1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Hello from the dark Side. 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 2: Just kidding you, guys, it's still the bright Side. It's 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 2: April Fool's Day. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 3: Hello Sunshine, It's definitely still the bright Side. And today 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 3: we're talking to business bestie's Valerie Emmanuel and Rebecca Capudo. 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 3: They're the two moms behind the period care company Riffcare 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 3: and two of the stars in the Roku series Side 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 3: Hustlers and later, Simone and I are going to take 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 3: our relationship to a whole new level with a game 10 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 3: of two truths and a lie. 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: It's Monday, April First. I'm Simone Boyce and. 12 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 3: I'm Danielle Robey. This is the bright Side from Hello Sunshine. 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: D what's going on? How is your weekend? 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 3: I mean, I've had Beyonce on my mind all weekend. 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: I feel like we don't even have time to catch up. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: We have to just get into it. I think you're right. 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: Should we just get into it? 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: Hmm? 19 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: Okay, of course we're talking about Beyonce's new album, Cowboy Carter. 20 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: It's been out for three days. But y'all, this is 21 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: more than an album. This is a genre bending, genre 22 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: blending odyssey. Now, Danielle, I know that we both grew 23 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: up listening to country music. Do any of these songs 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: have you in a choke hold right now? 25 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 3: First of all, the whole album is exquisite, and I 26 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 3: haven't said that about a full album in so long. 27 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: I have three major favorite tracks, and the first one 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 3: I have to preface because I actually sang growing up, 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 3: and for my first recital, I chose the Dixie Chick 30 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 3: song Earl had to Die, and my mom wanted to 31 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 3: die in the seat watching me because she was like, 32 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 3: why did you choose this man hating song? 33 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: But I really love a Delulu revenge fantasy. I cannot 34 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: help it. So I have to call out Jolene. 35 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 3: I love that Beyonce is bringing it to the next generation. 36 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: And I also love the Miley Cyrus collab. I thought 37 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 3: that was so beautiful. 38 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: You did two. 39 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, those two that you just mentioned, those are up 40 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: in my top three for sure. 41 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 3: My only last one that I want to call out 42 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: is sixteen Carriages, and she put that out early on 43 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: as one of the singles. But it is so gorgeous, 44 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: like it makes me cry in my car. 45 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: It's so good. I love Blackbird. 46 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: I think I love the nostalgia element that she's infusing 47 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 2: this album with I mean, these are the the classic 48 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: rock yacht rock country music songs that I grew up 49 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: listening to, And I mean, she's just she's really not 50 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: tiptoeing around here. She's totally declaring a rebirth of the genre. 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 3: It's interesting you say tiptoeing because I usually think that 52 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 3: Beyonce says things without saying them, Like she doesn't really 53 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 3: put captions on her Instagram posts, she doesn't really do interviews. 54 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 3: To me, She's always spoken through her music, and I 55 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 3: think you're right, she's really doing that here. I also 56 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: think it's interesting that you brought up Blackbird, because part 57 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: of what I think she's saying without saying is I'm 58 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 3: here and genre does not matter to me. I will 59 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 3: inful trait any genre, like it was almost like a 60 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 3: test and Blackbird's roots John Lennon was really vocal about 61 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: how that song was inspired by the Civil rights movement. 62 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 3: So I think she's saying something there. I think she's 63 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: saying something on Spaghetti, which features the long absent black 64 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 3: country singer Linda Martel, and I think that she's she 65 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 3: never really states it explicitly, but I think she does 66 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 3: with all the undertones, Like I think it was a 67 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: really strategic and thoughtful album. 68 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: Okay, I actually think she's very explicit here. 69 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: I mean, she's coming out and she's saying I think 70 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: she's calling out the whole country music industry. And I 71 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: think if you look at the first track, American Requiem, 72 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: like if we think about what does that term requiem mean, 73 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: it means an act of remembrance for someone who has passed, 74 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: and it can also mean a piece of music that 75 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: has performed at a service for the dead. So she's 76 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: truly deliberately burying these outdated ideas and she's saying, I'm 77 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: giving you something new, and something new will be born 78 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: from the ashes of this genre and what you thought 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 2: it represented. I think that patriotism is actually something that 80 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: she's addressing here very much. So we talked about how 81 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: it was a deliberate move to feature the flag on 82 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: the cover of the album, which the flag has become 83 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: such a loaded symbol as of late, and I think patriotism, 84 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: the word patriot that as an identity has become really loaded. 85 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: Very and her holding it loudly and proudly says to me, 86 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 3: this is my America, and that's like something no one's 87 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: doing right now, and Beyonce's music has a way of 88 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 3: uniting people, and with the explosion of this album on 89 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: social media, I hope that we feel some unity here. 90 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you mentioned that you're patriotic, because 91 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: I am too. I'm really patriotic. 92 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 2: Every fourth of July, I lead my family and friends 93 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 2: in an a cappella rendition of Lee Greenwoods. God Bless 94 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 2: the USA. I love this country. I love her, even 95 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: though she's flawed, like this is my home, and lately 96 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 2: it's been feeling like do I even get to claim 97 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 2: ownership over that? Because it feels like all these other people, 98 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: these groups that I don't want to associate with, are 99 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 2: co opting patriotism. 100 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: I agree, I totally agree. 