WEBVTT - JOSH GROBAN: Find Your Light Foundation

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to our podcast, our new named podcast. It used

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<v Speaker 1>to be Conversations with Delilah, but now with the new year,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a whole new image and a new name,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've changed the name to Love Someone with Delilah,

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<v Speaker 1>since it's all about love and kindness and changing the

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<v Speaker 1>world for good. And our guest today is somebody that

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<v Speaker 1>I met when he was a teenager. And since I

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<v Speaker 1>met you, you have continued and consistently changed the world

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<v Speaker 1>for good with your gift and your fans who are insane.

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<v Speaker 2>In the best possible ways. Mostly the best possible ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh grow. Yeah, they do take it over the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the lady that I met that had you tattooed

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<v Speaker 1>on our arm. Yes, that was unique.

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<v Speaker 2>She has a new one. She now has my my newer,

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<v Speaker 2>older bearded face tattooed somewhere else with the big beard

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<v Speaker 2>with the beard. I'm not sure. I'm not sure how

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<v Speaker 2>long she chose to do the beard. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere in the middle. But but yeah, just because that

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<v Speaker 2>now I've outgrown my face has outgrown the first young tattoo,

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<v Speaker 2>so she's had to she's had to had to update

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<v Speaker 2>to get a new one. But she's also like I've

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<v Speaker 2>found out, like she's like she's she's kind of like

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<v Speaker 2>a biker Like she's she's tough, like she wears like

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<v Speaker 2>leather vests and goes biking on her Harley, and she

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<v Speaker 2>has like all kinds of other like badass tattoos. And

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<v Speaker 2>then she just has my your cue, adorable little face.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was like nineteen years old, going Hi everybody. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so Josh, I'm ruining her street cred is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Josh, when you were nineteen years old, you did

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<v Speaker 1>not go Hi, everybody, Hi everybody. I went to your

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<v Speaker 1>first show, Yeah, nineteen years old, man, and and you

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<v Speaker 1>you look like you were fourteen years old.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I was a late bloomer.

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<v Speaker 1>You were just this tall, adorable kid. And then you

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<v Speaker 1>open your mouth and out came this voice from heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>It was one of those experiences in my life. There

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<v Speaker 1>are two people that I saw earlier, early, early, earlier

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<v Speaker 1>in their career that changed me, I think on a

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<v Speaker 1>cellular level. One was Whitney Houston. I saw her when

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<v Speaker 1>she was twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, what that must have been incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>It was unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>And I look back at old footage of her singing

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<v Speaker 2>right after when she was singing in church and she

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<v Speaker 2>coming right out of the gospel scene. Yep, yeah, that

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<v Speaker 2>instrument just as it continued to be.

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<v Speaker 1>And she had nothing else. When I saw her, she had,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a small band playing. She had no choreography,

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<v Speaker 1>no stage director, no lighting. It was just her and

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<v Speaker 1>that voice.

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<v Speaker 2>Something magic about that time period.

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<v Speaker 1>And the same with you. When I first saw you,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't have a big show, you didn't have a

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<v Speaker 1>big production, but you walked out, Josh, this thin baby face,

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<v Speaker 1>ye boy, and out came the voice from heaven like

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<v Speaker 1>God gave you such well a beautiful gift.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so kind of you to say. And I was

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<v Speaker 2>so lucky, as I continue to be that that you

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<v Speaker 2>were there. You were right at the beginning of it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you you heard something in me, and you were

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<v Speaker 2>right there to be a support and a friend from

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<v Speaker 2>day one.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you for Janny and I both were just

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there with our mouth tied up and doing are

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<v Speaker 1>we really hearing what we think we're hearing? Because your

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<v Speaker 1>voice is so magical.

