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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much, Nicole. As we head to midnight,

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<v Speaker 2>my name is Dan Ray. Here for the next four hours,

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<v Speaker 2>Dan Cantano is back there, and I'm here. You're where

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, in our first hour there are no phone calls.

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<v Speaker 2>We have four guests lined up on a variety of topics.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that you will find the topics interesting. I

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<v Speaker 2>know we always find the guests interesting as well. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to talk how to get your college applicant student

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<v Speaker 2>ready for the big process that you will go through

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<v Speaker 2>with your student, I'm sure your high school junior, a

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<v Speaker 2>high school senior. We'll talk about the air quality alert

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<v Speaker 2>here in parts of Massachusetts because of all of the

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<v Speaker 2>ongoing brush fires. We'll also talk about what gen extras

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<v Speaker 2>are doing as they approach retirement. Yeah, believe it or not,

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<v Speaker 2>and only the boomers in retirement phase, but the gen

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<v Speaker 2>extras people born after nineteen sixty five to nineteen eighty,

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<v Speaker 2>people who now are I don't know, you'd probably say

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<v Speaker 2>sixty or so. We'll get to all of that as

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<v Speaker 2>well as a conversation about haunted else But first like

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<v Speaker 2>to introduce Greg Kaplan. He's a college admissions expert on

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<v Speaker 2>how to prepare your children for a competitive and changing

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<v Speaker 2>world and what parents must do now. I hope that

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<v Speaker 2>children make the most of college and beyond. First of all, Greg,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure college is for everyone. How are you tonight? Welcome?

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Thank you so much for having me today, Dan,

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<v Speaker 3>And you know I'm going to agree with you it's

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<v Speaker 3>it's not for everyone. And if it is for you,

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<v Speaker 3>or you think it is for your kid, the most

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<v Speaker 3>important thing is is making this process work for you.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't have to go to Harvard or m to

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<v Speaker 3>be successful in this world or to be happy, and

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<v Speaker 3>so it's at about making this process work for your family.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Now, the name Kaplin, that's a pretty good big name.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been through this with two kids, so I'm very

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<v Speaker 2>familiar with I assume you're from the Kaplan clan.

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<v Speaker 4>That so now I am not from the Kaplin clan.

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<v Speaker 5>If I was, I will not.

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<v Speaker 4>Be working this hard. But I do have a great

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<v Speaker 4>loss for education. Yeah, that's the test prep company, and

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<v Speaker 4>we're in my company, which is much smaller than that.

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<v Speaker 4>Kaplan uh International is just purely focused on helping students

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<v Speaker 4>navigate the process with figuring out what schools to apply to,

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<v Speaker 4>what major's interests, on career paths, and then actually, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>coming up with recommendations for experiences and support on those

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<v Speaker 4>dreaded college essays that people are submitting right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is the service that that you provide to

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<v Speaker 2>students and their families across the country, because, believe it

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<v Speaker 2>or not, in many cases this is a family effort,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean looking for Yeah, I'm sure you understand what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean. I what I discovered as my kids went

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<v Speaker 2>through this process more than a few years ago, is

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<v Speaker 2>there some great colleges around the country that no one's

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<v Speaker 2>ever heard of, Meaning people in the Northeast. We think

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<v Speaker 2>about Harvard and Princeton, Yale, Mi T, Boston College, Boston

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<v Speaker 2>University where I went to law school a long time ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and we think about places like Smith and Amherst and Williams.

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<v Speaker 2>But we don't think about Panoma. We don't think about Elon.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't think about some great colleges around the country

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<v Speaker 2>that are that are available for applications as well. How

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<v Speaker 2>important is it to look a little more broadly than

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<v Speaker 2>just locally.

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<v Speaker 3>I think, you know, it depends on the student's preference.

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<v Speaker 3>If you have someone that wants to stay close to home, great,

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<v Speaker 3>stay close to it. That's where they're going to be happy.

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<v Speaker 3>But there are twenty two hundred four year universities in

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<v Speaker 3>the United States, and I think the most important thing

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<v Speaker 3>is is to, you know, ask ourselves, what do we

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<v Speaker 3>want long term out of this education? What makes sense financially?

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<v Speaker 3>There are great schools outside of one's you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>know neck of the woods that could you know, enormous

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<v Speaker 3>merit scholarships that can make going out of state actually

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<v Speaker 3>more attractive than staying. So I think it's important to

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<v Speaker 3>keep an open mind because that's what allows you to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, really find schools at architects.

