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The Infomaniacs: October 30th 2026 (6:00am) · WTAW - Infomaniacs

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Speaker 1: Good morning from the WTAW newsroom. I'm Will Welch. Two
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Speaker 1: people are dead after a crash near Easterwood Airport Thursday.
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Speaker 1: DPS confirms that two people were killed after a head-on
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Speaker 1: crash on Raymond Stotzer Parkway near Jones Road about a
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Speaker 1: mile and a half west of the airport. The investigation
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Speaker 1: is ongoing and no other details have been released at
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Speaker 1: this time. More than 5,400 Brazos County voters cast their
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Speaker 1: ballots during early voting on Thursday. This brings the early
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Speaker 1: voting total in Brazos County to 49,714. Today is the
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Speaker 1: last day to take advantage of early voting. Polls close
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Speaker 1: at 7 o'clock tonight. Also at 7 o'clock tonight, it's
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Speaker 1: a last-minute campaign push for James Tallarico. He'll be making
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Speaker 1: an appearance at Aggie Park on the A & M campus.
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Speaker 1: Yesterday on the A & M campus, the Trump administration
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Speaker 1: advanced the country's nuclear agenda. The U.S. Deputy Secretary of
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Speaker 1: Energy James Danley announced that the Department of Energy is
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Speaker 1: awarding a $ 5. 4 million grant to TEAS, the Texas A
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Speaker 1: & M Engineering Experiment Station. The hope is to develop
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Speaker 1: ways to transform long-lived nuclear waste into an energy source.
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Speaker 1: Two people are facing felony drug charges after police found
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Speaker 1: PCP during a traffic stop. 30-year-old Anteria Jackson was pulled
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Speaker 1: over around 12.30 a.m. Tuesday morning near Welborn Road in
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Speaker 1: Villa Maria after failing to signal and failure to come
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Speaker 1: to a complete stop. While being arrested for driving without
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Speaker 1: a valid license, Jackson was found with approximately 33 grams
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Speaker 1: of liquid PCP and charged with possession of a controlled substance.
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Speaker 1: She is free on $ 20, 000 bond. It was her 15th
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Speaker 1: booking in the Brazos County Jail. The passenger, 45-year-old Raymond Jackson,
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Speaker 1: was shown to have three active warrants out of Williamson
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Speaker 1: County for driving while intoxicated, driving with an invalid license,
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Speaker 1: and possession of marijuana. Officers say he resisted as they
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Speaker 1: tried to take him into custody on the warrants. He
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Speaker 1: was then charged with evading arrest and resisting arrest. The
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Speaker 1: Brazos County Republican Party recently issued a resolution of condemnation
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Speaker 1: against Brian Mayor Pro Tem James Edge. This comes after
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Speaker 1: Edge publicly endorsed the Democratic Party candidate for United States Senate,
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Speaker 1: James Tallarico. They say he subverted and hijacked our party's
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Speaker 1: name for his own political goals. This specifically is rejected
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Speaker 1: by the Brazos County Republican Party. The title of Republican
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Speaker 1: belongs to the members thereof and is not to be
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Speaker 1: used to manipulate or confuse the public. A man called
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Speaker 1: police after he was pistol-whipped by his drug dealer. Bryan
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Speaker 1: Police received a call for a disturbance involving a weapon
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Speaker 1: near Lakewood Drive in West OSR Tuesday morning around 7 a.m.
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Speaker 1: Arrest records say 43-year-old Sergio Sanchez Marquez was struck the
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Speaker 1: man after he found out he could not pay his debt.
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Speaker 1: Officers found a loaded handgun in Sanchez Marquez's vehicle that
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Speaker 1: had the serial number etched off. They also found marijuana, THC,
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Speaker 1: vape cartridges, cocaine, and 32 capsules of the prescription drug gabapentin.
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Speaker 1: Sanchez Marquez was charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon,
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Speaker 1: tampering with identification numbers, possession of marijuana, possession of a
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Speaker 1: dangerous drug, possession of a controlled substance, and manufacture delivery
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Speaker 1: of a controlled substance. He is being held on $ 62, 000
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Speaker 1: bond and a nice detainer. More news on the way
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Speaker 1: at 6.30 or anytime at WTAW.com. I'm Will Welch, 1620-945-WTAW.
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Speaker 2: I'm asking you this question not because I believe that
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Speaker 2: you know the answer, because that would be super weird.
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Speaker 2: But I'm asking you just because you dig into the
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Speaker 2: news a little bit. What's with all the PCP?
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Speaker 3: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: We were talking about this yesterday. It's like it's raining PCP.
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Speaker 1: I don't know when the last time. I can't remember
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Speaker 1: a day that we had back-to-back news stories, consecutive PCP busts.
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Speaker 2: Not once in my memory is it all of a sudden, hey,
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Speaker 2: the PCP is taking over the streets here.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, again, we talked about it yesterday. That just doesn't
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Speaker 1: look like any fun, right?
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Speaker 4: Just.
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Speaker 1: It staggers my mind why people would do that to themselves.
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Speaker 2: I am so gratefully so out of the loop when
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Speaker 2: it comes to the crazy things that the youth put
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Speaker 2: into their bodies to have a good time. But that's
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Speaker 2: not like a new one.
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Speaker 6: No.
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Speaker 2: That's an old bad idea.
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Speaker 1: Very old, very bad idea.
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Speaker 2: That's like one of the old time bad ideas.
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Speaker 1: Look, animal tranquilizers are not good for you.
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Speaker 2: Is that what it is?
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Speaker 1: I can't recall.
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Speaker 2: I thought that was, see, now I'm getting it mixed
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Speaker 2: up with ketamine.
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Speaker 1: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: Ketamine is the one that also, now ketamine is popular. Ketamine,
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Speaker 2: they can prescribe you nowadays.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then you can die from it like Matthew Perry.
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Speaker 1: Which is a great documentary I just watched on Netflix,
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Speaker 1: by the way. The anniversary of his death was this week.
