WEBVTT - Chapter 3 | “Lucky Tom” Slick

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<v Speaker 1>School of Humans.

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<v Speaker 2>This podcast is based on the true story of explorer, inventor, visionary,

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<v Speaker 2>and science pioneer Tom Slick. Some of the story elements, names,

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<v Speaker 2>and characters have been altered for dramatic purposes. Consider using

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<v Speaker 2>headphones to enhance your listening experience. We've created an immersive

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<v Speaker 2>soundscape to tell our story.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh we're gonna die.

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<v Speaker 4>We're gonna die.

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<v Speaker 5>Come on, you're an oss man. Dullas what you've never looked?

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<v Speaker 5>Guests wearing the eye I try to avert my case,

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<v Speaker 5>and you're lucky.

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<v Speaker 6>No, no, no, I don't believe in luck. I believe

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<v Speaker 6>in survival.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey lang fella, Uh wake up?

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<v Speaker 6>Come on, man, I'm checking you right.

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<v Speaker 7>In the ribs.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh he's how cool?

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<v Speaker 4>God damn it, Slick.

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<v Speaker 6>Why'd you have to hit him?

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<v Speaker 4>Because I'm a Nazi hunter.

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<v Speaker 9>That's wine.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom, You expect me to listen to this without wine? Hurry? Shoot,

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<v Speaker 1>this wants the screw cap. Did you see the wine opener?

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<v Speaker 10>Don't tell me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in one of these boxes.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, it's in one of these boxes.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry. So if dad's flying the plant, well no, he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know how to fly.

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<v Speaker 11>Oh right, but I mean, yeah, he is flying it.

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<v Speaker 7>And they're still headed for the Panama Canal. From what

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<v Speaker 7>Granddad said, all they can see is water.

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<v Speaker 9>So I'm guessing they're somewhere over the.

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<v Speaker 1>Pacific with a ticking time bomb lane just set up and.

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<v Speaker 2>The flying torpedo doodle thing attached.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how they get out of this one. Okay, Mom,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to listen to this if it's too much.

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<v Speaker 1>These are my father's untold stories. I am listening, okay

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<v Speaker 1>about nut I don't thank God?

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<v Speaker 12>Why not?

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<v Speaker 1>Its helps with the nerves.

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<v Speaker 13>Okay, I'm present play.

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<v Speaker 9>Yes, knew this.

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<v Speaker 4>Red button did something.

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<v Speaker 6>Well that will come right up.

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<v Speaker 4>There we go.

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<v Speaker 14>That dead Dodo got dump.

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<v Speaker 10>But we still have an issue.

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<v Speaker 6>Your chatty friend Lang, if you disarm this bomb, I

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<v Speaker 6>will protect you. I can't protect you.

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<v Speaker 7>You're idiot.

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<v Speaker 1>You have killed Abatsi and Pedica.

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<v Speaker 8>Even if you lends this thing is stick me in

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<v Speaker 8>some visits.

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<v Speaker 9>They will hand me down.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they will torture me, and they will watch as

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<v Speaker 1>I suffer an excruciating death.

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<v Speaker 13>What is that to live for?

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<v Speaker 11>Listen to me.

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<v Speaker 3>The United States government will take care of you.

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<v Speaker 4>An Operation Pelican good name.

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<v Speaker 6>By the way, top top top you know when I

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<v Speaker 6>was lying back there, right, Oh, come on.

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<v Speaker 4>Just run it by Rose. Well you guys are all friends.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, war criminals don't generally make a great impression.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, Lang has intel on the heavyweights behind this operation,

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<v Speaker 5>and let's not forget.

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<v Speaker 4>That our lives are in his hands.

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<v Speaker 5>This is timmy No, give me your knife, dolls and

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<v Speaker 5>take the wheel, the wheel.

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<v Speaker 6>No, look, just keep her steady. No, no, no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 4>If you make any sudden movements, there's.

