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Speaker 1: This is a podcast from wor Now the wr Saturday

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Speaker 1: Morning Show. Here's Larry MINTI.

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Speaker 2: Welcome this Saturday morning. On this week's show, independent candidate

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Speaker 2: for Mayor of New York City, former Governor Andrew Cuomo,

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Speaker 2: needs Republican votes if he hopes to defeat Zorin Mamdani.

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Speaker 2: He's here to make his pitch to you. Can New

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Speaker 2: Jersey go red? Political activist Matt Rooney, founder of the

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Speaker 2: internet site Save New Jersey thinks. So the TCS New

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Speaker 2: York City Marathon is tomorrow, and we'll talk with the

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Speaker 2: man who puts the whole thing together, New York road

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Speaker 2: Runners Race director Ted Mittellis. But we start with former

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Speaker 2: governor an independent candidate for Mayor of New York City,

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Speaker 2: Andrew Cuomo.

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Speaker 3: Good to be with you, Larry, Thanks you for having listen.

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Speaker 2: There's been a slow of polls out and they've all

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Speaker 2: been fascinating because they're all over the place. I want

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Speaker 2: a Quinn piac poll that showed you winning by just

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Speaker 2: one point, but winning among Republicans, which is our audience,

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Speaker 2: and that's winning over Curtis Leewall with Republicans tying with

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Speaker 2: independence with Mom Donnie, but losing by a large percentage

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Speaker 2: point among Democrats. I'm sure you've seen this. I'm sure

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Speaker 2: you've studied it, your people have.

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Speaker 3: What do you make of that, Larry, is it is illustrative.

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Speaker 3: You're right Zoron does well with Democrats because Democrat Zoron

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Speaker 3: is now on the Democratic line, and you have a

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Speaker 3: lot of Democrats who just vote party line. So he's

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Speaker 3: a Democrat on the Democratic line. By the way, he's

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Speaker 3: not a Democrat. He's a socialist, but he happens to

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Speaker 3: be on the Democratic but he's a socialist. I'm a Democrat,

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Speaker 3: but I'm on the independent line. So you have a

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Speaker 3: lot of Democrats who say, well, I just vote Democratic.

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Speaker 3: I think the Republicans, frankly, truly have really stood up

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Speaker 3: here in a way that I find admirable. You have

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Speaker 3: a lot of Republican electives who say, yeah, I'm a Republican,

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Speaker 3: and I know for was a Democrat. But the destential

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Speaker 3: threat is Mondomie because he's a communist and we can't

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Speaker 3: have a communist. The Republicans call him as mayor. So

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Speaker 3: I'm going to vote as a New Yorker and I'm

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Speaker 3: going to vote for Cuomo because has no chance of winning.

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Speaker 3: Even if you believe he was qualified, he has no

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Speaker 3: And Republican electors are saying that, and Republicans are saying that,

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Speaker 3: and you know what good them because all this partisanship,

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Speaker 3: it's they're saying, I'm a New Yorker first, And the

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Speaker 3: truth is, Larry, I'm not a crazy lefty right, I'm

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Speaker 3: a moderate Queen's Italian New Yorker governor for eleven years,

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Speaker 3: cut to got things done. So I think Republicans understand

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And what's fascinating and you were saying that they're

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Speaker 2: just voting the party line. I think it's deeper than that.

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Speaker 2: I think it's where the Democratic Party is going at

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Speaker 2: this point. I think the Democratic Party, especially in cities

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Speaker 2: a place that they shouldn't go. They're going to a

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Speaker 2: dark place of socialism. And I know you've described it

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Speaker 2: as a civil war in your party, and I agree

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Speaker 2: a stand against socialism.

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Speaker 3: In that civil war, everything is at stake in this

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Speaker 3: election as a Democrat exactly what you say. It is

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Speaker 3: a civil war, and you have this extreme radical left

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Speaker 3: It's the Bernie Sanders AOC where socialists police are bad.

