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<v Speaker 1>A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the story that

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna happen in California in the sperm Race. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and there weren't a lot of details, so it was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a h It was a story that she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have a lot of clarity to it. Well, I've

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<v Speaker 1>now unclogged the pipes and have figured out what happened

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<v Speaker 1>at the actual sperm race, okay, where it was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be USC versus UCLA classic. The guy that put this together,

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<v Speaker 1>This was conceived by seventeen year old tech entrepreneur Eric Ju.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you say it was conceived?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Got so many jokes here, seventeen year old Eric Ju. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you should know this about him. He was kicked out

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<v Speaker 2>of high school.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yep, He moved to San Francisco, he got in

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<v Speaker 1>the tech world. Is kind of having a banteeing about

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<v Speaker 1>with some tech companies. Then he met with the tech

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<v Speaker 1>guy Peter Thiel. Oh yeah, okay, and Phil flew him

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<v Speaker 1>to New York and said, what's your craziest idea? And

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, as a joke, He's like, the sperm race.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like genius. Here's some money, let's do it,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like what, So he raises one point five

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars the seventeen year old kid who was kicked

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<v Speaker 1>out of high school, and they're gonna hold it at

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<v Speaker 1>this event and men's health Senate journalists there to cover

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<v Speaker 1>all this. They thought it would draw about five thousand people.

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<v Speaker 1>The venue that they had booked holds four thousand people,

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<v Speaker 1>so there's already a big red flag. So the day

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<v Speaker 1>before the show, the venue cancels the event and they

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<v Speaker 1>have to move it somewhere else because they thought too

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<v Speaker 1>many people were going to be there. They spent all

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<v Speaker 1>the money they had. They raised one point five million out.

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<v Speaker 1>They spent all the money they had on this one event,

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<v Speaker 1>which he casually said.

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<v Speaker 2>In the interview might be stupid, but we did it anyways.

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<v Speaker 1>The main event was a best of three race between

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<v Speaker 1>a guy named Asher, a freshman at UCLA, a guy

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<v Speaker 1>named Tristan, a sophomore at USC.

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<v Speaker 2>Both have been given one thousand dollars to train.

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<v Speaker 1>There's like prep period and then make some tongue in cheek,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, promo videos and stuff like that, Drink some

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<v Speaker 1>pineapple juice like all.

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<v Speaker 2>Kinds of stuff. All right, what does that do I

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<v Speaker 2>don't really know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, the guy with the fastest swimmers would get ten

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, how do you do that? Well, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing is.

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<v Speaker 1>They had some technology that's very hard to describe, but basically,

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<v Speaker 1>they would put their sample into a container and then

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<v Speaker 1>once some scientists took a look at it and determined

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<v Speaker 1>which the fastest swimmers might be, and then it was

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<v Speaker 1>on a microscopic It's hard. It's really hard to describe

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<v Speaker 1>a microscopic model that represented a female's reproductive system, and

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<v Speaker 1>then that was put on a JumboTron. Now they made

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<v Speaker 1>a fight poster and everything, okay to make it like funny. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so they go at the end of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well yeah they did.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, yeah, So they gave a sperm sample at the

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<v Speaker 1>venue an hour before showtime, and then the doctors are

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<v Speaker 1>the scientists on hand would filter it. The guy who

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<v Speaker 1>did the circle said, when arrived now before the race,

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<v Speaker 1>the arena bus with the kind of energy that screams,

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<v Speaker 1>we're absolutely not gonna pull it off. This guy was

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<v Speaker 1>wearing the same clothes he was wearing the day before,

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that put on the event, and they were

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<v Speaker 1>having chaos when the doors open. It was not four

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<v Speaker 1>thousand people. It was more like four hundred people. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>He asked one girl who was there how she heard

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<v Speaker 1>about the event. She said, I saw a meme as

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<v Speaker 1>she just went to it. He also met a nurse there.

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<v Speaker 1>The nurse said that she was there representing an at

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<v Speaker 1>home sperm testing startup and she was a loose sponsor.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the event.

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<v Speaker 1>But she was like, yeah, I don't really want my

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<v Speaker 1>name in this article focus and I'm just understing what

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<v Speaker 1>this is. So then here comes the guys and they

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<v Speaker 1>bring him out with her entage like it's a boxing match.

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<v Speaker 1>Them they're all wearing white like they little sperms. And

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<v Speaker 1>then this guy was wearing a plastic paintball vest on it.

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<v Speaker 1>The term nut King was striped and sharpie on his vest.

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<v Speaker 2>God, so they got they have a big race. There

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<v Speaker 2>was av glitches everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Ty Dolla sign The rapper was booked to perform, but

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<v Speaker 1>after five minutes, he said, he told the DJ to

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<v Speaker 1>turn off the music and he stormed off stage.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow like Firefast, it does it kind of was. It

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<v Speaker 2>does feel very Silicon Valley Man. So there it was.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever seen that show, on HBO.

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<v Speaker 1>You kind of get the vibe there didn't work, but

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<v Speaker 1>also they're gonna do another one.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go right.

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<v Speaker 3>Fantastic reporting by Kevin Turner in the Suck Zone. Coming

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<v Speaker 3>up next in the big finish, Let's get back into

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<v Speaker 3>the Cooper flag stuff. Don't go anywhere. That's in just

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<v Speaker 3>over four minutes. That's coming up momentarily. Don't go anywhere.