Speaker 1: Hey, listeners, it's James Parker. Can you keep a secret?
Speaker 1: The next episode of Daughters of d C is up next,
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Speaker 1: You know, to share information from a private meeting with
Speaker 1: the president. However, I will say this, the President is
Speaker 1: a good man who is able to see the right
Speaker 1: thing to do even through the thick, obscuring clouds of
Speaker 1: tabloid He is saying another thing, I'll say, the court
Speaker 1: of public opinion is no place for trial. In that court,
Speaker 1: a person's guilty until proven innocent, and even then he's guilty.
Speaker 1: We must remind ourselves that we are a nation built
Speaker 1: on law and order and due process. My boys a
Speaker 1: good boy, and I'm a good judge. The people accusing
Speaker 1: us of otherwise need to be vetted themselves. I have
Speaker 1: the fullest confidence in our chief executive, and he has
Speaker 1: demonstrated to me today that he has the fullest confidence
Speaker 1: in me. That's all I'll say. It's no secret that
Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. Corruption is everywhere. You could say
Speaker 1: it's gone viral. That's why my friends and I decided
Speaker 1: to take on the system from the inside. I'm James,
Speaker 1: I'm Peyton, I'm Celia, I'm Natalie, and we're the daughters
Speaker 1: of DC. Peyton did one of the bravest things I've
Speaker 1: ever seen, and if this were a movie, she'd be
Speaker 1: the hero who changed everything. But this isn't a movie.
Speaker 1: After making herself as vulnerable as she'd ever been, our
Speaker 1: friend was the target of an awful humiliation campaign, hundreds
Speaker 1: of bots endlessly shaming her. I tried to help by
Speaker 1: dismantling them, but something was weird for everyone. I took
Speaker 1: down two more would pop up. Locksmith had shown me
Speaker 1: how to disrupt Twitter before, but this was something different.
Speaker 1: And then there were the trolls in real life. There
Speaker 1: wasn't much I could do about them. Hey, Dalk, you
Speaker 1: holding up? It's been better. Another hundred flyers stuffed in
Speaker 1: my locker rooms. I've been trying not to look at them.
Speaker 1: They just say, like, I get that you wanted to
Speaker 1: hurt Tanner, but you're actually hurting the whole school by
Speaker 1: not letting him play lacrosse. It's selfish to not look
Speaker 1: at the other point of view. Wait, we wanted to
Speaker 1: hurt Tanner. They all want us to retract our statement
Speaker 1: just so Tanner can play in the playoffs. They care
Speaker 1: more about sports than our lives. It's bad, pay. I
Speaker 1: feel like I'm being stared at wherever I go. Even now.
Speaker 1: Look around, everyone's whispering around us. It's I don't know
Speaker 1: when it's gonna stop. I do. There's no need to whisper.
Speaker 1: You can speak your mind out loud right here in
Speaker 1: the open. Go on, now is your chance say whatever
Speaker 1: you want to say to my face. No, that's all right,
Speaker 1: I already know what y'all are saying behind my back.
Speaker 1: Anyway you think I'm afraid of your opinions, none of
Speaker 1: y'all have the right to go join me for doing
Speaker 1: what I know is right. Frankly, I'm disgusted by the
Speaker 1: law to you. To hell with all of you. Oh yes, hi,
Speaker 1: Mrs Blackburn, this is um James Parker calling. Yes, how
Speaker 1: can I help you? I'm just calling to check up
Speaker 1: on Peyton. She hasn't been in school for the past
Speaker 1: few days. Peyton is taking a break from school. Oh
Speaker 1: that's right. This week has been cruel on her. She
Speaker 1: decided she needed to recharge and take a little time
Speaker 1: for herself. Oh, she didn't say anything to us about that.
