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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>k if I Am six forty on Wednesdays.

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<v Speaker 3>K if I Am six forty is Later with Mo

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<v Speaker 3>Kelly and Claudine Cooper. We are live everywhere on the

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<v Speaker 4>Claudine's good to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's get into unfortunately these winter blues.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's good to be seen Mo.

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<v Speaker 5>And you did text me earlier and say the weather

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<v Speaker 5>is acting up. If I don't want to drive, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>we could catch up next week. However, you notice I

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<v Speaker 5>said I will not be deterred.

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<v Speaker 2>By a little weather.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, okay, So that brings me to the seasonal depression,

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<v Speaker 5>which a lot of people do experience. It's shorter days,

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<v Speaker 5>it's colder, you're kind of in the house.

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<v Speaker 2>A little bit more.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's the thing with working out as my job, I

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<v Speaker 5>really don't have a choice. I can't just call forty

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<v Speaker 5>people and say.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, guys, you know it's chilly out here, you know

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<v Speaker 2>it's raining.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not gonna make it.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't work like that.

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<v Speaker 5>So I think my job kind of forces me to

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<v Speaker 5>go into a very I don't want to say joyful,

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<v Speaker 5>but a communal space. And one of the things that

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<v Speaker 5>I think can contribute to seasonal depression is the isolation

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<v Speaker 5>of being in the house watching your shows and not

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<v Speaker 5>connecting with a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 2>I really do believe in the power of community.

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<v Speaker 3>When we Because I'm one who will binge watch a

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<v Speaker 3>show in my downtime and all of a sudden I've

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<v Speaker 3>lost three or four hours in a given day, let's

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<v Speaker 3>say it's a Saturday or a Sunday, I am less

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<v Speaker 3>inclined to then work out, of course, and it may

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<v Speaker 3>not be mood related, it may not be winter blues,

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<v Speaker 3>but all the external stimuli or saying sit down on

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<v Speaker 3>a couch.

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<v Speaker 5>Sure, I'll tell you Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon in the gym,

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<v Speaker 5>those are the low times. And so if that's kind

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<v Speaker 5>of a time when people are at home chilling, watching

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<v Speaker 5>their shows and all of that, I suggest doing some

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<v Speaker 5>movement in front of the TV. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 5>go into the gym. I do believe there is power

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<v Speaker 5>in being around people. It does engage us and energize

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<v Speaker 5>us in ways that.

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<v Speaker 2>Being at home.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, how many times have you said, yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>gonna do it. I'm gonna do my workout from home,

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<v Speaker 5>and then you're at home.

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<v Speaker 3>I well, is that the phone right? Yeah? Oh lit

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<v Speaker 3>in time, it's time for dinner. But when I say

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<v Speaker 3>the winter blues, that is a real thing. It's one

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<v Speaker 3>thing to call it the winter blues, but they do

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<v Speaker 3>call it seasonal effective disorder. Yes, and some of the

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<v Speaker 3>symptoms include reduced desire to do things like exercise and socialize.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, okay, now this is the thing. I'm not telling

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<v Speaker 5>everybody to join a gym. Although last week we did

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<v Speaker 5>talk about New Year's resolutions, and I will say this, mo,

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<v Speaker 5>I have seen a decline in the attendance this week.

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<v Speaker 5>So oh oh, so the people who were gung ho

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<v Speaker 5>January first week in January, da da da da da.

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<v Speaker 2>It's tapering off a little bit right now.

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<v Speaker 4>So when it's like National quick.

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<v Speaker 5>Day, I think they say it's like a couple weeks

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<v Speaker 5>into January.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm seeing it.

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<v Speaker 5>Really, this week has been the first week that things

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<v Speaker 5>have really kind of slowed down in the gym.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's a variety of things, and sometimes maybe

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<v Speaker 3>I get too much of my own head. But since

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<v Speaker 3>it is winter, since it is colder, since we've had

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<v Speaker 3>the longest January in the history of my of you know, forever, one.

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<v Speaker 5>Hundred and twenty days of January, it felt like there's

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<v Speaker 5>something else that I'm remembering.

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<v Speaker 3>In the winter, I'm more inclined to start thinking about

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<v Speaker 3>people who were no longer here. My father passed in March,

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<v Speaker 3>my mother's mother passed in the month of March. So

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<v Speaker 3>you get these annual reminders which may slow you down

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<v Speaker 3>in many ways.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that unusual.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if you know this or not, but

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<v Speaker 5>what brought me to exercise was my grief journey, and

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<v Speaker 5>that was something that.

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<v Speaker 2>Took me down.

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<v Speaker 5>Literally, same thing lost a few people back to back.

