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<v Speaker 1>This is the most traumatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Harrison and Lauren Zema, it is the Morning After

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<v Speaker 1>the Night Before. We are coming you from the home

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<v Speaker 1>office in Austin, Texas. But we just got back from

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<v Speaker 1>launch day for our new endeavor, our new network, Merritt

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<v Speaker 1>Street Media up there in the DFW area. What an

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable day, Ilz, that was a good line.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you ever say that on The Bachelor? That actually

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<v Speaker 2>the Morning after the Night Before? It's funny a friend,

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<v Speaker 2>it makes you think for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>A friend of mine who I went to college with,

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<v Speaker 1>his dad wrote a country song. He was a lawyer

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<v Speaker 1>and he was not a singer at all. He has

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<v Speaker 1>since passed away, my friend's dad, but he wrote a

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<v Speaker 1>country song, a random country song called It's the Morning

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<v Speaker 1>After the Night Before. And I've always remember that line.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, that is a great country in Western.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a great line. Did the song go anywhere?

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<v Speaker 1>No, not at all. No, it was he wrote one

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<v Speaker 1>song and that was it and he went back to lawyering.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, maybe in his honor, we can make that a

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<v Speaker 2>segment on our new morning show.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I like that the.

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<v Speaker 2>Morning after the Night Before, as we brainstorm segments for

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<v Speaker 2>our morning show after the launch of Merit street Media,

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<v Speaker 2>our new home network. Yes, everybody, if you missed it,

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<v Speaker 2>we took you on the journey. There's stuff up on

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<v Speaker 2>our social media, on our instagrams about what the day

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

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<v Speaker 2>Street Media is now live. It is a new channel.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find it on DirecTV if you go to

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

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just giving that as an example because my sister

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<v Speaker 2>works there.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>My little sister sent me an email She's like, there

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<v Speaker 2>are meetings about the Merit launch.

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<v Speaker 3>Our worlds are colliding.

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<v Speaker 2>So Merrit is on so many different platforms that has

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<v Speaker 2>launched in eighty million homes. So go to Merritstreetmedia dot

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<v Speaker 2>com and click on the channel finder, put in your

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<v Speaker 2>zip code, or for free, download the Merit Plus app.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes f five seconds to make a quick log

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<v Speaker 2>in with your email and you will be able to

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<v Speaker 2>stream Merit Street Media for free anytime.

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<v Speaker 3>On the app.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we will continue to talk about the day and

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<v Speaker 1>all the festivities and who was there. But one thing

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<v Speaker 1>that's interesting that you didn't have to do back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day was explain what a television network is. It's

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

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<v Speaker 1>But people are like, okay, so is a streamer? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that this is now? It's hard to explain now because

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<v Speaker 1>we have so many things in our lives. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a television network. It is an actual network that has

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

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<v Speaker 1>as Lauren said, download go to go to Meritstreetmedia dot

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<v Speaker 1>com or download the app. But yeah, we are on Dish,

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

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<v Speaker 1>are you are we up in Canada? We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>find that out YouTube TV. We're negotiating that. There are

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<v Speaker 1>some places that we aren't yet. We are continuewing to

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<v Speaker 1>roll out. But it is and I learned this yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>The biggest network debut in modern history. The last network

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<v Speaker 1>to launch was Fox. And I remember this because I

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<v Speaker 1>was in local news when Fox started rolling out local

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<v Speaker 1>news stations and picking up distribution as well. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>realize that was forty million subscribers is what Fox, the

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<v Speaker 1>actual network launched with and then Fox News came later

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<v Speaker 1>and that was even smaller. That was the last big

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<v Speaker 1>network launch. This is the biggest two x that over

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<v Speaker 1>eighty million subscribers. What Doctor Phil and everybody involved in

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<v Speaker 1>this have accomplished is monumental. It's really incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>So Merritt Street Media has launched in eighty million homes

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<v Speaker 2>and we are so excited to be able to get

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<v Speaker 2>our morning show going for you guys, our reality dating show.

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<v Speaker 2>We are in the works, We are looking at people

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<v Speaker 2>to higher we are you know, developing these shows. But

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<v Speaker 2>what we were celebrating this week was the network going live,

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<v Speaker 2>and Chris and I really wanted to throw our support

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<v Speaker 2>behind Doctor Phil, Steve Harvey, Nancy Grace, the Merritt Street

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<v Speaker 2>News team, these people that were going to be on

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<v Speaker 2>the network right from the beginning with their products and

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<v Speaker 2>just make sure that that launch went off with that

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<v Speaker 2>a hitch.

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<v Speaker 3>And also it was just a really fun day.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to kind of meet some of the people

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<v Speaker 2>we hadn't met before, some of the news team, and

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<v Speaker 2>there was Caviar, which just always is wonderful for me.

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<v Speaker 2>But most importantly, everyone is so kind and full of energy.

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<v Speaker 2>Like one thing that Chris and I kept saying, is

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<v Speaker 2>honestly being in LA for a long time. Yes, La

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<v Speaker 2>has some glamorous aspects to it, but people are also

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of burnt out, kind of jaded people

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<v Speaker 2>who've been working in this industry a long time. At

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<v Speaker 2>merrit everybody is like just so pumped to start something new,

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<v Speaker 2>to build, something new, to create in the state of Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there were politicians there, yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Jay Governor was there, Mayor for Worth. Yeah, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of dignitaries showed up to be kiss ribbon.

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<v Speaker 3>This is hirge.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to make Texas a home and this is

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<v Speaker 2>something Chris and I have wanted to do since we

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<v Speaker 2>moved here, make it a home for film and television production.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they just voted thirty one zero against it,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty one for it unanimously to put huge hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>millions of dollars behind film and TV production.

