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Speaker 1: B Loka Tora Radio is a radiophonic novella.

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Speaker 2: Which is just a very extra way of saying a podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm fosa m and I am Mala Munjos. Lokatra Radio

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Speaker 1: is yr Brima's favorite podcast, hosted by us Mala and Viosa.

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Speaker 2: We're two ig friends turned podcast partners, breaking down pop culture, feminism,

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Speaker 1: Known as Las Lokatas, Las Mammis of Myth and Bullshit

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Speaker 1: and Las Borgasrosas. We were podcasting independently since twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: but joined iHeartMedia's Microtura network in twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 2: This year, we're continuing to share stories from the LATINX community.

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Speaker 3: Bartodo el mundo.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to season eight.

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Speaker 1: O lao la Loka Moties. Welcome to season eight of

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Speaker 1: Loka Dora Radio. I'm Viosa and I'm Mala. You're tuning

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Speaker 1: in to Capitols one seventy six.

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Speaker 2: Last time on Locata Radio, we interviewed Vednique Medrano about

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Speaker 1: at Loka Dora Underscore Radio.

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Speaker 3: So what's new girl, what's happening?

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Speaker 1: I think as of the guests that we have today,

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Speaker 1: we should talk about maybe some thrifting fines.

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Speaker 3: Oh okay over the years, okay, dang, okay, what.

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Speaker 1: Has been your favorite thrifted?

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Speaker 3: Look?

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Speaker 2: This is so hard because I feel like some of

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Speaker 2: my favorite accessories have been thrifted. I have found some

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Speaker 2: really cute sunglasses, really cute shoes, some cut purses, and

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Speaker 2: or I have worn items from Dela Luna Designs. She

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Speaker 2: sources her garments by thrifting and then she adds really

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Speaker 2: beautiful patches and accessories and she like dresses them up.

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Speaker 3: So either through.

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Speaker 2: Her, some of my favorite jackets or jumpsuits, or like

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Speaker 2: I found some really cute sunglasses, like at the Goodwill

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Speaker 1: Right, how about Yeah, you always have some really good fines,

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Speaker 1: especially like denim jackets. I feel I feel like I've

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Speaker 1: seen you pull some like really nice and unique pieces

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Speaker 2: Years over the years here and there, yea, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: you have a lot of really great thrifted and vintage

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Speaker 1: I don't actually thrift myself. I have like occasionally, like

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Speaker 1: Finando is just such a good He just finds things,

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Speaker 1: he has found me some really cool, beautiful pieces over

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Speaker 1: He found this really nice Gucci purse for me and

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Speaker 1: I don't know how he did that. And yeah, he

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Speaker 1: like once a year he'll go and then sell them

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Speaker 3: Lizzie MacGuire, you are an outfit repeater.

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited to talk to the women that have

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Speaker 3: So please enjoy this.

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Speaker 2: Interview with Nicole Messius, Jannine Mancia, and Henry Navarro. We

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Speaker 2: are joined by the lovely ladies of the Radical Clothing Swap.

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Speaker 2: Thank you all for joining us. Can you each introduce

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Speaker 4: Yeah, So my name is Nicole Messias and I'm one

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Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Henri. I'm one of the co organizers and

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Speaker 1: graphic designers. So thank you so much for being here.

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Speaker 1: I know that all three of you had separate experiences

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Speaker 4: There's actually four of us in total. Nicki, who sadly

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Speaker 5: And we did our first one like later that year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I was like, I have I have clothes and

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Speaker 4: like a really janky rack and some hangars.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, from yeah looking from the outside, and but yeah,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I also just feel like it's a very

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Speaker 4: No, it's more like excitement.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's definitely more excitement. People will come and they'll

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: I love that. And what have you all learned since

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Speaker 6: And there were times that we were doing you know,

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Speaker 5: I'm just going to piggyback off because community is I

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I feel like I love how well articulated your goals

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Speaker 6: Well, I think, in general, I think it's everything in

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Speaker 6: Think that's crazy. Like I was watching a movie and

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Speaker 6: It's it's wild just thinking about also just the fashion

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that because I feel I've been talking

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Speaker 6: And even thrifting is hard nowadays. I've seen a lot

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Speaker 5: And at the same time, these are all the brands

