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<v Speaker 1>It's night Side with Dan Ray on WBS Boston's new video.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much to call. I hope you have

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<v Speaker 2>a great weekend. It's Friday. We've made it to the

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<v Speaker 2>end of another week almost. I hope you have a

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<v Speaker 2>great weekend. It's going to be nice weather. Get out

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<v Speaker 2>Nicole Davis one of the best in the business, that's

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<v Speaker 2>for sure. Rob Brooks is also one of the best

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<v Speaker 2>room in beautiful Medford, Massachusetts at the iHeart Broadcast Center.

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<v Speaker 2>Rob always good to have you along board here. Rob

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<v Speaker 2>is the guy that takes your phone calls and sets

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<v Speaker 2>you up. So you've got to be nice to Rob

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<v Speaker 2>or you don't get on the air. It's as simple

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<v Speaker 2>as that. My name's Dan Ray. I'm the host of Nightside.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to be nice to me. You'd be

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<v Speaker 2>nice if you were nice to me. But I'll put

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<v Speaker 2>you on no matter what your point of view is,

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<v Speaker 2>because we believe all points of view are welcome here

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<v Speaker 2>on Nightside, and they continue to be We will be

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the visit of President Vladimir Vladimir Zelensky from Ukraine,

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<v Speaker 2>meeting ironically with both the Vice President Kamala Harris and

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<v Speaker 2>also former President Donald Trump, and we'll kind of ask

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<v Speaker 2>the question about which one of them, if you are

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<v Speaker 2>interested in Ukraine, is that an important issue to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a very important issue, and which one

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<v Speaker 2>of those candidates, should they be elected president, would handle

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<v Speaker 2>the issue the best. We'll also talk about Prime Minister

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<v Speaker 2>Benjamin Netanya, who's speech his addressed to the United Nations

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<v Speaker 2>today and boy he pulled no punches. And of course

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<v Speaker 2>we have tonight in our twentieth and final hour of

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<v Speaker 2>the week at eleven o'clock, our monthly presidential twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four snap poll. All we want to do is find

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<v Speaker 2>out who you'll be voting for if the election were

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<v Speaker 2>held today. Well, before we get to all of that,

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<v Speaker 2>we have four really interesting guests, and I think all

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<v Speaker 2>of you know if you listen to this show, that

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<v Speaker 2>I love apples, but most specifically Macintosh apples. Joining us

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<v Speaker 2>now is David Bedford. He is with the Department of

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<v Speaker 2>a Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota, and it says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm assuming it's Professor Bedford that you were an apple breeder.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't even know apple breeders exist. Is that a mispressure?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that an actual characterization?

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's accurate. There are not that many of us

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<v Speaker 3>in the world, so you may not have heard of us.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, we're alive and well, but just a small group.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Minnesota Twins were to change their name for

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<v Speaker 2>some reason, they could call them the Minnesota apple breeders. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>what does what does an apple breeder do? I think

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<v Speaker 2>I know, but I know you can explain it much

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<v Speaker 2>more effectively than I ever could.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Well, our job is to develop new varieties, and

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<v Speaker 3>so by hybridization cross breeding, we develop brand new varieties

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<v Speaker 3>that we hope will excite and stimulate the consumers.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Now, I'm a great consumer of apples, macintosh apples.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that McIntosh apples are the perfect fruit, and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that the perfect apple. So my question is,

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<v Speaker 2>why would anybody mess with McIntosh apples. I go to

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<v Speaker 2>the store and I'm confused, as mccooon McCown's and this

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<v Speaker 2>new one, honey Crisp. Did you guys just invent honeycrisp apples?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I hate to tell you, but it's been out

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<v Speaker 3>for a while. We actually introduced it back in nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>ninety one, and even further back we did the original

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<v Speaker 3>breeding in nineteen sixty one. So usual, it's been around

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<v Speaker 3>for a while, but sometimes it takes a while for

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<v Speaker 3>the word to get out.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, fair enough, okay. I remember a few years ago

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<v Speaker 2>there was a person in our office at WBZ Radio

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<v Speaker 2>and they were so excited about honey crisp apples were arriving,

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<v Speaker 2>and I had never heard of them, because I'm loyal,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a monogam mis relationship with with Macintosh apples.

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<v Speaker 2>She was over the moon and I try the honey

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<v Speaker 2>crisp apple apple, much to my disappointment. Tell us how

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<v Speaker 2>they they developed the honey crisp apple? Is it like

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<v Speaker 2>three quarter inch Macintosh in one quarter? Tell how do

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<v Speaker 2>we do this? I mean naked? Naked so I can

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<v Speaker 2>understand this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, well, I mean it's it's really as simple

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<v Speaker 3>as human reproduction or animal reproduction. You choose a male,

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<v Speaker 3>you choose a female, and you hybridize the two. And

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<v Speaker 3>in our case with apples, we take pollen from one

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<v Speaker 3>parents and through the magic fertilization, seeds are formed, and

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<v Speaker 3>each of those seeds are unique individual and much as

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<v Speaker 3>with human reproduction, the male and a female, the offspring

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes look like the parents sometimes don't. We wish we

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<v Speaker 3>could only pass on our good traits, but of course

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<v Speaker 3>we can't. And that's the same issues we deal with

