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<v Speaker 2>Oh hi, it's the lady that's lasted aboard the plane

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<v Speaker 2>on our way to see an eclipse. Here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you listened to last week's Heleology episode highly recommended,

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<v Speaker 2>it's on the Sun and solar eclipses, you may know

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<v Speaker 2>that I missed the twenty seventeen eclipse because I stayed

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<v Speaker 2>home to work on and launched the podcast Ologies. I

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<v Speaker 2>had some friends who went. People cried. It's been nearly

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<v Speaker 2>seven years of regret. Then in March I had this

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<v Speaker 2>big surgery and I wasn't sure if the results would

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<v Speaker 2>yield me a big bubber diagnosis. When it came back clear,

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<v Speaker 2>I told myself, perhaps ward we should go on a

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<v Speaker 2>few adventures, but before this adventure. Huge thank you to

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<v Speaker 2>by leaving a review such as this nice one from Nishabeth,

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<v Speaker 2>who wrote, I would love to hear an offshoot of

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<v Speaker 2>oologies Ali's adventures with some of the peeps that you

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<v Speaker 2>have interviewed that have invited you to the field Bear's Pelicans,

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<v Speaker 2>Bugs Adventure Ali. Nishbeth, you have no idea how timely

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<v Speaker 2>that is, because you're about to come with me to

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of different places right now. Thanks for writing that.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you to everyone who's ever written a review. I've

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<v Speaker 2>read it, so if you listen to Heliology from last week,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll have a lot of the context and lead up

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<v Speaker 2>to why this field trip Eclipse episode was so important.

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<v Speaker 2>For me to make and of course that episode is

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<v Speaker 2>linked to the show notes as well as my field

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<v Speaker 2>trip mystery surgery episode. If you listen to that, they'll

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<v Speaker 2>understand why. As soon as I got a green light

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<v Speaker 2>I decided to maybe have a little bit more fun

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<v Speaker 2>after a rough couple of years, so I booked a

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<v Speaker 2>ticket to see the eclipse. It did not go according

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<v Speaker 2>to plan? Did I make it? Was it fun? Did

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<v Speaker 2>I see the corona, the panumber, the Bailey's beads, the

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<v Speaker 2>inside of a cop car?

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<v Speaker 3>What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>Come along with me and several million others as we

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<v Speaker 2>chase the Moon, chasing the Sun for a glimpse at

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<v Speaker 2>our own insignificance. This one gets a little wild, lot

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<v Speaker 2>of ups and downs, also airport sandwiches. In this field trip,

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<v Speaker 2>I head to the solar eclipse like an umbra file.

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<v Speaker 2>An umber file is someone who likes eclipses. How about

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<v Speaker 2>a little background. So in twenty twenty four, a band

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<v Speaker 2>of totality stretching across Central and North America on a

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<v Speaker 2>diagonal like a beauty passiant sash millions of people going

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<v Speaker 2>to see the moon covering up the Sun, which would

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<v Speaker 2>also boost the US economy by six billion dollars. Where

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<v Speaker 2>should you spend your money if you're going to see it? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the best option to see it was at lower latitudes

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<v Speaker 2>where the weather has a lower chance of some meteorological

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<v Speaker 2>sabotage because no clouds were not here to look at you.

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<v Speaker 2>And this thing would be going from Maine to mast Lawn,

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<v Speaker 2>So you have a lot of options. And my friend

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<v Speaker 2>Derek Veritasium, he had a place with his family in Cerville, Texas,

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<v Speaker 2>So I asked them if they thought that was a

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<v Speaker 2>good spot, and they said they actually couldn't make it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I could have their airbnb. And then I found

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<v Speaker 2>out one of my best friends I've known since we

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<v Speaker 2>were twelve, Sarah, was also headed to Caerville, Texas. Curvelt

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<v Speaker 2>whatever hot damn things are working out. I got a

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<v Speaker 2>free airbnb, my friends aren't going to use my the

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<v Speaker 2>friend's going to be there, but rental cars were scarce.

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<v Speaker 2>We as friends and family and oligites, and then somehow

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<v Speaker 2>went on Toro popped up my friend Simone and I

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<v Speaker 2>we're both headed to DC after this eclipse, so she

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<v Speaker 2>got a ticket to join Dar night in Texas. However,

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<v Speaker 2>Charit's Jujitsu Jim was having a belt promotion ceremony and

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<v Speaker 2>they'd like him to be at and they hinted that

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<v Speaker 2>he might want to be pressent for it, so we

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<v Speaker 2>moved the trip back a few days to flying to

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<v Speaker 2>Austin the day before the eclipse. I'm nervous. We have

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<v Speaker 2>really early flights. I hear the drive from Austin to

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<v Speaker 2>southwest Cerville, usually a two hour trip, may take up

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<v Speaker 2>to twelve hours. My friend Catherine sends a video from

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<v Speaker 2>her mom in Austin, empty shelves at the grocery store.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a quarantine flashback. The Texas Department of Transportation

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<v Speaker 2>is putting porta potties along like a ninety mile route,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Mayor of Cerville declares the event and emergency

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<v Speaker 2>ahead of time in case they need immediate assistant from

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<v Speaker 2>FEMA during the influx of people. By the way, we

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<v Speaker 2>have a disasterrology episode with doctor Sam Montano. Highly recommend it.

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<v Speaker 2>But either way, I've waited seven years for this. Texas

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<v Speaker 2>is the place to see it. They're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>have clouds. I've been on helicopters, a tiny bush plane,

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<v Speaker 2>a military center refuge for TV shoots. I've driven through

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<v Speaker 2>a tornado and an ice storm to get to work.

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<v Speaker 2>I can handle eating protein bars for a few days

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<v Speaker 2>and using a port potty for fun. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>weather reports came. Texas is expecting thunderstorms right at the

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<v Speaker 2>time of totality. So the day before we left this

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<v Speaker 2>past Saturday, I talked to Jared. Okay, here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 2>So right now we've got clouds in Texas, big big clouds.

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<v Speaker 2>Vermont in Maine are supposed to be clear. Right if

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<v Speaker 2>we change our flights to go instead of going to

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<v Speaker 4>To Kerrville, which is declared a state of emergency and

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<v Speaker 4>might have clouds, if we change the flights to Portland,

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<v Speaker 4>Maine the day before we leave, I'm just saying, if

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<v Speaker 4>is it bonkers to go.

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<v Speaker 2>As long as we're going to spend money and time

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<v Speaker 2>to just be like whoop.

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<v Speaker 3>Hiccup?

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<v Speaker 5>You tell me, I mean, are there places to stay

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<v Speaker 5>in there? Is that gonna that's gonna be in the

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<v Speaker 5>path we're saying. I don't even know where fucking Portland

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<v Speaker 5>mean is.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't. I just can't believe that it's flipped. Teagan

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<v Speaker 2>has family in Buffalo, so she was gonna go up there.

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<v Speaker 2>She's up there to see it in upstate New York.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go, let's go sleep in a car somewhere, you know.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Buffalo's right in the middle of it.

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<v Speaker 4>I know.

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<v Speaker 5>Do we have places to stay if we go there?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I could ask Teagan because camp in her yard.

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<v Speaker 5>How would we get there?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I texted Simone that it might change.

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<v Speaker 5>I know, you really want to see this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Simone says, oh shit, I'm down either way.

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<v Speaker 8>That's good.

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<v Speaker 2>I just figure like an adventure is an adventure. The

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<v Speaker 2>sunk cost fallacy events a lot of people from going far.

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<v Speaker 9>I agree, And I'm not looking forward to the idea

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<v Speaker 9>of like driving like fucking crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, to sea Club.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, yeah, I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Teagan says, if we pivot, She says, if you can

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<v Speaker 2>get to Buffalo or Rochester, we have couches, floors, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 10>I think we should maybe do this, Okay, you know,

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<v Speaker 10>well then let's let's fucking try that.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's figure this out. It's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's fun too. Ah, So we started immobilize.

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<v Speaker 2>There are flights out of Burbank at seven fifteen eight ten,

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<v Speaker 2>nine twenty five, and ten twenty five. They all get

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<v Speaker 2>in at eight ten, so they all change planes in

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<v Speaker 2>Las Vegas. It says one left on each of these,

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<v Speaker 2>one seat left on each of them, but whatever like,

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<v Speaker 2>and then from Vegas, it looks like we'd all be

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<v Speaker 2>on the same plane. I say, fuck it, let's go amazing. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>one ticket down, babe, I got us flights. There were

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<v Speaker 2>four left. I had my confirmation number already up, so

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<v Speaker 2>I switched mine first. Oh no, oh no, huh oh no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>no no no. Jared meanwhile was in the bathroom. There's

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<v Speaker 2>been a complication, and I will tell you when you're

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<v Speaker 2>out of the bathroom.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, what's the complication?