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Speaker 5: these these brands that people love to wear, and when

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Speaker 5: these companies can't sell all of you know, there are

440
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Speaker 5: full collections, they just toss them, which is so unfree reading,

441
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Speaker 5: because like you can easily just donate that, you can

442
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Speaker 5: easily I don't know, you know, do something else with it,

443
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Speaker 5: but not dump it in someone's home in another country,

444
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 5: underdeveloped country, you know where you might not suffer directly from,

445
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,639
Speaker 5: you know that, but other people are. So that's also

446
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 5: a way of keeping that keeping clothes out of landfills,

447
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,440
Speaker 5: and we can at least give it away. Someone will

448
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Speaker 5: find another purpose for that piece.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, my sister and I, especially over the past few years,

450
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Speaker 2: we just are always like scratching our heads at how

451
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 2: often we're purging our closets. It's just constant, like getting

452
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,879
Speaker 2: rid of stuff because we have so much stuff coming

453
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 2: in and you know, there are folks who are doing

454
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Speaker 2: like major like schine halls and Amazon halls, and we're

455
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Speaker 2: not at that level. But even so, just like normal

456
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:56,000
Speaker 2: shopping and adding new pieces to your wardrobe. It's it's

457
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Speaker 2: just wild and there's not enough space to keep it all.

458
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Speaker 2: And then there's also the question of, like I think

459
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 2: a lot of folks are struggling, like with where is

460
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Speaker 2: a good place to donate?

461
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Speaker 3: Right?

462
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Speaker 2: So the Radical Clothing Swap, You guys are so ingenious

463
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Speaker 2: in what you're doing, and I wish there was more

464
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Speaker 2: options like what you're providing, because I think some folks

465
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Speaker 2: hesitate about the Salvation Army because there's like ethics and

466
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Speaker 2: ethical things with the Salvation Army or with the Goodwill.

467
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Speaker 2: So for those who are listening who maybe don't have

468
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Speaker 2: a Radical Clothing Swap in their hometown, I mean, what

469
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Speaker 2: do you guys suggest for folks who are trying to

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Speaker 2: get rid of their clothes, who want to donate, who

471
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Speaker 2: want to do something productive with their clothes. What advice

472
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Speaker 2: do you have for our listeners out there.

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Speaker 5: We actually have a post about this on our Instagram perfect.

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Speaker 5: I believe that the post talks about places you can

475
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Speaker 5: donate your clothes. I know there's Parade. We do have

476
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,119
Speaker 5: a post on it on Instagram and we mentioned a

477
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Speaker 5: few places where you can donate you're close to. I

478
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 5: believe they send you a bag that you can fill

479
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Speaker 5: and then you return it and they basically will either

480
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Speaker 5: recycle it or upcycle it in a way. But also

481
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Speaker 5: check what's in your area. I think you'd be surprised

482
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 5: who you know recycles textiles. Homeboys at least for LA,

483
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,879
Speaker 5: Homeboys has a recycling textile facility, So it's good to

484
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Speaker 5: check your area to see what's available. But there's also

485
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Speaker 5: these these space spaces online Homebok Industries.

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Speaker 3: Does it all?

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Speaker 4: Can I just say we need to connect there so

488
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Speaker 4: we would love to have a swap there.

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Speaker 3: Okay, heard that? Love that.

490
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Speaker 4: But my advice also to people is start your own

491
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Speaker 4: swap because even if it's within your circle of like friends, cousins,

492
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 4: like family, you'd be surprised at how much you will

493
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Speaker 4: find that you actually will love. I think that's probably

494
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Speaker 4: like one of our favorite things is like all the

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Speaker 4: gems that we find.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was chairinging off the air that my partner

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Speaker 1: Fednan though. He organizes clothing swops with his friends, and

498
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,239
Speaker 1: the way they organize it is they everyone takes their

499
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: clothes and they have to pick a number, and so

500
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 1: whoever has number one gets like first pick and they

501
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 1: go through the clothes. That's why I ask. That's That's

502
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Speaker 1: honestly why I ask something, does it get competitive? Because

503
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 1: I see them and it gets competitive? It doesn't and

504
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: they want the jacket right, But I think, yeah, it's

505
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 1: like a really I think even at your literal local level,

506
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,119
Speaker 1: to organize your own little clothing swaps within your family

507
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: or your friend group is like a really good way

508
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: to start.

