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Speaker 3: No, that's crazy, More Better, More More, a little more better, More.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to More Better, a podcast where we stop pretending

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Speaker 1: to have it all together because we definitely don't, and

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Speaker 1: embrace the journey of becoming a little more better every.

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Speaker 2: Day, or at least trying to. That's Stephanie Beatrice and

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Speaker 2: that is multa famarro. And here we are, guys, We're back.

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Speaker 2: Here we are. How are you doing. Okay, we're recording

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Speaker 2: this as some really devastating fires are happening in Los Angeles,

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Speaker 2: and uh, you know, we decided that we would record

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Speaker 2: we love our city and we're so we're just like

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Speaker 2: losing places that they're community gathers. It's just really this

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Speaker 2: what's normal for us is to talk to each other.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, just like take a moment for connection and for

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Speaker 2: how are you doing.

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm okay. I'm in Atlanta. So it's weird

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Speaker 2: What's happening. Anything. Have you been doing anything lately that's

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Speaker 2: I really loved the substance. Have we talked about this.

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Speaker 2: But honestly, like, I have male friends who I stood

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Speaker 1: So today's episode comes from a listener you guys listeners.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Stephanie, Melissa, coming to you from Australia. I wanted

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Speaker 4: My best friend lives in Germany and even though I

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Speaker 2: and she like came, She's like I'm gonna use my points.

435
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 2: It's like great, you know, planning, planning a little getaway

436
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 2: or planning a trip or making like you did with

437
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 2: the wedding. It's like making an effort to go to

438
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 2: a wedding to know that you're gonna like see your

439
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 2: friend get married and be a part of this big

440
00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 2: moment in their life that's really really special. And bonuses

441
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,120
Speaker 2: that you might get to see some other friends as well, right, Like, yeah,

442
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 2: we got to spend a whole weekend together and it

443
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 2: was great.

444
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 1: And it really is, like like you were saying, it

445
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: really is quality over quantity, you know, like I there

446
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,160
Speaker 1: are some friends I might only see once a year,

447
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: but as long as it's you know, and it's usually

448
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 1: a trip or like it's a long hang like you're

449
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 1: like you're saying, you know, you drive down to the

450
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: person or you meet in a city, and but that

451
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: quality time that's like it fills your cup for a

452
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: long time, you know, it really does, you know. And

453
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 1: if there's a way that they could meet in the

454
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:40,360
Speaker 1: middle between.

455
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 2: Australia and Germany, I don't know what that would be.

456
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,639
Speaker 2: Oh go Tokyo, No is it? Or will you figure

457
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 2: out what's in the middle of Australia and Germany that

458
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 2: it can't be Tokyo is it Tokyo. I'll look it up.

459
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 2: I wanted to be now, I really wanted to be Tokyo. Yeah,

460
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 2: Like planning a trip, is there like a vacationing spot

461
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 2: that's like somewhere in the middle that's not too expensive.

462
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,920
Speaker 2: Listen to me. There were a travel podcast now Okay.

463
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 1: I checked, and it's generally like the Bay of Bengal.

464
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 2: So you could go to like Thailand or Burma, like

465
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 2: all those places have like gorgeous islands. You know that

466
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,719
Speaker 2: you can like rent like a little villa or something.

467
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,640
Speaker 2: Oh fuck yeah, Oh my god, go to Thailand. You guys,

468
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 2: go to Thailand. You could meet each other in Thailand.

469
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,159
Speaker 2: How cool would that be? You could have a fantastic

470
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 2: adventure and remember for the rest of your lives. Also, also,

471
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 2: I will say, sometimes absence does make the heart grow fonder.

472
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 2: I will say. The flip side of this is that

473
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,400
Speaker 2: sometimes you're like, I'm busy, it's all my time, ausy

474
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: so much, and then when you're with each other on

475
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 2: a three day trip, you're like, oh my god, that's right.