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<v Speaker 1>Huge bipartisan effort here in Texas. Tip of the cowboy

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<v Speaker 1>hat to Taylor Sheridan, who was a big part of that.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lieutenant Governor was saying, bi parties an effort. Thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one oh, everybody voted two hundred million going into film

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<v Speaker 1>and television industry here in Texas, and this is something

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<v Speaker 1>that is a side aspect I never thought I would

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<v Speaker 1>get to in my life. Obviously working on the Bacheler

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<v Speaker 1>Bacherette for so many years. You want to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to come back home and impact where you grew up

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<v Speaker 1>and try and grow this industry and to be a

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<v Speaker 1>part of this now to launch this network. The actual

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<v Speaker 1>footprint of this network, it's a five acre studio that's

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<v Speaker 1>being built or is built, but it's still being kind

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<v Speaker 1>of completed as other studios are being built out on

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<v Speaker 1>that property. Five acres under roof. This place is huge

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<v Speaker 1>and doctor Phil Primetime his studio, the new studio. There

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<v Speaker 1>are other state of the art studios being built, a

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Zima Chris Harrison morning show studio coming up. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's really impressive what they have done in the state

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<v Speaker 1>of Texas and North Texas in general, to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to hire so many people, create jobs, help the economy

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<v Speaker 1>something I'm really proud of. It's a side part of

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<v Speaker 1>this that really got me excited.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and part of the reason behind this big studio.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you may know that like Tyler Perry, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>has a huge studio in Atlanta, or that tons of

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<v Speaker 2>filming of TV and movies is done up in Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>You know a lot of the movies you see and

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<v Speaker 2>the TV watch is not filmed in La.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, very very little of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, Yeah, it's very expensive to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. One of the oddly one of the first things,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the first questions in Hollywood is Okay, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to shoot this show or this movie, where should

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<v Speaker 1>we go?

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<v Speaker 2>Really, you guys were holding it down by filming in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bachelor Mansion. Still really you only did it for

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<v Speaker 2>a few days.

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<v Speaker 1>There not many shows in Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 2>So what the hope will not The hope it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen here is that this huge studio is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be the site of movies are going to come

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<v Speaker 2>and film also at this studio that Merritt has built.

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<v Speaker 2>They have some incredible stages to get that done. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's super exciting and the launch day was awesome, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of taking everybody through it. We arrived, did hair and

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<v Speaker 2>makeup with our awesome new hair and makeup team, and

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<v Speaker 2>there was a big ribbon cutting ceremony out on the

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<v Speaker 2>Doctor Phil stage. Steve Harvey was in the house. It

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<v Speaker 2>was great to hang with him. I didn't realize you

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<v Speaker 2>had been on his show before.

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

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times. And one of my you know, big

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<v Speaker 1>claim to fame was we were on we did a

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<v Speaker 1>putting contest on his show, and and we that was

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<v Speaker 1>He kind of interviewed me while we were putting.

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<v Speaker 3>You remembered that you beat him?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he came back. I met Nancy Grace. I had

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<v Speaker 1>never met Nancy. She came in from Atlanta. She has

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<v Speaker 1>a two crime series on the show. Very sweet. She

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<v Speaker 1>was so blown away. The first thing I heard was

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<v Speaker 1>Nancy Grace in the hall when she ran into l Z.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, you're beautiful. They were so sweet of her.

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<v Speaker 1>That was very sweet, and so everybody was just there's

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<v Speaker 1>this collegiate atmosphere. Just everyone was so fired up, so excited.

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<v Speaker 1>When you see someone like doctor Phil, like Steve Harvey,

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<v Speaker 1>Nancy Grace with those not jitters, but the excitement and enthusiasm.

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<v Speaker 2>When you see people who've been doing this for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time excited like their kids.

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<v Speaker 1>The people that should have could be jaded. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>they were so fired up.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I look at.

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<v Speaker 2>Phil and he's inspired me so much because he just

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<v Speaker 2>never stop stopping. I mean the guys launching a network,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, And it's his energy for this, his enthusiasm.

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<v Speaker 2>When you hear people who are like I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to work, you think, okay, let me show you Doctor Phil.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, when you complained about your work. He was the

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<v Speaker 1>first one in yesterday. It's his network. He handled the launch.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he you know, glad handed and walked around and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, shook all the dignitary's hands and took care

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<v Speaker 1>of everybody all day. Then we did press, We did,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a bunch of interviews and podcasts and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>Then at the end of the day Doctor Phil and

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Harvey went in and did his podcast live for

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<v Speaker 1>two hours last night. Wow. Then he finally left at

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<v Speaker 1>six o'clock last night and the PR person was like,

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<v Speaker 1>he's leaving now because he and Robin have to go

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<v Speaker 1>to a birthday party. The dude is relentless.

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<v Speaker 3>And I love Phil and Steve's friendship. It's very sweet.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've never I knew they were good friends. They

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<v Speaker 1>were like brothers. It was funny yesterday just watching them.

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<v Speaker 2>Even they wore like the same suits, one in blue,

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<v Speaker 2>one and black.

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<v Speaker 1>It was very There really is a brotherhood there. There

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<v Speaker 1>was really a tight bond. It was fun to see. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>they're just getting after each other Kidney.

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<v Speaker 2>A joke on the Merrit Street media instagram was who

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<v Speaker 2>has the better mustache?

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<v Speaker 3>Steve was winning at my last check.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna lie Steve Harvey has a better mustache.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, maybe you're talking about it is our bod, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it was. It was really cool too, because.

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<v Speaker 2>I like, I think about you know when I and

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't like a knock on any other place you

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<v Speaker 2>go to work. But it's just it's rare that people

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<v Speaker 2>are embarking on something together. That's why I keep saying

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<v Speaker 2>Merrit has it is a startup. It has the startup energy, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but all the experience of people who have been in

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<v Speaker 2>this business a long time. And that's an incredible combination

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<v Speaker 2>that I've never had before. I've worked at a startup,

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<v Speaker 2>but everybody was twenty three and new, and so it's

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<v Speaker 2>so rare that people are building something together. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>what makes us all happiest, isn't it. Like I read

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<v Speaker 2>the other show, Sure, try to think of when you

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<v Speaker 2>were happiest in your career and then try to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I thought, well, when I've been happiest is when

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<v Speaker 2>I was building something. There's something like human in that,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I'm really thrilled that we're in that place again.