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<v Speaker 10>A chowder box here will detonate and we're fish food. God,

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<v Speaker 10>this cloak and dagger.

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<v Speaker 6>Shit, why didn't I just become a congressman?

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<v Speaker 10>Hey, Lang, quick question, ayesholder.

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<v Speaker 4>What's your favorite color? If you look like a blue guy?

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<v Speaker 9>Exuse me?

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, wrong game. Let me explain the rules.

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<v Speaker 5>So we have a bomb here, and from what I see,

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<v Speaker 5>there are about three, no four, different color wires making

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<v Speaker 5>this thing tick. If I cut one of these wires,

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<v Speaker 5>it could do nothing, or if we're really lucky, it'll.

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<v Speaker 10>Shut off the bomb.

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<v Speaker 9>Of lost pieces.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's how you play roulette.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, Lang, listen to me. I have a lot

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<v Speaker 6>of power in my country. Shu, Yeah, I mean, people

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<v Speaker 6>don't hail me or anything but sure. Yeah, look, your

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<v Speaker 6>mission was subverted by US Americans. You're a trader now.

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<v Speaker 6>But if you're dead, there's no one around to protect

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<v Speaker 6>your family.

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<v Speaker 10>I have no wife, I have not too good.

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<v Speaker 4>That's kind of sad.

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<v Speaker 6>What about a mother.

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<v Speaker 13>You gotta have a mother, a sex.

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<v Speaker 4>I know sh'll be snatched. It just mutilated by the

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<v Speaker 4>men you call comrades. Oh nine.

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<v Speaker 6>Now keep in mind those are the same men who

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<v Speaker 6>killed your true love wilburt or hydri nine, Fritz nine.

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<v Speaker 11>That's why oss bitch, dominique, shit, shit shit, Dallas holder steady.

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<v Speaker 6>Uh, it's a great seconds of TV explodes, dulls.

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<v Speaker 4>What's your type?

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<v Speaker 8>Wonsreprenets Now, Dallas, listen to me, all right, all right?

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<v Speaker 4>Yellow wire or brown wire?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I mean, I'm married to burnette, but I have

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<v Speaker 6>a thing for red heads.

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<v Speaker 4>Red wire it is. Yeah, I prefer blondes too.

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<v Speaker 14>Bron roan.

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<v Speaker 9>God's the roan wire.

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<v Speaker 4>What if I told you I just cut the red one.

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<v Speaker 4>I was telling the truth. Cut the brown one more?

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<v Speaker 9>Is he? Oh? No? My number one kid?

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<v Speaker 6>Uh?

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<v Speaker 5>See Dallas, Now this is a man staring death right

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<v Speaker 5>in the eye.

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<v Speaker 6>Slick cut the brown wire.

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<v Speaker 5>Now, oh, God, you believe in luck now, dulles, No,

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<v Speaker 5>You're just one lucky bastard.

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter three.

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<v Speaker 8>This is the mostly true tale of Tom Slick, mystery hunter.

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<v Speaker 1>God that a but blood pressure checked after that.

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<v Speaker 7>So if Granddad doesn't know how to fly, how do

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<v Speaker 7>they land?

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<v Speaker 1>Google? Look up Slick Airways. Dad couldn't fly then, but

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<v Speaker 1>he learned.

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<v Speaker 12>Slick Airways was established in nineteen forty six by Tom and.

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<v Speaker 1>Earl Slick, daddish brother. Yeah, I got that.

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<v Speaker 12>They used the surplus of Curtis C forty six airplanes

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<v Speaker 12>from World War II, and by nineteen fifty one it

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<v Speaker 12>was the largest all cargo airline in the United States.

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<v Speaker 11>So they started their airline five years after Granddad and

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<v Speaker 11>Dallas took down that Nazi plane.

