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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI A

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<v Speaker 1>six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh. So much is happening. The tariffs against China and

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<v Speaker 2>Canada and Mexico were to click in take effect tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>And what Donald Trump had said, you know what, until

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<v Speaker 2>you deal with the border Mexico, among other things, you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get hit with these tariffs. So he's accused of

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<v Speaker 2>swinging his big schwants. He just swung his big schwants.

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<v Speaker 2>Mexico just caved and is sending ten thousand troops to

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<v Speaker 2>the northern border of THEIRS, the National Guard to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with immigration. And you know this president, it's, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>as crazy as I think he is. Man, he's crazy

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<v Speaker 2>like a fox. I'm not a big fan, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you argue with that? How do you argue

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<v Speaker 1>with that? He got exactly what he wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's held off the tariffs for thirty days, and

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<v Speaker 2>now the next move dealing with fentanyl. Okay, you better

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<v Speaker 2>deal with it Mexico, or we keep the tariffs in place,

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<v Speaker 2>or we kick him back in.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So.

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<v Speaker 2>T all right, let me go to what's happening with

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<v Speaker 2>the World Cup in the La Olympics and how it

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<v Speaker 2>could be a little bit troubling here in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>And let me explain.

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<v Speaker 2>The World Cup twenty twenty six kicks off in five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred days, less than five hundred days, and there is

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of concern that the US is not ready

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<v Speaker 2>to welcome the six million visitors that will come into

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<v Speaker 2>the United States for the World Cup. He got fans, politicians, stakeholders,

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<v Speaker 2>including FIFA, which runs the World Cup. It the fear

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<v Speaker 2>is that our newly rigid immigration rules and long visa

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<v Speaker 2>weights are going to make it difficult for supporters, even

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<v Speaker 2>players to enter the US. It's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>massive program problem, according to David Beer, Associate director for

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<v Speaker 2>Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, and he says there's

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<v Speaker 2>no one paying attention to this. Wait times for interviews

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<v Speaker 2>for businesses and tourists visas, and those wait times started

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<v Speaker 2>building up during the Biden administration, so this is not

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<v Speaker 2>just the Trump administration. They now top three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>thirty days at US embassies and consulates. It's almost a

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<v Speaker 2>year to get an appointment to get a visa for

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<v Speaker 2>countries that need visas, and some of the longest waits

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<v Speaker 2>are coming in India, Columbia, Peru, Honduras. And since the

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<v Speaker 2>World tickets aren't expected to go on sale until late

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<v Speaker 2>this year, most fans coming into the US for the

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<v Speaker 2>Games will have less than six months to secure the

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<v Speaker 2>necessary paperwork.

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<v Speaker 1>And can you imagine the gridlock on that one.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you know, I tell you, we don't know what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on. I don't know what's going on. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the things about this administration, which I hate some of

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<v Speaker 2>the time and I love some of the time, is

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<v Speaker 2>you just don't know what's coming tomorrow. Athletes coming in

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<v Speaker 2>they need documents too, and athletes from different countries, if

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<v Speaker 2>those are visa countries, well they're gonna have to stand

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<v Speaker 2>in line with everybody else. But wait a minute, isn't

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<v Speaker 2>there aren't they giving preference to athletes that are coming in. No, Nope,

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<v Speaker 2>the US is not. And the US is preparing to

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<v Speaker 2>host seven major global sporting events in the next decade.

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<v Speaker 2>We've never had this done the world, including the World

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<v Speaker 2>Cup and the twenty twenty eight Olympics.

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<v Speaker 1>Here in town. Now, lots and lots of delays.

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<v Speaker 2>Because this has to do with the Trump's administration to

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<v Speaker 2>curtail immigration. Now we're talking legal immigration here.

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<v Speaker 1>These are visas. This is not illegal immigration. These are

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<v Speaker 1>visas that are trying.

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<v Speaker 2>To be obtained by athletes. This for example, World Cup,

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics, by sponsors, by people involved, and wait times

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<v Speaker 2>for just interviews for business and tourist visas with consulates

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<v Speaker 2>built up under the Biden administration. These wait times started

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<v Speaker 2>under the Biden administration three hundred and thirty days now

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<v Speaker 2>at eighteen USMB.

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<v Speaker 1>Around the worldy, I tell you it's a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean what happens and what they would think the

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<v Speaker 2>economic costs would be. Sofi Stadium right is hosting eight

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<v Speaker 2>World Cup games. That's one hundred and eighty thousand visitors,

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<v Speaker 2>the largest in World Cup history. Forty eight teams, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and four matches. He's going to draw twice as

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<v Speaker 2>many as the previous one. Seventy eight of those matches

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<v Speaker 2>will be played in eleven US cities, where everybody involved

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<v Speaker 2>has to get a visa if they come from visa countries.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's the interesting one.

