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Speaker 1: I can't complain? But I'm not the one that's out

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Speaker 1: Over the course of your career, you have obviously taken

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Speaker 1: This is the most And Jonathan Taylor, you know I've

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Speaker 2: I'd like to think that I'm always like this, But

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Speaker 2: Finally, being efficient, there's never a time where even if

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Speaker 1: By the way, November fifteenth, Wisconsin at Indiana, Kurtz Signetti,

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Speaker 1: into your position meetings here.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, man. I appreciate you. Hi.

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor joining us on the program again. Big show

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Speaker 1: lined up for you today. Stephanie White going to join us,

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Speaker 1: Stephen Holder as well as we roll along here on

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Speaker 1: a Tuesday, querying company on the fan