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Speaker 1: I'm Michelle Young, and we're excited to be back with

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Speaker 1: you this week because today we're catching up with one

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Speaker 1: Kendall Long. We have so many questions for her. I've

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Speaker 1: and her new fiance, Mitch. But before we bring her on, Michelle,

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Speaker 1: it's a big week because the holidays are here. Do

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Speaker 1: to be going back to Minnesota for them? Yes, I

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Speaker 1: Thomas's mom is the most incredible woman, and I truly

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Speaker 1: We got my girl Kendall all the way from Germany,

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Speaker 1: For a little refresher for you. Kendall and I were

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Speaker 1: on that night that he was not spoken for and

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00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: so you know, and it was and we met the

425
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 1: day before his birthday, so at midnight we had our

426
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 1: first kiss on his birthday. So, yeah, you say there

427
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,359
Speaker 1: was a lot of chemistry between you two. That was

428
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: very much a lot of jos scientists who made the

429
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,160
Speaker 1: first move. Then for that kiss, was it your Mitch

430
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: is the kind of guy that makes the first move,

431
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 1: so he was very much the uh yeah, the more

432
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 1: dominant one and up nut regard to take in charge. Yes,

433
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: I loved it. Did okay, when you guys met, did

434
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 1: he know that you had been like on a TV show?

435
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 1: Did he know that you'd been on like Paradise? He

436
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,679
Speaker 1: knew elements of it just because his friend that introduced us,

437
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,639
Speaker 1: he was supposed to be on Claire season of the

438
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: Bachelorette and so he was in that kind of bachelor world.

439
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,360
Speaker 1: So because of that, he knew that we had met

440
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 1: through that um and so yeah, he kind of had.

441
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 1: He knew a little bit of it. He has still

442
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: never seen it, and I encourage him not yet, but yeah, yeah,

443
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,680
Speaker 1: I mean he might one day, but it's just weird

444
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: to watch yourself like two other people do that. I

445
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,920
Speaker 1: will say that. I would say, if he's going to

446
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:49,399
Speaker 1: watch anything, he should do The Bachelor. Yeah. Yeah, so fun.

447
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 1: I remember I remember the first I want to say

448
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 1: it was either the first sight or the first like

449
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: a big official row ceremony after night one. I well,

450
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: you were one of the very first people AVERAGE talk to.

451
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,359
Speaker 1: We hit it off right away, we sat down. You

452
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: had this beautiful necklace. I remember that that your mom

453
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: had made you, and we started talking about her jewelry.

454
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 1: But then one of these rose heremonies you brought you

455
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: started bringing out the taxidermy, and I remember being like,

456
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: I love this girl. She's so unique, Like you just

457
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: were so fun, just like such a breath of fresh air.

458
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,639
Speaker 1: You kind of reminded me of some of my friends

459
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 1: back in Minnesota. Um, and so we just hit it off.

460
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 1: And I don't even know where I'm going with this

461
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: other than like how much I love you. But I

462
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: was gonna say he should watch if he's gonna watch

463
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 1: any season, if you watched The Bachelor, because I feel

464
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: like you just see more of you too. You know,

465
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: you were on for basically the entire season. Um. Yeah,

466
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 1: and yeah, I just gosh, those were times. Yeah, that

467
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 1: was they I mean it was definitely very much taxidermy.

468
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: Focus was just hilarious, and they taxidermy for the first

469
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: time on that on that season's just fun. So yeah,

470
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 1: were you walking around the old ship on your shoulder?

471
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 1: Oh my little dog? Yeah? And then yeah, I like

472
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: traveled everywhere with me. Wait do you still have him do? Yeah? Well,

473
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: Ping and Pongs have two little ducks. Um I left

474
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: them back, um back home, because bringing animals across you know,

475
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: lines of countries, it is very difficult. So um, I

476
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: got away with it surprisingly when I was on the show.

477
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,080
Speaker 1: But and you took him every where. We were in Paris,

478
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 1: we went to Italy. Oh wow, yeah, has has Mitch

479
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,920
Speaker 1: met ping and he has? Yeah, Mitch has met all

480
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: my taxes for me and they all have names as

481
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:43,159
Speaker 1: as you know, scary as that sounds. Um, has he

482
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 1: made any taxidermy with you? He has not, So we've

483
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,880
Speaker 1: discussed the taxi or me. We're very both very interested

484
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 1: in having a study in our future home. And we're

485
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: like got studyed with like bookshelves, a bunch of books

486
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: we've collected, and like taxit me all around, like it

487
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 1: will reside in the cool area. I love school of it,

488
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: like you're describing how my house was when my dad

489
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: was still around, like because he would hunt and fish

490
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,479
Speaker 1: and so we had like the fish and the ducks

491
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 1: and the deer antlers and the geese and all the things.

