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Speaker 1: Devin Booker is a massive star, massive star, one of

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Speaker 1: the best basketball players in the country, in the world,

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Speaker 1: in the history of the game.

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Speaker 2: And he doesn't do interviews.

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Speaker 1: And there's a story that's getting a lot of publicity

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Speaker 1: because this girl got an interview with him, a one

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Speaker 1: on one interview, and she like messaged me for stuff

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Speaker 1: and she was going to volunteer for Love Pop and

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Speaker 1: I kind of following her story and it's really cool

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Speaker 1: because she's gone viral and I thought it'd be cool

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Speaker 1: we got on her show and talk get her on

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Speaker 1: our show and talk about what's happened and the process.

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Speaker 2: Is it Brianna? Is that you say her name or Brianna?

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Speaker 3: Brianna, it's Brianna. Yes, it's a little difficult with the spelling,

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Speaker 3: but it's Brianna.

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Speaker 1: So tell us your story, tell us your sports background,

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Speaker 1: tell us where you're from, and tell us how this

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Speaker 1: thing happened, because it's a really cool story with you

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Speaker 1: and Devin Booker.

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Speaker 3: Yes, thank you.

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Speaker 2: So.

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Speaker 3: First, I grew up in Michigan pretty much where he

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Speaker 3: did as well, But a little bit of a backstory.

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Speaker 3: I just graduated high school this year in twenty twenty

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Speaker 3: but just staying consistent, being persistent, and then keeping God

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Speaker 3: And along the way, I've actually interviewed a lot of

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Speaker 3: amazing athletes like Will Hernandez He's from the Cardinals, he's

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Speaker 3: an offensive lineman, Eric Priest with Golden Boy Promotions. I've

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Speaker 3: interviewed Matt Barnes, Eddie House, Mike Bibby, coach Ty Ellis

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Speaker 3: with the Las Vegas Aces. And that's just to name

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Speaker 3: a few of my athlete interviews. And every one of

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Speaker 3: those athlete interviews has helped me grow and prepare for

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Speaker 3: the Devin Booker interview.

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Speaker 2: Are you reading something? Are you just talking to us?

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Speaker 3: I'm just talking.

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Speaker 2: Oh it sounds like you're reading reading.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been practicing all morning.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well good, But let me tell you something, Kyle

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Speaker 1: on our show, she went to the Walter Cronkhigh School too,

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Speaker 1: So look at now she's she's like a professional.

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Speaker 2: So those are good goals to have. I don't sound

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Speaker 2: as professional as Bonna, so I'm impressed. But Brianna, so

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Speaker 2: what is yours like? Do you have a podcast? Like?

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Speaker 2: What is the story? What'd you do? You started a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so i just started a Instagram literally a year ago,

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Speaker 3: and I'm on a podcast on Thanksgiving. They let me

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Speaker 3: ever since. So I'm just blessed that they saw something

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Speaker 3: Since twenty twenty one, I think I went to Sun's

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Speaker 3: games with posters to get his attention and he saw

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Speaker 3: actually have a photo with with Booker, but I have

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Speaker 3: my posters, and then I would go to all these games.

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Speaker 3: And then this year, about a few months ago, before

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Speaker 3: the season started, I was just making videos for Booker,

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Speaker 3: Booker and the Phoenix Suns and a lot of people

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Speaker 3: helped me get his attention, and like Steve, he's in

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Speaker 3: Scott Staley works with switch Den and Monte's m podcast,

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah he's awesome. Yeah I told him my un Okay, okay, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I was like hello, like are you serious? Is this true?

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Speaker 1: So it was really cool.

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Speaker 3: I got the interview. We planned it, I found out Thursday.

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Speaker 2: You get the phone call for the Phoenix Suns. What

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Speaker 3: They're like, Hey, this is ah Blah with the Phoenix

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Speaker 3: and that was a month ago Thursday. I found out

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Speaker 3: that I was doing it on Saturday. Okay, this past Saturday.

