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But then I realized, like, hey man, if we could try to prevent them even going in, we would probably have, you know, a better chance of keeping them out.

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St. Louis, welcome back to another episode of the STL Bucket List show. I got someone special in the studio today. We've recorded over 220 episodes highlighting the people, places, and events that make St. Louis special. Recording right here in Maplewood, we got Derek Walker Jr., founder of Rides and School Supplies, an organization you started back in 2019. Yeah, absolutely. We started STL Bucket List in 2019. So you've been through that same grind of building from the ground up and you've built something extremely special. So just for the people that haven't heard of you, tell me, tell me what you guys do.

SPEAKER_02 1:55

First off, thanks for having me. Congratulations on 200 plus episodes as well, man. That is that's amazing. And then congratulations on this beautiful studio as well, man. Thank you, bro. Um being here since 2019 is really a blessing. We have had the opportunity to uh grow through a struggle with the community, whether that be the pandemic, whether that be the um tragic tornadoes that the city had. You know what I mean? So we have been able to, through that, like I said, grow with the city, go through a little bit with the city, but then grow with the city as well out of those uh tough times, man. But we are here uh for our eighth year coming up on our ninth year. Uh now a household name, being able to provide resources and scholarship and just love throughout the community. It's it's been a good time.

SPEAKER_01 2:35

Yeah, no, that's amazing. So take me back to the days. Uh well, actually, I want to learn a little bit more about you. So are you from St. Louis then?

SPEAKER_02 2:42

Born and raised, yep, North St. Louis, yes, sir. I actually still live on a block I was born on. Oh, really? With eight other family members who own houses. So it's nine of us on the same blank. From my 97-year-old grandma who was at the show. Uh, and then uh my dad lived next door. So all the way down and all the all the family.

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That's really cool.

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That's pretty cool.

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So

Mentoring Sparks the Car Show

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you've been able to build here in St. Louis. And so take me back to your work in the uh juvenile detention center. Like, what actually what was it about mentoring that the kids that actually led you to actually build something like this? Because you were just, you were there for a job, you were, hey, I'm a mentor. And then you're like, wait, what can I do to bring these kids out of this space and bring and actually raise more awareness?

SPEAKER_02 3:18

Great question. So uh actually I was there mentoring through uh a program that the 100 black men in Metropolitan St. Louis had. So I joined uh, and along with a couple of other my good friends and brothers, we I guess we kind of not related, but we leaned into that program a little bit more than anything else. It was real, it was raw, uh, it was one hour the week, and we just kind of got to kick it with these young men. Um a lot of those kids seemed like they were lacking a little bit of inspiration on the front end, right? So it was kind of seemed like they were looking for opportunities. If they just had an outlet or if they had some direction, uh maybe it would not have led them there. Uh so we were trying to work on a couple of things that was like post-um-juvenile detention center structured or focused to try to get them uh some resources following. But then I realized, like, hey man, if we could try to prevent them even going in, we'll probably have you know a better chance of keeping them out. So uh I thought, along with my cousin, uh how can we inspire kids the same way we've been inspired all our life? So we both like cars. Uh at that point in time, me and him both had chargers. Uh, and um that was the that was the car to have for a young millennial at the time, uh, still is for some others. But um we were like, let's let's do a car show and let's try to throw some resources in it as well. Let's try to get the community together, uh, let's let's try to inspire them at the same time. So uh that's that's where they came from. I think that program is still going at the Juvenile Attendance Center. Uh sorry if I'm wrong, uh, but that program was really something that implanted me in my mentoring space. Like it just kind of opened my eyes to see what change could be. Uh so I saw a gap, and we've just been trying to fill that since 2019.

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Yeah, that's

A Family-Run Organization

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amazing. So this is really a family operation. I mean, your cousin, you mentioned your cousin, yeah. Your wife works with you. Yeah, your mom works with you. Yeah. What's it like building something this personal, but also this impactful with your family? I mean, that's that's how to make you guys closer.

