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Speaker 1: Cast playground Taking a Walk with Us Night Listen to

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Speaker 1: the Taking a Walk podcast in September for a limited

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Speaker 1: run series Boston Gems. I've gotten into the film world now,

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Speaker 1: Doris Kerns Goodwin. I mean, I think it partly started

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Speaker 1: with the experience of working with Steven Spielberg on Lincoln.

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Speaker 1: I just love being called a jam morning show co

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Speaker 1: host of ninety eight to five The Sports Hubs Toucher

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Speaker 1: and Rich Show, Rich Shirtinley. The only time I've ever

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Speaker 1: been called that was sarcastically by my Catholic school teacher, Oh,

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Speaker 1: You're a gem, and I was like running my mouth.

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Speaker 1: So I will take it as being what it truly

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Speaker 1: was meant to be. And maybe you've erased all of

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Speaker 1: those horrible memories I have from my early Catholic school upbringing.

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Speaker 1: Contributing editor Boston Magazine Jonathan sore Off, so they gave

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Speaker 1: me the beat of nightlife columnist, and I also did

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Speaker 1: a lifestyle trends like you know, what's the latest book

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Speaker 1: you know, the coolest movie? And so I was this

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Speaker 1: kid and I was getting paid to go out at night,

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Speaker 1: which I was going to do anyway, producer director Chris Meyer.

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Speaker 1: You know, the Fairly Brothers are the ones, the true

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Speaker 1: my shows and masters behind it, and I was able

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Speaker 1: to become part of their team and go along for

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Speaker 1: the ride and met the right guys at the right

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Speaker 1: time and went on an incredible journey with them. Best

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Speaker 1: selling author William Martin. They are on the bridge. I

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Speaker 1: can see the columns of smoke rising behind us, where

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Speaker 1: the British are burning the stores and munitions and conquered.

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Speaker 1: And it all comes to life for me, and my

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Speaker 1: job is to bring it to life for you. Build

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Speaker 1: the Spaceman lead. Want you to hear the poem and

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Speaker 1: see if you can guess the song that it actually

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Speaker 1: is okay, really all right? Bang bang Shoot them up Destiny,

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Speaker 1: Bang bang, Shoot them up to the moon, Bang bang

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Speaker 1: shoot him up. One, two through four. I want to

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Speaker 1: be a spaceman, ye Harry Nielsen, La Straight, one of

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Speaker 1: my freaking soulmates from La Oh My God especial Taking

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Speaker 1: a Walk Boston Gem series Walking and talking with stories

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Speaker 1: from people you know and people you might never meet otherwise.

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Speaker 1: All new in September from Taking a Walk at Apple,

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