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That's SalemNow.com. Broadcasting live from the Pharmacy Coffee House in Portland for our fall flame tour in Starnes Country with Todd Starnes. And hello, everybody. Welcome to Starnes Country, broadcasting from the principal Toyota Memphis studio, which is now mobile. We are on the road broadcasting at the beautiful pharmacy coffee house in Bartlett on Stage Road.
It is 65 degrees here in Bartlett, and the coffee is brewing. People are showing up, and we are just going to have a great morning together, hanging out, eating some breakfast, and drinking lots and lots of coffee. And we're going to need it because most of you were downtown last night on Beale Street. What an incredible night. Memphis Madness balling on Beale as we kick off the Tigers 25, 26 men's and women's basketball season.
What an incredible event. And one of the things I noticed, all the local media was talking about how many law enforcement officers were there. You had police officers on horseback taking photographs of the National Guard troops that were patrolling. And most of the media, completely oblivious to this war. One fact because they're saying, oh, there really wasn't a need for all of the law enforcement because it was such a peaceful crowd.
Well, yes, it was a peaceful crowd because we had all the law enforcement there.
So, anyway, great night.
Well done, Memphis. We were. We did good last night in downtown. And again, I think it's just yet another example of the excitement and the change that is happening in this great city, in this great region. And when you look at what's happening in Bartlett, geez-aloo, it is just really remarkable to see the growth and the excitement here in the suburbs.
Drop on by, grab some coffee. Come over and say hello. We've got the KWM team out here, and we would love for you to be a part of our great lineup. And we've got a lot of folks coming by, including the mayor himself. We're getting the marching band ready, rolling out the red carpet.
Hail to the chief. And people are already wearing their Sunday best just for the mayor. But right now, we are so honored to have some of the co-owners of this great coffee house here, Jeff and Jan Jones, with us. Guys, welcome to the show. Thank you.
Thank you. So, is it true that you guys, I heard y'all may be involved with the Baptist crowd. Is that right?
Well, yes, I'm the campus minister at the University of Memphis with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. That's my full-time colleague. job. It's just this is a This is something we love to do. Let me tell you something.
When I was in college, I was still not quite sure where I was going to go denominationally. But we called them Baptist student unions back in the day. That's what used to be called. BSUs. Every Tuesday, that home-cooked meal, I was there.
There you go.
Southern Baptist, I never looked back. That's right.
Well, food makes a difference. It does.
Well, you know, it's interesting, and I want to talk about the coffee house in just a moment. When we talk about the excitement of the students, and we've seen such a surge in Gen X, when you look at all the polling data, there's something happening with this generation going back and embracing the faith like no other generation since the baby boomers. Are you seeing that happen at the University of Bemidji? Yes, we've seen a lot of students show increased interest and a lot of people coming in and asking questions. We've given away the book Case for Christ to a ton of students because it's a book, yeah by Lee Strobel, because they come in asking questions from all over the world and all over our city.
And that's an important thing. And places like coffee houses are where you can have those kinds of conversations, I have to imagine. We see that a lot. Jan, whose idea was this? You know, like, let's go buy a coffee house.
Oh, my goodness.
Well, for Jeff and I, we have four children, and as our children started becoming young adults, we learned that we could have really good conversations with them around the table at a coffee shop. It was kind of mutual ground.
So it's been in our minds for a long time. And then when we found out that Dr. Regal was retiring, we're like, oh, the building's going to be available.
So we all just put our minds together, our whole team, all six of us, and we're like, let's see what we can do.
So this used to actually be a pharmacy, is that right? Correct. All right. You see, in Germantown, I go to Germantown Pharmacy, and you can get your drugs there, but I also get, you know, they have food, so you can buy your food.
So I tell people, I'm going to get my chicken spaghetti and my drugs. And so people were confused. They're like, the pharmacy, can we get drugs or just coffee? I'm like, just coffee. It's all good.
Well, that explains it. That was the great mystery from yesterday's show. When you look at. At what has happened and just the excitement and the enthusiasm here. Is it what you thought it was going to be when you guys decided to start the coffee house?
Oh, it was so risky, but we were so hopeful. And it's just been a really sweet adventure. And it just really thrills us when we walk in and we see the tables full and people in the building and all the different generations sitting around talking. It's been really great. And you guys, what a great location.
You're right across from Bartlett United Methodist Church. I hope they're good tippers, the Methodists? Are they?
