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<v Speaker 1>My League Brooks has how the knowledge you want. League

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<v Speaker 1>Books has how the knowledge you need. My Lady Books. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they have all the books that the whole wild world

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<v Speaker 1>want us read My League Books. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>Malik's Bookshell bringing a world together with books, culture and community. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>my name is Malik, your host of Malik's Bookshew. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you enjoyed last week that was Malik speaks to

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<v Speaker 1>his mama. She's near and dear, she's special. I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be here. I came through the canal and wound of

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<v Speaker 1>life Thrower, and I hope you enjoyed that last week's

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<v Speaker 1>episode Malik speaks to Mama. You know, we're going through

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<v Speaker 1>some trials, miss last week, just dealing with a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things. But hey, I'm back this week. I'm putting

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<v Speaker 1>together this episode and it's called Let's Talk. And I

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<v Speaker 1>have a few guests that I was able to interview

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<v Speaker 1>last week. Won by the name of Laura Robbins, who

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<v Speaker 1>wrote a book called Stash, so I interviewed her. Also

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<v Speaker 1>interviewed h Shelley Poxton, who wrote a book called Sobbatical

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<v Speaker 1>And both of these books are intriguing, So I got

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to interview while I was at Loyolamremont and

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<v Speaker 1>they did a lecture out there, so I was able

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<v Speaker 1>to was blessed to do a quick few minutes talk

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<v Speaker 1>about with them about their books, and so I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoy that. Uh, you know, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>do any spoiler, but I think these books are relevant

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<v Speaker 1>and real and timely. It's a lot of addiction and people,

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<v Speaker 1>and Laura talks about how she was able to overcome

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<v Speaker 1>her addictions and what she was dealing with and her

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<v Speaker 1>new Memoirsta and the Sobbatical by Shelley Poxton. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>about she was the chief marketing officer for Harley Davidson,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, so she was on top of the food chain,

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<v Speaker 1>well accomplished, you know, in the business world, worked in

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<v Speaker 1>it for twenty six years. So she offers, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>her insight into how she was able to transcend from

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<v Speaker 1>the corporate world into a transformation and personal development and

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<v Speaker 1>this called Sobbatical. The other thing is, hey, Malik, journey

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<v Speaker 1>to a school and I was able to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>some kids, some youth and inspire them. So I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>feature that on this episode. I don't get a whole

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<v Speaker 1>lot of those where I'm talking in front of our

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<v Speaker 1>young and youth. But I do believe children of one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent of our future. So I was honored and

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<v Speaker 1>when I visited the school and I got a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to the kids and talk to them about

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<v Speaker 1>things that I think that are important and try to

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<v Speaker 1>help inspire them. Also, I interviewed Joso Bozo, who is

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<v Speaker 1>a clown that Bozo was the most recognizable clown in

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<v Speaker 1>the past. With Joso Bozo was like, they're making a family,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a fair type of thing, and it's something

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<v Speaker 1>that I thought was interesting. I got a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to her at this event, this Black History event,

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<v Speaker 1>well it was a Keen Festival event, so I got

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to talk to her and I opened up

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<v Speaker 1>about some things about myself throughout that interview, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was all about aspiring kids and youth. That's because they

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to set up my future. So I featured that

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<v Speaker 1>on this episode. Hope you enjoy that. So sit back.

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<v Speaker 1>We like and enjoyed this new episode. Let's talk. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>how you doing. I'm alive, I'm okay, I'm about to

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<v Speaker 1>interview You're from a podcast. Malik spokeshef bringing the world

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<v Speaker 1>together with books, culture and community that I got two bookstores.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in Los Angeles and I'm in Covid City wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>Pleasure Medium. So I have I have the author here

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<v Speaker 1>wrote a wonderful new book that just came off called

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<v Speaker 1>Stash My Life in Hiding. Her name is the author

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura Cathcart Robbins. So just tell me a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about this wonderful book that just came out. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>this book is an addiction memoir. It's about ten months

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<v Speaker 1>of my life from the year in the year of

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and eight m during which I ended a marriage,

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<v Speaker 1>I went to treatment for a drug and alcohol addiction,

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<v Speaker 1>and I fell in love. Wonderful. Yeah, So the was

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<v Speaker 1>it the marriage that caused the addiction? I know, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't believe anything like that causes an addiction. I believe

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<v Speaker 1>you're born with it. Okay, That's what I believed. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and so you struggle within in for ten months, um,

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<v Speaker 1>for a little bit longer than that. But it was

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<v Speaker 1>the ten months that brought me down. Well, actually half

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<v Speaker 1>the book I'm sober because I've gone to treatment and

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<v Speaker 1>I've gotten sober. So it's really four months of addiction. Okay. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so this is a journey then, yes, it And this

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<v Speaker 1>is a personal journey. Indeed it is. It is my journey,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm talking about it fifteen years later from a

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<v Speaker 1>new vantage point. Yeah. And now you an author, tell

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<v Speaker 1>us a little bit about your background and where you from.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, I grew up kind of all over the country.

