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Speaker 1: We're back. I'm Drew McCarry and I'm David Roth and

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Speaker 1: coming in September a new site we have built together

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Speaker 1: now to The Distraction everywhere. It's out right now. Go

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Speaker 1: listen to see I buy. When I turned eighteen and

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Speaker 1: When I started to make more money is when I

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Speaker 1: started to question my political alliances. And then when I

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Speaker 1: I was and what I thought politics really means. M hmm,

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Speaker 1: dead ass. Heydein, and we're You may know us from

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Speaker 1: posting funny videos with our boys and reading each other

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Speaker 1: publicly as a form of therapy. Wait, I make you

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Speaker 1: need derby most days. And one more important thing to mention,

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Speaker 1: we're married, Yes, sir, we are. We created this podcast

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Speaker 1: to open dialogue about some of live's most taboo topics.

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Speaker 1: Things most folks don't want to talk about through the

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Speaker 1: lens of a millennium married couple. Dead ass is a

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Speaker 1: term that we say every day. Where we say dead ass,

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Speaker 1: we're actually saying facts on the truth, the whole truth,

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Speaker 1: and nothing but the truth. We're about to take philow

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Speaker 1: So this is two thousand and nine. I believe we

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Speaker 1: And after going through everything I went through with money,

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Speaker 1: just money. Wow, that hit home for you. Huh, definitely,

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Speaker 1: get up, stand up to do to do to stand

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Speaker 1: know Kyro, it makes sense. He got he done up,

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Speaker 1: a system that was not built for me. Politics was

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Speaker 1: built for white land owning men. And here I am

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Speaker 1: showing that I have disrupted the system. But not only

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Speaker 1: is my presence showing that I've disrupted this system, but

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Speaker 1: I'm also here to tell you I'm going to disrupt

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Speaker 1: it some more by getting more women and women of

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Speaker 1: color involved. So I'm challenging power and when you actually

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00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 1: see those reactions, it definitely does something to you. And

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Speaker 1: with Kaya's episode, just the number of emails I got

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Speaker 1: text messages from friends and everyone was just telling me

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Speaker 1: how they could relate so much to what she said

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Speaker 1: about the struggle. So it's really taught me that even

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Speaker 1: though we continue to make headway, there's still so much

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Speaker 1: that we have to do to advance as women of

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Speaker 1: color on politics. And I'm just really glad that people

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Speaker 1: see the b g G as an outlet where they

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Speaker 1: can hear from other women and also share the things

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Speaker 1: that we talk about and express their thoughts, their problems,

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Speaker 1: their solutions as well. So let me ask a quick question,

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Speaker 1: what what do we do to move forward and build

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Speaker 1: off of this? Because you know, everyone says, we know

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Speaker 1: what the problem is, we know what we have to do.

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Speaker 1: How can someone educate themselves on politics? How can someone

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Speaker 1: feel empowered as a voter, whether it is just a

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Speaker 1: local election or the presidential election. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: don't know how to gain information. I've had people ask me,

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Speaker 1: should I watch CNN, O Fox? Like which one be

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Speaker 1: lying more? You know, like these are some of the

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Speaker 1: things that people ask me, and I want to be

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Speaker 1: able to tell them. Okay, if you really want to

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Speaker 1: educate yourself, this is how you go about doing it.

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Speaker 1: So that is why I created the resources page on

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Speaker 1: the Brown Girl's Guide website, and it has organizations that

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Speaker 1: people can go to and look at what they are

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Speaker 1: all about and find out for themselves. Just sitting on

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Speaker 1: home watching CNN, Fox, MSNBC that is not the answer.

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Speaker 1: That is not the activism that we need. We need

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Speaker 1: to be educating ourselves. So if you just do want

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Speaker 1: to stay an activists, you need to find an organization

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Speaker 1: that lets you channel those issues that you're passionate about.

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Speaker 1: If you realize you want to be more than an

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Speaker 1: activist and a campaign staffer. Start researching organizations where you

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Speaker 1: can put your talents to use. There are finance people

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Speaker 1: on campaigns, so if you like money and want to

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Speaker 1: raise money, you can do that. There's operations people if

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Speaker 1: you like that sort of thing. Press people. Campaigns really

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Speaker 1: are a business, so there's an opportunity to get involved

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Speaker 1: there as well. And if you think you want to,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to cut you off, but can you

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Speaker 1: please explain that campaigns or business. And the reason why

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Speaker 1: I say that is because people don't understand how much

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Speaker 1: money gets involved in politics and how important it is

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Speaker 1: to raise funds and how that can can pretty much

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Speaker 1: to create a narrative for you to become the next

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Speaker 1: local elected official. How is a campaign of the business?