SPEAKER_02 5:12

Nothing beats it, man. Nothing beats it. I promise you, nothing beats uh doing the things with your family. I mean, um, Danielle is she she's here. She's she's extended family now, but she gets to see it like it's uh we have good, raw conversations. We sub that like the support is like no other. I I I gain a family member on the team. The trust is is is like no other, right? Um we we're having raw conversations, we don't have to beat around a bush. Um, and it just the the the organization is a reflection of that family. You know what I mean? So like the love that we give out, it's the love that I was getting growing up. So what I'm trying to do is just an embodiment of how I was growing up. You know what I mean? So uh again, my mom, my dad, uh my wife is the treasure. Uh my son's godfather uh is the creative strategist, Jermaine. I'm his son's godfather. Um I'm trying to just I'm trying to go down a list of cousins, write checks. Um, it is it's it's literally nothing but family, aunties, uncles, like everybody is is is here, and we're opening the door to whoever wants to be involved. And like it's it's a busload of people who are unofficially part of the team because they come around and they give advice and it's volunteer when they need to volunteer when they need to support, donate if they need to, or if they can. And and nothing beats working with your family.

Beyond the Cars: The Real Impact

SPEAKER_01 6:23

That's so cool, man. Yeah. Um, but you've you you really said it's not really about the cars, it's about the impact that you're having. The cars are just you know the cool, the cool factor. I mean, we got the big street sign in here, but the cars are to bring people there, but yeah, it's about all the work that goes in and the work that goes in after that car show. Because like it doesn't stop when the cars pull off the lot. Like, that's when your guys' real work starts.

SPEAKER_02 6:42

Absolutely. It is, it is kind of a twofold thing, right? Like, we want to use the cars to grab the attention and reel the kids in. And then once we have you, let's talk. You know what I mean? Let's talk how we got this car, let's talk about how we keep this car, let's talk about what it takes to maintenance this car, let's talk about what I do that pays for this car, right? And show you that, hey, if you like this thing, let's talk about the things that get you there and not just this instant gratification mentality. It's it takes work, it takes attention, uh, and it takes love. You know what I mean? So we we are at the same time trying to use the cars uh as a you know, as gravitation to pull the kids to a larger goal of trying to provide them resources, trying to introduce them to whatever it is that they may want to want to be through programs that we have throughout the year and different things that we do. But it is uh it is it's a it's a it's a great opportunity at the same time we reach the kids. We are now starting to pull the beautiful thing is we're starting to pull people from the community who don't who only cared about the cars.

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Yeah.

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Now they're like, oh, okay, I can I can get with this, right? Like this, this guy's doing it through something that I can connect with. You know what I mean? So that is that's the beautiful thing that I saw this year, right? Especially because it rained, there were guys leaving their cars at home, still coming and volunteering and pulling backpacks out or giving backpacks out. You know what I mean? So that is that's that's the beautiful thing that's starting to happen. You're right.

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Yeah,

Scholarship Stories & Automotive Symposium

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I will take the unk vibes. I turned 34 the other day, so I definitely am feeling the unk vibes. But uh, two things that I could I could say specifically. So it's a guy um named Stefan Riggins, and he uh was, I think, a rising school supplies five scholar. Um, I gave him a scholarship. He went to Sumner, and my dad and a group of his friends were donating like a thousand dollars to random student. Well, they would find a student, talk to the school, um, and see who deserves a scholarship, and they'll give money out of their pockets. Lo and behold, without my father knowing, he gave him a scholarship as well because his kid was so great. And over the years, man, I have um been blessed to see him continue to grow through school, graduate, he goes to Herrstow now, um, and he uh he is a musician, he he he raps, uh, a poet almost, but then he also just crossed uh recently um Alpha Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, which I am also uh a brother of as well. So to see this man continue to go above and beyond, really go in a direction that we thought he was gonna go in, but just continue to do more and more and more. It's like, hey man, just to be a piece of that, you know, that that that journey is huge. And then um, so shout out to Stefan to I don't remember this young man's name, but we have a program called the Automotive Symposium where we teach kids how to um do oil changes, tire changes, um simple things back in the day, but now we're partnering with Rankin. We're doing much more, introducing them to much more. But um a couple of months ago, the founder of the village, which is a program that we partner with, um, reached out to me and said, Hey, we had a guy whose mom's car broke down, her tire had a flat on the side of the road. Um, and he was able to get out and do the things that you taught him, change the tire, get them back on the road safely. This kid's a teenager, get them back on the road safely, all because of what you taught him. So, one, he was able to get the situational awareness and think, okay, I actually know what this is. Two, execute. And then three, uh, we're grateful for you to send a note back and say, hey, this is where I learned that. So um, those, those things are like, wow, man, you know.