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<v Speaker 2>And the connection between me and Whitney is David Foster,

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<v Speaker 2>who you know, we made such incredible music with that great,

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<v Speaker 2>great guy, and so, I mean, that was a time

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<v Speaker 2>period I looked back at it. I was, I was

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<v Speaker 2>so it was so incredible that I was able to

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<v Speaker 2>have that stage, in that platform, But I was terrified

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<v Speaker 2>that scrawny, skinny, tall kid was was really not all

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<v Speaker 2>that happy that time period. I was so scared and

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<v Speaker 2>I was, you know, I was plucked from school at

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<v Speaker 2>that time. When you first came to the concert, that

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<v Speaker 2>was basically my first time ever touring, ever doing live shows.

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<v Speaker 2>My voice didn't really come into its own until I

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<v Speaker 2>was sixteen, and then David discovered me at seventeen. So

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<v Speaker 2>for that time period that you first saw me, I

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<v Speaker 2>was a student and a pro at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to I was basically learning as I went.

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<v Speaker 1>But you did a great job well. And the same

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<v Speaker 1>time I met you and discovered your voice, I met

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<v Speaker 1>your folks. Yeah, and I knew you were going to

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<v Speaker 1>be okay. I knew you were going to be okay

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<v Speaker 1>because I was so honestly, I was so afraid for you,

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<v Speaker 1>because I've seen this industry two people up and spit

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<v Speaker 1>them out. Like I said, I met Whitney, I saw

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<v Speaker 1>her when she was young, and I saw what happened,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I saw your talent, I was so afraid

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<v Speaker 1>for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I was also so naive.

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<v Speaker 1>You are so nicive.

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<v Speaker 2>I was really naive, and I think I look back

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<v Speaker 2>at it now and I think, well, blissfully so yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>But you were trying to be so tough. You're like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm from California.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got a new album out as

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<v Speaker 3>my tour, so it's all going good, yeah, feeling pretty,

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<v Speaker 3>feeling pretty good about things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and inside you're just going you know, alert, alert,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and uh, you know. And and I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know at that point, all the all the myriad of

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<v Speaker 2>ways that it could it could be, it could go

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<v Speaker 2>all terribly wrong, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And it does for so many people because they're not grounded.

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<v Speaker 2>That is I think the main reason. Yeah, the lack

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<v Speaker 2>of grounding.

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<v Speaker 1>What I saw in you when I met you was

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<v Speaker 1>standing right behind you, four feet away were your folks

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<v Speaker 1>and your mom. Oh my gosh, what a beautiful land.

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<v Speaker 1>She's she's wonderful, she's so wonderful, and she was like,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not gonna let that happen to our son. We

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<v Speaker 1>are going to make sure that he is looked after

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<v Speaker 1>and grounded, and and they're still there.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh absolutely, I'm so lucky that I still have them

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<v Speaker 2>as a sounding board and as my protectors, and just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to have that balance, to have to have

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<v Speaker 2>parents that believe in you that way. And I had

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing professional team too, but there's only so much

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<v Speaker 2>that a professional team can do for you big picture

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the emotions you're going through and

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<v Speaker 2>the decisions that you have to make that might not

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<v Speaker 2>be the best thing for your professional career, but are

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<v Speaker 2>the best things for your soul and for your emotional

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<v Speaker 2>well being. And having a family that you can bounce

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<v Speaker 2>those things off to that gives you the balance that

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<v Speaker 2>I think when when it does go wrong, when when

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<v Speaker 2>people spiral out, it's because they don't have that balance.

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<v Speaker 2>It's because they don't have people to turn to away

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<v Speaker 2>from the decision makers they have good as they may

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<v Speaker 2>be in the industry, and so yeah, I know without

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<v Speaker 2>without my parents and my brother too. I've got to

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<v Speaker 2>give my brother a lot of credit to because he's

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<v Speaker 2>he's my younger brother, but he's like my older brother.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just he's always been ten times more mature. He's

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<v Speaker 2>just got such a great head on his he's a

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<v Speaker 2>brilliant director, he's he's a behind the camera guy, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's just so full of wisdom too. So yet to

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<v Speaker 2>have a great family is something that I'm very very,

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<v Speaker 2>very very lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>And I heard you on the Today Show talking with

