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John Merrill

John Merrill

Former Secretary of State of Alabama

Aug 28, 2026

9:54
He's got mulberry trees and hazelnut trees that he's hoping to let the pigs go feed themselves someday.
9:59
And you know, it could be all of them.
10:01
It could be just everything.
10:02
Hickory and all kinds of different trees.
10:05
Just let the nuts rain down.
10:07
Butternut, walnut.
10:10
They grow with ease.
13:42
Okay.
25:02
Because if it's not used correctly...
25:06
Well, there's a lot of people that they are fearful of the claims process, or they don't understand it.
25:12
And I really encourage people, give me a call.
25:15
I will go over it with you.
25:16
because there's a right way to do it that cuts down a lot of the hassle, and you just really need to have an understanding.
25:23
I do have done hundreds, probably a thousand or more of these claims, and there's a lot to learn, and sometimes I think I'm throwing too much information at people, but I'm trying to forewarn them that it needs to be done right, and I'll walk you through the process.
25:38
I'm doing, I think I'm up to five this past two weeks that I've been working with families on in a I really enjoy helping the family do that, builds that trust.
29:57
Well, how do you get caregivers? How do you find these people with the quality and the ambition to want to help other people out? And where do they come from? Are these
22:53
How does somebody like you from East Alabama become a Reds fan?
22:57
Well, you know, when I was a little boy and first knew anything about baseball, that's when the Big Red Machine really... came into existence and to watch those guys that were a part of that team it really made an impression on me and one that I hold dear because that was something that helped kind of set my path as far as what I enjoyed watching as far as baseball was concerned with Tony Perez and Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion and Pete Rose, George Foster, Ken Griffey, Cesar Geronimo, and then a great bevy of pitchers that were just outstanding Major League Baseball players, Jack Billingham, Fred Norman, Don Gullett, Will McEnany, Raleigh Eastwick, Pedro Bourbon.
24:01
I mean, those guys were guys that helped set the standard for baseball excellence in the 60s, 70s, and the early part of the 80s.
24:10
And so the Reds became my team, and I have followed them since that time.
24:16
I have just thoroughly enjoyed being able to be up there.
24:20
And as you know, because we talked about this too, I don't know what we talked about it on air, but being able to meet all of those guys and interact with them, become friends with some of them, especially George and Vicki Foster, Jeff Brantley and Ashley, his wife.
24:42
Some of the other people that were not as well known, like Doug Flynn, who was a utility player and a rookie on the 75 team and then in his sophomore season in 76, who was also a great Kentucky player.

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31:39
You're exactly right.

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