WEBVTT - MFM Minisode 496

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<v Speaker 1>Hello.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Karen and Georgia here to tell you about

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<v Speaker 2>our newest limited series podcast from Blanchard House, Exactly Right

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<v Speaker 2>Media and USG Audio.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Royal Swindle.

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<v Speaker 3>Royal Swindle tells the story of two fabulously wealthy Australian

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<v Speaker 3>women who arrive in London in the nineteen nineties and

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<v Speaker 3>quickly charm their way into British high society.

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<v Speaker 2>Evelyn Burton and her lover Leila Andre infiltrate a rarefied

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<v Speaker 2>world of horses, old money and exclusive investment opportunities, and

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<v Speaker 2>before long the money starts rolling in.

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<v Speaker 3>But behind the country houses, lavish promises and irresistible charm,

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<v Speaker 3>this couple is hiding a dark past and some truly

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<v Speaker 3>diabolical intentions.

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<v Speaker 2>Host Becum Milligan tracks down one half of the duplicitous

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<v Speaker 2>duo and guess her to tell all in this extraordinary

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<v Speaker 2>true story of greed, lies and love.

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<v Speaker 3>Episodes one and two of Royal Swindle premiere Thursday, July

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<v Speaker 3>twenty third, with new episodes releasing weekly on Thursdays.

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<v Speaker 4>Goodbye, Hello and welcome my favorite murder.

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<v Speaker 1>That is Georgia Hart start, that's Karen Kilgarat And we

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<v Speaker 1>are on.

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<v Speaker 2>The mic for a minisode, for a mini and this

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<v Speaker 2>is the minisode.

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<v Speaker 1>No, we'll get it one day, someday, we'll get it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll let you go first, okay. And it's a double pen,

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<v Speaker 3>two pens. I'll have two pens in a paper clip.

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<v Speaker 3>Please damn your official. That's right, a referee with a whistle.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't read you the subject line. It says, hi,

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<v Speaker 2>Karen and Georgia. As World Cup season is upon us. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>did you get to watch any of the world to

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<v Speaker 2>watch some Yeah, yeah, very exciting. The world is healing itself,

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<v Speaker 2>one cup at a time, one big soccer game at

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<v Speaker 2>a time. I guess it says. And I know you

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<v Speaker 2>both like sports. I thought you might like a tale

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<v Speaker 2>from my time as a football reporter.

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<v Speaker 1>So here goes.

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<v Speaker 2>As a young football reporter, soccer to you, gals, I

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<v Speaker 2>was often sent alone on assignments across Europe to interview

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<v Speaker 2>players and report on matches. Sounds glaremous right. It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>On a trip to Prague, I was working on a

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<v Speaker 2>game where the stadium was miles from the city center.

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<v Speaker 2>These were pre uber days and I could see that

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<v Speaker 2>this was going to be a nightmare of a place

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<v Speaker 2>to get a taxi back from at midnight, long after

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<v Speaker 2>the fans had all gone home, with a six am

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<v Speaker 2>flight home to London the next day and a little

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<v Speaker 2>time to spare. When my taxi driver dropped him off

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<v Speaker 2>at the stadium, I told him I'd pay him double

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<v Speaker 2>if he would come back after the match and return

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<v Speaker 2>me to my hotel. He agreed, and I was delighted

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<v Speaker 2>to see him waiting as arranged. As I was getting

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<v Speaker 2>out of the car at my hotel, he gave me

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<v Speaker 2>his card. I put it in my pocket but said

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't need it as I was leaving in a

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<v Speaker 2>matter of hours. He said he wasn't clocking off until

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<v Speaker 2>nine and offered to return at four am to drive

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<v Speaker 2>me to the airport.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow. Perfect, I thought.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been much easy then it should have been.

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<v Speaker 2>And after just three hours of sleep and some very

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<v Speaker 2>swift packing, Yeah, the worst turnover, yep. I got back

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<v Speaker 2>into that car and shut my eyes to have a doze,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is when things took a turn.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh God, sinsing.

