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Speaker 1: got sexually harassed. I'm going to call a lawyer. You

431
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,520
Speaker 1: think I'm young and I want to make sure I

432
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,200
Speaker 1: work in this business later. So this is just part

433
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,959
Speaker 1: of what it is. And that's what I thought, This

434
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,159
Speaker 1: is part of what it is to be in the

435
00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,720
Speaker 1: music business. Yeah, I don't. I don't even know in

436
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,919
Speaker 1: our business if we still think that way, if I'm

437
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,200
Speaker 1: being honest with you, because you're talking about when you're

438
00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,239
Speaker 1: in your twenties. And I can tell you I got

439
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,119
Speaker 1: put on late in life and had the same situations

440
00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,280
Speaker 1: happened to me, and I never thought I should go

441
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,280
Speaker 1: tell I always thought I still want to work in

442
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,800
Speaker 1: the business, which is really sad. Yeah, you think, like,

443
00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,200
Speaker 1: all right, whatever, I'm just gonna leave here and keep

444
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,680
Speaker 1: it moving. And so that's what I just was, like, okay,

445
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,000
Speaker 1: And I did call and say, if you guys don't

446
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 1: give me my check, I'll be calling a lawyer. You. Yeah,

447
00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:10,639
Speaker 1: I don't know if I really was going to do it,

448
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 1: but I just said it. I mean, I was furious.

449
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,639
Speaker 1: And the other thing, and since the Statute of Limitations

450
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,440
Speaker 1: is up on this, I'll tell you the other thing

451
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:22,440
Speaker 1: that I did was y'all can't come for her, Okay,

452
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 1: go ahead. So what I did was, um, back then,

453
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 1: you could call a car right if you had an

454
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,879
Speaker 1: account number, you just had to know, like call the

455
00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,000
Speaker 1: car company and say account number seven nine three, I'd

456
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 1: like to call a car for whatever. So I gave

457
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,679
Speaker 1: the car account number to a whole bunch of people.

458
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: And so they were using the cars and like going

459
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 1: to the Poconos and going to the supermarket and going

460
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,320
Speaker 1: all over the place. So they got their bill and

461
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,119
Speaker 1: and it was all like rise in Staten Island. So

462
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,920
Speaker 1: you know, it was like from me. So they got

463
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: so and oh and the dumbest thing they did was

464
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,760
Speaker 1: they hired somebody after I left, after they fired me,

465
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,879
Speaker 1: who I had recommended for the job, like they I

466
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: had recommended her for another position, and then they hired

467
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,159
Speaker 1: her like not for my position, but as an assistant.

468
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: And so she was calling me and filling me in

469
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,520
Speaker 1: on everything, like girl they met, they don't got this bill,

470
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 1: all right, And so then she was like they called

471
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 1: me and they were like, we called the police. You're

472
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,120
Speaker 1: gonna get arrested if you know. If you tell us now,

473
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: we could work something out. I was like, I don't

474
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 1: know to talking about because she had already told me

475
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,080
Speaker 1: that there was nothing they could do about it, that

476
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 1: the police don't care. You could follow a report, but

477
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,400
Speaker 1: you would have to hire a private investigator because they're

478
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 1: not going to waste their time on that. So I

479
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: already knew they weren't going to do all that, and

480
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:38,920
Speaker 1: so I was just like, I don't know what she's

481
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,640
Speaker 1: talking about. What I'm sorry, I have no idea. Go ahead,

482
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: press charges, get me arrested. I have no idea what

483
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:49,600
Speaker 1: you're even discussing that. That's my little revenge first grow now,

484
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: I would never do that. Well, all I know is

485
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 1: I'm inspired because I'm like, call your bluff. Do it.

486
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 1: I talked all your trash because you ain't coming after me.

487
00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,000
Speaker 1: All right, we gotta pay some bills, y'all. So I'm

488
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: to take a quick break. We're coming back with the

489
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 1: rebel Trollmaker. But good trouble angela ye back in the moment.