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<v Speaker 3>in breeding apples.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so let me so the honey crisp would then

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to use shorthand that would be a cross between.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it would be two apples you've probably never heard of.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be a cross between keepsake and then just

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<v Speaker 3>a breeding selection from our breeding program, just the numbered selection.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, probably in your world that's not exactly

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<v Speaker 3>regal parentage. But here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>It's okay, so you're you're peering, you're peering a thoroughbread

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<v Speaker 2>with kind of a mutt.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, well, your words, not mine, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, how many how many types of apples exist in

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I don't know the latest count, but I know

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<v Speaker 3>it's somewhere. I mean, in terms of varieties that have

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<v Speaker 3>been recorded, it's over seven thousand through Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, so you.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys have a lot, have a lot to work with.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it is, am I in the majority of

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<v Speaker 2>the minority. I got to tell you, I love Macintosh apples,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love Macintosh apples at this time of year.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, they are just the perfect apple. Were Macintosh

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<v Speaker 2>apples bread at some point back in the day.

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<v Speaker 3>Well yeah, yeah, actually not. I mean they were in

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<v Speaker 3>one sense, and that every apple variety has come as

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<v Speaker 3>a result of hybridization. Now in the case of Macintosh

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<v Speaker 3>that wasn't human hybridization. That would have happened just from

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<v Speaker 3>the bees bringing pollen from one tree putting to the

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<v Speaker 3>flowers another. So we're really you know, this is the

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<v Speaker 3>birds and bees all over.

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<v Speaker 4>But in case you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Choosing the parents. But there are plenty of good varieties that,

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<v Speaker 3>especially in you know, the past, that came from just

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, so brought something and gave us what we got.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember reading the story as a little boy about

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<v Speaker 2>Johnny Appleseed. Okay, So I don't know if Johnny Appleseed

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<v Speaker 2>was doing what you're doing in effect, And I guess

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<v Speaker 2>Johnny Applesey was actually a person, a real person, correct.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, that's right. Yeah, And he wasn't doing breeding,

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<v Speaker 3>he was just taking seeds out of apples and planting

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<v Speaker 3>them and hoping for the best. It was really like

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<v Speaker 3>kind of spreading lottery tickets.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so let me ask you this, and again I'm

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<v Speaker 2>fascinated by what you do, and I mean that honestly.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you can tell from the enthusiasm my questions

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<v Speaker 2>and I am running out of time. Let's assume when

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<v Speaker 2>someone has a delicious Macintosh apple and they carefully take

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<v Speaker 2>the eight or ten or twelve seeds out of the

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<v Speaker 2>Macintosh apple, that person has no idea if that's a

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<v Speaker 2>male apple or a female apple. I assume the average person.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, yeah, if it's an apple, then it's then it's

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<v Speaker 3>the female. I mean every apple three male and female.

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<v Speaker 3>But when we talk about taking seeds and an apple,

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<v Speaker 3>that means an over has been fertilized. So that's the

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<v Speaker 3>female part. Okay, and yes, but more importantly those eight seeds.

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<v Speaker 3>As he took a thousand seeds out of Macintosh apples,

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<v Speaker 3>There's two things I can tell you for sure. Number one,

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<v Speaker 3>you'll never get another Macintosh tree out of those seeds.

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<v Speaker 3>And number two, no two of them are alike.

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<v Speaker 2>So what the heck was Johnny apple Seed doing? When

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<v Speaker 2>he was running around and planting the apple seeds in

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<v Speaker 2>the ground. That's what the sties that I read.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, he did, and every one of those would

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<v Speaker 3>grow into a tree, but it would be an unknown commodity.

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<v Speaker 3>So in terms of the quality of those those fruit,

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<v Speaker 3>they're almost certainly not that great. But you know, but

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<v Speaker 3>back in that time, the standard was pretty low, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know where a majority of that fruit went into

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<v Speaker 3>hard cider. So at that point it really didn't matter

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<v Speaker 3>how bad they were.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the end products what results. So was he basically

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<v Speaker 2>producing trees that had what we call crab apples.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of them probably were, you know, it just depends

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<v Speaker 3>on the parents that those seeds came from, but there

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<v Speaker 3>could have been some that were, some were a little bigger.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd say almost certainly they would be generally considered pretty

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<v Speaker 3>low quality by today's standards as well. Belows and macintoshed.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we don't script these questions, so bear with me, professor.

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<v Speaker 2>Where do macintosh apples get where are they endemic to?

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<v Speaker 2>Are they a United States apple? Are they a northern

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<v Speaker 2>Western hemisphere apple? Where where did they come from?

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<v Speaker 3>Because the next time I yeah, yeah, it was a

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<v Speaker 3>chance discovery, but it came from Canada, and I don't

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<v Speaker 3>recall you know, I know they've gone backwards and kind

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<v Speaker 3>of figured out the parentage, but it wasn't a cross

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<v Speaker 3>so it wasn't a matter of going into the records

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<v Speaker 3>and saying, oh, okay, this is to go backwards.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have been done by Nature's what you're telling me.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's right. Yeah, perfect, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>I really enjoyed this conversation, Professor Bedford. I hope you

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<v Speaker 2>enjoyed it as much as I do.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I have.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a community here in Boston, the greater Boston

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<v Speaker 2>area called Bedford, Massachusetts. And of course there's also a Bedford,

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<v Speaker 2>New Hampshire. It's probably a pretty common town, but at

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<v Speaker 2>least those are two towns that I know of. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for your expertise and bearing with some of my

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<v Speaker 2>seemingly silly questions, but they actually would because I really

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<v Speaker 2>am fascinated by what you do and I stand in awe.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you with the science that's involved in this. So

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<v Speaker 2>thank you so much. And you are, indeed, I assume

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<v Speaker 2>a golden golfer.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, you had to bring that up.

