Who are you?
Well.
Hello there.
Man, this is kind of fun, you know?
Hanging out here in the studio
together with you, Joyce.
And we're excited. And we're excited.
You're here with us as well.
Yeah, absolutely.
That guy is John Seville.
Who? Yeah, this. Is Joyce Logan.
But a lot of people know you as,
caddy man.
Yep. John Cadillac Seville, caddy man.
My wife calls me other names,
which I really can't repeat. But.
How many radio stations
are you on right now?
Multiple stations for iHeart right now.
Wherever they need me,
I just kind of go play.
It could be a top 40.
It could be country,
it could be classic as I just love music
and doing this long time.
Joyce, you know, you and I met,
you know, years ago in WPLG in New Haven.
We did, we did. Yeah.
So a little bit of background about us
like like who are these people.
So John and I have known each other
since I think 1982.
And we were at to you.
Like many years ago.
And we just hit it off.
We did.
And we can go years
without seeing each other
and we just hit it off again.
So we found out
that we had something in common
with the way we speak with people.
And so I've always had a dual career
and public relations and, and wellness.
So I have a private practice
where I help people,
a lot of people with anxieties and phobias
and things like that.
And when people would come in,
they want to share with you
everything that's wrong in their life.
So I started to switch that around and
welcome them in and say,
so tell me what's good, what's good.
But John does the same thing.
You were like the, the, the mayor.
You're like the town council.
Wherever you go, people
gravitate towards you.
And you always say something like,
if it's a guy like,
so what's good, brother, right?
Don't you. Yeah.
You want to correct people.
So because people go to the negative
naturally.
And there's so much negativity out there
it's like they say bad news cells
and all that.
And I don't necessarily you know by that
I believe that one step at a time.
Maybe it's Pollyanna
on my part of Kumbaya.
But I believe that we can make
a difference one person at a time.
So when I'm at the gym or the coffee shop,
I'm not going to be like
looking at my phone.
I'm going to be looking around
to see who I could talk to.
Yeah.
And I'll look around and say, you
so what's good today?
And people have to think about that
because they're not used to that.
Yeah.
You just made their break a lot. Right.
But if you say like how you doing.
Oh you know, same old same old another day
another dollar.
Yeah. Let's not go down that rabbit hole.
Let's focus on what's good.
And then all of a sudden
that person's mood is elevated.
And then they in part
do that to someone else.
And you have the domino effect
of life, right?
So one by one you can make a difference
in people's lives.
Especially in your own life.
You know, just, you know,
be aware of your words
because your words really, truly shape,
your day,
your life
and who you bring into your life.
So even if you're not feeling it,
focus on something that does
make you feel good.
That's right.
And then you'll notice that,
there's like a big shift that happens.
There is I mean, we live in a world
that's full of vibrations. Yes.
And if we can go out there
like the Beach Boys song, you know, good.
And bring out those good vibrations.
I'm dating myself. I need some. Music.
Yeah, I don't,
we just can't, you know, like.
Like we're working on that right now.
We're kind of low budget at the moment,
but we're good, we're good.
We're going to work on that.
And that must cost a lot for people.
Play music on TV
because they usually don't.
Yeah, they have to pay like,
you know, they have copyright laws, right?
We could hum it. You're a singer.
We can have an apple. Oh, I can't imagine.
You want to keep our audience.
You know what we what we always hear.
You guys are way.
No way.
We're going to have somebody soon.
We're going to get somebody
with so much talent
here in the Connecticut marketplace
and beyond.
Yeah, that's. Just some of those musicians
to come out and sing.
But again, you know,
the whole premise of our show again,
in case you're just tuning in,
what's good with John and Joyce?
It's just something we we just want to
bring something positive to the world.
Because every time
you look anywhere, it's all negative.
And some people say, well, negative sells,
but I think positive can sell, too.
It's all about how you present it.
It's all about how you present it.
And if anyone has waited in the doctor's
office or a grocery line lately.
Yeah.
Oh my lord, it's it's full of
never mind the politics
or the price of whatever eggs.
Yeah. Could be the weather. Yeah.
And so put the weather
is always going to change, doesn't it?
Doesn't it get cold where we live? It
doesn't. Matter. I'm in New England.
