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<v Speaker 1>It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WBS Boston Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you very much, Madison. My name is indeed

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<v Speaker 2>Dan Ray, the host of the appropriately named Nightside with

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<v Speaker 2>Dan Ray, believe it or not. Tonight we do our

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand, nine hundred and ninety ninth program Nightside, well

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<v Speaker 2>probably ninety nine per I did a few programs before

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<v Speaker 2>it was christened Nightside in October of two thousand and seven,

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<v Speaker 2>but kind of proud of that. So there will be

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<v Speaker 2>a night next week when we will do our fourth

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<v Speaker 2>thousandth program, and I'm proud of that, and I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to share that with all of you who listen to Nightside.

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<v Speaker 2>We have four really interesting guests in the first hour,

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<v Speaker 2>then we have a couple of guests later on tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>and a final fourth hour at nine o'clock tonight. We're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be talking with a couple of folks Boston

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<v Speaker 2>Hill reported Gayla Cawley, who has written a lot about

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on at White Stadium in Boston. And we'll

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<v Speaker 2>also talk with a gentleman who is the head of

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<v Speaker 2>a group, someone that I have known of many for

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<v Speaker 2>many many years and have inviewed many years ago. Lewis Eliza,

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<v Speaker 2>the president of the Garrison Totter Neighborhood Association, about their

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<v Speaker 2>concerns over the project that's going on at White Stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get to all of that, and then we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk at ten o'clock with a couple's theorist, the therapist.

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<v Speaker 2>We are approaching Dallentine's Day. It's actually, I believe two

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<v Speaker 2>weeks from today, two Fridays from today, and the couple's

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<v Speaker 2>therapists is going to talk about reigniting relationships, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think you'll enjoy listening to her at ten o'clock Carolyn Sharp.

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<v Speaker 2>And then in the twentieth hour, I think the one

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<v Speaker 2>month during the year that bothers me the most it's January.

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<v Speaker 2>And January only has four hours left in and so

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<v Speaker 2>I am very happy to say goodbye to January, and

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<v Speaker 2>for a whole by reasons, I'd love to know what

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<v Speaker 2>you think about the month of January. It's the coldest,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the longest. As far as I'm concerned, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>depressing month. But anyway, we are going to open up.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get you all the way to February, which is

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<v Speaker 2>I think one of the nicer months you've got Groundhog Day,

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<v Speaker 2>Valentine's Day, start of spring training, all sorts of things

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<v Speaker 2>to look forward to in February. But first off, we

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<v Speaker 2>are going to talk about one of the remnants of January. That,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, is the New Year's resolutions that some of

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<v Speaker 2>us have kept and some of us have failed to keep.

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<v Speaker 2>And with us is Bob Anderson to talk about keeping

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<v Speaker 2>your New Year's resolutions, the value in that. He's a doctor,

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<v Speaker 2>Bob Anderson, Doctor Anderson, Welcome to Night's Side. And first

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<v Speaker 2>of all, percentage do you think of New Year's resolutions

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<v Speaker 2>are actually kept? Has anyone ever done a real study

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<v Speaker 2>on that?

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<v Speaker 3>Not that I know of, Probably about twenty percent I

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<v Speaker 3>would guess something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You think twenty that's pretty good. That's a big number.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have guessed more like two percent. But that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great. Obviously, all the goals we set for you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when we do that on New Year's Eve or a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of days before New Year's and great, great goals,

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<v Speaker 2>tough to accomplish, just human nature. How important is it

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<v Speaker 2>for those of that twenty percent or the ten percent

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever, how important is it for them to keep

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<v Speaker 2>it going?

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<v Speaker 3>Well? I think it's really important because it just helps

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<v Speaker 3>your self esteem and you know, many times their health

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<v Speaker 3>related and just improve your overall health and your ability

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<v Speaker 3>to enjoy life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you are with the Center for Vain Restoration, and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess there's a bit of a relationship between New

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<v Speaker 2>Year's resolutions which people pledge to and if they keep

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<v Speaker 2>many of the resolutions actually have a positive impact on

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<v Speaker 2>blood circulation. I believe that that is the nexus for

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<v Speaker 2>this interview.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, Yes, that's right, tell us about it. We have arteries,

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<v Speaker 3>of course that always benefit from exercise because they're what

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<v Speaker 3>drives blood to our muscles, and then the veins return

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<v Speaker 3>the blood from the muscles up to our heart and

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<v Speaker 3>lungs areas. And the nice thing about exercise is keeping

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<v Speaker 3>the weight low so that the added pressure of weight

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't weigh on your veins so to speak, and cause

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<v Speaker 3>them to become varicos over time.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you're making me feel better. I exercise today. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who tends to get into the gym as much

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<v Speaker 2>as I can. There was one year before COVID where

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<v Speaker 2>I actually was in the gym three hundred and sixty