Speaker 1: Us Um, we have a group project to an ap
Speaker 1: U S history four of us. I think you'll have
Speaker 1: to find a new member. Peyton just wants to be
Speaker 1: left alone right now. I'm sure you understand. Would it
Speaker 1: be possible to talk to her for a minute. Oh,
Speaker 1: I'm afraid not. Peyton is not here. You see, as
Speaker 1: I said, she needs a little break from other people,
Speaker 1: so please respect that. Can I ask where she is? Well?
Speaker 1: I don't see. Project is really important for our grade
Speaker 1: this semester if Peyton doesn't participate. She's volunteering down at
Speaker 1: the Mackenzie Horse Ranch in West Virginia, and she doesn't
Speaker 1: have her phone, so no need to bother her. No
Speaker 1: phone but no phone, no computer, just a much needed
Speaker 1: peace and quiet. I'm sure she'll be back in time
Speaker 1: for your project though. Good day, James. That explains why
Speaker 1: she's been ignoring our messages. Poor Peyton, she must feel awful.
Speaker 1: I wish there was something we could do to cheer up.
Speaker 1: How about a surprise visit to West Virginia. Why not
Speaker 1: have my Volkswagen. We could bring lunch and make big
Speaker 1: signs saying pay and we love you. We'll make a
Speaker 1: big deal out of it. What do you love that? Not? Really?
Speaker 1: Come on? I think like an extrovert for once in
Speaker 1: your life. I'd like to get in on that too,
Speaker 1: if I can. Celia, Hi, guys, Hi, James, Hi, I am.
Speaker 1: I have some apologizing to do. Do you do? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I said some mean things to you. Oh I did too?
Speaker 1: No don't, I mean you did. But just let me
Speaker 1: say this. I made a mistake. Something is going on
Speaker 1: with my parents and Judge Reid, and it's big. I
Speaker 1: wanted to tell you earlier, but they only let me
Speaker 1: leave the house once they found out the President wasn't
Speaker 1: pulling the nomination. Now they're more confident than ever. I'm
Speaker 1: actually kind of scared for them, but that doesn't matter
Speaker 1: right now. What there is, I'm sorry, the wonders never cease.
Speaker 1: So friends, hold on, I'm not getting any bars. Service
Speaker 1: sucks out here. Do I stay on the highway or
Speaker 1: do I get off? One second? On or off? It's
Speaker 1: coming out on? Stay on? No? Wait? Sorry, seriously, dang
Speaker 1: um is this thing safe for interstate travel? Why wouldn't
Speaker 1: it be? This car is a classic, and did you
Speaker 1: know it's actually more environmentally friendly to drive? Some of
Speaker 1: these old cars than a new hybrid. Listen to that prayer.
Speaker 1: Where are we anyway? I feel like we're regressing to
Speaker 1: an earlier stage of civilization. I could absolutely see myself
Speaker 1: living here, not permanently, but like a summer artist's retreat,
Speaker 1: a collective. I don't think I could do it. No,
Speaker 1: I couldn't be away from a major city for more
Speaker 1: than a few minutes at a time. Even d C
Speaker 1: s too royal from my taste. You mean to say
Speaker 1: you couldn't throw them anywhere. I could thrive anywhere, but
Speaker 1: I have money, so I don't have to. What did
Speaker 1: you guys tell your parents about this weekend? I told
Speaker 1: my dad I was participating in a lock into Brainstorm
Speaker 1: alternative locations to stage an awareness month jubilee awareness of what.
Speaker 1: I didn't have to get that far. Things were getting
Speaker 1: a little claustrophobic earlier this week, so we all agreed
Speaker 1: I could use a little air. But he did have
Speaker 1: to share my location with William. Is that a problem?
Speaker 1: Are you kidding? If we're going to the middle of nowhere?
Speaker 1: I want a paper trail, how about you? James? And
Speaker 1: I told my mama was going to a coding challenge
Speaker 1: an all night one. They go all night sometimes, So
Speaker 1: you're like, really good at that stuff? Hum coding? I
Speaker 1: guess there are lots of people way better at it
Speaker 1: than Come on, don't be humble. Yeah, I'm pretty good.