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Speaker 3: NYPD is racist and corrupt. Or we should government should

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Speaker 3: control the means of production. I mean, that's not That's

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Speaker 3: not who I am, not who my father was, not

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Speaker 3: It will kill the Democratic Party, I believe if they win,

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Speaker 3: because it's just out of touch with America. Also, it

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Speaker 3: will kill New York City. New York City cannot be

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Speaker 3: a socialist city. People would flee from New York, I

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Speaker 3: be the death of New York City. That's why this

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Speaker 3: It's bigger than that. This is bigger than that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you. I agree with you one

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Speaker 2: thousand percent. Did I do these final thoughts a commentary

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Speaker 2: and I've taken a lot of blowback over it. But

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Speaker 2: it's exactly fifty to fifty. There's a lot of people

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Speaker 2: for you to stop Zorinmamdani, but there are fifty percent

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Speaker 2: why I said that. But the people that called have

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Speaker 2: a good point. Now I want you to address this,

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Speaker 2: They bring up three things and you already know what

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Speaker 2: they're going to be. It is the sexual harassment scandal.

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Speaker 2: They bring up the death in the nursing homes, and

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Speaker 2: that they claim are holding them back. Now, obnoestly nothing

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but yes, and you're right, you know, you get

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Speaker 3: be bad. The sexual harassment allegations, they were made. They

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Speaker 3: were made in the report. I said at that time,

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Speaker 3: this is all political. There is nothing there. They just

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Speaker 3: want me out of office because frankly, there was that

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Speaker 3: whole far left that was never happy with me in

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Speaker 3: which is a bad thing. I said, nothing will come

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Speaker 3: of it. We spent four years. Five district attorneys, people

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Speaker 3: the case because I want my day in court.

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Speaker 2: I'm Governor Andrew Cuomo, independent candidate for New York City Mayor.

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Speaker 2: What does it take to put together a massive event

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Speaker 2: like the TCS New York City Marathon. We're gonna ask

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Speaker 2: race director Ted Mettellis after the break.

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Speaker 1: Now more of the WOOR Saturday Morning Show and Larry

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Speaker 1: Minty Welcome back.

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Speaker 2: The TCS New York City Marathon is tomorrow, when tens

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Speaker 2: of thousands of runners who trained all year will descend

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Speaker 2: a monumental task for New York road runners. Race director

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Speaker 2: Ted Mettellis, Ted I got to hear you a little

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Speaker 2: bit beforehand. I would be exhausted at this point, but

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Speaker 2: you sound exuberant and buoyant. How do you do it?

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Speaker 4: Well, you know it's equal to what our runners are

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Speaker 4: feeling right about now. So first, thank you so very much.

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Speaker 4: what would be in a miazing day, the best day

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Speaker 5: So many of our runners have.

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Speaker 4: Been training and preparing themselves for anywhere between six to

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Speaker 6: And we've been in that same place.

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Speaker 4: You know, we've been planning and preparing this coming marathon

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Speaker 4: since last marathon, and we are now in the tapering stage.

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Speaker 4: Just like our runners, we are feeling good and getting

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Speaker 4: prepped and ready to go for a great Sunday November second.

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Speaker 2: Now, you're an old hand at this. Are there any

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Speaker 4: Well, it's always a dance between the nones versus the unknowns.

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Speaker 4: You plan for the nones and you prepare for the unknowns,

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Speaker 4: it's going to be new and different. Goodness, we have

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Speaker 4: probably one of the most incredible professional fields to date

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Speaker 4: And there's always always something new and different, but the

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Speaker 2: Well, you said there's always something new and different, and

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Speaker 2: you mentioned one thing. What else is new and different

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Speaker 4: I think what's really amazing that we'll see that is

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Speaker 4: have this year. We have twenty five one hundred run

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Speaker 2: So what do you now on race day? So you've

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Speaker 4: No, there is no resting on race day for me.

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Speaker 4: And again similar to our runners. Yes, you've been putting

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Speaker 4: I traverse the entire course. This would be something that's new.

