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Speaker 1: looking forward to talking to him. Whistle while you work,

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Speaker 1: and a Wall Street Insider. Director of Global Communications for

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Speaker 1: just out last month. It's entitled Find Your Whistle, and

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Speaker 1: for having me on. First of all, before we get

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Speaker 1: give me a little bit of your whistling expertise if

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Speaker 1: So here is Bell from Beauty and the Beast. Oh

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Speaker 1: my god, that was lovely. Thank you and made me

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Speaker 1: What's the premise? So that there are two things I'm

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Speaker 1: It's a way for me to touch people's hearts and

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Speaker 1: And I'm trying to empower people so that they realize

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Speaker 1: Why do you think it's even more? And reading about

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Speaker 1: Finding Your Whistle. Chris Allman uh he is director of

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