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<v Speaker 1>Cal Poly is in session. Students swarm through campus and

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<v Speaker 1>file in and out of classes. They're thinking about the

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<v Speaker 1>chapter reading.

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<v Speaker 2>They have tonight, their next class, their new door, their

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<v Speaker 2>senior project.

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<v Speaker 3>Got to get to the gym. What's for dinner tonight?

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<v Speaker 1>Where's the nearest bathroom? Kate and I know things can

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<v Speaker 1>get a bit chaotic as a student navigating the inns

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<v Speaker 1>and out of college life.

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<v Speaker 3>At cal Poly.

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<v Speaker 2>We focus on learning by doing, but sometimes you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what to do well. Emma and I are here

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<v Speaker 2>to answer your who, what, when, where, why, and how's here?

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<v Speaker 2>On CP one oh one Learned by Listening, presented by

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<v Speaker 2>KCPR ninety one point three. Hi Mustang, I'm Kate Lopenske,

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<v Speaker 2>a fourth year journalism student, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Emma Hughes, a fourth year English student here at

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<v Speaker 1>cal Poly.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're here to share our tell all guide on

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<v Speaker 2>how to survive and thrive at cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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<v Speaker 1>So grab a notebook you may want to write this down.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to CP one oh one. Today we have

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<v Speaker 1>a super special episode for you guys. So as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Kate and I are completely on the grind with this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to build a following, but unfortunately we have no

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<v Speaker 1>idea how to be influencers.

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<v Speaker 2>So we thought it would be fun to invite some

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<v Speaker 2>creators from cal Poly to tell us all about their

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<v Speaker 2>careers and share some advice. And with all of this

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<v Speaker 2>great information from these talented students, we're definitely going to

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<v Speaker 2>be famous after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, Q like all of our sponsors coming in.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, wait, what's real quick? What's your dream sponsorship?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Dream sponsorship? Kirkland Vodka, stop Costco in general? STA think Costco?

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<v Speaker 3>That would actually be really cool, like.

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<v Speaker 1>Free Costco membership for life, like food at the food

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<v Speaker 1>court whenever I want it for free, like I would wear.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually every Christmas I ask for a Kirkland Costco sweatshirt.

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<v Speaker 3>Ooh that's love. That sounds so cozy. Yeah, what's yours?

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<v Speaker 3>Mine's jelly cat? Obviously?

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<v Speaker 2>I love my jelly cats like I would if I could,

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<v Speaker 2>I would so start one of those jelly cat TikTok pages. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and just like show like esthetic setups of my jelly

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<v Speaker 2>cats and give them all personas. That makes me sound

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<v Speaker 2>so crazy. Okay, let's hear from these amazing content creators. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>they have so much information to share with us.

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<v Speaker 4>Hello, my name is Courtney Osman and you can find

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<v Speaker 4>me on TikTok at Coco Aussie on Instagram at Courtney Osman.

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<v Speaker 4>I post relatable, fun videos of my life as a student,

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<v Speaker 4>young woman, all of that in my day to day experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you do this?

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<v Speaker 4>No, my favorite part is it is the being able

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<v Speaker 4>to influence people's days or even influence their thinking. I know,

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<v Speaker 4>like right now the comedy videos are back when I

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<v Speaker 4>was doing puppy videos.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, even if.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just a smile during the day, even if it's

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<v Speaker 4>just super small, to be able to make someone laugh

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<v Speaker 4>and maybe enjoy their life a little bit or maybe

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<v Speaker 4>think a.

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<v Speaker 3>Little bit differently.

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<v Speaker 4>I really want people to live their lives and love

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<v Speaker 4>it and grow and reap the benefits of that. I

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<v Speaker 4>remember this one super small thing was this guy had

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<v Speaker 4>instagram DMed me and he said, I just want to

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<v Speaker 4>let you know that there's this inside joke that my

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<v Speaker 4>friend and I have between us because of one of

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<v Speaker 4>your videos. And we literally framed this picture from just

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<v Speaker 4>like a video snippet frame of your video because was

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<v Speaker 4>just so fun. It was one of my puppy videos

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<v Speaker 4>with the dog had the tongue sticking out. It was

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<v Speaker 4>just a silly, stupid video, but it had just made

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<v Speaker 4>their lives a little bit more fun. And I know

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<v Speaker 4>that my impact is however much it is on someone's lives.