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<v Speaker 1>Kathy and Hoda about the fact that your folks love

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<v Speaker 1>story has inspired you in your in your music and

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<v Speaker 1>finding that the ninety nine years yeah, forever love.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I I can only write from my

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<v Speaker 2>experiences when I write about myself, and those experiences generally

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<v Speaker 2>stem from relationships that I'm in with which you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've been in a couple of relationships that have lasted,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, almost a three year mark. But generally, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, my not not a lot of people I

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<v Speaker 2>know have been together as long as my parents have,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you know, it's it's it's pretty remarkable that they've

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<v Speaker 2>been together, I mean, fifty years. That's just they've beaten

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<v Speaker 2>all the odds. So so I might, you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>might write about new love for a relationship that I'm in,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm also I'm so inspired by the idea of

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<v Speaker 2>their journey and the fact that it wasn't always you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't always perfect. That looking for perfection is I

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<v Speaker 2>think something that drives people to a lot of unnecessary pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>And my parents I think didn't know what they were

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<v Speaker 2>doing for a lot of it, which I think was

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<v Speaker 2>another key factor in their success, was that they were

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<v Speaker 2>just diving in and didn't necessarily have a plan. They

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<v Speaker 2>just went off of love and loving each other and

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<v Speaker 2>also just being able to laugh off the small stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And so who has the insanely fabulous sense of humor

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<v Speaker 1>that you got? Was it both of them or one

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<v Speaker 1>of the other things?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's pretty funny. My dad is more of like

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<v Speaker 2>a borsch belt, like just kind of very dry, very

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<v Speaker 2>groucho marxy kind of humor.

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<v Speaker 1>Now does he do the stupid dad jokes?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh he does. He invented dad jokes. Yeah, I was born.

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<v Speaker 2>I was born with a dad joke. I slapped my

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<v Speaker 2>back and I immediately had a dad joke. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>this kid is going to be intolerable. Yeah. And my

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<v Speaker 2>mom is kind of she's she's she's definitely more like

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<v Speaker 2>the emotional of the two. So she she's kind of funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Does she make excuses for the dad jokes, does she say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>She you know, she does laugh at them, which is

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's the key. I think that I think

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<v Speaker 2>that one of the reasons they've been together so long

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<v Speaker 2>is that he can make her laugh and vice versa.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that that's a big part of them. But

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<v Speaker 2>my mom my dad is like, is that kind of witty?

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<v Speaker 2>But brief? My mom will tell a hell of a

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<v Speaker 2>story and be very funny in the way that she'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about a situation that happened or somebody that she

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<v Speaker 2>met or something like that, and that's where her humor

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<v Speaker 2>comes through.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, when I've talked to your mom, she's very self deprecating,

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<v Speaker 1>like she does not take herself seriously and she can't

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<v Speaker 1>tell fabulous.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, and growing up in now being in the music

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<v Speaker 2>business where everybody is so about taking them so seriously,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, thinking every little story they have is

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<v Speaker 2>the most important thing that's ever happened. You know. I

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<v Speaker 2>grew up in Los Angeles. I found myself in show

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<v Speaker 2>business as a teenager. But both my parents are not

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<v Speaker 2>showbiz parents, and I think that was the key. But

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<v Speaker 2>they come from education. My mom was an art art teacher,

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<v Speaker 2>a junior high school art teacher in public school in La.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta be funny to survive junior And she.

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<v Speaker 2>Loves working with junior high school students, even.

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<v Speaker 1>Though that's just baffling, which is I taught art for

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<v Speaker 1>three years. Oh yeah, junior high school kids will put

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<v Speaker 1>me over the edge, right over the edge.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep. It's it's because they they're testing the boundaries. It's

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<v Speaker 2>right at puberty. Oh yeah, it's it's everybody wants to

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<v Speaker 2>be really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody's a poopoo head totally.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone's a total poopo head. And my mom like has

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<v Speaker 2>like the magic. She she can command their attention and

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<v Speaker 2>and even now because I've got my Arts Foundation Find

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<v Speaker 2>Your Light, and my mom is a big part of that.