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<v Speaker 2>So sorry, okay, So it looked like there was one

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<v Speaker 2>flight available for each of those times. So I booked mine,

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<v Speaker 2>and now there's no flights available. And that was just

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<v Speaker 2>that one flight was showing up for all the departure times.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know what I'm saying. So it looked like

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<v Speaker 2>there were four flights available. Anothers can call, Yeah, let's call.

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<v Speaker 2>I booked myself.

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<v Speaker 5>But well, I'm glad you're gonna see it.

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<v Speaker 2>No, that's not what's happening.

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<v Speaker 5>No, it's important.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not what's happening. I couldn't.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you for going with airlines have a pleasure of

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<v Speaker 5>speaking with names.

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<v Speaker 2>Jared Sleeper, TLDR, No, Dice couldn't help us at all.

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<v Speaker 11>Wow, I wonder if everybody's flying out for it, because

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<v Speaker 11>we're completely.

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<v Speaker 5>I think they are. I think they are shit.

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<v Speaker 2>We FaceTime, Simon. I don't want to feel like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>ditching you because I booked my ticket first, being like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I have my con does it seem like I'm like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>well I'm set you guys, So good luck.

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<v Speaker 11>You know, Kelly, there is not a single cell in

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<v Speaker 11>my body that feels that way to you, And thank

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<v Speaker 11>you for checking, thanks for fact checking your feelings. The

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<v Speaker 11>two sources here, Derrett and I, Yeah, do not feel

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<v Speaker 11>that way at all. It's quite the opposite of like

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<v Speaker 11>it would be a bummer that you would miss out

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<v Speaker 11>like you got a flight.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fucking awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>And also if I could choose for one.

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<v Speaker 2>Of us to go, like obviously right right, So this

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<v Speaker 2>is a peer reviewed study, double peer reviewed. Mm hmmm,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a great idea for you to go.

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<v Speaker 2>So Jarrett checks for flights into Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, but

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<v Speaker 2>coming up empty, goose Egg decides just not to go.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no flights. He's going to catch the next eclipse,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe in twenty twenty six, if we decide to. But

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<v Speaker 2>then later that night he goes and he finds a

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<v Speaker 2>flight into Toronto, a few hours over the border. It's

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<v Speaker 2>in Canada, there's one seat. It lands at eleven pm

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<v Speaker 2>the night before the eclipse, so he'd land and then

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<v Speaker 2>he'd drive two hours in the middle of the night

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<v Speaker 2>across the Canadian border into New York to reach us

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<v Speaker 2>in Buffalo, where there are clear skies. He goes for

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<v Speaker 2>he gets a ticket, he finds a rental car. We're

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<v Speaker 2>both just going to do this. K four fifty three.

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<v Speaker 2>The day before me leave, we went back and forth.

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<v Speaker 2>then the next day I head to DC. All right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm going straight to Washington, d C. After the

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<v Speaker 2>eclipse as a stembassador for the National STEM Festival. It's

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<v Speaker 2>put on by the US Department of Education and Explore,

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<v Speaker 2>which is cool. It's highlighting student solutions to global challenges

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<v Speaker 2>Very cool. That's right after the eclipse. So the morning

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<v Speaker 2>of my departure this past Sunday, I just grabbed my

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<v Speaker 2>Burbank Airport. I'm just gonna get in there and do

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<v Speaker 3>I'll see you in Buffalo.

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<v Speaker 2>where we're going. If you've ever flown Southwest, where there

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<v Speaker 2>are no seat assignments and only boarding order, you may

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<v Speaker 2>understand that my place in line at sea fifty five sucks.

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<v Speaker 12>Shit.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the last aboard the plane and I stand before

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<v Speaker 2>this like achingly full flight, but I'm happy. I'm happy

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<v Speaker 2>to be there. Then I see a middle seat in

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<v Speaker 2>row two, and the flight attendant whispers to me, those

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<v Speaker 2>ladies know each other, and sure enough, when I asked

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<v Speaker 2>to scoot in the middle, one the aisle passenger size

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<v Speaker 2>as if I caught her in a lie and says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just take the middle And I have a blessed

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<v Speaker 2>aisle seat at the front of the plane, and these

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<v Speaker 2>a look as if to say like, see, don't let

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<v Speaker 2>anyone bambooso leo, And I say, thanks, lady. Now on

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<v Speaker 2>of who is Buffalo bound for the eclipse, and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a dozen of us on this full flight raise our hands.

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<v Speaker 2>She's like, how many people are just coming home? And

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<v Speaker 2>I craned my neck back to see eighty percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the hands raised.

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<v Speaker 3>I must you a beautiful clear size day tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Dplaning are mostly tired families returning from what must have

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<v Speaker 2>been spring break, because there are flip flops, beach braids,

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<v Speaker 2>there's tanned nine year olds, there's very little patients. One

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<v Speaker 2>older couple is wrangling luggage through a crosswalk and they

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<v Speaker 2>drop a bag, so I go to help them. The

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<v Speaker 2>woman stares me right in the face and says, my

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<v Speaker 2>daughter lives a life of chaos and this is the result.

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<v Speaker 2>But they must also be eclipse chasers, and I relate

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<v Speaker 2>heavily to her daughter, who a moment later pulls a

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<v Speaker 2>rental car around and parks crookedly on the crosswalk. I

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<v Speaker 2>get her. So in the crisp Buffalo night, I see

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<v Speaker 2>Teacan smiling through the windshield of a rented minivan. Her

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<v Speaker 2>brother Jeff, pops out of the shotgun seat and loads

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<v Speaker 2>my luggage in the back. While I've been flying, clouds

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<v Speaker 2>have rolled into Buffalo. Oh my god, how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Doctor Wall We're coming to Baby's so

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<v Speaker 2>glad you're here.

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<v Speaker 13>A good chans are gonna get up tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 6>We're gonna be driving, that's all right, based somewhere like.

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<v Speaker 14>We're we're gonna find a fucking hole.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you're not having me, all right, You're going to

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<v Speaker 2>target first, okay, because all.

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<v Speaker 6>Of the air mattresses that everyone has.

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<v Speaker 13>Yes, no, we honestly can sleep anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>No, No, we're gonna choose.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no, we're in the car.

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<v Speaker 6>No no, no, no choosing.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I get to get it.

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<v Speaker 6>It's fine, Okay, I don't care.

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<v Speaker 3>You can pay for it, Okay, deal. It's way cheaper

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<v Speaker 3>than a hotel. And I don't even know if you

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<v Speaker 3>could have found one.

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<v Speaker 13>I don't think you could have.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I mean, is not that big.

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<v Speaker 15>And there's literally like something like two minu billion people

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<v Speaker 15>coming into town for this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>We hit target air mattress acquired. We walk into teaking

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<v Speaker 2>aunts Shar's house to a chorus of dogs heralding the

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<v Speaker 2>arrival of a sweaty, gross stranger.

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<v Speaker 4>Who is me?

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<v Speaker 2>Now? This house it has that blissful feeling of like

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<v Speaker 2>common home to families. Like there's kids asleep upstairs, baby

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<v Speaker 2>monitors droning at the end of the dining room table.

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<v Speaker 2>All the adults are still awake. There are bowls of

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<v Speaker 2>jelly beans and em and M's and her family is laughing,

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<v Speaker 2>playing at dice game.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, double nine, now it goes to doubles.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone is instantly welcoming and warm, including that barking dog Sadie,

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<v Speaker 2>who quickly learns that I am a reliable source of

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<v Speaker 2>pets and hugs, and that I can sent easily to

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<v Speaker 2>have my face licked by dogs. I've just met four.

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<v Speaker 5>Five nine.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the fourth Rolls game over. Maybe because after

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<v Speaker 2>pivoting from Texas thunderstorms at the last minute for those

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<v Speaker 2>clear skies of Buffalo, the Buffalo clouds are gathering first

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<v Speaker 2>just a few and then.

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<v Speaker 9>Whether you want to get in front of it or

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<v Speaker 9>try and get behind it, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 8>Now that it's getting closer. I'm looking at forecasts and

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<v Speaker 8>different weather modeling. Let's see, there's Toronto.

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<v Speaker 14>Let's go, so right now at two pm, Buffalo is

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<v Speaker 14>scheduled to have a eighty three percent guy covering in

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<v Speaker 14>the clouds.

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<v Speaker 8>At two pm at two pm.

