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Bonus Episode - Most Downloaded Episode Of The Year Part 1 · My Third Place Pod

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So I've been taught, I've been doing chat GBC lately, right?
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And you know how I used to like put type all my episodes and I
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still have them like a few past episodes up to 199 to 200 I
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guess. So I put it on there and it's
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like learning the way I talk. It's learning everything about
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me, so I put in episode 197. ChatGPT comes back with your
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Episode 197 is packed with energy and some fun Survivor
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Series predictions and dream teams.
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I love the humor in the opening comparing family gatherings and
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wrestling moves to wrestling moves.
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When did we talk? About that, that's really.
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Relatable. He also did a great job of
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weaving in WE history rivalries and current storylines, making
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it engaging for both casual and hardcore fans.
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I know she gave a solid shout out to the M3P community, which
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adds a personal touch. That list of supporters and
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present it shows how dedicated your audience is.
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It might be fun in future episodes to add some quick fire
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wrestling trivia or fan questions to interact with them
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even more. And then as Lee one helped
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creating a social media post to promote this episode and maybe
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drafting a follow up episode outline with listener questions
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or fantasy matchups. I'm like ChatGPT knows me.
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So I'm like trying to make it like write me an episode to see
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what it does. And like if it does, I'll do it
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on the podcast and tell you like, hey, ChatGPT told me to
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tell you this. Hi, Eva, I'm ChatGPT.
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It's nice to meet you. Tell me about why you're here.
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I'll use this information to just ideas you might find
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useful. I'm here because I ran out of
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ideas to talk about my podcast on.
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I want to do something new and just talk about video games,
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comic books and my struggle with type 2 diabetes.
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So examples below help write a podcast grip.
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Search for latest video game releases, create a superhero
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versus monsters. ChatGPT says that's awesome.
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I can help you brainstorm fresh topics, podcast topics, creating
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aging episode landlines, or even suggest ways to blend video
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games comic books on your personal journey with type 2
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diabetes and compelling content. They have a specific format of
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style for your podcast, like interviews, casual chats, or
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storytelling. My niche is casual chat,
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storytelling and personalized stories.
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It says. Got it.
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That sounds like a great vibe for connecting with your
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audience. How about mixing in some
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personalized stories with your gaming and comic book interest,
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for example? Hey Keely, Gaming and Diabetes.
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Share how managing type 2 diabetes affect your gaming
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routine, EG dealing with fatigue or eye strain during long
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sessions. I'm getting the eye strain, not
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fatigue because like I don't get tired.
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I don't get tired. I was just like, so I get
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frustrated, but I don't get tired.
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Eye strain. It's more like I'm playing and
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then like I'm so fucking focused into it and I'm just like, you
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know, oh shit, my eyes are hurting.
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And I start like I see teardrops.
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And I was like, oh, damn, OK, it's time to like, put take a
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break from it. Comic book characters in real
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life struggles. Use storytelling to compare your
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experience with type 2 diabetes to a superhero's dream, like
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tackling it with the resilience of Daredevil or the discipline
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of Batman. What?
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OK interactive stories invite listeners to share their own
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gaming or comic book related struggles and weave them into a
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personalized narrative. I love that one.
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Do you have a nice size monitor that you play on?
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I do, but I'm all the way back. Here I'm all the way back here.
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Maybe I should like go getting closer or something.
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Would you like help outlining an episode?
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Are coming over to create a concept So I sent it episode
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199. I don't know what it was about,
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I forgot what it was about. I checked out your latest
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podcast episode and I love how you created a third place for
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your community. It has such a welcoming vibe.
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I also noticed you detailed your detailed breakdown of a certain
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TV show and the fun interactive part with listener questions.
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If you're aiming to shift towards more video games,
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comics, personalized stories, you should try gaming and
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storytelling mashups. Share a personal diabetes
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struggle by trying it, tying it to a video game quest or
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character arc. For example, you could describe
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imagine blood sugar levels like resource management in Resident
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Evil. I've never played that.
