>> Ted: EFFORTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ON ON VIOLENCE AFFECTS CHILDREN AND A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COLLEGE AND STUDENTS TO CRACK SHOES.

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

REPUBLICAN TOM HORN IS ARIZONA'S NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INTRODUCTION AND THIS AFTER KATHY HOFFMAN CONCEDED THE RACE.

SHE THANKED HER STAFF AND FAMILY.

AS FOR HORN, THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD TERM.

KRIS MAYES HOLD A 130 LEAD OVER ABLE HAHMADE OVER 2 MILLION VOTES CAST.

IT'S THE CLOSEST AG'S RACE IN HISTORY AND ENSURES A RECOUNT.

REPUBLICAN KARI LAKE HAS YET TO CONCEDE TO HOBBS.

IN A VIDEO LAKE SUGGESTED THAT SHE PLANS TO CONTEST HER DEFEAT SAYING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT VOTERS WERE DISENFRANCHISED AND THE "WASHINGTON POST" IS SAYING LAKE IS IN FLORIDA AT TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO CLUB WHERE SHE SPOKE TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

THE POST REPORTS SHE RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION WHEN SHE ENTERED.

>>> NANCY PELOSI ANNOUNCED SHE WILL NOT RUN FOR A LEADERSHIP IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.

>> NEVER HAD I THOUGHT WOULD I GO TO HOMEMAKER TO HOUSE SPEAKER AND WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR CAUCUS, I WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.

FOR ME, THE HOUR HAS COME TO LEAD THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS THAT I SO DEEPLY RESPECT.

>> SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLE THE SPEAKERSHIP AND THE FACE OF HOUSE DEMOCRATS FOR TWO DECADES.

NEW YORK RELATE HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS EXPECTED TO SUCCEED HER FOR HOUSE DEMOCRATS.

>>> A RECENT STUDY SHOWS ONE IN TEN AMERICAN CHILDREN WITNESSED DOMESTIC ABUSE AMONG FAMILY MIDTERMSMEMBERS.

BLOOM 365 IS A PREVENTION ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN PHOENIX AND WE WELCOME DONNA BARTOYWS OF 365.

>> THIS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON THREE THINGS.

IT'S PREVENTING ABUSE BEFORE IT STARTS, SO GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSES, PROTECTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE HARMS ASSOCIATED FROM THE TRAUMA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR EXPERIENCE DATING ABUSE OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE THEMSELVES AND INTERRUPTING VIOLENCE AS ITS HAPPENING, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND INTERVENTION SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE PERPETRATING VIOLENCE.

>> THIS IS YOUTH CENTERED VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM?

>> YES, WE FOCUS ON 11 TO 24-YEAR-OLD OR GEN Z.

>> Ted: WE TALKED ABOUT CATCH PHRASES AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ONES, BREAK THE SILENCE, BREAK THE CYCLE AND SAVE LIVES AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> TO BREAK THE SILENCE, WE NEED TO RAISE AWARENESS AND SPEAK OUT WHEN WE SEE THE ABUSE AND SILENCE HAPPENING.

BREAKING THE CYCLE MEANS INTERRUPTING VIOLENCE IN ITS TRACKING WHEN WE SEE EARLY RED FLAGS IN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE USING VIOLENCE.

AND THEN SAVING LIVES, WE KNOW HERE IN ARIZONA, OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR BY A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED INCIDENT.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND SAVING LIVES.

>> Ted: LET'S FOCUS ON THE IMPACT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS ON KIDS.

WHAT DO WE KNOW OR WHAT DO STUDIES SHOW OR WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

>> A LOT OF THE STUDIES SHOW A CHILD CAN -- THREE WITNESSING TRAUMA, EXPERIENCING TRAUMA OR ANY ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADVERSE EXPERIENCES IN ADOLESCENCE AND LATER IN LIFE WHERE THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COPE OR COPE WITH A BREAKUP, WHERE THEY MIGHT STRUGGLE ACADEMICALLY, WHERE GRADES MIGHT SLIP OR WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PERFORM AT SCHOOL, HAVING LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR OTHER TROUBLES LIKE SUBSTANCE USE OR POTENTIALLY SUICIDAL IDEATION OR POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OR HAVE SEEN IT.

>> Ted: I WOULD IMAGINE THE STUDIES SHOW PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THOSE KIND OF THINGS MIGHT BE LIKELY TO PERPETUATE THIS AS ADULTS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE KNOW THOSE WHO PERPETRATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE RISK FACTORS PRESENT.

