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All right, we called for a family meeting. And in my house, whenever we say family meeting, everybody's got to come down. they've got to put down their devices so i'm asking everybody devices closed close them up everybody like move your things okay move them and whatever um and uh everybody also in our family meetings that we have uh nothing is to be at all uh taken in a personal way during this family meeting and if anybody needs tissues we've got tissues if you know anybody uh would like to leave for a moment you can leave for a moment but you got to come back so that's kind of the rules in our house so this radio people take laps often uh we've had it before where we've had family meetings where my kids are like i need a break for a second i want to go outside and honestly it sometimes is good right yeah yeah so nothing's you know uh is said that ever can never be taken back so um just uh not that long ago um I had one of the members of the show come to me and come to Tony and tell me something that kind of floored me and when they told me this um I was I was shocked but not surprised if that makes it sound weird I knew that something was kind of coming up and something was brewing but i didn't think that it was going to get to the level that it got to a member of the mojo in the morning show came to me and said that they wanted to resign from the show um and their hopes were that they were going to uh leave the show but also wanted to leave radio and we're here to announce that this morning on the show um megan mick has turned in a letter of resignation i actually did officially finally read it by the way it feels so formal doesn't it i read it was very formal and honestly i know that that's kind of like the the thing which is funny because i don't think i've ever had a resume nor have i ever resigned from the job

without going hey by the way i'm leaving for another job so neither have i i had to google how to write a letter of resignation wait did ai write it ai might have helped might have helped might have but in true fashion if you read it i did get the date wrong on it oh you did i did so if you look at the day and like the day of the week and the date they don't match

on the calendar but we all know y'all joking too much let's get into it well megan megan came to tony and i and said that she uh she wanted to resign and megan i'm gonna let you just kind of take it from there and we're obviously going to uh um have questions for you for sure um and i

First things first, my goal in my career and my life was to get here. And I am so grateful, so grateful for the experience I've had getting to be here and work with you guys. And this is truly the best of the best. Hands down, a big part of the reason why I'm leaving the industry altogether is because nothing's going to get better than this. I am full.

aware of that and super grateful for this experience. I, I've said this to you. I said this to all of us, um, because shocking we've, we as a family, um, have dabbled in this topic just a little bit. And, um, this, this is the peak, like getting to this show, to work with you Mojo and to the entire team here has truly been the greatest opportunity of my life. And I'm, I'm very, very grateful for that. I am just wanting to step away from the industry just in general. And I've been doing this for so long. I grew up, especially with the people who listen on 92.5 Kiss FM in Toledo. I started on that radio station when I was 18 years old. Yeah, you heard me start as an idiot and not really grow or learn at all. I'm ending as an idiot as well. but it's been fun. And I just need a little bit more privacy in my life. And I'm chasing after some different dreams. I think a lot of times, um, I talked with my therapist, like I had a life to do list. Right. And like I hit those to do's and now I'm ready to hit the next set of to do's and, um, I'm really, really grateful to work with you. I love you guys so much. I really don't want you to think that it's like ill will or had this terrible experience that is not the case at all um i'm just i'm ready for some new challenges when megan uh said those exact words to tony and i

left the room and um i think i sent you a text and told you i love you you did right away and i um processed it and then called you later that evening and i tried to talk her out of it i tried to basically say to her that you know hey okay why don't you take some time to think about this and you had kind of told me some things that um and i by the way we appreciate everything you say about this is the pinnacle and stuff i said this to all of you guys i don't think this is the pinnacle i really don't i think every day of your life you're in a pinnacle and every day you're going to get better and nor where i don't think that you need radio or i need radio or any of us need this this career we could do anything and we i think would flourish i think we're all quality people um you know those people though that are so good at it and you're like god you were, you were meant to be in this position and where I'm sad to see that you are doing this. I am praying that you rethink this and rethought, you know, this whole thing before we even made this announcement and you still could rethink it. Megan, for those that don't know, and I don't know how much I'm allowed to share, but I'm not your boss. Tony is and Colleen is. Megan's under a contract and she is under contract for another year and a half or something like that. And the company um you know tony had to go to the company and basically say hey we need to think about this and unwind it and their first thoughts as a company is they got to protect them and their company and they said well what does mojo think and when they called me to ask me and they said what do you think and i said i think that there's nothing i can do to keep her and there's nothing that I would want to do to keep somebody that didn't want to be here. And I want you to do what is going to make you happy. But I also want you to be happy.