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<v Speaker 5>You know how they say it comes in threes, Well,

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<v Speaker 5>it hit me in threes, and I was in high

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<v Speaker 5>school at the time, and I just I couldn't get

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<v Speaker 5>out the bed, and I'm like, I know, I can't

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<v Speaker 5>be this tired, right, And exhaustion or fatigue is one

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<v Speaker 5>example of depression. And so once my mom kind of

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<v Speaker 5>noticed because I lived with my dad at the time,

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<v Speaker 5>and my mom noticed that, I was like, yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>just too tired, Dad.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to get up. My mom was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you should see someone.

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<v Speaker 5>She knew I had gone through a lot of grief

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<v Speaker 5>and loss at that time, and so when I talked

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<v Speaker 5>to the counselor, she basically just looked at.

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<v Speaker 2>Me and said, you're young.

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<v Speaker 5>You are energetic aside from what you're going through right now,

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<v Speaker 5>because I was in sports and stuff. I did cheer,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, and she was like, dedicate sixty minutes a

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<v Speaker 5>day to moving your body and let's see, let's check

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<v Speaker 5>in and see how you feel. At first, being the

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<v Speaker 5>teenager that I was who knows everything, I was like.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not doing that. That sounds crazy.

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<v Speaker 6>All oh, I can't picture that. A teenager who knows everything.

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<v Speaker 6>They make those but saying that to say, I was like,

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not doing that. That's that's silly advice.

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<v Speaker 5>And keep in mind, wellness was not trending like it

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<v Speaker 5>is today that we're talking about nineteen ninety two at

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<v Speaker 5>this time, and.

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<v Speaker 4>It felt like yesterday.

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<v Speaker 5>But it wasn't, as my kids would say, the nineteen

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<v Speaker 5>hundreds the last century.

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<v Speaker 2>Way back in the nineteen hundreds.

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<v Speaker 5>I say that to say, eventually I got sick and

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<v Speaker 5>tired of being sick and tired and I popped a

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<v Speaker 5>video into the VCR and I didn't like the aerobics instructor,

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<v Speaker 5>but I did like the workout, so I turned her

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<v Speaker 5>down and I turned up my own music. And at

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<v Speaker 5>the time, I was obsessed with West Coast Rap. It

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<v Speaker 5>had just started kind of really catching on, and so

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<v Speaker 5>I was listening to NWA, I was listening to ice Cube,

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<v Speaker 5>I was listening to Too Short, and I was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>My workouts and it was to the video.

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<v Speaker 5>But that's kind of how I got into working out,

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<v Speaker 5>and that's still my style of instructed.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd like to have some sort of distracting element to

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<v Speaker 3>workout so I don't have to really think about what

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<v Speaker 4>And it could be.

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<v Speaker 3>Marching in front of my TV, it could be dancing

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<v Speaker 3>to music in headphones. But yes, I try to sneak in.

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<v Speaker 3>It's almost like putting a little sugar on top of

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<v Speaker 3>the medicine.

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<v Speaker 5>And you and I we love music, and I think

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<v Speaker 5>there's a lot of people who would find that music

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<v Speaker 5>and movement together do have an element of healing. And

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<v Speaker 5>if you are grieving, to anyone who's listening, number one,

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<v Speaker 5>I feel you, and I know how hard it can

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<v Speaker 5>be to get up. But number two, if you move

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<v Speaker 5>your body and pair it with music, you will feel better.

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<v Speaker 5>And trust me on this from experience.

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<v Speaker 3>She's Claudin Cooper. We'll have more with her our nice

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<v Speaker 3>exercise lady in just a moment. You can find out

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<v Speaker 3>more about her at Claudinecooper dot com.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll be right back.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from

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<v Speaker 1>KFI Am six four.

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<v Speaker 3>Days Later with mo Kelly with Claudinecooper. Go to Claudinecooper

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<v Speaker 3>dot com. You can see all that she does in

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<v Speaker 3>the community specifically. In fact, she might have a free

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<v Speaker 3>community workout coming up weather for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yah, drum roll.

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<v Speaker 5>We've taken a couple months off just to, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>kind of get through football season because, as many people know,

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<v Speaker 5>I live and work in Inglewood, California, whiches the entertainment,

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<v Speaker 5>sports and entertainment.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know how you do it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't live in Inglewood, but I live Inglewood adjacent

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<v Speaker 3>and a day in which you might I have to

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<v Speaker 3>check my caulendar.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, there's something going on it into it.

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<v Speaker 3>There's something going on it so far, there's something going out.

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<v Speaker 3>The Kia form YouTube theater, and every once a while

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<v Speaker 3>there'll be something going on at all of them on

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a fact.

