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Speaker 1: Hi there. You know I have been at this radio

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Speaker 1: thing for so long, matching your stories, your dedications to

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Speaker 1: number of times that today's guest on my podcast Love

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Speaker 1: Someone with Delilah was the artist behind the song that

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Speaker 1: I chose to pair with your Call. She's performed a

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Speaker 1: total of four hundred and twenty seven amazing times during

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Speaker 1: her Las Vegas residency, from making her not only the

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Speaker 1: most beloved performer on the strip, but also the most

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Speaker 1: profitable accents Elvis Pressley and Late last year, she released

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Speaker 1: her twelve English studio album because she has some in French,

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Speaker 1: but twelfth studio album entitled Courage, and launched her Courage

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Speaker 1: World Tour, which will continue through North America, the UK,

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Speaker 1: and Era. Courage. Courage such a fitting title to a

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Speaker 1: beautiful new album. Many of the tracks speak to where

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Speaker 1: she is in life right now, a widowed mother of

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Speaker 1: three growing boys who is learning to navigate life without

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Speaker 1: her partner, her husband, the love of her life, no

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Speaker 1: longer by her side, but forever in her heart. She

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Speaker 1: is a powerhoused artist and performer who loves, loves, loves,

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Speaker 1: loves loves loves. You've ever seen her in concert, you

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Speaker 1: know this is true. She loves entertaining her fans. She's

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Speaker 1: also an advocate for children who require special care. But

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Speaker 1: Home Depot, How doers get more done? I've loved her

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Speaker 1: for years, you have loved her for decades, and today

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Speaker 1: we have the great privilege of sharing a little time

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Speaker 1: with Miss Selene Dion Delila is just Selene. Hello, beautiful, Hello,

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Speaker 1: delightful Delilah. How are you? I am wonderful? What a

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Speaker 1: treat to get to talk to you for a few moments.

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Speaker 1: It's wonderful to stick with you as well. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much. So before we start the podcast, I watched

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Speaker 1: some of the videos, uh from your new album, from

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Speaker 1: your your tour and your album, the Courage Album, and

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Speaker 1: I sat here crying, sobbing, praying for you, going, how

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Speaker 1: hot mess? Oh? Thank you? That such a compliment. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much. You're still crying. I'm I'm. I tried

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Speaker 1: And then I started crying all over again. I'm like, Okay, God,

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Speaker 1: the things I've ever seen you do, and I've been

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Speaker 1: playing your music since you started, since David Foster first

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Speaker 1: a few minutes talking about the song Imperfections, which really

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Speaker 1: for this important message. Today we have the great pre

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I wanted to talk about you know,

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Speaker 1: all right, God bless you. I love you, Love you. Bubbye, honey, Bubby.

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Speaker 1: How amazingly fortunate are we? Blessed? Are we just spend

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Speaker 1: The Courage World Tour comes to a city near you,

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Speaker 1: I encourage you to get tickets and go. But until then,

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