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<v Speaker 1>It was really interesting yesterday with you know, I was

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<v Speaker 1>a b to come into this, both of us with

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<v Speaker 1>we've already had nice long careers and so usually when

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<v Speaker 1>you were kind of creating something and doing this, we're younger, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's when you know I started in the news industry,

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<v Speaker 1>so did you at Newsy and then I started TVG,

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<v Speaker 1>a horse racing network, and that started from scratch, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you're young. And so I was talking to

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<v Speaker 1>some PA's yesterday and some interns that came up to

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<v Speaker 1>both of us, and they were so sweet, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you're going to look back on this day

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<v Speaker 1>and realize how special it is because you will see

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<v Speaker 1>the picture that we all took on the stage, all

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<v Speaker 1>the crew, the talent, everybody got up there and took

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<v Speaker 1>a picture. And I said, you will look back ten

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<v Speaker 1>years from now, you won't recognize this place. You will

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<v Speaker 1>realize how young you were and how innocent all this was,

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<v Speaker 1>even though you see there's kind of this weird thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when usually at startups it feels like a startup.

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<v Speaker 1>This doesn't. Because doctor Phil's there and Harvey and the

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<v Speaker 1>lieutenant governor.

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<v Speaker 2>And because the a five acre, multi multi hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>millions of dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this thing is a monstrosity.

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<v Speaker 3>I started and was like one office.

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<v Speaker 1>But I told him, I said, even with all this

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<v Speaker 1>glitz and glamour, I promise you, ten years from now,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't recognize this place. It will be so magnificent,

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<v Speaker 1>so much bigger, and so much more advanced. And I

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<v Speaker 1>promise you what we're doing today is not perfect, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not right. Everything will be changed and fixed and be better.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though even though today felt great and the news

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<v Speaker 1>is going wonderful, it will get better. And so it's

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<v Speaker 1>just funny. You will look back on those pictures and go, man,

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<v Speaker 1>we really were starting something really new then totally.

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<v Speaker 2>And also it's great how many young people are in

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<v Speaker 2>the building. I mean a lot of people are like,

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<v Speaker 2>shout out to sweet Madison, a new PA who was

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<v Speaker 2>so excited to meet us yesterday. And it's just nice

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, have that joy, you know again from

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<v Speaker 2>young people starting out. And that also means people are

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<v Speaker 2>new and they're green and they don't know the industry yet.

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<v Speaker 2>But I always say I would much rather have I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I've managed a lot of people before.

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<v Speaker 3>I would much rather have.

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<v Speaker 2>Excitement, effort, enthusiasm, and then I'll teach you what you

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<v Speaker 2>need to know. Then people who know how to do

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<v Speaker 2>it but don't give a crap about how to do

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<v Speaker 2>it and are burnt out, like I would rather teach

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<v Speaker 2>you and know that you care. So I'm excited about

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<v Speaker 2>that too.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's answer some questions. Is this a religious network? No

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<v Speaker 1>it is not. It's not a religious network. Is it

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<v Speaker 1>a political network. No, it's not a political network either.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a television network.

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<v Speaker 3>This is for are people asking them?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, these are things I'm getting, And so these are

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<v Speaker 1>the I'm answering questions I've been getting on social media.

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<v Speaker 3>I just keep getting win. Is your morning show going?

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<v Speaker 1>So the Canadian thing? God bless you.

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<v Speaker 3>My Canadians are so passive.

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<v Speaker 1>They are so unbelievably supportive. I love you, guys, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how or when, but Lauren and I

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<v Speaker 1>are going to come up and do some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>a thing up in Canada. Y'all are just so great

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<v Speaker 1>and so and I know y'all are chomping at the

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<v Speaker 1>bit and I appreciate it. I'm going to figure that out.

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<v Speaker 1>I have text messages in already this morning. I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>gotten the answers back about distribution in Canada, but I

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<v Speaker 1>promise you I'm going to get this answer for you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>And did you ask if the Merit Plus app is

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<v Speaker 2>available in Canada?

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<v Speaker 1>L's thing is, I know you can download the app

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<v Speaker 1>and try the app first and again it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like a lot of these streamers when you

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<v Speaker 1>go out of the country, they get shut down. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but I'm gonna check on that. But

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<v Speaker 1>those were a couple of the big things. Also, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>is it just a streamer? No, this is a TV network.

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<v Speaker 1>I had, you know, even people I worked with, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>asking me, you know, what exactly is this?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, one thing I love kind of to the is

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<v Speaker 3>it religious?

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<v Speaker 2>Is a political I think sometimes people have seen like

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<v Speaker 2>clips that went viral of Doctor Phil and like maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they have an idea about it or whatever. So the

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<v Speaker 2>Doctor Phil that we've met, if you're not as familiar

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<v Speaker 2>with his show, the first thing he said to us

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<v Speaker 2>is and he said this yesterday on the stage at

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<v Speaker 2>the ribbon cutting. He approaches everything from the facts. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the man started out. You know, he's got an incredible

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<v Speaker 2>amount of degrees under his belt. He is all about

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<v Speaker 2>the science, and that's how he approaches everything. And on

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<v Speaker 2>his show that he is daytime show he used to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He told us he before for every show, he would

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<v Speaker 2>prepare by having a team of experts from all different areas, fields,

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<v Speaker 2>political affiliations, genders, religious.

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<v Speaker 3>He would have this super diverse.

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<v Speaker 2>Panel research and prep him on whatever issue he was

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<v Speaker 2>going to go out and do his show on and

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<v Speaker 2>he would literally have a binder of information that he

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<v Speaker 2>would review. And he has now taken those people and

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<v Speaker 2>he's actually made a show for them on MERIT.

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<v Speaker 3>It's called the Behavior Panel.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's putting the spotlight and all these experts because

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<v Speaker 2>something he really wants to do with Merit is bring

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<v Speaker 2>people clarity in this time when there's so much noise

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<v Speaker 2>around issues that truly.