476
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,399
Speaker 2: She is not nice to waiters. Oh I forgot you

477
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 2: know what I mean? Oh no, no, picky about when

478
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 2: she has breakfast, and I am not like that. I

479
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 2: can't handle that. I have to walk away. You know,

480
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,160
Speaker 2: I don't like that coffee order. That's too intense and involved.

481
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,200
Speaker 2: I don't you know what I mean. So like sometimes

482
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,679
Speaker 2: you'd be surprised, like sometimes you you you love your

483
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 2: friends and you love them for everything that they are,

484
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,640
Speaker 2: but like, maybe you don't need a three day trip

485
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,159
Speaker 2: with them. Maybe you just need to, like maybe you

486
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 2: to pack her a box and send her a bunch

487
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 2: of I mean, like, I'm not this is the other thing.

488
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 2: You could write letters. I am not a letter writer.

489
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: I'm not a journaler. I've never been. I've tried so

490
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 2: hard I cannot do it. I literally have underneath me,

491
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 2: right here at my desk a drawer full of half

492
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 2: done journals with like weird little scribbles and drawings you

493
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 2: have adournal before. Yes, I'm okay, it's okay, it's okay.

494
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 2: But I will pack a box. I will pack a

495
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 2: box and I will fill it with fun stuff. And

496
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,400
Speaker 2: I are a very good thanksgiver. I love to do it.

497
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 2: So like maybe that's the way that you express like

498
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 2: I miss you, I love you. Maybe I can't afford

499
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 2: a trip to Thailand. With you right now, but like

500
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 2: I'm gonna send you a little something in the mail,

501
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 2: you know, like yeah, maybe that's the connection.

502
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, two of my my two of my o G bessies,

503
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 1: Michael and Alison, we just have like a group check

504
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: going where we send each other the dumbest videos and.

505
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 3: It's like.

506
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: And and half of them are like you know those

507
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: reels where somebody is like me and my bessie thinking

508
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 1: that we're hiding our opinion on our face and it's like,

509
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 1: so oh, I like giving the shadiest look on their

510
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 1: face because that's us. And it's amazing because it's like

511
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: even if I don't talk to them, they're still making

512
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 1: me laugh once a day or ever, you know what

513
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: I mean. And it's like it's just connection or and

514
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: I find too that I don't know if you find this,

515
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: but like I have different communication things with each friend totally.

516
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: I have a friend that I will send the longest

517
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: voice notes to and we will just do that back

518
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: and forth until we can like find a time to talk.

519
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: And I have another friend who like just can only

520
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: do the like catch up calls, FaceTime calls, like can't

521
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: get it together with like other things and that's fine

522
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: because he's really good about making those dates and being

523
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: like and he'll be the first one to be like, hey,

524
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: it's been a minute, Like what's your schedule, Like when

525
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: can we FaceTime? And then I've yeah. And then I

526
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: have our mutual friend Lena. We marco polo with each other,

527
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: which is an app where you send like video messages

528
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: to each other. Okay, yeah, yeah, and like so it's

529
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: like have different things with different.

530
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 2: Different ways of communication with different people. That's yeah. I

531
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 2: like that a lot because like different friends are different. Yeah.

532
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 2: That leads me to Okay, this is our like science

533
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 2: nerd time Corner. So NPR. NPR had this article life

534
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 2: Kit forced tips to stay connected when your friends live

535
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 2: far away, And it's kind of a lot of the

536
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: stuff that we've been talking about already, so I'll read

537
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 2: you some of them. Be intentional about keeping your long

538
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 2: distance friend. We've talked about that. It's like, if you

539
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 2: want people in your life, you got to do a

540
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 2: little work, right, use common interests to feel connected. So

541
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 2: the means the making and I just.

542
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: Spent twenty minutes at the beginning of this call talking

543
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: about film and television.

544
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 2: It doesn't and and this article is being like, it

545
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 2: doesn't really matter what it is as long as it

546
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 2: helps you initiate conversation. So I love that. Don't hesitate

547
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 2: to reach out. If you feel like your communications in

548
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 2: a rut, your friend probably feels that way too. Don't

549
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 2: be afraid to be the first one to reach out.

