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Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio the George

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Speaker 1: Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty arm.

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Speaker 2: Strong and Gatty and he Armstrong and Getty.

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Speaker 3: Aanthropic and the Pentagon are locked in a standoff over

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Speaker 3: access to the company's powerful artificial intelligence. The Fanthropic doesn't comply,

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Speaker 3: the Pentagon says it will revoke the company's government contracts

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Speaker 3: or seize use of the technology under the Defense Production Act.

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Speaker 3: Anthropic CEO Dario Amade responded, saying these threats do not

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Speaker 3: change our position. We cannot in good conscience accede to

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Speaker 3: their requests.

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Speaker 1: This is really an interesting story the more I dig

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Speaker 1: into it, and it's kind of exploding today. Wall Street

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Speaker 1: Journal and Washington Post both having exclusives about it.

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Speaker 2: That was from CBS new Whose last night.

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Speaker 1: I think, Ah, what does that mean when the Pentagon

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Speaker 1: says we might just take your technology? Do they mean

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Speaker 1: all of Anthropics' AI capabilities are one specific aspect of it?

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Speaker 1: Either way, that would be something.

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Speaker 2: Oh agreed, Yeah, this is a horrendous thing to say.

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Speaker 2: It strikes me as a invading Greenland style unnecessary threat

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Speaker 2: from the Pentagon. So I mean that would be. This

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Speaker 2: is some of the most cutting edge technology on Earth,

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Speaker 2: and the Pentagon wouldn't know what to do with it

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Speaker 2: once it got it. THEAI companies hardly do well. They

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Speaker 2: don't really very true, which is one of the points.

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Speaker 1: Dario, the guy runs Anthropic, is always making Andanthropics denying

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Speaker 1: some of this stuff. The Undersecretary this just across this

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Speaker 1: is breaking. The Undersecretary of State last name Michael told

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Speaker 1: CBS that Dario, the CEO of Anthropic, is a liar

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Speaker 1: oh so full on dropped an l bomb on him.

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Speaker 1: Let's get ABC's version of this story with Selina Wang.

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Speaker 4: The Anthropics says they've got some clear red lines that

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Speaker 4: includes using AI on the battlefield where it is AI

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Speaker 4: and not humans that make the final targeting decision, and

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Speaker 4: they're against using AI for mass domestic surveillance. Now, the Pentagon,

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Speaker 4: for its part, says they've got no desire to use

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Speaker 4: AI for either of those use cases, but argues that

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Speaker 4: the restrictions that Anthropic wants could jeopardize their military operations

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Speaker 4: in critical moments.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna hear more from that report now.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's in one of these report,

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Speaker 1: but the Pentagon has given Anthropic until five oh one

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Speaker 1: Pentagon might SEEVEE seize Anthropics technology.

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Speaker 2: What interestingly, and this is breaking, Sam Altman just came

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Speaker 2: out and said, yeah, us too, us too. We agree

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Speaker 2: with Anthropic about the limitations and what we will and

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Speaker 2: won't do for the Pentagon. So his what's the umbrella

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Speaker 2: company for chech ept open Ai? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Well,

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Speaker 2: let's hear more of this report because I don't want

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Speaker 2: to repeat what she's about to say. Go on.

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Speaker 4: I think artificial intelligence is so powerful. There are many

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Speaker 4: use cases within the Department of Defense, and the Pentagon

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Speaker 4: has been using Anthropics Technology as part of this two

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Speaker 4: hundred million dollar AI pilot program.

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Speaker 2: Within the DoD.

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Speaker 4: And it's not just Anthropic, there's Elon Musk's XAI, Google

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Speaker 4: open Ai. They're also part of the program. But Claude,

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Speaker 4: which is their AI tool, is very advanced and it

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Speaker 4: is something that the military would want to keep on using.

