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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I'm welcome to stuff

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Speaker 1: I've never told your production of I Heart Radio. Annie. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we was there at any point you thought you were

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Speaker 1: so good at some sports that you're like, I could

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Speaker 1: I legitimately, like, even in child mind, looking back, I

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Speaker 1: had no reason to think that people weren't giving me

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Speaker 1: my head, right, I like it, Yeah, did you did

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Speaker 1: you have one? Well? So, because my only real understanding

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Speaker 1: M Agucci made me think that I could be a skater,

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Speaker 1: what the Asian people do, right wrong, because I could

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Speaker 1: my mind, I was like, yes, that's what the Asian

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Speaker 1: Christie Amagucchi, come on, then she was American sweetheart for

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Speaker 1: we all wanted to be real current And for those

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Speaker 1: of you who aren't listening when this episode was initially released,

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Speaker 1: today is July, go ahead, timestamp in here, and we

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Speaker 1: want to talk about what is happening with the twin

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Speaker 1: But I've been calling, okay, so whether it's supposed to

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Speaker 1: just breaking records standards in all kinds of expectations, including

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Speaker 1: And by the way, she's not the youngest to compete

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Speaker 1: I think you did plenty, Samantha. Definitely not winning gold medals, well,

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