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<v Speaker 1>I've written ever since I was five years old. And

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<v Speaker 1>I had a few different careers, including raising my two

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<v Speaker 1>sons who were now in their twenties, and so writing

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<v Speaker 1>was something that I went back to about four years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've written before, You've never authored a book before,

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<v Speaker 1>but always written. Yeah, do you teach or anything like that?

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<v Speaker 1>I do not, Okay, and so and so now that

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<v Speaker 1>you got your story on these pages and what have you,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you hope to gain from your book? I

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<v Speaker 1>hope that other people can find themselves in the pages

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<v Speaker 1>and get well. When you know, mental health and addiction

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<v Speaker 1>is rapid in these communities all over America. That's number

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<v Speaker 1>one of the number one problem. So your story is

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<v Speaker 1>definitely gonna be inspirational to help others alone in that journey.

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<v Speaker 1>And one more thing, one more question, anything you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to tell my audience at Malik's Bookshelf that you

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<v Speaker 1>think can resonate. I think you know support independent bookstores,

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<v Speaker 1>especially black owned. This is why we ask for you

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<v Speaker 1>to be the bookseller at this event because bookstores are dying.

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<v Speaker 1>People do not go to bookstores and buy books off

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<v Speaker 1>the shelves. It is so important. We need the next

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<v Speaker 1>generation to be able to go find themselves on the

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<v Speaker 1>shelves of a bookstore. To Shank, I love that. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody. Well, hey, I'm at another event at Loyola

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<v Speaker 1>Marymount University and Shirley Paxton came out, Shelley, let's get

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<v Speaker 1>it right against get it tight. Shelley Paxton came all

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<v Speaker 1>the way from Chicago to speak about her book So Bad. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So look at So Battical, a corporate rebels guide defining

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<v Speaker 1>your best life. Well eight, I have the author, so

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<v Speaker 1>she could tell you more about the book than me.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. You nailed that. I should have you

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<v Speaker 1>do more readings for me. That's amazing. So yeah, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Shelley. This is the story of my uh you know,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving the corporate world. So I was in the corporate

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<v Speaker 1>world for twenty six years. I worked for some really

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<v Speaker 1>incredible brands. I climbed to the top of the proverbial

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<v Speaker 1>corporate ladder, and twenty six years later, I was the

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<v Speaker 1>chief marketing officer of Harley Davidson. And I got to

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<v Speaker 1>the top of that and I was like, how can

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<v Speaker 1>you get to such a place in life and still

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<v Speaker 1>feel empty inside and feel drained and feel burned out

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<v Speaker 1>and not feel fulfilled? And so this is the story

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<v Speaker 1>of a nightmare was having that woke me up to

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<v Speaker 1>my truth, that sent me on a journey to reconnect

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<v Speaker 1>with my soul. And I'm still doing it six and

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<v Speaker 1>a half years later. So this story is like the

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<v Speaker 1>journey that I went on. Everything I learned, it's meant

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<v Speaker 1>to inspire others to rewrite their own script of success.

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<v Speaker 1>You found your soul, you found yourself, and if you're

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<v Speaker 1>not happy in early, then you can't reflect it out early.

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<v Speaker 1>A brother, you know, twenty six years top brand, you said,

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<v Speaker 1>chief operating Chief marketing Officer Harley Davidson was my Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was my last gig in the corporate world. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>People pull the hair out to get these positions. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and you had them for sure. You did the thing

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<v Speaker 1>and then you left it, I did the thing, and

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<v Speaker 1>I walked away. Yeah, that's a story by myself, because

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<v Speaker 1>that's a risk. You used to a certain lifestyle. Was

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<v Speaker 1>you're able to still maintain that because in the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six years that you may, you know, you sacrifice another

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<v Speaker 1>person before you found the soul of yourself. Where was

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<v Speaker 1>you able to then, you know still financially? Yeah? Over time? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean what I did initially was that I had

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<v Speaker 1>a little budget and I said, you know what, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to take some time. I'm going to give myself

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<v Speaker 1>a year. Maybe it'll be less than a year, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be more than a year, but I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>give myself a year to do this exploration. So I

