820 72 OUNCE STEAK BEN FRANKLIN 1092 00:27:35,887 --> 00:27:36,488 CHOKED ON WHILE TRYING TO WIN 1093 00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:38,356 A T-SHIRT. 1094 00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:40,625 LEARN YOUR HISTORY. 1095 00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:41,226 SO DRIVERS ARE BASICALLY STUCK 1096 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:42,694 HERE. 1097 00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:44,129 IF THEY STAY WITH THE COMPANY, 1098 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:44,662 THEY CAN END UP SCRAPING 1099 00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:45,930 TO GET BY. 1100 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:47,699 BUT IF THEY LEAVE, THEY RISK 1101 00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:49,167 LOSING THE TRUCK THEY'VE POURED 1102 00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:50,568 SO MUCH INTO, AS MOST 1103 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:52,303 LEASE-TO-OWN AGREEMENTS 1104 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:54,172 STIPULATE THAT IF THE DRIVER 1105 00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:55,507 LEAVES THE COMPANY, IT CAN TAKE 1106 00:27:55,573 --> 00:27:56,875 BACK THE TRUCK, LEAVING THE 1107 00:27:56,941 --> 00:27:58,376 DRIVER WITH NOTHING. 1108 00:27:58,443 --> 00:27:59,878 IT'S FRANKLY NO SURPRISE 1109 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:01,379 MULTIPLE TRUCKING COMPANIES HAVE 1110 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:03,048 SETTLED OVER ACCUSATIONS BROUGHT 1111 00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:03,815 BY DRIVERS WHO FOUND THEIR 1112 00:28:03,882 --> 00:28:04,516 LEASE-TO-OWN AGREEMENTS 1113 00:28:04,582 --> 00:28:05,250 PREDATORY. 1114 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:06,851 IN FACT, WESTERN EXPRESS, 1115 00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:09,821 THE "OWN YOUR FUTURE" COMPANY, 1116 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:11,523 IS AWAITING COURT SIGNOFF OF 1117 00:28:11,589 --> 00:28:13,058 A $15 MILLION CLASS-ACTION 1118 00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:14,759 SETTLEMENT RIGHT NOW. 1119 00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:16,227 AND I KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON 1120 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:17,762 WHO MIGHT BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. 1121 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:18,163 BECAUSE JUST WATCH 1122 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:23,168 THIS FORMER WESTERN EXPRESS 1123 00:28:23,234 --> 00:28:29,040 DRIVER TALKING ABOUT 1124 00:28:29,107 --> 00:28:29,641 HOW SHE'D FELT MISLED AFTER 1125 00:28:29,707 --> 00:28:30,708 OPENING A PAYCHECK 1126 00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:31,342 THAT CAME TO, AFTER ALL THE 1127 00:28:31,409 --> 00:28:32,644 COMPANY'S DEDUCTIONS, JUST $293. 1128 00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:33,344 >> I'M PISSED THE FUCK OFF 1129 00:28:33,411 --> 00:28:34,045 IF I HAD THE STRENGTH TO PICK 1130 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:34,679 THIS TRUCK UP AND THROW IT 1131 00:28:34,746 --> 00:28:37,415 STRAIGHT TO MARS, I WOULD. 1132 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:38,750 DON'T LISTEN TO THOSE RECRUITERS 1133 00:28:38,817 --> 00:28:39,350 BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THEY 1134 00:28:39,417 --> 00:28:42,921 FUCKING LYING. 1135 00:28:42,987 --> 00:28:44,622 LEASE PURCHASE HERE IS A LIE. 1136 00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:46,024 >> John: YEAH. 1137 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:47,158 IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING 1138 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:48,793 PEOPLE AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO 1139 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:50,595 HURL A SEMI TRUCK TO MARS, 1140 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:51,696 BECAUSE IF THEY WERE, NASA WOULD 1141 00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:53,064 HAVE TO PLAN THEIR ROVER 1142 00:28:53,131 --> 00:28:54,466 MISSIONS AROUND THE 1143 00:28:54,532 --> 00:28:56,501 CONSTANT RAIN OF 35,000-POUND 1144 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,002 DEBT TRAPS. 1145 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:00,205 SO WHAT CAN WE DO? 1146 00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:02,040 WELL, FIRST, WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE 1147 00:29:02,107 --> 00:29:03,341 THAT WE'VE ALL GOTTEN USED TO 1148 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:04,742 THE IDEA OF FREE, NEXT-DAY 1149 00:29:04,809 --> 00:29:06,044 SHIPPING BUT, CRUCIALLY, 1150 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:08,780 SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, ALWAYS PAYS 1151 00:29:08,847 --> 00:29:09,047 THE PRICE. 