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Speaker 1: Welcome to and that's what you really missed. We are

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Speaker 1: wishing everybody a very safe and happy and healthy new

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Speaker 1: year heading into twenty twenty five. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for an amazing twenty twenty four. This has been an

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Speaker 1: are just the best, best ever and we're so.

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Speaker 2: So grateful for you and a year that has been

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Speaker 2: tough for so many reasons, Like doing this is such

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Speaker 1: Jenna YouTube Kevin, I cannot believe we're almost in twenty five.

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Speaker 1: It is very fast, Oh God, very very fast. What

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Speaker 1: has been your favorite memory from this year, Kevin?

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Speaker 1: Great, let's do it. You've read so many books this year, Kevin,

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Speaker 2: Five and we'll be back with an excellent episode. We're

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Speaker 2: kicking off twenty twenty five with season five, Episode nine,

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