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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnnie Mac with your

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<v Speaker 1>daily comedy news. My son graduates college today, So both

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<v Speaker 1>today and tomorrow are pre tapes that I did about

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<v Speaker 1>a week ago so that I could be with the

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<v Speaker 1>family today. I'm sure you can understand. Bill Burr spoke

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<v Speaker 1>to The New Yorker. Bill said, there was a thing

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<v Speaker 1>for a while while we're holding comedians accountable for what

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<v Speaker 1>they were saying, like we were these wizards like would

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<v Speaker 1>go on stage and say something, and then suddenly people

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<v Speaker 1>thought that and then meanwhile corporate America could be as

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<v Speaker 1>effed up as they want to be. Then Burr asked

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<v Speaker 1>the interviewer, are you homophobic? The interviewer said no. Burr said,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, what joke can I tell that would make

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<v Speaker 1>you homophobic? Is there a joke? How does that joke go?

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<v Speaker 1>The New Yorker said, I mean, I agree with that

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<v Speaker 1>up to a point. But I just wrote this piece

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<v Speaker 1>about how parasocial relationships. Burr cuts in the article says,

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<v Speaker 1>with visceral disdain parasocial relationships. Who's going to say that now?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that a same term parasocial? That sounds like some

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<v Speaker 1>bs to censor comedian and blame the ills of society

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<v Speaker 1>on a comedian rather than the people that are actually

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<v Speaker 1>making the efing laws. I'm not running into a box store,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not hiring people. I'm not trying to poison the

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<v Speaker 1>fing a food supply New Yorker. As a journalist, if

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<v Speaker 1>I say I just wrote a bunch of stuff down

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<v Speaker 1>and you don't have to listen to me, that wouldn't fly.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to take responsibility for what I'm saying. Bur.

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<v Speaker 1>Journalism is not stand up comedy. We're not in the

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<v Speaker 1>same world, New Yorker. So what do you think your

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility is? Bur? My responsibility is to make you laugh.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I'm being malicious, people know. People know if

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<v Speaker 1>you mean it or not. So what people did you? People?

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<v Speaker 1>You journalists for a while, they're not even because you

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<v Speaker 1>gave an f just because it was a hot story.

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<v Speaker 1>All of a sudden, you'd finish your act and somebody'd

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<v Speaker 1>be like, I want to talk about some of the

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<v Speaker 1>statements you made, statements I was up there telling jokes,

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<v Speaker 1>or it continues. I've had people who have said fed

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<v Speaker 1>up stuff about me on the internet and then they

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<v Speaker 1>come up to me and they're like, Hey, Bill, how's

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<v Speaker 1>your family, and I want to be like, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>give an f about my family, but I can't because

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<v Speaker 1>they're a white woman, and I can't say anything. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, when a white woman complains, people listen. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just cordial and those are liberals, dude and burst?

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<v Speaker 1>Are we only going to talk about this because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to be this like political ideology. Guy Bert

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<v Speaker 1>was there to talk about Glengarry Glenn Ross. Really good

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<v Speaker 1>piece in the New Yorker. It's behind a paywall, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you're good at the Internet, you can figure it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Nate PERGATSI, you talked to USA Today last week. They

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<v Speaker 1>described the scene as Nate is at the fundraiser for

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<v Speaker 1>the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation. Nate gets up. He

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<v Speaker 1>jokes he has a sustain for reading because every book

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<v Speaker 1>is just the most words. We're told he's wearing a

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<v Speaker 1>black tracksuit on zip to reveal a casual white T

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<v Speaker 1>shirt and sneakers, and he opens up with I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know you all wore suits. My business casual is different

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<v Speaker 1>than your business casual. It's the most ties I've ever

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<v Speaker 1>seen in my life. That's a good way to warm

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<v Speaker 1>up the crowd. I like it, He apologizes to the attendants.

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<v Speaker 1>Reading is a hard thing. I really want to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the idea of it. He talked about his

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<v Speaker 1>new book and said, We're not a book that's better

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<v Speaker 1>than anybody. We're just one that sits there and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a fun read. And then after us you go back

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<v Speaker 1>to the books that they are actually going to learn

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<v Speaker 1>something from. Nate looked back on the days of starting

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<v Speaker 1>out and said, started in New York, I'd stand on

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<v Speaker 1>the corner handing out flyers, and I would get stage

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<v Speaker 1>time if you could bring people into the show. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>if you've ever been to New York City, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>bad for those people doing that. You see them all

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<v Speaker 1>the time in the Times Square area. It is awful,

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<v Speaker 1>and Nate said, I didn't imagine it to be the

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<v Speaker 1>level that it's gotten, meaning his career being really huge,

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<v Speaker 1>specifically playing in front of nineteen thousand people at the

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<v Speaker 1>Bridgetone Arena. It's kind of weird because you hit a

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<v Speaker 1>moment with this thing that's been driving me for twenty years,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've got to think about what the next thing's

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<v Speaker 1>going to drive you. That's where the Nate Land Company

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<v Speaker 1>and all the other stuff came in. As he said

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<v Speaker 1>in a few other interviews, he thought about, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not being a clean stand up. There were times

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<v Speaker 1>and you'd feel like, all right, if I went another route,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe I'd get to jump up. But fortunately I always

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<v Speaker 1>tell myself, no, stay the course and just trust that

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to work out. And then he once again

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<v Speaker 1>in this interview, floated that he's going to do two

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<v Speaker 1>more tours. Osco at Costco is part of a New

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<v Speaker 1>York Times series where Asian American comedians talked about people

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<v Speaker 1>they really dug Osco talked about Tignatour and said she's

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<v Speaker 1>a friend now, but before that it was a comedy

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<v Speaker 1>idol of mine. She directed my first HBO specialty Intruder.

