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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to ook F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody. Pre recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking a few days to reset as well as

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<v Speaker 1>to celebrate. I don't know what the hell is left

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<v Speaker 1>of this country, not really just my birthday, but in

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<v Speaker 1>today's conversation, this was recorded on election day with doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan Metzel, our friend and in house doctor, and I

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<v Speaker 1>will say I am still, like many of you, still

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<v Speaker 1>processing where we are and what's in store for us.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about this for years. At this point, we

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<v Speaker 1>know that there is a lot of darkness and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of pain that is headed our way beginning in January.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how we will move move through. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what is needed to move through. What I

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<v Speaker 1>have been telling people is that you need to fortify.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to fortify your homes, your hearts, your relationships,

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<v Speaker 1>your communities, because what is going to be outside of

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<v Speaker 1>the doors each and every day is going to be grotesque.

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<v Speaker 1>It is going to be miserable, and that is the

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<v Speaker 1>point to break our culture, our hope, our humanity. And

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<v Speaker 1>so this conversation Jonathan and I just kind of reflect

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<v Speaker 1>on where we've been over the last few years and

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<v Speaker 1>where we think we are headed.

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<v Speaker 2>Folks.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that whenever we have the opportunity each week

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<v Speaker 1>to speak with our in house doctor, doctor Jonathan Metzl,

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<v Speaker 1>I am always thrilled. And this week we are coming

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<v Speaker 1>to you. We are recording this on election day. We

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<v Speaker 1>have no idea as millions of votes have already been

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<v Speaker 1>cast and millions are lining up to vote what the

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<v Speaker 1>outcome is going to be. But today, Jonathan, I actually

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk about the fact that you and I

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<v Speaker 1>have been in conversation for years. That it began I

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<v Speaker 1>think during the pandemic or right before the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the beginning of the pandemic, the very.

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<v Speaker 1>Beginning of the pandemic, and I think that both of

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<v Speaker 1>us started. I asked you to come on to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to talk, be a doctor, help us through what we

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<v Speaker 1>were trying to manage. And we've continued the conversation for

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<v Speaker 1>four years every week, and so I don't know, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess I want to say, like, how have you been feeling,

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<v Speaker 1>how have you felt being on WOKEKF weekly for this time.

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<v Speaker 1>We've had so many discussions, so much has happened in

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<v Speaker 1>the world that we've been able to analyze and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, link arms and get through together. So

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<v Speaker 1>how has that felt.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we retrospect today, We'll do your retrospect the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest of you know, and then we can do a

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<v Speaker 2>prospect too. I'm happy to do some predictions here. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's been you know, it's just funny. It really feels

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<v Speaker 2>like on one hand, and I think rightly so, that

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<v Speaker 2>so much of what we've spoken about has been leading

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<v Speaker 2>up to this moment. In fact, like many many times

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<v Speaker 2>over the past weeks, but particularly over this past week,

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<v Speaker 2>something happened and I'm like Danielle, I talked about that

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<v Speaker 2>six months ago actually, And so if there's something about

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<v Speaker 2>like our process that I think is insightful about something

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<v Speaker 2>that's happening that other people aren't seeing, I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 2>among the many things I look forward to. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like, it's not like we're conspiracy theorists. We

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<v Speaker 2>are we have our ear to the ground in a way,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I think that in addition to just the

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<v Speaker 2>great the light of our conversations every week, which are

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<v Speaker 2>just personally therapeutic and speaking to our listeners around the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and beyond in other galaxies. I would say that there's

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<v Speaker 2>something very prescient I think about our talks, because from

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<v Speaker 2>everything from judges to election boards, to what would it

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<v Speaker 2>mean to speak to white men? To what's Harris getting

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<v Speaker 2>right and wrong? To where's this heading? The impact of

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<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk, and especially for me this week, so much

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<v Speaker 2>of our conversation when my book came out was about

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<v Speaker 2>how public health becomes political. And then of course there

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<v Speaker 2>goes RFK taken floor right out of our water and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that, and so in a way, just there's

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<v Speaker 2>just so many things that I think it's having this

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<v Speaker 2>weekly dialogue kind of lets us unpack things in a

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<v Speaker 2>way that I think is meaningful and useful and I

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<v Speaker 2>think important.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree. I think that we have had our

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<v Speaker 1>finger on the pulse of a lot of conversations, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of because you know, you living inside of the

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<v Speaker 1>world of academics, as well as movements in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>public health, in terms of gun violence and gun reform.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it has helped guide this audience and

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<v Speaker 1>provide some insight and also make people feel less crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing that people who do have their ear to the

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<v Speaker 1>ground are feeling similarly in the way that they are.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's funny. Right before I came on today,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm you know, of course I'm going through the news,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not turning on the news because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear the chattering for seventy two, you know, hours.