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Speaker 1: So a campaign is a business because at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, you have your candidate, so they are

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Speaker 1: the business and they have to run this campaign. We

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Speaker 1: all know that campaigns need money. That is reality. But

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Speaker 1: I also tell people is that we live in an

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Speaker 1: age because of the twenty four hour news cycle where

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Speaker 1: people think that they have to raise millions of dollars

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Speaker 1: to run for office. That's not true. There are races

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Speaker 1: that only cost ten thousand dollars fifty dollars a hundred

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars, you can absolutely raise that. When it comes

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Speaker 1: to women and people color, the majority of our money

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Speaker 1: comes from small dollar donor donations, which is all extremely possible.

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Speaker 1: There are so many women people color that do get

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Speaker 1: outspent by non white opponents. But guess what, they're still

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Speaker 1: able to win because what they aren't able to do

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Speaker 1: and fundraiseing, they still make up and shoe leather and

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Speaker 1: knocking doors and having a good message, which is a

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Speaker 1: part of selling your business. The campaign. You need to

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Speaker 1: have someone out there who is your press secretary helping

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Speaker 1: you get your information out, someone helping you with your

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Speaker 1: policy for how this is going to benefit the community. Again,

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Speaker 1: you have your operations people who are making sure that

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Speaker 1: your business is running well. At the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: there are all of these elements to campaigns, and there

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Speaker 1: are opportunities for people to get involved as the active

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Speaker 1: is volunteer or as a campaign staff. So so this

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Speaker 1: money that they're raising is pretty much going to what

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00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,880
Speaker 1: it's just going to, like advertising and where's that money going, Oh,

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00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,160
Speaker 1: is to running the campaign. So that can be if

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Speaker 1: they are doing TV ads, if they are doing radio ads,

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Speaker 1: money goes to making sure that there's water for canvas

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Speaker 1: ers so if it's a hot day, they're not getting dehydrated.

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Speaker 1: More staff salaries. Pretty much every the marketing, the Facebook,

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Speaker 1: as the Twitter, as the Instagram adds this is what

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Speaker 1: all the money is used for. And to put the

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Speaker 1: money into perspective, I tell people all the time that

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Speaker 1: if they do a fundraiser with a twenty five ticket

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Speaker 1: and they have twenty five people come, the money that

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Speaker 1: they make from that fundraiser, that's actually enough money to

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Speaker 1: buy campaign literature, to put on doors or to send out.

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Speaker 1: So it really doesn't have to be a tens and

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Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of dollars to run this effective business

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Speaker 1: aka the campaign gotcha. So this is I think this

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Speaker 1: is important for people to understand too. If a campaign

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Speaker 1: is a business that you know, they always say that

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Speaker 1: they get jaded by politics. Everyone is about the money.

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Speaker 1: But if you understand of that that if this is

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Speaker 1: a business, you can't run a campaign for free, then

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Speaker 1: you would be a little bit more educated about how

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Speaker 1: you deal with politicians and how they get your vote

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Speaker 1: or how you how you can help the politician that

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Speaker 1: you want to win. Win, even if you could help

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Speaker 1: them do some fund of my when your own, would

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Speaker 1: that be fight to to say? Oh absolutely. One of

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Speaker 1: the things that I love is when people find a

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Speaker 1: candidate where like, that is my candidate, that is my girl,

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Speaker 1: that is my person. These campaigns can create individual fundraising

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Speaker 1: links for you and you can actually go out to

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Speaker 1: your friends, your family and raise money for these candidates.