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<v Speaker 3>Affect all of us.

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<v Speaker 2>Like one of the topics discussed yesterday on the first

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast of the Morning News on MERIT was should cell

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<v Speaker 2>phones be banned in schools?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, these are you know, like should TikTok be banned?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this headline that's everywhere, but it affects all our kids.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think people think these subjects and they do,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess to a certain degree. We allow them to

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<v Speaker 1>get political. We allow our feelings and everything to bleed

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<v Speaker 1>into these topics. And what Phil and what you're alluding

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<v Speaker 1>to that he is brilliant at is He's going to

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<v Speaker 1>bring you the facts. This is the truth. What you

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<v Speaker 1>choose to do with that, if that hurts your feelings,

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<v Speaker 1>if you think it encroaches on your politics or your religion,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever that is on you. And he's very clear about that.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to tell you the facts. And I love

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<v Speaker 1>that about him. And so you know when people say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>is it political, is it? No, That's not what he

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<v Speaker 1>is setting out to do. It's not what any of

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<v Speaker 1>us are setting out to do. It is entertainment. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>In his show last night, he had a brilliant show.

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<v Speaker 1>Show Number one was the Son of Hamas. He was

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<v Speaker 1>literally the son of the man who was running Hamas

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<v Speaker 1>and so they got into it. I mean it was

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<v Speaker 1>a deep, deep dive into Hamas and all of this

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<v Speaker 1>in Palestine, everything going on quickly you're like, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is very and that he had both sides. He

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<v Speaker 1>lets everybody speak and have their sin and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>brilliant take.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was interesting to hear, like the Lieutenant governor

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<v Speaker 2>spoke just about like how happy Texas is to have

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<v Speaker 2>this facility in this industry here now, and he was saying,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's a lot of people trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>into Texas. We see this news at the border every

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<v Speaker 2>day nationwide. And however frustrated we might sometimes feel about

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<v Speaker 2>like the current state of our government or politics or

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<v Speaker 2>however you feel, people still want to come to America.

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<v Speaker 2>People the world over still see this as the place

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<v Speaker 2>where dreams come true and promised land.

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<v Speaker 3>And there's a reason for that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's because of how what we were founded on and

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<v Speaker 2>the opportunity you can have here. And so it's just

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<v Speaker 2>like I love that the network is starting in Texas

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<v Speaker 2>for that reason, and I love that Phil is about

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<v Speaker 2>getting to like what, you know, let's try to get

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<v Speaker 2>America back on track.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, like him start.

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<v Speaker 2>I admire that he was brave enough to start his

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<v Speaker 2>first show is first Doctor Phil primetime evening show with

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<v Speaker 2>a topic that tough with as polarizing of a topic

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<v Speaker 2>as the state of Israel and Palestine is right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And we were there for some of that taping, and

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<v Speaker 2>Phil was unwavering because he came in with the facts,

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<v Speaker 2>and he came in with the truth, and he's a

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<v Speaker 2>very intelligent man, and he just wanted to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the realities of what's going on there.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing that Phil said yesterday and I believe this

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<v Speaker 1>and echo the same sentiment. This is why I really

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<v Speaker 1>believe in what he's doing. He wrote a book called

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<v Speaker 1>We've Got Problems, We've Got Issues, We've Got issues as

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<v Speaker 1>his book, but what he says in that is we've

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<v Speaker 1>got issues, but they're not insurmountable. We can fix these problems.

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<v Speaker 1>And yes, we still live in the greatest country in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. It's not perfect. We have problems. Yeah, we

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<v Speaker 1>have problems. Everyone can say both of those things are true.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet we can still love this country, believe in this country,

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<v Speaker 1>and still try to fix those issues. And I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like that sentiment because his thing he always says,

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<v Speaker 1>people right now just want to win arguments and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to solve issues, and that is what he's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do. And that's kind of what this network

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<v Speaker 1>stands for. And I really really loved that. We were

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<v Speaker 1>talking about Twitter yesterday X on stage, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>talking about how X and things that are said on

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<v Speaker 1>social media are so impactful. When this goes back to

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<v Speaker 1>my time on The Bachelor and Bacherette, there were a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of people in particular, that if something was said

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<v Speaker 1>on Twitter, it shook them to the core and would

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<v Speaker 1>change the course of our entire franchise. One or two

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<v Speaker 1>people could say something on Twitter. That's how gullible these

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<v Speaker 1>two people were. It's how I don't even know what

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<v Speaker 1>you'd say it. I guess how simple they were. And

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<v Speaker 1>so doctor Phil was saying, and I knew this too

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<v Speaker 1>back then, and I would tell these two people, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>do you realize that less than twenty percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>country is on Twitter? And of that twenty percent, what

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<v Speaker 1>was the number, It was like ten or twenty percent

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<v Speaker 1>of that would actually.

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<v Speaker 3>Tweet, would actually use it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, And so when you when you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>those numbers, it is minuscule who is on social media

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<v Speaker 1>the probably who's actually tweeting. And so his point was

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Phil's point is it is that vocal minority. It

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<v Speaker 1>is the fringe that is just yelling the loudest and

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<v Speaker 1>if you and he said this on stage yesterday and

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<v Speaker 1>I loved it. He goes just because you yell loud,

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, I can talk loud too.

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<v Speaker 3>I think what happens on Twitter too is that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've seen it because I worked in media

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<v Speaker 2>a couple Like, first of all, a lot of its

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<v Speaker 2>bots too. But people will tweet and then like somebody

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<v Speaker 2>needs a headline. Literally, they need to write an article.

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<v Speaker 2>They got to make content for their job, and so

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<v Speaker 2>they take like two tweets, embed them and say people

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<v Speaker 2>are saying this, and it's like, are people saying that?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that? Are those two bots? Is too?