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<v Speaker 14>But if we wanted to go all the way out

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<v Speaker 14>to Watertown is like fifty five.

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<v Speaker 8>Chance. See, I'm kind of watching that weather. That weather.

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<v Speaker 8>This is cloud cover as of right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a military operation, we gather around to weigh our

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<v Speaker 2>odds and plot the course.

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<v Speaker 8>Here's Eerie, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Toronto, and so we're

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<v Speaker 8>sitting like right in there, so.

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<v Speaker 5>We might be able to look out if we go.

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<v Speaker 8>Down to Erie.

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<v Speaker 2>There's really not much we can do now, but just

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<v Speaker 2>get some rest on the air mattress which is now

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<v Speaker 2>inflating in the living room.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll shake it again in the morning.

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<v Speaker 8>So we'll see. It's just like roll the dice. Do

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<v Speaker 8>you go in front of that band of clouds or

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<v Speaker 8>you try and traveler can't hide the vand clouds?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, oh, a roll of the dice game. Indeed, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 5>We're in it for the adventure.

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<v Speaker 8>We'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what number files deal with. Okay, So Tiket's

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<v Speaker 2>brother Jeff just said, no matter what, tomorrow, we will

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<v Speaker 2>see something obscuring the sun. Nice will it be the

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<v Speaker 2>moon or the clouds covering the moon covering the sun.

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<v Speaker 2>We're at eighty three percent chance of the sky being

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<v Speaker 2>covered at three PM during the eclipse in Buffalo.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're gonna wake up.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to see what the weather report says, and

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<v Speaker 2>then we're gonna see if we're going to head two

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<v Speaker 2>like Cleveland or Watertown, which might be really long traffic,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's what we're here for umbrophilia, not for the

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<v Speaker 2>week of Constitution. We'll see what we see. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>eleven PM. Jared has just landed in Canada, and he

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<v Speaker 2>has customs and a two hour drive ahead. I meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>not off in my airplane clothes, which is disgusting on

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<v Speaker 2>this fresh new air mattress. And at two thirty in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning, Shar's front door clicks open and Sadie erupts

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<v Speaker 2>in a barking that we are sure we'll wake the

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<v Speaker 2>four babies and toddlers upstairs, but we WinCE. We bribe

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<v Speaker 2>Sadi with biscuits and pets and pets and snuggles, and

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<v Speaker 2>then we slip under a quilt on the air mattress

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<v Speaker 2>to sleep like the dead. Now the next morning, still

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<v Speaker 2>on Pacific time, US Californians sleep in until nine or ten,

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<v Speaker 2>and then jump out of bed, still in yesterday's clothes,

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<v Speaker 2>to look at the weather. It's the day of the eclipse. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's It's ten seventeen am Buffalo local time. There is

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<v Speaker 2>not a not cloud in the sky, it's all I

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<v Speaker 2>cannot see a patch of guys, so we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see what happens. But right now it is one clouded

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<v Speaker 2>over over. Some of the best donuts I've ever had

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<v Speaker 2>in my life from Paula's in Buffalo hit them up.

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<v Speaker 2>We decide we're going to drive, and we got to

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<v Speaker 2>go now. So we trip over our own legs putting

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<v Speaker 2>on shoes. We grab the eclipse glasses and recording equipment,

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<v Speaker 2>and race to the rental cars. I don't even bother

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<v Speaker 2>with a bra. Seven years I've waited for this. It's

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<v Speaker 2>eleven thirty six. We've got four hours, three and a

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<v Speaker 2>half hours.

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<v Speaker 3>Until the eclipse. Clouds. We got a lot of clouds.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all clouds, but over the lake, which is I

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<v Speaker 2>believe Lake Erie, because we're close to Erie, Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 3>I need to look at a map, Pennsylvania. Don't email me.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that we're going to try to keep heading

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<v Speaker 2>that way and we'll hope that the clouds don't blow

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<v Speaker 2>our way chasing eclipses. So on the drive, we past

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<v Speaker 2>miles and miles of still bare branched trees and hawks

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<v Speaker 2>perched on telephone poles. I see smatterings of these yellow

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<v Speaker 2>daffodils poking through the dead winter grasses. At one point

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<v Speaker 2>I look over and see a flash of this classic

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<v Speaker 2>car in the woods that's rusting into pieces. All of

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<v Speaker 2>this scenery under a still cloudy sky. As we head west,

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<v Speaker 2>braced for a bummer let's be honest now from California.

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<v Speaker 2>My friends are checking in, and my good buddy Mackenzie

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<v Speaker 2>sends it a CLIPS playlist with songs like Eclipse by

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<v Speaker 2>Pink Floyd, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Ain't no sunshine,

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<v Speaker 2>It's a banger. We're still under the clouds, driving and

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<v Speaker 2>Tigan has come down with the stomach bug that her

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<v Speaker 2>and her husband's children have, But despite her nausea and fatigue,

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<v Speaker 2>she is meticulously watching the weather and navigating us toward

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<v Speaker 2>the best odds for a clear sky between bouts of

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<v Speaker 2>barf bags in the back of their minivan. So we

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<v Speaker 2>proceed southwest along a ninety crossing from New York into Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 2>still under the cover of clouds and mounting anxiety about disappointment.

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<v Speaker 3>What did you think it was going to be like?

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<v Speaker 3>Shady shady?

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<v Speaker 3>Apparently, pretty much.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the stars come out, the birds get confused because

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<v Speaker 2>they think it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Night and they think it's morning.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'm telling me that's almost like a sunset

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<v Speaker 2>three sixty, but I don't know about that.

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<v Speaker 13>And then.

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<v Speaker 2>You always see a break in the clouds, like the

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<v Speaker 2>tidiest slice of hope.

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<v Speaker 6>Now that we're gonna see it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't say it if we're gonna see it, I

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<v Speaker 6>That we gotta be able to get over there before

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<v Speaker 6>it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Yeah, that's blue sky sky got that's a big

426
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<v Speaker 2>Patches guy.

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<v Speaker 3>The blue sky is very promising.

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<v Speaker 2>We're crossing into Ohio, which is apparently the hard of

429
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<v Speaker 2>it all.

430
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<v Speaker 6>Some of us crossed the international borders to be here.

431
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<v Speaker 2>It's true, some of us did so. After the flights

432
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<v Speaker 2>and the changes and the midnight drives and wearing no

433
00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.359
<v Speaker 2>bra and a dirty shirt, it's starting to look good.

434
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<v Speaker 2>Could this happen?

435
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<v Speaker 10>All?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

437
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<v Speaker 2>So we're about thirty miles away from where we're going.

438
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<v Speaker 2>I think we're going to stop and grab a little lunch,

439
00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.400
<v Speaker 2>and then we're thirty minutes out. It's two hours until

440
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<v Speaker 2>the eclipse. Right, I'm feeling much better seeing some blue sky.

441
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<v Speaker 2>I think all of us are feeling less despondent.

442
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<v Speaker 3>I think that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>I keep replaying in my mind like if I had

444
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<v Speaker 2>a time machine, would I do this over again?

445
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<v Speaker 3>If it were cloudy?

446
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<v Speaker 2>If it were cloudy, I feel like it's a no.

447
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<v Speaker 2>I would have stayed home, So this is good.

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<v Speaker 3>Stay tuned.

449
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<v Speaker 2>We're going from like a tiny patch of blue sky

450
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<v Speaker 2>to smaller patches of clouds.

451
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<v Speaker 3>So this is good.

452
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<v Speaker 6>It's serious.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I'm gonta look it up.

454
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<v Speaker 9>Serious.

455
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<v Speaker 3>I think they're serious, sir.

456
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<v Speaker 6>Camp trails looking beautiful Camp trails.

457
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<v Speaker 3>They're seating the clouds for us, babe, all right.

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<v Speaker 6>They're seeding the clouds because they're trying to prevent us

459
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<v Speaker 6>from absorbing the eclipse energies.

460
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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, they.

461
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<v Speaker 6>Don't want us to charge our crystals. So clearly there's.

462
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<v Speaker 9>Spraying some stuff up there, cover up to heliotar energies

463
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<v Speaker 9>because it's going to break us free from all five

464
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<v Speaker 9>g The helio letter energies are gonna cure my vaccine.