They say if you don't like the weather,
wait a minute. Right, right.
But there's this common thread
where people gather,
and I think that's been their calling card
for a long time.
Right.
Like, I can relate to you
because we both hate this, right?
How about if you both loved something?
Yes. And I think if we start that
and we're going to start that with you
because you're going to help us with this,
you know, form that thread of,
hey, I'm alive today.
If you have eyes that you can see, legs
that you could walk.
And if you can talk,
if even if you have one of those things,
you could be ahead of the game
because you're still on Earth.
If we're still on Earth,
we're here for a purpose.
We're here to help each other.
We're here to serve.
We're here to uplift.
And I think that's been lost
along the way, probably because of things
like social media, which is great
in one way and the other way.
It allows people to gaggle together
and just complain, complain, complain.
And we want to be the show
where you can tune in to
and you're going to hear what's good,
and you're going to start thinking
about what's good in your life or.
The old phrases,
you know, misery loves company.
Yeah, but misery hates
to lose company even more.
Yeah.
I remember somebody saying that to me
once before.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
But again, I find that
when I'm chatting with people a lot,
they're gravitating toward the positive.
When you do say something positive, you
compliment somebody and make it sincere.
Yeah.
Because people can, you know, they
they can spot a phony in a heartbeat.
But if you really look for something
in each and every person to compliment
and be sincere about it,
it can it can change their whole day. Yes.
So that's something that I know we do
innately.
We've done that for a long time.
It's kind of like our fabric.
But I think
I think people are good by nature.
I think so. Too.
I think people sometimes
listen to a different voice, but I think,
you know, people, are good by nature.
Yeah.
And that's a good thing to remember
because a lot of people have said
people are evil by nature,
and I don't believe that.
No at. All.
I think we're created by our we are,
you know, our creator to be to be good.
But then as we get into the world,
you know,
sometimes we listen to those disparate
voices. Yes.
You know, I hear my mom's voice a lot.
And of course. I love the way
you speak about your mom.
And I love my mother.
You know, when I was a teenager,
I didn't, though.
I thought she was, you know. Oh,
every every every teenager.
Yeah. I really did.
And it wasn't until, you know,
a little later on that I thought, wow,
this woman was
she was a genius because she wasn't really
she wasn't college educated.
She, you know, she had immigrant
parents from Austria and,
they had learned to speak
some English and, you know,
and all of that, but boy, did
she have wisdom.
And she used to say,
if you
like something about someone, tell them,
because a lot of people think it
and they don't say it, she said.
So if someone's wearing a shirt
that you like, say you like this shirt.
Yeah, tell them because you probably
make them feel good on top of it.
But on the other hand,
if someone says to you, hey,
I really like that top you're wearing,
don't ever say this old thing, right?
Right.
Say take it with grace.
Take it with take it with grace.
And say also that.
Yeah, I like it too, because that's why
I bought it, you know, because I liked it.
But so many times
people do not compliment others
because they feel it makes them vulnerable
or whatever it may be.
But when you're compliment,
somebody might be the only nice thing.
They hear that they don't assume,
oh, that person's pretty or that person
gets compliments all the time.
Don't don't assume it,
you know, be free with your praise.
Yes, because when you bless other people,
I believe that you get blessed as well.
You know, talking about that.
And I won't,
I won't, I won't say who it is,
but I think you might remember the story.
So it was a rather famous person,
and I was complimenting to him
another famous person.
And he said, I would never tell him that
because his head's too big already.
I know who you're talking to. Yeah.
But we're not gonna we're not going to do.
No, no, but that's the thing.
I think people think people will
sometimes look and say,
well, I'm not going to tell him
or her looks looks good because, it's
going to give them a big head.
And it's like, why?
Like, why would you say that?
Sometimes I see and I still don't know
if they're looking at me
like, wow, you know,
she just made a mistake.
But they, you know, especially women will
look at other women kind of up and down.
And I'm thinking,
oh, do I have a stain on me?
Do I have, you know that?
But they could be thinking, I like that.
Right.
And so just say it, do it and.
And you'll feel better about it.
Yeah you will.
So think about it in your own life.
You know, who can you compliment?
Who really needs
that sometimes is the person.