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Speaker 5: We also have a post about that on our Instagram. Yeah,

510
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 5: how to start your own swap?

511
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Speaker 3: What is your Instagram handle for our listeners.

512
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Speaker 5: At Radical Close Swap on Instagram and TikTok fabulous.

513
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,880
Speaker 2: I love how in your project you all also talk

514
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,880
Speaker 2: about this concept of de influencing. What does that mean

515
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 2: to you all and how does it figure into your project?

516
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, Dmfluen to me is just trying

517
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,199
Speaker 1: to fight against I guess, just like like we have

518
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: said before, over consumption and the need to always have

519
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: something new or to be in I think I take

520
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: a lot of inspiration from Recondo in this in really

521
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: like looking at your items, seeing if it brings you joy,

522
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 1: the emotional connection that you have to something, and really

523
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 1: like building a bond with it. I think sometimes we

524
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 1: look at clothes and it's kind of like, oh, it's

525
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 1: just superficial. It's just close. But I'm like, this is

526
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: our everyday thing, like it it serves a utilitarian purpose.

527
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: It's like our armor. So I think in deinfluencing, maybe

528
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: influencing your relationship to close and to make it a

529
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: little bit deeper and not to make it so superficial,

530
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: and in that way hopefully that you learn how to

531
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Speaker 1: create your own personal style and not be so I

532
00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,200
Speaker 1: need this, I need this, I need this, and just

533
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: continue to add more and more more to your wardrobe

534
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: that you're never actually going to use. It's just let's

535
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: take time, like, like, let's step back and look at

536
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: what we're doing in our own relationships to the things

537
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: that we wear every day.

538
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Speaker 5: There's a few like fashion influencers that I follow, and

539
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 5: I mean there's so many influencers in general, right, and

540
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 5: I think they're always promoting a product something to get

541
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Speaker 5: you to buy, right as a follower, as a consumer,

542
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 5: like get you to buy, And that's that basically is

543
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 5: against what we want to do. Right, We're trying to

544
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 5: decrease consumption and like and we said play and do

545
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 5: what you can with what you have. You know, check

546
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 5: your closet and accessorize. You know, there's a lot of

547
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 5: times where you can easily add a belt or a

548
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 5: scarf around the neck or something and make a whole

549
00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 5: new outfit.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 5: So it's going, I guess, doing the opposite of what influencers.

552
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Speaker 4: Are doing quite I think for me, it's like convinced

553
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,239
Speaker 4: or encouraging people to find your own style because they

554
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 4: feel a lot of influencers have the same style. They

555
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 4: influence each other, right, they work with the same brands,

556
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 4: they're creating the same looks. I feel like our like

557
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 4: radical close swap is the perfect place for people to

558
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 4: experiment with style and experiment with like just different silhouettes

559
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 4: that you don't have to pay for it. If you

560
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 4: take something and it doesn't fit, you bring it back

561
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 4: next month. You know. We tell people that all the time.

562
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Speaker 1: I love that. I wanted to ask that as a

563
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Speaker 1: follow up, because you all have great style. There's this

564
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 1: beautiful image of all of you in Everlane, the blog

565
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: post that just came out, and it's clear, like y'all

566
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: know what you're talking about. And so I think because

567
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Speaker 1: a lot of us can feel like we're in a

568
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Speaker 1: style rut or we go through this like I have

569
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Speaker 1: nothing in my closet, or if we shop for event

570
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: specific looks only, it can very much feel like I

571
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: have nothing to wear today. So how did you discover

572
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: your personal style? And like tips for folks that are

573
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: maybe in between like their looks right now and don't

574
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: really know what their style is.

575
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 5: I feel like I'm so or myself is always changing.

576
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Speaker 5: When I was younger, I was so obsessed with like

577
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Speaker 5: being a vintage growlye and just wearing like old pieces right.

