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Speaker 1: the rurals. You know that. No, no, all right, we're

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Speaker 1: maybe five minutes is Creachair for space. Go into it

422
00:26:19,836 --> 00:26:25,916
Speaker 1: another fifteen miles you'll find ets, actual texture, terrestaurants or etis. Yes,

423
00:26:27,276 --> 00:26:29,996
Speaker 1: along with leading night tours, Misha is very active in

424
00:26:30,036 --> 00:26:33,396
Speaker 1: what is called the experience or community. So she tells

425
00:26:33,436 --> 00:26:35,356
Speaker 1: us about the kind of ets that might be hovering

426
00:26:35,396 --> 00:26:39,676
Speaker 1: above us. So you'll find two different types of ets

427
00:26:39,676 --> 00:26:43,316
Speaker 1: that many people have seen. The first being the tall whites,

428
00:26:43,756 --> 00:26:46,036
Speaker 1: which I'm going to show you a picture of, and

429
00:26:46,196 --> 00:26:49,796
Speaker 1: then there's a couple of great types out there. These

430
00:26:49,836 --> 00:26:53,556
Speaker 1: are some of the beings that I had encounters with. Really,

431
00:26:53,596 --> 00:26:57,476
Speaker 1: I was a child in toront my life. Here this

432
00:26:57,556 --> 00:27:00,196
Speaker 1: is a this is a tourist spot for them. Basically,

433
00:27:00,396 --> 00:27:03,236
Speaker 1: they come from their planet. So you're saying, basically, this

434
00:27:03,316 --> 00:27:06,716
Speaker 1: is their Vegas, this is their Vegas. Absolutely, it's true.

435
00:27:06,836 --> 00:27:11,116
Speaker 1: They come here because they love the desert, and believe

436
00:27:11,116 --> 00:27:14,916
Speaker 1: it or not, these ets like to gamble. So there's

437
00:27:14,916 --> 00:27:17,996
Speaker 1: been sightings of them here in the casino and the casinos,

438
00:27:18,156 --> 00:27:21,036
Speaker 1: and they also have a system, and they also like bling.

439
00:27:21,236 --> 00:27:25,396
Speaker 1: They like that jewelry and fancy and hats, and that's

440
00:27:25,436 --> 00:27:28,276
Speaker 1: how they the women have come to Vegas and be

441
00:27:28,476 --> 00:27:33,316
Speaker 1: unseen for When you recount these experiences and people are

442
00:27:33,876 --> 00:27:36,036
Speaker 1: you know, skeptical about it? What does I feel like

443
00:27:36,116 --> 00:27:38,276
Speaker 1: for you? And and I mean are you years of

444
00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:40,756
Speaker 1: doing this? That doesn't bother me anymore? Years of talking

445
00:27:40,796 --> 00:27:44,356
Speaker 1: about this. It's my truth. It's what I know, what

446
00:27:44,436 --> 00:27:48,516
Speaker 1: happened to me. And if people are skeptical, well that's

447
00:27:49,236 --> 00:27:51,756
Speaker 1: on them. It was part of the impids of leading

448
00:27:51,796 --> 00:27:56,156
Speaker 1: the tours to kind of show people this reality. That's

449
00:27:56,196 --> 00:27:58,356
Speaker 1: why I'm doing this. What do you think if people

450
00:27:58,396 --> 00:28:01,996
Speaker 1: accepted that there were ets more widely? How do you

451
00:28:01,996 --> 00:28:04,076
Speaker 1: think that could do you think like humans would be

452
00:28:04,156 --> 00:28:07,436
Speaker 1: kinder to each other or something? Well, yeah, because they

453
00:28:07,476 --> 00:28:11,276
Speaker 1: said disease would be around, dedicated age, you would be

454
00:28:11,316 --> 00:28:16,756
Speaker 1: gone stuff like that sounds really appealing. Yeah, But what

455
00:28:16,796 --> 00:28:19,316
Speaker 1: they wanted us to do is drop our worrying ways.

456
00:28:19,596 --> 00:28:22,316
Speaker 1: We have been watching you and you have been worrying

457
00:28:22,476 --> 00:28:26,676
Speaker 1: since your civilization began. Stop your battles, stop your wars,

458
00:28:27,316 --> 00:28:29,996
Speaker 1: and live in peace with the galactic, and you'll be

459
00:28:30,036 --> 00:28:32,956
Speaker 1: able to join the Galactic. But until you stop that,

460
00:28:33,396 --> 00:28:35,956
Speaker 1: stop the violence, violence, you do not get to join

461
00:28:36,116 --> 00:28:47,116
Speaker 1: the Galactic. Go ahead and focus on for yourself. Look up,

462
00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:51,156
Speaker 1: oh man. What we're looking for is things that don't flash, Okay,

463
00:28:51,236 --> 00:28:57,796
Speaker 1: that are just moving along. Okay, whoa, Oh my god,

464
00:28:59,596 --> 00:29:01,676
Speaker 1: I see something moving right now. Can you see that?

465
00:29:01,796 --> 00:29:05,796
Speaker 1: Is that a satellite where you looking? Okay it Luke, No,

466
00:29:06,076 --> 00:29:11,636
Speaker 1: I can't. It's going into a cloud. Oh I see it. Yeah.