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<v Speaker 1>had been working for long enough that I could start

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<v Speaker 1>to set aside a little bit of money and then

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<v Speaker 1>ultimately figure out, like where was this leading me? And

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<v Speaker 1>it led me to become an author and I do speaking,

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<v Speaker 1>and I do teaching and I do coaching and wow,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah all different kinds of things. And so yeah, over time,

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<v Speaker 1>I've definitely like built up my revenue again. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>but I definitely put aside a little money to do it. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you had to have developed a work a holic habit

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<v Speaker 1>working at the top of the food chain. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>worked a lot night and that's part of what I

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<v Speaker 1>talk about where I think that we're honestly like work.

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<v Speaker 1>We become slaves to that, right, So I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>why burnout is such a real thing. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>think how we rewrite the script of success is also like,

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<v Speaker 1>how do we how do we, you know, have a

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<v Speaker 1>script that's more about our own well being, our own humanity,

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<v Speaker 1>our own soul. And so that's important to me and

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<v Speaker 1>that's what I write about you. You're contributing now to

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<v Speaker 1>not only you know, to the humanity. That's why I

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<v Speaker 1>think you said soul batticle, right, you know it still

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<v Speaker 1>a sub batticle. It's so battle yes, yes, yes, well, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a message that can resonate with my

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<v Speaker 1>audience and the world. And one more last question, um

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<v Speaker 1>from my audience at Maliek's books of bringing a world

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<v Speaker 1>together with books, culture in a a community, what would you

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<v Speaker 1>like to say to him? Oh, man, stay bold, brave

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<v Speaker 1>and badass, do the thing that your soul is calling

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<v Speaker 1>you to do now beingal you heard it live from

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<v Speaker 1>Shirley Paxton. Shelley, I got it wrong again, Shelley Paxton,

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<v Speaker 1>bo I didn't right. I'm at your place and I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 1>well with that thing. It's a honor to talk before

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<v Speaker 1>so many bright shines stars, and my name is relieved.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a founder and you call woman. I'm on with

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<v Speaker 1>eight book right here, and uh, we have a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of book stories in the community. How many of you

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<v Speaker 1>like to read? Now? Come on, man, that that should

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<v Speaker 1>be everybody had. What you're gonna do in this world.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don'nna read, it's funding and it's part of you.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't, I'll tell you something. If what you

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<v Speaker 1>don't like, sometimes you got to learn to like. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't like reading, I will jesting read a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit every day and develop I having because every career,

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<v Speaker 1>every profession, and anything that you're trying to do in

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<v Speaker 1>this world, even graduating requires three y'all understanding that, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So if you don't like to read, I applause you

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<v Speaker 1>to learn. I know y'all love them phones, I know

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<v Speaker 1>y'all love them video games, but have that same passing

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<v Speaker 1>for reading, you know, because you ain't gonna go far without.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you it ain't easy. I'll his word. We

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<v Speaker 1>got a couple of bookstores in the community, and our

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<v Speaker 1>purpose and believe voices is to get voice to the voice. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>you see y'all too young to understand it, but when

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<v Speaker 1>you get older you will. But you have a voice,

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<v Speaker 1>and you need to speak when your voice and a

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<v Speaker 1>resigning your way as you get old. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>ushould be talking to adult. So hey, I'm gonna do'tna

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<v Speaker 1>have to learn how to talk to some youth. But

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you what, though, I'll tell you what. One

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I love to say is that you know, um,

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<v Speaker 1>belief books is just an extension of you where our

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<v Speaker 1>growth of the voice of our people. You know? And

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<v Speaker 1>how many in here know that that black people were

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<v Speaker 1>kings and queens and royalty from Africa? How many an't

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<v Speaker 1>here know? Happen? See? And you know that's less than

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<v Speaker 1>a fifty percent of the rong hand in the hand.

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<v Speaker 1>But everyone in here from ross, everyone everyone in here

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<v Speaker 1>as a descent that was a king in a point

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<v Speaker 1>who got it? Everyone in here, you, specially you are somebody.

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<v Speaker 1>You're born to be great, you're worn to step and

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<v Speaker 1>two who you are born to be. You gotta love yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm believing books exists because we want our youth,

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<v Speaker 1>which is one percent of our future, to love themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>You know why, because your success depending on how you

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<v Speaker 1>see yourself. You gotta love yourself. I don't care what complexion,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what skick color. I would care what

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<v Speaker 1>texture you'll have. You gotta love yourself, whatever size you

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<v Speaker 1>are behind me, did you hear? Because you're paying a

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<v Speaker 1>price to be here. Y'all don't even understand which wick

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<v Speaker 1>to to get here. But I'll tell you here now,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are the best of the best, and you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta be productive in order to be what you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be. That's require reading. It's going to require signifies.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll understand that right now. But you do understand reading. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>when the rook or take rock. So but how many

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<v Speaker 1>of y'all understand that in order to in order to build,

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<v Speaker 1>or in order to do anything, it requires a man?

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<v Speaker 1>All right? Yeah? And I should get everybody, all right?

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<v Speaker 1>Who who knows? How many steps did you take when

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<v Speaker 1>you walk through this assimility to day? How many? All right?

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<v Speaker 1>He said? For how many of you? Pat steps? You

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<v Speaker 1>do it? Okay, twin, but you actually didn't comprenation. You

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<v Speaker 1>just walked over here, right, but it didn't take a

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<v Speaker 1>certain amount of steps to give here. That's a man.

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<v Speaker 1>That shirt you got on your back, it took mass

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<v Speaker 1>to make it. You choose you got on your feet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's at math to make it. There's nothing that he

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<v Speaker 1>says without math and masters. That's the number one subject

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna have to learn. And if you read more,

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<v Speaker 1>it gives you comprehension, which helps you in man. Because

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<v Speaker 1>everything is a word problem, every single thing. You can

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<v Speaker 1>reduce everything you do to a simple word problem because

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<v Speaker 1>math is the rule of all language. And so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>telling you and come in terms of man. I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to see y'all brought and be scientists, be doctors,

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<v Speaker 1>be nurses, being engineers, be astronaut, to be pilot jack

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<v Speaker 1>because it doesn't higher line. Those are nation building skills. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of childs are going away, and y'all gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be Scott going to see that sharking with your years

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<v Speaker 1>as y'all grow up. So hey, Man, don't be shot

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<v Speaker 1>matter because man is the root of all languages. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you there's nothing without There's nothing that exist

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<v Speaker 1>in this world without maga. Did y'all know it took

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<v Speaker 1>matter to make this building? Did you know it took

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<v Speaker 1>matter to make this Viking phone? Did you go when

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<v Speaker 1>it took manter to make no phones? Did y'all like

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<v Speaker 1>to pry on? Did you know what your man play?

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<v Speaker 1>The video games you playing? That's the rue language. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>run from that math because that's number one in this world.

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<v Speaker 1>That's number one. So if I could need anything, any thoughts,

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<v Speaker 1>it would be, you know, work on you man, work

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<v Speaker 1>on your reading, love your self. And that's why I'm

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<v Speaker 1>legals exist. Now I need y'all to tell your parents

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<v Speaker 1>come on out without a group of build here. But

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<v Speaker 1>when we ain't here, you can find us in the

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<v Speaker 1>Ball and ball you can find us in the West

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<v Speaker 1>Coast anymore. And guess what y'all can followers too? Got

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<v Speaker 1>great contact, Belie. Most is his degramming time. Alright, alright now.

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<v Speaker 1>I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Joso Bozo

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<v Speaker 1>at this community event in Inglewood. It was called the

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<v Speaker 1>keen Fest, and I had an opportunity to interview her

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<v Speaker 1>about her becoming a known, well known, recognizable clown. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Bozo was the most recognizable clown in the world at

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<v Speaker 1>one time. My understanding was she someone I guess brought

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<v Speaker 1>the rights to Bozo and creating a family around the concept,

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<v Speaker 1>and she and her character it's called Joso Bozo, and

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<v Speaker 1>she jazzed up the youth, the kids, and had a

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful time here at the festival. So I got a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to interview or about her how she come about

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<v Speaker 1>to become a Bozo, that is Joso the Bozo. So hey,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the interview. He bought the rights to Boso the Clown,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, you want to come with me to

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<v Speaker 1>work on this documentary. So I was like, sure, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know he meant as a character character. And

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, I got this costume for you, I got

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<v Speaker 1>the shoot for you, got everything ready, know if you

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<v Speaker 1>want me to be Toboso. I wanted to be a

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<v Speaker 1>Boso and he was like, yeah, I do. So he

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<v Speaker 1>documents you wherever you travel, wherever you go. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so the new Bozo, we're bringing back Bozo the Clown,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's got a bunch of friends. So I'm Joso

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<v Speaker 1>Bozo got new new boss, not a bunch of press. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>so you let the clown frown sending the clown that's older,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's some we'll talk about, you know, bringing back

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<v Speaker 1>that happy clown and getting rid of that scary Oh

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<v Speaker 1>he's talking up in the pokmobilit here talking. Yep, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe I can. So you go surfaces and good

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<v Speaker 1>things right there. Or television television, Yeah, okay. Bozo was

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<v Speaker 1>a television clown and he used to be the most

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<v Speaker 1>famous clown. But we are the most famous and friendliest clowns.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're friendly clowns. Yeah, not scary friendly. Well, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>laughing is contagious, Smiling is contagious. And it's also the

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<v Speaker 1>best medicine, the best medicine, best medicine. We've been working

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<v Speaker 1>with a company called Healthy Humor, okay, and so they

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<v Speaker 1>helped children and hospitals who are sick with clowning. So

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<v Speaker 1>they bring clowns and they came home and they healthy kids.

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<v Speaker 1>And they say, I think they say it's a seventy

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<v Speaker 1>or eighty percent rates up their sickness. Who goes, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they get deals, they're better buy the clowns coming in

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<v Speaker 1>and working with them. Wow, because laughter, laughter, laughter, chemical

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<v Speaker 1>and um. Yeah, you know when you're in a hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>you kind of get a little defeated. Yeah, like why

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<v Speaker 1>am I here? I can't be home? But you have

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<v Speaker 1>these chilly clowns who come around, and you can't just

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<v Speaker 1>go into the hospital. You gotta go through clown training,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta go through toops, you gotta pop certain bubbles.

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<v Speaker 1>WoT a home or you can just become a hospital clown.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah really I didn't know that. Yeah, it's not simple.

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<v Speaker 1>You getta the shutter pot. Yeah, yeah, hospital, So chuck

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<v Speaker 1>out Healthy Humor. They're agree organization helping Kim. Yeah. We

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<v Speaker 1>actually have an event coming up and on sunset have

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<v Speaker 1>Bootsy Bellows that's called the Bashot Bootsey. So we're doing

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<v Speaker 1>a huge charity gallery to help Healthy Humor raise money

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<v Speaker 1>for the kids in hospital. Bosons all about charity everything,

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<v Speaker 1>every dollar may stick to charity, all for the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>When you know, part of my podcast really Bullshelf is

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<v Speaker 1>about community. Yeah yeah, yeah, you know yeah, And I know,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, that's also cultural because you know, laughing,

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<v Speaker 1>smiling and the historical years of you know, people bowling,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, looking at clowns, whether it be a circus hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like you said, television Boson being the movie

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<v Speaker 1>recognizable clowns in the world bringing the crowd together before

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<v Speaker 1>the circus big events happen. They would get the people together,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, in the community and bring them in and

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<v Speaker 1>make them laugh and remind them to be silly and

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<v Speaker 1>to do all of those you know they would normally

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<v Speaker 1>not doing. They're so serious. Yea. And then you watch

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<v Speaker 1>the show. The clowns are clowning us been around forever,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's clowns been all different cultures. Absolutely French clowns,

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<v Speaker 1>there's clowns, bying clowns, there's the American clowns. Yeah, there's lines,

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<v Speaker 1>there's all different types of clowns. And you know what

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<v Speaker 1>has helped me be more outspoken and video you know

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<v Speaker 1>how used to have stage right, Really I was just

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<v Speaker 1>shy and introvert. I still have shy, I still have here.

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<v Speaker 1>But what helps me talk to my audience and even

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<v Speaker 1>due these interviews, when I'm doing an interview with a

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<v Speaker 1>Turret Crews or a Spike League or a car sail

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<v Speaker 1>or any you know, a O. B. Lister, what helps

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<v Speaker 1>me not fold or feel inferior is the fact that laughter,

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<v Speaker 1>smiling sweet It takes the anxiety away. Yeah, it's all

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<v Speaker 1>made with just to do the him or nothing worth. No, folker,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't for it's the laughter. And I was you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I talked with somebody up there boxing. Man. I was

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<v Speaker 1>never like it, but I found the joy of smiling,

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<v Speaker 1>laughing when I'm getting I love that. I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. It has helped me. Yeah, we overcome

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<v Speaker 1>the stage quart and anxiety I used to. It's really important.

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<v Speaker 1>That's important that three year podcast I'm sharing. I was

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<v Speaker 1>there so they can understand too. And they have anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>or depression or any kind of fear. Hey, I can

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<v Speaker 1>laugh it up. You know. I lacked it up absolutely. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>well this is wonderfulman. Will definitely fat believe books were

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<v Speaker 1>world with books culture. Yeah, Joe, Joe, thank you. Yes,

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