1152 00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:11,316 SECOND, THE WORK ARRANGEMENTS 1153 00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:12,383 DRIVERS ENDURE, AND THE 1154 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:13,918 FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF VALUE PLACED 1155 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:14,519 ON THEIR TIME, CLEARLY NEED TO 1156 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:16,821 BE ADDRESSED. 1157 00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:17,622 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, 1158 00:29:17,689 --> 00:29:18,289 THE DEPARTMENT OF 1159 00:29:18,356 --> 00:29:21,192 TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE 1160 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:22,026 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 1161 00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:23,161 ARE SET TO EXAMINE THE TYPE 1162 00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:23,728 OF PREDATORY TRUCK LEASING 1163 00:29:23,795 --> 00:29:24,562 ARRANGEMENTS WE JUST TALKED 1164 00:29:24,629 --> 00:29:26,197 ABOUT AND ALSO PLAN TO STUDY THE 1165 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:26,798 ISSUE OF DRIVER PAY AND UNPAID 1166 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:28,266 WAITING TIMES. 1167 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:31,035 AND HOPEFULLY, THEY WON'T JUST 1168 00:29:31,102 --> 00:29:33,638 STUDY IT BUT ACTUALLY DO 1169 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:34,672 SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 1170 00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:35,940 BECAUSE THE KEY WAY TO STOP THIS 1171 00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:38,076 SO-CALLED "SHORTAGE" OF DRIVERS 1172 00:29:38,143 --> 00:29:39,944 THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS NOW IS 1173 00:29:40,011 --> 00:29:40,945 TO MAKE THIS A JOB PEOPLE 1174 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:42,981 ACTUALLY WANT TO STAY IN. 1175 00:29:43,047 --> 00:29:46,951 AND UNTIL WE MAKE BIG CHANGES, 1176 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:47,986 THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO IS MAKE 1177 00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:49,521 OUR TRUCKING REALITY SHOWS MORE 1178 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:51,189 REFLECTIVE OF WHAT LIFE ON THE 1179 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:53,324 ROAD FOR SO MANY DRIVERS IS 1180 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:58,062 ACTUALLY LIKE. 1181 00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:02,033 >> TRUCKS! 1182 00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:03,701 THE LIFEBLOOD OF AMERICA. 1183 00:30:03,768 --> 00:30:05,837 THEY FLOW ACROSS OUR HIGHWAYS 1184 00:30:05,904 --> 00:30:06,804 DRIVEN BY PEOPLE TOUGH ENOUGH TO 1185 00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:12,177 DO ONE OF THE GRITTIEST JOBS ON 1186 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:13,211 EARTH. 1187 00:30:13,278 --> 00:30:14,679 >> THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN 1188 00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:14,846 DIE. 1189 00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,348 >> FROM THE MAKERS OF ICE ROAD 1190 00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:19,050 TRUCKERS AND WORLDS TOUGHEST 1191 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:21,853 TRUCKER COMES THOUGH 1192 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,855 REALITY SHOW. 1193 00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:26,391 WATCH THE DRIVERS GO UP AGAINST 1194 00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:28,393 BIG ODDS, TOUGH WEATHER, BUMPY 1195 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:31,429 ROADS, HARD-CORE BUDGETING. 1196 00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:34,832 >> 14 GRAND FOR THE ENGINE. 1197 00:30:34,899 --> 00:30:36,701 FUEL. 1198 00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:37,035 OIL CHANGE. 1199 00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:40,104 >> DON'T FORGET THE NEW TIRES. 1200 00:30:40,171 --> 00:30:43,541 >> RIGHT. 1201 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:43,708 GOD. 1202 00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:45,710 >> OH, YEAH. 1203 00:30:45,777 --> 00:30:48,346 THESE ROAD DOGS HAVE DIESEL IN 1204 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:50,248 THEIR BLOOD AND THEY ARE LIVING 1205 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:50,682 THE AMERICAN DREAM. 