467
00:29:10,436 --> 00:29:14,236
Speaker 1: Oh I see another one. Yeah. Oh we got a

468
00:29:14,236 --> 00:29:19,876
Speaker 1: good right there. Yeah, look at that thing. Is there

469
00:29:19,876 --> 00:29:25,076
Speaker 1: two parallel? You're seeing it again? Oh? I see one? Yeah,

470
00:29:26,836 --> 00:29:30,196
Speaker 1: definite one. O. Ryan is a very hot spot because

471
00:29:31,076 --> 00:29:34,076
Speaker 1: all right, he's going fast right up. Yeah, and he's

472
00:29:34,116 --> 00:29:37,876
Speaker 1: going up. That is it? Definitely it is where there

473
00:29:38,036 --> 00:29:41,076
Speaker 1: is some kind of a wormhole there that that's where

474
00:29:41,116 --> 00:29:50,116
Speaker 1: we see him coming in all the time. Yeah, even

475
00:29:50,156 --> 00:29:53,476
Speaker 1: just looking through these goggles into the night sky, and

476
00:29:53,516 --> 00:29:55,396
Speaker 1: they're all of the things that are moving up there

477
00:29:55,956 --> 00:29:59,236
Speaker 1: which may or may not be accounted for. Yeah, this

478
00:29:59,316 --> 00:30:02,316
Speaker 1: is really cool, and yet from where I am, I

479
00:30:02,316 --> 00:30:04,356
Speaker 1: could turn around and just like I could almost throw

480
00:30:04,356 --> 00:30:07,276
Speaker 1: a rock and hit the strip is wild. It's like

481
00:30:07,316 --> 00:30:12,356
Speaker 1: this whole trip has been so close but so far away. Lookye, yes,

482
00:30:12,476 --> 00:30:17,836
Speaker 1: I totally see it, right, Yeah, exactly. Well, dude, we

483
00:30:17,876 --> 00:30:20,236
Speaker 1: started it with man made wonders and now we're like

484
00:30:20,356 --> 00:30:25,516
Speaker 1: staring at the mystery. Yeah. I think Father Daniel would

485
00:30:25,556 --> 00:30:27,196
Speaker 1: like get out here. Yeah, we should get him out

486
00:30:27,196 --> 00:30:33,716
Speaker 1: here next time. Look, there's one. Yes, I see it.

487
00:30:33,716 --> 00:30:38,796
Speaker 1: It's straight up like really, I know, if we stay

488
00:30:38,796 --> 00:30:41,476
Speaker 1: out here much longer, we are turning into serious, true believers,

489
00:30:41,516 --> 00:30:50,956
Speaker 1: and I don't know if I can handle that. Before

490
00:30:50,956 --> 00:30:54,596
Speaker 1: our minds get abducted, we call it a night. On

491
00:30:54,676 --> 00:30:57,036
Speaker 1: the way back to our place, we passed through the bling,

492
00:30:57,076 --> 00:31:00,116
Speaker 1: bling and human spectacle of Vegas night life and Luke

493
00:31:00,556 --> 00:31:03,556
Speaker 1: doesn't even turn his head. If the goal was to

494
00:31:03,596 --> 00:31:07,116
Speaker 1: show him another side of Las Vegas. Well, we've made

495
00:31:07,156 --> 00:31:27,116
Speaker 1: contact the NPR News and Facebook is Evadam Public Radio.

496
00:31:27,316 --> 00:31:29,916
Speaker 1: Do everyone out there have a great weekend. This is

497
00:31:29,996 --> 00:31:36,116
Speaker 1: State of Nevada. What happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas

498
00:31:36,316 --> 00:31:39,876
Speaker 1: is one of the most recognized ad slogans in history,

499
00:31:39,916 --> 00:31:43,396
Speaker 1: but it's time for a change. What happens here only

500
00:31:43,516 --> 00:31:46,876
Speaker 1: happens here. Arnie to George is with R and R Partners,

501
00:31:46,956 --> 00:31:50,756
Speaker 1: which came up with both the Old and the New campaigns. Arnie,

502
00:31:50,836 --> 00:31:54,116
Speaker 1: welcome back, Thank you, thanks for having me. What do

503
00:31:54,156 --> 00:31:56,836
Speaker 1: you think made that what happens in Vegas Stays in

504
00:31:56,956 --> 00:32:00,476
Speaker 1: Vegas slogans so successful in the first place. Oh, it

505
00:32:00,556 --> 00:32:02,756
Speaker 1: was the truth of it. I mean people were coming

506
00:32:02,796 --> 00:32:04,956
Speaker 1: here for years. I mean when it all started, just

507
00:32:04,996 --> 00:32:07,036
Speaker 1: to hide away from the rest of the world. And

508
00:32:07,156 --> 00:32:09,836
Speaker 1: so once it got into people those heads, I mean,

509
00:32:10,436 --> 00:32:12,516
Speaker 1: it is the truth, and it, you know, inspired them

510
00:32:12,556 --> 00:32:15,036
Speaker 1: to come here and try and have those moments. You know,

511
00:32:17,076 --> 00:32:24,036
Speaker 1: what the where am I? Why is everything so orange?

