WEBVTT - Steve Hawkins in for Thom Brennaman -- 12/30/25

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<v Speaker 1>The Bloomberg Market Minute on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 1>This morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Denise Pelgritty Bloomberg Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, good morning, It is eight o nine on seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred WLW. Steve Hawkins in for Tom Brenneman. Thought we

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<v Speaker 1>talked to one of my favorite guests that we have

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<v Speaker 1>every week on Tuesdays, Julie Isfordine joining me. Julie, good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm great. It's good talking to you again.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely. Have you had good holidays so far?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>I love the holiday seasons. Everyone so happy, Yeah, generous

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<v Speaker 5>and kind. It's a good time of year.

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<v Speaker 1>And then New Year's happens and we've got to build

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<v Speaker 1>healthy habits to stick to in the New Years, stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like getting off the couch and walking to the refrigerator.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that we may get more walking in Is that

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<v Speaker 1>what you meant?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 5>No, and that's funny when you brought it up, you

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<v Speaker 5>went from happy to stay there good.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh.

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<v Speaker 5>I think that's what's so negative about New Year's resolutions.

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<v Speaker 5>Everyone goes, well, I'm a problem to be sick.

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<v Speaker 3>You are not a problem to be sick.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I am h What do you so? Everybody's happy,

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<v Speaker 1>they're eating whatever they want. The clock strikes midnight and

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<v Speaker 1>now you're on a diet. Is that what happens?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's what I think People start thinking about and

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<v Speaker 5>they don't realize first of all that you're already outrageously wonderful.

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<v Speaker 3>And try to start from there.

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<v Speaker 5>And I think New Year's resolutions shouldn't always be around

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<v Speaker 5>just dieting and exercise, like you're not a number on

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<v Speaker 5>a scale, nor are you the number of calories you

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<v Speaker 5>eat in a day.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that.

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<v Speaker 5>If you take a sort of a different approach to

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<v Speaker 5>New Year's resolutions and think about.

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<v Speaker 4>What do I wish for?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, Steve, what do you wish for for yourself?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be six feet four and one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and seventy pounds. Neither one of those are going to happen.

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<v Speaker 5>No, that would not be the riding of oh, I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry, what well New Year's resolutions. The statistics tell us

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<v Speaker 1>in the first month up to about forty three percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the people kick quit even by mid January, and

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<v Speaker 1>then some people go a couple of months, but nobody

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<v Speaker 1>goes for the whole year. How do we build these

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<v Speaker 1>healthy habits and stick to them this year?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, just really start with the fact that you know

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<v Speaker 5>this is not you're not transforming yourself, you're already Start

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<v Speaker 5>with the fact that you've got some beautiful habits already

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<v Speaker 5>built into your life and realize that you just need

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<v Speaker 5>some more courage, discipline, and a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>Of great Okay, So what you.

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<v Speaker 5>Know, if it is maybe takes several forms of healthy.

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<v Speaker 5>You're not just looking for physically healthy change, but intellectually

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<v Speaker 5>healthy changes, socially healthy changes, emotionally, so.

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<v Speaker 3>You're a whole person.

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<v Speaker 5>So I don't like when people totally focus on diet

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<v Speaker 5>and exercise. I mean, what else is there out there?

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<v Speaker 5>So we'll hone in on exercise and first and diet.

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<v Speaker 4>So what can you add that really is important to you?

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<v Speaker 5>Like, is it really something really really small, like go

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<v Speaker 5>for a walk starting start today? Why do you have

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<v Speaker 5>to wait for January first? It's not like you're a

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<v Speaker 5>new person on January the first. You're the same person

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<v Speaker 5>you always were, but just someone who is hopeful for

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<v Speaker 5>a fresh start or looking for something new to add

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<v Speaker 5>to their life that'll bring them both joy and also

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<v Speaker 5>it's a little scary. So think about that. So if

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<v Speaker 5>I were picking up a few more things that I

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<v Speaker 5>want to change in my own life to it might

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<v Speaker 5>be to clean up my diet just a little, to

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<v Speaker 5>take out one food that I you know, really.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't need and really small and then go for a walk.

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<v Speaker 3>But maybe it also involves.

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<v Speaker 5>Having other goals as well, like reading more or not

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<v Speaker 5>having an opinion on everything, or not spending so much

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<v Speaker 5>time on screens, and that will make room for other

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<v Speaker 5>things you want to do. And yeah, if it's fitness,

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<v Speaker 5>I've set a nice goal out there and realizing that

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<v Speaker 5>you're not going to be perfect. You have to give

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<v Speaker 5>yourself some grace. But the discipline, you know, it's going

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<v Speaker 5>to require discipline, courage, and grace.

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<v Speaker 3>So like when I was training for the Olympics, I.

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<v Speaker 5>Don't want people to get the idea that you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I jumped out of bed in the morning and can't

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<v Speaker 5>wait to go running and eat right, sleep well, and.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, be misperfect.

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<v Speaker 4>I just realized that I just.

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<v Speaker 5>Want to be healthier and it's really, really, really important

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<v Speaker 5>to me. So it wasn't when I'm going to or

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<v Speaker 5>if I'm going to run, it was when I'm going

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<v Speaker 5>to run. So it became part of me, something that

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<v Speaker 5>was really really valuable. Like, well, we can change it

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<v Speaker 5>to another topic like parenting. Every person who listens to

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<v Speaker 5>the show Who's a Parent wants to be a better parent.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just very.