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Speaker 1: And the other clip we have our from her is

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Speaker 1: that the Wall Street Journal reported that Anthropic was used

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Speaker 1: in the capture of Maduro, So the Pentagon has already

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Speaker 1: used that company. I didn't even know the Pentagon was

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Speaker 1: working with Nthropic of the AI companies. For some reason,

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Speaker 1: they chose to partner up with that one, and some

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Speaker 1: sure is secret and we don't have any idea of.

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Speaker 1: But Dario Amodi said in a statement late last night

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Speaker 1: but would not change its stance. Current AI systems are

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Speaker 1: and civilians alike at risk, he said. Oh, and existing

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Speaker 2: In a narrow set.

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Speaker 1: Of cases, we believe AI can undermine rather than defend,

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Speaker 1: democratic values. See, this is the sort of thing that

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Speaker 1: We've seen it with Elon Musk around the world, where

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Speaker 2: Mody went on to say, bah blah blah blah blah bah.

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Speaker 1: Well more about he's concerned about AI being used for

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Speaker 2: Sure, sure, I was struck by that one sentence, though,

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Speaker 2: in my experience, it kept telling me I'm not authorized

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Speaker 2: to do that, and I kept telling it, yes you are,

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Speaker 2: and it kept saying you're right, I am, and then

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Speaker 2: It was like three stooges routine or something. Who's on first?

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Speaker 2: Given that state which'll be different next month, but given

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Speaker 2: that state of affairs, Yeah, putting it in charge of

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Speaker 2: something that could conceivably undermine all of our constitutional protections.

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Speaker 2: Are right to privacy if you believe that exists, blah

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Speaker 2: you know, a set of tasks. Well that's one side

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Speaker 1: But the other side of it would be based on

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Speaker 1: my reading of Dario in every interview I've seen with

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Speaker 2: That, he's a very lefty, give piece a chance sort

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Speaker 2: of guy. That he's a hippie. He's a damned hippie.

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Speaker 2: Is that what you're trying to say?

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Speaker 1: He's He's probably the most conscientious of the people running AI.

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Speaker 1: I think read that description of him yesterday that Elon

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Speaker 1: retweeted that kind of called bulls on that, But at

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Speaker 1: least his public statements, Dario seems like a bit of

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Speaker 2: So you got that end of it too. He's a

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Speaker 2: son of Oppenheimer in that way, you know, you know,

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Speaker 2: the reality of it. I get that well. So there's

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Speaker 2: a couple of interesting things here.

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Speaker 1: One, I didn't realize we were this far down the

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Speaker 1: And secondly, need a little clarification on that threat from

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Speaker 1: the Pentagon for seizing their technology, right, whoa.

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Speaker 2: You can either sell it to us or we're going

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Speaker 1: In other words, anthropic claude, that whole thing is in

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Speaker 1: the top handful of best ais on planet Earth, and

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Speaker 1: the government's going to take it. And like you said,

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Speaker 1: they wouldn't know what to do with it anyway, right,

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Speaker 1: or how to continue to grow it.

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Speaker 2: God, then it's in the hands of bureaucrats.

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Speaker 1: So the technology that the people at the top of

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Speaker 1: these companies are trying to keep on the rails, either

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Speaker 1: for conscientious reasons or financial reasons, then.

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Speaker 2: The government's got one of the best ay eyes on

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Speaker 1: We all, I don't know about your trust in the

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Speaker 2: Let me check my calendar. I'm sorry, I hate to

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Speaker 2: do this in the middle of the show. Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 2: March tenth is doomsday. Doomsday is approaching, folks, Does not

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Speaker 2: this all reek of doomsday?

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Speaker 1: Dude, got burocrats and or scientists both trying to wield

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Speaker 1: So I feel like I'm both unbelievably underqualified to comment

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Speaker 1: would be. We got the Pentagon working with one of

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Speaker 1: in charge of the decision making. That's a huge maybe

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Speaker 1: like you're joking about doomsday, like civilization altering conversation.

