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Speaker 1: I've ever told you Protection by Heart Radio. I just

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Speaker 1: It's wild. It's one of those things that you should.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a very it's not a natural way

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Speaker 1: surprise to anyone. Well, welcome to another edition of a

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Speaker 1: Happy Hour. As always. If you do choose to drink, uh,

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Speaker 1: drink responsibly. Are you sitting on anything, Smantha.

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Speaker 2: I'm keeping it with my bubbly water and they have

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Speaker 2: I would like to lodge a complaint. Oh so we

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Speaker 2: But my favorite flavor is these bubbly drops again not

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Speaker 2: At that to it because I was like, why is it? So?

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Speaker 1: Do it technic yes, Which is a good segue because

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Speaker 1: As you know, we've talked about it as we record.

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Speaker 1: If you have any fan fiction a fan art you

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