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Speaker 1: This is the most traumatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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Speaker 1: Chris Harrison and Lauren Zema, it is the Morning After

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Speaker 1: the Night Before. We are coming you from the home

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Speaker 1: office in Austin, Texas. But we just got back from

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Speaker 1: launch day for our new endeavor, our new network, Merritt

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Speaker 1: Street Media up there in the DFW area. What an

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Speaker 1: unbelievable day, Ilz, that was a good line.

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Speaker 2: Did you ever say that on The Bachelor? That actually

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Speaker 2: the Morning after the Night Before? It's funny a friend,

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Speaker 2: it makes you think for a second.

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Speaker 1: A friend of mine who I went to college with,

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Speaker 1: his dad wrote a country song. He was a lawyer

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Speaker 1: and he was not a singer at all. He has

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Speaker 1: since passed away, my friend's dad, but he wrote a

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Speaker 1: country song, a random country song called It's the Morning

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Speaker 1: After the Night Before. And I've always remember that line.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, that is a great country in Western.

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Speaker 3: That's a great line. Did the song go anywhere?

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Speaker 1: No, not at all. No, it was he wrote one

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Speaker 1: song and that was it and he went back to lawyering.

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Speaker 2: Wow, maybe in his honor, we can make that a

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Speaker 2: segment on our new morning show.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I like that the.

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Speaker 2: Morning after the Night Before, as we brainstorm segments for

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Speaker 2: our morning show after the launch of Merit street Media,

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Speaker 2: our new home network. Yes, everybody, if you missed it,

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Speaker 2: we took you on the journey. There's stuff up on

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Speaker 2: our social media, on our instagrams about what the day

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Speaker 2: was like and to clarify if it's confusing. So, Merritt

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Speaker 2: Street Media is now live. It is a new channel.

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Speaker 2: You can find it on DirecTV if you go to

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Speaker 2: Merritstreetmedia dot com. There's a channel finder and more than DirecTV.

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Speaker 2: I'm just giving that as an example because my sister

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Speaker 2: works there.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 2: My little sister sent me an email She's like, there

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Speaker 2: are meetings about the Merit launch.

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Speaker 3: Our worlds are colliding.

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Speaker 2: So Merrit is on so many different platforms that has

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Speaker 2: launched in eighty million homes. So go to Merritstreetmedia dot

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Speaker 2: com and click on the channel finder, put in your

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Speaker 2: zip code, or for free, download the Merit Plus app.

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Speaker 2: It takes f five seconds to make a quick log

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Speaker 2: in with your email and you will be able to

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Speaker 2: stream Merit Street Media for free anytime.

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Speaker 3: On the app.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we will continue to talk about the day and

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Speaker 1: all the festivities and who was there. But one thing

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Speaker 1: that's interesting that you didn't have to do back in

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Speaker 1: the day was explain what a television network is. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of I don't want to say antiquated because it's not.

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Speaker 1: But people are like, okay, so is a streamer? Is

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Speaker 1: that this is now? It's hard to explain now because

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Speaker 1: we have so many things in our lives. This is

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Speaker 1: a television network. It is an actual network that has

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Speaker 1: with a studio. We are on TV. You can find us, so,

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Speaker 1: as Lauren said, download go to go to Meritstreetmedia dot

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Speaker 1: com or download the app. But yeah, we are on Dish,

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Speaker 1: We're on direct. A couple of questions I know we're getting,

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Speaker 1: find that out YouTube TV. We're negotiating that. There are

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Speaker 1: some places that we aren't yet. We are continuewing to

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Speaker 1: roll out. But it is and I learned this yesterday.

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Speaker 1: The biggest network debut in modern history. The last network

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Speaker 1: and that was even smaller. That was the last big

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Speaker 1: eighty million subscribers. What Doctor Phil and everybody involved in

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Speaker 1: this have accomplished is monumental. It's really incredible.

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Speaker 2: So Merritt Street Media has launched in eighty million homes

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Speaker 2: and we are so excited to be able to get

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Speaker 2: our morning show going for you guys, our reality dating show.

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Speaker 2: We are in the works, We are looking at people

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Speaker 2: to higher we are you know, developing these shows. But

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Speaker 2: and Chris and I really wanted to throw our support

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Speaker 2: behind Doctor Phil, Steve Harvey, Nancy Grace, the Merritt Street

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Speaker 3: And also it was just a really fun day.

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Speaker 2: We got to kind of meet some of the people

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Speaker 2: But most importantly, everyone is so kind and full of energy.