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<v Speaker 12>And they operated until nineteen sixty six. For a period

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<v Speaker 12>of time Slick Airways was shut down. It is alleged

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<v Speaker 12>that that time the planes were being used for covert

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<v Speaker 12>missions organized by the US government.

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<v Speaker 1>So the CIA was her big client guest Dad and

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<v Speaker 1>pressed dollars with his landing. I knew you knew more

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<v Speaker 1>than you were letting on.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So what happened to the Nazi lang?

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<v Speaker 1>Now that I don't know.

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<v Speaker 9>I guess that's the point.

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<v Speaker 11>I mean, the CIA did hide Nazis post war and

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<v Speaker 11>then use them as spies in the Cold War.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, let's blame dulls for that.

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, you pick one?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh got one?

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<v Speaker 5>Tom Slick August twenty sixth, nineteen fifty seven. I'm on

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<v Speaker 5>a little stopover in London with my birthday gift here

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<v Speaker 5>strapped to my back. I'll be recording everything.

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<v Speaker 8>WHOA, alright, you drive on the right side.

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<v Speaker 4>I won't have to.

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<v Speaker 3>These are the times I remember why tell us aptly

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<v Speaker 3>nickname me Lucky Tom after our little rendezvous with death

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<v Speaker 3>over the Pacific nearly what sixteen years ago? Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 3>what he didn't know is that name belongs to my father,

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<v Speaker 3>Tom Slick Senior. Just like the dream that now has

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<v Speaker 3>me traveling to the other side of the world. But

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<v Speaker 3>now I have to contend with uh, the insufferably civilized Brits.

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<v Speaker 7>There's none of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever that is in the Getick Club.

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<v Speaker 10>That is the future. I'm recording this conversation as we speak, Sir,

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<v Speaker 10>h members value of that privacy.

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<v Speaker 13>Hold on there, Johnson. This is my good friend Tom Slick.

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<v Speaker 4>He's here to see me.

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<v Speaker 10>Jimmy Stewart. It is good to have friends who are movies.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Stewart's I was just tending the gentleman about the.

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<v Speaker 13>Rules, now, John Soon, No, Tom is no gentleman. He

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<v Speaker 13>plays by his own set of rules.

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<v Speaker 5>Jimmy, come on, don't pretend you're not a savage.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh savage?

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<v Speaker 9>Wait?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that like Jimmy Stewart.

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<v Speaker 8>Jimmy Stewart, like the actor from the Christmas Movie is

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<v Speaker 8>a wonderful lie.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and rear Window and Harvey and Verdigo. And he

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<v Speaker 1>was friends with Granddad. Oh, dad got around.

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<v Speaker 7>He got mixed up with the Hollywood crowd and was

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<v Speaker 7>popular because he talked about his inventions.

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<v Speaker 1>His experiments, and his adventures, not studio gossip.

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<v Speaker 11>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>He and Howard Hughes really hit it off.

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<v Speaker 11>The guy Leonardo DiCaprio have played in The Aviator.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, if anyone ever makes a movie about that, I

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<v Speaker 1>hope people don't define his life by the heck that

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<v Speaker 1>plays him.

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<v Speaker 13>Oh gosh, well you here. Howard Hughes is at it again.

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<v Speaker 13>He's a dreamer, tried to up end history by building

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<v Speaker 13>a flying boat.

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<v Speaker 10>It's just a prototype.

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<v Speaker 13>Well he's calling it the Hercules.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, He's nothing if not subtle.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, you know Howard and I are.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, we're pals obviously, but he tries so hard

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<v Speaker 5>to shock people.

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<v Speaker 13>I think he just wants to change the world. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 13>in his own unique way.

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<v Speaker 5>And what if you were to change the world in

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<v Speaker 5>some way but no one knew it was you, would

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<v Speaker 5>that make it any less significant?

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<v Speaker 9>Oh?

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<v Speaker 13>No, Tom, I'm a movie star with the mercy of

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<v Speaker 13>public consumption.