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Speaker 2: Perhaps a valuable documentary for the youth to watch when
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Speaker 2: it comes to drug abuse. Because, good lord, did that
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Speaker 2: guy have a story.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he did.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely. crazy good morning guys it's friday we're the infomaniacs
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Speaker 2: uh we are very happy that you are here to
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Speaker 2: close the week out obviously talk a little football today
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Speaker 2: and uh you know talk a little bit of halloween
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Speaker 2: today should we talk some volleyball it was your entire night.
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Speaker 1: Last yeah it was a first of all i want
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Speaker 1: to go back yeah i was correct it was developed
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Speaker 1: uh in the 1950s uh as a human anesthetic and
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Speaker 1: then it became more popular in the 1960s as a
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Speaker 1: animal tranquilizer You know, primarily for large animals.
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Speaker 2: For like for cows, elephants, rhinoceros to incapacitate very quickly.
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Speaker 1: So last night it was it was really, really fun.
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Speaker 1: I got to I got to do P.A. for a
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Speaker 1: playoff volleyball game between Texas. Belleville and China.
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Speaker 2: Springs are too big.
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Speaker 1: They got skins on the wall, man. They, they have,
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Speaker 1: they have a, a perennially good volleyball program. China spring
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Speaker 1: was a great team this year and the Belleville travels.
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Speaker 1: at full stands on their side. It was a fun...
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Speaker 1: I don't get to call that much volleyball.
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Speaker 2: I dabbled in it briefly probably 15 years ago with
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Speaker 2: A & M, and I've learned very quickly I know
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Speaker 2: nothing about the sport of volleyball.
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Speaker 1: It's changed, too.
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Speaker 2: It's gotten very popular.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's changed. The games are a little bit shorter
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Speaker 1: now because you don't have to hold serve in order
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Speaker 1: to score. So things are a little bit different now,
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Speaker 1: and it took me a minute to get used to that.
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Speaker 7: But.
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Speaker 1: Still some amazing... There were some points that lasted, you know, 30,
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Speaker 1: 45 seconds, minute plus. Just amazing play. Those kids have pops, too.
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Speaker 1: They do.
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Speaker 2: Like, they have some vertical leaps that are, frankly, scary.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Very much so.
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Speaker 2: Those girls jumped probably twice my vertical leap in my prime.
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Speaker 2: Just nuts.
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Speaker 1: Great effort from two great teams. Some good athletes on
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Speaker 1: the floor, but more importantly, some people that really played
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Speaker 1: their hearts out. I love it.
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Speaker 6: It was.
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Speaker 1: Belleville got up by two sets. Cat Spring came back,
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Speaker 1: won the third. And so in the fourth, 29-27, Belleville
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Speaker 1: comes out. Yeah, it was something else. Good time. Met
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Speaker 1: a lot of people. Met some fans. We've got some
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Speaker 1: fans in the Belleville.
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Speaker 8: What?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, believe it or not.
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Speaker 3: In Belleville?
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Speaker 1: In Belleville.
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Speaker 2: I know it's fairly close. How do we have fans
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Speaker 2: in Belleville?
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Speaker 3: I don't know.
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Speaker 1: People came up talking to me.
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Speaker 3: What's up, Belleville?
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Speaker 1: And there was this one fellow that lives here. He
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Speaker 1: was at the game because he had family friends whose
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Speaker 1: daughter was playing last night. And he's a local dude.
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Speaker 1: Nice to meet him.
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Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of Belleville, too. Y'all have a
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Speaker 2: meat market that I'm a little bit partial to.
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Speaker 1: And there's a castle down there. Yes, there's a lot
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Speaker 1: of fun things in Belleville.
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Speaker 2: Weather today, similar to the trend, we're going to get
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Speaker 2: up to the... What are we looking at? Oh, never mind.
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Speaker 2: I said we're only 78 today. 30% chance of showers.
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Speaker 2: Overnight tonight, pretty decent chance. 40% to 50% chance of showers,
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Speaker 2: maybe even a thunderstorm. And tomorrow for Saturday, and it's
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Speaker 2: not really going to change a lot, mostly cloudy, high
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Speaker 2: near 81. Again, we are playing for the cold front
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Speaker 2: coming up on Tuesday.
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Speaker 1: I'm kind of excited about that.
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Speaker 2: I'm so ready for a nice, brisk fall day. I
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Speaker 2: couldn't even tell you. I feel like we got a
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Speaker 2: little sample of it, but I'm looking for the real thing.
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Speaker 2: I'm looking for rainy days. And I'm looking for cold
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Speaker 2: enough to where I will not be able to wear
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Speaker 2: a t-shirt outside and feel like I'm, you know, living
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Speaker 2: my best life.
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Speaker 1: In fact, I'm not ready. But I'm ready to have
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Speaker 1: a fire in the fireplace. And just thought, man, I've
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Speaker 1: got some wood to split.
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Speaker 2: Oh, is that what we're going to do this weekend?
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Speaker 3: Are you going to break out the axe?
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Speaker 1: Apparently, no. Now, I've gone to the hydraulic. I'm too
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Speaker 1: old for the axe. That oak, man, let me tell you,
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Speaker 1: I tried.
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Speaker 2: You don't do the Captain America?
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Speaker 6: I am no.
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Speaker 1: Paul Bunyan, brother.
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Speaker 2: What are you even doing?
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Speaker 1: The first axe I buried in some oak and couldn't
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Speaker 1: dig out. I decided... It's time. Just leave it there. Yeah,
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Speaker 19: And once they do, Hinojosa would allow them to vote
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Speaker 20: Abbott secured the border and cracked down on the deadly
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Speaker 2: 1620-945-WTAW. Good morning. We made it, guys.
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Speaker 8: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: It's about to be November. What on earth?
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Speaker 1: You want me to knock you down here real quick?
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Speaker 1: Take you down a peg?