465
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<v Speaker 3>They could cure your vaccine. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>This aspect of the discussion is amusing to me because

467
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<v Speaker 2>it is employing a comedic technique called verbal irony, whereby

468
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<v Speaker 2>his comments become funny because they don't represent his genuine thoughts. Now,

469
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<v Speaker 2>this is distinct from situational irony, such as, for example,

470
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<v Speaker 2>when we decided to fly into Texas to avoid clouds,

471
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<v Speaker 2>but Texas got shit weather, so we flew into buffalo

472
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<v Speaker 2>for cloudless guys, which then became cloudy but then became

473
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<v Speaker 2>clear due to relocation, which at this moment, I don't

474
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<v Speaker 2>know if I find any that funny, but I am

475
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<v Speaker 2>happy also because we could all use a potty break.

476
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<v Speaker 2>We stop at a Steak and Shake, which is populated

477
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<v Speaker 2>with the people in booths wearing various commemorative black eclipse shirts,

478
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<v Speaker 2>which gives things a very thrash metal aesthetic. Look at

479
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<v Speaker 2>all the people in the parking lot next door, a

480
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<v Speaker 2>Walmart parking lot is filling up with cars and RVs

481
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<v Speaker 2>and people with camping chairs and coolers and eclipse glasses

482
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<v Speaker 2>at the ready, and I see an older man though

483
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<v Speaker 2>in the Stake and Shake parking lot. It's about ninety

484
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<v Speaker 2>minutes to totality, but he sits alone next to his

485
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<v Speaker 2>sedan in a folding chair, and I ask if he's

486
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<v Speaker 2>waiting for the eclipse and says he drove in from

487
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<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh just to see it. He says he's seventy six

488
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<v Speaker 2>and knows that this is his only chance. We give

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<v Speaker 2>him an extra pair of eclipse glasses in case needs them,

490
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<v Speaker 2>and I tell him I hope that the cloud's part

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<v Speaker 2>for him. Then we get in the car. We sold

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<v Speaker 2>her on another ten miles to Walnut Beach Park, Ohio,

493
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<v Speaker 2>and we pull up to a spot along a residential

494
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<v Speaker 2>street and grab our coats and are now cold. Lunch

495
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<v Speaker 2>perfectly timed. We run into the rest of our crew.

496
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<v Speaker 6>Oh you guys look familiar.

497
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<v Speaker 3>What the heck?

498
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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, I'm so exciting. It's looking very very good. Folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay put for the eclipse, but first a quick pitstop

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<v Speaker 2>they don't realize it, is veritassium, Derek Mueller, Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much for giving us an airbnb in Texas that

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<v Speaker 2>to Derek and all of the Tassiums for your generous

513
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<v Speaker 2>accommodations in Texas that we did not use. And thank

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<v Speaker 2>you to other sponsors of the show. Okay, so we're parked.

515
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<v Speaker 2>We drove three states to a small waterfront town in

516
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<v Speaker 2>Ohio and the skies overhead are mostly blue and I've

517
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<v Speaker 2>pulled out the real audio equipment. I'm so excited. I

518
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<v Speaker 2>really have been prepared to be disappointed me. I've been like,

519
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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Fine, I don't really do hope.

521
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<v Speaker 2>So it's true you don't do hope well, I think

522
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<v Speaker 2>you don't do disappointment well. So you do hope in

523
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<v Speaker 2>accordance with how much you can handle disappointments.

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<v Speaker 9>What's funny aout disappointment is you'd think, like most things,

525
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<v Speaker 9>you get better with practice.

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<v Speaker 6>I think it's.

527
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<v Speaker 2>Worse because every time you're disappointed, it's.

528
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<v Speaker 6>Just takes a little more out of you.

529
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<v Speaker 3>I feel that.

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<v Speaker 12>Do you want to bring your hat?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>It's less than one hour to totality, and the light

533
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<v Speaker 2>looks dimmer already, so we check through our paper eclipse

534
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<v Speaker 2>glasses to see that the first stage has started. The

535
00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:13.240
<v Speaker 2>moon has taken its first nibble of light and we're

536
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<v Speaker 2>already on to the second stage, where the moon is

537
00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:18.200
<v Speaker 2>covering the sun more and more, and we hustle toward

538
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<v Speaker 2>this big gathered crowd on the sand and an adjacent lawn.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, first stage has started. We're in a place

540
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<v Speaker 2>called Ashtabulah. Ashtabulah, sorry, Ohio. We're near the waterfront, so

541
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<v Speaker 2>the moon is starting to take a bite out of

542
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<v Speaker 2>the sun and we're walking down to the beach. I

543
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<v Speaker 2>thought we had a little more time.

544
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<v Speaker 13>Can I steal one of those glasses. I just want

545
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<v Speaker 13>to see where we're at with it. Ah, Oh my god,

546
00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.680
<v Speaker 13>it has started.

547
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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's amazing. Okay, Jared, did you look?

548
00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.279
<v Speaker 10>Oh?

549
00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.599
<v Speaker 13>I know it started.

550
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<v Speaker 3>Here?

551
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<v Speaker 2>Can we stop for one second to recombobulate my So

552
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<v Speaker 2>I gather my items and nerves, and I wonder if

553
00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:05.640
<v Speaker 2>I should interview strangers. And I don't know why I

554
00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.960
<v Speaker 2>even hesitate, That's what I do for a job. And

555
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<v Speaker 2>there's a group of like six folks sitting on patio

556
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<v Speaker 2>furniture in their yard. I'm guessing because of their kind

557
00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:16.799
<v Speaker 2>of jovial nature, I'm going to assume they're retired or

558
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<v Speaker 2>they may have just started the morning with mimosas with

559
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<v Speaker 2>lots of them.

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<v Speaker 13>You guys have a good spot. Yeah, is this your house?

561
00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:29.559
<v Speaker 13>We traveled from California. You guys went to your patio.

562
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<v Speaker 8>You don't find a pla slice it down on the beach.

563
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<v Speaker 16>Nice.

564
00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.440
<v Speaker 13>I have some new friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy we post up. The clouds are just wisps and

566
00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:45.400
<v Speaker 2>a few airplane contrails grid the sky. Also, I'm seeing

567
00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:49.319
<v Speaker 2>vape clouds coming from the lawn. People getting spooky. Look,

568
00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.720
<v Speaker 2>there's a bunch of people at the beach.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, hear there.

570
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<v Speaker 2>As the stage two moon eases its way onto the

571
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<v Speaker 2>sun and the light around this is turning cooler, gray

572
00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:04.799
<v Speaker 2>and blue. I run off to talk to strangers. Hey,

573
00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:07.720
<v Speaker 2>I have a question. I have a science podcast. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just wondering how far you guys traveled, Marls eight hours.

575
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<v Speaker 2>I came from California, Yeah, a little bit. I hitchhiked,

576
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<v Speaker 2>so it took me six months. Okay, Maryland.

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<v Speaker 13>I hope you guys enjoy it. Excited.

578
00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:27.599
<v Speaker 2>Oh hi, I was just asking people how far you

579
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<v Speaker 2>traveled to be here?

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<v Speaker 3>Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh, Okay, that's not that far, right, A couple of hours,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all.

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<v Speaker 17>Three shout out of Pittsburgh from Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>From Virginia.

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<v Speaker 3>How long is that? Thanks?

586
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<v Speaker 2>Sixcess six hours?

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty good.

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<v Speaker 18>We had first thing to go towards the Pennsylvania side.

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<v Speaker 6>Then we came over here.

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<v Speaker 2>And have you seen an eclipse before?

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<v Speaker 12>No?

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<v Speaker 17>This is yeah, me too. Everyone I know who's seen

593
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<v Speaker 17>one cries. Okay, get your tissues ready. Apparently well enjoy,

594
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<v Speaker 17>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Virginia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Central Pennsylvania's about three and a half

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<v Speaker 2>to four hours.

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<v Speaker 19>We're from Delaware, Delaware, and that's my husband over there.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's quite a telescope.

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<v Speaker 13>Yeah, it's pretty cool. He's getting good pictures.

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<v Speaker 14>Yeah.

601
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<v Speaker 2>Have you seen a solar clicks? Yeah?

602
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<v Speaker 19>Yeah, we were in Colombia in twenty seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you cry?

604
00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.480
<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 6>But what was really cool?

606
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<v Speaker 2>I thought?

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<v Speaker 19>These guys laugh at me, But like we're all it's

608
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<v Speaker 19>just a weird moment. You're standing in all and then

609
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<v Speaker 19>we don't know what to do because you're kind of

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<v Speaker 19>in all. And then somebody starts clapping, and next thing

611
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<v Speaker 19>you know, everybody's clapping.

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<v Speaker 2>Who clapped at the sky? But we did excited. That's

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<v Speaker 2>good to know. Now I know the protocol. I've never

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<v Speaker 2>seen one before. I don't know that that's a protocol.

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<v Speaker 13>It's really cool, Like.