101 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 2: So I think in the same way that certain groups 102 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 2: have co opted patriotism, she's rejecting the co opting of 103 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 2: country music culture because we have black cowboys, we have 104 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 2: black rodeo queens, we have always had black country music legends. 105 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 2: And she's saying, listen, black folks, we have always been 106 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: the genre. This genre is rooted in black blues music. 107 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. 108 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: I think she's very much saying that I agree with 109 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: you and with that I think sometimes we forget this 110 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 3: is her eighth album. She has this unwavering presence in 111 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 3: the pop culture zeitgeist and has for over two decades. Like, 112 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: we grew up on Beyonce, and she's one of the 113 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 3: few artists who when she drops an album, the internet 114 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: and the world stops for a minute. It totally transcends age, genre, race, gender, 115 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 3: any of it. And so in this moment in our 116 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 3: country where so many people are craving unity, I actually 117 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 3: think this album means more to people than just a 118 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 3: musical album. I actually think it music has the power 119 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 3: to bring us together, and so I'm looking forward to 120 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: seeing what this album does for people this entire year. 121 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 2: She brought her daughter Roomy into the track Protector. You 122 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: hear her voice at the beginning of that song, And 123 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: as we're talking about this event, the cultural impact of 124 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 2: this album, I'm thinking about all the little black and 125 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 2: brown kids who are growing up in the country or 126 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: in the South who are going to feel protected by 127 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: Beyonce's lyrics. I was once a little curly haired, barefoot 128 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: chick in Tennessee, and I had to have my own 129 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 2: requiem for my relationship with country music. Because as she's 130 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 2: talked about I didn't always feel welcome in spaces where 131 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 2: country music was being played, and I see a huge 132 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: bright side here. I think that this is also a 133 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 2: past the mic moment, like she is just one voice 134 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 2: in the music industry, but her voice is so powerful. 135 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 2: I'm looking ahead and thinking about all the ways that 136 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: this can open up opportunities for black creatives and country music. 137 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, this is a legacy moment for her. 138 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 2: All right, Jelle, Cowboy Carter is out in the world. 139 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: Now do you agree with our take or do you 140 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: have a different one? Send us your thoughts to Hello 141 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: at the bright sidepodcast dot com. 142 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: Now we can talk about Beyonce for this whole podcast, 143 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 3: but I think the Internet has declared this the year 144 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 3: of Queen Bee, so we're gonna circle back to her soon. 145 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 3: But simone, do you ever fight text aka fext Are 146 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: you a fexter? 147 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: I have a history of fexting. 148 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: I am always working on myself, you know, I'm on 149 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: my personal development tip, so I try not to do it, 150 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 2: but I will say, the urge to fext is strong 151 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: with this one. 152 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 3: I get it, people have I've been fixting since the 153 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 3: years of flip phones and Blackberries, but recently the site 154 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 3: Every Girl looked at fexting in relationships to try and 155 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: determine whether it's beneficial or not. 156 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: So the takeaways were very much as expected. 157 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 3: Some people say you can't really e gauge tone or 158 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: body language, and then other people say it helps them 159 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 3: gather their thoughts and respond rationally. 160 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: But you know who's a fixter? 161 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 3: The first Lady, Doctor Biden, told Harper's Bizarre that she 162 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 3: and the President fexed get out, yet they do it 163 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 3: to prevent the Secret Service from knowing about. 164 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: Which I love. This is so juicy. I know, who 165 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: do you fix? Do you fix your husband? 166 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: We don't fix anymore. I have fexted with him. It 167 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: never ends well. I don't think fexting is the pathway 168 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 2: to a sustainable marriage or romantic relationship. 169 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: So I'm doing better in that department. 170 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 2: But I will say I have the temptation to fex 171 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 2: my friends a lot, Like if they do something that 172 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 2: bothers me, you know, or hurts my feelings, I just, 173 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: you know, a text. This is the problem with texting. 174 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 2: It's so easy to just fire one off really quickly 175 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 2: without being really thoughtful about how you're doing it. So 176 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: my solution is to write a draft in my notes 177 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 2: folder and then just delete it. Like I think the 178 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 2: act of actually texting it out but not sending it 179 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 2: to anyone is actually healthy for my brain. 180 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 3: That send you always regret it. Yes, I have a 181 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 3: no fexting policy, no matter how much I want to 182 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 3: do it. But here's the reason that I have a 183 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 3: no fexting rule. I actually fixed it in the past 184 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 3: and it just really didn't end well. Tell me, and 185 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: I'm going to tell you the last time I fexed it, 186 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 3: but I have to warn you that the story is 187 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 3: going to make me. 188 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: Sound a little nuts. Let's go. 189 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 3: So I was dating a guy and we were in 190 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 3: two different cities, and he had work in La so 191 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 3: I let him stay in my apartment while I was gone. 192 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: I was actually with my dad on the. 193 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: East Coast, and in my apartment, I have a ring 194 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 3: which is like an alarm system, and part of the 195 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 3: ring system is motion detectors, and so I could tell 196 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 3: when he was in and out of my apartment even 197 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 3: if he didn't set the alarm, And so I would 198 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: kind of look on my phone every so often, like 199 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: where is he is he. 200 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: In the apartment? 201 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: Is he out of the apartment, and on a Friday 202 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 3: or Saturday night, he was out of the apartment, and 203 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 3: he was out of the apartment for a long time, 204 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 3: and then the clock struck midnight and then one am, 205 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 3: and he wasn't replying to my text messages, but I 206 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 3: could tell he was out of the apartment. 