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<v Speaker 5>And then when those days happen, we have insane traffic.

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<v Speaker 5>But for the most part at this point, because I

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<v Speaker 5>work and live in the entertainment area, I just walk,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, in front.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the other must be nice. I just walk to

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it is nice.

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<v Speaker 5>And anybody who lives in LA knows that that is

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<v Speaker 5>like a big luxury to be able to be that

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<v Speaker 5>close and have no commute.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah it is.

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<v Speaker 4>It sounds like you're almost like you're taunting me with

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<v Speaker 4>that while.

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<v Speaker 2>You drive to Burbank from Inglewood adjacent. Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah no.

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<v Speaker 5>And I will say this, I've had commutes and I've

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<v Speaker 5>not had commutes, and I will trade, like, I'll take

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<v Speaker 5>a pay cut to have less of a commute type

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<v Speaker 5>of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that it's a quality of life thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, I mean, I could get back three or four

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<v Speaker 3>hours of my day just by not commuting.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, I love k if. I don't think otherwise.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying, you know, you love your job.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just saying that if I took out the commute aspect,

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<v Speaker 3>I get back at least three hours of my day.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, that's one of the things that I feel like,

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<v Speaker 5>even though the traffic is tough in Englewood, I do

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<v Speaker 5>look forward to having a walkable neighborhood, not just for

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<v Speaker 5>the sports or for my job, but restaurants and things

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<v Speaker 5>to see and things to do. So I lived in

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<v Speaker 5>New York City when I was a younger woman, and

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<v Speaker 5>I truly miss being able to walk everywhere.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, talk about health and wellness.

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<v Speaker 3>When I went to Italy and also Korea, these are

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<v Speaker 3>societies largely predicated on walking. You walk everywhere, and I

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<v Speaker 3>noticed I saw nobody who was obese, not a single person.

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<v Speaker 3>After a while, I was conscious of it, and then

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<v Speaker 3>you realize, gosh, we're walking five and six miles a day. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>it's vacation, but for people. When I was in Italy,

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<v Speaker 3>it was a way of life. You walked everywhere.

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<v Speaker 5>And you know, walking is still one of the best

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<v Speaker 5>ways to move our bodies and to stay youthful in

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<v Speaker 5>how we move because walking is what we're designed to do.

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<v Speaker 5>The sedentary lifestyle, the sitting in the car or the

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<v Speaker 5>sitting at the computer or the binge watching. And let's

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<v Speaker 5>but I don't have a tremo. I do like to

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<v Speaker 5>recommend putting out a mat on the floor for fact

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<v Speaker 5>flexibility and stretching while you're watching. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 5>necessarily do a workout, but we can improve our flexibility

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<v Speaker 5>by just doing some stretches in front of the TV.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what I try to do because I don't like stretching.

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<v Speaker 3>If because if I'm doing dynamic stretching, in other words,

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<v Speaker 3>trying to increase my flexibility, it's painful, it's uncomfortable, and

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<v Speaker 3>I would rather take my mind away by just watching TV.

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<v Speaker 4>And all of a sudden, I've been stretching for a

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<v Speaker 5>And honestly, the older we get, the less flexible we become.

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<v Speaker 5>And I mean that myndrand, body and soul and so

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<v Speaker 5>I recently decided that I was going to start reading

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<v Speaker 2>I love to read.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you read, moll I read, but not for the

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<v Speaker 3>type of enjoyment reading because I'm always having to read

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<v Speaker 3>the news. I don't do a lot of books. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>do audiobooks because I'm always rip racing and running. That's

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<v Speaker 5>And I wanted to carve out some time that was

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<v Speaker 5>screen free, so I'm not doing it on a kindle.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm literally opening a book and turning a page and

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<v Speaker 5>reading so that I can take some time to exercise

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<v Speaker 5>my mind. And I do feel like the brain also

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<v Speaker 5>needs a workout. Have you noticed more and more people

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, and that's why I try to keep my brain very,

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<v Speaker 3>very active.

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<v Speaker 2>So what are some ways that you exercise your brain?

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<v Speaker 3>Quizes Teasers, Yeah, trivia where I'm forced to recall things

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<v Speaker 3>and be able to summon information very quickly, because that's

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<v Speaker 3>a large part of my job. I may I have

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<v Speaker 3>to always stay in my train of thought, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>very fatiguing over the course of a three hour show.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't lose my train of thought. It happens on

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<v Speaker 3>very very rare occasions. But part of exercising that brain

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<v Speaker 3>muscle is always pushing it in different ways.