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<v Speaker 15>We would not have known how cool it was about

617
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<v Speaker 15>us just having been in an area where it was happening.

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<v Speaker 15>And now it's like, I'll travel. I'll travel in twenty

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<v Speaker 15>forty or whatever. The next one is like, I'll go

620
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<v Speaker 15>chase the You know.

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<v Speaker 2>That there's a word for that. It's called umbre files.

622
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<v Speaker 2>An umbra means shadow, so umbra files. If you are

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<v Speaker 2>a clips chapers, a shapers, sachase umber files, eclips chasers,

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<v Speaker 2>but one.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of other understood.

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<v Speaker 13>Yes, well, enjoy. I'll be clapping along with you.

627
00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:21.440
<v Speaker 20>How far we came in from Washington, d C. Six hours?

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<v Speaker 20>Maybe about three hundred and eighty miles. Did you see

629
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<v Speaker 20>the twenty seventeen uh partial?

630
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<v Speaker 3>Oh this is your first total?

631
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<v Speaker 2>I think so? Yeah, mine too. I'm hoping to have

632
00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:35.000
<v Speaker 2>an epiphany that changes my whole life. We'll see what happens.

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<v Speaker 20>Well, I'm hoping to feel my sense of scale in

634
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<v Speaker 20>the universe, especially in light of the tantrums that I

635
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<v Speaker 20>survived this morning. That's my three and five year old

636
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<v Speaker 20>over there, who are not feeling the magnificence of the moment.

637
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<v Speaker 20>They just want Eminem's and fruit snacks. So we're all

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<v Speaker 20>in it for our own gain, aren't we? Whatever we need?

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<v Speaker 20>My husband made us strive here. I would have watched

640
00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:00.400
<v Speaker 20>this on the internet, but we spent seven hours in

641
00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.839
<v Speaker 20>the car with the three and five year old, so

642
00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:03.200
<v Speaker 20>this better be magnificent.

643
00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm hoping for only the best.

644
00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.200
<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

645
00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.720
<v Speaker 13>We came from Deuver, Delaware.

646
00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:09.160
<v Speaker 3>Oh okay, that's a waste.

647
00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.880
<v Speaker 13>Did you guys see the twenty seventeen.

648
00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:13.480
<v Speaker 2>Well in Delaware? It was a partially clips but it

649
00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:16.000
<v Speaker 2>was cool still, you know, but it's.

650
00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:18.480
<v Speaker 13>Not something you see every day. But we did bring our.

651
00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:20.960
<v Speaker 7>Son because obviously I don't think we're going to be

652
00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.200
<v Speaker 7>around in twenty forty four.

653
00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:25.759
<v Speaker 2>When yeah, the next one is the next one, you'll

654
00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.720
<v Speaker 2>be here?

655
00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.359
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, who knows?

656
00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:30.960
<v Speaker 2>I probably will, Given that we stopped at Shaken Steak

657
00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.480
<v Speaker 2>on the way, we were probably not going to be

658
00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.799
<v Speaker 2>here for the next one.

659
00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.799
<v Speaker 6>No, yeah, yeah.

660
00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.039
<v Speaker 2>I walked up to a guy with this long lens

661
00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:40.119
<v Speaker 2>camera on a tripod who was also setting up a

662
00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:42.720
<v Speaker 2>go pro. I think he was prepared. You look like

663
00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.839
<v Speaker 2>you've got a good rig for this.

664
00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:50.079
<v Speaker 16>Yeah, it's a it's all Sony equipment. D you have

665
00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:54.119
<v Speaker 16>just over threeundred miles up from Virginia to come into

666
00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.319
<v Speaker 16>the path of totality.

667
00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.279
<v Speaker 2>Did you check the weather?

668
00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.920
<v Speaker 3>And check the weather?

669
00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.960
<v Speaker 2>That's what we did. We were every hour seemed like oh,

670
00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.680
<v Speaker 2>I like barely slept last night.

671
00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:06.799
<v Speaker 16>And plenty of YouTube videos were forecasters all saying different things,

672
00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:09.799
<v Speaker 16>so I wasn't sure until really last night.

673
00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.240
<v Speaker 13>Yeah.

674
00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:13.400
<v Speaker 2>We flew into Buffalo from La Buffalo is clouded over.

675
00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:15.279
<v Speaker 2>So then we drove here and our friends in the

676
00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:17.599
<v Speaker 2>other car were just minute by minute Doppler being like,

677
00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:19.240
<v Speaker 2>where is it going to be here? But it looks

678
00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.079
<v Speaker 2>like it's going to be clear.

679
00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.759
<v Speaker 3>Enough to see.

680
00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:22.599
<v Speaker 18>Yeah, it's totality.

681
00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.000
<v Speaker 2>Have you seen totality before?

682
00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.559
<v Speaker 12>My first?

683
00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.039
<v Speaker 21>Me too?

684
00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.079
<v Speaker 13>Oh, I'm excited.

685
00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.839
<v Speaker 16>Me too. I know I'm trying to contain myself.

686
00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.960
<v Speaker 13>I know, me too, me too.

687
00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:32.839
<v Speaker 2>We were trying to contain our potential disappointment when we

688
00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:35.359
<v Speaker 2>saw the clouds, who were like, Okay, might not happen,

689
00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.000
<v Speaker 2>might not happen some When we saw clear skies, we

690
00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.839
<v Speaker 2>were just elated.

691
00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:41.519
<v Speaker 16>So I almost made the trip to Texas.

692
00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:43.720
<v Speaker 2>We had tickets to go to Texas really, and then

693
00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:45.480
<v Speaker 2>we changed them two days ago because of the storms.

694
00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.119
<v Speaker 11>Oh.

695
00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:49.160
<v Speaker 16>Same, Well, I'd have tickets, spous when I'm drive down there. Yeah,

696
00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:51.039
<v Speaker 16>just make a road trip out of it. And then

697
00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.440
<v Speaker 16>the last minute I saw the forecast, said no, I

698
00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.599
<v Speaker 16>think I'll took a gambling come in this direction.

699
00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:58.480
<v Speaker 2>Good gamble, Yeah, good gamble. We made the right choice.

700
00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:01.640
<v Speaker 13>Well enjoy. It'll be my first hospitality too, so cool.

701
00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.400
<v Speaker 13>Nice to do you.

702
00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.079
<v Speaker 10>Yeah.

703
00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:05.519
<v Speaker 2>Remember the woman whose kids were just in it for

704
00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:07.920
<v Speaker 2>the em and MS, who was fine with watching it

705
00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:11.039
<v Speaker 2>on the internet. Well, I walked past her again and

706
00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:13.960
<v Speaker 2>it turns out that she'd been gently coerced by more

707
00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.119
<v Speaker 2>than just her husband.

708
00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.880
<v Speaker 13>Excuse me, Yeah, are you Ali?

709
00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.719
<v Speaker 18>I am Hi?

710
00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:21.400
<v Speaker 13>Nice to meet. I love your podcast. Oh no, are

711
00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.119
<v Speaker 13>you serious?

712
00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.400
<v Speaker 22>Hi?

713
00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.960
<v Speaker 20>Like I think that Ali Ward and like google a

714
00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:29.480
<v Speaker 20>picture like no, I think all the thanks. I actually

715
00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:32.000
<v Speaker 20>listened to the heliology. I threatened not to come. Are

716
00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.639
<v Speaker 20>you serious?

717
00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:32.800
<v Speaker 4>Like?

718
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.840
<v Speaker 6>Well, they made it.

719
00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:36.559
<v Speaker 20>Sound pretty cool, so I guess I will come.

720
00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:38.320
<v Speaker 13>Because I was having a chance. I was like, I'm

721
00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.719
<v Speaker 13>not riding in the car with these too.

722
00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.760
<v Speaker 21>Have it?

723
00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.119
<v Speaker 11>You know?

724
00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:43.159
<v Speaker 12>We were supposed to be in Texas.

725
00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:45.519
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, and then we wound up in this park. Yes,

726
00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.880
<v Speaker 13>my husband I told him.

727
00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.760
<v Speaker 20>I was like, I'm going to be so mad. But

728
00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:51.920
<v Speaker 20>then I listened to a podcast, so I went, that's amazing.

729
00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.599
<v Speaker 13>And then here we are, finally nice. Here we're supposed

730
00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:56.280
<v Speaker 13>to be in Texas. It's like, that can't be right.

731
00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.880
<v Speaker 13>I'm so glad, your man. I'll be up on that

732
00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.559
<v Speaker 13>hill crying.

733
00:34:59.719 --> 00:34:59.920
<v Speaker 11>Well.