SPEAKER_01 11:11

That's the little things, but that's the big things at the same time. That's the big stuff there. And it's like these kids, like, you know, less and less are knowing how to do things like that. And it's like, if we can just teach a kid how to change his mom's tire, and it's like, you know, help your mom out, you know. And this was a random random. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 11:25

No, no, no, no. No, I think I think this was this was his mom. Yeah, this, I think this was just a random day. Yeah, the tire went out, and um, he used the skills that he learned at the automotive symposium. And it's like, hey, man, that's that's amazing. That's cool.

The Corvette Honoring Cousin Morris

SPEAKER_01 11:36

So you you you mentioned when I was reading some notes about you this ranking college story. So, what's up with this Corvette? What's up with Paige Boulevard? Like, tell me that story. Is that what kind of led to your love for V? I mean what kind of all led to this? And what's that what's that full story? Because I didn't dive too deep into it.

SPEAKER_02 11:50

Yeah, yeah, no, great question, man. So uh again, I talk about the whole organization as family. So we got this 1979 Corvette by way of uh my cousins, who's a VP, his mom, right? And there's a uh there's a beautiful backstory by it. Uh, that I'd be remiss not to not to tell here, but uh, we've always had a goal of having like a car for the organization. I have my own car, but we want the organization to have his own car, its own brand, right? Um, we want to be the mobile version of cars, culture, and community. So anytime we pop up, we want the car, street sign, let you know what's going on. You should know when you see us what we have going on. So I pitched this idea to my aunt. Um, and she was like, Well, we have a Corvette out in the back. Or I think, you know what I mean? And my uncle had knee surgery, um, and it doesn't have a tilt steering wheel column. Uh, so he wasn't really comfortable, it wasn't a comfortable ride for him anymore. And she was like, Y'all can have it. And uh they literally donated the car the the next show, but the car is in honor of her son, my my older cousin, who actually passed at that YMCA in 2019 as well. So um he died from a heart attack while playing basketball. So she donated that car, and he was uh the car, the gym is called O'Fallon uh Recreational Park, but he was there all the time and hooped so much they called him Mo Fallon. His name was Morris. So uh and they even have a piece of the wood uh have his name Mo Fallon written on it. So he just uh one, it's amazing to be able to do that there. So she donated that knowing that we had great intentions, uh knowing what Morris meant to me, what the uh, you know, symbolism of doing it there meant for those in the family, because we don't really always, we don't, it's it's kind of tough, you know, going into the wild when that's where it's happened. Like my cousin had to check me Saturday and was like, hey man, I, you know, I was trying to get him to do an interview. He was like, ah, nah, you know. But though, so though it it means a lot at the same time, it's tough. So like that to us was a token and say, hey, keep keep going. You can look at this car, you can see Morris. Um, and hopefully that, you know, it keeps us going. And it has. So when we partner with Rankin, we are able to come with an opportunity that eventually allows them to turn that car all the way over uh into something that the kids can go to a car show and say, hey, this is what we did to rehab this car. We changed the tires, we changed the oil, we changed the carburetor, we changed the engine, we fixed the suspension. So that's what we're working on with Rankin right now. We're raising some money to be able to get that done in a two-week program. But um something that she just gave to us that they weren't utilizing now has turned into something that will be uh, you know, a visual to the community of what uh working with kids in the community can look like. Like what can we do with the kids that we have in the community and not only educate them, but provide them, you know, um lanes to drive in that directs them to where they want to go in their com in their in their careers. So now it's your mascot, the Corvette. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we got to get it running. But yes, that's the goal. I would have pulled up into today if it was running. That's cool.

