Young turks is that were honest. They can question whether im right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. Announcer Stephanie Miller. The eye of the tiger, its the thrill of the fight, rising up to the challenge of our rivals, eye of the Tiger Stephanie uhhuh. It is the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome it to. Twentythree minutes after the hour. 1800steph12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. Pat in california, hi, pat. Caller hi, listen i want to said attitude just like i had gay lesbian i have a lot of gay and lesbians on both sides my side and my husbands side, we love them to death. But there is the stigma from the Catholic Church [ inaudible ] as soon as the president came out and they started this thing that its a right i said oh, my god, it is a right. And i used to talk to my family and friends about it, but [ inaudible ] i want you to have all of the benefits but you know, the marriage thing no it is a right for gods sake. Stephanie right. I think thats what has made this Civil Rights Movement go so much faster. Is because of that. Caller right. Stephanie and im also was a practicing catholic. I got so good i went professional, so i dont practice anymore. But i never thought about it. Caller yeah, see my attitude was always that god doesnt have any discretion of who he loves. So that wasnt it but it was like, oh you know, no. And now im like my god what happened . When the president did it made it a universal thing. Stephanie i think chuck hagel is generally a good guy, and i think at that time all around the world there was still a lot of homophobia. The way it sounds now, we go thats really homophobic. Caller yep. I love you guys. And i get up early in the morning so im watching you guys early. Stephanie yay shes precious. [ applause ] stephanie here is a story that will make you feel better whether you are gay or straight [ world news tonight theme ] stephanie oregon man arrested for choking his girlfriend with his own dread locks. Oh. Is she okay . Stephanie uhhuh. I wouldnt do this story if she wasnt. I always ask you, is she okay. You pretty well gave away that i knew the answer. Stephanie yeah. Any details . No. He was arrested charged. Gave him a buzz cut. Stephanie this will make you feel better about yourself no matter who you are. [ world news tonight theme ] i think this is one of the stories i would rather not do, and you handed it to me while i was eating breakfast. Uhhuh. Just before we talk to the kenendys. Stephanie right. We need to clear this out of our systems. So to speak. [ laughter ] stephanie not every day you read the headline, al worker i pooped my pants at the white house. [ world news tonight theme ] stephanie this is really just an entire episode of way too much information. I bet [ inaudible ] has never done that. [ laughter ] or maybe he has. Stephanie did he think it was giving an interview to a doctor. This is televised. Apparently this is a symptom or leftover of a gastric bypass. [ farting sounds ] stephanie you guys share a bathroom here. Roker said schneiderman. Stephanie right. Talk about gastric bypass surgery. He said i probably ate something i wasnt supposed to. And he was walking to the white house and thought he had a little gas and Something Else came out. Schneiderman said you pooped your pants . I pooped my pants, confirmed roker. Not terribly. Schneiderman said, which is a common effect of this surgery. Exactly he said, i was panicking, so i went to the restroom of the press room, threw away my underwear and then went commando. And so he left the poopy underwear at the white house. Oh, my god along with a paper towel. Who is going to know. Stephanie if joe biden used that bathroom that is a big [ censor bleep ] deal. Oh, god, who was in here . Al . Do not go in there. Well be right back on the Stephanie Miller show. Coming on to me all the time now. vo she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. Ok, so theres wiggle room in the ten commandments, thats what youre saying. You would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. Absolutely. And so would mitt romney. vo shes joy behar. And the best part is that current will let me say anything. What the hell were they thinking . Announcer Stephanie Miller. Will you please look. How old is she . Fifty. Fifty . You have got to be kidding . I wonder what her secret is . Stephanie uhhuh. It is the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome it to. Thirtyfour minutes after the hour. 1800steph12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. The new book is recover to live kick any habit manage any addiction, Christopher Kennedy lawford chris, and Patrick Kennedy join us now. Good morning, sirs. Hi, you only had one here unfortunately. Stephanie which one . Christopher kennedy lawford. Stephanie thats okay. One kennedy is enough. Oh, you are so sweet. Stephanie Ethel Kennedy got me addicted to banana gram while i was visiting. Oh, she loves her banana gram. I told the story of her breaking my thumb when i was about 13 jeers old. I sort of said it endearingly, but she didnt take it that way. Stephanie i was afraid she would break one of mine for making words that were too small in banana gram. Any way, tell us about the book. I saw this guy come on selling Addiction Recovery programs. And i thought i do a lot of advocacy of this issues and i can talk to the smartest people on the planet and talk about what addiction is and what it isnt. And put that in a book so they would have good science about how to assess an addiction, and what to do about it. Its a book that i think should empower people to really look at their behavior and if they want to make changes they can. Stephanie its interesting, because obviously you are all so good about policy as well. There are parts of the book talking about the drain on the economy. Yeah, this addiction problem costs america 6 billion dollars. And this is the Number One Health