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<v Speaker 2>That's you, that's your school let's learned to come up

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<v Speaker 2>with a problem, come up with an apple, and call

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<v Speaker 2>it a golden golfer. I'm telling you that that would

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<v Speaker 2>be a huge seller.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay, I'll keep that in.

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<v Speaker 2>Mind, thanks, professor. All Right, let's go too a quick

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<v Speaker 2>break and we come back. Do you do you a

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<v Speaker 2>little hesitant about speaking publicly? You know, speaking to groups,

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<v Speaker 2>or speaking on the radio, or speaking on television. I

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<v Speaker 2>have that same fear, and we're going to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>someone's gonna help me get rid of that fear. Her

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<v Speaker 2>name is Linda Ugloh. I hope I'm pronouncing it right.

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<v Speaker 2>She's a local author and she's written a book, Delight

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<v Speaker 2>in the Limelight, Overcoming your fear of speaking in front

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<v Speaker 2>of people. We're going to learn a lot in this

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Well as anyone who's following my career of thirty one

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<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of a shy guy and I have a

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<v Speaker 2>Linda Ugelow. She's a local author and she's written a book,

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<v Speaker 2>Delight in the Limelight, Overcoming your fear of speaking in

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<v Speaker 2>front of people. Linda, Finally, finally I got you on

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<v Speaker 2>my show. How are you?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm great, and I'm so sorry that you've suffered all

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<v Speaker 2>All these years. When I was a little boy and

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<v Speaker 2>we would go to mind I'm not going to say

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<v Speaker 2>which grandmother was, but she was sort of strict, and

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<v Speaker 2>she would caution my brother and me, who were little devils,

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<v Speaker 5>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>I have not followed her admonition to this day, but

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<v Speaker 2>there was a point in time when I had to

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<v Speaker 2>were in a public speaking class. I was terrified. I

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<v Speaker 2>no idea if I've ever come overcome that fear, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing the best I can. How do you what

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<v Speaker 5>I think one of the things that people misunderstand about

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<v Speaker 5>practicing more ignoring the fear and just doing it anyway,

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<v Speaker 5>or reframing the fears excitement. And it's not like any

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<v Speaker 5>of these things are wrong, but they won't necessarily get

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<v Speaker 5>to the fear because what I have discovered is that

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<v Speaker 5>the fear is not random. We have a fear of

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<v Speaker 5>speaking with good cause because meaning there are times in

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<v Speaker 5>the past that we were ridiculed or bullied or made

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<v Speaker 5>fun of, or ignored or somehow led to believe that

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<v Speaker 2>So that is the apprehension that is instilled to us,

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<v Speaker 5>My grandmother, maybe by your grandmother, or maybe maybe in

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<v Speaker 5>school or you know. For me, part of it was

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<v Speaker 5>the jealousy of my sisters. My mom would put me

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<v Speaker 5>on a pedestal and they she'd say, why can't you

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<v Speaker 5>girls be more like Linda?

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<v Speaker 3>She's good?

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<v Speaker 5>Why aren't you good like her? And that was their

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<v Speaker 5>cue to attack me, and they'd kick me in the

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<v Speaker 5>shins and they'd say, shut up, stupid. And when I

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<v Speaker 5>realized that, it was like Gough, of course, I'm not

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<v Speaker 5>learned it was dangerous to be put in the center

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that's pretty good analysis. It sounds like a bad

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<v Speaker 2>Walt Disney movie, but that's okay. Nonetheless, you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you you blossomed. And so you have a book,

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<v Speaker 2>which obviously I want to mention, and there may be

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<v Speaker 2>people who are interested in the book. It is the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the book is Delight in the Limelight. Love

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<v Speaker 2>the title. Overcoming your fear of speaking in front of people.

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<v Speaker 2>I find it somewhat different, to be really honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>speaking in front of an audience is a little more

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<v Speaker 2>intimidating than speaking on radio and television. Can you understand

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<v Speaker 2>that difference?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, I think you know, everybody has their own pattern.

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<v Speaker 5>Some people are comfortable when they can see people's faces,

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<v Speaker 5>and they would find being on radio or a podcast

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<v Speaker 5>or making a video terrifying, and then vice versa, just

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<v Speaker 5>like some people are comfortable speaking to their peers but

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<v Speaker 5>not authority figures and other people. It's just the opposite,

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<v Speaker 5>and it all depends on the patterns of our experiences.