492
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: And I love it. It's a good vibe you that.

493
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: Oh you were thriving when we went to Taha, because

494
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: I remember the house that we stayed at had some

495
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: taxidermy and you were so expited to be there. Mean

496
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: taxider me there, Oh my gosh. And they have like

497
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: some kind of lions on the or something. And I

498
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: think it was in the room that you sucked in, right, Yeah,

499
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: that's why we got that room. Yeah, bitter and like okay,

500
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: like reserve the room for you because there was like

501
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: a dead tigers. Yeah. Yeah, it was like that's insane.

502
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: Were people having nightmares in that in that lodge or

503
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: where we were like because of all the tax For me? Oh,

504
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: I don't know. I loved it. I thought it was great,

505
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 1: but I hope I was saying they were scared to

506
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: sleep there, so it was Oh no, it was perfect.

507
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: It was like such a little secluded, big cabin in

508
00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: the mountains as lovely. Um, okay, can we get into

509
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: the whole proposal engagement? Did you have any idea that

510
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: it was coming? Um? I mean I think when you're

511
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: in a relationship for a while and you kind of

512
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: feel like you're the one you know that you want

513
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: that you know with each other. So I knew that

514
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: we were eventually going to get engaged. I didn't know when,

515
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: but um, but yeah, So it happened to be like

516
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: right before we left for Germany. And it was great

517
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: because our families were there and we can celebrate it

518
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: together with them. And I love that he shows that moment,

519
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 1: Like before we were going to be leaving for two years,

520
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 1: so it was nice that it was right before. Yeah,

521
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: you have two years. Okay, you just had this big move.

522
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: You're gonna be the for two years, but you're still

523
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: getting settled. Is wedding planning taking like a back seat

524
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: for a little bit? Do you want a long engagement?

525
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: Do you want to is it going to be a

526
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: super small wedding? Like what are your thoughts with how

527
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: fast this is going to go? Well? I want to

528
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: have it back home, just with family, So either we

529
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: can plan something or we'll come back. It seems kind

530
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:10,959
Speaker 1: of difficult to do that while we're abroad. Um, so

531
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: we're thinking probably when we around the time we get back,

532
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: maybe in a couple of years. Um. Also because his grandparents,

533
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: like I really want them to be able to join

534
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: as well like our grandparents. So um, so yeah, we're

535
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: thinking maybe like a couple of year engagement. I'm sorry, yeah,

536
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: until we Yeah, okay, And what does Kylie for anyone listening.

537
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: Kylie is Kendall's twin sister, not to be confused with

538
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: Kendall and Kylie from the Kardashians. She approve of Mitch.

539
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 1: He definitely approves his Mitch. Okay, good. It was funny

540
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: though in the beginning, like we're with our first date. Um.

541
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: At first she was like, who's this guy that's taking

542
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: you away from Christmas like the day after Christmas? Um,

543
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: But then she has grown to like love him, and uh,

544
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: Mitch gets in to like all the drama on conversations,

545
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 1: and he loves like like the getting advice and like

546
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: listening and interacting with everyone, which is another reason why

547
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 1: like this guy's great. Um. So he loves just kind

548
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: of getting to the conversations with my friends and family. Yeah. Yeah,

549
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: he's He's great at asking questions. He's very easy. If

550
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: I want to meet him, everyone things, Yeah, come to

551
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: Germany with us. I'll come. I'll be there too. So honestly, honestly,

552
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,959
Speaker 1: please do, please do. I would love to show you around.

553
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: Um yeah, he's I mean, obviously, I'm very biased. He's

554
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: like the best man in the world. I don't know

555
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: if you knew that, but for anyone listening, Okay, I

556
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: just have to offshoot this story really quick. So Mitch

557
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: and Kendall came to Thomas's thirtieth birthday and most of

558
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: the people that were there like lived in San Diego.

559
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: They were Thomas's longtime friends from high school or college.

560
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: And I'm so happy you and came. It was such

561
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: a blast. But it was supposed to be a pool party.

562
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: The pool wasn't finished at Thomas's parents also, I was like, shit,

563
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: but like it's in the middle of the summer and

564
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: it's gonna be so hot. We want something to do.