578
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Speaker 5: But I was also broke and couldn't afford like vintage

579
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 5: is expensive, and I would do a lot of thrifting too,

580
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 5: So I guess now I still thrift and most of

581
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 5: my clothes comes from the swap snow, so I don't

582
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 5: really shop all the time. But it's more what I

583
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 5: feel comfortable. And it's still like, you know, a lot

584
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Speaker 5: of vintage instareed pieces or vintage pieces that I find,

585
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 5: but mostly what I feel comfortable in, things that I

586
00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 5: probably wouldn't normally wear that I think everyone should I

587
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 5: give a shot because you put it on and you're like, oh,

588
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 5: well I could rock this, you know. So I don't

589
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 5: think there's a word or I can't put a word

590
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Speaker 5: or a style to the way I dress. It's just

591
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 5: I don't know whatever. I feel comfortable.

592
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 4: Then I've always leaned more towards like classic denim, like

593
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 4: band T shirts and jeans, like cut off stuff like that.

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Speaker 4: And I feel like once I started working in like,

595
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 4: you know, corporate world, I lost that sense of like

596
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Speaker 4: how can I show up and be professional but still

597
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 4: be true to like my punk rock roots And like

598
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Speaker 4: I've also have always loved vintage like sixties, seventies retro looks,

599
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 4: like I love that, and how do I incorporate that?

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00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 4: I feel like we get I don't know. I feel

602
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 4: like we get so much at the swaps. It's so

603
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 4: easy to like have fun and play and experiment, and

604
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 4: like I never buy clothes anymore. It's amazing, Like I

605
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 4: never thought that I would have like this giant closet

606
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 4: that I can like go through. It's fun. I mean,

607
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 4: you guys should come, definitely.

608
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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I'm dying to go to the next one.

609
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 2: I've been telling all of my friends and honestly and

610
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 2: sending the Instagram because we all have this problem, right,

611
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 2: Like we all are struggling to figure out our wardrobes

612
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 2: and what to do with the clothes that we don't

613
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 2: want anymore, and how we bring in fresh like pieces.

614
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Speaker 2: So can you tell us when is the next radical

615
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 2: clothes swap and where?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll be at Angel City.

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Speaker 5: Actually we're we have a residency with Angel City, so

619
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Speaker 5: we're there every second Saturday of the month. You can

620
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 5: tune into our Instagram where we'll post the flyer, usually

621
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Speaker 5: no later than a week before the actual events, and

622
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 5: then depending who reaches out, we pop up around Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: Henri, did you want to answer the question about personal styles?

624
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Speaker 5: Oh?

625
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 6: Sure, Yeah. In regards to my personal style, I realize

626
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 6: that I have no particular aesthetic that I'm ever going for.

627
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 6: I am kind of all over the place, but in

628
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,839
Speaker 6: that I like have my like stable pieces. I have

629
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Speaker 6: pieces or like I guess patterns or like shapes and

630
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 6: stuff that I like stick to you. I'm like, I

631
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 6: know this works for me, and I can make it

632
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 6: work with this, and I can fit that silhouette into

633
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 6: like any look that I'm kind of going for, because

634
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 6: I'm like one day dark and like other days I'm

635
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 6: like I want to look like a skater boy, or

636
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Speaker 6: like I want.

637
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,280
Speaker 1: To look.

638
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 6: I want to look like super girly and like from

639
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 6: the sixties or something like that. But I have pieces

640
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,959
Speaker 6: that all fit together or I can mismatch to get

641
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 6: that look. And I think and before that, like I

642
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 6: used to get like super like I have to stick

643
00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,240
Speaker 6: to one look. And I think that's where people get

644
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 6: like really mixed up with their own personal style because

645
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 6: they're seeing so much. I mean, we're seeing so much

646
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 6: every day, Like in terms of fashion, we're looking through TikTok,

647
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,320
Speaker 6: we're looking through Instagram, like if you still go on blogs,

648
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 6: you go on blogs and YouTube and all of that stuff.

649
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 6: So you're seeing all these really cool aesthetics and all

650
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 6: these really cool looks, and you're like, well, where do

651
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 6: I fit in? You don't have to fit in anywhere.

652
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 6: You can create your own look. And I think a

653
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 6: lot of the times, like you want to, like it's

654
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 6: okay to experiment, Like it's totally okay to do that.