490
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: Every champion and care. Every champions to be a champion

491
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: a chapion and carery Chappi and they care with chappiyon

492
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 1: Cheppion and carry Chappi and they care with Cheppi raiders

493
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 1: and sports and then the train making naked worker. Every

494
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 1: Chappion they carry Chappion is to be a champion the

495
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,680
Speaker 1: Chappi and they carry Chappion and the girls Chapy Chappi

496
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 1: and they carry Chappion and care with Chappi and sports

497
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,480
Speaker 1: and then the trainmaking naked work. Hey, everybody, you know

498
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 1: how it is. Thanks for hanging around while we paid

499
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,000
Speaker 1: a few bills. We got more now with Angela yee, Okay,

500
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:44,639
Speaker 1: So when did you transition into radio? So I started

501
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 1: freelancing after that, and I had several different clients and

502
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,840
Speaker 1: one of them was working for Eminem for his clothing line,

503
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: Shady Limited, and so that was my introduction into like

504
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: their whole I knew Paul Rosenberg, m's manager, and Chasey

505
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 1: who also worked there for a while. Even since before

506
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,880
Speaker 1: Eminem got signed to Shady, I knew, I mean well

507
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: before he got signed to Interscope and Dr Jerry and

508
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 1: all of that. I knew Eminem, and so I started

509
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: working for the clothing line. Then that whole thing fizzled out,

510
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 1: you know, with their distributor, and so I found myself

511
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,880
Speaker 1: like just I'm not sure what I was gonna do next,

512
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 1: And so I actually was trying to um work in

513
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: the marketing department as serious and Eminem had a radio station,

514
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: Shady forty five. So I caught up call, and I

515
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: was like, listen, there's this marketing opening as serious. Can

516
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,920
Speaker 1: you just set up a meeting for me and put

517
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: in a good word. You know, you don't have to

518
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 1: give me a job, but just get me in the

519
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 1: door to have a meeting and I'll take it from there.

520
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: And so he was like, well, would you like to

521
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: be on the air and maybe try something like that

522
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 1: because I know they're looking for a woman on the

523
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: morning show. And I said sure, I mean, why wouldn't

524
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 1: I was just an opportunity. But he told me, he said,

525
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 1: it's an audition, so don't It's not that you have

526
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: the job. It's up to them, really, but you know,

527
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: I'll get to the audition. And I said okay, And

528
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: so I went up there and I had to work

529
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: for like maybe like three months for free before they hired. Wow.

530
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: Wow wow wow wow wow. What a great story, what

531
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: a great series of stories. So if I'm wanting to

532
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 1: be in the radio game, and I know it's changed

533
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 1: since you've been in it, when you think of all

534
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,440
Speaker 1: the stories, especially once that you just shared, what do

535
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 1: you think? I mean, I'm gonna tell you what I think,

536
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 1: but only you know. What do you think? It was

537
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: about you, that was Why were you just so fearless

538
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: and determined all all the while not necessarily knowing if

539
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: radio was going to be the endgame for you in

540
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 1: your mind you said it would have been writing and

541
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: marketing background. Why were you at every opportunity where you

542
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: felt you were no longer needed, wanted, or disrespected, you

543
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: just pushed on. I think that I always felt that

544
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 1: if some things didn't work out, something else will. And

545
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: I always tell myself the worst thing that can happen

546
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 1: is this doesn't work, And to me, that's not the

547
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 1: end of the world, because I would rather something that

548
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: worked than to not even try. And so for myself,

549
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,200
Speaker 1: I know that I go really hard when I want

550
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 1: to do something, and if I really want it, I'll

551
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: make it happen. And it might not happen the way

552
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: I wanted it to, but whatever is meant to be,

553
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,120
Speaker 1: it will be. And I also feel that I set

554
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 1: up a really great foundation for myself as far as

555
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 1: relationships and experience and knowing what I'm doing where I

556
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 1: can always pivot. I feel like people who know me