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Speaker 2: That's going on right now.

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Speaker 1: In another post from Trump's top AI advisor accused Anthropic

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Speaker 1: criticized one of the ADMINISTRATION'SAI policies in recent weeks, all

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Speaker 1: fitting in with the Pentagon thing that has exploded on

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Speaker 2: Oh boy. One of the great problems with government regulation

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Speaker 2: is that it's notoriously slow to adapt to a changing marketplace,

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Speaker 1: Yes, well, Washington Post on this story today. Unlike a

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Speaker 2: Wow. Leading figures in the development.

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Speaker 1: Of AI have long had ethical and legal concerns about

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Speaker 1: giving AI the power to make life and death decisions. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's specifically what they're asking anthropic to do with the

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Speaker 1: specific with the incoming nuclear missiles as got to make

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Speaker 2: I'm reminded of the moving and tuneful sting classic The

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Speaker 2: talking about nuclear warns that I hope the Russians love

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Speaker 1: This will end well, Chip says, hold my banana.

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Speaker 1: Papa John's just said that they're closing hundreds of locations

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Speaker 2: Armstrong and Getty, I'm like you, no better than you.

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Speaker 2: Here's a guy who's running for the office, longtime friend

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Speaker 2: Always good to talk to him, Steve, How are you, sir?

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Speaker 5: Very well? Great to be with you. Guys. Newsome just

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Speaker 5: It's okay, I'm as dumb as you are.

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Speaker 2: You know, Steve, speaking of speaking of quote unquote your country.

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Speaker 2: Well, and it's pretty well known if you study California

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Speaker 5: and say, oh, a Republican can never win. It's two Democrats.

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Speaker 5: I've never believed that. I've never believed it's going to

435
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Speaker 5: be easy to win. But I know that it's possible

436
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,199
Speaker 5: because people are sick of this and you're seeing that

437
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,880
Speaker 5: now as more and more attention comes onto the race.

438
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Speaker 5: And it's the other part of this I think is

439
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 5: really important is I'm running this race in a way

440
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,399
Speaker 5: that we've never seen before. I'm putting together a team

441
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Speaker 5: in advance to make sure we are really credible and

442
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 5: ready on day one and people can believe that we

443
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,640
Speaker 5: really will make things different. So I've got running mates

444
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Speaker 5: that Attorney General Michael Gates, the City of the former

445
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,440
Speaker 5: city attorney from Huntington Beach who sued Gavin Newsome on

446
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 5: housing mandates and voter ID and the sanctuary state law,

447
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 5: and incredibly strong fighter who's going to be with me

448
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,159
Speaker 5: in Sacramento making sure that my executive orders have the

449
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 5: full force of the Attorney General Herb Morgan running for

450
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 5: state controller with me. He's going to be there fighting

451
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Speaker 5: with me to route out the fraud. Just today we

452
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Speaker 5: published our second fraud report. I've set up the California

453
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Speaker 5: Department of Government Efficiency cal DOJE. We announced that about

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Speaker 5: a month ago. We are already getting to work on

455
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Speaker 5: a volunteer basis.

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Speaker 2: I've got a team.

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Speaker 5: Finding the fraud. Just today our second report, one billion

458
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Speaker 5: dollars over the last ten years from the gas tax

459
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Speaker 5: and from electric bill surcharges through the cap and trade

460
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,080
Speaker 5: scheme that were supposed to be spent on solar panels

461
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Speaker 5: for low income apartment buildings. Only seventy two million was

462
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 5: actually spent on that a billion, one hundred and listen

463
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 5: to this, nine hundred and twenty eight million dollars siphoned

464
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Speaker 5: off into Democrat political activism, into registration. Wow. That our

465
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Speaker 5: second I know, that's our second report. The one before

466
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,680
Speaker 5: that was three hundred and seven million from the cannabis

467
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,439
Speaker 5: tax going to the same purposes. I mean, we're just

468
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 5: getting started, so we're going to be ready on day

469
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Speaker 5: one to deal with all this nonsense. And I think

470
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Speaker 5: that's the difference this time that I'm putting together a

471
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Speaker 5: serious team. I mean just this week, I an I

472
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,159
Speaker 5: was in La and Figaro Street, which has become the

473
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,880
Speaker 5: world capital shamefully of child sex trafficking under the Democrats.