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<v Speaker 5>Like if you were bullied in school, or you saw

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<v Speaker 5>kids laughing at others who got up at the front

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<v Speaker 5>and you know, didn't know where the country was. Then

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<v Speaker 5>they would feel more uncomfortable around their peers. But if

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<v Speaker 5>they had sympathetic parents and teachers, they would feel more

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So, folks who have that apprehension, whether it is

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<v Speaker 2>imbued in them naturally or whether it's the consequence of

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<v Speaker 2>some unfortunate experiences, are the lessons in your book that

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<v Speaker 2>they can learn from? And also, do you provide one

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<v Speaker 2>on one counseling with people. I don't want to put

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<v Speaker 2>you in an uncomfortable spot here, but I want to

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<v Speaker 2>know what is the extent You're an author, obviously, but

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<v Speaker 2>are people allowed to get in touch with you? And

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<v Speaker 5>I'm to say that yes and yes, so yes. In

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<v Speaker 5>the book, I have a whole chapter that help people

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<v Speaker 5>take inventory of their past, and a whole chapter and

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<v Speaker 5>how to heal and clear those things away. We have

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<v Speaker 5>another section where people learn to be kinder to themselves

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<v Speaker 5>because people don't realize that they are actually creating a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of anxiety by the way they're speaking to themselves.

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<v Speaker 5>And if you don't explain, so if you get up

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<v Speaker 5>to speak and you're about to get up to speak.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's say you're doing a presentation or sharing at a

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<v Speaker 5>meeting and you say, oh my god, I'm not as

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<v Speaker 5>good as so and so they're real natural. I don't

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<v Speaker 5>know what I'm talking about. People are going to see

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<v Speaker 5>that I'm a fraud I or they're going to notice

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<v Speaker 5>I'm nervous and you're going to mess this up. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>this kind of talk is not going to help you

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<v Speaker 5>feel confident. So you but we don't even notice the

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<v Speaker 5>kind of dialogue we have in our heads. So it's

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<v Speaker 5>very important to also take inventory of how we're speaking

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<v Speaker 5>to ourselves and learn to replace that with encouraging words,

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<v Speaker 5>kind words, positive reflections that are going to make you

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<v Speaker 5>feel calmer, more relaxed, and more eager to share what

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<v Speaker 5>you have to share. And then the third part of

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<v Speaker 5>my book is all about how to build skills of

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<v Speaker 5>confident presence and enjoying the sound of your voice, because

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<v Speaker 5>speaking is our human design. Three year olds two year

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<v Speaker 5>olds love the sound of their voice. They loved you know,

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<v Speaker 5>so something has happened to us. Between three we have

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<v Speaker 2>year old grandson who loves this sound of his voice.

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<v Speaker 5>Exactly, exactly. Yes, So the question is what happens between

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<v Speaker 5>then and out. So that's about my book, and I

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<v Speaker 5>think it's it's a great guy for anybody who wants

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<v Speaker 5>to get over their fears speaking or enjoy the speaking.

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<v Speaker 5>They do more. And yes, I do one on one coaching,

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<v Speaker 5>and I also have a group program also called the

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's it's an interesting phenomenon because I think

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<v Speaker 2>then when you ask people and some night I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to do this, what is your biggest fear? I would

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<v Speaker 2>say that that probably a lot of people would say

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<v Speaker 2>snakes or spiders, but a bet your significant number of

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<v Speaker 2>people would be happy to speak in public.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, I think you're right. When I did my research

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<v Speaker 5>on this, the only thing that people were more afraid

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<v Speaker 5>of than speaking in public were snakes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Have you seen the movie Snakes in a Plane?

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<v Speaker 2>I still don't understand why they didn't get an oscar

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<v Speaker 2>for that movie.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think I would like to see that movie.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of those it was a canty sort of movie,

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<v Speaker 2>to be honest with you. It never even would have

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<v Speaker 2>been considered. But it's a fun movie to watch if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to scare it.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, I'll consider it. I'll consider it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, particularly maybe the Halloween week or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel Jackson is the star. Probably not at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of his greatest movies, that's for sure. Snake's on a Plane.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, it's memorable anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, it is definitely memorable. If you get it,

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<v Speaker 2>yits you'll watch it and you'll enjoy it, and you'll

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<v Speaker 2>laugh and you'll think about me, Linda, I enjoyed this conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>You're local, by the way, you're you're somewhere in the

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<v Speaker 2>in the eastern Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 5>Correct, Yes, yes, I'm near about fifteen minute bike ride

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, and folks can find you. I'm sure your

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<v Speaker 2>last name is spelled ug e l ow do. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you do? Much work? Corporate work with companies who

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<v Speaker 2>have you know, corporate executives who are very very smart

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, absolutely, and they don't want anyone to know that

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<v Speaker 5>they have this issue, so they're very happy when they

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<v Speaker 2>Give them two tricks. Note cards are always great, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing wrong with having a few note cards. If

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<v Speaker 2>you have a podium of dayis in front you, and

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<v Speaker 2>look over the audience if you're really afraid, because the

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<v Speaker 2>only people who will think you're looking over the audience,

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<v Speaker 2>looking past the audience of the people in the back

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<v Speaker 2>two rows. Everybody else will think that you're talking to

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<v Speaker 2>people in the back two rows. Anyway, Linda, I really

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<v Speaker 2>enjoyed the conversation. Maybe we'll have you back some night

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<v Speaker 2>and we can have people take phone calls. We'll really

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<v Speaker 2>take phone calls and they could ask for tips. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>bet you this one might work. We might call you