IF THEY'VE SEEN IT AT HOME OR TAUGHT ABUSIVE BEHAVIORS, WHETHER AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, IN MEDIA, WHERE THEY SEE THESE BEHAVIORS BEING NORMALIZED AND BEHAVIORS OF CONTROL AND ABUSE AND VIOLENCE OK AND THEN AS YOUNG PEOPLE USING THOSE SAME BEHAVIORS.

>> Ted: WHAT KIND OF MESSAGES DO YOU GIVE HERE?

WHAT DO YOU SAY AND THESE ARE KIDS NOW AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN HOW YOU PRESENT THIS STUFF.

HOW DO YOU DO IT?

>> ONE IS AN EDUCATION CURRICULUM WE DELIVER IN HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES AND WE HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN UNHEALTHY OR A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP OR FRIENDSHIP BY HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROOTS OF THESE PROBLEMS OFTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND GO BACK TO INSECURITY WHERE MAYBE THEY FEEL POWERLESS OR UNHEARD IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND WE SHOW THAT AS POE POE JEALOUSY.

>> Ted: HOW YOUNG OF A CHILD CAN YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH?

>> AS PARENTS AND ADULTS, WE CAN MODEL THAT FROM THE TIME OR CHILDREN ARE BORN SO THAT EDUCATION CAN AND SHOULD START AT HOME, BUT IN SCHOOL AGED TYPE PROGRAMS, IT DEPENDS UPON THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM IS FOR 13 TO 17-YEAR-OLDS AND IT IS DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY AND APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT AGE RANGE.

>> Ted: YOU HAVE TEEN PEER ADVOCATES INVOLVED IN THIS.

HOW DOES THAT WORK.

>> 80% OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY TEENS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DATING ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE GOING TO TELL A PEER BEFORE THEY TELL AN ADULT.

ONLY ABOUT 9% REACH OUT TO ADULTS OR FORMER HELP AFTER EXPERIENCING ABUSE OR FORMER VIOLENCE.

WE SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND PEERS KNOW HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE A WARM HANDOFF.

>> Ted: ARE YOU TRAINED IN PROVIDING.

>> THERE'S AN ACADEMY THAT IS IS A FOUR-DAY TRAINING THAT THEY KNOW AGAIN TO NOT BE A COUNSELOR BUT A PEER SUPPORT.

>> Ted: HOW MUCH ARE SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN THIS?

>> IT DEPENDS UPON THE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 70% OF OUR WORK IS SCHOOL BASED AND THE SCHOOLS THAT DO BRING US INTO THE CLASSROOM AND INTO THEIR PROGRAM RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES AND ALSO WRAP AROUND TRAUMA COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY AND INTERVENTIONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW SCHOOL COUNSELORS CAN'T CARRY THIS LOAD AND TEACHERS SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO THESE ISSUES.

>> Ted: IS THERE A TRICKY RELATIONSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED HERE?

>> YES, AND NO.

THERE ARE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WHO ARE GOOD RESOURCE ON CAMPUS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES, TEENS OR VICTIMS ARE NOT CALLING LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BARRIERS AND THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET INTO TODAY AND WE HELP TO BREAK THAT DOWN AND LET STUDENTS KNOW THERE ARE TRUSTED ADULTS ON CAMPUSES TO REACH OUT TO.

>> BLOOM 365 STARTED, I THINK IN 2006.

HAS IT BECOME EASIER TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT EASIER TO TALK ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING OVER THE YEARS?

>> WHAT'S BECOME EASIER IS ACTIVATING PEOPLE AS PURE ADVOCATES.

THEY LISTEN TO EACH OTHER BEFORE ADULTS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT HAS ENABLED US TO SCALE AND GROW OUR IMPACT IS BY MAKING SURE YOUNG PEOPLE AND GEN GENZ HAVE THIS PEER TO PEER.

>> THANK >> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: COMING UP, AN AFTER-SCHOOL FOR KIDS.

ROSIE'S HOUSE OFFERS A FREE AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES AND NOW THERE'S A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TO CALL HOME AND HERE TO GIVES US THE DETAILS IS BECKY, THE CEO OF ROSIE HOUSE AND IVAN WHO ATTENDED AS A TEENAGER.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: ROSIE'S HOUSE, THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY?

>> WE HAVE 25,000 FREE MUSIC LESSONS TO THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.

>> Ted: HOW DID THIS GET STARTED?

>> WE'RE A LOCAL NONPROFIT AND STARTED OVER 25 YEARS AGO BY AN AMAZING ROM WOMAN NAMED ROSIE.

THIS MADE THIS SAFE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN TO COME AND TAKE MUSIC LESSONS.

WE'VE GROWN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> Ted: IVAN, YOU ARE A GRADUATE, SO TO SPEAK, OF ROSIE'S HOUSE.