Okay, I just want to make sure. All right. And then you've got Bartlett High School just right down there. I mean, location, location, location. And the Stearns family, we have eaten like at least 75 pounds of beef next door at the side of the house.
Thank you. So that's, you know, that's that as well. What is it about starting a business in the Med South? You know, so many people are moving away from this area, but you guys decided, you know what? Not only are we going to stay, but we're going to invest in our local community.
Well, we just love our city. We love Bartlett and we love the people. Our kids have all grown up going to school here, and they'll. The way that we wanted to reinvest is just identify ways to Continue culture and also to enhance the community, especially in the what we would call downtown area.
Well, it's such a really a gym, and it must be exciting for you guys to see the crowds coming in and enjoying all the great coffees. It is, it is.
Now, are you guys? I'm going to be asking this question a lot today. Are you like a flavor? Do you like one of those fancy, like you know, Gen Z millennial coffee blends, or are you a black coffee person? Yeah, so I'll try all the seasonals.
I love something different. I appreciate our barista's creativity.
So, if you're making something out of goat milk, I'm going to try it. That's a lot of laurels. I can't do the goat milk. I can't do the goat milk. I typically go with our 1975, which is our signature drink, and it has white chocolate in it, so that's important to me.
I just love that flavor, and it's based on the fact that the pharmacy was founded in 1975, and we sort of named it in honor of Victor Regal. A little throwback to that history of the pharmacy. I love that. Yeah.
Well, I moved back to Memphis five years ago and purchased a KWAM and wanted to make sure we had a locally owned, locally run radio station.
So I have a soft spot in my heart for local businesses and small businesses. And, guys, we just appreciate what y'all are doing for Bartlett and for the Mid-South. And it's not just a Bartlett coffee house either. This is a great destination for folks to come to as well. Yeah, we have seen that.
We have a lot of students that come from UT Health Science, Southern College of Optometry. We have so many young professionals coming from inside the loop coming here, taking meetings, young professionals. It's just been great. I love that. And we're going to be meeting a lot of those folks this morning.
And hope you folks come out as well and have a great time. We're going to be broadcasting here all morning and grab some coffee, grab some breakfast, and drop by and say hello to Jeff and Jan and the mayor's wandering around. And we're going to have a lot of fun here today. Jeff and Jan Jones, guys, thank you so much. Congratulations.
Thank you so much. And especially Jeff. Thank you for the great ministry you're doing at the University of Memphis. That's pretty spectacular. All right, hang tight, folks.
We're going to take a quick break. I have to brag on you for just a moment. Commander Chuck says things are looking really good out there on the roadways. We're going to get the official report. But right now, KWAM Sports Director Parker May standing by with a look at your sports headlines.
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Hello, everybody. I'm Todd Starnes, the first stop on our fall flee, and we are proud to be at the Pharmacy Coffee House on Stage Road. Hope you guys come out. Let me just warn you, only because one of our staffers was in a bit of a hurry to get here this morning. Watch your speed limit, ladies and gentlemen.
That's all I can tell you. Man, we are excited to have some very special guests, and we should have had some special music for you, Mr. Mayor. David Parsons, the great mayor of Bartlett. Mr.
Mayor, hope you're doing well today. Doing well. No speed ticket. No, I would hope not. You're setting a great example for the citizens.
Also, we're excited to have David Reeves, one of the owners of the coffee house and also on the board of aldermen. And we've got Brad King, who wins props for having the coolest cowboy hat. Today, as well. Thank you. Thank you.
Great to have you with us. And, Mr. Mayor, just put that microphone right up there so we'll be able to hear you. You know, we were talking, I was checking our Facebook live chat, Kristen writing it and saying they were at a concert last night in Midtown, and they never felt safer. It was just a whole different vibe.
You had over a thousand people in downtown on Beale Street last night, and no problems at all. And I'm just wondering: what has the National Guard presence been like for the folks here in the suburbs?
Well For us, it's kind of like a calming effect on crime. I think more of the presence of our state troopers on Highway 14 and those major arteries into town has really just. You know, there's nothing like the power of the blue lights being there to keep things in check. You know, Alderman and David, we'll start with you, and then Brad, feel free to weigh in as well. There's been a lot of conversation about whether or not we needed the National Guard.
Did you guys, from your positions in the city, say, yeah, you know what, we do need the Guard here, and it is making a difference? Yeah, I mean, from my viewpoint, and I'm David, by the way. My perspective has been that we need to get crime under control in Memphis just in general.