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<v Speaker 2>How do students and by the way, the the the

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<v Speaker 2>academic advisors in different high schools they run they arranged

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<v Speaker 2>the gamut. I'm sure there are great academic advisors. There

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<v Speaker 2>are some that are maybe not so great. How do

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<v Speaker 2>parents who are looking to get some financial aid? How

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<v Speaker 2>do they find the sources for financial aid? This is like,

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<v Speaker 2>this is amaze for for parents. Do you help provide

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<v Speaker 2>parents with information about scholarships that are available? And what

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<v Speaker 2>do they call it? Is that the fast application that

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<v Speaker 2>the federal government runs that that now is you have

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<v Speaker 2>to you have to complete that form in noted to

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<v Speaker 2>be eligible for any form of federal aid?

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<v Speaker 5>Is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Am I quoting that? I'm a little dated here on this,

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<v Speaker 2>but so help me out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no, No, you're you're you're you're you're in on

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<v Speaker 3>the money. So did I The thing is is there's

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<v Speaker 3>a new process for applying for need based financial aid,

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<v Speaker 3>which is based on your ability to pay, and those

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<v Speaker 3>I would say thresholds for who qualifies for need based

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<v Speaker 3>financial aid are pretty consistent for private universities and pretty

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<v Speaker 3>consistent for public universities. Applying for need based financial aid,

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<v Speaker 3>it's become a streamline process where you will be entering

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<v Speaker 3>line items from last year's tax returns. Now, for folks

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<v Speaker 3>that make more than call it for public schools, sixty

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<v Speaker 3>to seventy thousand dollars per year, more than one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars year for private universities,

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<v Speaker 3>it's quite hard to get need based financial aid. And

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<v Speaker 3>you may say, gosh that at those income levels, twenty

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<v Speaker 3>to thirty k year for room and board or one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred k all in for a private university don't make sense.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't afford that. That's why merit scholarships, which are

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<v Speaker 3>based on the strength of an application, so important, because

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<v Speaker 3>those are the ones that you can control and it

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<v Speaker 3>you know through online. You know, this is something we

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<v Speaker 3>work with on students. And I was a conversations just

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<v Speaker 3>having before I hopped on to this show with a family,

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<v Speaker 3>is what are those types of schools. We do provide

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<v Speaker 3>that kind of support for families and say, hey, what

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<v Speaker 3>are we looking for Because once you you know, understand

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<v Speaker 3>what an applicants GPA or you know, grades are in

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<v Speaker 3>a test score if they have one, we can you know,

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<v Speaker 3>lean in and see where students getting scholarships with similar stats.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll use an example that's far from Boston in Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 3>but the University of Arizona in Tucson. If a student

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<v Speaker 3>scores a fourteen hundred or higher on the SAT, they

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<v Speaker 3>automatically qualified for a twenty eight thousand dollars per year scholarship. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>out of state tuition for the u of A is

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<v Speaker 3>thirty one thousand dollars. So if you do the math, which,

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<v Speaker 3>as a former lawyer like you, no one likes to

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<v Speaker 3>do that, that's three thousands.

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<v Speaker 2>Lawyer's lawyer, by the way, lawyer.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh you're still okay, Well you can recover, I guess

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<v Speaker 3>in a later not.

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<v Speaker 2>A recovery lawyer. No, no, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sorry you, Multira.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great piece of advice if you're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>a school that that charge is thirty one k in

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<v Speaker 2>University of Arizona down in Tucson, that's beautiful city. Been there.

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<v Speaker 2>You do the math on that, or an out of

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<v Speaker 2>state student fourteen hundred combined to the college Board, you're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about a tuition of three thousand dollars for an

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<v Speaker 2>out of state student. Wow, that's that is a great

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<v Speaker 2>tip if somebody likes you know, likes the Sun Valley exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>And so it's about finding those schools. There's similar scholarships

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<v Speaker 3>at Loyola Chicago, Loyola New Orleans, and so it's about

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<v Speaker 3>finding the right fit and having an open mind because

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<v Speaker 3>you may say, oh, like, I don't want my child

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<v Speaker 3>to go that far from home, but at that price,

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<v Speaker 3>you're like, okay, Like I can go see him when

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<v Speaker 5>In the winter.

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<v Speaker 2>I also found out something that was interesting. We think

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<v Speaker 2>about the National Merit scholarships and we think about Harvard, Deale,

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<v Speaker 2>Princeton and all that. I was addressed to find out,

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<v Speaker 2>at least a few years ago that the top ten

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<v Speaker 2>universities around the country who were able to attract National

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<v Speaker 2>Merit finalists, which I think it's about fifty. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the pools about fifteen thousand, or at least it was

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<v Speaker 2>at the time. Harvard was there, Yale was there, Princeton

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<v Speaker 2>was there. But in that top ten also included the

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<v Speaker 2>University of Arizona and the University of Oklahoma, and I

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<v Speaker 2>suspect that they probably are still in that top ten

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<v Speaker 2>or so again, those of us in the Northeast sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we look down our noses at some of the land

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<v Speaker 2>grand universities in the Midwest and the Southwest and the

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<v Speaker 2>far West, and those schools are attracting great.