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<v Speaker 2>During his first term, when the US and Canada Mexico

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<v Speaker 2>were bidding to host the World Cup, Trump promised FIFA

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<v Speaker 2>that the World Cup organizations and the fans would not

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<v Speaker 2>face restrictions coming into the US for the tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump said and.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrote, all eligible athletes, officials, and fans from all countries

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<v Speaker 2>around the world will be able to enter the US

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<v Speaker 2>without discrimination. Well, there is discrimination, and certain countries, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, they're never gonna make.

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<v Speaker 1>It because it's going to take too long to get

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<v Speaker 1>the visa.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, a quick personal story, as I have mentioned before,

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<v Speaker 2>my father who was in Europe during the war and

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<v Speaker 2>he ended up in Italy after the.

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<v Speaker 1>War where he worked. He applied to come to the

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<v Speaker 2>That was his dream and he went ahead and made

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<v Speaker 2>his application. It was an eleven year wait for him

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<v Speaker 2>to get his visa. Now he got his visa and

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<v Speaker 2>his green card at the same time, because that's what

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<v Speaker 2>happened in those days, how they did it, and he

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<v Speaker 2>went to the American consulate in Brazil Somempollo. His application

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<v Speaker 2>transferred from when he applied in Italy to Brazil and

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<v Speaker 2>it only took eleven years and he came into the

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<v Speaker 2>country nineteen fifty six. He applied in nineteen forty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Very few athletes and people involved with the World Cup

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<v Speaker 2>that are coming in next year are going to have

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<v Speaker 2>to wait eleven years.

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<v Speaker 1>And still make it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just and this is the Trump administration part of

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<v Speaker 2>its anti immigration philosophy, and it is no one can

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<v Speaker 2>argue that it's predicated on illegal immigration. And he's just

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<v Speaker 2>made it more difficult for asylum holders, people coming over

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<v Speaker 2>the border illegally and claiming asylum, which was allowed under

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<v Speaker 2>the Biden administration. And he's just saying, no, remain in Mexico.

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<v Speaker 2>You apply, You're going to stay in Mexico until we

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<v Speaker 2>grant you your visa.

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<v Speaker 1>You make an.

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<v Speaker 2>Application for asylum, it's going to be in Mexico over

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<v Speaker 2>the border. For example, on Sunday this past Sunday, remember

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<v Speaker 2>he had a standoff with the Columbian president. Neil pointed

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<v Speaker 2>that out. And what ended up happening is Trump simply

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<v Speaker 2>suspended the processing of visas, canceled all the appointments of

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<v Speaker 2>the US embassy in Bogata, where the weight was already

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<v Speaker 2>two years, and he just canceled it. That's it. We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get what we're gonna get. That just happened with

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<v Speaker 2>Mexico today. Mexico caved. Now the State Department run by

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<v Speaker 2>former Senator Marco Rubio, who's our new State Department head.

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<v Speaker 2>It has managed visa processing and has pledged to lower

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<v Speaker 2>weight times, but will not treat soccer fans preferentially. Huh,

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<v Speaker 2>how does that work? The President just signed the Lake

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<v Speaker 2>and Riley Act. That was the nursing student who was

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<v Speaker 2>killed by an illegal Venezuelan immigrant who was convicted of murder.

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<v Speaker 2>The bill, approved by Congress signed by the President, gives

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<v Speaker 2>individual states the power to demand the government withhold visas

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<v Speaker 2>from citizens of countries that refuse to accept the return

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<v Speaker 2>of deported nationals. The states now have the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>do that and force the deportation.

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<v Speaker 1>That's going to court.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because immigration is a federal issue, the states shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be involved at all, which has been upheld by the courts.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're going to see. It is really difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, if you want to get a visa,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're coming from a visa country, some you don't need.

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<v Speaker 2>England you don't need a visa. You got most of

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<v Speaker 2>Europe you don't need visas. But here's how you get

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<v Speaker 2>the visa. You first fill out a form DS one

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<v Speaker 2>six takes about ninety minutes to complete. Also documentation, extensive

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<v Speaker 2>documentation about someone's personal lives, education, employment history, where are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to visit in the US. And it all

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<v Speaker 2>has to be done in.

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<v Speaker 1>English, which is a little difficult for some people.

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<v Speaker 2>And one hundred and eighty five dollars non refundable fee,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just much more difficult.