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<v Speaker 2>Even if they're real people. Is two people enough to

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<v Speaker 2>say people are saying? But then it's a headline and

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<v Speaker 2>then it has weight and so it's this firestorm. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, and this isn't like a knock on

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<v Speaker 2>the media, but most of the people using Twitter are

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<v Speaker 2>the media. It's like journalists and media just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>back and forthing.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's there's a lot of funny tweets.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to read a funny tweet, But is it

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<v Speaker 2>the bible that we should be you know that headlines

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<v Speaker 2>should be created on No, it isn't so, yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>Anybody can be loud, but is that person right?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay? So the other big question, probably the biggest that

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<v Speaker 1>you and I both got way, Are you guys going

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<v Speaker 1>to be on TV?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, So we had a meeting about that. We'll be

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<v Speaker 3>totally upfront.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a meeting about that yesterday at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of launch day. We plan to be live with our

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<v Speaker 2>morning show in the next couple months.

0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:05.920
<v Speaker 3>That is the plan.

0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:10.159
<v Speaker 2>Again, we really wanted to support getting Merit live and

0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:13.560
<v Speaker 2>then you know, be able to kind of come in

0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:16.000
<v Speaker 2>a few months and give it a fresh injection of

0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:19.520
<v Speaker 2>new programming with our morning show, and the hope for

0:23:19.560 --> 0:23:22.840
<v Speaker 2>our reality show would be that we'd get it gone

0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:25.360
<v Speaker 2>soon after that. Yeah, soon after that, sometime this year.

0:23:25.400 --> 0:23:29.280
<v Speaker 1>Both are moving both are moving forward quickly, and I

0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:35.320
<v Speaker 1>really feel y'all's frustration in ours too. We would trust me.

0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:37.879
<v Speaker 1>Laura and I were there yesterday, were like, man, you

0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:40.120
<v Speaker 1>just want to be there. It's like going into a stadium,

0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:41.520
<v Speaker 1>like I want to play, man, I want to be

0:23:41.560 --> 0:23:44.760
<v Speaker 1>on the field. But I really appreciate the patients that

0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:48.040
<v Speaker 1>they have had because I love this rollout. Most times

0:23:48.040 --> 0:23:49.560
<v Speaker 1>when you do a startup, it's like, hey, we got

0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:51.679
<v Speaker 1>to go. We have a limited amount of money, we

0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:54.440
<v Speaker 1>have a limited amount of time. If you're doing something,

0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:57.760
<v Speaker 1>go like Lauren, Chris, Phil, everybody get on air and

0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:01.199
<v Speaker 1>let's try and do this thing. And this network has

0:24:01.240 --> 0:24:03.400
<v Speaker 1>a different approach, and I love the fact that they

0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:06.080
<v Speaker 1>are patient and said, no, no, we're going to launch this.

0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:08.320
<v Speaker 1>We're going to get you know, work the bugs out,

0:24:08.560 --> 0:24:11.840
<v Speaker 1>get going, get some momentum. Then let's launch you guys,

0:24:11.880 --> 0:24:15.080
<v Speaker 1>and let's do things successfully. Let's do them wisely as

0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:19.480
<v Speaker 1>opposed to quickly, which is a really different approach to

0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:22.720
<v Speaker 1>television and launching a network. But again that's why it's successful.

0:24:22.760 --> 0:24:26.320
<v Speaker 1>So it was a great meeting. We are hiring and

0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:29.040
<v Speaker 1>putting our team together. Everyone's excited about it. It's going

0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:33.119
<v Speaker 1>to be so much fun. But we're excited. And by

0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:36.000
<v Speaker 1>the way, I will be appearing on Doctor Field primetime.

0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:38.639
<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, between know, and then we should note that

0:24:38.720 --> 0:24:40.760
<v Speaker 2>you have done I don't know if you've really talked

0:24:40.760 --> 0:24:41.080
<v Speaker 2>about that.

0:24:41.119 --> 0:24:42.439
<v Speaker 3>You've done several episodes.

0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:44.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So Phil came to me and said, look, in

0:24:44.000 --> 0:24:45.760
<v Speaker 1>the meantime, what I would also like is for you

0:24:45.840 --> 0:24:48.520
<v Speaker 1>to be on my show on Doctor Field Primetime kind

0:24:48.520 --> 0:24:50.679
<v Speaker 1>of what I was doing with Oprah for so many years.

0:24:50.960 --> 0:24:54.160
<v Speaker 1>And so there are there are topics that I jump

0:24:54.200 --> 0:24:56.840
<v Speaker 1>in with Doctor Phil. Some of them have to do

0:24:57.200 --> 0:25:00.720
<v Speaker 1>with relationships that I think. There's one coming up this week.

0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:02.800
<v Speaker 1>I'll let you guys know for sure what day it is.

0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:05.080
<v Speaker 1>That will be the first show where I appear with

0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:08.480
<v Speaker 1>Doctor Phil. But I'll be throughout this year appearing with

0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.480
<v Speaker 1>Doctor Phil from time to time. And it's talk about fun. Man,

0:25:11.520 --> 0:25:13.640
<v Speaker 1>that's amazing to be on stage with him.

0:25:14.040 --> 0:25:16.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and for you to kind of come in and

0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:18.959
<v Speaker 2>do the Chris Harrison hot seat then exactly who are

0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:20.600
<v Speaker 2>making some bad relationship choices?

0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:22.400
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to watch Doctor Phil do the hot seat

0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:24.919
<v Speaker 1>and to talk about a different hot seat. There's some

0:25:24.960 --> 0:25:27.520
<v Speaker 1>people that are up there with Doctor Phil and I

0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:29.400
<v Speaker 1>in the hot seat. When I mean you get both

0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:43.919
<v Speaker 1>of our stairs. That's a lot. Was there one thing

0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:45.680
<v Speaker 1>yesterday that really stood out to you? Was there one

0:25:45.680 --> 0:25:48.119
<v Speaker 1>moment or like it was there a best thing?