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Speaker 1: I see it all the time where people say it's

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Speaker 1: my birthday, I'm raising money for Stacy. I used to

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Speaker 1: see that all the time. That's during Stacy. Ways, no,

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Speaker 1: that's this is actually great because so many millennials are

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Speaker 1: independent thinkers and they said, you know, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to just vote, I want to help. How could I help? Now,

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Speaker 1: it's true they may not be able to go out

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00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: there and march do different things, but if you want

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00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: to help, if you could help raise funds for the

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00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: politician you think best represents your interests. Now you know

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Speaker 1: that there are ways as a millennial or agency, it

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00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: becomes more than just a hashtag. You know, it's easy

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00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: to just be posting stuff and like, oh, repost this

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Speaker 1: hashtag you know such and such for president. But now

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Speaker 1: at this time, it's like great, we can actually put

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Speaker 1: our fingers in our hands in it and really support.

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00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 1: So then you know, this is just like a hypothetical question.

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Speaker 1: Say I wanted to run for office, you know you

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Speaker 1: wanted to run for office woman of color? Where would

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Speaker 1: I start? Where would a woman of colors start, or

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00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: anyone really start if they wanted to run for office?

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Speaker 1: Is there kind of like a step by step that

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Speaker 1: there is or a protocol that one has to go through,

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Speaker 1: and you got to the office exactly. So that's the

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Speaker 1: first thing. The first thing is to know why you

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Speaker 1: are running and what you want to accomplish, and then

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Speaker 1: find the office that will allow you to get those

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Speaker 1: things done so you are effective for your community. And

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Speaker 1: then I always recommend getting training. In my professional career

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Speaker 1: on the national political director for Emerge America, and we

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Speaker 1: focus on recruiting and training women to run for office,

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Speaker 1: and we do it in depth Signature seventy our training

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00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: program where we demystify the process of running for office.

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00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: Other organizations to do this, such as the Collective Pack

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Speaker 1: where they focus on black candidates and black campaign staff.

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Speaker 1: There are wonderful organizations run by my friends Quentin and

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00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 1: Stephanie Brown James absolutely love them. They saw the need

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Speaker 1: for this, so they're doing it. You also have other

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00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: organizations such as Run for Something, Running Start, which is

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00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: for young women, Emily's List, Vote Run Lead, She Should Run.

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00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: Just amazing. Groups are out there to provide this support

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00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: so you don't have to do it alone. And they

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00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 1: all have different structures. So if you aren't able to

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00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: do an emerge because your race is starting now you

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00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: don't think you'll have the time, there's all these other

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00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: organizations that you can go to to get some training

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Speaker 1: and figure out, Okay, how do I run this really

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00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: great campaign? Very nice. It kind of reminds me of

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00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: my pageant days. It's like, oh, I want to run

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00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 1: for Miss America. So I had to raise money. Then

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00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: I had a team around me that trained me, you know,

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Speaker 1: in order to win. It's kind of like parallels. I

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00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: don't want to hold you up. Oh, I'm loving this conversation,

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00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 1: but yeah, when when you run for office, you want

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00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: to be prepared. But we really find that is especially

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00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: true for women. We want to know, okay, exactly what

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Speaker 1: are all the things that I need to do and

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00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: what we do at emerges. I tell them We can

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00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: definitely make you competent about what it takes to run

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00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: for office. We can make you confident when you're out

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00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: there on the campaign trail. And because we provide this

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00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: network of support, we also make it less lonely because

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00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: you have all these people who are uplifting you and

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00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: rooting for you to succeed. So before we let you go,

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Speaker 1: I have one one final question. Can you just give

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Speaker 1: us some insight on what we can We have a

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Speaker 1: year now before the next presidential election. Yeah, what could

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00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: we do to educate on picking the correct candidate? Yeah?

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00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: The first thing is just to make sure all your

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00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: voter registration is up to date. I have to start

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Speaker 1: with that because we have all of these crazy and

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Speaker 1: a laws going on, We're most likely going to enter

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Speaker 1: another presidential election cycle without the full protection of the

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Speaker 1: Voting Rights Act, which is very scary. So the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing you have to do is make sure that you're

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Speaker 1: all set to vote. The second thing is think about

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Speaker 1: your life. What is going to impact you the most

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Speaker 1: over the next five years, and then those are going

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Speaker 1: to be your issues that you're going to want to

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Speaker 1: concentrate on when it's time to vote. And three you've

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00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 1: got to start paying attention now we are already in

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00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: there's so much going on, so there's gonna be another

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Speaker 1: Democratic debate coming up. Make sure that you watch that.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that we have on the b

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Speaker 1: g G Events page is we list all of the

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Speaker 1: different presidential forums that happen, and those happen across the country,

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Speaker 1: So look for a presidential forum to attend as well,

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Speaker 1: so you can get up close and personal to these candidates.