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<v Speaker 2>The car had stopped I woke up and realized to

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<v Speaker 2>my horror that we weren't at the International Departures terminal,

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<v Speaker 2>but at the back of some garages at an unlit

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<v Speaker 2>track in the middle of nowhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>His engine was off and the driver was looking at

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<v Speaker 2>me in the rear view mirror. His whole demeanor had changed,

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<v Speaker 2>and I immediately knew I was in trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my God.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing I had no idea where I was or which

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<v Speaker 2>way I should run, I got out my cell phone

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<v Speaker 2>and called my husband back in England. His handset would

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<v Speaker 2>be on silent, but a call to the landline would

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<v Speaker 2>ring loudly in our bedroom and wake him up. It did,

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<v Speaker 2>and thank god, he picked up. Not knowing what to do,

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<v Speaker 2>I began an overly cheerful chat about how great my

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<v Speaker 2>trip had been, and despite being half asleep, my dear

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<v Speaker 2>boy immediately clocked that I was in trouble. I told

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<v Speaker 2>him all about my and he asked loads of questions,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing he needed to stay on the line, and tried

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<v Speaker 2>to get snippets of any information he could. I ran

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<v Speaker 2>my hands through my hair to leave DNA in the car,

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<v Speaker 2>and I could see the driver was getting increasingly agitated.

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<v Speaker 2>The only thing I could think to do was pretend

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<v Speaker 2>I hadn't noticed anything was off, and continued what seems

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<v Speaker 2>like a casual chat with my husband.

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<v Speaker 3>Fucking hoops, we have to jump through just to make

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<v Speaker 3>sure we don't get murdered.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep is or sauageous or assaulted is egregious for a

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<v Speaker 1>cab driver.

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<v Speaker 2>People who are licensed, any other licensed professional cab driver

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<v Speaker 2>would be like, it's this is a affront that what

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<v Speaker 2>we do.

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<v Speaker 1>Think twice about because it's a cab driver.

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<v Speaker 2>He's safe, he's just As I was telling him how

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<v Speaker 2>brilliant and helpful the driver had been, I remembered the

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<v Speaker 2>card in my pocket. I told him to take down

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<v Speaker 2>to the number, as we should definitely use this driver

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<v Speaker 2>again if we ever came back to Prague. Brilliant, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Also having to be that smart under that immense.

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<v Speaker 1>Amount of pressure wouldn't have to be.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe it helps, Maybe it turns you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>adrenaline fires some parts.

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<v Speaker 1>Of our brain. That's what this is all for.

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<v Speaker 3>I think, is us feeling unsafe in the world and like,

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<v Speaker 3>what's fantastic about it?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, congratulations, we made it. Once i'd read the number

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<v Speaker 2>to my husband more times than required to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>he had not taken it down wrong. The driver realized

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<v Speaker 2>the jig was up, turned the car around and drove

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<v Speaker 2>back up the track and took me to the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>When I got out of that car, we both behaved

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<v Speaker 2>as if nothing happened, so weird. I politely waited for

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<v Speaker 2>him to get my suitcase out of the boot, thanked

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<v Speaker 2>him and paid him with a hefty tip as I

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<v Speaker 2>sure as hell wasn't hanging around for change, and walked

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<v Speaker 2>into the terminal building without looking back. This was nearly

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<v Speaker 2>thirty years ago now, but I still get shivers thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about what might have happened that night. I'm still married

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<v Speaker 2>to the man who took that call. We don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a home phone anymore does anyone, but I'm one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent sure that him picking up is the reason I

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<v Speaker 2>made that flight. SS and think twice about putting your

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<v Speaker 2>cell phone on silent. It might save someone from the

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<v Speaker 2>DGM bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Jane, Damn, Jane, Jane, that is harrowing. We're so glad

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<v Speaker 1>you're okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, well, and also thanks for writing in, because really

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<v Speaker 2>the point of all of this also is talk about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Say what happened, Say what you thought of? Help other

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<v Speaker 2>people total keep communicating about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's discuss Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, taking a turn. Great.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a follow up to the question how many

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<v Speaker 3>kids is too many to keep track of?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember that one? We asked that we were

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<v Speaker 1>sincerely asking the parents of.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, or the children who experienced it.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what this is. Okay, it just starts.

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<v Speaker 3>I just finished listening to a mini episode about a

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<v Speaker 3>little girl being left behind at church, and you questioned,

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<v Speaker 3>at what number of children you start losing track of them?

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<v Speaker 3>And we got some good answers on that too. My

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<v Speaker 3>vote is for and I say that as the middle

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<v Speaker 3>of four kids who got lost or left behind several times.

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<v Speaker 3>One time was a combination quote there are too many

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<v Speaker 3>kids slash trash cousins story. We were traveling with some

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<v Speaker 3>extended family, ten adults and fourteen kids in South Dakota

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<v Speaker 3>and had plans to eat at a steakhouse and then

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<v Speaker 3>go to a rodeo. My god, have you ever been

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<v Speaker 3>to a rodeo?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>Hell yeah, you have them in your in my town.

