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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, This is Kevin Bacon and I am back

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Speaker 1: here with Ask Kevin Almost Anything episode. Hi Stacy, Hi,

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Speaker 1: good to see you. I'm here with Stacy Houston, who

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Speaker 1: is the executive director the stellar executive director of Is

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Speaker 1: that what your title is?

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Speaker 2: I always forget it is actually the proper way to

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Speaker 2: say thank you.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad I'm being proper today of six degrees dot org,

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Speaker 1: which is our foundation, and we've tried to, you know,

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Speaker 1: take the podcast, which has been great having celebrity guests

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Speaker 1: on it talking about the things that they really care about.

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Speaker 1: But we're just putting a little spin audit here and

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Speaker 1: Stacey came up with a cool idea of Ask Kevin

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Speaker 1: Almost Anything. And I look forward to these because, boy,

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Speaker 1: you never know what's going to be coming at you.

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Speaker 1: How are you doing? How are the girls?

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Speaker 2: They're doing great. You know. This past winter was fun

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Speaker 2: for toddlers. I think everyone was sick at least once

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Speaker 2: a week. But we've survibed. Right, there's a light at

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Speaker 2: the end of the tunnel. What about you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good, busy, busy as you know. I saw you

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Speaker 1: in California for like one brief moment. You were out

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Speaker 1: there doing some work with six degrees. And I was

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Speaker 1: out there shooting one day on a movie. It's funny,

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Speaker 1: you know, I've done this a few times. I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna say what the movie is, but I have done

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Speaker 1: this a few times on films where you know, the

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Speaker 1: movie is great and it just needs maybe one more

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Speaker 1: little adjustment or one more little scene. I actually have

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Speaker 1: a and so you have to do a reshoot or

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Speaker 1: or or additional footage is really more what it's like.

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Speaker 1: And I was doing that, and it made me think about,

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Speaker 1: UH when we did a reshoot on a picture called Footloose,

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Speaker 1: and what happened was the ending of Footloose, you know,

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Speaker 1: has this big kind of dance sequence, and in the

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Speaker 1: original UH, when we originally shot it in Utah, it

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Speaker 1: went into slow motion. And when they tested the movie,

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Speaker 1: everybody said, we don't want slow motion. We want to

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Speaker 1: see people, you know, getting down. We want to we

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Speaker 1: want to feel the music and and see everybody rocking out.

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Speaker 1: So we went to Uh, California and a year later

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Speaker 1: and reshot the ending, but not in slow motion, with

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Speaker 1: a new new choreography and new dancers and a whole

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Speaker 1: bunch of new things, and it's it definitely, you know,

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Speaker 1: helped the move be a lot, I think. But the

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Speaker 1: other thing about it is that as an actor it's

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Speaker 1: very hard because you really, at least me, I don't

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Speaker 1: know about other people. When I when I finish a character,

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Speaker 1: I just want to say goodbye to him, you know,

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Speaker 1: like I've been so in his world that like I

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Speaker 1: don't I just want to like let it go. So

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Speaker 1: they step back into his shoes like a year later,

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Speaker 1: when my head is already in a whole other place.

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Speaker 1: It's always just a strange kind of adjustment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I can only imagine. So that iconic scene

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Speaker 2: at the end, you're telling me it was actually shot

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Speaker 2: in California that yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So like I walk into the the same so

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Speaker 1: like I come in, I'm trying to remember what it is,

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Speaker 1: but I come into the barn. I guess it's a

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Speaker 1: barn or whatever it is, and I say, let's dance, scream,

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Speaker 1: let's dance. And at that moment in the original version,

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Speaker 1: the movie was like was like slow motion. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: they had all this crazy stuff like slow motion glitter

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Speaker 1: And it just didn't. It was romantic, but it didn't rock,

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Speaker 1: you know. And and so yeah, we went back out

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Speaker 1: to LA They hired a bunch of dancers. Everybody got

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Speaker 1: that you know. Chris Penn was there and I guess

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Speaker 1: trying to remember she must have been. And and then

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Speaker 1: we shot that whole you know ending. Yeah, it was

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Speaker 1: completely know anyway, I nobody asked me that this is

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Speaker 1: supposed to be, you know, ask kept almost anything. This

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Speaker 1: been asked. But I just I'm just gonna say anyway,

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Speaker 1: I just had to get it off your chat. I

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Speaker 1: just had to get my friend sorry to drone on

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Speaker 1: about that. You get okay? Thank you? Well should we

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Speaker 1: what do you say? Should we go to our first question?