Yeah.

So when did you lose your joy in radio? Because you said you've been in this thing for 14 years. When did it become a point where it wasn't either fun for you or you didn't feel like, or you feel like you reached a cap?

I don't know if I think I lost my joy. I think I just have new passions that I want to explore. You know what I mean? Like you can be, like you can say I did what I wanted to do. What's next?

So you feel like you did what you wanted to do?

For sure.

What, and I want to get into the what's next for you in a second. But did it play a part what social media has kind of done with things?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. that's where I kind of I joke and I'm saying I'm I'm looking for more privacy I've been so grateful to share my experiences with people I want to make that very clear there I don't regret my experiences in choosing this career like I'm super grateful that really our listeners have normalized so much stuff that's gone on in my life like anytime there's been a big life event that I'm not really sure about like it's really nice to come here and hear perspective from people who care about us like that is the best thing you could ask for um but i think sometimes

there is a huge lack of privacy in our lives with this job and i am now 32 and i've been doing this since i was 18 like i would just like a little bit more to be left to me you know what i mean

did it reach just a boiling point or did like was there i don't know something that happened or like when did it start becoming too much for you this social

what 14 years ago uh i think it's always been very difficult and i think there just becomes a point in your life where you're like oh this this doesn't satisfy me anymore you know what i mean like it it costs too much on me that i i'm like i have you ever had that moment where you're

like i'm not even going to think of what i'm going to say when this happens because it's probably not gonna happen and now that it's actually happening i'm like at an absolute freaking loss for words um that is what makes this better for me and i hope for people listening who you have impacted so much and love you so much is that selfishly when i found out about this i was like well no like i you know i she's not going anywhere i love you to absolute pieces but at the same time you have to take a step back and go but this is what she wants to do this is going to make her happier this is the next step you know to to her living her life um and that's the only thing that i'm like okay even though i want to trap you in here um i know that there there is more that you want

to do yeah so and I'm not like yeah I've fully appreciated all of our experiences here and all of the amazing opportunities we have had to do some really cool things um listen I love you Toledo but I'm gonna get nerdy here for a second just for mojo's sake like in radio there are different market sizes right and like Toledo is a smaller market and there's not as many opportunities there and I love that city don't get me wrong but like I think Jingle Ball is a great example Jingle Ball doesn't go to every city in the country it goes to a few and like being able to be backstage and and be at that stuff or go to the iHeartRadio Music Festival like I understand not having those experiences again is going to be really tough not being able to like do stuff with you guys because I love you so much and like have those really fun experiences is going to be incredibly difficult but I'm so grateful that we had them all oh my god I had an absolute blast. I want to make that so freaking clear. I had a blast doing this. I'm just ready

for the next thing. Was there, I don't have my devices open because dad over here made us close them all. But I'm sure a question that people are wondering is, was there like, when did you feel like, okay, this, like, I know that this is, this is it for me. Like that you were going to make this decision. Was it recently? Was it a long time ago? And you were just kind of mulling it over in your head was it something specific or was it what was it I think it

happened a long time ago but because this job is so great and this career is so great it's hard to go I'm done you know what I mean like it took a long time to get here I think that I knew this train was coming a long time ago but it probably pulled up to the station relatively recently but like i knew this train was coming i i had already seen the arrival times on the board you know what i'm saying like does that make any sense like i don't paint in the picture it's radio is the theater of the minds so i'm trying to paint that this is your swan song exact oh god what a terrible swan song this is the amelia perez swan song just off key and Britain by AI. Anyways, it's a while, a while, but it's hard to say goodbye. And I knew when I was done here, I was done with the career. I've said, Mojo, I've said this to you for like seven years. I was like, I'm not going to work with anybody else if it's not with you. And I've always truly meant that. Like I got here and I knew that like once it was this, it was never going to be anything else again. And so it was hard to say. You justify it a lot. You're like, but there's cool things, but there's this, but we have so much fun, but we get to do this, but we get to, so you justify a lot for a long time.

You know, how, um, when I think of this, how hard was moving from your home?