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<v Speaker 2>And we used to have thee at the fair every year.

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<v Speaker 2>We used to at the Santa Rosa fair where we

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<v Speaker 2>would go show our sheep. One time we got to go.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't a rodeo, but it was a trick rider.

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<v Speaker 2>My dad would remember the name. I bet you a

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars. And she was amazed. She literally she flipped

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<v Speaker 2>all over this horse.

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<v Speaker 1>She was running.

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<v Speaker 2>She was racing in a circle. She was like a

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<v Speaker 2>barrel racer. So she could go like on the side

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<v Speaker 2>of the horse and like get down to the horses,

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<v Speaker 2>like almost touching the ground, and she is almost touching

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<v Speaker 2>the around and she would like turn around and sit.

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<v Speaker 3>Backwards, and fucking Suburbia. We didn't have anything cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we even were Suburbia. I think we

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<v Speaker 1>were straight. You were Suburbia.

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<v Speaker 3>We had nothing cool, but meth okay, South Dakota eating steakhouse,

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<v Speaker 3>go to a rodeo. At the end of dinner, we

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<v Speaker 3>kids were all sent to use the bathroom. When I finished,

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<v Speaker 3>I went back to the table. After a few minutes,

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<v Speaker 3>I noticed that nobody else was coming back. I figured

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<v Speaker 3>they couldn't all be taking that long in the bathroom,

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<v Speaker 3>so I went and checked to see that nobody was

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<v Speaker 3>in the bathroom either. I ran outside to see, to

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<v Speaker 3>my horror, that all of the vehicles were gone in

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<v Speaker 3>South Dakota. You don't know where the fuck you are.

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<v Speaker 3>You probably had a cracker barrel or something.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're the last person at a restaurant where it's

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<v Speaker 2>like you're surrounded by stranger.

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<v Speaker 3>And a child in your job. I started to panic,

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<v Speaker 3>After all, I was only nine years old and in

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<v Speaker 3>South Dakota. But I also remembered the advice from the

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<v Speaker 3>safety Kid's cassettes my parents.

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<v Speaker 1>Would play for us. Let's hear this.

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<v Speaker 3>They had songs about body boundaries, memorizing important information like

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<v Speaker 3>phone numbers, fire safety, and more. One of the songs

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<v Speaker 3>was about how when you're lost, you should quote look

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<v Speaker 3>for a grandma or mother with children. Oh what about

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<v Speaker 3>a goth grandma? Though, look for a goth grandma.

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<v Speaker 2>Someday that will be the safest person anyone can actually

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<v Speaker 2>truly age.

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<v Speaker 1>To help you.

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<v Speaker 3>And because it is South Dakota, there were several older

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<v Speaker 3>people in rocking chairs on the porch of the restaurant.

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<v Speaker 3>I was wary of the old men because the song

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<v Speaker 3>didn't say anything about grandpa's.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't go in near grandpa's.

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<v Speaker 3>Just as a safety, just locking in on grandma's. But

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<v Speaker 3>there were some grandmotherly looking ladies too. They offered to

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<v Speaker 3>stay with me and drive me down to the rodeo

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<v Speaker 3>of my parents were in back Soon. Not long after

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<v Speaker 3>my parents, Manian flew into the parking lot. Apparently some

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<v Speaker 3>cousins had decided to switch up which cars they wrote in,

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<v Speaker 3>and my parents assumed I had done the same. Had

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<v Speaker 3>a stoplight, my mom hopped out of the van and

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<v Speaker 3>ran down the line of cars to make sure of

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<v Speaker 3>where I was. Mother's intuition, she was like, she thinglt

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<v Speaker 3>it right, Yeah, just hopping out of the car to

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<v Speaker 3>stop light, Like, who does that?

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<v Speaker 1>A mother's hand in one state? I wish I knew

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<v Speaker 1>the goddess. Mysteries of the unknown.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a twin's hand and one state tingles, a mother

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<v Speaker 3>doing the dishes hats her hand with a knife, and

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<v Speaker 3>a daughter in a different state feels it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think the children know what we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>It they don't, but they don't look it up. But

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<v Speaker 1>the fifties were great.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody we love where the grandma where the god Grandma's Essentially,

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<v Speaker 3>no one had me and no one knew where I was.