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<v Speaker 2>She's on She helped me co create and was on

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<v Speaker 2>the board, and she'll visit schools and she'll talk to

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<v Speaker 2>these inner city teenagers and just it's amazing how she's

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<v Speaker 2>able to connect with them and reach them. She's a

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<v Speaker 2>teacher through and through. And so between that and my

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<v Speaker 2>dad having started in art, he was a trumpet player

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<v Speaker 2>and jazz tromp player in college. He came from a

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<v Speaker 2>very very traditional family and and you know, his mom

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<v Speaker 2>kind of said, there's no way to make a living,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, go into business, yea, and so he did so, so,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, very grounded, very grounded folks, which which then

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<v Speaker 2>going into a very not grounded business, I think was

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<v Speaker 2>was essential that I stayed in the real world.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about your foundation, because you've been doing

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<v Speaker 1>this for years. And one of the things that I

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<v Speaker 1>love about the school my kids go to is they

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<v Speaker 1>have and the little town that I live in has

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<v Speaker 1>an amazing choral program. Oh yeah, my son, zach that

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<v Speaker 1>I told you that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>The past we started something called the Zachariah Funderful where

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<v Speaker 1>we raise money for kids who want to be in

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<v Speaker 1>the choral program but can't buy this suit, the uniform.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, the boys have suits, the girls have black dresses,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not expensive, but if you're on a you know,

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<v Speaker 1>fixed income, they're expensive. And so trips, choral trips are

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<v Speaker 1>our choral teacher, mister Allen is a father figure to

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<v Speaker 1>so many kids in our community, and he really brings

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<v Speaker 1>out the best in kids. Yeah, and.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so important because SOTT because it's a tool, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that the misconception when it's argued about and

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<v Speaker 2>talked about in schools is that it's a soft subject,

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<v Speaker 2>that it's an extracurricular, that it's a drum circle just

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<v Speaker 2>to fill time. Macaroni necklace is that kind of thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, and it's it is as essential as

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<v Speaker 2>any of the major categories of education. And I say

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<v Speaker 2>that without even a shred of doubt because I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>it in action. I've seen it used in schools where

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<v Speaker 2>it's not about becoming a talent, becoming a professional singer

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. I mean, if that happens, it opened up

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<v Speaker 2>a world of possibility for me. It gave me blinders,

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<v Speaker 2>it gave me the bug. But what I've seen more so,

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<v Speaker 2>and especially in inner city communities and places where I

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<v Speaker 2>was very lucky, but so many kids who don't have

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<v Speaker 2>the parental system at home that keeps them where they

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<v Speaker 2>need to be, that doesn't have the opportunity to go

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<v Speaker 2>out and see shows and be part of camps and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like I was part of. That's their open door

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<v Speaker 2>to express themselves and to build leadership skills. And their

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<v Speaker 2>grades go up, the graduation rates go up, their home

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<v Speaker 2>life goes up, their parents are coming to see them

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<v Speaker 2>in their school plays, and they've had previously nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about at home, and suddenly they're going and they're saying,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my god, I had no idea my son or

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<v Speaker 2>my daughter wanted was this good a dancer, wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>be an Annie or whatever it is. And they're cheering

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<v Speaker 2>in the audience, and for a lot of families, that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's a very special connection and source of pride that

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<v Speaker 2>they hadn't had previously.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's life, it's empathy. And in this ever divided world

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<v Speaker 2>that we're in, where everything is being shouted from the

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<v Speaker 2>rooftops about how scared we should be of each other

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<v Speaker 2>and suspicious and fearful, the arts are one of the

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<v Speaker 2>few languages we have left that are as that universal

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<v Speaker 2>to teach us about each other's common denominators and what

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<v Speaker 2>brings us together as a unity, but also celebrates our differences.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a daughter who's fourteen, Blessing, and she played

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<v Speaker 1>sports for the first time this year, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>so much fun to go see her, But it was

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<v Speaker 1>weird for me because for the last ten fifteen years,

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<v Speaker 1>the kids that I've been parenting were all into the arts, drama, music, choir, Coral,

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<v Speaker 1>the elite choir, So lucky to have had.

