WEBVTT - Could Potluck Dinners Save America?

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody, welcome to the shop. What's up?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. We just had a fun night last

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<v Speaker 2>night in Memphis at Grind City Brewing.

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<v Speaker 1>That was pretty awesome. I encourage everybody listening to this

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<v Speaker 1>shop talk to listen to the live interview we did

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<v Speaker 1>with fire officer Tim Brown from Manhattan who was twenty

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<v Speaker 1>steps from the front door of the tower on nine

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<v Speaker 1>to eleven when it fell. He saved lives and lost

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<v Speaker 1>lots of people. And we did a live interview in

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<v Speaker 1>Memphis with them last night, and we're a little tired

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<v Speaker 1>because it went late. But my goodness, what an inspirational story.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus, Grind City Brewing has a Rice Crispy Tree beer.

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<v Speaker 2>That's amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not have that. Was it good?

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<v Speaker 2>It was good?

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<v Speaker 1>Really?

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta go. It's like across the street from your office. Bro.

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<v Speaker 2>You hear like literally admitted drive to that.

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<v Speaker 1>No idea that a Rice Krispy Treat beer.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I say that right, Yeah, incredible. Anyway, the interview

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<v Speaker 2>will not be out for a few weeks, so just

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<v Speaker 2>it's not available yet.

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<v Speaker 1>But where's George? I need somebody ring the bell?

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<v Speaker 2>What's score right now?

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<v Speaker 1>That's ridiculous. I gotta I'm training an official bell ringer.

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<v Speaker 1>And what is George for He's five five. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a five year old bell ringer. He's not here, George.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're listening, you know this is not cool, not

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<v Speaker 1>showing up to bell ringing. Down together, guys, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about a potluck dinner saving our democracy, So

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<v Speaker 1>that's coming up next, right after these brief messages from

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<v Speaker 1>our general sponsors. All right, everybody, shop Talk number fifty two,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two weeks in a year, fifty two weeks. That

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<v Speaker 1>means we've done a year of shop talks. That's true,

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<v Speaker 1>that's incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, where's my present?

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<v Speaker 1>I think I deserve the present. You just sit there

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<v Speaker 1>with the earphones on your head and comment occasionally. I

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<v Speaker 1>have to do all the work. Where's my present? I

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<v Speaker 1>know what I want. I want another cake so I

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<v Speaker 1>can eat it with my fingers because that's yummy.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you forgot to say this, and the episode

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<v Speaker 2>were just recorded. Well, it's going to come out before

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<v Speaker 2>her episode two. But no what the guests won't know

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<v Speaker 2>about the cake yet. That episode's not live yet, by

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<v Speaker 2>the title talk.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, then here's the deal. I just tease.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a Cake Lady, Cake Lady episode coming out.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a cake Lady episode coming out, and I

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<v Speaker 1>make a complete glutton of muscle.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, there's a good transition. We're about to talk about food. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what we would bring to a potlucker perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't plan that, but it just rolled into it.

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<v Speaker 1>Could a potluck Save Our Democracy? All right, y'all listen

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<v Speaker 1>up to the shop talk. It's inspiring, it's interesting. Ebu

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<v Speaker 1>Patel is the founder of an Inner Faith America and

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, the founder of inter Faith America. And he

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<v Speaker 1>gave a fascinating talk to NYU titled could a pot

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<v Speaker 1>luck Dinner Save Our Democracy? I'm going to read a

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<v Speaker 1>portion of it now. I want to begin with something

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<v Speaker 1>of a political story, if you will. So, when I

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<v Speaker 1>was at junior in high school, this is probably ninety

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<v Speaker 1>one ninety two, my mom asked a question that made

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<v Speaker 1>my life considerably more delicious by the way. I love

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<v Speaker 1>that word.

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<v Speaker 2>And you call your kids there, which is weird and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not weird, and a past shop talk that people

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<v Speaker 2>can listen to. My kids are delicious.

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<v Speaker 1>Savor my children.

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<v Speaker 2>Say that you could say that would be a little

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<v Speaker 2>more normal.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, then this guy, that mister Eubu Pattel, is also

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<v Speaker 1>weird because.

