WEBVTT - I Choose … a Love Yourself Lightning Round with Sarah Drew

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Garland. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>back to I Choose Me. All right, Sarah Drew, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for sharing so much with me. Let's just switch

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<v Speaker 1>it up a bit for our bonus episode. How about that,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get to know you a little bit better. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do rapid Fire, and I think you're the perfect person,

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<v Speaker 1>okay for this. Okay, let's start with Emily Lane energy

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<v Speaker 1>or doctor April Kepner energy Emily Lane Ooh, okay on

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<v Speaker 1>set at Gray's comedy moments or emotional moments? Oh, did

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<v Speaker 1>you have any comedy? I did? Actually I had some

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<v Speaker 1>fun comedy, but emotional. Yeah, I mean it's emotional percent.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a good one. What is a medical procedure?

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<v Speaker 1>You are confident after nine seasons of being on Gray's

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<v Speaker 1>Anatomy that you could undertake absolutely nothing. I could maybe

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<v Speaker 1>do some CPR. Okay, that's pretty much. That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>could do. Stitches? Could you do stitches? Maybe I could

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<v Speaker 1>maybe do a little suture. It wouldn't look pretty going

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<v Speaker 1>to in debate someone, but you know they might need

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<v Speaker 1>an esophagus transplant, so let's don't do that. Let's see

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<v Speaker 1>guest star Life or series regular life. Oh regular, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>series regular feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>Although guests our life is so fun because I've played

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<v Speaker 2>so many kooky weirdos in my in my guests are

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<v Speaker 2>trapesing around, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're bopping in and you're bopping out and popping out. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's nothing like having a regular job, a job job,

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<v Speaker 1>weekend and look out. I get it. We didn't really

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<v Speaker 1>talk about this, but you have said before that you

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<v Speaker 1>are proactively hopeful. Yeah. I think that's really wonderful for

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<v Speaker 1>anybody out there who wants to be proactively hopeful. What

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<v Speaker 1>are some tips for them to have those sunshiny moments.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's really making a job of gratuity. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how else to do it. I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of the only way. I think you don't see

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<v Speaker 2>magic unless you're looking for it, and you're only looking

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<v Speaker 2>for it when you've put the work in and the

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<v Speaker 2>practice of deciding that there is goodness and deciding that

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<v Speaker 2>there is something worth being grateful for.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, That's that's the proactive part about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's it's it's it. You have to choose

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<v Speaker 2>it and you have to practice it. It's not something

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<v Speaker 2>that just happens to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think it can be too hopeful? Does it

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<v Speaker 1>ever blend into like going into toxic positivity? I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how I think.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I just I think ignoring the reality of the

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<v Speaker 2>world that would become problematic. But I also think that

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<v Speaker 2>there is always something good, and I don't I think

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<v Speaker 2>you have to hold I don't know. My my hope

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<v Speaker 2>is is grounded in the reality that there is pain,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's always gold even through the pain, and you

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<v Speaker 2>just have to hunt for it, you know. So that

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<v Speaker 2>is what the hope that I talk about is not

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<v Speaker 2>some like flighty something. It's it's a it's a it's

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<v Speaker 2>a messy journey toward it that acknowledges the pain that's

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<v Speaker 2>in life.

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<v Speaker 1>And maintaining the hope. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. That's good.

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<v Speaker 1>You also said that you're an overthinker. Chah, I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like about you. Okay, So what are some quick

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<v Speaker 1>tips for someone who is spiraling down the toilet bowl

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<v Speaker 1>with their overthinking. Get yourself a spouse that's like, they're

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<v Speaker 1>not thinking about you.

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<v Speaker 2>The world does not revolve around you.

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<v Speaker 1>Get yourself a good truth teller. A good truth teller,

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<v Speaker 1>in your life that you trust, that will listen to you,

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<v Speaker 1>start to spiral and go. I'm telling you, they're only

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about their interactions from last night. It's not what

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<v Speaker 1>you said. I think we should all walk around with

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<v Speaker 1>T shirts to say it's not about me, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>about me, nobody cares. Nobody care. Gosh. My walk back

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<v Speaker 1>into her dorm from the Thanksgiving break yesterday and she

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<v Speaker 1>texted me. She said, I think my roommate hates me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, why, I'm sure it happens as hared.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, well, I said, hi, how are you? How

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<v Speaker 1>is your break? And she said fine, how is yours?

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<v Speaker 1>And then didn't talk to her for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the night and they're sleeping, you know, in the same room.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, well, maybe she's sad that she had to

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<v Speaker 1>leave her family and come back to school. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many things that could be about and I

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<v Speaker 1>remember writing, it's not about you, babe, No, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>oh God, not about me. T shirts. She make T shirts. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's good. We could have a little side yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>side hustle, loud house, are quiet nights at home? Quiet

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<v Speaker 1>nights at home?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, what's the best music for the background of a

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<v Speaker 1>quiet night at home when you're just chilling with your family.

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<v Speaker 1>What does everybody agree on? John Prian Radio on Pandora.

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<v Speaker 1>It's my husband's go to know nothing about this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just he's just an artist named John Prine, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's like chill kind of it's not country.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even describe, but it is. Yeah, a little folky,

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<v Speaker 1>a little folky John Prime. Yeah, everybody, let's check that out.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds nice. I kind of know the answer to this.