565
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: So I ended up buying two big slipping slides for

566
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: the front yard, and like so no one really wanted

567
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: to do them besides Thomas, Kendall and Mitch. And so

568
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: these three were just zipping down this slip and slide

569
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 1: like they have like just breaks in their hands. They're

570
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: like having us feed them pizzas they're going down on

571
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: this sliping side. So like you two were just down

572
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: for the count in for anything. It was so fun

573
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: to see and he just fitten perfectly. Like he's that

574
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: type of person that I think can converse with anyone

575
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: feel comfortable. It's not like you had to be right

576
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: there with him the entire time. Like he was very

577
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: much just so outgoing and so friendly and so yeah,

578
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: we all are huge fans of Mitch, now, thank you. Yeah,

579
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: he's an adventurer definitely, Like I found that out really quick.

580
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: He very much just likes to throw himself into things,

581
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: and uh just he was like a kid. He likes

582
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: to have fun and play around and it just makes

583
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: it so we have a very like playful element to

584
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: our relationship. And whenever we've traveled, like he's gotten me

585
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: to do things I wouldn't probably normally do in my owns.

586
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: That's you too, yeah, Like I'm sure you both kind

587
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: of bounce each other out and push each other and

588
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: are so so adventurous. Um, Okay, I need to go

589
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: back to this ring though, because when you showed it

590
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: off at the beginning, it was stunning. Did you kind

591
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: to tell him what you wanted or did he just

592
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: go on blind and he just picked out the star

593
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 1: of the show. So I gave him like my sister

594
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: more so is the one that kind of geared him

595
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: into a direction. Um. But and I kind of like,

596
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: you know, it was like said little things that I

597
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: was interested in. But he actually went to a jeweler

598
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: that was a family jeweler, um called Anderson Jeweler. His

599
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: mom's wedding ring. Like they worked on her wedding ring

600
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: as well. So it was in the family, which is

601
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: really nice, and so he worked with them to create it.

602
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: So he did. It was so funny. After he proposed

603
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 1: we were and we were talking like later that night.

604
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 1: He like knew all the facts about different cuts and

605
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: like how the diamonds worked and everything. And yeah, he

606
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: likes said to gather very much. So he loves he

607
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,879
Speaker 1: does research and gathers his information. And he was just

608
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: like a professional on it. So he's not going to

609
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: be exactly right. Well he I just love that he's

610
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: curious as well, because we could just teach each other

611
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 1: things all the time. You know, things we've researched are

612
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: like we're curious about and zo um. So yeah, I

613
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 1: enjoyed hearing the behind the same story on how the

614
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 1: ring came to be. It's beautiful and it's perfect for you.

615
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: I feel like it has this like slight antique vintage

616
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: vibe with the two side diamonds and it's I feel

617
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: like it's so fitting for you. Oh thanks, I did

618
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 1: get so crazy. I never It's weird because I never

619
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: really pictured what kind of engagement ring I would have, like,

620
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: let alone being engaged. It just wasn't really something that

621
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: I had ever really thought about. But as soon as

622
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: like Mitch and I were together, it just seemed like

623
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, it just also it was kind

624
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: of awkward, like awkward like talking about it, like oh, yes,

625
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 1: like engagement you know, I don't know, it was so funny.

626
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: It was just something that I had never really dove

627
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: into before. So yeah, but it was yeah, you were

628
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: you were top three at R season, you were so

629
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 1: close to that finish line. I was gonna say, oh,

630
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: you know, I was never asked about engagement rings, so

631
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 1: I wasn't he don't worry shit, Well, well damn okay,

632
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: So are you the person to like pick up exactly

633
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: what you want for a wedding then, even though when

634
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: it's in the future, like do you have really must have?

635
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: Not really? I mean, I feel like the most important

636
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: thing to me is having a fun time he have

637
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: friends and family there, and yeah, just making it close

638
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: like I don't want to. I used to actually be

639
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 1: a wedding photographer, like an assistant wedding photographer, So I've

640
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: been to a lot of weddings, and what I've noticed

641
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: is that a lot of the time to get so

642
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 1: caught up in like capturing little moments, you know, and

643
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 1: I almost feel like the briding groom or like pulled

644
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 1: from one place to another where there's a photo off.

645
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: We just to take it, do this this. I don't

646
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: really want it to be like that as structured. I

647
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,240
Speaker 1: more so want it to be like be blowing and

648
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: you know, so that's the only thing that I kind

649
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: of have in mind for a wedding. Well, I am.

