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Speaker 1: Good morning, Get ready for the world of basketball once

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Speaker 1: again to descend on Indiana. It is kind of the

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Speaker 1: center of the basketball world. But for another example of that,

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Speaker 1: our next guest, Jason Gardner from the Arizona coaching staff

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Speaker 1: and of course legend here in Indiana, also has a

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Speaker 1: son performing at a high high level of fishers, joins

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Speaker 1: us now on the Payless Liquors Hotline. Good morning, Jason,

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Speaker 1: Welcome home. What's it like to be back in the

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Speaker 1: city again.

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Speaker 2: Well, honestly, I had a pinch for myself because it's

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Speaker 2: six point thirty and two side, and I'm like, am

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Speaker 2: I really up?

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Speaker 1: Well, we're glad.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead.

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Speaker 1: I just say we're glad that you're here, glad to

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Speaker 1: have you back, and want to get your perspective on

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Speaker 1: how Arizona's made it here.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean, honestly, it's been an awesome year. You know,

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Speaker 2: we have you know, we're led by three seniors who

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Speaker 2: who's been unbelievable all year long, and Jade and Bradley

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Speaker 2: and Tobey at Walk and Delhi do also and so

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Speaker 2: you know, our seniors has been The leadership that we've

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Speaker 2: had has been great just from you know, the timeouts

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Speaker 2: to have Tom's speeches too. You know there's times where

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Speaker 2: Tommy kind of lest the seniors take over after he

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Speaker 2: gives his speech at halftime. And so those guys just

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Speaker 2: done on Lee will Jobs is leading his team.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's a voice of Jason Gardner and coach.

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Speaker 3: We appreciate your time here. Did you have to try

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Speaker 3: and dial up any you know, Hinkle video of the

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Speaker 3: shot against booton South to try to let your players know,

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Speaker 3: you know, there there were some magical march moments that

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Speaker 3: I created back in the day.

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Speaker 2: You know, the VHS is they can't watch anymore, so

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Speaker 2: you know, so they did. Actually, it was funny. They

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Speaker 2: did actually play the old one game the other day

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Speaker 2: on TV, so on YouTube, I mean, and so a

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Speaker 2: couple of guys did see some couple of clips of that,

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Speaker 2: so that that's pretty cool that even though we didn't

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Speaker 2: get to win, but it was kind of cool for

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Speaker 2: the guys to kind of watch that game. You know.

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Speaker 3: I was thinking about this on the drive in. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: the final four memories in this city are pretty rich,

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Speaker 3: and of course Arizona comes here. I think they beat

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Speaker 3: three one seeds in that ninety seven Final four. You

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Speaker 3: obviously were still at North Central, Like, what did that

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Speaker 3: do for your intrigue with Arizona, your recruitment at all.

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Speaker 3: I kind of forget where that kind of fell in

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Speaker 3: the timeline of everything for you.

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Speaker 2: Well, the crazy thing is this, they actually practiced it

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Speaker 2: nor Central and how I even got so that was

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Speaker 2: actually cool to kind of, you know, sneaky and kind

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Speaker 2: of watch from up top and kind of see what

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Speaker 2: different things they were doing at the time off So

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Speaker 2: they had three high level guards and Mike Bibbie and

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Speaker 2: Mike Dickerson, Miles Simon and osse Jayson Terry was come

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Speaker 2: up the beach, so they had four NBA guys. So

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Speaker 2: it would just awesome kind of see that practice, see

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Speaker 2: the style of play. But really what even got me

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Speaker 2: going with Arizona was a Saga Genesis game and the

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Speaker 2: game was called Coach K and my brother would always

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Speaker 2: played with David Stotto Mark. So that's how I really

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Speaker 1: That's that's how every great story starts. Something like that

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Speaker 1: right there, right, Uh, we talk about coming home and

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Speaker 1: and you know, Lucas Oil and hosting a final four.

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Speaker 1: I think the last time I saw you was in

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Speaker 1: the tunnel for the State Championship game a year ago.

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Speaker 1: How do you keep up with Jason Jr. And what's

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Speaker 1: going on being in Arizona all the time, because I

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Speaker 1: know you keep up pretty close with what's happening there.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think obviously with the face tom stuff,

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Speaker 2: you know, obviously you know the social media, different things

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Speaker 2: like that. And then Tommy gives me the flexibility as

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Speaker 2: well to you know, just make sure I give him

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Speaker 2: the schedule. So obviously the games come out kind of

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Speaker 2: let me know what games I can make, and it's

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Speaker 2: a lot of flying in day of and find out

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Speaker 2: morning the next morning to catch our game. So it's

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Speaker 2: actually been pretty cool. He's getting the flexibility for that.

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Speaker 4: So the hair that your son has was that inherited

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Speaker 4: from you? I'm looking at some old pictures and when

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Speaker 4: did that happen? Did you have just get on board?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm like, hey, man, when are you

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Speaker 2: gonna cut this?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 3: Man, again't cut it.