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<v Speaker 2>three days out of the year twenty nineteen I've admittedly

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<v Speaker 2>backed off that a little bit after COVID. There's other

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<v Speaker 2>some of the other traditional resolutions that people make, the

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<v Speaker 2>dry January resolution, other resolutions that I assume also has

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<v Speaker 2>a physical benefit, just from you know, kind of backing

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<v Speaker 2>off the alcohol and the beer and the wine a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit correct on circulation.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because alcohol, of course, is considered empty calories. They

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<v Speaker 3>really don't provide any nutrition for you, and they just

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<v Speaker 3>add extra calories that you don't really need and that

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<v Speaker 3>we'll add to increased weight over time.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, if we were to cut back on drinking,

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<v Speaker 2>is there any physical benefit, I mean, you know, is

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<v Speaker 2>there a physical I mean, obviously weight loss, You've described

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<v Speaker 2>that very well, but I got to assume that there's

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a physical benefit to cutting back

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<v Speaker 2>on alcohol on a consistent basis. Yes, I'm not a doctor,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm shooting in the dark here. Doctor helped me out. Well.

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<v Speaker 3>One of the other big effects of alcohol, of course,

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<v Speaker 3>is that it kills your brain cells, and you only

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<v Speaker 3>have so many of those, and they don't regenerate. So

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<v Speaker 3>the more you drink, the more you're killing your brain cells,

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<v Speaker 3>and you only have so many. So they know that

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't help at all with your cognitive function, especially later

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<v Speaker 3>in life.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's fear for me to conclude from our conversation

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<v Speaker 2>that the one resolution that physically helps you the most

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<v Speaker 2>physically and also medically is losing some weight if you're overweight.

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<v Speaker 2>Any of the other traditional resolutions also have a medical

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<v Speaker 2>benefit that you could share with us.

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<v Speaker 4>Well.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously smoking is another big culprit artery disease. Yeah, number

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<v Speaker 3>one cause for hardening of the arteries, and so giving

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<v Speaker 3>that up is definitely for your best thing for your

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<v Speaker 3>health you could ever do, probably other than do everything

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<v Speaker 3>else in moderation kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Well, the other thing is never start. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I was blessed. My dad was a World War Two veteran,

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<v Speaker 2>two packs a day, camels, unfiltered. I hated cigarette smoke

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<v Speaker 2>and I've never smoked a cigarette in my life and

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<v Speaker 2>I was. I just it just appalls me. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>appeal to me. It appalls me that that is for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's one. But the weight loss is so is

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<v Speaker 2>so important. So I would say anyone who has kept

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<v Speaker 2>a resolution for what thirty one days, now, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>reason to stop it. You can continue it on, particularly

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<v Speaker 2>if you feel a benefit from it. I encourage people

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<v Speaker 2>to do that. The one that I did many years

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<v Speaker 2>ago was I gave up drinking in January. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>a heavy drink or a coarse light and red wine

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<v Speaker 2>here and kicked. I said, now, let me get the

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<v Speaker 2>Valentine's Day, got the Valentine's dais, let me get to

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<v Speaker 2>Saint Patrick's Day. Got the Saint Patrick's dan and said,

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<v Speaker 2>let me get daple first. Well, May twenty fifth, I

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<v Speaker 2>had kidney stones. Never had had kidney stones in my

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<v Speaker 2>life before, and I was told it was not in

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<v Speaker 2>taking enough fluid. So that's one that it was a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Kidney stones were unpleasant as I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 2>never had them anyway. Yeah, well that's a good thing

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<v Speaker 2>to avoid. That's a good resolution to avoid. I've never

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<v Speaker 2>had him since Doctor Bobby Anderson. Your organization called Center

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<v Speaker 2>for Vane Restoration. I assume people can get some information

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<v Speaker 2>there if they go to your website, yep.

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<v Speaker 3>And if they want to make an appointment over the phone,

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<v Speaker 3>they can do that as well, calling twenty eight hundred

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<v Speaker 3>six legs and our website is CVR dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah are you We're in Boston, as you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>have a pretty big audience across at the eastern half

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<v Speaker 2>of the US.

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<v Speaker 3>Where you located, Well, I'm in Springfield, Massachusetts, but we

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<v Speaker 3>have offices in Wuburn and Framing and great.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. The reason I ask you that, I'm delighted to

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<v Speaker 2>hear that. I'm glad I asked that question because I

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<v Speaker 2>see the book appointment number says two four zero, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, to myself, where's that that. Okay, so you're

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<v Speaker 2>a New England based organization. Excellent. That's good to know

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<v Speaker 2>people who have problems with veins send it for van restoration.