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<v Speaker 5>So I'm only with you for about you know, fifteen

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<v Speaker 5>twenty minutes right. I find it difficult to stay on track,

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<v Speaker 5>and in fact, I've said to you before, like, oh

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<v Speaker 5>I did it, I stayed on track, I came back right.

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<v Speaker 5>It is a skill and it does exercise your brain.

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<v Speaker 5>I have a couple more tips that your listeners might

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<v Speaker 5>like for exercising their brain as well. One of the

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<v Speaker 5>ways that I exercise my brain is by not using

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<v Speaker 5>my GPS to get somewhere, to really have to recall

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<v Speaker 5>the name of a street, or was I here before?

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<v Speaker 5>Did I take a right? And I even told Tuala

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<v Speaker 5>out there. I'm so proud of myself now because I

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<v Speaker 5>can get to this station from where I live with

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<v Speaker 5>no GP. And my daughters are always like, so just

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<v Speaker 5>turn the GPS on for traffic, mom, because we can

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<v Speaker 5>go a different way if there's traffic. And I say,

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<v Speaker 5>I just a lot enough time that if I hit traffic,

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<v Speaker 3>I wonder what kids or young adults would do without

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<v Speaker 3>GPS today. I know they can't use a Thomas guy,

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<v Speaker 3>so I mean, I just I wonder how they would function.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what.

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<v Speaker 5>My so, my younger daughter recently, she went somewhere and

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<v Speaker 5>she didn't use her GPS, and she said, you know, mom,

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<v Speaker 5>I like not using my GPS. I like knowing how

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<v Speaker 5>to get somewhere. It actually is one of those things

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<v Speaker 5>that when we have our brain activated, we recognize it too.

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<v Speaker 5>Even my daughter, who's, you know, a teenager, She's like, hmmm,

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<v Speaker 5>I like that. And so I feel like that's one way.

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<v Speaker 5>Another way is also recalling a memory. Right, you spoke

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<v Speaker 5>a little bit about that, But maybe get together with

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<v Speaker 5>a friend and say, do you remember when we were

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<v Speaker 5>you guys kind of remember it similarly. So those are

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<v Speaker 5>just a couple of ways that I use to, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>exercise my brain.

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<v Speaker 3>You bring up a great point, and we're almost out

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<v Speaker 3>of time, but it's a great point where as you age,

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<v Speaker 3>some memories fade yes, and some memories are triggered by

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<v Speaker 3>just keeping active and stimulating your mind. And when I

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<v Speaker 3>do listen to music in the car, I may listen

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<v Speaker 3>to eighties and seventies music because it brings back the

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<v Speaker 3>flood of memories and feelings and emotions that hadn't had

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<v Speaker 3>in many years. But music is the closest thing we

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<v Speaker 3>have to a time machine and you remember exactly what

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<v Speaker 3>you fad, how you felt, who you were dating, and

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<v Speaker 3>just like that. So I use that as an active

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<v Speaker 3>measure to keep my mind, you know, limber as it were.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, speaking of keeping the mind limber, I'm coming back

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<v Speaker 5>to the free community workout that I was saying that

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<v Speaker 5>we've and on hold for a couple of months due

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<v Speaker 5>to football season. Yay, But March first, at nine am,

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<v Speaker 5>there will be a big free community workout our farmers

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<v Speaker 5>Market and if you want to come see the gym.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't mean to get.

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<v Speaker 3>To the Farmer's Market because I usually park over there

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<v Speaker 3>going to your workout, but I've never had a chance

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<v Speaker 3>to check it out.

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<v Speaker 4>But I hear great things about.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh so many nice farmers who just bring in the

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<v Speaker 5>freshest fruits, vegetables, desserts.

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<v Speaker 2>I always get in trouble when I go.

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<v Speaker 3>I see I'm trying to cut back and there you

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<v Speaker 3>are just dangle it in front of it.

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<v Speaker 4>No, I can't can't eat all those desserts.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean fresh made like bars, cookies, cakes, croissants, just ough.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's bad. I'm there for Kale. I come out

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<v Speaker 2>with a dozen something. Shame on you that you.

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<v Speaker 4>Could eat some kale. You and my wife.

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<v Speaker 2>I love kale, right you? The best way to do

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<v Speaker 2>a caale. I got to tell you about kale.

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<v Speaker 5>Chop an avocado in half, drop it in the kale,

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<v Speaker 5>massage it into the kale season the kale bam.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't like avocado either.

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<v Speaker 2>Get him out of here.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, I was here first.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, that's right, my bad.

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<v Speaker 4>Claudiecooper dot com Claude. Always good to see you and

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<v Speaker 4>I'll see you against.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, see you too. Thank you for having me.

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