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<v Speaker 3>School Well, yeah, and I'm from I was born in

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<v Speaker 3>Tucson at the u A Hospital. But as there's no

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<v Speaker 3>bias here when I say this, The University of Arizona

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<v Speaker 3>is all honors college produces more roads than Fulbright scholars

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<v Speaker 3>than the entire Ivy League put together, and so, and

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<v Speaker 3>the honors colleges exist there, you are going to get

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<v Speaker 3>the type of experience that I had at Penn, small classes,

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<v Speaker 3>intimate conversations with professors for a fraction on the price

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<v Speaker 3>of It's about being flexible. It's about being open minded

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<v Speaker 3>and asking yourself what we want out of college, because

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<v Speaker 3>it's not you know, we're not investing in any brand.

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<v Speaker 3>We're investing in an experience and an education, a skill set,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's why I think it's so important to be

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<v Speaker 3>open minded, especially when some of these schools that are

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<v Speaker 3>so coveted that are you know, in the Northeast, that

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<v Speaker 3>are some of the most prestigious universities in the country,

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<v Speaker 3>in the world. It's when they a five percent acceptance rate.

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<v Speaker 3>You can do everything right, so not get in. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's why it's so important to cast a wide net

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<v Speaker 3>and be open minded and make this process work for

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<v Speaker 3>you rather than life is over if I don't get

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<v Speaker 3>into Harbor with our Princeton because it's you know, a

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<v Speaker 3>non recruited athlete or you know, someone who doesn't have

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<v Speaker 3>a building named after their family has about a one

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<v Speaker 3>percent chance of getting in. So that's why it's just

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<v Speaker 3>we need to be open minded.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Greg a lot of great advice. How could folks

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<v Speaker 2>get in touch with you. I know that you have

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<v Speaker 2>a book that has just come out. We can start

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<v Speaker 2>off with that, The Journey How to Prepare Kids for

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<v Speaker 2>a competitive and Changing World, available Amazon and great bookstores everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>How do folks get in touch with you if they

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<v Speaker 2>are looking for some personal counseling or some personal assistance.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, just to go to our website. It's kaplan educationalgroup

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<v Speaker 2>Sounds great.

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<v Speaker 2>Kaplan really enjoyed the conversation and congratulations on graduating for

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<v Speaker 2>When we get back, when we get a little closer

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<v Speaker 2>of the Division of Air and Climate Programs. Coming back

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan ray My from the Window World

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<v Speaker 2>Delighted to be joined by Glenn Keith. Glenn is the

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<v Speaker 2>the Massachusetts Department of environment Mental Protection. Glenn, welcome. I

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<v Speaker 2>and that is what is the quality the air quality

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<v Speaker 2>in Massachusetts. I know it differs, but we've got a

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, Dan, thanks for having me on. Happy to be here. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>so we've had some recent brush fires, wildfires here in

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<v Speaker 6>in general, you know, Massachusetts has very good air quality.

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<v Speaker 6>We monitor air quality across the state at twenty four

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<v Speaker 6>monitoring stations in nineteen communities. We also have grant programs

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<v Speaker 6>to give away air sensors that you know, people can

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<v Speaker 6>put in their homes or business can put them in,

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<v Speaker 6>you don't want to be breathing smoke, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>We were talking about with the State Fire Marshal last night,

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<v Speaker 2>none of not all of them as big as the

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<v Speaker 2>fire in Middleborough, Middleton, not Middlebroo. Correct. I may have misspoken.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, Middleton, I believe.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and of course Salem. But this is a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a is there any light at the end

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think. I think. You know, we're seeing so

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<v Speaker 6>oftentimes fires, especially in Massachusetts, are very weather dependent, so

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<v Speaker 6>it's really dry, so that's why we're seeing these. But

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<v Speaker 6>hopefully as the as you mentioned, as the weather gets

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<v Speaker 6>do in the fall, that should help the situation a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned the availability of air sensors. Is that something

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<v Speaker 2>that individuals can get for their homes or was that

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, no, we so et monitors. We have monitoring stations,

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<v Speaker 6>as I mentioned, twenty four monitoring stations throughout the state.