0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:51.439
<v Speaker 2>I just think that it made me feel really like

0:25:51.560 --> 0:25:54.520
<v Speaker 2>we were asked at one point to describe as we

0:25:54.520 --> 0:25:57.240
<v Speaker 2>were kind of filming promos and stuff. Describe Merritt Street

0:25:57.280 --> 0:25:59.639
<v Speaker 2>Media in one word, and the word that jumped to

0:25:59.640 --> 0:26:05.160
<v Speaker 2>mind for me was hopeful. Like again, I think I

0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:08.359
<v Speaker 2>have been feeling over the past couple months, maybe for

0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:11.640
<v Speaker 2>the first time, even after everything we went through, even

0:26:11.640 --> 0:26:16.760
<v Speaker 2>after like losing my dad, after after some stuff that

0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:19.639
<v Speaker 2>I've been through, for the first time in the past

0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:24.680
<v Speaker 2>couple months, I sometimes feel this like God is our country.

0:26:24.840 --> 0:26:28.359
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm like, am I getting old? Or are things

0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:31.080
<v Speaker 2>really in a tough spot? Like is it just that

0:26:31.560 --> 0:26:33.520
<v Speaker 2>as you age you start to be like things were

0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:34.360
<v Speaker 2>better back in my day?

0:26:34.359 --> 0:26:36.120
<v Speaker 3>But then I'm like, I don't know, I'm thirty.

0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:38.840
<v Speaker 2>Five, that it feels young to feel that way, And

0:26:39.400 --> 0:26:41.919
<v Speaker 2>so I've wondered if it is just the state of things.

0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:46.600
<v Speaker 2>But that launch day and this network makes me feel

0:26:47.240 --> 0:26:52.600
<v Speaker 2>hopeful and people need hope, and hope is also valid

0:26:52.720 --> 0:26:56.280
<v Speaker 2>and so like again to be around just the energy

0:26:56.280 --> 0:26:59.000
<v Speaker 2>of everybody, the excitement, the fact that we have these

0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:02.480
<v Speaker 2>bosses who aren't operating out of desperation, but actually one

0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:05.879
<v Speaker 2>of the backers to Merit said to me, yesterday, we

0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:08.280
<v Speaker 2>birthed to baby today, but we got to take that

0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:11.400
<v Speaker 2>baby into adulthood, And he said, parenting is never over.

0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:14.160
<v Speaker 2>And I loved that because I thought, well, what he's

0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:16.520
<v Speaker 2>saying is he believes that this thing is gonna this

0:27:16.600 --> 0:27:18.840
<v Speaker 2>is going to be around. This isn't like, you know,

0:27:19.080 --> 0:27:21.240
<v Speaker 2>we launched a show and maybe it's going to get canceled.

0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:23.359
<v Speaker 2>This is like we've made a network and we're going

0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:25.760
<v Speaker 2>to keep building it forever. And so I loved that

0:27:27.040 --> 0:27:31.080
<v Speaker 2>support and positivity, and I love you know, yeah, everything

0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:33.160
<v Speaker 2>that doctor Phil has set it up for, as you said,

0:27:33.160 --> 0:27:37.160
<v Speaker 2>but we've got let's talk about solving problems and let's

0:27:37.280 --> 0:27:39.840
<v Speaker 2>figure out solutions. And so that made me happy.

0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:43.879
<v Speaker 1>This whole thing. I just pinched myself as we were

0:27:43.960 --> 0:27:46.600
<v Speaker 1>driving back home from Fort Worth last night after having

0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:49.560
<v Speaker 1>dinner with our daughter at TCU. I mean, what a

0:27:49.640 --> 0:27:53.240
<v Speaker 1>dream this has been, and to not only be doing this,

0:27:53.440 --> 0:27:55.760
<v Speaker 1>to do it up in my hometown. Our kids are

0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:58.639
<v Speaker 1>at TCU. We had dinner with one of them the

0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:01.760
<v Speaker 1>first night we could because Taylor had chapter, So we

0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:03.440
<v Speaker 1>had dinner with Josh. Then we had dinner with Taylor

0:28:03.520 --> 0:28:05.359
<v Speaker 1>last night, and then we're going to work up there

0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:08.480
<v Speaker 1>and we're doing it together because so many times, you know,

0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:11.159
<v Speaker 1>again it's just normal. This isn't like whate was me

0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:13.720
<v Speaker 1>or victim or anything. That's just how life is. When

0:28:13.720 --> 0:28:15.400
<v Speaker 1>we go to work, we go to work alone, right,

0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:17.879
<v Speaker 1>And so usually I would have done a day like

0:28:17.960 --> 0:28:21.840
<v Speaker 1>yesterday alone and it's exciting and it's fun. But I

0:28:21.840 --> 0:28:23.560
<v Speaker 1>would come home and I would have told you all

0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:26.400
<v Speaker 1>about it and you're like, great, I'm excited for you.

0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:29.159
<v Speaker 1>But instead I get to walk hand in hand with

0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:31.880
<v Speaker 1>you through the door and we're doing press together. We're

0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:34.400
<v Speaker 1>talking about us and our show and what we are

0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:37.800
<v Speaker 1>building together, and it was just fun. It was a

0:28:37.880 --> 0:28:41.640
<v Speaker 1>magical day for me because I've very few people ever

0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:44.000
<v Speaker 1>get to have this. It really is a blessing and

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:46.040
<v Speaker 1>a treat And the fact that all this is happening

0:28:46.160 --> 0:28:50.320
<v Speaker 1>is I'm just pinching myself every damn day. It's insane.

0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:54.800
<v Speaker 1>I almost cried three times yesterday. Yeah I didn't notice that. Yeah,

0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:57.120
<v Speaker 1>I mean well, and again with Taylor at dinner last night.

0:28:57.120 --> 0:28:59.400
<v Speaker 1>It was just like I just get so overwhelmed with

0:28:59.440 --> 0:29:01.680
<v Speaker 1>the emotion excitement of all this, and it's just like,

0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:03.880
<v Speaker 1>it's really a beautiful thing in my life and I'm

0:29:04.320 --> 0:29:06.720
<v Speaker 1>and obviously it's because of you, and so I'm so

0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:09.440
<v Speaker 1>excited for it. But anyway, So I should mention because

0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:13.360
<v Speaker 1>I kind of alluded to it. Yes, there was a gift.