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What Scholarships Mean to Parents

SPEAKER_02 15:41

Yeah, absolutely. It is uh, whether if it was like, hey, we didn't have a laptop, because this thing is the first year we weren't able to give out laptops. But uh, whether if it was a laptop that we gave out them saying, like, hey, we don't know where we're gonna get the laptop from, uh, because historically we would load the laptops with all the apps and programs that the kids would need. So they're saying, hey, we don't know what we would have deal without these laptops. We also give the scholarship recipient special backpacks with school supplies in it. Um, and whether if it's like small or little, it's like sometimes you think that the maybe the seventh place winner may not be happy with their scholarship because it wasn't the first place amount. But the parents are like, hey, you know, you are providing, or hey, they this would have paid for their food program or this paid for their uh their transportation fees, or you know what I mean? We don't we don't direct the money specifically to any area. We just trust that the parents who groom these children to be the scholarship recipients that we selected are doing the right things with the, you know, with the with the funds. But me being a college graduate, I know what what a couple of dollars can do for you. So what wherever you're utilizing that money, the parents have come to us in tears, they send thank you letters, they communicate with our education chair throughout the years to continue to update us on what their kids are doing, how successful they are. So it becomes like an ecosystem of rising school supplies family members uh every time somebody wins a scholarship. And that's the scholarship recipient and their parents.

The Harris-Stowe Full-Ride Dream

SPEAKER_01 17:06

Yeah, and I love the details, like the kids get to pick their own backpacks and lunchboxes, so like there's a little bit more personalization there because you know this person might like this or that color or whatever it might be. Um and you mentioned wanting to do a couple of like these goals that I know that you probably have is like you mentioned wanting to do a full ride partnership with Harris Stowe. What would that unlock for the stuff that you're building? Because that seems like a dream for you.

SPEAKER_02 17:27

Yeah, that that would, I think that would unlock one. I think the first college that would see value in it, I think that'll unlock encouragement for others to do it. But I think that that would really start relieving the burden of money when people are trying to go to school, right? These kids are genius these days. I mean, we read these scholarship applications and are impressed by all of them. So you realize what money can do or or how it can hinder you from reaching the next level, or even if you want to go to um, you want to get your masters, if we could just pay for your undergrad, we're gonna get one thing out the way. Some people don't go that far because they aren't able to, you know, pay for the first portion. But if we can relieve you of all your um financial burdens and just allow you to go get your education and kickstart your career and not have to pay for it while you're trying to kickstart your career after college, then we have hopefully just wiped away a uh it's a burden. I'm gonna be honest with you. Like paying for college is a burden.

Student Debt & Career Paths

SPEAKER_01 18:27

It stays with you. I mean, the student loans. I'm still paying for college loans today. Yeah, yeah. My wife, I mean, I owe everybody. I mean, it's yeah, it doesn't just go away when you graduate. It's like, you know, that stays with you. So it's like being able to, you know, take that initial burden and and help them get into the workforce. And I think ranking provides a lot of opportunity for people that might not see it's like, hey, this career is actually very viable. It's like their cars are always gonna break down, no matter what, and they're just gonna get more and more technical as they get.

SPEAKER_02 18:51

I mean, I mean these new cars are crazy. So so that's I think that's the cool thing where we're we get to do with ranking is that, like I said, when we were doing it earlier in the years at automotive symposium, we were doing like tire changes or changes, simple things, but now they have access to whatever's going on in the industry. So whatever new technology is coming out, they had they had uh all electric vehicles in there last time, they had hybrid vehicles, they had dually trucks, that's that's so much going on, and they could pinpoint you to whatever you want to learn. So, like what we have been able to do is turn something into you know just one event annually to something that can be physically beneficial to the people that we are connected with.

Dream Car: The Road Runner

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So you've had these dream scenarios of like some of these specific people, like DJ Envy, to create these big car guys to come show up to your event. Do you have a dream car that you want to come to your event that you haven't seen yet? Because there's a couple big car shows around town, cars and coffee, all these different things that they do. I've seen amazing cars. And I'm like, how are these cars in St. Louis? Like, where do these people keep all these cars? But is there a certain car that you would like to, like a bucket list? Yeah. Like, okay, if this pulled up, like everybody's taking pictures of this, or is it more just a specific person with the like there's a lot that goes into that dream scenario?