474
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Speaker 5: I announced my plan to deal with it, including the

475
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Speaker 5: appointment of a new director of anti trafficking initiatives. She

476
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 5: was there with me. I've got the person who she's

477
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 5: been working on this issue for over a decade. This

478
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 5: is a really serious effort we're putting together. So by

479
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,880
Speaker 5: the time we get to November, I'm very confident that

480
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,640
Speaker 5: people will see They already know it's time to change.

481
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 5: They know we can't go on with this nonsense, that

482
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 5: the only choice for California is what did it? You've

483
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 5: got to put up with this nonsense or leave the state.

484
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 5: That's ridiculous. So they already are. They don't need to

485
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Speaker 5: be persuaded that it's time for change. What they need

486
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Speaker 5: to see is a really serious, clear Republican alternative, and

487
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 5: that's what I'm putting together.

488
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: We were profound were glad to hear how fired up

489
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 1: you are, because there ought to be revolution in the

490
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Speaker 1: streets in California.

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Speaker 2: Never mind a vote. I mean that ought to be

492
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 2: a no brainer, But we're so discouraged when Lani Chen

493
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 2: ran for a controller, was endorsed by every major news

494
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Speaker 2: outlet in California though he is a Republican, and he's

495
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: still lost to a hack. Do you think just enough

496
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 2: time has gone by, enough decay has been so obvious

497
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Speaker 2: to the average voter that they can't resist it anymore.

498
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Speaker 2: What makes you think a Republican can win now if

499
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Speaker 2: Lani couldn't A couple of things.

500
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Speaker 5: I mean, Lani's a good friend of mine, is great guy.

501
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 5: I agree with everything you said there, But the problem

502
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 5: is that was the state controllers race, and inevitably there's

503
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 5: just less at tension on that, and so it's hard

504
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 5: to breakthrough and make an impact. The governor's race is

505
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 5: where all the attention is. And as I am showing

506
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 5: by winning hands down all these debates, I mean it's

507
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 5: not even close. As I said earlier, the first debate,

508
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 5: I won sixty six percent of the state wide audiences

509
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 5: vote for who won the debate. Then the next Democrat

510
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 5: was seventeen percent, same last night, and so I think

511
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 5: it's the first point is that the governor's race gives

512
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 5: you the opportunity to make the case more clearly and

513
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 5: strongly to the statewide audience. Secondly, we've got a huge

514
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 5: secret weapon this year, which is all about because it's

515
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 5: a midterm election, it's all about Republican turnout, boosting the

516
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 5: Republican vote. The fact that we've got voter ID on

517
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 5: the ballot this November is incredibly important because we know

518
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,879
Speaker 5: that although we've got you know, widespread support, it's got

519
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 5: majority support across California, including among Democrats, it's Republicans who

520
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 5: really are passionate about voter ID for obvious reasons because

521
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 5: it helps stop the cheating. And so the fact that

522
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 5: we've got voter ID on the ballot in November, that's

523
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 5: going to really help us get a big vote among Republicans.

524
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Speaker 5: So that's another reason I'm very confident we really can

525
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Speaker 5: pull it off. And then the final point, look at

526
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Speaker 5: who they're putting out up you know, I mean, I look,

527
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 5: I mean, the President might say, right, they're not they're

528
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 5: not sending their best. You've got you've got missus mash Potatoes.