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Speaker 4: I've not done this since twenty nineteen where I get

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Speaker 4: for me, usually around around twenty twenty one hour day,

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Speaker 4: but it's an amazing, amazing day and I'm powered through

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Speaker 2: Right, and we're going to be broadcasting from the finish line.

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Speaker 2: Is the next governor of New Jersey going to be

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Speaker 2: Matt Rooney is a political activist, attorney and founder of

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Speaker 2: the website savenew Jersey dot com, and he says Republican

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Speaker 2: Canada Jack Chitarelli has a real chance of becoming the

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Speaker 5: Well, Larry, I appreciate all the invites. It's awesome to

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Speaker 2: I don't either. So we're we are in the we're

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Speaker 2: in the exact same vote. Uh tell us about this race.

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Speaker 2: It does seem and you tell me if I'm wrong.

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Speaker 2: It seems like all of the energy is with Jack Chitarelli.

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Speaker 5: No, you're not. You're not wrong at all. You don't

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Speaker 5: And let and let's be clear exactly why Mikey's having

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Speaker 5: Republican Party, and many of them are supporting Jack Cudarelli.

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Speaker 3: This year.

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Speaker 5: Poll after poll, Larry whether they've got it tied, We're

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Speaker 5: If this movie seems like one you've seen before, folks,

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Speaker 5: it's because you have. It's called twenty twenty four. So

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Speaker 5: It was close to even I think we'd be talking

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Speaker 2: I've all along, I've been saying we're not going to

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Speaker 5: That would not surprise me at all. I keep telling everyone,

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Speaker 5: very interesting finding, Larry, in one of the polls, I

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Speaker 5: Jack won by six points.

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Speaker 5: So again again it's twenty sixteen, right all over again.

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Speaker 5: It's New Jersey, it's a blue state. There's a lot

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Speaker 5: basically Phil Murphy with better teeth. All right, I'll give

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Speaker 2: Well, we're gonna have that happening. We had somebody call

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Speaker 2: He said, is you haul sponsoring the Campaig of Zurin,

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Speaker 2: Mom Donnie, We're gonna have the same thing happening in

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 2: You concentrate on New Jersey, but how can you not

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Speaker 5: Right. You don't want to live a Batman movie. You

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Speaker 2: Think Mom Donnie is going to make certain that nobody

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Speaker 2: you know he can't do anything that he's promising. Matt,

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Speaker 2: it was great to talk to you. When you find

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Speaker 5: Oh anytime.

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Speaker 3: I love being with you.

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Speaker 5: I'm sorry my voice is starting to go. I know

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Speaker 5: going to say real quick, if you'll allow it, just folks,

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Speaker 5: You're gonna get some voter suppression polls. They're going to

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Speaker 5: tell you that it's already over. You've seen this movie before.

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Speaker 3: Go vote.

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Speaker 5: Bring a bunch of people with you. We can win

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Speaker 5: this one. We really can. We can save New Jersey.

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Speaker 2: We're coming right back.

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Speaker 1: Here's Larry Mente with more of the wr Saturday Morning Show.

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Speaker 2: The TCS New York City Marathon is this Sunday, and

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Speaker 2: but this Sunday it will be on seven am leading

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Speaker 2: into our live TCS New York City Marathon broadcast.

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Speaker 6: Yes, Larry, nice to hear from you again, and we're

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Speaker 6: very excited. We really believe and I've never had a

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Speaker 6: New Yorker disagree with me when I say it's the

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Speaker 6: best day of the year in New York City, and

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Speaker 6: so we're so excited to have WR and iHeart media

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Speaker 6: a part of it to help more New Yorkers experience

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Speaker 6: it from their cars or their kitchens or wherever they

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Speaker 6: might be. But of course we'd love to see as

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Speaker 6: many of them out on the racecourse cheering on the

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Speaker 6: runners as possible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I like so much about the New

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Speaker 2: York City Marathon. I know it's this massive global event,

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Speaker 2: I know it is one of the most iconic marathons

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Speaker 2: in the world, but it really is a neighborhood experience

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Speaker 2: because you go through all the five burrows, and people

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Speaker 2: get to cheer on the runners from everywhere and take

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Speaker 2: part from everywhere. It is very special for that reason,

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Speaker 2: isn't it. Yeah, it really is.