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Speaker 2: Like one thing that Chris and I kept saying, is

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Speaker 2: honestly being in LA for a long time. Yes, La

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Speaker 2: has some glamorous aspects to it, but people are also

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of burnt out, kind of jaded people

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Speaker 2: merrit everybody is like just so pumped to start something new,

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Speaker 2: to build, something new, to create in the state of Texas.

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Speaker 2: I mean there were politicians there, yes.

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Speaker 1: Jay Governor was there, Mayor for Worth. Yeah, a lot

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Speaker 2: They want to make Texas a home and this is

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Speaker 2: something Chris and I have wanted to do since we

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Speaker 2: moved here, make it a home for film and television production.

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Speaker 2: And then they just voted thirty one zero against it,

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Speaker 1: Huge bipartisan effort here in Texas. Tip of the cowboy

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Speaker 1: hat to Taylor Sheridan, who was a big part of that.

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Speaker 1: The Lieutenant Governor was saying, bi parties an effort. Thirty

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Speaker 1: that is a side aspect I never thought I would

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Speaker 2: Really, you guys were holding it down by filming in

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Speaker 2: there was a big ribbon cutting ceremony out on the

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Speaker 2: was great to hang with him. I didn't realize you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, i'd met Harvey. I was on his show a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he came back. I met Nancy Grace. I had

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Speaker 3: And I love Phil and Steve's friendship. It's very sweet.

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Speaker 1: they're just getting after each other Kidney.

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Speaker 2: A joke on the Merrit Street media instagram was who

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Speaker 2: has the better mustache?

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Speaker 3: Steve was winning at my last check.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie Steve Harvey has a better mustache.

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Speaker 2: I like, I think about you know when I and

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Speaker 2: this isn't like a knock on any other place you

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Speaker 2: Merrit has it is a startup. It has the startup energy, yeah,

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Speaker 2: They got to make content for their job, and so

439
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,680
Speaker 2: they take like two tweets, embed them and say people

440
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 2: are saying this, and it's like, are people saying that?

441
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 3: Is that? Are those two bots? Is too?

442
00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,159
Speaker 2: Even if they're real people. Is two people enough to

443
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 2: say people are saying? But then it's a headline and

444
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 2: then it has weight and so it's this firestorm. And

445
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,520
Speaker 2: by the way, and this isn't like a knock on

446
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,360
Speaker 2: the media, but most of the people using Twitter are

447
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,679
Speaker 2: the media. It's like journalists and media just kind of

448
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:32,840
Speaker 2: back and forthing.

449
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,479
Speaker 3: And it's there's a lot of funny tweets.

450
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Speaker 2: I like to read a funny tweet, But is it

451
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Speaker 2: the bible that we should be you know that headlines

452
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,400
Speaker 2: should be created on No, it isn't so, yeah, exactly.

453
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 3: Anybody can be loud, but is that person right?

454
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Speaker 1: Okay? So the other big question, probably the biggest that

455
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 1: you and I both got way, Are you guys going

456
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Speaker 1: to be on TV?

457
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,280
Speaker 3: Yes, So we had a meeting about that. We'll be

458
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:55,879
Speaker 3: totally upfront.

459
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Speaker 2: We had a meeting about that yesterday at the end

460
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Speaker 2: of launch day. We plan to be live with our

461
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Speaker 2: morning show in the next couple months.

462
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 3: That is the plan.

463
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,159
Speaker 2: Again, we really wanted to support getting Merit live and

464
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 2: then you know, be able to kind of come in

465
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Speaker 2: a few months and give it a fresh injection of

466
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Speaker 2: new programming with our morning show, and the hope for

467
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 2: our reality show would be that we'd get it gone

468
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,360
Speaker 2: soon after that. Yeah, soon after that, sometime this year.

469
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Speaker 1: Both are moving both are moving forward quickly, and I

470
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 1: really feel y'all's frustration in ours too. We would trust me.

471
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,879
Speaker 1: Laura and I were there yesterday, were like, man, you

472
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,120
Speaker 1: just want to be there. It's like going into a stadium,

473
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Speaker 1: like I want to play, man, I want to be

474
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Speaker 1: on the field. But I really appreciate the patients that

475
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Speaker 1: they have had because I love this rollout. Most times

476
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 1: when you do a startup, it's like, hey, we got

477
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,679
Speaker 1: to go. We have a limited amount of money, we

478
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 1: have a limited amount of time. If you're doing something,

479
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: go like Lauren, Chris, Phil, everybody get on air and

480
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,199
Speaker 1: let's try and do this thing. And this network has

481
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 1: a different approach, and I love the fact that they

482
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: are patient and said, no, no, we're going to launch this.

