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Speaker 1: What's a faithful welcome back to You've got Mail presented

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Speaker 1: by Delta Dental. I'm your forty nine Ers team reporter

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Speaker 1: Brionna Janelle and today I'm with tatumun Tatum, what's up?

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Speaker 2: How are you doing good?

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Speaker 3: How are you good?

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Speaker 1: Happy New Year? We're recording this on January first. As

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Speaker 1: you reflect on twenty twenty five, what are some of

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Speaker 1: your biggest takeaways from that year?

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Speaker 3: Just where this team is going?

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Speaker 4: Man, A lot of people didn't expect us to be

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Speaker 4: here twelve before Man and even me man Fred got heard.

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Speaker 4: I didn't really think I would be playing as much,

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Speaker 4: and then I got the opportunity man, and I just

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Speaker 4: ran with it. So I'm living a dream right now.

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Speaker 1: I know that's isn't that crazy? But you've been preparing

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Speaker 1: for this moment your whole life. So everything is coming

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Speaker 1: into fruition, and it's so exciting to see all the

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Speaker 1: success you've had on the field. You've literally been just

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Speaker 1: got out of practice. I see the helmet right here.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into the fun stuff. You're going to wear

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Speaker 1: the brand new Rivalries jersey this Saturday against the Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: What excites you about wearing the new uniform.

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Speaker 4: Just because we're in dark colors, my favorite color black.

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Speaker 4: I like being in dark colors. I think it fit

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Speaker 4: me well. And yeah, I just like being in black.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it'll be cool.

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Speaker 3: It's almost like turning to that dark side for real

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Speaker 3: this time. So yeah, I'm excited to wear it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's fun.

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Speaker 1: Even to see the guys just running around during practice

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Speaker 1: wearing the black helmets is sick because I haven't seen

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Speaker 1: that in such a long time.

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Speaker 2: It's been forever.

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Speaker 3: Black helmet, ski mask, black gloves.

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Speaker 1: I know. And it's going to be cold on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: so everyone's gonna be wearing the all black.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna look sick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm ready to have fun.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Before we started recording the podcast, we're talking about the

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Speaker 1: college football playoffs. You got anyone this year? I know

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Speaker 1: you're a Florida State UCF guy. There was big games

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Speaker 1: during the New Year's Eve Day.

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Speaker 2: What do you think?

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Speaker 4: I really don't want to say. I don't care, but

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Speaker 4: I went to Florida State, but I'm rooting for Miami.

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Speaker 4: I got a lot of friends in Miami and seeing

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Speaker 4: a lot of guys that I went to high school with.

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Speaker 4: They playing very well, right, now, So I'm just hoping

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Speaker 4: they go all the way.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, at least a Florida team.

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Speaker 1: Florida team's gotten way and you're still loyal to MSU.

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Speaker 1: We won't call any shots there. But you're from Miami.

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Speaker 1: Tell me about what life was like growing up in

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Speaker 1: Miami for young Tatum. I know that your parents were

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Speaker 1: also really involved with your football life, with your dad

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Speaker 1: being your coach. What's life like in Miami.

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Speaker 4: My dad wasn't actually my coach. He was he was

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Speaker 4: like three pounds older than me. But you could call

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Speaker 4: that's three years older than me. And I think that's

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Speaker 4: what made me the type of player I am now,

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Speaker 4: just fast and physical because like I was going again,

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Speaker 4: guys that was way older and bigger than me, stronger

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Speaker 4: So but yeah, I grew up in Miami gardens. I

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Speaker 4: A lot of people know Nick Bosa patch your team.

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Speaker 4: A lot of guys went there, went to Miami Central.

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Speaker 4: It's a powerhouse there and there's a lot of big

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So yeah, I've been playing on a lot of

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Speaker 4: I think that's where I got my leadership skills from.

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Speaker 4: And I'm just trying to keep it going on.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like you chose football. It sounds like

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Speaker 1: it like being surrounded by such amazing staries as you

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Speaker 4: I feel like that's every little kid's dream, you know,

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Speaker 4: how do I get big man? They told me, eat

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Speaker 3: Just every night, every night, every night.

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Speaker 4: I still remember that, man, And I just appreciate that

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Speaker 3: And it came a long way. Now we teammates.

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Speaker 1: So so the Bosa family and the Bathun family are

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's cool.

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Speaker 1: Tell me about your guys' relationship and what it was

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Speaker 4: My dad and my uncle they coached both of Nick

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Speaker 3: Was kind of a baby around that time. I only

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Speaker 3: remember so much. But they through it all, through their whole.

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Speaker 4: Journey and career. Man, they always kept us involved. They

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Speaker 2: And just yeah, so what they all say when you

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Speaker 3: Man, it's crazy.

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Speaker 4: I took a thirty visit here before the draft and

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Speaker 4: we told Nick's mom and she was like, future teammates,

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Speaker 4: isn't that crazy? Yeah, this was like the last week

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Speaker 4: the very next week, and yeah, she spoke it into existence.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm just very appreciative of them.