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<v Speaker 4>I would hope one day to be big on someone's lives,

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<v Speaker 4>to impact them in positive ways. But even to what

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<v Speaker 4>extent that is, to be able to make someone's life better,

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<v Speaker 4>even just buy a chuckle that lasts four seconds is

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<v Speaker 4>something that brings me joy.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see this is something long term?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 4>I think if TikTok does go away, another platform will

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<v Speaker 4>show up. Also, Instagram is also still big. Instagram reels,

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<v Speaker 4>other platforms, YouTube, YouTube shorts.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a growing thing.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that there are plenty of opportunities for greaders

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<v Speaker 4>to still do the same thing me personally. If it's

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<v Speaker 4>more long term, I guess I'm just taking it month

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<v Speaker 4>by month and seeing where the passion calls me. I supposey.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So never fear people out there, Courtney is still

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<v Speaker 1>going to be posted.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, guys, don't worry. Don't worry. You'll be scrolling and

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<v Speaker 4>I'll still make you laugh.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, ye, Why don't you just introduce yourself, your name,

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<v Speaker 2>near and major.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi.

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<v Speaker 5>My name is Regan Fortenwalt. I'm a second year mechanical

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<v Speaker 5>engineering major.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, a woman who does it all.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I've expected you to be like English or something

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<v Speaker 1>based off your platform.

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<v Speaker 5>Everybody everyways like why aren't you an English major? But

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<v Speaker 5>like I've always just been an engineer, So like, I

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<v Speaker 5>don't think.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm fascinating that's so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you consider yourself an influencer? Do you go buy

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<v Speaker 1>the label like content creator? How do you refer to

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<v Speaker 1>yourself with this big social media following?

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<v Speaker 5>I I can go with influencer. I go mostly with

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<v Speaker 5>content creation though, because I don't really do like advertisements

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<v Speaker 5>except for like my own like book and stuff online.

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<v Speaker 5>I kind of want to get into it though, because

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<v Speaker 5>I heard that you can get a lot of free stuff,

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<v Speaker 5>but I like it's just never something that I've been

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<v Speaker 5>good at, you know. Like, so I've always just gone

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<v Speaker 5>with content creator because like I share my own artwork

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<v Speaker 5>online and so that's sort of how I made my following.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Yeah, I mean, let's get this girl a dice

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<v Speaker 3>and hair rop. Let's like, yeah, like.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what they should spant do my hair every

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<v Speaker 5>morning with one of those. Yeah, there you go, see

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<v Speaker 5>sponsor me.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, maybe content creator to influencer pipeline. All right, so

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<v Speaker 2>we are familiar with what kind of content you create,

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<v Speaker 2>but for those who haven't heard of you, like, what

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<v Speaker 2>content do you make and post on your page?

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<v Speaker 3>So?

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<v Speaker 5>I do spoken poetry. So it's this kind of small

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<v Speaker 5>niche on TikTok and Instagram where you read out poetry

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<v Speaker 5>that you have written, but you do it in like

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<v Speaker 5>a spoken format. You do this with music in the background.

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<v Speaker 5>Most of the time you show your face, but with

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<v Speaker 5>some poetry on TikTok and Instagram, it's just like a

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<v Speaker 5>picture of the screen that you wrote it on. Stuff

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<v Speaker 5>like that. But my specific niche is reading out spoken poetry.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm one of the highest followed female creators on

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<v Speaker 5>both TikTok and Instagram for the spoken poetry little.

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<v Speaker 3>Niche to hear women in poetry.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, let's get more poets online. It's kind of a

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<v Speaker 5>super small niche. I think there should be more people

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<v Speaker 5>doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so how did you kind of get into that?

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<v Speaker 5>So I started writing like five years ago, just like

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<v Speaker 5>for myself. But after talking to my therapist, she followed

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<v Speaker 5>this account, who I also followed. I was inspired by

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<v Speaker 5>her and her content and just started posting every day.

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<v Speaker 5>It was never like really going to be like about

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<v Speaker 5>having a big following. It was mostly supposed to be

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<v Speaker 5>like an online diary. But then when like it started

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<v Speaker 5>like escalating and more and more people started watching, I

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<v Speaker 5>started realizing, like, oh, I can't put every little intimate

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<v Speaker 5>detail of my life online, you know. But it was

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<v Speaker 5>always my dream to be able to like share my

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<v Speaker 5>poetry with people, because it was like my biggest passion,

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<v Speaker 5>and just like the opportunity to be able to do

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<v Speaker 5>that is like so inspiring to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you remember your first viral moment and what that

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<v Speaker 2>felt like for you when you first started getting views?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that was it was insane. Like I'd been posting

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<v Speaker 5>every day for two months. I'd just gone through a

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<v Speaker 5>terrible breakup. I wrote a poem about like that heartbreak

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<v Speaker 5>that I felt, and it was this poem called August,

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<v Speaker 5>and it like gets two million views.