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Speaker 4: It's like Samson mood that gives them powers. But Jason,

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Speaker 4: I've had a great time watching your son in the

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Speaker 4: Official's program the last couple of years. Obviously he's a

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Speaker 4: great player. But to go back to you, in this

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Speaker 4: Arizona team. One unique thing about your squad is that

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Speaker 4: you don't take a ton of threes. So for those

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Speaker 4: who aren't familiar with your style of play, why do

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Speaker 4: you think you all have been able to maybe, I

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Speaker 4: don't know, survive like this different era of how the

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Speaker 4: game is played, but create your own identity and stick

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Speaker 4: to it to a point where you're one of the

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Speaker 2: You know, honestly, it's a it's an ongoing, laughing story

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Speaker 2: in the locker room. I mean, you come to our

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Speaker 2: practice and you would think total opposite. So I mean,

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Speaker 2: I do know that, you know, one of our biggest

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Speaker 2: deals was obviously attack the paint and attack the paint.

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Speaker 2: Whether you know we're throwing the ball inside, we're trying

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Speaker 2: to put foul pressure on you, we're trying to get downhill. Uh.

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Speaker 2: I just think that's something that we do, uh talk

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Speaker 2: about quite a bit. And I don't know, just I

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Speaker 2: don't know what happens when we get gangs. It's like,

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Speaker 2: you know, we're like, hey, you know, coach tells them fellas,

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Speaker 2: we need to take more threes. So, you know, I

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Speaker 2: don't know if you see this weekend, next thing you know,

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Speaker 2: we end up taking twenty three. So I don't know

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Speaker 2: what the problem is, but you watch our practice you

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Speaker 2: would think different.

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Speaker 3: That's the voice of Jason Gardner. Obviously in Indiana Lore

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Speaker 3: and certainly Arizona Law is one of more decorated players

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Speaker 3: ever put on a uniform for them. You're the director

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Speaker 3: of player relations for Tommy Lloyd. How would you explain

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Speaker 3: your role in regards to that time?

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Speaker 2: You know, it's not one thing. I mean, it's a

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Speaker 2: combination of a lot of different deals him pand on

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Speaker 2: a lot of different things off the court, you know, recruiting,

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Speaker 2: dealing with academics, dealing with families. So really kind of

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Speaker 2: any issue that kind of comes up I deal with obviously,

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Speaker 2: you know, picking the guards' brains, you know, on and

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Speaker 2: off the court during practice or whatnot. So it's just

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Speaker 2: a combination of a lot of different jobs.

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Speaker 3: As you look kind of five to ten years down

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Speaker 3: the road, do you want to get back into kind

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Speaker 3: of the full time coaching role, maybe being a head

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Speaker 3: coach again?

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Speaker 2: I think so, I mean, I think being here with

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Speaker 2: learning and kind of seeing the you know, the culture,

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Speaker 2: ability does Everybody talks a lot about his offensive skills,

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Speaker 2: but he's actually a really defensive minded coach as well,

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Speaker 2: So I think he's, like, you know, he has both

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Speaker 2: of those. So I think seeing him, watching him being

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Speaker 2: around this program, yes, I think at some point I

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Speaker 2: definitely want to get back on the court. And then

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Speaker 2: obviously being a head coach when I was younger, I

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Speaker 2: definitely would like to have that opportunity again.

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Speaker 4: One more Jason, when it comes to your journey, obviously

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Speaker 4: you played the game at a high level and played

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Speaker 4: it for a long time. Was it difficult to just

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Speaker 4: into the coaching realm or did you always know that

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Speaker 4: was the route you wanted to take.

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Speaker 2: No. I think I think ever since I've been a kid,

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Speaker 2: always wanted to coach, just didn't really know when it

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Speaker 2: being around the game, helping younger guys, you know, with

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Speaker 2: on and off the course situations. So I think this

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Speaker 2: is the journey of just what I'm saying, being around

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Speaker 2: the game, helping the youth and just kind of just

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Speaker 2: going places that you never thought you'd be able to go.

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Speaker 2: And so I think it was it was always a

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Speaker 2: dream of mine to be a coach.

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Speaker 1: All right, So last question. You're the guy, You're the

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Speaker 1: home guy. When you get to town and the coaching

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Speaker 1: staff and Tommy Lloyd and these guys are looking at

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Speaker 1: you for restaurant recommendations. Where are you taking them?

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Speaker 2: Uh? Well, you know Elmos, Harry and Isney's Barbecue Heaven,

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Speaker 2: White Castle, Steak and Shake.

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Speaker 4: There we go.

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Speaker 3: Now you're speaking my language.

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Speaker 1: Barbecue Heaven. Tell me more about that one.

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Speaker 2: Actually, you know, Ronald Jones was actually a neighbor of

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Speaker 2: mine growing up as a kids, so he lived two

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Speaker 2: So every time come in town, that's definitely a place

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Speaker 2: that I have to stop by.

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Speaker 1: That's that might be number one on that list you

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Speaker 1: gave me. And I'm a big Harry and is He guy.

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Speaker 1: So hey, have fun this weekend, enjoy it and we

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Speaker 1: look forward to talking to you and watching your son

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Speaker 1: to continue to develop as well. Man, it's a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun to talk to you.

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Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate it. Thank you for having me