Speaker 1: There she is. I hope Peyton's happy to see us,
Speaker 1: like I hope we're not bothering her while she's trying
Speaker 1: to relax. Are you kidding? She's going to be thrilled?
Speaker 1: Are you expected? No, it's a surprise visit and your
Speaker 1: relationship for friends one moment while I consult with the
Speaker 1: head doctor. You guys getting a weird feeling from this
Speaker 1: place to it's weird? What kind of a horse ranch
Speaker 1: has a head doctor? You'll be allowed to see her,
Speaker 1: but only under supervision. Why, well, it's for her own good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but why we try to avoid stress. We're here to
Speaker 1: help her relax and heal. They say, my outburst in
Speaker 1: school was a pre symptom, a pre symptom of a
Speaker 1: nervous breakdown. They're giving me the tools here to stabilize
Speaker 1: my personality. Good girl, you don't really believe that, do you.
Speaker 1: They say a person starts behaving out of character when
Speaker 1: they don't like who they are, and after a lot
Speaker 1: of reflection, I realized I probably don't like who I am.
Speaker 1: So they're working with me on cognitive therapy to teach
Speaker 1: me the tools to love myself again. Yes, that sounds insane.
Speaker 1: We don't use that word here. Are you being a
Speaker 1: real with us? Is something up? I have to go now.
Speaker 1: We just got here. It's afternoon prayer group and then supper.
Speaker 1: That's all the time we get with you, I'm afraid.
Speaker 1: So okay, Well we'll come back after dinner. We'll play
Speaker 1: a board game or something. I can't It's group therapy
Speaker 1: after dinner, then prayer group again in bedtime, so skip it.
Speaker 1: It's mandatory, mandatory. Seriously, Peyton, are you okay? I really
Speaker 1: do have to go. Thanks for visiting. Y'all are the
Speaker 1: very best. Come here, give me a hug, help me.
Speaker 1: They lock us in at night. I did not choose
Speaker 1: to be here. Hey, coming, goodbye y'all. Hey, d O
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Speaker 1: James Celia are you there? You've got James, I'm here.
Speaker 1: I really hope this works. Natalie. All you have to
Speaker 1: do is fight the power. It's literally what you were
Speaker 1: born to do. Do it for Peyton, here goes. I
Speaker 1: demand my friend to be released from this place. She
Speaker 1: isn't being held against her will. She voluntarily checked herself in. No,
Speaker 1: she didn't. Her parents checked her in. They're her legal guardians,
Speaker 1: which legally is the exact same thing as checking herself in.
Speaker 1: That's absurd. You'll have to leave now, please. I'll leave
Speaker 1: when I'm ready to leave. Unlike Peyton, see the contradiction.
Speaker 1: I just need her attention off the security system for
Speaker 1: one more minute, Natalie, got it. I should warn you
Speaker 1: I'm a very litigious person. This is a violation of
Speaker 1: human rights. If you don't leave immediately, I'm calling security. No,
Speaker 1: this is a sitting on behalf of human dignity. Attica, Attica, adica, Security.
Speaker 1: Can you come to front please? What happened to the lights?
Speaker 1: How might not be those dang raccoons again? Yes, James, alright, Celia,
Speaker 1: the systems to armed Europe. Go get our girl on it.
Speaker 1: I knew I wore my writing news for a reason.
Speaker 1: Peyton here, Yeah, what are you doing? Rescue mission? Come on,
Speaker 1: open the window. The old arm jeems disabled it let's go.