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<v Speaker 1>But I saw for the first time buildings in Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. Are boarded up, and they are it looks

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<v Speaker 1>as if we were just told that a hurricane was

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<v Speaker 1>headed to Washington, d C. In the way that plywood

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<v Speaker 1>is going up and barricades are going up. And I

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<v Speaker 1>said to my sister, who was here right before, I

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<v Speaker 1>was just like, wow, this is really a sign of

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<v Speaker 1>the times. And I don't want to ever take these

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<v Speaker 1>images in as normal as just oh, that's what we

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<v Speaker 1>do during elections. And so hearing that and maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>saw the images because they were on BBC, They're on

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<v Speaker 1>the National Review, They're everywhere right now, What does that

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<v Speaker 1>symbolize to you? How does that make you feel to

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<v Speaker 1>see that for the first time in our modern history,

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<v Speaker 1>that this is how our nation's capital is preparing for

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<v Speaker 1>an election.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a sign of the times. We've had those barricades

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<v Speaker 2>and smaller versions go up. Really after January sixth of

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<v Speaker 2>zillion times, right after Supreme Court decisions, Supreme Court hearings,

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<v Speaker 2>other kinds of things. You know, just use the title

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<v Speaker 2>of an excellent book. This is what we've become because

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<v Speaker 2>the idea that we are a very divided nation. And

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<v Speaker 2>I also think that public gatherings, even celebratory gatherings, are

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<v Speaker 2>wrought with politics. I mean, think about the Super Bowl parade.

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<v Speaker 2>When the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl last year,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a mass shooting at the super Bowl parade.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a level of awareness about just public gatherings

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<v Speaker 2>and how people act in public and the relationship between

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<v Speaker 2>like individual liberty and communal responsibility. That just we are

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<v Speaker 2>essentially those barricades right now. That is who we are.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the question of can we work back from that?

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<v Speaker 2>And I do think that there are two models in

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<v Speaker 2>front of us of how to work back from that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Trump is saying I'm going to take control

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<v Speaker 2>of everything. We don't need these barricades because I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to take over the mechanisms of everything, and We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have military parades and all these kind of things.

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<v Speaker 2>And Harris is saying, this is not who we are.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's work back toward a more communal form of

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<v Speaker 2>collaborative government. So in a way, those barricades present two

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<v Speaker 2>very different models of how to move forward that ironically

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<v Speaker 2>both are involved in taking them down, just in very

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<v Speaker 2>different ways.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the mood right now in Tennessee where you are?

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<v Speaker 1>How are people in your state kind of moving about?

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<v Speaker 1>We talked a couple of weeks ago about your record

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<v Speaker 1>early voting that had happened. I talked to a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of people actually in Tennessee that it's said for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time when they went to vote, there were lines

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<v Speaker 1>at early voting and like and feeling a certain kind

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<v Speaker 1>of energy. What has the mood been.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we've talked about on this show that slaces like

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<v Speaker 2>Tennessee that figure out this system are going to be

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<v Speaker 2>models for everywhere, right, I mean the problem in Tennessee.

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<v Speaker 2>We have incredible candidates running incredible I'm Sundell Brooks, the

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<v Speaker 2>mother of a victim of the waffle house shooting, is running.

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<v Speaker 2>Megan Barry is running against Marshall Blackburn and has tremendous

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<v Speaker 2>support here in Nsville, where we have a great majority

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<v Speaker 2>of the population of our area. Fantastic candidates covenant moms

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<v Speaker 2>running things like that. The problem is we've been jare manders.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're say we're fighting an uphill battle with both

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<v Speaker 2>arms and both legs tied behind our back. Is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of app and so the question is we're laying the

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<v Speaker 2>groundwork for something here. There's tons of mobilization around gun safety,

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<v Speaker 2>around other issues, and I think partially in the aftermath

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<v Speaker 2>of mass shootings like the ones I write about in

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<v Speaker 2>my book, people started to wake up to hey, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>this system isn't working for us. But it's just hard

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<v Speaker 2>to see how much germandering safe districts like Jim Cooper's

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<v Speaker 2>old district of reliably great Democratic congressman here collapsing those

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<v Speaker 2>into just adomized voting blocks. It's just hard to see how.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I'm just reinforcing something you and I have

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<v Speaker 2>talked about a million times here, which is when the

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<v Speaker 2>other side controls the judges, and judges can get away

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<v Speaker 2>with yep this. So we're seeing that across the country,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I hope there are some amazing surprise victories here.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we've built coalitions here that I think are

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<v Speaker 2>going to sustain. I think people are aware, but I

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<v Speaker 2>also think that the flip side is if that doesn't happen,

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<v Speaker 2>the other side can say, look, we've built this system

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<v Speaker 2>that can weather even the most energized coalition on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side and still win. And so we'll see. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to a bunch of different election watch parties tonight

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<v Speaker 2>for different candidates, and I'll let you know how that goes.