483
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: We're going to get you know, work the bugs out,

484
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 1: get going, get some momentum. Then let's launch you guys,

485
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: and let's do things successfully. Let's do them wisely as

486
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 1: opposed to quickly, which is a really different approach to

487
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 1: television and launching a network. But again that's why it's successful.

488
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: So it was a great meeting. We are hiring and

489
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: putting our team together. Everyone's excited about it. It's going

490
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:33,119
Speaker 1: to be so much fun. But we're excited. And by

491
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Speaker 1: the way, I will be appearing on Doctor Field primetime.

492
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Speaker 2: Oh yes, between know, and then we should note that

493
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 2: you have done I don't know if you've really talked

494
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 2: about that.

495
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 3: You've done several episodes.

496
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Speaker 1: Yeah. So Phil came to me and said, look, in

497
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Speaker 1: the meantime, what I would also like is for you

498
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Speaker 1: to be on my show on Doctor Field Primetime kind

499
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,679
Speaker 1: of what I was doing with Oprah for so many years.

500
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Speaker 1: And so there are there are topics that I jump

501
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: in with Doctor Phil. Some of them have to do

502
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Speaker 1: with relationships that I think. There's one coming up this week.

503
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 1: I'll let you guys know for sure what day it is.

504
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 1: That will be the first show where I appear with

505
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 1: Doctor Phil. But I'll be throughout this year appearing with

506
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: Doctor Phil from time to time. And it's talk about fun. Man,

507
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,640
Speaker 1: that's amazing to be on stage with him.

508
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, and for you to kind of come in and

509
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,959
Speaker 2: do the Chris Harrison hot seat then exactly who are

510
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 2: making some bad relationship choices?

511
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,400
Speaker 1: I wanted to watch Doctor Phil do the hot seat

512
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,919
Speaker 1: and to talk about a different hot seat. There's some

513
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Speaker 1: people that are up there with Doctor Phil and I

514
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: in the hot seat. When I mean you get both

515
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:43,919
Speaker 1: of our stairs. That's a lot. Was there one thing

516
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,680
Speaker 1: yesterday that really stood out to you? Was there one

517
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,119
Speaker 1: moment or like it was there a best thing?

518
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,439
Speaker 2: I just think that it made me feel really like

519
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 2: we were asked at one point to describe as we

520
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,240
Speaker 2: were kind of filming promos and stuff. Describe Merritt Street

521
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,639
Speaker 2: Media in one word, and the word that jumped to

522
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:05,160
Speaker 2: mind for me was hopeful. Like again, I think I

523
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 2: have been feeling over the past couple months, maybe for

524
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,640
Speaker 2: the first time, even after everything we went through, even

525
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 2: after like losing my dad, after after some stuff that

526
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,639
Speaker 2: I've been through, for the first time in the past

527
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 2: couple months, I sometimes feel this like God is our country.

528
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 2: Like I'm like, am I getting old? Or are things

529
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 2: really in a tough spot? Like is it just that

530
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 2: as you age you start to be like things were

531
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:34,360
Speaker 2: better back in my day?

532
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,120
Speaker 3: But then I'm like, I don't know, I'm thirty.

533
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 2: Five, that it feels young to feel that way, And

534
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,919
Speaker 2: so I've wondered if it is just the state of things.

535
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 2: But that launch day and this network makes me feel

536
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 2: hopeful and people need hope, and hope is also valid

537
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 2: and so like again to be around just the energy

538
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 2: of everybody, the excitement, the fact that we have these

539
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 2: bosses who aren't operating out of desperation, but actually one

540
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,879
Speaker 2: of the backers to Merit said to me, yesterday, we

541
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 2: birthed to baby today, but we got to take that

542
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,400
Speaker 2: baby into adulthood, And he said, parenting is never over.

543
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,160
Speaker 2: And I loved that because I thought, well, what he's

544
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 2: saying is he believes that this thing is gonna this

545
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 2: is going to be around. This isn't like, you know,

546
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 2: we launched a show and maybe it's going to get canceled.

547
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,359
Speaker 2: This is like we've made a network and we're going

548
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 2: to keep building it forever. And so I loved that

549
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 2: support and positivity, and I love you know, yeah, everything

550
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 2: that doctor Phil has set it up for, as you said,

551
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 2: but we've got let's talk about solving problems and let's

552
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 2: figure out solutions. And so that made me happy.