650
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,760
Speaker 1: I just started like very tentatively, like dipping my toes

651
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: in the water for wedding and planning. So chat about

652
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: this like once you're closer to it too, because I'm like,

653
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: I don't know where to beget, I don't know what

654
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 1: to do. Yes, have you? Okay, so sorry, we're all

655
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: over the place right now. But obviously the last time

656
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: we did see you was on Paradise to years ago,

657
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: and then you were also on it what You're twenty nineteen,

658
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: the year before COVID, right was that season? So season

659
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: six and seven technically, even though there was like a

660
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: break in between. Did you happen to watch like the

661
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: most recent season of Paradise But I have not taught

662
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 1: up with it? No, Okay, I feel like I haven't.

663
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: I just don't know the characters anymore. You know, you're

664
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: used to seeing everybody in Bachelor and then Bachelorette and

665
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: then then Paradise. You have more like a background as

666
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: to who they are. So I don't even know too

667
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: much about But it's a great venture. I mean, there's

668
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: probably having a great time. I mean, yeah, sure, what

669
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 1: about German Bachelor? Is there is there a German Bachelor?

670
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,399
Speaker 1: There is a German Bachelor? There is there? Really? Yeah,

671
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: I believe so that would be. And there are in

672
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: the language? Yeah, isn't there an Australia? Is there? There's

673
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: an Australian? There is one? Two? Right, I feel a

674
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,720
Speaker 1: couple of friends who did Australia's Yeah, quite a few coins. Um,

675
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: there's a lot of Japanese one. Yes, I think Japan.

676
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: I'd been so curious to compare, like, oh yeah, compare

677
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 1: how it is, and like I would just talking to

678
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: somebody who has been in that experience to compare just

679
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: like the American I experience. Well, well, no, that's true.

680
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 1: I was talking to Yuki who did um. I think

681
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: she was the one that was chosen for the Japanese Bachelor. Um,

682
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: And she said that there was like no kissing or

683
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 1: anything until like she was chosen at the end and

684
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: that's when there was a kiss. Very reserve. I never

685
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: watched it, but the way that she presented it made

686
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: it seem like it was very polite, and I'm not

687
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: surprised because Japan is very polite country and I love

688
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: That's why I love loved visiting there because everyone was

689
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: so kind. Yeah, and then the Australian I know, I've

690
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: a friend Lily who was the bachelortte actually in Australia,

691
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: and well she's kind of like a crazy personality, so

692
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: she was predy. Yeah. They were both on Winter Games,

693
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: correct they were Yeah, okay that's how I met Yeah, okay, okay,

694
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: it's all coming together now. Yeah, there's quite a few offshoots.

695
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: I would it would be interesting to see how they differ.

696
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: But I will say, like I said a little bit ago,

697
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: a great way to learn the language. Do you have

698
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: any plans on like taking a German language course or

699
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: like what is your mindset in trying to learn this

700
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: language if you want to? Yeah, no, I actually a

701
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: hundred percent want to learn the language. My mind works

702
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 1: in a way where I like learning phrases that I

703
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: can actually implement into the real world. So I'm listening

704
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 1: to this podcast I think it's called like German one podcast, um,

705
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: and I'm listening to nineties German pop music. Hell yeah,

706
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 1: So that helps, And I learned like little phrases. So

707
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: I've learned how to say um uh exchoolly glunk, which

708
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: is like sorry, m so um what is it called

709
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: kennie uh veil Deutsch speaking and it's I can only

710
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: speak a little bit of German and so wow yeah,

711
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,360
Speaker 1: and then say and I can say like speaking z

712
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: English and like be speak English. Yeah, We're going to

713
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: meet you on in like three months to see where

714
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 1: we're at. Oh man, that's that's that would be good

715
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 1: because will hold me accountable and so I'll actually have

716
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:30,439
Speaker 1: to learn more German. Well, I love that you said

717
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: you're listening to nineties German songs. That's so I took

718
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: French back in the day. And that's actually how our

719
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 1: teacher helped us learn the languages. She would start class

720
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: every day with she would print out the lyrics and

721
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: she'd have missing words in the lyrics, and then we

722
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 1: would have to listen to the song like two or

723
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: three times and write in to see like what words

724
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: we're missing? So so so cool because you can have

725
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 1: a cadence of the music. It's it's a fun way

726
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 1: to memorize things, like I'll think of lyrics in my head. Um, so,

727
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:00,759
Speaker 1: like there's a song that it's like it's like a

728
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: nursery rhyme but teaches you had to count. So it's like,

729
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: uh so it it goes like I spied. I don't know,

730
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: I'm butcher right now, but it counts like one too,

731
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: Like wait, wait is this sense thing nish in America?