512
00:32:25,236 --> 00:32:28,356
Speaker 1: Orange is the color of the future, future future? What

513
00:32:28,556 --> 00:32:30,636
Speaker 1: is this place? I feel like I'm in some sort

514
00:32:30,636 --> 00:32:34,316
Speaker 1: of rat Pack fantasy clubhouse. Well, I was born and

515
00:32:34,396 --> 00:32:36,636
Speaker 1: raised here and I've always loved the rat Pack and

516
00:32:36,716 --> 00:32:43,076
Speaker 1: Frank and Dino and Sammy. Wait, this is Vegas. It's

517
00:32:43,196 --> 00:32:46,316
Speaker 1: it's kind of all around, all around. The experiences you

518
00:32:46,316 --> 00:32:48,756
Speaker 1: can have you can't have anywhere else. You're just not

519
00:32:48,836 --> 00:32:52,196
Speaker 1: going to get the same energy because the energy is insane. Yeah,

520
00:32:52,236 --> 00:32:56,436
Speaker 1: I mean, the energy is insane, which is partially why

521
00:32:56,476 --> 00:32:59,316
Speaker 1: I've been trying to explore the non hedonistic part of

522
00:32:59,356 --> 00:33:02,596
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. I just think Vegas helps you get out

523
00:33:02,636 --> 00:33:04,956
Speaker 1: of your skin. It isn't a thing where you have

524
00:33:04,996 --> 00:33:09,276
Speaker 1: to go and get drunk and projectile vomit. And you

525
00:33:09,276 --> 00:33:10,956
Speaker 1: can go to a lot of different vacations and you're

526
00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:13,196
Speaker 1: expected to do things. You go to Europe and you

527
00:33:13,236 --> 00:33:15,636
Speaker 1: go to Paris, you're expected to go see certain things

528
00:33:15,636 --> 00:33:17,796
Speaker 1: and do certain things. You have to go see that time.

529
00:33:18,036 --> 00:33:21,036
Speaker 1: Vegas is a much more kind of It's just more free,

530
00:33:21,476 --> 00:33:22,916
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's like it's like you

531
00:33:22,956 --> 00:33:24,676
Speaker 1: don't know where it's going to take you. Yeah, but

532
00:33:24,716 --> 00:33:27,276
Speaker 1: it seems like where it takes you is always the strip.

533
00:33:27,516 --> 00:33:30,036
Speaker 1: And isn't that a bit silly and a little obvious.

534
00:33:30,316 --> 00:33:32,356
Speaker 1: I still, I still say you got to go down

535
00:33:32,356 --> 00:33:34,956
Speaker 1: to the strip and to the strip, But do you

536
00:33:34,996 --> 00:33:37,796
Speaker 1: know you just can't go to the other place. I mean,

537
00:33:37,956 --> 00:33:39,636
Speaker 1: you have to go to the strap of the strip.

538
00:33:40,276 --> 00:33:41,636
Speaker 1: I love this town, and I love a lot of

539
00:33:41,636 --> 00:33:44,316
Speaker 1: parts in this town. It's unlike any other place. You

540
00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:46,196
Speaker 1: know that something's going to happen, you don't know where

541
00:33:46,236 --> 00:33:47,436
Speaker 1: it's going to take you, and you don't know what

542
00:33:47,516 --> 00:33:49,356
Speaker 1: that thing is. You lose a little bit of control,

543
00:33:49,396 --> 00:33:51,316
Speaker 1: and it's energy. Can say it's a little bit more

544
00:33:52,156 --> 00:33:56,996
Speaker 1: like I said, it's just more free. It starts really slow.

545
00:33:57,836 --> 00:34:00,476
Speaker 1: You go to dinner and you're and you're having fun

546
00:34:00,516 --> 00:34:02,716
Speaker 1: at dinner, and then you might have a drink and

547
00:34:02,756 --> 00:34:05,796
Speaker 1: then like a pool cocktail party, you know, and then

548
00:34:06,076 --> 00:34:08,116
Speaker 1: you're ramping up, ramping up, and then you go and

549
00:34:08,156 --> 00:34:10,076
Speaker 1: you hit the table. Oh and you win side, and

550
00:34:10,076 --> 00:34:12,036
Speaker 1: then you're all excited and you're all running around like ll.

551
00:34:12,036 --> 00:34:13,556
Speaker 1: It takes your gettle club. I mean, you don't know

552
00:34:13,596 --> 00:34:15,676
Speaker 1: where it's gonna take. It goes pretty quick. Of the

553
00:34:15,716 --> 00:34:17,716
Speaker 1: time you're done with the evening. You can't believe how

554
00:34:17,756 --> 00:34:19,516
Speaker 1: it just kept reaching a new level, reaching a new

555
00:34:19,556 --> 00:34:21,476
Speaker 1: level and energy, you know what I mean. You have

556
00:34:21,516 --> 00:34:25,836
Speaker 1: to go to this trip, all right. It's more about

557
00:34:25,916 --> 00:34:28,796
Speaker 1: letting go and enjoying yourself and maybe this place can

558
00:34:28,876 --> 00:34:30,716
Speaker 1: inspire you to a lesson if you had something going

559
00:34:30,796 --> 00:34:33,556
Speaker 1: on your head that would fit a lesson. I'm learning

560
00:34:33,956 --> 00:34:35,996
Speaker 1: this trip is that when your girlfriend says it's okay

561
00:34:35,996 --> 00:34:39,116
Speaker 1: to travel on Valentine's Day might not be the case. Well,

562
00:34:39,196 --> 00:34:41,716
Speaker 1: it's probably you probably made a mistake doing that one.