I love living here. This was the best. I would have been so, sorry, I got a cough. I'm still a little bit sick. Um, I have loved living in the city. Are you freaking kidding me? some of the joys is my dad was born and raised in the city of Detroit and the first year that I got to host Thanksgiving and we got to go to the parade and he hadn't been there since he was a kid. And I got to provide that experience with my dad and his family for the first time of like reliving his childhood was like, holy crap, this is the coolest thing for me. Like I got to experience the place my dad loves in my own unique way. And we, we bonded in a way that was so fun to like drive around and go to his favorite places as a kid. And like, I had heard the stories but then like walking around and experiencing it amazing um having so many more opportunities to do things i wouldn't have never done before i never would have driven up for the draft that was incredibly cool to have that literally be in my front yard or uh formula one racings i never would have driven up here and experienced that and like getting to do those things and getting those experiences i never would have explored on my own but you did phenomenal

but in all transparency you did go back to toledo sometimes daily still oh yeah you were going back there to see doctors and to go to appointments for you know things i wondered sometimes how much of it because i will say this to you your home is always your home and other places can become your home they can become your adoptive homes but there's nothing like your home and i wondered sometimes how much you know you i will never forget moving across the country for radio and how lonely it was for me yeah and it wasn't uh it wasn't until i met chelsea that it actually started feeling like there was something there but did you ever have those moments oh absolutely

i also moved in at the tail end of covid so like there was my downtown was relatively empty like a lot of people had moved home during covid and or out to the burbs or whatever it has since changed which is great. But like, I will say it's very difficult living in the city and not knowing many people. I'm so grateful. We can fight about this. Go ahead. Send the texts, whatever. Toledo is a suburb of Detroit. It is 45 minutes from downtown Detroit to downtown Toledo. But it's still like it is. Yeah, but it's pretty easy to get home. It's easy to see my friends. Proximity-wise, yeah. I think part of it was when I had those hard days and I have an established friend group, it's easy to just go home and see them and to try to go out and meet new people when you're already feeling lonely.

And since you're not going to be driving to the station every day, are you moving back home to Toledo or are you staying here or you haven't decided yet? I'm moving back.

Yeah. My dog gone.

It's, to be fair, I think even if I would have stayed on the show, I would have been moving back. It is very expensive to live in downtown. I love it. It is great. It has been the experience of a lifetime. But you also miss it, though. Very expensive.

And honestly, I will say this financially, the expense is one thing, but honestly, emotionally, the expense is harder, I think. It's both. But I want to ask you, because there are moments I was on the phone with you when it was just you and I, and you got emotional. Mm-hmm. and I'd love to know where the emotion comes into play because I heard it a couple of times at moments when you and I would talk, and obviously not that I think that you need to be emotional for the listeners, but what brings the emotion out of this move?

I think disappointing you has been a big part of it.

You're definitely not.

I know.

Your dad and I have the same exact thoughts on this. I'm just honestly wanting to make sure you're 100% positive that this is what you need to do.

For sure. And I think I have a really hard time putting myself as a priority. I've been working very hard on that. And I think a lot of times I stay in situations that I don't want to be in, but maybe aren't the best for me because I don't want to let other people down. and I think telling you that everything's going to be fine right like everything's going to move on it's going to become normal one day it like changes happen in the world truly I'm very happy right now like so incredibly happy um even though it kind of sounded a little shaky there I mean it um but I think telling you this was terrifying because it felt like I was I always say I feel like i disappoint people and that i'm a burden and i felt making this decision qualified me as both of those things to the show and that was hard well but i'm i'm proud of you

i'm proud of you for doing something for yourself and as a as a dad naturally i have fear for my kids yeah i don't want

ever want my kids to be hurt yeah you have always come across to me as like a little sister to me yeah and i want you you know to be good um i know and for those that are just tuning in right now megan is is you know just told us and you can rewind this all on podcast and listen to it but she told us that she's um wanting to to leave the show and she wants to get out of radio your things that you want to get out of radio to do are honestly i think wonderful i mean it's not You're going to run, you know, you're not going to get rich, but you're going to, honestly, it's going to, you're going to be fulfilled.

I'm going to go to a desk job.

You're going to hate it, bro. I'm telling you. A weekend, you're going to start seeing what it's like, hear them weak ass heels clicking around. It's going to be weak in there.

But you guys, I'm not going to get up at 3.30 in the morning.

I don't want to take that. Let me ask you this though, because you've been throwing that daddy word around. What does Scott say about this? He's been an extreme fixture on the show. I want to call him right now so he can talk some sense into you. What has he been telling you?