550
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 2: It shows your friend that they don't need to fear rejection,

551
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 2: which is really nice because sometimes I get that feeling

552
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 2: of like, well haven't I sted hear in a long time?

553
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 2: I don't know, you know. And then this is basically saying,

554
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 2: don't be scared to do it, you know, yeah, which

555
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 2: I like. Conflicts are natural and healthy. Address them openly.

556
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 2: Now we haven't talked about this yet. From this article

557
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 2: this is it says separation's hard, miscommunication happens, and just

558
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 2: because there's a limited amount of time you get with

559
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 2: your friend, it can be easy to let conflicts go

560
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 2: unaddressed and try not to sweep things under the rug.

561
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 2: In fact, addressing conflict is one of the ways you

562
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 2: can become closer with your friend. I will say from

563
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 2: personal experience this has happened to me. I had some

564
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 2: miscommunications with a good friend of mine and it was

565
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 2: just like it got really icky and I didn't know

566
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 2: how to talk to her about it, and so I

567
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 2: ended up actually talking to a different friend about it,

568
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 2: and because that friend is nosy like me, she got

569
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: in the middle of it and was like, oh, girl,

570
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 2: y'all need to talk. So we did. She really was like,

571
00:31:58,120 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 2: h I can't be in the middle of this. You

572
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 2: gotta talk her. So we talked. It's a good friend. Really, yeah,

573
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 2: it was really I mean, it was painful. It was

574
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 2: kind of painful, but it was good in the end,

575
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 2: because you know, sometimes stuff just goes, you know, unsaid,

576
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: and we're busy people and life is hard and blah

577
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 2: blah blah blah blah. So like, I don't know, maybe Lauren,

578
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: there's something going on there that is maybe underneath some stuff,

579
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 2: and that's why you're feeling like you missed her so

580
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 2: much and you maybe don't feel as connected to her

581
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 2: as you want to feel. It's okay to just ask people,

582
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: is there something going on? Is there something you want

583
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 2: to tell me? You know? Yeah, But I mean it's

584
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 2: scary because like you just don't ever know what's on

585
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 2: the other end of that. You always hope it's like

586
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 2: no You're perfect. You're the best friend I've ever had, Right,

587
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 2: But I thought that was really helpful. More better, you know,

588
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 2: something that I think I learned today was like it's

589
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 2: okay to have these different friendship vibes with different people,

590
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 2: meaning yes, the last thing that you were saying, especially

591
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 2: with friends that are far away. It's like different things,

592
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 2: different strokes for different folks, literally mm hmmm. Yeah.

593
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think, you know, I'm a person that

594
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: I think friendships are really important and valuable. Like now

595
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: we're seeing all these studies right coming out about community

596
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: being linked to like longevity and health, and like relationships

597
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: and like experiences being vital to like your health even

598
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: and so you know, I love my friends like so

599
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: hard and so deeply, and I feel lucky to have

600
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: amazing friends in my community.

601
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 2: And also like these og.

602
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: Long distance friends who are from a different time in

603
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: my life who know me so well, and like I

604
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: feel very protective.

605
00:33:58,560 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 2: Of those friendships.

606
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 1: And yeah, and it's all you know, but you have

607
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: to be you do have to stay like open and understanding,

608
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: and you know, like you were just saying, with the conflicts,

609
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: like those conversations can be awkward, but as long as

610
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: you always keep in mind that, like, you're only going

611
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: to bring those things up if you really love someone,

612
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 1: because if you don't care, you're not going to say anything.

613
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 1: You're just going to move on over it. Yeah, you're

614
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: just over it. You're just like whatever about that person.

615
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 2: You know.

616
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: It's when it's somebody that you love and care about

617
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,439
Speaker 1: that you want to address. You know that you're even

618
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 1: mad in the first place, right, because like, someone you

619
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 1: don't give a shit about can't really make you that mad,

620
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: so you know. So it's I think on either side

621
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: of that, like remembering that you know someone's coming to

622
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: you raising a flag or a conflict, it's it's because

623
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:49,479
Speaker 1: they give a shit about you.