So I think the fact that Trump provisioned assets for the U.S. from all across the federal agencies to kind of come in and back up the city. I think it was important. I think it does have a great effect. I mean, we've been really fortunate down here in downtown Bartlett.
We've not really had a lot of crime. We've never. Had a crime event that's happened other than somebody taking their food and leaving.
So it's been actually pretty nice. But let's explain why, because you guys have a rocking police department. You guys have made an, you know, as leaders, you guys have made sure you've had the law enforcement and what they need, the resources they need. Yeah, Jeff Cox does a great job for our city. The morale, when you go, the policemen, the presence, they have things under control, and we feel real comfortable.
Uh Uh with them patrolling and the things that they do for our city. Almost 150. Officers in Barland, but it comes at a great expense when you talk about putting the LBR readers when they come into our town and you're either have a felon or a warrant. or in a stolen car, we know it immediately. We just spent almost twelve million dollars on a PSAP building down there.
State of the art. We know exactly what's moving. And what our position is, is if we keep them off the major arteries, they don't get into the subdivisions. That's it. And this is, yes, Brag on Bartlett Day, but the Burbs, I mean, everybody seems to be following that same playbook.
I'm wondering, has the Mayor of Memphis reached out to you, Mr. Mayor, to say, hey, what are you guys doing here? And why is crime so low in Bartlett? He's not reached out to me with that question, but we've had several meetings together talking about how we could collaborate and get crime down on the. Own.
some of the arteries in and around the interstate. All right, here with us today on our first stop in the Fall Fling, we've got the mayor of Bartlett, David Parsons. We also have David Reeves with us, an alderman, as well as Brad King, an alderman. And David, I'm curious as a business owner as well. What is What's the secret sauce here?
Bartlett is exploding in growth, business is popping up all over the place. Why is that? Yeah, I mean, so there's two things that have happened. One is Bartlett's a community that supports local, and so to be successful in Bartlett, you have to be integrated into the fabric of the community, the school system, and be supportive. The second thing is, since over the past three years, our city has become so much more business-friendly in terms of our capabilities to work with business to position their assets in such a way where it's not a burden, government's not a burden.
It's actually. there as a uh As a support mechanism, and it helps you accelerate business development.
So, David's done a good job with that. The aldermen have a signed off on policies and voted on those that actually support that as well. Yeah, I was a business owner out here for 40 years and built Homes out here. In this community, I build someone a home, and then a few years later, I'm building their children a home, and then they want a little bigger house, and they just love the community and supporting the community. David Parsons was a builder, and we used to build in the same subdivisions, and we're with competition, but we.
We just knew that we could build not just a house for people, but build a home where they could raise their kids. And that's interesting because a lot of folks, I mean, the trend has been going east, right? Everybody's moving out east. Have you noticed the trend where now people are saying, you know what? Bartlett's the place to be.
We're going to stay here. We're going to plant roots here, not out in Arlington or even in DeFayette County or Tipton. Yeah, John, you take in the 90s when the Wolf Chase Mall came in, everybody wanted to be out there on the very east end of town, but it's been a big trend moving back into what we call Bartlett Stations where we're at now. And you just look at the opening of the new ownership and the side porch, the pharmacy here, Seven Brew, Raging Cajun, and staples like biscuits and jam and sweet peas. We're seeing a flourishing down in this part of town, and people want to be up and down this stage road, Carter, because we have probably in the neighborhood around 60,000, 65,000 cars a day traveling down through here.
You know, it's interesting when you look at our K-Wham, we do a lot with our audience. You know, where is most of our audience? And we have probably the largest chunk of that audience is right here in Bartlett, which is great for us.
So this is like home for the folks over at K-Wham. You know, David, when you look at the coffee house here and people coming in. What are people saying? What are the conversations like around the tables? Not that y'all are spying on everybody, but what's on folks' minds?
Yeah, well, I mean, the beauty of this place is that we set it up for community. And it's set up for families and it's set up for conversation.
So, here, on any particular day of the week, you'll have people, you'll have church groups meeting, you'll have one-on-one. meetings with people. You have discipleship groups that will be happening. There's just a lot that's happening here, but overall, in our coffee house, The conversation is about life. And it's about being more connected.
With each other and within each other's families. You know, you'll hear the occasional political conversation here, but really it's about. It's about everybody's day. It's about You know, everybody's weak. It's about what's going on in families.