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I know what it is, but I've never played it.
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Combo Connection Do a deep dive into combo characters with
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chronic conditions like Oracle. Barbara Gordon.
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She's in a wheelchair, she got shot by a Joker, so she's
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Detective Gordon's daughter. She's Overwatch.
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She's no Watchtower, she's like the secretary of Batman or Dare
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Devil who's blind and how their experiences resonate with you.
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They don't give up Community involvement.
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Ask your listeners how gaming or comics have helped them cope
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with personal struggles and share their stories alongside
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yours. Couldn't access episode 200.
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I don't know what. All right be right back episode
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198. I checked out episode 198 and I
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love the third place concept you created.
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It gives your podcast such a welcoming community driven by
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driven vibe. Plus your detail scene
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breakdowns of a certain TV show in the mix of pop culture,
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trivia, listener shadows, and casual chats make it feel like a
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hangout with friends. Is it a hangout with friends?
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If you're moving towards video games, conference and
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personalized stories, you could add level Up segments.
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Share your personal struggles with diabetes using gaming
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metaphors like levelling up your health or battling a boss fight
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during a tough week. I love that I might use that.
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Comic Book parallels. Compare your journey with comic
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characters facing adversity, like Tony Stark managing his art
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reactor, A metaphor for chronic conditions.
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Listener story time. Invite your community to share
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their own experiences, gaming wins, comic book inspirations or
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health challenges and weave them into personalized narratives.
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And then would you help? Would you like help outlining
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your 200 episode of making a blend up for new these new
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themes? I I'm here because I ran out of
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ideas and all that stuff. Wrestling and pop culture.
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Here are some episode ideas blending your new interest, boss
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battles and blood sugar. Share your experiences with
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diabetes through gaming metaphors like comparing tough
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weeks to find the bosses. Kind of a comebacks breakdown
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iconic redemption arcs like Bucky Barnes or Jason Todd and
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relate them to personal struggles or real life
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comebacks. Wrestling's Best Heel Turns Rank
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and discuss the most shocking, impactful heel turns, comparing
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them to surprising pop culture. Plot twist, pop culture
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throwback. Do deep dive and nostalgic
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shows, games, or movies with a mix of trivia and personal
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stories. Yes to all that I love you
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ideas. I know right?
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Me too. Now let me see if I help write a
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podcast script. Oh shit, Oh my God, it's doing
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it. It's doing.
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It it's a. It's a it's writing a podcast
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script. Hey, Lil Angie, how many
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segments do you want me to do? Dude?
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OK, that's fun. How long does it take?
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Like 30 seconds. Oh my God.
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Wow. OK podcast episode titled
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Levelling up gaming comics and my type 2 diabetes journey intro
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music, energetic but chill beat Evo.
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Hey everyone, welcome back to my Third Place podcast, a little
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spot on the Internet where we kick back, geek out and keep it
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real. It's fucking crazy how this shit
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knows me. I'm Evo, your host, and today
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we're diving. Into a mash up of my favorite
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things, video games, comic books, is a bit of real talk
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about my struggle with type 2 diabetes.
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It's in your head. If you've been.
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With me for a while. You know I love storytelling and
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today's no different. So grab a drink, get comfy and
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it's level up together. I love that shit.
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I'm going to start using it beside my one gaming as my
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escape and my ally. What is what?
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No fucking weight. Didn't we talk about this?
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Didn't. I don't.
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I don't. I use gaming to like evil.
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You ever have those days where the real world just feels like a
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boss fight? For me, dealing with type 2
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diabetes, something like being stuck in Dark Souls, Every step
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feels heavy and every wrong move has consequences.
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But video games, they've been my power up.
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When I was first diagnosed I was overwhelmed.
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My blood sugar levels felt like a stat I couldn't control, but
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gaming became my coping mechanism.
