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Speaker 3: I don't know how many of y'all are on these

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Speaker 3: witness protection programs.

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Speaker 2: I know.

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Speaker 1: Just pick up a fake name.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, here's my request, because it's fun for us. Come

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Speaker 2: You could say my name is Potato, just something fun

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Speaker 2: like we're like, yeah, exactly, silly and Cincinnati something, you know.

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Speaker 3: I do like the last show when you switched it

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Speaker 3: to Annie. So if you're anonymous, you're gonna be Annie. Okay, yes,

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Speaker 3: all right, Annie says in all cabs, please withhold my name. Fine,

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Speaker 3: I'm the communicatations manager at a small nonprofit with about

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Speaker 3: We all disliked the ads that we paid for and

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Speaker 3: ninety days into a six month probationary period. She fell

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Speaker 2: And I'm not gonna lie chap. That's a trap. I've

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Speaker 3: wanted to change.

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Speaker 1: What did you want your name?

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Speaker 2: Come on now, if you're a person ac right, everybody

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Speaker 2: would detty, where do you go? You're like, if you're

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Speaker 2: around my age, you'll want it. Stacey, give us something.

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Speaker 3: All my Sailor Moon fan fictions under the alias Adrian

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Speaker 3: because that's who I want it to be. So who's

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Speaker 3: your fifteen year old aliens?

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Speaker 1: All right, until next time, y'all?

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Speaker 3: Until next week, Bye, y'all, take care. Bye, Hey, ba fan,

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Speaker 3: We could not do this show without your support or

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Speaker 3: the support of our team behind the scenes. The Brown

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Speaker 3: Emission podcast is produced by Cumulus Podcast Network. It's edited

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Speaker 3: by the wonderful Emani Crosby and produced by Tanya Bustos.

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Speaker 3: Dennis Stimplinsky is our in house tech guru, and I

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Speaker 3: am Bandy Woodrid Santos your co host, and I will

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Speaker 3: see y'all next week.