>> I GRADUATED IN 2012 AFTER COMPLETING THREE YEARS.

AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS, I'VE COME BACK AFTER SERVING IN THE MILITARY AND BEING IN COLLEGE AND NOW I COME BACK AND I'M SERVING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

>> Ted: GOOD FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU WERE THERE, WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED?

>> IS MY BAND TEACHER SAID THAT YOU'RE GOOD AT PLAYING SAXOPHONE AND YOU WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING LESSONS.

I UNFORTUNATELYUNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO AFFORD LESSONS AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FIND THE LESSONS AND ROSIE'S HOUSE WAS THE ANSWER I NEEDED.

>> Ted: HOW DO KIDS FIND YOU?

>> SO MANY STORIES LIKE IVAN'S WHERE THEIR TEACHER FINDS US AND THEY HEAR ABOUT US FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY IN COMMUNITY AND THEY SAY IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.

>> Ted: KIDS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE LEARNING AND HAVING FUN.

YOU HAVE A GRAND OPENING OF A IF YOU HOME AND WHERE IS THIS?

>> NINTH STREET AND JEFFERSON, 15,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AND WORKING HARD ON THE BUILDING THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED US GREATLY IN RENOVATING AN ADAPTIVE REUSED SPACE AND ON THE BUS LINE AND LIGHT RAIL AND PERFECT SPACE FOR OUR FAMILY.

>> Ted: CLASSROOMS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, HUH?

>> EVERYTHING WE COULD DREAM OF.

>> Ted: IVAN, WHAT DID ROSIE'S HOUSE DO FOR YOU?

KIDS DEVELOP AND YOU GOT TO LEARN IT UNDER THIS ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR FUTURE?

>> THROUGH ROSIE'S HOUSE I WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AND PEERS AND I KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND WE WERE ON THE SAXOPHONE AND GAVE ME A SENSE OF SELF WHERE I COULD BE EXPRESSIVE AND ALSO BE AROUND PEOPLE THAT WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN MUSIC, TOO, AND THIS LEAD ME TO KIND OF FIND MY PURPOSE THROUGH THE U.S. NAVY AND IT LEAD ME TO CONTINUE ON AND COME BACK AND SERVE ON THE BARRED.

BOARD.

>> Ted: WE KNOW LEARNING MUSIC, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO DO OR INTUITIVE HERE AND THAT'S A GOOD EDUCATION IN AND OF ITSELF.

>> LEARNING SOMETHING HARD FOR KIDS AND THIS COULD TAKE YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH AND THAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE OF MUSIC.

>> Ted: THE STRING'S BAND ORCHESTRA, MARIACHI, CORAL AND THERE'S DIGITAL AND IT'S BIG WITH THE KIDS.

TALK TO US.

>> IT'S A TEACH INITIATIVE TO BRING IN THIS DIGITAL PROGRAM AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE JOINING US A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THEIR EDUCATION, SO MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY MAY NOT BE PICKING UP AN ACCIDENT AND WANT TO COMPOSE AND WRITE MUSIC.

THIS IS AN AMAZING TECH-ISSUE TECH-INFUSED LABS FOR KIDS EXPERIENCING A GAP THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ENVIRONMENT FANCY COMPUTERS IN THAT SPACE.

>> Ted: YOU'VE KEPT IN TOUCH THAT YOU WENT TO ROSIE'S HOUSE WITH AND WHAT RESPONSE ARE YOU HEARING FROM THOSE YOUR AGE AND YOUNGER, OLDER AND THEY WERE THERE AND THEY'VE GRADUATED AND MOVED ON LIKE YOU.

WHAT DO THEY SAY?

>> THEY'VE SAID THEY'VE LOVED IT AND LOVED THEIR TIME THERE AND ROSIE'S HOUSE WILL FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY TO THEM.

IT WILL ALWAYS FEEL LIKE A SECOND HOME TO THEM.

>> Ted: IN RESPONSE FROM ADULTS, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE THERE AND LEARNING.

YOU SERVE MEALS AT ROSIE'S HOUSE.

>> WE DO.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND IT'S AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND FAMILIES ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE VALLEY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND IT'S REALLY A MUSIC CENTER AND IT HAS A LOT OF OTHER WRAP-AROUND SERVICES INCLUDING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK AND A COLLEGE PATH PROGRAM HELPING STUDENTS AND MANY FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE BOUND TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

SO MUSIC IS THE CORE AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING IN THIS BUILDING.

>> Ted: IVAN, WHAT'S NEXT AND ON THE HORIZON HERE?

>> WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND THE OFFERINGS.

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO WAIT LIST FOR STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND PROVIDE GREAT LESSONS.

>> Ted: WHERE DO STUDENTS GO?

>> ROSIESHOUSE.ORG AND FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

>> TODAY, TED.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

♪♪ >> FOR MOST PEOPLE GETTING OLDER AND NAVIGATING MIDLIFE COMES WITH CHALLENGES AND A LITTLE HUMOR COULD GO A LONG WAY.

THIS NEW BOOK IS "TITLED EXCUSE ME WHILE I DISAPPEAR.

TITLES OF MIDLIFE MAYHEM FOCUSING ON AGING AND NOT ALWAYS SO GRACEFULLY.

WE WELCOME JOURNALIST AND OLD FRIEND, LAURIE NATARO.

>> I'M SO HAPPY YOU ADMITTED THAT.

, YOUR OLD, OLD FRIEND.

[ Laughter ] >> STOP.

>> Ted: YOU'RE NOT AN YOUNG CHICKEN ANYMORE.

>> WE'RE NOT IN THE YOUNG CHICKEN COUPE ANY MORE.

[ Laughter ] >> Ted: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE?

>> WHEN PEOPLE STARTED CALLING ME MA'AM AT THE GROCERY STORE BUT THAT HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO.

WHEN YOU'RE 20, EVERYBODY LOOKS OLD AND THEN I STARTED REALIZING THAT I COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED WITHOUT MAKING A NOISE FROM SOMEPLACE OR A GRUNT.

OR IF I WAS ON THE FLOOR, I WOULD HAVE TO ROLL AROUND TO A PIECE OF FURNITURE HEAVY ENOUGH TO GET UP.

>> Ted: ET CETERAIT'S WHAT HAPPENS AND ALL GROW OLDER.

AND ARE YOU DIFFERENT NOW THAN THE YOUNGER LAURIE?

>> I'M AMPLIFIED NOW WHICH SHOULD SCARE YOU BECAUSE NOW THAT I'M OLDER AND I REALIZE THAT I HAVE DISAPPEARED TO MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET -- AT FIRST IT WAS DAUNTING AND DISAPPOINTING AND THEN I REALIZED, THIS IS A SUPER POWER.

TOTAL SUPER POWER.

I CAN GET AWAY WITH SO MUCH MORE NOW THAN WHEN I WAS 27.

LIKE NO COP WILL ARREST ME REALLY FOR CAUSING A SCENE IN THE BANK BECAUSE I'M A HARMLESS OLD WOMAN.

BUT 30 YEARS AGO, YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BAIL.

>> Ted: SO YOU'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE, OBVIOUSLY, AND YOU'RE ABUSING THE PRIVILEGE.

BUT ARE YOU DIFFERENT?

WE CAN LOOK BACK ON THE OLDER BOOKS AND FIND OUT.

IS THAT THE SAME LAURIE HERE?

YEAH, I'M JUST FOR OF HER AND I'M FREER AND THERE'S A FREEDOM WITH GETTING OLDER THAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT.

YOU HAVE -- YOU JUST DON'T CARE ANYMORE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COMES WITH AGE OR WISDOM OR THE PAIN IN YOUR BODY IS SO INTENSE THAT YOU DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY TO PEOPLE ANYMORE.

IT COULD BE EITHER/OR.

BUT IN THIS BOOK, I REALLY -- AND I HAD TO TELL MY MOM, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS BOOK, MA, BECAUSE I'M FULL FORCE AND ON FIRE IN THIS BOOK BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ANYMORE.

>> Ted: WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS?

>> FIVE YEARS SINCE I WROTE THE LAST BOOK AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WITH A FULL-TIME JOB THINKING I WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO PUBLISHING.

MY LAST BOOK COMPLETELY FAILED AND YOU JUST DON'T GET A DEAL AFTER THAT.

I HAD ENOUGH STUFF.

I DID A READING IN NEW JERSEY AND A LADY DIED DURING IT.

ISO THINGS STARTED HAPPENING AND THIS IS BOOK STUFF.

SO I TOOK IT TO AGENTS I TRUSTED AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID?

NO ONE WANTS TO READ ABOUT MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN AND YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER ANY PART OF ME, SAY NO.

>> Ted: IT SEEMED LIKE YES, NO ONE FOR A REGULAR AUTHOR AND AN INSTRUCTION BOOK OR SOME SELF-HELP BOOK, BUT YOU COME AT IT FROM SUCH A DIFFERENT ANGLE, THIS BOOK IS FULL OF MATERIAL AND GOODNESS GRAY GRACIOUS.