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<v Speaker 2>He's calling a meal delicious, not his children. No, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not accountable, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>My mom asked a questions that made my life considerably

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<v Speaker 1>more delicious via food. But keep going, okay, She said,

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<v Speaker 1>would you like to have turkey for Thanksgiving or briyani

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<v Speaker 1>this year? I mean, anybody ever had brianni? The answer

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<v Speaker 1>to that is obvious, right, And there's a deep logic

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<v Speaker 1>to my mom's thinking. So don't get me wrong. The

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<v Speaker 1>turkey is a wonderful bird. It's perfectly nice foul if

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<v Speaker 1>you will. But as far as the dish goes, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it can be improved upon. Let us say, my mom's

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<v Speaker 1>sticking to herself. We Muslims from South Asia, we have

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<v Speaker 1>a feast food, we have a celebration food, and Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>is a feast and a celebration, So why wouldn't we

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<v Speaker 1>prepare the far tastier celebration of food of our culture

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<v Speaker 1>for the feast day of the nation of which which

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<v Speaker 1>we live. And we had birani.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's Biriyani, which I actually had to look

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<v Speaker 2>up this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's spelled b r Ya A and I, So what

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<v Speaker 1>do you think it's called.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's Brianni. But we're clearly both ignorant and

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<v Speaker 2>need to try this dish.

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<v Speaker 1>Fine Brianni. This is glenn Ellen, Illinois in the early

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen nineties. Can you guess how many people at glen

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<v Speaker 1>Bard's South High School. I told that my family was

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<v Speaker 1>having biriani for Thanksgiving instead of turkey, and you want

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<v Speaker 1>to venture a guess? Zero? So now here's what's interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>My friends, people I'm still close to today, included a

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<v Speaker 1>South Indian Hindu, a Cuban, a Jew, a Mormon, a Catholic,

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<v Speaker 1>a Lutheran, and a Nigerian Evangelical. That almost sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning to a joke where they all walked in

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<v Speaker 1>a boar. I promise you turkey was not the main

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<v Speaker 1>dish at everybody's Thanksgiving. My South Indian Hindi friends family

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<v Speaker 1>was vegetarian. None of us talked about the distinctive religious

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<v Speaker 1>and ethnic foods we were having on an American feast day.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a diversity paradigm that describes this reality. It's called

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<v Speaker 1>the melting pot. The idea is that we should all

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<v Speaker 1>melt our distinctiveness into the same general goo. Everybody's heard

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<v Speaker 1>of this diversity paradigm. I grew up in the eighties

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<v Speaker 1>and nineties. This is the paradigm that I grew up with.

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<v Speaker 1>For those of you who were born and raised in

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty first century, this is ancient history to a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of you. In all honesty, you grew up with

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<v Speaker 1>a different diversity paradigm. But for those of us who's

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<v Speaker 1>formative years when the late twentieth century you had to

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<v Speaker 1>have biyani at home, you just didn't talk about it

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<v Speaker 1>at school. At school, you just did what everybody else did.

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<v Speaker 1>You ate what they ate, You wore what they wore,

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<v Speaker 1>You listened to what they listened to. That's the melting Pot.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me tell you something. The melting Pot was a

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<v Speaker 1>step forward for nineteen seven And I'm being serious when

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<v Speaker 1>I say that, right, that's when the term was invented.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the title of a play by a guy named

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<v Speaker 1>Israel Zangwil, who is a Jewish refugee from Russia and

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<v Speaker 1>who witnessed back in Russia very ugly pograms pigrums. What

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<v Speaker 1>is that?

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<v Speaker 2>It's I mean, they'd just go around and killing a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of Jews.

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<v Speaker 1>Good programs who witness back in Russia very ugly pograms

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<v Speaker 1>against minorities. And he comes here and he says, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, we don't bring our conflicts here. It's actually

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<v Speaker 1>a really important thing to consider. Conflicts everywhere should not

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<v Speaker 1>pattern our relationships here. The problem with that is should

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<v Speaker 1>we not bring something of our of our identity, should

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<v Speaker 1>we not be proud of our distinctiveness? So the melting

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<v Speaker 1>pot is a step forward if the alternative is conflict

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<v Speaker 1>between identity groups. And by the way, what happens long

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<v Speaker 1>not long after nineteen oh seven World War One in

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<v Speaker 1>Europe tens of means people die in e ethnic national conflicts.

