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Speaker 1: for tuning in to and we have a really great

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Speaker 1: interview with Irene Diaz, she's a singer songwriter. But before that,

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Speaker 1: tell you about what we've been up to. Yeah, what

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Speaker 1: our new season, season seven for Michael Buddha, for I Heart.

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Speaker 1: We're in studio and we haven't been since pre pandemic,

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Speaker 1: so we're thrilled about that. And uh be asa, I

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Speaker 1: feel like you have enough updates to fill an entire

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Speaker 1: Can you please introduce yourself for our listeners. Hi, everybody,

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Speaker 1: First of all, thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: So I'm a senior songwriter. I'm from Los Angeles, California.

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Speaker 1: Lovers and Friends. I love that you spent time in

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Speaker 1: in any of the songs. Beautiful, I love it. Irene Diaz,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for stopping by Look at That

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Speaker 1: of Irene's newest album. So I hope you enjoy and

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Speaker 1: Irene where it can folks follow you on socials? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so on Instagram. I you can find me at just

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