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<v Speaker 2>And you said CVR dot com. That's pretty simple. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you very much, appreciate it. Thank you doctor.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you're welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>Good, thank you, You're welcome. Okay, we get back. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about today. In case you missed, it was

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<v Speaker 2>National have Fun at Workday. I hope you had fun

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<v Speaker 2>at work today today. I have fun at work most days. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>I like my job, so it's not hard for me

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<v Speaker 2>to have fun at work. But I think I was

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<v Speaker 2>thinking today I was rainy, and I was thinking, how

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<v Speaker 2>lucky am I to have an inside job. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>worry about cold weather or hot weather. So we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk on the other side with a fellow named

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<v Speaker 2>Joel Zeph. National have Fun at work Day sounds great

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<v Speaker 2>coming back on night side. My name is Dan Ray.

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<v Speaker 2>My name's Dan Ray. Back more interesting topics right after this.

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Well, for those of you who might have missed it

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<v Speaker 2>today was I guess it still is if you're working

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere like me, National have Fun and work Day. The

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<v Speaker 2>importance of having fun in the job with us is

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<v Speaker 2>Joel Zeph. Joel's a workplace culture expert. Joel, you sound

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<v Speaker 2>like my sort of guy.

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<v Speaker 5>How are you tonight, I'm great, Thanks for having me, Dan.

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<v Speaker 2>He was afraid for a second, there was the delay.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, have we lost him? So how do you

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<v Speaker 2>become a workplace culture expert. Are you a writer? You're

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<v Speaker 2>a speaker and an author. You've written a book called

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<v Speaker 2>What Make the Right Choice? Lead with passion, elevate your

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<v Speaker 2>team and unleash the fun and work you sell. You

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<v Speaker 2>think exactly like I do. I have funded work every day.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a talk show host. I don't have to lift

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<v Speaker 2>everything heavy. I don't have to climb on steel beams.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to hang off of roofs. I'm I'm happy, man.

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<v Speaker 5>We're very lucky.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't do math, so I was limited in what

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<v Speaker 4>jobs that appealed to me. And I was a newspaper journalist,

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<v Speaker 4>and then I went into advertising in PR and I

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<v Speaker 4>started doing improv comedy just for fun. And one of

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<v Speaker 4>my clients said, hey, we know you do that improv

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<v Speaker 4>on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 5>Can you do that with us? And that's how my

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<v Speaker 4>And twenty five hundred events later, I wrote a book

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<v Speaker 4>and now I'm talking to you, Well, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know you had twenty five hundred events. I do my

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<v Speaker 2>four thousandth show on this radio station next week. Tonight

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<v Speaker 2>is three three thousand, nine hundred ninety nine, So welcome,

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm pretty excited.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, I'm always excited. So let me ask you,

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<v Speaker 2>what is who decides today January thirty first, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most depressing days of the year. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a long month January. Who decides it's National Have

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<v Speaker 2>that I missed somehow?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know who created that day, but I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 3>That.

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<v Speaker 4>January was a long month and we're kicking off the year,

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<v Speaker 4>so it's probably a good day to focus on fun

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<v Speaker 4>and creating passion and being fulfilled at work. Because when

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<v Speaker 4>you're happy at work, that's going to lead to success,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's gonna be you're gonna be a better leader,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Now, I don't want to get real serious on

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<v Speaker 2>just said I agree with the same day, the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What percentage of workers do you think? How can we

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<v Speaker 2>make this more accessible, more available a year from now?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how many people I had not heard

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<v Speaker 2>of National Have Fun at Workday until tonight. What what

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<v Speaker 5>Dan, I'm with you one hundred percent. I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 4>Someone told me and said, hey, you'd be great on

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<v Speaker 4>And because so here we are together, it's more in

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<v Speaker 4>National Fun and Work Today for the first time together, Dan,

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<v Speaker 4>So we'll always have today, yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, Well, what I'm wondering I was figuring that

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you'd be able to tell me some stories that today,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, people were able to bring hula hoops to work,

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<v Speaker 2>or they were able to bring their bikes and ride

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<v Speaker 2>around the office, or they had water balloon fights. That's

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<v Speaker 2>really not what we're talking about here. We're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>how do you get happy? How do you get excited

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<v Speaker 2>and want look forward to going to work for fun

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<v Speaker 2>and accomplishing something as opposed to looking at yourself in

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we've all been I've been there too, right, And

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<v Speaker 4>it's about what's going to fulfill you, what's going to

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<v Speaker 4>make you happy? And you know, what is that opportunity

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<v Speaker 4>that you need to be happy? And fun means a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of different things, and some of the things that

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<v Speaker 4>you mentioned Hulu hoops and karaoke and dancing and all that,

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<v Speaker 4>that's part of it. Sure, why not, you know, creating

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<v Speaker 4>that energy and doing something fun as a group. I

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<v Speaker 4>and they do a lot of give back.

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<v Speaker 5>They go to pet shelters or food bank.