732
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 1: That one? Oh no, it's not that one. It goes

733
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: yeah yeah yeah, baslus yeah yeah yeah, like what I'm

734
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:34,760
Speaker 1: looking at? What is with you? Now? I'm we should

735
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,320
Speaker 1: do we should do it in the car Babel rose

736
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: that a stone. I'm gonna be over here, bop into

737
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: the German alphabet as soon as we get off. Now

738
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: it's a difficult, like that's the same alphabet, the same

739
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:51,320
Speaker 1: letters as in English. The English language. The English language

740
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 1: has like Germanic and Latin roots, so a lot of

741
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: the words are actually similar. Oh that makes them a

742
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: little bit easier than for you have no idea? Yeah,

743
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: what has been the hardest cultural barrier, Like, have you

744
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: found it difficult to get around? Do? Most people have

745
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: some foundational English that they can kind of help direct

746
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,720
Speaker 1: you if you need it. Yeah. The most German speech

747
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: speak at least two or three different languages, which is

748
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: like amazing. But the most difficult thing has been driving

749
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:28,399
Speaker 1: because all the street signs are different. So and it's

750
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: also really difficult to read like the names of the

751
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: exits because they're very long Germanic names, and it's you know,

752
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: it's just difficult to kind of like figure out. And

753
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: the way that the roads are like structured. It's like

754
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: turning is difficult, Like we went down the wrong side

755
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: of the road like twice. There's a lot of constructions. Yeah,

756
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: that's probably the most difficult part about moving here sols

757
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: to you though for you two already taken the what

758
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: is it the wheel the seared by the wheel, and

759
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: like driving already, I would be way too nervous. I

760
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: think I have not driven yet. Nich has driven. He

761
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,879
Speaker 1: is more gutsy than I am in that regard. He's

762
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: I would probably run into something. I'm not saying I'm

763
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: a great drivers not but uh so I know I've

764
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: driven with you before. No, you were a good driver.

765
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: We drive in your convertible that one time. That's true,

766
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: that was really fun. Yeah, it was such a last

767
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: I feel confident driving in America. Um, and we usually

768
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: I try to drive like my sister calls me a

769
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: grandma driver, but she is an insane driver. So all right, Kendall, Um,

770
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 1: I know it's very late where you are, so we

771
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: won't keep you too much longer. Before we get into

772
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 1: like this whole last part. I want to ask you,

773
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: do you have any big goals for this next year.

774
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 1: We talked a little bit last week on Happy Hour

775
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: about resolution, so I'm not gonna ask about New Year's resolutions,

776
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:03,320
Speaker 1: but goals for twenty twenty three for you definitely. Um,

777
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: just kind of ingraining myself in the culture here has

778
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: been a big goal, and I'm really excited to learn

779
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 1: the language and to really fully take advantage of the

780
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: opportunity that is living abroad and learn as much as

781
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:19,959
Speaker 1: I can. And um, yeah, work wise, definitely doing certain

782
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 1: things I'm excited about. So there's always that yea and yeah,

783
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: So mainly it's like trying to embody being German. You know,

784
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: I got a little bit of it in my blood.

785
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: So that's such a fun goal though. Yeah, it's it's

786
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:43,320
Speaker 1: a Germany is a difficult place to I guess integrate into.

787
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 1: But it's because of that that makes it so much

788
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: worth it. I have a friend who lives here and

789
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: so that really helps. Good. Yeah, he's German, so he

790
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,600
Speaker 1: has taught Mitch and I so much and so yeah,

791
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: I have helped. You know, I'm not to get alone.

792
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 1: Oh that makes it better. Yeah, it'll be I'm sure,

793
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: as you said, worthwhile, it'll it'll be a thing like

794
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,840
Speaker 1: keep you on your towels for sure, but you can definitely,

795
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,359
Speaker 1: I think, do something with it each and every day

796
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: for sure. Oh yeah, I mean that's what makes life

797
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: fun and interesting, like always having a different challenge and

798
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: kind of just like a little just sketch. He knows

799
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: that he thought you knew how life was no stratch.

800
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 1: So well, I can't watch your story. I will say this, Kendall.