563
00:34:42,036 --> 00:34:43,836
Speaker 1: You should have brought her with you, you know. I

564
00:34:43,876 --> 00:34:45,916
Speaker 1: mean it can be a kind of a romantic place too,

565
00:34:45,916 --> 00:34:48,716
Speaker 1: But what'd you do? It didn't brig her. You're gonna

566
00:34:48,756 --> 00:34:51,116
Speaker 1: go down the tubes probably on that one. No matter

567
00:34:51,116 --> 00:34:54,876
Speaker 1: what you do, how you do, what happened here? Only

568
00:34:54,916 --> 00:34:58,916
Speaker 1: atmosphere is black. Vegas's new slogan, Arnie to George is

569
00:34:58,956 --> 00:35:01,476
Speaker 1: with R and R partners. When you came up with

570
00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,636
Speaker 1: the campaign Arnie to George, thank you so much for

571
00:35:03,676 --> 00:35:10,636
Speaker 1: your time today. All right, here we go. Hey man, Hey,

572
00:35:10,636 --> 00:35:14,636
Speaker 1: good morning. How did you sleep? Um? Well, great? Which

573
00:35:14,676 --> 00:35:17,556
Speaker 1: is not the point of being in Vegas. That's right.

574
00:35:17,556 --> 00:35:20,276
Speaker 1: This is probably the most you've ever slept. Yeah, if

575
00:35:20,276 --> 00:35:23,996
Speaker 1: you go to sleep at eleven pm. While I guess

576
00:35:24,076 --> 00:35:26,756
Speaker 1: it's good that I'm rested and refreshed, it's to what end?

577
00:35:26,876 --> 00:35:30,556
Speaker 1: Because what is it like? The Today's the Stamp museum

578
00:35:30,716 --> 00:35:33,316
Speaker 1: or something where we're supposed to go to the Neon

579
00:35:33,396 --> 00:35:36,116
Speaker 1: Museum in an hour, I'll be I'll be full of

580
00:35:36,156 --> 00:35:39,316
Speaker 1: vim and vigor for that. Honestly though, I've been thinking

581
00:35:39,476 --> 00:35:42,116
Speaker 1: and I think, um, I feel like it's nay on

582
00:35:42,156 --> 00:35:45,916
Speaker 1: the Eon Museum. I think it is. It would be

583
00:35:45,956 --> 00:35:50,636
Speaker 1: like journalistic malpractice not to play cards and do some

584
00:35:50,676 --> 00:35:54,116
Speaker 1: of the nightlife activities on the strip. This is a

585
00:35:54,236 --> 00:35:57,156
Speaker 1: very exciting development for me. I know, sorry for feeding

586
00:35:57,236 --> 00:36:00,116
Speaker 1: us vegetables. I will still I accept your apology and

587
00:36:00,156 --> 00:36:01,996
Speaker 1: your money. What is the pre dym on this, by

588
00:36:01,996 --> 00:36:04,196
Speaker 1: the way, because I am going to double that easily

589
00:36:04,276 --> 00:36:07,316
Speaker 1: in the first like twenty minutes. Oh clever plus honestly,

590
00:36:07,356 --> 00:36:11,596
Speaker 1: like I was gonna go regardless of if you work.

591
00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:13,196
Speaker 1: I feel it like I was laying in bed this

592
00:36:13,236 --> 00:36:17,316
Speaker 1: morning and like a little voice in my head was like, dude,

593
00:36:17,636 --> 00:36:20,276
Speaker 1: you should really just do it. So so what that

594
00:36:20,316 --> 00:36:23,636
Speaker 1: means is basically the day's free. M one other thing. Though,

595
00:36:23,676 --> 00:36:26,636
Speaker 1: not to like get serious, but I know that you

596
00:36:26,676 --> 00:36:30,076
Speaker 1: know how to play blackjack and stuff. But if things

597
00:36:30,116 --> 00:36:33,076
Speaker 1: go right, okay, we may end up in some semi

598
00:36:33,196 --> 00:36:37,276
Speaker 1: high stakes situations. And that's like, don't like step on

599
00:36:37,316 --> 00:36:39,556
Speaker 1: anybody else's cards. Don't do the wrong thing. So if

600
00:36:39,556 --> 00:36:41,476
Speaker 1: you don't need I've been to the strip before, man,

601
00:36:41,516 --> 00:36:43,196
Speaker 1: I know how to play cards. I think you just

602
00:36:43,236 --> 00:36:46,436
Speaker 1: need to make sure that you write the checks you're cashing.