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<v Speaker 1>But what book do you have on your bedside table

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<v Speaker 1>right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Brimstone by Kelly Hart is the second book in the

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<v Speaker 2>Quicksilver series.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh, and you again are just reading those

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<v Speaker 1>for fun? It's fun, you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Establishing I'm not trying to make it into a TV series.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh. Okay, New Year Energy Resolution Maker or

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<v Speaker 1>gentle Resetter, gentle Resetter. That's good. Okay, Yeah, we should

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<v Speaker 1>do that. We're so hard on ourselves. It's so hard

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<v Speaker 1>on ourselves. And New Year's every year gives me. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even try, like I want to forget all about

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<v Speaker 1>that part of it, don't. I don't. I don't try to.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't do any New Year's resolutions. It's just a calendar. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the day. I'm just we're always resetting. Every day

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<v Speaker 1>is a New year thing you're doing? It really is. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so much pressure put on people though, to like

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<v Speaker 1>it's January time to lose those extra ten pounds, or

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<v Speaker 1>let's start eating right, everybody's gonna start exercise, lift those weights. No,

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<v Speaker 1>there's just so much. Let me alone. I just overelfed

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<v Speaker 1>myself into de Haites I have I need to sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god. Okay, when it comes to I choose

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<v Speaker 1>me moments, big thing or tiny everyday thing. Oh, tiny

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<v Speaker 1>every day thing. I do hot yoga every day, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is a good I choose me. Thanks. Although it's

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<v Speaker 1>good productive because I'm getting in shape. So it's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>When you go to your yoga class, Yes, are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to like center yourself and calm your nervous system

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<v Speaker 1>or you going to physically challenge yourself and make yourself

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<v Speaker 1>leaner and longer and stronger. I want to It's first

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<v Speaker 1>and foremost about breathing. It can be both making.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think it's all of them, but but first

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<v Speaker 2>I forget to breathe in life often and yoga. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm in my hot yoga class, I can my

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<v Speaker 2>brain can't think about anything else because it's very challenging. Yeah, breathing,

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<v Speaker 2>you're just breathing, and you're you're you're thinking about your

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<v Speaker 2>muscles stretching, and you're thinking about getting into the next position,

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<v Speaker 2>and your heart is racing and you're calming down and

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<v Speaker 2>you're you know, you're just growing and strengthening and sweating

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<v Speaker 2>and the brain chatter goes away.

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<v Speaker 1>That's nice. Yes, I love it. Look at that. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a great choose me moment right there. Yeah. Okay, TV shows,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you watching right now?

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a new one with Emma Thompson on Apple

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<v Speaker 2>TV one Cemetery Road or something.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really good. I like this title. She's so good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's her and Ruth.

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<v Speaker 2>Ruth Wilson Wilson, Yes, yes, And Emma Thompson is just

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<v Speaker 2>I am obsessed.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you say she's your favorite actress or do you

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<v Speaker 1>have a favorite She's up there. I just recently showed

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<v Speaker 1>my son the version of much Ado about Nothing that

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<v Speaker 1>she did back in like nineteen ninety eight or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>She's such a magical performer. I'm I yeah, I love her.

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<v Speaker 1>There's just those people that can take you to that

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<v Speaker 1>place of just joy in just watching them work.

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<v Speaker 2>She's so good and also she's like so gorgeous and sexy,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's not all plastic or anything like, she's just

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<v Speaker 2>like a real human.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's so good. It's so good. Oh my gosh. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so tell us just quickly about this new show. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not new. It's a second season, yes, but a just

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<v Speaker 1>finished airing, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, but now Mistletoe Murders is now. It just finished

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<v Speaker 2>airing on a homework channel. But you can see it

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<v Speaker 2>on Hallmark Plus okay, where all episodes are street. You

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<v Speaker 2>can also purchase it, I think on Amazon. There's romance,

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<v Speaker 2>there's action, there's intrigue, really fun character find that.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you do that with like finding the small

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<v Speaker 1>town charm of a Christmas movie and blending in the mystery.

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<v Speaker 2>Well to you know, it's funny because they're two very

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<v Speaker 2>beloved genres, are Christmas movies, like Christmas rom coms and mystery,

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<v Speaker 2>and they both follow a very specific and similar pattern

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<v Speaker 2>where you start from a place of messiness and rupture

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<v Speaker 2>and something needs to be figured out. You take a

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<v Speaker 2>whole journey and then there's resolution at the end and

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<v Speaker 2>the mystery, the bad guy gets taken in and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and in the rock all is well at the end.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So people love this genre because you know that you

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<v Speaker 2>turn it on and at the end of the journey.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything is going to be okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But you get to go through this cathartic emotional experience

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<v Speaker 2>while you're trapsing your way through the story. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think the two genres really lend themselves pretty well to

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<v Speaker 2>one another. And can Are the creator who also created

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<v Speaker 2>the Audible series that this is based on. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>a genius at kind of mashing these two worlds together

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<v Speaker 2>and making it feel really cozy but also murdery at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>Murders. I love that. Oh my god, I go. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna definitely watch it. I want to binge from the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning to the end.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really fun. It's a fun it's a fun bit Binger.

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<v Speaker 1>It's crossed for season three. Cross Okay, Okay, So since

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<v Speaker 1>you were a pastor's kid, do you have one song

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<v Speaker 1>from church that takes you back?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord, I lived your name on Hi Lord, I love.

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<v Speaker 1>To sing your pray. There we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone that's a good one. My kids actually, because they

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<v Speaker 2>go to Catholic school and the choir sings that song

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<v Speaker 2>that is so cute. It's like totally brings me back.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Oh I love that so good. Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>Well you've been so much fun. I love talking to

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<v Speaker 1>you and getting to know you. Go talk to you too.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. You're welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>H