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<v Speaker 2>back and we'll have you on for a full hour.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, I would enjoy that.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks very much, Linda, I enjoyed this. Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back right after the news, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to introduce you to a new way to live your life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's with a life coach. Her name is Stephanie O'Day

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<v Speaker 2>and it's called slow Living. Cultivating a life of purpose

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<v Speaker 2>in a hustle driven world. Tips for living life slow

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<v Speaker 2>Ahead of the World Mental Health Day. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy this interview too. We're coming back right after the

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<v Speaker 2>newscast at the bottom of the hour. My name is

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<v Speaker 1>It's Nightside with Dan Ray on wv Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I don't know if you've ever heard of

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<v Speaker 2>only getting with us. It's Stephanie O'Day she's an author

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<v Speaker 2>and a life coach. Stephanie. Welcome. I was giving you

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of trouble there. How tell us all

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<v Speaker 2>about slow living because I haven't. I haven't. I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>lived slow in a long time. Go right ahead.

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<v Speaker 6>I think it's great, Dan, I have a really bouncy brain,

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<v Speaker 6>so I am. I'm definitely trying to follow my own

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<v Speaker 6>best advice. Slow living is the idea that if we're lucky,

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<v Speaker 6>life is long, so don't fall into feeling behind, feeling

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<v Speaker 6>like you're not going to meet all of your personal

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<v Speaker 6>and professional goals. You will get there, but what I

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<v Speaker 6>teach is how to get there in a slow, steady,

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<v Speaker 6>and sustainable way instead of succumbing to kind of like

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<v Speaker 6>burn out and overwhelm.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is kind of like the turtle and the

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<v Speaker 2>hair face.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, yes see, I didn't need to write.

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<v Speaker 2>A book, Dan, all right, I hope you understand. I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't making fun. I was just trying to sort of

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<v Speaker 2>set the stage, if you will, for the interview, and

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of slowed down my pace and talked about

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<v Speaker 2>you a little bit.

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<v Speaker 6>So no, I think you are wonderful. You're precious thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Thank you very much, I appreciate that we've

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<v Speaker 2>just met, and that's a good start slow living, cultivating

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<v Speaker 2>a life of purpose in a hustle driven world. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>one of those guys who has to five or six

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<v Speaker 2>balls in the year simultaneously during the day to keep

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<v Speaker 2>my mind active. How do I slow it down?

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<v Speaker 6>So I'm okay with that, Dan, I really am. And

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not kidding when I say that I have a

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<v Speaker 6>bounty brain. But I want you to do the things

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<v Speaker 6>that you want to do. So if one of the

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<v Speaker 6>balls isn't what Dan wants to do, get rid of

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<v Speaker 6>that ball. So that's essentially what it's about. If it's

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<v Speaker 6>not doing things out of guilt or obligation, but it's

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<v Speaker 6>the things that you really want to do. And so

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<v Speaker 6>if there's stuff on your calendar and it doesn't like

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<v Speaker 6>make you excited and sparkly and glitterally, kind of decide

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<v Speaker 6>on purpose whether or not this is something you really

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<v Speaker 6>need to do or if it's just something that you've

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<v Speaker 6>always done.

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<v Speaker 3>That's yeah, ask you this.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me like, I like to have a good exchange here.

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<v Speaker 2>So all of us, at some point during in our

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<v Speaker 2>lives have to work. Okay, I'm at a point in

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<v Speaker 2>my life where I could retire if I wanted to.

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<v Speaker 2>But I like working, okay, so I'll take that, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>But there are a lot of people out there who

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<v Speaker 2>feel they really have to work and they don't like

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<v Speaker 2>I like my job all kidding aside, I really do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a fun job. I meet different people over the

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<v Speaker 2>phone every night, like yourself, to deal with different topics.

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<v Speaker 2>But a lot of people have a job that is

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<v Speaker 2>treagery and it's like you don't want you know, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no challenge, and what they would like to do might

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<v Speaker 2>be play golf all day, but they can't afford to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. So how do you balance off of what

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<v Speaker 2>you need to do with what you'd really like to do?

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely so, I too need to work, But what I

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<v Speaker 6>hope is that you do have some golf on your counter.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe not all day every day, but if you're putting

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<v Speaker 6>off the things you want to do because you're waiting

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<v Speaker 6>to retire or waiting for a slow season, that constantly

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<v Speaker 6>delaying the gratification is what makes life feel druggery, and

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<v Speaker 6>it's like it's not even fun to get out of

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<v Speaker 6>bed in the morning. So, yeah, you probably can't play

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<v Speaker 6>golf all day every day, But can you do it

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<v Speaker 6>once a month. Can you schedule that in and then

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<v Speaker 6>put the rest of your obligations around that. That's what

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<v Speaker 6>I'm talking about, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's making time for doing something that you want.