603
00:36:46,916 --> 00:36:49,076
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Yeah, it's good, and I

604
00:36:49,116 --> 00:36:51,956
Speaker 1: hope you're bringing that kind of smack talk to the table.

605
00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:55,076
Speaker 1: Is there smack talk involved? I mean, ideally not. That's

606
00:36:55,076 --> 00:36:57,436
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. We got to cut like a medium profile.

607
00:36:58,756 --> 00:37:01,756
Speaker 1: Let's just have fun and not embarrass ourselves. We'll catch

608
00:37:01,796 --> 00:37:05,156
Speaker 1: a brown dinner. Yeah, totally, so I'll see on the

609
00:37:05,196 --> 00:37:11,716
Speaker 1: strip Valentine. Happy Valentine's Day. We make plans to meet

610
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:13,756
Speaker 1: up at six o'clock in the heart of the strip.

611
00:37:14,276 --> 00:37:16,316
Speaker 1: Luke looks up something on his phone, then leaves in

612
00:37:16,356 --> 00:37:18,796
Speaker 1: a cab, and once he's gone, I peek in my watch.

613
00:37:19,316 --> 00:37:21,956
Speaker 1: I have seven hours to learn how to play blackjack.

614
00:37:23,116 --> 00:37:27,996
Speaker 1: A Casino Quest is a gambling school in the ma

615
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:31,196
Speaker 1: All in the center of Las Vegas. My instructor is

616
00:37:31,196 --> 00:37:33,596
Speaker 1: one of the owners, Alex Kids. Everybody wants to learn

617
00:37:33,596 --> 00:37:35,636
Speaker 1: how to play the games. We're not interested in losing money.

618
00:37:35,636 --> 00:37:38,076
Speaker 1: So that's what Casino Quest is. That's the quest I'm

619
00:37:38,116 --> 00:37:40,276
Speaker 1: on right now. Yeah, Alex, we're on the quest to

620
00:37:40,316 --> 00:37:42,956
Speaker 1: help you save money. Well, yeah, which is hardily why

621
00:37:42,996 --> 00:37:46,396
Speaker 1: I've been ambivalent to even enter the arena. Yeah, what

622
00:37:46,676 --> 00:37:49,876
Speaker 1: is it about gambling that makes it like so attractive.

623
00:37:50,236 --> 00:37:52,516
Speaker 1: Everyone thinks that they're the one that can beat the casino.

624
00:37:52,676 --> 00:37:55,636
Speaker 1: Everyone thinks somewhere along in the line, oh I'm the one.

625
00:37:56,236 --> 00:38:00,116
Speaker 1: You still have that in your heart. No, meanwhile, I

626
00:38:00,156 --> 00:38:02,356
Speaker 1: don't know what's happened to Luke never told me where

627
00:38:02,356 --> 00:38:04,756
Speaker 1: he was going, and he's not responding to my text.

628
00:38:05,716 --> 00:38:08,876
Speaker 1: Welcome to regenerating the impidration. So what are you looking for?

629
00:38:09,476 --> 00:38:11,836
Speaker 1: If I understand this right, this is a place where

630
00:38:11,876 --> 00:38:14,236
Speaker 1: if you have a very bad hangover, you guys will

631
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Speaker 1: basically cure it. Yes, we give you like a hangover rescue. Now,

632
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Speaker 1: I actually am about to go out tonight and do

633
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Speaker 1: it up. What do I need? Help me not die tonight?

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Speaker 1: So it would be the party. Party prep is something

635
00:38:29,596 --> 00:38:31,276
Speaker 1: that a lot of people do before they go out

636
00:38:31,836 --> 00:38:34,156
Speaker 1: for the night, like insulate my system a little bit

637
00:38:34,196 --> 00:38:38,716
Speaker 1: against the delaterious effects of too much party. Absolutely off

638
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Speaker 1: the bat, what's the worst game for players? Roulette? By far?

639
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Speaker 1: You got all the numbers together, it equals six six six.

640
00:38:45,436 --> 00:38:49,756
Speaker 1: It's called the devil's game blackjack depending on how the

641
00:38:49,796 --> 00:38:51,836
Speaker 1: blackjacks set up. I wanted you to give me some

642
00:38:51,876 --> 00:38:54,476
Speaker 1: blackjack tips, But is that naives? Should I not mess

643
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Speaker 1: around with like, now I can help you. Blackjack's a

644
00:38:56,316 --> 00:38:58,076
Speaker 1: very good game. It just depends if it's like eight

645
00:38:58,156 --> 00:39:00,996
Speaker 1: decks continue shuffler black jack space six to five. That's

646
00:39:00,996 --> 00:39:02,956
Speaker 1: what the house gets their edge back on you. Right,

647
00:39:03,196 --> 00:39:04,676
Speaker 1: So you just lost me at the end there, but

648
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Speaker 1: I leave you, which we're going to skype in with

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Speaker 1: a doctor basically. Yes, we have to do that with

650
00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:16,196
Speaker 1: every patient. Hi are you? I'm good? Getting part that correct? Yeah?

651
00:39:16,356 --> 00:39:20,916
Speaker 1: Any allergies to medication no, and any menimbal conditions like

652
00:39:21,756 --> 00:39:28,956
Speaker 1: chronic disease. No. Is it Valentine's Day? Where you are? Hues? What?