557
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,640
Speaker 1: and have worked with me know my character enough people

558
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: will vouch for me to know that if something doesn't

559
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: go the way that I anticipated. It's not like the

560
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: doors will close for me. It just might mean that

561
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 1: it has to happen or something else has to happen

562
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: in a different way. So I've always felt really blessed

563
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 1: and that I know that I'm a very honorable person

564
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 1: and I'm very straightforward word and that I am always

565
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 1: leading with the best intentions. I think the key thing

566
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: there is relationships. Like you've You've developed relationships, you knew

567
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: people before they were who they were, you know what

568
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: I mean. And so you're right about being able to

569
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: pivot because in this business, relationships are key. Um, you

570
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: now have this platform, you're on the breakfast club, this

571
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 1: angela ye day, you have, you have all you have

572
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: several businesses. You're an entrepreneur, you have your hands and everything.

573
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: You're not. There's multiple streams of income, as I like

574
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: to talk about, you just don't want to have one.

575
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 1: You can't, by the way, because everybody can't. One person

576
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: can't feed you like that is my philosophy. Like one place,

577
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: when I was at ESPN, that was the only place

578
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 1: I've fit me, and it was so controlling and it

579
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 1: was so limiting in terms of what I wanted to do.

580
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: So here you are with this humongous platform, have this

581
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: great show. Um, you work with great personalities, and I've

582
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 1: watched you all profit and do well and expand get paid,

583
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: which is beautiful. What do you think is the at

584
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: this point in your career? What has been a highlight

585
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: and what has been a low light? UM? I would

586
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: say the highlight has been as far as radio, I think.

587
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: I would say the Radio Hall of Fame has been

588
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: a big deal for us that we got inducted last year.

589
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: I felt like that was really early for us to

590
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: keep ten years in. Yeah, it was, and it is

591
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: used and it's something that you know, happened during the pandemic.

592
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: So it's not really processed for me yet. But they

593
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: didn't invite us to come to the ceremony this year,

594
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,239
Speaker 1: so maybe it'll have like more of a feeling at

595
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: that time because all this virtual like ceremony the same

596
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: like a sweatsuit. I was like, yo, thank you. Yeah,

597
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: And it's not something I thought about. It was like

598
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: aspiring to it, but when it happened, it does make

599
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: you reflect on all the work that you put in

600
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: and so but I also would say getting syndicated was

601
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: a really big deal for us to because that's also

602
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: a really uncommon thing, you know. So there's just been

603
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,479
Speaker 1: so many milestones. I would say, um, as far as

604
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: radio in my radio world, those are two big ones, Okay,

605
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: and then you look radio world or not. What's been

606
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 1: a low light where you've had to pick yourself up

607
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: and say, I can be better, I can do better.

608
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: I have to rebound. I mean, I've had plenty. There

609
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: were times when I wasn't sure that this is where

610
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: I really wanted to be, and so, you know, and

611
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: I mean we've had like our own ups and downs,

612
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: even working with the people who I work with and so,

613
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: and even as serious, I had some serious I wanted

614
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: to I knew I wanted to leave there. You know,

615
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: I had some really bad experiences there with them, you know,

616
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: with the person who wasn't I remember, they would have

617
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 1: promised me that I would get this raise because I

618
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: had gotten offered a job to go to Hot ninety

619
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: seven more we show, and I chose to say it's

620
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: serious on the condition that they would pay me more

621
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: as the main host of the show. And so the

622
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: guy that was in charge of it, he was like Okay,

623
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna put this through to human resources, get

624
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: it approved, and just check back with me, you know.