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Speaker 4: Yes, please.
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Speaker 1: The album that this song is on turned 26 years
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Speaker 1: old today.
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Speaker 6: 26.
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Speaker 2: You know what?
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Speaker 1: That album is out of college, is married, and is
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Speaker 1: having children.
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Speaker 2: This is a reasonably current song to use.
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Speaker 3: Reasonably?
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Speaker 1: This is dad music now. This is ancient.
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Speaker 2: This is ancient music.
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Speaker 3: Good lord.
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Speaker 2: That's crazy. Yeah, but we do have some reasons to
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Speaker 2: celebrate for October the 30th, 2026, which we will begin with,
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Speaker 2: you know, why not? Buy a donut day.
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Speaker 15: Hey!
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Speaker 1: I noticed there were some donuts in the break room
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Speaker 1: left over from yesterday.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yesterday they came in and gave us the– which
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Speaker 2: I should also mention as long as all my fans
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Speaker 2: are financial advisors here at the radio station, also big
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Speaker 2: fans of the show. So shout out to you guys.
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Speaker 2: I appreciate it. And I'm going to go see y'all
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Speaker 2: later to deal with my money. But, yeah, they wisely–
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Speaker 2: donuts are the ultimate way to ensure that people actually
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Speaker 2: reasonably enjoy your meeting.
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Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: That's kind of a baseline.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Just bring in some donuts.
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Speaker 1: If you bring donuts, that's great. If you step it up,
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Speaker 1: and I always kind of used to do this, I
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Speaker 1: would either go get some pastries from Trackside if I
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Speaker 1: was calling on somebody who's going to be a client
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Speaker 1: or a relationship, or I would go get Nothing Bundt cakes.
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Speaker 2: Nothing Bundt cakes are really strong. I'll say this, too.
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Speaker 2: If you're in the business of selling, if you're in
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Speaker 2: the business of calling on clients, you should have a
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Speaker 2: donut account or a cookie account or a Bundt cake
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Speaker 2: account because, again, everything, it's a little bit easier when
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Speaker 2: you hand someone desserts or kolaches.
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Speaker 1: If that's your thing. I can tell you that radio
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Speaker 1: people are very easily influenced by junk food. Yeah, we
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Speaker 1: don't do anything with food.
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Speaker 2: It's just, it's the tale as old as time. Checklist day.
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Speaker 2: This actually came to pass on October, from, in honor
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Speaker 2: of October 30th, 1935. Honor is a strange way to
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Speaker 2: put it. But there's a plane crash, a prototype of
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Speaker 2: the B-17 Flying Fortress, and the airplane was so complicated,
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Speaker 2: the pilots eventually adopted written checklists to help manage the
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Speaker 2: critical procedures, and thusly... That's everywhere now. The checklist was born.
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Speaker 2: One of the most effective ways to organize your life, actually,
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Speaker 2: the checklist.
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Speaker 3: It is.
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Speaker 2: Just put one together every single day, or just use
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Speaker 2: your phone. Candy corn day, good lord. I mean, I
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Speaker 2: wouldn't expect it to be any other day, you know,
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Speaker 2: day before Halloween, but... Candy corn dates back to the 1880s.
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Speaker 2: Like the actual stuff you have in the bag today,
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Speaker 2: it's as old as the 1880s. That's not, yeah, no,
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Speaker 2: that actual kernel is 200 years old because it never ages. No,
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Speaker 2: it was created by George Rinegar of the Wonderly Candy Company.
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Speaker 2: It was marketed as a farm-themed candy.
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Speaker 1: Farm-themed candy. I guess back in that time.
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Speaker 2: Also, text your ex day, which I guess we put
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Speaker 2: this before Halloween because it's scary.
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Speaker 1: Maybe a little bit. And there's, I mean, look, you
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Speaker 1: have maybe a couple of exes that you probably, I mean,
17:40
Speaker 1: there are a couple of girls.
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Speaker 6: Not one.
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Speaker 1: That I dated. Not one. Well, but I was the jerk, right? No, no, same.
17:48
Speaker 3: But not one.
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Speaker 1: No, there's a couple of them that I still, I mean,
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Speaker 1: I'm not in close contact with, but I'm in contact with.
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Speaker 1: But no, for the most part, that's a bad idea.
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Speaker 2: Horrible idea.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 21: All right.
17:57
Speaker 2: Birthdays.
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Speaker 1: What do we have? Well, there's a couple of days
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Speaker 1: that I want to throw out there.
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Speaker 3: Oh, do you? Yeah.
18:02
Speaker 1: Because it was on this date in 1938. Orson Welles.
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Speaker 2: No, it's not.
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Speaker 1: War of the Worlds.
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Speaker 2: No, this is not War of the Worlds Day. Yes,
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Speaker 2: it is War of the Worlds Day. How did I
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Speaker 2: miss this?
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Speaker 1: And, I mean, this thing was so... People were... Wow.
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Speaker 1: People were on the verge of suicide.
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Speaker 2: I would argue that War of the Worlds Day is
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Speaker 2: two things. Number one, one of the greatest days in
18:24
Speaker 2: radio history. Because I don't know if it's ever been
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Speaker 2: done better in terms of, again, theater of the mind.
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Speaker 1: It was incredible.
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Speaker 2: Big thing for audio. You can create a picture in
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Speaker 2: someone's head, which is often better... Then if you made
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Speaker 2: a movie version of it, I'd watch a War of
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Speaker 2: the Worlds movie.
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Speaker 1: Especially in that day.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: That's the only.
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Speaker 2: Thing you had.
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Speaker 8: Yeah.
18:43
Speaker 2: And again, it also started a very proud tradition in
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Speaker 2: radio of the prank.
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Speaker 3: The hoax.
18:52
Speaker 2: The made-up, hoaxy bit that still... It still permeates the
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Speaker 2: format to this very day.