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Speaker 2: Let's do it?

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Speaker 3: Hello there, mister Bacon A long time, don't speak Digsy.

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Speaker 3: We met about twenty years ago in a pup. All

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Speaker 3: I wanted for Christmas was you. The question that I

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Speaker 3: have is are you going to be branching out with

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Speaker 1: First off, I'd love to be one of those guys

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Speaker 1: that could like like completely locate Digsie's accent, you know,

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Speaker 1: like I love accents, right, he sounds maybe, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I'll never forget. When I was a kid, I got

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Speaker 1: this record that was a record of an album of

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Speaker 1: British dialects, and it had the map of England and

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Speaker 1: it was a It's very much like in England. It's

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Speaker 1: a very much of a class thing, a way of

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Speaker 1: identifying you know, who is from where, and you know,

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Speaker 1: kind of like what you're statuses. I'm just going to

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Speaker 1: do a quick plug because I can. Speaking of class.

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Speaker 1: There's this amazing movie Origin that is really based on

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Speaker 1: a book and about the cast system. Basically have you

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Speaker 1: seen it? Did you see it?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, I actually got to go to it streaming

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Speaker 1: What did what? Did you think?

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Speaker 2: It blew me away? I mean, I, I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: obviously very sobering film, right for lots of different reasons.

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Speaker 2: But the writer and the research that she did to

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Speaker 2: the cast system, I should really say, versus just racism.

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Speaker 2: Like I thought it was really powerful and one of

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Speaker 1: I should mention that it's it's it is. It's not

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Speaker 1: a documentary. It's based on a it's an interesting thing.

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Speaker 1: But I agree with you. I thought it was just amazing. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: did meet in the pub Digsie, I will. I'm just

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Speaker 1: going to say yes, but yeah, you know, it wouldn't

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Speaker 2: I would be memorable. He seems like a like a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, maybe yeah, he does seem like a good time.

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Speaker 1: He does. And you know, first off, I love the UK.

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Speaker 1: I love London. I've spent a lot of time there.

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Speaker 1: We shot that in London, so I was there for

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Speaker 1: And yes, I mean, well you should talk to that, Stacey.

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Speaker 1: Just in terms of six degrees in our our reach.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we definitely although you're obviously a Philly

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Speaker 2: Needed and we love Philly Need too, a fair share

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Speaker 2: of work in Philly. Obviously, we reach across the whole

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Speaker 2: that there's a lot of really great global organizations and

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Speaker 2: we felt like the impact that we could make most

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Speaker 2: of that had to do with like your projects and

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Speaker 2: other people that we work with. You know how we

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Speaker 2: often can kind of tie into that with social impact

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Speaker 2: activations and a lot of them are filmed or when

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Speaker 2: listen to the podcast and it's probably our second biggest market.

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Speaker 2: And then in terms of supporters for six degrees, we

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Speaker 2: and and I know that you've done some work there

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Speaker 2: just you know, have been so focused kind of on

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Speaker 2: the US outside of a couple of activations that we

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Speaker 1: you think I'd love to hear like how much it's grown,

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Speaker 1: because when you think about nineteen sixty eight just in Chicago,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's probably like a tiny little thing. I

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Speaker 1: would think. You know, now it's global, right, global.

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Speaker 2: Super global. They're in one hundred and ninety countries I

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Speaker 2: was reading, So it is truly a global.

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Speaker 1: Movement in ninety countries.

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Speaker 2: Wow, And I mean you think about that. And this

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Speaker 2: is a cause that knows no border right or ethnicity

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Speaker 2: or age group. Like any person can you know, be

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Speaker 2: connected to somebody that has either disability or those that,

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Speaker 2: like you said, are neurodivergent. And this opportunity, I think,

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Speaker 2: to inspire people to say yes, they can and should

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Speaker 2: be able to participate in the Athletic Games just like

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Speaker 2: anyone else is extremely important because it's not just promoting inclusion.