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<v Speaker 3>It seemed like.

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<v Speaker 5>Everybody and their mother's had seen this video. And two

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<v Speaker 5>million now doesn't sound like a ton, you know, But

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<v Speaker 5>at the time it was super motivating because I finally

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<v Speaker 5>knew what kind of content people wanted to watch and

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<v Speaker 5>what people related to and what could actually help people.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of going on that same vein there, do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you create a persona for yourself when you're

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<v Speaker 1>entering like these online environments. Are there videos out there

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<v Speaker 1>that you choose not to share or poems that you're

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<v Speaker 1>not sharing?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, yeah. So I've written two poems a day

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<v Speaker 5>every day for the last.

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<v Speaker 3>Five years, so oh wow. Yeah, it's a.

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<v Speaker 5>Lot because I do it to exercise and also like

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<v Speaker 5>get my emotions out. But a lot of those poems

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<v Speaker 5>are super personal with me and also very bad, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>like if you've written like five thousand poems, like ninety

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<v Speaker 5>five percent of them are bad, you know. And so

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<v Speaker 5>the poems that I write for myself are very different

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<v Speaker 5>than the poems I put online. I wouldn't say it's

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<v Speaker 5>like another persona really, Like sometimes I change details of

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<v Speaker 5>the poems so that the people they are about like

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<v Speaker 5>don't know they're about them really, but like it's more

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<v Speaker 5>like it's meant to be relatable and help other people

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<v Speaker 5>get through their feelings and not necessarily like my first

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<v Speaker 5>reaction to the poem, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, how.

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<v Speaker 1>Has that changed then your like writing process, or if

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<v Speaker 1>you are writing two poems a day, do you break

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<v Speaker 1>it up almost into like one poems for me and

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<v Speaker 1>one poem is going to be for the world, Like

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<v Speaker 1>how does that feel? And what changed?

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<v Speaker 5>I started during COVID writing one poem a day, and

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<v Speaker 5>the whole thing with that was that I was going

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<v Speaker 5>to hide them so that I could come back to

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<v Speaker 5>them later, like reading a diary. But I quickly got

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<v Speaker 5>frustrated with that because I couldn't read them anymore. So

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<v Speaker 5>what I do is I write one poem to keep

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<v Speaker 5>and put in a diary, and then another poem that's

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<v Speaker 5>just for me, and sometimes those are for TikTok, and

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<v Speaker 5>sometimes those are just poems that I write at the

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<v Speaker 5>end of the night that go poem, poem, poem, because

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just trying to not get into this fear of writing,

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<v Speaker 5>which I think is why a lot of people get

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<v Speaker 5>writer's block too, is because they're afraid that everything they're

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<v Speaker 5>right is going to be bad, you know. But I

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<v Speaker 5>try to avoid that by writing bad things deliberately, and

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<v Speaker 5>so I'm not afraid of it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really cool, And can I just say it's just

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<v Speaker 2>such a beautiful coping mechanism because I cope with a

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<v Speaker 2>pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. So that is

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<v Speaker 2>so real, amazing, And the way that you've been able

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<v Speaker 2>to build a platform out of us is just so

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<v Speaker 2>so so cool. Have people reached out to you and

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<v Speaker 2>on their lives, how they relate.

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<v Speaker 3>To your yeah crazy.

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<v Speaker 5>For example, like a year and a half ago, I

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<v Speaker 5>and I wrote it wearing my glasses because I wear

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<v Speaker 5>signing two weeks ago, first ever. It was crazy, what

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<v Speaker 5>But like a girl came up to me and she's like,

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<v Speaker 5>and messages and I don't have time, like really to

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<v Speaker 5>look at them all. But it's overwhelmingly positive. And a

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<v Speaker 5>since I started and I started blowing up, I think

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<v Speaker 5>are inspired by me, Like have said that they are,

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<v Speaker 5>Like I really think we should have more people write

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<v Speaker 1>So kind of going with that, like the people that

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<v Speaker 1>you meet, what opportunities have you kind of encountered through

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<v Speaker 1>this large social media following, and maybe this is an

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity like if you want to talk about your book