He is the most supportive man in the entire world. I am so incredibly grateful to him. He is such a level-headed person. It's disgusting. I don't know how it came from him because I'm so not level-headed, and he is. I will say in all of this, when I say it's been a long process, it's been a long process. It's not a hastily made decision. We have talked at length about this. And I will say my dad has always been the person to be like, and he's right. I want to make this very clear. There will never be a job that I have in the future that has days as good as the days that we have here. We're just too lucky. There's too many cool things going on. There's too many cool opportunities. So we will never have that. And he'll do the constant like, are you sure? Remember this? Are you sure to let go of this? Are you sure you're willing to part with this? But once it was made, he's fully, I mean, he's the best. He's got my back.

Did you know at the old studio, like before we moved? No. So the train wasn't coming.

I mean, I don't know. There's a lot of things that have been going on for a long time.

You knew the train was coming for a while. I just wanted to kind of understand in my mind, like, how long. Time frame.

But I mean.

We're going to continue. Megan's going to be with us for a couple of weeks. We're going to have a lot of, you know, laughs. We're going to have a lot of tears. And we're going to have a lot of time for listeners to talk, and I want to give them some time to talk. But also I want you to know that you will always have a home here.

Love you.

And I think that just like when you have, you said something that was really, to me, grabbed me, because it was the first time that I heard you say, you've always done things for everybody else you haven't done for yourself that was the most important piece of what you said and i think that one of the things that stood out with that is you've had a transformational last you know yeah few years but also less you know more than a decade and you know plus in radio um i hope that every one of those things you realize that you should have been doing for yourself yeah because you didn't move to detroit you didn't lose uh weight you didn't take a job you know uh in radio you didn't do any of that stuff for your dad you didn't do it for your brother you didn't do it for your friend tom carballo aka mojo you did it for you i did and i want you to look back on that and understand that even though you maybe thought

of doing it but you you did it for yourself absolutely absolutely like making these decisions have taught me so much about myself what I value and what I prioritize and I wouldn't, it's funny I would not have gotten here without the opportunity but I mean that in the most positive way I would not have gotten to the place where I can make decisions that I stand by and I'm very proud of if it wasn't for you giving me the opportunity to come out here. So thank you

But you know what? I had the opportunity to work with you as much as you feel like you had an opportunity and I'm glad that

I have. I didn't even know if I liked you at first. I know, it's that crazy

And I think Mojo learned patience.

Listen, I learned patience with myself a lot of times, too. Katie, you heard the news that Megan has decided to get out of radio. What are your thoughts?

I did. I'm sad. I mean, I'm glad that you're doing something for yourself. And you were one of the people I was thinking about first thing this morning during Shannon's first dirty this morning. Because I was listening to all the, okay, everybody did Easter and, you know, sad about the Pope and stuff like that. And as a formerly religious person, I was thinking, you know, the only person on this show that might be interested in how my family celebrates Easter.

is megan because um we celebrate zombie jesus day and we watch zombie movies all day and i'm like that was funny everybody else is gonna tell me i'm going to hell yeah i'll meet you at the gates babe it'll be a party you're going to hell with megan yeah i know but i'm gonna know everybody there yeah that's cool i'm gonna know everybody there is my new line oh yeah all my friends will be there but i wish you the best of luck megan and i'm probably gonna call every day until you're done i call every day anyway we love you katie and you'll keep calling afterwards yeah and that's

what we hope we hope that and if not then enjoy hell hey leanne what's up what's going on leanne

hey i was just calling because when i first as soon as you started talking about megan i just burst into tears Megan has been a breath of fresh air I've been listening to the original three since the beginning whether through all of the changes sometimes sad, sometimes happy, sometimes mad this one is just devastating stop I think you're an amazing human being I hope wherever your life goes it's perfect for you but I'm going to tell you I'm going to come down to Toledo and they'll stalk you until I get to meet you.

Let me tell you. Let me tell you. I'm going to be very close, living wise, to Ferkers. You see me. You're going to find me at Ferkers, all right? You're going to see me there.

Well, and the other thing, too, is, and she's going to tell us in coming days or week kind of some of the stuff that she's going to be doing, and she's going to need your help to do it. So she really wants to do some things to change the world, and I think that's important. I think that's important that all those that are loving on Megan right now, you understand that she's going to still need your help no matter what she does, whether it's in radio or out of radio. Zach, what's up?

Hey, good morning. Hi. I certainly know how to make a grown man cry this morning.

Zach.