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<v Speaker 1>It just happened to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to get Polish citizenship because my dad was

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<v Speaker 2>actually born in Poland, because I want to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the EU and when I retire, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to live there several months a year, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>Italy where I plan on doing that, and so I

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<v Speaker 2>want European I want a European passport.

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<v Speaker 1>So I applied one hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>The administration shut down that website. I think they shut

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<v Speaker 2>it down for two days. They opened it up again,

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<v Speaker 2>and my one hundred dollar fee was five hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 2>close for a day, open next day five hundred bucks

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<v Speaker 2>instead of one hundred dollars. It's a really interesting situation

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<v Speaker 2>going on. I'm gonna have so much fun with this,

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, man, for the next four years, this

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna be utterly delicious for anybody involved in news talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody enjoy the ride. I sure as hell am going

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<v Speaker 2>to okay. Also, you know, let me go into the

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<v Speaker 2>topic because this is actually kind of fun, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all about relationships, and I always think of fun

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<v Speaker 2>relationships because they're all horrible. I've never actually had a

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<v Speaker 2>good relationship in my life, but then that's a.

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<v Speaker 1>Given, right, Neil.

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<v Speaker 2>So what is happening to relationships, adult relationships?

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<v Speaker 1>We're not talking about kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we are less likely to be married or live

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<v Speaker 2>in a part with a partner than we used to.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an article in The Atlantic. A study just came out.

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<v Speaker 2>The national marriage rate is hovering near an all time low.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just not getting married, we're not even living together.

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<v Speaker 2>The share of women under sixty five who aren't living

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<v Speaker 2>with the partner has grown since the nineteen eighties and

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<v Speaker 2>has grown precipitously. We're just at a different mindset in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States, and, by the way, around the world too.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not just the US.

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<v Speaker 2>This is same symptom, if you will, same syndrome, The

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<v Speaker 2>same philosophy is around the world. And so this study

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<v Speaker 2>looked at it pretty carefully, and here are some conclusions.

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<v Speaker 2>People's lives are diverse. We just have more stuff going on,

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<v Speaker 2>We have more things to do. We have more avenues

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<v Speaker 2>that we can go down. And so what happens is

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<v Speaker 2>our wants and desires and certain ccumstances just grow. And

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<v Speaker 2>what does that do. It affects marriage and affects living together.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll connect the pieces in the morning in a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>According to Lyman Stone, the researcher who is involved with this,

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<v Speaker 2>the Institute for Family Studies, the most important reason marriage

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<v Speaker 2>and couples and coupling living together are declining.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm going to throw this at you.

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<v Speaker 2>Why are people living together less and marrying less?

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<v Speaker 1>Amy? What do you think because they don't have to?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's brilliant. That's actually a pretty good which I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell you about in a minute. That actually makes a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Neil. Why are people not living together or getting married?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think people are more selfish, Okay, focused on

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<v Speaker 2>and being married.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to compromise.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I hate that, you know, and you know being

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let me give you the number one reason.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about money. It's about money.

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<v Speaker 2>If you look at what's happening even geopolitically, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Certainly what's happened in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Many young men are falling behind economically. Guys are falling

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<v Speaker 2>behind economically. And how does that connect with marriage and

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<v Speaker 2>living together? Oh, that is the number one reason of

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<v Speaker 2>what is going on. Study just came out that American adults,

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<v Speaker 2>we are less likely to be married or live with

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<v Speaker 2>the rates of marriage and cohabiting, cohabitating or yes, it's

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<v Speaker 2>called cohabiting.

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<v Speaker 1>I have declined.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely well, precipitously and why, Well, people's lives are diverse

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<v Speaker 2>or wants, desires, But the.

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<v Speaker 1>Big one is economics. It's money.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the study showed and it asked people, you look

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<v Speaker 2>at a marriage or a romantic partnership, it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a bunch of stuff. And I've had a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of romantic partnerships before. Friendship No, not in my case.

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<v Speaker 1>Love who are kidding? Sex? Very very occasionally.

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<v Speaker 2>That's only when my partner is very drunk or asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone to gossip with. Now by that someone to remind

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<v Speaker 2>you to take out the trash, Yeah, way too often.

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<v Speaker 2>But the response is, if you want it out, take

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<v Speaker 2>it out yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Historically, women have relied on men to act as insurance policies.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it's about.

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<v Speaker 2>Against the threat of violence, against the risk of poverty.

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<v Speaker 2>Men's odds of being in a relationship today are still

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<v Speaker 2>highly connected to their income. Women do not typically invest

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<v Speaker 2>nothing to contribute economically. It's not just you go ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and marry someone rich so you can have a good lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 1>It is way beyond that for a woman.