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<v Speaker 2>I make time for doing something that I want. Even

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<v Speaker 2>though I work a long day. I start at nine

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock in the morning and start thinking about the show

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<v Speaker 2>that starts at eight o'clock at night, try to make

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<v Speaker 2>the show different and all of that. But during the day,

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<v Speaker 2>I try to get the things done you have to

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<v Speaker 2>get done, whether it's go to the gym, go to

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<v Speaker 2>the store, nil some letters or whatever. Okay, And I

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<v Speaker 2>look at those things. They're tasks, but that I feel

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<v Speaker 2>good about. Yeah, so I guess I don't view them

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<v Speaker 2>that as tasks.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah yeah. So to me, Dan, it sounds like you've

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<v Speaker 6>got a pretty good mindset already, which is fantastic, and

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<v Speaker 6>so little things. If you're stuck in an office building

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<v Speaker 6>all day long, do something for yourself. I just read

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<v Speaker 6>a study saying that one of the reasons smoking took

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<v Speaker 6>off the way it did is because people were allowing

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<v Speaker 6>themselves a brain break every hour to go outside. So

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<v Speaker 6>don't take up smoking, but maybe you could go walk

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<v Speaker 6>around the building, or go to a bathroom on a

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<v Speaker 6>different floor, or go outside, or do something throughout the

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<v Speaker 6>day that's solely just for you. I happened to be

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<v Speaker 6>a really early riser, and I learned that in order

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<v Speaker 6>to kind of feed my soul first, it was better

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<v Speaker 6>for me to get up even earlier, because then my

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<v Speaker 6>kids didn't need me, and I could actually pay attention

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<v Speaker 6>to my own wants and meets before other people were

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<v Speaker 6>demanding stuff for me. So it's just kind of reprioritizing

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<v Speaker 6>in your brain of doing things that you really want

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<v Speaker 6>to do instead of constantly shoving those things aside because

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<v Speaker 6>you think you're too busy. We're all busy.

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<v Speaker 2>How did you? How did you come to this? You're

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<v Speaker 2>writing a book which is going to explain it for

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<v Speaker 2>people who might be interested in slowing their life down

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<v Speaker 2>a little different times, not just entirely getting off the treadmill,

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<v Speaker 2>But how did you come to this? Did you have

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<v Speaker 2>a book? Did you read I'm assuming did you? Did

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<v Speaker 2>you figure this out for yourself and now you're sharing

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<v Speaker 2>it with others? Right?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>So what's really interesting, dan Is I got fired from

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<v Speaker 6>writing cookbooks, so crop books are slow cookers, and that's

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<v Speaker 6>what I used to do is I used to write

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<v Speaker 6>slow cooker cookbooks and then my literary agent and publisher

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<v Speaker 6>wanted me to write pressure cooker cookbooks and I don't

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<v Speaker 6>like it. So I sort of have this like voice

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<v Speaker 6>of God of like, hey, staff, just because you can

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<v Speaker 6>do something fast, it doesn't mean you should. And the

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<v Speaker 6>way my brain worked was I wanted to get dinner

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<v Speaker 6>over with and cross it off my list at six

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<v Speaker 6>am and then move on. So to me, that's at

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<v Speaker 6>six am.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm assuming you mean breakfast. Hopefully you're not eating dinner

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<v Speaker 2>at six am.

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<v Speaker 6>No. But the way the crop loot flow cooker works

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<v Speaker 6>is you put your food in and then I had

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<v Speaker 6>all day long to do the stuff I wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 6>And so that's how the two concepts got nerried.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's good. Okay, now I get that. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>good that's a good metaphor.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. So in general, we live in a pressure cooker world,

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<v Speaker 6>and if you can slow it down and be more

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<v Speaker 6>like the crop loot, there's your sound bite.

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<v Speaker 2>No no, no, I used to deal with sound bites

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<v Speaker 2>when I was in TV for a long time. But

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<v Speaker 2>you do interviews here that that is for sure. So

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<v Speaker 2>how long has the book been out and what sort

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<v Speaker 2>of reaction and reception have you received.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure?

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, So the book came from a slow Living podcast

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<v Speaker 6>that I've been doing since the twenty twenty one because

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<v Speaker 6>the whole world sort of did need to slow down

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<v Speaker 6>during the pandemic, and I think people really started to

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<v Speaker 6>reprioritize what was important to them in many ways. And

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<v Speaker 6>then this new book just got released this week.

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<v Speaker 2>Good timing, Good timing. And is this your first book

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<v Speaker 2>or have you have you written this?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>So this is actually my eleventh book. So I was

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<v Speaker 6>well known for the crop pot site and my make

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<v Speaker 6>It Fast cook its Slow cookbooks, and I was fortunate

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<v Speaker 6>enough that they landed me on the New York Times

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<v Speaker 6>Bestsellers list for that, which was super fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely, so this I hope matches some of the

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<v Speaker 2>New York Times bestseller books. What is what are some

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<v Speaker 2>of the other books of the other subjects that you've

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<v Speaker 2>dealt with that that maybe people can only once they

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<v Speaker 2>buy this book they might look for some of the others.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>I wrote a book on intermittent fasting which was called

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<v Speaker 6>two four six Eat. I did a memoir of how

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<v Speaker 6>the whole crop Pot site got started, which is called

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<v Speaker 6>the Mommy Blogger next Door. And then I have four

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<v Speaker 6>crop Pot slow cooker cookbooks, but I'm best known for

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<v Speaker 6>the make It Fast, Cook It Slow cookbooks.

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<v Speaker 2>Make It Fast, Cook It Slow. I like that. I

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<v Speaker 2>enjoyed our conversation, Stephanie. I really did. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much too, because she's a life coach. One more time.