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<v Speaker 6>And these are you know, high quality, lab grade equipment costs,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, thousands and thousands of dollars, but increasingly you

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<v Speaker 6>homeowner could use or a business. One that's pretty popular

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<v Speaker 6>is it's called the Purple Air sensor. And if you

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<v Speaker 6>the sensors that have been put out throughout the United

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<v Speaker 6>States and including Massachusetts. And so what dB did in

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<v Speaker 6>twenty twenty one, we had a grant program where we

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<v Speaker 6>offered up to ten of these Purple Air sensors for

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<v Speaker 6>free to municipalities, and we distributed over two hundred censors,

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<v Speaker 6>and then the municipalities worked with their residents or businesses

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<v Speaker 6>to have them, you know installed. They do need electricity

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<v Speaker 6>at purpleair dot com and you look at the map,

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<v Speaker 6>you see the readings from these sensors displayed and then

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<v Speaker 6>they're you know, color coded in terms of the quality

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<v Speaker 6>of the air. And then we just did another round

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<v Speaker 6>two hundred additional purple Air sensors. These sensors cost about

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm misinterpreted. I thought that that was something that

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<v Speaker 2>individual homeowners could either apply for or get like through

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<v Speaker 2>the some of the national group programs where people can

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<v Speaker 2>get insulation for their homes at discounted rates. I wasn't sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to make sure that So these are yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>No, yeah, we yeah, we offered them to municipalities, community organizations,

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<v Speaker 6>and nonprofits, but then they work with individual residents. So

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<v Speaker 6>if you're you know, town applied or if you know

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<v Speaker 6>just purchased one on their own because they're not so expensive.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you said they're called purple air. Is that it?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, purple air all one word, and their sensors and

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<v Speaker 6>they measure fine particulate matter, So wildfire smoke generates particles,

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<v Speaker 6>and in particular, the health concern is with fine particular matter,

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<v Speaker 6>point five microns, so they're very tiny. You can breathe

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<v Speaker 6>they can certainly aggravate any symptoms you have, your health symptoms,

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well, Glenn, thank you very much. Great to

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<v Speaker 2>finally make your acquaintance. I'd love to have you back

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<v Speaker 2>periodically on the program. But good information, particularly for people

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<v Speaker 2>who will live near those communities, and actually some people

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<v Speaker 2>who live a little distance from those communities because, as

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<v Speaker 2>they say, with as small fire, but also where there's fire,

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<v Speaker 2>there's smoke, and that smoke now has drifted over a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of communities in Massachusetts. Really appreciate you joining us tonight. Glynn.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you, so yeah, sure, no problem.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, when we get back, we're going to right

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<v Speaker 2>after the news going to talk about plans by some

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<v Speaker 2>gen xers. Believe it or not, Baby boomers are kind

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<v Speaker 2>of moved well into the retirement category. I think you

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<v Speaker 2>understand that. But the generation behind the boomers, gen X,

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<v Speaker 2>those folks now have some retirement plans that involve businesses, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk with an expert business strategist right after the

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<v Speaker 2>news at the bottom of the hour.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, jen xers are people who were born beginning in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty five. So if you're at the first edge

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<v Speaker 2>of gen X, you now are are fifty four or

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<v Speaker 2>fifty let me see thirty five plus twenty fifty nine

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<v Speaker 2>years old, you're really approaching retirement. And with us now

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<v Speaker 2>is GiB Olander. He's the business strategist. He's the CPO

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<v Speaker 2>and business strategy at strategist at Northwest. He's a Northwest

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<v Speaker 2>registered agent. Not exactly sure what that is. So my

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<v Speaker 2>first question, GiB, after having welcome you Tonight's side, is

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<v Speaker 2>is what does CBO stand for? And what is a

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<v Speaker 2>business strategist at Northwest registered agent mean? That looks to

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<v Speaker 2>me to be an awkward phrase.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks, well, nice to meet you.

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<v Speaker 2>Dan.

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<v Speaker 5>You know the first part GPO part of my title,

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<v Speaker 5>which is chief Product Officers, So help us organize how

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<v Speaker 5>we build make products from the products we bring to

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<v Speaker 5>the market across our team of about a thousand people

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<v Speaker 5>in the company, and then business strategists is just that

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<v Speaker 5>trying to help both are business and other businesses are

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<v Speaker 5>the very strategyly successful. And then registered agent is a

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<v Speaker 5>northwestent change. It's a brand of our company and registered

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<v Speaker 5>agent in the service that you could that every business

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<v Speaker 5>that gets UH incorporated and started has to have a

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<v Speaker 5>registered agent that's in place to actually accept any service

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<v Speaker 5>of profits, the process or legal documents at your building.

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<v Speaker 2>Good. First of all, are you on a speakerphone by

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<v Speaker 2>any chance?