625
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: So every week I was like, hey, just checking in

626
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: to see what's happening with my raise, and everybok, He's like,

627
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: oh yeah, I'm still waiting to hair back. And so

628
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: this went on literally for months where I was like,

629
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 1: this is just ridiculous. And so I finally made a

630
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: meeting set up a meeting with his boss and went

631
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: to his boss and I was like, hey, and I

632
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: bought this like big thick packet of things that I

633
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: had done, and and I was like, you know, I'm

634
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: just trying to understand what the problem is with me

635
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: getting this raise. I would stilt, I would get a raised,

636
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: I turned down another job offer, and this is what

637
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: I was told. And he wasn't even he didn't even

638
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: know about it because they had never even approached human

639
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: resources or approached him. And I actually got my raise

640
00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: that day. But after that, the person who as my

641
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: boss that was supposed to put this through had it

642
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: in for me and was doing everything he could in

643
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: his power to try to like make me feel crazy.

644
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 1: They put a seven seconds delay on my show because

645
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: they said they weren't sure what I might say or do,

646
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: and I was like, I've never said or done anything,

647
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: and I've been always strictly professional. Why would you do

648
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: that to me? And so they ended up taking it

649
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: off because I made such a big stink about it.

650
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: But everything, all of a sudden it became a problem.

651
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: They were like memos about me and I had never

652
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: done anything. It's just me going above him to get

653
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: this raise, and he had it out for me, and

654
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: I knew I had to leave. But I also learned

655
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: from that that no matter what's going on behind the scenes,

656
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: when you're doing what we do, you still have to

657
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: do a great job. And so I would still be

658
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: on the air, still beyond time, still be going above

659
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: and beyond because no one knows what's going on. We

660
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 1: all have our problems, and people aren't listening or watching

661
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: us to hear about our problems. Right they're trying to

662
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: forget about this for a minute. Try out what's this

663
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: juice for having? Right now? This is my juice, This

664
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: is my drink, Fresh juice and beat ginger ade. And

665
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: now I have my own press juice line and they

666
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: are delicious, one organic and nothing added to them. Where

667
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 1: can people get it? Um, you can go to drink

668
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: Fresh Juice dot com. It's also available in certain supermarkets

669
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: and uh independent grocers. Okay, alright, alright, alright, I like it. Listen.

670
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it one more time. Drink Fresh Juice

671
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: dot Com. I'll put that at the end of this

672
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: podcast too. I also know you gotta she got a

673
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 1: coffee line too. Correct, Yes, coffee uplifts people. And I'm

674
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: opening a coffee shop as well, so that would be

675
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: open in a couple of weeks. Wow. And then I'm

676
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: looking down another list here Juices for Life? Is that separate? Yeah,

677
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: that's a juice bar. And that was my first breaking

678
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 1: mortar business that I opened like five years ago with

679
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: Style's key. Look at you, look at you. Let me

680
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: borrow a dollar. I'm gonna see you mind. Okay, And

681
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: I have a here story in Detroit. Yes, I saw

682
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: that too, I saw Let me see. Make sure I

683
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: get it right here. Private label We're going to Private

684
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 1: Label Extensions dot com. Correct, that is correct. Check us

685
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: out eight miles to Quindo listen, listen. And then you

686
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: also on the on the nonprofit issue, well read Angela

687
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: Yes book Club that's a book club that you have

688
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: told me about that, So it's UM not I have

689
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: a nonprofit and then I also have the book club.

690
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 1: So the non the nonprofit is UM Wellness and Nutrition

691
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: and UM Literacy, so it's called well like Wellness and

692
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,879
Speaker 1: read and that's where the literacy part of it. It's

693
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: so clever. Yeah, yes, why is that? Why is it

694
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: important to you? Are you Bigna? Are you really into

695
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: reading all the things reading? Yes, I'm very into reading.

696
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: I was in English major in college and I've been

697
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: reading since I was like ever since I could read.

698
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: I've read books. I probably I read something every day,

699
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: like I'm big into that. And I have like a

700
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: whole library, like you can see wow, wow wow wow,

701
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: we show that too. Good for you, Good for you.

702
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,439
Speaker 1: I have books everywhere. I have libraries in every single

703
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: room in my house. And so yeah, and I love books.