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<v Speaker 1>She's unapologetically herself as a comedian in person, an artist

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<v Speaker 1>super deadpan, and her joke no Moleste plays on linguistics

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<v Speaker 1>and uses that as tangient Osco explains, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>Americans only know one language, English, so the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>hearing the word moleste is like, oh, it sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>something that would have a negative connotation. She does the

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<v Speaker 1>classic if this then what set up in stand up comedy?

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<v Speaker 1>That structure only works when you continue building out the

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<v Speaker 1>bigger picture and go further, and she does that really well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think about that joke a lot because it's so simple.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not over explaining a situation. It's trusting that all

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<v Speaker 1>humans communicate similarly, and then we all have the ability

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<v Speaker 1>to see of the absurd in situations. That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>love about it. She plays at the height of people's intelligence. Moa.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayer spoke to The Houston Chronicle about coming to the

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<v Speaker 1>States and said, there is an adjustment period. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>just land and feel at home right away, a massive

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<v Speaker 1>adjustment to the geography, the buildings, the people, everything. I

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<v Speaker 1>landed here a few days before Halloween. I didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what the hell Halloween was. Then two days later

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<v Speaker 1>everyone's naked and crazy and there's blood everywhere. Is beyond

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<v Speaker 1>shocking and terrifying. It was a lot emotionally. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have my mom or dad with me. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>my sister and my brother. Was really tough for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>Where a parent's going to be okay. I left right

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<v Speaker 1>before the oil fields were set ablaze. They wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>protect me and get me out of there, but I

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<v Speaker 1>almost wished I didn't leave. I wanted to stay with

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<v Speaker 1>my mother and help as much as possible. Zarna garg

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<v Speaker 1>I told a story on Fox News is Brian kill

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<v Speaker 1>MEA's show about how her father had set her up

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<v Speaker 1>for an arranged marriage, and at fourteen years old, Zarna

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<v Speaker 1>made the decision, no, Zarn, it's old, Brian. My dad

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<v Speaker 1>was like, listen, if you don't want to get married,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't live here. He thought he would scare me

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<v Speaker 1>to submission. And I thought he'd come around. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>he's riddled with grief because his wife just died, my mom,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he's going to come around. This is all

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<v Speaker 1>going to be okay. We're basically in a face off.

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<v Speaker 1>She wound up couch surfing for two years. I showed

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<v Speaker 1>up on my friend's house and after day and my

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<v Speaker 1>friend's mom was like, you should go back. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>when it hit me like, oh my god, I have

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<v Speaker 1>nowhere to go, and was almost two years of where

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<v Speaker 1>can I go? Tonight. Zarna says her father was coming

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<v Speaker 1>from a good place. I know it feels shocking here

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<v Speaker 1>in America, but what he remembers is that I walked

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<v Speaker 1>away from a guaranteed life that he was going to

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<v Speaker 1>set up for me. He wasn't a bad guy, to

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<v Speaker 1>be clear, he wasn't. He came from a good place.

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<v Speaker 1>I have three siblings who were arranged. My sister was

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<v Speaker 1>arranged and is deliriously happy and successful. TJ. Miller is

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<v Speaker 1>really into bitcoin. He says, eventually there will be a

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<v Speaker 1>movie about the bitcoin revolution, and it will be interesting

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<v Speaker 1>because the revolution didn't happen all at once. According to TJ,

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<v Speaker 1>it takes only a little over two full days to

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<v Speaker 1>get the average person up to speed on bitcoin. He

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<v Speaker 1>was asked why more celebrities aren't bitcoiners. DJ says most

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<v Speaker 1>people refuse to sit down and study. Again. He was

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<v Speaker 1>on Coin Stories and told host Natalie Brunell it's really

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<v Speaker 1>hard to get people to study after they graduate from

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<v Speaker 1>any level. According to TJ, it will take you about

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<v Speaker 1>fifty hours of study to truly understand bitcoin. So by

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<v Speaker 1>two days, he means two full days. See, I thought

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<v Speaker 1>he meant, like, you know, two days in a row,

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<v Speaker 1>No fifty hours. So to say somebody, it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>take fifty hours feet to understand this, They're like, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to. They can't even watch a netfl series,

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<v Speaker 1>they can't even watch White Lotus because it takes seven hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Miller introduces himself as the only celebrity that is a bitcoiner.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't really think of anyone else you can tell,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm passionate about it. So what I'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to do is be somebody that helps bring

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<v Speaker 1>cultural awareness, spread awareness, and just be a trusting name

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<v Speaker 1>and face in the bitcoin community that hopefully will bring

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<v Speaker 1>more people to it. And that is your comedy news

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<v Speaker 1>for today. To enjoy the program, please tell a friend

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<v Speaker 1>about it. They might like it too. If you're discovering

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<v Speaker 1>this thing on YouTube, it's really an audio podcast. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just making these things because you know, you gotta but

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<v Speaker 1>smash the bell and hit the like and all that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll see you guys tomorrow