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Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Okay, Hi,

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Speaker 1: AM six forty. More stimulating talk, Chris Merrill, thank you

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Speaker 1: for hanging out. We've got to talk about the super

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Speaker 1: Bowl halftime shows coming up here in just about ten

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Speaker 1: minutes or so, fifteen minutes. And I and again, I've

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Speaker 1: been mentioned this throughout the evening. I've not watched any

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Speaker 1: gonna be filled with all the different commercials and the

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Speaker 1: bad Bunny and then will they be will they be

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Speaker 1: covering the other the alt halftime show. We'll discuss those

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Speaker 1: things coming up here in just a few moments. So first,

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Speaker 1: there's no business like show business. Very good, Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much. Appreciate that. Disney as a new CEO. If

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Speaker 1: you're unfamiliar, Bob Iger is stepping away again, and he

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Speaker 1: named his replacement. CNBC was talking about the new guy,

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Speaker 1: Josh Tomorrow. Here's what here's what they thought of it.

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Speaker 2: The next CEO of Disney is Josh Damorrow. Fans of

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Speaker 2: Disney's theme parks, cruises, and resorts will know this thirty

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Speaker 2: year veteran. He's held many leadership roles within the company,

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Speaker 2: including president of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and

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Speaker 2: Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and for the past six years

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Speaker 2: he's let the highly profitable Experience Division, arguably the company's

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Speaker 1: This feels so much like Succession that remember the HBO show,

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Speaker 1: Remember that it was so good, such a good show,

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Speaker 1: but it was they were all battling, and the premise

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Speaker 1: of it was sort of loosely based on the Murdoch

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Speaker 1: family that are over you know, Fox, but in the

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Speaker 1: in a number of newsprints, that kind of thing. But

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Speaker 1: in this scenario, the company that they ran had a

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Speaker 1: news division, you know, the TV product, and they also

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Speaker 1: had cruise lines and they had parks. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: was very Disney like with also a news product. So

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Speaker 1: it was like the writers of that show were taking

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Speaker 1: an amalgamation of Disney and the Murdoch Empire and all

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Speaker 1: of it and sort of melding it into one and

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Speaker 1: they were all fighting over who got to do it.

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Speaker 1: And you know, then you'd have somebody that woul get

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Speaker 1: a promotion and they go, Okay, you're in charge of parks. Okay,

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Speaker 1: well you're in charge of foreign parks. Okay, well you're

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Speaker 1: in charge of the news division, you're in charge of

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Speaker 1: the cruise lines. And then they were all, look, here's

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Speaker 1: my resume. Now I can be the next CEO of

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Speaker 1: the whole company. It feels very much like that, where

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Speaker 1: you've got this josh Y Morrow, who was very good

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Speaker 1: as far as the numbers show profit and loss. I'd

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Speaker 1: never worked for the guy. I have no idea what

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Speaker 1: he's like, but he was showing results for the shareholders

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Speaker 1: and they said, now we're gonna put him in charge

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Speaker 1: of everything. Well, everything is big, everything is massive. So

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Speaker 1: I mean we're not just talking about parks and experiences

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Speaker 1: and products. We're talking about you know, the other aspects

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Speaker 1: Disney linear products, the ABC Network, the espns. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's over all of this now.

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Speaker 2: He took over that role during the pandemic when everything parks, resorts,

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Speaker 2: and cruises were all shut down. Companies revenue fell by

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Speaker 2: thirty five twenty twenty, but dmro use that time wisely

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Speaker 2: by making improvements to the parks. Technology was upgraded too,

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Speaker 2: things like mobile ordering and the all new Lightning link

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Speaker 2: that allows parkoers to skip lines to their favorite rides.

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Speaker 1: I like the sound of that. I like somebody that's

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Speaker 1: willing to invest. Here. You've got a pandemic hitting and

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Speaker 1: the money's not coming in. And he says, this is

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Speaker 1: a good time to invest. See that's smart. It's the

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Speaker 1: by low sell high stuff. And sometimes it's tough to do.

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Speaker 1: You go, oh, No, businesses do this all the time.

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Speaker 1: They go, oh, our revenue is down, we have to

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Speaker 1: start cutting. And Damorrow said, ooh, our revenue is down.

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Speaker 1: Here's an opportunity. So I do appreciate that business acumen.

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Speaker 2: He also oversaw the expansion of Disney's cruise line. Demand

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Speaker 2: has soared, and the company plans to double its sleep

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Speaker 2: by twenty thirty one. Dmorrow also had a hand in

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Speaker 2: the company's international develope think Fantasy Springs at Tokyo Disneyland

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know nothing about those, so good for him.