207 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: So I started fixing, and I got so mad. I 208 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: couldn't help myself, and it just. 209 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 3: Didn't end well because I ultimately had to admit to 210 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 3: him I was monitoring him through my ring camera. 211 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: It's not good. And that was the last time you 212 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: ever fixed. 213 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was the last time, because I really felt 214 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 3: like psycho. 215 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: It was a tiny bit unhinged nunched. 216 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 3: Anyways, I think the moral of the story is fixting 217 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 3: doesn't end well. 218 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 2: Leave fexting to the president and the first lady. 219 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 3: Are you a psycho like me? Or are you normal 220 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 3: like Simone? Are you a fexter? Do you have any 221 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 3: rules around it? Please let us know. 222 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 4: Chime in. 223 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: I'm dying to hear your thoughts on this. 224 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 3: Hit us up at hello at the bright Side podcast 225 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 3: dot com. We'll be right back with a side hustler's 226 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 3: success story. We're talking to Valimanuel and Rebecca Caputo about 227 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: going from best friends to business partners. 228 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,119 Speaker 1: And we're back talking about Hustlers. 229 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: Our guests, Valemanuel and Rebecca Kuputo are mom's best friends 230 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 2: and they're also in business together now. A few years ago, 231 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 2: they each left their day jobs to start the organic 232 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 2: period care company Riffcare. 233 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 3: Valen Rebecca join us fresh off this season of the 234 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 3: new Roku docuseries Side Hustlers. This show is all about 235 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: female entrepreneurs turning their side hustle into their main hustle. 236 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 3: It's also produced by Hello Sunshine. So Val and Rebecca 237 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 3: Welcome to the bright Side. 238 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 5: This is Rebecca's first podcast. 239 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: This is my first first, This is my first podcast. 240 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 2: Good. 241 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: I love that you guys are best friends. 242 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 6: Yes, Oh my god, I think it was best friends 243 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 6: from the get go. 244 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 2: Okay, can we get into that. Can we get into 245 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 2: your friendship story a little bit? 246 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: How did you meet? How did you become bessies? 247 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 6: We actually met at a community picnic in Culver City 248 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 6: and we were in line getting food and we were 249 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 6: both complaining honestly about how bad the food was and 250 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 6: the options, like nothing was vegan, and like they cut 251 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 6: the watermelon. 252 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: All wrong and so la I know exactly, and we 253 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: just got. 254 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 6: It, started talking and we honestly fell in love, like instantly. 255 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 7: Rebecca had a car, We became partners in crime. We 256 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 7: drove everywhere together. We started going to the club together, 257 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 7: many dances, like teenage dances. 258 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 2: You know what's so funny about your story. I've met 259 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 2: some of my best friends either in lines or bathrooms. 260 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 2: I feel like that's that's the place you got to go. 261 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 2: If you're looking for friends, just stand in line and 262 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 2: start talking exactly. Yeah, I have to say I tried 263 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: your tampons and I think they are fantastic. 264 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: Y'all have that stealthy cotton. What does stealthy cotton mean? 265 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: It was like it was in there. I didn't even 266 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: know it was in there. Like it's really comfortable. 267 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 5: Yeah. No, I feel like there's itchy. 268 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 7: There's like itchy, you know, yeah, irritating products, and then 269 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 7: there's comfortable products. And so when people are always like, oh, 270 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 7: would you switch, would you pay like a dollar more, 271 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 7: I'm like, when you feel the difference seventy two hours 272 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 7: a month, like, come on, you would. 273 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: One thousand percent? Yeah. I have yet to find a 274 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: tampon I. 275 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: Like you got to try theirs. Okay, So we talked 276 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 2: a little bit about your friendship history. But when did 277 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: you decide to start a business together and why period care? 278 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 7: The start in the business conversation was kind of random 279 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 7: with Rebecca. So I had the idea to start a 280 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 7: reusable period care brand that was made out of hemp 281 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 7: a few years ago, I think in like twenty nineteen. 282 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 7: But then I was looking at the market and I 283 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 7: was like, h the market's not that big. And then 284 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 7: I tried to trademark the original name, which was Reef, 285 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,119 Speaker 7: because I thought the company would be all like recycled 286 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 7: ocean plastics mixed with hemp and we'd have this whole thing. 287 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 5: And then it just wasn't working. 288 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 7: And in twenty twenty, I had the idea that I 289 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 7: wanted to make disposable products, but then I emailed hundreds 290 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 7: of factories and everyone's like, you can't make hemp into cotton, 291 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 7: Like you can't. 292 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: Do that yet. 293 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 5: So I was like, Okay, I kind of dropped it. 294 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 7: And then I had the idea again and I told 295 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 7: this guy about it who just happened to be an investor, 296 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 7: and he's. 297 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: Like, oh, I want to give you a check, and 298 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 5: I was like, what stop, No. 299 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 2: Really, I've never heard of an investment in a startup 300 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 2: happening that way. 301 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I just offered you money. 302 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 7: Yeah. 303 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 5: He was like, what do you need to make this happen? 304 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: And I was like, start a business. Someone's just coming 305 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: in business. Someone's just gonna hand us a chat. But 306 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: what do you think he saw? 307 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 3: Like what did you tell him and what did he 308 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 3: see that he just wanted to write you a check 309 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 3: because there must have been something. 