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<v Speaker 4>And I like it.

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<v Speaker 13>Your second Scotch, Yeah, I always got free drinks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 13>So tell me what brings you to London.

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<v Speaker 10>I am on my way to India.

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<v Speaker 13>What a country? Well, Glory and I tagged along on

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<v Speaker 13>a tiger hunting expedition over there.

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<v Speaker 10>It's kind of a shame to take down a tiger,

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<v Speaker 10>isn't it?

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<v Speaker 13>Oh, your old sap. I'm America's sweetheart. I don't kill

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<v Speaker 13>anything unless I play to eat it with big game.

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<v Speaker 10>How do you catch the animal without harming it?

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<v Speaker 13>Well, you stun it. Our guide told us about a

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<v Speaker 13>tranquilizer gun that was used on a behemoth lion in

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<v Speaker 13>Africa that the Bronx Zoo had its eye on. Uh huh, Now,

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<v Speaker 13>potent sedative was used. The lion was knocked out the

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<v Speaker 13>entire journey back. Now it's like me up for public consumption.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, where's that gun now?

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<v Speaker 13>Most likely New York. Now it's got to cost a

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<v Speaker 13>pretty penny.

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<v Speaker 10>Why asking, Well, I'm preparing for a hunt in India.

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<v Speaker 10>What are you tracking the yetti?

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<v Speaker 9>Oh?

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<v Speaker 13>Tom, Now, don't you go trying to beat Hughes's bizarre pursuits.

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<v Speaker 13>You're a scientist and he's arguably insane.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, thank you, but everything's under control at home, and

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<v Speaker 5>my institutes are prepared to live without me for at

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<v Speaker 5>least a year.

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<v Speaker 10>So I have this time where.

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<v Speaker 13>I come on, Tom, the Yetti. This whole cryptozoology thing

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<v Speaker 13>is a fad, bordering on a joke.

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<v Speaker 5>In nineteen ten, there was the Komodo dragon. In nineteen

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<v Speaker 5>thirty four, the giant panda. These hidden creatures were considered mysts,

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<v Speaker 5>but one person believed in them. That belief led to discovery.

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<v Speaker 5>That discovery established the creature's place in zoology.

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<v Speaker 10>That's no punchline, Jimmy, that is science.

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<v Speaker 13>Oh, there's no yetti. There's been a handful of expeditions

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<v Speaker 13>in the Himalayas that have come up with nothing.

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<v Speaker 10>It weren't led by me.

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<v Speaker 13>Johnson, sir, we're gonna need a couple more drinks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 13>make mine a double.

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<v Speaker 10>Yes, indeed, sir, nothing for me, Thanks.

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<v Speaker 13>Fine, Tom, Let's say this YETI is real. What are

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<v Speaker 13>you gonna do when you spend a million dollars on

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<v Speaker 13>this thing?

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<v Speaker 4>You got?

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<v Speaker 13>You got frozen toes. You're out in the in the

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<v Speaker 13>middle of the Himalayas by yourself with a tracker, and

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<v Speaker 13>like everyone else, you don't find it.

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<v Speaker 10>I'll keep looking.

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<v Speaker 13>Uh huh oh, I don't think it's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 5>Well I didn't think it's a wonderful life was a

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<v Speaker 5>good idea, and look how that turned out.

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<v Speaker 13>Uh touchet.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it's Blair again.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to get this. I'm exhausted. Anyway, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>head up.

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<v Speaker 2>Be sure you don't want to get through the tape

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<v Speaker 2>of me tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll fill me in tomorrow. But if you're staying up,

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<v Speaker 1>I can put the kettle on.

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<v Speaker 13>Okay, good night, Blair.

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<v Speaker 14>I know, I know. I don't do calls. So yes,

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<v Speaker 14>the news is big. Who died, but hopefully it won't

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<v Speaker 14>involve death unless after hearing this you want.

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<v Speaker 5>To kill me.