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Speaker 6: Larry I say all the time that I think the

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Speaker 6: TCS New York City Marathon is the only event that

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Speaker 6: really takes over the city. You know, this is such

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Speaker 6: a big city. It's such a diverse city. Everybody's living

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Speaker 6: their lives, and we have people who are doing incredible

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Speaker 6: things in all walks of life in New York City,

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Speaker 6: from business to education, to the arts, to sports, whatever

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Speaker 6: it is, public service of various kinds, finance, and this

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Speaker 6: is the one day that no matter what their background is,

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Speaker 6: no matter what neighborhood they live in, no matter what

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Speaker 6: borough they live in, whether they're a runner or not

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Speaker 6: a runner, or whether they are an athlete or not

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Speaker 6: an athlete, we all kind of come together, you know,

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Speaker 6: because this is an event that comes through our neighborhoods.

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Speaker 6: You know, for so many New Yorkers, they are looking

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Speaker 6: out their windows, they are walking down their blocks, and

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Speaker 6: they are seeing these fifty five thousand plus runners from

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Speaker 6: all over the world run right through their neighborhood and

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Speaker 6: it's so exciting for all of us to go out

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Speaker 6: and support those runners, whether we know someone in the

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Speaker 6: race or they're just total strangers. Right, there's something so

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Speaker 6: perfect about New Yorker's coming out to cheer on these

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Speaker 6: people as they transverse our city. And I think it's

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Speaker 6: the day of the year where New York really gets

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Speaker 6: at its best in a lot of ways.

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Speaker 2: Right, So the crowd, it's inclusive for the crowd, but

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Speaker 2: it's also inclusive for the runners because the runners come

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Speaker 2: from everywhere, and there are novices and there are pros,

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Speaker 2: and so you get to experience every type of running.

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Speaker 2: And I guess a lot of people are standing there

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Speaker 2: just waiting for the person they know to come along,

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Speaker 2: as well as watching the people that are in the lead.

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Speaker 6: That's exactly right. You know, you can have so many

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Speaker 6: different experiences in this marathon as a spectator, as you say,

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Speaker 6: you can come out early and watch the elite runners

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Speaker 6: come by and see who's got a chance to win

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Speaker 6: at whatever point you're at. But yeah, so many people

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Speaker 6: are out there just to find that one or two

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Speaker 6: you know, people that they know running and they've got

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Speaker 6: their signs ready for them, and then so many others

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Speaker 6: come out of they don't know anyone, but they just

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Speaker 6: they create a you know, maybe it's a great funny sign.

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Speaker 6: And by the way, I'm a huge fan of those

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Speaker 6: funny signs because as someone who's run five marathons myself,

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Speaker 6: I can tell you that some comic relief is really needed,

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Speaker 6: especially when you get into those later miles. It really

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Speaker 6: helps to be able to get a laugh because your

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Speaker 6: mind starts to play tricks on you. But you know,

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Speaker 6: everybody can experience this marathon in different ways, whether they're

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Speaker 6: trying to set a personal record in the marathon, whether

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Speaker 6: they are running for the very first time and this

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Speaker 6: is a bucket list item for them, whether it's a

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Speaker 6: rite of passage for you know, a young person who

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Speaker 6: maybe just graduated college or or graduate school and this

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Speaker 6: is like their big moment before they go off to

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Speaker 6: start their careers. There are so many different types of

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Speaker 6: people and so many reasons that people come to the

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Speaker 6: starting line of the marathon, and I think that's what

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Speaker 6: makes it so special.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I do too. What are some of the funny signs?

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Speaker 2: Are any to stick out from past years? Because people

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Speaker 2: are gonna have it's gonna be a high bar that

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Speaker 2: people are gonna have to pass this year.