553
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: This whole thing. I just pinched myself as we were

554
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: driving back home from Fort Worth last night after having

555
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: dinner with our daughter at TCU. I mean, what a

556
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,240
Speaker 1: dream this has been, and to not only be doing this,

557
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: to do it up in my hometown. Our kids are

558
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,639
Speaker 1: at TCU. We had dinner with one of them the

559
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 1: first night we could because Taylor had chapter, So we

560
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 1: had dinner with Josh. Then we had dinner with Taylor

561
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: last night, and then we're going to work up there

562
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 1: and we're doing it together because so many times, you know,

563
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 1: again it's just normal. This isn't like whate was me

564
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: or victim or anything. That's just how life is. When

565
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: we go to work, we go to work alone, right,

566
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 1: And so usually I would have done a day like

567
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: yesterday alone and it's exciting and it's fun. But I

568
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: would come home and I would have told you all

569
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,400
Speaker 1: about it and you're like, great, I'm excited for you.

570
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 1: But instead I get to walk hand in hand with

571
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,880
Speaker 1: you through the door and we're doing press together. We're

572
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,400
Speaker 1: talking about us and our show and what we are

573
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: building together, and it was just fun. It was a

574
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: magical day for me because I've very few people ever

575
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 1: get to have this. It really is a blessing and

576
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: a treat And the fact that all this is happening

577
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: is I'm just pinching myself every damn day. It's insane.

578
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: I almost cried three times yesterday. Yeah I didn't notice that. Yeah,

579
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: I mean well, and again with Taylor at dinner last night.

580
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: It was just like I just get so overwhelmed with

581
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 1: the emotion excitement of all this, and it's just like,

582
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: it's really a beautiful thing in my life and I'm

583
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: and obviously it's because of you, and so I'm so

584
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 1: excited for it. But anyway, So I should mention because

585
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: I kind of alluded to it. Yes, there was a gift.

586
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: You gave me, a push present that meant a lot,

587
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: because I had warned me.

588
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 3: I love it. You keep calling it a push present.

589
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: I know, network, Yeah, it was a congratulatory push present.

590
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: But yeah, because I had worn this beautiful watch that

591
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: I had borrowed from this this amazing jeweler here in town,

592
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 1: here in Austin m Robinson, thank you guys. But they

593
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,239
Speaker 1: just let me borrow it for the wedding and we

594
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: gave it back and you went and got that actual watch,

595
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: the watch, not not a replica of the same watch

596
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: that was still there from our wedding, and gave it

597
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: to me yesterday as a gift right before we went on.

598
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: And Lauren totally sucked me in. She's like set up,

599
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: She's like, well, let's do the social media thing. And

600
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,000
Speaker 1: she set up this camera and started videoing. I'm like, okay, babe,

601
00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: like what we what are we doing here? And I'm

602
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: just kinda sta and there in my suit and she's like,

603
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: you're missing something, and she went and got the watch,

604
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: so she videotaped me getting it, and I was like

605
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 1: Oh that was smooth because I was totally gullible in

606
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: the moment, but it was It just meant a lot.

607
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: The whole day just was emotional.

608
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 2: Well, I wanted you to have First of all, I

609
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 2: was like, I don't know, I've been thinking about getting

610
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 2: you that watch, because yes, you borrowed it for a wedding,

611
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 2: which was great, but then it felt weird that it

612
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 2: was going to be like out in the world without you.

613
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Speaker 1: And it's by the way, it's like a puppy. You

614
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: and I have visited that watch, you know.

615
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 3: It's like you go back, we go to m Robinson

616
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 3: a lot. We love you M Robinson.

617
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Speaker 1: I would and every time we'd go in and do something,

618
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: whether it's you know, whatever it was, I would go

619
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: back to that counter and I would be like, can

620
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: I see it?

621
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Speaker 3: Can I put it all? I'm still there? Has anyone

622
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 3: adopted it?

623
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 1: I literally visited that watch like five or six times

624
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: since her wedding.

625
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 2: Chris loves watches, and I love I think that, like,

626
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 2: I'm really into buying jewelry or expensive items like that

627
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 2: have meaning.

628
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 3: It's really important to me that stuff has meaning.