653
00:39:29,716 --> 00:39:31,916
Speaker 1: That's the saddest answer of all time? What's going on

654
00:39:31,956 --> 00:39:38,796
Speaker 1: with you? Did I pass? Okay? Cool? Thank you? Happy

655
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:43,436
Speaker 1: Valentine Night? All right, so let's go all chips that circle.

656
00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:46,156
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be going big. Yeah, there you go. Ten

657
00:39:46,196 --> 00:39:49,556
Speaker 1: dollars okay, so you have a thirteen so it says

658
00:39:49,596 --> 00:39:51,916
Speaker 1: the hits yep. Okay, we're gonna give you a card

659
00:39:52,076 --> 00:39:54,036
Speaker 1: up too many, so you have a twenty three total

660
00:39:54,276 --> 00:39:55,636
Speaker 1: to deal with to take the money. Can take it

661
00:39:55,636 --> 00:39:57,796
Speaker 1: a little easier on me, man, That was firsthand. You're

662
00:39:57,796 --> 00:40:00,716
Speaker 1: supposed to build confidence. You just beat me with the twelve?

663
00:40:03,996 --> 00:40:06,476
Speaker 1: Is this the part where I'm gonna get stuck? Yes? Okay,

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Speaker 1: do you have a special thing you said? Quick? Poke? Okay?

665
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Speaker 1: What are some other things do you think I need

666
00:40:12,516 --> 00:40:14,196
Speaker 1: to know that would make the person think I'm really

667
00:40:14,196 --> 00:40:16,196
Speaker 1: good what I'm doing? Play at a three to two table,

668
00:40:16,196 --> 00:40:18,356
Speaker 1: don't play at six to five, don't play at a

669
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Speaker 1: continual shuffling machine. Yeah, just tell everyone you're a dj

670
00:40:21,716 --> 00:40:25,636
Speaker 1: dgen slank for degenerate dgen. Yeah for real? Wait are

671
00:40:25,636 --> 00:40:28,716
Speaker 1: you trolling me as a joke? Yeah'd be like when

672
00:40:28,716 --> 00:40:30,276
Speaker 1: you press your bed up, You're like, man, I'm getting

673
00:40:30,276 --> 00:40:33,156
Speaker 1: the dgen tingles. Right now we go. This is a

674
00:40:33,196 --> 00:40:37,476
Speaker 1: much more clinical approach to partying in Vegas. Then. Let's

675
00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:39,436
Speaker 1: say I would have been doing twenty years ago as

676
00:40:39,476 --> 00:40:41,996
Speaker 1: a young man of twenty three. Is there a phrase

677
00:40:42,036 --> 00:40:45,436
Speaker 1: I just say, like booyah, or like just don't say winner,

678
00:40:45,556 --> 00:40:48,356
Speaker 1: winner chicken dinner. Yeah, you say that every dealer wish

679
00:40:48,436 --> 00:40:51,156
Speaker 1: upon you to lose. Yeah, never ever say that. Yeah?

680
00:40:51,156 --> 00:40:54,396
Speaker 1: What about? What about? What was it? Cabrini Cabrini Moderini.

681
00:40:54,876 --> 00:40:56,916
Speaker 1: If this works too well and I am just able

682
00:40:56,956 --> 00:40:59,676
Speaker 1: to have copious amounts of alcohol, and stay up late

683
00:40:59,676 --> 00:41:01,756
Speaker 1: and then wake up find tomorrow you could have re

684
00:41:01,956 --> 00:41:07,116
Speaker 1: unleashed a dragon. Oh blackjack twenty one baby. So you

685
00:41:07,196 --> 00:41:08,756
Speaker 1: say that as a game of chance, but I feel

686
00:41:08,756 --> 00:41:11,956
Speaker 1: like I have a certain bring the turnal neck to

687
00:41:11,996 --> 00:41:14,316
Speaker 1: the table and you'll be there in no time. This

688
00:41:14,356 --> 00:41:20,476
Speaker 1: has been awesome, man, Thank you. So ut is it

689
00:41:20,636 --> 00:41:23,676
Speaker 1: normal for me to feel right now, like very close

690
00:41:23,716 --> 00:41:27,916
Speaker 1: to peeing my pants? I mean a full leader of fluid.

691
00:41:27,996 --> 00:41:31,396
Speaker 1: So just all the I mean, let me ask you

692
00:41:31,436 --> 00:41:37,796
Speaker 1: this is an important question. Where is the bathroom? Literally

693
00:41:37,916 --> 00:41:42,196
Speaker 1: straight down there? Okay? Feeling confident in my blackjack skills,

694
00:41:42,516 --> 00:41:44,636
Speaker 1: there was one last thing I had to resolve before

695
00:41:44,676 --> 00:41:47,236
Speaker 1: meeting back up with Luke. Hey, baby, I thought I

696
00:41:47,316 --> 00:41:51,796
Speaker 1: might get your voicemail again. I've been trying. Yeah, I

697
00:41:51,836 --> 00:41:55,156
Speaker 1: guess I thought I checked. Since it was no, Well