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Speaker 2: So where'd you go Saturday?

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Speaker 3: The performance center Okay in Scottsdale, Okay, their practice center.

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Speaker 3: And we were in a room and I was not

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Speaker 3: my career. And it was amazing. We had a great

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Speaker 3: connection this whole interview. It was nothing but last smiles,

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Speaker 3: great conversations. And we're both from Michigan, right, so we

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Speaker 3: So I think that made it a lot easier and

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Speaker 2: So where can we watch? Where can we watch?

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Speaker 3: The interview will be released this week on YouTube at

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Speaker 3: the Pickham Pros look at you going.

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Speaker 2: Is the Pickham pros Is? That is that Monte's podcast.

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Speaker 3: No, Monte's podcast is QMO Pickam pros Is. They're based

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Speaker 3: in North Carolina, so they're who I started with originally.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's great, good for you. I under them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Nice job. So how was Devid? Was he cool?

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Speaker 1: Did you talk to him for a half hour five minutes?

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Speaker 1: How long was the interview?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: About half hour and the nicest person ever. Yeah, that's great,

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Speaker 3: He's amazing.

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Speaker 4: We're not worried about you. You're gonna do big things

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Speaker 4: like you You will not be stopped. You can hear

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Speaker 2: Right, has already paid off for you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, don't lose that fire. I mean, you

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Speaker 4: keep that your whole life, and you'll keep on moving up.

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Speaker 1: So your goal now is to get a scholarship to

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Speaker 3: Yes, and now I need to find another person to

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Speaker 2: What is your next goal?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I've met John Brooks twice. Now I think

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Speaker 1: That that would be cool. He's very nice. But the

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Speaker 1: I bet you those will all come if you want them.

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Speaker 2: Those.

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Speaker 3: Yes, But as far as you need to start your

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Speaker 2: Where did you go to high school?

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Speaker 3: I went to Hickley High School in the East Valley.

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Speaker 4: Nice.

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Speaker 2: Well, right on, okay, so do your parents know what

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Speaker 2: you did? They must be very proud.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, in high school. Actually, there's a competition called JEA

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Speaker 3: and I. It's like a journalism convention championship. And two

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Speaker 3: years in a row, I made a video on sport

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Speaker 3: related to my school. I filmed, edit it everything, and

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Speaker 3: I went back to that first place.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome.

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Speaker 1: Well, congratulations, let us know when the podcast drops and

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Speaker 1: we will help you promote it.

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Speaker 3: Oh awesome, that'd be awesome. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: You gotta brand We'll have a great day.

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Speaker 1: Anything else you want to say, anybody you want to

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Speaker 1: put the word out, you want Larry Fitzgerald, you wing,

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Speaker 1: Charles Barkley?

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Speaker 2: Who else? Yeah, anybody else you can think of sports?

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I think those two are the major ones. Charles Barkley.

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Speaker 3: My mom's the biggest fan. She would just flip out.

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Speaker 4: It'd be a good one for you too, since she lives.

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Speaker 4: Here's Danika Patrick. You do the race world too, that'd

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, man, there's so many options.

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Speaker 2: Are you still going to go to Suns games? Or

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Speaker 2: are you kind of like I got Booker, I'm done?

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Speaker 2: Are you Are you a Suns fan?

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Speaker 3: No, I'm a Suns fan.

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Speaker 2: Okay, all right.

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Speaker 3: I want to go to the one on the twenty

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Speaker 2: I'll be there. I have to take it to the game. Actually,

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Speaker 2: oh look that well.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening and have it, and thank you

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Speaker 1: for messaging us, and thank you for following us on Instagram.

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Speaker 2: What's your Instagram? Let's give out your Instagram on the air.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, so it's just Brionna dot Sports b R

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Speaker 3: y A N N A and then Dot Sports.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we'll follow it right now.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, yay, thank you,