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I'm just fucking scared. For my life right now, I'll be
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honest. Some days I just wanted to
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disappear in the Skyrim I lose myself inside quest, no blood
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sugar spikes, no carb counting, just me, a sword, and the dragon
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that clearly underestimated my dual wielding skills.
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But what I had to take a spec was how?
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Games helped me fight back tracking my diabetes numbers.
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Started feeling like that's stat management on RPGs.
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I set small goals lowering my A1C with my next quest hitting
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it. That was my achievement.
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Unlocked moment insert subtle sound effect of a quest
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completion. I need to look for sound effects
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comic segment 2. Comic book characters and
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chronic battles. Now you know, I can't talk about
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cover coming obstacles without bringing up comic comic books.
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Because if there's one thing comics teach us, it's that
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struggles make heroes take dare. Double Matt Murdock is blind,
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but he turns a disability into a strength.
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Or Oracle, AKA Barbara Gordon, who after being paralyzed
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becomes the ultimate strategist. You see, diabetes makes me feel
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like I'm in a constant fight with my own body.
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But those characters, they remind me that weakness can
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become superpowers. I mean, pictures of me as a
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comic character, My power. What?
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My. Power Blood sugar signs I can
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detect hidden carbs and foods with a glance My nemesis Dr.
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Glucose who tries to spike my blood sugar with sneaky sugary
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attacks and by a sidekick. Definitely insulin, man.
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Coming in clutch with the late game save.
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What up? Shenron what's up brother?
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OK, OK, I might be getting carried away, but seriously,
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comics inspire. They make you believe you can
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fight even when the odds are stacked against you.
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Ye, what's up dear? Have you ever used ChatGPT?
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Holy shit. Oh, what's going on, brother?
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This is awesome. This is great.
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I love this. I'm going to use it for now on
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next time I have like Oh damn. OK.
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We're ready to go. This is going to be insulin man
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Huh. Never use ChatGPT but see many
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users for it. Right?
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Segment 2, was that it? Segment 3, the crossover when
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gaming, comics and life collide. Evil.
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Here's the thing, my diabetes journey doesn't exist in the
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bubble. It's inner woman with my love
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for gaming and comics. I'm scared man.
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I'm scared. How fucking how This is so on
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brand with me. I've had days where I felt too
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drained to pick up a controller, but then I watched Wolverine
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fight through pain or see Gerald Arrivia take a potion and push
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through the Wild Hunt. And I think I don't.
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I never. If looking to.
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Fight with Adam, mansion poisoning.
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I could push through this sugar crash.
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And you know what? It works.
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Pop culture isn't just escapism, it's motivation.
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It reminds me that every hell, every hell set back is just a
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cutscene before the big boss fight.
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Alia's engagement. Your story.
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Now I want to hear from you. Do you use gaming or comedy as a
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way to deal with real life challenges?
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Do you have a fictional character that inspires you to
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keep pushing? Send me your stories.
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You can DM me on TikTok or e-mail me at I'd love to feature
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some of your experiences on the next episode.
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Altro music, upbeat am hopeful. All right, that's it for today's
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episode. If you enjoyed this chat, hit
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that subscribe button. Leave a review and tell a friend
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about the. Show it helps more than you
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know. Join me next time for more pop
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culture, personal stories and maybe a few more imaginary boss
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fights. What the fuck until then?
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I'm evil. Thanks for hanging out my third
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place podcast. Catch you next time.
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More humor, More humor. Let me know if you want.
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Any adjustments, more humor, deeper reflections, or even a
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different tone. This script should help you
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create an engaging, authentic episode that resonates with your
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audience. More humor, deeper reflections.
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What's my tone? What do you guys think of my
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tone is can I have more humor, deeper reflections?
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What else? Detail.
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More details. Hi Danny.
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Hey. What do you guys think my tone
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is? Is it?
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Do I? How do I come off?
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Fun. And sarcastic tone.
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No, no, I don't want to say sarcastic because they're
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they're just going to like mess up the entire time.
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Welcoming fun and welcoming tone with a beautiful complexion.