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<v Speaker 3>When she ran back to the van to share the

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<v Speaker 3>bad news with my dad. My cousin who was writing

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<v Speaker 3>in the vand with them laughed. Of course, she said

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<v Speaker 3>she knew exact because like they didn't know where she was.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not like we left her behind, It's like, where's

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<v Speaker 3>our fucking child? She said, she knew exactly where I

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<v Speaker 3>was back at the restaurant. This cousin is about ten

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<v Speaker 3>years older than me, one hundred percent old enough to

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<v Speaker 3>know better than to just leave a younger cousin behind

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<v Speaker 3>like that. But I was found safe and I love

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<v Speaker 3>to tease her about it to this day, especially now

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<v Speaker 3>that she has daughters to watch out for. Damn, my

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<v Speaker 3>husband and I decided one kid is plenty for us.

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<v Speaker 3>Like all two year old he is impulsive, no control,

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<v Speaker 3>and my blood pressure can't handle more. Stay sexy and

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<v Speaker 3>introduce your kids to the Safety Kids music. Even if

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<v Speaker 3>it's thirty plus years old now, the advice is still

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<v Speaker 3>solid and you never know when they are going to

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<v Speaker 3>come in handy so funny, Christina. Note from Kate Oh

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<v Speaker 3>so Kate kay tell them back? Who sourced these? Made

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<v Speaker 3>a note that you can find the Safety Kids song

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<v Speaker 3>on YouTube, but our lawyer, Jim says we cannot play

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<v Speaker 3>it on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Songs are tough, but everything is you know, everything's copywritten

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, But go to YouTube and look up look for

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<v Speaker 3>a grandma safety kids.

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<v Speaker 1>It probably sounds a little something like this Grandma.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like it sounds like a bank commercial. Bubby, Okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to read you the subject line because

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of the greatest.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll read it to you at the end. I just

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<v Speaker 1>thought of one mind that maybe laugh so hard.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that an upcoming yeah in this one yeah, yeah, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>It starts Hello, Karen, Georgia and Stephen. I'm a twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one year old college student slash hockey player from Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been listening for about three years since I started college.

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<v Speaker 2>Your podcast has basically been the soundtrack to every long

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<v Speaker 2>drive between home and school. Anyway, onto my family's contribution

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<v Speaker 2>to American history.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>My grandpa Ralph was a small town Minnesota farmer who

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<v Speaker 2>grew crops and raised animals alike if it could be grown, raised,

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<v Speaker 2>or judged at a state fair. Hey, he was involved

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<v Speaker 2>and probably had strong opinions about it. But the crown

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<v Speaker 2>jewel of his farming career was raising the largest bore

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<v Speaker 2>in the entire state. Not a cute four each project pig,

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<v Speaker 2>more like local legend, state fair celebrity. Someone should probably

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<v Speaker 2>notify Guinness Big Whoa. Because of this extremely large pig,

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<v Speaker 2>he was invited to appear on David Letterman.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, that is yeah of legend.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, my family still has the videotape, photos and the

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<v Speaker 2>giant state Fair sign he won. That sign currently lives

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<v Speaker 2>in my parents' garage because apparently once your pig archives

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<v Speaker 2>national fame, it becomes a permanent household storage problem. The

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<v Speaker 2>best part happened after filming in the studio at Letterman. Backstage,

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<v Speaker 2>a man walked up, shook my grandpa's hand and introduced

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<v Speaker 2>himself as Ringo Star. What Yes, that Ringo Star Beatles

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<v Speaker 2>level cultural icon somehow still standing in front of you fame.

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<v Speaker 2>Ringo had heard about my grandpa's prize winning boar and

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted to see it, and, being the rural farmer

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<v Speaker 2>that he was, of course, my grandpa had absolutely no

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<v Speaker 2>idea who Ringo Star was, So instead of having a

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<v Speaker 2>this is a beetle moment, my grandpa had a who

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<v Speaker 2>is this guy? And why is he talking to me?

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<v Speaker 2>Before I've had coffee moment and proceeded to critique his

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<v Speaker 2>hair and piercings.

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<v Speaker 3>What he said, okay, but especially now with a fucking beat.