It's about the cost of things right now and how expensive life is. There's a lot of that we talk about here. One of the things I like about the coffee shop, I'll come in the morning sometimes and go home. My wife said, Where else did you go? I said, I didn't go anywhere.
I was at the coffee shop. She said, You've been gone three and a half hours. I said, Every time I get ready to leave, somebody else comes in that I didn't come to. All we need is a barber chair. Yeah, absolutely.
David, you should do like some of those co-opting so you can sublet.
Sometimes they say, okay, Brad, your time's up. Let's go. That's never good. That's never good. All right, guys, we've got to leave it there, but we appreciate the great work y'all are doing.
And by the way, one heck of a great festival, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Wow.
Wee is barley. We appreciate K-Wham. There's a lot of listeners out here. Thank you for what y'all are doing.
Well, thank you. And thanks for taking good care of our buddy David Weimer as well. I know that's a job. Keeping him happy is a job. That's great.
All right, folks, our time here continues. We're going to be taking a quick break coming up in just a moment. We had an exclusive interview with a lady who was fired from her job as a journalist here in Memphis. And why was that?
Well, she posted a TikTok video. Thanking President Trump for sending the National Guard. To Memphis. And as a result of that, she says that she was fired from the Tri-State Defender, which is one of the large liberal publications.
Well, we had a chance to talk to that mom. We had the interview over on our social media pages. Also, head over to my Todd Cerns Facebook page, and you'll be able to watch that interview that we did yesterday, last night. On Newsmax. All right, our telephone number, by the way, 901-260-5926.
If you want to weigh in, that's 901-260-5926. Coming up, we're going to be talking to the Memphis Apologetics Group. They have a huge event coming up tonight at Mid-America Seminary. We're going to tell you all about that. This is Stern's Country, and we are broadcasting live right now, right now from.
Uh the coffee house and the pharmacy coffee house. Here in Bartlett. Drop by, say howdy. Hank time, everybody. We'll be right back.
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Hello, everybody. I'm Todd Starnes. We're broadcasting in the Mobile Principal Two at a Memphis Studio. Our very first stop on our fall fling. Every Friday through the fall, we're going to be broadcasting from a different diner or coffee shop across the Mid-South.
And it has been a very busy morning here in Bartlett. And there's a major event happening tonight. And this is one of those events I wish I could be here after the national show, heading over to the airport, Memphis International. We'll be in Los Angeles tonight. We're doing a big event tomorrow.
Eric Trump and I keynoting at the Pacific Justice Institute gala in Anaheim. Otherwise, I would be at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary tonight for a massive conference. And this is something that you're going to want to be a part of. It's sponsored by the Memphis. Apologetics Group, MemphisApologetics.com.
And the title is quite intriguing: Charlie Kirk, the Bible and the Constitution Conference. And we're very excited to have Chris Niwanger with us from the Memphis Apologetics Group and Ana Nieswanger, who is also the student body president at MidAmerica. And we're also excited to have Pastor Joey Donahue of the Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church. Welcome to you all. And great to have you here at the Pharmacy Coffee House.
Oh, thank you. Good to be here, brother. All right. Well, Ana, I want to start with you. Being a student at MidAmerica, and we were talking earlier with the director of the Baptist Collegiate Ministries at the University of Memphis.
What have you seen among people in your age group in the aftermath of the horrible assassination of Charlie Kirk? Yeah, so the death of Charlie Kirk was an incredibly devastating event for my generation. He is someone who had such an impact on my life and so many others. And as Christians, especially, as conservative Christians, we're wondering how do we respond to this in a biblical manner? And that's what we're going to talk about tonight.
Well, let's talk about that, Chris. You guys put together this incredible conference. I know a lot of folks are registering. First of all, can people still attend tonight? Absolutely, you can show up at the door and sign in.
You know, we've got to be careful, especially with security, so we want to have the names of everybody ahead of time.
So if you can, go to MemphisApologetics.com and register. Uh but Anybody who shows up will be greeted warmly.
So let's talk about the conference itself. What are you guys going to be talking about tonight? We'll have many different speakers from different backgrounds and different ministries, but. You know, the idea came forth as a way for people to do, I don't know, what the counselors call processing their grief. People want to talk about it, people want to pray about it, people want to worship.
And I think the impact of something like this was far beyond what anybody thought it would be, that this one guy could be killed and it could affect the youth of a nation in such an extreme and deep fashion.