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Speaker 1: Look, you don't have to listen to the whole thing,
19:02
Speaker 1: but just go pick up on some of that. I'm
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Speaker 1: sure it's on there.
19:04
Speaker 2: It's so good.
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Speaker 3: It is.
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Speaker 2: You can find the full thing online on YouTube. I
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Speaker 2: will share it to our Facebook page. It is one
19:09
Speaker 2: of my favorite moments in radio. And yeah, like Will said,
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Speaker 2: it nearly... It started riots.
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Speaker 1: No, no.
19:17
Speaker 2: It nearly collapsed society.
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Speaker 1: There were people that, honestly, they killed themselves over that.
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Speaker 2: Were there actually deaths?
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Speaker 22: Yes.
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Speaker 1: I don't remember there being deaths. Because of the fact
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Speaker 1: that there was one woman... who apparently said something along
19:28
Speaker 1: the lines of, I don't want to go out by aliens.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to take care of this myself.
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Speaker 2: I can't argue with the logic.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you never know. I'd take my chances with the aliens.
19:37
Speaker 2: But you also never know, but you never know with
19:40
Speaker 2: the aliens. Hey, they're aliens, but yes, it appears if
19:44
Speaker 2: I go by this radio broadcast that they are not friendly.
19:47
Speaker 1: But then again, who knows?
19:49
Speaker 6: How do you know?
19:50
Speaker 1: Have you met them?
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Speaker 2: Have you spoken to them?
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Speaker 1: I haven't. So one more day, and I'm probably among
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Speaker 1: only a handful of people that even care to celebrate this.
19:58
Speaker 1: World Lemur Day. I love lemurs.
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Speaker 3: Do you?
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Speaker 1: I really do. Really?
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Speaker 3: I do.
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Speaker 1: I think they're incredibly cute. And I have a good
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Speaker 1: friend of mine that After a party one night, we
20:08
Speaker 1: were watching just late night TV, and there was a
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Speaker 1: documentary about lemurs. And so from henceforth, we send each
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Speaker 1: other lemur pictures.
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Speaker 2: And a fascination was born.
20:17
Speaker 1: A fascination was born.
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Speaker 2: You'll love to see it.
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Speaker 1: On to birthdays, shall we?
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Speaker 15: Yes.
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Speaker 1: Ivanka Trump is 45 years old today.
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Speaker 14: Wow.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Fiona Dourif is 45. She's Dr. Cassie McKay on
20:27
Speaker 1: The Pit. Amazing TV show that we talked about.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, she's having a good run.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Before that, she was Nika Pierce in the Chucky
20:33
Speaker 1: TV series.
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Speaker 2: Plus.
20:35
Speaker 1: Plus the movies Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky.
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Speaker 1: Get this. Fiona is the daughter of Brad Dourif, the
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Speaker 1: guy who plays Chucky.
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Speaker 15: Seriously?
20:44
Speaker 1: There you go.
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Speaker 3: Okay.
20:45
Speaker 1: Gavin Rossdale from Bush is 61 years old today. Gwen
20:49
Speaker 1: Stefani's ex. Kevin Pollack. This guy's having a resurgence as well.
20:53
Speaker 1: The actor, 69 years old. He is currently on Tulsa King. Right.
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Speaker 1: He's in the Matthew Perry documentary, and he's in another
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Speaker 1: documentary that I watched fairly recently, too.
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Speaker 2: Man, I had no idea he was kind of having
21:08
Speaker 2: a renaissance.
21:08
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's kind of having a bit of a time. T.
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Speaker 1: Graham Brown is 72, the country singer. Harry Hamlin is 75.
21:16
Speaker 1: He was in L.A. Law back in the day, and
21:19
Speaker 1: Clash of the Titans, he defeated the Kraken. If you
21:21
Speaker 1: look at him now, he really resembles Johnny Knoxville. That's
21:24
Speaker 1: a little scary. Henry Winkler, the Fonz, 81 years old today.
21:28
Speaker 2: Happy birthday to Henry Winkler, the National Player.
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Speaker 1: By all accounts, maybe the nicest guy in Hollywood.
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Speaker 2: That is what they say.
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Speaker 1: Otis Williams is 85, the last surviving member of the Temptations.
21:39
Speaker 1: And we wrap it up today with Grace Slick, 87
21:43
Speaker 1: years old, of Jefferson Airplane and Starship. She stopped performing
21:47
Speaker 1: years ago because... She thinks old people look stupid when
21:51
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Speaker 9: James Tallarico will vote to take away your kids and
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Speaker 9: He didn't just say it. He has voted for it
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Speaker 10: There's only one person who can determine a child's gender identity,
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Speaker 11: Blessed are the trans children. To the trans kids watching
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Speaker 12: Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than.
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Speaker 6: God is non-binary, non-binary, non-binary, non-binary.
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Speaker 1: Good morning and happy Friday. From the WTAW newsroom, I'm
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Speaker 1: Will Welch. Two people are dead after a crash near
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Speaker 1: Easterwood Airport Thursday afternoon. DPS confirms that two people were
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Speaker 1: killed after a head-on crash on Highway 60 near Jones Road,
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Speaker 1: about a mile and a half west of the airport.
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Speaker 1: The investigation is ongoing and no other details have been
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Speaker 1: released at this time. President Trump's Deputy Energy Secretary James
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Speaker 1: Danley was at the Texas A & M campus on Thursday.
28:22
Speaker 1: He announced that TEAS, the Texas A & M Engineering
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Speaker 1: the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant will be used
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Speaker 1: to develop innovative nuclear reactor fuel technology that could help
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Speaker 1: Party recently issued a resolution of condemnation against Brian Mayor
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Speaker 1: pro tem James Edge. This comes after Edge publicly endorsed
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Speaker 1: the Democratic Party candidate for United States Senate, James Tallarico.