Maybe you have the roughest time with?
Well, like we say many times off the air
and saying it right now,
you know, on the air
that everybody is going through something.
Yes, everybody is fighting a battle.
I don't care who you are,
what kind of house you live
and what kind of car you drive and clothes
you wear.
Everybody's battling something.
Yeah, you just scratch that surface,
right? Right.
So just by being kind to that person
again, that that can make their whole day.
Yes. Yeah.
You know, when I watch old movies,
I love watching movies
because I turn off the news.
Okay, turn off the news.
What's your favorite old movie?
Oh, there's so many.
If there's one that came
to mind is maybe, you know,
it's the man who came to dinner.
Oh, yeah.
The man who came to Twitter
with Monty Woolley and Betty Davis.
And sometimes
when I've said old movies to people,
they've said to me, oh, well,
I wasn't born then.
It's like, hey, I wasn't either.
I'm talking about movies in the 30s.
I wasn't born when,
you know, Gone With the Wind came around.
But, you know,
I just always loved I love that,
but I love the man who came to dinner.
Just makes me smile
because the dialog is so fast and witty.
But I also love It's a Wonderful Life
with Jimmy Stewart.
How can you not?
And that's got a great
moral, I guess, to that story where
he never felt fulfilled
because he wasn't making the money.
He didn't.
He wasn't taking care of his family,
as you should.
And his social mores, that of the day.
Yeah, yeah, I think a lot of people
still go through that nowadays.
Yeah, I think so.
Like my favorite movie of all time is
Field of Dreams.
Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner.
Yes, I watched that movie.
It's like it's
kind of like The Notebook for men.
I was just going to say. Notebook for men.
That resonates more with men, doesn't it?
I still watch that movie,
and every time I do Patty,
my wife has to give me some Kleenex
because I think about my dad.
Yeah.
If you're familiar with the movie
where he's throwing the the ball
with his dad, who comes back to life
because he's in the field,
and all these old baseball players
come back
and he looks at his dad and goes, yeah,
and he's so young.
Yeah, I remember him being older
and this and that, and he and
his dad says to Kevin Costner's character,
would you like to play catch?
And every time he does that,
I just lose it.
Yeah.
With the power of good storytelling,
of a good movie and also a good, like,
what we're trying to do here.
A good a good story, right?
Yeah.
We're going to have some great stories
waiting to hear some of the people
we're going to have on. Yeah.
And things that they went through. Right.
But you know, something
and watching those old movies, I,
I will Google the people
just to see what their lives were like.
I am shocked at times,
the things that they went through.
Looking at it, I'm thinking, wow,
they had it all.
They had it. Oh no, no, no.
No, nobody has it.
All the people
you think have it together don't.
And they probably need you
the most, right?
They probably need you the most
to say something,
encouraging to them, you know.
And you do that all the time, John.
You know, I wish I were more like, oh.
Well, you're you're you're doing this.
And I think that's one of the reasons we
decided to get together to do this show.
Joyce, because we met for coffee
rather innocently at a coffee place
right down the street from the studio
here in Brantford.
And we were both looking for something
like this.
Yeah.
I remember
when I talked about doing a podcast
and you said yes,
I was thinking about the same thing, but
I just wanted to find the right,
you know, co-host.
Yeah.
And I looked at you and said
well you know, what do you think.
And, and all those years ago
to quote a George Harrison song, right.
We, my favorite Beatle.
Yeah. Mine too. Mine too. Yeah.
We meet up and all of a sudden we're here
working with some
really great people here, and, it's
just it's a blessing to be here.
You know?
But you just remind me
about something in the coffee shop,
and that's when you kind of open my eyes
to something.
I got there before you,
and there was a young.
Which is usually the case. Which is?
John's running late.
Boy, you know.
But there was this young man
sitting in the corner,
and he looked a little special,
and I, I can say that
because I have a grandson
who is in the, in the.
Spectrum of what is that? And.
Oh, wait a minute.
Should we be playing that song? Got it.
This is all organic, gang.
We're doing this organic right
now, warts and all.
All right.
Hello, hello. Good good.
Good good.
Somebody forgot to turn their attention.
All right, all right. As you were saying.