801
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: I we have not met in person, but our first

802
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,279
Speaker 1: time that we're going to be meeting might be when

803
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 1: I tag along with Becca to Germany. Yeah. I love

804
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: Germany and I'm not a beer drinker, but I feel

805
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: like when you go to Germany, you have to. You

806
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 1: have to try the beer. I will definitely be trying

807
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 1: the pretzels with you. Um, and and then we can

808
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:57,839
Speaker 1: talk tax to Germany. Yeah. Oh yeah, it's beautiful here

809
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 1: during summer. I've heard people will jump into the river

810
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: and just kind of like go to work through there.

811
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: I don't know, it was like, yeah, if there's a

812
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: lot of really fun fun commute, yeah, like swim, they'll

813
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:16,359
Speaker 1: swim yeah, river to get water. Well, okay, they must

814
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 1: have really good like clean water system yeah, or just

815
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: waterproo phone cases. Yeah, like water what do you do

816
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: this or something? I think they must have like a

817
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,879
Speaker 1: waterproof bag. There's also like a volleyball court inside one

818
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 1: of the rivers that Mitch wants to play on. Um. Yeah,

819
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 1: it's like kind of partially submerged in the river. So okay, yes,

820
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: they really are so much fun exploring. I cannot wait

821
00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 1: to follow this new chapter along on Instagram with you

822
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 1: and come come see one day. Um. So before we

823
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 1: let you go, we got to get into our little

824
00:46:56,680 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 1: resource section. We always love to keep our listeners formed

825
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 1: in chair important resources. So Michelle, do you want to

826
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:09,919
Speaker 1: start this week? Sure? I will start during my time

827
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: when I was not feeling so great. I watched there's

828
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,759
Speaker 1: this docu series it's called Profiled, and there's more than

829
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,880
Speaker 1: one season, but season one is like specifically like Profiled.

830
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: It cuts down how black men are profiled. Everything. It

831
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: like tunes into special cases, gives like the background, really

832
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: breaks everything down in a way that can be well received,

833
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 1: is what I would say about it. And you're I

834
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: can't even remember how many episodes it was, but it

835
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 1: like it throws you into it, it jumps to it

836
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: right away. You can kind of watch each of the

837
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 1: season's separately if you want to, or sorry, each of

838
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: the episodes differ separately if you want to. It's kind

839
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: of like a little bit like Black Mirror. I don't

840
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: know why I'm comparing these two, but like it's a

841
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,359
Speaker 1: little bit like that where it's like it doesn't matter,

842
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: you can just jump into whatever episode. So they're all

843
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,839
Speaker 1: kind of like separate but like still the same concept. Yeah,

844
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 1: and I know that there was one that just came

845
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:12,280
Speaker 1: back came back in it like viewed into George Floyd.

846
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: I know that there's one that went into um shoot

847
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:20,479
Speaker 1: a different murder also that was all about like racial

848
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,879
Speaker 1: profiling and goes in and you know, like the mother

849
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: breaks it all down. It was just so so interesting

850
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: and it's very well done. Um this one I watched

851
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: on Amazon Prime, but I did check it's also on

852
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 1: Discovery Plus. But if you have Prime, yeah, Amazon Prime,

853
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:38,760
Speaker 1: like you'll be able to watch it for free. Otherwise,

854
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:42,399
Speaker 1: like you could rent it if really profiled profiled Yep,

855
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: it cool, thanks for shell. Yeah. So the one that

856
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: I'm going to share today is a little outside the box,

857
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 1: so bear with me. But this past week Thomas and

858
00:48:55,400 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: I started, um the Megan Markel and Prince Harry documentary

859
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,640
Speaker 1: and it obviously like just gets into the timeline of

860
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: their relationship right, but also especially within episode two and three,

861
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 1: it gets more into the history of Great Britain and

862
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 1: the roots and how slavery was a huge part of

863
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 1: creating that country and how it's still pretty prevalent today.

864
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: But it also touches on two things that set out

865
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 1: to me. One like just the way Megan Markle was

866
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: profiled within especially the British press. There was a lot

867
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:38,879
Speaker 1: of racist undertones talk in the headlines talking about her

868
00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: background and her upbringing, and a lot of it was

869
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:46,479
Speaker 1: like also very factually incorrect. The media didn't always fact

870
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,920
Speaker 1: check everything, which is not a good look for the media.