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Speaker 1: You just don't have to see them on your TV.

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Speaker 1: And make sure that you're paying attention to the things

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00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: that are coming through in your local news, especially when

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00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: these candidates visit CNN, MSNBC, Fox. They're always going to

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00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,439
Speaker 1: be there, but you want to hone in on what's

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00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 1: going to happen locally, and that has to be in

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00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: your local papers and we just aren't reading them anymore.

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Speaker 1: And if you start to focus on those three things,

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Speaker 1: you will be ready to vote come November. Thank you

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00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: so much. We have voter registration, we have your life

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00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 1: impacts for the next five years. And also watch the debates.

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Speaker 1: And while I'm asking by watching debates, you mentioned goot V,

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Speaker 1: can you explain to us real briefly with gt IF

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Speaker 1: our listeners who may not know. Yes, So when I

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Speaker 1: said goot V, that is get out the vote, absolutely,

648
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Speaker 1: and before we wrap you and um, you know, thank

649
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: you for being here just really quick. Do you have

650
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: maybe like two or three important issues for the presidential

651
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: candidates that are coming up, Anything that they're focusing on

652
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: you think will be the hot topics that they're going

653
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: to try to kind of sell two Americans. What are

654
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,320
Speaker 1: going to be those those key things we're going to

655
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 1: look at. Definitely look at criminal justice reform. That is

656
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: a big one for both Democrats and Republicans. There is

657
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: the twenty Bipartisan Justice Forum coming up that's going to

658
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: focus on criminal justice reform, and I believe that one's

659
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: going to be streamed so you can check out their website.

660
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 1: I would also look at gun violence prevention that's going

661
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: to be a big one as well. And then for

662
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: the third one, I'd probably have to go with a

663
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:37,399
Speaker 1: tie between climate change and health care. So I think

664
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: those are big ones. We can see all of the

665
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 1: political parties focusing on. It's insane you just saying those

666
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: three topics. I literally got chills because I can think

667
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: about how it directly impacts, if not me, someone I

668
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: know in the future. It's just it's just insane. It's insane.

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00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 1: I hear you. I tell people I don't have kids,

670
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: but I have a niece and five net hues. And

671
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: for me, when I'm doing my five years, my five

672
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,320
Speaker 1: years includes their life too for sure. What are the

673
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: things that they're going to need as they grow up

674
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: in this country? Ashanti, you are a wealth of knowledge

675
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: with the topic that I particularly. I feel like I've

676
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: been a little quiet this session because I'm really trying

677
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: to take this in and I think it's so important

678
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: for people to really hear from an expert in someone

679
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: who is devoted to this cause and to this topic

680
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,800
Speaker 1: to really give us information. So thank you for taking

681
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: time out of your super busy schedule to come in

682
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 1: and chat with us for a little bit. And maybe

683
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: we can have you back on like next year or

684
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 1: something and the next next season or two when the

685
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: actual elections are happening, so we can see what's happened

686
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: and what's developed from now till then. Yeah, I would

687
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: love that. This has been so much fun. Thank you

688
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 1: for having me. It's definitely our pleasure. And keep doing

689
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: what you're doing, man, we definitely need you, absolutely and

690
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: right before you go, make sure you tell everyone where

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Speaker 1: they can find you, where they can find the Brown

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Speaker 1: Girls Guide. Give us all of your handle information so

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Speaker 1: they can not follow. Awesome. Yes, so the Brown Girls

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Speaker 1: my social handles is just my name a Shanty Golar. Wonderful.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, have a great rest of the

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Speaker 1: day and enjoy the rest of your week. Thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: This for the record there it is a win for

701
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Speaker 1: the ages. Tiger Woods is one of our most inspiring

702
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: sports icons. In his story, it comes with many chapters.

703
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior,

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Speaker 1: but here it is the return to glory. This is

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Speaker 1: All American a new series from Stitcher hosted by me

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Speaker 1: Jordan Bell. You realized Tiger doesn't know who he is

707
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 1: in the history of golf, no question in my mind.