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Speaker 1: They say he subverted and hijacked our party's name for
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Speaker 1: his own personal political goals. This specifically is rejected by
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Speaker 1: the Brazos County Republican Party. The title of Republican belongs
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Speaker 1: to the members thereof. and is not to be used
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Speaker 1: to manipulate or confuse the public. More than 5,400 Brazos
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Speaker 1: County voters cast their ballots during early voting on Thursday.
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Speaker 1: This brings the early voting total in Brazos County to 49,714.
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Speaker 1: Today is the last day to take advantage of early voting.
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Speaker 1: Polls close at 7 o'clock tonight. Also at 7 o'clock tonight,
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Speaker 1: it is a last-minute campaign push for James Tallarico. He'll
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Speaker 1: be making an appearance at Aggie Park on the A
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Speaker 1: & M campus. On Tuesday night, WTAW will have election
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Speaker 1: and check our socials for the latest results. A man
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Speaker 1: called police after he was assaulted by a man to
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Speaker 1: call for a near Lakewood Drive in West OSR Tuesday
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Speaker 1: morning around 7 a.m. Arrest records say 43-year-old Sergio Sanchez
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Speaker 1: Marquez pistol-whipped the man after he found out he could
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Speaker 1: not pay his debt. The complainant admitted buying pills from
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Speaker 1: A loaded handgun with the serial number etched off was
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Speaker 1: and an ICE detainer. Vice President J.D. Vance rallying behind
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Speaker 1: Ken Paxton yesterday in Weatherford. Vance has a message for
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Speaker 1: any voter who isn't sure who to vote for, saying
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Speaker 1: James Tallarico isn't who he tries to advertise himself as.
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Speaker 27: If you watch a James Tallarico commercial, I would understand
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Speaker 27: why you would think that he's actually going to fight
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Speaker 27: for you. Ladies and gentlemen, he's been in public life
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Speaker 1: State of Texas. Vance says Tallarico would be a puppet
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Speaker 27: If we're being honest, the real problem with Tallarico is
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Speaker 27: that He is an empty suit. He is the exact
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Speaker 27: opposite of sovereignty. If he makes it to the Senate,
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Speaker 27: his definition of leadership will be whatever Chuck Schumer tells
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Speaker 27: him it is.
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Speaker 1: Tallarico has clapped back at several criticisms from the GOP,
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Speaker 1: a major one being his statement calling God non-binary, which
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Speaker 1: he has since claimed that he was referring to the
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Speaker 1: spiritual essence of God. and that he's both feminine and
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Speaker 1: masculine and not confined to human gender norms. Betting on
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Speaker 28: Someone has made a half-a-million-dollar wager on the prediction market
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Speaker 28: Kelshi that Governor Greg Abbott will be re-elected. Analysts say
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Speaker 8: This is really interesting because this looks to be two
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Speaker 1: very wealthy individuals.
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Speaker 28: Dan Zimmerman, who runs a consulting firm called Betting Intelligence,
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Speaker 28: says we don't know who placed the bet, but he
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Speaker 28: the governor is reelected, that wager will pay about $ 714, 000
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Speaker 1: More news on the way at 7 o'clock or anytime
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Speaker 9: James Tallarico will vote to take away your kids and
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Speaker 10: If you deny your child's gender identity, that's incredibly harmful.
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Speaker 11: It's abusive.
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Speaker 9: He didn't just say it. He has voted for it
32:55
Speaker 9: to be classified as abuse. And that means they can
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Speaker 11: There's only one person who can determine a child's gender identity,
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Speaker 12: Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than
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Speaker 2: some college football with Louie Bellina. One corner, Will Welch.
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Speaker 2: The other corner, me. Over here.
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Speaker 1: The bizarre love triangle of college football SEC pick-ups. We're
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Speaker 1: going to make some picks.
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Speaker 2: And we were just discussing before we got started with this.
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Speaker 2: Will has somehow gotten a political text message.
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Speaker 30: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Which I'm not sure how.
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Speaker 1: I've gotten two in the last 12 hours.
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Speaker 6: Two.
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Speaker 2: That's like the biggest day ever. That's like the busiest
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Speaker 2: week for you.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, pretty much. Well, you would think so, running up
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Speaker 1: into the election.
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Speaker 3: You're lucky.
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Speaker 1: You're lucky. I'm blessed.
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Speaker 2: How many of you dragged, Will or Lou? What are
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Speaker 2: you looking at?
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Speaker 3: Two is barely me catching my breath. I've hit some
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Speaker 3: kind of super mega list. I have been nuked. My
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Speaker 3: phone has been taken over.
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Speaker 2: How many a day do you think?
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Speaker 26: A day?
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Speaker 2: 25, 50?
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Speaker 3: I'd say 15 to 20. 15 to 20.
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Speaker 12: Wow.
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Speaker 3: My phone has been taken over. If I'm being begged
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Speaker 3: for five more dollars, if there's an election campaign by
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Speaker 3: anyone where my five dollars is going to help you
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Speaker 3: hit the goal, you're not going to win. If my
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Speaker 3: five dollars is the difference, you're doomed. You know what's interesting?
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Speaker 2: I realized this when we were discussing this. No one
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Speaker 2: gets the same grouping of politicians. They pick and choose.
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Speaker 2: Because I've gotten a majority. I think if I've gotten
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Speaker 2: a Tallarico one, I haven't seen it.
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Speaker 3: Oh, Tallarico hits me up probably once an hour during
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Speaker 3: the whole day.
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Speaker 2: A lot of Governor Abbott, a lot of Ken Paxson,
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Speaker 2: some of the state guys. But you mentioned you had
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Speaker 2: gotten some of the state guys who I have not
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Speaker 2: even met.
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Speaker 3: And I've gotten tons of the state, guys. I'm on
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Speaker 3: a super list.
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Speaker 2: How is this happening?
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Speaker 1: We got to quit talking about it because I didn't
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Speaker 1: have any until we started discussing this earlier in the week.
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Speaker 26: Oh, no!
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Speaker 1: And then now I'm starting to pick up on some,
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Speaker 1: so I'm thinking y'all are affecting my algorithm.