529
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Speaker 5: You've got Fang Fang Swall. Well, you've got the billionaire

530
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 5: climate billionaire, climate fanatic, Tom Steyer. You've got this mayor

531
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 5: from Sam Jose who even his supporters who I know,

532
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 5: they say, the reason you've got to vote for him,

533
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 5: he's quote the least insane Democrat. Oh come on, do

534
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 5: you think we can do a bit better than least insane?

535
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 5: They are? Their candidates are weak and unimpressive, and I

536
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 5: think we can really pull it off this year. I

537
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 5: really believe that.

538
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,959
Speaker 2: Steve Hilton has fired up. He's running for the governor

539
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Speaker 2: of California. Steve, we will talk again soon. Go get them.

540
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 5: Absolutely great to be with you guys, See you later.

541
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Speaker 2: Thanks, Bob, you know what he needs Rob Low now

542
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 2: talking about Rob Low, So.

543
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Speaker 1: Talking to Steve Hill. When you win the way, if

544
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: you win the Rob Low vote, you've won the state.

545
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: What we're trying to do here is and we like

546
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Speaker 1: Steve Hilton. We used to have him on a regular basis.

547
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: What we're trying to do here. We did this with

548
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: Arnold when he was on the on the upswing, and

549
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: we became, you know ingrained enough with Arnold that we

550
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: got invited to inauguration and I was sitting like six

551
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: seats away from Tom Arnold.

552
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's how great it was.

553
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 1: Wow, Rob Low up close, that's how fantastic was so

554
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: notwied air, breathing.

555
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 2: The rarefied air of Tom Arnold and Rob Low.

556
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: So if we get in with Steve Hilton early and

557
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: he's got a chance of winning, then we get to

558
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 1: go to inauguration again.

559
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 2: Wow, I'm all about the people of California all about

560
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Speaker 2: the time. Thank you so much, Tom Arnold.

561
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Speaker 1: Chance to be can't be close to Tom Arnold. That's

562
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 1: a once in a lifetime Yes Arnold, Lord does gonnask

563
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: Steve Hilton? Are you gonna get twisted?

564
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 2: Sister? Is that the name of the band that saying

565
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 2: we aren't gonna take it? Oh my god, No, No,

566
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 2: you're not gonna blow up the boxes? Who got the rooms?

567
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 2: We're gonna sweep them out of office and those sort

568
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 2: of things. We're not going. Yeah, that's a beautiful days,

569
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 2: wonderful days. We all missed them. Oh my god, stop, this.

570
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: Is coming up the corporate lingo. Everybody's growing to hate.

571
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: We'll hit you with the top top answers when they

572
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: asked corporate folks that question. And the great airport dress

573
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,479
Speaker 1: code debate is really heating up.

574
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Speaker 2: We'll get into that an hour three. Stay tuned as

575
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 2: much as I don't want to.

576
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: I suppose we should touch on Epstein in an hour

577
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: three what Hillary says she said behind closed door in

578
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: six hours of testimony yesterday.

579
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 2: You go ahead, I won't. I'll leave the room. Bill

580
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 2: hate it, hate it.

581
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: Bill Clinton is on the stand, the Clintons and uh,

582
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: trying to figure out exactly what's going on here?

583
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 2: What is going on here? It's madness, That's what it is.

584
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 2: Also coming up, gender bending madness. A blockbuster report, making

585
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: progress but a long way to go. What percentage of

586
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 2: the population do you think uses jargon trying to sound

587
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 2: smart or buzzy. I don't know. And what percentage of

588
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: us are really annoyed by it or could never say.

589
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 1: It without being ironic? Just I'm just like, I'm not

590
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: built to say any of those things.

591
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 2: Seriously. Yeah, if you're surrounded by it constantly, it seeps

592
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 2: into your vocabulary. And I don't hate everybody who, for instance,

593
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 2: says I don't have the bandwidth for that. I actually

594
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 2: do say bandwidth quite a bit because it's such a

595
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 2: good description. Yeah, I gotta admit I've strayed, I've crossed

596
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 2: the line. I've used it.