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What a beautiful complexion. And energetic, energetic,
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energetic. I can't spell today, can I have
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more humor, deeper reflections, more details.
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Fun and welcoming tone with a beautiful complexion.
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Energetic. Absolutely.
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I'll dial up humor, deepen the reflections, add more Viva
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details, and give it a fun, welcoming tone with a beautiful
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flow, energetic vibe. Here's the enhanced version of
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your script. Holy shit, fucking going.
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Give it about 30 seconds. I'm going to use all this.
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I'm going to use this on the podcast.
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See what happens. So anyways hi everybody how you
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doing? Thank you for liking the.
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Live I still would. OK and it's done.
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Wow. Here comes the the wrestling
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stuff. As well.
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OK so creating a monster podcast up is a title leveling up video
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games comments in my battle with type 2 diabetes interim music
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upbeat eventually sent away with a smooth baseline.
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Evil. Hey, hey.
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I hate it. I hate it.
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What's up, beautiful humans? Welcome back to my third plate
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podcast, The Cozy Corner The. Cozy corner of the Internet.
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Where geeks, misfits and snack a loving night owls can hang out
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without judgment. Oh, the puns.
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All the puns are like at the exact moment.
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Live evil. You're sugar checking, bud
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mashing pop culture loving host, and today we're going on a wild
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crossover adventure, the kind that would make Marvel.
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Studios to rule? I'm talking video games
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conflicts in my own personal final boss fight with.
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Type 2 diabetes. But don't worry, this isn't some
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dreary PSA. Nah, it's going to be fun, a
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little weird, and hopefully inspiring.
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So grab a drink, take a seat, and let's level up together.
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Fucking GPT wants me to say level up together, huh?
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Now Rita isn't a Billy Dee Williams voice.
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I can't. I don't know his voice that
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well. Hey, hey.
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What's up, beautiful humans? Welcome back to my third place
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podcast, the curly corner of the Internet where geeks, misfits
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and snack loving night owls can hang out without judgement.
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I'm Evo, you're sugar checking button mashing, pop culture
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loving host. And today we're going on the
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wild crossover adventure that kind of would make Marvel
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Studios drool. I would know.
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Colt 45. Love it Segment one gaming.
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As my sidekick and sometimes my nemesis.
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All right, pictures this. It's 2:00 AM.
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I'm knee deep in a 30 minute boss fight in Alden ring health
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bar on fumes, hands shaking from adrenaline.
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My only hope is chugging a health potion and praying my
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dodge roll timing is on point. You've been there, right?
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Colt 45 in a revention. Now replace the boss fight with
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my pancreas. Fuck you, I need to read this
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before I say anything. Now replace the boss fight with
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my pancreas and the health potion with a shot of insulin.
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That's diabetes. A never ending grime with no.
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Cheat codes chuckles. But here's the thing.
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Video games became my unexpected.
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Sidekick to all this. When I was first diagnosed I was
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overwhelmed my blood sugar. Levels were like the.
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AI in Mario Kart, wildly unpredictable and always
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screwing me over. Right before the finish line.
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All the references gaming though.
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It gave me control. Tracking my blood sugar.
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Became stat management, like assigning skill points in an
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RPGI. Started seeing my A1C levels at
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XP bars, slowly leveling up my health bar one point at a time.
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And you know what you want to know What?
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Getting my blood sugar in check That felt more satisfying than a
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Call of Duty nuke streak. Insert sound effect level up
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chime. That's right.
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Achievement of lock. Didn't pass out at the grocery
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store today. You could pass.
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Out Oh my God I love this segment 2.
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Comic books and chronic conditions.
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Heroes with flaws. This is all my.
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Episode right here. We're doing an episode.
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This is the episode. Yes, you can, Evo.
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Now, if you know me, you know I love comic books.
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And let me tell you, there's something about superheroes with
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flaws that hits differently when you're facing your own battles.
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Take Daredevil. Matt Murdock is blind, but that
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doesn't stop him from Route house kicking bad guys in the
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teeth. Again with these all.