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<v Speaker 4>And they donate their time as a company because that

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<v Speaker 4>brings them joy and it connects people together. I have

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<v Speaker 4>another friend work for a telecommunications company. They have a

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<v Speaker 4>four foot chess piece, a four foot chess.

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<v Speaker 5>Piece that goes around the office.

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<v Speaker 4>If somebody's having a bad day, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 4>it just kind of brings a little fun, a little spirit.

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<v Speaker 4>And what's funny is that four foot chess piece. My

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<v Speaker 5>He's in the hes in the Army Reserve, went to

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<v Speaker 4>In Kuwait, and the company mailed the four foot chess

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<v Speaker 4>piece to the army base that he went around took

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<v Speaker 4>pictures uh, you know, with his uh with his troop

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<v Speaker 4>and on tanks and uh in the latrine and the

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<v Speaker 4>the soldiers that he's serving with, and it created happiness

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<v Speaker 4>back at his telecommunications company. And so you know, it's

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<v Speaker 4>all about maybe sometimes a surprise, doing something different, finding

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<v Speaker 2>That's great. There were a lot of companies, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of individuals here who reached out to some of the

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<v Speaker 2>that's always a touch of home when you're in the military,

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<v Speaker 2>to to say to to be able to say, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I know what this is. So that's that's great. Well, look,

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<v Speaker 2>so where where do you practice your comedy?

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<v Speaker 4>So I do. I'm focused on the corporate market, and

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<v Speaker 4>so I work with all different types of industries, companies, associations.

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<v Speaker 3>UH.

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<v Speaker 4>This week I was in Louisville speaking to a company

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<v Speaker 4>And I have a property management company coming up, an

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<v Speaker 4>insurance company. Uh So, it's a lot of different industries.

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<v Speaker 4>And I use improv to bring that fun and energy.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's all about humor, and we play some improv

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<v Speaker 4>games and laugh and then we talk about these choices,

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<v Speaker 4>how we deal with change, how we work together as

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, the Louisville Police departmentism sure. You

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<v Speaker 2>know a couple of years ago had some real serious

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<v Speaker 2>issues and hopefully you've been able to help them work

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<v Speaker 2>together as a team. Rob, how much time we got

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<v Speaker 2>before the CBS cut in? You said a minute? Five?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that what I got? Minute five? One minute? Okay? Perfect?

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<v Speaker 2>So if folks would like to get in touch with you, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the easiest way for folks. You've got to have

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure, sure, sure, I think we're contractually obligated to

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<v Speaker 4>have websites in this day and age. Yes, Joel's f

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<v Speaker 4>dot com j O E l z e f F

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<v Speaker 4>dot com and the new book Make the Right Choice

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<v Speaker 4>is available Barnes and Noble, Amazon, wherever you get your

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<v Speaker 4>books and lots of ideas and ways to energize, keep

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<v Speaker 4>the fun going, and you know, elevating that that your

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<v Speaker 4>team and unleashing the fun at work that's part of

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<v Speaker 4>the subhead and just enjoying work and kind of being

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<v Speaker 2>Perfect, Joel, Thank you very much. We'll have your back. Sell.

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<v Speaker 2>We can tell jokes to each other. I think I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're a great guest. Appreciate your time. Thank you, sir. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>now for a CBS News report on a second airplane crash,

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<v Speaker 2>this one in Philadelphia. Pre CBS News.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Or there's a very interesting development and order that was

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<v Speaker 2>issued by the Consumer Protection Safety Commission. And we have

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<v Speaker 2>the lawyer who has actually been the person here who

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<v Speaker 2>has forced Amazon, one of the biggest companies in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>into a position where Amazon is now being ordered to

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<v Speaker 2>reveal dangerous products. Don Fountain. He's a trial attorney, leading

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<v Speaker 2>product defect attorney whose landmark cases to transform safety standards

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<v Speaker 2>across multiple industries. Counsel Or, welcome to Night's Side. This

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like a big victory for the consumer.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you for having me. Yes, and you're right, it

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<v Speaker 6>is a big victory. I can't take credit for this.

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<v Speaker 6>This is the Consumer Product Safety Commission finally bringing Amazon

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<v Speaker 6>to the table to make them a critical part of

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<v Speaker 6>product safety in this country.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm misread, and I might have been under the

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<v Speaker 2>impression that you were representing parties in the case. Explain

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<v Speaker 2>to us. Well, let me just kind of cut to

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<v Speaker 2>the chase a little bit here. Obviously, Amazon sells everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're a huge, huge company, one of the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>companies in the world. And this order from the Consumer

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<v Speaker 2>Protection Safety Commission basically says to Amazon, if you ship

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<v Speaker 2>something and it's a dangerous product, you have a responsibility.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just not the person who sells the product. You

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<v Speaker 2>have become the conveyor of that product, and therefore there

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<v Speaker 2>is an obligation for you to be involved in the

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<v Speaker 2>remediation of hazardous products. As I understand it, am I

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<v Speaker 2>fairly accurate in what I've just described.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, term is Amazon is now an official legal distributor

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<v Speaker 6>of products. That's an important term because under the law,

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<v Speaker 6>a distributor now has an obligation to keep track of

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<v Speaker 6>safety trends. Keep track of recalls and to notify their

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<v Speaker 6>customers about them.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so how does Amazon get hooked into this? And

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<v Speaker 2>let me just play Devil's advocate for a second, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know more about this case than I do. I

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<v Speaker 2>am a lawyer, but this is your area of expertise.