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<v Speaker 5>Or now?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, actually, okay, you got in trouble with like an

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<v Speaker 7>action little it's a little over modulated, so you can

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<v Speaker 7>probably hear you a little bit more clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about what gen xers are doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Gen Xers are not only thinking about retirement, but some

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<v Speaker 2>of them are thinking about retirement and in retirement starting

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<v Speaker 2>their own businesses. Is this a new trend that you

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<v Speaker 2>guys are picking up?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, absolutely true. You're interesting. You know a lot of

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<v Speaker 5>the gen xers today, myself included, find itself in this

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<v Speaker 5>somewhat thing that we call like the Sandwich years, where

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<v Speaker 5>we may still be taking care of our kids as

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<v Speaker 5>both added income and added flexibility, and so a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of Gen xers we're finding are actually in the business

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<v Speaker 5>of starting a business. There's some interesting stats that we've seen.

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<v Speaker 5>Since twenty nineteen, we saw really an average about three

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<v Speaker 5>point five million businesses a year being started, and now

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<v Speaker 5>as we get into since twenty twenty, it's been the

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<v Speaker 5>pre steady five million businesses a year, and we see

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of that as coming from this Generation X

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<v Speaker 5>that is starting new types of businesses.

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<v Speaker 2>No, let me ask you did the preceding generation, the

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<v Speaker 2>baby boomers, the folks who were born from nineteen forty

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<v Speaker 2>six until nineteen sixty five or so, post war babies,

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<v Speaker 2>were they as active in starting businesses or as are

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<v Speaker 2>the gen xer is actually setting new standards for the

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think we're seeing a new standard being set again.

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<v Speaker 5>We've seen almost a fifty percent increase from twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 5>to twenty in too recently, and so there's a host

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<v Speaker 5>of factors that go into that. Some of that is

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<v Speaker 5>just the accessibility to the tools and services that are

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<v Speaker 5>out there that have made it significantly easier and less

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<v Speaker 5>friction for you know, everyday you know, average shows like

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<v Speaker 5>you and me to get into the realm of actually

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<v Speaker 5>and you had really hard ways to get through that.

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<v Speaker 2>What are some of the businesses? I think to myself, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>if somebody is on the cusp of retire and they

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<v Speaker 2>buying franchises, you know, stand old franchises, new franchises, or

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<v Speaker 2>are they just starting a wide swath a wide variety

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<v Speaker 2>driving ranges, bowling alleys. What are they? What it's sort

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<v Speaker 2>of businesses are they? Are they engaged now? Find do

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<v Speaker 2>they find themselves engaged in? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>I love those I love those visuals of you know,

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<v Speaker 5>started the driving range and you know, it sounds like,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, it sounds like a great idea to me.

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<v Speaker 5>I saw the movie turned out. It seems like it

427
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<v Speaker 5>worked out all right for that guy. But uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>maybe it's not all about driving ranges. But I think

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<v Speaker 5>some of the areas that we're seeing things in is

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<v Speaker 5>there's a lot of consulting services getting started. Gen xers

431
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<v Speaker 5>have a deep professional knowledge and they've actually had the

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<v Speaker 5>experience of both you know, providing the digital and non

433
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<v Speaker 5>digital landscape. Right that we grew up at a time

434
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<v Speaker 5>before everything was run with computers, but yet we still

435
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<v Speaker 5>have the ability to build to be you know, somewhat

436
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<v Speaker 5>digitally native. And so we see a lot of consulting

437
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<v Speaker 5>services that that people bringing their expertise of you know,

438
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<v Speaker 5>years of experience they have in the industry and maybe

439
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<v Speaker 5>they gather the client list and they're able to kind

440
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<v Speaker 5>of pull that off to their self use a lot

441
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<v Speaker 5>of these new uh low code, no code platforms and

442
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<v Speaker 5>technologies to actually get themselves in a position to be

443
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<v Speaker 5>up and running. We see people in gen X you know,

444
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<v Speaker 5>launching technology solutions, e commerce stores, some of them becoming

445
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<v Speaker 5>you know, creators and influencers. Uh. We see them jumping

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<v Speaker 5>into real estate, and then we're even seeing you know

447
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<v Speaker 5>a lot of health and moments where uh, they are

448
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<v Speaker 5>finding that it's time to invest in their own health

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<v Speaker 5>and wellness and they are able to you know, lead

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<v Speaker 5>others and make a living doing that.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing that's interesting about gen xers is not only uh,

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<v Speaker 2>they probably more technologically proficient than their predecessors, my generation

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<v Speaker 2>of baby boomers, but they also knew how to dial

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<v Speaker 2>a row to refhone, and they knew what a landline was,

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<v Speaker 2>and they probably could distinguish a typewriter from a computer.

