WEBVTT - Laughter is Back in New York

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<v Speaker 1>This is Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Messer and Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>Quick Takes Tim Stinovic on Bloomberg radio. Well, The New

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<v Speaker 1>York Comedy Festival is back. It's happening this year in

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<v Speaker 1>November seven and it's set to feature more than two COMEDIANS,

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<v Speaker 1>including Bill Maher, Wanda psychs, Tracy Morrigan, Conan O'Brien and

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<v Speaker 1>many more familiar and new names as well. We're very

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<v Speaker 1>pleased this afternoon to have with us caroline her she's

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<v Speaker 1>the founder and owner of the legendary carolines on Broadway.

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<v Speaker 1>She's with us right now in the Bloomberg Interactive Broker Studio.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna Talk New York Comedy Festival. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to the stand up for heroes fundraiser as well. Caroline,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you? I'm good. How are you? We're doing well. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really good to have you here in person. We

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<v Speaker 1>did this a year ago, but you joined us on

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<v Speaker 1>the phone even though you were doing an in person

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<v Speaker 1>comedy festival last year. Um, how is this year different,

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<v Speaker 1>when people are more comfortable going inside? Well, I think

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<v Speaker 1>we we've become a little more accustomed to God. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we all got covid. So it's like but almost

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<v Speaker 1>every funny US had covid get it over. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we were really happy last year that no one got

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<v Speaker 1>sick during the festival because that was the wave that

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<v Speaker 1>was coming through. So it was like first Delta Premicron

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<v Speaker 1>was coming through at that time and we were very lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't have to cancel on everything and everything was

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good last year. So we're expecting this year to

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<v Speaker 1>be even better. So we have, you know, over two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred shows around New York City, over two hundred Comedians,

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<v Speaker 1>that's for sure. Even more than that. Um and tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>we announced a whole group of all of the little,

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<v Speaker 1>smaller creative shows around the city and you can go

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<v Speaker 1>to New York comedy festival dot Com and look up

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<v Speaker 1>those shows and our headliners this year Bill Maher, Joe Koy,

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<v Speaker 1>Wanda Sykes, Tracy Morgan, oh JB smooth, huge, Jimmio Yang,

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<v Speaker 1>nurse Blake. Now do you know? I think about nurse okay,

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<v Speaker 1>knew everyone else on that list, though, came around during covid.

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<v Speaker 1>This was this person is an actual nurse, started creating

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<v Speaker 1>videos and, as following of everybody in the health industry,

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<v Speaker 1>they go out to see him. So he's at Town

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<v Speaker 1>Hall on November Thirteenth Festival on Sunday night and look

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<v Speaker 1>him up. No, you have to. It's really it's really well,

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<v Speaker 1>the nurses. I'm sorry to jump in, kid, I know

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<v Speaker 1>you have a question. I wanted to ask how new

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<v Speaker 1>comedians kind of go, you know, rise through the ranks

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<v Speaker 1>in this day and age, because it's not like it

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<v Speaker 1>was thirty years ago. It's, you know, Youtube, Tiktok, instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>You can build these followings online. Um, are you seeing

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<v Speaker 1>that when you look out across the landscape right now? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we see that with nurse Blake, you know. We also

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<v Speaker 1>see if somebody recording their own special and then putting

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<v Speaker 1>it out and getting, you know, millions of views on it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, what could be better than that? You're not

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<v Speaker 1>talking about someone like Louis C K who's been doing

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about like a Sam Morrel, somebody like that

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<v Speaker 1>WHO's able to put himself out because nobody would give

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<v Speaker 1>him a special, puts himself out and now has this

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<v Speaker 1>big following. They have these direct relationships with with people

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<v Speaker 1>around the World Thru Social Platform and not what both

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<v Speaker 1>Burnham did, didn't he do something similar. No, well, Bo

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<v Speaker 1>has been around for a long time. I mean he

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<v Speaker 1>was with comedy central for a long time, that's true.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinking he has been directing now too, so that's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's in the directing mode Um. But it's it's wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>how the socials, you know, have helped everybody you know

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<v Speaker 1>obtain an audience. So that's the good thing. It's very

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<v Speaker 1>you know. So compare and contrast what you're expecting this

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<v Speaker 1>year to last year, because last year it was in person.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you said, you managed not to have anyone get ill.

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<v Speaker 1>Are People who attended last year who are attending this year?