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Speaker 2: He even announced a new theme park in Abu Dhabi

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Speaker 2: with longtime CEO Bob Einder last year.

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Speaker 3: We feel very good about the partner and what we're

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Speaker 2: Under him, the experiences deficient has returned to the best

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Speaker 2: performing part of Disney's business, where Dmorrow doesn't have as

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Speaker 2: much experience as in Disney's streaming and linear TV business.

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Speaker 2: This is also where the company faces the most challenges.

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Speaker 2: More people are cutting cable and advertising revenue is declining,

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Speaker 2: which is hurting every media player. It's unclear how.

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Speaker 4: He will tackle that.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you how I do it, just like you

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Speaker 1: did with the Cruise lines. Right, your product is hurting.

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Speaker 1: This is your opportunity. Now will he approach it the

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Speaker 1: same way as Sure? Hope he does, and I hope

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Speaker 1: that that's why uh Eiger named him. But you know,

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Speaker 1: if you've got if you've got a flailing product, you

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Speaker 1: got two choices. You either just let it die slowly

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Speaker 1: or you revive it. But reviving it is risky. Reviving

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Speaker 1: it is A slow death is predictable, and this cell

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Speaker 1: businesses think a slow death is predictable. They go, Okay, well,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna lose revenue. Here's our here's how we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do it. We're gonna lose this much. We're gonna lose

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Speaker 1: this much. We're gonna lose this much, and it's slowly

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Speaker 1: numb they might lose a billion dollars doing it that way,

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Speaker 1: or you put two billion dollars into trying to revive it,

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Speaker 1: but if it doesn't work, you're out twice as much.

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Speaker 1: So what do they do? I'd like to think he's

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Speaker 1: gonna make the investment into the product, especially because I'm,

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Speaker 1: you know, I like the entertainment aspect of the whole thing.

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Speaker 2: Dmorrow beat out Cell Disney executive Dana Waldon among other

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Speaker 2: candidates for the CEO role. Walton is co chairman of

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Speaker 2: the Disney Entertainment units, so the TV and streaming realm

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Speaker 2: is really her domain. Dmorrow has been more public facing,

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Speaker 2: especially as Disney invests in its theme parks, frequent Disney visitors,

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Speaker 2: a film me it's not uncommon for Dmorrow to be

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Speaker 2: on Main Street greating guests. Iiger, who called the shots

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Speaker 2: at Disney for the better part of two decades, leaves

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Speaker 2: behind a notable legacy. He led the acquisitions of Pixar

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Speaker 2: Disney Plus. During that time, Disney's market cap more than quadrupled.

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Speaker 2: So Dmorrow does have some pretty big shoes to film.

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Speaker 2: But as someone who's been around him a dozen times,

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Speaker 2: it does feel like he has that magic Disney touch,

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Speaker 2: and it helps that he's got a pretty good track record.

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Speaker 1: All right, So time will tell. But you know, obviously

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Speaker 1: Disney didn't go into this decision lately. Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan,

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Speaker 1: of the Director's Guild of America. He is concerned. He

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Speaker 1: going to start replacing creatives. Is there anyone among us

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Speaker 1: For instance, special effects graphics. Creation can probably tighten that up,

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Speaker 1: But I'm seeing AI commercials. The same crap that I

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Speaker 1: And then we've got you know, we've got the logo.

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Speaker 1: when you have this AI creation. But two, it feels cheap.

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Speaker 1: absolutely zero interest in patronizing that business. I will intentionally

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Speaker 1: more like I'm trying to send a message that don't

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Speaker 1: so snake oil salesman. I mean, I open a video

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Speaker 1: and it's like, uh, tai chi walking isn't for everyone,

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Speaker 1: but tai chi walking is for you. You should use

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Speaker 1: It's just like it's bad. It's just so bad. I

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Speaker 1: can't stand it. The Super Bowl, as I may mentioned

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Speaker 1: tonight halftime show featuring Bad Bunny had people all kinds

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Speaker 1: of riled up. So the very conservative Turning Point USA

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Speaker 1: Chris Merrill. Super Bowl happening right now, which means the

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Speaker 1: Bad Bunny is got everybody else worked up. And there

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Speaker 1: this to be successful. I don't want us to have

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Speaker 1: a big national disaster, so I want this to be

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Speaker 1: very successful. And I don't like the idea of we

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Speaker 1: did a dress rehearsal and all of these things are wrong.

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Speaker 1: It feels like a lot of this stuff are things

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Speaker 1: that probably we could have discovered the issues long before now.