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<v Speaker 2>So they had experiences in two technical worlds, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the in the sixties and seventies and then in the

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<v Speaker 2>eighties and nineties. So yeah, they bring a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>real life experience. Which which is I think is going

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<v Speaker 2>to serve them.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, yeah, I think that's absolutely right. Heck, I remember

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<v Speaker 5>my day back on a farm where we had a

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<v Speaker 5>party line. Still I don't know if that if anybody

464
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<v Speaker 5>even knows who that is, but the landline that was

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<v Speaker 5>shared by multiple families on the same road. So the

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<v Speaker 5>fact that today we carry a pocket phone with us

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<v Speaker 5>that can be you know, communicated anywhere in the world

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<v Speaker 5>is pretty neat still to this day. But yet we

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<v Speaker 5>still have our feet on the ground and understand how

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<v Speaker 5>to you know, drive process efficiencies and how to help

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<v Speaker 5>people build teams and solve real world a problems.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to tell you, I'm not old enough or

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<v Speaker 2>was not in a situation where they had party lines,

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<v Speaker 2>But I can remember picking up the phone and being

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<v Speaker 2>able to talk to an operator and sometimes the operator

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<v Speaker 2>would help you place the call as a as a

477
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<v Speaker 2>young child, believe it or not, in the city of Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>So I might be dreaming here, but that was some

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<v Speaker 2>of my first experiences, and telephones were I thought amazing

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<v Speaker 2>contraptions that you could pick up a telephone and talk

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<v Speaker 2>to people on other parts of the country and other

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<v Speaker 2>parts of the world. And of course now we have

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<v Speaker 2>gone far beyond that. How can folks get in touch

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<v Speaker 2>with you if they're a gen xer or from any

485
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<v Speaker 2>generation and I'll look into to deal with the business strategist.

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<v Speaker 2>How's easy to what's the easiest way to find.

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<v Speaker 5>You, GiB Yeah, you know, the best way is always

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<v Speaker 5>just go to our web site, you know ww dot

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<v Speaker 5>Northwest Registered agent dot com, and we've got an amazing

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<v Speaker 5>set of you know, newing nine hundred customer service people

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<v Speaker 5>across the country that are you going to answer the

492
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<v Speaker 5>phone when you give us a call, that can help

493
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<v Speaker 5>you walk through it and if you need any help

494
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<v Speaker 5>setting up you know, the legal entity of your business,

495
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<v Speaker 5>or you know, from filing an LLC to creating a corporation,

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<v Speaker 5>or if you need help picking a domain name or

497
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<v Speaker 5>setting up a website. We can do all of that

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<v Speaker 5>in one platform, so you don't have to learn a

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<v Speaker 5>whole bunch of new technologies, but you can jump into

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<v Speaker 5>one and know that you've got somebody there to help

501
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<v Speaker 5>you walk you through it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if I have a come up with a company,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be Widgets Are Me. That would be

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<v Speaker 2>the name of my company. So if you ever see that,

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<v Speaker 2>would let me know. Hey, give really enjoyed the conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd never talked with a business strategist from your group before.

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<v Speaker 2>You a great guest. Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 5>You have a wonderful afternoon. EDI, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>You bet you all right. Now, Halloween's a couple of

510
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<v Speaker 2>nights away, and so we're going to bring back doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Lee Richardson. She's a licensed professional counselor found with the

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<v Speaker 2>Brain Performance, and we're going to talk about haunted houses

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<v Speaker 2>and scary movies and what sort of an impact they

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<v Speaker 2>have on our mental health. I'm assuming it's not necessarily good,

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<v Speaker 2>but we'll find out from doctor Lee Richardson right after

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<v Speaker 2>this Prey God Night's Side.

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Halloween is less than forty eight hours away today

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<v Speaker 2>being Ontober twenty ninth. Delighted to welcome back doctor Lee Richardson,

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<v Speaker 2>a PhD licensed professional counselor found for the Brain Performance Center.

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<v Speaker 2>How do haunted houses and scary movies impact our mental health?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm assuming the answer is not great. I could be wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Richardson, How are you tonight?

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<v Speaker 8>I'm great and Happy Halloween.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Halloween my favorite holiday, but not my favorite holiday,

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<v Speaker 2>but but that's okay. Happy Halloween to you. So tell

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<v Speaker 2>us about haunted houses and scary movies off either, to

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<v Speaker 2>be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, personally, I don't enjoy either either. But there are

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<v Speaker 8>some people that really enjoy, you know, their thrill seekers.