Speaker 1: It worked. Come on, come on, Attica, attica, attica, you
Speaker 1: stop saying that. Finally, let there be light. Got her
Speaker 1: all right? You know what I can see this is
Speaker 1: going nowhere, So I'll be back with my lawyer in
Speaker 1: tow that wait a minute, security security, get her down
Speaker 1: with light stage capital on my head. Thanks for letting
Speaker 1: us all crash out your place, James, and thank you
Speaker 1: for allowing me to set the playlist. Sure, Celia, So
Speaker 1: what happened? Peyton? My daddy has a doctor friend who
Speaker 1: said my incident at school was the beginning of an
Speaker 1: acute attack of borderline personality disorder. I've never even heard
Speaker 1: of that. He said. I needed to be brought to
Speaker 1: the country immediately before I had a full blown psychotic episode. Honestly,
Speaker 1: it was kind of nice to be away from everything
Speaker 1: for the first couple of days, but then I started
Speaker 1: to realize something was weird. I couldn't go out, I
Speaker 1: couldn't call anyone. I think they were trying to brainwash me.
Speaker 1: Who who are they? I don't know friends, my parents,
Speaker 1: You're safe with us. We won't let anything happen to you.
Speaker 1: Where do I go now? I can't be near my family,
Speaker 1: not as long as they treat me like some crazy person.
Speaker 1: They're free to you. How do you mean they're hearing
Speaker 1: your real voice for the first time and then threatening them.
Speaker 1: You're forcing them to see you instead of their image
Speaker 1: of you. You can stay here, you know if you
Speaker 1: want to. Would your mom be okay with that? She'll
Speaker 1: have to be what are you? What is this person?
Speaker 1: And what did you do with our friend James? Cut
Speaker 1: it out, guys, I would really appreciate that change. Thank you, Celia.
Speaker 1: Is that Mackenzie blowing up your phone? Maybe I'm very popular? Okay,
Speaker 1: she may have been a little worried about me. What
Speaker 1: would the whole bunker says yesterday and then the horse
Speaker 1: franch breaking today? Doesn't sound like she's just a hook
Speaker 1: up to me. She is, but I can't help it
Speaker 1: if my life is incredibly thrilling. I hate to break
Speaker 1: up the phone, but I have to go tinkle. Why
Speaker 1: do you have to say like that, like what I
Speaker 1: have to go tinkle? You make it sound like you're
Speaker 1: going to go spray fairy dust in the toilet or
Speaker 1: something charming? Gross? What do you say? I'm going to
Speaker 1: go expel a recyclable waste product. Be right back. I
Speaker 1: don't remember the last time we had to sleep over
Speaker 1: like this, I do. It was in sixth grade, right
Speaker 1: after Bill Barnett's pool party. I haven't thought about him
Speaker 1: and forever. God, why did we ever stop hanging um
Speaker 1: like this? Bad for our parents? Images? And there was Colorama, right,
Speaker 1: I guess, no matter how unfair it is, will always
Speaker 1: be second to their careers and their aspirations, whatever they are.
Speaker 1: No more. Let's make a pact right now that we
Speaker 1: won't let them tell us who we can and can't be.
Speaker 1: I love it. Yeah, I love you, guys, love you too.
Speaker 1: We have to wait for Peyton. We can't make a
Speaker 1: pact without. Hey, what's taking her so long? She's missing
Speaker 1: all the bonding. Wait? Where is your brother? Exactly? Cool?
Speaker 1: Oh no, no, no, no, no, no no, not in
Speaker 1: this house. You back to James room. You your door
Speaker 1: remains over. Yes, I knew it. Gross. Hey, guys, heyton
Speaker 1: ankle sitting in a tree? Gross? Gross gross GROLs cut
Speaker 1: it out. I was just thinking him for being such
Speaker 1: a good friend. You're in love girl. Maybe too weird, James.
Speaker 1: Your friends can't stay here if they're going to make
Speaker 1: bad decisions and disrespect the rules of my house. Please, Mom,
Speaker 1: Peyton can't go home. There's a problem there. Please just
Speaker 1: trust me, all right? But if I catch you in
Speaker 1: my son's room again, you're out of here. Yes, ma'am. Now,
Speaker 1: I want you all to go to sleep. It's late, yes, mom, Yes,
Speaker 1: Mrs Parker, Sorry, Mrs Parker. It's really nice to be
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