734
00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:03.320
<v Speaker 13>Enjoy, I will meet. This is what my life looks like.

735
00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.960
<v Speaker 2>Covered in children.

736
00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:08.119
<v Speaker 13>Enjoy, Hi Joy.

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00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:12.159
<v Speaker 17>Thanks for saying that's cool.

738
00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.800
<v Speaker 13>That's really cute.

739
00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:19.119
<v Speaker 2>After seven years of regret, a really rough few years,

740
00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:23.119
<v Speaker 2>two interviews with heliologists, and a long episode about it,

741
00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:26.079
<v Speaker 2>two countries, four states, it looks like we're going to

742
00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:28.719
<v Speaker 2>see this thing. Teagan is the only one who's seen

743
00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.800
<v Speaker 2>a solar eclipse, and she gives me the lowdown of

744
00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.320
<v Speaker 2>what to expect and why she was willing to stifle

745
00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:38.280
<v Speaker 2>her stomach bug and drive several hours today with her

746
00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:40.440
<v Speaker 2>weird friends who crash in her aunt's house, which is

747
00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.719
<v Speaker 2>us and her brother and parents and husband and two

748
00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.480
<v Speaker 2>tiny children.

749
00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:47.400
<v Speaker 18>Ah, that's looking so good, y'all.

750
00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.119
<v Speaker 3>This is nuts.

751
00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.079
<v Speaker 18>We just made it.

752
00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:52.320
<v Speaker 2>Hey, Tegan, do you want to give us a primer

753
00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.239
<v Speaker 2>on what to expect when the eclipse happens.

754
00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:57.480
<v Speaker 14>I can give a little bit based on the last one.

755
00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.159
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, how did it?

756
00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:59.159
<v Speaker 3>What did it seem like?

757
00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.519
<v Speaker 22>Uh?

758
00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:02.960
<v Speaker 14>So, it gets chilly and all of the animals start

759
00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:04.679
<v Speaker 14>to like go home, like it's the end of the day.

760
00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.599
<v Speaker 14>The birds, I'll go home to russet. You start to

761
00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:10.960
<v Speaker 14>hear like crickets and stuff. And then when you take

762
00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:13.320
<v Speaker 14>your glasses off, you see like a sunset or a

763
00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:16.239
<v Speaker 14>sunrise in every direction. It's like three hundred and sixty

764
00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:19.920
<v Speaker 14>degrees sunset and sunrise. And then when you realize that

765
00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:23.199
<v Speaker 14>you can look directly at it, it looks like there's

766
00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:25.480
<v Speaker 14>just a giant hole in the sky with the corona

767
00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.559
<v Speaker 14>coming out behind it.

768
00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.559
<v Speaker 2>It's really cool.

769
00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.960
<v Speaker 14>What are you most excited about for the eclipse?

770
00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.039
<v Speaker 3>The moon? It's the moon's big day.

771
00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.400
<v Speaker 2>I took my place on top of my jacket on

772
00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:39.079
<v Speaker 2>the lawn. Have you stared directly at the sun yet?

773
00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.360
<v Speaker 2>On accident? Chair?

774
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.679
<v Speaker 5>Of course, yeah, me too.

775
00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:45.599
<v Speaker 6>It wasn't on accident, it was also on accent.

776
00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.559
<v Speaker 5>I've done a little class.

777
00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.840
<v Speaker 2>Are the birds starting to sing or is that just

778
00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:53.320
<v Speaker 2>regular birds? I think that's just regular birds. It gets

779
00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:57.239
<v Speaker 2>darker and a chill comes over us. I'm lying on

780
00:36:57.280 --> 00:37:00.719
<v Speaker 2>the grass with one microphone on my chest and the

781
00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:03.039
<v Speaker 2>other one pointed toward the crowd behind me.

782
00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:06.039
<v Speaker 14>I will say, I'm noticing shadows are looking a lot sharper.

783
00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:08.239
<v Speaker 14>If you look around, everything looks like it's got an

784
00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.239
<v Speaker 14>Instagram filter on it.

785
00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.519
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, that's true.

786
00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.360
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you're right.

787
00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:17.400
<v Speaker 2>It's definitely dim. It's kind of like a grayish hall

788
00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:20.960
<v Speaker 2>to everything. Yeah, like the saturation went down, but the

789
00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.840
<v Speaker 2>contrast went up.

790
00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.320
<v Speaker 10>Yeah.

791
00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:25.159
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so strange.

792
00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.519
<v Speaker 14>And when you see the Baileys beads, that's when you

793
00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:30.719
<v Speaker 14>know totalities like moments away.

794
00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:34.159
<v Speaker 6>Oh wow, it's really crescy.

795
00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:40.320
<v Speaker 2>It's happening much faster than I thought I would old line.

796
00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:45.480
<v Speaker 2>It's weird because it's kind of like dusk, but instead

797
00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.840
<v Speaker 2>of having warmth to it, it's kind of a cold light,

798
00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:51.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, so like dusk has so much golden light.

799
00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.440
<v Speaker 3>Decides to experience this with you.

800
00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:58.159
<v Speaker 18>I love that you're here and that I'm here too.

801
00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.679
<v Speaker 18>Did I just hear a rooster?

802
00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.920
<v Speaker 12>Was that a rooster or a child?

803
00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:19.280
<v Speaker 2>The moon kept creeping over the Sun through the eclipse glasses,

804
00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:22.760
<v Speaker 2>and the only light was this diminishing amber crescent of

805
00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:25.360
<v Speaker 2>the Sun, just getting smaller and smaller and smaller.

806
00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:29.280
<v Speaker 12>Oh my gosh, look at how skiddy. It's getting It's

807
00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.760
<v Speaker 12>like a little toenail up there.

808
00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:38.199
<v Speaker 2>Through the glasses. It just looks like a Halloween crescent moon.

809
00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.320
<v Speaker 3>Feel an emotion at all?

810
00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:45.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what, but it's cool. We are somehow

811
00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:49.559
<v Speaker 2>my anxiety has found a way to even be anxious

812
00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:52.639
<v Speaker 2>about this, Like what am I going to feel like

813
00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:54.639
<v Speaker 2>when it happens? But I think that's just excitement that

814
00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:56.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm filing into the wrong folder.

815
00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.599
<v Speaker 4>You know.

816
00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:58.880
<v Speaker 2>It's cool that there's just like nothing left to do

817
00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:02.519
<v Speaker 2>but just lay down on the lawn and watch. I

818
00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:04.760
<v Speaker 2>wonder what it's like in Texas and Buffalo right now.

819
00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.239
<v Speaker 2>It's funny how eclipse chasing is really a lot about

820
00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.840
<v Speaker 2>weather watching.

821
00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.559
<v Speaker 5>I feel like it is suddenly not like.

822
00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.639
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it did get colder.

823
00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.840
<v Speaker 6>Oh, we really rely on that freaky sun.

824
00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:21.760
<v Speaker 9>Huheesh, dude, it is looking trippy out here.

825
00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.639
<v Speaker 2>It's definitely getting a weird eclipse.

826
00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.800
<v Speaker 6>Oh, it's so cool.

827
00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.960
<v Speaker 2>It feels like a horror film.

828
00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:29.960
<v Speaker 6>It's like it's definitely cold.

829
00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:33.679
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's the weirdest start. This is a weird jark.

830
00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:35.840
<v Speaker 6>It kind of feels like I'm still wearing my sunglasses.

831
00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:38.760
<v Speaker 13>Wow, just a.

832
00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:40.079
<v Speaker 15>Little, it's just a little upside.

833
00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.719
<v Speaker 3>Don't smile.

834
00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.360
<v Speaker 16>I know.

835
00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:44.519
<v Speaker 2>At this point we were just a few minutes away

836
00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:48.679
<v Speaker 2>from totality and the clouds had pretty much drifted away

837
00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.840
<v Speaker 2>from the Sun. We were so lucky. And with solar

838
00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:55.239
<v Speaker 2>binoculars you could see the shape of the Moon's texture

839
00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:59.239
<v Speaker 2>and outline, and as it eclipses the Sun, that geography

840
00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:01.960
<v Speaker 2>of the moon causes small leaks of light around the rim,

841
00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:04.639
<v Speaker 2>and those are called Bailey's beads, or if there's just

842
00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:07.639
<v Speaker 2>one of them, a diamond ring. And the atmosphere around

843
00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:10.840
<v Speaker 2>all of us was dimming to this deeper dusky level.

844
00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:14.400
<v Speaker 2>Look at how dark it's good. That is so weird,

845
00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:18.239
<v Speaker 2>it's really surreal. Give me kind of goose swamps like

846
00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:20.039
<v Speaker 2>a little creepy crawley on your neck.