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With these two. Or how about Oracle?
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After the Joker paralyzes Barbara Gordon?
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She doesn't hang up the Cape. Nope, she becomes the brains
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behind the bad family, proving that strength isn't just
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physical. I'm sorry.
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And you know what? When I'm having one of those I
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feel like crap diabetes days, I think of those characters
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because if Matt Murdock can fight crime without sight in the
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hallways. I can.
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Get through a sugar crash without becoming a total
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gremlin. No hydrate.
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OK thank you. Sorry, I apologize, I don't have
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one. OK, OK all.
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Right, all right, all right. OK, so yeah, I've become a
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gremlin once. That was before I found out I
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had diabetes and that was the whole week of me going to
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actually scratch that. I definitely become a gremlin.
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I definitely became a gremlin. You ever seen someone with low
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blood sugar try to open a granola part?
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It's like watching Hulk smash. It is like fucking.
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Can you fucking open this shit? Can you open this shit?
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I can't open it. God damn it wrong.
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I love it. Oh shit.
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But yeah, you become a gremlin. The segment 3.
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The boss fight. When gaming, comic and diabetes
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collide. You know what's wild?
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There are days when my real life diabetes battle in my fictional
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world I love seem to collide. One time I was playing Skyrim.
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No I wasn't, I don't even play that game and my blood sugar
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tanked out of nowhere. Damn, I'm sitting there sweaty,
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palmed arms sweaty. Meets weak arms are heavy.
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Bobbing up my sweater already. That's what we're trying to
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pause the game and grab a juice. Box You want to know how it felt
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like my health bar was flashing red and my screen was getting
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that. You're about to dive.
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In yet effect, I'm basically in real life Gerald or Rivia.
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I never played that game. Opening up, hooking out over,
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opening a snack. I'm hulking out, except instead
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of guzzling. Potions, I'm chugging Apple,
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you'd like us and I Lister. Of life.
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But here's the thing, games and comics keep me going.
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There have been days where I felt too soft to get out of bed.
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Then I food up Spider Man, Miles Morales and watching Miles swing
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through Harlem getting back up. No matter how many times he's
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knocked down, it hits different new rivals.
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Because if Miles can. Take on the Prowler.
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I can take on my morning blood sugar.
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Check. Yeah, that's true.
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I've done it. You're in audience engagement,
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Your crossover stories. Now this is where you come in.
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I want to hear your crossover stories.
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Do you turn to gaming or comments when you're having a
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rough day? Do you have a favorite fictional
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character that helps you? Push through or maybe.
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You had a real life BIOS boss fight moment where pop culture.
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Got you through it. DM me or on TikTok or e-mail me
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at I'll feed you some of your stories in the next episode.
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You guys are my Co-op partners and I want to share your wins.
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Out your music, upbeat with a triumphant.
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Cinematic feel. All right, my friends, That's it
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for today's episode of my Third Place podcast.
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If you had fun, hit that subscribe button.
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Next week we're diving into wrestling greatest heel turns.
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I'm breaking down my why some betrayals hit harder than RKO
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out of nowhere. Until then, I'm evil and this.
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Has been my third place podcast. Thanks for hanging out.
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Remember keep leveling up. What XP point at a time?
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How that for a puncher? More detailed humor pack script.
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Let me know if you want to tweak the.
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Tone or add more person to moment.
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This should connect with your audio while keeping it real
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relatable. Oh my God, that was fucking
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great. I loved it.
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I love everything about this. OK, are am I keeping stuff?
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Yes, I am. I'm keep leveling up.
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I'm going to keep that. It's crazy how it knows me.
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I love it though. OK, last one I asked it to tweak
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the tone. Crazy, spooky and hilarious.
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Add more personal moments with wrestling, comic book and gaming
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punch lines. Oh you want crazy, spooky and
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hilarious with a side of wrestling, comic book and gaming
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punch lines? Buckle up evil, this is going to
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be wild. Here's the amped up.
