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Speaker 2: Did I imagine it? Or do you actually have a

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Speaker 1: And honestly, and the people but Chris, oh my goodness,

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Speaker 2: I mean, if they want to hook us up, they can.

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Speaker 2: although Tiffany I cannot, we did, once upon a time

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Speaker 2: have some unsolicited submissions of podcast artwork that shall never

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Speaker 1: So first on a docket, we've got an anonymous submission

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Speaker 1: like my fiance and I have been binge watching Marriage

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Speaker 2: So you've been hired, and now you've told your boss

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Speaker 2: First of all, I just hate that this country is

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Speaker 2: to say. I don't want you to take the mistreatment

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Speaker 2: I think other employers, especially your previous employer, they should

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Speaker 2: I hate that you're thinking twice about it, but just stop.

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Speaker 2: help them prepare for when you're not going to be there.

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Speaker 2: And any smart company with any proper planning and proper

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Speaker 2: and I if you feel like you're penalized when you

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Speaker 3: Mm hm, can you tell him?

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Speaker 2: I a little passionate about that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's just a tiny bit. Just remember you

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Speaker 2: Wait what you look in good? Like OPA's bank account.

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Speaker 1: I feel like if I say a little YACHTI, you

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Speaker 3: Look, I'm forty one.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Look, I'm just I can't get down. I get

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Speaker 1: You're looking good?

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Speaker 2: Well, I just gave my son the moniker a little boy,

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Speaker 2: That's okay, okay, so make sure you do it in confused,

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Speaker 2: you can check out little Yachty too on your maternity

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Speaker 2: leave your six months of it. Enjoy it, girl, and

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Speaker 2: shout it from the rooftop so that other people know

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Speaker 2: this amazing company offers that kind of policy, because this

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed are brown b a q A.

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Speaker 1: So I mean I did it on the empty stomach, Mandy.

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Speaker 1: So remember before our chat, I.

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Speaker 2: When you got to like suck it up and get

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Speaker 1: I just it's it's clear something does not want me

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Speaker 1: to eat. You know what, if I'm not spelt after

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Speaker 2: It's intermittent fast that's what it is.

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Speaker 1: But no, I don't thaged now barely, but honestly, I'm

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Speaker 1: still I'm still in good spirit. So if you guys

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Speaker 1: have questions, please please please go to Browne Vision podcast

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Speaker 1: as well if you've got questions and me and Mandy

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Speaker 1: are here for you.

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Speaker 3: I'm here for you.

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Speaker 2: I also know that love. Yes, thank y'all for listening.

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Speaker 2: See y'all.

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Speaker 3: Yes bye