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Speaker 1: And this season, with the help of journalist Albert Chen,

709
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: we're asking what if the story of Tiger Woods that

710
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 1: the media has been telling, what if it's been completely

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Speaker 1: wrong all American Tiger is out. Now listen and stitch

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Speaker 1: your Apple podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Alright, guys,

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00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: we're back, and now it's time from my favorite part

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Speaker 1: of the show. As you all know one, Cadine's favorite

715
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: because she is nosy. Alright, they got it now, I

716
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: think you'd drilled that into their head enough. We got

717
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Speaker 1: listener letters. So let's start with question number one. I

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Speaker 1: got to read that, what advice do you have about

719
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: transitioning into adulthood? Don't do it? Great? That done? And

720
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,280
Speaker 1: if you could give your twenty five year itself some advice,

721
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: what would you tell yourself to provide some back on information.

722
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: I'm twenty five and I've just started a new chapter

723
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,479
Speaker 1: in my life where I've moved into a different area,

724
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: started a new position, and I'm starting my master's program

725
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: in the fall. I'm watching my peers start to do

726
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: serious things. I get married and have children, start full

727
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: time jobs after graduating from college, and things of that nature.

728
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 1: It's a bit overwhelming, and lately I find myself reminiscing

729
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: on the way things used to be when I was

730
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: in undergrad and was surrounded by my friends and in

731
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: college environment. Girl, that's the first thing that's well, I

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Speaker 1: should I say girl, I don't know if it's a

733
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: girl or a guy, so excuse me for that. But

734
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: the first thing is the first thing that I would

735
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: tell you as that piece of advice, stop comparing your

736
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: life and your path and your road to everyone else

737
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: around you. That is a sure, sure shot, sure fire

738
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: away to then start feeling overwhelmed and feeling a bit

739
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: depressed and feeling as if you aren't achieving things at

740
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: the rate other people are achieving things, and that just

741
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: may not be your walk. Also, people be lying on Instagram,

742
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: a people will be lying on social media. Everybody's life

743
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: looks amazing on social media. It's a reel of highlight, folks.

744
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: It looks amazing. So when you look at other people's

745
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: life on social media, don't get all excited and say, Wow,

746
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,800
Speaker 1: they're doing everything perfect and I'm here stuck. Majority the

747
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 1: people you see on social media are stuck as well.

748
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: They just post what they want to post so they

749
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: can curate a narrative for you to see. But if

750
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: you do have friends who are media like that, yeah,

751
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:19,959
Speaker 1: But if you do have friends who are like close

752
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: friends who are getting married and having children and starting

753
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,800
Speaker 1: their full time jobs, that just maybe what is in

754
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: their lineup for them at that moment. You said that

755
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 1: you're now starting fresh and new chapter. You've moved into

756
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 1: a different area, starting a new position, So it sounds

757
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: like you're in the building phase of things. The building

758
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: phase of things require sometimes, you know, having to have

759
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: that tunnel vision where you're kind of drowning everything else

760
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: out and you're focusing on that. But it's also that

761
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 1: that it's the building of it. So it's gonna be

762
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 1: a slow process of trying to get into your routine

763
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:50,400
Speaker 1: and you know, making sure that you're doing everything to

764
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,399
Speaker 1: then advance and whether it's your career or your life

765
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: and whatever avenue you're taking it. But I just say,

766
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 1: trying not to compare yourself to other people. It was

767
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: hard to valance. I did that in the very beginning

768
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 1: to when we were around. That's when we got engaged

769
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: because everyone around us was getting engaged and it seemed

770
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: like the right thing to do. And you know, you

771
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: have that list of things that you're trying to do

772
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: in your life where it's like, you know, I got

773
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: to start this job, and then I have to meet someone,

774
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: and I have to date and then have the wee date,

775
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: we get engaged, and then we get married and we

776
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 1: have children, and things don't necessarily pan out that way.