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Unhinged version of your podcast script with over the top
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moments. More personal reflections and
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geeky punch lines galore. Podcast after the title.
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Boss fights, heel turns and blood sugar.
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My pop culture showdown. Interim music.
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Sinister synth wave with a creepy funky bass line.
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Damn. Hey hey, what's up You Beautiful
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chaotic beans? Welcome back to my Third Place
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podcast, where the vibe is one part comic book shop, one part
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late night. Denny's Booth and.
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Three parts The chaotic energy of Randy Savage cutting a promo
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after Downing 6 espressos. Oh yeah,
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dig it. I can't.
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This is fucking hilarious. I'm keeping this I'm evil you're
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button. Mashing sugar, crashing pop
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culture, passion hose, and today we're taking a.
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Bat shit crazy deep. Dive into my life.
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With type 2 diabetes. But with A twist.
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Imagine it as a wrestling match where my pancreas is a cocky
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heel that keeps kicking out of two.
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Or rogue like video games. Where no matter how many times I
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die, I respond frustrated but slightly wiser.
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That's never me. And naturally it's complicated.
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Because you know, I'm fighting this battle with the resilience
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of moon night on a bad day. So grab a drink, summon your
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inner. Stone Cold Steve, Austin and
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Let's Dump a Mud Hole and this episode.
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What the hell Segment One diabetes a road like RPG from
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hell. All right, so living with type 2
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diabetes is basically like being stuck in Bloodborne on nightmare
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mode, except the enemies are carved and they respond
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constantly. They do, they do, and there's no
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goddamn Lantern to save your progress.
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Language chat. Damn, without a first diagnosed
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I felt like I had a just aggro to an entire dungeon of bosses
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at once. My blood sugar was the dark soul
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Dragons. I just swore with this because
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no matter how much I fought they kept wrecking my shit.
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Chuckles, but video games? They became my power ups,
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tracking my sugar levels, that was my stat management screen,
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adjusting my insulin, that was me re specing my character build
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and hitting my A1C goal that was 100% completing the game.
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I even started thinking of my doctor business like leveling up
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doctor. Your A1C dropped by 5 points .5
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points me. Sweet new skill on lock,
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slightly less likely to die of my sleep.
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Every day is a struggle. Wow.
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Oh man, Segment 2. Combo comebacks.
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Heroes with busted help bars. You know who inspires me?
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Comic characters with broken stat sheets again.
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Take Dare Devil. He's dudes blind but still
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fights ninjas on rooftops like his casual cardio or Deadpool,
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the guys kindly rotting from the inside out.
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But you wouldn't know it between the one liners and Taco breaks.
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And me? I'm evil pool fucking hell,
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constantly battling my robe pancreas, making terrible puns
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to cope and occasionally rage quitting my glucose monitor like
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it's laggy. Multiplayer lobby Ray, you're
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quitting. This fucking shit sucks.
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Rage quitting my glucose monitor.
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I've done this. That's the fucking problem.
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I've done this. Before where I just look at my
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monitor and like that's. Fucking fake.
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No, that can't be. Fuck you.
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Oh, you ever tried pricking your finger at 2:00 AM?
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I'll leave the miss and stab yourself.
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In the nail. Yeah, that's my first story.
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Yes, yes, evil pool. Yes, evil pool, apparently.
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Evil Pool I'm I'm Dead Segment 3.
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Wrestling with Blood. Sugar, the ultimate heel turn.
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OK now let me put in wrestling term because why not diabetes is
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a classic heal faction that always cheats to win my blood
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sugar. That's the Roman Reigns of my
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body. Commonly dominating the main
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event, my pancreas. Can we stop talking about my
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pancreas? It's Shawn.
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Michaels retired, but still showing up to screw me over
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during. Big moments and my glucose.
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Monitor. That's the referee always
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malfunctioning at the worst possible time.
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I love this one right here. I once ate a bananas thinking it
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was a safe snack. Yeah.