Well, I have a grandson and a son
who's in the spectrum and when I went,
walked into the coffee shop,
I kind of got the feeling that he was.
And, he wanted to be left alone,
but he was the only one in there.
I walked in, he was sitting in the corner,
and I just stayed.
I just stayed away.
John walks in five minutes
later and, you go up to the counter,
you say hello to everyone.
You look over at this guy
that you never saw before.
You walked over like, hey, my man,
what's up?
How are you doing today?
You put your hand on his shoulder
and his face lit up.
His face lit up like
no one has ever done that to him before.
And that really welled me up thinking,
how many other times have I done that?
And it looked like almost
I was shining someone when in my mind
I was kind of giving them space
because I thought,
you know, they may have special needs,
but it didn't matter to you, John.
You know,
and that's what I so love about you.
And so you teach me.
You teach me.
And I think, you know,
I think I just want to be appreciated,
you know,
and it's like I do a lot of the mic work
with the Tim Tebow Foundation
and they're nice to shine.
And that's all about, what they have.
It's a problem
for people with special needs.
And they had the red carpet
and I do my Ryan Seacrest thing.
Yeah.
Bring them all the and introduce them,
ask him a couple questions,
and they feel like this is their night.
Everybody has a crown.
The guys are wearing tuxes,
the girls are wearing gowns.
And for that night, for that 2
or 3 hour period, they are stars.
You know, they're a big deal
as they should be because,
you know, we're all stars in our own way,
right? Right.
And then I get the chance to play music
for them dancing.
And it just makes their whole night.
They just want to be treated
like everybody else.
Yeah.
You know, it's like so many, so many times
people see somebody in a wheelchair
and they see the chair,
but they don't see the person.
They'll talk to another person
like that person has to translate
to the person in the wheelchair.
Yes. You're right.
You look at the person in the wheelchair
and smile at them.
Have a conversation with them. Right.
That's all they want.
Treat, treat people with dignity. Yes.
And again that's the kind of stuff
we're going to focus on here.
You know what's good in the world.
There's so many good people
in the world. It's not just what I do.
There's people doing that all the time.
Joyce, you do that in your own way.
You, you know, watching right now,
you do that in your own life.
Right? Yeah.
And I think about people who will say,
to me, you know, just in a conversation
will come up like they,
they hate rich people.
And it's like, yeah, all right.
So everyone's got something, but you can't
lump everyone into into one thing.
There are a lot of good
rich people and poor people and,
I guess I can't.
It goes back to my mom who said,
do not Revere anyone either.
Don't
you know, because the Queen of England
always remember
just saying that the Queen of England
takes down her pants
and goes to the bathroom just like you.
It's right.
So they may have more privilege
in other areas, but
there are people that she gave
birth to, children.
She did this or he did that.
We're all the same.
And just because someone
might have more privilege
or kids in school
because they have less privilege,
doesn't mean you mark them as something.
Because here's that saying
that Wayne Dyer always said that
when you label someone, you negate them.
Absolutely.
And you have. A tendency
to judge and label. So much.
And I just got done
watching a TV series called The Crown.
No, I love The Crown.
And you mentioned the Queen and privilege.
They talked about people
that were dysfunctional.
Yeah.
You know, you think they have it
all, all the money in the world,
but all the divorces in the family.
Yeah.
Princess Diana,
I'm not sure if she was ever happy.
I know she seemed like she was
the unhappiest person in the world.
And yet, at the time, probably the most
popular woman in the world.
Yes. And and her.
And, you know, now, King Charles,
there was no love there.
Right.
And so for us to judge people
and think they have it all.
And he's dealing with cancer.
Exactly.
Kate is and so everyone's
dealing with, with something in life.
So if we begin to look at people that way
that we're all in this
together and just reach out,
a hand by
saying, smile at someone,
even just smile at someone.
But it, it really, you know,
they have the sayings on social media
which maybe it doesn't
even make sense anymore
because you see it, but it's so true.
Your smile can change, right?
Everything in a person's life if you just
say something positive to them.
Yeah. And so.
So that's why your smile is your logo.
Your smile is your business card.
So you didn't tell me what's good?
What's good today, John?
What's good today is we're here.
Yeah, we're hanging out.
