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Speaker 1: Afrodation Affronation. My piano Acroba, Welcome to Land Podcast.

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Speaker 2: We're a part of the Black Past.

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Speaker 1: Network Affronation edition with your host.

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Speaker 2: Amanda and I'm Rumby. Hi guys, Hi, everybody, surprise Saphi.

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Speaker 2: Were made it made it and our episode is not

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Speaker 2: long distance today.

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Speaker 3: I know it down to the people made it out

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Speaker 3: of the group chat Yo nmus to group chats Brah,

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Speaker 3: not only between Rumby and High between so many as

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Speaker 3: the people supporting and to be here today exactly the

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Speaker 3: amazing last three days of affro.

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Speaker 2: Nation absolutely before important before we actually get into us

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Speaker 2: being here. If you didn't know already, little spoiler, we

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Speaker 2: have joined the black Cast Network and it's under the

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Speaker 2: iHeart Radio family. We're so excited to be working with

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Speaker 2: Mondanara and Jinny and team to bring you more podcasting

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Speaker 2: business yay. So we absolutely wanted to shout them out

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Speaker 2: on this first episode. I guess under that umbrella. And

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Speaker 2: what's even more amazing, it's super special because as Amanda

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Speaker 2: has already said, we are here in Port to go

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Speaker 2: what to go to Moth.

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Speaker 1: We've made it.

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Speaker 2: We made it out of.

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Speaker 4: The group chat all right, So cheers to cheers, cheers.

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, do you think we're going to make it?

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Speaker 2: Let me ask that question.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, I mean how many I'm sure our listeners

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Speaker 3: can relate. How many chats do people have about we

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Speaker 3: should do this and we should do that and.

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Speaker 1: More, especially for Rimbia and I being in different countries,

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Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, is this really going to happen.

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Speaker 3: We've been lucky that the last times we've met the

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Speaker 3: last few years have been almost family den so it's

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Speaker 3: almost like, Okay, I'm coming here for a wedding, I'm

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Speaker 3: coming for there's a reason bigger than our friendship. But

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Speaker 3: this is purely vines.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so turn up and then you're like, okay, fine,

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Speaker 2: we might as well include y'all in it. So y'all

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Speaker 2: are lucky. I'm joking now, of course we wanted to. Actually,

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Speaker 2: that's a great segue. Why did we feel the need

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Speaker 2: to actually sit down for affronation because we could really

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Speaker 2: adjus like we're here for the vibes, vibes, vibes, and

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Speaker 2: that's it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think it's always like we've always are podcast based

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Speaker 3: on our friendship and sharing with people, and I reckon,

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Speaker 3: can we just thought, you know why not celebrate us.

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Speaker 3: This is a festival for approbats, which is a genre

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Speaker 3: that we obviously love, but it's also just taken over

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Speaker 3: the world absolutely and being Zimbabwean girls in Portugal, Like

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Speaker 3: how unbelievable is that?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so so grateful.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, why not share the journey, the dos and don'ts,

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Speaker 3: the tips and drinks, and the journey from when he

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Speaker 3: first thought of is still actually being here. Yeah, so yeah, yes,

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Speaker 3: we thought we'll share with you guys if you like

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Speaker 3: it and glean something for twenty twenty five years, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: For sure. I think the pup and not the podcast.

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Speaker 2: The festival has been happening for This is the fourth

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Speaker 2: year running.

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Speaker 1: Nineteen was the first thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but then obviously with COVID they couldn't. And in

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Speaker 2: terms of me, start from how we organized it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, organized it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I mean we went good. Too many details

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Speaker 2: to bore you, but I think the biggest thing is

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Speaker 2: decide where they're going pronto, because they release tickets in

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Speaker 2: stages and you can get good tickets at a better

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Speaker 2: price if you are more certain of you going earlier

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Speaker 2: then later they've already.

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Speaker 3: Like put the posts up on the website. Yea between

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Speaker 3: twenty five and we're still doing twenty twenty four. So

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Speaker 3: obviously it's like a running thing, and I think it's

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Speaker 3: one of those things whilst the ball is running, you.