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<v Speaker 2>How does Amazon get hooked in where, let's say I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know UPS or FedEx, or for that matter, of

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<v Speaker 2>the US mail as I read the materials that were

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<v Speaker 2>sent to me are not impacted.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a good question, and for years Amazon said, we

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<v Speaker 6>don't want to be a part of the safety program

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<v Speaker 6>in this country. We're just like the United States Postal

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<v Speaker 6>Service or FedEx. We just deliver goods to consumers. And

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<v Speaker 6>this has been going on since twenty twenty one. The

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<v Speaker 6>Consumer Product Safety Commission said, no, your online marketplace qualifies

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<v Speaker 6>you as a distributor, and as a distributor, you are

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<v Speaker 6>now part of the safety matrix in this country. You

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<v Speaker 6>need to keep track or recalls and you need to

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<v Speaker 6>let the consumers know about them.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the distinction that was drawn, which is interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of proud of the fact that I've raised

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<v Speaker 2>an issue that at least it's been part of the

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<v Speaker 2>consideration in this case. So the reality is, let us

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<v Speaker 2>assume you order something from Amazon, and let's say it

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<v Speaker 2>costs fifty bucks and it's a toy or a product

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<v Speaker 2>that is found to be dangerous. Amazon then has to

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<v Speaker 2>refund the money you didn't you paid Amazon, and I

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<v Speaker 2>assume they in turn paid the producer of the product

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<v Speaker 2>some monies. So Amazon now as the middleman, has to

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<v Speaker 2>reimburse the buyer and then probably chase the producer the

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<v Speaker 2>original seller for their money. So there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>obligation now on Amazon here. Maybe this is going to

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<v Speaker 2>force Amazon to reconsider the type of products that it

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, you're right. So Amazon now has the contractual ability

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<v Speaker 6>to make sure the manufacturers are ultimately responsible and to

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<v Speaker 6>encourage them to make their products safer. What I do

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<v Speaker 6>want to want you to know is that right now,

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<v Speaker 6>if you go to Google and you type in Amazon

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<v Speaker 6>recall and safety Alerts, YEP, it'll take you directly to

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<v Speaker 6>the Amazon website page and it will tell you click

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<v Speaker 6>here to see if any of the products you have

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<v Speaker 2>It great for the consumer? Did Amazon try to litigate

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<v Speaker 2>the whole concept of privity of a contract here and say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>we're really not involved in this in any way, shape

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<v Speaker 2>or form. I assumed that they must erased that as

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<v Speaker 2>an issue. Unsuccessful.

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<v Speaker 1>Yea.

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<v Speaker 6>For many years, Amazon took the position that they are

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<v Speaker 6>not a distributor, They're simply like FedEx in the post circus,

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<v Speaker 6>so they don't have this obligation, and they were fairly

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<v Speaker 6>successful in many of the courts around the country. And

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<v Speaker 6>in twenty twenty one, the Consumer Product Safety Commission stepped

431
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<v Speaker 6>in and litigated the issue and finally resolved it in

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<v Speaker 6>the consumer's favor.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Amazon obviously is going to have to comply? Do

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<v Speaker 2>you think that there's further appeals that Amazon, obviously an

435
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<v Speaker 2>administrative agency, has made a determination. I assume that determination

436
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<v Speaker 2>is always going to be potentially appealable in federal court.

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<v Speaker 6>I guess they could. But here's what I'll say. This

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<v Speaker 6>became effective on January twenty sixth of this year, just

439
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<v Speaker 6>a few days ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Three days ago, five days ago.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yes, exactly.

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<v Speaker 6>And I've already seen, you know, a change in Amazon's

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<v Speaker 6>website since then. So and so I'm hoping that, you know,

444
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<v Speaker 6>they're just going to let it go and be a

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<v Speaker 6>part of the safety matrix to keep us all hopefully safer.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And as I understand it, even in this and

447
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<v Speaker 2>I didn't read this deeply, I apologize for that, but

448
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<v Speaker 2>I do a lot of stuff. I drink from the

449
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<v Speaker 2>fire hose every day that if let us say, the

450
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<v Speaker 2>product that Amazon has shipped you, uh, there's some knowledge

451
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<v Speaker 2>of public knowledge that the product is dangerous and if

452
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<v Speaker 2>someone discards the product throws it out. And I guess