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Speaker 1: So it makes me wonder if we're gonna have that

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Speaker 1: launch ready to go in March again. Glad they're doing

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Speaker 1: the dress rehearsal though, because the last thing we want

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Speaker 1: is to watch another ship explode on takeoff. Not great, And.

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Speaker 3: Because of all of those issues, they are pushing the

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Speaker 3: launch window back to March. We talked to a research

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Speaker 3: chemist who is at the Space Center monitoring the process,

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Speaker 3: and he says, NASA will need to figure out what

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Speaker 3: was going wrong.

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Speaker 1: Oh will they? That's very helpful, thank you. NASA needs

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Speaker 1: to figure out what's going Sometimes sometimes reporters just knock

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Speaker 1: it out of the park. Sometimes you go who wrote that?

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Speaker 1: He says, NASA has to figure out what's going wrong.

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Speaker 1: No kidding, huh weird. What else were they gonna do?

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Speaker 1: Just ignore it? If they're gonna ignore it, they would

448
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Speaker 1: have launched. They can't go to the launch until they

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Speaker 1: prove that they can fuel the rocket and it doesn't leak,

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Speaker 1: because if there is a leak, it could explode, and

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Speaker 1: explosions are bad when it comes to rockets and astronauts

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Speaker 1: and things like that. So yeah, probably better make sure

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Speaker 1: it doesn't leak. Maybe a little uh, a little JB

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Speaker 1: well done there, huh, little duct tape slap it on there.

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Speaker 1: It'd be good work for grandpa to work for you.

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Speaker 1: And we have to make sure that the astronauts are

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Speaker 1: gonna be safe.

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Speaker 3: Now, the mission is supposed to do a fly by

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Speaker 3: of the Moon with the crew on board, and the

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Speaker 3: four astronauts were scheduled to arrive at KSC today, but

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Speaker 3: that's been pushed back. NASA says they'll carry out another

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Speaker 3: wet dress rehearsal before the launch. And while they say

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Speaker 3: the new window is going to be in March, there's

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Speaker 3: still no exact date yet set for that Artimist too launch.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but NASA has an idea they have a window.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we don't know what that is, which I'm sure

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Speaker 1: some of you with you know, some technical aptitude probably

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Speaker 1: if this figured out, it's roughly twenty eight days, because

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Speaker 1: that's the cycle of the moon and you have to

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Speaker 1: catch it in order to have the shortest distance of

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Speaker 1: the moon, and YadA, YadA, YadA, and then you want

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Speaker 1: to be able to slingshot around, which I love that.

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Speaker 1: They say that in about every sci fi movie ever.

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Speaker 1: They're like, yeah, we have to catch the gravity and

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Speaker 1: hit the slingshot around. Oh, but the gravity it has

476
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Speaker 1: to be just right. If we go in too fast,

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Speaker 1: we'll miss our slingshot, it will be cast into deep

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Speaker 1: space and we'll never make it back. If we go

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Speaker 1: in too slow, then the Moon's gravity's gonna catch us

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna pull us in and it's gonna a

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Speaker 1: little crash. It has to be just perfect. I always

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Speaker 1: love that, love that. Anyway, that's what Artist is gonna do.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna go up to the Moon and get close

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Speaker 1: and then slingshot around and come on back. It would

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Speaker 1: be the first a crude lunar miss since Apollo seventeen

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Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy two. Although again we're not landing on

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Speaker 1: the moon. This time. But just like we did with

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Speaker 1: the well, I was called it Gemini, but I heard

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Speaker 1: other people it's Jiminy. The Gemini missions and the Apollo missions.

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Speaker 1: They started by going to the Moon, going around the Moon,

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Speaker 1: and then returning until they felt confident that okay, here

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Speaker 1: we go, we can get into an orbit lock, and

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Speaker 1: then we can send in the lunar lander. Right, that's

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Speaker 1: what they did. For those of you that were around,

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Speaker 1: you probably remember that. I don't. I was born in

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy eight, so I don't remember it. For me,

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Speaker 1: the only thing about space was basically the introduction of

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Speaker 1: the Shuttle, and I always thought that was really cool.

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Speaker 1: Space station, International Space Station, getting up there, all that

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Speaker 1: kind of stuff. But as far as going to the Moon,

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Speaker 1: not in my lifetime. And since we're talking nineteen seventy

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Speaker 1: two here, what is that fifty four years most people

503
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Speaker 1: on the planet weren't around the last time that we

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Speaker 1: had a crude lunar mission. So I'm very excited about this.

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Speaker 1: I'm super geeking out about it. Fellas if you're single

506
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Speaker 1: and you're playing the world's worst game of dating, there's

507
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Speaker 1: something you should be doing to bring in the honeys

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Speaker 1: can I say honeys, producer, Cayla, can I say honeys?