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<v Speaker 8>They want to see how much fear they can tolerate,

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<v Speaker 8>and they'll sit there and I can remember growing up

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<v Speaker 8>with kids, you know, they'd watch these horrible, scary movies

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<v Speaker 8>and at the end of it, they were so proud

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<v Speaker 8>of themselves because they made it all the way through.

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<v Speaker 8>And I'm looking at them going I'm good. I am good.

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<v Speaker 8>So I mean it affects us all differently. Is what

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<v Speaker 8>are we looking for? I mean, so many people I

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<v Speaker 8>can remember as a little kid, we need candy, that's

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<v Speaker 8>part of Halloween, and now as an adult, I think, well,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, an ounce of dark chocolate every day can

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<v Speaker 8>reduce your cardio vacuum, your cardiovascular disease and blah blah blah,

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<v Speaker 8>so we all rational off the holiday.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm definitely into dark chocolate. Trust me, if you've given

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<v Speaker 2>out dark chocolate at your house, I'm coming by. Trust

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<v Speaker 2>me on that. But yeah, I just think of some

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<v Speaker 2>of the really good, you know, scary movies that that

549
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<v Speaker 2>were that were well done. But I think of some

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<v Speaker 2>of the cheap knockoffs where it's it's violence for the

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<v Speaker 2>sake of violence. And I don't know, if what what

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<v Speaker 2>are the scary movies that you would suggest people might

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<v Speaker 2>want to watch Halloween? You know that that isn't just

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<v Speaker 2>golory for the sake of gorge. You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, you know, some of the horror on Elm

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<v Speaker 2>Street type movies I'm interested, Like Hannibal Lecter. I liked

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<v Speaker 2>that movie with Yeah, yeah, I did. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't a pleasant movie, but but there was actually a

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<v Speaker 2>plot to it, you know. I mean, okay, I love

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<v Speaker 2>the final scene he's got taking the guy to dinner.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have them for dinner. So well, Kate,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that was a little more highbrow than some

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<v Speaker 2>of the you know, murder on Elm Street type movies. Maybe.

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<v Speaker 8>Okay, so I'm going to go I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 8>so old school on you because as a kid, those

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<v Speaker 8>scary movies they scared me to death. But I can

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<v Speaker 8>remember a book that was in our house growing up,

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<v Speaker 8>the Positive Power of Negative Thinking, and I'll never forget.

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<v Speaker 8>My mom shared with me that there was one study

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<v Speaker 8>that found that walking through a graveyard made people forty

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<v Speaker 8>percent more likely to help the stranger than walking down

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<v Speaker 8>the street. And another study found that visualizing death could

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<v Speaker 8>lead us to become more grateful for the things that

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<v Speaker 8>we have in life. So that was the Halloween message

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<v Speaker 8>in my house.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't great Halloween message. Your mom was a wise

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<v Speaker 2>Your mom was a wise woman there. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 2>tells you to appreciate things. I mean, I I guess

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<v Speaker 2>the distinction I was trying to draw was the the

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<v Speaker 2>movies like again the Hannibal Lectro movie, which obviously was scary,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was it was well done. I'm not a

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<v Speaker 2>movie officionado as opposed to some of the stuff. What's it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Freddy on ELM Street. I don't even watch

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<v Speaker 2>that what I considered to be really garbage, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that the stuff that is just gore and

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<v Speaker 2>all of that. Haunted houses strike me interestingly. I was

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<v Speaker 2>with a friend of mine a couple of weekends ago

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<v Speaker 2>who's a big, tough guy, and he was a college

589
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<v Speaker 2>basketball player about six seven, so you don't mess with

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<v Speaker 2>uh with my friend, and he was telling me that

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<v Speaker 2>the house that he grew up in Connecticut, he was

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<v Speaker 2>convinced it was haunted and and he remember told me

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<v Speaker 2>the story if he walked down the backstairs one day

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<v Speaker 2>and he was convinced he saw a you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>shadowy figure that when he really focused, it disappeared. So

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you've got to believe in haunted

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<v Speaker 2>houses or don't believe in haunt but I think I

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<v Speaker 2>think that there are presence that exists within houses. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you as a professional, you know, psychologist,

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<v Speaker 2>can you professional counselor can buy into that that idea

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<v Speaker 2>or or do you think that's just you know, old

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<v Speaker 2>school thinking that that is not long out of date.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, what I do buy into is that fear is

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<v Speaker 8>an emotion and it's what you feel, and it's either

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<v Speaker 8>what you perceive to be a threat or danger. If

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<v Speaker 8>you're walking down the back of that house and you

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<v Speaker 8>perceive a threat or danger, that ebolt set behavioral response.