We've been talking
about doing this podcast for about a year,
a little behind the scenes stuff inside
baseball stuff.
And we've had some stops and starts again.
What Joyce and I like to do
is be very organic and transparent,
you know, and that starts right now
with this show.
But we've had some stops and starts and,
but we believe everything happens
in God's time, you know? Right.
Every setback is a set up for something
better.
Right. And, Absolutely.
Beautiful studio here in Branford.
We're working with some great people.
Yes, David and Step, and we shoot them
and all they're doing behind the scenes.
And we appreciate you, for, for,
you know, watching and listening.
Right. What is it?
I mean, who knows where
this is going to go?
And, but we're just hoping that,
it goes in a direction
where we can make a big impact in people's
lives one by one.
Yeah, well, I think we both feel
that there's no coincidence in there.
I mean, everything happens for a reason.
And this was meant. Meant to be.
And if, one person
likes listening to us, we're here for you.
And it makes. That's perfect.
I hope you're the one.
I really hope you're the one.
And you tell another one
and you tell another.
Yeah, the domino effect.
Well, we want a good domino effect.
We want people to think differently.
We're going to bring you a lot of ways
to do that.
A lot of tools to put in your little,
tool case
before you leave the house in the morning.
Well, you certainly. It's going to.
Help your day.
You are definitely a, a wonderful author.
You've written some great books.
You have another one
that's coming out soon,
and we'll be talking about that very,
very soon. Yes.
Maybe in an upcoming episode.
Hint hint hint. Yes yes yes.
So what's good?
Say that to yourself
when you wake up in the morning.
What's good about my day?
And just celebrate
the fact that you're alive
and if you can wake up
and get yourself out of bed, that's great.
If you can't
and you have someone who's taking
care of you,
that's great to focus on that.
You know, I just have to remember,
there was this minister years ago
who said that
he would visit a woman that in,
I guess it was a
nursing
home and she would not get out of bed.
And she was really closed down
and was suffering with depression,
along with just being elderly
and hurting and all of that.
And he leaned into her one day
and he said,
I want you to say every morning,
this is the day the Lord has made.
I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Just say that.
And then a couple weeks later,
he went to visit her,
and she was sitting up.
And a few days after that they told him
that there was a great improvement
with her, and she started to dress
and get up and about.
And then she told the minister
she said, when you said that to me,
I did that and I felt something
different inside of me.
Yeah, something leaped out inside, right?
But it was so wonderful that he said
that to her than the other side.
You have to do it also.
Right, and put action to that.
I love that saying,
because that was King David in Psalms,
you know,
one of my favorite passages in the Bible.
But yeah, what's good?
You always remember things like that.
So what the King David said.
King David said that King
David said that in the Bible
after he suffered one of his worst defeats
at the time.
So he was speaking by faith, and, his
fellow warriors were ready to kill him.
They're really upset with him
because he had lost a battle.
And, a lot of the enemy
had come to their home and ravaged the,
the, their homes and took their kids,
you know, and their their wives.
And, he went over to the side
and he encouraged himself
because nobody else was.
And he said,
this is the day that the Lord has made.
And he went on to say,
let's be glad and rejoice.
And father blessed me in such a way
that you know that nobody
will ever believe how great things are,
not because of who I am,
but because of who I am. As
powerful.
But that that was always a great passage
in my mind that he.
And then like eight weeks later,
he became the king.
He was in the king at the time.
But Saul, you know, King
Saul was killed at the time.
But I digress with that.
You know,
I get really deep into this stuff, but,
this has been, it's been a lot of fun.
Joyce.
I'm really excited about this, this, this
next, you know, a chapter in our lives.
And, we want to take you along with us.
Let's leave everyone on a positive note.
What do you say? That I love. You?
I kind of like, you know, looking for that
anointment of ease in life.
Anointment of these?
Yeah.
Yeah, I just like that we're we're
all going to have challenges in life.
But so many times things happen for us in
a positive way when we just kind of like,
you know, say what we want,
put it out to the universe,
and then just go on with your day.
Right?
So like,
I always like to say, you know, I'm
going to do my best today
and, and let God take care of the rest.
I love that we wish that for all of you,
it's spirit of these.
That's right.
Till next time. Bye for now.