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<v Speaker 1>Please do because I think you know, I think you

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<v Speaker 1>said an important phrase, which is building infrastructure, that the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to turn the reddest of states purple is not

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<v Speaker 1>something that happens overnight. It's not something that happens in

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<v Speaker 1>one election cycle or two election cycles. I never thought

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<v Speaker 1>in my life that I would see the state of

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia turn blue, and it's done so twice. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I think that Georgia is a model for the kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of decades long work that needs to go into these states,

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<v Speaker 1>the same way that we are seeing work being done

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas to mobilize people around these systems of ry

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<v Speaker 1>mandering that have just been the law the land, and like,

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<v Speaker 1>what can people do? But I think that when you

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<v Speaker 1>see a Georgia, when you see in North Carolina, when

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<v Speaker 1>you see these places that are fundamentally have been read

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<v Speaker 1>for generations make this change. It's not like people all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden woke up and had an epiphany. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the work that's being done quietly and largely underfunded that

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<v Speaker 1>gets to this place well.

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<v Speaker 2>But also that we didn't get into this whole overnight either,

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<v Speaker 2>And so there's a fifty year history of Republicans realizing

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<v Speaker 2>that power runs through judiciaries and that grassroots organizations like

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<v Speaker 2>the NRA at the time have tremendous way and deep

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<v Speaker 2>pockets and things like that. And so I do think

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<v Speaker 2>that you and I spoke about in the beginning that

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<v Speaker 2>there was a frustration of our side to not see

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<v Speaker 2>that for quite a long time. And I think right

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<v Speaker 2>now there's it's encouraging to see organizations and other groups

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<v Speaker 2>and people and voters recognizing that this is part of

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<v Speaker 2>the process. That you can go off and say anything

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<v Speaker 2>you want on social media, but if you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a plan for how school boards and election boards and

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<v Speaker 2>library boards and things like that are the ground on

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<v Speaker 2>which we build. And so I just you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>think we also we've started in a hole in part

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<v Speaker 2>because of this, and I think there's a waking up

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<v Speaker 2>about that. But I don't know, it's funny that like

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<v Speaker 2>Tennessee is the state of al Gore. It's the a

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<v Speaker 2>form of centrism that we used to kind of have

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<v Speaker 2>as a model that would be represented of the what

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<v Speaker 2>was called the time the New South. And so it's

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<v Speaker 2>not like people can't do it, it's just, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>our politics don't allow it.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Let's look ahead a little bit if we can.

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<v Speaker 1>I personally can't see a damn things past today, but

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to take a look ahead at the

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<v Speaker 1>two versions of America that we're staring at right now.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you see going forward? If Donald Trump wins.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, predictions are hard. Again, people should know we're speaking

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<v Speaker 2>before the election, but you know, I'm happy to predict,

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<v Speaker 2>Like if anybody listens to this, I would bet that

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<v Speaker 2>the Kansas City Chiefs are going to beat the Tampa

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<v Speaker 2>Bay Buccaneers. I'm Monday Night football in overtime by six points,

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<v Speaker 2>just a feeling I have. We'll have to see what happens,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess for the election, the issue is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be. You know, it's funny because I've been asked

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<v Speaker 2>a lot by the media, like how can people heal

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<v Speaker 2>and how can people take back their mental health and

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<v Speaker 2>things like that. And what I keep saying is uncomfortable

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<v Speaker 2>blaming that on individual psychology because it's so responsive to

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<v Speaker 2>external factors. And so in a way, if the candidate

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<v Speaker 2>who quote unquote wins the election, says, we've had a

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<v Speaker 2>hard time do this election, and now it's time to

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<v Speaker 2>bring things back together. And unfortunately we're in a zero

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<v Speaker 2>some political system, but let's make sure there are more

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<v Speaker 2>voices at the table that would do more for mental

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<v Speaker 2>health than anything that I could ever recommend in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of like sleep and eat a lot of snacks and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. I don't have a ton of faith

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<v Speaker 2>that if Donald Trump won he would do that. But

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<v Speaker 2>even for Trump, he's been pushed into this crazy dark

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<v Speaker 2>place and also been pushed by people to whom he

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<v Speaker 2>sold his soul, like RFA Junior, to adopt crazy positions.

