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Speaker 1: Podcast Welcome to You, and That's what you really miss podcasts.

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Speaker 1: The Gleaking News Edition with the very special Tony Award

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Speaker 1: winning Alex Nowle.

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Speaker 2: The one and only. We've forced Alex to speak to

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Speaker 2: us today because we're obsessed and everyone is obsessed, and

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Speaker 2: no one deserves all the awards.

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Speaker 1: More like they don't have enough to do that. We

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Speaker 2: We need to do more breaking Glee news. So we're

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Speaker 2: starting it off strong with Alex Nole because I mean,

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Speaker 2: I feel like we've seen Alex grow from like fetus

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Speaker 1: That's very good.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that is correct, I mean, but in truth, they're

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Speaker 2: that's right. I know. Never lets me lift it down.

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Speaker 2: It's just I mean, the thing is is like people

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Speaker 2: the other things people are doing to hustle to to

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Speaker 2: get your name out there, no one, no offense to

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Speaker 2: anybody else I know, but I don't think I've seen

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Speaker 2: anyone hustle and work as hard as Alex, right, because

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Speaker 2: off like an EP and you know, no big deal.

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Speaker 1: I hear a single all the time everywhere and when

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Speaker 1: the first non binary performer in the show's history, the

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Speaker 1: Tony's Awards history to win the Best Performance by an

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Speaker 1: acturn of future role in musical Yeah, two musical TV shows, right,

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Speaker 2: There to do? They're also just undeniable Alex. You meet Alex,

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Speaker 1: I'm so jealousy you got to see.

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Speaker 2: It's How do you feel you were the you were

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Speaker 2: the first Tony winning Glee cast member, Jenna Wow, And

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Speaker 2: so now you have Ali Schroker and Alex Nule, both

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Speaker 1: The feels like the you got just kidding, No, it's

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Speaker 1: It makes me proud to be in their company, you know.

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Speaker 1: And the Tony Wards is so special coming from theater.

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Speaker 1: It's such a hard profession. I mean, the whole industry

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Speaker 3: Thank you. You know, I've always liked the grown I

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Speaker 1: Dear God, Like, yes, good Lord, that's very gracious though,

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Speaker 2: How is your mom?

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Speaker 3: She's wonderful. She When I got back to my seat

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Speaker 3: Oh then then the Tony never left my sight. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure everybody wanted to touch it.

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Speaker 3: And everybody wants to touch it, want to touch It's fine.

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Speaker 1: We had my friend here today and they were like,

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Speaker 3: It's actually one of the most the cutest one because

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Speaker 2: I mean you could do something with that. Oh, I

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Speaker 2: I can't overstake this enough. Of like you are the

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Speaker 2: Like you just keep going. You don't ask for it,

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Speaker 3: That's all you can do sometimes. And also my lifestyle,

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Speaker 1: I mean it does.

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Speaker 3: I will never ever in my life ever quote Kim

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Speaker 3: It is a one good woman is dead. Alex.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have to have you back on the show

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Speaker 1: to to do some memory sifting with us about some episodes.

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Speaker 1: It's really been so much fun and very I don't know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, great again.

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Speaker 1: We are so so so proud of you. Congratulations, truly

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Speaker 1: just enjoy this time. I don't have to tell you

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Speaker 2: It means out that you, in your busy schedule this week,

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Speaker 3: I will always carve our time you know. I love

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Speaker 2: Love you so much. And congrats, thank you, I mean

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Speaker 2: Alex new all Tony Winner. There you have it, there's

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Speaker 2: we say we're proud of Alex when good things happen

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. Well, we hope you enjoyed this

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Speaker 1: gleaking news, this special special episode, and.

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Speaker 2: Go check out Shocked if you're in New York, Yes,

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Speaker 2: and go go listen to the cast recording. Shucked is great.

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Speaker 2: Go enjoy it, Enjoy Alex. That's what you really missed,

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