310 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 7: I started talking about this to this guy who was 311 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 7: an investor and he had a and he didn't know 312 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 7: any of this stuff. So I think even though he 313 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 7: couldn't relate, you know, there are a lot of men 314 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 7: who are very empathetic to women's situations because we're learning 315 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 7: so much about women's health right now and it's in 316 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 7: the news and everyone can see it. And then I 317 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 7: was like, Okay, I have my first like twenty thousand dollars, 318 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 7: but I can't make a product with that. I'm going 319 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 7: to do a kickstarter. So I made the kickstarter and 320 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 7: Rebecca's like, this is amazing, but like you can't spell gee, 321 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 7: I bet the kickstarter up and there were so many 322 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 7: typos and Rebecca was like, what the heck is this 323 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 7: and so she just kind of started working on it 324 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 7: with me. I've never had anybody come into anything and 325 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 7: work so hard on it, and I had other people 326 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 7: ask me if they could be my co founder. But 327 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 7: I mean, when I Becka started working on it, I 328 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 7: was like, there's no way this business is going to 329 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 7: exist without a Rebecca in it. 330 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 6: I'm going to chime in on that because I was 331 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 6: literally on break at my real job. 332 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 4: It was I was a scientist. 333 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 6: I was a pito geneticist before coming on as a 334 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 6: co founder for Riffkaren, and I was like, you just 335 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 6: need some help, and you were my best friends, so 336 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 6: I'm going to just take the extra hour out of 337 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 6: my day and work on this. 338 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 7: And you know, we had this relationship as best friends 339 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 7: where like we saw each have every few months, and 340 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 7: we did stuff with our kids. We have kids the 341 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 7: same exact age, we're pregnant at the same time, so 342 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 7: I think there was also that trust there. There was 343 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 7: never any time where I was like, oh, I'm out 344 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 7: of money, we have to try to, you know, make 345 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 7: this look perfect. There was like this is my best friend. 346 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 7: I already call her when my tampon is stuck, like 347 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 7: why can't I call her about any and everything? And 348 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 7: so that's how our friendship and like business partnership works. 349 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 7: We are pretty much married. 350 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 3: Now I want to talk about the name of your company. 351 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 3: So RIFF stands for Regenerative International Female. Why regenerative regenerative? 352 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 3: It really is like using hemp is a regenerative crop. 353 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 3: It sequesters carbon, it regenerates our soil, meaning like it 354 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 3: adds nutrients to our soil. It's antibacterial, no pesticides, all 355 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 3: this stuff, and so it's like super sustainable. But it's 356 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 3: also like, as women I think we regenerate the planet 357 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 3: in a lot of ways, you know, by bringing in life, 358 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 3: you know, And that's so much about our story and 359 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 3: like our vision for what we want to impact on 360 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: the world is that, like it's full circle. It's more 361 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 3: than just like this one thing. 362 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: Here at the right side. 363 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 2: We love talking about second acts, when a woman pivots 364 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 2: into her truest self and discovers new goals that really 365 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 2: excite her and bring her alive. So you both had 366 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 2: full careers before you started riftcare Rebecca, you talked about 367 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 2: how you were a scientist before and then val you 368 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 2: started a talent agency out of Los Angeles, And sometimes 369 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 2: we can be in a job that we don't really 370 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 2: want to be in, but we also don't realize how 371 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 2: much we're learning and how those learnings and skills can 372 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 2: help us at that next stage. So I'm curious to 373 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 2: hear how did those jobs that you had before prepare 374 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: you to launch this company. 375 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,959 Speaker 6: I think for me it was I had such a 376 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 6: strong background in research and just environmental and sustainability practices, 377 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 6: and so that just came naturally. I think it's like 378 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 6: being a first generation, like you just get things done 379 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 6: and you just don't take no for an answer, and 380 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 6: you just keep going like, oh, that didn't work. 381 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 7: Rebecca's also the organized one, which I think comes from 382 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 7: being as scientists. 383 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 5: You have no idea how organized she is. 384 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,479 Speaker 7: Like we would have phone calls and we'd get off 385 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 7: the phone call and she'd have Excels with like every 386 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 7: note and then all the tangents, and she typed so fast, 387 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 7: and I was like wow. I was like, that's a 388 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 7: corporate job skill that I never had because I never 389 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 7: worked in corporate. 390 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 5: I've never worked in corporate. 391 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: How did you guys know when to quit the main 392 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: job and turn Riff into the main job. 393 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 7: When Riff started becoming more successful than my other business, 394 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 7: and also when the other business changed in twenty twenty, 395 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 7: when no one could work in person anymore, models and actors, 396 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 7: like we weren't making any money. I mean, it wasn't 397 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 7: an industry that I enjoyed being in. I created the 398 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 7: Talentations because I wanted to have change within the entertainment industry. 399 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 7: I feel like I really successfully made that change, me 400 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 7: and my partner, and so this was just a new 401 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 7: change that I need to make in a different industry. 402 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 7: I started working on this and I was like, this 403 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 7: is not passive at this point, right because we're putting 404 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:55,959 Speaker 7: so much work into it. We have to be there 405 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 7: every single day, even on the weekends. But I was like, 406 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 7: I think we could really build something that not only 407 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 7: creates something that people can use right now, but also 408 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 7: creates wealth for us in the future. 