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<v Speaker 2>According to family lore, Ringo Star was excited to meet

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<v Speaker 2>my grandpa and while my grandpa treated him like a

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor kid who needed a haircut and some new overalls.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, I can tell you how photos of

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<v Speaker 3>this and I'm losing my fucking mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, it's wild. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Somewhere in history, a beadle asked to see a famous

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<v Speaker 2>pig and a Minnesota farmer responded with fashion commentary. So,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sure it's like the way my die would

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<v Speaker 2>do it is like, how about you cut that hair right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it'll tar them with all those piercings.

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<v Speaker 2>It's literally the fourth most famous person on the planet

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<v Speaker 2>to many people. So while some families have stories about

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<v Speaker 2>hidden treasure or distant connections to Royalty, mine is that

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<v Speaker 2>my grandpa raised Minnesota's largest bore, went on David Letterman

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<v Speaker 2>and accidentally became Rango Star's Midwest style consultant. Stay sexy

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<v Speaker 2>and don't accept fashion advice from farmers unless you're prepared

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<v Speaker 2>for honesty and signed Courtney Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 1>Courtney Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is Courtney from Minnesota. Is I'm Courtney's last name?

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<v Speaker 2>Because that's a great stage.

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<v Speaker 1>Naw, didn't she say she's from Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess she did in the beginning, Yes, she did.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Courtney Minnesota and Minnesota from here on out.

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<v Speaker 1>Hilarious. Oh my god, sholl me pictures.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a ps it says the pig was fifteen hundred pounds.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pick a lok. My god, show me everything. He

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<v Speaker 1>won the title in nineteen ninety eight. Holy shit, that's

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<v Speaker 1>an enormous pig. Behind that's the Ed Sullivan Theater where

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<v Speaker 1>they tape Letterman.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, I'm putting together that they had to

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<v Speaker 2>put his slop on the ground right to like keep

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<v Speaker 2>him on the stage.

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<v Speaker 1>This is probably rehearsal.

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<v Speaker 3>You guys can see this on Instagram and our socials,

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<v Speaker 3>but you can also see us on Netflix and see

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<v Speaker 3>this PHOTOA Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And then here's the grandpa out in front, just to

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<v Speaker 1>prove that.

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<v Speaker 3>He really was there in a stretch Limo.

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<v Speaker 1>Brought him minute. They love a stretch limo in New York. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what year is that? Do you think the pig was

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<v Speaker 1>in the back in the hot tub in the back night.

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<v Speaker 2>He won it in ninety eight, so I bet you

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<v Speaker 2>he was on pretty soon after Letterman Loved Loved a

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<v Speaker 2>big pig, he loved State Fair stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazing. Yeah, great job, right, yeah, so exciting. Thanks Christina Arizona.

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<v Speaker 3>What the fuck is gon?

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<v Speaker 2>Courtney Minnesota is absolutely my new stage name. That's Courtney Minnesota,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing you God Grauna.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, this isn't the one yet, but this is confessions

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<v Speaker 3>of a scream sneezer. Great, and I read a thing

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<v Speaker 3>randomly today, read a thing that said that you could

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<v Speaker 3>kill yourself with a sneeze, but your body knows how

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<v Speaker 3>to expel it. Oh, so, like, if you didn't sneeze

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<v Speaker 3>out aloud and proud, you could kill yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, you could give yourself an aneurysm.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, So this is a I think this is an

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<v Speaker 3>argument for So let's see how it goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, pretending there's no in between. Okay, here we go

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<v Speaker 2>with this argument.

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<v Speaker 3>As a scream yawner, I just have I have some

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, Vince like in the middle of our trip,

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<v Speaker 3>was like, what are you like? He knows I do that,

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<v Speaker 3>but I just started not even noticing it do it.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought we yelled that in kindergarten for yawning. Scream yawning.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that how your family does it?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? And I just like want to let you know,

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<v Speaker 3>like here, this is.

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<v Speaker 1>So tired, boring, and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Thought, that's how you fucking yawned. Okay, Thanks Grandma, Hello,

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<v Speaker 3>Karen and Georgia. I've been meeting to write in for

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<v Speaker 3>a while, and you know how life goes, I'm just

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<v Speaker 3>now getting around to it. I started listening around the

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<v Speaker 3>pandemic times, and I think a lot of people were

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<v Speaker 3>looking for outlets. Some made banana bread, others listened to

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<v Speaker 3>YouTube talk about murder. Some did both at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, sorry about those episodes, recording them and just being like,

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<v Speaker 2>how are we getting this done?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>In one of your episodes, you talked about scream sneezing,

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<v Speaker 3>and it later came up in a rewind and I

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<v Speaker 3>knew I had to share.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was a kid, my dad scream.

