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Speaker 1: to the Chargers Podcast Network. All right, guys, if you

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Speaker 1: new podcast that dropped on Friday evening, Pure Chargers. Adrian

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Speaker 1: host of puro Chargers, the Spanish language radio voices of

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Speaker 1: the team. Adrian joins me, Now, what's up? I man,

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Speaker 1: how are you good? Good? And forgive me for the mask.

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Speaker 1: You got to hey man, it's it's twenty twenty. We're

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Speaker 1: keeping everybody safe. Right. You do a baseball right now? Actually,

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Speaker 1: you just came off a baseball game, so I basically

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Speaker 1: I can't give this guy a break. He's got to

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Speaker 1: go straight from baseball or football to talk some Argers.

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Speaker 1: But I know you love talking Chargers. Adrian, tell me

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Speaker 1: about puro Chargers. What fans can expect what it is

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Speaker 1: and just how excited you and Francisco are to kick

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Speaker 1: this season off in just ten days. We're super fired up.

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Speaker 1: First and foremost, we appreciate your help, everybody's help there

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Speaker 1: at Chargers and helping create this and Boodle Chargers. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the word means pure all Chargers, but it's not gonna

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Speaker 1: have special segments. We call it Cafemity Ghanah. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: bring in other other people right from across the NFL

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Speaker 1: Usually it's going to be a team that we might

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Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna have them all be part of

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Speaker 1: And for Francisco and I, it's it's it's a huge

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Speaker 1: deal to have this opportunity, like I said, because we

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Speaker 1: we're gonna be part of that Chargers podcast network and

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Speaker 1: with Boodle Chargers, we're basically gonna talk and get you

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Speaker 1: them to stay out. We have the FOODO Chargers Show

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