409 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 3: It also sounds to me, tell me if this sounds right, 410 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 3: but it sounds to me like you really wanted ownership. 411 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 7: Yeah, And I think with the other business, you know, 412 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 7: as much as I did own it, I was always 413 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 7: under the pressure of casting directors and producers and like 414 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 7: working on those timeframes of the entertainment industry is extremely difficult, 415 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 7: but it's just very different. It's a much less stressful industry, 416 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 7: where like there's different stresses, but the stresses are not 417 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 7: people in entertainment industry. 418 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 6: I think for me, it was a little bit different 419 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 6: because the effects of the pandemic were so harsh on 420 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 6: my family life. So I actually stepped down from my 421 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 6: role as a scientist to take care of my family 422 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 6: because my grandma had to gotten diagnosed with dementia. So 423 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 6: that's actually like my full time hustle is taking care 424 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 6: of my family. And I think about that because I 425 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 6: beat down on myself to think like I'm not doing enough, right, So. 426 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 4: I'm like doing riff. 427 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 6: I'm taking care of my family, taking care of my grandma, 428 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 6: and it's okay, but I should still be doing more. 429 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 6: And I think the point in which, like, oh, when 430 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 6: you turn like your main hustle into your side hustle, 431 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 6: it's like do I believe in myself enough to do that? 432 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 6: Do I love myself enough to like believe that I 433 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 6: can do that? That's really what it is, especially in entrepreneurship. 434 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 6: If you don't think that like this is it. If 435 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 6: you don't believe that, like this is your golden ticket, 436 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 6: you are not going to succeed in anything, because it's 437 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 6: like you don't actually feel confident enough that there is 438 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 6: so much energy around what you do and what you 439 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 6: say that like, if you don't put one hundred percent 440 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 6: of your time into something, it's not going to succeed. 441 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 442 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 5: I would also say that we do have a bit 443 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 5: of a safety net, right. 444 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 2: You know. 445 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 7: Rebecca had obviously like had her job which she had 446 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 7: a steady income at before this. I kind of came 447 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 7: with like no steady income. But I also am the 448 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 7: content creator, so I know that for me, that's something 449 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 7: I can do like when I need to, when I 450 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 7: want to, and then I can do this because I 451 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 7: know a lot of people who want to jump into business, 452 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 7: but they're like, I don't have savings, But I always 453 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 7: tell people to having a little savings is also could 454 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 7: be really smart when you're jumping into your next thing. 455 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 6: I was just thinking about that because if you have 456 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 6: savings and stuff, so much of our lives, I think 457 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 6: we're so focused on survival mode that like you can't 458 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 6: focus on your energy. You can't supplit your energy unless 459 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 6: you feel safe. Yeah, and so I think establishing that 460 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 6: safety like for me, it's within my marriage, you know, 461 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 6: for you, it's knowing that like you can support yourself, 462 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 6: and I think that helps us. 463 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 2: Rebecca, I'm so glad that you brought up being a 464 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 2: caretaker because caretakers are often invisible in our society. But 465 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 2: there are so many people who are listening right now 466 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 2: who I'm sure can relate to that. It's such a 467 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 2: worthy job. 468 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, and caretaking is also unpaid labor. What I'm hearing 469 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 3: from both of you is that this really fit into 470 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 3: the lifestyle that you wanted to create for yourselves totally 471 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 3: or did you. 472 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: Make it fit? 473 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: Sometimes you have to make the moves and make the 474 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 2: changes to make it fit. 475 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:48,479 Speaker 1: And get work for you. 476 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 4: You definitely have to leap, you have to jump. 477 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 7: Yeah, we make our own eighteen hours a day that 478 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 7: we work now instead of being on someone else's. 479 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 3: I want to hear about besties in business. I want 480 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 3: to hear about what it's like to work with your 481 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 3: best friends. Yes, it is one way that working with 482 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 3: your best friend has empowered your business. 483 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 7: Okay, So I think the main way that I'm empowered 484 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 7: in my business because I'm working with my best friend 485 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 7: is because Rebecca has a different skill set. 486 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 5: Than I do. 487 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 7: And I realize that I meet a lot of other 488 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 7: co founders where they're both really good marketers, right, but 489 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 7: like who's the digital marketing expert, who's the influencer, and 490 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 7: then who does the finances. So I think knowing that 491 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 7: you have a different skill set in your back pocket, 492 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 7: holding hands with the person who has that different skill 493 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 7: set every single day helps me walk with so much 494 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 7: more confidence I had the person with the missing skill 495 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:35,479 Speaker 7: set that I don't have. 496 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 5: Who's with me twenty four to seven. 497 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 2: I think acknowledging where you compliment each other is half 498 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 2: the battle, especially when it comes to resolving conflict when 499 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 2: you work with your friends in business. Can you offer 500 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 2: our listeners any advice as to how to resolve conflict 501 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: when you're working with a friend. 502 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 4: You can't have any ego about it. 503 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 6: You can't think like, oh I'm right and you're wrong, 504 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 6: that there is a right and wrong. There's just what 505 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 6: works best, what makes the most sense. And I think 506 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 6: we both are able to get into that mindset every 507 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 6: single time, and it makes it so much simpler. 