1206 00:30:50,748 --> 00:30:52,116 >> IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING A 1207 00:30:52,183 --> 00:30:52,917 COWBOY. 1208 00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:54,886 I'M INDEPENDENT SO I'VE GOT MY 1209 00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:55,353 FREEDOM. 1210 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:56,921 I'VE JUST GOT TO HAUL WHAT MY 1211 00:30:56,988 --> 00:30:58,723 COMPANY TELLS ME, WHERE THEY 1212 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,626 TELL ME, DURING THE HOURS THAT 1213 00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:03,361 THEY SPECIFY COME IN A TRUCK I 1214 00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:04,862 PAID FOR AND DO NOT OWN. 1215 00:31:04,929 --> 00:31:11,669 BUT ON THE PLUS SIGN. 1216 00:31:11,736 --> 00:31:14,038 >> THERE IS NO SLOWING DOWN FOR 1217 00:31:14,105 --> 00:31:15,707 THESE ROAD WARRIORS BECAUSE IN 1218 00:31:15,773 --> 00:31:16,641 THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY, EVERY 1219 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,744 MINUTE COUNTS. 1220 00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:22,280 EXCEPT DURING LOADING AND 1221 00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:23,815 UNLOADING. 1222 00:31:23,881 --> 00:31:26,951 >> FUCK. 1223 00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:29,320 STAYING IT. 1224 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:31,222 >> THOSE HOURS ARE NOT 1225 00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:31,522 COMPENSATED. 1226 00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:32,757 >> IS THIS YOUR CARD? 1227 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,092 >> YES. 1228 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:36,561 THIS SHOW BRINGS YOU ALL THE 1229 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:36,995 THRILLS. 1230 00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:42,867 >> THAT IS PISS. 1231 00:31:42,934 --> 00:31:45,937 >> IS THIS THE CHARGE FOR 1232 00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:46,738 COMPANY TOILET PAPER? 1233 00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:49,073 >> THE ROMANCE OF LIFE ON THE 1234 00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:49,274 ROAD. 1235 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:52,677 >> I MISS MY WIFE. 1236 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:53,778 >> THE ACTION LITERALLY NEVER 1237 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:53,978 STOPS. 1238 00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:56,314 >> DISPATCH. 1239 00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:58,149 I AM NOT SAFE TO DRIVE RIGHT 1240 00:31:58,216 --> 00:31:58,950 NOW. 1241 00:31:59,017 --> 00:32:00,285 I AM FALLING ASLEEP. 1242 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:01,486 >> ROGER THAT, DRIVER. 1243 00:32:01,552 --> 00:32:04,489 WHY DON'T YOU PULL OVER, LIE 1244 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:09,294 DOWN IN THE BACK, GO AHEAD AND 1245 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:10,261 FUCK YOURSELF. 1246 00:32:10,328 --> 00:32:11,663 >> I AM WORRIED SOMEONE COULD 1247 00:32:11,729 --> 00:32:11,929 GET HURT. 1248 00:32:11,996 --> 00:32:14,432 >> ALL, SOMEBODY COULD GET HURT? 1249 00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:16,067 I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS TALKING 1250 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:19,437 TO A DRAMA QUEEN. 1251 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:22,473 OH, THE DRIVER. 1252 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,442 TO DRIVE OR NOT TO DRIVE, THAT 1253 00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:26,110 IS THE QUESTION. 1254 00:32:26,177 --> 00:32:27,945 WHAT IS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO 1255 00:32:28,012 --> 00:32:30,148 SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF 1256 00:32:30,214 --> 00:32:31,349 OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE OR TAKE ARMS 1257 00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:33,084 AGAINST A SEA OF TROUBLES. 1258 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:33,951 THAT'S YOU. 1259 00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:36,254 THAT'S WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE. 1260 00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:40,124 >> YOU SEEM TO KNOW A LOT OF 1261 00:32:40,191 --> 00:32:41,492 HAMLET VERBATIM. 