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Speaker 2: Might as well because I think we talked.

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Speaker 3: About it in a few years or year can pass

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Speaker 3: and you're like, oh, next year, next year, but you

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Speaker 3: just never know how long these things last exactly.

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Speaker 1: So why not come and celebrate culture?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, so that's the first thing I would say. And

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Speaker 2: then once you've done that, book your accommodation, you're part.

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Speaker 2: Amul I did a lot of research on the ticket.

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Speaker 2: He talk shout out to everybody on TI Getty talk

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Speaker 2: will help it grow out. And also a good friend

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Speaker 2: of mine, yes me, who had been prior and she

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Speaker 2: told us like, you know, I really suggest you stay

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Speaker 3: So clutch, like there's so many pretty villains. Don't get

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Speaker 3: me wrong, BUTU goes in a beautiful country. But you

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Speaker 3: just have to realize, Okay, what am I here for

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Speaker 3: go off and then have another holiday attached by all means,

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Speaker 3: but for the three nights of the festival being walking distance.

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Speaker 2: Is key game changer because it is a part.

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Speaker 3: Of people like, you're like so happy, there's so many

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Speaker 3: people around. But then the downside is obviously everything takes longer.

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Speaker 3: There's cube so yeah, and then the night when you've done,

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Speaker 3: you're dancing and you're like, okay, I need.

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Speaker 1: To get home. How do I get there? Quickst is always.

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Speaker 2: Nice, absolutely, so we chose to stay at the Jupiter

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Speaker 2: Algath Restaurant Jupiter al Gave Hotel, which is walking distance

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Speaker 2: and as a man already is alluded to. Literally, you're

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Speaker 2: just like, I can just walk home. You don't have

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Speaker 2: to wait on cabs. They've blocked off some roads so

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Speaker 2: it's hard to like access cab drivers. So that has

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Speaker 2: been such a game changer. And also your feet, guys,

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Speaker 2: let's let's just talk about how you know what people say,

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Speaker 2: don't run on the like people don't run on the

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Speaker 2: beach because it's so much work. It is not a lie.

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Speaker 2: Even just walking. Imagine dancing and dancing and when you're

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Speaker 2: missioning from the entry to this stage, this stage, go

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Speaker 2: to the get some drinks there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, my card.

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Speaker 2: They didn't tell us about that. They did not tell us.

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Speaker 3: About the memo but a nice thing about being like

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Speaker 3: walking distance is then you know, okay, I can make

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's fine, I can just keep going ten more minutes.

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Speaker 1: I'll be there, absolutely, and we'll definitely share.

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Speaker 2: With the links.

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Speaker 3: Yes, places we booked, and you guys can just make

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Speaker 3: a choice for yourself for sure.

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Speaker 2: Something else that was funny that we realized is actually

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Speaker 2: after the festival, they are after parties. But you see

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Speaker 3: Is set up, there is something for everyone, I reckon

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Speaker 2: For sure, for sure. And I don't think age is

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Speaker 3: It's a mountain pot for sure. And also reminds you

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Speaker 3: how big Africa is. I know, Western media like painters

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Speaker 3: plus yeah, yeah, you're like, oh my gosh, I'm hearing French.

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Speaker 1: I'm marrying Portuguese.

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Speaker 2: Exactly.

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Speaker 1: It's been so such a good reminder of you know,

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Speaker 2: Last last episode actually for our special Yeah, totally. So

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Speaker 2: those are just some of our tips, you know, and

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Speaker 2: I think it's just a vibe. Let's get into the vibes.

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Speaker 2: Let's get into more details around the festival.

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Speaker 1: Who did you come and see go quick?

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Speaker 2: To be honest, I came to see Ashake because I

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Speaker 2: just love I loved his album and just his blend

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Speaker 2: album covers to his music videos and just a vice.