871
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: But but also it talks about and this is Prince

872
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: Harry actually touches on this, I think in episode three,

873
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: touches on the different unconscious bias that he dealt with

874
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:05,399
Speaker 1: growing up and how he didn't even realize he had

875
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: these biases and tell later in life and especially after

876
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: meeting Megan and dating Megan and seeing the headlines out

877
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: there about him about her. So it really it's a

878
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: very interesting documentary. There's so many components to it, but

879
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,919
Speaker 1: those were my main takeaways from especially episode two and three.

880
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:27,200
Speaker 1: And if Prince Harry can emit his implicit bias or

881
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: is unconscious bias that he had growing up, I think

882
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,719
Speaker 1: we all can and just learn from it and get

883
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: to the root of maybe where it stems from or

884
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 1: the ones that we all carry internally. But it was

885
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: again kind of off the beaten path for a resource here,

886
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,680
Speaker 1: but I think it's still something that everyone can learn

887
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: from and half takeaways from, so that it's going to

888
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: be my resource of the week. Honestly, that's not even

889
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: that's not I don't see that off the beaten path whatsoever,

890
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: because I binged it this past weekend, and it is.

891
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: It is really well done in the sense of like,

892
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 1: for example, the whole profiling, like people are saying that, um,

893
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: Megan Marco came from like compting compt and like these

894
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: like rough rough areas, which even if she had so

895
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: what so, But that's not even true. It's not even true. Yeah,

896
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,360
Speaker 1: but that's what's crazy. And just like all of like

897
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: the racist artists that were you know, paintings and stuff

898
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:27,320
Speaker 1: that that were the statues, the statues and all this stuff,

899
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: and then the conversation that her mom had to have

900
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:34,880
Speaker 1: with her about just the different language that's being used

901
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,880
Speaker 1: to describe her. It's just wow. So yeah, it was,

902
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:40,360
Speaker 1: it's done really well. It was, And it was so

903
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 1: interesting because they they'll touch on, for instance, like the

904
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: British press and different headlines and they won't even like

905
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: read headlines word for word, but like they'll pull them

906
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:51,640
Speaker 1: all up on the screens you can kind of see

907
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:55,520
Speaker 1: and there's certain words that like on their own, you know,

908
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: if they're if it's just on their own, you probably

909
00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: wouldn't think about. But in the context of talk about

910
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: Megan Markle, who is a biracial woman, it's I'm like,

911
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: how did half of this ship go to print? Like

912
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,840
Speaker 1: it's and again you know, like I I remember like

913
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:13,440
Speaker 1: watching on the news and like on social media when

914
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,880
Speaker 1: they got together and like knowing kind of just like

915
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:18,719
Speaker 1: the gist of everything. I never really got into them

916
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 1: as a couple just because I was like whatever. But um, yeah,

917
00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: it's a really well done documentary. Um, so everyone please

918
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: if you have time. I don't know how many episodes

919
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: is it total? Is it three? I'm I just finished,

920
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 1: oh at six, so I'm halfway. Oh wow. Okay, so

921
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:44,640
Speaker 1: I watched a lot this weekend. I just flew by.

922
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:49,799
Speaker 1: The next three out next week. Okay, I haven't seen Yeah,

923
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:53,640
Speaker 1: I feel like I've been like it. Yeah it's yeah.

924
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: Um so great, great watch. Um and with that Kendall girlfriend,

925
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 1: you are up. So one of my favorite influencers that

926
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:09,040
Speaker 1: I follow is Black Forager. I have been foraging for like,

927
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:10,920
Speaker 1: I don't know too much about it yet, foraging for

928
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,640
Speaker 1: a couple of years, but she has just so much

929
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:18,359
Speaker 1: knowledge about the culture behind it, the indigenous people who

930
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: have been foraging in America since way before we've been

931
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 1: got here, And I just love her knowledge that she

932
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:29,360
Speaker 1: brings the table not only with like different plants you

933
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,279
Speaker 1: can utilize, but just also what it's like to be

934
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:36,480
Speaker 1: a black woman in the forging space. And yeah, I

935
00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 1: just think she's very well. She's just extremely like has

936
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: a wealth of knowledge and so I've just really enjoyed

937
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: following her like a number of years. So that is

938
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 1: and it's just I'm assuming at Black Forager. That's her, Yes,

939
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 1: Black Forager, all right, yeah her out? Thank you? Um, Okay,

940
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:57,759
Speaker 1: so we're going to close it out on a fun

941
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: high note. You've done this for but the Thorn and

942
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:05,480
Speaker 1: the Rose. And usually we'll do this like first specific