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<v Speaker 3>Sneezed so violently it would cure your hiccups from a

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<v Speaker 3>mile away. It was mortifying. You'd be minding your own

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<v Speaker 3>business and suddenly Mount Saint Helen's would erupt all over

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<v Speaker 3>again right next to you on the couch, and then

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<v Speaker 3>it says had to throw in a Pacific Northwest reference

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<v Speaker 3>to where I'm from. I never understood why he had

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<v Speaker 3>to be so loud and obnoxious about a natural body function.

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<v Speaker 3>I even practiced holding my own sneezes in vowing that

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<v Speaker 3>I would never be like that. Then I got older.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm forty two now and a father to a four

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<v Speaker 3>year old daughter. After years of treating my body like

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<v Speaker 3>an amusement park, let's just say the bolts and screws

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<v Speaker 3>don't hold together the way they used to, so now

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<v Speaker 3>sneezing is genuinely painful if that pressure doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 3>safety outlet. To my horror, I've become my father. I

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<v Speaker 3>scream sneeze and those are capitalized with the best of them.

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<v Speaker 3>The scream lets the energy escape through my vocal cords

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<v Speaker 3>instead of herniating a disc. So my poor daughter is

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<v Speaker 3>growing up with a father who sounds like a fighter

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<v Speaker 3>jet doing a flyby at Mack two. My dad isn't

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<v Speaker 3>with us anymore, but I'll pass the story on to

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<v Speaker 3>her and apologize in advance. On the bright side, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a hiccup free zone. And then ps the story of

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<v Speaker 3>how you two started your show genuinely inspired me. I

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<v Speaker 3>now have my own podcast called in the Static, where

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<v Speaker 3>I talk to writers, artists and musicians about why we

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<v Speaker 3>make things even when we don't have to. Oh, your

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<v Speaker 3>network's own. Hannah Smith from The Knife podcast was the

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<v Speaker 3>one who encouraged me to actually do it, and she

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<v Speaker 3>agreed to be my first guest.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>So thank you for building a community where people like

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<v Speaker 3>me feel like they can step out of their shell

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<v Speaker 3>and share their work. All the hot dogs, Brandon Keith Osborne,

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<v Speaker 3>host of In the Static.

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon lovely, so nice to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let's get into this thing about the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>it is not necessary to make the noise.

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<v Speaker 3>But Karen harridly disagrees with Karen must attack you right

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<v Speaker 3>on the neck. No, it's just I get it, I

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<v Speaker 3>get it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just the front end. Yeah, just curb that part.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't totally don't don't do because it is upsetting when

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<v Speaker 2>people go like that is so weird and bad.

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<v Speaker 3>My mom does a gap that the gas part is

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<v Speaker 3>the one I don't Yes, a true part I don't

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<v Speaker 3>care about, but right, yeah, and you're like what sapping.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes like my old dreaminate. It was like where

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, no, you're just literally screaming you go to therapy. Yeah, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>this one now, this is this one's pretty epic. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not going it's you ask for things that

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<v Speaker 2>happened to us at work. Sure, it just starts. I

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<v Speaker 2>literally love you guys so much. We got business to

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<v Speaker 2>get into.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>I work in a small office in a big city

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<v Speaker 2>in Texas. Last summer, we had a few new hires

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<v Speaker 2>coming through and I was sitting at the front desk waiting.

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<v Speaker 1>For them to arrive.

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<v Speaker 2>As they slowly began to filter in, there was one

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<v Speaker 2>gentleman in particular who stood out to me. He walked

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<v Speaker 2>in with a huge smile on his face and introduced himself.

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<v Speaker 2>I greeted him and walked him back to the conference room.

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<v Speaker 2>All while I had this weird feeling that I just

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't shake. The gentleman made it through training and settled

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<v Speaker 2>into his part time status, being a regular face that

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<v Speaker 2>I saw every day. I was cordial, but I was

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<v Speaker 2>hesitant to hold any extended conversation. And because there was

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<v Speaker 2>just something in his eyes that was almost uncanny, I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't put my finger on it. I was completely convinced

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<v Speaker 2>this was a bad man. Then one day all of

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<v Speaker 2>my nerves and hesitancies were completely validated.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god. Kind of.