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<v Speaker 2>And so in a normal election, there would be like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we've had this, let's all come together. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>we have a winner take all, zero sum political system

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<v Speaker 2>that Trump has taken to heart, and for him, winning

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<v Speaker 2>means then wiping out your enemies. And so I guess

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<v Speaker 2>the question would be if this is that, if that

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<v Speaker 2>is the outcome here. There was shock in twenty sixteen

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<v Speaker 2>went he won, and then people mobilized around democratic institutions.

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<v Speaker 2>And the question will be is that going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>here or is his power all that much greater because

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<v Speaker 2>he's like the staypuff marshmallow Man at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the first Ghostbusters movie, like he's just ingested everything already,

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<v Speaker 2>and he already has more mechanisms of power and more

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<v Speaker 2>of a plan. Are people exhausted from the election or

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<v Speaker 2>is there going to be resilience or are people you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard so many people say people get what they

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<v Speaker 2>deserve or something like that, like kind of let it

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<v Speaker 2>play out as a morality tale. So I think it'll

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<v Speaker 2>be a pretty interesting you know, we can talk about

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<v Speaker 2>this going forward. I think it'll be a pretty interesting

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<v Speaker 2>challenge if that happens, which I don't hope it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>For the left, do we move to the center, Do

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<v Speaker 2>we move to the left or we in the resistance?

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<v Speaker 2>Are we just giving up? Are we all going to

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<v Speaker 2>take my advice and move to Dave and Busters? You know?

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<v Speaker 2>And so we'll have to see. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>would you answer that question.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ever remember because this has never happened before,

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of collective anxiety and stress and fear that

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<v Speaker 1>people have right now that you're seeing all around social media.

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<v Speaker 1>And I that I have probably what I call pandemic

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<v Speaker 1>level anxiety right now, where I'm worried about myself, my family,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone around me, and like what is going to happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Like what will America look like moving forward? And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>much in the same way that I don't feel as

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<v Speaker 1>a country we have processed the trauma induced by COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if A Harris wins. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>the work ahead is so hard, right, like, at least

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<v Speaker 1>we know that we can link arms and try and

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<v Speaker 1>build and repair together. But the fracture is so deep

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<v Speaker 1>and so big that it is going to take all

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<v Speaker 1>of us to put it back together. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if we I don't think that we ever go

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<v Speaker 1>back to the before time, much in the same way

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<v Speaker 1>that I feel, like, quote unquote post COVID, that we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't really gone back to a before time. Like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know more so than anyone that if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>process trauma, it you know, manifests itself in other ways.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I'm curious as to what that looks like collectively.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, again, I have very strong opinions about if

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<v Speaker 2>Harris wins, I have very strong opinions, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>feel like we're there right now. I mean, if Harris winds,

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<v Speaker 2>reparation can't just be let's all come together around the table.

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<v Speaker 2>It actually means trying to understand some deeper currents about

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<v Speaker 2>what Trump has promised other people and why that resonates.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just like I mean, I'd never forget in

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<v Speaker 2>my book, like some guys said, liberals think that if

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<v Speaker 2>they just shout their policies louder or market them different,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to agree with them. But I actually have

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<v Speaker 2>a totally different paradigm. So it'll take understanding different paradigms

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<v Speaker 2>for that. But we're not there right now, Like, let's

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<v Speaker 2>let's figure out what's going to happen. I hope that's

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<v Speaker 2>a problem we have.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I do. I will say the same. I

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<v Speaker 1>do hope that it is a problem that we have,

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<v Speaker 1>because I think that you and I will continue being

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<v Speaker 1>in conversation about what comes next regardless. But I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say, Jonathan, as we close out today, that I

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<v Speaker 1>really I have deep appreciation for you for the way

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<v Speaker 1>that you've shown up for the WOKF audience over the

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<v Speaker 1>last four years, with such commitment and such passion. It

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<v Speaker 1>really means a lot to me but also to the

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<v Speaker 1>audience to have you as their weekly guide. And I

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel the same so deeply, and I'm so excited

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<v Speaker 2>to keep having these conversations and hopefully we'll be having

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<v Speaker 2>them just as we always do, free and open. It

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<v Speaker 2>might be like coming to you live from an undisclosed

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<v Speaker 2>location behind the whack a mole at a Dave Investor somewhere.

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<v Speaker 2>I get no money from Dave Investors. I just am

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<v Speaker 2>a fan. But so you know, TBD. But we will

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<v Speaker 2>keep talking, so.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody real booking talking. Buckle up, hang in there, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>as Jonathan has been telling us to do for four years,

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you. That is it for me today, Dear friends

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<v Speaker 1>on WOKEF as always, power to the people and to

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<v Speaker 1>all the people. Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck.