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Speaker 1: hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth Hour

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Speaker 1: with Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere,

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Speaker 1: back at it on a Saturday, Saturday Saturday, another piping

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Speaker 1: my buddy was we were talking about how much money

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Speaker 1: Once a year the Dodgers have to cut a eck.

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Speaker 1: They don't do it every month, but once a year

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Speaker 1: they balance the books and determine how much money they

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Speaker 1: need to give to Frank McCourt. And it's a it's

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Speaker 1: a massive amount of money. As you might imagine. And

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Speaker 1: so I was telling my buddy, who has worked for

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers since the O'Malley days, and he told me

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Speaker 1: something that shocked me. He says, you know what, Ben,

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Speaker 1: I I've heard you over the years take shots at

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Speaker 1: Frank McCourt, and I do I admit guilty has charged

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Speaker 1: He said, you know, I've I've worked for a lot

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Speaker 1: of different owners here and this guy works behind the scenes.

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Speaker 1: By the way, he said that he does not have

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Speaker 1: a bad thing to say about Frank McCort. That Frank McCourt,

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Speaker 1: more than anyone else just about that has been around

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Speaker 1: there in the ownership side, treated the working stiff, the

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Speaker 1: HOI POLOI, the unwashed, behind the scenes better than anyone,

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Speaker 1: and that he was a big tipper and he you know,

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Speaker 1: those were his guys. He'd like to hang out with him.

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Speaker 1: And so the parking lot attending who just collects money

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Speaker 1: for money for nothing, money for nothing, turned out not

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Speaker 1: a bad guy, at least those that knew him, at

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Speaker 1: least those of them. I'll have to tell the story

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Speaker 1: sometimes because I actually got to go into the owner's

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Speaker 1: office at Dodger Stadium because of Frank mccoory. I got

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Speaker 1: called into the carpet, called onto the carpet in the

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Speaker 1: in the ownership meeting I had with Frank years ago

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Speaker 1: when he was trying to hold on to the Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: All right, now, passing in the night, passing in the night.

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Speaker 1: What is this all about? Well it is it's been net.

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Speaker 1: I mentioned, you know, the studio, and I love the

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Speaker 1: energy of coming to the studio. I love having a

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Speaker 1: radio studio in my home. I never thought I would

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Speaker 1: have that. I built a station for w e I

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Speaker 1: when I was doing remote broadcast back to Boston, and

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Speaker 1: I had that and then New Zealand. I used it

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Speaker 1: for my New Zealand broadcast and then I kind of

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00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 1: got away where I I got let go from Boston.

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Speaker 1: I had to leave that job. It was actually my

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Speaker 1: decision because I am now picked up by the Sports Hub.

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Speaker 1: We've been on the Sports Hub, which is the rival

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Speaker 1: of w e I in Boston, so we've been on

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Speaker 1: there for a while. Anyway, UM, you just get to

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Speaker 1: the point piece please on this. So I've been in

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Speaker 1: the studio a little bit recently and it was kind

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Speaker 1: of neat because when I get done with my show

471
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Speaker 1: for years working out of that studio. I'd get done,

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Speaker 1: the morning show would come on, and the morning show

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Speaker 1: was in Chicago or Cincinnati, or Indianapolis or Washington, d C.

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Speaker 1: Or Milwaukee or New York City anywhere filling the blank.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't in Los Angeles at the studio, but now

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Speaker 1: it is at least part of it. The morning show

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Speaker 1: that follows the Ben Maller Show with Jonas Knox and

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Speaker 1: LaVar Arrington and Brady Quinn, A couple of jocks and

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Speaker 1: uh a cup of Joe right, something like that, A

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Speaker 1: couple of Yeah, I think that's the name. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: we had Jonas on the podcast. I forget though. It's

482
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Speaker 1: very early in the morning as I am recording this anyway,

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Speaker 1: so it was nice to see the fellows and uh

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Speaker 1: me and LaVar. You know, I remember LaVar. We talked

485
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Speaker 1: about him when he was a star in college and

486
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Speaker 1: then with the Washington Redskins and cool guy, cool guy

487
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: catching up with him, and LaVar actually lives. I can't

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Speaker 1: say where he lives, but he lives in a place

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Speaker 1: I used to live. Of course, he likely lives in

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Speaker 1: a bigger house than I lived in. Being and having

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Speaker 1: all that NFL money, but we were telling stories about

492
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Speaker 1: the neighborhood and I didn't realize he lived in that area,

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Speaker 1: had no idea. And I gotta get LaVar on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I gotta make that happen. Always good to hang out

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Speaker 1: with Jonas. Always a good time to see Jonas. We

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Speaker 1: go way back, and I remember when Jonas started at

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Speaker 1: the company, and that's one of the reasons we got

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Speaker 1: him on the podcast. I was like, Hey, Jonas, I man,

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Speaker 1: I'm here, why don't we do the podcast? Uh last

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Speaker 1: week and um, but most every morning show. We've had

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Speaker 1: a lot of morning shows since I started at Fox

502
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Speaker 1: Sports Radio when it began, and I'm trying to think

503
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: how many morning host can I name that followed me

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Speaker 1: at one point or another, whether I was the weekend

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Speaker 1: host or the uh, the full time host during the

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Speaker 1: week Now, Steve's Aben loves Abe. We've been trying to

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Speaker 1: get Zabe on the podcast. Zabe is a good radio guy.

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Speaker 1: I love radio guys. Steve's Aben. I am a fan

509
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Speaker 1: loves Abe. He was very positive to me early on

510
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Speaker 1: when I started at Fox Sports Radio and I was

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Speaker 1: drowning on a nightly basis, and he was very kind

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Speaker 1: and The problem we've had getting zabon is logistically he

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Speaker 1: does a couple of radio shows a day, does a

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Speaker 1: morning show he's part of in Milwaukee, and then he

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Speaker 1: does an afternoon type show in d C. And typically

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Speaker 1: when he's on would be the windows I record the podcast.

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Speaker 1: So we've been able to get him on, but I'd

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Speaker 1: love to try to work that out at some point

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Speaker 1: have Za on the podcast. Uh, there was a morning show,

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Speaker 1: Zack and Jack. If you're a Fox Sports radio historian,

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00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: you might remember that stephen A. Smith. I wonder whatever

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Speaker 1: happened to him. Stephen A was one of the morning hosts.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm talking about the East Coast morning show. There's

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Speaker 1: a West Coast morning show which Tony Bruno hosted and

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Speaker 1: Dan Patrick's been doing it for years. Um who else,

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Speaker 1: Mike North and Andy Ferman. We've had both those lads

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Speaker 1: on Good People, Good Radio Guys. Clay Travis, who's replaced

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Speaker 1: Rush Limbaugh. Can you imagine that replacing the goat Rush Limbaugh?

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Speaker 1: And Clay has been doing that. So but it's a

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Speaker 1: rare treat. As I was weird, like I had to

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Speaker 1: get my stuff and leave and get out of there

532
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: because it's the that's the other show is coming in,

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Speaker 1: you know, nip. Typically, when there's no other show in there,

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Speaker 1: you can put your feet up and you don't have

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Speaker 1: to her. You can take your time, you can pick

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Speaker 1: your nose, get a couple of water, do whatever you want,

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00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: you know, grab your ass, it doesn't matter. But when

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Speaker 1: there's somebody in there, we only have a few minutes.

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Speaker 1: And so that's how that goes. Now, I was gonna

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Speaker 1: get to let's get scientifical. I just wanted let me

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00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 1: give you one story. We don't have a lot of time,

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00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: and we we have more podcasting to do, and there's

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00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: also a Dodger game with the Atlanta Braves today that

544
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: I am distracted. Yeah, you might guess when we're recording

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00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: this anyway, uh live, it's almost live. It's just just

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00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: almost life, just hours before anyway. So the unexpected radio signals,

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Speaker 1: I'll give you that because it's kind of radio related

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00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: and this will be our closer. So that's the headline here,

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00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: and what is the story? All right? So the headline

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Speaker 1: unexpected radio signals detected in deep space may reveal hidden planets.

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Speaker 1: Now may is a classic weasel word. This comes from

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Speaker 1: Brisbane Australia. Shout out Ozzy Momentum, Shout out Ozzy Guy

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Speaker 1: and these several other proud members of the Mallard Militia

554
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Speaker 1: who are not as well known but live in Australia,

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00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: because in Australia we're not a dope overnight show. We're

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00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: like an evening show. So as anyway, the story comes

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Speaker 1: from Queensland University using the world's most powerful radio antenna

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Speaker 1: and they have made a discovery surprising radio waves coming

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Speaker 1: from distant stars that maybe revealing the presence of undiscovered

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Speaker 1: planets in those solar systems. How cool is that. The

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Speaker 1: story says that they have discovered signals from nineteen distant

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Speaker 1: red dwarf stars, four of which are best explained by

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Speaker 1: the existence of planets orbiting them. This comes from someone

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Speaker 1: who has studied the planets, the cosmos and and looked

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00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: into all that, and so they that's what they're saying,

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Speaker 1: all because of the radio waves. That is cool to

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Speaker 1: think about that when we do the terrestrial radio show,

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Speaker 1: it gets boomed out into the heavens, into the cosmos

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Speaker 1: and in theory, if there is a creature like us

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Speaker 1: that has the ability to hear as we know it

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Speaker 1: then that said creature would be able to hear the noise.

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Speaker 1: They wouldn't likely understand what we're saying, unless there's some

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Speaker 1: kind of advanced species of human being. But they just

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Speaker 1: hear the sound of blah blah blah blah blah blah

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Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, and interstellar gas

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Speaker 1: will be fearing. So actually we could. That could be

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Speaker 1: my new nick an interstellar gas man or gas bag.

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00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: Now I am gas bag man here, but providing interstellar

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00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: gas I might have to use that at the top

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Speaker 1: of the hour one of these days. Maybe I'll add

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Speaker 1: that to my my repertoire, if you will. That's kind

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00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 1: of cool. So yeah, I I do. We talked about

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Speaker 1: this on the podcast before. But I am in the camp.

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Speaker 1: There is other life out there. I think there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of life out there. Even if this planet is

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Speaker 1: a mistake, that doesn't mean we're the only mistake. There

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00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: are other mistakes, and they're likely crazier and wilder and

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00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:43,800
Speaker 1: goofier and more outrageous. Whatever you could possibly imagine. It's

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Speaker 1: either better or worse than that. Like I look up

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Speaker 1: and you know not, I don't do this that oft

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00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 1: and I work overnight, but then you do too, probably

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Speaker 1: if you listen to the radio show. But when I

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Speaker 1: have some downtime, maybe on the weekends, and I go

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Speaker 1: out and if I'm away from the city lights, and

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00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,399
Speaker 1: I look up in the sky and I look at

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Speaker 1: all of those stars, and I say, even if there's

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Speaker 1: less than one percent, even if there is less than

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Speaker 1: one percent of those planets that have life, that's a lot.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there is an endless amount. And just thinking

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Speaker 1: every star that we see there's like a bunch of

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00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: other planets around it. The math on that is insane. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: let's have a wonderful rest of your Saturday. If you

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00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 1: did not catch the Jerome Jeroovich sit that headline sports,

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00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: I love Jerome and that was a great story. He

605
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: told a couple of really good stories on that I

606
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: recommend going back and listening to. Jerome told the story

607
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: about meeting Jolton, Joe DiMaggio Joel did Joe DiMaggio back

608
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: in the day. And also he is most known as

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00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: the CNN guy, and he explained the origin of Jarome

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00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: much how he started saying, and it is a wonderful

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00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: broadcast type behind the scenes story very relatable. Anybody has

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00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: ever done radio for a day or television can relate

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00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,800
Speaker 1: to that, or even a podcast you gotta hit a

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00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:19,320
Speaker 1: heart out, you gotta hit heart out and Jerome started

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00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,799
Speaker 1: screaming his name in part because of that. You can

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Speaker 1: hear him tell the story on the Friday edition of

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Speaker 1: the podcast. We'll catch you on Sunday. We'll have a

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Speaker 1: big bad mail bag until then. Aloha, mahalo, arriva, der

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Speaker 1: Chase say Anara, audio s, muchachos,