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<v Speaker 1>Aye, Yes, rocking out with Cypress Hill. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>world famous Ben and Skin show man. There's something that

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<v Speaker 1>has gone viral in the last twenty four hours and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's going the way that our friends

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<v Speaker 1>at Southwest Airlines had hoped. Southwest Airlines going through some changes.

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<v Speaker 1>They announced that they would implement a signed seating in

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<v Speaker 1>the second half of twenty twenty five, and then on

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday they had the announcement yesterday that they are going

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<v Speaker 1>to end it's two bags fly free policy and that

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<v Speaker 1>has led.

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<v Speaker 2>To a bunch of people voicing their concern.

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<v Speaker 1>They're upset about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm upset about this.

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<v Speaker 1>People are like, man, how can you do this? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you guys were different from all the other

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<v Speaker 1>airlines because of the bags fly free and because of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we just grab a seat where ever we want.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you're just turned into a regular airline.

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<v Speaker 3>And they had the really badass commercial that ended with

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<v Speaker 3>the dying and the you are now free to roam

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<v Speaker 3>around the country.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a great deal.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, yesterday, in the face of all the public

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<v Speaker 1>backlash for Southwest Airlines over them changing these policies, somebody

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<v Speaker 1>on their social media team decided to put out a

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<v Speaker 1>post that said, it's not like we traded Luca with

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<v Speaker 1>eyeballs looking at it. In other words, I get while

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<v Speaker 1>you're upset with us, but let's not overreact. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>like we traded Luca. And I think they thought that

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<v Speaker 1>it'd be like, look, we're all in this together. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's point over there and laugh at that thing over there,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the real thing that sucks. And everyone's like whoa, whoa, whoa,

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<v Speaker 1>way too soon, Like I'll there's people like the backlash

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<v Speaker 1>for this has been beyond the backlash for.

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<v Speaker 2>The other stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think whoever did this probably thought, man, that

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<v Speaker 3>didn't that work out well at the Golden Globes, like

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<v Speaker 3>you know, but it's totally different community. And the other

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<v Speaker 3>thing is Southwest Airlines is so tied to love Field,

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<v Speaker 3>which is so tied to the Mavericks. Like I was

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<v Speaker 3>just in love Field three days ago and they still

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<v Speaker 3>have you know, giant mav player banners wrapped around those

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<v Speaker 3>pillars that support So you're walking down the hall and

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<v Speaker 3>there's giant Klay Thompson and there's giant PJ. Washington. So

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<v Speaker 3>they're very much aligned in terms of being fused together, right,

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<v Speaker 3>Like there's the Mavericks are all over love Field Airport

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<v Speaker 3>and love Field Airport is Southwest Airlines. Yeah, so aren't

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<v Speaker 3>they kind of you know, eating where they poop?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>You know it maybe, but does it even go that far?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, how much thought is putsed? I pull up

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<v Speaker 5>a Twitter account. They haven't tweeted any things. It's January

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty four, so they're not doing anything on Twitter X.

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<v Speaker 5>Now Iver, you're on Instagram though, pretty active, but fewer followers.

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<v Speaker 5>Somebody they're trying to build that up.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. It just makes you wonder was it

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<v Speaker 2>a manager?

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<v Speaker 5>Was it a social media person that they've hired and

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<v Speaker 5>probably paying a good wage.

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<v Speaker 2>Mean's a degree getting job now, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Bet it was a young person. To Ben's point, I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what all these companies do, is they

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<v Speaker 1>look to save as much money as they can. And yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you could go get some super qualified marketing person who

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<v Speaker 1>understands the full scope of branding and how people are

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<v Speaker 1>going to react to certain things, or you could go

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<v Speaker 1>cheap and get a twenty two year old who just graduated.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And I think there's also a mentality of like

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<v Speaker 3>man you don't even need a marketing degree to understand

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<v Speaker 3>social media. Come on, man, look at all these influencers.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't get marketing degrees. Just get someone that understands that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 5>The Other part of this, though, is this is a

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<v Speaker 5>four part post. Like the first part was you at

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<v Speaker 5>least didn't trade Luca, But then it goes into we've

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<v Speaker 5>made updates to our bag policy and you're still gonna

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<v Speaker 5>love flying with us, and here's why, and you slide

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<v Speaker 5>across to the third one of the four. If you're

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<v Speaker 5>an A List Preferred Rewards member, you get two bags free.

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<v Speaker 5>If you're an A List Origins number one bag free.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's like, okay, if you just sign up and

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<v Speaker 5>spend a little more time and money with us, then

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<v Speaker 5>you get more.

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<v Speaker 2>See, it's not bad we didn't trade Luca.

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<v Speaker 5>And then like, man, the Atlanta Falcons are dunking on them,

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<v Speaker 5>like just putting Delta Airlines on there, and I'm like, Falcons,

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<v Speaker 5>not the time for Delta. They had a plane backwards

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<v Speaker 5>the other day. It's not They've had like two big

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<v Speaker 5>incidents in the last couple weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>Why are the Atlanta Falcons that war with Southwest Airlines?

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<v Speaker 5>Because they're just promoting Delta, who's probably their partner. So

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<v Speaker 5>it's like, can we just we got to separate sports

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<v Speaker 5>from business.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, but then Southwest Airlines should be like, at least

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<v Speaker 3>we didn't give Kirk Cousins too much money.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and they're gonna keep him as the backup man.