847
00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.159
<v Speaker 5>You know.

848
00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:23.320
<v Speaker 2>So, just a minute or so away from totality, and

849
00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:26.199
<v Speaker 2>a few pinholes and a piece of paper resulted in

850
00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.960
<v Speaker 2>a little handful of crescents.

851
00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.559
<v Speaker 13>Oh, look at that.

852
00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:41.480
<v Speaker 12>It looks like a cheese greater.

853
00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:48.559
<v Speaker 2>Wow. Isn't it kind of amazing how much light there

854
00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:50.199
<v Speaker 2>is considering how much of the sun is.

855
00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:56.079
<v Speaker 6>Seeah, like the little slivers like still blind?

856
00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:58.159
<v Speaker 14>Yeah, Ali stood up and look around a little bit.

857
00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.760
<v Speaker 8>Oh, my god.

858
00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:07.599
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's weird.

859
00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.440
<v Speaker 22>Yeah, you can see them.

860
00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:23.679
<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, it's like wavy. Is that like? So

861
00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:27.280
<v Speaker 2>in the Heliology episode last week, we talked about shadow bands,

862
00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:32.559
<v Speaker 2>these racing, waving, alternating light and shadow shimmers that become

863
00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:35.559
<v Speaker 2>apparent on the ground or on light colored surfaces, and

864
00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:39.000
<v Speaker 2>those things still mystify heliologists. They're not quite sure where

865
00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:40.719
<v Speaker 2>they come from. And after talking about them in the

866
00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:44.440
<v Speaker 2>last week's episode, shadow bands seem like this mythical creature

867
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:46.800
<v Speaker 2>I've only read about. It was like catching a glimpse

868
00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:51.039
<v Speaker 2>of a unicorn through the trees. And then a circular

869
00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:53.280
<v Speaker 2>rainbow appeared above us in the sky.

870
00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.800
<v Speaker 18>Look at the rainbow.

871
00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.880
<v Speaker 6>Look at this rainbows?

872
00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.199
<v Speaker 13>Oh weird.

873
00:41:58.440 --> 00:42:00.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, weird.

874
00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:02.599
<v Speaker 13>Now that's the moon the sun.

875
00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.960
<v Speaker 11>There's a moon bloat.

876
00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:15.039
<v Speaker 13>Oh my god, Oh look this is I told you guys. Wow,

877
00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:17.599
<v Speaker 13>I definitely like, how close are we jet.

878
00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:20.360
<v Speaker 2>A star?

879
00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:23.840
<v Speaker 6>Give me a second?

880
00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.440
<v Speaker 2>And then that's a star.

881
00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:42.760
<v Speaker 21>Oh my god, Oh my god, oh my god, oh.

882
00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:53.719
<v Speaker 23>Hew, wow, wow, so nice.

883
00:42:56.440 --> 00:43:02.880
<v Speaker 13>Oh my god. Look at the look at the like,

884
00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:07.280
<v Speaker 13>oh my god, wow, look at that.

885
00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:13.440
<v Speaker 16>You can still see it's like cloud.

886
00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:21.280
<v Speaker 23>Oh whoa, my god, Oh my god, that's.

887
00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:26.920
<v Speaker 2>The level of surreality is difficult to comprehend unless you've

888
00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:32.000
<v Speaker 2>been under this god.

889
00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:35.760
<v Speaker 7>You can almost see like, ah, do you see like

890
00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:47.599
<v Speaker 7>the one diamond ring? Oh wow, the sense in every

891
00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.960
<v Speaker 7>direction is really weird.

892
00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:57.400
<v Speaker 2>Oh that's so beautiful. Look at the Look at how

893
00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.559
<v Speaker 2>did it?

894
00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:00.320
<v Speaker 13>How did we not get any wilds?

895
00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.719
<v Speaker 4>Right now?

896
00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:03.360
<v Speaker 22>There was one and it just got out of the way.

897
00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, it's so surreal.

898
00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:08.199
<v Speaker 3>It's so surreal.

899
00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.719
<v Speaker 5>Look at all the people.

900
00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:17.800
<v Speaker 2>I've never seen something so otherworldly, so surreal, And part

901
00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:20.760
<v Speaker 2>of the awe is how transient it is. It's not

902
00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:22.800
<v Speaker 2>something that you can take in for as long as

903
00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:25.800
<v Speaker 2>you like, or go back and revisit. You can't be

904
00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:31.239
<v Speaker 2>anything but in a moment that is huge and communal

905
00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:37.440
<v Speaker 2>and rare and fleeting and visually stunning. It's a void

906
00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:42.400
<v Speaker 2>in the sky rimmed in these sparkling rays, and hundreds

907
00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:46.519
<v Speaker 2>of people around you are gasping and crying and cackling

908
00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:50.280
<v Speaker 2>and making a memory that will last until death. And

909
00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:54.239
<v Speaker 2>it was dark still in totality, and we're staring up

910
00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:58.440
<v Speaker 2>at this glowing golden ring of light in otherwise darkness.

911
00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:05.360
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, wow, do you see that?

912
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:06.000
<v Speaker 3>Look at that?

913
00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.719
<v Speaker 2>Look at this tree?

914
00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:11.800
<v Speaker 3>Like, I mean, it's like my time. It's really chilly,

915
00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.760
<v Speaker 3>isn't it.

916
00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:15.400
<v Speaker 2>It's so cool, it's so cold.

917
00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.880
<v Speaker 3>It's really.

918
00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:22.440
<v Speaker 5>This starts for a while.

919
00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:27.480
<v Speaker 2>In a way that it's like I have such a

920
00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.880
<v Speaker 2>lump in my throat about it.

921
00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:31.199
<v Speaker 6>Oh, I've cried a couple of times.

922
00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:36.679
<v Speaker 2>No, I mean, but it's like my like chest feels heavy.

923
00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:44.119
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, like it's so big. God, that's weird.

924
00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:57.000
<v Speaker 13>I'm so glad we came out from that. It's so cool.

925
00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.880
<v Speaker 5>It's so cool.

926
00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:01.920
<v Speaker 13>That's one of the closest things I've ever seen in

927
00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:03.000
<v Speaker 13>my life.

928
00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:07.119
<v Speaker 2>Look at that corona, look at that one contrail.

929
00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:09.960
<v Speaker 13>So fun, I would confusion.

930
00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:16.880
<v Speaker 2>We're getting.

931
00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:18.039
<v Speaker 3>I can't believe this.

932
00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.280
<v Speaker 2>Once on a morning walk, my dog hopped through some

933
00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:24.559
<v Speaker 2>grass like a bunny, and it was so cute. It

934
00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:27.920
<v Speaker 2>made me cry. And this sensation was similar. It's like

935
00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:29.960
<v Speaker 2>when you watch videos of someone finding out that they

936
00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:33.119
<v Speaker 2>got into their dream college, or when you see a

937
00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:37.079
<v Speaker 2>surprise reunion of loved ones. You watch that and you

938
00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:40.039
<v Speaker 2>cry in empathy at how happy they must be and

939
00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:43.159
<v Speaker 2>how life can just work out sometimes. And part of

940
00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:47.280
<v Speaker 2>that weird crying and awe was just appreciation that so

941
00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:51.280
<v Speaker 2>many people could see something so beautiful, lasting only a

942
00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:55.159
<v Speaker 2>few minutes, and also some happiness and relief that we

943
00:46:55.199 --> 00:47:01.280
<v Speaker 2>had made this happen for myself and Jared Simone. Six.

944
00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:06.000
<v Speaker 2>So as the moon plods on, this glimmer re emerges.

945
00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:09.199
<v Speaker 2>It's now going into stage three where it's receding, and

946
00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:12.639
<v Speaker 2>it's now a partial eclipse, and the light is still

947
00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.119
<v Speaker 2>dim and the air is still chilly, but we're on

948
00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:18.760
<v Speaker 2>the other side. We're cruising downhill from that summit, even

949
00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:22.880
<v Speaker 2>with just a sliver of the sun showing already daylight

950
00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:23.440
<v Speaker 2>is back.

951
00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:36.880
<v Speaker 22>Wow. Look, oh god, that's wild.

952
00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:40.280
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, I gotta look at it.

953
00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:43.119
<v Speaker 13>Look at it.

954
00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't even know where.

955
00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:50.000
<v Speaker 6>I burned my eyes. I couldn't been and it just

956
00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:51.559
<v Speaker 6>gets so much burner.

957
00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.360
<v Speaker 22>Wow.