453
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<v Speaker 2>some of this was you know, what would be the

454
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<v Speaker 2>pajamas that that sometimes are flammable. I assumed there could

455
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<v Speaker 2>be some food stuffs that Amazon would would would would

456
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<v Speaker 2>ship even if the the the end of the line

457
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<v Speaker 2>consumer destroys the product, Amazon is still going to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the hook for that because if the if the

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<v Speaker 2>consumer destroys the product, there's no product for Amazon to

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<v Speaker 2>send back to the distributor. So Amazon's going to have to,

461
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<v Speaker 2>I assume, build this into their costs of doing business.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>I think you're right, and I want you to know

464
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<v Speaker 6>that Amazon has probably already done that. The ruling originally

465
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<v Speaker 6>came out in January of twenty twenty four, but the

466
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<v Speaker 6>Consumer Product Safety Commission gave Amazon a year to kind

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<v Speaker 6>of get the system in place, So during the last

468
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<v Speaker 6>year they've probably already taken care of this contractually.

469
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<v Speaker 2>Fascinating case. It's amazing and it sounds to me like

470
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<v Speaker 2>something that's going to benefit consumers at a number of levels.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm hoping that as a consumer that Amazon is

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<v Speaker 2>a little more careful about what products they advertise, they

473
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<v Speaker 2>and they ship. I would hope that that is the

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<v Speaker 2>big win for consumers here.

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<v Speaker 6>Same hope, and I also hope that Amazon will use

476
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<v Speaker 6>as tremendous power over its manufacturers to say, you better

477
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<v Speaker 6>make your stuff safe because we have an obligation now

478
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<v Speaker 6>to report defects and problems and we don't really want

479
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<v Speaker 6>to be doing that every day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great. Uh well, Attorney Fountain, great to talk with you.

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<v Speaker 2>You A lot of attorneys don't do well in the media,

482
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<v Speaker 2>but but you explained it so well. You've got you've

483
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<v Speaker 2>got to be really good in a quote. Along with

484
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<v Speaker 2>that that ability to articulate and simplify and make people understand.

485
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<v Speaker 2>I bet you're pretty good in front of jury's Thank

486
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<v Speaker 2>you so much.

487
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<v Speaker 6>My mother, My mother says I am so.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all learned to expect that. But no,

489
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<v Speaker 2>I really mean that, and that's not an off the

490
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<v Speaker 2>cuff call comment. I I deal with lots of lawyers

491
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<v Speaker 2>who are pretty good litigators, but sometimes on the radio,

492
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<v Speaker 2>they lose that ability to succinctly explain the issues in

493
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<v Speaker 2>front of them or in front of the audience. And

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<v Speaker 2>you did it exceptionally well. And that's not and that

495
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<v Speaker 2>is not an off the hand compliment. That's genuine, genuine

496
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<v Speaker 2>compliment for my end. I do this professionally as a broadcaster,

497
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<v Speaker 2>and I was never very comfortable in court. I was

498
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<v Speaker 2>always on watching my p's and q's. This is the

499
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<v Speaker 2>court of public opinion, and I'm real comfortable here. I

500
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<v Speaker 2>wish I was discomfortable in trial cases. Thank you so much,

501
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<v Speaker 2>Counselor appreciate your time.

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<v Speaker 6>I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>You're very welcome. When we get back, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about a new school called the Stars School and

505
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<v Speaker 2>Learning Center for kids who are dyslexic, and we will

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<v Speaker 2>be talking with doctor Jennifer Curtis right after a break

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<v Speaker 2>here on Nightside. That was an interesting segment. I enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>that back right after this.

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

510
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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Delighted to be joined by doctor Jennifer Curtis. She's the

512
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<v Speaker 2>CEO of South Shore Stars, a nonprofit is starting a

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<v Speaker 2>new school in tell kids with dyslexia. Welcome, doctor Curtis.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you this evening.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm doing well. Thank you so much for having me

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<v Speaker 7>here tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>You're very welcome. Why did you explain dyslexia? I think

518
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<v Speaker 2>most people have heard about it, but I always assume

519
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<v Speaker 2>that there might be some people who are confused by, uh,

520
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<v Speaker 2>this this set of circumstances that I'm not sure how

521
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<v Speaker 2>many kids face it, but I know that it's it's

522
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<v Speaker 2>it's rare, but but there's there's still a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>kids that are dealing with this. Explain explain that.

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<v Speaker 7>So everyone is on the shore absolutely, So there are

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of children and a lot of adults that

526
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<v Speaker 7>are impacted by dyslexia.

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<v Speaker 8>It's a disability.

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<v Speaker 7>Typically you see about one in five people the head

529
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<v Speaker 7>of a diagnosis of dyslexia. It's what's called a language

530
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<v Speaker 7>based learning disability. And what that really means when you

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<v Speaker 7>break that down is people who have dyslexia have a

532
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<v Speaker 7>hard time with things that spelling, writing, to coding.