SPEAKER_02 20:04

I'm gonna go specific person. So um my Uncle Sheldon, who has um who has a 1968 Plymouth role runner, who is like, and I'm gonna try to get emotional, but this is um Cars in My Head does not exist without this dude, right? He is um, he is a he's a role model to everybody in our family, right? He's my grandmother's brother. Um he has a 1968 role runner, and he is uh going through some health issues right now, and he hasn't been able to one while he takes care of everybody else, hasn't been able to work on his car. And this is I mean, this car when I was younger, he would put me in and he would hit the gas on the back street and send me to the back seat, you know what I mean? So he is the way he uh lights people up, the way he's he still came this year, the way, and it was on his birthday this year when he came, but um it is a I want to say pushing a little over 700 horsepower of a of a car. And it is a it's a hot ride, you know what I mean? Like I am, it it is uh the the way he drove it, the way he talked about it, the love he put into it, how he talked about what it, how it was more than a car, right? That's that's where I get all of this stuff from, right? That's where Nick gets it from. That's where uh everybody involved in the organization gets it from. Like he is, he he embodies everything that we're trying to do. And um he I I tease him all the time bring that roadrunner back out here. And it's a car you don't really see. I'd rarely see a 68 roadrunner or any roadrunners in St. Louis. I don't think I have seen one at another car show. So um, Uncle Sheldon, if you can bring your roadrunner back out to Rising School Supplies 9, I'd appreciate it. But that is that's probably my favorite car. Um because of the memories of it. Yeah, I mean, become the not only because of the memories, but it's a badass car, too.

Luke's Foxbody Mustang Story

SPEAKER_01 21:57

Yeah, it's a it's a bad car, you know what I mean. Yeah, my uncle had a Barracuda, which is a Plymouth. Now you know what I'm talking about. Like it was crazy. And then my first car was an 83 Foxbody Mustang. So I still have that car. Yeah. Oh, okay. And I had the hatchback and I love it, bro. But I'm a I'm a classic car guy too. Cause just like my family construction workers, they always like blue collar guy, they like the hot rods. And it's like my buddies growing up, so I'm 30 in high school. They would drive the Subies and the airports. They're cool cars. They're cool cars. But I was like, man, I always like the sound of the Mustang and the smell of it and all things. Oh, yeah, Mustang. So there's no problem. Yeah. Okay. 302.

SPEAKER_02 22:34

Are you, is your, is your like dream engine a coyote or like what do you no?

SPEAKER_01 22:37

I mean, I think that, you know, I think that the the way it is now, the hatchback with 302. I mean, I think that that's like I'm I I don't I got little kids, so I don't like to go fast anymore. So I just like to cruise. You know, I don't know. I got a box heavy, so I don't want to go anyway. Yeah. So like same with bikes and stuff, is like, you know, I got two little babies and I'm like, man, I don't want to do that anymore. I'm like, you're at bikes today? No, not anymore. Okay. No, no, no, no, no. It's just really just like the Mustang. So like me and my dad got that when we were 14 and got that running together. And then like now I'm so I've had it for 16 years. Um, you know, and it's just one of those cars that's like it's not even a you couldn't sell it for money because like it's like there would there'd be no situation where it'd be like, oh, let me like because that always ties back to me.

SPEAKER_02 23:17

Like the money will never make sense.

SPEAKER_01 23:18

It never makes sense. Yeah, it'll never make sense.

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Rapid Fire: Dream Cars

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now?

SPEAKER_02 24:06

You said the the 1979 uh Impala.

SPEAKER_01 24:09

Okay. And then what's your uh what's your bucket list car then? Because you mentioned the the uh CUDA. Uh or no, you mentioned the Plymouth, but like that's his car. But I mean, uh hopes hopefully it'd be mine one day.

SPEAKER_02 24:20

But um so I want a 70 Oldsmobile 442. Uh I would love, just like everybody else, 87 Grand National. Um I am constantly looking at the Pontiac 2x2s, like an 87 Pontiac 2x2 AirCoupe. Um right now, I am also looking at something that I can drive in the winter. So, like an 06 Monte Carlo. I love those growing up. Yeah, um trying to get NASCAR to donate us one. Um uh let's see what else. And if you can use this, it's like me talking to my wife every day. She because it's like a different car that I put on my list. Um, but I've also been trying to give myself like a what if I hit the lotto? Yeah. Uh and man, that F40.