So, you know, Christians, we have our own way of responding to these things with hope and with grace and with faith and not with anger or fear, but we need to talk about those things. Charlie Kirk, the Bible and the Constitution Conference. That's tonight at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. And you can get information at MemphisApologetics.com. You know, Pastor, I want to jump on something Chris said because the Sundays after the assassination, a lot of churches reported that people were coming back, young people were going to church.
Are you noticing that trend here in the Mid-South? In general, perhaps. I cannot say for our church specifically, but I think that's probably true in a general sense. Why is that? Why do you think people are are are flocking to the churches?
People are looking for answers. looking for answers. Uh the culture can't provide and uh I think that Answers that the Bible provides that Historic Christianity. Does as well. Isn't it interesting?
And I know when you study the Bible that God uses some of the most unusual people to accomplish what he wants to accomplish. Here you have someone like Charlie Kirk, didn't go to college, started Turning Point USA in the garage of his parents' home in Illinois, and now look at what's happened. God has used him amazingly. My wife and I joked, he's about a year older than my grandson, and I'm thinking, here's a guy that's just. Wet green behind the ears, and he has done amazing things.
We watched video of just the uh Ability, the capability to engage people. He has an audience. And we typically don't. I mean, people are not coming to our church. The unbelievers that need to hear this message are not in the churches.
But he has an audience, and it's amazing how God has used him.
So, Ana, I'm a Gen Xer.
So, our generation in church, we kind of bridge the whole start of the whole Christian, contemporary Christian music world, and I don't want to call it an industry. But there was a time when church was really about pyrotechnics and smoke machines and all this. But I realized it just seems like. That your generation of believers, you guys are looking for something a little bit deeper. Is that a.
Is that a proper observation? Absolutely. I think something very wonderful that's happening with Gen Z is we're starting to see through all of that smoke and we're starting to come back to a place of realizing our dependence on God. And in that, we're coming back to a place of wanting to go to church and have a personal relationship with Jesus and diving into theology. And I think that's so important and it's going to do a lot of good for the next generation of Christians.
We're speaking with our friends from the Memphis Apologetics Group and there's going to be an incredible conference tonight. What time does it start, Chris, by the way? 6 p.m. 6 o'clock tonight. Charlie Kirk, The Bible and the Constitution.
And this is open for anyone, but they do need to register. Is that right?
That'd be great.
So tell me about this group. I was not familiar with you guys until you reached out. And I'm like, wait a second, we've got an apologetics group here in the Mid-South.
Well, that's exactly what we thought. For 16 years I I had an apologetics radio show in Los Angeles on Salem Broadcasting. And we came out here about ten years ago and b have been doing ministry. And we kept getting calls and calls to go to places and do apologetic engagement and train young people.
So we thought we uh this this area Needs this badly. And I didn't think it would because this is the Bible belt. Everybody knows the Bible here. Yeah, no, we need it. Yeah, we really do.
I mean, this, look, I've been born and raised here, and I think that we do need something like that. And ultimately, when you think about it, Chris, I suspect that's really what Charlie was basically doing on these campuses to some extent.
Well, one of the great things about Charlie is he would do all the political engagement and that kind of thing. But when people would confront him about Christianity, he had his answers down. He was ready for that.
So he's arguing with these vehement, angry atheists. And they walk away smiling at the end of it because they've been given real and substantial answers to their questions. I think, and Ana, it's about being a happy warrior, right? You're going out there and you're fighting, you're engaged in the culture fight, but you're doing so as an ambassador for Christ, so you can't adapt the tactics of the left. Absolutely.
We are called to share the truth, but to share it with love and compassion. And Charlie Kirk had a tact that was so uncommon in our current political sphere, and I think that helped him make the Impact that he had because he was kind, but he also never backed down from the truth. I didn't mean to be distracted, but somebody in a yellow convertible just pulled up, and there's a skeleton in the passenger seat.
So I'm not sure that's going to get in through the HOV lanes, but we'll have to wait and see who that is. Again, folks, we are broadcasting live from the Pharmacy Coffee House today in beautiful downtown Bartlett. They call it Bartlett Station. Literally, I'm staring at the front of Bartlett High School down the street here. We are right next door to the side porch.
So, if you're familiar with that area, we're having a lot of fun. And, of course, tonight, I want you guys to go and check this out. It's going to be a great conference at Mid-America Seminary, sponsored by the Memphis Apologetics Group, Charlie Kirk, the Bible, and the Constitution. Chris, what is it that you guys hope that folks come away from this conference learning?