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<v Speaker 2>What did you do, Blair?

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<v Speaker 1>What happened.

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<v Speaker 14>I kind of sort of released a statement that the

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<v Speaker 14>exhibit would feature your granddad's yettie hunt, and we share

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<v Speaker 14>details at the event tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 13>But there's just one tape.

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<v Speaker 14>You said you found more. Have you listened to them all?

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<v Speaker 13>No?

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<v Speaker 1>No, I mean the one I just listened to.

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<v Speaker 9>Granddad mentions the YETI.

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<v Speaker 11>But don't you think if you'd found something on that

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<v Speaker 11>expedition it would be in history books.

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<v Speaker 14>You still have a whole box of tapes to listen to.

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<v Speaker 14>So what's the harmun finding out?

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<v Speaker 2>Baiting the press with fake news live?

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<v Speaker 14>This could be big okay donor money, big Texas monthly

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<v Speaker 14>than New York Times, a freaking podcast. They're all coming.

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<v Speaker 13>How many people did you reach out to?

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<v Speaker 14>TikTok oh?

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<v Speaker 12>My?

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<v Speaker 11>Take everything about the YETI off social media and just

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<v Speaker 11>give me a minute.

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<v Speaker 14>You have twenty hours until your speech at an event

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<v Speaker 14>dedicated to your legendary grandfather, which opens an exhibit that

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<v Speaker 14>will hopefully fund another year of science. So basically, you're

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<v Speaker 14>saving lives, no pressure. Thanks, text me when you figured

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<v Speaker 14>it out. I have hives from this column.

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<v Speaker 8>Uh well, fuck.

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<v Speaker 5>Tom Slick September seventh, nineteen fifty seven. I made it

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<v Speaker 5>to India. Good god, it's a feast of sound culture

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<v Speaker 5>people and the stink of sacred.

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<v Speaker 10>Cow manure makes you feel alive.

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<v Speaker 4>Who careful? That nearly ended me? Maybe I am one

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<v Speaker 4>lucky Tom. You have a beautiful day too, sir.

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<v Speaker 10>Lovely people the assault with a smile.

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<v Speaker 8>It's nice, mister Thomas Snick, Good day, sir.

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<v Speaker 7>You ever call here, may assist you in holding the receiver.

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<v Speaker 4>It no, thank you, I'll take it from here.

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<v Speaker 14>Oh night, mister slick.

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<v Speaker 4>Mabel, Mabel is that you?

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<v Speaker 15>You know me always bumped you on, mister Slick, So

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<v Speaker 15>you made it okay?

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<v Speaker 9>You spoke to Betty the kids. You know Claire lost

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<v Speaker 9>a tooth last week.

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<v Speaker 15>Oh, you're taking the vitamins out, putting your suit case right,

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<v Speaker 15>and you're not drinking the water.

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<v Speaker 9>Please tell me you are not drinking that water.

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<v Speaker 4>All of the above, Mabel. Good and thanks for the

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<v Speaker 4>update on Claire.

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, so couverle updates. I got my hands on that

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<v Speaker 9>tranquil as a gun. Here's a beast.

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<v Speaker 15>It's being shipped to Texas and your brother will stick

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<v Speaker 15>it on the cargo plane with the dogs.

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<v Speaker 4>The bloodhounds.

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<v Speaker 9>Yes they are huge, mister slick and the poops.

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<v Speaker 15>Well, come Christmas time, I hope my bonus looks as

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<v Speaker 15>big as they are.

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<v Speaker 9>Oh, they can't with snow booties. No frumps, wait, footie.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, it's all falling into place. Mabel, whoa what now?

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<v Speaker 9>I've been going over the numbers with the accounting.

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<v Speaker 15>Yeah, you have fifteen thousand in your personal account to

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<v Speaker 15>put towards this expedition.

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<v Speaker 4>That sounds reasonable.