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Speaker 6: I just ran a marathon myself a couple of weeks

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Speaker 6: ago in Chicago, So I saw a lot of great

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Speaker 6: signs and the one it's a variation. You hear a

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Speaker 6: lot of variations of it, but the one I always

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Speaker 6: like the most is therapy was an option too, you know,

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Speaker 6: as if to say, if you're doing all this running

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Speaker 6: for your mental health, you could have just gone to therapy.

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Speaker 6: That always cracks me up. But you know, there's a

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Speaker 6: lot of great ones. A lot of them have a

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Speaker 6: little bit of a naughty angle to them, and that's great.

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Speaker 6: That's part of the humor of New York. But you know,

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Speaker 6: the signs are everywhere and they're great and they're they're

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Speaker 6: a big part of what make this event special.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like a big party, except for the elite runners.

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Speaker 2: They're really trying to win it. What should we be

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Speaker 2: looking for this year when it comes to the elite runners.

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Speaker 6: Well, we have an unbelievable elite field this year, maybe

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Speaker 6: one of the best that we've had at New York Roadrunner.

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Speaker 6: You know, we've got some legends. Elliot kipchoge I got

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Speaker 6: to start with him. He is probably most people would

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Speaker 6: consider him the greatest marathon of all time. He has

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Speaker 6: run all of the other major marathons in the world

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Speaker 6: except New York. So this is going to be kind

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Speaker 6: of the a capstone in his career, running the New

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Speaker 6: York City Marathon for the first time. He's over forty

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Speaker 6: years old. Now maybe a bit of a long shot

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Speaker 6: to actually win the race, but there are going to

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Speaker 6: be crowds upon crowds piled up to see Elliott kipchog

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Speaker 6: because he's widely known as really the best of all time.

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Speaker 6: He's held the world record for years, not anymore, but

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Speaker 6: did hold it for years. He's you know, won everywhere.

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Speaker 6: He's he's just an incredible ambassador for the sport of running,

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Speaker 6: and so he's someone that I think people are going

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Speaker 6: to be excited to see take to the streets. On

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Speaker 6: the female side, I'll point out, you know, one highlight,

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Speaker 6: which is Safan Hassan, who's from the Netherlands. She is

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Speaker 6: an unbelievable runner. She has done things at various distances.

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Speaker 6: In Paris, she got medals in the five thousand, ten thousand,

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Speaker 6: and won the gold medal in the marathon, all in

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Speaker 6: the same year. Which was unheard of, and so she's

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Speaker 6: a real contender. She just ran in the World Championships

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Speaker 6: in Tokyo not long ago, but she's definitely someone that

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Speaker 6: a lot of people will be looking out for. But

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Speaker 6: we've got the former champions, We've got incredible runners on

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Speaker 6: both sides, as well as in the wheelchair division. So

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Speaker 6: the pro athletes are always really inspirational, and I know

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Speaker 6: a lot of the other fifty five thousand plus running

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Speaker 6: love the fact that they get to run in the

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Speaker 6: footsteps of these great athletes.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what, Rob, Congratulations on the success

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Speaker 2: of the marathon. It has grown to be the largest

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Speaker 2: and most iconic marathon in the world. Rob Simlecaer, Chief

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Speaker 2: executive Officer of the New York City road Runners. Thanks again, Rob,

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Speaker 2: I appreciate your time.

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Speaker 5: Thanks Larry.

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Speaker 2: Make sure you're all listening this Sunday right here on

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Speaker 2: seven to ten wo from eight until noon, and check

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Speaker 2: out Rob's podcast Set the Pace, airing on seven to

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Speaker 2: ten WOOR at a special time seven am that wraps

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Speaker 2: up Saturday morning for this week. Thanks for listening, and

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Speaker 2: thanks to producer Peter Arolano and executive producer Natalie Vodka.

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Speaker 2: For putting the show together every week. Have a great

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Speaker 2: rest of your weekend. This has been a podcast from

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