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<v Speaker 2>The book is called Slow Living, Cultivating a Path of

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<v Speaker 2>Purpose in a hustle driven world. Tips for living, Slow Living,

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<v Speaker 2>life slow ahead of World Mental Health Day. Okay, good timing,

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<v Speaker 2>and the book's just out Slow Living. Thanks very much, Stephanie,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you all.

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<v Speaker 2>Bye. When we get back, we're going to get a

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<v Speaker 2>little more local here. We're going to talk about a

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<v Speaker 2>high school soccer tournament, which is actually the eighteenth annual

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<v Speaker 2>Lois Wells Memorial Kicks for Cancer. It's tomorrow, So if

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking for something to do on an absolutely beautiful day,

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<v Speaker 2>which I think tomorrow is promised to us as a

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful day, I'm going to suggest you might want to

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<v Speaker 2>pay very close attention to my next guest. If you

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<v Speaker 2>want to go watch some high school soccer for a

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<v Speaker 2>great cause. We'll be back on night's side with Steve Wells,

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<v Speaker 2>the co founder of Lois Wells Memorial Kicks for Cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>Back after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>Nice Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I want to welcome Stephen Wells. Steven Welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you today tonight?

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<v Speaker 5>Great?

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<v Speaker 4>Dan, thank you so much for having me on so tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>You're the co founder of what will be the eighteenth

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<v Speaker 2>annual Lois Wells Memorial Kids for Cancer. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>huge event at Conquered Carlisle High School. But before we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that, tell us about your mom.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so, my mom she was diagnosed in two thousand

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<v Speaker 4>and six with ovarian cancer. Didn't really have many symptoms,

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<v Speaker 4>but eventually found out she had stage four ovarian cancer

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<v Speaker 4>and she received her treatment at Dana Farber Cancer Institute,

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<v Speaker 4>which is where we donate all the money we raised

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<v Speaker 4>from our event, and we had an amazing experience there. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 4>she lost her battle to cancer less than a year

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<v Speaker 4>after her diagnosis in two thousand and seven, in March

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<v Speaker 4>of two thousand and seven.

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<v Speaker 2>She sounds like a wonderful woman. I've read a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit about her, and so in her memory, you have

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<v Speaker 2>formed this event. It's an annual event. Is it always

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<v Speaker 2>on a Saturday in September? Tell us a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>about the history of the event.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. So the way it started was I've been coaching

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<v Speaker 4>soccer at Conquer Carlisle High School since I graduated college.

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<v Speaker 4>And the head coach of the team, Ray Pavlick, he's

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<v Speaker 4>a good family friend of my family. He played soccer

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<v Speaker 4>with my brother at Conquer Carlisle and he was the

637
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<v Speaker 4>assistant coach when I played soccer there. But he just,

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<v Speaker 4>out of an act of love, wanted to do something

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<v Speaker 4>to support my family and me kind of you know,

640
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<v Speaker 4>just obviously through a very difficult time. So he came

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<v Speaker 4>up with this idea of playing a game where all

642
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<v Speaker 4>the players wore wells on the back of their shirts.

643
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<v Speaker 4>So this was the fall of two thousand and seven.

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<v Speaker 4>We played a single game against Boston Latin High School.

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<v Speaker 2>High School I want you to know, a long time ago,

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<v Speaker 2>last century.

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<v Speaker 4>There you go, no, And it was a great first event.

648
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<v Speaker 4>We raised eight thousand dollars, which we donated to Dana Farber,

649
00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:18.280
<v Speaker 4>and at the time that sounded incredible and I thought

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<v Speaker 4>this would just be kind of a one time thing.

651
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<v Speaker 4>But then he surprised me. The next year he's like,

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<v Speaker 4>we're going to do it again. And from there it's

653
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<v Speaker 4>really kind of taken off, grown into multiple games and

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<v Speaker 4>now is all all day games. And it's not even

655
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<v Speaker 4>just soccer. We also have you know, field hockey does

656
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:42.800
<v Speaker 4>sticks for cancer, the football team does tackles for cancer,

657
00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:47.199
<v Speaker 4>volleyball does digs for cancer. So all these different teams

658
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<v Speaker 4>are getting involved in many different student groups without throughout

659
00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:54.920
<v Speaker 4>the school So it's grown into kind of a whole

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<v Speaker 4>week long thing. And we also have a a thing

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<v Speaker 4>called the Mighty Movie Spun run in five K, which

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<v Speaker 4>is Sunday, so the day after which is you.

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<v Speaker 2>Got the whole calendar of events. Here is it all?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this always in September? I mean this is a

665
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<v Speaker 2>big weekend for you, but some of the other events

666
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<v Speaker 2>are in other They sound like the many of them

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00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:23.480
<v Speaker 2>fall sports. Are they pretty much confined to this time

668
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<v Speaker 2>of year or do you spread them out throughout the

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<v Speaker 2>school year?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>No, we always do it the last weekend in September.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, traditionally have gotten great weather. Only only a

673
00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:38.119
<v Speaker 4>couple of times have we had any rain. Never has

674
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<v Speaker 4>it like ruined the day or anything, so it's always Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>the last weekend in September.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what's what's interesting about it is your mom passed.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds like in the spring of two thousand and seven.