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<v Speaker 1>and oh yeah, like that, like what has changed since

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<v Speaker 5>So I never without this following, I don't think I

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<v Speaker 5>which is something that was always my dream ever since

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<v Speaker 5>like in Barnes and Noble, and that finally happened in

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<v Speaker 5>October because they don't take like some you know, at

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<v Speaker 5>that opportunity. Same with the book signing. The publishers they

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<v Speaker 5>my second book, it's called Prince of Hearts, come out

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<v Speaker 5>in February. I'm so excited about that because it's it's

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<v Speaker 5>been a year since I've written like lover Girl my

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<v Speaker 5>first book, and Prince of Hearts is basically like a

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<v Speaker 5>sequel to that, where Lover Girl was about heartbreak, about

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<v Speaker 5>that terrible breakup I had and like the consequences of

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<v Speaker 5>my like self worth after that. But Prince of Hearts

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, I need to read that right, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>you clearly have very relatable content. Yeah, So in the end, like,

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<v Speaker 2>we are a cal Poly based podcast, So have you

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<v Speaker 2>learned anything from like going to cal Poly? Like has

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<v Speaker 2>this environment helped you at all? Have your classes inspired

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<v Speaker 2>you at all?

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<v Speaker 3>Or anything?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I know you're engineering, right, Like, how has

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<v Speaker 2>like going here kind of influenced your career in poetry

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<v Speaker 5>Well, I think the general atmosphere at cal Poly, Like

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<v Speaker 5>I I've changed so much since last year, Like the

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<v Speaker 5>people I've met, the things that I've spent my time

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<v Speaker 5>doing have been so different since my high school years

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<v Speaker 5>because I I guess, like, compared to how it was

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<v Speaker 5>in high school, now, I feel like I actually have

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<v Speaker 5>like a giant support system of people who like me

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<v Speaker 5>just for me, you know. And I feel so grateful

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<v Speaker 5>to be going to cal Poly because I feel like

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<v Speaker 5>that's the general atmosphere, like all around here is just positivity.

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<v Speaker 5>Plus also I feel like like it's California too, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I've always wanted to take like a poetry class, but

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<v Speaker 5>I'm also worried, like because my poetry is like more

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<v Speaker 5>modern poetry, like where it's like I don't really follow

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<v Speaker 1>It's that if you take the creative writing classes all

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<v Speaker 1>just writing poems and then you read them in front

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<v Speaker 5>Class, I'd be but like, let's hope I can take criticism.

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<v Speaker 1>Like this podcast too is so niche right now because

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<v Speaker 1>we're like how to be an influencer, but like at

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<v Speaker 1>cow Poly, right, how are you doing that as a student.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a big balance too, But I I personally like,

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<v Speaker 5>really enjoy the grind, you know, because poetry is something

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just really passionate about. I don't really see it

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<v Speaker 3>As long as you're taking joy out of it, that's

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<v Speaker 3>all that matters, right right, all right?

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<v Speaker 2>And then just to tie everything up beautifully, what would

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<v Speaker 2>you say is your favorite part about having a platform?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>My favorite part is I think it's Emily Dickinson. She

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<v Speaker 5>Breaking poem that is actually a poem I read right

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<v Speaker 5>before I started writing myself, and it really inspired me

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<v Speaker 5>because I kept thinking, if I can just write one

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<v Speaker 5>poem that will change one other person's life. And the

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<v Speaker 5>fact that that's not only happened now, but happened thousands

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<v Speaker 5>of times over with people online who have told me, like,

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<v Speaker 3>This, that is what I like about it. Totally. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So before we wrap up, where can people find you?

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<v Speaker 5>So you can find me at Reagan's poetry on TikTok

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<v Speaker 5>and Instagram. I have a book out called Lover Girl

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<v Speaker 5>and it just came out in October, where you can

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<v Speaker 5>find it in any Barnes and noble.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that's all the time we have for today. One

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<v Speaker 1>last piece of advice, don't be afraid to put yourself online.

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<v Speaker 1>It might take some work and it might take some time,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's definitely worth it. As we just heard from

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<v Speaker 1>our lovely influencers, I mean, Kate and I are on

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<v Speaker 1>the grind, so you should be too.

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<v Speaker 2>And anyways, we'll be back with more tips and tricks

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<v Speaker 2>next time on CP one on one learn by listening.

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<v Speaker 3>Signing off, I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Kate Lipenske and I'm Emma Hughes. Thanks for keeping up

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<v Speaker 1>with all things Kyle poly