care issue in the world . Really . And our best solution at this point is legalization of marijuana, which i think is a bad idea. The truth is we have a lack of a political will here because its a complicated issue, its expensive, there is a lot of stigma and shame associated with it, theres 20 Million People in recovery, and none of them are standing up demanding that our lawmakers do something. Overdose last year surpassed traffic deaths. Its a tragedy. Stephanie oh i just got an email from annie and willie nelson. If its working for willie nelson, god bless him. But im talking about our kids. If they smoke marijuana one in six will smoke it chronically and obliterate their ambition and make it more likely that any kind of mental disorder will occur and develop more rapidly. I believe people should be able to do what they want to do as long as i dont have to pay for it. A woman said the marijuana they are smoking today is a lot different than the marijuana you were smoking. Do we need another legal drug . I dont think so. Stephanie interesting. When you see Something Like what just happened in washington state, what do you think . Look, i understand peoples desire, and i understand the need for taxes but i think proliferating gambling or marijuana are not the solutions. As i said im a pro choice guy. I dont care what you do. When my kids had marijuana, i said as long as you are under my roof drugs and drinking are illegal. Once you leave my house, you make your own choices in your life and live with those choices. But the truth is as a society, can we afford this . And were not talking about willy nelson. Were talking about kids. Thats what i care about. If you legalize it . Will more kids use it . The evidence is they will. And the tax benefits will be obliterated by the Mental Health costs. Stephanie ill told you had a wild youth. Oh very wild. Recover to live kick any habit manage any addiction is an entirely different book. Its not a sexy but if people are interested in that they can by symptoms of withdrawal which is Still Available on amazon. Com, i think. This book which is available at amazon. Com and at my website, its more like a textbook but its interesting to read. Stephanie right. You talk in the book about your moment of clarity. Thats right. Karl young said he had never seen an alcoholic recover who didnt have what he called a psychic change moment some kind of an awakening, moment of clarity, an pipny, i did a book about a moment of clarity. Its not essential. Most people have Something Like that. They wake up and realize they dont want to continue to do what they are doing. Because this is a difficult, difficult addiction disease to overcome. Stephanie im a box wine aficionado myself. [ laughter ] stephanie but you can joke about it, and i always say its not a drinking problem its a solution. But we all go through periods in our life where you start to and everybody has that different moment where you go i got to pull back or this is a little much. Thats right. And thats why recover to live is so helpful. These are solutions for people. As long as these solutions are working for you, god bless you, continue to do it. If wine is working for you, do it. Do it. But if it is causing harm in your life, and it has diminished your quality of life and you want to make changes, this book is for you. But im not selling anything here. I want people to enjoy their life stephanie well, you are telling your story. For inches hes sick of pulling me off of the heating grate in the morning and bringing me to work. Yes, well i bet you look good . Stephanie yes, my pours are fabulous. But i got to hang out at the come pound at look at the pictures of your wild youth. Yes, i have been blessed in my life, and i am very grateful. Stephanie we just had a caller yesterday. And we talked about this during the campaign. There was so much about class envy, and one of our callers called in and said everybody knew the kenendys were wealthy, but you got the feeling that they cared about the people that werent. Yes, i get enormous goodwill in the world because of where i come from, and we had a family ethic of to whom much is given, much is expected. And the gift of life is not what you have accumulated in life although it is important for folks so they can pay their bills, but really being of service to source the best thing you can do to make you feel good in your life. Stephanie im glad you feel that way, because i took some silverwear from the compound because i was drunk. Nice. Stephanie ill give it back. No, put it on ebay. Chris, thanks so much. Thank you, stephanie. [ applause ] wow. Stephanie okay. Ken in the adirondacks. Hello, ken. Okay. Ill come back to you. Hes watching now, going oh uhhuh. Stephanie well be right back on the Stephanie Miller show. Announcer there is something funny going on on radio. Its the Stephanie Miller show. Arguments to feel confident in their positions. I want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. But its also about telling them, youre put on this planet for something more. I want this show to have an impact beyond just informing. An impact that gets people to take action themselves. As a human being, thats really important. This is not just a spectator sport. The chill of peppermint. The rich dark chocolate. York peppermint pattie get the sensation. I think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. They can question whether im right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. Announcer Stephanie Miller. Good times, these are such good times leave your cares behind these are such good times stephanie it is the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome it to. Fortynine minutes after the hour. 1800steph12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. Have we met a Record Number of people today. Absolutely. Stephanie he was talking about the effect of marijuana on children i think that pot should be. Ah. I forgot. [ buzzer ] stephanie all right. Jim now you have made everybody else mad. Im hungry. Stephanie i have never done drugs, but i am obviously a box wine drunk. I thought how ironic. I just got an email from annie and willie nelson. Yeah. Stephanie annie says steph tell chris were listening to your podcast on your new app. [ bell chimes ] oh yeah. Stephanie out there in maui. [ applause ] there you go. Stephanie i didnt play poker at willie nelsons. I lost a quarter in a slot machine in vegas and that was the end of my gambling career. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] stephanie i told you they were nice enough to invite us and we thought Woody Harrelson and owen wilson and Kenny Chesney are coming and roleland and i were like thats a little rich for our blood. We got to get on the road gin. [ circus music ] stephanie see what i did there. Yeah. Stephanie and we also made fun of alroker who he crapped his pants. He admitted it on tv. Stephanie arty in texas. Go ahead. Caller hey, listen, i love you and the mooks. I think you are all so smart. But i wanted to tell you one thing, and call you out on it. Three times this morning on talk shows i heard people talking about al roker already. Stephanie yes. Dont laugh. Caller bless his heart. You guys are like a mensa show with fart jokes. [ farting sounds ] stephanie yeah. Caller but he was talking to a doctor. Stephanie i guess it was a little graphic. How do you not be graphic when talking about that. Caller well, maybe he is helping people. My background was in pharmaceutical sales and i used to sell medicine to people with problems. But bless his heart. Stephanie thats true but you are giggling when you talk about it. Caller well, yeah. I love you guys, though. Stephanie i love you back. That is something they dont necessarily tell you about when they are advertising all of those gastric bypass things. Stephanie yeah. At least they warned you with those olestra chips. They named them wow wow, i really shouldnt have warn white pants. Stephanie i should make a confession i havent had gastric bypass but when i have been out on a hike im like a bear in the woods. I have pooped in the woods like a bear yes, i have. We dont have woods around here. Stephanie yes, we do. Those bushes arent big enough to squat did you have toilet paper with you . No, i had to use a leaf. And you went commando. If you have had laxatives or something then suddenly you dont go hiking amongst oak trees with leaves big enough to use. [ farting sounds ] stephanie the coyotes are like, come on. Where do you find leaves big enough to wipe . Stephanie you dont need to know the details. Should we play the saturday night live sketch. All right. Stephanie okay. Hey, mom [ inaudible ]. Come on grandma, with you on our side, the boys dont stand a chance. Okay. Ill get my racket. On Second Thought. I think i better sit this one out. You kids go ahead. Im going to have a talk with your old grandma. You are still having control problems, arent you . I just dont feel comfortable harvey. Come with me. Ill let you in on a little secret. Here we are. I crap my pants. Imagine this picture of ice tea is really a gallon of your fee cease, see how the filter allows oh, i im impressed. And get this oops i crapped my pants are bio degradable. Thats good for the environment. How do you know so much about i crapped my pants. Im wearing them and i just did. Just say oops i crapped my pants. [ laughter ] [ applause ] like i wasnt already freaked out about the nora virus, that makes you spew out both ends. Stephanie didnt [ inaudible ] poop on a plane no he peed. Something he was drunk and he peed in an aisle. French people are always drunk. Sorry. Stephanie now the Stephanie Miller show wishes to apologize to pot heads, people who poop their pants and the french. Thanks a lot. The entire hour what is my last name . Its french. Lavoie. Gym, you can settle down, paul krugman is not going to be secretary of the treasury. Dammit. Stephanie all rights were circulating, and he said while he is flattered to be considered, the Obama Administration would result in [ inaudible ] he say oh and theres not a chance i would be confirmed. Well, theres that. Stephanie can you imagine. Rightwing heads just exploding. [ explosion ] yeah. Stephanie he said it would reduce [ inaudible ] publicly what i really think, so yeah. But it would have just been for the speaking of people pooping their pants, just for that alone it would have been exciting. Chuck hagel yesterday. Mr. President im grateful for this opportunity to serve our country again. And especially its men and women in uniform and their families. These are people who give so much for this nation every day with such dignity and selflessness. This is particularly important at a time as we complete our mission in afghanistan and support the troops and military families who have sacrificed so much over more than a decade of war. Stephanie james hormel put out a statement senator hagels apology is significant. While the timing of peer selfserving the words are unequivocal. His actions towards the new statute of the lbgt constituency [ inaudible ] if the commitment to treat lbgt Service Members and their families i would support the nomination. Great. Stephanie Charlie Pierce as [ theme music ] stephanie oh my god, Jacki Schechner learned a new song. What is going on . [ laughter ] what do you think i did with my new years break. Stephanie apparently you were composing. Exactly. Stephanie jacki your thoughts on people who poop their pants, marijuana legalization, and the french. All in one sentence . Stephanie yes. I have no idea. I dont even know where to start. You are back to that impossible talk thing. How about french pot smokers who poop their pants. Stephanie what do you think about that . Im pro . I dont know. Stephanie listen even for a Health Care Advocate for you, that was a little bit too much Health Care Information for you i dont understand why p