698
00:41:55,196 --> 00:41:59,316
Speaker 1: we're gonna go out tonight. Yeah, no, I guess It's

699
00:41:59,396 --> 00:42:02,276
Speaker 1: nice to have the whole bit to yourself. You have

700
00:42:02,316 --> 00:42:07,916
Speaker 1: to go, okay, okay, have fun. Finally, I was ready

701
00:42:07,956 --> 00:42:14,756
Speaker 1: to let the energy of in city the way mister

702
00:42:14,796 --> 00:42:20,116
Speaker 1: Burbank Happy Valentine's This is definitely one of the weirder

703
00:42:20,196 --> 00:42:24,476
Speaker 1: Valentine's days I've ever had Valentine's Day that I have

704
00:42:24,636 --> 00:42:29,796
Speaker 1: not been in a relationship in probably sixteen years. Right,

705
00:42:30,196 --> 00:42:31,836
Speaker 1: So I don't want to put too much pressure on you,

706
00:42:32,396 --> 00:42:34,796
Speaker 1: but this is the first Valentine's Day in years that

707
00:42:34,796 --> 00:42:37,356
Speaker 1: I actually have someone to celebrate with. But and you're

708
00:42:37,396 --> 00:42:39,916
Speaker 1: stuck with me, and I'm stuck with you. So so

709
00:42:39,956 --> 00:42:41,636
Speaker 1: we're here in Caesar's Palace. So tell me why you

710
00:42:41,636 --> 00:42:44,996
Speaker 1: picked this bottom all spot. Well, yeah, I Caesar's has

711
00:42:45,036 --> 00:42:47,396
Speaker 1: a kind of a special place in my heart because

712
00:42:47,516 --> 00:42:50,676
Speaker 1: to me it represents a real like iconic Las Vegas

713
00:42:50,716 --> 00:42:54,076
Speaker 1: strip spot right across streets of the Flamingo, which it

714
00:42:54,076 --> 00:42:57,436
Speaker 1: seems like an old casino has classic old Neon Museum

715
00:42:57,476 --> 00:42:59,956
Speaker 1: of Neon if you will, sure got the Eiffel Tower.

716
00:43:00,316 --> 00:43:04,196
Speaker 1: I see fountains from the Blagio shooting up over there. Like, Hey,

717
00:43:04,396 --> 00:43:07,116
Speaker 1: you were kind of tepid on the idea of this trip,

718
00:43:07,116 --> 00:43:08,996
Speaker 1: but as you stand here and look around, you have

719
00:43:09,196 --> 00:43:13,516
Speaker 1: to kind of appreciate the whateverness of this whole thing.

720
00:43:13,876 --> 00:43:16,476
Speaker 1: This is cool. I'm glad this isn't the only thing

721
00:43:16,516 --> 00:43:18,436
Speaker 1: we did in Vegas. I think I'll appreciate it more

722
00:43:18,556 --> 00:43:22,036
Speaker 1: knowing that there are other pleasures. But the lights are bright,

723
00:43:22,116 --> 00:43:25,876
Speaker 1: the night is crisp, there's people around have been fun. Yeah,

724
00:43:25,916 --> 00:43:27,516
Speaker 1: so we're right in the heart of it. Man, I'm

725
00:43:27,516 --> 00:43:29,716
Speaker 1: ready to go. Here's my only thing. I assume they

726
00:43:29,716 --> 00:43:32,396
Speaker 1: have blackjack here. That's my game, and I hope that

727
00:43:32,836 --> 00:43:34,396
Speaker 1: it's kind of a fancy one. I hope they don't

728
00:43:34,436 --> 00:43:37,196
Speaker 1: have computer generated shuffling, because that's bogus. I don't want

729
00:43:37,236 --> 00:43:39,356
Speaker 1: tables to six to five odds. I just want to

730
00:43:39,356 --> 00:43:41,836
Speaker 1: do coming out of a boot three two. I might

731
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Speaker 1: get a little d gen tonight, Luke, I'm okay curious,

732
00:43:47,396 --> 00:43:50,116
Speaker 1: but hey, seriously though, before we stop recording, I just

733
00:43:50,156 --> 00:43:52,916
Speaker 1: want to say I've been coming to this town for

734
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Speaker 1: twenty two years of my life on the regular, and like,

735
00:43:59,236 --> 00:44:01,636
Speaker 1: in this forty eight hours, I have seen a side

736
00:44:01,636 --> 00:44:04,196
Speaker 1: of this city that I have never seen before. So

737
00:44:04,356 --> 00:44:06,996
Speaker 1: thanks for bringing me along. Has been like this has

738
00:44:07,036 --> 00:44:09,596
Speaker 1: been really cool. I'm blushing. And as for this on

739
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Speaker 1: it thanks. Yeah, I'm psyched. And I I didn't just

740
00:44:12,316 --> 00:44:15,596
Speaker 1: bring your hair to like gambling finished, I was gonna say,

741
00:44:15,636 --> 00:44:17,436
Speaker 1: but if I have to do one more non gambling

742
00:44:17,476 --> 00:44:20,276
Speaker 1: thing I want, so can we go in there? Please?