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Speaker 3: My phone just affected your phone?
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Speaker 6: Probably.
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Speaker 1: Infected my phone is more like it.
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Speaker 2: At this pace, we're going to stop talking right now.
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Speaker 1: We're going to move to football.
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Speaker 2: Last week.
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Speaker 1: Oh, God, it was horrible.
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Speaker 2: Will Welch coming in with?
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Speaker 6: One.
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Speaker 1: One.
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Speaker 15: One.
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Speaker 3: Ooh, that's rough.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Tucker and Louie tying with three picks correct.
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Speaker 3: Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Not bad.
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Speaker 3: I want to thank everyone that made that possible.
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Speaker 2: Not good, but not bad.
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Speaker 3: I want to thank God because he made paper that
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Speaker 3: we picked on.
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Speaker 1: That's right. That's right.
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Speaker 2: Through him, we can accomplish all this.
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Speaker 1: I want to thank Crab Legs.
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Speaker 2: Let's get to this week's action. Week nine.
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Speaker 3: That's because you picked all the Mississippi school.
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Speaker 4: I did. I did.
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Speaker 2: We're going to start with, speaking of Mississippi schools, Auburn
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Speaker 2: at Ole Miss. I'm not happy with Ole Miss because.
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Speaker 3: They played one half against Texas?
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Speaker 2: They played one half against Texas, and I just.
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Speaker 3: And they missed covering by half a point.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, half a point.
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Speaker 2: I don't like it. But this week, they're going to
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Speaker 2: be taking on Auburn. The game is at home, and
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Speaker 2: Ole Miss is a 13.5-point favorite. Does that change anything
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Speaker 2: for anyone?
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Speaker 1: I'm with Ole Miss simply because Auburn's not good.
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Speaker 3: You're an Oxford apologist.
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Speaker 1: I'm not.
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Speaker 3: Look.
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Speaker 2: He sends a lot of money to Oxford.
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Speaker 1: I do. I do. But, yeah, I think this game
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Speaker 1: is Auburn has left the building.
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Speaker 15: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And so Ole Miss giving the 13 and a half still.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Ole Miss for Will. Louis, what do we do?
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Speaker 3: Ole Miss. Look, they're at home, and they play every
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Speaker 3: other week. So this is the week they're going to play.
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Speaker 15: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Last week was the week they didn't play. This is
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Speaker 3: the week they will play.
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Speaker 2: And I also will be taking Ole Miss. Now, Georgia, Florida,
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Speaker 2: this is a neutral site.
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Speaker 1: This is the world's largest cocktail party.
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Speaker 2: Has it always been a neutral site, or is this
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Speaker 2: a relatively new?
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Speaker 1: I think they went to a neutral site within the
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Speaker 1: last 10 years, maybe.
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Speaker 3: Okay, right.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but this is the rage where everyone gets together
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Speaker 2: and they get blasted. That's the idea.
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 2: And then they play a football game, obviously. Georgia is
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Speaker 2: going to be the favorite here. Ten and a half points.
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Speaker 3: Georgia. Georgia easy. Georgia by three scores.
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Speaker 2: Kind of a layup.
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Speaker 1: I think so, too. And maybe Vegas knows something about
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Speaker 1: Florida that I don't know.
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Speaker 3: Ten and a half is pretty big.
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Speaker 2: I should have listened to Vegas when they had the
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Speaker 2: South Carolina thing from last week.
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Speaker 12: I was, yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Exactly. Both of us, same things. Like, well, no, South
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Speaker 2: Carolina ain't going to do anything.
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Speaker 3: October's almost over.
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Speaker 20: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: You know, they call it Cocktober. That's the South Carolina.
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Speaker 15: Yes.
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Speaker 3: That's the fake, false, Shane Beamer hope.
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Speaker 2: For whatever reason.
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Speaker 3: One more Saturday.
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Speaker 1: One more Saturday.
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Speaker 2: Now, speaking of.
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Speaker 1: Well, I went dogs. I went to do. Oh, you
40:36
Speaker 1: went dogs.
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Speaker 3: I thought, okay.
40:37
Speaker 1: I went dogs. Yeah, all three dogs.
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Speaker 2: South Carolina and the Gamecocks in Norman, Oklahoma. Facing OU.
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Speaker 2: And OU is an eight and a half point favorite. So, again,
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Speaker 2: it is still October. We just mentioned that South Carolina
40:57
Speaker 2: is playing freakishly. Not horrible. I'm not going to say well,
41:03
Speaker 2: just because they're not horrible.
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Speaker 3: They're winning games.
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Speaker 1: I think Lenore Sellers went to the optometrist. I think
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Speaker 1: he got a new script for his glasses. And that
41:12
Speaker 1: he's able to see some receivers now.
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Speaker 2: And I am.
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Speaker 1: Taking the Gamecocks in that one.
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Speaker 2: You're going to take South Carolina. I'm going to take
41:19
Speaker 2: those points.
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Speaker 3: South Carolina.
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Speaker 2: South Carolina.
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Speaker 3: You're going to take South Carolina. Because I want the points. Look,
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Speaker 3: what does OU not do? Score points.
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Speaker 2: Score points.
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Speaker 3: What happens if I take South Carolina? I get points.
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Speaker 1: Yes, true.
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Speaker 3: That against Oklahoma? I'm doing the point combo.
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Speaker 2: I'm going to take OU because I'm just not coming
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Speaker 2: off of this.
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Speaker 3: Because you're an OU lover.
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Speaker 2: No, I'm not coming off of this bandwagon.
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Speaker 6: You're pro OU.
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Speaker 2: I've never picked South Carolina.
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Speaker 3: You love Rent Venables.
41:42
Speaker 2: Mississippi State, another Mississippi school will. versus the texas longhorns
41:46
Speaker 2: 24 and a half point favorites are the horns.
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Speaker 1: Just the same thing that louis said i'm taking the
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Speaker 1: points yes i mean there's not a chance much of
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Speaker 1: a chance that mississippi state wins this game however do
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Speaker 1: they keep it under 24 and a half difference absolutely
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Speaker 1: yeah yeah so First.
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Speaker 3: Time he picks against a Mississippi school, that'll be the
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Speaker 3: first time.
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Speaker 2: I think, yeah.
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Speaker 3: He notices a theme every week.
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Speaker 1: Who are you picking, Lou?
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Speaker 3: Texas.
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Speaker 1: Really? You think they're going to cover that spread?
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Speaker 3: Camario Taylor's out for the year. Mississippi State's announced that.
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Speaker 3: And they stink without him. They're legitimately like Arkansas levels
42:25
Speaker 3: of bad. Wow. They might fire Jeff Levy just to
42:29
Speaker 3: protect Camario Taylor's future at Mississippi State, okay? So, yes,
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Speaker 3: I think this is one of those that Sark can
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Speaker 3: slop it around, Arch can slop it around, and they'll
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Speaker 3: probably have 24 by the half.
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Speaker 1: And everybody will be saying Texas is back.
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Speaker 3: Well, no. Texas will say that, and the media will
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Speaker 3: say that, and the rest of college football will go.
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Speaker 3: For the fourth time this year alone, they're back?
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I'm going to take Mississippi State.
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Speaker 3: Oh.
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Speaker 2: And the reason is.
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Speaker 6: I'm alone on an island.
42:56
Speaker 2: You said slopping it up. Texas has really proved to
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Speaker 2: me that they are the masters. I mean, yes, okay,
43:04
Speaker 2: sometimes it goes right, which was whatever that was last week.
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Speaker 2: And then Ohio State.
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Speaker 3: Ole Miss no show to have.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Ole Miss no show.
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Speaker 10: I do not.
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Speaker 3: They play four quarters. Ole Miss wins by like 10
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Speaker 3: to 11.
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Speaker 2: And again, like those moments of like, hey, are usually
43:19
Speaker 2: preceded and followed by inexplicably garbage football. So, no, I'm
43:25
Speaker 2: not giving them 24 and a half points.
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Speaker 3: I just think teams like Mississippi State are who they eat.
43:29
Speaker 1: Yeah.
43:30
Speaker 3: Because every quarter they're just a touchdown better than them.
43:33
Speaker 2: Now, finally, Mizzou, Arkansas.
43:36
Speaker 1: Battle of the Hill People.
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Speaker 2: Battle of the Hill People is right.
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Speaker 1: I mean, they share a chromosome.
43:43
Speaker 2: It's the War of the Ozarks.
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Speaker 6: Wow.
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Speaker 2: And Mizzou is favored by nine and a half. Now,
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Speaker 2: the real question is, if you had to, if you
43:53
Speaker 2: were forced to, would you even watch this game?
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 3: I might. The answer for me, no. I might. There's
44:03
Speaker 3: everything else you can do with your life. You can
44:04
Speaker 3: go to the Ren Fest. You can go to the
44:06
Speaker 3: movie theater. You can go take a nap. You can
44:09
Speaker 3: go walk someone else's dog.
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Speaker 2: There are so many options that are available to you
44:12
Speaker 2: other than watching.
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Speaker 3: Live a fuller life than going, yes, I have to
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Speaker 3: watch Mizzou-Arkansas.
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Speaker 2: Mizzou play Arky.
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Speaker 1: But.
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Speaker 3: Missouri, the one team that's always dressed for Halloween.
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Speaker 2: Okay, that's true. The unis will be good. Mizzou versus Arkansas,
44:26
Speaker 2: who do you pick?
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Speaker 3: Oh, Mizzou.
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Speaker 1: Mizzou.
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Speaker 2: Mizzou.
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Speaker 1: And I'm wondering when Arkansas rushes the field, because, you know,
44:35
Speaker 1: they've said that, that they're going to do that. No
44:37
Speaker 1: matter the outcome, every single one, they're going to rush
44:41
Speaker 1: the field to get the fine until they fire the.
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Speaker 2: If Arkansas loses, they will be forced to make a
44:48
Speaker 2: decision as a crowd. I, you might've sold me on
44:52
Speaker 2: watching at least the four, but you have to care.
44:54
Speaker 3: And that's the problem. That alleged that they cared. And
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Speaker 3: after they made the statement, that was the last drop
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Speaker 3: of caring. They're not going to charge the field. You
45:03
Speaker 3: have to be there. No one's there.
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Speaker 2: You're right. You would have to buy a ticket.
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Speaker 3: Do you see the obstacles involved with the concept?
45:09
Speaker 2: You know who came up with this concept? It was
45:11
Speaker 2: the University of Arkansas to try to sell some tickets anyway.
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Speaker 3: We dare you to sell the place out and then
45:18
Speaker 3: charge the field.
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Speaker 2: Oh, we'd be so mad.
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Speaker 3: Don't you dare buy all these tickets to charge the field.
45:23
Speaker 1: I think you are giving way too much credit to
45:26
Speaker 1: the hillbilly mind.
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Speaker 3: That is a wonderful internet conspiracy. Did you find it
45:31
Speaker 3: on their cesspool? Like, where did that come from?
45:33
Speaker 2: Does Arkansas have a cesspool?
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Speaker 5: Yes.
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Speaker 1: What does that look like? I've never been there.
45:38
Speaker 3: What is it? HogsGoneWild.com? It might be.
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Speaker 2: Don't Google that.
45:42
Speaker 1: Don't know how to work a computer.
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Speaker 2: Don't Google. That's a horrible, horrible idea. Louie, thank you, sir.
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Speaker 14: Happy Halloween.
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Speaker 2: You can catch Louie every single day, including today, on
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Speaker 3: Oh, please.
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Speaker 2: Company's welcome. We'll be back right after this.