533
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<v Speaker 8>So the reading pieces of.

534
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<v Speaker 7>Literacy, mapping the print the letter itself to what the

535
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<v Speaker 7>sound might be and being able to do that in

536
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<v Speaker 7>a very easy manner, that doesn't happen. And so frequently

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<v Speaker 7>what we find with people that have a disability such

538
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<v Speaker 7>as dyslexia, they need really specific instruction to help them

539
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<v Speaker 7>break that code or maps the sounds.

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<v Speaker 8>To those letters.

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<v Speaker 7>And when we think about, you know, our English language,

542
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<v Speaker 7>there are lots of rules to it, and if you

543
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<v Speaker 7>are taught those rules very systematically and repetitively, so to

544
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<v Speaker 7>a point where you're mastering those skills, people with dyslexia

545
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<v Speaker 7>can be very very successful. And you know, we have

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<v Speaker 7>so many high functioning adults in you know, careers that

547
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<v Speaker 7>are out there that are dyslexic. It's not it is

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<v Speaker 7>a disability, I will say that, But the other pieces,

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<v Speaker 7>it doesn't mean that it's something that's going to impact

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<v Speaker 7>you from you going in the direction you want to

551
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<v Speaker 7>go for your dreams or your goals. And frequently there's

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<v Speaker 7>a lot of literature out there right now about how

553
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<v Speaker 7>dyslexic thinkers are sometimes a bit more creative and think

554
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<v Speaker 7>outside the box.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so let me make sure I understand that I

556
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<v Speaker 2>always understood dyslexia to be primarily a reading limitation, and

557
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<v Speaker 2>that people and I focused. I realized adults have it,

558
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<v Speaker 2>but I focused upon kids. That they would see a

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<v Speaker 2>word and they would somehow see it differently, maybe the

560
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<v Speaker 2>letters would be misarranged. Is that a hold of an

561
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<v Speaker 2>old explanation of dyslexia that is now out of style?

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, so frequently. I think it's often been dramatized as

563
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<v Speaker 7>things are letters are backwards all the time, and that

564
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<v Speaker 7>that's how everything always looks. That's not accurate. People me

565
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<v Speaker 7>with dyslexia may have issues with reversals of letters, especially

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<v Speaker 7>letters that are similar. Like if you think about your

567
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<v Speaker 7>b's and your.

568
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<v Speaker 8>D's, they look almost the.

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<v Speaker 7>Same, they just facing different ways. But once someone with

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<v Speaker 7>dyslexia is taught specifically how to make sure you're differentiating

571
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<v Speaker 7>between those two letters, that that's a skill set that

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<v Speaker 7>they can have under their belt and move forward in

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<v Speaker 7>a positive manner. So yeah, so what you talked about

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<v Speaker 7>is really an older lens of looking at dyslexia, and

575
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<v Speaker 7>it's much more complex than that, but it is. Actually

576
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<v Speaker 7>it's something that with the right methods, it can be

577
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<v Speaker 7>something that you can move on from. It never goes away.

578
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<v Speaker 7>It's a disability that stays with you forever, but you

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<v Speaker 7>can learn different skills to be able to cope with it.

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<v Speaker 7>And most aslexics have a very high IQ average, a

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<v Speaker 7>high IQ and as I said before, a very high

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<v Speaker 7>functioning adult as we get older.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, is the is the problem with dyslexia somewhere deep

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<v Speaker 2>deep inside the brain.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>It does have to do with the processing and information.

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<v Speaker 7>When someone looks at the letters, they may not identify

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<v Speaker 7>that letter right away. The brain may not really say, oh,

589
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<v Speaker 7>that letter is a B, and when I see that B,

590
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<v Speaker 7>it has that sounds that goes with the books. They

591
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<v Speaker 7>may not naturally be able to connect that and it

592
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<v Speaker 7>has to be really identified and spelled out specifically for them.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So tell us about your school. That's sure. I

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<v Speaker 2>think we'd really like to learn about Is this school

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<v Speaker 2>just opening or has it just opened?

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<v Speaker 7>So we're working to open our doors this coming September,

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<v Speaker 7>so September twenty twenty five, and we have done a

598
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<v Speaker 7>lot of work to get to this point. We're in

599
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<v Speaker 7>an enrollment phase right now, so we're working with families

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<v Speaker 7>to enroll their students in what it is. It's for

601
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<v Speaker 7>students that will be in grades one through five initial opening,

602
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<v Speaker 7>depending upon the need for what we find out there

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<v Speaker 7>in the areas around the south Shore, Massachusetts, or anyone

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<v Speaker 7>that wants to come to us from another area. If

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<v Speaker 7>we want to expand down to kindergarten and up to

606
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<v Speaker 7>sixth grade, we can.