743
00:44:20,556 --> 00:44:22,916
Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. I'm eager to see your Vegas.

744
00:44:22,956 --> 00:44:25,196
Speaker 1: A little scared frankly, Yeah, well as well you should be,

745
00:44:25,236 --> 00:44:27,956
Speaker 1: and just make sure we catch the flight tomorrow. Yeah

746
00:44:28,076 --> 00:44:30,156
Speaker 1: all right. So we're about to go in here. As

747
00:44:30,156 --> 00:44:32,596
Speaker 1: we've learned. One of the things about Vegas, it's about freedom,

748
00:44:32,796 --> 00:44:34,916
Speaker 1: and we need to be free from being monitored by

749
00:44:34,956 --> 00:44:38,756
Speaker 1: microphones because we're about to engage in some adult behaviors.

750
00:44:38,836 --> 00:44:41,196
Speaker 1: So this is where the radio microphone has to stop.

751
00:44:41,396 --> 00:44:44,916
Speaker 1: Say goodbye, Luke Burbank, goodbye, Luke Burbank, good eye crazy.

752
00:44:47,076 --> 00:44:49,436
Speaker 1: Oh there's just one thing left to say, which is

753
00:44:49,476 --> 00:44:54,876
Speaker 1: the classic gambler's blessing, which is, of course Kbrini. Help

754
00:44:54,996 --> 00:45:01,036
Speaker 1: us on the machine right now in that topi area

755
00:45:01,076 --> 00:45:24,836
Speaker 1: in a minute. The lead producer on this episode of

756
00:45:24,876 --> 00:45:29,276
Speaker 1: Natloss was the fantastic Bart Warshaw. The show was also

757
00:45:29,316 --> 00:45:32,756
Speaker 1: produced and written by me Brendan Francis Newnham. Our associate

758
00:45:32,796 --> 00:45:36,996
Speaker 1: producer was Jackson Musker. Our story editor was Mira Bert

759
00:45:36,996 --> 00:45:39,716
Speaker 1: went Tonic. A big thanks to my friend and this

760
00:45:39,756 --> 00:45:43,436
Speaker 1: episode's travel partner, Luke Burbank. Yes we survived. We left

761
00:45:43,476 --> 00:45:46,156
Speaker 1: Las Vegas alive. Do yourself a favorite and go listen

762
00:45:46,196 --> 00:45:48,036
Speaker 1: to his show. He's got a couple shows. One is

763
00:45:48,076 --> 00:45:51,196
Speaker 1: Live Wire, the other one is called Too Beautiful to Live.

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Speaker 1: Natloss is a co production of Pushkin Industries, Topic Studios,

765
00:45:55,476 --> 00:45:59,796
Speaker 1: and iHeartMedia. It was developed at Topic Studios. The show's

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Speaker 1: executive producers are me Christy Gressman, Maria Zuckerman, Lisa line Gang,

767
00:46:04,716 --> 00:46:08,756
Speaker 1: and La Tomlade. Production assistance on this episode also came

768
00:46:08,796 --> 00:46:13,436
Speaker 1: from Jacob Smith, Amy Gaines, and Julia Barton. Our theme

769
00:46:13,476 --> 00:46:17,316
Speaker 1: song was created by Alexis g Orchropolis aka ARP. He's

770
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Speaker 1: got a new single out now called New Pleasures. Check

771
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Speaker 1: it out. Thank you to everyone who showed us Vegas

772
00:46:22,396 --> 00:46:27,076
Speaker 1: life beyond the Strip, Patty Aaron, Kim Foster, David Clare Father,

773
00:46:27,276 --> 00:46:31,996
Speaker 1: Daniel Misha and all our fellow UFO seekers UFOs Arnie

774
00:46:32,036 --> 00:46:35,276
Speaker 1: to George, Alex Kim and the folks that regenerate me

775
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Speaker 1: ivy hydration. I wish I knew that was an option

776
00:46:38,596 --> 00:46:42,116
Speaker 1: before our last night there. You made sure that Luke

777
00:46:42,236 --> 00:46:44,676
Speaker 1: didn't die, and that's a great thing. If you want

778
00:46:44,716 --> 00:46:47,116
Speaker 1: to see some pictures or learn anything about our guest,

779
00:46:47,436 --> 00:46:50,556
Speaker 1: head to not Lawshow dot com. And if you're still

780
00:46:50,556 --> 00:46:53,196
Speaker 1: listening to this show you've either fallen asleep or you

781
00:46:53,236 --> 00:46:55,916
Speaker 1: really like it, and if it's the latter, just please

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00:46:55,956 --> 00:46:58,596
Speaker 1: do me a favorite. Head to Apple Podcasts, rate and

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Speaker 1: review it. It seems like a dumb, silly thing, but

784
00:47:01,196 --> 00:47:03,796
Speaker 1: it is actually an important thing. It matters and I

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Speaker 1: would really appreciate it. After you do that, you can

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Speaker 1: learn more about Topic Studios at topic studiviews dot com.

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Speaker 1: To find more pushkin podcasts, listen on the iHeartRadio app,

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Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. I'm Brendan Francis, Newnham.

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Speaker 1: Until next time, bon Voyage