624
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 2: Because they give it. Yeah. Yeah, Really, long distance is hard, guys.

625
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 2: It's hard speaking of I miss you, it's really to

626
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,839
Speaker 2: I know I missed you too. I cannot believe it's

627
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 2: been that long. Wait, we need to figure that out.

628
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 2: How long has it actually been. When did you leave

629
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 2: for Canada? Not before I live in Canada, Yeah.

630
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: July, July July, and then I was gone in like

631
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: June part of June. So I don't I think we

632
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: saw I really think we saw each other in like

633
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:26,879
Speaker 1: April or May.

634
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 2: Maybe get the fuck out of here. That's crazy.

635
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: It might have been when we did the first episode

636
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: of this, was that the last time we saw each

637
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 1: other in person?

638
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 2: When was that? Oh? What? No? When was that that

639
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:43,319
Speaker 2: was May?

640
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:43,919
Speaker 4: Yeah?

641
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 2: I think it's May. I'm going to see you probably.

642
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: Yeah.

643
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 2: Oh my god. Wait when does your show? When does

644
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 2: your show actually start airing so that we can all

645
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 2: watch it?

646
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 3: Oh?

647
00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: Yes, gross, point God in Society permiss Sundays No September.

648
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,760
Speaker 2: What am I talking about? February? No? Take that again?

649
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 2: Take that again? Take it again?

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Speaker 1: Grow Growth in Society premiere's Sunday, February twenty third at

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Speaker 1: ten pm on NBC.

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Speaker 2: How exciting ten pm Easter. Yes, and then you know,

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Speaker 2: streaming on Peacock the next day. So yeah, and while

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Speaker 2: you're on Peacock, also watched with a medal. Would you

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Speaker 2: know in season two is gonna premiere? Do you guys

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Speaker 2: have a date? Probably probably in the summer. I don't.

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Speaker 2: We don't have a date. But you know, there's a

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Speaker 2: lot of special effects that have to take place, because right, no,

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Speaker 2: and that feels like a somebody got bit on the

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Speaker 2: lip with a spider. So there's an entire scene where

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Speaker 2: my lip looks like I'm a real housewife. Baby. It

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Speaker 2: is crazy. My god, I have to watch it. Uh my.

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Speaker 2: One of our producers was like, it looks fine. I

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Speaker 2: was like, you're out to lunch, brother, it looks crazy.

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Speaker 2: I honestly can't wait to see what they did because like, yeah, like,

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Speaker 2: are they going to fix it and post like the

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Speaker 2: whole scene? I don't know is that the plan? I'm

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Speaker 2: not sure. Girl, it was Oh my god, that's hilario. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: oh that's so exciting. Well, I can't wait for that

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Speaker 2: until then, long distance friend. I'll see you the next

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Speaker 2: time that we record. Until then, long distance friend. Yeah, yes, hey,

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Speaker 2: you love you too. Bye, guys, Bye, thanks for joining

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Speaker 2: to be more better at that you want us to

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Speaker 2: talk about in a future episode.

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Speaker 1: Can you relate to our struggles or have you tried

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Speaker 2: want to be featured on the pod. Ooh, More Better

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Speaker 2: with Stephanie Melissa is a production from WV Sound and

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Speaker 2: iHeartMedia's Mikudura podcast network, hosted by Me, Stephanie Beatriz, and

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Speaker 2: Melissa FUMERA More Better is produced by Isis Madrid, Leo Clem,

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Speaker 2: and Sophie Spencer Zabos. Our executive producers are Wilmer Valderrama

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Speaker 2: and Leo Clem at w V Sound. This episode was

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Speaker 2: edited by Isis Madrid and engineered by Sean Tracy and

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Speaker 2: features original music by Madison Davenport and Hello Boy. Our

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Speaker 2: cover art is by Vincent Remy's and photography by David Avalos.

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