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Speaker 1: Dames like being called honeys? Right? Anyway, if you do it,

510
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Speaker 1: you have to commit to going all the way on

511
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Speaker 1: this practice or else those birds are leaving the nest.

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Speaker 1: I can call them birds too, right, Cayla does not

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Speaker 1: think I'm funny. How not to screw up your mating

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Speaker 1: dance is next, Chris Merril k I am six forty.

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Speaker 1: We're live everywhere on the iHeart ready, Appa, I am

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Speaker 1: six forty or STIPI let you talk. I'm Chris Merrill.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you spending time with us. We've got to

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Speaker 1: doctor Wendy Walsh Doctor Wendy after dark, starting right up

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Speaker 1: here at seven. I'll looking forward to that. One of

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Speaker 1: the things if you've not listened to doctor Wendy before,

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Speaker 1: she will make you a better person one and she

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Speaker 1: will make you a better lover. That's basically the reason

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Speaker 1: I listen is to try to improve my love making skills.

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Speaker 1: Not not that, but more like, you know, just just

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Speaker 1: being a good husband and being an attractive mate. And

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Speaker 1: also every nan again she gives me a sex steps,

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Speaker 1: So I like that. Okay, So here's what I'm here's

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Speaker 1: what I found. I did some research. Whenever we do

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Speaker 1: the show here, I always like to wrap and give

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Speaker 1: Doctor Wendy a nice lead in here that is relationship based.

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Speaker 1: So get this. I'm reading about dudes who are trying

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Speaker 1: to quote unquote find a mate. Let's face it, they're

533
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Speaker 1: trying to get laid. But here's what you should be doing. Guys,

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Speaker 1: find a hobby. Chicks like hobbies. They like it that

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Speaker 1: you have something. The problem is you can't fake it,

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Speaker 1: and that's what far too many guys are doing. Let's

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Speaker 1: start with some suggestions on what you can do. This

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Speaker 1: is from the I don't know, it's like a podcast

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Speaker 1: or something. I've found it online, the Men's Mental Health Institute.

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Speaker 1: Here's what they say. To attract the honeyes.

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Speaker 8: The most attractive hobbies a man can have. The hobbies

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Speaker 8: that I'm about to list are like magnets for women.

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Speaker 8: So please listen up.

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Speaker 1: Okay, you got me, I'm listening. What is it? What

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Speaker 1: are the most attractive hobbies? What are the women gonna like?

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Speaker 1: Tell me give me the good stuff.

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Speaker 8: This day and age modern dating, it's really really important

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Speaker 8: to stand out in the sea of single men, right you.

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Speaker 1: Said that, So how do I do it? What's gonna

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Speaker 1: make me stand out in that sea of single men?

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Speaker 1: What are the hobbies I should be doing? What are

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Speaker 1: the hobbies that are attractive to women? Give me the goods?

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Speaker 8: What's the easiest way to do this? Take some time

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Speaker 8: and write down some of the hobbies, purposes, mission, things

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Speaker 8: you like to do.

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Speaker 1: I like to talk by elongating the vowels at the

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Speaker 1: end of all of my phrases.

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Speaker 8: Outside of your normal life, women look for men who

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Speaker 8: have hobbies and passions, not because.

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Speaker 1: Not because what what are the hobbies?

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Speaker 8: Just tell me the hobbies that it makes them attractive

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Speaker 8: in any way? But it sounds like you have other

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Speaker 8: things and you have a mission. You have things you

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Speaker 8: like to do, and that makes you really attractive.

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Speaker 1: My mission is to get to the point finding her

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Speaker 1: very unattractive? Right now, get to the point. What are

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Speaker 1: the hobbies?

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Speaker 8: So if any of these hobbies sound like you, make

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Speaker 8: sure you highlight them on your dating profile next time

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Speaker 8: and see if you get any more matches. Number one

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Speaker 8: is cooking. In twenty twenty three, one of the most

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Speaker 8: attractive characteristics about a man is that he can cook.

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Speaker 1: Well, what's the next one? I'm out on that. I

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Speaker 1: can't cook. That's woman's work. Oh, come on, don't you're

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Speaker 1: gonna send a nasty letter to the boss, aren't you.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna send a nasty letter. That's fair. I deserve

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Speaker 1: it time.

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Speaker 8: Showcase one of your best meals that you've cooked on

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Speaker 8: your dating profile and see if women get mouth drooled

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Speaker 8: all over your dating profile.

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Speaker 1: Get what? Now, I'm sorry, See if women get what?

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Speaker 8: And see if women get mouth drooled all over your

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Speaker 8: dating profile.