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Speaker 30: Conditions in your area. To use one specific example, water
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Speaker 30: oaks that grow well in acidic, red, sandy soils in
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Speaker 30: texas landscape plants these will be adapted over big parts
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Speaker 30: of the state we're going to talk about trees first
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Speaker 30: and i'll start with live oaks native in much of
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Speaker 30: the state of texas they are majestic low spreading trees
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Speaker 30: they're evergreen and they're lovely mature height 40 feet Width,
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Speaker 30: 50 to 75 feet. They don't get very tall, but
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Speaker 30: they do get wide. Shumard red oaks are native all
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Speaker 30: up and down the state of Texas. They're large, rounded
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Speaker 30: trees at maturity, growing to 50 feet tall and wide.
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Speaker 30: Fall color is usually a rich, coppery red.
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Speaker 3: Burr oaks grow.
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Speaker 30: In lowlands from Texas all the way to the east
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Speaker 30: coast in Canada. They're extremely coarse textured with huge, deep
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Speaker 30: green leaves and highly fissured bark. They'll get 60 feet
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Speaker 30: tall and wide. Chinquapin oaks grow in more moist areas
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Speaker 30: of Texas, usually along rivers and streams, The oval leaves
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Speaker 30: have small teeth along their margins. They're deep green all summer.
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Speaker 30: The trunks are an attractive gray-brown. Height, 50 feet. Width,
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Speaker 30: 40 to 45 feet. I'm a big fan of lacy oaks.
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Speaker 30: They're smaller trees native to the Texas hill country. They
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Speaker 30: have small blue-green leaves that turn rich shades of orange
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Speaker 30: each fall. The mature height is 35 feet. Width about
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Speaker 30: 30 feet. They make attractive second or third trees in
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Speaker 30: a landscape. Cedar elms are native to much of central Texas.
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Speaker 30: They're upright oval trees initially. They become rounded 50-foot trees
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Speaker 30: as they mature. They're fine textured trees with small leaves
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Speaker 30: and numerous small twigs. They are adapted in the panhandle.
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Speaker 30: They're adapted over most of the state of Texas. But
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Speaker 30: they are the best of the elms. Cedar elm, Ulmus crassifolia. Pecans,
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Speaker 30: of course, are the largest of our native trees to
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Speaker 30: 60 to 70 feet tall and wide. Native pecans are excellent,
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Speaker 30: although they do vary in growth form and productivity. There
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Speaker 30: are good varieties such as Kiowa and Caddo and several others. Folks,
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Speaker 30: we have lots of great trees. Give them a try.
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Speaker 30: I'm Neal Sperry. Until next time, thanks for listening.
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Speaker 32: City Council Place 5, for what we can be.
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Speaker 22: Political advertising paid for by Peyton Holt for City Council.
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Speaker 22: David Higdon, Treasurer.
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Speaker 8: In College Station, some things just mean home. Neighbors and
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Speaker 8: families who know your name and local businesses that have
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Speaker 8: been here for generations. Since 1890, Dean & Draper has
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Speaker 8: helped protect the people, homes, and businesses that make communities
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Speaker 8: like ours special. From Indian Lakes to Miramont and Traditions,
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Speaker 8: throughout the Brazos Valley, we believe insurance should feel personal
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Speaker 8: because to us, you're more than a policy number. Dean
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Speaker 8: Valley and discover the difference experience makes.
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Speaker 14: This is Brian Mayer, Bobby Gutierrez. I've spent my life
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Speaker 14: in business, and I brought the same mindset to City Hall.
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Speaker 14: When someone wants to invest in Brian, create jobs, expand
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Speaker 14: a business, or build something great, our job should be
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Speaker 14: to help find solutions, not create roadblocks. It's called working
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Speaker 14: at the speed of business. That approach is helping create
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Speaker 14: real momentum across Brian, and we're competing. We're growing, and
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Speaker 14: we're getting things done. I'm Bobby Gutierrez, and I'd be
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Speaker 14: honored to continue serving as your mayor.
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Speaker 1: Paid for by the Bobby Gutierrez Campaign, Jason Bianski, Treasurer.
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Speaker 21: My name is Peter Michelena, and I'm running for Brazos
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Speaker 21: County Commissioner in Precinct 4. I'm a Marine veteran, a
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Speaker 21: Purple Heart recipient, and I serve veterans and our local
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Speaker 21: community every day at the VFW because service doesn't stop
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Speaker 21: when the uniform comes off. I want to bring that
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Speaker 21: same commitment to Brazos County, listening to citizens, managing resources responsibly,
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Speaker 21: and making sure county government works for the people it serves.
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Speaker 21: As your county commissioner, I'll focus on lower taxes, smart growth,
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Speaker 21: and real transparency so our community stays strong today and
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Speaker 21: for the next generation.
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Speaker 18: Political ad paid for by the Peter Michelina Campaign.
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Speaker 2: 1620-945-WTAW. Getting up to the almost 80 degrees today. A
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Speaker 2: little bit lower than usual. 78 for the high. About
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Speaker 2: 30% chance of showers and a better chance tonight. We'll
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Speaker 2: see if that pans out. Weather is brought to you
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Speaker 2: Arkansas and how it might be 4-D chess with the
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Speaker 2: whole rushing the field.
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Speaker 1: Right, trying to get the AD fired by rushing the field.
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Speaker 2: Get this, University of Maryland is trying to get students
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Speaker 2: to stick around in the game on Saturday against Illinois.
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Speaker 2: They're going to give away a chance to win tuition
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Speaker 2: for the spring 2027 season. $ 5, 500 is the equivalent of
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Speaker 2: one semester in state. You have to attend the noon
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Speaker 2: game and scan a QR code on the video board
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Speaker 2: and stay until at least the fourth quarter.
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Speaker 1: Okay. I see some loopholes there.
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Speaker 2: Strange times here in college.
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Speaker 1: Very strange.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, guys. Happy Friday. We're 1620, 94.5 WTW.