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<v Speaker 8>That's what throws you into the fight, flight or freeze mode.

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<v Speaker 8>So perception is reality.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, in that situation, in his reality because in talking

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<v Speaker 2>to my friend, he was explaining it to me and

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<v Speaker 2>he said, he said, Dan, there there have been rumors

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<v Speaker 2>about people. You know, you have houses. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk later this week, I think with a realtor who

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<v Speaker 2>is going to talk about how do you sell a

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<v Speaker 2>house in which tragically some horrible event had occurred? And

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<v Speaker 2>there are laws in states which require real estate agents

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<v Speaker 2>to disclose to people buyers before they even look at

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<v Speaker 2>the house that a murder might have occurred there or

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<v Speaker 2>something like that. And so there's a lot of that

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that you know, around Halloween that we start to

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<v Speaker 2>think about. And I think there's more to it than

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<v Speaker 2>meets the eye. I don't know if you're a literalist

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<v Speaker 2>or if you would agree with me that there's probably

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of stuff out there that we don't even

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<v Speaker 2>understand what it is.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, I do agree with you, but I also think

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<v Speaker 8>about our brain. And our brain their job is to

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<v Speaker 8>take good care of us, and they sense what's going

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<v Speaker 8>on around us. And there's a difference between a safe fright.

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<v Speaker 8>When I'm sitting on my sofa with my puppies watching

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<v Speaker 8>you know something that alarms me, that's very safe. When

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<v Speaker 8>I come out of a restaurant at eleven o'clock at

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<v Speaker 8>night by myself after having dinner with a girlfriend and

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<v Speaker 8>I sent somebody's behind me, that's a real fright. And

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<v Speaker 8>our brain gives us the ability to quickly evaluate the

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<v Speaker 8>situation and tell us ooh you're in danger, danger will smith,

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<v Speaker 8>or it's safe. So I think that that plays into

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<v Speaker 8>what we perceive. But there are a lot of us

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<v Speaker 8>that were thrill seekers. We're looking for that control fear

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<v Speaker 8>and suspense, and there's some of us that just want

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<v Speaker 8>to see how much fear we can tolerate.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember being in Disney Disney World down in Florida

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<v Speaker 2>a few years ago, and there was this house that

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<v Speaker 2>they brought you up in an elevator and they opened

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<v Speaker 2>the door. They showed it the distance and you felt

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<v Speaker 2>like you were at the top of the Empire State Building.

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<v Speaker 2>Then they closed the elevator and they dropped. I forget

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<v Speaker 2>someone out. They will know what it was like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the House of Doing or something. And it scared the

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<v Speaker 2>hell out of me. And I knew the Tower of Terror.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh Dan, the producer, tales it was it we caught.

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<v Speaker 2>We put the Boston accident on as we call it,

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<v Speaker 2>the Tower of Terra, but it's pronounced properly, the Tower

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<v Speaker 2>of Terror. And I'm telling you, I did it once

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<v Speaker 2>and that was enough of me. I'm done. I'm done.

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<v Speaker 2>My kids wanted to go back, and they were really young,

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<v Speaker 2>Doctor Richardson. As always, I so enjoy our conversation. I

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<v Speaker 2>for some reason, I feel I have to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that that that clears me out of my head.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't told that Tower of Terror story in decades.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever been on the Tower of Terror, Doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Richardson a Disney World.

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<v Speaker 8>No, I haven't. But there's something at the state here

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<v Speaker 8>of Texas that you go round and round, the bottom

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<v Speaker 8>pop falls out, and it affected me when you were

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<v Speaker 8>telling me that story. My heartstir boom, no. I felt

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<v Speaker 8>that that law below me.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's great. If folks want to get in touch

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<v Speaker 2>with you, what's the easiest way for them to get

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<v Speaker 2>in touch with you, Doctor Lee Richardson.

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<v Speaker 8>So you can find me on LinkedIn, or you can

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<v Speaker 8>find the good old fashioned website, the Brain Performance Center

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<v Speaker 8>dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Perfect the Brain Performance Center dot com. Doctor Lee Richardson

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<v Speaker 2>has always enjoying you very much, fun, Thank you so.

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<v Speaker 8>Much, thank you, thank you suving me happy, j very welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back, we're going to talk about question

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<v Speaker 2>four here in Massachusetts, the question of whether or not

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<v Speaker 2>psychedelics should become legalized under some you know, controlled circumstances.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to talk to a graduate of West Point

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<v Speaker 2>serve time the military, and he is an advocate. He

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<v Speaker 2>votes yes on question four, and we'll have a conversation

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<v Speaker 2>between both points of view on this issue on Friday night.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll explain it all coming back on night Side