1262 00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:43,695 >> GET BACK ON THE FUCKING ROAD. 1263 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:45,096 >> HELL YEAH. 1264 00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:46,831 GET READY FOR 100% EXCITEMENT, 1265 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:54,138 100% ADRENALINE, AND 100% [ 1266 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:54,405 [HONKING] 1267 00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:56,107 >> IT'S NOT JUST TRUCKERS. 1268 00:32:56,174 --> 00:32:57,742 THIS SHOW BRINGS YOU EVERY ONE 1269 00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:00,678 FROM THE DRIVERS TO THE COMPANY 1270 00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:00,912 OWNERS. 1271 00:33:00,978 --> 00:33:03,348 >> OWNERS IS A PRETTY STRONG 1272 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:03,548 TERM. 1273 00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:05,583 WE HAVE MUCH MORE CASUAL 1274 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:06,250 RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TRUCKS. 1275 00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:09,220 NO LABELS. 1276 00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:11,622 I MEAN, WHY COMPLICATE THINGS? 1277 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:12,023 I'M HAVING FUN. 1278 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:14,692 YOU'RE HAVING FUN. 1279 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:17,128 >> THIS PAYCHECK SAYS I OWE YOU 1280 00:33:17,195 --> 00:33:17,628 MONEY. 1281 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:21,432 >> IS THAT RIGHT? 1282 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:22,333 BOOYAH. 1283 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,801 DO YOU HAVE THE CASH? 1284 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:25,169 >> TUNE IN TO SHOW THAT BRINGS 1285 00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:27,739 YOU AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO 1286 00:33:27,805 --> 00:33:28,272 THE TRUCKER LIFE WITHOUT 1287 00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:29,807 ACTUALLY BEING ONE. 1288 00:33:29,874 --> 00:33:30,241 >> YEAH. 1289 00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:32,176 NEITHER ONE OF US GO TO THE 1290 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:33,711 DENTIST ANYMORE AND YOU BRING 1291 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:35,747 YOUR OWN TOILET PAPER TO WORK. 1292 00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:38,082 >> I JUST ORDERED A NEW PACK 1293 00:33:38,149 --> 00:33:38,916 FROM AMAZON. 1294 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:40,585 >> YOU WATCH? 1295 00:33:40,651 --> 00:33:46,257 >> RUN! 1296 00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:48,693 >> TRUCK DOG COMING TO THE 1297 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:55,700 HISTORY CHANNEL FOR SOME REASON. 1298 00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:57,468 >> John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1299 00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:59,270 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1300 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:01,305 SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1301 00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:01,606 GOOD NIGHT. 1302 00:34:01,672 --> 00:34:04,075 >> IT'S FULL OF OLD 1303 00:34:04,142 --> 00:34:04,675 BACKSTREET BOYS POSTERS. 1304 00:34:04,742 --> 00:34:10,848 I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY NEED THEM. 1305 00:34:10,915 --> 00:34:13,618 >> WENT SHOPPING FOR CASKETS 1306 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:14,452 LAST WEEK ONLINE. 1307 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:16,287 WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? 1308 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:20,358 I AM HANGING ON BY A THREAD. 1309 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:23,094 >> DEAR REBECCA. 1310 00:34:23,161 --> 00:34:27,598 I'M SORRY I MISSED YOUR PLAY. 1311 00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:31,469 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU. 1312 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,905 I JUST HAVE TO GET THIS LOAD IN 1313 00:34:33,971 --> 00:34:34,205 RENO. 1314 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:36,741 >> POWER, PURE POWER. 1315 00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:37,942 I FEEL SO STRONG. 1316 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,911 IT'S LIKE DRIVING A GUN. 1317 00:34:39,977 --> 00:34:40,778 I HAVE A LOAD! 1318 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:41,846 I HAVE A BIG FUCKING LOAD!