704
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: I think books are like art and so I do

705
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: read a lot. And so I have a book club

706
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,399
Speaker 1: and I also do the book club because I also

707
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: went to give authors a platform. I feel like authors

708
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: don't have enough of a space unless you're super famous

709
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: to be able to promote their books. And I've read

710
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 1: so many great books from people I have no idea

711
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 1: who they even are, but I read the book and

712
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: they're so fascinating. And I love nonfiction books. I love biographies, autobiographies,

713
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: those are my favorites. And so I just wanted to

714
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: give a platform to these authors, but also encourage people

715
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: to read more, because I do feel like we would

716
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: all have a greater understanding of each other if we

717
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: read more. Because and especially like certain books that I've

718
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: read about other cultures that I had no idea about.

719
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: It's so educational and I think it will get rid

720
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: of a lot of ignorant that we have in this world.

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00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: I love it. That's so smart. I love you for that.

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00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,800
Speaker 1: Thank you, because I too was an English major, and

723
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 1: I understand how important is to read. Um, I can't

724
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 1: say that I read every day, but I'm good for

725
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: a book on tape, y'all. Okay, so you're reading that

726
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: list right now? You reading that? True? I gotta ask

727
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: you this, and you tell me what you think what

728
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: would be the next evolution of Angela. So I really

729
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: am moving into this entrepreneurial space, which I love in

730
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: with the coffee shop, the way I've set this up,

731
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 1: I've learned a lot from the other businesses that I've done.

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00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 1: This is my latest venture. I have great partners in it,

733
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Speaker 1: and so the idea now is for me to open this.

734
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: We're going to open two more by the end of

735
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:54,800
Speaker 1: two and then franchise by and have multiple locations. And

736
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Speaker 1: so that's really like something that I'm going really hard for.

737
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: And then also I want to help other entrepreneurs, and

738
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: so that's the main thing for me because it hasn't

739
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: been the easiest role for me. So anything I can

740
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: do to help other people out, you know, as far

741
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: as even getting their certification from Minority and women all

742
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: business enterprises, or even letting people know about different grants

743
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: that are available for them, how to do a business plan,

744
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: how to pitch, how to get investors or if you

745
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 1: even need investors. Just things like that are really important

746
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,320
Speaker 1: to me. So I can see myself moving into that space.

747
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: And then of course, you know, I have my podcast

748
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: which you did Lift service, and that's important to me too.

749
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: Just having fun conversations and taking the shame out of

750
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 1: certain discussions. I feel like people look at us so

751
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: crazy as women and especially as black women or women

752
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: of color discussing sex bodies, relationships. People are really frown

753
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 1: on it. Why are y'all talking about this or you know,

754
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 1: you guys are host this just like no shaming all

755
00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: naked or on your sholf lift service. No vagina, you know,

756
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: shame me for my vagina. I'm with you. Go ahead, Yeah,

757
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: we love our vagina and so you can't shame me

758
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: about my vagina. Thank you. You know what I think is, um, well,

759
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,440
Speaker 1: just so I'm the outside looking in, and when you

760
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: find yourself in this position, you have this incredible platform.

761
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: I'll take a full circle. You said your parents are

762
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: were shocked by your success. Do you think they were

763
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: shocked or probably surprised? I think surprised because this isn't

764
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 1: where I even saw myself. I never was like I

765
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: want to be in radio, and so this is not

766
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: something that was planned, something that I really strived for,

767
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,919
Speaker 1: and so I do think that they're surprised. I think,

768
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 1: you know, clearly they're really excited about it. They get

769
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: more excited about things that I do. Like if they

770
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 1: see me on a billboard, that's the biggest deal in

771
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 1: the world. That's huge. It's still huge. Don't just don't

772
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: that's a big deal. I would hop out. Still to

773
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: this day, I don't care how many billboards and take

774
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 1: my picture and be like, hey, y'all a like time.

775
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: If you have the time, I would. That's a big deal. Angela. Yeah.