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<v Speaker 1>The United States has a lot of ugliness in the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty first century, but not that level. The melting pot

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<v Speaker 1>is a step forward for that period in time. But

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<v Speaker 1>for our period, we need a different metaphor. And what

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<v Speaker 1>I want to suggest is the way we think about

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<v Speaker 1>American democracy is it's a potluck? Could it save our democracy? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's discuss, but let's talk for a moment about what

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<v Speaker 1>a potluck is. This is again extremely familiar, But I

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<v Speaker 1>actually think the best metaphor and the best symbols are

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<v Speaker 1>extremely familiar. The big idea of a potluck is that

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<v Speaker 1>you want to gather a diverse array of people and

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<v Speaker 1>invite them to bring a dish that is distinctive to

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<v Speaker 1>their identity and household to a common space. And in

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<v Speaker 1>that common space, things work best if there are an

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<v Speaker 1>interesting creative combinations between those dishes and enriching conversation between

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<v Speaker 1>diverse people. So everything I'm describing as super straightforward, super colliloqual, colloquial, colloquial, thanks,

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<v Speaker 1>I have the worst time with that word, super familiar,

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<v Speaker 1>and totally magic. This is the everyday magic of American

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<v Speaker 1>civic life. Let's break this down. Number one, everyone is

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<v Speaker 1>a contributor. So as anybody ever said to someone if

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<v Speaker 1>you've hosted a potluck, hey, I know that you are

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<v Speaker 1>too marginalized to bring a dish. That's a totally serious question.

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<v Speaker 1>Has anyone ever said that everyone else can bring a dish,

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<v Speaker 1>but you are too oppressed to bring a dish? No,

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<v Speaker 1>Holy smokes, that's a great line. Just think about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to repeat that. Everybody listening need to consider

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<v Speaker 1>what this man's saying. The everyday magic of American civic life.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's break this down. Number one, everyone is a contributor.

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<v Speaker 1>So has anybody ever s I said to someone if

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<v Speaker 1>you voted a potluck, hey, I know that you are

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<v Speaker 1>too marginalized to bring a dish. Has anyone ever said

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<v Speaker 1>that everybody else can bring a dish, but you are

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<v Speaker 1>too oppressed to bring a dish. No, The assumption is

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<v Speaker 1>everybody can bring a dish. Everybody is a contributor. Everybody's

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<v Speaker 1>going to enrich the space of the potluck. Now, people

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<v Speaker 1>are aware that it's easier for some folks than others.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have a really nice house with a nice

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen and plenty of money, it's going to be easier.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have a nice car that you can bring

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<v Speaker 1>that food in, it's going to be easier. There are

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<v Speaker 1>barriers to some people's contributions. We realize that. But the

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<v Speaker 1>barriers don't define people. The contributions to find the people.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the first thing. The assumption of a potluck

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<v Speaker 1>is that everybody is a contributor. By the way, if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have a kitchen, you show up early and

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<v Speaker 1>you help clean the space before the other people come.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody knows they have to contribute. Part one, Part two.

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<v Speaker 1>As much as I like Brianni and for whoever has

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<v Speaker 1>not had it, I highly suggest it. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to potluck all of Brianni. And as much as you

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<v Speaker 1>might like hummus or falafol or hamburgers or whatever, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want a potluck with just that kind of food.

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<v Speaker 1>A potluck is the most delicious, most wonderful, most beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a diverse array of food that shows up,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you have a wide variety of contributors. Everyone

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<v Speaker 1>knows that, right. So here's the thing. The third thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't actually just want there to be an a

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<v Speaker 1>ray of food. You want people to kind of mix

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<v Speaker 1>the food together on their plates. There's nothing better to

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<v Speaker 1>potluck than here's somebody say, oh my gosh, I never

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<v Speaker 1>knew how awesome this crusty bread recipe from Eastern Europe

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<v Speaker 1>would go with this spicy dip from the Middle East.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what we call that America. We call

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<v Speaker 1>that a space where people from the four corners of

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<v Speaker 1>the earth, praying in different ways, speaking in different tongues,

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<v Speaker 1>bringing their dishes from their identities, come to a single

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<v Speaker 1>space and build out of it a community that's called America.

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<v Speaker 1>Where else do you get this very interesting combination of

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<v Speaker 1>people each invited to bring their dish to the table.

