Speaker 1: This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 1: Chris Harrison Lauren Zima coming to you from the home
Speaker 1: office in Austin, Texas to wish you a happy Fourth
Speaker 1: of July, wishing everybody the best, hope you're around those
Speaker 1: that you love as we celebrate this great country of ours.
Speaker 1: No it's not perfect, but my god, it's a great
Speaker 1: country and we love it so much. So Happy Fourth
Speaker 1: of July, l Z. Was that a big holiday for
Speaker 1: you guys up in Chicago, your family, Yes.
Speaker 2: Because Chicago summertime is Chicago's the best, like May to October,
Speaker 2: and Chicago's summers are wonderful and we would always do
Speaker 2: just a family barbecue, have everybody over. And you know,
Speaker 2: I'm so grateful for those times because as you as
Speaker 2: you age make myself sound old, but you remember kind
Speaker 2: of the strong moments in your life, right, Like you
Speaker 2: don't necessarily remember the the every day, but you remember
Speaker 2: like those family holidays and what you did and family
Speaker 2: vacations and just getting together as family. I was so
Speaker 2: important to me growing up and I continue to see
Speaker 2: is so important. And those holidays are those market points
Speaker 2: when we can do that. So I always think for
Speaker 2: the July is like a simple one, right, what do
Speaker 2: you do? You probably just grill burgers.
Speaker 1: And hot dogs, hot dogs and you hang out to
Speaker 1: firework somewhere. My mom, dad, my brother, and I when
Speaker 1: we were younger, we would go down to the Cotton
Speaker 1: Bowl in Dallas, Texas, down at the fairgrounds, and the
Speaker 1: Cotton Bowl would have a massive kind of all day
Speaker 1: thing and then a huge fireworks display. We were too
Speaker 1: poor to go inside, so we would sit in the
Speaker 1: parking lot. My dad would drive us down there. We'd
Speaker 1: sit in the bed of the truck outside the cotton Bowl,
Speaker 1: and you would miss some stuff. You could see, you know,
Speaker 1: lights and things going on inside. But eventually the fireworks
Speaker 1: show would be above the cotton Bowl and we'd watch it.
Speaker 1: And we did that for years, and I just loved it.
Speaker 1: It was you know, you just you remember those things
Speaker 1: because you look around in your mind's eye now and
Speaker 1: you see your mom, your dad, your brother and just
Speaker 1: being together. And or we'd go up later, we'd go
Speaker 1: up to Flagpole Hill there in Dallas, Texas, was right
Speaker 1: by my house, and you could kind of a high
Speaker 1: point in Dallas. You could see all around and see
Speaker 1: a bunch of firework shows. But I always remember being
Speaker 1: with family, homemade ice cream, you know, someone cranking the
Speaker 1: ice cream machine and making some good vanilla ice cream
Speaker 1: and hot dogs, hamburgers, just being with family, and that's
Speaker 1: a good thing.
Speaker 2: And by the way, I am very proud and happy
Speaker 2: to be from America. I saw statistic the other day
Speaker 2: about how much that pride is going down with younger people,
Speaker 2: and I think, especially when you travel the world or
Speaker 2: like you look at you know how many people are
Speaker 2: trying to come into America and live here. It's a
Speaker 2: reminder like there's a reason for that. This is a
Speaker 2: great country to be from. We enjoy so many incredible
Speaker 2: freedoms here. Yes, as you said, we're not perfect right now,
Speaker 2: but I always believe in hope and hope for the future.
Speaker 2: And I think instead of being like angry at our country,
Speaker 2: it's like get involved and try to do something to
Speaker 2: make it better because it's an amazing place to be from.
Speaker 2: And yeah, I'm just very grateful and I don't know
Speaker 2: I'm feeling. I think holidays are also always a good
Speaker 2: time to just like reflect, for take a second to
Speaker 2: reflect and be like grateful and live in the present.
Speaker 1: Moment am into that and just you know, public service.
Speaker 1: We're just going to say it. Don't like the fireworks
Speaker 1: in your hands. Oh God, don't be the person that
Speaker 1: is on the news. Just don't. Just don't be safe.
Speaker 1: But to all of you, in all seriousness, have a
Speaker 1: great holiday week. I love you all, and I can't
Speaker 1: wait to talk to you on the flip side, because
Speaker 1: on the other side that week, we will be in Tahoe.
Speaker 1: We'll be in Lake Tahoe celebrating with a bunch of
Speaker 1: friends and celebrities at the American Century Golf Classics. So
Speaker 1: if you are in the Tahoe area or want to
Speaker 1: get away from the heat, come to Lake Tahoe and
Speaker 1: come join us. It is my first time to play
Speaker 1: in it, but I have had many friends who play
Speaker 1: in it and tell me it is the best week
Speaker 1: of the year. It's an absolute blast. So my thanks
Speaker 1: to the American Century folks, thanks for inviting me. LS
Speaker 1: and I will be there. It's going to be such
Speaker 1: a great time. I can't wait to see a bunch
Speaker 1: of fans and friends and enjoy. So happy Fourth of July.
Speaker 1: Love you and we will talk to you again soon
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