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<v Speaker 1>Should they be expecting any sort of different experience? No,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we have. I think we have more. We

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<v Speaker 1>have more to experience this year and you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>really something for everyone, you know, from Joe boy to

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<v Speaker 1>Tracy Morgan, to Jimmy o Yang to want to Psykes,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Miss Pat is at carolines. She's wonderful. She's

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<v Speaker 1>a wonderful story to tell. Um, to make a reservation,

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<v Speaker 1>go seem this paddock carolines. I mean we have we

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<v Speaker 1>have so much for everyone and we're, you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>dotting all the boroughs trying to, you know, be democratic

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<v Speaker 1>and to be everywhere in the city this this you know,

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<v Speaker 1>during this festival. Okay, it's one thing to know the headliners,

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<v Speaker 1>you know the Bill Mars, the Wanda psychs, the Conan

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<v Speaker 1>O'Brien's and more, but what about the up and commerce

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<v Speaker 1>and how do you identify those? As a consumer, you

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<v Speaker 1>have two questions. One, how to identify them as someone

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<v Speaker 1>like me, like you know, if they're at the New

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<v Speaker 1>York Comedy Festival, okay, they went through some sort of filter, right,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's going to be good. But for someone like you,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you identify these people? Okay, so we watch

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<v Speaker 1>and we watch. You know, in this day and age,

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<v Speaker 1>we get to see everyone, whether it in California or

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<v Speaker 1>just living in St Louis. They will send a youtube

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<v Speaker 1>clip in or a clip of themselves at a club

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<v Speaker 1>and we choose who we want to be on New

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<v Speaker 1>York's funniest. So New York's funniest SCIO will be held

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<v Speaker 1>at the hard rock hotel. It's all one of our

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<v Speaker 1>partners during the festival. It's the place to stay when

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<v Speaker 1>you come to the New York comedy festival, go stay

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<v Speaker 1>to the hard rock on street, Wonderful New Hotel and

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<v Speaker 1>we have New York. It's funniest. So during the we

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<v Speaker 1>pick people out. Now the people that have won in

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<v Speaker 1>the last few years is Michael Jay, Ricky bles, Michelle

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<v Speaker 1>Wolfe was involved, Tim Dylan was involved. So you see,

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<v Speaker 1>we were all big names. Name now big names now.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you come through that filter of New York's,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, funniest, you really made it and you're on

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<v Speaker 1>your way. Well, to the discussion of social media and

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<v Speaker 1>TIKTOK and people being sort of able to launch their

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<v Speaker 1>own sort of followings. Do you have a team that's

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<v Speaker 1>just scouring social media? Um, we have a team that

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<v Speaker 1>scours like shows constantly. Is the team? You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's more a team effort. Everybody there. You know. It's

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Charles, it's John Moran, it's Louis Ferranto, it's Andrew box,

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<v Speaker 1>it's everybody that we all work together and it's like one.

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<v Speaker 1>We all share information. Hey, do you see that, instagram?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see this? Do you see that? Well, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not just it's not just funny, but it's also a

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<v Speaker 1>time for um partnering with an important organization that I

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<v Speaker 1>know is close to your heart. So I want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear a little bit about the Bob Wooders Foundation and

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<v Speaker 1>how the New York Comedy Festival is partnering with Stand

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<v Speaker 1>Up for Heroes to help honor our nation's veterans. So

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<v Speaker 1>stand up the heroes takes place on Monday night, November seven,

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<v Speaker 1>at the new David Geffen Theater at Lincoln Center. And

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<v Speaker 1>of course, you know, Jon Stewart is back again and

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<v Speaker 1>and so it's Bruce springsteen and we have a number

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<v Speaker 1>of Lisa's lessengers on the show, Hassam Hussain uh the lumineers.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have a group. It's a great variety of

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<v Speaker 1>comedy and music and what we do is that during

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<v Speaker 1>this event, which it's in its sixteenth year, we come

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<v Speaker 1>out and try and honor the troops that have fought

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<v Speaker 1>for us in the last war in Iraq and Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is to honor them and this is to

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<v Speaker 1>raise funds to take care of them. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>think the war is over. There's no war over. We

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<v Speaker 1>have more troops around the world than we've ever had

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<v Speaker 1>and these people need to be taken care of when

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<v Speaker 1>they come back. Yeah, see, you know, you think of

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<v Speaker 1>a name like Jon Stewart, for example, bowl who has

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<v Speaker 1>just been so active on Capitol Hill in getting benefits

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<v Speaker 1>passed for for our veterans. Um Does he what role

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<v Speaker 1>does he take in this? Just in the last thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seconds that we have with you? Is it one of

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<v Speaker 1>an advocate or is it one of a comedian? It's

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<v Speaker 1>a comedian and advocate and just there to stand up

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<v Speaker 1>for everybody. I mean Johnsonon a trooper. He's been great.

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<v Speaker 1>He's just been wonderful. Caroline Hirsch is the founder and

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<v Speaker 1>owner of Caroline's on Broadway. She's with us in a

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<v Speaker 1>person in the Bloomberg interactive broker studio. Caroline, good to

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<v Speaker 1>see you, good to have you back in person. We're

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to the New York Comedy Festival. More than

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<v Speaker 1>two comedians performing one shows across all five brows November

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<v Speaker 1>seven through. That is going to do it for Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>Business Week on this Thursday, September twenty two. We'll be

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<v Speaker 1>back tomorrow. Big Thank you to Katie Greifeld for filling

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<v Speaker 1>in for Carol Master and a big thank you to

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<v Speaker 1>the entire team at Bloomberg radio.