629
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Speaker 2: I'm not just like this is pretty like you know,

630
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 2: you bought me a pair of earrings, and I think

631
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 2: like they're meaningful because you gave me those earrings. And

632
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: I think that watches are really special, like I gave

633
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: you a watch for our wedding because to me it

634
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 2: meant like this is it was about time, this is

635
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 2: forever together, and this this gift, this time, it's also

636
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 2: about time. I think so much about how we're doing

637
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 2: this network, like from this beautiful place of because we

638
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 2: want to and because we're blessed to be able to

639
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 2: what I want you to know because of a lot

640
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 2: that's happened, and I don't know if you hear it enough.

641
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 3: You don't have to do this.

642
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 2: If you had just retired, been done after The Bachelor,

643
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 2: you had a twenty year career on what was the

644
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 2: number one reality show, on a cultural landmark of a

645
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: TV show you helped create the industry of reality TV.

646
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 2: You've had a career that you've worked so hard for

647
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,240
Speaker 2: that is a dream to anybody in this business that

648
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 2: ninety nine point nine percent of this business never achieves.

649
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: Most importantly, you've had a career built on caring so

650
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 2: much about your fans and about people who have watched

651
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,239
Speaker 2: the show. And just you did everything right, and I

652
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 2: know how hard you worked, and I just want you

653
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 2: to know that what you accomplished is incredible and the

654
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 2: time you spent doing that was incomparable. But now if

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Speaker 2: you want to do this next chapter, which you do,

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Speaker 2: and which we're doing together, then it's going to be

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Speaker 2: just all for for fun and for something we can

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Speaker 1: Thanks, bab I love you. I love you too, and

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Speaker 1: you know I think you know again echoing something doctor

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Speaker 1: Phil said is I don't need to do this. I

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Speaker 1: just want to do this. It's a passion project. And

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Speaker 1: that's how I feel. It's funny, I feel the same way,

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Speaker 1: and that's what really struck a chord with me when

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Speaker 1: you and I went and met with him early on.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't need to do this. I just

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Speaker 1: want to do this with you, you know, I really,

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Speaker 1: I just have fun doing this. It's what I really

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Speaker 1: love to do, creating television, hosting it, connecting with people,

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Speaker 1: reaching people, and doing it in a really positive way

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Speaker 1: that people really need right now. It's awesome. It's so awesome.

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Speaker 1: So it was a great day. And again go to

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Speaker 1: Merrittstreetmedia dot com, download the app Merit Plus. Keep watching.

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Speaker 1: We'll keep you updated of course, as we are progressing

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Speaker 1: with all of our stuff. But thanks for all the

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Speaker 1: support and all the love and we love sharing it

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Speaker 1: with you guys.

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Speaker 3: And also, as Phil says, this is our network.

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Speaker 2: As we were just talking about, you guys are the

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Speaker 2: most important thing to Chris and I always, and if

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Speaker 2: you have like ideas of things you'd want to see

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Speaker 2: on the morning show, if you have thoughts about how

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Speaker 2: it should go, please dm us. I'm out Lauren Zima.

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Speaker 2: He's at Chris B. Harrison, or you can shoot a

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Speaker 2: DM to the Most Dramatic Podcast's account and let us

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Speaker 2: know because we are in the phase of like coming

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Speaker 2: up with segments, talking about what the vibe of our

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Speaker 2: morning show is going to be, figuring out the name,

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Speaker 2: and we would love to hear from you guys.

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Speaker 1: We should have a naming up.

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Speaker 3: I was about to quote that.

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Speaker 2: Song lyric again, but that's too long for the name

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Speaker 2: of the show. What was good Morning after the Night Before?

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Speaker 1: It's the Morning after the Night Before.

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Speaker 2: Chris will be singing every day on the show, he'll

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Speaker 2: sing the theme song. So thank you guys. We are

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Speaker 2: so excited and we love you so much.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a wonderful first day. Congratulations to doctor Phil,

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Speaker 1: to Joel Cheatwood, to Phil McIntyre, to all the folks

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Speaker 1: a lot of hands to make this thing work. You know.

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Speaker 1: I walked in that studio when it was sawdust and

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Speaker 1: completely empty and walked around with Doctor Phil and some

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Speaker 1: to see the magic that they've created, they should be

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Speaker 1: very proud today. It really was a magical, monumental moment.

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Speaker 1: So congratulations to them. We appreciate their support and their

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Speaker 1: love and friendship and can't wait to be a part

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Speaker 1: of the team in a more involved way than we

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Speaker 1: already are now. It really is fantastic. So thank you guys.

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Speaker 1: We will keep you updated and we will see you

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Speaker 1: again soon because we have a lot more to talk about.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. Follow us on Instagram at the most

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