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<v Speaker 2>You too and introduce them. But I think sports can

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<v Speaker 2>do the same thing, by the way exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was so similar but so different. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm used to curling the girl's hair for the

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<v Speaker 1>madrigal fees and finding a boar's head, you know that

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<v Speaker 1>they can bring in because every year they have a

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<v Speaker 1>real magical fees. Yet it's their biggest fundraiser and the

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<v Speaker 1>most amazing two weekends of the high school's music program.

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<v Speaker 1>To go from that to the basketball court. But the

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<v Speaker 1>relationships that my daughter formed with the other girls that

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<v Speaker 1>she played with, I saw the same sort of glue

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<v Speaker 1>that held the team together, that held Zach's choir together

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<v Speaker 1>and Sheila's choir together, and Bridget's choir together, and the

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<v Speaker 1>plays together. And what people need to understand, and I

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<v Speaker 1>try to express this on the show, is life. If

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have love, if you don't have relationships, if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have community, you are going to end up

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<v Speaker 1>in trouble. Kids are going to end up in gangs

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<v Speaker 1>that they don't have family if they don't have community.

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<v Speaker 1>And what you're doing by supporting the arts is giving

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<v Speaker 1>them that family, that community, that that glue to help

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<v Speaker 1>them care about someone else.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's when.

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<v Speaker 1>You care about the show, when you care about the performance,

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<v Speaker 1>when you care about the choir, that gives you skills

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<v Speaker 1>to change the world purpose, and it gives you empathy, empathy, and.

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<v Speaker 2>It gives you a voice that that for the first

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<v Speaker 2>time in these young people's lives, they feel really matters,

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<v Speaker 2>that they really can do something. There's so much noise

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<v Speaker 2>out there, and there's so much negativity, especially now with

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<v Speaker 2>social media and all the ways that pepe kids can

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<v Speaker 2>be anonymously bullied and made to feel so small. The

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<v Speaker 2>arts and sports too, I really do feel the athletics

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<v Speaker 2>are are vitally important as well. Give give young people

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<v Speaker 2>the chance to choose the right side of the fence

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<v Speaker 2>when when they're on the fence, because you're right. It's

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<v Speaker 2>there are two many temptations out there to find validation

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<v Speaker 2>in their lives when there is a void, to find

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<v Speaker 2>it in unhealthy ways, and the arts gives them a

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<v Speaker 2>healthy outlet, and in that way, I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 2>overstating that it's helping to save future generations and change

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<v Speaker 2>the course of the world through the leadership and empathy

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<v Speaker 2>of those generations.

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<v Speaker 1>So my foundation point hope. We work with foster kids,

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<v Speaker 1>and the statistics Josh for foster kids in America is

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<v Speaker 1>stomach turning. Yeah, I know four hundred and eighty seven

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<v Speaker 1>thousand kids right now in foster care. Last year twenty eighteen, nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>nine hundred and eighty seven kids aged out with no parents,

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<v Speaker 1>no family, no hope. And so what we try to

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<v Speaker 1>do is encourage people to adopt children who are in

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<v Speaker 1>foster care and legally free and support kids who are

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<v Speaker 1>in foster care. We got to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>team up, Yes, so that we can use your platform

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<v Speaker 1>for arts to help kids who don't have permanency. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have a forever family, need so desperately exactly find

0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:17.040
<v Speaker 1>that hope and joy. And I can't sing a note.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that you've heard me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. I've actually had a theory that in the

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<v Speaker 2>shower in your car, oh I sing? Really?

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<v Speaker 1>Last, that I can't sing doesn't stop me from saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, you've got such a glorious speaking voice that I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of feel like people who have incredible speaking voices

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<v Speaker 2>should should.