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<v Speaker 1>Where else do you get those cool combinations? There are

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<v Speaker 1>kosher Chinese restaurants in New York. How cool is that?

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<v Speaker 1>They just think it's normal. Right. There are Korean tacos

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<v Speaker 1>in Chicago. They don't even know it's magical. That's just normal.

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<v Speaker 1>People come here and they bring their dishes to the table,

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<v Speaker 1>and those dishes are beautiful and creative. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>do at a potluck? That's living and talking together? What

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<v Speaker 1>else makes a potluck spatial? No mayor, no general, no president,

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<v Speaker 1>no governor can command you to do it. It's the ultimate

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<v Speaker 1>civic form. Citizen by and by citizens, I mean anybody

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<v Speaker 1>who participates in public life can put together their own potlucks.

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<v Speaker 1>They create their own spaces. It's a form that we

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<v Speaker 1>generate and create for ourselves. And when I ask people

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<v Speaker 1>how many of you participated a potluck, virtually every hand

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<v Speaker 1>of the room went up. We do this ourselves. We

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<v Speaker 1>are the generators of this civil society. So for about

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen months after college, every Tuesday night I hosted a potluck.

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<v Speaker 1>It started with five to seven people in a group

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<v Speaker 1>to like sixty people in this little one and a

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<v Speaker 1>half bedroom apartment, this neighborhood between Lincoln Park and Logan

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<v Speaker 1>Square in Chicago. And so I have lived this, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have to tell you something. The first few potlucks,

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<v Speaker 1>I like lost sleep on Monday nights. The put likes

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<v Speaker 1>for it was Tuesday nights. I lost sleep on Monday nights.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to know why, be like, are the vague

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<v Speaker 1>vegans going to be mad? Seriously? Like something could go wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>Just think about the million things that could go wrong

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<v Speaker 1>in a potluck. And you know what's kind of wild.

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<v Speaker 1>It never did. It's possible someone could bring poison, it's true,

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<v Speaker 1>but it almost never happens. That's awesome. The entire speech, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>is using potluck and a food as a metaphor that we,

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<v Speaker 1>as normal folks, have to not worry about what you

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<v Speaker 1>look like, who you pray to, who you love, how

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<v Speaker 1>you vote. But the beauty of our democracy, the beauty

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<v Speaker 1>of our America, is a melting pot. And mister Patel

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<v Speaker 1>here suggests that we quit using the nineteen oh seven

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<v Speaker 1>term melting pot and go to a nineteen twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>or a twenty twenty five version of that and call

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<v Speaker 1>it a potluck. Because everybody enjoys a potlin It's a

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<v Speaker 1>combining of cultures in a delicious way that you can

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<v Speaker 1>both appreciate and celebrate one another. And over that pot

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<v Speaker 1>luck invariably becomes conversation, where when you leave with your

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<v Speaker 1>bellies full, you also leave with your soul full, understanding

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<v Speaker 1>that our distinctiveness is beautiful and our ability to bring

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<v Speaker 1>that distinctiveness together around a meal and conversation to learn

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<v Speaker 1>about one another is even more fulfilling than the food itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Could a pot luck dinner save our democracy? I would

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<v Speaker 1>say it could, Alex.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it could reduce a lot of our tribals,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's for sure if we actually had these potluck dinners.

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<v Speaker 2>I love his example too, like he actually did this.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not just preaching it. But you did this thing

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<v Speaker 2>with a couple of friends, and it grew to sixty

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<v Speaker 2>people in this smaller part. And imagine if you had

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<v Speaker 2>an arby of normal folks doing that too.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that he said, here's what's interesting. My friends,

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<v Speaker 1>people I'm still close to today include a South Indian Hindu,

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<v Speaker 1>a Cuban, a Jew, a Mormon, a Catholic, a Lutheran,

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<v Speaker 1>and a Nigerian evangelical. Assuming that these are some of

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<v Speaker 1>his closest friends, I would imagine that group of people

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<v Speaker 1>are also close with one another as a group. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't get any more diverse than that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's beautiful and way more interesting if we just say

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<v Speaker 2>barbecue every day. How boring is that?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that on the potluck thing? There's a place in

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<v Speaker 1>Memphis that has barbecue egg rolls and uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And barbicue spaghetti and barbecue spaghetti Italian and yeah, Chinese

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<v Speaker 2>Italian and barbecue, good old Southern stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And I promise you I don't care how you vote,

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<v Speaker 1>or how you worship or who you love. If you

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<v Speaker 1>and I are sitting around some barbecue spaghetti and barbecue aggrolls,

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<v Speaker 1>we can all agree that's pretty damn good. That's shop

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<v Speaker 1>talk number fifty two, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to include a plug our next lunch and listen,

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<v Speaker 2>hold on, do.

