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Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Mesi Cup, and I've spent the last twenty

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Speaker 1: plus years knee deep in politics.

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Speaker 2: In the news.

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Speaker 1: I've covered some really tough subjects, from war to genocide

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Speaker 1: to six presidential elections, way too much Trump, and you

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Speaker 1: know what, I need a break, like a mental health

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Speaker 1: break from the news, from the triggering headlines, maybe my

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Speaker 1: day job. And I kind of suspect some of you

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Speaker 1: listening out there might need a break too.

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Speaker 2: So on my new podcast, Off the.

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Speaker 1: Cup, I'm going to talk to interesting people, many of

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Speaker 1: whom are my friends, many of whom you might know

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Speaker 1: about life, you know, life, the stuff that matters to

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Speaker 1: us when we're not consumed by politics.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm fifty two. Success had his chance when

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Speaker 2: I was younger. You know, Sorry, Success, You're a little

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Speaker 2: too late.

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Speaker 1: So I hate writing and think it's the one but

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Speaker 1: I do it, But I hate it.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know I have I just got

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Speaker 2: actual goose bumps. I did not really rebel in the sixties.

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Speaker 2: I had no sex in the seventies.

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Speaker 1: What I made no money in the eighties, So when

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Speaker 1: true crime came along, I missed that trend too. I've

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Speaker 1: got so many great guests including longtime Dateline host Josh Mankowitz,

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Speaker 1: actors and comedians like Larry Wilmore and Josh Gadd, Journalists

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Speaker 1: like Mollie john Fast.

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Speaker 2: And the one and only Bravo King Handy Cohen.

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Speaker 1: We weren't saying, oh, well, we need to do Housewives

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Speaker 1: in Atomac, Maryland, Like that was not on.

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Speaker 2: Our Yeah, being hard.

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Speaker 1: We'll get into pop culture, parenting, love, relationships, mental health, career,

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Speaker 1: and a lot.

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Speaker 2: Of reality TV.

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Speaker 1: Well, sometimes also get serious here and definitely personal, but

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Speaker 1: in a.

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Speaker 2: Way that hopefully makes us feel less alone.

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Speaker 3: I'm proud of my anxiety. I'm proud to talk about

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Speaker 3: my anxiety.

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Speaker 1: I mean there are things that go on in my

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Speaker 1: brain sometimes where I'm like, if anyone knew what I

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Speaker 1: was actually thinking about right now, they would be like.

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Speaker 2: You're insane. Can I get personal with you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely what you want to know, girl, So come.

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Speaker 1: Join me for a little bit of conversational self care.

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Speaker 2: I promise it's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 3: I love this conversation. I thank you.

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Speaker 1: Listen to Off the Cup That's Cup with two p's

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Speaker 1: starting October two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your favorite shows,