508 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 4: Like we disagree on things for sure. 509 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 5: Once a day. We disagree on things, but it's always 510 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 5: links to day. 511 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 7: We'll have like ten times a day, but it's always 512 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 7: like within five texts, it's like, what's the best for 513 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 7: the business. And then that's when it's like, oh, the 514 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 7: easy answer is right in front of us all the time. 515 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: Across the board. 516 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: That's the advice that I hear whenever I talk to 517 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 2: entrepreneurs or listen to entrepreneurship talks on that. 518 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a trust. 519 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 6: I think that makes it really solid, you know, Like 520 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 6: that's what's empowering about this friendship and this partnership, you know, 521 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 6: it's that we have this layer of trust that is 522 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 6: not going to be broken down by somebody saying no, 523 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 6: by something hard, something challenging. 524 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 4: We're always going to get over it together. 525 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 3: Okay, So we're all here because of the show Side Hustlers, 526 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 3: which is hosted by entrepreneur Emma Greed and model Ashley Graham. 527 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: So how has the show changed your business? 528 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 5: I mean leaves and bounds. 529 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 7: Honestly, it's doubled our sales, which is wow, amazing. So 530 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 7: we are like, Okay, people are going to continue watching 531 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 7: the show and it's going to continue to bring people 532 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 7: to our website, you would have never heard about us before, 533 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 7: and we're hoping that also is happening in retail. I mean, 534 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 7: like we check our retail numbers quarterly, so we don't 535 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 7: know yet and it's only been a month since the 536 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 7: show came out, but we're really excited to see what 537 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 7: it's going to continue to do for our business. I 538 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 7: think just being affiliated with Ashley and Emma is huge 539 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 7: for any female owned business. 540 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 2: So if you haven't seen the show, Rebecca and Val 541 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 2: are mentored by Emma and Ashley alongside some other entrepreneurs. 542 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 2: But in the final episode, you have to present your 543 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 2: final pitch to Emma and Ashley with the hopes that 544 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 2: they will invest in your business. And I was really 545 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 2: inspired by the way that you both advocated for yourself 546 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 2: in that negotiation session. Because Ashley throughout an initial offer 547 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 2: for you, you were like, this doesn't work for us. 548 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: You took some time to talk about it, come back 549 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 2: and present her with a new officer, and she wound 550 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 2: up taking it. 551 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 4: That was the scariest twenty minutes of my life. 552 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna lie to you. 553 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 6: We knew how much like equity we could part with 554 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 6: and when we had to step out. We talked maybe 555 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 6: again five ten minutes, and then we had to walk 556 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 6: back in. And fully that walk there, we were both 557 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 6: just praying because we knew if she didn't accept those terms, 558 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 6: we would have to walk away. 559 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 7: So that was the scariest Yeah, And the scariest part 560 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 7: about that too, is we realized if we were gonna 561 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 7: walk away, we're gonna have to go back into fundraising. 562 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 7: We're like, we're gonna have to start at square one. 563 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 7: And the fact is, you know, we have all these 564 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 7: retail launches that have happened this year. We have so 565 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 7: much that's going on, so we're really counting on getting 566 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 7: an investment in the show. It wasn't like, oh, we'll 567 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 7: be fine, We're like. 568 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 5: No, we need this to happen. 569 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 7: So yeah, as Rebecca said, we knew how much equity 570 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 7: we could part with, and when she said yes to it, honestly. 571 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 5: The chills that went through my body and we were 572 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 5: just like, thank you God. 573 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 2: She also said, I really have faith in your business. 574 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: What is your relationship like with Ashley now now that 575 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: she's an investor and also involved from a talent perspective. 576 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean her team is so incredible. You can't 577 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 7: see this on the show, but her team was there 578 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 7: the entire time going in there talking to her about it. 579 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 7: There were so many ideas she was giving us. She's like, 580 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 7: this is what I think we should do for talent, 581 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 7: for your size inclusivity. So she has so many great ideas. 582 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 7: Also because she's invested in other consumer products. She also 583 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 7: invested in a period care company that ended up being 584 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 7: solds worth like half a billion dollars. So we trusted 585 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 7: her and her team know exactly what to tell us 586 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 7: with our specific category to get us to the next level. Right, 587 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,959 Speaker 7: It's like, now we're trying to get to the first million, 588 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 7: but they also know what it's like to be on 589 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 7: a team that goes from five to one hundred million, 590 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 7: So that's really exciting. 591 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: Can you tell everybody what you walked away with? 592 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 6: We got Ashley to sign on for one hundred thousand 593 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 6: dollars at five percent equity, so it was exactly what 594 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 6: we wanted. And I still can't describe how it feels 595 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,719 Speaker 6: because I've been following out since she was on Sports Illustrated, 596 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 6: you know, like the first front cover, and so it 597 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 6: was just like a dream come true on like so 598 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 6: many levels. 599 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: Did you splurge on anything to celebrate ice cream? 600 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 4: Ice cream? 601 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 2: No, well I'm talking like, you know, did you treat 602 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,479 Speaker 2: yourself to a nice bag or something. 603 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 4: I'm like, wait, that was the truth. 604 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 6: We're on a budget, right, respected We're like all the 605 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 6: money goes into the business. 606 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 7: I mean, honestly, this is one of the reasons that 607 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 7: we do need to fund raise more this year because 608 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 7: we don't take a pay check. I mean like sometimes 609 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 7: when we've got an investment, we've paid ourselves like one 610 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 7: thousand dollars a month for a few months, and they're like. 611 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: That was enough. 