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<v Speaker 15>You won't have a team, poor dogs, or any chance

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<v Speaker 15>of survival for even a month in those mountains without

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<v Speaker 15>an addition of fifteen thousand.

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<v Speaker 4>So this whole thing is gonna cost me thirty thousand.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, sir, I don't want to take any money out

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<v Speaker 3>of my institutes.

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<v Speaker 9>Well that's the thing.

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<v Speaker 10>Uh huh.

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<v Speaker 9>A check came in the mail, now, thought brother?

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<v Speaker 5>I thought, hello, Maybel you there, Maybel, I can't hear you.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you hear me, Mabel? What did you say about

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<v Speaker 4>a check.

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<v Speaker 9>Halfway around the world. Of course you can't hear me.

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<v Speaker 4>I can hear you. Now, what were you saying?

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<v Speaker 15>I said, you do have thirty thousand to put towards

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<v Speaker 15>this thing.

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<v Speaker 9>It's just not all yours.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not following. You're being mysterious Mabel.

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<v Speaker 9>Oh God. A check came in the mail three days ago.

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<v Speaker 15>Now there was a note that said something like, I

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<v Speaker 15>know what you're up to, I know where to find you.

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<v Speaker 9>Here is what you'll need to complete what you've started.

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<v Speaker 9>And there was a check for fifteen thousand for twenty.

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<v Speaker 15>So now you have thirty five thousand to put towards

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<v Speaker 15>this thing.

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<v Speaker 9>Whoa brilliant hurt?

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<v Speaker 4>What? No, no, butts?

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<v Speaker 9>The check isn't exactly made out to you?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, who's it made out to?

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<v Speaker 9>Look at Tom shit? Yes, yes he did, right on

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<v Speaker 9>my shoe, Right on my shoe. Bad boy, bad boy.

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<v Speaker 4>Dollars?

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<v Speaker 10>What are you playing at?

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<v Speaker 8>Tom Slick? Mystery Hunter is a production of Fool of

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<v Speaker 8>Humans and iHeart Podcasts, starring Owen Wilson as Tom Slick,

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<v Speaker 8>Cissy Spasick as Claire Slick, Skyler Fiske as Livslick. Written

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<v Speaker 8>and directed by Caroline Slaughter, story editor Jeb Stewart. Executive

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<v Speaker 8>produced by Owen Wilson, Sissy Spasick, Skyler Fiske, Jeb Stewart,

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<v Speaker 8>Caroline Slaughter, Brian Lavin, L. C. Crowley, Brandon Barr, and

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<v Speaker 8>Virginia Prescott. Produced and assistant directed by Amelia Brock. Original score,

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<v Speaker 8>sound design, mixing and mastering by Jesse Niswanger. Casting by

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<v Speaker 8>Daisy Church and Caroline Slaughter. Sag coordination by Daisy Church

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<v Speaker 8>and Julia Christgau. Promo and trailers by Carl Catle. Special

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<v Speaker 8>thanks to Catherine Nixon Cook. Recording engineers are Tyler Klang

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<v Speaker 8>and Casey Pegram. For iHeartMedia.

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<v Speaker 16>Episode three cast, Dave Willis as Alan, Ava Davis as Blair,

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<v Speaker 16>Michael Mao as Jimmy Stewart, David Devrees as Hines Lang

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<v Speaker 16>and Johnson the Butler, Jenny Fleming as Mabel, Neil Ready

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<v Speaker 16>as Biddy and the Indian Taxi Driver, Tim Heller as

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<v Speaker 16>the London Cappy, Julia Christgau as the Google Voice Assistant,

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<v Speaker 16>Mike Shots as the Voice of God, and the introductory

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<v Speaker 16>voiceover with additional roles voiced by David Devrees, Michael Mao

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<v Speaker 16>and Phil Clark. Executive producer for iHeartMedia is Maya Howard

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<v Speaker 16>Special thanks to Lucas Riley.

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