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<v Speaker 1>This thing is a powder cake. Still, it's way too

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<v Speaker 1>hyper sensitive. If you want to reach people in Dallas

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<v Speaker 1>for worth and you care about them as consumers, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't kick them in the coconuts while they're crying about Luca.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree, it's too early.

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<v Speaker 1>It's too soon, and just the way that it's gone

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<v Speaker 1>since the trade and whatever the Mavericks had in mind,

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<v Speaker 1>all that has changed due to inj you know. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it's a worst case scenario. Whatever the Mavericks were

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<v Speaker 1>trading Luca for has not been able to exist. Therefore

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<v Speaker 1>it couldn't be worse, right, Therefore, it's a developing situation

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<v Speaker 1>that is still happening. It was absolutely worst case scenario

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<v Speaker 1>for the MAVs. Like, there's two different things here. One

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<v Speaker 1>there's the trade of Luca, which everyone has to feel

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<v Speaker 1>a certain way about, and then number two, there's what

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<v Speaker 1>happened to all these players getting injured, which that is

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<v Speaker 1>out of their control. Now, I think like to some point,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you can make the debate though about well,

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Davis was a guy with an injury history, so

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<v Speaker 1>you should know, right, you can make that argument if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to make that argument. The Kyrie acl has

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with trading Luca. The Derek Lively injury

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<v Speaker 1>has nothing to do with trading Luca. The Daniel Gafford

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<v Speaker 1>injury has nothing to do I mean, I can go

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<v Speaker 1>on and on with this. Right, They're unrelated.

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<v Speaker 3>So from the Mavericks point of view, you make a

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<v Speaker 3>controversial emote, not emotional on their part, emotional for the

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<v Speaker 3>fan base trade, and then every possible horrible thing that

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<v Speaker 3>can happen happens. So now you have to deal with

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<v Speaker 3>the idea of see karma, which is like one of

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<v Speaker 3>those things like really, man, I don't even like we

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<v Speaker 3>can deal in the reality of the horribleness of all

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<v Speaker 3>this without blaming it on karma.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it true?

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<v Speaker 5>And I don't know the full details on this, but

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<v Speaker 5>is it true that they were trying to get a

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<v Speaker 5>bullet train in the late eighties early nineties to Houston

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<v Speaker 5>and that was put on hold in large part because

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<v Speaker 5>Southwest Airlines was making a power play explaining you don't

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<v Speaker 5>need this, We'll get you everywhere you need to be

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<v Speaker 5>and bags will fly free.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know the entry.

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<v Speaker 5>I saw a post about that, but it was one

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<v Speaker 5>of those things that you just see online and it's like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>this is gonna need a little more due diligence, and

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<v Speaker 5>I just it made me think, that's interesting that we're

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<v Speaker 5>still talking about the bullet train a little bit and

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<v Speaker 5>not really but okay comes up every now and then.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like, if they really did stop that from happening

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<v Speaker 5>thirty five years ago, only to flick this which in

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that pisses me off a little bit. I I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>there could be something there. In other words, there's always that,

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<v Speaker 3>like the beer companies are trying to influence legislators to

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<v Speaker 3>not have THHC and weed right, Like, there's always business

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<v Speaker 3>interest going on. My understanding is that the reason the

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<v Speaker 3>bullet train hadn't happened is because of all this farm

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<v Speaker 3>land you got to deal with and all these you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there's like all these infrastructure issues that comes with creating it.

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<v Speaker 3>But what the hell do I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a jackass on the eas.

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<v Speaker 5>I just found a big article about it, and I

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<v Speaker 5>will read more about that and report on that coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Up in August.

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<v Speaker 1>Very nice, and that reminds me of your due diligence

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<v Speaker 1>you were talking about. Reminds me of the intro.

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<v Speaker 5>So they called me dude intelligence.

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<v Speaker 4>And start time.

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<v Speaker 1>Boys.

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<v Speaker 3>No, you're right, right, right, right right, trying to do

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<v Speaker 3>it one old.

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<v Speaker 4>Time quick quick ef it with our show. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>ruling it, except with similar sweet pursuing it tunneled out

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<v Speaker 4>Shaw shank through the sewer, Kid now with chilling at

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<v Speaker 4>the eagle. Yeah, we two in it. Three clock on

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<v Speaker 4>the doc. Got a habit for my house, a goat status.

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<v Speaker 4>How we'd starting to get crattic shows that up multiplied

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<v Speaker 4>like a rabbit tune. Then zone out, crank it up,

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<v Speaker 4>beat the habit.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't hang out with the friends rocking on the radio,

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<v Speaker 1>my home, moist skin talking on the radio.

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<v Speaker 3>It's time to to this false.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh baby, here we go, KT stream up and.

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<v Speaker 4>All on the radio.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we are off and running. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>an awesome show where we're gonna go next.

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<v Speaker 5>KT the other day, we did the Benning's Pole Question

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<v Speaker 5>of the day, would you get your arms and wrists

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<v Speaker 5>shattered for thirteen million dollars being beaten with an aluminum

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<v Speaker 5>bat by a daredevil. This really happened, and Evil Knievel

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<v Speaker 5>did this. The new Bninskin Pole question of the day

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<v Speaker 5>is going to blow your doors off, and I'll prove

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<v Speaker 5>it next