612 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 4: Now the money must go back into the business. 613 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: Only. 614 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 7: Probably total, since we've started this business, we've paid ourselves 615 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 7: each about ten thousand dollars. 616 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. 617 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 7: I also want to note that our business is one 618 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 7: hundred percent women owned still, so me, Ashley, and Rebecca 619 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 7: own one hundred percent of the business, which I think 620 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,959 Speaker 7: with a startup, a lot of people raise money very 621 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 7: quickly and they raise a lot. There's not many businesses 622 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 7: that can say that when they're growing like we are. 623 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 7: So that's also something that we're very proud of. 624 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: So as a working mom, I know it's hard not 625 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 2: to think about how our kids factor into all this. 626 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 2: What is the legacy that you want to build for 627 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 2: your kids through this business. 628 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 4: I think the. 629 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 7: Legacy I want to leave for my daughter in particular, 630 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 7: like having a little girl, I just know that she's 631 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 7: so persuaded my images she sees and products that she sees, 632 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 7: and I just would love if she was in a 633 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 7: world where everything that she wanted was safe for her. 634 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 7: And so I'm just trying to create a product that 635 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 7: is safe for her and that maybe encourages other women 636 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 7: who are starting companies to do something sustainable. 637 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 5: Also, if my daughter. 638 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,479 Speaker 7: Can look and go, wow, my mom created something that 639 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 7: actually made the earth better, that makes me happy. 640 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 6: I think for me, it's more because of the journey 641 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 6: that we had to go through to get to this point. 642 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 6: Being able to provide something to somebody that makes that 643 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 6: part of the month a little bit better. 644 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 4: If I can help one woman with. 645 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 6: Her like health journey and wellness journey, like I did 646 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,040 Speaker 6: my part, just that one little. 647 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: Thing, caretaker through and through. Yeah, it's beautiful. Thank you 648 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: so much for being here with us today. 649 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 5: Thank you so much for having us. 650 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 4: It's been an honor. 651 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 3: You guys brought some environmentally safe sparkle to us. 652 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. 653 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 5: As we try. 654 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 7: We literally just drizzle drizzle like pads everywhere, like you 655 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 7: need a spin the padre goods. 656 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 5: Wherever we go, you can see that there was pads there. 657 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 3: Valamanuel and Rebecca Caputo are founders of the period care 658 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 3: company Riffcare. Season one of Side Hustlers is available to 659 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 3: stream for free on the Roku channel. Now, all right, 660 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 3: bright siders, we're back and Simone, We've been on the 661 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 3: air for a full week now and working together for 662 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 3: a few weeks. So now that we know each other 663 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 3: a little bit better, I think it's time to put 664 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 3: our knowledge to the test with a classic game. We 665 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 3: both really love games. We are gamers, So drum roll please. 666 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 3: Simone and I are going to play Two Truths and 667 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:03,479 Speaker 3: a Lie. 668 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: I'm so excited for this. Let's go, let's get into it. 669 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 3: So the rules of two Truths and a Lie are 670 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 3: really simple. You and I are going to take turns 671 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 3: reading three statements to each other. Two of the statements 672 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,479 Speaker 3: will be true and one will be false, and it's 673 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 3: up to us to guess which one of the statements 674 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 3: is the lie. 675 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: Let's do it. 676 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 2: I'm ready Okay, I'll start us off, Danielle. I grew 677 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 2: up in Miami. My favorite band is in Sync, and 678 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 2: my first job was working in a haunted corn maze. 679 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: Whoa uh. I know you grew up in Miami for 680 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: a lot of your childhood. The corn maze feels you. 681 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go in sync is the lie? Whoa whoa? 682 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: Shots fired? Yeah? That is so rude. Yeah, okay, it's true. 683 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: It's true. I did work in a haunted corn maze. 684 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: In Sync. 685 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: I love that band, but not my favorite band of 686 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 2: all time. So you nailed it. 687 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,719 Speaker 3: Yes, okay, next up. My first pets name was Lola. 688 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 3: My favorite movie is First Wives Club, and my go 689 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 3: to breakfast is egg whites with the side of avocado. 690 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 2: Okay, I know that your favorite movie is First Wives 691 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 2: Club because we discovered this in one of our first 692 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 2: chats together. 693 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: My mom told me never to tell anybody on a date. 694 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 2: Might scare them off a little bit. I'm gonna go 695 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 2: with the lie. Is your pet's name? 696 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: Yes, I never had a pet. You were petless. I 697 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: was petless. 698 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 2: Okay, moving on. I like my coffee with oat milk. 699 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 2: I have zero point five siblings, and I prefer cold pizza. 700 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: You can't call someone half a person. What do you 701 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: mean you have point five siblings? Just answer the damn game. 702 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 3: No, okay, well, I know you like your coffee with 703 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 3: oat milk. I've gotten I've seen you drink it. I 704 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,719 Speaker 3: feel truly confused about the slings. And if you prefer 705 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 3: your pizza cold, I think you prefer your pizza hot. 706 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to say that's the lie. You nailed it, 707 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: that's the lie. Can you please explain the point five sibling? 708 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 2: This is a very long story, but I have a 709 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 2: half sibling that I did not grow up with. 710 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: Wow, yes, where do they live? He lives in Philadelphia. Hi, Jason, 711 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: I love you. That's awesome. Yeah, I get the point 712 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: five Now it makes more sense. Yeah, okay, moving on. 713 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 3: I was voted most likely to be a lovable in 714 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 3: high school. I can play the cello, and if I 715 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 3: could have dinner with one person dead or alive, it 716 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 3: would be Hillary Clinton. 