0:29:13.400 --> 0:29:15.920
<v Speaker 1>You gave me, a push present that meant a lot,

0:29:16.000 --> 0:29:16.880
<v Speaker 1>because I had warned me.

0:29:16.840 --> 0:29:18.320
<v Speaker 3>I love it. You keep calling it a push present.

0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:24.760
<v Speaker 1>I know, network, Yeah, it was a congratulatory push present.

0:29:25.320 --> 0:29:27.920
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, because I had worn this beautiful watch that

0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:31.720
<v Speaker 1>I had borrowed from this this amazing jeweler here in town,

0:29:31.800 --> 0:29:35.000
<v Speaker 1>here in Austin m Robinson, thank you guys. But they

0:29:35.040 --> 0:29:37.239
<v Speaker 1>just let me borrow it for the wedding and we

0:29:37.280 --> 0:29:41.520
<v Speaker 1>gave it back and you went and got that actual watch,

0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:45.280
<v Speaker 1>the watch, not not a replica of the same watch

0:29:45.320 --> 0:29:47.800
<v Speaker 1>that was still there from our wedding, and gave it

0:29:47.840 --> 0:29:50.680
<v Speaker 1>to me yesterday as a gift right before we went on.

0:29:50.720 --> 0:29:53.080
<v Speaker 1>And Lauren totally sucked me in. She's like set up,

0:29:53.080 --> 0:29:54.800
<v Speaker 1>She's like, well, let's do the social media thing. And

0:29:54.840 --> 0:29:58.000
<v Speaker 1>she set up this camera and started videoing. I'm like, okay, babe,

0:29:58.040 --> 0:29:59.520
<v Speaker 1>like what we what are we doing here? And I'm

0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:01.520
<v Speaker 1>just kinda sta and there in my suit and she's like,

0:30:02.200 --> 0:30:04.200
<v Speaker 1>you're missing something, and she went and got the watch,

0:30:04.200 --> 0:30:07.000
<v Speaker 1>so she videotaped me getting it, and I was like

0:30:07.040 --> 0:30:09.440
<v Speaker 1>Oh that was smooth because I was totally gullible in

0:30:09.480 --> 0:30:11.280
<v Speaker 1>the moment, but it was It just meant a lot.

0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:14.040
<v Speaker 1>The whole day just was emotional.

0:30:14.480 --> 0:30:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Well, I wanted you to have First of all, I

0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:18.720
<v Speaker 2>was like, I don't know, I've been thinking about getting

0:30:18.760 --> 0:30:21.680
<v Speaker 2>you that watch, because yes, you borrowed it for a wedding,

0:30:21.720 --> 0:30:23.600
<v Speaker 2>which was great, but then it felt weird that it

0:30:23.640 --> 0:30:26.040
<v Speaker 2>was going to be like out in the world without you.

0:30:26.280 --> 0:30:27.800
<v Speaker 1>And it's by the way, it's like a puppy. You

0:30:27.840 --> 0:30:29.800
<v Speaker 1>and I have visited that watch, you know.

0:30:30.120 --> 0:30:32.040
<v Speaker 3>It's like you go back, we go to m Robinson

0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:33.320
<v Speaker 3>a lot. We love you M Robinson.

0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 1>I would and every time we'd go in and do something,

0:30:35.440 --> 0:30:37.520
<v Speaker 1>whether it's you know, whatever it was, I would go

0:30:37.600 --> 0:30:39.160
<v Speaker 1>back to that counter and I would be like, can

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:39.600
<v Speaker 1>I see it?

0:30:40.040 --> 0:30:41.840
<v Speaker 3>Can I put it all? I'm still there? Has anyone

0:30:41.840 --> 0:30:42.240
<v Speaker 3>adopted it?

0:30:42.440 --> 0:30:44.680
<v Speaker 1>I literally visited that watch like five or six times

0:30:44.680 --> 0:30:45.320
<v Speaker 1>since her wedding.

0:30:45.480 --> 0:30:49.320
<v Speaker 2>Chris loves watches, and I love I think that, like,

0:30:50.120 --> 0:30:54.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm really into buying jewelry or expensive items like that

0:30:54.240 --> 0:30:54.800
<v Speaker 2>have meaning.

0:30:55.320 --> 0:30:57.200
<v Speaker 3>It's really important to me that stuff has meaning.

0:30:57.240 --> 0:31:00.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm not just like this is pretty like you know,

0:31:00.840 --> 0:31:02.520
<v Speaker 2>you bought me a pair of earrings, and I think

0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:05.680
<v Speaker 2>like they're meaningful because you gave me those earrings. And

0:31:06.600 --> 0:31:09.080
<v Speaker 2>I think that watches are really special, like I gave

0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:12.680
<v Speaker 2>you a watch for our wedding because to me it

0:31:12.800 --> 0:31:15.360
<v Speaker 2>meant like this is it was about time, this is

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:20.960
<v Speaker 2>forever together, and this this gift, this time, it's also

0:31:21.040 --> 0:31:27.360
<v Speaker 2>about time. I think so much about how we're doing

0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:32.880
<v Speaker 2>this network, like from this beautiful place of because we

0:31:32.920 --> 0:31:35.880
<v Speaker 2>want to and because we're blessed to be able to

0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:40.720
<v Speaker 2>what I want you to know because of a lot

0:31:40.760 --> 0:31:43.680
<v Speaker 2>that's happened, and I don't know if you hear it enough.

0:31:44.560 --> 0:31:45.760
<v Speaker 3>You don't have to do this.

0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:51.320
<v Speaker 2>If you had just retired, been done after The Bachelor,

0:31:52.280 --> 0:31:56.560
<v Speaker 2>you had a twenty year career on what was the

0:31:56.640 --> 0:31:59.640
<v Speaker 2>number one reality show, on a cultural landmark of a

0:31:59.680 --> 0:32:02.440
<v Speaker 2>TV show you helped create the industry of reality TV.