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Speaker 2: I definitely came to see him. I definitely came to

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Speaker 2: see Tyler I See You, which was a whole, but

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Speaker 3: I think I love everybody, don't get me wrong, and

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Speaker 3: I've been a stand for years, but my piano has

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Speaker 3: definitely had a yes the.

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Speaker 1: Last since COVID, they're all does through.

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Speaker 3: So I think for me, Uncle Waffles was like cool

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Speaker 3: on that list. Definitely tonight we have major leagues, so

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Speaker 1: But those are like artists.

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Speaker 3: I definitely want to see major league DJs. And Uncle

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Speaker 3: was amazing, just.

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Speaker 1: A celebration of dance and a lot a lot of

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Speaker 3: The lyrics and here we are see want. I think

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Speaker 3: that's a beautiful thing. It just shows how music is so.

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Speaker 2: And it transcends everything race, gender or whatever. And that's

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Speaker 2: the thing. As much as it is an affromation, you're

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Speaker 2: just saying. So, I think we've already touched on what

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Speaker 2: are you happy we made this?

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Speaker 1: Definitely?

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Speaker 3: And I think for me, like especially in our friendship

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Speaker 3: I've never done that, like I've done concerts obviously, we've

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Speaker 3: with Rumby, with a group of other friends, Like it's

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Speaker 3: the safest space to like do something out of your

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Speaker 3: comfort zone. Yes, together, And obviously everything comes a little

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Speaker 3: bit cheaper when in a group as well, So it's.

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Speaker 2: Like tick tick tick.

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Speaker 3: The only thing that is missing is me just you know,

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Speaker 3: coming and making sure it gets bad?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so great.

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Speaker 2: How do you feel holding up?

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Speaker 1: It was just as you can get.

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Speaker 3: My voice is going so but necessary.

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Speaker 2: Necessary bad, guys. We have a lot of spring chicken dts.

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Speaker 3: When to be fair, yesterday which was day two, last night, everyone.

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Speaker 2: It was quite mellow. It wasn't so turned okay.

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Speaker 1: Okay, that's what surprised you the most.

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Speaker 2: I don't have surprise to the right world, just how

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Speaker 2: organized it has been, Like it's really I don't think

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Speaker 2: you're doing research, especially for things done for Africans by Africans,

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Speaker 2: things like that, we don't really go into the details.

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Speaker 2: But it is really organized. Of course, there are things

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Speaker 3: So it's like it's inspiring in a way and it

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Speaker 1: Yeah, look at that guy, and like it's just all fun.

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Speaker 2: For me that I've liked, like when you were flying

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and even the stages they have been quite grand,

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Speaker 2: And they have all the effects fire things going now

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Speaker 2: Cuescusexcuse, and then like noise till the early hours of

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Speaker 2: You get risk, yeah, you get risks, But like cuesuse, cuse,

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Speaker 1: Sometimes like everything, it's not like we don't have enough options.

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Speaker 2: To be at the bus exactly. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I think the music is what I expected,

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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot to dj anthing to dance

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Speaker 2: And she did the splits. When she did the splits,

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Speaker 1: I was like, girl, she wor.

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Speaker 2: She worked for that much. She went of money, she

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Speaker 2: worked for it. That's so true. I think we've already

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Speaker 6: They're like, oh, that's cool, but it's like, why specifically this,

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Speaker 6: Why don't we just go to Coachella together, Lilapalooza, Glastonbury

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Speaker 2: But why do we need this?

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Speaker 3: I think because from start to finish, it is about us,

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Speaker 3: if that makes any sense. Yeah, it's like we're not

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Speaker 1: You're not going to go there and expect people, you

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Speaker 3: So it's like it's nice that we still have some

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Speaker 3: on those levels where it's like Woodstock, you know, like

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Speaker 2: I mean we've done our thirties, yeah, our right claim

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Speaker 3: Would love to think like in twenty years time people

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Speaker 2: And to add to that, I would say, I think

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Speaker 1: You I put in a box you don't have.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean you brought up the fashion girl. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Yo, as a mama, like a quand like a millennial

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Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely like three in our bodies. It's like you

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Speaker 1: And I feel like the guys also put oh yes, the.