943
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: season or episode, but because there is not one and

944
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: so many fun things are going on in your life,

945
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 1: we wanted to just go into your world. So the

946
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:19,640
Speaker 1: Thorn maybe like the messiest, most awkward moment that you've

947
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 1: experienced lately, and then obviously the Rose, which is a

948
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:28,719
Speaker 1: top highlight. I think the most awkward experience that I've

949
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:34,360
Speaker 1: gone through recently was going to a grocery store and

950
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:38,760
Speaker 1: then trying to talk to the woman at the register,

951
00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:41,240
Speaker 1: like trying to say, oh, I don't speak much German,

952
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:43,799
Speaker 1: and her just kind of looking at me like why

953
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,600
Speaker 1: I Like, obviously I'm pronouncing it like isn't correct, I'm

954
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,719
Speaker 1: probably saying something really weird and abstract. So that was

955
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:54,440
Speaker 1: probably the most uncomfortable situation that I've that I've been

956
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:57,400
Speaker 1: in recently, just like not knowing what I'm saying when

957
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:01,839
Speaker 1: I'm trying to say things U and the Rose would

958
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 1: be just starting something completely new and scary with somebody

959
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:09,120
Speaker 1: that I love, and yeah, it just makes it. It

960
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 1: makes it that much more exciting and better being able

961
00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:15,359
Speaker 1: to experience it with niche like together. So yeah, um,

962
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:17,279
Speaker 1: I feel like there's going to be a lot of

963
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:21,600
Speaker 1: growth these next few years, and um, I'm really I'm

964
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: so excited for that. So yeah, oh well, I you

965
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: have such a support system with both Thomas and I

966
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 1: and I'm sure Michelle now oh you too, So anything, yes,

967
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:38,360
Speaker 1: oh we would love to anything from a far that

968
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 1: you need, please let us know. But also like we're

969
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 1: really going to try to make it out there to

970
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:44,799
Speaker 1: see you and celebrate your love because I couldn't see

971
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 1: you off before you you left me. Um but I know,

972
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,759
Speaker 1: I know, And it was like also Thanksgiving week and

973
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:56,960
Speaker 1: there was so much was going on in your in

974
00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:59,880
Speaker 1: your world, so um, I wish I could have given

975
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:02,600
Speaker 1: you will hug goodbye, but one day very soon. Um.

976
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:05,160
Speaker 1: But again, I know it's so late there, so thank

977
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:09,280
Speaker 1: you for calling in from Germany. UM. Hopefully you'll acclimate

978
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:12,960
Speaker 1: acclimate to the time more in the next couple of weeks. Um.

979
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:14,800
Speaker 1: But again, we can't wait to see her adventures. We

980
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:19,879
Speaker 1: love you, Love you guys, fun catching up. I will

981
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: okay say hi, tell hi to Will, I will wait,

982
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:30,080
Speaker 1: want any say um uh gluten tag gluten Yeah. And

983
00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:37,440
Speaker 1: Alita saying, always so fun catching up with her. You

984
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:40,200
Speaker 1: really do need to meet her in person. She seems

985
00:56:40,239 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: so sweet. No, it's always so fun catching up with Kendall.

986
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:46,319
Speaker 1: So many fun things in store for her and Mitch. Again,

987
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:49,480
Speaker 1: like I'm I obviously follow her and I love watching

988
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: her stories. She's just so informative, so educational. But it's

989
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:56,600
Speaker 1: been fun to watch this new German chapter for them.

990
00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 1: So Kendall, thank you so much. Congratulations to you and Mitch. Michelle,

991
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 1: thanks for being here again this week, and of course

992
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,600
Speaker 1: thank you to all of our Bachelor Happy our listeners.

993
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 1: We hope you enjoy your holidays. I hope that you

994
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 1: have a lot of fun. Be safe if you are

995
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 1: out celebrating for Christmas, Monica, Kwanza, the New Year, whatever

996
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:24,439
Speaker 1: it might be. Enjoy them, but again, be safe because

997
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: we want you to still tune in it next year,

998
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 1: and I can't forget before we go. We are still

999
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:33,920
Speaker 1: casting right now for men to date the next Batchelotte,

1000
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:35,880
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1001
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1003
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:45,280
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1013
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,560
Speaker 1: a reminder that there will not be an episode next

1014
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 1: week due to the holidays, but we will see you

1015
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:22,520
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three. Whoa happy New Year. Everyone, Happy

1016
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,440
Speaker 1: New Year and chee cheers,