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<v Speaker 1>It just second?

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's that's that's number fifty two. Can a pot

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<v Speaker 1>luck dinner save our democracy? And I would suggest, both

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<v Speaker 1>literally and metaphorically, Ebo Hotels onto something. A pot lug

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<v Speaker 1>dinner can save our democracy? Now, Alex, what you got well?

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<v Speaker 2>And you're saying that reminds me of people actually do this,

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<v Speaker 2>and you host a potluck dinner that's this interesting and

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<v Speaker 2>diverse email us about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, Thanksgiving pot luck dinner would be kind

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<v Speaker 1>of cool. That would be Wait, which is where this

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<v Speaker 1>generated from?

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<v Speaker 2>And He's right, turkey's good, But it's not like it's

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<v Speaker 2>the best food in the world. I mean, there's better

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<v Speaker 2>dishes out there.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, at least as turkey gravy. When you

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<v Speaker 1>put it on turkey and mashed potatoes. I actually look

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<v Speaker 1>for it. Really Ah, it's good stuff. Yeah, yeah, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>So the plug is our next live interview in Memphis

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<v Speaker 2>our luncheon. Listen June twelfth, Father Mark Hannah, He and

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<v Speaker 2>four other civilians helped save fifty people's lives on nine

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<v Speaker 2>to eleven. To RSVPN learn more. It is Fathermark dot

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<v Speaker 2>Eventwright dot com. And one thing I was actually thinking

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<v Speaker 2>to driving up to your office today to do this

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<v Speaker 2>is it could be interesting to explain, not explained, but

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<v Speaker 2>justify ourselves. We're doing a lot of this stuff in

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<v Speaker 2>Memphis because you are here, but if people are interested

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<v Speaker 2>in doing this in their cities around the country too.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of these live events. Make sure to email me

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<v Speaker 2>and we could talk about it and see what's possible.

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<v Speaker 1>But obviously I am more than happy to take a

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<v Speaker 1>day and to fly to any city in this country.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, don't make some commitment that you're not prepared to keep.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't commit. What I said was I am more

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<v Speaker 1>than happy to fly to any city in this country

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<v Speaker 1>for any Army member to do a live recorded an interview.

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<v Speaker 1>If they can get three hundred people or more there

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<v Speaker 1>so that we can actually have an event, I will

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<v Speaker 1>do it. I will absolutely go to It's.

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<v Speaker 2>A good challenge. We didn't plan this. You just threw

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<v Speaker 2>down the gauntlet.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll do it. If any of you can get

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred people to an event for a live recording

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<v Speaker 1>of a podcast for someone in your community that is

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<v Speaker 1>worthy of being on this show because of the work

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<v Speaker 1>that they're doing, and you can put together an event

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<v Speaker 1>place with three hundred people more in it, I'll come

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll have to do all the audio and video

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else, but I'll do it. I will absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>do that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome. So email us Bill a normal Folks out

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<v Speaker 2>Us or me at Army and Normal Focus out Us.

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<v Speaker 2>We need more shop talk ideas too.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what else you got, They'll send a shop talk

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I gotta go.

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<v Speaker 2>To work, so yeah, that's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, after you shop Talk number fifty two, let's

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<v Speaker 1>put together some potlucks. Hey, I got an idea. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>do remote events in other cities with three hundred people

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody bring a small dish. Let's do national potlucks.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be a big potluck.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care. It would be awesome, and my fingers

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<v Speaker 1>if someone brings cake.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really respectful if we're going to be sharing these

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<v Speaker 2>dishes whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>If y'all are interested, it's open to you. You just

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<v Speaker 1>gotta gotta meet us halfway and help us pull it off.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll be there at chop Talk number fifty two.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see you next week.