WHEN YOU WROTE THIS BOOK AND I LOVE THAT YOU GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO YOUR MOM ANONYMOUSLY.

>> SHE DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW.

>> Ted: ARE YOU YOUR MOM?

[ Laughter ] >> PROBABLY, PROBABLY, ALTHOUGH, I'M NOT ADDICTED TO AFRIN.

[ Laughter ] >> BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, PROBABLY.

>> Ted: ARE YOU SMARTER NOW OR ARE YOU JUST MORE EXPERIENCED?

>> I THINK THAT COMES HAND IN HAND.

YOU BECOME SMARTER THE MORE EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE.

I LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY.

SO EVEN THOUGH I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE MY NEPHEW'S AN THINKING I'M A DUMB OLD LADY.

I'M BAD AT MATH AND 40 MORE MILLION DAYS ON EARTH THAN YOU DO AND I'M NOT AS DUMB AS YOU THINK I AM.

>> Ted: WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT WAY AND THEY REACT THAT WAY, DID THE YOUNG LAURIE ACT THAT WAY WHO ARE NOW AT THE AGE OF THE YOUNG LAURIE?

>> SHE DID AND THAT'S PRETTY AWFUL.

[ Laughter ] >> YEAH, YEAH.

AND I APOLOGIZED TO MY GRANDPARENTS AND NO LONGER WITH US, FOR HAVING A RATHER NAIVE VISION OF THE WORLD.

>> Ted: WAS THIS AN EASIER BOOK TO WRITE THAN YOUR EARLIER BOOKS?

>> YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

>> Ted: ISN'T THAT SOMETHING.

I >> I GOT A REVIEW ON AMAZON, OH, LAR LAURIELAURIE, HOW YOU CHANGED.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WENDY, I'M SORRY I'M NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM, BUT I'M AWESOME.

>> Ted: THE TITLE MEANS WHAT?

YOU'RE OLDER AND YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER.

>> I FULLY BELIEVE I COULD WALK OUT OF COSTCO WITH A DEEP FREEZE.

>> Ted: WHAT IS THE DATING WAY LIKE?

DO YOU SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF A KEYBOARD AND GO TO WORK OR IS THERE A MUSE?

>> THERE'S NO MUSE.

WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING IT.

I'M NOT FEELING LIKE PAYING YOU TODAY.

THIS IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER JOB.

I HAVE TO TOLERANCE OR PROBATION PATIENCE WHO FREEZE UP AT THE COMPUTER.

>> Ted: ISN'T IT AMAZING WHEN YOU GET TO WORK, THERE'S THE MUSE?

>> IT'S IN MY HISTORY.

[ Laughter ] >> Ted: YOU'RE OLD OFF FOR THAT, TOO.

SO MANY ANTIDOTES.

DO YOU TAKE NOTES?

>> IT'S IN MY iPHONES AND USED TO BE IN MY PHONE.

A LADY DIED IN MY READING.

>> Ted: AND YOU BLED ON A CAKE PLATE.

>> MY HUSBAND CRIED.

>> Ted: YOUR HUSBAND IS ALL OVER THIS BOOK.

>> HEY, OUR NAME IS BOTH ON THAT MORTGAGE.

>> Ted: DO YOU ENJOY GOING BACK AS THE OLDER LAURIE.

DO YOU READ YOUR OLDER STUFF.

>> YES, KRIS MAYES IS IN AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE IDIOT GIRLS AND I WORKED WITH HER AND I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK AND READ THOSE THINGS AND SOMETIMES I CRINGE OR FORGET A PUNCH LINE AND SHE WAS SO AWESOME AND GOOD FOR YOU, LAURIE, 1989.

>> SOME PEOPLE CAN'T STAND TO READ THEIR ODDER STUFF AND OLDER STUFF.

>> Ted: THIS IS "EXCUSE ME WHILE I DISAPPEAR."

A LITTLE SHORT.

>> YOURS CAME WITH BENT COVER AND LEAVE A TWO-STAR REVIEW ON THE SIDES OF THE BOOK AND THE BENTNESS.

>> Ted: TED, FROM PHOENIX.

THE LAST ESSAY, THAT'S NOT FAIR WHAT YOU DID.

>> I DIDN'T PLACE IT THERE.

THAT WAS MY EDITOR AND EVERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP COMES TO AN END BECAUSE NATURE IS JUST NATURE.

>> Ted: THE WHOLE BOOK, GREAT JOB.

>> CHANGING HANDS, TED.

>> Ted: WHICH ONE?

>> TEMPE.

THERE'S A PIÑATA, THE SHAPE OF A UTERUS.

>> Ted: THERE'S FORGETTING THAT IN THERE AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.