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Not the nail 5 minutes later. My blood sugar spiked so hard
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you think I just took a super kick from the Young Bucks.
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Wow. I'm talking crowd gas.
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Level of betrayal Fucking hell segment for Pop.
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Culture, last lines when fiction keeps you going.
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Here's the thing, though. Sometimes pop culture is the
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only thing keeping me going from tapping out.
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You ever had a bad day where you feel so beat down you just want
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to hit pause on reality? Yeah, same.
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On those days, I turn to complicated heroes because,
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let's be honest, there's nothing more relatable than a grumpy
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vigilante on his third failed redemption arc.
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Video games. We can.
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You can. Race quit real reality and
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respond in Hyrule or Los Santos. Wow Oh my God GTA San Andreas
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the reference before AGTA 6. I love it and sometimes I watch
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wrestling promos just to psych myself up before doctors
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visited. You haven't truly lived until
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you walked into an endocrinologist office
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pretending you're the Undertaker.
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They died and menacing blood sugar rest in peace.
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Audience engagement. Your boss fights.
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Stories Now I want to tag you guys in.
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I know I'm not the only one. Fighting personal bosses with
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the help of pop culture. Do you have a wrestling catch
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phrase you used to hike yourself up?
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Is there a comic here that guess you do tough days?
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Or maybe you've had a real life game over moment where you
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fought your way back with a little extra XP.
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DM me on TikTok or e-mail me at here.
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I'll feature some of your kick ass stories the next episode.
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You guys are my tacky partners and I'm ready for the.
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Hot tag, but it did this instead.
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Outer music, spooky upbeat chip tune with a dramatic riff.
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I should have left this up. All right, my friend.
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That's it for today's episode of my Third Place podcast.
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Next week we're going full WrestleMania, breaking down the
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most iconic face turns in wrestling history and ranking
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them by how loud they made us scream.
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Until then, I'm EVO. Thanks for hanging out in my
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third place podcast where pop culture meets real life boss
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fights. And keep fighting, keep
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levelling up. And as always, stay spooky you
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weirdos. There it is.
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Wild, spooky, hilarious, with punchy personal moment and tons
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of geeky punch lines. Let me know if you want more
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craziness references or new segments.
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Oh my God. I want more, I can't I.
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I All right, that's it. That's enough.
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That we're, we, we run our. Course, with this one, I'm going
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to do more later on, but it's late and yeah, I've enjoyed
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this. Did you guys enjoy this?
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It was fun. It really was.
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I have like a whole bunch of stuff that I could use for next
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time and I'm going to like leveling up and all that stuff.
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Hell yeah. It was so fun.
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Thank you, Ileana. It was fun.
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It was so fun. Thank you, Manis.
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Loved it. I loved it too.
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Stay spooky you weirdos. Be careful out.
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There's a lot of spooky weirdos out.
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There. Oh man.
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What are you talking about? We are the weirdos, right?
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It was so much fun. I I shouldn't do more.
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I should do another one. I'm going to do another one
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tomorrow. See how that goes.
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But this one I'm going to save up and put it on the podcast
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because I'm in the what, Episode 2 O 6 fun with ChatGPT?
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Let's do that does. Like no intro, just me telling
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you guys, yeah, why not just no intro, Just me just putting it
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out there and telling you guys what I did.
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And then because that was the intro.
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Hey, so this is what I did. And now the outro is this.
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This is the outro. We're we're having fun with
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this. I don't even do the the
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community stuff anymore. April 5th, I believe, something
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like that in a few weeks. They're sticking with the TikTok
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ban. So I don't know, maybe it'll
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stay, maybe it won't. But either way, all the chicken
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eyes know where we end up going on on the newsletter.
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But if we somebody find any bias displays, I'm good on them.
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Good for them. If they don't and there's
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another band, I'll let you guys know where we end up, OK?
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All right. And that was that.
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Was that was it? Stay spooky you weirdos.
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As always. That's fun.
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Keep leveling up.