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<v Speaker 1>Should be able to sing ding it Well, yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>so not fair but God gave me a three note range,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, as so long as I'm speaking in my

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<v Speaker 1>in my range.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can't stand my speaking voice, so I'll get

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<v Speaker 2>on the micro. Oh, how are you guys growing? How

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<v Speaker 2>is that? How that trade's trade?

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<v Speaker 1>But when I was in school, I was in places. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't get to do the musical.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get to be said all right, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get it. I didn't get a singing role in my

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<v Speaker 2>first musical either. Really yeah, I was mister Shinkopf in Fame.

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<v Speaker 2>I was the German math teacher, music teacher, and I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't didn't get a singing role.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I got to sing along with Vivitybobedy Booth, you

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<v Speaker 1>know it. It was like thirty other people singing. Sure, But

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<v Speaker 1>that was my home. That was my stage and my brother.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a brother, Matt, who's left to be in

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<v Speaker 1>heaven years ago. But Matt and I were in every

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<v Speaker 1>play together, and our friends were the same friends, and

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<v Speaker 1>we always hosted the after the play party at our house.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have so many amazing memories from that. They

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<v Speaker 1>stick with you, They stick with you for life, and

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<v Speaker 1>they they're the building blocks of your future. Relationship absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>and those friendships last forever too.

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<v Speaker 2>Whenever I've been in there's nothing like being in a

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<v Speaker 2>production with somebody that really just connects you emotionally for life.

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<v Speaker 2>You've just you've been through it, you've learned the lines together,

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<v Speaker 2>you've been through the boot camp of doing a show.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's I think one of the great things about

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<v Speaker 2>being young and doing theaters. It teaches you discipline, it

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<v Speaker 2>teaches you, you know, selflessness when it comes to making

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<v Speaker 2>sure the whole show. You're a cog in a wheel.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just about you, and I think that that

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<v Speaker 2>connectivity is so important too. And from a social aspect,

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<v Speaker 2>I made friends because of the arts. That's another thing

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<v Speaker 2>is I didn't feel as lonely when I was a

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<v Speaker 2>kid because I was shy. I wasn't I wasn't going

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<v Speaker 2>to go up and make friends by myself. It was

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<v Speaker 2>being part of a show sometimes being forced through the

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<v Speaker 2>assignment to interact with kids on an artistic level. You

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<v Speaker 2>learn about each other, you become friends with each other.

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<v Speaker 1>So how can somebody partner with you? Yeah, and get involved?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we in a number of different ways. We have

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<v Speaker 2>a website we can anybody can go to find your

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<v Speaker 2>Light Find your Light Foundation dot org. The name of

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<v Speaker 2>the foundation is Find Your Light and they can learn

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<v Speaker 2>about us. They can donate off the website and through

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<v Speaker 2>the website. If you're a program who also needs help,

0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:52.119
<v Speaker 2>you can reach out to us. We take grant requests.

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<v Speaker 2>We are always looking for new places to team up with,

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<v Speaker 2>to to funnel our donations into to become a Find

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<v Speaker 2>your Light program. We we kind of like to be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of many different organizations success and uh and

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<v Speaker 2>then you know, we're we're we're doing our fourth gala

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<v Speaker 2>this year, you know, and it's it's incredible. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>able to call on my friends who've been right there,

0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:19.040
<v Speaker 2>people like a Diana Menzel who has her own Broader

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<v Speaker 2>Way Foundation, people like Joshua Bell who's done incredible things

0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:27.040
<v Speaker 2>with education through music. This year while honoring the Tony Bennett,

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<v Speaker 2>you know who's he and his wife have just done

0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:32.520
<v Speaker 2>incredible things. So, you know, we've had the honor of

0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:36.359
<v Speaker 2>being able to include artists and friends that share our

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<v Speaker 2>vision that we all team up together for the same purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>That there is no competition with these kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's one of the fun things about Finding Your

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<v Speaker 2>Light is an umbrella organization. We're out there to help

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<v Speaker 2>make sure that those programs in school and after school

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<v Speaker 2>don't get lost in the shuffle, don't fall through the

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<v Speaker 2>cracks as those as the funds are being cut at record.