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<v Speaker 2>Another one of the new hires was up at the

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<v Speaker 2>front desk chatting and said, did you guys know Chris

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<v Speaker 2>was an actor? We paused, no, The young man continued, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been on all this stuff when we did our orientation.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the fun fact that he shared. I immediately

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<v Speaker 2>jumped onto IMDb and there it was. The reason the

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<v Speaker 2>guy gave me the creeps is because I had seen

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<v Speaker 2>those eyes before when he Chris McGarry played Alec Murdoch

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<v Speaker 2>in The Murdoch Murders, Oh twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>The creepy feeling I means he's a great actor.

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<v Speaker 2>Seriously, the creepy feeling I was getting from the poor

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<v Speaker 2>new man at work is because he played a literal murderer.

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<v Speaker 2>Poor Chris, He's not a creep. He's just insanely fucking talented. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>After that, I decided it was time to stop avoiding

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<v Speaker 2>eye contact and teach my brain that we are not

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<v Speaker 2>in danger.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris was a great guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He ended up leaving because he got accepted into a

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<v Speaker 2>collegiate theater program and he wanted to focus there. For

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<v Speaker 2>his privacy, I'll spare any further detail. It's like you've told.

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<v Speaker 3>Us to his entire life.

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<v Speaker 2>We all follow him now on, We're all into this.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you guys for ten years of incredible work. Stay sexy, Samantha,

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<v Speaker 2>And here he is. It's Chris McGarry starring in and

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<v Speaker 2>Kate made this note that not to be mistaken with

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<v Speaker 2>the Bill Pullman mini.

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<v Speaker 1>Series about the Murdoch murders. Got it. This was the

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<v Speaker 1>two B movie from twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's a menacing stare. Yeah, that's a great actor.

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<v Speaker 3>Then great act like it stayed with her. Yeah, amazing,

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the risk of acting.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what you get. People are scared of you.

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<v Speaker 3>I was thinking the guy who played odd book me,

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<v Speaker 3>what's it called solotion on the back?

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<v Speaker 2>Put so in the yeah who who went on to

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<v Speaker 2>be He was the like the police lieutenant on Monk right,

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<v Speaker 2>and my mom loved Monk so I'd watch it with

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<v Speaker 2>her all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'd just be like, this is scary. The voice

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<v Speaker 1>would come through.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, this is the last one, and it's so predictable,

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<v Speaker 3>but the last part is just somewhere with it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>the best restaurant story you may ever hear. I like

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<v Speaker 3>that might not be qualify it. Salutations, BFFs. I write

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<v Speaker 3>to you from your own backyard and beautiful Silver Lake

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<v Speaker 3>to tell you about my favorite restaurant story from over

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<v Speaker 3>twelve years in the service industry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure we asked for these.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this was not from my first hand account. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>sad to say it was my favorite chef I have

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<v Speaker 3>ever worked with who blessed me with the tale. So

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<v Speaker 3>here it is my gift to you. He was working

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<v Speaker 3>at a very posh restaurant in Los Gatos. Where's that

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<v Speaker 3>Los Gatos?

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<v Speaker 1>It's up in the East Bay, I believe, yeah, right

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<v Speaker 1>East or South Bay, I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 3>In his early career, it was common for people to

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<v Speaker 3>celebrate birthdays and big life events here. One Saturday night,

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<v Speaker 3>the restaurant was packed, per usual. The seven o'clock dinner

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<v Speaker 3>rush is in full swing. The lobby is filled with

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<v Speaker 3>people waiting to be seated, sipping on pre dinner cocktails.

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<v Speaker 3>The kitchen printer is cranking out ticket after ticket to

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<v Speaker 3>a hot and bustling kitchen servers are greeting guests, serving drinks,

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<v Speaker 3>nursing a hangover with bitters and soda, flirting with the

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<v Speaker 3>krusty tattooed sous chef, putting in orders, inevitably forgetting orders

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<v Speaker 3>and blaming it on the kitchen. Wait, this isn't my story, Sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>I was having clashbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyways.