597
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: But things like circle back or put a pin in

598
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: that there's just a gazillion different ways to say that,

599
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: and that's just a signaling that you're part of a

600
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: certain kind of crowd. No, I've got lots of successful

601
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: friends who use all those terms, because that's how you

602
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: signal that you're at the top of the heap of

603
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: understanding that sort of stuff. I guess, and I've known

604
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: some cops and military guys who throw around jargon, and.

605
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 2: They should know you have no idea what that means.

606
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 2: And they should also know if they know they know

607
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 2: that and use it anyway, so you have to ask

608
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 2: them so they can demonstrate their expertise. That's incredibly annoying

609
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 2: and JIV just say it. On the other hand, some

610
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 2: people don't have the instinct for how what they are

611
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 2: saying is being received. And I think if you're a

612
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 2: reasonably good performer of the task of doing this job,

613
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 2: you do have that instinct. Anyway, here's your top business

614
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 2: jargon phrases that people have grown to hate, according to.

615
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: Wall Street Journal readers bandwidth. That's number one. Interesting, You're

616
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: not a router. Just say you're busy, pal, I should say,

617
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 1: I should stop saying that. It seems like such a

618
00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: good description to me.

619
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 2: But no, it's funny. I hate jargon, but i'm i'm

620
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 2: I disagree, especially given our job. I don't have the

621
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 2: bandwidth to get into the scandal at the Department of

622
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 2: the Interior, for instance. I just hits a pretty good metaphor. Anyway,

623
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 2: I love this. This guy writes an email or recently

624
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 2: arrived from our IT staff alerting us to a quote

625
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 2: zero day vulnerability on our devices.

626
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: I don't know what acquired an immediate update. I don't

627
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 1: know what that means, but I want to run from

628
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: that phrase.

629
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 2: And he writes, yikes, what exactly did that mean? Was

630
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 2: it as bad as it sounds? Zero day vulnerability? Oh no, no,

631
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 2: let's see change agent another phrase. This is how a

632
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 2: former colleague describes himself on resumes. Well, that might be

633
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 2: an attractive descriptor to a company looking for an unemotional

634
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 2: outsider to change aka whack half of an organization conjures

635
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 2: for me, someone on the midway at the fair wearing

636
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 2: a money belt with pennies, nickel, dimes, and quarter it's

637
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 2: a change agent. I'm a change agent. You hire me.

638
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: I'm a change agent. You'll notice office supplies starting to disappear,

639
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: circle back a classic. I asked someone to do some research,

640
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: and the response with I'll check it out and circle

641
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: back to you.

642
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 2: Why couldn't they just say, Okay, I'll send you my results,

643
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 2: or I'll follow up decision tree, as in, let's reach

644
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 2: up into our decision tree.

645
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: It's just stupid decisioning. It's a pointless invention to give

646
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: gravitas to the notion that action or choices should follow.

647
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: For example, this is a decisioning meeting. Oh, I've come

648
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: to that one completely. You're gonna start using that. I'll

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Speaker 1: say that in my kids tonight. This is a decisioning

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Speaker 1: moment for us. What's the new place?

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Speaker 2: Misplaced effort to sound more important rather than to do

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Speaker 2: some real work, and I don't know, make a decision

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Speaker 2: deep dive oh really, not investigate, study, discern, discover, find

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Speaker 2: out about look into you had to go with deep dive.

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Speaker 2: Did y'all go to the same NBA program growth, mindset,

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Speaker 2: hard Stop, hit the ground Running, among others.

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Speaker 1: I was in an MBA program in the eighties when

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Speaker 1: that was the hot degree, and yeah, people threw that

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Speaker 1: stuff around a lot.

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Speaker 2: I don't hate the juice isn't worth the Squeeze. Sorry,

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Speaker 2: I don't hate that one. We got more on the

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Speaker 2: way Armstrong and Getty