776
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: My family group texts be going crazy, like if they

777
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: see me on the news or something like that. It's

778
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: so exciting to them. You know, my dad loves you carry,

779
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: so he'll be really excited about this. Let me tell

780
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: you something. I I can count and and look, it's

781
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: not my world, but I can count on my hands

782
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: how many dope black women I know and not even

783
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: just don'te black women I know in your space that

784
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,919
Speaker 1: are known that are just a household name. The one

785
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: thing about our business is that we always want to

786
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 1: be separate from an entity. And you've been able to

787
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: separate yourself from an entity. You are Angela Ye hence

788
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: Angela yee day. Um how that all come about? The mayor,

789
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 1: Bill Deblasio, he gave me my own day and that

790
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 1: was four years ago. And I know a lot of

791
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: people get their own day and they don't really do

792
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: anything with it. I don't. I don't have my own day.

793
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: But let's put it in, don't We don't don't don't

794
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: minimize this. This is a see there's any of our

795
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: people who do a lot and who are winning. You'll like,

796
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: I know people have your own day and stuff. A

797
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: lot of people don't have their own day. Angelo, you

798
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: got your own day. But you know we always read

799
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 1: like says got their own day, you know, we read that.

800
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: And so I wanted to make sure I did. I

801
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: did something with mine because it is dope that like

802
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: to me. I still live in Brooklyn, you know, and

803
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: I was born here and my businesses are here, and

804
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: so that's exciting to me to be in Brooklyn and

805
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: had my own day. So I really wanted to do something.

806
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: And so it's all about giving back for me on

807
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,360
Speaker 1: that day. So last year it wasn't like full blown

808
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,800
Speaker 1: how it could have been because of the pandemic. So

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00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: we had um a pre recorded concert with VP Records,

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00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,320
Speaker 1: and it's right before the West Indian American Day Parade,

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00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: and so that's why that theme. And my mom is

812
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,280
Speaker 1: from the West Indies and so that theme is important

813
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 1: to me to growing up and flappish you feel like

814
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: you're from the West Indies and so and so I

815
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: did like a virtual concert and then uh, you know,

816
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 1: the radio station gave me like the trucks with the

817
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: screens on it, and we went to all these all

818
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: black owned businesses in Brooklyn and played the concert in

819
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,760
Speaker 1: front of there for like half an hour at East location,

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00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: and I went, you know, took pictures and we documented it.

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Speaker 1: And so that's what I did on that day. Wingstop

822
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 1: did something with me too, where they gave away like

823
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: free wings throughout the day and so it was just

824
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: a really nice um event for me to actually do

825
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: something that I felt like was bringing light to these

826
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: small businesses. And then I also had a list of

827
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: charities that I've worked with who I encouraged people to

828
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: donate to on that day. Um. But the first year

829
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 1: I did it, I had a concert and I did something,

830
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 1: you know, it was that restoration plazet in Brooklyn. It

831
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: was really nice. VP Records flew out a bunch of

832
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,400
Speaker 1: their artists and like I said, is before the parade

833
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 1: to a lot of people were here already. And so

834
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 1: we did that and then this year we brought it

835
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: back again and it was kind of last minute for

836
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: me because I was so unsure what to do, because

837
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: you know, you want to be responsible, but at the

838
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: same time, you're like, I want to do something, so

839
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 1: I just kind of scaled it back and it's outdoors anyway,

840
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 1: and so it was really really nice and I'm glad

841
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: that I did it. It was a lot of work,

842
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,439
Speaker 1: and you know, when you get missed of doing something,

843
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: you're like why did I do this? But afterwards you're like,

844
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: thank God I didn't. You're preaching to the choir. I

845
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 1: think that as we list all of your accomplishments and

846
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: what you are doing and what you have contributed um

847
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: to the culture. Angela, what advice would you give to

848
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: those who are looking up to you they want to

849
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: be the next Angela? Ye, if you will, I would

850
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: say that nothing is going to trump hard work, no

851
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: matter what, no matter who you know, no matter how

852
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: much money you have. It definitely takes a lot of

853
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 1: dedication and it takes a lot of hard work, and

854
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 1: you can't be afraid of that, and you can't be

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Speaker 1: afraid to get your hands dirty and get in there

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Speaker 1: and do what needs to be done and be humble.