Well, one of the things that's confusing is the intersection of church and state or politics and the Christian faith. And we come from that older tradition. You know, I grew up in the 70s where we had Francis Schaefer and we had Adrian Rodgers and we had, of course, you know, R.C. Sproll, where they thought that what you believe, what you've learned in church, would eventually flow out into the way you vote and the way you judge society.
So instead of being disconnected from the political process, it's basically, you know, a secondary expression of a true and lively faith. And, Pastor, on that note, so many churches have, like, disengaged. I don't know what's happened, but what is your encouragement to pastors here in the Mid-South when it comes to talking about the big issues of the day?
Well, the historic position of the church is that, again, the Lordship of Christ. Uh if we Look at the teaching of Scripture. We say Jesus is Lord, and sometimes we take that to mean my personal Lord and Savior individualistically, but historically, it has been. The teaching, he's Lord overall. The cliché, if he's not Lord, Abal, he's not Lord at all.
And that's not just over my life in particular, individually, but over culture, over society, over every sphere of society, whether it's Government with its education or the courts, that's a concern this evening to the courts, their rulings. culture changes and people wonder, you know, what's Which brought this on, and uh there are a lot of causes. It may be uh General entertainment, the movies, music, the classroom, the courtroom is profound. and the impact it's had, the philosophy of law that undergirds the rulings. Uh that explains a lot of the changes.
People need to understand why. Culture and things are unfolding as they are, as they do. Ana, I just got a text message. I've been corrected. Am I supposed to call you Madam President?
What is the official title here? I don't want to be rude. Yeah, I'm the student council president over at MidAmerica College and Seminary. That's exciting.
So, did you were you inspired to run by Trump or anybody? Or is that because that's a tough thing to do, get out there and run for office? It is.
Well, I think Trump is doing a great job, but I saw a need for some more engagement from the student council at Mid-America. And I think it's very important for students to be involved in the community and show the love of Christ through service and through kind of helping others through the college experience because it can be hard sometimes. All right, making Mid-America great again. That's a slogan that just kind of just. I thought about that though.
I thought about it. Feel free to use it. Free of charge. There you go.
Thank you. All right. Are y'all, by the way, are we taking an sort of an informal poll, black coffee or do you like the designer coffee? I'm doing a latte today. I hope that doesn't harm my mentor.
You've got to cash in your man card there, Chris. Classic block. Classic block. I got a vanilla latte, and I'm happy with that. There you go.
All right. See, that is a good political answer.
So well done. All right. Well, guys, congratulations on the conference. And I know we're going to be doing some more things together at K-Wam with y'all. I'm a huge fan of this.
Memphisapologetics.com. The conference, Charlie Kirk, the Bible and the Constitution. Tonight, 6 o'clock, go to MemphisApologetics.com if you'd like to register. And is there a cost involved here, Chris? No, it's completely free.
Wow. Okay. We got to work on that. We got to have some capitalism here. We'll take up a lump offering here.
No, young people don't have money, but they have the best of intentions.
Well, this is true. Fair enough. Fair enough. All right, folks, we've got to hang tight. We've got to take a quick break.
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And welcome back. We are broadcasting this morning from the Pharmacy Coffee House in Bartlett, and we're excited to have Alderman Kevin Quinn joining us. Kevin, good to see you again. Good morning, Todd. You were a busy guy at the Bartlett Festival a few weeks back, I noticed.
Yes, it was so busy I didn't get to come to the GOP tent a couple of times, so I missed you, so I do apologize.
Well, no, no, no. Look, they were doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the Republican tent. Folks wanted to get their picture of me with the giant Donald Trump cutout there. Yes, yes, yeah. I told him when they put it up, I said, oh, he'd be very proud that he was the tallest person there.
Well, this is actually true. You know, we have had such a great time here, and the Pharmacy Coffee House, I think, is destined to become one of those landmark places where it's a destination. People want to come here, fellowship, hang out together, and that's really what Bartlett is all about. Yes, yeah. It's a very tight-knit community.
I always say, even if you don't know your neighbor, you know your neighbor. And people watch out for each other and they're very concerned. And anytime we have The needs of the community, people come together to help, and it's just really nice. When you look at businesses like the pharmacy coffee house, the side porch, again, everybody, our family, they live in Arlington, Lakeland. They're making the track back down to Bartlett.