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Speaker 3: So I feel like it's nice to see everyone has

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Speaker 1: I'm going to wear that. It's beautiful.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, everyone like culture, music, fashion, food, everything.

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Speaker 2: Just for sure. Yeah, I'm going to jump to the

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Speaker 2: I feel like I got all bit like deep, I

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Speaker 1: I did it, especially as a month.

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Speaker 3: to do it. But I still, obviously, like an ideal world,

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Speaker 3: this will not be weird for me to do because

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Speaker 3: we all know the reality of life, like having a

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Speaker 3: partner who's supportive enough to you know, say okay, you

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Speaker 3: can go, and you know, I stay with Bob is

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Speaker 3: a beautiful thing. And I don't want to take it

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Speaker 3: for granted because I know a lot of moms don't.

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Speaker 1: Can't.

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Speaker 3: First of all, they might even have the partner to

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Speaker 3: rely on, but then even if they do, they might

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Speaker 3: not have feels like they have the capacity to do.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 1: So I'm still I'm still pinching myself, not the whole

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Speaker 1: trivel like, so yeah.

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Speaker 2: And I must commend you with that. And I think

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Speaker 2: Amanda as a friend seeing her parents and how she's

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Speaker 2: trying to live her life. You're really trying to change

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Speaker 2: the narrative about what motherhood looks like, especially for people

457
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Speaker 2: who come from when we come from the African cultures,

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Speaker 2: bubble and culture, conservative, patriarchal, all the arcles and everyone exactly,

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Speaker 2: and it's very hard to push past that those stereotypes.

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Speaker 2: But I will say, I think it's so important because

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Speaker 2: we grew up seeing our aunts, our moms are really

462
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Speaker 2: pour everything into everyone else and left stript of nothing.

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Speaker 2: And I think it's really important, especially in this day

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Speaker 2: and age, to take care of your mental because life

465
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Speaker 2: has just gotten more complex, more difficult, and you have

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Speaker 2: to find your joys, your pockets of joys and create

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Speaker 2: the life you want. It's so hard, but it's kudos

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Speaker 2: to you for still doing it and you know, charting

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Speaker 2: the course. You know, for some of us we are learning,

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Speaker 2: taking more, you know, So what for yourself? What am

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Speaker 2: I proud of? I'm proud that I did it. I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I didn't think I was a festival gurnie,

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Speaker 2: but I was like why not, Like there's something, okay,

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Speaker 2: one thing you learn about me? I will always try

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Speaker 2: something like you or not just for me or not.

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Speaker 2: I will always try like I lived by that, never

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Speaker 2: want to regret like, oh I should have that, I

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Speaker 2: will try. So I really appreciate that, and I think

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Speaker 2: just like going all up, like whether it's fits, whether

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Speaker 2: it's you know, making the most of it, but also

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Speaker 2: taking time to chill, knowing myself, my energy levels, my

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Speaker 2: age levels and all that. It's like a fine fine balance.

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Speaker 2: As you tell my voice is going, I've been blowing

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Speaker 2: whistles and all that. It's been a bad it's been

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Speaker 2: a bad.

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Speaker 3: We can't wait to share all that content with you,

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Speaker 3: a stay tuned behind the scenes, also obviously showing you

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Speaker 3: actual the actual stage and things as we've seen the

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Speaker 3: things we've done dancing, and it's been so much fun.

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Speaker 3: I'm so when we're eighty, we're gonna still look like

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Speaker 3: you're too when even if we're not an affirmation. So

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Speaker 3: I'm so grateful that we do. I mean, of course

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Speaker 3: we're sharing this little pocket of joy. We didn't have

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Speaker 3: to do this episode. That's not at all, but we

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Speaker 3: just thought, you know, such a special time and to

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Speaker 3: encourage people to do things not less enough to be

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Speaker 3: afflation whatever it is with your friend or your family.