777
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: So don't be too hard on yourself. It seems like

778
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: you do have somewhat of a good situation happening right

779
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: now because you are, you know, starting a new master's

780
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: program and a new position. So just keep building, you know,

781
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: put your nose down and just keep building and work

782
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: at it. And I think you'll be all right. But

783
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: you did ask specifically, what if ice I would give

784
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 1: my twenty five year old self and I would tell

785
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: my twenty five year els of this. Remember that your

786
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,759
Speaker 1: life will not be defined by what you do in

787
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 1: your twenties period. It doesn't matter how much money you

788
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 1: make or lose, if you get married, have kids. Don't

789
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 1: you have so much life to live. When you start

790
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 1: to think that you have to do everything between the

791
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: ages of twenty and twenty nine, that's when you're going

792
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: to become overwhelmed and then you're gonna lose it. That's

793
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: the biggest way to disappointment. Setting high expectations for yourself.

794
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,439
Speaker 1: So remember, you got your whole life to do these things.

795
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:09,839
Speaker 1: Get them done. They'll get done in your own time. Yeah,

796
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,399
Speaker 1: I set their expectations and dream big. Definitely dream big,

797
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: but you know, just know, it takes time to work

798
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: at it. All right. I hope that helps you out

799
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 1: onto a question number two. All Right, my man and

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00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: I live an hour apart, but for almost two years

801
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: we've always made the effort to see each other. It

802
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: may not be every day, but we appreciate each other's

803
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: company more than you know. We recently got married, and

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00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: although I'm madly in love with my husband, I also

805
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 1: love my own space. I purposely don't push the conversation

806
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: of moving in together. I dream of having our beautiful

807
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: place to call home, but getting there seems to be

808
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: the hard part for me. How do I move forward

809
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: without the anxiety of moving in together. We've had conversations

810
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: about it, and I have no problem admitting that I'm

811
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: the hold up. So you're recently married and still living apart.

812
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: That's interesting because I would think once you're married, you

813
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,919
Speaker 1: would just be wanting to then move together or listen

814
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 1: to the same space. But I've learned not to judge

815
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: people on how they live. If you got married to

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00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 1: live apart, and it works for y'all. Then it works

817
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: for y'all, because I've recently said to Cadee that I

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00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: feel like we worked best when we're not together all

819
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: the time. You know, sometimes moving in together can be

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00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: the worst thing for a relationship because you don't know

821
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: how to give each other some space. And I think,

822
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 1: like with us, Deval and I has been shoots just

823
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: past seventeen years together. So sometimes alone time is the

824
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 1: best time because you can really just kind of unwind

825
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 1: and be yourself and you don't have that that need

826
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 1: to feel like you have to always quote unquote entertain somebody. UM.

827
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 1: And we're okay with moments like that, Deval and I, UM,

828
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:52,800
Speaker 1: but why even get married if you're not comfortable sharing

829
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 1: personal space like that? Seems to be like a very

830
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: personal decision to make. We're gonna be together, but we're

831
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: gonna be together away, you know what I'm saying. And like,

832
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 1: I don't understand. Yeah, I don't understand that either that, yeah,

833
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: we recently got married and all that on madly enough

834
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: of my husband. I also love my own space. I

835
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: don't know, sis. And then it also she's also saying

836
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: at the same time too, that she knows she's the

837
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 1: hold up and he's had conversations about it, so you know,

838
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: he wants he wants to move with her. She don't

839
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: want to move in, but she wanted to get married.

840
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: I'm wondering why she wanted to get married. She don't

841
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: want to live with somebody, right, not saying that you

842
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: have to live with somebody to be married, because clearly

843
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: you don't, especially two, You can do whatever you want

844
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: to do. I just don't. I don't understand. If you

845
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: value your personal space that much, then that means being

846
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: by yourself is more valuable than being with someone. Why

847
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 1: would you choose to spend your life building with someone? Yeah,

848
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 1: and that would be rough. I would feel like, you know,

849
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: for a husband or for a spouse, you know whatever,

850
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: if putting myself in his shoes, feeling like we're married

851
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: and now I can't have you like with me building

852
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: a home together? Like what what? What's the timeline for that?

853
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: And I'm wondering what the conversations have sounded like, like

854
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: what's his perspective on it? You know? So I would

855
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: love to get a little more information about this question,

856
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: but I'm left kind of feeling like, you know, what

857
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: are we doing here? I'm at I'm a little confused.

858
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: I don't know why you get married if you don't

859
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Speaker 1: want to live together. I know there are other valuable

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Speaker 1: access to being married. There's probably ways to also still

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Speaker 1: have your space while being married or living in the home,

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Speaker 1: you know, like sometimes a guy has their man cave

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Speaker 1: or maybe you might want her, you know, a little

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Speaker 1: space where it's yours or time for yourself. I can

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Speaker 1: get that I want a husband. That's kind of controlling.