My goodness. I met you, Megan, like three years ago on the Pedal Bar downtown Toledo.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

yeah that was good just after our 30th birthday so we had a good time and after that time i uh i quit drinking like two months later i quit drinking i'm not almost three years sober thank you um what did megan do to you on the pedal pub that made you uh want to quit drinking

was it the twerking um yeah

you know you know it too well and i i also uh had a weight weight problem too so this really hits home too like with everything you've gone through over the years or the last couple years too i i've lost 100 100 pounds that's awesome buddy yeah that's incredible wish you the best megan you're the awesome sweeto loves you everybody loves you uh you're gonna you're going to do great things.

Thanks.

You take it easy, all right?

For sure. And I'll see you in those mean streets of the 419.

Helena, what's up? It's Mojo in the morning.

Hi. I just wanted to say I remember when Megan started, and she went through so many similar things that I did, and she, like, made me feel heard. And I just want to say thank you for that. And I really wish you all the best. Stop. I love you. Oh, my God, I love you.

Love you, too. But be honest. I'm just as dumb now as I was when I started, right?

I mean, if you're dumb, I'm dumb.

Did you know Megan from starting when she was 18 or starting on the radio show here in Detroit in Grand Rapids?

Starting on the radio show here in Detroit. Oh, okay.

Because it wasn't easy for her, too. No. Shannon went on maternity leave. People thought that she was replacing Shannon, So people thought that that was a, you know, a thing. And nobody likes that. Changes on radio shows. Let me just say this to you. Wild. 25 years. Do you know how many people have left this radio show? Either by their own accord or by the company's accord? Yeah. 11. There's been 11 people that have left this radio show going through the rosters of people. Megan will be the 12th. And every time that we've had somebody leave the show, I've never, I will never listen again has come out of the words of people's mouths. And then a new person has come in and has taken on the role of taking somebody's heart. And one of the things that I loved about Megan, and I had to talk to her numerous times about this, was, Megan, if they hate you, they love you. At least they're feeling something about you. Megan, I have never worked with anybody that, and she hated when I said this word, it's the P word, not the one you're thinking, Kev. So hot, bros. I've never heard, I said to Megan, I go, it's good to be pulled.

the rising yeah and i said to her i go you are going to have people that will hate you and they will write the meanest things about you and you have got to skip over those comments because where there are those that do that there's helena and there's zach and there's what was the lady's name the first one i picked up i can't remember her name marcy i know no i just had her a couple minutes ago there are those that are crying right now and you know what megan this is the beauty of you. You care too much. You care what other people think too much. No, but people aren't

going to believe you because everybody around here thinks I don't care about anything. No, you know what? It's bull spit. Don't tell people my secret. It's bull spit. You

care too much. Yeah. You have been, you know, I prayed for you on my way in today. Stop. And literally, I'm going to tell you why I prayed for you. I prayed for you not because of this i prayed for you because of the past and i will say this to you this is one of those moments in your life that i'm very very proud of you i think you're incredibly crazy doing this but i'm proud of you because honestly there's a lot of people that don't have guts to do something like us and you have you have not had the easiest grow up life but you've also been blessed in more ways than you probably even realize and i hope that that's something that you realize oh i know you got a lot of people that care about you and love you yeah i do i'm so lucky so for

sure bro i'm so lucky i hate this dog but if it's for you and you decided you're gonna do it you know nothing but love man

yeah I want you to know these next couple of weeks that you're here and the last appearance that she makes which will be out when we give away the car I want people that are all the people that say that they love Megan I want you to come out and I want you to give her the most uncomfortable hugs you've ever given

I want

I want Megan to go

I will never ever do this I think I'm going to be sick that day all of a sudden.

Hey, I love you, but we love you. I love you so much.

Truly, I want that to be the biggest message, okay? If you've sat around and you've heard this, please know that I love you guys. This was not easy by any means, and I truly, truly love you. I do think we're a family. I don't think this is the end of our road together. It is on here, but not in life. and i i just i do truly love you guys so freaking much not enough not enough not enough to stay not enough that is that is right so honestly in our meeting before the show we were like okay you have two and a half hours you can still yeah you can still change your mind and back out i'm saving

all my words to your last day no yeah that was as close as you were gonna get you almost cried i

I almost cried. I almost cried. You were wiping a lot throughout this moment. I was. They didn't fall.

Megan, she's the best person ever. She's the greatest radio talent of all time. If there were a Mount Rushmore of radio, Megan would be on it. This is Mojo in the Morning.

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