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<v Speaker 3>One server gets two parties at the same time that

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<v Speaker 3>require two different cakes to be refrigerated and then presented

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<v Speaker 3>at the end of the meal for a dessert. As

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<v Speaker 3>dirty dinner dishes are being cleared, the server goes to

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<v Speaker 3>the walk in to get the cakes ready. The first

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<v Speaker 3>table to be ready for dessert is a large family

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<v Speaker 3>celebrating the eightieth birthday of their dear sweet Nanah. The

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<v Speaker 3>other party is a much more lively bunch of thirty somethings,

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<v Speaker 3>all gathered to send their coworker off to their next

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<v Speaker 3>job with a last supper situation. The busy and flustered

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<v Speaker 3>server grabs a cake from the walk in and asks

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<v Speaker 3>the server to help them bring the other cake to

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<v Speaker 3>the group that was sending off their coworker. The first

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<v Speaker 3>server walks the cake to the smiling family waiting to

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<v Speaker 3>see Happy Birthday to Nana. Simultaneously, the second server approaches

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<v Speaker 3>a confused looking group of professionals with the cake that

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<v Speaker 3>says Happy Birthday, Nana. The first server presents the other

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<v Speaker 3>cake and goes to leave when they hear a gasp.

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<v Speaker 3>They turn to see Nana's face, which has fallen with

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<v Speaker 3>eyes brimming with tears. The server looks down in horror

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<v Speaker 3>at the cake. Swirly black frosting states, You're dead to.

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<v Speaker 2>USA on trust from the family.

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<v Speaker 3>You're done to us now you're eightieth Go fuck yourself, Nana.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you're dead to us because they were leaving their

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<v Speaker 1>off the office. They're going read the cake before you

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<v Speaker 1>drop it.

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<v Speaker 3>The classic tale of the old switcheroom ending and lots

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<v Speaker 3>of comped drinks for Nan and the fam. A forever

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<v Speaker 3>traumatized server, and my favorite story to tell at parties.

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<v Speaker 1>Love you both tons.

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<v Speaker 3>You have inspired me to get my master's in social

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<v Speaker 3>work and help the underserved here in La.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, my God.

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<v Speaker 3>Stay sexy and blame it on the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 1>Maya Maya legendary, Oh, dead to.

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<v Speaker 3>Us, dead to us, that's like the I curse you

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<v Speaker 3>with my dying breast.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, no candles, black swirling, frosting dead.

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<v Speaker 1>We hate you, Grandma.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have any switcheroo stories? Yeah, let us know it.

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<v Speaker 3>My favorite murder at Gmail. Any kind of switcheroo, especially

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<v Speaker 3>grandma based, yes, graandma based, Grandma.

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<v Speaker 2>Based cake bace, waitress base.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, et cetera, et cetera. Other than that, stay sexy

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<v Speaker 1>and don't get murdered.

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<v Speaker 4>Good Bye, Elvis, Do you want a cookie?

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<v Speaker 5>Two as lesbian lovers touched down in nineteen nineties London

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<v Speaker 5>and become the toast of British high society. They're rich,

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<v Speaker 5>they're colorful.

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<v Speaker 4>Red hair, masses and masses and masses of red hair.

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<v Speaker 5>And they're outrageous.

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<v Speaker 4>She would keep a stash at fifty pound notes down

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<v Speaker 4>her bra.

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<v Speaker 5>One of them starts touting an exclusive investment opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>That money, If you give it to me, I will

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<v Speaker 2>turn it into mega money.

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<v Speaker 5>And soon the money starts rolling in. Rich businessmen and

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<v Speaker 5>England's horse loving elite fall under their seductive spell.

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<v Speaker 3>It was intoxicating stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>They even meet Queen Elizabeth. But the millionaire duo are

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<v Speaker 5>concealing a dark past and dastardly intentions.

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<v Speaker 3>My husband turned around and said we either get that

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<v Speaker 3>money or we're going to expose you for what you are.

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<v Speaker 5>I my mother saying to me that the ramifications of

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<v Speaker 5>this were huge.

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<v Speaker 1>I was terrified, absolutely terrified. Evil.

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<v Speaker 3>They were bad, bad people, as bad as evil. Yes, definitely.

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<v Speaker 5>Before long, a small town detective gets wind of the

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<v Speaker 5>duo's exploits and vows to stop them.

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<v Speaker 1>She was a thief. She was a thieving scumbag.

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<v Speaker 5>Only problem is these two are exceedingly hard to catch.

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<v Speaker 5>Decades later, one of them is finally ready to tell all.

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<v Speaker 3>I've solved my soul to the devil.

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<v Speaker 5>This is the story of Lilah Andre and Evelyn Burton.

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<v Speaker 1>She was the love of my life, absolutely the love

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<v Speaker 1>of my life.

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<v Speaker 5>From usg Audio, Blanchard House and Exactly Right Media, this

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<v Speaker 5>is Royal Swindle.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh look, I say, I'm very sorry, but whether I

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<v Speaker 4>mean or not not, I don't know.

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