What is it about the quality of the businesses in the community here in this area? I think it's because most are locally owned, family-owned, they're very community-driven. All these businesses that you see around us sponsor kids' sports and they're involved in their churches and other facilities like that, non-profits. And I think that's what makes the difference. People are very invested in Bartlett, and that's the spirit of Bartlett.
We had the mayor on, several other aldermen earlier on the show, talking about the National Guard and the troop surge here. When you look at how things are going so far, was that the right call for the president to make, sending in the troops? Yes, I mean as I told a few other media outlets, I'm not really sure what impact that the National Guard itself will have. For the crime, but I do believe that they're going to give people a feeling of safety. Downtown, I mean, I would feel very safe taking my kids down to Bill Street or the Bass Pro or anything like that, you know, where I had concerns about in the past.
And that's a lot of, it is unfortunate. A lot of people in Bartlett felt like they couldn't go into Memphis, that it was safe. But I'm very happy that the task forces, the federal task forces, are running around serving warrants and stopping people, seeing the Tennessee Highway Patrol, stopping people and doing chases. They're not letting criminals get away with anything, and so I do appreciate that. And that's an important thing.
And again, I think the whole point of the National Guard was freeing up the officers, MPD, and the deputies for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department so that they could go out there and round up the bad guys. Yes, because there's no point in them having to stand around Bill Street or places like that, FedEx forum, and be guarding that. You can have the National Guard out there. All right. What's on your agenda?
It's a busy time here in the Mid-South. Oh, yeah.
Well, we're finishing up fall break with the kids.
So it's been a pretty good week of not having to get up too early except for this morning. Fall break is a blessing. I think we need a fall break for grown-ups. Yes. That's what I'm advocating.
I tell people all the time I I enjoy the school bricks more than the kids do.
Well, Alderman, it's great to see you, and we appreciate you dropping by our fall fling. We're going to be stopping at coffee houses and diners all over the mid-south, and this is stop number one for us, and we sure do appreciate you taking time for us.
Well, thank you, Todd. You're very well loved here, Bartlett.
Well, thank you. Kevin Quinn, everybody, from the all one of our great aldermen here and broadcasting from the Pharmacy Coffee House. Want to bring in someone you've never heard from, but she makes me look good on TV. None other than makeup. What are you going to call you?
Makeup artist Kristen? Is that what we should call you? Sure.
So, Kristen comes in every morning, 10:30 before the national show, and she has to do the makeup and everything for the Newsmax TV show.
So, you know all the secrets. I do. You do. This is and I will talk.
So, but you guys are here. What do you call yourselves? Are you Bartletonians? Yes. Bartlettonians.
I guess so, yeah. I've never. Never thought it was. It's a really long word to write. Bartlettonians.
I love it. Kristen, you guys have been here a long time. What's it like living and being a resident here? We love Bartlett. I've lived over in near Midtown area.
I grew up in that area, but out in Bartlett, we just have always felt safe. We felt like it's our own little community out here, and everything is within a short driving distance. We love it. We love it. Someone said, Todd, is that tan reel that I have on Newsmax?
Do you want to spill the beans? Um Define for real. I'm pale. I'm about as white as the steeple at Bartlett UMC. It is not.
Not natural, but it's not Donald Trump's. Wait, are you saying about himself? Oh my gosh. I don't know if I would have said that. We just give you a natural color.
Well, a natural color. Oh, I like that. That's a good way of looking at it.
Well, Kristen, and of course, you've been a a small business owner for a long time here in Bartlett. Yes, yes. My husband and I actually have a small business. It's for we sell defibrillators and he teaches CPR classes and that type of thing.
So, yeah, we've had that for about 15 years and we just work out of our home and. And it's been really great.
Well, we appreciate you making me look presentable on national television, Kristen. My pleasure. All right, that's good. Tell Gary we said hello. I sure will.
He's being shy. I see him over there drinking his coffee this morning. All right, Kristen, thank you. Great to see you. Thanks, Todd.
Folks, it has been a lot of fun as we have started and just about wrapped up our very first Fall Fling tour. Look, we're going to do this again next Friday. I'll be in Los Angeles. I want you to head over to the Memphis Apologetics Conference tonight. Mid-America Seminary is going to be a lot of fun.
6 o'clock. You're going to want to be there for that. Get out there, folks. Have a great day. We will see you back on the air at 11 here on the Mighty 990.