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Speaker 2: But what I loved most about the organization is that

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Speaker 2: they really are focused on more acceptance and respect. So

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Speaker 2: it takes it further than just like Okay, let's make

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Speaker 2: a space and include them in this conversation or inclusion

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Speaker 2: them in this opportunity, but like, no, we should also

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Speaker 2: respect them and their should mean acceptance. And they really

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Speaker 2: do a lot of this work through young people. So

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Speaker 2: they have what they call the Unified Champion Schools and

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Speaker 2: a Global Youth Activation Committee, and so these are young

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Speaker 2: people in Shooter heights and high schools that are really

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Speaker 2: taking part in the games and fundraising and supporting them

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Speaker 2: and really educating like their fellow students and others on

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Speaker 2: the importance of it, which I think is powerful because

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Speaker 2: when things start with young people, we know from our work,

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Speaker 2: it can just be something that really resonates with with

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Speaker 2: more people and it can kind of go the distance.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is super powerful. I mean also the fact

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Speaker 1: that it it has to do not just with how

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Speaker 1: many medals does your country get, you know, which can

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Speaker 1: kind of lean into a little of this sort of nationalism,

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Speaker 1: you know, sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a

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Speaker 1: weird way, and winning and losing and you know, bronzing

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Speaker 1: and silver ring and all that kind of stuff. But

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Speaker 1: you know, it has a it's got an actual, you know,

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Speaker 1: social conscience, and I think that's that's really cool. Do

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Speaker 1: we know when the Special Olympics is? When it's is

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Speaker 1: this in twenty twenty four or is it in twenty.

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Speaker 2: Twenty Okay, that's that's a really good question.

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Speaker 1: We should find out, I bet you. I'm sure if

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Speaker 1: we go to Special Olympics dot Org. I'm just gonna

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Speaker 1: throw it out there. Maybe I'm wrong, but you know, right,

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing there's a way to find out.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, definitely put that information yeah, in the show

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Speaker 2: notes both the next Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Something

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Speaker 2: that you know, you hear about the Special Olympics a lot,

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Speaker 2: but I am. I live right in you know, outside

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Speaker 2: of Washington, d C. And Fair Facts where we're actually headquartered,

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Speaker 2: held a Special Olympics just a couple of years ago,

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Speaker 2: I want to say. So I know that they have

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Speaker 2: them kind of all over the world, so we'll definitely

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Speaker 2: put that in the notes. They're always looking for volunteers

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Speaker 2: and people that can come alongside them to like like

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Speaker 2: any Olympic games, right, They're just they need so many

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Speaker 2: people to help pull this off, and so we'll share

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Speaker 2: that information as well. But clearly a really great organization

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Speaker 2: to support, to get involved in. And the great thing

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Speaker 2: is that there's kind of chapters and supportive volunteer associations

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Speaker 2: all over the world, so you should be able to

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Speaker 2: connect wherever you are, which is you know, really really special.

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Speaker 1: That is great, very very special, so to speak. That

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Speaker 1: was fun. I really enjoyed that. Thank you to Christopher

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Speaker 1: Dingley also known as Digsie calling all the way from

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Speaker 1: the UK with with his question, and thank you also

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Speaker 1: to Linda Glenn with her slightly inappropriate question about Friday

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Speaker 1: the thirteenth, and also to Alexandra to wrap with us

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Speaker 1: about the Special Olympics. I'm having a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: with these ask Kevin almost anything questions, and this has

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Speaker 1: definitely fallen into that category, so keep sending them in.

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Speaker 1: You know. We were having a good time doing this

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Speaker 1: and Stacy, once again, thanks for hanging out with me.

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Speaker 2: Happy to you see you next time. Hey guys, it's

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Speaker 2: Stacy again. So after that last episode, we actually did

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Speaker 2: hear back from the Special Olympics and the CEO, Mary Davis,

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Speaker 2: wanted to send a note about what the Special Olympics

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Speaker 2: means to her and so many others around the world.

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Speaker 2: Listen in.

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Speaker 5: My name is Mary Davis. I'm the CEO of Special

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Speaker 5: Olympics International, and I started out in nineteen seventy eight

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Speaker 5: as a volunteer with Special Olympics program in Ireland. I

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Speaker 5: then went on to become the first National Director of

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Speaker 5: Special Olympics Ireland. We also host did a Were Games,

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Speaker 5: first time the Games were held outside of the United

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Speaker 5: States in two thousand and three, and I was the

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Speaker 5: chief Executive of the organizing committee for those Games. After that,

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Speaker 5: I went on to become the President and Managing Director

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Speaker 5: of Special Olympics C Europe Eurasia, and from there got

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Speaker 5: the call to come to headquarters in Washington to be

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Speaker 5: the Global CEO. So here I am today.

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