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Speaker 1: I've always been really humble about what I have to do.

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Speaker 1: I've never felt like things were beneath me or I'm

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Speaker 1: too good for this, or I'm too good for this person.

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Speaker 1: I've never ever felt like that. I still do things

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Speaker 1: to this day just because I feel like it's a

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Speaker 1: good thing to do. Or my friend who's helped me out,

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Speaker 1: you know, fifteen years ago, needs a favor. I still

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Speaker 1: do those things. I never feel like I'm too good

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Speaker 1: for anything, and sometimes those things mean the most people.

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Speaker 1: When you do something for you know, somebody who has

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Speaker 1: a thousand followers, that means so much to them that

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Speaker 1: you can actually help them out. And so you never

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Speaker 1: know who is going to be there to support you

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Speaker 1: and help you. Everybody has to start somewhere, So just

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Speaker 1: treat people well. Treat people well. I love that, and

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Speaker 1: with that I will end. I think that you're amazing,

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Speaker 1: beautiful spirit, and I am. I'm really proud of you.

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Speaker 1: I know that it may not mean much, but you

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Speaker 1: have to sometimes to step away and look at all

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Speaker 1: of the things that you have accomplished and know that

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Speaker 1: you are a trailblazer. And I don't know if we

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Speaker 1: realize it we were in the when we're in the

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Speaker 1: midst of it. Um because you're like, everyone has a day.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, no, no, everyone I have a day,

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Speaker 1: even and even if you do have a day, it's

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Speaker 1: someone's acknowledge that you are worthy of being acknowledged because

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Speaker 1: you're homegrown, because of your contributions, because of what you

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Speaker 1: stand for. So um, with that being said, I want

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Speaker 1: you to know that this has been a pleasure. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for coming out naked. Thank you. I

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Speaker 1: was excited that you want to be on So thank you.

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Speaker 1: So guys, right, what a story? So Angela is like

889
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Speaker 1: everybody gets their own day, but they don't because I

890
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Speaker 1: don't have my own day, and I think it's a

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Speaker 1: big deal. Um, it's interesting women sometimes we don't well,

892
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Speaker 1: most people I think have a hard time taking compliments

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Speaker 1: and I saw that with Angela. But she know, girl,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you're listening, you know you ship. I'm

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Speaker 1: very impressed. I'm very impressed. Her story is one of

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Speaker 1: resilience and I couldn't even I mean, the story she's

897
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Speaker 1: talking about while coming up in this business, there's no

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Speaker 1: real HR, right, you can't go to human resources when

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Speaker 1: you start your own company. There's four people to work

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Speaker 1: there and say somebody's bothering me, Like, but she still

901
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Speaker 1: was able to persevere and I and I'm impressed she

902
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: got too serious and she was like, look, I don't

903
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Speaker 1: got my money and we do have hr. I'm going

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Speaker 1: to pay me and give me what I'm supposed to have.

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Speaker 1: Like whoa, whoa, whoa. That is so powerful because nine

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Speaker 1: times out of ten, you're just happy to be there

907
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Speaker 1: and she wanted more. I can respect it. I can

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Speaker 1: say I've learned that probably within the last I don't know,

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Speaker 1: five years. I didn't. I didn't always have it. I

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Speaker 1: think she always had it, remember, because she was entitled

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Speaker 1: when she took the car. Your childhood and not let

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Speaker 1: if you don't still a car. Side note, if you

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Speaker 1: do not still a car, your childhood's not let I kid,

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Speaker 1: I joke. That's not that's not what we should be promoting.

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Speaker 1: Um Angelie ye, thank you for joining us on Naked.

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Speaker 1: I learned so much about you. You guys, tune in

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Speaker 1: next week. I got a great guest. We out