717 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: Most likely to be a What a lovable? A lovable 718 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: like a noun? Yeah? Like what are the Laker girls called? 719 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 7: Oh? 720 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: Okay, like Laker girls? Laker girls? Yeah? 721 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 3: Every team has one. The Chicago team is lovables. Oh, Okay, ls. 722 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: I thought that was uh prediction about like your character 723 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 2: or something. 724 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: I was confused that I should have explained it. 725 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 4: Okay, it's hard. 726 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: In this game. 727 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 2: Okay, so I know Hillary Clinton is true because I 728 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 2: know you're a stan. I'm gonna say that superlative is 729 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 2: accurate because I could totally see you crushing it courtside. 730 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with you did not play the cello. 731 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 3: I did play the cello for like six months, but 732 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,719 Speaker 3: I cannot play the cello. And what's funny is I'm 733 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 3: five to one, and so I kept my cello in 734 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 3: my bathroom. I never played it. You had to pick 735 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 3: an instrument in high school. I never played it, and 736 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 3: the cello was bigger than me. 737 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: You relegated it to the bathroom. 738 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 3: I had no other place to put it. I never 739 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 3: wanted to see it. I hate I was so terrible, 740 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 3: But yeah, I was voted to be a lovable I 741 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 3: was on dance team in high school and was very smiley, 742 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:49,959 Speaker 3: still am today. 743 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 2: Yes, I love that about you. That's one of my 744 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 2: favorite things about you. Can you teach me how to 745 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 2: be a dancer, how to do like TikTok choreography? 746 00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. 747 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 3: I think I have some trauma because my mom one time, 748 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 3: I think we were like at a wedding and my 749 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 3: mom was like, you forgot how to dance? Like what's 750 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,320 Speaker 3: going on here? And now I feel like I'm a 751 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,280 Speaker 3: bad dancer, so I never dance anywhere. 752 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: Shoot, I think we need to work on some TikTok 753 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 2: choreography together and get back. 754 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: I think so too. I feel like this Beyonce album 755 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 1: is going to give us that mm hm and how 756 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,240 Speaker 1: Danielle got her groove back? Next? 757 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 2: When I played basketball in high school, Disneyland is my 758 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,760 Speaker 2: favorite amusement park. I've broken zero bones in my life. 759 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: Disneyland. I know you love You're a Disney adult and careful, careful. 760 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 1: What was the first one I played basketball in high school? 761 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 4: That's not true. 762 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: It's true. You don't think I can ball. I feel 763 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: like you told me you didn't play sports growing up. 764 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's true. See, we know each other too well. 765 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 2: At this point, I didn't even play this game. 766 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 1: I feel like you should have played basketball. I should have. 767 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: They all tried to recruit me. You just never wanted 768 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: to be a baller. Not all tall girls can ball. 769 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:08,240 Speaker 3: Okay, my favorite subject in school was English. My first 770 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 3: car was a Jetta, and I love to hike on 771 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:12,360 Speaker 3: my downtime. 772 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: Girl, I know you ain't hiking in that downtime. How 773 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: do you know that you told me you. 774 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 2: Don't like to go outdoors. Don't even lie, don't even 775 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 2: try this. 776 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: No, I lay outdoors. 777 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 3: Everybody thinks because I'm like a really active person. Everyone 778 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 3: thinks that I'm a big hiker. But I wear these 779 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 3: ridiculous sun hats. Like if I go walking outside, I 780 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 3: have like so much SPF on ridiculous like walking sun hats, 781 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 3: and so hiking for me feels just like so much sun. 782 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: This is so high maintenance. It's so high maintenance. But 783 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: I'm like so scared of the sun. 784 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 3: I used to like be in the sun tanning all 785 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 3: the time when I was younger, and I realized it's 786 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 3: not good for you. So I just became a psycho 787 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,720 Speaker 3: about it. Like the bigger the hat, the better. And 788 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 3: hiking seems like a lot of sun. 789 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: So if I invite you on a hike, you're gonna 790 00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 1: embarrass me. 791 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 3: If we go at six am or like seven thirty pm, 792 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 3: when the sun's down, I won't But otherwise one hundred 793 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 3: percent I'm wearing my son hat and I'm probably bringing 794 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:07,840 Speaker 3: one for you. 795 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,920 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, this is what I deal with you, guys. 796 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,800 Speaker 2: Is host of the bright Side, Danielle. That was actually 797 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:15,360 Speaker 2: really fun. 798 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,919 Speaker 3: That really was and I feel like there's a lot 799 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 3: more where that came from. 800 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,399 Speaker 1: I'm here for it. 801 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 2: Okay, bessies, that's it for today's episode of the bright Side. 802 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: Here's our daily spark, just a little parting thought to 803 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,359 Speaker 1: take with you throughout your day. 804 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,439 Speaker 3: And that is the best investment you can ever make 805 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 3: is in yourself. 806 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 2: That was the best investment I ever made. So I 807 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 2: just think it's universal. 808 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: It compounds over time, and you will never regret it. 809 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 2: All right, don't forget to send us your friendship dilemmas 810 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,280 Speaker 2: because we've got an expert on all things friend related 811 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 2: coming for our new segment called Asking for a Friend, 812 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,359 Speaker 2: and she is amazing. 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And I'm Simone Boye. 822 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 2: You can find me at Simone Voice, on Instagram and TikTok. 823 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,439 Speaker 2: We'll be back tomorrow with a new episode, same time, 824 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 2: same place. 825 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:33,320 Speaker 1: Keep looking on the bright side.