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Speaker 1: are you doing good? Everything's okay with the Brady Minahan Callahan. Uh,

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Speaker 1: but it's it's definitely different than when you're twenty five

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Speaker 1: That's why you decide to have Yeah, but it's busy,

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Speaker 1: But which I want to ask you something about the documentary.

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Speaker 1: other day, Tom, but I see a contradiction here, and

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Speaker 1: it's to your credit. You talk about giving up your

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