958
00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:59.239
<v Speaker 13>There's some people being like, Okay, that's enough, that's weak. Yeah,

959
00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:00.039
<v Speaker 13>so I'm trying to be the.

960
00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:04.599
<v Speaker 2>In an instant. Some folks are already hopping in their

961
00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:07.000
<v Speaker 2>car to avoid like a ten minute traffic out of

962
00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:10.320
<v Speaker 2>the park. But we linger for a while, still taking

963
00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:14.480
<v Speaker 2>in these crisp shadows, and I finally eat my soggy lunch,

964
00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:19.039
<v Speaker 2>not realizing I'd been hungry.

965
00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:23.280
<v Speaker 8>No, it's under hyped.

966
00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:25.039
<v Speaker 6>You really can't type that enough.

967
00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:27.559
<v Speaker 9>Primal stuff that is insane.

968
00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:32.920
<v Speaker 6>Last time I left. It's so crazy.

969
00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:37.079
<v Speaker 13>The rainbows the moonbos back you guys, do you see it?

970
00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:42.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's so cool it.

971
00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:47.239
<v Speaker 6>Wow, wow, what treat like.

972
00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.559
<v Speaker 19>I didn't know that.

973
00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:54.119
<v Speaker 13>I couldn't even eat us too excited. The moonboat is gorgeous.

974
00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:57.320
<v Speaker 13>We become umber files.

975
00:48:58.039 --> 00:49:03.440
<v Speaker 2>On my left, so the light is coming back in,

976
00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:06.880
<v Speaker 2>so it's getting brighter and brighter like daylight with warmer

977
00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:07.840
<v Speaker 2>colors around us.

978
00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:10.199
<v Speaker 13>Gosh, I can't believe that was like five minutes ago.

979
00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:13.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it feels like a different realm.

980
00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:13.880
<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean?

981
00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:18.679
<v Speaker 6>You feel changed? Yes, yeah, I no.

982
00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:21.519
<v Speaker 2>Longer care about achievement or anyone else else's opinion.

983
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:23.880
<v Speaker 3>She's gonna burp one out.

984
00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.719
<v Speaker 13>You should have done this.

985
00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:29.679
<v Speaker 2>The sun is still emerging, and that rainbow ring around

986
00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:32.039
<v Speaker 2>it appears again, and if you stand in exactly the

987
00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:35.199
<v Speaker 2>right spot, it's an excellent photo op, perhaps to convince

988
00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:38.400
<v Speaker 2>people that you are saintly or a mystical demi God.

989
00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.400
<v Speaker 2>Great profile.

990
00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:45.920
<v Speaker 6>Pick Yere's so cool.

991
00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:49.719
<v Speaker 2>So we gathered the snacks and children and with swollen eyes,

992
00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:52.400
<v Speaker 2>walked to the car in kind of a daze. It's

993
00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:55.559
<v Speaker 2>so odd. That twenty minutes before we were just staring

994
00:49:55.719 --> 00:49:58.679
<v Speaker 2>at the sky in shock. Now on the road back

995
00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:03.719
<v Speaker 2>to Buffalo on that eclipse playlist, and every song gives

996
00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:07.440
<v Speaker 2>me the shivers, like a little crushy heart swell from

997
00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:10.280
<v Speaker 2>what we just got to see. And there are still

998
00:50:10.320 --> 00:50:14.159
<v Speaker 2>families gathered in front yards for some post show barbecuing.

999
00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:17.480
<v Speaker 2>I see woman probably in her sixties, just alone on

1000
00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:20.000
<v Speaker 2>a lawn chair with a TV trade table in front

1001
00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:23.440
<v Speaker 2>of her, having lunch under the clear sky. We stopped

1002
00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:25.679
<v Speaker 2>for coffee, and I wonder if the cashier at Circle

1003
00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:28.119
<v Speaker 2>K managed to lock up for a minute and go

1004
00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:30.800
<v Speaker 2>out and see it. I'm just really glad that I did,

1005
00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:33.719
<v Speaker 2>and huge thanks to everyone who encouraged me to go.

1006
00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:37.320
<v Speaker 2>Thank you again, doctor Tiagan Wall and Christoph, Jeff Scott,

1007
00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:41.079
<v Speaker 2>Mary shar Vin, Carrie, Mike, Sadie and Socksy and our

1008
00:50:41.159 --> 00:50:44.920
<v Speaker 2>pals Rogue and Scala and Tam for the warm Buffalo welcome.

1009
00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:47.920
<v Speaker 2>Simone and my friend Sarah who ventured to Texas. I

1010
00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:49.679
<v Speaker 2>hope I get to see the next one with you

1011
00:50:49.880 --> 00:50:52.079
<v Speaker 2>and again to offset this travel and bring you a

1012
00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:54.440
<v Speaker 2>glimpse of the eclipse. If you couldn't make it a

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<v Speaker 2>donation went to climate activism nonprofit Functionalmagic dot org, which

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00:50:58.480 --> 00:51:01.519
<v Speaker 2>is linked to the show notes alongside Meretassium on YouTube.

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00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.760
<v Speaker 2>Thank you to them. You heard doctor Tiagenwall in the

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00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:06.800
<v Speaker 2>WGA Writers Strike episode and we'll link her socials in

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<v Speaker 2>the show notes too. In case you'd like to be

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<v Speaker 2>friend a Hollywood screenwriter who works on great science scripts,

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<v Speaker 2>Stay tuned for a cool Ologies announcement coming your way

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<v Speaker 2>in the next few weeks. Aaron Talbert adminsiologies podcast Facebook

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<v Speaker 2>group with this syst from Bonnie Dusch and Shannon Feltz,

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<v Speaker 2>Aveline Malick and the Wordery make our professional transcripts. Noel

1027
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<v Speaker 2>Dilworth is our scheduling producer who literally raced us to

1028
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<v Speaker 2>airports and helped gather things I forgot. Susan Hale rolled

1029
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<v Speaker 2>with the changes as our managing director. Kelly R. Dwyerd

1030
00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:45.920
<v Speaker 2>as our website. Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio is our

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00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:48.679
<v Speaker 2>Ologies lead editor. Again, thanks for going with the last

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<v Speaker 2>minute episodes and huge producorial and editing assistants provided by

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<v Speaker 2>Jared Sleeper of mind Jam Media, which also produces the

1034
00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.599
<v Speaker 2>Nickelodeon podcast Avatar, The Last Airbender and the newly released

1035
00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:01.760
<v Speaker 2>season three. We just got nominated for a Webby, So

1036
00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:06.280
<v Speaker 2>congrats Jared Sleeper. After the bonkers travel and the eclipse,

1037
00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:08.920
<v Speaker 2>we slept like twelve hours and we edited a lot

1038
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<v Speaker 2>of this in a Hampton in lobby where they offered

1039
00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:15.599
<v Speaker 2>guests leftover eclipse snacks like sun chips and moonpies, which

1040
00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:17.639
<v Speaker 2>I found very clever. Now, if you stick around to

1041
00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:19.039
<v Speaker 2>the end, I tell you a secret in this week.

1042
00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:21.159
<v Speaker 2>It's that, Yeah, I did finally shower and I changed.

1043
00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:23.800
<v Speaker 2>Thanks so much, and I just got to DC hopefully

1044
00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:26.079
<v Speaker 2>to put this up tonight. Also side, don't remember how

1045
00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:28.519
<v Speaker 2>we stayed an extra day or two for Jared's jiu

1046
00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:32.119
<v Speaker 2>jitsu ceremony. I snuck in the back of the ceremony

1047
00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:35.719
<v Speaker 2>with some spectators and I watched your pod Moom get

1048
00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:38.239
<v Speaker 2>his black belt in jiu jitsu, which is like a

1049
00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:42.239
<v Speaker 2>giant feat It's taken him twenty years to achieve. You

1050
00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:45.960
<v Speaker 2>can see the chunicular traumatology episode about knee injuries to

1051
00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:48.920
<v Speaker 2>learn more on that, and I'm so happy for him.

1052
00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:53.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm so happy without having gone to that ceremony. Also,

1053
00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:56.159
<v Speaker 2>we'd have been in Texas, so we cried a lot

1054
00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:59.320
<v Speaker 2>this week, all for good reasons. So thanks for coming along.

1055
00:52:59.400 --> 00:53:00.960
<v Speaker 2>We'll be back in next speak with a full episode

1056
00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:04.519
<v Speaker 2>per usual. Meanwhile, you tell the son it's doing a

1057
00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:20.079
<v Speaker 2>good job. Do not look it in the eye. Okay, bye, bye.

1058
00:53:29.880 --> 00:53:31.159
<v Speaker 11>It's so beautiful.