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<v Speaker 8>Do that as well.

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<v Speaker 7>But to start off, we want to make sure we

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<v Speaker 7>have our doors open with at least twelve kiddos in seats,

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<v Speaker 7>and at full build out, the school would max out

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<v Speaker 7>at one hundred students. It's very it's a small program.

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<v Speaker 7>It is in Weymouth, it's in a brand new facility

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<v Speaker 7>that's been built for this purpose. And as I said,

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<v Speaker 7>we're doing our moments right now and we have a

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<v Speaker 7>lot of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me let me ask you a course, which is important. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>if there are families in Weymouth or surrounding communities or anywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>but obviously you're going to draw more people I assume

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<v Speaker 2>from your surrounding communities. Are they able to enroll your

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<v Speaker 2>school at a cost that is covered by what they

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<v Speaker 2>you have from their public school. Generously, what I'm saying

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<v Speaker 2>is I understand the private school. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 2>choose to send your child to Belmont Hill or to

624
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<v Speaker 2>bb and N, that's considered a private school and you

625
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<v Speaker 2>have to pay whatever tuition is charged in addition, of

626
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<v Speaker 2>course to your real estate taxes, and you do not

627
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<v Speaker 2>receive any benefit from your town, your hometown, even though

628
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<v Speaker 2>you have taken some pressure off the school system. How

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<v Speaker 2>is your school being categorized?

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<v Speaker 7>So that's a great question. So I'll say, with what

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<v Speaker 7>you just describe, we're a bit of a hybrid. So

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<v Speaker 7>if someone wants to send their child to us through

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<v Speaker 7>as a private mechanism, they can do that. There there's

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<v Speaker 7>definitely an option to do that. But we have worked

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<v Speaker 7>really hard and we recently received our initial approvals through

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<v Speaker 7>the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as what is

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<v Speaker 7>called a seven sixty six school. A phasics school is

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<v Speaker 7>a specialized school for students that have some sort of

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<v Speaker 7>special needs or disability, and we have approved as a

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<v Speaker 7>school working with kids with a slexia or language based needs.

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<v Speaker 7>Now what does that mean? So what is the benefit

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<v Speaker 7>of being approved as a seven six yeh by.

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<v Speaker 2>The way, about a minute left.

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<v Speaker 7>So okay, well, well that is what that does mean

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<v Speaker 7>is that if a team, if the school department feels

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<v Speaker 7>as though this is the best placement for a family's child,

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<v Speaker 7>they can access funds through the school department that are

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<v Speaker 7>called circuit breaker funds to help alleviate that tuition for

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<v Speaker 7>the families. So there are mechanisms to do that. And

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<v Speaker 7>if you want to have people, come on our website,

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<v Speaker 7>so for stars dot org you can find more information

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<v Speaker 7>about the school and information about everything else, talking about

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<v Speaker 7>the open houses coming up and the zoom sessions.

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<v Speaker 2>Great. So again, you have the balance of this school

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<v Speaker 2>year to get yourself ready for September of twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>And the children who you would enroll, do they have

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<v Speaker 2>to be shown to be dealing with dyslexia? Is that

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<v Speaker 2>the one and only disability that that could make them

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<v Speaker 2>eligible for your school?

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<v Speaker 8>Is your schilah?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, that is our focus area. That's what we're specializing in.

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<v Speaker 7>Kids they come in without the diagnosis, but they may

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<v Speaker 7>have all of the markers and we're here and ready

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<v Speaker 7>for them.

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<v Speaker 2>So without the can you help them get the diagnosis

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<v Speaker 2>to make them to make them eligible for either enrollment

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<v Speaker 2>or financial assistance. That's my last and most important question.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah. So we have a team that's a very highly

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<v Speaker 7>skilled team of enrollment staff that are also evaluators that

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<v Speaker 7>can help point the families in the right direction to

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<v Speaker 7>get that diagnosis if that's what is needed, and then

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<v Speaker 7>to kind of guide them through what does it mean

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<v Speaker 7>now I have that diagnosis, and we also want to

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<v Speaker 7>work with the school districts, so if we're right, we

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<v Speaker 7>would work with them to have them come on our way.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well, look, appreciate you. You're doing great work, doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Jennifer Curtis. I hope a lot of people who may

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<v Speaker 2>find themselves in the need for special education like this.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get in touch with you. Best way to reach

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<v Speaker 2>you is give us the website real quickly and then.

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<v Speaker 7>We got to go sure social stars dot org. Thanks

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<v Speaker 7>so much.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great. You're very welcome, doctor Jennifer Curtis, south Shore

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<v Speaker 2>Stars dot org. We'll be back right after the nine

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock news. We're going to talk about a controversy dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with white stadium. You probably know something about it, but

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to dive deep into the controversy revolving around

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<v Speaker 2>this venerable Boston Public School. Location White Stadium in Franklin Park,