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Speaker 1: I want a husband, but I want to be by myself.

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Speaker 1: I want you around when I want you around, right,

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Speaker 1: that's not that I don't know, since I don't know,

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Speaker 1: that's interesting, But yeah, I'm curious to know what those

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Speaker 1: conversations sound like and how do I move forward without

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Speaker 1: the anxiety of moving in together. I mean, you may

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Speaker 1: have to also give it a try, you know. I'm

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Speaker 1: an advocate for trying living with someone before marriage, just

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Speaker 1: to kind of see how it goes. But not everyone

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Speaker 1: is UM don't want to be married. She probably wanted

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Speaker 1: to have a nice wedding, got a nice wedding. He

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Speaker 1: probably was thinking, you know what, once I get married.

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Speaker 1: She let me. She was like, nah, bro, I'm still

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Speaker 1: going he send us to follow up to that, since

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Speaker 1: let's let us know what going on, we might have

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Speaker 1: to do a part two to that one. Absolutely, and

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Speaker 1: All Right, moment of truth time. Moment of truth time.

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Speaker 1: So we talked to politics, doing the right thing. Being

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Speaker 1: well versed in your political affiliations. What's your takeaway from today? Baby?

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Speaker 1: This is my biggest takeaway. You know, Um, I think

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Speaker 1: we've passed the time of where it's like, if you're

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Speaker 1: just black, you're Democrat. We have a lot more independent

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Speaker 1: black thinkers out here in the world, right, So choosing

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Speaker 1: to register us independent may work for people. And then

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Speaker 1: I've I've learned a lot in the last presidential election

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Speaker 1: about people saying earn my vote, Like you gotta earn

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Speaker 1: my vote. Don't just think that because I'm a Democrat,

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Speaker 1: I'm automatically going to get all these people to vote

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Speaker 1: for me. We need to make people earn our votes,

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Speaker 1: and we need to do the correct due diligence to

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Speaker 1: give the people to vote that we believe in. Rather

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Speaker 1: than just saying, hey, I'm gonna go with this political party,

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Speaker 1: whether it's Republican, whether it's Democrat, you really have to

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Speaker 1: educate yourself and educate yourself and what's important for you first,

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Speaker 1: not just what's important for everybody. Because these things that

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Speaker 1: you do, these people you vote for, are gonna affect

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Speaker 1: you daily, especially in local elections. So listen, be independent,

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Speaker 1: being an independent thinker. Don't just follow the crowd. Educate

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Speaker 1: yourself and vote for the person that can help change

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Speaker 1: your life. Yep. I think that's a that's a great

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Speaker 1: takeaway from today. Um in that also to piggyback and

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Speaker 1: off of that, I think that my biggest takeaway is

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Speaker 1: that politics is more than just a hashtag. It's more

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Speaker 1: than sitting behind your phone and you know, hashtag and

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Speaker 1: whatever movement is happening at the time. It's really a

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Speaker 1: out trying to get your feet wet in it and

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Speaker 1: being a private be active. So, like a Shanty said,

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Speaker 1: if it meant that you know you're really um, you know,

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Speaker 1: gung ho about this particular candidate, it's like going to

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Speaker 1: the base camp and seeing how you can help with

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Speaker 1: that business side of it. Does it mean that you're

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Speaker 1: going to be out there helping, you know, to pass

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Speaker 1: out pamphlets. Are you going to be helping to collect

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Speaker 1: money to contribute to this this this candidate's movement, like

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Speaker 1: really just putting your hands and your feet in and saying,

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Speaker 1: you know what, I'm going to be a part of this.

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Speaker 1: And then in that in that turn, you can also

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Speaker 1: then we have have more um you'll be more educated,

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Speaker 1: you know, ultimately a bile assounce to just being more

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Speaker 1: educated about what your choice is going to be. You

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Speaker 1: said something just not resonated with me that I completely

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Speaker 1: forgot about. But politics is business. A campaign is a business.

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Speaker 1: You don't blindly invest in any business. You shouldn't blindly

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Speaker 1: invest in politics. Sound bite for you there, So be

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