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Speaker 1: a very special addition to the podcast. This is March

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Speaker 1: the fourteenth. I typically record these podcasts four five, six,

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Speaker 1: This podcast was recorded on the road a few days ago.

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Speaker 1: Since then, we've had this crazy coronavirus pandemic happen and

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Speaker 1: I'm partly recording this for you guys so that you

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Speaker 1: not talking about the crazy, you know, new turn of

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Speaker 1: once again. This has nothing to do with our decision

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Granger Smith Podcast. Hey guys, what's up.

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Speaker 1: It's Granger Smith. Welcome to the Granger Smith Podcast, Episode

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Speaker 1: twenty three. Thank you guys for listening or watching if

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Speaker 1: you're watching on YouTube. If you're watching on YouTube, go

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Speaker 1: Granger Smith channel so you don't miss any of these

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Speaker 1: videos coming up. And then while you're at it, go

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Speaker 1: don't miss any of our family vlogs that we just

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Speaker 1: love putting out. It's a huge passion of mine to

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Speaker 1: put out two videos a week on the Smiths and

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Speaker 1: I got these questions today from Instagram. So I'll go

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Speaker 1: and that's how we found meaning, was we continue to

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Speaker 1: find meaning in these words, and then in turn, that's

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Speaker 1: a meaning for me. And that's how you offset suffering

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Speaker 1: it is through meaning. So you find meaning through people,

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Speaker 1: has to start with yourself. I'm talking about making your bed,

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Speaker 1: And you guys have noticed a shift on my Instagram,

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Speaker 1: You've noticed a shift on the Smiths, and you've noticed

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Speaker 1: much as we can. And that's what this is all about.

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Speaker 1: To me. It's about finding that meaning. And so yes, Rachel,

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Speaker 1: we have found it. And it's the responsibility and it

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Speaker 1: goes all the way out to the community and it

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Speaker 1: goes to people just like you. Thank you, guys, thank

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Speaker 1: you for listening, thank you for watching, Thank you for

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Speaker 1: supporting The Grangersmith Podcast. And everything that we do. Ye Ye,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for supporting Ye Apparel. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's that's I don't get to talk about it a lot,

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Speaker 1: but that is my baby. Yee Apparel is my baby

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Speaker 1: that me and my brother started in and that doesn't

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Speaker 1: exist without the support of people like y'all. So check

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Speaker 1: outye apparel dot com, check out grangersmith dot com. Forward

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Speaker 1: slash tour so I could see you out there and

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Speaker 1: ask me a question. Hashtag granger Smith on your favorite

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Speaker 1: social media channel. Love you guys, See you down the road.

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