Alexa, who is Adam Ferrar?

Adam Ferrar is an American actor and comedian known for playing the roles of Chief Needles Nelson on Rescue Me.

Sergeant Frank Vilelli opposite Edie Falco on Nurse Jackie. He was a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear.

Adam's podcast is a big hit and available everywhere.

Sounds like it could be funny.

Sounds to me like 30 minutes you'll never get back. Oh, we are so glad you guys are here because it is showtime.

And yes, another great show for you again this week.

My guest in the ADD interview is a Scotland Yard detective and one of the world's foremost hostage negotiator. His name is Scott Walker. And we want to welcome to everyone from our talk to me. Tuesday family, that's our conversation we have every week. 9 o'clock Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific, go to my website, click the link, join our conversations. We'd love to have you there. And our superfan shout out is for Rachel. Say hi to Rachel, everybody. Hey, Rachel. How are you doing? Rachel Phil says hello. He's, God knows what hell he is. I haven't spoken to him this week. But I will. Hopefully, he's not in a cruise ship that's suffering through norovirus right now is that back no i it's all it's always

around the edges on cruise ships it always feels like it right you know so hopefully he's not dealing

with that i always hear about people getting diarrhea on cruise ships oh there goes the first part here

it comes it's coming it's going to be an agonizing night. Okay. All right. Yep. That's norovirus. Mm-hmm. Hmm. The buffet. Yeah, sure. I don't think anything's wrong with that. Goodness. So I would like to begin today's proceedings by saying we have a very apropos guest as a hostage negotiator because I realized this is a job I couldn't do.

I couldn't do this.

I couldn't be an ambassador.

I have because I could just see if I was an ambassador.

No, these missiles we placed here, they're purely for, for defensive purposes.

You lie and fuck.

You know, I kidding.

A little emotional for that job, right? Yeah yeah your family is usually on the other side of

the negotiator that's that's true right right that's well put yes that's well i'll tell you

i was uh i was in st louis and i did a benefit for connie's. John Connie, who's a radio legend in St. Louis, old friend, said, come here, do some stand-up, help the kids. I said, okay. And I landed around 1.30. I was coming from New York. So they put me up at the casino, really nice room and everything. So I go to check-in, and they said, okay, Mr. Far, your room's ready. check-in is at four o'clock. I said, I'm here to do a show, possible to get an early check-in.

Sure. So I go to check in and they said, okay, Mr. Far, your room's ready. Check in is at 4 o'clock. I said, I'm here to do a show, possible to get an early check-in. Sure, we have early check-in available. $85. For early check-in? Yeah. $8.5.00. It was $1.30. They wanted to charge me $85 to get in a room that was ready before 4 o'clock. Yes, sir. Yeah, that's what I was going to ask. Didn't they lead off by saying, yes, your room is ready, but you can't get into it now unless you fork over $85? Yeah, $85. I said, so the room is ready, but you want to shake me down for $85. And right away, she froze. She froze because she had no idea. Guy sounded like me, what I meant by shaking down. She goes, I don't understand. I go, well, let me put this clearer. You're trying to shake me down for $85, lady. And it doesn't know what to do. The manager comes over and goes, I'll handle this. Sir, I go, yes, this is our policy. I say, you say policy. I say shakedown. You're not wrong, by the way. You're not wrong at all. No. So there's people around. They start laughing, right? And the manager lady is she's trying to hold it together.

So she says, sir, this is what we can offer you.

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