EP.1 Calling It Like It Is | NEW REGS

Added: 2026-05-08

[00:00:02]As many of you know, every year we host something called the VIP Awards. We write it, we produce it, film it, and a lot of it, let's just be honest, is dumb I mean, not even high quality dumb It's like, this seemed really funny at 11:00 p.m., but every once in a while, we hit on something where we go, okay, that's actually funny and maybe a little too real. And those are the ones that stick. And we think we should do a series on this. And so this is a new series that we're calling new rays.

[00:00:44]>> Are you ready to hear some of these?

[00:00:47]>> Let's get into it then. New rag. RFK is pushing to make peptides way easier to get, which is fantastic news for senior care because nothing screams posthip replacement rehab like a full granny glow up.

[00:01:04]Mama goes in for surgery. She comes out 20 lbs lighter with tighter skin, suspicious tan, and suddenly asking the physical therapist to spot her on deadlifts.

[00:01:15]At this rate, the discharge instructions won't say use your walker. They'll say hydrate, protein shake, and recommended dosage to melt that arm chicken wing.

[00:01:27]New rag. If Landmark in Midwest City really wants to be taken seriously with their new management, they've got to stop treating Voyage employees like a Golden Corral all you can eat buffet.

[00:01:39]>> There's recruiting and then there's lurking. And some of y'all are out there wearing LinkedIn like night vision goggles sliding up into DMs at 2 a.m.

[00:01:50]You like to flash a little more money, whisper fresh culture, and promise new beginnings. 60 days later, they're back to Voyage going, "Yeah, the grass wasn't greener. It was just spray painted concrete and broken dreams."

[00:02:04]Sure, money talks, but money doesn't fix chaos. Money doesn't fix trash leadership. And money damn sure doesn't fix a culture that was built by people that who in a fire drill who met on Craigslist.

[00:02:19]So here's the new rag. If your entire recruiting strategy is poached from Voyage, you don't have a vision. You've got a jealousy problem.

[00:02:28]And if your retention plan is creepy Luke Peterson sliding up into Voyage staff DMs, that's not recruitment.

[00:02:35]That's just desperation with Wi-Fi.

[00:02:39]So stop playing in the shadows. Build something worth staying for.

[00:02:45]And finally, new reggg, you've got to stop calling yourselves an advisory council if you don't ever meet. That's not a council. That's a group chat that's been left on red for two years.

[00:02:57]As the long-term care advisory council member, you were appointed to fight for tens of thousands of Oklahoma seniors in assisted living and skilled nursing.

[00:03:06]People that actually need real oversight and advice. And what do we get? Out of the last seven quarterly scheduled meetings, you've managed to hold one.

[00:03:17]That's not quarterly. That's practically accidental.

[00:03:22]At this point, the only thing meeting regularly is disappointment.

[00:03:27]I mean, look, I get it. Calendars fill up. Ma jang tournaments run long.

[00:03:34]But if you signed up to serve seniors, show up and serve. These are Governor Kevin Stit's appointments. I don't know how they got there, if it was a draft or a raffle or whoever gave to his campaign, but if the goal was accountability, this is a miserable failure.

[00:03:51]It feels like a council built to lead and one that's more built to stay home.

[00:03:57]We're told the meetings keep getting cancelled because of no quarum. No quarum means no answers. No one has to explain anything. And while immediate jeopardies are being handed out like party favors.

[00:04:10]Overseeing this ghost council is OSDH staffer Philip Miller. And based on the results, his real job title might as well be the director of low expectations and clear calendars.

[00:04:25]While the council, when the council doesn't meet, Philip doesn't have to present data, explain the JP spike, or answer a tough single question. It's not support. It's strategic invisibility.

[00:04:38]But here's the part that no one's saying out loud. You don't need a quorum to meet. You need a quorum to vote.

[00:04:50]You can still show up. You can still ask the hard questions. You can still do the damn job.

[00:04:56]And if Mr. Miller told you otherwise, maybe you need a second opinion from the attorney general board members. Now, listen, I'm not speaking for every provider. I mean, half of them treat me like I'm the one trying to borrow money at the family reunion.

[00:05:11]But if you can only scrape together a quorum every two years, you're not part of the problem. You are the problem. The state doesn't need more empty titles or placeholder appointees. It needs people who actually care about senior care and are willing to show up and fight for it.

[00:05:29]So the new rag is simple. If you can't show up, step down. If you won't ask the tough questions, step aside. And if you're going to call yourself an advisory council, start acting like one.

[00:05:48]Oklahoma seniors don't need another empty seat at the table. They need someone willing to set in and actually do something.

[00:05:56]That's our show. Uh catch us anywhere, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, or wherever you get your stuff. Until next series and next time, love yourself and love one another. See you next time.