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<v Speaker 1>Speed, unbelievably.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's it's a shame.

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<v Speaker 1>It is as criminal. It's criminal. And when you were

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<v Speaker 1>earlier talking about the fact that when kids are involved

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<v Speaker 1>in music or plays or the arts, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>love pottery, I love painting, I love drawing. I have

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<v Speaker 1>a son, TK who's eighteen, and before I adopted him,

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<v Speaker 1>he had a traumatic brain injury that went undiagnosed for years.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't know, we didn't have the records. But he

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<v Speaker 1>has found his home on the potter's wheel in the

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<v Speaker 1>art room at their school.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a focuser, oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's turning out these beautiful creations and bulls. But

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<v Speaker 1>more than that, he started mentoring the younger kids great

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<v Speaker 1>and teaching them and it's really given him an outlet

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<v Speaker 1>for his love.

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<v Speaker 2>He has a path, he has a purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, and he's so so talented.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's now reaching those kids and passing on that

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<v Speaker 2>purpose and it gives and it gives, and it gives.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the incredible thing about arts education is that

0:22:58.040 --> 0:23:00.399
<v Speaker 2>what you receive from it, you then have have a

0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:03.359
<v Speaker 2>million opportunities to give back to this person and it

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<v Speaker 2>just continues. We also did a really cool thing. You

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<v Speaker 2>like wine, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Drink, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't drink.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I drink. I know you took your folks

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<v Speaker 1>to it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true. I took up the wine country.

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<v Speaker 1>The last time I drank wine. It was Strawberry Boons Farm,

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<v Speaker 1>Strawberry Hills.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh cracky, that's why you stopped. Yeah, that'll do it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a hang That's a hangover that I would imagine

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<v Speaker 2>is a hangover that that that would make anybody stone

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<v Speaker 2>cold sober for the rest of their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Key oh boy.

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<v Speaker 2>But but we teamed up with a wonderful guy named

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<v Speaker 2>Ross Hallick, who is both an award winning pino maker

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<v Speaker 2>and also an arts fan, and he reached out to

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<v Speaker 2>us and he said, hey, love what you guys are doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a whole lot of wine that we've made

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<v Speaker 2>that is ready to go, and we want to make

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<v Speaker 2>it a fine to find your light wine. And we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to give every dollar of profits to find your light.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've done that now for four years. And since

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<v Speaker 2>I'm such a such a wine lover, he said, for

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<v Speaker 2>the next couple of vintages, come over and blow us.

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<v Speaker 2>So I got to learn all about tasting. I got

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<v Speaker 2>to drink out of the barrels and just learn about

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<v Speaker 2>what all the different vines can do and all the

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<v Speaker 2>different types of oak can do to a blend. So

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<v Speaker 2>now these bottles that we're selling for the Foundation are

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<v Speaker 2>just absolutely delicious and really personal because we've had our

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<v Speaker 2>own personal touch into them too.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever read the book The Secret of the Vine?

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<v Speaker 2>No, oh, I've heard about this.

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<v Speaker 1>That's thick. I mean it's a one hour reading. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>blow your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm not a wine drinker, but that book

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<v Speaker 1>made me want to sorry about wine.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'm not a heavy drinker by any stretch,

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<v Speaker 2>but I love I love learning about the creation of wine.

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<v Speaker 2>And like you said, whether you drink or not, it's

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<v Speaker 2>fun to learn about the horticulture, how what goes into it,

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<v Speaker 2>what proprietors do and wine makers do to make that happen.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's pretty stunning to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Well. I have vines on my farm that are over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred years old. I have wow, two sets of

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<v Speaker 1>grape vines that I have excavated off old properties and

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<v Speaker 1>brought to my farm and planted probably I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>a couple hundred plants that are one hundred and twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so cool. A trick I learned from the Mandavi family.