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:05.360
<v Speaker 2>You've had a career that you've worked so hard for

0:32:05.840 --> 0:32:09.240
<v Speaker 2>that is a dream to anybody in this business that

0:32:09.360 --> 0:32:12.440
<v Speaker 2>ninety nine point nine percent of this business never achieves.

0:32:12.760 --> 0:32:16.800
<v Speaker 2>Most importantly, you've had a career built on caring so

0:32:16.880 --> 0:32:20.040
<v Speaker 2>much about your fans and about people who have watched

0:32:20.040 --> 0:32:23.239
<v Speaker 2>the show. And just you did everything right, and I

0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:25.000
<v Speaker 2>know how hard you worked, and I just want you

0:32:25.040 --> 0:32:28.840
<v Speaker 2>to know that what you accomplished is incredible and the

0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:36.200
<v Speaker 2>time you spent doing that was incomparable. But now if

0:32:36.200 --> 0:32:38.160
<v Speaker 2>you want to do this next chapter, which you do,

0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:40.840
<v Speaker 2>and which we're doing together, then it's going to be

0:32:40.880 --> 0:32:45.000
<v Speaker 2>a new special time. And I just want you to

0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:48.000
<v Speaker 2>know how much you've achieved and that from here it's

0:32:48.080 --> 0:32:50.520
<v Speaker 2>just all for for fun and for something we can

0:32:50.520 --> 0:32:50.960
<v Speaker 2>do together.

0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:55.320
<v Speaker 1>Thanks, bab I love you. I love you too, and

0:32:55.400 --> 0:32:57.760
<v Speaker 1>you know I think you know again echoing something doctor

0:32:57.760 --> 0:32:59.520
<v Speaker 1>Phil said is I don't need to do this. I

0:32:59.600 --> 0:33:02.760
<v Speaker 1>just want to do this. It's a passion project. And

0:33:02.800 --> 0:33:05.240
<v Speaker 1>that's how I feel. It's funny, I feel the same way,

0:33:05.280 --> 0:33:07.480
<v Speaker 1>and that's what really struck a chord with me when

0:33:07.480 --> 0:33:09.240
<v Speaker 1>you and I went and met with him early on.

0:33:10.080 --> 0:33:12.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I don't need to do this. I just

0:33:12.640 --> 0:33:14.600
<v Speaker 1>want to do this with you, you know, I really,

0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:17.400
<v Speaker 1>I just have fun doing this. It's what I really

0:33:17.440 --> 0:33:21.280
<v Speaker 1>love to do, creating television, hosting it, connecting with people,

0:33:21.320 --> 0:33:24.160
<v Speaker 1>reaching people, and doing it in a really positive way

0:33:24.440 --> 0:33:28.040
<v Speaker 1>that people really need right now. It's awesome. It's so awesome.

0:33:28.800 --> 0:33:30.600
<v Speaker 1>So it was a great day. And again go to

0:33:30.640 --> 0:33:34.520
<v Speaker 1>Merrittstreetmedia dot com, download the app Merit Plus. Keep watching.

0:33:35.160 --> 0:33:37.800
<v Speaker 1>We'll keep you updated of course, as we are progressing

0:33:37.800 --> 0:33:40.480
<v Speaker 1>with all of our stuff. But thanks for all the

0:33:40.520 --> 0:33:43.120
<v Speaker 1>support and all the love and we love sharing it

0:33:43.160 --> 0:33:43.680
<v Speaker 1>with you guys.

0:33:43.920 --> 0:33:46.880
<v Speaker 3>And also, as Phil says, this is our network.

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:49.920
<v Speaker 2>As we were just talking about, you guys are the

0:33:49.920 --> 0:33:53.080
<v Speaker 2>most important thing to Chris and I always, and if

0:33:53.120 --> 0:33:55.400
<v Speaker 2>you have like ideas of things you'd want to see

0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:57.719
<v Speaker 2>on the morning show, if you have thoughts about how

0:33:57.760 --> 0:34:00.680
<v Speaker 2>it should go, please dm us. I'm out Lauren Zima.

0:34:00.720 --> 0:34:03.440
<v Speaker 2>He's at Chris B. Harrison, or you can shoot a

0:34:03.520 --> 0:34:08.040
<v Speaker 2>DM to the Most Dramatic Podcast's account and let us

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<v Speaker 2>know because we are in the phase of like coming

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<v Speaker 2>up with segments, talking about what the vibe of our

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<v Speaker 2>morning show is going to be, figuring out the name,

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<v Speaker 2>and we would love to hear from you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>We should have a naming up.

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<v Speaker 3>I was about to quote that.

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<v Speaker 2>Song lyric again, but that's too long for the name

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<v Speaker 2>of the show. What was good Morning after the Night Before?

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<v Speaker 1>It's the Morning after the Night Before.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris will be singing every day on the show, he'll

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<v Speaker 2>sing the theme song. So thank you guys. We are

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<v Speaker 2>so excited and we love you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it was a wonderful first day. Congratulations to doctor Phil,

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<v Speaker 1>to Joel Cheatwood, to Phil McIntyre, to all the folks

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<v Speaker 1>at TBN that are behind this as well. It took

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of hands to make this thing work. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked in that studio when it was sawdust and

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<v Speaker 1>completely empty and walked around with Doctor Phil and some

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<v Speaker 1>of the other folks that were going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>part of this, and to see this come to fruition,

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<v Speaker 1>to see the magic that they've created, they should be

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<v Speaker 1>very proud today. It really was a magical, monumental moment.

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<v Speaker 1>So congratulations to them. We appreciate their support and their

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<v Speaker 1>love and friendship and can't wait to be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the team in a more involved way than we

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<v Speaker 1>already are now. It really is fantastic. So thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>We will keep you updated and we will see you

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<v Speaker 1>again soon because we have a lot more to talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening. Follow us on Instagram at the most

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