SPEAKER_01 25:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:05

Oh yeah. Right, Jesus Christ. And I saw it at the Cars and Coffee that was out at First Woman. My God.

SPEAKER_01 25:11

Well, the McLaren. I mean, they they got a they had a guy that came in from Utah with a Bugai. Like he he flew the car in with the blue one? Yeah. Like, what was that, like a two million dollar car or something crazy like that? I don't know, man. The car. It was the city. Well, the dude that owns First Worm has like the craziest car collection ever.

SPEAKER_02 25:25

I'm like, well, so I haven't seen like which ones are his. Was that was it F40 is? I don't know. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 25:29

But I'll have to I know he's got a big collection of stuff. But yeah, the Cars and Coffee Guy, they have a racing simulator spot over down the street in Richards. I need to go. It's sick. Yeah, basically, that's my guy.

SPEAKER_02 25:38

Well, we we should we should be doing something. Uh hopefully we'll have a cars and coffee presence at Feel Your Dreams this year. That's what that's what we're working on. They have, I think they have a race, not a race, but they have a meet in the morning. Yeah. So we're trying to just get like a hey, if you're not too tired. Yeah, yeah, come on. Come on out. But yeah, if you're not too tired, come on out, cars and coffee guys.

SPEAKER_01 25:55

Um, and then what's like a good uh what's a food spot that's on your bucket list that you like to go to maybe after a big day, like after a big night with the with the foundation? And like is there any specific place that you guys like to celebrate at?

SPEAKER_02 26:06

Uh typically after a show, we are having some food right where we are because we're so tired. Yeah, um, but where do I like to go? Question, man. I just came back from Chicago, so all of my food spots are in Chicago. That's on the top of my head right now. But uh I'll go with the last place. I'm a big gramophone guy, man. I like a sandwich. Give me a give me a sandwich. And I have the the flight too, so it's like a roast beef sandwich that people nobody likes. But it's amazing. No, it's amazing. So yeah, shout out to Gramophone.

SPEAKER_01 26:37

Yeah, that's a good spot. Yeah, 100%.

SPEAKER_02 26:39

What's your favorite sandwich place?

SPEAKER_01 26:40

My favorite sandwich place probably is Legrand's. Legrand's over in South City. I like uh Blue City Delhi. Uh, a couple of the new ones, like Union Loafers is like a newer one, and it's really good. Uh Ozzy's Market. I had a good sandwich over there. There's so many good sandwiches. I need to hit the page and get it. Yeah, you gotta get the page. I need to get a refresh, man. You gotta get in the page. But but no, Derek, I appreciate you for coming on, man, and and you know, happy to support what you guys are doing. And next time you guys got the big show, let us know. We'll post about it. And would love to bring the Foxbody out there. Please do make some ventatory now. Kids out there too and stuff. I got two little girls under two, so I'll bring your girls out there. All right, though, man.

SPEAKER_02 27:12

I have a son,

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SPEAKER_02 27:13

uh, under two. So you got two? Yeah, two hundred. Under two? Yeah. I had a I got I got a young boy, man, and he is he is so into cars. Cars the whole time, man. So that's the coolest thing in the world. Do your girls like the car?

SPEAKER_01 27:25

They they do, but they they like the the Barbies. Understood. That's okay. That's okay, man. That's all right. Now you gotta get you, you gotta get into the Barbies. I got to. Yeah, it's all good. No, but appreciate it, bro. Thank you. I appreciate you, Luke, man. It's all love. Thank you. See you guys next week. St. Louis, thanks for listening. Everything we do here is about telling the story of this city, and that doesn't stop with this show. On the Bucketless Podcast Network, we're diving even deeper into the people, places, and moments that make this city what it is. Meet Me in Music with Neil Salcett captures the sound of the city, past and present, ending each episode with a live performance. For my Foodie Lovers, the sauce with Lauren Healy brings you inside the restaurants that define our culture every Tuesday. Gateway to Growth with Jamal Cornelius highlights the stories behind the people that make St. Louis work. And every Thursday, Bryce breaks down your weekend with this week in St. Louis. More stories and more voices. Explore the full bucket list podcast network wherever you listen.