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<v Speaker 2>So the first event, the one that raised eight thousand dollars,

679
00:35:56.360 --> 00:36:02.840
<v Speaker 2>was that September in this eighteenth yees what not that

680
00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:05.039
<v Speaker 2>it matters how much, but I'm just wondering have you

681
00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:07.320
<v Speaker 2>been able to grow it every year? So I'm just curious,

682
00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:09.599
<v Speaker 2>what what do you hope to raise this year?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, no, I mean people have been so generous with

684
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<v Speaker 4>just well, first of all, we have a whole committee

685
00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.039
<v Speaker 4>that you know, works to make this happen, led by

686
00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:26.440
<v Speaker 4>our fearless leader, Trish Sefer, who is a mother of

687
00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:31.719
<v Speaker 4>a player on the team, and she's had several players

688
00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:37.519
<v Speaker 4>come through our program. And so last year, just for comparison,

689
00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:41.119
<v Speaker 4>we raised one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. So

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00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:45.639
<v Speaker 4>it's really grown a tremendous amount since that first year

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00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:49.079
<v Speaker 4>of eight thousand dollars, and we're hoping to eclipse a

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00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:54.039
<v Speaker 4>million dollars that we've raised this year, so you'll push.

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<v Speaker 2>It over a million dollars well, that's just fabulous. It

694
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<v Speaker 2>sounds like a great event. So what time, let's let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>It's tomorrow, so people may not have planned for tomorrow,

696
00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:06.159
<v Speaker 2>but willill it be? And what time does it start?

697
00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:09.039
<v Speaker 2>And how long does it run? Gets give us the hits,

698
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<v Speaker 2>runs and errors.

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<v Speaker 4>Go ahead, absolutely, So it's tomorrow at Conquer Carlow High School,

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<v Speaker 4>which five hundred Walden Street, and I think the first

701
00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:25.719
<v Speaker 4>event kicks off at like eight am and then we'll

702
00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:28.159
<v Speaker 4>run through there. There will be stuff basically all day

703
00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:32.719
<v Speaker 4>and kind of the culminating event is our varsity boys

704
00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:36.639
<v Speaker 4>soccer game and we play Lincoln Sudbury High School. That's

705
00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:40.360
<v Speaker 4>at six forty five, and that's kind of like the

706
00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:45.119
<v Speaker 4>culminating event. But we have many different towns involved, not

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<v Speaker 4>just Conquer Carlow, but a lot of Lincoln Sudbury, your

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00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:54.000
<v Speaker 4>your alma mater, Boston, Latin Whalen, well, yeah, I stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Looking at it right now, I get Whaleen, Lincoln Sudbury,

710
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<v Speaker 2>Weston is involved there, Bedford Acting, Boxborough, Cambridge, Yeah, virtually,

711
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<v Speaker 2>Arlington Act Acting, BAK to all different teams in different sports,

712
00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:12.639
<v Speaker 2>Varsity boys soccer, girls, varsity soccer, ninth grade boys ninth

713
00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:17.840
<v Speaker 2>grade girls football varsity football. You got, yeah, you got

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<v Speaker 2>a varsity football game going on at high noon concor

715
00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:25.239
<v Speaker 2>con Im, Waltham. So this seems like a great, great day,

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00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:29.400
<v Speaker 2>great event for an absolute great cause. And again, what

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<v Speaker 2>I read about your mom's to be just an absolute

718
00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:36.320
<v Speaker 2>amazing woman. So thanks for following in her spirit and turning,

719
00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, a tragedy and the loss of a loved

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<v Speaker 2>one into something that's going to help all the research

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<v Speaker 2>that needs to be done to beat some of these

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00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:48.159
<v Speaker 2>various forms of cancer that all of us, at one

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<v Speaker 2>point or another might face within our community, within our family.

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you very much for what you do on this, Steve,

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<v Speaker 2>and best of luck tomorrow. And I'm glad we had

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to have it here in the show. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you here in the show? And next year, let's do

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<v Speaker 2>it a little earlier in the week so people can

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<v Speaker 2>plan and build this Saturday schedule around it.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, that sounds great, Dan, thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 4>having me.

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<v Speaker 2>You're very welcome. Steve Wells, the co founder of the

733
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<v Speaker 2>annual Lois Wells Lois Wells Memorial Kicks for Cancer Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>September twenty eighth, And that's tomorrow. All right, you can

735
00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.519
<v Speaker 2>go there if you want to find the information. Just

736
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<v Speaker 2>kicks for cancer, the numeral one dot org. We'll do it.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we get back. We're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the tour of the country that the President of the

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<v Speaker 2>of Ukraine has made in the last couple of days.

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<v Speaker 2>President Voladimir Zelenski has met face to face now with

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<v Speaker 2>both of the major presidential candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris

742
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<v Speaker 2>and former President Donald Trump. And we'll look at that.

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<v Speaker 2>And the question we're going to ask you is which

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<v Speaker 2>one of those candidates do you have more confidence in

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<v Speaker 2>handling what is going on on half a world away

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<v Speaker 2>in Ukraine, but which we are very much committed to

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<v Speaker 2>and involved in. My name's Stanray. This is the nights.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be back right after this.