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Speaker 2: Really cool.

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Speaker 1: Now, I know football is a huge part of your life,

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Speaker 1: but for your family, so is education. I know both

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Speaker 1: your parents work in education. So how has that shaped

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Speaker 1: the way you approach preparation, accountability, leadership, all the qualities

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Speaker 4: For you, I'll just say, just having that drive to

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Speaker 2: So okay, so football was the treat you earned it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I had to get my work done before I could

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Speaker 3: My dad was my.

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Speaker 4: was kind of on me. Then I graduated like top

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I graduated college.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, man, education has always come first and my family

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Speaker 1: That's awesome to hear. What's one lesson from your parents.

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Speaker 1: That shows up in your life every single day, even

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Speaker 1: outside of football. You can, you know, I feel like

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Speaker 4: My mom, she tells me before every game, make her

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Speaker 4: corny at first, honestly, but it actually stuck with me. Man,

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Speaker 2: Amen.

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Speaker 1: Now, you spent your pretty much entire life in Florida.

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Speaker 1: Grew up in Miami. First stop was UCF, then FSU.

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Speaker 1: What did each stop in Florida teach you about life

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Speaker 3: You could get distracted.

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Speaker 4: You could get easily distracted, man, And just being in

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Speaker 3: Parks and beautiful.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so you can easily get distracting, man. And I

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Speaker 4: that's just what I stuck to in high school. I

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Speaker 4: used to wake up like five in the morning. My

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Speaker 4: Man, just bro was it was truly a grind out

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Speaker 3: I was. I was kind of lazy back then.

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Speaker 2: What got you?

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Speaker 1: What was that moment that you told yourself you can

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Speaker 4: I remember this moment because, like I said, I was lazy.

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Speaker 4: So my trainer used to complain because I ain't really

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Speaker 3: He was like, do you want to play football? Yes?

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Speaker 4: They're like all right, So all this that we're doing

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Speaker 4: to be. And if you're not going to put your

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Speaker 4: at all. So as soon as we had that conversation, man,

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Speaker 4: I just put it all into it.

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Speaker 3: I ended up getting like first.

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Speaker 4: Team all day in high school and it started hitting

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Speaker 1: Wow, I love to hear it. Now you found yourself

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Speaker 1: on the West Coast. Have you ever been to California

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Speaker 1: since getting drafted? What do you think? What was the

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Speaker 3: It was a culture shock, for sure.

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Speaker 2: Tell me about it.

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Speaker 3: I like the food I'm used to.

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Speaker 4: I'm from Miami, so I'm eating a lot of Caribbean food,

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Speaker 4: a lot of Jamaican Haitian food, and get up here.

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Speaker 4: It's a lot of Berea, tacos and falafels. It's something

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Speaker 4: you gotta get used to, for sure. But like, I'm

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Speaker 4: kind of glad I'm up here because I'm able to

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Speaker 4: lock in a lot more. I'm away from family. And

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Speaker 4: it's not I'm not saying that in a bad way,

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Speaker 4: able to just get to that next point in your life.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sometimes space allows you to lock in and focus.

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Speaker 1: And you've definitely been super busy this season being elevated

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Speaker 1: to that starting mic linebacker role, So it's really cool

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Speaker 1: to see when you do get maybe a little bit

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Speaker 2: What's one word to describe this season of your life?

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Speaker 2: Always beach or mountains beach? I knew that one. What's

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Speaker 1: The winters, who's the best dressed on the team?

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Speaker 2: And who controls the ox?

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Speaker 3: I love it? Demo? And Spence Yeah, Spence gutt.

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Speaker 2: I love it? Favorite movie?

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Speaker 2: I love it? Two minutes? You know that was a lot.

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Speaker 3: You bet, I'd be one of my parents.

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Speaker 2: Not one of your parents. But I thought this one

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Speaker 1: Fred Warners lit in the Niners DMS and he asked, Tatum,

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Speaker 4: Wise words from Fred Man. You just gotta eat healthy. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: They show a lot, they spend a lot of time

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Speaker 4: During the games, I'm kind of like a hothead, so

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Speaker 4: When I'm riding to the stadium, I calm down, Jenny,

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Speaker 4: I turn that on before every game, right before we

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Speaker 1: Well, this one's funny because you just talked about ice cream,

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Speaker 1: That's a classic. And then I think this one is

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Speaker 4: It is January first.

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Speaker 2: January first, you're locking in. You're in the bay. This

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Speaker 1: What are your goals for this upcoming year? Doesn't have

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I just want to be more social.

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Speaker 2: Okay, what does that look like for you?

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Speaker 4: Just holding conversations a lot longer. I'm really to myself

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Speaker 1: Well for January first, I think this was a beautiful conversation.

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Speaker 1: I got to know a lot more about you, about Miami,

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Speaker 1: think so also, So Tatum, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: the postseason.

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Speaker 2: All right, faithful, thanks for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: To another episode of You've Got Mail, presented by a

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