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<v Speaker 2>In the past few decades, young and especially less educated

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<v Speaker 2>men's income has stagnated or dropped.

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<v Speaker 2>They have become a big part of the workforce. Their

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<v Speaker 2>over again. A lot of young men today just don't

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<v Speaker 2>look like what women have to come to think as

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<v Speaker 2>marriage material. How often have you heard of that he's

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<v Speaker 2>not marriage material? In January, the Financial Times published its

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<v Speaker 2>study and analysis of quote the relationship ship recession. Why

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<v Speaker 2>these white people are marrying.

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<v Speaker 1>Less and living together less and less?

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<v Speaker 2>And everybody thought declining fertility in the US is about

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<v Speaker 2>happily childless dinks do what income no kid couples right,

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<v Speaker 2>child free And that was the reason for the most part, fertility.

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<v Speaker 1>Has gone down.

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<v Speaker 2>Nope, the drop in relationships really has more to do

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<v Speaker 2>with economics than the dinks and the poor people.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. Are you a dink? I'm a dink?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you dnk?

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<v Speaker 2>It could also be a verb he has danked, We

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<v Speaker 2>have danked. It's dnkiosity. Huh.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't we have engaged in dinkiosity? I'm sorry, Neil, I

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<v Speaker 1>have been donked.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. So it turns out that there is so much

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<v Speaker 2>more than just being child For three, here's another reason,

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<v Speaker 2>contraceptive technology that may play a role. Before cheap birth

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<v Speaker 2>control became widespread in the seventies, sexual activity was generally

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<v Speaker 1>Here is a story.

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<v Speaker 2>I was in junior high school and one of my friends,

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<v Speaker 2>got pregnant. She was eighteen, the boyfriend was nineteen. She

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<v Speaker 2>got pregnant, They got married automatically. It was just you

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<v Speaker 2>did one one happened, the other one was automatic. And

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<v Speaker 2>those days are long gone. So we look around the world,

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<v Speaker 2>cohabitation declining through Europe. In Iran, annual marriages plummeted by

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<v Speaker 2>forty ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>Why well, Islamic authorities are.

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<v Speaker 2>Blaming Western values and social media, and they may have

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<v Speaker 2>a point too. When women are exposed to more Western media,

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<v Speaker 2>their life expectations expand they realize that the men they

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<v Speaker 2>are being forced to marry or a bunch of losers,

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<v Speaker 2>and life changes.

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<v Speaker 1>So guys, if you don't want to get married, just

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<v Speaker 1>stay poor. You'll do just fine.

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<v Speaker 2>No one will be harping at you for a marriage.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait wait, wait, wait, you're getting remarried. That's for love though, right, No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's for finances. But it's the other way. She doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>know how much you make, does she? No? No, good, Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>we know it's for love.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and she does very well on her own, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, So it's economics for me because I just

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<v Speaker 2>want someone to make money and I'm entering a dink relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't we d word on the street. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>word on the street. Anyway. Let let me finish it

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<v Speaker 1>up and I'll do this really quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>Is on Fridays at eight thirty, we have a new

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<v Speaker 2>segment and it's called Ask Handle Anything, And I just

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<v Speaker 2>answer questions and you record them. And it's just fun

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<v Speaker 2>because I get personal and it's insane and I get humiliated.

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<v Speaker 1>And so here's what you do. During the course of

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<v Speaker 1>this show.

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<v Speaker 2>You go to the iHeart app, go to the KFI

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<v Speaker 2>page and the right hand corner you'll see a microphone.

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<v Speaker 2>Hit the microphone and you have fifteen seconds to record

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<v Speaker 2>your question and it can be anything. I just don't

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<v Speaker 2>want your opinion. I don't want political opinion, but you know, questions.

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<v Speaker 2>I constantly when I'm out there and I run into people,

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<v Speaker 2>people who have who listened to the show over the

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<v Speaker 2>years and years, will always ask me a question about

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<v Speaker 2>my kids, about you know, living, about you know, what

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<v Speaker 2>I do, and so we get to I get to

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<v Speaker 2>share that with you because that's just fun.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. It's just fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an ability for me to be completely embarrassed, which

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<v Speaker 2>succeed admirably every single week. So go ahead, record the question.

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<v Speaker 2>Neil and Ann choose the questions. I have no idea

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<v Speaker 2>what they are, none, and we just have a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>At eight thirty Friday, after the Footy Friday Report with Neil. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we're done, guys, this is KFI AM six.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been listening to the Bill Handle show.

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<v Speaker 2>Catch my show Monday through Friday, six am to nine am.

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