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Speaker 1: If somebody is drooling on my dating profile, I don't

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Speaker 1: want to date them. I don't want to see someone

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Speaker 1: getting mouth drooled all over. I would prefer a woman

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Speaker 1: who can control her saliva. That's what I would like

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Speaker 1: to add. I would like someone.

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Speaker 6: That.

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Speaker 8: Okay, next number two is working out.

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Speaker 1: Oh I'm shocked. Women like guys who are ripped with abs?

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Speaker 1: Yeah do they? That's weird? Okay, yeah, you know what

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Speaker 1: I like. I like girls with big boobs. So can

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Speaker 1: can we have like a woman's hobby would be like

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Speaker 1: big boobs? Yeah? Okay, great, unbelievable. All right, you shallow narrator.

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Speaker 1: Tell me more about why they like guys who work out? Oh, weird?

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Speaker 1: They like hot dudes.

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Speaker 8: It's not shallow to prioritize your health or your physique.

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Speaker 1: No, but it is shallow to put that in your

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Speaker 1: dating profile.

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Speaker 8: And it's not shallow to look for a woman who

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Speaker 8: also does the same.

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Speaker 1: No, but it's super annoying to date somebody who wants

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Speaker 1: to go to the gym and take pictures of themselves

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Speaker 1: so they could put in their dating profile. God, everything

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Speaker 1: about this is a red flag.

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Speaker 8: So if a woman also prioritizes her physique in health,

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Speaker 8: likely she's also gonna want a man who does the same.

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Speaker 1: What hot shallow women want hot shallow dudes. This is

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Speaker 1: news to me. I gotta write this down. Hang on,

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Speaker 1: I gotta write this down. I had no idea.

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Speaker 8: So remember, work on your health, work on your physique

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Speaker 8: the best way that you can. Everyone has their own

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Speaker 8: subjective body shape.

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Speaker 1: Mine is subjective. For women who like the look of humpty.

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Speaker 8: Dumpty, however, make sure it's something that you're worth looking on.

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Speaker 8: Number three is traveling. Did you know there's a ton

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Speaker 8: of research that show women are much more attracted to

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Speaker 8: men who are well traveled.

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Speaker 1: All right, let me write that down. Okay, add to

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Speaker 1: dating profile gets around. Yes, women love that not only.

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Speaker 8: Does this show off your adventurous side, but it also

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Speaker 8: gives off a vibe that you want to learn about

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Speaker 8: different people and different cultures.

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Speaker 1: What if all of my travel has been in places

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Speaker 1: like Saint Louis or I've really learned about the other

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Speaker 1: cultures of Missoula. Now they want international travel. The other

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Speaker 1: thing with international travel too, is that it it It

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Speaker 1: sends uh or what do they say? Gen Z says

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Speaker 1: it gives it gives rich vibes. That's it, because if

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Speaker 1: you're traveling internationally often, then ain't cheap. So here, Oh,

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Speaker 1: chicks like guys that cook, guys that work out and

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Speaker 1: are hot, guys that have money and travel. Huh wow,

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Speaker 1: this is novel. I had no idea.

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Speaker 8: Hobbies that have listed are some of the top hobbies

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Speaker 8: that are really attractive and create a ton of affinity

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Speaker 8: towards women. However, take some time to think about the

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Speaker 8: unique hobbies that you have.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I just I can't with her anymore. I can't.

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Speaker 1: But here's here's the kicker on this, and I think

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Speaker 1: this is the most interesting thing from USA today. As

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Speaker 1: far as all these hobbies, it can't be performative. You

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Speaker 1: actually have to do them. What they're finding is that

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Speaker 1: guys will put these hobbies in their dating profiles, and

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Speaker 1: then by the second date, they're not doing them any longer,

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Speaker 1: and we even find that to be a massive turnoff.

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Speaker 1: So they call these attraction hobbies. In other words, they say,

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Speaker 1: I cook, and then maybe on the first date they

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Speaker 1: take they go to a cooking class, but then after

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Speaker 1: that they never go in the kitchen again. Or I

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Speaker 1: work out, and then once they start dating, they never

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Speaker 1: work out again. So their attraction hobbies. In other words,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna do a hobby, you have to stay

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Speaker 1: dedicated to it, which is why I think it's important

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Speaker 1: to do hobbies you really like, like eating chips in

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Speaker 1: my underwear on the sofa while watching football. If you

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Speaker 1: can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me

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Speaker 1: at my best. That's what I would put in my

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Speaker 1: dating profile. Thank God I'm married. What a dreamboat my

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Speaker 1: wife got? Huh? Have a great night. Doctor Wendy Walsh

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