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Speaker 1: That you're like you know what that trip book it

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Speaker 1: like book it do it? You know, despite life is short.

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Speaker 2: And I think we've seen in friendships and you know, family,

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Speaker 2: a lot of you know, hurt, loss, all those things

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Speaker 2: that constantly remind us that life is short. The stresses

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Speaker 2: are many and many more will come. So yeah, if

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Speaker 2: you can do something for yourself and you know it's

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Speaker 2: something you do, if you plan to save a little

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Speaker 2: every month towards this thing, or you know, like work

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Speaker 2: to and we did that, you find you you make

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Speaker 2: plans with your homies like Okay, I'll do this, I'll

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Speaker 2: do that and figure it out, you know, and it's

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Speaker 2: a memory that will lost a lifetime definitely. Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 1: So what can people expect from me when.

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Speaker 2: They come to affirmation, Yeah, you'll expect good vibes.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 2: I think it's just the energy. I don't know how

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Speaker 2: us to put it vibe. You have to just come

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Speaker 2: and experience it. And just like people like talking in

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Speaker 2: lines for the loo, like.

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Speaker 3: It sounds supporting having each other's.

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Speaker 5: Back, you know.

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Speaker 3: And someone lost their phone and literally this guy like

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Speaker 3: lifted up in the air with the screen on.

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Speaker 1: Your phone, like he could have just pocketed. Yeah, like

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Speaker 1: there's just that vibe everyone like we're here for a

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Speaker 1: good time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, not a long time, but and yeah, and obviously

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Speaker 2: you still have to be careful. And I would say,

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Speaker 2: do you move with with group switching women and girls

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Speaker 2: and you've seen that, and I think it's been good

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Speaker 2: to see women helping each other out. But yeah, I

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Speaker 2: expect good vibes, great music. Just man, you should be proud.

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Speaker 2: That's what I'll say. That's what I was done.

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Speaker 3: Kudos the promoters or the people, everyone who's a part

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Speaker 3: of everything, including people who are attended. It's been such

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Speaker 3: a beautiful and memorible different.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely yes, and we highly highly recommend. Yeah, definitely definitely

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Speaker 2: anything else. Oh there's one more question, the question, Oh

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Speaker 2: you're really answered. I'm a piano for Afromation and yeah, the.

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Speaker 3: You will see when you come there's the piano stage

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Speaker 3: and that takes simpler stage, not as big as this stage,

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Speaker 3: but it's just always going, always banging, and there's like

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Speaker 3: a like.

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Speaker 1: Feel in the chest.

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Speaker 2: Ancestors they're like, so, yeah, I have no comment.

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Speaker 1: She likes both.

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Speaker 2: I do. I really do like those in many ways.

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Speaker 2: And you know, Tyler, I see you said for me,

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Speaker 2: you know, I was I'm going I think I was

548
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Speaker 2: just missed my eyes the whole time.

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Speaker 1: She's like, she do worst the rule.

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Speaker 2: But Tyler, I danced and I danced and I blew

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Speaker 2: that whistle four days. But yeah, thank you so so

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Speaker 2: much for tuning in. We hope you got some insight

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Speaker 2: into Affirmation. Shout out to everyone we got to interview

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Speaker 2: while we're here in Affirmation. We had some fun and

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Speaker 2: everyone was just so willing and welcoming, and yeah, man,

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Speaker 2: this is exciting for us by us, just like this podcast,

557
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Speaker 2: just like it's late. We do it for us, by us,

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Speaker 2: because if not us the exactly that is the question.

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Speaker 2: All Right, thank you so much, have a fantastic day, night, morning, whatever.

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Speaker 1: And if they have a booking halfre nation, do it,

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Speaker 1: do it.

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Speaker 2: Okay, let them take us before they get out of

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Speaker 2: your budget range. That's all I'm saying. All right, take

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Speaker 2: care and chat to you soon.

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Speaker 1: See you guys.

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Speaker 2: Bye,