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<v Speaker 2>They have started a name drop. They have me work

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<v Speaker 2>for barbecue ones, and they grilled over their old vines,

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<v Speaker 2>the old vines that they weren't using anymore, really old vines.

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<v Speaker 2>They use this as would under the grill, and I

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<v Speaker 2>bet to grill with it, and it gave them. It

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<v Speaker 2>gave them a really cool texture and flavor. And uh

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<v Speaker 2>so that's a that's a little if you're into into vines,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a cool grilling.

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<v Speaker 1>I clipped them, I groomed them, I grown them. I

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<v Speaker 1>have beautiful harvests. Yeah, I just don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>make wine.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean me neither. That's why I'll call you.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll say, okay, yeah, Josh Grobin, here I cut

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<v Speaker 1>counting bushels.

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<v Speaker 2>Of these beautiful grapes there.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I do with them? I juice them

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<v Speaker 1>and I freeze it. And then when I make my health.

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<v Speaker 1>I blend a health drink every morning. Yeah, I use

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<v Speaker 1>They're delicious.

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<v Speaker 2>They're they're delicious. Just the non boozy wine grapes are

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<v Speaker 2>just awesome. Just just juice them or eat them off,

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<v Speaker 2>eat them off the vine. But but anyway, no, this

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<v Speaker 2>one is delicious and people want to go. If people

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<v Speaker 2>want to check it out, they can go to my

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<v Speaker 2>website and get it all gost to charity. And we've

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<v Speaker 2>got some twenty fifteens left which are.

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<v Speaker 1>Awesome, very sweet. And your tour is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>announced twin.

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<v Speaker 2>We've just released. We've just announced the new dates. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be going out at the beginning of summer.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to be doing a bunch of arenas again,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we're going to do some great outdoor venues

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<v Speaker 2>as well, places like Red Rocks and Santa Barbara Bowl,

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<v Speaker 2>Wolf Trap, Ravinia, some of these classic tangle would I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>speaking speaking of arts, when we're going back to Interlocking

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<v Speaker 2>where I went to arts camp and we're going to play.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to play the outdoor amphitheater that I would

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<v Speaker 2>see shows at when I was a kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that is cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I even like I wear my Camppin. When I go

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<v Speaker 2>back on that stage and just looking at and all

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<v Speaker 2>the kids in their uniforms that I remember sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>those seats, that's always really, really special. But the arena

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<v Speaker 2>shows are going to be fun because half of them

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<v Speaker 2>are going to be with my friend Jennifer Nettles. We

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<v Speaker 2>sang this morning on the Today Show and then half

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<v Speaker 2>nine years we're going to be singing beautiful More, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much. And then Chris Body, my friend Chris Body,

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<v Speaker 2>the wonderful trumpet player court. Yeah, he's going to join

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<v Speaker 2>me on the second half of the shows and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to do you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Who loves Chris as producer Jamie loves Chris.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, well, well, Chris is a Chris Is. It's impossible

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<v Speaker 2>to dress man not to be in the mood with

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<v Speaker 2>his music and his playing and.

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<v Speaker 1>Just he's a very sharp dressed guy, sharp dress man, talented.

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<v Speaker 2>We all have to we all have to have to

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<v Speaker 2>spruce it up a little bit when Chris is on

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<v Speaker 2>on deck. Chris is coming on tour, Okay, okay, press

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<v Speaker 2>the suits, yeah, break the slack exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you for spending time with me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always an absolute privilege to be to be with

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<v Speaker 2>you and to talk to you, and to UH to

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<v Speaker 2>share share a couple of microphones with you. You're You're

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<v Speaker 2>an absolute absolute treasure and UH and I can't think

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<v Speaker 2>enough for the years of support and friendship. Love you

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<v Speaker 2>on YouTube, God.

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<v Speaker 1>Bless down and love someone.

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<v Speaker 2>With Delilah m HM