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<v Speaker 5>Important to them. So it becomes part of you, just

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<v Speaker 5>like exercise, just like sleep, just like eating right, it

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<v Speaker 5>becomes so valuable to you that it becomes something that

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<v Speaker 5>you begin to find joy with or you find ways

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<v Speaker 5>to make it happen. So you say no to other things,

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<v Speaker 5>Like no should be a really really important word in

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<v Speaker 5>your life this year, because if you say no to

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<v Speaker 5>less screen time, that means you're saying yes.

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<v Speaker 4>To a walk or a walk with your.

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<v Speaker 5>Spouse, or you're saying yes to a really good book,

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<v Speaker 5>or you're saying yes to doing one nice thing a

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<v Speaker 5>day for someone.

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<v Speaker 3>So you see where I'm going with this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you've talked about walking several times, just walking around

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<v Speaker 1>the block or down the street. Is that a healthy habit? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>You know, I'm glad you brought that up, because see,

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<v Speaker 5>we want to complicate everything we want to you know,

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<v Speaker 5>it's sort of like we read the newest thing on

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<v Speaker 5>Instagram or Facebook and say, oh, I should be doing that. Well, no,

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<v Speaker 5>keep it simple. What if you did decide today you

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<v Speaker 5>were going to go start twenty minutes go for a

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<v Speaker 5>walk every morning, it was your time to think and

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<v Speaker 5>reflect or you know, think about the things that matter,

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<v Speaker 5>or you do it with a friend. It sounds so simple,

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<v Speaker 5>but that's the point. Those small things in life, the

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<v Speaker 5>small things in life. You'll turn out and look back

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<v Speaker 5>and realize that those were the big things. And it

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<v Speaker 5>is really about consistency. It's about showing up. And I

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<v Speaker 5>think the best part about New Year's resolutions is the

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<v Speaker 5>fact that you're starting again. And that's what matters. That

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<v Speaker 5>you always have the hope and the willingness and the

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<v Speaker 5>discipline and the courage and the grace.

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<v Speaker 3>To start again.

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<v Speaker 5>Because life gets messy and we're not perfect, thank goodness.

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<v Speaker 5>But if you have a you know how it goes.

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<v Speaker 5>Life is amazing and then life is awful, and then

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<v Speaker 5>life is amazing again.

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<v Speaker 3>And in between the amazing and the awful.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that normal?

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<v Speaker 3>Consistent?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to show up today.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm going to try again, and I'm hopeful that I

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<v Speaker 5>can be you know, just do these small consistent things

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<v Speaker 5>and I can be just a little bit healthier every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like.

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<v Speaker 3>What if? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>What if this?

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<v Speaker 5>What if this was your New Year's resolution?

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<v Speaker 3>To have a daily resolution? Yeah, that's it.

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<v Speaker 5>To have it, to wake up every morning and say

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<v Speaker 5>these are the three healthy things that I'm going to do.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's one of the nice things I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 5>for someone else. This it You know that that would

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<v Speaker 5>be a wonderful reflection in the morning.

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<v Speaker 3>And what's wrong with that?

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<v Speaker 5>It's small, it's doable, it's an everyday intention.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's not we.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't have to like try to get the whole.

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<v Speaker 3>Year in and one day.

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<v Speaker 5>So and it it leaves room for times when maybe

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<v Speaker 5>you aren't able to do it or you're not perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>It just leaves more space in your life to be human.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Julius fordein, Hey, thanks for talking. I learned

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<v Speaker 1>a lot here, built some healthy habits for life, not

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<v Speaker 1>just for the New Year's. Thanks for talking. Tom will

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<v Speaker 1>be back to talk to you next Tuesday. Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I love talking to you too though.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, me too. Julius fordin with us this morning on

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Burnaman Show. It's eight eighteen on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's check in with Heather. Another look at traffic this morning. Heather,

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<v Speaker 1>what are we dealing with?

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<v Speaker 6>seventy five north of Town Street up this way, we

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<v Speaker 6>do have just a couple of blans available in either

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<v Speaker 6>direction due to some construction. So here we do have

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<v Speaker 6>some reduced speeds, no big backups, but you want to

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<v Speaker 6>use caution. Also on I seventy one, your Victory Parkway

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<v Speaker 6>traffic is moderate. I'm seeing posted speeds here easily in

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<v Speaker 6>either direction. I'm Heather Pasco on news Radio seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks Heather. The WCPO nine first Warning weather forecast pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much looks like this. Cold, partly sunny today, cold, few

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<v Speaker 1>flurries can't be ruled out. We're actually going to get

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty night yesterday and today the coldest days in

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<v Speaker 1>the next week. We're just gonna be in the thirties

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much till next Tuesday. All right, mostly cloudy, cold

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<v Speaker 1>again tonight down to twenty five. Now your New Year's

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<v Speaker 1>forecast partly sunny, high thirty five for New Year's Eve,

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<v Speaker 1>but tomorrow night Wednesday night into New Year's Day, increasing clouds,

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<v Speaker 1>light snow possible. There's about a half an inch or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe one inch possible, so that could make travel coming

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<v Speaker 1>home or two your New Year's Eve party problematic, so

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<v Speaker 1>make sure you have a designated driver or call uber.

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<v Speaker 1>Things like that lo Tomorrow night twenty three, same story

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<v Speaker 1>for New Year's Day. Light snow continues, some travel problems

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<v Speaker 1>could be there, some snow in the area and a

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<v Speaker 1>high of only thirty two. It's called out there right

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<v Speaker 1>now eighteen. It feels like four at seven hundred WLW

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<v Speaker 1>coming up in just a few minutes. Bobby Leach, our

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<v Speaker 1>resident music director guru gonna be talking about the number

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<v Speaker 1>one song of the year on seven hundred WLW