655
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Speaker 6: But I think where people get just tying this back

656
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Speaker 6: into like over consumption and everything, where people get like

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Speaker 6: kind of you know, they're doing the she and hauls

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Speaker 6: and everything. It's like I have to have this one

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Speaker 6: look right now, Like it's okay to take your time

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Speaker 6: to build your wardrobe, and it's okay to outfit repeat

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Speaker 6: Like that's totally fine. Like I guarantee you there's people

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Speaker 6: that like love seeing you in a certain jacket and

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Speaker 6: stuff like, there's certain pieces that like when I wear

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Speaker 6: to work, They're like, oh, I love that jacket you.

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Speaker 1: That's a really nice jacket, Like when you wear it

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Speaker 1: and stuff like, it's okay to outfit.

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Speaker 4: We're proud, outfit proud. That's the one thing we will

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Speaker 4: influence is outfit repeating.

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Speaker 5: So if you do come to our swaps, we will

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Speaker 5: most likely pick out your outfit. And you know, someone

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Speaker 5: will pick something out and say I don't know how

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Speaker 5: to wear this, and then one of them, one of

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Speaker 5: us is like, oh try it with this, wear this

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Speaker 5: with pants, or I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Cute, useful service.

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Speaker 2: I love Also, Henry, that you bring up staple pieces,

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Speaker 2: and I'm wondering each of you, like, what advice do

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Speaker 2: you have for listeners before they are influenced into buying

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Speaker 2: a fast fashioned look, what's like a staple piece they

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Speaker 2: should be investing in and make sure they have in

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Speaker 2: their wardrobe.

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Speaker 1: First, I'm gonna say a leather jacket and jacket or

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Speaker 1: why that fits you like, it doesn't have to be.

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Speaker 6: Like the biker look or anything like that. It's just

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Speaker 6: it's so good and it fits so many different styles.

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Speaker 6: And some people would be like, don't buy a real leather,

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Speaker 6: you know, because of like animals and ethical reasons and

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Speaker 6: stuff like that. I totally understand that, but the reality

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Speaker 6: is that, like vegan leather is not sustainable at all.

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Speaker 3: It's just plastic.

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Speaker 6: So it's probably better if you just do buy like

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Speaker 6: real leather, especially if it's like vintage leather. But yeah,

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Speaker 6: a leather jacket where anytime you can go with so

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Speaker 6: many looks, it's something that you should invest in.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to kind of piggyback on that and say

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Speaker 4: a trench coat, you can do a leather trench.

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Speaker 3: I love that look.

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Speaker 4: And a good pair of leather boots I'm all about that.

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Speaker 4: And you can find so many vintage leather pieces that

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Speaker 4: are still lasting, like super strong, well made.

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Speaker 5: I do want to say a good pair of boot

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Speaker 5: or shoe that is comfortable but also very aesthetic and cute.

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Speaker 5: Now as I'm older, I want to be comfortable but

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Speaker 5: also cute, and I don't want to sacrifice either one,

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Speaker 5: so I would say good staple shoe.

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Speaker 1: Amazing, And we know you have a clothing swap coming

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Speaker 1: up in October, so can you plug that date and

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Speaker 1: how what people need to do to go?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so you can find us Saturday, October fourteenth at

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Speaker 4: Angel City Brewery in downtown from twelve to four pm.

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Speaker 4: It's all ages, it's just if you are under twenty one,

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Speaker 4: you do have to come accompanied by an adult. And yeah,

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Speaker 4: our guidelines are pretty simple. We only ask that you

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Speaker 4: please donate only five to ten pieces per person, and

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Speaker 4: please just make sure that the clothes is clean, because

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Speaker 4: as soon as it's donated, it goes straight out to

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Speaker 4: the racks. No tears, you know, make sure it's in

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Speaker 4: good condition. If you found it on the rack, you

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Speaker 4: want to take it home and just no shoes or accessories.

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Speaker 1: Amazing. Well, thank you so much for joining us today

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Speaker 1: and sharing your knowledge with us. And we're really excited

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Speaker 1: to attend our first radical clothes swap in the near future.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready to get style.

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Speaker 5: We got you, We got you. Have a drink with

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Speaker 5: us in the city. Yes, I love sip and swap.

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Speaker 2: We'll be there clothes in hand and this has been

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Speaker 2: another episode of look at Our Radio.

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Speaker 3: Thank you all for tuning in.

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Speaker 2: Look at Radio a Radio Fun Novela is executive produced

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Speaker 2: and hosted by me Mala Munios and Bosam.

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